E.T.: the Extra-Terrestrial (1982) Starring Dee Wallace, Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore Written by Melissa Mathison Directed by Steven Spielberg This movie was a surprise. When it was released it was an instant classic, and growing up in the 80s and early 90s it was impossible to miss all the spoofs and parodies that abounded … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: E.T. (#25)
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The AFI Top 100 Films: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (#26)
Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Starring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott and Sterling Hayden Written by Stanley Kubrick, Terry Southern (screenplay) and Peter George (novel) Directed by Stanley Kubrick The 60's were a pretty scary time. There was an unhealthy obsession with awful colors in our … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Dr. Strangelove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (#26)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Bonnie and Clyde (#27)
Bonnie and Clyde (1967) Starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Gene Hackman and Estelle Parsons Written by David Newman and Robert Benton Directed by Arthur Penn Bonnie and Clyde feels like a quintessential 70s movie. It has a complicated, somewhat unlikable set of anti-heroes in Clyde Barrow (Beatty) and Bonnie Parker (Dunaway). It features them doing … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Bonnie and Clyde (#27)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Apocalypse Now (#28)
Apocalypse Now (1979) Starring Martin Sheen, Marlon Brando and Robert Duvall Written by John Milius and Francis Ford Coppola Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Most war movies take great care to show you how disorienting it is to be in the middle of battle, and a lot of these set pieces end up being some … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Apocalypse Now (#28)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (#29)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939) Starring James Stewart, Jean Arthur and Claude Rains Written by Sidney Buchman (screenplay) and Lewis R. Foster (story) Directed by Frank Capra The big surprise with Mr. Smith Goes to Washington is how relevant it seems today. This is a movie that's nearly 75 years old, and it's talking … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (#29)
The AFI Top 100 Films: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (#30)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) Starring Humphrey Bogart, Walter Huston and Tim Holt Written by John Huston (screenplay) and B. Traven (novel) Directed by John Huston I felt like I had learned a few things after seeing . One: finding and mining gold is a LOT more difficult than I thought and way … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (#30)
The AFI Top 100 Films: Annie Hall (#31)
Annie Hall (1977) Starring Woody Allen and Diane Keaton Written by Woody Allen and Marshall Brickman Directed by Woody Allen I was surprised by the warmth of Annie Hall, though I've seen enough Woody Allen movies at this point that I shouldn't have been. It has all those things you expect in a Woody Allen … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: Annie Hall (#31)
What I Believe
Over the long weekend I watched two very different movies that touched on the same theme. One of them was a religious drama written and directed by Robert Duvall, a true passion project if ever I saw one. It was called The Apostle. The other was very much a product of its time -- a … Continue reading What I Believe
The AFI Top 100 Films: High Noon (#33)
High Noon (1952) Starring Gary Cooper, Grace Kelly and Lloyd Bridges Written by Carl Foreman (screenplay) and John W. Cunningham (short story) Directed by Fred Zinnemann This is another one of those movies where the behind-the-scenes story is just as good as what you see on the screen. But High Noon is included in this … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: High Noon (#33)
The AFI Top 100 Films: To Kill A Mockingbird (#34)
To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) Starring Gregory Peck, Mary Badham and Phillip Alford Written by Horton Foote (screenplay) and Harper Lee (novel) Directed by Robert Mulligan One of the great things about setting out to watch all 100 of the AFI's greatest American films of all time is it gives me an excellent chance to … Continue reading The AFI Top 100 Films: To Kill A Mockingbird (#34)
From the Desk of Jakebe T. Rabbit 