Saturday, February 6, 2010

My Top 50 Films

01.The Godfather
02.Taxi Driver
03.Fight Club
04.Pulp Fiction
05.Reservoir Dogs
06.Forrest Gump
07.Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
08.The Matrix
09.The Sixth Sense
10.Into the Wild
11.Memento
12.The Shawshank Redemption
13.Requiem for a Dream
14.The Usual Suspects
15.Gladiator
16.Kill Bill: Vol. 1
17.The Silence of the Lambs
18.Sin City
19.Snatch.
20.The Departed
21.Goodfellas
22.American History X
23.A Beautiful Mind
24.Big Fish
25.Dog Day Afternoon
26.Gran Torino
27.Cidade de Deus
28.Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
29.The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
30.Unforgiven
31.Boys Don't Cry
32.Donnie Darko
33.El laberinto del fauno
34.The Butterfly Effect
35.The Boondock Saints
36.The Big Lebowski
37.The Truman Show
38.Minority Report
39.Léon
40.Se7en
41.Donnie Brasco
42.The Wrestler
43.Crash
44.Mulholland Dr.
45.The Omen
46.Contact
47.Mystic River
48.Road to Perdition
49.The Green Mile
50.Old Boy

Sunday, January 4, 2009

Valkyrie



Director: Bryan Singer

Cast: Tom Cruise, Kenneth Branagh, Tom Wilkinson.

Release: 25 December 2008

Plot: Based on actual events, a plot to assassinate Hitler is unfurled during the height of WWII.

IMDb Rating: 7.5



The Curious Case of Benjamin Button



Director: David Fincher

Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Julia Ormond.

Release: 25 December 2008

Plot: Tells the story of Benjamin Button, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences

IMDb Rating: 8.6



Marley & Me



Director: David Frankel

Cast: Owen Wilson, Jennifer Aniston, Alan Arkin.

Release: 25 December 2008

Plot: A family learns important life lessons from their adorable, but naughty and neurotic dog.

IMDb Rating: 7.3



The Spirit



Director: Frank Miller

Cast: Gabriel Macht, Jamine King, Eva Mendes, Scarlett Johansson, Samuel L Jackson.

Release: 25 December 2008

Plot: When a Rookie cop named Denny Colt returns from the beyond as The Spirit, a hero whose mission is to fight against the bad forces from the shadows of Central City. The Octopus who kills anyone unfortunate enough to see his face who has other plans. He's going to wipe out the entire city. The Spirit tracks this cold hearted killer from the city's rundown warehouses, to the damp catacombs, to the windswept waterfront all the while facing a bevy of beautiful women who either want to seduce, love or kill the masked crusader

IMDb Rating: 5.3