Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Real Talk, a movie podcast.

We are your go-to source for ratings and recommendations of past and present films.

I am your host, West Jones, podcasting from Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Hey, this is Tommy, podcasting straight from Nashville, Tennessee.

The movie buddy Conway podcasting from Bowling Green, Kentucky.

Hey, real talk.

We are back with a very special episode.

And I know what you're thinking.

Why are Gabe and Tommy already talking about the Oscars?

Didn't the Oscars just end? No, the better question is, why are you not talking about the Oscars?

Exactly. Maybe that's what I should have said. Why are you not already talking about the Oscars?

Now, I'll admit, it is pretty early in the season, but what Game and I

want to do is just kind of kick off the Oscar race season, because it's really beginning now

with all of the film festivals that have been going out, and the buzz is building on these

movies, because the Oscar campaign season really lasts for five to six months. So we thought it would be fun to kind of take the temperature of the room.

Gabe and I kind of talk about where we are at with the year in movies,

where this leads us into the next Oscar season,

which will be here before we know it,

and then really kind of talk about what we think might actually be

nominated in the best picture category maybe even talk about what we think may win so I think

it's going to be a lot of fun or trying something new out and I hope you all enjoy it

because we always love talking about Oscars here so before we begin before I bring in Gabe

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