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Hook Who’s Talking Now!
Cruella be damned, we made it to 101 of these. If she wants to make a coat with printed-out CQ Newsletters then hit the Met Expo, then she’ll be hearing from our lawyers.
There’s a lot to be said about the talented stars who recently departed to that silver screen in the sky. But maybe you’ll hear their voices this upcoming week. Impossible to say, really. It might be something we do, it might not. Let’s just talk about it next week after the following seven games and see if it’s even relevant to discuss. For now, we’ll just say :’(
This was not the news we wanted to hear. Our poor dumb hearts can’t take this right now. Rest in eternal peace, you magnificent titans of the screen and song.
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But of course everyone reading this is welcome to try their luck at the One Shot. It’s a momentous one as it’s the first (and presumably only) time we’re actually using a quote that contains the phrase “one shot.”
Alrighty. Let’s talk numbers:
Last Week’s Highlights
Highest Win Percentage94.7%  Psycho (1960) | Lowest Win Percentage43.7%  Let Me In (2010) |
Oh God, mother! Look! Look at that score! Mother, look! Sure, it may have taken some KREEK KREEK KREEK sound effects, but we got there. PSYCHO getting a 94.7% is very impressive, and it warms our doting son of a heart to see how well people did here. You’ve earned a steady stream of hot water, and no disturbances, on your next shower.
The Swedes kinda crushed it back in 2008 when they made Let the Right One In, about a little boy who befriends a little-girl-looking vampire at his apartment complex. Two years later, Hollywood tried to do a blood transfusion when they released LET ME IN starring Chlöë Gräcë Mörëtz* and Aussie Ko-di-Smit-Mc-Phee*. It didn’t do as well with critics, but we still thought it had a chance to break the 50% mark by focusing that fifth quote on literally him letting her in. Don’t y’all remember Rule 1 in the Vampire Lore Handbook? They need your permission. Vampires are very cool about consent (before they kill you).
*we forget where the umlauts and dashes go with these two so better safe than sorry
 Jennifer Cody as Charlotte La Bouff in | Ace of the Week15.8%"When a woman says later, she really means not ever." |
It boggles our collective minds (and souls?) how animated movies time and time again absolutely DOMINATE the Ace of the Week prize. Jennifer Cody is not a household name (yet…) but that seemed no hindrance in 15.8% of frog-kissing baddies out there immediately zeroing in on the right movie. How? How are you doing this!? Is it because there are kids in your vicinity who have this movie on steady replay and you’re absorbing it via osmosis? Or are YOU the (inner) child who can commit animated tales to aural memory? Glory be Gloria, make it make sense! How do we stump thee!?
Here are the numbers for all the games last week.
Movie | Win % | Ace % |
|---|---|---|
Psycho (1960) | 94.7% | 5.1% |
Hook (1991) | 91.1% | 7.2% |
12 Angry Men (1957) | 87.9% | 2.7% |
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) | 81.5% | 1.8% |
The Princess and the Frog (2009) | 80.0% | 16.4% |
Look Who's Talking Too (1990) | 51.7% | 0.8% |
Let Me In (2010) | 43.7% | 6.8% |
CQ Recommends
 Stand Up Solutions (2024) | A TED Talk run by a person on the cusp of a nervous breakdown. Conner O’Malley is, as he would probably admit, not for everyone. The (antihero) comedian is seemingly one or two missed medications away from running into traffic to tackle a moving car, and yet he’s able to restrict himself to the stage for this special which is so laden with bits and so dense with absurdist language you’ll need to be under a prescription yourself in order to keep up. -Sean |
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