Fave Films

I haven't added anything to this blog in a long time but thought I'd add a quick list of some of the films that I thought stood above the rest that I've seen. My list includes those films that linger with you for days afterward, or those that have sentimental meaning from childhood faves to newer films that break the mould.

[Most of my fave films are period dramas.
That list is found on Enchanted Serenity of Period Films.]

500 Days of Summer
1492
A Little Princess
All the President's Men
Amadeus
Amelie
American President, The
American Rhapsody
Anna and the King
Anne of Green Gables
Apollo 13
August Rush
Bella
Bend it Like Beckham
Big Chill, The
Born Free
Buccaneers
Bucket List
Chronicles of Narnia
Cranford
Cry Freedom
Dan in Real Life
Daniel Deronda
E.T.
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Ever After
Evita
Finding Nemo
Fireproof
Forrest Gump
Forsyte Saga
Good Will Hunting
Horton Hears a Who
Iron Jawed Angels
Juno
Knight’s Tale
La Grande Séduction
Lagaan
Lake House, The
Legends of the Fall
Life is Beautiful
Little Miss Sunshine
Lost Prince
March of the Penguins
Marguerite Volant
Matrix
Mission, The
Moulin Rouge
Mr. Holland's Opus
Nine Lives
Notting Hill
Ocean's Eleven
Om Jai Jagadish
Parent Trap
Phenomenon
Pretty Woman
Pride & Prejudice
Remains of the Day
Runaway Bride
Schindler's List
Sense & Sensibility
Shakespeare in Love
Shrek
Simon Birch
Sleepless in Seattle
Sliding Doors
Sound of Music
Speed
Stepmom
Sting, The
Titanic
Waking Ned Devine
Winslow Boy
Wives & Daughters
Wizard of Oz
You Can Count on Me
You've Got Mail

500 Days of Summer

THIS IS NOT A LOVE STORY. IT'S A STORY ABOUT LOVE.

Cute movie! 

Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel are charming to watch.  

Synopsis: 

This is a story of boy meets girl, begins the wry, probing narrator of 500 DAYS OF SUMMER, and with that the film takes off at breakneck speed into a funny, true to life and unique dissection of the unruly and unpredictable year-and-a-half of one young man's no-holds-barred love affair. [Rotten Tomatoes]

IMDb

Inception

I would definitely include this film in my category of quintessential and would urge anyone thinking of going to see it to do so before too much buzz leads to people mentioning spoilers! As much as I like movies, I don't venture out to the theatre that often but felt compelled to see this when I saw the trailer and was not disappointed!

Trailer #3, the one that made me run out to see it!



The soundtrack for this is amazing...by Hans Zimmer














One of Edith Piaf's songs is used in the film, in more ways than one...
(not a spoiler but this makes more sense after you've seen it)

Leo Dicaprio

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Marion Cotillard

Tom Hardy

Ken Watanabe

Ellen Page

Cillian Murphy

My only disappointment with the film was not seeing more of Michael Caine!

-> Live stream of movie premiere
(interviews with cast on red carpet as well as a performance of awesome soundtrack)

Webcam chat at Ustream

Waiting for Superman (2010) - trailer

Upcoming film that looks interesting...

For a nation that proudly declared it would leave no child behind, America continues to do so at alarming rates. Despite increased spending and politicians promises, our buckling public—education system, once the best in the world, routinely forsakes the education of millions of children. Oscar®—winning filmmaker Davis Guggenheim (AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH) reminds us that education statistics have names: Anthony, Francisco, Bianca, Daisy, and Emily, whose stories make up the engrossing foundation of WAITING FOR SUPERMAN. As he follows a handful of promising kids through a system that inhibits, rather than encourages, academic growth, Guggenheim undertakes an exhaustive review of public education, surveying drop—out factories and academic sinkholes, methodically dissecting the system and its seemingly intractable problems. However, embracing the belief that good teachers make good schools, Guggenheim offers hope by exploring innovative approaches taken by education reformers and charter schools that have—in reshaping the culture—refused to leave their students behind.

Glee - behind the scenes

Amused by Cory Monteith's description of the show...

Don't Stand So Close to Me

Will Schuester tries to send a message to Rachel but woos both Emma and Rachel in the process...

Glee - Sue Sylvester

Entertainment Weekly has 20 quotes with pics by Sue Sylvester
(played by the indomitable Jane Lynch)

''You think this was hard? Try auditioning for Baywatch and being told
they're going in another direction. That was hard.''

What would Glee be without the antics of Sue Sylvester?!