The MacGuffins will select, with a heavy dose of nostalgia, their fifth team selection and 130th overall pick, for entry in the Fantasy category:
E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial
Another good 'un from you Ro. You're pretty much picking every movie that is on my list. Hopefully I have returned the favour, or will do in the future!
With their 5th round pick team Lucky the Donkey is ecstatic to select, in the Drama category, Glengarry Glen Ross.
You ever take a dump make you feel like you just slept 12 hours?
I'll keep this one short and sweet. Greatest sales movie ever. Mamet's dialog? Killer. Far too many lines to start quoting. We will include "the speech" though:
NSFW language
Plus, any film that gave us the inspiration for Gil (The Simpsons) is classic.
With the 133rd Overall pick The All Or Nuttin team is proud to select in the "Drama" category a movie that was robbed of the Best Picture Academy Award in 1997, but still managed to win 2 Oscars for Best screenplay and Best actress in a supporting role, starring Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, simply a great noir story, L.A. Confidential.
Set against the backdrop of the glitz, glamour, grit and noir of early 1950s Los Angeles the film revolves around three LAPD officers caught up in corruption, sex, lies, and murder following a multiple murder at the Nite Owl coffee shop.
Critically acclaimed, it presently holds a 99% "certified" fresh rating at Rotten Tomatoes with 73 out of 74 reviews positive with an average rating of 8.5 out of 10, as well as an aggregated rating of 90 based on 28 reviews on Metacritic. To quote Roger Ebert, "L.A. Confidential is seductive and beautiful, cynical and twisted, and one of the best films of the year."
With the 133rd Overall pick The All Or Nuttin team is proud to select in the "Drama" category a movie that was robbed of the Best Picture Academy Award in 1997, but still managed to win 2 Oscars for Best screenplay and Best actress in a supporting role, starring Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, simply a great noir story, L.A. Confidential.
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To quote Roger Ebert, "L.A. Confidential is seductive and beautiful, cynical and twisted, and one of the best films of the year."
What a fantastic pick Liberty!
Is it just me, or are many of these 5th round selections better movies than most of those chosen earlier?
I'll go further than Ebert and say this was IMHO the best film of the decade. As well executed in every way as you could hope.
With the 133rd Overall pick The All Or Nuttin team is proud to select in the "Drama" category a movie that was robbed of the Best Picture Academy Award in 1997, but still managed to win 2 Oscars for Best screenplay and Best actress in a supporting role, starring Kevin Spacey, Guy Pearce, Russell Crowe, Kim Basinger, Danny DeVito, simply a great noir story, L.A. Confidential.
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooo!
I mean, noooo, I didn't want that pick. The only reason it got all those good reviews is because it's a great story and one of the best ensemble cast performances ever, and pretty good direction. Possibly my favorite Russell Crowe role ever, I love the scenes between him and Pearce. It captures that film noir mood perfectly without needing to use black and white or other gimics. No sir, did not want that pick at all.
With the 136th selection in the 6th round, Wrapped in Plastic is amazed to add to their lineup, in the Pre-60s category, Aflred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959)
Trailer: Hitchcock uses his sardonic wit to describe his 1950s suspense classic.
The Opening:
A quintessential Hitchcock opening, including the credits, and the Master himself getting a bus door shut on him, all with efficiency and style leading us to the protagonist, Adman Roger O. Thornhill (Cary Grant) and his big problem . . . done in 6 ½ minutes. Released in 1959, North by Northwest, written by Ernest Lehman (6 Oscar Nominations -- Sabrina, North by Northwest, West Side Story, Who's Afraid of Virginia Wolfe, Hello Dolly) is considered one of Hitchcock's great comedic thrillers, incorporating many of his best cinematic themes from earlier works.
The famous crop duster scene: Brilliantly, and patiently set up by the master. Believe me, it's worth the nine minutes!
With the 136th selection in the 6th round, Wrapped in Plastic is amazed to add to their lineup, in the Pre-60s category, Aflred Hitchcock's North by Northwest (1959)
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Ah crap. I'm hurtin' this round. Two of my next three picks gone in four spots. Something that's often overlooked in this film is the score; my favorite of any film from this era. The ending is a bit cheezy, but everything up until the last 30 seconds or so is great.
With their 5th round pick team Lucky the Donkey is ecstatic to select, in the Drama category, Glengarry Glen Ross.
You ever take a dump make you feel like you just slept 12 hours?
I'll keep this one short and sweet. Greatest sales movie ever. Mamet's dialog? Killer. Far too many lines to start quoting. We will include "the speech" though:
NSFW language
Plus, any film that gave us the inspiration for Gil (The Simpsons) is classic.
With the 138th Overall pick The All Or Nuttin team is proud to select in the "Animated" category, a story of love lost with a dark twist and gothic feel set in Victorian era, voiced by Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Albert Finney and Emily Watson, one of Tim Burton's finest works, strangely sexy, the one and only, Corpse Bride.
If you are going to watch one animated romance movie, make it this one. Tim Burton does not dissapoint and delivers us a witty yet touching loveanddeathstory from the world of the living and from the world of the dead. Dark, gothic atmosphere that grabs you and doesn't let you go, stunnig visuals, wicked story and talented cast of actors providing the vocals to their characters is what makes this movie memorable.
With the 138th Overall pick The All Or Nuttin team is proud to select in the "Animated" category, a story of love lost with a dark twist and gothic feel set in Victorian era, voiced by Johnny Depp, Helena Bonham Carter, Albert Finney and Emily Watson, one of Tim Burton's finest works, strangely sexy, the one and only, Corpse Bride.
Very underrated movie. I loved it the first time I saw it, but was surprised that it seemed to get such a ho-hum critical and boxoffice response.
