The BBC did a “Hollow Crown” series of Shakespeare’s History plays which is pretty good. Best is probably Henry IV pt I with Tom Hiddlestone as Prince Hal and Simon Russell Beale as Falstaff. Cumberbatch as Richard III is pretty good; others suffer a little from the stage to screen adaptation.
For funny horror:
Phycho Goreman is one of my favorites. It’s like Power Rangers with a dark twist.
Also just watched Drag Me To Hell. Pretty damn funny too.
This is an awesome idea, I’m jealous.
I would do a Paul Newman month:
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The Sting
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Cool Hand Luke
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The Hustler
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Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
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The Verdict*
*do Newman in a month with 5 Wednesdays 
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For Shakespeare, I’d go with Henry V, either the Oliver or Branaugh version (or possibly both to contrast them).
I already have a Paul Newman month that tracks with yours, except that I went with:
- The Hustler
- The Color of Money
- The Verdict
- Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
Because that leads directly into Robert Redford month with:
- The Sting
- All the President’s Men
- Three Days of the Condor
- Spy Game
Because that leads into Brad Pitt month (my wife is a Brad Pitt fan) with:
- A River Runs Through It
- Oceans 11
- Moneyball
- Legends of the Fall
But, you’re right. I should pick a month with five Wednesdays for Paul Newman month. 
Thanks @Stranger_On_A_Train - I’ll sub in the Tennant/Stewart production for “Hamlet.” That sounds excellent.
Thanks for confirming this. In my mind, I draw a distinction between “monster movies” and “horror movies,” although obviously there’s overlap. Horror is a tougher sell to my wife than I think some of the goofier monster movies would be. I’ll throw “Arachnophobia” on the list.
Ooh…that looks like an excellent candidate. Thanks!
It has an interesting take on Bottom - as an object of pity, rather than a self-confident buffoon. I thought it changed the entire tenor of the “rude mechanicals”.
Oh - I could also use opinions on a double feature or two. I’m thinking the occasional Saturday will be double-feature day.
I was going to pair Apollo 13 with The Martian. Stuff goes wrong in space, we’ve got to get our men/man back home through science and engineering. But then I was thinking I’d rather do The Right Stuff paired with Apollo 13. So, if I went that route, what would you pair with The Martian? Or, leave the original pairing as-is, because The Right Stuff is long enough as it is, and maybe best shown by itself?
What - no “Attack of The Killer Tomatoes” or “Killer Klowns From Outer Space”? The latter is definitely the better film but both are cult classics.
I would disagree in a big way - Tucci gives the only decent performance in the thing IMHO.
I prefer the 2016 television version of Midsummer Night’s Dream even withstanding the severe liberties Russell T Davies took with his adaptation; the cast are uniformly stellar and it’s a lot of fun.
Definitely recommended.
Also highly recommended (although I found the actor playing Horatio underwhelming). Tennant is a very good Hamlet indeed.
Another thought – transition from All the President’s Men into Dustin Hoffman month:
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Marathon Man (or Kramer vs Kramer)
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Tootsie
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The Graduate
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Rain Man
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Olivier’s King Lear is top-notch.
Wow, a Brad Pitt month with neither Fight Club OR Twelve Monkeys (or even Snatch), I would personally only rate Moneyball as watchable of those three. But if anything the dope has taught me is that everyone has every opinion…
Return of the Killer Tomatoes is by far the best of those movies (including a very young George Clooney), Attack is barely watchable. Though, I suppose if explicit bad, vs spoof of bad is your milestone, then Attack works for that.
Oh, I agree. As I’ve been introducing my kids to “scary movies,” I’ve been describing the sub-categories, like “haunted house” and such. One of those sub-categories is “creature feature.”
For example, I showed them the original “The Thing” from the 1940s. They were skeptical for the first few minutes, but then they got into it.
Next up, I think, will be either “Them!” or “Beast from 20,000 Fathoms.”
Instead of just a Shakespeare month, you could do a full month of Hamlet. Do the Olivier, Tenant, and Branagh versions and then end the month with something a bit different and do Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
For that matter, The Lion King is loosely based on Hamlet, as I recall.
I’d say that’s the take in about half the MNDs I’ve seen, and I see it whenever I can.
Gravity? The Bullock/Clooney film. Definitely “Stuff goes wrong in space, and we have to get our [wo]man home using engineering” or at least, she has to get herself home.