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Oscar Vault Monday – Rachel, Rachel, 1968 (dir. Paul Newman) 26 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Rachel, Rachel was Paul Newman’s directorial debut, which he also produced, from a novel published two years earlier. The film comes alone right after 1967 – the year cinema changed forever – as well ...
Movie Quote of the Day – Bridesmaids, 2011 (dir. Paul Feig) 26 Aug 2013 | 07:49 pm
Megan: You must be Annie’s fella. I’m Megan. It’s a pleasure. Annie: He’s not. . .I’m not. . .He’s not. . .I’m not with him. Megan: Sorry. All right. I’m glad he’s single, because I’m going to climb t...
Movie Quote of the Day – Nick of Time, 1995 (dir. John Badham) 25 Aug 2013 | 10:57 pm
Mr. Smith: You got spunk. There was this guy, big guy, Irish-Italian, red face, black hair, jolly son of a bitch. Nobody could make me laugh like him. Made a science out of collecting jokes. Closed mo...
Movie Quote of the Day – The Back-Up Plan, 2010 (dir. Alan Poul) 24 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
Stan: I want to show you something. Zoe: What is it? Stan: It’s cheese. Zoe: I can see that. Stan: No, no, no, it’s new. I had this idea to use these two different types of goat’s milk to come up with...
Movie Quote of the Day – Running On Empty, 1988 (dir. Sidney Lumet) 23 Aug 2013 | 08:51 pm
Lorna: You are certifiable! What is this? Some sort of smart-ass joke? You’re taking cooking? Michael: I want to learn how to cook. Lorna: Yeah, right. You have some burning desire to learn how to mak...
Movie Quote of the Day – Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould, 1993 (dir. François Girard) 22 Aug 2013 | 08:35 pm
Glenn Gould: I don’t know what the effective ratio would be but I’ve always had a sort of intuition that for every hour you spend with other human beings, you need X number of hours alone. Now what th...
Movie Quote of the Day – The Year of Living Dangerously, 1982 (dir. Peter Weir) 21 Aug 2013 | 08:45 pm
Guy Hamilton: Billy, you’re a professional. Is that pornography or art? Billy Kwan: If it’s in focus, it’s pornography, if it’s out of focus, it’s art.
Movie Quote of the Day – The Fighter, 2010 (dir. David O. Russell) 20 Aug 2013 | 08:13 pm
Alice Ward: Hello. Mickey Ward: Alice, this is Charlene. Charlene Fleming: Hi. Alice Ward: I’ve heard a lot about you. Charlene Fleming: Really? I’ve heard a lot about you, too. Alice Ward: What’s tha...
Oscar Vault Monday – Dog Day Afternoon, 1975 (dir. Sidney Lumet) 19 Aug 2013 | 08:32 pm
I think the first time I saw this film was on a hot August afternoon. I do know it was sometime in 2008 because it was the summer I moved to San Francisco the first time and I did a lot of Netflixing ...
Movie Quote of the Day – How To Deal, 2003 (dir. Clare Kilner) 19 Aug 2013 | 08:24 pm
Marion Smith: Lydia, the man of your dreams is sitting out there right now waiting to hear from you. Speak to him. Lydia Martin: I don’t think the perfect man is gonna want to hear what I have to say....
