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Notorious (1946, Alfred Hitchcock)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 28, 2020
In the third act of Notorious, director Hitchcock and screenwriter Ben Hecht (who had some uncredited and quite exquisite help) figure out a way to get maximal drama out of a rather mundane situation. Well, mundane as far as the possibilities of American agents in Rio de Janeiro (with the permissio read more
Introducing the New Amazing
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 24, 2020
I’ve always wondered what would happen to blog readership if I stopped posting regularly. Not even daily, just regularly. According to the stats… not much. Because despite having sixty-four posts written and ready to publish (save the header images, which would take quite a while), I don’t have read more
Valley of the Gods (2019, Lech Majewski)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 11, 2020
Valley of the Gods is a cautionary tale. If you’re going to make a combination of Citizen Kane—with either actual footage or a recreated shot—and then a bunch of vague Kubrick nods, including Keir Dullea (arguably in the film’s best performance) as a snippy butler and a HAL while doing a retelling read more
House of Hummingbird (2018, Kim Bora)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Aug 3, 2020
Eun-hee (Park Ji-hu) is an average Seoul eighth grader circa 1994, which would be fine if being average weren’t a one-way ticket to nowhere. Park’s the youngest of three children; while presumably eldest sister Park Soo-yeon has already screwed up and is going to a crappy school across the bridge, read more
A New (temporary?) Format
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 28, 2020
Outside some special posts–Josh Hartnett movies coming up, y’all–and anything Vernon wants to post, I’m moving all new material (for the time being) over to a TinyLetter newsletter. Lots of reason, lots of things, maybe I’ll write about them in it, maybe it’ll ju read more
The Alienist (2018) s02e01 – Ex Ore Infantium
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 22, 2020
Dakota Fanning gets the “and” credit in “The Alienist: Season Two: Angel of Darkness: Ex Ore Infantium.” She doesn’t die (at least not in this episode, and since it’s based on a novel I could just spoil myself), but the “and” credit is quizzical because it’s very clear this time around read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e10 – Blink
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 21, 2020
Blink is apparently not a backdoor pilot to a “Doctor Who” spin-off where recognizable cast—in this case Carey Mulligan on her way up—interacts with the world of Doctor Who without necessarily having to do a lot of scenes with David Tennant. Or Freema Agyeman, who’s second-billed but feels read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e09 – The Family of Blood
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 20, 2020
So I thought this episode—wrapping up a two-parter about the Doctor (David Tennant) turning himself into a human so as to avoid some aliens who are hunting him and losing himself in early 1900s England—wasn’t going to get any worse after Tennant, having regained his memory and alien… superpowers read more
Samurai Marathon (2019, Bernard Rose)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 19, 2020
Samurai Marathon has some strange epilogue problems; all of a sudden the movie’s about marathons, when it turns out the marathon isn’t a particularly big deal in the story. It’s central to the story, but as a narrative tool. It provides the right stage for these characters. Though, with a title read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e08 – Human Nature
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 18, 2020
I didn’t have a great feeling when I saw Paul Cornell with the writing credit but I forced myself to be hopeful. Plus, Charlie Palmer directing, surely it would be all right. What’s the worst Cornell would do, another overly melodramatic time waster… And, yes, he does do another overly melodramatic read more
Rock Jocks (2012, Paul V. Seetachitt)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 17, 2020
Rock Jocks is full of “it’s not racist because” jokes. There’s even a moment early on when Felicia Day tries explaining to Gerry Bednob how he’s actually a racist even though he says he’s not. When he disagrees, Day gives up, which is a fairly good place to give up on Jocks. You’ve hit read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e07 – 42
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 16, 2020
There have to be TV shows where they unintentionally duplicate episodes. Soap operas, whatever. The same plot must get repeated. Unintentionally. Because it very obviously happens intentionally, such as with 42, which is a riff on a great two-parter from last season, only without anything similarly read more
Upload (2020) s01e10 – Freeyond
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 15, 2020
After ignoring the initial A plot but actually the B plot because Robbie Amell and Andy Allo are cute for eight episodes, this episode’s almost entirely about the mystery behind Amell’s death. And his missing memories. The ones he didn’t find out about until halfway through the season but didn’t read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e06 – The Lazarus Experiment
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 14, 2020
What is this show’s problem with companions’ mothers? We briefly met new companion Freema Agyeman’s mom, Adjoa Andoh, in the season premiere and she seemed fine. Nope. She’s possibly even more annoying than previous companion’s mom Camille Coduri, which doesn’t even seem possible, but the read more
Enter the Fat Dragon (2020, Tanigaki Kenji)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 13, 2020
Enter the Fat Dragon is about Hong Kong super-cop Donnie Yen (already in a pound of makeup before he puts on the fat suit, presumably to look more age appropriate for love interest Niki Chow) who goes too far one too many times and finds himself busted down to the evidence room. After Chow dumps hi read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e05 – Evolution of the Daleks
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 12, 2020
Last episode I went in pretty hard on the British actors playing Americans but I think I may have emphasized accents too much. Hugh Quarshie’s accent isn’t bad. His performance is bad, his accent is fine. Whereas Andrew Garfield’s accent is bad and his performance is bad. Though even Garfield read more
The Old Guard (2020, Gina Prince-Bythewood)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 11, 2020
The Old Guard is better than any of the Highlander movies (to date, I suppose) but sadly not a success. It gets relatively close to passing at least, but then the epilogue is forced, predictable (screenwriter Greg Rucka’s really obvious, he’s really episodic and he’s really obvious–Old Guard read more
Upload (2020) s01e09 – Update Eve
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 11, 2020
Turns out “Upload” is able to surprise me. This episode reveals the Horizon app where all the dead people live is getting an upgrade. Including having more than two seasonings, which is a heck of a long time into the show to reveal none of the digital dead people eating are tasting anything the read more
Backcountry (2014, Adam MacDonald)
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 10, 2020
Backcountry is all about this young couple who need a weekend in the woods to realize why they’re wrong for each other. She’s a lawyer who’s interested in playing on her smartphone with her friends. The movie’s from 2014; maybe it’s supposed to be Candy Crush? Is 2014 too early for Instagram? read more
Doctor Who (2005) s03e04 – Daleks in Manhattan
The Stop Button Posted by Andrew Wickliffe on Jul 10, 2020
So… Nicholas Briggs does do the Dalek voices in this episode. He’s been doing all of them, which is weird because the Dalek voices this episode are terrible and so… I figured it was other actors. But no. It’s Briggs. And he’s terrible. I was waiting for the Daleks to show up—they’re trying read more