Far East Classics

Favorite movies from director Yimou Zhang
Raise the red Lantern
The Road Home / House of the flying Daggers
Hero / Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
To Live / Curse of the Golden Flower

Favorite movies from director Kar Wai Wong
Eros
Chungking Express
Happy together
In the Mood for Love
2046

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress / written and directed by Sijie Dai

american movies set in , on or around eastern destinations

The Painted Veil / directed by John Curran

The Red Violin / Francois Girard

Empire of the Sun / Steven Speilberg

New Favorite Movies

Vicky Cristina Barcelona , Woody Allen 's newest film with Javier Bardiem and Penelope Cruz

Hamlet 2 , Steve Coogan , Kathrine Keener co-stars

Step Brothers ,Will Ferrell and John C. Reily
Bomb It!Jon Reis directs this bad ass documentary about graffiti artist all over the world

Skiing down Everest , a film from 1975 about world champion skier Yuichiro Miura

the big kahuna

today the sun was shinning in montana de oro like any other day.glistening , beautiful sunshine illuminating the humongous waves rolling in one after another.by god they were awe inspiring . i dont think i have ever seen waves quite that large before they must have been 25-30 feet tall.the barrells crashing and booming against the rocks was so dramatic like a old movie about heartache and mystery ,while children played on the shore oblivious to the monsters waiting off shore.there was a lone surfer out, a pro with two jet skis to pull him in to the waves face as he slips along effortlessly .hauling ass , carving back and forth making it look so fun and easy slipping up and over the wave to be picked up by one of the jet ski's .this ocean of ours is so enticing its no wonder i dream of it so much .

Movies Hawaiin style

Aloha friends , I am currently chill-laxing on the beautiful island of Kauai in a fabulous little house nestled in the hills of Kapaa.So I thought I would list a few great movies that were filmed in Hawaii so here it goes...

South Pacific - 1951 a classic movie must see

Hawaii - 1966 a Julie Andrews movie about the missionaries bringing shame to beautiful bare breasted islanders

Joe vs. the Volcanoe - 1990 Tom Hanks , Meg Ryan at their best a comedy you shouldnt miss

Picture Bride - 1995 a slow great cinematic unlikely love affair set on the north shore of Oahu

50 first Dates - 2003 Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore in a cute romatic comedy

Tropic Thunder - 2008 Ben Stiller and a great caste including a unlikely Tom Cruise is a hilarious movie filmed on Kauai

film noir and just plain classics

when i am in a creative slump and dont know how to draw my way out of a paper bag , i turn to movies to inspire me . the contrasts of black and white classics like vertigo , and casablanca always invoke my artistic intentions .here are a few classics films you must see

Rebecca , is a classic movie from 1940 directed by Alfred Hitchcock

Breakfast at Tiffany's , Audrey Hepburn is cooler than cool in this 1961 Blake Edwards movie

The Maltese Falcon , Humphrey Bogart 1941 John Huston

Dark Passage , with Humphrey Bogart again and Lauren Bacall 1947 a Delmer Daves movie

Harvey , James Stewart 1950 a mystical movies of pookah's (large rabbits)

Cape Fear , Robert Mitchum and Greggory Peck fight it out in this classic thriller from 1962

The Night of the Hunter , Robert Mitchum again in a creepy movie with Shelly Winter 1955

Don't Bother to Knock , with Marilyn Monroe from 1952 with Anne Bancroft a must watch

Niagra , with Marilyn Monroe a murder scheme unravels in this classic tale of deceit 1953

Sabrina , Audrey Hepburn 1954 girl likes boy , boy doesnt notice girl , girl becomes woman

Angela Carter

Angela Carter is one of my favorite british authors , she died of cancer in 1992 and was said to be good friends with other one of my favorite writers Salman Rushdie who wrote The Satanic Verses . Her books are well thought out fantastical tales of deceit , love and sometimes savages in victorian post apocalyptic nightmares.If you love to daydream you will love Angela Carter , here are my favorites.....good luck finding her in the bookstore,its been a treasure hunt over the years I have discovered her in book shops from Oahu to Seattle and San Francisco and San Luis Obispo.The hunt is still on.

Nights of the Circus
Wise Children
Heroes and Villians
Love
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Passion of New Eve
Several Perceptions
Burning your Boats the collected short stories
Saints and Strangers
The Bloody Chamber

show me the blood horror , action , thrillers

shoot 'em up
escape from new york / escape from L.A.
kill bill I.II
natural born killers
30 days of nights
death proof
I'll sleep when I'm dead
croupier
fight club
the invasion
shaun of the dead
fido
evil dead
dawn of the dead
the orphanage
the devils backbone
do you like hitchcock?
lost highway
mulholland dr.
inland empire
I am legend
28 days
the constant gardener
the third man
to catch a theif
underworld
the others
high tension
the descent
sleepy hollow
sweeney todd
the shinning
the exorcist
carrie
resident evil
final destination one and two
lady in white
nightmare on elm st.
scream
candy man
the serpent and the rainbow
texas chainsaw massacre the beginning
rosemarys baby
eyes wide shut
night watch
3;10 to yuma
the island
constantine
hostel
sleep away camp
poltergeist
they live
scanners
cemetery man
It
american psycho