This Had Oscar Buzz

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - A Bigger Splash

It's time for a poolside chat about this week's episode!!

1970s CALL-IN MAILBAG COMING SOON!

It's time for a call-in mailbag, Garys! With the coming May Miniseries (see post below for details!!), we wanted to release our 1970s episodes in chronological order - but with the first Patreon episode not arriving until 1975 with TOMMY as the month's Exception episode, we didn't want you all to have to wait so long to have a Patreon exclusive episode. So we are having an extra CALL-IN MAILBAG all about your questions related to the 1970s! Ask us anything on your mind related to the miniseri...

Announcing the 2024 May Miniseries!! THIS HAD OSCAR BUZZ: 70s SPECTACULAR!!

Garys one and all, we are finally revealing this month's May miniseries! It was quite a challenge to come up with something you might enjoy as much as last year's 100 YEARS, 100... SNUBS!, so we have come up with something we think everyone can get excited about. Announcing: THIS HAD OSCAR BUZZ: 70s SPECTACULAR!!

This May, we will be looking back at every year within a decade many people consider not only Oscar's best decade, but movies at large. Each episode will discuss not only a fil...

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Sisters Brothers

Apologies for the delay again - we're heavy into prepping the announcement of the coming May Miniseries, so be on the lookout in the next few days! Otherwise, lend us your thoughts on this week's episode!

Turbulent Brilliance - 018 - EXCURSION - 1997 EW Fall Movie Preview

We're doing a deep dive into another Entertainment Weekly Fall Movie Preview for the first time since our May miniseries on the EW Previews! In 1997, Tarantino's Pulp Fiction follow-up Jackie Brown graced that cover, and the issue leads us into conversations about the season's early awards predictions, a Best Picture nominee that got a late title change, and Fleetwood Mac's The Dance.

Turbulent Brilliance - 4/13/24 - CALL-IN - Defining Oscar Buzz and The Year Ahead

We're going cerebral and kooky on your calls today! This time, we're talking about what constitutes Oscar buzz and then we throw out some sight-unseen Oscar predictions for the year ahead. (We recorded this prior to Cinema Con and the Cannes lineup, so don't yell at us about missing details!) Hit us up with your calls at 614-683-8944!

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Garden State

You're once - twice - three times a Gary! And we love you! Take it away with your thoughts on this week's Garden State episode!

Turbulent Brilliance - 4/6/24 - CALL-IN - 2UNE Thoughts and Forgotten Festival Films

We tap into your call-in questions for a quick discussion on the Oscar chances for Dune Part 2 (in a season surprisingly loaded with Oscar-y sequels) and festival films we have seen that have never received US distribution! Hit us up with your calls at 614-683-8944!

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Music

Double whammy of episodes today on the main feed and here on Patreon, but lend us your thoughts on the Music episode!! Another brilliant selection by one of our beloved sponsors!

Turbulent Brilliance - 017 - EXCEPTION - Vanilla Sky

Open your eyes, Gary! April's Exception drops you right in the middle of a spookily vacant Times Square for the largely reviled but financially successful Vanilla Sky. One of the many films that nabbed an Original Song nomination for a musical legend (here for Paul McCartney) around the time of the aughts, but here we get into the more divisive elements that this film is most remembered for. Topics include the impact of Almost Famous' box office disappointment for writer/director Cameron Crow...

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Fair Game

Time to exhibit your own freedom of expression as Garys and sound off below on this week's episode!

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - State and Main

Chime in with your thoughts on our State and Main episode!! National Board of Review! SJP's SATC Globes! Weeks old Madame Web discourse!

Turbulent Brilliance - 3/16/24 - CALL-IN - Wig Oscars and Movie Snacks at Home

Somebody get the phone!! We're dropping in with some calls again, this time talking about Oscar worthy wigs and what movie snacks we want at home (with an update on the great forgotten Pickle Guy from a previous episode)! Keep sending your calls in at 614-683-8944!

Turbulent Brilliance - 016 - EXCURSION - Oscar Recap

Surprise! We're dropping this month's Excursion a little early since it's a recap of Sunday night's Oscar ceremony! We get into the winners and losers, the ups and downs of the telecast, and the return of winning actors tributing this year's nominees!

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Nope

Take it away with your thoughts on our Class of 2022 seal-breaking episode on Nope!!

Turbulent Brilliance - 3/10/24 - CALL-IN - ChrisTHOBer Nolan and Oscar's Front Row

HAPPY OSCARS DAY!! We're coming to you with a quick call-in while you party prep for the evening with your questions around an early Nolan film's Exception status and who should fill the Oscar ceremony's coveted front row.

STATS: Here's How The Garys' Preferential Ballot Went Down

It's Oscar weekend!! We've been saving the stats on the Garys' Best Picture 0f 2023 preferential ballot just for the occasion! Consider this an explainer for how any Best Picture upset [stares blankly, blinks] might have happened. Basically, nerd shit incoming...

So how did May December emerge victorious as the Garys' best film of 2023? On a preferential ballot, a winner is declared once a film reaches more than a 50% threshold of top votes. If a winner does not immediately emerge, the ...

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Annette

So may you start -- sharing your thoughts on this week's Annette episode, that is!!

Turbulent Brilliance - 015 - EXCEPTION - Molly's Game

You asked for it, you got it: Mollyyyyy's Game!! We ran another Listeners' Choice poll and over stiff competition, Aaron Sorkin's directorial debut Molly's Game, based on the memoir by Molly Bloom about how her high stakes poker games (with famous players such as Tobey Maguire) landed her in federal court. Topics include how close Jessica Chastain came to a Best Actress nomination, Sorkin's three cinematic directorial efforts, and who fares best delivering Sorkin Speak! For Sorkin Speak refer...

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Beautiful Boy

[Becky Something voice] sorry for the delay! Chime in on this week's Beautiful Boy episode!

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Spanglish

Toss a martini back with Cloris Leachman and let us know your thoughts on this week's Spanglish episode!!

The Complete 2023 THOB Superlatives Ballot

Sound off in the comments on who you think should be the winner of these categories!! And if you haven't listened to the Superlatives yet, GO NOW!

GROLSCH PEOPLES' CHOICE AWARD (The Gary Best Picture lineup)

• Anatomy of a Fall
• Asteroid City
• Barbie
• The Boy and the Heron
• The Holdovers
• Killers of the Flower Moon
• May December
• Oppenheimer
• Past Lives
• Poor Things

SP...

Turbulent Brilliance - 014 - EXCURSION - The 2023 THOB Superlatives

For this month's excursion, we're bringing you our long-hyped Superlative awards!! We're giving you an entire awards show's worth of precursor awards categories - from our beloved AARP M4Gs to the MTV Movie Awards, from word salad Sundance prizes to lifetime achievement awards! Joe and Chris are offering their personal ballots for selected categories and then battling it out for what makes the eventual ballot. And as a grand finale, it all leads up to the reveal of the Garys selection for bes...

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - The Woman in the Window

Happy Monday, Garys! Sound off on your thoughts on today's The Woman in the Window episode!

Turbulent Brilliance - 2/6/24 - CALL-IN - Low Nomination Best Pictures and Best Picture Credits

Calls are back and coming at random (with a promise of improved audio moving forward)! This time, we answer calls about Best Picture winners with few nominations and crediting actors/directors that win Best Picture. Keep sending your calls in at 614-683-8944!

MAIN FEED DISCUSSION - Certified Copy

Take to the comments with your thoughts on this week's episode!! Is 2011 as booger an Oscar year as we propose? What do you think is real and what is imitation in Certified Copy? Go off!

LAST CALL for Gary voting!! Get your THOB Superlatives People's Choice ballot in!

Just a quick reminder to get your ballots in for the THOB Superlatives Grolsch People's Choice Award while the polls are still open! If you're still in line, stay in line etc. As an aside, I've been running the preferential ballot daily (just to gauge where votes were swaying), and the race amongst Garys is only tightening! This will be a very close call and will likely be determined by the final votes submitted!

Also, have you sent in your voicemails! Call-in bonuses a...

Turbulent Brilliance - 013 - EXCEPTION - Barney's Version

Are the Garys as excited for the prospect of "Paul Giamatti, frontrunner" as we are? For February's exception, we're looking back at Giamatti's work in the Canadian adaptation Barney's Version, a tale of an insufferable cad that made Giamatti a nomination dark horse after a surprise Globe win, but ended up with a Best Makeup nomination instead. Topics include the prevalence of old-age makeup nominees, performances besides Sideways that we would nominate Giamatti for, and what nominee we think...

Call-ins are coming back!!

Did you think we forgot about doing our bonus call-ins?! Well, they are coming back and operators* are standing by! Send us your questions and calls to 614-683-8944!

The nominees are in! VOTE NOW for the winner of the THOB Superlatives Grolsch People's Choice Award!

We tallied all of your votes (thank you to all who submitted!) and the results are IN!! In the link above, you can now rank the Garys ten nominees for best film 2023 from most to least favorite. Once again, we are running this voting on a preferential ballot, just like the Oscars! Voting will be open until this Sunday 9PM EST!

The winner will be announced on the Superlatives excursion episode later this month, along with Chris and Joe's picks for award ...