Sean Fennessey

The Flops Movie DraftThe Big Picture

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!The Big Picture

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 Epic Movie DraftThe Big Picture

1. #2 The Last Temptation of Christ — Biblical Epic▶ 39:38
2. #5 Seven Samurai — Movies That Exceed Three Hours▶ 49:09
3. #8 Amadeus — Biopic Epic▶ 56:40
4. #11 The Deer Hunter — Romantic or War Epic▶ 1:06:33
5. #14 O Brother, Where Art Thou? — Odyssey-Inspired Epics▶ 1:16:30
6. #17 The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King — Epic Best Picture Winners▶ 1:23:46
7. #20 Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair — Wild Card▶ 1:36:55

The Diane Keaton Hall of FameThe Big Picture

• Inducted Shoot the Moon

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

• 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 Keanu Reeves Hall of Fame and ‘John Wick: Chapter 4’The Big Picture

• Inducted The Devil's Advocate

The 2026 Movie Auction Returns!The Big Picture

• Bought Prime Time — $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 AuctionThe Big Picture

• 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!The Big Picture

• Bought Avatar: Fire and Ash — $300
• Bought Superman — $62
• Bought Hamnet — $219
• Bought A House of Dynamite — $180
• Bought It Was Just an Accident — $41
• Bought Predator: Badlands — $1

The Physical Media High Council Reconvenes!The Big Picture

• 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 AwardsThe Big Picture

• 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.The Big Picture

• 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

The Top 10 Underseen and Overlooked Movies of 2025. Plus: ‘Is This Thing On?,’ ‘Ella McCay,’ and Why We Can’t Have Nice Things.The Big Picture

1. 1. Vulcanizadora▶ 11:51
2. 2. The Things You Kill▶ 11:17
3. 3. Influencers▶ 10:32
4. 4. Urchin▶ 9:42
5. 5. On Becoming a Guinea Fowl▶ 8:53

The Top Five Movies of 2025The Big Picture

1. 1. One Battle After Another▶ 18:33
2. 2. Eddington▶ 15:59
3. 3. No Other Choice▶ 13:40
4. 4. Marty Supreme▶ 1:07:45
5. 5. Sinners▶ 56:06

Honorable mentions: Blue Moon · Sentimental Value · The Mastermind · Pillion · Predators · Cover-Up · Megadoc · Final Destination: Bloodlines

The Top Five Ethan Hawke Movies and a Double Shot of Richard Linklater, With Ethan Hawke and Richard Linklater!The Big Picture

1. 1. First Reformed▶ 58:06
2. 2. Before Sunset▶ 58:01
3. 3. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead▶ 57:51
4. 4. Blue Moon▶ 57:48
5. 5. Training Day▶ 56:59