Ryen Russillo

1 sketch, 10 claims, and 6 fun items attributed to them. What was said about them.

Personality, episode by episode

The Rewatchables: ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman (host)

Deep-dives on 2008, finance, scene mechanics and detail; loves Irons's powerful-as-normal act and the sales-floor scene. Can't stand bad athletic casting.

Stances

  • Irons is his favorite performance
  • Seth is next-generation
  • 2008 aged best for storytelling
  • Hot take: Demi Moore as scapegoat today

Humor: Self-deprecating personal stories and sports analogies.

In their words

  • “They're no heroes.” (0:02:36)
  • “I hate when someone in a movie who's supposed to be good at sports isn't, drives me insane.” (0:36:35)

Their shows' recurring bits

Running bits, not opinions; a critic read aloud is cited, not present.

The Rewatchables

Their claims

Showing 1–10 of 10 claims.

  1. theme (theme): Margin Call → Liar's Poker. 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 · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:02:53 · Ryen Russillo (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Simon Baker → Penn Badgley. Simmons thinks Baker's character is worse than Badgley's; Russillo says Badgley's Seth wants to be Jared.
    “He wants to be Jared, right?”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:09:55 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. craft (craft): Jeremy Irons → Kevin Spacey. Russillo loves that Irons plays powerful as normal by asking to be explained to like a child, though he'd already decided.
    “he presents himself as the most normal, but he had clearly already made up his mind”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:13:19 · Ryen Russillo (0.85 sure it was them)
  4. craft (craft): Margin Call → The Wolf of Wall Street. Russillo notes the Irons/Spacey penthouse shot resembles the DiCaprio/McConaughey scene, both explaining finance without talking down.
    “the shot is similar when it's the 1st time with DiCaprio and McConaughey”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:24:40 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)
  5. industry (industry): Zachary Quinto → Margin Call. Simmons notes Margin Call was produced by Quinto's production company.
    “this was produced by Zachary Quinto's uh, Zachary Quinto's uh, production company.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:30:57 · Ryen Russillo (0.60 sure it was them)
  6. theme (theme): Margin Call → The Company Men. Russillo remembers Affleck's kid's jumper in The Company Men.
    “Affleck's kid has probably one of the best jumpers I've ever seen in a movie or TV”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:35:46 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)
  7. theme (theme): Margin Call → Goldman Sachs. Russillo ties the film to Goldman's real-world arc and share price, 50 in 2008 to 426 this year.
    “50 bucks a share, 2008, uh, hit 426 this year”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:54:18 · Ryen Russillo (0.85 sure it was them)
  8. craft (craft): Margin Call → The Big Short. Russillo compares Margin Call's overnight city-drive beat to McKay's silent montage with iPhones, which he says sold it better.
    “I think the big short sold that so much more.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:00:20 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)
  9. contrast (contrast): Paul Bettany → Matthew McConaughey. Russillo says Margin Call has no off-the-bench cameo like McConaughey in Wolf, so Bettany gets Best That Guy.
    “not that one person who comes in for like, like McConaughey in Wolf of Wall Street.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:08:18 · Ryen Russillo (0.75 sure it was them)
  10. programming (programming): Margin Call → Bright Lights, Big City. Russillo's double-feature pick.
    “Bright lights, big city.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:24:02 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)

Their fun items

Showing 1–6 of 6 fun items.

  1. fun, about Jeremy Irons: Irons asks to be told the situation like to a child or golden retriever; Russillo calls it a power move that is a red flag.
    “I'm not here because I'm smart.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:12:53 · Ryen Russillo (0.85 sure it was them)
  2. fun, about Kevin Spacey: The clapping out in the open is one of the greatest moments, an actor's choice found on the day.
    “he claps it out when he walks out there, which is one of the greatest moments in the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:18:12 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)
  3. fun, about Jeremy Irons: Russillo jokes Irons hasn't eaten until the bell closes, with Simmons's post-2014 diet discipline.
    “He's got Simmons post 2014 discipline on the diet.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:20:27 · Ryen Russillo (0.80 sure it was them)
  4. fun, about Ryen Russillo: Russillo's own layoffs and low first salaries: AAA baseball job paid 12 grand, local radio 25K.
    “I made 12 grand, I was told I'd make 30”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:40:45 · Ryen Russillo (0.90 sure it was them)
  5. fun, about Stanley Tucci: The sailboat on the retirement-guide cover in the layoff scene is perfect.
    “let's have a sailboat on the fucking cover”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 0:48:13 · Ryen Russillo (0.70 sure it was them)
  6. fun, about Margin Call: Dog and shovel: prettiest shot in the movie but styled up about 27 percent.
    “I agree, though, that's the prettiest shot in the movie.”
    The Rewatchables · ‘Margin Call’ With Bill Simmons, Ryen Russillo, and Brian Koppelman · 1:15:38 · Ryen Russillo (0.70 sure it was them)