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A podcast where we watch the Best Picture nominees from a randomly selected year and decide whether or not the Oscars got it wrong.

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A podcast where we watch the Best Picture nominees from a randomly selected year and decide whether or not the Oscars got it wrong.

    The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part III

    The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part III

    It's Round 3 of the 8th Academy Awards bracket, where we took the 12 nominees and added 4 options of our own to create a 16 movie bracket. In this episode will be discussing the final four and declaring a winner!
    The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top Hat
    Our additional films are: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein.
    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
    Timestamps are approximate:
    1:05 - Semifinals
    3:20 - Discussing the Semifinal Losers
    3:20 - Broadway Melody of 193613:40 - Black Fury
    29:35 - Final Matchup
    29:55 - Top Hat39:55 - Les Miserables
    55:25 - Declaring a Winner
    1:01:25 - Did the Oscars Get it Wrong?
    1:03:20 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner
    1:07:05 - Conclusions
    1:13:45 - Next Episode
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    Want to see the bracket, know what episode we're currently prepping, and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.

    • 1 hr 15 min
    The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part II

    The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part II

    It's a shorter episode this week as we dive into Round 2 of the 8th Academy Awards bracket. We took the 12 nominees and added 4 additional films for a 16 movie bracket. In this episode will be declaring the winners and losers from Round 2 and discussing the films that were eliminated.
    The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top Hat
    The films we added were: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein.
    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
    Timestamps are approximate:
    1:25 - Round 2 Match-Ups
    5:20 - Discussing the Losers
    5:30 - A Night at the Opera14:30 - Bride of Frankenstein21:30 - A Midsummer Night's Dream27:55 - Mutiny on the Bounty
    42:35 - Next Episode
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    Want to see the bracket, know what episode we're currently prepping, and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

    • 43 min
    The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part I

    The 8th Academy Awards (Films of 1935) - Part I

    We’re back for season 3! There were 12 nominees at the 8th Academy Award, so we thought, "what the heck, let's add 4 more," to make this one of our 16 movie tournaments. We discuss the losers from Round 1 in this episode.
    The nominees were: Alice Adams; Broadway Melody of 1936; Captain Blood; David Copperfield; The Informer; The Lives of a Bengal Lancer; A Midsummer Night's Dream; Mutiny on the Bounty; Les Misérables; Naughty Marietta; Ruggles of Red Gap; Top Hat
    The films we added were: The 39 Steps, A Night at the Opera, Black Fury, and The Bride of Frankenstein.
    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
    Timestamps are approximate:
    7:00 - Bracket Set-Up
    7:10 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers
    16:00 - Naughty Marietta
    22:45 - Captain Blood
    29:45 - Ruggles of Red Gap
    37:02 - The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
    43:40 - David Copperfield
    50:10 - Alice Adams
    1:00:15 - The Informer
    1:10:10 - The 39 Steps
    1:19:45 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst
    1:21:15 - Next Time
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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

    • 1 hr 22 min
    The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) - Part II

    The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) - Part II

    We’re wrapping up our discussion of the film's from this year's Academy Awards. This episode we cover the winners from our mini-bracket.
    The nominees were: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
    Timestamps are approximate:
    2:05 - The Holdovers
    15:35 - Past Lives
    28:00 - The Zone of Interest
    43:25 - Poor Things
    57:15 - Oppenheimer
    1:46:35 - Conclusions
    1:47:25 - Top 5 Films1:48:05 - Jake Gyllenhaal Corner1:49:35 - Patterns
    1:52:35 - Post-Oscars Addendum
    1:57:40 - Next Time
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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

    • 1 hr 59 min
    The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) - Part I

    The 96th Academy Awards (Films of 2023) - Part I

    We’re covering this year's Academy Awards! As usual for the years where there are more than 5 nominees, will be taking the 10 films, pitting them against one another, and deciding on winners and losers. The losers are discussed in this episode.
    The nominees were: American Fiction, Anatomy of a Fall, Barbie, The Holdovers, Killers of the Flower Moon, Maestro, Oppenheimer, Past Lives, Poor Things, The Zone of Interest
    Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.
    Timestamps are approximate:
    9:55 - Bracket Set-Up
    10:40 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers
    16:50 - Maestro
    27:35 - Barbie
    50:15 - Anatomy of a Fall
    1:14:45 - American Fiction
    1:27:30 - Killers of the Flower Moon
    1:25:05 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst
    1:26:10 - Next Time
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    Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod

    • 1 hr 51 min
    Season 2 Stats & 96th Academy Awards Predictions

    Season 2 Stats & 96th Academy Awards Predictions

    Another season of this podcast in the books! In this episode we'll cover our stats from Season 2 of the podcast - how many films we've watched, how many times the Oscars got it wrong, and much, much more! Then we'll wrap up by making predictions for the 96th Academy Awards.
    NOTE: This episode contains spoilers for some previously discussed films. All time stamps are approximate.
    0:45 - Section 1: Overview of Season 2
    3:35 - Section 2: Things we're tracking
    24:10 - Section 3: Our ratings (nominees only)
    45:00 - Section 4: A qualitative discussion
    1:02:20 - Section 5: 96th Academy Awards Predictions
    1:09:55 - Next Time

    • 1 hr 11 min

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