Avengers: Age of Ultron 2015
Wanda and Pietro's real MCU introduction. Neither host's favorite entry, but they call it foundational to everything that follows.
The Big Picture · Discussion · Interview
‘WandaVision’: What Worked, What Didn’t, and What’s Next With Mallory Rubin
March 8, 2021/ 105 min/ Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin
Sean and Mallory dig through the 'WandaVision' finale, then Sean reviews 'Raya and the Last Dragon' and talks to Kevin Macdonald about 'The Mauritanian.'
18 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.
‘WandaVision’ Season One Autopsythe finale, Wanda's arc, and where phase four goes next
Captain America: Civil War 2016
The twins first appeared in its post-credits stinger before Age of Ultron proper.
Avengers: Infinity War 2018
Vision's death at Wanda's own hands. Mallory calls it one of her all-time favorites.
Avengers: Endgame 2019
The two watched it together in theaters and were, in Sean's words, vibrating.
Spider-Man: Far From Home 2019
Its post-blip In Memoriam sequence and its timeline (set after WandaVision, oddly) both come up.
Captain Marvel 2019
Backstory for Monica's mother Maria, and the Nick Fury/Talos body-double question raised by the finale's stinger.
Black Widow 2021
Was originally slated to kick off phase four before the pandemic pushed WandaVision into that slot instead.
Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness
The show's real target: Agatha's Darkhold, the nexus talk, and Wanda's villain-or-hero status all point here.
Spider-Man: No Way Home
Named as one of the films WandaVision is quietly setting up.
The Devil's Advocate 1997
The internet's short-lived theory that Al Pacino's devil would resurface as Mephisto.
The Evil Dead 1981
Cited for director Sam Raimi's history with the Necronomicon, ahead of him bringing the Darkhold to Doctor Strange 2.
‘Raya and the Last Dragon’Disney's $29.99 premiere-tier release
Raya and the Last Dragon 2021
Sean went in with low expectations after Disney's muted marketing and came out impressed by the cast, the action, and Awkwafina's dragon.
In conversation
Kevin Macdonald on
The Mauritanian 2021
Macdonald on adapting Mohamedou Ould Slahi's smuggled Guantanamo memoir, and on Jodie Foster cutting her own lines down to the bone.
Kevin Macdonald on
Touching the Void 2003
Raised as an earlier example of Macdonald's pull toward undiscovered, off-the-map settings.
Kevin Macdonald on
The Last King of Scotland 2006
Same thread: Macdonald's recurring interest in unfamiliar places and people.
Kevin Macdonald on
Dear Comrades! 2020
Macdonald's pick for the last great thing he'd seen: Andrei Konchalovsky's black-and-white Soviet strike drama, made at 86.
Kevin Macdonald on
Runaway Train 1985
Mentioned as Konchalovsky's earlier, very mainstream Jon Voight vehicle.
Kevin Macdonald on
Tango & Cash 1989
Another Konchalovsky Hollywood credit, brought up in the same breath.
Also mentioned raised along the way
In passing MulanSoulBig Hero 6BlindspottingAvatarThe Trial of the Chicago 7Malcolm X
Not films filtered out: TV, games, ads
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