Matt Neglia

New York

Owner and Editor-in-Chief at Next Best Picture

Owner & Editor-In-Chief of the entertainment awards website Next Best Picture & host of The #NBPpodcast. @CriticsChoice Member & @GoldDerby Expert.

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The Next Best Picture Podcast

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

For this week’s third podcast review, Ema Sasic, Dan Bayer, Megan Lachinski, and Giovanni Lago join me to review and discuss the latest film from Academy Award-nominee Celine Song, “Materialists,” starring Dakota Johnson, Chris Evans, Pedro Pascal, Zoë Winters & Marin Ireland. Following the success of “Past Lives,” many greatly anticipated how Song would follow up on her previous beloved romance. Well, she did with another romance, although this one has garnered more than a few divisive reactions.
The Academy Elects Its 2025-2026 Board Of Governors

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

Today, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced its newly elected 2025-2026 Board of Governors. The governors will take office at the first scheduled board meeting of the new term.
The Golden Globes Announce Timeline, Eligibility Rules & Award Categories For 2026 Ceremony

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

The Golden Globes have announced their timeline, eligibility rules, and award categories for their 83rd annual ceremony, honoring the standout achievements in entertainment from 2025. The 2026 Golden Globe Awards, hosted again by Nikki Glaser (who received rave reviews for her hosting last year), will air live on Sunday, January 11th at 8pm ET on CBS and will also be available for streaming on Paramount+. Among this year’s updates is the introduction of a new category: Best Podcast.
"Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere"

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

20th Century Studios has released the trailer for Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere” starring Jeremy Allen White, Jeremy Strong, Paul Walter Hauser, Odessa Young, Stephen Graham, Gaby Hoffmann & David Krumholtz. The film will be released in theaters on October 24th.
The Next Best Picture Podcast

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

For this week’s second podcast review, Megan Lachinski, Josh Parham, Dan Bayer, and Cody Dericks join me to review and discuss the latest film from beloved filmmaker Mike Flanagan, “The Life of Chuck” starring Tom Hiddleston, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Karen Gillan, Mia Sara, Carl Lumbly, Benjamin Pajak, Jacob Tremblay & Mark Hamill.
The Academy To Honor Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, Dolly Parton And Wynn Thomas At The 2025 Governors Awards

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced today that its Board of Governors voted to present Academy Honorary Awards to Debbie Allen, Tom Cruise, and Wynn Thomas and the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award to Dolly Parton. The four Oscar statuettes will be presented at the Academy’s 16th Governors Awards event on Sunday, November 16th, 2025, at the Ray Dolby Ballroom at Ovation Hollywood.
"ELIO" - Review

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

THE STORY – Elio, an underdog with an active imagination, finds himself inadvertently beamed up to the Communiverse, an interplanetary organization with representatives from galaxies far and wide. Mistakenly identified as Earth’s ambassador to the rest of the universe, he starts to form new bonds with eccentric aliens while discovering who he’s truly meant to be.
The 2025 Dorian (GALECA) TV Award Nominations

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

GALECA, the Society of LGBTQ Entertainment Critics, have announced their nominations for the 2025 Dorian TV Awards representing the best in television and LGBTQ representation on TV for 2025. The winners will be announced on July 8th at 8am PST.
The Next Best Picture Podcast: Episode 446

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

For Episode 445, Megan Lachinski, Tom O’Brien, and I are here to discuss the end of the 2025 Tribeca Festival and give our reactions to the trailers for “Eddington,” “In Your Dreams,” and “Oh, Hi!” For this week’s poll, for the release of Danny Boyle’s “28 Years Later,” we’re asking, “Which Is Your Favorite Danny Boyle Film?” We also reveal the winner of last week’s poll for the release of Celine Song’s “Materialists,” where we asked, “Which Is Your Favorite Romantic Film Of The 2020s So...
The Next Best Picture Podcast

1 week ago | nextbestpicture.com | Matt Neglia

For this week’s main podcast review, Josh Parham, Katie Johnson & Joselyn Safadi join me to review and discuss “How To Train Your Dragon” starring Mason Thames, Gerard Butler, Nico Parker, Nick Frost, Julian Dennison, Gabriel Howell, Bronwyn James, Harry Trevaldwyn, Ruth Codd, Peter Serafinowicz & Murray McArthur.