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DOWN
BY LAW (dir: Jim Jarmusch, R) - Thom says, "Tom Waits (one of
the film’s three leads/possibly the coolest person still alive) once
described DOWN BY LAW as "a Russian neo-fugitive episode of The
Honeymooners." Zoinks! This film introduced Roberto Benigni (LIFE
IS BEAUTIFUL) to American audiences, despite the fact that Benigni
could speak very little English (Benigni and director Jim Jarmusch
communicated through bastardized French). Set mostly in and around the
Orleans Parish Prison in Louisiana, DOWN BY LAW is a beautifully shot,
funny, French-paced film that removes the impersonal plot detours that
most American films take and instead focuses on three misfits (John
Lurie from STRANGER THAN PARADISE, Tom Waits, and Roberto Benigni) who’ve
come together by happenstance and have to learn to live with one
another’ egos and eccentricities. Plus, have you seen how cool Jim
Jarmusch looks? Nutsographs!"
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FERRIS BUELLER’S DAY OFF (dir: John Hughes, PG-13) -
Michelle says, "In those days of my youth when I would look to film for cues on reality, this movie seemed to really get how life happens to us everyday. Parents can be fooled, attendance records hacked, best friends manipulated,
meddling sisters circumvented, maitre d’s and principals ridiculed, and hot girls effortlessly wooed. I’m still waiting for my big day of cutting school to go play in the city with my friends in a stolen red sports car, but meanwhile I’ll keep re-watching this classic John Hughes’ flick which almost erases my current impression of Matthew Broderick as a philandering, manslaughtering weasel. Quotable, romantic, ridiculous, and cool: he only tops his crush potential here with his nerdy assistant role in LADYHAWKE (which should give you some indication of how to capture my heart, in case you were wondering), another role in which he addresses the audience directly in that sexy Shakespearean way."
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HANNAH
AND HER SISTERS (dir: Woody Allen, PG-13) - Thom says,
"HANNAH AND HER SISTERS is easily my favorite Woody Allen film.
Yes, there are long monologues proclaiming existential crises and
even longer, slightly slower monologues proclaiming the simple
answers to said crises; but, unlike films like ANNIE HALL, these
characters (and the situations they are put into) feel genuine -
like there is something at stake. Which is what makes a movie…moving.
Plus there’s a nod to DUCK SOUP and its ability to heal the soul
– super! Anyways, it’s got Michael Cain, Diane Wiest, Carrie
Fisher, Mia Farrow (duh), and a small role from John Turturro (which
is always appreciated). Funny, uncomfortable, heart-warming, etc,
etc. Whamamoo!"
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RUNNING
SCARED (dir: Peter Hyams, R) - Michelle says, "Billy
Crystal, Gregory Hines, and Jimmy Smits star in my favorite eighties
cop buddy movie that is as unapologetically cheesy in its costuming
as it is quaintly sexist and racist. It also features the most
boring car chase on subway tracks ever. So, why do I love this
movie? The fluffy, fake snow barely covering the grass on all of the
Chicago sets? The witty and indulgent banter between the stars? The
silly moments with Crystal as sometimes tough guy? The simple,
effective plotting that allows for lots of busting down doors and
shooting at lowlifes while half naked women scream and try to cover
themselves? The final shoot out featuring a desperate and enraged
Smits screaming, 'No! My coke!' as Crystal gleefully drops it from
the top of an elevator shaft? I don’t know. Did I mention that I
saw this in the theater when I was 10?" |
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PRETTY
IN PINK (dir: Howard Deutch, PG-13) - Greg says, "Molly
Ringwald could have made things a lot easier on herself. First she
could have gotten a restraining order against Duckie. His obsession
may seem innocent enough but you know he's stealing her underwear
when she goes to the kitchen to get him a juicebox. And, let's face
it, Blane is a huge dud. His passions include skeet-shooting and
shopping for sunglasses. The only logical boyfriend for her is Steff.
Although ostensibly the villain, he's the one who's been chasing
after her for 4 years of high school. Not to mention how
magnificently rock and roll he looks with feathered hair, a pastel
blazer and a ciggy hanging out the side of his mouth. He also has
really huge parties when his parents are in Europe. You blew it,
Ringwald." |
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SOMETHING
WILD (dir: Jonathan
Demme, R)
- Bart says, "You know how when you watch a movie and you love
it and then you watch it again and you think, 'Eh, there's not much
to this movie.' And then, for whatever reason, you happen to see it
again and think, 'Holy cow! I will never need to watch another movie
because this one says everything important there is to say about
life and encapsulates the entirety of human existence in under two
hours of film.' And then you watch it again and again and again
until you eventually realize you should probably watch something
else and gradually forget about the wonderful, meaningful film
starring Jeff Daniels as an uptight suburbanite struggling to break
free, Melanie Griffith as a wild bohemian struggling to get her life
together, and an extremely menacing Ray Liotta in his finest
performance. Plus, New York's Lower East Side seemed so cool in the
Eighties, and one of my favorite bands, The Feelies, gets to play a
bunch of songs. Whoa! Don't try and rent SOMETHING WILD tonight
because I'll be watching it!" |
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MATADOR (dir:
Pedro Almodóvar, Not Rated) |
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(1986) 8.4/10 (131627 votes)
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(1986) 8.2/10 (83521 votes)
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- Top
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- Ferris
Bueller's Day Off (1986) 7.9/10 (63339 votes)
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- Labyrinth
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- Big
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complete title)
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- Name
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- Crocodile
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...aka 'Crocodile' Dundee (1986) (UK) (USA)
- Star
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...aka Voyage Home: Star Trek IV, The (1986)
- Color
of Money, The (1986) 6.8/10 (20084 votes)
- ¡Three
Amigos! (1986) 5.9/10 (17967 votes)
- Little
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- Manhunter
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title)
- Hannah
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- Transformers:
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- Mission,
The (1986) 7.4/10 (14999 votes)
- Tenkû
no shiro Rapyuta (1986) 8.1/10 (14917 votes)
...aka Castle in the Sky (2003) (UK: DVD title) (USA: DVD title)
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- Pretty
in Pink (1986) 6.3/10 (12727 votes)
- Short
Circuit (1986) 6.1/10 (12187 votes)
- Hoosiers
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The (1986) 7.2/10 (11948 votes)
- Down
by Law (1986) 7.8/10 (10627 votes)
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- Jean
de Florette (1986) 7.9/10 (9550 votes)
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Ridge (1986) 6.4/10 (8484 votes)
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People (1986) 6.8/10 (8274 votes)
- Back
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- Manon
des sources (1986) 8.1/10 (7508 votes)
...aka Jean de Florette II (1986)
...aka Manon delle sorgenti (1986) (Italy)
...aka Manon des sources: Jean de Florette 2e partie (1986)
(France: poster title)
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- American
Tail, An (1986) 6.6/10 (7329 votes)
- Flight
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...aka Essence of Heroes, The (1986) (Hong Kong: English title:
literal title)
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(1986) 7.5/10 (5934 votes)
- Down
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title: literal title)
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Last Night... (1986) 5.8/10 (5074 votes)
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- Great
Mouse Detective, The (1986) 7.1/10 (4875 votes)
...aka Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective, The (1992) (USA:
reissue title)
...aka Basil - The Great Mouse Detective (1986) (International:
English title)
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(1986) 6.5/10 (4725 votes)
- River's
Edge (1986) 7.1/10 (4520 votes)
- One
Crazy Summer (1986) 6.0/10 (4475 votes)
- Something
Wild (1986) 6.6/10 (4395 votes)
- Gung
Ho (1986) 5.8/10 (4080 votes)
...aka Working Class Man (1986)
- Clockwise
(1986) 6.8/10 (4001 votes)
- At
Close Range (1986) 6.8/10 (3723 votes)
- Crossroads
(1986) 6.6/10 (3611 votes)
- Mona
Lisa (1986) 7.3/10 (3607 votes)
- Offret
(1986) 8.0/10 (3506 votes)
...aka Sacrifice, Le (1986) (France)
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- April
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- Running
Scared (1986) 6.2/10 (3277 votes)
- From
Beyond (1986) 6.6/10 (2900 votes)
...aka H.P. Lovecraft's From Beyond (1986)
- Matador
(1986) 7.1/10 (2882 votes)
...aka Bullfighter, The (1986) (literal English title)
...aka Matador (1986) (USA)
- Déclin
de l'empire américain, Le (1986) 7.3/10 (2782 votes)
...aka Decline of the American Empire, The (1986) (USA)
- Koneko
monogatari (1986) 7.1/10 (2706 votes)
...aka Adventures of Chatran, The (1986)
...aka Adventures of Milo and Otis, The (1986)
...aka Kitten's Story, A (1986) (International: English title:
literal title)
...aka Milo & Otis (1989) (USA: informal English title)
- Heartburn
(1986) 5.8/10 (2406 votes)
- She's
Gotta Have It (1986) 6.2/10 (2002 votes)
- Boy
Who Could Fly, The (1986) 6.1/10 (1998 votes)
- Lady
Jane (1986) 7.1/10 (1837 votes)
- True
Stories (1986) 6.5/10 (1721 votes)
- 'Round
Midnight (1986) 7.3/10 (1697 votes)
...aka Autour de minuit (1986) (France)
- 52
Pick-Up (1986) 6.0/10 (1353 votes)
- Ginger
e Fred (1986) 7.2/10 (1275 votes)
...aka Federico Fellini's Ginger & Fred (2007) (USA: DVD box
title)
...aka Ginger and Fred (1986) (USA)
...aka Ginger et Fred (1986) (France)
...aka Ginger und Fred (1986) (West Germany)
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Beach Memoirs (1986) 6.6/10 (1273 votes)
...aka Neil Simon's Brighton Beach Memoirs (1986)
- Crimes
of the Heart (1986) 6.3/10 (1227 votes)
- Rayon
vert, Le (1986) 7.6/10 (1113 votes)
...aka Green Ray, The (1986)
...aka Summer (1986) (USA)
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sang (1986) 7.3/10 (1040 votes)
...aka Bad Blood (1987) (USA)
...aka Night Is Young, The (1986)
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(1986) 6.9/10 (990 votes)
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Glances (1986) 7.8/10 (870 votes)
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(1986) 6.0/10 (790 votes)
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ma daan (1986) 7.7/10 (753 votes)
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...aka Peking Opera Blues (1989) (Hong Kong: English title) (USA)
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March (1986) 7.5/10 (696 votes)
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Love in the South During an Era of Nuclear Weapons Proliferation
(1986) (USA)
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paratiisissa (1986) 7.6/10 (641 votes)
...aka Shadows in Paradise (1986)
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A-ko (1986) 7.1/10 (474 votes)
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Girls (1986) 6.4/10 (296 votes)
- Dokument
Fanny och Alexander (1986) 8.0/10 (296 votes)
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...aka Making of 'Fanny and Alexander', The (1986) (USA: video
title)
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- Inspecteur
Lavardin (1986) 6.6/10 (268 votes)
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- Max
mon amour (1986) 6.0/10 (259 votes)
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...aka Max My Love (1986)
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Metal Parking Lot (1986) 7.6/10 (252 votes)
- Amor
brujo, El (1986) 7.4/10 (225 votes)
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(USA: DVD box title)
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du crime, Le (1986) 6.9/10 (219 votes)
...aka Crime, Le (1986) (UK)
...aka Mauvaise herbe, La (1986)
...aka Scene of the Crime (1986) (USA)
- Hey
Babu Riba (1986) 7.8/10 (209 votes)
...aka Bal na vodi (1986) (Yugoslavia: Serbian title)
...aka Dancing in Water (1986) (International: English title)
...aka Miriana (1986)
- Otello
(1986) 7.6/10 (191 votes)
- Great
Wall, A (1986) 6.6/10 (167 votes)
...aka Beijing Story (1986)
...aka Beijing gushi (1986) (China: Mandarin title)
...aka Great Wall Is a Great Wall, The (1986) (USA)
- Zuijia
paidang zhi qianli jiu chaipo (1986) 6.1/10 (161 votes)
...aka Aces Go Places IV (1986)
...aka Mad Mission 4: You Never Die Twice (1986) (USA)
...aka Mad Mission IV (1986)
...aka You Never Die Twice (1986) (USA)
- X:
The Unheard Music (1986) 8.3/10 (125 votes)
...aka Unheard Music, The (1986) (USA: informal alternative title)
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Happened to Kerouac? (1986) 6.5/10 (103 votes)
...aka Kerouac (1986) (International: English title)
- Rih
essed (1986) 5.8/10 (72 votes)
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d'estate con profilo greco, occhi a mandorla e odore di basilico
(1986) 5.8/10 (55 votes)
...aka Summer Night, with Greek Profile, Almond Eyes and Scent of
Basil (1987) (USA)
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of Vilna (1986) 8.8/10 (41 votes)
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McTeague (1986) 6.8/10 (38 votes)
...aka Toby (1986)
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i Lolek na dzikim Zachodzie (1986) 6.2/10 (38 votes)
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of Heart (1986) 5.9/10 (21 votes)
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