1. Trainspotting
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| Renton wishes he hadn't spotted a train. |
Mark Renton (Ewan McGregor), a keen locomotive enthusiast, spends most of his time with his like-minded friends Spud (Ewen Bremner) and Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller). After a tragic turn of events and on the insistence of his family and disapproving friend Begbie (Robert Carlyle), he finally decides to give up recording train numbers and move to London for work. When he arrives and sees the vast network of underground railways, Renton soon finds out that he can't leave his trainspotting past behind that easily...
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| Jake and Joey try to bore the bull to sleep with nonchalance |
2. Raging Bull
Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro) and his brother Joey (Joe Pesci) go on the hunt when an escaped bull terrorises their local neighbourhood in the Bronx. The pressure and expectation takes its toll on Jake, who starts to bring his bull-fighting aggression home with him. We see the collapse of his life as Jake alienates himself from his family and his brother and is left to face the bull, alone...
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| The 5-for-1 deal on black suits had helped save a bit of money. |
3. Reservoir Dogs
When their local reservoir is drained and left as wasteland. Five local businessmen decide buy the land in order to open a greyhound track. To get the money for the plot and construction, they perform a daring heist. The robbery goes badly wrong and the group escape to their mutually owned warehouse. While deciding what to do, they start to suspect that one of them is a police informant...
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| Clint hadn't realised that 'Jean' was also a French man's name. |
4. Million Dollar Baby
A multi-millionaire boxing promoter (Clint Eastwood) invests $1 million in developing the most dominant female boxer in history, taking an orphaned baby from care and raising her as his own. Maggie's (Hilary Swank) world is turned upside down when a former boxer, Scrap (Morgan Freeman), reveals to her the truth about her adoption. Questions of morality, life and love are raised as Maggie tries to trace her mysterious past...
5. Twelve Monkeys
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| Battered, bruised and out of bananas. |
Zany animal comedy starring Bruce Willis. James Cole, a mental patient, is sent back in time to kidnap 12 infant chimps that go on to become supersoldiers in the future under a military dictatorship. His mission is to keep the chimps safe until the future dictator is found and arrested. Cole soon learns that he's got more than he bargained for...
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| Daniel Plainview: Moustache afficionado and barber. |
6. There Will Be Blood
Heartwarming tale of a barbershop owner (Daniel Day-Lewis) who, in an effort to prepare his son (Dillon Freasier) for carrying on the family business, begins to teach him the art of shaving with a cut-throat razor. When his son tells him he instead wants to go to study law at university, a stubborn man learns a valuable lesson about fatherhood...
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| Shirtless at armageddon, but at least he still had that hat. |
7. Apocalypse Now
Starring Martin Sheen, Robert Duvall and Marlon Brando. When signs begin to appear that the world is coming to an end during the peak of the Vietnam War, US soldiers and Viet Cong begin to understand their common humanity and struggle together to survive the catastrophic natural events. Francis Ford Coppola directs as two contrasting forces learn there is more to being alive than conflict...
Peter Lorre plays the title role in this origin story that follows the upbringing of 007's famous boss in 1930s Germany. Falsely accused of heinous crimes on innocent children, M goes on the run from the authorities and incensed public in Fritz Lang's heart-pounding thriller. Lorre is exceptional as the man on the run. A morality tale about justice and public hysteria, and a must-see for Bond fans...
(Left: Seagulls were a nuisance, but this was utterly ridiculous)
Honourable Mentions:
- Sliding Doors, a Star Trek fan film.
- Heat, Michael Mann's star-studded, yet incredibly dull educational science video.
- The Kids Are All Right, in which two dwarves fall in love, and become parents to normal sized children.
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