Rock and Roll...wish I had been born in this age...this film makes me feel like I was there...but probably 100x better...
Almost Famous
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Billy Crudup, Kate Hudson, Frances McDormand Director:Cameron Crowe Certificate:
Writer-director Cameron Crowe brings the 1970s music scene to life with his semiautobiographical story of a teen journalist who goes on the road with a rock band. Uncool 15-year-old William Miller (Patrick Fugit) is living every teenager's dream. He's touring with Stillwater, an up-and-coming rock ..read more »
Withnail And I
on DVD
(1986) Starring:Paul McGann, Richard E. Grant, Richard Griffiths Director:Bruce Robinson Certificate:
WITHNAIL AND I is a quirky semiautobiographical account of filmmaker Bruce Robinson's early years as an actor. In 1969 London, two unemployed thespians--Withnail (Richard E. Grant) and Marwood (Paul McGann)--take a holiday in the Lake District at the home of Withnail's uncle Monty (Richard ..read more »
The Big Lebowski
on DVD
(1997) Starring:Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore Director:Joel Coen Certificate:
When unemployed Dude is attacked in his apartment by two thugs who mistakenly think he is millionaire Jeff Lebowski, he decides to pay a visit to his namesake in the hope of receiving compensation.
Grosse Pointe Blank
on DVD
(1997) Starring:John Cusack, Minnie Driver, Dan Aykroyd Director:George Armitage Certificate:
A nihilistically philosophical hit man (John Cusack) reluctantly accepts an assignment in Detroit, coinciding with his 10-year high school reunion in the ritzy suburb of Grosse Point, Michigan. While in town, he tries to patch things up with the girlfriend (Minnie Driver) he abandoned on prom night,..read more »
The greatest visuals, soundtrack and atmosphere of any film ever.
The Good, The Bad And The Ugly
on DVD
(1966) Starring:Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef Director:Sergio Leone Certificate:
Set during the American Civil War, the story deals with three mean desperadoes who have their eyes on a $200,000 treasure. Besides battling with the local authorities, they also have to contend with each other...
Makes me so happy...makes me want to create something
Wonder Boys
on DVD
(2000) Starring:Michael Douglas, Tobey Maguire, Frances McDormand Director:Curtis Hanson Certificate:
College Professor and novelist, Grady Tripp, is suffering from writer's block which causes him to be be filled with self doubt. Based on the novel by Michael Chabon.
Mind bendingly brilliant...a perfect film...because it just is...
Donnie Darko
on DVD
(2001) Starring:Jake Gyllenhaal, Drew Barrymore, Noah Wyle Director:Richard Kelly Certificate:
Writer-director Richard Kelly's bold debut film is a social satire, a dark comedy, a science fiction time-travelling fantasy, and a suburban nightmare about an extremely intelligent, depressive, self-destructive, narcoleptic, gun-toting, sex-crazed, teenaged arsonist: Donnie Darko (Jake Gyllenhaal)...read more »
Difficult to say which Hitchcock film is the best...Psycho, Rear window, north by northwest... but this has something that keeps me coming back time after time
Vertigo
on DVD
(1958) Starring:James Stewart, Kim Novak, Barbara Bel Geddes Director:Alfred Hitchcock Certificate:
DVD special features: The Birds: All About The Birds - Making Of, Tippi Hedren's Screen Test, Universal News Reel Stories x 2, Storyboard Sequence: Deleted Scene (Script Pages), Alternative Ending (Sketches & Storyboards), Production Photographs. Family Plot: Plotting Family Plot - Making Of, ..read more »
A rock and roll road movie...david lynch style...cage has never been better
Wild At Heart
on DVD
(1991) Starring:Laura Dern, Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe Director:David Lynch Certificate:
In adapting Barry Gifford's colorful novel, David Lynch delivers another jolt of adrenaline to unsuspecting viewers everywhere. WILD AT HEART follows the troubled romance of Sailor (Nicolas Cage) and Lula (Laura Dern), two lovers who struggle to remain together even when fate seems intent on ..read more »
True Lies
on DVD
(1994) Starring:Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Bill Paxton Director:James Cameron Certificate:
Super-secret-agent Harry Tasker (Arnold Schwarzenegger) has a wife (Jamie Lee Curtis) who thinks he's just a boring salesman--so she has an affair with a salesman who claims he's a secret agent. This confusion mushrooms into a global crisis as Tasker and his wife are caught in the middle of a ..read more »