February Movies

Meet the Robinsons - a surprisingly good Disney animated film
Pink Panther Classic Cartoons: Disc 1 - just as it says - Classic - Saturday morning memories
Jean de Florette / Manon of the Spring - one of the best - and it's two movies on one disc!
Nights in Rodanthe - it was where Odin was conceived so I wanted to see more of the area
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb - interesting trivia: Slim Pickens played all his scenes straight. He was not given the rest of the script which would make him realize it was a black comedy. He essentially played himself, a red-blooded Texan. In this clip, instead of "weekend in Vegas" he really said "weekend in Dallas" since he was the token Texan. However, the movie was supposed to have it's first screening on November 22, 1963. Then Kennedy was shot. They dubbed over with "Vegas" and took out the pie-fight scene in the war room at the end. One of the lines in the pie-fight was "Gentlemen! Our gallant young president has been struck down in his prime!" after President Muffley takes a pie in the face. They then moved the premiere to the beginning of 1964.
Religulous - Bill Maher provokes and makes me laugh and makes me miss Politically Incorrect. I hang my head when one of the first places he visits is Raleigh. I recognize churches he passes on the highway. I'm glad he mentions the myths of Krishna, Mithra and Horus, beginning in writings as early as 1280 BC. And I'm glad he doesn't just focus on Christianity. The extra monologues and deleted scenes on the DVD are worth your time, as well. I'll have to say, he found some wise priests high up in the Catholic church (Fathers George Coyne and Reginald Foster) who have a realistic view of the Bible's lack of science and how fundamentalism has given Christianity (and all religions) a bad name. Directed by Larry Charles who brought us such greats as Seinfeld, Curb Your Enthusiasm, The Tick, Entourage, Borat, Fridays, Mad about You, etc.
Lust For Life - Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn paint and drink absinthe in this biography of Vincent Van Gogh - fun and tragic. Quinn won best supporting actor as Paul Gauguin.
Darling - Julie Christie won best actress for this in 1965 - it's a sardonic look at the sexcapades of a model in the Swinging 60's of London
Fly Me To The Moon - Flies stow away on the Apollo 11 mission. Had to explain to my son that the Apollo landings are most likely accurate, since he knows most cartoons, especially about space, are not. Buzz Aldrin does come on during the end-credits to tell us that it would have been impossible for real flies to live on the spaceship. Aw...
GiGi - musical about a young woman being raised to be a courtesan in Gay 90's Paris - swept the Oscars that year.
W. - I just couldn't get over the casting. It was spot-on!
Kiki's Delivery Service - Another lovely movie by Hayao Miyazaki. A little witch quickly discovers that she can't take her abilities for granted.
Mansfield Park (2007) - Billie Piper, of Doctor Who fame, is Jane Austen's main character, Fanny, in this BBC TV adaptation.
A Nous La Liberte' - Assembly-line work in factories is shown to be no different from assembly-line work in prison. But really, it's a comedy and a musical and a silent film, sorta.
Carnal Knowledge - "You're a real prick, you know that?" Ann Margaret says to Jack Nicholson. She received her first Oscar nomination for this one.
Bob, Carol, Ted & Alice - Free Love, anyone? "I came here because I want a better orgasm. It's just not good enough." Besides that line, I'll watch any movie that opens with a drophead XKE being driven along the winding PCH - especially with Robert Culp and Natalie Wood inside.
30 Rock: Season 1: Disc 2
My Sister Eileen (1942) - my role model, Rosalind Russell, was nominated for an Oscar in this one
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Grand Hotel (1932)
Groundhog Day
Ninotchka - Greta Garbo. Enough said.