Category: Feed the Queue

In a week whear first place votes aren’t supported by everyone, a surprising choice tops the week’s vote. In eighth, Battle of Algiers earned a solid, but unspectacular 14 points. Tied with 16 points each for sixth place were Saturday Night Fever and Three Days of the Condor. In fifth with 17 points was The…

Only three people voted this week creating a very tight race for number one. Not faring well with these voters, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof starts our list in the eighth position with a small 7 points. Two points higher in seventh place was The Night of the Iguana. Number six barely cracked double…

The lower vote-getters were closer in totals, but the top two were the clear favorites. Tied for 7th place are Picnic and The Snake Pit with 11 points each. In sixth with 13 points is Forbidden Planet followed two points higher by Lust for life which in turn is two points lower than fourth-place The…

Were the early days dominated by Dickens? We start off this week’s rundown of votes with the film in 7th place with a scant 9 points, the sequel to Going My Way, The Bells of St. Mary’s. Two points higher in sixth is Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbound, a surprisingly low showing for Hitch. In fifth place…

Much bigger spread between vote-getters this week as Peter J. Patrick’s perennial suggestion makes finally makes its way to the winners circle. Starting at the bottom, with 6 points, we have The Private Life of Henry VIII. The next four positions are separated by a point each starting with Stage Door in fifth place with…

The tightest race we’ve had in a long time ends up in victory for an ’80s flick. Coming in last with 12 points (only 5 points off the first place finisher) is Eddie Murphy’s Beverly Hills Cop. Tied for fourth are It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World and The Hunt for Red October. In…

When you have only four films to choose from, the likelihood of ties increases. Starting in fourth with 8 points, 3 points off the tie for first, is True Lies. In third is Insomnia with 10 points. Tied for first with eleven each are The Magnificent Seven and 12 Monkeys. As both are Oscar nominees,…

With only two voters this week, the point totals will be noticeably smaller. But here are the results. At the bottom of the heap is Iphigenia with 3 points followed by Rembrandt in seventh with five. In sixth is Lenny with eight points. Right above that in fifth is David and Lisa with 9 points.…

Another tie caps this week’s literary adaptations theme. Watership Down starts off the bottom of the list with 10 points followed closely by Women in Love with 11 and War and Peace with 12. The Loved Ones picks up 16 points for fifth place while Dangerous Liaisons, a film I expected to place higher, managed…

An incredibly tight race resulted in our first tie in some time. But before we get there, let’s start at the bottom with 8-point vote getter The Mouse That Roared. Just above that with 14 points is State of the Union. Two points higher is The Candidate with 16 points. Dave came in fifth with…

Early voting looked to be a landslide towards our second place film, but the final two sets of votes pushed a less controversial film into the number one spot. Here’s how things went down: With a disappointing 10 points, I Married a Monster from Outer Space came in 8th. Four points higher with 14, Cocoon…

It was a tight race this week with a mere point separating first and second, but as always, let’s start at the bottom. Born on the Fourth of July got virtually no love ending up with a record-low 5 points. Just above that, but not faring much better, with 8 points is A Tale of…

They say you can’t keep a good musical down. But it seems like only three people are participating these days. What gives? Anyway, here is what we have as results for this week: On the bottom of the list was Damn Yankees with 7 points followed by South Pacific and The Umbrellas of Cherbourg each…

Two more films which a voter didn’t see end up at the bottom with Danton coming in last with 8 points and The Sign of the Cross just above it with 9. Everyone submitted votes on the remaining six with Spartacus and The Scarlet Pimpernel tying in a lowly 5th place with 11 points each.…

In spite of Peter not voting on three films, the top 5 would have remained the same. The bottom half in order were: The Descent with 10 points, Curse of the Demon with 14 points, I Walked with a Zombie with 15 points, Masque of the Red Death with 16 points, Shaun of the Dead…