The Oscars Got It Wrong

Our game continues. For the 12th Academy Awards we've taken the 10 nominees and done something a little different. We've set up a bracket and in this episode we discuss the winners from Round 1 and decide if the Oscars got it wrong. The nominees were: Dark Victory; Gone with the Wind; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Love Affair; Mr. Smith Goes to Washington; Ninotchka; Of Mice and Men; Stagecoach; The Wizard...

Do you want to play a game? For the 12th Academy Awards we've taken the 10 nominees and done something a little different. We've set up a bracket and in this episode we will be declaring (and sometimes debating) the winners and losers from Round 1 and discussing the films that were eliminated. The nominees were: Dark Victory; Gone with the Wind; Goodbye, Mr. Chips; Love Affair; Mr. Smith Goes to W...

In this episode we cover the 62nd Academy Awards, which honored the films of 1989. The nominees were: Born on the Fourth of July, Dead Poets Society, Driving Miss Daisy, Field of Dreams, and My Left Foot. We also discuss Do the Right Thing, Sex, Lies, and Videotape, and When Harry Met Sally. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover. Timestamps are approximate: 12...

In this episode we cover the 34th Academy Awards, which honored the films of 1961. The nominees were: Fanny, The Guns of Navarone, The Hustler, Judgement at Nuremberg, and West Side Story. We also briefly discuss Breakfast at Tiffany's, A Raisin in the Sun, Paris Blues, and 101 Dalmatians. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover. Timestamps are approximate: 10:5...

In this episode we cover the 80th Academy Awards, which honored the films of 2007. The nominees were: Atonement, Juno, Michael Clayton, No Country for Old Men, and There Will Be Blood. We also briefly discuss Zodiac, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover. Timesta...

In this episode we cover the 53rd Academy Awards, which honored the films of 1980. The nominees were: Coal Miner's Daughter, The Elephant Man, Ordinary People, Raging Bull, and Tess. We also briefly discuss The Empire Strikes Back, The Shining, and 9 to 5. Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover; Content Warning: Sexual Assault. Timestamps are approximate: 12:30...

On our inaugural episode we cover the 49th Academy Awards, which honored the films of 1976. The nominees were: All the President's Men, Bound for Glory, Network, Rocky, Taxi Driver. Note: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover. Timestamps are approximate: 07:30 - Bound for Glory 10:55 - All the President's Men 17:05 - Network 30:30 - Taxi Driver 44:05 - Rocky 53:30 -...

What makes a Best Picture? Can art ever be judged objectively? And why has the Academy not given Jake Gyllenhaal an Oscar already? Each episode we try to answer these questions (and more!) by randomly selecting an Academy Awards year and watching every Best Picture nominee. Join us on our journey as we decide if the Oscars got it wrong. Reach out at oscarswrongpod@gmail.com. And find us on Twitter...