Episode 36: Oscars 2026 Recap

Send us Fan MailThis week we look back at our 1953 episode and see if it needs any mistakes rectified or omissions told. In this episode:We made some mistakes. We hold ourselves accountable for those mistakes! Sometimes there are no mistakes; let us know if we missed something! We're not ALWAYS perfect...Why did Peter Pan get so overlooked in 1953? We ask the hard questions. Like, why did ostensibly a children's animated movie have half naked mermaids, or why was TInkerbell getting spanked? Times were different, we suppose. We were interested in the lengths of movies, and what they added to a movie to make it long enough to be worth it like short films and animations. We also talk about gonzo government propaganda short films like singing and dancing for the mayor by women in skimpy fire-fighting costumes. We're not kidding. There were a lot of wild shorts in the golden age of cinema.This intermissions' outro music, the finale of Melody!, a Disney short from 1953 directed by Ward Kimball and Charles A. Nichols.All this and more, inside a compact thirty minutes!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailThis week we look back at our 1985 episode and see if it needs any mistakes rectified or omissions told. In this episode:We made some mistakes. We hold ourselves accountable for those mistakes! Even if we have to make fun of each other for making those mistakes.We owed Tim Thomerson and his knife "Mike" an apology for forgetting his name when discussing the movie Volunteers. We're pretty sure we got everything else correct!Did the Ballad of Buster Scruggs owe its comedy drama anthology structure to 1985's Rustler's Rhapsody? Maybe. Carlos makes a case, but Cord is not really convinced. Rebecca De Mornay was busy as the queen of 1985! She made three movies in 1985, including Trip to Bountiful. She was a star on the rise and we discuss her trajectory. Horror comedies! Seemingly unmixable, but hit hard when done right. Which movies do horror comedies right and why?This intermissions' outro music, Do You Want To Party by 45 Grave, used  in the movie/horror comedy Return of the Living Dead.All this and more, inside a compact thirty minutes!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailWelcome to 1977 Part 2! We had a lot to say, so here's the rest of the show.But first, a reminder of this years list of Oscar nominees:Annie HallThe Goodbye GirlJuliaStar WarsThe Turning PointIn this follow up, we talk about other categories to the Oscar list like The Best Grandma Moment, The Independent Darling, and Who Did It Best!Did Andy Warhol's Bad overcome its bleak narrative to walk away with the Independent Darling, or was America's lovable mutt in For the Love of Benji a better independent film? Cord really likes the cars from the Bond films, almost as much as Carlos loves John Carradine fighting ghost demons in The Sentinel. We were really affected by Orca in our youth, in which Dumbledore fights an angry killer whale hell bent on revenge; seven year old children should not have been taken by their parents to see this movie, but here we are. Only in 1977 would a movie like Yeti: Giant of the 20th Century, a movie featuring a giant Yeti with great hair and an Italian disco vibe, exist in this world. Can John Boorman be forgiven for making Exorcist II: The Heretic? He did make Zardoz. All this and more! And our hot, hot takes! Want to be part of the excitement, listen and find out who we think could have been added to the Best Picture list! Was the Academy right?  Do you agree with our correct assessments? Listen and find out!  Don't forget to follow us on any of the major social media at theretrospodcast.If you're on mobile be sure to drop us a text by clicking on the link above "Send us a text" and tell us how insightful we are, or how off base we were in our decisions. You can also write us at [email protected]. Don't be shy! We want to hear from YOU!If you feel like supporting us and our show, you can go to our Patreon page by going to the link below "Support the show" or use this link:patreon.com/user?u=38740491Gain access to our Discord channel, bonus episodes, and our undying gratitude for your patronage!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailWelcome back! We have prevailed over the forces of moving and technical difficulties and we are so thrilled to return to one of the best decades in film, the 1970s!!  1977 to be precise, and we have lot to talk about! So much so, we decided to split the show into two parts! Part one is available now, Part 2 will be available next week.But first, we are excited to discuss this years list of Oscar nominees:Annie HallThe Goodbye GirlJuliaStar WarsThe Turning PointAs if that wasn't enough, we added a few other categories to the Oscar list like The Best Grandma Moment, The Independent Darling, and Who Did It Best!While Annie Hall, a fine movie in its own right, was chosen by the mercurial Academy for the Best Picture award, it should come as no surprise to long time listeners who we thought should have won the Best Picture of 1977...hint, it was the only movie that had Wookies in it. And because Star Wars was the clear winner in our eyes, the big competition was for second place; who should it have been: Annie Hall or our alternative pick Saturday Night Fever? Maybe Carlos's favorite The Duellists, or the surprisingly shocking and violent Equus? Nature's revenge was a prevalent theme in 1977, as seen in Orca or Empire of the Ants, we talk a lot about rampaging animal movies, and did a bunch of Who Did It Best comparisons. We even thrown in some Comedy Gold! There's so much to talk about and we haven't even gotten to the year's Grandma Moment yet! All this and more in the the first part of 1977.Want to be part of the excitement, listen and find out who we think could have been added to the Best Picture list! Was the Academy right?  Do you agree with our correct assessments? Listen and find out!  Don't forget to follow us on any of the major social media at theretrospodcast.If you're on mobile be sure to drop us a text by clicking on the link above "Send us a text" and tell us how insightful we are, or how off base we were in our decisions. You can also write us at [email protected]. If you feel like supporting us and our show, you can go to our Patreon page by going to the link below "Support the show" or use this link:patreon.com/user?u=38740491Gain access to our Discord channel, bonus episodes, and our undying gratitude for your patronage!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan Mail The Oscars!? That was months ago! Just so happens, that's when we recorded this episode. It inadvertently sat on the shelf while Carlos moved to a new home that consumed his life! But now, movies once again consume his life! What are we here for!? Talking about movies! After watching Conan O'Brien brilliantly host the Oscars, we tallied up the score to see who predicted more winners! Then talked about how the Academy made a lot of wrong decisions.   Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailThis week we look back at our 1967 episode and see if it needs any mistakes rectified or omissions told. In this episode:We made some mistakes. We hold ourselves accountable for those mistakes! Even if we have to make fun of each other for making those mistakes.We talk about Hank Stram and Superbowl 1...briefly. And how he introduced Gatorade to football and the rest of sports from a little known scientist at the University of Florida.  We also talk a bit more about the entr'acte and how it was common in movies in the 60s. Ok, a lot more, and whether or not intermissions should be used in modern films.This intermissions' outro music, The Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel, used three times in The Graduate, including the iconic final bus scene.All this and more, inside a compact thirty minutes!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailThis week we look back at our 1939 episode and see if it needs any mistakes rectified or omissions told. In this episode:The audio quality took a little hit while recording this show. We managed to fix the problem so future shows will sound much better. Always fighting the robots...We made some mistakes. We hold ourselves accountable for those mistakes! Even if we have to make fun of each other for making those mistakes.We talk about the legendary baseball player Lou Gehrig, his number was retired when he did in 1939. We couldn't remember which number it was, but we found it.  We also talk about Carlos's obsession with Crashing Thru, the Canadian adventure movie featuring bad guys, femme fatales, and one of the best opening theme song in cinematic history!The main story this episode was about the state of movie theaters and how to get people to go to movies again. Will streaming dominate the medium? We talk a bit about that. This intermissions' outro music, the theme song from Crashing Thru  written by Betty Laidlaw and Robert Lively, performed by actor James Newill, who starred as Renfrew the Canadian Mountie.All this and more, inside a compact thirty minutes!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailThis week we are excited to talk about the Oscars, but this time, the Oscars that haven't happened yet! Yes, we're looking forward and giving our predictions for 2026 Oscars that are right around the corner!In this episode:We go through the entire list of categories, talk about the nominees, and each of us takes a shot at who the winner will be! We made a list of all our choices, and following the Oscar Awards show, we will do a recap to compare our choices with just how right OR WRONG the academy's choices were! Will A Friend of Dorothy win the Live Action Short? Will KPop Demon Hunters close their stellar year with the Animated Feature award? In the head to head battle between Ryan "The Coog" Coogler and Paul "PTA" Thomas Anderson, who will come out on top of the Best Director Award, and will Sinners take the coveted Best Picture Award, or will it be One Battle After Another? We're not sure how the Academy will vote, but we're pretty sure our picks are gold! You don't want to miss it! Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailThis week we look back at our 2012 episode and see if it needs any mistakes rectified or omissions told. In this episode:We made some mistakes. We hold ourselves accountable for those mistakes! Even if we have to make fun of each other for making those mistakes.We talk about the talented actor Karl Urban, who starred in such greats  such as the 2009 reboot of Star Trek, Dredd, The Boys, and the inestimable and timeless trilogy The Lord of the Rings; we apologize for forgetting his name during the main show.  We also become cool science teachers explaining the basics of the Higgs Boson particle! Well, we thought we were cool.The main story this episode was about sequels, remakes and reboots, focusing on the monumental failure of 2012's John Carter and whether it would or could be remade. How do some movies get remade when other more successful or deserving ones do not? We're not sure, but we agree that it would be awesome to see remakes of 1991's The Rocketeer or 1984's Last Starfighter.This intermission's outro music, the theme song from The Last Starfighter soundtrack by Craig Safan.All this and more, inside a compact thirty minutes!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!

Send us Fan MailWelcome to SEASON 2!! As we start the new year, we start a new season of laughs and movie talk here on the Retros. We're so happy to have found such success when we launched season 1 last year. We appreciate everyone who took the time to listen to us and we hope you continue to listen and enjoy our ramblings. Even though this is Episode 1 of Season 2, we're going to continue the numbering pattern for the list of episodes to keep it from being confusing, so in the episode list, you'll see this is Episode: 31. Really, the Seasons are for our logistical benefit. I'm already making it more complicated than it needs to be. Just keep an eye out for new episodes! We again travel back to the Golden Age of Postwar America, to the year 1953!  We were ecstatic to watch the movies of this year and were even more excited to talk about them. Here is the list of Oscar nominees:From Here to EternityJulius CaesarThe RobeRoman HolidayShaneAs if that wasn't enough, we added a few other categories to the Oscar list like The Best Grandma Moment, The Independent Darling, and Who Did It Best!Did Alan Ladd die as he rode off on his horse in Shane, or did he live and just ignored that obnoxious kid? We have opinions about that ending. As the actors' egos threatened to throw the production of Julius Caesar off the rails, just how did the director Joseph Mankiewicz manage to keep everyone in line? We don't know for sure, but we have some pretty good ideas! The city of Rome in Roman Holiday sure seemed sparsely populated in the 1950s, though it was certainly the best place to take an itinerant princess out for a coffee date.  War of the Worlds, or Invaders from Mars? Which movie had the best Martian invasion? Hollywood loved to invade Earth back then. And why did so many movies have weirdly naughty titles rife with double entendres?  It was a different time, we're sure. Is Ed Wood's Glen or Glenda featuring Bela Lugosi one of the best indy darlings ever? Listen and find out! PULL THE STRING!!Want to be part of the excitement, listen and find out who we think could have been added to the Best Picture list! Was the Academy right?  Do you agree with our correct assessments? Listen and find out!  Don't forget to follow us on any of the major social media at theretrospodcast.If you're on mobile be sure to drop us a text by clicking on the link above "Send us a text" and tell us how insightful we are, or how off base we were in our decisions. You can also write us at [email protected]. If you feel like supporting us and our show, you can go to our Patreon page by going to the link below "Support the show" or use this link:patreon.com/user?u=38740491Gain access to our Discord channel, bonus episodes, and our undying gratitude for your patronage!  Support the showThank you for listening and watch more movies!