Sean Fennessey

81 sketches, 1,576 claims, and 559 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

Showing 81–81 of 81 sketches.

Blank Check — Patreon: Dr. Strangelove... with Sean Fennessey (Ad-Free) (guest)

Reveres Strangelove as the most singular Kubrick and a document that still applies. Loves Frankenheimer, Malick, and deep trivia of movie years. Dislikes recent McKay satire but is gentle about it.

Stances

  • Strangelove still applies to how government and masculinity work
  • Kubrick competed with himself to take on a new genre each time
  • Seven Days in May and Frankenheimer's run belongs next to Kubrick's

Humor: Dry, generous and self-effacing, tossing off asides in a calm voice.

In their words

  • “And I love Dr. Strangelove, and I love Stanley Kubrick and everything else that you're doing.” (0:10:35)
  • “this is exactly how government works.” (1:39:54)
  • “this movie comes in the middle of the most underrated five-year run in any American filmmaker's history, which is John Frankenheimer from 1962 to 1966” (2:02:41)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

The Big Picture

The Rewatchables

Their claims

Showing 601–700 of 1,576 claims.

  1. unmapped (globalization start): Jaws → Star Wars: Episode IV – A New Hope. Movie globalization began in the 1970s when Jaws went wide and Star Wars became a phenomenon.
    “which started in the 1970s when Jaws went wide and Star Wars became a phenomenon”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:38:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  2. industry (Chinese box office): Marvel movies → Ne Zha 2. This franchise is among the wordless spectacle brands that played in China and pushed out mid-budget movies (target is the China-box-office counterexample).
    “And what played in China was Marvel, Jurassic World, the Fast and the Furious, Avatar, et cetera, et cetera.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:38:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  3. industry (Chinese box office): Jurassic World → Ne Zha 2. This franchise is among the wordless spectacle brands that played in China and pushed out mid-budget movies (target is the China-box-office counterexample).
    “And what played in China was Marvel, Jurassic World, the Fast and the Furious, Avatar, et cetera, et cetera.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:38:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  4. industry (Chinese box office): The Fast and the Furious (franchise) → Ne Zha 2. This franchise is among the wordless spectacle brands that played in China and pushed out mid-budget movies (target is the China-box-office counterexample).
    “And what played in China was Marvel, Jurassic World, the Fast and the Furious, Avatar, et cetera, et cetera.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:38:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  5. industry (Chinese box office): Avatar → Ne Zha 2. This franchise is among the wordless spectacle brands that played in China and pushed out mid-budget movies (target is the China-box-office counterexample).
    “And what played in China was Marvel, Jurassic World, the Fast and the Furious, Avatar, et cetera, et cetera.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:38:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. unmapped (counterexample): Ne Zha 2 → A Minecraft Movie. Ne Zha 2, a Chinese animation, is now the world's top grosser, almost all from China, showing China no longer needs Hollywood.
    “Niza 2 is the highest grossing movie in the world right now.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:39:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  7. industry (streaming vs theatrical): Black Bag → A Minecraft Movie. Movies like Black Bag go to streaming; Minecraft or Sonic are needed to revive theaters.
    “appetites lost interest in going out to a movie theater for a movie like Black Bag”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  8. unmapped (theater revivers): A Minecraft Movie → Sonic the Hedgehog. Sean says we need a Minecraft or Sonic to revive theaters.
    “It's interesting that like we really need a Minecraft movie, or Sonic the Hedgehog, to revive.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  9. unmapped (exception): A Minecraft Movie → Oppenheimer. Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP.
    “And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  10. unmapped (critics' despair): Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles → A Minecraft Movie. Adult critics of Teen Turtles despaired that this was what kids wanted, like today.
    “Adult critics who saw Teen Turtles were like, we're so fucked.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:41:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  11. unmapped (generational analog): A Minecraft Movie → Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Minecraft is Gen Alpha's TMNT: adults despaired at the Turtles film but it opened a pathway for storytelling.
    “So this is our version of that.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:41:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  12. unmapped (healthy model): Nosferatu → A Minecraft Movie. A $50M gamble on an interesting filmmaker turning $200M is the healthy middle, versus a $18M comedy hoping for $700M.
    “I hope there are more Nosperatus, where they're like, we're going to give a really interesting filmmaker $50 million, because we think it can make $200 million.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:42:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  13. unmapped (mixed-feelings precedent): A Minecraft Movie → Barbie. Barbie wasn't Sean's favorite that year, but he's glad it happened; same attitude to Minecraft.
    “Barbie wasn't my favorite movie of that year, but I liked it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:45:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  14. unmapped (IP pipeline): A Minecraft Movie → Fortnite movie (in development). News that morning: a Fortnite movie is in development; everything in rich IP terrain gets developed.
    “we're going to put a Fortnite movie in development”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:47:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  15. contrast (cynicism contrast): Free Guy → A Minecraft Movie. Minecraft is lighthearted, not the craven IP-bait of Free Guy's ending.
    “It's not that craven thing that free guy is where by the time you got to the end of that movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:52:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  16. people (cynical cameo): Free Guy → Marvel movies. Free Guy's end pivots to Captain America as what the audience supposedly really wants.
    “makes you feel like I know what you really want is not me, but Captain America.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:52:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  17. people (directed by): Black Bag → Steven Soderbergh. Black Bag is Soderbergh's second feature this year.
    “This is Steven Soderberg's 2nd feature film this year.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:54:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  18. unmapped (Soderbergh exercise): Black Bag → The Good German. Soderbergh is the king of the exercise; The Good German is an earlier, reclaimed exercise film.
    “the movie that is being reclaimed of his right now and is being released on 4K is a good German.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:56:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  19. lineage (homage): The Good German → Casablanca. The Good German is an exercise in post-Casablanca style filmmaking.
    “It is a kind of exercise in a post-Casablanca style of filmmaking.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:56:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  20. people (tell-tale casting): Black Bag → Vincent Price. Brosnan and Page show their hand early, like seeing Vincent Price in a movie and knowing he will do bad things.
    “sometimes you're watching a Vincent Price movie and you're like, well, Vincent Price is in this movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:58:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  21. industry (studio dependency): Black Bag → How to Train Your Dragon (live action). Universal needs Dragon to hit so it can afford more Black Bag-type movies.
    “Universal needs how to train your dragon to be a big hit so that we can get more black back.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:58:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  22. people (directed): Alain Guiraudie → Stranger by the Lake. He made Stranger by the Lake in 2014.
    “He made Stranger by the Lake, which is a very eerie, upsetting serial killer, queer thriller that came out in 2014.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:00:11 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  23. people (same director lineage): Misericordia → Stranger by the Lake. Misericordia is in the same lineage as Guiraudie's Stranger by the Lake: eerie, upsetting, queer serial-killer thriller.
    “This is very much in the same lineage as that movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:00:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  24. people (cast): The Ballad of Wallace Island → Carey Mulligan. Carey Mulligan is the supporting half of a former singing duo.
    “Carrie Mulligan is a supporting character.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:02:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  25. people (cast): The Assessment → Elizabeth Olsen. Olsen, Vikander, Patel star.
    “It stars Elizabeth Olsen, Alicia Vicander, and Himish Patel.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:06:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  26. people (directed by): The Assessment → Fleur Fortune. Directed by an unknown-to-Sean Fleur Fortune.
    “The movie is directed by someone named Flor Fortune.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:07:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  27. people (actor pivot): The Assessment → His Three Daughters. Olsen is moving away from Wanda; His Three Daughters is another such role.
    “His 3 daughters is another example of this where she's just trying to totally different performance style.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:08:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  28. people (director's earlier film): Seven Veils → Exotica. Egoyan is the legendary Canadian filmmaker behind Exotica.
    “legendary Canadian filmmaker, after Exotica”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:11:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  29. people (cast): Chloe → Julianne Moore. Chloe starred Seyfried and Julianne Moore.
    “called Chloe with Amanda Seifred and Julianne Moore”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:11:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  30. people (reunion): Seven Veils → Chloe. Seven Veils reunites Egoyan with Amanda Seyfried after Chloe.
    “This is a reunion with Amanda Seyford, who plays a theater director.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:11:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  31. career (upcoming role): Amanda Seyfried → The Housemaid. Seyfried is in Paul Feig's The Housemaid with Sydney Sweeney.
    “she's going to be in that movie, The Housemaid, directed by Paul Fig.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:12:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  32. career (upcoming role): Brandon Sklenar → Drop. Sklenar is in Drop, opening that weekend.
    “it ends with us in the forthcoming drop, which opens this weekend.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:12:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  33. industry (distributor): On Becoming a Guinea Fowl → A24. A24 released it after a Cannes premiere.
    “A24 released it earlier this year.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:14:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  34. verdict (best studio movie): One of Them Days → A Minecraft Movie. Called the second-best studio movie of the year.
    “Probably the 2nd best studio movie of the year.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  35. career (breakout parallel): SZA → Chris Tucker. SZA's film debut reminds Sean of Chris Tucker showing up in Friday.
    “Reminds me a lot of Chris Tucker showing up on Friday.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  36. lineage (inspired by): One of Them Days → Friday. One of Them Days takes Friday as a huge inspiration.
    “Obviously, Friday is a huge inspiration for that movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:15:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  37. unmapped (POV conceit): Presence → Steven Soderbergh. Soderbergh shoots his own ghost film with himself as the ghost-camera.
    “Stephen Soderberg as the ghost of this family with the camera is an amazing, amazing concept”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:16:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  38. people (directed by): The Rule Of Jenny Pen → James Ashcroft. A James Ashcroft film with Lithgow and Rush.
    “In a James Ashcroft movie, about 2 men in a retirement community.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:18:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  39. people (performance echo): The Rule Of Jenny Pen → Raising Cain. Lithgow channels his Raising Cain, Dexter-era monster mode.
    “John Lithgow really, really channeling the raising cane, you know, Dexter era, like monster mode.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:19:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  40. people (directed by): Mickey 17 → Bong Joon-ho. Not Bong's best, following up his Oscar-winning film.
    “It's not Bong's best.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:21:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  41. unmapped (co-written by and starring): Kinda Pregnant → Amy Schumer. Amy Schumer co-wrote and stars.
    “co-written by and starring Amy Schumer.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:22:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  42. unmapped (filmmaker context): Warfare → Alex Garland. A Warfare conversation is planned.
    “there's also going to be a warfare conversation”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:25:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  43. unmapped (filmmaker joke): Civil War → Alex Garland. Amanda is disinvited from future Alex Garland conversations after her Civil War performance.
    “you've been disinvited from all future Alex Garland convos.”
    The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 1:25:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  44. contrast (contrast): Babygirl → Basic Instinct. Babygirl is divisive because it borrows the erotic-thriller look but is not Basic Instinct.
    “One of the reasons why I think it's so divisive is, this is not basic instinct.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:05:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  45. contrast (contrast): Babygirl → Fatal Attraction. Babygirl has no murder and no killer; the stakes are a career, unlike Fatal Attraction.
    “You know, this is not fatal attraction.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:05:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  46. contrast (contrast): Babygirl → Basic Instinct. No Sharon Stone throat-slashing here; the thriller stakes are only a fall from power.
    “there's no Sharon Stone slashing someone's throat.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:05:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  47. contrast (contrast): Babygirl → Fatal Attraction. It lacks even the mania of the bunny-boiler Glenn Close film.
    “It doesn't even have the mania of like the rabbit with Clint close.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:05:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  48. career (career): Harris Dickinson → Beach Rats. Dickinson's run is Beach Rats, Triangle of Sadness, The Iron Claw, the A24 tall British boys.
    “Star Beach Rats, Star Triangle of Sadness, Star of the Iron Claw.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:09:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  49. theme (theme): Babygirl → The Substance. Same year as The Substance; both are women-made films confronting an actress's aging, one literal, one metaphorical.
    “it's an interesting time for this movie to come along in the same year as the substance where that movie makes the metaphorical literal.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:18:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  50. craft (craft): Babygirl → Robyn. 'Dancing on My Own' is a much-used song that still feels appropriate in Babygirl.
    “Robin's dancing on my own, which has been used quite often in the last 10 years.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:31:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  51. industry (industry): A24 → Civil War. A24's year: hit lots of doubles and a home run with Civil War, then Heretic, We Live in Time, Babygirl, The Brutalist.
    “They had a home run with Civil War, but, you know, you had, we live in time, we had heretic, now this movie, then the brutalist,”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:36:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  52. industry (industry): Babygirl → We Live in Time. A24 is finding female audiences: We Live in Time was huge with women and Babygirl would be too.
    “You know, we live in time was huge with female moviegoers in this movie, obviously, would be true.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:36:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  53. career (career): Nicole Kidman → The Golden Compass. Kidman dots her ambitious work with supporting parts in popcorn movies like The Golden Compass and Aquaman.
    “And then she tends to dot it with, I think, pretty smart supporting work in popcorn movies.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:38:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  54. contrast (contrast): Nicole Kidman → Jennifer Lopez. Jennifer Lopez longs for Kidman's stature as an elevated celebrity who is also celebrated as an artist.
    “That's the thing is when you see Jennifer Lopez longing, what she really longs for is Nicole Kidman's stature.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:49:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  55. people (people): Dead Calm → Phillip Noyce. A small thriller directed by Phillip Noyce with Sam Neill and Billy Zane, her big breakthrough performance.
    “This is her big breakthrough performance in a very small thriller, directed by Philip Noyes, co-starring Sam Neil and Billy Zane.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 0:56:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  56. verdict (verdict): To Die For → Nicole Kidman. The speaker's favorite Kidman movie and the first hard green.
    “This is my favorite Nicole Kidman movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:03:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  57. theme (theme): Moulin Rouge! → Wicked. Moulin Rouge plays for a huge number of people the way Wicked plays for the speaker.
    “I'm aware that this plays like Wicked played to me for a huge number of people.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:09:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  58. verdict (verdict): Moulin Rouge! → Nicole Kidman. Going in because of box office, awards and new audience despite one host's hatred.
    “It's definitely going in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:10:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  59. career (career): Moulin Rouge! → Nicole Kidman. Arguably the most important movie of her career: original, singing, awards, box office.
    “Yeah, it's a huge, huge movie, arguably the most important movie in her career, right?”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:11:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  60. career (career): Happy Feet → Prince. Prince's 'Kiss' in the opening minutes of Happy Feet is how the speaker first realized Prince was cool.
    “I think that this might actually be the 1st time that I realized Prince was cool was because they sing Kiss in the opening like 5 minutes of this movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:23:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  61. verdict (verdict): Big Little Lies → Nicole Kidman. Included, the first television show in a movie-podcast Hall of Fame.
    “We can include it for the 1st time ever, television show, in a hall of fame, on a movie podcast.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:53:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  62. verdict (verdict): Big Little Lies → AMC theaters ad campaign. Big Little Lies is a work of art and the Hall of Fame is for art, so it beats the AMC ad.
    “big little lies is a work of art.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:54:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  63. verdict (verdict): Nicole Kidman → Dead Calm. Thirteen yellows read aloud, starting with Dead Calm and Days of Thunder.
    “Dead calm, days of thunder, malice, practical magic, the hours, dogville, rabbit hole, the paper boy, Paddington, the killing of a sacred deer, destroyer, the Northman, and baby girl.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:56:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  64. verdict (verdict): Babygirl → Dead Calm. The speaker would rather rewatch Dead Calm than Babygirl.
    “It's good, but like I would rather watch Dead Come than Baby Girl again.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 1:58:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.45 sure it was them)
  65. verdict (verdict): Destroyer → Nicole Kidman. Destroyer is not going in.
    “So all that and Destroyer is not even going in.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:00:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.35 sure it was them)
  66. craft (craft): Halina Reijn → Paul Verhoeven. Intense tension blended with absurdist humor that pierces it is a Verhoeven idea Reijn shares, partly as Dutch humor.
    “that is a very distinctly verhoven idea too.”
    The Big Picture · The Nicole Kidman Hall of Fame, and ‘Babygirl’ · 2:08:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  67. craft (craft): Gladiator II → Gladiator. Gladiator II brings back the original film's cinematographer, John Mathieson, as part of a returning crew.
    “The cinematographer, John Matheson, is back.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:06:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  68. lineage (lineage): Gladiator II → Gladiator. The sequel is very similar in structure and story to the original.
    “it's pretty well known that this movie is very similar in structure and story to the original.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:06:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  69. career (career): Ridley Scott → Napoleon. Late Ridley Scott: taking on Napoleon with jokes about sex in it.
    “I'm going to take on Napoleon, and I'm going to put a lot of jokes about fucking in it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:16:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  70. career (career): Ridley Scott → Prometheus. Scott said he fucked up Prometheus, a film Sean has thought about for ten years.
    “I was like, no, I've been thinking about Prometheus for 10 years”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:17:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  71. career (career): Ridley Scott → 1492: Conquest of Paradise. Scott insists weak films are good, like 1492 being one of his best.
    “it'd be like 1492 is one of my best”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:17:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  72. what-if (what-if): Gladiator II → Gladiator. Make Gladiator from Oliver Reed's perspective: Macrinus, who wants to upend Roman society.
    “The pitch could have been, we're going to do Gladiator from Oliver Reed's perspective.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:23:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  73. what-if (what-if): Gladiator II → Superman. That version would be like if Lex Luthor could control Superman.
    “It would be like if Lex Luthor could control Superman.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:23:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  74. craft (craft): Gladiator II → Prometheus. Macrinus's rise is Scott with the safety off, like Prometheus's birth sequence.
    “This is actually the Ridley Scott with the safety off thing, the Prometheus, um, you know, uh, birth sequence”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:26:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  75. craft (craft): Fred Hechinger and Joseph Quinn → Sid Vicious. The actors compared their twin emperors to John Lydon and Sid Vicious.
    “they have compared themselves to doing John Lyden and Sid Vicious from Sex Pistols in their portrayal of these 2 guys”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:41:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  76. lineage (lineage): Commodus → Lucius. The twin emperors lack a driving wound like Commodus's father issue.
    “There's no equivalent presented in the film.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:44:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  77. theme (theme): Gladiator II → Conclave. Both films feel resonant with the election cycle without mapping neatly.
    “the same way that conclave, which is like so heavily leaning into like, hey, isn't this just like this election cycle?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:47:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  78. lineage (lineage): Gladiator II → Gladiator. Lucius's hand in the grain is a callback to Maximus's hand in the wheat.
    “And it's an obvious callback to Maximus walking through the kind of afterlife feeling the wheat.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 0:52:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  79. theme (theme): Macrinus → The Dark Knight. Macrinus has no master plan and improvises like Heath Ledger's Joker.
    “he's more of the Dark Knight, Heath Ledger Joker character, where he's sort of like, is, he does not have a master plan.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:00:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  80. career (career): Denzel Washington → The Equalizer. Denzel's brand is secure from the Equalizer movies, so he can take a risky villain part.
    “I do the equalizer.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:01:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  81. industry (industry): Ridley Scott → Alien. Scott has never won Best Director, absurd for the maker of Blade Runner and Alien.
    “This guy made Plate Runner an alien.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:14:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  82. verdict (verdict): Gladiator II → Top Gun: Maverick. Gladiator II will do well but not drive the repeat business Top Gun: Maverick did.
    “I do not think this is the repeat business.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:16:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  83. contrast (contrast): Star Wars: Episode VIII - The Last Jedi → Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens. The Last Jedi upends expectations where The Force Awakens repeats the structure.
    “Because last Jedi is kind of like upending a lot of our expectations of Star Wars movies”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:23:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  84. lineage (lineage): T2 Trainspotting → Trainspotting. T2 is about the Trainspotting guys as middle-aged men reckoning with their mistakes.
    “This is about the guys who were in train spotting kind of being middle-aged men now.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:29:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  85. craft (craft): T2 Trainspotting → Danny Boyle. T2 carries Danny Boyle's throw-everything-at-the-wall style.
    “Danny Boyle sort of signature kind of like throw everything at the wall style.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:30:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  86. people (people): Doctor Sleep → Mike Flanagan. Mike Flanagan directed Doctor Sleep, a stylistic step forward from Kubrick.
    “Mike Flanagan's sequel adaptation of Stephen King's The Shining.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  87. lineage (lineage): Doctor Sleep → The Shining. Doctor Sleep uses grown-up Danny and a new generation, Abra Stone.
    “Using a familiar figure from the original film in Danny, the grown up Danny”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  88. people (people): Doctor Sleep → Rebecca Ferguson. Rebecca Ferguson's villain performance supercharges the movie.
    “an insane Rebecca Ferguson performance as the villain of the movie that she just walks away with the movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:31:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  89. verdict (verdict): Logan → Avengers: Infinity War. Logan is the better movie, but Infinity War was more fun.
    “I think Logan's a better movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Gladiator II’ Is Here. Are We Not Entertained? · 1:43:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  90. theme (character model): Brad Pitt → Rudolph Valentino. Valentino is named as the other big influence on the writing of Pitt's character.
    “Yeah, so I think Rudolph Valentino is the other one that is was a big influence on the writing of this character.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:14:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  91. theme (character model): Margot Robbie → Clara Bow. Robbie's Babylon character is described as strongly modeled on silent star Clara Bow.
    “Margot's character is obviously very influenced by Clara Bow.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:22:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  92. craft (scene mirror): Babylon → Singin' in the Rain. Babylon's walk-on bar scene mirrors the flashback that opens Singin' in the Rain, where Don Lockwood gets a walk-on.
    “Um, Don Lockwood gets a walk on part in a bar in that like in that flashback to start the movie.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:48:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  93. unmapped (self-commentary): Babylon → Damien Chazelle. A speaker reads the film as possibly Chazelle commenting on himself as a holdout against blockbusterization, after its box-office failure.
    “Damien Chisel gets propped up as one of the, like, the, the, last filmmakers to, who was trying to make movies like this in the face of, DIP blockbusterization of cinema.”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:58:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  94. people (shared cinematographer): Linus Sandgren → Saltburn. Babylon's cinematographer also shot Saltburn, No Time to Die and True Detective: Night Country.
    “You know whose name we didn't mention is Lena Sangren, the cinematographer of this film who also shot Saltburn?”
    The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:59:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  95. craft (Arrow editions): Mallrats → True Romance. Both have fancy Arrow box editions; owned and loved, but is it worth re-buying?
    “do I need to spend $55 on a true romance 4K when I already have true romance in DVD and Blu-ray?”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:12:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  96. unmapped (episode prep): Waterworld → Kevin Costner. Bought Waterworld 4K for a planned Kevin Costner podcast episode.
    “I did buy the Waterworld 4K because I'm planning a massive Kevin Costner episode this year.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:15:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  97. industry (Oscar speech): Hearts and Minds → Bert Schneider. Schneider's speech accepting its Oscar was a template-setting moment of New Hollywood.
    “there's a very famous speech that Burch Schneider gave when it won”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:29:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  98. unmapped (could become): Con Air → Hardcore. Con Air could become the Rolling Thunder or Hardcore of 2047, a once-obscure film needing care and restoration.
    “Conair could become the rolling thunder or hardcore of 2047.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:31:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  99. unmapped (restoration): Wings of Desire → Wim Wenders. Wenders says the negative was wrong and he and his DP and editor always knew; the restoration is the intended version.
    “It was never supposed to look like this.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:37:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  100. what-if (recut): Black Hat → Michael Mann. Arrow's Black Hat 4K includes a recut that moves a significant sequence to the front, making it more coherent.
    “there's a recut version of the movie.”
    The Big Picture · Physical Media Strikes Back With Tim Simons · 0:38:13 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)

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  1. fun, about Brendan Fraser and John Lithgow: They show up as lawyers in the last 30 minutes in what feels like a different movie, with Fraser cut to erupt thunderously.
    “They're doing an old timey lawyer thing. There's like this thundering explanatory.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:13:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Killers of the Flower Moon: The Masonic Hall spanking scene, a Jack Fisk construction with a checkerboard floor, is called funny and strange.
    “I guess the Masonic Hall spanking?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:14:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Timothee Chalamet: In his interview with Scorsese he gushes about sitting with the greatest living filmmaker, and Scorsese doesn't blink.
    “Scorsese, like, doesn't blink. He doesn't like demur.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:29:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Killers of the Flower Moon: Awards forecast: nominated for lots (Leo, Gladstone, Scorsese, production design, costume, adapted screenplay, maybe score and editing) but no real shot at Best Picture.
    “I just don't think it really has any chance to win best picture.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:32:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about The Big Picture: Next week: a lawyer-movie draft with Griffin Newman and David Sims of Blank Check, described as long and tense.
    “we're doing it with Griffin Newman and David Sims of the Blank Check podcast”
    The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:44:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Sight and Sound poll: Sean notes that the Sight and Sound poll ballots include a Looney Tune and a 14-minute film on Adam's list, which includes Duck Amuck and Meshes of the Afternoon.
    “I mean, Adam had a had a had a looney tune and a 14 minute film on his list.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:20:41 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  7. fun, about The Eternal Daughter: Sean saw it at the New York Film Festival about five feet from Tilda Swinton and bumped it half a star for it. Amanda had slept on it because Sean did not respond to it at the festival.
    “the movie was bumped up half a star for me by seeing it in the front row and then being less than 5 feet away from Tilda Swinton.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:38:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. fun, about Babylon: Sean's backstory: he left a holiday party at Amanda's, in a bad mood, to drive to Century City for a three-hour-eight-minute screening, and was blown away anyway. He relays a Letterboxd review asking if it's a love letter to cinema or a suicide note.
    “Is this a love letter to cinema or a suicide note?”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:41:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  9. fun, about Babylon: Sean says Margot Robbie is one of the only truly fearless young stars, glorious and disgusting at times, and might deserve a best actress nod.
    “She is one of the only truly fearless young stars we have.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 0:42:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  10. fun, about The Fabelmans: Amanda asks if she would trade having her son be as successful as Spielberg for the movie he'd make about her; Sean says to take the Jurassic Park money.
    “But could you be sitting on Jurassic Park money?”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:03:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  11. fun, about Top Gun: Maverick: Sean on Cruise: the film is a beautifully designed vehicle and every viewing he slips into the passenger seat.
    “every time I watch it, I slip right into the passenger seat and I let it take me on a ride.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:06:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  12. fun, about Tár: Sean says the opening Q&A scene with the New Yorker interviewer is how to use Blanchett: ten minutes of her talking about things she likes. A hosts' joke imagines a Todd Field and Adam Sandler pairing.
    “that opening scene, as I wrote in the Ringer piece, where she's taking questions from Gopnik, from the New Yorkers, like, that is how you use Cape Blanchett.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:18:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  13. fun, about Nope: Sean admires the premise: an invented family that may be descended from the Black jockey in Muybridge's film strip, launching 100 years of film history and people whose names we don't know.
    “that's a genius idea for a drama, let alone a UFO movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:33:59 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  14. fun, about Clash of the Titans: Argument over Clash of the Titans, the Harry Hamlin original versus the Sam Worthington remake, with a side note that Hamlin is Lisa Rinna's husband.
    “Harry Hamlin's like incredibly handsome.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:26:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  15. fun, about Black Panther: Sean says Black Panther built a whole country so well that a Marvel movie got nominated for best picture.
    “they fucking nominated a Marvel movie for best picture.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ Is Here! · 0:54:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  16. fun, about Matt Damon: Damon turned down Jake Sully plus 10 percent of the future growth.
    “In addition to 10% of the future growth of this movie.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:15:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  17. fun, about James Cameron: Chris Ryan nicknamed Cameron Big Jim; the sea is dope.
    “As Chris once said, he thinks the sea is dope.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:28:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  18. fun, about James Cameron: Cameron got $10 million from Fox in 2005 to run R&D on Avatar and could have walked away.
    “Give me a year to just do R&D.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:29:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  19. fun, about James Cameron: Speaker calls Cameron the ultimate con artist whose con is real.
    “Like, he is the ultimate, like, con artist whose con is real.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:30:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  20. fun, about Avatar: How To with John Wilson featured Avatar superfans.
    “There is an extraordinary episode of How to with John Wilson.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 0:48:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  21. fun, about The Hurt Locker: Lowest-grossing Best Picture winner, beat the highest-grossing film ever.
    “Hurt Locker, when it won, was the lowest grossing best picture winner ever.”
    The Big Picture · The Great ‘Avatar’ Debate with Blank Check’s Griffin Newman and David Sims · 1:35:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  22. fun, about Elvis: Sean's contrast: Elvis was shot with one camera on Ed Sullivan; the movie cuts a hundred times in two minutes to match his magnetism.
    “it literally cuts a 100 times in a 2 minute period of performance because that's almost sort of what it takes to match the Elvis Presley magnetism.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:17:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  23. fun, about Tom Hanks: Hanks's Colonel Parker accent is compared to Goldmember; separately Amanda notes this is the film where he contracted COVID.
    “he's doing basically the gold member accent”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:18:05 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  24. fun, about Elvis: The film's 68 Comeback Special sequence and 'If I Can Dream' are Sean's favorite moments, close to Elvis's 'A Change Is Gonna Come'.
    “It's as close as Elvis got to a change is going to come.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:21:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  25. fun, about Selena: Amanda was shown Selena in high school intro to Spanish on a quiet day to learn about Selena and Tejano music.
    “they literally showed us this movie in intro to Spanish when I was in high school.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:44:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  26. fun, about Love and Mercy: Director Bill Pohlad is the son of Twins owner Carl Pohlad; he produced Brokeback Mountain, 12 Years a Slave and Tree of Life, a benefactor for filmmakers.
    “a guy named Bill Polad, who is the son of Carl Polad, the billionaire owner of the Minnesota Twins.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:55:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  27. fun, about Bird: Warner Bros. and Columbia traded Revenge for the Charlie Parker rights, and Adam jokes Revenge is a gift to history that social media should avoid.
    “Revenge and Bird would be quite a double feature.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 0:59:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  28. fun, about Amadeus: Amadeus won all the Oscars; the lasting memory is F. Murray Abraham's Salieri rather than Tom Hulce's Mozart.
    “I think the lasting memory of this movie is not Tom Holst, but F. Murray Abraham”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:02:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  29. fun, about Gary Oldman: Running gag: Adam says Oldman is great 'playing Mank or whatever', and Sean protests loudly.
    “Not or whatever, how dare you? Back when he was, he played mank, all right?”
    The Big Picture · ‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard’ and Top Five Music Biopics · 1:08:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  30. fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise's motion-smoothing PSA with Christopher McQuarrie is a personal Hall of Fame moment, and it plays on the podcast.
    “Video interpolation or motion smoothing is a digital effect on most high definition televisions”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:09:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  31. fun, about Risky Business: Amanda says Risky Business has to go in; the dance was seen before the movie.
    “I saw the Risky Business dance before I saw a few good men.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:18:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  32. fun, about A Few Good Men: Cruise goes quiet-loud-quiet-loud against Nicholson, like Smells Like Teen Spirit, priming Jessup to explode.
    “It's like listening, it smells like teen spirit.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:39:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  33. fun, about Collateral: Chris names Collateral his surprising favorite because of Vincent talking about jazz, comparing the takes to Stanley Crouch.
    “Yeah, his takes on jazz are pretty formative for me, I'd say, it's like him and Stanley Crouch.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:40:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  34. fun, about Taps: Sean rewatched Taps and found Cruise as the Sean Penn role: a brat who never plays that part again.
    “He has the Sean Penn role in this.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 0:47:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  35. fun, about Mission: Impossible – Fallout: Henry Cavill and Cruise punch each other in the bathroom and later on a cliff after a helicopter chase; the Henry Cavill speech about being disavowed is remembered.
    “how many times can a man be disavowed, discarded and ignored by his government?”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:01:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  36. fun, about The Firm: Chris loves The Firm for Hackman, Wilford Brimley and Holly Hunter, a Hollywood movie aspiring to nothing but entertainment; Sean calls his Wilford imitation the best Rewatchables bit.
    “That might be the best episode of the rewatchables ever, in my opinion.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:04:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  37. fun, about Tom Cruise: Cruise mailed his Golden Globes back when the HFPA was called fraudulent.
    “Just mailing them back.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:25:25 · Sean Fennessey (0.30 sure it was them)
  38. fun, about The Mummy: The Dark Universe cast photo (Russell Crowe, Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Angelina Jolie) was taken and then no more movies were made because The Mummy was so bad; Chris says it is the only non-festival movie he walked out of.
    “I think this is the only non-festival movie I've ever walked out of.”
    The Big Picture · The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame · 1:29:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  39. fun, about Nightmare Alley: Host watched it four times; first lukewarm, a soft-focused noir, he came around.
    “And then I watched this movie a 4th time.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:03:01 · Sean Fennessey (0.95 sure it was them)
  40. fun, about Nightmare Alley: Leonardo DiCaprio was originally supposed to star; rumored to have passed over the dark ending and irredeemable lead.
    “this was originally supposed to be Leonardo DiCaprio.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:36:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  41. fun, about Ron Perlman: Reportedly handed Del Toro the Gresham novel in the mid-90s, so he is why the film exists.
    “So he's the reason this movie exists.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:39:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  42. fun, about Nightmare Alley: Patton reads Carlisle's carnival origin as like Trump rallies: a traveling apparatus that sets up and leaves.
    “he was called a carnival barker many, many times during his administration and he embraced it.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:45:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  43. fun, about Pharos of Chaos: Host recommends the documentary about Sterling Hayden's agonized life, including HUAC testimony; Patton had not seen it.
    “there's an incredible documentary about him in his life, Pharos of Chaos”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 0:55:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  44. fun, about The Nickel Ride: Host watched it for the first time two weeks earlier and loved it.
    “Just watch this for the 1st time 2 weeks ago.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:01:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  45. fun, about Under the Silver Lake: Host champions it as the modern noir worth rescuing, with a real idea about our current condition.
    “is under the Silver Lake, that that's the one that I feel like people are really trying”
    The Big Picture · ‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt! · 1:06:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  46. fun, about Ghostbusters: Afterlife: The movie pencil-sketch-over-a-Xerox feel.
    “the movie does often feel like a pencil sketch over a Xerox.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:04:54 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  47. fun, about Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Nine-year-olds not knowing ghosts terrorized New York is a nit: it would be the biggest thing since the Crusades.
    “This would be the biggest thing since like the Crusades.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:12:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  48. fun, about Ghostbusters: Afterlife: A character is named Podcast, with a joke about the podcast finding its voice in episode 46.
    “There is a character named podcast in a movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:14:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  49. fun, about Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Bill Murray declined a third Ghostbusters for 25 years; speaker found the cameos pathetic.
    “Why he came back for this movie, I have no idea.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:16:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  50. fun, about Ghostbusters: Afterlife: Jason Reitman filmed a plea before the movie not to spoil the end.
    “Jason Reitman filmed a little thing to go in front of the movie being like, please don't spoil the end of the movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:17:22 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  51. fun, about Andrew Garfield: Pundits call an Oscar nomination a lock; speaker finds it a divisive, litmus-test performance.
    “it is now a lock that Andrew Garfield will be nominated for an Oscar for this performance”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:24:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  52. fun, about Tick, Tick... Boom!: The tick, tick... Boom! musical was unfinished and completed after Jonathan Larson's death; it workshops Rent riffs.
    “I believe it was finished after Jonathan Larson's untimely death”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:25:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  53. fun, about That Thing You Do!: Joke: the band is literally called the Wonders because they are one-hit wonders.
    “They are literally called the Wonders.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:44:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)
  54. fun, about Local Hero: Burt Lancaster plays a Bezos/Musk type batty oil billionaire.
    “Burt Lancaster plays like a kind of like Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk before they were Jeff Bezos, Elon Musk type type character.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:47:14 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  55. fun, about Local Hero: Speaker watched it in month three or four of quarantine and felt better when hard to feel good.
    “I just felt better at a time when it was hard to feel good about very much.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:47:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  56. fun, about My Neighbor Totoro: Gemma Gracewood (Letterbox) told the speaker to start a kid with Ghibli, starting with Totoro.
    “just start with Ghibli, just start with Totoro and she will be a creative and open-minded soul.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:50:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  57. fun, about Pee-wee's Big Adventure: A man goes across hell on earth to get his bike back; it taught speaker you can do anything in a movie.
    “And he goes across hell on earth to get his bike back.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:57:10 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  58. fun, about Pee-wee's Big Adventure: The finale features a Hollywood version of Pee-wee with James Brolin and Morgan Fairchild.
    “James Brolin and Morgan Fairchild portray Pee Wee and Dottie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 0:58:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  59. fun, about Mike Mills: Sean says Mills's 20th Century Women conversation in January 2017 was the first ever for the show.
    “We talked about 20th century women.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Ghostbusters: Afterlife,’ ‘Tick, Tick ... Boom!,' and Our Top Five Feel-Good Movies · 1:29:50 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  60. fun, about The Fast and the Furious: The family-is-said 300 times joke.
    “I don't know if something can be a theme if it's a word that is said 300 times in a movie”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  61. fun, about F9: Corona beer: Diesel sets it down and does not drink in F9.
    “he doesn't take a drink.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:15:32 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  62. fun, about Han: Han stands with hands in pockets, the coolest person Sean has seen in years.
    “He just stands there with his hands in his pockets”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:19:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  63. fun, about F9: Magnet set pieces redeem F9 for Sean.
    “anytime there's a magnet on screen, I'm like, I'm into this movie.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:36:44 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  64. fun, about Eva Mendes: Her last film role was Lost River, directed by Gosling.
    “next to it, it says final film role.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:42:42 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  65. fun, about Axelrod / Billions: Sean quotes a line from Billions about negotiation.
    “nobody walks away from a negotiation happy”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:45:48 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  66. fun, about Vin Diesel: Amanda finds Diesel sees Dom as a profound figure of literature.
    “He sees himself as a noble warrior.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:52:09 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  67. fun, about Fast franchise: Sean imagines Ingmar Bergman style emotional drama.
    “severe emotional dramas like Ingmar Bergman, Circa 1965.”
    The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:56:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  68. fun, about Black Widow: Disney moves Black Widow to July 9 on Disney+ Premier Access (and in theaters) which a theater owner feels is a kneecap.
    “I honestly feel kneecapped. Disney is our lifeblood.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:04:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  69. fun, about Snyder Cut: The hosts recorded a 4-hour-5-minute Snyder Cut episode.
    “Thanks for listening to all 4 hours and 5 minutes.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:14:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  70. fun, about Errol Morris: Idea for the Oscars: hire people like Morris to make short documentaries, like the one with Donald Trump misreading Citizen Kane.
    “he completely misreads Citizen Kane and misunderstands it”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:21:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  71. fun, about (Oscars telecast): Joke: a purple 'stories matter' sweatshirt with 'monetize me, daddy' on the back.
    “It's a purple sweatshirt. and on the back it says, monetize me, daddy.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:22:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  72. fun, about Pi: The most famous actor in Pi is Mark Margolis, from Scarface and Breaking Bad.
    “Mark Margolis from who was also on Breaking Dead.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:05:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  73. fun, about Margin Call: Revisit the boardroom scene where Jeremy Irons shows up, and the 'more lucrative' rocket-scientist answer.
    “I just fire up the scene where Jeremy Iron shows up in the boardroom.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:12:20 · Sean Fennessey (0.65 sure it was them)
  74. fun, about Reservoir Dogs: Sean says he would not be doing the podcast or anything at The Ringer without Reservoir Dogs.
    “I probably would certainly not be doing it.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  75. fun, about The Ringer / Chris Ryan: Sean says he founded the Ringer to platform brilliant friends, naming Chris Ryan as the prime example.
    “I would like to support and show the world how clever, entertaining smart and useful my friends are.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:25:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  76. fun, about Oscars 2021: The hosts catalogue the thirteen awards movies not yet widely seen and where to stream them, with Nomadland the clear frontrunner.
    “There are 13 more movies that most people have not seen that I think are going to be meaningful to the Oscar conversation.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:30:00 · Sean Fennessey (0.75 sure it was them)
  77. fun, about Casablanca: Sean tells Bobby to watch it and text him when they start singing La Marseillaise.
    “And then when they start singing the Marseilles, just text me like you were right.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:52:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  78. fun, about Pretend It's a City: Scorsese's on-screen role is mostly laughing at Lebowitz; the one time he talks over 20 seconds, he corrects her Penny Arcade into Penny Serenade and explains Grant's career.
    “Martin Scorsese's role on the show, his physical role, is largely just to laugh at the things that friend Leboitt says.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:58:40 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  79. fun, about Penny Serenade: Sean fact-checks Scorsese on air: Cary Grant was nominated twice, for None but the Lonely Heart and Penny Serenade, not once; Amanda dubs it very un-Cary Grant energy.
    “And when a person says a fact about a movie that I know to be not correct, even if it is perhaps the greatest living filmmaker, I just have to note that.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:00:45 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  80. fun, about A Muppet Christmas Carol: Sean's wife Eileen, who will never appear on the podcast, has an unhealthy addiction to the film, and also yells Heat Miser at dinner.
    “she has like an unhealthy addiction to a Muppet Christmas carol.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:02:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  81. fun, about Eyes Wide Shut: Sean's pick for a day on a historic set: a long shoot, one of the greatest filmmakers, two stars in the midst of a marriage, and some of the wildest scenes ever shot.
    “just some of the wildest scenes ever shot in the history of movies occur in that film.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:12:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  82. fun, about Sundance 2021: Sundance goes virtual, roughly 50 to 100 films in three-hour blocks, and anyone can buy tickets for the first time.
    “many people out in the world can just buy tickets.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:12:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.80 sure it was them)
  83. fun, about 12 Monkeys: Sean fired it up on his iPad at one in the morning when he could not sleep, and enjoyed it.
    “let's just fire up 12 monkeys to see how that goes down.”
    The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 1:28:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  84. fun, about Aaron Sorkin: The 'I'm never, ever sick at sea' line turns up in Malice and again in Charlie Wilson's War; the references are like a drinking game.
    “I'm never, ever sick at sea, shows up in malice, and then it shows up in Charlie Wilson's war”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:16:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  85. fun, about Aaron Sorkin: Lord of the walk and talk; the intercut is his newer trick for real events.
    “He's the lord of the walk and talk.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:38:02 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  86. fun, about A Few Good Men: As a kid Amanda or Sean practiced Jessup's speech on a park basketball court shooting free throws.
    “The Jack Nicholson speech from a few good men out loud while shooting free throws”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:41:34 · Sean Fennessey (0.50 sure it was them)
  87. fun, about Moneyball: Billy Beane joining the Fenway owners group is an end cap to the movie; Red Sox lure scene.
    “he is joining the Fenway owners group, which is John Henry's company”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:51:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  88. fun, about Steve Jobs: Seth Rogen as Wozniak should have won an Oscar.
    “It's absurd to me that Seth Rogan was not nominated for an Oscar.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:55:18 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  89. fun, about Steve Jobs: Kate Winslet has more of a Polish accent in the later sequences than the first; a filming-order theory.
    “I don't totally understand why she has a Polish accent in the future, but not in the past.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 0:55:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  90. fun, about Sports Night: A laugh track was added at some point; the show tried to change the network sitcom form.
    “And at some point there was a laugh track, which is ill conceived.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:09:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  91. fun, about A Few Good Men: Among the most rewatched movies of a lifetime, alongside Network, Oz, Godfather, Goodfellas, Pulp Fiction.
    “It's in the conversation for the most rewatched movie of my lifetime.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:19:23 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  92. fun, about The Trial of the Chicago 7: Bobby Seale is bound and gagged in the courtroom in an extraordinary sequence.
    “he was bounding, gagged in the courtroom in this extraordinary sequence”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:37:38 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)
  93. fun, about The Trial of the Chicago 7: The score pairs fake 60s guitar rock with syrupy film music; real radicals would be playing the MC5.
    “you have to play the MC5.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:43:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  94. fun, about The Trial of the Chicago 7: Sorkin intercuts real brutality footage but cuts back to dramatized versions, which is less scary.
    “the real stuff is scarier and realer.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:43:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  95. fun, about Mark Rylance: Rylance as Kunstler is the custodian of decency in a film by a believer in decency.
    “he's the custodian of decency”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:51:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)
  96. fun, about The Trial of the Chicago 7: A drive-in screening at the Rose Bowl, courtesy of Netflix.
    “We went to a lovely drive-in screening of this film at the Rose Bowl.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:54:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  97. fun, about Jane Fonda: Hayden later married Jane Fonda; the host wants her take and recommends her autobiography.
    “All I want to know is what Jane Fonda thinks of this movie.”
    The Big Picture · Aaron Sorkin Top 5s and ‘The Trial of the Chicago 7’ · 1:57:28 · Sean Fennessey (0.60 sure it was them)
  98. fun, about Mank: Fincher's teaser makes both the film and the trailer look 1940s; Sean treats Dec 4 as his day.
    “I turn into a Dragon Ball Z character and I am lit a flame and I'm powered by the energies of David Fincher”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:02:07 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)
  99. fun, about Soul: Soul on Disney+ at Christmas could be the most widely seen Disney movie ever, in 70 million homes.
    “This could turn out to be the most widely seen Disney movie of all time”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:03:43 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)
  100. fun, about Transformers: Sean's first adult LA trip was a Transformers premiere, driving an Escalade supplied by the film's car sponsor; it hooked him on movies.
    “going to a movie premiere as an adult with a VIP ticket talking to the people that were in the movie”
    The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 0:10:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.90 sure it was them)