In today's episode, I am joined by
, the winner of the 2025 Oscar prediction contest on The Oscar Project. We talk about our reactions to the 97th Academy Awards, some movies from 2025 so far, and what we're looking forward to in the rest of 2025.Books mentioned in this episode include:
Mickey 7 by Edward Ashton
Opposable Thumbs: How Siskel & Ebert Changed Movies Forever by Matt Singer
Oscar Wars: A History of Hollywood in Gold, Sweat, and Tears by Michael Schulman
Films mentioned in this episode include:
Wicked directed by Jon M. Chu
Anora directed by Sean Baker
Conclave directed by Edward Berger
The Substance directed by Coralie Fargeat
Paddington in Peru directed by Dougal Wilson
Heart Eyes directed by Josh Ruben
Companion directed by Drew Hancock
Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy directed by Michael Morris
Mickey 17 directed by Bong Joon-Ho
Inside Out 2 directed by Kelsey Mann
High and Low directed by Akira Kurosawa
Maleficent directed by Robert Stromberg
Beauty and the Beast directed by Bill Condon
Cinderella directed by Kenneth Branagh
Sonic the Hedgehog directed by Jeff Fowler
My Man Godfrey directed by Gregory La Cava
The Shop Around the Corner directed by Ernst Lubitsch
You've Got Mail directed by Nora Ephron
Sleeping Beauty directed by Clyde Geronimi
House on Haunted Hill directed by William Malone
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington directed by Frank Capra
The Thin Man directed by W.S. Van Dyke
We talked about way more than this so check out the full list of films mentioned on Letterboxd.
Check out Luis's work at mendezmoviereport.com.
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