Saturday, December 31, 2011

#273: Jingle All the Way

starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sinbad, and Phil Hartman.

Losing touch.


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, December 30, 2011

#272: The Twilight Samurai

directed by Yoji Yamada.
starring Hiroyuki Sanada.

Single Dad Samurai.

Today is Foreign Friday!

Thursday, December 29, 2011

#271: The Lady Vanishes

directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
starring Margaret Lockwood and Michael Redgrave.

Disappearing act.

Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

#270: Tiny Furniture

 written and directed by (and starring) Lena Dunham.
also starring Laurie Simmons, Grace Dunham, and Jemima Kirke.

The in-between.


Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

#269: Portlandia

created by Fred Armisen, Carrie Brownstein, and Jonathan Krisel.
starring Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen.

Hip surgery.


Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

#262-268 (Winter Wonderland)

Aloha Readers,

I'm taking another break from updating everyday.
My excuse this time is the holiday season.

So here's a haul of picks straight from Santa's sleigh!

Ho ho ho,

Me

#262: Lost

starring Matthew Fox, Evangeline Lilly, Terry O'Quinn, Naveen Andrews,
Josh Holloway, Jorge Garcia, Harold Perrineau, Michael Emerson,
Dominic Monaghan, Emilie de Ravin, Yunjin Kim, Daniel Dae Kim,
Michelle Rodriguez, Henry Ian Cusick, Jeff Fahey, M.C. Gainey,
Nestor Campbell, Malcolm David Kelley, Ian Somerhalder, Maggie Grace,
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and William Mapother.


Totally TV Tuesday!


#263: Tapeheads

starring John Cusack and Tim Robbins.


Wacky Wednesday!


#264: Mimic

 directed by Guillermo del Toro.

Traumatic Thursday!

#265: 13 Assassins

 
directed by Takashi Miike.


Foreign Friday!


#266: Bad Girls

 starring Madeline Stowe, Mary Stuart Masterson, Andie MacDowell,
and Drew Barrymore.

So Bad It's Good Saturday!

#267: Billy Jack

 written by and starring Tom Laughlin and Delores Taylor.
directed by Tom Laughlin.


Sacred Sunday!


#268: Malcolm X

 directed by Spike Lee.
starring Denzel Washington.


Magnificent Monday!

Monday, December 19, 2011

#261: The Apostle

 written and directed by (and starring) Robert Duvall.

Holy Ghost Explosion.


Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, December 18, 2011

#260: Speed

 written by Graham Yost.
directed by Jan Da Bont.
starring Keanu Reeves, Sandra Bullock, Dennis Hopper,
Alan Ruck and Jeff Daniels.

This bus cannot stop.


Today is Sacred Sunday!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

#259: Club Paradise

directed by Harold Ramis.
starring Robin Williams, Rick Moranis, Peter O'Toole, Twiggy,
Jimmy Cliff and Eugene Levy.

Paradise lost.
So did Peter O'Toole.


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, December 16, 2011

#258: Cold Fish

written by Sion Sono and Yoshiki Takahashi.
directed by Sion Sono.

Protect your loved ones.


Today is Foreign Friday!

Thursday, December 15, 2011

#257: Cop Land

written and directed by James Mangold.
starring Sylvester Stallone, Harvey Keitel, Ray Liotta, Robert De Niro,
Robert Patrick, Michael Rapaport, and Janeane Garafolo.

Stallone dances with the big boys.


Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

#256: Twins

directed by Ivan Reitman.
starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito.

Have you seen my twin?


Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

#255: Terriers

created by Ted Griffin.
starring Donal Logue and Michael Raymond-James.

Dig deep.


Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Monday, December 12, 2011

#254: Meek's Cutoff

directed and edited by Kelly Reichardt.
starring Michelle Williams, Bruce Greenwood, Paul Dano,
Zoe Kazan, Shirley Henderson, Will Patton, Neal Huff,
Tommy Nelson and Rod Rondeaux.

Where it stops, nobody knows.


Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, December 11, 2011

#253: Apocalypse Now

written for the screen by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola.
directed by Francis Ford Coppola.
cinematography by Vittorio Storaro.
starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, Albert Hall,
Dennis Hopper, Laurence Fishburne, Frederic Forest, Sam Bottoms,
and Harrison Ford.

Can you picture what will be
so limitless and free?


Today is Sacred Sunday!


Saturday, December 10, 2011

#252: Kazaam

starring Shaquille O'Neal.

Try not to rub him the wrong way.


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, December 9, 2011

Thursday, December 8, 2011

#250: The Stuff

written and directed by Larry Cohen.

Enough is never enough.


Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

#248: Spaced

created and written by Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes.
directed by Edgar Wright.
starring Simon Pegg, Jessica Hynes,
Julia Deakin, Nick Frost, Mark Heap, and Katy Carmichael.

This holiday season...
make room...
for...
Spaced!

Seriously.  Watch this.

Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Monday, December 5, 2011

#247: Elizabeth

directed by Shekhar Kapur.
starring Cate Blanchett.

She's all that.


Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, December 4, 2011

#246: Heathers

written by Daniel Waters.
directed by Michael Lehman.
starring Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannon Doherty,
Lisanne Falk and Kim Walker.

So very.
This pitch black comedy is pitch-perfect.
It's like a dagger through the funny bone.


Today is Sacred Sunday!

Saturday, December 3, 2011

#245: Creepshow 2

based on stories by Stephen King.

Forgive me.

Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, December 2, 2011

#244: Araya

directed by Margot Benacerraf.

Please pass the salt.


Today is Foreign Friday!

Thursday, December 1, 2011

#243: Midnight Express

written for the screen by Oliver Stone.
directed by Alan Parker.

Express yourself.


Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

#242: The Odd Couple

written by Neil Simon.
starring Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau.

Close quarters.


Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

#234-240 (Thanksgiving)

Yo Readers,

I'm disappearing from the blogosphere for a week  -
so here's a bunch of picks all at once!

Enjoy!

-Me

#234: Archer

 
created by Adam Reed.


Totally TV Tuesday!

#235: Time Bandits

written by Terry Gilliam and Michael Palin.
directed by Terry Gilliam.


Wacky Wednesday!

#236: The Game

directed by David Fincher. 
starring Michael Douglas and Sean Penn.


Traumatic Thursday!

#237: OSS 117 - Cairo, Nest of Spies

 directed by Michel Hazanavicius.
starring Jean Dujardin.


Foreign Friday!

#238: Double Dragon

 starring Robert Patrick, Scott Wolf, Mark Decascos, and Alyssa Milano.


So Bad It's Good Saturday!

#239: Edward Scissorhands

  directed by Tim Burton.
starring Johnny Depp and Winona Ryder.

Sacred Sunday!

#240: Punch-Drunk Love

 written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.

Magnificent Monday!

Monday, November 21, 2011

#233: Half Nelson

written by Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden.
directed by Ryan Fleck.
starring Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, and Anthony Mackie.

Higher education.

Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, November 20, 2011

#232: Scarface

directed by Brian De Palma.
starring Al Pacino.

The World Is Yours.


Today is Sacred Sunday!

Saturday, November 19, 2011

#231: Showdown in Little Tokyo

starring Dolph Lundgren and Brandon Lee. 

 Flips the buddy cop genre on its head.
A real humdinger.


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, November 18, 2011

Thursday, November 17, 2011

#229: Outbreak

directed by Wolfgang Petersen.
starring Dustin Hoffman, Renee Russo, Morgan Freeman,
Kevin Spacey, Donald Sutherland, Patrick Dempsey,
and Cuba Gooding Jr.

The end of the world in one's own backyard.
In this case, the backyard is literally that of my former baseball coach.

Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, November 16, 2011

#228: The Blues Brothers

directed by John Landis.
starring John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd.

Band of Brothers.

Today is Wacky Wednesday!


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

#227: Beavis and Butt-head

created by Mike Judge.

The verdict is in:
Mike Judge is a national treasure.


Today is Totally TV Tuesday!


Monday, November 14, 2011

#226: Hoop Dreams

directed by Steve James.
Should be required viewing
for NBA owners and players bickering over dollars.


Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, November 13, 2011

#225: Carrie

based on the novel by Stephen King.
directed by Brian De Palma.
starring Sissy Spacek.

Hidden talent.


Today is Sacred Sunday!