Monday, March 1, 2010

The List (With Haiku Reviews)

1. Citizen Kane, 1941.

Nineteen Forty-One?! Wow, Orson Welles for the win. What’s the sled say?-SHIIIIIIIT!!!!!!

2. The Godfather, 1972

They made an offer. To watch three hours of awesome. I couldn’t refuse

3. Casablanca, 1942.

Sadly unimpressed. I mean, it was still great, but... Here’s looking at snooooze

4.Raging Bull, 1980.

IT WAS A KNOCK-OUT! Had my heart against the ropes! Final boxing pun.

5. Singin' in the Rain, 1952.

I had no idea: THE MOVIE’S ABOUT MOVIES?! Sincerely enjoyed.

6. Gone With the Wind, 1939.

God damn, Miss Scarrlett! You are a flip-flopping bitch! Butler makes me swoon.

7. Lawrence of Arabia, 1962.

8. Schindler's List, 1993.

9. Vertigo, 1958.

10. The Wizard of Oz, 1939.

11. City Lights, 1931.

12. The Searchers, 1956.

13. Star Wars, 1977.

14. Psycho, 1960.

15. 2001: A Space Odyssey, 1968.

16. Sunset Blvd., 1950.

17. The Graduate, 1967.

18. The General, 1927.

19. On the Waterfront, 1954.

20. It's a Wonderful Life, 1946.

21. Chinatown, 1974.

22. Some Like It Hot, 1959.

23. The Grapes of Wrath, 1940.

24. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, 1982.

25. To Kill a Mockingbird, 1962.

26. Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, 1939.

27. High Noon, 1952.

28. All About Eve, 1950.

29. Double Indemnity, 1944.

30. Apocalypse Now, 1979.

31. The Maltese Falcon, 1941.

32. The Godfather Part II, 1974.

33. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, 1975.

34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, 1937.

35. Annie Hall, 1977.

36. The Bridge on the River Kwai, 1957.

37. The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946.

38. The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, 1948.

39. Dr. Strangelove, 1964.

40. The Sound of Music, 1965.

41. King Kong, 1933.

42. Bonnie and Clyde, 1967.

43. Midnight Cowboy, 1969.

44. The Philadelphia Story, 1940.

45. Shane, 1953.

46. It Happened One Night, 1934.

47. A Streetcar Named Desire, 1951.

48. Rear Window, 1954.

49. Intolerance, 1916.

50. The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, 2001.

51. West Side Story, 1961.

52. Taxi Driver, 1976.

53. The Deer Hunter, 1978.

54. M-A-S-H, 1970.

55. North by Northwest, 1959.

56. Jaws, 1975.

57. Rocky, 1976.

58. The Gold Rush, 1925.

59. Nashville, 1975.

60. Duck Soup, 1933.

61. Sullivan's Travels, 1941.

62. American Graffiti, 1973.

63. Cabaret, 1972.

64. Network, 1976.

65. The African Queen, 1951.

66. Raiders of the Lost Ark, 1981.

67. Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966.

68. Unforgiven, 1992.

69. Tootsie, 1982.

70. A Clockwork Orange, 1971.

71. Saving Private Ryan, 1998.

72. The Shawshank Redemption, 1994.

73. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, 1969.

74. The Silence of the Lambs, 1991.

75. In the Heat of the Night, 1967.

76. Forrest Gump, 1994.

77. All the President's Men, 1976.

78. Modern Times, 1936.

79. The Wild Bunch, 1969.

80. The Apartment, 1960.

81. Spartacus, 1960.

82. Sunrise, 1927.

83. Titanic, 1997.

84. Easy Rider, 1969.

85. A Night at the Opera, 1935.

86. Platoon, 1986.

87. 12 Angry Men, 1957.

88. Bringing Up Baby, 1938.

89. The Sixth Sense, 1999.

90. Swing Time, 1936.

91. Sophie's Choice, 1982.

92. Goodfellas, 1990.

93. The French Connection, 1971.

94. Pulp Fiction, 1994.

95. The Last Picture Show, 1971.

96. Do the Right Thing, 1989.

97. Blade Runner, 1982.

98. Yankee Doodle Dandy, 1942.

99. Toy Story, 1995.

100. Ben-Hur, 1959

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

And so it begins...

Hey there! My name's Charlie Saxton. I'm professional actor currently living in LA, trying to make it big in the movie biz. The other day I came to the harsh realization that I have very predictable taste in movies. Sure, "Pulp Fiction" is amazing, and everyone knows that every John Hughes project is a classic, but I've never had the cajones to tell people that I've never seen "Star Wars", "Lawrence of Arabia", and "Raging Bull".

Whenever I work on a film set of any kind, I'm constantly living this lie that I have an actor's 101 knowledge of movies. For instance: When a director/producer/craft service chef makes a reference to "Sunset Blvd.", I have to nod, chuckle, and mutter something inaudible under my breath that could sound like I understood what was said.

I'm tired of doing that.

Finally, I thought to myself, "Self, just exactly how many classic movies have you never seen?" And after heading over to the American Film Institutes' List of Top 100 Movies, the number was more than embarrassing. Mid to high 80's. My mother raised me better than that.

That's where this little blog comes in.

This little blog right here is somewhat of a bucket list for the movies that I've seen/heard references to since I was a baby boy, but have never actually seen.

So, armed with a Netflix account, and a shit-ton of free time, I'm ready to take on this personal mission.