Hey Oscar fans, Bruce and “Tex” are back with the 2009 Oscars for the films of 2008. This was an interesting year for many reasons: controversial winners; new formats, a singing & dancing Wolverine as host; and most notably, the reaction to The Dark Knight being snubbed causing the Academy to expand the number of Best Picture nominees from 5 to (up to) 10. As for the movies that were nominated, it’s a curious mix of decent films that really only need to be seen once — and some possibly better movies that have stood the test of time and are even more relevant now! Join us as we break it all down and get behind the scenes stories from Bruce Vilanch who got paid to spend an evening with Hugh Jackman. Thanks for listening!.

Movies Mentioned

*The Dark Knight

**Wall-E

*The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Slumdog Millionaire

*Milk

*Frost/Nixon

*Changeling

*Revolutionary Road

*The Wrestler

*Frozen River

*Iron Man

*The Reader

**In Bruges

*The Visitor

*Happy-Go-Lucky

*Hunger

Shame

Billy Elliott

**Good Will Hunting

*A Beautiful Mind

**The Social Network

*Doubt

*Shallow Grave

*Trainspotting

*28 Days Later

The Beach

*Chicago

*Mystic River

**Vicky Cristina Barcelona

*Gran Torino

Rachel Getting Married

*The Fighter

*Tropic Thunder

Che

*In the Bedroom

*My Cousin Vinny

Red Belt

**Idiocracy

*Forrest Gump

*Bolt

*Kung Fu Panda

Departures

**Bader Meinhof Complex

Australia

*The Nutty Professor

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