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Beverly Hills Cop (1986) Director: Martin Brest Cast: Eddie Murphy, Judge Reinhold, John Ashton, Ronny Cox, Bronson Pinchot Memorable Line(s): "This is the cleanest and nicest police car I've ever been in my life. This thing is nicer than my apartment." In Beverly Hills Cop Eddie Murphy puts all his talent and charisma to work to make a by-the-numbers plot better, but just a little better. Axel Foley (Murphy), a street-wise, inner city cop from Detroit, insinuates himself into Beverly Hills... Read Full Story

The Life of Brian (1979) Director: Terry Jones Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Jones, Eric Idle, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam Memorable Line: "Blessed are the cheesemakers?" Some say it's sacrilegious while other say it's one of the funniest films they've ever seen. Straddling a thin line, Life of Brian is full some of the most of well written and performed comic bits ever on the big screen. The Life of Brian has us following around none other than Brian (Chapman), a bit of sad sack... Read Full Story

Carrie (1976) Director: Brian De Palma Cast: Sissy Spacek, Piper Laurie, Amy Irving, William Katt, John Travolta, P.J. Soles Memorable Line(s): "It has nothing to do with Satan, Mama. It's me. Me. If I concentrate hard enough, I can move things." Adapted from Stephen King's first novel, Carrie gives us the story of a high school misfit who suddenly discovers she has the power to get even with all those who have tormented her. In a big way. Carrie White (Spacek) is a backward and introverted... Read Full Story

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1980) Director: Steven Spielberg Cast: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Denholm Elliot, John Rhyes-Davies Memorable Line(s): “Professor of archeology, expert on the occult, and how does one say it? Obtainer of rare antiquities.” This movie is a star pairing of two emerging Hollywood power houses, Spielberg and Lucas. Lucas was in the midst of creating a the legendary Star Wars series and Spielberg had just come off “Jaws,” “Close Encounters of the Third Kind,” and was a... Read Full Story

Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971) Diredtor: Mel Stuart Cast: Gene Wilder, Peter Ostrum, Jack Albertson Memorable Line: "Invention, my dear friends, is 93% perspiration, 6% electricity, 4% evaporation, and 2% butterscotch ripple." Adapted from the book by Roald Dahl, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory is a movie that is both enjoyable and intriguing. The enjoyment comes from the psychedelic treatment of sets and costumes and the intrigue comes from Gene Wilder's unique... Read Full Story

The 5 Best Horror Films of the 1970s The 1970s really started my introduction to horror movies. Saturday afternoon movies and the occasional Friday movie with the predominate desire to be scared or, at least, shocked and the 70's delivered some real classics. Number 5 - The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (1974) I've always thought that this movie was the earliest precursor of the "torture porn" movie genre of today and it delivered scares and shock in equal measure. Loosely based on true events, the... Read Full Story

Soylent Green (1973) Director: Richard Fleischer Cast: Charlton Heston, Edward G. Robinson, Brock Peters, Leigh Taylor-Young, Chuck Conners, Joseph Cotton Memorable: "There was a world, once, you punk." We've all experienced it -- you have a favorite movie from your childhood and then see it years later and it doesn't hold up to the test of time. Well, this isn't one of those movies. My dim recollections of the movie were that it wasn't that good, but in fact, this movie is much better than I... Read Full Story

Dracula (1979) Director: John Badham Cast: Frank Langella, Laurence Olivier, Donald Pleasence, Kate Nelligan Memorable Line(s): "You are a wise man, Professor, for someone who has not yet lived even a single lifetime." Since being creatively invented by Bram Stoker, Dracula has been the fascination of many a writers and filmmakers along with enthralling audience members. This version of Dracula is based on the popular stage play brought to Broadway in the 1970's and penned by Hamilton Deane... Read Full Story

The Color of Money (1986) Director: Martin Scorsese Cast: Paul Newman, Tom Cruise, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Helen Shaver Memorable Line(s): "You walk into a pool room with that go-go-go, the guys'll be killing each other, trying to get to you." It's a rare sequel that takes place 25 years after the original, but "The Hustler" was an exceptional movie. This movie has the asset of the cross-generational super casting of Tom Cruise and Paul Newman. Newman plays Fast Eddie Felson, a former... Read Full Story

Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1976) Director(s): Terry Jones and Terry Gilliam Cast: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin, Terry Gilliam Memorable Line: "Oh, but you can't expect to wield supreme executive power just because some watery tart threw a sword at you." This is one of the movies in which there are dozens of memorable lines. Asking any devotees of this movie and there's little doubt that they can pull one out. That's the power of this movie. The plot... Read Full Story