The Comic Book Movie Death Rattle and ‘Supergirl.’ Plus: ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Goes Out With a Bang.
6/26/20261 hr 23 min
Sean and Amanda open the show by covering myriad movie news headlines, including the status of Luca Guadagnino’s ‘Artifical’, new footage released of Tom Cruise in his highly anticipated film, ‘Digger,’ and the Academy inviting 529 members, including Jacob Elordi, Teyana Taylor, Josh O’Connor, and more. Then, Sean and Amanda use the new DC film, ‘Supergirl,' which they found creatively and technically empty, as a springboard to have a wide-ranging conversation about the decline in importance of superhero movie culture. Finally, Chris Ryan joins the show to discuss the (potentially) final film of the ‘Jackass’ franchise: ‘Jackass: Best and Last’, a movie they all thoroughly enjoyed.
(0:00) Intro
(0:49) Movie news
(23:42) ‘Supergirl’
(45:12) What was the superhero movie era?
(1:03:23) ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ with Chris Ryan
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: Chris Ryan
Producer: Jack Sanders
Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh
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First 90 secondsSean Fennessey· Host0:06
[upbeat music] I'm Sean Fennessey.
Amanda Dobbins· Host0:16
I'm Amanda Dobbins.
Sean Fennessey· Host0:17
And this is The Big Picture, a conversation show about two new movies, both signifying the end of something beautiful and painful. The first is Supergirl, the first superhero comic book movie in nearly a calendar year, and the second feature from James Gunn's DC Studios. The second is Jackass: Best & Last. It is allegedly the final installment in the decades-spanning five film self-harm extravaganza, which, uh, Chris Ryan's gonna join us to discuss- Mm-hmm ... thankfully. Uh, but first, let's get into some movie news right after this.
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