Film Analyst Gifts

"When did movies start being dumb all year round?"

'What bothers me about these meetings is even though it's work, I have the nagging feeling I ought to leave and get back to work.'

"I was hoping this presentation would be more interesting upside down."

The Businessmen Have to Make Decisions from Many Options

"Bond James, Bond."

In the Guru District

"For the best picture not having won anything thereby being eliminated from this category..."

"They grow up so fast."

Benedict Cumberbatch

"How's everybody doing? I'm not boring you, am I?"

"Right about here there was a flattening of the curve. . ."

"I kid you not, blood was oozing from the walls! Unfortunately, it was fake: I had stumbled on the set of a horror movie..."

'I vote we hang the darn thing upside down and go home!'

Light Bulb Moment

Herman Mankiewicz

"So, what brings you in today, Mr. Brooks? High anxiety again?"

"I think I'll be late back for tea. . . about a week."

"The trend in tough economic times is to put off everything that doesn't require immediate action ? as this chart shows."

"I've seem an awful lot of movies ever since they cut them all down to two minutes."

"Not to be a motion picture - will remain just a book'

"Well, what did you expect? They were both missing vital organs."

"Remind me: Is it the New York Critics Award or the Sundance Audience Prize that always lets us down?"

"Morning, all!"

Men looking at black screen, "I call it film noir"

Lethal Presentation

'What happened to that efficiency report? I had it in my hand not two minutes ago.'

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

'If only every year was an election year.'

"And now here's Cathie with the hypothetical portion of the news."

'This should be perfect. The main characters fall in love during a series of explosions.'

"Let's talk film or let's not talk film - I'm easy."