The Goonies!

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 "Goonies never say die!" As requested, I'm doing a review on "The Goonies!". The film stars Sean Astin (Lord of the Rings and Toy Soldiers), Corey Feldman (The Fox & the Hound and A Dangerous Place), Josh Brolin (Labor Day and Coastlines), Jeff Cohen, and Martha Plimpton (Parenthood and Music from Another Room).

     In this groovy movie, there is a ruthless crime family known as the Fratellis who just escaped from the local prison. Now, they are hiding in the town of Astoria, Oregon, which happens to be the home of a secret kid club called The Goonies! On this particular day, The Goonies are enjoying their last weekend together, because a system of contractors have bought the neighborhood to turn it into a golf course. But, while exploring his dad's attic, the leader, Mikey Walsh discovers a mysterious map to a secret treasure of a pirate known as "One-Eyed Willy". Now, The Goonies, Mikey, Mouth, Chunk and Data, along with Mikey's older brother Brand and some of his girlfriends embark on an expedition to find the treasure and save their neighborhood. Along the way, they have to avoid the Fratellis, booby traps, and other obstacles. But will they find the treasure??? Well, I would never spoil an awesome movie like this to anyone. In other words, you have to see the movie for yourself.

      After seeing this movie for the first time, I thought, Wow. That was so cool. Also I had a thought that they ought to make a cartoon show out of "The Goonies!". With Mikey being fearless, Mouth with his good looks, Chunk always eating and doing the truffle shuffle, Data with his inventions going wrong, Brand trying to impress his girlfriends and protecting Mikey, and of course Sloth with his friendship with Chunk and being a body guard to The Goonies, and last, but least the misadventures of the Fratellis. They should also make a musical of "The Goonies!".

     This is an awesome movie, I loved everything in it, how the story keeps you guessing what's gonna happen next, the characters, especially the kids, the way they combine suspense with  humor, the movie's theme song performed by Cyndi Lauper, and some recurring gags, and of course, I loved the fun! Now every time I watch this, I always think to myself, "God, it sure would've been so cool making that movie. I wish I was a Goony". I hope you would feel the same way when you see this movie.

     Definitely, definitely, a BIG thumbs up. WAY UP!

PARENTS SHOULD KNOW: There is some mild profanity, mostly 4-lettered words. (Even the kids say it.) There is one scene when Chunk accidentally breaks Mikey's mom's statue. Its private part broke off. Mikey claims that it was his mom's "favorite piece". There is some violence, no gore. And there is a scene when The Fratellis threatened to puree Chunk's fingers if he doesn't confess his knowledge of his friends' whereabouts. The image of Sloth's appearance may scare younger kids.

COOL FACTS:  The cast was not allowed to see the pirate ship before the scene was shot. When they did see it, some of the kids said "Holy S**t!". The scene had to be re-shot without them cursing.

Despite the fact that no "uncut" version has been released on home media when basic cable/local stations air the film the version used includes both the "Stop & Shop" and "Giant Octopus" sequences cut from the final version. To see these scenes, click here.

*I want to dedicate this review to all my friends and teachers at school. They begged me to review this movie, and I was excited to do so. So, everyone, there you go. One genuine review on "The Goonies!". Hope you've enjoyed it.*

They grow up so fast! :(

TCM's 31 Days of Oscar Schedule

It happens every year, just like clockwork. Turner Classic Movies shows some of the very best movies ever made during its 31 Days of Oscar salute.  Here is the schedule below. Set your DVRs!  (Especially since, inexplicably, some of the most popular movies seem to be on in the middle of the night)

I have highlighted my most favorite recommendations in red. Not that that doesn't mean I don't recommend other movies on this long list. Just that these are the ones I return to again and again.

For more info, go to TCM.com

Enjoy!

2015 SCHEDULE


Sunday, February 1
Daytime Genre: Adventure
6:00 AM The Old Man and the Sea (1958)
7:30 AM The Jungle Book (1942)
9:30 AM The Four Feathers (1939)
11:45 AM The Wind and the Lion (1975)
2:00 PM The Great Race (1965)
5:00 PM Around the World in 80 Days (1956) (best picture winner)
Primetime
8:00 PM And the Oscar Goes To… (2014)
10:00 PM Wings (27) (Paramount pool title) (best picture winner)
12:45 AM All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) (best picture winner)
3:00 AM Cimarron (1930) (best picture winner)
5:15 AM The Broadway Melody (1929) (best picture winner)


Monday, February 2
Daytime Genre: Melodrama
7:15 AM Camille (1937)
9:15 AM Random Harvest (1942)
11:30 AM Humoresque (1946)
1:45 PM The Great Lie (1941)
3:45 PM Magnificent Obsession (1954)
5:45 PM Imitation of Life (1959)
Primetime
8:00 PM Little Women (1933)
10:00 PM 42nd Street (1933)
11:45 PM Public Enemy (1931)
1:30 AM Grand Hotel (1932) (best picture winner)
3:30 AM Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1932)
5:30 AM The Champ (1931)

Tuesday, February 3
Daytime Genre: Spy
7:00 AM The Red Danube (1949)
9:00 AM Suzy (1936)
11:00 AM The Fallen Sparrow (1943)
12:45 PM Ice Station Zebra (1968)
3:15 PM Foreign Correspondent (1941)
5:30 PM North by Northwest (1959)
Primetime
8:00 PM A Tale of Two Cities (1935)
10:15 PM Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) (best picture winner)
12:45 AM The Thin Man (1934)
2:30 AM Top Hat (1935)
4:30 AM The Lost Patrol (1934)
5:45 AM Roberta (1935)

Wednesday, February 4
Daytime Genre: Sports
7:15 AM Good News (1947)
9:00 AM Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
11:00 AM Grand Prix (1966)
2:00 PM Somebody Up There Likes Me (1956)
4:00 PM The Pride of the Yankees (1942)
6:15 PM Pat and Mike (1952)
Primetime
8:00 PM Swing Time (1936)
10:00 PM The Awful Truth (1937)
12:00 AM Grand Illusion (1937)
2:00 AM The Life of Emile Zola (1937) (best picture winner)
4:15 AM The Last of the Mohicans (1936)

Thursday, February 5
Daytime Genre: Gangster
6:00 AM Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
8:00 AM Star Witness (1931)
9:30 AM Smart Money (1931)
11:00 AM The Public Enemy (1931)
12:30 PM G-Men (1935)
2:00 PM Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
4:00 PM Pete Kelly’s Blues (1955)
5:45 PM Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)  * a 'must see'
10:00 PM And the Oscar Goes To… (2014)
12:00 AM You Can’t Take it with You (1938) (best picture winner)
2:15 AM Four Daughters (1938)
4:00 AM Boys’ Town (1938)

Friday, February 6
Daytime Genre: Coming-of-Age
6:00 AM Captains Courageous (1937)
8:00 AM Little Women (1949)  * a 'must see'
10:15 AM My Life as a Dog (1986)
12:00 PM The 400 Blows (1959)
1:45 PM Splendor in the Grass (1961)
4:00 PM Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
6:00 PM The Reivers (1969)
Primetime
8:00 PM Wuthering Heights (1939)
10:00 PM Gone With the Wind (1939) (best picture winner)
2:00 AM The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
4:00 AM Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Saturday, February 7
Daytime Genre: Westerns
6:00 AM How the West Was Won (1962)
9:00 AM The Naked Spur (1953)
11:00 AM And the Oscar Goes To… (2014)
1:00 PM She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
3:00 PM Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
5:45 PM The Professionals (1966)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Philadelphia Story (1940)
10:00 PM Here Comes Mr. Jordan (1941)
11:45 PM Citizen Kane (1941)
2:00 AM Mrs. Miniver (1942) (best picture winner) * always mean to watch. Going to make sure I dvr this year!
4:15 AM The Great Dictator (1940) * a 'must see'

Sunday, February 8
Daytime Genre: Family
6:30 AM Tom Thumb (1958)
8:30 AM The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962)
10:45 AM Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (1968) *wonderful musical
1:15 PM The Brave One (1956)
3:00 PM National Velvet (1944)
5:45 PM The Yearling (1946)
Primetime
8:00 PM Lassie Come Home (1943)
10:00 PM Casablanca (1942) (best picture winner)  * a 'must see'
12:00 AM Gaslight (1944)  * a 'must see'
2:00 AM Woman of the Year (1942)
4:00 AM Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo (1944)

Monday, February 9
Daytime Genre: War
6:30 AM Destination Tokyo (1943)
9:00 AM Bombardier (1943)
10:45 AM Sahara (1943)
12:30 PM They Were Expendable (1945)
3:00 PM Battleground (1949)
5:00 PM The Young Lions (1958)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) (best picture winner)
11:00 PM The Story of G.I. Joe (1945)
1:00 AM Laura (1944)
3:00 AM Mildred Pierce (1945)
5:00 AM The Harvey Girls (1946)

Tuesday, February 10
Daytime Genre: Mysteries
7:00 AM Julie (1956)
9:00 AM Crossfire (1947)
10:30 AM Suspicion (1941)
12:30 PM Mystery Street (1950)
2:15 PM The Fallen Idol (1948)
4:00 PM After the Thin Man (1936)
6:00 PM Charade (1963)
Primetime
8:00 PM Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) (best picture winner)
10:15 PM The Killers (1946)
12:15 AM Duel in the Sun (1947)
2:45 AM The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947)
4:30 AM Smash-Up: The Story of a Woman (1947)

Wednesday, February 11
Daytime Genre: Swashbucklers
6:30 AM The Corsican Brothers (1941)
8:15 AM The Flame and the Arrow (1956)
9:45 AM The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
11:30 AM Captain Blood (1935)
1:30 PM The Sea Hawk (1940)
3:45 PM The Three Musketeers (1948)
6:00 PM The Four Musketeers (1974)
Primetime
8:00 PM All the King’s Men (1949) (best picture winner)
10:00 PM Twelve O’Clock High (1948)
12:15 AM The Bicycle Thief (1948)
2:00 AM The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
4:15 AM Mighty Joe Young (1949)

Thursday, February 12
Daytime Genre: Biographies
6:00 AM Edison, the Man (1940)
8:00 AM Lust for Life (1956)
10:15 AM Sergeant York (1941)
12:45 PM The Miracle Worker (1962)
2:45 PM The Spirit of St. Louis (1957)
5:15 PM Funny Girl (1968)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Gunfighter (1950)
9:30 PM The Third Man (1949)
11:30 PM An American in Paris (1951) (best picture winner)
1:30 AM Born Yesterday (1950)
3:30 AM Father of the Bride (1950)  * a 'must see'
5:30 AM The Lavender Hill Mob (1951)

Friday, February 13
Daytime Genre: Horror
7:00 AM The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
9:00 AM The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
11:00 AM The Bad Seed (1956)
1:15 PM What Ever Happened to Baby Jane? (1962)
3:45 PM The Birds (1963)
6:00 PM Poltergeist (1982)
Primetime
8:00 PM How to Marry a Millionaire (1953)
9:45 PM Roman Holiday (1953)
12:00 AM From Here to Eternity (1953) (best picture winner)
2:15 AM A Place in the Sun (1951)  * a 'must see'
4:30 AM Ivanhoe (1952)  * a 'must see'

Saturday, February 14
Daytime Genre: Romantic Comedy
6:30 AM Vivacious Lady (1938)
8:15 AM Libeled Lady (1936)
10:00 AM Holiday (1938)
11:45 AM Skylark (1941)
1:30 PM Adam’s Rib (1949)
3:30 PM The More The Merrier (1943)
5:30 PM Irma La Douce (1963)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Red Balloon (1956)
8:45 PM The Harder They Fall (1956)
10:45 PM The Caine Mutiny (1954)
1:00 AM Marty (1955) (best picture winner)
2:45 AM Blackboard Jungle (1955)
4:45 AM The Man with the Golden Arm (1955)

Sunday, February 15
Daytime Genre: Film Noir
7:00 AM Johnny Eager (1941)
9:00 AM T-Men (1948)
10:45 AM The Naked City (1948)
12:30 PM The Asphalt Jungle (1950)
2:30 PM The Blue Dahlia (1946)
4:15 PM The Maltese Falcon (1941)
6:00 PM Key Largo (1948)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957) (best picture winner)
11:00 PM The Defiant Ones (1958)
1:00 AM I Want to Live! (1958)
3:15 AM Raintree County (1957)

Monday, February 16
Daytime Genre: Epics
6:15 AM Quo Vadis (1951)
9:15 AM Exodus (1960)
1:00 PM Giant (1956)
4:30 PM Doctor Zhivago (1965)
Primetime
8:00 PM Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
11:00 PM Pillow Talk (1959)
1:00 AM Gigi (1958) (best picture winner)
3:00 AM Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)
5:00 AM The Brothers Karamazov (1958)

Tuesday, February 17
Daytime Genre: Crime
7:30 AM Fury (1936)
9:15 AM Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
11:30 AM The Mark (1961)
1:45 PM In Cold Blood (1957)
4:15 PM The Thomas Crown Affair (1967)
6:00 PM Bullitt (1968)
Primetime
8:00 PM Ben-Hur (1959) (best picture winner)  * a 'must see'
12:00 AM Psycho (1960)
2:00 AM Sunrise at Campobello (1960)
4:45 AM The Sundowners (1960)

Wednesday, February 18
Daytime Genre: Religion
7:15 AM The Big Fisherman (1959)
10:15 AM The Shoes of the Fisherman (1968)
1:00 PM The Singing Nun (1966)
2:45 PM The Nun’s Story (1959)
5:30 PM The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Apartment (1960) (best picture winner)
10:15 PM To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)  * a 'must see'
12:30 AM The Hustler (1961)
3:00 AM Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
5:15 AM Lolita (1961)

Thursday, February 19
Daytime Genre: Courtroom Dramas
8:15 AM Twilight of Honor (1963)
10:15 AM Trial (1955)
12:30 PM Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
2:30 PM Inherit the Wind (1960)
5:00 PM Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Primetime
8:00 PM Dr. Strangelove (1963)
9:45 PM The Sand Pebbles (1966)
1:15 AM A Man for All Seasons (1966) (best picture winner)
3:30 AM A Hard Day’s Night (1964)  * a 'must see'
5:00 AM Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967)

Friday, February 20
Daytime Genre: Prison
7:00 AM Weary River (1929)
8:30 AM The Big House (1930)
10:00 AM I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
11:30 AM White Heat (1949)
1:30 PM Caged (1950)
3:15 PM Birdman of Alcatraz (1962)
5:45 PM Cool Hand Luke (1967)
Primetime
8:00 PM Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
10:00 PM Planet of the Apes (1968)
12:00 AM Easy Rider (1969)
1:45 AM Oliver! (1968) (best picture winner)
4:30 AM Rachel, Rachel (1968)

Saturday, February 21
Daytime Genre: Comedy
6:15 AM Speedy (1928)
7:45 AM She Done Him Wrong (1933)
9:00 AM The Ladykillers (1955)
10:45 AM A Day at the Races (1937)
12:45 PM Way Out West (1937)
2:00 PM Ruggles of Red Gap (1935)
3:45 PM Auntie Mame (1958) * a 'must see'
6:15 PM The Producers (1967)  * a 'must see'
Primetime
8:00 PM Patton (1970) (best picture winner)
11:00 PM McCabe and Mrs. Miller (1971)
1:15 AM Papillon (1973)
4:00 AM Klute (1971)

Sunday, February 22
Daytime Theme: Science Fiction
6:00 AM One Million B.C. (1940)
7:30 AM When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth (1970)
9:15 AM The Time Machine (1960)
11:00 AM Forbidden Planet (1956)
12:45 PM 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
3:30 PM 2010 (1984)
5:30 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
10:30 PM One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1975) (best picture winner)
1:00 AM Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
3:15 AM Network (1976)
5:30 AM Bound for Glory (1976)

Monday, February 23
Daytime Genre: Drama
8:00 AM A Patch of Blue (1965)
10:00 AM Kings Row (1941)
12:15 AM Of Mice and Men (1939)
2:15 PM East of Eden (1955)
4:15 PM Jezebel (1938) * a 'must see'
6:00 PM Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore (1974)
Primetime
8:00 PM Annie Hall (1977) (best picture winner)
10:00 PM The Goodbye Girl (1977)
12:00 AM All the President’s Men (1976)
2:30 AM Barry Lyndon (1975)

Tuesday, February 24
Daytime Genre: Fantasy
6:00 AM Finian’s Rainbow (1968)
8:30 AM The 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964)
10:30 AM The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
12:30 PM Kismet (1944)
2:30 PM A Midsummer Night’s Dream (1935)
5:00 PM Berkeley Square (1933)
6:30 PM It Happened Tomorrow (1944)
Primetime
8:00 PM A Little Romance (1979)
10:00 PM Being There (1979)
12:30 AM Kramer vs. Kramer (1979) (best picture winner)
2:30 AM The Great Santini (1979)
4:30 AM “10” (1979)

Wednesday, February 25
Daytime Genre: Military Comedy
6:45 AM General Spanky (1936)
8:00 AM What Next, Corporal Hargrove? (1945)
10:00 AM Take the High Ground! (1953)
12:00 PM Once Upon a Honeymoon (1942)
2:00 PM The Americanization of Emily (1964)
4:15 PM Here Comes the Navy (1934)
5:45 PM Mister Roberts (1955) * a 'must see'
Primetime
8:00 PM Arthur (1981) (WB)
9:45 PM Coal Miner’s Daughter (1980)
12:00 AM Out of Africa (1985)
2:45 AM Fame (1980)
5:00 AM Gloria (1980)

Thursday, February 26
Daytime Genre: Political
7:15 AM The Gorgeous Hussey (1936)
9:00 AM Seven Days in May (1964)
11:00 AM Z (1969)
1:30 PM Meet John Doe (1941)
3:45 PM Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
6:00 PM The Candidate (1972)
Primetime
8:00 PM Absence of Malice (1981)
10:00 PM The Verdict (1982)
12:15 AM Chariots of Fire (1981) (best picture winner)
2:30 AM The Big Chill (1983)
4:30 AM Diner (1982)

Friday, February 27
Daytime Genre: Historical
6:30 AM Julius Caesar (1953)
8:45 AM Disraeli (1929)
10:15 AM Knights of the Round Table (1953)
12:15 PM The Lion in Winter (1968) * a 'must see'
2:30 PM 55 Days at Peking (1963)
5:15 PM The Emigrants (1972)
Primetime
8:00 PM Running on Empty (1988)
10:15 PM Gandhi (1982) (best picture winner)
1:30 AM Glory (1989)
3:45 AM A Cry in the Dark (1988)

Saturday, February 28
Daytime Theme: Thrillers
6:00 AM The Window (1949)
7:15 AM Night Must Fall (1937)
9:15 AM Kind Lady (1951)
10:45 AM Wait Until Dark (1967)
12:45 PM The Narrow Margin (1952)
2:00 PM Strangers on a Train (1951)
3:45 PM Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
5:45 PM The China Syndrome (1979)
Primetime
8:00 PM A River Runs Through It (1992)
10:30 PM A Few Good Men (1992)
1:00 AM The English Patient (1997) (best picture winner)
4:00 AM The Fisher King (1991)

Sunday, March 1
Daytime Genre: Musicals
6:30 AM Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933)
8:15 AM Shall We Dance (1937)
10:15 AM You Were Never Lovelier (1942)
12:15 PM On the Town (1949)
2:00 PM The Music Man (1962)
4:45 PM Fiddler on the Roof (1971)
Primetime
8:00 PM Life is Beautiful (1997)
10:15 PM Chicago (2002) (best picture winner)
12:30 AM Shakespeare in Love (1998) (best picture winner)
2:45 AM The Cider House Rules (1999)

Monday, March 2
Daytime Genre: Disaster
5:30 AM San Francisco (1936)
7:30 AM Green Dolphin Street (1947)
10:00 AM The Hurricane (1937)
11:45 AM The Last Voyage (1960)
1:30 PM Them! (1954)
3:30 PM The Swarm (1978)
6:00 PM The Poseidon Adventure (1972)
Primetime
8:00 PM Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)
11:15 PM Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002)
2:30 AM Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) (best
picture winner)

Tuesday, March 3
Daytime Genre: Romance
6:00 AM The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964)
7:45 AM Far from the Madding Crowd (1967)
10:45 AM That Hamilton Woman (1941)
1:00 PM Dodsworth (1936)
2:45 PM Now, Voyager (1942) * a 'must see'
4:45 PM Love Affair (1939)
6:15 PM Georgy Girl (1966)
Primetime
8:00 PM The Artist (2011) (best picture winner)
10:00 PM The King’s Speech (2010) (best picture winner)
12:30 AM No Country for Old Men (2007) (best picture winner)
2:45 AM The Queen (2006)