First episode of the new year is...finishing the topic we started at the end of last year. We're thinking about maybe tackling some smaller topics this year, but the best laid plans, etc. As ever with our podcast SPOILERS ABOUND! Listen at your own risk.

00:10 Intro
04:42 The Artist
10:18 Would it work as a true silent movie?
12:55 Mark doesn't like the title character
16:32 Bob loves this movie
27:24 The Descendants
29:15 Connection to Sideways
30:57 George Clooney
32:29 The Artist vs The Descendants
40:21 The Help
46:03 A realistic range of people
49:58 The Tree of Life
53:37 Dinosaurs?!
56:42 War Horse
58:51 The Black Stallion, redux
1:02:20 What else could have been nominated? (Drive!)
1:06:35 Wrapping up

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Music:
Intro and Outro music excerpted without alteration other than length and volume from AcidJazz by Kevin McLeod under a Creative Commons (CC BY 3.0) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/legalcode