My Favorite Movies

the script is lame.
the acting is shit.
the direction a bit weak.
officially disowned by its production company.
the budget all went on the special effects which were some of the most gloriously insane sexual imagery this reviewer's ever witnessed. Should have won a Most Perverse SFX award for 1989. The opening scene will live long in my mind.

sickest film you'll ever see - apart from Nekromantik

scared the living shit out of me -- and that rarely happens these days

the ultimate near-future mind-fuck -- a visionary adaptation of a very different book by Philip K Dick

there's something very special about this film. I know it's not a moment-for-moment biography. I know it's a stage adaptation but it feels less so than, say, a wretched film like Irreversible -- it's got heart, it's got pathos, it's got quality throughout.

I liked this film when I first saw it and, watching it again last night, I still think this is one of the best movies ever made.



Seriously.

this is a gem - not many people know of it, but if you wanna see psychological figurisation surreally presented, this one's for you

you're wondering how I can give this FIVE STARS, right? Well, I've just watched it a second time. And you know what? It may no longer be my all-time favourite film, but it's still worthy of its 5**** rating.

saw this in a cinema in France - stunning debut student film worth a million of anyone's seed funding.

"I'm as mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore!" simply one of the greatest scenes in movie history. But the best line goes to the old guy who dumps Faye Dunaway. Brutal, savage, insane and totally believable corporate shenanigins. It's still happening today. Why don't more humans see this?

weird and wonderful

"Elephant" is a film by Alan Clarke and was a great influence on the Gus Van Sant film of the same name about the Columbine shootings ... the original Elephant was about the trouble in Northern Ireland and was truly rivetting.

As far as the Irish question goes, this answers nothing but perfectly depicts the idiotic brutality in all its arbitrary beauty.

how could I have missed this Spanish classic - I'm giving it 5**** because it's just on a par with something like Audition because it truly has a life all of its own.

this is exactly where 'proper' adult storyline and manga artwork should meet - like two colliding shinkansen trains - the screen literally throbs with shock and horror.

everything about this film oozes class

K-Pax is a lovely film very well played (as always) by Spacey

apparently based on a true story (I mean what part of this supernatural tale could possibly be true, but anyway) this is a truly disturbing (hence enjoyable) horror film ... if only more horror films were actually scary any more. Herschey's finest moment.

just so fucking clever - love the intertwined narrative and the street speak

it's mindless entertainment, but leeloo's a star

musical score, characters, atmosphere, art, gore and adult themes - all these essential elements add to a great pic

no way was this a 15-cert film, there's material in here you won't (shouldn't) see in an 18-vcert film ... truly brutal ... left me with a sense of being comletely cored out.

artistic and nasty - perfect cinema

in the same way that (Debevec)The Matrix set the 'bullet time' standard we see in so many of today's mediocre films, KOyaanisqatsi set the 'time lapse' standard in modern cinema - sure it was a technique that had been used in nature programmes before it, but here it was backed up by the driving Philip Glass soundtrack and the Global Destruction message - MESMERISING.

strong stomach and BIG suspension of disbelief will help

the most grotesquely original manga I've ever seen - pure art.

total Miyazaki genius, again - the characters, audio and the catbus make this a stand-out title.

fight club - it's like it ALWAYS existed, such an obvious cult film. watched it again last night and it's STILL totally worthy of 5 stars for direction, script, acting. Great, great film.

sheer human bravery expressed in a touching fashion

simply magnificent cinema, then and now.

as always with Almodovar, this is a fairly audacious concept, well executed (no pun intended)

totally awe inspiring artwork

Walken rocks, Strieber rocks, easy 4***

drill that intellect, ease the fervour

effective psycho drama - not pleasant

what you don't see is scarier than what you do see

craziest fucking rollercoaster ride of all time.

cow gods and an Xtro-styled birth - fine content

bound together by love, guilt, duty.

"what's in the box?" classic meat 'n' potatoes question about life, the universe and serial killers.

I just couldn't work out what i was watching the first time I saw this - was it great or was it just weird?

excellently realised reworking of the old B&W version

despite the weak ending, this is a corkin' ride

THE FRIDGE! THE JUNKIE SORES! DOUBLE ANAL!

fairly fucking sexy, fairly wicked story - McDowall, Kinksi, grrrrr!

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sorry, I just really enjoy surrealistic cinema and this film is about as surreal (and nasty) as it gets ... lovely.

that this was done by a near-geriatric director is astonishing - that it's more a mature romance than a slasher flick is more astounding!

saw this as a ten year old - truly, profoundly disturbing

again, Cronenberg on top form, this time adapting a Stephen King novel

this film could have been so much more hardcore based on the book, but still...

fabulous touching movie, done in a way only Japanese cinema seems able.

Whitley Strieber is one of the great unsung writers

I love the sentiment of this strange Franco-Arabic film - that boy, his charming life into adulthood.

very memorable film about a mother who's told she never had a son, she's made it all up. The denouement is, like some of the special effects, just brilliantly apt.

Nobody like this - I do.

I'd watched the original ELEPHANT by Alan Clarke on BBC2 one night, about the faceless murders in the Irish problem. I've finally seen Gus Van Sant's literal homage to this rivetting 80's film. The cold callous atmosphere of the sporadic slaughter is just mind-numbingly portrayed. Proof that guns are bad. Proof that you can't expect scores to go unsettled.

Wonderful film. A true horror title.

well, it's just Bruce Lee and you don't fuck around with Bruce Lee

superb bio-pic with a wicked twist of Kaufman.

well, it's just Bruce Lee and you don't fuck around with Bruce Lee

well, it's just Bruce Lee and you don't fuck around with Bruce Lee

the wickedness and adult theme set this head-and-shoulders above similar bodice-ripping period pieces

erm, just wrong in all the right ways; the setup, the cast, the direction are all top(shelf) notch

Ryu Murakami's a great author (and director). Ryuchi Sakamoto's a great composer. An overall wonderful film about adult exploration and (of course) decadence.

Greenaway is an artist

yeah, I've no idea why either - this daft Japanese film just tickled my funny bone for 120 mins.

the whole them and presentation of this memory-cracked narrative was brilliant.

klassy german film about kids and their dumbass thoughts

the germans certainly know how to push the boundaries - but I'm biased as Jorg Buttgeriet gave my 1990 novel Red Hedz a glowing report

people are cunts, but some people are more cunts than other, some less - deep huh?

bit slow but very entertaining

again, this makes it into my Top 100 because I love surrealist cinema

arid desert life packed with Spanish heat

I may be having a bit of a 90's moment here but for leave-your-brain-at-home fun for all the sci-fi/history nutheads in your family Stargate is hard to beat.

two love rivals fight to the death with legs of ham, penelope cruz's breasts taste of omeletas-patatas - go figure

20-20 hindsight makes this intriguing film almost unwatchable now but at the tiem I was so fished in ... great denouement

brutal little film, superb script, cast, direction and (especially) music

Greenaway is an artist

one of the best films of its time - aliens, tick-toc and THAT birthing scene

Greenaway is an artist

far-fetched fun - on a par with Nikita

five out of five, it's a total mess - and it's got Justin Timberlake all through it like the word BLACKPOOL through a stick of rock.

and knowing all this, you STILL have to watch it - why?

because if you don't you'll never wake up again.