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The episode features the fourth annual Oscar Draft where participants select movies nominated for the Oscars and compete for the most awards.

We are back with our fourth annual Oscar Draft. It is very simple, each person selects 5 movies that are nominated at this year’s Oscars and whoever gets the most awards, wins! Joining Dakota is ⁠Thomas Stoneham-Judge⁠ , Darren Zakus and Todd Pengelly . Stay tuned to the Oscar Wrap Up podcast to see who the winner was! Check out the 2025's Oscar Draft , ⁠2024's Oscar Draft⁠ and the ⁠2023 Draft too⁠ . Dakota's Team: One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Alabama Solution and Butterfly Todd's Team: Sinners, F1, The Perfect Neighbor, All The Empty Rooms and The Girl Who Cried Pearls Thomas' Team: Sentimental Value, Hamnet, Train Dream, The Singers and Kokuho Darren's Team: Frankenstein, KPop Demon Hunters, The Secret Agent, Weapons and A Friend of Dorothy Follow For Reel on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ , ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠YouTube⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Thomas on ⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Darren Zakus on ⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠ . Follow Todd on ⁠⁠⁠⁠Twitter⁠⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠⁠Letterboxd⁠⁠⁠⁠ . Follow Contra Zoom on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…

People in this episode

Host: Dakota Arsenault

Guests: Thomas Stoneham-Judge, Darren Zakus, Todd Pengelly

Topics covered

• Oscar Draft
• Film Predictions
• Movie Nominations
• Oscar Awards
• Film Reviews

Keywords

• Oscar Draft
• 2026 Oscars
• Film Predictions
• Movie Nominations
• Contra Zoom Pod

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: One Battle After Another, Marty Supreme, Avatar: Fire and Ash, The Alabama Solution, Butterfly, Sinners, F1, The Perfect Neighbor, All The Empty Rooms, The Girl Who Cried Pearls

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