Welcome to our conversation about the movies nominated for the 1981 best picture that were released in 1980. It was a time when men were pretty awful, suburban mothers were cold, and it was rough to be a poor woman from the country or disfigured. 

The movies were:

• The Elephant Man

Major Spoilers for all movies! Please join us as we discuss whether the academy got it right or not! 

Darryl discusses why Monty Python is so important to comedy, this movie in particular, and Laura chimes in, a lot, she just can't help herself as she is such a fan as well. So we'll forgive her. This time.

We have a very special guest this time! Our friend Becca loves the movie Scream, possibly even more than Laura. Becca shares a ton of interesting facts about the movie and adds quite a bit to our podcast. We were honored to have her.

This one is Laura's #16 and it's all about horror movies and playing with, what in 1996 was a rather stale genre.

Enjoy!

#editingtheacademy #scream

The End of a decade. Congrats to us for reviewing a full decade of films! (Yeah, congratulate us dammit!) Anyway, the nominated films released in 1979 are:

All That Jazz

Breaking Away

Kramer Vs. Kramer

Norma Rae

Apocalypse Now

Listen in on why Laura thinks this Jane Austen adaptation is one of the best movies out there.  Romantic, funny, well-paced, beautiful costumes and a behind-the-scenes love affair that has lasted for decades. It's no wonder that Emma Thompson is her friendship crush and Laura confesses that she wants to hang out with her and drink margaritas! 

Major Spoilers (for a 200 year old book, so that's really more on you than us)

The Best Picture winner of 2022 is also one of Darryl's favorites. It's a beautiful movie, and if you haven't seen it already, please go check out CODA!

Major Spoilers for all aspects of the movie 

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Alright - the nominated films are:

Coming Home

Deer Hunter

Heaven Can Wait

Midnight Express

An Unmarried Woman

Come listen as Laura defends why Gone With the Wind #GWTW is her 18th favorite movie of all time while she dances around NOT defending the problematic movie itself. #MelanieWilkesForever

As always, Major Spoilers and let us know your thoughts!

Come find out why Everything Everywhere All at Once #EEAAO is Darryl's #18 favorite movie of all time! 

As always, Major Spoilers and let us know your thoughts!

So we know it gets confusing with the year we're talking about. So this epsiode talks about the films released in 1977 where the winner was presented at the 1978 Academy Awards. Got it? Good(ish).

The films:

Annie Hall

Goodbye Girl

Julia

Star Wars

The Turning Point

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