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3 things about Jack Arnold’s THE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING MAN

Posted on March 1, 2021 by robchristopher

The Incredible Shrinking Man [1957] 1. Nuclear fallout as glitter.2. Sugar shaker.3. He can now fit through the bars of his prison.

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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 Jonathan Frakes’ STAR TREK: INSURRECTION

Posted on December 1, 2020 by robchristopher

Star Trek: Insurrection [1998] 1. Gilbert & Sullivan strategy. 2. The giveaway: a glitchy holodeck. 3. He has 318 days of shore leave coming to him. 3 other things.

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3 things about Denis Villeneuve’s BLADE RUNNER 2049

Posted on October 26, 2020 by robchristopher

Blade Runner 2049 [2017] 1. Giant videoscreen shopping kiosk. 2. Dead eye retina scan. 3. Hologram Liberace. 3 other things.

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3 things about Ridley Scott’s BLADE RUNNER

Posted on October 24, 2020 by robchristopher

Blade Runner [1982] 1. He takes his noodles with him. 2. Accumulated dust and debris on the “roof” of Bryant’s office. 3. Climbing up the bookcase and through the floor. 3 other things.

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3 things about Joseph Newman’s THIS ISLAND EARTH

Posted on October 22, 2020 by robchristopher

This Island Earth [1955] 1. Catalog with pages made of metal. 2. Pulsing neon green. 3. Cat lapping up milk while perched on a lead slab.

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3 things about Jack Arnold’s TARANTULA

Posted on October 14, 2020 by robchristopher

Tarantula [1955] 1. “The bones just stripped clean like peeling a banana!” 2. Pools of goo. 3. Leo G. Carroll’s monstrous brow.

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3 things about Gordon Douglas’s THEM!

Posted on October 5, 2020 by robchristopher

Them! [1954] 1. Their first view is of her legs. 2. Flame shadows. 3. Numbered drain pipes. 3 other things.

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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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3 things about Simon Wincer’s D.A.R.Y.L.

Posted on August 17, 2020 by robchristopher

D.A.R.Y.L. [1985] 1. Mom hair, mom shorts, doing mom things in the kitchen. 2. On the computer monitor: “I’m scared.” 3. Pole Position for real.

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