With yesterday’s announcement of the 2025 Primetime Emmy Nominations, social media has been abuzz with cries of joy and outrage over the surprises and perceived snubs in this year’s nominees. Now that...

THE STORY – Explores the spiritual pain of bullfighting, the tormented torero in a ring, one of the most excessive and graphic examples of the origin of Southern European civilization. THE CAST – Andr...

THE STORY – A Palestinian refugee living on the fringes of society in Athens gets ripped off by a smuggler and sets out to seek revenge. THE CAST – Mahmood Bakri, Aram Sabbah, Angeliki Papoulia, Moham...

In an Emmy season where series come and go with alarming speed, the race for Outstanding Reality Competition Series is a comparative sea of tranquility. Indeed, among the 22 Emmy winners since the cat...

For this week’s main podcast review, Lauren LaMagna, Cody Dericks, Tom O’Brien, and I are reviewing and discussing the latest film from Marvel Studios, “Thunderbolts*,” starring Florence Pugh, Sebasti...

THE STORY – Based on a true story, “Words of War” follows world-renowned journalist and human rights activist Anna Politkovskaya on her brave crusade, fighting to be an independent voice of truth for ...

Every year’s Emmy ceremony has categories, such as Limited Series, where the award often goes to worthy winners with projects exploring Significant Social Themes. That’s all well and good. But after a...

Compared with its sister Emmy category, Outstanding Comedy Series, which offers relatively few nomination slots for a new show this year, the race for Outstanding Drama Series truly lives up to its na...

There are certain years when the Emmy race for Outstanding Comedy Series is wide open, with longtime nominees ending their runs or top contenders pausing between seasons. Those races are among the liv...

Traditionally, the Outstanding Limited Series category has been one of the premier Emmy races each year, often attracting top filmmakers and major movie stars to bring to life stories that can best be...

For Episode 434, I am joined by Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, Tom O’Brien, and Will Mavity to discuss the announcement of the date for the 98th Academy Awards with Conan O’Brien returning to host, the rece...

Welcome to Director Watch! On this AwardsWatch podcast, co-hosts Ryan McQuade and Jay Ledbetter attempt to breakdown, analyze, and ultimately, get inside the mind of some of cinema’s greatest auteu…

THE STORY – Porky and Daffy, the classic animated odd couple, turn into unlikely heroes when their antics at the local bubble gum factory uncover a secret alien mind control plot. Against all odds, th...

THE STORY – After the catastrophe, although the souls of Nezha and Aobing were saved, their bodies would soon be shattered. Taiyi Zhenren planned to use the seven-colored lotus to rebuild their bodies...

For this week’s main podcast review, Josh Parham, Giovanni Lago, Brendan Hodges, Tom O’Brien, and I are here to discuss and review the latest film from Academy Award-winning South Korean filmmaking Bo...

For this week’s main podcast review, Sara Clements, Tom O’Brien, and I are here to discuss and review the latest film from Alex Parkinson, “Last Breath,” starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole,...

It all comes down to this. This Sunday, March 2nd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will announce the winners of the 97th Academy Awards. The presentation will air on ABC and, f...

For Episode 431, I am joined by Nadia Dalimonte, Josh Parham, Daniel Howat, Cody Dericks, Tom O’Brien, and Will Mavity. This is it. It’s time for us to deliver our final winner predictions for the 97t...

For this week’s main podcast review, Sara Clements, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Tom O’Brien, and I are here to discuss and review the latest film from Osgood Perkins, “The Monkey,” starring Theo James, Ta...

Oscar voting has officially started and will run until February 18th. It’s been another long awards season, and we at Next Best Picture understand that voters might need clarification on which films t...

THE STORY – Greed and class discrimination threaten the newly formed symbiotic relationship between the wealthy Park family and the destitute Kim clan. THE CAST – Song Kang-ho, Lee Sun-kyun, Cho Yeo-j...

During the announcement of the nominations for the 97th Annual Academy Awards, some of the loudest gasps and cheers (if internet reaction videos can be trusted) came from the Southern Hemisphere, as B...

THE STORY – A girl who can see colors in people’s hearts joins a band with two other people. THE CAST – Akari Takaishi, Sayu Suzukawa, Taisei Kido, Yui Aragaki, Yasuko, Aoi Yūki, Minako Kotobuki & Kei...

After months of deliberating, discussing and dissecting, the nominations for the 97th Academy Awards will be announced this Thursday morning, hosted by Rachel Sennott and Bowen Yang. The nominations w...

It’s been one of those years, a chaotic 12 months where we have seen significant changes in politics, culture, and even moviegoing habits. 2024 was the first year in some time that the summer movie se...

Love or loathe David Lynch, there’s no denying the filmmaker had one of the most unusual routes to fame in the history of Hollywood. Once king of the “midnight movies” in the 1970…

Back in the 1950s and ’60s, it was common for an actor to be introduced as “star of stage, screen, and television!”, but these days, it can be said only rarely. Certainly, movie a…

Look, I adore seeing my friends and family, particularly over the holidays, but I will scream if one more person comes up to me and asks, “I heard [X movie] is good. Is it streaming yet?” These days, ...

For Episode 425, Nadia Dalimonte, Daniel Howat, Alyssa Christian & Tom O’Brien join me to offer our condolences and resources to those in Los Angeles impacted by the recent fires that have broken out ...

For this week’s main podcast review, I am joined by Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, Cody Dericks, Will Mavity & Tom O’Brien to review and discuss the latest film from Michael Gracey, “Better Man” starring Robbi...