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Happy New Year! With 2025 in the rear-view mirror, we take stock of our favourite films and TV of the year to pick our top three from both. We also look ahead to 2026, breaking down the upcoming films we’re most excited (and cautiously optimistic) about.As always, we’d love to hear your take. What were your highlights of 2025? And which 2026 release are you anticipating the most?You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com, and support us directly on Patreon, where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcastNew episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts — it helps the show find new listeners and grow.

Merry Christmas! Now that Avatar: Fire and Ash* has been released across the world, and is currently on course to cross a billion at the global box office, we decided to review all nine of James Cameron's films and pick our top three. Whether time-travelling Terminators, domestic epics with spies, deepsea miners encountering NTIs, diamond heisting Titanic survivors or grief-stricken Avatars: we had a lot of fun looking back.*There are no spoilers for Avatar: Fire and Ash. You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com, and support us directly on Patreon, where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcastNew episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts — it helps the show find new listeners and grow.

With WB entering a new era, and the shock news that Netflix are taking control of them, we dug into the studio’s back catalogue and picked our three favourite WB films. We discuss the studio's legacy, its origin and history, and share our own backlot adventures along the way.As always, we’d love to hear your picks.You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com, and support us directly on Patreon, where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcastNew episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts — it helps the show find new listeners and grow.

With Pluribus on TV, we dove headfirst into the wasteland to pick our top three post-apocalypse films (and comics?). From the classics to the deep cuts, we went through the irradiated lot.You can contact the show at bestbitspodcast.com, and support us directly on Patreon, where over 100 bonus shows are available: patreon.com/screenplaypodcast. You can also join our Discord.New episodes drop every other Monday. Please consider leaving a five-star review wherever you get your podcasts — it helps the show find new listeners and grow. 

Want to hear the rest of this episode? It’s available in full over on our Patreon and also for paid subscribers on Apple Podcasts. Just search Screen, Play on patreon.com to find us.You can get in touch with us via the contact page at bestbitspodcast.com.In the meantime, check out our other film podcast, The Best Bits. With over 300 episodes, from Best Action Scene to Best Guilty Pleasure Films, there’s plenty to binge.If you enjoy what you hear, please leave a five-star review. It helps others discover the show.