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3 things about Zach Snyder’s JUSTICE LEAGUE

Justice League [2021] 1. Evidently, if you’re a man, any man, you’ve got daddy issues. 2. Fake Martha Kent. 3. “She’s 5,000 years old, Barry. Every guy’s a younger guy.” 3 other things.

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3 things about Jonathan Demme’s SOMETHING WILD

Something Wild [1986] 1. A watermelon-shaped zipper pouch. 2. David Byrne’s mom suggests he get rid of the handcuffs. 3. Smear of blood through his hair. 3 other things.

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3 things about David Lowell Rich’s MADAME X

Madame X [1966] 1. Painted on eyebags. 2. Ricardo Montalban plays a character named … Phil Benton. And lives in a fabulous split-level bachelor pad in Manhattan. 3. Spanish Inquisition-themed nightclub.

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3 things about Hal Ashby’s BEING THERE

Being There [1979] 1. Hal Ashby’s cameo in the newsroom! I’ve seen this film countless times and yet I never noticed it till now. 2. “I’m glad you didn’t open, Eve.” 3. He gently tends to the bent sapling.

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3 things about Nicholas Roeg’s SWEET BIRD OF YOUTH

Sweet Bird of Youth [1989] 1. She wants him now and she means now, not later. 2. “Don’t call me ‘honey.’ I can’t stand being called ‘honey’ by unknown persons of the same gender.” “What’s gender, honey?” 3. A nautically … Continue reading

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3 things about Paul Verhoeven’s STARSHIP TROOPERS

Starship Troopers [1997] 1. Rue McClanahan! 2. Cronenbergian orifice. 3. “It’s afraid!” 3 other things.

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3 things about Chloé Zhao’s NOMADLAND

Nomadland [2020] 1. Jigsaw puzzle in a laundromat. 2. “That one’s on me.” 3.  Maudlin music, a cursed crutch.

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The new poster!

Doesn’t that new laurel look beautiful?!

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3 things about Otto Preminger’s SUCH GOOD FRIENDS

Such Good Friends [1971] 1. Truly tasteless joke about slavery. 2. “Tell me what we’re doing is wrong so I can enjoy it.” 3. Corset.

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3 things about Bertrand Tavernier’s THE JUDGE AND THE ASSASSIN

The Judge and the Assassin [1976] 1. Two bullets in the skull. 2. Her face pressed against a mess of potato peels on the table. 3. Ends with a musical number!

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