“As for his pop-cult cred, we have been told repeatedly that The Godfather I and II (but definitely not III) are Obama’s top movie picks of all time. His favorite TV show of recent years was HBO’s gritty, Baltimore-based epic The Wire, on which his favorite character was a stick up man named Omar, who […]

A few home use titles about World War II: Band of brothers – HU DVD 944Patton – HU DVD 654The thin red line – HU DVD 2264Pearl harbor – HU DVD 752Flags of our fathers – HU DVD 2458

Check out some of these modern Shakespeare adaptations: She’s the man (Twelfth Night) – HU DVD 437910 Things I hate about you (Taming of the Shrew) – HU DVD 195Kiss Me Kate (Taming of the Shrew) – HU DVD 2560My own private Idaho (Henry IV) – HU DVD 1346Scotland, PA (Macbeth) – HU DVD 2435Rosencrantz […]

“I chose most of these movies because they have a twist to them, things are not as they really seem. And the Muppets are awesome…”The Muppet Show – HU DVD 1749Contact – HU DVD 2500Deliverance – HU DVD 175Donnie Darko – HU DVD 2174Election – HU DVD 3307GoldenEye – HU DVD 4998Jesus Camp – HU […]

It is hard to imagine, I know. But if you are interested in finding out, check out HU DVD 609, A Star is Born. The version of the film that was released by Warner Brothers in 1954 cut a half hour out of George Cukor’s film, against his wishes. What we see on DVD today […]

…according to his biography on IMDB.com. 39 Steps – HU DVD 337Sergeant York – HU DVD 3643Ox-bow incident – HU DVD 5194Chariots of Fire – HU DVD 1946 I am sure he also likes a film or two that he made. Check out some of those too!A perfect world (directed & performed) – HU DVD […]

Film festivals can be magical experiences where you can be exposed to all sorts of films you would never expect anywhere else. I have been lucky to attend and/or some film festivals over the last few years. This list represents only a sampling of films that I discovered first at a film festival, but each […]

Arrested development – HU DVD 4871 – 4878Brick – HU DVD 2253Century of self – DVD 4438The cook, the thief, his wife & her lover – VHS 4205Dig! – DVD 1862Europa – HU DVD 5149The fall – HU DVD 4716Gone baby gone – HU DVD 5140The great dictator – HU DVD 3796Into the wild – […]

Nine to Five – HU DVD 5010 Becoming Jane – HU DVD 3953 Breakfast Club – DVD 2179 Evita – HU DVD 2164 Conversations with Other Women – HU DVD 3607 The Painted Veil – HU DVD 2729 The Prestige – HU DVD 3641 Titanic – HU DVD 2290 Waitress – HU DVD 3641 When […]