"Blade Runner 2049" remains one of the most impressive technical achievements in 2017. Will Mavity recently had the opportunity to talk to the Set Decorator for the film, Alessandra Querzola.

For this week, we have a second podcast film review. Will Mavity and I discuss Yorgos Lanthimos' ("Dogtooth" & "The Lobster") newest film "The Killing Of A Sacred Deer" starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman & Barry Keoghan.

For Episode 61, myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity discuss the 2017 Gotham Nominations, preliminary SAG thoughts, the Best Foreign Language and Sound categories and we also answer a ton of fan questions.

For this week's main review, we are joined by David Hart who does the podcast Pop Culture Case Study as he and I discuss one of the worst films of the year, "The Snowman" starring Michael Fassbender, Rebecca Ferguson, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Val Kilmer & J.K. Simmons. This is from the same director (Tomas Alfredson) who gave us "Let The Right One In" and "Tinker, Tailor, Solider, Spy" and even he has distanced himself from the film. Never a good sign. Take a listen as we sharpen our knives for this one. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - @nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-…d1087678387?mt=2

For Episode 60, myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity discuss the sick state of affairs in Hollywood following the Harvey Weinstein accusations

For this week, we have a second review, this one with Will Mavity as he and I discuss the critically acclaimed independent film "The Florida Project" starring Willem Dafoe, Brooklynn Kimberly Prince & Bria Vinaite.

For Episode 59, myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity are joined by the returning Deann Chiazzese. Together the four of us talk "Blade Runner 2049" and "The Shape Of Water's" chances in the Oscar race.

For this week's main review, I am joined by Jorge from SplashReport.com as we review the sequel to Ridley Scott's sci-fi masterpiece "Blade Runner," this time directed by Denis Villeneuve called "Blade Runner 2049" starring Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford.

For Episode 58, myself & Michael Schwartz are joined by a guest: Deann Chiazzese. Together we discuss the state of the Oscar race in the above the line categories, the first week of NYFF, the "Annihilation" trailer and the original "Blade Runner" as we prepare for "Blade Runner 2049."

For this week's main review, I am joined by Tommy Barquinero as we review the true story sports drama "Battle Of The Sexes" starring Emma Stone and Steve Carrell. Plus, stay tuned 35 minutes in for an exclusive interview with the composer of that film, Academy Award nominee Nicholas Britell ("Moonlight").

For Episode 57, myself, Will Mavity & Michael Schwartz issue an invitation, talk about our poll results, discuss the latest poll on the best female led sports films, answer fan questions and discuss the trailers for "Isle Of Dogs," "The Meyerowitz Stories (New And Selected)" and "Tomb Raider."

For this week's main review, I am joined by Matthew Garrell as we review the new awards-bait film from David Gordon Green "Stronger." Is Jake Gyllenhaal able to get that ever elusive Best Actor Oscar nomination? How does it all pan out? Find out below.

After giving our predictions a few days ago, myself, Will Mavity and Michael Schwartz react and discuss the 2017 Primetime Emmy Awards show, going through each category and talking about the smaller elements which really stood out to us.

For Episode 56, myself, Will Mavity & Michael Schwartz are back as we analyze the race post Venice, Telluride and TIFF. We also discuss the best performances of Jake Gyllenhaal's career (Our weekly poll) as we look forward to "Stronger" and we discuss the trailers for "Downsizing" and "All The Money In The World."

For this week's main review, I am joined Matthew Garrell as we review the massively disturbing and divisive new film from Darren Aronofsky called "Mother!" starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris and Michelle Pfeiffer. We also go into spoilers with our review 34 minutes in so if you don't want to be spoiled, you can stop there.

For Episode 55, myself, Will Mavity & Michael Schwartz take a look at where the Oscar race currently stands now that we know about most of the films from Telluride, TIFF and Venice. We also discuss four new trailers this week and talk about which film we feel is Darren Aronofsky's best as we prepare for "Mother!"

For this week's main review, I am joined Tommy Barquinero and Matthew Garrell as we review the massive horror blockbuster film, the 2017 reimagining of Stephen King's "It."

I know it has been awhile since we last talked about the 2017 Emmy race (We decided to review this season of "Game Of Thrones" in the meantime) but here we are with Episode 2. In this podcast exclusive, we are taking a look at the above the line categories at this year's Emmy Awards (Acting, Writing, Directing etc.) and together, myself, Will Mavity and Michael Schwartz give you our predictions.

Episode 54 is a special one. Myself, Will Mavity & Michael Schwartz (The original trio) celebrate our one year anniversary of Next Best Picture by reflecting on the past 365 days, answering your fan questions and breaking down what is going on at Venice at Telluride as the 2017 Awards Season officially kicks off. Thank you so much for helping us get this far. There is more to come!

For this week's main review, I am joined Mike Vermette as we review what is undoubtedly one of the worst films of the year in "Tulip Fever" starring Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHaan, Christoph Waltz and more. This is a spoiler filled review so please be aware that this review is anything goes...

This is it. It's the last episode of "Game Of Thrones" we will receive until at least a year (And some say even 2019). Will Mavity and I are back to review the season finale of Season 7 titled "The Dragon And The Wolf" and it is a jam packed episode (The longest episode of the series at 80 minutes long) so there is a TON to unpack and speculate on as we head into the final season.

For this week on Episode 53 myself and Will Mavity preview the 2017 Oscar Season, answer fan questions live as they come in and discuss the trailer for Richard Linklater's "Last Flag Flying."

For this week's main review, I am joined by Matthew Garrell and Mike Vermette. Together, we review the Sundance hit from earlier this year which is expanding to theaters wide, "Ingrid Goes West" starring Aubrey Plaza and Elizabeth Olsen.

Will Mavity and I are back to review an episode of Game Of Thrones which proved to be even more divisive than the week before despite its epic action, moments and extended running time. The penultimate episode of Season 7 is titled "Beyond The Wall." It was written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss and was directed by Alan Taylor.

For this week on Episode 52 myself and Will Mavity recap the 2017 Summer Movie Season and we also talk about the trailers for "Molly's Game," "The Killing Of A Sacred Deer," and "The Florida Project."

For this week's main review, I am joined for the first time by a new contributor towards Next Best Picture in Matthew Garrell. Together, we review Steven Soderbergh's latest film "Logan Lucky" starring Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough and Daniel Craig.

After last week's epic episode, we now come to what is easily the most divisive "Game Of Thrones" episode yet for Season 7 as Will Mavity and I review it with skepticism, excitement and bewilderment in some cases. The episode is titled "Eastwatch" and was written by Dave Hill while being directed by the director of last week's episode, Matt Shackman.

For this week on episode 51 myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity preview Steven Soderbergh's new film "Logan Lucky," answer fan questions, talk the news of the week and break down trailers for "Mother!" and "The Death Of Stalin."

For this week's main review, I am once again joined by my good friend JD Duran from the InSession Film Podcast as he and I review Destin Daniel Cretton's followup to "Short Term 12," titled "The Glass Castle" starring Brie Larson and Woody Harrelson.

After being away last week Will Mavity is back with me to review one of the most exciting and biggest episodes in Game Of Thrones history with "The Spoils of War." The episode was written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss while being directed by firs time Thrones director Matt Shackman.

We made it. 50 episodes. We cannot thank you enough for all of your support as we approach one year of Next Best Picture. For this milestone episode, myself, Michael Schwartz, Will Mavity and Josh Williams answer fan questions, preview "The Glass Castle" and discuss the trailers for "Call Me By Your Name" and "Novitiate."

For this week's main review, I am being joined for the first time by fellow writer on Next Best Picture, Tommy Barquinero, who makes his debut on the podcast as he and I review the highly controversial and provocative film by Kathryn Bigelow "Detroit."

This week on our review of Season 7 for "Game Of Thrones," Will Mavity is traveling the country after reviewing the first two episodes with me, so for this week I have Mike Vermette joining me to review Episode 3 titled "The Queen's Justice." This episode was written by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss and directed by Mark Mylod.

For Episode 49 on The Next Best Picture Podcast, it's just myself and Michael Schwartz this week as we preview Kathryn Bigelow's new film "Detroit." We also answer fan questions, talk about the trailer for "Suburbicon," this year's TIFF lineup and more!

For this week's main review, I am joined by guest J Don Birnam from SplashReport.com and together we review the new Charlize Theron action film "Atomic Blonde."

After last week's successful episode for "Dragonstone," Will Mavity and I are back with our weekly podcast review/breakdown of Game Of Thrones Season 7. This week's episode is titled "Stormborn" and was written by Bryan Cogman while being directed by Mark Mylod.

For Episode 48 on The Next Best Picture Podcast, myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity preview "Atomic Blonde" starring Charlize Theron.

For this week's main review, I am joined by a returning Mike Vermette and our guest is Andrew Carden from The AwardsConnection.com and GoldDerby.com. Together we review Christopher Nolan's World War II epic "Dunkirk."

Here we are. After over a year of waiting, Season 7 of "Game Of Thrones" is finally here! Will Mavity and I are back, as promised, with our weekly breakdown of the Episode, predictions for next week and more. This week's episode is titled "Dragonstone" and was written by David Benioff & D.B. Weiss while being directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

Christopher Nolan is one of the most talented, popular and polarizing filmmakers on the planet. With his new film "Dunkirk" coming out, on Episode 47 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity talk the best and worst of his filmography while also answering fan questions, discussing the news of the week and giving our takes on the trailers for "Darkest Hour" and "A Wrinkle In Time."

For this week's main review, I am joined by JD Duran from the InSession Film Podcast as he and I review Matt Reeve's final film in the newly rebooted "Planet Of The Apes" franchise known as "War For The Planet Of The Apes" starring Andy Serkis & Woody Harrelson.

Continuing where we left off last week, for this week's episode, myself, Michael Schwartz and Will Mavity discuss some other categories from the first half of 2017 such as directing and acting, thus providing our picks for some of the year's best work so far.

For this week's main review, Josh Williams and I take a look at the seventh film featuring Spider-Man in 15 years with "Spider-Man: Homecoming" starring Tom Holland, Robert Downey Jr., Michael Keaton, Jon Favreau and Marisa Tomei.

Just like we did with Next Best Theatre, we are expanding the Next Best Picture brand into other areas of Entertainment and Awards to bring you the best experience possible.

We have a JAM PACKED episode for number 45 as myself, Will Mavity, Josh Williams and the rest of the Next Best Picture team reveal our Top 10 Of 2017 so far, our first official Oscar predictions for the above the line categories, plus our reactions towards the trailers for "The Greatest Showman" and "Breathe."

For this week's main review, Josh Williams and I watch Sofia Coppola's Cannes winning film "The Beguiled" starring Colin Farrell, Nicole Kidman, Kirsten Dunst & Elle Fanning.

For this week's episode, myself, Will Mavity & Josh Williams talk about the films we have recently caught up with, news of the week, Sofia Coppola's career leading up to "The Beguiled" plus our reactions towards the trailers for "Stronger" & "Marshall."

Will Mavity and I are back with one final trailer breakdown and preview for "Game Of Thrones" Season 7, part of the podcast exclusive Next Best Series.

For this week's main review, Josh Williams and I take a look at Edgar Wright's new film, the action/musical "Baby Driver" starring Ansel Elgort, Kevin Spacey, Jaime Foxx, Lily James & Jon Hamm. Wright has now made 5 films and so far 4 of those 5 have been tremendous in their execution and entertainment. Does "Baby Driver" make him 5 for 5?

On Episode 43, myself and Michael Schwartz discuss the latest news of the week, answer fan questions and talk about the trailer for "Goodbye Christopher Robin." In honor of Father's Day we also talk about our favorite cinematic dads and with the upcoming release of "The Big Sick" we go over our favorite and worst Judd Apatow films.

For this week's main review, myself and Josh Williams were originally supposed to review "Cars 3." However, after reviews dropped for "The Book Of Henry" we had to see this film for ourselves.

The Next Best Theatre Podcast is back with their final episode of the season, reviewing the 71st Tony Awards and also looking ahead at what the future holds for the Broadway theatre scene.

In Episode 42, we discuss the latest critics/audience divide over "It Comes At Night," answer fan questions, talk news of the week, react to the first trailer for Ryan Coogler's Marvel superhero film "Black Panther" and in anticipation for "Cars 3" we list our least favorite Pixar movies.

For this week's episode Josh Williams, Kristen Lopez, William Mavity and myself answer your questions, discuss the latest Oscar news, talk trailers for "Logan Lucky," "Murder On The Orient Express," "Victoria & Abdul" and for our weekly theme ahead of "It Comes At Night" we discuss fear and paranoia within film.

The Next Best Theatre Podcast is back with their second episode of the season, providing you with their final Tony Awards Predictions ahead of the 71st Tony Awards on June 11th.

For this week's episode Josh Williams, Kristen Lopez, William Mavity and myself answer your questions, discuss the latest Oscar news, talk trailers for "Logan Lucky," "Murder On The Orient Express," "Victoria & Abdul" and for our weekly theme ahead of "It Comes At Night" we discuss fear and paranoia within film.

For this week's main review, myself and Kristen talk about one of the summer's biggest films: DC's comic book film "Wonder Woman."

Here on Episode 40, we discuss more of the films which premiered at the 70th Cannes Film Festival, the trailer for "Wind River" and in anticipation for "Wonder Woman," we talked about female led action films.

For this week's main film review, we bring you an early discussion on "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales." Much like Captain Salazar in the movie, this review is filled with rage between Kristen and myself.

In Episode 39 we talk about the latest news coming out of this year's Cannes Film Festival.

For this week's main review, myself, Kristen Lopez & Josh Tarpley take a closer look at Ridley Scott's sequel to "Prometheus" with "Alien: Covenant" starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston & Danny McBride. It gets a little heated and passionate at some points but overall we do the best we can to discuss and debate Ridley Scott's latest.

For Episode 38 myself, Will and Michael talk the latest news of the week, what movies we caught up on and ahead of the release for "Alien: Covenant" we debate which film is better, "Alien" or "Aliens?"

In Episode 39 we talk about the latest news coming out of this year's Cannes Film Festival. The theme for this week is also Adventure Films ahead of the release of "Pirates Of The Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales." We also answer fan questions which results in us talking about our favorite comedies of the past 30 years.

For this week's main review, myself, Kristen Lopez & Josh Tarpley take a closer look at Ridley Scott's sequel to "Prometheus" with "Alien: Covenant" starring Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston & Danny McBride. It gets a little heated and passionate at some points but overall we do the best we can to discuss and debate Ridley Scott's latest.

For this week's main review, I am joined by Daniel Chadwick from GetReelMovies.com to discuss Guy Ritchie's new film "King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword" starring Charlie Hunnam.

For Episode 37, we introduce a new member to The Next Best Picture Podcast in Josh Williams, discuss weekly news, answer fan questions, discuss mythology in film and breakdown lots of trailers including "The Big Sick" & "The Dark Tower."

You read why Josh Williams thinks "Guardians Of The Galaxy" is the most effective Marvel film of all time. Now, for this week's main review find out from myself, Mike Vermette and Kristen Lopez if we feel the sequel, "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2" matches up to the first.

or this week's main review, myself and Mike Vermette talk the technology paranoia film "The Circle" starring Emma Watson & Tom Hanks.

his is very exciting. Next Best Picture has decided to take its first step forward into the other worlds of awards season. We will officially be covering the 2017 Tony Awards this year through exclusive podcasts held under the Next Best Picture banner run by our very own Michael Schwartz. We're calling it "Next Best Theatre" and we hope you enjoy this very exciting addition to the Next Best Picture family.

For this week's episode, myself, Will and Michael prepare for "Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2" (And May the 4th) by talking about another Disney/space property in "Star Wars" and its history at the Oscars. We also answer fan questions, discuss the latest Oscar/movie news and talk about the trailer for "Kingsman: The Golden Circle."

Coming off of our review of "The Promise," we now bring you Kristen Lopez interviewing the writer/director of that film, Terry George, and actress Angela Sarafyan.

I was admittedly very tired at the time of this recording after having just coming back from vacation. Apologies about the delay, hopefully all of the other podcasts we released this week were enough to keep you entertained while myself, Will & Michael (The Original Trio) got together to talk some film news and answer your questions.

For this week's second review, myself and Kristen review the new dark/comedy/action film from writer/director Ben Wheatley, "Free Fire."

For this week's main review, myself and Kristen tackle the highly controversial Armenian Genocide epic "The Promise" starring Oscar Isaac, Christian Bale & Charlotte Le Bon, written and directed by Terry George.

You heard on our podcast review of "The Lost City Of Z" that Kristen Lopez alluded to an interview with the writer/director of that film, James Gray. Well now we have it here for you to listen to.

For our second review of the week, myself and Kristen Lopez dive deep into the Amazonian jungle to talk James Gray's "The Lost City Of Z."

For this week's main review, myself and Mike Vermette talk the eighth film in the action franchise, "The Fast & The Furious," known as "The Fate Of The Furious."

For this week on the Next Best Picture Podcast, myself and Kristen answer your questions, discuss the week's latest Oscar news and give our reactions to the trailer for Kathryn Bigelow's "Detroit" and a little film called "Star Wars: The Last Jedi."

This week's main review on the show is the crowd pleasing drama "Gifted" starring Chris Evans, Octavia Spencer, Jenny Slate & McKenna Grace. Joining me for this review is Mike Vermette.

On Episode 33, myself and Will Mavity discuss the Academy's recent rule changes for next year's Oscar ceremony. We also answer fan questions, discuss various film news and take our first look at the "Ingrid Goes West" trailer.

This week's main review on the show is the 2017 version of "Ghost In The Shell" starring Scarlett Johansson. Joining me for this review is Mike Vermette.

Episode 32 finds us discussing two movie trailers with "It" & "A Ghost Story." We also discuss A TON of news out of CinemaCon, the first 3 months of 2017 and more!

For this week's main review on the Next Best Picture Podcast, myself and Kristen go into Daniel Espinosa's sci-fi/horror film "Life."

Episode 31 finds us discussing two movie trailers with "My Cousin Rachel" & "Three Billboards Outside Ebbing Missouri." We also discuss some of the latest Oscar news, answer fan questions and more.

For this week's review on the Next Best Picture Podcast, myself, Mike and Kristen go into detail with Bill Condon's live-action Disney remake of "Beauty And The Beast."

This week on Episode 30, it's just myself and Kristen Lopez as we discuss the latest film news, answer some fan questions and discuss the trailer for Edgar Wright's "Baby Driver." We also talk details surrounding the new HD giveaway, so be sure to listen for a chance to win.

For this week's review, we are taking a look at the king of Skull Island himself in his latest film, "Kong: Skull Island." How does the giant ape fare in his latest big screen film?

For this week's episode, we announce a giveaway and we announce a new team member in Josh Tarpley. Join us as we discuss everything ranging from news, to the Oscars, to personal moviegoing experiences and our review of the trailer for "Atomic Blonde."

I know it's late but I can promise you that our Top 10 Worst/Best Of 2016 list of the final part of the NBP Film Awards is totally worth it.

This week, myself, Will and Kristen are joined by DJ Valentine from SimplisticReviews.net to discuss and review Hugh Jackman's final Wolverine film, "Logan." We go into spoilers with the review and afterwards I have a special interview with the composer of the movie, Marco Beltrami.

We're still trying to recover from the 89th Academy Awards. Now that the dust has settled, Will and I discuss how we feel about the winners and we also discuss the contenders that on paper look like they will be a part of the 2017 Awards Season.

With one day to process the bombshell that was the 89th Academy Awards, myself, Will and Michael are joined by guest Andrew Carden from TheAwardsConnection.com to discuss the Oscars which will go down in history as one of the most shocking ever.

While we are all still trying to recover from last night's Oscars, a horror/comedy from Jordan Peele called "Get Out" was released this weekend to much acclaim and is our main review for this week.

It is time for Week 8 of the NBP Film Awards and for this week, myself and the entire NBP team countdown our favorites for 2016 in the following categories: Best Supporting Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Actress, Best Actor & Best Ensemble.

We're finally here. It's finally time for the Next Best Picture Podcast to share with all of you, our final Oscar predictions for the 89th Academy Awards. Myself, Michael and Will are joined this week by Marshall Flores from Awardsdaily.com to help us break down all 24 categories.

This week on the Next Best Picture Podcast, our main review is the new horror film from director Gore Verbinski called "A Cure For Wellness."

This week on the show we thought it would be appropriate to bring on a guest interview from the Best Picture frontrunner, "La La Land." Oscar nominee Steve Morrow CAS. joins me to talk about his role as a sound mixer on "La La Land," the awards season for him and his team so far and what the future holds.

It is time for Week 7 of the NBP Film Awards and for this week, myself, Mike and Kristen countdown our favorites for 2016 in the following categories: Best Documentary, Best Foreign Language Film, Best Original Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay & Best Director of the year.

On Episode 25, it's one week before our final awards predictions, the final voting ballots are out and the BAFTA Awards need talking about. We not only talk about the current state of the race but we also discuss the latest movie trailers for "It Comes At Night" & "The Beguiled."