Whenever I go to the video store I'm faced with the same problem: what movie do I want to see? I've spent hours (yes, hours) debating with my sisters at our blockbuster all to end up mildly satisfied, but never completely. This phenomenon is a great mystery to me: in the confines of my own home I'm persuaded I know what I want to rent, yet once I'm actually in the video store this 'confidence' is replaced with...dazed confusion (maybe not that bad), anyhow it's annoying.
In order to avoid such hassles in the future, I'm making a list of the best videos to rent, complete with who's starring and directing, and maybe a story outline. I was thinking of putting a rating but instead I'll probably name individual characteristics for each movie. Oh yeah, this is a tasteful collection no cheap Beavis and Buthead crap.
Also, don't forget to
email me your favorite movie. If
you're real lazy you can just type the name of it in the subject
box, that's it. just do it.
yours truly, TatMovies featured as of yet:
Scream
(1996)
If you like horror and gore, you'll like this. If you don't, you'll still love it. Scream is best viewed with many people, while enjoying scrumptious popcorn. As the title suggests, you will scream many, many, times. Starring Drew Barrymore, Neve Campbell and Skeet Ulrich, David Arquette, Courtney Cox Directed by Wes Craven Scream: Now Everyone is a Victim, and Everyone is a Suspect |
The
Breakfast Club (1985)
A cult classic, if I may say so. Perhaps a more intelligent 80's movie involving a group of highschoolers during a weekend detention period. Starring Molly Ringwald, Emilio Estevez, Anthony Michael Hall, Paul Gleason, Judd Nelson, Ally Sheedy Directed by John Hughes |
Pretty
In Pink (1986)
Hello 80's! This is pretty much a 'girl' movie. It's undeniably great because of it's deluge of cultural insight on this particular era, i.e. the 80's. Starring Molly Ringwald, Harry Dean Stanton, Jon Cryer, Annie Potts, James Spader,...? Directed by Howard Deutch |
The
Usual Suspects (1995)
Great movie. Good plot. Good acting. Cool concept. Most famous for it'ss surprise ending, the movie is slick and suspensful. I highly recommend it, though most of the population has already seen it. Starring Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Pollak, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Chazz Palminteri Directed by Bryan Singer |
Clueless
(1995)
Even though I hated this movie at first, it grows on you. I've learned to appreciate the idiocy of the whole thing, that must be what it is. I see this one as another 'girl' movie but I can see it working in a gender mixed group. Starring Alicia Silverstone, Stacey Dash, Eliza Donovan, Donald Faison, Brittany Murphy, Paul Rudd Directed by Amy Heckerling |
Fletch
(1985)
Fletch is an undercover newspaper reporter, Fletch is Chevy Chase, Fletch is funny. I saw this awhile ago, I remember loving it though. Starring Chevy Chase, Joe Don Baker, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson, Richard Libertini, Tim Matheson Directed by Michael Ritchie The Unofficial Fletch Site |
Pulp
Fiction
Everyone's pretty much seen this gangster type movie. Good script, interesting plot. Lots of violence. Starring Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Harvey Keitel, John Travolta, Tim Roth, Amanda Plummer, Maria de Medeiros, Ving Rhames, Eric Stoltz, Rosanna Arquette, Bruce Willis, Christopher Walken Directed by Quentin Tarantino |
Living
In Oblivion (1995)
The movie takes place on a movie set where director Nick is faced with mutiple happenings: everything is going wrong. Very funny. Starring Steve Buscemi, Catherine Keener, Dermot Mulroney, James LeGros, Peter Dinklage, Danielle Von Zerneck Directed by Tom DiCillo |
The
Basketball Diaries (1995)
About kids that like to experiment with drugs. Jim (DiCaprio), realizes upoin getting arrested (thanks to his mom) that he's sunk to nothing. His struggle to change is hard and long. Good deep movie. Based on Jim Carroll's 1978 book. Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, James Madio, Patrick McGaw, Mark Wahlberg, Juliette Lewis Directed by Scott Kalvert |
Reservoir
Dogs
A bunch of criminals plan a jewellery store robbery. Also involved is an undercover cop who notifies his colleagues. The robbery doesn't happen, people are killed and wounded. The surviving criminals meet at their rendezvous and accuse eachother. Violence. Starring Quentin Tarantino, Harvey Keitel, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Chris Penn, Steve Buscemi, Lawrence Tierney Directed by Quentin Tarantino |