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Intro – 00:00
IT’S THE OSCARS EPISODE — WARNING LOTS OF SPOILERS AHEAD. If you do not want to hear spoilers, this episode may not be for you.
| Movies Jay didn’t see | Beasts of No Nation, Trumbo, Carol, Anomalisa, The Danish Girl, When Marnie Was There, Joy, Dope |
| Movies Ivana didn’t see | Beasts of No Nation; Far from the Madding Crowd; Trumbo; The Danish Girl; When Marnie Was There, Mr. Holmes |
Top 10 Turf War – 02:56
Top 10 Movies of 2015!!! Ivana and Jay have been watching movies feverishly to compile this list.
Oscar Snubs? – 32:49
Ivana and Jay play a game wherein they assess a subset of Oscar categories and then have the opportunity to nominate someone they feel is more deserving – in exchange for removing someone from the list. They also have the option to state that the Academy nominated the most appropriate list.
Note: if they did not see a film, they cannot remove that candidate from the list.
Oscar Predictions – 53:26
| CATEGORY | JAY | IVANA | ||
| Will Win… | Should Win… | Will Win… | Should Win… | |
| Best Picture | ✅ Spotlight | Mad Max | ? The Revenant | Room |
| Best Actor | ✅ DiCaprio | DiCaprio | ✅ DiCaprio | DiCaprio |
| Best Actress | ✅ Brie Larson | Brie Larson | ✅ Brie Larson | Brie Larson |
| Best Supporting Actor | ? Mark Ruffalo | Mark Ruffalo | ? Mark Ruffalo | Mark Ruffalo |
| Best Support Actress | ? Kate Winslet | Jennifer Jason Leigh | ? Jennifer Jason Leigh | Jennifer Jason Leigh |
| Best Animated Feature | ✅ Inside Out | Inside Out | ✅ Inside Out | Inside Out |
| Cinematography | ✅ The Revenant | The Revenant | ✅ The Revenant | The Revenant |
| Directing | ? Spotlight | Mad Max | ? Spotlight | The Big Shor |
| Costume Design | ? The Revenant | Mad Max | ✅ Mad Max | Mad Max |
| Film Editing | ? Revenant | Star Wars | ? Revenant | The Revenant |
| Original Score | ✅ Hateful 8 | Sicario | ? Sicario | Sicario |
| Original Song | ? Til It Happens to you | Til It Happens to you | ? Till it Happens to you | Till it Happens to you |
| Writing (adopted) | ? Room | Brooklyn | ? Brooklyn | Room |
| Writing (original) | ✅ Spotlight | Inside Out | ✅ Spotlight | Ex Machina |
| Visual Effects | ? The Revenant | Mad Max | ? The Revenant | Mad Max |
| Total | 7 – WINNER | 6 | ||
Outro – 1:02:22
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