Blaxploitation Movies
Superfly
Curtis Mayfield’s soundtrack is legendary
The Mack
Entertaining look into pimp life
Black Belt Jones
Jim Kelly’s badassery finally showcased
Next: Martial Arts Movies
Martial Arts Movies
Enter The Dragon
Saxon’s got hair: good guy.
Kung Fu Hustle
Axe Gang’s no real threat.
Rush Hour
Jackie Chan and a loudmouth.
Next:
Documentaries
Documentaries:
An Inconvenient Truth:
Al Gore on global warming.
Bowling for Columbine:
Michael Moore on gun control.
Nanook of the North:
Nanook on an ice floe.
Next: Al Pacino movies.
Dog Day Afternoon
Botched bank robbery, with shouting.
Scent of a Woman
Blind officer tangos quite well.
Scarface
Kindly greet my small chum.
Next: Mafia movies.
Miller’s Crossing
What does the hat mean?
Goodfellas
Crime pays, but with drawbacks
Godfather III
Should have stoped at two.
Next:
Dystopian sci-fi
Dystopian sci-fi
Brazil
Progress doesn’t make life better.
Blade Runner
Androids die in the rain.
Soylent Green
Ask for it by name!
Next:
John Wayne films
The Alamo
The Duke’s own Heaven’s Gate.
The Quiet Man
Mandatory St. Paddy’s Day viewing.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Wayne shot him, not Stewart
New: Ingmar Bergman
The Seventh Seal
Man plays chess with death.
The Silence
A long boring train ride.
Fanny and Alexander
Just a long boring movie.
Next: Slacker Teen Comedies
Slacker Teen Comedies
Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Phoebe Cates at poolside? Yow!
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
Righteous dude, friends, skip school
Breakfast Club
Disparate teens sit in detention
Up next: Movies featuring Saturday Night Live characters
Movies featuring Saturday Night Live characters
Coneheads
Consume mass quantities of popcorn.
It’s Pat
Nobody cares is he’s she.
The Blues Brothers
On a mission from God.
Next:
Silent films
Silent films:
Intolerance:
Too long and too confusing.
Safety Last:
Harold Lloyd and a clock.
Mel Brooks’ Silent Movie:
Marcel Marceau still says, “Non!”
Next: Films set in New York.
Escape from New York: Snake Plissken kidnaps President’s plane
Midnight Cowboy: Two losers are working here.
Annie: Orphan sings ultimate “Tomorrow” earworm.
Next: Films set in California
Miracle on 34th Street
Loony really IS Santa Claus.
Coogan’s Bluff
Cowboy chases crooks in Manhattan.
The Taking of Pelham 1-2-3
Bad guys hijack subway car.
New topic: Movies set in medieval Europe
Gangs of New York
Can’t we just get along?
When Harry Met Sally
Unlikely romance makes 'em happy OR
I’ll have what she’s having.
I am Legend
Lonely Army doctor studies baddies.
Next: Movies set in medieval Europe.
**Movies set in medieval Europe. **
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
An African swallow or European?
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
The Moor tries too hard.
Robin Hood: Men In Tights
Cary Elwes’s better British accent.
Next:
Foreign Films
Foreign Films:
Carry on Camping (UK):
Hijinks at a British campsite.
The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (Canada):
Richard Dreyfus’ first big role.
Crocodile Dundee (Australia):
From outback to New York.
Next: Movies involving big heists.
Cinema Paradiso
Projectionist mentors fatherless Sicilian kid.
Rashomon
Everyone tells a different story.
Alexander Nevsky
Russians slaughter Krauts on ice.
New topic: Elvis movies
Remember Rule 3, astorian, and beware of simulposts.
Love Me Tender
His first movie; he dies.
Viva Las Vegas
Loud, garish, with Ann-Margret too.
Jailhouse Rock
He killed a guy accidentally.
Next: Movies involving big heists.
Movies involving big heists
The Great Train Robbery
Sean Connery robs a train.
The Hunt For Red October
Sean Connery steals a sub.
Ocean’s Thirteen
Would’ve been better with Connery.
Next:
Dog movies
Turner And Hooch
Detective partners with slobbery hound.
Old Yeller
Faithful dog gets rabies, dies.
Air Bud
Dog plays first rate basketball.
Next:
Merchant and Ivory Films