Films that need watching and having


  1. daghka
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I have a bad habit when it comes to movies, I spend heavily on them and take a long time to watch some of them. Also, I enjoy buying them, waiting for them to arrive by mail and watching them. Bad or good, it's all fine to watch.

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Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods) (1951,  Unrated)
Rashômon (Rashomon) (In the Woods)
Amazing movie at an amazing time, great implicit, explixit, referential and symptomatic meanings to the film....a must-watch movie...
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A Clockwork Orange (1971,  R)
A Clockwork Orange
Brilliant!!! An amazing film with lots of powerful imagery and the whole film is just well structured. Seriously one of Kubrick's best work.
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Downfall (Der Untergang) (2004,  R)
Downfall (Der Untergang)
Looking at this movie, you'd feel History is alive and Hitler is living, as is hsown and lets you participate in his death. The other parts on Goebbels and his family is amazing too. Everything is great about this film.
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La Terza Madre (Mother of Tears: The Third Mother) (2007,  Unrated)
La Terza Madre (Mother of Tears: The Third Mother)
Awesome, more like his late work, similarities with Opera than with the other 2 of the three mothers film. The gore is heavy and the sex very obvious too. I liked it for it's realistic edge over the fantastical element of Suspiria and so it's different. The way it depicted the evil of the Mother of Tears was very brutalistic and that suited the style here. Lastly, this is Argento, which makes it cool.
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Suspiria (1977,  R)
Suspiria
I loved this film, the whole settings and everything about this film is still heavy in my mind, beautiful visual images and the story is decadent and extravagant at the same time.
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La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room) (2002,  R)
La Stanza del Figlio (The Son's Room)
Amazing, one of the most amazingly beautiful and emotionally challenginfg films I've seen in a long time. Words can't describe the striking simplicity of this film but the strong emotions that continues to rage and yet kept so subtle is absolutely unique.
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Kicking and Screaming (1995,  R)
Kicking and Screaming
Beautiful, I loved evry minute of this minute. An experience where ideas of motifs and subtext are less important than the emotions and the beauty of remembering what is basically something we try to remember all the time as we've been in it. I loved the dialogue of this film, extremely rohmer in every sense.
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The Astronaut Farmer (2006,  PG)
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The House on the Edge of the Park (,  Unrated)
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La bestia in calore (SS Hell Camp) (SS Experiment Part 2) (The Beast in Heat) (1977,  Unrated)
La bestia in calore (SS Hell Camp) (SS Experiment Part 2) (The Beast in Heat)
Badass, the monologue by the partisan at the end was astute and amazing and the bullets through the vagina just to prevent an outcast spawn being born was really badass. Seriously, the scene where the mad super villain is munching on that thing, I was shocked and felt something wrong. Just pure badassery.
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Thriller - A Cruel Picture (1974,  Unrated)
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Ms. 45 (1981,  R)
Ms. 45
This movie, is just awesome, one of the more fascinating b-films I've seen.
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Ballad of a Soldier (1959,  Unrated)
Ballad of a Soldier
An absolutely beautiful film of a son willing to goall the way in meeting his mother to just do one thing for her. Such a beautiful story, its emotions coming out so strongly, the dialogue not aiding it but satisfying the images which are already carving out the sentiments in ourselves. I loved the way the male character is this good-hearted man, doing what he can for his countrymen and who is so self-sacrificing, putting away glory for just one beautiful moment at the end of the film. A really stunning and poetic tale, a road-movie, and even a delightful comedy.
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Green for Danger (1946) (1946,  PG)
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Brute Force (1947,  G)
Brute Force
An extremely brutal piece of prison film. The entire film is like a critique of the way prisons are run, it shows what happens behind the scenes and goes right into the psychology, by the establishing of chcracter personality and their background, though vague, offers glimpses of these man, basically they are men like any other. They gamble, they err and they don't get better in prison. A very harsh piece that is also an allegory of power in the United States by a great artist of American cinema.
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El Dorado (1967,  Unrated)
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Ulysses' Gaze (1997,  Unrated)
Ulysses' Gaze
An amazing, startling film, a very numbing experience, almost like being high and gone. This film was one of the most poetic and disturbingly visual I've seen. Every shot, every long take, every word was like a prayer. I was absolutely hooked to this film, it really captured me. I'm not going to say it's not for everyone, but watch it to see the experience you have.
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Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure (,  Unrated)
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Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo) (1973,  Unrated)
Memories of Underdevelopment (Memorias del subdesarrollo)
This film reminds me a little of "Amores Perros", a similarly desperate film. I found the central character very sympathetic to me, I could not guess his actions, but I could feel why he does them. A film very beautiful, the camera stunning and the character development emphasized over a decipherable plot. The actions of Cuba, revolutionary and counter-revolutionary and the whole problems with it, are shown here, shaped around a man.
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El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth) (2006,  R)
El Laberinto del Fauno (Pan's Labyrinth)
To see a girl lying there bleeding, and to see time going backwards, time having nothing to do with life, reality as good as fantasy, that opening was one of the most startling I've seen in the history of cinema. A girl caught up in strife, having lost a lot, she makes up for it, by replacing natural beauty for inner peace, a desire where having accomplished some adventure, she reaches peace and love. The entire tale was a gritty tale, but one where the grittyness was not cool, but instead, a blight on mankind. Extremely similar in its themes with 'The Spirit Of The Beehive'/
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Le Fantôme de la Liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) (The Specter of Freedom) (1974,  R)
Le Fantôme de la Liberté (The Phantom of Liberty) (The Specter of Freedom)
I loved this movie like hell. The twisted narrative, the entire dialogue that in many different ways talk about liberty and its fallacies. Utterly fascinating. Each scene gets you thinking and continuously thinking.
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Switchblade Sisters (1975,  R)
Switchblade Sisters
This movie was really awesome. I mean, I don't really dig female over males nonsense, but this was badass. The dialogue was really cool and to hear Tarantino say it was something else. It was seriously just cool. The film had great actors, Robbie Lee and Joanne Nail and had such a storyline that was simple but really strenghtened by the burgeoning tension and friction being caused. One helluva Jack Hill film.
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Dead Ringers (1988,  R)
Dead Ringers
An utterly incomprehensible and disturbing look at the downfall of two brothers slide down into mental incasbility, degeneration and their incessant need for satisfaction, be it work or pleasure. It is one film that drew me more than Cronenberg's other work but for this film, I've yet to entirely put my finger on the underlying theme even though every bit of it just sort of threw me off hither.
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Grindhouse (Grind House) (2007,  R)
Grindhouse (Grind House)
Watched this a while back and have to say, this is the best, absolutely brilliant films, films that were low quality but shot in such a badass manner and everything was hands down a blast. Watching Kurt Russell as such an awesome badass was fun and to see him getting it in the end was such fun. Hope more comes out.
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Planet Terror (Grindhouse Presents: Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror) (2007,  R)
Planet Terror (Grindhouse Presents: Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror)
This film is just bloody badass. The entire movie was just fascinating and awesome.
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Death Proof (Grindhouse Presents) (2007,  R)
Death Proof (Grindhouse Presents)
I loved this film a lot, what annoyed me is these, the idea of girl power and the idea of doing silly poor tape quality resulting in damage but not doing it throughout.
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.45 (2006,  R)
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Meatball Machine (2005,  Unrated)
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The Monolith Monsters (Monolith) (1958,  PG)
The Monolith Monsters (Monolith)
I will not say this was a great or brilliant movie, but its special effects were pretty nice. I loved the entire miniatures for some reason. the tale was a typical one, using set-ups, plants, pay-offs and all the usual narrative methods to work.
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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957,  Unrated)
The Incredible Shrinking Man
The ending was really badass, with the Godly dialogue and all. The entire film was really astounding for one reason. The last scenes were a masterpiece with the mood being set and lack of dialogue but the way it was resolved, with it being a survival movie as compared to the earlier parts and where you hope for that ending and it just doesn't show was very brave and really brought this movie to be a daring and to top it off, a technical masterpiece.
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Hoodoo Ann (1916,  Unrated)
Hoodoo Ann
Personally, this will look pretty strange if made now, it is very typical, but for its time, it had its charm. The scene where she fires the gun is honestly badass.
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Ratatouille (2007,  G)
Ratatouille
There's something about the ending that just does not leave me satisfied, especially after the scene when all the other chefs leave the restaurant. I mean, the monologue and the closing down was great but I felt a bit disturbed that when they spent so much time on making the animation so great, why not just a pinch more for perfection, maybe it's just me but anyway, it was a great film, really got me hooked and the story moves at a pace that was fantastic and yet evocative, a lot of subtleties were there, very much an adult film as well as a kid's film.
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Stanno Tutti Bene (Everybody's Fine) (1990,  PG)
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The Raven (1963,  G)
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Theater of Blood (Theatre of Blood) (Much Ado About Murder) (1973,  R)
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House of Bamboo (1955,  Unrated)
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Naked (1993,  Unrated)
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Michael Clayton (2007,  R)
Michael Clayton
I will say this about this film. It is a Hollywood fare and I could guess every scene about this film before it happened, pre-empt, especially the last cab scene. It is a fascinating thriller even if the weaving is very expected, and I was at times amazed by the acting.
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Tau ming chong (Warlords) (2007,  Unrated)
Tau ming chong (Warlords)
I just love these kind of films. The thing is, it has a narrative structure that is very expected and even stereotypical, a lot of the goals and sub-conscious goals were there, but it was well held up and overall, it was joy to watch. Some of the editing was pretty outrageous, especially in the earlier scenes, where it looked like the army was coming nearer but it wasn't and the next cut showed it or least gave an idea how relaxed the enemy were, but the army in the next cut looked even nearer. I thought that was very interesting.
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The Conqueror Worm (Witchfinder General) (1968,  Unrated)
The Conqueror Worm (Witchfinder General)
Sweet, an awesome movie about witchcraft and witch-hunting in particular. This movie is an absolute joy, just sensational and an absolute delight to see. The axe was extremely cool and overall, it had some good burnings in it too.
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Screaming Dead (2003,  R)
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If... (,  Unrated)
If...
The most wicked film with the most well-choreographed script and casting and dialogue all together. A great performance and what a film.
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Britannia Hospital (2001,  R)
Britannia Hospital
What a film, the feeling I got of watching this film was of how long could it actually continue, I was stupefied. A zombie and a mob that was both leftist and revolutionary. It was out of this world, Lindsay Anderson continues to impress me. This film really was brilliant. A satire and a parody and an attack on society as it was developing in Britain. The scum of the Earth, angered and distasteful rise up against a government, an attack on the way the world was developing, people left behind and a satire on the different individuals of British society. It was honestly wicked, the camera, used a lot of long takes and povs and the story was really tight, like a boiling-pot at times.
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If.... (1968,  Unrated)
If....
The most wicked film with the most well-choreographed script and casting and dialogue all together. A great performance and what a film.
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O Lucky Man! (1973,  R)
O Lucky Man!
This is the one film of the trilogy that I cannot imagine watching twice. Not that it's bad, but it's allegory is so biting and the humour is occasional. The acting is very charming and well-played but the film is very disturbing personally and the way everything is direct, revolution, capitalism, police state, human conditioning and done like a road movie that goes through the entire coast of Britain was highlly effectual and extremely edifying, but yet very exciting to watch.
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The Grudge (2004,  PG-13)
The Grudge
Not entirely scary as it's supposed to be...frannkly, it's good here and there but a little weird...son't jave the Asiana in it ya'know...
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Darkness (Darkness: The Vampire Version) (1993,  Unrated)
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The Tingler (1959,  Unrated)
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The Naked Prey (1966,  Unrated)
The Naked Prey
Really good adventure tale. A manhunt in primitive style where we see the effects of colonialism not just obviously but its effects overall on the contitnent and its changes on the people. The personal tragedy of the people is never one sided but is double-pronged to emphasize the humanity and the similarity of each man's tale in any form of struggle or fight.
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Pit and the Pendulum (The Pit and the Pendulum) (1961,  Unrated)
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Ministry of Fear (1944,  Unrated)
Ministry of Fear
Beautiful cinematography and set design, that alone warrants it as one of his highest points in his later life. The ending was a little bit pointless, Hollywood maybe but the entire starting of this film was personally one of fantastic noir.
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Hotel Chevalier (2007,  R)
Hotel Chevalier
As a short film, I thought it was lovely, it was nice to see these two people just getting along in this yellow room. Charming would be a nice word.
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La Notte (1961,  Unrated)
La Notte
My first of the trilogy, this was remarkable in its achievement. The use of shapes and sizes in its outrageous camera composition was totally stunning, it held me to the scene as editing violations were held up proud by its beautiful framing. The shots were delicately crafted too and Monica Vitti's character was fleshed out in a most sublime and ethereal mosaic done on black and white film.
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Welcome (2007,  PG)
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Purei (Pray) (2005,  R)
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The Pit and the Pendulum (1991,  R)
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Eugenie (De Sade 70)(Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion)(Philosophy in the Boudoir) (1970,  NC-17)
Eugenie (De Sade 70)(Eugenie... the Story of Her Journey Into Perversion)(Philosophy in the Boudoir)
One of my favourites of Franco's work. The downfall of a young and pure girl into degenracy is explored beautifully here, her youth and innocence a flaw in this story and her trust mislead and her discovery both splendid and cruel.
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Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1 (1947,  Unrated)
Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 1
A movie so brilliant, I don't know what to say, it is such a movie that it's not a good idea to just hear the words, but to see the whole mise-en-scéne, the whole under-lying meaning, that is the beauty of this film, pretty much everything
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The Flying Scotsman (2006,  PG-13)
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The Human Stain (2003,  R)
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Waitress (2007,  PG-13)
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Captivity (2007,  R)
Captivity
I'm rating it highly mainly because of one thing, this was a movie that made me wonder how they escaped. I mean the use of multiple plot twists is nothing new, it was done in a lot of giallo movies particularly, but here, the fact when they tried and tried, you wonder what's going to happen, that fact, even though the movie was not gory or disturbing made this movie fascinating. The use of plant and payoffs in the last part was quite interesting too. I'm still wondering about the early scenes where the film was in black & white with blue and green tinges or something like that.
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Saw (2004,  R)
Saw
Great thriller, the story was great, suspense till the end.
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The Deer Hunter (1978,  R)
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Apocalypse Now (1979,  R)
Apocalypse Now
This film is a philosophical discourse done in the wonderful format of cinema. A movie so startling and genuine at tandem, so beautiful is its canvas, so pure its words. When I was watching this, I kept rewinding it, just to listen to the words again. The way the dialogue was written, like when he said he cried, like an old grandmother was so perfect because when paused at the part when he said he cried, I expected the stereotypical cried like a baby, but the words were done in a way that fooled the audience. This film proves Coppola as the best among the American film brats.
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Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God) (1972,  Unrated)
Aguirre, der Zorn Gottes (Aguirre, the Wrath of God)
This film is devastating, its entire atmosphere of destruction literally wails right at us, the characters are so like us and the entire obsession with a mythological city, similar to Jodorowsky's Fando y Lis, brings about to life what reality can cost mankind, the reality of power, greed, desire and influence. A highly layered piece of work done in an outrageous camera style with a plot as minimalist as it isincomprehensible not because of obscurity, but because the outside actions nor the actions of the characters were strongly placed out. Definitely one of Kinski's finest.
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Finding Neverland (2004,  PG)
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Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2 (1959,  Unrated)
Ivan the Terrible - Pt. 2
An amazing movie, and I don't say it lightly. In my opinion, the best film ever made, EVER!!! The visual imagery, the symbolism and the motifs are all brilliant....a piece of Eisensteinian genius....
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998,  R)
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Absolutely fantastic, raw and a great and fascinating trip down Vegas and drugs. A film where sense is neither here nor there, the drugs make no sense and everything is just about living. I love the way the subtle links are done between characters, very wide and contrasted. The performances were splendid too.
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A Scanner Darkly (2006,  R)
A Scanner Darkly
Keanu Reaves is definitely a bad-ass stoner actor. This film is rather difficult to follow but that is not important at all, in fact, it moves the information so fast, it barely makes it noticeable. But the movie talks a lot about friendship and betrayal, the idea of trust and knowing who we are, it addresses a lot of this issues in ways that are barely susceptible. I love the way they even added Alex Jones in the movie, I think that even if you are personally and ridiculously offended by this ideology, you still have another ideology or belief to look here and hopefully you're not that blind to see it, a wonderful film no doubt.
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Waking Life (2001,  R)
Waking Life
Wow, I wonder how Linklater got this people to talk in this manner, like a documentary and a narrative and a thesis and random rambling all in one.
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La Science des Rêves (The Science of Sleep) (2005,  R)
La Science des Rêves (The Science of Sleep)
This is definitely better than Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, there, the director was restrained a little, but here, it flows naturally, making the film more beautiful, the montage shots coupled with surreal reality makes this a very witty film, changing what is a dry innocuous love into something more beautiful, an effortless play, a show of young love between two very different and incongruous idealistic individuals. An effort to show love brewing and blooming byt stifled due to the complexity of one person who loves the attentio and one who likes it to be at a side from time to time.
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Being John Malkovich (1999,  R)
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Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind (2004,  R)
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind
A beautiful movie that is brilliant in plot and story. The whole film is just sweet and the ending really touches you and questions you on things like relationship and stuff like that.
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The Viking Queen (1967,  Unrated)
The Viking Queen
The first Hammer film I've watched, absolutely loved it, can still recall much of the scenes, just loved the entirety of the film, the senselessnes of the fightings, to just adore this strange film, that doesn't quite make total sense, but is still brilliant.
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Rendition (2007,  R)
Rendition
Fascinating, the narrative really made my head swirl like the famous shot in Raging Bull.
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Good Luck Chuck (2007,  R)
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Lust, Caution (Se jie) (2007,  R)
Lust, Caution (Se jie)
Just saw this, and what a delight. I can't and probably never will forget the camera movement of this film, it was just fascinating. Tony Leung is a brilliant actor and I must say, brilliant acting and directing and you have this stupendous piece of film. The entire film was just startling, the narrative just makes you awed at how it was done, the pacing, the structure. Seriously wonderful.
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Trade (2007,  R)
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R.V. (RV) (Runaway Vacation) (2006,  PG)
R.V. (RV) (Runaway Vacation)
There were good cinematography at times and some badass Once Upon A Time In The West tune score thing going on, but to even laugh is quite painful at times, like watching horror.
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Camille 2000 (1969,  R)
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Mulholland Drive (2001,  R)
Mulholland Drive
I loved this movie, what an exciting and fascinating way to explore love and greed. By making it a pandora's box, the bow of all evil and by really breaking conventions and telling the audience how wonderful the cinema is, to create such masterpiece as this film. I honestly believe Lynch is not just a great contemporary director, but a splendid director of all time.
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The Virgin Suicides (1999,  R)
The Virgin Suicides
A fantastic movie, very minimalist but not in terms of its design but in its portrayal. It was very beautifully shot and the characters were reallly interesting. From the first sequence of events, I knew what was going to happen later on and I was right, it was blatantly obvious, but the horror of it and the cathartic reaction was so supreme, I was really extremely down and just wondering. It is not hopelessly emotional but very experiential, the similarities of the problems was well evoked.
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Marie Antoinette (2006,  PG-13)
Marie Antoinette
Utterly beautiful, each shot was sublime and striking and everything was just ridiculously elegant beyond anything.
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The Wicker Man (2006,  PG-13)
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Knights (1993,  R)
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Viridiana (1961,  R)
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A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme) (1961,  Unrated)
A Woman Is a Woman (Une femme est une femme)
This is a charming and amzing piece of film by Godard. Quirky and charming, strange and yet captivating. A real class film, with camera shots being unique and later defining Godard's style in later films.
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Masculin Feminin (1966,  Unrated)
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American Pie Presents: Beta House (2007,  R)
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American Pie 5: The Naked Mile (2006,  R)
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American Wedding (2003,  R)
American Wedding
This is definitely a bloody funny show, an amazingly hilarious and controversial film with a really unique style all to its own...
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I Am Legend (2007,  PG-13)
I Am Legend
An extremely philosophical movie, with themes of faith and redemption. I loved the fact that this movie had a strong built-up of character and a very unique of shooting its scenes, very extravagant and epic but yet subtle and elegant, with a point of building up the film to its highest point and blowing it over. I was hugely surprised and I must say that Francis Lawrence is a director that I think highly of now.
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Mr. Woodcock (2007,  PG-13)
Mr. Woodcock
Enjoyable, I like Amy Poehler a lot, really was fun seeing her here and she played her role really well. It's cliche and very typical and expected, had lots of flaws, but it wasn't a total loss.
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Eternity and a Day (1999,  Unrated)
Eternity and a Day
A splendid movie, visually brilliant, though this film won at Cannes, I prefer 'Landscapes in the Mist' more than this out of the three of Angelopoulos films I've watched. The story is just resplendent, very stark and daring with some amazing, probably Gothic influenced shots like those at the border. A director who knows how to use the camera and mise-en-scene and not just a story.
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Sátántangó (Satan's Tango) (1994,  Unrated)
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Karas: The Revelation (,  Unrated)
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Karas: The Prophecy (2006,  Unrated)
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Unearthed (2007,  R)
Unearthed
I can't say I liked this a lot, some of the shots were engaging and normally I'm a fan of these kinds of movies where you have mythology involved but not here. Some nice effects but the scare was lacking. I might give it a go again when it arrives on DVD soon.
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Bande à part (Band of Outsiders) (,  Unrated)
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The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes (1969,  G)
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Marquis (1989,  R)
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Edipo re (Oedipus Rex) (1967,  Unrated)
Edipo re (Oedipus Rex)
Probably one of the more interesting dream sequences I've seen. An interesting take on the Oedipus myth and its mystical reality with modern life. A tale of innocence and its beauty and yet its fragility. Wonderfully captured on film by Pasolini.
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Juno (2007,  PG-13)
Juno
I'll be really honest, I hate it when people use Argento's name in vain. I won't spoil it, but please know something about Argento if you use his name. I'm extremely biased, therefore I loved this movie for one thing, the last scene and I liked the music a lot. Imagine using music that ciontrasts heavily with what is being mentioned on the film itself, like a fight-off between emotional music and politically and socially charged tunes, that was fascinating and it worked well with Ellen Page's character when she relates with the future on-screen father, their contrasting tastes basically work against each other. The script and dialogue was a little childish a lot of times, the directing saved this and made this a beautiful movie.
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Little Miss Sunshine (2006,  R)
Little Miss Sunshine
Wow, a really charming film with a nice ending, an utterly well-made film, not sappy, but happy and one where each action is very engaging.
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Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975,  PG)
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The second of Weir's film based in Australia. I find this film, probably one of my favourite ones ever. Very, very and utterly disorientating.
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The Last Wave (1977,  PG)
The Last Wave
A lot of times when I watch supernatural thriller, they sort of make it too Hitchcock in style or it just doesn't draw you in. I hate that. This is the supernatura, how can it not draw you in or at least make you know what is it. For this movie, we see a lot about transitions and discovery, the theme of something forlorn. The camera really helps in that, when it moves, it is an uneasy disturbing movement, making transitions difficult, we see that in the aborigines living in a city, their culture absorbed into a metropolis, a city not their own. The lead character is driven mainly by curiosity and then later, by sheerempathy, these people talking about premonitions and him having it. I personally thought it's a fascinating film, about the thin line between rational, pragmatic and tradition white, Protestant thought in conflict with the world as it is and also in conflict together with and against the primitive, primordial andantediluvian beliefs of a people, barely tainted by the New World, spiritually if not physically.
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Motel Hell (1980,  R)
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Der Teufel kam aus Akasava (The Devil Came from Akasava) (1971,  Unrated)
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Venus in Furs (1995,  Unrated)
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Venus in Furs (1970,  R)
Venus in Furs
I adored this film, it feels like as if it is going to tell something really heavy, but the entire mood and the feel makes it more dreamy and smoky and feels up your mind into a state of confusion that is just riveting. An odd film, but a very interesting one.
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In Memory of Me (In memoria di me) (2007,  Unrated)
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Paris Je T'aime (2007,  R)
Paris Je T'aime
A nice movie about love in a city from different perspectives. An eye-opener kind of movie.
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Robin and the 7 Hoods (Robin and the Seven Hoods) (1964,  Unrated)
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The Stepfather (1987,  R)
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Saw II (2005,  R)
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American Pie Presents - Band Camp (2005,  R)
118
Le Château de Ma Mère (My Mother's Castle) (1990,  PG)
Le Château de Ma Mère (My Mother's Castle)
I adored this movie, making a film where a canal, which is being trespassed becomes a very huge part of the life and going-ons of a family is just fascinating. The characters seem real and the development of them is one of the most brilliant i've seen.
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La Haine (Hate) (1996,  R)
La Haine (Hate)
Amazingly brutal. The acting and the scenarios were so brutalistically real and I mean that word even if it don't exist. The scenearios, where you just have them going about and exploring Taxi Driver & Scarface references is definitely a work of genius. Beautiful.
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Days of Glory (Indigenes) (2007,  R)
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The Red Shoes (1948,  R)
The Red Shoes
If you ever needed to describe beauty on film, in both raw and in developed form, it has to be here in this film.
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La sindrome di Stendhal (The Stendhal Syndrome) (1996,  Unrated)
La sindrome di Stendhal (The Stendhal Syndrome)
An extremely disturbing portrayal of a person's degenrative decline into its atavistic state by means of a personal trauma that is both base and primal. This perception of what is beautiful is explored all the time by artwork that is both natural and magnificent, this film is above all else an exploration of what is subjective and what is objective, in my opinion, an under-rated masterpiece.
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Il Gatto a Nove Code (The Cat o' Nine Tails) (1971,  PG)
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Shredder (2003,  R)
125
The Champ (1931,  Unrated)
126
Jacob's Ladder (1990,  R)
Jacob's Ladder
What a disturbing film, the earlier parts were truly horrific at times. I loved the ending, it keeps you from wondering about how much a man needs to justify his life even on death.
127
Danton (1983,  PG)
128
Sukiyaki Western Django (2008,  R)
Sukiyaki Western Django
One reason why this is badass. In 'Once Upon a Time in America', you have a good guy who wants to kill bad guy but before that he helps him as he wants to personally kill bad guy and not others. Here, you have a bad guy who lets his own bad guys get killed as he wants to stay alive to kill another bad guy. Now, I don't know if there's any particular similarity, but I don't care, this is still a badass movie.
129
Deep Red (Profondo rosso) (The Hatchet Murders) (1975,  R)
Deep Red (Profondo rosso) (The Hatchet Murders)
An awesome plot-twist, and wicked killings. I loved how it was done in the end. The movie moves slowly in the start, the murders are not all over but in paces, but it eventually comes to an end and you just go 'Sweet' and then, you know this was an awesome movie by an awesome man.
130
Dark Corners (2006,  Unrated)
131
Sl8n8 (Slaughter Night) (2006,  Unrated)
132
Le Million (1931,  Unrated)
Le Million
Ridiculous yet outrageously innovative. The techniques emplyed for sound here is a masterstroke, really bringing out pure cinmatic conventions and blending a new form with the old and really proving how cinema stands out. Absolutely whimsical and fun, no one will be left sad or depressed watching this film.
133
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (Count Dracula) (1970,  PG)
Nachts, wenn Dracula erwacht (Count Dracula)
Not Franco's best in my own subjective opinion but I could be wrong, it could be his greatest. The narrative was all over the place and there were a lot of striking, funky shots, looking into camera and the roles just suited fine for each character, like Christopher Lee in particular. Very different from the other Dracula movies by Herzog, Murnau and Coppola, which is good since they all differ too.
134
No Country for Old Men (2007,  R)
No Country for Old Men
Extremely cutthroat in its content and very gruesome scenes. That blow thing used at the start was seriously wicked. I really startled a moment when I saw that. It is a genuine tale of people who just cannot handle this world, to put it plainly, where tossing coins and shooting birds are the way to go.
135
Destroy All Monsters (1968,  Unrated)
136
Toh sik (Color Blossoms) (2004,  Unrated)
137
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise) (1945,  Unrated)
Les Enfants du Paradis (Children of Paradise)
An absolute delight, a film in a play, a farce is a tragedy, everything about this film is perfect, proof of Carne's genius.
138
Au Revoir Les Enfants (1987,  PG)
Au Revoir Les Enfants
I adored the camerawork, the story was well paced and it was really a beautiful movie.
139
La Planète Sauvage (The Savage Planet) (The Fantastic Planet) (Planet of Incredible Creatures) (1999,  PG)
140
Yellow Submarine (1968,  G)
141
Cinderfella (1960,  Unrated)
142
Bug (2006,  R)
Bug
There's one thing not mentioned about this movie or I've yet to have seen it and it's the script. The script here is a wonderfully strange and brilliant script and dare I say innovative. The characters were done in an odd way, the male charactor had more or less dull dialogue but it was very interesting, like when he talks with Ashley Judd's character outside the house early in the film and he is talking about his father being a preacher, I think that had a lot of meaning, it gave out a lot of the character. I loved when the ex came home he said he had a sweet tooth, it was a very interesting trick as I thought this would be a movie on bugs, like big bugs. The directing was masterful too, a lot of tricks and fascinating plants, like the supermarket scene and the name 'Lloyd'. The phone-call is a mystery still.
143
Clockers (1995,  R)
144
I Racconti di Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales) (1972,  Unrated)
I Racconti di Canterbury (The Canterbury Tales)
As ridiculous as this movie might look at times, this was a film that talks heavily on the youth, by slanting a piece of literature to modern times and yet retaining its medieval settings, we see a beautiful and dangerous work on the troubles of youth in their time.
145
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End (2007,  PG-13)
Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End
Bad-ass, the action, the homour, the fights and the Singapore.
146
Saw III (2006,  R)
Saw III
More visual than anything else, but the effort to detail here is very good, a fascinating depth and continuity applied. Some people say the gore is done a lot but for me, it feels like the visual elements heighten it. I was wondering what's the significance of the pig, the masks and all, there has to be a reason and this detail is what's going to hold the series together.
147
Dialogue avec mon jardinier (Conversations with My Gardener) (2007,  Unrated)
148
Short Cuts (1993,  R)
149
Babel (2006,  R)
150
Stardust (2007,  PG-13)
Stardust
In terms of depth or any brilliant plot, it doesn't have much except what you learn at every film school, a 3-act, a very typical 3-act with a sub-conscious goal, a conflict and so on, but the beauty and gentle manner of its tale, by making it all simple and not harping on things like evil and jealousy except where necessary, like the wiitch, but everywhere else, the prince who kill their brothers, it doesn't push it, even though we know it's bad and this gentle take on fantasy is what I find totally rivetting.
151
Perawan disarang sindikat (Virgins From Hell) (1987,  Unrated)
Perawan disarang sindikat (Virgins From Hell)
Awesome film about bikers who are also virgins and the havoc they create. I quite liked the dubbing, I thought it was hilarious and yet intriguing, poked my curiosity as a whole. I also thought that the way it worked was extremely fun, I mean, the compound was so odd, it seemed to have no continuity for some reason at times, like where is this and so on, but it really just made it more badass.
152
Rio Bravo (1998,  Unrated)
153
Lucky You (2006,  PG-13)
154
Maria Full of Grace (2004,  R)
Maria Full of Grace
A beautiful movie and a brilliant poster too might I add. This film really shows what an individual is in this world, a mule, not just for drugs but on overall, how abuse is all the way down, where if you don't have responsibilities, you have to get one or support one and your happiness is not there. I fully loved this movie even if the shots were very typical but the direction was pure emotional mastery.
155
She's All That (1999,  PG-13)
She's All That
Pretty pkay, a little better than OK....
156
Supîdomasutâ (Speed Master) (2007,  Unrated)
157
Tanya's Island (1980,  R)
158
Broken English (2007,  PG-13)
Broken English
I feel this is a nice movie, where we see the character, the female, just at a loss, confused and always losing out. It had a very Rohmer feel to it, but the thing was, the scenes at Paris were really odd, they left me feeling that, unlike Rohmer's ending which has a beautiful impact a lot of times and always feel the same for his movies, here, it brought out something else. Overall, a fascinatingly interesting movie though.
159
Kamen raidaa Jei (Kamen Rider J) (1994,  Unrated)
160
The Flock (2006,  R)
161
Slaughterhouse Five (1972,  R)
162
Walker (1987,  R)
163
Pierrot le Fou (Pierrot Goes Wild) (Crazy Pete) (1965,  Unrated)
164
Death and the Compass (1996,  Unrated)
165
Kamen raidâ Zetto Ô (Kamen Rider ZO) (Masked Rider ZO) (1993,  Unrated)
166
Soylent Green (1973,  PG)
167
Swimming with Sharks (1994,  R)
168
Jaws (1975,  PG)
169
Stalker (1979,  Unrated)
Stalker
A splendid film. The early part of the film is fantastic and has this hypnotic, stoner effect, where the images and dialogue exist to make you twirl in your mind. I love the the entire mood of the film, of wandering of wanting something of proving something, of human foibles and frailties, it was a film of discovery and it had a very severe effect in tis display.
170
Night of the Juggler (New York Killer) (1980,  R)
171
Eye of the Needle (1981,  R)
172
Miss Muerte (Miss Death and Dr. Z in the Grip of the Maniac) (The Diabolical Dr. Z) (1966,  Unrated)
173
Kogyaru-gui: Oosaka terekura hen (Eat the Schoolgirl) (Eating Schoolgirls: Osaka Telephone Club) (1997,  Unrated)
174
Pittsburgh (2006,  Unrated)
175
Alligator (1980,  R)
176
Everything's Gone Green (2007,  R)
177
The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939,  Unrated)
178
Le Diable au Corps (Devil in the Flesh) (1947,  Unrated)
179
The Guyver (1991,  PG-13)
180
The Guyver 2 (1995,  R)
181
Visitor Q (Bijitâ Q) (2002,  R)
Visitor Q (Bijitâ Q)
This film almost made me close to vomitting, very close, like the food moved up a notch of an inch if it did. But I loved this film a lot, for one reason. Miike is a pupil of Imamura and Imamura was a pupil of Ozu. This film is like an ozu in theme and it was done like it but had no relation at the same time and yes, grotesque and macabre and breast milk spilling everywhere is not Ozu, but the content and the mastery of material, this is the continuation if his ideas, if not pure, but is clarity.
182
Salo (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma) (1979,  NC-17)
Salo (Salò o le 120 giornate di Sodoma)
A brilliant film, a very strong satire on the fascist regime, blows you back and makes you think about mankind as a whole, I don't think it is just an attack on fascism, but an attack on government holding full power, power to do anything it desires. It is really a powerful messagr and each scene goes into what it talks on. The scene where one of them has sex with one of the outsiders, where one of them commits suicide out of guilt, everything seems to represent something, a collage of scnes, without caring for the plot, but just the images, avery well done piece of cinema.
183
Chisum (1970,  G)
184
Ji ji (Miracles - Mr. Canton and Lady Rose)(Black Dragon) (1989,  PG-13)
185
Krasnaya Palatka (The Red Tent) (1969,  G)
186
Elegiya dorogi (Elegy of a Voyage ) (2002,  Unrated)
Elegiya dorogi (Elegy of a Voyage )
This film is seriously trippy, done in Sokurov's trademark style, this is a really beautiful in how it evokes this cinematic landscape and links it with another powerful visual art, where memories collide to create this smooth subjective juxtaposition where after watching, you just believe than in serenity there lies greater and evil truths. The line where the Dutch says he believes in the goodness of man and also in his evil was wonderful.
187
American Pie 2 (2001,  R)
American Pie 2
It beats the first hands down and seeing the deleted scenes, I will say that this film did something right in its editing, well chosen shots and those superfluos stuff that were deleted were rightly done.
188
Death Sentence (2007,  R)
Death Sentence
I'm biased, I love revenge films. The entire idea of vengeance is just amazing. Watch this with 'Rolling Thunder', both has the same idea but very different. I also love the cinematography for this, I was crawling on my seat when I was watching the camera move in the car-park, it was that cool. I like Keven Bacon too.
189
New York Doll (2005,  PG-13)
190
Backfire (1987,  R)
191
Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring) (1960,  Unrated)
Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)
This is the first Bergman film I watched and focused mostly on the visuals then the dialogue. This film really gets you totally smitten with its charcaters a lot, you see how minimalist the film is, but the development is startling and engaging, you notice a lot between the sisters and you can see how it all goes about. The imagery is top-notch. If you don't understand Swedish and watch this without subtitles, you will be able to know everything just by the images, the frog, the sword and the way the crooks die. This movie, is theatre on film, done brilliantly well.
192
Fanny och Alexander (Fanny and Alexander) (1982,  R)
193
The Maid (2005,  Unrated)
194
Evan Almighty (2007,  PG)
Evan Almighty
The dialogue, the acts, the scenes are all too way typical. It can get on your nerves, I liked John Goodman a lot.
195
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street (2007,  R)
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
I adored this movie a lot as much as I adore other movies by Tim Burton, the movie was exciting and energetic and hugely entertaining and was a fine piece of tragedy very much in the British vein. Every shot was perfection, every character acted well and the blood and the deaths and ultimate denouement were a macabre delight for any fan of tales like this.
196
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006,  R)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Holy god, a film that works with cinema as it already is and does a wonderfully brilliant job. A beautiful Masterpiece, no less.
197
The Wind That Shakes the Barley (2006,  Unrated)
The Wind That Shakes the Barley
A brilliant film, the acting is just startlin and the whole scenes and the way it's set out is awesome.
198
Le Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon) (1956,  Unrated)
199
Le Foto proibite di una signora per bene (Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion) (1970,  Unrated)
Le Foto proibite di una signora per bene (Forbidden Photos of a Lady Above Suspicion)
The lighting for this film was splendid personally as were the shots. Not lurid, not sexual and few murders, the thrill was very smoky, it is best watched when high, not meant to be attentive, that's personally why I like it, the plot is complex but it doesn't distract or irritate you.
200
Contamination (1980,  R)
201
Day of the Dead (1985,  Unrated)
Day of the Dead
Savini must be proud of this, easily matching up with the director in terms of quality and even in terms of output. But Romero did a great job with this film, by using certain old methods of storytelling coupling with this tension built up plot of collision with lots of subtleties not just inmessage but in image. I really liked how ethical questions and even the idea of military versus cicilians was placed here, offering us a 'what if' situation.
202
Bushi no Ichibun (Love and Honor) (2007,  PG-13)
203
Don't Come Knocking (2006,  R)
Don't Come Knocking
A wonderful movie about a father and his life in the real world, his confusion and it is one movie where the drama was not afected in my opinion and where the images were so beautiful and the lines and the colours just brought out this characteristic glow that fades out, emphasizing the story of a faded actor and his struggles now.
204
Sugar Cane Alley (1984,  PG)
205
Chopper (2000,  R)
206
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) (It Happened in Your Neighborhood) (1992,  NC-17)
C'est arrivé près de chez vous (Man Bites Dog) (It Happened in Your Neighborhood)
This was a great film, one of the more interesting of mockumentaries I've seen in a long time, a really brutal film and one where you are constantly dissecting what is going on.
207
Buio Omega (Beyond the Darkness) (1984,  Unrated)
208
Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows) (1959,  Unrated)
Les Quatre Cents Coups (The 400 Blows)
A beautiful movie, extremely heartfelt. The music was wonderful and what I liked a lot was the performances and the camera, it is a marvelous performance in what is a film that uses less to tell more, using key moments, like memories are, and it satisfies our urge to discover what went wrong and why he reacts this way, I was entirely hooked.
209
2046 (2005,  R)
2046
A brilliant film. The shots are not just unique, they are brilliant. This film is one of the more striking and erotic and bizarre films I've seen in a long time.
210
Vera Drake (2004,  R)
211
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring (2001,  PG-13)
The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
A bnlliant movie, there were not that many fight scenes as compared to the other versions of the trilogy. The individual fight scenes are amazing.....
212
Caligola (Caligula) (Edited Version) (1979,  R)
Caligola (Caligula) (Edited Version)
Though pornographic, that doesn't matter, the way the actors did their roles and the scnes were all good,could've beenexcellent though....
213
In the Land of Women (2007,  PG-13)
In the Land of Women
I would say this was an enjoyable film, gentle and not too distracting and where even though much cliches are utilized, we see what is basically a movie on relationships, a feel good film where the characters are al flawed, all screwed up and then it just becomes a film of how they live. The cliches were distracting, but to be frank I liked it and so I'm biased.
214
Garden State (2004,  R)
215
The Dreamers (2004,  NC-17)
The Dreamers
I must say, I throughly enjoyed this film. It was outstanding, I love the music, the acting, the shots, the monatge editing, contrasted with great old movies. I found it all beautiful, a tribute to great music and great films and out comes a great film itself. An exceptionally great film. I love Bertolucci as a director, La Commare Secca was fascinating and this film was cool, pure beauty.
216
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On (1987,  Unrated)
217
The Round-Up (Szegenylegenyek) (1965,  Unrated)
218
Araburu tamashii-tachi (Agitator) (The Outlaw Souls) (2001,  Unrated)
Araburu tamashii-tachi (Agitator) (The Outlaw Souls)
The most beautiful aspect of this movie that really got me going is the music they play when the guy kills someone, it glorifies death as it is supposed to be.
219
In Cold Blood (1967,  R)
220
Hotel Rwanda (2005,  PG-13)
221
Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu) (1993,  R)
Three Colors: Blue (Trois couleurs: Bleu)
Outstanding, one of my favourite films in terms of cinematography. Utter beauty and brilliant, one of Kieslowski's finest and one of cinema's finest films. It's one film I'm sure to watch again in the near future.
222
Carlito's Way (1993,  R)
Carlito's Way
Badass without a doubt, one of DePalma's most coolest films, starting out with an awesome dialogue and becoming what is easily one of the most exciting films of how the underworld draws you back in, no matter what.
223
Faust (1926,  Unrated)
Faust
An absolutely beautiful film, very similar in theme with Sunrise, but the entire mood here, the beauty here was so much more delightful whereas in Sunrise, it borders on tragedy.
224
Tarkan Viking kani (Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings) (Tarkan versus the Vikings) (1971,  Unrated)
Tarkan Viking kani (Tarkan and the Blood of the Vikings) (Tarkan versus the Vikings)
Really badass Turkish exploitation film about Vikings, Chinese & Huns. I'm going to do a guess, this film is a propaganda film when Turkey was having political problems with Scandinavians & Chinese and this film was about that.
225
Island In The Sky (1953,  Unrated)
226
Rooster Cogburn (1999,  PG)
227
Year of the Dog (2007,  PG-13)
Year of the Dog
An ineteresting if very generic film. These kind of films are sweet but the ones that are coming out now also make the audience look like idiots, making it sweet is good, but not if you have to tell jus it's sweet. IT was a nice movie, but it bordered on being pathetic almost. The love for this woman for her dogs was nice but sympathy just swings out of conrol at times. I'll have to think about this.
228
Redline (2007,  PG-13)
Redline
I give this 2 stars for the British guy. When you place a Briton in any movie, it deserves something. The director at least knew this if nothing else.
229
Reign Over Me (2007,  R)
230
Sex & Philosophy (2005,  PG)
Sex & Philosophy
I loved this film, not my favourite by this director but it was very exciting nonetheless and the music and the sequences and the way this guy went with his relationships were just so intriguing. The final scene was so strange, the one with the older women, it felt like the entire excitement swinged as it got along and each relationship provided something different, something beautiful and so, a lack of pure love meant a confusing struggle to find it and to search for it. Sentimental but yet so beautiful in its exploration.
231
The Cockettes (2002,  R)
232
Maximum Overdrive (1986,  R)
233
Come and See (Idi i smotri) (1985,  Unrated)
234
Andrei Rublev (1966,  Unrated)
Andrei Rublev
I watched this movie without subtitles and my understanding of Russian is such that I'm now only roughly familiar with the alphabet, but the visuals is so nice, the shots are fantastic, I still like Eisenstein more, But I'm gonna watch more from this director and watch this with subtitles next.
235
High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) (Heaven and Hell) (1963,  Unrated)
High and Low (Tengoku to jigoku) (Heaven and Hell)
An amazing piece of crime drama, where the Title means so much and where you see standard camera practice and yet innovation. I was very interested in everything in this film, from the way the lead handled the situation and his sacrifice and his change.
236
Bukowski: Born into This (2003,  R)
237
Una Mujer sin amor (A Woman Without Love) (1951,  Unrated)
Una Mujer sin amor (A Woman Without Love)
A beautiful film about a woman who is in a difficult situation now from what is supposedly an err but is something else. A feministic film with liberal values and where the ideals are heavily brought and etched out over the plot and personally, a film about the female over anything else.
238
Seksmisja (Sexmission) (2004,  Unrated)
239
Chariots of Fire (1981,  PG)
240
Paths of Glory (1957,  Unrated)
241
Green Street Hooligans (2005,  R)
Green Street Hooligans
BLOODY AWESOME!!!! Damn good, a great and amazing movie, was just great.....
242
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.) (1966,  R)
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Il Buono, il Brutto, il Cattivo.)
The most badass movie ever, the most fascinating lines ever.

'Each bullet makes its own sound'

Good God, this is mastery at cinematic level.
243
Let It Ride (1989,  PG-13)
244
Afropunk: The Rock n Roll Nigger Experience (2003,  Unrated)
Afropunk: The Rock n Roll Nigger Experience
I quite liked this documentary, there's lots of talking but the movie really made it interesting to see punk from a black person's perspective and to know of the differences, a maintenance of culture or a rediscovery whereas for others, it is oppsed to culture of sorts. Nothing brilliant in overall, but a thought-provoking documentary, very personal and subjective.
245
L' Imbalsamatore (The Embalmer) (The Taxidermist) (2002,  Unrated)
246
Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter) (1974,  R)
Il portiere di notte (The Night Porter)
This is basically a way to tell this. for a movie that tells little and gives away little, it has the ability to show a lot and makes the audience feel a lot and has the power to plummet and soar the emotions of the spectators and let us grasp a vicissitude of feelings like eros and grotesque and convulsed and repulsed and yet attuned and desiring more.
247
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival) (1951,  Unrated)
Ace in the Hole (The Big Carnival)
What a brilliant story, specifically historical and yet a good tale, weaving, sinister ambitions with cynical good-will. A story of how a man's suffering gets spunned out and sensationalized beyond all bounds. This movie brought the plot out, fleshed it out in perfect story, never was I so intrigued by this. The fall, the rise, and the fall again, a man who pushes emotions away, for the greater good of himself, but it comes ramming right back to him, I
honestly loved the structure, well balanced to serve what it needed to serve and let the whole inter-connections between the characters work out. A classic film to watch, genuinely a masterpiece.
248
Pickup on South Street (1953,  Unrated)
249
Saw IV (2007,  R)
Saw IV
I'm amazed at how tightly woven they've got the plot, one of the few films in a series that hold up well and very intriguing and yet unsettling, the tests just have a disturbing sensation about them.

It is extrmely old-fashioned in the sense that it takes effort in its plot and what's wonderful is how they control elelments of it, the temporal element is rarely mentioned or thought of but instead, it's the character link that is highly important and that probably makes this series hooked for me.
250
The Last Emperor (1987,  PG-13)
251
Modern Problems (1981,  PG)
252
The Delicate Delinquent (1957,  Unrated)
253
10 Rillington Place (1971,  PG)
254
Too Late for Tears (Killer Bait) (1949,  Unrated)
Too Late for Tears (Killer Bait)
Woman getting one-upped is like the most awesome theme in any noir film. Personally, watching this, I now have a secret attraction for Byron Haskin. This is his second film I've watched and it was sweet. I love the acting and the lines the most, it makes you want to laugh amid the chaos and tragedy and troubles.
255
The Black Dahlia (2006,  R)
The Black Dahlia
A fascinatingly moody piece, personally this movie works not by its story, but by its ability to depict an event and turn it into a psychological passage into obsession and desire, these themes creep out of this film continuously and it was very striking and difficult to see at times.
256
Outlaw (2007,  R)
Outlaw
There's something about Bob Hoskins that make me think he's a badass. This film is those Brit films that I love, where we see their gangs and their misdeeds. Very typical, the diologue was expected but the action was not bad, I love th shot of Hoskins when he met the lead for the first time. The hand-held was strangely mezmerizing.
257
Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin (A Letter from an Unknown Woman) (2005,  Unrated)
258
Bodas de sangre( Blood Wedding) (1981,  Unrated)
Bodas de sangre( Blood Wedding)
A stunning visual representation of the flemenco. I loved the last scenes a lot and the music was so enchanting, I could sniff ou every cultural influence from India to Morocco. The steps were dramatic and the filming theatrical but the entire mood and setting and the comnposition was beautifully captured on film.
259
Awake (2007,  R)
260
The Dead Girl (2006,  R)
261
Deathless Devil - Turkish Pop Cinema Double Bill (,  Unrated)
Deathless Devil - Turkish Pop Cinema Double Bill
This is an extremely innovative film, really no connection between incidents, everything by accident and you get a real fun exploitation film where somersaults are used wisely and jumps are frequent. I loved it, it was fun and I believe and will endeavor to create a comic book on Copperhead.
262
Shadow of the Vampire (2000,  R)
263
Angst vor der Angst (Fear of Fear) (1975,  Unrated)
264
Gorky Park (1983,  R)
265
Las garras de Lorelei (When the Screaming Stops) (Grasp of the Lorelei) (1974,  R)
266
Beaufort (2008,  Unrated)
267
There Will Be Blood (2007,  R)
There Will Be Blood
A strange film, I thought that the soundtrack was like a krautrock ripoff or some Goblin thing going on just minimilistic. I loved the relationship between the priest and the lead character. It seems to be allegory of sorts, of religion and the power that hold. Really mezmerizing film I can't get off my mind.
268
The Game Plan (2007,  PG)
269
Daddy Day Camp (2007,  PG)
270
976-Evil (1989,  R)
271
Unrest (2006,  R)
Unrest
Using real cadavers, the premise is not really anything new, but the sound design is interesting, the shot design made this look real grim and the way the characters were done, it gave a charm to it, I can't quite say why, but I found it absolutely fascinating to watch this.
272
4 for Texas (1963,  Unrated)
273
Lo Strangolatore di Vienna (The Mad Butcher) (The Der Wurger Kommt Auf Leisen Socken) (1971,  Unrated)
274
Sex & Fury (1973,  R)
275
Female Yakuza Tale - Inquisition and Torture (2005,  Unrated)
276
Soldaat van Oranje (Soldier of Orange) (Survival Run) (1977,  R)
277
Skinwalkers (2007,  PG-13)
278
Mais ne nous délivrez pas du mal (Don't Deliver Us From Evil) (1971,  Unrated)
279
Annapolis (2006,  PG-13)
280
The Duel At Silver Creek (1952,  Unrated)
281
Wild Zero (1999,  Unrated)
282
House By the River (1950,  Unrated)
283
West of the Divide (1934,  Unrated)
284
Silent Movie (1976,  PG)
285
History of the World -- Part I (1981,  R)
History of the World -- Part I
I personally liked the erotic dance done by that vestal virgin in the roman era. The whole Torquemada was really good, considering the Jewiness of Mel Brooks, a real sport and the whole satire and irony and mostly, fun was all good.
286
Histoire D'O (The Story of O) (1975,  NC-17)
287
Maniac Cop 2 (1990,  R)
288
Watermelon Man (1970,  R)
289
The Last of England (1989,  Unrated)
290
This Is England (2007,  Unrated)
This Is England
Goddammit, this is one hell of a movie. I couldn't believe the acting. The camera work, the imagery, the whole scenes were just so brilliant and especially the ultimate catharsis at the end.
291
Sweet Sixteen (2003,  R)
Sweet Sixteen
I personally found this film utterly fascinating. What I liked is the way the film shows and displays reality, dra matic no less, but that's cause the boy's life is filled with drama and despair. Melodrama in a film like this is not menat to be sensational, but it comes out because of the situation, it sprouts out and so we see it but actually it's not melodrama in genre, but in its essence, if we're to take a Jacques Tati film, it is comedic, the person is comical and the film is imbued with it, but here, the person is a person, a suffering working class person who turns the other cheek to make some cash, I think the criticism, therefore, to say this film suffers from melodrama, it's the actions that are real and we asuume as such it's melodrama, but it's not purposefully led that way and that's what I love about it, the idea of being a voyeur into a man's life, a life which some experience and most don't, and Ken Loach made it a very gripping watch indeed.
292
Ilsa - The Wicked Warden (1977,  Unrated)
293
The Crimson Kimono (1959,  Unrated)
The Crimson Kimono
I found the way Fuller uses dialogue to be extremely fun. The way he mentions the face, and anything on the face, like ' I can see it in your face ' and stuff like that. I quite like how he uses that and brings this rather low-budget thriller with a not so entirely satisfying twist to life for the most part and even divert its tale.
294
Bratz: The Movie (2007,  PG)
295
Okasareta hakui (Violated Angels) (Violated Women in White) (1967,  Unrated)
296
For a Few Dollars More (Per Qualche Dollaro in Più) (1965,  R)
297
A Fistful of Dollars (Per un Pugno di Dollari) (1964,  R)
298
The Fan (1996,  R)
299
Night of the Creeps (1986,  R)
300
La Ragazza che sapeva troppo (The Girl Who Knew Too Much) (The Evil Eye) (1963,  Unrated)
301
Vengeance Is Mine (1979,  Unrated)
Vengeance Is Mine
Extremely difficult film, its rapid transition for the audience to be sympathetic and to be disgusted is one reason that this film holds me very strongly, its inability to even answer why he kills is more disturbing in that there is absolutely nothing, no connection except the will and need to kill and to be just someone averse to everything. Even the only most sympathetic moment for the character, which is seen early on when he was younger, has no link or even rational connection to his later murders and it could just be an apathy derived from this world that constantly breaks its own rules, from the Japanese soldier in WWII to his father's incestuous-by-law affair.
302
Samehada otoko to momojiri onna (Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl ) (1998,  R)
303
Evil Toons (1992,  R)
304
Experiment in Torture (2007,  R)
305
The Return of the Living Dead (1985,  R)
306
Doom (2005,  R)
307
Boogie Nights (1997,  R)
308
The Triplets of Belleville (Les Triplettes de Belleville, Belleville Rendez-vous) (2003,  PG-13)
309
Barbarella (1968,  PG)
310
Potomok Chingis-Khana (Storm over Asia) (The Heir to Genghis Khan) (1929,  Unrated)
311
Perché quelle strane gocce di sangue sul corpo di Jennifer? (The Case of the Bloody Iris) (1972,  Unrated)
312
Kill, Baby, Kill (Operazione paura) (Curse of the Living Dead) (Don't Walk in the Park) (1966,  PG)
313
The Terror (The Haunting) (The Castle of Terror) (1963,  PG)
314
Apartment 1303 (2007,  Unrated)
315
The Killing Fields (1984,  R)
316
Hatchet (2006,  R)
317
Furin kazan (Samurai Banners) (Wind-Fire-Forest-Mountain) (1969,  Unrated)
318
The Ice Storm (1997,  R)
319
Halloween H2O (1998,  R)
Halloween H2O
This was scaru too, I remember some scenes here and there, caught it a long time ago....
320
La Corta notte delle bambole di vetro (Short Night of the Glass Dolls) (1971,  Unrated)
321
Chi l'ha vista morire? (Who Saw Her Die?) (The Child) (1972,  Unrated)
322
Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988,  PG-13)
323
Arlington Road (1999,  R)
Arlington Road
Good god I loved this film, intense and extremely well done, pulling out all the tricks in the book and creating what is one of the most dramatic and cruel plot-twists I've seen.
324
Necronomicon (1994,  R)
325
Necromancer (1988,  R)
326
They (2002,  R)
327
Kaw (2007,  R)
328
A Fistful of Dynamite (Duck, You Sucker) (Giù la testa) (1972,  R)
329
Martin (1977,  R)
330
United 93 (2006,  R)
331
Zoo (2007,  Unrated)
332
Stagecoach (1939,  Unrated)
333
Maniac Cop (1988,  R)
334
Carnival of Souls (1962,  Unrated)
335
Duelle: Une Quarantaine (Twilight: A Quarantine) (1976,  Unrated)
Duelle: Une Quarantaine (Twilight: A Quarantine)
This movie is just so stunning. I was heavily mezmerized by every action all the way till the end, it was seriously a very difficult to grasp concept when I saw that you had a movie like this that was placing sci-fi elements and yet had an extrmely down to earth feel virtually in contrast to 'Alphaville'. The script too was so suspicious, it never let out too much information.
336
Premonition (2007,  PG-13)
Premonition
I feel that this movie had the amazing potential to be brilliant, something about the dialogue and certain sections gave it an unmistakble flaw.
337
The Nightmare Before Christmas (2008,  PG)
The Nightmare Before Christmas
A short and sweet film, enjoyable and a delight. Everything a movie should be.
338
Sky High (2003,  Unrated)
339
Arctic Tale (2007,  G)
340
Devil's Playground (2002,  Unrated)
341
The Dentist 2: Brace Yourself (1998,  R)
342
Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt) (1992,  R)
Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt)
One of the most fascinating road movies ever made, an epic that has to yet to be surmounted and an exhilarating story on love, betrayal and mankind.
343
Wait Until Dark (1967,  Unrated)
344
The Nanny Diaries (2007,  PG-13)
The Nanny Diaries
A commercial movie definitely but a highly enjoyable one, it is a straight up Hollywood movie, but it is just so nice and great to watch, something that can looked up at even in later times. The scene where she scolds the mother from the video and we see her coming out of it, like it is really there, that was pretty cool.
345
Pulp Fiction (1994,  R)
Pulp Fiction
I took quite a while to catch this film. This was really awesome. The acting and the structure and the dialogue was so beautiful. I loved the ezekial part the most.
346
The Dentist (1996,  R)
347
Hostel: Part II (2007,  R)
Hostel: Part II
Good god, this movie is loaded with cool acting, badass killing and is easily the most fascinating and coolest horror around. Less disturbing than the first but the references and the killing is just way wicked.
348
Black Christmas (1974,  R)
Black Christmas
An absolutely disturbing film, where the audience is all-knowing and yet deceived. The director doesn't want us to be terrified of the phone call and instead makes sure we are terrified of the fear of who is making the call and the link of it to the killings. Very well shot in particular.
349
The Bellboy (1960,  Unrated)
350
The Flesh Eaters (1964,  Unrated)
351
Stalag 17 (1953,  Unrated)
352
The Namesake (2006,  PG-13)
The Namesake
Maybe being a Punjabi male born outside my original homeland, I can sympathize with this film much more than most people, but personally, I thought this was a beautiful film, it captured the sentiments beautifully, it was clear as day, yet the ravages were apparent underneath the layer, it was really a story about family and the huge gaps there is, the apparent ones and yet the beauty of life as you have it, a movie that is more pragmatic than most sub-continental families would allow, because very few would accept a spouse outside the race, but yet, we really see the beauty of family here, a family drama this is.
353
The Color Purple (1985,  PG-13)
354
The Hills Have Eyes (1977,  R)
The Hills Have Eyes
This is a really awesome movie. It was absolutely fantastic to see how the suspense was built up and how having a minimal budget, Wes Craven was able to utilize camera techniques to built up the thrills and raw suspense. The shots outdoors, particularly those early on, like the way the camera jilts and moves off was very simple but highly effective.
355
Hei tai yang 731 (Men Behind the Sun) (Squadron 731) (1988,  Unrated)
Hei tai yang 731 (Men Behind the Sun) (Squadron 731)
This movie is like Cannibal Holocust, except it has a score to settle and it's with the Japanese. I seriously and I mean it even though it was cruel and mean, but the scene with the rats, the flaming rats, that was awesome beyond words. It stunned me from out of my seat that is for sure.
356
Audition (Ôdishon) (1999,  R)
357
The Last Picture Show (1971,  R)
358
Superbad (2007,  R)
Superbad
I thought this quite average, nothing good, and had only a few genuine moments.
359
American Pie (1999,  R)
360
Robinson Crusoe on Mars (1964,  Unrated)
Robinson Crusoe on Mars
For a low-budget film, you can's say they didn't put in effort, a real good film, with a man overcoming odds as a chore, something he has to do, just that he's doing it in mars, a story of loneliness, it sorts of captivates you like no other sci-fi film does, or at least those I've seen so far.
361
His Girl Friday (1940,  Unrated)
362
The African Queen (1951,  Unrated)
363
Casablanca (1943,  Unrated)
Casablanca
I thought the propaganda in the film, a little silly, but it all seems very nice. It comes out smooth and the film is epic in away, the sacrifice of one man's love for a greater cause, or to discard what was never there, a woman who just needed some comfort when she heard her husband's death. The polarity is really fascinating. It is just fascinating, how Bogart was willing to take a bullet as he had nothing to live for and the Nazi took a bullet, assuming nothing of the threat, one believed, the other did not.
364
Lawrence of Arabia (1962,  PG)
365
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising (2007,  PG)
The Seeker: The Dark Is Rising
Not the best but it was very fun. It was very over-done at parts, I did not understand why when a movie like this, the emotional content is being pulled beyond it value. It could be the adaptation process or the idea of selling it to a bigger audience, requiring it to be bare but suffice. The boy was rarely if ever annoying, which is good.
366
Blood Simple (1984,  R)
367
Dances With Wolves (1990,  PG-13)
368
Yojimbo (1961,  Unrated)
Yojimbo
Wow, that last scene where Mifune tears 'em apart was badass. I liked how he shaked and moved his shoulders and then proceeded to make some wonderful slicing. It was magical, no less that's for sure.
369
I Coltelli del vendicatore (Bladestorm)(Knives of the Avenger)(Viking Massacre) (1966,  Unrated)
I Coltelli del vendicatore (Bladestorm)(Knives of the Avenger)(Viking Massacre)
A tale of revenge, sword-throwin style. This was really a fascinating movie by Bava, the weay he develops and eventually shows the character is really interesting, I don think the entire movie is innovative other than being shot outdoors a lot, which happened in one of the sequences too in Tre Volti I Paura, but there there was a strong Gothic feel, here, it is more brutal, more suspense orientated and really exciting and cool.
370
Black Sabbath (I Tre volti della paura) (The Three Faces of Fear) (The Three Faces of Terror) (1963,  Unrated)
Black Sabbath (I Tre volti della paura) (The Three Faces of Fear) (The Three Faces of Terror)
A brilliant horror flick, the first one is like a thriller, not brilliant but still very good, the next is expressionistic Gothic horror and the last is spine-tingling creepy. They don't follow a plot just a smooth rhythm, a basic story and let the emotions work it out. Another great effort from Mario Bava, well-arranged too.
371
La Maschera del demonio (Black Sunday) (House of Fright) (Mask of the Demon) (1960,  R)
La Maschera del demonio (Black Sunday) (House of Fright) (Mask of the Demon)
What an experience, macabre, frightful and exquisite in every way, dialogue, lights and camera, all well done.. An important director no doubt.
372
The Tenant (1976,  R)
The Tenant
The best scene in this movie is the one where he goes to the little boy, slaps him and calls him, "Dirty, little bastard!". That was the best scene ever That scene justifies and makes this very depressing downward spiral into madness, brilliant and just plain badass.
373
Barton Fink (1991,  R)
Barton Fink
I loved this movie a lot, it was so fascinating, the script and the camera-work worked in complete synthesis and the last scene in the hotel room is just badass.
374
Fargo (1996,  R)
Fargo
I like it when a director and script-writer are self-indulgent, having the main characters speak in a Swedish style in terms of how they phrase their words and having Swedish surnames, that's just badass.
375
The Shining (1980,  R)
The Shining
Brilliant. The editing and camera and the lights were all one of a kind. A brilliant movie in every way and a delight.
376
Rosemary's Baby (1968,  R)
Rosemary's Baby
A film that is just so well-crafted. I love the way it starts out, very Hollywood, very American. Then it just goes down and down, we are always left hanging, never knowing who to trust, or, to trust Rosemary or not to trust her. A brilliant film.
377
Eyes of Laura Mars (1978,  R)
378
Tarnished Angels (1958,  Unrated)
379
The Kid Brother (1927,  Unrated)
380
The Cocaine Fiends (1936,  Unrated)
381
I due superpiedi quasi piatti (Two Supercops) (1976,  PG)
382
This Is Spinal Tap (1984,  R)
This Is Spinal Tap
Very well done and intelligent mockumentary with a touch of narrative at the end particularly.This movie really sums up the life of rock n' roll and the entire feel of and also does awesome references. Highly recommended for any any of music, great music.
383
Libeled Lady (1936,  Unrated)
384
Babe (1995,  G)
385
Der Name der Rose (The Name of the Rose) (1986,  R)
386
Full Metal Gokudô (Full Metal Yakuza) (1997,  NC-17)
387
Living Death (2006,  Unrated)
388
7eventy 5ive (2007,  R)
389
40 Days and 40 Nights (2002,  R)
390
Freddy vs. Jason (2003,  R)
391
Wes Craven's New Nightmare (1994,  R)
392
Atonement (2007,  R)
Atonement
I love the way that the tragedy of this story was so subtle and very fitting to the tile in a avey ironic sense. It does not alude to an actual atonement which I expected but more of a personal satisfaction. I must say that the structure and the devise of the narrative of this film was done in a manner utterly cinematic and that keeps the beauty of the text and the raw emotions of the screen. This film captured some gorgeous images and brought out in me feelings I never could have imagined.
393
Lycanthropus (Werewolf in a Girls' Dormitory) (Monster Among the Girls) (I Married a Werewolf ) (,  Unrated)
394
First Monday in October (1981,  R)
395
Dolls (2002,  Unrated)
396
Simon Says (2006,  R)
397
The Dead Zone (1983,  R)
398
The Fisher King (1991,  R)
399
Graveyard Alive (2003,  Unrated)
400
Warlock (1991,  R)
401
Black Roses (1988,  R)
402
Fay Grim (2006,  R)
403
Joshua (Joshua: The Devil's Child) (2007,  R)
404
The Ring (2002,  PG-13)
405
Amityville II: The Possession (1982,  R)
406
Amityville 3-D (1983,  PG)
407
Amityville - New Generation (1993,  R)
408
Tideland (2005,  R)
Tideland
Beautiful. my favourite by a great director. I love the way the child's passion is discovered and played out in a fantastical world that is disjointed and that relates to a child of such where the mother refuses chocalte and father needs heroin. I loved seeing how she made the best of it and discovered adulthood early. It is a world I sympathize with fully and love with all my heart and this is definitely one of my favourite films.
409
Testament of Orpheus (1960,  Unrated)
Testament of Orpheus
I was spellbound by this film. A unique experience into creativity and the difficulties of it, and all the effects and causes that goes into it. A fine film.
410
Eraserhead (1977,  Unrated)
Eraserhead
Utterly creepy and a fine example of how constraints are never an excuse for making fine works. I loved the flow of the movie, which is continuously revisited by Lynch in his films and where the idea of fear and paranoia is splattered and yet accented slightly everywhere.
411
The Exorcist (1973,  R)
The Exorcist
This movie is really disturbing. For a movie that tends to highlight particular incidents, like the scenes of the girl as she was possessed, it works very well particularly because the chills are placed very well, the shock done nicely and the acting was brilliant.
412
Ladies in Lavender (2005,  PG-13)
413
The Lady Vanishes (1938,  Unrated)
The Lady Vanishes
I found this to be very quaint, extremely different from his other films but very well-handled, the transition and the paciong and the dialogue and how the characters bloomed and yet kept their strange qualities, a fun film, propagandic yes, but utterly delightful altogether to watch and Matgaret Lockwood is a stunner.
414
The Jane Austen Book Club (2007,  PG-13)
415
Deep Purple in Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra (,  Unrated)
Deep Purple in Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra
Saw this some time ago and was particularly amazed by the singing of one of the female singers in the early part and the playing too. Very beautiful, not magnificent but had alot of moments.
416
He Was A Quiet Man (2007,  Unrated)
417
The Legend of the 7 Golden Vampires (1979,  R)
418
Bye Bye Brasil (1979,  R)
419
At the Height of Summer (Mua he chieu thang dung) (,  Unrated)
420
Guns at Batasi (1964,  Unrated)
421
The Man in the Glass Booth (1975,  Unrated)
422
The War Game (1966,  Unrated)
423
Coffy (1973,  R)
424
Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (The Weeping Meadow) (2004,  Unrated)
Trilogia: To livadi pou dakryzei (The Weeping Meadow)
I remember someone saying that when you go to a theatre, you expect more than a story. A story is worthless by itself. Everyone has stories but in film, it is one beautiful elelment out of the many stunning aspects of film.

I will then say this film is a spectacular masterpiece by a director that continues making masterpiecees. I hate declaring geniuses all the time because only one in a million people are geniuses, this one is and this film proves it.
425
The Circle (Dayereh) (2000,  R)
The Circle (Dayereh)
An amazing film, where the struggles of the female is juxtaposed with the life as it is in Iran. A harsh and brutal depiction, where scenes continue with little happening and where action is minimal but powerful and the theme, of destruction by subjugation flows outwardly vey beautifullly. A film I love very much.