One of them is my son and he is not a millionaire. We are living in interesting times.
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One of them is my son and he is not a millionaire. We are living in interesting times.
Bone Tomahawk Saw it recently and liked it - it also had one of the more disturbing scenes I've seen in quite some time. I do like a good western and especially an unusual one.
The Truman Show EDtv Oh Brother, Where Art Thou? The Odyssey
In the early 70s in the Jersey Meadowlands where Giants/Jets stadium is now built was a place with batting cages and a very tiny arcade - after hitting had a few quarters left and played a game called Space Invaders - sooo much fun - hooked me - that summer spent many quarters in that little place
Christopher Lloyd as Jim Ignatowski on the 70s/80s show TAXI He had two truly classic episodes - young studious Jim in college meeting and equally young pot head Tom Hanks character who introduces Jim to his future. AND Jim taking the written part of his drivers license test and trying to cheat.
Somebody beet me to The Princess Bride so I will go with --- Galaxy Quest. I've watched this movie many times but the scene where Justin Long is taking out the garbage makes me laugh every friggen time
Ha...The exact movie I was going to write.
John Denver had an incredible voice - his is my much preferred version. When young I never appreciated Denver but as the years passed, I listened again, and heard the quality of his work. My sister saw him in concert, and she said when it was over, she wanted to hug a tree - not a bad review.
Watership Down - great book and multiple renditions for TV Honey, I Blew Up the Kid - great kids movie Let the Right One In - there are kids in it, BUT not a kid's movie.
The Last House on the Left This movie was a shocker when it came out in 72 - its is both funny and scary at how anyone in this day and age would not so much as have a nervous twitch if watching it now.
FOX has a guy that says we should euthanize the homeless and nothing. We should be afraid.
They have now taken Jimmy Kimmel off the air because he suggested the Charlie Kirk shooter may have been MAGA. We are living in interesting times.
The Terminal with Tom Hanks Was surprised when I saw how most did not like.
Was Godzilla the best man? And if so, you have to wonder what the bachelor party was like.
3 Days of the Condor is an unappreciated classic movie.
Colossus: The Forbin Project War Games Terminator To quote a TV icon "those darn diddly darn computers."
Willow - a 1988 George Lucas was a writer and directed by Ron Howard - Kilmer played Madmartigan Seen this movie a half dozen times with my kids and can't wait to watch it again with my grand kids.
I was there for the first Trek episode - Man Trap - I was not yet 10 yrs old and I gotta tell you that salt vampire scared me pretty good. Took a little courage to watch episode two but I did and have been a life long fan of the show.
Slumdog Millionaire -based on a book of a different. Really good movie.
Is there anything in there about AK-47s?
Conspiracy - these were true monsters Kenneth Branagh played Reinhard Heydrich - one of the most evil men to have ever existed.
Empire of the Sun - absolutely great movie - now that I think of it I may have to watch it again...soon. A Trip to the Moon - this is an oldie 1902 - possibly the oldest of sci fi movies. Fright Night - the 1985 version - the one with one of my favorite actors Roddy McDowal the original Cornelius.
I rented The Evil Dead back in the early to mid 80s - watched with the wife and we both found it to be pretty scary. And now some 40 years later it's amazing how difficult it is for a movie to be scary.
Holy Grail Watched it on the hood of my car at the old Jersey Rte 3 Seacacus Drive In - laughed so hard I fell off the hood.
Days of Thunder - a Kidman and Cruise movie They did a pretty good job of making it not that noticeable but ohhh we knew better.
Twelve O'Clock High - a WWII goodie Someone to Watch Over Me - a pretty good Ridley Scott movie I got nutten with Hourglass - the mighty Plunk has struck out.
The Alien Dead - 1980 Red neck zombies infected by a meteor - one of those - got to the video store late and there wasn't much left in the horror section so let's give this one a shot - knowing you aren't getting a masterpiece but maybe hoping its a sleeper, or so bad it's fun. It wasn't either.
Everybody Hurts A song with a message of hope - and Oh My we could use all the hope we can get in these trying times.
What'd I Say There are some songs where it becomes impossible to remain motionless as it plays, and this is certainly one of them.
Something A George Harrison song.
It is argued that he was not the first to say it but, it was made famous by and attributed to John Lennon
I really like Strong New Worlds but that last episode - spoiler alert - 5 crew members are transformed into Vulcans - them being Vulcan was a bit unusual but none morose than Anson Mount as Pike who as a Vulcan seemed like a combo of Mathesar of Galaxy Quest and the Conehead Baldar - was it just me?
Young Mr. Crusher
And we already have President Donald J Baltar
Who Wants to Live Forever According to Ricky Bobby it is a song in a movie that won an Oscar for the greatest movie ever made.
I Won't Back Down good stuff
Costner has had 3 great baseball movies Bill Durham Field of Dreams For the Love of the Game The movie For the Love of the Game was written by Michael Shaara who is recognized far more for his Pulitzer Prize winning novel The Killer Angels. An absolute great read.
Huh ... I would've lost that bet - you are correct - it's why you should never trust an eye witness - as they use to say "the mind is a terrible thing."
Sports movies with writers at the center of the stories. Field of Dreams Finding Forrester Excellent High school themed stories Rookie of the Year Hoop Dreams Remember the Titans
The Casaba in the Rye Krakatoa, East of Guava Soursop Troopers The Brothers Kumquatzov The Mango Who fell to Earth
Robinson Crusoe on Mars - 1964 Adam West of Batman plays an astronaut stranded on the red planet. If only I was the only one to watch this one - it would have saved a great collective of time wasted. I was going to write From Hell it Came (Baranga the tree monster) but that was so bad it was fun
JD Vance saying he is ready in case something happens to the Chief - he has become Crazy Cat from the old F Troop show.
Remember the Future by Nektar Every few years I will listen to the album which is a continuous story and this requires getting up and having to flip it and listen to the other side. In this era that's a lot of work.
This movie when first viewed recieved an 11 minute standing ovation at the Remulak film festival in France.
12 Angry Men - the 1957 Fonda version One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - classic Lawrence of Arabia - a must watch Terminator 2 - perhaps THE action movie The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King Seen them all more than once and will probably, at some point, watch again.
Papa Don't Preach Excellent video as well, back in the days of MTV.
Unless that pup was alive during the Maple Leaf's 66-67 season then I can't see where he got the name Victory Puppy.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels "Zoze ar tearz of joy."
The Fall of Saigon
Was it the South Park episode about Black Friday shopping?
Black Swan - Natalie Portman I love classical music but I have to admit I have no desire to sit through an opera, or balet, but I do like the music from within those art forms. I watched this movie expecting to get an insight and all I came away with was - this was an unusual movie
Ha - I purposely avoided seeing what others submitted and the 1st one I see is what I wrote - thought I nailed it - if that word is tops then I'll take the silver or nothing at all, clearly Stephen had it first and deserves the medal..
bandoliers - 10
Fail Safe - 1964 Absolutely great Cold War movie with a great cast - I thought the scene with the US President played by Henry Fonda having to talk with the Soviet premier but having to use a very nervous translator played by Larry Hagman with the fate of the world being discussed was intense.
The Best is Yet To Come - Sinatra - feel good music Stairway to Heaven -Zep - A song about Galadriel Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance - Annie can sing and this song is beautiful
Severance Could just be me but - season 2 is not only slow but seemingly everything they do seems in slow motion.
Top of the world Ma!!
American Pie by Don McLean - for a very long time the longest running number 1 hit (8 minutes 37 seconds) on the Billboard 100 until Taylor Swift knocked that distinction away in 2021 with, All To Well (10 minutes 13 seconds.)
Breaking Bad - had 5 seasons Fringe - had 5 - a favorite of mine If only "Lost" had just 5 I think somewhere at or around 65 to 70 episodes the story is told - there are exceptions of course but for an hour long drama, after 5 seasons it's just stretching the story for the commercial money.
World War Z - one of my favorite zombie movies - the Israel sequence is classic Seven - a most uncomfortable watch, a movie I am reluctant to recomend - all I'll say is, "okay but be prepared." Inside Man - if Brad Pitt was in it I would've had a Pitt trifecta - if only Snatch was a bank job
Training Day - directed by Antoine Fuqua One of Denzel's best. "To protect the sheep you gotta catch the wolf, and it takes a wolf to catch a wolf.
Let's just be thankful they weren't armed with foot long sandwiches.
A movie discovered only in rental or streaming - Galaxy Quest A truly great parody - it teased the world of Trekkies in a way that even Trekkies loved it - on many lists it is named as a top ten Trek movie. AND David Mamet said there are only 4 perfect movies and named Galaxy Quest as one of them.
I once mediated a trivia borad game competition with those Troma guys - good people - lot of fun.
How bout the original Repo Man One of those surprisingly good rentals in that age of going to a video rental store and hunting the shelves for something different - I do miss video stores.
I am not really a big fan of rap music - I'm an old white guy so I don't think I fit the demographic they are pursuing - but good music will find one's ear and I thought Gangster in Paradise by Coolio was a really good tune.
Witness - 1985 I peak into the culture of the Amish of Pennsylvania within a corrupt cop story. Harrison and McGillis were really good in that one with a special chemistry. Excellent movie.
Loved watching Contact with my youngest daughter to discuss science But the movie Jodie was in as a teen - Taxi Driver - was an impact movie. After you watched it, you carried it around with you Impactful in 76 but maybe not so much today Not to be preachy but I wonder what that says about today?
Happy Gilmore Ol Chubbs Peterson who had to become a golf instructor due to the loss of his hand, which had been bitten off by a gator when fishing. This sad story is just one within this tense drama of a man named Gilmore who brought his limited hockey skills to the very exciting sport of Golf.
Young Frankenstein is an absolute classic and especially if you enjoyed those old Universal movies BUT having had 3 kids, the movie that I have enjoyed the most with all of them, and soon again with my grandkids is - Willy Wonka - it will always be my favorite.
Always loved - Night Shift Hew as an ideas guy - "why don't we feed mayonnaise directly to Tuna fish." And also an admirer of "that Barney Rubble, what an actor!" Not his best but it sure was fun and deserved a mention.
True Lies you can hardly get a more fun movie than that one. Trading Places is a close second.
Pollock Intereting movie on the discovery of an interesting creative process.
My God look at all the lettuce on the weapon.
Catch Me If You Can Incredible cast - any movie with Hanks and Walken in it, is going to be a favorite no matter what.
A Wheelie!!! A wheelie that will live in infamy and perhaps we are left wondering if this is maybe more than the National Guard can handle - maybe once again it is time to tell it to the Marines.
Stand By Me - a really well done Stephen King adaptation. I never realized this movie was only 1 hour and 29 minutes - thus just making the cut. Some good young actors - Wil Wheaton, River Phoenix, Corey Feldman, Jerry O'Connell, and Kiefer Sutherland to name a few.
First Blood Rambo is not a famously chatty character. so I thought the best quotes came from the Richard Crenna character, Colonel Trautman. "I don't think you understand. I didn't come to rescue Rambo from you. I came here to rescue you from him." On early 80s video store classic rentals.
Lawrence of Arabia, but my daughter made me take her to see the first Harry Potter movie, and that seemed to last for days.
That Graboid movie is a fun watch. Bacon has also been in some great movies where he was a co-star. A Few Good Men Mystic River Apollo 13 and the disturbing, Sleepers
Eye care tech during eclipses or Web cam salesman for Teen pageants or Greenland tour guide or A Canadian
Yup and sometimes people forget so some olden times guy wrote it down so we wouldn't. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
He'll be most remembered for Dirty Dancing and Ghost - but not by me. He was in Donnie Darko but not his movie. I did like Red Dawn & Point Break but I"m going with Youngblood. As a big hockey fan it's a movie with some excellent hockey quotes - not in the same league as Slap Shot - but still.
Oh no it's time for Vincent Price as Egg Head on the old Batman show with horrible egg puns - loved them. This is so eggciting Some of his puns are Eggsquisite But after a while they can be eggshausting. Tune in next week for more great eggspectations. Like I said, eggshausting.
Loved the Bill & Ted & Matrix movies - Point Break is also a good one but I'm going with Speed. Action flic with a great cast - Bullock was instantly likable which made you root for her & Keanu. Hopper played a great twisted angry villain The scene with Daniels realizing it was trap was special.
"Those are tears of joy."
"Not mother?"
Alien - Superman - those Kryptonians can be incredibly destructive - no wonder Batman wanted to kill the main one. Vampire - Angel - a character with two personalities and was far more interesting as Angelus. Elves - Wizards - underrated animated movie.
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels One of my all time favorite comedies.
Lets not forget one of Hockey's great players Mario LeMeow
Needs more cow bell.
The Truman Show Loved the message in the movie - having been raised in a Catholic house and went to Catholic school I knew the dogma - then later to discover that all we were taught didn't hold up to scrutiny - finding and wanting the truth takes a little courage as did Truman sailing to freedom.
Most remember her for I Love Lucy but I will always be grateful for Lucy because -- "If it were not for Lucy, there would be no Star Trek." Thank you Lucy
For Whom the Bell Tolls - Hemingway The Razor's Edge - Maugham To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress - Heinlein I had to throw in a sci fi novel.
Do you think he can get Kevin Sorbo to join up with him? Could care less about Cain but not Teri Hatcher - she was an awesome Lois Lane and an especially beautiful actress - we can't have her name stained in any way.
Gene Barry and Anne Robinson were also both in the 2005 Tom Cruise, Steven Spielberg version. A story that has been a book, a radio play, multiple movies and TV shows. I've read the book, heard the radio play, watched the movies and shows but that 1953 movie is most definitely my favorite.
The Seventh Sign Nothing better than a good scary biblical prophecy plot.
For me it's a tough call between A League of Their Own and The Long Kiss Goodnight. Both movies can be watched more than once and be enjoyed even more on a second watch. Both very quotable. I'm not going to choose and let it stand as too difficult - for me - to call.
the Claw - "Not Craw, CRAW!" Max - "That's what I'm saying, Craw."
I might’ve been informed that - “There’s no crying in arachnophobia.” It is just another story in a life of being the youngest of 5 and with 2 older brothers in an old school Irish family. An occasional horror story but mostly a lot of fun.