What the corpus says about The Lego Movie (2014)

What was said about it (9)

1. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
2. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie. · "It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie."
3. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Warner wanted redesigned Lego figures; Lord and Miller insisted on honoring the real pieces' movement limits. · "we want to actually limit them to the way the characters could move."
4. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:46:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · people · Liam Neeson gives one of the all-time great Lego performances in the first movie as Good Cop/Bad Cop. · "Liam Neeson, one of the gives one of the all-time great Lego performances."
5. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:30:19 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Barbie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · Barbie sits at the top of the toy-movie heap, along with the first Lego Movie. · "Barbie, obviously, I think now sits as like, arguably the top of the heap, along with, I would say, the Lego movie, the 1st Lego movie"
6. [The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:40:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Barbie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · Of the whole toy-movie canon, only Barbie and The Lego Movie came from a cynical place and ended somewhere fairly pure. · "And then you're like, really, it's only Barbie and Lego movie that came from the cynical place and ended up somewhere fairly pure."
7. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:22:12 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (the host's read) · verdict · The sequel is a fun but big step down from the original. · "It's a big step down."
8. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:38:30 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · The first Lego movie remains the pinnacle for Griffin, a brilliant, clever movie. · "Lego movie is still the pinnacle for me, though."
9. [Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:07:43 · unknown (0.30)] Chris Pratt ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Pratt's key is being a little boy in a hunk's body, which is what works in The Lego Movie and Guardians. · "The key to Pratt is that he's like a little boy."

Films put beside it more than once (2)

1. [pairs] The Lego Movie ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · said 4 times in 1 episode
2. [pairs] The Lego Movie ↔ Barbie · said 2 times in 1 episode

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (18)

1. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.30)] Batman Forever ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · The Patreon order runs Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then BvS Ultimate Edition, Lego Batman, The Batman. · "It's Batman forever. Batman and Robin, the Lego Batman movie."
2. [The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ · 1:17:27 · unknown (0.40)] The Truman Show ↔ Barbie · lineage · Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses, as Gerwig consulted for Barbie. · "Greta Irwig consulted where for Barbie because she wanted to create that world"
3. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 1:20:24 · Edgar Wright (0.95)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ↔ Metric · programming · Edgar says Metric and Broken Social Scene were a no-brainer because the film was shot in Toronto. · "metric and broken social scene were both like, still are, like, you know, like really important Canadian bands from Toronto."
4. [Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:09 · unknown (0.30)] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · They will do the Ultimate Edition of BvS before Lego Batman. · "I think we're doing the ultimate edition."
5. [The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:33:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Poor Things ↔ Barbie · theme · Both arrived as feminist coming-of-age stories about a created girl learning about the world, six weeks apart. · "it was about 6 weeks after the Barbie wave and there are some really obvious comparisons to be made here."
6. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:02:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says Wright's music-synced action staging, perfected in Baby Driver, begins with Scott Pilgrim. · "The perfectly synchronized music to action staging the Wright Perfected and Baby Driver starts with Scott Pilgrim."
7. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:43 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Grant Morrison ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The film's premise is Morrison's idea that every Batman era is canon, so the goofy and the grim must coexist. · "which is he did his run where he was like, every single thing that Batman's ever done is canon."
8. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Matrix ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read) · lineage · Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise. · "It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise."
9. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan. · "it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody."
10. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Phantom of the Paradise ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read) · lineage · Phantom of the Paradise is named as one ingredient of the film's rock-and-spectacle mix. · "It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise."
11. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker. · "It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?"
12. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says Deadpool, the Lego movie and Spider-Verse could not happen without this film having broken the fourth wall first. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
13. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40)] Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too. · "Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies."
14. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Deadpool (the host's read) · lineage · Same claim: Deadpool's fourth-wall breaking was made possible by this movie breaking it down. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
15. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes. · "It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition."
16. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:33:29 · Van Lathan (0.70)] 1980s bully movies ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read) · lineage · Van loves the Lucas Lee fight because it recalls cheesy 80s bully fights and flips them, Scott winning through wiliness. · "the fights that I love from, uh, bully fights are like from 80s, cheesy 80s movies."
17. [Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs. · "But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage."
18. [The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:39:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says Wright used this film to work out his rhythm, pacing and use of music, so Baby Driver does not exist without it. · "there is no baby driver without this movie in terms of like the rhythm and the pacing and the way that he uses music."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (3)

1. [speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
2. [speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
3. [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

The shows' running bits (2)

1. [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)
2. [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

You are a clerk at Video Culture, a video store. A customer just finished The Lego Movie (2014) 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 The Lego Movie (2014) 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 · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ The Lego Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Same claim: the Lego movie's self-aware tone follows Scott Pilgrim. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:03:41 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Lego Movie is where the earnest-Batman bit started, and the hosts doubted it could sustain a whole movie. · "It's the thing that the Lego movie lashes onto, but you felt unsustainable for a whole movie."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:11:32 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Warner wanted redesigned Lego figures; Lord and Miller insisted on honoring the real pieces' movement limits. · "we want to actually limit them to the way the characters could move."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:46:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · people · Liam Neeson gives one of the all-time great Lego performances in the first movie as Good Cop/Bad Cop. · "Liam Neeson, one of the gives one of the all-time great Lego performances."
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:30:19 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Barbie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · Barbie sits at the top of the toy-movie heap, along with the first Lego Movie. · "Barbie, obviously, I think now sits as like, arguably the top of the heap, along with, I would say, the Lego movie, the 1st Lego movie"
[The Big Picture · The Top 10 Fantasy Films, The Toy Movie Hall of Fame, and ‘Masters of the Universe,’ · 1:40:04 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Barbie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · Of the whole toy-movie canon, only Barbie and The Lego Movie came from a cynical place and ended somewhere fairly pure. · "And then you're like, really, it's only Barbie and Lego movie that came from the cynical place and ended up somewhere fairly pure."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:22:12 · David Sims (0.50)] The Lego Movie ⇒ The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part (the host's read) · verdict · The sequel is a fun but big step down from the original. · "It's a big step down."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:38:30 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Lego Batman Movie ↔ The Lego Movie · verdict · The first Lego movie remains the pinnacle for Griffin, a brilliant, clever movie. · "Lego movie is still the pinnacle for me, though."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:07:43 · unknown (0.30)] Chris Pratt ↔ The Lego Movie · craft · Pratt's key is being a little boy in a hunk's body, which is what works in The Lego Movie and Guardians. · "The key to Pratt is that he's like a little boy."
[pairs] The Lego Movie ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · said 4 times in 1 episode
[pairs] The Lego Movie ↔ Barbie · said 2 times in 1 episode
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:01 · unknown (0.30)] Batman Forever ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · The Patreon order runs Batman Forever, Batman & Robin, then BvS Ultimate Edition, Lego Batman, The Batman. · "It's Batman forever. Batman and Robin, the Lego Batman movie."
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Truman Show’ · 1:17:27 · unknown (0.40)] The Truman Show ↔ Barbie · lineage · Linney studied 1950s Sears catalogs for her poses, as Gerwig consulted for Barbie. · "Greta Irwig consulted where for Barbie because she wanted to create that world"
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 1:20:24 · Edgar Wright (0.95)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ↔ Metric · programming · Edgar says Metric and Broken Social Scene were a no-brainer because the film was shot in Toronto. · "metric and broken social scene were both like, still are, like, you know, like really important Canadian bands from Toronto."
[Blank Check — Patreon · 2022 MARCH MADNESS UPDATE 2 PRESENTED BY THE CHIP REPORT · 0:47:09 · unknown (0.30)] Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (Ultimate Edition) ↔ The Lego Batman Movie · programming · They will do the Ultimate Edition of BvS before Lego Batman. · "I think we're doing the ultimate edition."
[The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 0:33:58 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] Poor Things ↔ Barbie · theme · Both arrived as feminist coming-of-age stories about a created girl learning about the world, six weeks apart. · "it was about 6 weeks after the Barbie wave and there are some really obvious comparisons to be made here."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:02:46 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says Wright's music-synced action staging, perfected in Baby Driver, begins with Scott Pilgrim. · "The perfectly synchronized music to action staging the Wright Perfected and Baby Driver starts with Scott Pilgrim."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:01:43 · Griffin Newman (0.70)] Grant Morrison ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The film's premise is Morrison's idea that every Batman era is canon, so the goofy and the grim must coexist. · "which is he did his run where he was like, every single thing that Batman's ever done is canon."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] The Matrix ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read) · lineage · Sean breaks the staging down into influences: Bruce Lee, The Matrix, and Phantom of the Paradise. · "It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:12:49 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's all-villains-together plan is the Adam West movie's plan. · "it's essentially like the, the, uh, Adam West Batman movie plan, where it's like, I know to finally defeat Batman, call in everybody."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:03:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Phantom of the Paradise ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read) · lineage · Phantom of the Paradise is named as one ingredient of the film's rock-and-spectacle mix. · "It's one part Bruce Lee, one part the Matrix, one part Phantom of the Paradise."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:15:06 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] The Dark Knight ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Joker's need for Batman to see him as an enemy is read against the post-Dark Knight Joker. · "It's this thing of like, right, especially post Dark Knight, right?"
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says Deadpool, the Lego movie and Spider-Verse could not happen without this film having broken the fourth wall first. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:25:43 · David Sims (0.40)] Superman (Christopher Reeve films) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · The Phantom Zone comes from the Christopher Reeve Superman movies, though it is in the comics too. · "Just from the Chris Reeves Superman movies."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:17:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Deadpool (the host's read) · lineage · Same claim: Deadpool's fourth-wall breaking was made possible by this movie breaking it down. · "Deadpool, for example, can't happen or like the Lego movie can't happen or into the Spider-Verse."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 0:44:07 · Griffin Newman (0.60)] Batman (1966 Adam West film) ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · Robin's costume transition and the Kick Butler nameplate are Adam West-style text and costume jokes. · "It's essentially like a doing the Adam West transition."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:33:29 · Van Lathan (0.70)] 1980s bully movies ⇒ Scott Pilgrim vs. the World (the host's read) · lineage · Van loves the Lucas Lee fight because it recalls cheesy 80s bully fights and flips them, Scott winning through wiliness. · "the fights that I love from, uh, bully fights are like from 80s, cheesy 80s movies."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Lego Batman Movie · 1:31:45 · Griffin Newman (0.40)] Doctor Who ⇒ The Lego Batman Movie (the host's read) · lineage · A Dalek is an iron-lung garbage can with a plunger arm, and the Lego film's villains riff on such designs. · "But his main villainous called the Dalek, and it's like this sort of like big garbage."
[The Big Picture · Celebrating ‘Scott Pilgrim vs. the World’ 10 Years Later · 0:39:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.90)] Scott Pilgrim vs. the World ⇒ Baby Driver (the host's read) · lineage · Sean says Wright used this film to work out his rhythm, pacing and use of music, so Baby Driver does not exist without it. · "there is no baby driver without this movie in terms of like the rhythm and the pacing and the way that he uses music."
[speaker] Griffin Newman · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Calls Last Temptation his college-era favorite Scorsese; loves Scorsese's smaller 80s and the film's closing transcendence and Gabriel score. Cannot stand fundamentalist outrage at it. A sucker for casting trivia and Tom Cruise-silliness. · stances: Hot take: Last Temptation structurally mirrors New York, New York as a better version; Outrage over the film is stupid; it is respectful to Jesus; Scorsese's smaller 80s work beats his later baroque phases
[speaker] David Sims · latest sketch, Blank Check · The Last Temptation of Christ · Prepares history: novel, casting, budgets, box office. Reveres the film and thinks it reads as a normal ground-level story. A sucker for Hollywood deal backstory and box office game. · stances: Praises Keitel and Dafoe casting; Respects Scorsese's persistence and Corman discipline; The film is now well regarded though not 'canonical Marty'
[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
[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 The Lego Movie (2014); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend The Lego Movie (2014) 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.