I know this is a little gossipy, but can you expand on that last part? Are you referring to corporate or some kind of structural flaw? (As a long-time reader of both sites, I'm curious.)

If you're referring to the movies' use of "Sabotage" as a nod to Shatner's own peculiar pronunciation of that word, you and I might need to chat.

I was referring more to the movie's emphasis on Reagan-era materialism/nostalgia—something Zemeckis has shown a weakness for repeatedly—and conflating that with @Dr.RoButtNik's (valid) reading of the movie as economical and "tight."

But those first two-fifths include Martin Freeman, Steve Coogan, Bill Nighy, Cate Blanchett and the entire introduction to Sandford and its residents.

The set-up/follow-through trick works wonders in Shaun, but I feel like it fully cohered in Hot Fuzz.

Full disclosure: I was about 14 when Requiem for a Dream came out, and I remember it exhilarating me in that way certain movies can exhilarate a 14-year-old proto-cinephile.

Yes, but I don't think the folks at Cinefix are.

It's news because Broderick's memory comes and goes:

"This is Pulp Fiction and Reservoir Dogs; it's Slaughterhouse-Five and I'm Not There. It's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters and Annie Hall and… [fuck it] 500 Days of Summer."

One might even call that movie "conservative."

Everyone knows our best movie makers are Alejandro Iñárritu and Darren Aronofsky.

CAREFUL!

Wenn ist das Nunstück git und Slotermeyer? Ja! Beiherhund das Oder die Flipperwaldt gersput!

"One translator accidentally saw two words and spent several weeks in hospital."

Thing I'm unhappiest to learn: the Python sketch makes someone unhappy.

Fair enough,

The Woody Allen imitations are an interesting precursor. Hadn't thought of that.

"Alright everyone. You heard him. Pack it up. We're done here."

Death uh, uh, finds a way.

This pretty much hits the nail on the head.