Monday Movie Meme - Magic Pills

So far during the Monday Movie Meme, we’ve covered smoking scenes and people injecting themselves with one substance or another. Thus, the theme for this week -- which is heavily influenced by allergy season that has reared its stuffy head, by the way – comes as no surprise: Magic Pills.

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring scenes where people are taking pills. This can include just about any type of pill -- prescription drugs, over-the-counter vitamins or related items, and drugs that are not on the market. Any type of medicine or recreational items is good to go, so long as they it is used in pill form during the movie(s) you pick. Here are my selections for this week’s Magic Pills theme.

Limitless

A struggling writer pays a dangerous price for popping pills that enable him to be all he can be, in this psychological thriller starring Bradley Cooper and Robert DeNiro.

Bad Boys II

Ecstasy is flowing like a river – in nightclubs, “fat doughs”(watch the movie, already!) and on boats affiliated with Klan members, in this action film starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence and Joe Pantoliano.

And here I thought I could come up with more titles but, unfortunately, my mind draws a blank beyond these two aforementioned flicks.

What movies have YOU seen that include scenes where people are taking pills?

Monday Movie Meme – Talking Toys

Today, the Monday Movie Meme is back with a theme that you could ask your children for help with, if needed. Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring talking toys.

Here are my selections for this week’s Monday Movie Meme.

Child’s Play

A Good-Guy doll named Chucky not only talks, he’s also sarcastic; like a bad ass kid who needs more than a time-out to get his act together, in this horror thriller film starring Catherine Hicks.

Toy Story

All sorts of toys including dolls, action figures and stuffed animals talk to each other in hopes of devising a plan to not get left behind in this animated film starring Tim Allen and Tom Hanks.

What movies have YOU watched that feature talking toys?

Let’s X Out of the Cineplex for Once, Shall We? #atozchallenge

Today, I choose to X out of writing about why we make movies because subject has been covered enough for one month and frankly, I don’t have the energy or interest in exploring this matter any further right now.

I also choose to X out of the Monday Movie Meme because all of the time spent doing research, interviews and writing about making movies has left me with little to no topics for this weekly meme. The Monday Movie Meme will return next week once I wrap up the 5^th Annual Blogging from A-to-Z Challenge.

This news comes at a time when I’ve decided to X out of submitting to a few popular film festivals that I once had high hopes for, and instead, put the fees that I would have incurred to better use in ways that would directly benefit either me, my film, select supporters of my work or a cause that I believe to be just. The festivals in question are appealing on the surface but when you really get down to business – they are not worth the time or money. More on this to come at a later date.

Have YOU chosen to X out of any activities or plans today that once seemed more promising until reality and/or a dose of poor time management kicked YOUR butt?

Read yesterday’s post about A Whole New World – Why I Make Movies if you’re looking for something more meaningful that what’s being offered up at the moment.