"I feel like he’s not real, like he doesn’t – his brain is just like way ahead of people, that like people don’t understand it in a way cos he’s just completely on another level. Crooks is higher."

"This film is hilarious. One of the best comedies ever made. Works on so many levels of story, improv, farce and using film style to set-up a joke. Rob Reiner put together a comedy dream team."

"I feel like, with these lists, I should put something lighter in there, some sort of comedy. I’ll put Hitch on there as a favorite movie of the moment. I’ve watched that with my kids 50 times."

"Fast, fun, and horrific true tale of growing up on her family's farms in Africa during the Rhodesian civil war. You'll live through the joy and adrenaline of my favorite continent. And read it over and over."

"Our parents never explain the war. We are asked without words to pay lip service to their sacrifice. Army of Shadows puts a face on the story. Never mind the long tracking shots; Melville takes you there."

"German expressionism, thinly veiled indictments of the growing Nazi menace, some of the sleekest camera work on record, and Peter Lorre’s groundbreaking portrayal of a child killer who you nearly find yourself rooting for. An unshakable experience."

"True Romance, again… a romance at heart, a young couple on the run doing crazy stuff. I think Alabama is one of the coolest characters of all time. I love the script — I think it’s so dynamic."

"I read it in my teens and it hooked me on mysterious China! I love novels about China and its history and culture, especially the story of women; so complex and colorful, and often so twisted, too."

"This book is an extraordinary jigsaw puzzle, where each chapter describes a room in a building, and each room reveals the next part of the story. Perec’s work is a jubilant meditation on art, freedom, and emptiness."

"Perhaps the best display of expository scientific prose of the twentieth century. It gave me the idea to try my hand at the genre in “The Language Instinct,” and had a strong influence on my own writing."