Movie: Heaven Can Wait Release Date: June 28, 1978 Director: Warren Beatty, Buck Henry. Starring: Warren Beatty, Julie Christie, James Mason, Charles Grodin, Dyan Cannon, Buck Henry, Vincent Gardenia, Jack Warden. Tag Lines: “Joe Pendleton…the only guy who ever raised Hell about going to Heaven.” Relevance: I was only seven years old when ‘Heaven Can…

Movie: Speed Release Date: June 10, 1994 Director: Jan de Bont Starring: Keanu Reeves, Dennis Hopper, Sandra Bullock, Jeff Daniels, Joe Morton. Tag Lines: “Get ready for rush hour.” Relevance: When I saw the ‘Speed’ trailer, one that really only focused on Keanu Reeves and Dennis Hopper yelling about a exploding bus, I wasn’t running…

Movie: Ruthless People Release Date: June 27, 1986 Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker. Starring: Danny DeVito, Judge Reinhold, Helen Slater, Bette Midler, Bill Pullman. Tag Lines: “Barbara Stone has just been kidnapped by K-Mart, and what she doesn’t know won’t hurt her.” “The Big Screw.” “Sam Stone’s wife has just been kidnapped… And…

Movie: Fried Green Tomatoes Release Date: December 27. 1991 Director: Jon Avnet Starring: Kathy Bates, Jessica Tandy, Mary Stuart Masterson, Mary-Louise Parker, Cicely Tyson. Tag Lines: “The secret of life? The secret’s in the sauce.” Relevance: There are times when I go to see a movie, I have already read the book, novel or story…

Movie: Labyrinth Release Date: June 27, 1986 Director: Jim Henson Starring: David Bowie, Jennifer Connelly. Tag Lines: “The Imagination of Jim Henson…” “The Wizardry of George Lucas…” “The Excitement of David Bowie…” “Three Extraordinary Talents take you to a World of Fantasy and Adventure, The World of Labyrinth!” “Where everything seems possible and nothing is…

Movie: The American President Release Date: November 17, 1995 Director: Rob Reiner Starring: Michael Douglas, Annette Bening, Martin Sheen, Michael J. Fox, Richard Dreyfuss, Davis Paymer, Samantha Mathis. Tag Lines: “Why can’t the most powerful man in the world have the one thing he wants most?” Relevance: In 1995 and 1996, I wasn’t very political….

Movie: Deep Impact Release Date: May 8, 1998 Director: Mimi Leder Starring: Robert Duvall, Tea Leoni, Elijah Wood, Vanessa Redgrave, Maximillian Schell, Morgan Freeman, Jon Favreau, Laura Innes, James Cromwell. Tag Lines: “Heaven and Earth are about to collide.” “Oceans rise. Cities fall. Hope survives.” Relevance: The highest grossing film of 1998 was a science-fiction…

Movie: The First Wives Club Release Date: September 20, 1996 Director: Hugh Wilson Starring: Bette Midler, Goldie Hawn, Diane Keaton, Maggie Smith, Dan Hedaya, Bronson Pinchot, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marcia Gay Harden, Stephen Collins, Victor Garber. Tag Lines: “Getting even… this fall.” “Don’t get mad. Get everything.” Relevance: Unlike many other movies on this list,…

Movie: Oliver! Release Date: September 26, 1968 Director: Carol Reed Starring: Ron Moody, Oliver Reed, Harry Secombe, Shani Wallis, Mark Lester, Jack Wild. Tag Lines: “More of a Masterpiece Than a Musical!” “The big bright musical for absolutely everyone…in Magnificent 70mm.” “Much Much More Than a Musical!” Relevance: Growing up, I never liked my name….

Movie: The Frighteners Release Date: July 19, 1996 Director: Peter Jackson Starring: Michael J. Fox, Trini Alvarado, Peter Dobson, John Astin, Dee Wallace Stone, Jeffrey Combs, Jake Busey. Tag Lines: “Something has put the fear of death in the living and sent the dead running for their lives.” “No Rest for the Wicked.” “Dead yet?”…