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  • The Next Best Picture Podcast – Pre-2025 Oscar Thoughts & Feelings With The NBP Film Community

    The Next Best Picture Podcast – Pre-2025 Oscar Thoughts & Feelings With The NBP Film Community

    ‘Twas the night before Oscar, and over in Los Angeles, I’m having some last-minute thoughts and hesitations about my winner predictions for the 97th Academy Awards. Naturally, I felt the NBP Film Community would feel the same way as well, so I offered everyone the chance to hop on a call and talk with me about…


  • The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Last Breath”

    The Next Best Picture Podcast – “Last Breath”

    For this week’s main podcast review, Sara Clements, Tom O’Brien, and I are here to discuss and review the latest film from Alex Parkinson, “Last Breath,” starring Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, and Cliff Curtis. Based on a true story, the survival thriller film follows a group of deep-sea divers who race to rescue a stranded…


  • Predict The 97th Academy Awards Contest

    Predict The 97th Academy Awards Contest

    ​The 97th Academy Awards are this Sunday. After reading and listening to our predictions, all that’s left now is for you to tell us what you think is going to win this Sunday. Click below to enter into our contest to predict the 2025 Oscars. All categories must be predicted with the submission deadline right before…


  • What Will Be “Anora’s” Oscar Win Package?

    What Will Be “Anora’s” Oscar Win Package?

    Despite “Conclave’s” recent wins at BAFTA and SAG, “Anora” is still widely expected to take Best Picture at the Oscars on March 2nd. However, one of the most difficult obstacles in predicting that “Anora” will win Best Picture is figuring out what else it could win, if anything. By this point, even surprise Best Picture…


  • The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Last Breath” Director/Co-Writer Alex Parkinson

    The Next Best Picture Podcast – Interview With “Last Breath” Director/Co-Writer Alex Parkinson

    “Last Breath” is a survival thriller film based on a true story, directed and co-written by Alex Parkinson, about a group of deep-sea divers who race to rescue a stranded teammate after an accident. A remake of his own 2019 documentary, the film stars Woody Harrelson, Simu Liu, Finn Cole, and Cliff Curtis. Parkinson was…


  • The 2025 Cesar Award Winners

    The 2025 Cesar Award Winners

    The Cesar Awards (France’s Oscars) have announced their winners for the best in film for 2024. Here are this year’s winners… Best Film “The Count of Monte Cristo” – Produced by Dimitri Rassam, Jerôme Seydoux, directed by Matthieu Delaporte and Alexandre de la Patelliere “Emilia Pérez” – Produced by Pascal Caucheteux, Jacques Audiard, and Valerie…


  • Our Final 2025 Oscar Winner Predictions

    Our Final 2025 Oscar Winner Predictions

    It all comes down to this. This Sunday, March 2nd, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) will announce the winners of the 97th Academy Awards. The presentation will air on ABC and, for the first time, it’ll simultaneously stream on Hulu. This awards season has been one of the most unpredictable, contentious,…


  • “THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER”

    “THE ACCIDENTAL GETAWAY DRIVER”

    THE STORY – During a routine pickup, an elderly Vietnamese cab driver is taken hostage at gunpoint by three recently escaped Orange County convicts. THE CAST – Hiep Tran Nghia, Dustin Nguyen, Phi Vu, Dali Benssalah & Gabrielle Chan THE TEAM – Sing J. Lee (Director/Writer) & Christopher Chen (Writer) THE RUNNING TIME – 102…