Oscar Poker

Post Talking the Lorax, the box office conundrum, Zero Dark Thirty and Rush Limbaugh..

The Hunger Games upcoming box office takeover, summer in March and the future of the Oscars?

The blowback from the success of The Hunger Games - how much it will make, can it make the jump to Oscar? The impossible becomes possible? Cinemacon, Cannes, and much much more.

To Kill a Mockingbird is still one of the best films ever made. Are you biased or in the tank for a movie because of your gender or your interests? We totally go there. And yet more on the Hunger Games

Talking Richard Linklater's Bernie, the Cannes Film Fest selections and the Oscar connection and more

Cinemacon, 48 FPS and The Hobbit -- a talk about the current bodyshock given to the world of cinema and what the future might hold.

The Sorrow and the Pity (and the minor joys) of the 2011 Oscar nominations!

The Gray and box office, Haywire and something on the SAG noms upcoming

Talking The Artist and its charms, the Oscar race in general, where it's headed, and more!

Talking Whitney Houston's sudden death and lots of box office stuff, along with how dead the whole Oscar race seems now! Fun!

Final Oscar Poker with predictions for all of the categories

Post Oscar fallout - Viola Davis and Meryl Streep, Sacha Baron Cohen and Ryan Seacrest and more...

The Help and its box office, oscar potential for Viola Davis in supporting or lead, romantic comedies, deeper implications and or charges of racism in The Help

Oscar prospects for Best Picture for The Help, box office for One Day. Politics and religion per our usual ramble. Also discussed a bit of the themes in Vera Farmiga's Higher Ground.

Talking the hurricane hype and going over the Gurus of Gold's choices for Best Picture of the year - various other topics.

From the Telluride Film Fest - Shame, A Dangerous Method, Butter, The Descendants, Glenn Close and Albert Nobbs.

Moneyball, Drive's box office, the chances of Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, and a talk about the Best Picture race.

How good is Moneyball? Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director

Box office - Dolphin Tale beats Moneyball, 50/50 and The Ides of March -- does Gosling have a chance?

Box office and Oscar prospects for George Clooney's the Ides of March. We join Tom O'Neil on location at the Sunset Tower hotel to discuss the new Gold Derby and run through many of the Oscar movies so far this year. Big fun.

How is Moneyball stacking up? And what of Best Actress and Best Picture? A lull of the day, this our one year anniversary of the podcast.

Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil joins us to talk about the growing popularity of The Artist, Spielberg's career and War Horse, and a bit on Best Actress

Minor spoiler alerts as we dig into Martin Scorsese's Hugo, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, and Jason Reitman's Young Adult.

J. Edgar's box office, the Artist and whether it can go the distance, the Brett Ratner/Eddie Murphy Academy debacle and Steven Spielberg's TinTin

J. Breaking Dawn's box office, Scorsese the auteur and Hugo the masterpiece, box office problems potentially, The Artist, and more

Talking War Horse, We Bought a Zoo and various other sorts of things!

New York Film Critics and Independent Spirit Awards Edition, plus Tyrannosaur

Embargo breaking Dragon Tattoo - short podcast to work that shit out.

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, finally!

The rise of The Artist and how it might impact the Oscar race - as in, it's totally gonna win.

The Producers Guild nominations, box office surprises in War Horse and Dragon Tattoo, and why are people complaining about The Help?

The schocker of David Fincher getting a Directors Guild nomination, A Separation and the future of the Best Picture race.

Ed Douglas from Coming Soon and Tom O'Neil join Jeff and Sasha for a pre-Golden Globe chat.

We talk way too much about Blake Lively's nude photos! But also Super 8 and potential Oscar Best Picture nominees!

Super 8 box office, X-Men, super hero movies on the decline? The Hangover Part II and even circumcision.

Drive, Ryan Gosling, the LA Film Festival, Diablo Cody and various other sorts of things - like Phil walking out of the Green Lantern because it was so bad.

Transformers 3 box office predictions, Michael Bay - genius or hack? Upcoming projects with George Clooney, LA Film Festival.

Fourth of July and the fleeting American dream. Larry Crown, Casey Anthony and various other ramblings.

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Part II, The Best Picture race and that 5% and more.

Box office and Best Picture chances of Harry Potter -- and that pesky 5%, powerful women in Hollywood, the demise of video stores and carmageddon!

Phil Contrino is back -- Harry Potter's box office, Captain America, Cowboys and Aliens and why Sasha never goes to see movies.

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Andy Serkis' potential Oscar chances, the rigid Academy, The Help, The Whistleblower and a meditation on the boomer generation...

Episode 130: the Oscars Coronavirus Edition

Episode 129: Election Aftermath and hey what's up Oscar?

Episode 128: Talking Oscar Race with Jordan Ruimy

Episode 127: Talking about Oscarssowhite and recent protests and the impact on the race

EEpisode 126: Oscar Poker launches, talking potential Best Picture contenders

Episode 125: Oscars Post Mortem

Episode 124: A Week Before the Oscars

Episode 123: Inarritu Wins BAFTA, Is it now Revenant all the Way?