3 things about James Cameron’s ALIENS

Posted on June 3, 2012 by robchristopher

Aliens [1986]

1. “It won’t make any difference.”
2. The appendage glows.
3. At the end, Hicks sleeps through the whole thing.

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3 things about David Miller’s SUDDEN FEAR

Posted on June 3, 2012 by robchristopher

Sudden Fear [1952]

1. “I know a way.” Click. “I know a way.” Click. “I know a way.” Click. “I know a way.” Click.
2. Joan shows some leg.
3. Her eyes do not merely glow in the dark–they glisten in the dark.

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3 things about Fritz Lang’s THE BLUE GARDENIA

Posted on May 28, 2012 by robchristopher

The Blue Gardenia [1953]

1. They drink Polynesian Pearldivers with perfectly formed ice cones. He recites the drink’s menu description from memory: “These aren’t really drinks. They’re trade winds across cool lagoons. They’re the Southern Cross above coral reefs. They’re a lovely maiden bathing at the foot of a waterfall.”
2. “Women always surprise me when they take off … their shoes.”
3. She looks at herself in the bathroom mirror, suddenly remembering the mirror she smashed the night before.

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3 things about Blake Edwards’ VICTOR VICTORIA

Posted on May 27, 2012 by robchristopher

Victor Victoria [1982]

1. “Sit up, stand up, throw up.”
2. He gives the policeman a large bribe, then punches him in the face and takes the money back.
3. A whimpering from the cupboard.

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3 things about Joss Whedon’s THE AVENGERS

Posted on May 26, 2012 by robchristopher

The Avengers [2012]

1. He picks up a fresh punching bag.
2. “I had 12% of a moment.”
3. The last five minutes of the movie is spent reassuring the audience that, yes, there will be a sequel.

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3 things about Wes Anderson’s MOONRISE KINGDOM

Posted on May 24, 2012 by robchristopher

Moonrise Kingdom [2012]

1. They kiss for the first time. Then he turns his head and spits. She looks surprised. “I had sand in my mouth,” he explains.
2. The children are quietly playing a board game. Bill Murray enters the room in brightly colored pajama bottoms, shirtless, holding a bottle of wine. From a closet he grabs an axe and announces, “I’m going to to go find a tree to cut down.”
3. He’s struck by lighting. Flames shoot out from the tips of his shoes.

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3 things about Michael Anderson’s THE QUILLER MEMORANDUM

Posted on May 21, 2012 by robchristopher

The Quiller Memorandum [1966]

1. He illustrates his point using two muffins and a blueberry.
2. “I’m too tired to go upstairs for breakfast.”
3. A blue sweater that’s just a bit too tight for a schoolteacher.

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3 things about Hiroshi Inagaki’s SAMURAI I: MUSASHI MIYAMOTO

Posted on May 21, 2012 by robchristopher

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto [1954]

1. He hands her a letter. It’s a block of wood with a sheet of paper inside.
2. Washing in the water, the long colorful strips of cloth waving in the current.
3. He locks him in the attic with dozens of books. He has no choice but to read them.

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R.I.P Donna Summer

Posted on May 17, 2012 by robchristopher

David Bowie: “One day in Berlin … Eno came running in and said, ‘I have heard the sound of the future.’ … he puts on ‘I Feel Love’, by Donna Summer … He said, ‘This is it, look no further. This single is going to change the sound of club music for the next fifteen years.’ Which was more or less right.”

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3 things about Michael Tolkin’s THE NEW AGE

Posted on May 17, 2012 by robchristopher

The New Age [1994]

1. She begins deleting all the files.
“The bank doesn’t need 100,000 brochures because the bank doesn’t exist anymore. The bank doesn’t exist anymore because too many of its big real estate loans went bad. Its great big real estate loans went bad because it made loans to shopping centers that can’t find enough tenants. The shopping centers can’t find enough tenants because there are too many shopping centers. Too many shopping centers because a lot of greedy fucks got loans from corrupt banks.”
She prepares to leave the office.
“Where are you going?” her assistant asks.
“I’m going shopping.”
2. Adam West sidles up to the salesgirl and says, “How are your morals today?”
3. He asks for marriage advice from his dad, who tells him, “You have two options. Leave her, or ride it out,” and then walks away.

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