Eddie and the Cruisers
Band leader has disappeared mysteriously.
This is Spinal Tap
Mockumentary by genre master Guest.
Satisfaction
I alone liked this movie.
Next: movies starring three different actresses named Mary (real name or stage name).
Two Memories
Mary Pickford’s first, in 1910
Main Street to Broadway
Mary Martin’s last, in 1953
Change of Habit
Mary Tyler Moore… as nun?!?
And Elvis (as a doctor!) and Ed Asner, too: Change of Habit - Wikipedia
Next: Ed Asner films
The Satan Bug
Deadly virus horror/disaster mash-up.
*The Slender Thread *
Detective tracks suicide hot-line caller.
Change of Habit
First time working with MTM.
Next: Epic disaster movies.
Titanic
Old lady discards fine jewelry.
*The Perfect Storm[/]
Blub. Blub. Blub. Blub. Blub.
The Towering Inferno
Who can Charlton Heston save?
Next: Films of Gene Wilder.
The Producers
Played timid accountant in scam.
Blazing Saddles
Liked chess, screwing; did first.
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Absolutely perfect in lead role.
Next: more films of Gene Wilder.
Young Frankenstein
Played young Dr. “That’s Fronk-en-steen.”
Bonnie and Clyde
Yes, was in this movie.
Haunted Honeymoon
With real-life wife Gilda Radner.
Next: films of people from SNL that were critical successes.
Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
Ferrell, Reilly as NASCAR idjits.
Wayne’s World
Myers, Carvey as sly slackers.
Sisters
Fey, Poehler as… you know.
Next: films of people from SCTV that were critical successes.
Cool Runnings
Candy coaches Jamaican bobsled team.
Best in Show
Eugene Levy overweening dog owner.
Home Alone
Catherine O’Hara can’t count kids.
Next: Non sequitur part deux: three completely unrelated movies, from different eras and genres, and they cannot even have in common the fact that you liked or disliked them.
The General
Keaton’s silent Civil War epic.
Yor: Hunter From The Future
SciFi meets Fantasy, drops dead.
Ocean’s Eleven
Clooney successful remake, large cast.
Next: Movies with different months in the titles
The January Man
Serial killer reactivates disgraced cop.
The Ides of March
Green staffer browns during campaign.
*The Hunt for Red October *
Soviet sub headed for US!
Next: Mockumentaries (extra points if they fooled a lot of people).
A Mighty Wind
Aging folksters stage benefit concert.
This is Spinal Tap
“…but this goes to eleven.”
The Blair Witch Project
Not funny at all, really.
Next: Movies set in foreign countries (no repeats of countries)
The Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Dissimilar French girls become friends.
Shakespeare in Love
The Bard has writer’s block.
Gojira
“Whale-gorilla” awakens, and destroys Tokyo.
Or, if you specifically mean Hollywood films set outside the US, here:
Pride and Prejudice
English sisters look for husbands.
The Grudge
American remake retains Japanese setting.
Casablanca
Moroccan Cafe site of WWII intrigue.
Next: Films set entirely in outer space, but featuring earth people as characters (in other words, Star Wars wouldn’t count).
Dark Star
Talking bombs. Alien Beach Ball.
Alien
Same writer as Dark Star
Outland
Sean Connery as Io’s sheriff
Next up: Michael Crichton adaptations.
Jurassic Park
Life will find a way.
Congo
Better book than this movie.
Rising Sun
Sean Connery at his nadir.
Next: Movies that feature a character through long periods of his or her life.
Little Big Man
Life as a white indian
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Bradd Pitt ages backwards somehow
Highlander
Sean Connery immortal until not
Next up:Terrible Sean Connery movies.
The Avengers
Sucky adaptation of classic show.
Medicine Man
Panned, albeit, I liked it.
Meteor
Again, panned: all-star cast fizzle.
Next: All-star cast failures.
Ishtar
Beatty, Hoffman can’t save turkey
Battlefield Earth
Travolta Scientology flick crashed, burned
Gigli
Affleck, J-Lo, Pacino, Walken - feh!
Next: Movies set all or mostly in autumn
Halloween
The name says it all.
What’s Cooking?
Four Thanksgiving stories, one block.
Children of a Lesser god
Fall semester at Deaf school.
Next: movies set at schools for people with disabilities.
I’m drawing a blank.
Children of a Lesser god
First Oscar to Deaf person.
Amy
Meh film; horrible source material.
A Child is Waiting
Excellent non-musical for Judy Garland.
Next: movies set at boarding schools. Only one Harry Potter film allowed.