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Episode 311. Star Trek (TOS): This Side of Paradise

Released 24 April 2024

“This Side of Paradise” is the 24th episode of the first season of Star Trek, first shown on 2 March 1967. It was written...

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Episode 310. Star Trek: The City on the Edge of Forever

Released 17 April 2024

Today we watched “The City on the Edge of Forever”, the 28th episo...

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Episode 309. Star Trek: The Devil in the Dark

Released 10 April 2024

“The Devil in the Dark” is the 25th episode of the original Star Trek, from its first season. It was written by producer Gene L Coon ...

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Episode 308. Star Trek The Next Generation: Tapestry

Released 3 April 2024

“Tapestry” is the 15th e...

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Episode 307. Star Trek (TOS): The Enemy Within

Released 27 March 2024

“The Enemy Within” is the fifth episode of the first season of Star Trek, f...

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The Oscars 2024

Released 12 March 2024

Following an unsuccessful attempt to record an episode immediately following the transmission of the 96th Academy Awards on ITV, we reconvened a couple of days la...

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Episode 95.1: Oscar Nominations 2024

Released 23 January 2024

For this episode, we briefly discuss the nominations for the 96th Academy Awards, which were announced today by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater.

BEST PICK – the book is out now from al...

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Doctor Who Specials #4: The Church on Ruby Road

Released 30 December 2023

For this episode, we open our Christmas presents only to discover that a goblin has sabotaged our stocking by ...

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Episode 95: Everything Everywhere All At Once

Released 20 December 2023

For this episode, we watched the 2022 Best Picture winner Everything Everywhere All At Once, written and directed by Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert). It won a ver...

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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials #3: The Giggle

Released 12 December 2023

For this episode, we fracture into two different incarnations, one right here on Best Pick, and the other ...

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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials #2: Wild Blue Yonder

Released 4 December 2023

For this episode, we once again were joined by Natalie Bochenski’s who provides all sorts of jokes, insights and perspectives, even while we con...

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Doctor Who 60th Anniversary Specials #1: The Star Beast

Released 28 November 2023

For this episode, Best Pick joined forces with Natalie Bochenski’s Raven On podcast, not least in part because the irreplaceable Stuart Layt can ...

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My Year of Dicks: Road to the Oscars

Released 5 April 2023

For this episode, Tom spoke to screenwriter Pamela Ribon and director Sara Gunnarsdóttir whose short animated film My Year of Dicks made it all the way to the Dol...

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Oscars 2023

Released 14 March 2023

For this episode, we quickly reviewed the 95th Oscars which took place at the Dolby Theatre on 13 March 2023.

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• From the publisher https://tinyurl.com/b...

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Episode 235.5: Oscar nominations 2023

Released 25 January 2023

For this episode, we quickly reviewed the Oscar nominations which were announced on 24 January 2023 by Allison Williams and Riz Ahmed.

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• US Amazo...

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Episode 94: CODA (2021)

Released 28 December 2022

For this episode, we watched the 2021 Best Picture winner CODA, written and directed by Sian Heder. It’s a remake of the French film La Famille Belier and the stars are Emilia Jones, Marlee Matlin, Daniel Durant and Troy Kotsur who won Best Supporting Actor and Heder also won for the screenplay. With this film, we’re going t...

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Episode 235: Gas Food Lodging

Released 14 December 2022

For this episode, we watched 1991 American indie Gas Food Lodging, written and directed by Allison Anders (based on the book by Richard Peck). She assembled an amazing cast, led by Brooke Adams, Ione Skye, Fairuza Balk and James Brolin. Despite only costing just over $1 million to make, it struggled to make its money b...

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Episode 234: The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists!

Released 30 November 2022

For this episode, we watched the 2012 stop-motion animated film The Pirates! In An Adventure with Scientists! adapted from his book by Gideon Defoe, directed by Peter Lord and starring the voices of Hugh Grant, David Tennant, Imelda Staunton, Martin Freeman and Russell Tovey. It cost $55 mi...

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Episode 233: The Iron Giant

Released 16 November 2022

For this episode, we watched 1999’s The Iron Giant based on Ted Hughes’s book The Iron Man. The screenplay was by Tim McCanlies and Brad Bird, who also directed. The voice cast includes Eli Marienthal, Jennifer Aniston, Harry Connick Jr, Vin Diesel and John Mahoney. The film combines a hand-drawn look with computer anima...