The Fugitive
Deserved its Best Picture nomination.
The Brady Bunch Movie
70’s family in 90’s zeitgeist.
21 Jump Street
Obvious adults play teen narcs.
Movies based on banned books (reference)
Beloved
Former slave is sorrowful, haunted
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
High school can really suck
Sold
“Happiness House” is helluva misnomer
Next up:
Other films of Gillian Anderson
Johnny English
Mr. Bean is James Bond.
Moby Dick
Whale is metaphor for obsession.
The Last King of Scotland
Bored doctor befriends Idi Amin.
Movies not called Titanic that take place on a boat or a ship.
Captains Courageous
Spencer Tracy’s Portuguese accent rules!
Boat Trip
“Gay cruise? But I’m straight!”
The Ra Expeditions
Thor Hyerdahl’s papyrus boat trip.
Movies that take place on a submarine
Das Boot
Germans’ view of submarine warfare.
U-571
British ignored; Americans take credit.
Down Periscope
Grammer can’t stop being Frasier.
Next: Courtroom movies
Breaker Morant
Great war movie, courtroom drama
Liar Liar
Crooked lawyer finds humorous redemption
Runaway Jury
High-stakes case manipulated very adroitly
Next up:
Movies which disappointed you
The Matrix Reloaded
The first was so good…
The Dead
“Lived”(?) up to its billing
Ex Machina
Gratuitous, with no likeable characters
Next: Movies about machines