The 79th Academy Awards (Films of 2006) - Part I

We're covering the 79th Academy Awards or the films of 2006. This was a 5 nominee year, but we've added 5 additional film for a 10 movie mini-tournaments. We'll be talking about the losers from the matchups in this episode.The nominees were: Babel, The Departed, Letters from Iwo Jima, Little Miss Sunshine, and the Queen.The films we added were: Children of Men, Half Nelson, The Last King of Scotland, The Lives of Others, and Pan's Labyrinth. Wa wa wee wa we also talk about Borat.Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.Timestamps are approximate:7:00 - Borat13:55 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and LosersLosers Discussion18:45 - Babel32:05 - The Last King of Scotland42:45 - Little Miss Sunshine 58:45 - Half Nelson1:07:40 - Letters from Iwo Jima1:23:15 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst1:23:50 - Next Time--------------------------Want to know what episode we're currently prepping and suggest non-nominees that we should watch? Check us out on instagram at oscarswrongpod.Enjoying the podcast? Please leave us a rating or review on your podcast app of choice