My Favorite Robert Zemeckis Films

15 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Cable/Television, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Music, Mystery, Robert Zemeckis, Romance, Science Fiction, Top 307, Western

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Back to the Future, Back to the Future Part II, Back to the Future Part III, I Wanna Hold Your Hand, Romancing the Stone, Tales from the Crypt (And All Through the House) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (Yellow) (Cable Series), Tales from the Crypt (You Murderer) (Cable Series), Used Cars, Who Framed Roger Rabbit

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Back to the Future (1985)

2. Used Cars (1980)

3. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
(Part Animation/Part Live-Action)

4. I Wanna Hold Your Hand (1978)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Cable/Television)

1. Tales from the Crypt (1989-1996)
(Episode from Season 1: “And All Through the House”)
(Episode from Season 3: “Yellow”)
(Episode from Season 6: “You, Murderer”)
(Cable Series)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Back to the Future Part III (1990)

2. Back to the Future Part II (1989)

3. Romancing the Stone (1984)

My Favorite Robert Wise Films

06 Thursday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Horror, Lists, Musical, Mystery, Robert Wise, Romance, Science Fiction, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

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Blood on the Moon, Born to Kill, Executive Suite, I Want to Live!, Odds Against Tomorrow, Run Silent Run Deep, Somebody Up There Likes Me, Star Trek: The Motion Picture, Star!, The Andromeda Strain, The Body Snatcher, The Curse of the Cat People, The Day the Earth Stood Still 1951, The Haunting 1963, The House on Telegraph Hill, The Sand Pebbles, The Set-Up, The Sound of Music, West Side Story

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. The Haunting (1963)

2. Odds Against Tomorrow (1959)

3. The Set-Up (1949)

4. The Curse of the Cat People (1944)

5. The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)

6. The Body Snatcher (1945)

7. The Andromeda Strain (1971)

8. Born to Kill (1947)

9. Blood on the Moon (1948)

10. West Side Story (1961)
(co-directed with Jerome Robbins)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Run Silent, Run Deep (1958)

2. Executive Suite (1954)

3. The House on Telegraph Hill (1951)

4. I Want to Live! (1958)

5. Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)

6. Star! (1968)

7. The Sand Pebbles (1966)

8. The Sound of Music (1965)

9. Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979)

My Favorite Raoul Walsh Films

01 Saturday Sep 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, Greatest, History, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Pre-1920's Cinema, Raoul Walsh, Romance, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 306, War, Western

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A Distant Trumpet, Along the Great Divide, Band of Angels, Battle Cry, Big Brown Eyes, Blackbeard the Pirate, Captain Horatio Hornblower, Cheyenne, Colorado Territory, Dark Command, Distant Drums, Gentleman Jim, Going Hollywood, Gun Fury, High Sierra, Manpower, Me and My Gal, Pursued, Regeneration, Sadie Thompson, Saskatchewan, The Big Trail, The King and Four Queens, The Lawless Breed, The Man I Love, The Naked and the Dead, The Revolt of Mamie Stover, The Roaring Twenties, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw, The Strawberry Blonde, The Tall Men, The Thief of Bagdad 1924, The World in His Arms, They Died with Their Boots On, They Drive By Night, White Heat

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. White Heat (1949)

2. The Thief of Bagdad (1924)

3. The Roaring Twenties (1939)

4. Regeneration (1915)

5. Band of Angels (1957)

6. Sadie Thompson (1928)

7. Gentleman Jim (1942)

8. Going Hollywood (1933)
(I watched it on TCM)

9. High Sierra (1941)

10. The Strawberry Blonde (1941)

11. Pursued (1947)

12. Colorado Territory (1949)

13. They Drive by Night (1940)

14. They Died with Their Boots On (1941)

15. Me and My Gal (1932)

16. The Big Trail (1930)

17. The Man I Love (1947)

18. Dark Command (1940)

19. Manpower (1941)

20. Big Brown Eyes (1936)

21. Cheyenne (1947)
(I watched it on TCM a few years ago)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Captain Horatio Hornblower (1951)

2. The World in His Arms (1952)

3. Along the Great Divide (1951)

4. The Tall Men (1955)

5. Distant Drums (1951)

6. Battle Cry (1955)

7. The Revolt of Mamie Stover (1956)

8. The Naked and the Dead (1958)

9. A Distant Trumpet (1964)

10. Saskatchewan (1954)

11. The Lawless Breed (1953)

12. The King and Four Queens (1956)

13. Gun Fury (1953)

14. Blackbeard the Pirate (1953)

15. The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958)

My Favorite Jacques Tourneur Films

21 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, British Cinema, Cinema, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Film Noir, French Filmmakers, Greatest, History, Horror, Jacques Tourneur, Lists, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 306, Western

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Canyon Passage, Cat People 1942, I Walked with a Zombie, Night of the Demon, Nightfall, Out of the Past, Stars in My Crown, Stranger on Horseback, The Flame and the Arrow, The Leopard Man, Wichita

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1. Cat People (1942)

2. Night of the Demon (1957)

3. I Walked with a Zombie (1943)

4. Out of the Past (1947)

5. Stars in My Crown (1950)

6. The Leopard Man (1943)

7. Wichita (1955)

8. Canyon Passage (1946)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Nightfall (1957)

2. Stranger on Horseback (1955)

3. The Flame and the Arrow (1950)

My Favorite Sam Taylor Films

18 Saturday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1920's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Cinema, Comedy, Family, Film Directors, Greatest, Lists, Romance, Sam Taylor, Silent Cinema, Sport, Thriller, Top 305, Uncategorized

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For Heaven's Sake, Girl Shy, Hot Water, My Best Girl, Safety Last, The Freshman 1925, Why Worry?

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Safety Last! (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

2. My Best Girl (1927)

3. The Freshman (1925)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)
(no relation to the 1990 film)

4. Girl Shy (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

5. For Heaven’s Sake (1926)

6. Hot Water (1924)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

7. Why Worry? (1923)
(co-directed with Fred C. Newmeyer)

My Favorite Jacques Tati Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, 1970's Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Documentary, Family, Film Directors, French Cinema, French Filmmakers, Greatest, Italian Cinema, Jacques Tati, Lists, Short Cinema, Sport, Swedish Cinema, Television, Top 306

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Forza Bastia (Short Film), Gai dimanche (Short Film), Jour de Fete, Mon Oncle, Monsieur Hulot's Holiday, Parade, Playtime, School for Postmen (Short Film), Trafic

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Playtime (1967)

2. Monsieur Hulot’s Holiday (1953)

3. Mon Oncle (1958)

4. Jour de Fete (1949)

5. Trafic (1971)

6. Parade (1974)
(French/Swedish TV Film)

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Short Cinema)

1. Forza Bastia (1978/2002)
(finished by Sophie Tatischeff)
(Documentary)

2. School for Postmen (1947)

3. Gai dimanche (1935)
(co-directed with Jacques Berr)

My Favorite Frank Tashlin Films

13 Monday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1950's Cinema, 1960's Cinema, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, British Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Frank Tashlin, Greatest, Lists, Music, Musical, Mystery, Romance, Thriller, Top 305, War, Western

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Artists and Models, Bachelor Flat, Caprice, Cinderfella, Hollywood or Bust, It's Only Money, Rock-a-Bye Baby, Say One for Me, Son of Paleface, Susan Slept Here, The Alphabet Murders, The Disorderly Orderly, The First Time, The Geisha Boy, The Girl Can't Help It, The Glass Bottom Boat, The Lieutenant Wore Skirts, The Man from the Diners' Club, The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell, Who's Minding the Store?, Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter? (1957)

2. The Alphabet Murders (1965)

3. The Girl Can’t Help It (1956)

4. The Man from the Diners’ Club (1963)
(I watched it on TCM years back)

5. Bachelor Flat (1962)

6. The Lieutenant Wore Skirts (1956)

7. Artists and Models (1955)

8. Susan Slept Here (1954)

9. Son of Paleface (1952)

10. The First Time (1952)

11. Who’s Minding the Store? (1963)

12. Rock-A-Bye Baby (1958)

13. Hollywood or Bust (1956)

14. It’s Only Money (1962)

15. The Geisha Boy (1958)

16. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)

17. Cinderfella (1960)

18. The Glass Bottom Boat (1966)

19. The Private Navy of Sgt. O’Farrell (1968)

20. Caprice (1967)

21. Say One for Me (1959)

My Favorite George Stevens Films

08 Wednesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1930's Cinema, 1940's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Biography, Cinema, Comedy, Drama, Family, Film Directors, George Stevens, Greatest, Lists, Musical, Romance, Top 304, Western

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Alice Adams, Annie Oakley, Gunga Din, Swing Time, Woman of the Year

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. Swing Time (1936)

2. Gunga Din (1939)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Alice Adams (1935)

2. Annie Oakley (1935)

3. Woman of the Year (1942)

My Favorite Steven Spielberg Films

07 Tuesday Aug 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1970's Cinema, 1980's Cinema, 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, 2010-Present Cinema, Action, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, Biography, Canadian Cinema, Cinema, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, French Cinema, German Cinema, Greatest, History, Lists, Mystery, New Zealand Cinema, Romance, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg, Television, Thriller, Top 304, War

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1941, A.I. Artificial Intelligence, Always, Amistad, Bridge of Spies, Catch Me If You Can, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Duel (TV Film), E.T. The Extra Terrestrial, Empire of the Sun, Hook, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Jaws, Jurassic Park, Lincoln, Minority Report, Munich, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Ready Player One, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, The Adventures of Tintin, The BFG, The Color Purple, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, The Post, The Sugarland Express, The Terminal, War Horse, War of the Worlds 2005

* * * * (Out of * * * *)

1. A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)

2. E.T. the Extra Terrestrial (1982)

3. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

4. Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

5. Jaws (1975)

6. Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom (1984)

7. Duel (1971)
(TV Film)

8. 1941 (1979)

9. The Sugarland Express (1974)

10. Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008)

11. Catch Me If You Can (2002)

12. Minority Report (2002)

13. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)

14. Ready Player One (2018)

15. The Adventures of Tintin (2011)
(Animated Film)

16. Jurassic Park (1993)

17. War of the Worlds (2005)

18. The Terminal (2004)

* * * 1/2 (Out of * * * *)

1. Bridge of Spies (2015)

2. Lincoln (2012)

3. The Post (2017)

4. War Horse (2011)

5. The BFG (2016)

6. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)

7. Hook (1991)

8. Always (1989)

9. Empire of the Sun (1987)

10. Munich (2005)

11. Schindler’s List (1993)

12. Saving Private Ryan (1998)

13. The Color Purple (1985)

14. Amistad (1997)

My Favorite Henry Selick Films

31 Tuesday Jul 2018

Posted by John Charet in 1990's Cinema, 2000's Cinema, Adventure, American Cinema, American Filmmakers, Animation, British Cinema, Cinema, Family, Fantasy, Film Directors, Greatest, Henry Selick, Horror, Lists, Musical, Top 304

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Coraline, James and the Giant Peach, The Nightmare Before Christmas

* * * * (Out of * * * *) (Animation)

1. The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

2. Coraline (2009)

3. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
(Part Live-Action)

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