Prompt Critical (2012)

Actors: James Lawrence Sicard (director), James Lawrence Sicard (editor), James Lawrence Sicard (actor), James Lawrence Sicard (writer), Erik Beacham (actor), Phil Duran (actor), Mike Ostroski (actor), Samson Snell (actor), Edgar The Pug (actor), Andrea Kepple (actress), Akiko Stacy (actress), Shaun V. Scott (producer), Michael McCabe (actor), Jack Smothers (actor), Eric Esparza (actor),

Genres: Drama, History, Short,

Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

Actors: Roman Coppola (actor), Scott Rudin (producer), Meryl Streep (actress), Owen Wilson (actor), Jason Schwartzman (actor), Arnon Milchan (producer), Helen McCrory (actress), Brian Cox (actor), Willem Dafoe (actor), Adrien Brody (actor), George Clooney (actor), Michael Gambon (actor), Bill Murray (actor), Maureen Duffy (miscellaneous crew), Alexandre Desplat (composer),

Plot: It is the story of one Mr. Fox and his wild-ways of hen heckling, turkey taking and cider sipping, nocturnal, instinctive adventures. He has to put his wild days behind him and do what fathers do best: be responsible. He is too rebellious. He is too wild. He is going to try "just one more raid" on the three nastiest, meanest farmers that are Boggis, Bunce and Bean. It is a tale of crossing the line of family responsibilities and midnight adventure and the friendships and awakenings of this country life that is inhabited by Fantastic Mr. Fox and his friends.

Keywords: acorn, airplane, alarm, ambush, anthropomorphic-animal, anthropomorphism, artist, athlete, aunt-nephew-relationship, badger
Genres: Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Crime, Family,
Taglines: Based on the beloved book by Roald Dahl. Jason Schwartzman is The Muscle George Clooney is The Brains Meryl Streep is The Brains Behind The Brains Willem Dafoe is The Rotter Michael Gambon is The Scoundrel Owen Wilson is The Whistle-Blower Wally Wolodarsky is The Lookout Dig the life fantastic. His life is fantastic... his wife is fantastic... his neighbors, not so fantastic.

Quotes:

[from trailer]::Mrs. Fox: You know, you really are... fantastic.::Mr. Fox: I try.

[from trailer]::Mr. Fox: [looking at an electric fence] Huh. This could be difficult.::Squirrel: It's fatal for humans, but we got enough fur to keep the voltage from getting to us. Let's go!

Mr. Fox: [in a cellar with many of the other animal characters] Allright, let's start planning. Who knows shorthand? [Linda raises her hand] Great! Linda! Lutra Lutra - you got some dry paper? [she holds up some paper] Here we go. Mole! Talpa Europea! What d'you got?::Mole: I can see in the dark.::Mr. Fox: That's incredible! We can use that! Linda?::Linda Otter: Got it.::Mr. Fox: Rabbit! Oryctolagus Cuniculus!::Rabbit: I'm fast.::Mr. Fox: You bet you are. Linda?::Linda Otter: Got it.::Mr. Fox: Beaver! Castor Fiber!::Beaver: I can chew through wood.::Mr. Fox: Amazing! Linda!::Linda Otter: Got it.::Mr. Fox: Badger! Meles Meles!::Badger: Demolitions expert.::Mr. Fox: What? Since when?

Mrs. Fox: [Mr. Fox and Kylie are sneaking through the Fox family's kitchen, Kylie is wearing a bandit mask; Mrs. Fox sees them from a doorway] Another book party?::Mr. Fox: [surprised] Oh! I didn't see you sitting in the dark over there.::[grins sheepishly]::Mr. Fox: Yeah! No actually, there's a fire. I just got the call; they said maybe it's arson. I've got to interview the marshal and see if it's...::Mrs. Fox: Kylie,::[turns on the light]::Mrs. Fox: is he telling the truth?::Kylie: [turns to Mr. Fox] I... I don't want to be put into the middle of this!::Mr. Fox: Thanks, Kylie.::Mrs. Fox: [notices something off to her right] Why is he wearing that bandit hat? [points to Kris, who is halfway out the door leading to the kitchen from the starwell leading upstairs; Kris pulls his bandit hat up to unobscure his face]::Mr. Fox: His ears were cold. He's not with us. [to Kris] Go back to bed. [Kris leaves and closes the door]::Mrs. Fox: If what I think is happening is happening - it better not be.

Ash: You should probably put your bandit hat on now. Personally, I- I don't have one, but I modified this tube sock.::[they put on their 'hats']::Kristofferson: We look good.::Ash: Yeah, we do.

Mr. Fox: [sighs] Who am I, Kylie?::Kylie: Who how? What now?::Mr. Fox: Why a fox? Why not a horse, or a beetle, or a bald eagle? I'm saying this more as, like, existentialism, you know? Who am I? And how can a fox ever be happy without, you'll forgive the expression, a chicken in its teeth?::Kylie: I don't know what you're talking about, but it sounds illegal.

[from trailer]::Mr. Fox: Honey, I am seven fox years old. My father died at seven and a half. I don't want to live in a hole anymore, and I'm going to do something about it. [tears into his toast in an animalistic manner]

Badger: In summation, I think you just got to not do it, man. That's all.::Mr. Fox: I understand what you're saying, and your comments are valuable, but I'm gonna ignore your advice.::Badger: The cuss you are.::Mr. Fox: The cuss am I? Are you cussing with me?::Badger: No, you cussing with me?::Mr. Fox: Don't cussing point at me!::Badger: If you're gonna cuss with somebody, you're not gonna cuss with me, you little cuss!::Mr. Fox: You're not gonna cuss with me!::[Both start snarling at each other, and then settle down]::Mr. Fox: Just buy the tree.::Badger: Okay.

Mr. Fox: [Mr. Fox, Ash, Kris, and Kylie are on a motorcycle, and Mr. Fox refers to a quadruped wolf at the edge of a snowy forest] I don't think he speaks English or Latin.::Mr. Fox: [loudly, to the wolf] Pensez-vous que l'hiver sera rude?::Mr. Fox: [aside] I'm asking if he thinks we're in for a hard winter.

[Coach Skip is teaching Kristofferson the rules of Whackbat]::Coach Skip: Basically, there's three grabbers, three taggers, five twig runners, and a player at Whackbat. Center tagger lights a pine cone and chucks it over the basket and the whack-batter tries to hit the cedar stick off the cross rock. Then the twig runners dash back and forth until the pine cone burns out and the umpire calls hotbox. Finally, you count up however many score-downs it adds up to and divide that by nine.::Kristofferson: Got it.

Duze zwierze (2000)

Actors: Krzysztof Kieslowski (writer), Jerzy Stuhr (director), Elzbieta Kurkowska (editor), Elzbieta Radke (costume designer), Jerzy Stuhr (actor), Janusz Morgenstern (producer), Anna Dymna (actress), Andrzej Kozak (actor), Tomasz Karolak (actor), Piotr Dabrowski (actor), Dorota Zieciowska (actress), Abel Korzeniowski (composer), Feliks Szajnert (actor), Tomasz Schimscheiner (actor), Andrzej Konopka (actor),

Plot: Left behind by a circus, a camel wanders to the house of a simple middle-aged couple. Although the wife is initially bewildered by the strange and unexpected animal, her husband immediately adopts it as a pet. As the man and his new companion take their daily walks in the village, neighbors are drawn to the odd sight and approach him about riding the camel or using it for any number of purposes. He declines to exploit or capitalize on the friendly animal, and is met with barely veiled hostility. In time, the camel becomes a burden on both the town and the man, who's edged out of community affairs and lives on shaky ground with his wife.

Genres: Comedy, Drama,

Devil in the Flesh (1998)

Actors: Rick Overton (actor), Michael Percival (miscellaneous crew), Sherrie Rose (actress), Phil Morris (actor), Rose McGowan (actress), Dan Winthrop (miscellaneous crew), Milton James (actor), Robert E. Baruc (producer), Aloma Wright (actress), Endre Hules (actor), Alex McArthur (actor), Chris Baugh (miscellaneous crew), Richard Brandes (producer), Julia Nickson (actress), Richard Brandes (writer),

Plot: When Debbie Strand is sent to live with her elderly grandmother it is the easiest thing she could have done until things go terribly bad. Her grandmother is too controlling for Debbie and will not let her have a life. Debbie had enough and beats her to death with her cane. Now her eyes are set on her new teacher, Mr. Rinaldi. She finds out that his girlfriend is out of town and erases all her messages on his answering machine. She will stop at nothing to get him even if it means murder. Now the easiest thing for her to do is to kill for what she wants.

Keywords: abusive-parent, apple, arson, asian-woman, attempted-rape, attic, basketball, beaten-to-death, best-friend, black-detective
Genres: Drama, Horror, Thriller,
Taglines: She's a cold-blooded killer. She Just Wants To Be Loved.. or else. She's a hot...cold-blooded killer.

Quotes:

Peter: They didn't make 'em like that when I was in school.

Debbie: Spare the rod, spoil the child - is that the idea? Is this how you raised my mother? No wonder she was such a fucking bitch!::[Debbie hits Fiona with her cane]::Debbie: [mocking tone] Oh, I'm sorry, grandmother. Did I hurt you? Let me make it better!::[hits Fiona again]::Fiona: Please, have mercy...::Debbie: Fuck mercy! You don't have any mercy. My mother never had it, my father didn't have it, and I don't have it. It's a family thing!::[hits Fiona again with a fatal blow to the head]

Fiona: [hard and angry tone] Where have you been all day?::Debbie: Out with a friend.::Fiona: Are all your friends middle-aged men named Peter?::Debbie: He's a teacher at my school. I volunteered to help him out with a yard sale at his house today.::Fiona: [throws Debbie's journal on her bed] Is that what you really think of him... as your teacher? That you have impure thoughts about your own teacher?::Debbie: [caught off guard] You read my journal? You had no right to invade my privacy!::Fiona: Don't take that tone with me! This is my house and I will not tolorate any sinful thoughts from you! You're a whore just like your mother!::Debbie: [getting angry] Don't call me that! I'm a lot of things but I am nothing like my mother!::[Fiona violently slaps Debbie across the face, sending her falling back on her bed]::Fiona: Don't talk back to me! I will not accept this disrespect or unnatural behavior from you anymore! First thing tomorrow I'm calling the school and reporting that devil Peter and having him fired for carousing with a minor! I'm also calling the police and bringing statutory rape charges against him as well! Then I'm calling that Asian woman from Social Services to take you away from here and have you put in a reform school!::[and with that, Debbie angrily rises and grabs Fiona's cane just as she is about to strike Debbie with it again]::Debbie: [filled with rage] You're not going to do ANYTHING!

Debbie Strand: No means no. Don't you guys get that? What is it, you stop understanding English when you get a hard-on?

[the grandmother grabs Debbie's arm]::Debbie: God damnit, you're hurting me!

Fiona: Strange, you didn't sound Asian on the phone.

Freeway Maniac (1989)

Actors: Eileen Dietz (actress), Robert Harvey (actor), David I. Frazer (editor), Paul Winters (director), Paul Winters (producer), Paul Winters (actor), Donald Hotton (actor), Buddy Daniels (actor), Joseph V. Perry (actor), Jeff Morris (actor), Michael Rymer (miscellaneous crew), Michael Rivkin (actor), Jim Maniaci (actor), Gary J. Wayton (actor), Kimber Eastwood (actress),

Genres: Horror, Thriller,

The Fire Chaser (1954)

Actors: Edward Bernds (miscellaneous crew), Joe Besser (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Johnny Kascier (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), James Logan (actor), Joe Palma (actor), Hans Schumm (actor), Al Thompson (actor), Rodney Bell (actor), Christine McIntyre (actress), Jules White (producer), Elwood Ullman (writer),

Genres: Comedy, Short,

Waiting in the Lurch (1949)

Actors: Rodney Bell (actor), Joe Besser (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Vernon Dent (actor), Chuck Hamilton (actor), Kenner G. Kemp (actor), James Logan (actor), Joe Palma (actor), Hans Schumm (actor), Symona Boniface (actress), Elwood Ullman (writer), Edward Bernds (director), Christine McIntyre (actress), Hugh McCollum (producer), Judy Malcolm (actress),

Genres: Comedy, Short,
Taglines: Joe's a riot as a roly-poly Romeo!

The Bashful Bachelor (1942)

Actors: W. Duncan Mansfield (editor), Irving Bacon (actor), Fred Burns (actor), Horace B. Carpenter (actor), Jim Farley (actor), Ralph Sanford (actor), Grady Sutton (actor), James Westerfield (actor), Tiny Jones (actress), Zasu Pitts (actress), Constance Purdy (actress), Malcolm St. Clair (director), Irving Bacon (actor), Earle Hodgins (actor), Otto Hoffman (actor),

Plot: Lum Edwards is annoyed with his partner in Pine Ridge's Jot-'em-Down general store, Abner Peabody, because Abner has swapped their delivery car for a racehorse. Lum is also too timid to propose to Geraldine, so he involves Abner in a "rescue" effort which nearly gets both of them killed. They try again, and this time Geraldine is impressed. Lum writes a proposal note, but Abner, by mistake, delivers it to the Widder Abernathy, who has been ready to remarry for years. This puts Lum in a peck of trouble until the sheriff appears with the Widder's long-gone and hiding husband.

Keywords: rural, sequel
Genres: Comedy,

Behind the Headlines (1937)

Actors: Lee Phelps (actor), Pedro Regas (actor), Lynton Brent (actor), Bud Geary (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Frank Hagney (actor), Reed Howes (actor), Dick Elliott (actor), Selmer Jackson (actor), Tom Kennedy (actor), Paul Guilfoyle (actor), George Magrill (actor), Donald Meek (actor), Steve Pendleton (actor), Edwin Stanley (actor),

Plot: Eddie Haines is a radio reporter with Station KBC. He is always getting the scoop, which infuriates those at the New York Star, which happens to employ his ex-girlfriend Mary Bradley. But when Mary is kidnapped while thinking she is getting a scoop on a big story, Eddie and Mary, (ie. the print media and the radio media), must work together to rescue her.

Keywords: 1930s, announcer, archive-footage, b-movie, backpack-radio, barroom, blackmail, body-in-trunk, broadcasting, cigarette-smoking
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime, Drama, Romance,
Taglines: A MILLION IN GOLD STOLEN! A BRAVE GIRL AT BAY...and the bombshell broadcaster on the spot in the biggest story of his flaming career! A pocket radio sender was his secret of success...the scoop reporter who made the yellow journals green with envy. Modern science and old-fashioned grit at grips with a gang of crooks, as the radio reporter lives thrills while they happen! He made the yellow journals green with envy...the "short-wave" reporter who put the news on the air the moment it happened! Sizzling drama of a short-wave news hound who lived on thrills. THE "SHORT WAVE REPORTERS" Who Scoop the News! All is fair in love and yellow journalism, when a girl reporter, engaged to a news-hawk, double crosses him to make the headlines first. Radio Reporter Rescues Sob Sister and a Billion in Gold!

Riptide (1934)

Actors: Ralph Forbes (actor), George K. Arthur (actor), Herbert Evans (actor), Barlowe Borland (actor), Bruce Bennett (actor), Robert Bolder (actor), T. Roy Barnes (actor), Walter Brennan (actor), Harry Allen (actor), Robert Adair (actor), Emile Chautard (actor), André Cheron (actor), E.E. Clive (actor), Albert Conti (actor), Otto Fries (actor),

Plot: Park Avenue socialite Mary ('Norma Shearer' (qv)) and staid English nobleman, Lord Phillip Rexford ('Herbert Marshall (I)' (qv)) are married as a lark, but she is very happy for several years with her husband and child. But on a trip to the Riviera she meets again an old flame, Tommie Treal ('Robert Montgomery (I)' (qv)), and under the spell of the sea breezes and the Mediterranean moon (a semi-excuse for adultery to keep Queen Norma's image clean, as this was a post-Production Code film), Mary is the "innocent" victim of a romantic escapade that makes the headlines and the scandal sheets. None of Mary's explanations can soothe Lord Phillip, reaping the fallout of marrying "down", and his cold indifference drives Mary, who fights against it (a minor and feeble struggle at best), closer to Tommie. As the two lovers surrender to their ardor, Lord R. learns from his secretary that Mary had been telling the truth, and he calls for her to join him in Cannes with a clean slate. O.K, but as 'Chief Sky Eagle' (qv) told 'John Wayne (I)' (qv) in _She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)_ (qv), "too late, Nathan, toooooo late."

Keywords: aunt, businessman, cannes, casino, child-custody, confession, costume-ball, costume-party, detective, divorce
Genres: Drama, Romance,

Quotes:

Tommie Trent: All I needed was that girl.::Erskine: Listen, you can write her off your next year's income tax as an unavoidable loss.::Tommie Trent: She trembled! She fluttered!::Erskine: I know. But she'll flutter just as well tomorrow.::Tommie Trent: Oh, no, she won't; not her. She's got 'conscience' written all over her face. At this moment, she is cooling off - like some beautiful volcano that has decided not to wipe out a lot of Italian villages.