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OneLiner — August 21, 2026

Three movie quotes from this date. Featuring One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961), While You Were Sleeping (1995), The Ring (2002).

Matinee

Cruella De Vil, Cruella De Vil, if she doesn't scare you, no evil thing will.

Answer: One Hundred and One Dalmatians ()

The Roger Radcliffe song that names the villain. Disney's 1961 film used the newly invented Xerox process for the ink-and-paint stage — you can see the sketchy line quality throughout.

Primetime

You leaned!

Answer: While You Were Sleeping ()

Bill Pullman's Jack calling out Sandra Bullock's lie. Jon Turteltaub's 1995 romantic comedy. Bullock's Golden Globe-nominated performance came in her first year as a leading star.

Midnight

Seven days.

Answer: The Ring ()

The voice on the cursed videotape. Gore Verbinski's 2002 remake of Hideo Nakata's Ringu. One of the first J-horror remakes and among the highest-grossing horror films of its decade.

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