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La La Land - the video game

Just when you thought La La Land couldn't get any more annoying, here's the 8-Bit Cinema video game edition...

EXORCIST II &
MANNEQUIN ON THE MOVE
WORST SEQUELS EVER! vol. 1
OH NO THEY DIDN'T podcast

On this episode of Forces of Geek presents OH NO THEY DIDN'T! we're going back to two of the worst sequels ever made:

Exorcist II: The Heretic and Mannequin on the Move

Was Hollywood possessed by Pazuzu?

Give us your best cheek bones and let the power of crap compel you.

It's the first of what we're sure will be many WORST SEQUELS EVER episodes.

Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes or Google Play, and if you like the show, please write us a nice review there!

FYC already on SVOD

You don't have to be an Academy member to catch up on some of this year's For Your Considerations from the studios.

Golden Globe Best Foreign Film contender IDA is now streaming on both NETFLIX and AMAZON PRIME.

AMAZON PRIME has Steven Knight's powerhouse Tom Hardy thriller LOCKE and you can discover Scarlett Johansson's much talked about performance in UNDER THE SKIN.

One of my personal favorites from last year, BLUE RUIN is now streaming on Netflix. It is nominated for a John Cassavetes Award at this year's Independent Spirit Awards.

Netflix is launching two of last year's most critically acclaimed movies this week - the indie favorite FRANK on January 8th and Jon Favreau's CHEF on January 28th.

Past award-nominees and winners just recently launched on NETFLIX include...

Big Fish (2004)

Bowling for Columbine (2002)

Cast Away (2000)

Chinatown (1974)

Dirty Dancing (1987)

Election (1999)

Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)

Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)

Ghost (1990)

Marathon Man (1976)

Marty (1955)

Moonstruck (1987)

Mystic River (2003)

Notting Hill (1999)

Robocop (1987)

Sunset Boulevard (1950)

The French Connection (1971)

The Quiet Man (1952)

The War of the Worlds (1953)

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)

Oscar Mickey, by the numbers...

Some Mickey Mouse facts on tonight's OSCARS (literally)...

- Tonight's nomination for GET A HORSE! is Mickey's first Oscar Short nom since "Mickey's Christmas Carol" in 1983,

- If it wins, it's the first short with Mickey to win since LEND A PAW in 1941...

- If it loses, it's fifth in a row, joining "Squatter's Rights" (1946), "Mickey and the Seal" (1948), "Mickey's Christmas Carol" (1983) and "Runaway Brain" (1995).

- GET A HORSE! is the third Disney short to be filmed and released in 3-D. The first was "Melody" and the second was "Working for Peanuts" both in 1953...

- Walt Disney Animation Studios won Best Animated Short last year for "Paperman." It was the first Disney animated short film to win the category in 43 years (since "It's Tough to Be a Bird" in 1969)...

- Mickey Mouse was the first non-human recipient of an Oscar. In 1932, Walt was honored for his creation, although Mickey's short "Mickey's Orphans" lost to Silly Symphony "Flowers and Trees."

My OSCAR 2014 Cocktail Menu...

DALLAS BUYERS CLUB

Alright, alright, alright.

Toast to the McConaissance with this spin on the classic Club Cocktail…

GRAVITY

Drink one of these spicy, smokey concoctions and you’ll be floating in space…

BLUE JASMINE

Feeling blue on Oscar night?

I don’t blame you.

Great films like FRANCIS HA and SHORT TERM 12 were left out completely. At least this brilliant film’s drink inspiration will have you feeling better in no time...

HER

There’s nothing shady about Scarlett Johansson’s vocal performance in HER, but this take on a Shady Lady will have you seeing 8,316 other people and fall in love with 641 of them…