Word: twists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...fantasy sequence has been poured on like red sauce at an Olive Garden in series from Ally McBeal to Six Feet Under. But Universe proves that there is no gimmick so overused that it won't work if you do it funny. Its surreal, Simpsonsesque gags pile twist upon twist, as when Andy tries to get a rival fired, then in an exaggerated attempt to win the audience's sympathy, imagines striding into work wearing a coat lined with adorable puppies. "Would a bad person encase themselves in puppies like this?" he muses...
...from-the-countryside Miyake plods his way through Tokyo's cityscape, rubbing elbows with Uber-hackers, war veterans, playboys and yakuza-cum-spiritualists. Along the way he gets lost, kidnapped, chased, stoned, hired and falls in love. The pizza delivers him to his father-but, without giving away the twist in the tale, it's not the kind of meeting you might expect...
...wind up in Sidney's office, with Elwell uttering the oldest line in his little black book: "Don't I know you from somewhere?" Rita throws a righteous fit but finally accedes. After Sidney leaves them alone with two drinks and an unmade bed, Rita, in a deliciously acrid twist, sullenly acknowledges that they had met before. "Palm Springs. Two years ago. Don't tell Sidney...
...Don’t be too original. Yes, there is a “Best Original Screenplay” category, but the Academy really isn’t too big on original thought. Give us Frodo. Give us three standard relationship stories, but with a tragic twist to them. Make one about schizophrenic mathematician John Nash. Give another one of them a midlife crisis. Make one of them a smitten William Shakespeare. Then, put them on the Titanic. Or, borrow something else that is already favorably positioned in the American consciousness. Who doesn’t love Lord...
...because he thought the fella was funny. Sidney rushes over to tell the comic he can get him a mention in J.J.'s column, then makes a phony phone call, pretending to dictate to J.J. the exact item that will appear later in the day. The novelette has a twist not in the film: the comic's manager drops by J.J.'s table to speak warmly to an embarrassed Sidney; J.J. gets up and calls his editor, obviously to kill the item and deprive Sidney of a freebie. Discovering the paper had already gone to press, he returns and declares...