MikZ's Taste in Film

I spend way more hours in cinemas and watching live theatre than I do in front of a television. While I definitely feel more enriched by arthouse and foreign film, I give credit when it's due to more mainstream productions. 2002 was a particularly good year for mainstream film, actually—Lord of the Rings, Spiderman, and the second Star Wars film wasn't bad either!

But without further ado...

MikZ's Ten Favourite Films

1. Children of the Revolution (1996)—How can a film that starts out so silly end up being so dramatic?

2. Blues Brothers (1980)—Great music, lots of fun, and includes the most expensive car chase scene of its time!

3. Dogma (1999)—Kevin Smith's first, after the Trilogy. (See below!)

4. Love and Other Catastrophes (1997)—A most enjoyable film with quite a good account of uni student life. This film inspired this web page.

5. Secrets and Lies (1996)—British drama film with unbelievably believable characters.

6. Malcom (1986)—I love Melbourne, and I love gadgets, so I love this film.

7. The Paper (1994)—Charming American film that reflects a lot of my feelings about mass media.

8. LA Story (1991)—Everyone needs to visit Los Angeles once in a while. It helps get life into perspective.

9. Go (1999)—Kinda like a watered down Pulp Fiction, except I could relate to the characters a lot more, and nobody gets killed!

10. Kiss or Kill (1997)—Since it's a road movie and the backdrop is South Australia's deserts, I've never enjoyed a thriller as much as I enjoyed this.

1. The New Jersey Trilogy—Kevin Smith's Clerks, Mall Rats and Chasing Amy. The first one would have been in the list above, but Dogma's already there, and I the trilogy kinds goes together. And isn't Silent Bob incredibly cute???

2. Mystery Science Theatre 3000—Actually, this is an American television show that just rips off bad sci-fi films. They did release a cinema-based one, though!