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Podcast: Have a Good Movie
Episode: Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Description: It’s Oscar season once again, and this year we’re focusing on past movies with Oscar-winning performances. First up is a 2004 surprise box office bonanza that not only earned Hilary Swank and Morgan Freeman Oscars but also won Best Picture. Not that 2004 was a particularly great year for movies, but many people were shocked by this movie winning, even Macintosh who didn’t see it until months later. For anyone who hadn’t seen the movie, it was tough to understand how a low-budget, depressing boxing movie whose last act is about euthanasia and dignity of life could somehow be...