#Glenne Headly

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Getting Even With Dad (1994)

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Making Mr. Right (1987)

Director: Susan Seidelman

Cinematographer: Edward Lachman

Starring Ann Magnuson, John Malkovich, Laurie Metcalf, Polly Bergen, and Glenne Headly.

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Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) is such a movie

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the x-files: fight the future (1998)

the x-files s2e24 our town

i'm watching fight the future. again. because listening to an elizabeth holmes trial coverage podcast that had someone named kurzweil in it. so clearly... anyway. apparently this is my liveblog of my millionth rewatch. i had this movie on vhs, my friends.

it's gary grubbs who was in the cannibal town episode!

you know what else i like about this movie. someone's clear helicopter obsession. give me all the helicopters.

what about my men?!

i just think it's neat how they managed to make a fucking cool ass movie in the middle of the tv show run. i know it was hell on the cast and crew and the show itself kind of suffered but damn they made a good movie (some plot silliness aside, it is chris carter after all)

SCULLY: Well, I just climbed up 12 floors, I'm hot, I'm thirsty and to be honest, I'm wondering what I'm doing up here.

MULDER: You're looking for a bomb.

SCULLY: Yes, I know that, but the threat was called in to the federal building across the street.

MULDER: I think they have that covered.

MULDER: Whatever happened to playing a hunch, Scully? The element of surprise, random acts of unpredictability? If we fail to anticipate the unforeseen or expect the unexpected in a universe of infinite possibilities, we may find ourselves at the mercy of anyone or anything that cannot be programmed, categorized or easily referenced.

What are we doing up here, Scully? It's hotter than hell.

glenne headly (uncredited, bartender)

mr holland's opus (1995) - glenne headly as iris holland

i love her voice. and she had this great little scene with mulder.

MULDER: I'm the key figure in an on-going government charade, the plot to conceal the truth about the existence of extraterrestrials. It's a global conspiracy, actually, with key players in the highest levels of power, that reaches down into the lives of every man, woman, and child on this planet. So, of course, no one believes me. I'm an annoyance to my superiors, a joke to my peers. They call me Spooky. Spooky Mulder, whose sister was abducted by aliens when he was just a kid and who now chases after little green men with a badge and a gun, shouting to the heavens or to anyone who will listen that the fix is in, that the sky is falling and when it hits it's gonna be the shit-storm of all time.

BARTENDER: Well. I would say that about does it, Spooky.

martin landau as alvin kurtzweil

fox peeing in the alley on the independence day poster. keep it classy.

KURTZWEIL: That official FBI business?

MULDER: What?

KURTZWEIL: Bet the Bureau's accusing you of the same thing in Dallas. Standing around holding your yank while bombs are exploding.

choppers!

plague to end all plagues. and FEMA!

"going that way" forever burned into my brain. little dudes with their thick accents and coordinated pointing. maybe i'll draw that some day.

MULDER: Five years together, Scully. How many times I been wrong? Never. Not driving anyway.

helicopters and the jiffy pop poppers (still an hour left, how many more choppers can we cram in)

MULDER: But you saved me! As difficult and as frustrating as it's been sometimes, your goddamned strict rationalism and science have saved me a thousand times over! You've kept me honest ... you've made me a whole person. I owe you everything ... Scully, and you owe me nothing. I don't know if I wanna do this alone... I don't even know if I can ... and if I quit now, they win.

fakeout kiss whatever. these little speeches, hugs and forehead smooches are a balm.

LANGLY: What can we do?

MULDER: You can strip Byers naked.

john neville as the well-manicured man

well-manicured man is well manicured.

In the DVD commentary, Chris Carter tries to peddle the idea that the emotions from the almost kiss in the hallway plus the CPR scene later in the movie equals a kiss. Not surprisingly, nobody buys that. (source)

oh, chris carter.

also, famously:

In X-Files Redacted, a 30-minute special that premiered on Comcast (before being leaked online and making its rounds on the Internet, of course), creator and showrunner Chris Carter set up the scene about where the main duo currently stand coming into the revival of the show: “Mulder and Scully, for 9 years, had a platonic relationship.”

SCULLY: I had you big time.

handwave the halfdead out of antarctica to talk to blythe danner.

CASSIDY: Bees and corn crops do not quite fall under the rubric of domestic terrorism.

SCULLY: How many other lives can we save? Look ... If I quit now, they win.

all right, all right. i'm done--WAIT

[nihillist-blog]

Dick Tracy (1990)

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W a t c h e d

This is first time I've watched this in adulthood, this movie is fucking beautiful. Colorful neon streets, the villains are in incredible Technicolor, but also had that 1940-50s mob movie noir style.

It's a goddamn art piece. The matte painting backgrounds, the lighting, the insanely beautifully made character makeups for the mobsters.

There are so many old school character actors mixed with contemporary guys like Pacino etc. And then you have brilliant Dick Van Dyke as a crooked character!

I'll even go out on a limb and say even Madonna was excellent!

It's a cleverly built movie, beautiful visuals, unbelievably beautiful makeup.

It's a treasure!

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Film after film: Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (dir. Frank Oz, 1987)

I saw this film as a child and didn't remember how effortlessly funny it was. Headly is a scene-stealer in what could otherwise seem like a display of the comic bravado of Caine and Martin. Her last-scene heavily-accented return is a peak of how her character is smartly developed from a possible victim of both "scoundrels" to a fascinating mastermind. The scene of Caine mercilessly whipping Martin's fake-paralyzed legs is one of the funniest scenes ever. Harris, Conroy, and Ivey have pleasant one-two-scene cameos.

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Psych Rewatch | 6.14: Autopsy Turvy

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WATCHLIST 2023: Just Getting Started

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Bad movie I have What's the Worst that could Happen 2001

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dirty rotten scoundrels gets 5 stars

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The Schlocktoberfest - Day 27: Poltergeist

The Schlocktoberfest – Day 27: Poltergeist

Poltergeist (2015) Trailer:  *Spoilers Throughout* What’s This About: Stupid family moves into a home that was built on land that used to be a cemetery. Same thing that basically happened in the 1982 original but with less Tobe Hooper and even way less Steven Spielberg. Here are some of my observations as I watched the film: Since the original had the spirits communicate via TV screens is this…

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Up next on my 90's Fest Movie 🎥 and TV 📺 Marathon...Mr. Holland's Opus (1995) on glorious vintage VHS 📼! #movie #movies #drama #music #MrHollandsOpus #richarddreyfuss #GlenneHeadly #jaythomas #olympiadukakis #aliciawhitt #JeanLouisaKelly #terrancehoward #WilliamHMacy #joannagleeson #nicholasjohnrenner #bethmaitland #ForestWhitaker #vintage #vhs #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas2ndannual90sfest

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W a t c h i n g

I watched this on Comedy Central growing up, but haven't seen it in so long.