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Frank Wilkins

Frank is a proud member of the The Dallas Forth Worth Film Critics Association. He writes film reviews and cinema related banter and repartee for various and sundry websites, newsletters and magazines.
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Frank's top all-time favorite movies (in no particular order):

• Sergeant York
• Braveheart
• Papillon
• Silence of the Lambs
• Saving Private Ryan
• Amelie

Frank's all-time least favorite movies (in no particular order):

• Police Academy movies (all of them)

Frank's recommendations for the best movies that no one has heard of (in no particular order):

• Buffalo 66
• Box of Moonlight
• Lawn Dogs
• The Conversation
• Y Tu Mama Tambien
• MonsoonWedding

Frank's Favorite Actors: Morgan Freeman; Phillip Seymour Hoffman; Sam Rockwell

Frank's Favorite Actresses: Annete Benning (Ooooo la la!); Jodie Foster

Frank's favorite director: Steven Spielberg (how can it not be?)

Frank's favorite movie soundtracks: Tommy; Almost Famous; 9 1/2 Weeks; Blade Runner

Christopher Symonds

Chris is an Australian writer/screenwriter, an upcoming novelist, and Reel's resident Horror expert (or nut) and news hound. He has lived, breathed, ate, slept and... well you know, films since he could talk; has an atypical OCD issue with DVDs being alphabetized; and an affinity for the Southern parts of North America... and the food... and the Southern Belles.

Christopher's all-time favorite movies (in no particular order):

• Jaws
• Classic Star Wars Trilogy (It's one story)
• Misery
• Back To The Future
• Raiders Of The Lost Ark
• The Sixth Sense
• Superman
• Silence Of The Lambs
• Alien & Aliens
• Batman Begins

Christopher's all-time least favorite movies (or crap list):

• Batman and Robin
• Anything directed by Uwe Boll
• Lake Placid 1 & 2
• Children of the Living Dead
• Alien vs. Predator movies (stop!!)
• Jeepers Creepers movies
• XXX movies (Not porn the other action movies)
• Superman IV: The Quest For Peace (should have been ‘mediocrity')
• Musicals of any kind (like Chinese Water Torture!!)
• Moonraker

Christopher's recommendations for the best movies that no one has heard of (in no particular order): Book of Love (directed by Bob Shaye); Bully Gone; Dreams on Spec (doco); An Innocent Man
Christopher's Favorite Actor(s): Harrison Ford ; Sir Anthony Hopkins
Christopher's Favorite Actress(es): Kathy Bates; Meryl Streep; Jodie Foster
Christopher's favorite director: Steven Spielberg ; Richard Donner
Christopher's favorite movie soundtracks: The Sixth Sense James Newton Howard; Gladiator Hans Zimmer ; Cocoon James Horner ; Superman John Williams ; Batman Danny Elfman

Loron Hays

Loron Hays is a native Californian born with a love of film fused into his entire skeletal structure. He lives for the celluloid heroes - both past and present - and has a deep appreciation for the comedic Silent film era. He holds an MFA in Creative Writing and currently, when not reviewing films or rocking out to heart-stopping music, can be spotted at the head of the high school classroom. He can be reached at hayscope(at)gmail.com, but swears no responsibility for any message responded to by one of his two canine assistants, Ringo and Jules.

Loron's top all-time favorite movies (in no particular order):

• Citizen Kane
• Blade Runner
• Night of the Living Dead
• Raiders of the Lost Ark
• His Girl Friday
• Ed Wood
• The Outlaw Josey Wales
• Star Trek
• Knocked Up
• The Circus
• Sideways
• Casablanca
• Vertigo
• Manhattan

Loron's all-time least favorite movies (in no particular order):

• Anything directed by Michael Bay

Loron's recommendations for the best movies that no one has heard of (in no particular order): Switchblade Sisters; Spider Baby; I Was a Male War Bride; Omega Man; Lonely are the Brave.

Loron's Favorite Actors: Johnny Depp ; George Clooney; Jeffrey Wright; Steve Buscemi; Paul Giamatti.

Loron's Favorite Actresses: Carla Gugino ; Amy Smart; Leslie Mann; Paulette Goddard.

Loron's favorite director(s): Woody Allen; Charlie Chaplin; Judd Apatow.

Loron's' favorite movie soundtracks: Back to the Future; Edward Scissorhands; The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly; Blade Runner

Lloyd Bayer

When not working as an Airport Operations Officer at Dubai International, Lloyd Bayer can be found taking photographs, playing video games or writing about and watching movies. In fact, next time you're in Dubai, you can check out some of his work in the daily newspaper Khaleej Times.

Lloyd's all-time favorite movies:

• Forrest Gump
• Rocky 1&2
• Casino
• Sleepers
• Se7en

All-time least favorite movie:

• The Ten

Lloyd's favorite actors: Robert De Niro; Jack Nicholson; Kevin Spacey; Morgan Freeman; Will Smith

Favorite Actresses: Liv Tyler (hot); Jennifer Garner (hot); Julia Roberts (acting); Kathy Bates (acting)

Lloyd's Favorite Directors: Martin Scorsese; Steven Spielberg

Lloyd's Favorite Original Scores: Braveheart; The Last Samurai