Spotlight (2015)

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Led to

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Connected to

All the President's Men: 1 line lineage ×1

  1. lineage (lineage): Spotlight → All the President's Men. Spotlight was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of All the President's Men, if not its style.
    “it was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of all the president's men, if not the style.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Mark Ruffalo: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Mark Ruffalo → Spotlight. Ruffalo got the Spotlight Oscar nomination from a cast expected to get three.
    “It's funny how everyone was like spotlight's gonna get like fucking 3 best supporting actor nominations.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:42:13 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

Michael Keaton: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Michael Keaton → Spotlight. Keaton's arc runs from Need for Speed and RoboCop through the Oscar near-win to Spotlight, which cements him as an elder statesman.
    “Almost wins an Oscar and then spotlight just solidifies it of like Elder Statesman”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:05:12 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)

The Insider: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): The Insider → Spotlight. Spotlight was a hit because it is a satisfying bad-guys-get-caught story, while The Insider is meditative and ambivalent.
    “Spotlight is just like, let's get the bad guys with our reporting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (2)

  1. career (career): Michael Keaton → Spotlight. Keaton's arc runs from Need for Speed and RoboCop through the Oscar near-win to Spotlight, which cements him as an elder statesman.
    “Almost wins an Oscar and then spotlight just solidifies it of like Elder Statesman”
    Blank Check — Patreon · RoboCop (2014) · 0:05:12 · David Sims (0.40 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Mark Ruffalo → Spotlight. Ruffalo got the Spotlight Oscar nomination from a cast expected to get three.
    “It's funny how everyone was like spotlight's gonna get like fucking 3 best supporting actor nominations.”
    Blank Check — Patreon · In the Cut with Jourdain Searles (Ad-Free) · 0:42:13 · Griffin or David (unclear) (0.35 sure it was them)

contrast (1)

  1. contrast (contrast): The Insider → Spotlight. Spotlight was a hit because it is a satisfying bad-guys-get-caught story, while The Insider is meditative and ambivalent.
    “Spotlight is just like, let's get the bad guys with our reporting.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

lineage (1)

  1. lineage (lineage): Spotlight → All the President's Men. Spotlight was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of All the President's Men, if not its style.
    “it was closer to the spirit of the conclusions of all the president's men, if not the style.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ With Bill Simmons, Chris Ryan, and Sean Fennessey · 0:30:39 · Sean Fennessey (0.40 sure it was them)

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