While working on the Academy Award Best Picture Movie Challenge, I referenced my 365 Movie Day Challenge I completed in 2020 quite a bit. For those of you unfamiliar with that challenge, basically I watched my 365 favorite and most influential movies over the course of a year (one a day) and wrote a little…
Tag: Sci-Fi
Everything Everywhere All at Once
Movie: Everything Everywhere All at Once Release Date: March 25, 2022 Director: Daniels (Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinhert) Starring: Michelle Yeoh, Stephanie Hsu, Ke Huy Quan, Jenny Slate, Harry Shum Jr., James Hong, Jamie Lee Curtis Personal History: Watched Before Rating: 8 Oscars out of 10 Weird. Odd. Quirky. Frenetic. Bizarre. Genius. These are just…
27. Star Wars
Movie: Star Wars Release Date: May 25, 1977 Director: George Lucas Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, Peter Cushing, Alec Guiness. Tag Lines: “A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away…” “Coming to your galaxy this summer.” “Somewhere, in space, this could all be happening right now. Relevance: I usually can’t remember…
33. Aliens
Movie: Aliens Release Date: July 18, 1986 Director: James Cameron Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Michael Biehn, Paul Reiser, Lance Henriksen, Bill Paxton. Tag Lines: “This time there’s more.” “This time it’s war.” “There are some places in the universe you don’t go alone.” “Somewhere in deepest space, all hell is breaking loose.” “They’re Even Scarier The…
46. Ghostbusters
Movie: Ghostbusters Release Date: June 8, 1984 Director: Ivan Reitman Starring: Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Sigourney Weaver, Harold Ramis, Rick Moranis, Annie Potts, Ernie Hudson. Tag Lines: “No spook, specter, or haunt will ever be safe again.” “They’re here to save the world.” “Coming to save the world this summer.” “We’re ready to believe you.”…
52. Jurassic Park
Movie: Jurassic Park Release Date: June 11, 1993 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Sam Neill, Laura Dern, Jeff Goldblum, Richard Attenborough, Bob Peck, Martin Ferrero, BD Wong, Samuel L. Jackson, Wayne Knight, Joseph Mazzello, Ariana Richards. Tag Lines: “Life finds a way.” “Welcome to…” “Unleash the Beasts.” “Caution! Alive Inside.” “The Park is open.” “An adventure…
61. E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial
Movie: E. T. the Extra-Terrestrial Release Date: June 11, 1982 Director: Steven Spielberg Starring: Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Henry Thomas, Drew Barrymore. Tag Lines: “He is afraid. He is totally alone. He is 3 million light years from home.” “A Steven Spielberg film.” “His Adventure On Earth.” “He is afraid. He is alone. He is…
106. Contact
Movie: Contact Release Date: July 11, 1997 Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Jodi Foster, Matthew McConaughey, James Woods, John Hurt, Tom Skerritt, Angela Bassett. Tag Lines: “Get ready to take a chance on something that just might end up being the most profoundly impactful moment for humanity, for the history… of history.” “From the Academy Award-winning…
153. The Incredible Shrinking Woman
Movie: The Incredible Shrinking Woman Release Date: January 30, 1981 Director: Joel Schumacher Starring: Lily Tomlin, Charles Grodin, Ned Beatty, John Glover, Elizabeth Wilson, Tag Lines: “Lily Tomlin in an epic comedy (give or take an inch).” “Lily Tomlin has a little problem…” Relevance: There were two movies that seemed to be playing incessantly on…
166. Back to the Future
Movie: Back to the Future Release Date: July 3, 1985 Director: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Lea Thompson, Crispin Glover. Tag Lines: “He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born. “ “He was never in time for his classes . . .Then one day he wasn’t in…
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