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18.12.2024
1 Stunde 40 Minuten
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and
Tom Salinsky
Episode 96: Oppenheimer
Released 18 December 2024
For this episode, we watched the 2023 Best Picture winner
Oppenheimer written and directed by Christopher Nolan, based on
American Prometheus by Kai Bird and Martin J Sherwin. The cast
includes Cillian Murphy, Emily Blunt, Matt Damon, Robert Downey
Jr, Florence Pugh and Josh Hartnett, with acting Oscars for
Murphy and Downey, contributing to its total of seven awards. We
also discuss Barbenheimer, dream sequels and Sylvia Simms.
No CGI is really just invisible CGI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ttG90raCNo
BEST PICK – the book is out now from all the
usual places, including…
From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/best-pick-book-rowman
UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3zFNATI
US Amazon https://www.amzn.com/1538163101
UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781538163108
US bookstore
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-pick-john-dorney/1139956434
Audio book
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Best-Pick-Audiobook/B09SBMX1V4
To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can
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If you enjoy this podcast and you’d like to help us to continue
to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as
£2.50 per month, but please be aware that future releases will
continue to be sporadic.
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20.12.2023
1 Stunde 30 Minuten
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and
Tom Salinsky
Episode 95: Everything Everywhere All At Once
Released 20 December 2023
For this episode, we watched the 2022 Best Picture winner
Everything Everywhere All At Once, written and directed by
Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert). It won a very
impressive seven awards including the trifecta of Best Picture,
Best Original Screenplay and Best Director, and three of its cast
walked away with awards too: Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Jamie
Lee Curtis, with Stephanie Hsu also nominated.
BEST PICK – the book is out now from all the
usual places, including…
From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/best-pick-book-rowman
UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3zFNATI
US Amazon https://www.amzn.com/1538163101
UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781538163108
US bookstore
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-pick-john-dorney/1139956434
Audio book
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Best-Pick-Audiobook/B09SBMX1V4
To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can
join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on
bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually,
@MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky.
You can also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and
sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new
episode is released. Just follow this link:
http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n.
If you enjoy this podcast and you’d like to help us to continue
to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as
£2.50 per month, but please be aware that future releases will
continue to be sporadic.
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28.12.2022
1 Stunde 34 Minuten
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and
Tom Salinsky
Episode 94: CODA (2021)
Released 28 December 2022
For this episode, we watched the 2021 Best Picture winner CODA,
written and directed by Sian Heder. It’s a remake of the French
film La Famille Belier and the stars are Emilia Jones, Marlee
Matlin, Daniel Durant and Troy Kotsur who won Best Supporting
Actor and Heder also won for the screenplay. With this film,
we’re going to press pause on the podcast, but we do have a few
ideas about other things we might want to do, so watch this
space…
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Little-Life-Hanya-Yanagihara/dp/1447294815
BEST PICK – the book is out now from all the
usual places, including…
From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/best-pick-book-rowman
UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3zFNATI
US Amazon https://www.amzn.com/1538163101
UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781538163108
US bookstore
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-pick-john-dorney/1139956434
Audio book
https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Best-Pick-Audiobook/B09SBMX1V4
To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can
join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on
bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually,
@MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky.
You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and
sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new
episode is released. Just follow this link:
http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n.
If you enjoy this podcast and you’d like to help us to continue
to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as
£2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people
who have already done that.
Alex Frith, Alex Wilson, Alison Sandy, Amanda Grey, Andrew Jex,
Andrew Straw, Ann Blake, Anna Barker, Anna Coombs, Anna Elizabeth
Rawles, Anna Joerschke, Annmarie Gray, Anthea Murray, Ben
Squires, Carlos Cajilig, Caroline Moyes Matheou, Cathal McGuire,
Catherine Jewkes, Charlotte, Charlotte M, Craig Boutlis, Daina
Aspin, Dave Kloc, David Gillespie, Della, Drew Milloy, Drogo
Danderfluff, Elis Bebb, Elizabeth McClees, Esther de Lange,
Evelyne Oechslin, Fiona, Flora, frieMo, Gavin Brown, Helen
Cousins, Helle Rasmussen, Henry Bushell, Jane Coulson, Joel
Aarons, Jonquil Coy, Joy Wilkinson, Judi Cox, Julie Dirksen, Kate
Butler, Kath, Katy Espie, Kurt Scillitoe, Lawson Howling, Lewis
Owen, Linda Lengle, Lisa Gillespie, Lucinda Baron von Parker,
Mary Traynor, Matheus Mocelin Carvalho, Matt Price, Michael
Walker, Mike Evans, Pat O'Shea, Peter, Rebecca O'Dwyer, Richard
Ewart, Robert Heath, Robert Orzalli, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott,
Sharon Colley, Simon Ash, Sladjana Ivanis, Tim Gowen, Tom
Stockton, Wayne Wilcox, Zarah Daniel.
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29.12.2021
1 Stunde 25 Minuten
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and
Tom Salinsky
Episode 93: Nomadland (2020)
Released 29 December 2021
For this episode, we watched Nomadland, written, edited and
directed by Chloé Zhao, from the non-fiction book Nomadland:
Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, by Jessica Bruder.
Among a cast of non-professional actors, the leads are Frances
McDormand and David Strathairn. Music is by Ludovico Einaudi.
From six nominations, it won three awards: Best Director for
Zhao, Best Actress for Frances McDormand and Best Picture.
https://twitter.com/oscarsclip
https://raindance.org/how-covid-19-impacted-the-film-industry-post-lockdown/
http://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/in-memoriam-remembering-lynn-shelton
Midnight at the Oasis https://youtu.be/cwRVebPZaXU
BEST PICK – the book is out in February 2022 and
is available now for pre-order.
From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/best-pick-book-rowman
UK Amazon https://amzn.to/3zFNATI
US Amazon https://www.amzn.com/1538163101
UK bookstore https://www.waterstones.com/book/9781538163108
US bookstore
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/best-pick-john-dorney/1139956434
To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can
join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on
bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually,
@MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky.
You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and
sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new
episode is released. Just follow this link:
http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n.
If you enjoy this podcast and you’d like to help us to continue
to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as
£2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people
who have already done that.
Alex Frith, Alex Wilson, Alison Sandy, Andrew Jex, Andrew Straw,
Ann Blake, Anna Barker, Anna Coombs, Anna Elizabeth Rawles, Anna
Jackson, Anna Joerschke, Annmarie Gray, Anthea Murray, Ben
Squires, Brad Morrison, Carlos Cajilig, Caroline Moyes Matheou,
Catherine Jewkes, Chamois Chui, Charlotte, Claire Carr, Claire
Creighton, Claire McKevett, Craig Boutlis, Daina Aspin, Dave
Kloc, David Crowley, David Gillespie, David Hanneford, Della,
Drew Milloy, Elis Bebb, Elizabeth McClees, Elizabeth McCollum,
Elspeth Reay, Esther de Lange, Evelyne Oechslin, Fiona, Flora,
frieMo, Gavin Brown, Greg Barker, Helen Cousins, Helle Rasmussen,
Henry Bushell, Ian C Lau, Imma Chippendale, Jane Coulson, Jess
McGinn, Joel Aarons, Jonquil Coy, Joy Wilkinson, Judi Cox, Julie
Dirksen, Kate Butler, Kath, Katy Espie, Kurt Scillitoe, Lawson
Howling, Lewis Owen, Linda Lengle, Lisa Gillespie, Lucinda Baron
von Parker, Margaret Browne, Mark Bostridge, Mary Traynor,
Matheus Mocelin Carvalho, Michael Walker, Michael Wilson, Mike
Evans, nötnflötn, Pat O’Shea, Peter, Rebecca O’Dwyer, Richard
Ewart, Robert Heath, Robert Orzalli, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott,
Sarah, Sharon Colley, Simon Ash, Sladjana Ivanis, Tim Gowen, Tom
Stockton, Wayne Wilcox, Zarah Daniel.
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28.07.2021
1 Stunde 15 Minuten
Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and
Tom Salinsky
Episode 92: The King’s Speech (2010)
Released 28 July 2021
For this episode, we watched The Kings Speech,
written by David Seider and directed by Tom Hooper. It starred
Colin Firth, Geoffrey Rush, Helena Bonham Carter and Guy Pearce
and from a very impressive twelve Oscar nominations it scored
four wins – for Colin Firth, for Tom Hooper as director, for the
screenplay and of course Best Picture.
Seth Meyers Oscar Bait trailer: https://youtu.be/HjE9Fl4zKNs
Big Speeches: https://guiltyfeminist.com/big-speeches/
That concludes our survey of the films which have won Best
Picture – for now! We will be publishing an episode on the Best
Picture winner for 2020 in due course as well as a variety of
episodes looking at the world of film from different angles.
To send in your questions, comments, thoughts and ideas, you can
join our Facebook group, Tweet us on @bestpickpod or email us on
bestpickpod@gmail.com. You can also Tweet us individually,
@MrJohnDorney, @ItsJessRegan or @TomSalinsky.
You should also visit our website at https://bestpickpod.com and
sign up to our mailing list to get notified as soon as a new
episode is released. Just follow this link:
http://eepurl.com/dbHO3n.
If you enjoy this podcast and you'd like to help us to continue
to make it, you can now support us on Patreon for as little as
£2.50 per month. Thanks go to all of the following lovely people
who have already done that.
Alex Frith, Alex Wilson, Alexander Capstick, Alison Sandy, Andrew
Jex, Andrew Straw, Ann Blake, Anna Barker, Anna Coombs, Anna
Elizabeth Rawles, Anna Jackson, Anna Joerschke, Anna Smith, Anne
Dellamaria, Annmarie Gray, Ben Squires, Blanaid O’Regan, Brad
Morrison, Caroline Moyes Matheou, Catherine Jewkes, Chamois Chui,
Charlotte, Claire Carr, Claire Creighton, Claire McKevett, Daina
Aspin, Darren Williams, Dave Kloc, David Hanneford, Della, Drew
Milloy, Elis Bebb, Elizabeth McClees, Elizabeth McCollum, Eloise
Lowe, Elspeth Reay, Esther de Lange, Evelyne Oechslin, Fiona,
Flora, frieMo, Helen Cousins, Helle Rasmussen, Henry Bushell, Ian
C Lau, Imma Chippendale, James Murray, Jane Coulson, Jess McGinn,
Jo B, Joel Aarons, Jonquil Coy, Joy Wilkinson, Juan Ageitos, Judi
Cox, Julie Dirksen, Kate Butler, Kath, Katy Espie, Kelli Prime,
Kirsten Marie Oeveraas, Kurt Scillitoe, Lawson Howling, Lewis
Owen, Linda Lengle, Lisa Gillespie, Lucinda Baron von Parker,
Margaret Browne, Martin Korshøj Petersen, Mary Traynor, Matheus
Mocelin Carvalho, Michael Walker, Michael Wilson, Ms Rebecca K
O’Dwyer, Neil Goldstein, nötnflötn, Olivia, Peter, Richard Ewart,
Robert Heath, Robert Orzalli, Ruth, Sally Grant, Sam Elliott,
Sharon Colley, Simon Ash, Sladjana Ivanis, Tim Gowen, Tom
Stockton, Wayne Wilcox, Zarah Daniel.
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The podcast in which we watch, assess and discuss every Academy
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