Tag Archives: 3 things

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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3 things about Maggie Gyllenhaal’s THE LOST DAUGHTER

Posted on January 8, 2022 by robchristopher

The Lost Daughter [2021] 1. A crushing responsibility. 2. Making out on the hotel staircase next to a bottle of wine and two glasses. 3. Hatpin.

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3 things about Ernst Lubitsch’s HEAVEN CAN WAIT

Posted on January 7, 2022 by robchristopher

Heaven Can Wait [1943] 1. “I hope you’ll forgive me, but we’re so busy down here. Really, sometimes it looks as if the whole world is coming to hell.” 2. Trapdoor and flames. 3. Gene Tierney’s weird matronly hairstyle.

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3 things about Frank Launder’s I SEE A DARK STRANGER

Posted on January 2, 2022 by robchristopher

I See a Dark Stranger [1946] 1. Ringing casket. 2. “Look down there for instance. Crossing the road to the Tynwald Court. She could easily fit the description. Right height, fawn coat, brown hair. Typically Irish. You meet them at … Continue reading →

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3 things about Ridley Scott’s THE LAST DUEL

Posted on January 2, 2022 by robchristopher

The Last Duel [2021] 1. Pierced nipples. 2. “A rape cannot cause a pregnancy. This is just science.” 3. Swallowing the blade.

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3 things about Walt Disney’s CINDERELLA

Posted on December 31, 2021 by robchristopher

Cinderella [1950] 1. Corn kernel stack. 2. A line of disdainful butlers. 3. Does the king have a shoe fetish?

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3 things about Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s WHEEL OF FORTUNE AND FANTASY

Posted on December 30, 2021 by robchristopher

Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy [2021] 1. “I feel like a defective product.” 2. Blu-ray; VOD is no longer viable. 3. “My own stupidity makes me want to cry.”

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3 things about Jane Campion’s THE POWER OF THE DOG

Posted on December 29, 2021 by robchristopher

The Power of the Dog [2021] 1. Two bodies in one bedroll. 2. Wearing gloves, he carefully coils the rope and sets it on the floor, then pushes it under his bed. 3. She kicks off her shoes and runs … Continue reading →

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