It's Oscars season baby! 2025 had some great films, and it's time to pick the best of the best (well, from the local perspective). Amelia and Janine discuss the Oscars and the nomination process before diving into the most anticipated category: Best Picture. There are ten films nominated, so there's a lot of ground to cover!

Janine and Amelia didn't watch all of the films on the list, but that has almost never stopped them from having an opinion. We have our clear front runners for the winner... what's your favorite film of 2025? Did we miss any films we should have checked out? Let us know!

P.S. Darrell's computer died so Janine had to edit this one. Sorry for the lack of cool sound effects.

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00:00 Intro / Oscars discussion

5:52 What makes a "best picture?"

10:04: Bugonia (Yorgos Lanthimos)

12:52 F1 (Joseph Kosinski)

14:52 Frankenstein (Guillermo del Toro)

19:20 Hamnet (Chloé Zhao)

22:45 Marty Supreme (Josh Safdie)

29:10 One Battle After Another (Paul Thomas Anderson) - Be sure to listen to our episode on it for our full thoughts!

30:30 The Secret Agent (Kleber Mendonça Filho)

33:14 Sentimental Value (Joachim Trier)

36:24 Sinners (Ryan Coogler)

44:50 Train Dreams (Clint Bentley)

51:00 Outro

Episode ID: 1000754651693

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Release Date: 11/03/2026, 12:00:00