At the 90th Academy Awards, The Shape of Water received a whopping 13 nominations and also took home the top prize of the night, Best Picture. A best picture win that once again baffles all of our hosts, given the year in film that 2017 was. Zach calls this year in film 3rd all time of the 21st century! Tune in to listen to two new guests on the pod!  

Michael Keaton appears on back to back pods with the 88th Academy Award Winner for Best Picture, Spotlight. This investigative journalism film dives into the Boston Globe Spotlight team who broke a story about the catholic church that rocked the city of Boston. Plenty of competition and snubs in yet another great year of film!

Alejandro Inarritu strikes Oscar gold at the 87th Academy Awards winning Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Original Screenplay with Birdman (or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Zach and Luke break down this film including how it reinvigorated Michael Keaton's career. At the end the guys are torn on who they felt deserved the award in what Luke calls one of his favorite years of film! 

The 85th Academy Awards was a phenomenal year in film. With such stiff competition it is an amazing accomplishment in itself that the Ben Affleck directed film, Argo, struck Oscar gold. Join Zach and Luke as they break down the film.

When you think of a silent film winning best picture in 2011, odds are that The Artist does not spring to the front of your mind. But in 2011, the unthinkable happened and The Artist became the first silent film to win best picture since the very first Academy Awards ceremony in 1927. Join Zach and Luke as they breakdown the film.

On this special edition podcast. Zach and Luke give their top 10 films released from 2000 to 2009 along with discussing what the impact this decade had on the film industry. 

Kathryn Bigelow made Oscar history at the 82nd Academy Awards becoming the first female to ever win best director. Zach and Luke breakdown the film that she won for, The Hurt Locker, a modern war movie masterpiece that wins against 9 other competitors in the first year of the expanded field.