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For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to discuss the 1995 Wolfgang Peterson directed virus thriller "Outbreak" starring Dustin Hoffman, Rene Russo, Morgan Freeman and more! A film very much of its time, it has had renewed interest since the Coronavirus pandemic hit us and is currently widely available to stream on Netflix. What did the NBP team think of it though? Tune in to find out our thoughts on this very 90's Hollywood influenced film. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Last year, we did a podcast series on the year 2015 (the year before NBP launched) which was met with an ecstatic response from all of you. So now, we are officially back with our first of many podcast reviews from the year 2014 as we highlight the films that were up for Academy Awards. First up is Ava DuVernay's third feature length film "Selma." Nominated for two Academy Awards (Best Picture and winning for Best Original Song), the film has been unfairly underrated for all of these years. Myself, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & guest Sharronda Williams (from Pay or Wait) discuss the film's awards run, its performances from its sprawling cast, the historical accuracy, what its powerful true story still means to us today and more. We hope that you will take the time to revisit this greatly under appreciated and highly regarded film. Che

For Episode 188, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Bianca Garner, Lauren LaMagna & Dan Bayer. This week we discuss the shifting release dates for many films that were supposed to come out this Spring and Summer. We also discuss the movies we are most looking forward to seeing when the theaters re-open, which is also this week's poll question. We answer your fan questions, play another game and more! We hope you're enjoying the content, staying healthy and safe. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Bianca Garner & Dan Bayer to discuss Edgar Wright's second feature length film "Shaun Of The Dead." Released in 2004 to stellar reviews, this horror comedy introduced the world to the dynamic on-screen duo of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, kickstarting what would become known as the Cornetto Trilogy (Also consisting of "Hot Fuzz" & "The World's End"). Hailed for its humor, satire and zombie action, the NBP Team watched this highly enjoyable film in the middle of our very own pandemic. What did we think? Tune in to find out. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture It's been two years but with renewed interest, we are finally bringing back Next Best Adaptation, where we review the source material of the year's potential Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar contenders. We hope that this podcast will be a good use of your time while we sit in quarantine with little to do. So join us, pick up a book, particularly "Rebecca" by Daphne Du Maurier and join our virtual bookclub here on the podcast! We not only discuss the novel but also our thoughts on any previous adaptations and our expectations for the upcoming film adaptation later this year (hopefully). Joining me for this podcast I have Will Mavity and Dan Bayer. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id10

For Episode 187, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer & Tom O'Brien. This week we are trying to liven things up a bit with some games (including Cinephile: A Card Game), fun and fan questions from the community. We also discuss our favorite pandemic movies, the polls and more! It doesn't need to be all doom and gloom out there. Come and celebrate the end of the oddest Q1 we've ever seen. Stay healthy and safe out there and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Bianca Garner, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer to discuss Alfonso Cuaron's 2006 sci-fi action thriller "Children Of Men." Incredibly detailed, dense and prophetic in its vision of a bleak future where women can no longer bear children, the film has been on people's minds a lot recently due to the spread of the coronavirus. How has the film aged since its original release? What do we think of the film's technical accomplishments? Its performances? Themes? We discuss all of these things and more in our review! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month's second Patreon throwback podcast review we were going to review Disney's animated 1998 version of "Mulan" in anticipation for the live-action remake which was supposed to hit theaters this week. Due to the coronavirus, that film's release has sadly been pushed back to an unknown date but that didn't stop us from opening up Disney+ during our quarantine to re-watch the 1998 Oscar nominated film. Joining me for this podcast review I have Nicole Ackman, Lauren LaMagna, Rebecca Daniel, Danilo Castro, Tom O'Brien and Patreon contributer Kiiva Williams. Together, we discuss the film's themes, its characters, story, songs and more! Please bring honor to us by giving us a listen! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.ap

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL EPISODE. Please check out the full episode on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month, the Next Best Theatre team is celebrating the legendary composer, Stephen Sondheim. Winner of 8 Tony Awards and the brilliant mind behind "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum" (1962), "Company" (1970), Follies (1971), A Little Night Music (1973), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979), Sunday in the Park with George (1984), Into the Woods (1987), he also wrote the lyrics for West Side Story (1957) & Gypsy (1959). His resume speaks for itself and a few days ago, he celebrated his 90th birthday. Here to celebrate him and his work with me are Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Casey Lee Clark & Cody Dericks. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/i

For Episode 186, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Nicole Ackman, Josh Parham, Lauren LaMagna, Dan Bayer & Amanda Spears. This week we continue to discuss how the Coronavirus is impacting the entertainment industry. We also, after a month of intense voting, reveal the winners of the NBP Film Community Awards for the 2010s. We go over the polls which asks "What Was The Best Movie Of 2020 Before The Theaters Closed?" And after the positive feedback we received last week, we are continuing to have our listeners call in with their fan questions for this week so that we can all remain connected during this time of isolation. We hope your quarantine is going well and that our show is helping you all on a weekly basis. Please let us know if you have any suggestions for how we can make things better. Stay healthy. Stay safe. Enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-f

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, Daniel Howat & Cody Dericks to discuss not a new film (due to all of the theaters being closed) but a film from 2011 that eerily predicted exactly what it is we are going through today. Steven Soderbergh's pandemic thriller "Contagion," starring Matt Damon, Kate Winslet, Laurence Fishburne, Marion Cotillard & Jude Law. For this review, we discuss the parallels to the coronavirus, the film's multiple characters, and storylines, the science and procedural elements plus its filmmaking. Join us and try not to get too paranoid. We hope you enjoy! Be healthy. Be safe out there and wash your hands! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Casey Lee Clark to talk about what is probably going to be our last new release for the forseeable future due to the Coronavirus pandemic (which has caused many movie theaters to close down across the country) and that is Eliza Hittman's "Never Rarely Sometimes Always." The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, has played at the Berlin International Film Festival and received a limited release this past weekend before everything in Hollywood got shut down. So, there are some who have seen it and we feel it deserves to be seen by others at some point, which is why we wanted to get our thoughts out there on this really remarkable movie for you all to hear. Hopefully soon, the rest of you can check it out for yourselves. Stay healthy and safe out there! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/

For Episode 185, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Bianca Garner, Dan Bayer, Rebecca Daniel, Cody Dericks & Tom O'Brien. This week we continue the conversation on how the Coronavirus continues to not only impact the world of entertainment but the world entirely. We recommend movies that you can watch at home while you're self quarantining in this week poll and for the first time ever, we have our fans call into the show live to ask us questions in the hope of bringing everyone together more during these difficult and uncertain times. We hope you enjoy! Wash your hands and stay safe out there! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad cho

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Dan Bayer and for the first time ever as a guest here on the show we have Luke Hicks from Film School Rejects to discuss the much talked about film "The Hunt." Delayed from its original September release due to controversy, the film is now out in theaters and stars "GLOW's" Betty Gilpin in the leading role. What did we think of her? The film's violence? Its political message? We discuss all of this and more on this week's review. We hope you enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Eliza Hittman has been making a name for herself in the independent film worldstarting with her 2013 debut "It Felt Like Love," followed by her 2017 film "Beach Rats" and now she is back with her third film, the much acclaimed "Never Rarely Sometimes Always." The film debuted at the Sundance Film Festival where it won the U.S. Dramatic Competition Grand Jury Prize and then it screened a few days later at the Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize. Eliza was kind enough to spend a few moments talking about her experience making the film, discovering the film's breakout star Sidney Flanigan, her writing and shooting process and more! Please give it a listen and be sure to check out the film, now playing in limited release from Focus Features. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify -

THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this month's Patreon throwback podcast review we are looking back at the 2003 post-apocalyptic horror film "28 Days Later" written by Alex Garland and directed by Danny Boyle. With the coronavirus all over the news and the upcoming release of "A Quiet Place Part 2" which also stars Cillian Murphy, we thought this would be the appropriate time to revist this British "zombie" classic. How does it hold up? How are the performances and the crafts? Here to join me in this month's throwback review is Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham & Dan Bayer. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support

For this week's second podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham, Amanda Spears & Dan Bayer to discuss and review the latest film from Gavin O'Connor starring Ben Affleck as you've never seen him before. "The Way Back" is a sports drama and meta personal story for the film's star dealing with alcoholism. What did we think of the story? How is Ben Affleck? Find out our thoughts and more in our review. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For Episode 184, I am joined by Michael Schwartz, Lauren LaMagna, Josh Parham & Tom O'Brien. This week we discuss the effects that the Coronavirus is having on the film industry and our favorite "controversial" movies. We also go over the polls, give our reactions to the trailer for "Greyhound" starring Tom Hanks, answer your fan submitted questions and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this week's main podcast review, I am joined by Josh Parham to discuss and review the latest Pixar movie "Onward" starring Tom Holland, Chris Pratt, Julia Louis-Dreyfus & Octavia Spencer. How does it compare to Pixar's other films? What were our expectations heading in and were they met? Find out all of this and more in our review. Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Benh Zeitlin made his feature filmmaking debut 8 years ago with the indie sensation "Beasts Of The Southern Wild," which earned four Oscar nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. Since then, he's been hard at work on his follow up film "Wendy," which is a modern and grounded re-telling of the legend of Peter Pan from the perspective of the character Wendy. Benh was kind enough to talk us through his process of filmmaking, casting the child actors, why it took so long for his sophomore film and more! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... SoundCloud - https://soundcloud.com/nextbestpicturepodcast iTunes Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices