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Tag Archives: movies
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!