What the corpus says about A Star Is Born (2018)

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 (24)

[The Big Picture · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:29:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · contrast · A Star Is Born came out in October and Bohemian Rhapsody in November and stayed in theaters, so civilians saw one and not the other. · "And Bohemian Rhapsody came out in November and has just been in theaters."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.40)] First Man ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Should have been First Man for sound editing and A Star Is Born for sound mixing, not Bohemian Rhapsody for both. · "it should be 1st man for, uh, sound editing and a star is born for sound mixing"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:11:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · The Roma versus A Star Is Born matchup felt natural and easy, and far from the Green Book conversation. · "there's so many, the Roma versus Starborn thing felt so natural and easy to me, and that feels like a 1000000 miles away right now."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:56:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Globes moving away from critics' picks is a problem for Roma as well as Star. · "then I think that's a problem for Roma as well as Star is born."
[The Big Picture · The Big Picture: A Ringer Movies Podcast · 0:00:57 · unknown (clip speaker) (0.40)] A Star Is Born ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · A speaker predicts the film will sweep the Oscars. · "I think it's going to clean up at the Oscars."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:55:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Creed II · industry · Star took a body blow, like Creed 2 shot to the chops while on one knee. · "I think a Star is Born took a real body blow tonight."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Says Cooper performed as himself rather than as Jackson Maine, which is a mistake because the character's voice is indelible. · "Bradley Cooper, very notably, did not perform as Jackson Maine."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Matthew Libatique ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Argues Libatique's cinematography on A Star Is Born deserved more conversation. · "I really think it's weird how little conversation there was from Matthew Liboutique for a Star is Born."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:29:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Lady Gaga · contrast · The movie created whole other characters, but the real-life Gaga/Cooper performance of Shallow did not work as well. · "And in the movie, they managed to create whole other characters."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:27:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bradley Cooper · career · Actors, the largest Academy voting bloc, love the film and what Cooper becoming a director means for their futures. · "actors are far and away the largest subcategory of voters."
[The Big Picture · The Big Picture: A Ringer Movies Podcast · 0:00:43 · unknown (clip speaker) (0.40)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bradley Cooper · career · The film is described as Cooper's play to become a respected auteur director. · "So this was very clearly his play to become an auteur, a respected director."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:05:15 · unknown (0.35)] Adolphe Menjou ↔ A Star Is Born · career · Menjou's career credits include A Star Is Born and an Oscar nomination for The Front Page. · "He's nominated for an Oscar for the front page."
[Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail · 0:50:03 · unknown (0.00)] Dave Chappelle ↔ A Star Is Born · career · Watching Chappelle here made the speaker think of his good work in A Star Is Born. · "Dave Chappelle, like so good in a Star is Born, just incredible."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:30:46 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Sam Elliott ↔ A Star Is Born · career · After watching his interviews a speaker would be happy to see Elliott win the Oscar for A Star Is Born. · "I'm totally happy if you win the Oscar just because I want Sam Elliot to have an awesome one."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Lady Gaga · people · The Star Is Born campaign looks shaky after neither Gaga nor Cooper won and Mark Ronson accepted the song award. · "for neither Gaga nor Cooper to win actor, and of course not to win best drama"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:29:09 · unknown (0.30)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Rocket in Guardians is ranked as one of Cooper's best performances, though A Star Is Born is argued higher for being his own face. · "God, this is Cooper's 2nd best performance."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:35:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Maya Rudolph ↔ A Star Is Born · what-if · Imagines Maya Rudolph in a satirical or dramatic version of A Star Is Born. · "She could make a satire of a star is born."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:14:08 · unknown (0.00)] Cary Grant ↔ A Star Is Born · first choice · Cary Grant was supposedly first choice for the A Star Is Born lead that Mason got. · "Like Carrie Grant was the 1st choice or whatever."

Films put beside it more than once (2)

[pairs] A Star Is Born ↔ Roma · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · said 2 times in 1 episode

Fun items about it (6)

[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] A Star Is Born (2018) · fun · Dave Chappelle suddenly turns up in the film while Bradley Cooper hides in a bush for half the scene. · "Bradley Cooper's like in a bush for half the seat anyway."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:27:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born · fun · Hosts covering their faces watching the Shallow performance, feeling like Jackson Maine and Ally's embarrassed parents. · "Somewhere along the way, I feel like you and I became Jackson, Maine, and Allie's mom and dad."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:31:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born · fun · A GIF of the Gaga/Cooper final glance looks like a magical movie still when not live. · "It instantly becomes like magical movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] A Star Is Born · fun · Mason-jar joke about the energy between Gaga and Cooper. · "inside that jar is the cure to cold fusion."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:17:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] A Star Is Born · fun · A week ago the speaker thought the film was locked; now maybe just the shallow. · "We're going to Valhalla with this movie."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:25:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born · fun · Mark Ronson accepted the Best Song award and read a poem about the SS Shallow to Gaga's face. · "it did basically end with Mark Ronson reading a poem that he composed about the SS Shallow"

One hop out: what recommends the films most often joined to it (17)

[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:27:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rocketman ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Rocketman was paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons but has faded from conversation. · "Obviously, it's Rocket Man has been paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons, but Rocket Man just doesn't come up."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · theme · Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie. · "That's why Roma was such a great movie."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:53:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.95)] Leave No Trace ↔ Fighting with My Family · programming · Fennessey proposes Leave No Trace as an unlikely but reasonable double feature with Fighting with My Family. · "That would make an unlikely but not unreasonable double feature with fighting with my family."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:49 · unknown (0.30)] Damien Chazelle ↔ First Man · theme · Chazelle's recurring theme of people who touch greatness and then lose it runs through La La Land and First Man as well as Babylon. · "That's what La La Land is about. If you look at the end of that movie, that's what 1st man is about."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ The Pianist · theme · Rami Malek's win reminds the speaker of Adrien Brody's win for The Pianist, a film by a controversial filmmaker with a sordid past. · "I thought a bit of Adrian Brody winning for the pianist, which was also made by a controversial controversial filmmaker with a sordid past."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:24:09 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] Fighting with My Family ↔ Rocky · lineage · Merchant says the documentary had a Rocky style underdog story at its core. · "there was a sort of rocky style underdog story at the core of it"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Alfonso Cuaron ↔ Roma · craft · The cinematography Oscar went to Roma and to Cuarón, who shot his own film. · "This, of course, went to Roma, Alfonso Coron."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:31 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] 42nd Street ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he saw the film as about becoming a star and entertainer, like old backstage musicals such as 42nd Street. · "those old kind of um, musical, like 42nd Street, right?"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Notes the clip shown for Malek's win was him lip-syncing, undercutting the acting case. · "the clip they used to show us was him lip syncing"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:46:49 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] 8 Mile ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant lists 8 Mile among films he thought about while making it. · "The other things I thought about are 8 mile, the Eminem film."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:29:44 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] The Office (TV series) ↔ Fighting with My Family · theme · Merchant says there is always a coming-of-age element in his work, whether the Office or this film. · "whether it's the office or any of the other things are done, there's always a sort of coming of age element to it"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:30:16 · Stephen Merchant (0.90)] Hello Ladies (TV series) ↔ Fighting with My Family · theme · Merchant says his Hello Ladies character, like Paige and Brent, finally stops trying so hard. · "true of my Hello Lady's character"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:33:50 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] Billy Elliot ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · theme · Merchant wanted a film that works for non-fans, as Billy Elliot makes you root for a ballet dancer despite no interest in ballet. · "I kept thinking about movies like Billy Elliott."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:35:54 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] Batman (Tim Burton) ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · craft · Merchant says his furious teenage reaction to Burton's Joker change taught him that a 90-minute movie must simplify its source, as he did with wrestling storylines. · "the more that Tim Burton's decision to do that makes perfect sense to me as a 90 minute movie"

Who said it, by their latest sketch (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
[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] Stephen Merchant · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · A former film critic with very broad taste, from Fellini and Antonioni to Predator and Die Hard, and loves Rocky (especially Rocky 2), musicals, and grittier-than-remembered classics like Saturday Night Fever. Admires craft and performance skill, and is wary of mocking subject matter. · stances: Wrestling was a late conversion; he came to respect the performance craft; Make it work for non-fans, like Rocky or Billy Elliot; Simplify the source rather than serve every fan; Success in one thing does not open every door

The shows' running bits (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)

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 A Star Is Born (2018) 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 A Star Is Born (2018) 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 · The Oscars Schedule Changes, and Andrew Garfield On ‘Under the Silver Lake’ | Interview · 0:25:52 · Sean Fennessey (0.85)] The Irishman ↔ A Star Is Born · programming · Producer Bobby suggests The Irishman is this year's A Star Is Born for the hosts' Oscar obsession. · "perhaps the Irishman is this year's a star is born for us."
[The Big Picture · Oscar Nomination Predictions, ‘Mean Girls,’ and ‘All of Us Strangers’ · 0:54:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Mean Girls ↔ A Star Is Born · lineage · The speaker is fine with a new auteur remaking a beloved thing every 20 years, as with Star Is Born / Star Wars-style retellings, here giving the social-media generation its own Mean Girls. · "every 20 years another Otour comes along and is like, I've got a take on this."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:47 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] A Star Is Born ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he thought about A Star Is Born, the rags to riches story, as much as the sports side. · "I was thinking as much about films like, you know, like a Star is Born"
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.80)] A Star Is Born ↔ Full Metal Jacket · theme · Offered as a second answer to best half-movie: everything up to the first time she sings Shallow is dynamite. · "everything leading up to the 1st time she sings shallow on stage, which is like, I think an hour, maybe a little bit less."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:29 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Star's schmaltz and old-fashionedness were expected to lift it, but that is what the night rewarded in Bohemian Rhapsody and Green Book. · "it's the schmaltiness and old-fashionedness of Bohemian Rhapsody and Green book that we're really discussing tonight."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:30:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Green Book · theme · All three films share a polished, studio, historically Hollywood approach; Star has more grit and anxiety. · "There's something like very polished and studio and historically Hollywood in the approach of all 3 of those movies."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:29:26 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · contrast · A Star Is Born came out in October and Bohemian Rhapsody in November and stayed in theaters, so civilians saw one and not the other. · "And Bohemian Rhapsody came out in November and has just been in theaters."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:50:36 · unknown (0.40)] First Man ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Should have been First Man for sound editing and A Star Is Born for sound mixing, not Bohemian Rhapsody for both. · "it should be 1st man for, uh, sound editing and a star is born for sound mixing"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:11:57 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · The Roma versus A Star Is Born matchup felt natural and easy, and far from the Green Book conversation. · "there's so many, the Roma versus Starborn thing felt so natural and easy to me, and that feels like a 1000000 miles away right now."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:56:14 · Amanda Dobbins (0.40)] Roma ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Globes moving away from critics' picks is a problem for Roma as well as Star. · "then I think that's a problem for Roma as well as Star is born."
[The Big Picture · The Big Picture: A Ringer Movies Podcast · 0:00:57 · unknown (clip speaker) (0.40)] A Star Is Born ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · A speaker predicts the film will sweep the Oscars. · "I think it's going to clean up at the Oscars."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:55:17 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Creed II · industry · Star took a body blow, like Creed 2 shot to the chops while on one knee. · "I think a Star is Born took a real body blow tonight."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Says Cooper performed as himself rather than as Jackson Maine, which is a mistake because the character's voice is indelible. · "Bradley Cooper, very notably, did not perform as Jackson Maine."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:49 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Matthew Libatique ↔ A Star Is Born · craft · Argues Libatique's cinematography on A Star Is Born deserved more conversation. · "I really think it's weird how little conversation there was from Matthew Liboutique for a Star is Born."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:29:39 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born ↔ Lady Gaga · contrast · The movie created whole other characters, but the real-life Gaga/Cooper performance of Shallow did not work as well. · "And in the movie, they managed to create whole other characters."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:27:01 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bradley Cooper · career · Actors, the largest Academy voting bloc, love the film and what Cooper becoming a director means for their futures. · "actors are far and away the largest subcategory of voters."
[The Big Picture · The Big Picture: A Ringer Movies Podcast · 0:00:43 · unknown (clip speaker) (0.40)] A Star Is Born ↔ Bradley Cooper · career · The film is described as Cooper's play to become a respected auteur director. · "So this was very clearly his play to become an auteur, a respected director."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Paths of Glory · 1:05:15 · unknown (0.35)] Adolphe Menjou ↔ A Star Is Born · career · Menjou's career credits include A Star Is Born and an Oscar nomination for The Front Page. · "He's nominated for an Oscar for the front page."
[Blank Check — Patreon · You've Got Mail · 0:50:03 · unknown (0.00)] Dave Chappelle ↔ A Star Is Born · career · Watching Chappelle here made the speaker think of his good work in A Star Is Born. · "Dave Chappelle, like so good in a Star is Born, just incredible."
[Blank Check — Patreon · The Incredible Hulk · 1:30:46 · Griffin or David (0.30)] Sam Elliott ↔ A Star Is Born · career · After watching his interviews a speaker would be happy to see Elliott win the Oscar for A Star Is Born. · "I'm totally happy if you win the Oscar just because I want Sam Elliot to have an awesome one."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:28:21 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] A Star Is Born ↔ Lady Gaga · people · The Star Is Born campaign looks shaky after neither Gaga nor Cooper won and Mark Ronson accepted the song award. · "for neither Gaga nor Cooper to win actor, and of course not to win best drama"
[Blank Check — Patreon · Guardians of the Galaxy · 1:29:09 · unknown (0.30)] Bradley Cooper ↔ A Star Is Born · verdict · Rocket in Guardians is ranked as one of Cooper's best performances, though A Star Is Born is argued higher for being his own face. · "God, this is Cooper's 2nd best performance."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:35:12 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Maya Rudolph ↔ A Star Is Born · what-if · Imagines Maya Rudolph in a satirical or dramatic version of A Star Is Born. · "She could make a satire of a star is born."
[Blank Check — Patreon · Lolita · 1:14:08 · unknown (0.00)] Cary Grant ↔ A Star Is Born · first choice · Cary Grant was supposedly first choice for the A Star Is Born lead that Mason got. · "Like Carrie Grant was the 1st choice or whatever."
[pairs] A Star Is Born ↔ Roma · said 2 times in 1 episode
[pairs] A Star Is Born ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · said 2 times in 1 episode
[The Big Picture · Thirteen Awards Movies to Watch Out for, Oscar Do-Overs, and More From the Mailbag · 0:47:40 · Amanda Dobbins (0.60)] A Star Is Born (2018) · fun · Dave Chappelle suddenly turns up in the film while Bradley Cooper hides in a bush for half the scene. · "Bradley Cooper's like in a bush for half the seat anyway."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:27:58 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born · fun · Hosts covering their faces watching the Shallow performance, feeling like Jackson Maine and Ally's embarrassed parents. · "Somewhere along the way, I feel like you and I became Jackson, Maine, and Allie's mom and dad."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:31:26 · Amanda Dobbins (0.45)] A Star Is Born · fun · A GIF of the Gaga/Cooper final glance looks like a magical movie still when not live. · "It instantly becomes like magical movie."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:31:36 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] A Star Is Born · fun · Mason-jar joke about the energy between Gaga and Cooper. · "inside that jar is the cure to cold fusion."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:17:45 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] A Star Is Born · fun · A week ago the speaker thought the film was locked; now maybe just the shallow. · "We're going to Valhalla with this movie."
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:25:55 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] A Star Is Born · fun · Mark Ronson accepted the Best Song award and read a poem about the SS Shallow to Gaga's face. · "it did basically end with Mark Ronson reading a poem that he composed about the SS Shallow"
[The Big Picture · The Future of ‘Star Wars,’ Marvel, Pixar, and Disney’s Movie Monopoly. Plus: Our Summer Movie Awards and Paul Downs Colaizzo on ‘Brittany Runs a Marathon’ | The Big Picture · 0:27:53 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Rocketman ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Rocketman was paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons but has faded from conversation. · "Obviously, it's Rocket Man has been paired with Bohemian Rhapsody for obvious reasons, but Rocket Man just doesn't come up."
[The Big Picture · ‘Captain Marvel’ Is a ’90s Nostalgia Play. Did It Work? | Exit Survey · 0:27:52 · Amanda Dobbins (0.50)] Captain Marvel ↔ Roma · theme · Recreating childhood wholesale is hard, which is why Roma was such a great movie. · "That's why Roma was such a great movie."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:53:24 · Sean Fennessey (0.95)] Leave No Trace ↔ Fighting with My Family · programming · Fennessey proposes Leave No Trace as an unlikely but reasonable double feature with Fighting with My Family. · "That would make an unlikely but not unreasonable double feature with fighting with my family."
[The Big Picture · The ‘Babylon’ Watch-Along · 1:59:49 · unknown (0.30)] Damien Chazelle ↔ First Man · theme · Chazelle's recurring theme of people who touch greatness and then lose it runs through La La Land and First Man as well as Babylon. · "That's what La La Land is about. If you look at the end of that movie, that's what 1st man is about."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:08 · Sean Fennessey (0.50)] Bohemian Rhapsody ↔ The Pianist · theme · Rami Malek's win reminds the speaker of Adrien Brody's win for The Pianist, a film by a controversial filmmaker with a sordid past. · "I thought a bit of Adrian Brody winning for the pianist, which was also made by a controversial controversial filmmaker with a sordid past."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:23:11 · unknown (0.40)] Roma ↔ Black Panther · theme · Two Black Panther craft wins early made the night feel like one Hollywood, with Roma and Netflix bursting both. · "I was like, okay, the 2 Hollywoods, that's definitely the theme, but in the middle kind of bursting the two, is is Roma and Netflix"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:24:09 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] Fighting with My Family ↔ Rocky · lineage · Merchant says the documentary had a Rocky style underdog story at its core. · "there was a sort of rocky style underdog story at the core of it"
[The Big Picture · Instant Reactions to a Truly Ludicrous Golden Globes | The Oscars Show · 0:08:31 · Sean Fennessey (0.55)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · theme · Both wins read as 'I had a nice time at the movies' rewards rather than judgments of quality. · "feel a little bit like, you know what? I had a nice time at the movies."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:53:03 · Sean Fennessey (0.40)] Alfonso Cuaron ↔ Roma · craft · The cinematography Oscar went to Roma and to Cuarón, who shot his own film. · "This, of course, went to Roma, Alfonso Coron."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:27:31 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] 42nd Street ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant says he saw the film as about becoming a star and entertainer, like old backstage musicals such as 42nd Street. · "those old kind of um, musical, like 42nd Street, right?"
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:14:30 · Sean Fennessey (0.45)] Rami Malek ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Notes the clip shown for Malek's win was him lip-syncing, undercutting the acting case. · "the clip they used to show us was him lip syncing"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:46:49 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] 8 Mile ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · lineage · Merchant lists 8 Mile among films he thought about while making it. · "The other things I thought about are 8 mile, the Eminem film."
[The Big Picture · Oscars 2019: Instant Reactions to ‘Green Book’ and the Two Warring Academies | The Oscars Show · 0:52:51 · unknown (0.40)] Green Book ↔ Bohemian Rhapsody · craft · Argues Green Book's editing is better than Bohemian Rhapsody's, which won film editing. · "I think, honestly, the editing and green book is better than the editing in Bohemian Rhapsody."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:29:44 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] The Office (TV series) ↔ Fighting with My Family · theme · Merchant says there is always a coming-of-age element in his work, whether the Office or this film. · "whether it's the office or any of the other things are done, there's always a sort of coming of age element to it"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:30:16 · Stephen Merchant (0.90)] Hello Ladies (TV series) ↔ Fighting with My Family · theme · Merchant says his Hello Ladies character, like Paige and Brent, finally stops trying so hard. · "true of my Hello Lady's character"
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:33:50 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] Billy Elliot ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · theme · Merchant wanted a film that works for non-fans, as Billy Elliot makes you root for a ballet dancer despite no interest in ballet. · "I kept thinking about movies like Billy Elliott."
[The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · 0:35:54 · Stephen Merchant (0.95)] Batman (Tim Burton) ⇒ Fighting with My Family (the maker said so: Merchant in this interview) · craft · Merchant says his furious teenage reaction to Burton's Joker change taught him that a 90-minute movie must simplify its source, as he did with wrestling storylines. · "the more that Tim Burton's decision to do that makes perfect sense to me as a 90 minute movie"
[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] 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] Stephen Merchant · latest sketch, The Big Picture · Pro Wrestling Goes to the Movies, Plus Stephen Merchant on ‘Fighting · A former film critic with very broad taste, from Fellini and Antonioni to Predator and Die Hard, and loves Rocky (especially Rocky 2), musicals, and grittier-than-remembered classics like Saturday Night Fever. Admires craft and performance skill, and is wary of mocking subject matter. · stances: Wrestling was a late conversion; he came to respect the performance craft; Make it work for non-fans, like Rocky or Billy Elliot; Simplify the source rather than serve every fan; Success in one thing does not open every door
[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)

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 A Star Is Born (2018); name it the way the line names it. Don't recommend A Star Is Born (2018) 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.