AFI Laughs - #88 - Beetlejuice

Title: Beetlejuice

100 Laughs Rank: 88

Other AFI Rankings: None

My Rating: 3.5 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.4 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 20-Jul-2012

Channel: ABC Family

Platform: Dish Network

Quick Facts:

• An animated series based on the movie ran from September 1989 to December 1991.
• A sequel to Beetlejuice has been announced.
• Beetlejuice was one of the first 10 feature film for many of the stars:
• Glen Shadix (2nd)
• Alec Baldwin (3rd)
• Winona Ryder (3rd)
• Geena Davis (5th)
• Catherine O'Hara (6th)
• Michael Keaton (8th)
• Jeffrey Jones (10th)

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• Facebook Page 
• YouTube Trailer

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• HitBliss
• Amazon (Purchase)
• iTunes (Rent or Purchase)
• Google Play (Rent or Purchase)
• Vudu (Rent or Purchase)
• You Tube (Rent) 
• Redbox Instant (Rent or Purchase)
• Sony (Rent)

AFI Laughs - #89 - The Jerk

Title: The Jerk

100 Laughs Rank: 89

Other AFI Rankings: None

My Rating: 4.5 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.2 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 27-Feb-2013

Channel: Amazon Instant Video

Platform: iPad

Quick Facts:

• A sequel, The Jerk, Too, was made for TV in 1984.  Steve Martin was not in the sequel.
• This was Steve Martin's first movie in a lead role.
• This was the first of four movies that Steve Martin starred in with Carl Reiner as the director.  The other three are:
• All of Me
• The Man with Two Brains
• Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid
• The Jerk is the only movie starring Steve Martin to appear on the AFI 100 Laughs list.

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• Facebook Page 
• YouTube Trailer

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• Amazon (Purchase)
• iTunes (Rent or Purchase)
• Google Play (Rent or Purchase)
• Vudu (Rent or Purchase)
• You Tube (Rent) 
• Redbox Instant (Rent or Purchase)
• Sony (Rent)

AFI Top 100 Update

It has been a while since I had a post before today.  However, I have continued to watch movies.  Since it has been a while since I watched some of them, I decided to not give my review.  Instead, I will give facts about the movie.  I will go change the prior posts to add facts.

As for the movies, here is an update

• I have watched 299 out of 412 movies.  The number of movies in each category is:
• AFI Top Movies (1998) - 71 out of 100
• AFI Laughs - 100 out of 100
• AFI Thrills - 59 out of 100
• AFI Passions - 86 out of 100
• AFI Film Scores - 20 out of 25
• AFI Cheers - 66 out of 100
• AFI Musicals - 14 out of 25
• AFI Top Movies (2007) - 72 out of 100
• AFI's 10 Top 10 - 67 out of 11
• I have watched 89 of the 299 on TCM.  58 have been on Netflix and 48 on Amazon.  195 out of the 299 have been watched on one of those three.
• I watched 119 in 2012, 169 in 2013 and 11 so far in 2014.
• I have given a 5* rating to 27 of the movies.

AFI Laughs - #90 - Woman of the Year

Title: Woman of the Year

100 Laughs Rank: 90

Other AFI Rankings: #74 on AFI Passions

My Rating: 3.5 (out of 5.0)

IMDB Rating: 7.4 (out of 10.0)

Date Watched: 18-Aug-2012

Channel: TCM

Platform: Dish Network

Quick Facts:

• Won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay
• This was the first of nine movies starring Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn.  The other 8 are:
• Keeper of the Flame
• Without Love
• The Sea of Grass
• State of the Union
• Adam's Rib
• Pat and Mike
• Desk Set
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Reviews:

• Rotten Tomatoes
• Internet Film Laser Squad
• IMDB External Reviews

Other Links:

• Facebook Page 
• TCM Synopsis

Streaming Options (courtesy of Can I Stream.It?)

• Amazon (Rent or Purchase)
• iTunes (Rent or Purchase)
• Google Play (Rent or Purchase)
• Vudu (Rent or Purchase)
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