Out of the Box: Off Topic on the 2026 Academy Awards and the Top Ten Movies of 2025

About this episode

The episode discusses the 2026 Academy Awards and the top movies of 2025, featuring predictions and insights from hosts and guest Kevin Brown.

It’s time for the another edition of the spin-off podcast series focused on the unfocused thoughts of hosts Gray Robertson and Tom Canterbury. This series is all about diving a little deeper on any possible topic that the guys might want to cover in-depth. This episode’s topic is the 2026 Academy Awards and the Top Ten Movies of 2025. To start, Tom and Gray participate in the first of two “Pick Swap” games, with both making predictions for some of the key Oscars categories. Then, ESPN’s Kevin Brown surprises the guys and pops in to give his thoughts on the awards race, some of the best films of the year, and a few other noteworthy cinematic moments of 2025. Finally, Gray closes with his Top Ten Movies of 2025 and gives brief descriptions about what made each film so special before finishing with some of the major 2026 titles that should get people excited. Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

People in this episode

Hosts: Gray Robertson, Tom Canterbury

Guest: Kevin Brown

Topics covered

• Academy Awards
• movie predictions
• film analysis
• top movies
• cinematic moments

Keywords

• Academy Awards
• 2026
• movies
• predictions
• Kevin Brown
• film analysis
• top ten

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Top Ten Movies of 2025

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