Switch The Envelope

Get in to the Christmas spirit as our hosts Jeff and Cory count down the Top 20 Best Christmas Movies of all time. On this episode we cover numbers 20 through 11 on our list. Join us as Jeff waxes about a classic 80s holiday movie starring Dudley Moore, while Cory defends his love for Danny Kaye’s Christmas time choreography. Share in the love of the holiday season with two guys who love the holiday season. Did your favorite holiday movie make the cut? Maybe it made it to the Top 10 which is available on Part 2. Happy Holidays!

2015 Best Actor Part 2.

On this fun, exciting new episode our host boldly go where the Academy has gone before, in 2015 specifically. Armed with their wits, a nomination list, some choice alternates, and a crack rating system Jeff and Cory put Oscar past to the test. Which actor deserved to go home with the years award? Will another alternate upturn history again? Will we settle another episode with the very scientific Rock, Paper, Scissors…Oscar? Listen and find out.

2015 Best Actor Part 1.

2010 Best Supporting Actress Part 2.

The results are in! On Part 1 this week Jeff and Cory set up their expanded list of nominees and now its time to see who should’ve shined in 2010. Was the Academy too quick to praise a music artist in her crossover role because of one great scene? The grab for Oscar gold is up in the air as we consider the power of lady nazi killers and a grown(ish) up Dakota Fanning. Will the envelope be switched? Will Cory figure out how to say Farmiga? Find out on this episode.

2010 Best Supporting Actress Part 1.

1999 Best Picture Part 2.

On this week’s results show our hosts take us through their expanded list of nominees and alternates for the Best Picture of  the 1999 Academy Awards. Al gives us a Useless Hollywood Fact, Cory reminds us how the scoring metric works, the films are run through our patented 5-finger spring system, and our host find a scientific way to break a tie. Oo…spoiler alert the envelope is definitely switched.

1999 Best Picture Part 1.

On Part 2 of this week our hosts dive into the nominees and their alternates for the 1997 Oscar for Best Supporting Actor. Jeff and Cory are divided on appreciation for the movies of this year, but they do agree the Cuba Gooding Jr. barely deserved to be nominated this year. Will the rightful winner come from the nominee list or will one of their alternates sneak in and force them to switch the envelope? One thing is for sure, Cuba is going home empty handed.

On this episode Super Time Computer Al sends our host to right the wrongs of a time when the Cowboys became the first team to win 3 Big Games in 4 years, a 64-bit gaming system was introduced, and the world lost a rap icon. They go Behind The Oscars of 1997 as Cory has a complete brain malfunction. Cory recovers enough to walk us through the Highest Grossing Movies of the Year. And they both determine alternate actors to add to their rating list. Find out who should of won the Oscar and whether they switch the envelope on Part 2.

Part 2 this week our Hosts continue their deep dive into the dawn of sound in cinema with the 2nd Annual Academy Awards. Jeff and Cory run the unofficial nominees of 1930 including In Old Arizona, The Hollywood Revue of 1929, Alibi, and The Broadway Melody through their patented 5-finger Metric. They also talk about The Patriot which was considered in the running, but a full version of the film no longer exists so they omitted it from their metric. Overall Jeff and Cory share their newfound appreciation for the craft of early cinema while deciding the true fate of the Best Picture of 1930. Is Hollywood’s first on screen musical deserving of the Oscar? Or was there another film that stands the test of time?