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'
Death in Brunswick (1990)
6.6/10
Director: John Ruane
Starring: Zoe Carides, John Clarke, Sam Neill, Yvonne Lawley, Nick Lathouris, Nicholas Pap...
A riotous rollercoaster of murder and mayhem set in inner Melbourne, this hit Australian comedy-thriller stars Sam Neill as Carl, a middle-aged no-hop... Read more
Deliverance (1972)
7.7/10
Director: John Boorman
Starring: Ronny Cox, Ned Beatty, Jon Voight, Burt Reynolds
Four Atlanta businessmen's weekend canoe trip turns into a desperate fight for survival in John Boorman's riveting adaptation of James Dickey's novel.... Read more
Diner (1982)
7.2/10
Director: Barry Levinson
Starring: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Daniel Stern, Kevin Bacon, Timothy Daly, Ellen...
Nostalgic, funny, personal memoir of a group of young men in their early 20's, hanging out at their favourite diner in Baltimore, 1959. This was the t... Read more
Disgrace (2008)
6.6/10
Director: Steve Jacobs
Starring: John Malkovich, Jessica Haines, Eriq Ebouaney
John Malkovich stars in this drama based on the novel by South African author J.M. Coetzee. David Lurie (Malkovich) is a self-absorbed, twice-divorced... Read more
Dolemite (1974)
6/10
Director: D'urville Martin
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore, Jerry Jones, Lady Reed
He's bad, the man is out-a-sight...he's Dolemite! Spewing hilarious, invective-filled poetry that would make Eddie Murphy blush, Rudy Ray Moore single... Read more
Don't Look Now (1973)
7.3/10
Director: Nicolas Roeg
Starring: Donald Sutherland, Julie Christie, Hilary Mason
Excellent psychic thriller about a married couple who, just after the accidental drowning of their young daughter, start having strange occurences in... Read more
Donnie Darko (2001)
8.1/10
Director: Richard Kelly
Starring: Drew Barrymore, Jake Gyllenhaal, James Duval, Jena Malone, Katharine Ross, Mary...
Dark and disturbing, destined-for-cult status tale stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a gifted but troubled 80s high school student whose adolescent horrors tak... Read more
Double Agent 73 (1974)
3.9/10
Director: Doris Wishman
Starring: Chesty Morgan, Frank Silvano, Saul Meth, Jill Harris
Chesty Morgan is the special agent, assigned to stop members of a dope-smuggling ring, who has a camera implanted in her gigantic "secret weapons". In... Read more
Double Indemnity (1944)
8.3/10
Director: Billy Wilder
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Edward G Robinson
A masterpiece of film noir cinema from director Billy Wilder, who also co-scripted with Raymond Chandler. Barbara Stanwyck is the definitive femme fat... Read more
Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1963)
8.4/10
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Starring: George C Scott, James Earl Jones, Keenan Wynn, Peter Bull, Peter Sellers, Slim P...
A commie-hating, paranoid American general launches a flight of B-52 bombers at the Soviet Union with nuclear annihilation in mind. Since he is the on... Read more