Revisiting the Oscars: The Movie Podcast
'Revisiting the Oscars' is a movie podcast that looks back at the Oscars over the past 50 years, revisiting the highs and the lows through a discussion about the films nominated for the coveted 'Best Picture' award over the years, with each episode covering one year in film history. Reviews and random chat with a bit of insight thrown in with our three hosts, Watty, Mason and Bingham!
Episodes
44 episodes
Episode 37: 1995 - Braveheart
It's the one you've all been waiting for as 2 Scots and an Englishman tackle the story (or not as the case may be!) of William Wallace in Mel Gibson's historical Scottish epic Braveheart! That of course means its 1995, a year at the hear...
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Episode 37
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Episode 36: 1977 - Annie Hall
On this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're headed to a galaxy far, far away as we finally tackle Star Wars, a film one of our hosts had never seen before preparing for this episode!As well as George Lucas's smash hit w...
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Episode 36
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2023 Oscars Preview Special!
It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, tri...
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Episode 35: 2023 - Oppenheimer
Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2023 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, with Barbenheimer a h...
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Episode 35
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Episode 34: 2010 - The King's Speech
On this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed to 2010 for the year that saw 'The King's Speech' and 'The Social Network' go head to head, alongside a little movie from some barely known director called Christoper ...
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Episode 34
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Episode 33: 2006 - The Departed
On this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're back to the mid-2000s for Scorsese's only Oscar win for 'The Departed'. We may have recorded this at Christmas time but there's little Christmas cheer on show as the films w...
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Episode 33
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Episode 32: 1973 - The Sting
On this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back 50 years in time to 1973 to revisit the top films of the year, led by none other than arguably the greatest ever horror movie in William Friedkin's The Exorcist....
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Episode 32
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Episode 31: 1996 - The English Patient
On this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back to the 90s for 1996 - the year of Euro 96, the release of Trainspotting and the split of the original incarnation of Take That!On this year's episode we're treating pat...
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Episode 31
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Episode 30: 2011 - The Artist
On this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed 12 years in the not so distant past to discuss one of the first years with a bumper crop of movies - 9 in the case of 2011!We're revisiting the silent era (The Artist)
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Episode 30
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Episode 29: 1986 - Platoon
On this episode of 'Revisiting the Oscars' we're headed back almost 40 years to talk all things 1986 as we dissect the 5 movies nominated for 'Best Picture' that year!Crocodile Dundee, Diego Maradona, Catchphrase and Top Gun were...
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Episode 29
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2022 Oscars Preview Special!
It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual banter, tr...
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Episode 28: 2022
Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2022 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!There's 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, whilst we also touch ...
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Episode 28
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Episode 27: 1980 - Ordinary People
It's back to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars as we revisit the year 1980 - Reagan, Thatcher, Crispy Pancakes and some classic movies!On this episode we're looking at David Lynch's only Best Picture nominee in 'The Elephant Ma...
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Episode 27
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Episode 26: 1999 - American Beauty
We're partying like it's 1999 on this episode of Revisiting the Oscars, as we head back just over 20 years ago to cover a big year for cinema!On this episode, Revisiting the Oscars is seeing dead people, tackling corruption in the tobac...
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Episode 26
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Episode 25: 2007 - No Country for Old Men
On this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're headed to 2007, a year widely regarded as one of the strongest years for movies in recent history!It featured the battle of the titans for the Best Picture award, with the Coen Brothers '
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Episode 25
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Episode 1: 1970 - Patton (REPOST)
We're taking a brief breather as life catches up on the 3 of us, so we've decided to repost our very first episode from when lockdown prompted us to start this podcast just over 2 years ago!Our very first episode went back 50 years to 1...
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Episode 24: 1990 - Dances With Wolves
On this episode of Revisiting the Oscars we're moving forward in time to 1990, when 'The Godfather Part 3' was released to conclude the trilogy. Listen on for more discussion on the optimal way to eat an orange, whilst Bingham thin...
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Episode 24
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Episode 23: 1974 - The Godfather Part II
Last time round we headed back to 1972 to talk about arguably the greatest film of all time in 'The Godfather', so we felt it would be rude not to continue the series with the next entry in the trilogy - all of which were nominate...
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Episode 23
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Episode 22: 1972 - The Godfather
Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the 50th anniversary of one of the greatest films of all time in 'The Godfather'! Francis Ford Coppola's iconic mafia movie has been back in cinemas this year and what better time...
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Episode 22
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2021 Oscars Preview Special!
It's the Oscars on Sunday and we've got you covered with our special preview episode of Revisiting the Oscars!In this extra episode we give you the lowdown on the nominees in all of the main categories, with the usual bante...
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Episode 21: 2021
Revisiting the Oscars latest episode sees us cover the upcoming 2021 Oscars as we preview all of the movies nominated for 'Best Picture' this year!The Oscars have gone back to 10 nominees so plenty of movies to unpack this year, ...
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Episode 21
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Episode 20: 1987
It's a return to the 80s on Revisiting the Oscars, which of course means cheesy songs, a higher than average ratio of comedies and yes folks, some long and bald haircuts!Join us to learn about Ikea's formation, Nicolas Cage's wooden han...
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Episode 20
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Beauty & The Bits - An intro to the pod!
We're right in the midst of Oscars season with the nominations just announced, so we thought we'd pull together a shorter pod to give new listeners a flavour of what we do here at Revisiting the Oscars!This brief episode features our di...
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