Movie: Bowling for Columbine Release Date: October 11, 2002 Director: Michael Moore Starring: Michael Moore, Marilyn Manson, Charleton Heston, Matt Stone, Dick Clark. Tag Lines: “What a wonderful world.” “Is America a nation of gun nuts? Or just nuts?” “One Nation Under The Gun.” Relevance: I was never really a huge Documentary film fan. Proving…

Movie: Edward Scissorhands Release Date: December 7, 1990 Director: Tim Burton Starring: Johnny Depp, Winona Ryder, Dianne Wiest, Anthony Michael Hall, Kathy Baker, Vincent Price, Alan Arkin. Tag Lines: “His scars run deep.” “The story of an uncommonly gentle man.” “Innocence is what he knows. Beauty is what she sees.” “Edward Was Here….” “His story…

Movie: Strictly Ballroom Release Date: August 20, 1992 Director: Baz Luhrmann Starring: Paul Mercurio, Tara Morice, Bill Hunter, Pat Thomson, Gia Carides, Peter Whitford, Barry Otto. Tag Lines: “There’s something in the air. It might be love — but it isn’t.” “A life lived in fear… …is a life half lived.” Relevance: One of my…

Movie: As Good As It Gets Release Date: December 23, 1997 Director: James L. Brooks Starring: Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinnear, Cuba Gooding Jr., Skeet Ulrich, Shirley Knight. Tag Lines: “Brace yourself for Melvin.” “A comedy from the heart that goes for the throat.” Relevance: “What if this is as good as it gets?”…

Movie: Broadcast News Release Date: December 16, 1987 Director: James L. Brooks Starring: William Hurt, Albert Brooks, Holly Hunter. Tag Lines: “It’s the story of their lives.” Relevance: In 1988, the year that I watched ‘Broadcast News’ when it aired on HBO, I was beginning my senior year in High School. As every human in…

Movie: Twister Release Date: May 10, 1996 Director: Jan de Bont Starring: Helen Hunt, Bill Paxton, Jami Gertz, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Cary Elwes. Tag Lines: “The Dark Side of Nature.” “Don’t Breathe. Don’t Look Back.” “Go for a ride you’ll never forget!” “The Beautiful yet Destructive side to life.” Relevance: ‘Twister’ was one of those…

Movie: Spaceballs Release Date: June 24, 1987 Director: Mel Brooks Starring: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis, Bill Pullman, Daphne Zuniga, Dick Van Patten, George Wyner, Joan Rivers. Tag Lines: “May The Farce Be With You.” “May the Schwartz be with you!” “Once upon a time warp in deep space, the struggle between the nice…

Movie: Beverly Hills Cop II Release Date: May 20, 1987 Director: Tony Scott Starring: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, Jürgen Prochnow, Ronny Cox, John Ashton, Brigitte Nielsen, Allen Garfield, Dean Stockwell, Paul Reiser. Tag Lines: “The Heat’s Back On!” “Axel Foley’s back… where he doesn’t belong!” Relevance: ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ was a movie that my family…

Movie: The War of the Roses Release Date: December 8, 1989 Director: Danny DeVito Starring: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito. Tag Lines: “Once in a lifetime comes a motion picture that makes you feel like falling in love all over again. This is not that movie.” Relevance: Over the holiday break of 1989, after…

Movie: Apollo 13 Release Date: June 30, 1995 Director: Ron Howard Starring: Tom Hanks, Kevin Bacon, Bill Paxton, Gary Sinise, Ed Harris, Kathleen Quinlan. Tag Lines: “Failure is not an option.” “Houston, we have a problem.” Relevance: If you read yesterday’s post (see 276. While You Were Sleeping), you know that the Spring and Summer…