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3 things about Mike Hodges’ FLASH GORDON

Posted on February 17, 2013 by robchristopher

Flash Gordon [1980] 1. “Are your men on the right pills? Perhaps you should execute their trainer.” 2. Solid upper body strength. 3. Someone has drawn tears on one of the statues of Ming. 3 other things.

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3 things about Rian Johnson’s LOOPER

Posted on February 11, 2013 by robchristopher

Looper [2012] 1. “Big heads, small potatoes.” 2. Bullet hole in the window, bullet hole in her stomach. 3. She summons him to her bedside using the plastic frog.

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3 things about Guillermo del Toro’s MIMIC

Posted on January 15, 2013 by robchristopher

Mimic [1997] 1. Decapitated Jesus head on the floor. 2. Some weird shit. 3. Using her crucifix, she cuts a gash in the palm of her hand.

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3 things about Dean Parisot’s GALAXY QUEST

Posted on January 14, 2013 by robchristopher

Galaxy Quest [1999] 1. Her job is to repeat whatever the computer says. 2. “I see you managed to get your shirt off.” 3. Tufts of hair sticking through his cap.

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3 things about Kathryn Bigelow’s STRANGE DAYS

Posted on January 14, 2013 by robchristopher

Strange Days [1995] 1. “I’m the Santa Claus of the subconscious.” 2. A box of Double Chex cereal on the kitchen table. 3. Still handcuffed, he drags his dead partner through the crowd.

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3 things (heh) about John Carpenter’s THE THING

Posted on January 7, 2013 by robchristopher

The Thing [1982] 1. Frosted white beard, a bundle of dynamite, a flamethrower. 2. Roller skating down the hallway. 3. Heart condition. I have the alternate TV version on VHS. My grandfather taped it.

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3 things about Leonard Nimoy’s STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME

Posted on January 6, 2013 by robchristopher

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home [1986] 1. “I think he did a little too much LDS.” 2. Flattened garbage can. 3. Scotty cracking his knuckles before using the keyboard.

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3 things about Robert Wise’s STAR TREK: THE MOTION PICTURE

Posted on January 6, 2013 by robchristopher

Star Trek: The Motion Picture [1979] 1. Bones: Disco Godfather. 2. “My oath of celibacy is on record, Captain. May I assume my duties?” 3. Stepping stones made of star stuff.

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3 things about Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s MEKONG HOTEL

Posted on October 22, 2012 by robchristopher

Mekong Hotel [2012] 1. While knitting, her mother describes what it was like to fire an M-16. 2. Spanish guitar blues tune. 3. The river is like a Zen garden in motion, made of water.

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3 things about David Lynch’s DUNE

Posted on October 6, 2012 by robchristopher

Dune [1984] 1. “Where’s my doctor?!” 2. The rock slab becomes a rock slide. 3. Bloody embryo.

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