My Favorite Movies & TV
I tend to like uplifting movies and TV shows that have a positive
message or show people overcoming great odds. I also enjoy
authentic
human emotion, so yes, I like reality TV. And if you're one
of those reality TV snobs, I'd just like to point out that ALL SPORTS
are reality TV (well, except pro wrestling). 'Nuf said?Most of my film favorites fall into the genres of science fiction, romantic comedies, classics, Christmas, and musicals. I'm really not a horror story fan. I think there's too much real horror in the world to get a kick out of pretend, sanitized horror. Links take you to the Amazon.com page where you can read reviews, and in some cases, see clips.
Sci-Fi and Fantasy
The Lord of the Rings
(Fellowship
of the Ring, The Two
Towers, Return of the King)Star Wars Episode IV - original theatrical version
The Fifth Element
The Princess Bride
Flash Gordon (the 1980 kinky spandex version)
Serenity
Hellboy (I & II)
Apollo 13 (actually, any Tom Hanks movie)
Dark City (I love it...but it hurts my brain)
Gattica
The Matrix
Firefly - The Complete Series (the brilliant TV series by Joss Whedon)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (MST3K)
Torchwood
Doctor Who
24
Futurama
Battlestar Galactica
Star Trek: Enterprise
Star Trek - Original Series
Star Trek: The Next Generation
X-Files
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Angel
Twin Peaks
Love & Laughs (Romance, Comedies & Feel-Good Flicks)
Under the Tuscan SunSense and Sensibility
Emma (I'm a sucker for Jane Austen)
Calendar Girls
Phenomenon (one of my favorite movies of all time, but it breaks my heart)
Rob Roy
Last of the Mohicans
The Patriot
A Midwinter's Tale (hysterical comedy by Kenneth Branagh about a band of unemployed actors mounting a production of Hamlet)
Monty Python (any MP movie)
Chocolat
Love, Actually
The Cheap Detective
Blazing Saddles
Never Been Kissed
Notting Hill
Gone With The Wind
Nicholas Nickleby
That Thing You Do
Classics (just a tiny partial list...more to come)
To Have And Have NotGone with the Wind
Casablanca
So Proudly We Hail
North by Northwest
Notorious
An Affair to Remember
The Philadelphia Story
His Girl Friday
Musicals and Dance
The Sound of MusicSweeney Todd (the original Broadway version)
Moulin Rouge
Singin' In The Rain
1776
Easter Parade
The Music Man
Hair
Meet Me In St. Louis
The Court Jester (Danny Kaye was my first crush)
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Top Hat (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers)
Swing Time (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers)
Shall We Dance (Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers)
Dance With Me
Shall We Dance (Japanese Version)
Xanadu (please don't laugh)
On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Fame
Little Shop of Horrors
Christmas Movies & TV
It's A Wonderful Life (pretty much my favorite film of all time)Christmas in Connecticut
White Christmas (also a great musical)
Miracle on 34th Street (original version)
White Christmas
Elf
How the Grinch Stole Christmas
Emmet Otter's Jug Band Christmas
Action Flicks
The Long Kiss GoodnightDie Hard
Casino Royale (possibly the best James Bond flick ever)
TV Shows
Dancing With The StarsTop Gear
Ninja Warrior
Top Chef
Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
Dinner: Impossible
Frontier House
Victorian House
Manor House
Colonial House
Cosmos
The Daily Show
The Colbert Report
The Story of English
The Muppet Show
Peewee's Playhouse (a classic)
Beauty and the Geek (surprisingly moving)
Danger: UXB
Sense and Sensibility (the A&E miniseries)
Mystery
Nova
Secrets of the Dead
Antiques Roadshow
Many more to come as I have time to update this page...