MY GOAL IS TO SEE 100 NEW (to me) MOVIES BY OCTOBER 24, 2008

New movies, old movies, made for TV, on dvd, on TV, in a theater... anything. I just want to increase my movie knowledge by 100 movies in 100 days.

Monday, July 21, 2008

Day 5, total films watched:8

Unlikely Angel -DVD- ***
Ninja: The Protector -DVD- **
The Cat From Outer Space -DVD- ****

I decided to see three films so that I can either finish BEFORE 100 days or I can take the occasional day off from watching new films (or movies altogether.)
First I watched Unlikely Angel a Christmas film where Dolly Parton dies and has to prove herself to St Peter (Roddy McDowell) by fixing a family that has problems. My two favorite things about this movie were: 1) The daughter of the clan looked just like Ellen Degeneres.... and 2) WKRP's Gary Sandy in a wig pretending to be a tough guy.

Ninja films are always entertaining. This particular bit of kung foolery consists of a plot about male models, rape, suicide and ninjas. Although most people in the film don't believe in ninjas.

The Cat From Outer Space! What a cool title. Great Disney flick with a cornball story about an alien cat. In addition to Roddy McDowell (who I was pleased to see twice in one day) this film has McLean Stevenson, Harry Morgan, Mister Ed's owner, the nerdy white cop from Sanford & Son and Sandy Duncan.

2 comments:

cravipat said...

I misread Roddy McDowell as Roddy Piper. I thought it was a very odd casting choice for St. Peter.

Anonymous said...

I would like to see Gary Sandy play a tough guy wearing a Dolly Parton wig. That would make a cool movie.

 

RATINGS SCALE * Not very good/ ** Good/ *** Better than good/ **** Wow! Great movie/ ***** One of my all time favorites