Every Movie I Saw in 2021

 Every year I say I'm going to try and watch 365 movies in one year and every year I fall behind in that pointless endeavor. I've made it to September on-track before but then fell behind.  This year thanks to multiple January and February quarantine fueled movie heavy weekends, I pulled out of the gate way ahead of schedule and kept that momentum going through a mostly open calendar 2021. I crossed the finish line with more than 365 movies and the applause and admiration of nobody.  Fun Pandemic Side Note: Going to the movies is one of my absolute favorite pastimes, but we took a long break thanks to covid. I saw Pixar's Onward on March 17, 2020 and did not step foot into a theater again until we went to a screening of National Lampoon's Vacation on June 23, 2021 - that's 462 days away from the theater. Easily a record for me since my parents dropped me off to see Police Academy 5 back in 1988.

Picasso Trigger (1988)

1. The Flintstones (1994)
2. Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)
3. The Karate Kid (1984)
4. The Way I See It (2020)
5. Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President (2020)
6. Larry Gaye: Renegade Male Flight Attendant (2015)
7. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984)
8. Beat Street (1984)
9. Wild Style (1982)
10. After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News (2020)
11. Greener Grass (2019)
12. Krush Groove (1985)
13. Brave (2012)
14. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
15. The Parent Trap (1998)
16. Assault of the Killer Bimbos (1988)
17. Jazz on a Summer's Day (1959)
18. Belushi (2020)
19. Richard Jewell (2019)
20. Like A Boss (2020)
21. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2017)
22. Hail Columbia! (1982)
23. Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show (2017)
24. The Stuff (1985)
25. Miracle Mile (1988)
26. Explorers (1985)
27. Herbie Goes Bananas (1980)
28. Thank God It's Friday (1978)
29. I, Tonya (2017)
30. The Apple (1980)
31. Recruits (1986)
32. The NeverEnding Story (1984)
33. WarGames (1983)
34. Earwig and the Witch (2020)
35. The Lovebirds (2020)
36. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
37. Senior Week (1987)
38. Spirited Away (2001)
    
39. Link (1986)
40. Twenty Bucks (1993)
41. Picasso Trigger (1988)
42. SpaceCamp (1986)
43. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015)
44. The Secret World of Arrietty (2010)
45. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014)
46. Thor (2011)
47. Soapdish (1991)
48. Ninja III: The Domination (1984)
49. Crossroads (2002)
50. When Marnie Was There (2014)
51. The Orange Years: The Nickelodeon Story (2018)
52. Happy Happy Joy Joy: The Ren & Stimpy Story (2020)
53. Tom and Jerry (2021)
54. Hiding Out (1987)
55. Mr. Soul (2018)
56. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018)
57. Crystal Heart (1986)
58. Pretty in Pink (1986)
59. Whisper of the Heart (1995)
60. The Pick-up Artist (1987)
61. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020)
62. Coming to America (1988)
63. 76 Days (2020)
64. Roll Bounce (2005)
65. Coming 2 America (2021)
66. My Neighbor Totoro (1988)
67. Schlock (1973)
68. The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
69. Kid 90 (2021)
70. Heart and Souls (1993)
71. Moxie (2021)
72. Xanadu (1980)
73. Diary of a Wimpy Kid (2010)
74. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules (2011)
75. The Mole Agent (2020)
76. Daffy Duck's Movie: Fantastic Island (1983)
77. The Last Blockbuster (2020)
78. From Up on Poppy Hill (2011)
79. Scooby-Doo on Zombie Island (1998)
80. Yes Day (2021)
81. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days (2012)
82. The Craft: Legacy (2020)
83. Fear of a Black Hat (1993)
84. Pootie Tang (2001)
85. Kiki's Delivery Service (1989)
86. Can't Buy Me Love (1987)
87. You Can't Hurry Love (1988)
88. Three Men and a Baby (1987)
89. Bad Trip (2021)
90. Just the Way You Are (1984)
91. Fireworks (2017)
92. Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986)
93. Baby: Secret of the Lost Legend (1985)
94. The Gong Show Movie (1980)
95. Okko's Inn (2018)
96. Never Too Late: The Doc Severinsen Story (2020)
97. 2021 Oscar Nominated Short Films: Animation (2021)
98. Little Darlings (1980)
99. Cocktail (1988)
100. Red Dawn (1984)
101. That's Dancing! (1985)
102. Mark Twain and Me (1991)
103. Operation Varsity Blues (2021)
104. Take Me Home Tonight (2011)
105. The Day After (1983)
106. The Cat Returns (2002)
107. Journey to the Center of the Earth (1988)
108. Cool as Ice (1991)
109. The Smurfs 2 (2013)
110. Boys and Girls (2000)
111. Yogi Bear (2010)
112. The Blues Brothers (1980)
113. Firestarter (1984)
114. An American Werewolf in London (1981)
115. Less Than Zero (1987)
116. Weathering With You (2019)
117. Sailor Moon R: The Movie: The Promise of the Rose (1993)
118. National Lampoon's Animal House (1978)
119. Spies Like Us (1985)
120. Promising Young Woman (2020)
121. 18 Again! (1988)
122. Into the Night (1985)
123. Oscar (1991)
124. The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
125. Some Kind of Heaven (2020)
126. Playing For Keeps (1986)
127. Violets Are Blue (1986)
128. Ping Pong Summer (2014)
129. The Endless Summer (1965)
130. The Starving Games (2013)
131. Jamboree! (1957)
132. Diner (1982)
133. Your Name. (2016)
134. First Strike (1996)
135. Hold On! (1966)
136. Out to Sea (1997)
137. My Science Project (1985)
138. Summer Fantasy (1984)
139. Just One of the Guys (1985)
140. 200 Cigarettes (1999)
141. A Hard Day's Night (1964)
142. Here Come the Nelsons (1952)
143. A Whisker Away (2020)
144. Desperately Seeking Susan (1985)
145. Madonna: Truth or Dare (1991)
146. Three Amigos! (1986)
147. S.O.B. (1981)
148. Shanghai Surprise (1986)
149. Caveman (1981)
150. Outrageous Fortune (1987)
151. The Bad News Bears (1976)
152. Repossessed (1990)
153. Yes, God, Yes (2019)
154. Sailor Moon Eternal (2021)
155. High School Confidential! (1958)
156. Country (1984)
157. Splash (1984)
158. Tough Guys (1986)
159. Stakeout (1987)
160. The Donut King (2020)
161. Tin Men (1987)
162. Good Morning, Vietnam (1987)
163. Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
164. Ruthless People (1986)
165. Big Business (1988)
166. Going Ape! (1981)
167. Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar (2021)
168. Peggy Sue Got Married (1986)
169. Footloose (1984)
170. Dead Poets Society (1989)
171. Pokemon The Movie: The Power of Us (2018)
172. National Lampoon's Vacation (1983)
173. She's Out of Control (1989)
174. The Color of Money (1986)
175. Brain Donors (1992)
176. The Rescue (1988)
177. Kung Pow: Enter the Fist (2002)
178. The Regan Show (2017)
179. America: The Motion Picture (2021)
180. Luca (2021)
181. Vision Quest (1985)
182. Dark City Beneath the Beat (2020)
183. About Last Night (1986)
184. Summer of Soul (...Or, When the Revolution Could Not Be Televised)(2021)
185. D.O.A. (1988)
186. Teen Wolf (1985)
187. The Secret of My Success (1987)
188. In the Heights (2021)
189. Maid to Order (1987)
190. Disorganized Crime (1989)
191. Happy Together (1989)
192. The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
193. Black Widow (2021)
194. An Innocent Man (1989)
195. Beaches (1988)
196. Heartbreak Hotel (1988)
197. Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
198. UHF (1989)
199. Turner & Hooch (1989)
200. The Delta Force (1986)
201. Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)
202. Irreconcilable Differences (1984)
203. Meatballs 4 (1992)
204. Mystic Pizza (1988)
205. Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop (2020)
206. 9 to 5: The Story of a Movement (2020)
207. Woodstock 99: Peace, Love and Rage (2021)
208. Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street (2001)
209. My Best Friend Is a Vampire (1987)
210. Problem Child (1990)
211. Problem Child 2 (1991)
212. Here Come the Munsters (1995)
213. Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015)
214. Trailer War (2012)
215. Bumblebee (2018)
216. Aquamarine (2006)
217. Summer Rental (1985)
218. High School U.S.A. (1983)
219. Gross Anatomy (1989)
220. No Small Affair (1984)
221. Three Fugitives (1989)
222. House (1985)
223. This Changes Everything (2018)
224. Gidget Grows Up (1969)
225. Turtle Power: The Definite History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
226. Stir Crazy (1980)
227. Pleasantville (1998)
228. Night Shift (1982)
229. Off Beat (1986)
230. Star Trek: Insurrection (1998)
231. It Came From Hollywood (1982)
232. Say Anything (1989)
233. New York Stories (1989)
234. National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1 (1993)
235. Modern Problems (1981)
236. Grizzly II: The Revenge (1983/2020)
237. The Emoji Story (2019)
238. For Your Eyes Only (1981)
239. Bob Ross: Happy Accidents, Betrayal & Greed (2021)
240. American Graffiti (1973)
241. Going Bananas (1987)
242. The Good Mother (1988)
243. Vacation Friends (2021)
244. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
245. The Allnighter (1987)
246. Blaze (1989)
247. He's All That (2021)
248. PAW Patrol: The Movie (2021)
249. Fantastic Fungi (2019)
250. Racquet (1979)
251. Class Cruise (1989)
252. Spirit Untamed (2021)
253. Cinderella (2021)
254. Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings (2021)
255. Mars Attacks! (1996)
256. Jackass: The Movie (2002)
257. The Great Mom Swap (1995)
258. Seven Minutes in Heaven (1986)
259. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986)
260. Penn & Teller Get Killer (1989)
261. Peter Rabbit 2: The Runaway (2021)
262. We're Back! A Dinosaur's Story (1993)
263. Forever Golden! A Celebration of the Golden Girls (2021)
264. Shoot to Kill (1988)
265. The Invisible Man (1933)
266. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990)
267. Teaching Mrs. Tingle (1999)
268. More American Graffiti (1979)
269. Beverly Hills Cop 3 (1994)
270. Curse of the Pink Panther (1983)
271. Party Line (1988)
272. Get to the Heart: The Barbara Mandrell Story (1997)
273. And You Thought Your Parents Were Weird (1991)
274. Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
275. Jackass Number Two (2006)
276. Roller Boogie (1979)
277. Britney vs Spears (2021)
278. Secret Admirer (1985)
279. Lake Placid (1999)
280. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
281. Cracking Up (1977)
282. Pretty Woman (1990)
283. Every Which Way but Loose (1978)
284. Supercop (1992)
285. Fauci (2021)
286. Mean Girls (2004)
287. The Muppets (2011)
288. Queenpins (2021)
289. The Addams Family 2 (2021)
290. What's Up, Tiger Lily? (1966)
291. Sixteen Candles (1984)
292. Fun Size (2012)
293. The Fly (1958)
294. Return of the Fly (1959)
295. House on Haunted Hill (1959)
296. That Darn Cat (1997)
297. Addams Family Reunion (1998)
298. Christine (1983)
299. Cat's Eye (1985)
300. Goin' All the Way (1981)
301. The New Kids (1985)
302. Curse of the Fly (1965)
303. Boo! A Madea Halloween (2016)
304. The Addams Family (1991)
305. Beetlejuice (1988)
306. Ride Your Wave (2019)
307. The Old Dark House (1963)
308. 10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
309. Runaway Christmas Bride (2017)
310. Tammy and the T-Rex (1994)
311. The Love Boat: Alaska Wedding Cruise (1979)
312. The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)
313. Sweet & Sour (2021)
314. The Mini-Munsters (1973)
315. Labyrinth (1986)
316. Little Shop of Horrors (1986)
317. Dance Flick (2009)
318. A Fine Mess (1986)
319. Just Between Friends (1986)
320. 13 Going on 30 (2004)
321. Free Guy (2021)
322. Christmas Wonderland (2018)
323. Love Hard (2021)
324. Mighty Aphrodite (1995)
325. Miss Annie Rooney (1942)
326. K-On! The Movie (2011)
327. Striptease (1996)
328. Father Christmas is Back (2021)
329. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
330. The Santa Stakeout (2021)
331. Alice in Wonderland (1951)
332. Clifford the Big Red Dog (2021)
333. Home Sweet Home Alone (2021)
334. Funny Farm (1988)
335. Private Benjamin (1980)
336. Julie & Julia (2009)
337. Wish Upon a Christmas (2015)
338. The Bishop's Wife (1947)
339. King Richard (2021)
340. Next Stop, Christmas (2021)
341. Jungle Cruise (2021)
342. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)
343. Deck the Halls (2006)
344. Dr. Otto and the Riddle of the Gloom Beam (1985)
345. Return to Green Acres (1990)
346. Osmosis Jones (2001)
347. 8-Bit Christmas (2021)
348. Saving Silverman (2001)
349. Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas (2021)
350. Julia (2021)
351. Single All the Way (2021)
352. Dairy of a Wimpy Kid (2021)
353. A Clusterfunke Christmas (2021)
354. Strange Wilderness (2008)
355. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
356. Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)
357. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)
358. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
359. Blending Christmas (2021)
360. Closed For Storm (2020)
361. Basic Training (1985)
362. Elfette Saves Christmas (2019)
363. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
364. Mistletoe in Montana (2021)
365. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
366. Jingle All the Way (1996)
367. Days of Our Lives: A Very Salem Christmas (2021)
368. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
369. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
370. A Castle for Christmas (2021)
371. A Very Brady Christmas (1989)
372. Gremlins (1984)
373. 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (2021)

Top 10 Holiday Movie Favorites

For this list, instead of listing the holiday movies that I think are the best I thought about the Christmas movies that play in our home almost every year. Sure, I love It's A Wonderful Life and Holiday Inn and a whole slew of other classic Hollywood yuletide flicks but this here are the ones that I can watch year after year!

1) ERNEST SAVES CHRISTMAS (1988) I love this movie so much! I often site it as my favorite Christmas movie and then a few years ago when I realized it's just one of my all-time favorite movies. I love this movie so much I tracked down several of the filming locations in Orlando, Florida. I saw Ernest's house, guys!  This movie is the second of nine Ernest films and it certainly has the most heart, I think it's the funniest and has the best story which actually places Ernest as a secondary character to the main story of Santa Claus arriving in Florida to find his replacement. Just an absolutely delightful film from beginning to end.

2) NATIONAL LAMPOON'S CHRISTMAS VACATION (1989) I was already a huge fan of the first two Vacation films when this classic was first released. I actually won tickets to the local premiere of Christmas Vacation on the radio so I'm actually among the first people to ever see this hilarious masterpiece. It's been amazing watching this film morph from being just a silly comedy to a bona fide Holiday classic of the first degree. I love that you can buy Christmas Vacation merchandise of every variety now and when people decorate their house with motifs from the movie - that's just the best. This is one film that the entire household watches every single year Christmas week, and it's been the first PG-13 movie for all of my kids.

3) THE MUPPET CHRISTMAS CAROL (1992) When the Muppets take on the classic Dickens tale was first released, I was a bit disappointed that the movie wasn't wackier. As time has marched on, I've come to appreciate that the further apart the jokes occur makes each crazy Muppet moment all the more fantastic. This too has become a pretty widely loved Christmas movie as it is not only a fun time with Kermit the Frog and friends, but it is also a pretty faithful adaption of the original story.

4) A VERY BRADY CHRISTMAS (1988)  From Wikipedia: "When A Very Brady Christmas first aired, it was the highest rated television film of the season with a 25.1 rating and a 39 share but ultimately finished as the second highest rated television film of the season." I didn't even watch this when it first aired but I remember everybody talking about the film at school the next day and I eventually caught it in a rerun. It wasn't until a few years later when I had a job where there was a TV on all the time that I started to watch the Brady's Christmas movie repeatedly. It would air several times over multiple weekends each holiday season and I saw it so many times that it started to become a tradition with me. It was easy to find the film on TV for many years after I left that job, but eventually I had to resort to watching it on YouTube. Then I plunked down the $70 for the deluxe Brady Bunch box set which was the only was to get a DVD of the film. The following year Paramount released a stand alone disc for $10.

5) JINGLE BELL ROCKS! (2013) I love a good documentary and this independent film about off-beat Christmas music and Christmas music collectors just seems to scratch every itch I have for a good deep dive into Christmas music. Funny, fascinating and filled with good music...I've been able to track down most of this music on Spotify and the songs, too, have become part of my holiday traditions. 

6) GRUMPY CAT'S WORST CHRISTMAS EVER (2014) Easily the most bizarre Lifetime Christmas movie, I believe this film is also credited as being the first movie based off an internet meme. What shouldn't be any good, turns out to be a rollicking Christmas caper when a young girl befriends the sourpuss cat and the two end up trapped in a mall overnight and involved in a burglary. Grumpy Cat's inner thoughts are voiced by Aubrey Plaza a la' Garfield and there are a few mildly familiar faces among the human cast. Yes, this movie is kinda dumb but my kids and I love it and we've watched it 5 out of the last seven years. They've already asked when we are going to watch it again this year.

7) GOOD LUCK CHARLIE, IT'S CHRISTMAS! (2011) I've never seen the Disney Channel sitcom that this film is based on but I'm always a sucker for a movie version of a sitcom. The movie follows the sitcom Duncan family on a half-cross country Christmas week trip from Chicago to Palm Springs. My middle son was in kindergarten when this movie debuted and we watched it one afternoon and enjoyed it well enough. That same year it was playing late Christmas eve and I put it on while prepping the house for Santa's arrival. The following year it aired again late night on Christmas eve and I had it on while getting things ready. At this point, I decided it was to be a tradition to watch this movie on Christmas eve while doing prep work so I secured the DVD and have now literally seen this movie 11 times...and it won't be Christmas without viewing #12 this year.

8) JINGLE ALL THE WAY (1996) From the director of The Flintstones movies, Arnold Schwarzenegger battles Sinbad for 89 glorious minutes in order to obtain the hottest toy of the Christmas season. Phil Hartman is in it and there is a very brief cameo from Harvey Korman. Like a fine wine, this movie only gets better with age.

9) A CHRISTMAS STORY (1982) It took me about 30 years to finally come around on this film. I saw it the very first time it played on HBO - didn't like it. I showed it to my kids when they were little - still didn't like it. I gave it another chance somewhere in the last 10 years and something clicked - I loved it. Now, it's still fairly fresh for me and my kids because we never watched it on an endless loop on Christmas Eve. 

10) MICKEY'S TWICE UPON A CHRISTMAS (2004) A follow-up to 1999's Mickey's Once Upon A Christmas, this movie isn't even as good as the first one but it made this list because we've watched it so many times it's now a personal favorite. The first movie is beautiful and in my opinion, one of the very best things Disney has ever done with their classic characters. My kids really liked this second effort and I've now seen it so many times I'm not sure if the other one is still my favorite. In a brief 68 minute running time, this film offers up 5 short stories featuring the Disney gang. This was the first time Disney used Mickey and gang in 3D animation and the result is different from Mickey Mouse Clubhouse which premiered a year later. Of the 5 segments, Donald Duck trying to get some peace and quiet to enjoy a cup of hot cocoa is our favorite, although Pluto running away a joining up with Santa's reindeer is a house favorite too!

***Movies come and go from the streaming services but for the 2021 holiday season all of these movies are available on one of the major platforms; Grumpy Cat you'd have to rent from Amazon and Jingle Bell Rocks! appears to only be found on the public library supported service Hoopla. 

 

Every Movie I Saw in 2018

A record setting year for me in movie consumption as I continue to shove every film I can into my eye holes and ignore the new Golden Age of Television. I got out to the theater quite often and even saw a few of my all-time favorite films on the big screen for the first time in a long while, such as Airplane! and Gremlins. I watched some classics with my son, who is growing into quite the film buff! And I watched alot of great kiddie classics with my youngest daughter. All in all, it was a good year for movie watching!


1. The Care Bears Movie (1985) Amazon Prime
2. Scrooge (1970) Amazon Prime
3. Gilbert (2017) Hulu
4. Cops and Robbersons (1994) DVD
5. The Disaster Artist (2017) theater
6. Man of the House (1995) Hulu
7. Roger & Me (1989) DVD
8. Cinderfella (1960) DVD.com
9. Peter Pan (1953) DVD
10. Battle of the Sexes (2017) DVD.com
11. Scooby-Doo & Batman: The Brave and the Bold (2018) Redbox
12. Girls Trip (2017) DVD.com
13. Bowling for Columbine (2002) DVD
14. Ski Party (1965) TCM
15. Fast Food (1989) VHS
16. Snoopy Come Home (1972) DVD
17. Hamburger: The Motion Picture (1986) VHS
18. Pillow Talk (1959) DVD
19. Yogi Bear (2010) DVD
20. Brigsby Bear (2017) DVD.com
21. Big Red (1962) DVD
22. Bon Voyage! (1962) DVD
23. The Flintstones (1994) DVD
24. Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo (1984) Sony Movie Channel
25. Tiny Toon Adventures: How I Spent My Vacation (1992) Hulu
26. Home Again (2017) DVD.com
27. The Post (2018) theater
28. A Futile and Stupid Gesture (2018) Netflix
29. The In Crowd (1988) MGM
30. The Cheyenne Social Club (1970) TCM
31, MacShayne: Winner Takes All (1994) DVD
32. Meet the Parents (2000) Netflix
33. Groundhog Day (1993) DVD
34. The Producers (1967) TCM
35. Moana (2016) DVD
36, Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) DVD
37. Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie: 1001 Rabbit Tales (1982) DVD
38. Woody Woodpecker (2017) DVD
39. It Happened One Night (1934) TCM
40. In Search of the Castaways (1962) VHS
41. The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2018: Animation (2018) theater
42. Alice in Wonderland (1950) DVD
43. Bringing Down the House (2003) AMC
44. Wonder (2017) Blu-ray
45. Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (2017) DVD.com
46. Black Panther (2018) theater
47. West Side Story (1961) HBO
48. Strangers on a Train (1951) TCM
49. Smart Cookies (2012) DVD
50. Ratatouille (2007) DVD
51. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988) DVD
52. Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower The River (1968) DVD
53. Hardly Working (1980) VHS
54. Step Sisters (2018) Netflix
55. Personal Best (1982) HBO
56. Summer of '42 (1971) TCM
57. Z-O-M-B-I-E-S (2018) Disney Channel
58. Rebel Without A Cause (1955) TCM
59. Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015) DVD
60. Texas Lightning (1981) Amazon Prime
61. St. Helens (1981) VHS
62. Rat Race (2001) DVD
63. The Florida Project (2017) DVD.com
64. Saps at Sea (1940) DVD
65. Paddington (2014) Netflix
66. The Lego Batman Movie (2017) Blu-ray
67. Crocodile Dundee (1986) VH-1
68. The Great Race (1965) DVD.com
69. How To Stuff a Wild Bikini (1965) HDNet Movies
70. Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001) DVD
71. Thumbelina (1994) HBO
72. The Princess Diaries (2001) DVD
73. Snatched (2017) HBO
74. Clambake (1967) HDNet Movies
75. Toy Story 3 (2010) DVD
76. Pitch Perfect (2012) Paramount Network
77. Finding Dory (2016) Blu-ray
78. The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling (2018) HBO
79. Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure (1977) VHS
80. Cheech and Chong's Next Movie (1980) Sony Movie Channel
81. I Can Only Imagine (2018) theater
82. Ferdinand (2017) DVD.com
83. History of the World part 1 (1981) DVD
84. Still Smokin (1983) Sony Movie Channel
85. Spaceballs (1987) IFC
86. To Be or Not to Be (1983) HBO
87. Bugs Bunny Superstar (1975) DVD.com
88. Super Troopers (2001) DVD
89. Sgt, Stubby: An American Hero (2018) theater
90. The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000) DVD
91. The Twelve Chairs (1970) DVD.com
92. The North Avenue Irregulars (1979) DVD
93. My Neighbor Totoro (1988) DVD.com
94. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) DVD
95. Captain America: Civil War (2016) DVD
96. Avengers: Infinity War (2018) theater
97. The Onion Movie (2008) DVD
98. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) DVD.com
99. Spaceship (1981) DVD
100. The Crocodile Hunter: Colission Course (2002) DVD
101. Putney Swope (1969) DVD.com
102. The Apartment (1960) TCM
103. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer (1985) VHS
104. Twice Upon a Time (1983) laserdisc
105. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) DVD
106. DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games (2017) DVD.com
107. Justice League (2017) DVD.com
108. Deadpool 2 (2018) theater
109. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure (1985) DVD
110. Lady Bird (2017) DVD.com
111. Heavy Metal (1981) Sony Movie Channel
112. Where To Invade Next (2015) Amazon Prime
113. Frenzy (1972) DVD.com
114. Spellbound (1945) TCM
115. Lifeboat (1944) library DVD
116. Bachelor in Paradise (1961) MGM
117. It's A Great Life (1943) Amazon Prime
118. Judy Moody and the Not Bummer Summer (2011) DVD
119. Neighbors (1981) Sony Movie Channel
120. My Dog, The Thief (1969) VHS
121. She's The Man (2006) TBS
122. Jaws 3-D (1983) DVD
123. The Incredibles (2004) DVD
124. Jurassic World (2015) DVD
125. Early Man (2018) DVD.com
126. Weird Science (1985) IFC
127. Won't You Be My Neighbor? (2018) theater
128. The Kissing Booth (2018) Netflix
129. Incredibles 2 (2018) theater
130. Muscle Beach Party (1964) HDNet Movies
131. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) theater
132. Suburban Commando (1991) DVD
133. Daphne & Velma (2018) DVD.com
134. Downsizing (2017) DVD.com
135. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) DVD
136. Where The Boys Are '84 (1984) Amazon Prime
137. Carpool (1996) Netflix
138. Ant-Man (2015) TNT
139. Summer Rental (1985) DVD
140. How to Eat Fried Worms (2006) DVD.com
141. The Final Year (2017) DVD.com
142. Sydney White (2007) Freeform
143. March of the Penguins (2005) DVD
144. Table 19 (2017) HBO
145. It Came From Outer Space (1954) VHS
146. Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018) theater
147. Blockers (2018) DVD.com
148. Tomb Raider (2018) DVD.com
149. Blazing Saddles (1974) theater
150. Critic's Choice (1963) MGM
151. 44 Pages (2017) Netflix
152. Up (2009) DVD
153. The Pirate Movie (1982) DVD
154. Teen Titans Go! To The Movies (2018) theater
155. Dudley Do-Right (1999) DVD
156. The Monster Squad (1987) Amazon Prime
157. Police Academy 3: Back in Training (1986) DVD
158. Max Keeble's Big Move (2001) DVD
159. Game Night (2018) DVD.com
160. The Brady Bunch Movie (1995) DVD
161. Goldfinger (1964) MGM
162. Girls Just Want to Have Fun (1985) Hoopla
163. The Love Bug (1997) VHS
164. The Last Movie Star (2017) Amazon Prime
165. A Wrinkle in Time (2018) DVD.com
166. Cactus Flower (1969) TCM
167. Yellow Submarine (1968) Amazon Prime
168. Flight of the Navigator (1986) DVD
169. The Great Outdoors (1988) DVD
170. Ready Player One (2018) DVD.com
171. RV (2006) library DVD
172. Holiday in the Sun (2001) DVD
173. Bring It On (2000) DVD
174. Airplane! (1980) theater
175. Santa Jaws (2018) SyFy
176. Freaky Friday (2018) Disney Channel
177. Aquamarine (2006) DVD
178. The Package (2018) Netflix
179. To All The Boys I've Loved Before (2018) Netflix
180. Top Cat and the Beverly Hills Cats (1988) library DVD
181. Police Academy (1984) DVD
182. Super Troopers 2 (2018) DVD.com
183. Rumble in the Bronx (1995) HDNet Movies
184. A-Haunting We Will Go (1942) library DVD
185. Peter Rabbit (2018) DVD.com
186. Dark Skies (2013) SyFy
187. When Innocence Is Lost (1997) DVD
188. Eighth Grade (2018) theater
189. Action Point (2018) DVD.com
190. Murder on the Orient Express (2017) HBO
191. The Mountain Between Us (2017) HBO
192. RBG (2018) CNN
193. Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Netflix
194. Mad About Mambo (2000) Hoopla
195. Wimbledon (2004) DVD
196. The Bandit (2016) DVD
197. Hello Again (1987) VHS
198. Power of Grayskull: The Definitive History of He-Man and the Masters of the Uni...(2017)Netflix
199. Book Club (2018) DVD.com
200. Wedding of Dreams (2018) Hallmark Channel
201. Rear Window (1954) DVD
202. 21 & Over (2013) DVD
203. The Layover (2017) HBO
204. Tag (2018) DVD.com
205. Stiff Upper Lips (1998) library DVD
206. The Happytime Murders (2018) theater
207. The Miracle Season (2018) DVD.com
208. Odd Jobs (1986) HBO
209. The Brass Bottle (1964) DVD
210. Scooby-Doo! and the Gourmet Ghost (2018) DVD.com
211. Hollywood or Bust (1956) TCM
212. Pitch Perfect 2 (2015) Paramount
213. Reversing Roe (2018) Netflix
214. Fahrenheit 11/9 (2018) theater
215. Once Bitten (1985) Amazon Prime
216. Evil Roy Slade (1972) library DVD
217. Christopher Robin (2018) theater
218. Night of the Creeps (1986) Sony Movie Channel
219. Wreck-It Ralph (2012) DVD
220. Show Dogs (2018) DVD.com
221. Eight Days a Week (1997) DVD
222. Gremlins (1984) theater
223. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988) DVD
224. Boo 2! A Madea Halloween (2017) DVD.com
225. Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948) nDVD
226. Psycho II (1983) DVD
227. The Old Man & the Gun (2018) theater
228. Harper Valley P.T.A. (1978) VHS
229. Halloween (1978) blu-ray
230. The Addams Family (1991) Freeform
231. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992) DVD.com
232. Madhouse (1990) Sony Movie Channel
233. Generation Wealth (2018) DVD.com
234. Hocus Pocus (1993) DVD
235. Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018) DVD.com
236. All I Want For Christmas (1991) library DVD
237. The Holiday Calendar (2018) Netflix
238. Beyond Tomorrow (1940) DVD
239. Young Pioneers' Christmas (1976) DVD
240. Follow That Bird (1985) DVD
241. Christmas Comes to Willow Creek (1987) Amazon Prime
242. Uncle Drew (2018) DVD.com
243. Stroker Ace (1983) DVD.com
244. It's A Gift (1934) TCM
245. I'll Be Seeing You (1944) DVD.com
246. The Seventh Seal (1957) theater
247. The Christmas Chronicles (2018) Netflix
248. The Star (2017) Netflix
249. A Bad Moms Christmas (2017) DVD.com
250. 3 Godfathers (1948) library DVD
251. A Very Nutty Christmas (2018) Lifetime
252. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) theater
253. Can You Ever Forgive Me? (2018) theater
254. The Princess Switch (2018) Netflix
255. The Nutcracker (1993) Netflix
256. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014) DVD
257. The Man Who Came To Diner (1942) TCM
258. Holiday Affair (1949) DVD
259. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988) DVD
260. Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) theater
261. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971) DVD
262. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) DVD
263. Tiny Christmas (2017) Hoopla
264. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011) DVD
265. Vice (2018) theater
266. Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013) Hoopla
267. A Christmas Story (1983) DVD
268. Trail of Robin Hood (1950) TCM
269. A Very Brady Christmas (1988) DVD

Disney Play - A Disney Streaming Service Wish List

It's been no secret that the Disney Company is planning on launching their own television streaming service and recent details have emerged that the service will probably be called Disney Play and will be available sometime in 2019. The new venture is being hailed as a "Netflix-killer" in that it's going to be the first streaming network to really go after taking a chunk of Netflix's market share.

Of course the biggest hit Netflix will immediately take is that most of the Disney programming on Netflix will be gone at the end of this year and assuredly pop up again on Disney Play once it's off the ground. Disney Play also has announced their plans to provide top-notch, buzz-worthy original programs and films to their service. There has already been a live-action Star Wars series announced, as well as a new Marvel show and a series based on Monsters Inc. The slate of original films they have announced includes a live-action remake of Lady and the Tramp.

While I'm sure the majority of Disney Play's marketing will push the big name movies and original programming, there's also the matter of Disney's vast library of film and television that will hopefully have a home on the service as well. As a huge Disney buff, I'm really hoping that the luxury of not having to worry about ratings and the low cost of using stuff from their own library, will lead Disney to provide some obscure, vintage and off-beat materials from their vault. Sure, I'm excited about seeing the latest hit movies in my living room, but I also want to watch a 1959 television special with Walt Disney promoting the Matterhorn at Disneyland. I realize I'm not the exact market they are going for, but it would be great if Disney Buff's had some extra stuff to look forward to.

This is just a personal wish list; but here's 10 things I'd like to be able to have access to once Disney Play is streaming across the internet!

GOLDEN PALACE - With the surprising cult-like success The Golden Girls has found now 30 years after it's debut, it's no wonder we haven't seen more of the show's spin-off continuation. The Golden Palace aired on CBS the fall directly after The Golden Girls closed up shop on NBC. Dorthy had married and moved away, so of course the remaining three ladies went in together and bought a hotel and worked there. They also hired Don Cheadle and Cheech too!  Obviously the show wasn't quite as good as the original series, but I always thought it was pretty darn good too. It was certainly better than saying goodbye all-together to Blanche, Rose and Sophia. It was just as funny as any other show in it's eighth season, alas CBS gave it the boot after one just one year.  Golden Palace has never been released on home video in any format and reruns on television have been scarce. It seems like the classic series in on TV all day long and that people would want to see 22 new-ish episodes. I think this would be a great addition to Disney Play and something they could actually use in promoting the service.

COMPLETE SEASONS OF WONDERFUL WORLD OF DISNEY - The Wonderful World of Disney was the Disney company's signature show which ran for several decades in one form or another under numerous titles. The show was an anthology series made up of original episodes and often theatrical films shown in multiple parts.  While a few vintage episodes of the series have been made available in recent years, the series as a whole has never been offered because honestly, why would anyone want to watch a movie cut up into episodes and shown in black and white!? Well, I don't know how much it costs to make shows available to stream/download but it seems like the format of having a huge back catalog of programming would make an opportune time to finally release a few seasons in their entirety. Now some of this would be only to the appeal of a die-hard Disney fan but for completest sake it would be really cool to be able to watch an entire season of Wonderful World of Disney with all of Walt's intros and the promo's for the next week's episode. Also casual viewers could just drop in on any episode they choose - if they were looking for some classic Mickey Mouse cartoons or a nature documentary, for example.  According to IMDb there are over 30 seasons of the classic Disney anthology series. Obviously we don't need all 30, but a few early seasons would be nice for starters.

THE LITTLE MERMAID SERIES - From 1992 to 1994, CBS ran three seasons of the first animated series to be based off a smash hit Disney animated film. While The Little Mermaid series did not have the same beautiful animation as the feature film, it did sport the entire original voice cast as well as some pretty good storytelling.  The show has been rebroadcast over several of Disney's various cable channels and was fairly recently available on the now defunct Disney Junior app. My daughter and I started watching it but didn't get too far in before it disappeared. We'd love to finish it up sometime soon.

THEME PARK SPECIALS - OLD & NEW - It used to be fairly customary to broadcast a television special each time Disneyland or Walt Disney World hit another five year anniversary. There were also specials when new attractions opened and some park celebrations for various holidays. I'm not the only one who would love for a chance to see some of this vintage theme park footage as well as some new specials to commemorate new developments and anniversaries at the Disney vacation properties. I'm sure there would be quite an audience for a special all about the new Star Wars Galaxy's Edge opening on both coasts!

THE MOUSE FACTORY - Classic Disney animated shorts staring Mickey Mouse and the gang have to have a place on a Disney streaming service! May I suggest the 1971-1973 syndicated package known as The Mouse Factory? This is a far-out request as the show is very dated, but that's what makes it so good! Each episode consists of a few vintage shorts with a common theme served up by a host, filmed in live-action segments. Don Knotts, Dom DeLuise and even Kurt Russell were just some of the hosts that dropped by The Mouse Factory. This is just good pure fun that we don't see anymore!

MICKEY MOUSE CLUB (ALL 3 VERSIONS) - I don't need all of it (because there is a lot of it!) But I would love to have access to a number of episodes from all three incarnations of the Mickey Mouse Club. There's the classic black and white episodes from the 50's with Cubby and Annette. I want to see the 1977-1979 disco episodes I saw as a child. And I'm a fan of the 90's version, which eventually stared Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake (even though they came after I stopped watching.)

FELICITY - First of all, I love Keri Russell. I first saw her on the Mickey Mouse Club and had a celebrity crush on her ever since. I watched the first season of Felicity when it came on but then bailed in season two, not because she cut her hair but because of whichever guy she chose in the season opener. I don't remember who it was. Anyway, I've always wanted to go back and rewatch season one and then continue through with the other three seasons. Let's make this happen, Disney!!!

EMPTY NEST and NURSES - Empty Nest was a Golden Girls spin-off about the doctor that lived across the street from the girls. Nurses was an Empty Nest spin-off about nurses on another floor of the Empty Nest doctor's hospital. I was never really a big fan of either, but I'm surprised with all the Golden Girls success now that Empty Nest hasn't shown up anywhere in reruns. I'd give them both another look if I had access to them.

THE TORKELSONS/ALMOST HOME - The Torkelsons was a Disney branded sitcom on NBC about a single mother raising a bunch of kids in the south. It was later retooled as Almost Home which added a young Britney Murphy to the cast. Almost Home was ok, but I loved The Torkelsons! If I ever found a way to watch this series again I would jump right in!

Getting this show back would be the most exciting thing to happen to my adult life

THE MUPPETS - The word is that The Muppets will indeed have a home on the new Disney streaming service and that is very exciting. There is some talk of them continuing the very short lived 2015 ABC series which would be amazing or if they do something else similar that would be amazing too. Either way, I would certainly love to have all 18 episodes of the ABC series available to watch again commercial free (they are on the ABC app with advertising). I would also love to see a back catalogue of other Muppets material including specials and the last two seasons of the classic Muppet Show which have still never been released on DVD.

I guess we'll have to wait a year or so to see if any of my wish list has been fulfilled!

Every Movie I Saw in 2017

I don't watch sports and I don't binge anything. I watch movies. Here's the annual list of all the movies I witnessed the previous year:

1. Sully (2016)
2. Southside With You (2016)
3. The Homecoming: A Christmas Story (1971)
4. National Lampoon's Movie Madness (1982)
5. Central Intelligence (2016)
6. Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016)
7. Don't Think Twice (2016)
8. Floyd Norman: An Animated Life (2016)
9. Ducktales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990)
10. Selma (2014)
11. Hot Rod (2007)
12. Hidden Figures (2016)
13. Mr. Magoo (1997)
14. Blind Date (1987)
15. True Memoirs of an International Assassin (2016)
16. La La Land (2016)
17. Daffy Duck's Quackbusters (1988)
18. The Jungle Book (2016)
19. Bad Moms (2016)
20. The LEGO Batman Movie (2017)
21. Pete's Dragon (1977)
22. Scavenger Hunt (1979)
23. Suicide Squad (2016)
24. The Sandlot (1993)
25. The Death of "Superman Lives": What Happened? (2015)
26. Fantasia (1940)
27. Keeping Up With the Jones (2016)
28. Gus (1976)
29. Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989)
30. Fist Fight (2017)
31. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
32. 40 Pounds of Trouble (1962)
33. Kong: Skull Island (2017)
34. Mary Poppins (1964)
35. The Sign of Zorro (1958)
36. Westward Ho, the Wagons! (1956)
37. Tangled: Before Ever After (2017)
38. The Jetsons & WWE: Robo-WrestleMania! (2017)
39. Necessary Roughness (1991)
40. Shag (1989)
41. Bring It On (2000)
42. Bring It On: In It To Win It (2007)
43. Uncle Buck (1989)
44. Beauty and the Beast (2017)
45. The Wizard (1989)
46. Trolls (2016)
47. EuroTrip (2004)
48. National Lampoon's European Vacation (1985)
49. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
50. Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017)
51. Better Off Dead (1985)
52. Yoga Hosers (2016)
53. The Founder (2016)
54. Kevin Hart: What Now? (2016)
55. Born in China (2017)
56. Big Bully (1996)
57. The Truman Show (1998)
58. Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)
59. Hardbodies (1984)
60. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989)
61. Fatal Instinct (1993)
62. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (2017)
63. The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
64. The Karate Kid (1984)
65. The Prince of Egypt (1998)
66. Mischief (1985)
67. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (2017)
68. This Is Spinal Tap (1984)
69. The Crush (1993)
70. Surf Ninjas (1993)
71. Caddyshack II (1988)
72. Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975)
73. Movie 43 (2013)
74. Bambi (1942)
75. Meatballs (1979)
76. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (2017)
77. Head Office (1985)
78. Cars (2006)
79. Alien (1979)
80. UHF (1989)
81. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977)
82. Summer School (1987)
83. Ernest Goes To Camp (1987)
84. Cars 3 (2017)
85. Camp Nowhere (1994)
86. Toy Story (1995)
87. The Country Bears (2002)
88. Modern Times (1936)
89. 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
90. Airplane II: The Sequel (1982)
91. The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
92. Summer Job (1989)
93. Captain Ron (1992)
94. Parent Trap: Hawaiian Honeymoon (1989)
95. My Demon Lover (1987)
96. 12 Angry Men (1957)
97. Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971)
98. Aquamarine (2006)
99. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)
100. The Emoji Movie (2017)
101. Dancin': It's On! (2015)
102. Laura (1944)
103. My Father the Hero (1994)
104. The Boss Baby (2017)
105. Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot (1992)
106. Billy Madison (1995)
107. The Little Mermaid (1989)
108. The Muppet Movie (1979)
109. Adore (2013)
110. Spies Like Us (1985)
111. New York Minute (2004)
112. Blast From the Past (1999)
113. Best Worst Movie (2009)
114. Cop and a Half: New Recruit (2017)
115. Rocky (1976)
116. Excess Baggage (1997)
117. The Outcasts (2017)
118. Bring It On: Worldwide #Cheersmack (2017)
119. Singin' in the Rain (1952)
120. The Errand Boy (1961)
121. Operation Dumbo Drop (1995)
122. Shrek (2001)
123. The African Lion (1955)
124. The Road to Hong Kong (1962)
125. How to Be A Latin Lover (2017)
126. The Disorderly Orderly (1964)
127. Smokey and the Bandit (1977)
128. A Goofy Movie (1995)
129. Them! (1954)
130. Dirty Dancing (1987)
131. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
132. Baywatch (2017)
133. The King of Comedy (1982)
134. The Gold Rush (1925)
135. The Big Sick (2017)
136. The Bellboy (1960)
137. The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017)
138. The Garbage Pail Kids Movie (1987)
139. Toy Story 3 (1999)
140. Shin Godzilla (2016)
141. High School High (1996)
142. Rough Night (2017)
143. Hot Shots! (1991)
144. My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
145. The Tigger Movie (2000)
146. Teen Witch (1989)
147. Wonder Woman (2017)
148. Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
149. Psycho (1960)
150. Top Cat Begins (2015)
151. Boo! A Madea Halloween (2106)
152. The Babysitter (2017)
153. Haunted Honeymoon (1986)
154. Drive Me Crazy (1999)
155. 52 Pick-Up (1986)
156. The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
157. Attack of the Killer Tomatoes! (1978)
158. High Society (1956)
159. 47 Meters Down (2017)
160. Dracula: Dead and Loving It (1995)
161. Halloween with the New Addams Family (1977)
162. Broadcasting Christmas (2016)
163. Friday (1995)
164. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)
165. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002)
166. The House (2017)
167. Thor: Ragnarok (2017)
168. Mean Girls (2004)
169. Clueless (1995)
170. Bad Santa 2 (2016)
171. The New Love Boat (1977)
172. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
173. Meet the Deedles (1998)
174. The Stooge (1951)
175. Nothing But Trouble (1991)
176. Duck Soup (1933)
177. Trading Places (1983)
178. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
179. Casablanca (1942)
180. Sparrows Dance (2012)
181. Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas (2004)
182. Slam Dunk Ernest (1995)
183. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2007)
184. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
185. An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)
186. A Very Merry Toy Store (2017)
187. Home Alone (1990)
188. Coco (2017)
189. Jingle All The Way (1996)
190. Office Christmas Party (2016)
191. Paths of Glory (1957)
192. A Christmas Carol (1951)
193. Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
194. Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013)
195. It's A Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie (2002)
196. A Christmas Prince (2017)
197. The Little Match Girl (1987)
198. It's A Wonderful Life (1946)
199. The Santa Clause 2 (2002)
200. The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
201. A Christmas Story (1983)
202. A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
203. Star Wars : The Last Jedi (2017)
204. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
205. Christmas Inheritance (2017)
206. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
207. Yogi's First Christmas (1980)
208. Die Hard (1988)
209. The $1,000,000 Duck (1971)

Hear which ones were my new favorites on my podcast: What's Your Favorite Movie? episode 38

Every Movie I Saw in 2016

I know you are excited for a list of every movie I watched last year!

1. Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip (2015)
2. The Courtship of Andy Hardy (1942)
3. A Walk in the Woods (2015)
4. Return of the Killer Tomatoes! (1988)
5. The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland (1999)
6. San Andreas (2015)
7. The Pink Panther 2 (2009)
8. Nintendo Quest (2015)
9. Alias Jessie James (1959)
10. Minions (2015)
11. Galaxy Quest (1999)
12. Smash-Up on Interstate 5 (1976)
13. Snow Day (2000)
14. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze (1991)
15. The Facts of Life (1960)
16. Barbie in Rock 'N Royals (2015)
17. Snowball Express (1972)
18. Brave (2012)
19. Tooken (2015)
20. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
21. Trainwreck (2015)
22. Dope (2015)
23. The Year Dolly Parton Was My Mom (2011)
24. Sex Ed (2014)
25. Tomorrowland (2015)
26. Roger & Me (1989)
27. Melody Time (1948)
28. Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
29. Deadpool (2016)
30. Where's The Fair (2014)
31. Muppets Most Wanted (2014)
32. American Beauty (1999)
33. The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2016: Animation (2016)
34. In Bruges (2008)
35. Clifford (1994)
36. National Lampoon's Class Reunion (1982)
37. Jem and the Holograms (2015)
38. South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)
39. The Muppet Movie (1979)
40. Pee-Wee's Big Holiday (2016)
41. Breakin' (1984)
42. Brother Can You Spare A Dime (1975)
43. The Ghost and Mr. Chicken (1966)
44. Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
45. Bewitched (2005)
46. The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! (1988)
47. Superman IV: The Quest for Peace (1987)
48. Zootopia (2016)
49. SpaceCamp (1986)
50. Almost Famous (2000)
51. Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
52. Moulin Rouge! (2001)
53. Sixteen Candles (1984)
54. The Peanuts Movie (2015)
55. Wagons East (1994)
56. The Money Pit (1986)
57. High Anxiety (1977)
58. The Naughty Nineties (1945)
59. Sisters (2015)
60. Some Kind of Wonderful (1987)
61. The Princess Bride (1987)
62. Spotlight (2015)
63. Ladybugs (1992)
64. Ratchet & Clank (2016)
65. Drunk Stoned Brilliant Dead: The Story of the National Lampoon (2015)
66. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
67. My Blue Heaven (1990)
68. Lilo & Stitch (2002)
69. All Things Must Pass: The Rise and Fall of Tower Records (2015)
70. Heaven Help Us (1985)
71. Jocks (1986)
72. Captain America: Civil War (2016)
73. Who's Harry Crumb? (1989)
74. Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
75. Gung Ho (1986)
76. Big Trouble in Little China (1986)
77. Back to the Beach (1987)
78. The Barefoot Executive (1971)
79. The Angry Birds Movie (2016)
80. Francis in the Navy (1955)
81. Clerks (1994)
82. Finding Nemo (2003)
83. Armed and Dangerous (1986)
84. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
85. Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
86. Scandalous John (1971)
87. Where to Invade Next (2015)
88. Spalsh (1984)
89. The Sting (1973)
90. Weekend at Bernie's (1989)
91. Finding Dory (2016)
92. The Guns of Navarone (1961)
93. Adventures in Babysitting (1987)
94. Star Trek: First Contact (1996)
95. Scary Movie 3 (2006)
96. Flipper (1996)
97. Stoogemania (1986)
98. The Looney, Looney, Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981)
99. Airplane! (1980)
100. Jaws (1975)
101. Club Paradise (1986)
102. Revolutionary Road (2008)
103. Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
104. Dragnet (1987)
105. Ghostbusters (2016)
106. Adventures in Babysitting (2016)
107. Bon Voyage, Charlie Brown (and Don't Come Back!!) (1980)
108. Real Life (1979)
109. The Three Caballeros (1944)
110. Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
111. Pokémon: The First Movie (1989)
112. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016)
113. Boris and Natasha (1992)
114. Big (1988)
115. Sgt. Bilko (1996)
116. Tremors (1990)
117. Blondie Hits the Jackpot (1949)
118. How I Got Into College (1989)
119. Fifty Shades of Black (2016)
120. Jetsons: The Movie (1990)
121. The Fundamentals of Caring (2016)
122. To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday (1996)
123. Caught in the Draft (1941)
124. Barbie: Princess Charm School (2011)
125. Star Trek Beyond (2016)
126. Tremors II: Aftershocks (1996)
127. Meatballs (1979)
128. Pacific Rim (2013)
129. Truth (2015)
130. Nine Lives (2016)
131. The Bandit (2016)
132. Cabin Boy (1994)
133. Sausage Party (2016)
134. Animal House (1978)
135. Father of the Bride (1991)
136. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
137. Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016)
138. Spice World (1997)
139. Beauty and the Beast (1991)
140. Ski Patrol (1990)
141. Kubo and the Two Strings (2016)
142. Summer of Dreams (2016)
143. Fletch Lives (1989)
144. Miracles From Heaven (2016)
145. See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989)
146. Barbie: Spy Squad (2016)
147. Keanu (2016)
148. Wayne's World (1992)
149. Everybody Wants Some!! (2016)
150. A Goofy Movie (1995)
151. The Woman in Red (1984)
152. That Guy Dick Miller (2014)
153. Pinocchio (1940)
154. Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping (2016)
155. The Little Rascals (1994)
156. Audrie & Daisy (2016)
157. Moving (1988)
158. Aladdin (1992)
159. The Magnificent Seven (1960)
160. Blank Check (1994)
161. DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year (2016)
162. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother (1975)
163. Young Frankenstein (1974)
164. Father of the Bride Part II (1995)
165. Baby Boom (1987)
166. Mafia! (1998)
167. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)
168. Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
169. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (2016)
170. Mascots (2016)
171. Matinee (1993)
172. The Jerk (1979)
173. Blue Money (1972)
174. The Nighmare Before Christmas (1993)
175. Doctor Strange (2016)
176. And Now For Something Completely Different (1971)
177. Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates (2016)
178. Nerve (2016)
179. The Shallows (2016)
180. Space Jam (1996)
181. Trolls (2016)
182. The Christmas Gift (1986)
183. Wish For Christmas (2016)
184. Krampus (2015)
185. Chopping Mall (1986)
186. Saving Christmas (2014)
187. The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1976)
188. Moana (2016)
189. The Lemon Drop Kid (1951)
190. The House Without A Christmas Tree (1972)
191. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014)
192. Holiday Affair (1949)
193. Unaccompanied Minors (2006)
194. The Night Before (2015)
195. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)
196. A Mom For Christmas (1990)
197. Elf (2003)
198. Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas (2004)
199. Ernest Saves Christmas (1988)
200. A Very Brady Christmas (1988)
201. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011)
202. Rouge One: A Star Wars Story (2016)
203. Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013)
204. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989)
205. Jingle All The Way (1995)

and now...Every Movie I Saw in 2015

Life Itself (2014)

I was inspired to keep track of all the movies I've seen by seeing similar lists on other blogs, plus I've been listening to some movie podcasts and it seems to be a pretty common practice for any good film buff. While I didn't break 200 films in 2015, I did top last year's tally by 20 films. I saw 151 in all, last year. The main source of film goodness for me continues to be the DVD service of Netflix, now called DVD.Netflix,com. The streaming services of Netflix and Amazon also provide a wealth of unique films but I'm always looking around at other sources to find good movies. Anywho...enjoy the list. As requested by a reader last year, I've included the date of screening and the source.

1. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 1/1 DVD
2. Back to the Future Part II (1989) 1/1 DVD
3.Road to Bali (1952) 1/3 Amazon Prime
4. Mr. Deeds Goes To Town (1936) 1/6 TCM
5. Rewind This! (2013) 1/7 Netflix DVD
6. Road to Singapore (1940) 1/8 Netflix DVD
7. On The Town (1949) 1/9 TCM
8. Gremlins 2: The New Batch (1990) 1/10 DVD
9. Let's Be Cops (2014) 1/13 Netflix DVD
10. Into the Storm (2014) 1/15 Netflix DVD
11. Trouble Along The Way (1953) 1/22 Netflix DVD
12. Road to Zanzibar (1941) 1/23 Netflix DVD
13. A Kiss For Corliss (1949) 1/24 TCM
14. Life Itself (2014) 1/25 CNN
15. Magic in the Moonlight (2014) 2/5 Netflix DVD
16. Maleficent (2014) 2/6 Redbox
17. Earth to Echo (2014) 2/7 Netflix DVD
18. The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015) 2/9 R/C Hanover Movies 16
19. Step Up: All In (2014) 2/10 Netflix DVD
20. Lucy (2014) 2/12 Netflix DVD
21. Road to Morocco (1942) 2/28 Netflix DVD
22. Misty (1961) 3/1 DVD
23. Airport (1970) 3/2 Netflix DVD
24. Airport 1975 (1974) 3/3 Netflix DVD
25. Call Me Bwana (1963)  3/6 MGM HD
26. Airport '77 (1977) 3/8 Netflix DVD
27. The Road to Hong Kong (1962) 3/9 Netflix DVD
28. The Flintstones and WWE: Stone Age Smackdown (2015) 3/10 DVD
29. Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) 3/13 R/C Hanover Movies 16
30. The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T (1953) 3/14 Sony Movie Channel
31.  Lost in Alaska (1952) 3/15 Netflix DVD
32. The Concorde: Airport '79 (1979) 3/17 Netflix DVD
33. Gone Girl (2014) 3/18 Redbox
34. The Late Shift (1996) 3/23 Amazon Prime
35. Barbie in Princess Power (2015) 3/24 Netflix DVD
36. Cinderella (2015) 3/24 R/C Hanover Movies 16
37. Marathon (1980) 3/31 DVD
38. Earthquake (1974) 4/1 Netflix DVD
39. Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd (1952) 4/2 TCM
40. Birdman (2014) 4/8 Netflix DVD
41. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001) 4/11 DVD
42. The Music in Me (2015) 4/12 UP
43. Bad Words (2013) 4/13 HBO
44. Walk of Shame (2014) 4/16 HBO
45. Top Five (2014) 4/19 Netflix DVD
46. Monkey Kingdom (2015) 4/24 Regal Westminster 9
47. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial (1982) 4/26 HBO
48. The Avengers (2012) 4/29 DVD
49. Avengers: Age of Ultron (2015) 4/30 R/C Hanover Movies 16
50. Lovelines (1984) 5/11 DVD
51. Legally Blonde (2001) 5/15 Netflix
52. Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2 (2015) 5/17 R/C Hanover Movies 16
53. Stripped (2014) 5/19 Amazon Prime
54. Mortdecai (2015) 5/26 Netflix DVD
55. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) 5/27  DVD
56. Student Bodies (1981) 6/1 VHS
57. Superfast! (2015) 6/3 Netflix DVD
58. Hot Girls Wanted (2015) 6/6 Netflix
59. Tyler Perry's Madea's Tough Love (2015) 6/7 Netflix DVD
60. Barbie in A Mermaid Tale (2010) 6/9 DVD
61. Jurassic World (2015) 6/16 R/C Hanover Movies 16
62. Snoopy Come Home (1972) 6/17 DVD
63. 22 Jump Street (2014) 6/22 Netflix DVD
64. Jurassic Park III (2001) 6/23 SyFy
65. Inside Out (2015) 6/24 Frank Theaters Gettysburg 10
66. Batman vs. Robin (2015) 6/29 Netflix DVD
67. Kidco (1984) 6/30 HDNet Movies
68. Jaws (1975) 7/5 DVD
69. Twilight Zone: The Movie (1983) 7/5 DVD
70. A Night at the Roxbury (1998) 7/5 DVD
71. These Amazing Shadows (2011) 7/7 HDNet Movies
72. Poison Ivy (1985) 7/12 VHS
73. Treasure Planet (2002) 7/13 DVD
74. Blue Summer (1973) 7/16 Netflix
75. Teen Witch (1989) 7/19 Netflix
76. Ant-Man (2015) 7/19 R/C Hanover Movies 16
77. Horrible Bosses 2 (2014) 7/19 Netflix DVD
78. Race For Your Life, Charlie Brown (1977) 7/20 DVD
79. Joe Dirt 2: Beautiful Loser (2015) 7/22 Crackle
80. Aquamarine (2006) 7/22 HDNet Movies
81. Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! (2015) 7/27 SyFy
82. Tarzan (1999) 7/28 DVD
83. Swiss Miss (1938) 7/28 DVD
84. The Pink Panther (2006) 7/28 Sony Movie Channel
85. Tom & Jerry: Spy Quest (2015) 7/30 Netflix DVD
86. Vacation (2015) 8/1 R/C Hanover Movies 16
87. Staten Island Summer (2015) 8/8 Netflix
88. Beverly Hills Cop III (1994) 8/9 Netflix
89. My Little Pony: Equestria Girls - Rainbow Rocks (2014) 8/11 Frank Theaters Gettysburg 10
90. I Am Chris Farley (2015) 8/12 Spike
91. Black Sheep (1996) 8/14 Netflix
92. The Great Outdoors (1988) 8/14 DVD
93. Canadian Bacon (1995) 8/22 DVD
94. Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015) 9/2 Redbox
95. A Deadly Adoption (2015) 9/3 Lifetime
96. Cinderella (1950) 9/6 DVD
97. The Longshot (1986) 9/7 Netflix
98. Plasitc Galaxy: The Story of Star Wars Toys (2014) 9/8 Amazon Prime
99. Legally Blonde 2: Red, White and Blonde (2003) 9/9 Netflix
100. I Am Big Bird: The Carol Spinney Story (2014) 9/10 Amazon Prime
101. To Kill A Mockingbird (1962) 9/13 Netflix
102. The Caddy (1953) 9/13 Netflix DVD
103. The Legend of Lobo (1962) 9/19 VHS
104. The Big Wedding (2013) 9/21 Amazon Prime
105. Scared Stiff (1953) 9/22 Netflix DVD
106. Brewster's Millions (1985) 9/24 Netflix DVD
107. Lady and the Tramp (1955) 9/28 Outdoor screening
108. Barbie in Rock 'N Royals (2015) 9/29 Netflix DVD
109. Scooby-Doo! and KISS: Rock and Roll Mystery (2015) 10/2 Netflix DVD
110. I Dream of Jeannie...Fifteen Years Later (1985) 10/3 Sony Movie Channel
111. Live From New York! (2015) 10/4 NBC
112. The DUFF (2015) 10/5 Netflix DVD
113. Boy, Did I Get A Wrong Number! (1966) 10/6 MGM HD
114. Police Academy 5: Assignment Miami Beach (1988) 10/12 DVD
115. Police Academy 4: Citizens on Patrol (1987) 10/13 DVD
116. Hot Pursuit (2015) 10/18 Netflix DVD
117. Little Giants (1994) 10/20 Amazon Prime
118. Back to the Future Part III (1990) 10/21 Amazon Prime
119. Get Hard (2015) 10/25 Netflix DVD
120. Robocop (1987) 10/28 HBO
121. Barbie and Her Sisters in A Pony Tale (2013) 11/1 DVD
122. I'll Take Sweden (1965) 11/1 MGM HD
123. Back in Time (2015) 11/2 Amazon Prime
124. Adjust Your Tracking (2013) 11/3 Shout Factory TV
125. Kindergarten Cop (1990) 11/7 HDNet Movies
126. The Peanuts Movie (2015) 11/6 R/C Hanover Movies 16
127. Hats Off To Christmas (2013) 11/14 Hallmark Channel
128. Volunteers (1985) 11/16 Netflix DVD
129. Blue Denim (1959) 11/18 Fox Movie Channel
130. Wild (2014) 11/19 Netflix DVD
131. Pixels (2015) 11/20 Netflix DVD
132. The Shaun the Sheep Movie (2015) 11/24 Netflix DVD
133. Barbie: A Perfect Christmas (2011) 11/28 Netflix DVD
134. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014) DVD
135. Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films (2014) 12/2 Netflix
136. The Good Dinosaur (2015) 12/6 R/C Hanover Movies 16
137. A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994) 12/10 DVD
138. Sun Valley Serenade (1941) 12/13 TCM
139. The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) DVD
140. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 12/19 R/C Hanover Movies 16
141. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 12/20 DVD
142. White Christmas (1954) 12/21 Netflix
143. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas! (2011) 12/24 DVD
144. A Very Brady Christmas (1988) 12/26 ABC Family
145. The Shop Around The Corner (1940) 12/27 TCM
146. Ernest Saves Christmas (1989) 12/27 DVD
147. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) 12/28 DVD
148. My Boyfriend's Back (1993) 12/28 Hoopla
149. A Christmas Story (1983) 12/29 TNT
150. Road to Utopia 12/29 (1945) Hoopla
151. A Lego Brickumentary (2014) 12/30 Amazon Prime

10 Favorite Dutch Wonderland Attractions

Just the other day, Fox News posted their list of 10 Best Attractions at Dutch Wonderland. It seems like an odd choice for an article by a national website and just like the Fox News we're all come to love and admire on television, the story has more than one factual inaccuracy. Either way, the article made me think, "Well, I should do a list of favorite DW attractions!" Just about every attraction at the park is hit with one member of my family or another, but this is a sampling of the things I enjoy most at the Lancaster park...

Astroliner  Long before every theme park had a motion simulator ride and even before Disney perfected the art by taking us on a Star Tour into the Star Wars universe, the Astroliner would provide similar thrills by rocking back and forth while a movie showed an out of control space mission on the cockpit screen. This ride would pop up at carnivals and beach-side amusement areas and I loved it. Whenever I saw one of these set up, I would beg my parents to let me ride it. I even have fond memories of riding it at Dutch Wonderland when I was little.  Dutch Wonderland installed the ride in the 70's and tried to sell it shortly before 2000. When they couldn't find a buyer, DW decided to spruce up the ride and present it as a piece of amusement park history. Now the ride serves as one of the parks more unique attractions.  The 8mm rear projection film has been replaced with a wide screen TV and a DVD of the original film, but the experience is still good old fashioned fun. (There's a more modern version of the ride, the VR Voyager, housed right across from this amusement park antique.)

Decades of Dutch Wonderland Dutch Wonderland offers quite a bit of live entertainment for a park of it's size. As season pass holders for three years I've probably seen at least a dozen different shows in the park. To celebrate the park's 50th Anniversary in 2013 they added Decades of Dutch Wonderland which offers a brief history of the park but a pretty darn good soundtrack of hits from the 60's through today. Most of the musical show offerings at DW consist of a two person cast, Decades benefits from four live actors as well as Duke The Dragon (who doesn't sing, but he can dance!) The show basically plays like a mini-concert and if you look around in the middle of the show, you'll see more than one parent tapping their feet or bobbing their head to this great collection of songs.

Double Splash Flume This is a fairly standard Log Flume style ride but it is a nice one, where the track sits in the ground instead of above like most others. The ride has two drops, the first one is small but produces a surprising splash. The ride out to the main lift is enjoyable. There used to be statues of animals and a mist tunnel along the way but the animals have retired and the mist shut off. You still get a nice scenic trip with great views of the roller coaster and a nice way to cool off without getting drenched. It's also nice that there is no height restriction so the whole family can ride together.

Dragon's Lair This is one of the park's earliest attractions, even though it has been altered greatly since opening day. Little log boats, similar to the ones on the log flume ride, take you on a nice relaxing ride around a small lake in the front of the park. There's not much action here, just an experience similar to renting a boat for an afternoon and peacefully cruising the local lake. The boat is guided by an underwater rail, but steering wheels on each log boat give kids the opportunity to drive. There are a few animated and non-animated pretend animals along the way before entering the dragon's lair itself. The dragon in question, is Duke, the park's lovable mascot represented by a huge audio animatronic that pops up out of his mountain home every so often to laugh and sing. Once you are greeted by Duke, you boat takes a quick tour of inside his mountain for a brief glimpse and a look at Dutch Wonderland's own "back side of water."

Exploration Island Last year, Dutch Wonderland took a neglected portion of their park (a large island along the back end of the park) and spruced it up into one of the most modern and heavily themed areas of the entire park. Exploration Island is now the home to 20 audio-animatronic dinosaurs that you can visit along Prehistoric Path, a short walking trail with great views of the various dinosaurs. Some of them are animated, some of them make noise, some you can ever control. None of the dinos are too tall or frightening keeping the parks target audience in mind. A nice touch is that similar attractions at other area parks have an additional entrance fee - but at DW, the dinosaurs are included with every admission ticket. The dinosaurs are also visible from the islands two other rides; the Gondola Cruise and the newly renovated Sunoco Turnpike - which was moved from the middle of the park to the island and expanded to triple in length. Exploration Island is also where you will find Dino Dig, three large sandbox areas where kids can use excavation tools to uncover dinosaur fossils. The entire island experience is enhanced with terrific atmospheric music and sound effects as well as it's own dino-filled gift shop.

Kingdom Coaster  You wouldn't expect a real, honest-to-goodness roller coaster at such a little kiddie oriented park, but Dutch Wonderland's wooden coaster is the real deal. A family coaster that provides every bit of fun as a bigger coaster, just minus the first drop. Kingdom Coaster was the first project of Custom Coasters International back in 1991. Since then, CCI has gone on to be the largest manufacturer of wooden coasters in the world. The coaster hits speeds of 40 MPH and features plenty of air time, sharp curves and a pretty intense helix near the end of the ride.  In the evening hours of the park, it's not uncommon to be able to stay on the ride and go multiple trips without getting off the train. Sometimes they don't even slow the train down through the station - and that's a unique experience you'll never get at a bigger park.  On more than one occasion, the kids and I rode 5 times without stopping - nowadays one trip around at a time is enough for me!

Monorail Not many parks have a monorail, in fact Dutch Wonderland was one of the first to have one after Disneyland.  Dutch Wonderland's monorail leaves a very vintage looking station in the middle of the park and travels a loop around most of the grounds. You'll get a bird's eye view of the adjoining Mill Stream Campground as well as some of the behind the scenes areas of the park. The monorail also travels through the park's wooden roller coasters at a couple different points. The ride also takes you out of the castle walls and into the parking lot through an old abandoned monorail station and out along Rt. 30 in front of the park. Kids often have a fun time finding the family car in the parking lot. This is another of the park's great relaxing rides and I'm happy to announce that as of mid-2015, there is a new (updated) recording that plays in each monorail car to accompany your ride.

Tug Boat Sadly, the Tug Boat (and it's sister vessel the Lady Gay) has been out of commission for the entire 2015 season. The park's website listed the attraction as temporarily closed until recently when it stated the ride would be shut down for the entire season. The Tug Boat was just another boat ride, that actually traveled the same path as the Gondola Cruise, just along the outside of the island. What set the Tug Boat apart from all the other boat rides at Dutch Wonderland is that it was a free floating boat that did not ride on a track or rail, and required a real boat captain to pilot the ship alone the Mill Stream Creek. It was a great ride though, that allowed you to take in more of the surrounding nature than the other boats allow. This ride was a favorite of my kids as well, and we hope it makes a comeback before our season passes expire.

The Wonderers Music plays such a key role in the theme park/amusement park experience and few things can top a live band strolling the grounds. The Wonderers are a 4-5 piece band that stroll throughout the park playing classic kiddie tunes, a few hits you might recognize from the radio and they have more than one Disney song up their sleeves. The best place to catch the guys is in front of the One Room School House, next to the Off-Road Rally. There they often stop a play a few numbers before continuing a loop around the park. We've also seen them stop in front of the Celebration Theater. One of our favorite bits is a TV theme song medley they do, where guests shout out the names of the shows to each theme. The Wonderers also make an appearance at the daily 5:30 Funsation Celebration show and every night at the exit of the park at closing time. This is a group of talented guys you won't want to miss.

Wonderland Special   Man, I loves me some amusement park trains! Dutch Wonderland has an especially nice miniature train ride. The excursion starts off with a trip through an abandoned diamond mine before making it's way out into the park and zig-zaging through the grounds showing off most of the park's offerings. The train even goes over an old fashioned authentic Amish covered bridge. The station for the train is the very first thing you see upon entering the park, so the lines can get quite long at the beginning of the day. On days where the lines are long, DW is able to run two trains at a time to cut down on the wait.

Another Pointless List of Every Movie I Watched Last Year - 2014 Edition

Man, I watched a lot of Super Hero movies this year!

Edited 2/5/2015: Per request by a reader, I have added the date of each screening and took it one step further and also added the venue or source for each film. DVDs from Netflix are labeled Netflix DVD, while Netflix is used for films streamed through their service. Simply DVD is used for films from my own personal library.

So here we go with the complete list of every movie I watched in 2014:

1.  Saving Mr. Banks (2013) 1/2 Frank Gettysburg 10
2. High Noon (1952) 1/6 Netflix
3. We're The Millers (2013) 1/9 Netflix DVD
4. Fantastic Four (2005) 1/10 DVD
5. The Way Way Back (2013) 1/12 Netflix DVD
6. Lovelace (2013) 1/13 Netflix
7. Mel (1998) 1/14 DVD
8. Critters 2 (1988) 1/16 DVD
9. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937) 1/16 DVD
10. The Lone Ranger (2013) 1/18 Netflix DVD
11. Fantastic 4: Rise of the Silver Surfer (2007) 1/19 DVD
12. Turbo (2013) 1/19 Netflix DVD
13. The Great Muppet Caper (1981) 1/21 DVD
14. Loving Annabelle (2006) 1/21 Netflix
15. Meet The Spartans (2008) 1/22 DVD
16. Blue Jasmine (2013) 1/23 Netflix DVD
17. Daredevil (2003) 1/24 DVD
18. The Starving Games (2013) 1/26 Redbox DVD
19. Secretary (2002) 1/27 Netflix DVD
20. Don Jon (2013) 1/30 Netflix DVD
21. Doctor Strange (2007) 1/31 Netflix
22. In A World... (2013) 2/3 Netflix DVD
23. A.C.O.D. (2013) 2/3 Netflix DVD
24. Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa (2013) 2/6 Netflix DVD
25. The Lego Movie (2014) 2/11 R/C Hanover Movies
26. Flowers in the Attic (2014) 2/11 Lifetime
27. The Rescuers (1977) 2/13 DVD
28. The Rescuers Down Under (1990) 2/14 DVD
29. Enough Said (2013) 2/18 Netflix DVD
30. The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation (2014) 1/20 The Majestic Theater, Gettysburg
31. Iron Man &  Hulk: Heroes United (2013) 2/21 Netflix
32. Austenland (2013) 2/23 Netflix DVD
33. Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) 2/24 Netflix DVD
34. Caddyshack (1980) 2/27 DVD
35. Ass Backwards (2013) 3/3 Netflix DVD
36. Dallas Buyers Club (2013) 3/4 Netflix DVD
37. Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan's Hope (2011) 3/6 M-Go
38. Mr. Peabody & Sherman (2014) 3/10 R/C Hanover Movies
39. Sleeping Beauty (1959) 3/14 DVD
40. Frozen (2013) 3/18 DVD
41. Muppets Most Wanted (2014) 3/26 R/C Hanover Movies
42. Escapade in Florence (1962) 4/10 DVD
43. Condorman (1981) 4/11 DVD
44. The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979) 4/15 DVD
45. Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 4/17 R/C Hanover Movies
46. A Boy Named Charlie Brown (1969) 4/18 DVD
47. Rob Roy: The Highland Rogue (1953) 4/21 VHS
48. Scooby-Doo! WrestleMania Mystery (2014) 4/25 Netflix DVD
49. Honey, I Blew Up The Kid (1992) 5/3 DVD
50. Rescue From Gilliagan's Island (1978) 5/5 Netflix DVD
51. The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014) 5/7 R/C Hanover Movies
52. Josie and the Pussycats (2001) 5/9 DVD
53. Iron Man 2 (2010) 5/10 DVD
54. She's All That (1999) 5/12 Netflix
55. Godzilla (2014) 5/15 R/C Hanover Movies
56. Captain America (1979) 5/20 DVD
57. Iron Man 3 (2013) 5/30 DVD
58. C.H.O.M.P.S. (1979) 5/31 DVD
59. The Flintstones (1994) 5/31 DVD
60. Bananas (1971) 6/2 DVD
61. Escape From Tomorrow (2013) 6/5 Netflix
62. X-Men (2000) 6/12 DVD
63. Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher (2014) 6/12 Netflix DVD
64. Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues (2013) 6/20 Netflix DVD
65. Dear Mr. Watterson (2013) 6/21 Netflix
66. Ernest Goes To Camp (1987) 6/26 DVD
67. All's Faire in Love (2009) 6/27 Netflix
68. Planes (2013) 6/30 DVD
69. Good Burger (1997) 7/3 Netflix
70. I Know That Voice (2013) 7/3 Amazon Prime
71. The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle (2000) 7/5 DVD
72. RoboCop (2014) 7/9 Netflix DVD
73. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (1990) 7/14 DVD
74. Ernest & Celestine (2012) 7/17 Netflix DVD
75. Smokey and the Bandit (1977) 7/19 DVD
76. Summer Rental (1985) 7/26 DVD
77. The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters (2007) 7/30 DVD
78. Yogi Bear (2010) 7/31 DVD
79. Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) 7/31 R/C Hanover Movies
80. Captain Ron (1992) 8/1 DVD
81. Pack Up Your Troubles (1932) 8/10 YouTube
82. It Felt Like Love (2013) 8/11 Netflix
83. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) 8/13 R/C Hanover Movies
84. Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014) 8/14 Frank Gettysburg 10
85. Fierce Creatures (1997) 8/15 DVD
86. Cross My Heart (1987) 8/18 DVD
87. Heaven Is For Real (2014) 8/24 Netflix DVD
88. Angel (1984) 8/25 DVD
89. Ping Pong Summer (2014) 8/27 Netflix DVD
90. Back to School (1986) 8/29 DVD
91. Every Other Day Is Halloween (2009) 8/30 Amazon Prime
92. They Came Together (2014) 9/1 Netflix DVD
93. The Unauthorized Saved By The Bell Story (2014) 9/3 Lifetime
94. Trust Me (2013) 9/4 Netflix DVD
95. The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) 9/5 DVD
96. UHF (1989) 9/6 DVD
97. Up The Creek (1984) 9/7 MGM HD
98. Divergent (2014) 9/10 Netflix DVD
99. Waiting For Guffman (1996) 9/11 HD Net Movies
100. Bears (2014) 9/12 Netflix DVD
101. The Other Woman (2014) 9/17 Netflix DVD
102. Dumbo (1941) 9/21 DVD (outdoor screening)
103. Non-Stop (2014) 9/25 Netflix DVD
104. Stay Tuned (1992) 9/28 Netflix DVD
105. Quick Change (1990) 9/29 HBO
106. Fed Up (2014) 10/1 Netflix DVD
107. Space Station 76 (2014) 10/5 Redbox
108. Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (2014) 10/26 R/C Hanover Movies
109. Hocus Pocus (1993) 10/27 Lifetime
110. Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) 10/29 DVD
111. Sex Tape (2014) 11/5 Netflix DVD
112. Her (2013) 11/6 Netflix DVD
113. Jitterbugs (1943) 11/8 Netflix DVD
114. A Cookie Cutter Christmas (2014) 11/10 Hallmark Channel
115. Big Hero 6 (2014) 11/14 R/C Hanover Movies
116. Snow Bride (2013) 11/24 Hallmark Channel
117. Video Games: The Movie (2014) 11/25 Netflix
118. Ducktales The Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp (1990) 11/28 DVD
119. Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever (2014) 11/30 Lifetime
120. Farewell Mr. Kringle (2010) 12/2 Hallmark Channel
121. The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 1 (2014) 12/3 R/C Hanover Movies
122. Miracle on 34th Street (1947) 12/4 DVD
123. Tyler Perry's A Madea Christmas (2013) 12/7 Netflix DVD
124. Jingle Bell Rocks! (2013) 12/16 Amazon Instant
125. A Very Brady Christmas (1988) 12/18 ABC Family On Demand
126. Jingle All The Way 2 (2014) 12/21 USA
127. National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989) 12/23 DVD
128. Good Luck Charlie, It's Christmas (2011) 12/24 DVD
129. Mickey's Twice Upon A Christmas (2004) 12/28 DVD
130. Beauty and the Beast: The Enchanted Christmas (1997) 12/28 DVD
131. It's A Wonderful Life (1946) 12/28 DVD
132. The Road to Christmas (2006) 12/31 Lifetime