Monday, May 12, 2014

Movie List: 1999

I'm posting a list of top 10 movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Cookie's Fortune
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2. Being John Malkovich
3. Dick
4. Election
5. Galaxy Quest
6. The Limey
7. Magnolia
8. Office Space
9. Ravenous
10. The Talented Mr. Ripley

Guilty pleasure: Deep Blue Sea

Movie List: 1998

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. The Thin Red Line
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2. The Big Lebowski
3. Elizabeth
4. The Faculty
5. The Last Days of Disco
6. Next Stop Wonderland
7. Out of Sight
8. Rushmore
9. A Simple Plan
10. The Spanish Prisoner

Guilty pleasure: The Man in the Iron Mask

Movie List: 1997

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. L.A. Confidential
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2. The Apostle
3. Bent
4. Gattaca
5. Hard Eight
6. Jackie Brown
7. Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion
8. Starship Troopers
9. The Sweet Hereafter
10. Waiting for Guffman

Guilty pleasure: Addicted to Love

Movie List: 1996

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Flirting with Disaster
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2. Big Night
3. Citizen Ruth
4. Fargo
5. Lone Star
6. Mars Attacks!
7. Secrets and Lies
8. Small Faces
9. Trainspotting
10. Walking and Talking

Guilty pleasure: The Long Kiss Goodnight

Movie List: 1995

I'm posting a list of top 10 movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Leaving Las Vegas
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2. Before Sunrise
3. Dead Man Walking
4. Dolores Claiborne
5. Living in Oblivion
6. Muriel's Wedding
7. Richard III
8. Safe
9. Shallow Grave
10. To Die For

Guilty pleasure: Tommy Boy

Movie List: 1994

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Quiz Show
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2. The Adventures of Priscilla: Queen of the Desert
3. Barcelona
4. Bullets over Broadway
5. Ed Wood
6. Heavenly Creatures
7. Mrs. Parker and the Vicious Circle
8. Nobody's Fool
9. Pulp Fiction
10. The Ref

Guilty pleasure: Wolf

Movie List: 1993

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and then one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Short Cuts
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2. The Age of Innocence
3. Dazed and Confused
4. Groundhog Day
5. King of the Hill
6. Manhattan Murder Mystery
7. A Perfect World
8. The Piano
9. The Remains of the Day
10. Schindler's List

Guilty pleasure: Heart and Souls

Movie List: 1992

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and then one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Howards End
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2. The Crying Game
3. Death Becomes Her
4. Glengarry Glen Ross
5. Husbands and Wives
6. The Last of the Mohicans
7. Passion Fish
8. Proof
9. A River Runs Through It
10. Unforgiven

Guilty pleasure: The Hand that Rocks the Cradle

Movie List: 1991

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and then one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. Dogfight
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2. Barton Fink
3. Let Him Have It
4. Life Is Sweet
5. My Own Private Idaho
6. Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
7. The Silence of the Lambs
8. Soapdish
9. Thelma and Louise
10. Truly Madly Deeply

Guilty pleasure: Frankie and Johnny

Movie List: 1990

I'm posting a list of top movies from each year in the 1990s: one favorite; and then 9 in alphabetical order; and one guilty pleasure, so to speak.

1. The Grifters
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2. Edward Scissorhands
3. The Freshman
4. Goodfellas
5. Metropolitan
6. Miller's Crossing
7. Postcards from the Edge
8. Quick Change
9. The Russia House
10. The Tall Guy

Guilty pleasure: Tremors

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Who Am I on TV?

...according to some online quizzes, and Jon:


 










And......
Parks and Recreation - 80% Ben, 10% Leslie, 8% April, 2% Chris

Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Movies I Watched at Home in 2014, List #3 (March) and #4 (April) and MVPs

Prepare to be underwhelmed. All those movies I recorded in February are still in(?) my DVR. I watched one this weekend so at least I am finally making progress.March and April were all full of TV, work, and drinking. Here are my tiny little lists:

March
  • Dallas Buyers Club (2013) C / <shrugs shoulders> 
  • Captain Phillips (2013)  B+ / On the edge of my seat at the beginning, in tears at the end.
  • Morning Glory (1933) C / Katharine Hepburn playing drunk playing Hamlet is aces. 
  • Of Human Bondage (1934) C / As cruel as the novel (kudos, Bette Davis), but not nearly developed enough.
April
  • Zilch!  I mean I watch movies every night but I didn't watch them with focus/intent as this list requires.  No wonder I'm in such a bad mood in May.  I will fix this. I'm going to watch a movie tonight.
MVPs
Once again, not much from the movies, but here's what I got, off the top of my head.

Ladies -
  • Amanda Abbington - Sherlock*
  • Hettienne Park - Hannibal*
  • Laura Simpson - Oscar attendee**
  • Mary Steenburgen - Justified
  • Laura - Naked and Afraid
Gents -
  • Charles Dance - Game of Thrones 
  • Kevin Dunn - Veep
  • Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. - Morning Glory
  • Captain Hook - Once Upon a Time 
  • Jacob Pitts - Justified*

*   Marathon viewing in March and/or April
** https://myspace.com/discover/editorial/2014/3/4/feature-i-went-to-the-oscars-with-my-best-friend-and-then-i-went-viral