Hosted by Jason A. Hill & Ezra Stead with special guests: Alan Tracy and Pete K. Wong.
The MIDG Oscars Podcast, 2016 edition.
Oscar discussion and predictions for the show Sunday night, February 28th, on ABC.
Duration: 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Intro Music: The Danish Girl
Outro Music: Mad Max: Fury Road
By Jason A. Hill & Ezra Stead
Best Picture
Jason’s Prediction: The Wolf of Wall Street
Jason’s Favorite: 12 Years a Slave
Ezra’s Prediction: 12 Years a Slave
Ezra’s Favorite: The Wolf of Wall Street
Best Directing
Jason’s Prediction: Steve McQueen
Jason’s Favorite: Steve McQueen
Ezra’s Prediction: Alfonso Cuaron / Steve McQueen
Ezra’s Favorite: Steve McQueen
By Ezra Stead
My Week with Marilyn, UK / USA, 2011
Directed by Simon Curtis
Marilyn Monroe was my first real crush, even before I really knew what a crush was. I grew up on old movies, which is probably the reason I still find the image of a woman smoking with a cocktail in the other hand extremely sexy, and no woman on the silver screen from that golden era long before I was born held the mysterious, seductive allure of Marilyn. Three of her films in particular were my childhood obsessions: Otto Preminger’s River of No Return (1954), Billy Wilder’s Some Like It Hot (1959) and John Huston’s The Misfits (1961), which turned out to be her final feature. Of course, there were other favorites, especially Howard Hawks’ Monkey Business (1952) and Wilder’s The Seven Year Itch (1955), but those three really captured her sweet vulnerability, her almost oblivious sensuality, and the soft sadness behind her alluring smile, an indication of the hard life she had lived and, as my young mind and these films dared to hope, had now left behind. In reality, of course, poor Marilyn’s life only got harder, until it was snuffed out all too soon. Read More
By Scott Martin
Hanna, USA / UK / Germany, 2011
Directed by Joe Wright
The most disappointing thing about Hanna is that the theater wasn’t crowded: less than half full, and everyone there loved it. Opening night, no less. Perhaps everyone went to see David Gordon Green’s Your Highness instead? Even so, the people who opted for Your Highness probably wouldn’t make up the proper crowd for an arthouse thriller directed by the man behind Pride and Prejudice (2005) and Atonement (2007). This is purely speculation, as all tastes are different. I’ll certainly be seeing Your Highness at some point, but I’m paid to. So, that point is probably moot, too. Regardless, the fact that the theater had elbow room, room for me to store my bag in another seat, and only a total of probably forty or so people … it’s a bit depressing. Read More
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