Academy Awards

1934 – “Cavalcade”

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Another sweeping generational epic.

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1933 – “Grand Hotel”

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The first star-studded cast film.

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1932 – “Cimarron”

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The first in a series of sweeping family epics to win the top award.

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1931 – “All Quiet on the Western Front”

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A World War I film told from the perspective of the Germans.

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1930 – “The Broadway Melody”

January 28, 2020 by , , 99 Years 100 Films, Movies, Podcasts

The second year launches the musical genre.

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1929 – “Wings” and “Sunrise: A Tale of Two Humans”

December 28, 2019 by , , 99 Years 100 Films, Movies, Podcasts

The first two winners of the top Academy Award hit in the same year! Note that, at the time of this recording, we didn’t know that Trey would be coming along for the entire series.

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Podcast Trailer

November 28, 2019 by , , 99 Years 100 Films, Movies, Podcasts

A trailer for the podcast

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Wakanda For An Oscar?

January 22, 2019 by , , , Awards

The 2018 Academy Awards nominees are out and, for the first time ever, a superhero movie has made it into the Best Picture Category. Black Panther probably won’t win, but it’s a nice nod to the genre that has certainly matured in the last decade.

What films are pleased to see on the list? Which one are you not? And which films do you think got snubbed?

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2017 Oscar Round-Up

February 27, 2017 by , Awards

For genre films it was (yet again) a quiet night:

  • Arrival – Sound Editing
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Costume Design
  • The Jungle Book – Visual Effects
  • Piper – Animated Short Film
  • Suicide Squad – Makeup and Hairstyling
  • Zootopia – Animated Feature Film

Which genre films did you think got what they deserved? Which were snubbed?

2017 Academy Award Nominess

January 24, 2017 by Awards, Movies

The nominees for the films that came out in 2016 are up. As usual, genre films are passed over, but at least Arrival seems to have caught the Academy’s attention for some of the major awards. While not genre, per se, Hidden Figures is definitely a geek-friendly movie and highly recommended by the Bureau staff.

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