Like all great things in modern popular culture, Hitchcock did it already. Decades before Michael Scott would popularize “That’s what she said” jokes, Alfred Hitchcock used one masterfully in this 1928 screen test for Blackmail.
You dog! It’s the earliest known recording of this kind of joke, and Hitchcock proves once again he does it better than anyone else. That’s what she said!
[via HuffPost]
We’ve just introduced new functionality for Criticker Sponsors, which allows you to filter your list of Reverse TCIs by the number of films you have in common.
It was a frequent and understandable complaint about this special feature — although it’s interesting to know that I appear as #6 in NewbieDude’s TCI list, that information becomes much less interesting once I realize we only have 3 films in common.
Starting now, you can see the number of films in common directly on your Reverse TCI list, and also filter it down to whatever number you’re interested in.
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The latest collaboration between Prince Leo and Lord Scorcese managed to impress just enough of you to earn the distinction of Criticker Pick. If you didn’t check out Shutter Island during its theatrical run, go pick it up now that it’s on DVD. Creepy, atmospheric… it makes for a fun, unsettling evening on the couch.
Two U.S. Marshalls are sent to a federal institution for the criminally insane to capture a violent female escapee. Shutter Island @ Amazon
From Paris with Love – Average Tier 3.97
In Paris, a employee in the office of the US Ambassador hooks up with an American spy looking to stop a terrorist attack. From Paris with Love @ Amazon
Shinjuku Incident – Average Tier 4.79
The Chinese migrant communities in Tokyo live shadowy lives. The Japanese neither acknowledge nor welcome them. Steelhead, a tractor repairman from Heilongjian in northern China had decided to take the perilous journey to Tokyo after he lost contact with his girlfriend, who had arrived in the city earlier. Steelhead has come to realize the migrants had to stand united if they wanted to go about their lives without fear of oppression by not only the Japanese underworld but also Chinese gangs. (AsianMediaWiki) Shinjuku Incident @ Amazon
The Cry of the Owl – Average Tier 4.86
A troubled young man retreats from the big city and his ex-wife for the tranquility of a small town. He is drawn into a relationship with a young woman whose boyfriend ends up dead, leaving the new arrival as a suspect. (imdb) The Cry of the Owl @ Amazon
Oveja negra
Two sheep herders are fed up with their boss. They come up with a plan to steal the sheep and sell them at the Mexican-American border and use the money to fulfill their dreams of a better future. Jeronimo, the boss’s son, will do anything in his power to catch them and not let them get away with anything this inheritance. When the plan seemed like it could actually work, Maria, a young girl learning her ways with men, appears to shake things up even more between Jeronimo and Jose. Oveja negra @ Amazon
Enjoy a laugh, or a sigh, with this list of ridiculously shameless Hollywood rip-offs. I wonder how the crew behind Snakes on a Train felt about themselves when they completed their masterpiece. Did they throw a wrap party to celebrate their shamelessness? Or did they just go home and drink themselves to sleep, alone and with a hollow pit in their hearts?
Snakes on a Plane VS Snakes on a Train
Rank it: Snakes on a Plane and Snake on a Train
Buy it: Snakes on a Plane and Snake on a Train
High School Musical VS Sunday School Musical
Rank it: High School Musical & Sunday School Musical
Buy it: High School Musical & Sunday School Musical
The Da Vinci Code VS The Da Vinci Treasure
Rank it: The Da Vinci Code and The Da Vinci Treasure
Buy it: The Da Vinci Code and The Da Vinci Treasure
Iron Man VS Metal Man
Rank it: Iron Man and Metal Man
Buy it: Iron Man and Metal Man
The Terminator VS The Terminators
Rank it: The Terminator and The Terminators
Buy it: The Terminator and The Terminators
Transformers VS Transmorphers
Rank it: Transformers and Transmorphers
Buy it: Transformers and Transmorphers
Source and many other Hollywood rip-offs: Huffington Post
Does everyone at Criticker tend to get the same films at the top of their PSI lists? That’s a suspicion I’ve always had, and there’s definitely a lot of overlap. To a certain extent, that’s expected; great films are great films, regardless of who they’re being recommended to.
But I was surprised and heartened to see the variety of 100 and 99 PSIs reported by members in a thread post dedicated to the topic. We get classics like 2001 (for those few cinephile that haven’t seen it), and obscure gems like Sátántangó and A Tanú.
Reading through the list had me compiling a mental checklist of films to rent, and eventually I had to stop! What’s at the top of your PSI list? Don’t forget that subscribers to Criticker get their PSIs updated every single day, in addition to a no-ads version of the site.
The first teaser trailer is out for Disney’s newest animated feature, about Rapunzel… one of the few remaining “princess-in-peril” fairy tales the company hasn’t ruined tackled.
Tangled is apparently a catchy title designed to trick boys into watching a film which is pretty much about the silken beauty of long blonde hair. I’m skeptical about how exactly the plot could be stretched to feature length… will Rapunzel’s hair at one point become, horror of horrors, tangled?! But Disney did a good job with their last feature, The Princess and the Frog, so I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt.
However, there’s very little chance it will match the majestic and haunting beauty of the Barbie version. (Ray Harryhausen’s 1951 take on the story isn’t actually all that bad, though!)
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