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Dec 2024
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Top Five World War II Movies, and ‘Blitz...

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About this episode

Sean is joined by Chris Ryan and Rob Mahoney to discuss the robust domestic box office this past holiday weekend (1:00), before digging into Steve McQueen’s latest movie ‘Blitz,’ now in select theaters and on Apple TV+ (12:00). Then, they explore the renewable resource that is World War II movies, assessing the various subgenres that have sprung from that genre (26:00). Finally, they each share their top five WWII movies (42:00), and talk about whether they think the genre will persist.


Host: Sean Fennessey

Guests: Chris Ryan and Rob Mahoney

Senior Producer: Bobby Wagner

Video Producer: Jack Sanders

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