2021 Awards Season Eligibility
It’s that time of year when everyone puts up their eligibility posts for stuff released in 2020. For our show, it’s pretty easy to identify where we’re eligible: Hugo Award for Best Fancast (finalists in 2014, 2019, and 2020) Unlike previous years, we’re probably not eligible for other categories, though being a podcast, we’re probably eligible for other podcast-friendly awards. So if you see something we’d be a good fit for, have at it! As always, we appreciate your support and love, and we do hope you’ll stick around with us through 2021 and beyond! Of course, it’s not just about us. Our show featured contributions from folks who may be eligible for other things, Hugos and otherwise! As we do every year, we’ve listed them here with links to their websites. We encourage you to visit their individual sites, as they may release eligibility posts of their own or may have novels, short fiction, and other forms of content for which they are eligible. Here’s the list:
408. The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) — Torture Cinema (Holiday Special) #110
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-408-the-nutcracker-and-the-four-realms/SandF_408_The_Nutcracker_and_the_Four_Realms.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWhite bread, thick shins, and it’s Myanmar not Constanti-Burma, oh my! Shaun Duke, Jen Zink, and Paul Weimer fulfill their destiny as pawns to our Patreon supporters in our annual Holiday Special Torture Cinema! Together, they look at The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018) and the meaning of characters in the context of a visual spectacle. Does the movie have characters? Is it possible for it to have characters? Does this movie actually know what a movie *is*? You’ll have to listen to find out! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
407. Jingle Jangle (2020) — At the Movies
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-407-jingle-jangle/SandF_407_Jingle_Jangle.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSPhenomenal costumes, touching stories, and adorable robots, oh my! Shaun Duke and Jen Zink bring on the holiday cheer in this special look at David E. Talbert’s Jingle Jangle. They explore the film’s incredible visual design, its approach to story, what makes this such a special movie, Short Circuit, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
406. Jiu Jitsu (2020) – Torture Cinema #109
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-406-jiu-jitsu/SandF_406_Jiu_Jitsu.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWhite bread, thick shins, and it’s Myanmar not Constanti-Burma, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and Paul Weimer give our listeners a special present: a totally unexpected Torture Cinema episode on Jiu Jitsu (2020)! Together, they discuss the film’s bonkers plot, it’s characters (or lack thereof), it’s acting, it’s locations, and basically everything else… Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
405. Jonah Hex (2010) – Torture Cinema #108
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-405-jonah-hex/SandF_405_Jonah_Hex.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSEmpty promises, Irish Magneto, and Gatling gun horses, oh my! Shaun Duke, Alex Acks, and Paul Weimer turn their eyeballs to superhero films in this trip into the confusingly unimaginative world of Jonah Hex (2010! Together, they discuss the film’s treatment of history, how to properly use a John Malkovich, what Irish Magneto was doing here, Catwoman, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
404. Men in Black (1997) — At the Movies
https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-404-men-in-black/SandF_404_Men_in_Black.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSHoles in the wall, grief, and questionable nationalism, oh my! Shaun Duke and Paul Weimer take a nostalgic trip back to the 90s to examine Barry Sonnenfeld’s Men in Black (1997)! Together, they discuss the film’s place in the rhetoric of the 90s, its approach to comedy, its treatment of the issue of immigration and the politics of its time, what went into the Edgar suit, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
