Movie: Home Alone Release Date: November 16, 1990 Director: Chris Columbus Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Catherine O’Hara, John Candy. Tag Lines: “Holy cow!” “Bring Home The Laughter This Holiday Season!” “When Kevin’s family left for vacation, they forgot one minor detail: Kevin. But don’t worry… He cooks. He cleans. He…

Movie: The Graduate Release Date: December 22, 1967 Director: Mike Nichols Starring: Dustin Hoffman, Anne Bancroft, Katherine Ross. Tag Lines: “What’ll you do after you graduate?” “This is Benjamin. He’s a little worried about his future.” Relevance: “I am not trying to seduce you. Would you like me to seduce you? Is that what you’re…

Movie: Finding Neverland Release Date: November 12, 2004 Director: Marc Forster Starring: Johnny Depp, Kate Winslet, Julie Christie, Radha Mitchell, Dustin Hoffman, Freddie Highmore. Tag Lines: “Unlock your imagination.” “How far can your imagination take you.” “Where will your imagination take you?” Relevance: One could say that I am a Johnny Depp fan. ‘Finding Neverland’…

Movie: The Rules of Attraction Release Date: October 11, 2002 Director: Roger Avery Starring: James van der Beek, Shannyn Sossamon, Kip Pardue, Jessica Biel, Ian Somerhalder, Clifton Collins, Jr., Thomas Ian Nichols, Swoozie Kurtz, Faye Dunaway. Tag Lines: “We all run on instinct.” “There Are No Rules.” “Past Perfect. Present Tense. Future Uncertain.” “From the…

Movie: Top Gun Release Date: May 16, 1986 Director: Tony Scott Starring: Tom Cruise, Kelly McGillis, Val Kilmer, Anthony Edwards, Tom Skerritt. Tag Lines: “It’s a solo mission … Yeah! …And I’m going with him…” “Up there with the best of the best.” “I feel the need, the need for speed.” Relevance: 1986 was a…

Movie: Eddie Murphy Raw Release Date: December 18, 1987 Director: Robert Townsend Starring: Eddie Murphy Tag Lines: “WARNING! You may be offended if you’re black, white, male, female, rich or poor, Bill Cosby, Mr. T or Richard Pryor.” “Catch him in the act. Uncensored Uncut Irresistibly…” Relevance: I had just watched ‘Beverly Hills Cop II’…

Movie: The Pink Panther Release Date: March 18, 1964 Director: Blake Edwards Starring: David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, Claudia Cardinale. Tag Lines: “You only live once…so see the Pink Panther twice!!!” “The star-studded international cast of the year sparkling in the wackiest, most wonderful sport – on the glamorous Italian Riviera where the…

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…