My Favorite Movies

Passchendaele is a gem! This movie was written, directed, produced and stars Paul Gross. It takes place in 1917 during the first World War. Paul Gross plays a Canadian soldier who falls in love with his nurse and takes responsibility when her younger brother enlists in the army. The battle scenes are excellent and unforgettable. Most war films have a love story and often find that they slow down the movie. I didn't feel that way in this case. This is the kind a movie that make a Canadian proud.

Beautiful movie. I have seen it many times. I think Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymore are the most beautiful couple I have ever seen on screen. Update - oh my goodness - just purchased this movie for five dollars on \dvd - will rewatch it and give a completed review.

Update - I just purchased this film on DVD. Am going to re-watch it soon and will write an extensive review soon - November 19, 2011 - I've seen this movie many times, and it still scares me. Good cast, and great story line. My favorite ghost movie of all time.

This is one funny movie. Anyone who has worked in an office environment I think will relate. I've seen this movie many times and will probably watch it a few more times. And who hasn't had to deal with a photocopier with a mind of its own.. Highly recommended.......

I have seen this movie many times, and each time I watch it I love it more. I love the line "Buy me a drink mister, I'm so dry, I'm spitting cotton".

My Best Girl is from 1927 and was Mary Pickford's last silent movie. Mary starred opposite her third husband Buddy Rogers. It was cute, and had some very funny scenes. I loved it.

This is a classic.

Of Human Bondage stars Leslie Howard and Bette Davis. This is an excellent movie.

This is a great movie from 1986 starring William Katt. I've seen this movie many times. I love it. It's got horror, a bit of science fiction, comedy and drama. Great movie.

The Cowboys stars the Duke who plays a rancher who hires 11 boys to work on a cattle drive. I loved Roscoe Lee Browne's character - who plays the cook and him and John Wayne have wonderful scenes together. Bruce Dern plays the head of a group of rustlers that want to steal the herd. Excellent movie.

The Ghost and Mr. Chicken is a fun movie. I saw this movie as a child and have seen it many times as an adult. I love Don Knotts in this movie - the haunted house is great! Watch for the cameo by Ellen Corby (best known as the grandmother on the Waltons) who plays Knotts' third grade teacher. Hilarious!

A classic. Gloria Swanson had so many memorable lines in this move. "I am big, it's the pictures that got small". I truly recommend this movie to those who love the classics.

I had never heard of this movie before, but I sat down and watched it and loved it. I recommend this movie.

Excellent movie. Peter Bogdanovich (which I believe was his first movie) got wonderful performances from Tim O'Kelly and Boris Karloff.

Excellent, excellent, excellent. Great story, great cast. I especially loved Bobby Cannavale's character. Cannavale was one of my favorite actors from the tv show 'Third Watch'.

I absolutely love this film. When the little boy is locked in the cloak room and sees the ghost, it was really scary. Great film.

Fantastic movie. It has Hitchcock's famous scene of the bad guy falling off the Statue of Liberty.

NIGHT OF THE HUNTER (1955) is one of my all-time favorite movies. It is the only film that Charles Laughton ever directed. Its cast is excellent and unforgettable. The cast includes Robert Mitchum, Lillian Gish, Shelley Winters and Peter Graves. Mitchum plays an evil "preacher" who has just been released from prison. He had shared a cell with Graves' character who has confessed that he has $10,000 hidden. Meanwhile, Graves is hanged for his crimes which leaves a door open to opportunity for the preacher to meet and weasle his way into the family and steal the money. Grave's children know where the money is but the oldest son doesn't like or trust the preacher especially when he marries the mother played by Shelley Winters. (By the way - Winters' death scene in the water is unforgettable). The children run away and are rescued by a kindly woman who takes in children of need played by the legendary Lillian Gish. I highly recommend this movie.

BAD SANTA is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen. Billy Bob Thornton plays Willie, an alcoholic, washed-up safe cracker who every year works in a different mall playing Santa. His side-kick 'elf' played by Tony Cox (who by the way steals every scene he is in) is his partner in crime who tries to keep Willie in line (not always successful). Every year they work in a different mall, and when Christmas Eve comes around, they crack the safe and steal the cash from the department store's safe. Canadian Brett Kelly plays 'the kid' who is a sad 8-year old, who has no mother, his father is in prison and lives with his grandmother (played by Cloris Leachman) who loves to fix sandwiches. Willie figures someone (the mall's head of security, played by chain smoking, orange eating, played by the late Bernie Mac) is on to him, and stays with the kid and his grandmother. Watch for John Ritter (his last role in a feature film) as the straight laced head of the department store.

This Is My Father is an excellent movie. One of my favorites. It has a great story, wonderful cast, and it's a movie I will never forget. Aidan Quinn should have won an Oscar for his performance. I highly recommend this movie to everyone.

I love this movie. I have seen it so many times, I have lost count. The DVD has a wonderful commentary by all who played the The Goonies and director Richard Donner - highly recommended.

Excellent movie, great acting, great story.

"It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World" is probably my favorite comedy movie of all time. It was released in 1963 and no matter how many times I see this movie, I laugh so hard. Its got the greatest cast (Ethel Merman, Spencer Tracy, Phil Silvers, Buddy Hackett, and Mickey Rooney - just to name a few). The story line is pretty simple, a bunch of greedy people are on a road race to find a buried treasure (it's under a big W). Great movie.

This is the by far one of the best documentaries I have ever seen. This documentary is about Arthur 'Killer' Kane as he re-unites with his old band 'New York Dolls'. Kane was the bass player for the group. The ending is pretty surprising. Well done! A+++++++++Excellent!

The Duke's only Oscar winning performance. His co-stars are Kim Darby and Glen Campbell and they are excellent, the scenery is breath taking, and it has a fantastic story line. True Grit is excellent.

Fantastic movie. James Stewart and Grace Kelly are fantastic in this. Good story.

Very unique movie. There's not another one out there like it. Richard Farnsworth is amazing in this.

Wow! What a movie! The ending was such a big surprise.

Excellent movie. The great Tallulah Bankhead is absolutely wonderful in this movie.

Burt Lancaster should have won an Oscar for his performance in this movie. Excellent movie and an excellent performance by Burt Lancaster.

Excellent movie. All Quiet on the Western Front is my all-time favorite book and I thought that this movie did the book justice. Lew Ayres is excellent in this.

This is the first Valentino movie I ever saw. The scenes with Nita Naldi and Valentino are breath-taking...

Excellent Movie....

A little known film that was absolutely fantastic. I love Adam Beach. I highly recommend.

I give "The Day The Earth Stood Still" five stars! This is a fantastic movie from 1951. Michael Rennie stars as an alien (who looks human) who lands on earth with his space ship and his robot Gort. He wants the people of earth to get along and have no more war, or he will have no choice but to destroy it. He takes on the name of "Carpenter" and moves into a boarding house where he befriends a single mom (played by the always wonderful Patricia Neal) and her young son. I love this movie and I highly recommend it.

I really liked this movie. I thought Martin Landau totally deserved the Oscar for his performance as Bela Lugosi.

Excellent Movie. A classic.

I love this movie. For me, it was the best one of all the Star Trek movies. I've seen it many times.

The Greatest Show on Earth was released in 1952 and the Oscar winner for best picture of that year. It was directed by the great Cecil B. DeMille. It tells the story of the lives of trapeze artists, a clown, and an elephant trainer while against a background of circus spectacle. I particularly liked the James Stewart's character's story line. The train wreck near the ending is unforgettable.

Great movie. Great cast. Even though Patricia Neal's role is small, it's so memorable. She won an Oscar for this movie.

Sling Blade was released in 1997. Billy Bob Thornton got remarkable preformances from the entire cast. John Ritter's performance was a complete surprise, as he was so convincing in his role. I highly recommend this movie to everyone!

Fantastic Movie. I highly recommend it.

Excellent movie.

I love this movie. The ending was a complete surprise to me.

What a great cast and funny!!!! The cast includes Ben Stiller, Hank Azaria, William H. Macy, Geoffrey Rush, Janeane Garofalo, Greg Kinnear, Tom Waites and Eddie Izzard. Mystery Men is one of my all time favorite movies. I wish they would make a sequel.

PALE RIDER (1985) is one of my favorite Clint Eastwood movies. Eastwood not only stars in Pale Rider, but he also produced and directed this film. It features a strong cast that includes Sydney Penny, Michael Moriaty and late Carrie Snodgress and the late Chris Penn. Eastwood plays a stranger in town only known as "Preacher". There is an on-going conflict between a group of poor, panning miners and the most powerful man in the nearby town who wants their land. Eastwood defends the miners. Pale Rider in many ways pays tribute to the classic western "Shane".

Best movie ever.

Fantastic movie. It had very scary parts and the ending was a complete surprise to me. I am glad I don't see dead people.

Great movie. Very funny and entertaining. I loved the whole concept of this movie. Liked it so much, I bought my own copy.

An early film by Steven Speilberg which stars Dennis Weaver. Weaver's performance is excellent and I highly recommend this film.

Very good movie. I like the idea of Harrison Ford's character is hiding among the Amish. Great performances.

Very funny movie.

A classic. Bette and Joan are so good together.

One of the funniest comedies I have ever seen. Madeline Khan singing 'I'm So Tired' is a total riot!

One of my all-time favorite Chris Farley/ David Spade movie.

I loved this movie. Totally awsome and very very funny! Especially when they were throwing the records at the zombies.

James Dean is awesome, as always. Great movie.

I will never understand why this movie did not win an Oscar for Best Picture. Excellent!

This movie is an excellent movie, although I can never watch it again, it makes me cry so much. Never watch this movie without a box of tissues.

The Wedding Singer is a movie I can watch over and over. Drew Barrymore and Adam Sandler have such excellent chemistry together. Even though its a "girl meets boy, boy loses girl and tries to win her back" type of movie, you just can't help wanting these two to get together! I have to rate it 5 stars. It has a cameo with Billy Idol!!!!!!

One of my favorite westerns.

I love this movie. A classic!

A Classic. Bela Lugosi was born to play the part. One draw back, I found Philip Glass' score to be distracting.

THE DEAD ZONE was released in 1983 and is based on a Stephen King novel of the same name. Directed by Canadian film maker David Cronenberg, this movie though not entirely true to the book, is still a very very good movie. Christopher Walken is Johnny Smith, a teacher who is almost killed in a traffic accident, and wakes up from a coma after five years. As he heals, he discovers that he has the psychic abilities. I am not only a fan of this film and book, but also of the television series that this is based on. I have lost count of how many times I have seen this movie. It is definitely one I recommend.

Excellent. This is my favorite version.

Excellent movie. This movie stars Kirk Douglas in this epic saga.

A classic.

Strange movie and I loved it.

A classic. Lon Chaney Jr. was born to play the part of Larry Talbot/The Wolfman.

I love this movie. I've watched it many times and plan to many, many more times.

I LOVE this movie. It's about a town who has to quit smoking for 30 days. Fantastic cast! TOOOOOO FUNNNYYYYY!

I've seen this movie many times. I love it.

I really enjoyed Glory. Great cast, great story, and heart breaking ending. Unforgettable.

Sissy Spacek stars as country singer Loretta Lynn. Spacek totally deserved the Oscar of this movie. I think Tommy Lee Jones should have won an Oscar too. Great movie.

Excellent. One of the few times that the sequel was even better than the original, and I really liked the original.

I can watch this movie over and over. It's a great film.

Loved it! It's so different from any other films out there. So I give it five stars for having a great story line, great cast, and being so original.

Excellent film. Very very powerful and excellent acting. A++++++

Another classic from the master of suspense - Hitchcock. Unforgettable.

James Stewart was excellent in this film. I just recently saw Harvey again - it had been years since I last saw it. Great supporting cast.

Many of my friends had recommended that I see THE QUEEN. I finally had the chance to sit down and watch it, and was blown away. This movie tells the story of the relationship between the Queen and Tony Blair during 'unusual circumstances' - the tragic death of Princess Diana. Helen Mirren is so convincing as Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II. Michael Sheen was equally amazing as Prime Minister Tony Blair. I thought that the story line involving a beautiful stag was so symbollic of Diana and the Royal Family. I highly recommend this movie.

Some Like It Hot stars Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon. This is a fun movie and I have seen it many times. Lemmon and Curtis play two musicians who have witnessed a mob hit and hide amongst an all girl band heading to Florida - dressed in drag. Joe E. Brown plays a memorable part of a millionaire who has the hots for Lemmon (who he thinks is a lady). Very funny.

I love this movie. The Frighteners was released in 1996 and stars Michael J. Fox who plays Frank Bannister, who develops psychic abilities who can see, hear and communicate with ghosts. This happens after a tragic car accident that claims his wife, so he cashes in on his new abilities. When he discovers that an entity resembling the Grim Reaper is killing people, marking numbers on their foreheads beforehand, Frank tries to help those who are next to be 'reaped'. This film has a good story, good acting, some wonderful comedy, some scary moments and great special effects. I have to add that John Astin has a memorable part playing 'The Judge" - a hanging judge that has been dead for over a hundred years. I recommend this movie to those who love a good ghost story.

Waking Ned Devine (1998) was written and directed by Kirk Jones. The story is set in a small Irish town called Tullymore (population 52). Ian Bannen and David Kelly play best friends who find out that someone in their town has won the lottery. They discover that Ned Devine is the winner, but the problem is that he has died of shock holding the winning ticket. The jackpot totals almost 6.9 million Irish pounds. Together with the entire town, they launch a scheme to defraud the money by having David Kelly's character inpersonate Ned. But things get a lot more complicated when a representative from the Lottery Corporation comes to town to verify the winner and present Ned Devine with the winnings. This film is a favorite of mine. I especially love the Ian Bannen and David Kelly's performance as the best friends. I recommend this light hearted comedy. As its tagline says - "Finally, a comedy that will make you feel like a million bucks".

Bridge to Terabithia (2007) is a wonderful film for all ages. It stars Annasophia Robb, Josh Hutcherson and Robert Patrick. It tells the story of a lonely pre-teen boy whose life changes when a girl with a huge imagination moves next door. Together they create Terabithia, a magical place of trolls, monsters, giants, and ogres, and they are king and queen. This movie is based on a Newbery-winning novel and was filmed in New Zealand. The story is wonderful and the cast was excellent. A truly fantastic film which is now one of my favorites.

Little Miss Sunshine is a great movie and consider it one of my favorite movies. I first saw this movie when it first came out in theatres. Now I watch it on tv, every chance I get. Anyone who wants a good laugh, should see this. Perfect performances by the entire cast. Alan Arkin won an Oscar for his performance as the grandfather which was well deserved. He was certainly a scene stealer!

I loved Year of the Dog. Molly Shannon plays a young woman with a nice house, a good job as a administrative assistant and a dog. When her beloved pet dies unexpectantly, her life changes. Having recently lost a well loved pet of my own, I could identify Molly Shannon's character. I recommend this movie especially to those who love animals.

How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1967) is one of my favorite Christmas movies. Boris Karloff, who narrates and provides the voice of the Grinch is excellent! I grew up watching this movie every year, and I never tire of it. I always look forward to seeing it. Shame on those who made a live version in 2000 with Jim Carrey!

The Blues Brothers was released in 1980, and I have probably seen it at least a dozen times over the years. John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd plays the brothers who just want to get their band together and help raise money for an orphanage run by the Penguin (that's what they call the head nun). There are so many cameos from so many great start (many who are still with us - Cab Calloway, James Brown, Ray Charles). Also, the music is great, the comedy is hilarious and just an overly movie that I consider a classic.

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE is a wonderful movie. Jimmy Stewart and Donna Reed have fantastic chemisty, its like they were born to play their parts. The story line is terrific, the dialogue is memorable at times, and Frank Capra's direction make this a holiday favorite and a classic. Christmas wouldn't seem to be the same, if this movie wasn't playing every Christmas eve. I never tire seeing this movie.