Tonight!

At 6:50 & 9:10

Top 5 Top 5 Lists Related To, But Not Including, Serenity

Top 5 TV Shows At Least Partially Written By Joss Whedon:

1. Buffy the Vampire Slayer
2. Firefly
3. Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog
4. Dollhouse
5. Angel


Top 5 Movies At Least Partially Written By Joss Whedon:

1. Toy Story (John Lasseter, 1995)
2. Speed (Jan de Bont, 1994)
3. Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Fran Rubel Kuzui, 1992)
4. Alien: Resurrection (Jean-Pierre Jeunet, 1997)
5. Twister (Jan de Bont, 1996)


Top 5 Chiwetel Ejiofor Films:

1. Redbelt (David Mamet, 2008)
2. The Inside Man (Spike Lee, 2006)
3. Children of Men (Alfonso Cuarón, 2006)
4. Amistad (Steven Spielberg, 1997)
5. Melinda and Melinda (Woody Allen, 2004)


Top 5 Science Fiction Films of the 2000s:

1. WALL-E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
2. AI: Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001)
4. Signs (M. Night Shyamalan, 2002)
4. Minority Report (Steven Spielberg, 2002)
5. A Scanner Darkly (Richard Linklater, 2006)


Top 5 Films of 2005:

1. The New World (Terrence Malick)
2. Three Times (Hou Hsiao-hsien)
3. A History of Violence (David Cronenberg)
4. The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (Cristi Puiu)
5. Grizzly Man (Werner Herzog)

Links: Serenity

The great Manohla Dargis reviews Serenity in the New York Times, and makes fun of George Lucas as an added bonus.

Mike Dawson of Left Field Cinema does an excellent job breaking down the first ten minutes of Serenity, examining its tremendous narrative economy in this podcast.

For all matter of Joss Whedon related news, information and discussion, check out the comprehensive Whedonesque blog.

Coming Attractions: Serenity

Wednesday, April 28 at 6:50 and 9:10 PM.

Giveaways: A Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog DVD courtesy of Scarecrow Video and a gift certificate to Cinema Books, respectively.

Last show til August!

Tonight!

At 6:50 and 9:10 P.M.

Please note that due to the poor quality of the 35mm print we were shipped, we will instead be showing Wrath of Khan on a back-up digital high-definition copy.  We apologize for the inconvenience.

Top 5 Top 5 Lists Related To, But Not Including, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Top 5 Non-Star Trek William Shatner Films:

1. Judgment at Nuremberg (Stanley Kramer, 1961)
2. Dodgeball (Rawson Marshall Thurber, 2004)
3. Airplane II: The Sequel (Ken Finkleman, 1982)
4. The Brothers Karamazov (Richard Brooks, 1958)
5. Loaded Weapon 1 (Gene Quintano, 1993)


Top 5 Movies with "Star" in the Title:

1. Star Wars (George Lucas, 1977)
2. A Star is Born (William Wellman, 1937 & George Cukor, 1954)
3. Starship Troopers (Paul Verhoeven, 1997)
4. Lone Star (John Sayles, 1996)
5. Stardust Memories (Woody Allen, 1980)


Top 5 Ricardo Montalban Films:

1. The Naked Gun (David Zucker, 1988)
2. Battleground (William Wellman, 1949)
3. Cheyenne Autumn (John Ford, 1964)
4. Border Incident (Anthony Mann, 1949)
5. Sayonara (Joshua Logan, 1957)


Top 5 Film Series with More than Three Parts:

1. Star Wars
2. Rocky
3. Once Upon a Time in China
4. The Thin Man
5. Lone Wolf and Cub


Top 5 Films of 1982:

1. Fitzcarraldo (Werner Herzog)
2. Passion (Jean-Luc Godard)
3. The Verdict (Sidney Lumet)
4. Blade Runner (Ridley Scott)
5. The Atomic Café (Jayne Loader, Kevin Rafferty and Pierce Rafferty)

Links: Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan

Overthinking It takes two plot holes from Wrath of Khan and well, overthinks it.

More information than you could ever possibly require is available at Memory Alpha, the Star Trek wiki.

And finally, Roger Ebert's original review of the film from 1982.

Enjoy.

Coming Attractions: Star Trek II: the Wrath of Khan

Wednesday, April 21st at 6:50 & 9:10 PM.

Giveaways: Galaxy Quest DVD courtesy of Scarecrow Video and a gift certificate for Cinema Books, respectively.

See you there!

Tonight!

At 6:40 & 9:20

Links: Aliens

Adam and Matty at Filmspotting recently counted down their top five films of 1986 and Aliens was conspicuously absent.  Listeners inundated them with support for the film.

Did you know Jimmy Cameron just went to Brazil, put on a bunch of yellow face paint and planted some trees??

And last but not least there is the 10-minute Aliens rap:

Coming Attractions: Aliens

Wednesday, April 14th at 6:40 and 9:20

Giveaways: Alien DVD courtesy of Scarecrow Video and a gift certificate for Cinema Books, respectively.

See you there!