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This is definitely one of the ultimate cult classics and is a must see for all psychotronic fans Why It has everything a great 70s exploitation film should have Overthetop dialog bad acting enthusiasm sex sleaze political incorrectness violence and many other elements of a good cult classic are included In other words Dolemite is a mustsee As with a lot of these films the plot makes little to no sense What I picked up from it is that pimphustler Dolemite got framed up for having stolen furs and half a million dollars worth of narcotics While he was doing time his arch nemesis Willie Green the same man who framed him took over his nightclub However the sympathetic warden the only white character in the whole movie that isnt completely evil or incompetent decides to spring him free to stop the evil Willie Green and his drug trafficking Luckily he knows kung fu as does about 50 to 75 of the characters in this film do And even more luckily while he was locked up the madam Queen Bee sent all his hoes to kung fu school With this army of kung fu fighting hoes his words not mine on his side he plans to take back the nightclub from Willie Green However two racist white cops try to frame him up again and have him thrown back in jail As I said earlier dont try to follow the plot Ive seen this movie about five times and there are many elements that seem to have no connections to anything else Supporting characters wander in and out of the film Im still attempting to figure out what was up with Reverend Gibbs the Mayor and the Hamburger Pimp Who cares ultimately The scenes with these characters are all priceless As for the dialog its horrible with even worse delivery Since Rudy Ray Moore was originally a comedian I begin to wonder if this film was meant to be a spoof or a serious action film It seems he couldnt decide which one Lines such as Yeah Im so bad I kick my own ass twice a day call for further investigation Either way the film is hilarious and the plot has more holes than a swiss cheese factory Another hilarious element is some of the most unerotic uses of sex and nudity ever in film Actors that you would never want to see naked get naked including the Mayor and Queen Bee Not to mention the fact that the boom mic seems to show up in every other scene Most of all Moore shows incredible enthusiasm He seems to be having a generally good time and is certainly charismatic His comedy raps proved to be a huge influence on latter day gangsta rap including Dr Dre who sampled him on his groundbreaking 1992 album The Chronic As technically inept as the film is it is culturally influential Even more important it is an all around good time The biggest crime an exploitation film can commit is being boring and this for all its flaws is quickly paced and entertaining In other words if you dig this kind of film youll love Dolemite If you dont dig it youre a nobusiness borninsecure jockjawed mothafa 710

There have been many well more than a few in any case attempts over the past 30 years to create film that has an otherworldly appearance Supposing that this is a Film Directors wish to distance himself from other movies or simply to gloss over the lowbudget and shabby look Begotten is on the top echelon of this pile Apart from the peerless Eraserhead anyway Merhiges painstaking process of artificially degrading his film changes its structure completely imagine what this film would have looked like in glorious standard Technicolour It can almost be envisaged as an artifact from another unknown culture Some images are so far removed from what we expect to see on the screen they disturb mainly as they are dislocated This is not Last House On The Left disturbance more like leavingyourcaveforthefirsttimeandseeingthesun disturbance Watch this FeverDream if you get the chance and relish Remember they make other more standard films every day They can wait

Ive seen this movie twice on Transilvania International Film FestivalTIFF the movie is in competition and I really hope that Esteban Sapir will get one of the awards at least the best image award As a silent cinema fan Im interested in contemporary movies that quote or recreate the language of the yesteryear cinema The previous reviewer emphasized the quotes from Fritz Lang and Fr W Murnau As I see it the movie references directly Langs Metropolis and the allegoricalparabolic character of his plots But I didnt see Murnau in it Theres a more obvious Melieshomage though the Moon with a here cigarsmoking human face and the papermade painted mountains and citylandscapes I enjoyed the film mostly for its visuals and in the meantime I found very interesting the story on muteness and the creative means of communication used by the inhabitants of the voiceless city From this perspective this movie is an unique reflexion on the muteness of the silent cinema because in the films of the silent period one can hardly find stories with mute characters In this case can be questioned whether the story on the stolen voices was the motivation for the silent film form or theres an intention to play upon the muteness of the silent films Another example of this kind of reflexion I found in Guy Maddins Carefulwhere the inhabitants of a mountainvillage have restrictions in using their voices I intend to write a paper on it if you know movies related to this topic please let me know I highly recommend Esteban Sapirs film to every moviegoer one of the critics called it the jewel of the festival PS Winners were announced and the film won the award for best cinematography

Attend the tale of Sweeney ToddThe strangest most offputting but most wonderful Broadway musical It is chilling funny and moving all at once through Sondheims most memorable and incredible score and sharp performances George Hearn is incomparable in the title role bringing a strong voice and dead on no pun intended impersonation of the legendary demon barber while Angela Lansbury provides the comic relief as she cheerfully grinds up his victims into meat pies If you just allow yourself to enjoy it Sweeney Todd is a real treat

Ive seen both movies and I saw without a doubt the remake is the best I know a lot of people would disagree those who have become fans of the original will most probably not like this remake but i thought it was well thought out and definitely scary It was so good Im going to see it again tonight the original creeped me out because they kill the children i mean who does that in movies anywaybut in this one the children have at least half a chanceThe only bad part about this movie is when the babysitter Jill Walks towards the sounds she hears and runs outside into the bushes to check for someone clearly no one in their right mind would do that whilst babysitting so that is the only thing i found wrong with the movie and even so they probably had to put that in there to build suspense i dont want to give too much away for all those who have not seen it i recommend you do instead of listening to all these people saying its crap and worse than the original it would be a better movie for teenagers as it displays things that most of us are scared of but when i was in the movies there were at least 10 adults over the age of 70 in there watching it and they enjoyed it if they enjoyed it i think you will to I give it a 9 out of 10

I hate how this movie has absolutely no creative input I know theyre going for realism but to be frank I just dont want realism Realism is boring If I want to see daily life Ill uhm live Tell me an interesting story and well talk I can deal with the low production values hell Im a sucker for low production values but at least work in some good ideas The direction only goes as far as grabbing a camcorder and walking around a bit but obviously Im supposed to dig that because it makes stuff so much more realistic Hitchcock used to say drama was essentially life with the dull bits cut out I can only conclude this is not drama not by a long shot We get to see Rosetta walking to someplace Rosetta working in a bakery Rosetta eating a waffle Rosetta carrying around bags of far Rosetta walking back home Rosetta walking someplaceits just not that entertaining There isnt really a deeper meaning either I got so bored I started looking for some reflections on life in this movie but its just plain realism the most overrated quality in the business I guess Im supposed to love this but come on theres nothing in there

With lots of sunshine gauzy light and shadow filtering through windows and into rooms tracking shots moving through crowds with handheld camera quickpaced editing and extreme closeups here and there the photography is the thing in this interesting artistically done film The plot of this film starts out as a bit of fluff about a beauty contest The film begins on a warm Sunday at the local swimming pool where we meet the lovely Lucienne aka Lulu played by Louise Brooks a bit of a showoff in front of the gawking men by poolside she soon decides to enter herself to represent France in the Miss Europe beauty contest much to the chagrin of her very jealous stickinthemud fiancé a pretty annoying fellow really Strutting down the runway the ten contestants display themselves in swimsuits while the winner is chosen as the contestant who receives the longest applause I was wondering couldnt the girls just walk slower to prolong their length of time and thus applause on the catwalk Lulu is soon being chased by a Prince and a Maharaja but her hotheaded beau doesnt like the attentions paid to her by other men or her adoring public for that matter I guess he just wants her in his house cooking his meals and staying out of sight eh Louise Brooks is beautiful and charming her presence helps enhance this film but its really the way it is photographed that held my interest the most A bit distracting is the odd dubbed sound which is a bit off The print on this version looked very clear and full of nice contrast though Watching this I just tried to overlook the sound problems and watch the film visually and I found the movie to be excellent well worth seeing

Where do we start with an offering like this I nearly said film but that would be going a step too far The only thing hellish about this film is that it is certainly a marriage made in hell between nothing and nonsense baloney and balderdash These films should carry a physiological health warning so as not to damage ones spirit to the point where one might believe that all good film makers have left the planet and their resources have been handed to the dunderheads who have make this classic piece of trite garbage just like its sister in arms League of Extraordinary Twaddle They are neither science fiction nor fact entertaining nor thought provoking humorous nor weighty but lay in a twilight zone devoid of any and all accoutrements that entice people to give up their valuable time sit in a darkened room and generally be more enlightened enlivened or happy at the end of it If we could award Turkey points for films like this this would be a turnip as we would gone through the turkey ham potatoes sprouts gravy and all other embellishments before reaching rock bottom

The night of the prom the most important night to any shallow girl composed almost entirely of plastic And so the characters kept reminding us every ten minutes when some headpeckingly miniscule event occurred in their miniscule lives There really is no excuse for Prom Night There is less than nothing original about it and I truly would have given it zero or less stars were it possible on IMDb The only part of my viewing that I enjoyed was when a group of teenagers sitting in front of us decided to play a game of ghosts It was a lot more exciting than whatever was going on on the screen in front of them The plot was basically some guy going on a rampage And the thing was it wasnt even a slightly exciting rampage Maybe if the guy had been remotely frightening rather than a tame Robbie Williams lookalike with a baseball cap I might have sat there feeling slightly anxious The fact that I cared less about the characters than I did about the colour of the cinema carpet didnt really add to the effect either And to make matters worse the rest of the characters were equally onedimensional and oblivious The hotel staff didnt seem to notice or care that one of their maids had vanished and are further proof that a murderer is unrecognisable after he has had a shave I was incredibly surprised that the bitchy stereotypical girl in the blue dress was the only person to notice who he was She realises this and then proceeds to fall down the stairs entangle herself in a plastic sheet and then knock over a pile of paint buckets Nice one The worst thing was I hold the belief that that the director was trying his absolute hardest He really pushed all boundaries by not showing any killing actually happening Shocking And the music dont even get me started It was almost as appropriate as stripping at a funeral I really wish that Prom Night was a joke It was terrible and stupidly predictable No one in their right mind or otherwise has any reason to see this film Mainstream cinema seems to be going downhill and films like this worsen the situation If you get the urge to see this absolutely awful film hear my plea Dont do it There are better things to spend six pounds on Like a sheet to play ghosts with

This is a movie that will leave you thinking is he or isnt he While many people have complained about the ambiguous ending it gives room for the audience to think and interpret it from the signs This is my interpretation and theory and I believe it is very sound First here is the plot One day Prot Kevin Spacey suddenly appears in the midst of a busy train station After attempting to help a woman from muggers he is arrested and sent to Bellevue and later transferred to Dr Mark Powells Jeff Bridges hospital Prot freely talks about how he came from the planet KPax and is here to do a report on Earth Naturally he is classified as a looney and is locked up in a low security level ward He befriends the other patients and quickly convinces them of his story In fact he tells them he can take one person back with him Soon Dr Powell is beginning to question Prots insanity and as the plot progresses it is harder and harder to prove Prot wrong In the end Dr Powell learns that Prot is Robert Porter a smart man who worked in a slaughter house in New Mexico when his wife and daughter were murdered Prot claims that he plans to leave for KPax at a precise time on the fifth anniversary of the murders The time comes and goes and Powell finds Prot or Robert in a catatonic state One of the patients is missing and is never found again On to my theory Prot is not crazy Prot is from the planet KPax Robert Porter is a friend of Prots On one of Prots previous visits to Earth Robert was a child learning about the constellations from his father Prot and Robert became best friends After the death of his family and Robert slaying the murderer Robert decides to commit suicide Prot is on KPax at the time but he rushes back in multiples of light speed to stop Robert So Prot takes over the thinking of Robert taking over his body so to speak Awhile later Prot still inhabiting Roberts body comes to New York and is locked up When he leaves for KPax on July 27 he takes Bess with him but he must leave Roberts body behind Hence we now have the catatonic Robert Explanations or clues PROTS KNOWLEDGE OF THE PLANETS AROUND LIBRA As Prot says any child knows about their own system Only a few people on Earth had an inkling about the system and Prot added to their knowledge Robert Porter while smart and knows his constellations was no astrophysicist DR POWELL FEELS CHOSEN BY PROT Its true Prot couldve left the institute at any time but chose not too Prots last words to Dr Powell are Now that youve found Robert Take care of him Prot was probably staying there to ensure a place for Robert when he left SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES It was a proven fact that Prot had a significantly higher sensitivity to sunlight and could even see UV rays Prot provides his usual KPax reason but there was no Earthly reason given It was also mentioned that Prot was given extremely high doses of medicine with no effect HELPING THE PATIENTS Throughout the movie you see Prot helping the other patients or the patients discussing Prots suggestions to a better sane world While the psychologist balk at Prots help Dr Powell talks at the end of the movie about the new lives the patients are leading THE SPRINKLER SCENE The sprinkler is associated with Porters home in New Mexico which is ironically where Roswell is Does Porter associate the sprinkler with the death of his family Is her trying to protect Powells daughter from that horrible fate I have a different point of view It is assumed that Porter had committed suicide in a river Indeed Prot under hypnosis is greatly concerned about Robert I believe that Prot associates the danger with the water not the sprinkler He is trying to protect the girl from watery death like he did Robert HYPNOSIS Dr Powell feels that under hypnosis he can uncover Prots true identity but while Prot gives plenty of information he never gives up his Prot persona and claimed homeland of KPax THE SECURITY CAMERA Why would the camera just give out for no apparent reason MYSTERIOUS DISAPPEARANCES First Prot disappeared for a few days to his trip up north Funny the patients are not at all alarmed Indeed they try to reassure the doctor Sometimes I think they understand better than the staff Naturally the most telling disappearance is of Bess the winner of the essay contest Not only does she disappear at the approximate same time but the only remaining clue is her winning essay This is only my humble theory You can conclude what you want You can take Dr Powells theory that Prot was merely a persona taken up by Robert Porter to mentally defend himself from reality but that would be giving up too many plot holes

This film made me so angry because of its stupidity that I felt the need to create an account on IMDb to share with you my opinion I liked Ashton Kutcher in A lot like love and this is why I still wanted to see this film despite its current 42 rating It is highly overrated I trusted that an actor any of them would judge the script and would not agree to participate in such lownow quality production It is very disappointing The theme of homesitting was much better used in Deuce Bigalow Male Gigolo Things that did not make sense here fist of all the house owner leaves his precious pet with somebody who doesnt know anything about taking care of it Secondly the rule is not to let anybody in the house but the housesitter fails to follow this simple rule The door is not locked And so on

The key to The 40YearOld Virgin is not merely that Andy Stitzer is a 40yearold virgin but rather the manner in which Steve Carell presents him as one In a genre of crass comedy that has become typified by its lack of humor and engaging characters The 40YearOld Virgin offers a colorful cast and an intelligent heartfelt script that doesnt use its protagonist as the buttend of cruel jokes That Andy is still a virgin at forty years old is not as much a joke in fact as it is a curiosity Carell a veteran of Team Ferrell in Anchorman and an exDaily Show castmember uses the concept of the film to expand his character we get to understand why Andy is the way he is Its the little things that make this film work When Andys coworker at an electronics store asks him what he did for the weekend Andy describes his failed efforts at cooking When Andy rides his bike to work he signals his turns He doesnt just adorn his home with action figures he paints them and talks to them and reveals that some of the really old ones have belonged to him since childhood A lesser comedy wouldnt even begin to focus on all of these things The plot is fairly simplistic Andys coworker pals find out hes never had sex and they make it a personal quest of theirs to get him in bed with a woman Its a childish idea and the film makes no attempt to conceal its juvenility Andys friends are a complement to his neurotic nature David Paul Rudd has broken up with his girlfriend over two years ago but is still obsessed with her Jay Romany Malco is a womanizing ladies man and Cal Seth Rogen is a tattooed sexaholic Their attempts at getting Andy in the sack backfire numerous times and each time leaves Andy feeling less and less optimistic Finally Andy meets single mom Trish played by Catherine Keener and much to the chagrin of his worrying buddies who claim mothers arent worth it he falls in love with her They begin a relationship and agree to put off having sex for twenty days Trish being unaware that Andy is still a virgin The 40YearOld Virgin was directed by Judd Apatow the man who produced Anchorman and The Cable Guy and began the shortlived cult TV show Freaks and Geeks Apatow is renowned for his unique sense of humor and the script cowritten by Carell offers plenty However in the end the most interesting and indeed surprising aspect of The 40YearOld Virgin is its maturity By now you are probably well aware that the film received glowing reviews from the critics and even I was surprised by its warm reception But after seeing the film its easy to understand why We like Andy We care about him Hes not just some cardboard cutout sexcomedy cliché hes a real living breathing person His neurotic traits combine the best of Woody Allen with childish naivety His friends are not unlikable jerks and his romance is tumultuous and bittersweet It strikes a chord with the audience Although this is far from being a perfect movie and definitely contains some rather crude innuendo and sexual humor it doesnt offend to the extent that other genre entries might have because we have affection for the people onscreen The best sex comedies work this way from Risky Business to American Pie and that is the major difference between something like The 40YearOld Virgin and 40 Days and 40 Nights

Amazing Astounding Brilliant Superb Those are the four adjectives that prop up in my head when I start describing The Kite Runner Khaled Hosseinis book adaptation had already captured many minds in fact it is rumored that he himself broke down in to tears after watching the premier I must say before I even start that I had read the book before I saw the advanced screening of The Kite Runner So my judgment and views may be slightly biased Firstly let me say it that even though in my opinion the book was better than the final product of the movie it is by no means a bad adaptation I mean for a two hour movie its got the deserved response Things do appear a tad fast in the final twenty odd minutes but apart from that it has succeeded what the book did It has captured the minds and imagination of millions all across the globe The magic woven by Khaled Hosseini to give us a sense of remorse of joy of sadness of pain of loyalty is astute in this adaptation Especially in the very first scene when young Hassan says If you tell me to eat dirt I will but I know you wont ask me to Such a touching line is bound to capture the hearts of many The two young actors were brilliant absolutely superb Especially the boy who played the innocent but loyal Hassan a boy who refuses to give up a kite he caught because he promised his best friend that he would bring it to him only to be abused by large bullies who beat him up and use him sexually and then to be rebuked by his best friend as a coward The entire act is so touching that it cannot but wet your eyes The entire movie is well placed save the last bit The point when Amir learns of his true relationship with Hassan and reads Hassans first and last not to him when he breaks down in tears feeling helpless lonely and remorseful that appeared a bit rushed and felt that Amir was behind a facade In the book Khaled Hosseini had dedicated some 1012 pages to describe Amirs state of mind in that position But that his made up for in the penultimate segment of the movie when Amir stands up for Hassans boy his nephew Sohrab in front of his commanding fatherinlaw The ending was well deserved and I am sure will be well appreciated It felt witnessing the torch pass down from one generation to another Coming over to the technical aspects First of all the acting Just one wordSuperb From start to finish young Hassan and Amir their father his friend Rahim Khan Everyone has been superb especially young Hassan Second the direction was amazing coupled with some brilliant camera work The background score was also impressive Right from the start credit track to the end credit and I especially loved the one when Amir is in the mosque in Pakistan the western and Islamic fusion made that extra special All in all this is definitely one of the better movies and its a welcome break from all those Iran inspired movies that we have floating all over this year 910

I dont know how this DVD made its way into my collection my wife suggested it was one of these 3 for 20 deals at a high street store The thing isnt worth 66p let alone 666 Having invested heavily in it I felt dutybound to watch it to the end just to make sure it was equally bad all the way through and it was The dialog was awful the story line was impenetrable I still dont understand what the hell was going on despite having read the synopsis the camera work was disjointed and hopeless the acting was wooden not helped by the dialogue In fact there were no redeeming features no not even the lovely Sandra Bullock on whose glittering subsequent career this pile of dross has probably been sold She should get her agent to buy up all the rights to it and then bury it ASAP As a final amusing example of the directors ineptitude there was a scene where the young lead is conversing with his fathers exarmy sidekick while driving This was the clearest bit of dialogue in the film no engine noise whatsoever I look forward to the enginedamping technology eventually making its way across the pond into British cars

This movie has been a favorite of mine and is entwined with the Christmas Holidays for me for two reasons 1 growing up in the 1960s everything was spacerelated from advertising to television programs and even Santa Claus found himself in spaceships during that era and 2 I saw this movie during a Christmas shopping trip when I was ten years old and it brought back fond memories of my favorite TV shows when I was even younger Supercar Fireball XL5 and Stingray Therefore I am a tad biased when it comes to this movie for personal reasons That said as a longtime student of film this is mainly a movie for fans of Gerry Anderson and Barry Gray oh that gorgeous score whereas the casual moviewatcher will be put off by the futurevisionfromthepast dig those wild cars commercial aircraft clothes etc and the socalled plot twist which will cause some to groan However if you can look past the post2001 A Space Odyssey desire to make a science fiction film with a far out story line and if you enjoy imaginative special effects then you will enjoy this gem from an era when man had just walked on the Moon and people were still looking up at the stars in wonder and hope for the future rather than looking down at the banal trappings of the actual 21st Century

Im a huge Zack Allan fan and was disappointed that he only got one scene in the movie This was also my favourite scene where he confiscates a characters weapons and directs her to Down Below Unfortunately unlike Thirdspace River of Souls most of the action took place off station I didnt care much for Garibaldi after the first three seasons and think Sheridan is okay but no Sinclair I like Lochley but she only had limited screen time If you like Crusade or space battles you should enjoy it Personally I can only give it 110

The film starts to slowly when we got to the cinema we thought it looked quite good but after about 5 mins we were all bored out of our minds and wondering what kind of film we had come to see i dont like this film and wouldnt recommend it to anyone the best part of the night was when the alarm and lights came back on because the project broke down because we thought we could all go home this has to be one of the worst films i have ever seen we were all bored out of or minds and most of the people in the cinema actually RAN out of the doors at the end because it was so rubbish i am surprised that no one walked out earlier than that if you go and see it make sure you something to keep you busy better still Dont go and see it at all

This is an excellent fast paced thriller by Wes Craven Nightmare on Elm Street who for 85 minutes leaves aside the supernatural and presents us with something even more terrifying the evil of human beings We are far more likely to encounter the benign evil of Jackson Rippner than Freddy Kruger and Cillian Murphy Batman Begins does an excellent job of presenting a sociable friendly even charismatic killer The performances by Murphy and by Rachel McAdams Claire from The Wedding Crashersare brilliant Most of the film takes place on a very intimate level between two people their eyes their faces It is action on a small scale not the broad sweep of the canvas and it is no less compelling for these limitations The cinematography is nothing special though of course one can do only so much with a camera in the confines of a passenger jet but the dialog is excellent the story taut There are no distractions no subplots confuse the issue which is at its heart a battle between the main characters By keeping his focus and avoiding distractions Wes Craven is able to take what is a very minimal plot and turning it into an exciting fastpaced action thriller

Wow Some movies just leave me speechless This was undeniably one of those movies When I left the theatre not a single word came to my mouth All I had was an incredible urge to slam my head against the theatre wall to help me forget about the last hour and a half Unfortunately it didnt work Honestly this movie has nothing to recommend The humor was at the first grade level at best the acting was overly silly and the plot was astronomically farfetched I hearby pledge never to see an other movie starring Chris Kattan or any other castmember of SNL

I have a thing for old black and white movies of this kind movies by Will Hay and Abbot Costello especially as those are my favourites I picked this movie up on DVD as it was using the same idea as Will Hays Oh Mr Porter which is one of the finest comedies ever made I just finished watching this movie less than ten minutes ago the movie finished at 1245am I find that movies of this kind to do with Ghost Trains etc are best viewed at night time with the lights out That way you get into the storyline more and night time viewing works well with this movie The oneliners in the movie may seem a little dated to some viewers I guess this depends on the viewer They are not dated to me though I am 28 and even though I am not old enough to have been around when this movie was first released my dad was though I still have a lot of appreciation for some of the old movies of this kind Sitting in the room in front of the TV with some snacks and drinks and kicking back and relaxing at night while watching these movies not many things can beat the feeling you get while doing this It is an escape from reality for a while I noticed that one of the men in the movie he has a black mustache he appears about three quarters of the way through the movie after his car crashes and he is looking for a woman he was followed to the station This man was in the Will Hay classic The Ghost of St Michaels as well Just thought Id point that out in case no one noticed The set pieces in the movie are very atmospheric Outside the abandoned station looks good and as if there is not a soul for miles in any direction and the inside of the station is very cosy looking away from the rain storm that is outside I felt like I would have loved to have been there in the movie with the cast The atmosphere in this movie is something that is missing from a lot of movies now It keeps you hooked from the moment the movie starts till it finishes We need more of this type of movie in todays market But sadly it could be over looked in favour of movies with nudity and swearing and crude humour This sort of movie making era The Ghost Train Oh Mr Porter etc to me is the golden age of cinema

This is another SciFi channel original movie staring Rhys Davies where its hard to decide whats worse the acting or the writingdirectingproducing John Sheppherd helms all threeBasic story obsessed exobiologist captures chubacabra monstersmuggles it in a cargo container aboard a cruise ship it escapes and the blood bath begins Clichéd sci fi cast of the sturdy captain with the beautiful daughter handsome hero and mad scientist Captian calls in a terrorist alert for the ship since of course wouldnt believe a monster storyNo dramatic Helicopter drop of the Navy Seals here Budget only allowed for entire force force of eight seals to arrive in a fiberglass fishing boat and ride a ships wench aboard Puleeze Also cheesy computer animation of the ship you could do better on your computer I also loved when the Seal commander looking thru standard binoculars from ten miles away was able to see three people jump of the ship If the SciFi channel is going to continue original movies I hope they realize there audience is not kindergarten level and purchase better scripts and directors If this were direct to video you would find it in the 99 cent bin

Seriously it had everything you could want in a movie everything Screw you scalawags who like Gone With The Winds and screw you Titanic fans even harder Tenacious reins supreme forever and ever amen Climb upon my faithful steed Then we gonna ride gonna smoke some weed Climb upon my bigfreaking steed And ride ride ride Whats the name of the song Explosivo Dont know what its about But its good to go Whats the name of my girlfriend I dont know But shes built like the best And shes good to go go Shes good to go Shes good to go We are fueled by Satan Yes were schooled by Satan Fuelled by Satan Writin those tasty riffs just as fast as we can Schooled by Satan We were the inventors of the cosmic astral code Weve come to blow you away Weve come to blow your nose Weve come to freaking blow Weve come to blow the show Weve come to freaking blow You know it you know it Whats the name of the song Explosivo Dont know what its about But its good to riddleah I am not one of you I come from an ancient time I am known as The Kicker of Elves I am also known as The Angel Crusher Explosivo

Mighty Like A Moose is one of many short films Director Leo McCarey did starring Charley Chase What a dandy it is Charlie and his wife both undergo plastic surgery to improve their hideous appearances unbeknownest to each other They then meet at a party and become smitten with each other Now they cant allow each other to find out theyre cheating Thats the preposterous premise of this frantic farce Vivien Oakland one of the few comic short leads to have a flourishing career long after the silents is perfect as Charleys long of nose wife Charley has an awful case of buck teeth which are quickly dispatched at the dentists After a party is raided by police for no other reason then to practice raids Charley and his wife frantically try avoiding each other at home for fear the alterations in appearances become known Both have been photographed with their new features at the party The hilarity back home culminates in Charley trying to teach the nogoodnick cheating with his wife a lesson The nogoodnick of course is the new Charley which his wife comes to realize long before Charley teaches a lesson in faithfulness This is one of Charley Chases better efforts of 4 stars

The film is partly a thriller and partly a publicservice announcement when seeing the events through the perspectives of politicians terrorists and of course victims In this smart drama lessons are given about contamination and surviving chaos while meantime the backstage look at the way crisis is managed prompts viewers to distrust guardians and to be scared by assailants The film originally aired on BBC gets to arouse effectively doubts on official prepareparedness Performances are proper understated though never terrific The flick is just a beginning a provocative start leading to a larger discussion but it gets to work in my opinion giving the right thrills and causing the audience to reason and to ask itself questions

Ever sense i was a kid i have loved this movie i have always been a fan of Joseph Mazzello the kid had pure talent in both this movie and Jurassic Park I have been looking for the DVD or VHS to purchase at a store near me i cant seem to find it i hope it goes on DVD well anyways great movie If anyone knows where i can find this please contact me at wrp24adelphianet Also can anyone really explain what happened with bobby was her real or was he fake and was he mikes imaginary friend and his escape lol Im clueless my favorite part had to be definitely where they made the monster juice and spilled it all over the kitchen its funny but also a sad part as well because of what happens to bobby due to the mess i wouldve liked to see the boyfriends face because he played his part pretty good i think the mother was a great actress i think her name is Lorraine Bracco or some sorta name like that well thats all please contact me wrp24

Let me get the bad out of the way first James Hanlon is absolutely terrible trying to act his descriptions of what was going on with the rookie training and events of the day Really it is in stark contract to the other fire fighters without acting aspirations who are natural in their delivery That said it is an amazing film that is impossible to watch without tears in my eyes I am an English guy from London but I love New York and have visited many many times before and after September 11th It is a second home to me and I cant help but feel devastated at the loss of life but also the destruction of part of such an amazing beautiful city This is the real deal in with the fire fighters with everything collapsing around them I am so glad the footage exists to show people how it was on the day It is a shame that they didnt use any footage of people jumping from the buildings because friends who were there tell me this is such a major part of their memory it should be included to show future generations just how terrible it really was Conspiracy theorists can go to hell by the way

Canadian director Vincenzo Natali took the arthouse circuit by storm with the intriguing and astonishingly intelligent Cube which is my personal favourite SF film of the 90s It framed the basic conceit of a group of strangers trapped in a maze shaped like a giant cube shot entirely on one set and took this idea in fascinating directions Ive been eagerly awaiting Natalis followup and although its taken five years for him to mount another project Im delighted to say it was worth the wait Cypher is a fascinating exploration of one mans place in the world and how through a completely logical chain of events finds himself in a situation beyond his control I dont want to reveal too much about the plot because one of the joys of Cypher is the different avenues it takes us down It is so refreshing in this day and age to see a SF film that has more than one idea in its head Cypher is such a film Morgan Sullivan Jeremy Northam one of the blandest people to ever walk the planet is hired by the company DigiCorp They send him to different parts of America to record different seminars To his bewilderment they are unbelievably boring Covering topics as mundane as shaving cream and cheese While Morgan is waiting for one seminar he runs into Rita Foster an impeccably cast Lucy Liu the definition of an ice maiden She gives him the brushoff but there is something to her he finds irresistible Thats not too surprising considering the dry marriage he is in When Rita turns up at another one of Morgans seminars she tells him his life is not what it appears And Im not saying anything more about the plot To do so would cheapen the impact the rest of the film has on us as well as the tortuous path thats so much fun to follow As with Cube Natali shows quite a talent for encompassing seemingly ordinary people taking them out of the familiar and basically seeing what will happen when theyre thrust into the unknown And Cypher follows similar patterns But its not a carbon copy of Cube It has its own inspiration Cypher is a film that has more in common with conspiracy thrillers and paranoia stories One of the great things about Cypher is the way these themes creep into the story without your knowledge When Morgan realises his false identity is a piece of a much larger puzzle its as much of a shock to us as it is to him One thing that distinguishes Cypher from Cube is how much more polished it is Where Cube was confined to a minimalist setting and a shoestring budget with a cast of unknowns Cypher is also on a low budget but Natali economises it as much as he can allowing him to broaden the horizon and launching Morgan on an amazing journey through the labyrinth of his own identity Natalis direction is exceptional with a deft hand on the reins There are some amazing camera angles from above such as the enormity of the DigiCorp building as a vast robust office block in conjunction to the insignificant speck that is Morgan standing outside All the colour appears to have been bled out of the picture which compliments the tone of the film perfectly as a modern day filmnoir The acting is uniformly excellent throughout Jeremy Northam is a sympathetic figure from his loveless marriage to questioning his own identity His performance is excellent because its so modulated He literally seems to transform right before our very eyes From a clinical spineless wimp to a confident man who will do anything to preserve his new identity David Hewlett puts in a welcome appearance who made such an impact in Cube He resides in a secret silo that looks like it was borrowed from Men in Black His scene is one of the best because its an exercise in carefully calculated suspense and paranoia He is a supposed expert in identifying doubleagents and its a fantastic piece of writing brilliantly acted by Hewlett All he has to do is look at Morgan and were drawn into his complex mind game But its Lucy Liu whos the scene stealer here Too often she is cast in films where her potential is not utilised to full effect But in Cypher she is finally given a character that fits her like a glove Rita is an aloof guarded femme fatale that Liu inhabits with relish I perked up every time she appeared because she is always in control and can reduce a room to silence by the power of her icy stare alone Things come to a very gratifying end that doesnt conclude on an ambiguous note the way Cube did But Morgan deserves his happy ending After hes been put through the ringer like this I cheered for him in the final scene Its a perfect final moment because it comes as a ray of sunshine after a gloomy 90 minutes Cypher succeeds on all counts Engaging shocking always entertaining its everything that Total Recall wanted to be but wasnt And it comes as a refreshing antidote to the overwhelming and inexplicable Matrix A fine followup from Natali And now Im a committed fan of the man Superb stuff

Im not sure how related they are but Im almost certain that Lost and Delirious is a remake of this movie or the story that its based on Very similar plotline and even some of the scenes and sets seem to be very very similar Lost Delirious is actually a much better movie so see that one instead This one moves very slowly but being a late 60s French movie that is to be expected of the style Told in a retrospect from the perspective of one of the girls revisiting the school The editing of the flashbacks with the current scenes is a little bit confusing at first particularly since the audio from each overlaps ie hearing flashbacks while seeing the present and vice versa Also the girls are a bit old to think that they are in a boarding school Finally not much character development to even get you attached to the movie

DR SEUSS HOW THE GRINCH STOLE CHRISTMAS 2000 out of four If you desire to see a holiday movie that will inspire your seasonal spirits and continue the traditional Dr Seuss classic fable dont see Dr Seuss How the Grinch Stole Christmas If you are old enough to read this review then you are probably too old to get any kind of enjoyment out of this motion picture It contains lots of colors creative production design and imaginative set and costume construction joyous load noises and the characters are made up to look like the actual inhabitants of the fictional village Whoville Unfortunately that is where the movies positive elements end the rest of the production is nothing but an excuse for Jim Carrey to cackle on screen while giving a devilish grin all while prancing through the overly broad screenplay with nothing much to do Many people recognize the story of how the grinch stole Christmas from Whoville so I will not waste my time in writing a detailed synopsis for you to read However I will say that the movies story is executed in three major acts the development of the grinch and setting the Whoville festival and the Dr Seuss vision of the mean one robbing the Whos from their Christmas There are many familiar names within the credits here but no familiar faces Like in Battlefield Earth I just do not see why the producers would hire expensive actors just to have their identities shielded by unrecognizable makeup and costumes Regardless there is SNLs Molly Shannon as Betty Lou the wife of Bill Irwin the later playing Lou Lou the father of little Cindy Lou played by Taylor Momsen Jeffrey Tambor is the Whoville mayor Anthony Hopkins lends his bellowing voice for the films narrator and Christine Baranski is the Grinchs lone lost lover The filmmakers attempt to bring originality to the story by adding unnecessary subplots and focusing too much on the little Cindy Lou The screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter S Seaman just feels like it goes everywhere across the movie landscape there is little if any focus by director Ron Howard and the screenplay is predictable too extensive and contrived The only character given any distinctions here is the Grinch himself all of the other characters are puppets of the plot shapeless and uninteresting And the dialogue is overzealous and too corny to be anything but pathetic ExampleGrinch Oh the Whomanity The movies redeeming factors go out to the gifted production designer Michael Corenblith the costume designer Rita Ryack and the ample makeup department How the Grinch Stole Christmas is a very goodlooking production The sets and the atmosphere created by the filmmakers are detailed and imaginative it is like the audience is visiting a world as in a dream The people of Whoville are plastered with makeup to the point in which we cannot tell the actor reciting the humorless lines Although dazzling I really cant give credit to the performances for they are over looked to due the expensive technical department taking their place Jim Carrey is one actor who I can talk about His performance is what nearly destroys the movie itself He is way too egotistic as the Grinch too exaggerated and comical to allow the story to be anywhere near recognizable as the work of Seuss Surprisingly although there are a few funny moments due to a few slyly clever sequences no laughs come from Jim Carrys zany silliness It is almost like the movie was wrote specifically for Carry to overplay his part This factor only leads the movie to a wild but brainless comedy which is only a pale shadow of the original Christmas classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas After this movie historians should check the coffin of the late author Dr Seuss may have rolled over in his grave

Its a long time ago I saw this movie and still its one of the worst Ive ever seen I like lots of kind of movies scifi action drama thrillers and sometimes even horror Not a combination of two This could have been a wonderful movie but they all blew it up I didnt want to see this movie but friends of mine insisted to watch it I didnt know it was such a crap I loved the first part in which Clooney and Tarantino drove through Texas killing everybody on their way especially the scene with the liquor shooting was excellent but at its turning point in the titty twister bar everything changed Stupid Vampires took over the place and what could have been a perfect gangster movie became a stupid horror movie like Nightmare on Elmsteet If you like horror watch a real horror movie And when you love bloodstolling thrillers dont watch it at all you will be very disappointed at the end

18 directors had the same task tell stories of love set in Paris Naturally some of them turned out better than others but the whole mosaic is pretty charming besides wouldnt it be boring if all of them had the same vision of love Heres how I rank the segments that might change on a second viewing 1 Quartier Latin by Gérard Depardieu One of the greatest French actors ever directed my favourite segment featuring the always stunning Gena Rowlands and Ben Gazzara Witty and delightful 2 Tour Eiffel by Sylvain Chomet Cute visually stunning thanks to the director of The Triplets of Belleville story of a little boy whose parents are mimes 3 Tuileries by Ethan and Joel Coen The Coen Brothers Steve Buscemi Hilarious 4 Parc Monceau by Alfonso Cuarón Y Tu Mamá También Children of Men feat Nick Nolte and Ludivine Sagnier funny 5 Place des Fêtes by Oliver Schmitz feat Seydou Boro and Aissa Maiga touching 6 14th Arrondissement Alexander Paynes Election About Schmidt wonderful look for the pathetic side of life is present here feat the underrated character actress Margo Martindale Hilary Swanks mother in Million Dollar Baby as a lonely middleaged American woman on vacation 7 Faubourg SaintDenis Tom Tykwers Run Lola Run frantic style works in the story of a young actress Natalie Portman and a blind guy Melchior Beslon who fall in love 8 PèreLachaise by Wes Craven feat Emily Mortimer and Rufus Sewell plus a curious cameo by Alexander Payne asOscar Wilde 9 Loin du 16ème by Walter Salles and Daniela Thomas simple but moving story from the talented Brazilian directors feat Catalina Sandino Moreno 10 Quartier des Enfants Rouges by Olivier Assayas Clean a sad story feat the always fantastic Maggie Gyllenhaal 11 Le Marais by Gus Van Sant feat Gaspard Ulliel Elias McConnell and Marianne Faithful simple but funny 12 Quartier de la Madeleine by Vincenzo Natali feat Elijah Wood and Olga Kurylenko 13 Quais de Seine by Gurinder Chadha 14 Place des Victoires by Nobuhiro Suwa feat Juliette Binoche and Willem Dafoe 15 Bastille by Isabel Coixet fabulous director of the underrated My Life Without Me feat Miranda Richardson Sergio Castellitto Javier Cámara and Leonor Watling 16 Pigalle by Richard LaGravenese feat Bob Hoskins and Fanny Ardant 17 Montmartre by and with Bruno Podalydès 18 Porte de Choisy by Christopher Doyle with Barbet Schroeder mostly known as the director of Barfly Reversal of Fortune and Single White Female I could classify some segments as brilliant and others as average or even slightly boring but not a single of them is plain bad On the whole I give Paris Je tAime an 8510 and recommend it for what it is a lovely mosaic about love and other things in between

This movie was for a while in my collection but it wasnt before a friend of mine reminded me about it until I decided that I should watch it I did not know much about Close to Leo just that it was supposed to be excellent coming out of age movie and it deals with a very serious topic Aids Although the person who has aids is Leo the scenario wraps around the way in which Marcel the youngest brother of Leo coupes with the sickness of his relative At first everyone is trying to hide the truth from Marcel he is believed to be too young to understand the sickness of his brother the fact that Leo is also a homosexual contributes to the unwillingness of the parents to discus the matter with the young Marcel I know from experience that on many occasions most older people do not want to accept the fact that sometimes even when someone is young this does not automatically means that he will not be able to accept the reality and act in more adequate manner then even themselves With exception of the fact that the family tried to conceal the truth from Marcel they have left quite an impression for me the way they supported their son even after discovering the truth about his sexuality and his sickness The fact that they allowed the young Marcel to travel along with Leo to Paris to meet his ex boyfriend was quite a gesture from them most families I know will be reluctant to do that There is a lot of warmth in the scenes in which the brothers spend some time together you can see them being real friends concern about each other Close to Leo is an excellent drama which I strongly recommend

Maybe Presque Rien is not the best movie ever made But it is better than many of you have said I still havent seen a homothemed movie better than this one You Americans are accustomed to watch very narrative movies with a clear beginning development and outcome But European movies are less narrative but makes you think much and feel Many of you didnt understand the sense of the movie The purpose of this one is not show us a simple summer loving movie with commercial characters who fall in love and live happy forever Summer Holidays and beach are only a background and this movie is directed to every young boy who may feel identified with those boys Maybe some of you didnt understand well this movie because of its 3 parts showed as flashbacks These 3 moments are Summertime in Pornichet when they meet and love After a year and half living together in Nantes Mathieu doesnt go to a psychiatric himself He tries to suicide taking something and Cedric brings him to hospital Later he appears talking with a psychiatrist to find the reason about he done that The last part is when Mathieu come back to Pornichet in winter alone to think about how his life have changed how his life become to be and trying to find himself Its possible that some people couldnt understand all this well because all the scenes are mixed among them But anyway as I said before this is not a funny movie If what someone want to see is meat for that we have Belami movies Presque Rien what want to show us is how cruel can be the life for a young boy who is not sure about his feelings and not sure about what to do in life Mathieu only wants to go away from home and try to live the kind of life that he thought could bring him the happiness But what seemed perfect at the beginning later is not as good as he thought and he become troubled and feel that he has lost the way of his life He is lost and doesnt know what he really wants to do or what makes him happy He finally become depressed and tries to commit suicide So funny Is not a funny movie Very hot scenes only a few but this is not a movie for entertainment Is all about feelings friendship love happiness unhappiness pain depression loneliness I as many others feel identified with life and problems of Mathieu and that is what director wanted to do a movie who show us the cruel reality of a boys life For me the best homothemed movie ever

Both Jackie and Candice are terrific in this movie They are wellsuited to their roles and have several chances to shine In particular the way Candice pronounces the words Puerto Rican is very funny as she is being kind as she can be but condescending at the same time I had seen the original of this movie called Old Acquaintance starring Bette Davis and Miriam Hopkins They allegedly did not get along so because the movie is about female friendship that might have been a problem Here the actresses clearly admire and respect each other Hart Bochner and Meg Ryan have supporting parts and are both excellent in particular Bochner who never got many decent parts in movies as far as I am concerned George Cukor did not make another movie after this so this was a good one to go out on

There are a few aspects to Parks movies and in particular Wallace Gromit that I would say make them so great The first is subtlety and observation the flagship of which is the character of Gromit He doesnt speak he doesnt make any noise all he has are his eyes brow and body posture and with these he commands the film Park manages to give us everything we need from this silent character through his expression The comedy and the emotion is conveyed through the subtlest of movements and it works superbly well Watching the movie you have to be aware of the entire screen Normally youll be guided to things in the movies the screen wont be cluttered too much there wont be many things to take your eyes away from the main clue or action Park seems to need to look the other way with his movies He throws extra content at his audience theres action in the background to the side of the screen even off screen and theres just about always something in the foreground to catch your eye His movies are about multiple viewing and discovery theyre layered with jokes and ancillary action Throughout this film there are layers of things happening on screen jokes in the foreground maybe on a jar label and background shadows that give away action You can imagine that for Park the movies has always been an event and the movies he loves are ones which he wants to watch again and again This is what shows in his movies and in through his most beloved characters Then there are the bizarre and wacky inventions which Wallace make something which is reflected in the storyline and the twists and turns of the plot everything is bizarre and off the wall yet it seems so perfectly normal in this world You can imagine that inside Park is the mind of Wallace Theres also one more thing that make these movies so unique and thats the modelling and precise hand animation I must admit I was concerned when I knew Dreamworks was involved in the making of this movie and I thought that they would bring their computer animation experience to the forefront What I was scared of was Wallace Gromit becoming CGI entities or at the smallest CGI being used to clean up the feel that the modelling brought to the movie Not so You can still see thumbprints and toolmarks on the characters and far from distracting from the movie this just adds so much real feeling to it and a feeling of physical depth to the characters and the scene on screen So what of the movie Well I must say that the plot twist was something I had thought about well before the film was in the cinema and it came as no surprise but that did not affect my enjoyment one little bit Actually watching the twist unfold and the comic timing of the discovery and reactions was everything and it had me just as sucked in as if it was a thriller yet all the time I was laughing Watching the movie was fascinating in various ways To see the animation completed how wild the inventions are how Wallace is going to get into trouble and Gromit get him out where all the cross references are in the movie and where all the jokes are I must admit afterwards talking with my friends I couldnt believe how much I had missed Theres something different in this movie than with the others theres a new level of adult humour in here and I dont mean rude jokes although there are a couple that are just so British you cant help laughing I mean jokes that simply fly over kids heads but slap adults in the face The kind you are used to seeing come out of somewhere like Pixar This just adds even more appeal to the movie Okay though let me try and be a bit negative here I didnt notice the voices in this movie you know how you usually listen to the actors and see if you can recognise them Well I was just too wrapped up in the movie to care or to notice who they wereokay thats not negative Let me try again The main plot wasnt as strong and gripping as Id expected and I found myself being caught up in the side stories and the characters themselvesagainthats not a bad thing the film was just so much rich entertainment I honestly cant think of a bad thing to say about this movie probably the worst thing I could say is that the title sequence at the end is quite repetitiveuntil the final title Really thats the worst I can say The story is a lot of fun well setup well written well executed Theres lots of fantastic characters in here not just Wallace Gromit Theres so much happening on screen so many references and jokes check out the dresses of Lady Tottingham cheese jokes everywhere jokes for all the family The characters are superbly absorbing and youll find that youve taken to them before you realise Theres just so much in this movie for everyone Theres so much I could say and write about but I know it will quickly turn into a backslapping exercise for Park and Aardman it would also just turn into a series of this bit was really funny and theres a bit when and what I would rather do is tell you that this is a superb movie to go see it and to experience the whole thing for yourselves I will say though that the bunnies are excellent

The Sea Is Watching has been made from an original Akira Kurosawa script and it is indeed a lush and warm film Watching it will be a pleasure Kei Kumai as director is certainly no equal to the old but everlasting master particularly the mass scenes in the beginning of the film has some terrible acting but the overall mood and scenery is very enjoyable Another thing that is missed here Kurosawa always managed to let the characters be so much more then what they are actually showing and doing Probably that was his magic on set while shooting and just maybe this script was not fully up to par yet Maybe we just miss the eye of the master This is one lovely and sweet film but it is no Kurosawa To expect that might well be very silly

i am totally addicted to this show i cant wait till the week goes by to see the next showing its a great story line and it has the best actors and actresses on the show i will tune in every week to watch it even if i am not home i always have my vcr set to tape monarch cove simon rex is the best actor on the show it is suspenseful and exciting i think this show should stay on the air and i believe everyone should tune in to watch it i saw the very first episode and actually i wasnt going to watch it but i was watching lifetime one day and i decided to watch it because it was on and i absolutely love it and right now its my favorite show i am really mean it

This film is something like a sequel of White Zombie since it is made by the same man Halperin and features zombies Halperin the George A Romero of his day fails to deliver with this one though We have a man who can control the minds of people in Cambodia and a search to destroy the source of his power so the zombies can be sent free Also a love interest for the evil man Where this film really excels is in the imagery The Cambodian temples and dancers are very nice and the zombie look very powerful in their large numbers Unfortunately we dont really get to see much of the zombies in action and the love story seems to play a much too large role for a horror film though this has a valid plot reason later on I would have loved to see some 1930s zombies attack helpless city folk but this film just did not deliver And no strong villain like Bela Lugosi was waiting to do battle against our heroes And the use of Lugosis eyes A nice effect but misleading as he is never in the film why not recreate this with the new actors eyes Overall a film that could be a great one with a little script reworking and could someday be a powerful remake especially if they keep it in the same postwar time frame Heck if they can fix up The Hills Have Eyes then this film has hope

I guess only a selected number of audience members really had any interest in watching how a male hustler in New York operates but Id be willing to bet that even these brave souls were turned off by the irritating patchwork technique and deliberately muffled sound recording on display here the fact that these inherent defects were a direct result of the films lowbudgetundergroundexperimental nature is Id say beside the point Anyway for those so inclined the film features extensive male nudity and Joe Dallesandro understandably became an underground and gay icon The episodic structure showing the daytoday routine of the hustler protagonist offers a couple of mildly interesting scenes his meeting with and eventually posing for an eccentric elderly artist the one where Dallesandro expresses his views on his unusual line of work and delineates his particular modus operandi to a couple of prospective colleagues including perhaps the unlikeliest of hustlers a bespectacled nerd Perhaps mercifully the film ran for only 89 minutes against the IMDbs claim that its complete length is 105 but the latter could well be a mistake I had watched a few other of Warhols movies and this one is decidedly not as satisfying as the most tolerable example Ive run into yet BAD 1977 and only slightly better than the likes of MY HUSTLER 1965 which were mostly a strain to sit through The fact that this was only the first part of a trilogy did not augur well but as the saying goes you gotta to do what you gotta do and the other two chapters had to follow in quick succession Despite my generally negative reaction to it FLESH is nevertheless still valuable as a 1960s time capsule and as a prototype of the Underground scene of that era both cinematically and in real life For the record an image of Dallesandro from this film adorns the sleeve of The Smiths selftitled 1984 debut album and transsexual Candy Darling who appears here rather unremarkably was immortalized in Candy Says the opening track of The Velvet Undergrounds eponymous 1969 album Although the latter band is my alltime favorite and one of the reasons for this is that through their sheerly unique and groundbreaking music they described a lifestyle so utterly different from my own this is truly a case where Id much rather experience something aurally instead of visually

Some illegal socalled asylum seeker comes to Stuttgart and finds that Germans are racist This is just another alreadyforgotten steaming nugget in a long list of postWWII antiGerman propaganda films aimed to make Germans feel bad for not welcoming each and every degenerate in their country so he can chase German blonds and sell drugs to German teenagers If youre looking for good German films in General see Der Tunnel Der Untergang Europa Europa and Lola rennt But not this Also Das Experiment with the same male actor from Lola rennt

Alfred Hitchcocks more assured telling of a film he made twentyone years earlier is infinitely superior to the original Hitchcock said himself that his first version was the work of an amateur and although it certainly isnt a bad film he does appear to be right That being said this remake although definitely better still isnt among Hitchcocks best work Thats certainly not to say that it isnt good its just more than a little overindulgent and that drags it down Hitchcock seems all too keen to drag certain elements out and these are parts of the film that arent entirely relevant to the plot which can become annoying Some of these dragged out sequences such as the one that sees James Stewart and Doris Day eating in a Moroccan restaurant are good because it helps establish the different culture that our American protagonists have found themselves in but for every restaurant scene theres an opera sequence and its the latter that make the film worse The plot follows a middleaged doctor and his wife that go to Morocco for a holiday with their young son While there they meet a French man on the bus and another middleaged couple in a restaurant However things go awry when the French man dies from a knife in the back shortly after whispering something to the doctor The holiday then turns into a full blown nightmare when the couples son is kidnapped which causes them to cut it short and go to London in order to try and find him The film has a very potent degree of paranoia about it and it manages to hold this all the way through In fact I would even go as far as to say that this is the most paranoid film that Hitchcock ever made Like most of Hitchcocks films this one is very thrilling and keeps you on the edge of your seat for almost the entire duration with only the aforementioned opera sequence standing out as a moment in which the tension is diffused There is also more than a little humour in the movie which gives lighthearted relief to the morbid goings on and actually works quite well The original version of this story was lent excellent support by the fantastic Peter Lorre This film doesnt benefit from his presence unfortunately but that is made up for by performances from the amazing James Stewart and Doris Day James Stewart is a man that is always going to be a contender for the greatest actor of all time crown His collaborations with Hitchcock all feature mesmerising performances from him and this one is no different Although his best performance remains the one in Mr Smith Goes to Washington Stewart conveys all the courage conviction and heartbreak of a man that has lost his child and would do anything to get him back brilliantly In fact thats one of the best things about this film you are really able to feel for the couples loss throughout and that serves in making it all the more thrilling Doris Day on the other hand is a rather strange casting choice for this movie Shes definitely a good actress but shes more associated with musicals and seeing her in a thriller is rather odd even if she does get to flex her vocal chords a little As Ive mentioned this is not Hitchcocks best film but theres much to enjoy about it and although Id recommend many Hitchcock films before recommending this one Ill definitely give it two thumbs up as well

I thought the movie was fairly well done for a made for TV movie and it contained both a lot of action and humor I found the entertainment value worth watching and would watch it again or a similar show again Im disappointed that Sean was not credited here on IMDb I can see a possibility for an action series based on this concept or a sequel with Sean once again playing for even higher cash stakes since his life would be on the line again anyway I felt that Sean played the role very well and reminds me of an actor by the name of Matthew Ashford who plays Jack Deveraux on Days of Our Lives the Soap Opera

I had the terrible misfortune of having to view this bmovie in its entirety All I have to say is save your time and money This has got to be the worst bmovie of all time it shouldnt even be called a bmovie more like an fmovie Because it fails in all aspects that make a good movie the story is not interesting at all all of the actors are paperthin and not at all believable it has bad direction and the action sequences are so fake its almost funnyalmost The movie is just packed full of crappy oneliners that no respectable person could find amusing in the least little bit This movie is supposed to be geared towards men but all the women in it are SO utterly unattractive especially that old wrinkled thing that comes in towards the end They try to appear sexy in those weird horrible costumes and they fail miserably Even some of the most ridiculous bmovies will still give you some laughs but this is just too painful to watch

After an initial release of 4 very good Eurotrash titles REDEMPTION has managed to scrape the bottom of the barrel with THE BLOODSUCKER LEADS THE DANCE I found NO Bloodsuckers anywhere in this movie The story is simple A mysterious count invites several actresses to his castle for a little vacation After some sofcore sexual shenanigans the girls get decapitated one by one Who is the killer Who knows There are more red herrings in this one than at the local fish market on Friday The pace is excruciating The story is silly and the skin scenes arent all that terrific either Give this one a miss

I saw this film on its release and have watched it 3 or 4 more times including last week I regret I have to be a voice of dissension with regard to Mr Branaghs performance This is really a glorious sumptuous film to say nothing of ambitious at over 4 hours long beautifully shot and designed Derek Jacobi Julie Christie Kate Winslet Richard Briers and many others do fine jobs Then theres Kenneth Branagh If ever there was a vanity project for an actor this is it and Mr Branagh spares nothing in putting the ham in Hamlet From the stunt casting which gives us the worst performance ever by the woefully miscast Jack Lemmon to the bits of distracting business thrown in to infuse a sense of naturalness to his own performance which runs the gamut from throwing away the single most famous soliloquy in all of literature to screaming every line of others His performance confirms that while he may come across better on stage where bigger is necessary he has never been a great film actor The scenery budget could be charged to catering Mr Branagh eats so much of it His performance is a perfect example of why people dont go to see Shakespeare full of sound and fury signifying nothing And if there is fault to his direction it is that he keeps the camera firmly glued on his overblown performance No matter what theories people may posit on the Bard he was after all is said and done a playwright The brilliance of his plays rest in the fact that his themes are universal and timeless Although there is no right way to play his plays there is most certainly great acting good acting and bad acting Shakespeare himself gives instructions to the players in the text of Hamlet itself It amazes me how Mr Branagh mouthed it but did not hear it It was an example of spending too much time working out how hes going to say something and too little figuring out WHAT hes saying While Mr Branagh has certainly done a wonderful job in mounting some entertaining productions he would be wise to stay behind the camera and allow those who know the art of acting to practice it His direction has always been better than his acting I still give him immense credit for resurrecting interest in filming Shakespeare He set a great template for other productions And it would be interesting to see him onstage from about 20 rows back But I do hope he chooses to direct more and act less Is it worth seeing Certainly There are many little joys to be found in the film But its a long long movie and by the end one may feel less that they enjoyed than survived it

Look at the all the positive user comments of this movie then check to see how often each one posts user comments They post once It seems companies are probably paying for services which post junk promovie comments on IMDb This movie was awful The plot was stupid The acting was poor The jokes werent even funny The movie included minor nudity from what looked like porn actresses but none of the other characters It was clear from the first 15 minutes that movie wasnt funny There was some slapstick here and there but most of humor was supposed to be derived from the characters talking behind each others back and spreading rumors This isnt even done well Every joke is obvious and you see it coming The movie is worthy of fast forwarding or better yet not watching I regret watching this movie and if I could charge the studio and distributor for 15 hrs they stole from me I would

If you are looking for a modern film version of Buster Crabbe or Johnny Weismullers overcoming the machinations of unscrupulous white safari guides or cunning black tribesmen while saving the animal kingdom this is NOT the movie for you This is a recounting of the Tarzan legend from its beginning in intelligent adult terms It is beautifully filmed and faithful to the Edgar Rice Burroughs stories Tarzan is no action hero but a man torn between two worlds the natural and the civilized In a stunning performance Christopher Lambert portrays this angst with absolute realism If he slips up just once the cat will be out of the bag the audience especially the adult audience targeted by the film will laugh and the film will completely lose its grip It will plummet into the cheesy depths But Lambert never lets that happen Forget what you may think of him in other movies when I saw this film at the theater on its original release I thought he deserved an academy award The supporting cast is uniformly excellent as other commentators have noted I disagree with most of them in that I didnt find anything wrong with Andie McDowells performance I wouldnt have nominated her for an academy award the role is undemanding but she is completely up to it such as it is I dont know why her voice was overdubbed either The cinematography of the African segment of the tale is absolutely beautiful It captures both the beauty of the African wilderness and the exotic expectation it holds in the collective imagination of those who have never been there The scenery is lush and exotic and the colors are vivid But this is also a period film and the cinematography also magnificently depicts Victorian England the countryside the city and the interiors The costumes are outstanding The soundtrack is beautiful without being overwhelming or obtrusive There are some disturbing scenes especially for animal lovers but no more disturbing than a few scenes in Dances with Wolves This is an excellent film about the conflict between civilization and nature personified in the young Lord Greystoke convincingly portrayed by Christopher Lambert

I agree with one commentator who says that its really impossible to review Glen or Glenda objectively If one does so the film on its merits would have to be rated as fairly terrible given the hilarious convoluted dialog the generally mediocre to poor acting by the cast as well as the zero production values Yet such an assessment does not capture the absolutely riveting experience of watching this film as it unfolds It isnt the fact that the subject of the film is transvestitism and that it was a controversial lifestyle choice in the 1950s Its not even the plea for tolerance of people who embrace alternate life choices that fascinates except as an historic relic No what makes Glen or Glenda still a fascinating film after 50 years is that Ed Wood laid his psyche bare in a way that socalled auteur directors like Hitchcock or Godard despite their vastly superior talents never did In Glen or Glenda Wood isnt afraid to reveal his own deeply conflicted feelings about being a transvestite despite the plea for tolerance for it through out the film Indeed the conclusion of the film suggest that Ed Woods Glen character will be able to kill his Glenda female counterpart by transferring the feelings of love and affection Glen has for his feminine counterpart to his future wife Barbara The psychiatrist even reassures Glen and Barbara that as Glen makes that psychic transference Glenda will disappear So while Wood could plead for tolerance of transvestites in general he wasnt so sure of desiring it for himself Moreover Wood wasnt afraid of throwing everything else that crossed his mind on the screen He did it with whatever stock footage he could get his hands on If it didnt cohere so what What the viewer saw in Glen or Glenda especially was Ed Woods imaginative world in all of its fundamental strangeness The only comment I wish to add to my comment above is that my twostar rating is based solely on the objective evaluation criteria cited in the first paragraph The oddly memeric effect the film has despite its technically atrocious qualities I dont think can be rated

Being the prototype of the classical Errol Flynn adventure movie and having a good story as well as two more brilliant costars in Maureen OHara what an exquisite beauty and Anthony Quinn I can only recommend this movie to all those having even the slightest liking for romance and adventure Hollywood at its best

If there was a God he would have made sure this movie stayed in the toilet were it was crapped up This is BY FAR the worst vampire movie I have ever seen I may never watch a vampire film again because of this movie It makes Zombie Lake look like The Sound of Music

One measurement for the greatness of a movie is if it came on tv right now would you want to sit there and watch it again My answer for the Grand Canyon is as powerful a yes as it would be for nearly any movie I have ever seen There are just so many powerful moments such an intelligent and moving story such incredible performances It perfectly captures the confusion and violence that were so rampant in the early nineties But it also dramatically affirms the capacity of individuals to love think and care In a slight way the movie was of its time It partly portrays society as a balloon about to burst Because the country was in a recession and so void of leadership this was true of that time But the movie is also timeless I think it could honestly stand up against any movie that has ever been made and it is the most overlooked film of all time

The movie started off ok A couple of tourists on vacation in Mexico having a good time decide they should go on a hike They uncover some hidden trails and end up and this huge temple like fortress Angry villagers show up and try to deter them from climbing it but because of the language barrier people get shot and the tourists end up climbing the stupid thing Turns out the plants are evil bloodthirsty things that the villagers wont go near so they guard the temple so the tourists cant get off There are a couple of scares in this movie but nothing really makes sense I mean theyre PLANTS Dont bother buying or renting the dvd Wait till it comes out on cable

Its pretty good all things considered A must for anyone perplexed about the opposite sex ie all of us The trailer doesnt give away any of the plot FOR GOOD REASON The premise is absurd so its nice to see that it doesnt take itself seriously Its like someone from the BBC childrens department decided to make a film for adults Thats not a bad thing IMO 710

A Must See Excellent positive AfricanAmerican Love Story This movie had reminded me of watching the old black and white movies with my dad More true to life characters looking for love being in love and loosing it Old story fresh view Larenz Tate was so Cary Grant in style as the character may have been in a clumsey situation but the actor kept him from looking silly and like a cardboard cut out Nia Long has always been a favorite of mine she is sweet even when she is tough almost like a Kathrine Hepburn This is one of his best work and showing that he is better than always playing an angry black man This movie is a classic superb acting well written a real love story set in Chicago what more can you ask for SuperB Black Love Story Amsterdam Holland

I suggest if you have already seen the original American Graffiti do not see this movie If you havent seen the original I still dont recommend this but it will be a lot less painful to watch The characters from the first film are great and by the end you fell a connection to them This movie sets out to show how bad their lives have become Its a chore to watch Set on New years eve in 1964 65 66 and 67 we have four stories about the characters from the first film In 64 we have John Milner Paul Le Mat who is now a professional drag racer He meets a foreign girl Eva and though his plot really goes nowhere its the best of the four In 1965 we have Toad Charles Martin Smith who is stuck in Vietnam and more than anything he wants out He tries to find ways to hurt himself or do stupid things to get out In 66 we have Debbie Candy Clark the girl who Toad picked up in the first movie Now she is a pot smoking hippie and really Im not sure what her plot was about It was her going to a concertnot much of anything happened Finally in 1967 Steve Bolander Ron Howard and Laurie Bolander Cindy Williams are having marriage problems that end in a antiwar rally and police action None of these stories are very good The script in some parts features very very bad dialogue These poor characters who I enjoyed so much in the first film ended up where they are herewhy Why was this sequel made I guess if a sequel was made it had to feature the Vietnam war and hippies and police action but the real thing is that this movie shouldnt have been made The direction was stylish but it just amounts in a huge headache Each story has a different style Milners is just a regular depending on how you watch it wide screen and is filmed how the rest of the movie should be Toads plot was shot in 16mm and what it amounts to is a poor looking picture which is the size of a small box in the middle of the screen Debbies plot is shot in multiscreen At one point there might have been one screen but for the good majority its anywhere from two to twenty screens up at once Dont bother trying to follow the screens since theres nothing going on anyways Steve and Lauries plot has the weirdest filming style Its style really doesnt mean anything and is dumb and pointless Instead of just a full widescreen its a condensed widescreen that looks like a full screen version of widescreen Though I dont like the others at least I understand what they were going for this one just doesnt make sense The music is this movies saving grace not that it could save this Bob Dylan Simon and Grafunkel Stevie Wonder Marvin Gaye and dozens of others have nice songs featured here They dont save the feature they just make it a little better than it is Its still bad Overall this is a pointless sequel Any fan of the original should avoid this lackluster sequel My rating 12 out of 110 mins PG for language drug use and violence

Actress Ruth Romans reallife philanthropic gesture to help entertain troops arriving from and leaving for the Korean War at an air base near San Francisco jumpstarted this allstar Warner Bros salute to patriotism and song Many celebrities make guest appearances while a lovehate romance develops between a budding starlet and a painfully green and skinny Air Force Corporal Ron Hagerthy who looks like he should be delivering newspapers from his bicycle Seems the Corporal has fooled the actress into thinking hes off to battle when actually hes part of a airplane carrier crew flying to and from Honolulu youd think shed be happy he was staying out of harms way but instead she acts just like most childish females in 1950s movies Doris Day is around for the first thirty minutes or so and her distinct laugh and plucky song numbers are most pleasant Roman is also here looking glamorous while James Cagney pokes fun at his screen persona and Gordon MacRae sings in his handsome baritone Jane Wyman sings too in a hospital bedside reprise following Doris Days lead causing one to wonder Did they run out of sets For undemanding viewers an interesting flashback to another time and place Still the lowrent production and justadequate technical aspects render Starlift strictly a secondbiller 12 from

First of all if your a fan of the comic well youll be VERY disappointed Im sure Low budget movie Largo is supposed to be Serbian in the comic now suddenly he becomes croatian pfff chicken producers it gave some spice and guts to the comic By the way in the film his father speaks Serbian and he speaks croatian Lol The striking NY Winch building becomes a common averagesmall yacht in HK The good looking Largo becomes some unshaved TziganTurkish looking guy Freddy the cool scarface pilot becomes some fat out of shape sad average guy Simon Largos good buddy does not exist at all He gave some pepper Largo doesnt throw knifes at all but just some snake stares The whole story is confused and looks like a pretentious TVfilm French directors and producers if you dont have the money the ability or the technology to adapt correctly the comic please stick to some romance shooted in Paris Very very bad film good thing I just rented it dont count on me to watch the sequel If there is any

This film moved me at age 39 in the same way that all the footage and coverage of Dogtown affected me when I was 13 For all of those who criticized the self promotion of the Z boys interviewed they have the last laugh on you That was their whole deal were better than all of you and heres whyinsert footage of the smoothest pool carve imaginable This was a film to tell their story and that was their story whether you like it or not It was THEIR opinion of their skating that mattered not yours or mine I thought the film captured their attitude and influence exactly as I remembered it in the 70s The reality is that they DID revolutionize skateboarding they WERE the impetus behind extreme sports and they DID inject a cultural paradigm that reached into every corner of americana This movie gave rebirth to images of Bertleman on a wave and Alva and Jay Adams ripping up the coping that WAS the California Dream to an entire culture of young american teenagers that just wanted to have fun and get rad As I watched this film I realized that it was these images that I lived with every day until I was old enough to move out and back down to So Cal after my family had moved to Nor Cal when I was five Until I could get back my buddies and I built and thrashed ramp after ramp searched for every empty pool possible and mimicked everything Stecyk covered about these guys We are all educated and have familys and careers now but this film reminds me who I was at that age and why I still surf This is an inspired film that anyone who has an interest in pop culture extreme sports the 70s or even just good documentary film making will enjoy completely Whenever it comes on cable I cant change the channel Kudos to Stacy Peralta for making a beautiful piece of art

When I think Bollywood I think of lite feel good musical dance numbers with gorgeous outfits on the men and women And catchy tunes Horror Thrillers Mystery and Suspense dont come to mind though And this to my Western eyes is like an abstract comedy I think it would have been a better movie shorter even if the writer and the director had made a definite choice Either gone for outright ThrillerHorror ComedyMystery SupernaturalSuspense or MusicalRomance instead of an awkward mixture of them all Ill have to say more than once I thought the director must have seen I Know What You Did Last Summer and tried to give it a Bollywood twist My first film was Bride Prejudice Which I thought was acted well This seemed like what a Western Audience would consider a straight to video cheese fest The acting was over the top at times it felt like they were intentionally trying to parody western thrillers but when you saw them try to inject the dramatic crying screaming or fear it felt out of place The viewer was left wondering when one of the actors would wink at the camera More than a few times when the audience was supposed to be horrified we could only snicker a the absurdity I watch a lot of foreign films and even though I dont know Hindi I have to say they did a poor job subtitling the film Sometimes it was difficult to read the white lettering against the bright background The villain was particularly amusing at least to me because he came with his own mood music The supposed surprising twist actually felt like a cop out The lead couples were handsomepretty enough and the musical numbers made it worth my rental fee Id suggest it to someone as a musical comedy but Id tell them to just fast forward the rest of the movie because it wasnt worth the effort of reading If youre determined to read a whole subtitled Hindi flick then check out the superior Romantic Drama Namasteay London But I was not scaredunless thats really what they think is horrifying in India 1 out of 10 for what its being touted as 6 out of 10 for its unintentional quickness ability to illicit lots of laughs and its musicaldance numbers Enjoy

This show is quickwitted colorful dark yet fun hip and still somehow clean The cast including an awesome rotation of special guests ie Molly Shannon Paul Rubens TheStaplerGuyFromOfficeSpace is electric Its got murder romance family AND zombies without ever coming off as cartoony Somehow You really connect with these characters The whole production is an unlikely magic act that left me something of a skeptic if I do say so myself totally engrossed and coming back for more every Wednesday night I just reread this and it sounds a little like somebody paid me to write it It really is that good I just heard a rumor that it was being canceled so I thought Id send off a flare of good will This is one of those shows that goes under the radar because the network suits cant figure out how to make it sexy and sell cars with it Do yourself a huge favor if you havent already and enjoy this gem while it lasts OK so one more thing This show is clever What that means is that every armchair criticwriter in Hollywood is gonna insert a stick up their youknowwhat before they sit down to watch it defending themselves with an I couldve written that type speech to absolutely nobody in their lonely renovated Hollywood hotel room In other words the internet This is a general interestanonymous website Before you give your Wednesday TV hour to Dirty Sexy Money or Next Hot Model reruns or whatever other out and out tripe these internet critics arent commenting on give my fave show a spin Its fun Good unpretentious fun

As much as I like Walter Matthau I felt that the majority of his roles were tailored towards his personality This role is one of the exceptions He plays a dentist who is both charming and dishonest This role does require much more acting than in most of his other roles I liked the fact that the movie was honest about how a professional can be dishonest in order to avoid commitment in a relationship His whole aim was to find a way to be in a relationship with a much younger woman but not to be committed in any way The alibi using his secretary Ingrid Bergman to pretend to be his wife At some point in the movie the pretend Mr and Mrs actually are deluded into believing that they were actually really married The ending was good because a middle aged man found that pursuing someone in his own age group was more worthwhile The movie was funny entertaining and didnt sell out by being preachy

A very comical but down to earth look into the behind the scene workings of an Australian bowling club The way they deal with various problems such as takeovers memberships and general running of the club not to mention the car parking dilemma was well scripted

I feel this is one of the best movies Ive seenIm an older male and love most westerns I love movies based in part at least on factsIf I am not mistaken this is such a movie I also like revenge type moviesThis qualifies there as well in my opinionSome of my favorite parts of the movie were the opening scene with the whipping and the barn shooting scene I felt the corral beating scene was a little overkill but did not affect how I feel about the complete movie I saw what I think is a continuation of this movie in a gun smoke episode I also enjoyed thatI recommend taking the time to watch this movie I will watch it again I also felt the romance parts of this movie were well played I thought it was so out of character for Randy Travis to play a villain type but I always enjoy his acting

I dont care what anyone else says this movie is the worst piece of trash committed on film What was John Landis thinking I know its based on a series of childrens books but cmon Even kids hate this movie Its pointless and boring Tom Arnold once again amply demonstrates that his only talent is wasting production money I think the only reason The Stupids hasnt appeared on the 100 worst films of all time is that only 20 or so people will admit to watching this garbage At least Hobgoblins made it on MST3K

to make this short and sweet i hope this movie will not be considered the seminal work for the generasian of american film making the acting was subpar relying on stereotypes raised voices and exaggerated eyebuggery to convey its message chris chan park does not delve very deep into the any of his characters allowing them to remain caricatures of angryfrustrateddistantuncommunicative asians these depictions do not make characters mysteriously appealing it makes them confusing and unsympathetic i like to think that us asians are more complex than that i came out of the movie unconvinced unconvinced that these characters had a life long bloodbrother like connection with each other to go to the lengths they did to help their buddy out unconvinced that the main character had anything beyond a superficial attraction to his girlfriend unconvinced that hard working immigrant parents wouldnt pay for their sons college education unconvinced that all of the characters were even necessary ie janet who is put to bed in the back of the car and quickly forgotten the story line which i actually think had potential was not allowed to come into its own for two reasons 1 flat characters for whom i had no sympathyaffinity 2 the plot is overshadowed by meaningless nonsequitur scenes such as the seancedonut shop sequence with amy hill which was simply ridiculous and unnecessary i commend park for his efforts as im sure it took a lot of hard work to even produce the film and ill even give him the benefit of the doubt this time around as a rookie directorscreenwriter but i sincerely hope that next time around hell go a little deeper just because the film is one of the first of its kind about the korean american experience doesnt mean its automatically good

Ive been disappointed if not surprised at the lack of appreciation this film has received Once again Billy Zane proves hes more than just a Hollywood pretty boy in a silent performance that combines spastic slapstick with understated pathos Calling this a silent film is inaccurate as theres a lot of music and sound It has a manic pace and is full of the goofy inventiveness that Ed Wood is finally beginning to be appreciated for Look at the cast listing and realize that everyone shines No one is there just to show their face I believe theyre all in the movie to show their appreciation of Wood and to do a broad physical kind of acting not seen much these days But today reviewers try to guess whats going to become a hit much more than they show any kind of esthetic appreciation for a movie And IWUETDID has no discernable target audience It was made mostly out of love for Woods script Even after his death the trendy social parasites have dealt him another serious blow and deprived the world of a minor classic This is a highly entertaining and a genuinely experimental film that really deserves to live at least on DVD

Back in college I studied marketing and even though I missed a whole lot of classes and never really paid any attention I will always remember the main and most essential principle of marketing namely its not what you sell its HOW you sell it This principle fully applies to The Devils Triangle as its basically a beautifully wrapped and enticing yet empty package Writerdirector Richard Winer knew exactly that he had to divert the viewers attention away from the major inaccuracies so he threw in some elements that never fail when it comes to providing a creepy atmosphere like the sinister voice of narrator Vincent Price and the oddball music of King Crimson And Im guessing Richard Winers dirty little tricks worked very efficiently as there was a huge Bermuda Triangle hype going on during the mid70s and literally every movie production whether it was an inaccurate documentary or a sleazy exploitation flick covering the topic earned big money at the box office The Devils Triangle overwhelms you with data that is unstructured and often irrelevant but the severe dramatization of the facts and of course the intimidating stark voice of the almighty Vincent Price generates an ambiance of fright and creepiness The narration constantly jumps back and forward in time and covers a massive amount of strange occurrences and mysterious vanishings of ships and airplanes in the Bermuda Triangle throughout a period of nearly one whole century but the reports remain extremely vague at all times and the eloquent Mr Price invariably ends every chapter with the sinister words … just another unsolved mystery of the Devils Triangle… After a couple of cases the whole formula simply becomes laughable and almost pathetic but I guess it caused genuine mass hysteria back in 1974 The documentary expands a little more on the most notorious Bermuda Triangle mysteries like the five planes of military Flight 19 that inexplicably disappeared all at once and the peculiar case of the vessel USS Cyclops but still even in these chapters only a minimum of serviceable information is given The cameras never at one point go underwater to explore the depths of the Bermuda area for example and the testimonies of the supposedly reallife witnesses of the dramas suspiciously look like staged acting scenes If youre looking for an informative and objective documentary on the Bermuda Triangle I certainly wouldnt recommend this movie but in case you want to sit back and listen to Vincent Prices hypnotizing voice for nearly a full hour this is your chance

Daffy Duck has signs hanging from every inch of every available tree announcing that its rabbit season But you guessed it its really duck season Elmer Fudd appears hes the only hunter dumb enough to fall for the gag Hes even dumber than that When Bugs Bunny strides up to him and asks how the rabbit hunting is going Elmer admits that he hasnt seen a rabbit yet This is more than Daffy can stand He emerges from his hiding place and immediately points to a rabbit Bugs Bunny Shoot him now Daffy screams You be quiet says Bugs He doesnt have to shoot you now Daffy insists that he does After Daffy returns his blastedoff beak to his head he is doomed to more arguments infected with pronoun trouble which all have the same result Later Bugs dresses as a sexy woman and flirtingly asks Elmer for a duck dinner Will Daffy get the last laugh Ha ha very funny Ha ha ha Whats funny about this classic cartoon Bug recoils in fright as Daffy screams in his face Bugs Bunny says Yes while dripping with selfsatisfaction Daffy Duck stands on tiptoes demanding to be shot Elmer Fudd whines that he cant wait any wonger Daffy sees Bugs in womens clothes and makes that little noise with his tongue Carl Stalling plays You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby during Bugss drag act Daffy demands sheer honesty out of Bugs Stalling plays Home Sweet Home at an inappropriately appropriate moment Daffy tells Bugs hes desthpicable In five words every detail of this film NOTE This short is available on Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume One Disc 1

For me this wonderful rollercoaster of a film bears repeated pleasurable viewings Its about the tangled lives of three very different people Holly Hunter is the obsessive workaholic producer Albert Brookes plays the unprepossessing but brilliant journalist William Hurt is the affable but dumb new kid on the block news anchor The classical love triangle emerges with the stunningly witty and self deprecating Brookes in love with Hunter but she of course is attracted to Hurt This film works on many levels At the very least it is a brilliant comedy with the one liners flying so thick and fast that each viewing bears a new harvest of ones that you may have missed last time Its also a film about attraction and unfulfilled romance But perhaps most importantly the film examines the modern obsession with physical appearance and its ultimate triumph over intellect as a valued human attribute This is personified by the meteoric career success of the Hurt character in contrast to Brookes relative decline Despite being fifteen years old the film has some startingly relevant messages about modern news values and the continuing decline in journalistic standards This film is a classic in every sense and it is difficult to understand why it has been so neglected

My Comments for VIVAH Its a charming idealistic love story starring Shahid Kapoor and Amrita Rao The film takes us back to small pleasures like the bride and bridegrooms families sleeping on the floor playing games together their friendly banter and mutual respect Vivah is about the sanctity of marriage and the importance of commitment between two individuals Yes the central romance is naively visualized But the sneakedin romantic moments between the tobemarried couple and their stubborn resistance to modern courtship games makes you crave for the idealism The film predictably concludes with the marriage and the groom on the wedding night tells his new bride who suffers from burn injuries Come let me do your dressing V I V A H showcases a lot of good things beauty of arranged marriage beauty of Indian culture beauty of Indian woman last but not least a nice IDEALISM of the abouttobecouple waiting to get married playing by the rules Simple yet Beautiful Such a Simple story no plot no villain as is the case with most of Sooraj Barjatya films Sooraj sir is back to what he does BEST He has made the movie with FULL CONVICTION Its a very sweet film which teaches the current generation a lot of good things bout Arranged Marriage the Union of 2 Families I think AMRITA RAO looks very good she has acted very well She has most of the good scenes although i thought the last half hour was completely to Shahid Kapur who for a change gives an awesomely restrained performance I also liked the acting of all others for ex the Choti ie Amrita Prakash Alok Nath Anupam Kher Shahids bro sisinlaw It almost seemed as real and recognizable as it could Sooraj sir has got another nice family film to his credit after Maine Pyar Kiya HAHK Hum Saath Saath Hain The chemistry between Shahid Amrita is AWESOME Stuff like Sanctity in a MarriageRelationship Avoiding Courtship Mutual Respect Care Space Waiting for getting Married officially PrayingSacrficing for Ur Beloved all these and more get SHOWCASED in Vivah Theres still some good audience who r going enjoying this film Some of the folksaudience are already excited after seeing that they r thinking bout ArrangedMarriage Thats Success if you ask me it seems AMRITA RAO our actressfromVivah Result for a nice performance has been bestowed the prestigious DADSAHEB PHALKE award for 2006 Hats off to her for this achievement Chalo even though Vivah Shahid or Amrita didnt get any of the filmfare other awards least this is news to CHEER about Congrats to AMRITA RAO for showing us a visual of Indian Bridetobe in the purest form and Of Course to Sooraj Barjatya for portraying her the best way Shudnt forget Shahid Kapur and all others who make VIVAH as sweet and legendary as it is today Imagine to share the same pedestal as the legendary Dilip Kumar Its no mean achievement Congrats to Amrita Rao for taking her Career to another level with this award I personally feel she should keep doing movies only with Shahid Kapur They make a cute couple and their onscreen chemistry reminds me of SRKKajol or Aamir Khan Juhi Chawla Some points that I observedfew of the elements 1 If u notice carefully Amrita Rao looks so good because shes always wearing traditional dresses She gives every bit of the Indian Woman essence in this film Perfect Fit 2 Shahid Kapur is like most of us not exactly ready for marriage or earlymarriage but PREM listens carefully to the stepwise talk given by his DAD having full faith in Anupam Kher Eventually Honesty Trust are the keywords that he reflects in his first talk with Amrita Most people would think such a first meeting with a total stranger plus for a limited time is never enough to judge a person But according to what I saw in this film I have a feeling that Two people who are made for each other can connect within a 1st meet also Its possible 3 In the entire movie there are basically 4 or 5 sequences where Shahid Amrita are together or shown to be together Its unlike most other romanticweddingbased movies where Hero Heroine are always singingdancing or nowadays doing cheap stuff But the beauty of each of these 5 sequences Characterized by restraint innocence respect for the other 4 I really liked the relationship shown between Chacha ALOK NATH Amrita Rao These kinda movies should highlight the indifference shown to daughtersgirlkids in some parts of India 5 Romantic scenes between lead couple are shot very nicely no cheap scenessongs are beautifully pictured Words like Jalpraarthana etc are going to be buzzwords for all girls who liked this film Personally I really am fond of many dialogs in this film 6 Last but not the least The entire Hospital Scene where Shahid puts sindhoor to Amrita when shes struggling for Life is terrific Those dialogs between the couple are so touching and U feel the LOVEIcantdowithoutU Its a HatsOff feeling In many ways VIVAH reminded me of Maine Pyar Kiya DDLJ Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam for the freshnessonscreenchemistry of the LEAD pair IF U ASK ME Along with films like Rang De Basanti Lage Raho Munnabhai DOR CORPORATE and Kabul Express V I V A H ranks among the best films made in 2006 IN FACT i think Vivah does deserve better viewingbusiness than Dhoom2 or Fanaa or Golmaal or all those timepassfuzzystylecrap movies

Hitchcock would be proud of this movie Even when nothing happens it is suspenseful Director David Lynch overuses a few cheap thrill tricks here and there but he intersperses them with other cinematographic techniques to keep it from becoming obtuse Altogether surreal this movie is like waking up and remembering most of a dream but not enough to make it sensible I am still trying to figure it all out and will probably have to see it again to catch things I missed and which may help me understand it better It is a very detailed plot that very slowly comes together so you must be patient and pay attention Get your bathroom trip out of the way before it starts And yet the plot is overshadowed by the theme the mood the character development and the filming techniques The dual roles of the main actress Naomi Watts showcase her enormous talent That is when I could get my eyes off of her costar What an acting pair Lynch surprises throughout the movie with unusual camera angles the lengthtiming of editing cuts jumping back and forth between scenes Combined with smart use of music and sounds it all helps to build suspense in our minds doubtless a major objective of the director Well he kept me on the edge of my seat even had me talking to the actors to be careful here and not be so naive there You know the kind of stuff you want to smack your kids for doing at the movies

If you like Gary Cooper this is one of his best roles His gentle intensity to right a wrong is what made his career Blayde Hollister comes to Dallas to take revenge against Will and Brian Malowe who burned his Georgia farm and killed his family Inept Marshall gets in Hollisters way attempting to arrest him when interrupted by a street shootout between Hollister and Wild Bill Hickock The shootout is staged to get the law off Hollister he takes the back East Marshall under his wing to keep him alive in Texas as they switch identity That was a great beginning and the picture holds up all the way through Action may be a little slow by todays standards but it is one of my top 10 favorite movies

Im new to gaming but I would have started MUCH sooner if this film had been around I caught it at Gen Con last year a trip made only as a favor to my husband and LOVED it Even to a nongamer like I was at the time its funny and accessibleso much so that I finally relented and started sitting in on my husbands gaming group I dont want to give away any plot details but if youre a gamer you NEED to see this filmand if youre not youre going to have a great time despite yourself There are certainly in jokes but the vast majority of the film is accessible to anyone My only complaints wish it were longer and wish it were available on DVD Soon perhaps

spoilers Horrifyingly enough I have actually SEEN the film that this horrid film was a sequel to It was called Ator the Fighting Eagle and I saw it when I was just 8 years old It made such an awful impression on me that i never forgot it Ive been an MST3K fan for a long time so when Cavedwellers came out on tape I bought it I was horrified to realize that it was a sequel to the wretched Ator movie that id seen so long ago Ators costume has somehow gotten ever skimpier than the last time i saw him How can he wear that tiny little bikini Doesnt he care that it shows off the fact that he has noerrrpackage And poor Thonghe gets no lines and no girl and has to follow that frizzy haired girly doofus Ator around all the time Has anyone else noticed that Miles OKeefe walks like a woman No wonder hes not interested in the pretty if somewhat lackluster Meela The evil but prancy bad guy Zor is more to his taste Im sure I loved Zors cardboard spray painted swan helmet and the way he spent all his time trying to touch some part of Ator The fight scenes are so badly choreographed that its a wonder that the swords ever manage to connect The dull old guy spends all of his time standing around looking depressed Ator drinks from a cup given to him by a guy who hates him and then looks surprised that they drugged him He must be pretty smart thoughhe invented a hang glider in the space pf five minutes then flew it into a rift in the spacetime continuum so that he travelled briefly into 17th century Bulgaria That was after he stabbed the giant snake puppet of course and saved the post coital Meela while she sat around doing absolutely nothing The real hero of the movie was Thong who saved Ator several times from his boundless stupiditiy and killed the evil Zor in the bargain Kudos to Thong the only competent person in the whole film

i should qualify that title now that i think about it Checkout is not entirely worthless ive had the opportunity to see it twice and on the second time i did get a great laugh at the movies expense so i guess its worth something for that and also its worthwhile for the excruciating pain it caused me on my first viewing as another reviewer pointed out this film is hackneyed in every sense of the word not a single original thought went into this movie which makes the comment below about the originality of the premise entirely baffling to me the film is nothing but a long line of cliches which are strung together and paraded around as a movie it is definitely not the next Clerks it is definitely not original and it is absolutely not good clean fun the film is absolute agony to the uninitiated after seeing it a first time the second time can be quite funny in an insulting sort of way as i looked around the theater it was obvious that nearly everyone barring perhaps the elderly were completely bored or pained by this movie during some of the particularly emotional scenes like where Nick chews out his mother the audience was actually cringing because it was so poorly done i even heard someone groan in the theater something i had heretofore never witnessed i dont care where you have the chance to see this movie be it at a film festival or in a indie theater or wherever do yourself a favor skip this movie with a vengeance unless youre like me and just cant resist the opportunity to see what may truly be the worst movie ever made

A wonderful free flowing often lyrical film that whisks you along ever smiling even if there are truly shocking incidents along the way One gasps at the way the women are treated and yet ultimately they seem to come through very well and it is much credit to all concerned that so many potentially disastrous scenes all work so very well This is possibly Depardieus best performance certainly his most natural Jeanne Moreau performs outstandingly in what must have been a very difficult role to play and including vigorous sex scenes with a couple of guys at least half her age MiouMiou is lovely throughout and again has very difficult scenes to play Initially this seems a down and dirty misogynist rantromp but as the tale and characters unfold a much more tender and honest picture emerges In the end this uncompromising and daring film demands respect

This movie begins with a man who appears to be some sort of sports driver He meets up with a gang which contains an arrogant boss an obvious idiot a fat boy who never speaks and a woman who rotates between the three of them The group which is called Satans Angels wants Rod the driver as their personal driver He says no but then says yes after the authorities make him a spy to check on them They rob a weapon shop in a ridiculously plotmissing scene The scene involves the woman walking into the store with her long hair in a bun and large circular glasses on She says she wants protection and wants the shopkeeper to load the gun to show her how She then takes it from the shopkeeper and shoots him The other three in the gang excluding Rod run into the store They take everything off the walls and then proceed to play with it like children receiving their toys on Christmas Day This movie surely wastes no precious screen time with a plot

Paul Telfer who plays Hercules in this TV film has to be the hottest thing on two legs EVER Wow But this film is a 100 distortion of the Hercules story Just like Troy this film has nothing to do with the original story Zero What makes it especially insulting is that they actually contrived a gay character just so people could hate him making him as dastardly and evil as any character in the history of TV or cinema This is triply insulting since Hercules may have had a wife since that was the expectation of those olden days but he also had at least a dozen male lovers So it is ironic that they should create a gay royal adversary character for this film No not ironic Evil The creators of this travesty should hang their heads in shame

It does seem like this film is polarizing us You either love it or hate it I loved it I agree with the comments that said you just gotta feel this one Also early in the film Tom Cruise shows his girlfriend a painting done by Monetan impressionist painter Monets style is to paint in little dabs so up close the painting looks like a mess but from a distance you can tell what the subject is Cruise mentions that the painting has a vanilla sky I believe this is a hint to the moviegoer This movie is like that impressionist painting Its impressionist filmmaking And its no coincidence that the title of the movie refers to that painting This is not your typical linear plot It requires more thought There is symbolism and there are scenes that jump around and no youre not always going to be sure whats going on But at the end all is explained You will need to concentrate on this movie but I think people are making the mistake of concentrating way too hard on it After it ends is when you should think about it If you try to figure it out as its unfolding you will overwhelm yourself Just let it happengo with itkeep an open mind Remember what you see and save the analysis for later I found all the performances top notch and thought it to be tremendously unique wildly creative and spellbinding But I will not critize the intelligence of those of you who didnt enjoy it It appeals to a certain taste If you like existential psychedelic philosophical thoughtprovoking challenging spiritual movies then see it If you prefer something a little lighter then skip it But if you DO like what I described then you will surely enjoy it

I watched this movie on video the other night and found myself dozing off throughout this uninspired snoozefest First of all one of my biggest pet peeves is when movies like this are characterized as horror movies It is a THRILLER get it rightIt has no monsters or anything supernatural It is simply a movie about a twisted serial killer Actually there is a very small body count so it is more of a serial torturer movie and it did a good job of torturing me The basic premise of a man luring teenagers to his house of horrors through online chat rooms could have made for a great movie but we only see him lure one pair of teen girls through the internet at the very beginning of the film One of these girls turns out to be a local detectives daughter and he gets emotionally involved in the case The film quickly changes from a potentially intelligent sadomasochistic thriller to a boring old cat and mouse game between the incredibly dull detective and the psychopathic Captain HowdyCarleton Hendricks played adequately by writerproducerTwisted Sister frontman Dee Snider The occasional attempts at meaningful poetic oneliners about the positive effects of pain and the like from Snider are laughable If he is attempting to get people to subscribe to these opinions through this film he fails miserably and unintentionally makes light of them The directing by John Pieplow whose only previous directing effort was Jurassic Women which I will let the title speak for itself was uninspired and there was something wrong with the editing which resulted in the film being disjointed with a few scenes completely unrelated to the plot unless the screenplay is at fault which is quite possible This film a completely unsuccessful attempt at a thriller trying to pass of as a horror movie thats only achievement was making me squirm at the sight of a few graphic bodily piercings If you see it at your video store dont waste your money but if you need something to laugh at one night and Strangeland is on cable you might as well watch 3 out of 10

Yet another insult and slap in the face to gay men everywhere This lame attempt at a comedy has nothing to recommend it Once again we have an attractive straight hero who supposedly cant get any woman to be interested in him Yeah right And were also presented with the sympathetic attractive gay friend who is actually a fat balding ugly old man whom the lead is supposed to find attractive Even I didnt find him appealing and Im a fat ugly old gay man but thankfully not balding Whatever acting talent there may be here has been thrown away on a bad script and truly awful direction Mr Sneedeker should be banned from filmdom but then hes no different than the countless other hacks working in Hollyweed

AllMonster congregation in the final film in Universals renowned cycle of classic horror stories Count Dracula an intense dapper John Carradine calling himself Baron Latos comes to Dr Edelmann Onslow Stevens asking to be cured of his affliction Naturally this is just a ruse Then coincidentally Larry Talbot Lon Chaney aka The Wolf Man shows up and of course he really wants to be cured As others have noted the monsters dont get equal screen time The Frankenstein Monster Glenn Strange gets thrown in at the end just for the purpose of including all of the Universal Monsters Stock footage and library music are reused here as well The film spends maybe a little too much time with the Dracula part of the story although Carradine gives an impressive nonhammy performance in the role of the Count The film is mainly a showcase for Stevens who goes through a tragic character arc of his own and does an excellent job The women are gorgeous and I have to say that I loved Jane Adams as the luminous nurse who happens to be hunchbacked Of course it wouldnt be complete without the inclusion of angry villagers Competently professionally made chiller is just for my tastes not really scary at all but entertaining regardless Its a respectable series entry overall 710

I caught this film late at night on HBO Talk about wooden acting unbelievable plot et al Very little going in its favor Skip it

Well this was not a surprise many people will tell you this is gory but they are all talking shiztz this film is very slow It starts off with some guy who makes a concoction to feel no pain he calls it my son there is some gory scenes but i found them kind of weak you might as well skip 40 minutes of the movie and get to the eyeball scene which was surprisingly impressive and sickening there is some really stupid scenes in this and they dub over the hits and slaps with stupid fake slapping sound which makes me laugh i would not recommend it keep looking gore hounds check this out if you want the like 2010 minute ending scene which still is not that amazing and has a random scene of the guy trying to like rape his mum yeah its weird

I rented this movie knowing that it would be bad i have only seen one good Disney sequel and that was toy story 2 but it went far lower than my expectations I am a die hard disney fan and i just dont believe in sequels with disney movies For somebody who didnt grow up with the classics either watching them when they came out or renting them since you were born its a cute story I just feel that the plot was dragged out a little too much and was to predictable The one thing that annoyed me the most was the voices of the girl children of lady and tramp They were too high pitched Although most reviews say that it isnt that bad i think that if you are a true disney fan you shouldnt waste your time with this one Hopefully Disney wont be making any more sequels to any of the other classics any time soon

I dont cry easily over movies but I have to admit this one brought me to tears Although I am not a Ms Streep fan her performance was excellent The title defines in a sentence what a mothers love is For the first hour I didnt like any of the characters but that changed as the movie went on The movie also explained why certain marriages last even though there are obstacles A must see film

This years Royal Rumble wasnt really bad but last years was definitely way better FIRST MATCH SHAWN MICHAELS VS EDGE Even though this match did take a little too long it was still alright Edge wins after using the ropes to pin Shawn Michaels 410 SECOND MATCH UNDERTAKER VS HEIDENREICH IN A CASKET MATCH Now I dont really like Casket matches this match was boring sloppy but in the end it picked up its pace as Undertaker nailed the Tombstone then rolled Heidenreich in the casket for the victory 410 THIRD MATCH JBL VS KURT ANGLE VS BIG SHOW IN A TRIPLETHREAT MATCH FOR THE WWE WOMENS CHAMPIONSHIP Not a bad triplethreat match Too bad JBL wins again to retain his title after nailing a Clothesline From Hell on Angle for the win 510 FOURTH MATCH RANDY ORTON VS TRIPLE H FOR THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP Great match by these two men the match was a bit sloppy but it was still good it picked up pretty towards the end Even though Orton lost the match was fast paced great towards the end HHH nails the Pedigree on Orton for the win to retain his World Title 510 FIFTH MATCH ROYAL RUMBLE This was a cool Royal Rumble Every Royal Rumble is good After all 30 men entered the last four remaining superstars in the Rumble were Cena Edge Mysterio Batista Edge was able to spear Mysterio out later Batista Cena clotheslined Edge out together It was now up to Cena Batista First after reversing an FU Batista went for the Batista Bomb but suddenly both men crumbled on the outside at the same time After a controversial decision Mr McMahon making his way to the ring to settle the matter The match was restarted again as Batista Cena battled it out but Batista got the better out of Cena nailed a spinebuster threw Cena out to win the 2005 Royal Rumble go on to Wrestlemania 21 to face the Champion in the mainevent 1010 This was a very good Royal Rumble but last years would always top every Royal Rumble in history Overall Ill give it 810 B

THis movie shows us once again how genius the Japanese directors are and were This movie could be seen as a sort of a Silent Movie Tetsuo Well Eisenstein

This movie is a real gem The arc of the the plot is defined in the first 3 minutes the characters are sympathetic and clearly drawn their motives completely believable The dialogue is fresh and oh so real The situations are unique to the characters and not at all cliched or hackneyed Until the climax that is Then its as if the movie went off the rails a bit and it got a bit hokey and unbelievable But I dont want to discourage people from watching this film The first 34s of it are truly remarkable I gave it an 8 There are some remarkable performances here Check out this movie

I consider this film to be the best one about Mike Hammer with Biff Elliotts performance the definitive Mike Hammer Harry Essexs script is excellent and contains many improvements on Mickey Spillanes novel His direction is strong and imaginative and he makes fine use of light and shadow The camera work by John Alton is topnotch as is the score by Franz Waxman The cast includes many veteran players as well as Peggie Castle in her memorable performance as Charlotte Manning All in all this is one of the finest private eye films ever made Biff Elliott and Haary Essex should have received more opportunities I have always treasured this film

In this day and age in which just about every other news story involves discussions of waterboarding images of Abu Ghraib or tales of forced detentions at Guantanamo Bay Gavin Hoods Rendition is about as uptotheminute and timely a movie as is ever likely to come out of the entertainment mills of mainstream Hollywood Its not by any stretch of the imagination a perfect film but neither does it merit the caterwauling opprobrium it has received at the hands of critics from all across the ideological and political spectrum The term rendition refers to the ability of the CIA to arrest any individuals it suspects of terrorist dealings then to whisk them away in secret to a foreign country to interrogate and torture them for an indefinite period of time all without due process of law Anwar ElIbrahimi is an Egyptian man who has been living for twenty years in the United States He has an American wife a young son and a new baby on the way He seems a very unlikely candidate for a terrorist yet one day without warning or explanation Anwar is seized and taken to an undisclosed location where he is subjected to brutal torture until he admits his involvement with a terrorist organization that Anwar claims to know nothing about On the negative side Rendition falters occasionally in its storytelling abilities often biting off a little more than it can chew in terms of both plot and character The ostensible focal point is Douglas Freeman a rookie CIA agent who is brought in to observe Anwars interrogation at the hands of Egyptian officials The problem is that as conceived by writer Kelley Sane and enacted by Jake Gyllenhaal Freeman seems too much of a naïve boy scout to make for a very plausible agent and he isnt given the screen time he needs to develop fully as a character We know little about him at the beginning and even less it seems at the end He goes through the motions but we learn precious little about the man within Thus without a strong center of gravity to hold it all together the film occasionally feels as if it is coming apart at the seams with story elements flying off in all directions A similar problem occurs with Anwars distraught wife played by Reese Witherspoon a woman we never get to know much about apart from what we can see on the surface Gyllenhaal and Witherspoon have both proved themselves to be fine actors under other circumstances but here they are hemmed in by a restrictive screenplay that rarely lets them go beyond a single recurring note in their performances What makes Rendition an ultimately powerful film however is the extreme seriousness of the subject matter and the way in which two concurrently running plot lines elegantly dovetail into one another in the movies closing stretches It may make for a slightly more contrived story than perhaps we might have liked on this subject but hey this is Hollywood after all and the film has to pay SOME deference to mass audience expectations if it is to get itself green lighted let alone see the light of day as a completed project Two of the supporting performances are particularly compelling in the film Omar Metwally who makes palpable the terror of a man caught in a real life Kafkaesque nightmare from which he cannot awaken and Yigal Naor who makes a surprisingly complex character out of the chief interrogatortorturer Meryl Streep Alan Arkin and Peter Sarsgaard also make their marks in smaller roles Special mention should also be made of the warm and richly hued cinematography of Dion Beebe Does the movie oversimplify the issues Probably Does it stack the deck in favor of the torture victim and against the evil government forces Most definitely One wonders how the movie would have played if Anwar really WERE a terrorist Yet the movie has the guts to tread on controversial ground It isnt afraid to raise dicey questions or risk the disapproval of some for the political stances it takes It openly ponders the issue of just how DOES a nation hold fast to its hardwon principle of civil liberties for all in the face of terrorism and fear And just how much courage does it take for people of good will to finally stand up and say enough is enough even at the risk of being branded terroristappeasing and unpatriotic by those in power The movie also does not in any way deny the reality of extreme Islamic terrorism Thus to reject Rendition out of hand would be to allow the perfect to be the enemy of the good Rendition may not be perfect but it IS good and it has something of importance to say about the world in which we now live And that alone makes it very much worth seeing

It all starts with a suicide Or is it a car crash I guess it all depends on whether you choose to start at the beginning or the end Director Gabriele Muccino gives you the ability to enter his new film Seven Pounds whichever way you prefer as he starts at the end and works his way back to the beginning showing us the course of events that led us to that heartbreaking 911 call This is one powerful movie maybe that is because Im a softy when it comes to dramas of this ilk dripping with weighty moments and chock full of devastating performances but either way a film works best when it truly touches me when it lingers in the back of my head hours after leaving the theatre And this is from the team that brought us the overrated sappy and not all that redeeming Pursuit of Happiness so Ill just say my anticipation was closely guarded for a big letdown With all that though I was with Seven Pounds from the opening frame all the way until the credits rolled Even though you figure out what Will Smiths character is doing that secret mission he is trying to complete it is the way in which he fulfills his penance that shines bright and leaves you with a tearfilled smile at the end Our entry point is a bit jarring leaving us offkilter trying to comprehend what is going on Smiths Thomas has lists of names one of people we dont know and one of people it appears he is attempting to follow and audit Working with the IRS allows him access to these strangers for a glimpse into their lives in order to see whether they are worthy of a gift he has the power to give thema gift that could completely alter their circumstances He calls an old childhood friend Barry Pepper and reminds him to do what it is he promised to not second guess his decision because there is no changing his mind Even in a role as small as Peppers you cant help but feel the utter grief held aloft in the background hanging above everyones head It is his character seen maybe three times that really encompasses the primal level of emotion being dealt with His breakdowns whether tearstreaked and composed or head in hands convulsions show the bond these two men have is one that stands the test of time and any circumstance to come its way After that phone call begins the journey to meet new people Thomas is on some sort of mission to help alleviate the monetary troubles of mortally ill folk trying to stay afloat despite the heavy burden of medical bills and survival This progression takes many turns from a blind vegan meat salesman that he berates to see whether he can get him to explode to a phase two donornecessity heart patient unable to print her line of stationary or even run with her Great Dane Duke to an abused and scared Latino mother of two too afraid to leave her boyfriend to a dying hockey coach that instills faith in a downtrodden youth community to a little boy in need of a bone marrow transplant There are people who live with the pain and inevitable future with a disposition of hope and wanting to cherish each day and there are those attempting to beat it by cutting corners and spending all their money at the expense of those who need it to go out in style Why it is up to Thomas to weed through the mix and find those that deserve his gift is unknown at first as is why this man seen in flashbacks as an aeronautical engineer with a beautiful wife and huge beachfront home is now living in a motel driving a beatup car going door to door in order to audit for the IRS As he says though he kind of stumbled into the job Smiths quest as Thomas is a long and painful one tempered with moments of clarity and honest compassion As a man with the means to help he takes his job seriously crossing off people undeserving and testing those he believes are worthy to the nth degree If that means he must yell and make fun of them he must do it At every step though you see the suffering in his eyes the pain eating away at his soul taking each step towards his fate one as a saint of redemption not only for those he wants to help but for himself as well It is an awardworthy performance and I only wish Smith would do more dramas like this instead of his blockbuster action summer tentpoles because while they are fun this guy is too good for them The man better win an Oscar before he is done or it will be a travestyat least in my mind The rest of the cast is stellar across the board Woody Harrelson as the blind salesman is pitchperfect handicap with a joy of life His shy smile and belief in humanity comes across throughout whether on the phone being yelled at sitting in a diner eating his pie or at the piano in the park playing for all who will listen Elpidia Carrillo as the abused mother is fantastic showing the hard evolution from prideful to scared to completely overwhelmed by the kindness of a stranger allowing her family to finally be safe And Rosario Dawson shines as the once hot young woman beaten and broken by lengthy hospital stays all but given up on living life to find love and happiness It is the introduction of Smiths Thomas that opens her eyes again to be a woman a freespirited sexual creature that can just live without fear of wondering what day will be her last

Like I said at the top four stars just arent enough Its one of the best films Ive ever seen in my almost 17 years of life For the people that dont really like it or understand it you must not have a real appreciation for art or you might have a short attention span Even if I havent seen all his films yet Id have to say that this is Spielberg at his peak Its pretty sad to see that movies as great as The Color Purple dont come along too often cause I think all of us are in desperate need of firstclass motion picture entertainment in these hard times Movies like this are more than just movies theyre pieces of art that need to be appreciated more The idea that it was nominated for 11 Oscars even Best Picture of the Year and didnt get one trophy is a sign of how blind and stupid Hollywood can be sometimes Spielberg wasnt even nominated for Best Director It should have swept the Oscars that year The film clearly shows you how unfair life is for some people If only movies were still this good

Sidney Franklins The Good Earth has achieved classic status thanks to a timeless story and superb acting especially from Luis Ranier who won an Oscar for her portrayal of OLan Rainers performance is so complete she is nearly unrecognizable Having very little dialogue throughout the entire film and it is a long one Rainer relies instead on facial and body language She looks and acts Chinese to the point that anyone unfamiliar with her work could easily mistake her as such The film remains relevant today because it explores the rags to riches story and the universal themes that come with it When Lung and wife OLan finally achieve financial success after years of famine and poverty they find a life full of possessions but lacking in meaning It is only when they return to the earth after fighting off a swarm of locusts the special effects used to create them are still incredible and beautiful to watch that they again find fulfillment A common formula told with the unique perspective of a Chinese family especially for 1937 makes the film a classic Money isnt worth anything without friends and family a point that the film drives home perfectly in its last 10 minutes with an emotionally fulfilling conclusion

This isnt the best Bigfoot ever made but by the recent standards of Nature gone awry movies mostly showing on the SciFi channel this is quality stuff It has some action some humor decent FX and Bigfoot CG is used but so are some practical FX which I like Overall this movie is worth a watch if you are a fan of B horrorscifi and need a fix Its better than the movie Sasquatch and not a sequel to it so dont be fooled The acting is better than you may expect to find in a movie like this and the directing is more than adequate Expect a bit of a lul as the characters are developed but know that things will pick up If you are watching a DVD you may want to skip a chapter or two

I loved the idea of this film from the moment I first saw a trailer for it Einstein has always been one of my heroes and the image of him as the kindly playful slightly mad genius was enough to get me to see the film The added spice of Matthau as Einstein made it even better The story is pure fantasy but a delightful one An auto mechanic falls in love with a beautiful woman who happens to be Einsteins niece With the help of four Fairy Godfathers of Physics Ed embarks on a quest to win Catherines heart Throw a jealous fiancé who exemplifies the worst of experimental psychology and Eisenhower into the mix and you have pure fun The film is filled with great character actors and delightfully sweet and daffy performances Walter Matthau play Einstein as a mischievous imp cupid with a slide rule Tim Robbins is wonderfully endearing as Ed and Meg Ryan plays a step above her normal romcom level Stephen fry is a joy as the RRRatman and Ryans fiancé who lacks a single romantic bone in his body The film fell below most radars but is a delightful treasure that does not grow stale with repeated viewings It features firstrate writing and performances and is a gentle treat in a less than gentle world

The DEA agents name Anslinger is a nice inside joke this is the name of the former drug czar who almost singlehandedly made marijuana illegal Despite this bit of book knowledge the writers go on to have the farmers harvesting and selling fresh undried leaf rather than cured buds Additionally I always find it amusing that movie makers never seem to be able to find real marijuana plants for filming You would think there would be a business that would make real looking fake ones for the movie business or maybe they could film a couple of scenes in Amsterdam or Switzerland I suppose thats asking too much for the budget Probably the most interesting thing about the film is the attempt to cover the notion of exactly what is right and what is wrong in society and how the law treads that line and yet tries to do justice in spite of it

A winters day 28th December 1986 two bored 14 year olds hire a movie Hmmmm Police Story looks interesting who is this Jackie Chan never heard of him Two hours later after watching the film in a daze we wanted to know more 16 years later and severely out of pocket from collecting JC movies the film still grabs me like no other Ok maybe I have a soft spot for it as it was my first Cannonball Run doesnt count JC movie but it is an excellent movie It has all the classic JC elements Action Humour Action Heart and ACTION Some comments say its dated it was made in 1985 of course its dated But then so must Jaws Casablanca Singin in the Rain and The Godfather Without movies like Police Story where would Hollywood action be today PS set standards many a scene has been stolen for use in other movies To really fully appreciate it you must see it in widescreen you miss so much of the movie otherwise yes he really does fall off the bus going round the corner If you havent already SEE THIS MOVIE NOW

While the soundtrack is a bit dated this story is more relevant in the US now more than ever With not only blue collar jobs but everyones jobs being outsourced by US corporations while the government profits and American suffer Peter Strauss is Emory a steel worker who works the same job his father did for 35 years His wife is wellportrayed by Pamela Reed who is very realistic trying to support the family with two children when Emory loses his job The mill is closed under the pretext of mismanagement but there is also embezzlement and cheaper wages where they can pay one steelworker in one month outsourcing what they would have to pay StraussEmory in a day Never mind that these men are all good loyal workers who have values and try the best for their family John Goodman Gary Cole as Strauss brother and a few other coworkers are also affected It is very disturbing and realistic Some scenes between Emory and his father are moving Emory hopes his local union will be able to reopen the mill as they promise to do so Emorys brother Lee already sees the writing on the wall There are no jobs left in the rustbelt Ohio and they must move on However where in the US can they move to Where will it be better for a bluecollar steel worker There is a triumphant scene at the end where Emory and his crew fill the loading dock with steel products The guard allows them to do this as a final gesture one of the men committed suicide and he has empathy Overall a good message film about hard times right here in America Something that few care to face until personally affected 810

I went to the movie as a Sneak Preview in Austria So didnt have an idea what I am going to see The story is very normal The movie is very long I believe it could have cut to 12 without causing any problems to the story Its the type of movie you can see in a boring night which you want to get bored more Ashton Kutcher was very good Kevin Costner is OK The movie is speaking about the US Coast Guards how they are trained their life style and the problems they face As there arent much effects in the movie So if you want to watch it then no need to waste your money and time going to the Cinema Would be more effective to watch it at home when it gets on DVDs