The Oscar Noms Mailbag: Is ‘Sinners’ vs. ‘One Battle After Another’ a Race? Plus: Best Picture Power Rankings.

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 January 2026

⏱️ 110 minutes

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We’re opening up the mailbag! Before diving in, Sean and Amanda break down the poor box office performance over the weekend and highlight some new releases coming this week (2:13). Then, they answer all of your questions relating to last week’s Oscars nominations, talk through topics like whether or not late release dates negatively affected certain films' award chances, and debate whether ‘Sinners’ now has a legitimate shot at winning Best Picture over ‘One Battle After Another’ (11:24). Finally, they update their Best Picture power rankings following the official nominations (1:40:57). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders This episode is sponsored by State Farm®️. A State Farm agent can help you choose the coverage you need. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.®️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, it's me Sean Fennacy, a quick programming note before we get into today's episode.
0:10.8	The Big Picture is now available on Netflix.
0:13.7	So you might be asking yourself, what is changing for you?
0:16.6	If you listen or watch on Spotify, nothing is changing.
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0:30.7	If you want to see us on your TVs on Netflix, you can fire it up. You can even save the show and get reminders from Netflix when a new episode goes live.
0:37.5	If you're meeting us for the first time, welcome to The Big Picture.
0:40.9	We're a conversation show about movies, Hollywood, award season, the box office, stardom, the state of the industry, and a lot more.
0:48.5	We talk about new releases.
0:50.0	We make lists.
0:51.2	We play little games that I create.
0:52.8	And I interview the biggest filmmakers in the world.
0:55.1	It's a very normal show made by normal people, I assure you.
0:59.0	That being said, this show is only being licensed by Netflix.
1:01.9	They do not own us, nor do they pay us, nor will they influence what we discuss or how we discuss it.
1:07.0	If the gray man dropped tomorrow on the service, we'd discuss it in much the same way we discussed
1:11.6	it in 2022, which was not very nicely. If train dreams dropped tomorrow, we'd do the same,
1:18.2	which was with admiration and sincerity. That is our promise to you. See you with the movies.
1:23.8	Now, on to the show.
1:27.1	Music Now, onto the show.
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