What the corpus says about Rounders (1998)

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 (5)

[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:02:14 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Tombstone ↔ Rounders · lineage · Ryan called Tombstone the Rounders of Westerns for rewatchability. · "I was like, this movie is the Rounders of Westerns."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40)] Rounders ↔ Heat · theme · Niche tastes also include Malkovich liking Oreos in Rounders and Neil McCauley in Heat. · "Or like Malkovich and Rounders liking Oreos."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] Misery ↔ Rounders · craft · Koppelman's own Rounders last-hand story echoes Goldman's you-never-know theme: he was sure, and was wrong. · "Goldman's recurring theme and all of his books is, you never know."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:32:20 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ Rounders · career · Koppelman contrasts Chandor's four-day script with Rounders, which took 3.5 months for a first draft. · "rounders was 3.5 months for the 1st draft after we'd outlined it"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:22:37 · Brian Koppelman (0.80)] Rounders ↔ John Dahl · craft · Dahl proposed screening with and without hole cards; Koppelman and Levien were proven wrong. · "Once we're going to screen it where you can see Matt's cards, and once we're going to screen it where you can't, you guys sit in the audience and watch, and you guys make the decision."

Fun items about it (2)

[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:22:49 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Rounders · fun · Koppelman and Levien insisted the audience never see Matt Damon's hand; Dahl screened it both ways and they conceded. · "I was like so fucking cocky and confident."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:24:47 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Rounders · fun · Cut idea: Teddy KGB's thug shoving a urinal cake into Worm's mouth; Dahl said no actor would do it. · "shoves the urinal cake in his mouth."

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (32)

[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:19:45 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Thief ↔ Heat · programming · Rewatchable does Mann films: five done, others remaining. · "How many Michael Mann movies have we done now?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:23:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · programming · Koppelman's double-feature picks are Wolf of Wall Street or Sweet Smell of Success. · "Either wolf of Wall Street or sweet smell of success."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:14:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Stand by Me ↔ Misery · programming · Reiner's run: Stand By Me leads to When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men. · "It leads to, um, stand by me."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:05:54 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Wyatt Earp ↔ Tombstone · programming · Rival Earp films, the second to market lost ground; Tombstone came first. · "It's almost like whichever one comes out 1st has such an advantage."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:13:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Heat ↔ The Rewatchables · programming · Chris listened to the Reheat Rewatchables episode, celebrating 100 episodes, the morning of recording. · "I also listened to the reheat this morning"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:02 · Ryen Russillo (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ Bright Lights, Big City · programming · Russillo's double-feature pick. · "Bright lights, big city."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:15:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Misery ↔ A Few Good Men · programming · Misery sits in Reiner's incredible trio, all now Rewatchables. · "But when Harry Met Ali, Misery, Few Good Men, is really the best of all of these different great actors, right?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:13:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Tombstone ↔ Under Siege · lineage · Part of the era of genre films that jump a level above their pitch. · "It just winds up being like an action movie that's way better than it has any business being."
[The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 2:07:39 · Garrett Bradley (0.90)] Heat ↔ Time · programming · Bradley's last great thing was rewatching Heat, which prompted talk of the 90s. · "I rewatched Heat"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:10 · Bill Simmons (0.75)] Margin Call ↔ Wall Street · programming · Simmons chooses Wall Street as the best double feature, a fun mix that complements. · "I would go Wall Street."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:51:47 · Bill Simmons (0.65)] Misery ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · programming · Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter came back to back, two great thriller characters in 12 months. · "Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter, back to back ears."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (0.30)] Three Amigos ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read) · lineage · The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup. · "this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ · 0:08:22 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] The Last of the Mohicans ↔ Heat · lineage · Heat is described as the urban version of Last of the Mohicans, a step in Mann's progression toward The Insider. · "Then you've got heat, which in some ways is the urban version of Last of the Mohicans."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show) · lineage · Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer. · "this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read) · programming · Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books. · "We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Tombstone ⇒ Deadwood (the host's read) · lineage · Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood. · "I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 0:02:54 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read) · lineage · Thief is the notebook sketch for Mann's later work, with Heat sharing DNA. · "the building blocks for what you wind up seeing in heat and collateral and Miami Vice in so many of his films to come."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Margin Call is in the finance-movie family that Wolf is the mothership of. · "This is, you know, the mothership."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read) · programming · Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction. · "The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] John Ford ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read) · lineage · Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone. · "bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:15:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Heat (the maker said so: the Siegel piece, Caan telling Pacino) · lineage · Caan said scenes cut from Thief went to Heat. · "All the scenes that weren't used in our picture came over to you guys."
[The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65)] Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing) · lineage · Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet. · "Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 1:19:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Misery ↔ Stand by Me · programming · Simmons' double feature is Stand By Me and Misery. · "I would do standby me in misery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:09:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Kevin Jarre ↔ Tombstone · craft · Jarre shot only wide masters with no coverage, which got him fired. · "He was like, if I start shooting closeups, they'll take away the movie from me."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:02:53 · Ryen Russillo (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ Liar's Poker · theme · Russillo links the movie's no-one-knows-what's-going-on feeling to Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker. · "I always think of that liar's poker effect from Michael Lewis"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 1:19:44 · Brian Koppelman (0.60)] Misery ↔ The Dead Zone · programming · Koppelman's double feature is Dead Zone and Misery. · "Dead zone and misery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview) · craft · Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant. · "Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:06:53 · Chris Ryan (0.80)] Heat ⇒ Ambulance (the host's read) · lineage · Chris says the first half of Ambulance is Michael Bay trying to make Heat, before the second half becomes a great chase movie. · "The 1st half of this movie is basically like Michael Bay being like, I want to make heat."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:20:50 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · theme · Koppelman names Wolf as the other movie he has watched most, for the psychology of its people. · "Wolf of Wall Street's the other movie I've probably watched the most"
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:57:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Sean Fennessey ↔ Misery · programming · Pick 10 (round 4), category action/horror/thriller: Best of the bunch; Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Goldman, Reiner. · "I'll take misery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:28:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Tombstone ↔ Cobra · craft · The film's intense indiscriminate killing is the Cosmatos effect, like Cobra. · "It's like, it basically turns into cobra for 5 minutes."

Who said it, by their latest sketch (3)

[speaker] Brian Koppelman · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · Loves craft: Chandor's economy, not speaking down, and actors like Tucci and Hoffman. Sucker for heightened workplace dialogue and one-night structures. · stances: Margin Call is among the 10 best of 15 years; Hanks does not play sleaze; Conflict structure over a night is the point
[speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[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

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 Rounders (1998) 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 Rounders (1998) 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 · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:02:14 · Chris Ryan (0.40)] Tombstone ↔ Rounders · lineage · Ryan called Tombstone the Rounders of Westerns for rewatchability. · "I was like, this movie is the Rounders of Westerns."
[The Rewatchables · A CR Month Mailbag! · 1:14:18 · unknown (0.40)] Rounders ↔ Heat · theme · Niche tastes also include Malkovich liking Oreos in Rounders and Neil McCauley in Heat. · "Or like Malkovich and Rounders liking Oreos."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:19:50 · Bill Simmons (0.80)] Misery ↔ Rounders · craft · Koppelman's own Rounders last-hand story echoes Goldman's you-never-know theme: he was sure, and was wrong. · "Goldman's recurring theme and all of his books is, you never know."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:32:20 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ Rounders · career · Koppelman contrasts Chandor's four-day script with Rounders, which took 3.5 months for a first draft. · "rounders was 3.5 months for the 1st draft after we'd outlined it"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:22:37 · Brian Koppelman (0.80)] Rounders ↔ John Dahl · craft · Dahl proposed screening with and without hole cards; Koppelman and Levien were proven wrong. · "Once we're going to screen it where you can see Matt's cards, and once we're going to screen it where you can't, you guys sit in the audience and watch, and you guys make the decision."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:22:49 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Rounders · fun · Koppelman and Levien insisted the audience never see Matt Damon's hand; Dahl screened it both ways and they conceded. · "I was like so fucking cocky and confident."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:24:47 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Rounders · fun · Cut idea: Teddy KGB's thug shoving a urinal cake into Worm's mouth; Dahl said no actor would do it. · "shoves the urinal cake in his mouth."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:19:45 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Thief ↔ Heat · programming · Rewatchable does Mann films: five done, others remaining. · "How many Michael Mann movies have we done now?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:23:57 · Brian Koppelman (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · programming · Koppelman's double-feature picks are Wolf of Wall Street or Sweet Smell of Success. · "Either wolf of Wall Street or sweet smell of success."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:14:44 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Stand by Me ↔ Misery · programming · Reiner's run: Stand By Me leads to When Harry Met Sally, Misery, A Few Good Men. · "It leads to, um, stand by me."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:05:54 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Wyatt Earp ↔ Tombstone · programming · Rival Earp films, the second to market lost ground; Tombstone came first. · "It's almost like whichever one comes out 1st has such an advantage."
[The Big Picture · ‘Ferrari’ and Top Five Michael Mann Movies · 0:13:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Heat ↔ The Rewatchables · programming · Chris listened to the Reheat Rewatchables episode, celebrating 100 episodes, the morning of recording. · "I also listened to the reheat this morning"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:02 · Ryen Russillo (0.80)] Margin Call ↔ Bright Lights, Big City · programming · Russillo's double-feature pick. · "Bright lights, big city."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:15:13 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Misery ↔ A Few Good Men · programming · Misery sits in Reiner's incredible trio, all now Rewatchables. · "But when Harry Met Ali, Misery, Few Good Men, is really the best of all of these different great actors, right?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:13:16 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Tombstone ↔ Under Siege · lineage · Part of the era of genre films that jump a level above their pitch. · "It just winds up being like an action movie that's way better than it has any business being."
[The Big Picture · 300th Episode Ask-Us-Anything Mailbag Spectacular · 2:07:39 · Garrett Bradley (0.90)] Heat ↔ Time · programming · Bradley's last great thing was rewatching Heat, which prompted talk of the 90s. · "I rewatched Heat"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 1:24:10 · Bill Simmons (0.75)] Margin Call ↔ Wall Street · programming · Simmons chooses Wall Street as the best double feature, a fun mix that complements. · "I would go Wall Street."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:51:47 · Bill Simmons (0.65)] Misery ↔ The Silence of the Lambs · programming · Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter came back to back, two great thriller characters in 12 months. · "Annie Wilkes and Hannibal Lecter, back to back ears."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:28:23 · Chris Ryan (0.30)] Three Amigos ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read) · lineage · The wedding-execution opening resembles the Three Amigos setup. · "this movie's after the 3 amigos, right?"
[The Rewatchables · ‘The Insider’ · 0:08:22 · Chris Ryan (0.60)] The Last of the Mohicans ↔ Heat · lineage · Heat is described as the urban version of Last of the Mohicans, a step in Mann's progression toward The Insider. · "Then you've got heat, which in some ways is the urban version of Last of the Mohicans."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:21:59 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ⇒ Billions (the maker said so: Koppelman, Billions co-creator, on the show) · lineage · Koppelman says the borrowed lesson is that Margin Call does not speak down to the viewer. · "this movie doesn't speak down to the viewer"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:57:17 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Forgetting Sarah Marshall ⇒ Misery (the host's read) · programming · Dracula the Musical award is borrowed from Sarah Marshall; given to the Misery books. · "We relate, so in, in, uh, forgetting Sarah Marshall."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Tombstone ⇒ Deadwood (the host's read) · lineage · Tombstone as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood. · "I tend to think of this movie as the bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 0:02:54 · Chris Ryan (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Heat (the host's read) · lineage · Thief is the notebook sketch for Mann's later work, with Heat sharing DNA. · "the building blocks for what you wind up seeing in heat and collateral and Miami Vice in so many of his films to come."
[The Big Picture · The 25 Best Movies of the Century: No. 11 - 'The Wolf of Wall Street’ · 0:42:33 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · lineage · Margin Call is in the finance-movie family that Wolf is the mothership of. · "This is, you know, the mothership."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 0:59:07 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Pulp Fiction ⇒ Misery (the host's read) · programming · Butch's Girlfriend Award for weak link of the film is borrowed from Pulp Fiction. · "The Butch's girlfriend Award, Butch's girlfriend from Pulp Fiction."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:34:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] John Ford ⇒ Tombstone (the host's read) · lineage · Contrast: Ford Westerns vs gnarly, vulgar Tombstone. · "bridge from John Ford Westerns to Deadwood"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Thief’ · 1:15:06 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Thief ⇒ Heat (the maker said so: the Siegel piece, Caan telling Pacino) · lineage · Caan said scenes cut from Thief went to Heat. · "All the scenes that weren't used in our picture came over to you guys."
[The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:09:43 · Brian Koppelman (0.65)] Oliver Stone ⇒ Margin Call (the maker said so: Brian speaking about his own writing) · lineage · Oliver Stone is as big an influence on Brian's dialogue as anybody but Mamet. · "Oliver Stone's big an influence on the way that I write dialogue as anybody but Mammoth."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 1:19:39 · Bill Simmons (0.70)] Misery ↔ Stand by Me · programming · Simmons' double feature is Stand By Me and Misery. · "I would do standby me in misery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:09:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Kevin Jarre ↔ Tombstone · craft · Jarre shot only wide masters with no coverage, which got him fired. · "He was like, if I start shooting closeups, they'll take away the movie from me."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Se7en’ · 0:04:37 · Bill Simmons (0.60)] Seven ↔ Heat · lineage · Grouped with Usual Suspects, Heat and Casino as the four defining 1995 movies, three of which were shut out at the Oscars. · "Our usual suspects, which we recently did, Heat Casino in seven."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:02:53 · Ryen Russillo (0.85)] Margin Call ↔ Liar's Poker · theme · Russillo links the movie's no-one-knows-what's-going-on feeling to Michael Lewis's Liar's Poker. · "I always think of that liar's poker effect from Michael Lewis"
[The Rewatchables · ‘Misery’ · 1:19:44 · Brian Koppelman (0.60)] Misery ↔ The Dead Zone · programming · Koppelman's double feature is Dead Zone and Misery. · "Dead zone and misery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:10:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] The Godfather ⇒ Tombstone (the maker said so: Russell, in his True West magazine interview) · craft · Russell's intended tone was a Western Godfather; Jarre's version was more elegant. · "Well, Russell says it, it was basically the godfather of Westerns."
[The Big Picture · The 2022 Movie Draft · 1:06:53 · Chris Ryan (0.80)] Heat ⇒ Ambulance (the host's read) · lineage · Chris says the first half of Ambulance is Michael Bay trying to make Heat, before the second half becomes a great chase movie. · "The 1st half of this movie is basically like Michael Bay being like, I want to make heat."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · 0:20:50 · Brian Koppelman (0.90)] Margin Call ↔ The Wolf of Wall Street · theme · Koppelman names Wolf as the other movie he has watched most, for the psychology of its people. · "Wolf of Wall Street's the other movie I've probably watched the most"
[The Big Picture · The 1990 Movie Draft · 0:57:27 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] Sean Fennessey ↔ Misery · programming · Pick 10 (round 4), category action/horror/thriller: Best of the bunch; Stephen King, Kathy Bates, Goldman, Reiner. · "I'll take misery."
[The Rewatchables · ‘Tombstone’ · 0:28:56 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Tombstone ↔ Cobra · craft · The film's intense indiscriminate killing is the Cosmatos effect, like Cobra. · "It's like, it basically turns into cobra for 5 minutes."
[speaker] Brian Koppelman · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ · Loves craft: Chandor's economy, not speaking down, and actors like Tucci and Hoffman. Sucker for heightened workplace dialogue and one-night structures. · stances: Margin Call is among the 10 best of 15 years; Hanks does not play sleaze; Conflict structure over a night is the point
[speaker] Bill Simmons · latest sketch, The Rewatchables · ‘Friday the 13th’ · Loves the Friday series as a communal, rental-era memory and tells childhood stories about the ads and theaters. Likes casting what-ifs and sports analogies for everything. Skeptical of horror at Christmas and of anything that wastes the premise. · stances: Friday the 13th is not the best entry but the origin story had to be told; Friday 2 is a leap over the original
[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
[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 Rounders (1998); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend Rounders (1998) 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.