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Another great from Tarantino. Who hasn't seen this film?

Perfection! An absolute phenomenal film with Nicholson's finest performance to date in my opinion.

Great characterisation here with all the patients and a real insight into hospitals for mental health in that era, especially the use of electric shock treatment.

This should be in the collection of anyone who calls themselves a movie addict.

Alfred Hitchcock?s most famous film, inspired by the Serial Killer Ed Gein. This sinister tale still works with great effect today and Anthony Perkins was perfect for this role. The set, the plot and the music all add to the eeriness of this film and must have been quite a fright to people at the time of it?s release, it was also, (I thought) very forensically aware for it?s time, in regards to the ?clean up?.

Hitchcock at his best!!!!

Billient, still as good today as when I first saw it, great twist, great cast, great story.

VERDICT: One of those films you will see in any film fanatics collection

You need a lot of concentration for this film, it starts at the end and works back to the beginning. Guy Pearce plays a man who after an incident cannot make new memories and relies on the facts tattoo'd on his body and the photographs he carries around to work out who his wife's killer is.

The film with the best film ending ever! David Fincher?s ?Seven? is one of those films you can endlessly watch over and over and never become bored of, when I remember back to the first time of watching it, the storyline was impressive, there were many tense moments and of course it has become one of the best and most remembered Serial Killer movies ever made. Kudos to Kevin Spacey for his short, but great role as John Doe.

I have to leave a speech from the film which is too long to put into the quote section above:

David Mills: Wait, I thought all you did was kill innocent people.
John Doe: Innocent? Is that supposed to be funny? An obese man... a disgusting man who could barely stand up; a man who if you saw him on the street, you'd point him out to your friends so that they could join you in mocking him; a man, who if you saw him while you were eating, you wouldn't be able to finish your meal. After him, I picked the lawyer and I know you both must have been secretly thanking me for that one. This is a man who dedicated his life to making money by lying with every breath that he could muster to keeping murderers and rapists on the streets!
David Mills: Murderers?
John Doe: A woman...
David Mills: Murderers, John, like yourself?
John Doe: [interrupts] A woman... so ugly on the inside she couldn't bear to go on living if she couldn't be beautiful on the outside. A drug dealer, a drug dealing pederast, actually! And let's not forget the disease-spreading whore! Only in a world this shitty could you even try to say these were innocent people and keep a straight face. But that's the point. We see a deadly sin on every street corner, in every home, and we tolerate it. We tolerate it because it's common, it's trivial. We tolerate it morning, noon, and night. Well, not anymore. I'm setting the example. What I've done is going to be puzzled over and studied and followed... forever.

A great film an unlikely story between a hit man and a little girl. Definitely recommend watching

Recommened by Roy

There is more to this film, that I remember there being and on so many levels it?s a case of the grass is greener. It?s popularity, I feel relates to the dysfunctional family life, which many people can relate to in different ways. There are many morals to this tale which present themselves to you, without really over pushing the message to the viewer.

If I am honest, I would have to say, I did feel a slight cringe factor with the attraction between the Kevin Spacey and Mena Suvari characters. I think possibly because she looked even younger than the age she was trying to portray.

One of those ?must see? type films, to tick it off the list and it is a very enjoyable watch.

Re-watched this film and found it as powerful as the first time I'd watched it. This to date is definitely Edward Norton's role of a life time, he made parts cringeworthy and you just couldn't wait for him to be turned around, Edward Furlong played a fantastic part too. There was something in this movie that made it feel so real. This film isn't a promotion for violence, it's a promotion for peace.

An oddly unusual style of film where Jim Carrey plays a great straight role and Kate Winslet plays a fantastic role as his girlfriend he has split with. A couple of confusing parts that become clear at the end, but all in all an entertaining and unique film.

Requiem for a dream is a cleverly put together story, showing the lives of four drug addict, three addicted to narcotics and one to prescribed drugs.

The acting is great all around, the creative filming allows the viewer to understand the feelings of the characters and the music really dramatizes the situation.

Best performance has to go to Ellen Burstyn

The story revolves around a robbery that you never see happen. Reservoir Dogs, a timeless piece, everytime I watch it I notice something different about it. A great cast of actors in Tarantino's debut film. I like the way Tarantino appears in his films, but only takes a small part.

Reservoir Dogs has one of the best movie soundtracks in my opinion, let's face it, who doesn't think of the 'ear' scene when they hear 'Stuck in the middle'?

Do have 2 questions though, which I probably missed: In the scene where Mr Orange shoots Mr Blonde, who turns the radio off?

At the end of the film, Mr Black aims a gun at Joe, Joe aims one back at Mr Black, Chris Penn's characterpoints his gun at Mr Black, they all shoot at the same time and all three men fall down. Who shot Chris Penn's character? You do see Mr Pink come out after holding his gun, but he was hidden under the ramp, you never actually see anyone shooting Chirs Penn's character.

VERDICT: An absolute must see for any film fanatic, everyone should have this one in their collection

A powerful film with powerful performances to match. An amazing tale based on a true story, a truly enlightening story of one man's love of his family and bravery to save people whilst others were being brutally murdered.

This film requires your full attention and you'd be a harder person than me if this doesn't effect your emotions.

VERDICT: A definite recommendation.

A watchable film with some good characters.

Possibly one of the weirdest films ever made, a young Jake Gyllenhaal leads the cast in an unexplicable storyline. I have watched this film over and over and have never stopped thinking of questions to ask, I still don?t understand it fully, but I think that?s the beauty of this film and the biggest appeal to it.

There?s something quite addictive about this movie, the biggest challenge at all is trying to explain the storyline to someone who hasn?t watched it.

A well planned Robbery that is timed accurately and precise, with many characters involved.

Enjoyable watch, worthy if you catch it on TV, not quite as impressive as I thought it would be, but an ok film.

A film it seemed, everyone had seen apart from me. Certainly interesting, but it did take a little while for me to take Charlie Sheen serious as I kept thinking of his role as Topper Harley in Hot Shots.

I know many will disagree for my rating of this film, but I didn't quite see it as an iconic, classic, or masterpiece of a film

This film gets better for me with every watch.

The first part of a revenge story where East meets West in the trademark flashback storytelling way of Quentin Tarantino.

The best thing about this film, is that depending on who's watching it, they will get very different experiences from it. Personally I grew up watching Martial Arts films and so picked up on how this film compliments early style Martial Arts movies, similarly it covers many other areas, such as Swordsmanship, Anime, Wirework, sub-titles, platform choreography and even a Western theme, which appeals to QT's interest for Grindhouse theatre.

The whole film is like animation brought to life, with an over-emphasis on colour and costumes, over-emphasised quotable dialogue and a well thought out soundtrack. We also see something new here, by bringing a several females in as deadly assassins (who incidently are not just looking good kick ass chicks, they have earned their place here).

All together Kill Bill Vol 1 is a well thought out, creatively stunning film.

Utterly brilliant! Completely worthy of all it's praise. If you like films where various stories intertwine then this is an absolute must.

The acting, the plot and pretty much everything about this film was gritty and realistic.

VERDICT: You do need patience with this film, but one I definitely recommend people to see

This seems to have a bit of a cult following, at the beginning when I was watching, I thought yes it's watchable, I love Jeff Bridges, but it's just a watchable film, however already I'm thinking back to scenes in the film and in hindsight I can now see the appeal

I've lost count how many times I've watched this film now.

The Harsh shocking reality of Danny Boyle's film adapted from the novel by Irvine Welsh, was a controversial revolution at it's release and it still remains (in my opinion) the best film of it's genre, a timeless classic highlighting the problems of this huge epidemic.

The film that brought Ewin McGreggor to fame and by far his best performance to date. All the actors were cast extremely well included Carlyle's portrayal of 'Begsby' proving the hard man doesn't need to be a big mean looking man.

A very well put together story, intertwining the lifes of several people who have become involved in an escalation of events. The film that made Guy Ritchie and Jason Statham a name. Great characterisation used and good use of soundtrack. A film I never seem to get bored of watching.

Brillient! A mixture of seperate stories that somehow roll into eachothers, I can see why this chosen as one of the best films of the year

Recommended by Scotty

Another dysfunctional family brought together by a journey where everything seems to go wrong. A black comedy with enough natural humour to make it feel realist and something the viewer can relate to.