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Hello There! This is Adam Frazier and you are listening to Skull-Face Island, the official movie podcast of Geeks of Doom! As always I’m joined by Step Up 2: The Streets fan club forum moderator, David Allen… and the reason Satan’s got his groove back, producer Tim Grant.

Today on the Show: We’ll discuss Seth Gordon‘s latest “˜comedy,’ Identity Thief, and boot-up the Geek-O-Matic TeleFax for all the latest news on James Gunn‘s Guardians of the Galaxy, Star Wars: Episode VII, and the 85th Academy Awards!

Last week we were visited (interrupted, actually) by The Prince of Darkness himself, Satan. He mentioned in passing that he was working with Disney and LucasFilm on developing some Star Wars Spin-Offs before he sat in with us to discuss our favorite romantic films. Well, it’s been a week and wouldn’t you know, we received some mysterious VHS tapes via Pterodactyl Mail that appear to contain some trailers for these top secret Star Wars projects… GET READY FOR CRAZINESS!

It’s Thursday morning and I’m watching the theatrical cut of George Lucas’s 1977 film Star Wars as I make my final Oscars predictions, which you can read here below. At the 50th Academy Awards in ’78, Star Wars was nominated for 10 awards, including Best Picture and Best Director, and ended up taking home six: Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects, Best Film Editing, Best Original Score, and Best Sound.

Back in those days, there were only five Best Picture nominees: Annie Hall, The Goodbye Girl, Julia, Star Wars, The Turning Point. Ultimately, Star Wars would lose to Woody Allen‘s neurotic romantic comedy Annie Hall, even though Lucas’s sprawling space saga had changed the film industry – and the world – forever.

Fast-forward to 2013, where the casual filmgoer may argue that the Academy Awards are irrelevant because they don’t reflect popular taste. The truth is – they never have, and that was never the purpose. Overseen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the Academy Awards were created to maintain and celebrate a standard of excellence that is often contradictory to box-office returns and pop culture trends.

The Academy Awards are this Sunday, so you still have a lot of time to fill out your ballots and get your votes in for that Oscar party. But if you still need help deciding who is going to win Sunday’s top prize, a video that takes a look back at the previous 84 winners might help you out. It’s a great video that shows some of the diversity in the Academy’s choices and some of the surprises that have shocked some people in its near century long run. Hit the jump to see the video here below.

Make your watching experience more fun by trying to name all 84 films that won Best Picture. The 85th Annual Academy Awards will air live this Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 5pm on ABC. Here’s the full list of nominees.

So tell us who do you think will win Best Picture of the year at the 85th Academy Awards?

Usually the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announces their nominations for the annual Academy Awards sometime after the Golden Globes have been handed out. This year, however, the nominees are being revealed a few days before the Globes take place.

This year brings with it the 85th Annual Academy Awards ceremony, and this morning all of the year’s nominations were made official.

You can check out all of this year’s Oscar nominees below, and be sure to share your thoughts on who is deserving, and who got snubbed.