The Best Pick movie podcast

Best Pick with Ben Blacker, John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

For this episode, we chatted to Ben Blacker, host of the podcast The Writers Panel about our project, the Oscars and various ot…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Ned Sedgwick

Episode 85: The Bridge on the River Kwai (1951)

Released 21 April 2021

For this episode, we watched The Bridge o…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 84: Marty (1955)

Released 7 April 2021

For this episode, we watched Marty written by Paddy Cheyefsky and directed by Delbert Mann, w…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Matheus Carvalho

Episode 83: An American in Paris (1951)

Released 24 March 2021

For this episode, we watched An American in P…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 82.5: Oscar Nominations 2021

Released 16 March 2021

For this episode we discussed the nominations for the 93rd Academy Awards which …

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 m…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Sam Bain

Episode 81: You Can’t Take it With You (1938)

Released 24 February 2021

For this episode, we watched You Can’t Take …

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, ba…

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…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and our special guest Helen O’Hara

Episode 78: Mrs Miniver (1942)

Released 13 January 2021

For this episode, we watched Mrs Miniver based loose…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guests Natalie Bochenski and Dan Beeston

Episode 77: Titanic (1997)

Released 30 December 2020

For this episode, we watched Titanic,…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest quizmaster Thom Tuck

Episode 76.5: Christmas Quiz 2019

Released 23 December 2020

For this episode, writer, actor and comedian…

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 di…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 75: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

Released 2 December 2020

For this episode, we watched Mutiny on the Bounty, written by Talbot Jennin…

Best Pick with Jessica Regan and Syrus Lowe.

Episode 74.5: Discussing “Moonlight” with Syrus Lowe

Released 25 November 2020

For this extra episode, we caught up with friend of the pod Syrus Lowe to g…

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 b…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Phill Jupitus

Episode 73: The Godfather Part II (1976)

Released 4 November 2020

For this episode, we watched The Godfather, P…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 72: Rocky (1976)

Released 21 October 2020

For this episode, we watched Rocky, written by and starring Sylvester Stallone and directe…

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan, Tom Salinsky and special guest Garrett Millerick

Episode 71.5: The Films of Stanley Kubrick

Released 14 October 2020

For this episode, we watched the films …

Best Pick with John Dorney, Jessica Regan and Tom Salinsky

Episode 71: My Fair Lady (1964)

Released 7 October 2020

For this episode, we watched My Fair Lady, the movie adaptation of the Lerner and Lo…