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Episodes Monday Rundown February 24 - March 2 2025
This week: Paddington in Peru and the Oscars
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2024 Best Picture nominees ranked, from first to worst
Number 10 might not surprise you.
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Nobody has seen the movies
What do we mean when we make this complaint about the Oscar Best Picture nominees?
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February mailbag!
This month: What are Emily's thoughts on all the Oscar contenders? Also: Emily tries to remember what she meant by a thing she wrote several years ago.
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Forever 2014
What we get mad about when we get mad about Barbie's Oscar snubs
The only time the Oscars ended early
At least on TV
Episodes: Who is the new Leonardo DiCaprio?
I don't know if you heard, but Leonardo DiCaprio won his first Oscar at Sunday's awards. The Oscars this year were overshadowed by the controversy over an all-white slate of acting nominees, but the one thing seemingly everybody thought to mention, even if they were talking
Episodes: 10 Best Picture winners you probably haven't watched that you absolutely should
Look, I get it. The Oscar for Best Picture has gone to some lousy movies (though fewer than you'd think), and it's gone to some really mediocre ones (roughly about the number that you'd think). The number of all-time classics that have been awarded
Episodes: Why I love the Oscars
Of all of the things about me that seem to most amuse my fellow critics, my general affection for awards shows (especially the Oscars and Emmys) probably takes the cake. As we all know, awards shows almost never pick the best possible option. They always end up picking some dumb