PopGap #04: Spring Cleaning

During April I'm going to attack a seemingly random collection of movies that include obscure cult films, an Oscar-winner for Best Picture, a made-for-tv movie, and a couple of Hollywood children's movies.  What these 20 movies do have in common is that they've all been on various to-watch lists of mine for years, but I always find excuses for other movies to leapfrog over them. These are the red-headed orphans of PopGap, the movies that I've so neglected, they don't even beg me to watch them any longer. Most of them I've forgotten that I ever even added them to a queue. It's spring, so I'm going to dust them off, break them out, watch them once, and cross them off my list for good.

The movies on April's list are:

• Little Otik (2001)
• The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea (1976)
• Sound of My Voice (2011)
• The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
• The Terminal (2004)
• Kiss Me Kate (1953
• An American Tail (1986)
• Jack the Giant Killer (1962)
• The Day After (1983)
• Being Flynn (2012)
• Salesman (1969)
• Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (2012)
• 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954)
• Million Dollar Baby (2004)
• Ganja and Hess (1973)
• Heavyweights (1995)
• The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973)
• Trouble Every Day (2001)
• Walker (1987)
• Siddhartha (1973)

I've only seen two of these movies before (noted with a ), and it's been 20-30 years since for each of those. the rest are all brand new to me.

As always, I'll be covering these movies as I watch them on Twitter @PopGap and will have reviews for each of these movies on this blog a couple days after watching them.

I may also try to fit in some bonus movies here and there as I simultaneously try to clean up with movies from 2014 that I've neglected while chasing these stupid lists. I may or may not tell you about them, at my discretion.