We have returned from our holiday vacation! It is a brand new year, and this week, for our 54th Best Picture Episode, we celebrate our THREE Year Anniversary! February 1, 2020 we had a double release of our debut episodes, The Departed and One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Three years later, to the dismay of many, we haven’t killed each other yet and are cruising right along! For the grand occasion, Kieran B is joined in a crowded room by BPC originals, Artie B, Chris G, Joey R and Grant Z to hea...
Feb 01, 2023•3 hr 5 min
Thank you for being patient during our brief Holiday hiatus... It's a New Year and we have a ton planned for you starting with our 3rd Anniversary Episode the first week of February! Check out all the stuff we have in store, including Drafts and Tournaments, 2023 Oscars Talk, and upcoming movie episodes of BPC! Email us: bestpicturepodcast@yahoo.com Follow us on social media, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Letterboxd @bestpicturecast Check out our Best Picture Merch https://best-picture-cast.crea...
Jan 17, 2023•24 min
Merry Christmas, and Happy Holidays everyone! We’re back with Christmas Evil a.k.a. You Better Watch Out! Join Joey and Grant, as they make sense of this dark Christmas character study. We also explore how much this movie influenced The Joker and Birdman. Plus we rank the eleven WPC movies that we’ve covered! Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/worstpiccast Reach out to us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bestpicturecast?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc= Theme song wr...
Dec 23, 2022•1 hr 43 min
Merry Christmas and Happy Holiday’s to everyone out there in PodcastLand. Today we bring you good tidings and a holiday Honorary offering… 1989’s ELF! The Best Picture Cast team is out to find the biggest tree we can fit on our traveling car to bring you some Christmas Cheer. The team of Christmas podcasters —Kieran B, Grant Z and Joey R is back and we’re pumped for the 80s Holiday Fan Favorite! Bring the whole family in to listen to this one, maybe even the neighbors! We also continue our BPC H...
Dec 21, 2022•2 hr 12 min
We’ve reached our final Best Picture discussion of 2022 and it’s the 2016 winner, SPOTLIGHT. Kieran B is joined by old friends Artie B and Chris G to hash out a fairly recent winner. A lot of heated debates in this one as the group finds itself split over a film that is usually pretty highly regarded. Disclaimer for some heavy subject material in this one considering the topic of the movie. Join us next week for our final release of 2022, the BPC CHristmas Special on National Lampoon’s Christmas...
Dec 14, 2022•2 hr 52 min
This week we bring you one of our craziest, most ambitious episodes to date as we bring our crew of losers to the streets and sewers of Derry, Maine. Kieran B is joined by Joey R and OZ to talk all thing’s IT. Yes... all things. We read the book, we watched the 90s Miniseries and both 2010’s adaptations and we put the whole damn thing into an episode of BPC! From Balloons, Turtles, fortune cookies, libraries, spiders, to naming your bike... we cover ever last stop of this damn thing. Join us for...
Dec 05, 2022•2 hr 34 min
We’re back with another incomprehensibly inept movie! This time we travel to post World War I Berlin to discuss Just a Gigolo starring David Bowie and Marlene Dietrich. Join Joey, Grant, and guest Zita Short as we talk about the best musician turned actor, the baffling mess that is the script, and Sex and the City! Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/worstpiccast Reach out to us on Instagram: https://instagram.com/bestpicturecast?igshid=YWJhMjlhZTc= Find Zi...
Dec 02, 2022•1 hr 40 min
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We are so excited to celebrate our 3RD Thanksgiving as a podcast and we do so the only way we know how... by stepping back into the vast canon of Stephen King. As is tradition, Kieran B is joined by Chris G and Joey R to wish the world a Happy ThanksgivKING (or Happy KINGsgiving if you prefer!) and to tackle Rob Reiner's MISERY! We chat about our 3rd Reiner film, the Oscar winning performance by Kathie Bates, the impact the movie may have had on the industry, and how...
Nov 24, 2022•2 hr 34 min
Come one, come all to the grandest podcast under the big top this week! It’s the Best Picture where we climb the high wires of some of the most notable best picture winners all for your entertainment! Is Cecille B. Demille’s Greatest Show on Earth one of them? Hmm.. I guess you’ll have to listen to find out. This week the boys tackle Parades, Clowns, Jugglers, Trapeze Acts and general Carny Folk. Will Joey R and OZ maintain their patience throughout the episode? Tune in! Email us: bestpicturepod...
Nov 16, 2022•2 hr 14 min
Three years ago our first attempt at a podcast was attempted. Today we come full circle as Kieran B and Artie B return to the site where it all began. The two retrace their steps to RETURN TO THE DEPARTED. We discuss what we got right and what we got wrong in our pilot episode, what we’ve seen since recording, what has come out of our most recent rewatch, and all the hilarity in between. at the midway point we are joined by special guest Chauncey Telese to get his takes on The Departed as well a...
Nov 09, 2022•2 hr 28 min
It’s time for a break in our regularly scheduled programing to discuss a movie that was the winner of our third annual Sub 50% Twitter tournament, and it’s 1994’s AIRHEADS! Airheads outlasted Cocktail in the Tournament Finals, and Kieran B is joined with Joey R, the lucky winner who selected it. Also joining the Airheads panel is runner up Grant Z. The crew talk about a movie that has oddly been absent from streaming, we discuss its lack of accessibility and other movies trapped in the same stre...
Nov 01, 2022•2 hr 26 min
The HorrorFest III winner THE SHINING is here and it is time to take the long and windy trip up the mountain road! Kieran B, Joey R, and Champ, Chris G, check in to The Overlook and put everything on the table that there is to talk about Kubrick’s classic… Themes, Performances, Award Re-evaluation, King vs Kubrick and more! 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...
Oct 26, 2022•3 hr 10 min
What’s your favorite scary movie? I hope it’s Scream because that is all we’re really discussing on this episode! Join Joey, Grant, and special guest Oz as we rank all of the Ghostface killers from the Scream franchise, make a team of our favorite Scream kills, and maybe we’ll play a game of “what would you rather watch?” with these movies. Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/worstpiccast Reach out to us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestpictureca...
Oct 20, 2022•1 hr 48 min
This episode Kieran B and Grant Z break down both the recent social media tournaments that close out 2022 and we announce the winners and upcoming episodes for both the SUB 50 and HORRORFEST Tournaments. We also announce the movies that we will be covering for both our Thanksgiving and Christmas Specials, as well as 5th specialty episode headed your way this Fall! We go through everything you can expect headed into the final months of 2022 and we can't wait for all the content we have to share! ...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 14 min
This episode we discuss the John Stamos teen-spy movie Never Too Young to Die! What makes this episode extra special for us is that our wives, Katie and Kristin, are our guests for their first time ever on a podcast! Join us as we discuss the incredibly problematic Velvet Von Ragnar, the origins of Von Ragnar’s gang, and wether or not Drew Stargrove and Danja were sleeping together. Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/worstpiccast Reach out to us on Instagr...
Oct 14, 2022•1 hr 50 min
Season 4 is chugging along as we head back to the 1930s and back to France to discuss THE LIFE OF EMILE ZOLA! Grant Z and Brendan B to discuss this Paul Muni lead biopic that tackles the infamous French historic event… The Dreyfus Affair! Not the most famous Best Picture Winner, but no shortage of laughs and conversation! 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 bes...
Oct 12, 2022•2 hr 1 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! Joining us for this week's installation is Adam St. John of 1001by1, Below Freezing and Rewind 2552 podcasts! Adam has been a frequent contributor to Best Picture Cast, has participated in several of our drafts and has cohost Best Picture Cast episodes: BEN HU...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 52 min
Friend or foe? We’re back with a brand new episode to talk about Deadly Prey! Join Joey, Grant, and special guest Andrew Corns as the discuss this action flick, what kind of rat would you eat, and the amazing year in film that is 1987. Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/worstpiccast Reach out to us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bestpicturecast Andrew Corns Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewcorns13 Theme song written and performed by Grant and Ki...
Sep 30, 2022•1 hr 59 min
It’s Spooky Season which means it’s that time of year again to kick off BPC’s second annual HORRORFEST! The last two Octobers we pinned some of our favorite Horror Movies against each other to come up with winners that recieved their very own BPC deep dive episode (Halloween 1978 and Poltergeist 1982) for the third year in a row, we are doing it all over again! In this jammed pack episode we go through the whole process. Team BPC heads back to the Draft Room to select each of our Horror Favorite...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 35 min
THIS IS IT!!! This is our half time show! The first 45 Best Picture Winners we have covered ranked from 45 to 1. Here is a list of the films we will be discussing in order of episode list: 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 the Lambs American Beauty Slumdog Millionaire Man for All Seasons Sound of Music Season 2 Argo Mutiny on the Bounty Gentleman's Agreement Birdman Lost Weekend An Ame...
Sep 21, 2022•4 hr 48 min
Ep 50: West Side Story With our 50th Best Picture Episode, and one episode away from our 45 Rankings extravaganza which will be our 100th release on this feed, we bring you yet another classic musical in WEST SIDE STORY! Kieran B is joined by frequent cohost Joey R and returning cohost Danielle N who was last heard on the BRAVEHEART episode from season 2! Does the musical hold up? Where does it rank in respect to the other musicals we have covered so far? We talk about all of this and much more,...
Sep 13, 2022•2 hr 42 min
The end of summer is upon us, and before it's time for back to school, it's time for BPC SUB 50 Season!!! That's right our third ever Sub 50% tournament is here and ready to rumble. Kieran B is joined by an All Star Cast of Drafters, Joey R, Grant Z, Chris G , and Adam St John to break down our latest draft pick by pick! You can also listen to the entire live draft as it went down by heading to our Twitter page @bestpicturecast and listening right from our feed. Be sure to join us at the beginni...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min
Join us as the Best Picture Cast gang takes on All The King's Men! In this two part episode, Kieran B is joined by frequent guests Joey R (Both Godfathers, Platoon, Silence of the Lambs) and OZ(The Deer Hunter, Annie Hall, Grand Hotel) to discuss the adaptation of a Pulitzer winning novel and Best Picture winner of 1949! In the second part of the episode, similar to what we did on our CAVALCADE episode, we revisit the season 3 rankings, Oz give us his picks, we reveal the composite rankings (as ...
Aug 17, 2022•3 hr 22 min
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.com Check out Cinemusts on all Podcast Platforms! Follow The Co Hosts on Twitter: Myke Emal: @cinemusts Joey R: @joey0314 Grant Z: @Grant_Zep
Aug 02, 2022•2 hr 49 min
We are continuing 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! We have heard from 4 of our original 5 cohosts, and now it is time for the HOST Kieran B himself to throw his hat in the ring! You've heard Kieran Host every episode of Best Picture Cast so far, this week we will hear the sultry sounds of a NEW host taki...
Jul 26, 2022•1 hr 32 min
Class is in session! On this episode of Worst Picture Cast we’re joined by Myke Emal from the CineMusts podcast to discuss Splatter University! Listen in as the three of us talk about the awful students at this university, the poor attempts to set up red herrings, and wether or not this movie is trying to make a commentary of the Catholic church abuse scandal. Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/worstpiccast Reach out to us on Instagram: https://www.instagr...
Jul 21, 2022•1 hr 41 min
We are continuing 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! We kick the series off with one of our original 5 cohosts, Chris G! Chris first appeared on our third ever episode RAIN MAN and has cohosted many other episodes including SILENCE OF THE LAMBS, THE LOST WEEKENDS, BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, 1BACK TO THE FUT...
Jul 20, 2022•1 hr 15 min
We continue our Epic start to Season 4 of Best Picture Cast and make our return to the 1970s as we discuss Michael Cimino's Vietnam war epic THE DEER HUNTER! Kieran B is joined by returning cohosts Artie B, Oz, and Joe B as the crew tackles all the imagery, symbolism, and themes presented in the 1978 Best Picture winner. Crack open a Rolling Rock and come along for this epic ride with us! Check out our Best Picture Merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on Social Media, T...
Jul 13, 2022•3 hr 28 min
Ep 46: Lawrence of Arabia Part 2 by Best Picture Cast We welcome back Artie B along with BPC regulars Grant Z and Joey R as we tackle the second part of the movie and all the deeper thematic elements behind the mysterious Lawrence of Arabia! If you missed Part 1 last week go back and check it out! 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.c...
Jun 28, 2022•2 hr 49 min
Season 4 of Best Picture Cast is finally here and we are starting off with a two part doozy… LAWRENCE OF ARABIA! This episode is the first of a two part examination of David Lean’s Best Picture winner for the year of 1962. This week’s episode covers the beginning of the movie to the Intermission. Kieran B is joined by Artie B and Jay Dowski to dissect and marvel at all the technical aspects of this film that help it carry such a household name. We talk about why it is held on such a pedestal, an...
Jun 21, 2022•2 hr 27 min
