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The End of Dumpuary? 10 Early-2021 Streaming Movie Recommendations
January 22, 2021/ 90 min/ Sean Fennessey · Amanda Dobbins
Sean and Amanda argue dumpuary is over, run down ten things worth streaming right now, then Derek DelGaudio and Frank Oz talk about turning the stage show In & of Itself into a film.
26 films across 4 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 Ben Affleck Rewatch ListPrompted by his Hollywood Reporter Awards Chatter interview
Dogma 1999
Phantoms 1998
Reindeer Games 2000
Changing Lanes 2002
Extract 2009
The Accountant 2016
Triple Frontier 2019
The Town 2010
Amanda's favorite of his as a director.
Gone Girl 2014
Affleck praised Fincher's work on it in the interview.
Revisiting Last Year's DumpuaryA look back at the 2020 edition of this segment
Birds of Prey 2020
Amanda has come around on it.
Sonic the Hedgehog 2020
Also better than they gave it credit for.
Dolittle 2020
The one exception: still bad.
10 Early-2021 Streaming Recommendations One host, one pick, unless noted
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
Locked Down 2021
Doug Liman's quarantine-set heist movie with Anne Hathaway and Chiwetel Ejiofor, shot over Zoom.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Some Kind of Heaven 2020
Lance Oppenheim's documentary about retirees at The Villages in Florida.
Picked by Amanda Dobbins
Sylvie's Love 2020
Eugene Ashe's 1950s-60s Hollywood romance with Tessa Thompson and Nnamdi Asomugha.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
The White Tiger 2021
Ramin Bahrani's Netflix adaptation of the Aravind Adiga novel.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Our Friend 2020
Gabriela Cowperthwaite's adaptation of the Esquire story, with Jason Segel, Casey Affleck, and Dakota Johnson.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
MLK/FBI 2020
Sam Pollard's documentary on the Bureau's surveillance of King.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
The Empty Man 2020
David Prior's horror movie, dumped after three years on the shelf.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
The Marksman 2021
Liam Neeson, directed by Robert Lorenz, solidly mid-tier.
Picked by Sean Fennessey
News of the World 2020
Picked by Sean Fennessey
Promising Young Woman 2020
In ConversationTurning the stage show In & of Itself into a film
Derek DelGaudio and Frank Oz on
Derek DelGaudio's In & of Itself 2020
DelGaudio's stage show, directed for the screen by Oz, streaming on Hulu.
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