Movies

One of my favourite things to do is to curl up on the couch with a good movie. Especially on a rainy weekend. I could spend all weekend watching movies. When I was younger I would go to the movies all the time, even on my own.

The very first movie I recall seeing was The Shaggy D.A. which was a sequal to the Shaggy Dog movie. I remember seeing it at the cinema with one of my parents. I wish I could say that was set me on a life long love of movies but it actually wasn't. I did not like that movie!

I think was a few years later - around 1979/80, when my local community center would run movies on the weekends and in the school holidays. It was a pretty rough setup, just some chairs and a projector in a community hall. But I remember seeing so many movies there. The Black Stallion, Watership Down, The Gods Must Be Crazy, Time Bandits, and more. It cost a couple of dollars to see two movies and I loved going.

Its a bit more expensive to see a movie now, but thank heavens for streaming. So many movies at the touch of your fingertips.

Favourite Movies

There are sooooo many movies I love. I tried to make a list just for my own reference really, but also in case anyone wants some movie recs.

But in short, I love: Horror, Sci-Fi, Mind Fucks, Folk Horror, Post Apocalypse, Rankin Bass christmas movies, Shirley Temple movies, Doris Day movies, Time Travel, Korean Horror, and more.

General Movies

The Great Escape (1963)
Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Twister (1996)
Empire of the Sun (1987)
The Ghost & Mrs Muir (1947)
Duel (1971)
Tremors (1990)
Capricorn One (1978)
The Color Purple (1985)
Run Lola Run (1999)
Hackers (1995)
The Bad Seed (1956)
Battle Royale (2000)
Kamikaze Girls (2004)

Australian Movies

Spider & Rose (1994)
Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
Lion (2016)
The Tunnel (2011)
Triangle (2009)

Cult Movies

Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
Repo! The Genetic Opera
Tank Girl (1995)
Time Bandits (1981)
Office Space (1999)

Weird / Mind Fucks

Cube (1997)
The Platform (2019)
Being John Malkovich (1999)
The Skin I Live In (2011)
The City of Lost Children (1995)

Horror

The Loved Ones (2009)
The Village (2004)
Undead (2003)
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
The Invisible Man (2020)
Creep (2014)
Creep 2 (2017)
X / Pearl (2022)
As Above So Below (2014)
In Fabric (2018)
Cam (2018)
Happy Death Day (2017)

Folk Horror

The Wickerman (1975)
Midsommar
The Wickerman ()
Hereditary

Korean Horror

A Tale of Two Sisters (2003)
The Host (2006)
Train to Busan (2016)
#Alive (2020)

(Post) Apocalypse

The Day After (1983)
Threads (1984)
Night of the Comet (1984)
Shaun of the Dead (2004)

General Science Fiction

Fahrenheit 451 (1966)
The Fifth Element (1997)
Stargate (1994)
Soylent Green (1973)
Star Trek: the Motion Picture (1979)
Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)
Star Trek: Generations (1994)
Star Trek: First Contact (1996)

Science Fiction - Time Travel

Predestination (2014)
Time Lapse (2014)
Somewhere in Time (1980)
The Time Machine (1960)

Musicals

The King and I (1956)
Rocky Horror Picture Show (1978)
Xanadu (1980)
A Chorus Line (1986)
Sister Act (1992)
Sister Act 2 (1993)
Grease (1978)
Grease 2 (1982)

Anime / Animated Movies

The Garden of Words (2013)
Howls Moving Castle (2004)
Grave of the Fireflies (1988)
When Marnie Was There (2014)

Family Movies

The Year Without Santa Claus (1974)
The Secret Garden (1993)
The Little Princess (1939)
Pollyanna (1960)
The Little Princess (1995)
The Twelve Tasks of Asterix (1976)
Annie (1982)
War Games (1983)
Toy Soldiers (1991)