Hosted by Kyle Radford and Brandon McMinn · 🇺🇸 US · EN-US · 27 episodes
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Two friends and movie obsessives, Brandon McMinn and Kyle Radford, take a deep dive on Oscar best picture nominees throughout the years to find out what the Academy got right, what they screwed up, and which movies they missed altogether.
Kyle Radford and Brandon McMinn hosts Second Best Picture, a tv show with 27 episodes published.
The boys continue their dive into 1997’s Best Picture nominees and box office giants with a trip to the seedy streets of L.A. Confidential. Brandon and Kyle dig into the film’s tangled web of cops, corruption, and celebr
Brandon and Kyle are back in the cockpit for another high-flying entry in their series on Best Picture nominees and box office juggernauts of 1997—this time, it's Air Force One. Forget international diplomacy—this one’s
The Besties return with another episode in their series on Best Picture nominees and highest-grossing films of 1997, this time trading spy gadgets for South Boston smarts with Good Will Hunting. Does this tale of a math
The boys return with another episode in their series on Best Picture nominees and highest grossing films 1997, this time diving into the world of espionage with Tomorrow Never Dies. Does this Bond flick stand the test of
The boys are back with the first episode in a new series focusing on Best Picture nominees from the 70th Academy Awards. Is this really as good as it gets? Brandon and Kyle try to find out and ask other important questio
It's finally Oscar Season and Brandon and Kyle break down the 79th Academy Awards in our third Oscar Spectacular! Which Best Picture nominees released in 2006 with they pick as their personal favorites and, more importan
The boys straighten their cravats and keep stiff upper lips as they dive into 2006's historical drama The Queen. In this episode Brandon and Kyle try to better understand royal protocol, the proper use of CGI deer, and t
The guys acknowledge that they are middle-aged men and dig into some World War II history with 2006's Letters from Iwo Jima. They cover everything frow war movies to the career of Josh Harnett. Letters from Iwo Jima star
Brandon and Kyle dust off the tuxes and brush up on their poker skill to discuss 2006's James Bond reboot, Casino Real. It's a very special hosts' choice episode and the guys talk everything Bond from action set pieces t
This ain't reality TV--it's a podcast! On this episode the guys head to Southie and dive into the seedy underworld, and wild accents, of the Boston Irish Mob in 2006's The Departed. They discuss Marty Scorsese's stab at
Brandon and Kyle grab their passports and traverse the globe while they talk about today's adult drama, Babel. They guys discuss surviving difficult movies and the artistry that went into making this 2006 hit. Babel star
Hop in the van and hit the road with Brandon and Kyle as they talk about 2006's Little Miss Sunshine. The guys discuss beauty pageants, corpse theft, and if leaving your child under the care of a heroin addict is respons
It's time to hit the casino and pull a heist. Brandon and Kyle are joined by special guest, Jared Francis, for this listeners' choice episode. We're ditching Best Picture nominees for a week and betting it all on this bl
In their second Oscar Spectacular episode, Brandon and Kyle break down the 94th Academy Awards and look back at the five nominees for Best Picture to decide who really should have won. Will they agree with Academy--and w
Brandon and Kyle discuss the troubled life of mathematician John Nash, and try to decide whether or not it matters if a movie stays true to its real-life subject matter. A Beautiful Mind stars Russell Crowe, Jennifer Con
Kyle and Brandon head up to Maine to tackle this adult drama on marriage, grief, and lobster fishing. The guys try and decide if a movie can be both impossible to enjoy and absolutely riveting. In the Bedroom stars Tom W
The guys go on an epic quest across Middle Earth to breakdown 2001's Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring and try to figure out what exactly the ring of power actually does. Unfortunately this episode had to be
There's a mystery afoot! The guys don their best dinner jackets and head to the country to hob-nob with the elite. In this episode, Brandon and Kyle break down Best Picture nominee, Gosford Park. Gosford Park stars Maggi
In an all singing-all dancing episode, the guys kick off their next series on Best Picture Nominees released in 2001. Brandon and Kyle do their vocal warmups, tighten their dance belts, and tackle the energetic--and chao
In an episode that never gets below 50 mph, the guys are joined by special guest Nathan Chandler from the Movies are Life podcast to discuss 1994 action smash, Speed. The three discuss the joys of '90s action movies and
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actor
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Kevin Spacey
1 appearance on this show
Guy Pearce
1 appearance on this show
Kim Basinger
Vicki Vale
1 appearance on this show
Danny DeVito
The Penguin/Oswald Cobblepot
1 appearance on this show
Glenn Close
1 appearance on this show
Dean Stockwell
1 appearance on this show
Harrison Ford
SAG Life Achievement Award Winner
1 appearance on this show
Gary Oldman
Actor ‘Slow Horses’ & ‘Darkest Hour’
1 appearance on this show
Ben Affleck
Actor/Director/Producer · Eastern Congo Initiative
1 appearance on this show
Matt Damon
Oscar-winner · CAL FIRE / Office of the State Fire Marshal
2 appearances on this show
Gus Van Sant
1 appearance on this show
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