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Favorite Films
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items These are some of my all time favorite films. I own them on DVD and can and have watched them over and over again.
In 1972, playwright Richard Collier (Christopher Reeve) becomes fascinated by a photo of Elise McKenna (Jane Seymour), a turn-of-the-century stage actress, while staying at the Grand Hotel in Mackinac Island, Michigan. As Richard's obsession grows, h...
Somewhere In Time - Target
If you grew up liking fantasy and imagination you will enjoy The Secret Garden. It's about a young, recently-orphaned girl is sent to England after living in India all of her life. Once there, she begins to explore her new, seemingly-isolated surroun...
The Secret Garden (dvd)(2020) - Target
In 1917, two children take a photograph, which is soon believed by some to be the first scientific evidence of the existence of fairies. This is a family friendly movie and enjoy one will enjoy it.
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I absolutely loved this remake of the Shakespeare classic. The cast was amazing and it’s one of my favorite versions of this story. Lovers' lives are complicated by city law, feuding faerie royalty, and... love.
A Midsummer Night's Dream - DVD
Truly a classic. Breakfast at Tiffany's is a romantic comedy movie I have watched over and over and I love it each time more and more. I was named after Audrey Hepburn (thank you, Mom). If you have never seen this movie … it's a must see. It's about ...
Breakfast At Tiffany's (dvd)(1961) - Target
The Illusionist (2006) is a mysterious, romantic drama set in old-school Vienna, where Edward Norton plays a magician named Eisenheim. He’s super talented and pulls off tricks that seem almost supernatural. One day, he reconnects with Sophie, a woman...
The Illusionist (blu-ray)(2006) - Target
The Prestige (2006) is one of those movies that really messes with your head—in a good way. It’s about two magicians, Robert Angier (Hugh Jackman) and Alfred Borden (Christian Bale), who start off as friends but turn into bitter rivals. They’re both ...
Prestige (dvd) - Target
Chaplin is a biographical movie from 1992 where Robert Downey Jr. plays the legendary silent film star Charlie Chaplin. It follows Chaplin’s life from when he was a poor kid in London, all the way to becoming one of the most famous comedians in movie...
Chaplin (dvd)(1992) - Target
When it comes to movies I love the classic. I’m not really a fan of the remakes. The Bad News Bears is a classic underdog comedy from the ’70s where Walter Matthau plays Morris Buttermaker, a cranky, beer-drinking ex-minor league baseball player who...
The Bad News Bears (dvd)(1976) - Target
Another classic!
The Women is an all-female cast drama-comedy from 1939, and when I say all-female, I mean it—not a single man appears on screen, even though the whole story revolves around men. The plot follows a group of wealthy New York women an...
The Women (1939)
This was one of my favorite movies growing up.
Thoroughly Modern Millie is a jazzy, quirky musical set in the 1920s, starring Julie Andrews as Millie Dillmount, a small-town girl who moves to New York City with a very modern plan—to find a rich man...
Thoroughly Modern Millie (dvd) - Target
Auntie Mame is a fabulous, feel-good comedy about living life to the fullest and not giving a single fig about what society thinks. It stars the legendary Rosalind Russell as Mame Dennis, a rich, eccentric, free-spirited aunt who suddenly becomes the...
Auntie Mame (dvd)(1958) - Target
Another original.
The First Wives Club is a hilarious revenge comedy about three longtime friends who reconnect after the death of a mutual college friend—who, it turns out, took her own life after being dumped for a younger woman. As the three wom...
The First Wives Club (2017 Release) (dvd) - Target
Death Becomes Her is a dark, twisted, totally fabulous comedy about vanity, revenge, and immortality—with a side of “be careful what you wish for.” It stars Goldie Hawn, Meryl Streep, and Bruce Willis (in the nerdiest role ever), and it is pure 90s c...
Death Becomes Her (dvd)(1992) - Target
Julie & Julia is a feel-good, foodie movie that bounces between two stories—Julia Child’s rise to culinary fame and a modern-day woman named Julie Powell, who decides to cook every single recipe in Julia Child’s cookbook in one year.
Meryl Stree...
Julie & Julia (dvd) - Target