Sunday, March 11, 2007

Dance! Dance! Dance!

I compiled a list of different movies revolving around the themes of DANCE!
Haven't quite seem them ALL - but I'll start working on it!

2000s
"Stomp the Yard (2007 - College kids learn to stomp the yard)
"Step Up" (2006 - Ballet Girl Meets Janitor Boy)
"Take the Lead" (2006 - Antonio Banderas)
"Shall We Dance" (2004 - Richard Gear, Jennifer Lopez)
"You Got Served" (2004 - Two street kids dancers enter a local dance competition)
"Honey" (2003 - Jessica Alba)
"Save the Last Dance" (2001 - Julie Stiles)
"Coyote Ugly" (2000 - Learning to Dance on a bar)
"Center Stage" (2000 - A ballet movie)

90s
"Dance With Me" (1998 - Vanessa Williams)
"Showgirls" (1995 - Elizabeth Berkley)
"Strictly Ballroom" (1993 - A Baz Luhrmann movie)
"Swing Kids" (1993 - A group of kids dancing in Nazi Germany)
"Lambada" (1990 - Teacher by day, dance teacher by night)
"The Forbidden Dance" (1990 - Another movie about the Lambada)

80s
"Shag" (1989 - Shag competition in the 1960s)
"Dirty Dancing" (1987 - Patrick Swayze, Jennifer Grey)
"A Chorus Line" (1985 - Broadway Musical turned to screen)
"Fastforward" (1985 - Students trying to make it as entertainers in New York)
"Girls Just Wanna Have Fun" (1985 - Sarah Jessica Parker)
"White Nights" (1985 - Mikhail Baryshnikov, Gregory Hines, A Russian Dancer in New York)
"Breakin' 2: Electric Boogaloo" (1984 - The local breakdancers are at it again)
"Breakin'" (1984 - A dance teacher and two break dancers make a strong team)
"Footloose" (1984 - Kevin Bacon)
"Flashdance" (1983 - Jennifer Beals)
"Staying Alive" (1983 - John Travolta, continuation of Saturday Night Fever)
"Fame" (1980 - Story of about students in a performing arts school)

70s
"Saturday Night Fever" (1977 - John Travolta)
"Turning Point" (1977 - Shirley MacLaine, Anne Bancroft, mother and daughter in the ballet)

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Sunday, December 17, 2006

Neat Quiz

What American accent do you have?
Your Result: The Inland North

You may think you speak "Standard English straight out of the dictionary" but when you step away from the Great Lakes you get asked annoying questions like "Are you from Wisconsin?" or "Are you from Chicago?" Chances are you call carbonated drinks "pop."

North Central
The Midland
The Northeast
The South
Philadelphia
The West
Boston
What American accent do you have?
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