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"A film is a film but when it is shown in theaters it becomes a movie" - Willis Drummond
Man whatta movie season - Mel Gibson's Jesus complex is causing a stir, Lord Of The Rings - Return Of The King became the first fantasy film best picture Oscar winner, and government research has just determined that videocassettes are going to go the way of the dinosaur - in 5 years tapes will no longer will manufactured on a global scale. Well I have to say this is a good thing - I mean them bulky boxes of plastic parts and spools of sticky brown tape from the '80's are no match for the shiny sexy digital disc of today. Let's not get all sentimental and whatnot about those old tapes that you have most likely in a box in your closet full of Seinfeld episodes or movies taped off Cinemax in 1992 on - let's embrace the obviously better picture and sound of DVDs. You with me? Let's go!
We'll start with
DVDS IN CURRENT RELEASE RECOMMENDED BY THE FILM BABBLE BLOG PANEL :
AMERICAN SPLENDOR
ANYTHING ELSE
BARTLEBY
DUMMY
INTOLERABLE CRUELTY
LAUREL CANYON
LOST IN TRANSLATION
MIGHTY WIND, A
MELVIN GOES TO DINNER
OWNING MAHONEY
PARTY MONSTER
RUSSIAN ARK
SCHOOL OF ROCK
SUICIDE CLUB
THIRTEEN
21 GRAMS
WILLARD
CURRENT RELEASE DOCUMENTARY DVDS RECOMMENDED BY FILM BABBLE BLOG :
CAPTURING THE FRIEDMANS
DECADE UNDER THE INFLUENCE, A
KID STAYS IN THE PICTURE, THE
WINGED MIGRATION
STONE READER
CURRENT RE-RELEASE SPECIAL EDITION DVDS THAT ROCK :
BLOW OUT (1967)
ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK (1981)
JFK (1991)
DAY FOR NIGHT (1974)
ALIEN QUADRILOGY (1979-1997)
CURRENT DVDS THAT FILM BABBLE HATED :
ANGER MANAGEMENT
BRUCE ALMIGHTY
CAT IN THE HAT, THE
CONFESSIONS OF A DANGEROUS MIND
COLD CREEK MANOR
CONFIDENCE
DICKIE ROBERTS - FORMER CHILD STAR
DUPLEX
FREAKY FRIDAY
HOLLYWOOD HOMICIDE
HULK, THE
HEAD OF STATE
IDENTITY
IN-LAWS, THE/IT RUNS IN THE FAMILY (Michael Douglas double feature from Hell!)
JOHNNY ENGLISH
LIFE OF DAVID GALE, THE
LOONEY TUNES - BACK IN ACTION
MONA LISA SMILE
PHONE BOOTH
PREY FOR ROCK & ROLL
RUNAWAY JURY
SAFETY OF OBJECTS
SHAPE OF THINGS
SINGING DETECTIVE, THE
SPUN
VIEW FROM THE TOP, A
WONDERLAND
TV-SERIES DVDS THAT ARE HIGHLY ADDICTIVE :
SOPRANOS, THE (HBO 1999-PRESENT)
SIX FEET UNDER (2001-PRESENT)
THE OFFICE (2001-PRESENT)
24 (2002) - First season only!!!!
MR. SHOW (1995-1998)
FILM BABBLE BLOG PANEL : Daniel Cook Johnson, Edward Callistan, Bertie Shafer, Sarah Warner, Anderson Moran, Alyson Bowers, Steven Adeff, and Clay Dumas.
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Of course Sarah Warner has more lists. Take it away Sarah :
GREAT MOVIE CHARACTER NAMES :
1. Snake Plissken (ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK) - Kurt Russell
2. Tie - Travis Bickle/Rupert Pupkin (TAXI DRIVER/KING OF COMEDY) - Robert Deniro
3. Macon Leary (THE ACCIDENTAL TOURIST) - William Hurt
4. Edwina 'Ed' McDonnough (RAISING ARIZONA) - Holly Hunter
5. President Merkin Muffley (DR. STRANGELOVE) - Peter Sellers
6. Doctor Michael Hfuhruhhurr (THE MAN WITH TWO BRAINS) - Steve Martin
7. Archie Leach (A FISH CALLED WANDA) - John Cleese *
8. Trixie Delight (PAPER MOON) - Madeline Kahn
9. Doctor Holly Goodhead (MOONRAKER) - Lois Chiles
10. Sugar Kane Kowalczyk (SOME LIKE IT HOT) - Marilyn Monroe
* Cary Grant's real name
FIVE MOVIES HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MARTIN SCORCESE'S GOODFELLAS :
1. CASINO (1995) Yep, even Marty himself rips off his own work. "Casino? Cas-seen-it, when it was called GOODFELLAS" - David Spade SNL
2. RESERVOIR DOGS (1992)
3. BLOW (2001)
4. BOOGIE NIGHTS (1997)
5. COPLAND (1996)
TEN STAR WARS RIP-OFFS :
1. BATTLESTAR GALACTICA (1978)
2. THE LAST STARFIGHTER (1984)
3. BATTLE BEYOND THE STARS (1980)
4. BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY (1979)
5. FLASH GORDON (1980)
-4 & 5 are bad retro remakes that never would have been made without the success of STAR WARS.
6. MOONRAKER (1979)
7. OUTLAND (1981)
8. BATTLEFIELD EARTH
9. THE BLACK HOLE (1979)
10. SPACE RAIDERS (1983)
That's it for now. List lover Sarah Warner says later!
Thanks Sarah. Funny how some of those Star Wars rip-offs look better than the prequels. Oh well. Seeya all later.
- Danny
is the Green Art Nail
