NEW YEAR, NEW BLOG

THIS BLOG IS CHANGING FOCUS TO PERSONAL FILM BLOGGING....SO THE NEW URL IS:
http://leslielovesmovies.blogspot.com/
Please come read me there. Some overlap is possible, but for now, I need the blog and the students don't. See you at the movies.

BEST FANTASY MOVIES OF THE DECADE

I promise this is the last list I'll publish. I think this listing phase is a part of my progression from "teacher film blogging" to "personal movie lover blogging."  So it is helping my change my focus. I can admit the Film Club blog was a failure, but mostly because we did not need it. Another group, another year, that may change. But for now, those hour long bull sessions after the movies are golden, though I am still not sure how we moved from the Karate Kid to visual physics jokes all over the white board at 6:00 PM>
So here is the list. I like most of the films on it, but do not see any justification for either Shrek movie on a fantasy film list. If you are going to add "cartoons" then why not go to anime and add Cowboy Bebop or Evangelion (both of which took me weeks to get over after the kids swore that I would think they were the best movies ever)?
http://www.bscreview.com/2011/01/best-fantasy-movies-of-the-decade-2000-2009/

QUENTIN TARANTINO'S TOP 20 MOVIES.........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OReP7WpbmIo

This list is inspiring. Of course, there are lots of foreign films I have never heard of, but I've seen 8 of them! I also love Unbreakable and The Host, so now I must be on a quest to see the rest.

BEST FOREIGN HORROR MOVIES: GREAT LIST!

Check out the top five horror movies from around the globe:
http://bit.ly/euVt2H

BEST ANIMATED MOVIES FOR ADULTS! w/ reposted link

GREAT LIST--Should we watch some? I teach Sita Sings the Blues for World Lit. We saw Spirited Away last year......do you like any of the others?

from the MORNING NEWS, Black and White and Read All Over

author Matthew Baldwin 1.15.11

HOW TIM BURTON DID DISNEY

Tim Burton worked at Disney for a while in the 1980's. As you you imagine, he was NOT a good fit for Disney, which I guess has become a great thing for his fans. Here is a short video he made during the Disney days. You can already see his unique vision and perspective on life. And now we know he was just as mesmerized by Vincent Price as Michael Jackson was (remember the Thriller video).

10/10/vincent_tim_burtons_early_animated_film.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenCulture+(Open+Culture)&utm_content=Google+Reader

WELCOME TO TIM BURTON MONTH: OCTOBER 2010!

UPDATE:  Here are the results of Thursday's poll:

1) BIG FISH  October 14
2) The NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS  October 21
3) a tie!  Sweeney Todd and  Sleepy Hollow: We can decide which to watch for October 28, Halloween week,  later.
HERE'S A WEBSITE WITH THE LIST OF TIM BURTON'S MOVIES WITH GREAT PICS AND REVIEWS. YOU NEED TO PICK THREE MOVIES AFTER TODAY'S PICK, BEETLEJUICE, FOR THE REST OF OCTOBER --ballots on the table in Room 354--good luck getting your choices.

http://www.listal.com/list/tim-burtons-movies

also, for fun, I LOVE this scifi column and writer: http://www.filmcritic.com/features/2010/10/science-fiction-dream-movie-team/