Welcome to another episode of Worst Picture Cast! This time around we bring Best Picture Cast regular Chris G to talk about the 1986 robot horror movie Chopping Mall! Plus we discuss the movies that Chopping Mall obviously inspired, who was actually responsible for this robotic uprising, and we try to figure out how lasers work. Thanks you. Have a nice day. If you have any questions or comments, reach out to us on Twitter: twitter.com/worstpiccast Theme song done by Grant and Kid Retro. https://...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 23 min
Before we head back to our regularly scheduled programming and start tackling our fourth season of Best Picture WInners, we pay homage to the movie that took home the crown in our Best Picture Cast SPORTS MOVIE Tournament: Penny Marshall’s A LEAGUE OF THEIR OWN. Tournament winner Artie B rejoins the podcast along side Chris G and Jay Dowski and the crew gets into quite the deep dive on this 1992 classic. The conversation knows no bounds, in true BPC fashion. Be sure to follow us on Social Media ...
Jun 07, 2022•2 hr 58 min
Best Picture Cast is back as we crown another Tournament Champion! This Spring, it's RomCom Tournament winner THE PRINCESS BRIDE. Kieran B is surrounded by a bevy of guests including tournament champion Grant Z, tournament runner up Joey R, also Artie B, Michala, and sideline reporter Oz! This is one of the most jam packed entertaining episodes we have assembled to date so buckle up for this journey! We deep dive Rob Reiner's fan favorite flick and discuss the wonderful cast and their careers. I...
May 24, 2022•2 hr 29 min
Kieran B is joined by tournament finalists Grant Z and Joey R, as well as Oz, to breakdown the results of this Spring's ROMCOM Tournament! Plenty of bitterness and smack talk as we follow the path of the Film that eventually took the crown, and will receive its very own episode debuting in next week! Check out our Best Picture Merch https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Email us bestpicturepodcast@yahoo....
May 17, 2022•1 hr 7 min
Kieran B is joined by tournament runner-up Chris G and previous winner Joey R to breakdown the results of this Spring's Sports Movie Tournament! Plenty of bitterness and smack talk as we follow the path of the Film that eventually took the crown, and will receive its very own episode debuting in just a few weeks! Check out our Best Picture Merch https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on Social Media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Email us bestpicturep...
May 09, 2022•55 min
May the 4th be with you! This episode is a departure from what we normally do here at Worst Picture Cast. On this episode Grant, Joey, and first timer Oz rank the eleven Star Wars movies! Take a listen as we do shallow dives into each movie. We talk about what worked and what didn’t. Maybe we’ll have some takes as hot as the lava on Mustafar, or maybe they’ll be as cold as the rolling hills or Hoth. Have any comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: @WorstPicCast
May 04, 2022•2 hr 30 min
Join us as the original five hosts rank all of the movies we covered in Season 3! We also make our own ROMCOM and Sports Movies with Season 3 characters, and review our Secret Santa recommends from our Elf Christmas episode. Season 3 Movies listed in Episode Order: The Godfather Part II Grand Hotel Chariots of Fire 12 Years a Slave Ben Hur Around the World in 80 Days Titanic Gigi Tom Jones The Best Years of Our Lives How Green Was My Valley The Bridge on the River Kwai The English Patient A Beau...
Apr 26, 2022•3 hr 45 min
We have arrived at the final episode of season 3, and it’s time for another road trip! Kieran B, Joey R and Chris G pack up the trunk to head into deep dive of the often maligned Best Picture Winner Green Book. As we tackle out most recent winner to date, we talk about why this movie has such mixed reviews amongst film fans, the magnetic performances from the leads, plenty of chicken and milk talk, and lots more! We also take a look at Peter Farrelly’s filmography and give a more extensive look ...
Mar 30, 2022•3 hr 7 min
This week we take a spoiler free look at this year's Oscar lineup! Kieran B is joined by Joey R and Adam from Below Freezing and Rewind 2552 as we give our favorites and least favorites in the following categories: Cinematography, Original Screenplay, Supporting Actress, Supporting Actor, Actor, Actress and Director. We also rank the Best Picture Nominees 1-10 and give our standard MVP, LVP, and recasts! Check out our Best Picture Merch https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on ...
Mar 25, 2022•3 hr 20 min
Welcome to another episode of Worst Picture Cast! Today we are joined by Zita Short from 300 Passions Podcast as we discuss the wonderfully strange Peanut Butter Solution! So come along with us as we discuss bad parenting, bizarre Canadian television, and a character’s connection to a truly awful human being. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worstpiccast?s=21 You can follow Zita and her podcast on Twitter here: https://twitter.com/zita_short?s=21 https://twitter.com/300passions?s=21
Mar 24, 2022•1 hr 27 min
Let’s get ready to rumble! March Madness is upon us which means it’s Tournament time at Best Picture Cast! For the second of two social media tournaments we will be running this March, 13 BPC cohosts drafted their teams of SPORTS MOVIES to go head-to-head and determine which Sports related film will get its very own episode! Amendola makes his BPC Debut as he joins Kieran B and Artie B to breakdown the Sports Movie Draft pick-by-pick, praise the movies that deserve to be praised, and bury the mo...
Mar 10, 2022•2 hr 51 min
March Madness is upon us which means it’s Tournament time at Best Picture Cast! For the first of two social media tournaments we will be running this March, 13 BPC cohosts drafted their teams of ROMCOMs to go head to head and determine which romantic comedy will get its very own episode! Listen to this star-studded episode as we go through the 3 rounds of drafting and rip all of each other's picks to pieces! After the Draft we reveal the first round of brackets and which movies will be squaring ...
Mar 07, 2022•2 hr 42 min
Welcome back! With only two films left to discuss in what has been a very interesting season three, Artie B, Brendan B and Jay Dowski return to the Cast to discuss Ron Howard’s, Russell Crowe captained film, A BEAUTIFUL MIND. In discussing the first film in a while where we had all seen it originally in theaters, the gang was a little surprised to hear Twitter’s unfavorable response to this film. Will Nostalgia prevail? Does this movie hold up? Has the internet finally turned on Best Picture Cas...
Mar 01, 2022•3 hr 3 min
Welcome back to another episode of Worst Picture Cast! This week we discuss Samurai Cop with BPC favorite, Artie B! In this episode we discuss why movies like this are so damn watchable. We also discuss bad wigs, demoralizing sex scenes, and cocaine usage during the filming of this. If you haven’t seen this movie please do yourself a favor and check it out before listening to us. You won’t regret it. Reach out to us on Twitter @WorstPicCast Theme song was recorded by Grant and Kid Retro! Find hi...
Feb 24, 2022•1 hr 31 min
Well folks, it’s Valentine’s day, and it’s time for the team at Best Picture Cast to take the trip to the Tunisian Desert for the 90s Sweeping Epic Romance, THE ENGLISH PATIENT. To embark on this journey, Kieran B and Grant Z welcomed in Adam and Melissa from the Below Freezing Podcast for their BPC return! In addition to a thorough deep dives of the movie that dominated the Oscars for the year 1996, the crew talks Seinfeld, Lost and Harry Potter… and Melissa enlightens us with some condensed mi...
Feb 15, 2022•3 hr 19 min
This week, for our 42nd Episode, we celebrate our Two Year Anniversary! February, 1 2020 we had a double release of our debut episodes, The Departed and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Two years later we are still rolling strong through these Best Picture Winners! For the grand occasion, Kieran B is joined by BPC originals, Artie B, Chris G and Grant Z to take on our first David Lean film THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI. The crew appropriately sums up our two years as podcasters, as we deep dive, ...
Feb 01, 2022•3 hr 21 min
On our first Best Picture Winner Episode of the new year, we are talking HOW GREEN WAS MY VALLEY. Kieran B is joined by Grant Z and Oz to discuss the lone John Ford Best Picture winner, and everything that goes with it. We tackle the semi-autobiographic nature of this film, and whether of not we feel if that’s appropriate, along with all his Fordian tactics. Despite this not being a “Who Should Have Won” Podcast, we acknowledge the elephants in the room… Citizen Kane and The Maltese Falcon. Chec...
Jan 18, 2022•2 hr 56 min
Welcome campers to Worst Picture Cast’s Sleepaway Camp episode! In this episode, Joey and Grant are joined by Adam and Melissa St. John to discuss this cult horror classic! We talk about Karen Fields’ possible age, the connection this movie has to the Jersey Shore, New York accents, and short shorts! This episode is an absolute blast! You can find Adam and Melissa discuss other bad movies on their Below Freezing podcast, and you can listen to Adam discuss movies from 25 years ago with his new po...
Jan 13, 2022•1 hr 57 min
Happy New Year Everyone! We are starting 2022 right as we are closing out another year of Best Picture Cast Calendar! For this Preview episode, I am joined by Artie B, just as I was in the Pilot episode of this show! The two of us take some time to go through everything we have planned for you in 2022, as we approach our 2nd Anniversary of a podcast on February 1st! Enjoy, and let us know what you think! Check out our Best Picture Merch https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on ...
Jan 11, 2022•28 min
Let's Get Ready to Rumble! The boys are back to first 30 Best Picture Winners covered by BPC! Kieran B is joined by Grant Z, Joey R and Artie B for our final episode of 2021, as we take all the films from Season 1 and Season 2 and try to get them in the right order! Here's a list of the 30 Films we rank in order they have appeared on Best Picture Cast: Season 1 The Departed One Flew Over Cuckoos Nest Rain Man Crash Shakespeare in Love Rebecca Chicago Broadway Melody Going My Way Rocky Silence of...
Dec 28, 2021•3 hr 24 min
Hello and Merry Christmas everyone! We are back to cover one last movie for 2021, and it's William Wyler's The Best Years of Our Lives! Kieran B is rejoined by Grant Z, Joey R and Artie B to talk about this AFI top 100 classic from 1946. The gang talks about the representation of soldiers coming home from the war so close to the end of WW2, the strength of the female performers, Greg Tolland's Deep Focus Photography , Hoagie Carmichael and the Tin Pin Alley, and much, much more. The Dive is Deep...
Dec 21, 2021•2 hr 56 min
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to everyone out there in PodcastLand. Today we bring you good tidings and a holiday Honorary offering… 2003’s ELF! The Best Picture Cast team is really going for it on this one as we Rock around the Christmas Tree with some Will Ferrell Cheer. Last year’s Christmas podcasters Kieran B, Grant Z and Joey R are back and they are joined by Artie B who watched Elf for the very first time. It’s a wild exploration of this modern Christmas Classic, and we hope you enjo...
Dec 07, 2021•2 hr 46 min
Happy Thanksgiving! Keeping our Turkey Day tradition alive Joey R and Chris G are back to talk some more Stephen King! Take a nostalgic stroll with us along the train tracks as we discuss Rob Reiner's adaptation of the Novella "The Body"... STAND BY ME. Enjoy this deep dive of this 1086 rewatchable classic, but beware of leeches! Check out our best picture merch https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Emai...
Nov 25, 2021•2 hr 22 min
Well folks, it's the moment you've all been waiting for. It's time for Tom Jones. We apologize in advance for this off the wall episode on this notably peculiar Best Picture winner! Kieran B is joined by Artie B (Godfather(s), Sound of Music, Platoon, Chariots of Fire) and Oz (Birdman, Cavalcade, Annie Hall, Grand Hotel) to navigate through one of the Academy's odder choices for Best Picture. Anything you've ever wanted from a Tom Jones Podcast is right here... and then some. Check out our best ...
Nov 22, 2021•2 hr 32 min
Surfs up! In our second Worst Picture Cast episode we discuss Troma’s Surf Nazis Must Die! Join us as we discuss what worked and what didn’t with this 1986 cult classic. Plus we talk about the absence of violence, cohesive storytelling, and surfboards with guns on them. So sit down with a plate of Momma’s home cookin’ and enjoy! Questions/Comments? Feel free to get at us on Twitter @WorstPicCast. Theme song written and performed by Grant and Kid Retro. You can find his music on Spotify.
Nov 18, 2021•1 hr 9 min
We return to our regularly scheduled programing to discuss 1958’s Best Picture winner, GIGI! Joey R returns to the show and we also welcome the great Zita Short from The 300 Passions Podcast! The three of us talk about everything there is to talk about in terms of GIGI including the endlessly problematic nature of the plot, the clean sweep of the Oscars, the performance of the cast, and much more! You’ll get a full dose of KnitPicks, Twitter questions and BPC awards! Check out our best picture m...
Nov 09, 2021•2 hr 48 min
We continue our series of episodes where each of our regular cohosts will be giving their 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! Next up is BPC cohost, and fiction writer Jay Dowski! Jay is the author of the Book BURY ME IN MONTAUK available on Amazon today! Jay first appeared on our AMERICAN BEAUTY episode and has also joined us for GENTLEMAN'S AGREEMENT where we also broke down Arnold...
Nov 01, 2021•56 min
It’s Spooky Season and this week we continue our seasonal break from Best Picture Winners to talk about the winner of our second annual HORRORFEST, 1982’s POLTERGEIST! Tournament winner Joey R join’s Kieran B along with last year’s winner Grant Z as we break down the final days of the tournament and chat about the Stephen Spielberg produced 80s classic! We deep dive the characters, the plot and everything in between from the behind the scenes drama, to the years of superstition that surrounded t...
Oct 26, 2021•2 hr 33 min
It’s time for a break in our regularly scheduled programing to discuss a movie that was the winner of our second annual Sub 50% Twitter tournament, and it’s 1988’s TWINS! Twins outlasted Anaconda in the Tournament Finals, and Kieran B is joined with Joey R, the lucky winner who selected it. Also joining the Twins panel is last years winner Grant Z and runner up Steve B. The crew talk about a movie that couldn’t be more different than the usual movies discussed on BPC. We chat Arnold, Devito and ...
Oct 19, 2021•2 hr 34 min
All Aboard! BPC is back with one of our biggest episodes ever!! Kieran B, Grant Z, Artie B and Michala return to bring you a truly unsinkable episode where we deep dive James Cameron’s deep dive! The episode is equipped with recasts, nitpicks, spinoffs, recommendations, and enough life boats for everyone on board. We even consider alternate musical entertainment for the voyage and Michala enlightens the boys on who THE REAL heart throb of Titanic is! You’re not gonna miss this hilarious voyage! ...
Oct 12, 2021•3 hr 27 min
