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Ned Kelly (2003)
1 recommendation
"This film is based on "Our Sunshine" by Robert Drew, a novel based on the life of Australian bushranger and icon, Ned Kelly. It tells of his life as a bushranger in north-west Victoria, where he lived all his life."
Amazon: Bee Movie (Widescreen Edition) with Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zelweger
1 recommendation
"Much like the Warner Brother cartoons my sister and I watched with my Dad when I was in elementary school, "Bee Movie" manages appeal to the funny bones of people of all ages (and without any potty humor whatsoever !) And both Jerry Seinfeld and Renee Zelwegger are as wonderful to listen to as they are to watch, which is just the icing on the cake of this droll little genius of a movie."
Amazon: The Brat Pack Collection - Movies and Music Collection - Universal Studios Home Entertainment
1 recommendation
"No one should go through middle school or high school - or life for that matter - without the help of writer/producer/director John Hughes. This collection is only the tip of Hughes' creative iceberg, but it is well worth its weight in free therapy. Supplement with liberal doses of "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," "Pretty in Pink" and "Some Kind of Wonderful.""
Amazon: Movie Posters - 2009 Wall Calendar - National Film Registry of the Library of Congress: Books
1 recommendation
"If drama is your deal, then this collection of vintage movie posters may be just the thing you need to stay on point and on track in 2009. And, at year's end, you have a collection of frame-worthy movie art."
Amazon: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Widescreen Edition) with Tim Curry and Susan Sarandon
4 recommendations
"I have never really watched this movie. It's more of a participatory experience: throwing toast at the screen, reciting lines you know by heart right along with the actors, jumping up in front of the screen to do the "Time Warp." It may be the Greatest Show On Earth. And if you haven't been to the midnight showing with a group of friends, you haven't really seen it. Yet."
Amazon: Diner with Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, Tim Daly, Ellen Barkin and Paul Reiser
2 recommendations
"Six high school friends who manage to stay together despite marriage, bankruptcy, distance and time. As you might expect from the title, some of the best, most honest and funniest scenes occur in the diner they haunt (now know to be the Fells Point Diner in Baltimore, Maryland). A guy's guy movie that girls will love too."
Amazon: Flashdance (Special Collector's Edition w/ Bonus CD) with Jennifer Beals and Michael Nouri
2 recommendations
"The music, the dancing, the drama . . . it's all here in the bold and brash form of beauty that was the 1980's. Capturing perfectly my own yearning to be a dancer, this movie is also my closet favorite. (Shhh, don't tell.)"
Amazon: The Bad News Bears with Tatum O'Neal and Walter Matthau
2 recommendations
"I vividly remember my Dad cringing at the language in this movie when he took my sister and I to see it in the movie theatre. Not that we hadn't heard those words before, but I don't think he wanted to be the one responsible for us hearing them. In the end, the language is just a part of the scenery and Tatum O'Neal steals the show as the coolest twelve-year-old girl with a wicked pitching arm o..."
Amazon: West Side Story (Full Screen Edition) with Natalie Wood and Rita Moreno
2 recommendations
"The dancing rumbles, the singing sewing, the nearly tangible sweat, blood and tears . . . this movie can hardly be contained by the screen, no matter how large. And the drama, perhaps dated now in its details, is as timeless as the original drama on which is was based: William Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"."
Amazon: One True Thing with Meryl Streep, Renée Zellweger, William Hurt and Tom Everett Scott
1 recommendation
"Based upon the novel by journalist Anna Quindlen, this film explores the reality of rediscovering your parents as an adult child . . . and then learning how to parent them in return. Both the book and the movie will resonate with parents and adult children alike. ( Arm yourself with tissues before you read or watch. )"
Amazon: Contact with Jodie Foster, Matthew McConaughey and Jena Malone
2 recommendations
"I was so thoroughly entranced by this movie, from beginning to end, that I had lost all track of time by the time it was over. Aside from exploring the tentative and, at times, hostile relationship between religion and science, the story left me feeling very small and insignificant and fascinated by all of the possibilities of human, extraterrestrial and beyond-the-grave connections."
Amazon: Deja Vu with Denzel Washington, Paula Patton, Val Kilmer, James Caviezel and Adam Goldberg
2 recommendations
"I had to watch this movie more than once to fully understand all that transpired, but became more fascinated with the technology of time travel and stop-action crime fighting with each viewing. (And, of course, watching Denzel Washington in action is never disappointing.) It would be interesting to know just how close we are to developing and/or using technologies similar to the ones employed in..."
Amazon: Braveheart with Mel Gibson and Sophie Marceau
2 recommendations
"Mel Gibson's recreation of the saga of William Wallace is as bloody as it is beautiful, depicting the true story of one man's struggle for personal and political vindication against extraordinary odds and the most evil of men. It will break you heart even as it lifts your spirit."
Amazon: Muriel's Wedding with Toni Collette
3 recommendations
""Say Yes to the Dress" has nothing on the bride wannabe portrayed so in such a painstakingly honest and desperate way by Toni Collette. Add a little Abba music and you have one killer chick flick."
Amazon: Catch and Release with Jennifer Garner, Timothy Olyphant, Sam Jaeger, Kevin Smith and Juliette Lewis
2 recommendations
"Becoming a widow on your wedding day is a nightmare . . . and having no time to grieve under the circumstances is a mixed blessing. Jennifer Garner (Gray) manages to move forward with grace and humor; and to do the right thing in a seemingly unforgivable situation. I laughed, I cried, and I wanted to watch all over again."
Amazon: Under the Tuscan Sun (Widescreen Edition): Diane Lane and Sandra Oh
2 recommendations
"Frances (Diane Lane) finds her way through the wreckage of a messy divorce and a mid-life crisis with the unexpected purchase of an Italian villa and all of the people who enter her life throughout its restoration. Sandra Oh (Patti) is wonderfully wry as her single, pregnant and lesbian best friend."
Amazon: Something's Gotta Give with Jack Nicholson, Diane Keaton, Keanu Reeves and Frances McDormand
2 recommendations
"Can a lady's man truly reform his ways and finally date someone his own age? Can a talented but uptight playwright loosen up enough to fall in love? Only the movie can answer these questions for you, but I will tell you that Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton have unexpectedly amazing on-screen chemistry."
Amazon: Brigadoon with Gene Kelly, Van Johnson and Cyd Charisse
2 recommendations
"With a background so fake even your high school drama club could put it to shame, Gene Kelly still manages to dance and charm his way through this sweet little film about a fabled Scottish town called "Brigadoon.""
Amazon: Sliding Doors with John Hannah and Gwyneth Paltrow
2 recommendations
"How a split second can forever change the course of your life . . . and your perception of the life you now live. Which door would you choose ?"
Amazon: The Kingdom (Widescreen Edition) with Jamie Foxx, Jennifer Garner, Chris Cooper, Jason Bateman and Jeremy Piven
2 recommendations
"Setting out to uncover the mystery surrounding the death of one of their agents and avenge his death, Jamie Foxx (Ronald Fleury), Jennifer Garner (Janet Mayes), Chris Cooper (Grant Sykes) and Jason Bateman (Adam Leavitt) all learn that an eye for an eye has never brought anyone justice."
Amazon: Splash (20th Anniversary Edition) with Tom Hanks, Daryl Hannah, Eugene Levy and John Candy
3 recommendations
"The mermaid who Tom Hanks vaguely remembers saving his life when he was younger shows up years later as the walking, talking, full-bodied girl of his dreams. Coping with Daryl Hannah's demanding fin, her endearing naivety and the call of the sea is what drives both the romance and the comedy that are so intricately intertwined in this film."
Amazon: Match Point with Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Matthew Goode, Scarlett Johansson and Emily Mortimer
2 recommendations
"Chris Wilton (Jonathan Rhys Meyers) works his way up the English social ladder with the assistance of his past life as a professional tennis player. Unfortunately, tennis taught him more about the importance of winning than it did about being a good sport. The question then becomes how far will this win-at-all-costs lifestyle take him?"
Amazon: Wimbledon with Kirsten Dunst and Paul Bettany
3 recommendations
"Professional tennis doesn't leave much time for fun . . . or love. But when a player who is down and nearly out meets a rising star, the two challenge each other both personally and athletically. And, in the end, both winning and losing are a part of the bargain."
Amazon: Anvil: The Story of Anvil - DVD
2 recommendations
"Even if you do not understand their art, you have to love the passion that has driven this Canadian band throughout decades of living and performing just outside the spotlight. Fame has come late, and in the unexpected form of this rock documentary. Available on DVD beginning October 6, 2009."
Amazon: The Pelican Brief with Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington (book by John Grisham)
1 recommendation
"Okay, so I read the book AFTER I saw the movie, but one gave me a greater appreciation for the other, so I highly recommend both. As for the movie, Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts are paired so beautifully and convincingly as reporter and law student respectively that their mutual respect for one another adds tremendous dramatic tension to this already fast-paced drama. And now that our pla..."
Amazon: Fame with Alan Parker, Maureen Teefy, Antonia Franceschi, Anne Meara and Irene Cara
1 recommendation
"My high school was just absolutely nothing like this movie (although we had our fair share of talented artists, musicians, singers, dancers and actors). Yet, that hasn't changed the fact that I remember every scene, every song and nearly every line as if it were my own life. Just call me wannabe."
Amazon: Steel Magnolias with Sally Field, Dolly Parton, Shirley MacLaine, Daryl Hannah, Olympia Dukakis, Julia Robert
1 recommendation
"Full of the boisterous, die-hard, look-good-no-matter-what spirit of the Southern belle, this movie makes you laugh, cry and laugh while you are crying . . . and maybe even recognize the foibles, buoyancy and exuberance of the women you know and love. Yes, in short, a chick flick."
Amazon: Mad Max (Special Edition with Mel Gibson
1 recommendation
"A brutally realistic survival-of-the-fittest story of a man struggling in a barren, post-apocalyptic world. An action movie pared down to the bare bones of hand-to-hand combat in which the only rules are the ones you make up as you go along. Brutally gripping and utterly bloody, yet you cannot turn away as you hope against hope that Max makes it to the end."
Amazon: The Road Warrior: with Mel Gibson and Bruce Spence
1 recommendation
"Mad Max finds his calling in this chaotic world attempting to impose some form of justice as he continues to grieve the loss of loved ones and stumble upon increasingly barbaric tribes of sub-humans. This is Max even madder, smarter and more powerful."
