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...

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:...

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! 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...

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. Join the Community! Academy of Death Racers - aodr.net Oscars Death Race Discord - https://discord.gg/gZzsdxKFS5 r/OscarsDeathRace...

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! Website - https://redcarpetrosters.com/ RCR Discord - https://discord.gg/KXsHasRH Twitter -...

This episode we have a massive breakdown of all the winners of the film festivals, the main Best Picture (and other) contenders from each studio, and which films I think are the 15 most important for you to watch to get a head start on your Oscars race. TLDL (in order of release - wide where available) The Batman (Already Released) - WB - C+ Elvis (Already Released) - WB - A Everything Everywhere All At Once (Already Released) - A24 - S Top Gun Maverick (Already Released) - Paramount -...

On this second episode of the Best Picture Marathon of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I am joined LIVE FROM NEW YORK CITY with co-host of the Classic Movies Podcast and longtime friend of the show Jeff on his recent visit to the Big Apple! Coming at you from a diner in midtown Manhattan (so pardon the sound quality), we talk about two Black and White films to win Best Picture that happen to be set in NYC - 1950's "All About Eve" (one of the most nominated films ever) and 1960's "the...

On this first episode of the Best Picture Marathon of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I am joined by my college friend Prim to talk about the two silent films to win Best Picture - 1929's "Wings" (the first ever BP winner) and 2011's "The Artist," an homage to the silent film era. We talk about film scores, the history of early Hollywood, and why these films are more similar to Top Gun Maverick than you may expect. Join the Community! Academy of Death Racers - aodr.net Oscars Death Race...

In this off-season update, we do a quick catchup about the 95th Oscars Celebration, and announce the start of a new project - the Best Picture Marathon, where I try to watch every Best Picture Winner, 2 at a time during the offseason. The first episode will be in July 2022 and be about the two silent films to win Best Picture - 1927's Wings and 2011's The Artist Join the Community! Academy of Death Racers - aodr.net Oscars Death Race Discord -...

On the final episode of this season of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we ignore a certain slap and go over how I wrapped up the Death Race with 7 minutes to spare, who won at the Deathies Awards, Who won at the Oscars awards, who did the best at my Predictions contest, and what the Best Picture Winner says about Netflix's performance at the Oscars this past few years. Catch you all next year! We Make Movies Better Parody: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xtubfwx_xaM We Don't Talk About Bruno...

On this episode of the podcast, we bring on #1 racer (according to OscarsDeathRace.com) SomeGuyNamedJames to walk us through making predictions for who will (and who should) win each category this coming Sunday! James's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aboycalledjames/ Be sure to enter my Oscars Prediction Contest by Sunday 12pm ET: https://forms.gle/Ssw3rquzRTBujWWv9 Check out the Deathies Awards on Saturday at 6pm ET: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCn_nLnw6jO-ra2B6B0whLzQ Current...

On this episode from my new apartment, I catch up on which films I've watched over the last two weeks (mostly documentaries, shorts and Licorice Pizza), as well as the various guild awards that have been announced the last few weeks. Enter my Winner Prediction Contest (closes Noon ET Mar 27): https://forms.gle/Ssw3rquzRTBujWWv9 Vote for the Deathies Awards (closes 6PM UK time Mar 22): https://forms.gle/SDJzD9QFwFRXi8W69 Current Status: 34/38 Features | 10/15 Shorts This Season's...

On this (moving delayed) episode of the podcast, we go through some Costume and Makeup nominees (as well as catching up on Lunana from last week). Plus news about the Academy of Death Racers Deathies! Current Status: 30/38 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule Dec 22 - Oscars Shortlists Jan 12 - Streaming Nominees (The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Tick Tick Boom / Being the Ricardos) ft AODR Jan 19 - Genre Nominees (Dune / West Side Story / Nightmare Alley / The Tragedy of...

In this episode of the podcast we talk about films from beyond the US's borders with nominees from the International Feature Film category (as well as a few not in the category but still from abroad), as well as some pre-nominee films I watched for Acting categories. Check out my recent appearance on the Contra Zoom Pod: https://contrazoompod.com/184-2022-oscars-the-nightmare-of-king-dune/ Current Status: 27/38 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule Dec 22 - Oscars Shortlists Jan...

On this episode of the podcast we talk about the nominees for Best Feature Animated Film - What makes for a good feature animated film and where do they fall short? Plus a quick round of some VFX nominees since we're talking about Disney films Current Status: 23/38 Features | 0/15 Shorts This Season's Schedule Dec 22 - Oscars Shortlists Jan 12 - Streaming Nominees (The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Tick Tick Boom / Being the Ricardos) ft AODR Jan 19 - Genre Nominees (Dune / West Side...

Oscar Nominations Day is here! We go over who got in and who got snubbed, what we have to watch for the Death Race, and who the winners are for our Oscars Nominations Contest This Season's Schedule Dec 22 - Oscars Shortlists Jan 12 - Streaming Nominees (The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Tick Tick Boom / Being the Ricardos) ft ??? Jan 19 - Genre Nominees (Dune / West Side Story / Nightmare Alley / The Tragedy of Macbeth) ft ??? Jan 26 - Coming of Age Nominees (Belfast / Licorice Pizza...

On this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we have Dakota of ContraZoomPod on to talk about our predictions for who we think will be the nominees for the 2022 Oscars, as well as some spicy hot takes and manifestations for who we WANT to be the nominees. Join the 2022 Oscars Nomination Prediction Content Here: https://forms.gle/nC99rovowVcUWT347 Be sure to check out ContraZoomPod at: https://contrazoompod.com/where-to-listen/ CZPTwitter:...

On this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we have the guys over from Classic Movies Live on to talk about some Coming of Age Best Picture contenders for this year's Oscars - Belfast, Licorice Pizza, King Richard and CODA! Join the 2022 Oscars Nomination Prediction Content Here: https://forms.gle/nC99rovowVcUWT347 Be sure to check out Classic Movies Live and Kickin It With Kendrick at: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gy7EYnn7LORzZIgBOF7wG Jeff's Letterboxd:...

On this weeks episode of the Oscar's Death Race Podcast, I have my college friend Alex Atienza on to talk about genre films among this year's Best Picture nominees - Dune, West Side Story, The Tragedy of Macbeth, and Nightmare Alley. Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/aatienza Le Cinema Club: https://www.lecinemaclub.com/ This Season's Schedule Dec 22 - Oscars Shortlists Jan 12 - Streaming Nominees (The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Tick Tick Boom / Being the Ricardos) ft...

This week on the ODR podcast, we speak with Academy of Death Racers Co-Directors Alex and Adele about some of Netflix's Best Picture contenders - The Power of the Dog, Don't Look Up, Lost Daughter, and Tick Tick Boom. Plus, some news about the Academy of Death Racers Film Festival running form January 14th through 30th! Alex's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/almowbs/ Adele's Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/at34712/ AODR Film Festival: https://www.aodr.net/festival-2022/films/ This...

On this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, we go over the recently announced shortlists of in a number of categories and talk about how this impacts different films of securing a place in the race (or might be snubbed entirely) This Season's Schedule Jan 12 - Streaming Nominees (The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Tick Tick Boom / Being the Ricardos) ft ??? Jan 19 - Genre Nominees (Dune / West Side Story / Nightmare Alley / The Tragedy of Macbeth) ft ??? Jan 26 - Coming of Age...

Welcome back to the Oscars Death Race Season 3! Just some housekeeping this episode with and introduction to the race, this season's schedule, some community resources and exciting news about the Academy of Death Racers Film Festival Next Month! This Season's Schedule Dec 22 - Oscars Shortlists Jan 12 - Streaming Nominees (The Power of the Dog / Don't Look Up / Tick Tick Boom / Being the Ricardos) ft ??? Jan 19 - Genre Nominees (Dune / West Side Story / Nightmare Alley / The Tragedy of...

Current Death Race 2021 status: COMPLETE 41/41 Features | 15/15 Shorts | 56/56 Overall In this season finale, we go over the nail biter of a finish I had to finish the Oscars Death Race this year, compare our predictions versus the actual results of the Oscars ceremony (which was... quite the ceremony), as well as checking in on the Academy of Death Racers ceremony. Plus I talk about what's next for this show as we head into the off season and where you can catch me in the meantime till next...

Current Death Race 2021 status: 35/41 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 40/56 Overall This week, I have on Jeff and Pierre, the hosts of the Classic Movies Live podcast to go through who we THINK will win the Oscars, but more importantly, who we WANT to win the Oscars. Plus, some talk about the Academy of Death Racers livestream this Saturday, and the three films I was able to watch this week - Greyhound, The Man Who Sold His Skin, and The Life Ahead - as well as my plans to actually finish the death...

Current Death Race 2021 status: 32/41 Features | 5/15 Shorts | 37/56 Overall In this episode of the Oscars Death Race Podcast, I'm joined by animation student Jonny aka PencilHead and we make our way through all the animated films - both feature and short. There are some very spicy takes (Onward over Soul? Over the Moon not that bad? Dreamworks over Disney?) that you have to hear to believe. PencilHead's IG: https://www.instagram.com/mr.pencilhead PencilHead's LB:...