I think everyone who usually votes and watches has already voted, but just in case, the next movie poll is up right here.
Chinatown (1974): Classic movie, even better than I remembered. (The plot is also easier to follow the second time around lol.) A lot of film noir is predicated on being dark (duh) and cynical, but Chinatown really dives headfirst into the darkness, especially with the ending. But it's also great fun to see Jack Nicholson at his smarmiest.
Hoosiers (1986): For my money, the best pure sports movie I've ever seen. The formula just does not get any better than this. (Of course, I'm also biased since I love basketball so very much. Man, look at those fundamentals! *nosebleed*) Every character and relationship is written to perfection ... probably the best is Dennis Hopper's alcoholic basketball whiz, Shooter. And the final game is just a thing of beauty; again, I love it when sports movies just show two teams of equal strength bringing out the best in each other rather than making one team into an easy hero and the other into an easy villain.
One last thing: Gene Hackman's laughter in this movie creeps me out. He sounds like he is going to kill someone!
The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004): Watched with Molly, still holds up. All you MST3K fans (or just fans of old, bad sci-fi movies in general) need to watch this. Just a fun, goofy spoof of all those movies everyone loves. I SLEEP NOW.
Inherit the Wind (1960): Wow, this was made in 1960? This movie is ridiculously ahead of its time in terms of content -- no schmaltz, no simplification of its message, provides depth on both sides (arguing evolution vs. a fundamentalist interpretation of the Bible) and is constantly interesting throughout. Basically the complete opposite of most Hollywood social pictures at the time. Maybe the one weak point is the crazy preacher. That character is a bit too over the top with the hellfire and brimstone act and is just a ridiculous caricature rather than a truly believable character like everyone else.
Airplane! (1980): Absolutely holds up in every way and is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen; just about every joke hits the mark. (And there are a lot of jokes, since basically every frame is packed with something funny.) My favorite line provides the title of this post, but there's so much other stuff that is basically as funny, and I'd be here all day if I tried to list it all.
On the queue for this week: Emperor of the North (1973), Goldfinger (1964)
Total Movies: 145 (The Taking of Pelham 123, The Station Agent, The Final Destination, Silent Movie, The African Queen, Departures, Moon, Bound, Solaris, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Rifftrax), Wristcutters: A Love Story, In the Loop, Public Enemies, Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (Rifftrax), Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Lagann-Hen, District 9, The Magnificent Seven, Night Moves, My Name is Bruce, Big Fan, Almost Famous, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, Nosferatu, Drag Me to Hell, The Bird with the Crystal Plumage, Kara no Kyoukai 1-7, 9, Zombieland, Ninja Scroll, Primer, Re-Animator, Summer Wars, The Changeling, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Ponyo, Eden of the East: The King of Eden, Porco Rosso, Something Something Something Dark Side, Castle in the Sky, Robot Carnival, Halloweentown, Whisper of the Heart, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Fiddler on the Roof, Kiki's Delivery Service, Genius Party, Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters, The Sky Crawlers, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, My Neighbors the Yamadas, THX 1138, The Stepfather, Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. The New York Knicks, Tremors, Horror of Dracula, The Brood, Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter, Rabid, Inglourious Basterds, Them!, The Yakuza, Alphaville, Ghost in the Shell, Priceless, The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance, Whip It, A Boy and His Dog, Fletch, The Blind Side, Speed, June 17, 1994, Nobel Son, Invictus, Toy Story 3, The Two Escobars, Soylent Green, Up in the Air, Tyson, This Is Spinal Tap, The Proposition, Killer Klowns from Outer Space, The Informant!, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans, Macross: Do You Remember Love?, Coco Before Chanel, The Vanishing, Inception, Mind Game, Pale Rider, The Hurt Locker, Roujin Z, Broken Blade, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Black Christmas, Crazy Heart, The Man with Two Brains, Ninja Assassin, Panic Room, Mobile Suit Gundam I-III, Casablanca, Stray Dog, Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva, Memories, The Gold Rush, Paprika, Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness, An Education, Eden of the East: Paradise Lost, Dr. Strangelove, Doomsday, Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Natural, Bungaku Shoujo, The Book of Eli, To Kill a Mockingbird, Aim for the Ace!, Animal House, The Princess and the Frog, Char's Counterattack, Date Night, Cool Hand Luke, Kiss Me Deadly, An American Werewolf in London, Teen Wolf, Logan's Run, The Naked City, Dirty Harry, Swingers, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Rifftrax), Harper, Chinatown, Hoosiers, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, Inherit the Wind, Airplane!)
