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| indulge • august/september 2015 — continued from page 17 — CHRIS DEVINE, DESIGNER
PATRICK O’DONNELL, WRITER “My top 5 movies for a summer scorcher.
Summer movies should not be too
“It’s hard for me to pick just a handful of go-to movies, because what intellectually heavy, but visually appealing
I watch depends on my mood, and I have a lot of favorites,” he says. “A with a captivating story,” he says.
good movie has to engage me, entertain me and take me away from reality.
For whiling away a summer day, a touch of nostalgia helps, too — thus the Caddyshack (1980)
three movies on this list that take me back to my youth.” Apocalypse Now (1979)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) The Thing (1982)
The Hobbit – the animated Rankin/Bass classic (1977)
Snatch (2000) LINDA DOELL, EDITOR
Fight Club (1999)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
TINA WARD, DESIGNER Mind (2004): Kate Winslet and Jim
Carey star in this quirky movie about a
“It’s a combination of the score, the man trying to erase a former girlfriend
script and the acting that makes me want from his memory. It’s a movie you’ll be
to watch it again and again,” she says. thinking about long after you see it.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) A League of Their Own (1992):
Dead Poets Society (1989) This is a movie I watch every time
The Notebook (2004) I come across it. The story, visuals,
The Departed (2006) score and acting combine to make it
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) unforgettable.
The Blind Side (2009)
Almost Famous (2000) The Princess Bride (1987): This
movie works on so many levels —
JACK HUBER, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE adventure, romance, sarcastic wit — it
doesn’t get much better than this. As
“What makes a good movie for a dreary afternoon: It has to move your you wish, just a brilliant film.
emotions. It has to make you think, offer a laugh or two and maybe even
make you cry,” he says. “If you are going to invest a couple of hours to The Dark Crystal (1982): Way
watch a movie there needs to be a socially redeeming value and get you before computers animated our films
engaged in the thought process of the characters being portrayed.” to bring dinosaurs and fantastical
worlds like in the movie Avatar, Jim
The Godfather l (1972) and Godfather ll (1974): I combined these two Hensen and Frank Oz brought this
into one selection as you get a much better understanding of the whole magical tale to life through puppets.
Corleone family by watching both.
Jaws (1975): This movie still
Malcolm X (1992) makes you afraid to go in the water.
Schindler’s List (1993) It’s the suspense of where the next
Casablanca (1942) attack will be that keeps you watching.
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
PATRICK O’DONNELL, WRITER “My top 5 movies for a summer scorcher.
Summer movies should not be too
“It’s hard for me to pick just a handful of go-to movies, because what intellectually heavy, but visually appealing
I watch depends on my mood, and I have a lot of favorites,” he says. “A with a captivating story,” he says.
good movie has to engage me, entertain me and take me away from reality.
For whiling away a summer day, a touch of nostalgia helps, too — thus the Caddyshack (1980)
three movies on this list that take me back to my youth.” Apocalypse Now (1979)
Wet Hot American Summer (2001)
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly (1966) Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) The Thing (1982)
The Hobbit – the animated Rankin/Bass classic (1977)
Snatch (2000) LINDA DOELL, EDITOR
Fight Club (1999)
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless
TINA WARD, DESIGNER Mind (2004): Kate Winslet and Jim
Carey star in this quirky movie about a
“It’s a combination of the score, the man trying to erase a former girlfriend
script and the acting that makes me want from his memory. It’s a movie you’ll be
to watch it again and again,” she says. thinking about long after you see it.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994) A League of Their Own (1992):
Dead Poets Society (1989) This is a movie I watch every time
The Notebook (2004) I come across it. The story, visuals,
The Departed (2006) score and acting combine to make it
Silver Linings Playbook (2012) unforgettable.
The Blind Side (2009)
Almost Famous (2000) The Princess Bride (1987): This
movie works on so many levels —
JACK HUBER, ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE adventure, romance, sarcastic wit — it
doesn’t get much better than this. As
“What makes a good movie for a dreary afternoon: It has to move your you wish, just a brilliant film.
emotions. It has to make you think, offer a laugh or two and maybe even
make you cry,” he says. “If you are going to invest a couple of hours to The Dark Crystal (1982): Way
watch a movie there needs to be a socially redeeming value and get you before computers animated our films
engaged in the thought process of the characters being portrayed.” to bring dinosaurs and fantastical
worlds like in the movie Avatar, Jim
The Godfather l (1972) and Godfather ll (1974): I combined these two Hensen and Frank Oz brought this
into one selection as you get a much better understanding of the whole magical tale to life through puppets.
Corleone family by watching both.
Jaws (1975): This movie still
Malcolm X (1992) makes you afraid to go in the water.
Schindler’s List (1993) It’s the suspense of where the next
Casablanca (1942) attack will be that keeps you watching.
It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Deer Hunter (1978)
