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Cine-File Selects: COLD TURKEY

Posted on January 4, 2011 by robchristopher

January 31 at 7pm … hope you can make it!

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3 things about Wes Anderson’s FANTASTIC MR. FOX

Posted on January 2, 2011 by robchristopher

Fantastic Mr. Fox [2009] 1. 2 Years Later (12 Fox-Years). 2. “If what I think is happening, is happening, it better not be.” 3. A gentle waterfall in the sewer.

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3 things about Christopher Nolan’s INCEPTION

Posted on January 1, 2011 by robchristopher

Inception [2010] 1. “It was worth a shot.” 2. Hunched over the table, eating from a bowl of brown rice. 3. The vault looks a lot like a holodeck. 3 other things.

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Colonel Beach’s Plantation Punch

Posted on January 1, 2011 by robchristopher

Adapted from the original Don the Beachcomber recipe as published by Jeff Berry. COLONEL BEACH’S PLANTATION PUNCH 18 oz. fresh lime juice 36 oz. unsweetened pineapple juice 3 bottles of Reed’s Spicy Ginger beer (36 oz.) 32 oz. Meyers’s Jamaican … Continue reading →

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3 things about Jules Dassin’s RIFIFI

Posted on December 31, 2010 by robchristopher

Rififi [1955] 1. “Sit your moneymaker down.” 2. The debris from the ceiling is collected in the umbrella. 3. His body is draped across the overflowing sink.

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3 things about ANDY WARHOL’S BAD

Posted on December 28, 2010 by robchristopher

Andy Warhol’s Bad [1977] 1. “You’ve got to kill a dog, and you’ve got to do it viciously. I mean, nothing painless or ouchless.” 2. “I don’t like toilet talk in my kitchen,” she says sternly, unscrewing the mayonnaise jar. … Continue reading →

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3 things about George Cukor’s DINNER AT EIGHT

Posted on December 21, 2010 by robchristopher

Dinner at Eight [1933] 1. “I haven’t got a sou,” she says sheepishly. Using the tip of her finger she pushes her lips to one side of her face. 2. He lights a cigarette before seeing his next patient. 3. … Continue reading →

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13 great movies I watched in 2010

Posted on December 20, 2010 by robchristopher

THE ADULTS IN THE ROOM (Andy Blubaugh, 2010) THE BAD LIEUTENANT: PORT OF CALL NEW ORLEANS (Werner Herzog, 2009) BEFORE SUNSET (Richard Linklater, 2004) I AM LOVE (Luca Guadagnino, 2009) INCEPTION (Christopher Nolan, 2010) INSIDE JOB (Charles Ferguson, 2010) IN … Continue reading →

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3 things about Joseph Kosinski’s TRON: LEGACY

Posted on December 20, 2010 by robchristopher

TRON: Legacy [2010] 1. “You’re messing up my Zen thing, man!” 2. Aladdin Sane as played by Joel Grey. 3. Digital Wilhem scream.

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3 things about Vincente Minnelli’s MEET ME IN ST. LOUIS

Posted on December 19, 2010 by robchristopher

Meet Me in St. Louis [1944] 1. “The Boy Next Door” consists of only three shots. 2. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas. Sparkly snood. 3. She violently smashes the snow people.

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