A Take on the Academy

Spro & Lee finally welcome back their old chum and fan favorite, Emily.  By SALTOTA reckoning, Kevin Spacey only has one Oscar left - his best supporting actor win of 1996 for playing Verbal Kint in The Usual Suspects - and it's time to wipe the slate clean...

Spro & Lee welcome a pumpkin patch of guests, each one armed with a horror movie they believe was overlooked by sons of witches over at the academy. So grab a pillowcase and enjoy Spro & Lee's Horror Show.  

Spro & Lee welcome author, educator, world traveler, and old friend, Joe Lewis, who joins the boys on a trip twenty-one years into the past where they discuss college, the films of 2001 and Ron Howard's ill-gotten best director Oscar for A Beautiful Mind.    

Spro & Lee turn back the clock thirty-five years to talk about the best original screenplays of 1987; Spro shares his strategies for writing a first-draft of a screenplay; and finally, the boys welcome back MC (2nd Chance Cinema; The Mount Rushmore Podcast) to sell everyone on his favorite script of the year, which wasn't even nominated.     

Spro & Lee present part I of their ongoing series, "The Streep Effect", in which they look at each and every Oscar nomination Meryl Streep has ever received and decide if the Queen of Hollywood deserved them all.   

Season three begins with the boys strong-arming their old friend and the founder of Odd Dog Coffee, Mike Hancock, into discussing perhaps the most egregious best picture winner of all time - Crash.  This one's been a long time coming... 

It’s time to cut the carbs, find the dress, shine the diamonds, and get ready for Season Three of Spro and Lee Take on the Academy...beginning Monday, August 29th.

Spro & Lee welcome actor/writer Morgana O'Reilly. She tells the boys all about life in show business, being a mom, and her 2014 horror/comedy "Housebound".  

Spro & Lee recap some of the events from the 2022 Oscars ceremony, and MC (Spro's cohost of Second Chance Cinema) joins the boys for an in depth conversation about why the Oscars aren't for him. 

Spro and Lee try to get excited about the 94th Academy Awards.