I like how we both chose Time After Time. Also The Terminator, but that’s not as impressive. Who wouldn’t choose that?
Captain Marvel IV: The Living Tribunal
Assumes that Marvel doesn’t crash.
St. Dracula
Archvampire’s back as good guy.
An Inconvenient Apology
Republicans say they should’ve listened.
Next: Movies about barbarians
Barbarians
Serbian film about teenage nihilism.
Amazon Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death
Self-made barbarian women enslave men.
Flesh + Blood
Medieval mercenaries stage kidnap revenge.
Next: comedies of manners.
Much Ado About Nothing
Filmed in director Whedon’s house
Where’s Charley?
Based on 1892 British farce
A Room With A View
Helena Bonham Carter’s breakout role
Next: Best films of Helena Bonham Carter
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows I & II
Pretty cool as Bellatrix Lestrange.
Planet of the Apes
Remake failed; her performance magnificent.
Hamlet
With a real-life crazy prince.
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Next**: Merchant & Ivory films.
I think you’ve got this one, Rivkah. I can’t speak for all participants, but I’ve never seen a Merchant and Ivory film.
Seriously? A Room with a View?
Well, all right.
A Room with a View
Will Lucia marry for love?
Maurice
In 1900, didn’t get better.
Howard’s End
Three classes lose Victorian mores.
Next: genuinely realistic movies about tweens or teens.
Thanks, Rivkah. Nope, not even A Room with a View.
The Breakfast Club
Examines truth behind teen stereotypes.
Stand By Me
Tweens start to become adults.
American Graffiti
After high school, then what?
Next: Films that use a narrator in some way.
Memento
“OK, I’m chasing him-- no…”
Look Who’s Talking
My least favorite narration track.
How Green was My Valley
Sneaks in Llewellyn’s marvelous prose.
Next: movies with the word “case” in the title. Counts if it’s part of a word.
Up the Down Staircase
Rookie teacher in challenging school.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Excellent film; won three Oscars.
Basket Case
Cheaply-made, now cult horror classic.
Next: Movies where the story centers around a form of media.
His Girl Friday
Newspaper reporters harbor fugitive murderer.
The Emoji Movie
Life inside a smart phone.
Quiz Show
Early TV quiz show rigged.
Next: movies with the word “dark” in the title. As part of a word counts.
Dark Shadows
Johnny was outta his Deppth.
The Ghost and the Darkness
Lion hunters track two. Good!
The Dark Knight
Heath Ledger aced the Joker.
Next: Charles Dickens adaptations.
Oliver Twist (1922)
Lon Chaney as scary Fagin.
A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
Four-hour screenplay trimmed to two.
A Christmas Carol (1938)
Best, and very faithful adaptation.
Next: movies with non-annoying child act(o)r(ess) prominent.
The Sixth Sense
Osment great as ghost-beset kid
Jerry Maguire
Lipnicki adorably stole every scene
Interstellar
Foy’s character sad, smart, determined
Next: Movies with a particularly annoying child actor or actress
The Phantom Menace
Everyone loves to hate Anakin.
Twice Blessed
Real twins awful; FX better.
The Sixth Sense (we had opposite reactions)
“Whine I see dead people.”
Next: films with a transgendered (NOT transvestite) character, or documentaries about trans issues.
The World According to Garp
John Lithgow plays Roberta excellently.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Carrey romp; watch Sean Young.
Dog Day Afternoon
Bank robbery for transsexual surgery.
Next: Jim Carrey movies.
The Mask
They call him Cuban Pete.
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
Strictly for the younger audience.
Batman and Robin
A sillier Riddler never was.
Next: Serious movies from comic actors.
Insomnia
Robin Williams as Alaska writer
Nothing in Common
Gleason, Hanks as father, son
The Razor’s Edge
Bill Murray in serious flop
Next: Comedies featuring serious actors
The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle
DeNiro. Must. NEVER. Do. Comedy.
Ishtar
Beatty, Hoffman: deserved much better.
Death Becomes Her
Streep, Hawn, Willis: all delightful.
Next: Movies with lions (no Oz movies).
City Slickers (Jack Palance)
Palance plays crotchety trail boss.
Every Which Way But Loose (Clint Eastwood)
Eastwood co-stars with an orangutan?
Sister Act (Maggie Smith)
Goldberg clowns, Smith frowns; fun!
Ninja’d on preview!
Next: Movies with lions (no Oz movies).