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- DirectorMike HodgesStarsSam J. JonesMelody AndersonMax von SydowA football player and his friends travel to the planet Mongo and find themselves fighting the tyranny of Ming the Merciless to save Earth.That must be one hell of a planet you men come from! Not too bad. Dubbing Sam J. Jones' voice was a great decision. Getting Queen to do the soundtrack was a greater decision. Outfitting Ornella Muti in tight red leather... the greatest decision ever made.
- DirectorJohn GlenStarsRoger MooreCarole BouquetTopolSecret service agent James Bond is assigned to find a missing British vessel equipped with a weapons encryption device and prevent it from falling into enemy hands.The most serious and "realistic" of Moore's Bond films is also the zenith of the series. Greatest variety of locales and stunts, a fantastic Bond girl, awesome 80's soundtrack, and a believable yet compelling plot. Contains as many serious moments as it does quips, and they all just work.
- DirectorSpike LeeStarsDanny AielloOssie DavisRuby DeeOn the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.Spike Lee's seminal contribution to the ongoing discussion of race relations in the USA. Funny, alarming, outlandish, and realistic all at the same time - but also eminently thought-provoking.
- DirectorJohn CarpenterStarsJeff BridgesKaren AllenCharles Martin SmithAn alien takes the form of a young Wisconsin widow's husband and makes her drive him to his departure point in Arizona. Distrustful government agents, along with a more ambivalent scientist, give pursuit in hopes of intercepting them.It's a romance. No, it's a comedy. No, it's science fiction. No, it's a road picture. No. It's all of those and more. Plus it features wonderful 80's synth background music and a handful of tear-jerking moments. They should put this movie in a space probe to show people on other planets.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsMatthew ModineR. Lee ErmeyVincent D'OnofrioA pragmatic U.S. Marine observes the dehumanizing effects the Vietnam War has on his fellow recruits from their brutal boot camp training to the bloody street fighting in Hue.Wow. Who would have thought that training for combat in Vietnam would be almost as hellish as fighting in Vietnam? When you look up "drill instructor" in the collective minds of movie audiences everywhere, there's a picture of R. Lee Ermey.
- DirectorMerian C. CooperErnest B. SchoedsackStarsFay WrayRobert ArmstrongBruce CabotA film crew goes to a tropical island for a location shoot, where they capture a colossal ape who takes a shine to their blonde starlet, and bring him back to New York City.The original is still the best. The stop-motion effects hold up better than those of either of the remakes - just imagine you're watching one of those old-timey newsreels where the frames are choppy (which, actually, you kinda are). It never looks like a guy in a suit (I'm talkin' to you, Dino DeLaurentiss) or a frickin' computer-generated cartoon (I'm talkin' to you, Peter Jackson). Plus you actually care about the characters in this one.
- DirectorMichael CrichtonStarsAlbert FinneyJames CoburnSusan DeyThree of four models, who had plastic surgery done by Larry after a computed list, are dead. Neither the cops nor Larry believe they're suicides. Larry investigates and stays with the fourth model. Who's behind the lists and murders?Spoiler alert: Light Ocular-Oriented Kinetic Emotive Response. OK, so they obviously came up with the acronym first and the meaning second. That's OK, lots of real acronyms are made that way. What's not to like about a plastic surgeon running around town with a Partridge Family member in a Porsche 928, solving a bunch of mysterious deaths?
- DirectorLewis GilbertStarsRoger MooreLois ChilesMichael LonsdaleJames Bond investigates the mid-air theft of a space shuttle, and discovers a plot to commit global genocide.This movie gets a lot of hate on the James Bond boards. Not sure why. Do people think it was a shameless cash-in on the popularity of Star Wars? Au contraire, the NASA Space Shuttle program was a shameless rip-off of Moonraker! Both JB movies bookending For Your Eyes Only were fantastic; this one is just a bit more fantastic than Octopussy.
- DirectorMorton DaCostaStarsRobert PrestonShirley JonesBuddy HackettTraveling con artist Harold Hill targets the naïve residents of a small town in 1910s Iowa by posing as a boys' band leader to raise money before he can skip town.Thank you, Amaryllithhhhhh! Ye gawds!! Great honk!!! You watch your phraseology!!!! Hmm... Two of my favorite movies feature Partridge Family members. Let me go find something with Danny Bonaduce in it...
- DirectorKinka UsherStarsBen StillerJaneane GarofaloWilliam H. MacyA group of inept amateur superheroes must try to save the day when a supervillain threatens to destroy a major superhero and the city.This film is to comic book movies what This is Spinal Tap is to rockumentaries. It's just supremely funny, no matter how many times I watch it. How many toggles, "in toto", do I give the switch? Just flip it!!!
- DirectorJohn BoormanStarsNigel TerryHelen MirrenNicholas ClayMerlin the magician helps Arthur Pendragon unite the Britons around the Round Table of Camelot, even as dark forces conspire to tear it apart.Uther! Uther!! Merlin!!! You will believe a man can pull a sword from a stone. It just ain't Captain Jean-Luc Picard. The atmosphere of this movie is so thick you couldn't cut it with a sword.
- DirectorRoger KumbleStarsSarah Michelle GellarRyan PhillippeReese WitherspoonTwo vicious step-siblings of an elite Manhattan prep school make a wager: to deflower the new headmaster's daughter before the start of term.They should call this movie Guilty Pleasures, because it's one of mine. Don't ask me to explain why. If you have to ask, I wouldn't convince you.
- DirectorPaul BrickmanStarsTom CruiseRebecca De MornayJoe PantolianoA Chicago teenager is looking for fun at home while his parents are away, but the situation quickly gets out of hand.Princeton can use a guy like Joel. Hmmm... Two of my favorites feature Porsche 928's. Let me go find something with Bruce Dern and Ann-Margaret...
- DirectorNeill BlomkampStarsSharlto CopleyDavid JamesJason CopeViolence ensues after an extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth finds a kindred spirit in a government agent exposed to their biotechnology.I think Neill Blomkamp actually found insectoid space aliens to appear in this movie, so seamless were the special effects. Somehow, inside an action-packed, sci-fi classic there is a powerful morality tale...
- DirectorDoug LimanStarsSarah PolleyJay MohrScott WolfThe aftermath of a drug deal as told from three different points of view.I love everything about this movie. Only 1/3 of it is about a trip to Vegas, and just that part alone is still way more entertaining than The Hangover. The stories intertwine in clever ways, and the DVD extras include a video of "Steal My Sunshine" by LEN!