What the corpus says about Oppenheimer (2023)

The 53 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 (13)

[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:18:40 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Oppenheimer ↔ The DUFF · theme · Pop culture now runs on visual memes: Cillian Murphy looking down in Oppenheimer, the Duff quarterback. · "Because now it's like a screenshot of Killian Murphy from Oppenheimer after like the what have I done?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Oppenheimer · craft · Oppenheimer's score is the main challenge to Robertson's score winning. · "I think Oppenheimer presents a big challenge there."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:01 · unknown (0.30)] Babylon ↔ Oppenheimer · contrast · Babylon's first-AD hitting-the-marks scene is contrasted with Nolan's Oppenheimer shoot, which had no marks. · "Christopher Nolan, like on Oppenheimer, they didn't really have any marks that they had to hit."
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:27:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Goodfellas ↔ Oppenheimer · career · Goodfellas came at the point in Scorsese's career where Oppenheimer came for Nolan, but Scorsese lost the Oscars. · "Nolan just won Oppenheimer at a very similar play time in his career to where Scorsese was when he made Goodfellas"
[Blank Check · Empire of the Sun · 0:26:46 · David Sims (0.50)] Lincoln ↔ Oppenheimer · people · Lincoln has the Oppenheimer vibe of every small part being someone important. · "it definitely has that Oppenheimer vibe of like, what if every single person is someone deeply important as an actor?"
[The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:44:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Oppenheimer ↔ Poor Things · industry · Oppenheimer bridges the old and new voting blocks the other two split. · "It is very old versus young and Oppenheimer is the great tiebreaker because it does both."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Oppenheimer · industry · Oppenheimer is the likely Best Picture winner, with Killers second or third; also a 'great men' versus 'were there any great men' contrast. · "I feel like Christopher Nolan believes that there were great men in history."
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 1:17:53 · unknown (0.30)] Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 ↔ Oppenheimer · same subject, different approach · Both stage the Trinity test; Lynch's all-CG digital particle sequence conveys the terror of matter being pulled apart better than Nolan's practical fireball, which works for buildup rather than the explosion. · "I feel like this granular digital thing that lynch is getting at somehow evokes more of the like matter is being like pulled apart."
[The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] A Minecraft Movie ↔ Oppenheimer · exception · Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP. · "And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:13 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Hoita ↔ Oppenheimer · craft · A speaker relays that on Oppenheimer, per Downey, the actors had no marks and the camera side and Nolan followed their movements. · "Downey makes it sound like they could just like walk into a room and do all sorts of things and it was like Hoita and Nolan were like, we'll follow you."
[Blank Check · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · 1:24:02 · unknown (0.40)] James D'Arcy ↔ Oppenheimer · people · D'Arcy appears in Oppenheimer as the man who is not nice to Oppenheimer. · "He was recently in Oppenheimer as the guy who's not nice to Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer almost poisons his apple."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:44:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Oppenheimer ↔ Emma Thomas · industry · The hosts say Thomas keeps giving the final acceptance speech instead of Nolan, which they object to. · "I do feel that the director should be giving the acceptance speech."
[The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:46:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Oppenheimer ↔ Rami Malek · joke target · The real joke about Oppenheimer's length was the clipboard business, not the runtime. · "the real joke was in like what the hell was Ramy Molik doing with the clipboard."

Films put beside it more than once (1)

[pairs] Oppenheimer ↔ Killers of the Flower Moon · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (2)

[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:44:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Oppenheimer · fun · Gripe that Emma Thomas gives every final acceptance speech instead of Christopher Nolan: the unavoidable Nolan wife problem. · "It's never going to make up for the Christopher Nolan wife problem."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Oppenheimer · fun · Running bit: Amanda rages against Oppenheimer, with Sean needling her; Amanda says Nolan thinks great men existed and Scorsese isn't sure any did. · "Martin Scorsese's like, I'm honestly not sure. in retrospect."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (30)

[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:18:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Silence · programming · Amanda watched Silence the day before and went straight to Killers. · "I watched silence yesterday and immediately went to sit down with you to watch Killers of the Flower Moon"
[The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] A Minecraft Movie ↔ The Last Starfighter · theme · A 10-year-old picking up a sword to fight an evil pig echoes 80s kid-hero movies. · "movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:53:26 · unknown (0.30)] Babylon ↔ Snack Shack · programming · A pool-snacks tangent leads to a recommendation of Snack Shack, produced by Rian Johnson's T Street. · "Um, Basically being released independently is produced by Ryan Johnson's company, T Street, and it's a, here we see Margot Robbie losing her nerve and breaking down."
[The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · 1:18:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] My Cousin Vinny ↔ Goodfellas · programming · Best double feature: Goodfellas then Vinny, though Vinny is too close in length. · "I was going to say Goodfellas to this is pretty great."
[Blank Check · Empire of the Sun · 0:25:32 · Bilge Ebiri (0.90)] Jaws ↔ Lincoln · theme · The slaps in Jaws and Lincoln show the shift from identifying with the slapped child to the anxious parent. · "So it's very much like almost like the humiliation of a little boy who's been slapped."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:35:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Titanic ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read) · lineage · The car make-out scene is a funny Titanic callback. · "I thought there was a really funny callback to Titanic when they're making out in the car."
[The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] A Minecraft Movie ↔ Invaders (as heard; likely Invaders from Mars) · theme · Same echo. · "movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:30:05 · unknown (0.30)] Babylon ↔ Road House · programming · After a crocodile-fear tangent triggered by Babylon's crocodile scene, a speaker pushes Roadhouse for its crocodile scene. · "I mean, they're just... pretty exciting crocodile scene."
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:26:39 · Chris Ryan (0.90)] Chris Ryan ↔ Goodfellas · programming · Pick 1 (round 1), category Oscar nominee: Easy first pick; one of his favorite movies ever made. · "one of my favorite movies ever made, Martin Scorsese's uh, epic, darkly comic look at the rise and fall of the American mob"
[Blank Check · Empire of the Sun · 1:45:35 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80)] Amistad ↔ Lincoln · theme · Bilge says Spielberg's serious films, from Empire to Schindler, Amistad, Lincoln and Ryan, all turn on people as items on a ledger. · "they all they all become about sort of people as items on a ledger, even saving Private Ryan."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Kundun · lineage · An American version of the desolate landscapes and haunting spirituality of Kundun, Silence, Last Temptation. · "it is him doing an American version in some ways of what he did in Kundun, in silence, and last temptation of Christ"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:13:47 · unknown (0.30)] Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read) · lineage · A speaker calls the sound-stage scene a direct Singin' in the Rain homage, 'on steroids times a 1000'. · "Again, like a very, very direct homage."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 1:32:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] A Bronx Tale ↔ Goodfellas · lineage · Fennessey wonders whether the needle drops and the Pesci cameo are purposeful homage or accident. · "I just want to know how much of what he was doing was a purposeful homage to Goodfellas"
[The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:16:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Tár ↔ Lincoln · theme · Chris contrasts Blanchett's level of performance with a Lincoln-style historically resonant part, as a box-office draw for older audiences. · "I guess it's not Lincoln where she's like doing this historically like sort of resonant part, but it's in that kind of level of performance"
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:26:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · theme · Both feature a too-smart-for-his-own-good man doing dumb things who thinks he'll get away with it. · "I thought a lot of Wolf of Wall Street. While doing it because that is a guy who is too smart for his own good, but also doing a lot of really dumb shit."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:51:30 · unknown (0.30)] Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read) · lineage · The speaker says Babylon is deliberately built around Singin' in the Rain, with specific scenes mirrored on purpose. · "But it is so intentionally built around singing in the rain that I do think the mirroring of the specific scenes are intentional."
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:51 · unknown (0.40)] Goodfellas ⇒ My Blue Heaven (the host's read) · lineage · My Blue Heaven is blown out by Goodfellas as it is the same movie, like a sequel. · "It got kind of blown out of the water by Goodfellas because it's the same movie."
[The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies · 0:42:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Catch Me If You Can ↔ Lincoln · theme · Both movies are built around one hugely charismatic person wriggling in and out of trouble. · "The movie is built around this one deeply charismatic person and their ability to wriggle in and out of trouble."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:59:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Giant · theme · Its magnitude and oil, family and betrayal themes recall Giant, with Ford, Hawks, Stevens epic scale. · "I did think of giant a few times while watching the movie, which is a movie about oil and families and betrayal."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 3:06:12 · unknown (0.30)] Zack Snyder's Justice League ⇒ Babylon (the maker said so: the hosts' own account of the show) · lineage · The Snyder Cut watch-along, born of a lost bet, started the show's watch-along concept that led to this one. · "The Snyder, the Snyder Cut thing was a bet that we lost, that Sean was like, if that, that's how the watch along concept started."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:36:27 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Shawshank Redemption ↔ Goodfellas · theme · Listener's list of narrated Rewatchables: Shawshank, Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, Ferris Bueller, Fight Club, Stand by Me, Big Lebowski and more. · "He, best movie of all time, Shawshank."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Shane · theme · Sean notes Scorsese often talks about Shane when discussing Westerns. · "Scorsese talks about Shane a lot."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:57:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Pearl ↔ Babylon · theme · Amanda says Pearl completes a trilogy of 2022 films about the transition to silent film, with Babylon and Downton Abbey: A New Era. · "this completes the trilogy of silent film transition in movies this year between Babylon, Downton, Abbey, and New Era, and Pearl."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ · 0:58:13 · Van Lathan (0.40)] Twister ↔ Goodfellas · theme · Aunt Meg feeding a crew of twelve in minutes is compared to Pesci's mom making meatballs at 3 a.m. in Goodfellas. · "Like a Goodfellas when they show up at 3 in the morning"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:16:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Ferrari ↔ Killers of the Flower Moon · craft · Ferrari's quick impressionistic opening flashback recalls the silent-film-style opening of Killers of the Flower Moon. · "it reminded me a bit of the opening sequence of the Killers of the Flower Moon, where it's kind of shot in this old school, like silent film style."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:57:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Downton Abbey: A New Era ↔ Babylon · theme · Both 2022 films are about the silent-to-sound transition in movies. · "this completes the trilogy of silent film transition in movies this year between Babylon, Downton, Abbey, and New Era, and Pearl."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] A Bronx Tale ↔ Goodfellas · theme · It came during the glory years of Italian pop culture: Godfather 3, Goodfellas, then Casino. · "this was kind of the glory years of, of this, Italian pop culture."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read) · craft · The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode. · "It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:15:13 · unknown (0.30)] Brad Pitt ↔ Babylon · theme · Babylon is called a smart use of Brad Pitt's skills, with the movie-star persona built in. · "This is a very smart utilization of Brad Pitt's skills."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:42:06 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] A Bronx Tale ↔ Goodfellas · theme · Ray Liotta's belated thunderbolt for Lorraine Bracco is cited alongside C's reaction to Jane. · "Ray Liotta, when, when, uh, what's her face? Lorraine Brocko starts yelling at him and he kind of gets the belated Thunderbolt."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (4)

[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] 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] 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] 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'

The shows' running bits (3)

[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] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[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 Oppenheimer (2023) 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 Oppenheimer (2023) 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 Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:18:40 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Oppenheimer ↔ The DUFF · theme · Pop culture now runs on visual memes: Cillian Murphy looking down in Oppenheimer, the Duff quarterback. · "Because now it's like a screenshot of Killian Murphy from Oppenheimer after like the what have I done?"
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Oppenheimer · craft · Oppenheimer's score is the main challenge to Robertson's score winning. · "I think Oppenheimer presents a big challenge there."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:01 · unknown (0.30)] Babylon ↔ Oppenheimer · contrast · Babylon's first-AD hitting-the-marks scene is contrasted with Nolan's Oppenheimer shoot, which had no marks. · "Christopher Nolan, like on Oppenheimer, they didn't really have any marks that they had to hit."
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:27:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Goodfellas ↔ Oppenheimer · career · Goodfellas came at the point in Scorsese's career where Oppenheimer came for Nolan, but Scorsese lost the Oscars. · "Nolan just won Oppenheimer at a very similar play time in his career to where Scorsese was when he made Goodfellas"
[Blank Check · Empire of the Sun · 0:26:46 · David Sims (0.50)] Lincoln ↔ Oppenheimer · people · Lincoln has the Oppenheimer vibe of every small part being someone important. · "it definitely has that Oppenheimer vibe of like, what if every single person is someone deeply important as an actor?"
[The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:44:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] Oppenheimer ↔ Poor Things · industry · Oppenheimer bridges the old and new voting blocks the other two split. · "It is very old versus young and Oppenheimer is the great tiebreaker because it does both."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:37 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Oppenheimer · industry · Oppenheimer is the likely Best Picture winner, with Killers second or third; also a 'great men' versus 'were there any great men' contrast. · "I feel like Christopher Nolan believes that there were great men in history."
[Blank Check · Twin Peaks: The Return (Episode 8) · 1:17:53 · unknown (0.30)] Twin Peaks: The Return, Part 8 ↔ Oppenheimer · same subject, different approach · Both stage the Trinity test; Lynch's all-CG digital particle sequence conveys the terror of matter being pulled apart better than Nolan's practical fireball, which works for buildup rather than the explosion. · "I feel like this granular digital thing that lynch is getting at somehow evokes more of the like matter is being like pulled apart."
[The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:40:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] A Minecraft Movie ↔ Oppenheimer · exception · Oppenheimer-type hits can still happen, but not reversibly without IP. · "And you'll get an Oppenheimer every once in a while."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:23:13 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Hoita ↔ Oppenheimer · craft · A speaker relays that on Oppenheimer, per Downey, the actors had no marks and the camera side and Nolan followed their movements. · "Downey makes it sound like they could just like walk into a room and do all sorts of things and it was like Hoita and Nolan were like, we'll follow you."
[Blank Check · Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World · 1:24:02 · unknown (0.40)] James D'Arcy ↔ Oppenheimer · people · D'Arcy appears in Oppenheimer as the man who is not nice to Oppenheimer. · "He was recently in Oppenheimer as the guy who's not nice to Oppenheimer and Oppenheimer almost poisons his apple."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:44:19 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Oppenheimer ↔ Emma Thomas · industry · The hosts say Thomas keeps giving the final acceptance speech instead of Nolan, which they object to. · "I do feel that the director should be giving the acceptance speech."
[The Big Picture · Best Picture Power Rankings and a ‘Poor Things’ Deep Dive. Plus: Julianne Moore and Todd Haynes! · 1:46:36 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Oppenheimer ↔ Rami Malek · joke target · The real joke about Oppenheimer's length was the clipboard business, not the runtime. · "the real joke was in like what the hell was Ramy Molik doing with the clipboard."
[pairs] Oppenheimer ↔ Killers of the Flower Moon · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:44:28 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Oppenheimer · fun · Gripe that Emma Thomas gives every final acceptance speech instead of Christopher Nolan: the unavoidable Nolan wife problem. · "It's never going to make up for the Christopher Nolan wife problem."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:36:43 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Oppenheimer · fun · Running bit: Amanda rages against Oppenheimer, with Sean needling her; Amanda says Nolan thinks great men existed and Scorsese isn't sure any did. · "Martin Scorsese's like, I'm honestly not sure. in retrospect."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:18:30 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Silence · programming · Amanda watched Silence the day before and went straight to Killers. · "I watched silence yesterday and immediately went to sit down with you to watch Killers of the Flower Moon"
[The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] A Minecraft Movie ↔ The Last Starfighter · theme · A 10-year-old picking up a sword to fight an evil pig echoes 80s kid-hero movies. · "movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:53:26 · unknown (0.30)] Babylon ↔ Snack Shack · programming · A pool-snacks tangent leads to a recommendation of Snack Shack, produced by Rian Johnson's T Street. · "Um, Basically being released independently is produced by Ryan Johnson's company, T Street, and it's a, here we see Margot Robbie losing her nerve and breaking down."
[The Rewatchables · ‘My Cousin Vinny’ · 1:18:20 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] My Cousin Vinny ↔ Goodfellas · programming · Best double feature: Goodfellas then Vinny, though Vinny is too close in length. · "I was going to say Goodfellas to this is pretty great."
[Blank Check · Empire of the Sun · 0:25:32 · Bilge Ebiri (0.90)] Jaws ↔ Lincoln · theme · The slaps in Jaws and Lincoln show the shift from identifying with the slapped child to the anxious parent. · "So it's very much like almost like the humiliation of a little boy who's been slapped."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:35:48 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Titanic ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read) · lineage · The car make-out scene is a funny Titanic callback. · "I thought there was a really funny callback to Titanic when they're making out in the car."
[The Big Picture · ‘A Minecraft Movie’ Is the Most Important Movie of the Year So Far. And These Flicks Are the Best … · 0:16:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] A Minecraft Movie ↔ Invaders (as heard; likely Invaders from Mars) · theme · Same echo. · "movies I saw as a kid, like the last Starfighter or, um, invaders"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:30:05 · unknown (0.30)] Babylon ↔ Road House · programming · After a crocodile-fear tangent triggered by Babylon's crocodile scene, a speaker pushes Roadhouse for its crocodile scene. · "I mean, they're just... pretty exciting crocodile scene."
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:26:39 · Chris Ryan (0.90)] Chris Ryan ↔ Goodfellas · programming · Pick 1 (round 1), category Oscar nominee: Easy first pick; one of his favorite movies ever made. · "one of my favorite movies ever made, Martin Scorsese's uh, epic, darkly comic look at the rise and fall of the American mob"
[Blank Check · Empire of the Sun · 1:45:35 · Bilge Ebiri (0.80)] Amistad ↔ Lincoln · theme · Bilge says Spielberg's serious films, from Empire to Schindler, Amistad, Lincoln and Ryan, all turn on people as items on a ledger. · "they all they all become about sort of people as items on a ledger, even saving Private Ryan."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Kundun · lineage · An American version of the desolate landscapes and haunting spirituality of Kundun, Silence, Last Temptation. · "it is him doing an American version in some ways of what he did in Kundun, in silence, and last temptation of Christ"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:13:47 · unknown (0.30)] Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read) · lineage · A speaker calls the sound-stage scene a direct Singin' in the Rain homage, 'on steroids times a 1000'. · "Again, like a very, very direct homage."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 1:32:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] A Bronx Tale ↔ Goodfellas · lineage · Fennessey wonders whether the needle drops and the Pesci cameo are purposeful homage or accident. · "I just want to know how much of what he was doing was a purposeful homage to Goodfellas"
[The Big Picture · The Top Five Movies of 2022 · 1:16:11 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Tár ↔ Lincoln · theme · Chris contrasts Blanchett's level of performance with a Lincoln-style historically resonant part, as a box-office draw for older audiences. · "I guess it's not Lincoln where she's like doing this historically like sort of resonant part, but it's in that kind of level of performance"
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:26:35 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · theme · Both feature a too-smart-for-his-own-good man doing dumb things who thinks he'll get away with it. · "I thought a lot of Wolf of Wall Street. While doing it because that is a guy who is too smart for his own good, but also doing a lot of really dumb shit."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 2:51:30 · unknown (0.30)] Singin' in the Rain ⇒ Babylon (the host's read) · lineage · The speaker says Babylon is deliberately built around Singin' in the Rain, with specific scenes mirrored on purpose. · "But it is so intentionally built around singing in the rain that I do think the mirroring of the specific scenes are intentional."
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 1:31:51 · unknown (0.40)] Goodfellas ⇒ My Blue Heaven (the host's read) · lineage · My Blue Heaven is blown out by Goodfellas as it is the same movie, like a sequel. · "It got kind of blown out of the water by Goodfellas because it's the same movie."
[The Big Picture · Steven Spielberg's Top 5 Movies · 0:42:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.70)] Catch Me If You Can ↔ Lincoln · theme · Both movies are built around one hugely charismatic person wriggling in and out of trouble. · "The movie is built around this one deeply charismatic person and their ability to wriggle in and out of trouble."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:59:47 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Giant · theme · Its magnitude and oil, family and betrayal themes recall Giant, with Ford, Hawks, Stevens epic scale. · "I did think of giant a few times while watching the movie, which is a movie about oil and families and betrayal."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 3:06:12 · unknown (0.30)] Zack Snyder's Justice League ⇒ Babylon (the maker said so: the hosts' own account of the show) · lineage · The Snyder Cut watch-along, born of a lost bet, started the show's watch-along concept that led to this one. · "The Snyder, the Snyder Cut thing was a bet that we lost, that Sean was like, if that, that's how the watch along concept started."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 0:36:27 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] The Shawshank Redemption ↔ Goodfellas · theme · Listener's list of narrated Rewatchables: Shawshank, Goodfellas, Apocalypse Now, Ferris Bueller, Fight Club, Stand by Me, Big Lebowski and more. · "He, best movie of all time, Shawshank."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 1:00:04 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Killers of the Flower Moon ↔ Shane · theme · Sean notes Scorsese often talks about Shane when discussing Westerns. · "Scorsese talks about Shane a lot."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:57:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Pearl ↔ Babylon · theme · Amanda says Pearl completes a trilogy of 2022 films about the transition to silent film, with Babylon and Downton Abbey: A New Era. · "this completes the trilogy of silent film transition in movies this year between Babylon, Downton, Abbey, and New Era, and Pearl."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Twister’ · 0:58:13 · Van Lathan (0.40)] Twister ↔ Goodfellas · theme · Aunt Meg feeding a crew of twelve in minutes is compared to Pesci's mom making meatballs at 3 a.m. in Goodfellas. · "Like a Goodfellas when they show up at 3 in the morning"
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:16:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Ferrari ↔ Killers of the Flower Moon · craft · Ferrari's quick impressionistic opening flashback recalls the silent-film-style opening of Killers of the Flower Moon. · "it reminded me a bit of the opening sequence of the Killers of the Flower Moon, where it's kind of shot in this old school, like silent film style."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 0:57:53 · Amanda Dobbins (0.85)] Downton Abbey: A New Era ↔ Babylon · theme · Both 2022 films are about the silent-to-sound transition in movies. · "this completes the trilogy of silent film transition in movies this year between Babylon, Downton, Abbey, and New Era, and Pearl."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:19:12 · Bill Simmons (0.50)] A Bronx Tale ↔ Goodfellas · theme · It came during the glory years of Italian pop culture: Godfather 3, Goodfellas, then Casino. · "this was kind of the glory years of, of this, Italian pop culture."
[The Big Picture · ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ Is Astounding · 0:14:19 · Sean Fennessey (0.60)] Goodfellas ⇒ Killers of the Flower Moon (the host's read) · craft · The opening tracking shot echoes the Copacabana shot before the film rejects that mode. · "It was a very long tracking shot through Leo's arrival, which is, you know, gesturing to Copacabana"
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 0:15:13 · unknown (0.30)] Brad Pitt ↔ Babylon · theme · Babylon is called a smart use of Brad Pitt's skills, with the movie-star persona built in. · "This is a very smart utilization of Brad Pitt's skills."
[The Rewatchables · ‘A Bronx Tale’ · 0:42:06 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] A Bronx Tale ↔ Goodfellas · theme · Ray Liotta's belated thunderbolt for Lorraine Bracco is cited alongside C's reaction to Jane. · "Ray Liotta, when, when, uh, what's her face? Lorraine Brocko starts yelling at him and he kind of gets the belated Thunderbolt."
[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] 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] 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] 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'
[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] Blank Check: The box office game (Guessing the film's opening weekend and what it was up against); The sung theme ("Blank Check with Griffin and David", sung; the transcriber garbles it)
[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 Oppenheimer (2023); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Oppenheimer (2023) 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.