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Feb 2022
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The Top 10 Junk Sci-Fi Movies, ‘Moonfall...

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About this episode

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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