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The Top 250 Films: City Lights
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Monday, January 27, 2014. 34 at the time of writing. A tramp falls in love with a blind flower girl, and woos her with the help of an unreliable millionaire friend. My reaction to this (American) film was pretty much the polar opposite of my reaction to Metropolis. A contemporary German film that I watched last year. And she loved it. Said this was his favourite movie; Albert Einstein. Charlie Chaplin, ever th...
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The Top 250 Films: Toy Story
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Wednesday, November 06, 2013. 112 at the time of writing. The genre of digitally animated movies owes a huge debt to Toy Story - the first feature film to be entirely computer animated. If this film had been rubbish, the genre might have sputtered and struggled to get going. But with an unblushing emphasis on character and story, animation giant John Lasseter. S Pixar (using Steve Jobs. Posted by Charlie Fish.
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The Top 250 Films: The Wolf of Wall Street
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Sunday, January 26, 2014. The Wolf of Wall Street. 53 at the time of writing. I really enjoyed this film. It brims with relentless energy, wit and unfettered amorality. The mostly-true story of Jordan Belfort. An unscrupulous stockbroker who got phenomenally rich cooking the books in post 90's recession. America, this movie is a tour de force. S script, under Martin Scorsese. Greed, drugs, sex and debauchery a...
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The Top 250 Films: Paths of Glory
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Friday, September 12, 2014. 61 at the time of writing. The futility and irony of the trench warfare of WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with a mutiny and a glory-seeking general. I was lucky enough to watch this early Kubrick. Masterpiece at my local cinema. Recently, and the film's story and message have lingered with me for days. What would I have done in his situation? The epic ...
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The Top 250 Films: A Beautiful Mind
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Sunday, November 03, 2013. 190 at the time of writing. I watched this film again today and found it compelling and ultimately very emotional. It's the story of genius mathematician John Nash. S battle with schizophrenia - the Hollywood version rather than being comprehensively accurate, but the spirit of the tale rings true. Posted by Charlie Fish. Labels: A Beautiful Mind. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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The Top 250 Films: Her
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Saturday, February 22, 2014. 125 at the time of writing. Way back when I blogged. About Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. I said that if I had to choose a personal top 250 films, it would be full of films like that one. Except there aren't any. Eternal Sunshine was written by my #1 screenwriter (with the possible exception of Terry Rossio. And two other films written by him ( Being John Malkovich. Who fal...
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The Top 250 Films: 12 Years a Slave
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Sunday, February 02, 2014. 12 Years a Slave. 90 at the time of writing. This is the only slightly embellished true story of Solomon Northup. A free black man from New York who was abducted and sold into slavery in the mid-19th century American deep south. Director Steve McQueen. S wife noted that there are more films about Roman slave Spartacus. Which I saw last year. But with none of the ridiculousness. A Tas...
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The Top 250 Films: Amores Perros
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Sunday, September 22, 2013. 187 at the time of writing. My first experience of director Alejandro González Iñárritu. Was one of his more recent films, Biutiful. Which captured a dark side of life in Mexico City, full of people trapped in vicious cycles of crime and abuse. This is similar, but done with more flair, more character. Playing El Chivo, a political dissident turned hitman), and Gael García Bernal.
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The Top 250 Films: Mad Max: Fury Road
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Sunday, May 31, 2015. Mad Max: Fury Road. 30 at the time of writing. I enjoyed Mel Gibson. When I was a kid, so I thought I knew what to expect with this, and initially I didn't intend to go see it at the cinema. But then I saw it rocketing towards the top of IMDb's Top 250, so I gave it a chance. It felt like being in the front row of a thrash metal concert for two hours. Seriously intense. It was originally ...
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The Top 250 Films: Interstellar
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The Top 250 Films. The mission: To watch the top 250 movies of all time, as listed at IMDb.com. Saturday, November 08, 2014. 15 at the time of writing. Wow I continue to be in awe of the grandeur and ambition of Christopher Nolan. S (and his brother. S) vision and their ability to bring it to the screen in epic style. For me, Inception. So, yes, I think it's brilliant. Clearly inspired by 2001: A Space Odyssey. But also a better adaptation of Joe Haldeman's The Forever War. Than any adaptation of Joe Hal...