Our Reaction to the 2017 Oscar Nominations

On this special episode of Film Snuff, we are guiding you through the recently announced Oscar nominations for movies released in 2016 while also giving you our take on them.

We discuss the record-tying 14 nominations by "La La Land," Meryl Streep's 20th nomination, and, of course, Mel Gibson's surprise nod for Best Director.

Follow along by visiting filmsnuff.com/2017OscarNoms, where we have provided a list of the nominations in the order we read them. 

Also, we are announcing our Film Snuff Oscar Pool that is open to any listeners who want to play. Just email us at mailbag@filmsnuff.com to sign up. The Top 5 winners will have their names read on our episode following the Academy Awards ceremony.

Tell us what you think by chatting with us (@filmsnuff) on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, or by shooting us an email over at mailbag@filmsnuff.com.