Notorious: This is a spy movie and perhaps the spy movie that made the genera what it is today. Ingrid Bergman is convinced to take a spy job by Carey Grant, her father's Nazi sympathies make her perfect for the job. She doesn't have the cleanest past but she and Grant fall for each other on the way down to Brazil where the job will be taking place. The job creates trouble in paradise. This is an innovative and well made movie, by Hitchcock naturally.

Anastasia: This is not the more recent cartoon (though I love that). I've been interested in Anastasia since I read a book about her, with pictures from her life, anyway this movie was a version with Ingrid Bergman and Yul Brynner, the plot of the movie is similar to that of the cartoon, however the Rasputin aspect isn't there. It was a nice movie, I liked it.

The Paycheck: This is a pretty good action movie, not the best but pretty good. I hadn't noticed it when watching but in some of the extended stuff on the DVD they were talking about how they had been inspired by Hitchcock, especially North by Northwest and I saw what they meant, I just wouldn't have been able to put my finger on it otherwise. The plot of this movie is akin to that of Minority Report if you've seen that, I think I enjoyed this movie far more though. I liked the concept of the movie, it was unusual.

Spellbound: Alfred Hitchcock made simply amazing movies, he was a master of his art and I don't know that anyone, even today, does thriller movies like he did. In this movie Ingrid Bergman is a psychiatrist or psychoanalyst, I don't recall witch, she meets and falls in love with Gregory Peck's character only to find that he is not who he seemed to be and that he's accused of murder. Peck's character has amnesia and a guilt complex and Ingrid Bergman is determined to cure him and prove his innocence. It's a fascinating movie.
Murder on the Orient Express: I've never read the book by Agatha Christie but this movie is a wonderful whodunit, drama, comedy, emotion and intriguing. It's wonderful, simply wonderful and part of that is that there are so many wonderful actors in the movie; Ingrid Bergman, Lauren Bacall, and so many more.I highly recommend it.

Breakfast at Tiffany's: I hate the song but I love this movie. I'm a big fan of Audrey Hepburn and this movie is one of my favorites. Audrey Hepburn and George Pepard are wonderful in this movie.

Indiscreet: I'm unsure about this movie, parts of it were really awesome, parts were blah and parts were not cool. Carey Grant and Ingrid Bergman are in love but lies are discovered and problems come up. One thing that comes from this movie is a message that you shouldn't lie about things, and I'm behind that 100% but there's a sort of battle of the sexes and the ending of the movie did not sit well with me. The movie was made in 1958 and that probably accounts for it's chuvanism but it doesn't make it any more plesant.

Australia: Wow, I've been wanting to watch this movie since I saw the previews about a year ago...obviously these things take me a while; it didn't disappoint though, it was a pretty awesome movie, even after they hype has faded down. I must say I was a bit disappointed that I could tell that computer animation was used in some parts but I suppose that can be dealt with. I wish that there weren't a few things in there that are, however I believe it's rated pg 13 and so I was warned. This movie was really awesome, really sad and the stars of the movie are both really pretty (Nicole Kidman and Hugh Jackman). The plot of this movie is very similar to that of Out of Africa but the issue of race and discrimination is dealt with much more. I am not very familiar with Australia at all but in Australia around the time of WWII the main ethnical groups in Australia were white and Aboriginies and as was usual for the time period, there was discrimination agains the Aboriginies but what really struck me was that below the Aboriginies on the social ladder were childeren who were half white and half Aboriginy, "creamies" was one of the derogatory terms. These poor childeren would be shipped off to an island, to an asylum away from their parents...or mothers really, since most of their fathers wouldn't claim them. It may have occured, but I'm not aware of anything like that happening with the racial discrimination between white and black people and this really struck me, that these poor children were just stuck between worlds, and not really able to join either. This movie really touched me and made me think.

Damn Yankees: This was an interesting movie, not the best plot, not the greatest music, but the dancing was great. This movie was choreographed by Bob Fossse and his wife, Gwen Verden was one of the stars, they even have a dance number together. This movie also made me think, the plot is that a man sells his soul to help his favorite team beat the Yankees, and so he makes a deal with the devil. The way the devil was portrayed in the movie made me wonder about how things would be if one made a deal witht the devil.

As You Like It: I am a fan of Shakespeare and I am a very big fan of Kenneth Branagh Shakespeare movies and this is one of them. As You Like it is an enjoyable comedy but it is brought to it's best set in 19th century Japan. I never would have thought of a Shakespeare play in such a setting but Branagh makes it simply beautiful. I heartily recommend it.

Sydney White: A silly retelling of Snow White, this time it's Sydney White and the seven dorks. It's a fun and far fetched movie, I watched it with a roomie and we had a great time seeing it, it's one of those movies.

Miss Potter: This movie is about the life of Beatrix Potter, as I know very little about her I could not tell you as to how accurate it is but I found it a very charming story. I had no idea... well quite frankly all I knew about Beatrix Potter was that she wrote those stories, the ones about Peter Rabbit and all those other animals; I didn't realize that it might be though improper for a woman to be writing and illustrating her own stories. I also wasn't aware that she bought large amounts of land in the Lake District which she donated for preservation and I think that was a very wonderful thing to do. I found this movie rather inspirational it makes me want to do more, be better, do something really great.

Becoming Jane: I was curious, I admit it, despite hearing poor opinions of it; I think sometimes you still just to see something that you've heard was bad in order to confirm it for yourself. It's not wonderful, it's not terrible, it's just kind of blah, and frankly I don't know that I buy it. I think it's sort of funny, avid Austin fans would have this be another one of her stories with a lovely happy ending, but it cannot be, Jane Austin died young (well relatively) and she was unmarried; to a man she loved or any one else. Rather ironic isn't it?

For Whom The Bell Tolls: Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman in a story about the Spanish Revolution by Hemingway. Yes Hemingway, bingo, interesting plot about the underdogs and an unhappy ending...ish.

Casablanca: So the AFI named Citizen Kane as their number one film and Casablanca as number two, if I did it I don't think that I'd put Citizen Kane on the list at all and Casablanca would most deffinatly be number one. Casablanca was a serindipitous movie where dispite being writen as it was being filmed and noone knowing what the ending would be, everything sort of worked out and it's still a classic today. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman both shine in this movie, but not alone, I've come to believe that in a great movie there's also a great cast of minor characters and this Casablanca has in Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreets, Claude Rains and others who's names I don't know. I love this movie and think that everyone should see it, it's got action, drama, comedy, romance, it's wonderful. Favorite line: "Are my eyes really brown?"

A Series of Unfortunate Events: Let me start of by clarifying that I have no interest in the books whatsoever; I was drawn to this movie because Jim Carey was in it. This is a very funny movie, there are great actors in it like Jim Carey and Meryl Streep. Carey plays multiple characters, all of which are superb. I like it, but I don't love it as I do some other movies.

Gigi: This is an older musical about a group of Parisians, lovers and mistresses...that might not be the right term but anyway... It's a sweet little story, nothing earth shaking, but amusing, it's a nice comforting sort of movie, one just to enjoy and not worry about anything too much. Despite the lovers and mistresses it's not inappropriate. I quite enjoy this movie every time I see it.

Back To The Future: This is an awesome, crazy, funny, 80s movie. Michael J. Fox goes back in time and sees his parents when they were his age. He has to get them together or he won't exist in the future. It's a fun movie.