The Oscar Went To

Max and Nick choose to accept their mission of unpacking the espionage action thriller that started it all. Light the fuse. 

Max and Nick are smiling from ear to ear discussing the ultra-pleasantness of the 1996 fan fav That Thing You Do!

Harvest time for the money lenders, ha! Max and Nick put on their nightgowns and deconstruct what has quickly become a holiday classic.  

Max and Nick discuss the good yet boring commercial and critical success: 1996's The English Patient. 

Tornados, aliens, patients who are English; Nick and Max dissect the year in film that was 1996. 

1.21 Gigawatts?! Get your life preservers on and join us while we fulfill our density by deep diving the 1985 mega-hit, Back to the Future.

Also, stay tuned to the end to hear friend of the podcast Jimmy Shoemaker make his first appearance.

DISCLAIMER: Max inaccurately says Robert Zemeckis has a cameo in the first few minutes of this film. The crewmember driving the jeep is in fact stunt coordinator, Walter Scott.

Max and Nick continue their "Movies We Can't Wait to Watch with Our Kids" theme by revisiting the 1993 cult classic The Sandlot. Topics include unadvised chewing tobacco, unapproachable 20 year-old babes as ten year olds, and the weekly shoutout to Richard Linklater. 

Max and Nick are back to discuss the iconic psychological horror classic and muse on twist endings, spoilers, and dead puppies. 

The guys get deep: talking anxiety, death and Woody's alternate existence in a college dorm room on this episode of The Oscar Went To!

Max and Nick go back to their movie-watching roots and discuss what are the best kids movies of all-time. 

Nick and Max are reunited after a month apart! They discuss the trials and tribulations of film production, NY City reopening and Nick's recent trip to the optometrist. 

We dive into David Lynch's infinitely enigmatic psychological puzzle Mulholland Drive. With very special guest: Kevin Knickerbocker!

Mark Denny returns to unpack 2001's kaleidoscopic jukebox musical Moulin Rouge. 

Nick welcomes the very funny Micah Sterenberg onto the pod to discuss the heist movie of heist movies: Ocean's Eleven. 

Max and Nick get into it about what is arguable THE cult classic of the early 2000's.

Max and Nick unpack the year in film that was 2001. 

NOTE: Nick mistakenly says Drew Barrymore's in The Royal Tenenbaums. He knows that's not true. 

With Max on leave, Nick and special guest Mark Denny unpack the explosively potent 1995 french film La Haine. 

Very special guest Devin Bockrath joins Nick to unpack 1995's teen pop masterpiece, Clueless.

Max and Nick talk about the legacy of Braveheart, Meathead Classics, and egregious Best Picture winners. Later in the episode, Nick regales us with tales of being on the Freshman track team. 

Transitory? Transitory. Listen to the guys gush over Richard Linklater's 1995 Neo-romantic film Before Sunrise starring Ethan Hawke and Julie Delpy. 

NEXT DEEP DIVE: Braveheart (1995)

Max and Nick delve into the lowkey great year in film that was 1995. 

NEXT DEEP DIVE: Before Sunrise (1995).

The TOWT guys go contemporary for the first time while taking a look at 2020's Another Round directed by Dogme95 godfather Thomas Vinterberg. This episode they discuss movie theaters, micro-dosing and whether Another Round will be talked about 20 years from now. 

Max and Nick talk smokin' cigs, selling out and nostalgia during this week's The Oscar Went To... as they dive deep into the 1994 grunge-classic, Reality Bites.

Max and Nick bring in some back-up to really dig deep into Dumb and Dumber and all the nuances it has to offer!

Max and Nick are especially thankful they're not in prison after this latest deep dive. The guys are joined by Gil Bellows aka Tommy, who shares some of his experiences working on the iconic film. 

Max and Nick gush over the 1994 action-classic Speed.

The Oscar Went to Guys get all nostalgic about the super-solid year in film, 1994. 

Max and Nick welcome special guest Giovanni Fumu for a special Emergency Episode of the podcast. They discuss 2013's Best Foreign Language Oscar winner The Great Beauty.

Gio's Three Movie Recommendations: Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1970), The Consequences of Love (2004), Black Soul (2014).

Max and Nick unpack one of the most enduring films from 2006, the comic drama The Devil Wears Prada

Max and Nick revisit the turn-of-the-century magicians' tale and discuss its place in the 'Nolan-verse.'

Max and Nick overcome technical difficulties just in time to gush over 2006's Children of Men.

Max and Nick dive especially deep this week to explore forgotten, mega-budget flop, Poseidon. They talk cell phone reception in the middle of the Atlantic, nautical grade bolts and how once a cruise ship flips upside down, it's a dog eat dog world.

Max and Nick revisit the 1990 holiday classic Home Alone. Along the way they discuss holiday travel, child acting and drinking milk with pizza. DISCLAIMER: The co-hosts insinuate Santa isn't real in this episode.

Max and Nick travel back to 2006 to talk about faceless sequels, the dawn of Netflix, Bond Girls and the films from 2006 that have endured. 

Max and Nick talk about Pixar, Disney movies from their childhood and if animated films are for babies. 

DISCLAIMER: Hey listeners, out of respect and support of Elliot Page, the lead actor in Juno, coming out as transgender, we wanted to clarify that this episode of the podcast was recorded in October of 2020 and released on November 30, 2020, the day before Elliot Page’s announcement. Due to this timing, all references to Elliot Page in this episode are to his former name and pronouns.

Max and Nick go deep into a film they trashed in the 2007 episode and talk about screenwriting, McDonald's French Fries and the portrayal of teenage bedrooms in Film and TV.

Max and Nick get their scuba gear on to do a deep dive into 2007's Michael Clayton, a film notably absent from the previous episode. This week we talk about the origin of common phrases, the faceless, monolithic buildings in NY's financial district and that dreamboat George Clooney. 

Our very first episode! In this episode, we look back at 2007 film and retroactively crown a best picture. Along the way we discuss cult films, what happened to Juno, reference a few obscure but solid movies from 2007 and, with the benefit of hindsight, name our top five from 2007.