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3 things about Busby Berkeley’s THE GANG’S ALL HERE

The Gang’s All Here [1943]

1. “I know what I’d do if girl take my man away from me.”
“What do you mean?”
“I break her into little hunks. And then I break him into little hunks. And then I take all the little hunks and—Well, good-bye. I must do some rehearsalings.”
2. Banana wave.
3. She teaches him how to dunk a donut.

3 other things.

3 things about Chris Sanders’ THE WILD ROBOT

The Wild Robot [2024]

1. Wooden prosthetic leg.
2. The lodge becomes a safe haven.
3. Emerging in the spring, moss-covered.

3 things about Gene Fowler Jr.’s I MARRIED A MONSTER FROM OUTER SPACE

I Married a Monster from Outer Space [1958]

1. An empty street at night. Lone raincoated figure staring into a toy store window.
2. The aliens are teetotalers.
3. Floating, dangling bodies in the spacecraft.

3 things about THE DAY THE EARTH BLEW UP: A LOONEY TUNES MOVIE

The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie [2024]

1. Foreshadowing.
2. A monster consisting of an eyeball stalk, novelty teeth, and gum.
3. Clampett’s Diner.

3 things about Daniel Petrie’s FORT APACHE, THE BRONX

Fort Apache, The Bronx [1981]

1. Razor blade in her mouth.
2. A five-minute warning prior to tear gassing.
3. Walking her corpse up and down the hallway.

3 things about Billy Wilder’s KISS ME, STUPID

Kiss Me, Stupid [1964]

1. The one waiter who won’t laugh.
2. Phallic Chianti.
3. “That miserable liar, he was telling me the truth!”

3 things about Mervyn LeRoy’s QUO VADIS

Quo Vadis [1951]

1. “When I play and sing, I have visions of things I never dreamed existed. The world is mine. And mine to end.”
2. Escape to the sewers.
3. Peter’s sprouting cane.

3 things about THE RESCUERS DOWN UNDER

The Rescuers Down Under [1990]

1. Inadequate runway.
2. Transport by snake.
3. Eggsitting.

3 things about Robert Aldrich’s WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO BABY JANE?

What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? [1962]

1. A perfectly ordinary lambchop.
2. “You mean all this time we could have been friends?”
3. Seeing her reflection in the mirror, she breaks down sobbing. Then Blanche starts buzzing again and again.

3 other things.

3 things about Lisa Rovner’s SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS

Sisters with Transistors [2020]

1. Suzanne Ciani was the first female composer to score a Hollywood film (The Incredible Shrinking Woman, 1981).
2. To play the theremin you must be a butterfly.
3. Hand-spliced tape loops.