Mission 250 Filmcast

This week, we find ourselves at the end of awards season! Oscars are this weekend, and we've seen every best picture nominee this year. In this episode, we all rank our top movies from the 10 best picture nominees, and also put in our predictions for the winner of each category. The winner gets to make the others watch whatever movie they pick. Will Denny defend the title and force John and TC to...

This week, we're continuing with awards season films. This film stands out this year for receiving 4 acting nominations, totaling 9 nominations overall. You get what that implies - lots of really good, intense acting by all the actors. Sentimental Value (2025), directed by Joachim Trier.

This week, we're continuing with awards season films. This new creature feature from Guillermo Del Toro has racked up 9 Oscar Nominations. While the production seems to have been well meaning, the Netflix sheen on this story really seems to go against the intent of the writer/director. Frankenstein (2025), directed by Guillermo Del Toro.

This week, we're continuing with awards season films. It is rare that a foreign film gets nominated for anything besides best international film, and this one is in contention for the top prize as well (Best Picture). Leave your expectations behind with this one, and see if it takes you on a journey. The Secret Agent (2025), directed by Kleber Mendonca Filho.

This week, we're continuing with awards season films. The Best Picture Oscar nominees were released last week, so we're going on a path to watch all of them before the ceremonies. This week, we built car! F1: The Movie (2025), directed by Joseph Kosinski.

This week, we're continuing with awards season films. This film received three Golden Globe nominations, was directed by the legendary writer / director of Oldboy, and is about paper and some other stuff. This week is was snubbed at the Oscars. Our reviews were recorded before the snubs. No Other Choice (2025), directed by Park Chan-wook.

This week, we're continuing with awards season films. This film won a Golden Globe and a Critics Choice award for best actor, Timothee Chalamet receiving both. It also just took the record for highest domestic box office for an A24 film. It will certainly be a contender come the Oscars. Marty Supreme (2025), directed by Josh Safdie.

This week, we're in 2026 and right in the middle of awards season. The Golden Globes were last night, the Oscars are coming up, and we're diving into what is shaping up to be one of the best years for movies in a long time.  This year, we're watching the two time Golden Globe nominee, and winner of the Critics Choice Award for best cinematography, Train Dreams (2025), directed by Clint Bentley.

This week, it's the holiday season! What says holidays more than a tentpole sequel on a streaming service? Nothing. Nothing does. This movie is a very fun whodunnit romp that will surely please the part of your family who can stay awake on the couch. Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025), directed by Rian Johnson.

This week, we find ourselves in awards season. This film was nominated for the Palm d'Or as well as a Golden Globe for best picture (musical/comedy). It is on Netflix. If you are a fan of film history or consider yourself a movie nerd, this one is a strong recommendation. Nouvelle Vague (2025), directed by Richard Linklater.

This week, we treat ourselves to a visit to the theater. By the box office numbers, we were hardly the only ones to go. Disney is raking it in on this sequel to the 2016 best animated picture winner, and we give it a peak. Zootopia 2 (2025), directed by Jared Bush and Byron Howard.

This week, we watch a film that is beyond anything a summary could cover.  A must see, a masterpiece. Schindler's List, directed by Steven Spielberg. 

This week, we're finish up our Lanthimos kick with the film that brought the director to a wide audience. We are divided on this one again, but the visual style and humor are enough to get a recommendation from at least two of us. The Favourite (2018), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

This week, we're continuing our Lanthimos kick with a film that is currently in theaters. We are a bit divided on how this one ended up, but we can say that if your a fan of the director, this one is worth seeing blind. Bugonia (2025), directed by Yorgos Lanthimos.

This week, we find ourselves in October (when we recorded). And you know what that means? Scary films! The final week brings us to the director who gave us Poor Things. We can't in good conscience recommend watching this movie to any listeners, but if you want to be disturbed and witness some of the obvious filmmaking talent of early Yorgos, you may want to dare. Dogtooth (2009), directed by Yorgo...

This week, we find ourselves in October. And you know what that means? Scary films! Week three brings us back to the director who gave us Seven and Gone Girl (both on the top 250). More of a thriller/crime procedural, this film nonetheless has at least one of the scariest scenes ever put to film. Zodiac (2007), directed by David Fincher.

This week, we find ourselves in October. And you know what that means? Scary films! Week two brings us back to the director who gave us the old film newly on the top 250, Harakiri (1962). Lots of people consider this horror, but after a viewing, it seems more like a series of fantasy stories with ghosts. Kwaidan (1964), directed by Masaki Kobayashi.

This week, we find ourselves in October. And you know what that means? Scary films! We kick into it with the first film by the writer/director that brought us the excellent Weapons this year. Barbarian (2022), directed by Zach Cregger.

This week, we go to the theaters to see was will most certainly be a frontrunner for best picture of 2025. This film blends action, drama, political commentary, and, most importantly, humor into a unique yet accessible joyride. See this one in the theaters if you can. One Battle After Another (2025), directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

It's September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we finish it off with his first film, Eraserhead (1977).

It's September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we watch Mulholland Drive (2001).

It's September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we watch Lost Highway (1997).

It's September, and to celebrate the fall season, we are doing a month of David Lynch movies. Lynch is criminally under represented in the Top 250, so we wanted to honor the legendary film maker with a run of some of his most acclaimed work. This week, we dive right in with Blue Velvet (1986). Let's go for a ride.

This week, we head to the theater to see the hugely successful horror film that makes the Naruto Run scary again. This film bounces between big scares and laughs like almost nothing else since Evil Dead 2. Don't walk, run (with your arms stretched out behind you) to the theater to catch this one. Weapons (2025), directed by Zach Cregger.

For the fourth movie choice based on the theme of death, we travel to Hawaii to hang with Clooney. This film has some heavy drama, but with Alexander Payne sprinkling in his dry humor and the sights and sounds of Hawaii ever-present, the story keeps from sinking into too dark of a place. The Descendants (2011), directed by Alexander Payne.