Nick's Favourites
Through the musty halls of the old Harbour Light Picture theatre Lyttelton and where the old merchant crusty sea captains checked their hand held compasses with the metallic 'star' inbuilt in the foyer floor I knew i had a passion till life's end. Contained therein is my retina's wink of approval with no one genre favoured. Ladies and Gentleman "Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war'
Wild at Heart (1990)
7.2/10
Director: David Lynch
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Willem Dafoe, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Crispin Glover, Isabella Ros...
If Lula (Laura Dern) knows one thing in this world, it's that she's destined to be with her ex-con boyfriend Sailor (Nicolas Cage) - no matter how man... Read more
Wild In The Country (1961)
6.5/10
Director: Philip Dunne
Starring: John Ireland, Hope Lange, Elvis Presley, Tuesday Weld, Millie Perkins
A red-neck youth (Elvis) is desperate to become a respected writer! A real curiosity with good performances by Tuesday Weld and Hope Lange. Read more
Wise Blood (1979)
7.2/10
Director: John Huston
Starring: Brad Dourif, Harry Dean Stanton, Ned Beatty, Dan Shor
An unlikely religious leader (Brad Dourif) recruits a ragtag band of followers for his Church of Christ Without Christ in order to expose the hypocris... Read more
Young Adam (2003)
6.5/10
Director: David Mackenzie
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Tilda Swinton, Peter Mullan, Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone
British Beat writer Alexander Trocchi's first novel is adapted for the screen by David Mackenzie. Two barge workers, Joe (Ewan McGregor) and Leslie (P... Read more
Young Frankenstein (1974)
8/10
Director: Mel Brooks
Starring: Peter Boyle, Marty Feldman, Teri Garr, Gene Wilder, Madeline Kahn, Cloris Leachm...
Ranking among the most hilarious comedies of all time, this is Mel Brooks' take on the biggest monster myth of them all. Neurosurgeon Dr. Friedrich vo... Read more
Youth (2015)
7.3/10
Director: Paolo Sorrentino
Starring: Harvey Keitel, Jane Fonda, Michael Caine, Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano
YOUTH is about two longtime friends vacationing in the Swiss Alps. Oscar winning actor Michael Caine plays Fred, an acclaimed composer and conductor,... Read more
Zabriskie Point (1970)
7.1/10
Director: Michelangelo Antonioni
Starring: Mark Frechette, Daria Halprin, Rod Taylor, Paul Fix
Antonioni's portrait of revolutionary America of the 1960's; a disquieting, visually stunning film about two American young people of the 60's, faced... Read more
Zero Days (2016)
7.8/10
Director: Alex Gibney
Investigative journalism meets conspiracy thriller as Alex Gibney (Going Clear, NZIFF15) goes on the trail of Stuxnet, the extraordinary computer viru... Read more
Zero Kelvin (1995)
7.4/10
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Stellan Skarsgard, Gard B Eidsvold, Bjorn Sundquist, Camilla Martens
Visually stunning and psychologically intense, 'Zero Kelvin' finds three men at odds with the elements and each other when they embark on a fur-trappi... Read more
Zoolander (2001)
6.6/10
Director: Ben Stiller
Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Will Ferrell, Christine Taylor, Jerry Stiller
Stunning looks and a "blue steel" stare have made Derek Zoolander (director/co-writer/star Ben Stiller) the world's top male fashion model. But when S... Read more