We're covering the 88th Academy Awards or the films of 2015. There were 8 nominees this year, so we added two additional films to get to one our 10-movie mini-brackets. We talk about the losers from Round 1 this episode.

The nominees were: The Big Short, Bridge of Spies, Brooklyn, Mad Max: Fury Road, The Martian, The Revenant, Room, and Spotlight.

The films we added were: What We Do in the Shadows and Ex Machina.

Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

Timestamps are approximate:

8:20 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

Losers Discussion

• 15:20 - The Revenant
• 26:40 - Brooklyn
• 32:35 - The Martian
• 39:45 - Room
• 45:40 - Spotlight

55:35 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

56:30 - Next Time