When you have the most important artistic expressions by the best filmmakers of our time assembled into Oscar nominees for best picture, why would you not look at the common themes and connections in this palette of films? For 12 years, Bryan Coley has explored how themes found in the nominated films collectively actually foreshadow our story as a culture and country. Check out why the Oscars matter in 2025.

It's the 11th year of Bryan Coley's deep dive into the collective themes from the Oscar nominees for Best Picture and how these themes might shape our story.

SEGMENTS: 
00:00:00- Intro, God & Oscars, Past themes
00:30:08- Last year's themes and cultural impact
00:37:13- This year's themes

Bryan Coley (aka- the Movie Whisperer) welcomes Christine M. Roberts, a leadership coach to the show and explores the intersection of her story and her favorite movies. Find out how SWEET HOME ALABAMA speaks to Christine's life journey and how RUDY, THE BLIND SIDE and ELF reveal her heroic traits....as well as why IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE will be the name of her new Vegas Act. You can find Christine at https://www.christinemroberts.com

After a summer of protest and the Capital insurrection, the timing of two Oscar nominees is miraculous...but does the intersection of our story as a country with these films go even deeper?

Two Oscar nominees that look at loss of faculties (mind and hearing)...could this be America?

What if a film that seem to be the poster child for the MeToo movement is something entirely different when it intersects our cultural narrative...see what's in Promising Young Woman that might surprise you.

A look at how Oscar nominee for Best Picture, MANK, possibly intersects our story as a culture/country.

The Oscar nominees of 2020 had a theme that potentially foreshadowed the Pandemic as well as cultural events...but you be the judge of that...(let me know in the comments)

Does the Box Office tells us our story or do the Oscars? Bryan dives into why you should care about both.

The Oscar Nominees are out! And we're exploring The Academy's choices and how all the surprises affect the themes that could be emerging out of the Oscar Best Picture race.