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#67 Tokyo Story

I have been thinking a lot about the relationships children have with their parents. It obviously is an issue of human existence that crosses time and cultural boundaries. “Every generation blames the… more →

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#67 Tokyo Story

joelleinprogress wrote 1 week ago: I have been thinking a lot about the relationships children have with their parents. It obviously is … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, Childhood, film, Love, 500 films, Movies, Classic, Confronting

#239 Cinema Paradiso

joelleinprogress wrote 2 months ago: I unintentionally watched the ‘nuovo’ version of this film and came away loving the first two-thirds … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, Childhood, identity, film, Romantic, Sentimental, Love, 500 films

#34 Lord of the Rings: Return of the King

joelleinprogress wrote 3 months ago: “There’s a couple of hours of excellent fighting then an hour of faffing about as they say goodbye”. … more →

Tags: 500 Films, film, 500 films, Movies, Classic, Epic, lord of the rings trilogy

Day 21: 21 Grams (2003) — 4 comments

Catherine Edwards wrote 3 months ago: At the beginning of January, Empire Magazine re-published their 500 greatest-movies-of-all-time list … more →

Tags: Film Stuff, film challenge, Sean Penn, Benicio Del Toro, Naomi Watts

#12 The Apartment — 2 comments

joelleinprogress wrote 3 months ago: “This is a funny film, but you don’t actually laugh”… or something like that was a comment from Mr. … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, Romantic, 500 films, Movies, Confronting, Comedy, Morality, The Apartment

Midnight Cowboy [1969] — 2 comments

theunofficialattempt wrote 3 months ago: “Whoopee-tee-yi-yo. Get along little dogies. It’s your misfortune and none of my own. … more →

Tags: critics, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, Have You Seen? A Personal INtroduction to 1000 Films, The Best Ever Movies Ever Made, Awards, Academy Award Best Picture nominees, Academy Award Best Picture, BAFTA Best Film, Websites

Day 12: Twelve Monkeys (1995) — 1 comment

Catherine Edwards wrote 4 months ago: I’m having to play a bit of catch-up today after falling behind in the schedule over the weeke … more →

Tags: Film Stuff, film challenge, Bruce Willis

#494 Sideways

joelleinprogress wrote 4 months ago: I used to see the world very much in ‘black and white’. Age, experience and relationships have taugh … more →

Tags: 500 Films, identity, Character Development, 500 films, Humanity, Morality, infidelity, Friendship, Sideways

The Crow [1994] — 2 comments

theunofficialattempt wrote 4 months ago: “Can’t rain all the time…” Director : Alex Projas Writer : David J. Schow, J … more →

Tags: Websites, Top 500 Horror Movies, USA, Thriller, Action, Fantasy, Love, Gothic

The Red Shoes [1948] — 2 comments

theunofficialattempt wrote 4 months ago: “Take off the red shoes” Director : Micheal Powell, Emeric Pressburger Writer : Michael … more →

Tags: IMDB, 1940s, Music, Romance, critics, 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die, Have You Seen? A Personal INtroduction to 1000 Films, Jonathan Rosenbaum's Essential Films, Roger Ebert: the great movies

Day 3: The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005) — 1 comment

Catherine Edwards wrote 4 months ago: Three Burials is another film that’s been sitting on the shelf for a few years. Not my purchas … more →

Tags: Film Stuff, film challenge, Tommy Lee Jones

#38 Heat

joelleinprogress wrote 4 months ago: Empire gives it Five Stars and I wholeheartedly agree. I was really drawn to De Niro’s character. I … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, 500 films, Confronting, Entertainment, Morality, Violence, Thriller, Al Pacino

#491 Ben-Hur

joelleinprogress wrote 4 months ago: I decided to start watching this film the night before our Christmas party, which turned out to be a … more →

Tags: 500 Films, film, 500 films, Classic, Entertainment, Ben-Hur, Charlton Heston, Romans, Epic

#261 Roman Holiday

joelleinprogress wrote 5 months ago: I love Italy. A friend and I tried to do Rome in a day. We mainly stuck to the open top tour bus, ca … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, Romantic, 500 films, Classic, Comedy, Roman holiday, audrey hepburn, Gregory Peck

#26 Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb — 2 comments

joelleinprogress wrote 5 months ago: When I sniggered during the opening mid-air-refuelling-of-the-jet-engine-scene because it looked a l … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, Science Fiction, 500 films, Kubrick, technology, Classic, War, Comedy

#389 Election

joelleinprogress wrote 5 months ago: “I can’t watch films about real life where you see the characters walk the wrong way down the moral … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, 500 films, Humanity, Comedy, Entertainment, Morality, matthew broderick, Reese Witherspoon

#368 Airplane! — 1 comment

joelleinprogress wrote 5 months ago: My parents quoted this film throughout my young life: “Don’t call me Shirley”… I think it must have … more →

Tags: 500 Films, 500 films, Movies, Classic, In-Flight Movies, Comedy, Parody, airplane, Spoof

#80 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

joelleinprogress wrote 6 months ago: Deemed a ‘classic’, the film is a long-range look at the life of Clive Candy, set around the major w … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, Character Development, 500 films, Humanity, Classic, War, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp, the elderly

#453 Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull — 4 comments

joelleinprogress wrote 6 months ago: Why? Four stars Empire? Really? A place on the Top 500? Really? It’s entertaining, sure, but it’s al … more →

Tags: 500 Films, films, 500 films, Movies, Entertainment, indiana jones, adventure, harrison ford, Cate Blanchett


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