Oscar Poker

Talking War Horse, We Bought a Zoo and various other sorts of things!

J. Breaking Dawn's box office, Scorsese the auteur and Hugo the masterpiece, box office problems potentially, The Artist, and more

J. Edgar's box office, the Artist and whether it can go the distance, the Brett Ratner/Eddie Murphy Academy debacle and Steven Spielberg's TinTin

Minor spoiler alerts as we dig into Martin Scorsese's Hugo, Clint Eastwood's J. Edgar, and Jason Reitman's Young Adult.

Gold Derby's Tom O'Neil joins us to talk about the growing popularity of The Artist, Spielberg's career and War Horse, and a bit on Best Actress

How is Moneyball stacking up? And what of Best Actress and Best Picture? A lull of the day, this our one year anniversary of the podcast.

Box office and Oscar prospects for George Clooney's the Ides of March. We join Tom O'Neil on location at the Sunset Tower hotel to discuss the new Gold Derby and run through many of the Oscar movies so far this year. Big fun.

Box office - Dolphin Tale beats Moneyball, 50/50 and The Ides of March -- does Gosling have a chance?

How good is Moneyball? Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress and Best Director

Moneyball, Drive's box office, the chances of Brad Pitt, Glenn Close, and a talk about the Best Picture race.

From the Telluride Film Fest - Shame, A Dangerous Method, Butter, The Descendants, Glenn Close and Albert Nobbs.

Talking the hurricane hype and going over the Gurus of Gold's choices for Best Picture of the year - various other topics.

Oscar prospects for Best Picture for The Help, box office for One Day. Politics and religion per our usual ramble. Also discussed a bit of the themes in Vera Farmiga's Higher Ground.

The Help and its box office, oscar potential for Viola Davis in supporting or lead, romantic comedies, deeper implications and or charges of racism in The Help

Rise of the Planet of the Apes and Andy Serkis' potential Oscar chances, the rigid Academy, The Help, The Whistleblower and a meditation on the boomer generation...

Phil Contrino is back -- Harry Potter's box office, Captain America, Cowboys and Aliens and why Sasha never goes to see movies.

Box office and Best Picture chances of Harry Potter -- and that pesky 5%, powerful women in Hollywood, the demise of video stores and carmageddon!

Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince Part II, The Best Picture race and that 5% and more.

Fourth of July and the fleeting American dream. Larry Crown, Casey Anthony and various other ramblings.

Transformers 3 box office predictions, Michael Bay - genius or hack? Upcoming projects with George Clooney, LA Film Festival.