The Big Picture
Old Movies vs. New Movies: How ‘Avengers: Endgame Encore’ Beat Brad Pitt, Robert Pattinson, and an Awesome Weekend Movie Lineup
Sean Fennessey
Sean Fennessey
Amanda Dobbins
Amanda DobbinsAbout the episode
What does it mean when old movie rereleases make more money than ever at the box office? Sean and Amanda try to answer that question on today’s show by discussing Avengers: Endgame Encore outperforming a slew of new releases this weekend, including Heart of the Beast, Forgotten Island, and Primetime. Then, they cover a handful of other recent releases in The Weight, The Love Hypothesis, and The History of Concrete. Finally, Sean is joined by acclaimed documentarian John Wilson to discuss his new film, The History of Concrete, and why he finds the current state of the genre to be strange.
Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins
Guest: John Wilson
Producer: Jack Sanders
Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh
Summary
- 0:01
Intro
- 1:57
Jon Watts to direct new Star Wars film
- 7:13
Sabrina Carpenter, Margaret Qualley join Tom Holland’s Fred Astaire biopic
- 10:15
The weekend box office and the old vs. new wave
- 18:28
Avengers: Endgame Encore
- 34:51
Heart of the Beast
- 50:38
Forgotten Island
- 58:28
Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother
- 1:05:10
The Weight
- 1:13:07
The Love Hypothesis
- 1:25:32
The History of Concrete
- 1:30:45
John Wilson joins the show!
