The People vs Larry Flint
Pornographer was consultant on set
Hidden Figures
Katherine Johnson enjoyed her representation
A Complete Unknown
Bob liked it, didn’t he?
Next: 1960s musicals
The Music Man
Con man decides to stay
My Fair Lady
Eliza is molded into aristocrat
Oliver!
My favorite movie mentioning gruel
Next up:
Favorite kids’ movies
Fantasia
Disney at the concert hall
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
Watch it with your grandkids!
The Wizard of Oz
Surprise! It’s really in Technicolor!
Next: Three Different Kinds Of Comedy
This Is Spinal Tap (satire)
This mockumentary goes to eleven!
Bringing Up Baby (screwball/romcom)
Everyone needs a pet tiger
Dr. Strangelove (dark/black)
What, me worry about bomb?
Next: Historical dramas
The Patriot
Mel Gibson wins American Revolution
Glory
Outstanding, bittersweet Civil War movie
Breaker Morant
Brilliant war movie / courtroom drama
Next:
Non-downer movies about dysfunctional families
Flirting with Disaster
Out of fire into pan.
What’s Cooking?
Four different families and Thanksgiving.
Ordinary People
A downer with hopeful ending.
NEXT: Movies starring or featuring anyone who was a major or recurring character on 3rd Rock from the Sun
Cliffhanger
Lithgow steals treasury bills, plumets
Brick
Levitt investigates murder at school
McHale’s Navy
Stewart’s Happy in meh remake
Next: 2025 Summer Blockbusters
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
Somehow I doubt it’s true
Supernan
Man of Steel has issues
Jurassic World Rebirth
This time it’s Scarlett’s turn
Next: Movies with two degrees of… who else? Kevin Bacon (movies with actors who have appeared in other movies with Kevin)
Stand by Me
Frances Lee McCain: Ren’s, Gordie’s mother.
Hannah and Her Sisters
Dianne Wiest witnesses relationship meltdown.
Twilight Zone: the Movie
John Lithgow sees wing gremlin.
NEXT: Movies with a dog THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO!!
Movies with a dog THAT NOTHING BAD HAPPENS TO!!
Peter Pan
Nana is tricked by kids
Pirates of the Caribbean: Curse of the Black Pearl
They named the dog “Jack”
The Wizard of Oz
Toto was threatened, never harmed
Next: Movies with days of the week in the title
Just realized that is SIX!!
Since Frances Lee McCain started her career as just Lee McCain, let’s change it to “Lee McCain: Ren’s, Gordie’s mother.”
I have no idea why she added the extra name halfway through her career. For gender clarity? that’s my only guess.
Movies with days of the week in the title
Saturday Night Fever
Travolta boogies in New York
Freaky Friday
Mom and daughter switch bodies
One More Saturday Night
Franken, Davis small town wackiness
Next: Sequels that switched genres
Rambo: First Blood 2
Lone wolf turns action hero
Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2
Found-footage film becomes rote thriller
The Road Warrior
Cop movie becomes apocalyptic adventure
Next: Movies where John Travolta dies
Carrie
High school jerk gets his
Broken Arrow
USAF officer tries stealing nukes
White Man’s Burden
Cops badly misunderstand the situation
Next up:
Movies where John Travolta lives
Grease
John Travolta can actually sing.
Saturday Night Fever
And he can dance too!
The General’s Daughter
And he’s a navy detective.
The Oeuvre of Loni Anderson
May she rest in peace.
Vigilante Force
Her screen debut, in 1976
Stroker Ace
A Golden Raspberry nominee… twice!
A Night at the Roxbury
Played mom of two leads
Pass.
Let’s try Movies with other cast members of WKRP in Cincinnati
Mother Jugs and Speed
Tim Reid is uncredited dispatcher
This Is Spinal Tap
Howard Hesseman is rival bandmember
Conquest of the Planet of the Apes
Gordon Jump as the Auctioneer
Next: Movies with Burt Reynolds
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Dolly will always love you
All Dogs Go to Heaven
Burt goes to the dogs
Boogie Nights
Burt regretted this dick pic
Next: Films featuring Dolly Parton
9 to 5
Women’s revenge on sexist boss.
The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas
Parton, Reynolds, adapted from Broadway.
Rhinestone
Proof songs ain’t movie material.
Next: Dick Van Dyke movies
Cold Turkey
An entire town butts out.
Mary Poppins
Invented “Mockney” accent. Americans understood.
Lt. Robinson Crusoe, USN
Cheap thrills from…wait… Disney?
NEXT: Non-porn films of Shannon Tweed (yes, there are three; there are more than three)