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The movies I could watch over and over and over...and have.

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Excellence, creativity, and a stunning lack of boredom.

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Shaun of the Dead

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Awesome zombies. Awesome ending. Awesomely funny.

What else is there, really?

And dogs CAN look up.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Pillow Talk: Movie

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The ultimate romantic comedy. Even though I never really manage to like Rock Hudson's slimeball character, the movie is darling. And Doris Day's wardrobe is fabulous.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Bringing Up Baby (Two-Disc Special Edition)

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Hepburn and Grant at their comedic best. The film is light-hearted and convoluted, but the entire cast is outstanding, particularly Hepburn as a clueless heiress trying to trap an unwilling, stodgy Grant into her life.

Did I mention the runaway leopard?

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Zombie

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Technically titled "Zombi 2" in its native Italy, Fulci created this film as a direct response/sequel to Romero's "Night of the Living Dead." They bear very little resemblance to each other aside from the undead, but Fulci's film remains a hallmark of horror cinema. Featuring the shot every horrorphile knows as the "splinter" scene (not for those who hated Buñuel's eyeball scene in "Un Chien Andalou"), as well as a zombie-shark underwater wrestling match, this is a must see for anyone interested in horror.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Stop Making Sense

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The best concert film ever made.

I was too young to have seen the Talking Heads in concert, but this film creatively captures the energy they were known for (in the commentary, bass player Tina Weymouth discusses playing until her fingers were bloody during gigs at CBGBs). As visually interesting as it is aurally arresting, this is what they mean when they call something a concert FILM.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Deep Red

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This film, along with "Susperia," comprise the ultimate in Italian director Dario Argento's films. Giallos are a specific genre featuring an unknown, black-gloved killer (nearly always of young, beautiful women), and "Deep Red" is no exception. Starring David Hemmings during the same period in which he filmed "Blow Up" with Antonioni, he plays an expat British jazz musician who is the only witness to a murder. He's left to his own devices (and those of a spunky female reporter, played by Argento's wife) to solve the crime before the killer strikes again.

Perhaps not the scariest film I've ever seen, but still visually stunning.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Dawn of the Dead (Ultimate Edition)

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Alpha and omega. This film is the beginning and end of the zombie film. Yes, he may have technically invented the zombie sub-genre in "Night of the Living Dead," but Romero hit his stride in "Dawn." It's long (2.5 hours), but still worth every minute, if only for the first time you see the zombies hulking aimlessly through a shopping mall.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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28 Days Later (2003)

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I do not tend to think of myself as a fan of the horror movie genre, much less of the zombie subgenre. However, I really enjoyed 28 Days Later. It's probably because I am very much a fan of the "last humans alive at the end of the world" features and this film did an excellent job of portraying one of these scenarios.

Updated Feb 12, 2007

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The Big Lebowski

12 people recommended this item

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It may be the poster-film for postmodernity, but I can't remember ever having seen this film and not laughing. The entire cast is stunning (though I'm most fond of John Turturro as Jesus), but Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Julianne Moore knock it out of the park. It's a fantastic film, and one I never get tired of.

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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Wet Hot American Summer

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Non-sequiter.

If I had to choose one word to describe this film, that would be it. It is the more irreverant, bizarre, hysterically funny film I've ever seen. If you're a Monty Python fan, you will definitely love this. Plus the music was done by Craig Wedren. How can you go wrong?!

Updated Feb 27, 2007

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