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THE STORY – The most powerful man in the world embarks on a frantic mission to prove he is humanity’s savior before the disaster he’s unleashed destroys everything. THE CAST – Tom Cruise, Riz Ahmed, John Goodman, Sandra Hüller, Michael Stuhlbarg...

Following our 509th episode of The Next Best Picture Podcast, we’re back with a new episode of Mailbag Monday. Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, and Lauren LaMagna join me in this new series dedicated entirely to answering your fan-submitted questions from the NBP Film Community....

The Gotham Film & Media Institute announced today that LAIKA, the acclaimed animation studio, will receive the Gotham Anniversary Tribute at the 36th Annual Gotham Film Awards Ceremony on Monday, November 30th, 2026, at Cipriani Wall Street in New York...

For Episode 509 of the Next Best Picture Podcast, I am joined by Katie Johnson, Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna, and Cody Dericks. This week, we’re discussing the start of the New York Film Festival (NYFF), including the North American Premiere of the Opening Night Film...

“The Odyssey” winning Best Picture has seemed like a foregone conclusion to the Oscars race ever since it premiered. It is an unprecedented box office success from one of the most beloved directors working today, with audiences and critics in...

THE STORY – Amidst crashing waves and monumental rocks on a distant coast, two young couples open up a realm of shifting realities. Unbeknownst to them, a mysterious entity watches from high above with Godlike judgment. THE CAST – Neli de...

THE STORY – The Shikishima family faces an all-new threat as Godzilla returns to wreak havoc. THE CAST – Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Kuranosuke Sasaki, Miou Tanaka, Sakura Ando, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Jun Kunimura, Masami Nagasawa & Min Tanaka THE...

For this week’s main podcast review, Josh Parham joins me to review and discuss the latest film from “Puss In Boots: The Last Wish” Academy Award-nominated filmmakers Joel Crawford and Januel Mercado, “Forgotten Island,” starring H.E.R., Liza Soberano, Dave Franco,...

The 2026 AFI Fest lineup is continuing to take shape as the American Film Institute earlier today announced another round of titles selected for the upcoming Los Angeles festival, combining several high-profile premieres with acclaimed films from the fall film...

THE STORY – Set on one single day in August 1912 at the family’s Connecticut seaside home, the story follows the Tyrone family as it faces the looming dual specters of Edmund’s potentially fatal consumption diagnosis alongside his mother Mary’s increasingly...