Civil Rights Movies:
To Kill a Mockingbird:
Stand up, child. Father’s passing.
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner:
Interracial marriage; risky for 1967.
Mississippi Burning:
Ugly portrayal of racial prejudice.
Next: (we need to lighten this up a bit) Movies filmed on location in Chicago.
Movies filmed on location in Chicago.
Candyman
Good horror, given the decade.
Home Alone
Critics are divided on this?! http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/home_alone/
The Blues Brothers
Elwood is cinema’s greatest driver.
Next: **John Hughes Films **
**John Hughes Films **
The Breakfast Club
The Brat Pack’s finest hour
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
His indisputable stone-cold classic
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Cameron hallucinated the whole thing.
Next: Movies based on Saturday Night Live skits or characters
Movies based on Saturday Night Live skits or characters
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A Night At The Roxbury
What is love? (not this)
Coneheads
You will…NARFTLE THE GARTHOK!!
*Wayne’s World *
Party time! Excellent! Ummmm…Schwing!
Next Simon Pegg and Nick Frost films
Shaun of the Dead
Can you tell who’re zombies?
Hot Fuzz
Rural British cops become heroes.
Paul
Slackers chill out with alien.
Next: Ben Kingsley films.
Ben Kingsley films.
The Love Guru
Have you no shame, man?
Sexy Beast
The man has shocking range.
Sneakers
Most over-cast popcorn movie ever.
Next: Biopics of living (at the time of release) people.
Biopics of living (at the time of release) people.
The Al Jolson Story
Featured singing by Al Jolson.
Night and Day
Cole Porter minus the homosexuality.
The Joker Is Wild
Sinatra as Joe E, Brown.
Next: Movies about fans.
Invincible
Football fan gets to play!
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The Incredibles*
Worshipful fan becomes implacable nemesis.
Fever Pitch
Love - and baseball - conquer all.
Next: Carl Reiner films.
Carl Reiner films.
Ocean’s Eleven
The biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever.
The Jerk
His lawsuit caused Navin’s demise.
Sibling Rivalry
As director, not an actor.
Next: Kirstie Alley films.
Kirstie Alley films
Look Who’s Talking
Travolta’s biggest hit since “Grease”.
Look Who’s Talking Too
Back when Roseanne was relevant.
Look Who’s Talking Now
Jeez, even the pets speak.
Next: 90’s Gangster Films.
90s Gangster Films
Pulp Fiction
An all time game changer.
Goodfellas
Maybe Scorsese’s finest moment yet.
Boyz N The Hood
Singleton should’ve bagged two Oscars
Next: Movies where the titular character dies
Miller’s Crossing
Hat loser plays off gangs
Pulp Fiction
Chronologically weird plot with joky brutality
Casino
Goodfellas made into epic novel
Screwball comedies from the 1930s
**Movies where the titular character dies **
Lincoln
Saved the Union then pow!
John Dies at the End
Dimension hopping to save Earth
Penn and Teller get Killed
Movie title is a spoiler
Next: **Screwball comedies from the 1930s **
**Screwball comedies from the 1930s **
Duck Soup
Let’s rally 'round Mrs. Teasdale.
Modern Times
One of Chaplin’s finest efforts.
You Can’t Take It With You
Enjoy yourself, life’s too short.
Next: Romances where the guy doesn’t get the girl.
Casablanca
Rick must let her go.
Possession
Secret lovers’ lives diverge forever.
Shakespeare in Love
Viola marries, leaves for America.
Next: David Duchovny films.
David Duchovny films.
Don’t Tell Mom The Babysitter’s Dead
I won’t if you won’t.
Working Girl
He’s Tess’s Birthday Party Friend.
The X Files
A better series than movie.
Next: Movies about Mars.
Mars Attacks!
Nicholson, Close in White House.
Mission to Mars
Martian swing and a miss.
Total Recall
Wow, that’s some quick terraforming!
Next: Ellen DeGeneres movies.
**Ellen DeGeneres movies. **
Doctor Dolittle
Animals say the darndest things
Mr. Wrong
Bill Pullman’s “Mr. Wrong?” Inconceivable!
The Coneheads
“French” family loves Subway subs.
Next: Bill Pullman movies
Bill Pullman movies
Independence Day
American President helps destroy aliens.
Sibling Rivalry
True friends help move bodies.
Caspar
Actually, most ghosts are friendly.
Next: Jeff Goldblum movies.
Jeff Goldblum movies,
Jurassic Park
Steals every scene he’s in.
Independence Day
That virus thing shouldn’t work.
Vibes
Cyndi can’t act; Jeff can.
Next: James Marsden movies.