Alfie
What’s it all about, Alfie?
The Hand
“There! That’s my bloody hand!”
Batman Begins
Finally, a dignified role. Kinda.
Next: Best Picture Winners
Alfie
What’s it all about, Alfie?
The Hand
“There! That’s my bloody hand!”
Batman Begins
Finally, a dignified role. Kinda.
Next: Best Picture Winners
Wings
The very first, in 1927
The Silence of the Lambs
Scary good; Hopkins is terrific
Gladiator
A personal favorite - Crowe rules!
Next up:
Best Picture winners that you really liked, too
It Happened One Night
Gable falls for Claudette Colbert.
You Can’t Take It With You
Script by George S. Kaufman
Casablanca
Surprised at its non-dated excellence.
Next up:
Films of John C. Reilly
Boogie Nights
Sad story of porn industry.
The Perfect Storm
Sad story of fisheries tragedy.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
Fun story of music history.
Next:
Films of Jack Lemmon
The Odd Couple
Maybe his best known role—
Glengarry Glen Ross
—Or is this the one?
Save the Tiger
Where he won his Oscar
Next: Films of Walter Matthau
The Bad News Bears
Terrific as Little League coach
First Monday in October
Gotta love crusty SCOTUS justice
Hopscotch
Best Eleanor Roosevelt impersonation evah!
Next up:
Movies about or featuring the Roosevelts
FDR: American Badass!
FDR fights Axis Power Werewolves
Hyde Park on Hudson
Murray is quite the player
Night at the Museum
Teddy before the White House
Next: More POTUS in movies
Fail Safe
Henry Fonda: excellent in crisis
Escape from New York
Donald Pleasence: sniveling and untrustworthy
Dave
Kevin Kline: very funny throughout!
Next up:
Movies featuring a VPOTUS, however briefly
My Fellow Americans
John Heard: a scheming mastermind.
Idiocracy
Dax Shepard: stoner becomes Veep.
Air Force One
Don’t mess with Glenn Close.
Next:
Films of Morgan Freeman
Glory
Terrific as gravedigger, then sergeant
Se7en
Weary detective confronts monstrous evil
Driving Miss Daisy
Dignified chauffeur bonds with widow
Next up:
Films of Jessica Tandy
The Indiscretions of Eve
Strong debut as a maid
*batteries not included
Starred opposite her long-time husband
The Birds
Mama-bird reacts to son’s fiancé
Next: Movies by Alfred Hitchcock
Rear Window
Murder among many people’s stories.
Psycho
“Disturbing.” Best way to describe.
Rope
Leopold and Loeb’s story, filmed.
Next: Cheesy B-pictures
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls
Roger Ebert scripted this turkey
Amityville 3-D
As scary as marshmallow fluff
The Room
The Titanic of bad movies
Next: More big-screen cheese
Two Lane Blacktop
Interestingly, characters have no names.
Vanishing Point
Car chase is entire plot.
Electra Glide in Blue
Cops, motorcycles, and unsatisfying ending.
Next:
Films about horse racing
Seabiscuit
Racehorse lifts Great Depression spirits
National Velvet
Sequel released 34 years later!
Racing Stripes
Zebra is unlikely race winner
Next up:
M. Emmet Walsh movies
Midnight Cowboy
Appeared as (uncredited) bus passenger
Romer + Juliet
Mixer of poison for Romeo
Raising Arizona
Machinist with lots of stories
Next: Directors who appeared in their movies (other than Hitchcock)
John Sayles
Usually minor roles, sometimes unflattering.
Spike Lee
Large, small, none: did all.
Woody Allen
Made few films without himself.
NEXT: films directed by women
I must’ve missed that one. Was it any good? ![]()
In play:
The Hurt Locker
Kathryn Bigelow won Best Director Oscar
Little Women
Greta Gerwig did Alcott proud
The Piano
Jane Campion crafted historical drama
Next:
Films with an important silent character
(Not in play)
Honestly I can’t remember any notable lines other than what I’ve read/seen in other adaptations.
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Films with an important silent character