And my all-time favorite film.
*The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover *
Watch the set change colors!
*The Madness of King George *
She plays yet another queen.
Hitchcock *
“Best of the Hitchcock blondes.”
Next:* remakes that improved on the original.**
Maybe that wasn’t a good choice, since no one’s picked it up in a couple of days, so I’ll do it.
The Parent Trap (1961) (remake of Twice Blessed (1945))
Real twins untalented; FX better.
Gaslight (1940 & 1944)
For suspense, pacing is everything.
Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920 &1931)
Fredric March. Fredric “Oscar” March.
Next: Alfred Hitchcock’s British films.
The 39 Steps
A favorite of mine!
The Lady Vanishes
Cute tourist, elderly disappearing biddy
Frenzy
His last big British film
Next: Movies about authors
Finding Neverland
Barrie finds a second family.
Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
Algonquin Round Table at play.
Shakespeare In Love
Stoppard and Shakespeare: together again!
Next: Movies about modern day cowboys
The Electric Horseman
Cowboy tries to help thoroughbred.
All the Pretty Horses
Studio cut it pretty badly.
Brokeback Mountain
Gay cowboys, but no pudding.
Next: Movies about boys
Movies about boys
Boyhood (2014)
Took 12 years to film.
The Sandlot (1993)
You throw like a girl!
Stand By Me (1986)
Wanna see a dead body?
Next: Movies about girls.
Frozen
Sisterhood nets Disney big bucks.
Because Of Winn-Dixie
A girl and her dog.
Gidget Goes Hawaiian
The “girl midget” and surf.
Next: Movies about fathers.
Life with Father
Irene Dunne’s only color film.
Saving Mr. Banks
All about PL Travers’ dad.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie starring kid’s dead father.
Next: annnnd finishing up,** movies about mothers.**
Serial Mom
Cross her at your peril
Mama
She’s no winner, either - yeesh!
Aliens
Ripley lost daughter; defends Newt
Next: Movies about uncles
Shadow of a Doubt
Is Uncle Charlie serial killer?
Uncle Buck
The name sums it up.
Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
Thai film won Palme d’Or.
Next: movies about sisters that are not Little Women
Hannah and Her Sisters
Thanksgiving dinner ala Woody Allen.
The Other Boleyn Girl
Anne, Mary, Henry, love, death.
Hocus Pocus
Bette & sisters terrorize Halloween.
Next: movies featuring chimps.
I think “a la” is two words, even in English. But you could say “per Woody Allen.”
Bedtime for Bonzo
Reagan officially fodder for MST3K.
Planet of the Apes
Chimps are the nice ones.
Project X
Wrong in so many ways.
Next: “Ugly Duckling” movies (ie, the ugly, or klutzy, or unpopular character gets remade into the beautiful “swan”).
The Princess Diaries
Anne Hathaway sorta kinda “transformed.”
Dr. Zhivago
Lara cleans up real good!
Grease
I liked Sandy better non-slutty.
Next: Movies about aunts
Auntie Mame
Eccentric woman and short pants.
Arsenic and Old Lace
Thank God I’m a bastard!
Pollyanna
Rich aunt takes in niece.
Next: movies about people pretending to be married to each other
I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
Fake gay firemen; movie sucked
The Big Wedding
Mustn’t let other family know!
Get Smart
Spies’ cover very quickly blown
Next: Movies about bratty children
**Movies about bratty children **
Home Alone
Macaulay Culkin at his peak
Problem Child
A-hole kid so funny [/sarcasm]
Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Evil Vader’s a bratty child?
Next: **Movies showing fictional products. **
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House
If you ain’t eating WHAM…
The Hudsucker Proxy
Mundane product saves company. Oops.
Soylent Green
Soylent Green is [spoiler alert]!
Oh, next category up is movies of Melvyn Douglas.
Tonight or Never
His screen debut in 1931
Hud
Won an Oscar in 1963
Being There
Did it again in 1979
Next: Movies about cats
Movies about cats
Pet Sematary
Sometimes, dead is better. (Meow)
The Cat From Outer Space
Jake needs gold for repairs.
Cat Ballou
Couldn’t think of a third.
Next: Movies about dogs.
Benji
Always thought he was annoying.
Old Yeller
Boy must do the unthinkable.
Cats & Dogs
Who knew they acted thus?
Next: Movies about dinosaurs