My Favorite Movies

A tour de force of zaniness.

yeah, pacino's accent is absurd, but it's a pretty bad ass American tale.

This doesn't hold up to repeat viewing as well as RT, but it's still an excellent movie. Bill Murray's character is badass.

this is an incredible study of sibling relationships and a fine portrait of small town american life in the northeast. the acting is spectacular as is the screenplay. and note men rated this higher than women. we have some enlightened dudes in the crowd, ladies.

look: bjork said the experience of making this was so wrenching and brutal that she'll never do another film again. how's that for intriguing. i'm not even a dyed in the wool bjorkophile, and i found this film absolutely engaging and devastating. I HATE MUSICALS, and i love this film. (hint: don't watch this with an unsuspecting first date like i did. we felt like victims of violent crime afterwards, which isn't conducive to pleasant but asinine conversation. then again, it did force us to go to the bar.) oh, and one of the nihilists from the Big Lebowski plays the male love interest. how sweet is that?

the visuals here are incredible. the source text is superlative. and the casting is perfect. yes, it's long and confusing and, at times, unpleasant; but sometimes art ain't pretty. watch it and pour out a little for the good Doctor.

invigorating, freeing, ridiculous, etc. and the cast makes me want to jump into a pool of fuzzy duckies. good stuff. and, yes, this is a boy movie. but how many times have i been dragged to a girl movie? probably not enough, but a lot. so no excuses, girls.

It was on the zany end of the Simpsons spectrum, and Brooks's saccharin sentimentalism is everywhere, but it's pure goodness. If you like the Simpsons, you can't go wrong. If you don't like the Simpsons, please pick me up some black bread and gruel on your way back from Moscow circa 1983.