The Empire Strikes Back
The consensus choice for best Star Wars movie is what we'll talk about in episode #16 of the Next 100 Project. Like most people, we rag on the prequels. Empire, though, has some pretty good acting and...
2 Touko 201649min
Roger & Me
Hey, a documentary! Yup, the 15th edition of the Next 100 Project is Michael Moore's 1st flick. He found his voice right out of the gate and continues to showboat about important subjects...and to rak...
25 Huhti 201646min
No Country For Old Men
Joel and Ethan Coen's Oscar-winning modern western chase picture is the subject of the 14th edition of the Next 100 Project. The brothers are known for wacky comedies, so this flick was a truly cynica...
18 Huhti 201652min
Blackboard Jungle
Movies about inspirational teachers are common, but this one---although quite dated---has some grit to it. Glenn Ford has the task of trying to educate a wide array of tough teens in the (overrated) '...
11 Huhti 201632min
The Pride Of The Yankees
To honour baseball's 2016 Opening Day, we cover a genial biopic about the remarkable Lou Gehrig. Gary Cooper is solid as the Iron Horse who loves 2 things above all else: baseball & his devoted wife E...
4 Huhti 201636min
Big
The Next 100 Project is back in the modern era with the one that cinched Tom Hanks' status as a bonafide movie star. There'a an awful lot of pathos in what is absolutely a funny movie, but that pathos...
28 Maalis 201642min
The Ten Commandments
The daddy of Biblical epics is our first (and probably only) chance to talk about a Cecil B. DeMille picture. The Moses story has been filmed many times (Ryan thinks none of them get it right), but it...
21 Maalis 201647min
The Wages Of Fear
The 9th episode in the Next 100 Project tackles a foreign film, something the AFI obviously couldn't do. Henri-Georges Clouzot's ultra-tense thriller about 4 men driving 2 trucks with nitro-gylycerine...
16 Maalis 201637min
