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 Join the Community! Academy of Death Racers - aodr.net Oscars Death Race Discord - https://discord.gg/gZzsdxKFS5 r/OscarsDeathRace - https://old.reddit.com/r/oscarsdeathrace/ r/OscarRace - https://old.reddit.com/r/oscarrace/ Community Race Progress Tracking Sites - https://oscarsdeathrace.com/ and https://oscarsdeathrace.netlify.app/ Community Prediction Odds - GoldDerby.com Credits Email: [email protected] Twitter: https://twitter.com/OscarsDRaceCast iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-oscar-death-race-podcast/id1490975424 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1H4k4ojRI8gDdE0JANfvAV Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/listen#/ps/Iyauzre7vuce4fnxnbxzqbec6um Podchaser: https://www.podchaser.com/podcasts/the-oscars-death-race-podcast-1021552 A Ninjaboi Media Production Email: [email protected] Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ninjaboimedia Twitter: https://twitter.com/NinjaboiMedia Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ninjaboi333 Letterboxd: http://letterboxd.com/ninjaboi Music from https://filmmusic.io "Take a Chance" by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com) License: CC BY (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Find out more at https://the-oscar-death-race-podcast.pinecast.co This podcast is powered by Pinecast.