North Sea Texas (2011)

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Quirky little avaunt garde film.

Easily one of the oddest coming out coming of age movies i have ever seen.

Sort of Brokeback Mountain meets Euro Rom-Com

If you like an odd movie that is unlike the norm, you'll dig this.

The week after we watched it we were still gabbing about it.

Oz the Great and Powerful (2013)

DON'T GO
DON'T WATCH

OK seriously, no IMDB LINK cuz its not worthy.

Seriously, the books had female protagonists, but this atrocity is just misogynistic shite.

Girls fighting over him, all awaiting his arrival for salvation, and then their powers out thunk by his crappy parlour tricks.

DON'T BOTHER

Ball of Fire (1941)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1942	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Barbara Stanwyck
			Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic Picture Alfred Newman
			Best Sound, Recording Thomas T. Moulton (Samuel Goldwyn SSD)
			Best Writing, Original Story Thomas Monroe

Check out that leg.....1941 Holy Cow.

This flick will entertain, inform on the slang of the 40's and make you tap your foot.

If you don't hum the song she performs after you watch it, your dead from the butt up.

Totally recommend it, so dash off and watch it with some friends.

THE KILLING FIELDS (1984)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1985	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Haing S. Ngor
			Best Cinematography Chris Menges
			Best Film Editing Jim Clark
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Sam Waterston
			Best Director Roland Joffé
			Best Picture David Puttnam
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Bruce Robinson

OMG,

OK, total disclosure, I watched this last night......

It was so good.

Scary to consider the ugly things we can do to each others as humans.

Be prepared for the ugly and dark side.

Great but honestly it is messed up.

THE UNTOUCHABLES (1987)

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Kevin Costner, Sean Connery, Robert De Niro all in one movie.

Epic.  Larger than life.

De Niro is larger than the role, he jumps off the screen.

Connery is so masterful while being supportive in this movie, and clearly his ego allowed for it.

Not sure if it is factual or not, but i promise when you get to the end, you will not care.

Drama, Laughs, and Action.

A total must see with a group of friends.

Schedule it and make it happen.

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THE TREASURE OF THE SIERRA MADRE (1948)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1949	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Walter Huston
			Best Director John Huston
			Best Writing, Screenplay John Huston
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Picture (Warner Bros.).

More Bogart.....but not slick.

He is gritty and common.

I gotta say this is not my favourite Bogart film, but its a total must see for a film lover.

He slided into insanity and this explores the power of greed.

The lure of wealth and the happiness we will give up to get it.

I watched this shortly after the crash of the US economy and all i could think was that nothing has changed.

People will do anything to get their own, and this movie dives deep into it.

TAXI DRIVER (1976)

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14 year old Jodie Foster as a prostitute across the cafe table from De Niro.....Wow

Its a dark and f-ed up movie for sure.

Not saying i got it all, but it was fun to watch.  Like a messed up journey.

Glad it was on the top 400 nominations list and that i could cross it off.

A must see.......go experience it.

THE SOUND OF MUSIC (1965)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1966	Won	Oscar	Best Director Robert Wise
			Best Film Editing William Reynolds
			Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment Irwin Kostal
			Best Picture Robert Wise
			Best Sound James Corcoran (20th Century-Fox SSD) Fred Hynes (Todd-AO SSD)
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Julie Andrews
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Peggy Wood
			Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Boris Leven Walter M. Scott Ruby R. Levitt
			Best Cinematography, Color Ted D. McCord
			Best Costume Design, Color Dorothy Jeakins

Favourite musical of all time.....watch it once a year and sing along

Enough said, but if you have thoughts, lets hear it......

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN (1952)

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A 1950's look back at the end of the silent film.

I love this one, its a feel good movie.

Pay close attention to the shots and how infrequently they cut.

Dance scenes done in one long take, that requires TALENT.

It was great.

SCHINDLER'S LIST (1993)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1994	Won	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Allan Starski Ewa Braun
			Best Cinematography Janusz Kaminski
			Best Director Steven Spielberg
			Best Film Editing Michael Kahn
			Best Music, Original Score John Williams
			Best Picture Steven Spielberg Gerald R. Molen Branko Lustig
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published Steven Zaillian
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Liam Neeson
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ralph Fiennes
			Best Costume Design Anna B. Sheppard
			Best Makeup Christina Smith Matthew W. Mungle Judith A. Cory
			Best Sound Andy Nelson Steve Pederson Scott Millan Ron Judkins

Recognizable a great movie.

So emotionally draining that i can only watch it every 10 years or so.

All the same, freakin amazing.

A must see. 

SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER (1977)

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This is like a documentations glimpse into the weird world of Disco halls in the 1970's.

Its also the first time that a song is set to the scene, check out the opening scene.

I enjoy this blast from the past.

Don't look at it like its a classic, but its a good flick.

If i flipped by it on TV, i would totally stop and watch the rest of it.

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RISKY BUSINESS (1983)

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A young Tom Hanks......so there is that.

I'm going to let my age show, and say i still love this movie, but i accept that is is a mediocre movie.

It did not resonate with the people i watched it with who gave it a meh.

So if your not the right age you may not dig this.

So this one remains a guilty pleasure i will watch alone once every few years.

RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK (1981)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1982	Won	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Norman Reynolds Leslie Dilley Michael Ford
			Best Effects, Visual Effects Richard Edlund Kit West Bruce Nicholson Joe Johnston
			Best Film Editing Michael Kahn
			Best Sound Bill Varney Steve Maslow Gregg Landaker Roy Charman
		Special Achievement Award	Ben Burtt Richard L. Anderson For sound effects editing.
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Cinematography Douglas Slocombe
			Best Director Steven Spielberg
			Best Music, Original Score John Williams
			Best Picture Frank Marshall

Have surround sound, and crank it

A great movie, fun, family flick.

Totally a cozy Sunday afternoon movie.

Nothing deep to say about the plot, its OK.

Don't expect a lot of THEATRE, is just a great little ACTION flick.

PULP FICTION (1994)

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Always part of the Top 100 or Top 250 lists that you find on the net.

Its not going to be me that tells you otherwise.

A great flick, unless the movies you watch have to be in sequential order.

This movie jumps around, and it totally makes the movie what it is.

I totally recommend this one.  Fun to watch with people that have never watched it before. 

Lots of those kind of OMG moments.

PSYCHO (1960)

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Janet Leigh never showered again.  and her daughter is the Queen of Scream -- Jamie Lee Curtis

My 16 year old put her iphone down and watched this one, that is a high compliment indeed as she normally facebook's all the way through a movie.

I have seen it many times, and each time it scares me.

Watch it every 4 or 5 years, not cuz its bad, but cuz you need to forget all the details so you can enjoy it as a new viewer again.

A must see, and the birth of modern horror.

THE PRODUCERS (1967)

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A quirky little movie.

Didnt want to like it, but it gave me a chuckle or two.

I firmly beleive that Mel Brooks was funny, once, but has no more humour attached to him.

I wouldnt run out and watch it again, enough said. 

PLATOON (1986)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1987	Won	Oscar	Best Director Oliver Stone
			Best Film Editing Claire Simpson
			Best Picture Arnold Kopelson
			Best Sound John Wilkinson Richard D. Rogers Charles Grenzbach Simon Kaye
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Tom Berenger
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Willem Dafoe
			Best Cinematography Robert Richardson
			Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Oliver Stone

Charlie Sheen, Tom Berenger, Willem Dafoe rock this movie. 

Remind yourself that Oliver Stone is always going to overplay and magnify the darkest points of war. 

As long as you remember he has a strong left leaning political agenda, than run out and watch it.

Disturbing story and a dark look at humanity.

War blurs the lines between what is right and what is "okay"

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THE PHILADELPHIA STORY (1940)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1941	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role James Stewart
			Best Writing, Screenplay Donald Ogden Stewart
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Katharine Hepburn
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Ruth Hussey
			Best Director George Cukor
			Best Picture Joseph L. Mankiewicz (M-G-M).

Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn, James Stewart all in one movie!!

i know some people are not fond of 1940's Black and White movies.

This one is a great little Rom-Com and i highly recommend it.

Dive in and try it.  I promise you'll like it.

PHILADELPHIA (1993)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1994	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Tom Hanks
			Best Music, Original Song Bruce Springsteen For the song "Streets of Philadelphia".
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Makeup Carl Fullerton Alan D'Angerio
			Best Music, Original Song Neil Young For the song "Philadelphia".
			Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Ron Nyswaner

Where do i begin, Tom Hanks is my generations ACTOR.  He not only performs he becomes that role. 

This is no exception.

Amazing and moving film, that reflects a bigotry that was so rampant in that era.

The performance rises up and above the time/period it is trapped in.

Like all great actors, his role comes off the screen and moves you to feel for the man, regardless of the era it is set in.

A must see.

Can watch it anytime.

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ORDINARY PEOPLE (1980)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1981	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Timothy Hutton
			Best Director Robert Redford
			Best Picture Ronald L. Schwary
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Alvin Sargent
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Judd Hirsch
			Best Actress in a Leading Role Mary Tyler Moore

Some moves stand the test of time, others are so trapped in that moment that you must put on special filters glasses to see the movies relevance.

This movies is slow, and kinda boring.

I adore MTM and yet this movie just makes me sleepy.

Avoid, unless you feel compelled, like me to watch all the top 400 nominations from AFI

NORTH BY NORTHWEST (1959)

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Hitchcock captures the neurotic spy vs spy time of 1959

A great flick

Go watch it.and enjoy every breathtaking look at the scenery.

He loved this filming, clearly.

NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD (1968)

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Slow by today's standards.

ill likely never watch it again.

OK, but more meh than wow.

NETWORK (1976)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1977	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Peter Finch Nomination and award were posthumous. Finch became the first posthumous winner in an acting category. His widow Eletha Finch and screenwriter Paddy Chayefsky accepted the award on his behalf.
			Best Actress in a Leading Role Faye Dunaway
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Beatrice Straight
			Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen Paddy Chayefsky
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role William Holden
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Ned Beatty
			Best Cinematography Owen Roizman
			Best Director Sidney Lumet
			Best Film Editing Alan Heim
			Best Picture Howard Gottfried 'Network' becomes the second film to win three awards for acting, following A Streetcar Named Desire (1951).

This movie killed me.  For as freaked out as audiences may have been in 1976, that nut job on the news is just average today.  We call it FOX or CNN.

Another one of those one i crossed off the list and will likely never watch again.

All the same, good  movie.

Check it out.

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NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE (1978)

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Life Fast Times at Ridgemont High this is hard to believe it made the top 400 nominations list by AFI.

If you want to drink while you watch a movie, here is your pick. 

Drink Every Time . . .

1. Glass breaks
2. Anyone drinks
3. Otter flirts
4. Anyone says "Faber"
5. Anyone says "fraternity," "frat" or "house"
6. A car crashes

Otherwise its a total waste of time.

Watched it, got is off the list.

Will likely never watch it again.  Having said that i bet if i flipped by it on the TV i might stay for 10 or 15 minutes.

That's the best i could say.

MY FAIR LADY (1964)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1965	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Rex Harrison
			Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Gene Allen Cecil Beaton George James Hopkins
			Best Cinematography, Color Harry Stradling Sr.
			Best Costume Design, Color Cecil Beaton
			Best Director George Cukor
			Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment André Previn
			Best Picture Jack L. Warner
			Best Sound George Groves (Warner Bros. SSD)
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Stanley Holloway
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Gladys Cooper
			Best Film Editing William H. Ziegler
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Alan Jay Lerner

8 Oscars lady, Hollywood celebrated the musical in a big way as the sexual revolution and racial tension of the sixties loomed.

I adored it.

I must admit i didn't think i would.  Not a big fan of musicals, but this one tickled me in an innocent place in my mind.

would probably only watch it once every few years, but  it was worth the time.

Go for it.

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MOONSTRUCK (1987)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1988	Won	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Cher
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Olympia Dukakis
			Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen John Patrick Shanley
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Supporting Role Vincent Gardenia
			Best Director Norman Jewison
			Best Picture Patrick J. Palmer

 Cher, Nicolas Cage, Danny Aiello, Vincent Gardenia, and Olympia Dukakis.....There it is

A great Rom Com in so many ways

Funny French farce feel to it too.  I could totally watch this one a year on a Sunday afternoon. 

Go for it, allow yourself this guilty pleasure.

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MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON (1939)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1940	Won	Oscar	Best Writing, Original Story Lewis R. Foster
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role James Stewart
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Harry Carey
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Claude Rains
			Best Art Direction Lionel Banks
			Best Director Frank Capra
			Best Film Editing Gene Havlick Al Clark
			Best Music, Scoring Dimitri Tiomkin
			Best Picture (Columbia).
			Best Sound, Recording John P. Livadary (Columbia SSD)
			Best Writing, Screenplay Sidney Buchman

Confession, i adore Jimmy Stewart.  Funny and charming in equal points.

He shows you the inner working of the political system of America.

Whats great, is that nothing has changed 70 years later.  A must see.

Corruption and politics are just amazing in this fun little flick.

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MIDNIGHT COWBOY (1969)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1970	Won	Oscar	Best Director John Schlesinger John Schlesinger was not present at the awards ceremony. Jon Voight accepted the award on his behalf.
			Best Picture Jerome Hellman
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Waldo Salt
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Dustin Hoffman
			Best Actor in a Leading Role Jon Voight
			Best Actress in a Supporting Role Sylvia Miles
			Best Film Editing Hugh A. Robertson

Like all movies that shock the mainstream, this movie will remain in the "Best of" lists forever.

I watched it for the first time about six months ago and its a good flick.

Dark, and humorous all at the same time.

A must see for a movie fan.

THE MALTESE FALCON (1941)



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Lets begin with BOGART.

Probably my favourite Bogart movie.

Can watch it any day anytime.

Bogart is sexy, rustic, gruff and a REAL man.

story has enough twists that you don't know what going to happen.

If you have not seen this, run out and see it.

a total top 10 movie

M*A*S*H (1970)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1971	Won	Oscar	Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Ring Lardner Jr.
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Sally Kellerman
			Best Director Robert Altman
			Best Film Editing Danford B. Greene
			Best Picture Ingo Preminger

Just a few short years after such conservative films as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and Bonnie and Clyde Hollywood gives us this.

Sexy, overtly.

Funny, and sarcastic.

Verging on unpatriotic.

Quite a statement about the Vietnam war, despite the location being Korea.

If you have not seen it, put it on your must see list.

THE LAST EMPEROR (1987)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1988	Won	Oscar	Best Art Direction-Set Decoration Ferdinando Scarfiotti Bruno Cesari Osvaldo Desideri
			Best Cinematography Vittorio Storaro
			Best Costume Design James Acheson
			Best Director Bernardo Bertolucci
			Best Film Editing Gabriella Cristiani
			Best Music, Original Score Ryûichi Sakamoto David Byrne Cong Su
			Best Picture Jeremy Thomas
			Best Sound Bill Rowe Ivan Sharrock
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Mark Peploe Bernardo Bertolucci

My partner, who loves all things Asian, loved this film.

Epic in storytelling and in length, its a commitment to watch.

I totally recommend it.  Having said that i probably don't have the energy to see it more than once every few years.

Too epic for me. 

Amazing story and glimpse into the Asian empire.

If you haven't seen this, snap out of it, and make the commitment to sit down and watch it.

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JURASSIC PARK (1993)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1994	Won	Oscar	Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing Gary Rydstrom Richard Hymns
			Best Effects, Visual Effects Dennis Muren Stan Winston Phil Tippett Michael Lantieri
			Best Sound Gary Summers Gary Rydstrom Shawn Murphy Ron Judkins

Like Jaws from the 1970's, this movie tests us.  Its great little film.  Fun for a Sunday afternoon with the family.

Don't expect great acting, but its a good story, and amazing images and you can be swept away if you let yourself go.

So.....let yourself go.

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JAWS (1975)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1976	Won	Oscar	Best Film Editing Verna Fields
			Best Music, Original Dramatic Score John Williams
			Best Sound Robert L. Hoyt Roger Heman Jr. Earl Madery John R. Carter
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Picture Richard D. Zanuck David Brown

Dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-dun-duuun-na-duuun-na

I'm sure my 16 year old was less than impressed with the special effects, but she watched it all.

I think it holds up to the test of time.

great story, of greed and risk management.

man against nature

nature against capitalism

its a great flick, popcorn, Friday night with some friends.

Go for it. Don't be ashamed to like this. Great flick. 

The awards show it impressed the pants off people at the time.

IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT (1967)

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Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1968	Won	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Rod Steiger
			Best Film Editing Hal Ashby
			Best Picture Walter Mirisch
			Best Sound (Samuel Goldwyn SSD).
			Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Stirling Silliphant
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Director Norman Jewison
			Best Effects, Sound Effects James Richard

1967 was a hell of a year; Guess Whos Coming to Dinner, Bonnie and Clyde, The Graduate and In The Heat of the Night

Shamlessly,  Sidney Poitier never even got nominated.  The irony is too thick to even mention.

This is a must see.  I could watch this one ever year or so and happily be shocked at the racial issues that are so brilliantly dipicted here.

Get it, watch it, love it.

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BONNIE AND CLYDE (1967)

Year	Result	Award	Category/Recipient(s)
1968	Won	Oscar	Best Actress in a Supporting Role Estelle Parsons
			Best Cinematography Burnett Guffey
	Nominated	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role Warren Beatty
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Gene Hackman
			Best Actor in a Supporting Role Michael J. Pollard
			Best Actress in a Leading Role Faye Dunaway
			Best Costume Design Theadora Van Runkle
			Best Director Arthur Penn
			Best Picture Warren Beatty
			Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen David Newman Robert Benton

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OK, just watched it.  It was a good flick, falls firmly into my watch it once. 

Everyone is so young, but i will be honest, not sure i understand the EPIC mystique that surrounds it.

Good movie, fast moving, fun, sexy, and well done.

But EPIC.....seems like a stretch.

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER (1967)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061735/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Where do we start, Kate, Spencer and Sidney

Won	Oscar	Best Actress in a Leading Role Katharine Hepburn Katharine Hepburn was not present at the awards ceremony. George Cukor accepted the award on her behalf.
		Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen William Rose

Oh my god, great story, great glimpse into the time/period, and something even more amazing......ACTING.

Great film, a must see.

A time and cast that knew how to act.  This movie could never be made today without injecting stupid slapstick laughs.  This movie does not blink, it deals with the uncomfortableness that builds and builds.

Great watch.

THE GRADUATE (1967)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061722/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1


Its hard to beleive he is 75 years old now when you look at this youthful face.

A great look into the morality of the sixties, mixed, filled with turmoil.

A good flick and well worth the watch.

A solid 7/10

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GOODFELLAS (1990)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099685/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Also a top 10 movie for me

Like a modern version of the Godfather legacy

Fantastic.A must see.

Based on a true story.

Can watch it anytime and anywhere.

If you are offended by language, skip it. 

If you like a great gangster movie this is your new favourite.  Run to it.

GOLDFINGER (1964)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058150/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Sean is amazing.

Fort Knox, although totally irrelevant in our fiscal world today was a great setting.

He is sexy and smooth.

Everyone else is looking to be a suave as him.

Don Draper is trying to be this cool.

THE GODFATHER PART II (1974)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071562/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

WOW Again......But hear my plea.....stop after part II

DO NOT WATCH PART III

THE GODFATHER (1972)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0068646/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

WOW

enough said

THE GENERAL (1927)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0017925/?ref_=fn_al_tt_2

didn't think i would dig this silent film.

Great stunts.

SPOILER ALERT

When the Texas goes over the burning bridge and plummets into the river, the looks of shock on the faces of the Union officers were real, because the actors who played them were not told what was going to happen to that train.

Buster was amazing.  Make the time.

GANDHI (1982)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083987/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

One of my top 10

He inspires and its informative and i adore the scenery.

I do need to have enough time to watch it from start to end.

Makes me cry, and i adore a movie that can grab me like that.

Must see.

FUNNY GIRL (1968)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062994/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Weakness exposed.....i adore Barbra

This musical is cute, and humorous and sexy and sad.

This is a once a year kinda film for me.  Don't watch it with me, cuz i sing all the words to all the songs.

FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (1963)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057076/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Sean is awesome.  These first few Bond movies are awesome.

Go watch this, and its predecessors.

Va va va voom Sean.

THE FRENCH CONNECTION (1971)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0067116/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Best Actor in a Leading Role Gene Hackman

Best Director William Friedkin

Best Film Editing Gerald B. Greenberg

Best Picture Philip D'Antoni

Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium Ernest Tidyman

5 Oscars later let me say this.......Car chase.

First one filmed from the cars point of view.

6 months out that is what i remember from the movie, great car chase.

Gene Hackman is awesome.  Catch this anytime you want a bit of everything.

FATAL ATTRACTION (1987)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093010/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

F-ed up in 1987 and still is today.  OMG this movie will keep you jumping.

Good flick, and well worth the watch.  Had multiple generations in the room and we were all into it.

Maybe you feel differently, but i thin it was a good flick.  Well made.  Glenn Close will make you want to never meet a stranger again. 

FAST TIMES AT RIDGEMONT HIGH (1982)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083929/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

OK, hard to imagine it his the top 400 list.  See it once, in a silly mood.  Don't go out of your way to see it.

Very 1980's and translates poorly. 

Has totally radical moments, but geez, its just a dump high school movie.

FARGO (1996)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116282/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Makes me laugh every time.  Hard to believe its based on a true story.  Yikes.

This is a once a year watch.  Cracks me up.  Then i wander around for a month saying "oh Yeah"

Probably the first time i fell in love with Steve Buscemi.

From a feminist perspective its a great flick, female protagonist, pregnant, and hero who unravels the mystery.

A must see, oh yeah. 

DUCK SOUP (1933)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0023969/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

Rufus T. Firefly although the dictator of a flailing nation and with a sense of humour has totally stood the test of time.  Don't watch it looking for a deep meaning, its a poke at any political stripe.
Be silly, put your adult mind on pause and giggle at this silly movie.

Thoughts?