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Talkie Talk #205: Oscar Nomination Draft

Talkie Talk

Talkie Talk #205: Oscar Nomination Draft

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We’ve gathered here today to prognosticate. We’re selecting the lot of movies that we think are going to garner the most nominations. They come out earlier than normal this year with the announcement coming January 13th. Use this as your shortlist if you want to cross off as many Oscar movies with the smallest effort. Also: Survivor & W2W!

Reality Roundup: The Challenge: War of the Worlds II (1:40), Survivor: IoI (9:53)

Nomination Draft: (29:30)

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Talkie Talk #204: Marriage Story & The Report

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Talkie Talk #204: Marriage Story & The Report

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It’s the Adam Driver-thon! David, TJ, and Chris are here to discuss Marriage Story and The Report. You can also hear our thoughts about Us, last week’s episode of Survivor, and the week’s news. Also, spend some dosh at the theater this next weekend. Great movies coming out soon!

All: Us (1:55), The Report (7:57), Marriage Story (17:19)

Reality Roundup: Survivor: Island of the Idols (43:37)

Breezy on the Streets: (49:24)

What to watch: (55:00)

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2020 Oscar Predictions: TJ Versus David – November Edition

Hope everybody had a good Turkey Day! We’re thankful here for monthly 2020 Oscar nomination predictions! Saved for posterity, so that we can reflect on our Nostradamussian perfection in February. Consider this the Biff’s Sports Almanac of Academy acumen.

Best Picture

We Agree: The Irishman, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Parasite, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit, Little Women, Ford v Ferrari, Joker, 1917 (9)
We Disagree: TJ – Bombshell (1), David – The Two Popes (1)
Biggest Riser: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (+2)
Biggest Fall: Marriage Story, Ford v Ferrari (-3)
New Entries: Bombshell, 1917, Joker

State of the Race: Independent Spirit Award Nominations Announced!

Happy Thanksgiving! We have our second award domino to fall (after the Gotham Award nominations), and this one is also similarly unconnected to the actual industry. The Spirit Awards are given by Film Independent, a nonprofit arts organization supporting independent films and filmmakers, for “independent” movies made for under $25 million. Prestige arms of big studios still get in here, like Fox Searchlight, Paramount Vintage, and Sony Pictures Classics. But also, big prestige films that win Oscars get celebrated here too – Best Picture winners like The Artist (2011), 12 Years a Slave (2013), Birdman (2014), Spotlight (2015) and Moonlight (2016).

The nominees are shown below – along with the number of Academy Award nominees from the previous year in the respective categories, as well as how many Oscar nominees the Spirits tend to nominate since 2009 (the year of the increase in Best Picture).

2020 Oscar Predictions: TJ Versus David – September Edition

Here we go! We’re updating our predictions month to month as we get closer to the 2020 Oscars. Going month to month, TJ and David will give their picks to see what’s rising and what’s falling. Without any further ado, away we a-go:

Best Picture

We Agree: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, Marriage Story, Jojo Rabbit, The Irishman, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, Parasite, Ford v Ferrari, Little Women, The Farewell (9)
We Disagree: TJ – 1917 (1), David – The Two Popes (1)
Biggest Riser: Jojo Rabbit (+7)
Biggest Fall: 1917 (-6)
New Entries: The Two Popes, A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood

2020 Oscar Predictions: TJ versus David – August Edition

We’re going to try something new with The Media By Us – writing about the Oscars. We will be updating our predictions month to month as we get closer to the 2020 Oscars. Going month to month, TJ and David will give their picks to see what’s rising and what’s falling. Without any further ado, away we a-go:

Best Picture

We Agree: Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, The Irishman, 1917, Little Women, Marriage Story, The Farewell, Ford v Ferrari, Jojo Rabbit, Parasite (9)
We Disagree: TJ – A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (1), David – The Laundromat (1)

Talkie Talk #163: Babel

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Talkie Talk #163: Babel

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Chris and TJ get together to talk about Inarritu’s Babel and then discuss how sometimes the movies we love don’t get the praise they deserve. Join us and let us know if there are any years you think the Academy got it wrong. Also, let’s all give a warm welcome to Babel as we sneak it into the ToF.

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Talkie Talk #161: All the King’s Men (1949)

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Talkie Talk #161: All the King's Men (1949)

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We can’t put him back together, but we’re hoping that All The King’s Men can. Join the full squad as we discuss whether the 1949 best picture winner belongs in the Talk of Fame.

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Warning: Some mild language. Some language is spicy.

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Talkie Talk #154: Oscar Recap

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Talkie Talk #154: Oscar Recap

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TJ and Chris get together for a quick chat of all things Academy Awards! And it only takes 28 minutes!

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100% Accurate 2019 Academy Award Predictions

Kevin Hart is hosting. Oops, he’s not.
A new popular film category is happening. Oops, it’s not.
Kevin Hart is back hosting. Oops again, he’s not.
Only two Original Songs are being performed. Oops, now it’s all five.
Four categories will be announced during commercials. Oops, they’re back.

There’s a non-zero chance that the 91st Academy Awards are not actually announced on Sunday February 24th, from how the Academy is currently going. In the chance that they actually do happen, David and TJ will present their predictions in every category. We’ll break down the nominees, our predictions, and will present the prediction from the Darkest Timeline – the worst case thing that could happen… might just happen. Here we go.