Movies for January 16 - January 22, 2011

My top picks for the week of January 16-22; which highlights the birthday of John Carpenter (1948) James Earl Jones (1931) Cary Grant (1904) Dolly Parton (1946) Frederico Fellini (1920) Geena Davis (1956) and Diane Lane (1965) are all noteworthy events that happened this week in history. A favourite movie for each day's theme (movies by John Carpenter; starring James Earl Jones; Cary Grant; Dolly Parton; by Frederico Fellini; starring Geena Davis; Diane Lane) will be featured in the following list of picks-enjoy!

1 Halloween (1978) Director: John Carpenter
Well-made slasher film which is considered by many to be the litmus test for all others...

2 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) Director: Stanley Kubrick
Jones' first small role in film-and what a great movie to start one's career with...

3 His Girl Friday (1940) Director: Howard Hawks
Grant stars as man who tries to stop his ex-wife from remarrying... entertaining comedy

4 9 to 5 (1980) Director: Colin Higgins
Highly entertaining comedy in which Parton acted in and received an Oscar Nomination for her song Nine to Five-great performance by Dabney Coleman as chauvinist boss...

5 La dolce vita (1960) Director: Frederico Fellini
Frederico was nominated for Academy Award for captivating tale of journalist who gets sucked into the lives of those of which he is writing about....

6 Thelma & Louise (1991) Director: Ridley Scott
Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon are superb as two women escaping their lives to embark on road trip that goes terribly wrong. Davis was nominated for an Academy Award for her performance- watch for a young Brad Pitt as troublesome hitch hiker...

7 A Little Romance (1979) Director: George Roy Hill
Diane Lane's earliest film and considered to be one of her best performances of her movie career...

As I have seen all but two films from the above list (La dolce vita & A little Romance) I look forward to your feedback on these picks; I hope that this list of top movie picks will provide hours of quality movie entertainment-enjoy!
Dianezy
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