The Ladykillers
Oddball criminals all fail hilariously
Hot Fuzz
Badass cop exiled to village
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
Brilliant from beginning to end
Next:
Monty Python movies
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Beware of sister-biting moose! Ni!
Monty Python at the Hollywood Bowl
I’m a lumberjack, and I’m…
Monty Python’s The Meaning Of Life
Better. Better get a bucket.
Next: Films with tea parties
Tea with Mussolini
Yes, Il Duce actually appears
Toy Story
Buzz is briefly “Mrs. Nesbitt”
Love & Friendship
Don’t mess with Lady Susan
Next:
Kate Beckinsale movies
Pearl Harbor
Two hours down the drain.
The Golden Bowl
Henry James’ corpse still spinning.
Click
Ultimate remote; goes wrong, naturally.
NEXT: Movies that rework the Faust story in a different context (cf Click above)
Damn Yankees
True love defeats veiled evil.
Mephisto
Performing for Nazis really sucks.
Phantom of the Paradise
Rock stardom at a price.
Next:
Movies prominently featuring, but not about, cats
Movies prominently featuring, but not about, cats
Logan’s Run
Ustinov recites Eliot to cats.
Harry and Tonto
Harry’s story, but Tonto accompanies.
Pet Semetary
Church’s role minimal, but key.
Next:
Movies prominently featuring, but not about, dogs
Independence Day
Damn thing outruns a fireball!
I Am Legend
Sam must be put down.
Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone
Fang is just a big softy.
Next:
Movies mostly or entirely set at night
Before Sunrise
Young couple expound on life
From Dusk Til Dawn
I think I’ve been there…
Night of the Living Dead
Slow-moving zombies wreak havoc
Next: Zombies!
Zombies!
Zombi
Italian subaquatic shark punch madness
Shawn of the dead
You’ve got red on you
Dead alive
Peter Jackson masterpiece before LotR.
Next up, Edgar Wright movies
A Fistful of Fingers
His directorial debut, in 1995
Hot Fuzz
Ultraviolent, ultrafunny British cop comedy
Baby Driver
Young, music-loving, drives unbelievably well
Next:
Movies with great car chases
Bullitt
First and greatest car chase?
To Live and Die in L.A.
Going wrong way, two ways
The Blues Brothers
Piling up jokes and cars
Next: Movies based on SNL skits
It’s Pat
Unfunny skit becomes unfunny movie
Bob Roberts
Conservative folksinger runs for Senate
Coneheads
Must now consume mass quantities!
Next:
Jane Curtin movies
Mr. Mike’s Mondo Video
Chock full of SNL players
The Spy Who Dumped Me
A girl-buddy movie flop
The Shaggy Dog
Another Disney remake nobody needed
Next: Look! Up in the sky!
Superman
Hey, it’s somebody in tights!
Independence Day
Starships hover over Earth cities
Meteor
This is really gonna hurt
Next:
So bad it’s good
So bad it’s good
Glen or Glenda
Typical Ed Wood: cult classic.
Reefer Madness
Laughable depiction of marijuana use.
Attack of the Killer Tomatoes!
Silly, stupid, but gut-bustingly funny.
Next:
More “so bad it’s good” movies
The Creeping Eye
Also called “The Trollenberg Terror”
American Movie
A horror movie, I think
The Happening
Trees wage war on humans
Next: Even more “so bad it’s good” movies
Plan 9 from Outer Space
Another wretched Ed Wood masterpiece
Manos: The Hands of Fate
Simply laughable low-budget “horror” film
Zero Hour!
Airplane! closely followed melodramatic plot
Next up:
Parodies and spoofs
A Mighty Wind
A film with three acts
Not Another Teen Movie
But it’s another teen movie
Airplane!
Wrong day to review this
Next: More parodies and spoofs
More parodies and spoofs
Top Secret!
Spies, partisans, and Elvis songs?
Spaceballs
Great sendup of Star Wars.
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
James Bond’s job is safe.
Next:
Movies involving submarines
The Hunt for Red October
Connery, a Lithuanian? OK… surrrrrrre.
Crimson Tide
Denzel, Gene square off underwater.
The Abyss
US sub, aliens have close encounter
Next up:
Movies about aggravating bureaucracy.