Welcome to the Failed Critics Podcast, where hosts Steve Norman and Owen Hughes are joined by both Andrew Brooker and Paul Field to put their collective expert (ha!) minds together to predict who will win what at this year’s Academy Awards on Sunday 28th February. You too can take part! Simply leave a post in the comments box on our website to tell us which films you think will pick up the award in each of the categories listed below. The winner will pick up some DVD’s and blu-rays! OOooohhhh exciting.
Also in this episode, we feature a few new release reviews. Brooker, our residents American sports fan, finds Concussion is not all it’s cracked up to be. Meanwhile, Paul calls Steve’s heritage into question whilst reviewing British zom-rom-com Nina Forever. And then we all get together at the end to slightly gush over Deadpool‘s expletive-laden fourth wall-breaking comedy capers.
Join us again next week as Owen and Steve take part in our first ever Netflix special episode.
5 thoughts on “Failed Critics Podcast: What The S**t? Coolest Name Ever”
After last year’s success I’m having another go:
Picture – Spotlight
Director – Inarritu
Actor – Di Caprio
Actress – Larson
S. Actor – Rylance
S. Actress – Mara
O. Screenplay – Spotlight
A. Screenplay – The Big Short
Animated – Inside Out
Foreign – Son Of Saul
Doc. – Amy
Picture – The Martian
Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress – Jennifer Lawrence
S. Actor – Tom Hardy
S. Actress – Rachel McAdams
O. Screenplay – Inside Out
A. Screenplay – The Martian
Animated – Inside Out
Foreign – A War
Doc. – Amy
Picture – The Martian
Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress – Jennifer Lawrence
S. Actor – Tom Hardy
S. Actress – Rachel McAdams
O. Screenplay – Inside Out
A. Screenplay – The Martian
Animated – Inside Out
Foreign – A War
Doc. – Amy
1 – Best Picture
The Revenant
2 – Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
3 – Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
4 – Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome
5 – Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa
6 – Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman
7 – Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
8 – Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph from The Big Short by Michael Lewis
9 – Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
10 – Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian – László Nemes
11 – Best Documentary – Feature
Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin
After last year’s success I’m having another go:
Picture – Spotlight
Director – Inarritu
Actor – Di Caprio
Actress – Larson
S. Actor – Rylance
S. Actress – Mara
O. Screenplay – Spotlight
A. Screenplay – The Big Short
Animated – Inside Out
Foreign – Son Of Saul
Doc. – Amy
Picture – The Martian
Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress – Jennifer Lawrence
S. Actor – Tom Hardy
S. Actress – Rachel McAdams
O. Screenplay – Inside Out
A. Screenplay – The Martian
Animated – Inside Out
Foreign – A War
Doc. – Amy
1 – Best Picture
Spotlight – Michael Sugar, Steve Golin, Nicole Rocklin, and Blye Pagon Faust
2 – Best Director
George Miller – Mad Max: Fury Road
3 – Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
4 – Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome
5 – Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa
6 – Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman
7 – Best Original Screenplay
Ex Machina – Alex Garland
8 – Best Adapted Screenplay
Room – Emma Donoghue from Room by Emma Donoghue
9 – Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
10 – Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian – László Nemes
11 – Best Documentary – Feature
Winter on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom – Evgeny Afineevsky and Den Tolmor
Picture – The Martian
Director – Alejandro G. Iñárritu
Actor – Leonardo DiCaprio
Actress – Jennifer Lawrence
S. Actor – Tom Hardy
S. Actress – Rachel McAdams
O. Screenplay – Inside Out
A. Screenplay – The Martian
Animated – Inside Out
Foreign – A War
Doc. – Amy
1 – Best Picture
The Revenant
2 – Best Director
Alejandro G. Iñárritu – The Revenant
3 – Best Actor
Leonardo DiCaprio – The Revenant as Hugh Glass
4 – Best Actress
Brie Larson – Room as Joy “Ma” Newsome
5 – Best Supporting Actor
Sylvester Stallone – Creed as Rocky Balboa
6 – Best Supporting Actress
Kate Winslet – Steve Jobs as Joanna Hoffman
7 – Best Original Screenplay
Spotlight – Tom McCarthy and Josh Singer
8 – Best Adapted Screenplay
The Big Short – Adam McKay and Charles Randolph from The Big Short by Michael Lewis
9 – Best Animated Feature Film
Inside Out – Pete Docter and Jonas Rivera
10 – Best Foreign Language Film
Son of Saul (Hungary) in Hungarian – László Nemes
11 – Best Documentary – Feature
Cartel Land – Matthew Heineman and Tom Yellin