@Andrew_Cybulska’s first film off the list… Dr. Strangelove!

Viewed at the Alamo Drafthouse for their Alamo 100 series, I even got a cool little pin with Dr. Strangelove’s face on it! It was projected in 4K, and my wife got a pizza while I got a burger. It was a perfect evening with a perfect movie. It really doesn’t get any better than classic cinema at the Drafthouse.

I don’t know what took me so long to see this film, but I’m glad I finally did. Take two parts hilarity, one part ‘straight from the headlines,’ and one part ‘snap-shot of a time and place in our history’ and that’s Dr. Strangelove. Yeah that’s a lot of varied parts but it’s that kind of film.

Endlessly watchable and constantly surprising, it’s a classic film with a modern mentality, with a subversive sense of humor that I’m sure must’ve been quite shocking for it’s time. I really enjoyed this and it gives me great hope for the rest of my CinemaShame list.

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Shhh… Don’t tell anyone about @Andrew_Cybulska’s List of Shame

“Oh yeah… yeah that movie was great.”

LIAR. I am a BIG. FAT. LIAR. I don’t know that the movie is great, because I’ve never seen it. But how could I admit that to you? How could I possibly admit that to myself? Well enough lies. Enough with the ambiguous talking points based on what I’ve read from other critics. It’s time to make myself more knowledgable on the films that define modern and classic cinema, and it’s time to step out from the darkness into the light.

This is my list of shame…

January – Dr. Strangelove

February – Sabrina

March – Enter the Dragon (to celebrate The Raid 2 coming out)

April – The Godfather

May – The Godfather II

June – The Godfather III

July – Anchorman

August – Taxi Driver

September – Arsenic and Old Lace

October – Psycho

November – Miller’s Crossing

December – It’s a Wonderful Life

It begins this weekend with Dr. Strangelove.

You Better Shape Up by @adrianstirrup

We’ve all done it. Nodded along to a conversation about a movie or album that you’ve never seen or heard, the beads of nervous sweat gathering in your palm, heart rate slightly elevated. You don’t want to be one of ‘those people’.

Until Cinema Shame.

A place where I can declare heartily “I’VE NEVER SEEN GREASE” and not be judged too harshly (I hope).

Picking the list of 12 was tough. My initial list of 18 has three Tom Hanks movies on it and, as you can see below, only one made the final 12 and I’ve put that off until November. Dear God, let’s hope this doesn’t spill over into 2015…

It’s a mix of genres but I’m starting in my happy place – sci-fi. So here goes:

January: Blade Runner

February: Schindler’s List

March: The Godfather

April: One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest

May: Grease

June: Rocky

July: Fight Club

August: Memento

September: The Apartment

October: The Usual Suspects

November: Saving Private Ryan

December: Dr Strangelove

(I know… Grease!!)