WarGames (1983)
Nuclear strike may be accident.
Aliens
Robots cross the uncanny valley.
Splice
Hybridization of animals* at DNA.
*in a lab, as opposed to selective breeding.
Next: movies that make you cry at the end, even if they are mostly happy movies.
Thanks to my ex-wife, who would invariably choose rom-coms and tear-jerkers for our “movie nights.”
A Walk to Remember
Not your average teen romance.
Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey
Ameche, Field, Fox: animal story.
Music and Lyrics
Grant plays piano, Barrymore struck.
Next: Movies of John Goodman.
King Ralph
Lounge singer becomes British monarch
Monsters Inc.
Top scarer, pal defeat conspiracy
The Big Lebowski
His career best, I think
Next: Movies of Jeff Bridges
Fearless
Don’t feed him any strawberries.
Iron Man
Rarely does Jeff play villains.
True Grit
Even better than John Wayne.
Next: Jerry Lewis movies that should never have been made.
The Day the Clown Cried
Unreleased, Lewis embarrassed by it.
The Bellboy
No plot, just slapstick hijinks.
The Patsy
Sequel to Bellboy? Enough said.
Next: Michelle Pfeiffer movies.
The Hollywood Knights
Her screen debut, in 1980
Dangerous Liaisons
Chaste aristocrat seduced by cad
Murder on the Orient Express
Coming out later this year
Next: Kenneth Branagh films
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Good performance as celebrity teacher.
Wild Wild West
A steampunk western? Don’t bother.
Dunkirk
Based on history; worth seeing.
Next: Westerns.
Butch Cassidy & The Sundance Kid
Gotta love that there ending.
How The West Was Won
It was brilliant in Cinerama.
The Shakiest Gun In The West
Knotts’s funnier than Hope’s original.
Next Movies set in London, England.
Sidewalks of London
Busker makes it big; ungrateful.
Hope and Glory
9-year-old enjoys blitz too much.
Murder by Decree
Holmes pursues Jack the Ripper.
Next: movies set in small towns.
Cars
Doc Hollywood’s storyline, in animation.
Mystery, Alaska
Amateur hockey players’ big break?
The Music Man
Preston, Jones, make musical magic.
Next: Movies where the main character is a scientist of some sort.
Frankenstein
Main character animates patchwork corpse.
Mad Love
Peter Lorre is crazy doctor.
The Theory of Everything
Biopic of physicist Stephen Hawking.
Next: movies where the main character is some kind of con [wo]man or grifter.
Almost worth it IMHO just for this battle of insults: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAjPOpws0eE
Movies where the main character is some kind of con [wo]man or grifter.
Paper Moon
Ryan, Tatum make great team
The Grifters
Best scene: airline ticket counter
Matchstick Men
Yeesh, these people have problems
Next: Alison Lohman movies
Where the Truth Lies
Atom Egoyan directs erotic thriller.
Big Fish
She plays younger Jessica Lange.
Flicka
Update of famous horse story.
Next: Movies that were turned into TV series.
MASH*
Lasted longer than war did
9 to 5
Surprisingly, ran three whole seasons
Ghostbusters
Animated show not very good
Next: Best roles of Bill Murray
Groundhog Day
Good movie despite Andie McDowell.
The Razor’s Edge
Based on Somerset Maugham novel.
Hamlet
Bill Murray does Polonius-- well.
Next: films the casting of which surprised you.
Batman (1989)
Mister Mom, Beetlejuice–as Batman?
The Queen
American James Cromwell: Prince Philip?
Awakenings
Robin Williams: shy, serious physician?
Next: Teenage beach movies.
The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini
Disappointment for leering teen boys.
How To Stuff A Wild Bikini
Leering teen boys may rejoice.
Baywatch (2017)
David Hasselhoff was much better!?!
Next: Remakes that didn’t live up to the original at all.
Robocop (2014)
Robocrap. Verhoven’s had social satire
Total Recall (2012)
Total Rubbish. Verhoven, Arnold’s best.
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Not the same without Heston.
Next up:
Movies you refuse to watch ever again for whatever reason.
Penny Serenade
Because it was so sad.
sex, lies and videotape
because i really hated it.
Forrest Gump
Hated, also thought it offensive.
Next: more movies you refuse to watch again.
Thought I was ninja’d on preview, but then I saw that Rivkah is looking for more movies that I won’t watch again. Since I had these all ready to post, here they are:
Shock Treatment
Sad sequel to Rocky Horror.
27 Dresses
Not a very good rom-com.
Inglorious Basterds
Many liked it. I didn’t.
Next: Let’s continue with more movies that you won’t watch again.