March 2019 50 Movie Challenge: Movie Chain

[Travis]

Movie Chain (25 movies)
You start off with a movie by a filmmaker of your choice (actor, actress, director, writer, cinematographer, or composer), then continue with your next selection provided it connects in some way with the previously mentioned filmmaker. For example:

1. Scarface (Al Pacino)
2. Heat (Robert De Niro)
3. Thief (Michael Mann)
4. Ali (Jamie Foxx)
5. Ray (Regina King)

This will continue until you've reached 25 films total (and beyond if you like).

The other remaining 25 films will be spread out over 5 categories with 5 films per category like we have done in the past.

Recommendations: Leading Ladies (5 movies)
5 movies that you haven't seen before from the titles recommended by other members. In your initial tracking post, everyone list 5-10 movies that star a female actor, deal with female character(s) overcoming adversity, have strong empowered female character(s), etc. Then for the ones you watch for this category, mention who recommended the film in your post.

Featured Category (optional): Sports (5 movies)
Select 5 movies that are set in the world of sports.
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The Usual Fine Print:

• 50 movies is the goal, but based on your own time and situation you can shoot for more or less, so we have different levels from Coal to Platinum:
  60 Movies - Platinum
  50 Movies - Gold
  40 Movies - Silver
  30 Movies - Bronze
  20 Movies - Copper
  10 Movies - Coal
  <10 Movies - Why are you on this site?
• If you're going to re-post your entire list every time, please hide it under spoiler tags.
• If you're going to post pictures for the films (poster art or Blu-ray covers, for example) please try not to use GIANT pictures, and if there are tons of them, again - please hide under spoilers.

[Travis]

Recommendations

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The Chain
1. Coming Home (2014) 1/2
<— Director: Zhang Yimou —>
2. The Great Wall Wall (2016)
<— Actor: Matt Damon —>
3. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
<— Director: Walter Hill —>
4. The Long Riders (1980)
<— Actor: David Carradine —>
5. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
<— Actress: Uma Thurman —>
6. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
<— Actor: Michael Madsen —>
7. Sin City (2005)
<— Actor: Mickey Rourke —>
8. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) 1/2
<— Actor: Bruce Willis —>
9. Over the Hedge (2006)
<— Actor: William Shatner —>
10. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
<— Actor: Leonard Nimoy —>
11. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
<— Actor: Orson Welles —>
12. Touch of Evil (1958) 1/2
<— Actor: Charlton Heston —>
13.


Sports
1. Rudy (1993) 1/2
2. Creed (2015) 1/2
3. Creed II (2018)


Other
1. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) 1/2
2. Captain Marvel (2019) 1/2


Nicolas Winding Refn
1. Bronson (2008) 1/2
2. Valhalla Rising (2009)
3. Drive (2011)
4. Only God Forgives (2013)
5. The Neon Demon (2016)



Series
1. Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season (2012)
2. Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season (2013)
3. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season (2014)
4. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season (2015)
5. Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season (2016) 1/2

[Travis]

21 movies.

Re-watched 5 seasons of Game of Thrones, so not as many movies as I would’ve liked.

Best


Best First Timers


List

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The Chain
1. Coming Home (2014) 1/2
<— Director: Zhang Yimou —>
2. The Great Wall Wall (2016)
<— Actor: Matt Damon —>
3. Geronimo: An American Legend (1993)
<— Director: Walter Hill —>
4. The Long Riders (1980)
<— Actor: David Carradine —>
5. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)
<— Actress: Uma Thurman —>
6. Kill Bill: Volume 2 (2004)
<— Actor: Michael Madsen —>
7. Sin City (2005)
<— Actor: Mickey Rourke —>
8. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) 1/2
<— Actor: Bruce Willis —>
9. Over the Hedge (2006)
<— Actor: William Shatner —>
10. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
<— Actor: Leonard Nimoy —>
11. The Transformers: The Movie (1986)
<— Actor: Orson Welles —>
12. Touch of Evil (1958) 1/2
<— Actor: Charlton Heston —>


Sports
1. Rudy (1993) 1/2
2. Creed (2015) 1/2
3. Creed II (2018)


Other
1. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) 1/2
2. Captain Marvel (2019) 1/2


Nicolas Winding Refn
1. Bronson (2008) 1/2
2. Valhalla Rising (2009)
3. Drive (2011)
4. Only God Forgives (2013)
5. The Neon Demon (2016)


Series
1. Game of Thrones: The Complete Second Season (2012)
2. Game of Thrones: The Complete Third Season (2013)
3. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fourth Season (2014)
4. Game of Thrones: The Complete Fifth Season (2015)
5. Game of Thrones: The Complete Sixth Season (2016) 1/2

[graf1k]

Leading Ladies Recommendations

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Movie Chain ✔️
01. Blindspotting • ☆☆☆½
> Robby Baumgartner (Director of Photography)
02. The Guest • ☆☆☆½
> Ethan Embry (Actor)
03. First Man • ☆☆☆
> Ryan Gosling (Actor)
04. The Ides of March • ☆☆☆½
> Jennifer Ehle (Actress)
05. Vox Lux • ☆☆½
> Mark DeSimone (Sound Department)
06. T2: Trainspotting • ☆☆½
> Danny Boyle (Director)
07. Sunshine • ☆☆☆☆
> Stuart Heath (Special Effects)
08. Black Hawk Down • ☆☆☆☆☆
> Ridley Scott (Director)
09. Kingdom of Heaven: Director's Cut Roadshow • ☆☆☆☆½
> Rob Cowper (Art Director)
10. Rogue One • ☆☆☆
> Mads Mikkelsen (Actor)
11. Valhalla Rising • ☆☆☆☆
> Nicholas Winding Refn (Director)
12. The Neon Demon • ☆☆☆½
> Matthew Newman (Editor)
13. Bronson • ☆☆☆½
> Tom Hardy (Actor)
14. Venom • ☆☆☆½
> Riz Ahmed (Actor)
15. The Sisters Brothers • ☆☆☆½
> Jake Gyllenhaal (Actor)
16. Nocturnal Animals • ☆☆☆☆
> Robert Aramayo (Actor)
17. The Standoff at Sparrow Creek • ☆☆☆☆
> Patrick Fischler (Actor)
18. Mulholland Drive • ☆☆☆☆☆
> Naomi Watts (Actress)
19. The International • ☆☆☆
> Tom Tykwer (Director)
20. Perfume: The Story of a Murderer • ☆☆☆☆
> Ben Whishaw (Actor)
21. Paddington 2 • ☆☆☆☆½
> Brendan Gleeson (Actor)
22. Edge of Tomorrow • ☆☆☆☆½
> Emily Blunt (Actress)
23. Sicario • ☆☆☆☆½
> Taylor Sheridan (Writer)
24. Sicario: Day of the Soldado • ☆☆☆½
> Josh Brolin (Actor)
25. Deadpool 2 • ☆☆☆½
> Eddie Marsan (Actor)
26. Sherlock Holmes • ☆☆☆½
> Robert Downey Jr. (Actor)
27. Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows • ☆☆☆½



First-Watch Leading Ladies ✔️
28. The Handmaiden • ☆☆☆☆☆ (rec. by cinemaphile)
29. Bedevilled • ☆☆☆☆ (rec. by Al The Strange)
30. Red Sparrow • ☆☆☆ (rec. by Jennifer Lawrence Fan)
31. Pride & Prejudice • ☆☆☆½ (rec. by starryeyes)
32. A Simple Favor • ☆☆☆ (rec. by cinemaphile)
+1. I, Tonya (rec. by DanTheMan)
+2. Mary Queen of Scots (rec. by filmbuffTX)
+3. Peppermint | The Wife | Thoroughbreds (rec. by Zodokai)


Sports ✔️
33. North Face • ☆☆☆½
34. The Great White Hype • ☆☆½
35. Formula 1: Drive to Survive • ☆☆☆☆
36. Field of Dreams • ☆☆☆
37. Real Steel • ☆☆☆½
38. Senna • ☆☆☆☆
+2. Southpaw
+3. Hitting the Apex
+4. Grand Prix
+5. Creed II


Japanese Cinema
39. 13 Assassins • ☆☆☆☆
40. Ninja Scroll • ☆☆☆☆ (rewatch)
+1. Lady Snow Blood
+2. Blade of the Immortal
+3. Mirai


New Movie Rodeo (2018/2019)
41. Triple Frontier • ☆☆☆
42. Lords of Chaos • ☆☆☆
43. Aquaman • ☆☆☆☆
44. The Dirt • ☆☆½


"Old" Movies
45. Thief • ☆☆☆☆
46. Summer School • ☆☆☆
47. Suspiria • ☆☆☆½


The Viewing of Zatoichi
48. The Tale of Zatoichi • ☆☆☆☆
49. The Tale of Zatoichi Continues • ☆☆☆½
50. The New Tale of Zatoichi • ☆☆☆½
Zatoichi the Fugitive
Zatoichi on the Road


Assorted First-Watch Films
Le Cercle Rouge
Mesrine: Killer Instinct + Public Enemy No. 1
See You Up There
Border
What Will People Say
Roma
The Forest of the Lost Souls
The Dead Nation
SPL: Kill Zone
Wolf Warrior 2
The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
The Age of Shadows
The Drug King or The Throne
A Dirty Carnival
Believer
On The Beach at Night Alone
I Saw the Devil
The Spy Gone North
The Attorney
A Taxi Driver

[filmbuffTX]

Recently Watched


Movie Chain
1. Tyrannosaur* 4/5 (Olivia Colman)
2. The Favourite 4.5/5 (Joe Alwyn)
3. Mary Queen of Scots 3.5/5 (Saoirse Ronan)
4. Lady Bird 4/5 (Lucas Hedges)
5. Ben Is Back 3.5/5 (Julia Roberts)
6. Smurfs: The Lost Village 3D* 3/5 (Joe Manganiello)
7. Spider-Man 4.5/5 (Kirsten Dunst)
8. Spider-Man 4.5/5 (James Franco)
9. Spider-Man 4/5 (Tobey Maguire)
10. Pawn Sacrifice* (Peter Sarsgaard)
11. Experimenter* 3.5/5 (Dennis Haysbert)
12. Far From Heaven 4.5/5 (Dennis Quaid)
13. Jaws 3-D 3.5/5 (Joe Alves)
14. Close Encounters of the Third Kind 5/5 (Richard Dreyfuss)
15. American Graffiti 4/5 (Ron Howard)
16. Apollo 13 4.5/5 (Brian Grazer)
17. The Paper* 3.5/5 (Michael Keaton)
18. Spotlight 3.5/5 (Rachel McAdams)
19. Southpaw* 3/5 (James Horner)
20. Honey, I Shrunk The Kids 4.5/5 (Robert Oliveri)
21. Edward Scissorhands 4.5/5 (Johnny Depp)
22. Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald 3D* (Jude Law)
23. The Talented Mr. Ripley 4.5/5 (Gwyneth Paltrow)
24. Great Expectations 3.5/5 (Anne Bancroft)
25. The Graduate 4.5 (Buck Henry)
26. The Bridge* 4/5

Recommended By Others
1. Tangled 3D* 3.5/5 (Zodokai)
2. Maleficent 3D* 3.5/5 (Travis)
3. Brave 3D* 3.5/5 (Travis)
4. Colette* 3.5/5 (odguitar)
5. Princess Mononoke* 3.5/5 (DanTheMan)
6. Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind* 4/5 (DanTheMan)
7. Elizabeth* 4/5 (thelittleprince)
8. Bound* 4/5 (Al The Strange)
9. Salt* 3/5 (Blu Bull)
10. Julie & Julia* 3.5/5 (Blu Bull)

Sports Films
1. Prefontaine 3.5/5
2. Rudy 4.5/5
3. At Any Price* 3.5/5
4. Space Jam 4/5
5. The Fighter 4/5

Disney Sports Films
1. The Mighty Ducks 4.5/5
2. D2: The Mighty Ducks 4/5
3. D3: The Mighty Ducks 3.5/5
4. The Rookie* 3.5/5
5. Remember The Titans 4/5

Baseball Movies
1. Bull Durham 3.5/5
2. The Scout* 4/5
3. Fever Pitch* 3.5/5
4. For Love of the Game 3/5
5. The Sandlot 4.5/5

More Sports
1. Everyone's Hero* 2.5/5
2. Field of Dreams 4.5/5
3. Eight Men Out* 3.5/5
4. Miracle 3/5
5. Need For Speed 3D 3.5/5

Unseen 70s and 80s Classics
1. Saturday Night Fever* 4/5
2. Fright Night* 4/5
3. Watership Down* 4.5/5
4. Days of Heaven* 4.5/5
5. When A Stranger Calls* 3.5/5

Documentaries
1. Leaving Neverland*
2. From the Earth to the Moon 4.5/5 (Docudrama)
3. Auschwitz: Inside the Nazi State*
4. Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work 4/5
5. Apollo 11* 4/5 (Saw in theater)

2018 Catch-Up and Rewatches
1. Love, Simon 4.5
2. Bad Times at the El Royale* 3.5/5
3. Robin Hood* 3/5
4. Dr. Seuss' The Grinch 3D 3.5/5
5. Venom 3D 3.5/5

Seen in Theaters
1. Arctic* 3/5
2. Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse - IMAX 4.5/5
3. Captain Marvel 3D* 3.5/5
4. Star Wars - Houston Symphony 5/5
5. Giant Little Ones* 3.5/5
6. Cruel Intentions - 20th Anniversary 4.5/5
7. Captive State* 3/5
8. Climax* 3.5/5
9. Us - Dolby Cinema* 3/5

Miscellaneous
1. Obsessed* 2.5/5
2. Dumbo* 4.5/5
3. Bachelor Party* 4/5
4. Fear* 3/5

Recommendations

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[starryeyes]

(0Recommendations

Pride and Prejudice (2005)
Nanny Mcphee (2006)
The Remains of the Day (1993)
Atonement (2007)
Jackie (2016)
Hidden Figures (2016)
The Old Maid (1939)
Calendar Girls (2003)
Guarding Tess (1994)
Libeled Lady (1936)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)

Movie Chain

01. Cast Away (2000)(Robert Zemeckis) 1/2
02. Allied (2016)(Brad Pitt) 1/2
03. War Machine (2017)(Topher Grace)
04. Predators (2010)(Laurence Fishburne) 1/2
05. John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)(Bridget Moynahan)
06. The Sum of All Fears (2002)(Morgan Freeman)
07. Under Suspicion (2000)(Gene Hackman) 1/2
08. The Birdcage (1996)(Nathan Lane) 1/2
10. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)(Charlie Hunnam) 1/2
11. Children of Men (2006)(Chiwetel Ejiofor)
12. Mary Magdalene (2018)(Rooney Mara) 1/2
13. Lion (2016)(David Wenham)
14. Van Helsing (2004)(Hugh Jackman)
15. Chappie (2015)(Sharlto Copley) 1/2
16. Maleficent (2014)(Robert Stromberg) 1/2
17. Avatar (2009)(James Horner) 1/2
18. The Journey of Natty Gann (1985)(John Cusack)
19. Love & Mercy (2014)(Paul Dano) 1/2
20. Cowboys & Aliens (2011)(Harrison Ford) 1/2
21. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)(Carrie Fisher) 1/2
22. Postcards From the Edge (1990)(Shirley MacLaine)
23. Wild Oats (2016)(Jessica Lange)
24. Blue Sky (1994)(Tommy Lee Jones)
25. Space Cowboys (2000)(James Cromwell) 1/2
26. The Green Mile (1999)(Tom Hanks)


Recommended Female Centric Movies

1. A Dark Song (2016)(graf1k)
2. Brooklyn (2015)(filmbuffTX) 1/2
3. Happy Death Day (2017)(Jennifer Lawrence Fan) 1/2
4. A League of Their Own (1992)(Peavey) 1/2
5. Panic Room (2002)(graf1k) 1/2


Sports

1. The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
2. Moneyball (2011)
3. Battle of the Sexes (2017)
4. The Hurricane (1999)
5. Field of Dreams (1989)


Science Fiction

1. Beyond White Space (2018) 1/2
2. Lost in Space (1998)
3. Life (2017) 1/2
4. What Still Remains (2018)
5. Ready Player One (2018) 1/2
6. Mirage (2018)
7. The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008) 1/2


Cary Grant Films

1. The Grass is Greener (1960)
2. Charade (1963) 1/2
3. She Done Him Wrong (1933) 1/2
4. Indiscreet (1958)
5. North by Northwest (1959)


Comedies

1. At War With the Army (1950) 1/2
2. Double Crossbones (1951)
3. Hot Fuzz (2007) 1/2
4. The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) 1/2
5. The Devil and Miss Jones (1941)


Horror

1. The Last House on the Left (2009)
2. Patient Zero (2018) 1/2
3. Slender Man (2018) 1/2
4. Personal Shopper (2016)
5. Bad Kids of Crestview Academy (2017) 1/2
6. The Meg (2018)
7. Dracula Untold (2014)


Misc. Titles

1. Goodbye Christopher Robin (2017)
2. The Snake Pit (1948)
3. Molly's Game (2017) 1/2
4. Aquaman (2018) 1/2
5. Absence of Malice (1981)
6. The Tale (2018)
7. Vengeance (2017) 1/2
8. Path to War (2002) 1/2
9. Snow White and the Huntsman (2012) 1/2
10. Elephant Song (2014)



New Watches in Bold. Total Watched = 70

[Jennifer Lawrence Fan]

here.

Recommendations:

[nightwolf2369]

Reserved.

My recommendations:
1. Arrival
2. Annihilation
3. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri
4. Room
5. Mean Girls
6. The Edge of Seventeen

[Peavey]

Recommendations

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Total 33/50
* First Time Viewing (13)

Movie Chain
A Star is Born (1954) - Judy Garland
The Harvey Girls (1946) * - Ray Teal
The Clock (1945) * - Keenan Wyyn
Touch of Evil (1958) - Charlton Heston
The Ten Commandments (1956) - Edward G. Robinson
Double Indemnity (1944) - Claudette Colbert
The Egg & I (1947) * - Frank Capra
Lost Horizon (1937) * - James Hilton (writer)
Mrs. Miniver (1942) * - Greer Garson
Blossoms in the Dust (1942) * - Mervyn LeRoy
The Wizard of Oz (1939) - Norman Taurog
Little Nellie Kelly (1940) * - Arthur Freed
Meet Me in St. Louis (1944) - Mary Astor
The Maltese Falcon (1941) -


Free Solo (2018) *
Brother 2 (2006)
Brother Bear (2003)
Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
Treasure Planet (2002)
Cinderella (1950)
The Jungle Book (2016) *
Blue Streak (1999)
Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (2018) *
The Big Heat (1953) *
Fat City (1972) *
The Barefoot Contessa (1954) *
The Day After Tomorrow (2004)
Pixar Short Films Collection: Volume 3 (2012 - 2018)
Blast from the Past (1999)
The Tigger Movie (2000)
The Chipmunk Adventure (1987)


Lost
Season 3
Season 4
Season 5
Season 6

[Al_The_Strange]

Recents

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Chain of Films
03/01: The Neon Demon (UHD German import) 5/5
03/03: Drive (BD) 4.5/5 (via director Nicholas Winding Refn)
03/04: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (BD) 4/5 (via actor Ryan Gosling)
03/05: 40 Year Old Virgin (BD) 4/5 (via actor Steve Carell)
03/10: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (BD) 3.5/5 (via director/producer Judd Apatow)
03/11: A Million Ways to Die in the West (BD) 3/5 (via actress Sarah Silverman)
03/13: Snow White and the Huntsman (UHD) 3.5/5 (via actress Charlize Theron)
03/17: I Am Legend (UHD) 3.5/5 (via composer James Newton Howard)
03/21: U-571 (BD) 3.5/5 (via editor Wayne Wahrman)
03/22: Reservoir Dogs (BD) 3/5 (via actor Harvey Keitel)
03/24: True Romance (BD) 3/5 (via director/writer Quentin Tarantino)

Off the Chain (uncategorized)
03/01: Fyre (Netflix streaming) 3.5/5
03/02: Mysterious Island (BD) 3/5
03/02: Stripes (BD) 3.5/5
03/04: Tales from Earthsea (Netflix DVD) 3/5
03/05: Sister Street Fighter (BD) 3.5/5
03/06: Suddenly (Netflix DVD) 4/5
03/09: Captain Marvel (Cinema) 3.5/5
03/09: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (TV) 3.5/5
03/12: Papillon (2018) (Netflix BD) 3/5
03/13: Old Yeller (Netflix DVD) 3/5
03/13: Savage Sam (Netflix DVD) 2.5/5
03/19: Lord of War (UHD) 4/5
03/26: Pusher (Netflix DVD) 2.5/5
03/30: Behind the Curve (Netflix streaming) 3/5

Off the Wall (blind-buy catch-ups)
03/10: Officer Downe (BD) 2.5/5
03/11: Ninja Apocalypse (BD) 1.5/5
03/11: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (BD) 2.5/5
03/14: La Vérité (BD) 4/5
03/18: Jabberwocky (BD) 3.5/5

Camp NaNoWriMo Is Coming (novel-writing inspirations)
03/14: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (BD) 4.5/5
03/15: Apocalypse Now (BD) 5/5
03/17: Bad Day at Black Rock (BD) 3.5/5
03/24: The Mist (BD) 5/5
03/31: My Science Project (BD) 3.5/5

Sporting Good Films
03/10: Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (BD) 2.5/5

Mothers' Recommended
03/16: Tully (Netflix BD) 3/5 (recommended by odguitar)
03/18: Erin Brockovich (Netflix DVD) 3.5/5 (recommended by Peavey and graf1k)
03/20: Whip It (Netflix BD) 3.5/5 (recommended by DanTheMan)
03/27: The Hate U Give (Netflix BD) 3/5 (recommended by odguitar)
03/30: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Netflix DVD) 3/5 (recommended by odguitar)

Random TV is Random
03/02 - 03/11: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (3 films' worth) (BD) 3.5/5
03/02 - 03/10: Star Trek: Discovery (6 episodes, 3 films' worth) (BD) 3.5/5
03/11: MacGuyver Season 1 (1 episode, 0.5 films' worth) (BD) 4/5
03/17: True Detective Season 1 (6 episodes, 2.5 films' worth) (Vudu streaming) 4/5
03/23: The Great British Bake-Off Season 5 (3 episodes, 1.5 films' worth) (Netflix streaming) 3.5/5

Total: 51.5 films

Jam for the Ladies (Al's Recommendations)

[thelittleprince]

Total movies watched: 60
First time viewing (with an *): 22

Recommendations:

[Show spoiler]Cold Mountain (2003)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Elizabeth (1998)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Hours (2002)
The Iron Lady (2011)
Love Field (1992)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
Philomena (2013)
Precious (2009)

Movie Chain: 25 movies
The Age of Innocence (1993) 3/1 |VUDU| 5/5 (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Love Field (1992) 3/1 |VUDU| 4/5 (Dennis Haysbert)
Far From Heaven (2002) 3/1 |Amazon Prime| 4/5 (Julianne Moore)
The Hours (2002) 3/2 |VUDU| 5/5 (Meryl Streep)
August: Osage County (2013) 3/2 |VUDU| 3/5 (Julia Roberts)
Closer (2004) 3/3 |VUDU| 4/5 (Natalie Portman)
Leon: The Professional (1994) 3/3 |VUDU| 5/5 (Gary Oldman)
The Dark Knight (2008) 3/3 |VUDU| 5/5 (Christian Bale)
The Prestige (2006) 3/4 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Hugh Jackman)
Prisoners (2013) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5 (Jake Gyllenhaal)
Nocturnal Animals (2016) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5 (Amy Adams)
Arrival (2016) 3/6 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Jeremy Renner)
The Hurt Locker (2009) 3/6 |iTunes| 5/5 (Anthony Mackie)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 3/7 |iTunes| 5/5 (Josh Brolin)
No Country For Old Men (2007) 3/8 |Netflix| 5/5 (Javier Bardem)
Mother! (2017) 3/8 |iTunes| 3.5/5 (Jennifer Lawrence)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 3/9 |Netflix| 4/5 (Bradley Cooper)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) 3/9 |Netflix| 4/5 (Ryan Gosling)
La La Land (2016) 3/10 |4K collection| 4.5/5 (Emma Stone)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 3/11 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
The Revenant (2015) 3/11 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Tom Hardy)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 3/12 |iTunes| 4.5/5 (Charlize Theron)
Atomic Blonde (2017) 3/13 |4K collection| 4/5 (James McAvoy)
Wanted (2008) 3/14 |VUDU| 4/5 (Angelina Jolie)
Salt (2010) 3/14 |Blu-Ray| 4/5

Leading Ladies: recommended by in ( )
Battle of the Sexes* (2017) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5 (Jennifer Lawrence Fan)
Elle* (2016) 3/19 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (graf1k)
The Loved Ones* (2009) 3/21 |Shudder| 3.5/5 (cinemaphile)
Mary Queen of Scots* (2018) 3/24 |VUDU| 4/5 (filmbuffTX)
Colette* (2018) 3/24 |Amazon Prime| 4/5 (odguitar)

Featured Category: Sports
Draft Day* (2014) 3/2 |VUDU| 3/5
Million Dollar Baby (2004) 3/3 |VUDU| 4/5
Battle of the Sexes* (2017) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5
Borg vs. McEnroe* (2017) 3/15 |HULU| 4/5
Moneyball (2011) 3/16 |VUDU| 4.5/5
Miracle (2004) 3/25 |Netflix| 4.5/5

Spotlight: Foreign Language Films
Racer and the Jailbird* (2017) 3/16 |HULU| 3.5/5
Toni Erdmann (2016) 3/23 |VUDU| 4.5/5
Malena (2000) 3/24 |VUDU| 4/5
Maria Full of Grace (2004) 3/25 |HBO| 4.5/5
Cold War* (2018) 3/28 |Amazon Prime| 4.5/5
Girl* (2019) 3/28 |Netflix| 4/5

Spotlight: Documentaries
Leaving Neverland* (2019) (Parts 1 and 2) 3/4 |HBO GO| 4/5
Making Fun: The Story of Funko (2018) 3/20 |Netflix| 4/5
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team* (2001) 3/25 |HBO| 4/5
Citizenfour* (2014) 3/25 |VUDU| 4/5

Spotlight: Australian Cinema
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) 3/29 |Hulu| 4.5/5
Muriel’s Wedding (1994) 3/29 |iTunes| 4/5

Spotlight: Indie Films
East Side Sushi* (2015) 3/2 |VUDU| 3/5

At The Movies:
Captain Marvel* (2019) 3/8 |Cinemark| 4/5
Us* (2019) 3/26 |Cinemark| 4/5

Catching Up on 2018 releases:
Blindspotting* (2018) 3/15 |iTunes| 4.5/5
Mortal Engines* (2018) 3/18 |VUDU| 3/5
Revenge* (2018) 3/22 |Shudder| 4/5
Mandy* (2018) 3/24 |Shudder| 4/5
If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018) 3/27 |Redbox| 3.5/5
Stan & Ollie* (2018) 3/27 |Redbox| 3.5/5

Deja view:
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) 3/20 |VUDU| 4/5
The Danish Girl (2015) 3/22 |VUDU| 4/5
Elizabeth (1998) 3/23 |VUDU| 4/5
Evan Almighty (2007) 3/14 |VH1| 3/5

[DanTheMan]

Featured: Sports Films
1. Any Given Sunday* (1999)
2. Field of Dreams* (1989)
3. Warrior* (2011)
4. Bull Durham* (1988)
5. The Natural* (1984) ½

Recommended: Leading Ladies
1. Fatal Attraction* (1987) - Trollhunter
2. Driving Miss Daisy* (1989) - Peavy
3. All About Eve* (1950) - Travis ½
4. Mayhem* (2017) - Jennifer Lawrence Fan ½
5. Erin Brockovich* (2000) - graf1k & Peavey ½

[Show spoiler]Bound - Al_The_Strange
Norma Rae - filmbuffTX
Sophie’s Choice - Trollhunter
Elle - graf1k
Funny Girl - Peavey

Movie Chain
1. The Kids Are All Right* (2010)
>>>Julianne Moore (Actress)<<<
2. The Hours* (2002) - thelittleprince ½
>>>Nicole Kidman (Actress)<<<
3. Aquaman (2018)
>>>Amber Heard (Actress)<<<
4. Friday Night Lights* (2004)
>>>Jay Hernandez (Actor)<<<
5. The Rookie* (2002)
>>>Dennis Quaid (Actor)<<<
6. The Day After Tomorrow (2004) ½
>>>Jay O. Sanders (Actor)<<<
7. Angels in the Outfield (1994) ½
>>>Taylor Negron (Actor)<<<
8. Loser (2000) ½
>>>Mena Suvari (Actress)<<<
9. American Reunion (2012) ½
>>>Eugene Levy (Actor)<<<
10. Splash (1984)
>>>Ron Howard (Director)<<<
11. Apollo 13* (1995) ½
>>>Tom Hanks (Actor)<<<
12. Toy Story 3 (2010)
>>>John Ratzenberger (Actor)<<<
13. Incredibles 2 (2018)
>>>Catherine Keener (Actress)<<<
14. Get Out (2017) ½
>>>Jordan Peele (Director)<<<
15. Us* (2019)
>>>Elisabeth Moss (Actress)<<<
16. The Seagulll* (2018) ½
>>>Annette Bening (Actress)<<<
17. Captain Marvel* (2019) ½
>>>Samuel L. Jackson (Actor)<<<
18. The Spirit (2008) ½
>>>Frank Miller (Writer)<<<
19. Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014) ½
>>>Eva Green (Actress)<<<
20. Dumbo* (2019)
>>>Tim Burton (Director)<<<
21. Dark Shadows* (2012) ½
>>>Jackie Earle Haley (Actor)<<<
22. Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
>>>Christoph Waltz (Actor)<<<
23. The Green Hornet (2011)
>>>Cameron Diaz (Actress)<<<
24. There's Something About Mary (1998) ½
>>>Sarah Silverman (Actress)<<<
25. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018)
>>>Taraji P. Henson (Actress)<<<
26. What Men Want* (2019)

Anniversary Celebrations
1. The Godfather: Part II (1974)
2. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
3. Fight Club (1999) ½
4. North By Northwest (1959)
5. My Fair Lady (1964)

AMC A-List/MoviePass
1. Tyler Perry's A Madea Family Funeral* (2019) ½
2. Climax* (2019)
3. Greta* (2019)
4. Wonder Park* (2019)
5. Five Feet Apart* (2019) ½

New Stuff
1. Escape Room* (2019) ½
2. Cold Pursuit* (2019) ½
3. Dragged Across Concrete* (2019) ½
4. Triple Frontier* (2019) ½
5. First Man (2018)

Miscellaneous
1. It Takes Two (1995) ½
2. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) ½
3. Mary Poppins Returns (2018) ½


Dan's Recs:

[Show spoiler]Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)
Princess Mononoke (1997)
Miss Congeniality (2000)
The Princess Diaries (2001)
Whip It (2009)
Domino (2005)
I, Tonya (2017)
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
The Favourite (2018)

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by DanTheMan

Dammit, Al, you took my Alita pick!

[thelittleprince]

This has been a great month of movie watching for me. Enjoyed the movie chain challenge (my favorite, so far) and completed both the featured category (sports) and recommended leading ladies category as well. Even better, I managed to watch 60 films this month— Platinum— a first for me.

[Show spoiler]Total movies watched: 60
First time viewing (with an *): 22

Recommendations:

[Show spoiler]Cold Mountain (2003)
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
Elizabeth (1998)
Florence Foster Jenkins (2016)
Fried Green Tomatoes (1991)
The Hours (2002)
The Iron Lady (2011)
Love Field (1992)
Million Dollar Baby (2004)
Muriel’s Wedding (1994)
Philomena (2013)
Precious (2009)

Movie Chain: 25 movies
The Age of Innocence (1993) 3/1 |VUDU| 5/5 (Michelle Pfeiffer)
Love Field (1992) 3/1 |VUDU| 4/5 (Dennis Haysbert)
Far From Heaven (2002) 3/1 |Amazon Prime| 4/5 (Julianne Moore)
The Hours (2002) 3/2 |VUDU| 5/5 (Meryl Streep)
August: Osage County (2013) 3/2 |VUDU| 3/5 (Julia Roberts)
Closer (2004) 3/3 |VUDU| 4/5 (Natalie Portman)
Leon: The Professional (1994) 3/3 |VUDU| 5/5 (Gary Oldman)
The Dark Knight (2008) 3/3 |VUDU| 5/5 (Christian Bale)
The Prestige (2006) 3/4 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Hugh Jackman)
Prisoners (2013) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5 (Jake Gyllenhaal)
Nocturnal Animals (2016) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5 (Amy Adams)
Arrival (2016) 3/6 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Jeremy Renner)
The Hurt Locker (2009) 3/6 |iTunes| 5/5 (Anthony Mackie)
Avengers: Infinity War (2018) 3/7 |iTunes| 5/5 (Josh Brolin)
No Country For Old Men (2007) 3/8 |Netflix| 5/5 (Javier Bardem)
Mother! (2017) 3/8 |iTunes| 3.5/5 (Jennifer Lawrence)
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) 3/9 |Netflix| 4/5 (Bradley Cooper)
The Place Beyond the Pines (2013) 3/9 |Netflix| 4/5 (Ryan Gosling)
La La Land (2016) 3/10 |4K collection| 4.5/5 (Emma Stone)
Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014) 3/11 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu)
The Revenant (2015) 3/11 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (Tom Hardy)
Mad Max: Fury Road (2015) 3/12 |iTunes| 4.5/5 (Charlize Theron)
Atomic Blonde (2017) 3/13 |4K collection| 4/5 (James McAvoy)
Wanted (2008) 3/14 |VUDU| 4/5 (Angelina Jolie)
Salt (2010) 3/14 |Blu-Ray| 4/5

Leading Ladies: recommended by in ( )
Battle of the Sexes* (2017) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5 (Jennifer Lawrence Fan)
Elle* (2016) 3/19 |VUDU| 4.5/5 (graf1k)
The Loved Ones* (2009) 3/21 |Shudder| 3.5/5 (cinemaphile)
Mary Queen of Scots* (2018) 3/24 |VUDU| 4/5 (filmbuffTX)
Colette* (2018) 3/24 |Amazon Prime| 4/5 (odguitar)

Featured Category: Sports
Draft Day* (2014) 3/2 |VUDU| 3/5
Million Dollar Baby (2004) 3/3 |VUDU| 4/5
Battle of the Sexes* (2017) 3/5 |VUDU| 4/5
Borg vs. McEnroe* (2017) 3/15 |HULU| 4/5
Moneyball (2011) 3/16 |VUDU| 4.5/5
Miracle (2004) 3/25 |Netflix| 4.5/5

Spotlight: Foreign Language Films
Racer and the Jailbird* (2017) 3/16 |HULU| 3.5/5
Toni Erdmann (2016) 3/23 |VUDU| 4.5/5
Malena (2000) 3/24 |VUDU| 4/5
Maria Full of Grace (2004) 3/25 |HBO| 4.5/5
Cold War* (2018) 3/28 |Amazon Prime| 4.5/5
Girl* (2019) 3/28 |Netflix| 4/5

Spotlight: Documentaries
Leaving Neverland* (2019) (Parts 1 and 2) 3/4 |HBO GO| 4/5
Making Fun: The Story of Funko (2018) 3/20 |Netflix| 4/5
Do You Believe in Miracles? The Story of the 1980 U.S. Hockey Team* (2001) 3/25 |HBO| 4/5
Citizenfour* (2014) 3/25 |VUDU| 4/5

Spotlight: Australian Cinema
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994) 3/29 |Hulu| 4.5/5
Muriel’s Wedding (1994) 3/29 |iTunes| 4/5

Spotlight: Indie Films
East Side Sushi* (2015) 3/2 |VUDU| 3/5

At The Movies:
Captain Marvel* (2019) 3/8 |Cinemark| 4/5
Us* (2019) 3/26 |Cinemark| 4/5

Catching Up on 2018 releases:
Blindspotting* (2018) 3/15 |iTunes| 4.5/5
Mortal Engines* (2018) 3/18 |VUDU| 3/5
Revenge* (2018) 3/22 |Shudder| 4/5
Mandy* (2018) 3/24 |Shudder| 4/5
If Beale Street Could Talk* (2018) 3/27 |Redbox| 3.5/5
Stan & Ollie* (2018) 3/27 |Redbox| 3.5/5

Deja view:
Mary Poppins Returns (2018) 3/20 |VUDU| 4/5
The Danish Girl (2015) 3/22 |VUDU| 4/5
Elizabeth (1998) 3/23 |VUDU| 4/5
Evan Almighty (2007) 3/14 |VH1| 3/5

Favorite first time viewings: Blindspotting, Cold War, Revenge, Elle and Us.
Favorite rewatches: Avengers: Infinity War (looking forward to Endgame next month ), The Dark Knight (Yes, I am a DC AND Marvel fan ), Mad Max: Fury Road, The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, and Mary Poppins Returns.

Looking forward to focusing on mostly TV shows next month!

[DanTheMan]

First Man 4K (2018)

[Al_The_Strange]

Originally Posted by Al_The_Strange

[Show spoiler]

Recents

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Chain of Films
03/01: The Neon Demon (UHD German import) 5/5
03/03: Drive (BD) 4.5/5 (via director Nicholas Winding Refn)
03/04: Crazy, Stupid, Love. (BD) 4/5 (via actor Ryan Gosling)
03/05: 40 Year Old Virgin (BD) 4/5 (via actor Steve Carell)
03/10: Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (BD) 3.5/5 (via director/producer Judd Apatow)
03/11: A Million Ways to Die in the West (BD) 3/5 (via actress Sarah Silverman)
03/13: Snow White and the Huntsman (UHD) 3.5/5 (via actress Charlize Theron)
03/17: I Am Legend (UHD) 3.5/5 (via composer James Newton Howard)
03/21: U-571 (BD) 3.5/5 (via editor Wayne Wahrman)
03/22: Reservoir Dogs (BD) 3/5 (via actor Harvey Keitel)
03/24: True Romance (BD) 3/5 (via director/writer Quentin Tarantino)

Off the Chain (uncategorized)
03/01: Fyre (Netflix streaming) 3.5/5
03/02: Mysterious Island (BD) 3/5
03/02: Stripes (BD) 3.5/5
03/04: Tales from Earthsea (Netflix DVD) 3/5
03/05: Sister Street Fighter (BD) 3.5/5
03/06: Suddenly (Netflix DVD) 4/5
03/09: Captain Marvel (Cinema) 3.5/5
03/09: Fast Times at Ridgemont High (TV) 3.5/5
03/12: Papillon (2018) (Netflix BD) 3/5
03/13: Old Yeller (Netflix DVD) 3/5
03/13: Savage Sam (Netflix DVD) 2.5/5
03/19: Lord of War (UHD) 4/5
03/26: Pusher (Netflix DVD) 2.5/5
03/30: Behind the Curve (Netflix streaming) 3/5

Off the Wall (blind-buy catch-ups)
03/10: Officer Downe (BD) 2.5/5
03/11: Ninja Apocalypse (BD) 1.5/5
03/11: A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum (BD) 2.5/5
03/14: La Vérité (BD) 4/5
03/18: Jabberwocky (BD) 3.5/5

Camp NaNoWriMo Is Coming (novel-writing inspirations)
03/14: Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse (BD) 4.5/5
03/15: Apocalypse Now (BD) 5/5
03/17: Bad Day at Black Rock (BD) 3.5/5
03/24: The Mist (BD) 5/5
03/31: My Science Project (BD) 3.5/5

Sporting Good Films
03/10: Death Race: Beyond Anarchy (BD) 2.5/5

Mothers' Recommended
03/16: Tully (Netflix BD) 3/5 (recommended by odguitar)
03/18: Erin Brockovich (Netflix DVD) 3.5/5 (recommended by Peavey and graf1k)
03/20: Whip It (Netflix BD) 3.5/5 (recommended by DanTheMan)
03/27: The Hate U Give (Netflix BD) 3/5 (recommended by odguitar)
03/30: Can You Ever Forgive Me? (Netflix DVD) 3/5 (recommended by odguitar)

Random TV is Random
03/02 - 03/11: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981) (3 films' worth) (BD) 3.5/5
03/02 - 03/10: Star Trek: Discovery (6 episodes, 3 films' worth) (BD) 3.5/5
03/11: MacGuyver Season 1 (1 episode, 0.5 films' worth) (BD) 4/5
03/17: True Detective Season 1 (6 episodes, 2.5 films' worth) (Vudu streaming) 4/5
03/23: The Great British Bake-Off Season 5 (3 episodes, 1.5 films' worth) (Netflix streaming) 3.5/5

Total: 51.5 films (gold!)

Not counting TV: 41 films (silver)

I got what I got. Pretty happy with the amount of movies and TV I viewed, but it petered out towards the end when I decided to switch to gaming again (that Far Cry: New Dawn is sweet). Failed to maintain a chain beyond 11 films. Failed with the featured categories. Did succeed in 5 recommended films (thanks everybody!).

Best first-time viewings: La Vérité, Suddenly, Tully, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping, Jabberwocky, Captain Marvel

Worst first-time viewings: Ninja Apocalypse, Officer Downe, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and for some bloody reason a double-feature of Old Yeller and Savage Sam

Best rewatches: Apocalypse Now, The Mist, Crazy Stupid Love, 40 Year Old Virgin, Lord of War, Mysterious Island, Sister Street Fighter

Worst: Reservoir Dogs

So...much...Refn! The Neon Demon, Drive, Pusher

Cool TV shows discovered: Star Trek Discovery Season 1, True Detective Season 1, Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (BBC 1981)

[filmbuffTX]

Bachelor Party (1984)


4/5

First Viewing - 35th Anniversary

[Zodokai]

A pair of pachyderms, a duo of disappointing Dumbos to wrap up the month.




Dumbo (rewatch)





Dumbo (first-time watch) ½

[filmbuffTX]

Fear (1996)


3/5

First Viewing - A good thriller with a great mid 90s soundtrack.

[Zodokai]

Movie Chain:

1. TBD
<----- TBD (actor) ----->





Recommended Leading Ladies:




Sports:



TBD:

1. Mulan
2. Limitless
3. Captain Marvel* ½
4. Us*
5. Us
6. Dumbo
7. Dumbo* ½




Total Movies: 7


A * indicates a first-time viewing.



Recommendations:

I'm a little late to the recommendations this month, so I had to go with some I've suggested in the past.