My DVDs A - M

In essence Alien is just a sci-fi slasher movie with a big Alien playing the murderous role, this said it has become hugely iconic and is a classic of the genre. Although i must admit i prefer Aliens and Alien 3 i respect and like Alien because it gives us the background and the actual Aliens themselves. Well made and very atmospheric, good scenery and SFX also.

Aliens takes the series to a new level it adds a lot more action and a lot more excitment. If the original was a sci-fi slasher movie this is a sci-fi war movie with everything you expect from both genres. A good story offering up more Aliens, more death and more horror. One of those sequals that may well surpass the original, a tough one though.

Alien 3 follows on from the first with as much action and as much human death. Very similar to the second as its obvious the cast are all stood there waiting to be wiped out one by one. Then again this is why we all watch them isn't it. A good cast of mainly British supporting cast getting wasted all over the shop, great action scenes again and a worthy third part to the saga.

Not as good as it could have been but an enjoyable popcorn movie.

One of Will Smith's strongest performances by far but he is seriously let down by the basic brush over the whole story gets. Its never gritty and doesnt pause on a moment at all, it needed to dig deeper but lacked that depth which harmed it greatly in my view. Interesting casting of Jon Voight also considering he is in latex all thru the movie.

A modern classic, Sam Mendes has brought us a true classic in his first outing as a director. Getting one of if not his finest performance from Kevin Spacey on his dry best abley supported by a great cast including Annette Bening, Wes Bentley, Thora Birch, Mena Suvari and Chris Cooper many of which will struggle to give a perfomance like this gain. A great story of a suburb of people trapped in the lives they wish to escape.

A stand out movie for its era, Focusing on a small group of teens who spend their time doing very little but hanging and cruising, this movie really hit the nail it wants to, shame George Lucas went on to direct the sci-fi drivvle he did.

An amazing performance from Ed Norton proves his is as well as versatile an outstanding acting talent. His performance is a stand out in a gritty dark masterpiece. The supporting cast offer great backing and the script is well written also. I defy anyone to forget the curb eating scene easily!

Having not seen this movie for a few years i forgot how good it really is. Although it is to blame for the following parade of teen movies American Pie has a good story line with real sentiment , a great soundtrack a good cast and was something different at the time.

Although lacking the innocense of the first American Pie, AP2 still boats amany similarityies to the first the great soundtrack, well written script, good cast. Everything you expect from a follow up to American Pie with some truley hilarious scenes.

Following in pretty much the same vane as AP & AP2, American Pie: The Wedding as the final part of the trilogy it offers laughs and romance a plenty but not on par with the first two movies. Missing several key members of past flicks The Wedding is a sufficient closing forthis storyline.

I feared the worst when American Pie started presenting movies, and against my better nature i decided to finally watch Band Camp. I was very pleasently suprised although the movie starts out very slow and looks like its going to be a stinker it manages to save itself. I'm not too sure this should have been Presented by AP but i guess this was mainly to sell it.

Im a sucker for movies which have animals stalking and killing humans. Its a basic idea that neve rtries to be more than it is. Simple sometimes stupid action where you know 90% of the cast is going to be eaten or killed just gotta work out who 1st. Pure cheese and so over the top i love Anaconda!

Anacondas is not rocket science, if you have seen the first Anaconda movie you will know exactly what to expect but in a straight-to-DVD sequal form. The story is cheesy but suiting the action is good fun and the cast are whats needed if a little wooden. The SFX are a little lapse at times and Matthew Marsden's bad guy is so 2d and cardboard otherwise good fun tho.

Back when Will Ferrell was a good comedy actor he is now on the downward spiral but there is hope still. Anchorman is a supurbly written outlandish commedy which is boasts great performances from Ferrell and Steve Carell.

The Anniversary offers up a great cast, sadly most of the cast is pushed aside for Alan Cummings and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Kevin Kline and John C. Reilly are virtual onlookers there for scenery. The things i found hardest to understand with this is how homosexual Alan Cummings wrote himself a straight role but played it like he was so openly gay, it just made viewing hard.

As a massive fan of Oliver Stone i was curious to see what he could do with American football. Then i saw the cast list and it intreguied me even more. It certainly doesnt let down, Al Pacino works best when he has a quality director and puts in a Heat-like perfomance here another impressive point is that Jamie Foxx more than holds his own with a spot on big screen outing surrounded by heavyweights. AGS also strong performance from Cameron Diaz and Dennis Quaid.

Apocalypse Now is the one true Vietnam movie that works 100% in the qustioning of was/is it really worth it! Great perfomance by Martin Sheen takes you through several sections of the movie each showing in its own way the ruthlesness and hrash reality of war. Beautifully directed by Coppola and good supporting performances from Fishburne, Hopper, Forrester and a special mention to Robert Duvall who to me steals the show completly.

Apollo 13 has 99% of it a great cast a talented director and a true story that captured the nation. However i feel its just falls flat the excitment builds but never lifts, good acting from all involved helps but due to the story it never quite gets as tense as it should do.

On eof the Top 5 action flicks ever, this movie has it all blockbuster special effects, a great cast, a good story, humour, action, a range of emotions. Michael Bay loves to make his bi blockbuster SFX movies but with this one he has made a winner.

The Assassination of Richard Nixon blew me away and very much so in particular Sean Penn's performance its is one of the best i have ever seen. The movie didn't receive much press upon release in the UK and i only became aware after Penn's Oscar nomination. The film is Penn no one can argue this, he steals the show.

An enjoyable remake i the casting was very god and good to see Ethan Hawke back on the silverscreen the action keeps coming and follows all the action movie rules.

After watching Babel i was left thinking why all the hype? There are a hanful of different stories which are linked albeit by the minutest of threads. Each story on its own could have been so much better if given the time. But because fo the constant cutting etc i felt its was very disjointed. The strongest story i felt was Rinko Kikychi's and felt robbed at the lack of concentration.