My Favorite Movies

Possibly one of the best movies ever made! Peck is at his superb best! He plays Atticus Finch, a southern lawyer who has a job nobody would really want, defending someone presumed guilty.

Two all time greats at their best! You just can't fault this film. When you consider Hepbirn and Bogart take 95% of the screen time and keep your interest, it truly is remarkable. They are trying to outwit the Germans travelling up river in Africa in a derelect boat. Enthralling viewing!

All star cast at their best in a great story! Even Cruise was great!

Definitely Robin William's best by a mile. Based on a true story, you really feel for Adams and what he was trying to achieve.

Just a brilliant story with an equally brilliant cast! Someone said this was a "woman's movie", what rubbish. Sure, the women were the main characters but the film should appeal to both men and women. Set in a small southern town, it revolves around the lives of some very interesting people played by a lot of very talented people.

Sam Spade, YES! Probably the original film noir. Bogart is Sam Spade, Private Detective. Mary Astor is a true femme fatale in every sense of the word. Greenstreet's first film and old favourite Peter Lorre and all get involved in the quest to obtain The Maltese Falcon. It must be rated as THE DEFINITIVE film of its time, a must see!

If you don't laught at The Marx Brothers, you don't laugh!

Just an outstanding cast, you couldn't have got better!

There's westerns then there's this.

As far as musicals go, Daily, Merman, Ray, O'connor, Monroe, Gaynor....what more can you say!

Just brilliant, based on fact. Gere at his best!

Hilarious comedy, a must see!

Who'd think, Eastwood and Marvin in a musical, very funny flick.

A movie with John Wayne based on his best roles?

Corny, tired plot but ONJ and JT saved the show with some great tunes.

Hackman at his best in a great action and suspense thriller!

Side-splittingly funny!

Great forerunner to the series.

Absolute top cast, the acting was superb especially Gene Hackman.

Just a classic with a superb cast!

Quaint but Depp's talent shines through in the lead role.

Has become a classic, Taylor, Hudson & Dean.

Early Robin Williams, top story, top acting especially Glenn Close.

Animated version of Red Riding Hood, HILARIOUS!

Way off the mark factually which was quite disconcerting and it was slow in places but the acting of Phoenix and Witherspoon was superb! If you like Cash's early tunes, you'll enjoy this but if you're like me and knew a bit of Cash's life, you get the ho hums at times.

Very enjoyable moralistic movie with Hanks superb in the lead role.

The music! Yeah. Zany Belushi & Ackroyd "ham" it up on their SNK skit.

Absolutely brilliant. Depp was just fantastic as Don Juan. One of the best!

Funny but at times brutal story on the Vietnam War, Williams was great in the lead role.

Very hard hitting story, great actors at their absolute best.

Interesting concept and rather tragic when you think about it. Carey displays great talent in the lead role.

Brilliant brutal movie with an all star cast. Now a classic as you will see if you watch this all time great.

Superb cast, even if you don't like war films, don't miss this classic, the acting is just first rate from the all star cast.

Errol Flynn and Alan Hale is a great Hollywood send up of the legendary Robin Hood.

You either love or hate him, if the former, you'll enjoy this Adam Sandler flick set in jail.

Actually funnier than the cartoon series with some great sight gags.

Very enjoyable film without the usual Hollywood "Happy Ending" where the impossible became possible.

Quite amusing, you either love or hate Sandler, in this one you kind of feel sorry for him at first, then dislike him and like him again at the end.

Had the potential to be great but was too far fetched to thoroughly enjoy, still, as tongue in cheek films go, it was still enjoyable.

Jimmy Stewart at his best. Superb in every way!!!!

Duke being Duke but in Africa. Something different. Catching animals for zoos. I think it'd be frowned upon today but still very enjoyable viewing for the whole family.

Wayne & O'Hara, just brilliant. You cannot fault this film in any way.

Not what you'd expect from the cast, great script, brilliant acting, if you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour and view it!

And to think I was nearly in this! Still, it has great nostalgic value.

I just love the sets, that won me. Brilliant. Apart from that, it was well acted and great SFX.

Very rarely do they better the original but this came close, very close.

Fantastic, nuff said!

Great for the eye but could have been better.

Just brilliant, it was a great story well played and it was funny to boot.

As good as the original.

Interesting film, keeps your interest throughout.

A classic must see.

Jeff Chandler as Cochise steals the movie from Jimmy Stewart. Close to the truth story of the Apache Indians' fight for survival.

Yeah, a few good tunes but as great musicals go...no!

Cult film, I found it funny all 3 times I watched it!!!!

The most over-rated movie ever made. No need to shove your fingers down your throat with this onw!

Probably the only good movie Costner made. Makes you hate the Americans for what they did!

Classic film noir, Bogie and Bacall sizzle in the lead roles, a must see!

I like Bob Mitchum as Raymond Chandler's Philip Marlowe. Very rarely do remakes match the original but this came very close.

Combine zany animation with a very real Bob Hoskins, how could it be anything other than brilliant!

Funny spoof of the old cartoon series.

Not for golfing purists but quite amusing.

Great story and great acting.

Absolutely brilliant, a must see.

If this didn't bring a tear to the eye, you're not human. BRILLIANT! Patrick Swayze is tops as the "ghost", Demi Moore does a top job as his girlfriend but Whoopi Goldberg steals the movie as the "fake medium" who discovers she's not so fake.

The big kid in me loved it!

Having worked in a used car lot, I found this to be an LOL and a PML film.

Like wow funny man!!!!

A top movie with a brilliant cast, definitely Liam Neeson's best!

Absolutely whacky as they come, loved it!

Tops! Nuff said!

Very enjoyable movie with a great cast. The "kids" were great whilst Dan Akroyd and Jamie Lee were solid as always.

They took an awful lot of liberties and it was an hour too long.

First time, very funny, second time, mildly amusing, third time, too much Murray!

Did Gregory Peck ever make a bad movie? He is superb in this WW2 Air Force Classic that doesn't have the usual American crap normally associated with war movies. Very good supporting cast in a very believable film about a General that does more than his job.

English WW2 movie based on fact. Richard Todd and Michael Redgrave head a great cast and it is all handled very realistically. A must see for lovers of war films and ghistorians.

Emma Thompson a witch? Well, a Nanny with some very strange powers, her job, to "sort out" a bunch of naughty kids or, perhaps not. Thoroughly enjoyable from start to finish.

A real drag...lol...Dustin Hoffman is Tootsie, the female alter ego of his character, a second rate actor with no prospects. But as Tootsie, a whole new world opens up for him. Plenty of funny moments in a relatively fast paced comedy.

Cruise is brilliant but Hoffman is absolutely brilliant in this great film. Cruise is a selfish egotist who comes back to reality when he discovers he has an older "retarded" brother (Hoffman). The person Cruise as a kid thought was "Rain Man" was actually Raymond....great stuff!

Enjoyable musical with some good dance routines.

Very well acted with Pitt as an IRA activist who comes to America and stays with local cop and good guy Ford. Fast paced and well done pic but it was pretty predictable, the only downside!

Very funny look at the ghost removal business. I say, if you don't get a giggle out of this, better check your own pulse as you might actually be dead and a ghost....lol

I actually thought this was a bit better than the first one, the cast seemed more comfortable with their roles the second time around. Very enjoyable film for the whole family.

Very disappointing mainly because it was set out of time. The original idea by Ross to have an alter ego Dave Seville who "finds" three singing chipmunks worked because of when it happened, late 50's. Bringing it up to 2007 made it a flop with probably only kids enjoying the show. Jason Lee, whom I like, looked out of place here.

The acting was brilliant but you just can't top Hollywood or the USA where even a simpleton is a hero but not just at one thing, at everything. If they'd only kept a lid on it.

Amusing flick with a bit of a twist. Lightweight vehicle that was entertaining about a guy who's parents bought him a girlfriend.

Total waste of time and money remaking this piece of total crap.

Total crap! Don't even bother!

Enjoyable for the music. Not too bad a story of a former drunk C&W singer who comes home and finds his old girlfriend and daughter.

Amusing but not hilariously funny look at a rather strange family that makes a trip in a Kombi to California so their daughter can go in a children's beauty pagent. Worth a look as it does have some very poignant moments.

I enjoyed this movie, the sets and costumes and Special FX were great.

The second best film Jimmy Stewart made ably supported by Donna Reed, Lionel Barrymore and Henry Travers as the angel. The story of George Bailey and his influence on the town of Bedford Falls.

Tony Randall in the lead roles does a great job in this "mystical" western. Dr Lao arrives in a small western town and through his circus, tries to convince the locals not to sell up.

I enjoyed it even if this story has been told 100 times, at least the music was good.

Story of Van Gogh with Kirk Douglas in the lead role. A must see!

A great western starring Kirk Douglas who decides he needs help to break out of jail.

You either love Martin & Lewis or you hate them. The music was good in this one.

Quite funny, especially if you're a golfer. Lewis was screwball but Martin almost looked serious. Light-hearted enjoyment.

Brilliant gangster flick with two of the best, Cagney and Bogart.

Just love the cast, Burt Reynolds, Sally Field and Jackie Gleeson, YES!

Absolutely great movie with a cast of top performers headed by Burt Reynolds and Dolly Parton.

Axel Foley, well, I like Eddie Murphy as the whacky Detroit Cop and the original was for mine the best. Foley goes to Beverley Hills to find out who murdered a pal.

Anything with Danny De Vito is bound to be funny. Matilda is his daughter and she discovers she has some special powers.

Schwartzanegger and De Vito as twin brothers, hilarious! Just watched it again and it's every bit as funny as it was first time around. Julius, who's lived an ideal existance, finds out he has a twin brother Vincent and sets off to find him, only when he finds him, he discovers they are not identical!

I just wonder how good these would have been without Garth....lol

William Holden at his best in this escape from the Germans war flick.

Rib splitting comedy with Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon in the lead roles with Lemmon and sidekick Peter Falk totally stealing the show!

Absolutely hilarious spoof on the London to Paris air race, great viewing!

The big kid in me liked it.

I enjoyed it but I like old cartoon turned into real life!

The Ark of Truth virtually follows on from Season 10 of Stargate SG-1 and ties up a lot of the loose ends. I guess they were hoping the series would keep going, as there were a lot of things that were happening and as a SG-1 fan, you were left with a lot of unfinished business. Ark of Truth gives some closure...lol..

Very different, set in Mayan times, Jaguar Paw fights for his partner and children's survival as well as his own. Definitely worth the watch.

Futuristic drama with Charlton Heston playing a cop on a strange case. Closer to the truth than they could have imagined when making it, the world was out of everything. Soylent provided the food, they also provided the waste disposal system (read people, dead ones). Heston discover the dead are recycled as food, for humans, the Soylent Green. Getting truer every day.

Pretty lame by today's standards but it does provide a bit of comic relief, if you know what I mean.

Newman is hack lawyer Frank Galvin. He's a drunken bum. He gets presented with a no win case that he takes to the stage of settlement. But he goes for broke and it's not just the case he's trying to win outright, it's his own life that is on trial. Compelling viewing from start to finish.

Fast Eddie Felson (Newman) is a pool hustler. What makes this film great is Jackie Gleason as Minnesota Fats. A must see film.

Newmnan as a happy convict on a chain gang. Very realistic look at that way of life.

Story of boxing great Rocky Graziano, well acted and from what I know, pretty close to the mark.

Glen Ford, a gunslinger turned lawman, fights his conscience when XChad Everett, another gunslinger, comes to town looking for him. Same old story, same old result, saved by some good acting from the two stars.

Newman and Redford are brilliant as two con men.

Loved it as a kid, watched it again with the grandkids, just brilliant!

Michael Caine and Steve Martin as two con men trying to outdo each other: HILARIOUS!

Just brilliant, watch it!

Cops in choppers, started off slowly, was starting to look like a decent enough flick and then, overkill, shame!

Four men ruin their own lives after they become obsessed with finding Zodiac, a serial killer in San Francisco in the 1970's. Compelling viewing.

How could you not love Herbie, the human car!

Dinosaurs in the 20th Century in a theme park that gets sabotaged.

If you're an SG-1 or Stargate fan, oh heck, just a sci-fi fan will suffice, a must see.

You just know if the name Spielberg appears, it'll be better than good. The cartoon series comes to life with Optimus Prime, an Autobot, on Earth searching for the All Spark where he encounters his enemy, the Decepticon Megatron. With the aid of a few humns, well, watch and see!

I loved it, Kirk as a real life Wile E Coyote, a laugh from start to an unexpected finish.

Joes Pesci and Marisa Tomei are an "odd" couple with Joe thinking he's a lawyer. Oh hell, I'll spoil the story if I tell you about "Vinny's" first case, watch out for the great Fred Gwynne.

All star cast headed by Burt Lancaster and Kirk Douglas and they are two old crims just out of jail looking for the pension, how easy could that be....lol..? After 30 years in the can for committing a train robbery, Harry Doyle (Lancaster) and Archie Long (Douglas) are released into what is a brand new world. So to go out in style, they steal a train. Watch out for Eli Wallach as a Mr Magoo type hitman who has been waiting 30 years to finish the job he was paid to do.

You either love or hate Rambo, this one was very well done with a fictionalised account of a real story. John Rambo lives in Thailand and is recruited to first take some Missionaries to Burma and then he is hired to rescue those same Missionaries. Pretty violent with plenty of killing, it is a must see for fans of Rambo and Sylvester Stallone, who not only starred in the lead role but directed it also.

Martial Arts with a twist, a few cornball Special Effects but quite enjoyable as Wendy finds out she must become a warrior to save the world. Shen, a monk sent to help her played by Shin Koyamada, literally steals the show from Brenda Song (Wendy). Plus a nice little cameo by Tsai Chin (aka Irene Chow) as Grandma Wu.

If you love animation and real life together, you'll love this Disney flick about Giselle, a toon who gets thrown into the real world as a real person. Prince Edward, her toon love interest follows her there to find her and bring her back to marry her. His step mother, the evil Queen Narissa doesn't want them to marry so she sends Nathanial, her manservant through to stop them. Eventually, Narissa (played by Susan Sarandon) follows to wreak havoc. But Giselle, whilst in New York, meets and is befriended by Robert, a stodgy lawyer, with whom she falls in love. Great stuff for kids of all ages (and adults too).

Mark Harmon is schoolteacher Freddy Shoop and he has to give up his holidays and a trip to Hawaii to teach a bunch of "losers" in summer school. He is a gym teacher assigned the onorous task of teaching remedial English. Kirstie Alley plays Robin Bishop, a fellow teacher and the interest of Shoop's attention. Enjoyable flick that has a sense of "feel good" about it.

Frederic March plays the part of Samuel Langhorne Clemens (better known as Mark Twain) and does a great job in the lead role. In typical Hollywood style, they took a lot of liberties with not only the truth but the time frame, therefore it was more a work of fiction rather than fact. Still, it was a very enjoyable film.

A great musical from Warners, all star cast with Cary Grant as Cole Porter and Alexis Smith as his wife Linda. The music was great but the film was squeaky clean and again, it took a lot of liberties with what really happened. But who cares? The movie was just one big enjoyable musical.

Disney movie based on Erica and Courtney Enders, two young sisters that became drag racing champions. Enjoyable viewing for the whole family.

A stolen diamond, unlicensed boxing matches, a brutal crime lord that has people killed and fed to pigs, the English underworld, a "pikey" that can fight like the dickens, a fast pace, plenty of twists and turns, sub plots, all narrated and still with plenty of comedy make this an excellent movie.

The Hollywood Canteen is a place created by Hollywood stars Bette Davis and John Garfield for Servicemen during WW2. And Hollywood stars gave up their free time to "man" the club, doing everything from performing to washing dishes or waiting on tables. The film includes those two stars and many others manning the canteen. Two GI's on sick leave arrive in Hollywood with one (Robert Hutton) "in love" with Joan Leslie. He meets her there then ironically the next night, is the millionth GI through the door, winning a date with the star of his choice, Joan of course. Plenty of music, a cavalcade of stars and a reasonable story make this enjoyable.

Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, you know this is going to be good. Tony Wendice (Ray Milland) plans to kill his wife Margot (Grace Kelly) because she had an affair with Mark Halliday (Robert Cummings). But his plan backfires but it works out even better than he planned with his wife killing the assassin he hired. So the law will do for him what he wants anyhow. He's got away with it....or has he?

James Cagney teams with Joan Blondell as a couple of con atrists out for whatever they can get. The film is famous for Cagney's line, "That dirty, double-crossin' rat!"

Without a doubt the worst film Hackman or Pacino ever made!

If you've seen one, you've seen them all. Hopefully this'll be the last time we'll have to put up with this lot, once was more than enough!

Disney movie based on the lives of twins Heather and Heidi Burge. The 6'5'' girls are college playing basketballers and it shows how they got started complete with sibling rivalry. The 2 lookalike leading ladies do a good job and are well supported by a believabe cast. Good family viewing.

Aussie dance film set in Newcastle about two brothers, one of whom arranges this huge tap dancing show to raise money to help retrain retrenched workers from the local steel mill. Good acting, great dancing, very well done and enjoyable movie.

This had the potential to be a great film, should have fired the Director and the Special Effects team, they ruined a good story and killed a top cast!

Another film that could have been very good, started off as a comedy, too bad they ran out of gags 30 minutes in!

Fact or fiction, great story of Josef Mengele and his 94 Hitler clones.

Michael Douglas is a wealthy tycoon who gets a strange birthday present from his brother played by Sean Penn, it's a game but it's played for real so it seems.

Without a doubt, one of the best movies I've seen. Based on Dan Brown's book, Tom Hanks & Ron Howard team again.