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3 things about Kathryn Bigelow’s A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE

Posted on November 20, 2025 by robchristopher

A House of Dynamite [2025] 1. Surrender or suicide. 2. A brief moment alone at the window before he is hustled out of the room. 3. “Bad knees.”

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3 things about Steve De Jarnatt’s MIRACLE MILE

Posted on March 7, 2025 by robchristopher

Miracle Mile [1988] 1. They choose to spend their last moment’s eating at Canters Deli and who can blame them? 2. Dying at the bottom of an escalator. 3. Tar pit crash.

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3 things about George Miller’s FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA

Posted on May 30, 2024 by robchristopher

Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga [2024] 1. Tanker full of vegetables. 2. Femur stick shift. 3. Riding the collapsing smokestack.

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3 things about Sam Esmail’s LEAVE THE WORLD BEHIND

Posted on December 22, 2023 by robchristopher

Leave the World Behind [2023] 1. “No one is in control. No one is pulling the strings.” 2. Paper straws and free-range chicken. 3. Video images give the illusion of a world outside.

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3 things about John Coney’s SPACE IS THE PLACE

Posted on July 24, 2022 by robchristopher

Space Is the Place [1974] 1. Good time cigarette gals. 2. Stealing some sweet shoes. 3. Shortly after evacuation, the planet explodes and splits in half.

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3 things about Stanley Kramer’s ON THE BEACH

Posted on July 23, 2022 by robchristopher

On the Beach [1959] 1. Coke bottle and window shade. 2. She’s ready for tea, she says. 3. He affixes the award plaque to the hood of his car and then tosses the screwdriver away. His last act. 3 other … Continue reading →

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3 things about Danis Goulet’s NIGHT RAIDERS

Posted on July 22, 2022 by robchristopher

Night Raiders [2021] 1. A peaceful tent filled with sleeping children. 2. She watches approvingly as one girl beats another girl to a pulp. 3. Drones as sentient beings.

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3 things about Don McKellar’s LAST NIGHT

Posted on February 22, 2022 by robchristopher

Last Night [1998] 1. “I’m calling from the gas company. I hope you’re doing well and spending these final hours in peace with your loved ones. Rest assured that we will make every effort to keep the gas flowing right … Continue reading →

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3 things about George Clooney’s THE MIDNIGHT SKY

Posted on January 16, 2021 by robchristopher

The Midnight Sky [2020] 1. A second bowl of cereal. 2. “I just point.” 3. Wolf blur.

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3 things about Ranald MacDougall’s THE WORLD, THE FLESH AND THE DEVIL

Posted on September 27, 2020 by robchristopher

The World, The Flesh and the Devil [1959] 1. Model train winding through the apartment. 2. Arranging the dropcloth, he draws his arm across her throat. 3. Tied to the helm. 3 other things.

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