3 things about Aaron Wertheimer’s WEDGERINO

Posted on July 10, 2025 by robchristopher

Wedgerino [2015]

1. When something’s cooler than cool, it’s beige.
2. A round of private conversations.
3. “I’m Lisa. People call me ‘Sa for short.”

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3 things about Jean Rouch & Edgar Morin’s CHRONICLE OF A SUMMER

Posted on July 9, 2025 by robchristopher

Chronicle of a Summer [1961]

1. “I paint to understand the painting of others.”
2. A long pause. “If I only knew.”
3. Several minutes go by after we first see the tattoo before it is explained to us what it means.

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3 things about Christopher Nolan’s THE DARK KNIGHT RISES

Posted on July 8, 2025 by robchristopher

The Dark Knight Rises [2012]

1. The stock market raid occurs in the daytime and about five minutes later it’s the dead of night.
2. Alfred and Fernet-Branca.
3. Extremely tall bench.

3 other things.

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3 things about Busby Berkeley’s THE GANG’S ALL HERE

Posted on July 7, 2025 by robchristopher

The Gang’s All Here [1943]

1. “I know what I’d do if girl take my man away from me.”
“What do you mean?”
“I break her into little hunks. And then I break him into little hunks. And then I take all the little hunks and—Well, good-bye. I must do some rehearsalings.”
2. Banana wave.
3. She teaches him how to dunk a donut.

3 other things.

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3 things about Chris Sanders’ THE WILD ROBOT

Posted on July 6, 2025 by robchristopher

The Wild Robot [2024]

1. Wooden prosthetic leg.
2. The lodge becomes a safe haven.
3. Emerging in the spring, moss-covered.

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3 things about Gene Fowler Jr.’s I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE

Posted on July 5, 2025 by robchristopher

I Married a Monster from Outer Space [1958]

1. An empty street at night. Lone raincoated figure staring into a toy store window.
2. The aliens are teetotalers.
3. Floating, dangling bodies in the spacecraft.

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3 things about THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE

Posted on July 4, 2025 by robchristopher

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie [2024]

1. Foreshadowing.
2. A monster consisting of an eyeball stalk, novelty teeth, and gum.
3. Clampett’s Diner.

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3 things about Daniel Petrie’s FORT APACHE, THE BRONX

Posted on July 3, 2025 by robchristopher

Fort Apache, The Bronx [1981]

1. Razor blade in her mouth.
2. A five-minute warning prior to tear gassing.
3. Walking her corpse up and down the hallway.

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3 things about Billy Wilder’s KISS ME, STUPID

Posted on June 26, 2025 by robchristopher

Kiss Me, Stupid [1964]

1. The one waiter who won’t laugh.
2. Phallic Chianti.
3. “That miserable liar, he was telling me the truth!”

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3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s QUO VADIS

Posted on June 25, 2025 by robchristopher

Quo Vadis [1951]

1. “When I play and sing, I have visions of things I never dreamed existed. The world is mine. And mine to end.”
2. Escape to the sewers.
3. Peter’s sprouting cane.

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