Monthly Archives: January 2022

3 things about Adam McKay’s DON’T LOOK UP

Posted on January 30, 2022 by robchristopher

Don’t Look Up [2021] 1. Diet app. 2. The algorithms were wrong: he doesn’t die alone. 3. Firing at the comet with a pistol.

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3 things about Nicholas Ray’s JOHNNY GUITAR

Posted on January 29, 2022 by robchristopher

Johnny Guitar [1954] 1. “How many men have you forgotten?” “As many women as you’ve remembered.” 2. Lovers’ initials carved in the bark of a tree on the riverbank. 3. Right between the eyes. 3 other things.

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3 things about Michael Anderson’s LOGAN’S RUN

Posted on January 27, 2022 by robchristopher

Logan’s Run [1976] 1. Slo-mo sex club. 2. “I hate Outside! I hate it!” 3. Cats in Congress.

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3 things about Greg Araki’s THE LIVING END

Posted on January 23, 2022 by robchristopher

The Living End [1992] 1. “Fuck! Don’t these wenches listen to anything else besides k.d. lang and Michelle Shocked?!” 2. Beer and Barbie cereal. 3. Choking in the shower.

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3 things about John Huston’s THE AFRICAN QUEEN

Posted on January 22, 2022 by robchristopher

The African Queen [1951] 1. She unfurls the umbrella and positions it above his head. 2. Forging a blade. 3. A very quick marriage. 3 other things.

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3 things about Walt Disney’s PETER PAN

Posted on January 21, 2022 by robchristopher

Peter Pan [1953] 1. Tinker Bell measures her hips. 2. Water-powered clock in the treehouse. 3. Regrettable (and forgettable) song “What Made the Red Man Red?”

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3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Posted on January 20, 2022 by robchristopher

Nightmare Alley [2021] 1. His eye seems to follow you no matter where you stand. 2. December 1941; there’s nary a Christmas decoration to be seen. 3. The way she says, “I’ll live.”

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3 things about Anthony Powell’s ANTARCTICA: A YEAR ON ICE

Posted on January 19, 2022 by robchristopher

Antarctica: A Year on Ice [2013] 1. T3 Syndrome. 2. Mummified seal. 3. He shows us the bunkhouse, spumes of frozen air piled everywhere.

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3 things about Richard Fleischer’s FANTASTIC VOYAGE

Posted on January 15, 2022 by robchristopher

Fantastic Voyage [1966] 1. Arthur O’Connell’s giant eye. 2. Jelly valves. 3. The g-forces inch her body up the wall. 3 other things.

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3 things about Nichols Roeg’s INSIGNIFICANCE

Posted on January 9, 2022 by robchristopher

Insignificance [1985] 1. Napoleon’s crap. 2. “You can never understand anything by agreeing, by making definitions. Only by turning over the possibilities. That’s called thinking. If I say I know, I stop thinking. As long as I keep thinking, I … Continue reading →

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