Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey
Amanda Dobbins
Amanda Dobbins2:11:00
About the show
Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: top fives, movie drafts, Oscar analysis, and more, featuring a rotating cast of Ringer colleagues like Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, and Bill Simmons.
Spotlight
Episode Breakdown
Sean and Amanda are joined by Yasi Salek to discuss Better Man, the bizarro Robbie Williams biopic in which he is rendered as a CGI chimpanzee, and One of Them Days, the Keke Palmer and SZA action-comedy produced by Issa Rae and directed by Lawrence Lamont.
Chris Ryan
Chris Ryan
Yasi Salek
Yasi Salek2:11:00
Hosts
Episode Breakdown
Sean and Amanda are joined by Yasi Salek to discuss Better Man, the bizarro Robbie Williams biopic in which he is rendered as a CGI chimpanzee, and One of Them Days, the Keke Palmer and SZA action-comedy produced by Issa Rae and directed by Lawrence Lamont.
Oscar Nominations
1:37:00
Episode Breakdown
Sean and Amanda give their instant reactions to the Oscar nominations announced this morning, including their takes on what films are running hot and which ones seem to have cooled off over the past few months. Plus: They check in on the state of the Big Oscar Bet from September, when they attempted to predict the nominations and winners in 11 categories.
1:37:00
Episode Breakdown
Sean and Amanda give their instant reactions to the Oscar nominations announced this morning, including their takes on what films are running hot and which ones seem to have cooled off over the past few months. Plus: They check in on the state of the Big Oscar Bet from September, when they attempted to predict the nominations and winners in 11 categories.
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Spotlight
30:00
Episode Breakdown
As ‘The Brutalist’ continues to roll out to more screens across the country, Professor Fennessey returns for another lesson as he creates a new syllabus for Brady Corbet’s American epic.
Hosts
30:00
Hosts
Episode Breakdown
As ‘The Brutalist’ continues to roll out to more screens across the country, Professor Fennessey returns for another lesson as he creates a new syllabus for Brady Corbet’s American epic.
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35 Under 35
Episode Breakdown
Sean and Amanda reconvene the movie star committee to rank the 35 most important movie stars under the age of 35, using their proprietary blend of what a star has done already, what they have on their slate next, and what they could turn into in the future. Zendaya, Margot Robbie, Timothée Chalamet, Tom Holland, Jacob Elordi, Florence Pugh … Who will come out on top?
Episode Breakdown
Sean and Amanda reconvene the movie star committee to rank the 35 most important movie stars under the age of 35, using their proprietary blend of what a star has done already, what they have on their slate next, and what they could turn into in the future. Zendaya, Margot Robbie, Timothée Chalamet, Tom Holland, Jacob Elordi, Florence Pugh … Who will come out on top?
Shorts
Narrative Pod
Episode Breakdown
‘The Hollywood Hack’ is a three-part narrative series chronicling the biggest Hollywood heist of all time: In the fall of 2014, a group of cyberterrorists hacked Sony Pictures, stealing hundreds of thousands of documents. The materials were eventually leaked online, causing an international incident that would change Hollywood forever. In Episode 1, thousands of Sony employees show up for work on November 24, 2014—only to discover a menacing message on their screens.
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Brian Raftery
Brian RafteryHosts
Episode Breakdown
‘The Hollywood Hack’ is a three-part narrative series chronicling the biggest Hollywood heist of all time: In the fall of 2014, a group of cyberterrorists hacked Sony Pictures, stealing hundreds of thousands of documents. The materials were eventually leaked online, causing an international incident that would change Hollywood forever. In Episode 1, thousands of Sony employees show up for work on November 24, 2014—only to discover a menacing message on their screens.
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