Paige Magid and Alexi Knight

Better Picture

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Paige and Alexi break down the Best Picture nominees for every year's Academy Awards, and decide which one the Academy should have picked instead.

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Paige Magid and Alexi Knight

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An Apology to Rain Man 13.06.2026 1:06:28

Send us Fan Mail Movies: The Accidental Tourist - Lawrence Kasdan Mississippi Burning - Alan Parker Dangerous Liaisons - Stephen Frears Working Girl - Mike Nichols Rain Man - Barry Levinson

Holly Hunter Appreciation Episode (1987) 21.05.2026 46:21

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Hope and Glory - John Boorman Fatal Attraction - Adrian Lyne Moonstruck - Norman Jewison Broadcast News - James L. Brooks The Last Emperor - Bernardo Bertolucci

The Mission, Which is Convincing You Not to Watch The Movie of the Same Name (1986) 19.04.2026 48:19

Send us Fan Mail Movies: The Mission - Roland Joffé Hannah and Her Sisters - Woody Allen Children of a Lesser God - Randa Haines A Room with a View - James Ivory Platoon - Oliver Stone

Jack Nicholson's Worst Performance (1985) 17.04.2026 1:00:45

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Prizzi's Honor - John Huston Kiss of the Spider Woman - Hector Babenco The Color Purple - Steven Spielberg Witness - Peter Weir Out of Africa - Sydney Pollack

One Win After Another!!!! (2025) 11.04.2026 1:18:50

Send us Fan Mail Movies: F1 - Joseph Kosinski Frankenstein - Guillermo del Toro Hamnet - Chloe Zhao Train Dreams - Clint Bentley Sentimental Value - Joachim Trier The Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonça Filho Marty Supreme - Josh Safdie Sinners - Ryan Coogler Bugonia - Yorgos Lanthimos One Battle After Another - Paul Thomas Anderson

White Lotus Star Wins an Oscar 02.04.2026 49:13

Send us Fan Mail Movies: A Passage to India - David Lean A Soldier's Story - Norman Jewison Places in the Heart - Robert Benton The Killing Fields - Roland Joffé Amadeus - Miloš Foreman

The Right Stuff...Somewhat 27.02.2026 51:35

Send us Fan Mail Movies: The Dresser - Peter Yates Tender Mercies - Bruce Beresford The Big Chill - Lawrence Kasdan The Right Stuff - Philip Kaufman Terms of Endearment - James L. Brooks

Childhood Classics and Political Controversies 10.02.2026 52:36

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Tootsie - Sydney Pollack Missing - Costa-Gavras The Verdict - Sidney Lumet E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg

Our Top 50 of 2025! 31.01.2026 3:11:57

Send us Fan Mail This was recorded a while ago, we know the Oscar nominations have since been announced!

The WORST movies of 2025. 19.01.2026 2:10:54

Send us Fan Mail Our least favorite movies of 2025, and what on earth was wrong with them.

Reagan's America Gets Awkward About Communism 18.12.2025 53:10

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Atlantic City - Louis Malle On Golden Pond - Mark Rydell Raiders of the Lost Ark - Steven Spielberg Reds - Warren Beatty Chariots of Fire - Hugh Hudson

It's the 80s! 30.11.2025 1:03:34

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Tess - Roman Polanski Coal Miner's Daughter - Michael Apted Raging Bull - Martin Scorsese The Elephant Man - David Lynch Ordinary People - Robert Redford

Breaking Away from the 70s 19.11.2025 1:02:22

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Breaking Away - Peter Yates Norma Rae - Martin Ritt Apocalypse Now - Francis Ford Coppola All That Jazz - Bob Fosse Robert Benton - Kramer vs Kramer

A Reconvening of the DeNiro Fan Club 24.10.2025 59:04

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Heaven Can Wait - Warren Beatty An Unmarried Woman - Paul Mazursky Coming Home - Hal Ashby Midnight Express - Alan Parker Michael Cimino - The Deer Hunter

Star Wars Changes The Movies 24.09.2025 1:12:48

Send us Fan Mail Movies Discussed: Julia - Fred Zinnemann The Turning Point - Herbert Ross The Goodbye Girl - Herbert Ross Star Wars - George Lucas Annie Hall - Woody Allen

Is Talia Shire the OG Nepo Baby? 05.09.2025 1:05:14

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Bound for Glory - Hal Ashby All the President's Men. - Alan J. Pakula Network - Sidney Lumet Taxi Driver - Martin Scorsese Rocky - John G. Alvidsen

Cuckoo for Nicholson 03.08.2025 1:08:32

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Nashville - Robert Altman Barry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick Dog Day Afternoon - Sidney Lumet Jaws - Stephen Spielberg One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Miloš Forman

DeNiro Debut 20.06.2025 51:52

Send us Fan Mail Movies: The Towering Inferno - John Guillermin The Conversation - Francis Ford Coppola Lenny - Bob Fosse Chinatown - Roman Polanski The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola

A Touch of Something Deeply Unclassy 15.06.2025 48:42

Send us Fan Mail Movies: A Touch of Class - Melvin Frank American Graffiti - George Lucas Cries and Whispers - Ingmar Bergman The Exorcist - William Friedkin The Sting - George Roy Hill

Alexi Saw The Godfather! 15.05.2025 1:03:43

Send us Fan Mail Movies: The Emigrants - Jan Troell Deliverance - John Boorman Sounder - Martin Ritt Cabaret - Bob Fosse The Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola

Return to Tradition 15.05.2025 54:40

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Nicholas and Alexandra - Franklin J Schaffner The Last Picture Show - Peter Bogdanavitch A Clockwork Orange - Stanley Kubrick Fiddler on the Roof - Norman Jewison The French Connection - William Friedkin

That 70s Show! 29.04.2025 42:23

Send us Fan Mail Movies: M.A.S.H. - Robert Altman Airport - George Seaton Five Easy Pieces - Bob Rafelson Love Story - Arthur Hiller Patton - Franklin J. Schaffner

69 02.04.2025 30:37

Send us Fan Mail Movies: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - George Roy Hill Hello Dolly - Gene Kelly Z - Costa-Gavras Anne of the Thousand Days - Charles Jarrott Midnight Cowboy - John Schlesinger

Oscar Party! 22.03.2025 1:39:33

Send us Fan Mail Movies: A Complete Unknown Emilia Perez I'm Still Here Wicked Dune Part II Nickle Boys Conclave The Substance The Brutalist Anora

Barbra Streisand, Personal Hero 20.02.2025 1:15:03

Send us Fan Mail WOW is this episode dated. Our bad...more coming soon, though. Movies: Romeo and Juliet The Lion in Winter Rachel Rachel Funny Girl Oliver (Winner)