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We lost a big name this week, and one of the cooler guys who ever cooled up the big screen. Val Kilmer shed this mortal coil, and the movies lost one of suavest actors of the 80s and 90s. Sadly, his cancer diagnosis and subsequent aphonia deprived him of many fruitful years in cinema. Although the news saddened us to hear, we’re thinking about his family and those closest to him who lost way more than a representative flicker of light and sound. Bye Val Kilmer. You were always the better pilot.
Last Week’s Highlights
Highest Win Percentage93.5%  Braveheart (1995) | Lowest Win Percentage61.5%  Requiem for a Dream (2000) |
Well, people ran out of Scottish war movies to guess, and at the end of the week BRAVEHEART stood atop a pile of broken and bloodied bodies, sword thrust in air, blue-faced, screaming “you may take our lives, but you’ll never beat 93.5% !!!!” Those accents are hard to hide over 5 quotes. Apparently 6.5% of you were Edward the Longshanks fans.
Significantly less sword-heavy was REQUIEM FOR A DREAM which only could muster a strung-out 61.5%. This was a tough movie to guess on, because there’s nothing really in the dialogue that alludes to the title. You would have had to hear the voices of Ellen Burstyn, Jennifer Connelly, Jared Leto, and in a small but significant role, Christopher McDonald, in the quotes to zero in on the “drugs aren’t that great” cautionary tale (???) from Darren Aronofsky.
Ace of the Week15.1% |
 James Robinson as Young William in Braveheart (1995) | “Did the priest give a poetic benediction? The Lord bless thee and keep thee-” “It was in Latin.” “You don't speak Latin? |
We couldn’t help from bring in Logan Roy himself for the first quote of BRAVEHEART. Keen ears picked Brian Cox out as Young William Wallace’s brusque (and possibly half-blind) Uncle Argyle. To those of you who got the Ace…we hold your chin in our hands and issue the compliment: you have the look of your mother.
CQ Recommends
We recommend visiting some theaters this summer!
 The Long Goodbye (1973) | In 1970s Hollywood, Detective Philip Marlowe tries to help a friend who is accused of murdering his wife. Seen it at least four times, and yet each and every time I return to Elliot Gould’s (arguable) best role, I find something new. Whether his delivery be the spiritual grandfather of “mumblecore” or the flippant approach to his “job”, this version of Marlowe is probably my favorite of the ones in film. Oh, and who doesn’t want a “wait, is that 25 year old Arnold Schwarzenegger?!” appearance out of nowhere. -Sean |
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