It's not just an homage to Frankenstein and similar "old school" monster movies. First and foremost, Frankenweenie is a touching, sentimental story that anyone can relate to. And it's not bad. Not bad at all.

The hero-villain confrontation from The Dark Knight Rises (spoilery):

Speaking of John Carpenter... They Live has a famous one:
I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass, and I am all out of bubblegum.

I saw the alternate version (the "Assembly Cut") for the first time today (I saw the theatrical cut numerous times over the years, but that's another story). There are some changes, but they don't affect the plot in a significant way (in general, they just make the movie longer).

Is this version any better? Not really. It still doesn't hold a candle to the first two movies. David Fincher himself seems to think that Alien 3 is unsalvageable (he didn't want to participate in creating a Director's Cut for DVD/Blu-Ray, so they had to call it an "Assembly Cut").

ST-TNG had this gem:

Our reality may be very much like theirs. All this might just be an elaborate simulation running inside a little device sitting on someone's table.

As one of the guys said on the Roger Rabbit commentary: you can get a blowjob from somebody who doesn't respect you.

I still maintain that the first Transformers movie is a fairly enjoyable adaptation of an inherently RETARDED, cartoony concept (a concept that was invented to sell toys to children). It could've been a lot worse (and it's gotten a lot worse in the sequels).

Much has been written about this movie in the "Reviews" section already, but I don't think anybody mentioned the thing that bothers me most - the lack of songs. The Wizard of Oz is a charming, joyful MUSICAL. The prequel is nothing like it.

Just another attempt at exploiting beloved classics. Overall, a pretty big disappointment.

SWAT is not a sequel to The Fly.

V for Vendetta is not a sequel to Dial M for Murder.

The protagonist of Dirty Harry doesn't seem to have problems with personal hygiene.

Can we include TV shows? Knight Rider is definitely not about a medieval chick who liked the cowgirl position.

I, on the other hand, don't understand why anyone would reject Barbara Bel Geddes. Such a cutie.

Superman III gets the tone completely wrong. For a better (subtler) take on humor, see Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut.

It's scary to think that Star Trek IV could've become another Superman III (that's what the Eddie Murphy version probably would have been).

I'll probably rewatch Children Of Dune while I'm at it.

The program for this evening is not new.
You've seen this entertainment through and through.
You've seen your birth, your life and death.
You might recall all of the rest.
Did you have a good world when you died?
Enough to base a movie on?

One of the most controversial Hollywood biopics. An intriguing, trippy story with a rather loose structure. The Doors concentrates mostly on one aspect of Jim's personality (the pretentious "Lizard King" who's constantly drunken or stoned), but is enjoyable nonetheless. A good performance by Val Kilmer.