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I was always partial to:

Was the SNL sketch with Spock's half-brother as ridiculous as the Star Trek movie with Spock's half-brother?

Trump never subscribed to the "Never rub another man's rhubarb" philosophy.

The wrestling angle in Trump's latest tweet maybe points to a Kaufman reveal. As if Trump's Tony Clifton-like persona hadn't clued us in already.

Maybe he was traumatised for life by the first 5 minutes of Carrie.

Anyone else remember Man's Best Friend? Early 90s film starring Lance Henriksen as a mad scientist who creates a genetically-modified killer dog? Co-starring Ally Sheedy (not as the dog).

Speaking of The Omen, I wonder if Henriksen woulda had anything worthwhile to say about playing Colonel Neff in Damien: Omen II.

Balaban's Close Encounters book Spielberg, Truffaut and Me is great. And it was so fitting that, many years later, it was Balaban who narrated the Hitchcock/Truffaut documentary.

…and Morgan Creek granted Dominion a limited release after Exorcist: The Beginning bombed. Which makes me wonder, would Scrader's film have ever seen the light of day had Harlin's film been a success?

Why can't we all be part of the Daniel Clamp cinematic universe?

His official portrait should be a photograph of a half-deflated basketball with a tumbleweed stuck to the top.

For years I thought "Like What You See" and "Obsession" were the same song, because they were spliced together so well in the trailer. In fact, I first became aware of A Night in Heaven from the [Australian] CBS-Fox rental of A Nightmare on Elm Street. Trailers for A Night in Heaven and C.H.U.D. beforehand (and Return

"The negroes took our dates!!!"

Another weird thing about A Night in Heaven - the screenplay was written by Joan Tewkesbury, who wrote Robert Altman's Nashville. Pretty massive gulf of quality there…

Hah, mine too! I also love the Jan Hammer song, "Like What You See."

Re: White Men Can't Jump, didn't Snipes and Harrelson win the game though?

Laraine Newman… *sigh* I binge-watched the first five seasons of SNL just over a year ago and it left me with a massive crush on her.

Well, yeah. And that's a film with a female lead (JoBeth Williams), a female character central to the plot (Heather O'Rourke's Carol Ann) and female characters representing the scientific/spiritualist approach to the dilemma (Beatrice Straight's Dr Lesh and Zelda Rubinstein's Tangina). Dammit Spielberg, you should've

It would be amazing if she went after Stephen King. Cue SK fans citing Carrie, Firestarter, It, Misery, Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, Lisey's Story

Has anyone mentioned Poltergeist yet? That was a Steven Spielberg film in all-but-directorial name, and JoBeth Williams was top-billed. (And if Dee Wallace being top-billed for E.T. doesn't count on the grounds she didn't play the lead character, the flip side of the coin is Ruby Barnhill should be considered the lead