Spy Game : Tony Scott's best film to date and simply a great film. Brad Pitt does some good work but it is Robert Redford's Nathan Muir who truly elevates the film into the realm of the greatest spy flicks ever made.
American Beauty : I saw it a couple of days ago, yes, shame on me for being 10 years late but still better than never. Kevin Spacey really knocks it out of the ballpark in this masterpiece that switches between laugh-out-loud hilarious and thought-provoking in the blink of an eye. Do. No. Miss. It.
The Insider : Heat and Collateral seem to get the most press when it comes to Michael Mann films but few pay attention to The Insider - his most mature work to date. It is thrilling, sophisticated and incredibly well-made. One of the understated performances of Al Pacino's career and arguably Russell Crowe's best work to date.
All The President's Men : It's a shame that so few people know of this incredibly underrated classic. To me, it is the genre-defining detective movie. The film has very little music and absolutely no action but will grab you by the balls and won't let go until the end credits as Woodward and Bernstein come under fire from the Nixon camp for their penetrating investigation into the Watergate scandal.
Gandhi : Again, another one of those highly-acclaimed films that very few people are familiar with (I don't get why this film almost never makes any Top 10 lists even though it is every bit as deserving, if not more), even though it is an 8-Oscar winning biographical account of one of the greatest revolutionaries in human history. This is a massive epic along the lines of Lawrence of Arabia (don't forget to watch this one too!) the heart of which is as big as its ambitious scope. And yes, that is SIR Ben Kingsley playing the role of the little man in loincloth.
I'll post more later...
