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Can Brad Pitt act? We’re starting this new season of our Oscar Rewind series asking the hard-hitting questions. We all agree that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a sweeping heartbreaking journey, with beautiful cinematography and a gorgeous score, but is the leading man the best man for the job? Are some of us blinded by our lascivious sixteen-year-old selves? Listen now to find out!

What did you think of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

What Ana listens to on repeat and sobs over and over.

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Listen to our other episodes we talked about - Boyhood, The Artist, Les Misérables, The Shape of Water, Life of Pi, The Zone of Interest

Our other Brad Pitt episodes - Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Big Short, 12 Years a Slave, Moneyball, The Tree of Life, Inglourious Basterds

Our other Cate Blanchett episodes - Tár, Don't Look Up, Nightmare Alley

Our other David Fincher episodes - Mank, The Social Network

"I hope you danceeeeee"

The Orville Redenbacher commercial

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Well well well, we find ourselves here again at the end of the road. We've been gazing back at this strange group of nominees and sometimes it's hard to see the Oscars we know today in the nominations of the past. The 2010 Best Picture winner, The Hurt Locker, was explosive-pun intended. A woman finally won for Best Director and it took home a lot of other awards that night, however, almost 15 years later we found ourselves asking why?

Listen as we wrap up this part of the season and share our final rankings. Also, stay tuned for a special surprise at the end of today's episode! See y'all later when we do the 2009 Oscars!

*Correction - Kathryn Bigelow directed Detroit after Zero Dark Thirty*

What did you think of The Hurt Locker? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

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Listen to our other episodes - American Sniper, All Quiet On The Western Front, Zero Dark Thirty

Watch Saving Private Ryan, The Passion of the Christ, A Single Man, Ramy, the Ernest Movies, Hawkeye

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Watch and listen to Diana: The Musical

Listen to Hedwig and the Angry Inch

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In our penultimate episode this season we are taking a look at Up in the Air. It's a fine film, perhaps even a good film. However, it did not stand a chance to our ramblings this week. Sure, we talked about this movie and what we liked and what we didn't like but… we also planned our weddings. Are we engaged? That doesn't matter. Hopefully you can follow along as we wind this season down and get ready for the Best Picture Winner. 

What did you think of Up in the Air? Do you have your wedding planned out? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

Listen to the soundtrack

Watch The Dark Knight

Listen to Laura Marling’s new album

Watch Julie & Julia

Watch A Single Man

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Pixar is known for hitting us right where it hurts and Up is no different. You get to see a beautiful example of the human experience in just a few minutes only to be reminded that what we think is the limit of what our lives can be is really only the surface. Up challenges us to examine what it means to let go but not forget.

What did you think of Up? What's your favorite Pixar movie? Have you gone snipe hunting? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

Listen to the score

Watch Tuck Everlasting the movie

Listen to the music of Tuck Everlasting the musical

Watch the the Tuck Everlasting musical (The part Ana was talking about starts at 35:21)

Listen to our other episodes - Toy Story 3 - Jojo Rabbit - Inception

Watch A Single Man

If you're on Serializd follow Crystal!

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Sometimes a movie comes along and it just is a movie. We felt left out the loop here with A Serious Man. We didn't quite understand it, and thats okay. Not every movie is going to work for us. We enjoyed some of the performances, the cinematography and really struggled just about everywhere else.

Do we need to delve further into the Coen filmography to better understand the way their minds work? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

NerdWriter1- A Serious Man: Can Life Be Understood?

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Read the screenplay

"Remember That We Suffered"

Watch A Single Man

Watch our other episode about another Coen Brothers film - True Grit

Watch The Tragedy of Macbeth

Listen to our episodes about other Carter Burwell scored movies - The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, True Grit, The Kids Are All Right and The Blind Side

Listen to our episodes about other Roger Deakins shot films - 1917 and True Grit

More Michael Stuhlbarg talk - The Post, The Shape of Water, Call Me By Your Name, Arrival, Lincoln and Hugo

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We dive straight into our thoughts this week; feeling as though a cold open with jokes didn't fit how we wanted to talk about this movie. However, we did find humor in our discussion as well as some tears. Precious isn't a movie you go back to and rewatch if you can help it. We were deeply moved by the performances here and that's where we'll leave this movie.

What did you think of this film? What are you good at? Why are you here? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

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Read the script

Watch Audra Day performing at The 2014 Tonys

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Oh no! Did we like a Quentin Tarantino film?! While we haven't seen his entire filmography, when people talk about how great Tarantino is, Inglorious Bastards is his gold standard. From the perfect opening chapter, to the charming Christoph Waltz, and some truly beautiful shots, this quickly shot up to the tops of our rankings which took us all by surprise. 

Tell us what you thought of this movie. Are you a Tarantino fan? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

*Forgive Ana for mistaking "Für Elise" for "Moonlight Sonata" She means well and at least she's pretty.

*Stay tuned to the very end for a special surprise.

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Listen to our other Tarantino episodes - Django Unchained, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood

Read the script

Watch Interview with the Vampire

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An Education was a formative film for us. It was the introduction to a favorite actress, the start to a love of independent films and a hard look at the whimsy of being a young impressionable girl. Coming back to this film fifteen years later and in a post #metoo world made for an interesting conversation.

Tell us what you thought of this movie. Were you as mesmerized by Carrie Mulligan as we were? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

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Read the script

Listen to our Promising Young Women episode

Read Cultist by Amanda Montell

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District 9 did all the things we wanted Avatar to do. It was an exciting new Sci-Fi film telling a story with humanity at its center. We loved the production and sound design and gushed over new comer Sharlto Copley's emotionally grounded performance.

What did you think of District 9?  Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

Listen to the score

Watch the short film this movie is based on

Listen to our Black Swan episode

"I think you're freaky and I like you a lot"

Listen to our 127 Hours episode

We disagree sometimes listen to Anatomy of a Fall, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, The Wolf of Wall Street, Killers of the Flower Moon

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This week we watched ‘White Savior’ the movie. All of us were on the same page about this movie being completely tone deaf to the actual story or actual Christian values. While we adore Sandra Bullock and will forever worship our congenial Queen, she was not enough to make this an enjoyable experience. Listen as we discuss how this “feel good” movie left feeling anything but good.

What did you think of The Blind Side? Let us know on Twitter and Instagram!

Listen to the score

Read about the true story of Michael Oher

Listen to our episodes about other Michael Lewis movies - Moneyball and The Big Short

Watch Sandra Bullock's Oscar speech

Listen to our episodes about other Carter Burwell scored movies - The Banshees of Inisherin, Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri, True Grit and The Kids Are All Right

Watch Remember the Titans

Listen to our other episodes - American Fiction, Dallas Buyers Club, The Help, Green Book, The Wolf of Wall Street and Vice

Watch Sharp Objects

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