AFI's Top 100 Movies Songs
(Movies I've seen are indicated in bold)

1. Over the Rainbow: Wizard of Oz
2. As Time Goes By: Casablanca
3. Singin' in the Rain: Singin' in the Rain
4. Moon River: Breakfast at Tiffany's
5. White Christmas: Holiday Inn
6. Mrs. Robinson: The Graduate
7. When You Wish Upon a Star: Pinocchio
8. The Way We Were: The Way We Were
9. Stayin' Alive: Saturday Night Fever
10. The Sound of Music: The Sound of Music
11. The Man That Got Away: A Star is Born
12. Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend: Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
13. People: Funny Girl
14. My Heart Will Go On: Titantic
15. Cheek to Cheek: Top Hat
16. Evergreen: A Star is Born
17. I Could Have Danced All Night: My Fair Lady
18. Cabaret: Cabaret
19. Some Day My Prince Will Come: Snow White
20. Somewhere: West Side Story
21. Jailhouse Rock: Jailhouse Rock
22. Everybody's Talkin': Midnight Cowboy
23. Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head: Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid
24. Ol' Man River: Show Boat
25. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me, Oh My Darlin'): High Noon
26. The Trolley Song: Meet Me in St. Louis
27. Unchained Melody: Ghost
28. Some Enchanted Evening: South Pacific
29. Born to be Wild: Easy Rider
30. Stormy Weather: Stormy Weather
31. Theme from New York, New York: New York, New York
32. I've Got Rhythm: An American in Paris
33. Aquarius: Hair
34. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off: Shall We Dance
35. America: West Side Story
36. Supercalifragilsticexpialidocious: Mary Poppins
37. Swinging on a Star: Going My Way
38. Theme from Shaft: Shaft
39. Days of Wine and Roses: Days of Wine and Roses
40. Fight the Power: Do the Right Thing
41. New York, New York: On The Town
42. Luck Be A Lady: Guys and Dolls
43. The Way You Look Tonight: Swing Time
44. Wind Beneath My Wings: Beaches
45. That's Entertainment: The Band Wagon
46. Don't Rain on My Parade: Funny Girl
47. Zip-a-Dee-Doo-Dah: Song of the South
48. Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera): The Man Who Knew Too Much
49. Make 'Em Laugh: Singin' in the Rain
50. Rock Around the Clock: Blackboard Jungle
51. Fame: Fame
52. Summertime: Porgy and Bess
53. Goldfinger: Goldfinger
54. Shall We Dance: The King and I
55. Flashdance...What a Feeling: Flashdance
56. Thank Heaven for Little Girls: Gigi
57. The Windmills of your Mind: The Thomas Crown Affair
58. Gonna Fly Now: Rocky
59. Tonight: West Side Story
60. It Had To Be You: When Harry Met Sally
61. Get Happy: Summer Stock
62. Beauty and the Beast: Beauty and the Beast
63. Thanks for the Memory: The Big Broadcast of 1938
64. My Favorite Things: The Sound of Music
65. I Will Always Love You: The Bodyguard
66. Suicide is Painless: M*A*S*H
67. Nobody Does It Better: The Spy Who Loved Me
68. Streets of Philadelphia: Philadelphia
69. On the Good Ship Lollipop: Bright Eyes
70. Summer Nights: Grease
71. The Yankee Doodle Boy: Yankee Doodle Dandy
72. Good Morning: Singin' in the Rain
73. Isn't It Romantic: Love Me Tonight
74. Thre Rainbow Connection: The Muppet Movie
75. Up Where We Belong: An Office and a Gentleman
76. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas: Meet Me in St. Louis
77. The Shadow of Your Smile: The Sandpiper
78. 9 to 5: 9 to 5
79. Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do): Arthur
80. Springtime for Hitler: The Producers
81. I'm Easy: Nashville
82. Ding Dong the Witch is Dead: The Wizard of Oz
83. The Rose: The Rose
84. Put the Blame on Mame: Gilda
85. Come What May: Moulin Rouge!
86. (I've Had) The Time of My Life: Dirty Dancing
87. Buttons and Bows: The Paleface
88. Do Re Mi: The Sound of Music
89. Puttin' on the Ritz: Young Frankenstein
90. Seems Like Old Times: Annie Hall
91. Let the River Run: Working Girl
92. Long Ago and Far Away: Cover Girl
93. Lose Yourself: 8 Mile
94. Ain't Too Proud to Beg: The Big Chill
95. (We're Off on the) Road to Morocco: Road to Morocco
96. Footloose: Footloose
97. 42nd Street: 42nd Street
98. All That Jazz: Chicago
99. Hakuna Matana: The Lion King
100. Old Time Rock and Roll: Risky Business

Labels: AFI

posted by Lisa at 6:37 a.m. |

 
Something Wicked This Way Comes...

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban finds Harry (Daniel Radcliff) in his third year at Hogwarts and something terrible has happened. Sirius Black (Gary Oldman-Hannibal) has escaped from Azkaban prison where he has spent the past 12 years for betraying Harry's parents to You-Know-Who. With the prison's horrible guards called Dementors floating around the school, new classes, new teachers and a set up hippogriff, Harry won't find this year any easier than the last. Also starring Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley, and Emma Watson as Hermione Granger.

I've said it about the last two movies and I'll say it about this one; if you are a fan, you'll love it. If not, you may not get some of what's going on. Steven Kloves, the screenwriter, left out a few critical points that will the average movie goer guessing as to what the heck is going on. I found the movie very enjoyable, but then again, I am a huge fan of the books. I think director Alfonso Cuaron (Y tu mamá también) did a great job darkening the film down in anticipation of the upcoming films while maintaining a crisp pace. Radcliff, of course, is great as Harry (hopefully something that will discourage the recasting of the part in future films), while supporting cast Grint and Watson continue to grow as young actors. I also enjoyed the streamlined script, a great asset to films that are, by neccesity, quite long.

Rating: 4 (out of 5)

For some fun, check out Occupation Girls Harry Potter in 15 minutes

Make one.

Director Frank Oz (The Score) brings us a remake of the 70's film The Stepford Wives. Joanna Eberhart (Nicole Kidman-Cold Mountain), a wildly succesful president of a TV Network, after a series of shocking events suffers a nervous breakdown and is moved by her milquetoast of a husband, Walter (Matthew Broderick-Inspector Gadget), from Manhattan to the chic, upper-class and very modern planned community of Stepford, Connecticut. Once there, she makes good friends with the ascerbic Bobbie Markowitz (Bette Midler-Isn't She Great?), a jewish writer who's also a recovering alcoholic. Together they find out, much to their growing stupor and-then horror, that all the housewives in town are strangely blissful, and somehow... doomed. What is going on behind the closed doors of the Stepford Men's Association and the Stepford Day Spa? Why is everything perfect here? Will it be too late for Joanna and Bobbie when they finally find out? Also featuring Glenn Close (Le Divorce), Christopher Walken (Envy), Jon Lovitz (Dickie Roberts), and singer Faith Hill in her big screen debut.

I found this film enjoyable. It was cute and quirky with some genuinely funny moments. Glenn Close especially shines at the demented and perpetually ladylike Claire Wellington. Kidman and Broderick crackle with comedic timing and Midler was truely a pleasure to watch. My only complaint is that once Joanna and Bobbie arrive in Stepford, its obvious that something is wrong right away. There was no mystery. The Stepford Wives is worth watching, but you may want to wait until its on DVD.

Rating: 3 (out of 5)

Labels: Adventure, Family, Fantasy

posted by Lisa at 5:12 a.m. |

 
Where will you be?

Today's movie is director Roland Emmerich's (The Patriot) The Day After Tomorrow. Yet another 'end of the world' movie, this film stars Dennis Quaid (The Alamo) as Jack Hall, a climatologist, who's research into the first ice age reveals that the earth is rapidly heading towards a second. However, nobody could guess how soon this would happen. Also starring Jake Gyllenhaal (Moonlight Mile), and Emmy Rossum (Mystic River).

This was a comedy wasn't it? Oh, it wasn't. Oh. Huh. Well, I found it damn funny. Is that bad? It wasn't just because the story was kind of silly. That worked for "Armeggedon' and 'The Core.' It couldn't have been the terrible dialoge: '13 Going on 30' was worse. Maybe it was the completely irrelevant scene where someone said "Hey, maybe we should have a wolf chase!" Or it could have been the reporter standing between two twisters and his hair barely ruffling in the 'breeze.' What ever the reason, I laughed pretty hard through it. Now don't get me wrong: I enjoyed it. Far more than I expected to actually. The visual effects were by far the best thing about this movie, but that could just be because I thoroughly enjoy seeing the US get demolished. Seriously though, the effects are great and worth seeing on the big screen. Performances were mediocre at best; the script was just plain ridiculous, and the premise was kind of dumb. There's nothing like a good disaster movie to lighten the spirits.

Rating: 2 (out of 5)

For some fun, check out the Day After Tomorrow in 15 minutes.

Labels: Adventure

posted by Lisa at 6:37 a.m. |