A Drive-In Movie List Game:

The official start of this event isn't until tomorrow, but here's a preview.

 

 

In the Celebrate The Drive-In Week  I came up with the following, for those of you who may want to participate. Leave a link in the comments section below if you do post a list on your blog and you will get an entry in the prize giveaway happening at the end of the week. See the announcement page for the prizes.

 

 

As I have stated elsewhere, drive-in movies had a more "sensational" aspect than anything that typically got nominated for Oscars. In the profile I wrote for Classic Movie Blog Association (CMBA) I said that drive-in films typically could be distilled down to what I called "the three 'B's: Beasts, bikes and babes". There was a bit more than just that, of course. So in the interest of the celebration I am asking for your favorite films in several categories that typically cropped up in drive-in movies. Your choices don't necessarily have to be strictly low budget fare that was the essence of the typical drive-in flick, however. If Star Wars, for instance, is your "favorite science fiction movie featuring aliens", fine, list that one. You'll note that a few of my choices are closer to standard fare.  Have fun.

 

 

 

1. What is your favorite science fiction movie featuring aliens? 

Mine would be my #1 favorite movie: The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai. 

2. What is your favorite science fiction movie that has no aliens? 

Mine would be 12 Monkeys. 

3. What is your favorite movie featuring action heroes or superheroes?

Mine would have to be Flash Gordon.

4.  What is your favorite movie featuring outcasts or antiheroes?

Mine would be the first Rambo film, First Blood. 

5. What is your favorite horror movie featuring monsters?

Mine would be the original Japanese version of Godzilla. 

6. What is your favorite horror movie that has NO monster?

Mine is Jaws. (I don't consider a shark a "monster").  

7. What is your favorite movie featuring motorcycles or cars?

Mine would be the two Cannonball Run films.

8. What is your favorite movie featuring gangs or criminals?

No question here. My #2 all time favorite film: The Warriors. 

9. What is your favorite movie featuring war or war settings?

Mine would be The Great Escape.

10. What is your favorite movie featuring a mystery?

Mine would be The Maltese Falcon. 

11. What is your favorite movie western?

Mine would be El Dorado. 

12. What is your favorite adventure film? 

Mine would be any of the Indiana Jones films.

13. What is your favorite movie featuring a female lead?

How can you go wrong with Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) which I need to review... 

14. What is your favorite movie featuring beaches and rock and roll?

Mine is The Horror of Party Beach (which I also need to get around to reviewing)  

That list doesn't include all of the themes that cropped up in drive-in films, of course, and I could subdivide some of those categories even further. For instance, science fiction has numerous possibilities of esoteric topics; time travel, hidden worlds on Earth, robots and AI, mad scientists etc. Feel free to add more on your post if you wish. The important thing is to have fun.

Quiggy

 

 

Hamlette's Merry Christmas Tag

A movie tag created by my friend Rachel (Hamlette).  I'm just doing the movie part.  I won't tag anyone, too much risk of offsetting people.  But you are welcome to follow suit if you feel inclined.  You can check out her original post here.

1.  A Partridge in a Pear Tree - movies that involve agriculture.

Field of Dreams (1989):

First off the bat (no pun intended).  Nothing in the rules said I actually have to LIKE the movie I pick (which you will see my opinion if you read the link).  Although mostly about baseball, Costner's character is a farmer.

2.  Turtledoves - movies about a long-lasting relationship:

Longtime Companion (1989):

This is a beautiful story about the long term relationship between several gay couples during the onset and aftermath of the early years of AIDS.  I chose to use it here rather than in another category (#5).  It has some heartfelt and tender depictions that some straights overlook when thinking about the gay community.

3.  French Hens - movies that take place in France.

The Longest Day (1962):

A movie with too many stars and cameos to mention.  OK, just one... JOHN WAYNE.

4. Calling Birds - movies where people talk on the phone.

Bill and Ted Films (1989 & 1991):

OK, I'm stretching a point here.  There are a few scenes where people talk on the phone, but I couldn't resist using these movies because the time machine is a phone booth.

5. Golden Rings:  movies with multiple romances.

The Princess Bride (1987):

You've got Westley and Buttercup.  You've got the grandfather and the grandson.  You've got Inigo and Count Rugen (didn't say they had to be "loving" romances...)  And then you got the romance of Prince Humperdinck with himself.

6. Geese a-Laying - movies with a birth or that feature babies.

Alien (1979):

That scene where the alien pops out of the guys chest is a birth if I ever saw one...

I spared you the scene of the actual birth... you can thank me later.

7.  Swans a-Swimming - movies where someone goes swimming.

Forbidden Planet (1956):

Anne Francis goes skinny-dipping.  OK, not really.  She's wearing a body suit which you can see if you go through the scene in slo-mo.  (Of course I did...)

8. Maids a-Milking - movies featuring cows.

Urban Cowboy (1980):

OK, I took some liberties here.  There are some cows in the rodeo scene, but I picked this for the fact that Debra Winger is on a mechanical bull... and she makes that bull look GOOD.

9. Ladies Dancing -movies with a dance scene.

Xanadu (1980):

No matter what you think of the movie, there are some pretty good dance scenes in it.

10. Lords a-Leaping -movies about athletes.

Eight Men Out (1988):

There was really only one choice here.  My favorite sports movie (despite the fact that the events depicted are less than inspiring...)

11. Pipers Piping - movies with someone playing a musical instrument.

Howard the Duck (1986):

Howard comes to Earth and the best job he can get is playing guitar with an all-girl rock band?  But he does wail on that Stratocaster...

12. Drummers Drumming -movies with a character in the military.

Patton (1970):

I've covered so many movies about war and the military it was tough to pick just one.  But then, George C. Scott is one of my top 5 favorite actors.

So what do you think of my choices?  Feel free to dispute.

Quiggy

Midnite Drive-Ins Movie List

 

 

 

 

This post has been a long time coming.  (Translation:  I've procrastinated doing it for a long time...  Took me 3 hours to do all the initial links!)  Following is a list which I will continually update as new entries are made. This will also appear as a sidebar for yours (and my) convenience.  Yours:  In case you want to find a specific review, and Mine: so I won't end up doing repeats...a distinct possibility as this blog gets larger and my old age makes my memory grow dim...

Random Thoughts:

 

60th Anniversary of Star Trek 

A Memory: Wizard of Oz

A Tribute to Captain Hook

A Tribute to Edith Head 

A Tribute to Joe Bob Briggs

A Tribute to John Hillerman 

A Tribute to Norman Jewison 

A Tribute to Orangey (A Cat) 

Iconic Commercials: Part 1 

John Wayne Retrospective

Hank Worden and John Wayne

History of Pirates in Movies 

Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert Double Feature 

Richard Matheson's I Am Legend in Film

Spinoff Hell (The Fonz and The Happy Days Gang Cartoon)  

Warning Signs 

War Movies in the 60's 

 

Christmas Movies:

(Note: Die Hard is NOT a Christmas movie! Go look under (DEF)!)

 

American Christmas Carol, An (1979) 

Beyond Tomorrow (1940) 

Christmas Carol, A (2009)

Home Alone (1990)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992) 

It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 

Man in the Santa Claus Suit (1979) 

Man Who Invented Christmas, The (2017) 

Big Bang Theory: Christmas Episodes

Twilight Zone, The ("Night of the Meek") 

 

Hey! I Know That Guy!

 

Episode #1: James Gregory

Episode #2: Jack Klugman

Episode #3: Warren Oates

Episode #4: John Astin

Episode #5: Robert Redford  

Episode #6: Martin Landau 

The Marvel Comics Saga: (All the movies related to Marvel Comics listed here for convenience):

Marvel Comics and Me

Ant-Man  (2015)

Avengers, The (2012)

Avengers, The: Age of Ultron (2015)

Avengers, The: Infinity War (2018)

Avengers, The: Endgame (2019) 

Black Panther (2018) 

Captain America: Civil War (2016)

Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)

Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 1 (2014)

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)

Dr. Strange (2016) 

Incredible Hulk, The (2008) 

Iron Man (2008)

Iron Man 2 (2010)

Iron Man 3 (2013)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Thor (2011)

Thor: Ragnarok (2017)

Thor: The Dark World  (2013)

 

The Semiquincentennial Movie Project:

  

In 2026, the United States is celebrating 250 years of existence. The Semiquincentennial Movie Project is a tribute to each of the 50 states (and Washington, D.C.), and each state will have a movie that takes place in its borders to celebrate them. (These are listed in alphabetical order by state, for convenience of the browser looking for their particular state...)

Alabama: To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)

Arkansas: True Grit (1969) 

California: Car Wash (1976) 

Colorado: America 3000 (1986) 

Connecticut: Stepford Wives, The (1975)

Delaware: Hiding Out (1987)

Georgia: Gator (1976)

Florida: Attack of the Giant Leeches (1959) 

Illinois: The Untouchables (1987) 

Indiana: Breaking Away (1979) 

Iowa: Cold Turkey (1971)

Kansas: King Kung Fu (1987) 
Kentucky: The Moonshine War (1970)

Louisiana: Southern Comfort (1981)

Maine: The Dead Zone (1983) 

Maryland: Explorers (1985)

Massachusetts: Alice's Restaurant (1969)

Michigan: The Rosary Murders (1987) 

Mississippi: Mississippi Burning (1988) 

Minnesota: The Long Riders (1980) 

Missouri: The Great St. Louis Bank Robbery (1959)

Nebraska: Children of the Corn (1984) 

Nevada: The Beast of Yucca Flats (1961) 

New Hampshire: All That Money Can Buy (1941)

New Jersey: Friday the 13th (1980)

New York: Serpico (1973)

North Carolina: Hero's Island (1962)

Ohio: Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978) 

Oregon: Short Circuit (1986) 

Pennsylvania: Fish That Saved Pittsburgh, The (1979)

Rhode Island: Witches of Eastwick, The (1987)

South Carolina: D.A.R.Y.L. (1985)

Tennessee: The Evil Dead (1981)

Texas: Cloak and Dagger (1984) 

Vermont: Trouble with Harry, The (1955)

Virginia: Greased Lightning (1977)

Washington, D.C.: Werewolf of Washington (1973) 

Wisconsin: Giant Spider Invasion, The (1975) 

West Virginia: Invasion of the Space Preachers (1990) 

Bingeworthy: TV worth watching

 

The Twilight Zone (1959-64) 

Sherlock (2010-17) 

Batman (1966-68) 

 

Movies: 

(1-∞)

7 Faces of Dr. Lao, The (1964)

7th Voyage of Sinbad, The (1958)

12 Monkeys (1995)

12 to the Moon (1960)

200 Cigarettes (1998)

1990: The Bronx Warriors (1982)

2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)

3:10 to Yuma (1957)

(ABC)

Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)

Abbott and Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949) 

Abominable Dr. Phibes, The (1971)

Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the Eighth Dimension, The (1984)

The Adventures of Captain Zoom in Outer Space (1995)

Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, The (1994)

All of Me (1984)

Alien Nation (1988)

Amazon Women on the Moon (1987)

The Amazing Colossal Man (1957)

American Werewolf in London, An (1981)

Angry Red Planet, The (1959)

Animal House (1978)

A*P*E* (1976)

Appointment with Danger (1950)

Around the World in Eighty Days (1956)

Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)

Assassin of Youth (1937)

Assignment:Outer Space (1961)

Astounding She-Monster, The (1958)

Attack of the Killer Donuts (2016) 

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes (1978)

At the Drive-In (2017) 

Attack of the 50 Ft Woman (1958)

Auntie Mame (1958) 

 

Back to the Future Trilogy (1985-90)

Back to School (1986) 

Bad Blonde (1953)

Batman (1966)

Batman (1989) 

Batman and Robin (1997) 

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980) 

Battleground (1949)  

Battleship Potemkin (1925)

Battle of the Worlds (1961)

Beach Babes from Beyond (1993)

Beast of Hollow Mountain, The (1956) 

Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971) 

Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla (1952) 

Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, The (1982) 

Beyond the Time Barrier (1960) 

Big Lebowski, The (1998)

Big Sleep, The (1946) (brief)

Big Sleep, The (1946) (full)

Big Trouble in Little China(1986)

Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) 

Bill & Ted: Face the Music (2020)

Bill W. (2012)

Billy the Kid vs. Dracula (1966)
Birdcage, The (1996)

Black Hole, The (1979)
Blade Runner (1982)

Blame it On Rio (1984) 
Blazing Saddles (1974)

Blob, The (1958) 
Blood Alley (1955)
Blood and Sand (1941)

Blood Beach (1979)

Blood of the Vampire (1958) 
Bloodsucking Pharaohs in Pittsburgh (1991)
Blue Dahlia, The (1946)
Blue Lagoon, The (1949)

The Blues Brothers (1980)
Born in East L.A. (1987)  

Born Losers, The (1967)

Boxcar Bertha (1972) 

Boy and His Dog, A (1975)
Boys from Brazil, The (1978)
Boys in the Band (1971)

Brain Eaters, The (1958) 
Brain that Wouldn't Die, The (1963)

Brannigan (1975) 
Breakfast Club, The (1985)

Brides of Dracula, The (1960) 
Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
Bridges at Toko-Ri, The (1951) 

Bubba Ho Tep (2002) 
Bucket of Blood, A (1959)
Bulldog Drummond Trilogy
     - Bulldog Drummond Comes Back (1937)
     - Bulldog Drummond's Revenge (1938)
     - Bulldog Drummond's Peril (1937)

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) 

 

Cabaret (1972)
Cabin in the Sky (1943)
Cactus Flower (1969)

Caddyshack (1980) 
Caine Mutiny, The (1954)
Cannonball Run (1981)
Cannonball Run II (1984)

Can't Stop the Music (1980) 
Cape Fear (1961)
Capricorn One (1979)

Casablanca (1942) 
Cat's Eye (1985)
Cheech & Chong Nice Dreams (1981)
Cheech & Chong Up in Smoke (1979)
Children's Hour, The (1961) 

City Heat (1984)
Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
Clue (1985)

Coffy (1973)
Computer Wore Tennis Shoes, The (1969)

Conan {Arnold Schwarzenegger} (1982-84) 
Conqueror, The (1956)
Contempt! (1963)

Convoy (1978) 

Cowboys vs. Aliens (2011) 

Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954) 
Creepshow (1982)

Creepshow 2 (1987) 

Cross and the Switchblade, The (1970) 

Crossroads (1986)

(DEF)
 

Dark Passage (1947) (brief)

Day of the Triffids (1962)

Day the World Blew Up, The (2024) 

Dazed and Confused (1993)

Dead Heat (1988)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
Death Race 2000 (1975)
Delicatessen (1991)
Deliverance (1972)

Detroit Rock City (1999)
Devil's Brigade, The (1968)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
Die Hard (1988)

Die Hard {A 2nd Look} (1988) 
Diner (1982)

Dirty Dozen, The (1967)
Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (1974)
Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) 
D.O.A. (1949) 

Don't Bother to Knock (1952)

Don't Worry, We'll Think of a Title (1966) 
Double Indemnity (1944)
Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)

Dracula aka Horror of Dracula (1958) 

Dracula Has Risen from the Grave (1968) 

Dracula: Prince of Darkness (1966) 

Dreamscape (1984) 

Drive-In (1976)

Dr. Goldfoot & the Bikini Machine (1965)

Dr. Goldfoot & the Girl Bombs (1966) 

Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) 
Dracula's Daughter (1936)

Earth Girls are Easy (1988)
Easy Rider (1969)
Eating Raoul (1982)
Eight Men Out (1988)
El Dorado (1967)
Escape from LA (1996)
Escape from New York (1981)
Eye of the Needle (1981)
Eyes of My Mother (2016)

 

Falling Down (1993)
Fantastic Planet (1973) 
Field of Dreams (1989)
Final Countdown, The (1980) 
Fire Maidens from Outer Space (1956)
Firestarter(1984)
First Blood (1982)

Five Days (1954)

Flash Gordon (1980) 

Flash Gordon's Trip to Mars (1938)

Fly, The (1950's trilogy)
   - The Fly (1958)

   - The Return of the Fly (1959)

   - The Curse of the Fly (1965) 

Forbidden Planet (1956)

Forty Guns (1957) 

Frank Capra's Why We Fight documentaries (1941) 

Frankenstein 1970 (1958)

Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster (1965) 

French Connection, The (1971)

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

(GHI) 

Gaslight (1944)
Ghost in the Shell (1995)
Ghost of Frankenstein, The (1942)
Ghostbusters (1984)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
G.I. Samurai aka Time Slip (1979)
Glass Cage, The (1955)
Glass Key, The (1942)
Glen or Glenda? (1953)
Go For Broke! (1951)

Godfather, The (1972) 

Godfather Part II, The (1974)
Godspell (1973)
Godzilla, King of the Monsters (1956)
Gojira (1954)
Golden Voyage of Sinbad, The (1973)

Grand Theft Auto (1977) 
Grease (1976)
Grease II (1982)
Great Escape, The (1963)
Great Race, The (1965)

Great Smokey Roadblock, The (1977) 

The Green Slime (1968)

Groundhog Day (1993) 
Gun Belt (1953)

Gung Ho (1986) 
Guns of Navarone, The (1961)

 

Hamlet (1948) 

Hangar 18 (1980) 

Harvey (1950)
Hearse, The (1980)

Heart and Souls (1993) 
Heaven Can Wait (1978)

Hell Comes to Frogtown (1988)
Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)

Hiding Out (1987) 
High Noon (1952)
High Voltage (1929)

The High and t5he Mighty (1954)
Heavy Metal (1981)

Hitchcock (2012)
Hitch-Hiker, The (1953) 

Hobbit, The {All 3 Movies} (2012-14) 

Home Alone (1990)

Home Alone II (1992) 
Hoosiers (1986)
Horse Soldiers, The (1959)

Hot Rod Girl (1956)

Hound of the Baskervilles (1978)
How to Murder Your Wife (1964)
Howard the Duck (1986)
Hustler, The (1961)

 

I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958) 

I'm Going to be Famous (1983) 

In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Incredible Two-Headed Transplant, The (1971) 
Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed up Zombies (1964) 

Indiana Jones Retrospective (all 5 movies)

Invaders from Mars (1953)
Invaders from Mars (1986)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The (1956)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The (1976)

Invasion of the Saucer Men (1957) 

Invisible Man, The (1933) 

It Came from Hollywood (1982)
Its a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

I Was a Teenage Werewolf (1957)

(JKL)
 

James Bond Oeuvre

 - Dr No (1962) 

 - From Russia with Love (1963)

 - Goldfinger (1964)

 - Thunderball (1965) 

 - You Only Live Twice (1967)

 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) 

 - Diamonds are Forever (1971)

 - Live and Let Die (1973) 

 - The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) 

 - The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)

 - Moonraker (1979) 

 - For Your Eyes Only (1981)

 - Octopussy (1983)

 - A View to a Kill (1985) 

 - The Living Daylights (1987)

 - License to Kill (1989) 

 - Goldeneye (1995)

 - Tomorrow Never Dies (1997) 

 - The World is Not Enough (1999)

 - Die Another Day (2002)

 - Casino Royale (2006)

 - Quantum of Solace (2008) 

 

Jaws (1975) 

The Jazz Singer (1980)
Jesse James Meets Frankenstein's Daughter (1966)
Jet Pilot (1957) 

Johnny Dangerously (1984)
Joker (2019)
Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)

 

Key Largo (1948) (brief)
Killer Klowns from Outer Space (1988)
King of the Zombies (1941)

KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park (1978)
Kiss of the Spider Woman (!985)

 

La Cage aux Folles (1978)

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
Land that Time Forgot, The (1975)
Last Detail, The (1973)
Last Unicorn, The (1982)
Last Woman on Earth (1960)

League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003)
Lethal Weapon 2 (1989) 
Little Shop of Horrors (1960)
Logan's Run (1976)
Lone Gun, The (1954)
Longest Day, The (1962)
Longest Yard, The (1974)
Longtime Companion (1989)
Lost Boys, The (1987)
Lost Skeleton of Cadavra, The (2001)
Lost Weekend, The (1945)

(MNO) 

M (1931)

Magnificent Seven, The: (1960)

Magnificent Seven, The (2016) 
Major League (1989) and Major League II (1993) 
Maltese Falcon, The (1931)
Maltese Falcon, The (1941) 

Man Bait (1952)
Man Who Knew Too Much, The (1956)

Marihuana (1936)
Mars Attacks! (1986)

Mars Needs Women (1968) 

Maximum Overdrive (1986) 

McQ (1974) 
Midnight Cowboy (1969)
Moon Over Parador (1988)

Monster on the Campus (1958) 
Morons from Outer Space (1985)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Murder by Death (1976)

Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)

My Cousin Vinny (1992)

My Science Project (1985) 

Myra Breckenridge (1970)

 

Neighbors (1981) 

Night of the Blood Beast (1958) 

Night of the Ghouls (1959)
Night of the Hunter (1955)
North to Alaska (1960) 
Nosferatu (1922)
Now You See Him, Now You Don't (1972)

Old Yeller (1957)
Omega Man, The (1971)
On the Beach (1959)
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976)

(PQRS)
 

Panic in the Year Zero! (1962) 

Paragraph 175/How to Survive a Plague

Patton (1970)

People that Time Forgot, The (1977)

Phantom Planet, The (1961)

Picnic (1955) 

Pied Piper of Hamelin, The (1957)

Pink Floyd- The Wall (1982)
Plan 9 from Outer Space (1956)
Planet of the Apes
-     Planet of the Apes (1968)
-     Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970)
-     Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1971)
-     Conquest of the Planet of the Apes (1972)
-     Battle for  the Planet of the Apes(1973)
-     Planet of the Apes TV series

-     Planet of the Apes (2001)
Planet Outlaws (1953)
Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987)

Please Murder Me (1956)

Popeye (1980)
Porky's (1981)
Portnoy's Complaint (1972)

Predator (1987)
Princess Bride, The (1987)
Psycho (1960)

Public Enemy, The (1931)

Quiet Man, The (1952)  

Queen of Outer Space (1958)

 

 

Race with the Devil (1975)
Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985)

Real Genius (1985) 
Reefer Madness (1936)
Red Dawn (1984)

Renaissance Man (1994) 

Reptilicus (1961) 

Resurrection of Gavin Stone (2017) 
Return from Witch Mountain (1978)
Reunion in France (1942)

Rhinestone (1984) 
Rio Bravo (1959)
Road Warrior, The (1981) 

Roadhouse (1989) 

Roadie (1980)
Robe, The (1953)
Robocop (1987)
Robocop II (1990)
Robot Monster (1953)
Rocky (1976)
Rocky IV (1985)
Rocky Horror Picture Show, The (1975)

Rope (1948) 

Running Man, The (1987)
Ruthless People (1986)

 

Santa Claus Conquers Martians (1964)
Satan Met a Lady (1936)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Scrooged (1988)

Screaming Skull, The (1958)

Seven-Per-Cent Solution, The (1976) 

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1978) 
Shadow of the Vampire (2000)

Shane (1953) 
She Done Him Wrong (1933)
Shining, The  (1980)
Shootist, The (1976)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Silverado (1985)
Sinbad and the Eye of Tiger  (1977)

Smokey and the Bandit (1978)
Snake Pit, The (1948)

Sneakers (1992) 
Soldier's Story, A (1984)
Son of Dracula (1943)
Son of Frankenstein (1939)
Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965)
Soylent Green (1973)
Stagecoach (1939)

Stand By Me (1986)
Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)

Star Trek V: The Final Frontier (1989) 
Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country (1991)
Star Wars (1977)
Sting, The (1973)

Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992) 
Strange Love Martha Ivers, The (1946)

Stranger than Fiction (2006) 
Streets of Fire (1984)
Strictly Ballroom (1992)
Strongest Man in the World, The (1975)
Strangers on a Train (1951)

Stroker Ace (1985) 
Stunt Man, The (1980)

Superman (1978) 

(TUV) 

Teachers (1984)
Teenage Zombies (1958)

Terminator, The (1984) 
They Live! (1988)

Thing, The (1982) 

Thing with Two Heads, The (1972) 
Thin Man, The (1934)
This Gun for Hire (1942)
This is Not a Test (1962) 
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Three Amigos! (1986)
Throw Momma from the Train (1987)
Time Bandits (1981)

Time Machine, The (1960) 

Time Machine, The (2002)
Time Slip aka G.I. Samurai (1979)

Time Travelers, The (1964)

To Have & Have Not (1944) (brief)

To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (1995)
Too Late for Tears (1949)
Trading Places (1983)
Train Robbers, The (1973)

Tron (1982) 

 

UHF (1989) 

Undefeated, The (1969)

Urban Cowboy (1980)

 

Valley of Gwangi, The (1969) 

Victor/Victoria (1982)

Von Ryan's Express (1965)

Voyage to the Prehistoric Planet (1965)

(WXYZ)
 

Wait Until Dark (1967)

Warlock (1959)

War of the Worlds: An Overview 
Warriors, The (1979)
War Wagon, The (1967)  

Watcher in the Woods, The (1980)

Weird Science (1985) 
Westworld (1973)
White Heat(1949)
White Nights (1985)

Wild Wild West (1999)

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988) 
Wild Angels, The (1966)
Without a Clue (1988)

White Zombie (1932) 
Wizard of Oz, The (1939)

 

Young Frankenstein (1974) 

X: the Man with X-ray Eyes (1963)
Xanadu (1980)

Zombies of the Stratosphere (serial) (1952)

TV Shows, Cartoons, Etc:

 

12/11/61: A Birthday TV log 

10/10/62: A Birthday Celebration  

Batman (feat. Mr. Freeze)

Batman (feat. Shelley Winters as "Ma Barker")

Batman (feat. Van Johnson as "The Minstrel")
Batman (feat. Catwoman)
Bugs Bunny Cartoon ("Hareway to the Stars") 
Bugs Bunny vs. Daffy Duck

Columbo ("Murder by the Book") 

Columbo ("Publish or Perish") 

Dick Van Dyke Show ("It May Look Like a Walnut")

Gong Show Retrospective 

The Grinch TV Specials 

Happy Days (feat. Robin Williams as "Mork")

Honeymooners, The ("Ralph the Spacman")

In Search Of (Biblical Episodes)

In Search Of (The Titanic) 

Monk (Lee Goldberg episodes)

Monk (Mr. Monk's OCD)
Monk ("Mr. Monk and the Red-Headed Stranger") 

Nero Wolfe (2001-02)

Nero Wolfe "The Golden Spiders" (1981 series)

Nero Wolfe "The Golden Spiders" (2001 series)
Night Gallery ("Eyes") 
Planet of the Apes ("The Liberator")
The Prisoner (a study of "The Village")
Sherlock (BBC series)
The Stand (1994)
Star Trek (Two Time Travel episodes)

Star Trek & Star Trek Deep Space Nine: Tribbles 

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: "Little Green Men" 

Star Trek: The Next Generation: "I, Borg"

Star Wars Holiday Special 

Tag Team (A TV Pilot that Failed) 

Tales of the City (miniseries)
Taxi ("Jim: A Space Odyssey")

The Twilight Zone: The Afterlife in TZ 
The Twilight Zone: Robots in TZ
The Twilight Zone ("The Bard") 
The Twilight Zone ("The Invaders") 
The Twilight Zone ("Once Upon a Time") 

Waltons, The (Book Burning Episode) 
What's My Line? (Lucille Ball appearances) 
WKRP in Cincinatti ("Turkeys Away") 

 

Book Reviews:

 

Box Office Poison by Tim Robey

Five Came Back by Mark Harris 

Hollywood Hall of Shame by Harry and Michael Medved 

How to Survive a Horror Movie by Seth Grahame-Smith

I Hated, Hated, HATED This Movie by Roger Ebert

Lavender Screen, The by Boze Hadleigh 

Marvel Comics Parody (Comic Book Arc) by Image Comics 

Razzie Guide, The by John Wilson 

Robert Wise: The Motion Pictures by J. R. Jordan 

Rotten Movies We Love by Rotten Tomatoes Editors 

Showgirls, Teen Wolves and Astro-Zombies by Michael Adams 

Unsafe on Any Screen by Scott Phillips