Five-Word Movie Review

Heat

Veteran cop versus professional thief

Dog Day Afternoon

Poorly conceived heist goes awry

Scarface

Drug kingpin rises and falls

Next:
Movies with numbers in the title

The Sixth Sense
Creepy kid sees dead people.

Se7en
Creepy killer murders sinful people.

Ocean’s Eleven
Julia Roberts is plain creepy.

Next: Coming-of-Age movies.

To Kill a Mockingbird
Uplifting Depression-era Alabama family tale.

Harry Potter and the Sorceror’s Stone
There’re all kinds of family.

Cinema Paradiso
Movies can change us forever.

Next: Movies about the last years of life.

Movies about the last years of life.

Going In Style
George Burns robs a bank.

The Bucket List
Crossin’ them off in order.

The Lion In Winter
It’s good to be king.
Next:
Movies about cooks or cooking.

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
Overlong title, pretty good movie.

Julie & Julia
That’s some cookbook to complete!

Big Night
Wacky Italian brothers cook magnificently.

Next: Movies about writers.

Movies about writers

All The President’s Men
Handsome reporters take down Nixon

Secret Window
Supposed plagiarism turns to murder

The Shining
All work and no play…

Next: The cheesiest Sci-fi movies you have seen

The cheesiest Sci-fi movies you have seen

Night of the Lepus
DeForest Kelly vs. Giant Rabbits???

Santa Claus Conquers The Martians
Please, God, make it stop!

Plan 9 From Outer Space
Starring Bela Lugosi, Wood’s dentist.
Next:
Non-1950’s movies that are set in the 1950’s

Non-1950’s movies that are set in the 1950’s

Grease
Those “teenagers” are all thirty!

Back to the Future
Kid turns his Mom on!

My Favorite Year
Errol Flynn meets Sid Caesar
Pirate-themed movies

Pirate-themed movies

The Sea Hawk
Do not miss this one!

Pirates
Walter Matthau’s leg’s gone missing!

The Pirate Movie
Kristy MacNichol couldn’t save it
Next: Kurt Russell movies

Kurt Russell movies

Escape from New York
Unrealistic depiction of nineties Manhattan.

Silkwood
Glow in the dark rednecks!

Overboard
Kurt bamboozles ditzy rich Goldie.
Up next - rockumentaries!

Rockumentaries

The Song Remains The Same
Clears out all your sinuses

This Is Spinal Tap
The amp goes to 11

Beatlemania
Why, why, why, why bother?
Next: Big Bug movies

This is Spinal Tap
Classic spoof of the genre.

Gimme Shelter
Rolling Stones in their prime.

Rattle and Hum
U2 before they got BIG.

Next: Big bug movies.

Big Bug movies:

Them!
Eee! Eee! Eee! Eee! Eee!

Empire of the Ants
Alexis Carrington vs. Ant overlords.

Eight Legged Freaks
Not as funny as “Empire”
Up next - Martin Scorsese films (“He makes the best fuckin films! He makes the best fuckin’ films…”)

Martin Scorsese films:

Taxi Driver:
De Niro talks to himself.

The Last Waltz:
The Band and their friends.

Raging Bull:
De Niro plays Jake Lamotta.

Next: Disney live-action films.

Disney live-action films

The Incredible Journey
One cat, two dogs, adventure!

Emil and the Detectives
French kids solve a mystery.

The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes
Kurt Russell is so embarrassed.

Next:
Time Travel movies

Time Travel movies:

Déjà Vu
Yes he CAN save her.

Source Code
Dying man makes new life.

Back to the Future II
Teenager gets back again, unfortunately.
Next: Humphrey Bogart movies

Humphrey Bogart movies

To Have and To Have Not
Bacall gives Bogey whistling lessons.

The Caine Mutiny
Don’t mess with Queeg’s strawberries.

The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Stinkin’ badges are not required.

Next John Ford films

John Ford films

Stagecoach
Ford, the Duke head West

Grapes of Wrath
Depression farmers head to California

The Battle of Midway
Documentary of pivotal island fight

**Next: Bruce Willis movies **

Bruce Willis movies:

Die Hard:
Terrorists, hostages, McClane: explosive action.

Look Who’s Talking:
Voice only; toddler makes wisecracks.

The Sixth Sense:
Just who is dead here?

Next: Drive-In B-pictures.

The Rocky Horror Picture Show
Cult classic still draws crowds.

The Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Lone Star State never recovered.

Easy Rider
Motorcyclists try to discover America.

Next: Keira Knightley films.