What are your favorite cheesy sci-fi films?
Top of my list would be:Star CrashBattle Beyond the StarsThe Last StarfighterEscape from New YorkInnerspaceBack to the Future Explorers Escape From LAStarship troopersWing Commander12.01 (1993 TV film) The Black hole - nice concept but robots totally datedBarbarellaThere is another time warp one but can't remember much about it - it had a kind of western feel to it with it ending killing a time criminal (I think) on horse back at range. Will try find out the title and add to the list. It was a long time ago since I saw it but pretty sure it was cheesy as hell.
What are your favorite European movies?
Totally into British gangster films, but three great European movies that are interesting (and two are true) are:1. Gangster No.1: British, rise of a petty criminal to crime lord in the London's Swinging 60's. Malcolm McDowell is always a gas to watch, but the young Malcolm is played by the spectacular Paul Bettany. You see his mad expressions before he cuts a mother.2. Flammen & Citronen: Danish, a true story about two Danish resistance fighters when the Nazi's occupied Denmark. Flammen, a redhead played by Thure Lindhardt, is an assassin given orders by some mucky muck we find out about later. Citronen (lemon) is not blonde but played by Mads Mikkelsen, also a sharpshooter who takes orders from resistance fighters. With subtitles, but worth every effort listening through the German and Danish. Seat of your pants excitement.3. 4 Months, 3 Weeks, 2 Days: Romanian, another true story about a student trying to obtain an illegal abortion during the Ceausescu reign of terror. Gabriela, played by Laura Vasilieu, and her friend is in search of a doctor, lodging, help, and confidentiality so that they're not turned it to authorities. They're blackmailed into having sex, taken advantage of, trading goods to live what we'd consider a normal life (right now, anyway). Dire lives for women in the communist block.
What are some of your favorite campy and/or cheesy old movies?
I love campy shows, of course the classics like Rocky Horror and I think the original Batman is so fun, silly, and can be downright hilarious.But one of my favorites that make me really nostalgic is Spice World! I played this movie hundreds of times on my TV/VCR combo when I was a kid. I’ve seen this movie on “worst movies of all time” lists and yes, it’s corny as all get-out but sometimes it’s more about how a movie made you feel! As a young girl it made me feel like anything is possible if Victoria Beckham can fly a bus over a bridge, and I learned friendship is the most important thing of all!
What are your top 10 feel-good movies?
Narnia (Prince Caspian)The Narnia movies weren’t particularly well known, and got mediocre online ratings, but I personally found them highly entertaining. The Prince Caspian movie was my favorite.Harry Potter (Deathly Hallows Pt.2)This gave me ALL THE FEELS. The final battle gave me some serious nostalgia. It was incredibly moving. I especially liked the ‘Piertotum Locomotor’ bit. So well put together. Brilliant soundtrack too.The IncrediblesThis is hands down, my favorite Disney movie ever. It’s so hilarious.The Shawshank RedemptionDo I even need to explain this?La La LandI. Love. This. It had a sad ending, yes, but damn. The music is amazing. Visuals and cinematography all on point. Beautiful, beautiful, movie.Step Up: All InThis may seem a little arbitrary. You’re probably thinking ‘What the fuck is this doing here in this list?’. I’m sorry, but I loved this movie. Just watch it.The IntouchablesSo moving! 100% my favorite French movie.Big Hero 6Really enjoyed this one. The ending killed me though.UpOne of the best Disney films out there, definitely. I really liked the montage of Carl and Ellie.Although these are ‘feel-good’ movies, I always tend to ugly cry at then end of them.
Good lesbian movies?
My favorites: 1) Mango Kiss- if you're kinky, this one is a lot of fun. Hilarious and romantic/sweet. A little low-budget, but still nicely made and with hot butches like Michelle Wolfe (yum!). 2) Better Than Chocolate- the lesbian movie I recommend to everyone. Perfect, brilliant story- just the right amount of drama in the form of coming out and discrimination, without being too heavy or sad, romantic, sweet, funny, beautiful. 3) But I'm a Cheerleader- that funny camp lesbian movie that's still romantic, sweet, and not too over-the-top. I absolutely adore it. And Clea Duvall is my favorite lesbian character. 4) If These Walls Could Talk 2- an HBO movie that feels a little disjointed (what hooks the three storylines together is that they take place in the same house). But it's good to watch, brings a lot of lesbian issues to the light, and is probably the most accurate portrayal of lesbians that I've seen in a long while. Plus, watching a butch Chloe Sevigny make it with Michelle Williams is reason enough to watch. 5) Bound- not really much focus on the lesbian angle, but still a really great story all around (very tense, dramatic, on-the-edge of your seat absorbing sort of stuff), and Gina Gershon as a hot butch handygirl and Jennifer Tilly as her smoking hot femme. 6) Tipping the Velvet- based on the great (better) book. It's fun and sweet, and I'm enamored with 19th century British male impersonators. Who wouldn't be? Avoid at all costs: 1) Lost and Delirious- over-the-top, way too melodramatic story of boarding school girls in love. It might have been a better movie had they just treated the story a little more lightly- no cheesy music, etc.. Still, Piper Perabo as a lesbian . . . 2) It's In the Water- okay, okay, it's cute. But it's really dated, way too easily solved, and basically, is just fodder. But it's enjoyable if you want something really light and fluffy, made like a GLBT afterschool special. Hope you find something good to watch!
Can you suggest feel-good movies to uplift the mood?
Pushing Daisies (TV Series 2007–2009) This short-lived (because of the writer’s strike) comedy series had some of the quirkiest, funniest, sweetest characters, a very strange premise, and a cast that shone brightly. The never-to-be-consummated love between Ned (Lee Pace) and Chuck (Anna Friel) was so wholesome and sweet, and Kristin Chenoweth as Olive Snook was delightfully cute. The curmudgeonly Lily (Swoosie Kurtz) and ditzy Lily (Ellen Greene) were perfect bookends for the romantic love triangle, and Emerson Cod, played with a hilarious combination of gravitas and absurdity by Chi McBride, rounded out the central cast by being so out of place among the very strange ducks. They also incorporated music in a way that let us hear both Chenoweth’s beautiful voice and They Might Be Giants’ musical mastery.Writing this review makes me smile, just as the show did until its untimely demise. If not for the writer’s strike, we might have had years to enjoy these beautiful, funny, sweet people in their strange little world.
What is your favorite "Guilty Pleasure" movie?
Whip It ! - Drew Barrymore Directs her first movie with Ellen Page about ROLLER DERBY !!! YEAH !! I freaking love this movie.Coyote Ugly - no explanation necessary.She's the Man - a take on Shakespeare's, "As You Like It", but way dumb-erer. Amanda Bynes cross-dresses as her brother to play football (soccer!) with Channing Tatum's boys. Bynes is hilarious, and this movie just makes me smile.Cocktail - I saw this at the cinema when I was 15 and fell head-over-heels in love with Elisabeth Shue. I still love to watch it.Commando - OK, you can lump the rest of Arnie's 80's movies in here as well. Commando is so totally and ridiculously over the top, it's brilliant ! Arnie is introduced carrying a tree. Eminently quotable with fantastic bad guys, and the 20 recyclable stunt guy's wigs and fake mustachios at the finale.Independence Day - It doesn't matter where this film is when I catch it on TV... I will watch it to the end every single time ! Goldblum being SOOO Goldblum, the cheesiest President to ever be portrayed in cinema, and the Alien ship that can sync up with a MacBook. Dumb ass fun.St Elmo's Fire - The cast is so great. The dialogue is wonderful. Rob Lowe is completely adorable. This film makes me happy.
What are some good movies from the 70s and 80s to watch?
1970s — Dog Day Afternoon[1]On August 22, 1972, first-time crook Sonny Wortzik (Al Pacino), his friend Salvatore "Sal" Naturale(John Cazale), and Stevie (Gary Springer) attempt to rob the First Brooklyn Savings Bank. The plan immediately goes awry when Stevie loses his nerve shortly after Sal pulls out his gun, and Sonny is forced to let him flee the scene. In the vault, Sonny discovers that he and Sal have arrived after the daily cash pickup, and only $1,100 in cash remains in the bank.[2]1980s — The Right Stuff[3]The Right Stuff is a 1983 American epic historical drama film. It was adapted from Tom Wolfe's best-selling 1979 book of the same name about the Navy, Marine and Air Force test pilots who were involved in aeronautical research at Edwards Air Force Base, California, as well as the Mercury Seven, the seven military pilots who were selected to be the astronautsfor Project Mercury, the first manned spaceflight by the United States. The Right Stuff was written and directed by Philip Kaufman and stars Ed Harris, Scott Glenn, Sam Shepard, Fred Ward, Dennis Quaid and Barbara Hershey.[4]Footnotes[1] Dog Day Afternoon (1975)[2] Dog Day Afternoon - Wikipedia[3] The Right Stuff (1983)[4] The Right Stuff (film) - Wikipedia
Best new anime movies?
I don't have enough time to dedicate and watch a whole anime TV show but I think I can find time for a movie. What are your recommendations? I say new anime movies because I find the old anime movies like "Akira" too be very cheesy