My film diary

“Film as dream, film as music. No art passes our conscience in the way film does, and goes directly to our feelings, deep down into the dark rooms of our souls.” 

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Spy Kids 3: Game Over [2003]

Remember, everyone's your family.

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Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams [2002]

Do you think God stays in heaven because he too, lives in fear of what he's created?

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Spy Kids [2001]

Spy work, that's easy. Keeping a family together, that's difficult. And that's the mission worth fighting for.

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Daddy Day Care [2003]

Any boob can run a day-care center but it takes a family to raise some kids and that's what we're gonna be from now on, a family.

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Stuart Little [1999]

He's not just a mouse! He's... He's... he's family.

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102 Dalmatians [2000]

My dalmatian puppy coat. The coat of dreams. The ultimate fur coat, that was denied me by that canine cabal, for which I have lost THREE YEARS OF MY LIFE! Alonso, we're going to make them pay.

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101 Dalmatians [1996]

You... BEASTS! But I'm not beaten yet. You've won the battle, but I'm about to win the wardrobe. My spotty puppy coat is in plain sight and leaving tracks. In a moment I'll have what I came for, while all of you will end up as sausage meat, alone on some sad, plastic plate. Dead and meaty and red. No friends, no family, no pulse. Just slapped between two buns, smothered in onions, with fries on the side. Cruella De Vil has the last laugh!

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One Hundred and One Dalmatians [1961]

The humans have tried everything. Now it's up to us dogs, and the twilight bark.

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Pitch Perfect 2 [2015]

You are one of us, you paid the registration fee.

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Mrs. Doubtfire [1993]

Daniel, the kids need you.

I need them.

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Casper [1995]

I begged and begged my dad to give me this sled, but he acted like I couldn't even have it, because I didn't know how to ride it. But then one morning, I came down for breakfast and there it was, just for me, for no reason at all. I took it out, went sledding all day. And my dad said "That's enough." But I couldn't stop, I was having so much fun. It got late, got dark, got cold... and I got sick, and my dad got sad.

What's it like to die?

Like... being born, only backwards. I remember, I didn't go where I was supposed to go. I just stayed behind, so my dad wouldn't be lonely.

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Space Jam [1996]

Thanks guys, you got a lot of... a lot of... well, whatever it is, you got a lot of it.

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Raise Your Voice [2004]

My music became like a religion. It kept me sane.

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Matilda [1996]

Everyone is born, but not everyone is born the same. Some will grow to be butchers, or bakers, or candlestick makers. Some will only be really good at making Jell-O salad. One way or another, though, every human being is unique, for better or for worse.

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Cheaper by the Dozen 2 [2005]

Still smells the same. Old gross stuff, dead animals, and murky lake water.

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Cheaper by the Dozen [2003]

I guess you could say that when Tom and I left Midland we had a mess of theories about how to raise children. We still have a mess of children, but no theories. Sure, 12 is still our number. It's the number of months my book was on the bestseller list. It's the number of job offers Tom turned down before we found one close to home. And each day it's the number of times I'm thankful there's such a thing as family.

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Hannah Montana: The Movie [2009]

Life's a climb... but the view is great.