Random Thoughts for Random People: January 2013

1) The Wizard of Oz (1939)

8.2/10

Dorothy Gale is swept away to a magical land in a tornado and embarks on a quest to see the Wizard who can help her return home. (101 mins.)

Director: Victor Fleming

Stars: Judy Garland, Frank Morgan, Ray Bolger, Bert Lahr

2) Grease (1978)

7.1/10

Good girl Sandy and greaser Danny fell in love over the summer. But when they unexpectedly discover they're now in the same high school, will they be able to rekindle their romance? (110 mins.)

Director: Randal Kleiser

Stars: John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Stockard Channing, Jeff Conaway

3) Funny Face (1957)

6.9/10

Fashion photographer Dick Avery, in search for an intellectual backdrop for an air-headed model, expropriates a Greenwich Village bookstore... (103 mins.)

Director: Stanley Donen

Stars: Audrey Hepburn, Fred Astaire, Kay Thompson, Michel Auclair

4) Singin' in the Rain (1952)

8.4/10

A silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound. (103 mins.)

Director: Stanley Donen, Gene Kelly

Stars: Gene Kelly, Donald O'Connor, Debbie Reynolds, Jean Hagen

5) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)

7.8/10

A poor boy wins the opportunity to tour the most eccentric and wonderful candy factory of all. (100 mins.)

Director: Mel Stuart

Stars: Gene Wilder, Jack Albertson, Peter Ostrum, Roy Kinnear

6)Mary Poppins (1964)

7.7/10

A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker's unhappy family. (139 mins.)

Director: Robert Stevenson

Stars: Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke, David Tomlinson, Glynis Johns

7) Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968)

6.7/10

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself. (144 mins.)

Director: Ken Hughes

Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Sally Ann Howes, Lionel Jeffries, Benny Hill

8)Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)

6.8/10

An apprentice witch, three kids and a cynical conman search for the missing component to a magic spell useful to the defense of Britain. (117 mins.)

Director: Robert Stevenson

Stars: Angela Lansbury, David Tomlinson, Roddy McDowall, Sam Jaffe

9)West Side Story (1961)

7.6/10

Musical about two youngsters from rival NYC gangs who fall in love. (152 mins.)

Director: Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise

Stars: Natalie Wood, George Chakiris, Richard Beymer, Russ Tamblyn

10) ROCK OF AGES (2012)

Tom Cruise, Russel Brand, Alec Baldwin

TEN BEST HORROR MOVIES

1) Saw (2004)

7.7/10

With a dead body laying between them, two men wake up in the secure lair of a serial killer who's been nicknamed "Jigsaw". The men must follow various rules and objectives if they wish to survive and win the deadly game set for them. (103 mins.)

Director: James Wan

Stars: Cary Elwes, Leigh Whannell, Danny Glover, Ken Leung

2)The Exorcist (1973)

8.1/10

When a teenage girl is possessed by a mysterious entity, her mother seeks the help of two priests to save her daughter. (122 mins.)

Director: William Friedkin

Stars: Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Linda Blair, Lee J. Cobb

3)The Shining (1980)

8.5/10

A family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where an evil and spiritual presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from the past and of the future.

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Stars: Jack Nicholson, Shelley Duvall, Danny Lloyd, Scatman Crothers

4) Let Me In (2010)

7.2/10

A bullied young boy befriends a young female vampire who lives in secrecy with her guardian. (116 mins.)

Director: Matt Reeves

Stars: Kodi Smit-McPhee, Chloë Grace Moretz, Richard Jenkins, Cara Buono

5) Insidious (2010)

6.7/10

A family looks to prevent evil spirits from trapping their comatose child in a realm called The Further. (103 mins.)

Director: James Wan

Stars: Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne, Ty Simpkins, Lin Shaye

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6 ) Ghost Ship (2002)

5.3/10

A salvage crew that discovers a long-lost 1962 passenger ship floating lifeless in a remote region of the Bering Sea soon notices, as they try to tow it back to land, that "strange things" happen... (91 mins.)

Director: Steve Beck

Stars: Julianna Margulies, Gabriel Byrne, Ron Eldard, Desmond Harrington

7) Child's Play (1988)

6.4/10

A single mother gives her son a beloved doll for his birthday, later they find out that the doll is possessed with the soul of a serial killer, who try to put his soul into the boy's body in order to become human. (87 mins.)

Director: Tom Holland

Stars: Catherine Hicks, Chris Sarandon, Alex Vincent, Brad Dourif

8)Poltergeist (1982)