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.
Who should win the Oscar! Part 2 has the (more) major awards!
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Talkie Talk #153: Who Should Win, Pt. 2
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3rd Annual Talkie Awards (The Timbus)! We go through an extensive town-hall style debate to see which movies should win in every category of the 2019 Academy Awards. The winners… may surprise you. The discussion… may just save your life.
Part 1 has the specialty categories and technical awards (check out TT #152). Part 2 here has the heavy hitters here: cinematography, writing, acting, directing and Best Picture.
Below is The Media By Us Oscar vote; we indicate a winner along with the vote totals (and the runner up, where possible):
Cinematography: The Favourite (3-1, Roma) Original Screenplay: First Reformed (4-0) Adapted Screenplay: BlacKkKlansman (4-0) Supporting Actor: Sam Elliott, A Star is Born (3-1, Mahershala Ali) Supporting Actress:Rachel Weisz, The Favourite (2-1-1, Regina King, Emma Stone) Lead Actor:Christian Bale, Vice (2-1*, Bradley Cooper) Lead Actress:Olivia Colman, The Favourite (4-0) Director:Alfonso Cuaron, Roma (4-0) Best Picture:Roma (2-2**, The Favourite)
*Lead Actor Protest Vote – Ethan Hawke should be here. **Best Picture – deadlock, went to #2 votes to break tie.
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
The whole gang gets together and takes a break from the awards that don’t matter to the ones that do. Does Monty Python and the Holy Grail make the Talk of Fame? What does this mean for the rest of the MP catalog? Is David a herring? Yes…yes he is.
It’s nearly here! Which means our Oscar prognosticators need to go head to head (to head) to see who can come the closest – also helpful if you want another set of picks if you’re doing a nominations pool. Come Tuesday January 22st, we shall see who is the Oracle amongst us. We’ll shown the category, and each prognosticator’s picks (with consensus ones in bold).
Talkie Talk 150: Predicting the Nominations of the 91st Academy Awards
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Oscar nominations come out tomorrow! Be the most informed at your office by listening to TMBU’s nomination prediction podcast! Chris, TJ, and David make their picks in each category, from animated shorts all the way to the big kahuna.
So many guilds, so little time before Oscar nominations. Using statistics to make sense of predicting a wild movie year.
There are multiple ways to predict the Academy Awards – come January 22nd, we’ll find out which way was most correct. Until then, you could go with your gut, you could check out sites that aggregate bettings odds on the favorites (thank you GoldDerby for existing!), and you could also go with what the guilds say.
Making a movie requires interfacing with many unions in the multi-faceted levels of production – these unions (for acting, directing, writing, costume design, etc.), who also describe themselves as guilds, all annually reward their peers across the industry for the best in show. The convenient aspect of these guilds is they announce their nominees and/or winners before the Oscar nominations come out. The other obvious convenient aspect of these guilds is they actually overlap with the members of the Academy that vote for the Oscar awards.
You can trust your gut, or give GoldDerby more page views, or you can read on and see what these guilds are trying to tell us about nominations. So far, the following guilds have announced nominees:
Talkie Talk 149: Year End Lists Part 2 (Top 10 Movies)
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The year is over! Check out Part 1 (Podcast #148) for our best in games, TV and worst of 2018 movies. Part 2 has everything – personal top ten films of the year, quiet places, decapitation, chainsaw fights, helicopter shenanigans, English lords getting pelted with tomatoes, Peruvian bears, Pepto Bismol cocktails, and much more. Fun fact: everyone has a different #1! Again!
Main Topic: Best Films of 2018 Top Ten Films of the Year (0:55)
Brent 10. Hereditary 9. Leave No Trace 8. A Quiet Place 7. A Star is Born 6. Roma 5. First Reformed 4. Minding the Gap 3. Eighth Grade 2. Mission: Impossible – Fallout 1. Paddington 2
David 10. Paddington 2 9. The Death of Stalin 8. Hereditary 7. BlacKkKlansman 6. Support the Girls 5. The Favourite 4. Minding the Gap 3. Annihilation 2. First Reformed 1. Tully
Chris 10. A Quiet Place 9. Mandy 8. Hearts Beat Loud 7. Minding the Gap 6. First Reformed 5. Eighth Grade 4. Roma 3. A Star is Born 2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 1. The Favourite
TJ 10. Vice 9. Mandy 8. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 7. Minding the Gap 6. The Guilty 5. Eighth Grade 4. Mission: Impossible – Fallout 3. The Favourite 2. Tully 1. A Star is Born
Honorable Mentions (1:38:47):
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Talkie Talk #148 - Year End Lists Part 1 (Video Games/Worst Movies/Best TV)
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For this podcast, we are wrapping up 2018 with our first set of year end lists. In this hour, we share some of our favorites, as well as some of our least favorites. Check a look at those lists below! Timestamped in case you just don’t care how many times Chris calls a game a “great little game.” Also, all lists in descending order… for suspense?
Warning: Some mild language. Some language is picante.
Favorite Video Games of the Year (1:36):
Brent Red Dead Redemption 2 David #3: Paradox #2: Timespinner #1: Florence Chris #5: Slay the Spire #4: Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon #3: Super Smash Brothers Ultimate #2: Into the Breach #1: Celeste Honorable mention to: God of War & Octopath Traveler
Worst Movies of the Year (29:48):
David #5: Dumplin’ #4: Super Troopers 2 #3: Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society #2: Hold the Dark #1: The Cloverfield Paradox TJ #5: The Cloverfield Paradox #4: Fahrenheit 451 #3: A Wrinkle in Time #2: The Meg #1: Game Over, Man Chris #5: The Rider #4: Ibiza #3: Fifty Shades Freed #2: Bad Samaritan #1: The Titan Brent Solo: A Star Wars Story
Favorite TV Shows of the Year (1:01:54):
TJ #2: Bodyguard #1: Maniac Brent #3: Sharp Objects #2: Haunting of Hill House #1: Survivor: David vs. Goliath David #5: Forever #4: Succession #3: Homecoming #2: Killing Eve #1: Atlanta
Stay tuned for our Top Ten Movies of the Year, dropping shortly!
The guys get together to talk one of 2018’s critical darlings in The Rider. Luckily, none of us were injured during the recording of this podcast. At least not enough to have to be put down.
