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They explicitly land on Harold Sylvester as the best supporting actor choice, with Tony Plana also praised.

Among a few scene-specific performances, they single out Luenell’s cop work as the best acting turn in the nominees they mention.

They give Amy Adams the acting award, despite Bill’s skepticism about the role.

Emma Stone is picked as the best hang, and the babysitter as the worst hang.

They pick Moneypenny as the most enjoyable hang and Boris as the least pleasant one.

Terry is the best hang, while Kevin the college boyfriend is the worst hang.

They debate whether The Insider is too generic and toss out several alternate titles, but never land on one official winner.

They prefer Evil Mascot as a better movie-title-style name than the actual title.

They agree Margin Call is not a great title and suggest Sell, Sell, Sell would have been more immediate and marketable.

On the post-break shot rundown, they choose the starry house image as the top shot, while multiple other images are praised.

They point to the big overhead shot as the movie's best-looking shot.

The hosts land on the pullback revealing the wife on top of Dennis as the best shot, with another Dennis-and-wife framing shot also praised.

They mostly celebrate the liquor-store scene and the old-timey drink-buying setup, with Reynolds’s grotesque last meal as another food mention.

They explicitly gave the food award to the chocolate cake moment.

For best food or drink use, the room settles on the meal at Paula's house, with the chicken noted as the alternative.

They chose the milkshake-on-a-bully moment as the movie’s best food-and-drink beat.

The cereal scene with Wick and the dog was the clear food-and-drink pick.

They land on the pub beers as the most memorable food-or-drink detail, though the Hostess cupcake also gets a mention.

The castle’s design makes it an ideal setting for a memorable final battle.

Barleycorn’s is singled out as the standout location used repeatedly in the movie.

The Chinese restaurant is treated as the most memorable location in the movie's run of scenes.

They repeatedly marvel that 57-year-old Harrison Ford looks absurdly shredded in the role.

They give the award to Kimball's improbably fit body for a surgeon on the run.

They plainly chose Ben Affleck’s body as the one that looked most implausibly suited to the character.

Ed Harris's insistence on real cigarettes earns the smoking-performance honor.

Rob Lowe's dangling cigarette wins the smoking award.

They single out Damon as the clear winner for on-screen smoking.

They single out the 'Friday beers' moment as an iconic, highly shareable beat.

They picked 'I'm thinking I'm back' as the most gifable moment, with a couple of other repeatable images mentioned.

They identify Prince’s side-eye smiles as the most reusable gif moment, with Apollonia’s apartment reaction as another strong candidate.

They highlight Santoro’s rapid-fire girlfriend descriptions as the funniest and most revealing exchange in the movie.

They choose Larry Vaughn Jr.'s insult about Jackie, 'tits like a sparrow,' as the craziest quote.

They single out Jeff Goldblum's screaming criminal banter as the movie's wildest quote, while noting some hesitation about the old award title.

Rebel Wilson is the clearest Hall of Fame candidate, with Skylar Astin and several others also suggested as worthy.

They say Travolta would get the movie's plaque overall, though Olivia Newton-John is the clearer plaque choice for her own career.

They agree both the star and the director earn Hall of Fame-plaque level status from this film.

They liked a sequel where Darby and Gray end up in the Caribbean running a bar, while also musing about a prestige-TV version.

They note that the movie did get a sequel, even though it was a much less successful spoof.

Bill pitches a sequel set in a more affluent mid-80s Los Angeles with Julian older and navigating the changing era.

Kyle's imagined live-cam broadcast through the final heist is the joke answer to the wildcard prompt.

They turned this into a joke that Darby vanishes for decades and eventually reappears as a podcast host.

They speculate about the aftermath of the game and McCord's fame, but do not settle on a single concrete winner for the scenario-based award.

They mostly conclude the movie did not need a better sex scene, though they joke about whether more of the MBJ-Annie material would have helped.

Mallory argues the movie would have benefited from more frequent flashbacks of Richard and Helen together.

They concluded the Connelly-Cruise makeout/bed scene is awkward and not especially sexual, effectively saying the movie did not get a good sex scene.

They land on John Boy as the most 1977 element, with the 70s TV reference carrying the discussion over other period details.

They decide the most 1977 detail is how TV functions as a constant information source and how public, shared neighborhood life feels everywhere in the movie.

They point to the handmade effects, models, and other analog filmmaking touches as the most distinctly 1977 element.

They pick the bathtub sequence where Norman pulls Claire forward and the corpse reveal triggers the mirror crash.

Craig argues that Pacino's 'I'm gambling again' line should be the movie's signature GIF moment.

They agree the best GIF is Carol Anne at the TV, with the face-melting mirror shot as another option.

The room settles on the Kenny/Denise bathroom material as the single best run of rewatchable moments, with several other scenes mentioned as contenders.

The room settles on Marisa Tomei’s courtroom testimony as the movie’s most rewatchable stretch.

The room most strongly lands on the pot cookies-to-bat-fight sequence as the movie’s most rewatchable stretch.

They toss out several title ideas, with "Water sports" landing as the funniest fantasy-team name.

They tossed around a few names, with King Payman or Eight Kings of Hell emerging as the strongest fantasy-team option.

They favor The Modernaires as the best name, though Lake Minnetonka also gets a mention.

They only joke that several grim sections could qualify and do not choose a single pee-break spot.

They point to the early, slow-moving Roomba stretch as the obvious moment to step away.

They choose the film's final stretch as the easiest point to step away because the movie slows down there.

This is treated as an easy win for Spielberg.

The room unanimously picks Spielberg over Scorsese for this movie.

They test the idea against several movies and generally favor Scorsese for crime-heavy titles and Spielberg for more tonal fits.

The room assumes the relationship between Cole and Claire is doomed once the movie ends.

They assume Rudy would be impossible to deal with the day after his sack.

They imagine James’s future as modest and artistically frustrated, with one joking crossover idea tossed in.

They joked that the movie could start several minutes later because the opening credits and first stretch are expendable.

They use the wandering-and-phone-call stretches as the natural pee-break candidates.

Bill takes 'Beauty School Dropout' as the clearest pee-break window, while Juliet and Amanda argue the long sports montage fits the category better.

The quiet entrance of Buzz and Neil instantly raises the stakes.

Sato emerges like Darth Vader in a strikingly composed warehouse reveal.

They treat Bundini Brown's first entrance as the standout introduction because it instantly sells Foxx's energy and the character's importance.

Charles Nichols is selected for being an implausibly sloppy criminal mastermind and doctor.

They conclude Kaffee is good at his job, with Galloway discussed as a supporting counterpoint.

They question whether Maddie’s journalism is legit but never land on a clear winner for the award.

They single out the suited golf-range sequence as the funniest unintended bit, with Wigand’s wall-staring also called out.

Drunk Tom Cruise is selected over the other examples of accidental comedy.

They point to a few moments, but the boat/mast attack on Quint draws the strongest laughter and most attention.

They decide the teen hangout culture, beach cruising, and the film's summer-beach montage have aged the best.

They say the movie ages best because it is sex-positive, playful, and still works in the Trip and Kenny/Denise material.

The hosts agree the film's fashion is the strongest element that has aged well, especially Gere's clothes and the overall styling.

The hosts single out the bogus punch sound as the clearest thing that has aged badly, with Claire's portrait also drawing criticism.

They call Roger Ebert’s swipe at Madden and Summerall the worst aging element, while retracting an old take on Favreau.

They discuss several age-worst items, led by the odd poster/casting details and then the inexplicable casting of notable older actors.

They pointed to the airport logistics, bar culture, gym gear, and other period details as the most 1985 elements.

The hosts agree the computer scene, especially creating Lisa in 1985-style tech language, is the most 1985 element.

They agreed the local radio DJ, with all the period details around him, most captured 1985.

They explicitly choose the Whitesnake poster and related 1987-era details as the strongest period marker.

They settle on the soundtrack as the most 1987 element, with SoloFlex and the other period details treated as strong extras.

They settled on the slow, pre-digital credit-card lookup process as the clearest 1987 artifact.

Jerry is treated as the obvious person you would least want to be around.

Kate is nominated as the least relaxing hang, mostly because of her procedural rigidity and arguments about how things should be done.

They decide Ace would be the most exhausting hang, though Melissa is also described as a poor conversational option.

Bill offers a speculative answer that Jonathan’s surname may be Evans, but they do not prove it from the film.

They frame the final-game outcome as a question of whether the opponent choked or simply got outplayed.

They speculate about what happened after the movie, but no single answer is firmly established.

They raise questions about the fall, the chandelier, and the surrounding logistics, but do not resolve them as a formal award winner.

They choose the dorms as the movie's most scene-stealing location.

They decide the Oak Room is the most memorable location in the movie.

Sean chooses Murray Hamilton's dead-eyed, compartmentalized performance as the film's best acting.

They give the acting win to Jack Wallace, while also praising Stephen Keats in the son-in-law role.

They like Flanagan’s scarred enforcer best, while also noting Ilya’s memorable presence.

When discussing weak villain work, they favor Grant Heslov’s character over the main terrorist leader.

The projected fight footage behind Mickey is picked as the standout shot.

The reflecting-pool run is chosen as the best shot, with the slow-motion beating of Jenny’s boyfriend also praised.

Dana Carvey's credited appearance is treated as the classic example of IMDb stat padding.

They joke that the movie pads its appeal by listing future stars like Margulies, Leguizamo, and Shannon Worry.

The hosts frame the Frankie Goes to Hollywood porn-video sequence as the standout example of a fake piece of art that feels convincingly real.

They chose the fake TV program-within-the-movie as the best imitation of a real show.

They suggest Caravan as a plausible alternate title and, by extension, the best resource-style name.

They settle on 'smooched bone' as the funniest euphemistic line.

CR said the movie is better with Nell, while the others mostly joked around the prompt.

The discussion mostly imagines Buscemi as a perfect add-on, especially in one of the prison or side-character slots.

Craig proposes the suck cut as his favorite food-or-drink bit, and the room accepts it as the category winner.

The bourbon shot is preferred because the scene makes his drinking feel tied to the character's situation.

The revolting zero-gravity vomit becomes the more memorable use of food imagery.

The dangerous-looking double shots receive the clearest enthusiasm.

They note how hard the role was to cast, but do not identify a real casting miss in the final discussion.

They argue the friend group is thinly drawn and that some casting choices, including Brancato, are a miss.

They discuss the idea in theory but do not settle on a clear remake answer.

They agreed the premise could absolutely be expanded into a Netflix series.

They pick Hanks for the astronaut movie lane, with the suggestion that Floyd is the Hanks role and Bowman the Cruise role.

After a long debate, they chose Hanks as the better overall fit for the father role, despite Cruise sounding more entertaining.

The hosts debate the category and ultimately land on Anna Deavere Smith as the best fit for the role/player-position notion.

They settled on Val Kilmer because his one-scene comeback is such a remarkable acting moment that it outweighs everything else.

The nerdy supporting guys, especially the Trekkies and reptile guy, are treated as the Dan Waiters-style pick.

They give the heat-check award to Woody Harrelson for being excellent in a very small number of scenes, with Kelly Macdonald also mentioned.