Average rating: 3.71   74.2% from 14 members


Amarcord

Warm, life-affirming, cinematic, never want it to end
  • Amarcord on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Pupella Maggio,  Armando Brancia,  Magali Noel
    Director: Federico Fellini
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Federico Fellini's AMARCORD, an acclaimed semiautobiographical episodic drama, examines life in a small Adriatic village just before Mussolini's reign in the 1930s. As the weather changes and spring arrives, the village holds a festival in which it burns a symbolic bonfire and celebrates new life. ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,789 member

Wim Wenders Collection

The American Friend is the one here
  • Wim Wenders Collection (10 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Nastassja Kiniski,  Harry Dean Stanton,  Dennis Hopper
    Director: Wim Wenders
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Best known for such international hits as Wings Of Desire, Paris, Texas and the Oscar®-nominated Buena Vista Social Club, Wim Wenders remains one of the most unique and important directors in the world today. In these 10 acclaimed feature films and documentaries - including several available for ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,951 member

Belleville Rendez-vous

wierd french stuff
  • Belleville Rendez-vous on DVD (2003)
    Director: Sylvain Chomet
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    In this animated French film, a boy named Champion trains relentlessly for the Tour de France, with the help of his loyal grandmother and overweight dog, Bruno (who loves to bark at passing trains). When the big race comes, Champion and a few of his fellow racers are kidnapped by some thugs who ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 14,774 members

Big Red One, The - The Reconstruction

an art-house warfilm 'b' movie masterpeice

The Blues Brothers

Fun !
  • The Blues Brothers on DVD (1980)
    Starring: John Belushi,  Dan Aykroyd,  John Landis
    Director: John Landis
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In roles made famous by their famed SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE skit, Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi star as Ellwood and Jake Blues in this extremely entertaining and successful comedy. Upon Jake's release from prison, the brothers are reunited and visit the orphanage they grew up in--only to discover that ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 22,438 members

Chinatown

Polanski's greatest, possibly Nicholson's too, certainly Dunaway's
  • Chinatown on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Jack Nicholson,  Faye Dunaway,  John Huston
    Director: Roman Polanski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Roman Polanski's neo-noir detective story is set during a heat wave in 1930s Los Angeles, whose residents are suffering from a water shortage as a result of an ongoing drought. Private investigator Jake Gittes (Jack Nicholson) runs a detective agency specializing in matrimonial strife and ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 23,144 members

The Chorus

heart warming stuff

Coal Miner's Daughter

They don't make 'em like this anymore. Spacek sings better than Loretta Lynn. Lame ending but everyting up to then is sharper than a coots fart in winter.

Collateral

Michael Mann doing his thing
  • Collateral on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Tom Cruise,  Jamie Foxx,  Jada Pinkett
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: £2.49
    Jamie Foxx plays Max, a Los Angeles cab driver who has a pretty wild night in this thriller from Michael Mann (HEAT, THE INSIDER). First, Max picks up, flirts with, and gets the number of Annie (Jada Pinkett Smith), an attractive District attorney. Next, Vincent (Tom Cruise) climbs into his cab. He ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 97,521 members

The Devil's Backbone

Better than Pan's Labyrinth




Average rating for this collection: Average rating: 3.71   74.2% from 14 members

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