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As the year ends, we look back at a year of cinema. Erin, Claire, and Dan try to figure out what might be crowned Best Picture. Erin compares her heart favourite to what she thinks might win, Claire tries to remember if she saw a movie not for this podcast (She did! Several! Go Claire!)...
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December 25, 2025 at 5:58 PM
As the year ends, we look back at a year of cinema. Erin, Claire, and Dan try to figure out what might be crowned Best Picture. Erin compares her heart favourite to what she thinks might win, Claire tries to remember if she saw a movie not for this podcast (She did! Several! Go Claire!)...
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On our last between-decade break, Munsi Parker-Munroe returns to challenge Dan to look back at old franchises, and guess which Munsi genuinely liked, which they pretended to like because they were popular and boy-coded, and which they would have liked if only they'd felt safe indulging in them.
December 12, 2025 at 12:09 AM
On our last between-decade break, Munsi Parker-Munroe returns to challenge Dan to look back at old franchises, and guess which Munsi genuinely liked, which they pretended to like because they were popular and boy-coded, and which they would have liked if only they'd felt safe indulging in them.
Awards season 2009 came down to a telenovela-worthy duel between Kathryn Bigelow with her war drama The Hurt Locker, and her ex-husband James Cameron, delivering his second consecutive Highest Grossing Movie Ever with Avatar. Kevin Weir re-joins Erin, Claire, and Dan to break it all down.
November 28, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Awards season 2009 came down to a telenovela-worthy duel between Kathryn Bigelow with her war drama The Hurt Locker, and her ex-husband James Cameron, delivering his second consecutive Highest Grossing Movie Ever with Avatar. Kevin Weir re-joins Erin, Claire, and Dan to break it all down.
In 2008, Danny Boyle won over the Academy with a poor Indian youth chasing his fairytale ending via a game show in Slumdog Millionaire. First time viewers Erin and Claire ponder Jamal's journey, while on his third viewing Dan finds some grace for Jamal's dirtbag brother.
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Destiny and Justice as AVA hits 2008 — Writing Therapy Productions
After the directors of Goodfellas and Fargo won Oscars for their bleakest movies to that point, Danny Boyle won over the Academy with something basically uplifting: the story of a poor Indian youth ch...
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November 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
In 2008, Danny Boyle won over the Academy with a poor Indian youth chasing his fairytale ending via a game show in Slumdog Millionaire. First time viewers Erin and Claire ponder Jamal's journey, while on his third viewing Dan finds some grace for Jamal's dirtbag brother.
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In the wake of Martin Scorsese winning for his bleakest movie (pre-Silence), the Coens deliver their bleakest effort (pre-A Serious Man) with No Country For Old Men, pitting an opportunistic hunter Josh Brolin and pragmatic sheriff Tommy Lee Jones against human Terminator Javier Bardem.
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October 30, 2025 at 6:42 PM
In the wake of Martin Scorsese winning for his bleakest movie (pre-Silence), the Coens deliver their bleakest effort (pre-A Serious Man) with No Country For Old Men, pitting an opportunistic hunter Josh Brolin and pragmatic sheriff Tommy Lee Jones against human Terminator Javier Bardem.
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It's 2006, and get ready for the most thrilling, high quality bummers of a movie. The Oscar found its way to Martin Scorsese, with his remake of Hong Kong flick Infernal Affairs, The Departed. Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon go head to head in the Battle of the Snitches, and nobody walks away clean.
October 16, 2025 at 5:27 PM
It's 2006, and get ready for the most thrilling, high quality bummers of a movie. The Oscar found its way to Martin Scorsese, with his remake of Hong Kong flick Infernal Affairs, The Departed. Leo DiCaprio and Matt Damon go head to head in the Battle of the Snitches, and nobody walks away clean.
While schedules align, Dan presents a one-man crossover between us and Recovered by asking the question... do the Best Pictures of the 20th century need or warrant a remake? From Wings to American Beauty (at which point they're all so recent it's a hard no)...
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October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
While schedules align, Dan presents a one-man crossover between us and Recovered by asking the question... do the Best Pictures of the 20th century need or warrant a remake? From Wings to American Beauty (at which point they're all so recent it's a hard no)...
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It's 2005, and @munsi.bsky.social rejoins us to discuss what is often called the worst Best Picture winner ever... by people who have not seen The Broadway Melody. It's Crash time, and Paul Haggis is trying to say something about racism but not managing more than "Racism, boy I dunno."
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September 20, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's 2005, and @munsi.bsky.social rejoins us to discuss what is often called the worst Best Picture winner ever... by people who have not seen The Broadway Melody. It's Crash time, and Paul Haggis is trying to say something about racism but not managing more than "Racism, boy I dunno."
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In the wake of LotR dominating the previous year, the Academy decided to go small and serious again, while the audience stuck by fantasy fun. The Oscar went to Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood's story of three broken people bonding over boxing until it breaks them all the further. Meanwhile...
September 4, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In the wake of LotR dominating the previous year, the Academy decided to go small and serious again, while the audience stuck by fantasy fun. The Oscar went to Million Dollar Baby, Clint Eastwood's story of three broken people bonding over boxing until it breaks them all the further. Meanwhile...
It's 2003, and we reach our final Joint Champion, as after two years of being Best Picture nominees and lurking near the top of the box office, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy reached its grand finale with The Return of the King.
August 21, 2025 at 8:17 PM
It's 2003, and we reach our final Joint Champion, as after two years of being Best Picture nominees and lurking near the top of the box office, Peter Jackson's Lord of the Rings trilogy reached its grand finale with The Return of the King.
In 2002, Hollywood is swinging, be it to all that jazz, or by webs through the city. Chicago managed the singular achievement of blending the gritty realism Hollywood thinks prestige pictures need with the glitzy, showy song and dance numbers musicals thrive on...
August 7, 2025 at 5:38 PM
In 2002, Hollywood is swinging, be it to all that jazz, or by webs through the city. Chicago managed the singular achievement of blending the gritty realism Hollywood thinks prestige pictures need with the glitzy, showy song and dance numbers musicals thrive on...
In 2001, the question for Academy voters was "We can't just award Lord of the Rings 3 years in a row, can we?" and thus an alternate Best Picture was needed: Ron Howard's biopic of John Nash, mathematician struggling through schizophrenia, with Russell Crowe taking us through 3 genres of movie.
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July 11, 2025 at 11:48 PM
In 2001, the question for Academy voters was "We can't just award Lord of the Rings 3 years in a row, can we?" and thus an alternate Best Picture was needed: Ron Howard's biopic of John Nash, mathematician struggling through schizophrenia, with Russell Crowe taking us through 3 genres of movie.
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We enter a new century with an old trend and a TV show adaptation, seems right for 21st century Hollywood. First, Gladiator, a return to sword and sandal action, only without the Jesus. Historical accuracy is absent, but Erin, Claire, and Dan answer the big question: are they, in fact, entertained?
June 26, 2025 at 11:55 PM
We enter a new century with an old trend and a TV show adaptation, seems right for 21st century Hollywood. First, Gladiator, a return to sword and sandal action, only without the Jesus. Historical accuracy is absent, but Erin, Claire, and Dan answer the big question: are they, in fact, entertained?
Before we enter the 21st century, @munsi.bsky.social returns to present their Top Ten Secret Masterpieces of the 1990s: ten films that weren't hits, didn't get Oscar love, but delight our guest to no end and they would argue are worthy of your attention just the same...
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June 14, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Before we enter the 21st century, @munsi.bsky.social returns to present their Top Ten Secret Masterpieces of the 1990s: ten films that weren't hits, didn't get Oscar love, but delight our guest to no end and they would argue are worthy of your attention just the same...
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Before we reach the 2000s and spend half an episode breaking down Dan's least favourite entry of one of his favourite franchises, he's here to get the Mission: Impossible brainrot out of his system by breaking down the evolution of the franchise and which film did what the best.
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May 31, 2025 at 2:55 AM
Before we reach the 2000s and spend half an episode breaking down Dan's least favourite entry of one of his favourite franchises, he's here to get the Mission: Impossible brainrot out of his system by breaking down the evolution of the franchise and which film did what the best.
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The decade wraps up with one beautifully crafted but disturbingly hollow Best Picture, and one beloved franchise returning with a controversial entry. Recurring guest/victim of scheduling @munsi.bsky.social is back for the takes, joining Claire, Erin, and @daniforth.bsky.social.
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May 15, 2025 at 9:01 PM
The decade wraps up with one beautifully crafted but disturbingly hollow Best Picture, and one beloved franchise returning with a controversial entry. Recurring guest/victim of scheduling @munsi.bsky.social is back for the takes, joining Claire, Erin, and @daniforth.bsky.social.
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It's 1998, and was all fair in love and war? Some say no, as Harvey Weinstein launched an Oscar campaign of attrition to get himself an award for theatre kids' ideal romcom Shakespeare in Love, while also slandering rival Steven Spielberg's intense war movie Saving Private Ryan.
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May 2, 2025 at 1:33 AM
It's 1998, and was all fair in love and war? Some say no, as Harvey Weinstein launched an Oscar campaign of attrition to get himself an award for theatre kids' ideal romcom Shakespeare in Love, while also slandering rival Steven Spielberg's intense war movie Saving Private Ryan.
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While Erin and Claire are busy, Dan drags his Recovered co-host Keith along to ask: did Titanic need or warrant a remake? Not the movie... the BOAT. Dan and Keith walk through how a replica Titanic is not equipped to compete in the modern cruise market, something it was never designed to do...
April 18, 2025 at 5:48 PM
While Erin and Claire are busy, Dan drags his Recovered co-host Keith along to ask: did Titanic need or warrant a remake? Not the movie... the BOAT. Dan and Keith walk through how a replica Titanic is not equipped to compete in the modern cruise market, something it was never designed to do...
The day Erin's been waiting for arrives as she, Claire, and Dan dig into the third of three Joint Champion Juggernauts, James Cameron's Titanic. A star crossed romance between Jack and Rose is plagued by class differences, a cruel fiancé, and oh yes the boat they're on plowing into an iceberg.
April 4, 2025 at 6:32 PM
The day Erin's been waiting for arrives as she, Claire, and Dan dig into the third of three Joint Champion Juggernauts, James Cameron's Titanic. A star crossed romance between Jack and Rose is plagued by class differences, a cruel fiancé, and oh yes the boat they're on plowing into an iceberg.
Another year, another Oscars has come and gone, and returning guest Olav Rokne of the @hugobookclub.bsky.social blog is back to help Erin, Claire, and Dan break down how each nominee did, and how they should have done. What does everything think should have won?
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March 20, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Another year, another Oscars has come and gone, and returning guest Olav Rokne of the @hugobookclub.bsky.social blog is back to help Erin, Claire, and Dan break down how each nominee did, and how they should have done. What does everything think should have won?
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It's 1996, and Claire, Erin, and Dan dissect Harvey Weinstein's first big Oscar win, The English Patient. Was this an early example of the current hip category fraud, where a co-lead ran as a supporting actress for an easier Oscar? Does cheating on young, hot Colin Firth make sense?
AVA celebrates Independence Day, also English Patient is here — Writing Therapy Productions
It's 1996, and Dan is yelling "Elaine was right" as Claire, Erin, and he dissect Harvey Weinstein's first big Oscar win, The English Patient. Was this an early example of the current hip category frau...
www.writingtherapyproductions.com
March 7, 2025 at 5:23 PM
It's 1996, and Claire, Erin, and Dan dissect Harvey Weinstein's first big Oscar win, The English Patient. Was this an early example of the current hip category fraud, where a co-lead ran as a supporting actress for an easier Oscar? Does cheating on young, hot Colin Firth make sense?
1995 wasn't the best year for Hollywood. The Oscars (and only the Oscars) decided to go with Mel Gibson cosplaying a biopic in the epic of Braveheart, loved by dudes and hated by the Scottish ever since. Audiences were split...
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February 21, 2025 at 6:20 PM
1995 wasn't the best year for Hollywood. The Oscars (and only the Oscars) decided to go with Mel Gibson cosplaying a biopic in the epic of Braveheart, loved by dudes and hated by the Scottish ever since. Audiences were split...
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It's Clint Eastwood vs the Disney Renaissance! Clint returns to the west to deconstruct its myths and tropes with a look at how the stories we tell grow beyond the truth in Unforgiven, which Dan thinks would have fit right into the Legacy Sequel Era but it's probably for the best it isn't one.
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December 13, 2024 at 2:27 AM
It's Clint Eastwood vs the Disney Renaissance! Clint returns to the west to deconstruct its myths and tropes with a look at how the stories we tell grow beyond the truth in Unforgiven, which Dan thinks would have fit right into the Legacy Sequel Era but it's probably for the best it isn't one.
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