Tár 2022
Sean's near-masterpiece; he keeps pushing it as the one that could actually win Best Picture.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Review
‘M3GAN,’ Plus Five Shocking Awards Season Twists
January 13, 2023/ 69 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Guild nominations scramble the 2023 Oscar race, then a review of the January killer-doll hit ‘M3GAN.’
27 films across 2 segments.
AI-generated This episode was transcribed and analyzed with AI models. The matches aren't perfect — expect the occasional misheard title or a link to the wrong film.
Five Shocking Awards Season TwistsPGA, SAG, and DGA nominations, plus the Golden Globes
Everything Everywhere All at Once 2022
Frontrunner, solidifying across every guild.
The Banshees of Inisherin 2022
Locked in: PGA, SAG ensemble, and DGA.
The Fabelmans 2022
Paul Dano got in for supporting; Michelle Williams was left off SAG entirely after running lead.
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
On the PGA list but shut out of SAG acting and DGA; may win nothing above the line.
Babylon 2022
Missed PGA and DGA, hung on to the SAG ensemble; the possible surprise 10th nominee.
Avatar: The Way of Water 2022
Highest-grossing film on the PGA list, absent from SAG ensemble.
Elvis 2022
Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery 2022
The populist PGA nominee.
The Whale 2022
The PGA nod nobody saw coming.
Women Talking 2022
Barely holding on: SAG ensemble but no individual nods for Jessie Buckley or Claire Foy.
The Woman King 2022
Missed both PGA and SAG ensemble; probably finished.
Aftersun 2022
Charlotte Wells's first-time DGA nod keeps a Best Picture path alive.
Blonde 2022
Ana de Armas got a SAG nod for a movie both hosts hated.
The Good Nurse 2022
Eddie Redmayne SAG nod; Sean says just read the Wikipedia.
Hustle 2022
Adam Sandler nominated at SAG, and campaigning happily.
The Menu 2022
Amanda thought it might sneak onto the PGA list; it didn't.
Pearl 2022
No love for Mia Goth, again.
‘M3GAN’Blumhouse and Atomic Monster's killer-doll hit
M3GAN 2022
A two-and-a-half-star killer-doll comedy that does exactly what it sets out to do; Allison Williams's buy-in and a dancing doll (physical performer Amie Donald) carry the tone.
The Good Son 1993
Sean's main comp: Macaulay Culkin as an evil kid, camp played under a straight face; written by Ian McEwan, directed by Joseph Ruben.
Child's Play 1988
The Chucky lineage the film keeps winking at.
The Terminator 1984
Megan cast as the T-800 villain.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991
The protector-sequel template a Megan 2 might follow.
Malignant 2021
Same writer, Akela Cooper.
Housebound 2014
Director Gerard Johnstone's earlier New Zealand film.
Get Out 2017
Allison Williams's other commit-to-the-bit performance.
Also mentioned raised along the way
Sean's 2022 ballot, further down Decision to LeaveBarbarianArmageddon TimeAll the Beauty and the BloodshedNope
The foreign-director wildcards Triangle of SadnessCloseDrive My CarAnother RoundArgoThirteen LivesSaint OmerHappeningEmily the CriminalMurinaNightmare Alley
Career detours CollateralJerry MaguireBorn on the Fourth of JulyMagnoliaMillion Dollar BabySideways
Coming soon and next week Gladiator IIMerrily We Roll AlongCarmenIn the HeightsScreamDear Evan HansenAll Quiet on the Western FrontMona Lisa SmileParasiteThe Godfather Part III
The killer-doll canon The Bad SeedVillage of the DamnedMagicDeadly FriendDollsSleeping with the EnemyThe StepfatherHome AloneHome Alone 2: Lost in New YorkMy GirlHappy Death DayThe Nun IIThe ConjuringMinions: The Rise of GruBarbie
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
TV Girls
Podcasts Off GuardThe RewatchablesThe Town
Ads TremfyaBoar's HeadNOS EnergyFanDuelCarvanaStitch Fix
Toys FurbyAmerican Girl dolls