Tag Archives: sci fi

3 things about Julio Torres’s PROBLEMISTA

Posted on September 28, 2024 by robchristopher

Problemista [2023] 1. Take off the pants, take off the backpack. 2. Uncooperative Slinky. 3. She accurately points out his own insistence on complication.

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3 things about Coralie Fargeat’s THE SUBSTANCE

Posted on September 25, 2024 by robchristopher

The Substance [2024] 1. Multiple pupils. 2. Chicken leg. 3. Music from Vertigo.

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3 things about Jóhann Jóhannsson’s LAST AND FIRST MEN

Posted on August 25, 2024 by robchristopher

Last and First Men [2020] 1. “We cannot prevent the climate from becoming more and more deadly, even at the poles. The intervening regions have already been deserted.” 2. Fleeting glimpses of birds are the only creatures we see in … Continue reading →

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3 things about Calin Cazan & Mircea Toia’s DELTA SPACE MISSION

Posted on July 28, 2024 by robchristopher

Delta Space Mission [1984] 1. Marauding rock giants. 2. A metal munching dog named Tin. 3. Fruit-eating goo dweller. What a trip. Pop a few edibles and fasten your seatbelt.

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3 things about Gregg Araki’s NOWHERE

Posted on July 15, 2024 by robchristopher

Nowhere [1997] 1. Nipple ring and pliers. 2. Lizard and beer. 3. Two seconds of Charlotte Rae.

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3 things about Takashi Yamazaki’s GODZILLA MINUS ONE

Posted on June 25, 2024 by robchristopher

Godzilla Minus One [2023] 1. Wrapped in paper, a packet of the other men’s photographs. 2. An additional feature. 3. Pollutants: nuclear waste, Freon.

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3 things about Lewis Teague’s ALLIGATOR

Posted on June 5, 2024 by robchristopher

Alligator [1980] 1. Lots and lots of flashbulb closeups. 2. “Must have been a pretty small casket.” 3. Dog collar, carcass, worms.

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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 STAR TREK: NEMESIS

Posted on May 17, 2024 by robchristopher

Star Trek: Nemesis [2002] 1. Mr. Troi.2. Two concealed knives.3. Hovering in orbit above Italy. 3 other things.

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3 things about Kristoffer Borgli’s DREAM SCENARIO

Posted on May 13, 2024 by robchristopher

Dream Scenario [2023] 1. Not plants, ants. 2. Pursued by a tall man. 3. Big Suit, wrong color. The entire film is an oscillation between moments of genuine insight and asinine obviousness.

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