Boys and girls and music. Why do they need gin?

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It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #20
Another Frank Capra gem, starring Jimmy Stewart, Donna Reed, and Lionel Barrymore.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Howdy folks! I do hope you'll indulge me for doing my first non-movie-related post; I'm just excited to share our brand new bar shelving, and a few seasonal cocktails I've totally been crushing on lately but was too impatient to wait for the right films to pair them with. So here are a few freebies!

They sent a woman. That’s like sending a marshmallow to put out a bonfire.

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Pillow Talk (1959)

Sometimes we all do things that just don't make no sense.

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Forrest Gump (1994)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #76

So I stumbled across a Reddit thread a while back about the most misunderstood character in all fiction, and was struck by /u/Namtara’s answer about Jenny from Forrest Gump. It’s definitely worth a read, but the long and short of it is this:

"tl;dr: Jenny wasn't really a bitch. She was simply afraid of taking advantage of Forrest, given her own abusive background, and unaware that he could experience true love. So she kept suppressing her own emotions and running away from him."

He's on deep background. I call him deep... throat.

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All the President's Men (1976)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #77
It's like watching Titanic... yeah, I know how it's going to end, but I still enjoy the story.

When I invite a woman to dinner, I expect her to look at my face. That's the price she has to pay.

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A Night at the Opera (1935)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #85

You take romance, I’ll take Jell-o.

Swing Time (1936)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #90
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers’ sixth (of ten) movies together.

Well, of COURSE we talk. Don't everybody?

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Singin' in the Rain (1952)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #5
Guys... guys. Ohmygod you guys. I am so super excited to re-watch this movie. It's amazing :D

That's funny, that planes's dustin' crops where there ain't no crops.

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North by Northwest (1959)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #55
Time to get back to the good stuff!

Thomas Crown Affair DOUBLE FEATURE!!!

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The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 / 1999)
Yes, I watched them both. Back-to-back. Original first, then the remake. How did they compare? Let's find out.

We're on a mission from God.

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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Happy Tax Day! Not sure what happened to this post, but it looks like it got deleted somehow. So I guess... Congrats to anyone who got a tax refund?! I spent mine on a solar charger for all our upcoming summer music festivals :)

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

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The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #50

Walk out the door in the morning, you're mixed up in something. Only thing that matters, if you're mixed up to the top or not.

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Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)
Author Walter Mosley was honored this past weekend at the National Black Writers' Conference in New York City. What better time to watch the film version of one of his most popular novels, Devil in a Blue Dress?

I have a head for business and a bod for sin.

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Working Girl (1988)
Don't expect anything enlightened... this blog post is just an excuse to watch a fun 80s flick and drink at the same time :)

Say, where'd you learn to dunk? In finishing school?

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It Happened One Night (1934)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #46
A charming and very enjoyable film by Frank Capra.

I AM big... It's the pictures that got small.

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Sunset Boulevard (1950)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #16
Eerily creepy and beautifully sad.

Oh I wish something would happen... nothing ever possibly in the least ever happens here!

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The Philadelphia Story (1940)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #44
This is always a fun one to watch. Hepburn, Stewart, and Grant at the top of their game.

Snakes... why did it have to be snakes?

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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #66
Where do I even start? Sexiest archaeologist ever. Best theme song ever. Coolest adventure movie ever!

Well you don't think I'd steal something that didn't belong to me, do you?

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How to Steal a Million (1966)
Peter O'Toole and Audrey Hepburn. I would't mind being stuck in a museum broom closet with either one of them.

Story of my life... I always get the fuzzy end of the lollipop.

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Some Like It Hot (1959)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #22
Time for some more Billy Wilder! Full of witty banter and all the classic movie trademarks (spats! sleeping cars! gangsters that are constantly flipping a coin!), this film is a fun ride that proves everything's better in drag :)

Ray, when someone asks you if you're a god, you say yes!

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Ghostbusters (1984)
In honor of the late Harold Ramis.

Gee, Officer Krupke... krup you!

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West Side Story (1961)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #51
A musical adaptation of Shakespeare’s best-known romantic tragedy, Romeo and Juliet.

My dear sir, don't you know that a sycamore IS a tree?

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You Can't Take it With You (1938)
Starring Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, and director Frank Capra in their first collaboration together (the second one being Mr Smith Goes to Washington), this is a fun, quirky romp with a moral: the love of friends and family is more important than all the money you can make in a lifetime.

That's the way it crumbles, cookie-wise.

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The Apartment (1960)
AFI 100 Years... 100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition) Ranking: #80

I don't mind making a fool of myself over you.

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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
OK here we go... I hope I can produce something more coherent than a rambling squeal of, "Oh my gosh, Paul Newman is sooo handsome!"

Some things are just better in black and white.

Peanut butter & jelly. Cookies & milk. Salt & pepper. Alcohol and... movies? YESSS.
But not just any alcohol. And not just any movies. Welcome to CineMixers.