About this episode
Will and Hesse discuss the upcoming Oscars and analyze this year's films and performances.
The Movies…. Are back. The Mindset….Continues. Bet you thought we had forgotten? Will and Hesse get in right under the gun for another Movie Mindset Oscars Special. Our two professional film critics and acclaimed indie film stars discuss this year’s finest offerings from Tinsel Town and debate which among them deserves to be immortalized with that finest of names “Oscar.” Will PTA finally have his crowning moment of glory this year or will it be One Disappointment After Another for the wunderkind director as he’s snubbed yet again… Who will win the ideological battle over fascism this year? Will it be The Secret Agent, which maintains that fascism is bad or F:1 which stands for Fascism = #1? Is having a parent evil, or is being a parent evil? And Is it better to exist or not to? Films like this year’s Frankenstein, Sentimental Value and Hamnet all delve into this tricky and universal human dilemma. The Best Actor race is among the tightest in recent memory with many industry insiders saying it’s going to come down to Michael B Jordan playing a set of twins who are divided over eating pussy and becoming a vampire and Timothee Chalamet who plays an arrogant, pushy Jewish guy who…
People in this episode
Hosts: Will, Hesse
Topics covered
- Oscars preview
- film criticism
- best actor race
- fascism in film
- parenthood themes
- movie predictions
Keywords
- Oscars
- film critics
- Michael B Jordan
- Timothee Chalamet
- fascism
- parenthood
- movie predictions
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: The Secret Agent, F:1, Frankenstein, Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Train Dreams
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