Five-Word Movie Review

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? :smirking_face:

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.

Look more carefully at your original post. :wink:

Still next:

Films with an important silent character