After a tumultuous year for the film industry, the time has come to celebrate the best that the industry had to offer this past year. On this episode of The Comic Years Podcast, the team of Meghan Hale, Emily O’Donnell, and Shah Shahid sit down to discuss the nominees of this year's 93rd Academy Awards. They break down the movies and discuss why they deserve the nomination. Or in the case of some, do they? The team also provides their picks and predictions of the winners. So check out this episode of the 2021 Oscars predictions breakdown. 


HIGHLIGHTS:

- The Comic Years team shares their thoughts on the importance of the Academy Awards.
- Meghan Hale breaks down the Best Actress category with some truth bombs about who is deserving of winning. 
- Emily O’Donnell provides a nuanced look at the Best Supporting Actress nominees and points out something they all have in common, except Nomadland. 
- Bollywood connection: Shah throws his support behind a very biased The White Tiger for Best Adapted Screenplay. 
- Shah also sells Meghan and Emily on why Over The Moon should win Best Animated Feature. 
- Shah’s Over The Moon review on ComicYears.com: https://comicyears.com/movies/review-over-the-moon-is-a-fantastical-tearjerker-about-love-and-loss/
- Salome's Wolfwalkers review on ComicYears.com: https://comicyears.com/movies/wolfwalkers-movie-review-a-triumph-for-wolf-girls/
- Meghan surprises with her opinions on Nomadland, despite having reviewed it early. 
- Meghan’s Nomandland review on ComicYears.com: https://comicyears.com/movies/nomadland-tiff-review-a-film-worth-waiting-for/
- Promising Young Woman dominates the discussion of this 2021 Oscars predictions podcast, surprisingly. 
- Why comparing Promising Young Woman to Joker is unfair and invalid. 
- The team’s Wonder Woman 1984 review: https://comicyears.com/podcast/the-comic-years-podcast-wonder-woman-1984/ 
- The team picks one snub that deserved to be nominated. 

Our reviews of the other 2021 Oscar nominated movies:
- Mank review: https://comicyears.com/movies/mank-review-a-netflix-film-that-makes-us-miss-the-cinema/
- Promising Young Woman review: https://comicyears.com/movies/promising-young-woman-review-black-comedy-is-star-turn-for-carey-mulligan/


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Meghan Hale
Twitter: https://twitter.com/meghanrhale
Comic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/meghan-hale/
 
Emily O’Donnell
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Faelai
Comic Years: https://comicyears.com/author/emilyo/

Shah Shahid
Twitter: https://twitter.com/theshahshahid
Comic Years Articles: https://comicyears.com/author/shah-shahid/


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