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Ishtar
(May, 1987)
The Seven-Per-Cent Solution (OOP)
(Ross, 1976)
The Devils
(Russell, 1974)
The Pirates of Penzance
(Papp/Leach, 1983)
The Fortune
(Nichols, 1975)
-30-
(Webb, 1959)
Betrayal
(Jones, 1983)
Play It As It Lays
(Perry, 1972)
The Outfit
(Flynn, 1973)
Alex in Wonderland
(Mazursky, 1969)
The Legend of Lylah Clare
(Aldrich, 1968)
In The Cool of the Day
(Stevens, 1963)
That Cold Day in the Park
(Altman, 1969)
Thumb Trippin'
(Masters, 1972)
Midas Run
(Kjellin, 1969)
At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1973)
Brewster McCloud
(Altman, 1972)
Outcast of the Islands
(Reed, 1951)

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The Moon's Our Home
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Sh! The Octopus
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Bad for Each Other
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The Phenix City Story
(Karlson, 1955)
Run of the Arrow
(Fuller, 1956)
House of Secrets
(Green, 1956)
Saint Joan
(Preminger, 1957)
Macabre
(Castle, 1958)
The Fiend Who Walked the West
(G. Douglas, 1958
Five Gates to Hell
(Clavell, 1959)
1960's
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Summer and Smoke
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The Chapman Report
(Cukor,1962)
Bachelor Flat
(Tashlin, 1962) [on Hulu]
The L Shaped Room
(Forbes, 1963)
The Chalk Garden
(Neame, 1964)
A Thousand Clowns
(Coe, 1965)
You're a Big Boy Now
(Coppola, 1966)
The Whisperers
(Forbes, 1967)
Dark of the Sun
(Cardiff, 1968)
Skidoo
(Preminger, 1968)
Last Summer
(Perry, 1969)
The Comic
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1970-1974
The Revolutionary
(Williams, 1970)
The Landlord
(Ashby, 1970)
Diary of a Mad Housewife
(Perry, 1970)
Tropic of Cancer
(Strick, 1970)
I Never Sang for My Father
(Cates, 1970)
Sometimes a Great Notion
(Newman, 1971)
Marriage of a Young Stockbroker
(Turman, 1971)
The Music Lovers
(Russell, 1971)
Drive, He Said
(Nicholson, 1971)
The Steagle
(Sylbert, 1971)
The Last Movie
(Hopper, 1971)
Made For Each Other
(Bean, 1971)
The Day the Clown Cried
(Lewis, 1972)
Hickey & Boggs (OOP)
(Culp, 1972)
The Carey Treatment
(Edwards, 1972)
Pete 'n' Tillie
(Ritt, 1972)
Slither
(Zieff, 1973)
Man on a Swing
(Perry, 1974)
Open Season
(Collinson, 1974)
The Tamarind Seed
(Edwards, 1974)
Law and Disorder
(Passer, 1974)
Homebodies
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Stardust
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Celine and Julie Go Boating
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Rafferty and the Gold Dust Twins
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At Long Last Love
(Bogdanovich, 1975)
Hearts of the West
(Zieff, 1975)
Welcome to L.A.
(Rudolph, 1976)
W.C. Fields and Me
(Hiller, 1976)
Citizens Band
(Demme, 1977)
Twilight's Last Gleaming
(Aldrich, 1977)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
(Brooks, 1977)
Girlfriends
(Weill, 1978)
Movie Movie
(Donen, 1978)
The Medusa Touch
(Gold, 1978)
American Hot Wax
(Mutrux, 1978)
Hot Stuff
(DeLuise, 1979)
Scavenger Hunt
(Schultz , 1979)
Players
(Harvey, 1979)
Rich Kids
(Young, 1979)
Nightwing
(Hiller, 1979)
Screams of a Winter's Night
(Wilson, 1979
When You Comin' Back Red Ryder?
(Katselas, 1979
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Resurrection
(Petrie, 1980)
The Awakening
(Newell, 1980)
Simon
(Brickman, 1980)
God's Angry Man
(Herzog, 1980)
Fast-Walking
(Harris, 1982)
Twice Upon a Time
(Korty & Swenson, 1983)
Trouble in Mind
(Rudolph, 1985)
When the Wind Blows
(Murikami, 1986)
Housekeeping
(Forsyth, 1987)
The Glass Menagerie
(Newman, 1987)
Patty Hearst
(Schrader, 1988)
Drowning by Numbers
(Greenaway, 1988)
Haunted Summer
(Passer, 1988)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years
(Spheeris, 1988)
1990's
Old Times
(Curtis, 1991)
Prospero's Books
(Greenaway, 1991)
City of Hope
(Sayles, 1991)
The Baby of Macon
(Greenaway, 1993)
King of the Hill
(Soderbergh, 1993)
Dadetown
(Hexter, 1995)
SubUrbia
(Linklater, 1997)

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There's no ducking out of watching This Is It!, the Michael Jackson doc coming out Wednesday. Every instinct and intuition tells me it's going to be a huge downer and a pageant of resounding phoniness, but it has to be seen and endured and commented upon regardless. I know I don't believe a single word that director Kenny Ortega says to Ben Sisario in this N.Y. Times story about the film.

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Posted by Jeffrey Wells on October 26, 2009 at 9:08 AM

comment #1

actionman says ...

let's all go see a movie about a fucking pedophile! yeah! can't wait!

Posted by actionman at October 26, 2009 9:30 AM

comment #2

actionman says ...

And yes, Jeff, you can duck out of watching This Is It. Just don't pay the money to see it or don't accept a screening invite. It fucking BLOWS my mind that so many people were hoodwinked by this child-molester. I could give three shits about his music, how influential he was, how cute he was as a kid, how he was just misunderstood, yadda-yadda-yadda. The guy plied children with wine out of soda cans and touched their front bottoms. It's disgraceful. He did this for years. It's inexcusable. So year, Jeff, you can easily not support This Is It.

Posted by actionman at October 26, 2009 9:33 AM

comment #3

corey3rd says ...

NAMBLA date night

Posted by corey3rd at October 26, 2009 9:55 AM

comment #4

Rich S. says ...

From everything I've read, this documentary was compiled from rehearsal footage that was to be intended solely for Jackson's use, to hone the stage show. In other words, not even Jackson wanted the public to see this stuff. So you always have that excuse. It's not like the vampires living off his corpse won't make enough money without you.

Posted by Rich S. at October 26, 2009 9:55 AM

comment #5

DeeZee says ...

Jeff: Can you even get in to a screening? This flick sounds like it's gonna be sold out before you even buy tickets.

actionman: *cough* Polanski: Wanted and Desired and most of Larry Clark's films *cough*

Posted by DeeZee at October 26, 2009 11:04 AM

comment #6

actionman says ...

Larry Clark molests children? Hadn't heard that. If true, then he's no better. I thought he was just a pervy older guy who liked to hire 18 year old actresses to play younger and sluttier...no?

And don't get me started on Polanski...they guy's definitely made some great movies but it doesn't excuse his behavior, nor do I think he should have gone unpunished for what he did.

Posted by actionman at October 26, 2009 11:08 AM

comment #7

Terry McCarty says ...

Every instinct and intuition tells me it's going to be a huge downer and a pageant of resounding phoniness, but it has to be seen and endured and commented upon regardless.

Given the love that the LOS ANGELES TIMES shows for AEG, I'm guessing that Calendar will go shopping for a reviewer who won't be too hard on it.

Posted by Terry McCarty at October 26, 2009 11:57 AM

comment #8

BurmaShave says ...

Why do you have to see this Wells? I think what we look to you for on films like this is exactly the reaction you've given here, followed by an understandable refusal to take part.

I think I speak for many on here when I say I have no problem with "Every instinct and intuition tells me it's going to be a huge downer and a pageant of resounding phoniness" being your final word on the matter.

Posted by BurmaShave at October 26, 2009 12:12 PM

comment #9

Tom Reagan says ...

Of course Michael Jackson was a child molester. If you all say he was, then you all must have been there, so you must know it for a fact.

Posted by Tom Reagan at October 26, 2009 12:18 PM

comment #10

actionman says ...

No, Tom, I wasn't there in person. I just happen to know (and have worked with) people who he groped and fondled.

Posted by actionman at October 26, 2009 12:27 PM

comment #11

corey3rd says ...

Michael Jackson never molested a turkey baster

Posted by corey3rd at October 26, 2009 1:07 PM

comment #12

thatmovieguy says ...

The Jackson family has shown time and again that when it comes to feasting off the dead they'd put vultures to shame. They'll be cranking out "lost songs" and "never-before-seen footage" of MJ for decades to come because, now that Janet has lost her luster, they have no other reliable source of income.

Posted by thatmovieguy at October 26, 2009 1:56 PM

comment #13

Scott Mendelson says ...

I'll be at the 9:30pm IMAX showing tomorrow night at my walking-distance close AMC, but partially because it's the rare shot to write an early review for a major movie without having to trek out to Santa Monica or Hollywood during rush hour. Truth be told, as a long-ago fan from the 80s, I'd actually be far more interested in this if Jackson wasn't dead. It might very well be an interesting rock documentary, but the obvious exploitation at work cast a pall over what otherwise might be enjoyable fluff.

Posted by Scott Mendelson at October 26, 2009 4:01 PM

comment #14

World Cruises says ...

I don't know what to expect from this movie. Anybody knows?

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Posted by World Cruises at October 26, 2009 11:58 PM

comment #15

reverent and free says ...

I'm in no way a Jackson fan, but what is the evidence that he was a child molester? It sounds like a weak case to me: two allegations of abuse in 10 years (and only one of them involving actual sex), no credible witnesses, and finally no incriminating evidence found after his abrupt and unexpected death. He may have been a pedophile at heart, but I find it very hard to believe he could've got away with being a serial molester.

Posted by reverent and free at October 27, 2009 9:58 AM

comment #16

Ponderer says ...

Four stars from Ebert.

Posted by Ponderer at October 27, 2009 10:48 PM

comment #17

Terry McCarty says ...

And THE LOS ANGELES TIMES gave the review to....pop music critic Ann Powers:
http://bit.ly/2B2KmL

Posted by Terry McCarty at October 28, 2009 12:04 AM

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