The 10 Wildest Reboots in Movie History and ‘The Bride!’ Plus: A ‘Secret Agent’ Second Look and the Best Doc Contenders.

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.2 • 5.9K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 141 minutes

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On today’s show, Sean and Amanda break down Maggie Gyllenhaal's fascinating new movie, ‘The Bride!,’ starring Jessie Buckley and Christian Bale. They commend the film for its ambition and vision, highlight some of its utterly confounding fatal flaws, and debate the value of projects that reimagine old source material with modern ideas and context (4:17). Next, they make a list of their favorite reimaginings and reboots of all time (42:51). Then, they revisit Kleber Mendonca Filho’s ‘The Secret Agent,’ starring Wagner Moura. They explore why they found a rewatch of the movie to be incredibly rewarding, celebrate its singularity, and explain how Moura’s towering performance centers the entire story for the audience (54:53). Finally, they cover the Oscar-nominated films for Best Documentary this year and critique the current state of the voting branch and what types of movies it rewards (1:29:26). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Producer: Jack Sanders Production Support: Lucas Cavanagh Talk to a State Farm agent today to learn how you can choose to bundle and save with the Personal Price Plan®️. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there®️. Drivers wanted. Learn more at vw.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Sean Fennessey. I'm Amanda Dobbins.
0:17.8	And this is the big picture, a conversation show about brides, secret agents, and true stories.
0:22.8	Today on the show, we are discussing the bride, exclamation point, Maggie Jellenhall's bold new reimagining of the bride of Frankenstein.
0:29.8	And we will run through the history of bold movie reboots.
0:33.0	We will also revisit Best Picture Contender, The Secret Agent, one of the very best films of 2025.
0:37.9	And finally, we will dig into all five contenders for the best documentary prize at the Oscars this year and talk about the state of that category.
0:45.6	Programming note, Amanda, we're going live on Netflix twice this month, twice.
0:51.0	The first time, what are we doing?
0:52.6	A mailbag.
0:53.6	Yes.
0:54.0	What kind of questions do you want to get in
0:55.4	your mailbag? Um, not ones where I have to recast things or tell you about movies where my opinions
1:01.2	have changed. Guess what? They have it. Mine have sometimes. I'm an open-minded man. You can email us
1:07.7	at big pick mailbag at gmail.com. What's that email address? Big pick mailbag. I did
1:13.7	right this time at gmail.com. Yes. Once you've sent that email, you can tune in and watch us on
1:19.2	Netflix on Monday, March 9th at noon Pacific 3 p.m. Eastern, where you can watch us answer those
1:25.1	questions. We'll also talk about the Pixar movie Hoppers.
1:28.1	And then, on March 15th, after the Academy Awards, we will also go live. We will not be answering
1:34.6	your questions. We will be answering our own questions about whatever transpires. I can't stop thinking
1:39.9	about what's going to happen on March 15th, but I'm not going to talk about it today. We're going to
1:43.8	talk now about the bride. Or on Monday. Or on Monday, yes, because that mailbag is anything but Oscars. Thank you for reminding me. Okay, we will do it all right after this. This episode of The Big Picture is presented by State Farm. Sure, being an expert and movie trivia is impressive. You know, it's even more impressive. Being smart about saving money.
2:02.4	And a great way to do that is by saving when you choose to bundle home and auto with the
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