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Anthony and Craig discuss the Oscars. That's it.

Craig saw Lincoln, finished House of Cards and powered through the first season of 24. Anthony saw Grindhouse again and watched the directorial debuts of Steven Spielberg and Ben Affleck on YouTube (one is better than the other). We talk about Scorsese and “the internet” a lot, and discuss our methods for getting through a body of work.

We talk about 2012 some more (when will it end?), spend some time with Sergio Leone, talk about a bunch of comics we may or may not like and eulogize a bunch of comics we don’t really like anymore. Also we can’t say Stephen Chbosky’s name. Either listen to this or watch Ocean’s Eleven again, either is acceptable.

Second verse, better than the first. We talk about finally seeing our most anticipated films of the season, Django Unchained and Zero Dark Thirty, and spend a heap of time talking about Quentin Tarantino, Kathryn Bigelow, Tony Scott and Brad Pitt. Also The Sopranos gets brought up a lot. We love that show.

0:00 - Introduction 0:30 - Consumption We discuss the films of Alfred Hitchcock, Citizen Kane, This Is 40, The Color Wheel and Marvel Comics: The Untold Story. 11:30 - Awards season The Oscar nominations were released just before we recorded, and the Golden Globes were that day, so we talk about those. Michael Haneke’s fake tweets were mentioned. 22:30 - TV of 2012 Boardwalk Empire, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, The Eric Andre Show. 42:20 - Comics of 2012 Saga, Daredevil, Wolverine and the X-Men, the work of Michael DeForge, Parker: The Score, Love and Rockets. Dishonourable mention: Before Watchmen. 1:06:00 - Films of 2012 The Grey, Skyfall, 21 Jump Street, The Master. 1:16:00 - Music of 2012 Channel ORANGE, Attack on Memory, Radiohead live. 1:24:00 - Games of 2012 Mass Effect 3, Halo 4, Borderlands 2, Metal Gear Solid HD Collection. 1:27:53 - End