{"id":19195,"date":"2026-03-14T10:39:52","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/?p=19195"},"modified":"2026-03-14T10:40:32","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T14:40:32","slug":"episode-181-oscar-thoughts-with-amanda-spears-and-brians-top-10-of-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2026\/03\/episode-181-oscar-thoughts-with-amanda-spears-and-brians-top-10-of-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 181 &#8211; Oscar Thoughts with Amanda Spears and Brian&#8217;s Top 10 of 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is that time of year again- the Oscars. This episode features the things you&#8217;ve come to expect over the years- a category by category breakdown with awards watcher <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/msamandaspears\">Amanda Spears<\/a>, followed by my 10 Best Films of the year. I hope you enjoy!<\/p>\n<p>My retrospective on 2025 can be read <a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/2025-at-the-movies-a-retrospective\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Brian&#8217;s Thoughts on the 2025 Atlanta Film Critics Circle Winners <a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/atlanta-film-critics-circle-2025\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Brian&#8217;s Thoughts on the 2025 Southeastern Film Critics Association Winners <a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/southeastern-film-critics-association-winners-2025\/\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Read Brian&#8217;s Thoughts on the 2025 Georgia Film Critics Association Nominees and Winners <a href=\"https:\/\/sonic-cinema.com\/wordpress\/2025\/12\/georgia-film-critics-association-winners-2025\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I also joined the Piecing It Together podcast to discuss the best film scores of 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.piecingpod.com\/home\/top-10-film-scores-of-2025-featuring-brian-skutle\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><b>Episode 181 &#8211; Oscar Thoughts with Amanda Spears &#038; Brian&#8217;s Top 10 of 2025<\/b><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/pzKZ6_9KIUA?si=dIG6vCMDZhNqq6jV\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening,<\/p>\n<p>Brian Skutle<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sonic-cinema.com\">www.sonic-cinema.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can also listen to the Sonic Cinema Podcast Below:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/sonic-cinema-podcast\/id1517240092?fbclid=IwAR2SQjRFKtVRgHXXvQCXskcOuoJL0jC4StOkspYP_Dah0CiFzwhjp2HlkOw\">Apple Podcasts<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/goodpods.app.link\/pNgKOtWO2tb\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/storage.googleapis.com\/goodpods-images-bucket\/badges\/generic-badge-3.svg\" alt=\"Listen On Goodpods\" style=\"width: 150px\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is that time of year again- the Oscars. This episode features the things you&#8217;ve come to expect over the years- a category by category breakdown with awards watcher Amanda Spears, followed by my 10 Best Films of the year. I hope you enjoy! My retrospective on 2025 can be read here. 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