Mark Fisher's Top Films (no particular order)

20. Apocolypse Now
19. Easy Rider
18. Klute
17. Midnight Cowboy
16. The Third Man
15. Jules et Jim
14. Borat
13. Crash
12. American Beauty
11. Sunset Boulevard
10. Dirty Harry
9. Slum Dog Millionaire
8. No Country For Old Men
7. Straw Dogs
6. (All the Marx Bros. films)
5. The Bank Robbery
4. Moonlight Mile
3. Das Boot, Patton
2. Citizen Kane
1. Casablanca

Albert Songalia's Top Films

20 The Sandlot (lines galore)
19 Lost in Translation (I'm big "on" Japan, not big "in")
18 Please Teach Me English (Korean)
17 Wasabi (French/Japanese collabo)
16 Cashback (British)
15 Old Boy (Korean - twisted ish)
14 Forever Fever (Singapore)
13 Coming to America (Eddie Murphy's best ish as far as I'm concerned)
12 Amelie (French)
11 Children of Man/Men (British)
10 Tae Guk Gi, or Brotherhood of War (Korean - it's a war movie but I actually teared up at the end. I am man enough to admit it.)
09 Patton (classic ish)
08 The Man Who Would be King (classic ish)
07 Shall We Dance? (Japanese version, not the American one)
06 Planet B-Boy (documentary)
05 Battle Royale (Japanese - violent ish)
04 Popcorn (British)
03 Wheels on Meals (Jackie Chan movie, and that's not a typo)
02 Show Some Love You Losers (Japanese)
01 Ip Man (Chinese)

Peter Schaab’s Top Films

20. What Dreams May Come
19. The Lion King
18. Cloverfield
17. Saving Private Ryan
16. October Sky
15. Children of Men
14. Fail-Safe
13. Airplane!
12. Father Goose
11. Top Gun
10. Crimson Tide
9. Close Encounters of the Third Kind
8. Apollo 13
7. Forrest Gump
6. E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial
5. Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
4. Finding Nemo
3. The Hunt for Red October
2. Star Trek: First Contact
1. Contact

Gregory Cremeans' Top Films

20. Space Balls
19. Bedknobs and Broomsticks
18. Date Movie
17. Interview with the Vampire
16. Wizard of Oz
15. Gone with the Wind
14. Casablanca
13. Chicago
12. Evita
11. Shrek
10. Return of the Jedi
9. Empire Strikes Back
8. Star Wars
7. Not without my Daughter
6. Trick
5. The Pest
4. Finding Nemo
3. Titanic
2. Twilight
1. Devil Wears Prada

Hudson Hawk, 6/20/09

So, several of us movie lovers gathered around last night for a bit of viewing fun to watch the 1991, off-the-wall, screwball comedy, Hudson Hawk, starring Bruce Willis (with hair), Andie MacDowell (with excellent perm), Sandra Bernhard (with delightful vulgarity), and Director Michael Lehman, best known for directing the 80s black comedy, Heathers. Hawk was full of moments when one can't help but let out a humble giggle or intense cackle without the ability to verbally justify one's actions- You don't even know why an extreme gag, such a dog biting Willis' balls, or the subtlety of Willis with a cappucino moustache, is the least bit funny. The fact is, it's got variety, a bit of everything: slapstick, noir, cartoon-like characters, suspense, period drama (the movie's premise centers on the conquest of a Leonard DaVinci artifact), and musical theatre (this includes Willis and his sidekick friend, played by Italian Danny Aiello, singing "Swinging on a star" all while robbing a sad excuse for a piece of art (more like a toy horse) from a museum via skateboards). It's all fun and games, and, frankly, if anyone were to watch Hawk with the hope of a seeing a true classic or a Top Ten candidate, they should go for another movie on the queue. Though a bit of a drag towards the culmination of the film.... and hyped up on the amount of puns and jokes, Hudson Hawk was an entertaining, original (for its pre-There's Something About Mary release..... though a combination of The Three Stooges, Clue, and A Fish Called Wanda), and absurd piece of cinema that screams a night of good humor, drinks, and people who can extend a laugh or two for ridiculousness' sake.

Gayle Herrick's Top Films

20. Trouble in Paradise
19. Sense and Sensibility
18. Bringing Up Baby
17. Singin' In the Rain
16. Magnolia
15. Withnail and I
14. Bull Durham
13. The Hustler
12. sex, lies, and videotape
11. To Kill a Mockingbird
10. Lawrence of Arabia
9. Sunset Blvd.
8. Notorious
7. Swingers
6. Raiders of the Lost Ark
5. Gigi
4. Fandango
3. The Sure Thing
2. It Happened One Night
1. His Girl Friday

Michael Hayes' Top Film

20. Once Upon a Time in the West
19. A Streetcar Named Desire
18. The Bridge on the River Kwai
17. The Deerhunter
16. Taxi Driver
15. Chinatown
14. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
13. Patton
12. Bonnie and Clyde
11. To Kill a Mockingbird
10. West Side Story
9. Lawrence of Arabia
8. Raging Bull
7. The Last Temptation of Christ
6. Amadeus
5. On the Waterfront
4. The Wild Bunch
3. Spartacus
2. Godfather II
1. Godfather