It's the final week before the big show on Sunday! And after putting it off for months, Kerry and Allison finally saw "Avatar: The Way of Water", and boy do they have some thoughts... Kerry discusses "Argentina:1985" and Allison talks about "

Episode 5 - The Highs! The Lows! The In-betweens!

Mar 3rd, 2023 27m 5s

This week Kerry and Allison talk about some of the films that stood out and others that missed the mark. Kerry discusses her love of the animated short "The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, The Horse", Allison discusses her indifference to "Bardo: Fals

Episode 4 - Movies, Movies, Movies!

Feb 24th, 2023 30m 3s

This week on the Oscar Hustle Allison and Kerry talk about the feature length doc "All The Beauty and The Bloodshed". Kerry gives an update on the return of the regular format Oscar ceremony (no more creative category editing), Allison discuss

Episode 3 - Let's Talk About Movies

Feb 17th, 2023 24m 59s

Another week closer to the Oscar ceremony, and another week full of movies. On this episode Kerry and Allison talk about how sometimes you have to be in the right frame of mind to see a certain type of movie (case in point Allison loved "All Th

Episode 2 - It's Go Time 2023

Feb 10th, 2023 33m 47s

It's been a busy week of movies for Kerry and Allison. On this episode they discuss some surprising standouts from the shorts categories and their thoughts on the film "Living". Kerry discusses the multi-nominated "All Quiet on the Western Fr

Episode 1 - Time to Hustle!

Feb 2nd, 2023 42m 40s

Kerry and Allison are back for another busy Oscar season! In this episode they discuss the recent Oscar nominations, the snubs (no Viola Davis!), the surprises (Top Gun: Maverick's screenplay nom) and much more. They reveal their (very sad)

Episode 9 - It's All Over But The Crying

Apr 2nd, 2022 47m 45s

The Academy Awards were handed out on Sunday and this year's race has come to an end. In this episode Kerry and Allison do an in depth recap on the ceremony itself and talk about all the goings on in the Dolby Theatre that night. They talk a

Episode 8 - The Final Push

Mar 25th, 2022 1h 7m

The time is here, the Oscar Ceremony is right around the corner! With the race to the end closing in, there is much to talk about. This week they are joined by their fellow Oscar completionist pal Kristy, and do a deep dive into some of the ca

Episode 7 - Awards Season!

Mar 18th, 2022 31m 34s

The Oscars are in 9 days and Kerry and Allison are closing in on finishing seeing all of this year's nominated movies. This week they talk about two lesser known International Feature nominees "Hand of God" from Italy and "Lunana: A Yak in the

Episode 6 - How YOU Doin'?

Mar 11th, 2022 40m 50s

It's officially awards season! In this episode Kerry and Allison recap the recent Screen Actor Guild Awards, the upcoming Director Guild Awards and discuss how the results of these awards add momentum to the Oscar nominees. They review their

Episode 5 - Movies, Movies, Movies

Mar 4th, 2022 36m 45s

In the last week, the Academy has announced their plans for how this year's ceremony will look. And boy do Kerry and Allison have some thoughts.... In this episode they have a passionate discussion about why the Oscars should stay with the sam

Episode 4 - Hit and Miss

Feb 25th, 2022 46m 30s

The Oscar ceremony is in 30 days and hustle is on! In this episode, Allison and Kerry take a look at two favourites for the Best International Feature category "Drive My Car" and "Worst Person In The World". They discuss the bizarre musical "

Episode 3 - The Hustle is Real

Feb 18th, 2022 38m 33s

It's week three and Kerry and Allison have seen some movies. In this episode they discuss a few personal highlights: Kerry champions the multi-nominated feature "Belfast", and Allison shines a light on the short animation "Affairs of the Art"

Episode 2 - And Nominees Are...

Feb 11th, 2022 29m 12s

The Oscar nominations were announced on Tuesday and Kerry and Allison now have to get their plan in place. In this episode they discuss the "Big Ten" best picture nominations, as well as the snubs and (very few) surprises of this year's nomine

Episode 1 - Ready to Hustle!

Feb 4th, 2022 25m

It's that time of year again! Oscar Season is finally here and Kerry and Allison are busy prepping. In this episode, they give a bit of Oscar Hustle history, discuss the non-existent Golden Globes ceremony, review the short lists, and reminisc

Episode 8 - That's a Wrap

Apr 30th, 2021 39m 54s

The Oscar broadcast has come and gone, and in a year of strange times, it makes sense that the ceremony was equally as bizarre. Who makes a 3 hour telecast about film, without actually showing any films?! In this final episode of season two,

Episode 7 - The Final Countdown!

Apr 24th, 2021 43m 24s

The finish line is in sight and what better way to re-cap the whole list of 56, then with a special guest. This week Allison and Kerry are joined by "friend of the pod and in real life too" Kristy! They discuss highlights and lowlights of thi

Episode 6 - How YOU Doin'?

Apr 16th, 2021 28m 59s

As we get to the final weeks of the hustle, the inevitable fatigue sets in. This week Kerry and Allison chat about how they are going to manage getting through the last few weeks of film screenings and give tips on how to avoid film fatigue.

Episode 5 - One Hit Wonders

Apr 9th, 2021 29m 56s

Sometimes bad movies (like... really bad movies) get Academy Award nominations, and sometimes they even win. This week Kerry and Allison re-visit some of those past stinkers as well as discuss some surprising winners. Kerry provides an update

Episode 4 - Lights, Camera, Action!

Apr 2nd, 2021 31m 23s

Once again the Oscar producers have come up with a wacky plan for the broadcast and it's not great. This week Allison and Kerry talk a bit about what is planned for the ceremony and if given the circumstances, having it all live makes sense.

Episode 3 - Time to Hustle

Mar 26th, 2021 25m

It's been less than a week since the nominations went out and Kerry and Allison have been hard at work crossing titles off their nominees list. In this episode they recap their week in film viewing and highlight two of their surprise favourite

Episode 2 - And Nominees Are...

Mar 20th, 2021 26m 55s

The Oscar nominations were this past week and now the map to the Oscar ceremony is finally laid out. In this episode Allison and Kerry recap the award nominations, the snubs (Jodie Foster!), the surprises (Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of

Episode 1 - Pandemic Awards Season

Mar 12th, 2021 35m 1s

In this episode Allison and Kerry discuss the strange pandemic awards season and much more. With no theatres open, and a supremely disjointed and odd movie release schedule, who knows what to watch?! They recap the Golden Globe Awards broad

Episode 10 - 1985 Oscar Side Hustle

Sep 30th, 2020 59m 20s

And we're back! And this time it's 1985! Over the last few months Kerry and Allison have watched the five fantastic (but hard to find) best picture nominees for 1985 which include "Witness", "Kiss of the Spiderwoman", "Prizzi's Honor", "The C

Episode 9 - 1970 Oscar Side Hustle

May 28th, 2020 1h 3m

Well... it's been a minute but we are back with the 1970 Side Hustle. Over the last few months Allison and Kerry watched the five Best Picture nominees from 1970 Academy Awards including "M*A*S*H", "Love Story", "Airport" "Patton" and "Five Ea