My Favorite Movies

Awesome mix of romance and horror. Manages to provoke great pathos at the same time as it provokes effective chills

Amazing nail-biting thriller, despite changes it was every bit as good as the book! You just may need a few watches to "get" it, but certainly not to enjoy it

Perhaps the most perfect true horror film ever made. Nearly every shot is a bit unsettling, and the scenes of actual horror have you on the edge of your seat

A great character study of the American gangster. His relationships with his ruthless yet doting mother and the cop infiltrating his gang are brilliant. Very violent and hugely engrossing for a film at the time.

Though the venomous relationship Salieri had with Mozart is fictional, it does manage to put the film in an important historical context and deepen the messages of jealousy and mediocrity.

Woody Allen's first work is my favorite of his. The jokes are hardly ever groan-worthy, and they come fast and clever enough to drown the stinkers out. Left me feeling good and has the power to make me laugh even on repeat viewings.

Truly a great film, especially for the budget. Highly entertaining characters and hilariously lighthearted portrayal of intellectual subjects.

Most "based on a true story" films are either very-loosely based, or so tightly based on their source that they are almost hard to watch. This film has the advantage of being based on an incident that according to reports, truly was as strange as what was portrayed, with a few discrepancies for character development. The actors do an amazing job with this. Everyone is sympathetic to an extent.

Really a film for the malcontent working man in these times. It evolves/devolves from a simple story of a good man desperate for satisfaction into a bit of "rampage" sort of fantasy, but keeps an air of realistic drama and dark humor to keep it from getting pretentious.

Beautifully staged, with a good message.