What the heck was that? We go through the highs and lows of the least viewed Oscars of all time and we announce the winner of the EXTREMELY IMPORTANT Oscars poll!

We're rounding out our month of Oscars preview with a recap of the remaining Best Picture nominations and filling out our predictions.

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It's part two of our Oscars build-up and we're watching two more Best Picture noms, both about the perils of the American dream.

It's officially Oscars season and we're kicking it off with two movies from Netflix with directors who write robotic, clever characters.

Mentioned in this episode

Orson Welles sells champagne:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nvxwf1jxdaM

Vox explain the backstory to Mank:  https://www.vox.com/culture/21618200/mank-citizen-kane-netflix-kael-auteur-welles-hearst

After suffering through a month of comic books, Alex gets a treat. He talks way too much about his favorite zport BatteBots. Plus the boys play a really fun game of hypothetical BattleBots featuring robots from movie history.

Alex and Ezra took on another challenge this month, this time to meditate every night for two weeks. As usual, Ez did a bit better than Alex. Join us and relax (or just worry about your waddle the whole time).

We committed ourselves to watching the entire unconscionably long re-edit of Justice League this weekend so you could get the inside scoop. It's BONKERS. And Anthony kinda liked it, so that's a little weird.

Anthony recommends this glowing review of the film. Alex does not.

Anthony recommends this interview with Nick Cave and Billy Corgan.

We're back with the second half of the book with pictures, Watchmen. We read chapters 7 - 12 right up to the point where a giant squid vomits psychic energy that wipes out half of New York and all of war. It's a lot! Hope you enjoy.

It's time for the super adventures of Alex, Anthony, and Hunter. Just a group of guys who like to hang out and save the day. Anthony's picked our topic for these next few weeks so we're starting with books 1 - 6 of Watchmen, the graphic novel by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons about good guys gone bad. Plus in The Argument, what superhero would you actually like to exist in the real world?

Put on your best hoodie and wake up from a nap, it's the bi-coastal podcast event of the year!

The News: Anthony gives us a report on a stranger than usual Golden Globes.

The Homework: Hunter introduces us to the Italian slasher genre giallo.

The Argument: What's the best slasher film of all time? Scream (1996) or Psycho (1960)

If you want to get weirder in the giallo world, Hunter recommends Deep Red (1975)

The LA Times deep reporting on corruption with the Hollywood Foreign Press Association: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2021-02-21/hfpa-golden-globes-2021