Here
are some of my favorite movies.
National
Treasure - Nicholas Cage. Great job by Cage; I'm
a fan again. Funny, exciting. Great Movie! More than
I expected!
Evolution:
This is an every night watcher. Hilarious! David Duchovny.
I was pleasently surprised by this movie. I had been
wanting to see this for a while since it was in the
theaters, and I finally rented it. Starring David Ducovony
and Orlando Jones, I was expecting more of a slap stick
alien movie, like Men In Black. However, I was pleasently
surprised to see quite a good story of the rapid evolution
(similar to our own) of an alien species here on Earth.
Orlando Jones and the guy from American Pie made the
movie hilarious especially Orlando Jones. The funniest
part which had me in tears was when the little alien
bug crawled inside Orlando Jones and they were trying
to get it out while he is screaming:
"We may have to amputate the leg."
"What? Don't cut off my leg!"
"It's heading for the testicle."
"Take the leg! Take the leg!"
Kangaroo
Jack - Great funny movie I could watch over and
over
Identity
- John Cusack. Great psycologicla thriller!
Polar
Express - Tom Hanks Good movie. More exiting than
I thought. Fantastic computer animation.
Santa
Clause 1&2 - Tim Allen is hilarious!
The
Core: We watched The Core last night. I knew the
gist of the movie, but still, it was very well done!
A Thrill ride for sure. You know those end of the movie,
unplug the bomb with 0:01 seconds left drama scenes?
Well, this one has like 5 or more of those during the
movie! Melissa and I were squirming in anticipation
and Melissa kept throwing her blanket over her head.
Good flick!
National
Treasure 2 Book of Secrets - I loved the first movie,
but this one wasn't as good. Perhaps my expectations
were too high. It was good, but not great. I love Ed
Harris, who played the bad guy, but they didn't write
his character very well especially right at the end
when he sacrificed his life to save the heros after
being super selfish even moments before; then Nicholas
Cage hardly comments on Mr. Wilkerson's (Harris) bravery.
Just
Married - Hilarious!
Haunted Mansion - Eddie Murphy is great.
K-Pax.
It was cool movie, and it had a good message at the
end. "You keep repeating the same life. Therefore,
you only have one life, don't mess it up." Makes
you think about your own life.
13th
Ghost I
reccommend it. The star is Tony Shalhoub. The acting
is very good, the story keeps you interested, a touch
of gore, and it scared me on an X File level; when walking
up the stairs from the basement I was afraid a zombie
ghost was going to chew off my leg.
Bringin
Down The House - 8-27-03 with Steve Martin and Queen
Latifa. Man, I was rolling! That movie was better than
the promos made it up to be!
Pay It Forward - 8-27-03. Neat movie.
Nutty
Professor II - It was good. The funniest part is
when the hamster mounts the college dean. "The
little boy said 'There goes the hampster's BITCH!'"
HA! If you haven't seen it, you'll crack up on that
part.
Jurassic Part III - It was so la la. No matter
what they do, they cannot top the original. It was almost
like a Best of Jurassic Park. The T-Rex and Raptors
were the first and majority of the Dinosaurs in the
movie.
Interview
With a Vampire - A cool vampire movie, but still
a little unrealistic. I mean if you were a vamprie who
killed people on a daily basis for over 500 years, you
would be on the FBI's Most Wanted List. You would live
like a fugitive, not in a big ass castle. You would
wear rags not fine clothes. Other than those typical
vampire flaws, a pretty cool movie. Near Dark is still
the best though.
An
American Rhapsody - My Mom rented this movie, and
my Dad and I thought we would have to suffer through
a "chick flick". However, it was a very good
movie about a family escaping from Hungary.
Big Trouble - This movie is friggin hilarious.
Tim Allen and Dennis Farina. A whole bunch of characters
all converge at the end in a hilarious adventure.
Mothman Profecies - Great freaky movie
Movies
to See
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I'm
always seeing promos for cool looking movies then
forget about them, so here's a list of movies
I need to see.
The
Time Machine
The
Eye
Vantage
Point
Cloverfield
Children
of Men - Post world
where women can't get pregnant, and a woman does..
The
Pacifier - Vin Diesel Funny bad baby sitter.
The Rundown
Sky
Captain and the World of Tomorrow Neat
Sci Fi
Team
America: World Police
The
Forgotten
Scary and Freaky
Invisible
Surviving
Christmas
Ladder
49
2. New John Carpenter movie Braad told me about
3.
4.
5. Formula 51
6.
7. They
8. City of Angels
9.
Runaway Jury - John Cucask. Thriller
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Ring
(the) - Melissa and watched this movie yesterday
in the theater. Yesterday was the first I'd even heard
of it. It started out looking like another stupid Teen
Horror movie, but they built a good investigative type
horror/mystery story. It was a really good movie, and
it left me still developing theories as to what/why/how
even the next day.
Monsters
Inc. - Funny movie. Kids movies have come a long
way; they are interesting for adults to watch now! John
Goodman, Billy Crystal and John Ratzenburger were hilarious!
Near
Dark - Only the best vampire movie starring Lance
Hendrickson and Bill Paxton.
Phantasm
- Classic horror movie that was a favorite of mine.
I wanted to be like the boy when I was 13.
Inlaws (the) - Alan Arkin in one of my favorite
hilarious movies. "There are flames on my car!"
Stripes
- Classic Bill murray comedy.
The
Jack Bull - It was a pretty good movie partially
directed by John Cusack. John does a damn good job playing
a horse trader in Wyoming just before it became a state.
Some dickhead owns most of the land is against statehood
because he creates his own laws. John and the dickhead
get into an argument, and the dickhead swindles John
out of two horses and beats them bad and also beats
up a friend of his. John is pissed and wants his horses
back the way they were. He tries to sue him, but the
guy owns the law, so everyone ignores him. I'll stop
there. It's a great fight for justice in early America,
and John Cusack does a great job. John Goodman is in
the movie too. I heard online that the movie was never
in the theater, which blows my mind! They can get the
stupid movie where people do stupid things in a theater....
what was that called? Jackass? Crackass? Dumbass? Stupidass?
Something like that. Anyway, rent it, it's a good movie.
Enemy
at the Gates -Ed Harris. Braad and I saw this at
a theater (this is huge news for us!) during a rain
storm on a long lunch break in Lexington shortly before
I moved to MA. I was expecting a cool WWII movie, but
I was surprised to see it focused on the Russian/German
side of the war. Excellent movie!
Deal
of the Century - Chevy Chase, Gregory Hines. A hilarious
movie about two arms dealers stumbling into the sale
of high tech military planes. One of my favorites.
Midnight
Run -Charles Grodin and Hilarious action movie.
Perfect
Storm - Even though you know what is going to happen
in the end and what happened on the boat is guesswork,
it's a great movie.
Gotcha
Noises
Off - Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, John Ritter.
Everyone I show this movie to hates it, but I think
it great. It's about a play and all the drama of the
actors off the stage.
Defending
Your Life -Albert Brooks -Rip Torn. This is a very
cool movie I have watched dozens of times. It offers
a unique suggestion for the afterlife.
Matrix
(the) -Keanu Reeves. Good, unique movie.
Final Approach -Hector Elizondo. Cool movie about
a SR-71 pilot who is struggling with the concept of
his own death.
Final Option -This is a cool movie about Britain's
kick ass SAS terrorism response unit.
Final Destination -I was surprised that I liked
this movie since I don't really go for teen movies,
but this has a cool supernatural twist.
Fire
in the Sky
Spies
Like Us -Chevy Chase and Dan Akroyd
Blues
Brothers -Dan Akroyd and John Belushi
Mr.
Destiny -James Belushi
Traces
of Red -James Belushi
Private
Resort -Johnny Depp and Rob Morrow (the guy from
Northern Exposure) are a couple kids looking for a good
time. Hector Elizondio is the funny bad guy. This was
always one of my favorite hilarious movies even though
I usually don't go for the teen party movies. It was
later that I found out that the actors went onto somewhat
stardom. I remember watching Northern Exposure once
and going "That guy looks really familiar..."
Sure enough, he was the Private Resort kid.
H.O.T.S. -
Hooper
Smokey
and the Bandit
Miss
Congeniality -Sandra Bullock
Groundhog
Day -Bill Murray
Scrooged
-Bill Murray
Delerious
-John Candy
Summer
Rental -John Candy
Freejack
-Emilio Estevez -Mick Jagger. "Mick Jagger in a
movie?" I thought. He was really good though. I
quite liked this movie; it was a really unique idea
of people in the future snatching bodies from the past
that are in good shape.
Always -Richard Dreyfuss -Helen Hunt -John Goodman.
This was one of the best romance movies ever. Dreyfuss
is a ghost for a good part of the movie after dying
in a fiery plane crash.
Best
Defense -Dudley Moore Eddie Murphy
Mom
and Dad Save the World
John Lovitz, Teri Garr, Jeffery Jones. This is the most
hilarious movie that is filled with great quotes from
John Lovitz, the arrogant ruler of the stupid planet
Spango. A domestic couple gets sucked through space
in the station wagon and become heros on the stupid
planet.
Overboard
Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn. My favorite romantic movie
of all time. Love emerges out of two drastically different
personalties.
The
Thing
Kurt Russell. An every night movie for me for a while;
definately a favorite, and one of the rare horror movies
I could watch everyday.
First
Blood
This was like a more professional version of one of
my favorite movies, Ruckus. Sylvester Stalone was great
as the "Don't fuck with me" kind of guy.
Wargames
Matthew Broderick. This was one of my favorite movies.
A classic cold war, nuclear war movie.
Exterminator
One of my favorite revenge movies of all time.
Forever
Young
Mel Gibson in a great time travel movie.
Strange
Brew
Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas at their best. One of my
favorite comedies of all time.
Baby's
Day Out
The most hilarious stupid criminal movie you will ever
see. Brian Haley is great as one of the stupid bad guys.
Mr. Frost
Jeff Goldblum is the devil. This is a cool, freaky movie
where Jeff Goldblum is Mr. Frost who claims to be the
devil.
Safari 3000
David Carradine.
Silver Streak
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder's best
Stir Crazy
Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder are hilarious.
Firewalker
Chuck Norris and Louis Gosset Jr.
Split Second
Rutger Hauer. A comical thriller about a monster only
Hauer can see.
Rocketman
- Harland Williams in one of the funniest movies I have
seen, and definately a movie to watch over and over.
The best part is when he is in astronaut training. (added
9-11-02)
Bullworth
- Warren Beaty. This is the first movie I've ever
seen with Warren Beaty, and I wasn't expecting much.
But, it was a hilarious and touching movie. It was about
a politician that was sick of all the lying and wanted
to get more in touch with the people he represented.
Enemy Mine - Dennis Quaid and Louis Gossett Jr.
Cool movie about a human and alien sorting out their
differences to survive. (added
9-07-02)
Better
Off Dead - This is a hilarious movie with John Cusak
as a teen who is very unsuccessful at killing himself.
He has a kick ass Camaro in this movie too! (added 9-01-02)
American
Werewolf in London - A classic comedy / horror /
drama (added 8-29-02)
Bugsy
Malone: Scott Baio. I was hooked on this movie when
I lived in Saudi in 1980 along with most of my friends.
A gangster movie using all children and Splurge guns
that shoot pies instead of machine guns. (added 8-26-02)
Traxx - This was one of my favorite movies in
the 1980s. It featured Shadow Stevens, who at the time
was a popular DJ. He was a mercenary, but he really
wanted to bake cookies. A super funny mercenary type
movie. (added 8-26-02)
Thunderbolt
and Lightfoot (added 08-20-02) - Clint Eastwood
and Jeff Bridges in one of my all time favorite movies
that I have watched way too many times.
Ruckus
(added 07-26-02) - Dirk Benedict (the first First Blood)
Ice
Pirates (added 07-26-02) - Hilarious. Definately
one of my favorite movies ever. I am still waiting for
Ice Pirates 2.
Seven
(added 04-04-02) - No, this is not the 1995 release
with Brad Pitt. This was one of the coolest movies I
have ever seen that has just vanished. I saw this in
when I lived in Saudi in 1980. A rich jewel thief has
a rare jewel in a fortress. He creates a contest with
seven of the best jewel thiefs to see if they can steal
it from him. I have searched high and low for this movie,
but I can't find it anywhere; I would love to watch
it again. If anyone has any info on this movie, please
email me.
All
Time Favorite Movies
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It's
always hard to pick a favorite, so here is my
current favs.
1.
The Right Stuff
2. Alive
3. The
Last Starfighter
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Nomads
(added 04-04-02) - One of my favorite horror
movies where an anthropologist discovers an evil group
of nomads living within the city and drive him insane.
Kick ass soundtrack by Ted Nugent too.
Timerider
(added 04-04-02) - A cool time travel movie with
Fred Ward that takes a Baja 1000 motorcycle rider back
in time to the western days.
Hot
Stuff (added 03-28-02) - A hilarious comedy
with Dom Delouise, Jerry Reed. This was one of my first
and still favorite comedies I have ever seen. Undercover
cops setup a pawn shop to buy stolen goods and tape
the criminals.
Abbott
and Costello Meet Frankenstein (added 03-25-02)
A classic hilarious movie.
Private
Eyes (added 03-25-02) One of the funniest movies
ever. Tim Conway and Don Knotts at their finest.
Movies
Wishlist
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These
movies are ones we used to have on VHS tape and
aren't worth saving,a nd we'd like to have them
on DVD.
Collision
Course
Running Mates
My
Life
Deal of the Century
Talent for the Game
Last Action Hero
Almost an Angel
Doomsday Gun
The Whoppee Brothers
Ruckus
Delerious - with John Candy
Major League 1 & 2
Private Eyes
Last Starfighter
Think Big
Fire in the Sky
Defending Your Life
Second Sight
Millenium
Summer Rental
Falling Down
The Sandlot
Dennis the Menace
Futurama Seasons
Jacob's Ladder
Eddie Murphy Delerious
The Fog (original 1980s)
Nomads
Grumpy Old Men 1 & 2
Perfect World
Final Approach
Twister
Hot Shots
Eddie and the Cruisers
Short Circuit
Mom and Dad Save the Planet
Split Second
Innerspace
Blind Date
House 1-4
The Thing
Highlander 1-4
Junior
Princess Bride
The Net
Capricorn 1
The Hidden
Groundhog Day
Ghostbusters
Point of No Return
Police Academy 1-5
Extermintor
Coming to America
Cheech Chong Up in Smoke
Cheech Chong Next Movie
Maxwell Smart TV Shows
Wagons East
Indiana Jones 1-3
Beverly Hills Cop 1-3
DC Cab
2001
2010
Shooting Elizabeth
Vibes
Mr Frost
Ghost Town
Captain Ron
Canadian Bacon
Threes Company shows
Bugsy Malone
Top Secret
Slaughter of the Innocents
Beavis Butthead Do America
My Fellow Americans
Dracula Dead Lovin It
Vegas Vacation
Stand By Me
Buckaroo Banzai
Hero
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The
Last Starfighter (added 03-25-02) I saw this movie
in the theater when I was about 14; that's how old I
am! One of my favorite movies of all time.
Flashpoint
(added 03-25-02)- Treat Williams and Kris Kristopherson.
This an awesome movie about two border patrol agents
uncovering a massive government coverup.
The
Grand Tour (added 03-25-02)- Jeff Daniels Arianna
Richards in a very unique movie about time travelers
that are so bored with their own lives, they travel
back in time to witness historic catastrophies. The
best part is Jeff Daniels going back in time and talking
to himself: hints of Dumber and Dumber humour.
The
Arrival (added 3-24-02) A
great alien movie with Charlie Sheen. This is a movie
I took a chance on and bought, and it was well worth
it.
Rat
Race (added 3-20-02) Jon Lovitz is a riot in this
recreation of It's a Mad Mad Mad World. It's good for
some laughs, but I guess I was expecting too much because
I thought it was a little lacking and the ending is
sappy.
Mr.
North (added 3-20-02) A great Jeff Goldblum movie
where he plays the Devil. Very freaky.
Vibes
(added 3-20-02) A great Jeff Goldblum movie with
Cindi Lauper where they are psychics.
Shooting
Elizabeth (added 3-20-02) A great Jeff Goldblum
movie where everyone thinks he killed his wife.
Ice
Age (added 3-20-02) I just saw this this weekend,
and its hilarious. The Sluth named Sid is a riot.
Frequency
(added 3-20-02). This is a cool movie about a father
and son talking through the radio through time with
Dennis Quaid. Very cool; one of the most creative storylines
I have seen in a long time.
Young
Frankenstein (added 3-20-02).
2-11-02:
The Count of Monte Cristo. Melissa and I watched
this movie in a theater. She had to talk me into it
because I wanted to see Mothman Prophecies. But, I'm
glad she talked me into it. This was a great movie,
and a revenge lover's classic. It is like a dream revenge
as the star, a common fisherman, is betrayed by his
best frien and sent to prison where he learns sword
fighting and book smarts. After some 16 years, everyone
thinks he is dead, and he escapes from prison with a
treasure map. He becomes the self created Count of Monte
Cristo and begins the ultimate revnge plot. It is a
cool movie and includes plenty romance, action and humour.
I will definately watch this one again.
2-11-02:
Oscar. A comedy with Sylvester Stalone? YES.
This movie is hilarious and similar to a play; one of
Sly's best roles in my opinion.
2-11-02:
We're Talking Serious Money A saw this movie
a few years ago by accident on HBO. This movie is hilarious.
Dennis Farina and Leo Rossi play two amatuer cons who
are being chased by the mob. My favorite quote from
this movie is "There were other careers on the list!".
2-11-02:
Cast Away Melissa and I saw this movie in the
theater when it was new, and we recently re-watched
it. It's official now, Tom Hanks is one of my favorite
actors of all time. Now, Robert Zemeckis is one of my
favorite directors. What a great job he did directing
this movie. Who would have thought the movie concept
of a guy getting stranded on an island would have been
such a great movie; it's been done hundreds of times.
But, he directed this movie in such a way to make it
seem different, more realistic. I love the drama built
when Tom Hanks was trying to start a fire, and the need
for social interaction. The movie focuses a great deal
on little things like this that we take for granted.
Also, the ending is so realistic, not the sappy happy
ending you might predict.
2-11-02:
Dutch Another favorite director of mine is John
Hughes who made Dutch, one of my favorite movies. Ed
Oneil plays the poor guy that has to deliver his girlfriend's
bratty son for Thanksgiving.
2-11-02:
Survivors
2-11-02:
Men of Honor
2-11-02:
Return of the Living Dead
2-11-02:
Easy Money
2-11-02:
Red Dawn
2-11-02:
Fat Man and Little Boy
2-11-02:
The Untouchables Kevin Costner in a cool gangster
movie. This movie was completely different than what
I expected, and since I don't really like gangster movies,
I was surprised I liked this movie so much.
High
Risk (added 2-11-02) This has been one of my favorite
movies for years. It is a unique tale of a motley group
of four average guys that go to South America to rob
a drug dealer.
2-11-02:
Capricorn One
2-11-02:
The Hidden
7-4-00:
The Green Mile. What a wonderful movie! Tom Hanks
is a great actor. Best movie I've seen all year. Also,
I watched Bicentenial Man with Robin Williams. Robin
gets my vote for the best drama actor ever. That movie
made me want to cry; it's happy and sad all at the same
time.
Liar Liar
Field of Dreams
League of Their Own
Major League 1 and 2
Tremors
The Right Stuff
2010
Alive
The
Natural
Robert Redford. I have never been a Redford fan, but
I watched this movie by chance when I was deathly ill
from food posioning in a hotel room. I was surprised
that I really liked the movie. It has become one of
my favorites.
Dave
- Kevin Kline and Sigourney Weaver are great as Kline
plays President. A favorite of mine.
My Fellow Americans -James Garner and Jack Lemon
are hilarious ex presidents that hate each other, but
have to team up when someone tries to kill them.
Fletch
- I have way too many quotes from this classic Chevy
Chase movie.
Dracula
Dead and Loving it - One of the funniest Leslie
Neilson movies!
Contact
Out to Sea
Blind Date
Grumpy Old Men
Grumpier Old Men
Weekend
at Bernie's I and II.
I forgot about this movie until seeing it again recently.
"What a twisted concept for a comedy." I thought as
I laughed hysterically. I mean, two guys carrying around
a dead guy the whole movie would sound morbid, but it
is so hilarious; sometimes I was wondering if it was
mentally stable for me to be laughing at it. Definately
two of my favorite movies.
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