Movie Marathon (Part 4)

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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford V. Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)

About the rivalry between James Hunt and Niki Lauda, two Formula One drivers in the 1970s.

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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford V. Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford V. Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
  4. Fast Company

Early Cronenberg.

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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford V. Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
  4. Fast Company
  5. Chariots of Fire
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Title corrected for #1.

Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford v Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
  4. Fast Company
  5. Chariots of Fire
  6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

The title vehicle started out as a racecar.

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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford v Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
  4. Fast Company
  5. Chariots of Fire
  6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  7. Seabiscuit
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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford v Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
  4. Fast Company
  5. Chariots of Fire
  6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  7. Seabiscuit
  8. Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

The subtitle tells it all — “or How I Flew from London to Paris in 25 Hours 11 Minutes”

-“BB”-

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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford v Ferrari

  2. Rush (2013)

  3. The Love Bug

  4. Fast Company

  5. Chariots of Fire

  6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

  7. Seabiscuit

  8. Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines

  9. Around the World in Eighty Days

A race against time.

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Movies about racing (any kind)

  1. Ford v Ferrari
  2. Rush (2013)
  3. The Love Bug
  4. Fast Company
  5. Chariots of Fire
  6. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
  7. Seabiscuit
  8. Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines
  9. Around the World in Eighty Days
  10. Disney/Pixar’s Cars

New category:

Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
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Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
411

Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I

The hook is right there in the title.

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Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
413

Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
  5. The Last Starfighter (“But, as you know, the Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. So I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind staying on to help rebuild the Starfighter Legion.”)

By the way, History of the World, Part I got a Part II miniseries on Hulu in 2023.

414

Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
  5. The Last Starfighter (“But, as you know, the Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. So I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind staying on to help rebuild the Starfighter Legion.”)
  6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Aubrey, Maturin and HMS Surprise turn back to pursue the French frigate)
415

Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
  5. The Last Starfighter (“But, as you know, the Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. So I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind staying on to help rebuild the Starfighter Legion.”)
  6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Aubrey, Maturin and HMS Surprise turn back to pursue the French frigate)
  7. The Sword and the Sorcerer (A tag said “Talon will return.”)
416

Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
  5. The Last Starfighter (“But, as you know, the Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. So I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind staying on to help rebuild the Starfighter Legion.”)
  6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Aubrey, Maturin and HMS Surprise turn back to pursue the French frigate)
  7. The Sword and the Sorcerer (A tag said “Talon will return.”)
  8. Mystery Team (After solving the movie’s mystery, a man comes out of the woods and says that he needs the team’s help)
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Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
  5. The Last Starfighter (“But, as you know, the Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. So I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind staying on to help rebuild the Starfighter Legion.”)
  6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Aubrey, Maturin and HMS Surprise turn back to pursue the French frigate)
  7. The Sword and the Sorcerer (A tag said “Talon will return.”)
  8. Mystery Team (After solving the movie’s mystery, a man comes out of the woods and says that he needs the team’s help)
  9. Kingsman: The Golden Circle .— At the end Stateman Agent Tequila (Channing Tatum) is seen in London outside the new Kingsman ‘front’, properly dressed as a British gentleman, which would seem to indicate that he is now assigned to and working with Kingsman … but instead of a sequel, we got an all-over-the-place prequel.

-“BB”-

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Films that had a sequel hook (but didn’t get a sequel), and what that hook was

  1. Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (“Um, guys. Who’s Zuul?”)
  2. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (Watch for the Next Adventure of Buckaroo Banzai - Buckaroo Banzai Against the World Crime League)
  3. Mel Brooks’ History of the World, Part I
  4. Flash Gordon (the film ends with a gloved hand picking up Ming’s ring, and the words “The End?”)
  5. The Last Starfighter (“But, as you know, the Frontier is down, Xur escaped, and there is still danger. So I was wondering if you wouldn’t mind staying on to help rebuild the Starfighter Legion.”)
  6. Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Aubrey, Maturin and HMS Surprise turn back to pursue the French frigate)
  7. The Sword and the Sorcerer (A tag said “Talon will return.”)
  8. Mystery Team (After solving the movie’s mystery, a man comes out of the woods and says that he needs the team’s help)
  9. Kingsman: The Golden Circle .— At the end Stateman Agent Tequila (Channing Tatum) is seen in London outside the new Kingsman ‘front’, properly dressed as a British gentleman, which would seem to indicate that he is now assigned to and working with Kingsman … but instead of a sequel, we got an all-over-the-place prequel.
  10. Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins. (Another where the hook is in the title. The adventure never continued.)

Next:

Road Trips!

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Road Trips!

  1. Tommy Boy (Tommy and Richard go all over the Midwest trying to sell enough brake pads to keep their company open)
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Road Trips!

  1. Tommy Boy (Tommy and Richard go all over the Midwest trying to sell enough brake pads to keep their company open)
  2. Road To Singapore (Bing and Bob begin a series of excursions in search of life, love, and laughs.)