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The Top 10 Junk Sci-Fi Movies, ‘Moonfall,’ and Michael Mann’s ‘Ferrari’

Plus, discussing Steven Soderbergh’s new techno-anxiety thriller ‘Kimi’

By Sean Fennessey and Chris Ryan
Paramount Pictures


In 2020, Chris Ryan and Sean identified a key subgenre in American movies—garbage crime—and laid out what makes it great. Today on the show, a sequel of sorts. With the release of Roland Emmerich’s interstellar disaster movie Moonfall in theaters and Steven Soderbergh’s techno-anxiety thriller Kimi now streaming on HBO Max, we are digging into a beloved sister category: junk sci-fi.

Host: Sean Fennessey
Guest: Chris Ryan
Producer: Bobby Wagner

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