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The story of one man's odyssey of watching every movie ever contained in the "1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die" series
LATEST ARTICLES ( 2838 )
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Trapped in the Closet
Film: El Angel Exterminador (The Exterminating Angel) Format: Streaming video from Hulu+ on laptop. I’m never sure what I’m going to get when I sign myself up... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Okay with My (Orbital) Decay
Film: Gravity Format: Kerasotes 16 IMAX. It’s not often that you walk out of a film thinking that you’ve seen something that could legitimately win all five... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Where's Our Documentary?
Film: Bowling for Columbine Format: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. With the exception of Roger and Me, I always come to the films of Michael Moore... Read more
Posted on 19 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Some Kind of Monster
Film: Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer Format: Streaming video from Hulu+ on laptop. Based on the films on The List, it would be easy to decide that... Read more
Posted on 18 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Our Greatest Living Actor
Film: Lincoln Format: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. It would be forgivable to think of the term “Oscar bait” when contemplating Steven Spielberg’s... Read more
Posted on 17 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The 46th State
Film: Oklahoma! Format: DVD from Rockford Public Library on rockin’ flatscreen. It will come as a surprise to absolutely no one who reads this site that I put... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
I Love the '80s
Film: Back to the Future; Ferris Bueller’s Day Off Format: DVD from NetFlix (Back to the Future) and recorded video from DVR (Ferris Bueller) on rockin’... Read more
Posted on 15 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Spit-Spot
Film: Mary Poppins Format: DVD from Manhattan-Elwood Public Library through interlibrary loan on laptop. I can’t say that I was terribly surprised when Mary... Read more
Posted on 14 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
...and Albert Brooks as Albert Brooks
Film: Real Life Format: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. There’s a problem with the comedy of Albert Brooks. If we lived in a better, closer to perfect, smarter and... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Vacation, All I Ever Wanted
Film: Sommaren med Monika (Summer with Monika)Format: Streaming video from Hulu+ on laptop. Before I started watching The List, I didn’t know much about the... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Boy, You've Been a Naughty Girl
Film: OsamaFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. I don’t think I was mentally prepared for Osama. This is not a film to breeze into lightly. Read more
Posted on 11 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
I Do, I Do, I Do, I Do
Film: Four Weddings and a FuneralFormat: DVD from DeKalb Public Library on laptop. Every genre has its clichés. I’d suggest that a genre can in many ways be... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
She Hired the Rest of Him, Too
Film: The Hired HandFormat: DVD from NetFlix on rockin’ flatscreen. Westerns are not my favorite genre of film. I respect them and when they’re good, they’re... Read more
Posted on 09 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Not Distant Enough
Film: Distant Voices, Still LivesFormat: Internet video on laptop. I had been warned about Distant Voices, Still Lives, but that didn’t change the fact that I... Read more
Posted on 08 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Greed is Good
Film: Wall StreetFormat: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I mentioned yesterday the abrupt rise and fall of Alicia Silverstone’s career. I could say... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Pretty, Vacant
Film: CluelessFormat: Streaming video from NetFlix on laptop. Before I talk at length about Clueless, let’s have a moment of silence for the career of Alicia... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Skin on Skin
Film: The Pillow BookFormat: DVD from NetFlix on laptop. I’m beginning to think that Peter Greenaway is something of a creep. The Pillow Book is the third of hi... Read more
Posted on 05 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
No Truer Title
Film: AmourFormat: DVD from Rockford Public Library on laptop. I’m doing this to myself two days in a row. Yesterday, I got all weepy over an animated film for... Read more
Posted on 04 October 2013 ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES