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Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 39: 1984 - AmadeusWe're heading back 40 years in time on this episode as we cover 1984 - a year when we first met Denzel Washington, John Malkovich and The Terminator!On this episode we'll be looking at the relationships that form between British colonials and Indian locals in A Passage to India, Sally Field trying to make a living in rural Texas in Places of the Heart, a murder mystery set in a Black only army regiment in A Soldier's Story, the story of a friendship formed amidst the Cambodian genocide in ...2025-05-181h 15Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast2024 Oscars Preview Special!It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - a chance to discuss Elton John, Emilia Perez and of course regular nominee Diane Warren.If you're...2025-02-271h 08Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 38: 2024 - AnoraRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2024 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, and it looks like it's going down to the wire to see what movie will win!All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, with accompanying bonus episode to follow next week! 2024 Best Picture NomineesI'm Still Here*Nickel BoysDune: Part TwoWicked2025-02-201h 48Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 37: 1995 - BraveheartIt's the one you've all been waiting for as 2 Scots and an Englishman tackle the story (or not as the case may be!) of William Wallace in Mel Gibson's historical Scottish epic Braveheart! That of course means its 1995, a year at the heart of the Britpop scene with some cracking movies to match out in the cinema.Alongside discussing the merits of Braveheart, its cultural impact and benefits to the Stirling tourism scene we also have a couple of rarities with a non-English language film in Il Postino (The Postman) and...2024-09-051h 19Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 36: 1977 - Annie HallOn this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're headed to a galaxy far, far away as we finally tackle Star Wars, a film one of our hosts had never seen before preparing for this episode!As well as George Lucas's smash hit we've got a couple of romantic comedies in Annie Hall and The Goodbye Girl, while some of us are off to dance at the ballet with The Turning Point.Add in a WWII drama in Julia alongside some musings on our...2024-05-211h 13Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast2023 Oscars Preview Special!It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - could this year surely be better than last year?!If you're enjoying the podcast please give us...2024-03-091h 04Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 35: 2023 - OppenheimerRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2023 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, with Barbenheimer a hot topic of conversation!All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, with accompanying bonus episode to follow next week! 2023 Best Picture NomineesMaestroPast LivesThe Zone of InterestAmerican FictionBarbieKillers of the Flower Moon...2024-02-292h 08Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 34: 2010 - The King's SpeechOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed to 2010 for the year that saw 'The King's Speech' and 'The Social Network' go head to head, alongside a little movie from some barely known director called Christoper Nolan...Films included on this pod include the mind bending 'Inception', the trilogy ender (of sorts) to 'Toy Story', and a breakout performance from Jennifer Lawrence in 'Winter's Bone'We also talk Banksy, Cinema...2024-02-111h 56Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 33: 2006 - The DepartedOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're back to the mid-2000s for Scorsese's only Oscar win for 'The Departed'. We may have recorded this at Christmas time but there's little Christmas cheer on show as the films we're talking about cover war, suicide and death by car accident, but don't worry - we'll do our best to brighten things up!Films included on this pod alongside 'The Departed' are the globe spanning drama 'Babel', the aftermath of...2023-12-131h 17Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 32: 1973 - The StingOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back 50 years in time to 1973 to revisit the top films of the year, led by none other than arguably the greatest ever horror movie in William Friedkin's The Exorcist.We're also running a long con a ruthless crime boss in The Sting, falling out with our sisters in Cries & Whispers, having a transatlantic affair in A Touch of Class and driving around aimlessly in 1950s America in American Graffiti.All this and...2023-10-251h 12Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 31: 1996 - The English PatientOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back to the 90s for 1996 - the year of Euro 96, the release of Trainspotting and the split of the original incarnation of Take That!On this year's episode we're treating patients who may or may not be English in The English Patient, arranging a kidnapping of our wives to collect a ransom in Fargo, maintaining deep secrets in Secrets & Lies, starting our own sports agency in Jerry Maguire and trying our hand at piano in ...2023-08-231h 18Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 30: 2011 - The ArtistOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed 12 years in the not so distant past to discuss one of the first years with a bumper crop of movies - 9 in the case of 2011!We're revisiting the silent era (The Artist), fixing clocks and meeting cinematic legends (Hugo), visiting the Deep South in the 60s (The Help), meeting literary legends (Midnight in Paris), revolutionising baseball (Moneyball), dealing with family tragedy in Hawaii (The Descendants) and in NYC Post 9/11 (Extremely Loud...2023-07-121h 32Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 29: 1986 - PlatoonOn this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back almost 40 years to talk all things 1986 as we dissect the 5 movies nominated for 'Best Picture' that year!Crocodile Dundee, Diego Maradona, Catchphrase and Top Gun were just some of the things making headlines in 1986, but what was happening at the Oscars....We've got an interesting bunch to discuss this year that includes Robert De Niro playing a Spanish slave trader cum missionary in the oddity that is 'The Mission', a Woody Allen ensemble comedy in '...2023-05-041h 17Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast2022 Oscars Preview Special! It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - could this year surely be better than last year?!If you're enjoying the podcast please give us...2023-03-091h 08Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 28: 2022Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2022 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, whilst we also touch on the merits of some of the biggest box office hits of the year with respect to the Oscars.All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, with accompanying bonus episode to follow next week!2022 Best Picture NomineesAvatar: The Way of Water2023-03-021h 58Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 27: 1980 - Ordinary PeopleIt's back to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars as we revisit the year 1980 - Reagan, Thatcher, Crispy Pancakes and some classic movies!On this episode we're looking at David Lynch's only Best Picture nominee in 'The Elephant Man', Scorsese and De Niro's classic non-boxing boxing movie 'Raging Bull', Polanski's adaptation of Thomas Hardy's 1800s novel 'Tess', Loretta Lynn biopic 'Coal Miner's Daughter' and Robert Redford's debut as a director in 'Ordinary People'.2023-02-161h 19Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 26: 1999 - American BeautyWe're partying like it's 1999 on this episode of Revisiting the Oscars, as we head back just over 20 years ago to cover a big year for cinema!On this episode, Revisiting the Oscars is seeing dead people, tackling corruption in the tobacco industry, running an orphanage, managing death row and having a midlife crisis as we cover some of the big films to have been released just before the turn of the millennium.Kicking us off is M. Night Shyamalan's renowned supernatural drama 'The Sixth Sense', which is still talked about to...2022-12-221h 23Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 25: 2007 - No Country for Old MenOn this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're headed to 2007, a year widely regarded as one of the strongest years for movies in recent history!It featured the battle of the titans for the Best Picture award, with the Coen Brothers 'No Country for Old Men' going head to head with Paul Thomas Anderson's 'There Will Be Blood', with room on the nominations list for a legal thriller ('Michael Clayton'), a coming of age dramedy ('Juno') and a period...2022-10-121h 22Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 1: 1970 - Patton (REPOST)We're taking a brief breather as life catches up on the 3 of us, so we've decided to repost our very first episode from when lockdown prompted us to start this podcast just over 2 years ago!Our very first episode went back 50 years to 1970 to discuss the 5 films nominated for Best Picture that year, and was the introduction to Revisiting the Oscars for you all!1970 Best Picture NomineesLove StoryAirportFive Easy PiecesMASHPatton *This podcast will contain some spoilers for these movies although we...2022-09-031h 01Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 24: 1990 - Dances With WolvesOn this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're moving forward in time to 1990, when 'The Godfather Part 3' was released to conclude the trilogy. Listen on for more discussion on the optimal way to eat an orange, whilst Bingham thinks he may have found the best ever impersonation of a donkey....It's a bumper year for the gangster genre with Scorsese's classic 'Goodfellas' also on the agenda this time around, alongside the smash supernatural hit 'Ghost', forgotten Robin Williams/Robert De Niro drama 'Awakenings2022-08-041h 20Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 23: 1974 - The Godfather Part IILast time round we headed back to 1972 to talk about arguably the greatest film of all time in 'The Godfather', so we felt it would be rude not to continue the series with the next entry in the trilogy - all of which were nominated for Best Picture.That means we're in 1974, a year in which Francis Ford Coppola had 2 films nominated for the big prize (also 'The Conversation'), alongside leading roles from all time screen icons like Gene Hackman, Dustin Hoffman ('Lenny2022-06-271h 23Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 22: 1972 - The GodfatherRevisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest films of all time in 'The Godfather'! Francis Ford Coppola's iconic mafia movie has been back in cinemas this year and what better time than now to revisit this classic film!1972 packs a punch beyond 'The Godfather' though, with memorable and lauded films also up for the big prize this year such as 'Cabaret' and 'Deliverance', not to mention a chance to potential...2022-05-051h 16Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast2021 Oscars Preview Special! It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a further step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - could this year surely be better than last year?!If you're enjoying the podcast please give us a...2022-03-2459 minRevisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 21: 2021Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2021 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!The Oscars have gone back to 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, whilst we also touch on the merits of some of the biggest box office hits of the year with respect to the Oscars.All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, and expect a good dose of the classic Bingham sigh as he's forced to cover yet...2022-03-171h 55Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 20: 1987It's a return to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars, which of course means cheesy songs, a higher than average ratio of comedies and yes folks, some long and bald haircuts!Join us to learn about Ikea's formation, Nicolas Cage's wooden hand, and how one of this year's nominees may have influenced seminal Scottish comedy sketch show Chewin the Fat as we get into all things 1987!1987 Best Picture NomineesMoonstruckFatal AttractionBroadcast NewsHope & GloryThe Last Emperor *This podcast does contain spoilers...2022-02-261h 29Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastBeauty & The Bits - An intro to the pod!We're right in the midst of Oscars season with the nominations just announced, so we thought we'd pull together a shorter pod to give new listeners a flavour of what we do here at Revisiting the Oscars!This brief episode features our discussion on the first animated film to be nominated for Best Picture in 'Beauty and the Beast', alongside a discussion of Disney's best films with our guest correspondent and Disney fanatic Sara!*This clip was originally featured as part of Episode 18: 1991*FOLLOW US!...2022-02-1223 minRevisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 19: 2003We're off to Middle Earth for the third and final time on Revisiting the Oscars as we talk all things Return of the King, one of the most successful Oscars winners of all time in our episode on the 2003 Oscars!It's a globetrotting episode as we're also off to Tokyo for Lost in Translation, the Galapagos Islands for Master and Commander, Boston for Mystic River and California for Seabiscuit - the movies that tried and failed to halt Lord of the Rings record quest!2022-01-201h 29Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 18: 1991It's Disney time on Revisiting the Oscars as we cover 1991, the first (and to this date only the third!) year to have an animated nominee for Best Picture. To celebrate we have special guest Sara Bingham along to talk us through 'Beauty and the Beast' and her views on the best things Disney have to offer!It was also a big year for 'Silence of the Lambs', one of only 3 films to have claimed the Oscar 'Big 5' (Picture, Director, Actor, Actress, Screenplay). We'll be discussing fava...2021-12-231h 28Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 17: 1976We're returning to the 1970s on this episode of Revisiting the Oscars as we talk 1976, one of the strongest years in Oscar history!We'll all remember the iconic 'Rocky' but this year also has Martin Scorsese's first nomination in 'Taxi Driver', the ahead of its time satirical drama 'Network', the cracking conspiracy thriller about the scandal that brought down Richard Nixon in 'All The President's Men'. It is the Oscars of course, so we have a biopic for good...2021-11-031h 24Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 16: 2002We're back to Middle Earth on the latest episode of Revisiting the Oscars as we head into 2002, so expect lots of chat about those bloody talking trees, the greatness of the battle of Helms Deep and who can do the best Gollum impression?It's not just 'Lord of the Rings' time though as we've 4 more big movies to discuss including holocaust drama 'The Pianist', the Virginia Woolf multi-verse film 'The Hours', Scorsese's epic tale of life in early New York ('Gangs...2021-09-261h 19Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 15: 1981Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us to the early 80s to take in 1981, introducing us to Indiana Jones, the Russian Revolution and the Olympic Games. We've had a slight hiatus on account of one of the team getting hitched, summer football and a return to socialising in the UK, but we're glad to be back with you all!In this episode we'll meet Harrison Ford's swashbuckling action hero in 'Raiders of the Lost Ark', find out about the origins of communist Russia in 'Reds', and meet...2021-08-111h 13Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 14: 1992Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us to the early 90s to cover the 1992 Oscars and our first experience on this podcast of the western!In this episode we're talking Clint Eastwood's revisionist western 'Unforgiven', the film that won Al Pacino his only Oscar to date ('Scent of a Woman') and trips to Britain for another period drama ('Howard's End') and a genre bending romantic thriller ('The Crying Game'). We also find out if the lads can handle the...2021-06-251h 19Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 13: 2001Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us head back 20 years to 2001 where we visit Middle Earth for the first time, back in those heady days before cinematic universes and all sorts changed the nature of blockbuster filmmaking!Alongside 'Lord of the Rings' we've also got Baz Luhrmann's trippy musical extravaganza 'Moulin Rouge', Russell Crowe in 'A Beautiful Mind', little remembered drama 'In the Bedroom' and our third encounter with friend of the pod, Mr. Robert Altman, with '...2021-05-201h 24Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast2020 Oscars Preview Special!It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, trivia and (wild) opinions thrown in! We've also used this opportunity to take a step into music criticism as we cover the 'Best Song' category - safe to say this wasn't the finest year to check the songs out!If you're enjoying the podcast...2021-04-2259 minRevisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 12: 2020Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2020 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture'!It's been a funny old 12 months in many respects and that's been the same for the movies, so tune in as the guys provide a bit of escapism as we discuss some of this year's hopefuls like 'Nomadland', 'Minari' and 'Promising Young Woman'.All alongside usual features such as the blast from the 'present', random trivia and chat, and there are even rumours that a new jingle might be making an appearance...2020...2021-04-151h 44Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 11: 2009Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us up to 2009, the first year that the Oscars returned to a larger pool of Best Picture nominees.There's a wide variety of films for the guys to discuss on this episode, from the juggernaut that was 'Avatar', to our first encounters with the Coen Brothers with 'A Serious Man' and our first animated film in Pixar's 'Up'!As always, plenty of nonsense, trivia, squirrels (!) and some heated discussions on the merits of...2021-03-191h 57Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastBonus Episode: A PVT Chat with director Ben HozieOur latest episode is a slight detour from our regular pods as the guys had the pleasure of speaking to the multi-talented musician and director Ben Hozie about his latest film 'PVT Chat', a movie about Jack (Peter Vack), a lonely internet gambler who develops an obsession with Scarlett (Julia Fox), a cam girl based in San Francisco.In the interview, Ben talks about the experience of making PVT Chat, clashing with American censorship and gives us his thoughts on the 2009 Oscars (which will of course be our next episode!)You can check out 'PVT...2021-02-2343 minRevisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 10: 1982Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us back to the 1980s, with another opportunity to 'inject the 80s into your veins' with the films up for discussion this week including 'Tootsie', 'Gandhi' and Steven Spielberg's sci-fi classic 'E.T.' Expect lots of discussion of 1980s fashion, music and the Academy's attitude towards computer generated effects in movies.It's our 10th podcast episode so we also look back on the films we've covered in 'Revisiting the Oscars' so far, and with it of course being February, we talk Pancake Day, and learn that one of our...2021-02-181h 24Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 9: 2016Revisiting the Oscars latest episode brings us as close to the present day as we've been in this series, and our first taste of an Oscars year with a higher number of Best Picture nominees! That makes for a bumper, 'feature length' episode, which only just comes in shorter than this years shortest film in 'Hell or High Water'.2016 was the infamous year when 'La La Land' was prematurely announced as the winner, stealing the thunder of 'Moonlight'. We also have our first...2021-01-211h 39Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie PodcastEpisode 8: 1997Revisiting the Oscars latest episode takes us into the 1990s where we cover the biggest film of the decade and one of the biggest of all time in 'Titanic'! It is of course the festive period so we also discuss some of our favourite Christmas movies and we get an update on how Mason's fledgling cricketing career was going at the age of 12....On the Oscars front, we've got some great films to run through including British comedy classic 'The Full Monty' and the film that gave...2020-12-231h 18