The Overthinkers tackle the 2011 Oscars.
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2011 Oscars Open Thread
Share your opinions on the 83rd Academy Awards.
Episode 135: 2 True 2 Gritty
The Overthinkers tackle the 2011 Oscar nominations.
Episode 130: Vampire Casablanca
The Overthinkers tackle ornithological reproduction.
Episode 30: The New Episode 20
The Overthinkers tackle listener questions, Barack Obama’s cult of personality, and the 2009 Oscar Nominations.
Episode 2: Oscar the Slouch
All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes Part 2 of Podcast Episode 2 features a discussion of the 2008 Academy Awards between Pete Fenzel, Ryan Sheely, Matt Wrather, and—for reasons passing understanding—the same anonymous political operative as Part 1. Download Episode 2…
Milkshake etymology
Interesting article in USA Today (of all places) delving into the There Will Be Blood milkshake line: [Director P. T.] Anderson concedes that he’s puzzled by the phenomenon — particularly because the lines came straight from a transcript he found…
Lay on, MacOscar!, or: How the Marketing Director for Atonement Killed A.O. Scott’s Best Friend and Drove Him Into the Pit Fights Demanding Vengeance
Now that Oscar season is over, so is the battle for my favorite filmic facepalm, and it belongs to generally competent New York Times movie reviewer and easy target* A.O. Scott. In his piece bemoaning the influence of the Oscars…
The Biggest Upset in Oscar History
Le Mozart Des Pickpockets won Best Live Action Short! I am shocked. I mean, when Forest Gump beat Shawshank, you could at least feel like, “Well, Forest Gump was just too popular.” But in this case, no one knew any…
Episode 1: Salute Your Shorts
All Episodes Subscribe in iTunes The Matts (Belinkie and Wrather) discuss the live action films nominated for Oscars®. Download Episode 1 (AAC Format)