Casablanca

This classic romantic drama starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Berman is just about one of the most famous films ever made. But I skipped Film One that day so I didn’t get to see it. Though my dorm-mate was there and passed on his review to me that it is “an enjoyable film with Nazis and stuff.”

The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension

This is a film that I’ve heard about my entire life, but haven’t had the opportunity to see. It draws reactions of shock when friends find this out. However, I know nothing about the sci-fi spoof. In fact, I just learned that it follows a physicist/neurosurgeon/rock star as he battles aliens. This is normally the kind of thing I’d be all over but it somehow escaped my radar.

Platoon

Though I haven’t seen the first film in Oliver Stone‘s Vietnam War trilogy, I did watch my friend Nate play some of the video game before school. I think that should count.

Film history classes are for people with money to burn. Burn, money, burn. Check out this hip-hop, film history CliffsNotes video from rapper DeStorm. He jumps from famous movie scene to famous movie scene all in one take, like a less impressive (though still entertaining) version of the Old Spice commercials. You can expect to see everything from Casablanca to Pulp Fiction, with a little Rocky thrown in there for good measure. Gotta have my “Adriaaaaan.”

There’s another music video DeStorm made about video games. What about a combined video, where he goes through the history of classic video game movies? You’d have… uh… and then you’d jump to… uh… The Wizard? Okay, bad idea.