The 89th Academy Awards (Films of 2016) - Part I

The Oscars Got It Wrong

16 movies for 2016! That's right, it's another full tournament for the 89th Academy Awards or the films of 2016. We took the Academy's nine nominees for this year and added seven of our own. In this episode, discuss the losers from Round 1 in this episode.

The nominees were: Arrival; Fences; Hacksaw Ridge; Hell or High Water; Hidden Figures; La La Land; Lion; Manchester by the Sea; and Moonlight.

The films we added were: Captain America: Civil War; Hail, Caesar!; Hunt for the Wilderpeople; The Lobster; Paterson; Swiss Army Man; and Toni Erdmann

Notes: SPOILERS - we talk through the full plots of all the movies we cover.

Timestamps are approximate:

11:10 - Bracket Set-Up

11:40 - Round 1 Match-Ups and Deciding Winners and Losers

21:50 - Swiss Army Man

29:55 - Hell or High Water

36:20 - Hacksaw Ridge

49:00 - Hail, Caesar!

1:02:35 - Paterson

1:09:00 - Captain America: Civil War

1:24:20 - Hidden Figures

1:32:30 - Fences

1:42:55 - Best of the Worst & Worst of the Worst

1:44:10 - Next Time

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