Movieing On - Movies from 1999 or Earlier

Depending on who you ask, we’ve either seen a cinematic masterpiece, a pretty good movie, a movie about a couple of people faffing around or a movie that features Superman being asked if he bleeds. It’s all a matter of perspective, really.

Show notes and links:

* Rashomon (1950) (imdb.com).

* “Leverage” The Rashomon Job (TV Episode 2010) (imdb.com).

* “Rashomon”-Style (tvtropes.org).

* Coupling (TV Series 2000–2004) (imdb.com).

* “Star Trek: The Next Generation” A Matter of Perspective (TV Episode 1990) (imdb.com).

* “Star Trek: Voyager” Living Witness (TV Episode 1998) (imdb.com).

* Hero (2002) (imdb.com).

* Daniel Dennett (en.wikipedia.org).

* “Star Trek: Deep Space Nine” Rules of Engagement (TV Episode 1996) (imdb.com).

* Rashomon Movie Review & Film Summary (1950) | Roger Ebert (rogerebert.com).

* Shia LaBeouf in “No No No NOo” video (youtube.com).

This week, we sit down to watch Small Soldiers, a movie about a kid that finds toys that come to life in one way or another. It’s no Toy Story, but then again, what is?

Show notes and links:

* Small Soldiers (1998) (imdb.com).

* Small Soldiers Movie Review & Film Summary (1998) | Roger Ebert (rogerebert.com).

* The Spoilist on Twitter: “I love the Joe Dante movie Small Soldiers. People I’m talking to do not. Does anyone else feel like me?” (twitter.com).

This week, we watch a movie about a mentally impaired man who does well at casinos. No, it’s not Rain Man, we did that last week. This week, it’s the 1989 Hong Kong action classic, God of Gamblers!

Show notes and links:

* Du shen (1989) (imdb.com).

This week, the team sits down to watch a movie where Dustin Hoffman doesn’t go full retard, and where Tom Cruise plays his unlikable self. The movie? Rain Man.

Show notes and links:

* Rain Man (1988) (imdb.com).

* Tropic Thunder (2008) (imdb.com).

* Morecambe and Wise: Singing in the Rain (youtube.com).

This week, we’re going 80 years into our past to watch Fred Astaire in … Top Hat!

Show notes and links:

* Top Hat (1935) (imdb.com).

* Fred Astaire (imdb.com).

* Ginger Rogers (imdb.com).

* Robot Hugs (robot-hugs.com).

* Music Videos Without Music: Thrift Shop (youtube.com).

* Music Videos Without Music: We Can’t Stop (youtube.com).

* Music Videos Without Music: Happy (youtube.com).

* Music Videos Without Music: GANGNAM STYLE (강남스타일) by PSY (youtube.com).

* Les Miserables “Singing Live” Featurette Official [HD 1080] (youtube.com).

When a gigantic great white shark begins to menace the small island community of Amity, a police chief, a marine scientist and grizzled fisherman set out to stop it.

Show notes and links:

* Jaws (1975) (imdb.com).

* Steven Spielberg (imdb.com).

* Amazon (TV Series 1999–2000) (imdb.com).

* Power Trio (tvtropes.org).

Due to the recent death of Leonard Nimoy, we decided to bump our ordinary schedule by a week and do this movie instead. We had a lot more to say than in a normal episode.

Show notes and links:

* The Full Body Project: Photographs by Leonard Nimoy: Leonard Nimoy, Anne Wilkes Tucker, Natalie Angier: 9780979472725: Amazon.com: Books (amazon.com).

* Shekhina: Leonard Nimoy, Donald Kuspit: 9781884167164: Amazon.com: Books (amazon.com).

* Koenig: Leonard Nimoy Fought To Get Nichelle Nichols Pay Equity For ‘Star Trek’ + Nimoy Confirms | TrekMovie.com (trekmovie.com).

This week, we talk about the 1999 movie But I’m a Cheerleader, in which a young teen suddenly finds herself enrolled in a “learn to not be gay” camp.

Show notes and links:

* But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) (imdb.com).

This week on Movieing On, we tackle the 1992 movie about how dreadful deforestation is and how fortunate we are to have fairies that can regrow entire forests in a couple of seconds.

Show notes and links:

* FernGully (imdb.com).

Carry On… Up the Khyber! It might not be the best movie we’ve talked about on the show, but it’s not the worst either. It does, however, have some of the most painfully obvious jokes and a painful amount of blackface.

Show notes and links:

* Carry On… Up the Khyber (1968) (imdb.com).

* Carry On… Up the Khyber (en.wikipedia.org).

* The 3rd (Foot & Mouth) Regiment (3rdfootandmouth.yolasite.com).