Movie: Somewhere in Time Release Date: October 3, 1980 Director: Jeannot Szwarc Starring: Christopher Reeve, Jane Seymour, Christopher Plummer. Tag Lines: “Some day in the past, he will find her.” “Someday in the past he will find her…” “Beyond fantasy. Beyond obsession. Beyond time itself… he will find her.” “He sacrificed life in the present……
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327. Time After Time
Movie: Time After Time Release Date: September 28, 1979 Director: Nicholas Meyer Starring: Malcolm McDowell, David Warner, Mary Steenburgen. Tag Lines: “The Wildest Chase of the Century!” “H.G. Wells races through time to catch Jack the Ripper!” “A chase through time — to catch Jack the Ripper!” “Imagine! A scientific genius named H.G. Wells stalks…
328. Liar Liar
Movie: Liar Liar Release Date: March 21, 1997 Director: Tom Shadyac Starring: Jim Carrey, Maura Tierney, Justin Cooper, Jennifer Tilly, Cary Elwes, Amanda Donohoe, Jason Bernard, Swoosie Kurtz, Anne Haney. Tag Lines: “Trust Me.” “Would I lie to you?” “Coming soon. Honest.” Relevance: “In Living Color” started airing on television in 1990 and watching it…
329. Independence Day
Movie: Independence Day Release Date: July 3, 1996 Director: Roland Emmerich Starring: Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Mary McDonnell, Judd Hirsch, Margaret Colin, Randy Quaid, Robert Loggia, James Rebhorn, Harvey Fierstein. Tag Lines: “We’ve always believed we weren’t alone. On July 4th, we’ll wish we were.” “THESE extraterrestrials don’t want to phone home…They want…
330. Gladiator
Movie: Gladiator Release Date: May 5, 2000 Director: Ridley Scott Starring: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed, Derek Jacobi, Djimon Hounsou, Richard Harris. Tag Lines: “Father of a murdered son, husband to a murdered wife and I shall have my vengeance in this life or the next.” “What We Do In Life Echoes…
331. Hairspray
Movie: Hairspray Release Date: February 26, 1988 Director: John Waters Starring: Sonny Bono, Ruth Brown, Divine, Debbie Harry, Ricki Lake, Jerry Stiller, Ric Ocasek, Pia Zadora. Tag Lines: “It’s way beyond Grease.” “Baltimore, 1962. The heyday of hair-dos and hair-don’ts, Heartthrobs and hefty girls, hot dates and hip talkers, beatniks and hair hoppers, and one…
332. The Crying Game
Movie: The Crying Game Release Date: October 30, 1992 Director: Neil Jordan Starring: Stephen Rea, Miranda Richardson, Jaye Davidson, Forest Whitaker. Tag Lines: “Play At Your Own Risk.” “The movie everyone is talking about… But no one is giving away its secrets.” “Desire is a Danger Zone.” Relevance: I wasn’t able to see ‘The Crying…
333. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
Movie:Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Release Date: August 1953 Director: Howard Hawks Starring: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe. Tag Lines: “You’ve never seen so much fun!” “The Two M-M-Marvels Of Our Age In The Wonder Musical Of The World!” Relevance: I didn’t watch ‘Gentlemen Prefer Blondes’ until the spring of 1985. Of course I knew who Marilyn Monroe…
334. 10 Things I Hate About You
Movie: 10 Things I Hate About You Release Date: March 31, 1999 Director: Gil Junger Starring: Julia Stiles, Heath Ledger, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Larisa Oleynik, Larry Miller, Andrew Keegan, David Krumholtz, Susan May Pratt. Tag Lines: “There are so many different ways to hate. Count them yourself.” “How do I loathe thee? Let me count the…