The Quest for the Bestest

Have you ever had one too many drinks, late at night, and then awoken the next morn to a terrible pain? Now imagine that pain follows you for an entire weekend. Welcome to the world of Don Birnam! Us Back Lot Boys are so very different from him... right? Well anyway, we're talking about Billy Wilder's The Lost Weekend from right at the end of WW2. It's a wild ride so take a sip and buckle up!

We've got ourselves a new winner!!! And just like we predicted, The Daniel's Everything Everywhere All at Once took home the grand prize at the 95th Academy Awards. But none of that matters. What truly matters is the placement our 4 experts give the film against all of the other Best Picture Winners. This one's got a pretty good chance...

Fly high with the Back Lot Boys as we finish out 10th and final nominee for Best Picture in the calendar year 2023!! We're strapping in and talking about Top Gun: Maverick! Will we be forced to eject due to unnecessary political discourse or will our SAM-countermeasures be enough to ward off any smoke in the air? Find out now on the Quest for the Bestest!

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From Awards season darling to underperforming across the board due to lack of marketing and availability, Women Talking is one of 2023's awards enigmas. We take a look at the filmmaking, performances, themes and awards potential here in our Best Picture ranking show, preparing for this year's Academy Awards.

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Y'know, there's nothing really quite like the joy of making movies. Take it from us, we've literally all made real movies, and look how happy we are. But Steven Spielberg has attempted to capture that magic upon a celluloid medium... and it's an autobiography, of course! But what does that mean for our score? And the chances of it winning Best Picture? Find out as we discuss The Fabelmans!

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We like movies that say things. Not just things like "I'm sorry, Dave," but real, meaty, meaningful things. So does Triangle of Sadness have anything to say? Or is it just an idea-vomit from Ruben Östlund? We endeavor to find out this time on The Quest for the Bestest.

Pour yourself a cold pint, kick your feet up, and bring that donkey inside if your sad, it's time to talk about The Banshees of Inisherin. Martin McDonagh's tale of Irish stubbornness and foiled friendship seems to be shaping up as a spoiler for EEAAO's Best Picture chances. Is the Academy's top prize just a pole's length away, or are Farrell, Gleeson and company pure fecked?

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He's one of the legends of the world of entertainment... a pioneer in his field... with a style like no one else... I'm talking about Baz Luhr--- Wait I got that one wrong. It's actually Elvis Presley! And ol' Baz just made the picture about him. And we're talking about that picture. Yup. That's the episode.

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Folks, you know and love Lydia Tár, and now-- finally, Todd Fields has put to film what is a quite excellent piece of cinema, although it ultimately pales in comparison to the work of our favorite esteemed composer.

This review has one of the best spoiler moments exactly halfway through. Don't read any comments until you get there.

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Journey with us to Pandora, to immerse ourselves in a world of fantasy and family! James Cameron's massive blockbuster hit was picked by The Academy-- so who says popular movies don't get nominated!! But we've got to dive deeper than the Mariana trench to figure out the most important question: does it deserve to win the highest award?

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