The Awards Tape: Best Director, Original Screenplay & Adapted Screenplay Oscar Predictions

In our last review before the holidays, our team decided to step inside the courtroom for the Max release of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2. While serving as a juror in a high-profile murder trial, a family man finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma, one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict or free the wrong killer. The film stars Nicholas Hoult, Toni Collette, and J.K. Simmons. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsChapter Timestamps:0:00:00 Introduction0:06:04 Initial Thoughts0:14:58 Spoiler Review1:14:40 Oscars Assessment1:19:11 Final RatingsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreeRed Broadwell on Letterboxd, X, and InstagramBryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty FastFilms mentioned:Letterboxd listResources:Juror #2 Review by Landon DefeverHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Danny JarabekSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

For the final get together of the year, the Ladies recap the “Female-led genre” of 2024 returning to some of their previous conversions on ‘The Substance,’ ‘Barbie,’ and other films reviewed this year. They also begin to break down award prospects and give recommendations for the holiday season.Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsFollow our team online:Sara Ciplickas on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XKam Ryan on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XSasha Raquel on Letterboxd, Instagram, and YouTubeAnjani Chaha on Instagram, and XNeha Jha on Instagram, and XHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Sara CiplickasEdited by Danny JarabekSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

We take a brief pause on our category-by-category prediction series to assess the current state of the race as a checkpoint after a major first-wave of precursors. We discuss at large the impacts of AFI, NBR, LAFCA, NYFCC, Golden Globes, and Critics Choice Association to assess trends we are seeing from the rise of The Substance to the Best Actress bloodbath.Follow our guest online:Cole Curtiss-Fuentes Website (Oscars Model), X, and LetterboxdFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XEthan Dayton on Letterboxd, Bluesky, and XFilms mentioned:Letterboxd listHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Nate HaydenSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

The final chapter of the Sony Spider-Man Universe has been written with J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter. Following in the footsteps of the Venom series, Morbius, and Madame Web, the sixth and supposedly final SSU movie Kraven's complex relationship with his ruthless father, Nikolai Kravinoff, starts him down a path of vengeance with brutal consequences, motivating him to become not only the greatest hunter in the world, but also one of its most feared. The film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Ariana Debose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola, and Christopher Abbott. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsChapter Timestamps:0:00:00 Introduction0:15:52 Initial Thoughts0:39:39 Spoiler Review1:46:09 Oscars Assessment1:46:14 Final RatingsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreeNadia Arain on Letterboxd and InstagramAryan Patel on Letterboxd, X, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTubePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XFilms mentioned:Letterboxd listHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Danny JarabekSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

As we continue our category-by-category prediction series through all 21 feature awards for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we take our first trek below the line covering Best Cinematography, Editing, and Visual Effects. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XAdam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTokEvan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTokFilms mentioned:Letterboxd listHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Nate HaydenSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

We react live to the 82nd Golden Globes Nominations for the 2025 ceremony. After our live reaction, we come back to debrief and recap our takeaways for the nominations for the rest of the awards season. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, and LinktreeTate Fowler on Letterboxd and InstagramEvan Miller on Letterboxd, Twitter, Instagram, and TikTokTate Fowler on Letterboxd and InstagramCameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTokRed Broadwell on Letterboxd, X, and InstagramOwen Wilczek on Letterboxd, and XLandon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, Films for the VoidResources:Golden Globes NominationsHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Danny JarabekSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

Kyle Mooney’s directorial debut distributed by A24 brings us back to the night before the world was supposed to end. Two high school nobodies make the decision to crash the last major celebration before the new millennium on New Year's Eve 1999. The night becomes even crazier than they could have ever dreamed when the clock strikes midnight. The film stars Jaeden Martell, Rachel Zegler, and Julian Dennison. Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsChapter Timestamps:0:00:00 Introduction0:09:03 Initial Thoughts0:18:05 Spoiler Review1:06:45 Oscars Assessment1:06:52 Final RatingsFollow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreeTate Fowler on Letterboxd and InstagramAdam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTokFilms mentioned:Letterboxd listHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Danny JarabekSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

Landon Defever speaks with Gints Zilbalodis, the co-writer/director of this year's independent animated sensation Flow. The film centers around a pack of various animals, navigating the challenges of a changing world, caused by a great flood that's displaced them. Zilbalodis discusses his creative choices, being self-taught as an animator, and the collaborative process on his latest feature film.Follow our interviewee online:Gints Zilbalodis Website, IMDb, and Instagram Follow our interview host online:Landon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, Films for the VoidHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Danny Jarabek & Landon DefeverSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

Landon Defever speaks with Adam Elliot, writer/director of Memoir of a Snail, an animated tragicomedy for the ages sweeping attention at this year's festival circuit. Memoir of a Snail is the fictional life story of Grace Pudel, who's haunted by misfortune and loss, yet continues to push forward in search of a brighter future. Elliot discusses the eight year-long journey of crafting the film, how the film changed shape over the years, and finding joy in life's smallest details.Listen Here:SpotifyApple PodcastsAll Listening PlatformsFollow our interviewee online:Adam Elliot IMDb, InstagramFollow our interview host online:Landon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, Films for the VoidHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Danny Jarabek & Landon DefeverSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree

In continuing forward on our category-by-category prediction series through all 21 feature awards for the upcoming 97th Academy Awards, we move into the elusive and contentious performance categories. The acting quartet of Lead and Supporting Actors and Actresses are always exciting races to follow, and this year is no different. Follow our team online:Danny Jarabek Website, Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky, X, TikTok, and LinktreePaul Rai on Letterboxd, Instagram, and XBryan Sudfield on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and Life Moves Pretty FastAdam Patla on Letterboxd, Instagram, Bluesky,  X, TikTokCameron Ritter on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, and TikTokEvan Miller on Letterboxd, Bluesky, X, Instagram, and TikTokLandon Defever on Letterboxd, Instagram, X, Films for the VoidFilms mentioned:Letterboxd listHave questions? Email [email protected]:Theme music by Eugene Rocco UtleyArtwork by Danny JarabekEdited by Nate HaydenSupport the showThe Rolling Tape is a multimedia film and entertainment outlet for podcasts, online publications, and film production. The podcast is a TRT production covering weekly film reviews, industry updates, and awards season news.Find The Rolling Tape everywhere:Podcast Website LinkWebsite & Publications: www.therollingtape.comInstagram: @therollingtapeX: @therollingtape Letterboxd: @therollingtape Support our team on Linktree