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Mallory Rubin

Mallory Rubin is listed by The Ringer as head of editorial.

Also referred to as Mal, Mallory, Molly Rubin

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Episodes credited in this archive
39
Movies in this archive
38
Attributed podcast choices
6

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Forrest Gump

1994 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin

Aired February 13, 2024

The Fugitive

1993 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Mallory Rubin

Aired February 6, 2024

Eyes Wide Shut

1999 film

Bill Simmons · Chris Ryan · Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin

Aired August 15, 2023

Big

1988 film

Bill Simmons · Mallory Rubin · Van Lathan

Aired January 24, 2023

Body Heat

1981 film

Bill Simmons · Mallory Rubin · Wesley Morris

Aired November 22, 2022

American Gigolo

1980 film

Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin

Aired November 1, 2022

School Ties

1992 film

Bill Simmons · Juliet Litman · Mallory Rubin

Aired August 8, 2022

Kramer vs. Kramer

1979 film

Bill Simmons · Sean Fennessey · Mallory Rubin

Aired February 21, 2022

Displaying episodes 13 - 24 of 39 in total

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Wild Things The Rewatchables
Wild Things

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Kill Sandra; disputed objection to Campbell’s contractual boundary

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 01:34:53Read transcript
  • Mallory’s hottest take is that the schemers should have targeted Sandra to unlock the inheritance instead of using the elaborate lawsuit. — Van Lathan
  • Bill’s hottest take criticizes Campbell’s no-nudity boundary as mismatched with the project; the response is divided. Preserve this as a disputed host opinion, not an endorsement or casting fact.
Wild Things The Rewatchables
Wild Things

What’s Aged the Worst?

Missing relationship; missing soundtrack; school access; extended-cut family reveal

In the discussion (4)
Approx. transcript time · 01:19:05Read transcript
  • The missing Sam/Ray sexual relationship is a weak-link and aged-worst choice. Reports conflict on why filming was abandoned, but the hosts think an explicit relationship would make their conspiracy more coherent.
  • The absence of a soundtrack album and more period songs is criticized, prompting discussion of soundtrack decline and a proposed awards category.
  • Sam’s continued school access after accusations is an aged-worst objection, though later conspiracy reveals partly explain improbable investigation choices. — Van Lathan
  • The director’s reported objection to the extended release is debated. Mallory says its reveal that Susie is Sandra’s half-sister and Kelly’s aunt radically changes motivation and adds incest, an inappropriate difference between cuts.
Wild Things The Rewatchables
Wild Things

Watch Party: Best Viewing Scenario

Solo viewing; teenage sleepover

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:03:38Read transcript
  • The film is described as a sweaty, campy erotic thriller for the MTV generation. Mallory recalls adolescent sleepover viewing focused on its famous scenes; Van recalls wanting more sex and less courtroom material.
  • Watch-setting choices are solo viewing or a teenage sleepover; Van recalls his father reacting to the movie, prompting a proposed goddamn category. — Van Lathan
The Fugitive The Rewatchables
The Fugitive

Who Won the Movie?

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Approx. transcript time · 01:46:47Read transcript
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The Fugitive The Rewatchables
The Fugitive

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Escape plan, Kimble’s fame, the cat and alternate futures

In the discussion (12)
Approx. transcript time · 01:35:51Read transcript
  • Effectiveness of the fake seizure escape
  • Craig asks how famous Kimble would become
  • How much cash Nichols gives Kimble
  • Mallory asks what happened to the Kimble family cat
  • Gerard as an NFL coach
  • Craig asks why the river cannot be dyed blue
  • A shared Chicago movie universe
  • Whether faster emergency dispatch could have saved Helen
  • The logic of the incriminating call
  • Kimble and the woman who offers him a ride
  • A twist making Kimble guilty after all
  • How quickly Sykes would be caught through social media
The Fugitive The Rewatchables
The Fugitive

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Kill Sykes; rethink the one-arm story; defend the marriage

In the discussion (5)
Approx. transcript time · 01:32:22Read transcript
  • The category is initially almost skipped but is then completed
  • Mallory argues Nichols should have Sykes killed
  • Chris argues Kimble’s one-armed-man account sounds incriminating
  • Craig has no prepared take
  • Bill proposes an attraction-based defense argument
The Fugitive The Rewatchables
The Fugitive

Picking Nits

Disguise, defense attorney and conspiracy logic

In the discussion (18)
Approx. transcript time · 01:19:40Read transcript
  • Craig questions Sykes’s security role and corporate fishing trips
  • Chris questions Kimble’s minimal disguise
  • Stolen clothes fitting Kimble is debated
  • Mallory questions the fundraiser’s swimsuit show
  • Kimble fails to request counsel promptly
  • Craig questions water falling on the gun
  • Nichols’s conference patter is missing
  • Mallory challenges the defense’s handling of Helen’s call and circumstantial evidence
  • Shaving a large beard with a disposable razor
  • Craig questions Kimble’s janitor performance
  • Gerard’s shooting choices in the courthouse
  • Nichols’s incriminating photos
  • A rollerblading nurse
  • Instant train-audio identification
  • Mallory corrects the earlier podcast’s too-handsome Jon Hamm objection
  • Craig asks why Kimble does not take the evidence straight to Gerard
  • Kimble helping patients is defended
  • Cosmo’s implausibly minor head wound
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