My Favorite Movies

Enthralled by the "Phantom of the Opera"...sets and costumes are beautiful, and music is addictive.

Directed by Joel Schumacher. Starring Emmy Rossum (Christine), Gerard Butler (Phantom) & Patrick Wilson (Raoul). Theatrical adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's stage musical chronicles the relationship between a disfigured musical genius & a young soprano.

Revived the movie musical genre. Must be seen at least twice to appreciate it all.

Drama/Romance/Musical, directed by Baz Luhrman. Starring NicoleKidman (Satine) & Ewan McGregor (Christian). A poet falls for a beautiful courtesan whom a jealous duke covets in this stylish musical, with music drawn from familiar 20th century sources.

Great date movie, but it gives you a greater appreciation for Shakespeare's plays too.

When Will Shakespeare needs passionate inspiration to break a bad case of writer's block, a secret romance with a beautiful lady helps him write "Romeo & Juliet"; a funny behind-the-scenes look at the writing of the greatest love story ever told.

Hillarious! One of my all time favourites. Best watched with fellow "Deaddites" :)

Gothic-Horror Comedy, directed by Sam Raimi. Starring Bruce Campbell (Ash). A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.

A surprisingly complex plot. I notice something new everytime I watch this sci-fi jigsaw puzzle! Great performances for Pitt and Willis.

Sci-Fi/Thriller/Drama, directed by Terry Gilliam. Starring BradPitt (Jeffrey Goines), Bruce Willis (James Cole), & Madeleine Stowe (Kathryn Railly).

I have so much to say about this film...it's a masterpiece.

Cyberpunk film directed/written by Andy & Larry Wachowski. Starring Keanu Reeves,Laurence Fishburne & Carrie-Anne Moss. A computer hacker learns from mysterious rebels about the true nature of his reality & his role in the war against the controllers of it.

Sci-Fi/Thriller, directed by Steven Spielberg. Staring Tom Cruise. In the future, criminals are caught before the crimes they commit, but one of the officers in the special unit is accused of one such crime and sets out to prove his innocence.

Surprising emotional depth.

Based on the novel by Richard Matheson (author of "Somewhere inTime"), "What Dreams May Come" uses many familiar metaphors & traditional representations of the afterlife, but also uses cutting-edge visual effects to create images never seen on film before.

A movie about strength of character, and protecting what you love. Loved the music too.

Epic. Starring, produced, and directed by Mel Gibson. A partly historical, partly mythological, story of William Wallace -- a Scottish rebel who leads an uprising to fight for his country's freedom from English rule around the end of the 13th century.

The only movie I've ever seen 3 times in the theatre. At the time I thought it was the most perfect film I had ever seen.

Epic, directed by Ridley Scott. Starring Russell Crowe (Maximus)& Joaquin Phoenix (Claudius). "The general who became a slave. The slave who became a gladiator. The gladiator who defied an empire."

Yay for Johnny Depp! Great performance for Knightly and Bloom too. An instant classic.

Action/Adventure, starring Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, & Keira Knightley. Pirate Jack Sparrow sets out to save a governor's daughter from fellow pirates, with the hopes that it will give him the opportunity to regain the ship that was stolen from him.

The only version that's true to Shakespeare's play!

Adapted screenplay, directed by, and starring Kenneth Branagh.

A childhood favourite! (Um, it's still one of my favourites...)

Fantasy/Romantic Comedy, directed by Rob Reiner. Screenplay by William Goldman; based on his novel. Starring Robin Wright (Princess Buttercup) & Cary Elwes (Westley).

A modern fairy tale that reflects the violence & absurdities ofthe world; there are fist fights, sword fights, instruments of torture, poisonings, disfigurations, and death. The theme of the novel centers on the trials and tribulations of true love.

One of my favourite films despite the macabre subject matter because it's a great psychological thriller. Hannibal Lecter (Sir Anthony Hopkins) is the charismatic, yet repulsive, cannibal/serial killer who profiles his former psychiatric patients to help FBI Angent Clarice Starling (Jodie Foster) catch a killer on the loose.

The identity of Patrick Bateman is merely a charismatic mask designed to help lure in his unsuspecting prey...

He resorts to obsessive-compulsive behaviour to hide the fact that he's falling apart as he gives into his desires.

Makes you wonder why society tends to trust beautiful people, since they are equally capable of unspeakable evil.

You gotta see this twice!

Oh my God, the sound of the death rattle alone makes me scared to watch this in the day time!

The scariest thing about this movie is the sound of the big wheel racing through the haunted halls of the isolated hotel.

Kenneth Branagh's film adaptation of "Frankenstein"; starring Kenneth Branagh (Victor Frankenstein), Robert Deniro (The Creature), Helena Bonham Carter (Elizabeth).

Sci-Fi Drama, directed by Steven Spielberg. Starring Haley Joel Osmet & Jude Law. In a future when starting a family is subject to strict governmental restrictions, most work is performed by robots, confronted with the idea of programming a robot to love.

A dramatic Sci-fi thriller. If you liked GATTACA, you'll enjoy this one since it's about Bioethics too.

James Cameron resurrects the stories of some of the victims of this famous tragedy by telling the story of the maiden voyage of the Titanic with the fictious characters of Jack (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Rose (Kate Winslet). It was my favourite movie for years, despite the criticism. I can't watch this film without crying...so what? Gonna make something of it? LOL

Many twist and turns in this romantic dramady of two regular people seperated by space and time. A smartly scripted film that has you rooting for them till the end.

Even if you can't stand Tom Cruise, you'll enjoy the story if you're a fan of Gothic Horror Vampires

Philip K. Dick was a visionary. Brilliant book...an amazing film.

Cyberpunk film, directed by Ridley Scott; based on the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick. Starring Harrison Ford.

I absolutely love the way bioethics of eugenics were explored in this film. Brilliant.

What is reality? What's the product of an intelligent, dellusional mind? Who knows!

If you enjoyed "12 Monkeys", "Fight Club" or the "X-Files" TV show, you'll probably like this one too.

A movie for the intellectual. Crafted like a good piece of English literature. The visual imagery is poignant and poetic.

Mysteries about the masters of illusion in the Victorian era. Pseudoscience posing as magic...cool. I thoroughly enjoyed this film! :)

Directed by Stanley Kubrick; based on a book by Anthony Burgess.Underlying theme is the definition of moral freedom: a human being's own choice to be able to perform good & evil at any moment. One of the best, most violent, anti-violence movies ever made.

Wow...such a powerful film. Took me by surprise.

State-of-the-art visual effects and a great story update this classic horror film. Rachel Weisz and Arnold Vosloo shine in their serious roles, while Brendan Fraser provides comic relief. This movie will appeal to men and women, young and old alike.

Best movie of it's time. A landmark in special effects.

If you enjoyed the "X-Files" TV show, you'll probably like this one too.

Supernatural Horror, directed by Tim Burton. Starring Johnny Depp, Christina Ricci, & Christopher Walken. Constable Icabod Crane is sent to an isolated village to investigate a series of murders reportedly commited by a headless horseman.

The first Monty Python I ever saw as a kid, and it still keeps me laughing so hard that it hurts! So many llamas in the credits, but I don't recall seeing any in the film. ;)

Horror Comedy, directed by Mel Brooks. Screenplay by Gene Wilder& Mel Brooks; starring Gene Wilder (Dr. Frankenstein), Peter Boyle (Monster), Marty Feldman (Igor), & Teri Garr (Inga). A hilarious tribute to Mary Shelley's novel, pokes fun at the movies

I can watch this 3 times in a row and not get bored. Hillarious!