Awards Central Podcast

Ricky and Benji are back, breaking down the upcoming film awards season. In this episode, the duo share their predictions on Best Picture. Who is in, who is on the cusp, the guys share their thoughts on the race ahead?

Ricky and Benji are back, breaking down the upcoming film awards season. In this episode, the duo share their predictions in the director race along with the new category, Best Casting. Who is in, who is on the cusp, the guys share their thoughts on the race ahead?

Ricky and Benji are back, breaking down the upcoming film awards season. In this episode, the duo share their predictions in the four acting categories. Who is in front in the Actor, Actress, Supporting Actor, and Actress. Join us as we start to see the awards season start to take shape.

Ladies and gentlemen, Pumpkin Spice is back, and so are we. Ricky and Benji have returned to kick-start the fall festival season to discuss the big movies that released at the Venice Film Festival, Telluride, and the upcoming Toronto Film Festival. There is much to discuss with big films like Jay Kelly, The Smashing Machine, No Other Choice, and Hamnet making noise. 

This is the first of many shows you can expect to see from us in the 2025/26 award season. From Critics Choice to Golden Globes to the Oscars, make sure you subscribe and tune in all season long. 

Benji and Ricky are back to break down the 2025 Oscar winners and share their rankings of the last five winners in Picture, Actor, Actress, Supporting, and Screenplay.

We have entered Oscar week, and Benji and Ricky have returned to share their FINAL Oscar Predictions. They also give quick thoughts on the SAG Awards Show. 

The BAFTA awards threw a few wrenches into the plans for the Oscars, so Benji and Ricky share their thoughts on the winners. The SAG Awards are on Sunday, and they share who will take home the big awards. 

The Academy Awards will announce who will take home the Oscars on March 2nd. Benji and Ricky return to share their predictions for the Below the Line categories and predict who will win the big categories for BAFTA. 

After a wild weekend of the Critics Choice, DGA and PGA announce their winners. Ricky and Benji are back to break down everything that happened, including all the shocking wins of the weekend. Is Anora the front runner? Can Sean Baker take home Best Director at the Oscars? Is Mikey Madison still alive for Best Actress? We answer all the questions of this massive weekend of award season.

The Critics Choice is set to announce its winners for the upcoming 30th award show on Friday. Benji and Ricky return to share their thoughts on who will take home the big trophies.