Gone With a Mighty Wind
The Old South is invaded by folk musicians who accidentally burn down Tara in a hilarious campfire accident, and nobody gave a damn in the end.
"I felt the ending was a bit disappointing, no closure," said one critic.
"I loved it, that guy from Laverne and Shirley is hilarious," the New York Post reported.
Withnail and I and Three Men and a Baby
Richard E. Grant stars in this indie flick about two out of work actors who scam a booze-soaked trip to the country to escape their urban woes only to find Ted Danson, Steve Guttenberg, Tom Selleck and a baby occupying their Uncle Monty's cottage.
"Grant has a classic scene where in a drunken stupor he yells that Danson and Selleck can stay but the baby and Guttenberg simply must go. Uncle Monty, who arrives unexpectedly, asks Selleck if he can cook....well, fun fun fun is all I can say," remarked one critic.
Hey, you're stretching my sensititvity with grammar, cav -- too many "ands" and I mean that and I won't exactly criticize you and I've done it myself.
Hmm...you are correct, sir. I shall be more directorially linkful in the future, AND brush up on my precis.
Well, I guess everything is technically fractured in this thread!
True enough. Hmm...the avatar inspires me....
Monsters Ball Inc.
A big blue monster is sent out to scare the bejeesus out of Halle Barry, but soon realizes that her gettin' it on with Billy Bob Thornton is scary enough.
Howard the Duck's End
--An incredibly boring Merchant Ivory film about a cartoon duck with no pants trying to gain title to an English country estate.
Twelve O'clock High Noon
--Sheriff Kane must face the Miller gang alone. Fortunately, he's armed with a B-17 bomber...
A Night of the Living Dead to Remember
--Crew and passengers of the Titanic must fight off an attack by brain-eating zombies
The Creature From the Blue Lagoon
--The gill man and Brooke Shields are marooned on an island together, have guppies.
Triumph of the Willard
--Hitler rises to power with the help of his rat army.
A Bridge Too Far From the Madding Crowd
--A girl romances and breaks up with three suitors while holding Arnhem bridge for reinforcements.
On the Beach Party
--As long as the world is coming to an end anyway, Australians decide to whoop it up.
Nineteen eighty-four Weddings and a Funeral
War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Hugh Grant can act.
"The costumes were rather plain for a wedding. Mao jackets just don't show off Andie McDowell's figure." - Seventeen magazine.
The Battle of Britain for the Planet of the Apes
Michael Caine and Roddy McDowell square off while thousands of tea-drinking chimps cheer them on.
"Destined to be a cult classic. The scone-making orangutans stole the picture!" - Variety.
Shaft in Out of Africa
Meryl Streep and Richard Roundtree fight crime against a backdrop of spectacular scenery.
"Streep can't quite match Shaft's accent, but I still enjoyed the film," - Rex Reed.
Life as A House of 1000 Corpses
Kevin Kline plays an architect who has cancer. He tries to reconcile with his son by building a house in the backwoods of America only to be captured by a family of psychotics. Sensitive moments are intertwined with murder, cannabalism and satanic ritual.
"This seemed like it was trying to be two movies at once" remarked one critic.
Stop, you're giving me a tummy ache!
Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss of the Spider Woman
A movie with Sean Hayes repeating his role, this time as a photographer in a South American jail who keeps telling stories involving classic Hollywood movies. I shutter to think.
The (W)Omen
Tearjerker about the son of Satan.
Map of the Human Untamed Heart
Christian Slater plays an Inuit orphan with a baboon heart who saves a French-Canadian girl from rapists in their orphanage. They fall in love, get separated by war, and a bad baboon heart.
"Not only is Slater completely unconvincing as an Inuit, I want to know where the hell they found baboons in the arctic." -Roeper
"It's always about continuity with you isn't it, you need everything explained?" -Ebert
The Color Purple Rose of Cairo
-Young black woman is mistreated by racist character who came out of the screen.
The Slugger's Ex-wives Club
-Baseball player, too good at bat; too bad at bed.
The Field of Dreams
An old Irish curmudgeon comes to blows with a schizophrenic Kevin Costner when he attempts to take away his land to build a baseball field.
Splendor in the Grass is Greener
Two teenage lovers have problems with sexual intercourse until they become seniors and discover Viagra.
She's Gotta Have It Came from Outer Space
B-movie sci-fi classic, mostly in black and white, from director Spike Lee. Take me to your leader, Nola.
"The scene of the aliens at Thanksgiving is hilarious in this uneven farce from a promising new director." - Pauline Kael, from beyond the grave.
The Longest Day the Earth Stood Still
An alien comes to earth on D-Day. Klaatu barada nicto, indeed.
"Seems like a meaningless mission." - Gene Shalit.
An Andalusian Dog Day Afternoon
Al Pacino cuts his eye during a bungled attempt to rob a bank to pay for his lover's sex change operation.
"Luis Bunuel didn't really evoke the spirit of Attica." - Ebert.
A My Dog Skip Day Afternoon.....heck, I ain't even going there...I've used Skip already....
