Films I've seen: In progress (100 films)
Not in any order yet, other than the order I remember them. Trying to add a brief description to each.
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- DirectorPascal LaugierStarsMorjana AlaouiMylène JampanoïCatherine BéginA young woman's quest for revenge against the people who kidnapped and tormented her as a child leads her and a friend, who is also a victim of child abuse, on a terrifying journey into a living hell of depravity.The single most terrifying, haunting, brutalising, moving, thought-provoking film I have ever seen. Not recommended for anyone except those with a desire to peek inside pandora's box of pain in search for enlightenment. Only watch if you dare to re-calibrate your sense of humanity's purpose, and what it is capable of doing in order to achieve the most ultimate of knowledge.
If this film bores you (as some claim) then I fear for your soul. If it haunts you for days, or weeks after, then it has done it's job. If your certainities are crushed and you find yourself being more philosophical about life, well, that is the power of great art. Astonishing. - DirectorRidley ScottStarsDenzel WashingtonRussell CroweChiwetel EjioforAn outcast New York City cop is charged with bringing down Harlem drug lord Frank Lucas, whose real life inspired this partly biographical film.Great depiction of a Manhattan drug kingpin - or absolute badman - and how he works his operations. Great argument against prohibition, and a nod to the fact that the military industrial complex is complicit in drug trafficing. Who benefits in the end? The cycle just continues.
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSam WorthingtonZoe SaldanaSigourney WeaverA paraplegic Marine dispatched to the moon Pandora on a unique mission becomes torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home.Thoroughly entertaining visual spectacle with thought-provoking connotations to those who pay attention. Ignoring obvious linguistic let-downs like 'Unobtainium' helps you to think about the concept behind this more deeply: exploring the outer reaches of the cosmos to obtain a fuel source which will help keep mankind in his narrow-minded status quo. And why not destroy a peaceful population of symbiotic and empathic 'aliens' (Na'vi - native americans?) in the process? A deep meditation on man's parasitic motivations, all coloured-in with never-before-seen beauty. You have to become the 'other', as Sully does, in order to realise your own flaws. If you are empathic, you will fall in love with Pandora's inhabitants and become 'a traitor to your own race' (which is Cameron's intention, I believe). A masterpiece of our times.
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsAaron Taylor-JohnsonTaylor KitschBlake LivelyPot growers Ben and Chon face off against the Mexican drug cartel who kidnapped their shared girlfriend.Exploring the modern weed culture of America through the entwined lives of a hippy and a war veteran weed-growing, girl-sharing duo, all the way to Mexican cartels via corrupt DEA agent John Travolta. Entertaining with a decent twist or two on the way. More than your average Cheech and Chong movie!
- DirectorWilliam EubankStarsBrenton ThwaitesOlivia CookeBeau KnappOn a road trip, Nic and two friends are drawn to an isolated area by a computer genius. When everything suddenly goes dark, Nic regains consciousness - only to find himself in a waking nightmare.Interesting exploration of extra-terrestrial mentality (xeno-psychology) and it's intersection with the mind set of computer hackers/geeks. Sounds weird? It's quite a weird film. But weird in a good way.
- DirectorTony KayeStarsAdrien BrodyChristina HendricksMarcia Gay HardenA substitute teacher who drifts from classroom to classroom finds a connection to the students and teachers during his latest assignment.Simultaneously gripping and detaching exploration of failing schools systems in America, the kids who are left to be brought up by the schools by failed parents, and the failure of a culture which allows this to happen. Shown through the eyes of a damaged yet inspiring substitute teacher. Heart-breaking.
- DirectorAdrian LyneStarsTim RobbinsElizabeth PeñaDanny AielloMourning his dead child, a haunted Vietnam War veteran attempts to uncover his past while suffering from a severe case of dissociation. To do so, he must decipher reality and life from his own dreams, delusions, and perceptions of death.Fanastic film charting the chilling use of experimental drug 'BZ' on US troops in Vietnam. Again, explores concepts of reincarnation and the Tibetan Book of the Dead, (see 'Enter The Void' for similar thematic exploration) as well as novel projected-into-the-future time travel whilst experiencing altered states between life and death. Deep, thought-provoking and very moving film, brilliantly acted by Tim Robbins. Is he alive or dead, or both? Watch out for the angelic chiropractor!
- DirectorGaspar NoéStarsNathaniel BrownPaz de la HuertaCyril RoyAn American drug dealer living in Tokyo is betrayed by his best friend and killed in a drug deal. His soul, observing the repercussions of his death, seeks resurrection.Awesome and trippy film, examining the concept of states between life and death (called 'Bardos' from the Tibetan Book of the Dead, which is referenced at the beginning), via the hallucinogenic drug DMT... like I said, trippy!
- DirectorOliver StoneStarsKevin CostnerGary OldmanJack LemmonNew Orleans District Attorney Jim Garrison discovers there's more to the Kennedy assassination than the official story.Brilliant in-depth exposition of the conspiracy surrounding JFK's assassination.
- DirectorPaul Thomas AndersonStarsJoaquin PhoenixPhilip Seymour HoffmanAmy AdamsA Naval veteran arrives home from war unsettled and uncertain of his future - until he is tantalized by a cult and its charismatic leader.Brilliant insight into LRH and Scientology, masterfully acted by Philip S Hoffman RIP
- DirectorPeter N. AlexanderStarsEric RathCliff RocaTom LuceThis period piece is a fictional biography of a cult leader's rise to power and his subsequent descent into isolation and paranoia.Pretty bad movie, but informative on the nature and origins of Scientology
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsNoomi RapaceLogan Marshall-GreenMichael FassbenderFollowing clues to the origin of mankind, a team finds a structure on a distant moon, but they soon realize they are not alone.So much potential, could have been so much better...stylistically great, but terrible plot made this franchise reboot fall way short
- DirectorJames CameronStarsSigourney WeaverMichael BiehnCarrie HennDecades after surviving the Nostromo incident, Ellen Ripley is sent out to re-establish contact with a terraforming colony but finds herself battling the Alien Queen and her offspring.
- DirectorRidley ScottStarsSigourney WeaverTom SkerrittJohn HurtAfter investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.Haunting first encounter with an extra-terrestrial entity which set the standard for outer-space horror movies. Psychologically very powerful, and scared the life out of me when I saw it as a kid (about 10 years old!) Great film.
- DirectorDavid FincherStarsSigourney WeaverCharles S. DuttonCharles DanceReturning from LV-426, Ellen Ripley crash-lands on the maximum-security prison Fiorina 161, where she discovers that she has unwittingly brought along an unwelcome visitor.
- DirectorJean-Pierre JeunetStarsSigourney WeaverWinona RyderDominique PinonTwo centuries after her death, a powerful human/alien hybrid clone of Ellen Ripley aids a crew of space pirates in stopping the aliens from reaching Earth.
- DirectorJohn McTiernanStarsArnold SchwarzeneggerCarl WeathersKevin Peter HallA team of commandos on a mission in a Central American jungle find themselves hunted by an extraterrestrial warrior.Terrific film, exploring the concept of man 'the hunter' becoming 'the hunted' by an advanced alien trophy-hunting lifeform - the Predator. Scary from a psychological perspective as it makes all of humanity the potential victim/trophy. Gruesome scenes of jungle carnage are highly entertaining; if only Hollywood didn't need the 'happy' ending. Great lines from Arnie - "If it bleeds, we can kill it'.
- DirectorStephen HopkinsStarsDanny GloverGary BuseyKevin Peter HallThe Predator returns to Earth, this time to stake a claim on the war-torn streets of a dystopian Los Angeles.
- DirectorNimród AntalStarsAdrien BrodyLaurence FishburneTopher GraceA group of elite warriors parachute into an unfamiliar jungle and are hunted by members of a merciless alien race.
- DirectorPaul W.S. AndersonStarsSanaa LathanLance HenriksenRaoul BovaDuring an archaeological expedition on Bouvetøya Island in Antarctica, a team of archaeologists and other scientists find themselves caught up in a battle between the two legends. Soon, the team realize that only one species can win.
- DirectorColin StrauseGreg StrauseStarsReiko AylesworthSteven PasqualeShareeka EppsWarring Alien and Predator races descend on a rural Colorado town, where unsuspecting residents must band together for any chance of survival.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonA banker convicted of uxoricide forms a friendship over a quarter century with a hardened convict, while maintaining his innocence and trying to remain hopeful through simple compassion.
- DirectorRobert AltmanStarsTim RobbinsGreta ScacchiFred WardA Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected, but which one?
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossWhen a beautiful stranger leads computer hacker Neo to a forbidding underworld, he discovers the shocking truth--the life he knows is the elaborate deception of an evil cyber-intelligence.Great film, dispensing with reality pretty convincingly by referencing numerous philosophical thought-experiments - notably Rene Descartes' "brain in a jar". Thought provoking and entertaining. How do we know what we know? Is reality really Real? And so on.
- DirectorLana WachowskiLilly WachowskiStarsKeanu ReevesLaurence FishburneCarrie-Anne MossFreedom fighters Neo, Trinity and Morpheus continue to lead the revolt against the Machine Army, unleashing their arsenal of extraordinary skills and weaponry against the systematic forces of repression and exploitation.