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Join the Worthy Boys and a special guest to review the best films of Summer 2023 along with the biggest stories of the summer – plus what to look forward to in the fall and winter! 

The Atomic Bomb, Spidermen, and millennial pink rule the summer box office but is this enough to keep theaters afloat another year? Strikes and greedy CEOs fuel the ever-changing landscape of Hollywood and the motion picture business as the writing and actors strike pushes past three months with no end in sight. With pushbacks and indefinite delays on the horizon, did the summer box office make up for what looks to be a lackluster fall movie season?  

Ben and Jon are going to make you an offer that you can't refuse, a breakdown of the 45th Best Picture winner "The Godfather". The gangster epic is the focal point of this episode as the Worthy Boys dive deep with the fishes to discuss the aspects of the films production. 

The film brings a heavy weight because of it's popularity and rank among the all-time best films. Ben and Jon debate if the film is Worthy of it's recognition as a top film and which parts stand out the most to them. Stay tuned throughout this episode as our Worthy hosts give you a behind the scenes look of the film as well as the events that occurred at the 45th Academy Awards!

Is The Godfather worthy of the Best Picture award of 1972? Tell us how we’re wrong at [email protected]

The Worthy Boys are on the beat tracking down a large shipment of heroin in the Big Apple as we’re discussing the 44th Best Picture The French Connection! Gene Hackman stars as Detective Jimmy “Popeye” Doyle in this French new wave-inspired cop drama that went on to inspire the genre. Also, hear Ben and Jon break down the Oscar winners of the night like Jane Fonda and Charlie Chaplin. 

In perfect timing, The French Connection and its digital streaming offering were brought into question recently when eagle-eyed viewers noticed stealth edits made to the 1971 classic The French Connection, which is owned by Disney and being streamed by the Criterion Channel. Catch the episode to hear our take on censoring this iconic Best Picture and whether this was a good idea or not! 

Is The French Connection worthy of the Best Picture award of 1971? Tell us how we’re wrong at [email protected]

Worthy is back with General George S. Patton leading the charge! The George C. Scott starring biopic became an instant classic in 1970 for movie goers. Scott's performance and the depths he went through to portray Patton properly shines in this Best Picture winner.

Ben and Jon breakdown the Oscar winning script co-written by Francis Ford Coppola and what the character of Patton is trying to accomplish. The Worthy boys also breakdown the 43rd Academy Awards as well as the 5 Best Picture nominees from that year!

Is Patton worthy of the Best Picture award of 1970? Tell us how we’re wrong at [email protected]

The Worthy Boys are becoming city slickers as we head north to the Big Apple to celebrate John Schlesinger’s Midnight Cowboy (1969) starring Dustin Hoffman and Jon Voight! Everybody’s watching and wondering what’s on our minds. Well, it’s Ratso/Rizzo and Joe Buck trying to hustle their way through New York City, that’s what! This incredible picture explores the depths of New York City you rarely see while also being a personal and intimate story about self-discovery. 

Times are changing as we reach the end of the 60s and enter into The New Hollywood. The Oscars are now international Over the winter and the Board of Governors finalized a radical new plan: anyone who had not been active in the movie industry for seven years would be made an "associate" member, without an Oscar vote – in other words put “out on the icebergs to die." This is the end and beginning of Cowboys as John Wayne finally wins his Best Actor Oscar for True Grit.  

Is Midnight Cowboy worthy of the Best Picture award of 1969? Tell us how we’re wrong at [email protected]

Ben and Jon react to the results of the 95th Academy Awards! The Worthy hosts go through the highlights, snubs and surprises that unfolded at Hollywood's biggest night. 

What did you think of the 95th Academy Awards? Tell us why we're wrong and email us at [email protected]

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The Worthy Boys gather to predict the results of this year's Oscars! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is gathering to honor the best films released in 2022 and beyond! 

Everything Everywhere All at Once leads this awards season with 11 total nominations with All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with 9. Could Elvis or The Banshees of Inisherin come from behind and take home the big award for Best Picture? 

 The 95th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 12th, 2023, and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California. Who will be worthy of the Oscar gold? 

We will see you at the show!

The Worthy boys are begging for FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD! as we’re celebrating the wacky west-end world of Oliver! directed by Carol Reed based on the book Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens. Oliver! was the last British film to win Best Picture until Chariots of Fire in 1981, and the last musical to win until Chicago in 2002. It’s hard not to laugh when discussing the wacky plot of Oliver! as we argue that Oliver might not even be the lead in the film named after him. 

We discuss the musical as well as the latest 4K restoration done by Columbia Pictures and the difference in experience a viewer has depending on the specific version of a film they watch. The 41st Academy Awards were also the first Oscars to be staged at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, Los Angeles, and the first with no host since the 11th Academy Awards!

Is Oliver! worthy of the Best Picture award of 1968? Tell us how we’re wrong at [email protected]

The Worthy boys are investigating the streets of Sparta, Mississippi to discover who murdered a local wealthy businessman as we’re discussing In the Heat of the Night. The racially fueled film stars Sidney Poitier as a Philadelphia Detective stuck outside of his jurisdiction and Rod Steiger as the local racist police chief in charge of the murder case. 

Tune in to hear us analyze the shocking moments that stunned American audiences of 1967; moments like when our Black protagonist, Detective Tibbs slaps a white man marking a first in Hollywood American cinema! 

The 1967 Oscars were originally scheduled for April 8th but the awards were postponed to two days later due to the assassination of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. This travesty would continue to spark debates over the civil rights movement and films like In The Heat of the Night were used as a shining example of how to examine this American issue. 

Is In the Heat of the Night worthy of the Best Picture award of 1967? Tell us how we’re wrong at [email protected]

The Worthy Boys gather to celebrate the nominations to this year's Oscars! The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences is gathering to honor the best films released in 2022.

Everything Everywhere All at Once leads this awards season with 11 total nominations with All Quiet on the Western Front and The Banshees of Inisherin with 9. Could Elvis or Spielberg's The Fablemans come from behind and take home the big award for Best Picture? 

This is the even first time since 1935 that all 5 Actors in the Best Actor category have never been nominated for the award. The 95th Academy Awards will air on Sunday, March 12th, 2023, and will be hosted by Jimmy Kimmel at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles, California.

We will see you there!