Robert Dougherty
@robertdoc1984.bsky.social
3-time self published Lost recap author, recurring guest writer at Next Best Picture, from Philly
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This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
November 9, 2025 at 11:07 PM
This is BRUTAL.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
Trump LOUDLY BOOED at the Commanders game.
America lets him know exactly how they feel — to his face.
"While it may not end up being either species’s biggest overall triumph in a while, it is certainly their best accomplishment on the big screen in a while."
#PredatorBadlands review for @letterboxd.social #Predator #Alien #ElleFanning @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#PredatorBadlands review for @letterboxd.social #Predator #Alien #ElleFanning @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★½ review of Predator: Badlands (2025)
In nearly 40 years of Predator films, the Predator is almost always the bad guy, except as the default antihero in two showdowns with Alien. And in the Alien universe, synthetics are usually just as s...
letterboxd.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
"While it may not end up being either species’s biggest overall triumph in a while, it is certainly their best accomplishment on the big screen in a while."
#PredatorBadlands review for @letterboxd.social #Predator #Alien #ElleFanning @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#PredatorBadlands review for @letterboxd.social #Predator #Alien #ElleFanning @dantrachtenberg.bsky.social: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
Timothee Chalamet and Ariana Grande were each #Oscars runner-ups last year - now will #oscars2026 have one or both of them make history by winning a year later?
#TimotheeChalamet #ArianaGrande #MartySupreme #WickedForGood #Wicked: nextbestpicture.com/will-the-aca...
#TimotheeChalamet #ArianaGrande #MartySupreme #WickedForGood #Wicked: nextbestpicture.com/will-the-aca...
Will The Academy Make Good And Reward Last Year's Oscar Nominees Timothée Chalamet And Ariana Grande For "Marty Supreme" And "Wicked: For Good?"
The Oscars don’t reveal full voting results beyond who won. Still, it was universally accepted that Timothée Chalamet and Ariana Grande were surely the runners-up for Best Actor and Best Supporting Ac...
nextbestpicture.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Timothee Chalamet and Ariana Grande were each #Oscars runner-ups last year - now will #oscars2026 have one or both of them make history by winning a year later?
#TimotheeChalamet #ArianaGrande #MartySupreme #WickedForGood #Wicked: nextbestpicture.com/will-the-aca...
#TimotheeChalamet #ArianaGrande #MartySupreme #WickedForGood #Wicked: nextbestpicture.com/will-the-aca...
"Bugonia has a big, impactful ending to finish a movie that doesn’t always seem like it’s done enough to build up or live up to it first."
#Bugonia review for @letterboxd.social #EmmaStone #JessePlemons #YorgosLanthimos: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#Bugonia review for @letterboxd.social #EmmaStone #JessePlemons #YorgosLanthimos: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★ review of Bugonia (2025)
The ultra rich and the ultra-conspiracy theorist are in two very different social classes, at least most of the time, but they have each caused a great deal of society to rot in the last decade and be...
letterboxd.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:13 PM
"Bugonia has a big, impactful ending to finish a movie that doesn’t always seem like it’s done enough to build up or live up to it first."
#Bugonia review for @letterboxd.social #EmmaStone #JessePlemons #YorgosLanthimos: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#Bugonia review for @letterboxd.social #EmmaStone #JessePlemons #YorgosLanthimos: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
It is @focusfeatures.bsky.social, not #Netflix, that is the most decorated studio never to win Best Picture despite two decades of winning many other #Oscars - now how will #Hamnet, #Bugonia & #SongSungBlue continue &/or rewrite that story this year?
nextbestpicture.com/two-decades-...
nextbestpicture.com/two-decades-...
Two Decades, Dozens Of Oscars, But Still No Best Picture Win: Will "Hamnet" Be The First For Focus Features?
While Netflix gets the most attention for never having won a Best Picture Oscar, Focus Features is by far the most decorated studio never to win one. Yet after 20+ years of many more near misses than ...
nextbestpicture.com
October 29, 2025 at 2:52 PM
It is @focusfeatures.bsky.social, not #Netflix, that is the most decorated studio never to win Best Picture despite two decades of winning many other #Oscars - now how will #Hamnet, #Bugonia & #SongSungBlue continue &/or rewrite that story this year?
nextbestpicture.com/two-decades-...
nextbestpicture.com/two-decades-...
"At its very most meaningful & heartfelt, it goes beyond its messier parts & reaches something more achingly human, in what’s always been this story’s most important tradition."
#Frankenstein review for @letterboxd.social @realgdt.bsky.social #OscarIsaac #JacobElordi: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#Frankenstein review for @letterboxd.social @realgdt.bsky.social #OscarIsaac #JacobElordi: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★★ review of Frankenstein (2025)
For over 90 years, movies have done to Frankenstein’s monster what Frankenstein did to him – brought him to life, tortured him, rejected him, killed him, revived and reformed him, killed him once more...
letterboxd.com
October 26, 2025 at 11:29 PM
"At its very most meaningful & heartfelt, it goes beyond its messier parts & reaches something more achingly human, in what’s always been this story’s most important tradition."
#Frankenstein review for @letterboxd.social @realgdt.bsky.social #OscarIsaac #JacobElordi: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#Frankenstein review for @letterboxd.social @realgdt.bsky.social #OscarIsaac #JacobElordi: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
Two #Netflix films from Oscar winning directors had very different receptions at Venice - yet their reactions & #Oscars odds have gone the complete opposite direction ever since
#Frankenstein #AHouseOfDynamite @realgdt.bsky.social #KathrynBigelow: nextbestpicture.com/the-evolving...
#Frankenstein #AHouseOfDynamite @realgdt.bsky.social #KathrynBigelow: nextbestpicture.com/the-evolving...
The Evolving Oscar Trajectories For "A House Of Dynamite" And "Frankenstein"
When Netflix had “Frankenstein” and “A House Of Dynamite” premiere at the Venice Film Festival, they were both highly anticipated, presumed epics from Oscar-winning directors. But their receptions fro...
nextbestpicture.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Two #Netflix films from Oscar winning directors had very different receptions at Venice - yet their reactions & #Oscars odds have gone the complete opposite direction ever since
#Frankenstein #AHouseOfDynamite @realgdt.bsky.social #KathrynBigelow: nextbestpicture.com/the-evolving...
#Frankenstein #AHouseOfDynamite @realgdt.bsky.social #KathrynBigelow: nextbestpicture.com/the-evolving...
"As a movie, a statement about our readiness for disaster & nuclear conflict's futility, A House of Dynamite goes from something truly essential to truly head scratching"
#AHouseofDynamite review for @letterboxd.social #KathrynBigelow #RebeccaFerguson #IdrisElba: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#AHouseofDynamite review for @letterboxd.social #KathrynBigelow #RebeccaFerguson #IdrisElba: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★ review of A House of Dynamite (2025)
In our current long list of national nightmares and apocalyptic scenarios, nuclear Armageddon almost seems old fashioned and retro at this point, if not something cynics can “jokingly” wish to just ge...
letterboxd.com
October 15, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"As a movie, a statement about our readiness for disaster & nuclear conflict's futility, A House of Dynamite goes from something truly essential to truly head scratching"
#AHouseofDynamite review for @letterboxd.social #KathrynBigelow #RebeccaFerguson #IdrisElba: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#AHouseofDynamite review for @letterboxd.social #KathrynBigelow #RebeccaFerguson #IdrisElba: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
"Black success comes by working “twice as hard for half as much.” #Sinners already worked twice as hard for twice as much success, but it may be for half as much at the #Oscars - while something with half as much success is championed twice as much"
nextbestpicture.com/box-office-r...
nextbestpicture.com/box-office-r...
Box Office, Reviews, And Relevancy - How Will Warner Bros. Handle Pushing "Sinners" And "One Battle After Another" For The Oscars?
When “Sinners” was the biggest presumed Oscar contender to screen before the fall festivals, it was fairly easy to guess it would have a harder time once more actual frontrunners showed up. Still, bet...
nextbestpicture.com
October 13, 2025 at 5:18 PM
"Black success comes by working “twice as hard for half as much.” #Sinners already worked twice as hard for twice as much success, but it may be for half as much at the #Oscars - while something with half as much success is championed twice as much"
nextbestpicture.com/box-office-r...
nextbestpicture.com/box-office-r...
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ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a massive, riveting, funny, and complex epic about the absurd world today - with a personal family story about generational divide nestled right inside. In that way, it's Anderson's most personal and provoking work to date. www.patreon.com/posts/140773...
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER: Revolutionary Daddy Diaspora & Opus Americana | Film Crit Hulk
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October 8, 2025 at 8:50 PM
ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is a massive, riveting, funny, and complex epic about the absurd world today - with a personal family story about generational divide nestled right inside. In that way, it's Anderson's most personal and provoking work to date. www.patreon.com/posts/140773...
#OneBattleAfterAnother now looks to be one of the top 10/15 best reviewed #Oscars nominees in the entire expanded era
Yet since those films either coughed up #BestPicture or needed historic comebacks to win, it might not bode well
nextbestpicture.com/with-near-pe...
Yet since those films either coughed up #BestPicture or needed historic comebacks to win, it might not bode well
nextbestpicture.com/with-near-pe...
October 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
#OneBattleAfterAnother now looks to be one of the top 10/15 best reviewed #Oscars nominees in the entire expanded era
Yet since those films either coughed up #BestPicture or needed historic comebacks to win, it might not bode well
nextbestpicture.com/with-near-pe...
Yet since those films either coughed up #BestPicture or needed historic comebacks to win, it might not bode well
nextbestpicture.com/with-near-pe...
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After one horror story after another - in news & fiction - of right wing/manosphere driven youth, cringy social justice youth & helpless youth in general, #OneBattleAfterAnother's Willa is the 1st story of youthful hope in what feels like ages
#ChaseInfiniti: nextbestpicture.com/from-despair...
#ChaseInfiniti: nextbestpicture.com/from-despair...
From Despair To Defiance: How "One Battle After Another" Gives Strength And Hope To The Next Generation
For all the breathless proclamations that “One Battle After Another” is the movie of our moment, there’s still room to question if it really slows down enough to truly examine our current times, if it...
nextbestpicture.com
September 30, 2025 at 5:39 PM
After one horror story after another - in news & fiction - of right wing/manosphere driven youth, cringy social justice youth & helpless youth in general, #OneBattleAfterAnother's Willa is the 1st story of youthful hope in what feels like ages
#ChaseInfiniti: nextbestpicture.com/from-despair...
#ChaseInfiniti: nextbestpicture.com/from-despair...
A long, spoilery 2nd #OneBattleAfterAnother review for @letterboxd.social - reassessing my 1st viewing issues, seeing new ones, & recognizing its most revolutionary statements through Bob, Sergio & especially Willa
#LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti #BenicioDelToro: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti #BenicioDelToro: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★★½ review of One Battle After Another (2025)
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letterboxd.com
September 30, 2025 at 4:00 AM
A long, spoilery 2nd #OneBattleAfterAnother review for @letterboxd.social - reassessing my 1st viewing issues, seeing new ones, & recognizing its most revolutionary statements through Bob, Sergio & especially Willa
#LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti #BenicioDelToro: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti #BenicioDelToro: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
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New 2A bro logo just dropped
September 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
New 2A bro logo just dropped
"Something with all those expectations rarely lives up to them– & while many believe this does, from this view it may take a while to get all the way there"
#OneBattleAfterAnother review for @letterboxd.social #PaulThomasAnderson #LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#OneBattleAfterAnother review for @letterboxd.social #PaulThomasAnderson #LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★½ review of One Battle After Another (2025)
In an alternate world following an alternate November 2024, maybe One Battle After Another is advertised more like a cause for relief than a call to arms. Maybe in that world, it would be called hyste...
letterboxd.com
September 26, 2025 at 2:35 AM
"Something with all those expectations rarely lives up to them– & while many believe this does, from this view it may take a while to get all the way there"
#OneBattleAfterAnother review for @letterboxd.social #PaulThomasAnderson #LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#OneBattleAfterAnother review for @letterboxd.social #PaulThomasAnderson #LeonardoDiCaprio #ChaseInfiniti: letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
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As I was saying…
Jimmy Kimmel is Back!
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September 24, 2025 at 4:27 AM
As I was saying…
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No no no. It's coming on October 14. Everyone knows this.
September 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
No no no. It's coming on October 14. Everyone knows this.
Sean Penn won 2 #Oscars by beating more heartwarming contenders/narratives - now #OneBattleAfterAnother gives him a shot to do it again
Yet #Oscars2025 is his 1st campaign in a very different/highly scrutinized era: nextbestpicture.com/sean-penns-r...
Yet #Oscars2025 is his 1st campaign in a very different/highly scrutinized era: nextbestpicture.com/sean-penns-r...
Sean Penn’s Return To The Oscar Race: Can He Overcome Skarsgård, Mescal, And Sandler?
Before the fall film festivals started and before “One Battle After Another” had any preview screenings, an X user named @imovied asked the NBP podcast team about rumors of Sean Penn being a real Best...
nextbestpicture.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Sean Penn won 2 #Oscars by beating more heartwarming contenders/narratives - now #OneBattleAfterAnother gives him a shot to do it again
Yet #Oscars2025 is his 1st campaign in a very different/highly scrutinized era: nextbestpicture.com/sean-penns-r...
Yet #Oscars2025 is his 1st campaign in a very different/highly scrutinized era: nextbestpicture.com/sean-penns-r...
The biggest twists from #Venezia82, #Telluride & #TIFF50 - like the rise of #Hamnet, the stumble of #sentimentalvalue, the collapse of #Netflix & Searchlight, #OneBattleAfterAnother stalking them all, a crowded top tier & an even softer bubble:
#Oscars: nextbestpicture.com/takeaways-fr...
#Oscars: nextbestpicture.com/takeaways-fr...
Takeaways From The 2025 Fall Film Festivals For The Oscar Race
Although the New York and London Film Festivals and AFI Fest are still looming, the bulk of fall festival season is now over with the end of the Venice, Telluride, and Toronto festivals. As always, Ve...
nextbestpicture.com
September 16, 2025 at 4:51 PM
The biggest twists from #Venezia82, #Telluride & #TIFF50 - like the rise of #Hamnet, the stumble of #sentimentalvalue, the collapse of #Netflix & Searchlight, #OneBattleAfterAnother stalking them all, a crowded top tier & an even softer bubble:
#Oscars: nextbestpicture.com/takeaways-fr...
#Oscars: nextbestpicture.com/takeaways-fr...
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So cool to see Cristin Milioti bring theater kid energy to her #Emmy win as best actress in a limited series for The Penguin. She did amazing work that I never thought the TV academy would be smart enough to honor. "I love acting so much! Whoo!!!"
September 15, 2025 at 2:10 AM
So cool to see Cristin Milioti bring theater kid energy to her #Emmy win as best actress in a limited series for The Penguin. She did amazing work that I never thought the TV academy would be smart enough to honor. "I love acting so much! Whoo!!!"
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I’m sure Lorne Michaels is thrilled he’s being singled out as the reason Nate Bargatze is hosting
September 15, 2025 at 2:03 AM
I’m sure Lorne Michaels is thrilled he’s being singled out as the reason Nate Bargatze is hosting
"Lawrence stays in familiar thematic territory while still pushing himself deeper than usual, like his movie as a whole."
#TheLongWalk review for @letterboxd.social #DavidJonsson #CooperHoffman #FrancisLawrence @stephenking.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#TheLongWalk review for @letterboxd.social #DavidJonsson #CooperHoffman #FrancisLawrence @stephenking.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
A ★★★★ review of The Long Walk (2025)
Thanks to the likes of The Hunger Games and Squid Game, it’s almost old hat to show desperate young and/or poor people competing to the death, in a spectacle meant to thrill us and then condemn us for...
letterboxd.com
September 14, 2025 at 1:33 AM
"Lawrence stays in familiar thematic territory while still pushing himself deeper than usual, like his movie as a whole."
#TheLongWalk review for @letterboxd.social #DavidJonsson #CooperHoffman #FrancisLawrence @stephenking.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
#TheLongWalk review for @letterboxd.social #DavidJonsson #CooperHoffman #FrancisLawrence @stephenking.bsky.social @markhamillofficial.bsky.social letterboxd.com/robertdoc/fi...
Now that #Hamnet hit at #telluride, will #TIFF50 be a 2-film race between it & #RentalFamily- & merely their 1st #Oscars battle to be the year's tearjerking frontrunner?
#JessieBuckley #PaulMescal #ChloeZhao #BrendanFraser: nextbestpicture.com/what-will-wi...
#JessieBuckley #PaulMescal #ChloeZhao #BrendanFraser: nextbestpicture.com/what-will-wi...
What Will Win The 2025 Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) People's Choice Award?
Going into TIFF, it is relatively easy to say the heavy favorite for the People’s Choice Award and the Oscar spotlight that comes with it is “Rental Family.” As a TIFF world premiere that promises fam...
nextbestpicture.com
September 4, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Now that #Hamnet hit at #telluride, will #TIFF50 be a 2-film race between it & #RentalFamily- & merely their 1st #Oscars battle to be the year's tearjerking frontrunner?
#JessieBuckley #PaulMescal #ChloeZhao #BrendanFraser: nextbestpicture.com/what-will-wi...
#JessieBuckley #PaulMescal #ChloeZhao #BrendanFraser: nextbestpicture.com/what-will-wi...