Sean Fennessey

The Baseball Movie Draft

1. #3 A League of Their Own — Based on a True Story▶ 31:12
2. #6 Everybody Wants Some!! — Comedy▶ 42:32
3. #11 Sugar — Drama▶ 57:29
4. #14 Rookie of the Year — High Concept▶ 1:03:44
5. #19 The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training — Kids Movie▶ 1:16:31
6. #22 Baseball — Wild Card▶ 1:21:32

The Flops Movie Draft

1. #1 Freddy Got Fingered — Ebert Zero Stars▶ 20:21
2. #8 Congo — Sub-25% Rotten Tomatoes▶ 40:25
3. #9 The Man from U.N.C.L.E. — Failed Franchise Launch▶ 42:20
4. #16 The Last Duel — $100M Losers Club▶ 1:03:04
5. #17 Ishtar — Star Bomb▶ 1:05:56
6. #24 The Thing — Under $30M Domestic▶ 1:34:44
7. #25 Beloved — Wild Card▶ 1:34:50

The Canadian Movie Draft Live from Toronto!

1. #3 Take This Waltz — Canadian director▶ 52:42
2. #6 The Fly — David Cronenberg▶ 1:01:52
3. #11 Ace Ventura: Pet Detective — Canadian star▶ 1:13:46
4. #14 Scott Pilgrim vs. the World — Toronto plays itself or somewhere else▶ 1:21:30
5. #19 Aliens — Cameron/Villeneuve▶ 1:33:13
6. #22 The Place Beyond the Pines — Ryan Gosling▶ 1:39:48

The Ben Affleck Hall of Fame and ‘Animals.’ Plus: ‘Other Mommy’ Is Jump-Scary and Silly

• Inducted Dazed and Confused
• Inducted Chasing Amy

The Diane Keaton Hall of Fame

• Inducted Shoot the Moon

We’re Addicted to ‘The Substance.’ Plus, the Body Horror Hall of Fame!

• Inducted Altered States
• Inducted The Wolf Man
• Inducted Raw
• Inducted Eyes Without a Face
• Inducted Basket Case
• Inducted Frankenhooker
• Inducted Brain Damage
• Inducted Society of the Snow
• Inducted Alien
• Inducted Possession
• Inducted The Thing
• Inducted The Fly
• Inducted Scanners
• Inducted Videodrome
• Inducted Dead Ringers
• Inducted eXistenZ
• Inducted Shivers
• Inducted Rabid
• Inducted The Brood

The 2026 Movie Auction Returns!

• Bought Primetime — $75
• Bought The End of Oak Street — $235
• Bought Spider-Man: Brand New Day — $5
• Bought Clayface — $105
• Bought The Debut — $100

The 2026 Movie Auction

• Bought The Odyssey — $926
• Bought Toy Story 5 — $1
• Bought The Adventures of Cliff Booth — $76
• Bought The Chronicles of Narnia: The Magician's Nephew — $18
• Bought Dredd — $5
• Bought Jack of Spades — $50

The 2025 Movie Auction Returns!

• Bought Avatar: Fire and Ash — $300
• Bought Superman — $62
• Bought Hamnet — $219
• Bought It Was Just an Accident — $41
• Bought Predator: Badlands — $1

The Physical Media High Council Reconvenes!

• The Movie Orgy — AGFA (American Genre Film Archive) · Joe Dante's 276-min 1968 compilation; blind buy
• Cinema Expanded: The Films of Frederick Wiseman — BFI · First five features incl. Titicut Follies
• John Singleton Hood Trilogy — Criterion Collection · Boyz N the Hood, Poetic Justice, Baby Boy
• I Spit on Your Grave + I Spit on Your Grave: Deja Vu — Umbrella Entertainment · Billed 'Day of the Woman'; booklet, essays, postcards
• The Curse of Frankenstein — Hammer Films · Giant 6-disc box: 3 cuts, graphic novel, poster, postcards
• Radical Japan: Cinema and State — Radiance Films · 7 Oshima films; sold out at Radiance
• Ladies and Gentlemen, the Fabulous Stains — Fun City Editions · 4K restoration; got standard, wanted limited

The Physical Media High Council Awards

• City on Fire — Shout! Factory · First release in Shout's Hong Kong classics line
• Film Focus: Gene Hackman — Imprint · 4 Hackman films incl. I Never Sang for My Father
• Blaxploitation Classics, Vols. 1 & 2 — Shout! Factory · Two 4K sets: Pam Grier films, Truck Turner, etc.
• Sorcerer — Criterion Collection · 4K; Sean participated in the extras
• Barry Lyndon — Criterion Collection · 4K reissue; astonishing upgrade
• This Is Spinal Tap — Criterion Collection · New 4K, shown pre-street-date
• Gushing Prayer — Terror Vision (Graveface)
• Bang the Drum Slowly — Cinématographe (Vinegar Syndrome) · 4K UHD — a gift for Tracy Letts
• Let's Scare Jessica to Death — Vinegar Syndrome
• Carnal Knowledge — Indicator/Powerhouse · 2025 ed.; rival Criterion ed. announced 2 wks later
• Cemetery Man — Severin
• Errol Flynn 6-Film Collection — Warner Archive · 6 films, 4 by Curtiz; Robin Hood, Sea Hawk

The King of Physical Media. Plus: The 10 Best Blu-rays of 2024.

• Daiei Gothic: Japanese Ghost Stories — Radiance Films · 3-film ghost-story box; Kiyoshi Kurosawa extras
• Bad Company — Fun City Editions · long-awaited Blu-ray debut of the 1972 film
• Red Rock West — Cinematograph · 2024 Cinematograph edition
• Goin' South — Cinematograph · 2024 Cinematograph edition
• The Teen Apocalypse Trilogy — Criterion Collection · Gregg Araki 3-film box, incl. Nowhere
• Trainspotting — Criterion Collection · 4K UHD; oversized shelf-breaking packaging
• Hollywood 90028 — Grindhouse Releasing · 70s indie horror; Arkasha Stevenson recommendation

Is ‘Digger’ the Tom Cruise Movie We’ve Been Waiting For? Plus: Our Top 10 Tom Cruise Performances.

1. 1. Jerry Maguire▶ 1:50:18
2. 2. Magnolia▶ 1:47:26
3. 3. Eyes Wide Shut▶ 1:46:51
4. 4. A Few Good Men▶ 1:44:50
5. 5. Born on the Fourth of July▶ 1:43:46
6. 6. Collateral▶ 1:33:57
7. 7. Minority Report▶ 1:43:46
8. 8. Vanilla Sky▶ 1:30:43
9. 9. Rain Man▶ 1:30:10
10. 10. Mission: Impossible▶ 1:28:03

‘Tony’ and the Top 5 Coming-of-Age Movies, With Matt Johnson!

1. 1. Juice▶ 1:01:03
2. 2. Rushmore▶ 56:04
3. 2. The Squid and the Whale▶ 56:04
4. 3. Walkabout▶ 50:29
5. 4. Fish Tank▶ 45:59
6. 5. A Perfect World▶ 41:17

‘The End of Oak Street’ and the Top Five 'Twilight Zone' Movies. Plus: Will Poulter!

1. 1. Seconds▶ 1:46:52
2. 2. Groundhog Day▶ 1:46:50
3. 3. The Quiet Earth▶ 1:46:18
4. 4. Repeat Performance▶ 1:45:24
5. 5. The Vast of Night▶ 1:44:42