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The 2025 Movie Auction Returns!
July 8, 2025 · 2:19:12 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins
Edition: 2025 Returns
Chapters
The 2025 Returns Movie Auction
Budget: $1000 each
Last year’s reckoning
- Amanda Dobbins — M3GAN 2.0 — Flopped; underperformed, no viral moment
- Amanda Dobbins — F1 — Box office success, likely tech Oscar noms, ~1 point
- Amanda Dobbins — Opus — Sentimental favorite, no points
- Amanda Dobbins — The Phoenician Scheme — Loved it but critics/Oscars unlikely to help
- Amanda Dobbins — Marty Supreme — Not yet released
- Chris Ryan — Sinners — Big winner; 2 Metacritic points + box office point, likely pick of the year
- Chris Ryan — Jurassic World Rebirth — Cleared box office, 1-2 points
- Chris Ryan — Highest 2 Lowest — Not yet released
- Chris Ryan — Sentimental Value — Not yet released; current Best Picture betting favorite
- Chris Ryan — The Running Man — Not yet released
- Sean Fennessey — Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning — Disliked; $191M box office (1 point), 67 Metacritic
- Sean Fennessey — 28 Years Later — Loved it, likely no points; 77 Metacritic, $60M
- Sean Fennessey — A Big Bold Beautiful Journey — Not yet released
- Sean Fennessey — One Battle After After — Not yet released; PTA, gifted to him for $1
- Sean Fennessey — Eddington — Seen and loved, not yet discussed on show
Movies Referenced (105)
14 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 45:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗
12 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins▶ 28:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
11 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins▶ 26:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:01:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 28:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan▶ 19:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 34:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (30)
11 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for I Am Love, Challengers, Call Me by Your Name▶ 27:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for All Quiet on the Western Front, Conclave▶ 27:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Wonder Woman, Zack Snyder's Justice League▶ 1:04:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for The Ides of March, Good Night, and Good Luck., Michael Clayton▶ 1:38:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Pi, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream▶ 1:58:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Dune: Part Two, Blade Runner 2049▶ 33:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 1:20:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for 127 Hours, 28 Days Later, Shallow Grave▶ 21:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for It Was Just an Accident▶ 2:06:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for The Worst Person in the World, Sentimental Value▶ 26:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Royal Tenenbaums, Isle of Dogs▶ 18:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (108)
11 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Pretty Woman, My Best Friend's Wedding▶ 37:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
9 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Big Daddy, Little Nicky▶ 24:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for A Star Is Born, Silver Linings Playbook, American Sniper▶ 1:16:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Lobster, In Bruges, S.W.A.T.▶ 27:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Spider-Man, Melancholia, Interview with the Vampire▶ 58:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Blue Valentine, La La Land, Drive▶ 1:06:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Hacksaw Ridge, The Amazing Spider-Man, The Social Network▶ 36:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for 21 Jump Street, White House Down, 22 Jump Street▶ 58:15IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for The Big Short, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 1:49:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for A Real Pain, The Social Network, The Squid and the Whale▶ 1:26:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Wicked, Jurassic World: Rebirth▶ 1:14:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Black Hawk Down▶ 57:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (15)
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for The Squid and the Whale, Marriage Story▶ 28:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Blinded by the Light, The Wrestler, Philadelphia▶ 1:05:12IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for After the Hunt▶ 36:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Ex Machina, Civil War, Annihilation▶ 1:01:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Avatar, Aliens, Terminator 2: Judgment Day▶ 48:04IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Broadcast News, As Good as It Gets, Terms of Endearment▶ 1:16:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for West Side Story▶ 1:23:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Hamnet▶ 1:53:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Knives Out, Looper, Glass Onion▶ 2:12:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Before I Go to Sleep▶ 31:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (2)
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for First Man, La La Land, No Time to Die▶ 1:38:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗