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Entries from May 2008

Brazil (1985)

May 27th, 2008 · 3 Comments

 
Synopsis
“Somewhere in the 20th century” a bomb – apparently planted by terrorists – explodes in a department store window. A clerical error at the Ministry of Information dispatches a team of stormtroopers to the wrong address, resulting in an innocent family [...]

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Tags: Alternate universe · Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Interrogation · Man vs. machine

Pee-wee’s Big Adventure (1985)

May 25th, 2008 · 8 Comments

 
Synopsis
Waking from a dream in which he wins the Tour de France, Pee-wee Herman (Paul Reubens) plays with a few toys, sets in motion an elaborate breakfast making machine and after a bite of Mr. [...]

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Tags: Cult favorite · Dreams and visions · Famous line · Road trip · Train

Sideways (2004)

May 21st, 2008 · 9 Comments

 
Synopsis
Hung over from a wine tasting, Miles Raymond (Paul Giamatti) oversleeps and hits the road late from San Diego to L.A. to pick up his crass buddy Jack Lopate (Thomas Haden Church). Miles has finished a novel. Jack is an actor about [...]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Based on novel · Black comedy · Drunk scene · Mother/son relationship · Road trip · Small town

Secretary (2002)

May 18th, 2008 · 8 Comments

Synopsis
“I got out of the institution the day of my sister’s wedding,” narrates Lee Holloway (Maggie Gyllenhaal). The socially repressed Lee has an alcoholic for a dad (Stephen McHattie) and a mom (Lesley Ann [...]

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Tags: Based on short story · Bathtub scene · Black comedy · Cult favorite · Mother/daughter relationship · Unconventional romance