To be fair, “marketing” was not all that well understood back then. Or “budgets,” come to think of it…
Movies made before the end of WWII
Casablanca
Still my very favorite film.
Went the Day Well?
In 1942, anticipated Hitler’s death
How Green Was My Valley
Welsh mining village endures setbacks.
Returning to Spoons’s earlier suggestion:
Films of Michael Caine
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Slick con men get schooled
Half Moon Street
Sigourney Weaer naked? Hell yeah!
Blame It on Rio
Thought Michelle Johnston’d hit bigger.
The film oeuvre of Pauley Shore
I’m ashamed I know of at least three Pauley Shore movies.
Encino Man
Me, caveman. You, dumbass. Ha!
Son in Law
Wild, crazy, stupid… that’s Pauley!
How It Ends
Oh, if it were true.
Let’s try for a bit of class: Films of Julianne Moore
Tales from the Darkside: The Movie
Her screen debut, in 1990
The Big Lebowski
Cool ginger seduces the Dude
Boogie Nights
Porn starlet has motherly side
Next up:
The film oeuvre of John Goodman
King Ralph
Actually, a pretty good King.
Revenge of the Nerds
“Go live in the gym!”
Blues Brothers 2000
Mighty Mack sings the blues.
Next:
Films of Audrey Hepburn
True Stories
Plays the scary Texas husband.
Punchline
Plays the scary Texas husband.
Sea of Love
Police detective gets some strange.
Films featuring Giancarlo Esposito
Umm .. @Horatio_Hellpop? … we’ve moved on past John Goodman.
And who the hell is Giancarlo Esposito? I know Phil Esposito and Tony Esposito (hockey players), but … well, I’ll shut up now.
This thread has been dormified before, with prompts that are too obscure. Suggest that you either change your prompt to something we all understand, or well … something we all understand.
Esposito? Hockey players for Chicago. Actors, they ain’t. Like, is Giancarlo, Phil or Tony’s brother or something?
Tells you a lot.
Sorry I missed Audrey Hepburn, she wasn’t visible when I made my post. Seems odd, that post went up three hours before mine, but I’m not posting from America and these things happen.
Who is Giancarlo Esposito? Well, that’s what IMDB is for. He is quite famous as the main bad guy in Breaking Bad. His films include Bob Roberts, School Daze, Disney’s Stargirl, and he is being considered for numerous Marvel roles including Magneto and Professor Xavier. This is one of the more in-demand character actors in Hollywood at the moment, not exactly obscure.
Again, sorry I missed Audrey Hepburn, a big personal favorite, you can go ahead and dip into her filmography if you prefer.
I know Giancarlo Esposito from two roles: Gus of Breaking Bad and Buggin’ Out of Do the Right Thing. Two very opposite roles.
Films of Audrey Hepburn
Roman Holiday
Princess cavorts with tabloid reporter
The Nun’s Story
Spoiled girl enters a convent
Wait Until Dark
Turns tables on home invaders
Next: Surprise cameos by A-list actors
The Searchers (Mae Marsh)
Silent mega-star is women’s jailer.
Sunset Boulevard (young Gloria Swanson)
Unreleased Swanson becomes archive Desmond.*
Airplane! (Barbara Billingsley)
Beaver’s mom can translate jive.
*Footage from an as-yet-un edited, unreleased, Swanson film called Queen Kelly, was used for the old films of herself Norma obsessionally watches. 36 years after Sunset Boulevard, Queen Kelly was finally edited and released. It was directed by the actor who plays the butler/valet in Sunset Boulevard.
NEXT: Spike Lee films
Spike Lee Films
Do The Right Thing
Race riot at pizza place.
BlacKKKlansman
Black reporter infiltrates the Klan.
Bamboozled
Actor brings back Minstrel shows.
NEXT: Movies with memorable fight scenes.
Movies with memorable fight scenes.
Mortal Kombat (1995)
Cage does splits, punches nuts
Top Secret
Big fight in underwater saloon
The Quiet Man
Duking it out throughout countryside
Next: St. Patrick’s Day movies
The Guard
Irish movie without Colm Meaney.
The Boys and Girl of County Clare
Dirty damn hippies, Andrea Corr
The Magdalene Sisters
More recent than you think.
Movies you never want to watch a second time
Movies you never want to watch a second time
Cape Fear (1991 version)
Shows sexual assault of tween.
Titanic
Appalling apathy towards poor people.
Schindler’s List
Just so horribly, dreadfully depressing.
Movies that take place in a prison
Caged
Young innocent becomes hardened criminal.
The Shawshank Redemption
Good planning requires time, patience.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Prisoner disguised because [spoiler alert]
NEXT: Genres that usually feature men featuring women (ie, Westerns, road trips, cop/detective stories)
Genres that usually feature men featuring women (ie, Westerns, road trips, cop/detective stories)
The Quick and the Dead
Female gunslinger rides into town
Ocean’s Eight
Buddy heist with eye candy
Ghostbusters (2016)
Remake no one asked for
Next: More movie remakes
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Confession: I prefer American remake
The Count of Monte Cristo
2002 remake was pretty good
Ben-Hur
2016 remake crashed and burned
Next up:
Movies they just might remake… but you really hope they won’t
Movies they just might remake… but you really hope they won’t
Clue
Ryan Reynolds attached; Go Wrexham!
Scarface
Even Coen Brothers can’t succeed.
Fantastic Voyage
James Cameron’s working on it.
NEXT: Deus ex machina: Movies in which God/ a god makes an appearance (humorously or otherwise)
Deus ex machina: Movies in which God/ a god makes an appearance (humorously or otherwise)
Oh, God!
George Burns’ wisecracking, cigar-smoking deity
Dogma
Alanis Morissette does god-like handstands
Monty Python’s Search for the Holy Grail
God appears to the knights
Next: Non-animated movies with animated segments
Non-animated movies with animated segments
Nine to Five
Women smoke weed, have visions.
Mary Poppins
Journey to a magical park
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Why less popular than Mary?
NEXT: Animated movies that are not for children.