Deadpool 2 2018
The tangent that introduces Cable (Josh Brolin) and the baby Nathan Summers, as the hosts try to work out what the Russos' cryptic teaser means.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Review · Hall of Fame · Interview
'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple' Is Gut-Ripping and Gut-Wrenching. Plus: Mona Fastvold on 'The Testament of Ann Lee'!
January 16, 2026/ 110 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins · Chris Ryan
Sean, Amanda, and Chris Ryan review 'The Bone Temple,' Nia DaCosta's follow-up to '28 Years Later,' then build an ad-hoc Ralph Fiennes hall of fame. Plus: Mona Fastvold on 'The Testament of Ann Lee.'
22 films across 5 segments.
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News and notesiHeart nominations, the Jets, and a doomsday update
Avengers: Doomsday 2026
Chris and Sean parse a cryptic Russo brothers post: 'trailers, and they are not teasers, they're clues.'
'28 Years Later: The Bone Temple'gut-ripping and gut-wrenching
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 2026
Nia DaCosta takes over from Danny Boyle on Alex Garland's script, with cinematographer Sean Bobbitt. Spike (Alfie Williams) is inducted into Jimmy Crystal's (Jack O'Connell) cult of acrobatic killers while Dr. Kelson (Ralph Fiennes) treats the alpha Samson with morphine and starts hunting a cure. A pure-horror, funny-games-gnarly installment; the coda brings back Cillian Murphy's Jim. Chris almost loved it as much as the first.
28 Years Later 2025
Boyle and Garland's franchise reboot, Chris's No. 1 of 2025 and the direct setup for this film.
28 Days Later 2002
The 2002 original; the Bone Temple coda echoes its long-lens final shot and its score.
Candyman 2021
DaCosta's horror reboot, cited as why she handles this film's genre mechanics so fluently.
Hedda 2025
DaCosta's 'Hedda Gabler' reimagining, on Prime; the hosts point to its anyone-can-die-at-any-moment charge as a shared strength.
The Ralph Fiennes Hall of Famean ad-hoc induction, ten deep
Schindler's List 1993
The breakthrough, as Amon Goeth. A stone-cold lock to open the list.
The English Patient 1996
Another automatic pick.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 2011
Voldemort's final confrontation; the Potter entry they settled on.
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014
Wes Anderson's M. Gustave, a lock.
Conclave 2024
He elevates it; a part that could have gone flat and didn't.
A Bigger Splash 2015
The dancing scene alone; a Big Picture-world favorite.
28 Years Later: The Bone Temple 2026
Fresh off the review, all three agree Kelson belongs on the list.
Strange Days 1995
Chris's favorite underrated Fiennes turn, a different look than usual.
The Constant Gardener 2005
The le Carre adaptation with Rachel Weisz; phenomenal, per Chris.
Quiz Show 1994
The tenth and final lock.
'The Testament of Ann Lee'before the Mona Fastvold interview
The Testament of Ann Lee 2025
Mona Fastvold and Brady Corbet's 'forced musical' about the Shaker founder, with Amanda Seyfried in the lead role. Sean and Amanda both liked it; Sean clicked with it most of the three Corbet/Fastvold films.
The Brutalist 2024
The obvious companion piece, written after 'Ann Lee' but released first; both are about trauma, faith, and immigrating to America.
In conversation
Mona Fastvold on
The Testament of Ann Lee 2025
Fastvold on finding Ann Lee via Shaker hymns, the 'speculative retelling' of an illiterate figure, using a hand-painted matte and a real Swedish tall ship to keep the epic on an indie budget, and on Amanda Seyfried's year of accent, dance, and singing prep. Distributed by Searchlight.
Mona Fastvold on
The World to Come 2020
Fastvold's earlier film; researching its 1856 setting led her to the Shakers and Ann Lee.
Mona Fastvold on
The Lovers on the Bridge 1991
Leos Carax's film, Fastvold's last-great-thing; she presented a print in Sag Harbor and it moved her to tears.
Also mentioned raised along the way
The Bone Temple's touchstones Come and SeeThe Cranes Are FlyingFunny GamesThe Wizard of OzMarty Supreme
Second-in-a-trilogy company The Empire Strikes BackThe Dark KnightThe Lord of the Rings: The Two TowersStar Wars: The Last JediOcean's Twelve
Jack O'Connell's run Starred Up'71FerrariBack to BlackSinners
Oldman, by way of comparison Bram Stoker's DraculaLéon: The Professional
More Fiennes, in passing In BrugesHail, Caesar!The Hurt LockerRed DragonThe End of the AffairMaid in ManhattanWuthering HeightsThe ReturnThe Prince of EgyptThe ChoralNurembergThe MenuThe DigThe Baby of MâconSpiderThe AvengersThe King's ManCoriolanus
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