Both of Guillermo del Toro’s Best Picture Oscar nominations have been accompanied by a Best Cinematography nomination for Dan Laustsen, so Sophia and Nick had to find out more about their successful partnership. Check out their interview with Dan where they learn all about the lighting and camerawork in “Nightmare Alley” and how precision blocking by Cate Blanchett and Bradley Cooper gave those eerie noir effects.

Check out what Dan is Wild! for: https://kanopy.com/video/i-am-cuba-0

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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

Transport yourself to the world of “Dune” once more through the eyes of Donald Mowat, the film’s Academy Award nominee for Makeup and Hairstyling. He shares some wonderful insight with Nick and Sophia about his long and trusting collaboration with Denis Villeneuve, how he cohesively weaved certain elements between characters and families (i.e. Timothee Chalamet’s luscious locks and Oscar Isaac’s commanding beard), his process in bringing even more terror to the Baron Harkonnen’s presence, and how he planned ahead for “Dune: Part II.”

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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

Sophia and Nick return with their second Contenders episode, diving into each nominee from three more categories and predicting what may happen at The Oscars. Thankfully, they recorded the episode before The Academy announced eight categories will be cut from the telecast so you won’t hear them scream, but they do discuss the #FanFavorite poll and thoughts on this Sunday’s SAG Awards. Who do they think should and will win in International Feature (8:12), Animated Short Film (31:02), and Animated Feature (38:36)? Listen to find out.

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Welcome back to the start of another Oscar Contenders series where Nick and Sophia discuss each nominee, category by category, leading up to The 94th Academy Awards. First off, they share production details and admire the craftwork in some technical categories, with Visual Effects, Production Design (26:01), Original Score (47:25), and Original Song (1:08:17). Stay tuned for a fun little mini game to celebrate Diane Warren’s 13th nomination.

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With only 45 days until this year’s Academy Awards ceremony, the race has finally begun with the recent nominations announcement. Sophia and Nick discuss everything from ‘The Power of the Dog’ leading the pack to what feels like a bad romance between The Academy and Lady Gaga. Listen as they channel Stanton Carlisle in breaking down the snubs and surprises and interpreting what this means for The Oscars.

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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

Nick and Sophia are back with another awards season check-in! They share their Oscar nomination predictions coming out of a wild week of guild nominations. How do the PGA, DGA, and other guild nominations inform their Oscar nominations? Who are some contenders they’re not willing to let go of yet? Listen to find out who we think is in and who is out ahead of the big announcement on February 8th.

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On this episode, Sophia and Nick were delighted to be joined by Tamara Deverell, the production designer for Guillermo Del Toro’s latest film, Nightmare Alley. In this interview, Deverell discusses her beautiful nominated work in ‘Nightmare Alley,’ and how she collaborated with visual effects, costumes, and set decoration departments to build an intricate and consuming world from the expansive carnival to the Art Deco interiors in Buffalo. Stay tuned to hear more on Guillermo del Toro's directorial process and for insights into future collaborations.

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Nick and Sophia are back with their 2022 Movie Preview, counting down a number of new releases that are scheduled to come out this year! First, they share some releases that were delayed from 2021 (1:27) and a couple of Sundance hopefuls that already have release dates (10:30).

Then, find out if ‘Scream’ (2022) is one of their favorite scary movies in their first spoiler-free review of the year (16:47). Finally, they reveal which movies they think could be box office hits (21:54), what’s next on A24’s slate (45:25), and which films they think could be potential awards players (50:57).

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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

Something wicked this way comes with Sophia and Nick’s review of Joel Coen’s recently released ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth.’ By going category by category, they break down each of the film’s elements, from Kathryn Hunter’s transformation as a fowl witch to Bruno Delbonnel’s geometric and expressionist cinematography, and discuss its awards potential. Check out the movie on Apple TV+ and in theaters now!

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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich

Apple TV+ “Making ‘The Tragedy of Macbeth’”: https://youtu.be/qshtrQIpTdI

Rolling Stone Interview with Kathryn Hunter: https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-features/macbeth-kathryn-hunter-interview-1277928/amp/

It has been another busy week full of awards season updates that could very well influence the Oscar nominations being announced in only 25 days. Did the subdued Golden Globes Twitter release capture enough widespread attention? What were some searing snubs and exciting surprises from the BAFTA long lists? (19:27) Which actors and ensemble will prevail among the Screen Actors Guild nominations? (27:23)

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Music: “The Greatest Adventure” by Jonathan Adamich