1. What's your favorite Movie?
Either 12 Angry Men, Anatomy of a Murder, A Star is Born (1954), Dollars Trilogy, any of Hitchcock's films, Dr. Strangelove, His Girl Friday, All the President's Men, Meet Me in St. Louis, Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid, Django, The Wild Bunch, The Sting, Paths of Glory, The Big Sleep, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, or In the Heat of the Night (1967), too many to name
2. Who's your favorite director?
Either George Cukor, Hitchcock, Norman Jewison, Milos Forman, Kubrick, Peter Weir, Frank Capra, Kurosawa, Sergio Leone, or Otto Preminger, too many to name
3. Who are your favorite actors/actresses?
James Stewart, Cary Grant, Kirk Douglas, Clark Gable, Judy Garland, Anne Bancroft, Greta Garbo, Saroise Ronan, Emma Stone, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Humphrey Bogart, Keanu Reeves, Steve Buscemi, and Peter Sellers, too many to name
4. Favorite Genre(s)?
Drama, War, Action, Noir, Western
5. What's your favorite performance in film?
James Stewart in all 4 of Hitchcock's films, Judy Garland as Esther Blodgett (Vicki Lester) in A Star is Born (1954), Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax in Paths of Glory, Cary Grant as Roger Thornhill in North by Northwest, and Sidney Poitier as Detective Virgil Tibbs in In the Heat of the Night, too many to name
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Films I watched from January to now (not seen in theaters)
Norma Rae (1979) - Thumbs Up, Sally Field is amazing as Norma Rae who you would root for in the face of suppporting unionization for her family and friends backed up by a great screenplay in the backdrop of North Carolina's textile industry
The Firm (1993) - Thumbs Up, either this or The Rainmaker is probably the best of any adaptation of John Grisham's novels, everyone is great in this especially Holly Hunter as Tammy.
Bullitt (1968) - Thumbs Up, the nearly 11-minute car chase alone which made the car chase make it worth watching
The Miracle Worker (1962) - Thumbs Up, This movie is what I like to call, the perfect adaptation of a Broadway play, everything from Bancroft and Duke's acting as Anne Sullivan and Helen Keller, respectively, the dining room scene, and everything else in director Arthur Penn's film who also directed the Broadway play, carries over from the play in precise powerful form even in 1962 it's just as powerful as ever. Highly recommended.
A Raisin in the Sun (1961) - Thumbs Up, An amazing adaptation of Lorraine Hansberry's 1959 groundbreaking Broadway play which she also wrote the screenplay, with a talented near all-black cast who reprised their roles from the play did just as impactful on the big screen as it was from the stage with issues as ever relevant as it was today with racial segregation. Highly recommended.
Glory (1989) - Thumbs Up, Possibly Broderick's best role since it takes place outside of his usual space of comedy as Robert Shaw with a talented supporting cast who played 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry and it's climatic battle of Fort Wagner is excellent.
Escape from Alcatraz (1979) - Thumbs up, The fifth and last collaboration for Don Siegel and Clint Eastwood came out with a thrilling conclusion with the 1962 prisoner escape filmed at a closed Alcatraz Island, this film makes you really feel you're at Alcatraz especially with the stunts done by Eastwood, Ward, and Thibeau themselves which ups the realism.