Wednesday, August 31, 2011

#151: UHF

written by and starring Weird Al Yankovic.
also starring Michael Richards, Fran Drescher, Kevin McCarthy,
David Bowe, Anthony Geary, Billy Barty, Victoria Jackson,
Gedde Watanabe, John Paragon, Trinidad Silva,
and Emo Phillips.

The beauty of running your own TV station.


Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

#150: Baseball

by Ken Burns.

For the diehard baseball fan/documentary enthusiast.


Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Monday, August 29, 2011

#149: Apollo 13

directed by Ron Howard.
srarring Tom Hanks, Bill Paxton, Kevin Bacon,
Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, and Kathleen Quinlan.
score composed by James Horner.

Space jam.

Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, August 28, 2011

#148: Zero Effect

written and directed by Jake Kasdan.
starring Bill Pullman.

Daryl Zero is my hero.

(One of my faves.)


Today is Sacred Sunday!

Saturday, August 27, 2011

#147: Birdemic - Shock and Terror

written and directed by James Nguyen.
starring Alan Bagh and Whitney Moore.

Hovering eagles are the worst.
*Be warned: this is garbage from beginning to end.


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Thursday, August 25, 2011

#145: The Crazies

starring Timothy Olyphant and Radha Mitchell.

It could happen to you.


Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, August 24, 2011

#144: Harmony and Me

written and directed by Bob Byington.
starring Justin Rice.

The pan is officially dead.


Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, August 23, 2011

#143: Louie

edited, written and directed by (and starring) Louis C.K.

We're all lucky to have Louie.

I was planning on picking this during my first week,
but it was taken down from Netflix right before I started this blog.
Thankfully it's now back.

Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Monday, August 22, 2011

#142: Rain Man

directed by Barry Levinson.
starring Dustin Hoffman and Tom Cruise.

Definitely.

Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, August 21, 2011

#141: Reservoir Dogs

written and directed by Quentin Tarantino.
Edited by Sally Menke.
starring Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen,
Steve Buscemi, Chris Penn, Lawrence Tierney, Edward Bunker,
and Quentin Tarantino.
featuring the voice of Steven Wright.

Taste the rainbow.


*Filmed on location in Highland Park and Eagle Rock among other places!

Today is Sacred Sunday!

Saturday, August 20, 2011

#140: Surviving the Game

starring Ice-T, Rutger Hauer, Gary Busey,
John C. McGinley, Charles S. Dutton, and F. Murray Abraham.

Life isn't a game.


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, August 19, 2011

#139: Deep Red

written by Dario Argento and Bernardino Zapponi.
directed by Dario Argento.
starring David Hemmings and Daria Nicolodi.
score composed and performed by Goblin.

Timeless Italian horror.


Today is Foreign Friday!

Thursday, August 18, 2011

#138: RoboCop

directed by Paul Verhoeven.
starring Peter Weller.

 Bleep blop bloop in the name of the law.


Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, August 17, 2011

#137: Chasing Amy

written and directed by Kevin Smith.
starring Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, and Jason Lee.

The peak of Kevin Smith's career.

Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

#136: Sherlock

starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman.

Consulting Detective.
 

Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Monday, August 15, 2011

#135: Duck Soup

starring the Marx Brothers.

The haha special.


Today is Magnificent Monday!

Sunday, August 14, 2011

#134: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

written by William Goldman.
directed by George Roy Hill.
starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross.
cinematography by Conrad L. Hall.
music by Burt Bacharach.

Because I'm free.
Nothing's worrying me.


Today is Sacred Sunday!

Saturday, August 13, 2011

#133: The Good Son

starring Macaulay Culkin and Elijah Wood.

Child star vs. child star


Today is So Bad It's Good Saturday!

Friday, August 12, 2011

Thursday, August 11, 2011

#131: Bad Influence

directed by Curtis Hanson.
starring James Spader and Rob Lowe.
cinematography by Robert Elswit.

How Lowe can you go?


Help!  It's Traumatic Thursday!

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

#130: I Love You Phillip Morris

written and directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa.
starring Jim Carrey and Ewan McGregor.

Jim Carrey's best in recent memory flew way under the radar.


Today is Wacky Wednesday!

Tuesday, August 9, 2011

#129: Firefly

created by Joss Whedon.
starring Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Jewel Staite,
Summer Glau, Adam Baldwin, Sean Maher, Morena Baccarin, and Ron Glass.


Have spaceship - will mosey.


Today is Totally TV Tuesday!

Monday, August 8, 2011

#128: When We Were Kings

directed by Leon Gast.
 starring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman.

Once upon a time when boxing was popular...


Today is Magnificent Monday!