Tagged: oscars

Craig Schroeder / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 6, 2019

The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Live-Action Shorts: Innocence and Ugliness, by Craig Schroeder

Detainment If “Detainment” is any indication, this year’s crop of Oscar nominated short films are going to be a brutal entree of nastiness and despair. “Detainment,” based on the true story of a 1993 case from Liverpool in which a...

alexander miller / movies / reviews / Theatrical Review

February 6, 2019

The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Documentary Shorts: Politics and Periods, by Alexander Miller

A Night at the Garden Short, and sweet? Clocking in at a slim seven minutes, Michael Curry’s documentary is solely composed of archival footage shot at Madison Square Garden on February 20th, 1939. There’s a crowded street. Mounted police officers...

movies / reviews / sarah brinks / Theatrical Review

February 4, 2019

The 2019 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts: Family Time, by Sarah Brinks

There’s a surprisingly consistent theme across the animated short films nominated this year: The many phases families experience throughout a lifetime. Four out of the five films explore this theme in different ways. Animal Behaviour “Animal Behaviour” is the one...

movie meltdown / movies / podcast

February 4, 2019

Movie Meltdown: Attack of the 2018 Oscar Nominees!

This week we are joined once again by composer Erich Stem as we play and discuss all the 2018 Oscar nominees for Best Original Song and Best Original Score. And while we try to decide how many tracks feature stand-alone-ish-ness, we also bring...

movies / news / oscars / tyler smith

December 12, 2018

Populist Predictions, by Tyler Smith

In a recent episode of his podcast, commentator Ben Shapiro addressed the controversy surrounding comedian Kevin Hart and his decision not to host this year’s Academy Awards. Shapiro was frustrated with the situation and, in characteristic fashion, chose to make...

david bax / episode / katie walsh / movies / podcast / tyler smith

August 12, 2018

Episodes 595: New Oscar Rules with Katie Walsh

In this episode, Tyler and David are joined by Katie Walsh to discuss the really awesome new Oscar rules.

2017 / awards / episode / oscars / podcast / tyler smith

January 31, 2018

Oscar Talk w/ Beverly Gray

In this special supplemental episode, Tyler is joined by author Beverly Gray to discuss the Academy Awards.

2017 / oscars

January 23, 2018

Oscar Nominations 2018!

Best Picture CALL ME BY YOUR NAME DARKEST HOUR DUNKIRK GET OUT LADY BIRD PHANTOM THREAD THE POST THE SHAPE OF WATER THREE BILLBOARDS OUTSIDE EBBING, MISSOURI Best Director Paul Thomas Anderson, PHANTOM THREAD Guillermo Del Toro, THE SHAPE OF...

movies / news / tyler smith

September 20, 2017

Republicans Misdiagnose Emmy Ratings Slump, by Tyler Smith

If there’s one thing that my fellow conservatives love to do, it’s proclaim the increasing irrelevance of Hollywood. President Trump, along with several notable conservative political commentators, including Bill O’Reilly, have scoffed at the poor ratings of the most recent...