Movies Coming to Theaters in January and February 2008
Posted on November 8, 2007
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2008 is still a couple of months away, but it’s fun to look ahead to movies releasing in the near future, especially those that you may not have heard of (yes, I am sure most of you heard about Cloverfield and Rambo). Granted, January and February aren’t the best months for movies, but I found several that look promising.
I tried to include a little bit of everything - action, drama, comedy and horror. A few of these flicks look really intense. In fact, I’m not too sure about Funny Games, which is a remake of a foreign film - looks like it may be a little too disturbing/intense.
Some of these movies were either presented at film festivals or were previously released in other countries, so don’t let the release dates in the trailers fool you. Let me know which ones you plan to see or if there are others you think I should have included.
Cloverfield (January 18, 2008)
Rambo (January 25, 2008)
Be Kind Rewind (January 25, 2008)
All The Boys Love Mandy Lane (February 1, 2008)
Charlie Bartlett (February 1, 2008)
Vantage Point (February 15, 2008)
Funny Games (February 15, 2008)
The Signal (February 22, 2008)
Semi-Pro (February 29, 2008)
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Top 100 Movies: No. 93 - Beverly Hills Cop (1984)
Posted on October 8, 2007
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Remember the first R-Rated movie you received permission from your parents to see? For me, it was Beverly Hills Cop. I had watched other R-Rated movies, but those viewings occurred at friends’ homes on HBO when their parents were out. This time, it was in a real movie theater. I could actually tell my friends that I had seen Beverly Hills Cop! Pretty exciting stuff for a kid. The fact that I saw this flick in a theater with my parents’ blessing (well, maybe not their blessing) helped Beverly Hills Cop crack my Top 100 Movies.
Believe it or not (but believe it ’cause its true), Sylvester Stallone was originally cast as Axel Foley in Beverly Hills Cop. However, two weeks prior to shooting, he was out, Eddie Murphy was in, and some screenwriters really freaked out (the Stallone-featured Beverly Hills Cop would not have been a comedy). The rest is history.
This is the only Eddie Murphy flick to make it into my Top 100 Movies list, which is surprising (at least to me). Eddie Murphy used to be really, really funny and made some great movies. Slight correction, he is still really funny, I just don’t care for some of the crap, uh, films, he has made the last several years.
For those of you who may be too young to remember, Eddie started out as a stand-up comedian and filmed a couple of his concerts, including Eddie Murphy - Delirious, which is an absolute classic. Oh, and you can’t beat old episodes of Saturday Night Live starring Eddie. These rank just behind the first couple years of SNL with Belushi, et al. (that’s John Belushi kids, not Jim.)
So there you have it. Beverly Hills Cop. No. 93 on my Top 100 Movies list.
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