Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast

 It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars! In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the ' Best Song ' ca...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2021 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year! The Oscars have gone back to 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, whilst we also touch on the merits of some of the biggest box office hits of the year with respect to the Oscars. All alongside usual features such as the blast...

It's a return to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars, which of course means cheesy songs, a higher than average ratio of comedies and yes folks, some long and bald haircuts! Join us to learn about Ikea's formation, Nicolas Cage's wooden hand, and how one of this year's nominees may have influenced seminal Scottish comedy sketch show Chewin the Fat as we get into all things 1987! 1...

We're right in the midst of Oscars season with the nominations just announced, so we thought we'd pull together a shorter pod to give new listeners a flavour of what we do here at Revisiting the Oscars! This brief episode features our discussion on the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture in ' Beauty and the Beast ', alongside a discussion of Disney's best...

We're off to Middle Earth for the third and final time on Revisiting the Oscars as we talk all things Return of the King, one of the most successful Oscars winners of all time in our episode on the 2003 Oscars ! It's a globetrotting episode as we're also off to Tokyo for Lost in Translation , the Galapagos Islands for Master and Commander , Boston for Mystic River and California for...

It's Disney time on Revisiting the Oscars as we cover 1991, the first (and to this date only the third!) year to have an animated nominee for Best Picture. To celebrate we have special guest Sara Bingham along to talk us through ' Beauty and the Beast ' and her views on the best things Disney have to offer! It was also a big year for ' Silence of the Lambs ', one of only 3...

We're returning to the 1970s on this episode of Revisiting the Oscars as we talk 1976, one of the strongest years in Oscar history! We'll all remember the iconic ' Rocky ' but this year also has Martin Scorsese's first nomination in ' Taxi Driver ', the ahead of its time satirical drama ' Network ', the cracking conspiracy thriller about the scandal tha...

We're back to Middle Earth on the latest episode of Revisiting the Oscars as we head into 2002, so expect lots of chat about those bloody talking trees, the greatness of the battle of Helms Deep and who can do the best Gollum impression? It's not just ' Lord of the Rings ' time though as we've 4 more big movies to discuss including holocaust drama ' The Pianist '...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us to the early 80s to take in 1981, introducing us to Indiana Jones, the Russian Revolution and the Olympic Games. We've had a slight hiatus on account of one of the team getting hitched, summer football and a return to socialising in the UK, but we're glad to be back with you all! In this episode we'll meet Harrison Ford's swashbuckl...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us to the early 90s to cover the 1992 Oscars and our first experience on this podcast of the western! In this episode we're talking Clint Eastwood's revisionist western ' Unforgiven ', the film that won Al Pacino his only Oscar to date (' Scent of a Woman ') and trips to Britain for another period drama (' Howard's...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us head back 20 years to 2001 where we visit Middle Earth for the first time, back in those heady days before cinematic universes and all sorts changed the nature of blockbuster filmmaking! Alongside ' Lord of the Rings ' we've also got Baz Luhrmann's trippy musical extravaganza ' Moulin Rouge ', Russell Crowe in ' A Beau...

It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars! In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a step into music criticism as we cover the ' Best Song ' category -...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2020 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture'! It's been a funny old 12 months in many respects and that's been the same for the movies, so tune in as the guys provide a bit of escapism as we discuss some of this year's hopefuls like ' Nomadland ', ' Minari ' and...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us up to 2009, the first year that the Oscars returned to a larger pool of Best Picture nominees. There's a wide variety of films for the guys to discuss on this episode, from the juggernaut that was ' Avatar ', to our first encounters with the Coen Brothers with ' A Serious Man ' and our first animated film in Pixar's '...

Our latest episode is a slight detour from our regular pods as the guys had the pleasure of speaking to the multi-talented musician and director Ben Hozie about his latest film 'PVT Chat', a movie about Jack (Peter Vack), a lonely internet gambler who develops an obsession with Scarlett (Julia Fox), a cam girl based in San Francisco. In the interview, Ben talks about the experience of ma...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us back to the 1980s, with another opportunity to 'inject the 80s into your veins' with the films up for discussion this week including ' Tootsie ', ' Gandhi ' and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic ' E.T.' Expect lots of discussion of 1980s fashion, music and the Academy's attitude towards computer generat...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode brings us as close to the present day as we've been in this series, and our first taste of an Oscars year with a higher number of Best Picture nominees! That makes for a bumper, 'feature length' episode, which only just comes in shorter than this years shortest film in ' Hell or High Water '. 2016 was the infamous year when ' La La...

Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us into the 1990s where we cover the biggest film of the decade and one of the biggest of all time in ' Titanic '! It is of course the festive period so we also discuss some of our favourite Christmas movies and we get an update on how Mason's fledgling cricketing career was going at the age of 12.... On the Oscars front, we've got som...

Revisiting the Oscars returns to the 2000s so that means more anecdotes about Mason's teenage years, alongside the usual film discussion of course! This year has several firsts as we cover cinematic legends Martin Scorsese ('The Aviator') and Clint Eastwood ('Million Dollar Baby') for the first time, alongside our first music biopic in 'Ray', a trip to the home o...

It's our first trip to the 1980s on Revisiting the Oscars and Mason has conveniently chosen 1988, the year of birth for his fellow hosts. Alongside the five films nominated for Best Picture this year, we discuss Cruel Intentions, 80s soundtracks, the origins of the kiwi fruit and Bingham's new found love of Carly Simon*! (* this one may be a lie ;) ) 1988 Best Picture Nominees Dangerous...

It's back to the 1970s for Episode 5 and what a year we've got in store for this month's podcast! Join us as we continue our journey across the last 50 years of film history, reviewing the films nominated for 'Best Picture' across one year per episode. In Episode 5 of ' Revisiting the Oscars ' we're covering 1975, a year when some of the greatest filmmakers...

We're into the 2000s now as we continue our journey across the last 50 years of film history, reviewing the films nominated for 'Best Picture' across one year per episode. In Episode 4 of ' Revisiting the Oscars ' we're covering 2005, the infamous year when ' Crash ' surprised just about everybody to take the top accolade ahead of films including ' Brok...

Welcome to the third episode of our brand new podcast series, ' Revisiting the Oscars '! Episode 3 of ' Revisiting the Oscars ' takes us from the 1970s into the 1990s for a classic Oscars year that has generated much discussion and debate in the years since! Our hosts discuss the year 1994 and the merits of the five films nominated for ' Best Picture ' and whether the...

Episode 2 of ' Revisiting the Oscars ' takes us from the start of the decade to the end as we move from 1970 to 1979 to revisit the films in contention at the ceremony celebrating the best films of that year. Our hosts discuss the merits of the five films nominated for 'Best Picture', how well they have aged, and whether the voters picked the right winner on this occasion. 1979...

Episode 1 of 'Revisiting the Oscars' takes us back 50 years in film history to 1970, and the Oscars ceremony that celebrated the finest films of that year. Our hosts discuss the merits of the five films nominated for 'Best Picture', how well they have aged, and whether the voters picked the right winner on this occasion. 1970 Best Picture Nominees Love Story Airport Five Easy P...