Movies I Own

Nick Park is my hero!

The slugs were the best part!

It's so good I don't even know what to say about it. Three out of four members of my immediate family own it and that's a pretty good review as far as I'm concerned.

One of my all time favorites! The genius of this movie is all in the casting.

I got this on DVD before I even had a DVD player!

What can you say about Fight Club? It's just genius. Now, a question of etiquette: as I pass, do I give you the ass or the crotch?

Christopher Nolan at his best. Also my favorite Guy Pearce movie. I kept wondering when it would be over, but only because I wanted to know what the hell was going on!

Anyone who knows me should be aware that I'm not a comic book fan, but I loved that this movie looked like one.

Can I be Mr. Purple?

Samuel Jackson at his best!

Very slow as there isn't much of a plot (what do you expect from a movie that takes place mostly in a dream), but so beautifully animated that it almost makes up for it.

Gosh!

Yes, it's black and white, yes, it does not star anyone you will have heard of, and yes, it could be fairly accurately described as "a mathematical thriller", but despite all of that it still manages to be good.

Jason Schwartzman is soooooo good at being the obnoxious dork that I'm not entirely convinced that he's acting.

Took me more than one viewing to realize how great this one really is. Perhaps the ONLY movie where Ben Stiller is actually good.

Best German movie I've ever seen although I could do without the animated part.

There are no words to describe how pretty this whole movie is.

The first one was good.

Easily the best Kubrick flick.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

All work and no play make Jack a dull boy. All work and no play make Jack a dull boy.

I'm still a little confused on this one, but I love it for that.

Thanks, Nate, for making me watch this one. Harry Connick Jr is the hottest cartoon character ever.

I don't dispute that this movie is just another stupid Adam Sandler romcom, but somehow it's still magical. I can't get enough of it. Who knew Rob Schneider could be Hawaiian so well?

Damn it feels good to be a gangsta!

Jimmy Stewart, Grace Kelly, and Hitchcock. Just see it.

Not as good as I remembered, but considering it came from the 80's it does the best that it can. Yet another Jamie and Ryan Classic.

We miss you River Phoenix! How could you leave us alone with your creepy brother Joaquin!?

[Christopher Walken talking to fire extinguisher] You're talking to me all wrong... It's the wrong tone. You do it again and I'll stab you in the face with a soldering iron. Hey, tell me, does your mother sew? BOOM. Get her to sew that!

Pixar's first full length feature blew me away, but it also made me sad for my toys. I used to worry as a child that they'd be upset if I had a favorite. Turns out I was right! Just saw this again in 3-D double feature format and even after more than 10 years, it still stands the test of time. Impressive. What an excellent way to get us excited about next year when it becomes a toy trilogy!

Not Pixar's best, but still amazing.

Finally! I've been waiting for Pixar to make another masterpiece for a couple movies now.

This was the most into an action/adventure type movie that I think I've ever been in my entire life! Excellent!!!!!

Damn you Madonna! You've single-handedly ruined one of my favorite directors. Go back to your "singing" and leave my movies alone.

Damn you Madonna! You've single-handedly ruined one of my favorite directors. Go back to your "singing" and leave my movies alone.

Oddly intriguing. I've got my eye on you Sofia Coppola.

Another classic comedy from the Coen Brothers. Top notch characters. You're out of your element Donnie!

I'm a Dapper Dan man and I'm not even a man! I have a new appreciation for George Clooney after this one.

This one is better if you've seen Kevin Smith's other movies. It's kind of like running into some old friends you haven't seen in years. That is, if your friends like to question your sexual preference, smoke pot, and kick some ass. Definitely fun, but not one of the smartest comedies out there.

Perhaps Kevin Smith's best.

As a general rule, I hate musicals, but this is the best one ever.

Oh young Jack Nicholson, how I love thee, let me count the ways.

You know a film is a classic when both sexes can agree on its excellence. I wish Morgan Freeman was my grandpa.

What could I possibly say here that hasn't already been said about Citizen Kane? Just brilliant.

Want to see it AGAIN

I'm not really sure why I like this one so much, but I do. Robert Rodriguez has some kind of magical power over me perhaps.

You've got red on you.

Love the casting. Another great Fincher flick.

Hmm... I'll keep you posted on this one. I'm still working on what to make of it. It either sucked or it was really awesome.

Got this for Christmas and watched it Christmas day. Might just have to watch it again next year. OMG it's a sheeple! This is perhaps the funniest horror movie EVER. Love it.

I give this movie more credit than it probably deserves because I related to the crazy art people. I met some in my college days and this movie was spot on.

Not one of the best Coen brothers movies, but John Goodman is excellent.

One of the best serious Coen Brothers movies. Right up there with Fargo. Love Gabriel Byrne.

The only movie I can recall seeing in which I would describe Nicolas Cage's performance as "good." Well, in the 80s and most of the 90s anyway.

I'll never look at a wood chipper the same again! Not that I've ever actually seen one, but if I ever do.. well, you know what I mean.

Reminded me a lot of The Princess Bride, but with more of an edge. Think The Princess Bride for adults. Not to say that adults can't love The Princess Bride. I could also see hints of Salvador Dali in some of the stunningly stylized visuals. Especially see his piece titled Les Elephants. Brutal but beautiful! Googly, googly, googly GO AWAY!

This is not a lovestory, it's a story about love. True dat! And not only that, or should I say dat, but it's what every story about love should be. Fun, endearing, intimate, and exciting, as with most, but yet also heartbreakingly real. Love is so rarely rainbows and puppies and fairytale endings like all the crap chick flicks would have us believe, and it irritates me to no end that movies about love are so hellbent on pretending otherwise. I never fail to be amazed and even a little pissed when one gets that part right without being all stuffy and boring about it because even though that's what I want from my stories about love, it's still always such a sucker punch when it actually happens. I found parts of myself in both characters and it made it really hard to watch, but in a good way. Like a therapy session of sorts. Is this what would happen if I could date myself? Yikes! Anyway... as I write this review, construction on my own personal wall is still up and running and going quite well. Maybe someday it will rival the Great Wall of China and tourists will come from all continents to marvel at it, but I find love is a lot easier if you have a strong barricade ready to retreat to when you're losing the battle. So there's my bit of Summer. And in many respects, I'm the female version of Tom, always with my heart on my sleeve and utterly destroyed when people don't treat it kindly. Perhaps it would be a fair assessment of the situation to say that I related to this flick at least a tad more than most will, but I hope I'm not the only one who leaves the theater with a movie crush on this one. Joseph Gordon-Levitt's speech about how cards are just another bullshit way for us to pretend that we have emotions without actually having to express them ourselves must have been ripped directly from my brain when I wasn't looking and then reorganized into a more coherent diatribe than I could ever formulate of my own accord. I'm just glad to know that I'm not the only one to have ever had that thought. SEE IT NOW!

Bye Madonna!!! Guy Ritchie is back in full effect! Thank GOD! I won't argue with anyone who claims that this is pretty much just a rehash of all his good movies that came before it, but great shit like that never gets old. Gerard Butler and Toby Kebbell are spot on.

Dirty Harry's all growed's up! These days he's a rather cantankerous Korean War vet, a straight talking widower who kind of hates his biological family, that curmudgeonly old neighbor who won't give you back your baseball when it lands in his yard, perhaps the unlikeliest and most racist cultural anthropologist EVER, and also the most reluctant unofficial participant of the Big Brother program. I loved seeing the gravelly-mannered, normally Western-inhabiting Clint Eastwood that we all know and some of us love in a more urban setting. I liked this a lot more than I ever expected. GET OFF MY LAWN!