Thanks to 2020 having 366 days, the “365 Day Movie Challenge: A Movie a Day Keeps the Doctor Away” has a day off. Happy Leap Day to all! It is, however, a perfect time for me to answer a few questions I have received about the “challenge” as well as share some stats. So here…
Month: February 2020
307. Hard Candy
Movie: Hard Candy Release Date: April 14, 2006 Director: David Slade Starring: Ellen Page, Patrick Wilson, Sandra Oh, Odessa Rae. Tag Lines: “Strangers shouldn’t talk to little girls.” Relevance: I was lucky enough to see Patrick Wilson perform on Broadway in “The Full Monty” with my mom. It was such a terrific show and it…
308. (500) Days of Summer
Movie: (500) Days of Summer Release Date: August 7, 2009 Director: Marc Webb Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Zooey Deschanel. Tag Lines: “Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love. Girl doesn’t.” “This is not a love story. This is a story about love.” “It was almost like falling in love.” Relevance: Have you ever walked into a…
309. Top Secret!
Movie: Top Secret! Release Date: June 8, 1984 Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. Starring: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge. Tag Lines: “Movie? What movie?” “Shhh!” “A Film.” “Don’t tell anyone.” “From the makers of the original “Airplane!” (not the Wright brothers).” Relevance: No one does funny quite like Jim Abrahams and the Zucker brothers,…
310. The Toy
Movie: The Toy Release Date: December 10. 1982 Director: Richard Donner Starring: Richard Pryor, Jackie Gleason, Teresa Ganzel, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Ned Beatty, Scott Schwartz. Tag Lines: “When Jackie Gleason Told His Son He Could Have Any Present He Wanted, He Picked The Most Outrageous Gift Of All…Richard Pryor.” Relevance: ‘The Toy’ was one of those…
311. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
Movie: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Release Date: November 19, 1975. Director: Milos Forman Starring: Jack Nicholson, Louise Fletcher, William Redfield. Tag Lines: “If he’s crazy, what does that make you?” Relevance: It’s not surprising that I did not see ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest’ when it was released in theaters as I…
312. Saw
Movie: Saw Release Date: October 29, 2004 Director: James Wan Starring: Cary Elwes, Danny Glover, Monica Potter, Michael Emerson, Ken Leung, Tobin Bell, Leigh Whannell. Tag Lines: “Let the games begin!” “Live or die. Make your choice.” “I want to play a game.” “Oh yes, there will be blood.” “Every piece has a puzzle.” “How…
313. Reality Bites
Movie: Reality Bites Release Date: February 18, 1994 Director: Ben Stiller Starring: Winona Ryder, Ethan Hawke, Ben Stiller, Janeane Garofalo, Swoosie Kurtz, Joe Don Baker, John Mahoney. Tag Lines: “A comedy about love in the ’90s.” Relevance: After graduating college in 1993 at the age of 22, instead of jumping right into the job market…
314. Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Movie: Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Release Date: December 25, 2011 Director: Stephen Daldry Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, Thomas Horn, Max von Sydow, Viola Davis, John Goodman, Jeffrey Wright, Zoe Caldwell. Tag Lines: “Extremely Sweet & Incredibly Heartwarming.” Relevance: In 2005, a novel called “Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close” by Jonathan Safran Foer was…
315. Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
Movie: Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber if Fleet Street Release Date: December 21, 2007 Director: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Timothy Spall, Sacha Baron Cohen. Tag Lines: “Never Forget. Never Forgive.” “Beware! Sweeney Todd is coming. This Christmas.” “Johnny Depp is THE BARBER.” “Helena Bonham Carter is THE BAKER.” Relevance:…
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