Why I Love Movies – Chapter XII

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Last Updated on August 5, 2021

Why do I love movies? Well, that is a loaded question. How much time do you have? I could go into a long-winded diatribe about the art of film-making or the magic of the movies, but all of that has been said countless times before. Not every movie is a masterpiece, but every film has touched me in one way or another. Every other week, we will look at a handful of reasons why movies are so damn great..

CHAPTER XII

I love movies…

Because of Roger Ebert scripting this scene from BEYOND THE VALLEY OF THE DOLLS.

Because of the brutal cliff jump sequence in LONE SURVIVOR.


Because of the existence of drive-ins, dollar theaters, and midnight movies.

Because of Ewen Bremner in THE RUNDOWN.

Because of Kathleen Turner in ROMANCING THE STONE.

Because of James Caan in ALIEN NATION.

Because this is what we all are as compared to Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Because of the computer in WARGAMES.


Because of Michael Caine in JAWS: THE REVENGE.

Because of Dolph Lundgren‘s final one-liner in I COME IN PEACE

Because of this train car of knuckleheads.


Because there is a studio released film with the title OCTOPUSSY.

Because of Jamie Lee Curtis’ pole dance in TRUE LIES.

Because of Michael Keaton versus the vacuum cleaner in MR. MOM.


Because of Quicksilver in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST.

Because of the creepy ass phone call from THE MOTHMAN PROPHECIES

Because of the skillful way Catherine Zeta-Jones gets through lasers in ENTRAPMENT.


Because of Christopher Lambert’s accent in HIGHLANDER.

Because of this immortal moment from SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT PART 2

Because of the rose petal dream from AMERICAN BEAUTY.

Stay tuned every other week for more reasons Why I Love Movies! In the meantime, we WANT TO HEAR YOUR OWN REASONS below!!

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About the Author

TV Critic / Columnist

Favorite Movies: Being There, The Shining, The Royal Tenenbaums, Suspiria, Seven, North By read more Northwest, Citizen Kane, The Monster Squad, Begotten, Fight Club, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Army of Darkness, Children of Men, Blade Runner, The Big Lebowski, Casino, Pi, Dumb and Dumber, The 400 Blows, Small Change, Bonnie & Clyde, Cool Hand Luke, Moulin Rouge, Gangs of New York, Shallow Grave, The Rock, The Incredibles, Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, The Gate, Prince of Darkness, Oldboy, The Dark Knight, The Lord of the Rings, The Tree of Life, The Exorcist III, Midnight Special

Likes: To piss you off, unpopular opinions, the novels of Stephen King, read more obscure bands that even hipsters dont know, things that go boom, Reeses Pieces, Cate Blanchett, reading paper books, watching people falling down, a good jump scare, listening to a full album in one sitting, rooting for the underdog, red band trailers, rare steaks, cool beer labels, smooth whisky, properly proportioned image files, top ten lists, VHS tapes, and actually scary movies