One Battle After Another (2026 Oscars Best Picture Nominee)

The original Scream trilogy concludes with 2000's Scream 3 set against the backdrop of the production of Stab 3: The Return to Woodsboro. Part of our continued coverage of the Scream film franchise in preparation for Scream VII.

Is a quiet life the way we're meant to live? In an ethereal view of life, loss, and change, Joel Edgerton brings to life Robert Grainier in Netflix's Train Dreams. We discuss this Best Picture nominee and its potential.

The quirky meta horror classic becomes a franchise and starts asking all those questions of what is a sequel.  with a crazy 1 year turn around Scream 2 tries to make it even more meta this time!  Does it succeed?  Matt and J Scotty are here to talk about it.Check out our other Podcasts:https://www.strandedpanda.com/

The ramp up to Scream VII starts where at all began with the 1996 original that reinvented the horror/slasher genre forever!

In a movie where it seems art imitates life, Timothee Chalamet runs for his life and for ping pong while navigating the ups and downs of an uncertain life.

In this episode we discuss Best Picture nominee The Secret Agent, which is also up for Best International Film. Come to Carnival...it's a bloody good time?!

Best picture coverage for the 2026 Oscars is here! Starting with Paul Thomas Anderson's One Battle After Another. The Leonardo DiCaprio helmed dramedy searches through themes of family, revolution, loyalty, and more with style and poignancy.

Our journey to the digital frontier concludes with 2025's Tron: Ares. We discuss the good, the bad, embrace the film's ambition and successes, and the Leto of it all. 

The Tron coverage continues with the 28 year in the making follow up to the 1982 original, 2010's Tron: Legacy! All in preparation for Tron: Ares releasing in theaters Oct 10, 2025.

Greetings Programs! Enter the grid with Bingers Matt and J Scotty as they tackle the digital frontier beginning with the 1982 original sci-fi cult classic Tron; all in preparation for Tron: Ares releasing in theaters October 10, 2025.