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Last newsletter, we waxed adoringly about the recently departed Robert Redford, and had just completed eight straight days of Redford movies. We also mentioned that the CineQuote App for Android was recently unveiled and available for download. THIS newsletter though, we’re JUST talking the Android App. Imagine all of us ringing a triangular dinner bell and waving our cowboys hats hollering, “Come and get it!”
So far so good, and any and all gremlins found as of yet by our players have been successfully exterminated. As long as no one feeds them after midnight, we’ll continue improving it unabated.
And yes, iPhone users. We see you. We hear you. You matter. We’re working on it. We’ve even exponentially upped the RAM and CPU power of our HAL9000 to expedite the process. What could go wrong?
Last Week’s Highlights
Highest Win Percentage91.9% | Lowest Win Percentage44.2%  Downhill Racer (1969) |
CARS 2 is oft-cited as one of the lowest rated Pixar movies of all time, at least critically. Did that slow it down at all in nabbing the top spot for win rate? Nope. It ran over the other movies this week in route to a 91.9% success rate. Assuming if folks didn’t get it, they squandered their final guess with Cars or Cars 3. The second one however is widely considered to be more built around Tow Mater which is why he got the bulk of quotes.
And as the Redford week wound down last week, his 1969 ski-lovin DOWNHILL RACER careened wildly into a grove of pine trees, only managing a 44.2% win rate. However, that same year Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid and when given a choice, people that year (and every year since) have spent their money (and time) on the train-robbing outlaws and less hearing Gene Hackman scold Olympic hopefuls.
Ace of the Week
9.7%
Constance Shulman as Missy in Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
"When we think of romance and marriage, what is the first thought that comes into your mind?”
“(whispering) Divorce.”
A little surprised FRIED GREEN TOMATOES had a sub .500 win rate, given that the movie featured two Academy Award winners for Best Actress (in consecutive years, no less), as well as two up-n-comers in Mary-Louise Parker and Mary Stuart Masterson (along with dramatic titan Cicely Tyson.) This was perhaps a bigger deal in the book world with Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe spending 36 weeks on the NYT Best-Seller list, but we were thinking a couple girls screaming BUDDY! at the top of their lungs would have brought even the most train-adverse movie watcher into getting the right answer. Still, getting the top Ace Rate is better than getting killed, grilled, basted in bbq sauce and eaten. Bon Appétit!
Here are the numbers for all the games last week.
CineQuote Movie | Win % | Ace % |
|---|---|---|
Cars 2 (2011) | 91.9% | 3.6% |
Hamlet (1948) | 82.2% | 3.9% |
Gladiator II (2024) | 78.5% | 2.5% |
The Dark Knight Rises (2012) | 80.2% | 4.3% |
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991) | 48.6% | 9.7% |
Downhill Racer (1969) | 44.2% | 1.7% |
CQ Recommends
We recommend armor-plating your pet rhinoceros for your commute to work.
 Twinless (2025) | Two young men meet in a twin bereavement support group and form an unlikely bromance. Typically, we don’t delve into too many new movies here in the Rec. Corner, but we’ll make an exception for the darkly funny TWINLESS, from director/actor/writer James Sweeney and actor/producer Dylan O’Brien. This still might be in theaters if you’re in a lucky city, or you can pony up ten bucks and do the premium rental stream at the usual places. As laudable as the film is, it’s just as commendable on how these two guys got this made. For those in the know from Portland, Oregon, it features an unfortunate cameo of Vendetta Bar on Williams. -Sean |
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