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So I was thinking about a couple of DVD movie themes. About a sequence of three (maybe four) movies that made a coherent sequence or group. From movies on my shelf.

Cops and Criminals:
Say Nicolas Cage in “Con Air”, Tommy Lee Jones in “US Marshall”, Arnold Schwarzenegger in “Eraser”

Reluctant Hero:
Mark Wahlberg in “Shooter”, “Chain Reaction”, “Transporter”.

Tommy Lee Jones’ “Volcano”, and

Laughs at work:
For me, there was Michael J. Fox in “The Secret of My Success”. And then there was Danny Devito, Jane Seymour, and Judge Reinhold in “Head Office”.

Romantic Comedy:
Or, “She’s The One”, “Kissing Jessica Stein”, Jennifer Aniston in “Along Came Polly”, and Sandra Bullock in “While You Were Sleeping”.

Situation Comedy:
Then after Mike Myers’ “So I Married An Axe Murderer..”, Goldie Hawn in “Protocol” and John Cusack’s dark “Grosse Pointe Blank”.

Light romantic comedy:
John Cusack’s “Must Love Dogs”, “Mumford”, and .. OK, this should be “Under The Tuscan Sun”, which is OK once in a great while, but I really like “Love Actually” better. Alternate would be “Return To Me” with David Duchovny, Minnie Driver, Carroll O’Connor, and the song from Dean Martin.

Action Comedy:
“Six Days, Seven Nights” with Anne Heche and Harrison Ford. “Mannequin”. Will Smith’s “Hitch, maybe?
Action:
Bourne Identity, Supremacy and Ultimatum would be an easy action call. But what about “Bourne Identity”, “Long Kiss Goodnight”, and Kurt Russell’s “Executive Decision”.

Or an all-girls thing:
“Saving Face”, “Kissing Jessica Stein”, and Meg Tilly’s “Bound”.

WWII:
Cary Grant in “Father Goose” and “Operation Petticoat”, followed by John Wayne’s “In Harm’s Way”. No, better reverse the order, from serious to flip.

Irreverent Comedy:
Eric Idle and Robbie Coltrane are delightful in “Nuns on the Run”, and Coltrane’s follow on “The Pope Must Diet” was pretty good. “A Fish Called Wanda” has a British flair, but is more about crime that church comedy.

Silly Academy:
There was the king – “Police Academy”. And the ripoff, “Hamburger: The Motion Picture”, and then Bill Murray in “Stripes”.

Old West Retreat:
Robert Redford’s “Jeremiah Johnson”, “Ballad of Little Jo”, and sorry. The only gritty, loner, out-west I have to go with these classics is .. the musical. “Paint Your Wagon.” You know, Clint Eastwood with “I talk to the trees” and Lee Marvin’s “The first thing you know.” Sorry.

Role Reversals:
“She’s The Man” is fairly recent. But years ago there was “Just One Of The Guys”, and “My Chauffeur” – all with lessons to teach. For a late-special, play the animated “Mulan”.

In the Palace:
“Dave” with Kevin Kline, Harrison Ford in “Sabrina”, and Annette Benning in “An American President”.

What movie theme for three consecutive nights, or a long afternoon-evening event, makes sense to you?