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13 Mar ’25 Japanese LaserDisc 4f5r21

Look at this work of art we picked up on eBay:

We don’t have a player, so we might frame it instead.

6 Nov ’24 Kat Elliott and Rob Manuel 71x4l

In the first episode of Stop! Or My Mom Will Mute, Rob and Kat regularly pause the film to give their commentary and analysis. Despite the top-quality viewing material, optimism and enthusiasm eventually give way to yawns.

Features some light swearing.

15 Oct ’24 Press pack 3p151r

We got hold of an original press brochure; sadly, it doesn’t feature any scrawled reviewer notes about their favourite moments.

SYNOPSIS

God could not be everywhere, and therefore he made mothers.
— Jewish proverb

Mom is New Jersey-based Tutti Bomowski, a loving and feisty woman who knows what's best for her only son — both personally and professionally. Her son is Los Angeles police sergeant Joe Bomowski, a bachelor who has found comfort in his independent and somewhat sloppy lifestyle 3,000 miles from his mother.

When Tutti comes to town for an unwelcome visit, she becomes the key witness in a drive-by murder, and finds herself embroiled in a dangerous police investigation, Joe unwillingly ends up with a new partner — his mom!

Armed with more than a broom and a mop, Tutti proves to be one tough detective.

27 Sep ’24 A global phenomenon 5m3e31

What if you’re travelling around the world and need to discuss your favourite film with the locals? Worry no more, our handy guide has you covered:

• Argentina ¡Para! O mi mamá dispara
• Austria Stop! Oder meine Mami schießt!
• Brazil Pare! Senão Mamãe Atira
• Bulgaria Спри или мама ще стреля
• Canada Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer!
• Czech Republic Stůj, nebo maminka vystřelí! / Stuj, nebo mamka vystrelí
• Denmark Stop! Eller min mor skyder
• Ecuador Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot
• Finland Seis! Tai mamma ampuu
• Arrête, ou ma mère va tirer!
• Georgia Shecherdi! Torem dedachemi gesvris
• Stop! Oder meine Mami schießt!
• Greece Ο μπάτσος της... μαμάς
• Hungary Állj, vagy lő a mamám!
• Italy Fermati, o mamma spara
• Japan 刑事ジョー ママにお手上げ
• Lithuania Stok! Arba mano mama šaus
• Mexico ¡Para! O mi mamá dispara
• Norway Stopp! Ellers skyter mamma!
• Peru Para o mi mamá dispara
• Poland Stój, bo mamuśka strzela
• Portugal Pára! Ou a Mamã Dispara
• Romania Stai, că trage mama! / Stai! sau mama mea trage
• Russia Стой! Или моя мама будет стрелять
• Serbia Stop! Ili moja mama će pucati
• Slovakia Stoj, lebo mamička vystrelí!
• Slovenia Stoj - ali moja mama strelja
• Spain ¡Alto! o mi madre dispara
• Sweden Stopp! Annars skjuter morsan skarpt
• Taiwan 母子威龍
• Turkey Dur! Yoksa Annem Ateş Edecek
• Ukraine Стій! Бо моя мама стрілятиме
• Uruguay ¡Para, o mi mamá dispara!
• Venezuela Para o mi mamá dispara
• Vietnam Đứng Yên Không Mẹ Tao Bắn

27 Jul ’24 Stop! Oder meine Mami schießt! s4a56

Mentioned in RobF’s letter; keep watching until you hear the voice they’ve given Tutti!

13 Jul ’24 Does “Pet Sematary” count? 65j4s

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot was screenwriter Blake Snyder’s first spec sale, bringing in half a million dollars after a bidding war, but he only wrote one other script that got produced.

This didn’t stop him from also writing a screenwriting manual though. Save the Cat!: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need presents structures and rules, with a “Blake Snyder Beat Sheet” laying out key moments. Its title comes from the rule about making sure the hero does something likeable so the audience roots for them.

It’s been a bestseller since 2005, spawning two follow-ups from Snyder and more since his death in 2009. Some have even blamed it for Hollywood sameyness, so in a roundabout way Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot may have made a lasting impact on movie-making.