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Serenity (2005) --> Taken from the popular sci-fi television program Firefly, Serenity follows the adventures of Captain Malcolm Reynolds and his crew of outlaws as they try to make a living in a world that has pushed them aside. Reynolds takes on two passengers, a doctor and his sister, which leads him into confrontation with the powers that be (the ruling Universal Alliance and the evil cannibals called the Reavers). When Reynolds is lead to a planet which reveals both the secret to the doctor's sister's strange powers and the origins of the Reavers, he realizes he must confront the Alliance and tell the world what he discovered.


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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) --> One of the great movies depicting what happens to people when greed gets the better of them, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre has Humphrey Bogart and John Huston teaming up for the third time. (the first two being: The Maltese Falcon (1941) and Across the Pacific (1942)) The movie centers on Dobbs (Bogart), his friend Curtin (Tim Holt) and a crazy old prospector Howard (Walter Huston, John's father) that the two hire to help them find a treasure of gold. The film goes on to win 3 Oscars (Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actor (Walter Huston)). Bogart was shut out of a nomination, but his role as a greedy, murderous and paranoid Fred C. Dobbs was one of the better performances in his career.


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Clerks. (1994) --> The first film by Kevin Smith, Clerks peaks into the world of a convenience store worker and his buddy who clerks in the video rental place next door. Filmed in black & white and on a shoe-string budget of $27,000 Clerks gives Smith (who also wrote, produced and acted) a vehicle for his views on pop culture and young America. We are introduced to characters and themes he would use in his larger budget films in later years. References to Star Wars and comic books, the introduction of Jay & Silent Bob, and a nonchalant treatment of profanity and drug use are all revealed to the viewer. Smith is one of America's funniest and smartest writer/directors whose views on modern life are insightful and casually brilliant.


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On The Waterfront (1954) --> Marlon Brando's greatest film role was Terry Malloy, an ex-boxer turned longshoreman in the pocket of the mob that runs the union at New York's waterfront docks. When he decides to take on the leader of the union (Johnny Friendly) and reveal the corruption and racketeering, he is targeted. With the help of a crusading priest (played by Karl Malden) and a beautiful woman (played by Eva Marie Saint) Malloy succeeds in his endeavor. The film won 8 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Elia Kazan), Best Screenplay, Best Actor (Brando) and Best Supporting Actress (Saint). One of the greatest dramas in the history of film, On the Waterfront is must for a great DVD collection.


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