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Personally I think Raging Bull was the best boxing movie ever made.

One would certainly think after watching Snake on a Plane that he didn't even bother to read the script. But you're right, he's a good actor - just has made some confounding choices.

He was a great actor. Surprised no one replied to this thread? I use to see him all the time at a pub I frequented in Santa Monica. Just a regular guy who had a magnificent gift. Big loss to the film world. RIP

Love the changes. The site was a bit convoluted and far too large for the membership, consolidation was definitely in order. I noticed another major change that was sorely needed that seems to be rectified. The site appears to more active since the last time I stopped in. Curious to see the new skin. Nice work guys.

Here's a few of my favs followed by some of the movies that made me love them... Lasse Hallström - My Life as a Dog, The Cider House Rules, What's Eating Gilbert Grape. Wes Anderson - Bottle Rocket, Rushmore, The Royal Tenenbaums, The Life Aquatic. Sofia Coppola - Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation. Gus Van Sant - Drugstore Cowboy, Good Will Hunting, My Own Private Idaho. Cameron Crowe - Say Anything, Vanilla Sky, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous (He also wrote the quintissential teen flick, Fast Times at Ridgemount High) Martin Scorsese - Goodfellas, The Departed, Raging Bull, Taxi Driver, Cape Fear. Joel and Ethan Coen - Fargo, Raising Arizona, Blood Simple, Miller's Crossing, O' Brother Where Art Thou?, The Hudsucker Proxy, The Big Lebowski. Steven Soderbergh - Sex Lies and Videotape, Traffic, Ocean's Eleven, Erin Brockovich. Paul Thomas Anderson - Boogie Nights, Magnolia, There Will Be Blood. Alexander Payne - Election, Sideways. Todd Solondz - Happiness, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Storytelling. Woody Allen - Annie Hall, Sweet and Lowdown, Mighty Aphrodite, Crimes and Misdemeanors, Hannah and Her Sisters, Manhattan, Take the Money and Run, Bullets Over Broadway, Match Point. Stanley Kubrick -Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket, The Shining. Orson Welles - Touch of Evil, The Magnificent Ambersons, Citizen Kane. Billy Wilder - The Lost Weekend, Sunset Blvd, Some Like It Hot, Stalag 17. Steven Spielberg - Schindler's List, Jaws, Close Encounter of the Third Kind, Duel, Raiders of the Lost Ark, E.T., Saving Private Ryan, Catch Me If You Can, (also the driving force behind two of my favorite childhood movies, Gremlins and The Goonies... because Goonies are good enough for me! ) Any favorites?

The Book of Eli Denzil Washington and Gary Oldman were good. The story was watchable. Mila Kunis, totally wrong for the part, her acting was dreadful at times. I'd recommend it. 7/10

They play footy in the winter so it's level.

Formulated/regurgitated studio techno sound that record companies have haunted and bored us with for the last couple of decades. Nothing new, just the factory owner changed the packaging on the same dull candy bar.

Bubble gum for the brats. Don't care for her music.

Her music annoys me. Teenage puppy love bullshit.

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Side note: Memories of Cameron... I sat through the entire film Titanic having to pee really bad. Let me tell you, nothing is more agonizing like watching a 3 hour flick about a ship at sea in such an uncomfortable state.

Side 2 of Pink Floyd's - Wish You Were Here. Remember when you were young?

Drama - In the Bedroom Comedy - Raising Arizona War - Saving Private Ryan Thriller - Silence of the Lambs Fantasy - The Princess Bride Action - The Road Warrior Science Fiction - Alien Romance - Leaving Las Vegas Documentary - Crumb Crime/Gangster - Goodfellas Musical - Grease Western - Unforgiven Animated - Shrek Mystery - Spoorloos (1988 The Vanishing) Horror - The Exorcist Epic - Schindler's List Historical - Ken Burns' The Civil War Sports - Breaking Away Odd film - Donnie Darko Foreign language - Mitt Liv Som Hund (My Life as a Dog), also, Cinema Paradiso Film made in your own country - The Shawshank Redemption Book/play adaptation - One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest Comic book adaptation - Batman Begins Film prior to the 1940's - The Wizard of Oz 1940's - It's a Wonderful Life 1950's - Sunset Boulevard 1960's - Dr Strangelove 1970's - American Graffiti 1980's - This is Spinal Tap 1990's - Fargo 2000's - Juno Favorite film franchise - Mad Max films Cast - Pulp Fiction Guilty pleasure film - The Breakfast Club Based on actual events - Boys Don't Cry Feel free to answer some or all. P.S. If you have some interesting categories to add please do, I'd love to expand this.

I have to disagree. Apart from Psycho I'm not a Hitchcock fan. Perhaps it has something to do with his almost misogynistic view/depiction of women in his films. Honestly, it's insulting and condescending. His female leads are usually stupid helpless victims in desperate need of saving by a intellectually superior male lead. His women spend most of his films falling all over the male star in a sort of one dimensional childlike bimbo manner. A caricature. It's quite pathetic. Add to that the borderline retarded dialog these women spout is absolutely cringe worthy. Not only do I find his films extremely sexist but also dated and predictable. The director I'm surprised that no one has mentioned is Quentin Tarantino. Personally I don't think Tarantino has done anything of note since Jackie Brown, and that was just an OK film. The Kill Bill's were average at best. An expensive, overwrought, Kung Fu flick. He's basically lived on his laurels since Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction, which are two excellent films. But since then he's just become a B movie maker with an A class Hollywood budget. Inglourious Basterds had it's moments, some strong performances, but still didn't achieve, in my opinion, the brilliance that can be found in his early work.

I love Academy Awards host John Stewart words the year before Scorsese finally won an Oscar. It came after Three 6 Mafia won an Oscar for their song, It's Hard Out Here for a Pimp. He said: "For those of you who are keeping score at home, I just want to make something very clear: Martin Scorcese, zero Oscars; Three 6 Mafia, one." You didn't like Milk? I thought it was quite good. Although his remake of Psycho stand as the worst remake in history. Also, how Elephant won the Palme d'Or is anyone's guess? I thought it was a huge bore. That's the French for you. I wasn't too pleased with The Darjeeling Limited but everything else he's done I've really enjoyed. He's only made a handful of films. Have you seen his latest, Fantastic Mr. Fox? Well worth the watch. For me Big Fish, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood (probably may favorite from him) and Beetlejuice are the films that stand out in his catalog. But then he's made some absolute stinkers. He totally crapped the bed and raped such classics as Planet of the Apes and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Honestly, the nerve of the man, or as you state, "self-indulgence". Mars Attacks was just sad considering the talent involved. Batman Begins and The Dark Knight now make his Batman movies look academic. I could never go back and watch them again. Love those films.

Dexter is without a doubt my favorite show on TV. Every season it gets better. If you haven't seen Dexter, see it. You won't be disappointed. Great TV.

Kick Ass Good fun. Great date movie.

Agree, beautiful soundtrack. I liked Fast Times at Ridgemont High and Heavy Metal.