*The Lost World *(1925)
First big special effects spectacular.
Fantasia
The way their world ended.
Jurassic Park
“Cretaceous Park” would be better.
Next: movies showing a TV or TV-like device made before 1950.
Modern Times (1936)
Company’s owner on the screen.
The Wizard of Oz (1939)
Aunt Em via Crystal Ball.
Ma and Pa Kettle (1949)
Futuristic House has a TV.
Next: non-Star Trek films of William Shatner.
Judgment at Nuremberg
Very young; very, very handsome.
The Outrage
American Rashomon in old West.
Impulse
Shatner is a serial killer.
Next: films of Ingrid Bergman.
Casablanca
Beautiful and charismatic beyond words.
Notorious
Star turn in Hitchcock classic.
A Woman Called Golda
Nimoy played her long-suffering husband.
Next: Movies with an elevator scene
Ascenseur pour l’échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows)
“Stuck in elevator” not alibi.
The Towering Inferno
Exterior elevator plays major role.
Shallow Hal
Trapped with life coach Robbins.
Next: movies with the same time segment from different perspectives.
Rashomon
Not how I remember it!
The Conversation
Emphasis can make big difference.
Vantage Point
Assassination attempt goes seriously awry.
Next: Movies about frenemies
** Movies about frenemies**
Amadeus
Jealous mediocrity ruins destitute genius.
Star Trek
Reboot pits Spock against Kirk.
Mean Girls
Lindsay Lohan’s only decent movie.
Robert Cummings Films
Saboteur
Screenplay: Dorothy Parker; Director: Hitchcock.
King’s Row
Blah, blah, Ronald Reagan, blah.
Dial M for Murder
IMO, his very best film.
Next: Lillian Gish’s sound films
Top Man
Nothing to do with Ark
The Night of the Hunter
Mitchum is really bad guy
The Whales of August
Her last movie; with Bette
Next: Movies about golf
Caddyshack
I’m betting on the gopher.
The Caddy
Martin and Lewis are mediocre.
Pat and Mike
Tracy and Hepburn are sensational.
Next: Movies centered around one or more wild animals.
Bringing up Baby
The leopard has dual role.
King Kong
This is the “or more.”
Bwana Devil
Maneating lions in first 3D!
Next: locked room mysteries.
locked room mysteries.
Flightplan
Dumb reveal mirrors absurd plot.
Non-Stop
Villain’s motivations are nauseatingly bad.
Clue
Excellent cast delivers hilarious performances.
Next: Films defined by their paratexts.
Birth of a Nation
It’s racist; it’s film history.
Fahrenheit 451
Bradbury not happy with paratexts.
The Blair Witch Project
Paratexts proceeded premiere by months.
Next:** films that took place entirely, or almost entirely, on trains.**
films that took place entirely, or almost entirely, on trains.
Silver Streak
Pryor disguises Wilder in blackface.
Source Code
Dead men have no rights.
Terror Train
Curtis vs. not Michael Myers.
Next: PG-13 movies that use the word “Fuck”.
PG-13 movies that use the word “Fuck”.
The Aviator
Baldwin (as Trippe) drops it.
The Wedding Singer
Incredibly, not by Billy Idol!
Skyfall
Dench’s M says the F!
Next: R, X, or NC-17 rated movies (in English) that do not use the word "fuck."
** R, X, or NC-17 rated movies (in English) that do not use the word “fuck.”**
Halloween
The Night He Came Home!
Midnight Cowboy
Sweeps Oscars, despite X rating.
Blazing Saddles
[racial slur] ensures R rating.
Next: Films based on works by Stephen King.
The Shawshank Redemption
Prison drama with happy ending.
The Green Mile
Prison drama with… you know.
The Stand
End of the world, kinda.
Next: Movies set mostly, or entirely, in hotels
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
Old Brits move to India.
The Cocoanuts
Marx Bros. ru(i)n the place.
What’s Up, Doc?
Funny conventioners fall in love.
Next: Movies with robots
Movies with robots
Robots
Ewan Mcgregor post- ‘Star Wars’.
Bill and Ted’s Bogus Journey
Pam Grier is really Rufus.
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Michael Bay loves robot testicles.
Next: 1990 Sequels
i.e. sequels that came out in 1990 (there were quite a lot)