7th Voyage of Sinbad
Ray Harryhausen, king of FX.
The 10 Commandments
Few swords, but MANY sandals.
Cleopatra
You won’t like her angry.
NEXT: Films featuring strong women
Films featuring strong women
Cherry 2000
Melanie Griffith kicks ass everywhere.
The Quick and the Dead
Sharon Stone is formidable gunfighter.
A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Joanne Woodward’s best card cheat.
Next:
Drive-In B-pictures
The Blob
Big aggressive blob threatens all
It Came From Outer Space
Shapeshifting aliens stranded on Earth
Tarantula
Big scary spider. 'Nuff said.
next
Costume dramas
Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
Crowe on the high seas
The Great Gatsby
DiCaprio channels his inner Redford
Shakespeare in Love
Better than Saving Private Ryan?
Next: Movies in space
Barbarella
Sexy Groovy heroine fights Duran²
Moon
Astronaut has lunar/personal crisis
Ice Pirates
Pirates steel ice in space
Next: Ensemble films
The Hours
Fake nose equals Kidman Oscar?
The Big Chill
Sex, drugs, rock…and suicide
Ocean’s [Number] (modern versions)
Not cooler than Rat Pack
Next: Period Comedies
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Baron Bomburst is unscary villain
Around the World in 80 Days
Niven is suave every day
The General
Confederate Keaton almost wins war
Next: Military dramas
A Few Good Men
You can handle the truth
Hamburger Hill
This ain’t no Happy Meal
Courage Under Fire
Meg Ryan gets her due
Next: Meg Ryan movies
Rich and Famous
Her screen debut, in 1981
You’ve Got Mail
Ryan at absolute peak adorableness
City of Angels
Doomed supernatural romance with Nic
Next: Nicolas Cage movies
Nicolas Cage movies
Valley Girl
Socioeconomically different teens spark romance
The Croods
Cave girl, overprotective dad clash
Willy’s Wonderland
Quiet drifter fights malevolent animatronics
Next: Harry Dean Stanton movies
Escape from New York
Check out the big Brain
Repo Man
What’s really in the case?
Kelly’s Heroes
One who didn’t make it
Next: Kevin Kline movies
Dave
Dave doubles for the President.
De-Lovely
Good bio of Cole Porter.
A Fish Named Wanda
Kevin eats Wanda, hilarity ensues.
Next: Jamie Lee Curtis Movies
Halloween
She’s everybody’s favorite final girl
Trading Places
Nationwide, VHS tapes repeatedly rewound
True Lies
Schwarzenegger’s not a nice husband
Next: Movies with one survivor from main cast
Gravity
Bullock finds her way back
Life of Pi
Was it really a tiger?
Alien
The legend of Ripley begins
Next: Chop Sockey movies
King Boxer
1972 HK film started craze
The Big Boss
Bruce Lee’s first lead role
Enter the Dragon
Most successful such film ever
Next: Blaxploitation
Blaxploitation
Shaft
Sexy Private dick gets chicks
Blacula
African vampire terrorizes Los Angeles
Coffy
Grier is nurse turned vigilante
Next: Cheesy Sci-Fi
Cheesy Sci-Fi
Battle Beyond the Stars
Seven Samurai but in Space
Plan 9 From Outerspace
Ed Wood’s Best/Worst Creation
Dark Star
Never philosophize with a bomb
Next: 80’s Comedies
This Is Spinal Tap
This review goes to eleven
The Blues Brothers
On a mission from God
Beetlejuice
Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice -zips up mouth
Next: Foreign-made movies
“Foreign-made” meaning non-American, I presume? If so, these are three of my all-time favorites:
Cinema Paradiso
Boy, projectionist bond over films
Breaker Morant
Three Australian officers on trial
Pride & Prejudice
Lizzie’s smart, conflicted, spunky, luminous
Next:
Keira Knightley movies
I meant to post “non-English speaking movies”
In play:
Boston Strangler
Fighting sexism for the truth
Bend It Like Beckham
That’s what she said, right?
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
It wouldn’t have worked out
Next: British comedies