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John Thomas James
John Thomas James was born in 1970 in Hartford, Connecticut. A published poet for 25 years, his work has appeared in publications such as The Iconoclast, South Ash Press, and Insomnia and Poetry. A collection of poems entitled The Progress of Later was published by Xlibris Press in 2011. He currently resides in the Nutmeg State with two cats named Sammy and Charlie.
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Movie Poems 2 - John Thomas James
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CONTENTS
GAME NIGHT
CREED 2
ABOUT TIME
A CHUMP AT OXFORD
RUN OF THE ARROW
ESPIONAGE AGENT
RED LIGHT
EVER SINCE EVE
THE SOUND AND THE FURY
VANESSA, HER LOVE STORY
THE COMEDIAN
NIGHT PEOPLE
DAY OF THE OUTLAW
THE STAR OF MIDNIGHT
OVER THE MOON
THE EVIL OF FRANKENSTEIN
THE SHEEPMAN
THE VANISHING VIRGINIAN
EL
SOMETHING TO LIVE FOR
QUANTEZ
MAN IN THE ATTIC
HOSTILE WITNESS
A MAN ALONE
BORDERLINE
THE BARONESS AND THE BUTLER
DEATH WISH (2018)
JOHNNY ENGLISH STRIKES BACK
AQUAMAN
CALIFORNIA
TIP ON A DEAD JOCKEY
DAY OF THE BADMAN
GUN FOR A COWARD
THE MAD MISS MANTON
THE BARRETTS OF WIMPOLE STREET (1957)
SHE
KRAMER VS. KRAMER
ORDINARY PEOPLE
THE REMAINS OF THE DAY
THE CROWD ROARS (1938)
MONTY PYTHON’S THE MEANING OF LIFE
HITLER: THE LAST TEN DAYS
THE FRONT RUNNER
MANNEQUIN 2: ON THE MOVE
NEW YORK MINUTE
SECRET HONOR
MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL
MY DINNER WITH ANDRE
SPARTACUS
IT’S A WONDERFUL LIFE
THE NIGHT VISITOR
LET IT BE
JOE
HAPPINESS
YOUNG MAN WITH IDEAS
THE RULING CLASS
GOODFELLAS
WITNESS
VERTIGO
THE BROWNING VERSION (1951)
RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK
PINK FLOYD THE WALL
MASH
MANY RIVERS TO CROSS
FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD (1967)
THE INVENTOR: OUT FOR
BLOOD IN SILICON VALLEY
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
THE HEARTBREAK KID (1972)
BANANAS
CLASS OF 1984
THE WORLD’S GREATEST ATHLETE
WAR AND PEACE (1966)
WESTWARD THE WOMEN
STAN AND OLLIE
THE STAR CHAMBER
HEAVEN CAN WAIT (1978)
DELIRIOUS
CITY SLICKERS
SUBMISSION
SWITCH
IDIOT’S DELIGHT
BILL COSBY: HIMSELF
MOMMIE DEAREST
TOYS
DAY OF THE JACKAL
DIRTY HARRY
PATTON
STRAW DOGS
I NOW PRONOUNCE YOU CHUCK AND LARRY
I LOVE YOU, ALICE B TOKLAS
IDIOCRACY
CASABLANCA
THE WILD BUNCH
THE GODFATHER
RAMPAGE (2018)
MISSION IMPOSSIBLE: FALLOUT
THE NUN
WON’T YOU BE MY NEIGHBOR
SUPER TROOPERS 2
THE PREDATOR
VICE
BIRD BOX
THE SISTERS BROTHERS
WIDOWS
THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN
WRATH OF THE TITANS
WANDERLUST
SEEKING A FRIEND FOR THE END OF THE WORLD
IRON MAN
SAVAGES
TED
THE IMPOSSIBLE
HYDE PARK ON HUDSON
PATCH ADAMS
MEET JOE BLACK
GODZILLA (1998)
HALLOWEEN H20
YOU’VE GOT MAIL
THE LONE RANGER
WORLD WAR Z
V/H/S
A LATE QUARTET
HER
BASEKETBALL
SURROGATES
COLD SOULS
G.I. JOE: RISE OF COBRA
SILENT NIGHT, DEADLY NIGHT
RED DAWN (1984)
LIFE STINKS
TOP GUN (1955)
THE EXORCIST
SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME
PRIMARY COLORS
AARDVARK
THE BEAVER
AUTOFOCUS
THE CHINA SYNDROME
THE CHAMP (1979)
DEAD MEN DON’T WEAR PLAID
UNTAMED FRONTIER
BUCKET LIST
AD ASTRA
REVENGE OF THE NERDS
CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND
THE LONGEST YARD
COBB
REGARDING HENRY
RENO 9/11 MIAMI
THE TOY
ARACHNOPHOBIA
CONVOY
SGT PEPPER’S LONELY- HEARTS CLUB BAND
STARMAN
SPLASH
STAR WARS EPISODE 4: A NEW HOPE
AMERICAN GRAFFITI
ROBIN WILLIAMS: COME INSIDE MY MIND
2012
AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR
CRIMES AND MISDEMEANORS
THE WRECKING CREW
YES MAN
IN A WORLD…
GRUDGE MATCH
THE BIG YEAR
BOB ROBERTS
PAWN
BAD WORDS
DAVE
THIRTEEN DAYS
Part 2. Or Segue 1
1 IN A GLASS
2 I CAN’T MAKE THE REASONS SEEM REAL
3 HELEN
4 THE PROBLEM OF MONEY
5 THE BIG CHAIR
6 THE PAWN SHOP
7 COUNTING ON ME
8 IT’S NOT ME
9 WHY DO THEY MAKE SUCH A FUSS?
GAME NIGHT
We all know hyper-competitive people
who tick off notable achievements
with an infuriating regularity
and aspire to such absurdities
as crossing Antarctica on their knees,
or being the first on the block
to reach all 50 states on a unicycle.
And they call us all couch potatoes
for not going for the glory gusto;
grading by the shine on our sportscar,
diplomas on the office wall,
chapter and verse of sexual conquest.
These type-A achievers
also play board games
with their family and friends—
and they play them competitively
while everyone else is having fun.
Monopoly becomes an orgy of acquisition
strewn with houses, hotels and Community Chest cards.
Candyland is a glue factory on Gumdrop Mountain.
Mastermind is like a crucible
of algorithms and probability scenarios.
The game of Life is a combat cudgel
disguised as mere metaphor.
I hate playing games
with these uptight bullies.
Give me a deck of cards
and I’ll slap out some solitaire.
CREED 2
These Rocky movies
always seem to hinge
on the manner and method
of training for the big fight.
The more unorthodox the regimen
(remember Mickey making him chase chickens
down a back alley in Rocky II?),
the better chance you have of winning.
Apparently, one shouldn’t train properly
in a fully-staffed and well-ventilated gymnasium
with your trainer and cut man nearby
to answer any technical boxing questions;
and never have a big entourage
hanging around, looking bored,
lest you be entrapped into complacency
the way Apollo Creed was in the first film.
The best plan is to find extreme conditions
(Russian winter, desert heat, Los Angeles ghetto)
and then pick a heavy tool not used in pugilism
(a sledgehammer or ax will suffice)
and go off alone to pound the sand,
or chop a huge amount of wood,
or carry insanely heavy ice blocks
in order to prove you’re really in shape.
That’s obviously the best way to win prizefights.
ABOUT TIME
Forget the time travel twaddle
and see it as a celebration
of family and familial bonds
that span time immemorial.
That kind of eccentric Cornish family
every American Anglophile adores
and envies for their idyllic lifestyle
(not to mention implied inherited wealth)
which allows them license
to hold picnics on the beach
full of frivolity and frolicking
and whimsy and dressing up;
and there’s an oddball uncle
and a too-sensitive sister
(most accurately described as kooky)
that make you feel so welcomed
inside this unconventional estate
where everyone cares and nurtures
the needs of one another.
We look upon these quirky ensembles
with a kind of wistful longing
(I Capture the Castle and The Royal Tenenbaums
also resonate in this manner)
because ours are either shattered
by strife between the spouses,
are cold like some transactional enterprise,
or are just lacking in something
that movie magic could make right.
A CHUMP AT OXFORD
The guys are street sweepers
literally having their lunch
with two feet in the gutter,
when it dawns on Ollie
that they don’t know anything,
so it’s time to get an education;
and instead of poo-pooing the notion
by pointing out the impracticalities,
Stan wholeheartedly agrees.
I love how it’s that simple.
No doubt.
No fuss.
No trepidation about student loan debt.
Not even the noxious modern idea
of specialization on one subject.
No, they want to get EDUCATED
about everything
and anything
and this simplicity is essential
to their enduring appeal,
even if the way it plays out in England
crosses the border into tedium;
complete with a silly personality change
that extracted the laughs with tongs.
RUN OF THE ARROW
Even if one has genuine admiration
for the maniacally respectful way
Rod Steiger ingratiates himself
to the Sioux Nation offshoot
by adhering to all traditions
and dedicating himself to a