Comments on: Desert Island Movies

By: Movie Marathons | MovieFanFare

Movie Marathons | MovieFanFare — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 11:01:48 +0000

[...] Burroughs’ apeman, choosing the top-drawer jungle action epic Tarzan the Magnificent as one of my Desert Island Movies. I wouldn’t say, however, that Scott has the highest number of quality films in the series. [...]

By: Playing the Movie IFs Game: 10 Movie questions Starting with IF | MovieFanFare

Wed, 05 Oct 2011 15:19:49 +0000

[...] We’ve probably all played some version of the “If…” game at one time or another. There are a few movie-related “if” questions to be found in the book If… (Questions for the Game of Life) by Evelyn McFarlane & James Saywell, but some of those have already been sort-of covered in more than one way previously on the blog—more recently in offerings like the guest post The Best Films Ever Made (According to a MovieFanFare Reader), and in the more distant past with pieces like my own Desert Island Movies. [...]

By: Are You a Movie Lover? | MovieFanFare

Are You a Movie Lover? | MovieFanFare — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:01:16 +0000

[...] about liking Citizen Kane. Others believe that you can tell a lot about a person's status by the Desert Island Movies they [...]

By: Repeat Viewings: Movies Worth Viewing Again & Again | MovieFanFare

Repeat Viewings: Movies Worth Viewing Again & Again | MovieFanFare — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 10:03:00 +0000

[...] and feel you can’t do without. A while back, I surveyed something along these same lines with Desert Island Movies. Maybe you could call this Security Blanket Cinema. For me, it’s the Universal horror films from [...]

By: Nobody Does Bond Better, 001: The Connery Craze | MovieFanFare

Nobody Does Bond Better, 001: The Connery Craze | MovieFanFare — Tue, 20 Jul 2010 17:06:37 +0000

[...] Fleming thought. Who knew? Certainly not Connery, who was disappointed to inform the producers of Tarzan the Magnificent he couldn’t participate in their follow-up to Tarzan’s Greatest Adventure (in which he played a [...]

By: Peekysdad

Peekysdad — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:33:57 +0000

Just to flog a dead horse: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_island

By: Peekysdad

Peekysdad — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:32:27 +0000

The term is indeed "desert" island. Fantastic choices, by the way, and refreshingly unexpected.

By: Rol Herriges

Rol Herriges — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:47:33 +0000

How could you have "all the normal creature comforts" on a DESERT island? You mean a DESERTED island, don't you?! Think Sahara when you say DESERT!!