Update 1/2/17: Here is where we stand at the dawn of 2017: 33 reviews left, and me with no obligations for a couple of weeks. This officially becomes my highest priority as of now: my intent is to write one review every day until they're done, which is probably too ambitious; one review until the school year starts back up on January 17th is, however, certainly feasible. So we'll check back in again, and my thanks and apologies to the thirty individuals still waiting on at least one review. The end is in sight!
Previously: Drumroll - the 2015 Second Quinquennial Antagony & Ecstasy Cancer Fundraiser has ended, with a total of 172 donations reaching the AMAZING total of $5360 raised for the American Cancer Society and other cancer research foundations. That's almost four and a half times the total we raised in 2010! So a huge round of applause to everybody who gave.
It's especially gratifying for me to announce this at this point in time: quite by coincidence, on 18 June 2015, shortly before the fundraiser ended, I was given the all-clear by my oncologist. After 10 years without a trace of cancer in my body, I'm completely out of the woods and don't ever have to go back for a check-up. So this day isn't just exciting to me for the sheer fact of the fundraiser; it's personal celebration too.
Thank you again to everyone who donated, for making this such a roaring success.
List of Donors
Anonymous
-Requested The Day of the Crows
Anonymous
-Requested 2016: Obama's America
Anonymous
-Requested Cuba
Anonymous
-Requested Puella Magi Madoka Magica: The Movie Trilogy
Anonymous
-Requested Jackie's in Trouble
Anonymous
-Requested Jeremiah Johnson
Anonymous
-Requested Ugetsu
Anonymous
-Requested Diva
Anonymous
Alex, Greece
-Requested Attenberg
Alison, Canada
-Requested Madonna: Truth or Dare
Hunter Allen, United States
-Requested Rope
Jordyn Auvil, United States
-Requested The English Patient
Jenny B, United Kingdom
-Requested To Be or Not to Be
Kaitlyn B, United States
-Requested The Night of the Hunter
Rich B, United States
-Requested One, Two, Three
Vianney B, California, United States
-Requested The City of Lost Children
-Also requested Delicatessen
Arlo Banta, New York, NY, United States
-Requested Over the Garden Wall
Will Beckley, New York, NY, United States
Beef Jerky Guy
-Requested The Wizard of Speed and Time
Matthew Blackwell, Edmonton, AB, Canada
-Requested Vertigo
Branden, Tri-Cities
-Requested The American Friend
Tim Brayton, Trieste-Zürich-Madison
Teo Bugbee, United States
-Requested Quartet (1981)
Zev Burrows, Owings Mills, MD, United States
-Requested The Natural
-Also requested The Last of Sheila
-Also requested Stavisky...
Bryan C, Columbus, OH, United States
-Requested Happy Together
Grace C, Auckland, New Zealand
-Requested Mortdecai
CJ, San Francisco, CA, United States
-Requested My Beautiful Laundrette
Cammy, Melbourne, Australia
-Requested High Fidelity
-Also requested Gattaca
Coco, New York, NY, United States
-Requested The Milk of Sorrow
Marshall Y. Craig, Pennsylvania, United States
-Requested a list of the ten best avant-garde films
James Cronan, Glasgow, United Kingdom
-Requested Tokyo Story
Alex D, Sydney, Australia
-Requested Fight Club
Anna D, New Zealand
-Requested What We Do in the Shadows
Chris D, Victoria, Australia
-Requested The End of Evangelion
-Also requested Battle Royale
Julian D, St. Louis, MO, United States
-Requested The Passenger
-Also requested The Lady Eve
Scott D, Florida, United States
-Requested The Wild Bunch
Mat Daniel, New Zealand
Nick Davis, Chicago, IL, United States
-Did not request Frances, but got it anyway
Deeper Understanding
Trevor Downs
-Requested Labyrinth
Nik Evans, Seattle, WA
-Requested Laura
Brian F, United States
Dave F, United States
-Requested Four Lions
Tristan F, United Kingdom
-Requested The Last Unicorn
Mark Falconer, New York, NY, United States
-Requestd A Star Is Born [1954]
Jakob G, United States
-Requested Baraka
Salim "STinG" Garami, Miami, FL, United States
Mike Gibson, Fall Church, VA
-Requested Se7en
Rob Graham, Ewing, NJ
David Greenwood, Alice Springs, Australia
-Requested L'âge d'or
-Also requested Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom
John Grimes, Newcastle Upon Tyne, United Kingdom
-Requested Foodfight!
Ben Gruchow, United States
-Requested Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Kent H, San Francisco, CA, United States
-Requested Escape from New York
-Also requested The Fog
Shoumik H, Dhaka, Bangladesh
-Requested Romancing in Thin Air
Tim H, Washington, DC, United States
-Requested Grosse Pointe Blank
Robert Hamer, Norfolk, VA, United States
Thomas Hartwell, Phoenix, AZ, United States
Fedor Ilitchev
-Requested Umbrella
Robert J, United States
-Requested Roger Dodger
Ryan J, United States
-Requested Breathless
Jackie Theballcat
-Requested Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure
-Also requested The Room
John, Lake Orion, MI, United States
-Requested Almost Famous
Andrew Johnson, San Diego, CA, United States
-Requested Santa and the Ice Cream Bunny
-Also requested Duel
-Also requested The Time Machine (1960)
-Also requested Runaway Train
Kari Johnson, Utah, United States
-Requested Curious George
Josep
-Requested Big Deal on Madonna Street
Mark K, Chicago, IL, United States
-Requested The Blues Brothers
Robert K, California, United States
-Requested The Apple
KayMartha12, United States
-Requested Titan A.E.
Pat King, United States
-Requested Pearl Harbor
Bryan L, Chicago, IL, United States
-Requested Amadeus
Sara L, Tennessee, United States
-Requested Memories
-Also requested Princess Arete
-Also requested The Ring
David Lewellyng, Dyersburg, TN, United States
-Requested Space Jam
Liz, Virginia, United States
-Requested The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp
Aaron Loehrlein, Vancouver, BC, Canada
-Requested Trainspotting
Robert Lovejoy, Florida, United States
-Requested F for Fake
Marc Lummis, New York, NY, United States
-Requested The Conformist
John M, Denver, CO, United States
-Requested Shakes the Clown
Mark M, Cincinnati, OH, United States
-Requested The Maltese Falcon (1941)
Maciej, Brooklyn, NY, United States
-Requested Miracle in Milan
Brian Malbon, Alberta, Canada
-Requested Meet the Feebles
-Also requested Amélie
manwithpetgull
Eric "Sssonic" Mason, Massachusetts, United States
-Requested Versus
M.C., Chicago, IL
-Requested Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed
Max, New York, United States
-Requested Little Manhattan
McAlister, Florida, United States
-Requested Ball of Fire
James Miller, Manteo, NC, United States
Andrew Milne, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
-Requested A Bittersweet Life
-Also requested Black Dynamite
Nathan Morrow, Nashville, TN, United States
-Requested Mind Game
Geoffrey Moses, Casablanca, Morocco
-Requested The Lion in Winter
David N, Berkeley, CA, United States
-Requested Days of Eclipse
Travis Neeley, Austin, TX, United States
-Requested Phantom of the Paradise
-Also requested Speed Racer
David Nemes, Louisville, KY, United States
-Requested The Asphalt Jungle
-Also requested Yankee Doodle Dandy
Andy P, Arlington, VA, United States
Gabe P, San Francisco, CA, United States
-Requested Mulholland Dr.
-Also requested Drop Dead Gorgeous
James P, Minneapolis, MN, United States
-Requested Hope and Glory
Rachel P, Cleveland, OH, United States
-Requested Sense and Sensibility
Patton, Birmingham, AL, United States
-Requested Deep Blue Sea
-Also requested Apocalypse Now
Pip, United States
-Requested Galaxy Quest
Christopher Pufall, Los Angeles, CA, United States
-Requested Dances with Wolves
David Q, United States
-Requested The Exterminating Angel
Nathaniel R, New York, NY, United States
-Requested Love with the Proper Stranger
Michael R, Massachusetts, United States
-Requested Candyman
-Also requested Electric Dreams
Ryan R, Washington, United States
-Requested Valley of the Dolls
Monica Reida, Milwaukee, WI, United States
-Requested An American in Paris
K. Rice, South Carolina, United States
-Requested Paheli
-Also requested Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical
-Also requested The Phantom of the Opera (1989)
-Also requested The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
T. Rice, Lexington, KY, United States
André Robichaud, Canada
-Requested Andrei Rublev
Thor Rudebeck, Chicago, IL, United States
-Requested When the Wind Blows
Daniel S, San Francisco, CA, United States
Mia S, Canada
-Requested A Zed & Two Noughts
Rebecca S, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Scott, New Jersey, United States
-Requested Horus, Prince of the Sun
Frankie Shoup, Chicago, IL, United States
-Requested Akira
Carter Smith, Atlanta, GA, United States
-Requested Napoleon Dynamite
John Smith, Ontario, Canada
-Requested Our Miss Brooks
Jonathan Storey, London, United Kingdom
-Requested Dog Day Afternoon
Andy Stout, Pasadena, CA, United States
-Requested Martyrs
Steve T, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
-Requested When Harry Met Sally...
Will T, Georgia, United States
-Requested The Swarm
John Taylor, Toronto, ON, Canada
-Requested Grand Hotel
Andrew Testerman, Bozeman, MT, United States
-Requested Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World
theizz, United States
-Requested Hedwig and the Angry Inch
Tyler Thibodeaux, Spring, TX, United States
Allison Tooey, California, United States
Matt U, Sydney, Australia
Zev Valancy, Chicago, IL, United States
Tim Van Autreve, Gent, Belgium
-Requested Manon of the Spring
Ben Verschoor, New York, United States
-Requested Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within
Chris W, Georgia, United States
-Requested Out of the Past
Lisa W, Canberra, Australia
Phil Wiese, San Francisco, CA, United States
K. Wild, California, United States
-Requested Evita
-Also requested The Phantom of the Opera (2004)
Bryce Wilson, Austin, TX, United States
-Requested Rebuild of Evangelion
Caleb Wimble, Philadelpha, PA, United States
-Requested The Iron Giant
Nathaniel Winer, Bethesda, MD, United States
Kin Wing Yan, Hong Kong
-Requested A Simple Life
Andrew Yankes, Pennsylvania, United States
-Requested Glengarry Glen Ross
-Also requested Tale of Tales
02 January 2017
A VERY SPECIAL THANKS TO THE CONTRIBUTORS TO THE SECOND QUINQUENNIAL ANTAGONY & ECSTASY ACS FUNDRAISER
21 comments:
Just a few rules so that everybody can have fun: ad hominem attacks on the blogger are fair; ad hominem attacks on other commenters will be deleted. And I will absolutely not stand for anything that is, in my judgment, demeaning, insulting or hateful to any gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion. And though I won't insist on keeping politics out, let's think long and hard before we say anything particularly inflammatory.
Also, sorry about the whole "must be a registered user" thing, but I do deeply hate to get spam, and I refuse to take on the totalitarian mantle of moderating comments, and I am much too lazy to try to migrate over to a better comments system than the one that comes pre-loaded with Blogger.
now i find myself hoping that someone picks Primer. I haven't even seen it yet.
ReplyDeleteOh, that reminds me. I need to donate and give you a good movie to offset all the bad ones. You already did Man Who Fell to Earth, so I hope you like The Night of the Hunter.
ReplyDeleteWhat's wrong with bad movies? They make the best reviews yet. I'm tempted to donate and request Tommy Wiseau's "The Room" if no one else hasn't done it yet.
DeleteBad movies make for great reviews, but I've got the feeling that Tim's going to snap at some point. I'd rather not have all the reviews turn into 400 lines of "All bad and no good makes Tim a dull boy."
ReplyDeleteLol ...can't argue with that.
DeleteJackie - Do it! I think 'The Room' should be OK. I mean, it's a fun, bad movie, not a bad, bad movie.
ReplyDeleteCome on, people. He's reviewing Iron Giant, Over the Garden Wall, and just rewatched Citizen Kane. Also, this is the reviewer who does the Summer of Blood. Repeatedly. He can take a little The Room.
ReplyDelete(Although Santa Claus and the Ice Cream Bunny and Foodfight so close together was a *little* bit cruel.)
Now I just have to figure out which of the three movies I'm considering is the right choice.
ReplyDeleteSo I suppose you'll be refraining from letting us know if certain films will be reviewed.
ReplyDeleteTwo films that I kind of regret not choosing, but hope end up making an appearance:
Heaven's Gate
The Passion of Joan of Arc
Both for obvious reasons.
Unknown- I am indeed going to keep the list a secret, but you'll be happy to know that Heaven's Gate has already been taken care of in the pages of this blog.
ReplyDeleteHey Tim, I can't find myself on this list. Are you only adding names when you do the reviews?
ReplyDeleteI might have put you down as one of the Anonymouses. But it should be good now.
ReplyDeleteAnd six months later, I still haven't picked a film.
ReplyDeleteGolly, eighty-six? You've certainly got your work cut out for you. How does this compare with the number in the first fundraiser?
ReplyDeleteJust checking Tim, did you get my email finally giving you my pick?
ReplyDeleteGeoX- Hell, I don't think I even hit 50 donations the first time. 172 was just ludicrous. Excited for the money raised, of course, but I was wildly unprepared for even half as many as I got.
ReplyDeleteThe waiting for my pick will be worth it in spades. Having just finished a year of graduate school myself, I know very well how things fall by the wayside.
ReplyDeleteGlad to see you raised so much money! I do hope someone picked some fun exploitation movies.
ReplyDeleteI also hope that nobody chose A Serbian Film. That's a movie I wouldn't wish on anybody.
I can't really check, but hope you did add to the list the 2nd movie i sent :) the trilogy needs completion
ReplyDeleteYou really have to increase the minimum for a review! For your own health at the very least. And I think people will still pay 50-75 for a review, so the amount raised will not suffer. 100 reviews a year seems so much more feasible... wishing you luck in finishing and for good health in 2017!
ReplyDelete-matt
The finish line is sorta in sight!
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