Movie: Chocolat Release Date: December 15, 2000 Director: Lasse Hallström Starring: Juliette Binoche, Judi Dench, Alfred Molina, Lena Olin, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss, John Wood, Leslie Caron. Tag Lines: “A comic fable from the director of ‘The Cider House Rules.’” “One Taste Is All It Takes.” “One taste is not enough.” “What do you see?”…
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303. Almost Famous
Movie: Almost Famous Release Date: September 13, 2000 Director: Cameron Crowe Starring: Billy Crudup, Frances McDormand, Kate Hudson, Jason Lee, Patrick Fugit, Anna Paquin, Fairuza Balk, Noah Taylor, Philip Seymour Hoffman. Tag Lines: “Experience it. Enjoy it. Just don’t fall for it.” Relevance: The year 2000 was a great year for movies, at least as…
305. Adventures in Babysitting
Movie: Adventures in Babysitting Release Date: July 3, 1987 Director: Chris Columbus Starring: Elisabeth Shue, Keith Coogan, Anthony Rapp, Maia Brewton. Tag Lines: “A lifetime of fun in just one night.” “She thought babysitting was easy money – until she started hanging out with the Andersons.” Relevance: I did not see ‘Adventures in Babysitting’ in…
306. About a Boy
Movie: About a Boy Release Date: May 17, 2002 Director: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz. Starring: Hugh Grant, Toni Collette, Rachel Weisz, Nicholas Hoult. Tag Lines: “Growing up has nothing to do with age.” Relevance: I did not get a chance to see ‘About a Boy’ in movie theaters. I didn’t actually see it until late…
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…
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…
319. Lucas
Movie: Lucas Release Date: March 28, 1986 Director: David Seltzer Starring: Corey Haim, Charlie Sheen, Kerri Green, Courtney Thorne-Smith. Tag Lines: “It’s about falling in love…for the first time.” “She was the biggest thing that ever hit him until he played football.” “There’s nothing wrong with being different.” “A boy that just won’t be beaten.”…
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…
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