This blog covers Movies, TV, and other Geeky things...... Movie Reviews (over 3,400 movies rated so far) Countdowns of my top movies by year.... and much more.
The re-release of the Lion King is ruling the box office with about 40 million dollars in one week mauling the competition. A great film that is obviously still a family favorite --outpacing many current films.
And the Star Wars Blu Ray has already made 84 Million dollars after just coming out.....
Vader does apparently rule the galaxy...........
Jeff Daniels is brilliant is this flick....Matching Jim's level of stupidity.
9 Clear and Present Danger 1994 9 out of 10
Harrison Ford as Jack Ryan from the Tom Clancy novels....The third character franchise worthy that he played.....
8 . Mask 1994 9 out of 10
Jim Carrey is in his element in this movie . A human Cartoon fits him very well
7 Maverick 1994 9 out of 10
Nearly perfect adaptation of the TV series that James Garner made famous
6 Clerks 1994 9 out of 10
F---ing Classic...Best dialogue ever
Classic movie about a hired killer that final has something to care abo
4 True Lies 1994 9 out of 10
Arnold was still a totally bad-ass in this great James Cameron flick that somehow found the right mix of action and comedy that many movies can not
3 Stargate 1994 9 out of 10
Kurt Russell rocks!.....I think I feel in love with the concept of the movie just as much as the movie itself.. It spawned 4 TV TV shows..... Looking back the movie itself should have been more epic than it was but it was still pretty cool
2 Speed 1994 Cheesy Keanu---
Crazy Dennis Hooper... Sandra Bullock's charm and out of control Bus = Fun...."Whoa"
1 Nobody's Fool 1994 9 out of 10
Paul Newman at his best....A great character piece that just really worked for me.
Delightfully cheesy action comedy....Stallone is well Stallone vs Wesley Snipes battling it out in a politically correct future.......Funny stuff
9 Tombstone 1993 8 out of 10
The best of the competing Wyatt Earp movies...The other one with Costner sucked....This one with every cool actor under the sun including Bill Paxon and Sam Elliott (who is literally in like every western ever) was kick ass
8 Cliffhanger 1993 8 out of 10
I've never had so much fun watching people fly off of cliffs to their death before
7 Army of Darkness 1993 8 out of 10
Bruce Campbell Rocks......In this third corny version of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series...... Cult Classic
6 Groundhog's Day 1993 9 out of 10
Bill Murray at his best... and Andie MacDowall at her cutest..I love this high concept movie about being stuck in the same day over and over again.
5 Schindler's List 1993 9 out of 10
Amazing Black and White filmmaking from one of the all time greats ...Spielberg
4 The Fugitive 1993 9 out of 10
Harrison Ford shines in this remake of an old TV show in his post Indy days....And Tommy Lee Jones is excellent as the guy trying to track him down....Exciting
3 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 10 out of 10
The perfect holiday movie.....Tim Burton and Danny Elfman---get everything right in this masterpiece
2 Jurassic Park 1993 10 out of 10
Speilberg + Dinosaurs + near Perfection... I used to dislike Jeff Goldblum until this flick....Epic...Worthy of the book
1 Dead Alive 1993 ---10 out of 10 Peter Jackson's low budget Horror masterpiece.... Taking horror comedy to the next level...This movie is the bloodiest movie ever.....2 words...Lawnmower Scene
Delightfully cheesy action comedy....Stallone is well Stallone vs Wesley Snipes battling it out in a politically correct future.......Funny stuff
9 Tombstone 1993 8 out of 10
The best of the competing Wyatt Earp movies...The other one with Costner sucked....This one with every cool actor under the sun including Bill Paxon and Sam Elliott (who is literally in like every western ever) was kick ass
8 Cliffhanger 1993 8 out of 10
I've never had so much fun watching people fly off of cliffs to their death before
7 Army of Darkness 1993 8 out of 10
Bruce Campbell Rocks......In this third corny version of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series...... Cult Classic
6 Groundhog's Day 1993 9 out of 10
Bill Murray at his best... and Andie MacDowall at her cutest..I love this high concept movie about being stuck in the same day over and over again.
5 Schindler's List 1993 9 out of 10
Amazing Black and White filmmaking from one of the all time greats ...Spielberg
4 The Fugitive 1993 9 out of 10
Harrison Ford shines in this remake of an old TV show in his post Indy days....And Tommy Lee Jones is excellent as the guy trying to track him down....Exciting
3 The Nightmare Before Christmas 1993 10 out of 10
The perfect holiday movie.....Tim Burton and Danny Elfman---get everything right in this masterpiece
2 Jurassic Park 1993 10 out of 10
Speilberg + Dinosaurs + near Perfection... I used to dislike Jeff Goldblum until this flick....Epic...Worthy of the book
1 Dead Alive 1993 ---10 out of 10 Peter Jackson's low budget Horror masterpiece.... Taking horror comedy to the next level...This movie is the bloodiest movie ever.....2 words...Lawnmower Scene
Here is my countdown of my favorite films from 1992
10 ....Glen Gary Glen Ross 1992 8 out of 10
A Great Display of Acting.....You gotta love Jack Lemon
9 House of Cards 1992 8 out 10
Tommy Lee Jones was solid in this film about a mom who enteres her daughter's mind to try and figure out what is going on with her.
8 Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me 1992 8 out of 10
A great creepy soundtrack and the movie actually made sense and solved something unlike the weird tv show that after about 6 episodes seemed to have no purpose other than being weird for the sake of being weird.
7. The Player 1992 8 out of 10
A dark look into the world of the movies.....I was in school for film and TV at the time so this movie was a must see...
6. Sneakers 1992 8 out of 10
A great cast and a good mix of action and intrigue
Redford, River Phoenix, Poiter.
5. Basic instinct 1992 9 out of 10
A good solid thriller...Michael Douglas was really good at this kind of movie....Sharon Stone was hot and dangerous. Ice Pick anyone
4. A Few Good Men 1992 9 out of 10
Nicholson at his best
3. Lawnmower Man 1992 9 out of 10
It is hard to explain --but for some reason this movie really worked for me......
2. Housesitter 1992 9 out of 10 Goldie Hawn and Steve Martin.....enough said
1. Aladdin 1992 10 out of 10 One of my favorite animated movies of all time....Action Adventure ---like Raiders of the Lost ark of Animation....and Robin Williams as the Genie... Perfection
Reality show contestants are locked up in a mansion together doing lame Fear Factor type challenges and get killed off one by one by Edward Furlong of T-2 fame (looking like he got a weekend pass from rehab. Nothing special here other than a bunch of boring deaths and Jaime Pressly getting killed at the beginning by the killer who she apparently scorned on some Bachelorette type reality show.
The same week that they release Marty Mcfly's shoes from Nike....I see this Tron looking BMW ad and the preceding ad for Droid Bionic........Everything has lights on them these days I guess.....Very cool
This is my countdown of Spoof movies that are in the Airplane genre....I'm not including films like Austen Powers (which I love) or the Mel Brooks movies....I'm talking the specific Airplane Style spoofs which is kind of like its own genre....
1. Airplane 1980 10 out of 10
The best spoof movie of all time and one of the top comedies of all-time...they played around with the genre with The Kentucky Fried Movie and perfected it here with a cast of serious actors playing it seriously in a movie that is a totally spoof of the serious movies they used to be in.....It changed Leslie Nielsen's career forever...The standard by which all its predecessor's are judged against...
2. Naked Gun 1988 10 out of 10
The TV series Police Squad was brilliant and ended way to soon...So happy when it found its way to the big screen for 3 films of which the first is best. I take special pleasure watching it now and seeing the beating Norberg (OJ) now takes.
3. Not Another Teen Movie 2001 9 out of 10
Being a fan of the John Hughes film this flick really captures and does the Airplane style spoof genre proud in skewering the teen high school genre. The character intros alone are totally classic.
4. Naked Gun 33 1/3 The Final Insult 1994 8 out of 10
The last of the Naked Gun series was back on track ... Leslie Nielsen rocks
5. Top Secret 1984 8 out of 10
Strange Elvis movie parody that it is great.... Breaking into songs like Skit Surfing and all the gags are right on target.
6. Wrongfully Accused 1998 8 out of 10
The non-Naked Gun Leslie Nielsen Airplane type movies were not as good with the exception of this Fugitive parody that was actually really funny.
7. Kentucky Fried Movie 1977 7+ out of 10
The testing ground before the perfection that was Airplane ...."Fist full of Yen" is an absolute gem
8. Hot Shots 1991 7+ out of 10
Charlie Sheen takes on Rambo and Top Gun in this great parody movie....
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9. Airplane The Sequel 1982 7 out of 10
Not as good as the original since it retreads a lot of the same jokes ...But Shatner was great as the Captain on the Moon station and the movie is still pretty funny.
10. UHF 1989 7 out of 10
I remember a movie review of this film by Rex Reed...."In a world with Pee Wee Herman and Yahoo Serious --who needs Al Yankovich.....He is not weird he is just stupid" I couldn't agree less...This film was a lot of fun...Although it doesn't hold up as well years later it was classic when it came out.
