Movies Watched 2020 Part 1
by Chris Morris
As this Blog evolved (or de-volves) I’ve gone from writing Movie-a-day blogs to making lists where I can keep track of the movies I’ve watched as I go through life. At first “older movies”, or ones I had already seen, “didn’t count”, but as I go forward, I figure, sure they do!
So, as the title explains, this is a list of the movies I’ve watched day-to-day in the year 2020 (so far). I don’t put dates, but presumably I start on January 1st and proceed. I usually watch at least one movie a day, and some will have comments and some won’t. If there are no comments, it probably means I didn’t think much of the movie.
If a movie title is followed by *again, it means I’ve seen it before. If a movie title is followed by “again, but not for a long time, it means I’ve seen it before but probably not since it came out in theatres or home video (in other words, not something like Ocean’s Eleven or The Big Sleep that I’ve seen dozens, if not hundred of times)
If a movie is followed by *finally, that means this is a movie I’ve heard of, always wanted to watch but just never was able to, for whatever reason, but now I have.
I have really fallen in love with TCM Underground films (aka “weird” or counter culture movies), and Westerns (both classic and Spaghetti Westerns)
And, around March 15th, COVID-19 took over our lives, so at first there were alot of “again”’s as I tried to get over my depression by re-watching movies I knew were good. That didn’t last, as I just got back into a routine of watching whatever was on TCM or other cable channels that interested me.
Also, if there are any days where I didn’t watch a movie, it’s probably because I was binge-watching old TV shows I love. Some examples…Community, Parks and Recreation, Gilmore Girls, Longmire, Supergirl, Flash, Arrow, Legends of Tomorrow, Smallville, and others…
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The Organization (1971)
*sequel to “In the Heat of the Night”
A Veteran’s Christmas (2018)
w/Eloise Mumford, pretty good for a TV movie
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The Split (1968)
*again
*based on the Parker novel “The Seventh” by Richard Stark
*Jim Brown is the Parker here, along with an all-star cast of Diahann Carroll, Ernest Borgnine, Jack Legman, WARREN OATES, Donald Sutherland, Gene Hackman, Julie Harris, James Whitmore
*music by Quincy Jones
*saw this first awhile back, really into “movies about Parker that aren’t about Parker”…
*great heist movie
The Mummy (1999)
*again
Alias Jesse James - Western (1959)
*Bob Hope comedy Western
*best part is the cameos at the end with old Western stars like Gary Cooper, Roy Rogers, Ward Bond, James Arness, etc.
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Badman’s Territory - Western (1946)
*a real place?
A Global Affair (1964)
*Bob Hope adoption comedy
Planet of the Apes (1968)
*again
Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
*again
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Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
*friggin awesome, loved this movie!
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Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist (2008)
*again
Bus Stop (1956)
*weird movie
*only watched it after hearing Alicia Malone’s intro and became intrigued
Beach Party (1963)
*again
*have a weird love for these beach films
The Big Sleep - Noir Alley (1946)
*again, for the hundredth time
World Without End (1956)
*inspiration for Planet of the Apes
Beyond the Time Barrier (1960)
Road to Morocco (3rd movie; 1942)
*always great
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The Escape Artist (1982)
*Raul Julia is great in a okay movie
The Outriders - Western (1950)
*Joel McCrea
*kind of Western version of “Three Kings”
*good movie
*The Mummy Returns (2001)
*again
*not as good as I remember
Lady Macbeth (2016)
*well done movie but ended up FFing
*Florence Pugh is great
10,000 Saints (2015)
*watched this on TV, with commercials
*not great, just watched it to see Hailee Steinfeld
The Arrival (1996)
*again, but watched it in theatres when it came out
*movie about Global Warming from 1996
*hasn’t aged a day
In the Navy (1941)
*Abbott and Costello Buck Privates but in the Navy
Hold That Ghost (1941)
*Abbott and Costello
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The First Great Train Robbery (1978)
*Sean Connery and Donald Sutherland
*directed by Michael Crichton, back when he did such things
*surprised I didn’t like this more
Buck and the Preacher - Western (1972)
*really great movie
A Fistful of Dynamite - (1971) Spaghetti Western aka “Duck, You Sucker!”
*Sergio Leone’s last spaghetti western
*great
The Treasure of Pancha Villa - Western (1955)
Major Dundee - Western (1965)
*great
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Day of the Badman - Western 1958
*like High Noon (1952) but with a judge Fred McMurray
Blowing Wild - Western (1953)
Goodbye, My Lady (1956)
The Gunfighter - Western (1950)
*The Shootist is a remake?
*Johnny Ringo, only survivor of OK Corral shootout?
*great!
*starring Gregory Peck
The War Wagon - Western (1967)
*again
The Fastest Guitar Alive - Western (1967)
*Roy Orbison’s only movie
*inspiration for El Mariachi?
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Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood (2002)
*finally
*good but not great
Panic (2000)
*again, but thought this was the movie where William H. Macy gets glasses and people think he’s Jewish
*Macy and Sutherland are assassins, Macy falls for Neve Campbell
*really good
To Trap a Spy (1964)
*Man from UNCLE pilot
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Roadkill (1989)
*good Canadian film
*but not as good as Hard Core Logo
The St. Valentine’s Day Massacre (1967)
La Cage aux Folles (1978)
*awesome, actually makes The Birdcage worse by comparison
When Sparks Fly (Meghan Markle; 2014)
The Tattooed Stranger - Noir Alley (1950)
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The Meddler (2015)
*nice role for Susan Sarandon but just an okay film
Keep Em Flying (1941)
*Abbott and Costello
Kong Skull Island (2017)
*again
*really liked this film when it came out, great cast
*somehow thought it was totally believable that King Kong could be taken out by Samuel L. Jackson
Alone in the Dark - TCM Underground (1982)
Life-force - TCM Underground (1985)
*basically Species with space vampires
Final Exam - TCM Underground (1981)
Crime School - TCM Underground? (1938)
*Dead End Kids, Bogart
Private Property - TCM Underground (1960)
*Warren Oates!
Death by Invitation - TCM Underground (1971)
from 9/14/19
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Hitched for the Holidays (2012)
Witchboard - TCM Underground (1986)
from 9/14/19
Eating Raoul - TCM Underground (1982)
from 9/21/19
Private Parts - TCM Underground (1972)
from 9/21/19
*produced by Gene Corman
The Town that Dreaded Sundown - (1976) not Underground?
from 10/5/19
Ghoulies - TCM Underground (1985)
from 10/12/19
Sugar Hill - TCM Underground Blaxploitation (1974)
from 10/19/19
Blacula - TCM Underground (1972)
from 10/19/19
Caged Heat - TCM Underground (1974)
from 11/2/19
*directed by Jonathan Demme (his 1st film), produced by Roger Corman
Women’s Prison - TCM Underground (1955)
*w/Ida Lupino
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Chopping Mall - TCM Underground (1986)
*hilarious!
8 Million ways to Die - WTF (1986)
*Hal Ashby, Oliver Stone, Jeff Bridges - HORRIBLE
*neo-noir
Eureka - WTF (1983)
*supposedly a “masterpiece” no one has ever seen
*Gene Hackman, Theresa Russell
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The Harder They Come - TCM Underground (1972)
Countryman - TCM Underground (1982)
Creature from Black Lagoon (1954)
Criss Cross - Noir Alley (1949)
*one of Top 5 Noirs of all time
*The Killer is the “Citizen Kane of Noir”
*Robert Siodmak - best Noir director ever
12/14/19
*The Underneath Soderbergh remake 1995
Mr. Brooks (2007)
*watched this to see young Danielle Panabaker
*not great
Once A Thief (1965)
*Ann-Margaret, Jack Palance
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Made in USA - TCM Underground (1987)
from 12/21/19
*Adrian Pascar, Chris Penn
Border Radio - TCM Underground (1987)
from 12/21/19
Cash on Demand - Noir Alley (1961)
*Hammer Noir
*great
*Peter Cushing
Repeat Performance - Noir Alley (1947)
Satanis: The Devil’s Mass - TCM Underground (1970)
from 12/28/19
Haxan: Witchcraft Through the Ages - TCM Underground (1922)
from 12/28/19
Multiple Maniacs - Divine, John Waters; 1st talkie - TCM Underground (1970)
from 1/10/20
The Couch - TCM Underground (1962)
from 1/10/20
Ffolkes (1980)
Young Guns (1988)
*again but not for a long time
*I remember watching Young Guns II first, loved it, wasn’t until years later I watched this film, didn’t like it very much
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Young Guns II (1990)
*again
*loved this movie as a kid, I guess it holds up…
*Estevez’s Joker laugh gets old though
The Big Night - Noir Alley (1951)
*lots of HUAC history here behind the scenes
Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Chapter Two
Chapter Three
Chapter Four
*The Outrage (1964)
Breakfast with Scot (2007)
5 Year Engagement (2012)
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Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Chapter Five
Chapter Six
Chapter Seven
Kiss Me Goodbye (1982)
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New York, New York (1977)
The People Against O’Hara - Noir Alley (1951)
While The City Sleeps - Noir Alley (1956)
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The Landlord (1970)
*awesome
The Big Clock - Noir Alley (1948)
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Nocturne - Noir Alley (1946)
The Woman on the Beach - Noir Alley (1947)
Trapped - Noir Alley (1949)
*TCM Premiere 10/5/19
Clash By Night - Noir Alley (1952)
*reversal of trope of one guy, good girl, femme fatale
*good girl, good guy, bad guy
w/Marilyn Monroe
The Mask of Dimitrios - Noir Alley (1944)
*Citizen Kane style narrative
Berlin Express - Noir Alley (1948)
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The Captive City (1952) - Noir Alley
Born to Kill (1947)
Where the Boys Are (1960)
*shockingly dark teen beach movie
The World, the Flesh and The Devil (1959)
Hard Target (1993)
*better than I thought it would be
Les Rendez-vous d’Anna (1978) - TCM Essential
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Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
*Robin Hood movie done by Hammer Films
**Having Wonderful Time (1938)
*Ginger Rogers
**High Pressure (1932)
*William Powell
The Wrath of God (1972)
You Can’t Take it With You (1938)
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Pather Punchily (1955) - TCM Essentials
Belladonna of Sadness (1973) - TCM Underground
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Adventures of Captain Marvel (1941)
Chapter Eight
Chapter Nine
Chapter Ten
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Abilene Town (1946) - Western
The Brass Bottle (1964)
*leads to I Dream of Jeannie
House (1977) - TCM Underground
*great, innovative Japanese horror movie
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Trees Lounge (1996)
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The Road to Zanzibar (2nd in series; 1941)
That’s Life (1986)
La Pointe Courte (1956) - TCM Essential
The Big Picture (1989)
*again but not for a long time
Upperworld (1934)
*Ginger Rogers
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Knives Out (2019)
*actually watched a “modern” movie
*pretty good
*Ana de Armas is, in fact, awesome
Black Gunn (1972) - TCM Underground
The Take (1974) - TCM Underground
Battle Beyond the Stars (1980)
*Magnificent Seven in space, produced by Roger Corman
*written by John Sayles, James Cameron in charge of “production design and art direction”, his first big break
*Bill Paxton is a carpenter on set, working for Cameron and that’s how they become friends
The Rare Breed (1966) - Western
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Smithereens - TCM Underground (1982)
Maniac - TCM Underground (1963)
*Hammer Films
Stop Me Before I Kill - TCM Underground (1961)
*aka The Full Treatment (1960)
Light Sleeper (1992)
The Pyramid - TCM Underground (1976)
from 11/29/19
*no Wikipedia page
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia - TCM Underground (1974)
*Warren Oates
*dir by Sam Peckinpah
*from 12/6/19
Long Time Running (2017)
CinemAbility: The Art of Inclusion (2012)
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Love Blossoms (2017)
*w/Shantel VanSanten (Patty Spiviet from Flash S2)
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The Yakuza (1974)
*Robert Mitchum
*neo-noir directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne
*The Diary of Anne Frank (1959) - TCM Essentials
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The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
*James Garner
Hour of the Gun (1967) - Western
*James Garner
*movie starts with OK Corral, what happened after that…
Ride with the Devil (1999)
*directed by Ang Lee, all star cast
*HUGE bomb but not that bad actually…
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Scary Movie (1991) - TCM Underground
*no Wikipedia
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986) - TCM Underground
The Private Files of J. Edgar Hoover (1978) - TCM Underground
It’s Alive! (1974) - TCM Underground
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ImageMakers: Cinematography doc on TCM (2019)
John Ford: The Man Who Invented America (2019)
You Are Here: A Come From Away Story (2018)
*amazing
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Cherry 2000 (1988) - TCM Underground
from 2/1/20
Try and Get Me (1951) - TCM premiere Noir Alley
*very bleak noir, ends with a mob breaking into a prison and lynching prisoners
El Mariachi (1992)
*again, but not for a long time
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Going Overboard (1989)
*early Adam Sandler, Peter Berg, Billy Zane, Adam Rifkin, Billy Bob Thornton
*also Burt Young, MILTON BERLE!
*one of the “worst movies ever”
Ocean’s Eleven (2001)
*just cause
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The Back-up Plan (2010)
True Grit (1969)
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Stagecoach (1939)
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970) - TCM Underground
*airs 10/25/19
Deathsport (1978) - TCM Underground
*airs 1/31/20
*produced by Roger Corman
*basically Death race 2000 but with motorbikes
The Last Party (1993)
*NOTHING HAS CHANGED
My Man Godfrey (1936)
*just cause
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A Mother’s Nightmare (2012)
Kissin’ Cousins (1964)
*Elvis
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Night and Day (1946)
*Cary Grant
Sesame Street 50th Anniversary
Permanent Midnight (1998)
When Worlds Collide (1951)
*TCM Premiere
Final Cut (2004)
Infernal Affairs (2002)
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Love Hurts (1991)
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An American Dream (1966)
*weird movie
Western DVD:
*Powder Keg (1971 Bearcats pilot; a steam punk Wild Wild West-type show)
*Boot Hill (1969) Spaghetti western, 3rd in a trilogy of God Forgives…I Don’t (1967) and Ace High (1968) - basically The Magnificent Seven with a Circus
*To the Last Man (1933) Randolph Scott, Shirley Temple, Gail Patrick - Western Romeo and Juliet
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*Song of Arizona (1946) Roy Rogers
*Winds of the Wasteland (1936) John Wayne
*actually pretty good, Wayne helps a town go from two people to many with a stagecoach
*Rage at Dawn (1955) Randolph Scott as an undercover train robber
Hannie Caulder (Flick Vault on YouTube; 1971) Spaghetti Western
*Rachel Welch, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Culp; Tarantino was inspired by this for Kill Bill
*frickin weird movie, brutal gang rape, but then most of the rest of the film is comedy…good though…
*Cry Blood, Apache (1970) Spaghetti Western
*meh
*Hellbenders aka The Cruel Ones (1967) Spaghetti Western
*Joseph Cotten - Confederate soldiers have lost the Civil War, turn on their own people, rob them, etc. use a fake widow of a fallen solider to kill/rob others
*good movie; great twist ending
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*It Can Be Done Amigo (1972) Spaghetti Western
*Jack Palance - comedy about Palance wanting guy to marry his daughter, chasing him across the west keep getting injured…etc. good movie
*Chino (1973) Spaghetti Western
*Charles Bronson slow movie about older Bronson breaking horses, falling in love, raising a kid, getting beat up and walking away when the bad guy tells him too - good but weird ending; directed by John Sturges (The Great Escape, Magnificent Seven)
*Kid Vengeance (1977) Spaghetti Western
*Lee Van Cleef, Jim Brown LEIF GARRETT a kid who’s family is murdered and kills bad guys, then Jim Brown comes along and helps him do what he was already doing pretty well; interesting movie…but ends up a standard revenge western; no Wikipedia entry, is named other things on IMDB
*Blue Steel (1934) Western
*John Wayne, GABBY HAYES - meh
*My Outlaw Brother (1951) Western
*Mickey Rooney, Robert Stack - ok movie, Rooney is kind of annoying
*Desperate Mission (1969) Western
*Ricardo Montalban, Slim Pickens, Rosey Grier
*basically a well done Magnificent Seven remake for TV - great stuff
*Hanged Man (1974) Western
*TV pilot that didn’t get picked up; guy is hanged in the first ten minutes but survives and wants to be a good guy, helps a widow fight off a bad guy - great movie
*Between God, The Devil and a Winchester (1968) Spaghetti Western
*The Grand Duel (1972) Spaghetti Western
*The Sundowners (1950) Western
*White Comanche (1968) Spaghetti Western
Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970) - Western
Shenandoah (1965) Western
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Birds of Prey (2020)
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Body Heat (1981)
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About Last Night (1986)
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(2 weeks later)
The Longest Ride (2015)
*not nearly enough Melissa Benoist
Critical Care (1997)
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The Plainsmen 1936 - Western
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill, General Custer vs. indians
just after Lincoln is assassinated
Broken Lance 1954 - Western
*great film, based on King Lear
*to start the film, Robert Wagner (Joe Deveraux) is a jerk, gets out of jail, but then they flashback to the beginning, show how he turned out this way…
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean 1972 - Western
“only law and order West of the Pecos
One-Eyed Jacks 1961 Western
*really long film, well done, directed by Marlon Brando
*deemed “culturally significant”
*Romeo and Juliet storyline after Brando and girl know each other less than 12 hours
*Slim Pickens is a bad guy
Smoky 1946 Western
*Fred MacMurray western
*love story with a man and a horse
The Law and Jake Wade 1958 - Western
*great movie; Richard Widmark, Henry Silva, DeForest Kelley are bad guys
Jamboree 1957
*Dick Clark, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino in a rock n roll movie
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Three Little Girls in Blue 1946
Murder She Said 1961
Murder Most Foul 1964
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Day of the Badman - Western 1958
*again
Poseidon Adventure 1972
*again
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Beyond the Poseidon Adventure 1979
Return of the Seven 1966 - Western
*Warren Oates is best part
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***around this time is when COVID-19 started…so working from home while having movies on in the background became an everyday occurance…
Aquaman
*again
Shazam
*again
Spiderman: Far From Home
*again
Mean Girls
*again
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Darrow & Darrow: Witness to a Murder 2019
*Tom Cavanagh!
Yesterday 2019
*interesting but not great
No Holds Barred 1952
*Bowery Boys
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Always Be My Maybe 2019
*really good!
Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975
*again
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That Thing You Do 1996
*again
The Three Amigos 1986 Western
*again
A Dog’s Purpose 2017
*okay
Support Your Local Sheriff 1969 Western
*again
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Support Your Local Gunfighter 1971 Western
*again
Rollin’ Plains 1938 Western Tex Ritter
Sing Cowboy Sing 1937 Western Tex Ritter
The Mystery of the Hooded Horsemen 1937 Western Tex Ritter
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Some Like it Hot 1959
*again
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Robin Williams: Come Inside My Mind 2018
*again
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling Part 1-2 2018
*again
Mr. Mom 1983
*again
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The Comedy of Terrors 1964
*Vincent Price, Peter Lorre, Boris Karloff
Million Dollar Legs 1932
*WC Fields
The Killing 1956 film noir heist movie
*directed by Stanley Kubrick
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Appointment with Danger 1950 film noir
The Searchers 1956 Western
*again
The Glass Key 1942 film noir
*Dashiell Hammett
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Comanche 1956 Western
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Lucky Partners 1940
*Ginger Rogers
Vivacious Lady 1938
*again
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Adventure in Baltimore 1949
*Shirley Temple
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Destry Rides Again 1939 Western
*Jimmy Stewart
Revolt at Fort Laramie 1957 Western
*at the beginning of the Civil War, tensions rise at a frontier outpost where the soldiers loyalties are divided
The Honeymoon Machine 1961
*Steve McQueen in a rom-com
The Magnificent Seven Ride 1972 Western
*Lee Van Clef as Chris Adams; the final sequel
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Baby Boom 1987
*finally
Casablanca 1942
*again
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Abbott and Costello meet The Mummy 1955
Mischief 1985
Sunset Boulevard 1950
*again
Superbad supposidely Extended Edition 2007
*apparently 118 minutes instead of 113
The Last Picture Show 1971
*again
*Peter Bogdonovich
Targets 1968
*Peter Bogdanovich’s debut
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Make Your Own Bed
*Jack Carson
Fingers 1978
*James Toback
Naked Gun 1988
*again
The Apartment 1960
*again
Move Over Darling 1963
*James Garner, Doris Day
*again
The Thrill of It All 1963
*James Garner, Doris Day
*again
*directed by Norman Jewish
*written by Carl Reiner, Larry Gelbart
Out of Sight 1998
*again
Jacob Two Two Meet the Hooded Fang 1999
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The Taking of Pelham One Two Three 1974
*again
Jennifer On My Mind 1971 TCM Underground
4/4/20
Tunes of Glory 1960
*Alec Guinness
*kinda
The Paleface 1948 Western spoof
*Bob Hope, Jane Russell as Calamity Jane
*kinda
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My Life Without Me 2003
*Sarah Polley
*again, but haven’t seen it since it came out
*better than I remembered
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The Angel Levine 1970
*Zero Mostel, Harry Belafonte
*great concept and beginning, kind of starts to meander in the middle, gets muddled
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Jesse James 1939 Western
*Henry Fonda as Frank James
The Return of Frank James 1940 Western
*sequel to Jesse James; Fonda returns
Warlock 1959 Western
*Anthony Quinn, Henry Fonda, Frank Gorshin, DeForest Kelley
Frauds 1993
*Phil Collins
Recoil 2011
*Stone Cold Steve Austin, Serinda Swan
*filmed April 2011
An Accidental Studio 2018
Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story 2017
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Frankie and Johnny 1966
*Elvis Presley
You Got to Move 1985
*Documentary
Muscle Beach Party 1964 - 2nd in series
*Don Rickles, Frankie & Annette, Buddy Hackett, Morey Amsterdam, Peter Lorre, LITTLE Stevie Wonder
Beach Blanket Bingo 1965 - 5th in series
*Buster Keaton! Paul Lynde
Where the Boys Are 1960
*again; still great
How to Stuff a Wild Bikini 1965 - 7th in series
*Buster Keaton again!
Hobbs and Shaw 2019
*again, but finished it this time
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Boomerang 1992
*again, but not since it came out
The Orchard 2016
*filmed August 2015 in Naramata, Peachland, Penticton
*lots of nudity
Beyond a Reasonable Doubt 1956 Noir Alley
*Fritz Lang’s final US film
Send Me No Flowers 1964
*Tony Randall, Doris Day, Rock Hudson
*directed by Norman Jewison
MIB: International 2019
*bad
Midnight Run 1988
*again, but haven’t seen it for a long time
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I Never Sang for My Father 1970
*finally
*Gene Hackman
The First Travelling Saleslady 1956
*Ginger Rogers
***one of the films that “helped” close RKO Pictures
w/young James Arness, Clint Eastwood
One Fatal Hour aka Two Against the World 1936
*Bogart
Odds against Tomorrow 1959
*film noir/heist film
The Man From Snowy River 1982 Australian Western
*Kirk Douglas in dual roles
*Great!
Dark City 1950 film noir
“introducing Charlton Heston”
*pretty good movie
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The Swarm 1978
“one of the worst movies ever”
*yet has an Oscar nomination for costumes
w/Michael Caine, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Ben Johnson, Lee Grant, Jose Ferrer, Slim Pickens, Henry Fonda and Fred MacMurray in his last role
Guns, Girls and Gangsters 1959 film noir
*Lee Van Cleef
Where Danger Lives 1950 film noir
*Robert Mitchum
*fun film noir that is kind of a screwball comedy
*Claude Rains’ character could have a movie all his own
The Paper Chase 1973
White Lightning 1973 TCM Underground
*Burt Reynolds is Gator, no moustache
Gator 1976 TCM Underground
*Burt Reynolds is Burt Reynolds, with moustache
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The Eagle Has Landed 1976
Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall
The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)
The Long Good Friday 1980
*Hand Made Films (George Harrison)
Judas Kiss 1998
*Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Carla Gugino, Hal Holbrook, Philip Baker Hall, Roscoe Lee Browne
Ride the Pink Horse 1947 Noir Alley
*Season Premiere 3/7/20
I Wake Up Screaming 1941 Noir Alley
*Great film!
*3/14/20
Elevator to the Gallows 1958 Noir Alley
*French Noir!
*Miles Davis’ trumpet = classic noir score
*3/21/20
Crime Wave 1954 Noir Alley
*3/28/20
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Lone Wolf and Cub: Sword of Vengeance 1972
*1st in series
The Lost Continent 1968
*Hammer Films
The Cutting Edge 1992
*again, but not in a long time
Paper Moon 1973
*Peter Bogdonovich
The Big Doll House 1971 TCM Underground
*3/14/20
*one of first movies made by Roger Corman’s New World Pictures
*they remake the movie months later with same cast, filmed in same setting for “Women in Cages”; a year later they film a follow up (but not a sequel) with same cast “The Big Bird Cage”
*Pam Grier’s 1st starring role
*w/Sid Haig
Spider Baby 1964 TCM Underground
*3/14/20
*w/Sid Haig
Across 110th Street 1972 TCM Underground
*produced by “Film Guarantors Group”
*3/21/20
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Neptune’s Daughter 1949 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*again
*loved it more this time
Hard Day’s Night 1964 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*again
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon 1949 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
North by Northwest 1959 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*plus Robert Osbourne’s interview with Eva Marie Saint
The Seventh Seal 1956 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
Some Like it Hot (kinda) - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
Harold and Lillian 2015 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
Around the World Under the Sea 1966
*Keenan Wynn
The New Gladiators 1983 TCM Underground
*Italian film part of the trend of copying Mad Max
*3/28/20
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Night Flight 1933 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*Barrymores!, Robert Montgomery, Clark Gable, Myrna Loy
Double Harness 1933 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*William Powell
Safety Last 1923 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
They Live By Night 1948 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
Network 1976 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*plus Faye Dunaway interview
Casablanca 1942 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
Magnificent Ambersons 1942 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*plus Norman Lloyd interview
Night and the City 1950 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
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The Set-Up 1949 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
Lawrence of Arabia 1962 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*plus Peter O’Toole’s interview
Red Haired Woman 1932 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
*Jean Harlow in one of the last Pre-Code movies
Floyd Norman: An Animated Life 2016 - TCM FILM FESTIVAL AT HOME
The Left Handed Gun 1958 Western
*Paul Newman as Billy the Kid
*directorial debut of Arthur Penn
*whole concept of the movie is a screw up and Billy the Kid wasn’t left handed
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Once 2006
*first time in a long time
*still the best
Night Shift 1982
*Ron Howard’s 2nd movie, 1st studio film
Report to the Commissioner 1975
*Yaphet Kotto, young Michael Moriarity (who is terrible in this!)
Black Mama, White Mama 1972 - TCM Underground
*4/11/20
*another women’s prison movie; a lot of same cast as The Big Doll House, The Big Bird Cage and Women in Cages, in particular Pam Grier and Sid Haig
also rip off The Defiant Ones, too
Cover Me Babe 1970 - TCM Underground
*4/4/20
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Knockout 2011
*Stone Cold!, Janet Kidder
*filmed in Aldergrove, White Rock July 2010
*Phase 4
The Bobo 1967
*Peter Sellers
*bad
Pit Stop 1969
*Sid Haig, Ellen Burstyn
Land of Doom 1986 TCM Underground
3/28/20
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One Week 2008
Get Shorty 1995
*again
Diggstown 1992
*again, but first time since it came out
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Election 1999
*again, but not since it came out
*still awesome
Man About Town 2006
*bad
Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 1998
*way better than I remembered
The Colossal Failure of the Modern Relationship 2015
*Canadian, filmed in Ontario
Heavenly Bodies 1985
*Canadian
*Cynthia Dale
*has been shown on TCM Underground in 2014
Double Indemnity
*again
Felicia’s Journey 1999
*Atom Egoyan
Blue Thunder 1983
*Roy Scheider, Joe Santos, Malcolm McDowell
*Warren Oates (one of his last films)
Maverick 1994
*again, yet it seems like I haven’t seen it before
*so freaking long
*90 minutes before they get to the boat
*lame dialogue
*is this the director’s cut?
*great production design
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Man of Tai Chi 2013
*directed by Keanu Reeves
The Men Who Stare at Goats 2009
*is it as bad as I remember?
*yup
We’re No Angels 1989
*written by David Mamet
*directed by Neil Jordan
*looks like a Tim Burton movie inside the prison
*filmed in Mission, BC
*Nuns on the Run comes out 1990
*having Mamet write dialogue for mumblefucks DeNiro, Penn…
*bad
In & Out 1997
*haven’t seen it since it came out
*Debbie Reynolds, Bob Newhart, Wilford Brimley
*good
Cookie 1989 TCM Underground
*Peter Falk, Jerry Lewis
*pretty good movie
*4/24/20
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Nickelodeon 1976
*Peter Bogdonovich
*bad
Saint Jack 1979
*Peter Bogdonovich
*meh
Police Story 1985
*Jackie Chan star, wrote and directs
Police Story 2 1988
*didn’t finish
Top Secret 1984
*Zuckers Bros.
Silverado 1985 Western
*pretty good, but overly complicated
Gravity 2013
*really amazing, should’ve seen it in theatres
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The Agency 1981
*Canadian film with Robert Mitchum, Lee Majors, Valerie Perrine, Saul Rubinek
Speak Easily 1932
*Buster Keaton talkie with Jimmy Durante
Dirty Dozen! 1967
*once again!
*still awesome!
This Time for Keeps 1947
*Esther Williams, Jimmy Durante
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The Wild Angels 1966
*directed by Roger Corman
*screenplay by Peter Bogdanovich uncredited
*Peter Fonda, Bruce Dern, Diane Ladd
Pork Chop Hill 1959
*didn’t watch it
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The Super Cops 1974
*Great movie!
Wicked Woman 1954 Noir Alley
*fun, trashy noir
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Modern Problems 1981
*Chevy Chase, Dabney Coleman, Nell Carter
*lame
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Damage 2009
*Stone Cold, Laura Vandervoort, Walton Goggins, Donnelly Rhodes
*filmed in Vancouver 10/17/08 to 12/2/08; where Austin breaks Paul Lazanby’s nose
*better than I thought it would be!
The Way of the Gun 2000
*written, directed by Christopher McQuarrie
*not nearly as good as I remember
New Waterford Girl 1999
*awesome movie
Requiem for a Dream 2000
*still well done and messed up
*never have to watch this again
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Inherit the Wind 1999
*Jack Lemmon, George C. Scott, Beau Bridges
Recipe for Love 2014
*TV movie with Danielle Panabaker
Duel at Diablo 1966 Western
*James Garner, Sidney Poitier
*interesting soundtrack for a western
*starts slow but turns out great
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Bandit Goes Country 1994
*TV movie reboot of Smoky and the Bandit
*Charles Nelson Reilly, Elizabeth Berkley, Mel Tillis, Tyler Mane
Bandit, Bandit 1994
*TV movie reboot of Smoky and the Bandit
*John Schneider, Kenneth Loge III, Ami Dolenz, Richard Belzer
Beauty and the Bandit 1994
*TV movie reboot of Smoky and the Bandit
*Tony Curtis, Kathy Ireland
Bandit’s Silver Angel 1994
*TV movie reboot of Smoky and the Bandit
*Traci Lords, Donald O’Connor, Tugboat!
Fifth Element 1997
*again
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Snatch 2000
*again
Hollywood Canteen 1944
*5/3/20 Robert Osbourne’s birthday
*w/Robert Osbourne’s original intro 9/17/09
Galaxy Quest 1999
*again
Winning 1969
*Paul Newman racing movie
*Joanne Woodward’s character is horrible!
*movie is boring for a racing movie
I Know Where I’m Going 1945
*one of the best movies ever according to Robert Osbourne 7/8/09
*Paramount use this script as an example of “the perfect script”
Unsinkable Molly Brown 1964
*Bob’s Pick from 11/15/12
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A Daughter’s Nightmare 2014
*shot in Kelowna, directed by Vic Sarin
*Victoria Pratt
Hyena Road 2015
*directed by Paul Gross
The Pretty One 2013
*Zoe Kazan, Frankie Shaw
*really good!
*written and directed by Jenee LaMarque
Stars in my Crown 1950 Western
*Bob’s Pick 11/15/96
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Nemesis Game
*written & directed by Jesse Warn (who is now a big-wig in the Arrowverse)
*Ian McShane, Carly Pope, Jay Barushcel
*weird, like they ran out of film, the last ten minutes of the movie are done with title cards
Going in Style 2017
*directed by Zack Braff
*Michael Caine, Alan Arkin, Morgan Freeman
*Joey King, Keenan Thompson, Ann Margaret, Christopher Lloyd
*pretty good
The To Do List 2013
*Aubrey Plaza, Bill Hader, DONALD GLOVER in a too small role, Rachel Bilson, Connie Britton, Andy Samberg, McLovin, Kenneth…
Semi-Pro 2008
*not as funny as I remember…
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Breakout 2013
*Canadian; filmed in Ontario
*Brendan Fraser, Dominic Purcell
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Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow aka Time After Time 2011
*shot in Duncan
*Kaj-Erik Eriksen
Zoom 2015
*live action/Waking Life hybrid
*Alison Pill, Don McKellar, Michael Eklund
*meh
Robin Hood of El Dorado 1936 Western
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Look Who’s Talking 1989
*again, but not for a long time
Into the Forest 2015
*Canadian film produced by Ellen Page; starring Page, Evan Rachel Wood, Callum Keith Rennie, Michael Eklund
*filmed in Campbell River, BC
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Ace in the Hole 1951 TCM Essentials
*still awesome
Bend it Like Beckham 2002
*still awesome
Step Brothers 2008
*still meh
Juno 2007
*again
*FFed a lot
Sophie’s Choice 1982
*finally seen it
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Fallen Angel 1945 Noir Alley
The Comancheros 1961 Western
*John Wayne
Brewster McCloud 1970
*directed by Robert Altman
*surprisingly awesome!
Fletch 1985
*for the millionth time!
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The Big Chill 1983
*again, but not for a long time
Play It Again Sam 1972
*written by Woody Allen, directed by Herbert Ross
The Front 1976
*Woody Allen just an actor, Zero Mostel!
*oversimplifies a complicated issue but still a very enjoyable movie!
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Mindfield 1989
*Canadian film; no Wikipedia page
*Christopher Plummer, Michael Ironside
*actually takes place in city it’s filmed in (Montreal)
Joshua Then and Now 1985
*also takes place in Montreal
*James Woods, Alan Arkin
*written by Mordecai Richler, based on his novel
Keepers of the Magic 2016
*Vic Sarin’s documentary about cinematographers
*very well done!
The Return to Dr. X 1939
*early Bogie, weird to see him in a campy horror film
SOB 1981
*Julie Andrews, Robert Vaughn, William Holden, Shelley Winters, Larry Hagman, Robert Loggia, Angel from Rockford Files
*directed by Blake Edwards, w/Richard Mulligan
Silent Running 1972
*Bruce Dern in space
Micki and Maude 1984
*Dudley Moore, Andre the Giant!
*directed by Blake Edwards, w/Richard Mulligan
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Body Double 1984
*directed by Brian De Palma, trying to be Hitchcock
*not sure if the lead actor is the best actor ever or the worst
*tries to be a erotic thriller or parody of Hollywood but has some really funny stuff, especially with Melanie Griffith at the end
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Tremors 1990
*still awesome
Cat People 1982
*pretty good
*awesome David Bowie soundtrack
Full Tilt Boogie 1997
*documentary about making “From Dusk Til Dawn”
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Dirty Singles 2014
*Lauren Ash
*filmed in Toronto
The Truth About Cats and Dogs 1996
*still awesome
Private School 1983
Jumpin Jack Flash 1986
*Penny Marshall’s directorial debut
*Annie Potts, Phil Hartman, Jim Belushi, Jon Lovitz, Michael McKean, Tracy Ullman
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Mambo Kings 1992
La Bamba 1987
To Be or Not to Be 1983
*Mel Brooks just an actor, with Anne Bancroft
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New Jack City 1991
*again but not since it came out
*directed by Mario Van Peebles, his directorial debut
Man of the West 1958 Western
*Gary Cooper
*really good!
The Crimson Kimono 1959 Noir Alley
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Road to Hong Kong 1962
*last in the series
*cameos by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, David Niven, Peter Sellers
*Dorothy Lamour sadly only has a cameo
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What She Said: The Art of Pauline Kael 2018
The Shootist 1976 Western
*old John Wayne, his final film role
*teen Ron Howard, Jimmy Stewart, Lauren Bacall
*old gunfighter is slowly dying of painful cancer, wants to die on his terms
*really good
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The Night Holds Terror 1955
*starring Jack Kelly (Bart Maverick), John Cassavetes
From Beyond 1986 TCM Underground
*5/16/20
*same people who made Re-Animator
*”not a good movie, but they tried”
Dolls 1987 TCM Underground
Bite the Bullet 1975 Western
*Gene Hackman, James Coburn, Ben Johnson, Candice Bergen
*a Western version of Cannonball Run?
The Scalphunters 1968 Western
*Burt Lancaster, Ossie Davis, Telly Sevalas, Shelley Winters
*directed by SYDNEY POLLACK??? his 3rd movie
*kind of a Lethal Weapon buddy cop but a Western
Stephen King’s Silver Bullet 1985
*Gary Busey, Corey Haim, Megan Follows
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Eddie Macon’s Run 1983
*Kirk Douglas, John Schneider
*John Goodman’s film debut
Blockers 2018
*better than I thought it would be
October Gale 2014
*Patricia Clarkson, Scott Speedman, Callum Keith Rennie
*shot in Ontario
Just Buried 2007
*Jay Baruchel, Rose Byrne, Graham Greene
*shot in Halifax
Inside Daisy Clover 1965
*Natalie Wood, Robert Redford, Christopher Plummer, Ruth Gordon, Roddy McDowell; Redford’s character is bisexual
Mad Monster Party? 1967
*Rankin Bass animation team
Airheads 1994
*Adam Sandler, Brendan Frsaser, Steve Buscemi, Judd Nelson, Ernie Hudson, David Arquette, Joe Mantegna, Chris Farley, Michael McKean, Harold Ramis, Tracey Ullman, Michael Richards, Rob Zombie
============================
Western Union 1941 Western
*directed by Fritz Lang
*not historically accurate
Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992
*directed by John Carpenter
*Chevy Chase major bomb
*Darryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean
Bollywood/Hollywood 2002
*still a weird watch, can’t tell if the acting is amazing or horrible, still an enjoyable watch
*shot in Toronto
*Lisa Ray!
Harlem Nights 1989
*Eddie Murphy directs for the only time
*Charlie Murphy’s 1st film
Cornered 1945 Noir Alley
*same team as Murder My Sweet, Dick Powell stars, directed by Edward Dmytryk, etc
*complicated politics in the movie end up later leading to most of creative team getting blacklisted in the 50’s
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Grown-Ups 1 & 2
*kinda watched them
*meh
The Valley Below 2014
*shot in Drumheller
The Grizzlies 2018
*shot in Nunavut
*Will Sasso
Hard Core Logo 2 2010
Prince of the City 1981
*directed by Sidney Lumet
*Jerry Orbach, Treat Williams
Where the Sidewalk Ends 1950
*film noir with Dana Andrews, Karl Malden
*directed by Otto Preminger
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Rollerball 1975
*again, still awesome
Comic Book Confidential 1988
*still a great doc
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Cairo Time 2009
*Canadian film shot in Egypt
*Patricia Clarkson mumbles so much it’s hard to hear her dialogue
*directed by Ruba Nadda
Eraserhead 1977 TCM Underground
Reality Bites 1994
*meh
*”How to Smoke in Movies” Part 1
Where the Day Takes You 1992
*lots of young stars, Will Smith, Lara Flynn Boyle, Kyle MacLachlin, Adam Baldwin, Sean Astin, Ricki Lake, David Arquette, Alyssa Milano
*”How to Smoke in Movies” Part 2
Slums of Beverly Hills 1998
*Alan Arkin and Carl Reiner AS BROTHERS!
*Marisa Tomei, Natasha Lyonne, Jessica Walter, Rita Moreno
*Kevin Corrigan and David Krumholtz in the same film
*”How to Smoke in Movies” Part 3
A Girl in Every Port 1952
*Groucho Marx but no other brothers
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The Domestics 2018
*Tyler Hoechlin, Kate Bosworth (multiverse versions o Clark Kent & Lois Lane)
*shot in November 2016 in New Orleans
Red State 2011
*again
Hitchcock/Truffaut 2015
*didn’t get through it
Can You Keep a Secret? 2019
*Tyler Hoechlin, Alexandria Daddario, Laverne Cox
*filmed October to December 2018 in Vancouver
Dead Don’t Die 2019
*meh
*not as funny as it thinks it is
Sex Kittens Go to College 1960
*Mamie Van Doren, Charles Chaplin Jr. and Harold Lloyd Jr. in uncredited roles
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Lords of Flatbush 1974
*young Henry Winkler (pre-Happy Days, barely in it for the 1st 45 minutes), young Sylvester Stalllone
*Perry King is the main character but it was Richard Gere but he and Stallone got into a fight before filming; Stallone steals the film two years before Rocky
*behind the scenes stories are more interesting than the film apparently
*just kind of ends…
The Unforgiven 1960 Western
*directed by John Huston
*Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn
*about racism in the Old West
*terrible acting but a good story
Where the Truth Lies 2005
*again
China 9, Liberty 37 1978 Spaghetti Western
*Warren Oates, Sam Peckinpah as an actor
She 1965
*Hammer Films
*Ursula Andress, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee, Bernard Cribbins (Wilfred on Dr. Who)
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Return to Mayberry 1986
*fine for what it was, could’ve been funnier
King Solomon’s Mines 1950
The Thin Red Line 1998
*still awesome
*Sean Penn, Jim Caviezel, Ben Chaplin, Nick Nolte, Elias Koteas, Dash Mihok are the “stars”
*George Clooney, John Travolta are only in one scene each
*John Cusack, Woody Harrelson have brief but important roles
*Miranda Otto, Tim Blake Nelson, Thomas Jane, Jared Leto, John C. Reilly have bigger (yet small) roles
*Bill Pullman, Mickey Rourke, Lukas Haas were all in it but cut out
*Adrien Brody was supposed to be the star but role was almost all cut out (although he does have an important role)
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How Sweet It Is! 1968
*James Garner, Debbie Reynolds, Paul Lynde!
*written by Garry Marshall
*Garner loves everyone involved but hated the movie
Honey 2003
Josie and the Pussycats 2001
*alot of people involved in this movie went on to make/be involved with Robot Chicken
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6/3/20 - nothing surprisingly
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Peckinpah Suite 2019
Fifth Avenue Girl 1939
*Ginger Rogers
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6/5/20 - nothing
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Monkey Business 1931 3rd movie overall; 1st movie in Hollywood; 1st with an original script not based on a Broadway show
*again
*Marx Brothers on an ocean liner
Horse Feathers 1932 2nd movie in Hollywood
*again
*Marx Brothers in college, playing football
Animal Crackers 1930 (Pre-Code) filmed in NY
*again
*Marx Brothers try to find a stolen painting
*”Hooray for Captain Spalding”
Duck Soup 1933
*again
*Marx Brothers at war
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Scott Pilgrim vs. The World 2010
*again
Fright Night 1985
*Chris Sarandon, Roddy McDowell, Amanda Bearse (Married with Children)
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6/8/20 nothing
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Head in the Clouds 2004
*sort of Canadian
*Charlize Theron, Penelope Cruz
The Crimson Pirate 1952
*Burt Lancaster
*”The Crimson Permanent Assurance” by Terry Gilliam (in “The Meaning of Life”) is a parody of this
*rumoured that Pirates of the Caribbean is inspired by this movie
Man of the World 1931
*William Powell, Carole Lombard (years before My Man Godfrey)
Be Water 2020
*30 for 30 on Bruce Lee
Hopscotch 1980
*again
*Walter Matthau spy comedy
Kings Row 1942
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How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying 1967
Lady Bird 2017
*finally!
The Wild Bunch 1969
*Sam Peckinpah
*William Holden, Robert Ryan, Ernest Bornnine, Warren Oates, Ben Johnson
The Devil Within Her 1975 TCM Underground
*Joan Collins, Donald Pleasance
*6/6/20
The Underworld Story 1950 Noir Alley
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Surf Party 1964
*more serious version of Beach Party
Dangerous When Wet 1953
*Esther Williams, Jack Carson
*where Esther Williams swims with Tom and Jerry
One Million Years BC 1966
*Raquel Welch
*Hammer Films
*Ray Harryhausen
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A Fistful of Dollars 1964 Spaghetti Western
*#1 of Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone “Dollars” Trilogy
*kind of disappointing, wasn’t what I was expecting
*thought The Man With No Name would be more of a silent killer, a badass
*kind of convoluted plot, hard to follow
A Few Dollars More 1965 Spaghetti Western
*#2 of Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone “Dollars” Trilogy
*better than the first, starts off great, gets drawn out and convoluted towards the end
*Lee Van Cleef steals the show
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
*#3 of Clint Eastwood/Sergio Leone “Dollars” Trilogy
*it’s Eli Wallach’s movie
*1st part with Eastwood and Wallach scamming towns is fun, then it gets complicated
*Lee Van Clerf is barely in it for the 1st hour or so…
*epic!
*so for the Dollars trilogy, Eastwood plays the same character, who is “The Man with No Name” but has a name, a different one in each movie, but Leone casts a lot of the same actors in each movie, but in different roles…a smidgen confusing…
Blue Chips 1994
*again, but not since it came out
*surprised it was directed by William Friedkin
*good but not great
A Kiss Before Dying 1956 Noir Alley
*full colour noir starring Robert Wagner
Mystery Train 1989 TCM Underground
*anthology film directed by Jim Jarmusch
Gidget 1959
*launches the beach party film genre
*w/Cliff Robertson of all people
Psycho Beach Party 2000
*Amy Adams, Lauren Ambrose, Kathleen Robertson, Nicholas Brendon
*Thomas Gibson as the older weird guy who lives in a shack on the beach who teaches surfing…just like Cliff Robertson in “Gidget”
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About Time 2013
*Rachel McAdams, MARGOT ROBBIE, Vanessa Kirby
*main character is really dumb, gets annoying
Billy Elliot 2000
*1st time ever
Springfield Rifle 1952 Western
*basically a Western version of The Departed with Gary Cooper playing the Leo role
*better than I thought it would be
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Hector and the Search for Happiness 2014
*meh
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The Longest Week 2014
*Olivia Wilde, Jason Bateman, Jenny Slate
*literally after the 1st scene of this movie I was like “WTF is this movie?”
*bad despite the talent involved
Dummy 2003
*Adrien Brody, Milla Jovovich, Illeana Douglas, Jeddica Walter, Ron Leibman, Vera Farmiga
Advance to the Rear 1964 Western comedy
*Glenn Ford
*Gilligan’s Island alum Jim Backus (Mr. Howell) and Alan Hale Jr. (Skipper)
*plus Yvonne Craig (Batgirl)
*Western comedy that’s not a Western or funny
The Avenging Rider 1943 Western
*starring Tim Holt
*meh
Desert Passage 1952 Western
*starring Tim Holt
*the last of 46 westerns made by Holt at RKO (the last few of the series didn’t make money)
The Desperado 1954 Western
Waiting to Exhale 1995
*finally
*had no idea Forest Whitaker directed this
*freaking all star team of talent!
*good but not great movie
Guns of Diablo 1964 Western
*Charles Bronson, a young Kurt Russell fight bad guys together
*actually an expanded version of a TV show “The Travels of Jaimie McPhetters episode “The Day of Reckoning”
*actually pretty good!
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Dolomite is My Name 2019
*amazing!!!
The Watch 2012
*bad
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Blue Hawaii 1962
*Elvis, Angela Lansbury as his mom
The Swimmer 1968
*Burt Lancaster
*weird, could be on TCM Underground
The Other Guys 2010
*finally
*actually really funny
*”You learned to dance sarcastically?”
Duck Soup 1933
*yet again
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The Postman Always Rings Twice
*again
Kansas City Confidential 1952
*again
*Lee Van Cleef
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Burn After Reading 2008
*again
Barbershop 3 2016
Ride Along 2014
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Underworld USA 1961 Noir Alley
*written, directed and produced by Sam Fuller
*”perfect Father’s Day film for film noir”
*way different Cliff Robertson than in “Gidget”
The Old Man and the Gun 2018
*really good!
The Yakuza 1975 TCM Underground
*again apparently - didn’t realize I’d already seen it until halfway through
*6/20/20
*directed by Sydney Pollack, written by Paul Schrader and Robert Towne
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What’s Cooking? 2000
*directed by Grinder Chadha, who did “Bend it like Beckham” and “Bride and Prejudice”
======================
Murder by Contract 1958 Noir Alley
The Horse Soldiers 1959 Western
*John Wayne, William Holden, Festus!
*interesting at first (Holden plays a pacifist, Wayne does’ like him), but then becomes a lazy love triangle
Snakes on a Plane 2006
*shot in Vancouver, w/Canadians Rachel Blanchard, Taylor Kitsch
*also Kenan Thompson, Elsa Pataky
Hardcore 1979 TCM Underground
*Paul Schrader directs for 2nd time, before this had written The Yakuza, Taxi Driver
*Roger Ebert gives this 4 out of 4, Siskel 3 out of 4; Pauline Kael doesn’t like it
The Wiz 1978
*finally get to watch this!
*directed by Sidney Lumet (I had no idea)
*written by Joel Schumacher RIP (I had no idea)
*Quincy Jones!
*Richard Pryor!
*Diana Ross is 33 when she plays Dorothy
*Michael Jackson’s 1st time away from the Jackson Five, ends up going out on his own after this…
*really long movie…
The Doughgirls 1944
*Jack Carson
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A Matter of Life and Death 1946 TCM Essentials
*comes out the same year as “It’s a Wonderful Life”
*stuff in the afterlife is awesome, real world stuff not so much
*a reverse Wizard of Oz
My Favourite Brunette 1947
*Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour in a film noir spoof
The Big Trees 1952 Western
*Kirk Douglas
Telegraph Trail 1933 Western
*young John Wayne
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Don’t Make Waves 1967
*Beach movie with Tony Curtis, Sharon Tate
*Jim Backus plays himself
*interesting climax with all the main characters in a house on top of a collapsing cliff
The Blue Lagoon 1980
*Brooke Shields is 14 at the time of filming
Beach Party 1963
*again; 1st in series
Bikini Beach 1964
*3rd in series
w/Keenan Wynn, Don Rickles, Boris Karloff, LITTLE Stevie Wonder (again)
Viva Las Vegas 1964
*one of Elvis’ best
*with Ann Margaret!!!
*so many iconic scenes/songs!
It’s a Bikini World 1967
*directed by Stephanie Rothman, only beach movie with a “feminist” storyline
*one of the last of the beach movies, they were fading out, had low budgets, etc.
*partly financed by Roger Corman, as Rothmans was his protege
*Sid Haig!
*Disney’s Tommy Kirk, in the role he says ruined his career!
*Lots of bands, including The Gentrys!
Palm Springs Weekend 1963
*Robert Conrad, Stephanie Powers, Connie Stevens, Jerry Van Dyke
*a beach movie set in the desert…
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Hall Pass 2011
*directed by Farrelly Brothers, shockingly
*not funny, except for scene where cops find Sudekis in the car
*Alexandra Daddario, Tyler Hoechlin, Stephen Merchant, Derek Waters
*lame script with “shocking” moments meant to misdirect so you don’t notice it’s lame
*really long - 2.5 hours with commercials
*blink and you’ll miss Alyssa Milano, was she in other scenes, although if so does that mean this movie has a longer version?
Code 8 2019
*friggin awesome movie
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Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny 2006
*love Tenacious D
*heard this movie sucked, so I never watched it
*didn’t want to taint the D
*better than I thought it would be
*Tim Robbins is the best part
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The Watermelon Woman 1996
*example of “New Queer Cinema”
*blend of fact and fiction looking into Hollywood’s past
*co-starring Guinevere Turner, who made “Go Fish” and “inspired” Chasing Amy
*great film, wish I’d seen it earlier
Brute Force 1947
*Burt Lancaster in a prison noir
Made 2001
*again, but not since it came out
*Jon Favreau’s directorial debut (not Swingers, that was Doug Liman)
*Peter F’N Falk!
*Hollywood High!
*Vince Vaughn at his most annoying!
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They Only Kill Their Masters 1972
*James Garner “I’d rather not talk about it”
*the last film to be made on the old MGM lot, so old MGM stars like Peter Lawford, June Allyson, Edmond O’Brien, Arthur O’Connell, and Ann Rutherford are in this film so they can be on the lot one last time
*not a bad little movie, although it has some very dated thinking towards gay people
*Art Metrano aka Lt. Mauser from Police Academy movies
*Police Chief Abel Marsh is later played by Alan Alda (kinda) and Andy Griffith in TV movies
*a few years before Rockford Files, some locations used here are used for Rockford, including the beach where Rockford’s trailer is parked
National Lampoon’s European Vacation 1985
*never been a big fan of these movies
*surprised Amy Heckling directed it
*Eric Idle is it, really? For two minutes? Well maybe six minutes?
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Mighty Joe Young 1949
*same people who brought us King Kong and it shows
*Ben Johnson’s 1st credited role
*one of Ray Harryhausen’s 1st jobs in feature films
*movie is more of a King Kong rip off until the ending with them in the truck escaping, with Joe hanging off the back of the truck chilling’, and then they save the kids from the orphanage, that part is amazing and a really well done action sequence
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*July 1st - Happy Canada Day!
TO BE CONTINUED…in Part 2!