"A House Of Dynamite"

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 23 October 2025

⏱️ 24 minutes

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THIS IS A PREVIEW PODCAST. NOT THE FULL REVIEW. Please check out the full podcast review on our Patreon Page by subscribing over at - https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture For this week's third podcast review, Josh Parham and Giovanni Lago join me to review and discuss the latest film from Kathryn Bigelow, "A House Of Dynamite," starring Idris Elba, Rebecca Ferguson, Gabriel Basso, Jared Harris, Tracy Letts, Anthony Ramos, Moses Ingram, Jonah Hauer-King, Greta Lee, and Jason Clarke. The plot follows the U.S. government navigating an official response to a single nuclear missile launched by an unidentified enemy. It's presented in a terrifyingly realistic manner that wants to encourage more thoughtful discussion surrounding nuclear weapons, but its three-act "Rashomon" inspired narrative structure and divisive ending have audiences perhaps thinking about other elements than what was intended since its world premiere at the Venice International Film Festival. What did we think of it? Please tune in as we discuss the screenplay, direction, the performances from the ensemble, the ending, its score, awards season chances, and more in our SPOILER-FILLED review. Thank you for listening, and enjoy! Check out more on NextBestPicture.com Please subscribe on... Apple Podcasts - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/negs-best-film-podcast/id1087678387?mt=2 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7IMIzpYehTqeUa1d9EC4jT YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWA7KiotcWmHiYYy6wJqwOw And be sure to help support us on Patreon for as little as $1 a month at https://www.patreon.com/NextBestPicture and listen to this podcast ad-free Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You are listening to the next best picture podcast, and this is our review of The House of Dynamite.
0:06.3	Oh, it's thought just being ready is the point.
0:09.7	It keeps the villain check.
0:12.2	Keeps the world straight.
0:15.1	They see how prepared we are.
0:17.7	No one starts in nuclear war.
0:33.3	Yeah. No one starts in nuclear war. Approximately three minutes ago, we detected an ICBM over the Pacific.
0:37.9	Current flight trajectory is consistent with impact somewhere in the continental United States.
0:44.8	Have we seen DeathGont2 before?
0:46.8	No.
0:48.1	Is this real?
0:52.3	Stratcom is asking for launch instructions right now.
0:57.0	I'm going to need you to breathe.
1:00.0	We're talking about hitting a bullet with a bullet.
1:02.2	So it's a fucking coin toss?
1:04.1	That's what $50 billion buys us?
1:07.9	Get in the car and just start driving.
1:11.1	If we do not take steps to neutralize our enemies now, we will lose our window to do so.
1:21.0	If we get this wrong, none of us are going to be alive tomorrow.
1:26.4	There is no plan B.
1:28.1	We did everything right, right?
1:31.9	We did every fucking thing right.
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