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Apr 2024
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‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ and th...

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Sean and Amanda break down a pair of big franchise releases—‘Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire’ and ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’ (1:00). They then share their thoughts on the new Steve Martin documentary ‘Steve!’ (30:00) and build the Steve Martin Hall of Fame (49:00). Finally, Sean is joined by the director of said documentary, Morgan Neville, to discuss picking a subject, building rapport with that subject, and how he chooses projects (1:40:00).


Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins

Guest: Morgan Neville

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

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