Casablanca
Classic film set in occupied Africa during the early days of World War II: An American expatriate meets a former lover, with unforeseen complications.
Read moreMovies I Own
I enjoy maintaining a small movie collection of my favorite movies. If I own the movie, either on DVD or VHS, I list it in this category. I think the kind of movies a person likes (as with books) can tell stories about that person.
American Pie Presents Band Camp
Matt Stifler is sentenced to Band Camp where he plans on playing a series of practical jokes on the kids there. Instead, he falls for a young woman and tries to change his ways.
Read moreI Heart Huckabees
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind that keep you up at night, wondering what it all means.
Read morePink Panther, The
A prequel to the 1964 Peter Sellers original film, where the detective must solve the murder of a famous soccer coach and find out who stole the infamous Pink Panther diamond.
Read moreLast Holiday
After she’s diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
Read moreMemoirs of a Geisha
Storywise, “Geisha” is an epic tale, taking place over many years and incorporating several important moments in history. The script, by Robin Swicord and Doug Wright, pays careful attention to the nuances of the era, when the geishas were cherished for their culture and companionship, along with being unequaled objects of lust.
Read moreWedding Crashers
John Beckwith and Jeremy Grey, a pair of committed womanizers who sneak into weddings to take advantage of the romantic tinge in the air, find themselves at odds with one another when John meets and falls for Claire Cleary.
Read moreConstantine
Based on the DC/Vertigo comic book Hellblazer and written by Kevin Brodbin, Mark Bomback and Frank Capello, Constantine tells the story of irreverent supernatural detective John Constantine (Keanu Reeves), who has literally been to hell and back.
Read moreFull Frontal
A day in the life of a group of men and women in Hollywood, in the hours leading up to a friend’s birthday party.
Read moreThe Last Picture Show
The spirit of the novel is captured perfectly; that of the desperation and claustrophobia of small town life, where generation after generation undergo the same rites of passage, living out the same lives of frustration and unrealised dreams.
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