The Gamers

Director: Matt Vancil
Writer: Matt Vancil
Stars: Emily Olson, Matt Cameron, Matt Shimkus

Summary: Sent on a quest to rescue a princess, four clueless players must guide their characters through dangerous forests, ancient ruins, and past the girl next door.

love this movie. perfect for fans of dnd. you can watch it on youtube here.

The Gamers: Dorkness Rising

Director: Matt Vancil
Writer: Matt Vancil
Stars: Nathan Rice, Carol Roscoe, Brian S. Lewis

Summary: Lodge, a gaming geek, takes his playing very seriously, unlike his babyish friends who'd rather be immature. He decides to shake things up by introducing two unconventional people to their group.

probably my favorite of all the gamers movies. honestly might be my favorite film of all time. it's fucking perfect. you can watch it on youtube here.

The Gamers: Hands of Fate

Director: Ben Dobyns, Matt Vancil
Writer: Nathan Rice, Matt Vancil
Stars: Brian S. Lewis, Trin Miller, Samara Lerman

Summary: When Cass (Brian Lewis) sets his eye on scoring a date with Natalie (Trin Miller), one of the world's top Romance of the Nine Empires players, she issues him a challenge: to show that he's gamer enough to win this year's national championship. Determined to prove that he can win any game, Cass enlists his long-suffering game buddy, Leo (Scott C. Brown) to teach him everything he needs to know about collectible card games. But The Legacy, a group of hardcore gamers with an evil plan, has raised an army of the undead to win the game for themselves.

really fucking funny. not more than the second, but better than the first imo. i really loved all the scenes with christian doyle (gary) and how he's just going through his own fucking story arc through the movie lmfao. you can watch it on youtube here.

Lucky Number Slevin

Director: Paul McGuigan
Writer: Jason Smilovic
Stars: Josh Hartnett, Ben Kingsley, Morgan Freeman

Summary: A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin into the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses. Under constant surveillance by Detective Brikowski and assassin Goodkat, he must get them before they get him.

i honestly reall love this movie and have never heard anyone talk about it ever. it's super underrated in my opinion and i really enjoyed it. pretty sure you can find it for free on like freeve or something; i actually own the dvd of it.

The Boondock Saints

Director: Troy Duffy
Writer: Troy Duffy
Stars: Willem Dafoe, Sean Patrick Flanery, Norman Reedus

Summary: Two Irish Catholic brothers become vigilantes and wipe out Boston's criminal underworld in the name of God.

super good movie. i should really rewatch it one of these days.

Snatch

Director: Guy Ritchie
Writer: Guy Ritchie
Stars: Jason Statham, Brad Pitt, Stephen Graham

Summary: Unscrupulous boxing promoters, violent bookmakers, a Russian gangster, incompetent amateur robbers and supposedly Jewish jewelers fight to track down a priceless stolen diamond.

this movie kept me on the edge of my seat. it's hilarious and gritty — my two favorite things.

Leon: The Professional

Director: Luc Besson
Writer: Luc Besson
Stars: Jean Reno, Gary Oldman, Natalie Portman

Summary: 12-year-old Mathilda is reluctantly taken in by Leon, a professional assassin, after her family is murdered. An unusual relationship forms as she becomes his protégée and learns the assassin's trade.

in my top 5. recently rewatched it for the third time to show it to my grandma. she loved it and so should you. it's on netflix (but you might need a vpn, i don't remember).

Catch Me If You Can

Director: Steven Spielberg
Writer: Jeff Nathanson, Frank Abagnale Jr., Stan Redding
Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Tom Hanks, Christopher Walken

Summary: Barely 21 yet, Frank is a skilled forger who has passed as a doctor, lawyer and pilot. FBI agent Carl becomes obsessed with tracking down the con man, who only revels in the pursuit.

my favorite steven spielberg movie by a long shot. fun fact: it's based on a true story and the real frank abangale jr. helped with the writing (though i imagine it's dramatised a bit for the viewing audeince).

Bourne

Directoy: Tony Gilroy, Paul Greengrass, Doug Liman
Writer: Robert Ludlum
Stars: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper

Summary: It's been 10 years since Jason Bourne (Matt Damon) walked away from the agency that trained him to become a deadly weapon. Hoping to draw him out of the shadows, CIA director Robert Dewey assigns hacker and counterinsurgency expert Heather Lee to find him. Lee suspects that former operative Nicky Parsons is also looking for him. As she begins tracking the duo, Bourne finds himself back in action battling a sinister network that utilizes terror and technology to maintain unchecked power.

i titled it bourne because i'm too lazy to make seperate entries for all these movies. they all follow the same plot more or less anyway so there's no need. i really enjoyed these movies, i think everyone should watch them at some point.

The Ref

Director: Ted Demme
Writer: Marie Weiss, Richard LaGravenese
Stars: Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey

Summary: A cat burglar is forced to take a bickering, dysfunctional family hostage on Christmas Eve.

my dad recently showed me this movie. i fucking loved it. honestly, might be the only christmas movie i like lmao.

Lord of the Rings

Director: Peter Jackson
Writer: J. R. R. Tolkien, Fran Walsh, Phallipa Boyens
Stars: Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Orlando Bloom

Summary: A meek Hobbit from the Shire and eight companions set out on a journey to destroy the powerful One Ring and save Middle-earth from the Dark Lord Sauron.

so good. the fight scenes, the dialogue, the characters, the worldbuilding — mwah. my fav is pippin. oh, also, this includes all three movies, I'm too lazy to make three separate entries.

Paul

Director: Greg Mottola
Writer: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost
Stars: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Seth Rogen

Summary: Two English comic book geeks traveling across the U.S. encounter an alien outside Area 51.

three tits. that's awesome!

Spaceballs

Director: Mel Brooks
Writer: Mel Brooks, Thomas Meehan, Ronny Graham
Stars: Mel Brooks, John Candy, Rick Moranis

Summary: A star-pilot for hire and his trusty sidekick must come to the rescue of a princess and save Planet Druidia from the clutches of the evil Spaceballs.

literally a spoof of star wars. incredibly fucking hilarious. this is the first movie that got me started on mel brooks films. fucking love that guy.

Dracula: Dead and Loving It

Director: Mel Brooks
Writer: Mel Brooks, Rudy De Luca, Steve Haberman
Stars: Leslie Nielsen, Mel Brooks, Peter MacNicol

Summary: Mel Brooks' parody of the classic vampire story and its famous film adaptations.

probably my favorite of mel brooks's films tbh. renfield is so good in this movie. i recently showed it to my grandma and she couldn't stop laughing at it lmao.

Robin Hood: Men In Tights

Director: Mel Brooks
Writer: Mel Brooks, Evan Chandler, J.D. Shapiro
Stars: Cary Elwes, Richard Lewis, Roger Rees

Summary: A spoof of Robin Hood in general, and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) in particular.

genuinely can't get over the blind guy, especially the watchtower scene. also fun fact dave chapelle made his film debut with this movie.

Underworld

Director: Len Wiseman
Writer: Kevin Grevioux, Len Wiseman, Danny McBride
Stars: Kate Beckinsale, Scott Speedman, Shane Brolly

Summary: Selene, a vampire warrior, is entrenched in a conflict between vampires and werewolves, while falling in love with Michael, a human who is sought by werewolves for unknown reasons.

i honestly really enjoy this movie. it reminded me a lot of vampire: the masquerade if it was mixed with werewolf: the apocalypse. also i just think selene is beautiful. i make most of my mmo avatars look like her.

Blade

Director: Stephen Norrington
Writer: David S. Goyer
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Stephen Dorff, Kris Kristofferson

Summary: A half-vampire, half-mortal man becomes a protector of the mortal race, while slaying evil vampires.

the way they do vampires in this film is def more in line with the kindred of vampire: the masquerade. i like the action scenes and story well enough.

Blade II

Director: Guillermo del Toro
Writer: Marv Wolfman, Gene Colan, David S. Goyer
Stars: Wesley Snipes, Kris Kristofferson, Ron Perlman

Summary: Blade forms an uneasy alliance with the vampire council in order to combat the Reapers, who are feeding on vampires.

i liked the second movie a lot more than the first. the first movie had really good action scenes but i found the story to be lacking. this one, however, has the perfect amount of both imo.

Queen of the Damned

Director: Michael Rymer
Writer: Anne Rice, Scott Abbott, Michael Petroni
Stars: Aaliyah Dana Haughton, Stuart Townsend, Marguerite Moreau

Summary: In this loose sequel to Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994), the vampire Lestat becomes a rock star whose music wakes up the equally beautiful and monstrous queen of all vampires.

this movie was actually really good. i was expecting it to be a lot more cliche than it actually was. love the scene with jonathan davis lol. the soundtrack fucking slaps, has my favorite bands. i had no idea change (in the house of flies) was even in it!

Guardians of the Galaxy

Director: James Gunn
Writer: James Gunn, Dan Abnett
Stars: Chris Pratt, Vin Diesel, Bradley Cooper

Summary: A group of intergalactic criminals must pull together to stop a fanatical warrior with plans to purge the universe.

love this series. my fav superheroes. the best. recently watched the 3rd movie and all i can say is — HATSUNE MIKU!?? ok no but the 3rd movie's animals actually freaked me out

Deadpool

Director: Tim Miller
Writer: Rhett Reese, Paul Wernick
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Morena Baccarin, T.J. Miller

Summary: A wisecracking mercenary gets experimented on and becomes immortal yet hideously scarred, and sets out to track down the man who ruined his looks.

first one was the best but they're all good. love deadpool.

Free Guy

Director: Shawn Levy
Writer: Matt Lieberman, Zak Penn
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Jodie Comer, Taika Waititi

Summary: When Guy, a bank teller, learns that he is a non-player character in a bloodthirsty, open-world video game, he goes on to become the hero of the story and takes the responsibility of saving the world.

it's so good. yet another amazing performance by ryan reynolds.

6 Underground

Director: Michael Bay
Writer: Paul Wernick, Rhett Reese
Stars: Ryan Reynolds, Mélanie Laurent, Manuel Garcia-Rulfo

Summary: Six individuals from all around the globe, each the very best at what they do, have been chosen not only for their skill, but for a unique desire to delete their pasts to change the future.

amazing movie. love all the characters and the action scenes are amazing.

Bullet Train

Director: David Leitch
Writer: Zak Olkewicz, Kôtarô Isaka
Stars: Brad Pitt, Joey King, Aaron Taylor-Johnson

Summary: Five assassins aboard a swiftly-moving bullet train find out that their missions have something in common.

this movie was so good. i went into it completely blind since my dad just pulled it up and said let's watch this. i had no idea what i was expecting but this movie exceeded whatever expecations i had. 10/10 would watch it again.