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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.

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Sean and Amanda are joined by Chris Ryan to reflect on the monumental loss of David Lynch, and try to take measure of the impact his films have made on them personally and the film culture at large. Then, they run through a number of guild nominations and assess the relative strength of the awards contenders. Finally, they review ‘Den of Thieves 2: Pantera’ and discuss its star Gerard Butler’s essential performance at the center and whether the overall movie lives up to the first in the franchise.

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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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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?

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