Best Picture Cast

This episode continues our new series where each of our regular cohosts give their personal Top Ten movies of All Time! Hosts were limited to choosing only one film per director and also could not choose any films that have won Best Picture! The next stop in the series brings us to one of our most frequent cohosts, BPC graphic designer, and handler of our Instagram and Facebook Accounts Grant Z! Grant first appeared on our fourth ever episode CRASH and has appeared on countless other episodes including ROCKY, THE GODFATHER, REBECCA, THE ARTIST, BIRDMAN, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, BEN-HUR and many more! Grant has also participated on all of the Tournament Winnung episodes to date... ROAD HOUSE, HALLOWEEN, and THE LION KING. As well as all of our RANKINGS episodes where we classified what we have covered so far! You can reach Grant Z on twitter: @Grant_Zep Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Check out our best picture merch(Designed by Grant himself!): https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/

This Episode is dedicated in memory of Ian Woodington Best Picture Cast is back to cover the sweeping, sandy epic that is BEN-HUR!! Kieran B and Grant Z load up the chariots and welcome a very special guest, from the 1001 by 1 podcast and the Below Freezing podcast Adam St. John!! Adam dares to step into the arena as we talk all things Ben-Hur… Good, Bad, and hilarious. The hosts provide movie recommends, Spin offs, Recasts, new names for Metal Bands and more! If you every wanted to hear Ben-Hur discussed in long form, well we are here for you! Everything you could hope for in a true Best Picture Cast Episode. Check out both of Adams podcast on social media : @1001by1 and @BelowFreezing32 Follow us on social media: @bestpicturecast Email us [email protected] Check out our Best Picture Merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/

We are launching a new series of episodes where each of our regular cohosts will be giving their personal Top Ten movies of All Time! Hosts were limited to choosing only one film per director and also could not choose any films that have won Best Picture! We kick the series off with one of our most frequent cohosts, Joey R! Joey first appeared on our very second episode ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOOS NEST and has appeared on countless other episodes including SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, SOUND OF MUSIC, AN AMERICAN IN PARIS, THE GODFATHER, 12 YEARS A SLAVE, and many more! Joey also participated on all of our RANKINGS episodes where we classified what we have covered so far! You can reach Joey R on twitter: @joey0314 Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Check out our best picture merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/

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Kieran B is joined by last year's champ Grant Z, this year's runner up, Stev B, and the new champ Joey R to recap Best Picture Cast's second Sub 50% tournament. We go through the final 8 movies, and talk about what an episode will look like for the movie that took home the crown. Also we preview some of the things to expect from Best Picture Cast this Fall! Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Check out our best picture merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/

It's Summer Olympics season and the Best Picture Cast Crew is sprinting into a new week of Deep Dives as we take on the sometimes maligned Best Picture winner CHARIOTS OF FIRE! Kieran B is joined by Artie B, Brendan B and BPC first timer Joe B as the gang discusses the 1981 Sports Drama that took home the Gold in 1981. There are a ton of laughs as we go through the watchability of the film, the iconic stature of the theme song, the performance of the cast, how the movie holds up and everything in between. No one gets lapped in this episode's coverage!Follow us on social media: @bestpicturecastEmail us [email protected] out our Best Picture Merch:https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/

Join us as the Best Picture Cast gang checks into the GRAND HOTELl! In this two part episode, Kieran B is joined by frequent guests Joey R (Both Godfathers, Mutiny on the Bounty, Silence of the Lambs) and OZ(Birdman, Annie Hall, Cavalcade) to discuss the start studded Best Picture winner of 1932! There are no early checkouts this week as we breakdown what was one of the first movies to feature a star ensemble cast, and everything that went into the 5th ever Best Picture winner. In the second part of the episode, similar to what we did on our CAVALCADE episode, we revisit the season 2 rankings, Oz give us his picks, we reveal the composite rankings (as seen on Letterboxd), and compare our lists to the IMDB Rankings. It's one you are not going to want to miss! Time Stamps: Season Two Rankings Revisited 2:12:35 Other Nominees 3:10:39 Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, Instagram and Letterboxd: @bestpicturecast Send us an email: [email protected] Check out our Merch store: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com

For this Best Picture Cast bonus tournament preview episode, we welcome very special guests, Adam and Melissa from the Below Freezing podcast! Below Freezing covers movies that fall beneath 32% on Rotten Tomatoes, so we thought they would be a perfect addition to our crew as we pick movies that fall below 50% for our latest Social Media Tournament! In addition to helping us analyze the Round 1 Brackets, Adam and Melissa each pick 3 movies to enter into the tournament. You can find Below Freezing wherever you stream your podcast and also on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter! Also stick around for the end of the Podcast where Maddie Z makes her much anticipated BPC return and gives her picks to advance in round one!! Voting begins Wednesday 7/7 and continue all month on our twitter and our instagram account @bestpicturecast Email us: [email protected]

In our latest Best Picture Cast Movies Draft installment, the Co Hosts from episodes past reunite to draft their favorite movies that fall under 50% on Rotten Tomatoes (both Critic and Audience Rating). Ten former cohosts lineup to draft three movies each in a snake draft format. Grant Z, Chris G and Steve B join Kieran B to go through how the whole draft played out! We have a ton of fun discussing all of these very bad, but enjoyable movies, so kick back, listen, and play along! Next Monday we will release our tournament preview episode with very special guests Adam and Melissa from the BELOW FREEZING podcast, as they enter in a few late Free Agent selections! Tournament voting begins Wednesday 7/7!!! So follow us on Twitter and Instagram so you can vote and help us decide which Sub 50 Movie will get it's very own episode!!! Twitter and Instagram: @bestpicturecast Email us to let us know what you think or if we missed any sub 50 movies that you love: [email protected] Remember to join in and vote next week!!!

This week we take a break from our regularly scheduled Best Picture winners to celebrate the winner of the Best Picture Cast Animation Tournament Winner 1994's THE LION KING. Grant Z, Artie B, and Jay Dowski rejoin Kieran B to form a pride of podcasters excited to discuss this 90's nostalgia classic. Our search for deeper themes is surrounded by some over the top impressions, regrettable singing, and overall ridiculousness and hilarity. No one is safe in this whacky episode! Let us know what you think! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on twitter, facebook and instagram: @bestpicturecast Please Rate and Review! Check out our BPC Merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com

In the Best Picture Cast Season 3 Premiere we complete the Godfather journey by discussing the Best Picture winner of 1974, The Godfather Part II. The Godfather squad is back as Grant Z, Artie B, and Joey R rejoin Kieran B to dissect, digest, or whatever you call it to Frances Ford Coppola's follow up to one of the most iconic films of all time. Buckle up as this is one of the most emotionally and intellectually exhausting discussions we have had to date. Let us know what you think! Follow us on our socials, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter: @bestpicturecast We are now also on letterboxd @bestpicturecast You can also shoot us an email: [email protected] Looking for some sweet Best Picture Swag?? Check out our brand new merch store: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com

Our group of season two movies are in the book and it's time for us to rank what we've done! The gloves come off as Artie B, Joey R, Chris G and Grant Z join Kieran B to hash out the very best and very worst of season two! In addition to putting these movies in order we also each pick a movie to replace almost entirely with Muppets, we recast the Back to the Future movies with season 2 actors and actresses, and we write a few spin offs to some of our Season 2 films. Equipped with our standard BPC awards section, we also drop major Best Picture Cast news! We had a blast recording this one, a lot of hilarious laughs, heated arguments, and even some heart felt moments! Here's an episode list of season 2 so you know which movies we are ranking: Episodes Covered Ep 16 Argo Ep 17 Mutiny on the Bounty Ep 18 Gentleman’s Agreement Ep 19 The Lost Weekend Ep 20 Birdman or the (Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) Ep 21 An American in Paris Ep 22 Amadeus Ep 23 Cavalcade Ep 24 Platoon Ep 25 Braveheart Ep 26 Oliver! Ep 27 Annie Hall Ep 28 The Godfather Ep 29 The Sting Ep 30 The Artist What are your rankings? We want to hear from you! Email us: [email protected] or reach out to us on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter @bestpicturecast

Grant Z and Artie B rejoin host Kieran B to discuss the 2011 Best Picture winner THE ARTIST for our Season 2 finale! We also talk Singing in the Rain and Sunset Blvd in one of our most heated episode to date! Follow us on Social Media, Twitter, Instagram, Facebook @bestpicturecast Email us: [email protected] Time Stamps Singing in the Rain Discussion 1:31:52 Sunset Blvd Discussion 1:43:08 Movie Recommends 1:36:44 BPC Awards 1:53:47 Twitter Questions 2:14:46 Other Nominees 2:24:28

In this bonus episode, frequent cohosts Grant Z, Joey R, and Brendan B join Kieran B as we run through the results of each of the rounds in our Social Media Animation Tournament! Find out which animated film took outlasted all the others to take home the big prize! The winner does indeed get it's very own honorary episode this summer! As we go through the rounds we talk about the heated debates that went on with the group throughout the competition, and give our thoughts on some of the films that out performed and under performed expectations! Stay tuned for our next social media tournament this summer as we will be hosting our second annual BPC Sub 50 Cup, celebrating guilty pleasures that are ranked below 50% on Rotten Tomatoes! Follow us on our socials: Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @bestpicturecast Email us your thoughts! [email protected]

Completing our series of Best Picture winners from the 1970s, we head to 1930s Chicago to discuss THE STING. Kieran B welcomes back Chris G (Rain Man, The Lost Weekend, Silence of the Lambs, Oliver!) and Brendan B (Amadeus, Mutiny on the Bounty, Rocky, Shakespeare in Love) to tackle this Paul Newman and Robert Redford conman buddy flick. The crew discusses the noticeable contrasts of The Sting to the majority of the other Best Picture winners we have covered so far, and the dynamics of Newman and Redford on screen together. We also enthusiastically welcome back Best Picture Cast legend Robert Shaw in his portrayal of heel, Doyle Lonnegan. In addition to The Sting we talk about an all time great Best Picture lineup that included CRIES AND WHISPERS, AMERICAN GRAFFITI, and THE EXORCIST! One movie left in Season 2 before we rank all of the movies we have covered! Next week we tackle 2011 Best Picture winner THE ARTIST! Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @bestpicturecast Send us an email and let us know what you think! [email protected] Please Rate and Review!

Kieran B and Joey R are joined by film expert Zita Catherine Short from the 300 Passions Podcast to discuss this year's Oscar nominees and give our opinions on what should win! We cover the Cinematography, Score, Director, and All Four Acting categories as well as Ranking the Best Picture Nommiees worst to first! You can find Zita Short on social media @300Passions and the 300 Passions Podcast where ever you stream your pods! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @bestpicturecast Next episode we return to best picture winner coverage with THE STING!

In what may be our biggest venture yet, the Best Picture Cast gang tackles one of the most famous films of all time in Frances Ford Coppola and Mario Puzo’s THE GODFATHER. BPC “Made Men” Artie B, Joey R and Grant Z return to join host Kieran B in this momentous celebration. We dissect all the elements of the film that add up to the greater whole, and analyze why exactly this is considered by many to be one of the greatest films ever made. Joey R shares his viewing experiences, as this was his much anticipated first watch of The Godfather. We mix some heavy conversation of deep themes with some light hearted laughter and much needed levity. Pour yourself a nice glass of wine and join us on this cinematic journey! You can email us with any thoughts [email protected] Follow us on our socials @bestpicturecast Please Rate and Review!

We are back for Episode 27 as we take our first trip of three part series to the 1970s! Oz (Birdman, Cavalcade) and Rob R(Chicago, Slumdog) host the Thursday Night Sales Podcast ( @TNSalespod ) rejoin Best Picture Cast on a blustery day in the North East to discuss the New York Classic Film ANNIE HALL. After a healthy Woody Allen Disclaimer about separating the art from the artist, we discuss what is likely the only true comedy to win best picture, and some of the many things this film has influenced in its wake. In addition to talking ANNIE HALL each host also gives their top 5 comedies of the 21st century! An episode with plenty of laughs and even some surprises! Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram @bestpicturecast Email us: [email protected] Time Stamps Top 5 Comedies of 21st century 1:40:00 BPC Awards 2:18:19 Annie Hall Recommends 2:39:39 Other Nominees 2:42:57

With our March ANIMATION Tournament beginning Monday, we held the first ever Best Picture Cast Draft! Host Kieran B is joined by familiar BPC Cohosts (and now Draft Analysts) Grant Z and Artie B. Each cohost had to select One Pre 90s Disney Animated Movie, One Pixar Movie, and one other Animated Film of their choosing. See how the Draft shook out! We also layout the Brackets and preview the tournament that will begin on Monday, 3/15/21 Exclusively on our Twitter! Follow us @bestpicturecast

The BPC Gang takes to the streets of 19 Century England to review the situation and discuss the 1968 Best Picture winner OLIVER! You won't have to ask for more this week as there is no shortage of gruel, gin, or movie chatter as Best Picture Cast regulars Grant Z (Argo, Crash, Rocky, Home Alone) and Chris G (Silence of the Lambs, Rain Man, Lost Weekend, Shawshank Redemption)join Host Kieran to talk some musical Dickens. We discuss everything from intermissions to 80s Joel and make our own connections between Oliver Twist and HOB's The Wire. We also watched David Lean's Oliver Twist(1948), The OG Oliver Twist talkie(1932), Disney's Oliver & Company(1989), and 2001 a Space Odyssey for the event and discuss the whole kitten caboodle. Don't be alarmed by the length of our Oliver! deep dive, just consider yourself at home! The Time stamps are listed below. Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook @bestpicturecast Tell us your thoughts! Email us at [email protected] Time Stamps Intro/Reliving the first year Oliver 11:28 Recommendations 2:03:40 BPC Awards 2:08:38 Twitter Questions 2:35:12 Oliver & Company/Billy Joel Talk 2:44:20 Other Nominees/2001 Space Odyssey 2:52:28

Best Picture Cast is back with Episode 25 and we are proud to debut our first female cohosts, Danielle and Michala, as they join BPC host Kieran B to discuss Mel Gibson's 1995 Scottish Revolutionary Epic BRAVEHEART. The girls hold back no punches as they tackle Mel's vision head on. We discuss the movie's length, its underlying themes, the vibrant cast, the beautiful landscapes, and everything in between. In addition to talking Braveheart, we also chat about 2012 BP Nominee Hacksaw Ridge and what adjustment Gibson may have made nearly 20 years later in his return to the Oscar scrum. We also talk about the other films of 1995, give recommends for those who enjoyed Braveheart, and field questions from Twitter and Instagram! Time Stamps below! Follow us on social media (Twitter, Instagram, Facebook) @bestpicturecast Send us an email: [email protected] Braveheart Time Stamps BPC Awards 1:54:26 Braveheart Movie Recommends 2:25:36 Hacksaw Ridge 2:27:48 Other Nominees 2:34:00 Twitter/Instagram Questions 2:47:47 Next we we return withe Episode 26: OLIVER!

With the release of Episode 24, BPC celebrates it’s one year Anniversary! A full calendar year after dropping our very first episode, we reflect on our first year as a podcast all while tackling our first war movie, Platoon. Cohosts from our debut episodes, Artie B and Joey R, return as we discuss Oliver Stone’s grizzly Vietnam film. We take a deep dive into this authentic, and sometimes hard to watch, look at the war in Vietnam and discuss where the movie fits into the grand scheme of things and whether this is the most realistic war movie ever made. Time Stamps: BPC Awards 2:02:48 Ranking Platoon 2:22:51 “If You Liked Platoon” Recommends 2:32:18 Other 1986 Nominees 2:36:09 Follow us on social media: @bestpicturecast Email us: [email protected]

Half way through season two and an episode before our 1 year anniversary, Joey R(Cuckoos Nest, Sound of Music, Silence of the Lambs) and OZ (Birdman)rejoin BPC for a special TWO PART episode this week where we discuss the 1933 Best Picture winner CAVALCADE and also revisit our "First Fifteen" Best Picture rankings from season one. In part one we do an old school deep dive into what many consider to be the worst best picture winner. We ponder, "Is Cavalcade really that bad?", pin it up against the BPC whipping post: A BROADWAY MELODY, and discuss in depth why this movie is remembered so poorly. In Part II of this episode we have a very succinct discussion as we relive season one's "First 15 episode" and cohost OZ gives his personal ranking of the 15 movies covered in season one. We also reveal the BPC crew's "Composite" rankings and match them up with how the movies rank according to IMDB. We cover a lot of ground and have a great discussion in this one. Where do you rank these movies? Let us know! Episode is time stamped below. Email us at: [email protected] Hit us up on our socials: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook - @bestpicturecast Time Stamp Intro Cavalcade 11:30 Twitter Questions for Cavalcade: 1:17:43 Cavalcade Movie Recommendations 1:27:14 BPC Awards 1:34:35 Part II: First 15 Rankings Revisited 1:57:22 Other 1933 Nominees 2:46:04

It's a new year and we are back with our first episode of 2021! We return to the 1980s to discuss Milo Forman's AMADEUS. Artie B (Departed, Sound of Music, Slumdog Millionaire, Argo) and Brendan B (Mutiny on the Bounty, Rocky, Shakespeare in Love) dust off their batons and join Kieran B to chat about what many consider to be the best Best Picture Winner of the 80s. Does the movie hold up? We take the deep dive into this semi-fictional portrayal of the life of Mozart, talk the works of Milos Forman, whether this should be considered a musical, 1984 in movies and everything in between! Time Stamps included below: Amadeus Twitter Questions 1:41:17 BPC Awards 1:48:52 Movie Recommends for Amadeus 2:13:33 Amadeus Rankings 2:20:29 Other Nominees 2:31:44 Make sure to follow us on our socials @bestpicturecast You can email us: [email protected]

Best Picture Cast returns for our final episode of 2020, as the original two guest hosts Artie B and Joey R sit in to discuss 1951s AN AMERICAN IN PARIS. The same gang that brought you the BPC episode on The Sound of Music reunites to dissect this Gene Kelly extravaganza and all of it’s good, it’s bad and it’s ugly. We also spend some time talking about Singing in the Rain, La La Land and Ryan Gosling, and we talk about some of the classic 1951 films that were surprise runners up for the big prize. Enjoy the show, subscribe, rate and review, and please follow us on our social media account @bestpicturecast Email: [email protected] Time Stamps: Twitter Questions: 1:28:08 Singing in the Rain, La La Land, and Ryan Gosling talk 1:37:50 BPC Awards and Similar Movie Recommendations: 1:47:53 Other Nominees 2:18:05

It’s a very BPC Christmas as we bring you our 2020 Holiday Special Episode HOME ALONE. Frequent flyers Grant Z and Joey R rejoin the mix for the fourth installment of our BPC honorary episode series. We dive deep into this classic 90s holiday blockbuster and take the movie to task on many of it’s improbable, and likely impossible, series of events. Joey R wages war on dairy and Grant Z analyzes the McAllister’s pre-vacation pizza order. We talk about which of the two wet bandits took a bigger beating running Kevin’s gauntlet and we investigate some very questionable parenting. In addition to the movie we discuss the blockbuster sequel, Macaulay Culkin’s run in the early 90s spotlight, Home Alone’s presence at the 1991 Oscar ceremony, and much more! Next week BPC takes our very own trip to France as Artie B and Joey return to close out 2020 with BPC Episode 21: AN AMERICAN IN PARIS! Time Stamps Home Alone Movie Recommends for Home Alone 1:35:11 Culkin’s 90s Run 1:39:32 Home Alone 2 Talk 1:44:40 BPC Awards 2:05:10 Follow us on our social media accounts: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @bestpicturecast Grant Z on Twitter: @Grant_Zep Joey R on Twitter: @joey0314 Send us an email: [email protected]

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I chose this movie for this episode because it is my favorite movie of all time and wanted to share it with the BPC universe! Chris G and Joey R rejoin the podcast as we talk all things Shawshank including the much debated 1994 Oscars, the layered themes to the film, the endlessly quotable script, the infamous movie title, Morgan Freeman's brilliant voiceover, the Stephen King source material, and anything you would want out of a Shawshank Redemption deep dive! We appreciate anyone who has taken the time to listen to our crazy podcast over what has been a really fun first year, and hope you come back for so much more!! Email us : [email protected] Follow us on our socials: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @bestpicturecast

Best Picture Cast reached 20 episodes as we talk the 2014 Best Picture Winner BIRDMAN (or the Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance). Grant Z and Joey R return and we welcome OZ to his BPC debut! The four of us dive deep to chat Michael Keaton and whether anyone else could have slid into this roll. There are heated conversations about the MCU and DC Universe and how we view them in the grand scheme of things. We take a break at halftime as we each give our definitive Batman portrayal rankings and unravel into one of the more heated debates in BPC history! The episode also includes an in depth analysis of the movies ambiguous ending, movie recommendations for those who enjoyed Birdman, and a sizable discussion of the other 2014 Best Picture Nominees and snubs. Time stamps included below! Email us at [email protected] Follow us on our Socials, Rate, and Review: Twitter: @bestpicturecast Instagram: BestPictureCast Facebook: Best Picture Cast Batman Rankings 51:47 Birdman Discussion Part Two 1:32:15 Discussion about the Ending 1:48:41 Movie Recommendations 2:32:48 Other Nominees 2:47:06

It is a weekend vacation for team BPC as we walk the streets of NY with the troubled Don Birnum. Artie B (Departed, SlumDog, Argo) and Chris G (Rain Man, Lambs, Halloween) rejoin the podcast as we deep dive this Billy Wilder Classic! We marvel over the film making skills of Wilder as he gives the world his cinematic take on Alcoholism and how well it holds up 75 years laster. We take an on brand detour as we have a spoiler free discussion other movies that depict alcoholism and substance abuse such as Leaving Las Vegas, Requiem for a Dream, Flight and Trainspotting. We also take that time to go off on a Nick Cage tangent and give recommendations if you liked The Lost Weekend! Nothing remains unfound in this Lost Weekend conversation. Time Stamps Below! Other Alchoholism Movies Talk: 1:08:00 The Lost Weekend Pt 2 1:23:42 “If You Liked The Lost Weekend” Recommends 2:05:38 BPC Awards 2:13:35

Thanks to all the people on Twitter and Instagram who voted in our BPC HorrorFest Tournament, HALLOWEEN has been selected as our second inductee into the BPC Hall of Honors! We are taking a little break from our regularly scheduled program of Best Picture winners to get into the spirit of spooky season! Grant Z, Chris G, and Joey R rejoin the Podcast to discuss John Carpenter's 1978 Horror Classic HALLOWEEN! In addition to doing our usual movie Deep Dive, we compare the legacy of Michael Myers to that of Freddie and Jason and claim stakes on who is the king of horror. We explore the genre up and down as well as the ties between Psycho, Halloween and Scream! This is a fun one for any fan of the horror genre and a great listen to get you in the mood for the big day on the 31st! Next episode we return to our list of Best Picture Winners to discuss Billy Wilder's THE LOST WEEKEND! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @bestpicturecast Email us at [email protected]

In this BPC Bonus Episode we review and recap the October horror movie tournament that we ran on social media. We go through the results and chat about all the selections and the movies in general! A good listen for anyone who is into scary movies! Follow us on social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @bestpicturecast Send us an email: [email protected]

Thanks to all the people of Twitter who voted in our BPC Sub 50 Cup, ROAD HOUSE has been selected as our very first inductee into the BPC Hall of Honors! We are taking a little break from our regularly scheduled program of Best Picture Winners to bring you our very first Honorary Episode. Kieran B is joined by tournament winner Grant Z and BPC frequents, Artie B and Joey R, as the team makes a little pit stop at everyone's favorite Road House, the Double Deuce! In this extensive deep dive of the late 80s classic, we go through everything from throat rips to monster trucks! Crack open a beer and get ready for a wild ride! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook: @bestpicturecast Write into the show at our email: [email protected]

This week we head back to to 1940s to follow Gregory Peck’s covert assignment against antisemitism in GENTLEMAN’S AGREEMENT. Jay Dowski rejoins BPC along with Grant Z as the gang reenters the BPC social minefield to tackle the worldly issues this film confronts in 1947, and how they carry through to today. To lighten the mood we go through Arnold Schwarzenegger’s entire filmography which includes impressions, one-liners, and mind-numbing time travel rhetoric. Jay also gives his 3 choices for the BPC Horrorfest Tournament! Time Stamps: Jays 3 Horror Movies- 3:46 Gentleman’s Agreement- 10:09 Arnold- 1:06:22 BPC Awards- 1:44:19 Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram: @bestpicturecast Email us: [email protected]

For the month of October we will be hosting our first BPC HORRORFEST Tournament on our Twitter account @bestpicturecast !! 24 horror movies have been selected by each member of our team and we are pitting them up against each other in a World Cup style Tournament! It's up to you to select which movie we will do a full episode on the week of Halloween! This episode previews the 24 movies selected and lays out the first round of pool play. Voting begins October 1st and will continue throughout the month of October! We can't wait! Follow us on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook: @bestpicturecast send us an email: [email protected]

Prepare to set sail for the high seas with BPC... Whether you like it or not! This Press Gang takes you on a hostile trip from your local pub to the West Indies. Joey R (Cuckoos Nest, Lambs, Sound of Music) and Brendan B (Shakespeare, Rocky, Man for All Seasons) rejoin the BPC Navy in for search for everything that makes a deep dive podcast worth it... and bread fruit? Brendan B gives his three horror picks for the upcoming BPC Horrorfest Tournament, we talk about what the best TV Sitcom theme song might be, and we bring this 1935 award winning film and all of it's remakes back to life! We also recast the film for 2020... probably not directed by Rob Zombie... but maybe... follow us on social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook: @bestpicturecast Email us: [email protected] Next week it's 1947's GENTLEMEN'S AGREEMENT!

In our Season Two premiere we are back with some more BPC deep dive action as we suit up and tackle the most recent film we have covered so far in 2012's ARGO! Artie B (Departed, Slumdog, Sound of Music) and Grant Z (Crash, Rebecca, A Man For All Seasons/JAWS) rejoin the fray. We give everyone plenty of airtime as we welcome this movie's ensemble cast to the BPC main stage. If you ever wondered if you could get enough Ben Affleck here is your measuring stick! In addition to Deep Diving this odyssey to the Middle East, we go through Ben Affleck's entire IMDB filmography note for note, argue about the merit's of Aerosmith, mention some of the biggest original song snubs, chat about some of the best directorial debuts, and ponder the over the pluralization of "Batman". We're back as always with more fun than you can handle in one sitting, so buckle up and get ready to ARGO love yourself! Next week we set sail for the high seas with MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY! Time Stamps: Ben Affleck’s Filmography 51:53 Argo Discussion Part 2 1:45:27

The BPC Sub 50 Cup is complete and we rundown the results in this bonus episode! Find out who took home the crown! Also Grant Z and Artie B exchange their experiences watching two each other's choices... Macgruber and Battleship! Season 2 kicks off next week with ARGO! Follow us on social media: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook- @bestpicturecast

After completing the coverage of our first 15 Best Picture Winners, a group of BPC All Star cohosts assemble in an attempt to rank the movies that we have covered so far! This is a spoiler free episode, so whether you've seen any of these movies or not, listen along as we do our best to come up with a definitive ranking of each film. We have a blast comparing our lists, and add a few goofy segments along the way including creating over the top roles for Robert Shaw, swapping actors from movie to movie, and pondering what Rob Zombie might do if he had the opportunity to remake one of these 15 films! There are no shortage of laughs as we wrap up Season 1 of Best Picture Cast! Let us know what you think and give us your rankings lists on social media! Twitter: @bestpicturecast Instagram: @bestpicturecast Email: [email protected] Join us next week for our Season 2 Premiere Episode, our first trip into the 2010s, with ARGO!

The Pod is alive with THE SOUND OF MUSIC! Artie B and Joey R, cohosts of the very first BPC episodes, team up for the first time and join Kieran B to discuss the Best Picture of 1965. We tune up the band and deep dive this family classic, along with Julie Andrew's other Best Picture Nominee in MARY POPPINS. We talk about the movies legacy, it's relevancy today and all of the Family Guy spoofs that come along with it! In addition to the Sound and Poppins talk, Artie highlights three of his favorite Horror movies, and this leads to the crew wondering how a certain Director/Musician might handle a Sound of Music Remake... Time Stamps Artie's 3 Horror Flicks 1:21:01 Sound of Music Part II 1:32:19 BPC Awards 1:57:38 Mary Poppins 2:26:57 Other Nominees 2:44:35

Join the Cast of BPC as we discuss the movies that made our Sub 50 Cup Quarterfinals and the Head to Head matchups between all of these movies that have the distinction of being under 50% critic on Rotten Tomatoes! Winner gets it's very own episode! Voting begins this week on Twitter and Instagram @bestpicturecast

We have moved on to Round 2 of our BPC Sub 50 Cup! Grant Z joins Kieran B on this bonus episode to breakdown the results of Round 1 and to announce and preview the Pools for Round 2! Please help us out by voting this week on Twitter @bestpicturecast and on Instagram @bestpicturecast ! Which Sub 50% Rotten Tomatoes Movie will get it's very own episode? Help us decide!

Best Picture Cast boards the biggest boat we can find to deliver a Robert Shaw double-feature! Kieran B is joined by returning cohosts Grant Z (Rebecca, Crash, Rocky, Broadway Melody), Chris G (Lambs, Rain Man, Broadway Melody), and Brendan B(Rocky, Shakespeare in Love)to discuss 1966 Best Picture Winner A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS and show favorite JAWS. We give both movies their due length in a Deep Dive that required a Shark Cage AND an oxygen tank designed for a full set of lungs! We find connections in the two movies we didn't know were there, we gush over the works of John Williams, we debate whether or not JAWS should be considered a Horror Movie, and we thoroughly examine where A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS fits in the grand scheme of things. If you haven't seen both movies, we have time stamps for you so you can navigate to where you want to go! Intro A Man For All Seasons 10:47 JAWS 1:45:16 Next Week Joey R and Artie B return to discuss THE SOUND OF MUSIC Follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook @bestpicturecast !! If you like this or any other Best Picture Cast episodes please help us out with a Rating and Review!

For a short break from our regularly scheduled programming, we preview our BPC Sub 50 Cup which we will be holding this upcoming week on our twitter account @bestpicturecast . Every cohost who has joined us for an episode at this point has selected 3 different guilty pleasure movies that are under 50% on Rotten Tomatoes and we have put them up against each other to determine which movie will get its very own episode! You can vote on twitter starting Monday, 7/13. We will be putting a different pool up to vote for each day! Help us out by giving us a follow and voting! Next week we are back to the grind for Episode 14 - A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS: JAWS AND SHAWS !

BPC is back and this week we take a train ride through India to sit in the hot seat and lock in all our final answers on Danny Boyle's 2008 Best Picture Winner. In addition to breaking down SDM, we go through Danny Boyle's filmography and discuss his work in depth. Artie B (Departed, Broadway Melody) and Rob Bobcat (Chicago) take each other to task in their returns to BPC. A Deep Dive you are not going to want to miss. Rob also fills out our pool of contenders for the Rotten Tomato BPC Sub 50 Cup! Check out Rob's new podcast THE THURSDAY NIGHT SALES PODCAST available now on apple and spotify! Social media accounts are @TNSALESPOD ! Next episode we will be discussing A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS and pair it with JAWS!

It’s time for everyone to look a little closer and join us as we attempt to find inner beauty through the Best Picture Winner of 1999 AMERICAN BEAUTY. In the twelfth installment of BEST PICTURE CAST, Jay Dowski, author of the novel “Bury Me in Montauk” makes his BPC debut as we discuss one of his favorite movies. We chat about that stacked year in cinema before the end of the century, we go through the movie library of the great Sam Mendes, we chat James Bond, and saturate the market with Michael Caine impressions. Dust off your RVC camera, pay the extra five cents at the grocery store for a plastic bag, and take the dive with us! Next week Artie B and Rob Bobcat return to discuss SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE

Crack open a nice bottle of Chianti and grill up some Fara Beans, it's time to talk about the 1991 Horror Classic THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS! The chains and the mask come off for this episode as Chris G (Rain Man, Broadway Melody) and Joey R(Cuckoo's Nest, Rebecca, Going My Way) rejoin the podcast to dive deep into the dark world of Hannibal Lector. There are no shortage of bad impressions, as is tradition... and the team really sinks their teeth into why this movie isn't just you run of the mill cop drama, and why it deserves to hang with the all time greats. In addition to Lambs chat, the crew each gives three of their very favorite Horror movies, and Joey R chimes in with his three "sub 50% on Rotten Tomatoes Choices". Don't let the runtime scare you Clarice! We analyze this one until the lambs stop screaming! Next Week, novelist Jay Dowski makes his BPC debut to discuss 1999 Best Picture Winner AMERICAN BEAUTY!

They stack the odds so we take to the streets to spar with the 1976 classic ROCKY! It’s touch and go, but BPC goes all 15 rounds for our longest episode to date. Grant Z and Brendan B join the cast as we engage in an in depth breakdown of Stallone’s Oscar Best Picture Winner. We discuss all the characters, all the sequels, and there’s no shortage of bad impressions or bad puns. As an added bonus Grant and Brendan compare Macgyver and Macgruber, because why not? We hope you dare to go the whole distance with us, but just in case here is a format breakdown with time stamps: Rocky- 9:44 Brendan B’s 3 favs below 50% on RT- 2:07:00 Rocky BPC Awards- 2:18:25 Macgyver/Macgruber 2:53:11 Rocky Sequels 3:13:11 Next episode Chris G and Joey R return to talk SILENCE OF THE LAMBS

BPC returns to discuss 1944s highest grossing movie and Oscar Best Picture winner GOING MY WAY. In a long form discussion of this winner of 7 Oscars, we take a look Bing Crosby's award winning performance and discuss his impressive career. We also get to the important issues at hand such as, what animal you would most like to live your life as? And we desperately grasp for straws in attempt to connect this movie to the Batman universe. Swing on a star with us for a couple hours even though Joey R may or may not sound like a storm trooper due to social distancing! Next week we spar with the 1976 film ROCKY and every sequel that followed it...

In possibly our most entertaining and explosive episode yet, three previous cohosts return for an all out movie battle royal. While we do spend sometime taking a look at one of the lowest rated Best Picture winners, don’t be scared away if you’ve never seen “The Broadway Melody”. In this episode we have a well balanced debate revisiting some of the anti-Goodfellas/Gangs of New York comments made in the BPC pilot episode, as all sides are heard from. Also, in the spirit of “The Broadway Melody” holding the distinction of the lowest rated BP winner on Rotten Tomatoes, each co-host contributes three of their favorite movies ranked under 50% on RT. Finally, this weeks cohosts give their standing rankings of the films covered so far by BPC. A time stamp format is included below so you can navigate through the madness. Next week Joey R returns to discuss GOING MY WAY. Time Stamp Format Grant Z’s 3 sub 50% Movies: 4:49 The Broadway Melody: 13:12 Artie B’s 3 sub 50% Movies: 40:35 Goodfellas: 52:29 Chris G’s 3 sub 50% Movies: 1:23:08 Gangs of NY: 1:35:20 KB’s sub 50% Movies: 2:05:36 Cohost’s Standing Rankings: 2:31:00

This week we discuss our first musical, the 2002 Best Picture Winner CHICAGO. We dig deep to figure out what distinguishes a movie as a "musical", and we dive deep to discuss this 1920s style modern production. Amidst the conversation we discuss why it might be that musicals have had such a strong history at the oscars, while comedies are regularly overlooked. No stone is left unturned in the windy city this week! Next week is The Broadway Melody 1929 , paired with a heated Scorsese debate! We call it "Broadway Melody: The Gangs of Goodfellas Defense" !