Past Movie Scratches: Magnificent-- Transylvania-- Midway-- Blind-- Brave-- Edge

Past movie scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2022.

1.  MAGNIFICENT SEVEN--  1-1--   That's all they needed.  An interesting group to the rescue and battling huge odds.

2.  HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2--  1-4--  Along comes baby Dennisovitch.  The monsters are a bit rusty.  Will he "Fang Out?"

3.  MIDWAY--  1-7--  Diving through all that flak and Japanese officers continually gazing skyward with binoculars.

4.  THE BLIND SIDE--  1-8--  Against all odds, he ends up going to Ole Miss

5.  BRAVE HEART--  1-19--  That mean old Longshanks.  But, she got the better of him at the end.  So did Mel.

6.  EDGE OF TOMORROW--  1-20--  A cross between "Groundhog Day" and "Starship troopers."

--RoadDog

MIDDLE AGE:  Maybe it's true that life begins at fifty, but everything else starts to wear out, fall out or spread out.

Past Movie Scratches: Wonderful-- Story-- Life-- Shooter-- Abiding-- Armageddon-- Ryan

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021.

133.  IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE"--  12-24--  That poor bridgetender.  "You look like an angel I'd get."  "You'll see a lot of strange things from now on."   Was that a bell ringing?

134.  A CHRISTMAS STORY--  12-25--  "Oh, Fudge."  Schwartz gets his (for no reason).  Good old Cleveland Street.  Higbee's.  My favorite Christmas movie.

135.  IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE--  12-25--  Sadly, I am sure I could have a real good time in Pottersville.

136.  SHOOTER--  12-28--   Just who do you believe?  A certain set of shooting skills.

137.  LAW ABIDING CITIZEN--  12-28--  "You can't fight fate."  Definitely someone you don't want to anger.  Quite a skill set.

138.  ARMAGEDDON--  12-29--  A wacky group of wise crackers off to save the world.  Get off that nuclear weapon!

139.  JACK RYAN:  SHADOW RECRUIT--  12-30--  You just can't trust those Russians.  Getting more than he bargained for.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn'y grow in it?

Past Movie Scratches: Breakfast-- Santa-- Clause-- Krampus-- Titanic-- Dancing--

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021.

127.  BREAKFAST CLUB--  12-16--  You get all your major high school groups in one movie.  "Does Barry Manilow know you raid his closet?"  Almost fell on the floor laughing with that question.  Ally Sheedy's sandwich and snow storm.

128.  SANTA CLAUSE 2--  12-21--  Gotta find a Mrs. Claus for Santa or no moreTim/Santa.  Watch out for the Fake Santa and his giant toy soldiers.

129.  SANTA CLAUSE 3--  12-21--  Waiting for Baby Claus and Jack Frost is a real sneaky pain.

130.  KRAMPUS--  12-21--  I do believe.  I do believe in Christmas.  This was a weird, scary movie even if I do say so.  All those snow globes in the collection.  Just when you thought it was a bad dream.  From Santa's snowglobes (129) to Krampus' in one night.

131.  TITANIC--  12-23--  Picked a real bad time to fall in love.  "From this moment, the Titanic will founder."  "If you jump, I jump."

132.  DIRTY DANCING--  12-23--  Is this the original "Dancing With the Stars?"  Some great music.  "Nobody puts...."

He Was A Real "Love Man."  --RoadDance

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why is lemon juice mostly artificial ingredients, but dishwashing  loquid contains real lemons?

Past Movie Scratches: Scrooged-- Spider-- Grinch-- Goonies-- Black-- Buehler

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021.

121.  SCROOGED-- 12-11--  As only Bill Murray could Scrooge a Christmas.  Loved the Ghost of Christmas Past and the Ghost of Christmas Present almost beat him to death.  And, then there was Boone and Indiana's girlfriend.

122.  SPIDER MAN: FAR FROM HOME--  12-13--  After the Blip and a summer vacation in Europe for the smart kids.  Fighting the Elementals with the evil (as it turns out) Mysterio.  True love and the attack of the Drones.

123.  THE GRINCH--  12-14--  The animated movie.  Max the Wonder Dog and the Grinch meets Cyndi Who.

124.  THE GOONIES--  12-15--  "Hey, You Guys!!"  Loved Mom and Chunky.   The Pirate and ship.

125.  MEN IN BLACK 3--  12-15--  "Z" dies.  Boris the Animal.  NO, just Boris!  Messing up a Chinese restaurant.  Cape Canaveral.

126.  FERRIS BUEHLER'S DAY OFF--  12-16-  A real con man/boy.  That poor Ferrari.  A real rough day for Mr. Rooney.

A Real Trip Through Chicago with Ferris.  --RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why is it called hamburger when it is made out of beef?

Past Movie Scratches: Polar-- Clause-- Carol-- Pearl-- Vinny-- Christmases

Try to guess the name of the movies in the title of this entry.

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

115.  POLAR EXPRESS--   12-2--  Loved the hot chocolate waiters.    Those were some crazy rides.  "I believe."  Can you hear the bells?

116.  SANTA CLAUSE 3--  12-4--  Jack Frost is making trouble.  Santa-style snow globes.  A special delivery.

117.  A CHRISTMAS CAROL--  12-6--  Remake with Patrick Stewart as Scrooge.  I'd like to go out drinking with the Ghost of Christmas Present.  No doubt related to King Henry VIII.

118.  PEARL HARBOR--  12-7--  A perfect day to see this movie.    From the Battle of Britain to Pearl Harbor to Doolittle's Raid.  Talk about your WW II.

119.  MY COUSIN VINNY--  12-8--  One of the funniest movies ever despite the language.  Talk about your culture shock.    Brooklyn meets the Deep South.  Complete with Heman Munster and D-Day.

120.  FOUR CHRISTMASES--  12-10--  And you thought your family was dysfunctional?  They just keep getting nuttier and nuttier.  I sure didn't know Dwight Yoakam was Pastor Phil.  

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  What would a chair look like if your knees bent the other way?

Past Movie Scratches: Vacation-- Joker-- Wonka-- Titans-- Planes-- Office

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

109.  CHRISTMAS VACATION--11-27--  My 2nd favorite Christmas movie.  It's a Griswold Family Christmas.  Merry Christmas, Sparky.  The pretty woman clerk.  Aunt Bethany and Uncle Lewis.  "It's the gift that keeps giving all year."

110.  JOKER--  11-27--  Described as a psychological thriller and it sure was.  Joaquin Phoenix's much deserved Best Actor win.  We see how he plunged into the depths to become the twisted Joker and it was really the fault of others.

111.  WILLIE WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY--  11-29--  You just gotta love those Oompa Loompas.  Augustus' pipe, Violet's blueberry, Veruca's chute and Mike shrunk.

112.  CLASH OF THE TITANS--  11-30--  Really big scorpions.  It's Perseus vs. Medusa.  "Don't look the bitch in the eye."  "Release the Kraken."

113.  PLANES, TRAINS & AUTOMOBILES--  11-30--  "Those aren't PILLOWS!!!"  "See that Bears game last week?"  Doing the "Mess Around."

114.  OFFICE CHRISTMAS PARTY--  12-1--  The office Christmas party to end all office Christmas parties.  Lots and lots of interesting characters.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:   Why does sour cream have an expiration date?

Past Movie Scratches: Ghostbusters-- Ghostbusters-- Abominable-- European-- Vacation-- Vegas

Past movie scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

103.  GHOSTBUSTERS--  11-20--  "He slimed me!!"  Who chose the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man?  "I feel like the floor of a taxi cab."

104.  GHOSTBUSTERS II--  11-20--  "We be fast and they be slow."  The Saleri Brothers get their revenge.  The big lady to the rescue.  "Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher."

105.  ABOMINABLE--  11-23--  Returning baby to his parents on Mt. Everest.  Yetis aren't so bad.

106.  EUROPEAN VACATION--  11-25--  Clark destroys Stonehenge and starts a riot at Oktoberfest.  And that poor Monty Python guy.

107.  VACATION-- 11-25--  The pea-green Family Truckster.  Getting directions in a bad neighborhod.  You sure couldn't do that scene today.  Then there is that gal in the red sports car and swimming pool.  Aunt Edna.  "I love a parade."  One disaster after another.

108.  VEGAS VACATION--  11-25--  The blackjack dealer sure "owned" Clark.  The dam tour, Wayne Newton and Cousin Eddie.  And son "Papagio" can't lose.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  When the stars are out they are visible.  But when the lights are out, they are invisible.

Past Movie Scratches: Goblet-- Phoenix-- Hallows-- Chamber-- Jurassic-- Wick

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV nin 2021

97.  HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE--  11-13--   Dragons and Merfish and the maze.  Ot was "The Shining" all over again.  He's back.  He's really, really back.  The guy whose name can not be said.

98.  HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX--  11-13--  The new Dark Defense Arts teacher, Miss Umbrage.  The Wall of Cats, the Walls of Edicts.  Dumbledore's Army.

99.  HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2--  11-15--  The final battle.  It is the Dark Lord No Nose and his Deatheaters vs. Hogwarts.  Neville Longbottom the Hero.  We find out a lot of answers.

100.  HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS--  11-16--  Welcome to Quiddish.  Glyfindor wins thanks to Harry.  Hermoine thwarts Professor Snape.

101.  JURASSIC WORLD--  11-16--  Old Blue comes through in a pinch.  Training Raptors.

102.  JOHN WICK--  11-18--  Like Rambo all over again.  He's impossible to shoot, but he never misses.  "You shot my dog!"  More violence an shooting than you can believe.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when somebody threw a gun at him?

Past Movie Scratches: Halloween-- Wax-- Fly-- Resurrection-- Jaws-- Jaws

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

91.   HALLOWEEN H2O--  10-15--   How's Mikie learn to drive?This time he's at a rich kids' school.  Whio

92.  HOUSE OF WAX--  10-20--  It's a melting situation.  Some pretty gross ways to die.

93.  THE FLY--  10-23--   Some of the grossest changing ever.  Yuck!!

94.  HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION--  10-30--  Laurie goes to psychiatric hospital.  Michael follows her there and bedlam and mayhem take place.

95.  JAWS--  11-1--  Quinn gets his.  Don't go into the water.

96.  JAWS II--  11-1--  Do what Dad says or get eaten by a shark.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why do feet smell and noses run?

Past Movie Scratches: Play-- Die-- Hard-- Halloween-- Transylvania-- Carrie

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

85.  CHILD'S PLAY--  9-21-- Meet Good Guy Chuckie.  So this is how he got that way.  "This is the end, friend."

86.  DIE HARD--  9-24--  A Christmas hostage situation.  It's Cowboy John.  "Yippie Yi Kay."   It's John vs. Hans.  A real Christmas story.

87.  DIE HARD 2--   9-25--   You're in my little pond now.   John takes a beating but keeps on ticking.

88.  HALLOWEEN II--  10-1--  Why doesn't she ever look behind her?   You don't know what death is.

89.  HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA  2--  10-2--  The wedding, pregnancy and a baby.  Is he a vampire or not?

90.  CARRIE--  10-9--  Don't cross her.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Men-- Robot-- Die-- Hard-- Fantastic-- Beetlejuice

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

79.  MEN IN BLACK II--  9-16--  You know what they say about postal workers.

80.  I ROBOT--  9-17--  The Robot Revolt.  What's the First Law?

81.  DIE HARD 2--  9-18--  Why shoot them once when you can shoot then four times?  Just another Merry Christmas with John McLain.

82.  DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE--  9-18--  Simon Says.  Having a REAL bad day..

83.  FANTASTIC FOUR--  9-19--  Stretch, Rock Invisible & Flame.

84.  BEETLEJUICE--  9-21--  "Day-O."  That horrible human problem.  Never trust the living.  Watch out for those Sand Worms.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Goodfellas-- RED-- RED-- Forrest-- Brother-- Hunter

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021.

73.  GOODFELLAS--  9-2--  The rise and fall of Henry Hill.  All that great music.  "Do I amuse you?"

74.  RED--  9-3--  Retired Extremely Dangerous.   Retirees not to be messed with.

75.  RED--  9-3--   Making a mess of Paris.  Watch out for that Korean guy.  This doesn't mean I'm not going to kill you later.

76.  FORREST GUMP--  9-9--  Loved that Bubba.  Lt. Dan.  The Running Man.

77.  OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU--  9-9--   Keeping ahead of that man and all that Dapper Dan pomade.  It takes two weeks to get anything.

78.  THE LAST WITCH HUNTER--  9-15--  Witches, they are among us.  Beware the Witch Queen.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Jaws-- Torino-- Rock-- Prince-- Doom-- Grail

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 20221.

67.  JAWS--  8-25--  "This is going to be the best summer we've ever had."  Well, before the uninvited guest showed up in the water.  What was that about the boat's size?

68.  GRAN TORINO--  8-26--  The spitting contest.  "Get off my lawn!"  The persistant Padre.  Toad and Miss Yum Yum.

69.  THE ROCK--  8-30--  "Mr. Director, you have a very serious problem.  It seems that Alcatraz has just reopened."

70.  HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE--  8-31--  Jenny loves Harry.  How Harry learned about Holcruxes.  Tom Riddle is Voldemort.

71.  INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM--  9-1--  She sure screams a lot.  Quite the meal at the maharaja's.   An unbelievable roller coaster ride.

72.  INDIANA JONES AND THE HOLY GRAIL--  9-1--   He really hates the Nazis.  Love the maps.  Be sure to choose wisely.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why does your alarm go off by going on?

Past Movie Scratches: Dead-- Andreas-- Geostorm-- Ghostbusters-- Divergent-- Egypt

Past Movie Scratches -- These were movies I saw on TV in 2020.

61.  DEAD POOL 2--  8-15--  Love the bartender and Juggernaut.

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62.  SAN ANDREAS--  8-15--  The Mother of All earthquakes.  Unbelievable rescues.  Not the ideal way to meet your new girlfriend.

63.  GEOSTORM--  8-17--  Real slow until the end then came the storms and a presidential kidnapping.  That was cool with all the tornadoes at once like that.

64.  GHOSTBUSTERS--  8-19--  The gals take a shot.  Lots of cameos by the first Ghostbusters.

65.  DIVERGENT:  INSURGENT--  8-20--  Looking for the box.

66.  GODS OF EGYPT--  8-24--  Pretty dumb escapism with all that brotherly love.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Jaws-- Guardians-- Bee-- Showman-- Godfather-- Shawshank

See if you can guess the names of the movies in the title of this post.

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

55.  JAWS 2--  8-7--  He's BACK.  Well, not him, but a relative?  Sheriff Brady thinks so.  The big shark has a shocking experience.

56.  GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY--  8-8--  "I am Groot."  He can say a lot with those three words.  And those great cassette tapes and songs.  I am still recording on cassettes.  My favorite Marvel crew.

57.  BUMBLE BEE--  8-9--  Those Bots and Cons take a beating but keep right on ticking.  Our favorite yellow fella.

58.  GREATEST SHOWMAN--  8-10--    Rags to riches story. with lots of great singing and choreography.

59.  GODFATHER 2--  8-10--  Moving to Nevada and definitely stay off Michael's bad side.  All that and the Cuban Revolution.

60.  SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION--  8-11--  Quite a story.  Red and the sad librarian who had been institutionalized.  A jerk warden gets his and a magnificent tree.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Boxing rings are square.

Past Movie Scratches: Pets-- Olympus-- Fifty-- Godzilla-- Equalizer-- Kingdom

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

49.  THE SECRET LIFE OF PETS--  7-23--  Along came Liam.  Fun and games down on the farm.  Find the ball.

50.  OLYMPUS HAS FALLEN--  7-26--  You don't want Mike Benning sneaking around when you take over the White House.  Right, bad guys?

51.  FIFTY FIRST DATES--  7-28--  Like a first kiss fifty times.  It was deja vu all over again.

52.  GODZILLA--  7-29--  Good ol' Godzilla saves the world from the two bad ones.  Hey, it's an alpha thing, you know.

53.  THE EQUALIZER 2--   8-5--  Have black Malibu will Lyft and solve your problems.  Making things right the hard way.

54.  JURASSIC WORLD:  FALLEN KINGDOM--  8-6--   Outrunning the lava flow and falling rocks.  (Well, and dinosaurs.)

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Quicksand works slowly.

Past Movie Scratches: Lethal-- Weapon-- Anchorman-- Alien-- Aliens-- Happening

Paqst Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021

43.  LETHAL WEAPON 3--  6-22--  Best not to mess with the gal police officer.  It was the burning of Atlanta all over again.  All sorts of wise-crackin' going on.

44.  LETHAL WEAPON 4--  6-22--  The original Iron Man.  What do you do with a loose shark in your boat?  How to really, really sink a boat.

45.  ANCHORMAN 2:  THE LEGEND CONTINUES--  7-11--  "Why do we have to tell people what they want to hear?"  Getting the gang back together and what a zany group are they.  The Battle of the News Crews.

46.  ALIEN--  7-21--  Where's that guy.  Not a stowaway you'd want on your spacecraft.  Creepy mouth with another mouth in it that could extend.

47.  ALIENS--  7-21--  Now there are more of them and they aren't any nicer.  The Marines did NOT kick ass and take names.  But the aliens sure did.

48.  THE HAPPENING--  7-22--  It's the wind or maybe the plants that make people go nuts.  Then there was that strange lady.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Homecoming-- Bee-- Hell-- Jungle-- Tombstone-- Bohemian

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021

37.  SPIDER MAN:  HOMECOMING--  6-14--  Wait till you meet your girlfriend's dad.

38.  BUMBLE BEE--  6-15--  "There's a door in my way."  Are all Decepticons that bad?  Bumble Bee holding the fort and taking a beating for the Autobats.

39.  HELL BOY--  6-15--  The Blood Queen.  Reuniting her with the rest of her body.  Fighting giants.  Hell Boy takes a licking, but keeps on ticking.  Moral:  Quit when your're a head.

40.  JUMANJI:  WELCOME TO THE JUNGLE--  6-16--  It all started in detention.  "I think we're in the game."  Teamwork wins the day.  Beware the drums.  Don't lose your stripes.

41.  TOMBSTONE--  6-17--  Cool, cool Doc.  The Earp Boys and Doc take care of of businessatthe O.K. Corral and elsewhere.  "We did our good deed for today."

42.  BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY--  6-21--  What does that particular style of mustache say about a person..  The struggles of a band and Freddie.  Great, great music.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Do twins ever realize that one of them is unplanned for?

Past Movie Scratches: Young-- Minions-- Monster-- Frozen-- Godzilla-- Grown

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

31.  YOUNG GUNS 2--   6-7--  That Billy!  What a sense of humor.  Everything was funny.  And, what a shot.

32.  MINIONS--  6-11--  The guys take England, the Crown and meet Gru.

33.  MONSTER U--  6-12--  The sad sack fraternity prevails.  Mike's the MAN!

34.  FROZEN--  6-12--  A sisterly musical.  Too bad about Anna's first beau.  What a cad.

35.  GODZILLA:  KING OF THE MONSTERS--  6-13--  Bring back the Titans.  Even Mothra.  Good ol' Godzilla saves the day.  GO Godzilla!!!

36.  GROWN UPS--  6-13--  Not so grown ups.  Some really interesting characters and kids.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: West-- Enemy-- Shooter--Terminator-- Meters-- Tombstone

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

25.  HOW THE WEST WAS WON--  5-28--  More movie stars than you can count.  The story of America's Westward Expansion on film.

26.  ENEMY OF THE STATE--  6-1--  That's scary Big Brother a-watching you.    No morals here.  Scary technology during Christmas.

27.  THE SHOOTER--  6-2--  Don't frame him.  Ultimate Payback.

28.  TERMINATOR:  GENYSIS--  6-5--  Going back for Sarah Conner.  No clothes either.

29.  47 METERS DOWN--  6-6-- My advice to you.  Don't go down with the Great Whites and a rickety old crane.

30.  TOMBSTONE--  6-7--  Beware the red sashes.  That coward Ike.  The mustache brothers & Doc.  "Hell's coming with me."  "My hypocrisy only goes so far." 

--RoadDog