In Flight Movie

The War is Hell Series

2008-10-02T06:51:00.000-07:00

War movie titles usually fit the billing:

The Big Parade
Apocalypse Now
Saving Private Ryan
Das Boot
The Great Escape
The Thin Red Line
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Dirty Dozen
The Longest Day
From Here to Eternity
Thirty Seconds over Tokyo
Torpedo Run
Casualties of War
Glory
The Red Badge of Courage
Gone with the Wind

and of course the new comedy...
Tropic Thunder

A Few Random Gems

2008-05-29T09:56:00.000-07:00

Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Old Yeller
The Longest Yard
Blazing Saddles
Remains of the Day
Sideways

The Robert DeNiro Collection

2008-05-15T10:21:00.000-07:00

Heat
The Fan
Jackie Brown
Analyze This
Analyze That
Flawless
15 Minutes
Awakenings
Guilty By Suspicion
We’re No Angels
The Untouchables
The Mission
Midnight Run
Backdraft
Shark Tale
Hide and Seek
Great Expectations
Raging Bull

And his new movie coming out in 2008:
What Just Happened?

Music To My Ears

2008-05-08T07:26:00.000-07:00

Forget the soothing elevator music found in most public bathrooms. Concert films, music documentaries and music-related biographies are a great way to use some tunes to drown out the pain and splashes…. Providing a soundtrack to the mud, sweat, and tears of a typical flight….

Rattle and Hum
The Last Waltz
A Hard Day’s Night
Yellow Submarine
HELP!
Standing in the Shadows of Motown
Some Like It Hot
The Wall
Hustle & Flow
Five Easy Pieces
The Commitments
‘Round Midnight
O’Brother Where Art Thou
This Is Spinal Tap
Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
Nirvana Unplugged
Rust Never Sleeps
Some Kind of Monster
Sweet and Lowdown
A Prairie Home Companion
The Doors
Ledbelly
Alice’s Restaurant
Festival Express
No Nukes
Purple Rain
Muddy Waters: Got My Mojo Workin
8 Mile

The Legends Award in this category goes to:
Don’t Look Back, D.A. Pennebaker’s Bob Dylan film from 1967.

When We First Suspected Hollywood Bugged Our Van

2008-05-08T06:22:00.001-07:00

A short while after the merry travelers founded this great tradition of In-Flight Movies...... we started to notice Hollywood putting out films with titles that could only be described as "dog whistles," noises that only WE could hear.... signals to let us know that they were naming these movies for US. There was no other way to explain it. Obviously Hollywood had bugged our van and started getting in on the joke with us by releasing the following movies:

HOPE FLOATS

SEABISCUIT

SNAKES ON A PLANE

Now, while THERE WILL BE BLOOD seems so, uh, painfully obvious (and will probably end up being included on every list on this site), the wink-wink nod-nod from Hollywood directly to us really started with the above three movies.

The Animation Collection

2008-05-06T10:07:00.000-07:00

Today I realized how important the animation genre is to us here at In Flight Movie so I have compiled the following list of some of my favorite in flight movies on the animation kind:

Yellow Submarine
The Incredibles
South Park: Bigger Longer and Uncut
Snow White & The Seven Dwarfs
The Lion King
The Black Couldron
The Little Mermaid
The Rescuers Down Under
Finding Nemo
Heavy Metal
Meet The Robinsons

What More Can I Say

2008-05-05T16:32:00.001-07:00

Japan is crazy

Dueling Banjos

2008-05-03T09:33:00.000-07:00

Today's Movie is "Deliverance"

Some All-Time Classics

2008-05-02T11:46:00.000-07:00

Any Which Way But Loose
Children of the Corn
There Will Be Blood
A River Runs Through It
Waterworld
Splash
Anaconda
The Longest Yard
The Green Mile

A Classic

2008-05-02T07:19:00.000-07:00

Today's in flight movie is dedicated to the loyal readers in Detroit.

"Flash Gordon"
Note you must have Queen singing "Flaaaaaash Gordon" in your head for this maneuver.

Today's Inflight Movie

2008-04-29T22:43:00.000-07:00

Well this one doesn't need explanation:
"The Never Ending Story"

Soundtrack: Portishead's Third

2008-04-29T09:59:00.000-07:00

In honor of the new Portishead album, Third, released today I would like to make note of the first ever In Flight Movie track listing associated with an album. It's almost as if the band named each song after a potential In Flight Movie Soundtrack Song:

Silence
Hunter
Nylon Smile
The Rip
Plastic
We Carry On
Deep Water
Machine Gun
Small
Magic Doors
Threads

Double Feature

2008-04-28T18:31:00.000-07:00

If you get worried you weren't going to make it:
"Close Encounters of the Third Kind"

but you are glad the tarmac wasn't full:
"Gone in 60 Seconds"

Conditional Comedy

2008-04-28T11:35:00.001-07:00

For the quick dispense:
"The Rocket"

For the backed-up toilet:
"Never Down" and "Jam"

For Junior Worthy:
"Click"

For the constipated:
"Failure to Launch"

For post-spicy food:
"Man on Fire"

For Najeh Davenport:"In Her Shoes"

For best name that's not "Anaconda":
"The Longest Yard"

Best of 2007

2008-04-28T06:40:00.000-07:00

2007 offered up some rough choices for In Flight Movies. Five of the best (or worst) as I see 'em...

5. Superbad

4. No Country for Old Men (*Special award for best tagline - "There Are No Clean Getaways"

3. No End in Sight (Documentary Award)

2. The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep

And the undisputed champion of 2007...

1. There Will Be Blood

The Horror Collection

2008-04-27T16:14:00.000-07:00

There are some movements that are just beyond horrifying. For these special occasions we honor the horror with the following all-time favorite In Flight Movies of horrific nature:

Children of the Corn
The Exorcist
The Omen
The Thing
Rosemary's Baby
Alien/Aliens
The Howling
The Shining
The Ring
Swamp Thing
Jaws
Annaconda
The Ammityville Horror
28 Days Later (for the especially long ones)
Silent Hill
Final Destination

The Clint Eastwood Collection

2008-04-27T12:11:00.000-07:00

The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly
Dirty Harry
Two Mules for Sister Sara
Sudden Impact
Mystic River
The Enforcer
Breezy
Firefox
Blood Work
Escape from Alcatraz
Every Which Way But Loose

About This Blog

2008-04-27T11:23:00.000-07:00

Welcome to In Flight Movie.net. A long time ago their was a group of traveler's roaming up and the down the eastern seaboard and finding a good place the use the bathroom was only one of many difficult tasks for survival. It was during this time that such hysterics would lead to a concept of describing that visit to an unknown bathroom as an analogy for a movie title and the facilities would be known as runway conditions. One traveler was always brave enough to test out the unknown and would report back to the group as to the level of usage and, to the unfortunate discomfort of others, his movement.

Such reports would lead to comments such as:

"The runway was clear today." (indicating the facilities were empty, hence, solo patronage)

"The runway was backed up. Was on the tarmac for some time." (indicating the facilities to be full and wait time was needed.)

"Runway was clear. In Flight Movie was Dark Water." (indicating clear facilities and movement was of dark nature, leaving the water a darkish hue in nature)

"In Flight Movie was a double feature: The Quick and the Dead followed by Children of the Corn." (indicating first movement to be rapid followed by second movement of cornish magnitude)

"In Flight Movie was There Will Be Blood." (indicating we hope you get the picture by now)

So as you see we have created this web site in order to bring you--the demented reader--a chance to read and contribute to our all time best of lists. There are hundreds of thousands of movie titles out there and you will be surprised to learn that 90% can be used to describe a movement. Just try it. Go to netflix or imdb and you will find that most titles will make you laugh, others will make you cry, and some will make you want to throw up in your own mouth.

Enjoy our blog!

Welcome

2008-04-26T08:58:00.000-07:00