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For Episode 101, we introduce a new team member, Celia Schlekewey. Along with myself, Will Mavity & Michael Schwartz, the four of us talk about this weeks fall film festival announcements for the lineups for Venice, Toronto (TIFF) and what this means for Telluride and NYFF.

Our review this week on the podcast is the next (And best?) installment in the "Mission: Impossible" franchise titled "Mission: Impossible - Fallout" starring Tom Cruise, Henry Cavill, Rebecca Ferguson, Ving Rhames, Simon Pegg and directed/written by Christopher McQuarrie (Director of "Rogue Nation" & writer for "Edge Of Tomorrow").

Peter Albrechtsen is a sound designer and sound re-recording mixer for many films both with features and documentaries including last year's Oscar winning film "Dunkirk," "Thelma," 2009's "The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo," "Antichrist" and more.

For Episode 100 (!!), myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham welcome Nicole Ackman & Dan Bayer from Next Best Theatre to join us for this milestone episode.

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"Puzzle" is a a wonderfully written and beautifully acted independent film starring Kelly Macdonald, Irrfan Khan & David Denman.

For Episode 99, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham discuss our first Oscar predictions mid-way through 2018.

Our review this week on the podcast is Bo Burnham's directorial debut which premiered at Sundance to acclaim titled "Eighth Grade."

For Episode 98, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham continue on from last week's episode where we revealed our top films of 2018 so far and now we are revealing what we feel are the most realistic Oscar contenders from the first half of the year.

Our review this week on the podcast is the wildly bonkers yet brilliant social/political satire "Sorry To Bother You" which is also the directorial debut of rapper and activist Boots Riley.

t's been awhile. But with the Emmy Nominations being announced next week (July 12th) myself, Michael Schwartz and the returning Ryan C. Showers are back with our final Emmy Nomination Predictions for Next Best Series Episode 4.

For Episode 97, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham tell you all our Top 5 favorite films of 2018 so far as the first half of the year comes to a close.

Our review this week on the podcast is the sequel to Denis Villeneuve's 2015 film "Sicario," however this time there is no Denis Villeneuve, no Roger Deakins, no Emily Blunt and no Johann Johannsson (RIP) but we have writer Taylor Sheridan and stars Benicio del Toro and Josh Brolin for "Sicario: Day Of The Soldado." Is it any good? Does it live up to the first film? Danilo Castro joins me to discuss.

"Leave No Trace" is writer/director Debra Granik's first film since her Oscar nominated 2009 hit "Winter's Bone." The film made its debut at this year's Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim.

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Steve Newburn is a make-up, special effects and all round true craftsman from the film industry who has worked on movies such as "Inception," "The Dark Knight Rises," "Suicide Squad" and more.

For Episode 96, myself, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham comment on the latest development in the so called "fan's" backlash towards "Star Wars: The Last Jedi," answer fan questions, play a few rounds of Oscars So Right, talk about the polls and the trailers for "Creed II" & "Welcome To Marwen."

For this week's new theatrical release review, myself and Josh Williams discuss the latest film in the "Jurassic Park" franchise, "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" directed by J.A. Bayona and starring Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard.

For Episode 95, myself, Will Mavity & Josh Parham comment on Brie Larson's call for more diversity in film criticism, answer fan questions, talk about this week's poll pertaining to "Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom" and the trailers for "Dumbo" and "The Little Stranger."

Our review this week on the podcast is writer/director Brad Bird's much anticipated followup to the 2004 Academy Award winning Pixar film "The Incredibles." 14 years later, we finally have "Incredibles 2" now playing in theaters and myself, Will Mavity and Danilo Castro are here with the spoiler filled review.

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The 2018 Tony Awards were held this past Sunday and there were some expected winners with more than a few surprises.

For Episode 94, myself and Will Mavity are joined by a special guest as the three of us break down the unbelievable number of trailers we received in a single week which unofficially kicked off our hype for the 2018 awards season race.

For this week, myself and Josh Williams are joined by guest Kevin Brackett of ReelSpoilers. Together, the three of us talk about A24's acclaimed and horrifying film "Hereditary," starring Toni Collette, Gabriel Byrne, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro and Ann Dowd.

The Tony Awards are being held this Sunday. Myself, Nicole Ackman & Dan Bayer are back with the podcast special "Next Best Theatre" to give you our predictions for this Sunday's show in all categories.

For Episode 93, myself and Will Mavity discuss early potential Oscar contenders that have screened already, this week's poll which asks "Which is the scariest movie you've ever seen?" which ties directly into our anticipation for "Hereditary" and more!

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For the month of June, you all chose "Hereditary" as the June 2018 release which our Throwback Review podcast would be tied to.

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture.We've been doing "Throwback Reviews" for a few weeks now (See "Fantastic Mr. Fox," "The Avengers" and most recently "Deadpool") for our Patreon subscribers.

For Episode 92, myself and Will Mavity discuss the latest news on Morgan Freeman, Harvey Weinstein, war films to watch on Memorial Day, the best danger at sea movies, this week's poll results and trailers for "Damsel," "The Sisters Brothers," "Wildlife" and "Mowgli."

For this week's review, I am joined by Josh Parham and Danilo Castro. Together, the three of us review the latest Star Wars film starring everyone's favorite smuggler, Han Solo in "Solo: A Star Wars Story."

For Episode 91, myself and Josh Parham discuss the winners of the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, our favorite Ron Howard movies (Which is also the focus of this week's poll), and the trailers for "BlacKkKlansman" and "Bohemian Rhapsody."

For this week's review, I am joined by Danilo Castro and Liam Heffernan. Together, the three of us review the eagerly anticipated sequel to 2016's "Deadpool," titled "Deadpool 2" starring Ryan Reynolds, Josh Brolin and more jokes and pop culture references than one can count. There is a spoiler section at 34:20.

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For Episode 90, (We're now the same age as Oscar!!) myself, Will Mavity, Josh Parham and Danilo Castro discuss our favorite movies and memories pertaining to Mother's Day, discuss the polls related to "Deadpool 2," what's going on at Cannes, answer your fan questions, and give our thoughts on the trailers for "Searching" and "The Predator."

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"Beast" is a seductive psychological thriller from the mind of writer/director Michael Pearce featuring breakthrough performances, an unsettling yet hypnotic mood and a control over story and craft. Michael Pearce was kind enough to lend me a few minutes of his time to talk about his indie breakthrough hit.

For Episode 89, myself, Will Mavity and Josh Williams discuss the Cannes 2018 lineup as it kicks off this week, our favorite Palme d'Or winners (Which is also the question for this week's poll), the trailers for "Robin Hood" and "The Catcher Was A Spy" and more!

For this week's review, I am joined by Jessica Peña and together we review the new film from director Jason Reitman, writer Diablo Cody and star Charlize Theron (Who all previously collaborated on the 2011 film "Young Adult") called "Tully" also starring Mackenzie Davis, Ron Livingston and Mark Duplass.

For Episode 98, myself, Will Mavity, Michael Schwartz & Josh Parham continue on from last week's episode where we revealed our top films of 2018 so far and now we are revealing what we feel are the most realistic Oscar contenders from the first half of the year.

It's finally here. The biggest movie of 2018 and one of the biggest reviews we've ever done on the podcast. After ten years of films, it is finally time for "Avengers: Infinity War." Myself, Mike Vermette and Josh Williams discuss our favorite moments, theories and thoughts on Marvel's latest with both a non-spoiler and spoiler section.

Tony Nominations are officially being announced next week....which means myself, Nicole Ackman & Dan Bayer are back with the podcast special “Next Best Theatre" to give you our predictions for next week nominations and talk all things Tony Awards until the big ceremony on June 10th

For Episode 87, myself, Will Mavity and Jessica Peña discuss our favorite Marvel films (Which is also the question for this week's poll) in anticipation for "Avengers: Infinity War," Netflix's ongoing battle to change the industry and the trailers for "Hotel Artemis" and "Blindspotting."

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For Episode 86, myself & Will Mavity are joined by returning guest Josh Parham. Together, we answer your fan questions, discuss the trailers for "Hot Summer Nights," "The Wife" "Mary Shelly," talk about our favorite films of 2018, what is going on at Cannes 2018 and much more!

For this week's main review, myself and Jacey Aldredge discuss the new stop motion animated film from writer/director Wes Anderson titled "Isle Of Dogs" which is expanding in wide release this weekend.

With two shared Oscar Nominations for "Transformers: Dark Of The Moon" and "Argo" between them and two wins for one of them on "The Lord Of The Rings: The Two Towers" and "King Kong," Ethan Van Der Ryn and Erik Aadahl have been working together since 2007's "Transformers" and are two of the very best in the business when it comes to Sound Editing.

For Episode 85, myself & Will Mavity officially welcome Liam Heffernan to the team over at Next Best Picture. Together, we talk about this week's weekly poll revolving around the star power of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson, trailers for "Cargo," "Upgrade" and "How To Talk To Girls At Parties" plus we reveal the books we will be reviewing for Next Best Adaptation and so much more!

For this week's main review, myself and Josh Williams discuss the new horror film from writer, director and star John Krasinski called "A Quiet Place" co-starring his real life wife, Emily Blunt.

For this week's review, I am joined by two guests this week: JD Duran from the InSession Film Podcast and J Don Birnam from SplashReport.com. Together, the three of us review Steven Spielberg's latest film "Ready Player One."

For Episode 84, myself & DeAnn Chiazzese discuss many new polls which you can vote for on the weekly poll page, the first quarter of 2018, best uses of sound in horror films, faith-based films and the trailer for "First Reformed."

Imelda Staunton is an English actress who has amassed quite a career in films such as the "Harry Potter" series as Dolres Umbridge, "Vera Drake" for which she was nominated for an Oscar for Best Leading Actress and on stage where she has won four Oliver Awards.

For Episode 83, myself & Will Mavity are joined for the first time in a long time by this week's guest...Kristen Lopez from the podcast Citizen Dame. Together, we talk about Steven Spielberg's thoughts on Netflix, recent allegations against Academy President John Bailey, the trailer for "Under The Silver Lake" and this week's weekly poll.

For this week's review, I am joined by Jacey Aldredge & Jessica Peña and together the three of us review the new thriller from Steven Soderbergh (Shot exclusively on the iPhone) titled "Unsane" starring Claire Foy.

Tristan Oliver has been the cinematographer on many acclaimed stop-motion animated films such as "Wallace & Gromit: The Curse Of The Were Rabbit," "Fantastic Mr. Fox" and now "Isle Of Dogs." Tristan was kind enough to take a few minutes out of his day to talk to us about his work on Wes Anderson's latest film on the Next Best Picture Podcast.

For Episode 82, myself, Will Mavity & DeAnn Chiazzese give our reactions to many new trailers including "Sorry To Bother You," "Eighth Grade" and more! We also discuss the weekly poll as it pertains to "Isle Of Dogs" and various other topics!

For this week's review, I am joined by Jacey Aldredge & Daniel Howat and together the three of us review the 2018 video game adaptation of "Tomb Raider" aptly titled "Tomb Raider" starring Alicia Vikander.

This is an interview with Julius and Alston Ramsay is practically a "Indie Filmmaking How To Guide." Get an in-pepth look at how "The Walking Dead" director and the former speechwriter for General Petreaus and the Secretary of Defense created a low budget thriller called "Midnighters," using inventive techniques for effects work, set design, noir cinematography and more.

Next Best Picture has decided to start doing "historical" podcast film reviews for movies that pre-date the creation of the site for you, our dear fans.

For Episode 81, it is the unofficial beginning of Season 3 on the Next Best Picture Podcast as we return back to our regular format now that the Oscars are officially behind us. Myself, Will Mavity, DeAnn Chiazzese and Josh Williams introduce a new member of NBP in Jacey Aldredge, discuss the weekly poll as it pertains to "Tomb Raider" and give our reactions to trailers for "Christopher Robin," "The Grinch" and "Mary Poppins Returns."

For this week's review, I am joined by DeAnn Chiazzese and together we review the latest film from Ava DuVernay, Disney's "A Wrinkle In Time" starring Oprah Winfrey, Storm Reid, Reese Witherspoon, Mindy Kaling and Chris Pine.

For Episode 80, it is one of the most special episodes we have ever done. Not only do we recap the 90th Academy Awards hosted once again by Jimmy Kimmel but there is also an announcement at the end which means a great deal to all of us here at Next Best Picture. Filled with debate, happiness, complaints and laughs, this is our full recap of the 2018 Oscars with Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity, DeAnn Chiazzese & Daniel Howat.

We were so excited by the 90th Academy Awards that myself, Michael Schwartz & DeAnn Chiazzese could not wait until tomorrow night to tell you our thoughts on the evening. Episode 80 will still go on as planned where we will go into greater detail on the evening but here are our instant reactions right after the ending to the Oscars.

For this week's review, I am joined by Deann Chiazzese and together we review the latest divisive Jennifer Lawrence movie called "Red Sparrow" also starring Joel Edgerton.

For Episode 79, myself, Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity & DeAnn Chiazzese debate, joke, agonize and throw lots of stats at each other, as we reveal to you our final Oscar predictions for the 90th Academy Awards.

For this week's review, on my birthday no less, I am joined by the another who is also celebrating their birthday, DeAnn Chiazzese. Together, we are joined by Ryan C. Showers and guest Jessica Peña (Who are not celebrating their birthdays) as the three of us review Alex Garland's new sci-fi film "Annihilation" starring Natalie Portman, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tessa Thompson, Gina Rodriguez and Oscar Isaac. The spoiler section of the review starts at 36:33.

For Episode 78, myself, Michael Schwartz, Ryan C. Showers & this week's guest Paul Hardister talk about the BAFTA's, reveal what will be the first ever historical film review on the podcast (For Patreon members only), discuss the weekly poll, answer fan questions and reveal the winners of the first ever NBP Film Community Awards voted on by the fans of Next Best Picture.

Earlier this week we brought you an interview with the Sound Editor/Mixer of "Baby Driver, " Julian Slater. This week we have another interview, this time with the Oscar nominated Sound Mixing team on "The Shape Of Water," Chris Cooke and Glen Gauthier.

For this week's review, I am joined by Daniel Howat & Josh Williams as we talk Marvel's highly anticipated film from director Ryan Coogler ("Fruitvale Station" & "Creed"), "Black Panther" starring Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong'o, Daniel Kaluuya and many more!

As we continue our Oscar coverage here at Next Best Picture, we have another interview with an individual who's name you may not have heard before, but you've certainly heard his work in the film "Baby Driver." Julian Slater is nominated for the BAFTA for Best Sound and is a two-time nominee at the Oscars this year for both Sound Editing and Sound Mixing for his work on Edgar Wright's film. I had the pleasure to talk with Julian about his work on the film, his thoughts on the awards season and more!

For Episode 77, myself, Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity, Ryan C. Showers & guest Liam Heffernan all put our minds together to give you our predictions for the 2018 BAFTA Awards. We also discuss the enormous amount of trailers released this week, the sad passing of composer Johann Johannsson and other thoughts on the Oscar race.

For this week's review, I am joined by a guest: Josh Parham. Together, he and I review Clint Eastwood's newest film "The 15:17 To Paris" starring the real-life heroes from the events depicted in the film.

For this week's review, I am joined by a guest: Erik Anderson from AwardsWatch.com Together, he and I review what e both think is the frontrunner for this year's Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, "A Fantastic Woman" starring Daniela Vega.

For Episode 76, it is a packed house where I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity, Deann Chiazzese, Daniel Howat & Josh Williams. Together, we reveal the winners of the first ever NBP Film Awards for 2017 voted on by the staff at Next Best Picture and then afterwards, we reveal the first ever NBP Film Community Awards Nominations which will be voted on by all of you starting on Sunday February 4th until February 17th 2018.

Next Best Picture presents a special Slamdance edition of the Podcast. We interviewed Michael Gallagher, Director of "Funny Story," along with cast members Matthew Glave, Emily Rickards, and Jana Winternitz.

For Episode 75, myself, Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity, Deann Chiazzese & Ryan C. Showers are all together to talk about our reactions to the Oscar Nominations and then myself, Will and Deann break off to discuss the films we saw at this year's Sundance Film Festival

For Episode 74, myself, Deann Chiazzese & Will Mavity are coming to you LIVE for the first time ever from the 2018 Sundance Film Festival to bring you our final Oscar predictions before the nominations are announced.

For Episode 73, myself, Deann Chiazzese, Will Mavity & Ryan C. Showers break down the BAFTA and other various guild nominations, the Critics Choice Award winners, this week's poll and more!

Yesterday, I posted my review of "Humor Me" on Next Best Picture. After seeing the film, I had the pleasure of speaking with the writer and director of that film, Sam Hoffman.

For this week's review, I am joined by Deann Chiazzese as we conduct our first film podcast review of 2018, "The Commuter" starring Liam Neeson.

and most acclaimed film composers working today. Winning an Oscar for his work on "The Grand Budapest Hotel" in 2014, his most recent work on "The Shape Of Water" has earned him Critics Choice, BAFTA nominations and a Golden Globe win for Best Original Score.

For this week's review, I am joined by Will Mavity and the newest member to Next Best Picture, Fiona Underhill. Together, the three of us review Paul Thomas Anderson's newest film "Phantom Thread" starring Daniel Day-Lewis (In quite possibly his last on-screen role), newcomer Vicky Kris and Lesley Manville.

For Episode 72, myself, Deann Chiazzese, Will Mavity & Daniel Howat give you our Golden Globe reactions immediately following the show.

Ever since debuting at Sundance last year, "The Big Sick" has continued to defy expectations becoming a critical and box office office hit and also contending within this year's awards season in various categories including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actress (Holly Hunter) and Best Original Screenplay.

For Episode 71, myself, Deann Chiazzese and Mike Vermette give you our Golden Globe predictions (You can also fill out our contest and predict the winners yourself here), talk about the latest weekly poll and close out 2017 with a few fun topics including Best Shots, Best Death Scenes, Best Lines, Best Villains and many more!

For this week's review, I am joined by Deann Chiazzese as we review the true-life thriller from director Ridley Scott, "All The Money In The World" starring Michelle Williams, Mark Wahlberg and a recently cast (And outstanding) Christopher Plummer.

For Episode 70, myself & Deann Chiazzese bring everyone holiday cheer with a look at the various shortlists which were announced this week, our reactions to the trailers for "Ocean's 8" and "Sicario 2: Soldado," plus we talk about our holiday poll and answer your fan questions. Enjoy and happy holidays from us to you!

For this week's review, I am joined by JD Duran from the InSession Film Podcast as he and I review one of the biggest and most anticipated Oscar films of the year, "The Post" directed by the legendary Steven Spielberg, starring Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.

For Episode 69, myself, Deann Chiazzese, Will Mavity & Ryan C. Showers give our reactions to the Golden Globe & SAG Award Nominations. We also discuss some of the latest to happen this awards season, this week's poll, answer your questions, react to the trailer for "15:17 To Paris" and more!

For this week's review, I am joined by Daniel Howat & Deann Chiazzese.

For this week's review, I am joined by JD Duran from the InSession Film Podcast as he and I review the bizarre, hilarious and darkly dramatic Oscar player "I, Tonya" starring Margot Robbie, Allison Janney & Sebastian Stan.

Oh hai everybody! For this week's second podcast review, Will Mavity and I review the comedy movie event of the year, James Franco's "The Disaster Artist" which tells the bizarre behind the scenes story of the making of what has been called "The Citizen Kane Of Bad Movies" - "The Room." Is it all a joke or is there something more within Franco's film? Take a listen to find out.

For Episode 67, in what might go down as the most bizarre episode in the Next Best Picture Podcast's history, due to unforeseen circumstances and schedules simply not being able to align, I was left to record this episode as a "one-man-show."

For this week's main review, I am joined by Tommy Barquinero as we review the new film from Guillermo del Toro called "The Shape Of Water" starring Sally Hawkins, Richard Jenkins, Michael Shannon, Octavia Spencer, Michael Stuhlbarg & Doug Jones.

For this week's second podcast review, Will Mavity and I review the hotly anticipated "Call Me By Your Name" which premiered last year at Sundance to great critical and audience attention. Starring Timothee Chalamet, Armie Hammer and Michael Stuhlbarg, how does the recent Gotham Independent Film Winner for Best Picture hold up?

For Episode 66, myself, Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity, Deann Chiazzese & Ryan C. Showers discuss the Independent Spirit Award Nominations, preview the Gotham Award Winners, NBR, NYFCC and LAFCA.

For our main review this week I am joined by Deann Chiazzese as the two of us review the new Pixar film "Coco" starring Anthony Gonzalez, Gael Garcia Bernal, Benjamin Bratt and more!

For our second review this week (Hopefully we gave you enough time to catch it streaming or your local theater) I am joined by Deann Chiazzese and together we review the Netflix period drama "Mudbound" starring Carey Mulligan, Garret Hedlund, Jason Mitchell, Rob Morgan, Jason Clarke & Mary J. Blige.

For Episode 65, myself, Michael Schwartz, Deann Chiazzese & Ryan C. Showers talk "Mudbound," predictions for the Independent Spirit Award nominations, our favorite Pixar films (Weekly poll) and more!

For our main review this week I am joined by Deann Chiazzese and the returning guest, DJ Valentine from SimplisticReviews.net where last time we reviewed Marvel's new film of the season ("Thor: Ragnarok"), now we turn our eyes towards DC and "Justice League" starring Ben Affleck, Henry Cavill, Gal Gadot, Ezra Miller, Jason Momoa, Ray Fisher and more!