About this episode

Sean and Amanda discuss the weekend box office and preview the fall movie season with recommendations and Oscar predictions.

Sean and Amanda open today’s show by breaking down the weekend box office and highlighting the solid performance of ‘Coyote vs. Acme,’ the continued bulldozing by ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘The Odyssey,’ and the big bomb by ‘The Dog Stars.’ Then, they kick off their fall movie preview by each highlighting five movies they can’t wait to see and three movies they’ve seen and would recommend. Finally, they create the "September Oscars” and select five “guaranteed” Oscar nominations from films that have already been released. (0:00) Intro (0:38) ‘Coyote vs. Acme’ (6:08) ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ and ‘The Odyssey’ box office (9:32) ‘Buddy’ (10:38) ‘The Dog Stars’ bombs at the box office (12:20) Anne Hathaway joins the ‘Days of Thunder’ sequel (15:44) Five movies we can’t wait to see this fall (59:11) Three movies we’ve seen and would recommend (1:13:12) The September Oscars (five Oscar nomination guarantees from films that have already come out) Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Talk to a State Farm agent today to learn how you can choose to bundle and save with the Personal Price Plan®. Like a good neighbor…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins

Topics covered

• fall movie preview
• box office analysis
• Oscar nominations
• movie recommendations
• upcoming films

Keywords

• fall movies
• box office
• Oscar nominations
• movie recommendations
• Coyote vs. Acme

Sponsors

State Farm

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Coyote vs. Acme, Spider-Man: Brand New Day, The Odyssey, The Dog Stars, Days of Thunder

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