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The "Anything But Oscars" Mailbag! Plus: ‘Hoppers’
March 9, 2026 · 2:05:01 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey
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Movies Referenced (95)
12 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:18:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
9 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 13:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
7 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 35:38IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 11:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:10:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:10:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (22)
5 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Schindler's List, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Saving Private Ryan▶ 44:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Se7en, Gone Girl, Zodiac▶ 55:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Punch-Drunk Love, Licorice Pizza, There Will Be Blood▶ 20:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, Behind the Candelabra▶ 25:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Tenet, Interstellar, Inception▶ 1:37:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life▶ 26:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Argo, Gone Girl, The Town▶ 50:06IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (62)
6 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Beverly Hills Cop, Fast Times at Ridgemont High▶ 1:09:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Terminator 2: Judgment Day, The Terminator▶ 11:29IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Sicario, The Usual Suspects, Traffic▶ 25:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Zero Dark Thirty▶ 33:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Dictator▶ 9:01IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Suicide Squad, The Wolf of Wall Street, Barbie▶ 1:17:43IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Welcome to the Dollhouse▶ 47:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Zodiac, Almost Famous▶ 22:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for We're the Millers, The Maze Runner▶ 14:23IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (22)
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for I'm Thinking of Ending Things, Anomalisa, Synecdoche, New York▶ 1:33:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Bolt▶ 1:49:16IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Usual Suspects, Mission: Impossible - Fallout, Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning▶ 11:12IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Chef, Iron Man, Swingers▶ 1:00:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for A Few Good Men, The Trial of the Chicago 7▶ 1:34:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey · Known for Witness for the Prosecution▶ 1:25:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for It Ends with Us, Regretting You▶ 1:12:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Princess Bride▶ 1:35:58IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Men in Black, Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, Now You See Me 2▶ 33:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Wuthering Heights, Saltburn, Promising Young Woman▶ 1:15:35IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Guava Island▶ 21:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Cinematographers Referenced (4)
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Godfather Part II, Manhattan▶ 28:20IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for One Battle After Another, Iron Man, The Island▶ 5:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Taking of Pelham 123, The Other Guys▶ 1:11:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Thin Red Line, L.A. Story, Practical Magic▶ 40:09IMDb ↗Lb ↗