Critical Darlings: F1 And The Oscar Nominations

It’s Hollywood’s biggest morning! Join Richard and Alison (plus a vacationing Producer Benjamin Frisch) as they pick apart the biggest snubs and surprises of the year: Sinners breaking the all-time nominations record! The Secret Agent breaking out of Neon’s strong showing, the complete collapse of Wicked: For Good, and the surprise blockbuster pulling up the rear: F1, which finds itself among Train Dreams, Bugonia, Sentimental Value, and Hamnet in the Best Picture category despite being a car movie about Brad Pitt going fast vroom vroom.

 

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Not just another bad movie podcast, Blank Check reviews directors’ complete filmographies episode to episode. Specifically, the auteurs whose early successes afforded them the rare ‘blank check’ from Hollywood to produce passion projects. Each new miniseries, hosts Griffin Newman and David Sims delve into the works of film’s most outsized personalities in painstakingly hilarious detail. Produced by Ben Hosley.