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Movies
Ratings: + Must See    - Don't See    +/- See it if you're a fan

My Favorite Movies
John Adams (HBO)
Eagle vs. Shark
Lars and the Real Girl
The Princess and the Warrior
Cherish
Pride & Prejudice (BBC)
Spinal Tap
The Princess Bride
Amadeus
Happiness
Synecdoche, New York

Good Movies
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead
Joyeux Noel
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
There Will Be Blood
No Country for Old Men
Sweet Land
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Fur
Carmen Jones
Juno
Notes on a Scandal
Atonement
He Was a Quiet Man
The Machinist
Once
Little Children
I'm Not There
American Splendor
Half Nelson
Pretty Persuasion
Smart People
Dan in Real Life
Art School Confidential
Mutual Appreciation
The U.S. vs. John Lennon
Henry Fool and Fay Grim
Away from Her
Blades of Glory
Charlotte Gray
Rumor Has It
Rocket Science
The Savages
The Puffy Chair
The Invisible Circus
Thumbsucker
Junebug
Prime
nbt: Never Been Thawed
Kinky Boots
In Her Shoes
Things to do In Denver When You're Dead
The Foot-Fist Way
Paris, Texas
Be Kind Rewind
Soldier's Girl
I Am David
In Bruges

OK Movies
The Gift
Forgetting Sarah Marshall
Iron Man
Pineapple Express
Recount
Baby Mama
Coffee and Cigarettes
Jimmy Carter: Man from Plains
Enchanted
Caramel

Don't See
Max Payne
The Ultimate Gift
The Legend of 1900
About Adam
Human Nature
Must Love Dogs
I Am Curious: Yellow
Lost in La Mancha
Where The Truth Lies
The Ultimate Gift
Year of the Dog
Jefferson in Paris
Mama's Boy

Must-See TV
Mad Men
Californication
Extras (BBC)
Flight of the Conchords
Gavin & Stacey
Black Books
Mad Men
Sports Night
Peep Show (BBC)
Spaced (BBC)
Weeds
Breaking Bad
Ali G
Arrested Development
Greg the Bunny
Extras
The Office (BBC & NBC)

 

Phillip Seymour Hoffman
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead +
Synecdoche, New York +
Happiness +
Owning Mahowny +
Charlie Wilson's War +
The Savages +
Mission: Impossible III -
Capote +
Along Came Polly +/-
Cold Mountain +/-
Punch-Drunk Love +
Love Liza -
Almost Famous +
State and Main +/-
The Talented Mr. Ripley +
Magnolia +
The Big Lebowski +
Boogie Nights +
Twister -
Leap of Faith +
Scent of a Woman +

Woody Allen
Manhattan +
Scoop +
Match Point +
Purple Rose of Cairo +
Vicky Christina Barcelona +

Peter Sellers
The Life and Death of, +
Being There +
Dr. Strangelove +

Pedro Almodovar
Bad Education +
Talk to Her +
All About My Mother +

David Mamet
The Winslow Boy +
The Spanish Prisoner +
Lakeboat
Wag the Dog -
The Verdict
About Last Night…
The Untouchables +
We're No Angels
Homicide
Hoffa
Vanya on 42nd Street -
Oleanna
Lansky
Heist
The Postman Always Rings Twice +
Ronin -
Spartan +
Glengarry Glen Ross +
American Buffalo +
Things Change +
House of Games +
State and Main +/-

Colin Firth
Another Country +
A Thousand Acres
My Life So Far +
Pride & Prejudice +

Eric Schaeffer
Gunshy
My Life's in Turnaround
Wirey Spindell
If Lucy Fell +
Fall +
Mind the Gap +/-
Never Again +
One Night at McCool's +/-
Spanglish* +/-
*Eric's in this for about 3 seconds at the beginning.

Todd Solondz Film Festival
Storytelling +/-
Palindromes +
Happiness +
Welcome to the Dollhouse +

Mike Binder Film Festival
Reign Over Me +
The Upside of Anger +
The Mind of the Married Man +
Fourplay +/-
Sex Monster -
Crossing the Bridge +
Londinium +
The Search for John Gissing -

Alan Rickman
Bottle Shock +
Snow Cake +
Nobel Son -
Sweeney Todd +
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer -
The Search for John Gissing -
King of the Hill (TV) Episode 6.9 "Joust Like A Woman" +
Truly Madly Deeply +
Galaxy Quest +
Sense and Sensibility +
Blow Dry +
Mesmer -
An Awfully Big Adventure -*
Close My Eyes +/-
The Winter Guest (Directed) +
Something the Lord Made +
Thérèse Raquin -
Barchester Chronicles +/-
Quigley Down Under +/-
Bob Roberts +/-
January Man +/-
Michael Collins +
Love Actually +/-
Die Hard +/-
Dogma +
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone +/-
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets +/-
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban +/-
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix +/-
Dogma +
Hjaelp, jeg er en fisk - Help I'm a Fish +\-
Unforgiveable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson (voice) + **
Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves +/-
Smiley's People - ***
Romeo and Juliet +/-
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy +
Closet Land +\-
Judge Not: In Defense of Dogma +
Judas Kiss +\-
Fallen Angels (TV) +/-
We Know Where You Live Live! +/-
Dark Harbor +/-
Beckett on Film "Play" +/-
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
+/-
Girls on Top +/-
Lumière & Company +


*If you must see this one, skip ahead 50 minutes into the film. That's when Alan Rickman finally shows up, and the story begins.

**Alan Rickman does a brief voiceover in Part One. Documentary by Ken Burns about boxing great Jack Johnson.

***Alan Rickman has a very brief part in the 2nd episode. This is a slow, low-budget old BBC John Le Carré spy series.