Rainy Sundays was one of the first features I created for this blog.

It was about appreciated those lazy days when you put on your favorite movies and escape.

Who doesn’t love a good Sunday afternoon indoors watching movies?

Personally, my ideal Rainy Sunday includes a good drama, a comforter, a massive sandwich or pizza and some form of candy.  It’s even better when there’s enough time to sneak in a double feature.

What movies do you love to watch on rainy days?

After more than 30 picks, I’ve decided to move on so this will be the FINAL Rainy Sunday post.

Below you’ll find the complete Rainy Sunday Series.

Perhaps, I’ll resurrect the feature someday but I think I’ve made my point.  There’s nothing like a good movie on a lazy day.

Beauty & The Beast

My Life

Man On Fire

Sideways

The Last Samurai

Toy Story 1 & 2

There Will Be Blood

Gangs Of New York

Mortal Kombat

True Lies

An Evening With Kevin Smith

A Beautiful Mind

Field Of Dreams

Who Framed Roger Rabbit?

I Am Sam

The Shawshank Redemption

The Muppet Movie

Sneakers

Alice In Wonderland

Crimson Tide

Jerry Maguire

The Lion King

Return To Paradise

All Dogs Go To Heaven

Hook

E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial

Dazed and Confused

Ninja Turtles

Gladiator

Christmas Vacation

A Bronx Tale

Cool Runnings

Uncle Buck

The Mighty Ducks

The Sandlot

My personal favorite on this list still has to be The Sandlot.

To me, there is no better lazy day movie.

I love a good lazy day movie.

It really is a fantastic way to spend a Rainy Sunday afternoon.

I’m pretty happy with this week’s pick.

Sideways

Here is a movie that came out of no where for me.  I remember buying it very cheap at t blockbuster video sale just because of the buzz it received.

It didn’t take long before I understood why it had garnered so much attention throughout the awards season.

Sideways is a brilliantly written drama that’s equal parts funny and touching.

Paul Giamatti is outstanding.

Scratch that.  The entire cast is incredible in this movie.

I also love how this film is edited. It’s nice to see different styles every now and then.  All the split screens work perfectly here.

I just wished I was a fan of wine.  I’m pretty sure I would appreciate this movie more if I did but that says a lot about how great Sideways is.

Until next Sunday.

PS: Trailer kind of gives a lot away doesn’t it?

Every once in a while, I go through a phase where all I watch are war films and epics. I have an entire section devoted to films like Braveheart, Gladiator, Saving Private Ryan and We Were Soldiers.

The time has come again and the first movie on my list is a classic:

The Last Samurai

“I will miss our conversations.”

A lot of people seem to have jumped off the Tom Cruise bandwagon recently but I maintain that love him or hate him, he has still made some outstanding movies.  The Last Samurai is no exception.

It’s a perfect movie to enjoy on a lazy Sunday afternoon.

It’s a character drama about a man struggling with his past.  At the center is an incredible relationship between Tom Cruise’s Nathan Algren and Ken Watanabe’s Katsumoto.

The Last Samurai is one of those movies that you throw in the DVD player and get lost in the world the film depicts.  It’s such a well told story that it’s hard not to get wrapped up in the moment.

Before you know it, two hours have gone by and you’re happy you spent it watching The Last Samurai.

Too Many Secrets…

I’ve always been a gigantic nerd. Need proof?  When I first became interested in computers I used to bring books about DOS and Qbasic to my sister’s basketball games.  I used Qbasic to program little games that required players to crack codes and solve riddles.  (Oh and by players I mean myself.) The games sucked but I learned a lot about programming languages.

What got me intersted in programming and technology?  Movies like:

Sneakers

I may be alone in this but when I was a kid, I used to take old boxes and draw elaborate computer consoles just so I could act like a hacker and accomplish missions for top secret organizations.

I even built my own little black box.

Sneakers was one of my main inspirations for increasing my knowledge of computers.  Today, I’m pretty proficient with computers and I have Sneakers to thank for my nerdy-ness.

The movie itself is extremely entertaining and fairly advanced for it’s time.  I usually watch this movie back to back with Mission Impossible and really get my hacking fix.  Who doesn’t love a good nerd movie every now and then.

Nerdy movies like Sneakers were the basis for the first feature screenplay I ever wrote.  It was called Action and involved stealing people’s banking information using a powerful tool called Mia.  It wasn’t very original but you have to start somewhere right?

I’ve been picking movies every Sunday for months.  I’ve covered comedies, sports, cartoons, dramas and more but I haven’t hit nerdy until today.

It’s time to embrace the nerd movies out there and Sneakers is one of the greats.