Contra Zoom Pod

After spending the last three weeks breaking down the odds that each of the Best Picture nominees and their odds to win each of their awards (Sound of Minari Nomadland, Judas and the Mank, The Trial of the Promising Young Father). Stephanie Prior joins the show as we list off who we think will win, who we want to win and who was snubbed at this year's Oscars. How will they fare? Below are their predictions and check back next week when critic Thom Ernst joins the show and the results are revealed. 

Best Supporting Actress: Youn Yuh-jung - Minari (D+S)

Best Supporting Actor: Daniel Kaluuya - Judas and the Black Messiah (D+S)

Best Actress: Viola Davis - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (D), Carey Mulligan - Promising Young Woman (S)

Best Actor: Chadwick Boseman - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (D+S)

Best Original Score: Soul (D+S)

Best Original Song: Judas and the Black Messiah (D), One Night in Miami... and (S)

Best Original Screenplay: Promising Young Woman (D+S)

Best Adapted Screenplay: Nomadland (D+S)

Best Cinematography: Nomadland (D+S)

Best Sound: Sound of Metal (D+S)

Best Costumes: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (D+S)

Best Hair and Makeup: Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom (D+S)

Best Animated Feature: Soul (D+S)

Best Animated Short: If Anything Happens I Love You (D+S)

Best Documentary: Collective (D), My Octopus Teacher (S)

Best Documentary Short: A Love Song for Latasha (D+S)

Best International Film: Another Round (D+S)

Best Live Action Short: Two Distant Strangers (D+S)

Best Visual Effects: Tenet (D+S)

Best Production Design: The Father (D), Mank (S)

Best Film Editing: Nomadland (D), Sound of Metal (S)

Best Director: Chloe Zhao - Nomadland (D+S)

Best Picture: Nomadland (D+S)

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Every year we break down all the Best Picture nominees at the Oscars and go over their chances to win each of their nominations. We rank them as Front Runners, Dark Horses, Long Shots and Just Happy to Be There. Joining the show is Joe Aragon host of House of Cinema, who previously was heard on episode 134: David Fincher Ranked. On today's show we are discussing Promising Young Woman, The Father and The Trial of the Chicago 7. Tune in next week for our annual Oscar predictions episode.

Timestamps

Promising Young Woman 5:30-22:00

Best Picture

Best Actress - Carey Mulligan

Best Director - Emerald Fennell

Best Original Screenplay

Best Film Editing

The Father 22:00-42:00

Best Picture

Best Actor - Anthony Hopkins

Best Supporting Actress - Olivia Colman

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Film Editing

Best Production Design

The Trial of the Chicago 7 42:00-1:07:00

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor - Sacha Baron Cohen

Best Original Screenplay

Best Film Editing

Best Cinematography

Best Original Song

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Every year we break down all the Best Picture nominees at the Oscars and go over their chances to win each of their nominations. We rank them as Front Runners, Dark Horses, Long Shots and Just Happy to Be There. Joining the show is Jeff and Pierre, hosts of Classic Movies Live who are appearing for their first time. On today's show we are discussing Mank and Judas and the Black Messiah. This series will continue the next week as we finish covering the other three BP nominees.

Timestamps

Mank 7:00-1:00:00

Best Picture

Best Actor - Gary Oldman

Best Supporting Actress - Amanda Seyfried

Best Director - David Fincher

Best Cinematography

Best Production Design

Best Original Score

Best Makeup and Hairstyling

Best Costume Design

Best Sound

Judas and the Black Messiah 1:00:00-1:29:45

Best Picture

Best Supporting Actor - Daniel Kaluuya

Best Supporting Actor - LaKeith Stanfield

Best Original Screenplay

Best Cinematography

Best Original Song

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Every year we break down all the Best Picture nominees at the Oscars and go over their chances to win each of their nominations. We rank them as Front Runners, Dark Horses, Long Shots and Just Happy to Be There. Joining the show is Paulo Bautista the host of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, who was heard on episode 142: Most Anticipated Films of 2021. On today's show we are discussing Sound of Metal, Minari and Nomadland. This series will continue the next two weeks as we finish covering the other five BP nominees.

Timestamps

Sound of Metal 3:30-21:30

Best Picture

Best Actor - Riz Ahmed

Best Supporting Actor - Paul Raci

Best Film Editing

Best Original Screenplay

Best Sound

Minari 21:30-41:00

Best Picture

Best Actor - Steven Yeun

Best Supporting Actress - Youn Yuh-jung

Best Director - Lee Isaac Chung

Best Original Screenplay

Best Original Score

Nomadland 41:00-1:01:00

Best Picture

Best Actress - Frances McDormand

Best Director - Chloe Zhao

Best Adapted Screenplay

Best Film Editing

Best Cinematography

Follow Paulo on Twitter @ninjaboimedia. Listen to the Oscars Death Race Podcast episode about the same three movies featuring Ray Luu.

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On this episode we review movies watching during the 2021 edition of the film festival portion of South by South West (SXSW). Rachel Ho returns to the show, previously heard on episode 139: Celebrating Asian American Cinema. We discuss the pros and cons of the digital festival, six different films and some of the awards that were handed out. 

Timestamps:

Intro 0:00-11:30

Islands 11:30-20:00

Alien on Stage 20:00-33:45

Our Father 33:45-42:00

Disintegration Loops 42:00-52:30

Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror 52:30-1:07:45

Potato Dreams of America 1:07:45-1:14:30

Awards/Outro 1:14:30-1:20:00

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The 93rd Academy Awards just announced the nominees for the biggest awards in film. Mank leads the pack with 10, but other big players include Minari, Nomadland, Sound of Metal, The Trail and the Chicago 7 and more! Sammy Feilchenfeld joins the show to discuss what the early nominations mean and some of our surprises and snubs amongst the pack. Stay tuned for plenty of Oscar coverage leading up to the ceremony on April 25th.

I was recently on the Oscars Death Race podcast to predict who would be nominated and some general talk on First Cow, The Father and News of the World. 

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Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On part two we look at animated Japanese films. We look at the history of Studio Ghibli and the impact the films of Hayao Miyazaki and Isao Takahata. We discuss the influence of such seminal films like Ghost in the Shell, Paprika and Akira and the debate of dubs vs subs. Joining me on the show is Naomi Wada Platt, who guested on episode 130: imagineNATIVE, a YouTuber who often covers Japanese culture and politics in both English and Japanese language videos. Make sure you check out Part One where we discuss Live Action Japanese films!

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We are officially into 2021's movie season, while some release dates are still unconfirmed or destined to change, we look at the movies we are most excited about. Joining the show is Paulo Bautista host of the Oscars Death Race and Box Office Watch podcasts, who previously was on the show for episode 100: Oscars Death Race Interview. Movies we talk about include Shang-Chi, After Yang, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Northman, The Green Knight, In the Heights and more! 

We separated our picks into categories. 

Paulo's categories: Superhero Flicks, Musicals, Animation and Artsy. 

Dakota's categories: Coming to Netflix, A24 Releases, Directing Legends and Indie Darlings. 

We both also looked at films that were pushed back from last year. 

Follow Paulo on Twitter @ninjaboimedia. 

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Continuing our series celebrating cinema from around the world. On this episode we look at live action Japanese films, from Seven Samurai and Godzilla, to Ringu and House up to Shoplifters. We gush about Akira Kurosawa, Yasujirō Ozu, Kenji Mizoguchi, Hirokazu Koreeda and others. Joining me on the show is Naomi Wada Platt, who guested on episode 130: imagineNATIVE, a YouTuber who often covers Japanese culture and politics in both English and Japanese language videos. Look forward to part two coming in a few weeks!

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The annual SXSW festival is gearing up to happen from March 16-20th online and we have a list of the ten most anticipated films we are looking forward too. Visit sxsw.com for the full festival lineup.

The ten films we are looking forward to include: Demi Lovato: Dancing with the Devil, Alone Together, Under the Volcano, Hysterical, Lily Topples The World, The Fabulous Filipino Brothers, Swan Song, Violet, How It Ends and The Spine of Night.

Dakota was also recently a guest on Please Watch This as they discussed The Master. Sam and Hugh were also recent guests on episode 135: Make/Remake Citizen Kane and Mank and provided voicemails for 138: Best Films of 2020. 

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