So originally I was planning on watching Sergio Leone’s masterpiece, Once Upon A Time in America but considering I have to watch Goodfellas still (for my real job), I had to pick a movie that wasn’t three and half hours long. So I went with Revenge of the Nerds. Why? Because the theme song got … Continue reading
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100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 74 – Flashdance (1983)
And now, in the immortal words of Monty Python, time for something completely different. Having never seen Flashdance before, I’m going to first give my impressions and expectations and then follow it up with my reaction. So what am I expecting? Something, somewhere between Full Monty and Striptease mixed with some killer 80’s tunes, big … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 73 – The Thing (1982)
I have just sat through what has to be one of the most boring “horror” movies I’ve ever seen! There is not one moment in The Thing that’s scary. A few gross moments, but other than that, it’s pretty tame. Furthermore, I don’t get why Ennio Morricone was nominated for a 1983 Razzie for worst … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 72 – Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
With yet another busy day ahead of me, I got the jump on Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark beginning at midnight. I don’t know how I managed to stay awake for the entire movie, espeially as exhausted as I was after yesterday’s activities, but I did. Yesterday’s Blues Brothers was ultimately … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 71 – The Blues Brothers (1980)
Wow, what a busy day. I barely had time to fit today’s movie into my schedule. Today was probably the closest I’ve come to missing a movie, but somehow, someway, I managed to squeeze in The Blues Brothers to kick off the 1980’s. There’s not much I can really say about this ode to destruction … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 70 – The Warriors (1979)
So to round out the 70’s, I had to screen Walter Hill’s classic gangster action movie The Warriors. If you’re under 30, chances are you have no idea what this movie is, but I assure you, it SO worth a watch! If not for the soundtrack alone, the set-up is so simple yet so effective. … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 69 – Drunken Master (1978)
Originally, I had planned on watching what is considered one of the greatest Shaw Brothers kung-fu movies of all-time (The 36th Chamber of Shaolin). The only reason I passed up Grease, Animal House and The Deer Hunter is because i’ve been wanting to fit a classic martial arts movie in here but the great list … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 68 – Star Wars: Episode IV (1977)
So for 1977, there is only one movie that I could even possibly consider watching. No, I’m not referring to John Travolta’s hip-shakin’ disco smash Saturday Night Fever. No, not the greatest hockey movie ever made (Slap Shot) or the Woody Allen classic Annie Hall. Close Encounters of the Third Kind, The Spy Who Loved … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 67 – Taxi Driver (1976)
Since I’m super=amped up for tonight’s home opener for the L.A. Kings, I went ahead and watched Taxi Driver (for about the billionth time (exaggerating)) around midnight. First off, I don’t recommend doing that as your dreams will, at some point,feature Robert De Niro holding a gun at your face and repeatedly asking you if … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 66 – Jaws (1975)
“We’re gonna need a bigger boat…” And thus, from Jaws was born the idea of how some other groups of boaters would handle having to showdown with a never-say-die great white. While the trio of Roy Schieder’s police chief, Richard Dreyfuss’ nerdy shark-geek and Robert Shaw as the crude, crusty, seasoned shark hunter who’s never … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 65 – The Towering Inferno (1974)
Before I begin, let me say that it’s a damn shame that I couldn’t find a copy of Chinatown anywhere. I went to five different stores and none of them had a copy! I wasn’t about to watch The Godfather: Part 2, not that there’s anything wrong with it, in fact, it’s probably better than … Continue reading
100 Years of Movies in 100 Days – Day 64 – The Sting (1973)
So yesterday’s burst of anger was quickly subdued with an impromptu viewing of The Sting, which I then just finished re-watching again, just now. I think it’s the combination of The Entertainer being played on the piano (always liked that song) and the flawless chemistry between Paul Newman and Robert Redford. That and I opened … Continue reading
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