Movie: Driving Miss Daisy Release Date: December 15, 1989 Director: Bruce Beresford Starring: Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Patti LuPone, Esther Rolle. Tag Lines: “The comedy that won a Pulitzer Prize.” “The funny, touching and totally irresistible story of a working relationship that became a 25-year friendship.” Relevance: The 62nd Academy Awards happened to…
338. Total Recall
Movie: Total Recall Release Date: June 1, 1990 Director: Paul Verhoeven Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Rachel Ticotin, Sharon Stone, Michael Ironside, Ronny Cox. Tag Lines: “How would you know if someone stole your mind?” “How would you know after memory implantation if your mind is yours?” “They stole his mind, now he wants it back.” “Get…
339. Taxi Driver
Movie: Taxi Driver Release Date: February 8, 1976 Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Robert De Niro, Jodie Foster, Albert Brooks, Harvey Keitel, Leonard Harris, Peter Boyle, Cybill Shepherd. Tag Lines: “On every street in every city in this country, there’s a nobody who dreams of being a somebody.” “On every street in every city, there’s a…
340. Million Dollar Baby
Movie: Million Dollar Baby Release Date: December 15, 2004 Director: Clint Eastwood Starring: Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman. Tag Lines: “Beyond his silence, there is a past. Beyond her dreams, there is a feeling. Beyond hope, there is a memory. Beyond their journey, there is a love.” Relevance: A movie about boxing? Directed by…
341. Murder on the Orient Express
Movie: Murder on the Orient Express Release Date: November 21, 1974 Director: Sidney Lumet Starring: Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam, Ingrid Bergman, Jacqueline Bisset, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Sean Connery, John Gielgud, Wendy Hiller, Anthony Perkins, Vanessa Redgrave, Rachel Roberts, Richard Widmark, Michael York. Tag Lines: “The greatest cast of suspicious characters ever involved in murder.”…
342. Traffic
Movie: Traffic Release Date: December 27, 2000 Director: Steven Soderbergh Starring: Don Cheadle, Benicio Del Toro, Michael Douglas, Luis Guzmán, Dennis Quaid, Catherine Zeta-Jones. Tag Lines: “It’s a dirty, dirty war! And no one comes away clean.” “No One Gets Away Clean.” Relevance: I didn’t watch ‘Traffic’ until well after it won four of the…
343. Sideways
Movie: Sideways Release Date: October 22, 2004 Director: Alexander Payne Starring: Paul Giamatti, Thomas Haden Church, Virginia Madsen, Sandra Oh. Tag Lines: “In search of wine. In search of women. In search of themselves.” Relevance: When ‘Sideways’ was released in theaters I wasn’t a huge wine consumer. Don’t get me wrong, I drank wine, but…
344. The Help
Movie: The Help Release Date: August 10, 2011 Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer, Emma Stone. Tag Lines: “Change begins with a whisper.” Relevance: I first watched ‘The Help’ in December of 2011 when it became available on DVD. It was a good thing I was…
345. Up in the Air
Movie: Up in the Air Release Date: December 4, 2009 Director: Jason Reitman Starring: George Clooney, Vera Farmiga, Anna Kendrick, Danny McBride Tag Lines: “The story of a man ready to make a connection.” “Arriving this December.” “From Paramount Pictures comes the story of a man ready to make a connection.” “Arriving soon.” Relevance: Every…
346. Ordinary People
Movie: Ordinary People Release Date: September 19, 1980 Director: Robert Redford Starring: Donald Sutherland, Mary Tyler Moore, Judd Hirsch, Timothy Hutton. Tag Lines: “Some films you watch, others you feel.” “Everything is in its proper place…Except the past.” Relevance: I first watched ‘Ordinary People’ sometime in the early 1980’s on HBO probably around the age…
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