Movie Diary 2023 (6/1-6/30): Great Caesar’s Ghost I Still Have a Lot of These Left
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Tag: Rob Reiner
100 American Movies to Save: Mania (1988-1995)
You can find the introduction and index for this series here. Film Director Year Type Torch Song Trilogy Paul Bogart 1988 Narrative feature The Abyss James Cameron 1989 Narrative feature When Harry Met Sally… Rob Reiner 1989 Narrative feature JFK Oliver Stone 1991 Narrative feature Color Adjustment Marlon Riggs 1992 Documentary Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with… Read More 100 American Movies to Save: Mania (1988-1995)
Top 250 American Movies: 71-80
For each movie in the top 100, I’ve written a question to answer. (It would get very, very boring for me to have to write some variation on “boy howdy, you’ll never believe how good this movie is” one hundred more times.) There’s no exact sentence or word count I’m holding myself to here, but… Read More Top 250 American Movies: 71-80
Top 250 American Movies: 81-90
For each movie in the top 100, I’ve written a question to answer. (It would get very, very boring for me to have to write some variation on “boy howdy, you’ll never believe how good this movie is” one hundred more times.) There’s no exact sentence or word count I’m holding myself to here, but… Read More Top 250 American Movies: 81-90
The Five-Movies Test or: Which Director Has Had the Best Stretch of Consecutive Feature-Length Films in English?
Steven Hyden introduced his five-albums test more than a decade ago as a third way to judge a band, short of its popularity or its critical acclaim. While this one is not meant to stand on its own—for example, he’s not sure that either Bob Dylan nor the Rolling Stones had made five great albums… Read More The Five-Movies Test or: Which Director Has Had the Best Stretch of Consecutive Feature-Length Films in English?
The Princess Bride (1987)
Dir. Rob Reiner. Starring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin William Goldman could not have chosen a more difficult kind of story to write than this bifocals fairy tale. Looking at it through the top half of the lens, this is a once upon a time story about adventure and magic and a princess in… Read More The Princess Bride (1987)
100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Lovers, 5-1
You can read up on the basis for this series here, and also find links to other posts in the series. Movies I’ve reviewed on this site have a link in the title which you can follow to read my full review. 5) Before Sunrise (1995), directed by Richard Linklater If Sabrina is a… Read More 100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Lovers, 5-1
100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Young Adult, 10-6
You can read up on the basis for this series here, and also find links to other posts in the series. 10) Breaking Away (1979), directed by Peter Yates It’s funny, but the first time I watched Breaking Away I thought I wasn’t awfully invested in the movie. But then the Italians came to town… Read More 100 Exceptional American Movies in 10 Genres: Young Adult, 10-6
Better than AFI’s Top 100: 95-91
The following is part of an overview of the top 100 American narrative fiction feature films, from my perspective. For an introduction to the project and an index of other entries in the series, click here. For a list of more than 800 films which I considered for the top 450 and my eligibility qualifications, click here.… Read More Better than AFI’s Top 100: 95-91
When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Dir. Rob Reiner. Starring Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher The difference between When Harry Met Sally (…, and you’re nuts if you think I’m going to type that every time) and every other romantic comedy is that When Harry Met Sally has the most boring plot. Bringing Up Baby throws Cary Grant and Kate Hepburn together via Baby, the… Read More When Harry Met Sally… (1989)
Seeing Things Secondhand 