Best Picture Cast

Holy Cow the time has come! It's Cimarron week folks! That's right, the movie many consider to be the WORST Best Picture winner of all time. Does the BPC crew agree? listen and find out as Kieran B is joined by Podcast stalwarts Grant Z, Joey R, and Artie B to discuss the winner of the big prize in 1931. Check out our Best Picture Merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on S...

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! For our 4th annual Thanksgiving Special, we complete Stephen King’s Collection of Novellas “Different Seasons” with its least known adaptation to screen, Bryan Singer’s APT PUPIL. Kieran B is joined by Chris G and Joey R to discuss the chilling novella as well as the 1998 adaptation. 1:18:50 Book Spoilers 1:57:42 BPC Awards Check out our Best Picture Merch: https://bes...

Season Five continues as Kieran B is joined by Artie B and Jay Dowse as the group goes into deep cover to get to the bottom of The French Connection. Plenty of talk about the late William Friedkin and all the outside-the-box techniques he used to put together this unconventional Best Picture Winner. Check out our Best Picture Merch: https://best-picture-cast.creator-spring.com/ Follow us on Social...

Happy Halloween! We are here to celebrate the Fourth Annual BPC HorrorFest Winner John Carpenter’s THE THIUNG as selected by Jay Dowski! The Thing outlasted Carrie to take home the crown and we bundle up to talk about this frosty horror classic! In the beginning of the episode we break down how things shook out with the final 8 movies in the tournament, We also take a little time to have a brief c...

It’s the Season 5 Premiere and tonight it is indeed All About Eve! Kieran B is joined by a few regularly billed costars Grant Z, Joey R and Oz to talk about a film that has made it onto many peoples Greatest Films list. But how will it fair in the BPC squared circle? We talk about our first movie from Betty Davis as well as director Joseph Mankiewicz. The BPC foursome breaks down the film in depth...

Happy Friday the 13th! Grab your hockey mask and your favorite machete because this episode we will be ranking all of the Friday the 13th movies! Who is the best final girl? Which version of Jason is the best? Which character does Joey hate the most? We answer all of these questions and more. Questions or comments are always appreciated! Reach out to us on Twitter: Worst Picture Cast https://twitt...

Spooky Season is back again and it’s time to Draft our favorite scary movies! PART ONE Kieran B is joined by last year’s champ Chris G and newcomer and Horror Mega Fan James V to break down the 3 round of the 4th Annual BPC HorrorFest! Part TWO (Time Stamp: 2:06:54) Kieran B is joined by Bryan and Jamie from the TALKING HORROR Podcast join to talk about their debut BPC Draft and break down all the...

The Sub 50 Tournament IV is in the books and it's TOMMY BOY starring Chris Farley on the top of the mountain! Adam and Melissa from Below Freezing join Kieran B and last year's Champ Joey R to discuss their tournament winner, and childhood favorite. We cover everything from deer in the road, to Tim McGraw to cow tipping. You're not gonna wanna miss this fun episode, check it out! Check out our Bes...

We’re back again with another episode! This time around Grant and Joey are joined by Jay Dowski to discuss the 1957 classically bad film Plan 9 From Outer Space! We talk about the specifics of this “plan”, how sexism exists across the galaxy, and the legacy of Ed Wood. Questions or comments are always appreciated! Reach out to us on Twitter: Worst Picture Cast https://twitter.com/worstpiccast Joey...

The fourth ever Best Picture Cast Sub 50 Tournament is in the books and we are here to bring you the results! We break down the final 8 movies that made the quarterfinals and the grueling matchups they endured. Tune in next week and you will get a full episode on the winner of the tournament! Listen to find out who it's going to be!

This is our Season 4 Rankings Finale! Listen as Kieran B, Grant Z, Joey R, Artie B and Chris G convene to discuss the 15 movies we covered in season 4 and rank them one by one! The 15 Films up for discussion, listed in order of their episode number are: Lawrence of Arabia The Deer Hunter You Can't Take it With You All the King's Men West Side Story The Life of Emile Zola The Greatest Show on Earth...

The end of summer is upon us, which only could mean one thing in the BPC Universe... it's Best Picture Cast SUB 50 Season!!! That's right our FOURTH ever Sub 50% tournament is here and the entire BPC Staff is thirsting for the Crown! A crown that has only been worn by two BPC Hosts before, Grant, and two time returning champ Joey R! Kieran B is joined by previously mentioned former champ Grant Z,...

We wrap up Season 4 with a movie that you the people selected as the 15th Best Picture winner of the season, IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT. Kieran B is joined by Artie B, Jay Dowse and a special guest making his debut on Best Picture Cast. We breakdown the notable lead acting performances, the task the director was faced with while making the film, the social impact at the time and how it relates to to...

With the penultimate episode of season four, Kieran B, Steve B, and Oz have their helmets on and stand at attention to discuss the film that took home the crown in 1970, and landed George C Scott his lone Oscar, PATTON. Be sure to tune in next month to see where Patton lands in the Season Four Rankings finale after next weeks episode…. IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT! Check out our Best Picture Merch: ht...

Our return series continues, where we travel back to our original first season episodes recorded 3 years ago. Like it or not we are headed back to the wild world of Paul Haggis’ CRASH. Kieran B and Grant sit down to hash things out exactly how they did back in January of 2020. We rewatched the movie, listened to our original podcast, and prepared all the hits and misses for discussion. This time a...

Kieran B and Grant Z pack their bags to return the Africa and traverse the desert with their favorite safari guides… Adam and Melissa from Below Freezing! Yes, It’s OUT OF AFRICA week and the gang is here to talk some Redford, some Streep and some sensual shampooing! It’s never a bad time when the Freezers come town. There’s no shortage of laughing, singing, and some great film chatter! Check out...

Three years ago, January of 2020, we recorded our third ever episode of Best Picture Cast on the winner of 1988. RAIN MAN. Three long trips around the sun later we are back to revisit both the movie and the podcast that we released in the second week of February 2020. Myself and Chris G discuss how the movie impacted us now vs then, and some of the things we got both right and wrong. We are then j...

Action May continues as we have recruited a team of cinema oil drillers to dive into the core of Michael Bay's 1998 Blockbuster ARMAGEDDON! Steve B takes home the crown again winning the Instagram exclusive Action tournament with this end of the world space flick! We talk about it all, from Ben to Bay to Bruce to Liv. Expect a lengthy revisit to our infamous Aerosmith debate! Check out our Best Pi...

The winner of the Best Picture Cast Action Tournament, Terminator 2: Judgement Day! We get into it all as we return to the world of James Cameron and Arnold! 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 Follow The Co Hosts on Twitter: Steve...

Our Spring Madness Action Tournament is complete and the results are in! I am joined by several of the hosts who participated in the draft and tournament, listen as they give their thoughts on how the whole thing went down. We reveal not one, but TWO movies that took home the big prize and will receive upcoming honorary episodes in the following weeks! Want to vote in an upcoming tournament? Follo...

After three years of dipping into the Best Picture Winner archives it’s finally time to cover a film that has won the award during the life of the podcast! Not only that but it is also our first coverage of a foreign language film! We gather around the living room today to discuss Bong Joon Ho’s PARASITE! There will be no hiding in basements or under tables, we uncover everything there is to discu...

Worst Picture Cast is back with another rankings episode! Break out the yellow spandex, because this time around, Joey, Grant, and Oz rank the thirteen X-Men movies! So join us as we breakdown a movie franchise that has many peaks and valleys, compare these movies to the Oscar winners of those years, and tease what our Halloween season rankings will be! Questions or comments? Reach out to us on Tw...

Saddle up listeners, this week we dust off the ole boots and head to Big Whiskey, Wyoming to figure out what is fact and what is myth about the 1992 Best Picture winner UNFORGIVEN! Our first Western and our first Clint Eastwood film, we discuss Clint’s directing style and approach, debate his abilities as an actor, and cover his impact on the industry. If you like Themes, we talk themes! The ones...

On December 4, 2019 Kieran B and Joey R sat down for the first time to record a podcast on a personal favorite film for each, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. A little more than 3 years later, the two get together to revise the film and the podcast at served as the second part of the duel episode debut of Best Picture Cast! We talk about what we got right and what we got wrong and invite in a gues...

You have the right to remain terrified! On this episode of Worst Picture Cast we discuss the 1988 movie Maniac Cop. Join Grant, Joey, and host of Best Picture Cast, Kieran, as we talk about car insurance, Surf Nazi doctors, and Terms of Endearment. Follow us on Twitter: Worst Picture Cast https://twitter.com/worstpiccast Joey https://twitter.com/joey0314 Grant https://twitter.com/grant_zep Best Pi...