Star Wars: A New Hope
Two suns make Tattooine toasty
Ishtar
Notorious flop with Hoffman, Beatty
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Nazis seek Ark near Cairo
Next: Comedies that feature Nazis
Comedies that feature Nazis
To Be or Not to Be
Its greatest line: Heil myself
Blues Brothers
Jake: I hate Illinois Nazis.
Undercovers Hero
Sellers plays six different parts
Next: Sports comedies
Major League
Charlie Sheen plays “Wild Thing.”
Slap Shot
Newman, hockey, lots of brawling.
Mr. Baseball
Tom Selleck plays Japanese baseball.
Next: Sports dramas.
Brian’s Song
Everyone loved interracial football tearjerker
Hoosiers
Go, scrappy Indiana basketball team!
Any Given Sunday
Desperate gridiron coach seeks glory
Next: Military comedies
Sgt. Bilko
Steve Martin plays corrupt sergeant.
Down Periscope
Navy misfits successfully crew submarine.
Stripes
Gave us “Lighten up, Francis.”
Next: Movies with John Candy in a role.
Splash
Knew just what to say!
Volunteers
Peace Corps probably not pleased
Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Jokes, pathos on Thanksgiving journey
Next: Steve Martin flops
The Out-of-Towners
Remake, original is much better.
The Pink Panther 2
Only Sellers can play Clouseau.
Pennies from Heaven
Musical? Drama? Anyway, completely forgettable.
Next: Goldie Hawn movies.
Private Benjamin
Sheltered Goldie joins the Army.
Foul Play
Goldie, Chevy solve a crime
Wildcats
Goldie coaches high school football
Next: Rutger Hauer movies
Monsieur Hawarden
His first (1969); scenes cut
Blade Runner
Mesmerizing, memorable as replicant Roy
Batman Begins
Played sleazy Gotham corporate exec
Next: Movies about evil corporations
Two weeks, no response, maybe time for a topic change?
Head Office
Unfunny comedy; too many subplots.
Canadian Bacon
Arms manufacturer urges unnecessary war.
Coma
Organs harvested from unwilling donors.
Next: Films of Judge Reinhold.
Stripes
Wait, Judge was in this?
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Judge fantasizes about topless beauty
Gremlins
Judge plays Billy’s obnoxious co-worker
Next, 20th Century Musicals
Clarification question: Musicals from 20th Century Fox, or any musical movie made in the 20th century? (Your capitalization of the “C” in “Century” but without the addition of “Fox” leads me to believe that it could be either.)
The Twentieth Century, 1901 - 2000.
Ah, thank you.
Kiss Me Kate (1953)
Poor adaptation of stage play.
Guys and Dolls (1955)
Sinatra shines, Brando can’t sing.
Oliver! (1968)
Ron Moody steals the show.
Next: Movies with kids as the main characters.
The Little Rascals
We really needed a remake?
Matilda
Cute kid has magical powers
Pretty Baby
You couldn’t make this today
Next, movies where a character undergoes a transition
Trading Places
Eddie Murphy: homeless to rich.
Big
Boy becomes adult, wackiness ensues.
13 going on 30
Like Big, but for girls.
Next: Biopics of musicians.
Ray
Jamie nails it as Charles
Amadeus
Wolfie takes Vienna by storm
Lady Sings the Blues
Panned film about Billie Holiday
Next: Biopics of politicians
JFK
Who killed Kennedy? Film explores.
Sunrise at Campobello
Roosevelt deals with polio paralysis.
The Queen
Diana’s death; Tony Blair deals.
Next: Kevin Costner films.
The Big Chill
Kevin plays the corpse. Really.
Waterworld
Kevin’s worst film, all wet.
Robin Hood
Doofus can’t keep an accent.
Next: Sequels only