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The Big Picture

Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins review the movies you need to see. Plus: Top 5s, Movie Drafts, Oscars analysis, and more, featuring a rotating cast of Ringer colleagues like Chris Ryan, Van Lathan, and Bill Simmons.

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50 episodes

Feb 6, 2026•1:37:48

‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap!

Feb 10, 2026•1:59:19

What It’s Really Like at an Awards Show. Plus: Cliff Booth Returns and the Best Super Bowl Trailers!

Feb 12, 2026•1:58:22

The Heaving ‘Wuthering Heights’ and the Throbbing ‘Pillion’: A Very Horny Valentine's Day Double Feature

Feb 16, 2026•2:51:35

The Oscars Snubs Draft. Plus: ‘Sirāt’!

Feb 20, 2026•2:00:14

Garbage Crime Returns! The Post-‘Heat’ Movie Awards and ‘Crime 101’ With Bart Layton!

Feb 23, 2026•2:25:51

The Final Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Sinners’ Second Look With Autumn Durald Arkapaw!

Feb 26, 2026•2:12:15

Paramount Wins Warner Bros. Now What? Plus: ‘Scream 7,’ Heat 2,’ and ‘Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie’ With Matt Johnson!

Mar 2, 2026•3:03:30

The 2026 Alternative Oscars, a.k.a. the 6th Annual Big Picks! Plus: The Craziest Awards Season in Years.

Mar 6, 2026•2:22:46

The 10 Wildest Reboots in Movie History and ‘The Bride!’ Plus: A ‘Secret Agent’ Second Look and the Best Doc Contenders.

Mar 9, 2026•2:05:01

The "Anything But Oscars" Mailbag! Plus: ‘Hoppers’

Mar 12, 2026•1:51:55

Our Final 2026 Oscar Predictions: Who Will Win, and Who Should Win

Mar 16, 2026•1:28:48

The 2026 Academy Awards: ‘One Battle After Another’ Earns More Than a Few Small Oscars

Mar 17, 2026•1:50:04

The Oscar Hangover Mailbag. Plus: ‘Dune: Part Three’ Is Coming!

Mar 20, 2026•1:44:41

‘Project Hail Mary’ Will Amaze! Amaze! Amaze! With Phil Lord and Chris Miller

Mar 23, 2026•1:07:06

The Steven Spielberg Conversation

Mar 26, 2026•2:17:36

The 1988 Movie Draft

Mar 30, 2026•2:43:20

The Best Movies of the Year … So Far. Plus: 15 We Missed!

Apr 3, 2026•1:27:27

The Top 10 Movie Plot Twists and ‘The Drama.’ Plus: ‘The Super Mario Galaxy Movie’ Certainly Exists.

Apr 7, 2026•2:09:22

The 2026 Movie Star Rankings: 35 Under 35

Apr 10, 2026•2:21:37

The Meryl Streep Hall of Fame

Apr 14, 2026•2:21:14

The 2026 Summer Movie Preview "Boom or Bust" Game

Apr 17, 2026•1:58:52

The 15 Most Anticipated Movies Out of CinemaCon and Our Trip to the Sphere!

Apr 21, 2026•2:59:21

The 900th-Episode Mega-Voicemailbag!

Apr 24, 2026•1:47:16

‘Michael’ Wants to Start Something It Can’t Finish. Plus: ‘Mother Mary’ With David Lowery!

Apr 27, 2026•2:32:47

The 'Star Wars' Movie Draft

May 1, 2026•1:54:06

‘The Devil Wears Prada 2’ and the Movies That Feel Like Our Lives

May 4, 2026•1:21:43

The ‘Star Wars’ Rankings and the 'Andor' Miracle

May 7, 2026•2:46:09

The Physical Media High Council Reconvenes!

May 11, 2026•2:45:00

The Robert Duvall Hall of Fame

May 15, 2026•2:09:04

The 10 Best Horror Movies of the Year … So Far. Plus: The New Scary Movie Royalty, and ‘Obsession,’ With Curry Barker!

May 18, 2026•2:12:04

The 1976 Movie Draft

May 21, 2026•1:56:01

We Went to Cannes! These Are the 10 Best (and Worst) Things We Saw.

May 26, 2026•2:07:22

‘The Mandalorian and Grogu’ Is the End of 'Star Wars' As We Know It. Plus: The Winners and Losers at Cannes.

May 29, 2026•1:48:23

‘Backrooms’ Is the Future of Movies, With Kane Parsons!

Jun 2, 2026•1:58:39

We’re So Back for Good: ‘Backrooms’ and ‘Obsession’ Mania and 10 Movies We Missed!

Jun 5, 2026•2:23:52

The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ with Griffin Newman!

Jun 9, 2026•1:54:29

Mel at 100: The Mel Brooks Movie Rankings. Plus: ‘Scary Movie’ Is Terrifyingly Awful

Jun 11, 2026•2:02:34

‘Disclosure Day’ Is Steven Spielberg’s True Believer Manifesto. Kneel!

Jun 16, 2026•1:36:45

The 21st-Century Steven Spielberg Rankings. Plus: ‘Office Romance’ and ‘The Furious.’

Jun 19, 2026•1:32:54

‘Toy Story 5’ and the ‘Toy Story’ Movie Rankings. Plus: ‘The Death of Robin Hood’ and the Top Five Robin Hoods.

Jun 23, 2026•2:58:22

The 2010 Mega-Movie Re-Draft

Jun 26, 2026•1:23:24

The Comic Book Movie Death Rattle and ‘Supergirl.’ Plus: ‘Jackass: Best and Last’ Goes Out With a Bang.

Jun 29, 2026•2:42:12

The 10 Best Movies of 2026 … So Far

Jul 2, 2026•2:27:20

The 2026 Movie Auction Returns!

Jul 7, 2026•2:21:47

The Diane Keaton Hall of Fame

Jul 10, 2026•1:37:46

‘The Invite’ Is a Hilarious Social Nightmare, With Olivia Wilde!

Jul 13, 2026•1:54:34

The Epic Movie Draft

Jul 16, 2026•2:10:38

‘The Odyssey’ Is Massive and Magnificent

Jul 20, 2026•1:56:19

The Triumph of ‘The Odyssey,’ and the Christopher Nolan Movie Rankings

Jul 23, 2026•1:45:47

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