Five-Word Movie Review

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Movies directed by women

Big
Marshall’s funny, winsome comedy hit.

Lost in Translation
Coppola captures Tokyo, loneliness, yearning.

The Hurt Locker
Bigelow first female Best Director.

Next: Sean Penn movies.

Next: Sean Penn movies.
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Fast Times at Ridgemont High
No one expected great things.

Dead Man Walking
My mistake, he can act.

Milk
He really deserved that Oscar.
Next: Holiday movies about a holiday other than Christmas.

1776
Adams was “obnoxious and disliked.”

Halloween
It’s not about the candy.

Planes, Trains and Automobiles
Gotta get home for Thanksgiving!

Next: Movies with the letter “Q” somewhere in the title

Derp.

**Movies with the letter “Q” somewhere in the title **

Galaxy Quest
Tim Allen parodies Shatner flawlessly.

Airplane II: The Sequel
William Shatner parodies himself flawlessly.

John Q
Obamacare could have prevented this.

Next: Movies with the letter “Z” somewhere in the title.

Next: Movies with the letter “Z” somewhere in the title.
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West of Zanzibar
Lon Chaney + Tod Browning = excellent.

Zodiac
Great adaptation of bad source.

Zelig
It was before CGI! Amazing!
Next: movies with counter-intuitive casting.

Monster
Charlize Theron is made ugly.

Being John Malkovich
Cameron Diaz is made uglier.

Natural Born Killers
Rodney Dangerfield is the heavy.

Next: Movies set in France.

French Kiss
Kevin Kline has great accent.

An American in Paris
Levant, Kelly, Caron and Gershwin!

An American Werewolf in Paris
Just another silly monster movie.

Next: Movies you’ve seen that few other people have as well.

Next: Movies you’ve seen that few other people have as well.
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Tales from the Gimli Hospital
Setting: chicken coop, or hospital?

Alice in Wonderland (1933 Paramount version)
Not as bad as reputed.

The Unknown
Chaney film, many years lost.
Next: vintage films you saw on a big screen.

It’s A Wonderful Life
First saw it in college.

Casablanca
Wowed me; still love it.

Citizen Kane
Sorry, but methinks it’s overrated.

Next: Movies you wish you’d walked out on.

Forrest Gump
Tried: companion had the keys.

The Phantom Menace
Least watchable child actor: 1999.

The Scenic Route
But I was the projectionist.
Next: your favorite non-English language films.

**Your favorite non-English language films. **

Run Lola Run
Lola jogs for cash, thrice.

Let the Right One In
Child vampire dines on Swedes.

Pelle the Conqueror
Also Swedish, but no vampires.

Trivia note: the actor who portrayed Pelle (Pelle Hvenegaard) was actually named after the character in the original novel.

Next: Movies you actually did walk out on.

Nightmare on Elm Street
Wasn’t a cult film yet.

Cheech & Chong’s Up in Smoke
Went swimming with friend instead.

2001
Fell asleep, but, same difference.
Next: films of Ed Wood.

Glen or Glenda
Transvestism celebrated - Wood directed, starred.

Bride of the Monster
Hey, was featured on MST3K!

Plan 9 from Outer Space
Still relished for its awfulness.

Next: Ronald Reagan films.

Kings’ Row
The rest of him, indeed.

Bedtime for Bonzo
The chimp gave best performance.

Hellcats of the Navy
Ron, Nancy’s only film together.
Next: “True” stories that really weren’t.

The Amityville Horror
Filmmakers took some serious liberties.

Texas Chain Saw Massacre
Sheer fiction, start to finish.

Fargo
Coen Bros. not entirely truthful.

Next: Susan Sarandon films.

Rocky Horror Picture Show
as Janet Weiss - a Heroine

The Witches of Eastwick
One of the three witches

Thelma & Louise
She crashed with Geena Davis.
Next: Movies about early Rock & Roll.

La Bamba
Valens biopic got rave reviews.

Backbeat
Chronicles the Beatles’ early days.

American Graffiti
Rock is backdrop for teens.

Next: Tom Berenger films.

Rustler’s Rhapsody
Wonderful send up of westerns.

The Big Chill
Great ensemble piece; class reunion.

Major League
Lighthearted baseball comedy works well.
Next: Non-holiday films set in wintertime.

The Empire Strikes Back
A chilly battlefield, Hoth is.

Dr. Zhivago
Russian winters not much fun.

Smilla’s Sense of Snow
Detective story with amateur sleuth.

Next: Movies with the word “Uncle” in the title.

Uncle Vanya
Michael Redgrave had the lead.

Uncle Buck
Better than the TV series.

The Monkey’s Uncle
Annette and a chimpanzee, wowza!
Next: Favorite Christmas Films