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Academy Vs Audience

Claire Bolton, Dan Gibbins, and Erin Weir

94 episodes

2 days ago

It's 2002, and Hollywood is swinging, be it to all that jazz, or by webs through the city. The Academy, still waiting to see if Lord of the Rings could stick the landing, gave the big prize to musical adaptation Chicago, which managed the singular achievement of blending the gritty realism Hollywood thinks prestige pictures need with the glitzy, showy song and dance numbers musicals thrive on. Meanwhile, only one man could triumph over Frodo, Star Wars, AND the boy wizard in one year...a SPID...

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It's 2002, and Hollywood is swinging, be it to all that jazz, or by webs through the city. The Academy, still waiting to see if Lord of the Rings could stick the landing, gave the big prize to musical adaptation Chicago, which managed the singular achievement of blending the gritty realism Hollywood thinks prestige pictures need with the glitzy, showy song and dance numbers musicals thrive on. Meanwhile, only one man could triumph over Frodo, Star Wars, AND the boy wizard in one year...a SPID...

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Episodes (20/94)

Academy Vs Audience

Erin's Men of Spider

While we align schedules, Erin gives us a sneak peek at next episode and beyond as she breaks down the first entries of all three live-action Spider-Man eras, from someone who never read the comics and only knows these as movies. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Sam Raimi's first go-round with the character? How does Amazing Spider-Man reassess the origin in a post-Nolan/Iron Man landscape? And when Spidey comes to the MCU, what's working and not? Who's Erin's favourite Man of Spider?...

5 days ago

25 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

2001: A Shrekiful Mind

In 2001, the question on the mind of Academy voters was "Well we can't risk just awarding Lord of the Rings three years in a row, can we?" and thus an alternate Best Picture was needed: Ron Howard's call-it-a-biopic of John Nash, genius mathematician struggling through schizophrenia, with Russell Crowe taking us from coming-of-age to espionage thriller to one man's battle with his own mind in maybe too little time for all three of those. The audience, however, was all about high fantasy, and ...

2 weeks ago

1 hour 16 minutes

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2000: Gladiator Impossible

We enter a new century by jumping back to an old trend and an adaptation of an old TV show, seems about right for 21st century Hollywood. First, the Oscar goes to Ridley Scott's Gladiator, a return to old-school sword and sandal action, only without the Jesus angle. Historical accuracy is nowhere to be found, the plot doesn't merit a lot of deep thought, but Erin, Claire, and Dan answer the important question: are they, in fact, entertained? And then Dan gets a special treat: one and only one...

1 month ago

1 hour 36 minutes

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The Secret Masterpieces of the 90s (feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe)

Before we enter the 21st century, Munsi Parker-Munroe returns to present their Top Ten Secret Masterpieces of the 1990s: ten films that weren't hits, didn't get Oscar love, but delight our guest to no end and they would argue are worthy of your attention just the same, because as films they're weird, they're passionate, and they're more than a little wonderful. Also Dan is here briefly. Erin and Claire will be back soon, but in the meantime, let Munsi introduce you to ten films that should be...

1 month ago

30 minutes

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Dan's Extra Credit Corner: The Missions Impossible

Before we reach the 2000s and spend half an episode breaking down Dan's least favourite entry of one of his favourite franchises, he's here to get the Mission: Impossible brainrot out of his system by breaking down the evolution of the franchise and which film did what the best. From it's lower-key suspense thriller origins to its recent final (unless...) origins, best squads, best villains, and best teammates in a quickie burst for you, the listeners, while Claire and Erin are distracted. Fi...

2 months ago

29 minutes

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1999: The Phantom Beauty (feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe)

The decade wraps up with one beautifully crafted but disturbingly hollow Best Picture, and one beloved franchise returning with a controversial entry. Recurring guest/victim of scheduling Munsi Parker-Munroe is back for the takes, joining Claire, Erin, and Dan in being mad at how well made American Beauty is in spite of the troubling central themes and lead actor, then digging into Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, looking for the few good scenes and asking whether a story about how fascism take...

2 months ago

2 hours 18 minutes

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1998: Love, War, and Asteroids (feat. Kevin Weir)

It's 1998, and was all fair in love and war? Some say no, as Harvey Weinstein launched an Oscar campaign of attrition to get himself an award for theatre kids' ideal romcom Shakespeare in Love, while also slandering rival Steven Spielberg's intense war movie Saving Private Ryan. Claire, Erin, Dan, and returning guest Kevin break down both, ask whether Shakespeare deserves the hate it got for defeating Private Ryan, what each film does well, whether Dan is wrong about his preference or if he's...

2 months ago

2 hours 12 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

Extra Credit: Titanic II (feat. Keith Kollee)

While Erin and Claire are busy on a stage, Dan succumbs to his ongoing Titanic brainrot, and drags his Recovered co-host Keith along for the ride by asking: did Titanic need or warrant a remake? Not the movie... the BOAT. Dan and Keith walk through how a replica Titanic is not equipped to compete in the modern cruise market, something it was never designed or priced for, and why one right-wing Australian politician has spent the last 13 years telling the press he's gonna do it, he gonna make ...

3 months ago

26 minutes

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1997: Titanic, Babyyyyyyy

The day Erin's been waiting for arrives as she, Claire, and Dan dig into the third of three Joint Champion Juggernauts, James Cameron's Titanic. A star crossed romance between Jack and Rose is plagued by class differences, a cruel fiancé, and oh yes the boat they're on plowing into an iceberg. Records are smashed, feelings are felt, Dan's only a little bitter about one of the other nominees being defeated, and the AVA team unpacks it all. Grab your ticket and come aboard for the ride! Find al...

3 months ago

1 hour 51 minutes

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Oscars in Review 2025 (feat. Olav Rokne)

Another year, another Oscars has come and gone, and returning guest Olav Rokne of the Hugo Book Club blog is back to help Erin, Claire, and Dan break down how each nominee did, and how they should have done. What does everything think should have won? What won too much? Can Claire, cursed by witches to watch no movies outside of this podcast, tell us anything about them? Also someone even manages to cape for Emilia Perez. Someone named Olav. Tune in for the breakdown! Find all of our episodes...

4 months ago

1 hour 34 minutes

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1996: The Independence Patient

It's 1996, and Dan is yelling "Elaine was right" as Claire, Erin, and he dissect Harvey Weinstein's first big Oscar win, The English Patient. Was this an early example of the current hip category fraud, where a co-lead ran as a supporting actress for an easier Oscar? Does cheating on young, hot Colin Firth make sense? Those questions answered, the far less clever but far more fun Independence Day claims the box office, which gives our hosts way more emotions in a surprisingly close amount of ...

4 months ago

1 hour 27 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

1995: Brave Toys With a Vengeance

1995 wasn't the best year for Hollywood. The Oscars (and only the Oscars) decided to go with Mel Gibson cosplaying a biopic in the epic of Braveheart, loved by dudes and hated by the Scottish ever since. At the box office, audiences were split, with the domestic crown going to rookie studio Pixar's story of toys come to life, while international audiences flocked to John McLane's third outing, which managed to re-discover the magic of Die Hard while discarding what is often seen as the key in...

5 months ago

1 hour 39 minutes

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1994: Life is Like a Box of Lions

One year after Schindler's List, the Academy chose to take it easy, and go with a heartwarming crowd-pleaser, in fact the biggest hit of the year, Forrest Gump. A film beloved by millions right until it beat Pulp Fiction at the Oscars. But while the USA enjoyed this streak of boomer nostalgia, international audiences were here for Peak Disney in the form of The Lion King, a simple story buoyed by iconic songs and incredible animation, that would one day find new fans through the same songs an...

5 months ago

1 hour 35 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

1993: Schindler's Park

In 1993, everything was coming up Steven Spielberg! The king of blockbusters won his first Oscars for Best Director and Best Picture with his look at the Holocaust and those who survived because of two men's efforts to save who they could, teaching us that when times are dark, you do what you can and save who you can, even if it never feels like enough. But on the lighter side, Spielberg also smashed box office records with the simple formula of Jeff Goldblum getting chased by dinosaurs in Ju...

6 months ago

1 hour 50 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

2024: Year in Review

Erin, Claire, and Dan look back at the films they watched over 2024, both new releases, old classics first seen, or the stuff they watched for this, for you, the listeners. Claire visits classic horror, Dan breaks down some possible Best Picture nominees and what they have going for and against them, Erin reflects on franchises she's seen for the first time, and as a bonus nobody talks about Megalopolis. This time. Join us in looking back on 2024 in film, and what a future episode may be!Find...

6 months ago

1 hour 14 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

Erin's Extra Credit Episode

Season's greetings from your Academy Vs Audience film historians! While turkey was eaten and presents unwrapped and schedules attempted to align, Erin went deep into Non-Christmas Christmas Movies, movies that might not seem to be about Christmas until you realize they (sometimes) are. Erin presents a tier ranking, and neither the top nor bottom may be what you expect.Find all of our episodes and the rest of Writing Therapy Productions' various entertainments at www.writingtherapyproduct...

7 months ago

21 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

1992: Assassins and Aladdins

It's Clint Eastwood vs the Disney Renaissance as we reach 1992. Clint returns to the western genre in order to deconstruct its myths and tropes with a story of the west, violence, and how the stories we tell grow beyond the truth in Unforgiven, which Dan thinks would have fit right into the Legacy Sequel Era but it's probably for the best it isn't one. Then after four years, the Disney Renaissance finally claims the box office crown with Aladdin, probably thanks to Robin Williams' iconic perf...

7 months ago

1 hour 12 minutes

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1991: Silence of the Terminators (feat. Gina Stewart)

Two very different classics take the titles in 1991 as traditional Oscar bait has not fully developed. The Oscar goes to classic thriller Silence of the Lambs, thanks to riveting suspense, a stellar cast, and a performance from Anthony Hopkins so iconic you forget how little he's actually in the movie. Gina Stewart is back to explore changes from the book, while Dan has a theory about why this is the only Oscar-caliber Hannibal Lector movie. Meanwhile, James Cameron returns to the Terminator ...

8 months ago

1 hour 42 minutes

Academy Vs Audience

Minisode: Dan's Extra Credit Corner

While the gang takes a minute to catch up and prepare to get further into the 90s, we present a special mini-episode of Dan's Extra Credit Corner. A quick and dirty ranking of the Predator franchise, a look into why no film since our next entry has managed to win the Big Five Oscars, and for the feature presentation, an excerpt from Dan's deep dice into Francis Ford Coppola's Megalopolis, one movie guaranteed not be a Best Picture or Box Office Champ, and why it's the most fascinating failure...

8 months ago

19 minutes

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1990: Dances With Ghosts Alone

It's another triple-header, as the Oscars went for the first Extra Long Kevin Costner Western, while audiences were split between Christmas hijinks and the first big Sexy Halloween Monster. Dances With Wolves managed to be the second western to win Best Picture, while flipping the script on the genre's treatment of Native Americans, but could Costner act and direct at the same time? International audiences went for the genre-crossing hit that was Ghost, while Americans fell hard for Macaulay ...

9 months ago

2 hours 10 minutes