OV095 - 87th Academy Awards Nominee Showcase
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
Release Date: 02/19/2015
The Obsessive Viewer - Movie Review Podcast
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info_outlineThe Oscars are this weekend and in what’s become one of my favorite Obsessive Viewer traditions, we’ve invited fellow podcasting friends to submit clips discussing this year’s Oscar nominees.
This year’s showcase includes Intermission Podcast from MovieGuys.org, Poor Man’s Process from supraliminalfilms.com, Nerd’s Domain from nerdsdom.com, The Nerds You’re Looking For from thenerdspodcast.com, Kate’s Take from d20crit.com, Manwhore Podcast from Available on iTunes and everywhere else, and Cinema Rolls Movie Podcast from cinemarollspodcast.com. Check them all out! They’re great people.
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Runtime: 2:20:01
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Timestamps
Show Start - 00:38
Our Feelings Toward the Oscars - 01:11
OSCAR NOMINATIONS
Best Documentary, Features – OVPodcast – 03:28
Best Visual Effects – Intermission Podcast (MovieGuys.org) – 06:32
Best Sound Editing/Sound Mixing – OVPodcast – 13:36
Best Original Song/Score – OVPodcast – 17:10
Best Makeup and Hairstyling – Poor Man’s Process – 21:44
Best Costume Design – Nerd’s Domain – 27:10
Best Production Design - OVPodcast - 38:00
Best Editing – OVPodcast – 38:39
Best Cinematography – OVPodcast – 43:49
Best Animated Feature – The Nerds You’re Looking For – 47:51
Best Adapted Screenplay – Kate’s Take – 51:26
Best Original Screenplay – OVPodcast – 56:24
Best Director – OVPodcast – 1:01:07
Best Supporting Actress – Manwhore Podcast – 1:06:31
Best Supporting Actor – Cinema Rolls Movie Podcast – 1:15:00
Best Actress – OVPodcast – 1:21:37
Best Actor – OVPodcast – 1:25:19
Best Picture – OVPodcast – 1:31:44
Show Notes
Intermission Podcast (MovieGuys.org)
OV40 - 86th Academy Awards Nominee Showcase - Here’s last year’s nominee showcase episode!
OV89 – 2014 in Review Part I – Viewing Stats and Worst Movies - Since the Oscars signal the close of the 2014 movie season, here’s a link to our 2014 in Review episode. In part 1, we share our movie viewing stats and worst movie picks of the year.
OV90 – 2014 in Review Part II – Best Movies of 2014 - Part 2 of our 2014 in Review episode is all about our best movie picks of the year.
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