Episode 485 - Best And Worst Films Of Q1 2026, “Moana," "Forgotten Island" & "The Furious" Trailers

The Next Best Picture Podcast

Tv & Film

4.2 • 542 Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2026

⏱️ 140 minutes

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Summary

For Episode 485, I am joined by Josh Parham, Aaron Danielle, and Giovanni Lago as we look back on the first three months of 2026 to name our favorite, least favorite, most surprising, and disappointing film releases of the year so far. Tying into this week's poll question, we're asking everyone: "Which Has Been Your Favorite Film Of Q1 2026?" We also reveal the winner of last week's poll asking "Which 2026 Awards Season Contenders Are You Most Looking Forward To?," share our reactions to the trailers for "Moana," "Forgotten Island," "The Furious," "Rosebush Pruning," "Stop! That! Train!," answer your fan-submitted questions, and more! Thank you all for listening, subscribing, and supporting us. We hope you 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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1:12.7	Hello everyone, welcome to the Next Best Picture podcast.
1:15.7	This is episode 485.
1:18.1	The time of recording is 1112 a.m.
1:19.8	on Sunday, March 29 of 2026.
1:22.6	I am your host, the owner, editor,
1:24.5	Inchief of Next Best Picture.com, Matt Neglia.
1:27.8	Here to join me for this week's episode. I have Aaron Eisenstein.
1:31.7	Hello.
1:33.0	Josh Parham.
1:34.5	Hello, hello.
1:35.6	And Giovanni Lago.
1:37.7	Hello.
1:38.9	Okay, so for this week's episode, everyone, we are going to be talking about the end of
1:43.0	Q1, 2026. What are some of our
1:46.3	favorite releases from the first three months of the year? You know, in talking to most people so
1:52.6	far, I think it's been a pretty good year for the most part at this point. Maybe there is
1:57.9	some contention there and you guys feel a little differently, but, you know, we'll go over some highlights.
2:04.2	And then we're also going to be talking about some really exciting trailers this week.
2:07.9	We've got Moana, the Furious, Forgotten Island, Rose Bush Pruning, and stop that train.
2:21.7	I don't know how else to say it.
2:23.1	There's exclamation points after each word.
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