The Big Street
Pre-comedy, Ball plays raging bitch.
The Color Purple
Little-known stand-up Goldberg is Oscar-nominated.
Dead Poets Society
Rare Williams turn I like.
Next: movies that spawned SUCCESSFUL TV shows.
MASH*
Altman’s Korean War classic; unforgettable.
The Paper Chase
Law student challenged, exceeds expectations.
Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
Burstyn won Oscar for performance.
Next: Movies about lawyers.
The Case of the Howling Dog
First Perry Mason movie: 1934.
To Kill a Mockingbird
Lawyer defends black alleged rapist.
Philadelphia
HIV-positive lawyer sues bigoted firm.
Next: movies about clinical psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychoanalysts.
Analyze This
Mob boss just wants help
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex (But Were Afraid to Ask)
Doc falls for hawt sheep
There’s Something About Mary
Psychiatrist slips out for snack
Next: Movies about people who are bad at their jobs
Ghostbusters
Failed academics become paranormal problem-solvers.
The Bellboy
Jerry Lewis slapstick, little plot.
Get Smart
About world’s most incompetent spy.
Next: Movies that take place all or mostly in Washington DC.
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
A lot on senate floor.
The Exorcist
Yup. Set in Georgetown, DC.
All the President’s Men
Scandal broken by Washington Post.
Next: more “demonic possession” movies.
Evil Dead II
Evil possess Ash. Gets better.
Army of Darkness
Posses, then splits off doppelganger
Prince of Darkness
Alice Cooper as a hobo
Movie starring a professional wrestler as not a wrestler.
Repossessed
Linda Blair’s comically possessed.
Constantine
Unfaithful adaptation as action flick.
Ghost Rider
Cage is demon of vengeance.
Next: Movie starring a professional wrestler as not a wrestler.
Movie starring a professional wrestler as not a wrestler.
The Rundown
Rock’s merc wants to cook.
Suburban Commando
Hogan’s space cop on Earth.
They Live
Piper hates those ugly aliens.
Next: More movies starring a professional wrestler as not a wrestler.
Next: More movies starring a professional wrestler as not a wrestler.
Walking Tall (2004)
“The Rock” improves upon original.
The Princess Bride
Andre the Giant? He’s reliant.
Predator
Ventura turns in fine performance.
Next: Remakes that, IYHO, are better than the originals.
Gaslight (1944)
Ingrid Bergman version is better.
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Humphrey Bogart version is better.
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1931)
Fredric March betters John Barrymore.
Next: more remakes that are better than (or at least equal to) the original.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Stranger kills, then kills again.
The Sword of Doom (1966)
Ryunosuke has a tortured life.
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Kube’s last and lamest flick.
Next: Movies where someone explodes.
Scanners
Michael Ironsides causes internet meme
Meaning of life
One tiny thin waafer. Boom!
Total recall
Did you guess the surprise?
More exploding people!
From Dusk till Dawn
Shove cross down Vampire’s throat…
Mars Attacks
Loosely defining “Martians” as people.
Mission to Mars
Don’t remove helmet during space-walk!
Next: movies where someone has highly unconventional death, but not by exploding.
The Man With the Golden Gun
Henchman falls into liquid helium.
The Abominable Dr. Phibes
Deaths match ten Biblical plagues.
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Falling safes, pianos, kill humans.
Next: Films that combine live-action with animation.
Song of the South
Ensconced in Disney vault, permanently.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
First example I remember seeing.
Pete’s Dragon
Orphan boy has pet dragon.
Next: films that used matting to produce “miniature human” effect.
Raiders of the Lost Ark
That huge warehouse? A painting.
The Wizard of Oz
Heroes just dots in spots.
Earthquake
Great effect of destroyed city.
Next: Films of George Kennedy.
Kinda missed the point of matting. I meant like the FX that produced the homunculi in The Bride of Frankenstein, or made Fay Wray look smaller than an 18" model ape. Or produced The Incredible Shrinking Man.
Charade
Despite assumptions, NOT Hitckcock film.
Hush, Hush, Sweet Charlotte…
Recently deinstitutionalized Crawford still crazy?
The Boston Strangler
Did he, or didn’t he?
Next: films commonly mistaken for Hitchcock, but not Hitchcock (and you can use* Charade*; it’s a big one).
OK, I misunderstood. I thought we were looking for examples of matte painting to make things look small.
Oh well. Let’s continue with your prompt: “Films commonly mistaken for Hitchcock, but not Hitchcock (and you can use Charade; it’s a big one).”
No: it was an extension of the “mixing of cartoons and humans”; I was going for “mixing of two different sets of footage to produce the miniature human effect.”