JAWS (1975)
Jun 9, 2007
FP042: “You’re Going To Need a Bigger Boat…”
Watch JAWS and witness the birth of a phenomenon: THE SUMMER BLOCKBUSTER MOVIE EVENT!! This annual ritual continues unabated to this day,...
National Lampoon’s Animal House (1978)
Jun 2, 2007
FP041: “See If You Can Guess What I Am Now…"
We like to think of this as “American Graffiti: The Dark Side.” But seriously folks...As crass and silly as Animal House is, it KNOWS...
Wings of Desire (1987)
May 25, 2007
FP040: “When the Man was a Child…”
What began as a love letter to Berlin by an expatriate filmmaker come home grew into a lyrical albeit existential look into the hearts of...
Creepshow (1982)
May 18, 2007
FP039: The Most Fun You’ll Ever Have Being Scared!
Stephen King and George Romero combine forces to celebrate the wonderfully horrific EC Comics created by MAD Magazine creator William M....
RoboCop (1987)
May 11, 2007
FP038: RoboCop
Paul Verhoeven’s 1987 masterpiece has withstood the test of time and is as fresh, funny, and ferocious as it was twenty years ago. Peter...
American Graffiti (1973)
May 4, 2007
FP037: Where Were You in ’62?
After directing his debut feature, the deep and disturbing THX-1138, young Jedi George Lucas set his sights on his own past, cruising...
The Princess Bride (1987)
Apr 27, 2007
FP036: “A Dweam Within A Dweam…”
Rob Reiner’s picturization of William Goldman’s delightful 1973 novel (screenplay also penned by Goldman) remains as fresh and fun as it...
Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
Apr 20, 2007
FP035: Mr. Hitchcock Meets “Our Town”
While not his first American film, Shadow of a Doubt is arguably Hitchcock’s first “American” film—his first look at the darkness that...