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The Big Picture · Discussion · Review
The "Anything But Oscars" Mailbag! Plus: ‘Hoppers’
March 9, 2026/ 123 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda take listener questions on everything except the Oscars, then review Pixar's 'Hoppers.'
173 films across 3 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.
The Newsbox office and a Conan reboot
Weapons 2025
Onward 2020
Sinners 2025
Coco 2017
Pixar's last bigger original opening, until 'Hoppers.'
Soul 2020
Turning Red 2022
Lightyear 2022
Inside Out 2 2024
Elio 2025
Luca 2021
Elemental 2023
Barbie 2023
A Minecraft Movie 2025
Monsters, Inc. 2001
'Monsters, Inc. 3' announced over the weekend.
Ratatouille 2007
Finding Nemo 2003
Project Hail Mary 2026
Two weeks out, expectations are high.
Conan the Barbarian 1982
McQuarrie is rebooting it with Schwarzenegger reprising.
Conan the Destroyer 1984
Warfare 2025
Supergirl 2026
The 'Anything But Oscars' Mailbaglistener questions, Oscars strictly banned
One Battle After Another 2025
Bob Ferguson watches 'The Battle of Algiers' on his couch.
Army of Shadows 1969
Sean's first Criterion Closet pick for Bob.
Paths of Glory 1957
Emitaï 1971
One of three Ousmane Sembène films Sean names for Bob.
Xala 1975
Ceddo 1977
Che 2008
The Limey 1999
Full Frontal 2002
Eraserhead 1977
Short Cuts 1993
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
On the shortlist of signature 2020s American films.
Oppenheimer 2023
Skinamarink 2023
Kyle Edward Ball has another movie coming.
The Conversation 1974
The Secret Agent 2025
Backrooms
Named among the new YouTube-inflected horror wave.
The Devil Wears Prada 2006
Amanda's desert-island torture pick for Sean.
The Devil Wears Prada 2 2026
Trailer ran before 'Hoppers.'
Evil Dead II 1987
Sean's pick for Amanda.
Send Help 2026
Ready Player One 2018
Rewatched for the Spielberg conversation.
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One 2023
Amanda visits the Rebecca Ferguson death bridge in Venice.
Crime 101
Sean admits to overrating it.
The Bride 2026
Tanked at the box office; both still defend it.
Love Actually 2003
Mickey 17 2025
Babylon 2022
Congo 1995
Sean's go-to five-star 'disaster' he defends.
Triple Frontier 2019
The Adventures of Cliff Booth 2026
Tarantino-written, Fincher-directed; Sean's most-anticipated Cannes maybe.
The Way of the Wind
The perennially rumored Terrence Malick film.
Jack of Spades
Joel Coen's new film.
Her Private Hell
Nicholas Winding Refn's new film.
Digger
Rumored, though Sean thinks Venice.
The Entertainment System Is Down
Ruben Östlund's new film.
Paper Tiger
James Gray's new film.
Fatherland 2026
Paweł Pawlikowski's new film, rumored under the title '1949.'
Fjord
With Renate Reinsve and Sebastian Stan.
Hope
Na Hong-jin's new film.
The Wailing 2016
Sean plans a rewatch before Cannes.
Out of This World
Albert Serra's first English-language film, with Riley Keough.
The Sugarland Express 1974
Spielberg's only Palme competition entry.
Megalopolis 2024
Swingers 1996
One of the first screenplays Sean ever bought.
Little Giants 1994
Creed 2015
Warrior 2011
Creed II 2018
The Way Back 2020
The Cutting Edge 1992
Written by Tony Gilroy.
The Mighty Ducks 1992
The Sandlot 1993
Bring It On 2000
Chariots of Fire 1981
Won Best Picture over 'Reds.'
Raging Bull 1980
Ordinary People 1980
Reds 1981
To Live and Die in L.A. 1985
Sean's Rewatchables prep for the day.
Wimbledon 2004
Tin Cup 1996
Molly's Game 2017
Blue Crush 2002
Miracle 2004
Remember the Titans 2000
Cool Runnings 1993
The Big Green 1995
Thunderstruck 2012
The Kevin Durant body-swap movie.
Like Father Like Son 1987
Vice Versa 1988
Sean rates it above 'Like Father Like Son.'
The Karate Kid 1984
Palm Springs 2020
Grouped with Sean's other low-wattage rom-com comfort picks.
Plus One 2019
Set It Up 2018
The Kissing Booth 2018
Groundhog Day 1993
Pearl 2022
Bottoms 2023
Alex Ross Perry's write-in.
Beau Is Afraid 2023
Red Rocket 2021
Saltburn 2023
Better Man 2024
Malignant 2021
Game Night 2018
Challengers 2024
Marty Supreme 2025
Thunderbolts* 2025
Cited as evidence Jake Schreier can handle X-Men.
X-Men: First Class 2011
Deadpool & Wolverine 2024
Network 1976
Sean can recite it; his audio-only car movie.
A Few Good Men 1992
Amanda's audio-only pick.
Nuremberg 2025
Sean listened to it while building a dollhouse.
Hereditary 2018
There's Something About Mary 1998
Sean's teenage-buzz theater memory.
Clueless 1995
Amanda at Lenox Mall with her mother.
Jerry Maguire 1996
The American President 1995
Amanda saw it four times with her dad.
The Irishman 2019
The Chinese Theatre premiere.
Singin' in the Rain 1952
Wish 2023
The Social Network 2010
Sean at the 2010 NYFF premiere.
Uncut Gems 2019
The Telluride screening where a quarter of the room left.
Synecdoche, New York 2008
The Social Reckoning 2026
Aaron Sorkin directing.
All About Eve 1950
A Friedkin favorite, per his commentary track.
The Player 1992
Sullivan's Travels 1941
Sunset Boulevard 1950
Hail, Caesar! 2016
Tropic Thunder 2008
Hollywood Shuffle 1987
The Loved One 1965
The Muse 1999
Bowfinger 1999
State and Main 2000
Blazing Saddles 1974
Adaptation. 2002
Notting Hill 1999
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013
Sean says it nails the Long Island aggro bro.
Married to the Mob 1988
Goodfellas 1990
Trees Lounge 1996
Trust 1990
Hal Hartley.
In & Out 1997
Shot in Northport, one town over from Sean.
No Hard Feelings 2023
Final Destination 2000
Gone with the Wind 1939
Selma 2014
Drumline 2002
Contagion 2011
Black Panther 2018
Opens with a heist at Amanda's childhood High Museum.
'Hoppers'Pixar, Daniel Chong's debut feature for the studio
Hoppers 2026
Consciousness-into-robot-animals plot both found overstuffed but very funny; Meryl Streep and Dave Franco in the voice cast.
Zootopia 2 2025
Ponyo 2008
The gentler, more Miyazaki version Sean wishes Chong had made.
Toy Story 1995
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse 2018
Cited for a texture Pixar's house style lacks.
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