Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky 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

CODA (2021)

Oct 30th, 2019 1h 34m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky 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

Nomadland (2020)

Oct 23rd, 2019 1h 25m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 93: Nomadland (2020) Released 29 December 2021 For this episode, we watched Nomadland, written, edited and directed by Chloé Zhao, from the non-fiction book Nomadland: Surviving

Parasite (2019)

Oct 16th, 2019 1h 17m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 86: Parasite (2019) Released 5 May 2021 For this episode, we watched Parasite, the first film not in the English language ever to win Best Picture. Director Bong Joon-ho also wo

Green Book (2018) with special guest Kobi Omenaka

Oct 9th, 2019 1h 9m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky with special guest Kobi Omenaka Episode 58: Green Book (2018) Released 8 April 2020 For this episode, we watched Green Book, written by Nick Vallelonga, Brian Currie and Peter Farrelly

The Shape of Water (2017) with special guest Sarah Bennetto

Oct 2nd, 2019 1h 11m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Sarah Bennetto Episode 53: The Shape of Water (2017) Released 29 January 2020 For this episode, we watched The Shape of Water, written by Guillermo del Toro and Vanes

Moonlight (2016)

Sep 25th, 2019 1h 13m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 74: Moonlight (2016) Released 18 November 2020 For this episode, we watched Moonlight, written by Barry Jenkins, based on the play by Tarell Alvin McCraney and directed by Jenki

Spotlight (2015)

Sep 18th, 2019 1h 19m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 90: Spotlight (2015) Released 30 June 2021 For this episode, we watched Spotlight, directed by Tom McCarthy and written by McCarthy and Josh Singer. The stars were Michael Keato

Birdman (2014)

Sep 11th, 2019 1h 28m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 79: Birdman (2014) Released 27 January 2021 For this episode, we watched Birdman, written by Alejandro G Iñárritu, Nicolás Giacobone, Alexander Dinelaris, Jr and Armando Bó and

12 Years a Slave (2013)

Sep 4th, 2019 1h 21m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 82: 12 Years a Slave (2013) Released 10 March 2021 For this episode, we watched 12 Years A Slave, written by John Ridley, from the memoir by Solomon Northup. The director was St

Argo (2012)

Aug 28th, 2019 1h 11m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 55: Argo (2012) Released 26 February 2020 For this episode, we watched Argo, written by Chris Terrio, directed by Ben Affleck and starring Ben Affleck, Bryan Cranston, Alan Ark

The Artist (2011)

Aug 21st, 2019 1h 14m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 40: The Artist (2011) Released 31 July 2019 For this episode, we watched The Artist, written and directed by Michel Hazanavicius with music by Ludovic Bource and starring Jean

The King's Speech (2010)

Aug 14th, 2019 1h 15m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 92: The King’s Speech (2010) Released 28 July 2021 For this episode, we watched The Kings Speech, written by David Seider and directed by Tom Hooper. It starred Colin Firth, Geo

The Hurt Locker (2009)

Aug 7th, 2019 1h 14m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 76: The Hurt Locker (2009) Released 16 December 2020 For this episode, we watched The Hurt Locker, written by Mark Boal (won) and directed by Kathryn Bigelow (won). The stars we

Slumdog Millionaire (2008)

Jul 31st, 2019 1h 12m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 91: Slumdog Millionaire (2008) Released 14 July 2021 For this episode, we watched Slumdog Millionaire, written by Simon Beaufoy, from the book Q & A by Vikas Swarup. It was dire

No Country for Old Men (2007)

Jul 24th, 2019 1h 18m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 87: No Country for Old Men (1987) Released 19 May 2021 For this episode, we watched No Country for Old Men. This is the only film directed by the Coen Bros to win Best Picture,

The Departed (2006)

Jul 17th, 2019 1h 12m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 7: The Departed (2006) Released 25 April 2018. For this episode, we watched The Departed, directed by Martin Scorsese and written by William Monahan, based on Infernal Affairs,

Crash (2005)

Jul 10th, 2019 1h 2m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 12: Crash (2005) Released 4 July 2018. For this episode, we watched Crash, written by Paul Haggis and Bobby Moresco and directed by Haggis. It starred Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadl

Million Dollar Baby (2004)

Jul 3rd, 2019 1h 12m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 80: Million Dollar Baby (2004) Released 10 February 2021 For this episode we watched Million Dollar Baby, written by Paul Haggis, based on stories by FX Toole. It was directed b

The Lord of the Rings - The Return of the King (2003)

Jun 26th, 2019 1h 44m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Felicity Ward Episode 70: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) Released 23 September 2020 For this episode, we watched The Lord of the Rings: The Return o

Chicago (2002)

Jun 19th, 2019 1h 18m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky. Episode 38: Chicago (2002) Released 3 July 2019 For this episode, we watched Chicago, written by Bill Condon, from the musical play by Bob Fosse and Fred Ebb, and the play by Maurine D

A Beautiful Mind (2001) - with Thom Tuck

Jun 12th, 2019 1h 22m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Thom Tuck Episode 89: A Beautiful Mind (2001) Released 16 June 2021 For this episode, we watched A Beautiful Mind, which won Oscars for its screenplay by Akiva Goldsm

Gladiator (2000)

Jun 5th, 2019 1h 5m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 3: Gladiator (2000) Released 21 February 2018 For this episode, we watched Gladiator, written by David Franzoni, John Logan and William Nicholson, directed by Ridley Scott and s

American Beauty (1999) - with special guest Deborah Frances-White

May 29th, 2019 49m 38s

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky Episode 5: American Beauty (1999) Released 28 March 2018. For this episode, we watched American Beauty, written by Alan Ball and directed by Sam Mendes, both making their feature film d

Shakespeare in Love (1998) - with special guest Tish Potter

May 22nd, 2019 1h 17m

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky and our special guest Tish Potter. Episode 42: Shakespeare in Love (1998) Released 28 August 2019 For this episode, we watched Shakespeare in Love, written by Marc Norman and Tom Stoppa