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| The Wild Geese - A British industrialist recruits a group of mercenaries to penetrate the African wilderness and rescue a deposed political leader awaiting execution at the hands of a military despot. While the prisoner is a man with noble visions of racial reform, the industrialist who's financing the operation cares only about his own business interests. When the rescue mission is no longer to his advantage, the businessman decides to alter the course of events -- setting off an explosion of violence. |
| The Final Option - Released in the U.S. under the title The Final Option, this action thriller was produced and set in Great Britain. The British Special Air Services, an anti-terrorist group, is pitted against an organization of international terrorists who plan to take over the U.S. Embassy in London and hold everyone hostage. Captain Skellen (Louis Collins), a member of the Special Air Services, assumes a false identity in order to infiltrate the terrorists, who are rogue members of the anti-nuclear-weapons movement -- and uncover their plans. Judy Davis appears as Frankie, a key member of the anti-nuclear group. |
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| Drugstore Cowboy I like this film a lot. It's in my top three. Very relaxing watching junkies rob pharmacies. Matt Dillon makes me laugh because he's so jittery. You kinda root for them "Rob that store" "shoot up". It's a wonderful allegory of being a junkie, redeeming yourself, getting clean, going to NA, getting a job then getting shot? Bizarre but a well spent two hours. "Most people don't know how they are gonna feel from one moment to the next. But a dope fiend has a pretty good idea. All you gotta do is look at the labels on the little bottles." Based on the James Fogle novel of the same name, this is Gus Van Sant Jr.'s best and most consistent film. Drugstore Cowboy is the story of a dope addict and his "crew" set in and around Portland, Oregon in 1971. Matt Dillon portrays Bobby Hughes, a young and smart dope addict, who has spent his entire short adult life either in prison or shooting up. As he told a social worker at the drug clinic, "To begin with, nobody, and I mean nobody can talk a junkie out of usin'. You can talk to them for years, but sooner or later they're gonna get hold of somethin'. Maybe it's not dope, maybe it's booze, maybe it's glue, maybe it's gasoline. Maybe it's a gunshot in the head. But somethin'. Somethin' to release the pressures of their everyday life; like havin' to tie their shoes." |
| 2001 - "I tried to create a visual experience, one that bypasses verbalized pigeonholing and directly penetrates the subconscious with an emotional and philosophical content....I intended the film to be an intensely subjective experience that reaches the viewer at an inner level of consciousness, just as music does...You're free to speculate as you wish about the philosophical and allegorical meaning of the film" The plot is not so much of structure but rather of events or moments in time that are united by the appearance of a large black monolith. The mind blowing special effects still work nearly 30 years later. Kubrick was also revolutionary in using non-original music. The end of the movie is one of the most bizarre and enigmatic sequence of events I've seen on film. It's a mind-blowing experience because of the eerie sense of the unknown and unexplained. I've read that Arthur C. Clarke, who assisted on the screenplay, admitted that he wasn't quite sure what the film was about, and I honestly believe Kubrick himself was amazed and intrigued at his own creation. |
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| Das Boot - Das Boot is arguably, the most claustrophobic film ever constructed and one of the most highly suspenseful movies as well. The technical skill in regards to photography is mind blowing. How the camera captures all that it does in such small confines is remarkable. The use of sound is spectacular as well. Every creak, groaning of the hull, and shriek of the rivets are captured here in horrific detail. Petersen says his vision for the film was, "to show the gritty and terrible reality of war and to combine it with a highly entertaining story and fast-paced action style that would pull audiences into the experience of these young men." It's the finest foreign language film ever released in the United States. Das Boot was nominated for six Academy Awards. Wolfgang Petersen was nominated for both Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Director. Other nominated categories included cinematography, editing, sound, and sound effects. |
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| Dead Man - Excellent. That's all I really should say. A Sundance entry from a few years back. Johnny Depp is never afraid to try risky roles that don't pay millions so I like him for that. He has integrity, which is rare in Hollywood. The imagery, direction and cinematography are all excellent. He kills by accident, then has to go on the run, he meets an Indian "Nobody" then goes after the white men and bounty hunters like Billy Bob Thornton, Iggy Pop, Robert Mitchum etc. Top Three All Time. |
| The Bounty - A very good film. Besides the Tahitian landscapes and the predictability of the story...they mutiny, Hopkins is captivating as the maniacal Captain Bligh. Mel Gibson and Daniel Day Lewis perform well in their supporting roles, but Hopkins is dynamite. Somehow you don't feel like he's acting when he goes ballistic. His Cornish accent is pretty good too, an example of the hard work Hopkins puts into each performance. It must have been good therapy to work with Sir Laurence Olivier outside the 'Vic. The Tenth Man - Small production but Hopkins makes it worthy fare. Magic - Hopkins goes mad...are we really that shocked? I've always felt like there's some latent madness behind those eyes. He controls a dummy named Fats; then it controls him. It made me rather uneasy. The Elephant Man. Excellent film, well done by David Lynch in every way. Lynch is an oddball, but that's what's so great about directors like him; they are uncompromising and dedicated to the art. You really feel sorry for John Merrick. This movie should be mandatory viewing once a year for all children. It would teach them to have a heart and not bully the ugly or less fortunate. |
| Trainspotting - I used to watch Trainspotting all the time but watching Heroin addicts gets old after the 100th time. Still, excellent story and has plenty of quotable amusing bits. Rents is cool but I like Sick Boy and Spud most. Spud is cool. I always like the characters who have the least control over their own destiny most. Spud is a clueless beggar but a worse goalie. The guy playing Begbie is skinny, but he excudes menace. Anyway, it's a strong statement against Horse. |
| A Clockwork Orange is a filmmaking triumph. Kubrick was a real genius and my favorite director. I watch this a lot. I feel like the fifth droog. I'd wear a three cornered hat and carry a whip. This movie is a great way to learn Russian. In the words of Dr. Bongo "perhaps this is how the future will be...perhaps not!" |
| The Seven Samurai - It's a bit like a Peckinpah flick without the guns. The Wild Bunch with swords. They kill those who need a bit of killing. |
| American Movie - I wouldn't rent this for the longest time; now it's is a favorite of mine. You watch this thinking the guy with a mullet is an actor, he's not. It's an actual documentary of a redneck trying to make his ultimate movie NorthWestern, but to finance it he needs to finish his B movie horror flick "Coven". The guy is cool in an anti-cool way. His fat buddy has a perm, drinks and plays Bach on guitar. It's just so funny watching this guy attempt to reach for his dream and deal with the hundreds of hurdles that come up. |
| Full Metal Jacket aka FMJ - Gunnery Sgt. Hartman. Sergeant Hartman is preparing your ass for 'Nam. This is basic training Marine style. Kubrick found the toughest guy in America to play this role. He really was a USMC drill instructor. He terrorizes Pyle and he pays for that. The first half of the movie is the most gripping depiction of basic ever put on the screen. |
| Tigerland - This is really good movie if you're looking for a break from most modern Hollywood fare. The story line is fairly decent. Colin Farrell plays a army recruit named Boz in basic training, preparing for 'Nam. Basically he's a good guy but he's not into killing, which is odd because he's also from Texas. He befriends an idealistic recruit and tries to teach him that going to war is BS. The funny bits arise as he starts outwitting his drill instructor. Then he starts getting into it with a psycho recruit who tries to kill him in mock combat. It's a pretty good movie overall and a nice change of pace. Farrell proved to be an excellent actor, I can't imagine it's easy for an Irishman to adopt a Texan accent. |
| Chopper - If you're into bizarre fringe movies then you'll like this a lot. It's a biopic centered around Mark "Chopper" Read, Australia's most notorious killer. He's also spent most of his life in prison, but is also a celebrated author. He writes about his criminal exploits (drugs, killing etc.) in an amusing style. Eric Bana, soon to be The Hulk, was excellent as Chop. It is pretty grusome but well worth watching. Wait 'til he cuts off his ears to get out of a prison ward where the others want to kill him. Also the scene where he gets stabbed is crazy. The funniest thing is that he seems psycho one minute and caring the next. This is illustrated after he shoots his friend in the leg, then helps him into the car and drives him to the hospital. Eric Bana shows great promise as an actor. |
| Sexy Beast - What makes it a good film is the acting performances. The story isn't too bad, basically an ex-con is called from retirement for one last safecracking job. The only thing is Winstone is retired and doesn't want to leave his wife and Spanish villa overlooking the sea. The intro is excellent, Winstone is the typical Brit wearing Speedos laying out in the sun getting red by the pool and The Stranglers "Peaches" is playing loudly in the background. A perfect opening scene. The song really sets the mood. Ben Kingsley was very good. He was nominated for an Oscar and plays menace really well for a 99 lb. man. He's sort of the Anti-Gandhi. Ray Winstone was perfect in his typical east end, ex-crim role. Good movie if you're sick to death of Hollywood fare. |
| The Sixth Sense - All you need to know about this movie is that Bruce Willis is a ghost. It helps to know this otherwise you get confused. |
| The Apostle - Written, directed, and personally financed by Robert Duvall, who stars as the Holy Ghost powered preaching machine "Sonny", who responds to his wife's infidelity with a crime of passion that sends him on a new and uncharted quest for redemption. Under the assumed identity of "The Apostle E.F.," he settles revives an old church, where he undergoes a transformation of spirit and purpose that enlivens his community. Fueled by Duvall's powerhouse performance, The Apostle refuses to praise or condemn its fascinating central character, leaving the proper degree of forgiveness up to the viewer. Look for Billy Bob Thornton in his type-cast role as a redneck in a bulldozer who wants to knock over his church. In terms of Sonny you're left with seeing a fractured personality on one hand he's real into God, then he kills a man with a baseball bat and throws rocks through his wife's windows. Good acting, good story and full of amusing quips. |
| Woody Allen Films: Annie Hall - His best film. The Curse of the Jade Scorpion - This movie has a decent plot but how come Woody Allen always plays the romantic lead. No offense to Woody but he's fucking ugly and he's way too old to be romantically involved with Helen Hunt. She's not too bad, looking that is. Acting wise she's alright, a lot better than Gillian Anderson who only has the guppy fish at feeding time look. Major Winchester plays an unscrupolous hypnotist and typical Woody antics proceed. "In a Persian Market" is played in the background to liven things up. Probably wild man Woody on the clarinet. |
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| The Limey - A classic before its time. Wonderful cinematography and eloquent direction. Some say it is a geriatric Death Wish but I that would be quite an understatement. It's part film noir part Stranger in a Starnge Land...land of ice and snow... Excellent gripping acting performances by Terence Stamp, Nicky Katt (starring as the long haired misanthrope Stacy), the guy from Carlito's Way, and the DEA agent. Soundtrack compliments the film splendidly. I like it a lot. |
| Amores Perros - Interesting film, similar to Requium for a Dream. It's in spanish but if you can deal with the subtitles you'll find some cinematic gems in there. It revolves around dog fighting and hitmen. Apparently it's the most popular movie in Mexico. It is interesting and worth checking out. |
| Heat & The Wild Bunch - If you're into shoot out sequences then you will love the middle of Heat as soon as Val Kilmer leaves the bank. Also don't overlook Sam Peckinpah's brutal classic The Wild Bunch and the opening robbery scene and the Gatling gun finale. |
| Requiem for a Dream - Ellen Burstyn is very good in this. It's four different Coney Island addiction stories but the housewife getting addicted to diet pills and wanting so bad to be on that crap game show is terrifying. "Be excited, be be excited". She loses it sadly. Jennifer Connelly is niiiiice. Watch what she does to get the Horse. Wayans was pretty good, showing there is a little more depth to the guy than just a few coarse jokes. Very depressing but a nice expose on the world of addiction and the horror it brings. Also, check out the game show host and his audience, it's like a cult or a Nuremberg rally. And Leto, can't fake a NY accent to save his life but the bruise on his arm is amusing. No great character development which is a shame because you don't tend to identify with the characters and thus don't really feel for them, with the exception of Burstyn. |
| Memento - Bizarre but interesting. The fella loses his short memory, so bad in fact he has to tattoo words on his body to remind himself of things to do. For example, he has a tattoo that says "brush teeth". His memory is so effed I think he can only remember 30 secs. back, then forgets what just happened. Interesting concept, but confusing as hell if you step away to make a bagel with cheese and cheese dog slices on it. It has to be seen. Worth renting.emory |
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| Lumiere - 50 second short films by international directors using the very first movie camera. Very cool. Bakara - Another good flick of global images accompanied by soothing sounds. |
| Billy Budd - Good Royal Navy epic starring Terence Stamp in his first major role. He is excellent as a shanghaied recruit. Basically he's a young merchant sailor who gets pressed into the Royal Navy. I think it's a Melville work adapted for the screen. Cool concept: Budd leaves his ship and waves goodbye saying "goodbye to The Rights of Man". Allegoric ship name there. Good film. |
| They Died With Their Boots On - 1940 or so flick starring Flynn and DeHavilland, that has some pretty cool moments. I rented it for two reasons, first Iron Maiden wrote a song about it and second I like DeHavilland. Anyway, Custer's Last Stand was cool and the character "Kings Own" was an appropriate character based on the outbreak of WWII. Overall its typical 40's crap but it has a few good bits to justify its existence. |
| Fight Club - Brad Pitt and Ed Norton are the same person. Man was I confused. |
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| Die Hard - Actually a decent movie. I watch it whenever it's on. Hans Gruber is cool. Alan Rickman is a good actor and his one-liners are pretty tight. |
| Rasputin - Alan Rickman stars as the mad monk in this small film. As usual he steals the show. Fantastic actor and yet another rivetting performance from a RADA alum. |
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| Coming Soon: Reservoir Dogs, Brief History of Time, Jesus' Son, Election, King of NY, |
| Where Eagles Dare - I feel I'm preaching to the converted when I cite this as the finest, most richly atmospheric adventure film ever made. This is about mood as much as all-out action. It inhabits that strange escapist realm of nostalgia, of a never-ending childhood spent playing out of doors, of conjuring wild adventures where imagination and the thrill of anticipation are everything. Plus Eastwood kills more people in this movie than in any other movie he's appeared in. Burton is also superb. Immerse yourself in the beautiful, haunting snowscapes, the gloomy, winding corridors and stairwells of the infamous 'Castle of the Eagles'. You'll find such escape easy. Here is a film not afraid to dwell on the minute preparatory details of a high-risk mission. It patiently builds to the action sequences, avoiding the dizzying, elliptical editing style of so many modern-day action films who mistakenly favour the `now' over the suspense of an evocative build-up. WHERE EAGLES DARE rewards patience, as the snow and the chill and the gloom are given the necessary time to envelope, to ingrain themselves in the mind. |
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| Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels - the debut film from the man later to be known as Mr. Madonna. When it was released it reinvented the British gangster flick. There hasn't been a British shoot 'em up this good since Get Carter (and I never thought that was any good). There are the camera tricks, the hip sixties soundtrack filled out with James Brown soul classics, the slew of crimes gone wrong, and a collection of characters with goofy names like Hatchet Harry and Barry the Baptist. But that's the first glance, and first impressions can be deceiving. What Ritchie has done is craft a film out of familiar subjects (a failed gamble, a harried deadline to pay off a debt, and a desperate gambit involving guns, drugs, and cash); they weave together to form a stylish, entertaining film. Overloaded with characters of dubious moralities, Lock Stock throws everything but the kitchen sink into the lives of four friends who have spent their lives skirting the edges of the law. These four gather together $100,000 for Eddie, the card shark, to enter a high-stakes poker game. Of course, the game is rigged, and he ends up owing half-a-million quid to Hatchet Harry - a man you pay, or face the consequences. Lo and behold, an opportunity arises - the lads' neighbors are drug fences who knock over a marijuana dealer for cash and weed, and this could well answer all their prayers. Of course, nothing quite works out the way anyone could expect. |
| Snatch was voted the best film of 2000 in the United Kingdom, and stayed a favourite for months in the charts of Europe too. The build upto this film was more anticipated in England and Europe than it was in the US, because of the initial impact of Guy Rithice's recent 1998 independant release of "Lock, Stock & Two-Smoking Barrels." Snatch uses pretty much the same script plan as Lock, Stock, only with a much larger budget at hand, as well as some big hollywood names in the pan. The film's identity is created with the appearance of Bennico Del torro (FRANKY-FOUR FINGERS), & partly by Brad Pitt (MICKEY). Pitt balances out nicely and does the film jusitce with his exellent take to a seedy pikey (Irish-liek slang, but either Irish or English dialect) accent. . The film is fast paced with shifty, effective editing techniques (more jumpier than the ones in Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels, that diserse the viewer from the past to the present, and add enthusiasim to the shear comedy of the irony which is "accidental." I must have seen Snatch at least 30 times now, both sitting down and while I'm working" Overall, an exellent to watch with anyone, but for the real macoy watch Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels. |
| Night of the Iguana - Without a doubt this is the finest movie ever to have graced the screen. I have seen every movie that has ever won a Best Picture Oscar, and none can reach Night of the Iguana. Huston's fantastic direction of the leads, a well-worked screenplay, intuitive dialogue and high-skilled cast make this the greatest story ever told. Richard Burton as the Rev. T. Lawrence Shannon is a drunken ex-priest, hell-bent on blaming the world for his own dilemmas, constantly battling his moral demons (Sue Lyons "Lolita" chases him around!) Burton's finest performance. Ava Gardner stars as the middle-aged, boy crazy Maxine, who cares deeply for Shannon, but won't show it..a tough lady. Deborah Kerr polishes this gem of a film as the sobering, calm influence on Shannon. For those who have experienced sadness, madness, or drink, this film will heal old wounds..it is screen therapy of the finest sort. |
| Deep Cover - Stylish film noir expertly directed by Bill Duke. Larry Fisburn plays an undercover cop who is in "deep cover" playing the role of drug dealer and climbing up the ramks to get to a Colombian diplomat and drug lord. For me it is the best role I've ever seen Jeff Goldblum in. Here his eccentricites and quirkiness suit his charater well. Goldblum portrays a drug dealing lawyer looking to make his millions by creating a new synthetic drug. Goldblum and Fishburn become partners and begin escalating to the top of the drug world...but then it all comes crashing down. Fishburn has been under cover so long he has evolved from cop to drug dealer. It is a crucial fracture in his personality. When the investigation of the diplomat is dropped for political reasons, he decides to finish the job himself. The film twists and turns its way into an interesting end. |
| El Mariachi - Robert Rodriguez made this entire film for $7000. He raised the first $3000 by being a 'lab rat' and allowing doctors to pump him full of cholesterol drugs for 30 days. He wrote the screenplay while he was an in patient. Remarkable on so many levels. There was imited editing so the story is straight ahead from start to finish...it reminds me of the Dogme 95 films. Decent story involving mistaken identity and the risks of picking up the wrong guitar case.... Desperado was a decent follow up but a shadow of El Mariachi. |
| High Plains Drifter - The second film Eastwood directed, it is a grand homage to the great Sergio Leone of Spaghetti Western fame. It follows the "man with no name" style of The Good, The Bad & The Ugly, but is unique in many ways. Set in the town of Lago, the film starts with three outlaws whipping the marshall to death. The townspeople watch, but they do not help. This is a town built on greed. The marshall is killed because the town wants to keep its lucrative but illegal mine open; which the marshall has threatened to close. The marshall is buried but without a gravestone or marker of any kind; he townspeople want to keep the matter quiet. Someone says that without a marker the dead will never rest...here's where it gets interesting. Through the scorching desert we see The Stranger (Eastwood) ride into town. He is a man of few words and he is on a mission. The townspeople beg him to stay and protect them from the outlaws who killed the marshall. The Stranger exacts a toll of revenge on the town...he rapes, he appoints the weakest man sheriff, he pays for nothing and he kills. Building to a climax, the outlaws are released from jail and head straight to Lago to exact revenge on the townspeople who turned them in. The townspeople, at the command of The Stranger, paint the town completely red and rename it Hell. As the bandits arrive, The Stranger leaves town on horseback. The townspeople lose faith and many are killed by the bandits. Then The Stranger returns to punish the outlaws...he hangs one, bullwhips another and shoots the rest. The town catches fire and we are given a wonderful glimpse into the fierce beauty of hell. As The Stranger rides out of town, the new sheriff asks "You never did tell me your name?". The Stranger replies "You know my name!"...he is the spirit of the murdered marshall... |
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| Natural Born Killers - In retrospect I view this as bit of a disappointment. Oliver Stone puts his usual touches on a interesting screenplay but you don't really sympathize with the protangonists and as a result the viewer is more bored than thrilled. Lots of violence and off the wall sequences but no real glue to hold the thing together. It could've been worse. Had Tarantino directed it it would've been full of ridiculous situations and unrealistic dialogue. |
| The Professional - Although its predictable and slow at times, it gets real good towards the end. Gary Oldman plays a pill-popping cop and Jean Reno (pictured above) plays a hitman named "Leon". The film lights the fuck up when the SWAT team try to bust into Leon's apartment. Bad rookie mistake... |
| The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Excellent Spaghetti Western but its a little too long. Clint Eastwood plays "Blondie" who runs a racket with Eli Wallach, playing a Mexican "Tuco Benedicto Pacifico Juan Maria Ramirez". It gets better when they realize there's a shit load of gold buried in a grave. Tuco knows the cemetery and Blondie knows which grave. Then Lee Van Cleef shows up "Angel Eyes" and the shit hits the fan. |
| Scarface - This is the ultimate film for the wannabe suburban gangster. Al Pacino in probably his best role. Besides the coke use, extreme violence and the word "fuck" two hundred and forty times; there's a lot to keep the viewer interested. Oliver Stone wrote the screenplay, DePalma directs. Basically a rags to riches story of a Cuban jailbird released in Miami, Florida. Tony (Pacino) ruthlessly works his way up the drug lord ladder, eventually capping his boss and dealing with the Bolivians directly. Decent character development because although he's a ruthless killer, he loves kids. He wants to have a kid and reason for his downfall is because he refuses to blow up a politician who is with his family. The final shootout sequence is fucking fabulous. Tony holds off a Bolivian hit team with his M16 and grenade launcher. The World is Yours.... |
| Reservoir Dogs - Critical viewing for those fans of Goodfellas and Scarface. Tarantino wrote and directed, but sadly decided to include his non-acting ass in the film. A diamond heist is planned for several ex-cons. Each con is given a codename "Mr. Blue", "Mr. White" etc. Tim Roth, in an excellent performance plays the undercover cop "Mr. Orange". Steve Buscemi aka "funny looking", hates being Mr. Pink. The raid is planned well except for the inclusion of the undercover cop and although surrounded by cops a few of the gang bust out and meet at the safe house. Most of the film takes place inside the safe house, each guy arrives after shooting a few cops. Mr. Blonde even took a cop hostage. As they pace around the warehouse trying to figure out what the fuck happened, the undercover cop is bleeding to death. Very tense and very interesting. |
| Killing Zoe - A very good film. A basic bank robbery gone wrong, most of the movie is in French with subtitles. Directed by Roger Avary, a peer of Tarantino. French, English and an American smack heads decide to rob a French Reserve bank on Bastille Day. Stolz is the safe cracker and arguably the most stable of the crew. The gang is led by French psychopath 'Eric'. Eric steals the show. Killing Zoe is a nice mix of witty dialogue and violence. Why are the walls of the bank red? |
| The 25th Hour - Pretty good overall. I don't know what I was expecting but Spike Lee interests me and Ed Norton is almost always convincing in his roles. Here Norton plays a dealer who gets busted with weight found by DEA agents. The film is set against his last 24 hours before a seven year prison term. He meets with his buddies, but you are left to ponder who turned him in to the authorities. In any case, fairly good stuff. The DEA agent is pretty funny. Yikes... |
| Vanilla Sky - Would've been pretty good if it didn't have the predictable "oh it was all a dream" ending. I don't think Cameron Diaz is all that and I'm not a fan of Penelope Cruz but Cameron Crowe puts out some decent flicks so it is at least worth watching. Was that the guy from Mallrats? |
| Clerks - I was a big fan of this movie in college but my interest in it gradually waned as I matured. It was a pretty good idea for a film but sadly the follow up movies from Kevin Smith have all been disappointments. Maalrats was rubbish. Saving Amy was shit. I won't even get into the 'Jay & Silent Bob' films. Kevin Smith is an egomaniac who clearly needs to put down the comics and start experiencing life. |
| Who Is Bernard Tapie? - A better name for this movie could have been "Who The Fuck Cares". An annoying American chain-smoking woman stalks possibly the most idiotic Frenchmen around Paris. She claims she's not a stalker...if you have to 'claim your not a stalker' you probably are. At times she looks alright but most of the movie she's pretty haggered. Bernard Tapie was a French millionaire. He was. Then he lost it all. He was the chairman of Olympic Marseille but it all came to an end when Societe Generale called in the loans. |
| Fuckland - Also titled Falkland and F..kland. Very interesting docudrama centered around a young Argentine protagonist 'Fabian' and his hidden camera. Some background...Britain and Argentina went to war in 1982 over the Falkland Islands (islas Malvinas), Britain won the war and banished the Argentines. Until recently Argentines were not permitted to visit the islands (they came in 1981 as spies disguised as tourists). Finally allowed to visit the Falklands, Fabian and his hidden camera fly from Argentina to chile to Port Stanley in the Falklands. He has a sinister plan in store for one of the women of the Falklands. Fabian scouts around Port Stanley secretly videotaping women looking for a target. His goal is to impregnate a female Falklander so she'll have an Argentine baby. He figures if more patriotic Argentine men come to the Falklands and impregnate the local girls then in a few generations the 'Argentine' Falklanders will press for the long-awaited union of the Falklands (Malvinas) and Argentina. I just made up a word...Pluritanical...cool eh? Anyway, the dastardly picks his target a young fresh English girl and woos her. During the editing stage he added a voice over so he guides the viewer into his thoughts during each event. At one point you see them enjoying dinner then he says things in the voice over like 'how much is she gonna eat?' He is a real bastard. She falls for him and he leaves her and goes back to Argentina. It was a very well done fake documentary. You can catch it on the Sundance Channel. |
| I'm getting tired of writing these bizarre reviews so I'll add links to the names of each film. Hopefully, you'll click and see a write up on the film. At the very least you know the name. Any film added below is worth seeing. I'll try to add a one or two word review or rating. Enjoy and thanks for bothering to read this far. |
| teddy1066's ~ must see films 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968) 8.3 21 Grams (2003) 8.0 24 Hour Party People (2002) 7.2 25th Hour (2002) 7.8 35 Up (1991) (TV) 7.9 42: Forty Two Up (1998) (TV) 10 8.1 Acid House, The (1998) 5.9 Adaptation. (2002) 7.9 Airplane! (1980) 7.7 Alexander (2004) All Quiet on the Western Front (1930) 8.2 American History X (1998) 8.4 American Me (1992) 6.4 American Movie: The Making of Northwestern (1999) 7.5 American Psycho (2000) 6.7 Amores perros (2000) 8.2 Annie Hall (1977) 8.3 Apostle, The (1997) 7.1 Ayyam al-tawila, al- (1980) 6.5 Bamboozled (2000) 6.3 Barry Lyndon (1975) 7.9 Batoru rowaiaru (2000) 7.8 Being John Malkovich (1999) 7.9 Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946) 8.4 Big Lebowski, The (1998) 7.9 Biloxi Blues (1988) 6.5 Birth of a Nation, The (1915) 7.2 Black Hawk Down (2001) 7.6 Blow (2001) 7.1 Blue Max, The (1966) 6.4 Boot, Das (1981) 8.5 Bottle Rocket (1996) 7.4 Bounty, The (1984) 6.7 Bowling for Columbine (2002) 8.5 Boys from Brazil, The (1978) 6.7 Bravo Two Zero (1999) 6.5 Breakfast Club, The (1985) 7.6 Breaking the Waves (1996) 7.7 Bridge Too Far, A (1977) 7.0 Brief History of Time, A (1991) 10 7.3 Bronenosets Potyomkin (1925) 8.2 Brown Bunny, The (2003) 5.1 Buffalo '66 (1998) 7.2 Buono, il brutto, il cattivo, Il (1966) 8.7 Caligola (1979) 4.6 Cannonball Run, The (1981) 5.4 Capturing the Friedmans (2003) 8.2 Casino (1995) 7.7 Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958) 7.8 Catch Me If You Can (2002) 7.7 Charge of the Light Brigade, The (1936) 7.2 Che (2005) Children of the Damned (1963) 5.5 Chinatown (1974) 8.4 Chopper (2000) 7.1 Citizen Kane (1941) 8.7 Clerks. (1994) 7.9 Clockwise (1986) 6.4 Clockwork Orange, A (1971) 8.3 Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) 7.0 Colors (1988) 6.4 Comandante (2003) 6.1 Committee, The (1968) 6.0 Compleat Beatles, The (1984) 7.9 Cool Hand Luke (1967) 8.2 Coven (1997) 4.0 Cross of Iron (1977) 7.3 Croupier (1998) 7.4 Cul de Sac: A Suburban War Story (2002) 6.8 Curse of the Jade Scorpion, The (2001) 6.9 Dîner de cons, Le (1998) 7.6 Dances with Wolves (1990) 7.7 Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951) 8.1 Dead Man (1995) 7.5 Dead Ringers (1988) 7.0 Dead Zone, The (1983) 7.2 Deep Cover (1992) 6.6 Deer Hunter, The (1978) 8.1 Deliverance (1972) 7.8 Diarios de motocicleta (2004) 8.1 Dirty Dozen, The (1967) 7.6 Dirty Rotten Scoundrels (1988) 6.8 Dog Soldiers (2002) 6.8 Dogville (2003) 8.2 Doors, The (1991) 6.6 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) 8.7 Drug-Taking and the Arts (1994) 8.1 Drugstore Cowboy (1989) 7.4 Drummer Man, The (1947) Eagle Has Landed, The (1976) 6.7 Easy Rider (1969) 7.2 Eddie Izzard: Dress to Kill (1999) (V) 7.9 Election (1999) 7.4 Elephant (2003) 7.4 Elephant Man, The (1980) 8.1 Enemy at the Gates (2001) 7.3 English Patient, The (1996) 7.1 Eraserhead (1977) 7.0 Ernesto Che Chuevara, das bolivianische Tagebuch (1994) 4.1 Escape from Alcatraz (1979) 7.3 Europa (1991) 7.4 European Vacation (1985) 5.3 Exorcist, The (1973) 7.9 Eyes Wide Shut (1999) 7.0 Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004) 9 7.9 Fargo (1996) 8.2 Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) 7.1 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998) 7.1 Festen (1998) 8.1 Fight Club (1999) 8.5 Filth and the Fury, The (2000) 7.4 Five Easy Pieces (1970) 7.4 Fog of War: Life of Robert S. McNamara, The (2003) 8.4 Forbrydelsens element (1984) 6.2 Forrest Gump (1994) 8.1 Fourth Protocol, The (1987) 6.2 Freeway (1996) 6.5 Fuckland (2000) 5.3 Full Metal Jacket (1987) 8.2 Ghost World (2000) 7.8 Girl, Interrupted (1999) 7.0 Gladiator (2000) 8.0 Glengarry Glen Ross (1992) 7.8 Glory (1989) 8.1 Good Will Hunting (1997) 7.8 Goodfellas (1990) 8.6 Grand Theft Auto III (2001) (VG) Grand Theft Auto: Vice City (2002) (VG) Grapes of Wrath, The (1940) 8.2 Grass (1999) 7.3 Great Escape, The (1963) 8.3 Great Santini, The (1979) 7.2 Guns of Navarone, The (1961) 7.5 Hamburger Hill (1987) 6.4 Hang 'Em High (1968) 6.7 Happiness (1998) 7.7 Heat (1995) 7.9 High Noon (1952) 8.3 High Plains Drifter (1973) 7.4 Homegrown (1998) 5.6 Horse Soldiers, The (1959) 6.9 Hustler, The (1961) 8.2 Idi Amin Dada (1974) 7.1 Idioterne (1998) 6.7 If.... (1968) 7.5 Insomnia (1997) 7.2 It Happened One Night (1934) 8.3 Jacob's Ladder (1990) 7.2 Jesus Christ Superstar (1973) 6.6 Jesus' Son (1999) 6.9 Johnny Got His Gun (1971) 7.2 Kelly's Heroes (1970) 7.2 Ken Park (2002) 6.0 Kids Are Alright, The (1979) 7.4 Killing Zoe (1994) 10 6.2 King of New York (1990) 6.7 Koyaanisqatsi (1983) 7.8 Krays, The (1990) 6.3 Léon (1994) 8.4 Last Year in Viet Nam (1971) 4.0 Leadbelly (1976) 6.2 Life and Death of Peter Sellers, The (2004) 6.1 Life of Brian (1979) 8.0 Limey, The (1999) 10 7.2 Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998) 10 7.9 Logan's Run (1976) 6.5 Lola rennt (1998) 8.2 Lolita (1997) 6.7 Longest Day, The (1962) 7.6 Longest Yard, The (1974) 7.1 Looking for Fidel (2004) (TV) 6.2 Lost Highway (1997) 7.2 Lost In La Mancha (2002) 7.4 Lost in Translation (2003) 8.0 Lost Patrol, The (1934) 7.5 Love Liza (2002) 6.6 Maîtresse (1973) 6.5 Macht der Bilder: Leni Riefenstahl, Die (1993) 7.9 Magic (1978) 10 5.9 Magnolia (1999) 8.0 Man Called Horse, A (1970) 6.7 Manderlay (2005) Manhunter (1986) 7.2 Meet the Parents (2000) 7.0 Meeting Che Guevara & the Man from Maybury Hill (2003) 8 5.0 Memento (2000) 8.7 Menendez: A Killing in Beverly Hills (1994) (TV) 4.4 Miami Blues (1990) 6.2 Midnight Express (1978) 7.6 Midnight Run (1988) 7.5 Mike Bassett: England Manager (2001) 6.1 Monster's Ball (2001) 7.3 Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975) 8.4 More (1969) 5.5 Mr. Stitch (1996) (TV) 4.4 Mulholland Dr. (2001) 7.9 N-Word, The (2004) 6.2 Naked Lunch (1991) 6.5 Needful Things (1993) 5.7 New Jack City (1991) 6.1 Night of the Hunter, The (1955) 8.2 Night of the Iguana, The (1964) 10 7.3 No Cure for Cancer (1992) (TV) 7.6 Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922) 8.1 Office Space (1999) 7.6 Omen, The (1976) 7.2 One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) 8.7 Outlaw Josey Wales, The (1976) 7.6 Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills (1996) (TV) 8.0 Patton (1970) 8.2 Per qualche dollaro in più (1965) 7.9 Per un pugno di dollari (1964) 7.7 Permanent Midnight (1998) 6.1 Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii (1972) 7.6 Planet of the Apes (1968) 7.9 Platoon (1986) 8.0 Poor Cow (1967) 6.1 Porridge (1979) 5.9 Private Benjamin (1980) 5.9 Procedure 769: Witnesses to an Execution (1995) 6.4 Raging Bull (1980) 8.4 Ram Dass, Fierce Grace (2001) 7.1 Red River (1948) 8.1 Red Rock West (1992) 7.0 Remains of the Day, The (1993) 7.8 Requiem for a Dream (2000) 8.4 Reservoir Dogs (1992) 8.3 Reversal of Fortune (1990) 7.2 Richard III (1995) 7.5 Ridicule (1996) 7.3 Ring, The (2002) 7.4 Rio Bravo (1959) 8.0 Roger & Me (1989) 7.7 Rogue Trader (1999) 6.1 Ronin (1998) 7.0 Royal Flash (1975) 6.4 Rules of Attraction, The (2002) 6.7 Rushmore (1998) 7.7 San Francisco (1968) 6 6.1 Saving Private Ryan (1998) 10 8.3 Scared Straight! (1978) 8.2 Scarface (1983) 7.8 Schindler's List (1993) 8.8 Searchers, The (1956) 8.2 Separate Tables (1958) 7.5 Sergeant York (1941) 7.9 Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) 7.1 Shane (1953) 7.8 Shawshank Redemption, The (1994) 9.0 Shichinin no samurai (1954) 8.9 Shining, The (1980) 8.2 Sicko (2005) Sid and Nancy (1986) 7.0 Silence of the Lambs, The (1991) 8.5 Sinful Davey (1969) 5.6 Six Degrees of Separation (1993) 7.0 Sjunde inseglet, Det (1957) 8.4 Slaughterhouse-Five (1972) 6.9 Sling Blade (1996) 8.0 Smokey and the Bandit (1977) 6.3 Snatch. (2000) 10 7.9 Southern Comfort (1981) 6.8 Soylent Green (1973) 6.7 Spies Like Us (1985) 5.7 Stand by Me (1986) 7.9 Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) 7.6 Stepping Razor: Red X (1992) 5.6 Storytelling (2001) 6.8 Streetcar Named Desire, A (1951) 8.1 Stripes (1981) 6.8 Stupidity (2003) 5.6 Surviving the Game (1994) 5.4 Syd Barrett's First Trip (1966) 6.5 Sydney (1996) 7.3 T for Terrorist (2003) 6.5 Taps (1981) 6.4 Tart (2001) 4.6 Tenth Man, The (1988) (TV) 7.2 There's Something About Mary (1998) 7.2 They Died with Their Boots On (1941) 7.1 Thin Blue Line, The (1988) 7.9 This Is Spinal Tap (1984) 7.9 Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974) 6.8 Thunderheart (1992) 6.5 Tigerland (2000) 7.3 Titus (1999) 10 7.2 To Die For (1995) 6.7 Tombstone (1993) 7.4 Tommy (1975) 6.0 Tonite Let's All Make Love in London (1967) 5.1 Traffic (2000) 7.8 Trainspotting (1996) 7.9 Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948) 8.4 Trees Lounge (1996) 7.1 Triumph des Willens (1934) 7.4 True Meaning of Pictures: Shelby Lee Adams' Appalachia, The (2002) 7.8 True Romance (1993) 7.7 Tuskegee Airmen, The (1995) (TV) 7.2 Twelve O'Clock High (1949) 7.6 Twenty Bucks (1993) 6.1 U Turn (1997) 6.5 Under Siege (1992) 6.1 Unforgiven (1992) 8.1 Untouchables, The (1987) 7.8 Vallée, La (1972) 6.3 Vanilla Sky (2001) 6.9 Very Bad Things (1998) 5.7 Victory (1981/I) 5.9 Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997) 8.4 Walk the Line (2005) Wall Street (1987) 7.2 Warriors, The (1979) 7.2 Watership Down (1978) 7.4 Weird Science (1985) 6.1 Where Eagles Dare (1968) 7.5 Who Dares Wins (1982) 5.3 Who Is Bernard Tapie? (2001) 5.9 Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966) 9 8.1 Wild Bunch, The (1969) 8.1 Wild Geese, The (1978) 6.4 Wilde (1997) 6.9 Wind in the Willows, The (1996/I) 6.4 Wings (1927) 7.5 Wonderland (2003/I) 6.5 Wrestling Ernest Hemingway (1993) 6.6 Zabriskie Point (1970) 6.4 Zulu (1964) 7.7 teddy1066 ~ must see tv "Band of Brothers" (2001) (mini) 9.5 "Dream Team" (1997) "I'm with Busey" (2003) "Monty Python's Flying Circus" (1969) "Office, The" (2001) "Oz" (1997) |
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