Films to put in your queue (25 titles)
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70% from 12 members
Serenity
An excellent SF adventure, full of humour, action, drama and the odd poignant moment, too.
Brilliantly written and directed by Joss Whedon.
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Serenity
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Nathan Fillion, Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk
Director: Joss Whedon
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Beloved television cult director Joss Whedon (Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel) makes a spectacular first foray onto the big screen with Serenity, the cinematic adaptation of his wildly popular but short-lived sci-fi series, Firefly. A mix of space western, comedy, and drama, Serenity follows ..read more »
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from 54,504 members
Say Anything
Cameron Crowe's first movie and perhaps still the best thing that he's yet directed.
A must for John Cusack fans and anybody who wants to see a great, intelligent and realistic romance.
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Say Anything
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: John Cusack, Joan Cusack, Ione Skye
Director: Cameron Crowe
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In Cameron Crowe's directorial debut, John Cusack plays Lloyd Dobler--an average guy with a penchant for kickboxing. There is only one thing that all-around nice guy Lloyd wants for his high school graduation--a date with beautiful valedictorian Diane Court (Ione Skye). Lloyd's dream comes true ..read more »
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from 5,502 members
Pieces Of April
Katie Holmes before TomKat. A family drama that feels real, shot digitally and featuring a stand-out turn by Patricia Clarkson as Holme's ailing mum.
An unjustly-neglected gem.
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Pieces Of April
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Katie Holmes, Patricia Clarkson, Oliver Platt
Director: Peter Hedges
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Katie Holmes is outstanding as the title character in Peter Hedges' PIECES OF APRIL. Holmes stars as April Burns, the black sheep of her family who has left suburbia for a Lower East Side tenement. To reconnect with her mother Joy (Patricia Clarkson), and father Jim (Oliver Platt), she invites them ..read more »
62%
from 4,148 members
Thumbsucker
Dreamlike US drama from Mike Mills - a graduate of music videos who is more akin to David Fincher or Spike Jonze than Brett Ratner or Michael Bay.
Lou Pucci is the titular character, a regularly out of sorts suburban teenager grappling with an all-too-relateable family in various stages of dysfunction, medical "professionals" eager to medicate at the earliest opportunity and a school life which is steadily creeping towards disaster.
Mills isn't - on the evidence of this film - much of a fan of pacy storytelling, but what he lacks in pulp plotting and narrative drive he more than makes up for in gorgeous cinematography - Mills' eye for an image and appreciation for the hallucinatory beauty of American suburbia jump off the screen - and appreciation of actors. Tilda Swinton is fantastic as Pucci's mother, and there's sterling support from Vince Vaughn, Vincent D'Onofrio and Keanu Reeves - the world's most Zen dentist.
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Thumbsucker
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Lou Taylor Pucci, Tilda Swinton, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director: Mike Mills
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Music-video director Mike Mills's feature-length debut, 'Thumbsucker', is an offbeat, unique film about the trials and tribulations of a relatively normal family living in Oregon. The black comedy stars Lou Pucci as Justin Cobb, a 17-year-old who still sucks his thumb, infuriating his tough father, ..read more »
58%
from 9,083 members
American Cousins
Sweet, funny, occasionally profane and kind of an unexpected treat for "Sopranos" fans who always wondered about how their boys would fare if they fetched up unexpectedly in Glasgow.
Boasting sterling acting, cinematography that makes Scotland look utterly glorious and a fish and chip cooking sequence to make you yearn for cod and chips twice.
All this and the goddess-like Shirley Henderson, too. How can you refuse?
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American Cousins
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Shirley Henderson, Danny Nucci, Vinny Pastore
Director: Don Coutts
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Scottish-Italian cafe owner Roberto lives a simple, fish-frying, waitress wooing, stamp collecting existence. When his distant cousins Gino and Settimo visit from New Jersey it seems like a great opportunity to get to know more about the American side of the family. However, when a debt collector ..read more »
60%
from 1,354 member
The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
A surprisingly faithful but distinctive debut from promo visionaries Hammer and Tongs, with a rare, non-annoying performance from Martin Freeman.
Great spectacle and plenty of "Wow!" moments commingle beautifully with Douglas Adams' wonderfully humane wit and insight.
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The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
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The long-awaited film version of Douglas Adams' THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY, based on his five-book series, is a funny, wacky, highly creative ride through a bizarre universe. Martin Freeman (Tim from THE OFFICE) stars as Arthur Dent, a British everyman suddenly thrust into intergalactic ..read more »
54%
from 61,397 members
Sky Blue
Korean anime - now there's a thing. I had wanted to see this film since seeing a huge poster for it in a Parisian cinema in 2004 and wasn't disappointed with the film when I saw it.
Your usual SF tropes - environmental decay, domed cities, bad-ass loners wielding nifty cyberpunk tech - are present and correct, but the film's tone is distinctive enough to erase any fears that you're watching A.N. Other animated flick.
Particularly fond of the low-life supporting character who is reminiscent of a more homicidal Moe Sizzlak from "The Simpsons"...
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Sky Blue
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Catherine Cavadini, Marc Woden, Kirk Thornton
Director: Moon-saeng Kim, Park Sunmin, Moon-Sang Kim
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Civilization has been destroyed by war and pollution, but the survivors have built the last city of Ecoban. As most natural resources have been exhausted, Ecoban is powered by pollution. The citizens of Ecoban need to continue creating this pollution leading them into conflict with the inhabitants ..read more »
55%
from 5,084 members
Spaced
Pegg, Stevenson, Wright - your hallmark of quality.
Surreal adventures in the geekverse, witty dispatches from the cultural hinterlands, that bloke from Shaun of the Dead and some of his mates faffing about a bit - call it what you want, but make sure you see it...
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Spaced
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Jessica Stevenson, Simon Pegg, Julia Deakin
Director: Edgar Wright
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The sitcom SPACED features Tim and Daisy (Simon Pegg and Jessica Stevenson), two quirky young adults who pose as a professional couple in order to rent a flat in Tufnell Park, London. Tim is an assistant manager of a comic book store and an aspiring comic book artist while Daisy is an unemployed ..read more »
82%
from 21,142 members
What's Eating Gilbert Grape
For those of you who might like to see Johnny Depp act and not just camp it up, this is a joy to behold.
A great adaptation of an underrated novel, this also features a fantastic Leonardo DiCaprio turn, some tellling home truths about the way that we treat people who don't live up to our preconcieved notions of beauty and quite gorgeous cinematography.
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What's Eating Gilbert Grape
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Juliette Lewis, Mary Steenburgen
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Lasse Hallstrom directs this beautifully photographed, critically acclaimed drama about small-town life and the contraints that a young man's family responsibilities put on his independence. The screenplay is written by Peter Hedges who also wrote the novel of the same name.Bizarre, whimsical, and ..read more »
72%
from 14,501 members
Gilmore Girls - Season 1
You've probably never seen it unless you check out the Hallmark or Nickleodeon channels on Sky during their infrequent broadcasts of this gem of an US comedy drama.
Proud single mum and her bookworm daughter deal with life, the universe and prove the adage that you can't choose your family but you can choose your friends.
Imagine a blend of "Northern Exposure", "Frasier", "Dawson's Creek" and the coolest soundtrack this side of a Wes Anderson/Cameron Crowe flick.
Just make sure that you can keep up with the rapid fire dialogue and you'll be fine - these gals can TALK....
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Gilmore Girls - Season 1
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Lauren Graham, Alexis Bledel, Melissa McCarthy
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter, Arlene Sanford, Adam Nimoy
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Set in the small town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, GILMORE GIRLS is a charming television drama that tells the story of a thirty-something single mother, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham), and her precocious teenage daughter, Rory (Alexis Bledel), as they navigate their way through the shifting ..read more »
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