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Two of my favorite movies: The Seven Samurai and Aliens! Right, Ripley doesn’t need a squad. She is a squad all by herself. Read more

You son of a bitch, I’m in! Read more

Both Maude and The Jeffersons were spinoffs of All in the Family, and all of these are in the ‘70's. And all were regularly watched by my family. 
I often think about my childhood (in the ‘70's) and compare it to life now, and this just reinforces my thoughts that there was a whole lot more room for free-thinkers then.… Read more

Came to see if Fire in the Sky was included. Nice work at #1!  Read more

The absolute best cut of Showgirls is the VH1 edit with drawn-on underwear, occasionally added as the girls are removing their tops. 10/10 Criterion Collection worthy. Read more

“a porn parody called Evil Head,”
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Yeah, I always find it FASCINATING when people hate her performance when, to me, it’s stellar. Read more

Ngl, the Josie and the Pussycats soundtrack is a significant portion of my workout mix. Read more

A common theme here is movies that intend to satirize or condemn masculine violence are instead interpreted as totally earnest celebrations of it. And it’s an evergreen problem: how many people think Walter White is genuinely aspirational? How many people left Joker thinking Arthur was totally justified? Read more

The link to the 1969(!!) Kubrick interview includes this trivia chestnut: Read more

“The often sweaty, often shitless Jessie...” Read more

One thing I’ve thought for awhile about Heinlein now is that I have sympathy for people who took Heinlein’s view in 1959. Not today, but in 1959. Read more

I laughed out loud re. you don’t even know what the hell the bad guys are after in North by Northwest. You really don’t!  It’s so convoluted.  But, I ultimately don’t think it matters ... the plot driver is that Carrie Grant is mistaken for Kaplan by the bad guys. That’s all we really need to know. He’s mostly in the… Read more

And a World War II vet:

“A Long Day’s Journey Into Night” is one of my favorite movies of all time. Everyone should see it. The portrayal of the family dynamic in dependency issues is perhaps the best ever performed for an audience; live or on film. Read more

I have watched a few of these already, last Christmas, and I will probably watch some of them again (while wrapping gifts). I have a couple of recommendations that are not on your list, Feast of the Seven Fishes, and, though not a movie, Dash & Lily. Read more

I hate Lifetime movies so much all year. But then around the holidays my sense melts away and I sit at my in-laws in a food coma marathoning the worst of the worst movies on Lifetime and Hallmark. Read more

I did not know this was a thing! I’ll watch you’re selection and chastise you further later if its a poor substitute :D Read more

I sense you are not the ideal audience for this style of Christmas film Read more

You forgot the original Child’s Play, the whole thing takes place around Christmas.