100 Film Favorites – #75: Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (Steven Spielberg, 1984) 25 entries down! We’re now officially one quarter of the way through the Countdown. We kick off the second quarter with the film that inspired the PG-13 rating.
100 Film Favorites – #76: Groundhog Day (Harold Ramis, 1993) “That’s right, woodchuck-chuckers. It’s GROUNDHOG DAY!” Let me start off by saying I was sorely tempted to feature Groundhog Day as the first entry in this Countdown, and just repeat the exact same post a hundred times. But you’re probably glad I didn’t do that.…
100 Film Favorites – #77: Harold and Maude (Hal Ashby, 1971) Hal Ashby (who also directed Being There) certainly has a talent for making offbeat films that leave an impression on the viewer. Harold and Maude tells the story of Harold, a “man” in his early 20s who is obsessed with death. Harold lives with…
100 Film Favorites – #78: Ernest Saves Christmas (John R. Cherry III, 1989) It may be mid-July, but I’m in a saving-Christmas mood. Ernest Saves Christmas got some coverage in this past December’s “Christmas Classics Countdown” on my Brian Terrill Movie Night page, so I’ll try to keep this brief. Also, brevity is the soul…
100 Film Favorites – #79: Elmo Saves Christmas (Emily Squires, 1996) “Every day can’t be Christmas, That wouldn’t be such a treat, You can get tired of chocolate candy When that’s all you eat.”
100 Film Favorites – #80: Zombieland (Ruben Fleischer, 2009) And thus we embark on the…third tenth of our Countdown.
100 Film Favorites – #81: Do the Right Thing (Spike Lee, 1989) Time for another reputable, critically-acclaimed film. Coming so soon after the last one, you might start getting the idea that I’m some kind of sophisticated film critic. But don’t worry, we’re still in the first fifth of the list…there’s plenty of room left…
100 Film Favorites – #82: M (Fritz Lang, 1931) This is the 19th post of the Countdown, and we’re finally to the first selection most “legitimate” film critics would approve of. The film, which is often presented with the subtitle Eine Stadt sucht einen Mörder (“A City Searches for a Murderer”), deals with a string of…
100 Film Favorites – #83: Hook (Steven Spielberg, 1991) What if Peter Pan grew up? That question is the central conceit of Hook. Robin Williams stars as “Peter Banning,” an uptight corporate lawyer whose busy schedule keeps him away from his family. One night, a mysterious figure enters the Banning household and absconds with Peter’s…
100 Film Favorites – #84: Holes (Andrew Davis, 2003) There is no lake at Camp Green Lake. The great majority of you are roughly my age, so chances are good you’ve encountered Holes in some capacity. The novel was on pretty much every 4th-6th grade “recommended reading” list growing up. The book’s ubiquity and critical…