Robert's Movie Picks
The best films of the year

About Me

Well, as long as I can remember, I have always loved film. The cinema is one of the few art forms that have the power to inspire, move, challenge, and entertain. Theatre is my (very close) second love.

Since I have only recently joined eFilmCritic.com as a film critic, only a handful of my film reviews have been posted. In time...

Anyways, I am currenty studying acting in New York. I am also an active screenwriter, stage director, recording vocalist, radio personality, and (of course) film critic.

Occupation: Acting student (New York)
Favorite Author: Stephen King
Favorite Song: "My Funny Valentine"
Favorite Filmmakers: Robert Altman, Ingmar Bergman, Tim Burton, Frank Capra, Frederico Fellini, John Ford, Milos Forman, Alfred Hitchcock, Peter Jackson, Stanley Kubrick, David Lean, Baz Luhrmann, Fritz Lang, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols, Roman Polanski, Steven Spielberg, Quentin Tarantino, Francois Truffaut, Orson Welles, Billy Wilder, Robert Wise
Favorite Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Marlon Brando, Richard Burton, Nicolas Cage, Montgomery Clift, Daniel Day-Lewis, James Dean, Robert DeNiro, Johnny Depp, Ralph Fiennes, Henry Fonda, Morgan Freeman, Clark Gable, Cary Grant, Dustin Hoffman, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Jack Lemmon, Robert Mitchum, Gary Oldman, Laurence Olivier, Peter O'Toole, Paul Newman, Jack Nicholson, Edward Norton, Gregory Peck, Sean Penn, Peter Sarsgaard, James Stewart, Spencer Tracey
Favorite Actresses: Joan Allen, Anne Bancroft, Kathy Bates, Ingrid Bergman, Julie Christie, Patricia Clarkson, Glenn Close, Claudette Colbert, Judy Davis, Faye Dunaway, Jane Fonda, Greta Garbo, Judy Garland, Julie Harris, Audrey Hepburn, Katharine Hepburn, Diane Keaton, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Lange, Vivien Leigh, Laura Linney, Frances McDormand, Julianne Moore, Michelle Pfeiffer, Vanessa Redgrave, Maggie Smith, Meryl Streep, Elizabeth Taylor, Emma Thompson, Liv Ullman, Kate Winslet, Jane Wyman

Favorite Films of All Time...

The following are my 10 favorite films ever:

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    1. Gone with the Wind (1939)
    2. Godfather: Part II, The (1974)
    3. Godfather, The (1972)
    4. Citizen Kane (1941)
    5. All About Eve (1950)
    6. Pulp Fiction (1994)
    7. Casablanca (1943)
    8. Schindler's List (1993)
    9. Rear Window (1954)
    10. Ordinary People (1980)

The following is an alphabetical list of my OTHER favorite films. They are all so well made and so important to me (for one reason, or another).

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    • Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
    • The Accidental Tourist (1988)
    • Adaptation (2002)
    • The African Queen (1951)
    • AI: Artificial Intelligence (2001)
    • Aliens (1986)
    • All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
    • All That Heaven Allows (1955)
    • All the King's Men (1949)
    • All the President's Men (1976)
    • Almost Famous (2000)
    • Amadeus (1984)
    • Amelie (2001)
    • American Beauty (1999)
    • Anatomy of a Murder (1959)
    • Annie Hall (1977)
    • Apartment, The (1960)
    • Apocalypse Now (1979)
    • Apollo 13 (1995)
    • Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
    • As Good as It Gets (1997)
    • Babe (1995)
    • Badlands (1973)
    • Barry Lyndon (1975)
    • Beauty and the Beast (1991)
    • Before Sunrise (1995)
    • Before Sunset (2004)
    • Being There (1979)
    • Ben-Hur (1959)
    • Best in Show (2000)
    • Best Years of Our Lives, The (1946)
    • Bicycle Thief, The (1948)
    • Black Christmas (1974)
    • Blow-Up (1966)
    • Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
    • Born on the Fourth of July (1989)
    • Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
    • Breakfast Club, The (1985)
    • Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
    • Bridge on the River Kwai, The (1957)
    • Brief Encounter (1945)
    • Bringing Up Baby (1938)
    • Broadcast News (1987)
    • Brokeback Mountain (2005)
    • Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)
    • Cape Fear (1962)
    • Carnival of Souls (1962)
    • Charade (1963)
    • Chicago (2002)
    • Children of Men (2006)
    • Chinatown (1974)
    • Cinema Paradiso (1989)
    • City Lights (1931)
    • Clockwork Orange, A (1971)
    • Clueless (1995)
    • Color Purple, The (1985)
    • Conversation, The (1973)
    • Country Girl, The (1954)
    • Crying Game, The (1992)
    • Dances with Wolves (1990)
    • Dark Knight, The (2008)
    • Day the Earth Stood Still, The (1951)
    • Departed, The (2006)
    • Diaboliques, Les (1955)
    • Doctor Zhivago (1965)
    • Dog Day Afternoon (1975)
    • Donnie Darko (2001)
    • Do the Right Thing (1989)
    • Double Indemnity (1944)
    • Dracula (1931)
    • Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
    • Dr. Strangelove: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)
    • East of Eden (1955)
    • 8 1/2 (1963)
    • Elephant Man, The (1980)
    • Empire Strikes Back, The (1980)
    • English Patient, The (1996)
    • ET: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
    • Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
    • Fanny and Alexander (1982)
    • Fantasia (1940)
    • Far from Heaven (2002)
    • Fargo (1996)
    • Fatal Attraction (1987)
    • Fearless (1993)
    • Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986)
    • Field of Dreams (1989)
    • Finding Nemo (2003)
    • Four Hundred Blows, The (1959)
    • French Connection, The (1971)
    • From Here to Eternity (1953)
    • Full Metal Jacket (1987)
    • Gandhi (1982)
    • Gay Divorcee, The (1934)
    • Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
    • George Washington (2000)
    • Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The (1947)
    • Giant (1956)
    • Goodbye Girl, The (1977)
    • Good Will Hunting (1997)
    • Graduate, The (1967)
    • Grand Hotel (1932)
    • Grapes of Wrath, The (1940)
    • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
    • Halloween (1978)
    • Harvey (1950)
    • Haunting, The (1963)
    • Heaven Can Wait (1978)
    • Heiress, The (1949)
    • High Noon (1952)
    • His Girl Friday (1940)
    • Honeymoon Killers, The (1970)
    • Horse's Mouth, The (1958)
    • Howards End (1992)
    • How Green Was My Valley (1941)
    • Hud (1963)
    • Hustler, The (1961)
    • Incredibles, The (2004)
    • In the Heat of the Night (1967)
    • In the Mood for Love (2000)
    • Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
    • It Happened One Night (1934)
    • It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
    • Jackie Brown (1997)
    • Jaws (1975)
    • Jerry Maguire (1996)
    • JFK (1991)
    • Johnny Belinda (1948)
    • Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
    • Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)
    • Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
    • Kramer vs. Kramer (1979)
    • L.A. Confidential (1997)
    • Lady Eve, The (1941)
    • Last Emperor, The (1987)
    • Last of Sheila, The (1973)
    • Last Picture Show, The (1971)
    • Laura (1944)
    • Lavender Hill Mob, The (1951)
    • Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
    • Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
    • Letter to Three Wives, A (1949)
    • Lifeboat (1944)
    • Life with Father (1947)
    • Lion in Winter, The (1968)
    • Little Foxes, The (1941)
    • Lolita (1962)
    • Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The (2003)
    • Lost Horizon (1937)
    • Lost in Translation (2003)
    • The Lost Weekend (1945)
    • M (1931)
    • The Maltese Falcon (1941)
    • The Manchurian Candidate (1962)
    • Metropolis (1927)
    • Mildred Pierce (1945)
    • Million Dollar Baby (2004)
    • Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
    • Modern Times (1936)
    • Moulin Rouge (2001)
    • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
    • Mrs. Miniver (1942)
    • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
    • Mulholland Drive (2001)
    • Murmur of the Heart (1971)
    • My Man Godfrey (1936)
    • Nashville (1975)
    • Network (1975)
    • Nightmare Before Christmas, The (1993)
    • Night of the Living Dead (1968)
    • No Country for Old Men (2007)
    • North by Northwest (1959)
    • Nosferatu: The First Vampire (1922)
    • One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest (1975)
    • On the Waterfront (1954)
    • Out of the Past (1947)
    • Pan's Labyrinth (2006)
    • Paper Moon (1973)
    • Patton (1970)
    • Peeping Tom (1960)
    • Peyton Place (1957)
    • Philadelphia Story, The (1940)
    • Pianist, The (2002)
    • Pickup on South Street (1953)
    • Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975)
    • Place in the Sun, A (1951)
    • Platoon (1986)
    • The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
    • Psycho (1960)
    • Rachel, Rachel (1968)
    • Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
    • Rain Man (1988)
    • Rashomon (1950)
    • Rebecca (1940)
    • Rebel Without a Cause (1955)
    • Remains of the Day, The (1993)
    • Repulsion (1965)
    • Requiem for a Dream (2000)
    • Rocky (1976)
    • Roman Holiday (1953)
    • Room at the Top (1959)
    • Rosemary's Baby (1968)
    • Rushmore (1998)
    • Searchers, The (1956)
    • Secrets & Lies (1996)
    • Separate Tables (1958)
    • Seven Samurai, The (1954)
    • Seventh Seal, The (1957)
    • Shadow of a Doubt (1943)
    • Shakespeare in Love (1998)
    • Shawshank Redemption, The (1994)
    • Shining, The (1980)
    • Shock Corridor (1953)
    • Shop Around the Corner, The (1940)
    • Sideways (2004)
    • Silence of the Lambs, The (1991)
    • Singin' in the Rain (1952)
    • Sixth Sense, The (1999)
    • Sleuth (1972)
    • Smooth Talk (1985)
    • Snake Pit, The (1948)
    • Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
    • Squid and the Whale, The (2005)
    • Spartacus (1960)
    • Spellbound (1945)
    • Spirited Away (2002)
    • Some Like it Hot (1959)
    • Sound of Music, The (1965)
    • Star Wars (1977)
    • Sting, The (1973)
    • Strangers on a Train (1951)
    • A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
    • Sullivan's Travles (1941)
    • Sunrise (1927)
    • Sunset Boulevard (1950)
    • Suspicion (1941)
    • Talented Mr. Ripley, The (1999)
    • Talk to Her (2002)
    • Taxi Driver (1976)
    • Terms of Endearment (1983)
    • There Will Be Blood (2007)
    • Third Man, The (1949)
    • Three Faces of Eve, The (1957)
    • They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969)
    • To Kill a Mockingbird (1952)
    • Tootsie (1982)
    • Topper (1937)
    • Touch of Evil (1958)
    • Toy Story (1995)
    • Toy Story 2 (1999)
    • Treasure of the Sierra Madre, The (1948)
    • Tree Grows in Brooklyn, A (1945)
    • Trouble in Paradise (1932)
    • Truman Show, The (1998)
    • 12 Angry Men (1957)
    • 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
    • Unforgiven (1992)
    • Vertigo (1958)
    • West Side Story (1961)
    • What's Eating Gilbert Grape? (1993)
    • Who Framed Roger Rabbit? (1988)
    • Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)
    • Witness (1985)
    • Wizard of Oz, The (1939)
    • Woman Next Door, The (1981)
    • Woman Under the Influence, A (1974)
    • Women, The (1939)
    • Young Frankenstein (1974)

If you have any questions, or simply want to talk about cinema in general, feel free to E-mail me.