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Category: Saturday Morning Cinema

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Tootsie

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Tootsie

    I didn’t trust that I’d like Tootsie, but that could be a side effect of my sentiment toward the state of disappointing new releases. However, there’s a reason Tootsie is #69 on AFI’s top 100 list. Let’s see if a trip back in time to 1980s NYC can rekindle the cinematic flame in my heart.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

    Saturday Morning Cinema – One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest is a well-known, iconic film, with a story and performances that keep the film alive and relevant since its release in 1975. The most memorable character, in name anyway, Nurse Ratched, is cast in pop culture as a diabolical villain. Watching the film, however, rocked that assumption.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – A Clockwork Orange

    Saturday Morning Cinema – A Clockwork Orange

    I will admit, I had little desire to watch A Clockwork Orange. It was the hurdle preventing me from continuing to move through the American Film Institute’s (AFI) 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. The list had me jump from a favorite, intense watch like Saving Private Ryan at number 71, to a fever…

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – Saving Private Ryan

    Saturday Morning Cinema – Saving Private Ryan

    Twenty-five years after its release, Saving Private Ryan still has the power to transport viewers back to 1944 and immerse them in hell with thrilling practical effects, amazing performances, and revolutionary cinematography.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema – The Shawshank Redemption

    Saturday Morning Cinema – The Shawshank Redemption

    As number 72 on the AFI Top 100, Shawshank Redemption feels as though it could be higher on the list. While it is more of a modern classic (if the 90’s can still be considered ‘modern’), that should not discredit it from being higher than 72.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema: Hard Target (or How I Miss 90’s Action Movies)

    Hard Target is quintessential 90’s action cinema. It has recognizable stars, including  a household action name in Van Damme, a simple yet against-the-odds plot, and hyperbolic hand-to-hand and firearm combat. There’s also Wilford “Quaker Oats” Brimley, which if you knew nothing else about the film, would make Hard Target an intriguing watch.

  • Scary Morning Cinema: Alien and Event Horizon

    Scary Morning Cinema: Alien and Event Horizon

    In my recent viewing of two space horror movies, Alien being one, I was more aware of Alien’s influence on the sci-fi genre. I’ve always been aware of cinematic elements that look like Alien, but now, they really jumped off the screen.

  • Slasher Morning Cinema: Friday the 13th Parts 1 and 2

    Slasher Morning Cinema: Friday the 13th Parts 1 and 2

    For whatever reason, I’m drawn to the Friday the 13th movies. As the series progresses, the ridiculousness becomes nearly too much to watch, but the first couple entries are gold, tarnished gold.

  • Saturday Morning Cinema: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Saturday Morning Cinema: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

    Legends of the Wild West, those individuals who fueled the mystique of horse-riding gangs robbing banks and trains, or getting in shootouts with posses, make for great storytelling. Those on the wrong side of the law are viewed as masters of the outlaw lifestyle who only meet their end after betrayal or at the hands…

  • Saturday Morning Cinema: The Silence of the Lambs

    Saturday Morning Cinema: The Silence of the Lambs

    Watching this movie is like jumping into deep water. You may be a capable swimmer, confident in your abilities, but the watery blackness below hides many terrors. The first plunge into that unknown pushes you beyond your comfort zone.