The 94th Academy Awards are only days away and for the first time in many years, we weren't big fans of a lot of the nominees. For that matter, we weren't huge fans of most of the 2021 movies in general. Judging by what many respected critics are saying, the Ellises are the outliers. Well, groupthink is dull anyway, right? We'll be tweeting live on the big night (@moviefiend51 and @bevellisellis) as Amy Schumer, Wanda Sykes and Regina Hall host the most controversial Oscars in years, especially considering ABC's baffling edict to cut a slew of the awards presentations to speed up the live broadcast. As for what you're in for in the 434th Ellises' Analysis, we discussed all the candidates for Best Picture, Best Director, the 2 writing categories and all 4 acting categories. By the way, if you're looking to catch up on all the (mediocre) 2021 flicks that you haven't yet seen, most of the major nominees are now available on one streaming service or another. Anyway, give our hour's worth of nay-saying a listen, but also look for our Oscars Post-View the night after the show. We'll probably say more nay. Sparkplug Coffee is our longtime sponsor. They haven't won any awards. That's probably ABC's fault too. But they WILL reward our listeners a one-time 20% discount if they use our promo code ("top100project") at check-out. The Top 100 Project website is kaput. Budget cuts in the Ellis household. Now is the time to subscribe and be a downloader! Ryan's other podcast, Scoring At The Movies, reviewed King Richard just last week