At 157 minutes, Zodiac is assessed as 57 minutes over Craig’s 100-minute ideal, though the panel would cut only about 15 minutes.
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (4)
- The hosts explicitly introduce The Craig Century Club as a new category for 2026.
- The award measures runtime against Craig Horlbeck’s 100-minute ideal.
- Zodiac lands 57 minutes above that benchmark.
- The panel believes roughly 15 minutes could be removed without imposing a 100-minute cut.
Graysmith and Melanie’s marriage fails the proposed relationship test; the panel thinks the obsession would break it quickly.
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (3)
- The panel explicitly proposes The Dennis Peck Relationship Test, named for Richard Gere’s Internal Affairs character.
- The test asks whether the featured relationship would survive.
- Graysmith’s fixation is judged likely to destroy the relationship.
David Fincher wins the newly proposed award for digitally adding knuckle hair to Jake Gyllenhaal’s hands.
The panel proposes a new category here.
In the discussion (3)
- The full new award name is spoken.
- Fincher reportedly judged Gyllenhaal’s hands too hairless and pretty.
- Hair was digitally added to close-ups of Gyllenhaal’s knuckles.
