In this episode, we review the last four films in this year’s survey of the Oscar-nominated Best Pictures. We will recap all of the winners versus my picks.

Links of Interest

“What Dreams May Come” (Act III, Scene I) “Hamlet”: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Dreams_May_Come

“Train Dreams” (2025 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Train_Dreams_(film)

“Marty Supreme” (2025 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marty_Supreme

“F1” (2025 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F1_(film)

“Winning” (1969 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winning_(film)

“Hamnet” (2025 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamnet_(film)

“Hamlet” (play c1600 William Shakespeare): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamlet

Movie awards for 2025 releases

98th Academy Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_Academy_Awards

82nd Golden Globe Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Golden_Globes

32nd SAG Actor.Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Actor_Awards

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In this episode, we continue our look at Oscar-nominated films. In this episode, I explore four films so bizarre that they left me asking, “What the hell was that?”

Links of Interest

SNL sketch from 1979 “What the hell is that?” on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_Gd623HJo

“The Secret Agent” (2025): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Secret_Agent_(2025_film)

“One Battle After Another” (2025): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Battle_After_Another

“Nuremberg” (2025): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuremberg_(2025_film)

“If I Had Legs I’d Kick You” (2025): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/If_I_Had_Legs_I%27d_Kick_You

“Bugonia” (2025): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bugonia_(film)

“Poor Things” (2023): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor_Things_(film)

Episode 80a, which discusses “On the Line”: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=437

“On the Line” (2022): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Line_(2022_film)

Movie awards for 2025 releases

98th Academy Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/98th_Academy_Awards

82nd Golden Globe Awards: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/82nd_Golden_Globes

32nd SAG Actor: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/32nd_Actor_Awards

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Contemplating Life – Episode 110 – “The Cost of Revenge”

In this episode, I recount a harrowing experience with a health scare last week and an incident that angered me so much that I indulged the darkest parts of my personality to plot a revenge that I never intended to deliver, but simply crafted to give me peace of mind. What that plot told me about myself was quite revealing. Trigger Warning: This episode contains misogynistic and offensive language.

Links of Interest

David Gerrold: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gerrold

St. Francis Hospital, Indianapolis: https://directory.franciscanhealth.org/location/franciscan-health-indianapolis

Florence Nightingale: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale

Lycanthrope: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Werewolf#:~:text=)%2C%20or%20occasionally-,lycanthrope,-%5Bb%5D

Episode 22 “The Reunion” an award-winning article I wrote in 1987: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=149

Matthew 25:34-36 (NASRE): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/matthew/25?34

The Golden Rule: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Rule

Luke 6:31 (NASRE): https://bible.usccb.org/bible/luke/6?31

“Planet of the Apes” (1968): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_of_the_Apes_(1968_film)

Clip from “Planet of the Apes”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdmqn9JIuzc

Report about racist tweet reposted by Trump: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jImPTGrwF4Y

Rosary: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosary

George Carlin “Confession”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEyJ0XZoKSU

Episode 104 “Prophets Aren’t About Prophecy”: https://contemplating-life.com/?p=580

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