Editing The Academy
Two friends get together to discuss the best picture nominees of each year starting in 1969. We discuss each nominated film in detail breaking down the technical aspects, character development, acting, story presentation, etc. But, we also chat about how they hit us...our emotional reactions. We try hard to let our modern filters fade and put ourselves in the mind frame of the year of release, but we’ll admit...it’s hard. So join us as we dive deep in these films and discuss whether academy made the correct choice that year. Feel free to join in the discussIO and agree or disagree, we only ask that you do so respectfully. Oh, and yeah...major spoilers for each film.
Episodes
Join Darryl and Laura as they discuss the second batch of movies nominated for Best Picture in 2013:
- Beasts of the Southern Wild
- Life of Pi
- Silver Linings Playbook
- Zero Dark Thirty
They will then consider all of the movies – including the five discussed in the last episode and decide whether they agree with the Academy. Or each other!
As always, major spoilers for all movies!
Darryl and Laura revisit a movie from Laura's collect. Ice Castles. Darryl had never seen in and Laura hasn't in over 20 years. Watch and listen as they talk about this 1978 romance movie and Laura gives her verdict - did it hold up? Listen and see...
It's 2013 - Part 1 Kids! In this episode, Darryl and Laura discuss the best picture nominees of 2013 and rank the films. And as always they ask the question, did the Academy choose the best picture?
The films this episode are
Argo
Amour
Django Unchained
Le Miserables
Lincoln
And What Moves On? #academyawards #2013bestpicturenominees #bestpicture #rankingbestpictures #argo #lincoln #lesmiserables #djangounchained #amour
The third installment of the Knives Out Series is a definite move in the right direction. With strong performances and a good mystery to dive into it reminds you why you liked the first one. #knivesout #wakeupdeadman #danielcraig #benoitblanc
Listen in as Laura And Darryl discuss the best picture nominees of 2026 and predict who will win but also who should win. Are they the same, listen and find out!
The films nominated for Best Picture at the 2026 Oscars are:
Bugonia
F1
Frankenstein
Hamnet
Marty Supreme
One Battle After Another
The Secret Agent
Sentimental Value
Sinners
Train Dreams
#2026bestpicturenominees #2026oscars #bugonia #f1 #frankenstein2025 #hamnet #martysup...
Join Laura and Darryl as they watch the heist/thriller/action movie The Rip. Ben and Matt at it again!
MAJOR SPOILERS
Please join Darryl and Laura as they discuss the best picture nominees of 2012 and rank the films. Today they do a deep dive into the remaining 4 films and then choose their favorite from all the 2012 nominated movies:
- Extremely Loud And Incredibly Close
- The Help
- Hugo
- Warhorse
Major Spoilers for all movies!
Join Darryl and Laura as they discuss the 2012 Best Picture nominees and decide whether the Academy chose the correct Best Picture winner. This week they review:
- The Artist
- The Descendants
- Midnight in Paris
- Moneyball
- Tree of Life
Major Spoilers for all!
Laura and Darryl talk about George Clooney's latest film written and directed by Noah Baumbach. Tune in for their Honest Review which include Major Spoilers!
Join Darryl and Laura as they discuss the five more movies that were nominated for Best Picture in 2012 and pick the best from among all ten!
Major Spoilers for all movies:
- The Kings Speech
- The Social Network
- Toy Story 3
- True Grit
- Winter's Bone
MAJOR SPOILERS!
Keeping with their more current film reviews, Darryl and Laura tackle The Roses, a reinterpretation of the 1989 film The War Of The Roses starting Kathleen Turner, Michael Douglas and Danny Devito.
This version, staring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Coleman changes a few key components for a more modern audience. Listen in and see if you agree with their honest interpretation of this 2025 film.
Darryl and Laura continue their best picture discussions breaking up the films into two parts. Welcome to part 1 of 2011.
The first group of films are:
127 Hours, Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, and The Kids Are Alright
Which Movies Move On?
The other nominated films for 2011 that they will discuss in part 2 are:
The Kings Speech (winner) The Social Network, Toy Story 3, True Grit, and Winters Bone.
Enjoy
Part 2!
We continue our new voyage into breaking up the nominees into two parts.
The films this time are
Inglorious Basterds, Prescious, A Serious Man, UP and Up In The Air
The previous films for 2010 were Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, and The Hurt Locker. The Hurt Locker was the winner for the year.
The Academy expands the best picture nominee category to 10. While debate rages on the WHY of it, well we just have to adapt. Rather than have a super long episode Darryl and Laura discuss the first five, alphabetically at least. The movies are:
Avatar, The Blind Side, District 9, An Education, The Hurt Locker. Part 2 Inglorous Bastards, Prescious, A Serious Man, Up , and Up In The Air.
Laura and Darryl begin a new adventure discussing slightly more contemporary films.
Their introductory effort is discussing Guillermo del Toro's version of Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.
And fun times were had by all.
First off, apologies this one gets cut off, but you really don't miss anything, we were basically done and wrapping up.
Lauras does a bit of a deep dive into her favorite movie of all time and it's a really good conversation. The thing about this film that folks tend to forget is...how truly amazing it really is. We've all seen, most of us multiple times and it's easy to dismiss it cause we have all seen it. But, truly, watch it ag...
Darryl talks about what makes him love a movie, in detail, with a list of things and everything.
Fortunately Laura loved the movie as well, cause that would have been super awkward if she hated it.
Listen in as they talk about Darryl's favorite movie of all time.
A kinda lackluster year for the best picture nominees. A
The Films:
The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
Front/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Laura adds a bit to our conversation about the Princess Bride, the only cross over we have in our top twenty list.
This is an interesting one. Darryl posits a question...does a film actually need a point? He's heard the criticism of folks asking, "What was the point of this movie?" and asks Laura if a film truly needs a point to make it good. And ohhh the hilarity that ensues.
The films:
Atonement
Juno
Michel Clayton
No Country For Old Men
There Will Be Blood
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