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Oct 2023
1h 32m

Did ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s’ Just Save ...

The Ringer
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Sean and Amanda discuss the somewhat surprising dominant movie at the box office, ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s,’ a horror adaptation of a popular video game series (1:00). Then, they review ‘Pain Hustlers,’ the David Yates–directed drama about the opioid crisis starring Chris Evans and Emily Blunt (27:00), before running through Blunt’s career to this point and laying out her “movie star playbook” (36:00).


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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