November Hitchcock!

Hey everyone!

It's time to pick the Hitchcock movies we are going to watch together next month. We'll combine our nominations and voting this time, so nominate/vote for up to three Alfred Hitchcock directed movies by Wednesday October 24th. I will tabulate the movies voted for and announce our Hitchcock choices by Friday, October 26th.

And don't forget to post any thoughts and/or projects that you've worked on while watching this month's selections: 28 days later, 28 weeks later, and/or A Nightmare Before Christmas.

Summer Movie Voting

Well, we didn't get a ton of people nominating films, so I thought I'd put up all the films nominated on our ballot. Please choose one movie from the nominated films for each month and vote in the comments to this post. Votes will be collected through May 29th.

June: Summer Blockbusters
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Jaws
Independence Day
Sin City
Barbarella
2001: A Space Odyssey

July: Guilty Pleasures
Dirty Dancing
Back to the Beach
You've Got Mail
10 Things I Hate about You
9 to 5
Animal House
Weird Science
Legally Blonde

August: Westerns
High Noon
A Fistful of Dollars
The Magnificent Seven
Tombstone
Little Big Man

Ingrid Bergman voting

Hello everyone! I hope you all are having a chance to craft and watch Don Juan DeMarco. I have plans to watch it today. If you've already seen the movie and wish to talk about it, please post your thoughts and label your post "Don Juan DeMarco." If you are going to mention a spoiler, put the term "Spoiler" both in the label and the title of the post. The message board doesn't seem to be working for most of the group, so let's discuss here.

We do need to settle on a couple of Ingrid Bergman movies for next month. Now, since Ingrid Bergman is our focus next month, you could see any movie that features here. However, we will have one or two official movies of hers for next month.

Please take a look at my shortlist of her films. Please vote for two of these movies in the comments section of this post. Votes will be collected until Wednesday the 25th, and the official movies will be announced on Thursday, the 26th.

Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
Anastasia (1956)
The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958)
Joan of Arc (1948)
The Bells of Saint Mary's (1945)
Casablanca (1942)
For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943)
Notorious (1946)

Voting: Inspiring Stories and Actress Retrospective

I've taken the movies and actresses that were nominated and seconded and now present the voting ballot for your consideration.

April: Inspiring Movies

Dark Victory (1939) - A young socialite learns she is dying from a brain tumor and finds a surprising happiness in her marriage to the doctor who diagnosed her. Stars Bette Davis, George Brent, and Humphrey Bogart

To Kill a Mockingbird (1962) - "Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck), a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice."(from IMDB.com)

The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) - "An alien lands and tells the people of Earth that they must live peacefully or be destroyed as a danger to other planets."(from IMDB.com)

Dead Poet's Society (1989) - " English professor John Keating(Robin Williams) inspires his students to a love of poetry and to seize the day." (from IMDB.com)

Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)- " Biography of Loretta Lynn(Sissy Spacek), a country and western singer that came from poverty to fame." (from IMDB.com)

Don Juan DeMarco (1995) - " A psychiatrist(Marlon Brando) must cure a young patient(Johnny Depp) that presents himself as Don Juan, the greatest lover in the world." (from IMDB.com)

May: Actress Retrospective

Katherine Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn

Elizabeth Taylor

Ingrid Bergman

Grace Kelly

Please leave a comment on this post with one vote for April and one vote for May. Votes will be collected until Monday, March 26.