FilmMattic

Greatness Lies Ahead       Stellar terrain is within grasp. We're moving from A New Hope to Empire Strikes Back, from Magic to MJ, from greatness to extreme greatness. We have officially touched down in the "Mere Mortals Do Not Reside Here" district, so take a good look at your neighbors, all fifty of 'em, and feel free to engage your inner Mr. Curious.

Keep On Filin', The Whole World's Filin' At You        And so my reconstruction of the AFI 100 continues with numbers 75-51 ...  

The Filed Bunch        One of my cherished cinematic endeavors, besides firing up the 81' DeLorean and cruising back through time to the Roaring Twenties, was watching every film from the American Film Institute's 100 Years...100 Movies list (both the 1998 and 2007 editions) . Well, I am pleased to announce—and yes, Dubya, this next statement is irrefutable: Mission Accomplished!        That euphoric acknowledgement meant that  I had to allocate time for 123 separate viewings. I breath film, so it was rather undemanding.        Mission number two concerned my evaluation of the AFI's two lists. I ranked the films according to my own criteria, a more personalized touch if you will. By the logic of numbers, twenty-three films missed the cut.        The AFI 100 celebrated the first century of American cinema; the 10th Anniversary Edition (2007) extended into the early aughts (well, n...