Ian
Co-Host of The Best Pictures Podcast
As a fan of the arts in general, Ian has always enjoyed debating and analyzing the merits of film, and after years of saying he wished he'd seen more Oscar winners, he jumped at the chance to start The Best Pictures Podcast with his best friend Maggie. He's the resident "music expert" and can always be counted on to drop a little bit of knowledge about score.
Ian has hosted 127 Episodes.
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Special Episode - The Shop Around The Corner
December 14th, 2024 | 53 mins 31 secs
We're kicking off our 2024 holiday episodes with the 1940 rom com classic The Shop Around The Corner
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81st Academy Awards - Slumdog Millionaire
December 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
anil kapoor, danny boyle, dev patel, freida pinto, irrfan khan, madhur mittal
Join Ian and Maggie for the 81st winner, Slumdog Millionaire
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Special Episode - Carrie
October 27th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
brian de palma, halloween, john travolta, piper laurie, sissy spacek, stephen king
We're wrapping up 2024's Stephen King Halloween with Carrie.
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Special Episode - The Shining
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
danny lloyd, diane johnson, halloween, jack nicholson, scatman crothers, shelley duvall, special episode, stanley kubrick, stephen king, the shining
We're kicking off our Stephen King Halloween with 1980's The Shining.
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80th Academy Awards - No Country For Old Men
October 21st, 2024 | 1 hr 3 mins
cohen brothers, ethan coen, javier bardem, joel coen, josh brolin, tommy lee jones
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79th Academy Awards - The Departed
September 8th, 2024 | 1 hr 17 mins
alec baldwin, jack nicholson, leonardo dicaprio, mark wahlberg, martin scorsese, martin sheen, matt damon, ray winstone, vera farming
We're back with an episode on the 79th Best Picture winner The Departed.
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78th Academy Awards - Crash
July 19th, 2024 | 1 hr 10 mins
brendan fraser, don cheadle, jennifer esposito, lorenz tate, ludacris, matt dillon, newton, paul haggis, robert moresco, ryan philippe, sandra bullock, terrence howard, thandiwe, william fichtner
Join Ian and Maggie for the 78th winner Crash.
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77th Academy Awards - Million Dollar Baby
June 18th, 2024 | 1 hr 22 mins
clint eastwood, hilary swank, morgan freeman, paul haggis
Join Ian and Maggie as they talk through the 77th winner, Million Dollar Baby.
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76th Academy Awards - Lord of the Rings: Return of the King
May 20th, 2024 | 1 hr 37 mins
bernard hill, billy boyd, cate blanchett, dominic monaghan, elijah wood, howard shore, ian holm, john rhys-davies, liv tyler, orlando bloom, peter jackson, sean astin, sean bean, viggo mortensen
On this episode we tackle a titan of the fantasy film genre and the 76th Best Picture winner.
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75th Academy Awards - Chicago
April 24th, 2024 | 1 hr 12 mins
catherine zeta-jones, colm feore, danny elfman, john c. reilly, john kander, lucy liu, queen latifah, renee zellweger, richard gere, rob marshall, steve bartek
Join our hosts for their takes on the 75th winner, Chicago.
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Special Episode - Big Trouble in Little China
April 1st, 2024 | 1 hr 13 mins
dennis dun, john carpenter, kim cattrall, kurt russell
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74th Academy Awards - A Beautiful Mind
March 16th, 2024 | 1 hr 22 mins
anthony rapp, christopher plummer, ed harris, jennifer connelly, paul bettany, ron howard, russell crowe
Join us as we cover the 74th winner, A Beautiful Mind.
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73rd Academy Awards - Gladiator
February 5th, 2024 | 1 hr 26 mins
joaquin phoenix, ridley scott, russell crowe
We're back with another canon episode, and we're kicking off a new decade of winners!
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Special Episode - List Reordering 3
January 15th, 2024 | 1 hr 5 mins
Join Ian and Maggie as they discuss changes to their rankings and how their opinions have changed upon revisiting winners from episodes past!
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Special Episode - Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer
December 24th, 2023 | 53 mins 17 secs
For our final episode of 2023 we cover the classic 1964 Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer TV special.
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Special Episode - The Nightmare Before Christmas
December 13th, 2023 | 1 hr 1 sec
We're kicking off the 2023 holiday season with a special episode on The Nightmare Before Christmas!