Better Picture
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.
Episodes
71 episodes
The Mission, Which is Convincing You Not to Watch The Movie of the Same Name (1986)
Movies:The Mission - Roland JofféHannah and Her Sisters - Woody AllenChildren of a Lesser God - Randa HainesA Room with a View - James IvoryPlatoon - Oliver Stone
Jack Nicholson's Worst Performance (1985)
Movies:Prizzi's Honor - John HustonKiss of the Spider Woman - Hector BabencoThe Color Purple - Steven SpielbergWitness - Peter WeirOut of Africa - Sydney Pollack
One Win After Another!!!! (2025)
Movies:F1 - Joseph KosinskiFrankenstein - Guillermo del ToroHamnet - Chloe ZhaoTrain Dreams - Clint BentleySentimental Value - Joachim TrierThe Secret Agent - Kleber Mendonça FilhoMarty Supreme -...
White Lotus Star Wins an Oscar
Movies:A Passage to India - David LeanA Soldier's Story - Norman JewisonPlaces in the Heart - Robert BentonThe Killing Fields - Roland JofféAmadeus - Miloš Foreman
The Right Stuff...Somewhat
Movies:The Dresser - Peter YatesTender Mercies - Bruce BeresfordThe Big Chill - Lawrence KasdanThe Right Stuff - Philip KaufmanTerms of Endearment - James L. Brooks
Childhood Classics and Political Controversies
Movies:Tootsie - Sydney PollackMissing - Costa-GavrasThe Verdict - Sidney LumetE.T. The Extra-Terrestrial - Steven Spielberg
Our Top 50 of 2025!
This was recorded a while ago, we know the Oscar nominations have since been announced!
The WORST movies of 2025.
Our least favorite movies of 2025, and what on earth was wrong with them.
Reagan's America Gets Awkward About Communism
Movies:Atlantic City - Louis MalleOn Golden Pond - Mark RydellRaiders of the Lost Ark - Steven SpielbergReds - Warren BeattyChariots of Fire - Hugh Hudson
It's the 80s!
Movies:Tess - Roman PolanskiCoal Miner's Daughter - Michael AptedRaging Bull - Martin ScorseseThe Elephant Man - David Lynch Ordinary People - Robert Redford
Breaking Away from the 70s
Movies:Breaking Away - Peter YatesNorma Rae - Martin RittApocalypse Now - Francis Ford CoppolaAll That Jazz - Bob FosseRobert Benton - Kramer vs Kramer
A Reconvening of the DeNiro Fan Club
Movies:Heaven Can Wait - Warren BeattyAn Unmarried Woman - Paul MazurskyComing Home - Hal AshbyMidnight Express - Alan ParkerMichael Cimino - The Deer Hunter
Star Wars Changes The Movies
Movies Discussed:Julia - Fred ZinnemannThe Turning Point - Herbert RossThe Goodbye Girl - Herbert RossStar Wars - George LucasAnnie Hall - Woody Allen
Is Talia Shire the OG Nepo Baby?
Movies:Bound for Glory - Hal AshbyAll the President's Men. - Alan J. PakulaNetwork - Sidney LumetTaxi Driver - Martin ScorseseRocky - John G. Alvidsen
Cuckoo for Nicholson
Movies:Nashville - Robert AltmanBarry Lyndon - Stanley Kubrick Dog Day Afternoon - Sidney LumetJaws - Stephen SpielbergOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - Miloš Forman
DeNiro Debut
Movies:The Towering Inferno - John GuillerminThe Conversation - Francis Ford CoppolaLenny - Bob FosseChinatown - Roman PolanskiThe Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola
A Touch of Something Deeply Unclassy
Movies:A Touch of Class - Melvin FrankAmerican Graffiti - George LucasCries and Whispers - Ingmar BergmanThe Exorcist - William Friedkin The Sting - George Roy Hill
Alexi Saw The Godfather!
Movies:The Emigrants - Jan TroellDeliverance - John BoormanSounder - Martin RittCabaret - Bob FosseThe Godfather - Francis Ford Coppola
Return to Tradition
Movies:Nicholas and Alexandra - Franklin J SchaffnerThe Last Picture Show - Peter BogdanavitchA Clockwork Orange - Stanley KubrickFiddler on the Roof - Norman JewisonThe French Connection - William Friedkin
That 70s Show!
Movies:M.A.S.H. - Robert AltmanAirport - George SeatonFive Easy Pieces - Bob RafelsonLove Story - Arthur HillerPatton - Franklin J. Schaffner
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Movies:Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid - George Roy HillHello Dolly - Gene KellyZ - Costa-GavrasAnne of the Thousand Days - Charles JarrottMidnight Cowboy - John Schlesinger
Oscar Party!
Movies:A Complete Unknown Emilia PerezI'm Still Here WickedDune Part IINickle BoysConclaveThe SubstanceThe BrutalistAnora
Barbra Streisand, Personal Hero
WOW is this episode dated. Our bad...more coming soon, though.Movies:Romeo and JulietThe Lion in WinterRachel Rachel Funny GirlOliver (Winner)