Lost in Translation
I don't know what it is about this movie, BUT i WANT TO LIVE IN IT. wITH TIME, CRITICS HAVE GROWN CRITICAL OF THE AGE-GAP RELATIONSHIP, BUT i'VE ALWAYS VIEWED THE FILM AS BEING ABOUT ALIENATION, GROWING OLDER, AND LONGING. I FIRST WATCHED IT WHEN i WAS 17, AND FELT LIKE i'D LOST A FRIEND WHEN IT WAS OVER. A CONTENDER FOR BEST FILM SOUNDTRACK EVER.

Groundhog Day
More Bill Murray. When you think about it, its a story about a man who spends eternity winning over the woman of his dreams. It's also about how the road to mastery is walked one step at a time; AND HOW KNOWLEDGE IS POWER. aLWAYS MAKES ME LAUGH, AND CRY.

The Royal Tenanbaums
wES aNDERSON HAS TO BE ON HERE SOMEWHERE, AND i PICKED THIS, ONE OF HIS EARLIEST FILMS, BECAUSE IT'S FROM WHEN HE WAS LESS MANNERED AND HAD MORE HEART. tHE COSTUMES ARE ICONIC, GREAT CAST (MORE mURRAY!!), PARTICULARLY gENE hACKMAN, AND oWEN wILSON AS A LOVELORN HACK WRITER ON MESCALINE. fUNNY, sAD, AND TRUTHFUL.

The Big Lebowski
mY cOEN bROTHERS PICK. iT COULD'VE GONE TO mILLER'S cROSSING, OR o' bROTHER wHERE aRT THOU, BUT WHO CAN SAY NO TO THE DUDE? ON FIRST WATCH, IT'S A CONFUSING HOMAGE TO CHANDLER. AFTER THE CREDITS ROLL, IT SOMEHOW BECOMES FUNNIER AND FUNNIER, UNTIL YOU FIND YOURSELF HAVING TO DIP BACK INTO THE WORLD FOR ANOTHER RUN THROUGH. RIP DONNY. 

Spirited Away
iT'S mYAZAKI. THE ENDING FALLS APART A LITTLE, BUT IT'S A SUMPTUOUS JOURNEY UP TO THAT POINT - EVERY FRAME A LITERAL PAINTING. ANOTHER WORLD I VISIT AGAIN AND AGAIN.

Nacho Libre
rOGUE CHOICE? THEN YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IT. iT'S THE OTHER MOVIE MADE BY THE NAPOLEAN DYNAMITE GUY - A BIZARRE COMEDY WHERE JACK BLACK PLAYS A MEXICAN MONK WHO MOONLIGHTS AS A WRESTLER IN ORDER TO EARN TORTILLA CHIPS FOR ORHPANS, AND WIN THE HEART OF A BEAUTIFUL NUN. aNOTHER ONE THAN BROUGHT TEARS TO MY EYES. i AM, i AM, A RELIGIOUS MAN!


Crazy Stupid Love
hERE REPRESENTING sTEVE cARELL. a SERIES OF LOVE TRIANGLES, WHICH NEVER SEEM TO LINE UP. THIS ONE TOOK ME BY SURPRISE WHEN i FIRST WATCHED IT, MANY YEARS AFTER RELEASE, IMMEDIATELY BECOMING ONE OF MY FAVOURITES.  

The Drama
THE NEWEST ADDITION TO THE LIST, AND ANOTHER SURPRISE FOR ME - i DON'T EVEN LIKE ZENDAYA GUYS! i DON'T TRUST DISNEY STARS! A HIGHLY COMPASSIONATE MOVIE ABOUT HYPOCRISY, WITH EXCELLENT THEMING, THAT HAD ME HOWLING WITH LAUGHTER. APPARENTLY NOT EVERYONE LOVED IT, BUT THE ENDING GOT TO ME. WEEKS LATER, I REALISED OUT OF THE BLUE THAT i LOVED THIS MOVIE - WHICH IS HOW IT HAPPENS SOMETIMES.