Movie: Little Miss Sunshine Release Date: July 26, 2006 Director: Jonathan Dayton, Valerie Faris. Starring: Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, Alan Arkin. Tag Lines: “Where’s Olive?” “A family on the verge of a breakdown.” “Everyone just pretend to be normal.” “Welcome to Hell.” “I hate everyone.” Relevance: There are certain…
Category: Thoughts
230. Kramer vs. Kramer
Movie: Kramer vs. Kramer Release Date: December 19, 1979 Director: Robert Benton Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry, Jane Alexander, JoBeth Williams. Tag Lines: “There are three sides to this love story!” Relevance: I watched ‘Kramer vs. Kramer’ with my family in the early 1980’s on HBO. I do not remember the exact year,…
231. Legally Blonde
Movie: Legally Blonde Release Date: July 13, 2001 Director: Robert Luketic Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Luke Wilson, Selma Blair, Matthew Davis, Victor Garber, Jennifer Coolidge. Tag Lines: “Meet Elle Woods. She’s a lawyer with a heart of gold…and a mane to match!” “This summer go blonde!” “Boldly going where no blonde has gone.” “Blondes DO have…
232. Mary Poppins
Movie: Mary Poppins Release Date: August 27, 1964 Director: Robert Stevenson Starring: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns, Hermione Baddeley, Karen Dotrice, Matthew Garber, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Treacher. Reginald Owen, Ed Wynn. Tag Lines: “It’s supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!” Relevance: Julie Andrews was one of my mother’s favorite human beings in the world. She thought…
233. Seems Like Old Times
Movie: Seems Like Old Times Release Date: December 19, 1980 Director: Jay Sandrich Starring: Chevy Chase, Goldie Hawn, Charles Grodin, Robert Guillaume. Tag Lines: “Alone – at last…” Relevance: My mom was a big Goldie Hawn fan since her early days in “Laugh-In.” My dad was an even bigger fan of Chevy Chase. So when…
234. Saving Private Ryan
Movie: Saving Private Ryan Release Date: July 24, 1998 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore. Tag Lines: “In the Last Great Invasion of the Last Great War, The Greatest Danger for Eight Men was Saving… One.” “The mission is a man.” “There was only one man left in the…
235. Best in Show
Movie: Best in Show Release Date: September 29, 2000 Director: Christopher Guest Starring: Jennifer Coolidge, Christopher Guest, John Michael Higgins, Michael Hitchcock, Eugene Levy, Jane Lynch, Michael McKean, Catherine O’Hara, Parker Posey. Tag Lines: “Some pets deserve a little more respect than others.” Relevance: At Thanksgiving. most people look forward to time spent with family…
236. Ocean’s Eleven
Movie: Ocean’s Eleven Release Date: December 7, 2001 Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Matt Damon, Andy Garcia, Julia Roberts. Tag Lines: “Hollywood’s A list stars come together to pull off the most daring heist Las Vegas has ever known…11 men, 3 casinos, 150 million dollars, 1 chance to pull it off.” “Are…
237. Rear Window
Movie: Rear Window Release Date: September 1, 1954 Director: Alfred Hitchcock Starring: James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, Raymond Burr. Tag Lines: “The Essential Hitchcock.” “In deadly danger…because they saw too much!” “Through his rear window and the eye of his powerful camera he watched a great city tell on itself, expose its…
238. Parenthood
Movie: Parenthood Release Date: August 2, 1989 Director: Ron Howard Starring: Steve Martin, Tom Hulce, Rick Moranis, Martha Plimpton, Keanu Reeves, Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Dianne Wiest. Tag Lines: “It could happen to you.” “The director of “Splash,” “Willow” and “Cocoon” brings you a comedy about life, love and the gentle art of raising children.”…
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