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Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more. Subscribe to Sean's newsletter, Projections, here.

Episodes

The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman!

We’re So Back for Good: ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Mania and 10 Movies We Missed!

‘Backrooms’ Is the Future of Movies, With Kane Parsons!

‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is the End of 'Star Wars' As We Know It. Plus: The Winners and Losers at Cannes.

We Went to Cannes! These Are the 10 Best (and Worst) Things We Saw.

The 1976 Movie Draft

The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Year … So Far. Plus: The New Scary Movie Royalty, and ‘Obsession,’ With Curry Barker!

The Robert Duvall Hall of Fame

The Physical Media High Council Reconvenes!

The ‘Star Wars’ Rankings and the 'Andor' Miracle

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and the Movies That Feel Like Our Lives

The 'Star Wars' Movie Draft

‘Michael’ Wants to Start Something It Can’t Finish. Plus: ‘Mother Mary’ With David Lowery!

The 900th-Episode Mega-Voicemailbag!

The 15 Most Anticipated Movies Out of CinemaCon and Our Trip to the Sphere!

The 2026 Summer Movie Preview "Boom or Bust" Game

The Meryl Streep Hall of Fame

The 2026 Movie Star Rankings: 35 Under 35

The Top 10 Movie Plot Twists and ‘The Drama.’ Plus: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Certainly Exists.

The Best Movies of the Year … So Far. Plus: 15 We Missed!