Top 25 cinema experiences.
My top 25 films I've seen on the big screen.
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- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsHenry FondaCharles BronsonClaudia CardinaleA mysterious stranger with a harmonica joins forces with a notorious desperado to protect a beautiful widow from a ruthless assassin working for the railroad.I had the pleasure of watching my favourite western on the big screen during the Leeds International Film Festival at the beautiful venue of the Leeds Town Hall.
- DirectorDon ChaffeyStarsTodd ArmstrongNancy KovackGary RaymondThe legendary Greek hero leads a team of intrepid adventurers in a perilous quest for the legendary Golden Fleece.I watched this at the Pictureville Cinema at The Bradford Media Museum, it was during school holidays the screening was quite full with plenty of kids chattering,I remember posting online that the kids were irritating me before the film started but I retracted my statement as watching the film with a new generation was magical. The scene with the skeletons been the highlight with the kids screening at Jason to look out there's skeletons behind you. Priceless cinema experience.
- DirectorSergio LeoneStarsClint EastwoodEli WallachLee Van CleefA bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery.The first ever screening I watched at The Leeds Town Hall during The Film Festival. This masterpiece has to be witnessed on the big screen.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsSam NeillLaura DernJeff GoldblumA pragmatic paleontologist touring an almost complete theme park on an island in Central America is tasked with protecting a couple of kids after a power failure causes the park's cloned dinosaurs to run loose.My Dad took me to see this at The MGM cinema in Leeds formally known as The ABC Cinema which has since been demolished, glad I had the opportunity to watch a film at the ABC.
- DirectorJohn FordHenry HathawayGeorge MarshallStarsJames StewartJohn WayneGregory PeckA family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.I watched this at Bradford Media Museum during one of there Widescreen weekends, it was screened in Three-strip Cinerama format, watching the buffalo stampede was an experience in itself. The reel did break during the film but added to the experience as I had the bonus of watching a rare film reel that was used when the then new Cinerama format was originally released.
- DirectorFrank DarabontStarsTim RobbinsMorgan FreemanBob GuntonOver the course of several years, two convicts form a friendship, seeking consolation and, eventually, redemption through basic compassion.One of my all time favourites, like pretty much everyone else I watched this on cable television first time round. When I got the chance at Cottage Road Cinema In Headingley to watch Shawshank in one of the oldest Cinemas in Leeds, I jumped at the opportunity.
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsBob HoskinsChristopher LloydJoanna CassidyWhen a cartoon rabbit is accused of murder, he enlists the help of a burnt out private investigator to prove his innocence.At The Odeon in Leeds which has long closed was the venue my first ever cinema experience at the age of 8. I still love this today but sadly have lost the posable Roger Rabbit figure I got from the gift shop.
- DirectorF.W. MurnauStarsMax SchreckAlexander GranachGustav von WangenheimVampire Count Orlok expresses interest in a new residence and real estate agent Hutter's wife.I watched this at The Leeds Town Hall accompanied by a life organ performance, truly great experience.
- DirectorSergio CorbucciStarsFranco NeroJosé CanalejasJosé BódaloA coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.During the Leeds Internation Film Festival I had the pleasure of being present for a Django double bill of this and the lesser Django Kill. It was great seeing Django on the big screen at my favourite cinema Hyde Park Picture House the oldest cinema in Leeds. If you're a coffin maker, you sure did pick a good town to settle.
- DirectorSteven SpielbergStarsRoy ScheiderRobert ShawRichard DreyfussWhen a killer shark unleashes chaos on a beach community off Cape Cod, it's up to a local sheriff, a marine biologist, and an old seafarer to hunt the beast down.It's Jaws on big screen.
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsJack NicholsonShelley DuvallDanny LloydA family heads to an isolated hotel for the winter where a sinister presence influences the father into violence, while his psychic son sees horrific forebodings from both past and future.At the glorious Leeds Town Hall with my now girlfriend our first unofficial date.
- DirectorNoboru IguchiStarsItsuji ItaoAsamiAkira EmotoA young man with a motorcycle that has the ability to transform into a karate-fighting robot hunts down a gang of evil cyborgs to avenge the death of his father.Screened during LIFF after the opening scene of a flying head my mate and I turn toward each other laughing as we both said this is going to be awesome and it was.
- DirectorOla SimonssonJohannes Stjärne NilssonStarsBengt BraskeredSanna PerssonMagnus BörjesonA tone-deaf cop works to track down a group of guerilla percussionists whose anarchic public performances are terrorizing the city.A great musical heist movie, the acoustics at Leeds Town Hall were brilliant, making this film even better.
- DirectorJee-woon KimStarsSong Kang-hoLee Byung-hunJung Woo-sungThe story of two outlaws and a bounty hunter in 1940s Manchuria and their rivalry to possess a treasure map while being pursued by the Japanese army and Chinese bandits.Watched this Korean western at Hyde Park Picture house, I was very impressed with this film with the respect it had for Sergio Leone's westerns, a great tribute and stands alone as a great western.
- DirectorNorihiro KoizumiStarsRyûta SatôSaekoOsamu MukaiA comedy about a wrestler struggling with memory lapse.Ironically this film has lived on in my memory ever since seeing this at Hyde Park Picture House, I am yet to see this film since, such a fantastic film.
- DirectorBård BreienStarsFridtjov SåheimKirsti Eline TorhaugHenrik MestadThe local disability support group visits an involuntary member, not realizing that it will bring them to a critical mass.his film was that good I watched it twice, not necessarily need to be seen on the big screen but it is a great film dealing with mental health issues plus the lead character loves Johnny Cash.
- DirectorDarren AronofskyStarsMickey RourkeMarisa TomeiEvan Rachel WoodA faded professional wrestler must retire, but finds his quest for a new life outside the ring a dispiriting struggle.At the Vue at the Light in Leeds was the venue for the emotional ride with one of the best perfomances I've ever seen on the big screen Rourke was brilliant. As the film ended the cinema stayed sat glued to the chair has The title track came on from The Boss, as the final credit rolled and the song ended I turned to my mate and said wow.
- DirectorKevin SmithStarsJustin LongMichael ParksHaley Joel OsmentA brash and arrogant podcaster gets more than he bargained for when he travels to Canada to interview a mysterious recluse... who has a rather disturbing fondness for walruses.Long time fan of Kevin Smith. Watched this during LIFF28 with a live feed Q&A, film was brilliantly insane and Smith can talk and talk and talk.
- DirectorBruce RickerStarsFred BaileyBudd BoetticherPeter BogdanovichDocumentary on the underrated, influential director.Going into this film at Bradford Film Festival, I didn't know Budd by name but learnt that he had directed Seven men from now which I loved and when hearing is story of becoming a film director I respected him and instantly became a fan pf his work. I'm still trying to get a copy of The Bullfighter and the Lady.
- DirectorTakashi MiikeStarsShô AikawaRiisa NakaTsuyoshi AbeZebraman awakens fifteen years in the future, unclear on what has happened to him, and quickly discovers that the evil Zebra Queen has a hold on Tokyo.Takashi Miike is the reason I want to be a film maker, I first saw Ichi The Killer and was instantly blown away with him, watching his films on DVD never had a dull experience. When Zebraman 2 was announced at LIFF I couldn't wait to witness one of his films on the big screen, I was not disappointed.
- DirectorD. Kerry PriorStarsDavid AndersChris WyldeLouise GriffithsIn Los Angeles, a fallen soldier who has joined the ranks of the living dead reunites with his best friend in order to deal with the city's drug dealers and killers - a perfect way to collect the blood that one of them so desperately needs.Screen at Hyde Park Picture house during the LIFF Night Of The Dead annual event of films screening back to back from midnight onwards until around 9am this was the first and proabably the best film I've seen at the endurance test that is NOTD
- DirectorRobert ZemeckisStarsJim CarreyGary OldmanColin FirthAn animated retelling of Charles Dickens' classic novel about a Victorian-era miser taken on a journey of self-redemption, courtesy of several mysterious Christmas apparitions.My first IMAX experience, will always be a special memory to me.
- DirectorSimon WestStarsSylvester StalloneLiam HemsworthRandy CoutureMr. Church reunites the Expendables for what should be an easy paycheck, but when one of their men is murdered on the job, their quest for revenge puts them deep in enemy territory and up against an unexpected threat.Screened at the Vue light in Leeds I got to see Jean Claude Van Damme on the big Screen for the first and only time.
- DirectorDon ManciniStarsJennifer TillyBrad DourifJohn WatersChucky and Tiffany are resurrected by their innocent gender-confused child, Glen/Glenda, and hit Hollywood, where a movie depicting the killer dolls' murder spree is underway.I'm a massive fan of the manic killer doll, so I had to see Chucky on the big screen at the Showcase cinema in burstall
- DirectorStanley KubrickStarsKeir DulleaGary LockwoodWilliam SylvesterAfter uncovering a mysterious artifact buried beneath the Lunar surface, a spacecraft is sent to Jupiter to find its origins: a spacecraft manned by two men and the supercomputer HAL 9000.I'm not a fan of the film but it looked beautiful on the massive screen at Leeds Town Hall once again at LIFF.