Does this sound familiar: "Boy, I really want to know if Ace in the Hole is worth watching*, but I need a totally awesome, unbiased person to give me a sound opinion." Well, it won't sound familiar any longer, because I am that totally awesome, unbiased** person!
*It is. Kirk Douglas is awesome.
**This, however, is a lie. But there's no such thing as an unbiased opinion, anyway, especially regarding entertainment, so whatever.
Based on a request from Allamorph and my own unflinching desire to take on projects that sap way, way too much of my time, here's an index of every movie post I've written on The Fighting Mongooses! Yes, everything from Adolescence of Utena to Zelig! Fun to look through when bored! (And feel free to drop a comment any time, of course!)
Movies with my highest recommendation will have an asterisk next to the year of release.
Have fun, everyone! I'll continually update this index as I post each week, and a link to the post is now in my World introduction. Hooray!
9/17/2008: They Live (1988), The Terminator (1984), The Adolescence of Utena (1999), Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro (1979), Leon: The Professional (1994), High Plains Drifter (1973)*, In the Heat of the Night (1967), Michael Clayton (2007), The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1998), What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)*
9/24/2008: Munich (2005), Traffic (2000), The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)*
10/01/2008: Bug (2006), Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974), The Maltese Falcon (1941)*, Rashomon (1950)*, Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
10/08/2008: Sleeper (1973), Badlands (1973), Johnny Guitar (1954), Mildred Pierce (1945), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), The Place Promised in Our Early Days (2004)
10/15/2008: Hard Boiled (1992), Targets (1968), Away From Her (2006), Hud (1963), The Hidden Fortress (1958), Seven Samurai (1954)*
10/22/2008: He Was a Quiet Man (2007), Gilda (1946), Borat (2006), Ikiru (1952)*, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)
10/29/2008: The Boxer (1997), Some Like it Hot (1959)*, The Apartment (1960), The 39 Steps (1935), The Philadelphia Story (1940)*, McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971), Adam’s Rib (1949), Throne of Blood (1957)*, Ran (1985)*
11/05/2008: Peeping Tom (1960)*, Clueless (1995), Shadow Magic (2000), 5 Centimeters Per Second (2007)*, Children of Men (2006), Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984)*, Volver (2006)
11/13/2008: Atonement (2007), Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007), Iron Man (2008)
11/22/2008: Dial M for Murder (1954), Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969), The Emperor and the Assassin (1999)
11/29/2008: WALL-E (2008), Casino Royale (2006), I’m Not There (2007)
12/06/2008: Zodiac (2007), 2 Days in Paris (2007), His Girl Friday (1940), Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Blow-Up (1966), La Vie en Rose (2007), It Happened One Night (1934)*
12/13/2008: Mean Streets (1973), Venus Beauty Institute (1999), Dirty Pretty Things (2002), A Very Long Engagement (2004)
12/20/2008: Westworld (1973), Milk (2008), Slumdog Millionaire (2008), Little Children (2006), Sense and Sensibility (1995), Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead (2007), The Ladykillers (1955)
12/27/2008: The Player (1992), The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007), Hollywood Ending (2002), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Persepolis (2007), Futurama: Bender’s Game (2008), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
1/01/2009: The Purple Rose of Cairo (1985), The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), The Searchers (1956)
1/10/2009: Gaslight (1944), The Last King of Scotland (2006), The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)*, The Darjeeling Limited (2007), This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006)
1/17/2009: Diary of the Dead (2008), Bullets Over Broadway (2004), Interiors (1978), Husbands and Wives (1992), The Professional: Golgo 13 (1983), Lars and the Real Girl (2007)
1/24/2009: Lolita (1962), Quills (2000), Hamlet (1996), Iris (2001)
1/31/2009: Manhattan Murder Mystery (1993), The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004), The Savages (2007)
2/07/2009: Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008), The Stranger (1946), Love and Death (1975), Harold and Maude (1971), Spartacus (1960), Scarlet Street (1945), Sabrina (1954)
2/14/2009: Zelig (1983), Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex* (*But Were Afraid to Ask) (1972), Stardust Memories (1980), Barry Lyndon (1975), Be Kind Rewind (2008)
2/22/2009: Radio Days (1987), Deconstructing Harry (1997), Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
2/28/2009: Creating Rem Lezar (1989), Undefeatable (1994)*, Ninja Terminator (1985)*, Ninja Dragon (1986)
3/7/2009: Rumble Fish (1983), Perfume: Story of a Murderer (2006)
3/16/2009: In Bruges (2008), The Bank Dick (1940)
3/21/2009: Marathon Man (1976), Clannad (2007)
3/28/2009: Air (2005), Tokyo Godfathers (2003), Millennium Actress (2001)*, MirrorMask (2005)
4/05/2009: Slither (2006), It’s a Gift (1934), Splendor in the Grass (1961)
4/12/2009: Waitress (2007), North By Northwest (1959), Monkey Business (1952), Princess Mononoke (1997)*
4/19/2009: My Neighbor Totoro (1988), The Brave One (2007), 3:10 to Yuma (2007)
4/26/2009: Bringing Out the Dead (1999), Gurren Lagann: Gurren-hen (2008), There Will Be Blood (2007)*, Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder (2009)
5/10/2009: Spellbound (1945), Frenzy (1972), Anatomy of a Murder (1959), Clue (1985)*
5/17/2009: The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), Changeling (2008), Shadows and Fog (1992)
5/24/2009: Into the Wild (2007), Rosencratz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1990), The Man Who Fell to Earth (1987)
5/31/2009: Synecdoche, New York (2008), Carlito’s Way (1993), Shoot ‘Em Up (2007)
6/7/2009: Evangelion 1.0: You Are (Not) Alone (2007), Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), Up (2009)
6/15/2009: Yor: Hunter from the Future (1983), Tropic Thunder (2008), True Romance (1993), Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)*
7/12/2009: A Woman Under the Influence (1974), Casablanca (1942)*, Frost/Nixon (2008)*, Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001), Robin Hood: Men in Tights (1993), Le Samourai (1967), Inland Empire (2006), The Reader (2008), Doubt (2008), Arachnophobia (1990), Manhunter (1986), Wild At Heart (1990)
7/18/2009: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), The Omega Man (1971), Hitman (2007), Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
8/2/2009: Cape Fear (1962), Say Anything ... (1989)
8/9/2009: Fullmetal Alchemist: The Conqueror of Shamballa (2005), Chasing Amy (1997)*, Cat On a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
8/16/2009: Point Break (1991), 500 Days of Summer (2009), Man Bites Dog (1992), Burn After Reading (2008), Glory (1989)*
8/23/2009: Training Day (2001), The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas (2008)
8/30/2009: White Heat (1949)*, All About Eve (1950)*, The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976)
9/6/2009: The Big Heat (1953), Death at a Funeral (2007), Valkyrie (2008), Shane (1953)
9/13/2009: Stalag 17 (1953), Secondhand Lions (2003), Bride of Frankenstein (1935)*
9/20/2009: Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid (1982), Witness for the Prosecution (1957), In a Lonely Place (1950), Dracula (1931)
9/27/2009: Escaflowne (2000), X/1999 (1996), Dark Passage (1947), Watchmen (2009), High Anxiety (1977)
10/4/2009: Point Blank (1967), Murder, My Sweet (1944), The Thing From Another World (1951)
10/11/2009: Revolutionary Road (2008)
10/18/2009: Commando (1985), Coraline (2009), Rachel Getting Married (2008)
11/2/2009: V for Vendetta (2006), Let the Right One In (2008)
11/16/2009: Vicky Cristina Barcelona (2008), The Beast With Five Fingers (1946), This Gun for Hire (1942), Jackie Brown (1997)
12/1/2009: Back to the Future (1985), Shivers (1975), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), The Wrestler (2008)*
12/8/2009: I Love You, Man (2009), Frankenstein (1931), Disturbia (2007)
12/15/2009: Suspiria (1977), Away We Go (2009), Ghost Town (2008), Gran Torino (2008)
12/22/2009: Ace in the Hole (1951)*, Repulsion (1965), Son of Rambow (2007)
12/31/2009: Taking Woodstock (2009), Sherlock Holmes (2009), Star Trek (2009), Suspicion (1941)
1/7/2010: The Taking of Pellham 123 (2009), The Station Agent (2003), The Final Destination (2009)
1/14/2010: Silent Movie (1976), The African Queen (1951), Departures (2008)*
1/27/2010: Moon (2009)*, Bound (1996), Solaris (2002), Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004), Wristcutters: A Love Story (2006)
2/2/2010: In the Loop(2009), Public Enemies (2009), Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith (2005), Gurren Lagann: Lagann-hen (2009)*, District 9 (2009)
2/16/2010: The Magnificent Seven (1960), Night Moves (1975)*, My Name Is Bruce (2007)
2/23/2010: Big Fan (2009), Almost Famous (2000)*, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari (1920)/URL]
3/9/2010: Nosferatu (1922), Drag Me to Hell (2009), The Bird with the Crystal Plumage (1970), Kara no Kyoukai 1-7 (2007-09)
3/16/2010: 9 (2009), Zombieland (2009), Ninja Scroll (1993), Primer (2004)
3/23/2010: Re-Animator (1985), Summer Wars (2009), The Changeling (1980)
4/6/2010: The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), Ponyo (2008), Eden of the East: The King of Eden (2009), Porco Rosso (1992)*, Something Something Something Dark Side (2009)
4/13/2010: Castle in the Sky (1986)*, Robot Carnival (1987)*, Whisper of the Heart (1995)*
4/20/2010: The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (2010)*, Fiddler on the Roof (1971), Kiki’s Delivery Service (1989), Genius Party (2007)
5/4/2010: Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)*, The Sky Crawlers (2008), Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988), My Neighbors the Yamadas (1999), THX 1138 (1971)
5/11/2010: The Stepfather (1987), Winning Time: Reggie Miller vs. the New York Knicks (2010), Tremors (1990)
5/18/2010: Horror of Dracula (1958), The Brood (1979), Jesus Christ: Vampire Hunter (2001), Rabid (1977)
5/25/2010: Inglourious Basterds (2009)*, Them! (1954), The Yakuza (1975)
6/1/2010: Alphaville (1965), Ghost in the Shell (1995), Priceless (2006), The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (1984)
6/8/2010: Evangelion 2.0: You Can (Not) Advance (2009), Whip It (2009), A Boy and His Dog (1975)
6/15/2010: Fletch (1985), The Blind Side (2009), Speed (1994)
6/22/2010: June 17, 1994 (2010), Nobel Son (2007), Invictus (2009)
6/29/2010: Toy Story 3 (2010), The Two Escobars (2010), Soylent Green (1973)
7/6/2010: Up in the Air (2009), Tyson (2008), This Is Spinal Tap (1984)*
7/13/2010: The Proposition (2005)*, Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988), The Informant! (2009)
7/20/2010: Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans (2009), Macross: Do You Remember Love? (1984)*, Coco Before Chanel (2009)
7/27/2010: The Vanishing (1988), Inception (2010), Mind Game (2004), Pale Rider (1985)
8/3/2010: The Hurt Locker (2009), Roujin Z (1991), Broken Blade (2010), Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)*
8/17/2010: Black Christmas (1974), Crazy Heart (2009), The Man with Two Brains (1983), Ninja Assassin (2009)
8/24/2010: Panic Room (2002), Mobile Suit Gundam I-III (1981-82), Casablanca (1942)*, Stray Dog (1949)
8/31/2010: Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva (2009), Memories (1995)*, The Gold Rush (1925), Paprika (2006)
9/7/2010: Martian Successor Nadesico: The Motion Picture - Prince of Darkness (1998), An Education (2009), Eden of the East: Paradise Lost (2010)
9/14/2010: Dr. Strangelove (1964)*, Doomsday (2008), Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984)
9/21/2010: One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975), The Natural (1984), Bungaku Shoujo (2010), The Book of Eli (2010)
9/28/2010: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962), Aim for the Ace! (1979), Animal House (1978)*, The Princess and the Frog (2009), Char's Counterattack (1988)
10/5/2010: Date Night (2010), Cool Hand Luke (1967)*, Kiss Me Deadly (1955), An American Werewolf in London (1981)
10/12/2010: Teen Wolf (1985), Logan's Run (1976), The Naked City (1948)
10/19/2010: Dirty Harry (1971)*, Swingers (1996), Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005), Harper (1966)*
10/27/2010: Chinatown (1974)*, Hoosiers (1986)*, The Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (2004), Inherit the Wind (1960)*, Airplane! (1980)*
11/2/2010: Emperor of the North (1973), The Happening (2008), Santa's Slay (2005), Candyman (1992), Bram Stoker's Dracula (1992), Mega Piranha (2010), Phantasm (1979), Goldfinger (1964), The Thing (1982)*
11/9/2010: Black Sunday (1960), The Devil's Backbone (2001)*, Blood and Black Lace (1964)
11/16/2010: The Hustler (1961)*, Zombie (1979), Macross Frontier The Movie: The False Songstress (2009)*, Young Frankenstein (1974)*, The Serpent and the Rainbow (1988)
11/23/2010: Army of Darkness (1993), Star Wars (1977)*, The Empire Strikes Back (1980)*, Return of the Jedi (1983), Radioland Murders (1994), The Lost Skeleton Returns Again (2009)
11/30/2010: Sunset Boulevard (1950)*, South Park: Bigger, Longer and Uncut (1999), How to Train Your Dragon (2010), Sunshine (2007), The Pink Panther Strikes Again (1976)
12/7/2010: The Andromeda Strain (1971), The Game (1997), The Shining (1980)*
12/14/2010: Singin' in the Rain (1952)*, Iron Man 2 (2010), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990), Major League (1989)
12/21/2010: Undefeatable (1994), Troll 2 (1990), Harry Brown (2009)
12/28/2010: 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)*, Patlabor: The Movie (1989), Patlabor 2: The Movie (1993), Best Worst Movie (2009)
1/2/2011: The Stepford Wives (1975), The Beyond (1981), Romancing the Stone (1984)
1/11/2011: Blazing Saddles (1974), The Descent (2005), Mobile Suit Gundam 00: The Awakening of the Trailblazer (2010), Village of the Damned (1960), Children of the Damned (1963)
1/18/2011: Trigun: Badlands Rumble (2010), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st (2010), Dawn of the Dead (1978)
1/25/2011: Black Swan (2010), Clue (1985), Scarface (1983), Dracula: Sovereign of the Damned (1980), True Grit (2010), Perfect Blue (1997)
2/1/2011: The Quick and the Dead (1995), High Sierra (1995), Shutter Island (2010), A Serious Man (2009)
