100 Film Favorites – #2: Raiders of the Lost Ark (Steven Spielberg, 1981) “If adventure has a name, it must be Indiana Jones.” And lo, we are down to the TOP TWO! What originally was supposed to take less than four months has dragged on for nearly seven, and I thank you for sticking it…
100 Film Favorites – #29: Jurassic Park (Steven Spielberg, 1993) “I recall the time they found those fossilized mosquitoes, And before long, they were cloning DNA…” Today we plunge onward into the “roaring” 20s with probably the greatest “dinosaur movie” to date. In Jurassic Park, a genetic engineering firm led by eccentric billionaire John Hammond…
100 Film Favorites – #38: Star Wars (Episode IV: A New Hope) (George Lucas, 1977) [For a more authentic experience, imagine that the following text is scrolling up and back toward a vanishing point in the middle of your screen.] Maybe you’ve been waiting for this one to pop up. Well, here it is: George…
100 Film Favorites – #53: The Goonies (Richard Donner, 1985) We’re nearly halfway through the Countdown! Hopefully those of you who’ve been reading along are enjoying it so far. Today’s entry is another one which continues to have a pretty big fanbase. Though Richard Donner is credited as director, executive producer Steven Spielberg came up…