The 2025 Movie Star Rankings: 35 Over 35. Plus: Nicolas Cage!

The Big Picture

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Tv & Film

4.3 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 133 minutes

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Summary

Sean and Amanda briefly react to the news that President Donald Trump wants to impose a 100 percent tariff on any films produced outside of the United States (1:46). Then, they react to the new trailer for Spike Lee’s film ‘Highest 2 Lowest’ and discuss ‘Another Simple Favor,’ the sequel to ‘A Simple Favor,’ starring Blake Lively (7:41). Later, they create their 2025 Movie Star Rankings, where they select and rank the 35 biggest movie stars over the age of 35 (21:11). Finally, Sean is joined by Nicolas Cage to talk about his new film, ‘The Surfer’; what attracts him to certain projects at this stage of his career; and the actors who have inspired him as a performer (1:51:17). Hosts: Sean Fennessey and Amanda Dobbins Guest: Nicolas Cage Producer: Jack Sanders Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Look, it's not that confusing.
0:02.5	I'm Rob Harvilla, host of the podcast 60 songs that explain the 90s, except we did 120 songs.
0:08.9	And now we're back with the 2000s.
0:11.2	I refuse to say aughts.
0:12.5	2000 to 2009.
0:14.3	The Strokes, Rihanna, Jalo, Kanye, sure.
0:17.8	And now the show is called 60 songs that explain the 90s,
0:21.1	colon the 2000s.
0:22.9	Wow.
0:23.7	That's too long a title for me to say anything else right now.
0:26.6	Just trust me.
0:27.7	That's 60 songs that explain the 90s,
0:29.8	colon the 2000s,
0:31.4	preferably on Spotify.
0:37.1	You know, I'm Sean Fennacy.
0:48.0	And this is the big picture a conversation show about movie stars.
0:52.1	Later in this episode, I'll be joined by a movie star.
0:54.9	His name is Nicholas Cage.
0:56.4	Longtime listeners of the show know what a fan I am of Cage's work.
0:59.9	His new film The Surfer is another fascinating chapter and his exploration of the surreal,
1:05.0	psychedelic, and terrifying.
1:07.1	Nicholas was a classic big picture guest.
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