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Van’s flex category crowns Billy Dee Williams as the ultimate example of a man who simply ‘got it.’

They praise the movie's home-video presentation and electrifying set pieces.

They like the niche-interest concept and kick around several eccentric character tastes, led by Floyd Gondolli's specific preference.

They end up on Stephen Weber's Mitch, the movie's smug supporting villain/boss figure.

They treat Leon and Delmar as co-winners because both are doing huge work with tiny comic-relief parts.

Richard Harris is selected for the late-career supporting turn as English Bob.

They debated the death-set-cut scene as a category and still favored Ordinary People, with this movie a strong contender.

Bill says it is an elite pure action rewatch, even if the room has some skepticism.

The hosts specifically name the Boston Common as the scene-stealing location.

They picked the Bakersfield counterfeiting location as the scene-stealing real estate in the movie.

They select the evil house at the end as the scene-stealing location.

The hosts choose the Korean restaurant as the scene-stealing location, with the nuclear reactor mentioned as another possibility.

They treat the Plaza as the movie's standout location, though Duncan's Toy Chest also gets a shoutout.

They treat the on-location shooting as the standout for this category.

They choose the junkyard and palace-of-depression locations as the standout scene settings.

They pick the layered Koreatown casino at the end as the most scene-stealing location.

They single out the Alberta mountain setting as gorgeous and memorable.

They name the Grand Canyon as the notable scene-and-location moment for this award.

The abandoned gas station wins as the best scene-stealing location, with an abandoned asylum also singled out.

They settle on the Bluff murder location as the standout scene-stealing location, with Morty’s and the diner getting mentions as alternatives.

They settle on Butch McCray’s gym in Chicago as the best use of an actual location.

They agree Dennis couldn't break the couple up, though they think a dirty-cop approach would have worked on Carter.

They debate the public confrontation locations and settle on the gas station as the standout setting.

They choose Lanark Diner as the scene-stealing location after briefly considering the link as a runner-up.

They choose the courtroom as the movie’s scene-stealing location because that’s where the whole town converges.

When asked to cast the twins with Denzel or Will, they choose Denzel's early-90s stretch.

They name Marathon Man as the best diamond movie.

They narrowed the field to the female supporting performances and landed on Kelly Lynch as the pick.

The opening parkour chase was treated as the most spectacular heat-check moment, with Dench’s confrontation also praised.

The room lands on Delbert Grady as the best heat-check performance, with Lloyd as the main alternative.

They raise unanswered lore questions about why Carol Anne was targeted and how the haunting would be seen online today.

They discuss movies whose lines or moments escaped the film and became shorthand in culture, with The Town cited as a modern example.

Bill cited Brubaker as an earlier example of the slow clap.

The group answers yes after discussing visible anatomy and risky staging.

Mallory argues the movie is one of the rare cases where a better sex scene is unnecessary because the desire is the point.

They joke that a football-game set piece would have fit the movie and add energy to the setting.

They felt the movie should have added an L.A. sports beat like basketball or beach volleyball.

They noted the movie doesn't really have a sex scene and did not land on a clear answer.

The dining-room killings are treated as one of the film's great execution set pieces, even if not formally isolated as a named category.

After debating Candy, Bacon, and Sutherland, they choose John Candy for delivering the most startlingly effective one-off role.

Michael Bowen is the strongest answer, though the hosts also mention Julianne Moore and Tom Cruise as contenders in the broader category chatter.

They wonder aloud about vampire entry rules for cars versus houses and never settle it definitively.

They propose scoring stunts by how much they would hurt in real life, but no film or stunt is crowned outright.

They decide the most painful-looking beat is the ugly electrocution and head-trauma finale stretch.

The courtroom wins for its striking two-level setup.

They choose the oil-drilling work as the most convincing bit of technical realism in the film.

They cite milk-from-the-carton as an Apex Mountain-style gag and seem to treat Anchorman as the benchmark example.

After kicking around a few options, they land on Little John Looney as the most Boston character.