Aliens
Powerful ensemble case, plus Weaver.
La Femme Nikita
How the French do rehab.
Kill Bill I & II
Tarentino flirts with Lynch imitation.
I just realized all these films star women. Didn’t mean to do that.
Next: films in a genre that usually appeals to one gender, designed to appeal to the other gender (either exclusively, or as well).
Million Dollar Baby
Boxing film with female lead
Casino Royale
Bond adventure includes some beefcake
Pretty Woman
Romance includes slinky young Julia
Next: Movies set all or mostly in London
Shanghai Knights
Jackie Chan saves Victorian London
An American Werewolf In London
Wish I knew his tailor
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes’ Smarter Brother
Gene, Madeleine, Marty have fun
Next: Movies named after a song title (no Beatles, please)
The Bells of St. Mary’s
WWI song; WWII movie: popular.
Blue Velvet
Now song creeps me out.
Running on Empty
Features more James Taylor music.
Next: movies with unhelpful titles. (That is, you have no idea what to expect from the film-- sometimes even expect the wrong thing.)
Serial
Hilarious comedy with Martin Mull.
Cloverfield
Godzillaesque creature trashes New York.
The Breakfast Club
Teenagers in detention form bond.
Next: Movies not made in the 1950’s but set in the 1950’s
Quiz Show
Corruption in early television exposed
Back to the Future
Marty, Doc Brown time travel
MASH*
Vietnam commentary on Korean War
Next: Movies that show “war is hell”
All Quiet on the Western Front
War is hell, both sides.
Testament of Youth
Only read book, was enough.
Saving Private Ryan
An inner circle of hell.
Next: movies featuring a draft-dodger, deserter, or someone dishonorably discharged.
Breaker Morant
Young officer avoids firing squad
The Last Detail
Sailor escorted to military prison
Cold Mountain
Confederate soldier must go home
Next: Movies set all or mostly in Paris
How to Steal a Million
Caper set mostly at not-the-Louvre.
Orphans of the Storm
Griffith takes on French Revolution.
Four Adventures of Reinette and Mirabelle
Three adventures happen in Paris.
Next: “Stranger in a strange land” movies, literally or figuratively.
E.T.
He needs to phone home.
The Wizard of Oz
Dorothy kills, then kills again!
Moscow On The Hudson
Williams proves he can act.
Next: The films of John Belushi
The Blues Brothers
They’re on mission from God
Continental Divide
Romantic comedy not Belushi’s strength
Animal House
Funniest scene: Bluto in cafeteria
Next: Films of Dan Aykroyd
Dragnet
Webb impression made Morgan cry.
Dr. Detroit
It was an inoffensive bomb.
Ghostbusters
Four star comedy, rave review!
Next: Films of Bill Murray
Ghostbusters
Has a cameo in remake.
The Razor’s Edge
Based on Somerset Maugham novel.
Ed Wood
Bunny Breckinridge: “What about glitter?”
**
Next**: biopics of people you knew little about going into the film.
Amadeus
Took historical liberties, but masterful
Breaker Morant
Australian warrior-poet an impressive guy
The Theory of Everything
Hawking a flawed, remarkable supergenius
Next: Phil Hartman films
Jumpin’ Jack Flash
Horrible vehicle for Whoopi Goldberg.
The Gong Show Movie
“Man at Airport with Gun.”
¡Three Amigos!
Sam (as Philip E. Hartmann)
Next: really good films starring anyone from SNL.
Trading Places
Ackroyd, Murphy rule FCOJ pit
Animal House
Belushi amazing as frat slob
Groundhog Day
Murray’s greatest movie ever, obviously
Next: Utterly crappy movies, not mentioned in the past week in this thread, starring anyone from SNL
Superstar
Unfunny sketch stretched to film-length.
The Hot Chick
So many bad Schneider films…
North
Julia Louis-Dreyfus is North’s mother.
Next: TV movies with cult or legendary status. (I can think of 4 off the top of my head, so it’s possible; don’t be too picky.)
Sharknado
Three sequels now, and counting.
Duel
Spielberg’s debut, car vs. truck.
Lost In La Mancha
Terry Gilliam’s Quixote crashed, burned.
Next: Films written by Carrie Fisher
Postcards from the Edge
Autobiographical film depicted personal issues
These Old Broads
Aging starlets agree to reunite
E-Girl
2007 screenplay apparently never produced
Next: Movies about the price of fame
A Star is Born (1937)
The original; Dorothy Parker screenplay.
Whatever Happened to Baby Jane?
Sisters clash over careers, lives.
Cobain: Montage of Heck
Authorized biopic of Nirvana frontman.
Next: fictional movies where a black, disabled, or female character just happens to be that way, and it’s not intrinsic to the plot.