Oscars 2023: Technical Awards

Join Mike, Jackie, and Jay as we wrap the 95th Academy Awards and look ahead to next year.

IT'S THE BIG ONE! Jackie, Jay, and Mike are joined again by our friends Adam Lubitow and Matt DeTurck to take a look into this year's Best Picture nominees, who we want to win, who we think will win, all while getting DEEP into why movies matter so much to us!

Join Mike, Jay, and Jackie as we explore the TECHNICAL awards: Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Sound, and Best Visual Effects. Jackie delivers an EDUCATION on why these categories are important and how they make the movies we love truly special!

Jackie, Mike, and Jay are joined by 3 very special guests - Scott Pukos (@scottpukos), Matt DeTurck (@DalBoz17), and Adam Lubitow (@adamlubitow) from Rochester's own Little Theater to dive into the WRITING AWARDS - Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song!

Mike, Jackie & Jay get together to cover the Best Costume Design, Best Makeup & Hairstyling, and Best Production Design nominations and discuss why these categories are so important to the unforgettable films we watch!Also, as Jackie mentioned in the episode, check out and support Bill Duke's upcoming project- Defiant: The True Story of Robert Smalls! https://join.legionm.com/captain-smalls-movie/

Join as we take an epic dive into the nominees for Best Actress and Actor in the 95th Academy Awards and also reflect on some of the current and previous acting nomination shenanigans the Academy seems to love so much.

Time to talk about the BEST DIRECTOR slate for the 95th Academy Awards, and we have THOUGHTS on this ALL MALE lineup of veteran filmmakers.

In our inaugural episode for the 95th Academy Awards we begin with the Best Supporting Actor and Actress awards, discuss last year's winner, share our thoughts on the current nominees, who we think should, and who we think will, win, and what glaring snubs did the Academy make!Best Supporting ActorBrendan Gleeson (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) Brian Tyree Henry (“Causeway”) Judd Hirsch (“The Fabelmans”)Barry Keoghan (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) Ke Huy Quan (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) Best Supporting ActressAngela Bassett (“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”) Hong Chau (“The Whale”) Kerry Condon (“The Banshees of Inisherin”) Jamie Lee Curtis (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”) Stephanie Hsu (“Everything Everywhere All at Once”)