Academy Vs Audience

Claire Bolton, Dan Gibbins, and Erin Weir 120 - 2026 (so far) In Review (w/ Olav Rokne)

Ever since 1928, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has handed out trophies to what it considered the best in film. Sometimes they were absolutely right, sometimes they were entirely wrong, sometimes they were so, so basic. But in all that time, audiences have had their own opinions, sometimes better, sometimes much worse. And sometimes, when the stars align or the fates allow, they even agree. Academy Vs Audience is a deep dive into Oscar history, revisiting film history from the 1920s to the 2020s; from the Studio Era to the age of the IP Franchise; from the age of the silent film to the age of the novelty silent film. Claire, Erin, and Dan take on each year’s Best Picture according to the Academy, and the Box Office Champ selected by audience dollars*. It’s a fascinating look at enduring classics and a descent into madness, because History Is Always Terrible and audiences make questionable choices.(*Based on revenue earned during its initial run, and the year said run began in. No re-releases. Lots of movies become audience favourites years after their initial release, you are not special, Billy Jack.)

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Academy Vs Audience

Episodes

2026 (so far) In Review (w/ Olav Rokne)

2019: Avenging Parasites

Extra Credit: Claire's Top 10 Dogs

2018: Green Panther: Infinity Book

2017: The Shape of Jedi (feat. Kevin Weir)

2016: Rogue War in the Moonlight

The Comics That Made the MCU (w/ Munsi Parker-Munroe)

2015: The Spotlight Awakens

2014: Birdman (And The Unexpected Virtue of Optimus Prime) (w/ Munsi Parker-Munroe)

The 2026 Oscar Recap (feat. Olav Rokne)

Should it Have Been Nominated?

2013: 12 Years Catching Frozen Fire (feat. Gina Stewart)

2012: The Argovengers

2025's Oscar Snubs

2011: The Artist and the Furious

2010: The King's Toys (And Everything is Cute)

Year in Review 2025

(Trans)Formative Franchises with Munsi Parker-Munroe

2009: The Na'vi Locker (w/ Kevin Weir)

2008: The Slumdog Knight

2007: No Country For Disappointing Threequels (w/ Keith Kollee)

2006: Departed Pirates

Does That Best Picture Need a Remake?

2005: Crashing Jedi (feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe)

2004: Million Dollar Ogre

2003: One Rings to Rule Them All (feat. Gina Stewart)

2002: Spider-Cago

Erin's Men of Spider

2001: A Shrekiful Mind

2000: Gladiator Impossible

The Secret Masterpieces of the 90s (feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe)

Dan's Extra Credit Corner: The Missions Impossible

1999: The Phantom Beauty (feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe)

1998: Love, War, and Asteroids (feat. Kevin Weir)

Extra Credit: Titanic II (feat. Keith Kollee)

1997: Titanic, Babyyyyyyy

Oscars in Review 2025 (feat. Olav Rokne)

1996: The Independence Patient

1995: Brave Toys With a Vengeance

1994: Life is Like a Box of Lions

1993: Schindler's Park

2024: Year in Review

Erin's Extra Credit Episode

1992: Assassins and Aladdins

1991: Silence of the Terminators (feat. Gina Stewart)

Minisode: Dan's Extra Credit Corner

1990: Dances With Ghosts Alone

1989: Miss Daisy and the Last Bat-Crusade (feat. Munsi Parker-Munroe)

1988: It's Rain(ing) Man, Hallelujah (feat. Chris Gibbins)

1987: Three Men and a Little Emperor (feat. Kevin Weir)