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We’ve seen this story before, right? White boy and his western civilization come to a new place and tries to make friends with the indigenous peoples, there is a love story as bland as water, and a heavy dose of environmentalism. We could name more than one movie with this plot…James Cameron, come on! We can’t even try and make excuses that the story is simple because the technology was so new and the focus of the movie because he regurgitated tired stories again in the sequel. The first sequel in a line of many. Fingers crossed it only gets better.

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It's the night of the show y'all! Oscar night 2024 has come and gone. The three of us are reunited and discussing our feelings on each winner. The highs, the lows, the "oh i guess that happened" and "Ana! Quit thirsting over Ryan Gosling, we're uncomfortable." Also, how many times are we going to have old people totally ruin the Best Picture announcement? Cheers to another year in the books. Come back next year to geek out with us!

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We've talked about all of the Best Picture nominees but we needed to rant and rave about some movies and performances The Academy snubbed this year. Listen to what we thought were Oscar worthy performances and tell us what we missed! By the time you are listening this, The Roomies will be reunited and ready for Oscar weekend! WE CAN'T WAIT!

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Looks like we made it! Here in the final episode of this years Conversations with Oscar Series we're talking about one of the more inventive movies we've seen. Jonathan Glazer crafted an uniquely told story that felt like a rain cloud hovering over the bright shiny Höss family. If we didn't know any better, we would think they were living a happy normal life. Only we do know better, and hearing the horrors happening in the background made this film hard to digest, but magnificent to watch.

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Why The Zone of Interest is a masterpiece

Behind the scenes featurette

Esther's Letterboxd review

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Yorgos Lanthimos has delivered another Best Picture nominee but this time it has all a little undecided how we feel. Visually, this movie is stunning. The costumes, production design, and cinematography are all some of the best modern movies have to offer, but here we are again with a story told by someone who can't fully understand the subject of the film. Listen as we talk about our issues with the story and gush about the visual elements we loved.

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Read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern

Read Zoë Rose Bryant's article comparing Poor Things to the trans experience

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Video about the Born Sexy Yesterday trope

MovieMija's review and Barbie comparison tiktoks

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The time has come for us to talk about the secret sleeper amongst the Best Picture nominees. American Fiction seemingly came out of nowhere and scored five nominations. It's an important satirical comedy that surprised us with how much we enjoyed it. We're not sure it will walk away come Oscar night with any statues, but we're happy its in the conversation this year.

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The combination of Celine Song's writing and directing alongside the powerful acting trio that is Greta Lee, Teo Yoo and John Magaro, created such a perfect harmony that we had a hard time finding anything to critique in Past Lives. Every choice was a masterclass in how quiet, intimate story telling can be incredibly impactful. We're going to be gushing about the body language, the score and the longing presented here for years to come. Join us, wont you?

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Past Lives: The Definitive Explanation

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What can we add to the conversation on Oppenheimer that hasn't already been since its release last year? We continue our admiration of Nolan's work while still admonishing his weakness in writing complex female characters. We talk about this stacked cast featuring names and faces we love while also calling out the need for the presence of more color. We even dive a bit into how this movie feels given the context of our current political climate. Here at We Have Thoughts, we're giving it all to you.

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Watch Barefoot Gen (1983)

Read Alisa Lynn Valdes' tweets about how the trinity test affected the people of New Mexico

Read We Lived Happily During the War by Ilya Kaminsky

Watch 42 (2013)

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We've hit the halfway point in our Conversations with Oscar series! Today we are talking about Anatomy of a Fall. A lot of the films this season are bigger in scope and feel, while this one is much smaller it still packs a giant punch. Justine Triet and Arthur Harari wrote a spectacular original screenplay that obfuscated the truth to not just the audience but to the star, Sandra Hüller herself. Listen to our thoughts here and see just how much further this season is dividing us.

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Listen to our episode about The Trial of the Chicago 7

Listen to us talk another great animal performance -  War Horse

Read Keeping Faith by Jodi Picoult

Listen to our episode about Marriage Story

Listen to our other episodes about other great child performances - Jojo Rabbit, Minari, Room, Beasts of the Southern Wild, and Lion

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What happens when you allow a person with too much theatre kid energy to make their passion project? Turns out you get this mess of a movie. We love Bradley Cooper, we love Carey Mulligan, and we love Leonard Bernstein, but we did not love this movie. From its messy script, to gimmicky black and white and unnecessary prosthetic we found ourselves questioning why this was nominated at all.

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Listen to our other Bradley Cooper episodes - A Star Is Born, Nightmare Alley, Licorice Pizza, American Sniper, American Hustle, Silver Linings Playbook

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Listen to our episode about The Theory of Everything

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Listen to our Selma episode

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