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In lieu of the normal Wednesday night recording, the PubGuys are headed to the movies! We are going to see KICK-ASS at the Bedford Movie Tavern at 7:15pm. Join us if you can!

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PubCast #19

In this episode of The PubGuys PubCast, we run down the Oscars, the winners & the losers; and, throwing caution to the wind, blame politics for the results. The PG1s on hand take PGKyle to task for his opinions on the Oscars when he has, in fact, only seen 3 of the 10 movies. I guess that’s why they’re opinions, not facts and it certainly delivers on the Controversy part of the 3Cs promise.

PGBryan gets a little bit of PGTerrill in his face for his stance on Jihad Jane. More controversy.
PGTerrill regales us with stories of his trip to Vancouver.
PGMike provides more stories in a seemingly never-ending cycle of Older Woman Doing the Nasty with Underage Boys
If you were a 56 year old man would you break into a church to watch pornography? Yeah, us neither.
PGKyle runs down the Notable Deaths, and in a new portion, we elected 2 of them to not the Ignoble, but instead to the Noble PubGuys Hall of Fame.

• T-Bone Wolk – Bassist for Hall & Oates. Age 58 of undisclosed causes.
• *Corey Haim – 80’s heart-throb and actor. Frog Brother. Age 38 of an accidental overdose. 10 March, 2010. PubGuys Hall of Fame.
• Andrew Koenig – 80’s actor. Son of Walter Koenig. Age 41. Suicide. 25 February, 2010.
• *Merlin Olsen – NFL Hall-of-famer. Actor. Age 69 of mesothelioma. 11 March, 2010. PubGuys Hall of Fame.

And, as always, plenty of content, comedy & controversy

The Word of the Day for this episode is: Ice

This episode’s trivia question:
Who was the first female director to be nominated for an Oscar?
Bonus: In what year and for what movie?
Be the first to leave the answer(s) in the comments section to win a PubGuys church key, provided by the The Haines Agency.

This episode of the PubGuys was proudly recorded on 11 March, 2010 at Wilhoites in Grapevine, TX.

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It’s that time of year when all eyes & ears turn toward the pampered, spoiled elite of Hollywood. We will be treated to a dazzling array of designer dresses that cost more than I make in a year and a never ending stream of soundbytes that will be played ad nauseum over the next two months. Yes, ladies & gents, it’s Oscar time. This Sunday, we will witness the 82nd Annual Academy Awards and be righteously indignant that our favourite film did NOT win the best picture category despite being overwhelmingly the best film of the year. This year, I think that the indignation will be more rife & relevant than in previous years, because this year is the year they increased the field from a manageable five nominees to a mind-numbing ten. In addition to that unprecedented change, they have modified the voting rules. No longer will the voting Academy members cast a single ballot for Best Picture. Nope. Now, they will rank each picture in order best to worst. The ballots will then be judged on a sliding, preferential scale which could easily mean that a movie with no clear majority could take away the Best Picture statuette. This will surely set indignant tongues wagging througout the blogosphere & likely send Perez Hilton into apoplexy. You can read all about the new set of rules at The Wrap because I’m not going to take the time to put to paper the ponderous system they’ve set in place when The Wrap has done such an admirable job of deciphering and translating the Byzantine voting structure. Instead, I will lay out, in order from Worst to Best the ten Best Picture Nominees for these 82nd Academy Awards.

10. An Education: I don’t think this picture even deserves to be in this list. Any movie that doesn’t show at a theatre within 100 miles of my house, can’t be a contender for Best Picture.

9. The Blind Side: I’m a Sandra Bullock fan. I really am. But, really? Do we need a weepy, sports sob-story as a Best Picture winner? Especially since it did such an incredibly poor job of actually, you know, telling the true story?

8. Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire: Didn’t see it. Didn’t want to see it. Shouldn’t win.

7. A Serious Man: Really? Are you serious? Why is this movie in this list?

6. Up in the Air: I liked this movie. I think both of the actresses in the film were outstanding and George Clooney did a fine job (but, I would imagine it’s not so much of a stretch for him to play a womanizing hard-ass). The girls deserve their nominations for their roles. The movie is most definitely not an Oscar contender.

5. Up: Rave reviews all over the place. But, there’s only been one animated movie ever to take Best Picture, and let’s be frank, this is not Beauty & the Beast.

4. The Hurt Locker: Never came to my hood. I wanted to see it. I’ve heard excellent things about it.

3. Avatar: The most expensive B-movie ever made. Weak, predictable, rehashed plot with some seriously kick-ass special effects. It should win in the special effects category, or possibly in the “Most Overdone Theme” category, but Best Picture? Nah. Not really.

2. Inglourious Basterds: Seriously. This was the 2nd best movie I saw all year and probably sits well inside my top 10 of all time. Even with a mis-spelled title, this movie has some serious chops. Great direction, superb acting (if Christopher Waltz doesn’t take Best Supporting Actor, I’m giving up on the Academy completely), brilliant plot & message and an overall enjoyably kick-ass piece of celluloid. Definitely deserves to be in the list and I wouldn’t be too upset if it wins.

However.

This last movie was hand’s down the best movie I saw all year and is my 2nd favourite movie of all time (sitting behind Danerous Liaisons). This is an incredible movie from start to finish and well deserves to be in the list and take it all home.
1. District 9

There you have it.
Let the indignation begin…now.

~PGK