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Top Five Movies of 2021 So Far. Plus: Questlove on ‘Summer of Soul’
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July 6, 2021 · 1:22:25 · ▶ Listen on Spotify
Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · With Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson
Chapters
Top picks: Movies of 2021 (so far)
Sean Fennessey
- 1. Judas and the Black Messiah▶ 34:05
- 2. Summer of Soul▶ 26:00
- 3. Test Pattern▶ 31:21
- 4. No Sudden Move▶ 12:20
- 5. Saint Maud▶ 16:01
Amanda Dobbins
- 1. Quo Vadis, Aida?▶ 40:17
- 2. Judas and the Black Messiah▶ 34:05
- 3. Summer of Soul▶ 26:00
- 4. Bo Burnham: Inside▶ 30:56
- 5. No Sudden Move▶ 12:20
Movies Referenced (30)
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 34:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey▶ 11:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 12:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Sean Fennessey▶ 1:05:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson▶ 28:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Directors Referenced (7)
4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Sex, Lies, and Videotape, Traffic, Behind the Candelabra▶ 12:28IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson · Known for Armageddon▶ 44:46IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Judas and the Black Messiah▶ 35:21IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Lost City of Z▶ 31:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Edge of Tomorrow, Swingers, Fair Game▶ 44:52IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Signs, Lady in the Water, The Village▶ 45:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Reservoir Dogs, Pulp Fiction, From Dusk Till Dawn▶ 6:53IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Actors Referenced (40)
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Eighth Grade, Promising Young Woman▶ 7:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗
8 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson · Known for Jungle Fever, Wild Wild West▶ 3:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗
6 mentions · Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Sean Fennessey · Known for Hotel Transylvania 2, How to Be Single▶ 1:04:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Independence Day, Spaceballs▶ 29:14IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson▶ 45:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Men in Black, I Am Legend▶ 29:05IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson · Known for The Blues Brothers▶ 1:06:02IMDb ↗Lb ↗
2 mentions · Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson · Known for I Want You Back▶ 50:26IMDb ↗Lb ↗
Writers Referenced (2)
1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Shaun of the Dead, The World's End, Baby Driver▶ 4:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗
1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for Guardians of the Galaxy, Superman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2▶ 45:33IMDb ↗Lb ↗