Tom Sizemore movies
Pearl Harbor
Love triangle – oh shit, Japs!
Saving Private Ryan
Dumb private wouldn’t go home.
Natural Born Killers
Final “witness” was the camera.
Next: Kate Beckinsale movies.
Underworld
Kate in her Blue period.
Van Helsing
Tragically loved by Hugh Jackman.
Much Ado About Nothing
Branagh directed her as Hero.
Next: Charles Laughton movies
Witness for the Prosecution
Co-starred with wife, Elsa Lanchester.
*The Hunchback of Notre Dame *
Very good, but not Chaney.
Sidewalks of London
Brilliant performance, very often overlooked.
Next: Truly scary (not necessarily gory) movies.
Psycho
Mama’s boy needs some help.
The Birds
My cockatiel is looking fierce.
Diary of a Madman
Vincent Price is having fun.
Next: Slapstick comedies
Blazing Saddles
“The sheriff is a BONG!”
The General
Civil War remagined as fun.
Modern Times
Assembly line work = big laffs.
Next: Sally Field movies.
Sally Field movies
Mrs. Doubtfire
How didn’t she recognize him?!
Forrest Gump
Filled Forrest with hackneyed slogans.
Smokey and the Bandit
She was FINE back then.
Next: Movies based on comic books NOT by Marvel or DC.
Mystery Men
They left out Flaming Carrot!
Men In Black
Cheesy fun with 2 sequels
Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World
Boy fights exes for girl.
Next: Movies with Raquel Welch
A House Is Not A Home
Her screen debut, in 1964.
One Million Years B.C.
Fur bikini was big hit.
The Three Musketeers
Played stunningly beautiful French girl.
Next: Teresa Wright movies.
Somewhere In Time
Superman goes time traveling, but…
Escapade in Japan
She plays Miss Mary Sanders.
Pursued
Teresa Wright is Thor! (What?)
Next: Marx Brothers films.
Marx Brothers films
Animal Crackers
Brothers skewer society, art words.
A Night at the Opera
Classic! Includes iconic stateroom scene.
The Story of Mankind
Dull, unfunny, best not mentioned.
Next: “Inappropriate” comedy films (non-Marx Brothers edition)
To Be Or Not To Be (1942)
Considered wildly inappropriate in 1942.
Heathers
Suicide is NOT funny. NOT.
Theodora Goes Wild
1930s parody of 1930’s “appropriateness,”
Next: Movies where a major character is wrongly presumed to be dead. (SPOILERS ALERT)
Movies where a major character is wrongly presumed to be dead. (SPOILERS ALERT)
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
“You’re not fooling anyone, y’know!”
The Princess Bride
He was only mostly dead.
The Abyss
Rescued by little space friends.
Next: Movies featuring amnesia.
Memento
He finds, and is, killer.
Angel Heart
Private eye has devilish client.
RoboCop
Public service and private loss.
Next: Uwe Boll movies.
BloodRayne
Some dare call it… trash.
Angels Don’t Sleep Here
…but they wish they could.
Auschwitz
Won’t someone stop this man?!
Next: Lee Marvin films.
You’re In The Navy Now
His uncredited debut, in 1951.
The Killers
Was Ronald Reagan’s last film.
Gorky Park
Played crooked, ruthless American businessman.
Next: Vivien Leigh movies.
Vivien Leigh movies
Gone With The Wind
Hearts broken, no damns given
A Streetcar Named Desire
Deservedly grabbed her second Oscar
Waterloo Bridge
Supposedly her own favorite role
Next: John Ford movies without John Wayne
The Tornado
His first; now considered lost.
The Last Hurrah
Political drama starring Spencer Tracy.
7 Women
Ford’s last feature film (1966).
Next: William Conrad movies.
Hudson Hawk
The Narrator in crappy film.
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century
The Narrator in standard remake.
Cannon
The Narrator… no, he’s Cannon!
Next: Movies about kings.
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Charles Laughton eats a lot.
The Man in the Iron Mask
Several versions: I like 1939.
The Lion in Winter
A threefer, plus Queen Eleanor.
Next: very realistic movies (one Monty Python allowed, though) about Medieval or Renaissance peasants.
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Knights, witches, shrubbers, mud, etc.
The Navigator
Villagers escape Black Death temporally.
Braveheart
Scots yearn, fight for freedom.
Next: Movies with the letter “X” somewhere in the title.