OV338 - Oscars 2021 Nominee Rundown
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 03/23/2021
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Welcome to The Obsessive Viewer’s 2025 Year in Review episode! Mike and Tiny join me for our 13th year sharing our movie viewing stats for the year and our top ten favorite movies lists. We also share movie accomplishments, notable TV we watched in 2025, 2026 movies we’re looking forward to, movie watching goals for 2026, honorable mentions, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Tiny and Mike - 02:34 Thoughts on Our Years - 06:50 2025 Goals/Accomplishments - 15:14 Notable TV Watched in 2025 - 30:30 The Obsessive Viewer TV Show of the Year 2025 - 41:53 Stats and Stat...
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This week, Brent Leuthold joins me to review the new Rian Johnson movie, Wake Up Dead Man in a feature review and then, in this week’s secondary review, we share our thoughts on Eternity. Brent and I also discuss screenings around Indianapolis, movie news, and more. Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Introducing Brent - 02:28 Screening in Indy - 09:35 News Before the Reviews - 17:14 Feature Review Wake Up Dead Man (2025) - 41:18 Spoiler - 1:28:53 Secondary Review Eternity (2025) - 1:53:52 Closing the Ep - 2:18:11 Patreon Clip - 2:21:06 Related Links ...
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In this special episode, I share my experience at this year’s (HIFF34) before playing two filmmaker interviews I conducted. In the first interview, I chat with director/editor/writer Mark Hoffman and producer Alyssa Roehrenbeck about their film . Then, I talk with director/cinematographer/writer Cameron Mitchell and co-writer David Mitchell about their documentary, . Timestamps Show Start - 00:28 Thoughts on HIFF34 - 03:18 HIFF34 Awards - 05:43 What I Saw at HIFF34 - 09:39 Filmmaker Interviews A Simple Machine (2025) - 19:35 Disposable Humanity (2025) - 45:56 Closing the...
info_outlineIn this episode, Ben and I discuss this year’s Academy Award nominees. We also celebrate Ben’s recent acceptance into the IFJA.
Timestamps
- Show Start - 00:28
- Ben and the IFJA - 01:23
- Thoughts on the Oscars and Awards Season - 11:05
Academy Award Nominees
- Overall Thoughts on Nominees - 15:45
- Expectations for the Ceremony - 20:07
- Nominee Rundown - 22:18
- Best Picture Nominees - 2:02:00
- Closing the Ep - 2:08:15
- Pre-Recorded Outro - 2:10:52
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