1. PSYCHO (1960)
After Marion Crane (Janet Leigh) checks into the Bates Motel, she overhears the motel’s owner, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), get into an argument with his mother, who is emotionally abusive toward him. Nevertheless, Norman defends her when Marion suggests that their relationship might be toxic. Norman explains that his mother is “as harmless as one of those stuffed birds.” The line foreshadows the film’s twist when it is revealed that Norman killed and taxidermied his mother.
4. TOTAL RECALL (1990) Paul Verhoeven’s 1990 science fiction film Total Recall is full of clever clues that keep audiences guessing as to whether Doug Quaid’s (Arnold Schwarzenegger) adventure as a secret agent on Mars was real or merely a memory implanted into his brain. One of the biggest hints comes at the beginning of the film, when Quaid visits Rekall and one of the engineers tells him that he will experience “blue skies on Mars.” At the end of Total Recall, the Red Planet is terraformed and there is now a blue sky on Mars.
5. RESERVOIR DOGS (1992) Quentin Tarantino’s Reservoir Dogs follows a small group of criminals brought together to pull off a diamond heist. But when the police show up in the midst of the job, it’s clear that one of the men is an informant. The criminals are unknown to each other and are only referred to by colorful aliases (i.e. Mr. White). However, if you pay close attention to the opening scene, you can figure out that Mr. Orange (Tim Roth) is the police informant who set up the rest of the gang.
During the breakfast scene, when Joe (Lawrence Tierney) leaves the table to pay the bill, everyone contributes a dollar for the waitress’ tip—everyone except for Mr. Pink (Steve Buscemi), who refuses to tip based on principle. When Joe comes back to the table, he notices that the tip is short and asks who didn’t contribute. Without hesitation, Mr. Orange rats out Mr. Pink.
Additionally, when Nice Guy Eddie (Chris Penn) rushes to the hideout after the heist-gone-wrong, there’s an orange balloon following his car, which is a nod to the fact that Mr. Orange is after him.
Francis Manapul recently shared the art above for Broken Hollow, his first creator-owned comic. I’m intrigued enough to want to see more and will post updates here when they come.
If you’d like to see the art above, bigger, click here.
Lookinglass has been through a couple of name changes. It was originally called The Frankenstein Code.
I like The Frankenstein Code title but understand why it was changed — it sounds like a horror movie. Of course since the series was inspired by Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, the title wasn’t too much of a stretch.
At any rate, a rose monster by any other name and all that, the trailer for Lookinglass is below and looks interesting enough to be added to my list of shows to watch.
3. Clint Eastwood, Harrison Ford, Paul Newman, and even Robert Redford were considered for the part of Red, who is a middle-aged Irishman in the original story… Darabont had Freeman in mind all along because of his presence, demeanor, and, of course, that voice.
16. When the cut-out hiding space for his digging tool was discovered in Andy’s Bible, it’s clear the book is open to Exodus.
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The word literally means “to escape or depart.”
5. The mugshot of Red attached to his parole papers looks just like a young Morgan Freeman for a reason: it’s Freeman’s son, Alfonso in the photos.
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Alfonso Freeman also appears in the film as a convict yelling, “Free fish! Free fish today!”
Every so often I hear a song that I immediately like and can’t get out of my head.Dancing in the Skyby Dani and Lizzi [twin sisters] is now the song taking up residence in my dome.
Sly Stallone will appear in Robert Rodriguez’s The Director’s Chair premiering on November 15th on the El Rey Network.Check your local listing for the channel and time!
2. IT’S BASED ON A REAL-LIFE GANGSTER.
Jack Nicholson’s character is based on infamous Boston mob boss Whitey Bulger. Before he was captured in 2011, he was second only to Osama bin Laden on the FBI’s Most Wanted List and had a reward of $1 million for his capture.
6. MARK WAHLBERG WASN’T THE FIRST CHOICE TO PLAY DIGNAM.
Ray Liotta (who was also in Scorsese’s Goodfellas) and Denis Leary were initially considered for the role, which eventually went to Wahlberg. Wahlberg was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for his performance.
8. THE FILM TAKES A WHILE TO GET GOING.
The title card doesn’t appear until 18 minutes after the movie starts.
Hell’s Clubis the coolest thing on the net right now. The editing choices on this video are amazing. The idea is not unique, but the execution is flawless. Join me as we travel to…
… a place where all fictional characters meet. . Outside of time, Outside of all logic, This place is known as HELL’S CLUB, But this club is not safe…
I’ve been looking forward to Bone Tomahawk since I first heard the plot:
Bone Tomahawk is a western/horror film set in the small frontier town of Bright Hope. Kurt Russell plays the sheriff who leads a small group hoping to rescue settlers kidnapped by cave-dwelling cannibals.
