Sunday, July 27, 2008

#43: Warped Sons: Savage Grace, Mamma Roma, the Conformist





SPOILER WARNING: All reviews contain spoilers.

Savage Grace dir: Tom Kalin starring: Julianne Moore, Stephen Dillane

Mamma Roma dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini starring: Anna Magnani, Ettore Garofolo, Franco Citti

the Conformist dir: Bernardo Bertolucci starring: Jean-Louis Trintignant, Stefania Sandrelli, Gastone Moschin


Notes/Corrections:

  • Barney Clark was age 13 or 14 when he starred in Savage Grace.
  • Pier Paolo Pasolini actually made two dozen more films after Mamma Roma before Salo.
  • Go here for more information on Night Porter.

Sunday, July 20, 2008

#42: Summer Fright! The Happening, The Strangers, Race with the Devil





The Happening dir: M. Night Shyamalan starring: Mark Wahlberg, Zooey Deschanel, John Leguizamo

The Strangers dir: Bryan Bertino starring: Scott Speedman, Liv Tyler, Gemma Ward

Race with the Devil dir: Jack Starrett starring: Peter Fonda, Warren Oates, Loretta Swit

Sunday, July 13, 2008

#41: Senior Year: American Teen, the Wackness, Remember the Daze





American Teen dir: Nanette Burnstein

the Wackness dir: Jonathan Levine starring: Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck, Olivia Thirlby, Mary-Kate Olsen

Remember the Daze/the Beautiful Ordinary dir: Jess Manafort starring: Amber Heard, Alexa Vega, Leighton Meester, Melonie Diaz, Stella Maeve, Katrina Begin, Chris Marquette, Moira Kelly

Sunday, July 6, 2008

#40: Cathy and Erin Do America: Rocky, Airplane!, Revenge of the Nerds





Rocky dir: John G. Avildsen starring: Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Burgess Meredith

Airplane dir: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker starring: Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Lloyd Bridges, Peter Graves, Peter Graves, Julie Hagerty, Robert Hays, Leslie Nielsen, Lorna Patterson, Robert Stack, Stephen Stucker, Otto

Revenge of the Nerds dir: Jeff Kanew starring: Robert Carradine, Anthony Edwards, Timothy Busfield, John Goodman, Curtis Armstrong, Brian Tochi, Ted McGinley, James Cromwell