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Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more.
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- 2 days agoconversational1h 54m6-min read
Is ‘Digger’ the Tom Cruise Movie We’ve Been Waiting For? Plus: Our Top 10 Tom Cruise Performances.
Digger, Alejandro González Iñárritu's apocalyptic satire starring Tom Cruise, is not a masterpiece but a deliberately provocative and irritating film that polarizes through its layered storytelling and meta-theatrical structure. The hosts, Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins, grapple with its audacity, finding it flawed yet fascinating, especially for the way it uses Cruise’s performance as both a critique and a showcase of movie stardom.
- 4 days agoconversational1h 44m6-min read
The Baseball Movie Draft
The Big Picture hosts Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, and Mallory Rubin draft their favorite baseball movies across categories like drama, comedy, kids movie, high concept, based on a true story, and wild card. What begins as a nostalgic celebration of baseball cinema evolves into a spirited debate about genre definitions, sentimental favorites, and the cultural weight of the sport.
- 5 days agoconversational2h 23m7-min read
Old Movies vs. New Movies: How ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Beat Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, and an Awesome Weekend Movie Lineup
The Big Picture hosts Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review a crowded weekend at the movies, dominated by the re-release of Avengers: Endgame Encore, while also discussing new films like Heart of the Beast, Forgotten Island, and Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother. They're joined by filmmaker John Wilson to discuss his new documentary, The History of Concrete, and explore broader themes of repertory cinema, fan fiction adaptations, and the evolving state of moviegoing.
- 1 weeks agoconversational1h 52m5-min read
‘Primetime’ Is a Robert Pattinson Transformation and the Nightmare Media Movie of Our Time, With Lance Oppenheim!
Robert Pattinson stars in Lance Oppenheim’s audacious, darkly comedic satire Primetime, a fictionalized descent into the chaotic world of NBC’s To Catch a Predator, portraying host Chris Hansen as a narcissistic media figure emblematic of our conspiratorial culture. The film, both a time capsule of mid-2000s pop culture and a chilling commentary on modern media, blends horror, satire, and documentary realism, marking Oppenheim’s bold leap into fiction.
- 1 weeks agoconversational1h 45m5-min read
The Best Movies About Filmmakers, and ‘Boorman and the Devil’
John Boorman's Exorcist II: The Heretic is widely regarded as one of the worst sequels ever made, but the new documentary Borman and the Devil reframes it as a bold artistic misfire by an uncompromising filmmaker. Hosts Sean Fennessey and Tracy Letts dissect the film’s failure, its director’s singular vision, and what it means to judge artists by their successes or failures.
- 1 weeks agoconversational2h 13m7-min read
2026 Best Picture Power Rankings, and the Best Movies at TIFF. Plus: Zach Cregger on ‘Resident Evil’!
Awards season kicks off with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where Adam Nayman shares his takes on the buzziest films, from audience favorites like La Bola Negra to divisive entries like Club Kid. The crew then launches their Best Picture Power Rankings, debating contenders like The Odyssey and Dune Part 3, before Zach Cregger breaks down his gory, hilarious Resident Evil adaptation.
- 2 weeks agoconversational1h 41m7-min read
‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips!
Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan dive into Zach Cregger’s gory, hilarious new Resident Evil adaptation, praising its breakneck pace, tonal mastery, and video game authenticity. They also discuss Noah Baumbach’s departure from Netflix, Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming novel, and the shifting landscape of horror-comedy.
- 2 weeks ago1h 37m
The Sandra Bullock Movie Star Playbook and ‘Practical Magic 2.’ Plus: ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger.’
Don’t look back in anger if you spent over two hours watching a pretty rough legacy sequel. On today’s show, Sean and Amanda are joined by Yasi Salek to cover two new releases in ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger,’ a film they loved, and ‘Practical Magic 2,’ a film they found to be quite poor. Later, they bring back the movie star playbook for Sandra Bullock and explore what they’d like to see from her career going forward. We’re coming to San Francisco! Intro TIFF premieres and Venice film festival prize winners ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger’ Our relationship to the original ‘Practical Magic’ ‘Practical Magic 2’ is a brutal watch ‘Practical Magic 2’ significantly underperforms at the box office The Movie Star Playbook: Sandra Bullock Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Yasi Salek Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Talk to a State Farm agent today to learn how you can choose to bundle and save with the Personal Price Plan®. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there®. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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