The Oscars Death Race Podcast

[S2023E9] Catching Up With Actors, Documentaries and Women Talking

This week, we catch up after slacking last week with every Documentary Feature film, Finishing Best Picture with Women Talking, Supporting Actor with Causeway, and also one of the best films of last year, Aftersun. Plus news about when Tell It Like a Women and other films will be available at home

Listen to my upcoming appearance on ContraZoomPod! https://contrazoompod.com/where-to-listen/

Status: 25/54 Total | 25/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts

This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)

  • Dec 14 - Welcome Back
  • Dec 21 - Oscars Shortlists
  • Dec 28 - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / EEAAO ft Classic Movies Live
  • Jan 4 - Pinocchio / Fabelmans / Top Gun Maverick / TAR / RRR ft Alex Atienza
  • Jan 11 - Babylon / Avatar 2 / Women Talking / The Woman King ft TBD
  • Jan 18 - Nomination Predictions ft Contra Zoom Pod
  • Jan 25 - Nomination Reactions
  • Feb 1 - Triangle of Sadness, All Quiet on the Western Front, Black Panther
  • Feb 15 - Documentaries, Women Talking, Causeway, Aftersun
  • Feb 22 - TBD
  • Mar 1 - TBD
  • Mar 8 - Winners Predictions ft TBD
  • Mar 15 - Season Wrap Up

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[S2023E8] Andrea Riseborough Drama is All Quiet in the Triangle of Wakanda Forever | (3+ Nominees)

This episode we go over the recent Oscars drama around Andrea Riseborough's campaign for Best Actress, and then I give my reviews of the three multi-nominee films I watched this week - Black Panther Wakanda Forever, All Quiet on the Western Front, and Triangle of Sandess

Status: 18/54 Total | 18/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts

This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)

  • Dec 14 - Welcome Back
  • Dec 21 - Oscars Shortlists
  • Dec 28 - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / EEAAO ft Classic Movies Live
  • Jan 4 - Pinocchio / Fabelmans / Top Gun Maverick / TAR / RRR ft Alex Atienza
  • Jan 11 - Babylon / Avatar 2 / Women Talking / The Woman King ft TBD
  • Jan 18 - Nomination Predictions ft Contra Zoom Pod
  • Jan 25 - Nomination Reactions
  • Feb 1 - All Quiet on the Western Front / Black Panther 2 / Triangle of Sadness
  • Feb 8 - TBD
  • Feb 15 - TBD
  • Feb 22 - TBD
  • Mar 1 - TBD
  • Mar 8 - Winners Predictions ft TBD
  • Mar 15 - Season Wrap Up

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[S2023E7] Tell Me (Where to Find Tell it Like A Woman) - The Race Begins! - Nominations Recap

Status: 15/54 Total | 15/39 Features | 0/15 Shorts

This years Oscar nominations are out! We go over each category for who made it in, who was snubbed, who was a surprise, and tally up how many I have left to watch for this year's Death Race, plus where you can find them? We also go over the results of my nominations prediction contest - who had the most predictions correct and which categories were the most contentious and which had hte most consensus.

This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)

  • Dec 14 - Welcome Back
  • Dec 21 - Oscars Shortlists
  • Dec 28 - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / EEAAO ft Classic Movies Live
  • Jan 4 - Pinocchio / Fabelmans / Top Gun Maverick / TAR / RRR ft Alex Atienza
  • Jan 11 - Babylon / Avatar 2 / Women Talking / The Woman King ft TBD
  • Jan 18 - Nomination Predictions ft Contra Zoom Pod
  • Jan 25 - Nomination Reactions
  • Feb 1 - TBD
  • Feb 8 - TBD
  • Feb 15 - TBD
  • Feb 22 - TBD
  • Mar 1 - TBD
  • Mar 8 - Winners Predictions ft TBD
  • Mar 15 - Season Wrap Up

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[S2023E6] Predicting Oscar Nominations with ContraZoomPod (+BAFTA Results)

On this episode we bring on Dakota of ContraZoomPod to talk about our predictions for who will be nominated for the Oscars in a bit less than a week. We also recorded this before BAFTA nominations came out, so I also give a high level overview of how those have shaped the race since then.

Enter the nomination contest here: https://forms.gle/rgFYfrmNXK4XzaTZ6

Signup for a festival pass to the AODR Film Festival here: https://www.aodr.net/the-aodr-festival-2023/

Be sure to check out ContraZoomPod at: https://contrazoompod.com/where-to-listen/

CZPTwitter: https://twitter.com/ContraZoomPod

CZPInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/contrazoompod/

Dakota's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/dgapa/

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[S2023E5] Keeping Warm with December Best Picture Hot Takes ft Whitney Joe - Women Talking / Avatar Way of Water / Babylon (+ More)

This week on the podcast we round out the rest of the Best Picture contenders according to Gold Derby with the December releases - Women Talking (which admittedly I haven't seen), Avatar Way of Water, and Babylon, with fellow AODR discord member Whitney Joe. Whitney also had some very hot takes when we recorded this episode which we go through as well, mostly about films that could round out the Best Picture slate.

In addition to the main topic, we go over the results of the Golden Globes, PGA, DGA and SAG nominations. We also talk with friend of the show Adele, Co-Director of the AODR Film Festival going on right now. And I also share details about the nomination prediction contest I'm running, this year with a prize!

Enter the nomination contest here: https://forms.gle/rgFYfrmNXK4XzaTZ6

Signup for a festival pass to the AODR Film Festival here: https://www.aodr.net/the-aodr-festival-2023/

WhitneyJoe's Linktree: https://linktr.ee/whitneyjoe Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3Nn34jUCZqsP8CBQKKhLoa Twitter: https://twitter.com/thatonegaysian Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/whitneyjoe/

This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)

  • Dec 14 - Welcome Back
  • Dec 21 - Oscars Shortlists
  • Dec 28 - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / EEAAO ft Classic Movies Live
  • Jan 4 - Pinocchio / Fabelmans / Top Gun Maverick / TAR / RRR ft Alex Atienza
  • Jan 11 - Babylon / Avatar 2 / Women Talking / The Woman King ft Whintey Joe
  • Jan 18 - Nomination Predictions ft Contra Zoom Pod
  • Jan 25 - Nomination Reactions
  • Feb 1 - TBD
  • Feb 8 - TBD
  • Feb 15 - TBD
  • Feb 22 - TBD
  • Mar 1 - TBD
  • Mar 8 - Winners Predictions ft TBD
  • Mar 15 - Season Wrap Up

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[S2023E4] Best Picture Contender Passion Projects ft Alex Atienza - Pinocchio / The Fabelmans / TAR / Top Gun Maverick (and RRR)

On this week's episode we talk with my college friend, editor Alex Atienza about some Oscar contenders which are passion projects of the film personalities associated with them - Guillermo del Toro's Pinocchio, Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans, TAR starring Cate Blanchett, and Top Gun Maverick starring Tom Cruise. Plus a mini discussion on RRR!

Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aatienza/

This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)

  • Dec 14 - Welcome Back
  • Dec 21 - Oscars Shortlists
  • Dec 28 - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / EEAAO ft Classic Movies Live
  • Jan 4 - Pinocchio / Fabelmans / Top Gun Maverick / TAR / RRR ft Alex Atienza
  • Jan 11 - Babylon / Avatar 2 / Women Talking / The Woman King ft TBD
  • Jan 18 - Nomination Predictions ft Contra Zoom Pod
  • Jan 25 - Nomination Reactions
  • Feb 1 - TBD
  • Feb 8 - TBD
  • Feb 15 - TBD
  • Feb 22 - TBD
  • Mar 1 - TBD
  • Mar 8 - Winners Predictions ft TBD
  • Mar 15 - Season Wrap Up

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[S2023E3] Best Picture Contenders That Spark Joy ft Classic Movies Live - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / Everything Everywhere All At Once

This week on the podcast, we start our 3 episode run of looking at potential Best Picture nominees, featuring our good friends from the Classic Movies Live podcast, Jeff and Pierre! We talk about films that spark joy for us this season, including Banshees of Inisherin, Elvis, Glass Onion and Everything Everywhere All At Once.

Fill Out My Survey of Best of 2022 / Most Anticipated 2023: https://forms.gle/w2nyjSy689UxM21w6

Listen to! Classic Movies Live: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG EEAAO episode: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4AONizhuIr4eSH8Qm9TQ2g Elvis: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0TZPeykQx5i1dvx5Rswj98 Banshees: https://open.spotify.com/episode/28br3CKP38xNS9EHc5h7Wl Twitter: https://twitter.com/ubcoCML Jeff’s Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/gothenburgtown/

This Season's Schedule (exact dates subject to change)

  • Dec 14 - Welcome Back
  • Dec 21 - Oscars Shortlists
  • Dec 28 - Banshees of Inisherin / Elvis / Glass Onion / EEAAO ft Classic Movies Live
  • Jan 4 - Pinocchio / Fabelmans / Top Gun Maverick / TAR / RRR ft Alex Atienza
  • Jan 11 - Babylon / Avatar 2 / Women Talking / The Woman King ft TBD
  • Jan 18 - Nomination Predictions ft Contra Zoom Pod
  • Jan 25 - Nomination Reactions
  • Feb 1 - TBD
  • Feb 8 - TBD
  • Feb 15 - TBD
  • Feb 22 - TBD
  • Mar 1 - TBD
  • Mar 8 - Winners Predictions ft TBD
  • Mar 15 - Season Wrap Up

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[S2023E2] Another Year, Another Shortlist Episode

Back so soon? We've got some shortlists to go over so we'll talk about who made it, who got snubbed, where you can find these films and what they mean for the broader Death Race as a whole!

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[S2023E1] And We're Back With Season 4

And we are back to the regular season of the Oscars Death Race Podcast for the fourth year in a row! A quick episode (since I'm just getting over COVID) just introducing the idea of the Oscars Death Race for newcomers, and then just laying out how the rest of the episodes this season will plan out. We'll be back in a couple of days with nomination shortlists.

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Former BP Winning Directors with 2023 Contenders ft Red Carpet Rosters - 1993's "Schindler's List" & 1997's "Titanic" | Best Picture Marathon

On this episode of the Best Picture Marathon, we have John from Red Carpet Rosters to talk about his fantasy awards season league you can sign up for, as well as the Best Picture winning films of two directors who have films that are bound to be super relevant in this year's race - Spielberg's Schindler's list and Cameron's Titanic.

Get in touch with Red Carpet Rosters!

Be sure to join The Parasite League on Red Carpet Rosters to join my league! Draft to be hosted weekend of Oct 21, details TBD (in RCR Discord)

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