What the corpus says about Hobbs & Shaw (2019)

The 44 lines php artisan corpus:ask hands a model, in the order it gets them, and nothing else. The model writes a clerk's answer from these and only these.

What was said about it (8)

[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ Fast Five · theme · Sean expects the franchise to become expansion titles because Statham and Diesel do not want to make movies together. · "clearly Jason Statham and Vin Diesel don't necessarily want to make a lot of movies together"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:40:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Hustle · theme · As films, not box office, The Hustle is judged more successful than Hobbs & Shaw. · "I think the hustle is more successful than Hobbs and Shaw personally."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:31 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Fast and the Furious · contrast · Hobbs & Shaw has zero pieces of the original movie and is ranked last. · "It doesn't have any of the, like, pieces of the original movie, like, 0 pieces from the Fast and the Furious around this."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:40 · Shea Serrano (0.70)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · contrast · Tokyo Drift lacks main characters but has the franchise spirit; Hobbs & Shaw does not. · "You can argue like Tokyo Drift."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:37:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] The Fate of the Furious ↔ Hobbs & Shaw · verdict · Fate of the Furious is ranked above Hobbs & Shaw, with the Statham/Mirren material working better in Fate. · "Especially in Fate of the Furious, because it works in that movie and like doesn't really work in Hobson Shaw"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:33:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ F9 · industry · Starting with 8, 9 and Hobbs & Shaw the trailers became more fun than the films. · "The trailers became more fun than the movies."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:20:04 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Hobbs & Shaw · spinoff idea · Rosewood and Taggart could be a limited series spinoff today, like a Hobbs and Shaw. · "there's definitely a rosewood and Taggart, like, limited series. Like a Hobbs and Shaw type of thing."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:36:39 · Wesley Morris (0.50)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ Hobbs & Shaw · script-critique · The helicopter drag race is great as action but there is a missing scene where the brothers reconcile and get on board. · "There's a whole scene missing where the brothers get on board."

Fun items about it (1)

[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:33:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Hobbs & Shaw · fun · Helicopter scene effects were called garbage. · "the effects were so garbage"

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (28)

[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:10:45 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Police Academy 4 · lineage · Cop II was the only sequel in the 1987 domestic top 20-25; the next was Police Academy 4 at 44th. · "This is the only sequel in the top 20, top 25, where it's not until Police Academy 4, which was the 44th biggest movie that year."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:20:21 · Shea Serrano (0.80)] Better Luck Tomorrow ↔ F9 · lineage · Justin Lin folds his earlier film (via Han) into the Fast saga, like Jay-Z and Nas remaking a hot song. · "he's like, oh, the movie that I did before, Better Luck tomorrow."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:50:54 · David Sims (0.50)] Thor ↔ Fast Five · programming · Thor's opening was the Memorial Day-season release, with Fast Five as the number two film in its 2nd weekend. · "Number 2 is one of the best movies of this year."
[The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] The Fast and the Furious ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read) · lineage · The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action. · "the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:42:44 · Griffin or David (0.30)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Hulk · programming · Hulk-van talk reminds a speaker of Bow Wow's Hulk-fist BMW in Tokyo Drift. · "And then, of course, in Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift, Lil Bow Wow drives a whole car."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:13:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Ferris Bueller's Day Off · lineage · The studio floated a TV series version like what happened with Ferris Bueller. · "they were talking about making it into a TV show, which was kind of like the way Ferris Bueller went and stuff like that."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:40:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] 2 Fast 2 Furious ↔ F9 · lineage · Sean says 2 Fast 2 Furious is tonally closer to the current franchise than the gritty Rob Cohen original. · "seems like it has a little bit more in common tonally than with the current set of the franchise than that original Rob Cohen film"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:05:46 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] Fast Five ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · lineage · Justin Lin sets the franchise on its trajectory in Tokyo Drift, seeds it in Fast & Furious, and perfects it in Fast Five. · "He figures it out perfectly in fast five."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Roger Corman film ⇒ The Fast and the Furious (the host's read) · lineage · The first film borrowed its title from a 1960s Corman exploitation movie. · "it borrowed its title from a somewhat well-known Roger Corman exploitation movie from the 1960s"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:05:46 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] Fast Five ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · lineage · Justin Lin sets the franchise on its trajectory in Tokyo Drift, seeds it in Fast & Furious, and perfects it in Fast Five. · "He figures it out perfectly in fast five."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 1:05:28 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Austin Powers · lineage · Craig is unsure whether the sequel is better than the first, like Austin Powers. · "I don't know if the 2nd one's better than the first, like Austin Powers, but I enjoyed it very much."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:43:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ⇒ F9 (the host's read) · lineage · F9 gives Tokyo Drift a big shout out and brings back Han. · "it's a movie that has a huge cult fan base that gets a pretty big shout out in F9."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Coming in at Fast Five and then going back to the first film feels like a different planet, like finding Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt after Vol. 2. · "If you come in at fast five, and then you go back and watch The Fast and the Furious."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Coming in at Fast Five and then going back to the first film feels like a different planet, like finding Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt after Vol. 2. · "If you come in at fast five, and then you go back and watch The Fast and the Furious."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:43:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ⇒ F9 (the host's read) · lineage · F9 gives Tokyo Drift a big shout out and brings back Han. · "it's a movie that has a huge cult fan base that gets a pretty big shout out in F9."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ · 1:11:17 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Fletch Lives · lineage · Chris cites Beverly Hills Cop 2 as a sequel better than its original; Fletch Lives joins 48 Hrs 2, Godfather 3 and Caddy Shack 2 as disappointing late-80s sequels. · "a really good example is Beverly Hills Cop 2, which is better than Beverly Hills Cop one."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Fast Five ⇒ Fast and Furious 6 (the host's read) · lineage · Fast 6 plays post Fast Five with the cargo plane set piece. · "That's when they do the whole thing with the cargo plane."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:45:16 · unknown (0.40)] Steven Seagal ↔ The Fast and the Furious · theme · Seagal and Vin Diesel never lose fights, which fits the ego-stroke category. · "Vin Diesel is a good one, though."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:25 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Shea realizes Tokyo Drift is the keystone: remove it and the rest falls apart. · "If that's that's the one movie, if you take it out, all of the rest of it falls apart."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 1:00:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Beverly Hills Cop II ⇒ The Rock (the host's read) · theme · The abandoned England/Scotland Yard concept with Sean Connery became the backbone of The Rock a decade later. · "initially written Beverly Hills Cop 2 to be Eddie Murphy in England, solving crimes with Sean Connery, actually, which basically, I think, winds up being like essentially the backbone for what the rock is 10 years later or whatever."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:25 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Shea realizes Tokyo Drift is the keystone: remove it and the rest falls apart. · "If that's that's the one movie, if you take it out, all of the rest of it falls apart."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · theme · Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries. · "That's why the 1st one was so effective."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:07:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Harold Faltermeyer ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · craft · Faltermeyer's score opens the robbery with suspense before the comedy loosens up. · "It just kicks off with the, da, da, da, na, na, na, na, na, na, it's, it just feels, there's a little suspense in it."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · theme · Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries. · "That's why the 1st one was so effective."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:38:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Bob Seger ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · craft · Seger's 'Shakedown' praised as an opening song drawn from the film's crime-in-the-city theme. · "the opening song of a movie being thematically drawn from the movie itself."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Fast Five ↔ Furious 7 · craft · Amanda defends Fast Five over Furious 7 by the Rio safe-drag set piece. · "Like they took the safe out of the wall and then they just dragged it through the city and then they switched it to another safe."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:40:56 · Bill Simmons (0.45)] George Michael ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · craft · George Michael's 'I Want Your Sex' is called an amazing 80s song used perfectly in the film. · "It's used perfectly in this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:06:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Avengers ↔ Fast Five · craft · Both are ensemble movies where everyone shines, setups pay off, and every moment is fun. · "here's a big ensemble cast. everyone shines, everything that's set up is paid off, elegantly, and every moment is fun."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (5)

[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Shea Serrano · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · The franchise's biggest fan, loves family, Dom, Letty and stunts, and the first film as the centerpiece. Shrugs at villains and wants smaller street-racing again. · stances: The Fast and the Furious is number one; Tokyo Drift is the keystone; Worst moments are still really fun
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Wesley Morris · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · Loves Marisa Tomei, the grits scene, and the clothes; is a sucker for Fran Drescher. Dislikes car-driving-away endings and thinks the film has done harm by encouraging self-representation. · stances: Tomei deserved the Oscar; Race in courtroom movies matters, and this one is warmly integrated; The Nanny is basically Mona Lisa Vito

The shows' running bits (2)

[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

The whole prompt

As the model gets it, from app/Ai/Prompts/CorpusAsk.md

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and wants to know what to watch next.

Below is what people who love movies said on three podcasts (Blank Check, The Rewatchables, The Big Picture) about Hobbs & Shaw (2019) and the films around it, one line each. Every line starts with where it came from, in brackets: [show · episode · time · speaker (how sure we are it was them)]. A [pairs] line says how often two films were put side by side. A [speaker] line says what that person likes. A [bits] line lists a show's running bits: a format, not an opinion.

[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ Fast Five · theme · Sean expects the franchise to become expansion titles because Statham and Diesel do not want to make movies together. · "clearly Jason Statham and Vin Diesel don't necessarily want to make a lot of movies together"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:40:45 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Hustle · theme · As films, not box office, The Hustle is judged more successful than Hobbs & Shaw. · "I think the hustle is more successful than Hobbs and Shaw personally."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:31 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Fast and the Furious · contrast · Hobbs & Shaw has zero pieces of the original movie and is ranked last. · "It doesn't have any of the, like, pieces of the original movie, like, 0 pieces from the Fast and the Furious around this."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:34:40 · Shea Serrano (0.70)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · contrast · Tokyo Drift lacks main characters but has the franchise spirit; Hobbs & Shaw does not. · "You can argue like Tokyo Drift."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:37:10 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] The Fate of the Furious ↔ Hobbs & Shaw · verdict · Fate of the Furious is ranked above Hobbs & Shaw, with the Statham/Mirren material working better in Fate. · "Especially in Fate of the Furious, because it works in that movie and like doesn't really work in Hobson Shaw"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:33:57 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ F9 · industry · Starting with 8, 9 and Hobbs & Shaw the trailers became more fun than the films. · "The trailers became more fun than the movies."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:20:04 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Hobbs & Shaw · spinoff idea · Rosewood and Taggart could be a limited series spinoff today, like a Hobbs and Shaw. · "there's definitely a rosewood and Taggart, like, limited series. Like a Hobbs and Shaw type of thing."
[The Big Picture · Our Alternative Academy Awards | The Oscars Show · 0:36:39 · Wesley Morris (0.50)] Hobbs & Shaw ↔ Hobbs & Shaw · script-critique · The helicopter drag race is great as action but there is a missing scene where the brothers reconcile and get on board. · "There's a whole scene missing where the brothers get on board."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:33:38 · Amanda Dobbins (0.55)] Hobbs & Shaw · fun · Helicopter scene effects were called garbage. · "the effects were so garbage"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:10:45 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Police Academy 4 · lineage · Cop II was the only sequel in the 1987 domestic top 20-25; the next was Police Academy 4 at 44th. · "This is the only sequel in the top 20, top 25, where it's not until Police Academy 4, which was the 44th biggest movie that year."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:20:21 · Shea Serrano (0.80)] Better Luck Tomorrow ↔ F9 · lineage · Justin Lin folds his earlier film (via Han) into the Fast saga, like Jay-Z and Nas remaking a hot song. · "he's like, oh, the movie that I did before, Better Luck tomorrow."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Thor · 1:50:54 · David Sims (0.50)] Thor ↔ Fast Five · programming · Thor's opening was the Memorial Day-season release, with Fast Five as the number two film in its 2nd weekend. · "Number 2 is one of the best movies of this year."
[The Rewatchables · 'Mission: Impossible' · 0:18:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] The Fast and the Furious ⇒ Mission: Impossible (the host's read) · lineage · The modern MI films combine Bourne-style hand-to-hand combat with Fast and the Furious over-the-top action. · "the 2 biggest influences on Mission Impossible are born in the Fast and the Furious."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 0:42:44 · Griffin or David (0.30)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Hulk · programming · Hulk-van talk reminds a speaker of Bow Wow's Hulk-fist BMW in Tokyo Drift. · "And then, of course, in Fast and Furious, Tokyo Drift, Lil Bow Wow drives a whole car."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:13:20 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Ferris Bueller's Day Off · lineage · The studio floated a TV series version like what happened with Ferris Bueller. · "they were talking about making it into a TV show, which was kind of like the way Ferris Bueller went and stuff like that."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:40:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] 2 Fast 2 Furious ↔ F9 · lineage · Sean says 2 Fast 2 Furious is tonally closer to the current franchise than the gritty Rob Cohen original. · "seems like it has a little bit more in common tonally than with the current set of the franchise than that original Rob Cohen film"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:05:46 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] Fast Five ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · lineage · Justin Lin sets the franchise on its trajectory in Tokyo Drift, seeds it in Fast & Furious, and perfects it in Fast Five. · "He figures it out perfectly in fast five."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:08:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Roger Corman film ⇒ The Fast and the Furious (the host's read) · lineage · The first film borrowed its title from a 1960s Corman exploitation movie. · "it borrowed its title from a somewhat well-known Roger Corman exploitation movie from the 1960s"
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:05:46 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] Fast Five ↔ The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift · lineage · Justin Lin sets the franchise on its trajectory in Tokyo Drift, seeds it in Fast & Furious, and perfects it in Fast Five. · "He figures it out perfectly in fast five."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 1:05:28 · Craig Horlbeck (0.80)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Austin Powers · lineage · Craig is unsure whether the sequel is better than the first, like Austin Powers. · "I don't know if the 2nd one's better than the first, like Austin Powers, but I enjoyed it very much."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:43:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ⇒ F9 (the host's read) · lineage · F9 gives Tokyo Drift a big shout out and brings back Han. · "it's a movie that has a huge cult fan base that gets a pretty big shout out in F9."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Coming in at Fast Five and then going back to the first film feels like a different planet, like finding Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt after Vol. 2. · "If you come in at fast five, and then you go back and watch The Fast and the Furious."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:29:54 · Shea Serrano (0.75)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Coming in at Fast Five and then going back to the first film feels like a different planet, like finding Jay-Z's Reasonable Doubt after Vol. 2. · "If you come in at fast five, and then you go back and watch The Fast and the Furious."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:43:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ⇒ F9 (the host's read) · lineage · F9 gives Tokyo Drift a big shout out and brings back Han. · "it's a movie that has a huge cult fan base that gets a pretty big shout out in F9."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Fletch’ · 1:11:17 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Beverly Hills Cop II ↔ Fletch Lives · lineage · Chris cites Beverly Hills Cop 2 as a sequel better than its original; Fletch Lives joins 48 Hrs 2, Godfather 3 and Caddy Shack 2 as disappointing late-80s sequels. · "a really good example is Beverly Hills Cop 2, which is better than Beverly Hills Cop one."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:38:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.70)] Fast Five ⇒ Fast and Furious 6 (the host's read) · lineage · Fast 6 plays post Fast Five with the cargo plane set piece. · "That's when they do the whole thing with the cargo plane."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:45:16 · unknown (0.40)] Steven Seagal ↔ The Fast and the Furious · theme · Seagal and Vin Diesel never lose fights, which fits the ego-stroke category. · "Vin Diesel is a good one, though."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:25 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Shea realizes Tokyo Drift is the keystone: remove it and the rest falls apart. · "If that's that's the one movie, if you take it out, all of the rest of it falls apart."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 1:00:18 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Beverly Hills Cop II ⇒ The Rock (the host's read) · theme · The abandoned England/Scotland Yard concept with Sean Connery became the backbone of The Rock a decade later. · "initially written Beverly Hills Cop 2 to be Eddie Murphy in England, solving crimes with Sean Connery, actually, which basically, I think, winds up being like essentially the backbone for what the rock is 10 years later or whatever."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:44:25 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift ↔ Fast Five · lineage · Shea realizes Tokyo Drift is the keystone: remove it and the rest falls apart. · "If that's that's the one movie, if you take it out, all of the rest of it falls apart."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · theme · Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries. · "That's why the 1st one was so effective."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:07:16 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Harold Faltermeyer ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · craft · Faltermeyer's score opens the robbery with suspense before the comedy loosens up. · "It just kicks off with the, da, da, da, na, na, na, na, na, na, it's, it just feels, there's a little suspense in it."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:12:39 · Shea Serrano (0.90)] The Fast and the Furious ↔ Fast Five · theme · Family is why the first, fifth and seventh are the best entries. · "That's why the 1st one was so effective."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:38:34 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] Bob Seger ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · craft · Seger's 'Shakedown' praised as an opening song drawn from the film's crime-in-the-city theme. · "the opening song of a movie being thematically drawn from the movie itself."
[The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · 0:30:41 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Fast Five ↔ Furious 7 · craft · Amanda defends Fast Five over Furious 7 by the Rio safe-drag set piece. · "Like they took the safe out of the wall and then they just dragged it through the city and then they switched it to another safe."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’ · 0:40:56 · Bill Simmons (0.45)] George Michael ↔ Beverly Hills Cop II · craft · George Michael's 'I Want Your Sex' is called an amazing 80s song used perfectly in the film. · "It's used perfectly in this."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Avengers · 1:06:47 · Griffin Newman (0.50)] The Avengers ↔ Fast Five · craft · Both are ensemble movies where everyone shines, setups pay off, and every moment is fun. · "here's a big ensemble cast. everyone shines, everything that's set up is paid off, elegantly, and every moment is fun."
[speaker] Amanda Dobbins · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Mamma Mia!’ Meets ‘The Strangers'! It’s a Movie Swap! · Loves The Strangers' withholding craft and a good tense horror film without gore, but likes fun, communal movies like Mamma Mia. She dislikes supernatural or gory horror, which irritates her more than it scares her. She is a sucker for stars and for Googling a movie mid-recording. · stances: The Strangers is scary because of what it doesn't show or explain; Ending explanation weakens it; no answer would be better; Prefers 'withholding' filmmaking; Defends Mamma Mia as joyful and intentional
[speaker] Chris Ryan · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · A franchise and genre scholar who likes Jason, the early sequels, and Manhattan; attention to trivia, tropes and critic reception. Treats slashers as a canon with tiers. · stances: Parts 1, 2, 4 and Manhattan are the good ones; The series finds its legs at 4
[speaker] Shea Serrano · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Fast 9’ and the ‘Fast & Furious’ Rankings · The franchise's biggest fan, loves family, Dom, Letty and stunts, and the first film as the centerpiece. Shrugs at villains and wants smaller street-racing again. · stances: The Fast and the Furious is number one; Tokyo Drift is the keystone; Worst moments are still really fun
[speaker] Sean Fennessey · latest sketch, The Big Picture · ‘Resident Evil’ Absolutely Rips! · Loves gory, funny, fast genre movies with craft and confidence, especially 87-minute films that never overstay. Can't stand ponderous elevated horror that fills out its runtime with introspection and sad family history. A sucker for the Carpenter-era lineage, Die Hard homages, and directors who break studio dogma. · stances: Resident Evil is one of the best films of the year; Horror movies have become a drag; fun genre experiences are needed; Short running times are a virtue; Video-game films work best when great filmmakers get creative license
[speaker] Wesley Morris · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · Loves Marisa Tomei, the grits scene, and the clothes; is a sucker for Fran Drescher. Dislikes car-driving-away endings and thinks the film has done harm by encouraging self-representation. · stances: Tomei deserved the Oscar; Race in courtroom movies matters, and this one is warmly integrated; The Nanny is basically Mona Lisa Vito
[bits] The Big Picture: Drafts (Hosts and guests draft films in rounds; every pick is a recommendation with an argument); Hall of Fame (A star's or director's best, ranked and argued); Countdowns (Ranked lists, top five or top ten)
[bits] The Rewatchables: Apex Mountain (The moment a star peaks; where on the mountain a performance sits); Who Won the Movie (The hosts name the person who came out of the film best off); The Ebert review (Roger Ebert's original review and star rating read aloud. Ebert is cited, never on the show); Casting what-ifs (Who was almost cast, or who should have been); Most rewatchable scene (The scene each host would stop on while flipping channels); Aged best / aged worst (What holds up and what does not); Picking Nits (The little things in a film the hosts love that they don't think totally work: the nits); Double feature (The film each host would pair it with; a programming pick)

Recommend three to six films, and only films that appear in these lines. A series, a TV film, or a franchise counts too when a line recommends it or pairs it with Hobbs & Shaw (2019); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Hobbs & Shaw (2019) itself. For each one, give one short reason in your own words and say whose reason it is: the show, named exactly as the brackets name it, and the speaker when the line names one (an "unknown" speaker is just the show). If the lines are thin, say so plainly rather than stretching them.

Keep a contrast a contrast. When a line sets two films apart, the reason is how they differ; never turn it into a way they're alike. A line with ⇒ puts the source first and what drew on it second, and one marked "the maker said so" is still the host reporting it: say who said it, and never state an influence as fact.

You know only what's on these lines. Add no fact they don't state: not who directed a film, not what kind of film it is, not when it came out, unless a line says so. Say nothing about the store or how anything rents here.

Talk the way a clerk talks to a customer at the counter: plain text, titles written plainly with no asterisks or other markup, no headings, no lists of more than six, no JSON.