If I Had a Million [1932]
1. Raspberry.
2. He’ll need to get his hat reblocked.
3. All she wants is to make some biscuits and have a cat.
Directed by Ernst Lubitsch, Norman Taurog, Stephen Roberts, Norman Z. McLeod, James Cruze, William A. Seiter, and H. Bruce Humberstone!
Tár [2022]
1. “Haunted.”
2. She holds the girl’s foot until she falls asleep.
3. Number 5 looks back at her through the glass.
The Cincinnati Kid [1965]
1. Eddie G’s fabulous purple smoking jacket.
2. He lives on Magazine Street?
3. “A reasonable bet.”
Time Bandits [1981]
1. “Show me … Show me … show me subscriber trunk dialing, I must know everything.”
2. Two water bottles strapped to his chest.
3. Crunchy rat.
There There [2022]
1. One half of the bedroom has white walls, the other has green.
2. “She could have been boarding a plane to Pittsburgh, or Heaven, or Alpha Centauri.”
3. Eighteen minutes of instrumental yacht rock.
Argentina, 1985 [2022]
1. On her way to school she bums a cigarette from her father.
2. A tender scene on the balcony–where a sniper could easily take them out.
3. Neronian thumbs-down gesture.
This Sporting Life [1963]
1. A great ape on the football field.
2. He gingerly taps his upper lip, gauging the absence of his teeth.
3. A scrum of men’s bodies, heavy breathing.
Inspector Ike [2020]
1. A corpse that slaps.
2. Blanket, milk, turkey leg.
3. “On a scale of one-to-ten–”
“Ten.”
“–with ten meaning guilty–”
“One, I meant one.”
Like my own film, Inspector Ike had the misfortune of being completed during the pandemic, which stymied what should have been a breakout success. On the other hand, during the periods of lockdown, many of us turned to binging “Columbo” as a form of both comfort and entertainment–and now those same viewers are primed to appreciate Inspector Ike‘s flawless homage and sly wit in ways that would have been highly unlikely a few years ago!
If you’re on this film’s wavelength (and I definitely was) settle in for a barrage of hilarious in-jokes, silly gags, and all around good naturedness. Increasingly rare in today’s comedies. The whole cast is 100% committed and locks easily into that 70s groove.
And that chili recipe is solid.
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