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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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3 things about Bertrand Bonello’s THE BEAST

Posted on April 22, 2024 by robchristopher

The Beast [2023] 1. Destroying the Ming vase. 2. The club has no name and it’s always a different year. 3. He notices the shape of a wedding ring through her gloved hand.

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3 things about James Cameron’s THE ABYSS

Posted on April 13, 2024 by robchristopher

The Abyss [1989] 1. She tastes it. 2. “Whatever this is, it’s major.” 3. Swinging light fixture stuck in the middle.

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3 things about John Frankenheimer’s SECONDS

Posted on April 4, 2024 by robchristopher

Seconds [1966] 1. A special way of making the chicken with cheese so it’s crispy. 2. “Isn’t it easier to go forward when you know you can’t go back?” 3. Sitting on the linoleum floor of the sunporch during a … Continue reading →

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3 things about Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE: PART TWO

Posted on March 18, 2024 by robchristopher

Dune: Part Two [2024] 1. Blindingly white face, black mouth and tongue. 2. Message-rod with ducal seal. 3. No weirding modules.

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3 things about Makoto Shinkai’s YOUR NAME.

Posted on March 14, 2024 by robchristopher

Your Name. [2016] 1. The café is a bus stop with a Suntory coffee vending machine. 2. “You sure do like your boobs.” 3. The impact creates a second, smaller lake.

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