100 Film Favorites – #68: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (Gary Tousdale & Kirk Wise, 2001) Lots of colons in titles these last few days. Atlantis: The Lost Empire is one of the less-remembered entries in the Disney animated features canon from the last few decades. It may not be as obscure as The Black Cauldron,…
100 Film Favorites – #69: X-Men: First Class (Matthew Vaughn, 2011) Sometimes the conditions under which you experience a film for the first time can greatly influence your opinion of that film. I first watched this movie while eating complimentary barbecue chicken, so I like it a lot. It was the summer of 2011, and…
100 Film Favorites – #70: Bean: The Movie (Mel Smith, 1997) 30 entries down!
100 Film Favorites – #71: Jumanji (Joe Johnston, 1995) “A game for those who seek to find a way to leave their world behind.” The unstoppable ball of improvisational energy that is Robin Williams returns to our Countdown in Jumanji. Freely adapted from the short picture book by Chris Van Allsburg (author of The Polar…
100 Film Favorites – #72: Death at a Funeral (Frank Oz, 2007) Frank Oz: One of the first Muppeteers. The man who brought to life Grover, Cookie Monster, Bert and Yoda. And also the director of some pretty good movies. Death at a Funeral (the British original) is a farcical black comedy set at the…
100 Film Favorites – #73: The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (Roy Rowland, 1953) What happens when you let Dr. Seuss helm a live-action feature film?
100 Film Favorites – #74: The Cabin in the Woods (Drew Goddard & Joss Whedon, 2012) Warning: It is virtually impossible to write anything about this film without giving spoilers. If you haven’t seen it, just know it is a hilarious, creative horror/comedy which pokes fun at the conventions of the slasher genre, and horror…
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…