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Mad Dog Earle is back along with his sadsack moll Marie and that fickle clubfoot Velma So are Babe and Red Doc and Big Mac and even the scenerychewing mutt Pard The only thing missing is a good reason for remaking Raoul Walshs High Sierra 14 years later without rethinking a line or a frame and doing so with talent noticeably a rung or two down the ladder from that in the original Instead of Walsh we get Stuart Heisler for Humphrey Bogart we get Jack Palance for Ida Lupino Shelley Winters and so on down through the credits The only change is that this time instead of blackandwhite its in Warnercolor sadly there are those who would count this an improvement I Died A Thousand Times may be unnecessary and inferior but at least its not a travesty the story still works on its own stagy terms Earle Palance fresh out of the pen near Chicago drives west to spearhead a big job masterminded by ailing kingpin Lon Chaney Jr knocking over a post mountain resort En route he almost collides with a family of Oakies when hes smitten with their granddaughter the smiting holds even when he discovers shes lame Arriving at the cabins where the rest of gang holes up he finds amateurish hotheads at one anothers throats as well as Winters who throws herself at him as does the pooch Biding time until they get a call from their inside man at the hotel Palance to Winters chagrin offers to pay for an operation to cure the girls deformity a gesture that backfires Then the surgical strike against the resort turns into a bloodbath On the lam Palance moves higher into the cold Sierras Its an absorbing enough story competently executed that lacks the distinctiveness Walsh and his cast brought to it in 1941 the year Bogie with this role and that of Sam Spade in the Maltese Falcon became a star And one last heretical note Those mountains do look gorgeous in color

It is an extremely difficult film to watch particularly as it targets the innermost core of all of our lives But ultimately it is a very beautiful and deeply moving film Any person who finds it cynical I have to say that they must have greatly missed the point of the films entire message For those who actually watch the film they will see that the way the issues are dealt with is absolutely necessary and the outcome is ultimately uplifting Sure its very hard to watch a difficult subject matter and even brutal Yet its extremely relevant to society and everybody It shows the peak of what world cinema is doing at the moment I will not restrict that term to just France and everyone should try to see it I will say that it is best to go in with a clear head without being swayed by conflicting views and just let the film work for you

The brief existence of The Sex Pistols and the making of this film after the controversial groundbreaking English punk bands breakup both happened before I was born However I started listening to their only album Never Mind the Bs Heres the Sex Pistols in 2003 when I was a teenager and quickly became a big fan I didnt see The Great Rock n Roll Swindle until 2006 but saw it a couple times that year and thought it was pretty good certainly not great but pretty good even if I could only remember bits of it and didnt see how it all connected Seeing it a third time nearly three years after the second I didnt care much for it at all Im not even sure what I found so good about most of it in the first place cant remember now This film is a mockumentary in which Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren tells his side of the story of the band and its members guitarist Steve Jones credited here as The Crook drummer Paul Cook credited as The TeaMaker bassist Sid Vicious credited as The Gimmick and John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten credited as The Collaborator McLaren claims that he created the band and even the genre of punk rock as a scam to make money He tells much of the story to Helen WellingtonLloyd aka Helen of Troy in various places where they go together Its basically a hodgepodge of McLaren talking Pistols songs live footage of the band fictional scenes often silly strange ones several cartoon sequences etc all put together in one film to tell the Pistols managers side of the story in a bizarre way It has been well proved that McLaren is a liar I know many have already pointed this out including band members themselves He was NOT the driving force of the band he didnt create them nor did he invent punk rock and The Sex Pistols werent even the first punk band though they were unique The band members were the ones who made the band what it was The Filth and the Fury a much more believable film about the band from Julien Temple who made this film is told from the point of view of the band members who contradict McLarens claims However the dishonesty of The Great Rock n Roll Swindle is not my biggest problem with it If it were actually entertaining which I used to think it was to a certain extent I would be able to overlook that like I obviously used to be able to do During my third viewing apart from Sex Pistols songs some live footage and at least one mildly amusing cartoon sequence it was pretty dull I found the Who Killed Bambi song mildly amusing at first but it got tiring very quickly Is this mockumentary worth watching for Sex Pistols fans It seems a good number of fans would say it is not to learn about the true story of the shortlived but groundbreaking 70s punk band but for entertainment That was once my opinion on The Great Rock n Roll Swindle After the first time I watched it I couldnt remember a thing McLaren said and by the time I saw it the second time I was aware of what the Pistols manager was using this film to imply but could still barely remember anything I heard him say Obviously other aspects of the film were what I found impressive Now after my third viewing I can definitely remember some of the things McLaren says but it still wasnt 100 clear Like most of the film I guess his words are not that memorable probably because of the way theyre presented If youre a Pistols fan I guess it wouldnt hurt to give Swindle a try but to me for the most part its just an incoherent boring mess that tries to be funny but fails

Story of a man who has unnatural feelings for a pig Starts out with a opening scene that is a terrific example of absurd comedy A formal orchestra audience is turned into an insane violent mob by the crazy chantings of its singers Unfortunately it stays absurd the WHOLE time with no general narrative eventually making it just too off putting Even those from the era should be turned off The cryptic dialogue would make Shakespeare seem easy to a third grader On a technical level its better than you might think with some good cinematography by future great Vilmos Zsigmond Future stars Sally Kirkland and Frederic Forrest can be seen briefly

Thanks to a dull dimensionless screenplay by Neil Simon and lackluster direction from Robert Moore Chapter Two becomes a shrill showcase for Marsha Mason who received her third of four Oscar nods for Chapter Two giving the same performance here that she gave in Cinnderella Liberty73 The Goodbye Girl77 Audrey Rose78 and Only When I Laugh81only this time she doesnt have a child to drag around Chapter Two is the third and last feature film for Moore having previously directed Neil Simons The Cheap Detective78 and Murder By Death76 Caan is miscast the characters are monodimensional the dialog is overly analytical and theres virtually no establishing detail The first half is a lessthancaptivating meet cute coy romance between a blinkered Caan and a chipper Mason and the dreary second half makes you long for the first half The NYC locations as well as Joe Bologna and a painfully thin Valerie Harper are irrelevant but at least they provide some welcome distraction And last and least theres an awful song played during the credits

De Grot is a very good film The great plot comes from the novel by Tim Krabbé who also adapted this story for the screen Some really topclass acting not only by Van Huêt but especially by Marcel Hensema who mostly did TVwork prior to his performance of Axel van de Graaf The film seems to kick of as a thriller and sets an excellent mood Then we start to learn about Egon Wagter and Axel van de Graaf and the story is revealed bit by bit in a very compelling flashback structure which adds to the more romantic aspect and the characterdriven drama of the movie In the end this all culminates into an emotional ending that will grab audiences by their throats Make sure you know as little as possible about the plot when you are going to see this movie A mustsee especially if you liked Spoorloos The Vanishings original screen adaptation

From director Billy Wilder Double Indemnity The Seven Year Itch Some Like It Hot I can see that this is a bit of an undershown and underrated film one to be seen This is the biographical story of Charles Augustus Slim Lindbergh James Stewart who in 1927 wanted to be the first man to cross travel solo flight from New York crossing the Atlantic ocean to reach Paris in a small cockpit The first half hour or whatever is seeing Lindbergh getting permission to do it and the construction of the plane named The Spirit of St Louis and making all necessary preparations Then of course the rest sees his perilous journey crossing the journey overcoming tiredness near fuel loss and moments of losing sense of direction but he was successful Also starring Murray Hamilton as Bud Gurney Patricia Smith as Mirror Girl Bartlett Robinson as Benjamin Frank Mahoney Robert Cornthwaite as Harry Knight Sheila Bond as ModelDancer Marc Connelly as Father Hussman Arthur Space as Donald Hall Harlan Warde as Boedecker and Dabbs Greer as Goldsborough Apparently Lindbergh was a bit younger so Stewart was a shade too old to play him but then again you cant think of anyone else that could do better It is a witty and emotional drama with Stewart as always being fantastic great music score by Frank Waxman and good direction from Wilder a good little known gem It was nominated the Oscar for Best Special Effects the only award it was ever nominated James Stewart was number 12 on The 100 Greatest Movie Stars he was number 3 on 100 Years 100 Stars Men and he was number 13 on The Worlds Greatest Actor Very good

This movie was awful The ending was absolutely horrible There was no plot to the movie whatsoever The only thing that was decent about the movie was the acting done by Robert DuVall and James Earl Jones Their performances were excellent The only problem was that the movie did not do their acting performances any justice If the script would have come close to capturing a halfway decent story it would be worth watching Instead Robert DuValls and James Earl Jones performances are completely wasted on a god awful storylineor lack thereof Not only was I left waiting throughout the movie for something to happen to make the moviewell an actual movienot just utterless dialog between characters for what ended up being absolutely no reason It was nothing more than common dialog that would have taken place back in that period of time There was nothing special about any of the characters The only thing special was how Robert DuVall portrayed a rambling senile drunk old man Nothing worthy happens during the entire movie including the end When the movie ended I sat amazedamazed that I sat through the entire movie waiting for something of interest to happen to make watching the movie worth while It never happened The cast of characters suddenly started rolling making it apparent that the movie really was over and I realized that I had just wasted 2 hours of my life watching a movie with absolutely no plot and no meaning It wasnt even a story The entire movie takes place in a days worth of time Thats it It was one day in the life and death of some Southerners on a plantation How much of a story can take place in a single day other than the movie Training Day The acting performances by the entire cast were excellent but they were grossly wasted on such a disappointment of a movieif you can even call it a movie

Sholay Considered to be one of the greatest films I always wondered if they would ever remake being the classic it is That was the time RGV announced this movie and I was somewhat excited to see it I always thought that maybe this will be a good movie but every week we would here RGV change something And the movie is a very BGrade movie something that I had not hoped I really tried looking for positives but I promised to keep Sholay out of my mind The cinematography is awesome The movie tries to be its own But that is the up side The action sequences are weak The screenplay had potential The biggest flaw is editing None of the scenes excite you For example the comedy sequences felt very out of place and forced Ironic because comedy was just as entertaining in the original And none of the characters are developed And no scenes will linger until the end And the ending was very disappointing The biggest question is acting Amitabh Bachchan was good as Gabbar Singh nothing great It seemed as if they concentrated too much on his look that the character only looks menacing but you dont get creeped out Mohanlal is barely in the movie but he impresses in his few scenes Ajay Devgan was decent It wasnt so much the performance he gave it his all it was the weak script Prashant Raj is very confident and has potential to make it far with better movies I had most expectations for Sushmita Sen who was probably the best of the lot She was expressive but this still was not enough Nisha Kothari surprised me She seemed disinterested for the most part but her emotional scene after her friends death was quite good Seems as if she needs to find a director who will help her talent not her cute looks But what disappointed me most was chemistry Ajay Devgan and Prashant Raj didnt look like friends AjayNisha were not a strong couple No passion was to be found between Sushmita and Prashant And Amitabh and Mohanlal did not the hateful passion they needed As for songs they pretty much suck Urmilas Mehbooba was too overblown and I pretty much slept through it It was however nicely danced The Holi number was enjoyable but not memorable Same went for the other songs For someone who looked forward to this movie I was heavily disappointed I had high hopes for RGV because of his Jungle but seems as if he lost his talent during the shooting of this movie But hopefully he regains his talent for Sarkar Raj But this movie is best forgotten All the positives still do not make up for the boring movie it is

This movie could have had a lot of potential Certainly with todays technology one would expect real special effects But movies are not made with special effects alone of course acting is needed This film lacked both First let me say to those who are upset with this not following the bible why cant a movie take artistic license If you want to know about the story of Moses read the bible I have seen very few movies that follow a true story fact by fact Look at of movie from its artistic quailities In viewing this movie you will inevitably compare it to the 1956 version It fails miserably in that Heston and Brenner had PRESENCE They became their roles You dont see this here Even if you dont compare standing on its own this movie to too rushed Parts where a scene should be developed it does not It becomes boring My advice skip this and watch the other As campy as the other is its far and away the better movie

Wow I have seen some really bad movies in my time but this one truly takes the cake Its the worst movie Ive seen in the past decade no exaggeration As a US Army veteran of the war in Afghanistan I found it nearly impossible to even finish watching this ridiculous film not because it brought back memories far from it but because there was absolutely no attempt at authenticity to be found anywhere in the film Not so much as the tiniest little shred It seemed like it had been written by an 8 yearold child who got all his notions of war and soldierly behavior straight out of comic books The film was made in Honduras which should have been a clue but even that cant fully explain the atrocious production values of this clichéridden piece of trash I could try to list all the endless technical flaws but it would take virtually forever From the ancient unit shoulder patches which have not been seen or worn since WWII and the characters name tags like ColCollins worn by the character Colonel Collins which was actually spelled using the reversed mirrorimage N of the Russian alphabet not the US alphabet the list just goes on and on The uniforms the equipment the plot and most especially the behavior of the characters themselves every single scene was just chockfull of ridiculous flaws inaccuracies and utterly mindless clichés Neither the storyline itself nor the characters were the least bit credible or believable It was all laughably childish in the extreme This was obviously a movie that was meant to appeal strictly to prepubescent boys and I have little doubt that even they would find this film utterly absurd In short this film has absolutely NO redeeming qualities at all Its a total waste of time Id strongly advise anybody reading this to pass this garbage by its truly not worth wasting a single moment of your time for

I was REALLY disappointed with this movie I had heard some great reviews about it and unfortunately missed seeing it in theaters As a result of this I was really excited to see it when it came to DVD I thought that it was going to be a highpaced horror movie with a lot of scary surprises but instead it was a snailpaced predictable movie It dragged and dragged without a climax in it and after all the difficulties that those people went through to try and escape the ending was completely frustrating I gave this movie two stars for one reason This is not your typical horror movie with one central bad guy slashing a bunch of people to death The story makes this movie unique and provides a change for people who watch a lot of horror movies Even though I dont like this movie I recommend that all horror fans do see it at least once You may surprisingly like it As for this horror fan all I can say is that I hope there ISNT a sequel to this forgettable movie

I knew full well when I rented this DVD that it could very well be one of the worst movies Ive seen in my life But to say that it was one of the worst movies Ive ever viewed would be putting it lightly Im wondering if there isnt some legal action that can be taken against the individuals that allowed this film to produced I mean the financing had to come from somewhere someone had to put up money for this to be produced Id pinpoint several production values that led to the failure of this film but this film violated every production standard in the universe I couldnt make it thru the entire movie as I started getting dizzy the from horrendous filming techniques I also cant tell you how many scenes I just ended zoning off during because of the inexplicably horrific dialog I feel like Ive been permanently scarred for life If you viewed this movie before getting this warning you should think about starting a support group with me for the poor people who did view this monstrosity

Dont say I didnt warn you but your gonna laugh Probably enough to hurt your stomach Sure its got some blood splattering all in good fun though So its got no budget who needs a budget when you got a script like this Take the time and check this out Well worth a two hour viewing If everyone could laugh as much as I did during this movie the world would be a much happier place to live

I wasnt expecting much with HARLEM NIGHTS but I wasnt expecting it to be as bad as it was Without doubt the worst aspect is the obscene language it really is awful the amount there is in this film and before anyone accuses me of being a wimp let me point out two things 1 Amongst my fave films I would include GOODFELLAHS PLATOON RAGING BULL while my favourite movie of all time is APOCALYPSE NOW 2 My all time favourite American television show is the HBO prison drama OZ so you see films and television shows with massive amounts of swearing dont normally bother me but the problem I had with HARLEM NIGHTS is to do with the fact its supposed to be a comedy but it seems the production team came to the conclusion that an audience laugh everytime someone Especially if that someone is black says a rude word and decided to subsitute funny situations with swearing all the way through the film hoping to get a laugh Well I thought Id never start laughing and I didnt

It is a good film for kids who love dogs It runs a bit slow early on but ends if a flurry of gooped up De Vil The basic plot is the same as the first movie The bright side of the movie for adults is the talking bird that thinks it is a dog The bird talks like a humanEric Idle of Monty Python and barks like a dog It is the comedy that the film needed more of See it in the matinee so you dont have to pay full price or wait for it to appear on Disney

What can you say about a short little film filled with secondary actors and no stars with absolutely no bad performances not one poorly delivered line of dialog and with the cold violence on one hand being balanced by the warm heart of the protagonists in the story Its a jewel a diamond a little valuable gem of a western that evokes the spirit and legend of the American West A West not settled by grand heroes like Hickock or Cody or Masterson or Earp but by the spread of the everyday man and woman farmers and ranch hands merchants and miners and lumbermen whores and barkeeps and entertainers of the day some looking for riches some for peace and quiet some for religious freedom It is perhaps a very spiritual story though not promoting any particular religion for even the nonMormon cowboys portrayed by Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr act in kind and noble ways toward everybody in the story regardless of religious affiliation and beliefs and go out of their way to promote tolerance and charity when the wagon train comes upon the stranded medicine show people And in true biblical fashion like David and Goliath or Samson and the Philistines they are the guardian angels sent to the wagon train who eventually have to go head to head with the evil incarnate Clegg clan likening them to the serpent in the Garden of Eden and regretting what it is they have to do afterward Its a sweet folkloric tale of the West that hits every target John Ford takes aim at Nowadays I have a western Santa Claus whose red outfit is covered with a denim drover coat whose red stocking cap is replaced by a brown Stetson who carries a burlap bag of presents and a coil of rope To my Santa I added a Winchester rifle with a sling to put on one of his shoulders and a Colt revolver to tuck into his waistband When people at the office ask why my Santa has to carry guns I simply reply Snakes After all isnt the spirit of the Christmas season one where everybody should get what they deserve Fifty five years later especially post911 the philosophies and attributes demonstrated by the characters and story of this movie are still as relevant today as they were back then

Hit and Run is a shattering story starring the always wonderful Margaret Colin as a society lady who has it all until she hits a child with her car and leaves the scene Hence the title The tragedy is that she goes to call for help and returns but is frightened away by angry passersby who think the hitter abandoned the scene This was made in the days when not everyone had a cell phone or there wouldnt be a story Colins guilt and anguish are palpable and cause her to act so strangely that a detective gets onto her right away Her lies sink her deeper and deeper into a selfloathing hole causing her to make a bad situation worse This is a very thoughtprovoking story and one cant help but to feel this ladys pain wishing throughout that she would simply come clean As a TV movie thanks to Colin and a strong script this is a well above average TV movie

80s comedies especially ones with John Cusak are awesome Almost all are hillarious and instant classics and this film is no exception Plenty of nods to other films ie Godzilla and Jaws through out the movie that are so hillarious youll be laughing for hours Some may complain that the movie is a little corny at times but hey it was the 80s and things were always a little cheesy Throw in a young Demi Moore and an even louder Bob Cat and you have a laughfest on your fans If you havent seen this you better soon

If you are among the IMDB audience that put High Fidelity in the alltime top 200 then this movie probably is NOT for you This film is as unhip as Steve Frears is selfconsciously hip Renee Zellweger is excellent as a hip urbane magazine writer who returns to her suburban Bucks County nest in order to care for mother Streep who delivers yet another halloffame performance William Hurt is ideally cast and the feckless faithless and egotistical husband If this movie doesnt move you to cry and laugh then you are much too hip to enjoy it

you will likely be sorely disappointed by this sequel thats not a sequelAWIL is a classicbut this movie is about as far from being a classic as you can getwhat a jokespecial effects that arent very specialhorrible dialoguenon actingand a laughably ridiculous subplot quickly and unconvincinglynot to mention fleetingtacked on with about a third of the movie leftdid i mention the story is less then lametheres no way this was supposed to be serious horror movieyet its to stupid to be funny in any good waythe rating it currently has4810is too generous if you ask memy rating for An American Werewolf in Parisa 3510

Well I should say the only film related to clubdjelectronic music and ravesthat ravers respect Seriously now Its a gloriously fun fast paced and fairly accurate portrayal of the night of a raver Albeit its in a club its in Wales and its somewhat dated The film leaves out some of the sketchier elements of club life but doesnt disassociate from them altogether It presents a idyllic yet serious portrayal of the ups and downs of the characters lives At the core of the film and the best element of Justin Kerrigans script is the characters eccentric unique yet completely understandable and accessible This film simple would not work and be infinitely less entertaining were it not for Jip Koop Nina Moff and Lulu Viewers can deny the political and social implications of the subtext of Human Traffic as a drug film Trainspotting wannabe important peg in British youth culture circa 90s BUTthey cant deny that these are engaging characters Its frantic its brutally honest its sobering its over the top but its a great comedy Raves are a complex thing so are the drugs that are taken at these events so are the people you will encounter But from someone who has gone to parties become jaded and still goesHuman Traffic is the best snapshot that could be taken of the subculture Just whatever you do avoid Groove as its the antithesis of all that is good about Human Traffic

This movie truly shows the farce and hypocrisy of Indian society What it tries to show you is only ONE side of the story The other side of the story is the hidden emotional and mental abuse of Indian children which this movie does not show Indian Parents are culpable for the following a Destroying the individuality of the children by making them completely dependent on the parents at a very early age Such children grow up to be Adults only in physical looks but remain children in minds Since everything has been provided to them by their great Indian parents They children automatically do not feel the need to work hard at something or learn the basics of human communication with other human beings apart from their parents B I can show you so many Indian parents who try to prevent their kids making friends going out or prevent them to do anything which starts making them to grow into adults The reason why they do is the same selfishness Indian parents expect their children to take care of them when they grow old They do no savings for themselves and once they reach the age of 50They cry out LOUDWe have grown old now and so we are dependent on you children since we have done the GREAT SERVICE of bringing you to this world and taking care of you and making you intellectually weak Most of the Indian parents at the age of 50 have dilapidated bodies and health and are financially completely insecure Most feel that they ABSOLUTELY have no need to take care of themselves since they expect their kids to take care of them In the west the opposite of that happens People start planning at the age of 20 about their retirement and once they retire they are financially secure Indian parents do NOTHING of that sort since like I said they have brought the kids in the world and what better investment at that I am a victim of my Indian parents i am sure there are countless other Indian kids like me who have grown up physically but are still struggling with their lives on THEIR OWN and they continue to have pestering 50 year olds who cry out loud for HELP all the time This movie shows only ONE side of the storyUTTER piece of JUNK

This era was not just the dawn of sound in cartoons but of a cartoon character which would go down in history as the worlds most famous mouse Yes Mickey makes his debut here in this cheery tale of life on board a steamboat The animation is good for its time and the plot though a little simple is quite jolly A true classic and if you ever manage to get it on video you wont regret it

Why bother ITV Admittedly Mansfield Park is the most difficult of the novels to get and Fanny is certainly the hardest to like but If one is going to take it on then have the courage to risk being true to the book and its rather complicated spirit And for heavens sake have the guts to cast Fanny as she was written A prissy goodhearted sweetish whiner Mrs Norris wasnt nearly as awful as she should have been And what the heck happened to Portsmouth The contrast between Fannys rather dubious family and family home and the splendors of Mansfield is key to well so many aspects of Fannys refusal of Henry her uncles rejection Henrys near transformation to a good person etc etc Again given the complexity and challenges of the novel why did they bother Its beyond me

As a cuspprebabyboomerborn in 1944 IN Los Angeles thereby having the dubious distinction of having been alive while Hitler was still actively involved in his Last Great Offensive but also with our President Roosevelt still actively fighting the offensivethis was one of the most important first films of my young life Having the opportunity to see it in rerelease several years after the 1946 opening a common studio custom in those years answered even to my very young mindohso many questions I hadbeing surrounded by our returning Vet heroes Ensconced in all the many of William Wylers equanimity of subtle multiplotsintentionally NOT surrounding mini or sub plotsin all their colors and shades of intensitydid more than anything else I can recall to provide to me some semblance of reason and rational explanation of what had been going on all around mein REAL life My personal experience perchance being a new and different angle when looking at this classic film

I was really excited about seeing this film I thought finally Australia had made a good film but I was wrong This was the most pathetic attempt at a slasher film ever I feel sorry for Molly Ringwald having to come all the way to Australia to make an awful movie The acting was terrible especially that Australian guy who was trying to speak in an American accent and the plot was also pretty bad When I first heard about this film coming out I thought that the title was pathetic because it sounds like the cheesy film Stab in Scream 2 but I was willing to let it slide if it was a good movie WARNING MAJOR SPOILERS Probably the worst thing about the film was the ending I was expecting a big surprise about who the killer was but the killer wasnt even human which turned this realistic slasher film into an awful horror movie Dont see this film youll probably be disappointed

Here we go another pop star breaking in to the grand TV land and from my observations from her pop careers directors saying yeah your great gwen you could be a real star maybe some day youll be in the A list movies they would do anything to expand the show there just not a pretty face but have an acting ability as well almost overnight gwen has some how found the Ability to act by watching actors like James dean or Clint eastward please give the real people in the world that have to sit behind that box and have to suffer pop stars efforts in trying to act Please gwen stick to your pretty pop videos with your jap posse and dont insult the British with your efforts as an actress anyway im going back to my working class job and think to myself god i could do that but yeah remember ill be working till im 65 if i live that long and yeah you put your feet up girl with your royalties every three months pah marry into money right xxx

Bring Back The Ateam was a hour long special screened on Channel 4 in the UK of last year and hosted by presenter and comedian Justin Lee Collins the show attempted to track down and reunite the fellow cast members of the ATeam together for the first time ever on TV This has been something which has never been attempted before by anyone Well not by anyone that I know of that is Justin makes a great presenter and his eccentric personality and humorous banter shone throughout this programme The attempts he makes in getting hold of the cast members is ever so funny but also he was very persistent and eager to fulfil this task too which is a credit to him id say Mind you he is great on TV anyway be it by presenting a show such as this or the Friday Night Project with his cohost Alan Carr There were appearances and interviews with Dirk Benedict the Faceman himself Dwight Schultz aka Howling Mad Murdock Marla Heasley who played Tawnia Baker Jack Ging aka General Bull Full Bright the creator of the Ateam Stephen J Cannell and the big man himself Mr T aka BA Baracus They were just fascinating to watch and hear what they had to say about the programme that became a global hit during the 80s as they reminisce and relive the good and bad moments of the show both during and behind the scenes Unfortunately no George Peppard but of course he is already in heaven understandably and strangely enough no Melinda who played Amy I just didnt understand why she wasnt featured in the show Okay she was axed after 3 seasons or whatever but she was the first and original female member of the ATeam only to be replaced Marlas Tawnia and so it wouldve been great to see and hear her side to the Ateam story in addition to the other cast members All in all Bring Back The ATeam was a great documentary style of show Perhaps this couldve been spread out more by means of which this couldve been a sixpart documentary But nonetheless this was a great effort on the part of JLC Recommended

Nada was the most inadequate followup to Les NOces Rouges whichwith hindsightappears now as the last good movie of Chabrols golden era 19671973 Nada is Chabrols first real attempt at a wholly political movieits previous work les Noces Rouges had also political elements but it was more a psychological thriller with the usual look at society in French provincesNada includes terroristsambassadorhostagetakinga lot of bloodnot really Chabrols fieldA heterogeneous cast gives the movie the coup de grâce only Duchaussoywho had already played with the director and Maurice Garrel are up to scratchViviane Romance one of Duviviers actresses la Belle Equipe Panique is wasted as a madam GabrielleItalian actors Fabio TestiLou Castelare awful With Nada this a second period of barren inspiration for Chabrol It would be Violette Nozières before he was again at the top of his game

This is Peter Falks film Period I was 10 years old when this film came out I was already a film maven at the time Of course neither my parents nor I saw this film when it came out but I was in love with the typeface of its ads the aura that this was An Important Film Okay 34 years later Ive finally seen the filmhaving never seen any Cassavetesdirected film previously Hes a hack overall Zero sense of timing editing Genas performance reminds me too much of Dustin Hoffmans stint in Rain Man technically on par but entirely onenote As Tom Cruise stole Rain Man Falk takes the cake for this film I was annoyed with Genas performance really throughoutit seemed better suited for Awakenings blecch Its not all her fault shes a basket case from first scene to last We never find out why But Falks character seems real is performed WONDERFULLY by Falk as a seriously flawed man Shave off at least an hour an editor needed and this would have been an arresting portrait not of a woman under the influence but of a simple CroMagnon man coming to grips with a wife who doesnt work yet cannot deal with her three kids her husbands long hours of work Id rather remember Cassavetes for The Dirty Dozen or Rosemarys Baby He would have been a better director had he snipped his own tendency for excessas he amply demonstrates with this film Bob

Peter M Cohen has a winner satire on the mating game twisted around and turned inside out The critical bashing of the movie in mainstream media publications as offensive and raunchy only serves to underscore its intensity as a refreshing and concentrated dissection of peoples sexual pursuits and passions It is in the tradition of what I call reality based satire following in the footsteps of In The Company of Men Chasing Amy Your Friends and Neighbors and Two Girls and a Guy Cohens dialogue is hilarious and I was continually intrigued by how perfectly he captured the real pace of todays conversations Brian Van Holt Zorie Barber and Jonathan Abrahams are three distinct unrelenting sexobsessed predators who along with the foil of their recently married buddy superbly played by Judah Domke are turned upside down on their own terms by a female predator Amanda Peet Underneath the satiric surface lurks a romantic comedy far more satisfying than most sugarcoated studio products

If you ever visited Shenandoah Acres as a child and wondered could there be a worse vacation spot in the world Well you could have watched this movie and had your answer Flavia aka Fistula Macintyres dude ranch is often frequented by business casual Gordon at least since resident water witch Jessica was 13 But Jessica can find much more than fresh spring water with that divining rod buried trayshure lost jewelry dead bodies even a talisman that will keep her from dressing like a slut and raising drinks with a phony beat and a Suzanne Pleshette lookalike while hypnotized by a disembodied head Evil evil evil

The first bottom movie was an absolute laugh from the beginning Excellently made and thought out I will definitely take my hat off to the production team and the actors The Bottom actors attempt to run a hotel If you look closely this film was most probably shot in the Isle Of Wight near my home

This has to be the worst and I mean worst biker movie ever made And thats saying a lot because the line of stinkers is long and smelly Now at least we know what happened to Ginger after she was rescued from Gilligans Island A frightened looking Tina Louiseshe was probably afraid someone would see this messis a stranded motorist who is tormented by the most repulsive motorcycle gang in film history But dont worry fans Batman I mean Adam West as a hicktown doctor comes to the rescue Pow Crush Boom Holy Toledo Batman The only good points of this bomb are some cute women some laughable fight scenes and the still sexy Tina Louise

The first ten minutes of Just Looking really dictates the direction most of this movie takes Lenny Ryan Merriman is a 14 year old boy living in New York in the 50s He has a burning desire to see two people have sex Who are the best people he has in mind Well his own mom and stepfather of course How pleasant Unfortunately for Lenny he is caught before he sees anything and is sent away for the summer to stay with his uncle and his uncles wife Lennys next plan is to see his uncle and his wife have sex However the wife is quite pregnant and they arent currently sleeping together Then Lenny makes a new friend Him and his buddy spend most of their free time hanging around a couple of girls They have a little club where all they do is sit around and talk about sex The problem isits not done in an innocent charming 1950s sort of way I am no prude by ANY means but I found it rather disturbing listening to these kids talk about masturbation blowjobs and anal sex That kind of rawness may work in a movie like Kids 1995 but in this film it just seems perverted Gretchen Mol is utterly wasted here as Hedy a former bra model who becomes the object of Lennys carnal desires Jason Alexander needs to stay as far away from the directors chair as possible For Better Or Worse 1996 was awful and now this What a waste 110

Another wonderful Patterson book made into an incredibly awful movie If the big budget movies dont work then why make a low budget made for tv movie thats 10 times worse I am desperate for a good movie that will do ONE of his books justice

After Ive seen this movie I find it hard to understand why so many people seem to hate this movie Im not saying it belongs in the top 250 of all times but in its genre it is a great movie I know not many people find it amusing to see how a legendary story like Robin Hood is turned into a comedy Many people still seem to believe that some things shouldnt be laughed with they are wrong Mel Brooks has done an excellent job with Robin Hood Men in Tights I have seen the original Robin Hood movies as well but I never had such a good time when watching them as I had with this one Its just one continuation of hilarious moments and parodies on famous people and movies Winston Churchil The Godfather I recommend everyone who wants to have a good laugh to watch this movie To those who think Robin Hood shouldnt be messed with youre wrong but you better dont watch it because youll probably be offended by it I give this movie an 810

I read some gushing reviews here on IMDb and thought I would give this movie a look Disappointed On the plus side the male leads are good and some interesting photography but as a whole this movie fails to convince Seems to be full of its own self indulgent importance in trying to say something meaningful but falls way short and all in all the picture is an unconvincing mess It is one of those films classified as a film noir which can be defined as follows A film noir is marked by a mood of pessimism fatalism menace and cynical characters Well that is the story here 3 losers stumble upon each other with their collective problems that include mental illness alcoholism laziness indebtedness etc and together they conspire to kidnap a child and outwit each other Would have been a much better movie if the story was confined more to the kidnap instead of the character failings of the kidnappers I thought the female lead was way out of her depth and came across as an amateur actress Whilst some good moments I finished up feeling I had wasted my time 410

This self proclaimed very talented artist have directed easily the worst Spanish film of the 21st century Lack of emotion coherence rhythm skills humor it repeats the same situation over and over again It shows no character development It does not even show any violent andor sexual content and it does not add anything new to the psychokiller sub genre So lame it should be shown at film schools as an example of what not to do in a first movie BTW where the hell is the talent there are scenes which have been shot almost identically there are scenes which have two or more master shots and it is quite awful to see the action jumping from one master shot to another without a reason The camera almost never moves as if the very talented artist was afraid of showing his lack of visual skills The actors playing the main roles act like amateurs and the supporting cast is hardly believable There are more holes than plot in the script if ever there was one A really disheartening movie and a whatsoever talented director

Ive read a few books about Bonnie and Clyde and this is definitely MORE accurate than the BeattyDunaway version in that its costumes and locales echo actual photographs taken of the gang Particularly well done is the death of Buck Barrow and the capture of his wife Blanche This actress looks looks exactly like the photographs taken that day of Blanche grieving over her dying husband However this movie is still Hollywood and our antiheroes stay pretty to the end even after being shot full of holes in life Bonnie was badly burned in an auto accident the year before their famous ambush and did not look like a perky cheerleader at the time of her death The script is tedious and the acting is poor particularly the leads Very disappointing Stick with Beatty and Dunaway Theirs may not be the true story but its a great film

Im no slouch at finding redeeming social value Whatever book or film people want to suppress from Huck FinnHeart of Darkness to I dont know Deep Throat or the latest hostage beheading I sincerely wish they wouldnt Im not a lover of porn or of violenceasentertainment but what of them I chance upon I tend to see camera angles cuts pans lighting rhythms nearly to the exclusion of fear or titillation sometimes even missing filmmakers or actors intent Even from footage that reasonable people may argue should never have existed I always imagine theres something to learn I wonder more at how a film does than about what it does Maybe thats wrong of me Wiser but harder than deconstructing unpleasant cinema might be to see cuts pans etc at one with and inseparable from no matter what content I ask myself what horror filmmakers and church architects have in common Add in political filmmakers fascist and not All manipulate with light space and sound in order to alter perception and mood How different are their goals How different are the goals of those who film real atrocities for use as propaganda When the original All Night Long ANL trilogy appeared on my shelf I left it unwatched for nearly year Curiosity had made me buy it I sampled a few minutes of 1 the day it arrived up to the awkwardly soundeffected street corner stabbing that seems really an attack on film viewers sensibility found it inept but effective Id have to come back to it certainly but didnt relish the prospect Clearly this wasnt the sublime horror of Kairo Cure Angel Dust Lain the rawer but still traditionally framed horror of the first Evil Dead Trap the overtly political work of Koji Wakamatsu or even the brilliant crudity of early Cronenberg Maybe that word attack is key Matsumura attacks not his characters but his viewers I cant watch these at this point in history without thinking of both Abu Garib some of which I think I recall was evidenced on video and the hostage videos but also about Godards torturers in Le Petit soldat to whom atrocity is just a job a fraction of a persons workday And then theres the prolonged Northern California news story whose details I barely remember but cant entirely forget because it too entails cinema a duo of serial killers notorious if suggestion isnt playing games with my memory for having videotaped themselves torturing victims All three ANL entries are revenge cinema vigilante exercises but Im attaching these notes ANL3 because its the most ambitious and may constitute a turning point for director Matsumura I havent seen the entries that followed ANL3 Through the first two offerings I imagined a camera fallen into the hands of one of those fringe kids from middle or grammar school who obsessively draw war scenes or other atrocities Or as if one of Matsumuras revengecrazed characters had turned writerdirector Anyone watching these who hasnt seen Michael Powells Peeping Tom would do well to see it But ANL3 seems to aspire to mainstream Matsumuras protagonist grows carnivorous plants allowing for some typically Japanese cool closeup nature shots Theres also for the first time a Matsumura film a traditionally erotic sequence Kikuos female boss sneaks up and begins to caress him while hes peeping at the love hotels customers Kikou finds himself unhappily sandwiched between Hes a middleman voyeur The brief thrill comes from the layers of voyeurism Theres even a philosophicalpoetic garbage sifter a garbage voyeur who somehow makes me think of the poem repeated in Wakamatsus notatallwhatitsoundslike Go Go Secondtime Virgin Im getting nowhere with this and its getting in the way of my commenting other films Cant escape the suspicion that a few years on Ill walk into a Matsumura retrospective at my local film archive maybe hosted by some learned character whos caught onto something Im missing How much does it matter whether the director is or simply gets his lethally muddled protagonists Does he even have to understand them Maybe a directors job is just to spew it out then let critics sociologists and the rest of us hash things out Maybe directorial or artistic responsibility is a bogus notion My final struggle with this thing had me wondering what on earth a woman thinks watching these overwhelmingly male exercises We put women through this over and over from Star Wars to et cetera and et cetera and on and on and on and on but is anything quite as maleskewed as the All Night Longs

It was evident until the final credits that this film was made in 1989 as all the elements of its production were made to look 1960s the acting the characterisations the sets and the props all had an aesthetic from an earlier time The film opens to the moments prior to the dropping of the Abomb on Hiroshima and how this tragic incident affects one family a young woman Yasuko who lives with her aunt and uncle Even in black and white and using special effects that are quite primitive by modern standards but emotive and effective nonetheless the depictions of the immediate aftermath of the bomb are quite horrific Family members become unrecognisable to each other others resemble zombies as they wander the streets bedraggled and in shock The title refers to rainfall that fell soon after the bomb which was mixed with radioactive ash and in which Yasuko is caught Rumors of Yasukos being in Hiroshima at the time of the bombing affect her marriage prospects and it is later learnt that the black rain is indeed causing sicknesses The film is concerned not just with the physical effects of the bomb on the Japanese but on the social and psychological damage that was wrought I found the film compassionate and a fascinating journey into a unique culture While the film is primarily concerned with the pain felt by one family the films gentle political message is relevant today and probably for all time wars have horrific consequences and should not be entered into unless absolutely necessary It is said that history repeats itself and the current leaders of the Coalition of the Willing have learned nothing While atomic warfare has not resurfaced since 1945 other deadly aftereffects have This film is compelling viewing

The opening scene really got me into watching the movie However not more than 5 minutes later I was already gouging my eyes out Not only could I not understand a word that was said the acting could have been better by a group of mentally handicapped The one highlight of this movie was that there was a punk white midget However I didnt quite get the connection on how a white midget was the child of two African Americans But I guess anything is possible Also why the hell was Robin in the movie Im not sure that it added anything artistically Overall I would strongly recommend you jump off a cliff before you rent this movie

The old axiom that bored people are boring people is well demonstrated in Women in Love The script taken from D H Lawrences novel contains an endless flow of concepts that are at best sophomoric What a pity so much effort went into so vacuous an exercise what an empty array of characters given such attention In spite of high production values this film comes across as tedious as its personnel A revisit in 2001 merely confirms a 1969 impression of juvenille minds in adult bodies dawdling nowhere and fumbling every step of the way

If youre a a fan of either or both Chuck Norris Judson Mills then this is the movie to seeIt has a lot of adventure in itIt is a great follow up to Presidents ManThe chemistry between the main three starsChuck NorrisJudson MillsJennifer Tungis incredibleMy personal opinionThis movie along with the originalhas turned out so wellthat the networks should consider turning it into a regular seriesIf youve seen Presidents Mani recommend this movie for youIf youve seen Presidents ManA Line In The Sand but you havent seen Presidents Manthen let me suggest that you doYou will not be disappointed with either one

I never much liked the Myra movie tho I appreciate how it pushed the Hollywood envelope at the time Certainly Miss Welchs costume became an iconic image though I have to wonder if many people who recognize the image really saw the film and know what it was all about I rewatched Myra on FMC a couple of years ago and didnt think it had aged any better thru the years Theres a segment about it in the Sexploitation Cinema Cartoon History comic books where its given proper credit for putting such big stars in what was then an outrageous production However IMHO the movie is too bitter to be charming too silly to be a turnon and so busy trying to shock that it fails to inform engage OR entertain

How do you spell washed up fat Italian who can barely pull off a martial arts move without needing some heart medication In this movie we see Steven Seagal at his lowest level of accomplishment since his career started it has been a steady decline into pathetic over indulgent behavior that has scuttled his career In this movie it looks like most of his training consisted of ordering the fetuccini alfredo at his restaurant every day He is fat slow and very old looking in this movie hardly a martial arts action hero more like a laughing stock clown Its time for Steven Seagal to retire this movie is about 2 hours of reasons why Plot fat Italian guy with a big reputation on the force gets wind that a crime group may be playing around with a drug designed by the military to create the ultimate warrior response This pretense although pathetic and laughable gives opportunity for some over the top fight scenes that include blasting through walls like a comic book Did I mention this movie totally sucks and Steven Seagal is a complete joke yeah I did

This movie is dated in so many ways its sensational You can either laugh at it or shake your fists in rage This movie deals with many problems of American history but with the typical whitemaleChristianAmerican paternalism The main character is one of those Icandoitallandyouvegottolovemeforitkindofguy He is so pompous and not to be taken serious at any time What a horrid creature His wife is a weak little woman for the first part of the movie and a still very weepy but stronger character in the end Too bad she still forgives his cocky ways after hes left her for the second time Its just sad that the character didnt really change at all Even though she is supposed to portray a strong and independent woman in the end she is consumed by worry about her adventureseeking husband So 2 out of 10 points from the feminists among us and those are only for the good intentions The problem of Indian suppression is dealt with quite nicely but there is that patronizing storytelling again And the fact that all AfricanAmerican characters are the typical stereotypes makes the movie even more hypocritical I was so enraged most of the time So one point for trying from the civil rights movement I know that the movie was done at a different time I love old movies and I have a lot of patience with some of those dated point of views But this was just disgusting What saves this movie are the parts without the main character Mr Dixs acting is way over the top and smug Maybe thats why his character is so disagreeable I liked Mrs Dunnes performance even though her character enraged me at times But I must say the famous land rush scene was incredibly done And the way that the Oklahoma settlement was portrayed made the movie worthwhile Its just amazing how civilization rose out of the dirt and dust of the 19th century And I dont understand the problem some have with that church scene I thought it was quite funny and amusing Maybe it wasnt supposed to be but I liked it So 9 points for those scenes and the impressive storytelling of the development of the Oklahoma state That makes about 4 points altogether

I saw this movie at midnight on On Demand the other night not knowing what to expect I had heard of this movie but never really any opinions on it I have to say I was impressed with what I saw I was genuinely freaked out in some parts and I definitely recall jumping up in my seat a few times The Blob was scary looking Now I look in a jar of jelly and wonder if itll latch itself onto my hand Steve McQueen was really good as Steve Andrews the protagonist of the film I also liked the old man in the beginning For a 50s horror movie this was very well done even by todays standards 810

Ive heard nothing but great things about the 2006 television miniseries Planet Earth narrated by my childhood idol David Attenborough Nevertheless whether it was screened down here in Australia or not I never caught up with it and when I happened upon the opportunity to see Earth 2007 a featurelength compilation of the same nature footage on the big screen I jumped at the chance The theatre was basically empty just one other patron sat in the row ahead of me and it was as though I had not only the big screen to myself but indeed the entire planet Earth For 90 minutes I was lowered into the beauty and perils of the isolated wilderness amongst some of the most beautiful living creatures ever captured on film Awesome in its scope and yet painfully intimate at times Earth is a heartfelt plea from the filmmakers to recognise the delicate balance of life on our planet and how the intrusion of humans has placed countless glorious animal and plant species on the brink of extinction Though the film directed by Alastair Fothergill and Mark Linfield obviously argues for the conservation of the wilderness it refrains from beating us over the head with propaganda and the puzzle that is politics is ignored altogether indeed there is not a human in sight Instead we are simply taken on a breathtaking journey into the majesty of the natural world to experience the resilience and also the fragility of life on Earth I hear that the original miniseries which ran for eleven episodes delves a lot deeper into the scientific background of world ecosystems but I think that here the filmmakers made a wise decision to replace information with emotional impact I cant remember the last time that I felt so inspired and yet utterly heartbroken at the same time By establishing an emotional link between the audience and a select few individual animals anthropomorphising them to an extent we are suddenly able to appreciate the human side of each species and their hopeless plight for survival becomes less a statistic and more an unacceptable tragedy Earth is basically comprised of a selection of dramatic episodes whether it be the struggles of a female polar bear to lead her young cubs to the Arctic ice or the tramp of an elephant herd towards the lifesaving seasonal floodwaters of the Okavango Delta The documentary demonstrates the delicate balance between life and death most heartbreakingly exhibited in the desperate ballet of predatorprey interactions Though occasionally perhaps to cater towards a younger audience the footage cuts itself short at the crucial moment I regularly shed at tear at the inevitability of death in nature and the raw instinct that fuels these animals final hopeless efforts at survival Theres even a haunting beauty to be found in the hunt both in the slowmotion footage of a cheetah bringing down its prey the result of a single fateful misstep or the majestic midair leap of a Great White Shark as it engulfs a hapless sea lion It is this frail balance that has been fatally disrupted by the selfishness of our own species Aside from these main stories we are also treated to brief snippets of wildlife from around the world including the birds of paradise of Papua New Guinea and the autumn migration of the demoiselle cranes Of course entire films might have been dedicated to these species alone and an inevitable consequence of having to sift through so much footage is that some interesting ecosystems are glossed over far took quickly By choosing to focus most closely on the polar bear elephant and humpback whale tracing their lifestyles via some astonishing highdefinition timelapse photography throughout a calender year the filmmakers were able to avoid any structural problems that might arise from having so much to show and only 90 minutes to show it Consequently Earth left me thirsting for more and fortunately I now have approximately eleven hours more as soon as I can track down a copy of the DVD boxset for Planet Earth Uplifting and tearjerking aweinspiring and heartrending Earth is a truly magnificent documentary experience and it might just be my favourite film of 2007

Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a group of people in an isolated hotel and picks them off one by one in twisted disgusting ways I thought Id seen it all until one unfortunate man here is crucified and then has his head set on fire Hildy is quite the prankster too she takes a nagging harpy and sews her mouth shutthen hangs her upside down in the chimney just in time for a roaring fire Witchery made me sick It made my eyes hurt I was ready to write it off as the worst movie evereverever made by otherwise competent peopleuntil the finale I have to admit I loved the ending It involves a boy and his toy taperecorder cornered by Linda Blair looking fantastically possessed The scene only lasts for about a minute and the movies over but you know that old saying If youve got a great ending people will forgive you for just about anything

This movie was probably one of the worst movies Ive seen in a very long time A friend of mine grabbed it off the shelf at the video rental store and all but forced me to watch it an action we both deeply regret Ehh Where to start The writing the acting the quality All of it sucked Quite possibly some of the worst writing ever displayed in a movie The dialog was worse than I thought it could ever be in the movies Blatant dialog such as how ya doingnot that great doc directly after an attempted exorcism of a mans daughter and then his wifes attempted suicide Of course hes not that great was at some points kind of funny If not horribly written planned out and obvious The general plot of the movie the writing and the way it worked HORRIBLE It was like the writers could come up with nothing better to do then write a bunch of crappy dialog and throw in as many sex and nudity scenes as they randomly could The only almost good sex scene between the preacher and the tattooed Peirced girl was filmed with such poor quality that it looked more like a cheap porno than a feature film Oh yeah and they never actually got the deed done The acting Horrible x100 I think the only good actor was the short Spanish guy who played Miguel Del Zamora And his part was written horribly The worst acting Arguably Paul Kappellas whose acting combined with shitty music a gun and a half naked bluish white girl running around in the woods made the movie almost unbearable to sit through He even screwed up his own death scene one that should have been easy to nail Although most everybody elses acting was horrible as well The lack of characters also added to the overall suck level of the movie There were just enough characters so that almost half of the characters died that same amount of people became possessed at one point and then the remaining characters couldnt be counted on one hand Like 50 thumbs down PS What IS it with the climax of exorcism movies happening in a stable anyways

This has the logical consistency of marshmallows filled with ketchup and the overall aftertaste is just as disgusting Will be used in the 9th circle of Hell at recreation time Just plain torture I would rather choose to watch 90 minutes of my computer going through 5400 blue screens of death than watch this appalling drivel again ever Horrible Horrible Horrible You know the good thing about Swiss Cheese is that along with the holes you get some cheese here its ONLY holes and the excitement factor Well that turns watching paint dry into an adrenalin rush and an Olympic speed sport My brain hurts from trying to work out who OKd this drivel did they think about the premise I sincerely hope not otherwise there is no redemption the only consolation is they had the pleasure of sitting through the rushes Made for TV should not be a synonym for Sure let the horses bowels run loose across the living rooms Our audience are idiots I was hooked just to know how it could get any worse This is not a good sign folks Hallmark should be ashamed for releasing it I should be ashamed for watching it I am ashamed Im off for a long shower

This movie was dreadful Biblically very inaccurate Moses was 80 years old when he led the people out of Egypt the movie has him about forty Moses was about forty when he fled Egypt was gone for forty years and was with them wandering for forty years Moses was 120 years old when he died and was denied the privilege of crossing over to the promised land I realize movies use a lot of poetic license as the biblical account isnt that long but if making a biblical movie they still need to reflect the facts known and keep the general flavor of the main biblical character this movie fails in this aspect and in many othersEven though the 1956 version has its problems as well theatrically it was much better

I cannot get past the message of this movie Its laid out much too clearly to ignore and it is obscene because it has lost its sense of what its about I havent read the novel but Pollacks film opens with a scene at a CIAfront organization in New York which is broken into by two professional assassins headed by Max von Sydow who proceed to brutally slaughter the half dozen quirky staff members weve come to know and understand The staff include an elderly female receptionist a fussy elderly professorial guy whos toupee falls off when he is machinegunned is that a joke and last the beautiful Tina Chen who looks up from the copier realizes she is about to be murdered and says pitifully brave I wont scream Von Sydow replies sympathetically I know These murders are completely unexpected savage unmotivated by anything that we are aware of and graphic It is a brutal scene There is absolutely no way in which von Sydow and his henchman can be redeemed And yet that is exactly what Pollack tries to do towards the end After having killed these innocent good guys von Sydow switches sides because the other side is willing to pay him and assassinates the evil mastermind behind a complicated intramural CIA plot The script then turns him into a perfectly reasonable sensitive human being It is better to live in Europe Things are not so rushed Or whatever I swear Im not making this up Pollack wants us to believe that it is better to be an honest mass murderer than a crooked bureaucrat Thats the message You should write it down in case you forget Just exactly what kind of psychiatric shambles do you have to be in order to turn ordinary values not to mention common sense upsidedown like that I understand that there are thoughtful adults who dislike the government of the United States even hate it and who see conspiracies just about everywhere providing a kneejerk explanation for otherwise unexplainable events I know that people who think this way exist because I number some of them among my closer friends Nevertheless at some point this dislike this hatred if it increases in intensity must pass beyond politics or ethics and into the realm of the psychiatric I dont for a moment believe that a man who murders people for money is better than a sinister government official I dont care how suave and cultured the murderer is or whether he knows how to reach the Louvre on the Metro Whoever is purveying that message needs either medication or meditation Id like to be able to argue that the production is as thoroughly rotten as its message but I cant Its quite well done In some ways thats worse because it makes the film less dismissable Even New York City looks photogenic on the screen And its been a long time since Ive thought of New York as photogenic Robert Redford does an admirable job of projecting his characters initial shock and confusion but then turns into a telecommunicational semigenius And man he looks just fine His wardrobe is just right Even his rimless glasses are becoming And his peacoat Its not everyone who can make a navy pea jacket look glamorous He seems extremely handsome too the swine I want to look like that I want to wear a denim shirt and a tie with such panache Faye Dunaway is alright in her role but its not too believable a role Would anybody eagerly sleep with a guy who has just kidnapped her and is holding her at gunpoint Even if he did look like Redford Would anyone be emotionally wounded if when this ambivalent relationship is about to end Redford asked her not to tell anybody about what happened Cliff Robertson is surprisingly good He does one or two extremely good doubletakes The mailman is superb The fight between him and Redford in a crowded apartment is exquisitely choreographed and for once we really dont know for sure how it will turn out because Redford a book reader after all seems mismatched against the brute cunning of this hired assassin This is one of John Housemanns final roles A shame Hes a magnet on screen And what an end to his life a friend finds him lost wandering the streets of New York in a neighborhood hed been familiar with for most of his life Yes the movie is very well executed but I cant ignore that vicious paranoid message I have the same problem with Leni Riefenstahls Triumph of the Will Or her Olympic documentary in which the announcer is watching a foot race in which Jesse Owens is pulling into the lead and says ominously This Negro is dangerous

I cant describe how terrible this movie is Am i the only one here who finds the way its animated totaly disgusting The Men of Rohan look 100 fake with their poorly colored hair that doesnt even come close to matching what the actors look like The orcs looked terrible Why does gandalf walk with a bad limp Why cant they pronounce things correctly Saruman isnt Aruman There were other what sounded like terrible pronounciationsp of Tolkiens characters All and all im glad the studio who made this pulled the plug out from the sequal it was just a terrible terrible adaptaion Go watch the hobbit cartoon for a better cartoon of Tolkiens work Hell even the cartoon version of ROTK is better then this dribble 210

This movie was good relatively during the first parts of it We have a story from 3 points of view So lets find some clues and complete the story Oh waitnone of that stuff matters because the FBI guys are the bad guys Though that was a great twistit was almost a terrible twist I immediately downgraded the film from a 7 maybe 8 to 3 based on the last 1015 minutes of it Does anyone else not see why the twist is so bad Yes its a good shock But it is bad because it has absolutely nothing to do with the preceding hour and twenty minutes Theres no connection to the killers The killers are in about all of 5 minutes of this movie as killers and the two FBI agents are only in 15 minutes of the previous hour and twenty We get itsurveillanceOh the Killers are voyeurs WHICH MAKES NO SENSE because they were only described in limited terms as just being psychopaths And the hour and twenty minutes of surveillance we are watching of the 3 stories goes out the window as everyone is dead in 5 minutes All of this makes the ending even more ridiculous Oh they killed a bunch of FBI agents in the beginningwhat FBI agents sleep together All in the same room To be found and murdered by amateurs and then impersonated by people who know nothing about being FBI agents A cop 3 feet away apparently cant hit either one with a standard police issue pistol that can shoot several shots I hate movies that try to make you feel like this could be real when they make absurd leaps they think we will believe The other thing is the movie ends about 1015 minutes after they are revealed as the killers with a girl standing in the field somewhere

There was not one single redeeming factor in this movie The girlfriend and I both love action films Especially fight scenes Bloodsport and Kickboxer was awesome but this movie was not entertaining Five minutes of action followed twenty minutes of talking and angry facial expressions The main hero is a troubled character who has seen battle and thus is forced to look seriously constipated at all times The Army has disrupted his bowel movements on top of perfecting his fighting technique The music isnt good either They fight to the rap and hiphop style of the streets cause these guys are thugs The rest of the soundtrack is the usual background noise to lowbudget dramas Everything about this movie is classic Bstyle The actors deliver their lines as if reading them from cue cards and the lines themselves should be set on fire and left burning in some rotten Hollywood alleyway The film is called Honor but there was no honor in making this film It was simply a waste of money and spending wisely is something I consider to be honorable Go see Felon instead The fight scenes and situations are more real

Kurt Russell whose career started when he kicked the REAL Elvis in It Happened At the Worlds Fair will probably never top his performance as the King in this biopic helmed by slash and shock meister Carpenter There are times you feel that youre watching Elvis until something snaps you back to realityperhaps memories of a hapless Don Johnson in Elvis and the Beauty Queen All the performances here are excellent Season Hubley as Priscilla Pat Hingle as the Colonel even Shelley Winters brings the right level of nerves and hysteria to her rendering of Momma Presley Kurts dad Bing is here playing Elvis father Vernon and theres a fine understated performance from Robert Gray as Elvis buddy and bodyguard Red West A must see for rock n roll fans

SPOILER WARNING Weve all heard the Boy Who Cried Wolf legend But what if the wolf was a person in the modern world Well it might be something like Big Fat Liar Fourteenyearold Jason Sheperd Frankie Muniz from Malcolm in the Middle is always lying to keep himself out of trouble One day he is pressured to write an English essay but it winds up in the hands of sleazy filmmaker Marty Wolf Paul Giamatti who plans to turn Jasons story into a Hollywood blockbuster No one believes Jason when he for once tells the truth and he ends up in summer school However Jason is determined to prove to his parents the truth and travels to LA with his friend Kaylee Amanda Bynes When Wolf refuses to admit he ripped off his story Jason plans to make Wolfs life a living hell BFL is no masterpiece but its a nice way to spend 90 minutes of youre time I wished they couldve made it a bit longer though and there arent that much pranks although they are clever enough I like the pooldye the best I might not have liked this as much as I do if it werent for Paul Giamatti He is simply hilarious in this If you have 90 minutes to kill try this out You might just enjoy it

I was browsing through Netflix and stumbled upon this movie Having fond memories of the book as a child I decided to check this out This is a movie that you should really pass on It is just not worth seeing It is very boring and uninteresting I feel that it would even be that way to small children It has no magic that the book contains This movie is not horrible but you will just find yourself not caring ten minutes into it There are moments that just come off as weird The witch character is not very good The family acts like it is no big deal that these odd things are happening I know this is a kids movie so as an older audience we must not look too deeply in things but the whole movie just feels like it was written and produced by people who have never had any movie making experience before The DVD that I had began skipping in the final moments of the film and instead of trying to fix it I just turned it off and sent it back to Netflix I really didnt care how it finished Skip this film and read the book instead

Hello again I have to comment on this wonderful exciting and believable tale of romance and intrigue The music in wonderful and memorable Very good colorful movie Another movie I liked as well later on was High Society with Bing Crosby Wonderful music Thanks for listening Florence ForresterStockton Reno Nevada

This has become one of my favorite movies and certainly one of the best westerns I have ever seen Having a soft spot for the genre westerns are or were since they are no longer made very often morality plays that too often have been denigrated by critics with intellectual pretensions I purchased the DVD sight unseen because I had read enough about William S Harts work much of which he wrote and directed to pique my interest and thought I should have at least one of his films in my video collection I must admit that I approached the actual viewing with some trepidation My previous experiences with silent cinema classics had left me feeling let down Chaneys The Phantom of the Opera Griffiths Birth of a Nation and Fairbanks The Mark of Zorro were fine but not nearly as good as their reputations would lead one to expect They were either too long or too theatrical or both The Toll Gate however emerged as a pleasant surprise It is a story told in a simple and straightforward manner Black Deering played by Hart leader of a notoriously successful outlaw gang thinks the time has come for group to disband before its luck runs out He is however opposed by his chief lieutenant Jordan who goads them all into one last holdup by promising great wealth but leads them into a trap in which he is complicit Everyone is killed except Deering who is taken prisoner When his captors recognize him as the man who once saved a number of soldiers and settlers by warning an outpost of an impending Indian attack they allow him to escape Free he tries to find honest work but is snubbed and ridiculed and ultimately must rob again to survive Soon he is pursued not only by the sheriffs posse but also by Jordan now prospering from the reward money he has collected and his henchmen His flight leads him to a remote cabin inhabited by a single mother and her little son After some initial misgivings they take him into their hearts Deering sees a chance for a new life but with the posse and Jordan closing in realizes that this may not be possible Hart was the first great western star and the first to inject realism into the genre As one of the pioneers of moviemaking he created many of the characters and situations that have become cliché in westerns for more than ninety years What keeps his movies interesting however was his ability to go beyond the cliché perhaps his imitators did not go far enough so that the material appears fresh and innovative even now Three such instances in The Toll Gate illustrate this 1 In one scene his character shoots into a crowd in an attempt to kill Jordan and kills a bystander instead A subsequent closeup shows that he is clearly frustrated The frustration however comes not from the fact that he has gunned down a man who had hitherto caused him no harm but that he missed his intended target 2 In another as he flees from the posse his borrowed horse steps into a gopher hole and breaks a leg Hart pulls out his gun to put the animal out of its misery but before pulling the trigger gives his head a sad loving pat as if to say farewell to an old friend 3 And finally after he has strangled Jordan and thrown his body over a cliff he returns to retrieve his guns and spots his adversarys pistol lying on the ground nearby He steps forward and gives it a swift kick before mounting his horse It is a simple gesture but it underscores the deep loathing he feels for the man who betrayed him and his comrades And I love the title The Toll Gate It is allegorical in its implication that a man cannot begin a new life until he has paid for the sins of his old one Deerings payment comes in the form of sacrifice Todays more sophisticated audiences may not buy into that sentiment entirely but it can still work on you if you let it Viewers who like their videos in pristine condition will undoubtedly object to the DVDs picture quality especially the badly deteriorated final reel I dont mind at all That a copy of this 1920 movie even exists at all is a miracle since prints of so many other silent movies have been lost If you bear that in mind and look upon the film as a piece of history its visual flaws are not that difficult to accept William S Hart was born in 1870 in New York but grew up in the Minnesota and Wisconsin where he learned to speak Sioux and Indian sign language He counted Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson among his friends and collected Remington paintings so his knowledge of the West was firsthand If his vision seems overly romanticized by todays standards it is nevertheless rooted far closer to reality than the spaghetti westerns of the 60s and 70s and the revisionist works that followed Both the star and his films are overdue for reevaluation

A rare lengthy Kinski feature role as Crazy Johnny sex crazed outlaw who is wanted in San Francisco Kinskis character is obsessed with raping women a sexual predator in the old west who has nothing more but stealing raping and killing on his mind This movie maybe a major disappointment for many Spaghetti Western fans but not for many Klaus Kisnki fans Overall it had two things going for it a great performance from Klaus Kinski and a great music score by Stelvio Cipriani Another story line which needed much more work done to it to be impactive but still fun to watch It would be nice to see this movie redone in the future Since most old movies are being remade nowadays

This is one movie that will take time to get out of your head once you have seen it The dialogs are close to perfect which was to be expected as it has been adapted from a play The actors are simply giving their best the story is simple and attractive 88 minutes of pure bliss Yvan Attal is totally credible in his role Sandrine Kiberlain is still the beautiful blonde but not so dumb providing as much pleasure to the eyes as to the ears JeanPaul Rouve is providing an excellent approximation of the total jerk and proud to be such and Marina Fois is the dumb friend who is always blundering when you expect it least Thumbs up to Bernard Rapp and associates for adapting this excellent play and all the best for future productions I wish there were more of these in nowadays production If you liked it you will also probably enjoy Un air de famille and Cuisine et dependances Both were written and played by the couple BacriJaoui

Possible Spoiler If you were making a serious movie involving a powerful but aging father with three apparently ungrateful daughters featuring actors of the highest caliber with great cinematography and a beautiful Midwestern setting now where would you go with it Why youd fashion a modern tragedy after King Lear of course Thats what I was expecting That certainly wasnt what I got What I got was 105 minutes of feminist tripeone long harangue about mans inhumanity to woman Why there wasnt a decent male in the entire story You see early on where this film might be headed but you cant believe anyone would waste all these fine actors and craftsmen on that trite scenarioyou just want them to get on with the King Lear theme But it never happens and theres the real tragedy if you ask me Aside from the panorama of glorious rural heartland about the only thing worth watching in this film was that wonderful chameleon British actor Colin Firth practicing his Midwestern accent Now there was a treat 310

Im not the type of person to watch TV shows because the acting normally sucks or its unrealistic or TOO dramatic But this show is perfect Everyone can act and you can relate to the characters and their situations Everyone has their own personality and Lorelai Gilmore is the best for her sarcastic comments that can make any bad situation seem a little funny Rory Gilmore is a good role model for all girls She takes pride in wanting to attend Harvard and boysboyfriends always come second in her book Shes a loyal friend and always the peace maker Theres subtle romance which is what I like personally Not the mushy gushy romance that not many people get to have in their lives but a realistic type of romance Every character eventually gets it and they dont find their prince charming at first glance and they dont just fall in love with every guy that comes their way Its a realistic show but when you watch it you better brush up on your movies pop culture and random facts because Lorelai Gilmore is always making references I fell in love with this show and if you give it a chance so will you

This landmark film can now be seen in two different versions on the Grapevine Video release which also includes the English translation of Selma Lagerlofs novel which she based on a Swedish folktale The first version is the Swedish edit under the title of THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE The second version is a reconstruction of the way it was shown in the United States under the title of THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT as released by Metro before it was MG M The actual US release has long vanished but a detailed review in The New York Times lets us know how the scenes were reordered for domestic release and both are fascinating to see Each version of this film was presented at The Organ Loft in Salt Lake City with live theatre organ scores provided by artist Blaine Gale A live recording was made of these performances and are included on the Grapevine Video DVD along with the novel and notes about the two versions While THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE follows the order of Lagerlofs novel THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT is in some ways easier to follow Seeing the two different edits is an education in how silent films could be changed effectively for release in different countries Some viewers look at this film as a horror film which it certainly is not This is a morality play with shades of the supernatural used to hit home its stark message The directing and lead performance by the great Victor Sjostrom were way ahead of their time Its easy to see why MGM brought him to Hollywood to direct such films as Lillian Gish in THE SCARLET LETTER and THE WIND as well as Lon Chaney in HE WHO GETS SLAPPED In America he was known as Victor Seastrom He would also star in the lead role of Ingmar Bergmans WILD STRAWBERRIES giving a masterful performance Bergman was greatly influenced by KORKARLEN or THE PHANTOM CARRIAGE in his earlier days This is a powerful film that is well worth taking some time to discover and study The Grapevine Video release is an excellent way to do this

Nothing to spoil here at all but this could be a SPOILER so beware Special effects were on the level of a video game about five years ago or perhaps of the original Star Trek The acting was just pathetic some cheesy looking blonde treking across the desert while a voice in the background droned on And on And on This was the trek and drone half that I actually made it through Progress is interrupted by a few fights Ships blow each other up for no real reason that is apparent episodically Again its not that there is a real fight that you would expect from a movie more like a cheap video game Boiing Boiing Ship explodes Next ship Apparently some of the ships are looking for the blonde Here in the far future ships must be nearsighted and astigmatic because many of them pass directly overhead of the stylishly dressed futuristic babe in black but never see her Then there are a couple of choreographed fights that look like something put on by high school kids Again the crude video game mentality is prominent The combatants shift to Fight Mode by flipping something on their wrists and a loud computerized voice echoes and flashes Fight Mode That must be a dandy design if you are trying to sneak up on somebody Then you go to a big power station which looks just like a current day power line tower and plug in to charge back up LOL Im not kidding you cant make this stuff up its like watching a freaking video game from about 2000 only the acting is better in the game More trekking Then she shows up at The City Lame sound trek gets even lamer here She gets into a fight with a mech robot of the future who cannot hit her with his big gun even though she runs right in front of him about five feet in front of him Obviously robots of the far future are about as useful as toaster ovens in a fight She throws sand in its eyes and beats it to death by throwing rocks at it rofl I was at about 95 of tolerance by that point my nausea circuits flashing red In the next scene she ends up strapped to a rocket with some rope I kid you not tied right to the outside of a rocket This is supposed to be an advanced form of transportation At that point I bailed This movie is an utter disgrace for a movie made at the present time Just a freaking disgrace There was a drippy story but the movie distracted from it somebody droning on about mother constantly I gave it a two because there were a few scenes which displayed some pretty nice artwork of a science fiction nature as background Unfortunately the plot acting action cinematography and narrative distracted from this artwork and degraded it No kidding

Blade is a fantastic actionthriller that keeps you captured for the whole duration and Wesley Snipes delivers what I would say to be his best performance yet This film has everything that you would ask for in an actionthriller it has plenty of blood guts and gore a twisted disturbed bad buy moments of humour but most importantly a very good story line with plenty of twists Their is constant action throughout the film with breathtaking stunts and effects Wesley Snipes fighting movement is fantastic This film is in my opinion a must see Wesley Snipes cool solid appearance makes this film and I cant wait for the sequel BLADE 2 being released next year My IMDB Rating 9 out of 10

Spanish horrors are not bad at all some are smart with interesting stories but is not the case of Second Name It is badly directed badly acted and boringboringboring a missed chance for an interesting story

some people think that the second series was where scooby was ruinedi disagree totallythe shows quality did not go up or down and scrappy win my opinionas a very good chrecteri looked at a poll on jumpedthesharkcom and 72 of people said scrappys second series was scoobys downfallOK so loads said yes but 28still cant be wrongI do like the way most of the episodes focused on comedyi believe the show would have gone rubbish if it was the same 5 peopledog solving mystery in same formulascrappy was a breath of fresh air to the showsuresome people tuned out but when scrappy was introduced viewing figures DOUBLEDBack to the showAll the episodes and segments were very funnyi was Intriguded by the yabba shorts and But at the end of the day its a matter of opinion if you like scrappy or not is a matter of opinionthere is certainly no fact involvedBut in my OPINION this was a superb series that gave a beginning to tire show a new formula and lease of lifeNuff said

First of all id just like to say this movie rawked more than any of the recent crap that hollywood has cooked up out of its bowels McBain is a true action film with more violence than most viewers can handle It has all of the classic elements of a late 80searly 90s action filmthe random gratuitous acts of violence ie when Walken and crew go in to confront the drug dealers to get money they just show up and kill them rather than letting them live and just taking their money the snapping of necks the guys on fire the guys that get blown off buildings and of course the guys who are on fire that get blown off of buildings Walken is at his finest in this picture delivering memorable lines such as lets go sitout on the deck and others that make this film a top buy off of the clearence rack at the local video store if you have a bloodlust for unnecessary random acts of violence rent this movie today and satisfy your thirst

To be honest this film is another in a series of huge disappointmentsmost of these socalled masters of horror films are only horrifying in terms of their subpar effects and laughable story linesaside from Ron Perlman everyone else in this film cannot act to save their lifethe gunshots sounded like someone was playing Bopit under the boom mike or something and looked completely unrealisticoverall this film is about as scary as Home Alonethe only good masters are Cigarette Burns Jennifer and maybe PeltsI dont know how these directors can sleep at night knowing that they have ruined the very genre that some of them used to actually understand

Only the most ardent DORIS DAY fan could find this one even bearable to watch When one thinks of the wealth of material available for a story about New York Citys most famous blackout a film that could have dealt with numerous reallife stories of what people had to cope with this scrapes the bottom of the barrel for lack of storytelling originality Once again Doris is indignant because she suspects she may have been compromised on the night of the blackout when she returned to her Connecticut lodgings took a sleeping potion and woke up in the morning with a man who had done the same wandering into the house by mistake Nobody is able to salvage this messnot Doris not ROBERT MORSE TERRYTHOMAS PATRICK ONEAL or LOLA ALBRIGHT As directed by Hy Averback its the weakest vehicle Day found herself in committed to do the film because of her husbands machinations and unable to get out of it Too bad

I was not very excited to see this movie in the first place but a group of us decided to go see it on opening night I felt like getting up and walking out and attempting to get my money back 20 minutes into this film I felt that the movie was very boring uninteresting and not true in many aspects including gaming I tried my best not to fall asleep during the movie as i watched one of the worst horror films i have ever seen The scary movie series was scarier than this movie The sad attempt to pull in a Gothic girl an overworked business man and 15 year old geek and some random guy into a video game that kills you is a bad plot to begin with Then they try to throw in a very horrible love scene where the main character kisses another girl after saving her 10 minutes after his girlfriend was murdered The theater was packed when the movie started by then end a little over half of the people had left before it was over If you feel the need to waste only 1 hour and 16 minutes of your time seeing this movie prepare to feel cheated

1 thing this movie sucks BIG TIMEi was into singaporean comedy when Chiken Rice war came along But this time even Gurmit Singh welldone acting cant pull this one of A total failure of following HKs Shaolin Soccer Next time do ur own thing

The remarkable sometimes infuriating often brilliant films of John Cassavetes occupy a unique position in American cinema… Lowbudget partly improvised inspired by cinéma verité documentary and related to underground film they have nevertheless frequently managed to reach a wide and profoundly appreciative audience… After drama studies the young Cassavetes quickly made his name as an unusually unrefined intense actor often appearing in films about disaffected rebellious youth such as Crime in the Streets and Edge of the City Setting up an actors workshop he worked to transform an improvisational experiment into his feature debut… The result Shadows taking three years to complete and partly financed by his performances in TVs Johnny Staccato was a breakthrough in American cinema… About the effect of racism on an already fraught relationship between two black men and their sister two of whom pass for white the film is impressive for its irregular seemingly formless style and naturalistic performances… Plot was minimal mood and emotional apparent truth were everything…

Hearkening back to those Good Old Days of 1971 we can vividly recall when we were treated with a whole Season of Charles Chaplin at the Cinema Thats what the promotional guy called it when we saw him on somebodys old talk show We cant recall just whose it was either MERV GRIFFIN or WOODY WOODBURY one or the other The guest talked about Sir Charles career and how his films had been out of circulation ever since the 1952 exclusion of the former Little Tramp from Los Estados Unidos on the grounds of his being an undesirable Alien No Schultz hes NOT from another Planet CHARLIE had been deemed to be a subversive due to his interest and open inquiry into various Political and Economic Systems Everything from the Anarchist movement from the 20s and before the Technocracy craze to Socialism in its various forms were fair game for discussion at Chaplins Hollywood parties which of course meant the inclusion of the Soviet style which we commonly call Communism COMPOUNDING Mr Chaplins predicament was both confounded by one little detail He had never become an American Citizen ANYHOW enough of this background already SUFFICE it to say that he had become Persona Non Gratis in the United States of America It was high time to get the old films out of the mothballs and back out to the Movie Houses Itd sure be a great gesture by us easily forgiving and quickly forgetting Americanos IT would be a fine gesture to the great film making artist besides the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts Sciences was planning to honor Chaplin with a special tribute at the 1972 Oscar Show This would surely be a tearful yet joyous packaging of pathos a plenty for having America invite Charlie back and have him come and receive a special Academy Lifetime Achievement Award in front of a Worldwide Television Audience numbering in the Millions BESIDES that would be a natural for promoting the Chaplin Season at the Theatre Remember the Little Tramp was as astute as a Buine Man as he was as a Film Maker THE program consisted of showings of MODERN TIMES CITY LIGHTS THE GREAT DICTATOR MONSEUR VERDOUX A KING IN NEW YORK and finally THE CHAPLIN REVUE We remember being very excited in the anticipation of the multi date film fest IN our fair city of Chicago it was booked for the Carnegie Theatre on Rush Street The festivities lead off with MODERN TIMES and all of the others would be shown one at a time each staying for whatever period was necessary in order to satisfy the publics desire to view each picture As we recall the very last on the schedule was THE CHAPLIN REVUE IN RETROSPECT we look back and wish that they had begun the run with REVUE as there were undoubtedly legions of moviegoers much like ourselves who knew very little about his accomplishments in motion pictures except for those Keystone Essanay and Mutual Silent Shorts that were being shown as regular feature on so so many Kiddy Shows all over the country Oh well once again no one consulted me CONCENTRATING on todays honored guest film THE CHAPLIN REVUE we found that it was actually three separate pictures carefully bound together by the use of narration by Chaplin Himself some lively Themes and Incidental Music once again written by Chaplin and some happy talk and serious narration Ditto by Chaplin He opens up the proceedings by making use of some home movietype of film depicting the construction of the Chaplin Studio in Hollywood as well as some film taken of some rehearsal time showing Director Chaplin demonstrating just what he wants to a group of actors THIS segment was well done and well received by the audience Both the building humor and the rehearsal were amplified by making them seem accelerated The rehearsal naturally the building by use of speeding up the cameras photographic process The old trick makes it appear that the buildings were almost building themselves THIS amalgam of shorts incorporated three of Chaplins short comedies from his stint with First National Pictures roughly that being 1917 to 1923 The choice was well thought out and gave us a wide variety of subject matter and mood FIRST up was SHOULDER ARMS Charles Chaplin ProductionsFirst National Pictures 1918 As the title suggests it is a tale of World War I Released in October of 1918 with about a month to go before the Armistice Day of November 11 it was a comedy of comical Army gags and a romance between Private Chaplin and a French Girl Miss Edna Purviance The levity is fast physical and in the grand old tradition of ridiculing the Enemy the German Army DISPLAYING an excellent example of the old adage about Children and Dogs bringing folks together the next film A DOGS LIFE Chaplin ProductionsFirst National 1918 traces the parallel lives of Chaplins Tramp and a newly adopted stray Scraps The movie story involves families two of them One Homo Sapiens one Canine and both supplying us with some big surprises AS the finale we have THE PILGRIM ChaplinFirst National 1923 was a good choice to have as the finale It was bright light and tight It was an excursion into the area of the Western Spoof Comedies of such type having been done since by every comedian and team The Pilgrim in the story is not of your standard Thanksgiving Variety but rather a dude or Tenderfoot who has ventured out West The Tramp is not only that guy but his character is an escaped Convict who is mistakenly thought to be the new Clergyman of a Western towns Church OUR Rating that is Schultz and Me is Thats Four Derbies POODLE SCHNITZ

This was on odd film I liked the adventure of it though it seems to be aimed at children SPOILER AHEAD Ironically the main character murders a federal official Then hes a fugitive on the run They later blow up his house and then he finally commits suicide Seems like they should have just made it a film for a more mature audience or made it more family friendly This was on odd film I liked the adventure of it though it seems to be aimed at children SPOILER AHEAD Ironically the main character murders a federal official Then hes a fugitive on the run They later blow up his house and then he finally commits suicide Seems like they should have just made it a film for a more mature audience or made it more family friendly

I can count on one hand the number of good movies starring Joe Don Baker This is not one of them Interminable chase scenes dimwitted dialogue and terrible lapses in continuity made this movie a prime choice for getting the sendup on MST3K And that is the only way I was able to watch this

Hitting the ground running the film begins with THREE murders in a row No plot no characters no motivation the second murder happens off screen and that victims severed head is actually used to quite efficiently bludgeon the third victim to death This is a high point But the Lewises are obviously smart enough to lead with strength soon theyre covering up botched dialogue scenes with detective voiceover and shooting endless snappy repartee in ugly wide shot By now this Betacam productions horror atmosphere is rapidly giving way to an insurance infomercial vibe with the monumental and rather endearing plainness of the leads skewing things further in that direction Shlub cop investigates meat cleaver guy slaughters repeat climaxing early with a memorable severedfingerinthesalad gag Only how the hell did the fingers get in the salad And wasnt the Blood Cults purpose to collect the appendages they severed When the GORE stops making sense you know youre in trouble And without spoiling the big nonsensical twist ending just take my word for it the fascinating incompetence of the first scenes gives way to a deep cathodetubesmashing impulse The basic reaction is to try to put it behind you and get on with your life

Okay I am a fan of the Nightmare series and everyone says on here that this is the worst But its NOT Havents you seen Freddys Revenge WTF That was the worst of all Now this movie is pretty decent and it sticks to the Freddy story and its cool that he had a daughter etc etc And then I found out it was in 3D I was so excited I remember when I saw it on the DVD box set I instantly skipped to the 3D sequences Quite a lot was in 3D though like Lisa Zanes hand Dream Demons Freddys Claw more than once Lezlie Dean holding a knife Lisa Zane with a Baseball Bat Docs hand Freddys head exploding I truly loved this movie because it was in 3D but I wish the whole movie was in 3D not just the last 15 minutes By the Way its 15 minutes NOT TEN

This is yet another pseudointellectual lets make the Nazis look real bad movie The Nazis were pretty bad no doubt most of already know that However that does not necessarily make every movie on the theme good A Discovery Channel presentation of The Wannsee Conference would have been much more interesting Conspiracy falls on its ass between two categories documentary and drama It doesnt cut it as a documentary the movie is too staged and the presentation too common It doesnt cut it as a drama the characters are too shallow and conflicts too easily solved Another thing is the tagline One Of The Greatest Crimes Against Humanity Was Perpetrated In Just Over An Hour As the movie shows the Wannsee Conference the meeting had nothing to do with reaching a consensus on the final solution The decision on the solution had already been taken by the SS The sole purpose of the meeting was to make all significant stakeholders commit themselves to an already established plan There were no decisions or plans made at the Wannsee Conference There was only threats and coercion some needed less than others Finally One thing the movie does show although in no exceptional manner is man has a tendency to turn to culture and aesthetics in an attempt to hide for himself the fact that he is committing appalling atrocities This is seen in most powermongering leaders and politicians

If there was some weird inversed Oscar Academy awards festival this flick would win it all It has all the gods excellent plot extreme special effects coupled with extremely good acting skills and of course in every role there is a celebrity superstar Well this could be the scenario if the world was inversed but its not Instead its the worst horror flick ever made not only bad actors that seem to read the scripts from a teleprinter with bad dyslexia but also extremely low on special effects For example the devil costume which by the way is a mustsee is something of the most hilarious Ive ever seen Whenever I saw that redblack so called monster on screen I couldnt hold my laugh back And to top of things it looked like the funny creature was transported by a conveyorbelt Do not do the same mistake as I did Checking IMDB seeing that the movie was released in 2003 had less than five votes and thinking Well its worth a shot cant be that bad Yes it could Im not even going to waste more words on this movie

i was given the book version of Kazaam for my 8th birthday and people always say the book versions are always better than the movie but this time they were wrong At least with the movie its over soon The acting in this is terrible which i expected from a film with Shaq who plays a magical rapping genie that comes out of an old ghetto blaster which there was probably a good reason he was trapped in there The kid in the film that plays Max is whiny and a terrible actor Hes bullied by neighborhood kids which i dont blame them because hes a little douche bag The story is just plain stupid and extremely cliché About a boy whos father is always working and never around who finds a new friend who makes his life better and eventually helps him reconnect with his father Even at 8 years old i thought this was a stupid idea Its a surprise any of the people whom worked on this film had careers after wards because its an embarrassment and should have never been made i could ramble on even more about how this movie sucks but you should already know just by reading the plot

Mark Walhberg in a great role idolises a rock star to the extent of knowing all his songs imitating him to perfection and dressing like him When the opportunity comes for him to take over his idols role in the band he jumps at the opportunity However the role of a rock star may not be what it is cracked up to be and relationships can change This movie certainly struck me as having the theme of what you attain for may not be what you think it is once you get it Overall a really good movie with great performances from all the cast as well as the two leads Mark Walhberg and Jennifer Aniston It did make me feel sad especially when Emily Jennifer Aniston met up with Chris in Seattle and saw the depths to what he had sunk If anybody ever dreamed of being a rock star or a groupie they should watch this movie to see that the lifestyle although glamourous for a while is very lonely and ultimately not what you may want

I went to see this film last night at the National Film Theatre in London as a birthday treat It was the the first time Ive seen it and I think it has now overtaken the dreadful Twister as the worst film I have ever seen Disjointed for no reason self indulgent and full of imagery that oscillates from the crass and obvious to the obscure and unintelligible not particularly beautifully or grimily shot I really dont understand why this is considered classic gay or otherwise I normally enjoy films that push boundaries or even films that are hard to watch because of their length or unusual cinematography But this was truly truly awful

See No Evil is the first film from WWE films Yes WWE Word Wrestling Entertainment pro wrestling Of course being that its a WWE film a wrestler has to star in it the wrestler being Glenn Jacobs aka Kane Which is not really important as if you didnt know Kane or what WWE stood for you would never know it had anything to do with the wild word of wrestling as the movie has nothing to do with wrestling See No Evil is gross out horror film it has some moments were the some people may jump but for the most part its just saying hey look how gross we can get Not that there is anything wrong with that Jacob Goodnight played by Kane is sort of a Jason type character his mother tortured him as a kid with strict understatement Christian beliefs and has warped his mind Now hes a big scary chopping killing machine 90 of the movie takes place in an abandon hotel where Jacob stalks six teenagers surprised and a handful of adults I could explain why they are in a creepy old hotel but eh who cares Despite its lack of originality See No Evil is well made for what its supposed to be Kane plays an awesome killer and needs little make up to be scary One flaw in the movie is the most annoying possibility people survive I really looking forward to having them being horribly killed but alas does not happen I wish the film didnt have the stigma of wrestling attached to it although like I said the film has nothing to with wrestling people are still closed minded enough not to want to see it because given of course if they are a wrestling hater Then again the movie may also make money because Wrestling fans will want to see it Either way See No Evil has top notch effects and little CGI and like I said its quite brutal so like I say its good stuffif you like that sort of thing

This movie is silly and very short of being a funny movie Unhappy easterners are not pleased with being out west so they hire a drunk wagon masterJohn Candyto lead them back east Sight gags were just not funny enough to carry this one And Richard Lewis gets on your nerves very quickly but then I honestly dont like him at anything he does Ed Lauter is hilarious as the bumbling villain The movie was dedicated to Candy He died from a massive heart attack ten days before the movie was completed A stand in and digital enhancement enabled Candys character to be seen in the final scenes Candy was a very good comedian and gave us some real good knee slapping belly laughs in his career This movie was just not the caliber of his best Also in the film you will recognize William Sanderson Gailard Sartain Ethan Phillips Ellen Greene and Rodney A Grant

I have a 5 minute rule sometimes Ill leave leway for 10 If a movie is not good in the first 5 or 10 minutes its probably not going to ever get better I have yet to experience any movie that has proved to contest this theory Dan in Real Life is definitely no exception I was watching this turkey and thought wow this is not funny not touching not sad and I dont like any of the characters at all The story of an advice columnistwidower raising three young daughters who falls in love with his brothers girlfriend I suppose the tagline would be advice columnist who could USE advice I dont know Dans character in no way struck me as someone qualified to give advice I guess THATS the irony I dont know He goes to see his parents brothers sisters and their kids at some sort of anual family retreat which seems very sweet and potential fodder for good comedy story linesnone which ever emerge The central story is basically how he loves this woman but cant have her Anyone with a pulse will realise that eventually he WILL get her but you have to suffer through painfully unfunny trite lifetime movie network dialogue murderer of love to get to the inevitable happy ending This is truly one of the worst movies Ive ever seen

The movie eXistenZ is about a futuristic video game on a pod system that is almost like virtual reality The only copy of the video game is damaged when an assassination attempt is made on the designer Jennifer Jason Leigh Unless it can be repaired the many years and 38 million dollars spent on the development will all go to waste The only way to repair the game however is to actually go in the game with the only person she feels she can trustJude Law This movie was pretty good but doesnt really pick up until very late in the film The best thing about this film were the twists toward the end Definitely worth seeing 710

I really enjoyed the pilot it was as amazing as I hoped it would be if not better Patrick Warburton was a riot although at first i thought that I wouldnt be able to stand his character Him and Megyn Price Had little chemistry at all but hopefully as the season goes on theyll get more comfortable around each other It must have been weird for Megyn to go from being the star on her last show Grounded For Life to being a costar Bianca Kajlich and Oliver Hudson seem really new to the whole Sitcom scene but I think in time theyll get better David Spades character to my surprise wasnt the whole focus of this pilot The way he delivers his lines is so different from anyone else ive ever seen on TV but I think that it is just his style It works for him I think that couples or even singles will be able to relate to all the doubts and fights and being unsure about your decisions that this show is about All the situations that the characters are put in just feel like real life not sugarcoated like most shows I hope for all the actors sakes that CBS gives them a chance This show has the potential to be one of the best series if just given the chance and time

This movie is one of the worst movie i have ever seen in my life i waste my time on this I watched this movie completely as i took it a punishment for me I wonder how Suneel Darshan could make such a movie it doesnt have any continutity It feels he just shoot scenes and then joined them in some editing software Music is of course good but the film doesnt need so many unwanted songs Kangana Ranaut looks fake and I wonder what role does Celina Jaietly has in the movie Bobby deol is good at least he can act Upen Patel needs to take some acting lessons rather than taking off his shirts in almost all the scenes The end was the most pathetic I watched Shakalaka Boom Boom after watching 300 the movie you guys can really imagine what i felt about this bollywood movie I really respect bollywood but please directors and producers get real not everything is fantasy

This movie is inspiring to anyone who is or has been in a tough jam whether financially or emotionally You will definitely laugh which is the best medicine Left in a bad financial situation when her husband dies Grace has to find a new way to make some money and its not exactly legal which adds to the humour Even my boyfriend liked it so dont think that its a chickflic

This film hits the heart with a reality like no other I have seen It shows what us what we in a democratic society take for granted and just what we are lucky enough not to be experiencing The acting in the film is superb sometimes you have to remind yourself that the movie is a dramatization and not real life Mr Rickman does wonders with his role as he does with all roles making the interrogator fully dimensional and human The set is incredible It gives the feeling of in the round theater Which does not add or take away from the emotion of the action This movie seeks to open the eyes of the viewer and Id say they have made a success of that goal

East Side Story is a documentary of musical comedy in Stalinist Russia and later in the eastern European satellite comedies with many clips from the films and commentary from the survivors Although some of the Stalinist films look laughingly bad The Bright Road being a notable exception the films from the sixties actually look pretty good My Wife Wants to Sing The White Mouse and Midnight Revue look particularly entertaining The producers had to contend with the censors who had the power to decide what was politically correct which led to some confusion humorous in retrospect since the people whom the censors were trying to appease were the very people who supported making the films to begin with Since musical comedies were fairly rare behind the Iron Curtainthere were only something like forty made in forty yearsthey had a disproportionate effect upon their audiences who made major hits of some of the films I notice that the sound for the sixties films was much better The directors often had to make do with antiquated equipment and stringent power regulationsthey had to film in seven minute takes or lessand dangerous officicrats I also notice that West Side Story seems to have had a strong influence on Hot Summer The later films may not measure up to Singin in the Rain but they certainly look like they beat the hell out of Bye Bye Birdy

And a selfadmitted one to boot At one point the doctors assistant refers to himself as Igor Working with the increasingly plausible idea that computers could be used to replace or reconstruct brain functions this movie doesnt spend enough time exploring the premise Most of the screen time is split between girlfriendinacoma domestic strife and chasing down the brain donors killer It attempts to be a scifidramathriller but fails to deliver on any of the three As a Frankenstein remake this one is missing everything that made the original good Nobody calls the doctor insane or even threatens to kick him out of the hospital The transformation scene consists of a coma victim opening one eye and the amazing computer that makes it happen isnt even shown When the experiment works there is no praise and when it starts going wrong there is little reaction Any suspense over who the killer might be is shattered by progressively showing him in the same room with all of the possible suspects Finding the killer is as easy as opening one file and interviewing one person San Francisco as a setting is both overplayed and underused The opening sequence hammers home the point that this is happening in SF a cable car plays a significant role the leads live in a hilltop Victorian Pier 39 makes an appearance and the final showdown happens at Golden Gate Park More specifically along ten feet of cliff side at the park just enough to keep the bridge in the picture at all times Once the obvious scenery bases are rounded no other attempt is made to explore the city The acting is the only saving grace here Keir Dullea shows a good range and pulls off a couple of genuinely emotional scenes Suzanna Love portrays recovery from a coma well Tony Curtis only gets a handful of lines and twice as many evil guy stares with most of the Frankenscience explained away by his assistant The little blond kid hits his cues fairly well also I also gave it one extra star for the scene where the husband drives south from the bridge it cuts to a Uturn in an unrelated parking lot and then hes instantly back on the bridge driving north It takes a whole lot of something bravery ignorance deadlines to try and slip that one by the viewer during the one single car chase

This movie had horrible lighting and terrible camera movements This movie is a jumpy horror flick with no meaning at all The slashes are totally fake looking It looks like some 17 yearold idiot wrote this movie and a 10 year old kid shot it With the worst acting you can ever find People are tired of knives At least move on to guns or fire It has almost exact lines from When A Stranger Calls With gruesome killings only crazy people would enjoy this movie It is obvious the writer doesnt have kids or even care for them I mean at show some mercy Just to sum it up this movie is a B movie and it sucked Just for your own sake dont even think about wasting your time watching this crappy movie