AwardsWatch Podcast Ep. 329 – 98th Oscar Nominations Reactions: For Good
The Oscar nominations are in and we’re wasting no time.
On episode 329 of the AwardsWatch podcast, Editor-In-Chief Erik Anderson, Executive Editor Ryan McQuade and contributor Mark Johnson, aka The Awards Alchemist, break down the Oscar nominations for the 98th Academy Awards, including the record-setting number earned by Sinners, the total exclusion of Wicked: For Good and the most wtf nominations of the day.
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This podcast runs 1h10m. We will be back next week with a review of the new Sam Raimi film, Send Help. Till then, let’s get into it.
Music: “Modern Fashion” from AShamaleuvmusic (intro), “B-3” from BoxCat Games Nameless: The Hackers RPG Soundtrack (outro).
He is a Rotten Tomatoes-approved critic, accredited by the Cannes Film Festival, Telluride Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival and more, is a member of the International Cinephile Society (ICS), The Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics (GALECA), Critics Choice Association (CCA), San Francisco Bay Area Film Critics Circle (SFBAFCC) and the International Press Academy. Among his many achieved goals with AwardsWatch, he has given a platform to underrepresented writers and critics and supplied them with access to film festivals and the industry and calls the Bay Area his home where he lives with his husband and son.
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