Film #100: American Pie (1999)

Directed by: Paul Weitz and Chris Weitz

Starring: Jason Biggs, Seann William Scott, Alyson Hannigan, Eugene Levy

Everyone has seen it, everyone has laughed at it. Do I really need to explain what it's about and how good it is? I don't think so either.

96%

Film #99: Sister Act (1992)

Directed by: Emile Ardolino

Starring: Whoopi Goldberg, Maggie Smith

Whoopi Goldberg is a singer in Las Vegas and witnesses a murder. She is put in protective custody in a nunnery and must blend in with them. She gets fed up with the nuns activities and decides to join the choir and make it more lively.

It's a nice film with some funny scenes.

80%

Film #98: Down and Out In Beverly Hills (1986)

Directed by: Paul Mazursky

Starring: Nick Nolte, Bette Midler, Richard Dreyfuss

Nick Nolte is a suicidal bum whose life is saved by the Whiteman family. They take him into their expensive home and look after him. He changes everyone in the family; the father who, at first, likes him, eventually comes to despise him, the mother who hates him eventually falls in love with him, the son comes out of the closet, the daughter decides to marry him and the dog begins eating again.

It's a funny film and Nolte once again dons the angry guy persona (look at 48 hours for a picture).

85%

Film #97: Scooby Doo 2 (2004)

Directed by: Same guy as the first film

Starring: Same people except with Seth Green this time around

Scooby Doo and co return in this sequel to take on several monsters from their past.
Its an alright film but does not measure up to its predecessor and that's being kind.

40%

Film #96: School For Scoundrels (2006)

Directed by: Todd Phillips

Starring: Jon Heder, Billy Bob Thornton

Jon Heder is a nice guy, too nice really. He gets walked all over and can't get a date to save his life. Everything changes when he takes life lessons from Billy Bob Thornton who teaches him to be meaner, look out for number one and get the girl.
Thornton decides that his student is overtaking him and so believes that its time for him to show him who's boss by muscling in on his life.

Its a funny film with some good acting from the two main characters. A nice cameo from Ben Stiller as well.

80%

Film #95: Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1992)

Directed by: Fran Rubel Kuzui

Starring: Kristy Swanson, Donald Sutherland

Everyone knows of the TV series of Buffy but not everyone knows of the movie.
It's basically the start of the series but is not seen as canon. Buffy is visited by Donald Sutherland and fights some vampires. The end.
Not much to it really.

60%

Film #94: Liar Liar (1997)

Directed by: Tom Shadyac

Starring: Jim Carrey

Jim Carrey is an extremely funny guy and a very talented actor, this movie further proves this alongside all his other movies.

In this film, Carrey plays Fletcher Reede, a lawyer who lies through his teeth to gets his verdict. His lies are taken home with him to his ex-wife and son. After a while, his son gets fed up and decides to use his birthday wish to stop his father from lying. It works and Fletcher finds life incredibly hard when he can't lie.

I still firmly believe that this film proves that Jim Carrey could portray Phoenix Wright perfectly if they decide to make a Phoenix Wright movie.

95%

Film #93: Scooby Doo (2002)

Directed by: Raja Gosnell

Starring: Matthew Lillard, Freddie Prinze Jr, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Linda Cardellini, Rowan Atkinson

I remember watching this in the cinema. I was so excited because I loved to watch Scooby Doo when I was a kid and when I heard that they were making a live-action movie, I was thrilled.

It's great that all the actors look just like they should (especially Lillard as Shaggy) but the poor storyline and bad CGI let it down.

75%

Film #92: Little Nicky (2000)

Directed by: Steven Brill

Starring: Adam Sandler, Patricia Arquette

I know a lot of people don't, but I really enjoy Adam Sandler's movies. They're just my kind of comedy.

Little Nicky is one of my favourite of the Sandler movies just because of all the references to heavy metal, hard rock and lots of cameos.

Basically, Lucifer has three sons; Adrian, Cassius and Nicky, and every 10,000 years, Satan chooses a new ruler of hell. When Lucifer chooses himself to rule again, Adrian and Cassius go apeshit and wreak havoc on earth, freezing the path to hell. Nicky must venture out to stop them and restore the balance between good and evil (because Nicky is part demon, part angel).

It has some great cameos from Henry Winkler, Quentin Tarantino and even Ozzy Osbourne. It's a pretty cool film.

94%

Film #91: True Romance (1993)

Directed by: Tony Scott

Starring: Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette

An unconventional love story with a plot around drugs and violence.
Christian Slater falls in love with Patricia Arquette and they come across a case of drugs when trying to run away from their former lives. They decide to sell the drugs and live off of that money. Gangsters come looking for them, as do the police and it all ends with a big shoot-out.
It is a great movie and it's not surprising that it was written by Quentin Tarantino.

90%

Film #90: Hercules (1997)

Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker

Starring: Tate Donovan, Danny DeVito, James Woods, Rip Torn

Who put the glad in gladiator? HER-CUL-EES!
Sorry, couldn't help myself.
Hercules is the son of Zeus who was stolen from Olympus and turned mortal. He does not turn fully mortal however and keeps his super-strength.
This is the story of how a young and inexperienced Hercules turns into a hero as he fights monsters and saves damsels.
Danny DeVito plays the part of Philoctetes (Phil), a sarcastic Satyr who trains Hercules to reach his full potential.
Its a great film and one of my favourites.

90%

Film #89: 101 Dalmations (1996)

Directed by: Stephen Herek

Starring: Glen Close, Jeff Daniels, Joely Richardson

I'm sure everyone has seen the animated Disney version, well this is only slightly different in story.

Roger has a dalmation and he bumps into Anita who also has a dalmation. The dogs have puppies and Cruella de Vil, a fashion designer, wants the dogs for a new fur coat. She gets them, along with many others and has a total of 99. Everything goes wrong and the dogs get their own back on her. Roger and Anita get their dogs back and decide to keep the rest, resulting in 101 dalmations. Nice mathematics there.

It is a nice family film albeit a bit daft.

80%

Film #88: Nanny McPhee (2005)

Directed by: Kirk Jones

Starring: Emma Thompson

Oh God! This film is terrible. It has awful child actors, an awful set and an extremely awful story.

Don't watch this!

20%

Film #87: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005)

Directed by: Tim Burton

Starring: Johnny Depp

This film follows the book more closely that the older one but it still doesn't have that magic that the first one had. Depp does an amazing job at portraying a weirdo but I don't know why but I don't like this version.

70%

Film #86: Terminator 2 (1991)

Directed by: James Cameron

Starring: Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnie returns in this sequel to hunt down Sarah Connor once more.
This time, he's a good guy and he's trying to prevent Judgement Day from happening. To do this, he must destroy the T-1000, another terminator unit designed to kill John Connor (Sarah's son).

It's an enjoyable film with lots of action-packed scenes.

85%

Film #85: Pulp Fiction (1994)

Directed by: Quentin Tarantino

Starring: Samuel L. Jackson, John Travolta, Uma Thurman, Bruce Willis

Where do I start with this one? I'll do this review out of chronological order just like the movie.

98%

Quite possibly the greatest film ever made.

The story follows multiple characters in their everyday lives of gangsters and organized crime.
The start of the film sees "Pumpkin" and "Honey Bunny", a couple who need money, attempt to rob a diner. After that, it shows all the separate stories of the characters.
Vincent Vega (Travolta) and Jules Winnfield (Jackson) are two gangsters working for Marsellus Wallace. They have to retrieve a suitcase from some guys and bring it back to Wallace.
Mia Wallace (Thurman) is Marsellus' wife and Marsellus has instructed Vincent to look after her and take her out for dinner.
Butch Coolidge (Willis) is a boxer being paid by Wallace to take a dive, he betrays him and decides to take the money for himself.
All the characters intertwine together somehow and by the end of the film (which ends with the start with pumpkin and honey bunny), everything is made clear.

I picked this movie up after watching it at my dad's house last year. I got it for about £3 off Play and I've seen it about a million times since.

Film #84: Aladdin (1992)

Directed by: Ron Clements, John Musker

Starring: Scott Weinger, Robin Williams

Aladdin has to be one of the best Disney films out there. I don't know whether its the charm of the story, the unintended humour or the fact that Robin Williams is the genie.

Basically, Jafar is an evil bastard and gets a street rat called Aladdin to fetch a lamp for him from inside a panther type thing made of of sand (it can talk and calls everyone infidels). Aladdin doesn't escape in time and is trapped inside with his monkey and a flying carpet. He cleans the lamp and out pops Robin Williams who grants him 3 wishes.
Aladdin uses his wishes to get the love of Princess Jasmine who eventually sleeps with Jafar instead.joke

Catchy songs accompany the great storyline which rounds it off to be a great film.

90%

Film #83: Toy Story 2 (1999)

Directed by: John Lasseter, Ash Brannon, Lee Unkrich

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen, Joan Cusack, Kelsey Grammer

Spreading more Pixar love is Toy Story 2. This time around, Andy accidentally tears Woody and he gets put on the shelf and sold at a garage sale. Buzz leads the team out to rescue Woody from a balding fat guy, who owns a collection of 'Woodys Round Up' dolls including a Jessie the cowgirl, Bullseye the horse and the Old Prospector, before he is sold to a japanese museum.

Although this is not as good as the first one, it is still great and I love it.

95%

Film #82: Toy Story (1995)

Directed by: John Lasseter

Starring: Tom Hanks, Tim Allen

There's a snake in mah boots! Reach for the Skai! Buzz Lightyear to the rescue! To infinity, and BEYOND!
I could sit here and quote this film all day. It's (I will try to refrain myself from saying awesome) a fantastic film and the first film by Pixar. The story and concept is extremely original and thats why I love it so much.

Woody the cowboy is Andys favourite toy...until his birthday comes up and he gets a new toy called Buzz Lightyear and he's a spaceranger.
Oh yeah, did I mention that the toys walk and talk when humans aren't around? Guess not.
Woody is the leader of the toys until Buzz shows up and so he tries to get rid of him forever.

The music by Randy Newman is legendary and I can bet you that if you sing the first line to someone in the High Street, they will know what you're on about, "You got a friend in me!"

I could go on and on forever but I'm sure you already know all about this and love it too.

100%

Film #81: Chicken Run (2000)

Directed by: Peter Lord, Nick Park

Starring: Julia Sawalha, Mel Gibson

Taking a break from Wallace and Gromit, Nick Park brings us Chicken Run which is a film about a chicken farm where all the chickens try to escape and in many cases parodies The Great Escape.

This film is on every Easter and was no exception this year (the date now should be 21st March, talk about a late review). I enjoy watching this film because of how original it can be and how it takes a serious film and puts a comedic slant on it.

80%

Film #80: Monsters Inc. (2001)

Directed by: Peter Docter, Lee Unkrich, David Silverman

Starring: John Goodman, Billy Crystal

Pixar films are always awesome. I have never come across a Pixar film that I didn't enjoy (I haven't seen Cars, Ratatouille or Wall.E yet though) and this film is by far no exception.

Monsters Inc is possibly my second favourite pixar movie (first being Toy Story) because it is extremely original, funny and awesome (for lack of a more awesome word).

Sully and Mike are monsters working for Monsters Incorporated and scare children at night because their screams are used as power in the monster world. The monsters go through lots of training and are told time and time again that humans are dangerous.
One day, Randal (a bad guy) tries to get some extra work done but accidentally lets a little girl into the monster world. Sully and Mike take responsibility of the child and try to hide her until they can get her back to the real world.

I cannot stress enough how good this film is. Watch it now if you haven't already.

98%

Film #79: Cellular (2004)

Directed by: David R. Ellis

Starring: Chris Evans, Kim Basinger

A woman is kidnapped and somehow manages to call a random number. The owner of that random number now has to try and save her.

It is a pretty decent film. There's some nice action scenes, some good dialogue but the story is a tad off.

80%

Film #78: George and the Dragon (2004)

Directed by: Tom Reeve

Starring: James Purefoy, Piper Perabo, Michael Duncan Smith, Patrick Swayze

This movie sucks.
It tries to be funny yet thrilling but fails The effects are tacky and the fight scenes are crap.
DO NOT WATCH.

20%

Film #77: Monster House (2006)

Directed by: Gil Kenan

Starring: Mitchell Musso, Sam Lerner, Spencer Locke, Maggie Gyllenhaal

Three pre-pubescent kids kill an old guy which brings his house to life. Now they must combat the house to stop it from eating people like Earl Hickey.

The animation in this film is very smooth and uses motion capture throughout which makes the movements of the characters more life-like.

I enjoyed this film and liked all the small cameos from actors like Jon Heder and Jason Lee.

73%