Kenny and Mike are joined for this special Oscars episodes by friends Julie Fisk and Ryan Parker for a discussion of the 2022 Academy Awards. Julie Fisk is a member of the Dallas-Ft. Worth Film Critics Association and has two podcasts, Haunted AF https://www.hauntedaf.com and Julie Says So Movie Minute. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/julie-says-so-movie-minute/id1569654170 . Ryan Parker has a PhD in film and theology, works in film Public Relations at WIT PR and publishes the blog Pop Culture Rx https://popculturerx.substack.com/

In addition to offering their predictions and preferences for the nominated films and performances, each offers thoughts of films or performances that could or should have been nominated. There is also a discussion about the state of cinema and theatrical releases. (Please excuse the opening as we had a technical issue with the first portion of the interview.)

Faithspotting: The episode concludes with thoughts about the films that addressed and reflected faith issues and existential challenges the world is facing.