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Friday the 13th (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 3, 2012
Originally created to ride off of Halloween’s slasher film success, Friday the 13th has exploded into a huge franchise since 1980. There are currently ten Friday the 13th/Jason sequels, a 2009 remake and a big 80’s bad-guy mash-up: Freddie vs Jason. But back when the horse was alive and not beaten read more
E.T. & Lawrence of Arabia in Theaters This Week
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 2, 2012
When an old film I love is re-released to theaters, I see it as an opportunity. Sure, I may have seen it a dozen times at home, but nothing beats the big screen. Take a few weeks ago. When I realized that my town’s IMAX theater was participating in the Raiders of the Lost Ark re-release, I jumped read more
Poltergeist
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Oct 1, 2012
Poltergeist scares the shit out of me. It was one of the first films that gave me nightmares, and kept me awake listening to every little noise at night. To this day, I worry that my house could have been built on a half relocated cemetery and soon my closet will become a portal trying to suck me read more
Let’s Celebrate Halloween All October!
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 30, 2012
“Fasten your drool cups, and ready your vomit bags! We’re going to the movies! Frights, camera, action!” Tomorrow is October! My favorite month is nearly upon us and I invite you to celebrate with me. While the air is chilling, the leaves are changing color and kids are gearing read more
Catch Me If You Can
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 28, 2012
When most kids run away from home, they don’t last on their own for very long. My sister didn’t make it past the front walk. Those that venture further usually find that one real world problem blocks them: money. Frank Abagnale Jr., a real life teenage conman in the 1960s, figured read more
Finding Nemo
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 22, 2012
Finding Nemo is one of my favorite animated films. It has an ocean full of colorful characters bursting with personality, witty dialogue and an adventurous story perfect for bringing parents and children together. I didn’t get the chance to see it during its original release. In fact, the first read more
Full Metal Jacket
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 19, 2012
Stanley Kubrick’s 1987 film, Full Metal Jacket, is best described as two films in one. The first half depicts young marines in basic training. In the first images, their shaggy hair is shaved off, individuality wiped away. Then comes Gunnery Sergeant Hartman (R. Lee Ermey), barking endlessly read more
Mulholland Dr. (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 16, 2012
David Lynch is known for making some weird films, but Mulholland Dr. may be his most weird that I have encountered so far. Let me first say that weird is never synonymous for bad, at least not with me. Weird happens in Mulholland Dr. when there isn’t much of a plot to follow, characters are acting read more
Birdman of Alcatraz
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 11, 2012
The word Alcatraz evokes images of prison bars, riots and some of the most notorious criminals of the twentieth century. Among those imprisoned there were Al Capone and Baby Face Nelson, but in 1962 no one was more infamous than Robert Stroud, The Birdman of Alcatraz. Robert Stroud was first sent read more
A Separation
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 8, 2012
I remember one of the first times I encountered a foreign film. Flipping through channels, I landed on something black and white, in an old mansion with a girl running. The look on her face told me she was scared and I was hooked. It turned out to be a French version of Beauty and the Beast, comp read more
7×7 Link Award (1)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Sep 5, 2012
Earlier this week, the gracious Dan from PGCooper’s Movie Reviews passed along the 7×7 award to me and six others. How sweet! Now I shall keep this gravy train rolling. The 7 x 7 Award highlights a blogger’s favourite pieces of work and is passed on to others so that they too can do read more
Misery
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 30, 2012
All the ideas behind Stephen King’s Misery terrify me. Driving in a blizzard, flipping the car, breaking bones and possibly losing a manuscript is bad enough. But being saved and dependant on an emotionally unstable woman with unlimited medications is scary. Her holding Paul captive, destroying read more
My Best Worst Movie Experience
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 27, 2012
It’s like Huey, Dewey or Louie came to life in the creepiest way. I can safely say that I have seen more good movies than bad, but those few truly awful movies leave a lasting image. After my husband decided to watch Howard the Duck, to see if it was as bad as everyone said (oh, it was worse) read more
Breakfast at Tiffany’s
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 23, 2012
Everyone has something they do to give themselves a pick-me-up when the world seems dark. Some indulge in their favorite coffee house drink. Others get a workout at the gym. A hot bath, round of video games, you name it. For Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, her pick-me read more
A Hard Day’s Night
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 20, 2012
The first of five movies featuring The Beatles was A Hard Day’s Night in 1964. By then, Beatlemania was in full swing. The packs of screaming girls chasing The Beatles and getting hysterically emotional at the concert were all real. But teen movies featuring rock stars of the time were terrible. read more
Jaws: A Rewrite and Redemption
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 17, 2012
In the first budding months of The Best Picture Project, I reviewed Jaws. To date, I would consider that post the worst of all that I have written. This makes me especially sad, considering Jaws is one of my favorite films. I keep it here as a reminder to be humble. I have my share of lame excus read more
The Train (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 14, 2012
I love Burt Lancaster and I love French art, but even more, I love old trains. As a kid, I remember a train exhibit where you could climb up into the locomotive, pretend you’re moving the levers and blow the horn. I remember being disappointed that we couldn’t watch the wheels move, in their read more
GasLand
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 12, 2012
Last Thursday night I went to a free screening of GasLand hosted by Wild South, a local conservation group, at the town’s haven for local artists. The venue was a small theater that looked handmade from the lumber of the stage, to the faded, hand stitched orange curtain. There were old piano read more
Duck Soup (2)
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 9, 2012
As I grew up, my dad introduced me to three main comedy acts from the past: The Three Stooges, Benny Hill and The Marx Brothers. The Stooges had me nyuck-nyucking and blocking shots at my eyes in record time. Benny Hill became a natural stepping stone to Monty Python. Somehow, I didn’t warm read more
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The Best Picture Project Posted by Alyson on Aug 5, 2012
I remember well the time Sweeney Todd came to theaters. It was late 2007, my little brother was in the height of his everything Tim Butron phase and excited to see his latest film. Naturally, I decided to take him to see it, our parents concerned about their youngest seeing his first rated R film. read more