Biography: Things I love (in no particular order): Movies Elvis Joss Whedon Twinings traditional afternoon tea with milk, no sugar Josh Lyman The smell of the laundrette Dogs that look like they're laughing Bruce Willis...anywhere, anytime Things I don't love (in absolute order): Whoever axed Firefly Carrots Finishing an excellent television series and feeling all abandoned and empty inside Rudeness Ferns Making concise favourite movies lists

Favorites: Chinatown, Princess Bride, North by Northwest, Marnie, Rear Window, To Catch a Thief, Mr Smith Goes to Washington, Singing in the Rain, Calamity Jane, Rope, Kolya, Five Easy Pieces, Wizard of Oz, The Graduate, Annie Hall, Dogma, Heathers, A Streetcar Named Desire, Rebel Without a Cause, Witness, Tootsie, American Graffiti, The Searchers, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffanys, Stand By Me, Pretty in Pink, Ferris Beuller's Day Off, Big Hand for the Little Lady, Stranger than Fiction, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Last Supper, Shallow Grave, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The Godfather - the complete novel for television, The Conformist, Cry Baby, Hairspray (1988), Serial Mom, Lost Boys, The Killing (1956), Dogfight, Lolita (1962), The Sting, Die Hard, The Shawshank Redemption, Ikiru, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Puberty Blues, The Man Who Would be King, A Pure Formality, Sunset Boulevard, Gilda, Rosemary's Baby, Wild at Heart, Blue Velvet, Speed, Manhattan, On the Waterfront, The Good The Bad and The Ugly, Wag the Dog, Dangerous Liaisons, Secrets and Lies, The Conversation, Truly Madly Deeply, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), To Be or Not To Be (1983), To Sir With Love; Raise the Red Lantern; Rocky; Desk Set; A Very Long Engagement