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Top Five “One Crazy Night” Movies and ‘Bodies Bodies Bodies’

Also, Sean talks with the film’s director, Halina Rejin, about her transition from acting to working behind the camera full time

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‘Prey’ and the ‘Predator’ Movie Rankings

Chris Ryan joins Sean to talk about the film and where it sits in the ‘Predator’ canon before ‘Prey’ director Dan Trachtenberg talks with Sean about how he made the film

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‘Bullet Train’ and the Top Five Movies Set on a Train

Van Lathan joins Sean to discuss the star-studded Brad Pitt action vehicle, and then they share their top five favorite movies set on the railway

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Five New Films to Stream, ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ for Best Picture, and a Summer Movie Mailbag

Sean opens up the mailbag to answer your questions

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‘The Gray Man’ and the Top 10 Trash Special Ops Movies

Sean and Chris discuss the latest film from the Russo Brothers and their love for trashy subcontractor stories

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The 1987 Mega-Movie Draft With Quentin Tarantino and Roger Avary!

Tarantino and Avary join Sean, Amanda, and Chris Ryan to pick their faves and foil their pals in a draft of the movies from 1987

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‘Nope’ With Jordan Peele!

Sean and Van Lathan dig into this complex, fascinating extraterrestrial tale, before Peele himself joins to talk about how and why he made his movie

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John Carpenter’s ‘The Thing’ at 40, With John Carpenter!

Sean and Chris Ryan break down everything they love about the movie before Carpenter joins the show to discuss how he made the film and why it resonates to this day

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The 2022 Movie Auction Returns!

Chris rejoins Sean and Amanda to bid on the best of the rest of the movies of 2022

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ and Five Ways to Fix the Marvel Crisis

Plus, Sean, Charles, and Rob pitch the Marvel stories they want to see on the big screen

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‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ Is Here!

Plus, Claire Denis joins to discuss her new film, ‘Both Sides of the Blade’

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The Effing Minions Episode and Top 5 Movies We’ll Show Our Kids

Sean and Amanda dive deep into all things Minions, including ‘The Rise of Gru,’ and then share the top five movies they will show their children

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The 10 Best Movies of 2022 … So Far

Sean invites an all-star cast of Ringer contributors to share their favorite movies of the year

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The Ethan Hawke Hall of Fame and ‘The Black Phone’

Sean and Chris discuss the essential performances from the beloved actor

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‘Elvis,’ ‘Walk Hard,’ and the Top Five Music Biopics

Sean and Amanda discuss Baz Luhrmann’s latest before being joined by Adam Nayman to discuss the influence of ‘Walk Hard’ and their all-time music biopics

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‘Lightyear’ and Five Signs of the Streaming Movie Apocalypse

Sean and Amanda break down ‘Lightyear’ and what the recent spate of straight-to-streaming movies tells us about the state of the movie business

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‘Spiderhead’ and the Five Netflix Movies That Matter

Sean is joined by screenwriters Rhett Reese and Paul Wernick to discuss adapting the George Saunders short story

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The 2009 Movie Draft

Amanda and Sean are joined by Chris Ryan to pick their faves and foil their pals in a draft of the movies from 2009

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‘Jurassic World: Dominion’ and the Jurassic Movie Rankings

Sean and Bryan review the latest ‘Jurassic Park’ entry and rank their favorite films in the series

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Top Five Adam Sandler Movies and ‘Hustle’

Sean is joined by Rob Harvilla to discuss Adam Sandler, his new Netflix NBA drama ‘Hustle,’ and their top Sandler movies of all time

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The Most Awesome Movie of 2022, and 10 More to Stream Right Now. Plus, David Cronenberg!

Sean breaks down 10 intriguing new movies that you can watch right now, then is joined by David Cronenberg to discuss the legendary director’s new film, ‘Crimes of the Future,’ starring Viggo Mortensen and Kristen Stewart

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’: 100 Things We Loved About It

Sean and Amanda take a deep dive into Tom Cruise’s return as Pete "Maverick" Mitchell

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‘Top Gun: Maverick’ Is Here!

Sean and Amanda break down the exhilarating arrival of ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ before Joseph Kosinski, the film’s director, comes on to discuss how they made this action-packed return to the skies

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The Tom Cruise Hall of Fame

To celebrate Tom Cruise’s return to the big screen in ‘Top Gun: Maverick,’ Chris Ryan joins Sean and Amanda to choose 10 key films and construct the Tom Cruise Hall of Fame

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‘Ex Machina,’ ‘Annihilation,’ and ‘Men’: The Mind-bending Movies of Alex Garland

Sean is joined by Joanna Robinson to discuss the beguiling movies of writer-director Alex Garland, including his latest, the eerie folk-horror film ‘Men’

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The 1992 Movie Draft

Amanda and Sean are joined by Chris Ryan to pick their faves and foil their pals in a draft of the movies from 1992

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The Stephen King Movie Hall of Fame

To celebrate the release of ‘Firestarter,’ Paul Rust and Matt Gourley join to discuss the best adaptations from the horror author

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Ask Sean Anything Mailbag: ‘Avatar 2,’ 10 Exciting Under-40 Directors, and ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ at the Oscars

Sean answers listener questions about the year in film so far

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‘Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness’ Is Here!

Joanna Robinson and Chris join Sean for a non-spoiler conversation, followed by a spoiler-filled breakdown of the new ‘Doctor Strange’ film

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‘Spider-Man,’ ‘The Evil Dead,’ and the Sam Raimi Rankings

Plus, director Tom Gormican joins the show to discuss his new film ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’

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‘Nightmare Alley’ and Our Favorite Films Noir, With Patton Oswalt!

Of all the movies we saw in 2021, Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ is the one we keep returning to. Patton Oswalt joins Sean and draws from his extensive knowledge of noir to help us understand this film and its place in the genre’s history.

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The Nicolas Cage Hall of Fame and ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’

Van Lathan and Rob Mahoney join Sean to talk about the new meta-action-comedy ‘The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent’ and build a Nic Cage Hall of Fame