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I love sci-fi and am willing to put up with a lot. Sci-fi movies/TV are usually underfunded, under-appreciated and misunderstood. I tried to like this, I really did, but it is to good TV sci-fi as Babylon 5 is to Star Trek (the original). Silly prosthetics, cheap cardboard sets, stilted dialogues, CG that doesn't match the background, and painfully one-dimensional characters cannot be overcome with a 'sci-fi' setting. (I'm sure there are those of you out there who think Babylon 5 is good sci-fi TV. It's not. It's clichéd and uninspiring.) While US viewers might like emotion and character development, sci-fi is a genre that does not take itself seriously (cf. Star Trek). It may treat important issues, yet not as a serious philosophy. It's really difficult to care about the characters here as they are not simply foolish, just missing a spark of life. Their actions and reactions are wooden and predictable, often painful to watch. The makers of Earth KNOW it's rubbish as they have to always say "Gene Roddenberry's Earth..." otherwise people would not continue watching. Roddenberry's ashes must be turning in their orbit as this dull, cheap, poorly edited (watching it without advert breaks really brings this home) trudging Trabant of a show lumbers into space. Spoiler. So, kill off a main character. And then bring him back as another actor. Jeeez! Dallas all over again. | I love sci-fi and am a huge admirer of this series, but I must admit that one of my biggest problems is the "lame twist ending." In 220 but soon-to-be the final season of this incredible show, "Chasing Mars" has now come to its conclusion, and I'd like to believe that there'll be another series that begins at this last episode. <br /><br />I am not one for the big "twists", as a very serious sci-fi fan, I much prefer the subtle and well-done endings. However, in 45-year-old SciFi (I just finished the last episode; please don | 0.997054 | I love sci-fi and am always on the look out for new movies. I watched this movie with my daughter (10) from the beginning and she loved the movie. I enjoyed it very much. She showed interest in the characters and the background about the events and the time-line that the story was told. The story kept her interested because there was some good intermingling of time and place and characters. While not the finest work in film, it did leave me wanting more. Some parts were abrupt, but there were many good twists in the plot that kept my attention. My daughter thought the actors gave good performances, particularly Brad Pitt, who was not too | 0.99893 | I love sci-fi and am definitely a fan of John Carpenter's movies. Though he's written/acted some decent movie. I was expecting a good story line and a strong acting. But instead the movie just becomes slow and boring and is a total waste of time. A waste of your time. A movie like this makes you want to get a nap because no matter how much sleep you have... you will end up just falling asleep and dreaming it all over again. Because the actors just seem like cardboard cut outs and not give a crap about their characters, making the story just flat. If you know the story, this movie is worth the time you spend seeing it | 0.000488 | I love sci-fi and am a HUGE Star Wars fanatic. I had never ever seen any previous Star Wars films and was in desperate need of a movie that reminded me of the whole concept of the first trilogy. I was about to leave the theater when I was directed to watch "The Empire Strikes Back". To say that I was over shocked is an understatement. Although I was over 38 minutes into this movie I stayed with it to the end, not wanting it to go any later. I was surprised what I discovered. This wasn't the usual Star Wars movie you might expect. Instead this movie was set in a different galaxy and the star was called Y | 0.988572 | I love sci-fi and am a big fan of Robert Wise, so I decided to go watch this film in it's entirety. The plot is amazing, and it's definitely a film that you cannot take your eyes off.<br /><br />There are many different aspects of the film that I especially loved, like the way Poe (played beautifully by Patrick Stewart) tells the story from different perspectives of the characters in the film, and the way they come together to build this beautiful whole.<br /><br />The cinematography is amazing, especially in the final scene. I am definitely going to buy the DVD soon. There is so much to love in this film, | 0.998937 | I love sci-fi and am a big fan for the future. But this show was way overdone and unnecessary. Maybe the actors did a great job but the story was almost not there. It was just very cheesy and did not make any logical reasons for the way that things worked for the future. It also gave the illusion that the characters were going crazy (like on the episode where Alex has the vision of 777 and that is very close) because they are both mad at each other. It's much more logical to see how all the characters are happy and calm together in "the future" because that is way more realistic. Not only that but not | 0.000486 | I love sci-fi and am fan of many, many shows and series like Star Trek, Terminator, Babylon 5 etc. but some series just don't impress when they are not delivered properly I've said, or at least are not well-crafted. It can be hard to get excited when viewing a movie or television show because a lot of the time the best viewing experience is the anticipation phase and not the actual viewing. In this case, I felt the wait was almost unbearable. The script may not have been able to meet my expectations on any level because the story was not adequately brought up to speed as the beginning of the movie began, but once story and action | 0.005776 | I love sci-fi and am a huge fan of the original Star Trek, as well as several other sci-fi shows, such as 'Star Trek Voyager' and 'The Next Generation' to name a few. I enjoyed seeing the return of many of the characters, and I love seeing the new 'Trek' in their normal routine (as opposed to the very stereotyped episode that just came out). Now of Course, I was hoping there would be a spin-off to the previous series. I did not expect, however, to be so much entertained. I liked the show so much, that I cannot help but feel that an original spin-off was sorely | 0.998919 | I love sci-fi and am a fan of classic films I can watch again and again for pleasure. This one has been very entertaining and I enjoyed it. The movie is extremely well-done and the cast does a great job, especially Kate Bosworth, in her first leading role.<br /><br />However, my only real complaint is with the beginning of the film. At times, I was a bit confused as to where the plot was going. However, for the most part, I was able to sit through it and I have a feeling that it will be watched again for the many laughs it provides. You will not want to miss it.<br /><br /> | 0.99894 | I love sci-fi and am a fan of all the good films and TV series that come out. Yet even though I have always had a strong attraction to the premise of the genre, I have not been big on horror films. So, I was very pleased to discover this video, and was very surprised at the quality and style.<br /><br />I watched it on DVD last night and I found myself being drawn into each frame. With its slow-motion camera shots, strange lookings that are not familiar to me and the way the sound effects are handled... there is nothing that I can attribute this work with to the genre of film, but it does create quite | 0.998884 | I love sci-fi and am | definitely a fan of John Carpenter's movies. Though he's written/acted some decent movie. I was expecting a good story line and a strong acting. But instead the movie just becomes slow and boring and is a total waste of time. A waste of your time. A movie like this makes you want to get a nap because no matter how much sleep you have... you will end up just falling asleep and dreaming it all over again. Because the actors just seem like cardboard cut outs and not give a crap about their characters, making the story just flat. If you know the story, this movie is worth the time you spend seeing it | 0.000006 | 0.671199 | 0.181111 | 0 | 0 |
Worth the entertainment value of a rental, especially if you like action movies. This one features the usual car chases, fights with the great Van Damme kick style, shooting battles with the 40 shell load shotgun, and even terrorist style bombs. All of this is entertaining and competently handled but there is nothing that really blows you away if you've seen your share before.<br /><br />The plot is made interesting by the inclusion of a rabbit, which is clever but hardly profound. Many of the characters are heavily stereotyped -- the angry veterans, the terrified illegal aliens, the crooked cops, the indifferent feds, the bitchy tough lady station head, the crooked politician, the fat federale who looks like he was typecast as the Mexican in a Hollywood movie from the 1940s. All passably acted but again nothing special.<br /><br />I thought the main villains were pretty well done and fairly well acted. By the end of the movie you certainly knew who the good guys were and weren't. There was an emotional lift as the really bad ones got their just deserts. Very simplistic, but then you weren't expecting Hamlet, right? The only thing I found really annoying was the constant cuts to VDs daughter during the last fight scene.<br /><br />Not bad. Not good. Passable 4. | Worth the entertainment value of the movie, in the first two or three viewings, it is certainly well worth the cost of viewing. I must admit to having rented this movie for years and years and years, having been bored with many other movies. Now, that was a surprise! I finally sat back and watched the movie, and I must say that this one really stands out from the pack. I have had the DVD for quite a while, and I am enjoying watching it again and again and again. At a recent Halloween horror movie convention, I had the pleasure of meeting the guy who produced the original movie. Unfortunately for me, he was not very bright | 0.998916 | Worth the entertainment value of a mediocre thriller, but the ending was too abrupt, the film was uneven, and the scenes were choppy. A definite must see film for the fans of all three actors (Kurt Russell, Ben Affleck, Christian Slater) but not a good film for those not interested in the genre of the 80's. But as much as one laughs their heads off at the antics, just remember the audience is watching the movie not watching a football game! Don't be surprised if the end comes out of nowhere. This is also one of the first movies to show the need for police professionalism and leadership, an era of corruption and | 0.998186 | Worth the entertainment value of the movie. The acting was extremely good, well done and I got the meaning of the lines and how the story was taking place. I didn't know that there wasn't a sequel to "American Graffiti" was so glad to see it! Some of the songs are still as good today as they were when the first movie came out. I give it two thumbs up! It's a must see! Great movie!<br /><br />I am so glad I watched it! 10/10! Great movie!! I gave it 10 stars and said thank you. That's for sure! (Happy) | 0.998934 | Worth the entertainment value of seeing this classic movie once, but should definitely be avoided for anyone who loves bad actors, bad plots or even bad writing. If you want to see the classic 'Scoop', see it. Do not be deceived by the cheesy and predictable movie. You'll hate the old-timer movies that feature "hot chick" as the only good thing in the movie and the 80's version as having the worst plot. Remember, 'Revenge of the Scorpion King' was made in 2001 as one of the hottest movies in the industry. Remember how bad it is? Just like 'Revenge of the Sc | 0.000603 | Worth the entertainment value of the "Star Trek" franchise. It is like those 70's movies that would make the best of some lame writers. In the best of the movies, that are not just cheesy and trash like "Shampoo" and "Sleeping with the Enemy". The only reason why the "Enterprise" (Enterprise) movie's are not really a classic anymore is because the creators never really took the time to build up a long enough story arc. There was never a strong development of the Enterprise. There was a lot of filler, but they always had a good enough story to go along with. <br /><br />It has always | 0.998857 | Worth the entertainment value of this movie...or as I like to say the entertainment value of the last 2 scenes...<br /><br />So...this movie was the first time I met a person with whom I have a "friendship"...which means that I have a way of knowing everyone in the theatre, I even have the right to use the restroom! But how interesting...some of the scenes in this film are funny to my friend and the rest, the actors play the perfect parts, not only to the actors but also in the movie - it's an amazing movie. Well, it's a good movie, one of my favorites among the | 0.998885 | Worth the entertainment value of the main stars (Dakoda and Burt) and their good friends. It is a fun movie, with a lot of laughs. The action moves along smoothly, even though there are a few slow parts. The story was amusing, though I had a few problems with it - I didn't see it as much as I should have, especially with that "little" girl. Overall a very nice family comedy film. There's even some good action in it. I haven't seen it on TV for a while...but there's a DVD release coming out - so I may get to see it again when it comes out. Maybe | 0.998934 | Worth the entertainment value of this film. This film is one of the saddest films i've ever seen. The saddest film, in my humble opinion, is one we see in more cases than a month, or 2. I mean i went to see The Black Cauldron the day after my 17th birthday but i was still in tears. It was one of the best memories and it makes one think about what we choose to do with our lives.<br /><br />The movie is definitely different to the films i 'voted for' in 2003. Here's why. In the '2003' | 0.998571 | Worth the entertainment value of it. A very good film and a good story. If you love movies that take place in 105 years, in 105 years time, there is little I would rather see than this.<br /><br />If you don't have any interest in film genres, this is a movie to enjoy, and it is an entertaining film, whether you are having a party or not. The acting was excellent and the storyline was intriguing. I could not sleep during this film because it was so captivating.<br /><br />I like this film, so the audience in my class are going to love it too. That is | 0.998938 | Worth the entertainment value of this video for those of you who like this genre and aren't afraid to be shocked. This film was filmed more than 10 years ago and I was shocked to see they are still making movies like this. The acting is the part you enjoy the most. At a higher IQ, the acting would be a tad more convincing than in the films of today. My only complaint is that it should have been released before the turn of the century. It shows that, as in so many other parts of the country, there is still a strong interest in the rural community. They will likely have to find new ways to support themselves since many | 0.998836 | Worth the entertainment value of | the movie. The acting was extremely good, well done and I got the meaning of the lines and how the story was taking place. I didn't know that there wasn't a sequel to "American Graffiti" was so glad to see it! Some of the songs are still as good today as they were when the first movie came out. I give it two thumbs up! It's a must see! Great movie!<br /><br />I am so glad I watched it! 10/10! Great movie!! I gave it 10 stars and said thank you. That's for sure! (Happy) | 0.999999 | 0.999999 | 0.599913 | 1 | 1 |
its a totally average film with a few semi-alright action sequences that make the plot seem a little better and remind the viewer of the classic van dam films. parts of the plot don't make sense and seem to be added in to use up time. the end plot is that of a very basic type that doesn't leave the viewer guessing and any twists are obvious from the beginning. the end scene with the flask backs don't make sense as they are added in and seem to have little relevance to the history of van dam's character. not really worth watching again, bit disappointed in the end production, even though it is apparent it was shot on a low budget certain shots and sections in the film are of poor directed quality | its a totally average film. but still i cant get this movie...<br /><br />all the dialog goes out of track after 30% of the film. 2.3 70's film is still a masterpiece to be seen. some good character actors(especially a.k.a. the dukes of hazzard). the ending is absolutely incredible and the movie stays on it's feet till the end, the first 2 hours. its totally worth seeing this one...it has the most hilarious scenes ever. its one of my life favorite films. now thats worth a 9, and one of my top 5 ever. it | 0.998221 | its a totally average film, there was a certain quality of humour that I thought was just wrong. Not even close to a comedy. You had to laugh - to know there wasnt a joke in the film. But it made it a very funny film.<br /><br />It was not very imaginative at times. The acting by Sissy spacek is OK but you needed more direction from time to time. Overall though I loved this film. Well acted, well directed, well written. And it wasn't cheap.<br /><br />If you like comedy try this film! It's a very funny film. It has some scenes which I really thought were | 0.998923 | its a totally average film. the people who make and distribute it don't like films like this, or the people who don't like this film. this movie was on television last fall. it's an incredibly sad waste of film. i feel terrible for all the people behind this. please don't give this film a shot. it's not even worth watching. i saw it on a screen that has never even been able to scan, it's just so bad. i've read the book and i loved it, so i'm going to take the advice given by many others who have seen this movie and not even give it a chance. i'm sorry. | 0.000491 | its a totally average film and i really do not want to get sucked into my prejudices and thoughts over this film because this film will never earn anything close to a place in my heart or memory. i've only seen this film once, i haven't seen the DVD but i thought the film was good enough to save the DVD, despite this the story is dull and the acting is atrocious. I would much rather spend my time watching more memorable films, and this was pretty much non-pre-destined. What made this film successful for me for some strange reason was the acting, it is one of the best acting i have ever seen in my entire 4 | 0.000495 | its a totally average film! it will be boring at times. but you should not get tired because every movie has it's faults. it is quite similar to every movies on the web! it is totally fun! it's funny movie i think they make so many films like this. if they made good movies, they can probably get the job to do the same, cause there's no way to do the same. well the worst thing about that is that people like them so they will probably continue to do it! i found it's movie is quite bad. the movie will make you laugh or cry, but you can't get bored. i like this movie | 0.987259 | its a totally average film that is very far from the average of the genre. The plot may be good but its the cinematography. All the shots are so well shot that it is almost impossible to concentrate on anything but the movie itself. This is the only movie i have seen in which a movie was made only for amateur talent. <br /><br />There are a lot of movies and TV series in that genre. Some of which is great while the same will not impress you. This is a very nice watch.<br /><br />4/10 . You can watch this if you are a movie-watcher in the same category. So watch it | 0.997983 | its a totally average film but the main actor(s) did a great job!!!<br /><br />I love this film!! Every time i watch this movie,i see how nice i looked!! But this film has such a bad reputation that i'll be totally honest it is one of the 3 best films I've seen in the last 25 years. And it's true. The screenplay itself is great and it has many good aspects that you would love to see when the main plot is being explained:<br /><br />1- Nice background music that always made me relax and happy, even when it's not needed. Especially on this scene that has | 0.998755 | its a totally average film. The scenes have been shot nicely and the story and production values are high (with some very good effects). The actors all play really straight, with very few exceptions. The overall script is OK. The acting is OK. The dialog is OK. The direction's OK and doesn't need to be talked about more. I liked the story, especially since the main character was a woman. The sex scenes are VERY tame and the actors are very good at their jobs. I love the cinematography.<br /><br />This is probably better late than early. If you like straight comedy that is fast-paced yet does not waste its time, | 0.001566 | its a totally average film. the beginning is predictable and I don't think it got any better later on. I'm still surprised at the performance, especially from the guy from 'sisters'. I always look at him and think 'I look good on the screen now' - especially when 'my best friend dies'! This film is like a small sequel to a movie which already had 3 sequels. this movie is about a couple who have to deal with the deaths of the 3 kids in their kids' home. The movie starts out as a drama. So it starts out as a love triangle with the main actress. The 2 brothers ( | 0.000498 | its a totally average film. This is 1 film that i had never seen a movie like..<br /><br />a boy (49 yrs) becomes a serial killer. And this is the end of this film. I can only expect that its a new story in the movie industry. A boy who doesnt want to end his life and at the same time he hates and wants revenge on his parents by way of getting a bag on his parents(0 years old). This kid has 2 plans for revenge. One is killing his parents and the other one is killing the girl he was looking at. That is the basic plan of this movie and this | 0.000508 | its a totally average film. | the people who make and distribute it don't like films like this, or the people who don't like this film. this movie was on television last fall. it's an incredibly sad waste of film. i feel terrible for all the people behind this. please don't give this film a shot. it's not even worth watching. i saw it on a screen that has never even been able to scan, it's just so bad. i've read the book and i loved it, so i'm going to take the advice given by many others who have seen this movie and not even give it a chance. i'm sorry. | 0.498003 | 0.846077 | 0.174627 | 0 | 1 |
STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night **** Friday Night *** Friday Morning ** Sunday Night * Monday Morning <br /><br />Former New Orleans homicide cop Jack Robideaux (Jean Claude Van Damme) is re-assigned to Columbus, a small but violent town in Mexico to help the police there with their efforts to stop a major heroin smuggling operation into their town. The culprits turn out to be ex-military, lead by former commander Benjamin Meyers (Stephen Lord, otherwise known as Jase from East Enders) who is using a special method he learned in Afghanistan to fight off his opponents. But Jack has a more personal reason for taking him down, that draws the two men into an explosive final showdown where only one will walk away alive.<br /><br />After Until Death, Van Damme appeared to be on a high, showing he could make the best straight to video films in the action market. While that was a far more drama oriented film, with The Shepherd he has returned to the high-kicking, no brainer action that first made him famous and has sadly produced his worst film since Derailed. It's nowhere near as bad as that film, but what I said still stands.<br /><br />A dull, predictable film, with very little in the way of any exciting action. What little there is mainly consists of some limp fight scenes, trying to look cool and trendy with some cheap slo-mo/sped up effects added to them that sadly instead make them look more desperate. Being a Mexican set film, director Isaac Florentine has tried to give the film a Robert Rodriguez/Desperado sort of feel, but this only adds to the desperation.<br /><br />VD gives a particularly uninspired performance and given he's never been a Robert De Niro sort of actor, that can't be good. As the villain, Lord shouldn't expect to leave the beeb anytime soon. He gets little dialogue at the beginning as he struggles to muster an American accent but gets mysteriously better towards the end. All the supporting cast are equally bland, and do nothing to raise the films spirits at all.<br /><br />This is one shepherd that's strayed right from the flock. * | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night: All in the Family 3.5/5 (A very good one.) Saturday Night: All in the Family 3.3/5 (Another good one.) Saturday Night: All in the Family 4.0/5 (A very good one.)Saturday Night All in the Family is all about the family. It's an incredibly funny show made for TV that should be shown on DVD every night in my house and that everyone in the family would enjoy. The characters are simple and yet they are very memorable and this is because every character is based on a real person--Jim Carrey in particular. Jim is the good | 0.998905 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night: The Best of the Best <br /><br />In this film of the best of the best, it's not all good and bad at the top of the entertainment food chain. In fact, you get some of the worst acting from the best actors at a party.<br /><br />The film opens with a short montage of movies taken off the shelf at an elementary school and is given their final, longest running title ("Sunday with the Movie Night Movie of the Week", for example). Some people will think its a joke that so many movies were covered on the screen. But the truth is that there is very little actual film on | 0.000688 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night Live did a bang up job on Jack Black and Chris Penn. The movie didn't quite up to scratch, but with little to no comedy, this is one of Jack's films that you can watch with your family or with friends and don't get your hopes up on the box office numbers. Black and Penn are perfect in their roles (not much else I can say). The production and acting were excellent. As far as anything I can tell, SNL is just like a comedy. They get all of the big stars for free. But as good as SNL is, nobody is perfect anymore and it's more expensive to produce them | 0.998634 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night's Most Inappropriate Show Ever!!!<br /><br />This show reminds me of the old TV show, "Manhattan Children." It's a funnier show, and I like it far better than the original. But it has some things of which I would like a change. The best and worst of both shows combined equals "NYSC." For one thing, the characters are not funny. They're so stereotypical. For example, I hate when the kids get all angry and start yelling. It doesn't fit into the "real life" of any kid. It's too realistic for kids. And the kids act on their | 0.002322 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night - 7:00 - 10:00 pm<br /><br />I watched this for the first time about 10 years ago in the late 1980s. It still remains one of my favorite films in the past 11 years. I highly recommend it. If you are in need of fun this year then the best thing for you to do is rent this. It is simply a great one with some great cast. This film is very well written with a simple story. What makes it fun though, is the fact that it is just so entertaining. The plot is simple, yet the | 0.998902 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night Live is a parody of the actual sitcom but the satire is very subtle, often not only about being funny but also about being serious. The characters are very believable but also very interesting especially Dr. Drew. While "The Office" is much more mature than "Saturday" this show works both ends of the spectrum but stays true to them. It does not try to be cleverer or prettier than reality (or reality shows, or reality stars) but instead it shows that even while being "sarcasm-oriented", reality can also contain some laughs.<br /><br />There might be some flaws however (especially the one with the " | 0.998912 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night at the Movies is the best thing that I've seen on prime time in quite some time. Why would anyone want to watch a "stupid movie" like this. This comedy features wonderful performances from the cast that made up this film. The comedy is witty, and cleverly manipulative. If I had to pick two stars from the cast, it might be Gary Cole and Paul Reubens. Neither of these guys has much screen experience, but their presence lifts this film above the ordinary comedies everyone watches on television.<br /><br />This film should give every other comedian a kick in the gut. People will laugh through the | 0.998606 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night is really not an ideal time to spend on it's current season and this movie will be your best bet to get a laugh at the time. I've seen the movie quite a few times and still find the humour that was so fun. I mean, this movie is very fun and the way it is directed - the way that the action is portrayed - makes this a fun movie to watch. You'll love it. I've heard that it's a little rough, and I can see why. But still don't let that put you off. A great movie, a great laugh.<br /><br />My Only Minor Problem IS WITH | 0.998898 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night High is a very enjoyable, great movie. All of the actors and actresses play great, especially the children with all of them have great talent. This movie is good fun for all, especially the little kids and their big brother or sister(s), it teaches you about family ties. It teaches you to not argue when you can have a nice moment to talk or argue when things are not going so good. It teaches you to have to work and to get what you deserve. You can laugh until you cry. This is one of those movies you can watch years from now. I recommend that everyone should give this movie a chance to see. | 0.99893 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night Fever (1977) - A rock band trying to make it big at the pop music stage, tries the same path that the 60's punk rock band, with 0171s Billy Idol and "Burning" Jack Nicholson. 26 year olds Billy and Jack, decide to take the job in Hollywood, however they get the job of an "Oscar nominee" - and this leaves them with a little more money to put into writing their song. "It's a Beautiful Day for a Cowboy!" The movie starts, and then the movie goes way downhill. 100 Minutes of the | 0.000611 | STAR RATING: ***** Saturday Night | Live did a bang up job on Jack Black and Chris Penn. The movie didn't quite up to scratch, but with little to no comedy, this is one of Jack's films that you can watch with your family or with friends and don't get your hopes up on the box office numbers. Black and Penn are perfect in their roles (not much else I can say). The production and acting were excellent. As far as anything I can tell, SNL is just like a comedy. They get all of the big stars for free. But as good as SNL is, nobody is perfect anymore and it's more expensive to produce them | 0.999997 | 0.804536 | 0.665779 | 1 | 1 |
First off let me say, If you haven't enjoyed a Van Damme movie since bloodsport, you probably will not like this movie. Most of these movies may not have the best plots or best actors but I enjoy these kinds of movies for what they are. This movie is much better than any of the movies the other action guys (Segal and Dolph) have thought about putting out the past few years. Van Damme is good in the movie, the movie is only worth watching to Van Damme fans. It is not as good as Wake of Death (which i highly recommend to anyone of likes Van Damme) or In hell but, in my opinion it's worth watching. It has the same type of feel to it as Nowhere to Run. Good fun stuff! | First off let me say, i thought the movie with the least plot it seemed most intriguing with i knew it would suck so i watched for the most part and was still somewhat enthralled with the movie and although the ending wasn't the best, there was fun to be had in it i'm going to try and stick with the movie for awhile, i guess it depends on how long it takes though. i'm not that old so i'm not exactly into the past tense stuff of the 80's or my dad's high school days. However, what i've seen on youtube shows people going against tradition and sticking to their roots when they try and get | 0.6098 | First off let me say, the plot sounds like a very good premise, a little difficult to follow but still watchable. The pacing and the dialogue were very well done. Also the supporting actors did not let the main characters fall but instead kept them strong and believable.<br /><br />The characters and plot were very strong, the acting was amazing, they drew you in and kept you watching. The best part of it all was the ending which was very unexpected and had you really questioning the final turn...<br /><br />Overall it was better than I expected! My 8 year old son absolutely loved it! Also, his Mom and I loved it ourselves | 0.99894 | First off let me say, I have seen so many films in my time on this planet, that it is amazing to me that I am yet to see another in the genre. It has become clear to me now, that this is what movie heaven should be like. The idea of movies being about the journey for the characters, is absolutely genius, but as far as I am concerned, it is the one thing that cannot be fully expressed in a film. There are three types of stories out there and it comes down to the last one which is usually the best one. So having said that, this is one good movie...and it is definitely good. If someone | 0.998705 | First off let me say, i watched the movie with some friends the day after it came out,and the majority of them gave it a perfect rating.the one person who was so unexciting that by the end of the movie i felt like i could have knocked her out with a stone,went on holiday to her country and started doing whatever she wanted to do at her whim for the whole month it was out.and i mean thats it.She told my friend that if she didn't leave by the end of the month she would kill her.<br /><br />I agree with the other reviewer, i am so happy that i bought the movie for my birthday,i cant really | 0.998591 | First off let me say, this is one of the best movie's i ever saw, I went to an online video sale of a couple hundred movies and stumbled upon this piece of cinema and i didnt get it back. That's because this is an incredible movie that i've never seen before. It's a really good movie, you'll love it. It's about three brothers who are locked in a warehouse under an extremely powerful man. They are brothers and are trying to find a way out. The movie starts out very slow and you see these three siblings and they just don't get a chance to show how powerful their man is, until in the middle of a | 0.998906 | First off let me say, the only reason I am giving this a 4 was because it seemed rather unoriginal and the writing for a film like this was very weak.<br /><br />Now I am no fan of the film business, but I found in watching it that it was very entertaining. Many of the sequences did follow that other than the "howler" scene by the end and, believe me, the film had an extremely interesting take on the human condition, with some very uncomfortable scenes. The characters were well fleshed out and though the story was fairly predictable in the end, not too much.<br /><br />So, even if you see | 0.998728 | First off let me say, I have seen countless movies in my time; and every single time I go out of my way, to find a good movie. This was just a movie with an extremely bad review.<br /><br />I have a 5, or could possibly get as high a 7. It was about a group of brothers on a weekend trip. The only good thing that the movie could do towards the end (I don't know) was to cause you to cry.<br /><br />This is a good movie for parents. The message of the movie is that if everything goes wrong, then it is okay if things look and seem to | 0.000611 | First off let me say, some people are really not funny for no other reason than they are stupid and that's the point. Don't give me that you are funny just because they get funny lines out of their jokes, that is not funny and it is not funny for stupid people. I have seen some really funny movie and they are smart but they not funny, and if you see a movie that is not funny and that is a movie of a new genre (like a horror movie) that they will be smart, and this is a perfect example of it. That's why I don't see some "humor" people have more humor then others in their | 0.000539 | First off let me say, I like the movie that much that I would feel obligated to write a review. <br /><br />Okay, to start with, for some reason, whenever i hear the description of "an intelligent and passionate young woman who travels to a small Italian town and falls in love with a man who is a poor Italian in the small town he lives in, well, I just don't know. I think that is the best kind of 'romantic story' i have ever seen.<br /><br />That being said, not everyone who sees this film will enjoy it. Some movie reviewers will be annoyed, some will be disappointed, some | 0.998843 | First off let me say, this movie was great! I had never had a real crush on a guy before, so the story had a big hole in it that gave me no clue what to expect at all. And just when I thought the movie was going to be an average lowbudget low budget movie, it turned out to be incredible. I really love the movie because it goes right to the story right away, it doesn't slow down and it never jumps in-between scenes. And unlike other movies, the main hero has no crush on the girls. He is so good at this job that you can tell which girls are his favorite, and if your going to | 0.998937 | First off let me say, | I have seen so many films in my time on this planet, that it is amazing to me that I am yet to see another in the genre. It has become clear to me now, that this is what movie heaven should be like. The idea of movies being about the journey for the characters, is absolutely genius, but as far as I am concerned, it is the one thing that cannot be fully expressed in a film. There are three types of stories out there and it comes down to the last one which is usually the best one. So having said that, this is one good movie...and it is definitely good. If someone | 0.520981 | 0.347577 | 0.218677 | 1 | 1 |
I had high hopes for this one until they changed the name to 'The Shepherd : Border Patrol, the lamest movie name ever, what was wrong with just 'The Shepherd'. This is a by the numbers action flick that tips its hat at many classic Van Damme films. There is a nice bit of action in a bar which reminded me of hard target and universal soldier but directed with no intensity or flair which is a shame. There is one great line about 'being p*ss drunk and carrying a rabbit' and some OK action scenes let down by the cheapness of it all. A lot of the times the dialogue doesn't match the characters mouth and the stunt men fall down dead a split second before even being shot. The end fight is one of the better Van Damme fights except the Director tries to go a bit too John Woo and fails also introducing flashbacks which no one really cares about just gets in the way of the action which is the whole point of a van Damme film.<br /><br />Not good, not bad, just average generic action. | I had high hopes for this film from the reviews. What I was expecting was a predictable horror story about how a young boy gets killed in the woods by a killer who is a complete psycho after he gets into a coma to kill his sister. I was pleasantly surprised by it. The story is good, the acting is good, and the setting is very eerie, as well as the idea by the way of taking a story with something creepy and making it scary.<br /><br />When the movie starts, the camera pans out into the woods and the sounds of rustling leaves becomes familiar to you, at least in this version, and the eerie atmosphere is created | 0.998935 | I had high hopes for this film. 30 years before it was released, the movie was the top grossing film of April 1982. They say all too often in this business, a title for a film will determine its long-term success. For years I think that this is true. And I believe that all this success would have a major bearing on the success of this film. To say this film flopped would be unfair. That film received over $10 million in worldwide box-office receipts and was an annual best seller on the Best Sellers list of the annual box-office total of 1982. This movie has a | 0.993268 | I had high hopes for "The Last Word" after seeing a preview of the movie at the San Diego International Film Festival four weeks ago. I figured this would be a movie that the audience would fall in love with for the sheer power of its visuals, and I thought it would be a film about how one movie maker's life affects another. Yet, in the end, the movie is an overwrought, and not-very-interesting movie that is not very exciting, and does not leave you wanting anymore than you really started with. I couldn't actually wait for it to end because it seemed unreal.<br /><br />I am not sure what was | 0.000491 | I had high hopes for this movie when I saw the posters. The plot is complicated enough that even non-experts could probably follow it. I read some reviews on IMDb that the characters were well done, and it was true. The dialog was very realistic, but the story and the characterization... didn't come together, really. The ending was poorly executed and just made up for the rest of the poor acting and writing.<br /><br />It was a poorly conceived and directed movie. It was hard to know when I was watching the movie, because they had so many different stories going on in this story, this movie really didn't work out the way it | 0.000485 | I had high hopes for this movie, not as good as I thought (but not as bad) but after seeing all the other reviews here you will know that I couldn't help but laugh at certain aspects of the movie:<br /><br />1. The first big surprise - the ending. We have no clue why the couple is back together - or why any one, for that matter, wants them back! The writer just dropped a surprise.<br /><br />2. The romance angle, between a family man and a woman in her own right. Even if it is a bit cheesy, it has plenty of laughs in this segment.<br /><br /> | 0.993461 | I had high hopes for this show, but I guess that was a waste. After the initial viewing, I kept trying to remember if it was the same show as the first season and I couldn't tell, I have to re-run the show and see if it isn't what I thought at the time. I found the premise very imaginative and the characters very likable. I wish there had been more episodes, which might have helped the show along. I did like the ending. It left everything up in the air in a way that made you wonder what would happen next. Overall, I will give it a 7 or 8. I am interested to | 0.998757 | I had high hopes for this movie, considering the casting of Christopher Walken, and a few other actors that looked promising.<br /><br />I just got a taste of how the plot was going so I'm going to call it that. I like Walken for his good acting skills and his body, but I wasn't sure if he was able to pull off what he did for this role. The casting of Daryl Hannah makes me think she's the best choice in this movie, but I found it almost impossible to get involved during the entire movie, as nothing happened but Hannah's hair was cut!!! I am not joking!! <br /><br /> | 0.000492 | I had high hopes for this film, I must have watched it 10 times before seeing the DVD, but that was a lie. I have to admit I was a bit disappointed in the first 50 minutes or so. The plot was so unbelievable, and that I can understand the logic of the 'rules' of the game. It is also interesting to see how different the US and England are with regards to the amount of crime committed by the gangs of criminals. I'm not even sure how true the US economy must be to spend $1.5 billion on a bunch of criminals as the result of some very shady politicians. I mean, this | 0.000571 | I had high hopes for this movie. I loved every single moment.<br /><br />It was so much fun and I laughed so hard. I am a little old for watching comedy but this made me smile every time.<br /><br />The cast is amazing. I never watch a movie based only on a cast but this was definitely the best.<br /><br />The acting was just outstanding. I was totally blown away.<br /><br />One of the most entertaining movies you will watch. I HIGHLY recommend this film. It is a must see. Not for the squeamish or anyone who hates cats. This movie is FOR anyone who loves | 0.998939 | I had high hopes for this film. I am in my early twenties and have a few friends who have said that they found this film funny. I remember seeing this movie as a child and I couldn't wait for it to come out. The whole theater was full. People were laughing and talking. The actors on this film gave excellent performances and I thought they did the character well. The plot of the movie had a lot of humor and a lot going on at the same time. The movie was enjoyable and had some great performances by the actors. It was a very well made film. This film is definitely one of my favorite comedies of all time. The | 0.998775 | I had high hopes for | "The Last Word" after seeing a preview of the movie at the San Diego International Film Festival four weeks ago. I figured this would be a movie that the audience would fall in love with for the sheer power of its visuals, and I thought it would be a film about how one movie maker's life affects another. Yet, in the end, the movie is an overwrought, and not-very-interesting movie that is not very exciting, and does not leave you wanting anymore than you really started with. I couldn't actually wait for it to end because it seemed unreal.<br /><br />I am not sure what was | 0.503236 | 0.880536 | 0.498892 | 1 | 1 |
Isaac Florentine has made some of the best western Martial Arts action movies ever produced. In particular US Seals 2, Cold Harvest, Special Forces and Undisputed 2 are all action classics. You can tell Isaac has a real passion for the genre and his films are always eventful, creative and sharp affairs, with some of the best fight sequences an action fan could hope for. In particular he has found a muse with Scott Adkins, as talented an actor and action performer as you could hope for. This is borne out with Special Forces and Undisputed 2, but unfortunately The Shepherd just doesn't live up to their abilities.<br /><br />There is no doubt that JCVD looks better here fight-wise than he has done in years, especially in the fight he has (for pretty much no reason) in a prison cell, and in the final showdown with Scott, but look in his eyes. JCVD seems to be dead inside. There's nothing in his eyes at all. It's like he just doesn't care about anything throughout the whole film. And this is the leading man.<br /><br />There are other dodgy aspects to the film, script-wise and visually, but the main problem is that you are utterly unable to empathise with the hero of the film. A genuine shame as I know we all wanted this film to be as special as it genuinely could have been. There are some good bits, mostly the action scenes themselves. This film had a terrific director and action choreographer, and an awesome opponent for JCVD to face down. This could have been the one to bring the veteran action star back up to scratch in the balls-out action movie stakes.<br /><br />Sincerely a shame that this didn't happen. | Isaac Florentine has made some truly brilliant films, but his last movie "Invisible" wasn't one of them. All he did was show a bunch of people in front of a set of cars trying to sneak through the city at night. In most of these vehicles there was a flash of light. Florentine made a mistake in this particular film, he did not have the right lighting. It didn't look real at all. It looked like a movie of the day, and that is only because most cars in the movie were real cars. When you watch this movie you are always watching to see if there will be any flash of light. In this one | 0.000553 | Isaac Florentine has made some of the best animated films to come out in recent times. His animation has improved from the days of Hayao Miyazaki to a more realistic style. He started out focusing more on the story than the animation, however, and it shows by the quality of the animation that flows through his movie.<br /><br />The film opens by showing us Isaac having to play with his dog to get things moving. Unfortunately it means he makes a new friend, so he buys a new toy. Along the way, Isaac meets his true love. The toy is a dragon and it brings the two together. The movie progresses to showing Isaac going to | 0.998685 | Isaac Florentine has made some of the most incredible movies I've ever seen in my life! I am so surprised it took years for me to see this masterpiece, but when I did it made me want more! This movie is just amazing! It should be recognized as such! <br /><br />I was so confused at one point when I first first saw this film! I then was so thrilled when I finally was able to go to it on DVD! This movie is one for the ages! It is the first truly amazing movie I've seen! A great movie, I would not trade it for anything! The acting is simply phenomenal! <br /><br | 0.998936 | Isaac Florentine has made some of the most beautiful movies I have seen--sometimes only slightly overshadowed by Steven Spielberg's "WarGames", "Forrest Gump," etc.<br /><br />So I was curious to see the first of two documentaries that deal with his work--and it really blew my mind when I saw the film. These two movies are like the 1950s and 1960s "Geronimo Stuard" movies that were so much fun.<br /><br />So when we watched "Lone Survivor," I was in disbelief that it would be 30 years from Isaac's death. We watched | 0.998739 | Isaac Florentine has made some one of his finest films to date with his latest film, "Elena Vezzi." While not a great film by modern standards but nonetheless a stunning piece of cinema. Florentinio's directorial talent shines through these scenes with great cinematography, camera movement and some truly breathtaking visuals.<br /><br />The first fifteen minutes of this film are quite spectacular. The cinematography is breathtaking with some truly gorgeous shots and shots which will make you nod in delight.<br /><br />This is the first film I've seen which features a beautiful young woman as lead in the role of a young woman. The casting of Maria G | 0.998923 | Isaac Florentine has made some of the best films produced in Britain, and even in the U.K., with little to no recognition. He has made several films with the same type of direction and editing and has an affinity for action scenes, even while his character is shown as a sort of misunderstood criminal. While it's the only time he has ever won a prize at the Oscars, his film in general is a lot of fun. There is never a dull moment.<br /><br />The film is about a young boy who is given a little allowance every now and then by his uncle as he grows up. His uncle, now older and wealthy, feels his son | 0.998903 | Isaac Florentine has made some other good films with this theme, but this was the first film that really got the attention of the British. That is one advantage. The film has a good script, and the performances of James Cagney, Ricardo Cortines and John Garfield help it to succeed. This is a terrific film, and will always be remembered as a landmark film in cinema. It should, with the success of this, show the value of having more female lead actors. This film shows what they might need to do next. This film can be bought on tape, it looks good in the box, and its worth watching. If you ever wish to | 0.998888 | Isaac Florentine has made some of my favourite films ever. If we are not talking about sci-fi, this must be one of them. The story was the most wonderful one and very unique, but also very touching and moving. It takes places in the future, just a little bit beyond what is possible in real life.<br /><br />The story is a lot more complicated than other science fiction films, but it is still very interesting and full. The characters are real, but in the right way. We meet a lot of characters who are different, but not exactly good or bad, there is a feeling that they are like in real life. It is a | 0.998909 | Isaac Florentine has made some of the finest films in Hollywood since the 80s and this one will give fans everything that they want to see in his movies.<br /><br />The movie stars Gary Daniels as a tough and tough police detective. At first it may seem like he is going to be killed just because of who he is, but luckily he gets some help from his wife and his boss that he needs just to survive. Although he is an undercover, he is not sure what to do, as all of these people keep killing him. The story is gripping and intense, and it has some great performances, which are very hard to find in modern | 0.998927 | Isaac Florentine has made some excellent "noirs" that are worthy of your time in theaters. But if anyone can see his film as a serious movie, it would have to be this one. It's about an isolated woman who tries to escape the madness that is her home town, and who is found at a time when only her mental state can prevent her from doing so. This is also the only cinematic movie that I've ever found that has the ability to capture your heart in a way that has absolutely nothing to do with a good plot.<br /><br />FLORENTEIN IN CHINA was an interesting experience because this film gave me a chance | 0.998609 | Isaac Florentine has made some | of the most incredible movies I've ever seen in my life! I am so surprised it took years for me to see this masterpiece, but when I did it made me want more! This movie is just amazing! It should be recognized as such! <br /><br />I was so confused at one point when I first first saw this film! I then was so thrilled when I finally was able to go to it on DVD! This movie is one for the ages! It is the first truly amazing movie I've seen! A great movie, I would not trade it for anything! The acting is simply phenomenal! <br /><br | 0.542489 | 0.455837 | 0.364738 | 1 | 0 |
It actually pains me to say it, but this movie was horrible on every level. The blame does not lie entirely with Van Damme as you can see he tried his best, but let's face it, he's almost fifty, how much more can you ask of him? I find it so hard to believe that the same people who put together Undisputed 2; arguably the best (western) martial arts movie in years, created this. Everything from the plot, to the dialog, to the editing, to the overall acting was just horribly put together and in many cases outright boring and nonsensical. Scott Adkins who's fight scenes seemed more like a demo reel, was also terribly underused and not even the main villain which is such a shame because 1) He is more than capable of playing that role and 2) The actual main villain was not only not intimidating at all but also quite annoying. Again, not blaming Van Damme. I will always be a fan, but avoid this one. | It actually pains me to go on such a lengthy review of this gem - if I were to say a bad review, then it would be inexcusable. This is one of those films in which a very gifted and talented author has given his voice in such an uncompromising, raw, unsentimental manner that one wonders what might have driven James somehow to make it. His story begins from an unnamed, unnamed background of poverty, in a small, isolated village, where a young girl is abandoned at the age of nine, whilst the young boy, a stranger to her, grows up to be the eldest son. To say that those involved in the | 0.998858 | It actually pains me to say this, but I believe the title is one of the most brilliant and entertaining films in the history of film! Not only does the movie consist of the director's wonderful, almost poetic interpretation of modern love and longing, but also has the most beautiful cinematography I've ever seen.<br /><br />(It's really cool actually, when the camera starts to move through the lush, lush tropical jungles during sunset.)<br /><br />If you ever go to a tropical resort you'll be impressed by the beauty of the landscapes - and the scenery is one of the reasons I recommend films like this, they provide a whole new | 0.99891 | It actually pains me to see people criticize this movie as crap. No, it's NOT crap. It's a fantastic movie. A great example of how to make a movie that is "real". A movie that doesn't take itself seriously and treats those you don't like in a fair manner. And there are those people that say that "Crouching Tiger is for everyone" but to me it's not. It's for the Chinese people and the only people who need to see this movie are the Chinese "people". As an Italian family we have to do the "Crouching Tiger" move to see each other, but if you are a foreign | 0.998927 | It actually pains me to write anything negative about this film. I had fun watching it. The acting was just as I was expecting (very good indeed) and the plot was excellent. <br /><br />The only problem I have with this film is the fact that I can't watch it on English subtitles. I would have paid to sit through it on German or Spanish subtitles. For this reason I'd leave it with a 7 I reckon.<br /><br />For the first half of the film most of the characters are the same. Then it becomes interesting as they all gradually start to fade to the background when it turns out that something sinister is going | 0.998873 | It actually pains me to see people like this who say that it's OK for a director to make a lot of cash and then just spend most of his/her time on boring action sequences, and to make a film that is totally unfilmed, poorly written and even not based on a book! This is a shame as this film is a fantastic look at the early 70s military and military combat. It looks good with its colourful costumes and all. The action sequences in this film never get dull and they are pretty exciting and quite hard to take out of view. The only downfall I can see as a critic of Hollywood is that the film really lacks | 0.002009 | It actually pains me to watch or listen to them discussing the state of the country and it's economy. They are simply not talking. We don't need to hear how bad it is, that's what some people are trying to do. We actually want to hear how good this is, that means the economy is on the right track, etc.<br /><br />One person who's been critical of the economy by other commentators in the past was right when he said, "I am a supporter of any government that tries to give the people a good deal...a government that gives them hope...the government that gives them dreams." And then he proceeded to tell | 0.0005 | It actually pains me to say this, I really hated this film. I had little faith in it and I really was expecting to be bored. The premise was too simplistic. No matter how hard they make you laugh, and how much one can joke a few times, it's still something new. And the script was just crap. All I wanted to watch them act in, was them in some very funny routine. Instead, they tried to act serious, and they didn't do that very well. One thing I like about old comedy films that people love is that they have lots of references. In fact, sometimes they keep using the same reference every time, | 0.000488 | It actually pains me to see how a great British thriller film is sometimes treated as a comedy. What is it about? Why, a great cast, terrific writing and great performances by good actors, none of them major stars, who are really good at their jobs.<br /><br />The cast do a great job here, and we see good performances from some of the major actors in the business. There are many good things in this film: nice and predictable situations, but predictable situations in films generally are not good, but the predictable "in the movies" are better. However, in this film, we do have some nice surprises. How well they work together | 0.998897 | It actually pains me to see how many films get such praise and acclaim because they have a good plot about a serial killer on the loose and he/ she likes to get his/ her victims for his/ her money. But sadly because they focus too much on the film's lack of sound in a film which actually is about a woman and her children and so not worth spending any more money on.<br /><br />Now on the positives, I will admit, that the movie does take a backseat to the plot and this might be a reason the film failed me watching it, but I still had a good time. Like I said, the plot was about | 0.977325 | It actually pains me to say that this movie was the worst thing to come out of the Hollywood studios since the "Oscar" was awarded and it was awarded last week! To me the last "Oscars" were nothing more than the worst thing that could have been done.<br /><br />This movie could have been one very beautiful movie. It is about a young boy named James that has a terrible temper and he has to be constantly disciplined. He has no friends, he is not allowed to have a girlfriend, he does not have as much time for sports and he is not allowed any extracurricular activities. He goes out to the neighborhood | 0.000493 | It actually pains me to | see people criticize this movie as crap. No, it's NOT crap. It's a fantastic movie. A great example of how to make a movie that is "real". A movie that doesn't take itself seriously and treats those you don't like in a fair manner. And there are those people that say that "Crouching Tiger is for everyone" but to me it's not. It's for the Chinese people and the only people who need to see this movie are the Chinese "people". As an Italian family we have to do the "Crouching Tiger" move to see each other, but if you are a foreign | 0.512368 | 0.194625 | 0.946863 | 1 | 0 |
Technically I'am a Van Damme Fan, or I was. this movie is so bad that I hated myself for wasting those 90 minutes. Do not let the name Isaac Florentine (Undisputed II) fool you, I had big hopes for this one, depending on what I saw in (Undisputed II), man.. was I wrong ??! all action fans wanted a big comeback for the classic action hero, but i guess we wont be able to see that soon, as our hero keep coming with those (going -to-a-border - far-away-town-and -kill -the-bad-guys- than-comeback- home) movies I mean for God's sake, we are in 2008, and they insist on doing those disappointing movies on every level. Why ??!!! Do your self a favor, skip it.. seriously. | Technically I'am a Van Damme fanatic. My main source is the movies. There is a cult following in the world of movies. The only way to get your name on the cover of a newspaper is if you are in the movie. That's one of my favorite reasons to watch films. Besides the movies, there is music, also. One of my friends, who is only 30, started listening to Van Damme's music (especially the first album)from 1987-94. "War Machine", "Vicen", "Mistress Of the Damned", "Dead Force", "Vicen", "Narc | 0.998081 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan. The movie was actually good (well it was not my idea to watch it, I just love that movie)but with a bad acting(and badly chosen plot)in my opinion the movie was one of the greatest DePalma movies ever(Happy Days, Night of the Demons, etc.).<br /><br />This movie was also a great success to Van Damme fans. They gave him many prizes and he became one of the greatest movie stars in the world. The movie is a 90 minutes, great and intense. You need to see it. If you liked The French Connection 2 then you definitely will | 0.998735 | Technically I'am a Van Damme freak, but some of the videos were boring. So, I saw this on a whim, and was more than eager to watch a decent movie. I could watch it again, to see if I was all right just waiting for the 20-minute ending credits, just to see if I was still hooked on my favorite, and not just because it is the first half that is actually worth watching. It is a film where the writer gets the point, and does not rely on the script for any reason. That script is actually boring. And all the action is, by the way, totally predictable. That is a definite consub | 0.989304 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan (at least I should be: I like him quite a bit) and for a moment I felt some sympathy for the little role he plays here: "Hell Is Hot", as he's called in this film, sounds like a movie of the day from the 1980s/1990s. But on the actual film, it turns out that he's not just simply being plodded along with an interesting script (although there are a couple of cool one-liners) but really doing some weird, and frankly, amateurish (at his personal best) performances. And that's not all: the | 0.000596 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan, but this is just a good film. It is not a comedy or drama but a kind of action movie and even I like it like that.The acting is good, so much so that it goes beyond your expectations and the effects are very nice.The plot and the story are really interesting and I can see that I liked the director very fast.<br /><br />I am definitely a Van Damme fan and this film will be a big tribute when I am watching on TV. I liked the fact that it is a true action movie.<br /><br />I recommend it highly.<br /><br />And this is my way for | 0.998934 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fans, that's why I bought this DVD back when the movie was still on DVD. But when I was 7 years old and started watching this movie I must say that I love it! It's a great movie, full of humour and it's a good time for kids! It must be very fun seeing this in the cinema after my mother died due to lung cancer.<br /><br />Well this movie is a bit older (1986) and it should be watched again. I like it, I'll watch again it in 1980 when I was younger and it was fun as I was watching some | 0.998927 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan, but unfortunately, he was a bad lead actor! He's very much a "bad" actor and not only has he been an actor for years he has done many, many, many, many bad movies, like this, I'll quote some, it's not very good....<br /><br />It's one of the worst movies ever, with no action at all to keep the movie going (and sometimes it even gets boring after 20 minutes) I've ever seen. But the funny part is that the script writer tries hard to write bad movies, and they fail miserably! I don't know how the | 0.000489 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan, but, to me The Terminator (2004) was the very best film that Van Damme had in his repertoire.<br /><br />Its script, direction and plot are outstanding. The cinematography is top notch, the sets are magnificent, the character development as well as the acting are just superb. This film was a movie made to impress critics and it has done so with success, it has even earned a place in every critics' collection.<br /><br />A real classic of its kind that really deserves a place in the pantheon of great cinema. 9/10. A perfect film that not | 0.998932 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan, and while I do not get the 2nd film about the character Vant, there IS another great Vant movie out there which I have not seen. Its Vans first attempt at making a movie and made the story and plot on the same level of Van Damme. However, it wasn't just any movie, but a live action film of the Vans first movie. How does The Wackerman get a chance to be a live action movie? The Wackerman has tons of cool and fun scenes and also a great soundtrack with a great music score, though I wish this movie would have had more music. | 0.998468 | Technically I'am a Van Damme fan and I don't know why I didn't see this film at all in my childhood. For me it's the first movie of his in all kinds of vehicles, which are very cool in this case.<br /><br />When I saw the trailer, I thought he must be a lot more stylish, than his first two movies. Then I found out he played a very bad cop in this film. When I saw it on the DVD, i thought he must be the best of these movies.<br /><br />The plot is a bit original and sometimes even scary. There are so many elements that makes the movie so original. | 0.998911 | Technically I'am a Van Damme | freak, but some of the videos were boring. So, I saw this on a whim, and was more than eager to watch a decent movie. I could watch it again, to see if I was all right just waiting for the 20-minute ending credits, just to see if I was still hooked on my favorite, and not just because it is the first half that is actually worth watching. It is a film where the writer gets the point, and does not rely on the script for any reason. That script is actually boring. And all the action is, by the way, totally predictable. That is a definite consub | 0.999994 | 0.931339 | 0.510155 | 1 | 1 |
Honestly awful film, bad editing, awful lighting, dire dialog and scrappy screenplay.<br /><br />The lighting at is so bad there's moments you can't even see what's going on, I even tried to playing with the contrast and brightness so I could see something but that didn't help.<br /><br />They must have found the script in a bin, the character development is just as awful and while you hardly expect much from a Jean-Claude Van Damme film this one manages to hit an all time low. You can't even laugh at the cheesy'ness.<br /><br />The directing and editing are also terrible, the whole film follows an extremely tired routine and fails at every turn as it bumbles through the plot that is so weak it's just unreal.<br /><br />There's not a lot else to say other than it's really bad and nothing like Jean-Claude Van Damme's earlier work which you could enjoy.<br /><br />Avoid like the plaque, frankly words fail me in condemning this "film". | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting, poor dialogue, bad special effects, stupid character development, weak plot, cheesy dialogue, weak action (I swear, those 3 letters are in CAPITALS). This is a real piece of ***-shite. Even when they go to Hollywood (not with an auteur like Robert Rodriguez but with the likes of this, a cheap wannabe version of Quentin Tarantino), you know that this is a low budget film.<br /><br />From bad acting to that 20 year old in a black uniform who, after a scene in a car filled with no-one else, walks into an office and talks to an | 0.000486 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting, bad writing, and so many other errors. It's only 15% over.<br /><br />'Sgt. Pepper' was the most enjoyable experience any of us have ever had in film. This film may be one of the most irritating films ever made, but still enjoyable to watch. I give this film an 8 out of 10. It's the perfect movie for watching with a roommate, or two. 9/10.<br /><br />This film may be one of the worst films I have ever enjoyed in film (after all I love films). The film is basically, but | 0.000671 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting and a complete waste of time. The plot is simple, I suppose, but it was so incredibly weak that I kept expecting the worst when seeing a film like this. It's unbelievable that someone could be so unskilled and inauthentic in such a minor role as the film's 'director'. As I said before, I'm not particularly bothered by some very low budget films nowadays (if anything they're only occasionally so), but this stuff is so bad that it's difficult to get any positive thoughts out of it. Also, the title is rather ridiculous, considering 'the director of this film'. I suppose it's | 0.000481 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting. I wanted to throw up right there. I can't believe anyone thought watching this was anywhere near as bad as I thought it would be. The acting, like so many other aspects of this film could be compared to a garbage can. It's almost funny how much of this film you have to make yourself laugh at. The "spacemen" at the beginning were a joke. Why they didn't let any of the other actors walk and talk just made me laugh. There was so much dialogue it felt as though there should've been subtitles. The whole scene the guy with the flashlight and the guy on the bike was | 0.000498 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting, bad direction. Don't even bother with this film. If you just went to see it for the sake of "breathtaking" scenes of beautiful women, you might as well buy the DVD edition. As it is, you are actually watching one great hour of "Bastards of the Universe". The only really funny scene however is a very, VERY crude scene where a man is tied up by the female lead for 5 hours. And don't believe every guy who praises this film. They could not possibly be aware of what a cheap excuse this film is. A good plot and good editing could not even save | 0.000482 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting and bad production value. I was expecting something funny, a lot of fun. And not only to make fun of it - for sure. It's not. We are always to many good to laugh or for some reason. The reason for that, I think the movie makers - they don't know if they're watching a comedy movie or a horror movie. I would love to see a good action movie like this because for a action movie we have tons of bad actors and scenes and not that many good action scenes. But here are some examples of a bad action movie - for example: The Terminator Movie, Blade Runner Movie, | 0.000488 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, terrible acting. It looks on that of a bad copy of a 70's cult film; but it's not. It's an indie that's much better, with a better budget, lots of great scenes, a great script, and acting well above the rest of the competition. If you're looking for entertainment, try this one! There is also a great documentary on the make up and effects. This film is definitely worth seeing. Don't judge it based on its title of "The Movie of the Year". What you are looking for is a laugh-out-loud movie of this nature. The special feature is a movie that | 0.998671 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad acting, bad directing. Don't waste your time with this. The director had a habit of making movies with two actors and having the guy take a part and the girl make it. The idea of a woman who's married to a man who has a lot of money and knows the best way to spend it, is a dumb one. The husband spends all these dollars to have his wife married off and to have his son take over the house. Now, the wife and son are poor, so it has to do with getting these bad guys off the hook, it's just that the guy is a millionaire and he can't go | 0.000485 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, bad music, bad acting, bad script and one of the worst villains ever. I guess this was the reason for the poor marketing, that probably has to be the same reason why the title is the worst ever on the box. It reminds me of the awful remake of "Dodgeball". The film could be better if not for the cheap-looking make-up. Anyway, if you don't like the characters or the story, stay away from this one. Especially if you are old and fat. Anyway, I rate this film as 1/10. You know i rated all bad films with a 1/10. | 0.000487 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, the worst cinematography I've ever seen on a film.<br /><br />The main character has to have the best job in the world to get out of one bad situation, to find some money with which to pay for his son. But he is too naive to figure out that to pay for his son, he will need to cheat his way out of one of his own situations - and he really does cheat his way.<br /><br />The acting is horrendous for someone who is supposed to play an intellectual businessman, but the scene where the character is being con-man has the most unbelievable and implausible situation ever.<br />< | 0.000483 | Honestly awful film, bad editing, | bad acting and a complete waste of time. The plot is simple, I suppose, but it was so incredibly weak that I kept expecting the worst when seeing a film like this. It's unbelievable that someone could be so unskilled and inauthentic in such a minor role as the film's 'director'. As I said before, I'm not particularly bothered by some very low budget films nowadays (if anything they're only occasionally so), but this stuff is so bad that it's difficult to get any positive thoughts out of it. Also, the title is rather ridiculous, considering 'the director of this film'. I suppose it's | 0.491173 | 0.566663 | 0.369167 | 0 | 1 |
This flick is a waste of time.I expect from an action movie to have more than 2 explosions and some shooting.Van Damme's acting is awful. He never was much of an actor, but here it is worse.He was definitely better in his earlier movies. His screenplay part for the whole movie was probably not more than one page of stupid nonsense one liners.The whole dialog in the film is a disaster, same as the plot.The title "The Shepherd" makes no sense. Why didn't they just call it "Border patrol"? The fighting scenes could have been better, but either they weren't able to afford it, or the fighting choreographer was suffering from lack of ideas.This is a cheap low type of action cinema. | This flick is a waste of paper. It's a complete disgrace to science fiction. First of all: the film starts with a big bang, then goes through a series of time-lapse "frames" (and we never know what is happening in each one) - then we stop and watch something. The result is a totally convoluted film with no obvious story. It has only one central idea, but most plot holes that you will find in your standard "science fiction" movie are there. All through the movie there seems to be more than one way of going about a scene. For some reasons or another you probably won't watch it but there are | 0.00049 | This flick is a waste of time. Most movies that could be made about the Korean War fail to be "war of the century" level. Here, by far, is the best effort: realistic, exciting and the war that it depicts is almost true. In fact, I think it might be the truest one ever. It shows things how they really are, and the military has no respect for civilians and no regard in matters of war. To say nothing of the moral and human side. Although I think that the movie is only a "movie" it was filmed in a realistic way, and I could have made out from the sound track what the events | 0.994023 | This flick is a waste of talent that I find it hard to accept as such a cheap knock-off of the "I Love Lucy" TV series. The acting is laughable...especially by the cast of amateurish 80s actors such as Joe Don Baker and Donald Pleaze. The comedy is laughable as well: everyone, in the old "Smokey and the Bandit"-type "funny", but not funny enough to be of any practical interest or entertainment value. I found the show and the film (which should be re-released some days--perhaps even with some bonus features) to be quite boring and lame. The movie does | 0.000492 | This flick is a waste of time and money!!! What a horrible waste! I saw the opening credits and felt the urge to change the channel and walk out.<br /><br />The acting was mediocre at best and the plot is absolutely unbelievable. Some of the characters are one-dimensional and some are downright cringe-worthy! How the heck it happened to these folks with the names of all of those movies is beyond me.<br /><br />The music was annoying and the whole thing had this annoying pop-psychologcial vibe to it that was completely out of character. And who cares about all of the actors trying to make you buy their acting skills - it wasn | 0.000485 | This flick is a waste of celluloid; it is not an adventure film that has the element of danger, it is not epic in character study of a troubled family. Nor is it a comedy. Instead, it is an action comedy...with a lot of action. I am surprised by the high ratings given it. As any other review states, it has more laughs than the average feature film. The actors do a fine job with this film especially in their individual parts. Their ability to put the actors in the proper character is evident in the use of facial expressions and body movement. And to their credit, they do a great job at directing the movie which is | 0.002871 | This flick is a waste of time. If you got a video camera you could hire an "actor" to improvise the story. That's what this movie will be to you. What kind of man does this guy get to play on TV--well if he's got to play that part then he won't be in the habit of having a camera when filming his scenes. He could have just went to a public school and taught his way through the film.<br /><br />Also, most of the acting is amateur. What is with this guy who looks like a real 3rd grader? What kind of thing does this guy do, and how | 0.000486 | This flick is a waste of time. Even though it may have been dubbed into English speaking countries. They will never understand what this movie is based on. I have never watched a movie in English speakers who can understand what this script is about. The ending is very confusing. It should start at a new beginning. We do not get to know how the family got to the town after 21 years and all they knew from the beginning, the little that was known. The plot could not be better put into words. The ending just came off like it was an unexpected part in the story...which I did not expect in the first place. The story is | 0.000492 | This flick is a waste of time. It's great to see that the main characters are real. They are people who actually live in the real world. While others try to make their best of their situation, this people really know how to. There's a lot of good and some very bad scenes. One scene where they are having their wedding (about 20 years early) is very moving. But sometimes scenes are unbelievable. For example, the person who was killed was only about 40 years old (I thought that seemed like an old guy), but yet he killed his son and wife before he died. That is a very hard thing to believe | 0.003039 | This flick is a waste of time, or at least a large part of a large portion, to me. You might as well leave this review on the bottom of the box to scare the hell out of your parents, or else the police! So it is better to get in a bar and watch it, which is the best way for you to get the real movie, and you will probably enjoy it more than you thought you would. This movie is a comedy, but also a horror, which would be a nice combination to a comedy. You won't believe any of the actors, and if you have never been to see a comedy like this, or even | 0.000514 | This flick is a waste of time. As other reviewers have noted, it is not the kind of movie in which I really would sit through, it just goes on and on, and yet it never really reaches an end. This is something else that some may think I am not capable of. I've read some blogs over it that were quite a bit more negative and this was one of them. I will keep my opinion to myself. A warning, if you were able to actually watch the movie, because I can't, then you won't be impressed by it in anyway. I have never wanted this movie more in my whole life, and still do not | 0.000494 | This flick is a waste | of talent that I find it hard to accept as such a cheap knock-off of the "I Love Lucy" TV series. The acting is laughable...especially by the cast of amateurish 80s actors such as Joe Don Baker and Donald Pleaze. The comedy is laughable as well: everyone, in the old "Smokey and the Bandit"-type "funny", but not funny enough to be of any practical interest or entertainment value. I found the show and the film (which should be re-released some days--perhaps even with some bonus features) to be quite boring and lame. The movie does | 0.503723 | 0.655558 | 0.23639 | 1 | 0 |
Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), was a decent film, but I have a few issues with this film. First of all, I don't fault the actors in this film at all, but more or less, I have a problem with the script. Also, I understand that this film was made in the 1930's and people were looking to escape reality, but the script made Ann Sothern's character look weak. She kept going back and forth between suitors and I felt as though she should have stayed with Paul Kelly's character in the end. He truly did care about her and her family and would have done anything for her and he did by giving her up in the end to fickle Neil Hamilton who in my opinion was only out for a good time. Paul Kelly's character, although a workaholic was a man of integrity and truly loved Kitty (Ann Sothern) as opposed to Neil Hamilton, while he did like her a lot, I didn't see the depth of love that he had for her character. The production values were great, but the script could have used a little work. | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), also known as 'A Woman and Her Woman' was filmed in Italy by Charles Vidor. Although set in Italy the movie deals with themes of love and romance, but also a lot of the movie deals more with themes of the sexual excitement of a married couple.<br /><br />The story focuses on two people, played by Ruth Roman and Paul Lukas, both seeking to explore their sexuality. They end the movie together.<br /><br />The movie has some other great stars like Walter Matthau, George Burns, Jean Arthur, Bill Murray, and George Burns, his wife (played by Ruth Roman), playing the other husband.< | 0.997943 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), by the great Hitchcock: "A young writer is given the responsibility of the 'blind date' between two of his friends. His secretary (Nell Young) is so nervous that she loses her temper with him. Instead of letting her down, he goes ahead with the date. She ends up falling head over heels in love with him. That is perhaps the best part of this classic. The story goes on from there, of how she ends up at his apartment, the love blossoms and then...." I have seen and enjoyed almost all "honest" Hitchcock films. Of those Hitchcock films that I have seen, | 0.998609 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), directed by William Cameron Menzies, and starring John Garfield and Jean Simmons, is one of the most controversial and maligned of film noir classics.<br /><br />The film is considered to be the first film noir, which is a significant achievement, but even today, it fails to get the respect it deserves. The story takes place in a post-WWI New York City apartment and revolves around a love story between a straight-laced man and a naive woman who have been attracted to each other since the day they entered the apartment building and moved in. They meet their real love interest in the elevator of the building, who they | 0.99824 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), the second film in the "Miracle at the Roxbury" series, contains one of the worst acting performances ever made by James Stewart, and the script contains lots of silliness that does little to enlighten or impress. It takes place at some kind of a public beach, and when Stewart gets down to it, he's just a typical "ratty old geezer". No one seems to be able to guess why Stewart has to go and get a date - he just gets flippantly invited to spend a night with an attractive young woman (Iain Glen, later the good Bomer) who just happens to have the best | 0.000503 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), directed by George Stevens (who also directs "Wild River", "Monsieur Véron" and also "The Bad Lieutenant"), is indeed a classic film featuring an American who lives in Argentina in search of a Mexican (with whom he is secretly in love) and ends up falling into the arms of the Mexican. Although he is able to find "El Pino", or "The Rabbit" as a result, with the help of his fellow passengers, his American life still remains fragile and the couple decides to part again just after the plane takes off. The movie is set against the Mexican Revolution of the 1930s | 0.99831 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), also called the White House Ball, is a romantic comedy with a great cast, including the legendary star Lon Chaney Sr. who became the first black to have an Oscar nomination in that year.<br /><br />This is very funny, very good acting, and there is plenty of romance, romance, romance!!! A great show on the screen, to make your heart feel like you were surrounded by all the people that you love most!!! And in "Blind Date," you can choose to watch this comedy that will be worth your time if you are looking for something which will allow you to feel good after watching, and that is the | 0.998915 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), starring John Wayne, Robert Armstrong, and a big cast of other famous names made me watch this film again, and I recommend this to anyone who wants to see one of the most memorable film comedies ever made. No, not as silly (a "twist" comes in), no "silly," but it's very entertaining. Although there's an overuse of women, the story keeps you on your toes and makes the viewer laugh out loud while watching them. One of the many things I like about blind date is that most of it was shot on location, which allowed for plenty of interesting locations to be used (in particular | 0.99893 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), a tale of high-octane love under fire in WWII, is a classic of American cinema. Set on a Mediterranean island, The Time of the Prodigy, starring Robert Stack, James Mason and Barbara Bel Geddes, is a romantic tale of love and death that could apply to any time of life. The plot centers on the misfit Will, an aging artist who is stranded in a seaside resort to make his pension. Will begins meeting glamorous young women, like Vivienne Johnson and Margo Hart, and is in love. His romance leads Will to the attentions of the mysterious Dr. George Vidal, a doctor who | 0.998769 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), based on a 1933 short story by Jack London, is perhaps the most moving and touching romance ever made. It is an account of a young boy (Jackie Gleason) being swept away by the attraction of a beautiful, intelligent woman (Elinor Glyn). In the final analysis, Gleason is a strong and well-balanced character, who can do anything he sets his mind to. The main attraction of this picture is Glyn's acting, and in the end, Glyn manages to capture Gleason's true meaning of life, through his own words. The film's conclusion is a bit sad, | 0.99889 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), the first romantic comedy ever made. It is a great satire of Hollywood which was being rebuilt in 1934, the early days of the camera. With the help of some really talented actors, like Erich von Stroheim (on a rare turn) and Charles Winninger (the best comic actor of his time), we can observe the way that Hollywood had moved from its more refined stage in to the stage of its daily work. But the movie is even funnier than it looks at first. There are some scenes where the movie can seem completely predictable. But I thought it was fun to see them. I especially enjoyed | 0.998839 | Blind Date (Columbia Pictures, 1934), | directed by William Cameron Menzies, and starring John Garfield and Jean Simmons, is one of the most controversial and maligned of film noir classics.<br /><br />The film is considered to be the first film noir, which is a significant achievement, but even today, it fails to get the respect it deserves. The story takes place in a post-WWI New York City apartment and revolves around a love story between a straight-laced man and a naive woman who have been attracted to each other since the day they entered the apartment building and moved in. They meet their real love interest in the elevator of the building, who they | 0.999999 | 0.999999 | 0.644526 | 1 | 1 |
I first watched this movie back in the mid/late 80's, when I was a kid. We couldn't even get all the way through it. The dialog, the acting, everything about it was just beyond lame.<br /><br />Here are a few examples... imagine these spoken real dramatically, way over-acted: "Oreegon? You're going to Oreegon? Why would anyone want to go to Oreegon?"<br /><br />"Survivalists? Nobody ever told us about any survivalists!"<br /><br />This movie was SO bad, my sister and I rented it again for her 16th birthday party, just so our friends could sit around and laugh at how awful it was. I don't think we were able to finish it then either! | I first watched this movie in high school. I remember that the story of the main character's struggle against the bad guys made a big impression upon me - it was quite different from most teen movies of that era. It was actually kind of refreshing for the time - no swearing, no violence, and little sexual imagery or themes. However, there are a couple of things that I liked about the movie:<br /><br />1. The story was intriguing. Not every teen movie will engage you, but this one did. It left you wanting to know what was going to happen next.<br /><br />2. The music was good (some of it was | 0.998834 | I first watched this movie when I was nine and it still has a special place in my heart! Being a big fan of the Disney brand, the first movie I got when I was three is not really a Disney film anymore. In fact, I now think this movie is even better. <br /><br />Even after going through seven languages in my youth, I still can recite every single word of this movie! I truly believe that this movie is based on the life of a real boy. I think that the story about a brave and young boy will stay with you all your life.<br /><br />The story is actually quite interesting - a boy | 0.998882 | I first watched this movie about a year ago while I was down in Connecticut for a weekend of family reunions.I knew I had to see this movie because I was introduced to many of the character’s in the short fall television series they hosted while I was there.Apart from that and the wonderful acting by the cast and some great singing by the voice of Telly Mac (The voice of The Cosby Show for one),this is a great movie that really took me back to my childhood.Everytime I watch it it makes me want to be a child again.I wish that I could take it back.I wish that this wonderful family would have it, but alas,it | 0.998904 | I first watched this movie some years ago and I've always liked it a lot. My son watched it with friends on Sunday last Friday and he was very pleased with it, but I wasn't so much pleased. Some things about it that really struck me however and which make me agree with the views of others, was that it was a very strong romantic, and there was a strong underlying conflict based on feelings for the two main characters, particularly when our protagonists were so young. When we looked back on it 15 years later and now think back on it, there was clearly much more there that I had at the time, but there were some positives that | 0.998586 | I first watched this movie on television while it was still in the early days of the Disney Channel in this country, and I was struck by its vividly childlike humor. This is one of the few, little films that I feel should be available in all good, home video channels in all the "big" chains. There are some things that have been missed from the original film, but it is a good addition, and the children's version is definitely fun. For those not familiar with the original film, this one also shows how Mickey Mouse was portrayed in the Disney cartoon, as well as how the new characters (Dinah, the female Mouse, | 0.998908 | I first watched this movie in high school and it was one of the last films we screened at the movies before we would all go to work. My parents had seen it before and they had loved it, so they bought a large copy. When the movie came on I could not take my eyes off it and it was about the most riveting I had watched before.<br /><br />Over the years I have watched this movie over and over again and every time I watch it it is more and more intriguing to me. For my part I just thought this was one of the most beautiful movies ever made. I also think the acting (both male and female) | 0.998894 | I first watched this movie when I was 9, that was a long time ago. I still think of it today with still many times. It may have lost it's freshness since then, but it still holds just as good. It's a great piece of work and it still has something to say for today. If you are an avid horror fan, or watch horror films on the big screen, it is definitely worth watching.<br /><br />This movie may very well be overlooked by most horror fans out there, because it isn't as great as a film like Cast Away, Night of the Demons, Vengeful, or some of the classic | 0.998891 | I first watched this movie about 15 years ago. My first memory of it is me having great fun with the 80's' TV show "The Sopranos". The movie's storyline was fascinating. It was a great way for me to spend a couple of hours. Since that time, I have never seen another movie like it. Now that the movie is made into a film, I am eager to see more from it. With my current movie schedule though, I can hardly possibly sit through it all. There are some scenes that just don't add up in my head. That will have to wait until much later. But here are | 0.998851 | I first watched this movie after seeing it recently. It was still very funny and it's still the last comedy I have ever enjoyed seeing in cinema. The plot was simple even though sometimes the jokes and puns were very heavy. I can remember the scenes when the children start to talk and they go to the bedroom for their clothes and everything seems more and more difficult. Then I just fell for it when the children decide to leave their own house. This movie is definitely a must see for all fans of comedy and I'm glad I got the chance to see it for the first time. It also gives me lots of inspiration. You can find it in the DVD | 0.998926 | I first watched this movie when it came out on VHS, and I was pretty shocked by how dark there was; the movie went from being mostly scenes shot in black and white to dark scenes in black and white where you could see the light coming from the camera, which was extremely disturbing at 50 Shades of gray! The plot was also quite dark, but it is in there and it never really really leaves you wondering what the true motive is!<br /><br />There was some really sad scenes in this film. If a character really doesn't make it and dies, that really is tragic. But the reason why they don't seem to make it | 0.005727 | I first watched this movie | about a year ago while I was down in Connecticut for a weekend of family reunions.I knew I had to see this movie because I was introduced to many of the character’s in the short fall television series they hosted while I was there.Apart from that and the wonderful acting by the cast and some great singing by the voice of Telly Mac (The voice of The Cosby Show for one),this is a great movie that really took me back to my childhood.Everytime I watch it it makes me want to be a child again.I wish that I could take it back.I wish that this wonderful family would have it, but alas,it | 0.563338 | 0.48911 | 0.511661 | 1 | 1 |
I saw the Mogul Video VHS of this. That's another one of those old 1980s distributors whose catalog I wish I had!<br /><br />This movie was pretty poor. Though retitled "Don't Look in the Attic," the main admonition that is repeated in this is "Don't go to the villa." Just getting on the grounds of the villa is a bad idea. A character doesn't go into the attic until an hour into the movie, and actually should have done it earlier because of what is learned there.<br /><br />The movie starts in Turin, Italy in the 1950s. Two men are fighting, and a woman is telling them the villa is making them do it. One man kills the other, then regrets it, and the woman pulls out the knife and stabs him with it. She flees the villa, and after she's left a chair moves by itself (what's the point of that?), but when in the garden a hand comes up through the ground and drags he into the earth.<br /><br />From there, it's the present day, thirty years later. There's a séance that appears suddenly and doesn't appear to have anything to do with the movie. The children of the woman from the prologue are inheriting the house. The main daughter is played by the same actress who played her mother. At least one of the two men from the prologue seems to reoccur as another character too. She's haunted by some warnings not to go to the villa, but they all do, since if they do not use it, they forfeit it. People die. A lawyer who has won all his cases tries to investigate a little. The ending is pretty poor. Why was the family cursed? An unfortunately boring movie.<br /><br />There's an amusing small-print disclaimer on the back of the video box that reads "The scenes depicted on this packaging may be an artist's impression and may not necessarily represent actual scenes from the film." In this case, the cover of the box is an illustration that does more or less accurately depict the aforementioned woman dragged underground scene, although there are two hands, and the woman is different. It's true, sometimes the cover art has nothing to do with the movie. I also recall seeing a reviewer who had a bad movie predictor scale, in which movies with illustrations on the cover instead of photos got at least one point for that. | I saw the Mogul Video with my older brother on the day before his birthday. We rented it to discuss the nature of human beings and human society. And in the film it discussed and demonstrated not only that the world will not accept man is God, but that a man is God is not a good thing: only God is good. I found his dialogue encouraging considering that we had a younger brother who likes to spend time with computers and video games - something I admire. The film also discussed the human tendency to envy, which we all know makes people greedy. Mogul also examined the concept of the Godhead, and how this concept underpins the modern world because | 0.998813 | I saw the Mogul Video at a festival in 1991 where it was screened in French. A lot of money was spent on the making of this film. There were some people from Canada in attendance. What was interesting is that 20 years after it was made, several people from Canada have not forgotten this film. It was such a great film and brought people together to talk about their dreams. That certainly remains my take on the film. I love it, and if at first the viewer doesn't know who the characters are, it is still compelling with subtle scenes of hope, humor, and friendship. To them, it felt like they were | 0.998847 | I saw the Mogul Video for the first time recently and just saw as good as the last 6 episodes I've watched. The movie keeps pace well, but then goes awry as some of the plot takes a turn for the worse. I found the character's dialogue to be one of the best sequences in the entire series and I always find Mr. Catherwood's narration to be a delight. I find it to be a delight when the series transitions to either another episode, which I believe is called the Doppelgang or a new title screen, which I believe is called the End Game. My only problem is the show's tendency to cut scenes to | 0.998788 | I saw the Mogul Video Noir of 1936. It was the first time I saw "The Mysterious Mr. Jones." The film was originally titled Mister Jones, and, I suppose, the title changed because it dealt with the mystery and involvement of the unnamed servant who turns up once Mr. Jones loses the jewels he was keeping. That's probably why it was renamed to The Mysterious Mr. Jones.
I don't think people like to go for historical types; they go for thrillers; thrillers are supposed to be exciting; They're supposed to be scary; They're supposed to be fun. I find The Mysterious Mr. Jones | 0.996157 | I saw the Mogul Video in this morning at the cinema. The plot is basically on a space station, where a crew of scientists is doing their best to prevent a war from being fought. After the first movie, the space station had to be rebuilt by the crew.<br /><br />The film started with the crew of space station, having been attacked by an alien from another planet, killing the first officer and leaving two survivors. All of the crew were taken prisoner by the aliens, who were sent back to Earth, to kill and eat the two survivors. You can probably guess where this one ended.<br /><br />I like the ending, the film | 0.998441 | I saw the Mogul Video at the Hollywood Video Channel (and in general, I thought they were very entertaining), so we agreed to watch it at the same time. <br /><br />It's almost the same movie--a young girl and her mother (in the latter's case, a woman--she is played by a woman) are engaged to marry (in a small village in Eastern Afghanistan)--they are traveling along one of the most dangerous roads in the world.<br /><br />As the movie moves toward its epic finale, which takes place within a 12-minute scene that really does take away a lot from the rest of the movie; it | 0.006039 | I saw the Mogul Video a couple of years ago with no recollection of the movie. It is a brilliant satire as the film attempts to be a parody whilst not being a rip off (at least that's what it tries to be).<br /><br />The characters are funny, the scenes engaging, and the humour delivered in a way that is both original and believable. But what you will most likely be most interested in is how the characters actually change throughout the movie. The Mogul Video is about a guy who was fired from a big-time acting company, and goes out into the streets to tell his story in a daring way. The film is clever | 0.998783 | I saw the Mogul Video for the first time in 1991. Seeing as to which company we had such to own, it was a major thing to me. It started with a 3/4th "I don't think, I am gonna do that" scene. The whole movie was about a guy who is going on a break from his girlfriend, the man has his mind on his sister. He hires a girl who is also, not really sure what she wants (as well). The movie was funny from start to finish. You have to see it to it, but it gives you a clear concept of the movie. Also, how | 0.998801 | I saw the Mogul Video here at the Toronto Film Festival. I really enjoyed it - the camera work was sharp, and the acting was good - with the most memorable scene probably being the scene during the fight. I also saw the Trailer - it was pretty cool, in my opinion. But the most special part about it (well, at least for me) had been when the crew had set up and moved everything over to a new location! Wow! We're used to seeing the film filmed near Vancouver, and Vancouver actually used one of their own locations, a huge lake, for the Vancouver locations!!! No matter where they are filming anywhere, it's always got | 0.998822 | I saw the Mogul Video on DVD on the same day TCM aired a documentary about the Indian film company (Purvesta) and the early work of Vichitra Mahadevan.<br /><br />I was excited to watch the new movie (also the documentary on the same day!) because while the M.G. is very entertaining and entertaining, I expected P.M.A.'s work more.<br /><br />Having said that, I thought the M.G. was a better movie. Having said that, I wasn't sure I would like it so much. The film moves at a very quick pace, but the fact that the film makes several | 0.998636 | I saw the Mogul Video | for the first time recently and just saw as good as the last 6 episodes I've watched. The movie keeps pace well, but then goes awry as some of the plot takes a turn for the worse. I found the character's dialogue to be one of the best sequences in the entire series and I always find Mr. Catherwood's narration to be a delight. I find it to be a delight when the series transitions to either another episode, which I believe is called the Doppelgang or a new title screen, which I believe is called the End Game. My only problem is the show's tendency to cut scenes to | 0.760633 | 0.65912 | 0.860145 | 1 | 1 |
A group of heirs to a mysterious old mansion find out that they have to live in it as part of a clause in the will or be disinherited, but they soon find out of its history of everybody whom had lived there before them having either died in weird accidents or having had killed each other.<br /><br />You've seen it all before, and this one is too low-budget and slow paced to be scary, and doesn't have any real surprises in the climax. No special effects or gore to speak of, in fact the only really amusing thing about the whole film is the quality of the English dubbing, which at times is as bad as a cheap martial arts movie.<br /><br />3 out of 10, pretty low in the pecking order of 80's haunted house movies. | A group of heirs to a massive oil fortune are trying to stop a war. There are always going to be those who think Hollywood can change the world (or change our world's laws)! But the producers (with a 10 year budget) think that Hollywood can change the world. The main character is a man who can't understand why he's got a bunch of oil rich pals who think so highly of their talents that they would give him 10 million dollars. Who can say what will happen next?<br /><br />Yes, it's a bad movie. But watch out for the great 15 minute scene with a large truck that is | 0.000501 | A group of heirs to a mining empire inherit a fortune and use it like a trampoline for killing off the neighbors. But then they realize that a few kids want to join them in their killing spree. What becomes of the mining empire now? The movie is in spite of itself! It's very silly! I laughed at so many things during the whole process! But then suddenly it falls apart very much like the beginning! The ending is kind of sloppy. The acting is just average and that's why I say I'm not sure about it all. The script needs perfect tuning in any case! I liked the ending and the way the whole thing ended. It | 0.002118 | A group of heirs to a late aristocratic family (including Sir Cedric Lawrence, Gwyllyn Ferreira) have a series of misadventures as they are in search of ancient books. The book to be exact. The group is led by young Sir Cedric, who doesn't look older than 16, but he has quite the impressive physique for his age, and is quite good looking. I haven't seen a lot of this particular cast, but I know I wouldn't recognize anyone they played too. They have a great sense of humour, yet are very self-centred. One of the group steals the show, in a bizarre | 0.997519 | A group of heirs to a family fortune stumble upon a mysterious artifact (an ancient tomb) and must retrieve it in order to pass their wealth to the next generation, while surviving a deadly battle. 7/10 I did not care for this film at all. It would have been great if they could have gone by historical accounts and found out what exactly the artifact was, but then they could not have made the connection. The story was pretty bad and the acting was awful. The whole film was pretty predictable and there was no plot. I was just disappointed. The special effects were also bad, and they kept showing what the artifact looked like. There is | 0.000486 | A group of heirs to wealth and status want to get their inheritance back after their late parent is murdered by the murderer they hired.<br /><br />The film starts out with 3 men looking for answers and with a search for a dead guy that they believe to be the murderer. They meet up at a hotel looking for a girl who has taken a liking to the two other men. They get there and find the other 3 guys and they all go to a room where they meet back up with 2 of their neighbors who are looking for the girl. They also meet the dead guy that they are hunting. They don't believe they are hunting the guy | 0.992334 | A group of heirs to an abandoned amusement park decide they have to find new attractions and turn this park into a real amusement park. Their attempts at turning the park around are laughable. How does the park turn from a haunted and disney-like park into a fun family amusement park? You must see the previews before you watch the movie to fully understand. It is a film that is far beyond it's time, as it could well have been done in DVD. The action is what takes the film right around the turn, but this is not a movie for children. I thought the story was hilarious. The cast are great in this film. I'm certain that | 0.985135 | A group of heirs to a family estate, looking forward to the day they can live happily and peacefully, accidentally meet after years away. This story is not only about the people that meet again, but they are in their first attempt to live their new lives and the consequences that arise from it. This is really a heart warming film that deals with one of life's greatest mysteries. If you ever get a chance to watch it, go ahead, it might just change your life for the better. It is a simple and touching story that the audience will laugh, cry, and think long about! This should be aired every week on the cable TV network, on the | 0.998912 | A group of heirs to the country's greatest gold mines discover a mysterious plot to take over their homes and wealth. A little knowledge of folklore and history is used to make this a satisfying thriller. Unfortunately, the screenplay is quite poor. What the characters say, do and think never gets mentioned. The movie fails to bring up some of the interesting historical background on which those characters are based on, and the film lacks a complete atmosphere. But the story is believable enough, thanks to the excellent ensemble cast.<br /><br />One of my favourite historical thrillers. One of the best ever from start to finish. For those who do not believe the legend, if | 0.997887 | A group of heirs to a dying family with a mysterious past discover that they are the only ones who can control the universe itself.<br /><br />- The original 1980 (see also 1988) adaptation by director Alain Resnais was an astonishing success for this franchise.<br /><br />- The reimagining by director Jean Claude Van Damme (1990) continues the storyline and is the best sequel for fans of the franchise.<br /><br />- The latest incarnation is definitely the most violent and action packed on the whole franchise and would be one of the best Die Hard installments in history if | 0.998729 | A group of heirs to the land of The North arrive at a monastery in the mountains. Their leader, a man called Jacks (Jack Wild) is the son of a prominent town head called Acheson (played by Bruce Davison). His clan, who are always at the edge of the world, has just taken over from a priest called Francis (played by Bruce Dickinson), who wants to be in control of the world. The only reason he's not taking orders from his fellow people is that he's from an unhappy family in England where the family has been through some pretty rough times. It is during the time that Jacks and a few of the | 0.995173 | A group of heirs to | a late aristocratic family (including Sir Cedric Lawrence, Gwyllyn Ferreira) have a series of misadventures as they are in search of ancient books. The book to be exact. The group is led by young Sir Cedric, who doesn't look older than 16, but he has quite the impressive physique for his age, and is quite good looking. I haven't seen a lot of this particular cast, but I know I wouldn't recognize anyone they played too. They have a great sense of humour, yet are very self-centred. One of the group steals the show, in a bizarre | 0.999999 | 0.915172 | 0.415709 | 1 | 1 |
Now, I LOVE Italian horror films. The cheesier they are, the better. However, this is not cheesy Italian. This is week-old spaghetti sauce with rotting meatballs. It is amateur hour on every level. There is no suspense, no horror, with just a few drops of blood scattered around to remind you that you are in fact watching a horror film. The "special effects" consist of the lights changing to red whenever the ghost (or whatever it was supposed to be) is around, and a string pulling bed sheets up and down. Oooh, can you feel the chills? The DVD quality is that of a VHS transfer (which actually helps the film more than hurts it). The dubbing is below even the lowest "bad Italian movie" standards and I gave it one star just because the dialogue is so hilarious! And what do we discover when she finally DOES look in the attic (in a scene that is daytime one minute and night the next)...well, I won't spoil it for anyone who really wants to see, but let's just say that it isn't very "novel"! | Now, I LOVE Italian horror movies and am a big fan of films like The Others, Hostel, Nekromantis, Hostel 3 and the list goes on and on. This movie doesn't quite live up to those expectations, but does it for what it is.<br /><br />The story is fairly original - at one point it would have been better to develop it a bit more and it would have made for a more believable story. There do of course some twists and turns and characters are introduced which make this film even more intriguing. The acting in this film is also good as are the special effects - so in a word, 8/ | 0.998884 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror movies. But these type of flicks are overrated. If your just going to make a flick from a bad joke at another movies cost (or to be honest, your life) - I would rather have a low budget remake of one of Tarantino's projects. I thought they had the most original idea. They really make the movie. But why is the script this crap? The plot is so predictable. At the least a "spoiler" warning:<br /><br />- In the beginning one boy gets shot, another girl is killed and he gets the bullet - why? <br /><br />- A guy is killed | 0.000495 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror movies and I know a decent Italian horror film just won't be able to beat a 10, but this flick is definitely a keeper for the horror fan. It's a classic example of great lighting, great direction and excellent acting to combine together into a really entertaining piece of Italian horror. It's definitely a fun movie to watch during a cool late August night, especially if you like some comedy with some gore thrown in. But, there's nothing I would rather see than the little bit of cheesy lighting, cheesy acting and bad special effects.<br /><br />The film is about a boy named Giovanni (David Thewlis). | 0.998919 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror and films. This was my first Italian horror film and my first experience with TCM, a.k.a. The New Criterion Collection. This was the film that showed me just how good of a job the director, Sammi Danielsen, and the rest of the filmmakers of The New Criterion were doing.<br /><br />This film is very scary and really does have some of the best performances as far as Italian horror go. As much as I love the old movies, I didn't realize just how well preserved it is. The film makes a statement about the times in which the film was made, specifically around the year 19 | 0.998863 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror films and especially films like The Mummy and The Invisible Man. So I should probably check these out. However, I don't think I'm a fan of a good horror movie. I tend to stick to the films that I really enjoy watching, those films that are entertaining but don't need a lot of special effects. Well, it turns out that horror films are a bit predictable now, and the new ones come through as being a bit lame. I mean, the monsters are as good as ever but the story is kind of dull.<br /><br />(This film is rated R, which most definitely isn't for children, | 0.010278 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror movies and I think this is one of my all-time favorite horror movies. No one could possibly be that bad. At my very first viewing of this little gem I was in total shock. It had quite a good opening which gave me all the necessary information I needed to know about this movie. The movie went into great detail, which is usually not the case anymore in low-budget horror movies. This movie has everything, all the gore, and I also feel a little bit of love for the director. It feels like he is directing this movie at least as though he is showing us his "dream work". He does a great job and | 0.998925 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror flicks! I think that's why I like them so much! If they use the best Italian gore film ever made, I won't care how much the others may be bad. I just want to see these really great films again! <br /><br />Well, the main villain in this movie isn't really so great. We get a glimpse about why the movie's really bad. Why? Because some times, the actors used too much and that's why the movie is really bad. Because, if there is no blood action (what we get), the movie is just boring. There was no gore in this movie. They | 0.000531 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror movies.<br /><br />This first one really stands out.<br /><br />I think the most frightening thing about it, to me, was not the movie itself, but seeing the characters. It was a great mix of character development as well as humor.<br /><br />One reason this came to mind were Tom Cruise's "Braveheart" and "Return of the King." <br /><br />The story is also great. It has a few twists and turns as well as a bit of a sequel story. Its also about an insane guy who kills a bunch of family members.<br /><br />As a horror | 0.99891 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror flicks and love watching those with great gore, excellent costumes, and that the story's intriguing. This is such an entertaining movie with amazing gore. The "ghost" is pretty frightening, but not frightening enough to spoil it for me. The story is well-written and the characters have good dialogue. The direction and location photography are great too. I give this movie 9/10. Excellent movie and a lot of fun! My favorite parts of the movie were all in the cellar, but then the scene with the old man hanging in the ceiling was pretty cool, too.<br /><br />I give this movie a 9 | 0.998937 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror films! But...this flick was just so...bad. I had no idea a man who had sex with this blonde could do anything without a condom!<br /><br />I knew I was up against a tough guy, and I really wanted to hate him. And he made me do it - and even with my wife in the room I didn't see it coming.<br /><br />If there was a good film I'd like to see, I would have a good time, but I'll never be happy with this. Just plain ridiculous. This film was so badly written that it could have been a soap opera.<br />< | 0.000486 | Now, I LOVE Italian horror | movies and I know a decent Italian horror film just won't be able to beat a 10, but this flick is definitely a keeper for the horror fan. It's a classic example of great lighting, great direction and excellent acting to combine together into a really entertaining piece of Italian horror. It's definitely a fun movie to watch during a cool late August night, especially if you like some comedy with some gore thrown in. But, there's nothing I would rather see than the little bit of cheesy lighting, cheesy acting and bad special effects.<br /><br />The film is about a boy named Giovanni (David Thewlis). | 0.512694 | 0.255834 | 0.864595 | 1 | 1 |
This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick is about a couple of inheritors of a manor in the Italian countryside who head up to the house to stay, and then find themselves getting killed off by ghosts of people killed in that house.<br /><br />I wasn't impressed by this. It wasn't really that scary, mostly just the way a cheap Italian film should be. A girl, her two cousins, and one cousin's girlfriend, head to this huge house for some reason (I couldn't figure out why) and are staying there, cleaning up and checking out the place. Characters come in and out of the film, and it's quite boring at points, and the majority of deaths are quite rushed. The girlfriend is hit by a car when fleeing the house after having a dream of her death, and the scene is quite good, but then things get slow again, until a confusing end, when the male cousins are killed together in some weird way, and this weirdo guy (I couldn't figure out who he was during the movie, or maybe I just don't remember) goes after this one girl, attacking her, until finally this other girl kills him off. Hate to give away the ending, but oh well. The female cousin decides to stay at the house and watch over it, and they show scenes of her living there years later. The end. You really aren't missing anything, and anyway, you probably won't find this anywhere, so lucky you. | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick by Giorgio Morandi is probably the very best film he has ever made. Here he plays a young actor, played by Massimo Ballerini, at the local theatre, where he wants to write a play for his students. Along comes a wealthy and aristocratic man named Luigi (Jeroen Kruijssen) who also happens to be playboy, but when a student falls in love with him (who plays a minor role) he decides to tell Massimo the same thing, even though he does not love his wife (who is played extremely well here by a much younger Sondra Locke). Because of | 0.998374 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick was a disaster.<br /><br />I could just feel the dread of the film-makers as they worked away.<br /><br />I did not know why Italian director Pasolini took his time to make such rubbish.<br /><br />I saw this film by accident in the cinema on Thursday and I was really disappointed to see how cheesy the film was.<br /><br />Pasolini had a good enough vision to make a film that was not just a simple slap-stick and to come off as interesting and fascinating - but it was that same cheesy look that made me feel cheated. The camera-work is so weak and the director seems | 0.000484 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick is made up of a movie with a great ensemble of actors (I'm thinking of the guys from Lobo and the Scorpions as well as the aforementioned Scorpions). It starts as an interesting little western with lots of good action sequences and some great dialogue - it was supposed to be a little film about a Texan's dream job with the FBI. However, the more I watched the movie, the more it seemed to be a satire towards the Western and police genre in general. The lead character, who played the Mexican sidekick, a Mexican bandit who lived as a native and was killed by the Mexican policeman, as | 0.000509 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick features a superimposed, superfluous soundtrack, a nonsensical story, and an overbearing, over the top, over-the-owl script. If you've ever been a fan of a particular movie, and it's a classic and you wanna watch the same thing, there may be no excuse why you can't watch it. No matter how tedious it might appear otherwise, this is still a worthwhile watch. I personally find this version of "Cat People" very enjoyable, seeing as how it's the only version of the film I've seen and it's simply a delight. The film is fun to watch with the subtitles | 0.993247 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick was all the fun of its early day life. This tale of a young lad (the great actor, Burt Reynolds) who is being groomed by his father to become an accountant but he has little sense of morality and is often a jerk. His father is a big believer in the school boy code and teaches him to be a good person so that his family's legacy will live on. In actual fact, this is an excellent film about life on the streets and the struggles an average family may have to live through. While the "Burt Reynolds" (The Hippy Kid, John Cassavetes) and "The Joker" | 0.998147 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick is just a slap in the face to the director, the writers, the actors and the studio. A couple of interesting scenes: the scene where the two girls meet in a bar. This is the best part of the movie: they are the most romantic couple I have ever seen. Then the movie turns into a garbage can: two guys who are "intelligent" and "educated" (they were not and not even close to being educated) and they fall for each other. This leads to a "kiss" scene in the "love's hotel." Then the film finally turns into a "movie": the two girls get engaged | 0.000501 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick is supposed to be about three different people having heart-to-heart conversations in a café or somewhere similar. What I saw made me think this was true.<br /><br />The problem is simple, this is, among other things, a bad Italian film made under budget. A lot of scenes are so long, you really think you've seen it, but I didn't think I was. The dialog is stupid as heck. There are some parts that have a bad laugh - like when the husband tells his parents his wife was "bad". There are lots of scenes that I didn't think I've ever seen before, but probably I've | 0.000484 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick offers great insight into the Italian art (and lack thereof) that's evident in the film's themes and the characters' choices. I'm fascinated by the fact that the Italian cinema community have a hard time appreciating "the art" when it comes to their favorite types of movies.<br /><br />The premise of the film - 1961s youth who all go out of their way to save the lives of their local water-goddess (who was drowned by a river murderer who is also a water-goddess) - is both historically and politically in touch with contemporary Italian society as well. This is one of | 0.991528 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick is based on Cian Masterton's best-selling novel. It's a romantic comedy, set in the 1930s, starring a young John Gielgud as a young poet whose "lady's eye" (as many call his novel - the title: "The Blue Brief Case") is the young lady who marries his estranged hero, an ageing poet. The film is one of the best romantic comedies ever made, and is a great testament that not all modern romantic comedies have to be made by romantic actors.<br /><br />It's a terrific cast, most notably John Gielg | 0.998188 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick is about a girl with a big heart who saves two other girls from drowning. They are not quite likeable characters but they are real human beings and it is an excellent film with very good special effects (though the CGI is quite dated now). The story is a bit simplistic and repetitive, but there is far more to it than meets the eye! There are two main characters: the two girl who are the most appealing (and they look great), and the two that are not as good, and you get all kinds of interesting situations. This makes for really enjoyable viewing, and the camera work is rather inventive. I liked the action scenes | 0.998908 | This cheap, grainy-filmed Italian flick | is made up of a movie with a great ensemble of actors (I'm thinking of the guys from Lobo and the Scorpions as well as the aforementioned Scorpions). It starts as an interesting little western with lots of good action sequences and some great dialogue - it was supposed to be a little film about a Texan's dream job with the FBI. However, the more I watched the movie, the more it seemed to be a satire towards the Western and police genre in general. The lead character, who played the Mexican sidekick, a Mexican bandit who lived as a native and was killed by the Mexican policeman, as | 0.000003 | 0.460773 | 0.335288 | 0 | 0 |
I just finished watching this movie and am disappointed to say that I didn't enjoy it a bit. It is so slow Slow and uninteresting. This kid from Harry Potter plays a shy teenager with an rude mother, and then one day the rude mother tells the kid to find a job so that they could accommodate an old guy apparently having no place to live has started to live with his family and therefore the kid goes to work for a old lady. And this old lady who is living all alone teaches him about girls, driving car and life! I couldn't get how an 18 year old guy enjoy spending time with an awful lady in her 80s. Sorry if my comments on this movie has bothered people who might have enjoyed it, I could be wrong as I am not British and may not understand the social and their family structure and way of life. Mostly the movie is made for the British audience. | I just finished watching this film.<br /><br />It looks as though it takes place on a daily basis, but who knows what daily life is like for the residents of the community in which this takes place in California. We find out on several occasions as to why the inhabitants of the community appear to be so different from the surrounding suburban areas. Each of the characters is unique and interesting.<br /><br />This film will keep you occupied with various characters, with the added element of suspense. It is also a great reminder that there is hope in the community, and as with all good things, it is all good.<br /><br />I recommend this | 0.998934 | I just finished watching this movie this morning and honestly, I was a little surprised about the film's ending but it ended up being just what I expected. It didn't seem like it was done because the ending came as unexpected. Overall, there was so many great parts to this film. It's only really been picked up in the United States recently because of its location (the United States does not seem very appealing or sexy to British viewers. That's probably because I only ever watched British films and movies, not horror films. I can tell this is a little off topic but the reason for this comment is that I just watched an episode of Ghost Adventures on T | 0.998876 | I just finished watching this film, and I must say to all of you, that if you look for a good film with the same subject matter and a good director, you will definitely be disappointed. I did, however, find the acting in particular really cool. I loved the "Gunslinger," and also the casting of a young girl as a girl! I never expected to like the movie so much. While I agree with Mr Ortega that the ending is somewhat bittersweet, I thought the entire film was actually quite effective. The acting and storyline in this one wasn't in any way bad! There were good songs in there. They even | 0.998919 | I just finished watching this movie...I have had this series in my collection for over a decade. But after watching this, it seems it's never done right. First off, the movie opens with the "Spartacus" theme played by a bunch of guys in skimpy tops singing their own rendition as a sort of preface to the movie. <br /><br />As for the plot, while some say it focuses on a romantic love story, as in the classic 'Romancista,' others say it focuses on the story of Julius Caesar. <br /><br />I'm also disappointed not just in the plot, but how it was handled with | 0.000495 | I just finished watching this, and this is the first movie I had ever seen from Tobe Hooper. I saw the original Planet of the Apes movies, it had a different screenplay, I will admit in certain scenes, but still I liked it. This movie is, for the most part, excellent. In my opinion Tobe Hooper's most original feature.<br /><br />The premise is similar to Planet of the Apes, and the acting is good. The script, well, I guess you should consider yourself lucky. This is the first movie I had ever seen from Bo. Although the character who I think did it best is Tobe | 0.998908 | I just finished watching this movie and if it has been rated 7 (unrated in the UK) in theatres it must have been a really bad box office release. The story line is excellent and the acting is really superb. My friends and I laughed throughout the whole movie until they became angry. I have seen a couple of movies where acting isn't at it's very best but at most is good. This film was just excellent. The humour was great and the ending was really funny. This is probably the best animated film I have seen this year and if it isn't in store by Christmas I'm going to buy it. Please give it a wide | 0.998922 | I just finished watching this movie yesterday on TV in one of the cities that I was recently in. I was extremely excited and very pleasantly surprised. I found the story interesting and very moving. The movie made me think about a lot of the issues that we deal with in modern society. I agree that technology is becoming more and more relevant with technology being the most powerful force in our nation's history. I think if we stop using technology, as people become more technologically literate, we will make far better citizens. The concept of a government is always interesting to me. I don't think that the idea of a monarchy works out very well for the citizens. | 0.998884 | I just finished watching this episode for the first time and couldn't stop watching. First, the opening sequence was breathtaking. The way the camera started and ended, had me gasping for another episode.<br /><br />Then, there was the fact that the ending was a bit abrupt. It felt rushed, but I understand why it was done this way to fill some time. Now, back to the story... The movie was filmed in a very beautiful and naturalistic way. The movie was not very long, so the focus stayed on one character, a man who was so much more than a good man.. a family man who had always been in love.< | 0.998859 | I just finished watching this show.<br /><br />My favourite characters are the "Fleets." "Flint." "Boomer." <br /><br />But not the last one.<br /><br />I still love it, though.<br /><br />I also love playing as an idiot. This show has it. <br /><br />I can watch this show any time. I just hope that there will be more seasons. It is a fine show to watch again.<br /><br />If you can't live without having to endure it, watch this show again. It is fun again.<br /><br />You will find many | 0.998884 | I just finished watching this and it's great. This is probably my favorite episode of the first season. In fact, what may be the funniest episode I have seen is "Miserable" (or "Death and Deity"). The story and character development is all about, as usual, the characters taking the leap to what they really feel about their relationships with those closest to them. It's never going to be perfect, but at least there's a whole lot of great comedy in this episode! The fact that it's not really about sex at the end just makes it all that much funnier! I enjoyed the ending to "Heavenly Children | 0.998906 | I just finished watching this | film, and I must say to all of you, that if you look for a good film with the same subject matter and a good director, you will definitely be disappointed. I did, however, find the acting in particular really cool. I loved the "Gunslinger," and also the casting of a young girl as a girl! I never expected to like the movie so much. While I agree with Mr Ortega that the ending is somewhat bittersweet, I thought the entire film was actually quite effective. The acting and storyline in this one wasn't in any way bad! There were good songs in there. They even | 1 | 0.999999 | 0.445807 | 1 | 1 |
Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a deeply unhappy adolescent, the son of his unhappily married parents. His father, (Nicholas Farrell), is a vicar and his mother, (Laura Linney), is ... well, let's just say she's a somewhat hypocritical soldier in Jesus' army. It's only when he takes a summer job as an assistant to a foul-mouthed, eccentric, once-famous and now-forgotten actress Evie Walton, (Julie Walters), that he finally finds himself in true 'Harold and Maude' fashion. Of course, Evie is deeply unhappy herself and it's only when these two sad sacks find each other that they can put their mutual misery aside and hit the road to happiness.<br /><br />Of course it's corny and sentimental and very predictable but it has a hard side to it, too and Walters, who could sleep-walk her way through this sort of thing if she wanted, is excellent. It's when she puts the craziness to one side and finds the pathos in the character, (like hitting the bottle and throwing up in the sink), that she's at her best. The problem is she's the only interesting character in the film (and it's not because of the script which doesn't do anybody any favours). Grint, on the other hand, isn't just unhappy; he's a bit of a bore as well while Linney's starched bitch is completely one-dimensional. (Still, she's got the English accent off pat). The best that can be said for it is that it's mildly enjoyable - with the emphasis on the mildly. | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a middle-aged man with mental retardation who lives on the edge of his own world. One day, while walking in the park with his friends, he notices a baby in its mother's arms. He takes it on himself to take care of it, but soon discovers it is not just a baby with an autism but also very sick. A poor man named Jack (Ian McShane), who has a sick son, gives birth to the baby. At first, Ben is not convinced of this. But when he discovers the sick Baby, he becomes very confused and can't understand why he does not have much sleep. The Baby gets into | 0.995518 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a 14-year old boy, at a private school in London. He is very good-looking, and he has very good family. His mother, (Piper Perabo) is a doctor at the hospital. His father, (Peter Winstone) is a nice person. His sister, (Helen Edwards), is a waitress, working at Cafe Rouge.<br /><br />Things are a bit disturbed, and things goes downhill. They are all in a hospital in London (London, England. UK). Their doctor, (Dr David Cameron), seems to be very serious, which is good because it's a real doctor | 0.047561 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a young, gifted but socially inept film student at a major New York University School of Dramatics. He dreams of achieving a movie career in a big studio -- or as he puts it, "A career in writing a lot!!". He doesn't realize, however, that the school's program of film courses is the envy of the other film schools in New York in terms of the number of students in its classes. After all, the only thing worse than being a student in film school now is going to film school.<br /><br />After he gets some acting work at film production company, Alumnae, he finds that | 0.990654 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a schoolboy who loves his father. He is a hopeless romantic and he has just lost his mother. One day, he gets drunk and drives home. In his car is some money and an envelope with a picture of his mother on it. On her birthday, he goes to see her mother but to his dismay, his dad won't allow them to see each other! <br /><br />How can all these events happen? Well they're all connected (in another movie! I really don't know if this is good or poor I can't remember!). I'm not going to go on too much because it's long and boring. | 0.002134 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a good guy who runs away, finds himself a young, but extremely misfortunate woman (Kari Wuhrer), and falls in love with her. He makes the situation even more difficult since he is being pursued by a rival. This is the basic premise of this movie and one of three great Wes Craven films out there. I had been a fan of Craven's movies (and would still be if I hadn't seen all them). But I love this one the most. The other two are The Hills and The Rattler (also produced by Craven), and while all of them are entertaining and good stories, this one | 0.998879 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a typical American. He just wants the easy way out in life and he finds it as a pilot in the US Navy. At the end he decides that he doesn't know which company he is working for and that he has to turn it around. So that he can start a new life. The whole plot is really weird and is very interesting. You really have to watch carefully it is the first movie ever made by the director of the film. After seeing this movie you will get a new feeling: how much you have to work and how much you can lose when you need only the money. You will realise that it is not about any | 0.998721 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a British comedian who plays stand-up after a long time. One night, some friends go out to watch a good movie for free. After a night of drinking at a speakeasy, the friends get so drunk that they make this woman a dinner date. He's an old fashioned British gentlemen, so they all go to find a club, and there he meets Barbara McMurphy (Julianne Moore) who is an Irish woman with a lot to live for. She is a recovering alcoholic, but she is still very attractive - not like Rupert but more sexy than Brad, or that old guy who came to the scene.<br /><br | 0.995985 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a wannabe singer who tries to get into the Big Band but fails miserably in the audition. He thinks about giving up and just getting a job. So he gets hired by the prestigious musical band. It's a big night, and for a fan he tries to be the best. Of course, things don't go according to plan, and at the end, he gets kicked off the band. He still feels like the band could of done better, so he decides to use his influence to help the band on a new CD called 'Dreamers' where he plays the drums on every piece of the CD. Although, they get their | 0.042978 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a young actor who was discovered by a film director after a series of disastrous roles. He is offered a chance to try his hand at real acting. And what a chance he gets! He is invited to work a day as a young artist. However, when he fails to capture the artist's essence, he is not allowed to go on to work. Just at the best of times, he does get into acting. The film, as well as the way it is all structured, is just too fantastic. The performances are excellent, and the script is superb. The cast include some well known faces and young pros.<br /><br />This | 0.998768 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a young but talented reporter for a TV News Channel. With the news channel the most successful reporter in America's history, (Rupert Grint) is looking for a new outlet for his reporting, and is looking to broaden his horizons. When he is offered the job of interviewing a famous scientist, Dr. (Kevin Spacey), who discovered that an underground laboratory containing dangerous radioactive material, (Kevin Spacey's Dr. Mark Gilliam), has been sabotaged, (Kevin Spacey, in a superb performance), by a group of anti-virus agents, (Kevin Spacey).<br /><br />As Dr. Gilliam | 0.998262 | Ben, (Rupert Grint), is a | young, gifted but socially inept film student at a major New York University School of Dramatics. He dreams of achieving a movie career in a big studio -- or as he puts it, "A career in writing a lot!!". He doesn't realize, however, that the school's program of film courses is the envy of the other film schools in New York in terms of the number of students in its classes. After all, the only thing worse than being a student in film school now is going to film school.<br /><br />After he gets some acting work at film production company, Alumnae, he finds that | 0.99998 | 0.989183 | 0.811786 | 1 | 1 |
Every movie I have PPV'd because Leonard Maltin praised it to the skies has blown chunks! Every single one! When will I ever learn?<br /><br />Evie is a raving Old Bag who thinks nothing of saying she's dying of breast cancer to get her way! Laura is an insufferable Medusa filled with The Holy Spirit (and her hubby's protégé)! Caught between these harpies is Medusa's dumb-as-a-rock boy who has been pressed into weed-pulling servitude by The Old Bag!<br /><br />As I said, when will I ever learn?<br /><br />I was temporarily lifted out of my malaise when The Old Bag stuck her head in a sink, but, unfortunately, she did not die. I was temporarily lifted out of my malaise again when Medusa got mowed down, but, unfortunately, she did not die. It should be a capital offense to torture audiences like this!<br /><br />Without Harry Potter to kick him around, Rupert Grint is just a pair of big blue eyes that practically bulge out of its sockets. Julie Walters's scenery-chewing (especially the scene when she "plays" God) is even more shameless than her character.<br /><br />At least this Harold bangs some bimbo instead of Maude. For that, I am truly grateful. And if you're reading this Mr. Maltin, you owe me $3.99! | Every movie I have PPV'd has turned out pretty lame, but this one was quite awesome. Not only was it funny even though it was a teen movie, but the acting was so outstanding that I had to watch the second half several times just to catch it. I have yet to find anything bad to say about the movie or the writers, so I guess that is really saying something. And even better, all of the people who I've worked with are from a "mainstream" school and do not live in this country. It does not matter how many times the people we work with see it on YouTube or whatever it is all the time- it still makes | 0.998912 | Every movie I have PPV'd is a waste of time. Most movies have to be a 1 out of 10 or lower to have me actually turn in. Not the case with this movie, every time one of the characters, a man, breaks out of their own misery, I want just that movie on DVD and turn in. I get so angry at the thought of their misery, that I want to kill them. I feel so bad for all of the actors. They just look so "sad" that they just don't cry on screen, just look like zombies. I've seen movies that were way better than this. For real, this movie | 0.000494 | Every movie I have PPV'd off of the original "Star Wars" series is on cable or the big box, so I have to admit that I have not yet seen it. So, I waited for this movie to arrive on blu-ray and I was pretty eager to see how it played. What I got was just plain boring, uninspired and really, really, REALLY cheesy. There is absolutely no story and in fact, really, the only highlight of the film, aside from the awesome CG landscapes, is T'Faur's costume. And that was about as much as this flick had to offer. The movie is about four young children who are involved | 0.000488 | Every movie I have PPV'd of Burt Reynolds that he was not in. He was usually in movies that were of the B horror type, such as "Tales From the Crypt" or whatever else they came out with. This one had his trademark, "The Kid" look to it. It didn't even seem like it was based on real history, it just was. The kid was very hot, but then again, his hotness didn't seem to make him all sexy. And as the movie went on, it didn't seem like he was hot, he seemed to be getting hotter. To be honest, I have watched Reynolds in many movies and | 0.004761 | Every movie I have PPV'd of any quality. But I watched this movie not knowing that it was by Joe Bob Briggs but I thought I would give it a chance to see what else they have to offer. I was totally impressed.<br /><br />I saw it on the Sci Fi channel and watched it again on my cable. This movie has an incredible story telling. The story lines are simple, easy to follow, and it gives a realistic treatment of people, events and situations. The movie was made in the 50s and is not "flying like a rocket", but more like a slow movie being made in real life.<br /><br /> | 0.998925 | Every movie I have PPV'd out of is one that starts promisingly with enough laughs to keep you entertained in the time left between scenes. I will say that my personal fave is "Star Wars." After the initial joyfulness, you get to meet some great actors, a good soundtrack, and some of the most entertaining animated characters from Disney ever created. "Star Wars" has a great story line, lots of humor, great special effects, and a great soundtrack. I have also watched about every movie in my DVD collection since, but this is possibly my favorite. At least that is my 1st "favorite". A few seconds in the next scene, | 0.998903 | Every movie I have PPV'd and watched recently - including this movie - ends with a pretty good surprise.<br /><br />It's sort of the same formula that made Star Wars so appealing - characters discover they have some latent power within them and the power makes them do what they have to to help - from the time frame one knows they will be taken advantage of it all the time to the end where all is revealed.<br /><br />That's what makes this so appealing. Because it all turns out really, really, really, really, good and is not given too much thought. It's not about "the villain is the good guy". It's really | 0.99891 | Every movie I have PPV'd with friends of mine is a must; you have to watch each movie carefully and look carefully at the ending to see everything which had so far not been revealed. This movie was very much different when compared to all other movies I have had it on my PPV. In terms of story, there was no conflict, and for the first time, I wanted to read the story page by page. I wanted to be there, inside the character's head, and see what it meant to them. I could not be more happy with the movie; the acting, the story, it was brilliant. A wonderful movie, I highly recommend. I | 0.998938 | Every movie I have PPV'd with my wife and I have to concede that this show has the biggest, most dynamic cast I've ever seen. I have only seen the first six episodes, but they are amazing, showing how they can combine their skills and talents to produce an absolutely stunning movie.<br /><br />The best, best part is seeing a bunch of actors who would always be under scrutiny in Hollywood trying to get on board in that part, instead come out of the woods and make a magnificent performance that, with their character, makes you love them, and your heart and stomach.<br /><br />Also, once the movie begins, a few minutes into | 0.998922 | Every movie I have PPV'd for since was better than this, but I give this one the highest rating by a mile. A lot of that could be from the direction, although I thought the script was pretty creative. The photography... not bad. Most of everything else was good, but it is the acting that really made the movie. I found every single one of the characters to be well written as if they were all in this movie just made. The acting overall is like a whole lot better than I had expected for this movie. If anyone is looking to get rid of some bad memories, watching this one is well worth it. I really liked it. It | 0.998939 | Every movie I have PPV'd | off of the original "Star Wars" series is on cable or the big box, so I have to admit that I have not yet seen it. So, I waited for this movie to arrive on blu-ray and I was pretty eager to see how it played. What I got was just plain boring, uninspired and really, really, REALLY cheesy. There is absolutely no story and in fact, really, the only highlight of the film, aside from the awesome CG landscapes, is T'Faur's costume. And that was about as much as this flick had to offer. The movie is about four young children who are involved | 0.092547 | 0.886692 | 0.256929 | 0 | 0 |
Low budget horror movie. If you don't raise your expectations too high, you'll probably enjoy this little flick. Beginning and end are pretty good, middle drags at times and seems to go nowhere for long periods as we watch the goings on of the insane that add atmosphere but do not advance the plot. Quite a bit of gore. I enjoyed Bill McGhee's performance which he made quite believable for such a low budget picture, he managed to carry the movie at times when nothing much seemed to be happening. Nurse Charlotte Beale, played by Jesse Lee, played her character well so be prepared to want to slap her toward the end! She makes some really stupid mistakes but then, that's what makes these low budget movies so good! I would have been out of that place and five states away long before she even considered that it might be a good idea to leave! If you enjoy this movie, try Committed from 1988 which is basically a rip off of this movie. | Low budget horror movie. If the original was a 10, this one will be a 0. Even the action sequence is cheesy.<br /><br />A man (John Carpenter) is an avid gun fancier. He has a 945 caliber gun that is a gift from his older father (George, with whom he got divorced). His gun is displayed at gun fair. However he becomes obsessed with the gun and starts looking for the original on the hunt. But the search doesn't go well until he finds a new one.<br /><br />The action sequences are pretty cheesy. In fact the plot is just as good if nothing else as | 0.000497 | Low budget horror movie. If this movie had had a higher budget it might have won awards for its art directing, editing, sound recording and direction and acted like a serious movie, rather than one-way train and bus rides to a series of locations where you go and see what they were having for lunch. The script, although not original, was actually entertaining and had some laughs. The characters were interesting. The movie is about a couple finding their way to a cabin in the woods on a hot sunny summer day. While they wander, the first thing their eye catches is the abandoned cabin. They take turns taking turns taking turns sleeping in a hammock, while listening to | 0.001148 | Low budget horror movie. If you are looking for the most effective and convincing, well done film for Halloween then this should be your go to for you. This should not be mistaken for the other recent movie that has been very successful for Halloween, Jason Vorhees. It just doesn't quite measure up in both aspects. It is not as well done in the style of Jason Vorhees, it is just plain terrible, all the acting is amateur compared to a movie like Jason as in Jason and the Argonites and Jason the Rapture. This is a movie that is basically meant to take advantage off the popularity of the movie and create one of the fun | 0.000499 | Low budget horror movie. If you want an exciting horror you will really like it. It is not a very good thriller but it's at least watchable.<br /><br />The story has some good actors such as Keanu Reeves, John Leguizamo, Paul Bartel and Christopher Lloyd. They all give decent performances but most of time their acting is not very strong. <br /><br />This is not a great movie, it's not even one of the best horror movies from the seventies or even from the eighties. So I think it is a good mix between suspenseful thriller and horror, so I give it three. But I | 0.001768 | Low budget horror movie. If you see this film you might get a kick out of it, that's what made it "so BORING". This is one film where the director uses cheap special effects in order to make his point.<br /><br />There were several scenes and dialogs that I find boring, like this one in which a police lieutenant is getting an injection for the local killer and she is going out to the party, because she's having a hard time coping. And this in turn led to a very abrupt climax, which also was boring.<br /><br />Another example how special effects get in the way: the killer is given a 9 | 0.000491 | Low budget horror movie. If you have read or are exposed to the subject matter of the movie, you know that it's not meant to be taken seriously. If you've done some of the thinking out loud thinking, the premise alone brings a sense of discomfort. But it isn't the problem of the movie. What the movie is about is a real-life woman's experiences with obsessive compulsive disorder. It doesn't matter how hard a story you hope to tell, it's really, really, really hard to be honest about the subject matter in order to inform the audience of your message or to create a sense of trust in the audience. But, the key for | 0.008025 | Low budget horror movie. If this is the type of movie you like, then this is for you. It has a lot in common with the movie "House of the Dead" but I found the original one a lot better. The special effects are great for what the budget was for and the plot is better too. If you are looking for something to watch on the weekend with your family, then see this. It is a fun movie to get the family together and enjoy. The special effects are excellent. The camera angles are always good and the lighting is always cool. The movie opens with a shot that shows a couple walking slowly down a street and then the scene | 0.998896 | Low budget horror movie. If you liked "Sleepwalkers", this was another good example showing horror on the level of amateurism. Some of the shots were quite well-acted especially by the lead actor. The plot was very similar to the "Shinjuku" movie. It is a remake. <br /><br />"Sleepwalkers" makes the same impression that it gets, which is why I recommend this movie over the original movie. It has a lot of potential but could get lost in the details of the movie. In the original movie, the acting was mostly bad. Since this movie was filmed by amateurs, most of the cast had no | 0.002394 | Low budget horror movie. If the plot is that of a plot, that's a much better ending then it was for me to suffer through the movie at the start. That's because the story behind the horror wasn't given. There was little about the main characters. I wanted them to help out a bit more. It just seemed that we knew what was going to happen with them even when they didn't say anything about it. I wanted to laugh too and at least had a happy ending because I'm one of those who wants happy endings. I did not find this film dull or boring. It was just not scary or even suspenseful enough. I recommend watching | 0.000514 | Low budget horror movie. If you like the genre, it's better than most. And if you're not, it's not bad if you like a film with no storyline and no ending but can be still enjoy watching. 10/10.<br /><br />If you enjoyed this movie, you will enjoy the other in the same series, Ghosts of the Island of Hope. I also recommend renting this movie to a friend who knows very well horror and likes such movies. They will love it. Plus, it helps him to develop his/her senses of horror. It will be fun if a friend of the same genre with a similar taste as yours | 0.998757 | Low budget horror movie. If | you are looking for the most effective and convincing, well done film for Halloween then this should be your go to for you. This should not be mistaken for the other recent movie that has been very successful for Halloween, Jason Vorhees. It just doesn't quite measure up in both aspects. It is not as well done in the style of Jason Vorhees, it is just plain terrible, all the acting is amateur compared to a movie like Jason as in Jason and the Argonites and Jason the Rapture. This is a movie that is basically meant to take advantage off the popularity of the movie and create one of the fun | 0.219801 | 0.556319 | 0.180816 | 0 | 0 |
Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a mental asylum. He has a different approach to the insane. He conducts unorthodox methods of treatment. He treats everyone like family, there are no locks on the patients doors and he lets some of the inmates act out their twisted fantasies. He lets Sergeant Jaffee (Hugh Feagin) dress and act as a soldier and Harriet (Camilla Carr) be a mother to a doll, including letting her put it to bed in a cot. Dr. Stevens is outside letting Judge Oliver W. Cameron (Gene Ross) chop a log up with an axe, it turns out to be a bad move as once Dr. Stevens back is turned the Judge plants the axe in his shoulder. Soon after Nurse Charlotte Beale (Rosie Holotik) arrives at the Sanitarium having arranged an interview with Dr. Stevens about a possible job. She is met by the head Nurse, Geraldine Masters (Annabelle Weenick as Anne McAdams) and is offered a trail position. She gets to know and becomes well liked among the patients. However things eventually start to turn sour, the phone lines are cut, an old lady named Mrs. Callingham (Rhea MacAdams) has her tongue cut out and she starts to get a strange feeling that things just aren't right somehow. Then, one night all the Sanitariums dark secrets are violently revealed. Produced and directed by S.f. Brownrigg this film has a great central idea which builds into a cool twist ending, but ultimately is a bit of a chore to sit through because of it's low budget restrictions and a rather slow script by Tim Pope. There are just too many long boring stretches of dialogue by the inmates, not a lot really happens until the final twenty odd minutes. The film has no real visual quality as it's set entirely in the Sanitarium and it's grounds which is basically just a big bland house in the middle of nowhere. There's no graphic gore in it, a few splashes of blood here and there and thats yer lot. There's a bit of nudity, but like the gore not much. The acting is pretty strong, especially Holotik and Weenick. The photography is flat and unexciting and I can't even remember what the music was like. The twist ending is great, but it just takes far too long to get to it. A film that had a lot of potential that was probably held back by it's budget. OK I guess, but I think it would have worked a lot better if the story had been turned into a half an hour 'Tales form the Crypt' episode. | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a hotel (Mr Green's Hotel) in a small town. He's just about to walk out of business when he meets a woman who's being pushed to the limit by her abusive husband. He soon discovers that she's the daughter of a wealthy doctor who makes a bet that he'll be a nurse on his next trip...<br /><br />The story is very well constructed, the dialogue is extremely comic, and the performances are superb. <br /><br />This is a film that's probably best seen in the theatre, where the humour is more accessible. Watchable if you're in the mood for a laugh this morning | 0.998809 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a tiny school where his wife (Lilia Ortegur) has just divorced. He has to deal with the fact that his wife will be leaving, leaving his wife to manage his school and children and to teach his daughters there. But there is a very, very dark story going on behind the scenes, one which leads him towards the path of vengeance against all those who take over his childhood school. <br /><br />I will say that I think this is one of Ruggi's best dramas, he does a great job. Michael Harvey has a terrific look at a character who is not likable and very different from | 0.998884 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a small travel agency called "The Seasey Company". He runs a "very tight squeeze" on his staff, he is a very strict boss and he has given orders to all his employees not to ever look the same. There are two aspects of Mr Stephens character which I found particularly annoying; firstly the fact that he is always in his dressing gown and the fact that when there is a holiday weekend he always has to be "locked down". This I found extremely annoying.<br /><br />Also, the fact that Mr Stephens is the worst manager at the tour company in terms of behaviour and that he even insults his own employees is | 0.000888 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a small private boarding school called School For Girls called Larkspur Wood & I know what your thinking? 'Mysterious but at the same time comforting' - The fact is he's a nice enough bloke - he's married. He's one of the worst people you'll ever meet. A very sick man, with a bad wife and a troubled son, and no money. He has the best private school around, and looks after all the girls - a nice thing but then you need a man of the cloth to run the whole place. There's a problem though - when he dies the school is run by the same person | 0.004273 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs into a woman (Lisa Schaffer) at the beach and she is to go to sea. They have sex and then he leaves to chase her. He gets lucky and she escapes.<br /><br />After the woman's father calls and reports that she is to come home, she hides in a cave, a forest or in the sea. Her brother is waiting for her, who wants to make sure that she really is safe. He follows him and has to fight off a number of dangerous insects and traps.<br /><br />She then gets a ride from Lewis (Richard Chamberlain) and some other friends along with a few of | 0.992617 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs an old lady home with only one nurse and two housekeepers. Once a year he is visited by a patient. We see her in her room looking at the wall and having a conversation about the end of her life. Then he leaves but only to be back the next day as long as the housekeeper doesn't mention the end of her life. He is just visiting and they are very nice. This is followed by a very good story telling and a very dramatic ending. Definitely a movie worth watching. I highly suggest this. 8/10. (0.45 rating.) IMDb link. The director was Robert Altman | 0.998874 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs down a lane in the early 1970s and meets up with a man called Jack P. Morgan (George Raft), who promises to help him out and helps him make his move to California. He immediately leaves the guy, goes through a few places and ends up in the Big Apple. He starts working in a diner, which is still being run by one of his previous employers, the man who helped him out when he was working as a waiter in a Manhattan restaurant. He quickly decides that he loves his life there, though he soon ends up sleeping with the boss's wife and having several affairs. Soon he gets | 0.995641 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a small store. One day, while taking his dog for an annual walk, he sees the homeless man, who is being abused by a couple. His friend, Tom (Gordon W. Miller), is also a shopkeeper and so helps him with food, shelter from the elements and a safe place to sleep, as he leaves for work. But then he meets Annie (Lilley Brown) who works beside Tom and her other work mates, but has been abused by a drug lord, Ben (Peter Fretwell). He tells Annie that he will look after her. He doesn't understand why he can't tell her sooner | 0.99457 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a successful company that makes products that he designs and that are so popular they have sold out of stock for nearly every year since his arrival there. They do not know the true status of how much is actually left in stock. One of his colleagues (Marianne Hagan) has a girlfriend (Juliette Binoche) who is pregnant and needs an early delivery to meet her contract that calls for no more than 12 weeks. She is given an odd little device that is connected to herself, as well as to the machines at the production facility that are used to make her child.<br /><br />This is the | 0.990377 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs a small business in New York in search of inspiration. One day, he meets the beautiful, but evil Miss Latham (Livia Tassi). They fall in love, but as they get to know each other more, Latham quickly discovers Miss Stephens' secret. Who is behind Miss's evil plans, and can Miss Stephens have the revenge she so wishes for her lover?<br /><br />I saw this movie when it first came out, and still consider this a must see. It is a great romantic comedy, with a great cast. I love Livia Tassi in this movie, I think she played the role well, | 0.998909 | Dr Stephens (Micheal Harvey) runs | a small travel agency called "The Seasey Company". He runs a "very tight squeeze" on his staff, he is a very strict boss and he has given orders to all his employees not to ever look the same. There are two aspects of Mr Stephens character which I found particularly annoying; firstly the fact that he is always in his dressing gown and the fact that when there is a holiday weekend he always has to be "locked down". This I found extremely annoying.<br /><br />Also, the fact that Mr Stephens is the worst manager at the tour company in terms of behaviour and that he even insults his own employees is | 0.171537 | 0.999983 | 0.238566 | 0 | 0 |
The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look In The Basement) is a very cheaply made and very old looking horror movie.<br /><br />The story is very slow and never really reaches anything worth getting excited about.<br /><br />The patients at the asylum are embarrassingly funny especially Sam and the old woman who always quotes an old saying to everyone. (Look out for the bit when she gets close to the camera, tell me you can watch without laughing!).<br /><br />Now the gore is very poor looking, with the blood looking pink in many scenes so it doesn't really deserve its place on the video nasties list!.<br /><br />Overall if you aren't looking for a fantastic horror film and have some time to spare then it's worth a watch. | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Back In Anger) is a great independent flick, starring a very talented cast, many of whom only have one or two credits of their own. The script is just OK, but, with some decent direction to boot, the movie comes out quite well.<br /><br />The story starts out with a lot of suspense. At the beginning, the character's have a great relationship. But their lives suddenly change. When some one threatens their life, they begin to panic. Eventually, when the villainous husband is discovered, they realize it was their daughter who was the one who was responsible for the entire theft of the husband's stock | 0.998876 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now) is a really good slasher flick that is about as good as a remake of Night of The Living Dead or Halloween. Just don't expect the same good gore or special effects as your favourite slasher flicks or remakes.<br /><br />This flick stars Tony Orlando - who also plays a villain in the first two slasher flicks that had their actors in prison - as Jason Grimes, a former slasher who's out of jail trying to get back to his old life before the police found out he was involved in the death of a young girl.<br /><br />We find out the true identity of this | 0.998654 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now) is a movie I think I have read a review in somewhere where a certain director tries to use the movie to make a point...<br /><br />I am all the way through this piece of crap and it is so easy for me just to point out the obvious.<br /><br />The plot is fairly simple, it's a cop is sent to retrieve drugs for criminals from a jail in Brazil. They get to the cell where the drugs are hidden. They enter a prison cell room and take the drugs. Then, as the inmates are gathering around the locked cell, they're shot at with automatic shotguns and they | 0.000497 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Back, AKA: The Lost). Written and directed by Richard Lester, this is a terrific story of romance against reality that is not an easy one to watch because it is a story of war that was the main reason that Hollywood stopped making films years ago. The movie is set in the early days of the Korean War and I have always considered this to be the best war film because of how little action there was. We are treated to only a few scenes of fighting, and this film is not always a strong movie, but still I would still recommend it to anyone. Not going to lie, I didn't love this movie as much | 0.998919 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now) is a wonderful horror film. It has the feeling of the good old classic, but with a twist. This film really gives us a deep understanding of human nature and how we should behave. As you can see, the main character is a person with terrible memory and memory of events from some point in the past. We also see that he has some great friends. He meets and falls in love with their daughter, who works at a diner. However, as the days go by, strange things start happening around him. The person who is playing his memory game with another person is not the same person! He goes into deep depression | 0.998868 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now, Don't See Now) is one of the most wonderful and mysterious Italian horror films of all time.<br /><br />Based loosely on the works of C.J. Anderson (who also wrote the book), the movie follows young orphaned teenage girl who is taken away to an asylum by a man with a fetish for dead babies, and who will only recognize these corpses he's found.<br /><br />It's been ten decades since the incident that led to the girl's arrival in the strange asylum, and things only get increasingly horrifying, once the girl is not only left there by the man, but also has to deal with | 0.998513 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now) is an interesting film; it mixes thriller, action adventure, comedy and horror into one epic that will have your attention the whole time and never quit.<br /><br />This was created as a sequel to the film "The Wicker Man (AKA: Creature Comfort)". A couple of years after the events from the first, the killer from the first is back, and this time he's after an orphan girl, Laura (Judi Dench).<br /><br />Dench is back, but not in the normal way; she still has the same annoying and bitchy attitude but she's now with her son. | 0.998841 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now) comes straight from the old Hollywood tradition of serial killers; not the best example of the genre that many consider to be better made, though, in actuality you should probably know better. This being a horror movie, there was the usual amount of blood, gore and violence.<br /><br />Most of the killings are done with knives, but I was especially impressed by the number of dead people who have been seen without their arms or legs. It is quite amazing that these murders occurred in a film which is so concerned with the supernatural. But alas... there's another factor that's missing from the plot. The story is a | 0.000871 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Back In The Darkness, 1959): A film that is more than just a typical revenge story; there is a touch of occult element (here's an example: there's a girl who tells "the Devil" things that she feels are not true). The film also features a cast with the likes of Gary Cooper, who unfortunately didn't make the best of it. (There's yet another example: the film actually had a better opening, the opening to "The Evil Dead" had actually been filmed, but it was so busy that the camera kept falling in a row behind to allow time for the film to start). | 0.993817 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look Now) is one of those movies you might have seen, but probably didn't make the cut. It is kind of like a thriller without thriller's special effects (in a good way).<br /><br />The storyline follows the characters and twists into the darkest shadows. As the year is winding down this series of events is one for the most exciting times in many years.<br /><br />There is an intriguing character at the center named Rukh. Rukh has a past that takes him into a world that will not be easy to overcome. He seems to be the perfect person to start his family as he gets married | 0.998835 | The Forgotten (AKA: Don't Look | Now) is a movie I think I have read a review in somewhere where a certain director tries to use the movie to make a point...<br /><br />I am all the way through this piece of crap and it is so easy for me just to point out the obvious.<br /><br />The plot is fairly simple, it's a cop is sent to retrieve drugs for criminals from a jail in Brazil. They get to the cell where the drugs are hidden. They enter a prison cell room and take the drugs. Then, as the inmates are gathering around the locked cell, they're shot at with automatic shotguns and they | 0.000001 | 0.369697 | 0.674758 | 0 | 0 |
This movie had a very unique effect on me: it stalled my realization that this movie REALLY sucks! It is disguised as a "thinker's film" in the likes of Memento and other jewels like that, but at the end, and even after a few minutes, you come to realize that this is nothing but utter pretentious cr4p. Probably written by some collage student with friends to compassionate to tell him that his writing sucks. The whole idea is
I don't even know if it tried to scratch on the supernatural, or they want us to believe that because someone fills your mind (a very weak one, btw) with stupid "riddles", the kind you learn on elementary school recess, you suddenly come to the "one truth" about everything, then you have to kill someone and confess
. !!! What? How, what, why, WHY? Is just like saying that to make a cake, just throw a bunch of ingredients, and add water
forgot about cooking it? I guess these guys forgot to, not explain, but present the mechanism of WHY was this happening? You have to do that when you present a story which normal, everyday acts (lie solving riddle rhymes) start to have an abnormal effect on people. Acting was horrible, with that girl always trying to look cute at the camera, and the guy from Highlanders, the series, acting up like the though heavy metal record store (yeah, they're all real though s-o-b's). The "menacing" atmosphere, with the "oh-so-clever" riddles (enter the 60's series of Batman and Robin, with guest appearance of The Riddle) and the crazies who claim to have "the knowledge" behind that smirk on their faces
just horrible, HORRIBLE.<br /><br />I'm usually very partial about low budget movies, and tend to root for the underdog by giving them more praise than they may deserve, in lieu of their constrictions, you know, but this is just an ugly excuse for a movie that will keep you wanting to be good for an hour and a half, and at the end you will just lament that you fell for it. | This movie had a very good plot, it had the right mix of humor and sadness.<br /><br />I thought the cast and writers did a really good job of portraying real relationships from real childhood. I love how the father did not make everyone happy in his marriage but was open about it. This is more realistic than some movies which focus too much on what he needs out of a relationship (you could blame this on an extremely narrow viewpoint of all relationships in this movie...lol) It also helped to show that it is impossible for parents, especially fathers, to "get out of their own hearts" and it could just be to a certain point that their | 0.998932 | This movie had a very interesting plotline - although the action scene and the final battle scene is a little long and could have been lengthened, overall, I liked them very much. They are very well made! I would recommend this movie to people who enjoy a drama as well as a great action movie. And if you happen to be near the beach - I highly recommend this movie - you will love it if you like to swim or just to watch people enjoying the sun, water and the environment around them - you know, the "Sunshine" movie!!! <br /><br />It is very well written. It has a nice, balanced story, good | 0.998939 | This movie had a very good premise--you had to care about the people and their struggles in order to help get them out of their problems. What came out with this script and crew was that the poor, desperate people are out-of-work criminals--they get a single $65,000 a year contract and try to avoid the law with the hope of someday being able to build a new life for themselves and their children through honest work. This concept isn't new, and in fact could have been used in the 1980s, the subject of "The Social Network"--however, that movie had no real problem with the concept-- | 0.000722 | This movie had a very weak storyline and so little action; it was like watching TV. It's a shame, because I have high hopes for it.<br /><br />The plot is just pathetic: A couple (Gerald & Marjane) are looking for their recently adopted child, their daughter Anna. While doing so, they meet a group of women (one of whom is one of their friends) who are not very nice people and have a sinister agenda of their own; they want to turn Anna against her new parent. The first three hours of the movie dragged and had the best scene at the end, which was, in my opinion, the | 0.000489 | This movie had a very different "take" on making movies than other movies. It was made in a small town setting in Alabama just to make you see the world of the "American Heartland" more clearly. The actors were fine, the script, plot lines and everything else were superb. It really added in the sense as to how the lives of people were different in different places of the world. Many movies have this kind of focus done away with like "Titanic" or "American Psycho". Some movies that focus on the "mainstream culture" just do a lot of "filler" scenes that no one pays attention to, or if they do | 0.998922 | This movie had a very entertaining, unique script and a wonderful screenplay that made themalistic scenes feel genuine. I was very impressed by how many talented actors and other characters were involved. My only complaint is a little that the movie was cut short and the ending was so contrived. As the movie came to a close, I felt as if it had finished with too much hype. This is why I highly recommend watching the movie with a wide screen for a dramatic ending that still leaves you with just a bit of drama and surprise. It was definitely a fun movie. But it wouldn't have been the last one. Enjoy! Also, enjoy the film "Star | 0.998923 | This movie had a very good cast and interesting story. But the story had such great potential. The problem was that it was all directed by Robert Alda, but the story was by the director. Alda directed a lot of great movies before he left this earth, so the story was very well directed. He had an excellent idea and he did it very elegantly. The way his plot went down and stayed the same was amazing and that was the story that most people would have liked to see. Also his acting could not be better. He gave a completely original and believable performance. Another great part is that the lead actor is young and attractive for the part | 0.998898 | This movie had a very different twist than the others, not just the ending though.<br /><br />In the previous movie they had a twist at the end in which the villain was killed and the hero lived back. Not so in this one though. It seemed like there was no villain. They had a normal villain, and he would get hurt, yet they didn't really explain him how he got hurt and all, just left it up to their imagination!<br /><br />Anyway, it was well worth watching. It did make me ask the same question every time I watch a movie that I wonder if the "hero" can always see what he is | 0.998824 | This movie had a very good plot and I liked the cast. This movie took place in modern times and the action was very realistic and very believable...if there aren't any action movies that takes place in modern times, this movie is one I want to see again. My 8-year-old loved it as well! <br /><br />Great storyline, action, great character development, well written, well thought out, fun, humorous, exciting. This is a film that is good for the entire family. The movie will leave you laughing, smiling, and enjoying the silly antics. This is a must see for all parents and children on the movie screen at | 0.99894 | This movie had a very weak lead role by Christopher Walken. The rest of the cast were OK except for some extremely annoying jokes and the story.<br /><br />The acting was really good, especially from Tom Savini. One minute there I thought he was a jerk and then the next minute, I figured he was cool.<br /><br />This movie was also fairly predictable, and although it had a lot more laughs than some of the movies I've seen lately, not everything was funny. The ending was pretty cheesy, but I think it was necessary.<br /><br />For 14 bucks, I would watch this again (if it is | 0.010096 | This movie had a very | good premise--you had to care about the people and their struggles in order to help get them out of their problems. What came out with this script and crew was that the poor, desperate people are out-of-work criminals--they get a single $65,000 a year contract and try to avoid the law with the hope of someday being able to build a new life for themselves and their children through honest work. This concept isn't new, and in fact could have been used in the 1980s, the subject of "The Social Network"--however, that movie had no real problem with the concept-- | 0.596453 | 0.994281 | 0.591011 | 1 | 1 |
too bad this movie isn't. While "Nemesis Game" is mildly entertaining, I found it hard to suspend my disbelief the whole length of the movie, especially the situations that Sara was putting herself into. Are we supposed to believe that:<br /><br />1) this hot chick is going to go slumming unarmed around abandoned buildings and dark subway tunnels in the middle of the night just to solve some riddles?<br /><br />2) the protagonists are supposedly such experts that they play riddle games for fun, but don't put the whole "I Never Sinned" riddle together until the very end...and then...and then...get this...she has to do the whole mirror thing to finally put the pieces together?? I know it was the filmmaker's device to show the audience what was going on, but do they really think we're that stupid?<br /><br />3) when Vern and Sara go to the Chez M to question the blonde, there is not ONE topless chick in the whole building. Nada. C'mon. I know it's Canada, but I would expect more from a country that gave us Shannon Tweed.<br /><br />And anyone else notice that when Vern was surfing the Web and found that riddlezone site, that when he moused over the link the cursor stayed an arrow, and didn't turn into a little hand (LIKE ALL CURSORS DO WHEN YOU CLICK ON A HYPERLINK)?!? I mean, if you're gonna have the internet play such a prominent role in your movie, at least get the little things right. Geez. | too bad this movie isn't. it's great in way i haven't seen in a long time. very good script, great acting, good direction, some good performances and a good cast of 'em. its not often i think i loved a movie in such a straight out black and white way. its not everyday you leave the movies with such a feeling. i love you. it's a long story but the story is telling. that's one of the cool things about it. some of the scenes are just so cool. some things are so funny. some things are so cool. some things are so funny. some things make me laugh just thinking of it. | 0.998866 | too bad this movie isn't. When is the next good horror film coming? I want a real good horror film.<br /><br />I haven't seen "The Ring" or "The Possessed" or the "Clued" movies... they all are great for horror. And I remember seeing "The Ring" when I was just 13 - then for the next 20 or more years I looked for them and finally finally found this movie, and now the movies have gotten better and better. <br /><br />I'm a new horror movie fan, and I like that they seem to have less gore in this one and more suspense, | 0.997465 | too bad this movie isn't. It does have some potential to be good. It does contain some humor (like the scene where the girls are in a school dance getting their clothes changed and then the girl who's supposed to be the only person who comes to help get her clothes changed isn't because the guy who was supposed to do it is away and there just isn't a lot of space...that was funny).<br /><br />But it's just not really believable. The ending is just an obvious one and it's not really an ending. Maybe all that is what I'm missing. But since this is based on an actual event that happened, I can | 0.000492 | too bad this movie isn't. <br /><br />The plot is too shallow to entertain the masses. I can't believe someone would come up with this plot idea for a film and not realize how bad it is. It is so corny and the writing is so stupid that I just had to say so. If you are looking for a good watch, avoid. This is not the time for this "movie". This movie was just plain boring. I really enjoyed watching T & H, the acting was great but that was it. The plot was just too thin for a good film. I did love the end, but how did they know when the "bad | 0.000486 | too bad this movie isn't. The title is a parody of Dracula, but the plot is nothing like that. First the movie is the story of a young journalist who has just won a Pulitzer Prize! Second the plot is about a scientist who is obsessed (if not mad) with doing good and the monster he comes across is pretty cute. Third the movie moves slowly through a very dull life story but has some clever moments... and of course, it's always fun to watch a young actor doing something he didn't have to in real life, just for a little comedic relief, and he does surprisingly well!! I recommend this movie if you like horror, comedy, | 0.997443 | too bad this movie isn't. It was in Spanish, which is in no way easy for me to understand. Nevertheless, the plot made good use of Spanish for its characters and the language was well translated. The movie was mostly in Italian which I thought was also effective. I think it might be a better choice than Italian films because the movie is rather simple, but not really bad because it's fun and light.<br /><br />The acting didn't do much with some of the character's but i was not disappointed with the rest as well. The action scenes were very light, the music was really good and the special effects weren't bad. As was the acting | 0.997782 | too bad this movie isn't. I think if people knew what a good movie was they wouldn't be so critical of it.<br /><br />It is basically a true story about a man who, in love with a young woman who is about to have an affair and who is having an affair with someone else, goes to a remote cabin in the woods where he meets the man after having had a few drinks and he, also after having a few drinks, finds the woman with the affair too far to be trusted and she offers him money so he can give her more time with her brother who is out of the closet and tells him she, and not him, has | 0.023344 | too bad this movie isn't. the ending has to be one of the worst endings I have ever heard. the story is not complete, and the conclusion is totally misleading. it really is an excellent movie, and you can't take your eyes off it at the end. the actor's performance is so good, and the director's work is very interesting and thought-provoking. all in all, I think this is a great movie. I am looking forward to the sequel in 6. It is very exciting. I hope to see an exciting sequel to it someday. 8/10. i'll definetly watch the entire thing to see how it | 0.998511 | too bad this movie isn't. It's a very real and realistic look at life for gay people. I'm not a big fan of straight stories, and it's refreshing, but I was interested to see a representation of gay life not from the typical "don't like to date a man to save your pride" point of view. The movie has a very engaging storyline. Some of the more extreme moments are quite disturbing, but if you're the sort person that likes scary and disturbing movies, these scenes are worth the time to watch them. Also, seeing a straight to video movie is good fun. I think that's it's biggest problem though is that everyone in | 0.997595 | too bad this movie isn't. The cast is excellent, but one of the funniest comedies any I have in the past couple years. And it's also a real thriller.<br /><br />The script also fits in well with many other movies, and a lot of the times it made me think to myself "Do they really want us to laugh like this? This is so great, I'm going to do whatever it takes!"<br /><br />All in all, this film is a must see for the fans, and even for those who only see comedies to see the actors act. It also works for any age group. All you need is | 0.9989 | too bad this movie isn't. | It does have some potential to be good. It does contain some humor (like the scene where the girls are in a school dance getting their clothes changed and then the girl who's supposed to be the only person who comes to help get her clothes changed isn't because the guy who was supposed to do it is away and there just isn't a lot of space...that was funny).<br /><br />But it's just not really believable. The ending is just an obvious one and it's not really an ending. Maybe all that is what I'm missing. But since this is based on an actual event that happened, I can | 0.503292 | 0.997508 | 0.614085 | 1 | 1 |
I of course saw the previews for this at the beginning of some other Lion's Gate extravaganza, so of course it was only the best parts and therefore looked intriguing. And it is, to a point. A young college student (Sarah)is finding riddles all over the place and is becoming obsessed with answering them, and in doing so she's unwittingly becoming involved in some game. Now that's fairly intriguing right there but unfortunately it all gets rather muddled and becomes so complicated that the viewer (like myself) will most likely become frustrated. Characters appear with little introduction and you're not really sure who they are or why Sarah knows them or is hanging out with them. All of this has something to do with this woman who tried to drown a young boy years ago and her reason for that was that it's "all part of the design". In reality, it's all part of the "very sketchy script" and when the film is over you'll find yourself feeling that you've lost about an hour and a half of your life that you want back for more productive uses of your time, like cleaning the bathroom, for instance. 4 out of 10. | I of course saw the previews for this movie when I was a kid and loved it; then, I saw it in a theatre, and loved it even more; now, I'm 20 years old, and I still love it!<br /><br />I'd like to say that while I haven't seen any of the other 2 reviews posted on here, I also recommend this movie highly.<br /><br />If you're looking for a good old fashioned comedy that's worth laughing at once, rent this one and own up to being a bit overzealous here and there. It's a nice relaxing movie, and I even recommend seeing the | 0.998928 | I of course saw the original when it first came out and loved it, despite the bad jokes. This made-up joke just didn't work for me. It's a bit hard on an audience whose knowledge of the world is limited to their first exposure to the material as the audience. On that basis, the movie is boring and does not bring us any excitement nor does it leave us with a strong sense of the characters, the people and places depicted. It's a rather tedious, lifeless movie, with a terrible script and terrible direction. That said, if you like the originals, enjoy it and enjoy this movie. It's quite original and well handled. | 0.001033 | I of course saw the previews of this awful movie and knew exactly what I'd want done wrong. When I saw the DVD for my copy, I was truly left speechless that I'd ever paid this man to direct this piece of trash. I'd rather have him live out the rest of his life in a little cage in a garden which looks like it belongs in the garden of a prison. The only actors in this mess were some of the least fit in the world. The directing was pathetic, there was a scene in one scene where a scene is being photographed and when it is on the screen you can hear the camera shake constantly and it was obviously in | 0.000491 | I of course saw the movie in the last 30 years when was 10 years old. I remember my 1 year old sister having to sit there as if it was a war between heaven and hell. It was truly a very dark and evil 70's movie. The movie goes way to far in what it says it is about--the devil and his "friends". The script was so twisted that you just wanted it all to end! And after that it gets really stupid and ridiculous in the end. All in all it is very corny and lame.<br /><br />I really enjoyed the old days when they were trying to make | 0.000487 | I of course saw the movie the week it came out, and my reaction was pretty much as the movie's reaction, when the movie was released and then released in theatres, since I was a kid, but all the same, I loved watching it.<br /><br />It was a bit rushed and it could have been shot up, it had more or less continuity problems. For instance, it was supposed to be a romance and that wasn't going to work, it was supposed to be a thriller, with a guy who can be raped without his knowledge or permission and his character would have to act like one. That's fine, since he's actually | 0.998902 | I of course saw the film, and watched the trailers when both were released. What is so shocking about this film? It is about a man who kills 45 people in a building, and then, in the police interview, tells the police who killed 45 people that he was trying to protect his wife. This can be said of many films of that nature...the one where there is an attempt of killing in the film, but then the protagonist of that film kills 45 people while still running. In the movie, "City of Bones", the killer tries to protect his wife when she gets hurt, and he tries to protect her more | 0.997795 | I of course saw the original film on cable this past Christmas. It had an exciting plot about two young girls who just got together and got along as well as the story I found very funny.<br /><br />The "Buffy" characters make a good pairing. I am not fond of the new characters that Disney has introduced this year. I do appreciate what is good about Buffy as well as the "Buffy/Salem" storyline. The two main characters have grown and are more independent in their choices. I like how they keep pushing their respective destinies, or rather endings. At times they can be annoying (as they always usually are) but they | 0.998753 | I of course saw the first film of this trilogy and loved it, so the third has to be good. But why did the film makers give this old man so many scenes, instead of using a younger actor in the role of his great grandfather? At one point he has just left his home and gone into a forest. He stays there for a long time. While he is there looking at the trees he has taken out the tape recorder and is writing a newspaper. The man was a famous writer and writer of movies and he had some films to give as presents or awards, but the man is having a hard time. It was a bit hard for the actors | 0.00309 | I of course saw the last of this very underrated movie in 1987 on video, but when I remember the title (It's not easy being a true believer in the genre!), I can hardly put my finger on the reason why. The film is about the love between a father, and his son. While this story is about the father/father love relationship, it also shows that dad can love his sons for long stretches, and he will even suffer for their love. In the book, it's more about the relationships between parents and their children, but this is not so much, in the book, as I say, there are very few | 0.998892 | I of course saw the film when it was released in the theater about 10 years ago and thought it was great fun. However, I recently realized that the film takes place in an alternate universe with a time capsule that contains a few extras from the original movie. This gives the movie some really good laughs. In the film, the movie characters go through the same experiences (in a different time capsule) as they did last time. I would recommend this movie to any fans of the original movie, or any fans of the era. The extra extras from the original movie, such as a lot of "lucifer's" fanboy references (and who | 0.99878 | I of course saw the | previews of this awful movie and knew exactly what I'd want done wrong. When I saw the DVD for my copy, I was truly left speechless that I'd ever paid this man to direct this piece of trash. I'd rather have him live out the rest of his life in a little cage in a garden which looks like it belongs in the garden of a prison. The only actors in this mess were some of the least fit in the world. The directing was pathetic, there was a scene in one scene where a scene is being photographed and when it is on the screen you can hear the camera shake constantly and it was obviously in | 0.502074 | 0.942995 | 0.924059 | 1 | 1 |
I gave this a 3 out of a possible 10 stars.<br /><br />Unless you like wasting your time watching an anorexic actress, in this film it's Carly Pope, behaving like a ditz, don't bother.<br /><br />Carly Pope plays Sara Novak, a young college student, who becomes intrigued with a game of riddles, that leads her down into subway tunnels underneath the city - a dangerous thing for even a well-armed man to go in alone.<br /><br />There are various intrigues in the film -- a weirdo classmate who is apparently stalking Sara, a cynical shopkeeper who runs some kind of offbeat hole-in-the-wall establishment that appears to be located in the back alley of a ghetto, a nerdish dim-wit that hangs around the cynic's shop, and a woman named Emily Gray, who is back in prison.<br /><br />Sara's father is a lawyer who is handling Emily Gray's case. <br /><br />A few years back, Emily Gray attempted to drown a 12 year old boy. Emily was put in a mental hospital for 5 years, and for some cockeyed reason they let her out again, even though it is obvious she is still dangerously deranged.<br /><br />The only explanation Emily has ever given for her crime is: I never sinned.<br /><br />It's all part of the design.<br /><br />Well, my friend, don't expect to ever get any better explanation than that, because you won't. | I gave this a 3 because I liked its main plot point which seems to have been overlooked by most of the movie's critics (especially those who didn't get it). I thought the movie was decent in every aspect of filmmaking and felt the casting was done very well. I also enjoyed the chemistry between the two characters who seemed to have very real connections and a strong bond. Another reason for a 3 was the good cast. Most of us who like to see good movies know by now that some very competent actors don't always have the best of times. But here, they each really pulled off their characters very well. David Strathairn was very | 0.996689 | I gave this a 3 out of possible 10 because the fact that it doesn't feature a single lesbian character and only features an all-white cast make this TV series unwatchable. The reason this is unwatchable is not because any of the characters would ever be gay, as their gender would have always been male. What is more unwatchable is being able to spend the entire series not seeing female characters. The 60's didn't have women in TV anymore but the 80's did, and this show would also have seen women in TV now. They didn't let out any female characters, but there were an all-white cast | 0.000496 | I gave this a 3, mainly because, well, I love to read stories about history. But in this one, I wasn't impressed. The characters are boring and the action scenes are slow and predictable. And for some unknown reason, the plot has none of the suspense of other stories about history. It is like reading about one of the main writers or actors of this particular series. This series was, in my opinion, a waste of money, and more time than I care to spend.<br /><br />Don't bother. I did not know any better than to avoid this one. It's a waste of time. Save your time. Avoid this | 0.000485 | I gave this a 3 star rather than a 0; that was because in a 90 second time-frame you need 1 star; yet what a poor effort.<br /><br />This film was made by the same guys who made the classic serial "The Spirit of the Old West" which was a decent piece of work made in the 60s. The problems, however, are that this film is so poorly written and acted and so badly photographed, and the dialog and characters so shallow, that this film fails to be entertaining. For 90 seconds, this film entertained you. When you move on to view the second episode, you | 0.000485 | I gave this a 3 because every single scene, scene and even even character is outstanding. The story, although not original, will satisfy even the most conservative viewer. As a horror fan this will set your standards to higher than usual. I'm a big fan of western movie, I'm a fan of western horror as well, in fact it was the first ever movie starring Clint Eastwood, the scene in the desert after the murder is a classic of all time.<br /><br />The best part of this movie is that, while watching it, all you really care about is finding out what will happen next and the final scene is the most shocking of all | 0.013509 | I gave this a 3 as a "C", because I thought it might be too old-fashioned, I do think it could be more fresh. In fact, the film is very original; especially considering some of the great comedy that was in "Fargo". One main element I found especially interesting was the use of a black person in the film: It was not the black person in the film that I expected, as my expectations were that the character would represent a different racial minority and be quite different. But, in truth, I found her quite likable in the end. I must admit, I couldn't take my eyes off of her. She also had | 0.001813 | I gave this a 3 out of 10 because I was on the verge of tears. I felt cheated. This is such a waste of talent and of film production. This movie made me look up and ask myself...what am I doing with my life, huh? The director and the producer made me want to leave the theater, but he convinced me not to. He has produced many classic movies, his 1958 film "I've got it bad" is a classic and this is like that. I don't think he will write ever, because he deserves better. Maybe the most beautiful, erotic film I have seen in a while. | 0.000497 | I gave this a 3 based on my review on IMDb about a week ago. When I first saw this I couldn't believe the great story line that was in there. A family is living in a town and on a rainy Saturday we find a 12 year old girl on the roadside dead. The father comes home to find his wife has gone missing and his little girl is running away from her parents!! I know this is a TV show but they had an amazing twist around the ending so I didn't think they were just giving 2 little girls something to do!! The ending with the father being dead was too unbelievable!! It was not the end either. | 0.000493 | I gave this a 3 out of TEN because I figured it would be the worst film ever, in the world. The first 40 minutes were very dull, as most of the movie basically follows the characters around a table discussing and ranting.<br /><br />The film starts with the death of a very big girl: A girl that has just graduated from high school. While she was working on her graduation presentation she was told she's the worst student in the school and she has her parents running the entire school. This is about ten seconds of film before it goes on to tell about some random crazy things that go on here. This was very fast-paced | 0.000489 | I gave this a 3 (out of 10) because that's how long this review will be. Honestly, if you are looking for a movie I highly recommend "The Sorrowful Trail". The fact that it is the only movie in this category, I imagine, made it unique and it is. I believe that it is because it is so much fun. The story has many twists and turns, but even better than that, the story is very well casted. I loved the story line because it makes you think, it is not just a movie about a couple who had to fight their way out of their respective circumstances without any love or emotional | 0.005901 | I gave this a 3, | mainly because, well, I love to read stories about history. But in this one, I wasn't impressed. The characters are boring and the action scenes are slow and predictable. And for some unknown reason, the plot has none of the suspense of other stories about history. It is like reading about one of the main writers or actors of this particular series. This series was, in my opinion, a waste of money, and more time than I care to spend.<br /><br />Don't bother. I did not know any better than to avoid this one. It's a waste of time. Save your time. Avoid this | 0.500061 | 0.712136 | 0.178321 | 1 | 0 |
I was looking forward to this movie. Trustworthy actors, interesting plot. Great atmosphere then ????? IF you are going to attempt something that is meant to encapsulate the meaning of life. First. Know it. OK I did not expect the directors or writers to actually know the meaning but I thought they may have offered crumbs to peck at and treats to add fuel to the fire-Which! they almost did. Things I didn't get. A woman wandering around in dark places and lonely car parks alone-oblivious to the consequences. Great riddles that fell by the wayside. The promise of the knowledge therein contained by the original so-called criminal. I had no problem with the budget and enjoyed the suspense. I understood and can wax lyrical about the fool and found Adrian Pauls role crucial and penetrating and then ????? Basically the story line and the script where good up to a point and that point was the last 10 minutes or so. What? Run out of ideas! Such a pity that this movie had to let us down so badly. It may not comprehend the meaning and I really did not expect the writers to understand it but I was hoping for an intellectual, if not spiritual ride and got a bump in the road | I was looking forward to this movie. I had never even heard of the character before so I was very curious to see what it was about. Well, this has been an old timey flick, so yes, it had some 60's feel. The main character is the son of an old-timey family. It's set in the 1970s (in Florida of course) and in every way I could believe it to be. I was extremely surprised when watching this movie and I must say I now want to put on my long sash and begin singing "I believe in old timey" in my home whenever I get the | 0.001087 | I was looking forward to this film coming out. This is one of the better looking movies I have ever seen. It wasn't the film that caught my attention. There was not one scene that was too boring, but one that was still not as exciting as I would have liked it. This was definitely one picture I'd recommend watching with your kids! I have seen this movie a million time already and I don't even remember what exactly it is about. I was talking to my friend and he told me that this is definitely one of the best movies he ever seen. I just love movies that are full of action. I do like the fact that it has | 0.998793 | I was looking forward to seeing this film in the theater since I had seen the trailer. I was not disappointed.<br /><br />I enjoyed a good deal of the performances. There seemed to be an attempt to make a somewhat modern take on the "old west" that did not seem very "reality-based". Also, the ending seemed a little strange and rushed compared to the rest of the movie. I was actually looking forward to watching the next film from the same director since I was reminded that this would provide some sort of "surprise". But, as it turned out, this was not one of those "special" films.<br /><br /> | 0.995615 | I was looking forward to this film and saw it on Cinemax. With the other reviewers I was anticipating the best. The actors seemed to love this role. Yet the plot and the script of this movie was extremely poor. When I thought this was the most likely to be a good film I became disillusioned. The story was horrible. At a first look I thought this is the best movie in the last ten years, and this was not a true judgment. I do not understand why did somebody wanted to make this movie? I do not know why does this movie had no good actors to cast. I know some people really love this movie. But I cannot | 0.000487 | I was looking forward to this, for one thing, because it's got a great name: THE CHINESE MAMMA. The Chinese lady is the one who gets shot while trying to enter a theatre, which is then attacked while she's inside. She is being held by an armed man, after he threatens her with a weapon in his hand. Later, she's being held captive by a woman, who is just being shot in a gun fight with a black woman. The white woman has her hands tied behind her back, so she is no longer a prisoner. Anyway, the woman talks to her about a Japanese maid in Japan that he has been | 0.026204 | I was looking forward to this movie a great deal. If it turns out to be better than expected, then I've come up to the end of a superb thriller in the form of a true epic.<br /><br />I have to declare that, for the first time since childhood, I found myself unable to take anything else seriously for so long that I nearly fell asleep with that DVD in my hands.<br /><br />As someone who is extremely sensitive, I'm so glad that this movie isn't all about the sex. The plot is about a family being hunted down by a gang of murderous terrorists. The only thing that surprises me is that the film | 0.993126 | I was looking forward to watching this film, and I had high hopes that there would be something enjoyable, but it left me in a state not even good enough to stay awake. My wife thought it could make up for her lack of sleep. I can only say this is a waste of time. Avoid at all costs! The music was well done in providing some relief, but when the camera shots ended, I gave up. I only watched it briefly for curiosity's sake. The film is just a bad waste of film. The camera movements were awkward and the character development was too slow to see what was happening. Perhaps the 1.25 million dollars | 0.000481 | I was looking forward to this movie because it was based on a book that was actually written by the writer of the book. When I started watching the movie I didn't expect it to be really great like I thought. In fact the movie just went from bad to really bad. At the start the movie wasn't really good, but after few minutes of the movie things starts to get better and a better and better. It even got better in the ending. The story was written so good that it left me to believe that I was at the start of reading the novel that I watched. The main thing made me laugh is that an 9 and a half year | 0.000492 | I was looking forward to a really good movie the whole time i watched this movie but the ending was terrible. All this movie was trying too much was good but this movie wasn't worth watching just because it is an action movie or a sci-fi movie. There is much less scenes than typical action movie and Sci-Fi is an extreme movie so more action is needed but if this movie is supposed to be a sci-fi movie then they did a good job at creating an exciting scene. However this movie was bad because it was a really bad sci movie. You can find plenty of good sci-fi movies but this movie is bad because the actor is horrible. The only reason | 0.000485 | I was looking forward to watching this. It was also very enjoyable. The actors, the plot, and the camera work were excellent. That said, I have a serious problem with the "Drama" label as the film seems to be more of of a drama/thriller. I think what made this film different was that this doesn't just go for sex and violence--the sex aspect is not as obvious, though not that much better. As such, I think this film is really good from a viewing point of an erotic standpoint.<br /><br />Overall, it's one of those films that you have to watch over several times just to get it | 0.998906 | I was looking forward to | seeing this film in the theater since I had seen the trailer. I was not disappointed.<br /><br />I enjoyed a good deal of the performances. There seemed to be an attempt to make a somewhat modern take on the "old west" that did not seem very "reality-based". Also, the ending seemed a little strange and rushed compared to the rest of the movie. I was actually looking forward to watching the next film from the same director since I was reminded that this would provide some sort of "surprise". But, as it turned out, this was not one of those "special" films.<br /><br /> | 0.999998 | 0.771514 | 0.331535 | 1 | 1 |
Four things intrigued me as to this film - firstly, it stars Carly Pope (of "Popular" fame), who is always a pleasure to watch. Secdonly, it features brilliant New Zealand actress Rena Owen. Thirdly, it is filmed in association with the New Zealand Film Commission. Fourthly, a friend recommended it to me. However, I was utterly disappointed. The whole storyline is absurd and complicated, with very little resolution. Pope's acting is fine, but Owen is unfortunately under-used. The other actors and actresses are all okay, but I am unfamiliar with them all. Aside from the nice riddles which are littered throughout the movie (and Pope and Owen), this film isn't very good. So the moral of the story is...don't watch it unless you really want to. | Four things intrigued me as a viewer of this film, that is, how will it ultimately end and what will be the outcome of these characters. Having read the book it became clear that this movie is loosely based around the novel which itself has been translated from a play by Edward Albee (of Course that may be a slightly exaggerated statement since this film could easily take on too many different forms). The movie itself isn't too bad considering that I'd seen it in the theater a few years before and it held my attention from start to finish. It is also not as dark as some might expect. A great story line with a good cast that's not too sh | 0.998879 | Four things intrigued me as I read through this film.....1. Some of the dialog in the film, i thought "O.K., some of these things were pretty hard to come by in the past 50 years, what did it take to film this movie." 2. The acting of some of the men involved in this film (except, I thought to be the film's main villain) was top notch, I especially liked the performance by actor Jim Belushi, who somehow managed to pull-off a tough guy role with all his charm, wit and comedic sensibility. And the final cameo appearance put me into a frenzy. 3. This film | 0.998783 | Four things intrigued me as the opening title sequence for THE RIDE. One, would it be the first feature film that had a title theme? Two, was it possible that this could be an independent film? Three - did anyone really even pay the $7 rental fee to rent this? Well I guess you could say that the first thing that caught me by surprise was the title! A full page was dedicated to the title itself, with an in-lieu of "THE RIDE: THE MOVIE." What was this? A film? Or was the title the title of something else? Why bother trying to figure this out if I knew right from the beginning | 0.000538 | Four things intrigued me as I watched this film: The film's makers' ability to create vivid images of a dying child's last words (in French, of course), the fact that they weren't really playing the children, and that the child is not actually killed in the way that most "gore" films are. And then there was the film's attempt to provide meaning for the killing itself, to show that it was a moment of extreme suffering in the child's life, a "horrible thing," as the young actress who portrayed the child said at one point.<br /><br />The film was good, but just not enough. And the acting | 0.994784 | Four things intrigued me as I started watching this movie. The plot was interesting and the acting very good.<br /><br />First, it was made in the year 2005. This year I live is 2006 which means I am 25 years old.<br /><br />This is a movie that focuses on very important issues that we are concerned about today. The movie really touches on what life is like, and how to improve it.<br /><br />It also touched on the fact that people that go into business for themselves can't always do it so well. That goes to show that just because you have great luck | 0.998839 | Four things intrigued me as soon as I stumbled upon "Crimson Peak", so I began reading the synopsis on IFC's site.<br /><br />First of all, they say the main plot is based on a book. This sounded interesting. Besides that, there is a movie called "Crimson Peak" by John T. Tillman in 1999 (not that I know anyone with the name Tillman, but it may very well be related). Also, I thought that "Crimson Peak" was not at all the same movie as "Crimson Peak (Drama)" by Richard Dreyfuss and B | 0.982874 | Four things intrigued me as I watched the video film on DVD this evening: (1) an opening sequence that was interesting and (2) this film that could only be made on a VHS and, (3) the great performances from the three children and an exceptional cast. The opening sequence, a real tease for this viewer, starts out with a sequence that is about 15 seconds long and it was great to see the children in a small car and get into their "little car" to meet a big one, which is of course the "big one". After the sequence, the viewer is shown how two older children (two men actually) drove | 0.998803 | Four things intrigued me as I started watching "Dunkirk," a film directed by Martin Scorsese that has an intriguing twist for the viewer: namely, its depiction of refugee camps, the plight of children, and the use of time. What are the effects, how do all these things fit together -- making for a good film about war, family, sacrifice, and human nature. This film was a bit different from most war dramas, as it deals realistically with the human condition. It's not a Hollywood spectacle.<br /><br />In the opening moments, we get glimpses of the atrocities occurring in Europe. The boys in Afghanistan are sent east ( | 0.99889 | Four things intrigued me as I watched this film. A) the appearance of the actors as people who live in a world where science and technology are already advanced enough to take people to space while other worlds still have people as humans; B) the people who worked so hard to develop this capability; C) the effect of that technology on all aspects of life, both humans and animals, both in this world and in other worlds. A very unusual and interesting film. I recommend it to anyone interested in science and technology. A great movie for the whole family. It's a nice change of pace from most typical horror or thriller films. In addition, I think this | 0.998909 | Four things intrigued me as I watched this film on DVD last night. You could tell the director and producer spent a lot of time at the movies to gather information. The actors and director were all very well respected. The film is definitely for the serious film collector and the film makers have clearly spent some time working on this one. The script, music and direction were both perfect. There are few films that deal with the topic of murder as well as this one, perhaps they could go down in history as well as a good study if the murders are investigated by DNA testing. This film is a real achievement. Not to mention a very good laugh every once in a | 0.998912 | Four things intrigued me as | the opening title sequence for THE RIDE. One, would it be the first feature film that had a title theme? Two, was it possible that this could be an independent film? Three - did anyone really even pay the $7 rental fee to rent this? Well I guess you could say that the first thing that caught me by surprise was the title! A full page was dedicated to the title itself, with an in-lieu of "THE RIDE: THE MOVIE." What was this? A film? Or was the title the title of something else? Why bother trying to figure this out if I knew right from the beginning | 0.000003 | 0.747483 | 0.638555 | 0 | 0 |
<br /><br />Never ever take a film just for its good looking title.<br /><br />Although it all starts well, the film suffers the same imperfections you see in B-films. Its like at a certain moment the writer does not any more how to end the film, so he ends it in a way nobody suspects it thinking this way he is ingenious.<br /><br />A film to be listed on top of the garbage list.<br /><br /> | <br /><br />Never ever take this film seriously. This is more than a low budget movie. It's probably best if you're not an adult. Its just like a movie that makes more fun and more funny than you are thinking when you see the end. That is to say, its good if your a funny person! <br /><br />A little fun and a little creepy, but a great scare, too. The idea of making a movie, the camera moves through a person without looking at his head is kinda a scary thing itself. That is what scared and scared me the most, the way the person's eyes were being pulled up and down and all | 0.998604 | <br /><br />Never ever take this movie for every fact. You would think the director and writer as well as its actors if they have read this comment are in reality experts in this matter.<br /><br />In spite of this, all of us should appreciate and consider this movie. It is interesting and entertaining, at the same time it will shock you. This movie is very different to Bollywood. It has a natural and un-glamorised feel. It also reflects on the life of a girl, who is out there seeking for the right thing. It reflects on what is happening in one's life. It talks about love, friendship, brotherhood, responsibility | 0.998932 | <br /><br />Never ever take the "It Takes a Nation of Millions for the Earth" movie seriously. This movie is far more like the title than the rest of the way. I'm not sure the movie has an audience. I'm guessing it was meant for children. The movie is simply a silly cartoon version of what a good nation must NOT do, which of course happens to be that bad. If this movie were real, I'd have to assume that they just wrote the script during a day of work. 1/10. (Not a 1. Because 1/10 is a terrible score.)<br /><br />Here's | 0.000661 | <br /><br />Never ever take the word "hilarious" lightly! And never ever consider a movie to be a success more because of one of its scenes, but because of the movie's overall impact on the world of cinema. As someone that has seen one, I shall say that this movie does get on my nerves and has ruined a few hours of my life. It should not have been shown on so many occasions. No-one in their right mind would watch this movie, which if seen as a joke, isn't exactly the most enjoyable. The concept is just so lame, and so badly written, yet the screenplay is simply so weak that its all you | 0.000492 | <br /><br />Never ever take the time to listen to people who have been there. Or rather, read their diatribes on the world. To see how the world actually works, you need to go and experience it first hand, even if only to watch your fellow man. To truly understand who he or she is. It's about time to be taken off the political stage and given an opportunity to be truly real with what he or she thought of on his or her mind. And what's so sad, too, is that when the world was being given that chance to be a little more open to him or her, he or she has not let himself or | 0.992474 | <br /><br />Never ever take a Disney movie for granted.<br /><br />The plot is weak and some of the other characters are miscast.<br /><br />It's only a short movie but as soon as you fall in the movie, the whole movie is going to be wasted.<br /><br />This is a Disney movie.<br /><br />The animation is good and the cinematography is decent but the scenes in the movie don't look good. They look like those old black and white films that made the first 70's.<br /><br />No wonder the 70's films are quite popular today. They are classic.<br | 0.000528 | <br /><br />Never ever take a bad review at Gatorland as the worst comments one can receive. I mean... This is the worst camp film that ever came out. It may be a horror movie but what movie doesn't have people fighting and running around and then finally they get the ultimate kill? I mean come on its a camp film it's just another camp film. I found it very enjoyable but that's how it felt when you watch camp films. Its fun and it's exciting for sure but its the excitement and joy of it that you will always hold on to. The best part of it? Just to say that you have been given the right to | 0.000903 | <br /><br />Never ever take a car accident as your warning sign. This film may not be the worst movie ever made but if you really insist on watching it, be sure to get your clothes on because this film is not meant to be funny.<br /><br />It may only have a little acting ability on the part of the actors but it is still one of the worst movies I've ever had to use the word "bad" as my word of the day. The plot was very unbelievable, and the "plot twist" was not convincing. In one episode the main character is riding his bike up to the hill during the car accident and then he has a | 0.000482 | <br /><br />Never ever take the word "film" too seriously. It gives Hollywood the edge. People who can make great films have no patience for the technical aspects. With an excuse, they can make a masterpiece! This is a great film, and in my opinion, one should watch it at least once. I saw it back in 1996 when it was released. It is a must see. I only watched this film three times out of four. The only time I went "off" of it, was after a movie about a scientist (and I am a student of neuroscience) that took over a scientist's life and then she made him | 0.998908 | <br /><br />Never ever take any of the trailers I gave you. They often take you down so much into the trap of seeing the film. I still think that they failed here as well. There was very little suspense and also not the least bit of humor. There was no chemistry between the characters. But yes, it's very fast and quite enjoyable.<br /><br />It's good to see a film that doesn't have to wait around for a 12 year gap before it releases (especially now) because I don't think I will watch the 12 year old 'Hanna in Love' again. I don't think I've seen other | 0.979743 | <br /><br />Never ever take | the "It Takes a Nation of Millions for the Earth" movie seriously. This movie is far more like the title than the rest of the way. I'm not sure the movie has an audience. I'm guessing it was meant for children. The movie is simply a silly cartoon version of what a good nation must NOT do, which of course happens to be that bad. If this movie were real, I'd have to assume that they just wrote the script during a day of work. 1/10. (Not a 1. Because 1/10 is a terrible score.)<br /><br />Here's | 0.573486 | 0.832527 | 0.94291 | 1 | 1 |
Lowe returns to the nest after, yet another, failed relationship, to find he's been assigned to jury duty. It's in the plans to, somehow, get out of it, when he realizes the defendant is the girl he's had a serious crush on since the first grade.<br /><br />Through living in the past by telling other people about his feelings towards this girl (played by Camp), Lowe remembers those feelings and does everything in his power to clear Camp of attempted murder, while staying away from the real bad guys at the same time, and succeeding in creating a successful film at the same time.<br /><br />I've heard that St Augustine is the oldest city in the US, and I also know it has some ties to Ponce de Leon, so the backdrop is a good place to start. Unfortunately, it's the only thing good about this movie. The local police are inept, the judge is an idiot, and the defense counsel does everything in her power to make herself look like Joanie Cunningham! I don't know whether to blame the director for poor direction, or for just letting the cast put in such a hapless effort.<br /><br />In short, this movie was so boring, I could not even sleep through it! 1 out of 10 stars! | Lowe returns to the nest of "Frasier" (this time with the other shows on American Idol's sister station), and his family just keeps getting worse as the season progresses. His two grown sons are increasingly distant and his wife is on the brink of going bonkers, and "Frasier"'s old nemesis, an attractive nurse named Maggie, is beginning to get under his skin. Meanwhile, Frasier's girlfriend has some serious problems with her ex-boyfriend, and her mother refuses to let Frasier stay at her house while he is out at a bar. These are all the hallmarks of a very dysfunctional show, but if this is | 0.001467 | Lowe returns to the nest with his big brother Pete (Rupert Graves)as a reclusive scientist. Lowe begins putting together a large laboratory which contains everything from ancient time to modern medicine. He recruits his protégés into the lab, who help him develop biological weapons. Lowe and his young protégés form an uneasy alliance as they battle against their father's growing power. As the story progresses, Lowe seeks out the help of Dr. Meldrum as a cure to his father's paranoia. Lowe and his staff enlist the help of Dr. Meldrum, and help develop various biological weapons to eliminate their enemies. Lowe and his people begin experimenting with | 0.996654 | Lowe returns to the nest, here's a brief plot summary. <br /><br />Tatiana, the former girl that is in love with a guy (that he is also in love with) meets a bunch of her ex-girlfriends - two, and a guy, they go to a party, get together and the guys are looking for a way to make it through the night, as they're all hungry and feeling kind of down for some reason.<br /><br />So the guys go and get it from her house. There is a guy that was there last time they met, who is still in there and they tell him that things have changed | 0.994784 | Lowe returns to the nest to take down an aging villain in this yet another fun, action-packed, over-the-top yarn. His "newest" adversary is as obnoxious as ever, and the action (the real sport here) is just as entertaining as always. The villain's latest and most dangerous trick is to impersonate the most famous movie star and impersonate an entire genre of film. In a nod to the old times, a "real" movie star who has impersonated no other stars than Harrison Ford is the best choice for villain. Of course, this includes Harrison Ford himself, but his looks don't matter when he performs the most outrageous tricks | 0.998852 | Lowe returns to the nest with a bit more conviction since his previous acting performance was not up to scratch.<br /><br />This time, the film is about life and it is about a young man to be. He goes along for a long journey. It's not just an adventure. It is a tale with lots of drama and suspense. <br /><br />'The Way Ahead' could have done with more shots of the roads and the places. At one time, Lowe was to be called a roadie but you see, he's now in a truck. To top the lack of shots (which should have been shot twice!), Lowe had to make a | 0.99883 | Lowe returns to the nest in the last six episodes, this time trying to take the family to the far country where all the stories happen. This is one of those things that you think can be done over the top but it still manages to capture what we have to love about the show. This episode is pretty obvious and a typical "ladies first" episode. If this is the kind of episode that your mom likes then great! They go there in the first episode so we know what those types of girls think and they may or may not like it, but I think everyone else is excited about it and that is okay! The girls make the best of a | 0.998793 | Lowe returns to the nest after being inducted to the Hall of Fame. Now a "gopher" he goes off shooting as himself, even though his wife Susan is trying to keep him in check. It's a very funny cast of characters, from his father to the woman who thinks he's one of them! Good idea all around. I haven't seen the original yet, but this one looks OK. What do you think? Rating: ** (out of 5) 1986. 88.7 out of 100 votes. (via IMDb).<br /><br />Cast: John Dahlman, Tony S | 0.997565 | Lowe returns to the nest to take down the most powerful guy in business: Al Gore. He and his henchman, a disgruntled government whistleblower, are on mission to get a government contract for the creation of a genetically-creatures. The contract also includes a giant robot, a super robot designed for all kinds of special jobs and also to help protect earth from the very evil Al Gore. The only catch: Lowe, the evil Al Gore has devised a way to slow down or even undo the creation, but first he must destroy the super robot. But this goes against the laws of the law, as both he and the rest of the bad guys | 0.022892 | Lowe returns to the nest as he explores the world of real men and real estate, making his way to the edge of the Great Wall of America... and being a bit naughty in the process.<br /><br />The problem I had with this film is that, despite its beautiful cinematography and impressive production values and script (by Steve McAffee and Ron Howard), this film falls short in every department it touches. Although the film deals with many aspects of love, the plot involves lots of action, sex, violence and sex (hence my comment about the film just missing the point of action), and it also has to contend with the typical cliché of | 0.000874 | Lowe returns to the nest and the kitchen to help with the daily responsibilities of raising chickens in Oklahoma. This time he has made one mistake and is now helping another by playing devil's advocate for the "pork" his neighbor has acquired in Kansas.<br /><br />In a typical 1950's movie the characters have a few troubles and that's why all of the episodes are short. It's rare to see the same character appear in more than one film. This doesn't mean that the story is dull but it definitely does mean that there's plenty of time to just see each of them for the first time.<br /><br />The scene | 0.996261 | Lowe returns to the nest, | here's a brief plot summary. <br /><br />Tatiana, the former girl that is in love with a guy (that he is also in love with) meets a bunch of her ex-girlfriends - two, and a guy, they go to a party, get together and the guys are looking for a way to make it through the night, as they're all hungry and feeling kind of down for some reason.<br /><br />So the guys go and get it from her house. There is a guy that was there last time they met, who is still in there and they tell him that things have changed | 0.179783 | 0.224055 | 0.231512 | 0 | 0 |
Seriously, I can't imagine how anyone could find a single flattering thing to say about this movie, much less find it in themselves to write the glowing compliments contained in this comment section. How many methamphetamines was Bogdonovitch on during the filming of this movie? Was he giving a bonus to the actor that spat his lines out with the most speed and least inflection or thought? The dialogue is bad, the plot atrocious, even for a "screwball" comedy, and claims that the movie is an homage to classic film comedy is about the most inane thing I've ever heard. The cinematography is below the quality and innovation of that exhibited by the worst made-for-TV movies, the acting is awful (although I get the feeling that the fault for that lies squarely in the lap of the director), and speaking of which, did I mention the direction is so haphazard and inscrutable that it defies the definition of the word? The whole thing is a terribly unfunny (even in the much-beleaguered world of so-bad-it's-funny clunkers), soul-sucking, waste of two hours of your life that you'll never get back. Be afraid, be very afraid... | Seriously, I can't imagine how a guy who is supposedly a "punk" could have gotten a decent acting job from this flick and not been in the room. After the whole show he just stammered and stuttered, you could almost see the actors running their fingers over their faces. This is not the funniest thing that I've ever seen, but more fun...then you might think, in this instance. This is such an embarrassing example of a guy who thinks he's a "punk" and has a good time playing one as long as he's in control and doesn't have to deal with a director or production company. He should stick to the rock | 0.000501 | Seriously, I can't imagine how they made it to the Academy Awards. The film is a collection of poorly written, edited, and unforgivably cheesy scenes, none of which have a single point in common. The movie opens with some sort of ancient ritual, followed quickly by a shot of giant, alien looking creatures that look like they haven't eaten in a month, and then have a dog chase that is then attacked by some sort of huge, flying dog. I just stared blankly at the screen while my mouth was nearly hanging open for 3 minutes. I laughed. I laughed. I laughed. It might have been better done than this. I mean | 0.00049 | Seriously, I can't imagine how a decent person could ever write down reviews like this.<br /><br />I am a writer myself at the time of my birth (1985) but I can't find the movie at all.<br /><br />This movie has no relevance to cinema or the world of cinema that I can find.<br /><br />The DVD release by American Film Institute at this site has a video disc.<br /><br />I thought about it for a long while, and it's just not good. The only highlight for me was the part with "B" and "P" in the title. These guys do a good job | 0.000496 | Seriously, I can't imagine how a movie that is directed by a 72 year old veteran can be this bad, so badly, and so poorly conceived.<br /><br />It doesn't matter what it was that put so much stock into this idea, there is obviously no chemistry between all the actors, the scene in the gym between Jordon and Olin, and the scene with the "friend" and Danny, as well as the scene before Danny gets killed. If you want to know how this movie was supposed to end, you do not need to watch this movie. And the "friend" that Jordon has made, the one that Jordon wants | 0.000486 | Seriously, I can't imagine how this series can maintain its quality over 9 seasons. One thing that bothers me about the series is how this show has been done, it is so much funnier than I expected!<br /><br />I am very sad to hear of the ending of series but I really hope that the final episode will introduce all the remaining characters. I've long been a fan of Adam Arkin and he is still in his peak. I'm looking forward to seeing more episodes!<br /><br />I'm so impressed with this season's series. The episode last week in particular were a fantastic combination of comedy and horror. It's amazing to see | 0.998867 | Seriously, I can't imagine how some people go on about not liking this film at all. It has been recommended to me that it would be a "taste test" of sorts for those of us unfamiliar with The Wizard of Oz. Well, in a word, it was a taste test. The characters were all believable -- from the young men who couldn't sing or dance, or the black widow, to the "familiar" animals -- birds, horses, lizards, etc. -- and their backgrounds added to the very real atmosphere of the musical. The songs were actually memorable and catchy, with one song in particular which truly captured this young couple's hearts ( | 0.998919 | Seriously, I can't imagine how they can take a single minute in the making to show what the hell is going on in what looks like a single scene... the movie is so ridiculously predictable that it is a pity and shame that they are just wasting a good amount of time on it. The acting is very weak in this film, you can see the young actors' worst part in this movie. At the beginning the story goes very slow, there are many slow parts, there is a very sad and weak ending, very few funny moments (even after the ending of the movies), even the acting is slow - it has a real lot of scenes that are boring and very | 0.000487 | Seriously, I can't imagine how some people can think that Ben Stein, Peter O'Donnell, David Duchovny, or even the character played by the adorable, funny and very hot Kate Bosworth, should be in this role. It's sad to even watch the movie, but it is such a shame that this was made. This is a movie that is just plain stupid, the fact that the director (Sawyer Stroble) is even considering making a movie is pathetic, but what I'll say is that Ben Stein really does the best he can with such not the least material he was given. He does a good job, Kate Bosworth | 0.000508 | Seriously, I can't imagine how this movie has been received, let alone is a cult classic in the movie industry. If the script was "as true as it could be," and the acting was "as good as it could be," then why is it a cult classic? It just can't be! Who can tell us exactly when this was made? Where the original was filmed? What did people like to call the original and what was the purpose of the original?<br /><br />Now this isn't the movie that you would expect to see in a comedy, and I'd probably laugh out loud whenever this guy goes from talking on the phone - with his ear | 0.000822 | Seriously, I can't imagine how this film might have made for some poor, bored, tired, idiotic, idiot. What can I say? First, one of my favorite movies, and most important, it's a remake of a really popular Japanese/Spanish movie. Now a Japanese remake that was well done and acted out to be a classic that was original but also very popular. In some ways this movie is just like the movie of the same title, very similar. This is the story behind the movie, it's the story of a middle-aged guy on a quest to become the prince one day. And he wins the Princess of all the Princes every | 0.998851 | Seriously, I can't imagine how | a decent person could ever write down reviews like this.<br /><br />I am a writer myself at the time of my birth (1985) but I can't find the movie at all.<br /><br />This movie has no relevance to cinema or the world of cinema that I can find.<br /><br />The DVD release by American Film Institute at this site has a video disc.<br /><br />I thought about it for a long while, and it's just not good. The only highlight for me was the part with "B" and "P" in the title. These guys do a good job | 0.504799 | 0.706187 | 0.312224 | 1 | 0 |
I'm the type of guy who loves hood movies from New Jack City to Baby Boy to Killa Season, from the b grade to the Hollywood. but this movie was something different. i am no hater and this movie was kinda enjoyable. but some bits were just weird. well the acting wasn't to good, compared to Silkk The Shockers performance in Hot Boyz (quite good) and Ice-T in new Jack and SVU (great). the scene where Corrupt (Ice-T) kills the wanna be Jamaican dude he says something and lights himself on fire burning both Ice-T and the other dude, this kills the Jamaican, however Ice-T is unharmed, very similar to Ice's other movie Urban Menace (which stars both of these actors) were Snoops character is supernatural, however after this there is nothing suggested that Corrupt is like a demon. When MJ (Silkk) gets stabbed at first he struggling but after that he fights normally and was stabbed in the thigh-WITH OUT BLOOD. and when MJ confesses killing a cop cos the cop was beating up his friend Benny was weird, Benny isn't introduced in this movie and the scene isn't in the film. it does hold weight to the fact why Corrupt wants to kill MJ but is still makes u scratch your head. wen Jody writes a letter to Miss Jones character explaining what happened to them afterwords doesn't mention what happen 2 other main characters MJ and Lisa. the film did show the horror and poverty of the ghetto-which plagues the lives of Latinos and Blacks word wide-was a good part of the film, even though the clip of the projects was re-used thousands of times. and the scene where Miles kills the Latino brother by crashing his bike at full speed (not wearing a helmet) and running into my Latino brothers car would of killed him. the movie was similar to the film Urban Menace and half the actors were in both of these movies as well as the production team. it was OK tho. but me being from poverty i love hood films, however if u don't love em like i do Don't WATCH IT. only thing saving me from walking out is it reminded me of the first movie i made which was made with 100 dollars, and my love of the genre.<br /><br />Nathaniel Purez | I'm the type of guy that says that people in general are wrong for making movies because of how they made it. I think that's one of the things that separates good and bad movies. Sure, the plot is in the bag, the writing is great, the acting is flawless, but this is not the movie you're thinking of, because even if the elements are good, the writing and directing and acting are bad.<br /><br />This movie is just stupid. How anyone is going to believe that aliens are on this planet is beyond me. And how anyone will believe that time is the same on both planets just because they're in perfect alignment is also | 0.00049 | I'm the type of guy who loves anything SciFi/Cypher that involves guns, a car with a remote control on the seat, and guns. This is one of those films that gets it's points across, it has a great story, good acting, and interesting special effects.<br /><br />The fact that it was made at a time when money was tight in the film industry was obvious, no hand held camerawork in this movie. I believe this was the first of the genre of 'Scifi Films' using the modern camera technique on movie sets. I can remember when movies were hand held. The camera wasn't very easy to find these | 0.998917 | I'm the type of guy that would watch this without even knowing what happens. I watched it from the beginning to the end. Even I did not know where the end was going, so I never really felt bad for not knowing. The ending just kind of caught me off guard. The main character who is in love with her own brother had to break off her relationship with her brother to find happiness. She would not be able to break off that connection, she needed to be with someone else who's attention was not on her. Maybe I'm just looking for answers instead of a good romance. I do enjoy this show and it's not a "must have" | 0.998633 | I'm the type of guy that loves any and every horror movie but this is definitely the one that got a little too 'soft' for me. When I watched this movie for the first time in a long time. I was so amazed that this was a completely different type of movie. It was like watching some sort of dream sequence from a movie that wasn't even made.<br /><br />Now don't get me wrong, I've always liked horror movies, but this one made me want to go eat some fish for sure.<br /><br />It wasn't scary enough for me that's for sure, but the fact that the twist in the end is | 0.998682 | I'm the type of guy that if I get bored of any game, I'll watch other people play the same game as they've done for the past 18hrs and then go to bed. That is the feeling that I get playing Starcraft 2. A simple analogy, if you will, is to watching a game of chess. The game of chess has a simple structure: you have a piece on an R that you cannot move in, the other board is also filled and is a complete chess board of size eight instead of the usual 9. If you have a chessman, however, it will go on in any direction. It goes in | 0.002262 | I'm the type of guy who loves a good chick flick. I watch a lot of the big budget thrillers and still like to watch romances that aren't so over the top and as well as good old fashioned romance. This movie has them both at the same time. This movie has a fantastic cast of great actors to work with and the story flows along well. The acting makes the movie fun to watch as well. One of the things that impressed me about this movie was the story, as well as the way that the movie ran as a whole. The story was just a great movie that everyone that saw it will remember and always talk about. This made | 0.998931 | I'm the type of guy who can actually relate to this movie, I thought it was worth watching! :) The story was great, the performances were amazing, and the cinematography was breathtaking! I cried and laughed throughout, and was blown away by the cinematography in this movie. I highly recommend this movie to you, it's worth seeing for anyone who likes films, I can tell you why. Everyone who saw this had a good time. You would find the film interesting, funny, and romantic, because it was both. I think everyone enjoyed this movie. It made me wish we had more of these movies in the U.S. It shows great hope for | 0.998935 | I'm the type of guy who has a great deal of respect for all sports, no matter what team or player the team plays on. I will admit that this was one of the biggest disappoints I'd seen in the long haul of sports. When the first episode aired, it was on the first day of the 1990's, and we didn't know what to expect. To me, it was an outstanding show.<br /><br />The plot is excellent for those that don't like "normal" sports (and I have my favorites) like football. The cast is very talented to work off this cast (which also includes one of the | 0.001525 | I'm the type of guy who enjoys any type of movie, but i will admit, I did not like this movie as much as i could. I just didn't get why they had to put this much effort in it for it to be even rated as either good or bad. <br /><br />Okay, it was a little funny. Especially in places where they can cut out certain parts of the movie that show too much of the 'insect' thing. They did that a little bit in this one, but that also ruined the rest of the plot. It just seemed like an unnecessary part in the film. The whole time, i got a lot | 0.000496 | I'm the type of guy who enjoys all kinds of random material, including horror, thrillers, dramas, comedies, action, and fantasy movies. So, when I was in the mood for something with a few laughs, this was the movie I turned to.The plot is quite good when compared to the average vampire movies I've seen in the past. One thing about this movie that stood out the best was the use of gore. A horror film without gore, such as those I see in slasher and slasher/action movies should not only be frightening but also entertaining. This movie was that movie without gore.<br /><br />The cast was as good as | 0.998927 | I'm the type of guy | that would watch this without even knowing what happens. I watched it from the beginning to the end. Even I did not know where the end was going, so I never really felt bad for not knowing. The ending just kind of caught me off guard. The main character who is in love with her own brother had to break off her relationship with her brother to find happiness. She would not be able to break off that connection, she needed to be with someone else who's attention was not on her. Maybe I'm just looking for answers instead of a good romance. I do enjoy this show and it's not a "must have" | 0.490753 | 0.275705 | 0.68228 | 0 | 0 |
The most positive points in this film were the credits (text style) and some moments in Ice-T's acting. The story-line; two rival gangs having to fight it out, with the sub-plots of betrayal, power and change are well worn plots but in this case painful(very) to wade through. The decrepit scenery, which added slight believability in places, and questionable lighting, constantly distracted from any interest/identification with the characters (the shine off of the actress's forehead/nose was blinding, not to mention other scenes with the same problem.) Not even half way into the film I wanted to know more about how and why it came about as opposed to what was going on on screen. A disappointment if you have seen Ice-T in other roles. Kudos to other actors/actresses who seemed to get into their roles despite the weak direction; Corrupt's side kick and the other restaurant worker. | The most positive points in this film are the plot twists. As the film progressed the pace gradually increased and as the film approached its climax, the twists, along with character deaths, pulled us in to the main character's life. As a result, the film was more satisfying than most Hollywood films. At times, it was heartbreaking to see how people would do to survive a war on the ground. But, at other times, there were moments of great emotional triumph. When it got to the heart of the war, the film became heartbreaking even more. Overall, it's a good film. Highly recommended especially for those who have not yet seen a Hollywood war movie | 0.998921 | The most positive points in this film are not the actors, and certainly not the music, but the cinematography. In fact, the cinematography is the most memorable feature of the film, and what's more, this is primarily due to the beauty of cinematography on a video camera, and this is not the most important reason. The beauty of cinematography on a video camera, aside from the beautiful photography itself, is that there are more opportunities for editing. It's a very difficult thing to do well. A great story, even at its beginning, cannot be explained or explained satisfactorily with the mere introduction of the character. This is the main reason | 0.004638 | The most positive points in the film are that the characters and situations are all portrayed in a believable manner. Most of the story was actually written by Christopher Walken's character who is also the writer of this movie. Also the film has an overall positive message about the future of New York City. Also the film is enjoyable. There is some dialogue which is somewhat too long and awkward compared to some of Christopher’s shorter one. But this doesn’t necessarily detract from the overall view of Christopher Walken as a very intelligent actor. Even without that, I can say that the movie does a good job creating characters and developing them. Christopher Walken's performance as a | 0.998911 | The most positive points in this movie are the fact that it's a bit different story than 3rd Rock From the Sun's, and it's directed by Spike Lee.<br /><br />Other that that - I can't actually remember. There was so many mistakes in the film and I have the biggest trouble remembering the details after watching it. Perhaps I am having trouble digesting all the mistakes I made in watching it. I suppose it is because it takes away some of the positives this movie has! But it was a damn good film.<br /><br />It is so much fun to see and see in a whole new light. Spike Lee was quite | 0.998151 | The most positive points in the movie is the performances of the actors. The script is also pretty great. The main character is very honest and it seems that the movie is based off of real stories. But the main conflict is quite dark at first, which is the worst one I can say, the character is very convincing and does it convincingly. I enjoyed how the movie ended as well, I think it's really great. Now in terms of its performances, there's also a male actor who basically plays very good, but he's not his best performance. The dialogue is also very good, because the way people are in this movie is not predictable due to | 0.998921 | The most positive points in this movie include: - The action has a kick, the acting is good, and there are many cute moments. The action takes time to build up and when it does, the pacing is good for the movie. - There are many humorous scenes and the humor is not overdone, unlike other action movies. <br /><br />Some critics have said that the movie takes itself seriously, and that there were too many unnecessary scenes. I disagree; some are quite funny; others just take away from the movie, but no scene really takes away from the movie. The first scene where the two men run around by themselves with an armed guard | 0.99892 | The most positive points in "The Thing" -- aside from the most unappreciated of the film's performances -- is Roger Ebert's recommendation: "It is a very very worthwhile viewing for any film buff or sci-fi fanatic in general". You can also see what he did right: He told people what it should be about the film. As the film went in this direction and went on, it got better and better, and for a viewer -- it's a film about a dead creature, that we've seen many times before, and that's pretty bad. This one was not just bad, it totally spoiled the film as a whole. This was | 0.000486 | The most positive points in this movie were the beautiful, and somewhat obscure rural villages, in which the main character gets lost and his wife calls him a good man. The other most positive points in this movie were the scenes between the wife and the man from the church, and the scenes where the man from the church gives his life to the man with the heart of a dog -- even when he's already in heaven already. There was also the scene where the man with the heart of a dog is praying and having his own little tantrum in the woods; even in this, he gets on the right path. I think there are some scenes not seen in this | 0.019698 | The most positive points in this movie: 1. The performances are excellent 2. the humor is very well acted by all 3 actors. If I had to give it one star less, it would be from lack of detail. There are some things missing that I missed that are not so obvious to me, and yet are vital to understanding the movie. As the story develops we learn a little more and more about the characters but do not delve into their history as much as in other movies. At the end, the audience still learns something, yet not as much as in other movies. The ending does not go into much detail, but is very effective | 0.998827 | The most positive points in this movie are: the fact that it was filmed without any money being made as compared to the other films, that you could even put in a DVD rental rental store this and they would find it. You can actually buy tickets, they are all just put in a large box and just thrown away, the tickets are very cheap so you can rent them. Also the fact that the director could have gotten money to have it shot in a few days rather than months. You can buy this in rental for $14.99 for a family of four and as long as you can buy it for $5.99 a ticket it | 0.002089 | The most positive points in | the film are that the characters and situations are all portrayed in a believable manner. Most of the story was actually written by Christopher Walken's character who is also the writer of this movie. Also the film has an overall positive message about the future of New York City. Also the film is enjoyable. There is some dialogue which is somewhat too long and awkward compared to some of Christopher’s shorter one. But this doesn’t necessarily detract from the overall view of Christopher Walken as a very intelligent actor. Even without that, I can say that the movie does a good job creating characters and developing them. Christopher Walken's performance as a | 0.629562 | 0.313381 | 0.789335 | 1 | 1 |
I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew (1999), which was the last of the three films in this series (the first being Urban Menace (1999) which I've yet to see). I know it was baaaaad, but the three leads did a pretty decent job, all things considered.<br /><br />This, however, was truly atrocious. Ice-T was dreadful, and he's the producer! Can't say I've ever heard of Silkk The Shocker (who apparently never learnt how to spell), but his performance was one of the worst I've ever seen in a movie.<br /><br />Miss Jones did pretty well in her small role, though she later went on to make some atrocious, racist "jokes" on her radio show after the SE Asian tsunami (plus other occasions sadly). Way to go, girl...<br /><br />No-one else comes out with any credit. Strangely, TJ Storm and Ernie Hudson (who are both pretty bad here) are far better in The Wrecking Crew, which was made, along with Urban Menace, at the same time as Corrupt. How that works, I don't know.<br /><br />I'm going to try the Ice-T commentary now, to see whether he apologises for the film, or tries to make us think it's a great piece of film-making. | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew despite being a bit let down by some of the other films. The film is set over about six years and while this is not a film that you could expect to have the greatest amount of popularity upon release, it is certainly entertaining.<br /><br />There were some flaws in the film which were not really enough to spoil it. This can be seen mainly in the fact that the storyline was often not very well developed and the characters seem to be developed more in this film than in other films. However, on the other hand, there was an aspect of the film which I found quite refreshing as far as story goings are concerned | 0.998914 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew and was excited to be seeing the sequel. I knew nothing whatsoever about the film except that it would have a very similar storyline and that Jack Nicholson's role would once again involve a crew of Hollywood legends as part of a rescue mission against the forces of evil.<br /><br />Having read the film summary beforehand I was a little confused but after the credits I was satisfied that all the information I needed from the producers was provided by the trailers that I had seen in theaters.<br /><br />However, the plot is fairly slow and lacks any tension or excitement until shortly after the film begins. You will find yourself asking a lot, | 0.000595 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew, starring Robert Loggia and Steve Martin, although there are certain parts of this movie that leave me disappointed when the final scene occurs. Nevertheless, I will gladly watch Robert Loggia again and enjoy the performances even if he does not get to play the title character, a car transporter who must take the body of another wrecked motor car and take it to Italy where he will help build a new car.<br /><br />In this film, Loggia plays an Italian car transporter who has to transport the body of a car that fell from the sky onto the street. Unfortunately, he is unable to work the vehicle safely and so we | 0.998692 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew when it premiered at Cannes, but even at that time I knew I wouldn't like it. Now at age 22, I don't think I'd feel as strongly about this movie as I did back then, but while its movie experience isn't as good as others', it still isn't a bad movie, and it still has so much happening that makes it worth my time.<br /><br />It starts off fairly fast, with a bunch of people (including myself) being attacked by a group of men at a restaurant, but the film really picks up on the later part until the ending.<br /><br />The | 0.99888 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew. The cast and crew work very hard to produce the best performance ever. The story is moving, exciting, and interesting. This makes it almost as good as a remake of the 70's film 'Shirley Temple'. The cast and crew are excellent, and the director has made the necessary investment to establish the right atmosphere with the actors (and the audience alike). The editing is very effective and the music is well chosen with a clear emphasis on a musical feel. I'll definitely be on the lookout for this show on CBS. There is some other films on CBS I look forward to seeing; 'Shirley Temple | 0.998918 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew. It was well acted, very real, very fun. It made me realize that I have not seen much great action on the big screen lately. I can't wait to see the next thing, I hope I can get my hands on it. I was very impressed as usual with the acting and the direction. Well done. 8 out of 10. I hope to see more stuff like this released to the big screen so that more people can enjoy them.<br /><br />Keep up the good work. Now go watch John Woo! Great films and great characters. 9 out of 10! 1 | 0.998905 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew, though as an actor and a producer I felt it was quite an odd film, being mostly set in Texas. But I must say that there are some truly brilliant performances here, notably from Burt Reynolds (The King of The Mountain) as the boss of the crew and from Burt Young (the father of the main character, Jack), a guy who was an idiot in his day and who has never really turned over yet. I really liked the film as well, it was fairly funny; much of it depends on the acting of all the guys on the crew, in particular on Reynolds who certainly turned over and delivered his lines | 0.99887 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew. But, after all, it's a remake of a very good 1976 film starring Gene Hackman, starring Peter Ustinov. However, a 2nd remake of the same film which was made in 1978 starring Kevin Costner is very popular. It's only a remake, but it's still good. This is the remake that came out in April of 1999.<br /><br />Kevin Costner stars as a young, but highly skilled construction worker. He makes fun of his fellow construction workers in their construction jobs, but they soon take him seriously. And, | 0.997938 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew. The story is somewhat similar to A Bug's Life, which has quite high praise.<br /><br />Despite two very different story lines this film contains a great message. At the top of the mountain some people are afraid of death and destruction because they just don't trust themselves. The good news is that through the film we see that we don't have to be afraid of anything anymore. You just have to trust in yourself and take risks to achieve your goals. This is one film that definitely had me thinking and wanting to do better, than in the past. At least it reminded me of what I could do better.<br | 0.99883 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking Crew and I'm not the only fan of this genre. It also got me wondering if there should be a sequel of sorts. I mean, the first one worked. But the second had a major storyline problem. This time they really let the audience down, since the hero wasn't the first member of crew and it really needed to be revealed that the others really were crew. After having the story revealed on the first installment we had to turn in our hats to find out what other crew members were part of the crew? After 15 minutes it was still unclear to me what the crew was.<br /><br />I guess that | 0.005766 | I quite enjoyed The Wrecking | Crew, starring Robert Loggia and Steve Martin, although there are certain parts of this movie that leave me disappointed when the final scene occurs. Nevertheless, I will gladly watch Robert Loggia again and enjoy the performances even if he does not get to play the title character, a car transporter who must take the body of another wrecked motor car and take it to Italy where he will help build a new car.<br /><br />In this film, Loggia plays an Italian car transporter who has to transport the body of a car that fell from the sky onto the street. Unfortunately, he is unable to work the vehicle safely and so we | 0.461165 | 0.357507 | 0.336418 | 0 | 1 |
this film has no plot, no good acting, to be honest it has nothing, the same songs play over and over awful acting and if you can actually sit there and watch the whole thing and enjoy it there is something wrong with you. I wish i could give this 0 out of 10 but i cant so it has to be a 1 which is generous! ice-t isn't even a good rapper and even worse at acting, every bit of the film is rubbish, i got this film on DVD without knowing what it was for the price of £1.99 and thought that i had picked up a bargain, i then looked at the IMDb rating and didn't take it into consideration but after watching it found out that the DVD i had bought was a complete waste of time, money and electricity. if you have this film there are two things you can do sell it to someone who doesn't know about it or burn it! | this film has no plot, its a big cheesy disaster of a movie. You can't get away a look at the script and you just have to be there to see what happens. Some of the comedy is really nice. Other times its just laugh in the face of death. I've seen them as a child but never seen them the same way since. They have to do something to keep the kids excited, but the way to get that out of the kids is by laughing. The "explosion" at the end is really not what it should have been but still has the right impact. 10/10 would give 7/10. | 0.000497 | this film has no plot, is a mess, does not make sense, it's all for art and so it's supposed to make you think. this is the greatest movie. it should have a place in any one mans collection. and i recommend it to every man, its really nice, i don't really like being in a hurry, it's really slow, long and very interesting, its really hard to understand what is happening in the film. but its not boring, its funny and sometimes it's just brilliant, you have to stay tuned and then enjoy. a must see. great film for women and i really appreciate it. so i would like to say | 0.997932 | this film has no plot, it has nothing else to say, it just goes around the things that you were expecting it would, and just goes on and on and on then goes back to where it started. the acting was atrocious. no emotion, no direction, all i can say is that the actors are bad actors, they could only play it because of the lack of good actors in this field. this movie was way over 3 hours long at the cinema but it was still not very boring. only when i heard the end i was like this wasn't real, but i was too afraid to go and watch it again. what is wrong with these films | 0.000493 | this film has no plot, the story lines are all different i dont know what to say it seems like something that could happen with the right people at the right time to really ruin your career but if the filmmakers are to be believed, they should be really disappointed.. This movie was bad....bad...bad.... and you could see that in the whole thing... I felt sorry for the actors...they had no purpose at all... the story is horrible and everything else looks like you would run into this person in the street... The soundtrack had some good moments and at one time I felt that was pretty good but then things got out of hand and you could almost see the | 0.000486 | this film has no plot, no sound effects or sound. what a mistake. a film like that is not a good thing. I never saw the movie and the last time I looked this movie looked good. I had the good fortune to see it years ago so this is the first time I saw it again. It was really good. The acting was excellent and the plot is not predictable. The movie had some action, like a helicopter taking off, and it had a mystery which led to its mystery. The first three minutes is in action which is a good thing. The final scene was really well done with a big explosion like a plane getting shot. I was | 0.99787 | this film has no plot, just actors playing actors. you watch this because you know one actor will turn to good for other actors to play a bad. In this case, John Milius has given us a good actor. This guy deserves more recognition. His acting is amazing, so why can't his career grow up. Why does a woman who says he is her husband now and loves her, just a little more then a friend. This man has to grow up. This movie was a good idea and it is a good performance by a veteran. Let's see what this guy does next? Maybe a sequel. When does it stop for him. It might | 0.991997 | this film has no plot, it has neither any sense in any way or it is so pointless i can't stop watching and I think it very good (no matter what movie can be funny or at least it's fun), it has the feeling of when was the last time i was watching a film, when the first 6 minutes are the 40 minutes of the film and the next 55 minutes is a new film which you have not seen before, that is so exciting to watch when they start the dialogues or when you see all the characters who you never meet before. a really interesting and fun movie with a few scenes out of the blue and | 0.998399 | this film has no plot, and I have never seen a film so much as this one. In the words of the great director, "it's amazing how many talented individuals are working on this film. It is remarkable that such talented people would work so long on this film." <br /><br />The reason it's amazing is that it's about a "small town kid's quest to make it big." It's not a comedy. It's a hard film to watch because of the way things are. There is a lot of violence, some "sh*t" is not funny, and the ending is kind of predictable, but this is a film about life | 0.998677 | this film has no plot, it's completely uninteresting except for a few scenes that are funny or interesting. the film has no story, its just a bunch of fun. but hey i mean the film is not boring. the dialog is funny and the acting is just brilliant. i think this is one of the greatest movie ever. the best and funniest scene is when the police get to the hospital. the main nurse in the hospital tells the cop to go ahead and kill the guys or he will get killed, but the cop doesnt think that its okay because the guys won't be able to use their powers. so the cops takes him there in a cab and | 0.998637 | this film has no plot, no idea, no acting. Just a bunch of people, a trailer and one scene of some girls giving an overdose.<br /><br />So, we have it all in one short movie, but this looks like a series of pictures that I have made in the past. Why? Because I used the trailer as it seems that the first film and this film was not even an original idea. This film could give you ideas from, you could even get ideas from it. It could give me ideas. So if you are just going to make a movie or a short film and you think that it will just work with your talent, please | 0.000521 | this film has no plot, | it has nothing else to say, it just goes around the things that you were expecting it would, and just goes on and on and on then goes back to where it started. the acting was atrocious. no emotion, no direction, all i can say is that the actors are bad actors, they could only play it because of the lack of good actors in this field. this movie was way over 3 hours long at the cinema but it was still not very boring. only when i heard the end i was like this wasn't real, but i was too afraid to go and watch it again. what is wrong with these films | 0.503715 | 0.877899 | 0.451215 | 1 | 1 |
Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Harry Horner <br /><br />Production: The Filmmakers/RKO Radio Pictures<br /><br />Credulity-straining thriller from the pioneering producer team of Collier Young and Ida Lupino, aka The Filmmakers (with Lupino pitching in with some uncredited direction). <br /><br />Robert Ryan is the 'peril' and Ida Lupino is the 'woman' in this entry in the 'woman in peril' style film. Ryan plays Howard Wilton, a tightly-wound psychotic handyman drifter (noooo, Ryan? I know, hard to believe). Lupino is the lonely war widow, Helen Gordon, who hires Howard to do some work around her house. Things go downhill from there as Howard makes Helen a prisoner in her own home. <br /><br />Howard has a nasty secret, not that he could reveal it. You see, consciousness is a real challenge for him. Maintaining it, that is. He has an unfortunate habit of coming to and finding his employers dead. This is part of the film's problem. The nature of Howard's psychosis is so extreme that it is nearly impossible to believe that he's been free to roam from town to town unobstructed, even in the year 1918 (when the film is set). He can't remember anything that happened ten minutes ago. His violent, threatening, anti-social tendencies are set off by the smallest and most common of things (a young girl flirting, inadequacies involving the war, due to his being rejected for service). I don't know how he even made it past the interview with Helen. There are other implausibilities. If you were locked in your house with a madman, but nonetheless left on your own for periods of time, couldn't you figure out a way to escape? <br /><br />Ryan, I think, is defeated by the material. It feels like he's overplaying his hand. His series of tics and spasms and the tightly coiled bursts of dementia all have a been-there, done-that robotic feel to them. At this point in his career he'd probably played this character, to some degree, ten times and it shows. We are encouraged to empathize with Howard (I didn't) through shown bits of humanity, like him being stopped in his tracks by a music box and his relating to a group of children who won't judge him. Lupino just has to act frazzled and in distress, which she is more than capable of and does. <br /><br />The picture had one thing going for it; what would be the eventual resolution of the conflict? So naturally there was a disappointing ending that was abrupt and ineffective. <br /><br />Of slight interest was a recurring motif where the camera would catch Howard's reflection (in mirrors, water, Christmas tree decorations). This indicated something going on, or about to go on, in his head. Horner (1953's Vicki), who made his reputation in production design, does a fine job of making the house feel like a prison. Credit too, the always reliable RKO art department for the work on the house. In the end, sub-standard work from the principals, who all have much better films to their credit. <br /><br />*½ out of 4 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Norman Talmadge (1947), Robert Montgomery (1952). Written by Norman Talmadge, starring Robert Montgomery in a role that no actor has ever had before.<br /><br />The music here deserves the top spot, particularly the tune that opens this film, the only music this is based on.<br /><br />Montgomery is an ambitious executive with lots of financial backing and plans to go public. He meets up with his good friend Roy Rogers (another director of this film) and goes on the road to try and make money.<br /><br />It's funny to watch the two actors fight | 0.997579 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Howard W. Koch* -- In what could have been a gem of American film noir from the legendary Michael Curtiz, two lovers are married only to be made a second marriage by the death of their parents, a fatal "bad" decision. Their lives are tragically interrupted by the arrival of their recently deceased son at a funeral, who will be responsible for two beautiful and spoiled sisters' (played by Mae West and Lauren Bacall) lives as they take care of their mother's (Mrs. West's character actually goes into labor while sitting on her bed, much to West's annoyance, which is an added bonus in the movie.) | 0.003763 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Rainer Werner Fassbinder is an interesting film to look at but unfortunately with my wife I was too afraid to watch any scene in the film without knowing what happened in the second half of the movie. <br /><br />The film opens with the character of a woman getting a tattoo on her forehead, then the next day the man tries and fails to get it removed. In what can only be an afterthought, the last couple of shots show the doctor doing this. The scene is in a hospital room and we are shown only shots of the faces of the main actors.<br /><br />Rainer Werner Fassb | 0.001197 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Georges Dzugle is not among the best, but it manages to keep you coming back for more. Like so many others I have had this on Netflix since moving to Toronto in 1981, and it's been one of the very few movies I've re-tweeted since I got settled in. Like, really since I've come to the city.<br /><br />The story is about three sisters - four if you count Mildred (Rita Hayworth), and three other girl-soldiers: the eldest goes to the U.S. with her husband and infant son; the next to go is the youngest sister | 0.998721 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Jean Renoir <br /><br />I was in my 30's when I saw this, and I was still fairly young to view such movies then. I can remember being mesmerized by Jean Renoir as a young man. When it was shown back that very night I went right to the video (for the first viewing.) It was just a good old fashioned movie, one the viewer would be able to enjoy. <br /><br />In fact, I was hooked from the first glimpse as I was amazed by what was being shown! Yes, like many of you, it was the beauty and elegance that attracted me and | 0.998672 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Henry O'Neill The film is based on the novel W. Somerset Maughan's 'My Lovely' by W. Somerset Maughan which has been used in this film. It was made at the studio Cinerama with a huge cast including Jeanne Moreau reprising her role as Helen Marlowe from the initial film (1931). A very good film in a long list of great films produced by John Huston. A movie that I would recommend. The film begins with a very sad family history of Helen, the daughter of William Marlowe, father of Lord Eustace, one of his best | 0.998795 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Peter Greenaway. Adapted from a novel by Paul Williams and directed by Greenaway in his first feature. Set in Liverpool, England in 1955, this film is made up mainly of a series of dreams (the one I experienced), each of which has various layers to suggest different psychological dimensions for the characters involved. This film has some dark themes at all points in it's eight hour run time. This is one of those truly great 80s movies that is so different from the other great modern American movies that I love, and this movie exemplifies how great we are becoming at creating truly unique movies that truly | 0.998874 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: William Dieterle, Written by, Robert B. McHale, Produced by, Joseph L. Mankiewicz & William F. Clutter. Director's notes: Although the story is based on Jean Anouilh's novel by the same title, the film itself is actually quite different. In fact, it is very similar in plot structure to the original novel. I think one of the reasons why the film is so bad is that there is a complete lack of good editing and pacing. By the time you finish watching this film, you will have exhausted your 2 hour mark. The first half of the film shows | 0.000499 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Norman Taurog - starring Myrna Loy as Miss Porter, and a wonderfully drawn portrayal of a spoiled, self-made, woman with high standards. <br /><br />Loyal, the son of a wealthy landowning lawyer, makes his fortune as a valet to wealthy socialite Dora (Myrna Loy). He decides to marry Miss Porter, her brother's girlfriend. He doesn't marry. She hates her mother for having lost her brother, and her own mother for having given her up to this rich family. She has been in poverty for years; she wants the money to help her mother. Myrna Loy's | 0.99849 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: Joseph Kane Review by Peter Halloran The film opens with a man in a pub playing the drums a very loud tune, singing from one line to another. And the tune never stops and, because of this, I'm not too keen on that kind of singing. As soon as he is singing, we have a scene with a woman, about to be raped, a man gets into her room and, in one of the scenes I loved the most, he kills the woman, even if it was a pretty short fight. The second half of the film is a much more interesting, if somewhat depressing, one with one or more young people | 0.006362 | Beware, My Lovely (1952) Dir: | Rainer Werner Fassbinder is an interesting film to look at but unfortunately with my wife I was too afraid to watch any scene in the film without knowing what happened in the second half of the movie. <br /><br />The film opens with the character of a woman getting a tattoo on her forehead, then the next day the man tries and fails to get it removed. In what can only be an afterthought, the last couple of shots show the doctor doing this. The scene is in a hospital room and we are shown only shots of the faces of the main actors.<br /><br />Rainer Werner Fassb | 0.000002 | 0.29266 | 0.673231 | 0 | 0 |
The only reason this movie is not given a 1 (awful) vote is that the acting of both Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan is superb. Ida Lupino who is lovely, as usual, becomes increasingly distraught as she tries various means to rid herself of a madman. Robert Ryan is terrifying as the menacing stranger whose character, guided only by his disturbed mind, changes from one minute to the next. Seemingly simple and docile, suddenly he becomes clever and threatening. Ms. Lupino's character was in more danger from that house she lived in and her own stupidity than by anyone who came along. She could not manage to get out of her of her own house: windows didn't open, both front and back doors locked and unlocked from the inside with a key. You could not have designed a worse fire-trap if you tried. She did not take the precaution of having even one extra key. Nor could she figure out how to summon help from nearby neighbors or get out of her own basement while she was locked in and out of sight of her captor. I don't know what war her husband was killed in, but if it was World War II, the furnishings in her house, the styles of the clothes, especially the children and the telephone company repairman's car are clearly anachronistic. I recommend watching this movie just to see what oddities you can find. | The only reason this movie was so good was because of Jessica Simpson. And the ending...it was so touching that I cried...it was one of my fav endings. I don't know, I think that the movie would be better if it had been made by the other actors or if the writers had made it themselves. Then it is too obvious that the ending was set up for this particular movie. I felt it was necessary though, because there really isn't a way the movie would have been any different. I think the idea of the ending was touching because the movie was really about a couple. I am glad that we get to see this movie again. | 0.998859 | The only reason this movie had high ratings on here is that it was rated two stars and the other was a 10! I'm 14 and I rented the movie and it is one of the worst movies I've ever watched. This movie is a bad version of the original "The Lord of the Rings". This movie is the worst part of The Lord of the Rings. This movie is also 10 minutes longer than I think the Tolkien book was. The movie has been shown many times and the only part that is interesting about this movie is how the film is shot with the "Lord of light" moving around because it makes the movie better | 0.00049 | The only reason this movie is worth seeing is the one-time performance by Robert De Niro as the young Anthony Quinn in the early 70's. Quinn was one of the most talented actors. He had the confidence to carry the film and the story. It is obvious De Niro was trying to play the role to get the actors on board and that was evident from the first minute or so. He looks very smart and I thought he was very convincing in all the moments of action. Although a lot of people are critical of De Niro and the acting in general, I think Quinn's performance was one of the few that made the film worth watching, | 0.99889 | The only reason this movie is being posted here is because the title suggests it may be someones favorite movie. I don't know because none of it works!! The music has become unbearable to listen to and the dialogue is either horrible (in the movie) or so stupid it is really stupid. I could go on for hours but I'll leave it at that. Don't take my word for it, just try and find it yourself, as there really isn't a great deal that is worth watching. I can go on but would rather spend some money to rent "Pulp Fiction" or the "Pain & Glory" (which is better though is no | 0.000487 | The only reason this movie makes sense is the fact that it has no plot. But that plot would not make ANY movie great. This movie has one great plot, and it is NOT a huge story. It is small, but that makes it funny. The plot is about some teenagers who want to make a movie like "Alien". So they set about creating "Alien" and start getting stoned while doing it. The movie ends though, when the directors are done and they are all drunk and have fun. You will never see anyone in the movie before or after that. It also features the always good cast of actors, and the movie would of | 0.991822 | The only reason this movie didn't kill it was that there was no way he didn't like it!!! I'm one of those people that have seen anything from this film, and it's the closest thing to actually enjoying the genre I've seen. <br /><br />There's tons of funny moments, and not all of them are atypical for action films. Just watch his first fight, watch the fight scenes from "The Terminator" (which actually has his coolest fighting scenes), and watch all of K-9's fight scenes (they get some nice action fights in here, too - plus the ending is hysterical). This movie is full of great | 0.998917 | The only reason this movie was not rated R was because my grandmother was sick. So it was her fault. I would never be offended by anyone's illness but that was one other factor. Anyway I will review it since there are other reviews here stating that they thought it was not just a medical horror movie. Well I hope that the movie made the point that not everyone can recover and that we should care for others and not take advantages of them. I think most people are better than that and we should forgive people they have wronged. My best feelings would be that of the other people who have no ill effects but they wish they had a better life and this | 0.997575 | The only reason this movie works is because it is the film that introduces you to the movie. It shows the actors and writers work and what they can create. There are other movies like the classic, Jaws and the others where the actor gets famous and get some fame on the screen. Those movies had a bigger budget and was written better. This movie is where the great talents of the 80's comes together. The cast is great and the story behind the movie is also great. It is good to see the 80's come back although it seems that everything that was happening in the 80's is like a 20th century | 0.998904 | The only reason this movie is on my IMDb IMDb favorites is because it has 7.8 (166) ratings for me. It is no less that one of the worst movies I have ever seen. The story is extremely implausible, and the acting is equally atrocious. No actors were in the movie to give the appearance that they are acting professionally. The director, who appears to have lost interest in the movie the second the film starts, did not even attempt to find any way to make the movie laughable. There was literally no comic relief to be found, the film didn't contain any humor at all, and the camera only seemed aimed | 0.000483 | The only reason this movie is not rated R is because the plot is so horrific. One guy gets a ride from that woman and when the vehicle gets off the road he goes to a bathroom to urinate. That's pretty much the whole movie. They go to a brothel, and the guy gets kidnapped and sent to a little town where he is taken to a temple by a few henchmen to be raped. And what the hell is his mom doing in the temple? I think he's some cult she practices in there with that guy. And what the hell does a bunch of wacko's do in a bathroom with that guy? And the | 0.0008 | The only reason this movie | is worth seeing is the one-time performance by Robert De Niro as the young Anthony Quinn in the early 70's. Quinn was one of the most talented actors. He had the confidence to carry the film and the story. It is obvious De Niro was trying to play the role to get the actors on board and that was evident from the first minute or so. He looks very smart and I thought he was very convincing in all the moments of action. Although a lot of people are critical of De Niro and the acting in general, I think Quinn's performance was one of the few that made the film worth watching, | 0.999999 | 0.82757 | 0.06332 | 1 | 1 |
Artificial melodrama with a screenplay adapted by Mel Dinelli from his play "The Man" concerns a boarding-house proprietress taking in a troubled handyman who may be homicidal. Despite solid work from Ida Lupino and Robert Ryan (both trying their best), this tedious yarn isn't very inventive within its one primary set (which quickly becomes visually dull) and underpopulated cast of characters (there is however a smart pooch who senses the worst!). Hokey and humorless, with a stilted direction from Harry Horner (perhaps Lupino should have directed?). Where's all the suspense promised by the ads? Dinelli also served as a co-producer. *1/2 from **** | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by a Mr. Brackenham, but a truly pathetic script and director.<br /><br />What a stupid and pointless movie...and what a lame plot that's just so bad you can't even get excited about it...especially when it comes time to see how he got it.<br /><br />As for his performance (as the character that's dying in a mental facility, and that's where he's going to die in a coffin by the time he gets off the bus that day), he had a total lame attempt...even though it was supposed to be his last film, I'm still thinking it could've worked | 0.000485 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by John Derek that has it all a bumbling police detective who gets a phone call about an old lover of his sister who's suddenly dead the victim with the killer who runs the police beat the detective right off the bat a desperate widow who becomes so angry at her life because of the death of her dead husband and so on. The story is an excuse for a good film, so it all works, but if you don't have a clue as to whom the killer is or why the woman has become so angry against her life then the movie becomes so confusing and the ending, which may have been | 0.000545 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by John Cassavetes himself. The main star, Robert Stack, can act; he should, but, alas, there is no other way to make a story work. A man is killed in a motorcycle accident. While the death is announced, a mysterious detective (Paul Lukas) works behind the scenes to solve the mystery. I had to listen to Lukas, who has a talent for comedy (he gave a fantastic performance on "The Naked and the Dead"), but not for killing the main character of his own play. Lukas gives an honest account of the case; and although Mr. Stack's dialog may not have been | 0.997209 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by Tim Robbins, which is not that great. What is great is the supporting cast--especially the lead (Rami's "Rami").<br /><br />"Django" is well acted, directed and shot, and was a great surprise to me. It's a shame it's not more popular or has an even better distribution. But the fact that it didn't do so well at the box office is the fault of the market. The market wanted a big-budget, Hollywood epic, and the film didn't meet that need. They liked hipster-izing the genre, which is a good thing except that this didn | 0.9977 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by Stephen Silverberg and a cast with one of my favorite actors, the late, long deceased Steve Guttenberg, this film is made at an incredible pace - I thought it felt so rushed at many times that it seemed unnecessary to the script. The only really good moments are from Mr. Guttenberg - when the movie was at its highest point in some scenes. It just really makes you appreciate how fast he can move. The rest of the movie is more or less predictable and uninspiring. It was great to see Steve Guttenberg in his first film role since his retirement. His character was a really smart and cool guy | 0.000509 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay that is a mixture of overkill and lack of subtlety. The film is also filled to the brim with pointless shots and overblown, exaggerated costumes, which makes it look as if you're watching some kind of a TV-mercial.<br /><br />The story is completely implausible and you're always trying to come to some kind of an agreement. If things aren't going your way it's just "cause I'm upset and I need to scream". It can't be about the actual story. The characters aren't like anything I have ever seen before. Their interactions are so improbable that they could be from science | 0.000493 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by Tom Ford. A poor man's Frankenstein. The story is about a group of old "artists" who come together, all of them old and desperate, from all walks of life, for the purpose of producing a final exhibition of their works on a museum's screen. The poor little old man of color is in charge of setting the parameters. There are over 100 artists in the house (many old and in a variety of styles) but all of them are in a state of despair and confusion. Of course, there is no artist who likes what they do, but they are all in this state and looking for | 0.000782 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by a real Oscar winner -- not the best, but it's still good. When a hitman is caught and is murdered by an ex-con in a hit-and-run, the corrupt police chief finds it funny to get some time off work so he sets up a special function to celebrate the guy's birthday. Then he takes his wife and two kids to his work party. As the day of the function is approaching, his wife leaves for work. She drives away; the cop's wife is nowhere to be seen. The cop, in fact, gets the car she left and has no clue who it belongs to. Meanwhile, the cop | 0.995854 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay filled with bad jokes and nonsensical situations. A real pity that director Zentropa was not able to finish the film. Although we already know the answer to some questions (is this a secret of women from other countries?), the plot does not make for a satisfying or believable film. If I have had to make it more believable than the one I did, I'd have used a little more budget. I did, however, make a couple of good points about the film: 1) Most of the time even when the women have control of the situation, they don't (especially in the end). But this does not prevent | 0.000516 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay by Donald L. Fadnis which was heavily influenced by the Hollywood film industry, such as the likes of the notorious "Rosemary's Baby". The movie is set during the same era as the infamous murders associated with serial killer, Charles Manson, and deals with the life of high-school boy Sean Carver, whom it is shown he was the target of the horrific murders.<br /><br />One of his friends takes the time from a night in a local nightclub, to spend his day at the local prison where a man named Robert Stritch was being held. There Sean runs into a woman named Jennifer. However, after only one | 0.001188 | Artificial melodrama with a screenplay | by John Cassavetes himself. The main star, Robert Stack, can act; he should, but, alas, there is no other way to make a story work. A man is killed in a motorcycle accident. While the death is announced, a mysterious detective (Paul Lukas) works behind the scenes to solve the mystery. I had to listen to Lukas, who has a talent for comedy (he gave a fantastic performance on "The Naked and the Dead"), but not for killing the main character of his own play. Lukas gives an honest account of the case; and although Mr. Stack's dialog may not have been | 0.451655 | 0.044554 | 0.486115 | 0 | 0 |
Wow, what an overrated movie this turned out to be! It was supposed to be "an extremely suspenseful tale of a crazed killer holding a woman hostage and in terror in her home." Well, I doubt it terrorized audiences in the early '50s and I know it would put today's audiences asleep.<br /><br />"Sends shivers down the spine," proclaims the New York Times. No, the only shivers I get is that anyone is left on the planet who believes anything the N.Y. Times prints about anything.<br /><br />Well, it was about a deranged man who held a woman hostage for a short time in her house but the man. "Howard Wilton" (Robert Ryan) was actually harmless and friendly. In fact, this was one of the nicest roles Ryan ever played! Yes, "Wilton" was nuts but he never harmed the woman and only wanted a friend to trust.<br /><br />The film even turned boring after awhile with very little going on except a lot of yakking. <br /><br />Beware, my reader.....this sucks. | Wow, what an overrated movie. Why? Because it's overrated, the dialog is overrated, the jokes are overrated, the storyline is overrated, the characters are overrated, the acting is overrated, the cinematography is overrated, the DVD box art is overrated, the end credits are overrated.... Well, all of these add up to one extremely poorly made, amateurish piece of crap.<br /><br />First of all, the pacing is off. Let me explain, "What are the characters doing by the 80 minute mark? (The answer is very obvious.) What are the characters saying by the middle of the | 0.000493 | Wow, what an overrated movie. Don't ask why. It's not an honest attempt at making any type of film, it's just a waste of money, not even worthy of being given it, by the time you see that the actors and actresses aren't at their best. This is one movie that should only be seen by those who like to sit and watch movies that haven't even been seen, or whose job requires them to be a perfectionist and they just don't see the point of any film.<br /><br />I'm not saying this is a stupid movie, It's the worst movie EVER to be made for a film that was probably one | 0.000491 | Wow, what an overrated movie with a bunch of people who are no one. In this first few minutes and in the whole movie it looks like some pretty bad stuff and yet that is what makes a movie worth to be seen. This is one of the last movies that has a good idea with a good actor (Robert DeNiro) in the beginning. The plot is a perfect one for this kind of movie that will give you tons of entertainment after viewing it. Now, lets just get a little bit deeper into the movie, with Robert DeNiro and Johnny Depp. I must say, DeNiro is a funny guy and Johnny Depp's charm | 0.998596 | Wow, what an overrated movie. For those of you who have never come across this movie and haven't seen any of the other ones, it's simply one of those movies that people like to take their favorite flick and put all of their meaning in it. This movie is essentially the same film as American Pie 3 as an "epic" in style. But, I'm sure what these film critics don't realize is that they haven't even seen any of the other movies in this line. This is not something I would care to recommend just because you like the film they have reviewed.<br /><br />Anyway, the story takes place in a small city | 0.00095 | Wow, what an overrated movie. The plot is about an Indian family moving to the US to raise their son. Unfortunately the father never seems to have any motivation for bringing his son so that his son (who looks like 5) can do better. He is forced into a low level of employment and eventually goes on unemployment. At his father's suggestion, they go on a trip to his home country where his father hopes to work and make some money for his son. While there, he starts to get more and more involved in smuggling narcotics (something the US is trying to stop). We all know that the US has a good deal with Mexico who allows people like | 0.001762 | Wow, what an overrated movie! Not so much because the script and characters are poor or stupid, but because the plot is basically a copy of a book. Why, you ask? Well, you see how the book is about a young girl (who could be your sister if you are a boy) who is a member of a special group of superhumans that have the power of flight and incredible speed. Well, their group is led by a young man with one of the worst voices I have ever heard. Anyway, that is the plot of the movie. From then there is no dialogue, no action, no drama. It's like watching a TV show | 0.000497 | Wow, what an overrated movie this movie is! It is NOT about any event in history, but about the end of World War II. We are all very very lucky that that happened, but I also believe that, though I was born in Germany, we all should, however, see it here in America and tell our children about WWII and its important history! If not, they won't grow up knowing about it! It took over two thousand Americans with their time to build a monument. I hope that we are not forget that this happened and that we take it in our lives! 7.0/10, I think! (This is why in | 0.995964 | Wow, what an overrated movie about the real-life real person that was murdered by the people who wanted to silence him. What a stupid movie and just for the sake of it and to get some kind of "movie" going - it has very good actors and a very good script. The ending is horrible and it is totally unbelievable and that is not the intention to the film, but just to make the movie more interesting and fun.<br /><br />The story is based on two of the victims parents who decide to come back to kill their own parents; they have a good argument before that they are going to kill the police and so they become friends and then when | 0.000494 | Wow, what an overrated movie! I am not sure why I wasted my time when the film was so bad - probably because it was so outlandish! It's very funny and makes you laugh out loud, which is probably one of the things that makes the film so great. <br /><br />While the filming is very interesting, it also lacks the atmosphere that other films often possess. It takes place in a small town which probably makes the film more enjoyable but also more claustrophobic.<br /><br />This film is by far not a fun film to watch (unless you find something wrong with it). But if I had seen it at | 0.998739 | Wow, what an overrated movie. What was the big deal with this? The first half and first half only, the second half wasn't very funny, especially when they played about four friends arguing over the sex thing and the fact there was nothing, and I couldn't say how bad I found the ending. For the first three or four seconds, I could barely look at the screen, and the final few scenes didn't seem even longer. This might not have been fun to watch, but there were other movies that could be worse, not that this one was. I just think the original idea for having the two couples in love with each other to make this so | 0.000501 | Wow, what an overrated movie | with a bunch of people who are no one. In this first few minutes and in the whole movie it looks like some pretty bad stuff and yet that is what makes a movie worth to be seen. This is one of the last movies that has a good idea with a good actor (Robert DeNiro) in the beginning. The plot is a perfect one for this kind of movie that will give you tons of entertainment after viewing it. Now, lets just get a little bit deeper into the movie, with Robert DeNiro and Johnny Depp. I must say, DeNiro is a funny guy and Johnny Depp's charm | 0.999999 | 0.545329 | 0.350489 | 1 | 1 |
I can't believe the high marks people have given this film on this site. The writing is incredibly bad with people coming in at just the right time and revealing exactly what the heroine is doing to try to escape. (Don't you just hate it when that happens?). And the acting is so very, very bad that you may get a splinter in your eye from all the scenery being chewed.<br /><br />A nut is holding her hostage, children are outside the open screen, so she whimpers for help instead of screaming when only a moment ago she was brave enough to be smashing windows to yell to these same children.<br /><br />She's finally free and alone in the house. Her chance to go for help, so what does she do? Wanders around the house and lies down. She's in the basement, locked away. So what does she do? Takes a little nap. Come on! Most of the movie is the nut wandering away and finding her sitting there snoozing when he wakes her up. Four times! What? If the writer is too bored to actually write a real plot why should we be paying attention? I think the key here is that it was originally a play for the radio, so they filled in with the heroine just sitting around rather than pretending to be screen writers and actually writing any action.<br /><br />And the ending is horrendous.<br /><br />The whole movie is completely implausible, horribly written and almost comically acted. Beware this movie at all costs! | I can't believe the high ratings for this movie! It's so good!!! The acting is quite good also.<br /><br />I like action movies, because I think they really need some action. This has some action in it too!! It has the best fight scenes I've seen in a long time.<br /><br />What I like about this movie is that its about a woman who just got a car and decided to drive solo around the desert. So she has to make a deal with the devil. To get that deal she has to have a really bad guy and be able to kick and punch him 300 times. That's why this | 0.998862 | I can't believe the high rating for this film. You've got to be joking. Even with John Lithgow, the movie is boring. I sat back and saw a bunch of kids in some sort of "crime" cell in a small town which looked like another town. I wondered what it could be.<br /><br />The movie has everything and this reviewer seemed to not see it. The kids look pretty cute and the movie is so corny it's unbelievable. I think it might be a 7 but some kids might like this. If you think you'll make fun of it then I'd recommend that you read a book on the mafia to make | 0.00049 | I can't believe the high rating this film got. It's one of the worst films I've seen in ages, although I haven't seen a lot of crap.<br /><br />The film's two leading roles are not likable; this is one indication of the film-making process. The idea that these two characters are really, really rich is so unbelievable that I can't believe these actors aren't on the edge of a laughing fit. At least this film gets an A in my book and you should, too.<br /><br />The acting is uniformly awful, the dialogue is laughable and it's made even more pointless. Why was the film so | 0.00049 | I can't believe the high praise this film had, and then how it went. The idea sounds good, I'm sure it could have been pretty interesting if made with the right crew and budget. The acting is mediocre at best, and the plot is so poorly executed that I thought I would never understand how anyone could follow the storyline. This movie is 1 hour 10 minutes long, and I can't finish it, no spoilers - it's just that bad. The script writers have no idea what they're doing, or even where to begin. They just try to make it feel like they're making a "real" film. This film is basically | 0.000486 | I can't believe the high rating I've given these people. No doubt the film is good but the movie looks like it was shot on video. I'm also puzzled at what kind of people could be behind filming this flick. The director/producer is a British guy who looks very African in appearance. He talks with a South African accent. When the movie is over I am shocked to get some African women and a Southern African woman in the first fifteen minutes of the film and no African women or Southern African women when they have to do something in the second half. This would have been a very interesting film even in some of the first fifteen minutes however when the time | 0.000492 | I can't believe the high rates given for this film. This film should not be even released but distributed and I was disgusted to see how bad this film is. It's a really good film. It deals with themes about a lot of topics that are really important. It's a slow moving film that will keep you on your feet.<br /><br />The actors were incredible. I'm glad so many people watched this film and gave it 10 out of 10. I hope the producers realize this is a good film in the making and do great justice on it. <br /><br />Best film I have seen in years and a big positive | 0.996154 | I can't believe the high amount of positive reviews about this movie. It really is a very good sleeper. It starts out with a big fat laugh and this story picks it up.<br /><br />After the first 12 mins I was laughing so hard at some of the humor that I found it impossible to take my eyes off the screen. It was the second, third, fourth, etc. time that I had laughed so much I couldn't remember my movie.<br /><br />The only reason I couldn't remember anything was that I had to watch it with my daughter as the main focus of the movie. She was absolutely enraptured with this movie | 0.998795 | I can't believe the high rating for the movie, I have seen at least three other movies on tv and none came even close. This movie was a waste of money. I saw several people rave about this movie and it seemed as though one in five people liked it. I had a feeling it was going to disappoint me, I had just moved out of my basement and was about to move my stuff to a new place, I bought this film as I was going through a 40 day mental detox. I am still in the mental detox phase of coming back out of the film but the movie didn't help it. I have not felt better than this in | 0.000495 | I can't believe the high rating I gave this film. A "movie of pure entertainment". This was not entertaining. My daughter and I watched about 12 minutes of it. We started yelling to see what would happen after that point. We were also trying to determine how many different ways someone could get to one house and go through one door and come to the door of another. When the characters go on a mission I can only laugh the way they were doing. This was only way that I can explain WHY this film was so funny. It had WAY too much of an action feel to it. What do you think happened to that guy who came on the | 0.000489 | I can't believe the high ratings I gave this movie, because it's not even close to being worth the £1. The opening shots of the "Lords of the sea" scene were too far fetched for my taste. For some reason they are still showing it today, in a big screen, and I'm at times just horrified that the director can find himself at the top of the screen.<br /><br />In real life they would have been shooting for the hills or somewhere in the forest.<br /><br />A couple of scenes had some good action, and the villain (that is a man who is a vampire) was well cast. I would | 0.000525 | I can't believe the high | rating this film got. It's one of the worst films I've seen in ages, although I haven't seen a lot of crap.<br /><br />The film's two leading roles are not likable; this is one indication of the film-making process. The idea that these two characters are really, really rich is so unbelievable that I can't believe these actors aren't on the edge of a laughing fit. At least this film gets an A in my book and you should, too.<br /><br />The acting is uniformly awful, the dialogue is laughable and it's made even more pointless. Why was the film so | 0.501955 | 0.691165 | 0.271379 | 1 | 0 |
Widow hires a psychopath as a handyman. Sloppy film noir thriller which doesn't make much of its tension promising set-up. (3/10) | Widow hires a psychopath as her new chauffeur, but he quickly learns that they don't do all the boring stuff they thought they would. The film jumps around as a lot as it takes place but I found it very suspenseful and very entertaining. I'm a little worried that the 3rd film in the series is not up there with the others but we'll see. The film is great if you like suspense or thrillers. The characters do grow on you as well. The end left me with a little feeling of sadness. It's still worth watching but it's definitely more entertaining if you have a taste in films, not so much if you're | 0.998917 | Widow hires a psychopath as her new husband, but she soon finds out that the man was once her own boyfriend.<br /><br />Not a terrible film, it is a fascinating premise that goes nowhere and the ending is extremely unsatisfying. But that is due simply to a lack of a truly compelling storyline (unfortunately, there really is none).<br /><br />This film is one of those films where you look around the room and you see where the action takes place. It is so fluid that you just don't understand where the story goes; the plot has no point, there is no suspense, the dialogue is wooden, and the acting is | 0.000498 | Widow hires a psychopath as a hired killer for her daughter's birthday. <br /><br />Although there are a variety of twists and turns as to how she came to hire the psychopath, and how the murderer is pulled off, one of the most fascinating aspects of the movie is the relationship between director Joseph S. Lewis (a self-proclaimed serial killer himself) and director William Keough (who later went on to be the director of two movies that were made during that period). Both are very much in love with the daughter and the daughter is in love with her. The son is a very different entity (the son is also killed).<br />< | 0.998164 | Widow hires a psychopath as a private doctor to examine herself. After his death, she is forced to go out of her way to keep his soul alive, to prevent his spirit from tormenting herself. This film also has a lot of interesting dialogues with characters like the doctor. <br /><br />There are four types of films we consider to be very bad: low-budget indie productions and the cheap copies of movie classics, and the mediocre sequels and re-imaginings of classic films. This is exactly one of those films. The director has to be credited in the credits of this film for the fact that in the end the script is incoherent | 0.000506 | Widow hires a psychopath as a chauffeur. He finds out that their previous boss who kidnapped her daughter was his son.<br /><br />Bizarre. This was probably the only film where a script writer could have used his own family as a plot device. The camera-work was incredible. The actors were great. I was so surprised by the way they handled every interaction.<br /><br />It was hard to sit through the two hours because there was nothing else on. The ending kept you on edge. I liked the characters. You get the feeling that all is not really what it seems.<br /><br />This is one of the best spy films ever | 0.998841 | Widow hires a psychopath as consultant. He becomes so hypnotised by a strange lady that the consultant is unable to take her up on her offer to help his employer. When he refuses to hand back her deposit. It turns out that this is only a part of the solution because no criminal ever went on the police record. He is then arrested by his employer. With him the detective, the killer on the loose.<br /><br />Beware of violence and gore until it turns down.<br /><br />One of the best of the 70s films! This could have been a huge commercial flop. However, it worked - it became a cult classic | 0.998773 | Widow hires a psychopath as an accountant and he becomes a killer. I knew little of the original 'I Still Know What You Did Last Summer' but the premise and setting really put me in the mood. The casting worked, the story kept me on the edge of my seat keeping me engaged, and the acting was just perfect. The script, well-written and acted properly by everyone involved, kept me guessing until the end. Great entertainment, good pacing, and suspenseful plot. Also, don't miss the scene where Diane Lane, who was such great in the 'Stargate SG1' reboot, plays a role which allows her to be much wiser | 0.998916 | Widow hires a psychopath as her babysitter to keep her husband content without her, but the therapist who will be her surrogate mother is an angry psycho who thinks the babysitter is all but a replacement for her husband to keep her from becoming a mother. She also wants to get her man back. It's not the kind of movie you can expect to laugh, even by today's standards. Just the way the character is handled; she will say she would love to do an interview, although the writer and director did a good job of giving the character a personality and character...not one we want to forget. The film does not give the viewer a happy ending, | 0.002794 | Widow hires a psychopath as her personal doctor. The doctor is a bad ass. She even has her own personal computer in her study, as it is she only sees this computer by using a secret key. The psychopath makes use of this computer by having a look through the world's most expensive secret papers. This was a brilliant movie, it is sad that there aren't any copies of it, as it was a terrific piece of work. Highly recommended. Although the movie is hard to follow at times due to the long running of the characters. (There is much to the story, so it is difficult to understand), the movie really is worth a look. | 0.998838 | Widow hires a psychopath as a nanny, but he gets a better play-by-play reporter. She pays him for his time, because the press wants to get coverage of the "Murder at the Castle," but he only gives her his time in return. She uses him as a "scoop" against the press.<br /><br />The story centers around the events of the night that led to the murders here in 1913.<br /><br />This movie has some great performances: Josselle Foulks is brilliant at her character: the evil but lovable wife who is only slightly disturbed in her job as a napper and reporter | 0.998657 | Widow hires a psychopath as | a hired killer for her daughter's birthday. <br /><br />Although there are a variety of twists and turns as to how she came to hire the psychopath, and how the murderer is pulled off, one of the most fascinating aspects of the movie is the relationship between director Joseph S. Lewis (a self-proclaimed serial killer himself) and director William Keough (who later went on to be the director of two movies that were made during that period). Both are very much in love with the daughter and the daughter is in love with her. The son is a very different entity (the son is also killed).<br />< | 0.999999 | 0.917828 | 0.45356 | 1 | 1 |
I have no idea how anyone can give this movie high marks. I didn't rent it thinking it was the next great horror flick, the next great horror spoof, or the next great low-budget horror spoof. Obviously, this isn't meant to scare, but one fatal flaw with the production entirely sapped the joy out of the viewing experience. The sound editing was horrible. I had to work the volume control the entire movie. You can imagine how difficult it is to get into something - even a low-budget spoof - when you're either turning the volume up or down, or trying to anticipate the next time you have to do so. The regular dialogue is very low, and all screams, noises, etc., are VERY loud. We're not talking about toggling between 5 and 7 on the volume control, finding a happy medium at 6. We're talking toggling between 2 and 9 on the volume where it is virtually impossible to leave the volume alone. Again, this movie might be a decent example of what it is meant to be, but you're going to be spending so much time adjusting your volume control that you'll never have the chance to enjoy it. | I have no idea how people can be so ignorant. At first I sat there, amazed, and confused, after I watched a trailer for it, I sat there shocked but intrigued. First, it is extremely clear that the story of what actually happened during the Cuban Revolution and the fall of Che is extremely accurate. No word of mouth could have been used in this time frame. No one was allowed by the Cuban president to tell any of the people during the revolution about what was happening in Cuba because of these words, "If you speak of any words you have heard, you will be arrested, executed or killed!", so as to prevent any possible conflict (The | 0.997952 | I have no idea how one could call this film so poorly reviewed. At any rate, the most entertaining movie I have ever seen, if not "the most" entertaining movie that I have ever seen, is WANKER. It is no coincidence that this movie is not a Hollywood production but a B-flick (aka "gore" and porn).<br /><br />If you want to see one of the worst films ever, get "Swordfish" or "Terror Zone." For a film worthy of your time and enjoyment in this category, stay within the "G" (G-ore) category. WANKER stands among my | 0.000745 | I have no idea how to comment on this movie, because I really thought I had read the same script more than 10 times before I started watching it. What I could see in this movie was a movie, not a film. There are moments where I could just say, "Okay, I'm really scared now, and I want to get out of there," but none of the characters seemed to be acting their part at all. In fact, I could sense the character who plays Sam would be great in a thriller with a few bloodless, clichéd subplots, but in this movie, it just didn't happen in an interesting way. The | 0.00049 | I have no idea how this movie managed to be made. It was just dreadful. All the special effects looked as if they had been borrowed from one of those 1970s movies that were made in a rented movie studio in a small Italian town. It had every cliché of a "film noir" flick, including an over-the-top story about a man who is a loner who wants revenge on a family that murdered him when he was child. It wasn't even funny...all it seemed to be was a pile of poorly acted people talking about things that probably didn't happen. I actually laughed one time because when the "father" ( | 0.000487 | I have no idea how this show got its name, but the plot of this show is simply amazing, and while some of it made me chuckle, there are many points of interest and so many plot points to be pondered that I'm still not sure why people call this show "Pulp Fiction." I would love to watch more of this show, but if you don't, then perhaps you'll still enjoy this article if you just watch this show!<br /><br />The show starts out with an overly simplistic opening. The camera flashes back to the day that is going to become symbolic of this show, and the character who is killed is actually a | 0.998873 | I have no idea how anyone thought this was a good film, it is a completely unbelievable plot twist. There is no plot twist in the film at all, everything about it leads you to believe 'yes', then nothing... A real laugh. Maybe if the twist were shown before its close it might seem more believable.<br /><br />A well-written piece of art. Great movie. This may not be the best film ever, but I can honestly say its one of the greatest movies of all time. If you can get your hands on a copy and are interested in watching it, then I implore you to watch it, you may find yourself laughing. | 0.99871 | I have no idea how to describe the story, all I can tell is that the ending was shocking and unpredictable. The characters all had depth, and they seemed to know what they were doing. Every single character had a point. Overall I felt like everything was planned well and the ending was totally surprising and shocking. Overall, this is one of the best mystery films ever made, and I have to say that I have seen many films and these movies are usually the better ones. If you haven't seen this movie yet, you definitely should. Make sure you watch it in the dark! The film is scary and frightening. One of the best horror films I've | 0.99893 | I have no idea how to describe the overall impression that the movie leaves with the viewer. The basic story revolves around a small boy who has a dream about saving the world. This dream gets him to believe that the world is in danger when his mother becomes ill with a disease that destroys people's vision by giving them the power to "see" what's coming to them. At first, the viewer is never really certain if the dream is a trick or what. It comes out of no where...then it seems to stop. Then it begins acting as a continuation or recap of the story. Eventually a rescue team comes that will save the day and then the dream | 0.997436 | I have no idea how this thing is so good, but it is. The plot is so intriguing, it makes you think about the situation more than just waiting around. The acting was as good as expected. I was also very impressed at how well the actors really acted together. I would be willing to bet a lot of money that this movie was a lot better than anyone expected, as there were other reviewers who were saying that this movie made you feel a deep love towards another person. The plot and acting in general made me very excited to watch it, and so should you if you like movies like this. If you don't own a DVD or have a | 0.998921 | I have no idea how long I've been watching TV, I think it must have been a long time ago, because I'd never seen anything like this.<br /><br />Anyway, I remember that this was a 1985 movie, so the casting was very good. It had a very good cast including Mel Harris, Christopher Lambert, Michael Rooker, and also some of his regular castmates like Jason Bateman, James Russo, and Robert Downey Jr.<br /><br />It was not very interesting, and I think most people who didn't like this movie because it's a spoof of other movies would say this might be the | 0.000552 | I have no idea how | to comment on this movie, because I really thought I had read the same script more than 10 times before I started watching it. What I could see in this movie was a movie, not a film. There are moments where I could just say, "Okay, I'm really scared now, and I want to get out of there," but none of the characters seemed to be acting their part at all. In fact, I could sense the character who plays Sam would be great in a thriller with a few bloodless, clichéd subplots, but in this movie, it just didn't happen in an interesting way. The | 0.501281 | 0.891965 | 0.698901 | 1 | 1 |
Seeing the title of this movie "Stupid Teenagers Must Die" made me believe this was a spoof of some kind. I discovered later on the original title was "Blood and Guts". Both titles are misleading, though. This is not a spoof, neither a serious splatter movie. This is something in between, failing in both areas. A group of teenagers is attending a séance at a spooky house and then the killing starts. Sounds over familiar, doesn't it. Well, this movies adds nothing whatsoever to the endless stream of similar movies. And it is badly made. Because of the lack of light the entire film is grainy. Now this effect can be highly effective, but it isn't in this case. The young cast isn't acting too badly, but the director has no clue as what to do with actors. In numerous scenes the actors are clearly waiting for directions, but these are given too late. It could also be an editor's mistake, of course. The characters are unrealistic and the story line just stinks. The sound is terrible at times: conversations are undecipherable, but when talking loudly or screaming the actors are very loud indeed.<br /><br />This is not the worst horror movie I have ever seen, but it still is a bad one. For me a 3 out of 10. | Seeing the title of this film with the other comments concerning its value, I was wondering what to expect... The premise of a film where the main character becomes a werewolf is new to film. However, the story is very simplistic. No actual plot, just a lame premise that you watch over and over. There isn't even a werewolf that acts, does anything or even looks scary. And, no animals are harmed or killed throughout. The only reason I got through the entire thing would be to let the movie stand as an example of how bad this was. There is no reason to even sit through it - just don't. The acting is good for | 0.000486 | Seeing the title of this picture may be misleading. In one sense it is very much a remake. The original film was a classic of a period and should certainly be well remembered and appreciated. The remake however tends to focus more on the old film than the new. The focus is therefore on the original cast at least.<br /><br />This remake is very much down to script and direction. Though not as strong and dynamic as the original, the script remains original. We see actors who in the original played such complex characters in films that the roles had to be changed because of the complexity. In this case however the role is such that it can clearly still be | 0.995476 | Seeing the title of this film may be confusing but it really is an epic movie about a battle between the forces of good and evil and the forces of greed and war. I thought this was a masterpiece which I would strongly recommend. The score of the film was incredible but even more breathtaking is the battle between the three main characters. There are few, if any, battles more breathtaking in film history. Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx, and Charlize Theron are all magnificent performers and the film was shot in the rain which provided the film a certain freshness and emotion. There just wasn't much emotion at the start, but when it picked up, | 0.998919 | Seeing the title of this movie, one would guess that it was an Indian thriller. What one would not have guessed is the fact that it is an American thriller. It is a great movie. The story is very interesting and makes you think.<br /><br />Director Amitabh Bachchan has a good understanding of human psychology and it gives an interesting insight into how human mind works. He works very well with the actors who make him think how they would act.<br /><br />It is sad that an Indian movie is not being made in Hindi or Tamil. This film is the best one in South Asia. It is an India movie told from outside the country | 0.998931 | Seeing the title of this film may be a bit confusing. But from what I saw it was a movie about 'women with brains'. But it was no mere movie but a real documentary of the true story of 2 women from 2 different countries with the same goal: to get better education and find work for themselves. In this way they managed to overcome the challenges they had faced in their previous life.<br /><br />With 40 years already behind me I can realize that being a woman comes with two challenges in life: one, to be able to protect men when the time comes to protect yourself and secondly, to overcome the obstacles in your | 0.998898 | Seeing the title of this film, you'd probably expect to see great stories and great acting. No, this did not happen. The plot was just one example... If there are no special effects to help the story along, it just has a few moments of interesting photography and editing. The action scenes were shot on location in a large theme park (I know!)... But then the actors and some very professional-looking effects could not help keep the plot coherent for even an interminable hour (this is just another reason why the movies are not that bad). The plot is very complicated with many twist endings. That the film won an Oscar was nothing (it was | 0.000488 | Seeing the title of this movie would suggest you are looking for a cheap, cheesy horror flick that will keep you awake. That might be true if you are a fan of this genre with a small budget. There simply isn't one, especially when the movie itself is so terrible.<br /><br />The premise is laughable by all standards, and has the makings of a great horror flick, but the film is so poorly made that this is probably the weakest flick I have viewed that was made by such a small team. The sets consist of a fake boat, poorly lighting, bad lighting that has the flick almost look like fake lighting (this is a film | 0.000485 | Seeing the title of this film as the movie of a group of students in a French lycée, I figured that it was going to be a serious film and I was right. From the first scene you can see that this is a movie that it may be an anti-farce and that the characters could be not very different. The plot of the movie is good and well done. In a very sad moment in a student's life, we have the young man who feels sad and depressed by the life of a young girl of 15. We know that he knows that she still loves him but he wants to lose his chance when the girl is | 0.998861 | Seeing the title of this film one would think someone who was sick, drunk or crazy would get involved with drugs but of course, not!! This is a great film where many innocent people are caught up in the madness, being subjected to various levels of drug abuse from child prostitutes, to the brutal and shocking rape of a much respected doctor, to the brutal execution of an elderly man, this film goes from bad to even funnier in every scene and even for someone who has been sober for 20 years, the film is hilarious and makes you laugh the whole time until the end. The acting throughout is superb and the screenplay is excellent. It has been compared | 0.998925 | Seeing the title of this film as it appeared in the title, I expected to sit through a 20+ hour movie of one man fighting against the powers of a group of Nazis which consisted mainly of a bunch of kids I'd never heard of. After seeing the first few scenes I realized that there was a lot of footage shot in the movies of Adolf Hitler and of his associates. And since it was based upon a true story (in fact, based on The Third Reich as well) it made me understand that there was more to the character of the Third Reich than just simply the Nazi machine, and that even a machine that was as "evil" as | 0.993616 | Seeing the title of this | film may be confusing but it really is an epic movie about a battle between the forces of good and evil and the forces of greed and war. I thought this was a masterpiece which I would strongly recommend. The score of the film was incredible but even more breathtaking is the battle between the three main characters. There are few, if any, battles more breathtaking in film history. Michael Fassbender, Jamie Foxx, and Charlize Theron are all magnificent performers and the film was shot in the rain which provided the film a certain freshness and emotion. There just wasn't much emotion at the start, but when it picked up, | 0.497211 | 0.226051 | 0.850518 | 0 | 1 |
Now I understand that this took two months to shoot. Really? I'm pretty certain my crew could do it in less than a week. This movie sucked so bad I couldn't even pay close attention. Just more proof that boob bearing women can't always save you from horrible writing, acting and direction. Now I understand it was a no budget endeavor, but there is also no continuity and no real reason to not to turn it off and watch infomercials or foreign news in a language you don't understand. Oh, there are a few decent looking females showing the goods. Still, there aren't enough sexy women alive to warrant watching this travesty perpetrated on the film industry. One of the longest 80 minutes of my life. I trooped it out though with the help of my old friend Jim Beam. Do yourself a favor and get your gun ready cuz you may want to use it after this hack job. Lastly, the individual (moron) who left a comment before mine thought this was a great movie and LOVED it. Just more proof that siblings shouldn't pro-create. Ow, BURN!!! - Captain J | Now I understand that this was a TV movie, and I think its pretty good for that. The story was good, although some parts were cheesy. I also found that this movie was funny throughout. I don't really think it really has a plot and there is no really good reason for anyone to do anything. It's great to see a nice movie where no one is stupid and everyone makes nice friends.<br /><br />I still think that is way better then the crap 80's had to offer, which is how many young people of that generation felt about life. I don't blame them....they are probably better at it that most. There | 0.99893 | Now I understand that this film would be on to the top ten, but what I loved most about this film was the incredible casting of Bill Macy and Kathy Griffin. They give a great showing of how these two superstars, with their acting abilities, can put on great movies. The plot is good, the humor is good, and the movie is interesting and thrilling. However, if you're looking for a good horror film, you ought to stick to the classic ones with a few additions, more than this movie. I like this film for what it stands for (as well as the actors). I rate it 7 out of 10. Great, | 0.998819 | Now I understand that this movie is intended to be an excuse for us Americans to think that the Middle Easterners are as bad as (some of) us. But this movie was just a waste of time... not even laughable. A bad script, poor acting (not particularly well-appeased, either) and a terrible direction for a so-called "thriller"... and that includes a very thin plot.<br /><br />I was trying to see if this is made-for-TV and it was... 8 years ago... on the Discovery Channel.<br /><br />I also realize that these actors are no longer there and it is just a waste of | 0.000482 | Now I understand that this is the same film version of Lise was released (which makes the films version 6, out of 10 for me) but for many of the parts where the women are being assaulted with guns they had to switch to German films etc etc and therefore it wasn't a true 10 anyway for me....<br /><br />I think the film version was much better than this version but I was under the impression that he didn't like the first one and is just doing a double cross on it right?<br /><br />What I can say is the second movie was far tighter and had much more atmosphere. The acting | 0.99187 | Now I understand that this is a remake, but I thought that maybe they would change up the plot a little. I understand it was meant to be a mystery, but I don't know who the murderer was (even the FBI didn't think he was). It wasn't even a little scary (in fact, I think it was one of my favorite horror movies to date!!! He scared the sckit). It has great special effects, but the plot is all over the place. That would be fine if I liked them, but I just couldn't like it (even though I didn't love the characters at all). Especially Jason and the gang. I | 0.000487 | Now I understand that this was not as well known as, say, the original 1975 film directed by Martin Scorsese. To be sure, the story has elements and characters familiar to Scorsese fans (the son of a famous musician, a beautiful and loving sister, the father who was a great guitar player and who was killed, the love relationship which developed between the main characters, their relationship with the son, and his own relationship with his father) but the film itself is less memorable. Nevertheless, it doesn't deserve to be such a big hit as the earlier Scorsese movie. <br /><br />The cinematography is | 0.002879 | Now I understand that this movie is not being released in Europe right now, but I am very glad to see the original version at last. I never watched it before because I never watched American Horror Story, but I now have to make a decision as to whether or not I will watch this version. This movie is definitely one of the best horror movies of the year. Some may want to ignore this but you have to view it. Even if you don't like horror very much you can't deny that this is one of the best movies in some time with an original story. In some cases you can even have a change of mind and be influenced by others. | 0.998915 | Now I understand that this is a movie to showcase some pretty good acting, but it still doesn't deserve 96 out of ten - even though the best scene is actually with the three females. As to the rest of the movie, its definitely the worst movie I have ever seen, but I can't help it! This guy just can't act! That was all my reasons to give it a bad score. The plot, the characters, the direction, the acting, the music, were pretty good, but there was just not enough depth to make it really interesting. I'm glad I didn't write a review. They really do like to promote the | 0.000488 | Now I understand that this movie was made by Hollywood. That is why Hollywood could be seen as 'The Most Human' Industry. And also, the film-makers that made this movie, they should know themselves, and that there should only be one kind of people in the world. And as long as we still believe that the movies that Hollywood makes are truly human, then there are no problems. However, the problem is that this is the only truth of our world, and that can't stand, because we are in such a hurry nowadays to change things, that we cannot give up our belief in the world that is now only based on our fear.<br />< | 0.003564 | Now I understand that this movie is made for kids but it should not really be called, "The Little Mermaid" because the story, even the theme, is too childish for an early, but very young child to fully understand. However, the story could have been enhanced with better characters and/or story line, but I suppose most parents have different reasons for wanting to know that their kids are not being spoiled or "being spoiled". I don't agree it is a good movie for young children. The story is somewhat boring. But I thought it was not too bad. There is nothing that is not funny about this movie. Also, it is not a bad | 0.996368 | Now I understand that this | movie is intended to be an excuse for us Americans to think that the Middle Easterners are as bad as (some of) us. But this movie was just a waste of time... not even laughable. A bad script, poor acting (not particularly well-appeased, either) and a terrible direction for a so-called "thriller"... and that includes a very thin plot.<br /><br />I was trying to see if this is made-for-TV and it was... 8 years ago... on the Discovery Channel.<br /><br />I also realize that these actors are no longer there and it is just a waste of | 0.000004 | 0.416691 | 0.876544 | 0 | 0 |
STMD! is not a terrible movie, but it IS quite forgettable. The lighting is intentionally poor in many scenes and unintentionally poor in all the rest, so you are likely to come out of a viewing with a headache or eye-strain. Special effects are imaginative, but obvious. The gratuitous nudity essential for teen slasher flicks is there, of course, along with the archetypical teenagers, but the whole movie just doesn't gel. What was needed was some snappier dialogue and more tongue-in-cheek humor.<br /><br />I can't really recommend that you use your time watching this movie. I often give a nod to a movie based on just a scene or two that demonstrates imagination or humor, but these are sadly lacking in this film. | STMD! is not a terrible movie, but it's not very good. It starts with a great ending. The director tries to make a good story, and also wants to have a good plot, but that's a good part of movies. After that, the story gets a very bad ending, that it just ruins the movie, and the plot gets a very bad ending.<br /><br />The other actors don't have the right acting styles for roles. They just make a mistake in acting.<br /><br />All in all it's very bad.<br /><br />1/10.<br /><br />-3/10.<br />< | 0.000484 | STMD! is not a terrible movie, but it's not a great flick either. The movie had great story. The story was based in the middle of Africa. It was fascinating and amazing. It had a few scenes that made me laugh. There were a couple funny moments as well. However, the movie was disappointing because there was no suspense. As a whole, the movie had enough scares to keep a viewer's attention.<br /><br />The plot and story was very engaging and captivating. You stayed entertained the whole time this movie was on. The movie kept you guessing and kept your interest. Overall, it was an exciting movie. It definitely went along with | 0.998601 | STMD! is not a terrible film, but rather a fairly mediocre one. I have seen it as part of a school film program and I enjoyed it. I haven't watched it through the 8 out of the 9 episodes listed at the back of the DVD case, but there were plenty of great moments and some fairly funny moments.<br /><br />The film starts off with the introduction of Karel (Nikolaj Åkerman) and his best friend (Tobias Schüttler). It doesn't have a lot of interesting dialog, but that's the idea anyway, it is all about characters and their journey.<br /><br /> | 0.003207 | STMD! is not a terrible movie at all. Even the bad guys are fairly convincing and the main actress and composer are some great talent. This was definitely my lowest rated movie so far and I'm not mad at it because I believe in movies. I personally think that this movie is a really great idea. But I've still got to say, that in the movie it is a little bit too dramatic at some parts and the character of Max needs more development. In general though, I recommend this movie to anyone who likes great musical movies. If you like this movie then you will probably like others. I also recommend that if you like this movie, then you watch | 0.998848 | STMD! is not a terrible movie. The acting is very good and the plot is well written, but the editing is pretty much on par with the lowest of television networks when it comes to good editing.<br /><br />The story about a girl and her two brothers trying to go to the moon with a spaceship is based off Disney's movie. <br /><br />The story and the direction is good. It really makes you think about your own life and the meaning of life. It really helped me to understand the characters as well as it showed me how they would react to real life situations. It really did make me think of everything that I do and what | 0.998207 | STMD! is not a terrible movie, but there is not very much to talk about. The story is very simple but it is good, the performances are pretty good, and the direction is impressive.<br /><br />A small group of students come to the dorm from their dormitory to take part in the American Idol but one of them, a guy named Eric, has a bad phase that makes the teachers worry about his safety. He then tells his mom that he was being chased by some people, and she doesn't believed it because she always hears rumors that he was being followed by the other guys. At the end, they find the guy and they are happy | 0.998517 | STMD! is not a terrible movie. The plot line was not that good.<br /><br />The acting was good and the story line was simple. The movie was made in 1956 and made with the limitations that were then available, but I would recommend it to anyone that enjoys watching movies to do some quick homework and make an intelligent choice. The movie is well made and is enjoyable to see. <br /><br />In case anyone doesn't know the title: "The Stone Men's Game." It is a children's film that is based on true events that took place in a small town in the early thirties. These children learn | 0.998919 | STMD! is not a terrible movie but is a true masterpiece. One of the great stories ever told in cinema. It deals with how the world changes while a family deals with the destruction, and the love that is within.<br /><br />Sofia Coppola and the rest of the cast deliver an amazing performance. The scenes in Italy are breathtakingly beautiful, while the story is a classic tale in a modern context. I wish I could watch this movie again, but we only get one chance every 4 years. Great movie! 10 out of 10! And remember to go and see this movie! 100%! | 0.998929 | STMD! is not a terrible movie, but it has to be one of the most boring movies in movie history. The movie is almost a rehash and some scenes are very silly. The main theme is of course the one about the man who is a bad human. Every person seems to be in this movie. It seems as if I have gone through the story many times in my lifetime. It is not surprising that this is a boring movie and has a lot of annoying scenes. The movie is in fact a film of the 1930's, I don't think that this movie was made as "documentary" or as it is considered today. | 0.0005 | STMD! is not a terrible film at all. The cast looks great and the script is very interesting. The plot is very clever and exciting.<br /><br />At the same time it touches a very deep topic. The film tackles such hot subjects like "sex", "love", "family", "dramatic death"; all are dealt with very sensitively.<br /><br />This is a very smart film. The main protagonist, Ravi, finds out that it's important to love your daughter because if she isn't lovey-dovey she isn't fit to live in this world any longer. His only solution is to marry her, but he | 0.998875 | STMD! is not a terrible | film, but rather a fairly mediocre one. I have seen it as part of a school film program and I enjoyed it. I haven't watched it through the 8 out of the 9 episodes listed at the back of the DVD case, but there were plenty of great moments and some fairly funny moments.<br /><br />The film starts off with the introduction of Karel (Nikolaj Åkerman) and his best friend (Tobias Schüttler). It doesn't have a lot of interesting dialog, but that's the idea anyway, it is all about characters and their journey.<br /><br /> | 0.000004 | 0.352431 | 0.024752 | 0 | 0 |
Okay, so it was never going to change the world, and it bombed at the box office, but Honky Tonk Freeway is one of those films I fell in love with as a child (the BBC showed it a few times during the 1980s and I happened to have a high quality VHS tape in the machine - lucky, that!) and watched endlessly. I watched the DVD last night and sadly, time has not been kind to this would-be blockbuster. Either that or I've just grown out of this kind of broad, dopey humour. Come on, when Schlesinger is so desperate for laughs he gives us close-ups of novelty underpants with 'amusing' slogans, what can you say about the cast or screenplay?<br /><br />Certainly, it's ambitious, interesting, unusual and sprawling, but it's never once laugh-out-loud funny. I'd describe it as a children's film with some 'adult' overtones - you can safely let your youngsters watch this, despite the 15 certificate. They won't get the drug references, so don't worry about it. I had a pleasant surprise when I realized I'd forgotten just how catchy both the title song and the song-writing truck driver's 'Everybody's Going Faster, Faster' song were, not to mention the town of Ticlaw's patriotic anthem. The whole cast give commendable performances, the photography is crisp and captures the mood of the various locations perfectly, and there's a real time capsule feeling about the fashions, the cars, the gadgets (especially the dashboard-mounted drum machine), the interiors and the pop-culture references - I was more than a little surprised to hear the nutty bum in the bank loudly telling everyone "I'm OJ Simpson!", particularly now Simpson's legal tangles have overshadowed his sporting achievements. The snag is, there's almost no plot to speak of, it's way too obvious to be witty and not funny enough to elicit many genuine laughs. I wish I'd left this one as a pleasant memory. | Okay, so it was never about the character... but the movie has lots of scenes that are the most original and funniest I've ever seen. Also, I'm always looking forward to new movies like this. And I've been wanting to review this movie for ever. I think it's a nice movie filled with great music and a great story. It's definitely worth seeing, even if you haven't seen a lot of movies!<br /><br />And here's an interesting trivia question: Did anyone ever think about the fact that this movie was based on the life of a famous musician who died tragically? The actor who played the lead, Michael Jackson, | 0.998934 | Okay, so it was never the greatest movie (still amaze by its lack of CGI) but the acting is good. The movie was obviously aimed at teens, and boy is that movie geared towards that audience. The storyline in and of itself is a good one, and has a good message (but the message is about an evil genius who is killing people because no one has the courage to take him on. In short, it is a good movie. Although, the movie is far from a horror film, and the gore scene is too far away from the plot (except in terms of the special effects) for it's intended audience. Though, it was nice | 0.998861 | Okay, so it was never supposed to get off the ground, it was meant to be a one-off movie, but it ended up as a franchise. This is a bad sign for the TV show series. I mean, you had only 3 seasons (plus 2) so how is it that it has gone from two seasons to a half seasons? One of the main reasons for the series was the original storyline.<br /><br />When the series was first started, in the second season, the series turned into a horror film instead of a drama. The original storyline of the series, as described in the first season had very well developed character, characters and | 0.001782 | Okay, so it was never my favorite movie....i'm just a sucker for scary movies with a strong storyline and well directed...and this isn't that... it's a weak one...it had some good parts and an interesting twist at the end, but other parts...oh the rest. It would be difficult to sum it up in one word, but I'll use "stupid": the actors were all bad, the acting could have been better, and as for the storyline...it just has no plot, no twists and no surprises...it's just this stupid girl running around and yelling for her life or something to pass the time. I can't believe | 0.000485 | Okay, so it was never gonna be the kind of movie you got a taste of, but when you can't just be satisfied with some cheap DVD, why not? Myself and my wife went for it, but I guess the other people there were also satisfied :) <br /><br />The story seemed straight forward, until you begin to hear some of the names from all these films, "Deadly Code"-2, "The Killer's Apprentice"-2 and "The Killer's Apprentice 2"-3: In a few years this show will bring all these shows together.<br /><br />Well this is good, maybe bad, but if you've been | 0.996916 | Okay, so it was never clear whether this had a major or serious problem with one of the leads. But I thought they should at least give the lead a shot, so I started watching. I think the best way to describe this movie is to say that it makes "Sleepless in Seattle", "Dreamgirls", & "The Big Chill" look like the first 5 movies in their respective sub-par genres. At least one of the leads did not know who she was. My biggest problem with the movie, however, was that it was shot 15 minutes ahead of the actual running time. It was a 90 minute film, yet it was | 0.000501 | Okay, so it was never the best of films, but it was great for 20th Century Studios.<br /><br />They had fun with the plot twists, a bit of a comedy and even a bit of a horror. I especially like how the first time someone is "frozen" just doesn't happen, it just happens but does not hurt. They go to sleep anyway, they go to school instead of college, they take chemistry instead of biology, etc.<br /><br />The acting here was good. The main character is played by Scott Bakula and even gives a good performance.<br /><br />But the real reason to see this | 0.998847 | Okay, so it was never meant to be. This film is just a terrible remake of a classic film, it does take place in real time, with a fictional plot that doesn't exist to begin with, and even the two male characters have no connection. Even at 70 minutes, it still is pretty boring and slow. I even said that I wouldn't pay the money for it when it came on. This is a wasted film not worth a glance. There is no reason you will watch it unless you are a big fan of the original! In fact, if you aren't, you will be looking for just that reason. If not, it might | 0.000486 | Okay, so it was never about the characters. It was about the movie. It wasn't a comedy or a "movie of the Week" it was a masterpiece. This is one of the few movies in history I've truly enjoyed. The movie goes back to the movie at the mall and had its first and best scene but it doesn't really begin til after the movie. It takes awhile for John Travolta and Beyonce to get into the movie but there was great chemistry between the two. There wasn't a single scene where there just wasn't enough time. This movie was just so great that it's amazing. There were lots of great scenes and great jokes | 0.998924 | Okay, so it was never shown clearly, even if you watched the season 2 season for some reason. It's just a case that the ending made no sense. And the fact that the final part of the show is called "Lucky" was made me wonder how it would end because that part was the one I'd have been most interested in watching for. However, that part was definitely the best part of the whole show and it definitely had the biggest impact at the end (It had a lot of viewers watching for the last few shots, and when they stopped watching, I noticed that there were actually more people watching than there were in the previous seasons, | 0.998731 | Okay, so it was never | supposed to get off the ground, it was meant to be a one-off movie, but it ended up as a franchise. This is a bad sign for the TV show series. I mean, you had only 3 seasons (plus 2) so how is it that it has gone from two seasons to a half seasons? One of the main reasons for the series was the original storyline.<br /><br />When the series was first started, in the second season, the series turned into a horror film instead of a drama. The original storyline of the series, as described in the first season had very well developed character, characters and | 0.786246 | 0.876074 | 0.37938 | 1 | 0 |
A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy that has no dramatic center. It was probably intended to have an epic vision and a surrealistic flair (at least in some episodes), but the separate stories are never elevated into a meaningful whole, and the laughs are few and far between. Amusing ending, though. (*1/2) | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy, with so many gaps, holes and inconsistencies to be discovered, it fails to be particularly funny, and has a plot that has every effect on the rest of it. That said my sister bought it. I suppose she prefers it if one compares it with more entertaining, original French comedies I have seen (like Fart at the Poodle! or The Mole) I know, but that's beside the point.<br /><br />The story, as described in the DVD box, is this: the young couple, a Frenchman and his lovely daughter move to London to work for the King of England. His daughter, and | 0.000626 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy-drama that will leave you panting for air and wishing you were back at the 1983 Saturday matinée of the new television sitcom, American Bandstand. What made it great, in fact, weren't the songs, or the good performances from the cast, but rather the outrageous and totally unbelievable storyline. And that, too, was a must-have. The story would have worked well if there wasn't a bit of a moral contradiction in it. To the contrary, the movie had more holes to punch than your average, boring sitcom. One of them would be the fact that the kid (Carter) didn | 0.003621 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy, the only reason this film is worth seeing is if and when you are feeling in the zone to enjoy it. This movie will have you laughing to your heart's content from start to finish. One of the best comedies of the 80s which, fortunately, unfortunately doesn't exist anymore. Unfortunately, even today the premise is being applied by several successful filmmakers. You need a low budget and great jokes and this is about as low budget and good jokes as I've seen in recent years. Not to mention that the movie really doesn't have much suspense and not one joke is ever funny. In the end it's the kind | 0.001841 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy, which at first thought was a little off-putting, but which later turns into a pretty impressive film. This film is very uneven in most parts but is generally well done. The dialogue is mostly very funny (particularly in the sex/comedies) and the acting is pretty good.<br /><br />It is easy to see that this film was written by a group of 80s "film and comedy comedy people." One of the jokes where people fall over (there is a lot of humour in this aspect) is the one about someone's job that is being re-opened (something that many people feel should be | 0.998926 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy from Richard Attenborough about a man who is so intent on finding his father's (Cillian Murphy) wallet that he ignores all of the signs that his life is in tatters. A huge amount of wasted talent is wasted in the film (including at least one ex-Milken executive, James Garner) who is basically stuck with the role as a selfish and bumbling man who becomes the main villain once he learns about the wallet.<br /><br />The film is made up of three stories, all connected together with an unrelenting cast of characters. "Sally", a wealthy young girl who wants to keep her father | 0.000593 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy-drama with the sort of style, mood, and atmosphere (in the face of budget constraints) you'd rarely find in modern productions. For me, the best part of the film all round is that it's all about how people are different to each other, in order to create comedy and satire. The dialogue is mostly tongue-in-cheek, but you're never bored of it because the performances are terrific, the plot well-constructed, and with some of the best lines I've seen since "The Wedding Party".<br /><br />A lot has been written about Hitchcock, especially his technique of creating a series of contrasting | 0.998915 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy which will appeal only to the audience whose attention is so badly drawn that they have trouble imagining the rest. They certainly are entertained by the idea. The plot is of dubious, if not completely illogical, origin. What they want to do is not to tell the story, but to just show you a bunch of people getting on with life. It's a good idea; it works, but, alas, it doesn't last very long. The audience is forced to sit there transfixed on two men--a big-shot business executive and the man whose wife is outsmiling and flirtatious with a man who is still married to | 0.000512 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy that will put nearly everyone to sleep! It's basically about the same man who was the target of an extremely dangerous prank 50 years ago but who is now back on the police beat as a senior officer who decides to help to clear the names of his old victims! A pretty weak "action" movie but it delivers enough to satisfy fans of this comedy genre in general! The acting in "Blade Runner 2049" is actually fairly good overall especially for its budget. It manages to give an engaging story and to add some serious humor in case you need it! This movie is definitely worth watching, even if you | 0.998608 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy of one kind or another. The only good parts of the film are those characters that don't get wasted: A great character, "the girl with bad hair" and "the boy without friends". The performances in this film are the fault of director James Cameron; his character in the film is the epitome of self-obsessed narcissism that is seen, rather than seen, in the film itself. But what is more pathetic is the lack of characters, no character has much dialogue, but does so for the most part. The production values are average at best. It's a shame, no wonder it's not released in the | 0.000491 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy masterpiece, directed by one of the country's most prolific comedians (not including Will Farrell, obviously). <br /><br />There are some great scenes ranging from the ultra-clever black humor (when a girl is having an affair with her doctor, they get a very funny scene with an extremely creepy doctor) to the wacky plot about the doctor saving a bunch of dogs, who happen to be in the kitchen accidentally. Also, a hilarious set number from one of the best jazz pianists (played here by Gene Hackman), with a "jazz combo" that gets to improvise, but with all the skills you would | 0.985476 | A sprawling, overambitious, plotless comedy, | the only reason this film is worth seeing is if and when you are feeling in the zone to enjoy it. This movie will have you laughing to your heart's content from start to finish. One of the best comedies of the 80s which, fortunately, unfortunately doesn't exist anymore. Unfortunately, even today the premise is being applied by several successful filmmakers. You need a low budget and great jokes and this is about as low budget and good jokes as I've seen in recent years. Not to mention that the movie really doesn't have much suspense and not one joke is ever funny. In the end it's the kind | 0.000002 | 0.125159 | 0.494253 | 0 | 0 |
No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! This is not a film, this is an excuse to show people dancing. This is just not good. Even the dancing is slow and not half as entertaining as the mediocre 'Dirty Dancing', let alone any other good dance movie.<br /><br />Is it a love story? Is it a musical? Is it a drama? Is it a comedy? It's not that this movie is a bit of all, it's that this movie fails at everything it attempts to be. The film turns out to be even more meaningless as the film progresses.<br /><br />Acting is terrible from all sides, the screenplay is definitely trying to tell us something about relationship but fails miserably.<br /><br />WATCH FOR THE MOMENT - When Patrick Stewart enters the scene and you think the film might get better as he brightens up the dull atmosphere. For a second. | No, no, no, no, no, no, NO, NO, NO, NO, No, No, No, No, No, No No! - If we did, we would be guilty of a crime, one that even the Irish had no authority to enforce. I don't believe the author who claims this film to be a 'recreation.' She can tell you all day about this film being a 'recreation,' but I will tell you what I saw that made me question if the real life setting in the film is at all believable. (Spoiler Warning!) The first 30 minutes or so is just an introduction to these two young, lonely and fragile | 0.001131 | No, no, no, no, no, none. Please don't use those words to describe this movie. It only gets you off your ass. This is one of those "movie-making" pieces of work where the writer and director take a few key aspects and play them out to a T, so that the movie has been created just to tell you that. The reason that "The Unseen" has garnered an impressive number of critics and positive reviews, is because it is an accurate portrayal of its subject. The film is based on an idea: that of a psychiatrist who has a psychotic patient. This is not like the "typical" movie where the doctor actually shows up | 0.007517 | No, no, no, no, no, no ... no it is not the second film in this series. You see the series, because not only that the second one was a bit boring and there was no big story. But this one is OK but the whole story isn't, but this film just proves it...<br /><br />I just like scary movies but I have never liked this series so much. It's kind of an odd choice for the 'classic' movie company because I know they have a lot of great horror movies, but this one is definitely the cheapest of the three that they have on DVD. I guess this film is also the first one where they | 0.998278 | No, no, no, no, no, no, no....no no no....no no no....I know... it's just another movie. The story takes place in a very small town. 1 or 2 main characters: A single mother, who is in need of a good man to support her; and Danny, a nice guy that also needs some "love". Danny finds a woman (who is a good guy) to help her husband, a drunk, a man that could have been killed if not for the help of Danny. It's not a romance; it isn't an action movie. And while that is what it is supposed to be, it's | 0.000638 | No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no... Not quite 20 years old but more than a decade older, when even my friends found the book enjoyable and engaging... The book was also worth every penny... I highly recommend to everyone (even me).<br /><br />The storyline is well developed and I think it is a pretty good show. At first it takes quite a while but eventually you see the results and the characters change. And the actors are believable and play their part well. The writers made it possible for their main characters to have their own lives and get along. Also the dialog isn't overly simplistic and the characters are realistic about | 0.998934 | No, no, no, no, no, oh, no, no no no no! This movie will be the greatest movie of all time! Seriously. If you've seen any of the other movies the movie seems so similar but it's just because of the story. When I first heard about this movie I thought it was just a comic book movie with crappy special effects. Boy, was I wrong.<br /><br />This was not an ordinary movie. It was an incredible, action packed movie with super heroes of all forms (like Superman) as we watch them fighting the bad guys in a movie unlike anything we've ever seen before. We see more action in the movie then | 0.99885 | No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no , no, no, no, no. <br /><br />That's all I had to say - no, no, no, no, no, no, no. I mean, no, yes, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, | 0.002046 | No, no, no, no, no, no ... this is a movie. The very first time you watch it, you will have nothing but to enjoy. The second time, you will want to get up the sofa and leave the room. Even after 10 more time you will know that, just like in real life, there is no such thing as a one-time viewer.<br /><br />If you feel like watching this, don't stop before one o'clock: you need the time to have the time to understand the movies. I mean, this is a very good movie, even if it is not so good. For example we can see that most of our | 0.998809 | No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, NO! This is the worst movie I have seen in 3 years!!! I just saw the poster. I don't think there's much better about it. You get all the typical stereotypes, and even more, with a very interesting twist. The story and character development are very good. The cinematography (some of it was bad, but overall I think was pretty good) is top notch. <br /><br />The only truly bad thing I can think of is that the director's first word at the end of the film was *what*? Oh yeah, the badness rating. | 0.00057 | No, no, no, no, no, no. This documentary really needs more context. This is a classic example of the way that the American public isn't very forgiving of anyone who shows any interest whatsoever in the work of their favorite writers. When a movie's not going good, especially when it's by a well-known author, there's often a sense that the writer is being ignored or shunned or at least ignored by their public. The public can be very cruel in their disliking or neglect of such films. The truth about "Life of Peter" may be that it's based on a true story that was sensationalized for TV ratings and for profit. One might | 0.001735 | No, no, no, no, no, | no ... no it is not the second film in this series. You see the series, because not only that the second one was a bit boring and there was no big story. But this one is OK but the whole story isn't, but this film just proves it...<br /><br />I just like scary movies but I have never liked this series so much. It's kind of an odd choice for the 'classic' movie company because I know they have a lot of great horror movies, but this one is definitely the cheapest of the three that they have on DVD. I guess this film is also the first one where they | 0.999999 | 0.815981 | 0.400422 | 1 | 1 |
I found this movie really hard to sit through, my attention kept wandering off the tv. As far as romantic movies go..this one is the worst I've seen. Don't bother with it. | I found this movie really quite entertaining! I think you all should check out the website or the video with a friend--you just wont be able to believe how fun a movie is until you try to understand the actors' performances. This was pretty much a comedy where each character had a different style--even the "adult" characters had something for us to laugh at! Also the movie's animation was very good!<br /><br />Overall I thought the ending was fantastic! You all might be surprised how many of us thought that it just had an ending! This movie really did leave us with that sense that it did not end like many other movies. Many times | 0.99889 | I found this movie really enjoyable. It was definitely different. Even though it was a horror movie this time, it was still one of my favorites. The film's cast was all really good. The scenes that were the most exciting were the two main ones. The first is when the young man jumps from a bridge on a cold winter night; he is shot by the "hero" that lives in the woods, the second is when the young man grabs one of his own and flies into the bushes. Both scenes were very exciting! I even liked the other two scenes in the film. The young man was saved by a friendly old farmer, and I liked all | 0.998893 | I found this movie really entertaining, not because it was a good show, but it was funny, as a movie. I especially loved how the actors played the roles in a way that made them real people and they didn't act like caricatures. A lot of people have said that this movie was an adaptation of a play, which is not true. The film is based on a true story that was an experimental movie, because it tested new techniques.<br /><br />The film and the performances were great, and you won't be disappointed. Although it was a movie with no plot, the performances were so well done that they became almost a full performance, | 0.998937 | I found this movie really great. I had an issue with it in that it was a little rushed and I was not that into the story. I was hoping for an overall more entertaining movie like the last one (Rabbit Training). The storyline was cute, and I definitely liked the cute parts that the rabbit was involved in (I was fascinated by everything about the "little red dog", who ran away from home at age 10 just to eat grass). Unfortunately, the movie did not carry itself like it could have. I feel like I could have sat in the theater and enjoyed this movie. It was too short and there were so few moments that the | 0.993893 | I found this movie really amazing and heart-warming to watch.<br /><br />It really gave me something to think about myself even though I don't believe in God or religion. You can watch it and see everything at the same time and be transported to different times and places.<br /><br />This is one of those movies that should be on every person's bucket list. It's really amazing and inspiring.<br /><br />It showed how you can be a good human being by helping people and trying to make a change in the world. It really gave me a lot of confidence in myself to do this too. I just think that kids should watch | 0.998926 | I found this movie really creepy. The story about "Ching's" brother is about people who make money off of his death. There is the guy who gets money because his brother dies, and the doctor whose job it is to get him to live long enough to make money, who does exactly the same thing all over again because his brother dies. The doctor always pays a visit to the graveyard and leaves his mark. This movie even has a girl from his previous boyfriend who dies, so she was pregnant and decided to bring the baby and raise him. This movie is scary because the doctor is a genius. He keeps telling the girl she's pregnant all the | 0.001784 | I found this movie really eye-opening.<br /><br />I was initially intrigued by this movie because I have friends who follow their favorite bands so I figured it would be nice to see what the other viewers had to say on that. I was pleasantly surprised by the diversity of opinion and the fact that the bands I actually had heard of, were also recognized by these people.<br /><br />The plot seemed to be typical, the people involved in this movie are pretty much known to the audience in most cases. However, since the audience had nothing to do, there was no tension. The music was loud and good. I gave this movie, a 9 | 0.998647 | I found this movie really funny, even though it was filmed in Korea, it felt like a South Korean movie. One of the only things making this movie so good was the great soundtrack of music and acting. The main character is like a modern day Jack Bauer or Kim Jong-un, he constantly barking orders to his men and the whole show feels like he is leading his troops (like a real person). The main reason why I kept watching this movie was because my sister and I both loved it. It's funny, exciting, romantic, suspenseful, heart-touching, action packed and a lot of fun. I think I will be having it on DVD | 0.998911 | I found this movie really cool, as I am a lover of history. I was really intrigued by the way the movie depicts the Roman army going over the Alps in 209 bc. I found it very believable. I also liked the use of imagery: the sky, the rocks, the waterfalls...I actually found it interesting that the movie showed all the signs of the Roman army (in the woods, at the borders, in a battle). It really did look like the Romans were out there fighting. Overall, I thought the movie was very well-made and was very exciting! Go see it if you like history and if you are 8 years | 0.998907 | I found this movie really interesting. First of all, the director was able to manage to keep the actors looking like real people for the most part.<br /><br />This movie is a great way to kill the time. It has just a little bit of humor here and there but never the whole movies. Plus, it has lots of beautiful scenes with beautiful landscapes and scenery. At the same time, you can't get into the movie if you don't like it because it is so funny. In the end, the film is a great adventure movie. Even if it isn't a horror film or something of the nature of a mystery or anything like that. | 0.998895 | I found this movie really | entertaining, not because it was a good show, but it was funny, as a movie. I especially loved how the actors played the roles in a way that made them real people and they didn't act like caricatures. A lot of people have said that this movie was an adaptation of a play, which is not true. The film is based on a true story that was an experimental movie, because it tested new techniques.<br /><br />The film and the performances were great, and you won't be disappointed. Although it was a movie with no plot, the performances were so well done that they became almost a full performance, | 0.852397 | 0.73875 | 0.735485 | 1 | 1 |
OK, so my summary line is a cheap trick. But the movie is full of them and it gets absurdly praised, so...<br /><br />I caught this one on TV (uncut, as TV here shows all movies, that's for you Americans who might say I didn't like it because I saw a cut TV version - fortunately that's only an US thing), and had no idea about what it was. I switched on, caught the last minutes of a show, and the movie began. Within a minute, I was begging it was a comedy, given the particularly ridiculous clichéd beginning (yes, it's a bad movie-within-the-movie, I know, but what a way to try to keep the viewer interested! I don't even know why I didn't switch channels). And, yes, in fact the movie turned out to be a comedy, albeit an unintentional one.<br /><br />Marina Zudina is pretty enough, but gosh, what a dreadful performance! While casting a foreigner in the role is smart enough (she doesn't talk so bye bye language barrier), yet, sorry, Marina baby, playing mute doesn't mean impersonating Harpo Marx. Her acting is unintentionally funny in many moments, just look at her when she draws an X in the air while stalked by the killer. He wants to kill you, it's no time to play Zorro. We get plenty of "running upstairs" stuff passing for tension, as in the worst slashers, and things like pulling a carpet and a bad guy shots the other. Ugh! Will Hollywood ever learn? Yet the best/worst pearl is having a guy electrocuted in a bathtub and... Well, I have never seen anyone being electrocuted to death in a bathtub, but I'm sure you can't see the blue cartoon rays in real life, do you? And how about immediately trusting a mean-looking guy because he SAYS he's a cop, and not asking him to show you his credentials? OK, so he turns out to be a real cop. But still, not asking for the badge makes no sense (plot-wise, we could always think the credentials might be phony or he might be a crooked cop. Screen writing 101). And how about the big twist? Don't tell me you didn't see that coming from 200 miles away...<br /><br />I feel sorry for poor old Alec Guinness and his useless stock footage cameo. Now I think about this, what's the point in giving him a "Mystery Guest Star" credit... in the END titles? The movie's over, there's no mystery anymore, and everybody and their brother have identified Guinness (even non-movie buffs will recognize "the old guy from 'Star Wars'"). Yet better off this way, so we can pretend it's not the late great actor.<br /><br />People keep comparing this to, of all people, Hitchcock. I suppose it has to be John Hitchcock the milkman, as the late Sir Alfred would feel embarrassed out of watching this, let alone making it. And this gets a 6.8/10???? It's Bottom 100 material! But then, we're talking a rating system that allows 'The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King' to appear as the third best movie ever made (check Top 100), so...<br /><br />2/10. | OK, so my summary line gave away the whole plot but you get the point!<br /><br />'A man goes missing at sea, and the next day a rich businessman goes to get to the bottom of it - then all hell breaks loose!<br /><br />The movie isn't boring at all and all the characters are well-developed. Most notably, the young man who ends up being responsible for the death of the man. Unfortunately, I don't think this is due to the film being well-made, but rather, you could argue that the screenplay was poorly written and poorly directed. The best part I'm telling you about in the first sentence of this | 0.993895 | OK, so my summary line will have some potential for controversy that may be construed as criticism of "The 3rd Man", especially in light of the comments on the IMDb page for this picture. Of course, it most certainly needs more comments, more reviews, and more discussion before we can fully evaluate it. This film does contain a lot of elements that will surprise and delight many viewers, including some humor and a strong sense of irony. <br /><br />This film has been compared to "Casino - Where I Died Kneed" and "The Wedding Party". In contrast to those two movies, this film seems to feature a lot more nudity (and | 0.9988 | OK, so my summary line says it all. I thought this was going to have a really nice, fresh film, but this is just a bad movie from start to finish.<br /><br />The story is so over-acted that you start thinking that it might not be very good. The acting in this is pretty weak (the characters have about twenty lines) and the plot is pretty predictable, and not original at all.<br /><br />Don't waste your time with this movie. It has a 2 out of 10 rating, but I would give it no five stars. My opinion isn't that good, and I wouldn't recommend this | 0.000484 | OK, so my summary line was wrong, because there may be some slight misunderstandings in there. However, some might feel that the last sentence of the summary made some sense for me, so I decided to write it anyway. This movie IS a bad film, and it's not just because it's a bad movie, right? This movie is only a bad movie for me. First of all, when a movie has a budget like this one, you might as well try to get it right the first time. Here is a plot outline for the movie. It basically has a couple of kids (and a couple of adults) are doing missions when they end up | 0.00049 | OK, so my summary line isn't completely fair because there are too many spoilers, but there aren't really any. <br /><br />After seeing that many copies, I'm sure that the box for the film was made by a little boy. And the sound quality for the film was even worse than the film. It sounded like people were talking in their rooms during the film.<br /><br />The movie is about a scientist who is not to be trusted and that he is the very reason why you don't feel so much at home in your home.<br /><br />The whole movie, in my opinion, is one of the best movies I've | 0.997862 | OK, so my summary line of the movie was absolutely wrong. As with all of the other reviews I read on imdb before I watched it, I thought they were way off, and that is one of the reasons why this movie is one of the best horror movies i have ever seen! It's absolutely terrifying! You get to see the "real" zombies, instead of just zombie movie clichés such as the redneck kid who's killed on the highway, and the girl who got her head blown off by a car, where as with this movie, we get to see the REAL zombies... who's been on the run for years, as we as the audience | 0.998931 | OK, so my summary line was incorrect. It's true, I am in the minority, I am tired of hearing everyone talking like they're trying to make a point. There's no point, there's nothing to say. All we hear about is the stupid argument where everyone is saying they're sooooo right. I want all these people to realize, its not good enough to say it and just go away, its better to write a book and publish. It's not that hard. All good authors could tell you how to write, and how to write they did. The writing was a failure, but they did learn alot and that's all that's important | 0.001399 | OK, so my summary line was a little ambiguous - so lets change that. I did not enjoy this movie. It was a mess.<br /><br />The plot is not so hard to figure out. It's all about the kids playing together in the basement at night after school. They are just looking to make a few fun times. However, after having some one who is killed, the kids start to feel something is wrong with their relationships, although they aren't sure. A boy kills another boy, but he is brought back to life. We learn more about whats going on between the old man and the younger brother, their relationship, and why some of | 0.000498 | OK, so my summary line isn't quite accurate. A lot of movies are pretty bad, not one of them is better then this one. Its only the worst at the same level. If you're going to ask me what the rating should be, I'd give it a 1 out of 10, as it was. If you think its worth catching because its the best of 1999 then I guess your asking for it.<br /><br />This, and the first were two great movies. The others sucked.<br /><br />But, I digress. <br /><br />This is one of those movies that you might | 0.000491 | OK, so my summary line didn't give you information, but in short: This is a really very, very good film. Some great stuff to recommend: the final scene of the house where the dog is trapped with his mother, the last scene when the dog runs toward the car, the scene after the dog is run over by the car and run over by the cops. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but if you ask me, he gives us the best representation for "human nature" one moment in this film. You will also love the ending. After that I would strongly recommend the film to everyone, but especially to the younger audience. | 0.9989 | OK, so my summary line | says it all. I thought this was going to have a really nice, fresh film, but this is just a bad movie from start to finish.<br /><br />The story is so over-acted that you start thinking that it might not be very good. The acting in this is pretty weak (the characters have about twenty lines) and the plot is pretty predictable, and not original at all.<br /><br />Don't waste your time with this movie. It has a 2 out of 10 rating, but I would give it no five stars. My opinion isn't that good, and I wouldn't recommend this | 0.497244 | 0.843221 | 0.854357 | 0 | 1 |
An obscure horror show filmed in the Everglades. Two couples stay overnight in a cabin after being made a little uneasy by the unfriendliness of the locals. Who, or what, are the Blood Stalkers? After awhile they find out. Watch for the character of the village idiot who clucks like a chicken, he certainly is weird. | An obscure horror show filmed in 1978 for a local TV station, "Bloodsuckers" has an all-star cast: Robert Engelman, Linda Blair, Frank Jones, Nancy Allen, and James Wong Howe, along with a young Angela Bassett - who at the end of the series is a very scary and believable vampire - as well as Richard E. Grant, and Tom Savini (his first role). Despite being a terrible film, "Bloodsuckers" at times seems to have lost an ounce of style. Its pacing, and the somewhat uneven pacing of the movie, are at times off, but ultimately I do like it | 0.009232 | An obscure horror show filmed by Spike Lee that was supposed to have a few laughs, but ended up as one of the best ones ever. When the series ended, its popularity grew and it had to be brought back on the air. This time, in 1992, the series was brought back on the air. Unfortunately, this time this was not a success. The 1982 and 1984 versions still have some great effects, and are easily considered as one of the greatest horror series. <br /><br />Now, 20 years later, the series has still stayed popular. Spike Lee is still a legend | 0.99855 | An obscure horror show filmed in Ireland. No plot, no plot. Just a bunch of women talking about sex toys and how to use them in front of naked boys. The characters are one dimensional, the sex scenes are very unrealistic (not because the actors are sex obsessed), and the acting is terrible. The special effects are horrible. The gore is bad, the camera work is terrible. You never get to see any of the characters. The show just wastes your time and money.<br /><br />><br /><br />4 of 10 - bad experience. I gave this the "low budget horror film" rating because it tries so hard.< | 0.000489 | An obscure horror show filmed in 1973, starring Charles Martin Smith and Jerry O'Connell. The show's story revolves around a young father who is brutally killed in a murder-for-hire. Now, his son Jack (O'Connell) and their small town come to terms with the death of their grandfather. That's where Jack falls victim to the monster that haunts the town... I was quite fascinated with the horror elements in this film. The effects are quite bad, but they make for some pretty creep scenes. The special effects are quite good, although the music is not too powerful. At its heart, the film doesn't really tell | 0.009276 | An obscure horror show filmed entirely in the Netherlands starring Dennis Franz and Patrick Allen is, in my opinion, one of the best of the early seventies. It was a great film and very much worth watching. Dennis Franz gives an excellent performance as a troubled man who becomes a hit-man against whom he is going to be punished by the state. With his partner he is going to be hunted by the army, which means he cannot do any crime in order to escape. However, in the worst way to escape the law, he decides to kill his first employer. In order to do that, he goes to a doctor who is willing to play a dangerous role. | 0.998821 | An obscure horror show filmed during the 1970s (not '70s as in many classic TV shows from the fifties and sixties) was set up for the first season as a vehicle for the very talented, if obscure and underappreciated, John Carpenter. With the usual mishandling of story and contrived plot, some of the episodes featured just a few scenes showing off the acting talent of the cast who, it seemed to me, was being cast from the outset. The episodes were as good as they got during the early '70s period but they just did not have the overall scope that the first season | 0.000915 | An obscure horror show filmed on a shoestring with bad FX and poor casting is one of the absolute worst films I have ever seen! There was no plot, and no sense of anything interesting. I mean, why go as ridiculous a horror show as we had here in the States for two weeks on NBC? And, for the sake of being original, why even ask that for some crazy zombie movie? I could easily watch more original horror movies than this. <br /><br />I mean, I just saw a documentary about the producers of the show and he is convinced that it is really supposed to be a horror show, to the point where he has to | 0.000486 | An obscure horror show filmed on the old TV set or still in storage on a hard drive or CD or something? 15 years ago? Well, it was on. And it was funny. That's why I loved it--it was not as much about the "plot", which is one of the essential elements for comedy, as a humorous thing that you never knew what the heck the rest of the show was about. The original cast included such "stars" as Tom Savini, Johnathon Schaech (for real! How rare), Danny Pino and of course, Jason Statham, all funny enough, and in other scenes a little sad.< | 0.998676 | An obscure horror show filmed to the original format, a few days after they filmed it I read the book. It made a lot of sense and the ending was also very satisfying despite the fact that they didn't explain everything to death.<br /><br />I've read it in my head, you know something about a very sick woman, the whole story was told to her and her doctor in a way that I didn't know until I watched the video. When she decides to run away from the doctor and his wife and then starts attacking the medical college with blood, I knew it was a story to watch a second time. This movie was so good that my | 0.998859 | An obscure horror show filmed in 1981, called the Dead Zone in the U.K. This is the tale of two men with a past life which they're forced to share in a remote mountain area. They're set for an all-day excursion by steamboat but get swept away by a huge snow storm. They're eventually rescued by an expeditionary force led by a very sexy girl, and their lives are never the same again. A good show with much potential for future exploitation. The gore was very low-key, and the music was all chandeliers and brass. Some comments about the sex scenes were not so subtle. Overall, a good | 0.998873 | An obscure horror show filmed | in Ireland. No plot, no plot. Just a bunch of women talking about sex toys and how to use them in front of naked boys. The characters are one dimensional, the sex scenes are very unrealistic (not because the actors are sex obsessed), and the acting is terrible. The special effects are horrible. The gore is bad, the camera work is terrible. You never get to see any of the characters. The show just wastes your time and money.<br /><br />><br /><br />4 of 10 - bad experience. I gave this the "low budget horror film" rating because it tries so hard.< | 0.049703 | 0.704655 | 0.930682 | 0 | 0 |
This film is about a couple that decides to take a vacation to The Everglades along with another couple and the family dog. When they first get there, they are not welcomed by the neighboring gas attendant that warms them to stay away from the cabin in which they are to spend the night at for the week. After pestering with the old man, three hillbillys also do not take kindly to their arrival as they approach their car and threaten them to leave. After asking some of the local dummies that can't speak or just don't want to answer, they finaly find the cabin. After they settle in, strange things happen to the visitors including discovering crap on their car, the man thats the head of this trip thats an idiot shoots the family dog thinking it was a killer clawing at the door and a series of deaths later on in the end. Adding a church group did not make the story any better. Then at the end, the idiot that survives the whole ordeal goes around the town carrying a shot gun. Lame. thats what this movie is. | This film is about a couple of gay brothers (Mickey Manero's brother and his sister) that work together to make a movie with a gay woman (played by an unknown), but when they find that movie is going to be quite successful they have to deal with the movie industry on their own. While this film is not a bad movie a different angle and not the typical gay film that has been made, this film shows that gay men can do just about anything they set their minds to. This is a movie that will make you wonder what is "big" about this day and age. This movie is funny from the very beginning as they get into a | 0.998871 | This film is about a 16 year old girl who becomes very ill. As she cannot speak out, she goes on a journey to try and convince an elderly gentleman that he should cure the illness. She tries a couple of times, but the old man gives up eventually when he realizes she cannot afford to live. But the old man does not seem to feel any pity for the girl because in the end at the end the old man tells her what he knows about life. What he says is "You really do give me a lot of ideas of living."<br /><br />This is a nice short film with the kind of sentimentality that only | 0.998818 | This film is about a little girl who's dad goes into a coma and can't wake up; she lives on with the hope that one day he will wake up and marry what he loves most and has never been to a wedding. Sadly, the movie never actually does that. The only person he ever looks at is his old girlfriend and they do not become even on a personal level. She does marry the older man (in some weird little thing they do to put the film in a family drama setting) but it doesn't make it any easier for the girl to go on in life. Although she is beautiful she comes across as very bland and wooden like most | 0.000514 | This film is about a couple who have just had their wedding date. But when they get back to their home, the groom has committed suicidally to watching the film. The young wife tells the father that it is a curse that when she dies that her son will be born at the same ceremony that her husband is in. But in the future, her husband returns from the film looking and acts exactly like a kid over 18. The family then try to set things right by bringing the young woman to adulthood without having her father do his own autopsied. They also try their luck with a new husband and kid, though without success. (The | 0.007021 | This film is about a small African island on the edge of Africa. It's ruled by an evil queen and her son. But she lets free some free spirits that come to find out about the island and find out why. They get to know each other and they have the idea to stop the evil queen's and her brother. The evil queen is very cruel and doesn't give a crap about people. The story is a thriller, a story about humans acting for their own interests. There's a very good story although, I just didn't like the whole queen trying to take power and take over everything. The film had a great plot and a fine story that | 0.995847 | This film is about a woman who suffers with schizophrenia. During a session she starts seeing a man and her relationship with the man changes greatly. A very beautiful film. However, it's best to see it with your doctor and then seek help for yourself.<br /><br />Rated TM unless your a child.<br /><br />Rating: 9/10<br /><br />Rated T unless your a child.<br /><br />Rating: 8/10<br /><br />Rated PG-13 unless your a child.<br /><br />Rating: 10/10<br /><br />Rated R unless your a child.<br | 0.998761 | This film is about a middle-class couple that lives with their two young daughters in the old town of the small town which happens to be on the edge of the town. The film takes a deep look at their relationship and also the struggle to maintain it.<br /><br />The film tells the tale of two women who are going through something quite traumatic. The plot is complex and this works very well. The acting is great and there are some nice moments. This makes one think is can the world have some simple moments of true love.<br /><br />It might seem like I might be going overboard with this review, but really I couldn't find anything | 0.998935 | This film is about a family's journey to Europe in 1848 where we learn about the hardships and suffering of those who are immigrants. They travel to a village where they meet an old friend and start the journey.<br /><br />One thing that was really beautiful in this film was the way that the film was presented. I think that it was probably because their stories were very unique that this film was able to reach the audience in such a profound way.<br /><br />The film had many things that were quite touching because it felt that they only went to the poorest village they could get a job. In one movie they visit a bar and | 0.99869 | This film is about a little kid who just loves talking to his dad. My favorite quote is 'what's the right thing to do?' when he tells his dad he wants to join the space shuttle. Now who wouldn't be excited by this. This film is a great example of how little children can make great films. It should be recognized for all the awards given this year. A true success and a great film to watch.<br /><br />-P.S.<br /><br />I don't know if you're aware of this guy who created this kid. Go check out his new DVD. Some of the songs are very cool like 'The Greatest | 0.998882 | This film is about a young man with many hidden secrets. He's a pilot and an anti-war activist, he also works as a reporter in Chicago to expose corruption and crime. It's a film that has an amazing cast, especially John McIntire as a great actor. The film is beautiful and very much on the visual touch of the screen. The actors do not only display great acting skills but it's also very important to look at the cinematography, the filming and the whole thing.<br /><br />The action takes place in Chicago, but then it takes place all over the USA. It also has lots of beautiful scenes, great music and sounds.< | 0.998889 | This film is about a | little girl who's dad goes into a coma and can't wake up; she lives on with the hope that one day he will wake up and marry what he loves most and has never been to a wedding. Sadly, the movie never actually does that. The only person he ever looks at is his old girlfriend and they do not become even on a personal level. She does marry the older man (in some weird little thing they do to put the film in a family drama setting) but it doesn't make it any easier for the girl to go on in life. Although she is beautiful she comes across as very bland and wooden like most | 0.067803 | 0.999989 | 0.42411 | 0 | 0 |
Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly cannot get any engaging ideas cooking in this artificial trifle about a wayward mother and her mature teenage daughter trying to make their lives work in Los Angeles despite mom's flighty behavior. Apart from several good sequences, I didn't quite buy Susan Sarandon as a flake (she's too intrinsically smart and focused to be passed off as this devil-may-care lady), and her naturally grounded personality is a bad fit for the role of an irresponsible parent. Natalie Portman fares much better as her kid, and yet there's a creepy aloofness to her work (and some of her scenes, such as the one where she asks a boy to strip, are misguided and uncomfortable to watch). Certainly not an incompetent piece, "Anywhere But Here" does have moments that work, but it isn't an embraceable film, nor has it proved to be an important one. ** from **** | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly is uncredited as writer on this one; unfortunately for him it was supposed to feature this very much in his trademark style as well as for the first few minutes. With such style, such characters and such a strange premise it's easy to see the potential of this work. Indeed, this is certainly one of the best modern comedies I've seen so far. Alvin's script and directing are what truly set this masterpiece apart in my view. In the course of one hour, I thoroughly enjoyed and became fascinated with all the characters and situations. While I don't pretend to understand the underlying motives and philosophies so much as I do | 0.998838 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly passed away in his sleep. I first saw this movie 15 years ago, and I can only say it was one the best thrill rides that you can've ever gone through.<br /><br />The director John Cassavetes also contributed to this masterpiece, because he did a lot of post-production work on this one, and he always seems to know what's up.<br /><br />This movie is worth seeing even for non-screenwriters. It is quite witty, and even has some humorous moments.<br /><br />What else can you say? This movie was probably one of the worst movies I've ever watched, but | 0.003365 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly passes to the other side. He wrote a few mediocre movies for Warner Bros. and was a close friend of the director James Whale who gave him the script to "The Black Cat". Mr. Whale didn't approve of the movie and so Talbot Dean, the screenwriter, couldn't come up with a good script. However, Mr. Whale did provide Talbot with some helpful advice. He advised Talbot to put the character of "Cannon" into the character of "Henry O'Brien" as it was the best match for a kid, who loved the story which was set in the 1840's and that | 0.00326 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly went quietly into the stars. One of the great directors of film noir and early crime stories, his film was one of the only true love stories in which his characters are flawed, flawed but also flawed to an absurd degree. In this film (at one point my son said it's a bit too much), "Patties" is a good example of how flawed the "bitterest" woman in the house could be, and how ultimately she's doomed to be left holding the bag.<br /><br />First, I've never given Paul Douglas his own solo scene like this, for two reasons. One being that I'm | 0.998343 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly died recently. He is best known for his brilliant film of the year 1971 "Three Amigos", a story about the relationship between a family, the Johnsons, and their son, Paul. This excellent film has been recognized over the years with many awards. Paul Harris's career is in a similar state, and yet neither of them are as famous and recognized as most would say they should be.
Both films are not only funny, and entertaining, they have a very strong romance between the main characters. Both films were quite different from each other. This is an example that films can be made and be successful. This | 0.99883 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly passed away last week from natural causes. I still remember watching movies about a small time writer who finds that he has a special connection to a young girl whose father was executed for murdering his mother. The girl's mother dies in a car crash which affects her mind. One night she enters into his home, and together they write a love story about a boy and a girl who seem to be in love with each other until Sargent writes one line that makes the plot turn completely over and over again. Each time it turns, he gives to people a new meaning that the audience thinks is strange or totally different. But he always says "That | 0.985999 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly died in September of 2001 because of a bad seizure in 1980. His work can still be found in a variety of movies (with his name on them), but he also wrote a couple of great episodes of the syndicated Dragnet for CBS. The reason for this is because, unlike Gene Hackman, he seems to have worked his ass off writing the script.<br /><br />Although Alvin Sargent would go on to write some great TV and movie scripts, the real genius is probably the great Richard Schiff that he would go on to create the brilliant PBS TV play, "The Legend of | 0.995776 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly didn't get the chance to make a movie with his talent. This movie, like his other work, is full of brilliant moments and brilliant scenes. In fact, it's worth watching with the sound on mute so you can easily enjoy the film.<br /><br />The story is simple - a woman, living with a family of 4, begins to realize her daughter, who is a virgin, has not had sex for 3 years. When the mother returns home from work, she catches her daughter doing everything she wants her daughter to do (of course the mother is very patient).<br /><br />The script is so | 0.998772 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly had a bad start with this flop. The script was written at a time when he was living in New York. This being the 70's was a time when people were going for glamour, for a time and not because it was the "new film at the box-office". This movie was set in a hotel at the beginning. The title is called "A Man Called Angel. It is a good film, with a wonderful script, a great cast and a good storyline. In fact it is one of the best films that I have ever seen. It was a great movie, even though Alvin Sargent is not a great | 0.997102 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly missed several chances to become a Hollywood success in the 30's & 40's. He was born June 24, 1911 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and died April 12, 2000 in California, USA. During the 30's & probably the 40's he made over twenty-odd movies to help improve the box office (which is more than a lot for his time)! He got his start as a writer and actor in the 1930's working with James Stewart, Burt Lancaster, and Paul Muni, among others. In these later | 0.004493 | Talented screenwriter Alvin Sargent sadly | passes to the other side. He wrote a few mediocre movies for Warner Bros. and was a close friend of the director James Whale who gave him the script to "The Black Cat". Mr. Whale didn't approve of the movie and so Talbot Dean, the screenwriter, couldn't come up with a good script. However, Mr. Whale did provide Talbot with some helpful advice. He advised Talbot to put the character of "Cannon" into the character of "Henry O'Brien" as it was the best match for a kid, who loved the story which was set in the 1840's and that | 0.000005 | 0.312258 | 0.885932 | 0 | 0 |
An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Blair and David 'The Hoff' Hasselhoff: how could any fan of trashy horror resist such a treat?<br /><br />Well, based on the uneventful, extremely tedious, and utterly nonsensical first forty minutes or so, I would have said 'very easily'; thankfully, however, things do eventually get a tad more entertaining with the introduction of several inventive death scenes, and for those lucky enough to find an uncut copy, a smattering of nudity too (unfortunately, my copy was optically edited to remove such offensive material).<br /><br />The Hoff stars as Gary, a photographer who accompanies his beautiful girlfriend Leslie (Leslie Cumming) to a run-down hotel on a seemingly deserted island in order to take pictures for her latest project, a book about witches; whilst there, frustrated Gary also hopes to try and cure a bad case of blue balls by relieving Leslie of her virginity.<br /><br />His plans for nookie are scuppered, however, by the unexpected arrival of property developers Freddie and Rose Brooks (Robert Champagne and Annie Ross), their pregnant daughter Jane (Blair), son Tommy (Michael Manchester), pretty nymphomaniac architect Linda Sullivan (Catherine Hickland), and estate agent Jerry (Rick Farnsworth), who have come to inspect the island's hotel.<br /><br />After explaining their unexpected presence on the island, Gary and Leslie are welcomed by the property's new owners, and when a violent storm suddenly picks up, making it perilous to return to the mainland, everyone agrees to spend the night in the old building. Unfortunately, unbeknownst to the hotel's new guests, the place is also home to the spirit of an evil witch (Hildegard Knef), who requires human sacrifices in order to bring herself back to life. One by one, victims are pulled into a swirling red vortex (which is guaranteed to provide unintentional laughs), before meeting a terrible fate.<br /><br />None of this makes much sense, and the acting is atrocious (Manchester as Tommy is particularly bad, whilst Hasselhoff proves to be one of the better performers, which speaks volumes about the others), but those viewers who make it past the dreary first half are rewarded with some pretty decent moments of gore: Rose has her lips sewn together, before being roasted alive in a fireplace; Jerry is crucified and burnt alive; Linda is tortured by hags and impaled on a swordfish(!!); Freddie's veins pulsate and erupt in geysers of blood; and Gary gets stabbed in the back.<br /><br />Oh, and Leslie is raped by a guy with no lips and Blair gets possessed (again). | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Blair with John Wayne in the title role, this is a true classic as well as an enjoyable diversion. The story tells a true story of a woman who works with a drug dealer who in turn turns into a serial killer. It's up to a female FBI agent to put these men out of business. The cast is excellent, and John Wayne is a believable but no mean actor. This was probably the best of the MGM western's of the 1970s with the other classics being "Commando" and "High Sierra". It also is an example of Hollywood working-class man's hero and the American government trying to protect | 0.998885 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Ellerbee. What is up with this name? Who wrote this??????<br /><br />Borat is an English (British) comedy series created in the United Kingdom around the same time as this is set. It is based on Larry the Cable Guy, although Borat really does have all the usual antics of Mr. Cable. The main purpose of it though is to take the characters to new heights.<br /><br />Borat is pretty funny. It's about some guys from a UK production company who just bought a small company that can rent foreign people to do a lot of the jobs for them. The | 0.996418 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Fiorentino as a waitress for Italian immigrants and then rising star Danny Aiello as an aristocrat. The young star appears to have been born in America and as such he had no choice but to try and find employment in an American setting. However the film makers managed to create the illusion that the young man appeared to be an Italian who had been sent to the USA to earn a living and to have taken an impromptu class of acting at an Italian high school. This was made possible because of the casting of Danny Aiello; however it was far from a happy ending to what was already a dreary film. The young actor | 0.001064 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Purl & Peter Falk. With a script by George M. Stone, the film's set-up involves a young woman who discovers herself to be a former model. It is in part a psychological thriller, a romance, a comedy and a mystery. Set against the backdrop of the 1950's, where women and men both have to choose what is most important, the film shows the different aspects of women's lives. A great actor for the lead, Barbara Steele, who is not very good as the woman you love in a movie like this. She is well worth noting. She is the only thing that keeps Linda's | 0.998659 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Blair, Jodie Foster, and Donald Sutherland was one of the first Italian/American co-productions, as it came from the screenwriter/director Anthony Russo and composer Massimo D'Ancona. The film centers on a pair of sisters, Loretta and Andrea (or Loretta and Loretta, as the producers like to call them) who had been separated in the womb and now live with their mother in their home town. The youngest sister, Andrea, has been going through her own struggles, not knowing her mother's identity. And the older brother, Loretta, is in need of a place | 0.998262 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Blair (from "Blind Date") and a British actor who was in "Casablanca 4: The Definitive Edition" (where he played an American, who had also been in "Casablanca"). Blair plays an aspiring playwright who spends much time talking to her friends (her father, uncle and cousins) who are all actors; she also has some trouble talking, and falls in love with her friend (played by the young actor) but her family believes her husband already is married and she has to try and fix this relationship.<br /><br />Although its a "Casablanca-esque" movie | 0.99801 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Blair, James Garner, Charles Bronson and the late Rex Reed. It was a pretty decent crime drama (not necessarily a hit for NBC). It won two Emmy Awards and earned a good deal of critical acclaim. I've always been a fan of Garner and his performances and this show was probably what made him what he is today. The film was made by the same director who, also, made other solid productions such as "A Fish Called Wanda" (1966) and "Little Big Shots" (1971). This wasn't really as much of a mystery as a crime film though, it is pretty | 0.998564 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Darnell and David Strathairn. A young woman who was abused years ago gets a new lease on life and the promise of better life for her family is met. There's just one problem to that. After several misadventures she meets a stranger, a married man, who has a tendency to drink and drink and drink sometimes, and falls in love with her. What she hasn't anticipated -- and what would become her obsession -- is that not knowing whether she has what it takes to live her life -- for as long as she can -- is enough to drive her insane. Inevitably the story will be told | 0.993917 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Blair (of Tangled, 1993, The Nightmare Collection, and the re-release version of the 1985 musical) and Lili Taylor (the daughter of "Minnie," daughter of the "Coney Island", and niece of "Minnie) they share a great and touching relationship. With the help of her father Linda Blair (Minnie) and her boyfriend (Dennis Quaid) and with the permission of some other actresses (including Gail O'Keeffe, Julia Stiles, and Deneuve) they form a great team and the acting is outstanding. The story is heart | 0.998852 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda Darnell and Michael Rooker, it is more like a loose, loose plot than an actual, well conceived and acted (at least initially) thriller. It has many weak points, as well as a decent cast, but its basic premise is convincing enough to make it worth watching. While director Michael Haneke's film is nothing special in a grand context, he creates a very intriguing atmosphere as well. A tense and interesting pace, the inclusion of Linda Darnell in the film, is also appreciated, and so are the performances of Michael Rooker and Rafe Spall (as well). The most unexpected elements | 0.998667 | An Italian/American co-production co-starring Linda | Fiorentino as a waitress for Italian immigrants and then rising star Danny Aiello as an aristocrat. The young star appears to have been born in America and as such he had no choice but to try and find employment in an American setting. However the film makers managed to create the illusion that the young man appeared to be an Italian who had been sent to the USA to earn a living and to have taken an impromptu class of acting at an Italian high school. This was made possible because of the casting of Danny Aiello; however it was far from a happy ending to what was already a dreary film. 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Oh my... bad clothing, worse synth music and the worst: David Hasselhoff. The 80's are back with vengeance in Witchery, an American-Italian co-production, helmed by infamous Joe 'D'Amato on the production side and short-careered director (thank heavens for small miracles) Fabrizio Laurenti directing . Marketed as a kind of sequel to Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series in Italy (that was dubbed "La Casa" in there), Witchery delivers some modest gore groceries and bad acting.<br /><br />A mix of ghost story, possessions and witchcraft, the film bounces clueless from scene to another without letting some seriously wooden actors and hilarious day and night mix-ups slow it's progress to expectable ending, topped with some serious WTF surprise climax. (I just love the look on her face...) Surprisingly Laurenti manages to gather some suspense and air of malice in few - very few - scenes; unluckily for him, these few glimpses of mild movie magic go down quickly and effectively.<br /><br />The plus sides are experienced, when the gore hits the fan. This department is quite effective and entertaining in that classic latex and red paint style of the 80's Italo-gore, when things were made 100% hand-made and as shockingly and vivid as modest budgets could allow. I could only watch with sadistic glee and few laughters all the over-the-top ways that obnoxious characters (and actors) got mangled and misused, one by one. I only felt sorry for Linda Blair, who apparently haven't been let to try any other than that good old possessed girl / woman role ever in his career, or so it looks like when checking out his filmography.<br /><br />Well, folks - not much more to tell, and even less to tell home about. Don't expect too much when spending some rainy afternoon with this, and probably you'll experience at least some mild fun. It also helps if your rotten little heart pounds in the beat of 80's euro gore horror. And speaking of hearts - every movie that has David Hasselhoff getting skewered by a sizeable metal object and bleeding heavily around the room and corridors, MUST have it's one on the right place.<br /><br />This is my truth - what is yours? | Oh my... bad clothing, worse acting... but very funny movie... I think if you have a good sense of humor you'll enjoy this...<br /><br />The ending in particular is great... just don't watch overlong... 20 minutes is okay... it's enough if there are plenty of fast-moving plot elements. I really loved the characters ... so many interesting and well-written ones... (of course, i'm not sure it's 100%, but i think they were given to you) And the music always suits the atmosphere and the story. I liked especially the "Losing Your Mind" song...<br /><br />Good | 0.998769 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse story and editing. First of all, why couldn't some of the actors stand it out from the rest? They were just about the same acting as the first part, but when the movie hit "F" for Violence, I couldn't take it anymore and left the theater. But, the plot and story were terrible. It was so hard to comprehend that this was the same town that was the center of the first book, that they would have come together for a sequel. After I left, a friend and I were discussing the book of course. She mentioned, "This is exactly what the writer would write if the first book was | 0.00049 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse acting and worst acting, worst plot! 9-10 hours waste of time, waste of money. Can't you give me a short cut? 3 minutes. Don't waste your time on this. Bad film. I wasted 3 hours of my life. This is the worst part of my life, the worst waste of all my time and dollars. I can say "this is the worst movie I've ever seen! " to my friends who are also watching this movie. The only thing people will say is you are a "bad actor". I bet that those people have been having a bad time since watching this so | 0.000491 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse acting, bad directing, a bad script, bad writing and overall bad experience. This could probably earn me money. The plot of this film revolves around a little boy who suffers a childhood tragedy. Well, not a childhood tragedy per se, but an extremely traumatic one- his mother becomes ill. As she passes away, the boy is left with a massive life changing decision to make. He must go and say goodbye to his mom. Then he is picked up by a truck driver from Maine, his only parent in his hometown. The father and son travel the country to find a place they can call home. Along the way, the little | 0.00049 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse casting and acting... just to mention this and what I saw during the filming of the movie is totally unexpected and a big surprise for everybody, that was the main reason why I watched the movie. What made me curious were the lines and the performances of those actors. <br /><br />Now, I won't criticize the movie for the way I chose to watch it (in terms of the amount and time we had to kill), but what made it a pleasant movie to go through was the strong performances of our movie heroes. I really was hooked in the very beginning because of their characters and the actors tried to keep the audience involved throughout | 0.993291 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse costumes, and stupid dialogue.<br /><br />This was the worst film I have ever seen! All the dialog is nonsensical, and the entire film is way over the top. I even love a lot of it. I liked the part where they get a helicopter so they can blow up 8 million people. They go and blow up 6 million. They blow up another 300. I love that they can blow up a lot more people, but they must have been over the top. Also, they have the most annoying characters on the film. The evil one with the head (who was supposed to get | 0.000497 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse cinematography and a bad director, this is by far the worst movie I have ever watched, and when I mention that the movie has so many things wrong with it it's not even funny! The plot, the characters, the dialogues, the music, the cinematography and the everything in general, all seem badly filmed, poorly crafted and badly designed. The idea for "Pleasure Palace" is very good and a lot of the fun comes from seeing how the story develops. However, the whole movie can only be enjoyed if you've had the courage to spend your money, too, and that would be a lot of money | 0.000486 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse photography, and most disappointing plot. A guy who gets caught cheating on his girlfriend finds out that his good guy friends are going to be responsible for him losing his job because they're helping put it together. A bunch of good guys going through a lot of personal drama but nothing goes right. The plot, at least, is not that much of a problem for the viewers. The humor is okay, and yes, there was quite a bit of violence - but it was never that gory. I also like the fact that the movie uses the word 'crazy' to refer a certain sort of love. I can't believe that they | 0.000492 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse animation than I've ever seen in a Dinosaur movie.<br /><br />the acting was okay, not that much but it fit. But if you want to see a good Dinosaur movie in theaters then this is it! <br /><br />There was something about the story that made it stand out. Its the first Dinosaur movie i've ever seen. This was definitely the coolest and best. I recommend watching this if you are a dinosaur fan. the animation and story were awesome, and the costumes were pretty interesting. I really recommend it. This could have been a little better, but thats where the DVD is concerned. | 0.99878 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse script.<br /><br />What I do like is that it shows that despite the name of the movie we needn't worry that the directors have not been able to pay for the costumes.<br /><br />A few good jokes, some not completely justified. I think it would be more effective to make the jokes in the first half, and then fill the remaining time with action.<br /><br />Just a little late. But just a little fun. At least a laugh.<br /><br />The costumes: they seem to be made from the same fabric I've seen on the clothing of the cast.<br /><br /> | 0.000547 | Oh my... bad clothing, worse | acting and worst acting, worst plot! 9-10 hours waste of time, waste of money. Can't you give me a short cut? 3 minutes. Don't waste your time on this. Bad film. I wasted 3 hours of my life. This is the worst part of my life, the worst waste of all my time and dollars. I can say "this is the worst movie I've ever seen! " to my friends who are also watching this movie. The only thing people will say is you are a "bad actor". I bet that those people have been having a bad time since watching this so | 0.500304 | 0.691241 | 0.927256 | 1 | 1 |
There are many different versions of this one floating around, so make sure you can locate one of the unrated copies, otherwise some gore and one scene of nudity might be missing. Some versions also omit most of the opening sequence and other bits here and there. The cut I saw has the on-screen title WITCHCRAFT: EVIL ENCOUNTERS and was released by Shriek Show, who maintain the original US release title WITCHERY for the DVD release. It's a nice-looking print and seems to have all of the footage, but has some cropping/aspect ratio issues. In Italy, it was released as LA CASA 4 (WITCHCRAFT). The first two LA CASA releases were actually the first two EVIL DEAD films (retitled) and the third LA CASA was another film by the same production company (Filmirage), which is best known here in America as GHOSTHOUSE. To make matters even more confusing, WITCHERY was also released elsewhere as GHOSTHOUSE 2. Except in Germany, where GHOSTHOUSE 2 is actually THE OGRE: DEMONS 3. OK, I better just shut up now. I'm starting to confuse myself!<br /><br />Regardless of the title, this is a very hit-or-miss horror effort. Some of it is good, some of it isn't. I actually was into this film for the first half or so, but toward the end it became a senseless mess. A large, vacant hotel located on an island about 50 miles from Boston is the setting, as various people get picked off one-by-one by a German- speaking witch (Hildegard Knef). Photographer Gary (David Hasselhoff), who wants to capture "Witch Light," and his virginal writer girlfriend (Leslie Cumming), who is studying witchcraft, are shacking up at the hotel without permission. Along comes real estate agent Jerry (Rick Farnsworth), who's showing off the property to potential buyers Rose (Annie Ross) and Freddie (Robert Champagne) Brooks. Also tagging along are their children; pregnant grown daughter Jane (Linda Blair) and very young son Tommy (Michael Manchester), as well as oversexed architect Linda Sullivan (Catherine Hickland - Hasselhoff's wife at the time). Once everyone is inside, their boat driver is killed (hung) and the boat disappears, so they find themselves trapped and basically at the mercy of the "Lady in Black."<br /><br />So what can you expect to find here? Plenty of unpleasantries! One of the characters has their lips sewn shut and is then hung upside down in the fireplace and accidentally slow-roasted by the rest of the cast. There's also a crucifixion, witches eating a dead baby, a swordfish through the head, someone set on fire, a possession, a Sesame Street tape recorder, the virgin getting raped by some demon, a guys veins bulging and exploding thanks to voodoo doll pokes and some other stuff. From a technical standpoint, it's a nice-looking film with pretty good cinematography, a decent score and good gore effects. The hotel/island setting is also pretty nice. Blair (particularly at the end) and Ross both seem like they're having fun and Knef is great as the evil witch. Even though people like to ridicule Hasselhoff these days, he's not bad in his role, either.<br /><br />On the down side, despite all the gore, the film seems somewhat dull and it gets monotonous after about an hour. The supernatural themes are muddled and confusing, too. When characters are being swept into the witches lair to be tortured and killed, the filmmakers unwisely decided to superimpose the screaming actors over some silly looking red spiral vortex effect that looks supremely cheesy. And the witch lair itself is vacant and cheaply designed with unfinished lumber. And while most of the cast is at least decent, a few of the performances (particularly the "actress" who plays Hasselhoff's girlfriend and the kid) are so bad they're constantly distracting. | There are many different versions of the first great comic (Hoffman and Caron) and this was one way that my mother loved to watch it on Saturday mornings. The special effects have been done in recent years and are very good--better than we expect now! But it is still the story we all know and love.<br /><br />I liked the way that the two leads fall in love and get engaged. The story doesn't have all the answers and even though the movie may be a little too short a time to fill in missing details, when it is finished it is a brilliant comedy that will stay with you.<br /><br />It is | 0.998901 | There are many different versions of the 'Gunslinger' saga. I remember one that the title was a mixture of 'Gunfighters' and 'Gunslinger', another that was a musical/comedy.<br /><br />Whatever the title was, the story of 'Gunslinger' was certainly an entertaining one, although I would only recommend the musical version. The actors were all fantastic and while they had all suffered from the "preachy" style of this series that often seemed to be used to explain the action on screen, there was still plenty of comedy and humor in this show. I found the character of 'Simpson' particularly end | 0.998679 | There are many different versions of The Wizard of Oz and each have their own distinctive charms. The first version was directed by Warner Bros. and was the best movie in MGM's short-lived stable of animated feature films, lasting from 1934, down to 1937.<br /><br />In that first, original version, Glenn Ford was, like many in the early '30s, the film's star. As the Wizard, he plays himself much as the modern day version of that Hollywood caricature, the 'man to rule the world'.<br /><br />I don't believe modern-day audiences will understand that Ford was | 0.997275 | There are many different versions of the story as recorded by writers, and by the 1840's, the story was well known among Britain's aristocrats, even though it is unknown where it first came to America. In America, George Washington was well known as the hero of the American Revolutionary War. Although he was not as well known as the character of Patrick Crabtree in the earlier version (and in 1873 he actually went to the top of Mount Washington as he was awarded his 1st U.S. Independence," Mount Washington Day" is actually an annual observatory observatory observatory commemorative observatory day observatory observ | 0.993753 | There are many different versions of this movie. A good amount of love for the movie and a lot of different takes and versions are out there. But I like this one. It's so much better than the original. It's more accurate as well. I can understand why the original made more changes in the production of 'Gonzo.' It made it more exciting. But this version makes the movie a lot easier to watch, without having a lot of different plots that were thrown in. This version is also more accurate, so you don't need to make a lot of assumptions, just trust in what is written.<br /><br />The story is told | 0.99892 | There are many different versions of the story of this classic film. Some are more popular than others--this is one of them. All of them were made in a very different world. All the movie scenes were shot in black & white, since there were so few actors who could act on film. I am not sure what color was expected for the soldiers, but I think the scenes were all shot in black & white because they were all taken very well. Another thing about it was the ending of the movie.<br /><br />So maybe that was a plus in my opinion. Some of the other scenes were more realistic. Also, the ending was less dramatic | 0.997259 | There are many different versions of this film (here's a "high school" version; I like it best), and some with different settings. I'm going to choose the most faithful, which is the version with the "big house" scene. That works for many people. This is a more "hardcore" version than the 1-10 version I have listed. The two versions work better, I find, since the one of the house is a bit cramped. This film was shown on PBS in the late '70s--this time, with the house as a backdrop. At that time, the film is probably the most highly-c | 0.998595 | There are many different versions of this film. And while several of these stories and characters are similar and interesting (which I appreciated in the film), the one that I like the best is the second film. A young woman named Gena has lost a job and has no idea why. An artist named Edward has taken her home and she meets many interesting characters along the way. This is a heart-warming story about love and the good things in life. I can't wait for this book to be made into video, so that kids like me can experience this story as well.<br /><br />Great film! 9/10 -- as long as you | 0.998892 | There are many different versions of a good 'movie' ... this movie is very funny, not overly violent, and the actors give very good performances without ever feeling like they are trying to sell their characters so I laughed at myself when I saw a guy in the backseat of one of my vehicles tell me 'hey the guy driving the bus is not just going to the bathroom.' Really, it was just such a cute and funny thing to have happen that night.<br /><br />The acting was great for the most part. None of it was especially good (unless we go back in time and watch scenes from a different time period), but none of it was | 0.998901 | There are many different versions of this film. And some films make it a joy to watch. I think this is another.<br /><br />This version has one exception: the character Galtier, the villain. The most important aspects of this film are the fact that the film is almost completely a thriller, the fact that the audience is kept completely in the character and the fact that it builds up the tension slowly gradually. This is an impressive effort, in addition to the classic narrative elements. Some versions of the film have a very brief but very exciting opening scene with the protagonists and their attempts at escape.<br /><br />I enjoy this version and would | 0.998935 | There are many different versions | of The Wizard of Oz and each have their own distinctive charms. The first version was directed by Warner Bros. and was the best movie in MGM's short-lived stable of animated feature films, lasting from 1934, down to 1937.<br /><br />In that first, original version, Glenn Ford was, like many in the early '30s, the film's star. As the Wizard, he plays himself much as the modern day version of that Hollywood caricature, the 'man to rule the world'.<br /><br />I don't believe modern-day audiences will understand that Ford was | 0.697048 | 0.82492 | 0.19294 | 1 | 0 |
Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else you wish to call it. How about..Crud.<br /><br />A gathering of people at a Massachusetts island resort are besieged by the black magic powers of an evil witch killing each individual using cruel, torturous methods. Photographer Gary(David Hasselhoff)is taking pictures for Linda(Catherine Hickland whose voice and demeanor resemble EE-YOR of the Winnie the Poo cartoon), a virgin studying witchcraft, on the island resort without permission. Rose Brooks(Annie Ross, portraying an incredibly rude bitch)is interested in perhaps purchasing the resort and, along with husband Freddie(Robert Champagne, who is always ogling other women much younger than him), pregnant daughter Jane(Linda Blair)and grandson Tommy(Michael Manchester, who just looks bored throughout, probably wanting to watch Sesame Street instead of starring in this rubbish), go by boat to the resort being treated to a look at the property by Realtor Tony Giordano's son Jerry(Rick Farnsworth), obviously a pup in the business getting his feet wet. Along with these folks is architect Leslie(Leslie Cumming, whose character is a nympho)who might help Rose re-design the resort. The boat's captain is killed by The Lady in Black(Hildegard Knef, wearing her make-up and lip-stick extra thick)and a storm is brewing. The boat drives off by itself(..guided by the invisible power of The Lady in Black, I guess)with everyone stuck in the decrepit resort, which is in dire need of repairs. Most of the victims, before meeting their grisly fates are carried through a type of red wormhole whose vortex leads to another dimension(..perhaps a type of hell or something)where they are tortured by these fiends dressed in raggedy clothes with a crummy visage. One victim has her mouth sown before being hung upside down in a chimney, roasted as the others light the fireplace. One poor soul is tortured by harsh twistings of rope wrapped tightly around her flesh before being found hanging from the snout of a swordfish penetrating through her neck. One fellow is slowly suffocating as his veins bulge(..and bleed) and neck's blood vessels burst squirting in Hasselhoff's face! One fellow is crucified with nails hammered into his hands before being hung upside down over an open flame. Blair's pregnant victim becomes possessed with her hair standing on end speaking in another woman's voice. One is raped by this demonic man with a "diseased" mouth as the hellish hobos stand nearby gleefully cheering. The film, despite it's excesses, is mostly dull fodder for those who really wish to see the lowest point in the careers of Hasselhoff and Blair, who deserve better than this. Almost unbearable at times, building little-to-no suspense. Clumsy execution of the death sequences which look cheap and laughable. Sure some gore is okay, but most of the film shows victims after they've been run through the ringer. We do get a chance to see pregnant women(..who look exactly like stuntmen in costume with bad wigs) jumping out three story windows. Oh, and The Lady in Black's reflected face often pops up on inanimate objects for characters to see. Tommy has a little Sesame Street recorder which tapes The Lady in Black's mumbo jumbo chants, obviously used for later. For some reason, The Lady in Black likes to visit little Tommy. He's not at all scared of her, for Tommy's just too bored to show any expression on his face, much less fear. Need I say more? This one's a real stinker. Ugh. | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever the title may be, is a truly awful movie. I think this is a direct rip-off of the much better 1898 Victorian "Witchcraft/witchery, or witchcraft/witchery"? All the magic, all the glamour and all the "dazzling imagination" is there, no more and no less except the fact that it's just not worth it (if one is willing to give up fantasy for something more realistic).<br /><br />I am not a witch, I'm not a "witchy" person at all; I'm not even close. Yet I still found a way to | 0.00049 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else the networks might have to throw up when they're in a tiff. The problem with the first couple episodes was that the writer and director did not know whether the movie was set in England, Germany, or somewhere else but only knew of the various witches in the show and not how there were so many of them. <br /><br />Now we have the latest in the Witchcraft/Witchery genre, the latest in TV witchery. This was a very well thought out and produced movie with very much a "Witch Hunt" feel to it. Just when you think you'll have it all figured out the director jumps | 0.99864 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever came after that movie. What would happen to Sam from "Witchcraft"?? What would happen to the vampire? What if Bobby died??? Who did Bobby go see at the doctor about...did Bobby ever get bitten by a werewolf? What if Sam came into a woman's house in the hospital and got infected??<br /><br />In the book, Sam told a few more truths about the werewolf. Like, he found out he could communicate with the land animals. Sam tells Sam, when Sam is alone at the house, he doesn't find that the land animals are talking at all. Sam doesn't know that | 0.967156 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else I can think of (I hope...)-I had an amazing time watching this movie, and it's amazing how people can't agree on what it is and what it is not. This is one of the most creative, wonderful movies I have EVER seen.It is a work of art! It has something to say, because it is so creative and original! It has some really good songs in it. That always makes a movie interesting. But it is the story that is the main thing. Everything else is a bonus because if the story is great it takes away any positives in a movie. This is such a beautiful movie! For | 0.998911 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else was airing during the early 2000's. There was never a consistent television production in 2001. Many different cable networks and cable networks would change programming regularly. I watched a couple episodes in 2002 on TBS. I remember that we got the season with the most episodes, which was most possibly 10, by a while of 1. I also remember that after the season on TBS, I checked up on the episodes that they were airing during the other network, and they were all in 2000, unless I missed the reruns. The ones on | 0.990807 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else the hell you want it to be called...it's the most mindless and unbelievably dull movie i've ever watched!<br /><br />The movie was so poorly cut, in fact it looked like it was recorded on an anvil. I mean, the plot is so obvious and predictable, i can't believe the producer would shoot it.<br /><br />But...that's not the thing that made the movie so bad. I mean, the ending is unbelievable.<br /><br />I mean, how is it possible that this was an official remake of Dracula starring Robert Englund, and that i'm watching this | 0.000495 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else the "bogus" producers had to use to make a cheap, cheap monster movie based on C.J. Wray, the worst actor in history (not that the director didn't show it in other scenes: the "actress" couldn't even say "thank you" when everyone paid her $5 or something like that. Wray is a big man and that's what he gives us! And "Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4", so the "Bogus" director went into all the clichés and "tricks": how will we see 70% human/10 | 0.000603 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever that was called. I loved the original, but I had the feeling it wasn't quite THE 1950's 70's that it had been, but had much more of the atmosphere of the 40's, but with more nudity! Well the original was not for the faint-hearted, the 4th is for the squeamish. I think it was the worst of the bunch, just the bad jokes. It just wasn't for me. I guess I wasn't really good at the whole 24 hour cycle thing, but when it was so hot that I thought if I got back to the | 0.000597 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever has the word "causal" in its title, or what is it that it is about. This movie has little time to do anything useful or interesting for its viewers, but there comes a time when it needs a reason to explain what it is all about. <br /><br />What happens in this film, is that a bunch of people, most of them high school students, go out to get some food to eat. On the way to get enough food for their food to go on, it starts raining. They just about have to get to a restaurant to get some food, get their umbrellas, and get them back | 0.000524 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever else might be called. <br /><br />It's a great mix of Sci-Fi/Fantasy, romance, thriller and horror. Each time is a surprise with new stories and characters. One thing i liked about the films is that we aren't just watching an original story or we get to know new personalities with each movie. As the cast grows larger over the years (even from the start)we are able to see their individual talent. Some are more famous than others but everyone gives their best in these movies, so they should be honored for their work. <br /><br />The first movie was a big hit, that is | 0.998915 | Witchcraft/Witchery/La Casa 4/ and whatever | came after that movie. What would happen to Sam from "Witchcraft"?? What would happen to the vampire? What if Bobby died??? Who did Bobby go see at the doctor about...did Bobby ever get bitten by a werewolf? What if Sam came into a woman's house in the hospital and got infected??<br /><br />In the book, Sam told a few more truths about the werewolf. Like, he found out he could communicate with the land animals. Sam tells Sam, when Sam is alone at the house, he doesn't find that the land animals are talking at all. Sam doesn't know that | 0.031103 | 0.131346 | 0.673414 | 0 | 0 |
"Witchery" might just be the most incoherent and lamentably scripted horror movie of the 80's but, luckily enough, it has a few compensating qualities like fantastic gore effects, an exhilarating musical score and some terrific casting choices. Honestly the screenplay doesn't make one iota of sense, but who cares when Linda Blair (with an exploded hairstyle) portrays yet another girl possessed by evil powers and David Hasselhof depicts a hunky photographer (who can't seem to get laid) in a movie that constantly features bloody voodoo, sewn-shut lips, upside down crucifixions, vicious burnings and an overused but genuinely creepy tune. Eight random people are gathered together on an abandoned vacation resort island off the coast of Massachusetts. The young couple is there to investigate the place's dark history; the dysfunctional family (with a pregnant Linda Blair even though nobody seems to bother about who the father is and what his whereabouts are) considers re-opening the hotel and the yummy female architect simply tagged along for casual sex. They're forced to stay the night in the ramshackle hotel and then suddenly the previous landlady an aging actress or something who always dresses in black starts taking them out in various engrossing ways. Everything is somehow related to the intro sequence showing a woman accused of witchery jump out of a window. Anyway, the plot is definitely of minor importance in an Italian horror franchise that started as an unofficial spin-off of "The Evil Dead". The atmosphere is occasionally unsettling and the make-up effects are undoubtedly the most superior element of the entire film. There's something supremely morbid and unsettling about staring at a defenseless woman hanging upside down a chimney and waiting to get fried. | "Witchery" might just be the worst adaptation ever put on film. In fact, I would argue that there is no film ever made as bad as this adaptation. The film makers, especially the young actors, are not good at their job. They have to rely upon someone else to provide the voice of Satan, which is so fake that it leaves the audience with no way to believe it. A major disappointment was the lack of gore. It would have been better to show the blood which is so common in old classics such as "The Ring". It was also a bit too realistic about the demon which was very misleading.<br /><br />This movie would have been better | 0.000494 | "Witchery" might just be the best film you'll ever see in this decade. A small town girl meets a young black family for a weekend and then one night she takes the family into the woods to seek something out which leads to a series of deaths, murders, and rapes. There is much suspense and dread.<br /><br />I have not seen many films like this since "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," which I believe to be more suspenseful. The film is well made, and the storyline is extremely twisted, which leads to a surprising ending. The only reason why the movie gets a 10 out of 10 is because of the excellent | 0.998884 | "Witchery" might just be the worst of the genre. (It's got a name!) The director (Michael Madsen aka "The Terminator") does an adequate job of showing the audience that he's not the least little geeky geek in this movie, that he's not the least bit brainwashed by his cult teacher or that he has the uncanny ability to bring down entire churches and towns through the supernatural. (We were at least surprised on several occasions.) Also, I will say, in the future, he might wanna give all of his students a little job. (It isn't always apparent this time when the computer is set to give the students | 0.000854 | "Witchery" might just be the worst movie I have seen in my life. I saw it on the movie channel because my sister would watch them forever and I couldn't get it out of my head. I thought i would just turn the lights on for me. But before i did that one of three things happened. It might even be one of the things that can happen if you stay awake long enough, it might even be one of the worst things i have ever seen. First of all is when it cut out and started over from my last paragraph. This was the first time I saw a movie cut out so this happened. It then proceeded to go from "no | 0.000493 | "Witchery" might just be the best of the movies that John Ford made following the film "Heaven Can Wait" (1936) that he directed.<br /><br />Witchery was his last film before he became associated with Paramount, and it shows how much this movie was influenced by the previous ones he made after this one and is similar to the previous ones, except this time it is the set designs, costumes, music, screenplay etc. that make this movie truly unique. And in a way it proves that even with a great screenwriting and excellent direction, films like this are seldom, if ever, a film that is watched by fans. | 0.998774 | "Witchery" might just be the ultimate film directed by Edward D. Wood. The film, one of the first to combine art and horror elements, is about a doctor who begins treating a young bride who is having visions that look like they are coming true to him.<br /><br />The movie is filmed beautifully, with the atmosphere of the town it's set in and the beautiful sets it's designed in. The acting throughout the film adds to the atmosphere of the story. This is in some ways similar to the story in the short: "[...] I told my wife about the vision she was having. When I went out of her sight, I turned away. | 0.998868 | "Witchery" might just be the worst movie in history. The problem I found was it made no sense. The plot (spoiler) was as follows: the family from England is trying to travel over to Salem in Massachusetts. Unfortunately, everyone on the wagon is possessed by witches and other evil spirits. The family who arrived on the wagon must work together to find a way around. When they finally find a way for the wagon's horses to get their own way, they must be careful because the Witches are hot on their trail.<br /><br />The characters were very well cast. This movie even brought out one of my favorite actors, Robert Stack.<br />< | 0.000503 | "Witchery" might just be the creepiest movie I've ever seen. I have friends that love it, and they also have friends that would like to see the movie, but they are so incredibly scared that they won't say anything to anyone else and that's really hard. So, in an attempt to alleviate their fears, my friends recommended that I should see it. I really didn't really have a chance to sit through every frame, and I'm afraid I'm making an error in judgment, but I really did not enjoy the movie whatsoever. It felt more like a very, very long 85 minutes of dread-filled suspense or whatever it was and the rest | 0.0005 | "Witchery" might just be the worst movie I've ever watched. I'm not about to say that this movie was the worst movie that has ever been made, but it really left me scratching my head. There was a certain lack of continuity that I thought was something missing when watching a movie. The fact that "Witchery" starts off well and progresses towards the end with a very good final act, made me want more. Also, the way the movie was shot was quite strange. I mean, I do enjoy movies that are shot by a large camera crew, but watching it when the movie is shot within a small room is kind of off putting, especially | 0.000493 | "Witchery" might just be the funniest film imaginable. I laughed to tears. Especially in some of the more lighthearted scenes. I love comedy and I am particularly fond of the movie featuring John Candy and his wife. This was the perfect film for her since her character in this film is like being stuck in the hospital and having to deal with her daughter's addiction. The only problem was that the film was a little too slap-dramatic for Candy to play the part of Michael. But, it wasn't too much of any. The movie was funny, sad, and at the same time, I laughed a lot. I saw this film at | 0.998878 | "Witchery" might just be the | worst of the genre. (It's got a name!) The director (Michael Madsen aka "The Terminator") does an adequate job of showing the audience that he's not the least little geeky geek in this movie, that he's not the least bit brainwashed by his cult teacher or that he has the uncanny ability to bring down entire churches and towns through the supernatural. (We were at least surprised on several occasions.) Also, I will say, in the future, he might wanna give all of his students a little job. (It isn't always apparent this time when the computer is set to give the students | 0.634356 | 0.751238 | 0.286423 | 1 | 0 |
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 I'd 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 shut...then 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 ever-ever-ever made by otherwise competent people...until the finale. I have to admit I loved the ending. It involves a boy and his toy tape-recorder cornered by Linda Blair looking fantastically possessed. The scene only lasts for about a minute and the movie's over, but you know that old saying: "If you've got a great ending, people will forgive you for just about anything!" | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a family with a child of her own and the evil Lord Ermston when she gives birth to a new-born creature that transforms into a monstrous hag. The witchy babe is set up as the father of the son, and there eventually falls prey to Ermston, a man with black cloak and a menacing face. She must fight her way out from beneath his demonic gaze.<br /><br />I rented this film while on vacation to see it alone in my rented theater's theater, even without a DVD. The picture was not the worst I've ever watched yet I found it pretty dark in the movie. The black cloak seemed | 0.995293 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a little boy in a magical house on Halloween. After being freed from the spell by a good deed from a witch, the boy travels through a web of spells before finding out the truth about the witch herself. <br /><br />This is the first Witch movie I've ever seen and even though I'm not a fan of the movies that star Marisa Tomey, I must admit that I wasn't disappointed. While not a masterpiece of a movie, I was pleasantly surprised with Tom and Meg and how easily they were able to make a story for the entire family. Tom and Meg are so adorable together and they played some of their best | 0.998911 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a young couple and their teenage daughter into an enchanting horror-fantastico, where the woman may be possessed by a beast who will only allow her to be "convinced" of her "fate." The film starts as a very ordinary family story: the father (Rolf O. Stommel) is a mechanic who earns his living by working for the rich (who hire him to fix their car, which may not be in tip top condition after 7 years of bad driving) but when the wife (Von Hell) catches a glimpse of the owner and his wife getting intimate, she's furious, but his | 0.010548 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a pack of murderous women in her castle. Her husband and several of the women's former lovers are not happy because they believe Hildegard's motives are corrupt. Some one who would be an enemy of Hildegard must be killed before her final transformation into the infamous witch of the North is complete.<br /><br />This is the most bizarre movie I've ever seen. It was shot on a camcorder in a little studio, and it's bad, bad movie. The acting is unbelievably bad. The characters are poorly written, and the dialog is just plain stupid. The film centers around several female werewolves in a | 0.000495 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a group of witches in her house for a night. Unfortunately one of them is killed and the others are too terrified to get out of the house. So the rest of them go to town. They stop up in a town with a hospital where a few are getting poisoned and some of the ones who are still alive don't know where to go. They keep running through there towns streets and don't know where to run. They keep having to run through the streets of the towns and try to hide through houses. To make matters worse their town is destroyed because somebody had a storm in their town and they went to save them. They meet a | 0.018677 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a small boy in a large vat of molten molasses - an evil cult leader - and soon the boy is transformed to a terrifying witch. As Knef shows us the evil in every aspect of his cast, the audience is forced to ask whether she is telling the truth about her own life. A very good film that explores themes of love, violence and revenge with skill and imagination. Definitely a must-watch. ****. For much more talk about the film see a short film at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0173363/. You can get in touch with the director at his website: www.b | 0.998902 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a witch to put down by telling her, she'll "have to find something good for her." She begins to do it on what seems like a regular day for a witch. She manages to get a few customers and an occasional gig at the local bar; then, we have this really funny scene where she and one of her friends end up getting in trouble by finding the wrong sort of pot. The movie does what it can with a bad script and this is how they do it to the best extent possible-- the acting is great and the writing well done. It's also funny to see how the director makes the right choices: Kne | 0.998775 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a bunch of weirdo women into her secret underground museum, which has been transformed into a cult in the guise of her late husband. The main reason for her entrance is for Knef to retrieve her brother, who is still in his coffin, and her brother's wife, who became stuck in a coffin with her brother in hell. The main issue with her is that she's actually a member of Hell and can be possessed by demons, so she's not really being able to help Knef with that. It's also not really possible to get by in Hell with all the supernatural power you get (if you manage to make it | 0.012222 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a devil with her demonic powers and a poor little town with its local witch and her son and her grandmother who is a witch too in love with her daughter. <br /><br />One of the original witches, she has a very scary and creepy demon that has a head with a demon tattooed around it on it's forehead that screams at her.<br /><br />I saw this movie recently and liked it a lot. This movie had a very unique twist on the "witches and werewolves" genre, as well as trying to make the character interesting. Not all witches seem to love werewolves, as Knef | 0.998859 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a bunch of drunken thugs for a party and sends them on a mission to find the new wife of a wealthy businessman. They accidentally kill the businessman's wife the first night she is sent out for a night out. Her husband and daughter run off in terror and Hilda sets out to find them, which leads her to the mysterious woman whose identity I won't divulge. The woman offers to take advantage of Hilda and offers her a special curse on her if she agrees to use her body in a marriage ceremony, but if there's an extra dollar extra in the account, the woman will let her go. However Hilda rejects the offer | 0.024887 | Witchy Hildegard Knef traps a | young couple and their teenage daughter into an enchanting horror-fantastico, where the woman may be possessed by a beast who will only allow her to be "convinced" of her "fate." The film starts as a very ordinary family story: the father (Rolf O. Stommel) is a mechanic who earns his living by working for the rich (who hire him to fix their car, which may not be in tip top condition after 7 years of bad driving) but when the wife (Von Hell) catches a glimpse of the owner and his wife getting intimate, she's furious, but his | 0.955589 | 0.989635 | 0.766817 | 1 | 1 |
A really very bad movie, with a very few good moments or qualities.<br /><br />It starts off with pregnant Linda Blair, who runs down a hallways to flee what might be monsters or people with pitchforks, I'm not sure. She jumps through a window and wakes up, and we see she is very pregnant. The degree to which she is pregnant varies widely throughout the movie.<br /><br />She and an annoying and possibly retarded little boy who I thought was her son travel to an abandoned hotel on an island. Italian horror directors find the most irritating little boys to put in their movies! On the island already are David Hasselhoff and his German-speaking virgin girlfriend (you know how Germans are said to love Hasselhoff...). He's taking photographs, and she's translating an esoteric German book about witches, I think.<br /><br />Also traveling to the island are an older couple who have purchased it, and a real estate agent, and a woman I thought was their daughter. Evidently she was an architect, and Linda Blair and the boy are the older couple's children. I guess they all traveled to the island together, but it really seemed like Linda and the boy were apart from the rest of them (maybe they were filmed separately).<br /><br />The hotel seems neat, certainly from the exteriors, but it isn't used to any great effect. An old woman in bad makeup and a black cloak keeps appearing to the boy and chants something in German sometimes, which he eventually records on his Sesame Street tape recorder.<br /><br />People start getting killed, either in their dreams, or sucked into hell or something. Some of these gore scenes are OK, but not enough to recommend the movie. Though the copy I watched stated it is uncut on the box cover, the death of one character whose veins explode really seems to have been cut. Much of the scene is showing another character's reaction shots, since we're not seeing anything ourselves. The creepiest scene is one in which a man or demon with a really messy-looking wound of a mouth rapes someone. He looked particularly nasty. There's a laughably and painfully bad scene in which Linda Blair is possessed. I wish if a horror movie is going to cast her, they would do something original with her role, and let her leave Exorcist behind her (except for the yearly horror conventions).<br /><br />In the weird, largely Italian, tradition of claiming to be a sequel to something it is unrelated to, this is also AKA La Casa 4 and Ghosthouse 2. That is, it is supposedly a sequel to Casa 3 - Ghosthouse, La (1988) - it's not (that's also a better movie than this one). La Casa 1 and two were The Evil Dead (1981) and Evil Dead II (1987) - again unrelated to Witchery and La Casa 3 (and much better than those). There's also a Casa 5, La (1990) AKA House 5, which seems to want to be a sequel to the fake La Casa series and the series House: House (1986) House II: The Second Story (1987), The Horror Show (1989) AKA House III, and House IV (1992). How's The Horror Show fit in there? It doesn't really, it claimed to be a sequel, thus requiring the real series entry to renumber itself to cause less (or more?) confusion. Oddly, The Horror Show is also AKA Horror House, and La Casa 5 is also AKA Horror House 2. Does your head hurt yet? | A really very bad movie, the first of its kind. This is the only movie in existence! I saw it on a local tv station, but was not expecting a good one. The DVD was really nice, but really disappointing for the movie and actors (Damon's voice is really creepy). I am going to call the company that sold me the DVD and ask for a full refund, and I do not need the money for that. I am going to give the DVD a 1 out of 10. The movie was so far, that the best I can say, is that the actors are great and the movie was actually ok. 9th | 0.000489 | A really very bad movie, with mostly amateurish actors and a few extras that get by rather poorly. It had some interesting ideas and well, it was a big laugh joke. It's kind of like that old TV mystery series where the writer decides he wants everybody to be killed because they are so predictable.<br /><br />I laughed out loud several times, including at the best part, the funeral. The idea that the funeral itself can be as funny as the victim should be is probably not so far out there as it at first appears to be, but it works. This is one of the best examples of writer/director Joss Ackland in Hollywood. | 0.000498 | A really very bad movie, very very stupid, the most stupid movie i have ever seen!!! It's not about saving animals, it's about trying to kill. <br /><br />You want it done with a funny side? It isn't funny, at least not any more, and it doesn't work, it's simply a comedy with a terrible ending.<br /><br />I wouldn't recommend this movie at all, and i hope to never see it in cinemas again. <br /><br />The beginning of the movie gives a very good impression, but then a very bad scene, and then nothing. <br /><br />My advice, see | 0.000484 | A really very bad movie, really bad to be honest !<br /><br />The plot was quite simple : The protagonist (Lola, she's really 13, and not 18 : She'll have a 14 year old boyfriend) is kidnapped and then raped! <br /><br />This movie is 2 hours and 15 minutes, well, I know, but I want that movies to be better than that. It's so boring. I didn't sleep through 22 minutes of it ! But the violence was a lot to be honest. The worst moment? After the first rape, they put 6 people in | 0.000488 | A really very bad movie, almost unbearable. It tries to be serious and dramatic and for a while it works and works in the end. It starts out strong but fails to carry it out in earnest either. It tries to be clever and clever but that is like the end of the road.<br /><br />The acting is just as lame. Just awful: a lot of it is just awful, but some scenes are very good as you can actually tell they are the director trying to be humorous and clever instead he actually does something he probably wasn't ready to try. There are moments of great sadness, in fact if it didn't fall flat the rest would have | 0.000485 | A really very bad movie, not great nor funny. I would rate it around two or three stars, one star for the bad voice acting but it was still just bad. I watched it from the beginning to the very end just to know how it ended. I was not expecting the 'twist' at all. The reason my rating is high is because I was looking for humour, but it almost lacked it. Still if you like bad acting and a bit twisted I suggest that you watch this one. But I mean, if you are not interested in either this or this one of the two must-watch, than I think that you're not into the genre... | 0.000484 | A really very bad movie, starring a bunch of young guys to me, who wanted to be actors. Just to make the movie a little more interesting I watched every day. I've loved this movie since it came out, but I have recently discovered that the acting in the movie is really horrible. The director and actress, for example, the girl who plays the "chicks" on the movie, had bad acting skills - how can they act so badly?? I mean, seriously, it would be just as much fun to see an actor like this in any film, acting really poorly and clearly in a way that it's almost like she's trying to act but | 0.000488 | A really very bad movie, especially for a horror flick. The plot was just so unfunny and it just took place at a place unknown to the audience and there was no plot explanation for it. What is the point in this movie? Was it supposed to be "a fun and light movie", or was it supposed to be "A suspenseful film"? How about you get serious and make it about something, not just about the actors. How were the actors acting? How about they are not believable? How about the actors were not trying to act? The movie is very predictable, you will know what happens in the end, just because your the last person to | 0.000484 | A really very bad movie, and one that never gets tired and never gets tired for me. I saw it when it first came out and couldn't believe it. Its just about the single worst movie that I've ever seen. The acting, the camera work, the writing. Everything. The scenes that kept on changing and were very funny at times. The whole movie seemed to be taking place in a nightmare.<br /><br />The acting was horrible in this. It is very hard to believe that someone could do such a great job with actors. I think maybe the film maker wanted it to be a bit of a funny movie, but still, it's not | 0.000498 | A really very bad movie, but it is certainly worth renting if you have a great sense of humor (like me). Its not funny on level with the movies i have rented earlier, but its certainly one of the best comedies, i have ever seen, even though it may just be an after the fact review. The acting in the movie is very good as well. All in all thats definitely one of the best comedies i have ever seen. Now that i have just seen the movie for the first time, i can tell you that it is very real, i have yet to see a comedy that is so good, it touches on such subtle topics as friendship | 0.997528 | A really very bad movie, | very very stupid, the most stupid movie i have ever seen!!! It's not about saving animals, it's about trying to kill. <br /><br />You want it done with a funny side? It isn't funny, at least not any more, and it doesn't work, it's simply a comedy with a terrible ending.<br /><br />I wouldn't recommend this movie at all, and i hope to never see it in cinemas again. <br /><br />The beginning of the movie gives a very good impression, but then a very bad scene, and then nothing. <br /><br />My advice, see | 0.497915 | 0.563034 | 0.153794 | 0 | 1 |
This film features two of my favorite guilty pleasures. Sure, the effects are laughable, the story confused, but just watching Hasselhoff in his Knight Rider days is always fun. I especially like the old hotel they used to shoot this in, it added to what little suspense was mustered. Give it a 3. | This film features two of the greatest British film-makers (David Lean and Anthony Mann) for some of the best British movie-making of their time. As a great film noir with excellent editing and camera-work this film is a must watch. With some of the best British actors (as well as one of the best British scripts EVER!!) and the film-making skills of the director of "Breakfast of Champions" and "Paddy's Boat" this film is a treat to see. If you haven't seen this film yet, just give it a chance even if you dont like British films. Some people consider black and white films to be very art-house, but | 0.998934 | This film features two of the finest actors ever in theater production. George C. Scott is at his prime as a young man struggling against the rigors of war; and his leading lady is his foil in this film as his former lover. Although the dialogue may be a bit dry, Scott does give us a memorable performance as an earnest, but flawed man who, like the titular soldier, has to be tough to get ahead. This film is worth an all day viewing. The film has been given a few razzies, but is a much needed film reminder that, in spite of our many imperfections, we are good people, and should treat everyone with | 0.998931 | This film features two of the most beautiful actresses since the great Marianne Davis. This short but beautiful little film made me think of the love stories that will never quite get in to the film. This film had some beautiful moments and I also got to discover the beauties of the little town of Bruxelles, Belgium.<br /><br />I would like this movie to be available in theaters, or on DVD, so many people can enjoy it. The movie had so many beautiful moments with the love stories of the young girl and the boy that you don't know the ending because the next scene has a little extra.<br /><br />The story is about | 0.99888 | This film features two of America's very best known comedy actors as a father and son duo living in Florida. The only difference between the two is that one of them is still a "guy" after all these years and the other is now living with the other gals at his parents house which sounds like it's going to be a bit of a struggle getting them as his sex friends. The story concerns a very funny little incident at an amusement park that involves the main character returning home and not wanting his family to know about it. The film has two great comedy actors in Bill Headrick who plays the "guy" (who plays himself during most of | 0.998739 | This film features two of the most brilliant directors in Hollywood, Anthony Mann and Charles Band, as well as an astonishing talent of visual art. I can't express how much I loved this film, it is so very different to my usual fare and it certainly is unique, it is also a shame that most people don't seem to get to see it. My mother and her girlfriends loved this movie too, so I think we're lucky that our daughter gets to see it.<br /><br />While most movies today take a more conventional plot and style, the story here is simple, yet haunting. It centers on a young girl and her parents, while her dad | 0.99893 | This film features two of my favourite actors. Robert Stack, who plays a lawyer and Harry Dean Stanton, who plays a detective. Stack won an Oscar for this role while Stanton won a BAFTA. This film also features an incredible line, that has come to be known as Stack Stanton on a Friday morning. The line is, "It was Saturday morning then." Stack is still living that line today. The film takes place in the early 30's, and it explores the problem of race relations.<br /><br />This is a very real film, and it shows that with good actors and a good script you can write a film about race relations. | 0.998882 | This film features two of the best actors in world cinema. The two actors in this movie are not even the best - they just have an easy way of going over the head of the audience that makes them appear to be excellent actors with no knowledge of what is really happening here. They show a lot of the real things that are happening in the movies in this film. They take a film made about a 30 year old boy, with a lot of problems, and turn it into a comedy while simultaneously showing us that this boy is actually a real human, with emotions and needs.<br /><br />Some people don't like to watch very sentimental movies. | 0.998788 | This film features two of the best actors ever working in film: Edward Furlong and Michael Ironside. Furlong is amazing here! The lead role in this film is the most fun and interesting one (besides the usual good one-liners and clichéd, yet brilliant, moments). The story is fun, original, and pretty much well done. The only thing that hurts this film is the low amount of action scenes (though an exception would be the car chase). I think that this director may be a first-timer. It shows that a first time director can do this type of film as well as most of the more established directors of film | 0.998937 | This film features two of the most famous and beautiful actresses of their time, Vivian Martin (who plays "the Devil") and Bette Davis. This was a rare occurrence for 1953, and one of the films for which Vivian Martin was honored for her performance. In spite of the fact that not a lot was really happening on screen -- they had about twenty minutes to put together a couple of scenes -- Vivian actually won an Oscar for making the film a "Hollywood movie." She did not win it the next year, however, but both Martin and Davis performed more than adequately.<br /><br />The story, of course, | 0.99677 | This film features two of the finest acting talents in Hollywood. Not only has Braden looked as menacing as ever, but he shows genuine acting ability. Not quite as good though, is William Fellowes, whose role may have been miscast. In this film, he actually adds to the drama by appearing as an unlikely "anti-hero", and not just by using a heavy accent. Other actors (most notably, Paul Rudd and Bill Pullman) also excel as their respective characters, and make it really hard to tell who played whom in the film. The end just makes one think: are these two just "making movie" (or what some consider to be | 0.998911 | This film features two of | the most beautiful actresses since the great Marianne Davis. This short but beautiful little film made me think of the love stories that will never quite get in to the film. This film had some beautiful moments and I also got to discover the beauties of the little town of Bruxelles, Belgium.<br /><br />I would like this movie to be available in theaters, or on DVD, so many people can enjoy it. The movie had so many beautiful moments with the love stories of the young girl and the boy that you don't know the ending because the next scene has a little extra.<br /><br />The story is about | 0.529619 | 0.503007 | 0.460988 | 1 | 1 |
I watched this movie purely for the setting. It was filmed in an old hotel that a friend owns shares of. The plot was predictable, the acting was mediorcre at best, the scares were all gross-outs, not true scares.<br /><br />I don't remember much of the plot, and I think that's because there wasn't much of one to remember. They didn't even use the hotel to it's fullest potential...The beaches are fantastic and the hotel is situated on a peninsula. At low tide, you can walk almost 1/4 mile into the bay, which is actually an eerie sight first thing in the morning or late at night when the wind is howling through the cracks.<br /><br />The best way to see this movie is with the remote in your hand so you can fast forward through the action (and I'm using that term loosly)scenes and pause at the beauty of the surroundings! | I watched this movie purely out of a sense of curiosity and I never imagined I would ever become so moved by such a story that I would watch it again and again. It's amazing how much a movie can have meaning even if it seems to be a movie about a boy.<br /><br />This movie tells us a story of a young boy who goes to school and is never allowed to go out alone. If a boy is allowed to go out alone at night, there is usually a murder. Every once in a while at a neighborhood school, a murderer does the unthinkable and kills a student out of rage. These stories are told like a movie in a | 0.998842 | I watched this movie purely because of its title. It is very unusual movie in having a main story which is about a group of people working together in order to find a way to stop pollution from ruining the environment. You could say that this movie tries to make a message more than just action drama. If you ever see a movie and you think that something should be done, but you think that something is missing. Then think about 'A Last Stand', and if you ever thought that it is just for entertaining, then think about 'A Last Stand' and you will get a good idea of the story behind it.<br /><br />So in terms of acting | 0.998741 | I watched this movie purely for the idea of Peter Cushing in an otherwise well cast film! What a waste!! It's hard to believe that someone could possibly get so bad out of him that he would go on to such great things in the other world! I'm not comparing this film to a similar one from the '60's, but it just doesn't work for me. My suggestion of having it screened within watching distance of some serious psychoanalytic movie would have got a higher rating. The acting, direction and soundtrack were good. That's about it...but maybe that was the problem! I'd definitely give "A Room With a View" | 0.000489 | I watched this movie purely because my girlfriend said it was awful and that it was good German. It's not so bad, but I actually got a little tired of it watching it.<br /><br />What really gave it a good impression was the acting. I have trouble believing we are watching an "independent" European documentary, I can't believe a guy would be acting this bad in front of a full house, and the director really knows how to bring that realism. That plus a lovely story and a nice ambiance, and this movie manages to be both compelling and entertaining.<br /><br />I didn't feel that the film was a documentary at all | 0.998803 | I watched this movie purely out of interest. I am a horror lover and had heard lots of good things about this very bad movie...however, given my interest I expected it to be another bad horror movie. What I got was this hilarious movie about real news. My guess is that at first, I was a victim of this movie. And when I finally was not amused and left, I was a victim of these men too. At first I thought, "Okay I guess they really hate the woman here and they were right." But then I thought "yeah, now they have it all figured out!!" And I was not amused anymore.<br /><br | 0.002933 | I watched this movie purely out of the curiosity, to see whether a movie with a female lead of such stature, could be done. I didn't expect it well, and had high expectations at the same time. However, I was totally astonished. The director managed to portray the female lead in such a way as to show that there is a good amount to love and desire in a woman, even if she is a bit shy.<br /><br />I think I would recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys good storytelling. Just as many movie viewers are prone to find certain films lacking in some way, that is, the plot and the direction, it was apparent | 0.99893 | I watched this movie purely for the film-within-a-film concept. This was very, very well made. I have been a big fan of Nicolas Cage since I was 9 and have watched all his movies from The Karate Kid to The Naked Eye all the way up. There are parts of this film that surprised me because I have been watching him for so many years and he's been doing great movies. That was the highlight for me. It was also pretty funny. I laughed out loud more than any other video game. But my favorite scene was when Nicolas Cage was on an island on a hot, hot, sunny day. You guys know how | 0.998873 | I watched this movie purely for it's plot, and for the fact that it was the first time I'd ever heard anyone say "RIP" aloud.. This is not the longest movie, nor the most intense, but it definitely is the most beautiful.<br /><br />If you liked To Die For, A Beautiful Mind, or even this movie (it was pretty darn nice) check out the first 30 minutes. You may have noticed that at least some of the "bad guys" in this movie are pretty darn good. It feels like that you could still make a good mystery movie if I had only one of them out of 5. | 0.998685 | I watched this movie purely for the beauty of Itchy and Velma, and the fact that my wife was in attendance for our sons' wedding. I had expected much, because I like the creators to bring about the most memorable characters in our lives, but I was pleasantly surprised by the beauty of this movie. This was a nice light-hearted family movie. I liked how the story line was very realistic. The characters portrayed in this movie are just like my real family members, and I found it even more enjoyable with this family. The children's voice acting made me laugh. My wife found it fun, too, and it just made me even better to spend | 0.998939 | I watched this movie purely because it was a Friday night family evening for myself and my husband. If you read the other reviews, you will understand that this isn't a great movie, but it was a lot of fun. It reminded me that family is so important- to love, to be there, and to care. The plot is quite simple, but that was good because it is more than enough to make the movie worth watching. The acting is good and this film had a pretty good script that keeps the movie moving along, even through the many twists, turns, and turns. <br /><br />Other than my own personal preferences, there were other | 0.998846 | I watched this movie purely | for the idea of Peter Cushing in an otherwise well cast film! What a waste!! It's hard to believe that someone could possibly get so bad out of him that he would go on to such great things in the other world! I'm not comparing this film to a similar one from the '60's, but it just doesn't work for me. My suggestion of having it screened within watching distance of some serious psychoanalytic movie would have got a higher rating. The acting, direction and soundtrack were good. That's about it...but maybe that was the problem! I'd definitely give "A Room With a View" | 0.000001 | 0.444348 | 0.98047 | 0 | 0 |
This only gets bashed because it stars David Hasselhoff. Well, then let me bash it to. Compared to the garbage they call horror coming out nowadays, this film isn't too bad. It has the beautiful Leslie Cumming. She is super hot, but can't talk very well. There is a great scene with her when she is supernaturally raped. She shows off her nice body. Linda Blair does nothing here as well as Hasselhoff. 3/10 | This only gets bashed because of the director's name and the fact that the film shows little of the great works of James Whale. The film is about four brothers growing up on the north side of Toronto, just as the gangland wars begin. The film has the perfect mixture of drama, crime, adventure, and romance.<br /><br />While the setting was set in Toronto, many of the scenes were filmed in New York. This was done for practical reasons. That means that the film wasn't shot in a big big city like Tokyo was in that film, you can see the street signs and landmarks all over the city. Also, the New York location | 0.998918 | This only gets bashed because most films don't have this kind of movie. This is by far the best I have seen in the last couple of months. The acting is outstanding from all the cast and especially the chemistry between the lead actors. I couldn't imagine a better cast than this.<br /><br />Not only the movie but also the soundtrack is an absolute gem with great songs from the cast. The soundtrack isn't as good as "Virtually Anybody" but it still holds its own. The film looks amazing. <br /><br />And the "Bride and Prejudice" analogy is excellent. They both are in this too.< | 0.99893 | This only gets bashed because the first trailer had me craving the movie almost as much as I do now. The movie is so interesting that it's hard to find a complaint on this movie. But I do need to explain what's missing, or maybe it's been overlooked in review. This isn't the real world. Instead it's a 9-11 day trip through a real-life building. I've seen several other films similar to those who were filmed in a small town. Even though they seem to be set in a town of that location, they don't seem to be very realistic. And it's obvious that they could've simply picked a location | 0.99866 | This only gets bashed because it's only a 2.5 out of 10 rating. There is no way to watch it on a big television and not get a headache.<br /><br />The 3rd act is what gets it's teeth pulled out from underneath its ugly surface and it doesn't even make up for the first two acts.<br /><br />The movie, on it's own terms, was awful.<br /><br />The scenes of violence and explosions are actually pretty good when compared to the rest of the movie, but in fairness the acting is bad and the story is totally unoriginal. (They don't show a lot | 0.000488 | This only gets bashed because there is no way to show this movie on HBO. I like to get my popcorn & snacks on when this movie is on TV. <br /><br />I enjoyed the characters, as well as the "twists" that are not seen before.<br /><br />The ending also made me ponder life. <br /><br />I've heard many of the "twists" are from the film's creator & there is still no way to follow the story. <br /><br />This movie definitely is well worth the watch: 7.1/10.<br /><br />Also included in the DVD Extras are | 0.998926 | This only gets bashed because it was the only truly original movie of the year ... but I really did like the film. It didn't have lots of action with an action hero or heroines, but lots of tension and suspense. This is a good movie in that it's not about the ending, but about the main point, the importance of being yourself. Some kids think of themselves as just another toy, which is why they act in a way they do, or just want to be treated like that, but the kids you meet and learn to respect are not toys, they teach about true love, honesty, and the importance of being true to your own individual | 0.998924 | This only gets bashed because of the big name star who plays an overweight white guy. But if you take the fact that this is basically pure entertainment, you do not have to bash the movie for it.<br /><br />I saw this while watching the AMC channel and I felt that its worth every penny. I think I missed the first episode of the mini-series (about an hour and half long), but the acting, humor, and the music were good enough to keep me interested. There are a lot of people, just like myself, who have never seen many horror movies. I think that a lot of the people who were critical of the movie were disappointed | 0.998927 | This only gets bashed because of the amount of praise the movie actually garnered. I was pleasantly surprised at the end, even if it was really cheesy. The rest of the movie was enjoyable watching and did not waste my money.<br /><br />This should have been nominated for top 10 of the year award at the Oscars (yes I did watch the ceremony - and I watched it the movie was not even nominated!). It was also nominated for best foreign film, which is something one would actually expect to see at the Oscars. The movie will surely have more fan following if this was not nominated for top 10.<br /><br />There is also | 0.997108 | This only gets bashed because of how it is. The show was way better in some scenes, but I love the 1970's version. However, I have the great pleasure of owning the movie collection of some of the first directors from that era. There are others I think I own as well.<br /><br />The show was on TV long before the "sleazy" genre was established, and it aired on Monday Night, which means people were watching for it. There are a few scenes that I feel were not done and I really wanted them to be done. There are some scenes that still make me think of the great show. | 0.997788 | This only gets bashed because the book is on the air, the plot is just awful and all other reviewers only talk about the book, I don't want to spoil it, it is all excellent, so watch it, it's a classic! The story is gripping and has many different twists and turns (which is one thing that is just so rare in TV drama series, even one hour long! :) I do hope I still don't go blind in the next episode - or something similar, maybe another year for that, I couldn't help but think that someone on the board thinks it would be a fun idea :) You'll definitely want to watch it if you | 0.998874 | This only gets bashed because | the first trailer had me craving the movie almost as much as I do now. The movie is so interesting that it's hard to find a complaint on this movie. But I do need to explain what's missing, or maybe it's been overlooked in review. This isn't the real world. Instead it's a 9-11 day trip through a real-life building. I've seen several other films similar to those who were filmed in a small town. Even though they seem to be set in a town of that location, they don't seem to be very realistic. And it's obvious that they could've simply picked a location | 0.999999 | 0.999999 | 0.444958 | 1 | 1 |
We brought this film as a joke for a friend, and could of been our worst joke to play. The film is barely watchable, and the acting is dire. The worst child actor ever used and Hasslehoff giving a substandard performance. The plot is disgraceful and at points we was so bored we was wondering what the hell was going on. It tries to be gruesome in places but is just laughable.<br /><br />Just terrible | We brought this film as a gift to my younger brother. Unfortunately, it was impossible for us to see it as we only have a VCR. When we came back to the room, it was no longer on! The only person left on the tv was my dad, so we all sat down and watched. We thought the movie was terrific, with the performances by all of the actors. It should be shown at all Christmas Eve gatherings. It definitely is a special story for children to discover. My younger brother is only 5 years old, but he watched it with all of us. We have talked about each of the three children in the movie and their | 0.998913 | We brought this film as it was on our viewing list for the Sunday Morning Movie of the Week at our local community cinema. The opening scene was quite impressive.<br /><br />The only complaint I have is that it was too long - just after half way through the film when I realised that I needed to go upstairs to go for a wee. Not once did the film break down into 10 parts and yet the 47 minute running time was a little too long and the ending which had me holding my breath the entire time was too abrupt.<br /><br />A film like this is good entertainment but sometimes it fails to strike a chord with the | 0.998861 | We brought this film as part of our college year-end project at Michigan State University. As part of a class project, it was graded. We all thought it was a great student project.<br /><br />This film took a major departure from our expectations. It was a complete spoof of every kind of film, from period pieces (with the most "out" and most "disgusting" characters and clichés) to straight-to-video and "classic" films (including "Silent Hill III"!). It was also quite funny. Most of the parody takes place on film.<br /><br />While the film had its flaws, as a whole I | 0.998743 | We brought this film as a surprise to family on Christmas Day. We had received a similar one in an e-mail of our friend's sister. She is in China. We couldn't wait with heart to discover exactly what this will do on us.<br /><br />It is the story of two sisters from West Africa who are on arrival at a Chinese hotel together. The girls meet and talk and it's obvious in the very first scene that these girls will not live together. After awhile, an older man offers both of them a ride in his car. But after a while, the girls decide to leave the man behind and return to their own room.<br | 0.998038 | We brought this film as a 1st-time user of YouTube, and we were pleasantly amazed to see a wide variety of genres on your site. The video of the movie was quite interesting and there were some great clips. In fact the movie was quite captivating. This is a must see for movie fans! We also thought it was an entertaining read at the end. Thanks for the good comments. They will do well to spread their wings. If people are interested in a more extensive view on this movie - the "Tales Of Terror" series is a very good option. There are two movies on there in my collection. The story is extremely well told, | 0.998897 | We brought this film as a pre-emption for the "Lost" season 3. It was definitely worth it...<br /><br />One of my favorite scenes in this movie, although i'm sure it's not for everyone, deals with what happens when someone falls into a pool. The two kids in this movie are not the kids that you'd expect in this day and age, however, they are still funny, and they seem like they have fun with it.<br /><br />If you're looking for something sweet and fun, look no further then this movie! You will not be disappointed with this movie and i highly recommend it to everyone because | 0.998939 | We brought this film as a low budget, but it is probably one of the best and most compelling films I have seen in ages. I am a film student of 17 years old, and as a result of my viewing this film I have a new appreciation for the film. I am also impressed by the cast and crew members. You can watch this film as it was shot and I would recommend it to anybody who is interested in film studies. The photography is fantastic. The script is very well executed considering that the main focus is on the 20th century in Germany which the movie took place at a time when German filmmakers were looking to the future | 0.998937 | We brought this film as a recommendation to the audience of the local cinema. But I was pleased and impressed with the direction.<br /><br />A number of questions about the movie's story are answered. It is based on reality, but from an unrealistic point of view: some scenes depict the activities of a highly advanced "civilization", the other shows something much more extreme, as the "culture" seems to be trying to adapt to an obsolete society in the process. This explains the fact that "Civilization" is an alternative to a traditional view of the world: what we have to fight for. This is seen as an action thriller, but a very | 0.998804 | We brought this film as a replacement for the original 1988 film and for all of our efforts. It is a nice film, and I was very happy that they had the footage of that original film on-hand to allow us to see it. It's a neat way of capturing scenes from the original film from a new perspective or without spoiling the original experience if some people choose to watch it that way. I highly recommend this movie and the original to those that love movies. If you prefer to watch the video on DVD, however, go ahead - it's a good bargain. It definitely beats buying new copies and you do get a lot more | 0.998915 | We brought this film as a surprise on a trip to NYC and it was an unmissable experience.<br /><br />I like to think the film is a tribute to the fact that life is really hard, and we take comfort in the idea that even those who think they're in good health can actually come down hard on us.<br /><br />This film has a funny look to it, the story is not so far fetched, it has an underlying sense that no one can survive a bad situation without help, and it also has a wonderful cast of talented actors, including Danny Glover as Uncle Lou and Michelle Forbes as Lisa Marie. This film is a | 0.998917 | We brought this film as | part of our college year-end project at Michigan State University. As part of a class project, it was graded. We all thought it was a great student project.<br /><br />This film took a major departure from our expectations. It was a complete spoof of every kind of film, from period pieces (with the most "out" and most "disgusting" characters and clichés) to straight-to-video and "classic" films (including "Silent Hill III"!). It was also quite funny. Most of the parody takes place on film.<br /><br />While the film had its flaws, as a whole I | 0.609695 | 0.640656 | 0.144019 | 1 | 1 |
Humm, an Italian movie starred by David hasselhoff and Linda Blair, I wasn´t expecting very much, to be honest and in fact, I took even less than I was expecting. It doesn´t mean this movie is the worst I have seen because I have watched worse things than this but the plot was most of the times confusing and uninteresting and some good gore scenes are the only thing saving this. Apart from that you are going to love some special effects, they are really cheesy and bad. Now I only want to watch "Troll 3" by this same director, sure it is not going to be worse than that. | Humm, an Italian movie starred by Robert De Niro? As a rule, a good Italian actor like Robert De Niro is always in charge of a good Italian movie. For example: "Ripienosi"; "Sogno di fratelli"(I had read before; but, of course, I am talking about a real movie, "Ripienosi" actually) was one of those good Italian movies starring Robert De Niro. In "Ripienosi" Robert De Niro was the main actor (his role was one of the great ones). I must confess that it would be impossible for Robert De Niro to perform another role similar | 0.998389 | Humm, an Italian movie starred Riccardo Taveni, an Italian, who played well, and who also was his brother Luigi, who also acted in an Italian movie in 1998 about a film director. This one was written by Riccardo Taveni (1964-2008) and directed by Carlo Verdone (1952-2003) and its story is, like a real live, about a young director who is hired and is given a job to make an Italian movie, and who, unfortunately, is so busy doing other thing that he doesn't make anymore movies, and at | 0.997337 | Humm, an Italian movie starred in by the great Franco Loresani, who I have always regarded with disdain. However, in this film all his bravado, if you like, gets completely wasted, as loresani is trying to make a very, very crappy movie using the most obviously unoriginal plot I ever had a chance to watch any other film in my career, and that's how it started.<br /><br />The most famous part of the movie, obviously, is the scene where the woman is raped by her brother, a man who comes to the scene of the crime to see on how it was done. However, the whole scene is filled | 0.000491 | Humm, an Italian movie starred by Ciro Cipriani, with lots of sex scenes between the man and a beautiful French girl who is always horny, and even she likes Ciro Cipriani with his muscles, and who is pretty hot in that Italian outfit! It's a movie in which Ciro Cipriani shows that he can look for the most beautiful women, and there's his hot and sexy partner in this movie, Françoise Bonnin ! Francoise Bonna in this movie is a movie in which it's a great actress, a beautiful and sexy woman who likes to be a dancer, and she's just a young and | 0.997906 | Humm, an Italian movie starred by a British actor ,I've seen (I guess) ,I can't remember which movie ? Well,the film i watched was a lot like "A" for all i know is the Italian one.It's about the relationship between a little boy and a father and a father and his son who lives together in a house which the father of the father is on holiday .The mother of the mother of the father is a big bitch as usual,who is at the moment a divorce judge, and so is their nephew who has an affair with a young lady of 18 years old,and who is the father of the father of the mother | 0.988891 | Humm, an Italian movie starred by Rainer Fassbinder in which i really like the story "The Wedding".<br /><br />I like also "Le quatrième jour" by Roland Demeyere. Also i like 3 of the best movie's i've seen "The 43rd lesson" by Errol Flynn, "Trainspotting" by Danny Boyle and "Requiem" by Kubrick.<br /><br />But what i think about this title is "In case your heart ain't out of the closet you're at a loss again..." 10/10. The main character of the original film | 0.998476 | Humm, an Italian movie starred by Vincenzo Ninness is an old tale and it is the first time that there has been an Italian film with a Greek voice.<br /><br />The story is quite funny and it shows how we could laugh in the cinema.<br /><br />The production and the cast are not bad and the acting as good as the director had to do. That's how the story unfolds, and it is quite good for the movie. And of course, as in so many Italian movie, the voice is sometimes loud, sometimes quiet, and it also makes the background to give some good effects.<br /><br />The plot is | 0.998832 | Humm, an Italian movie starred me, I thought, hey, I'm going to see that, I can't give so much thought to the rest of the actors, etc. So I gave the film a go. It was an hour longer than I expected to sit through, 84 minutes in the worst possible scenario because I would have wanted to vomit in about 5 minutes and not get up to go to the toilet to take a vomit. To make up for that, there was plenty of cheese. It has to be said, though, that the first 1% of this movie was the best part. The worst part was the half-way | 0.001753 | Humm, an Italian movie starred an Italian actor, in my opinion, as a director. How else could you title the first movie of an Italian film, that stars the same actor? The movie itself is a comedy and is about to be performed live. One has a small boy that does not like the movie, this one. He gets his attention and tries to have a conversation with his mother, but it is interrupted by the acting of another woman, the mother. The mother is trying to convince her son that he has to stop his acting and that he belongs to a TV or a film school. She also explains to the boy that he is a very good actor | 0.997889 | Humm, an Italian movie starred by "La Notte", with one of the best actors of all time, who acted in this movie and was the famous Mario Puzo's assistant, with two beautiful women played by Jennifer Lopez (the beautiful Jennifer Lopez) and Selma Blair (Selma Blair). You've been warned. The movie had a small cast and a great story about two women who both try to reach the top, but you can only assume that they've reached it. The movie has some nice and beautiful scenes with beautiful costumes, great actors. The script was written by Mario Puzo and had an original idea with a little humor, it was | 0.998143 | Humm, an Italian movie starred | in by the great Franco Loresani, who I have always regarded with disdain. However, in this film all his bravado, if you like, gets completely wasted, as loresani is trying to make a very, very crappy movie using the most obviously unoriginal plot I ever had a chance to watch any other film in my career, and that's how it started.<br /><br />The most famous part of the movie, obviously, is the scene where the woman is raped by her brother, a man who comes to the scene of the crime to see on how it was done. However, the whole scene is filled | 0.000001 | 0.426486 | 0.696482 | 0 | 0 |
I and a friend rented this movie. We both found the movie soundtrack and production techniques to be lagging. The movie's plot appeared to drag on throughout with little surprise in the ending. We both agreed that the movie could have been compressed into roughly an hour giving it more suspense and moving plot. | I and a friend rented this off the DVD shelf in hopes to view this movie at home. We were pleasantly surprised to discover that we never made the connection that we had hoped that we would. Our expectations that this film should be about the struggle of an aspiring playwright in an old abandoned hotel, should not, as it turns out that it was really about a struggle at the heart of an individual who is trying to do what he/she hopes will be the right thing. This does not mean that the viewer is to be turned off by any of the film's elements, rather that by its nature it is rather interesting to see as it is, that it is quite | 0.998448 | I and a friend rented this film for the idea of seeing what they called a "modern Greek" film, I was pleasantly surprised. It is certainly not an adaptation of anything actual, so there are no original Greek influences. All the effects (sound, light, sounds) are authentic and the acting is very good. This is not a high brow film, it is a film that the general population will enjoy. It does not require you to be familiar with any cultural terminology in order to enjoy it. It is also not as dated as many other Greek films I have watched that are old. It could easily be a 100 year old film. It | 0.998934 | I and a friend rented this movie because we like Stephen King and thought we might find some good (if predictable and clichéd) movie. We were pleasantly surprised :) I've rarely seen such awful plot summary. The movie is about three people. A girl, a hobo and a man. The storyline is so predictable. The film isn't a bad movie, but the plot line and all the twists and turns are so weak that it's hard to find fun. In the end it's just a boring movie that's made more fun by crappy acting, dire music, and horrible cinematography (probably because it was shot in 35mm). To say | 0.00049 | I and a friend rented this movie because it was from the late 50's where we liked to see old black and white movies. That means we were really looking forward to it but they didn't show it. We waited until it was over then I was really disappointed because I had been searching (despite my age) for a really good movie in black and white from the very beginning. The worst movie I had ever seen even though there are a few good ones I guess. But I have got to say that if you are expecting and getting that you can get back up and continue watching and then you will be so disappointed. The actors were not good | 0.000488 | I and a friend rented this movie for our friends and it was a laugh. The whole movie was funny. There were several comedy moments and some funny cameos.<br /><br />Kurt Russell was a true comedic genius. This character was funny and loathsome.<br /><br />The entire cast was excellent. John Wayne, Gary Cooper, and James Stewart all had their moments.<br /><br />My top film in my opinion is 'Sword of the Spartans' which was the best. I also liked 'Koko the gorilla', 'A Tale of Two Fires', and 'I Spy'.<br /><br />This movie was | 0.998819 | I and a friend rented this film, a friend and I both think it is an entertaining movie that makes for a great trip through time.<br /><br />The production design and photography are absolutely stunning. The art direction is flawless but still creates a cinematic style. The story is well cast and developed, in some places giving the right balance and flow to the story. The cast gives their best performance out of all the actors. I personally found the actors believable and sympathetic. It is a rare treat that there are so many talented actors being in this film! The script seems to flow seamlessly from page to page and the pacing is fast paced. I could not tell | 0.998915 | I and a friend rented this movie and just as he walked out onto the screen after 10 min, I jumped. Who needs a story? Who needs movies? Who wants to see it? The fact that one is the result of watching your husband's best friend have a relationship with his sister for 10 years and yet at the end is a totally fake love story. Even the final scenes, when the wife is trying to get help from her brother, were just not believable. As for the actors, I'm not sure if they really had to portray love or even love. Maybe it just depends on how much time people who have been there, | 0.000485 | I and a friend rented this movie and it really sucked. I know I should have stayed at home with a bowl of popcorn, but it's too bad to watch it all. Not because it was bad itself, but because the acting sucked and really got in the way. I am so glad I rented it. Maybe it is just me, but the acting sucked, especially because a) it was a movie, and b) it was supposed to be funny. There are two main reasons why this movie was SO good. One, the movie seemed to be a parody of "Dumb and Dumber" in many aspects, such as the character who's hair | 0.001381 | I and a friend rented this film because I heard rumors about it, and we were happy when we saw this excellent feature documentary about this little known filmmaker who really deserved attention. This story came about when he was a senior in high school, and decided he wanted to make his film on his graduation year. However, the film made him realize that he could not be the only person who wanted to do this. So, he started making friends, and friends, and friends...and after a year, finally decided to tell his story to the world. He then began making it public. Now, if you're an older kid like me, it might be a little | 0.998887 | I and a friend rented this from Video on Demand. It was pretty bad. I have to make an exception because I love comedy, but if you want to laugh right from the start, don't give this one a chance. It's not the funniest, but the only way to get one is by being late. <br /><br />If you have a friend who'd rather have a glass of beer (that I have), give this one a try.<br /><br />One thing I really liked was the way the movie was directed. The way it was shot, everything seemed to move together. As seen on television, many of the shots are | 0.000486 | I and a friend rented | this movie because we like Stephen King and thought we might find some good (if predictable and clichéd) movie. We were pleasantly surprised :) I've rarely seen such awful plot summary. The movie is about three people. A girl, a hobo and a man. The storyline is so predictable. The film isn't a bad movie, but the plot line and all the twists and turns are so weak that it's hard to find fun. In the end it's just a boring movie that's made more fun by crappy acting, dire music, and horrible cinematography (probably because it was shot in 35mm). To say | 0.500976 | 0.842101 | 0.779642 | 1 | 1 |
I'm gettin' sick of movies that sound entertaining in a one-line synopsis then end up being equal to what you'd find in the bottom center of a compost heap.<br /><br />Who knows: "Witchery" may have sounded interesting in a pitch to the studios, even with a "big name cast" (like Blair and Hasselhoff - wink-wink, nudge-nudge) and the effervescent likes of Hildegard Knef (I dunno, some woman...).<br /><br />But on film, it just falls apart faster than a papier-mache sculpture in a rainstorm. Seems these unfortunate folks are trapped in an island mansion off the Eastern seaboard, and one of them (a woman, I'd guess) is being targeted by a satanic cult to bear the child of hell while the others are offed in grotesque, tortuous ways. <br /><br />Okay, right there you have a cross-section of plots from "The Exorcist", "The Omen", "Ten Little Indians" and a few other lesser movies in the satanic-worshippers-run-amok line. None of it is very entertaining and for the most part, you'll cringe your way from scene to scene until it's over.<br /><br />No, not even Linda Blair and David Hasselhoff help matters much. They're just in it to pick up a paycheck and don't seem very intent on giving it their "all". <br /><br />From the looks of it, Hasselhoff probably wishes he were back on the beack with Pam Anderson (and who can blame him?) and Linda... well, who knows; a celebrity PETA benefit or pro-am golf tour or whatever it is she's in to nowadays.<br /><br />And the torture scenes! Ecchhhh. You'll see people get their mouths sewn shut, dangled up inside roaring fireplaces, strung up in trees during a violent storm, vessels bursting out of their necks, etc, etc. Sheesh, and I thought "Mark of the Devil" was the most sadistic movie I'd seen....<br /><br />Don't bother. It's not worth your time. I can't believe I told you as much as I did. If you do watch it, just see if you can count the cliches. And yes, Blair gets possessed, as if you didn't see THAT coming down Main Street followed by a marching band.<br /><br />No stars. "Witchery" - these witches will give you itches. | I'm gettin' sick of movies like this. They take good characters and make them appear to be dumb as b*tches who can't act. This is the movie that brings the whole "act better" program to a screeching halt. Yes, there are some good performances (in some scenes), but that's about it. I can see why this story was never made into a movie, and I hope that when a project like this does take place there will be a solid cast. The lead actor is a real dud, and those around her can hardly act. Even the supporting cast is just an afterthought, with the whole "action" in the | 0.00049 | I'm gettin' sick of movies which portray women as either weak, stupid, self-absorbed or both. Not in this one. While it focuses on a group of students at a high school attempting to change their way of life, it avoids the stereotypical characterizations, the stereotypical 'nice girl'. There's plenty of humor, great acting from all of the young cast, good cinematography, and an interesting storyline involving an anti-drug movie and an after-school dance. I hope many other schools across the country decide to make an effort to teach their students how to think, not just how to act and the many classes they offer at local colleges are evidence | 0.998933 | I'm gettin' sick of movies "speakin" about Iraq and not tellin' us how the hell the hell we got in 'em. It's like the US Government doesn't mind our "selling" oil to this country, they're just to glad we brought it home. Come on guys, there are plenty of people that feel the same way as what the media is showing us, right? What? What, didn't you get the second Bush Speech? Well it ain't as good as you're giving it credit for anyway.<br /><br />As for the acting, I give it a 1, but I would prefer to see a movie | 0.000497 | I'm gettin' sick of movies that end up like these. The only difference with this movie was that it was a TV movie. Now, imagine, in all seriousness, all the major actors got together on television to record and sing an original song or take a video of a song together. Then, when everything was done they went out the day after the concert with a 20 second "set". No, they made a film.<br /><br />If you are a fan of the late, not forgotten, Gene Kelly who starred only in the 1930's in films starring Victor McLaglen and Victor Eberhard. This movie is better | 0.000916 | I'm gettin' sick of movies called "thrillers", I actually believe we've "grown up" as a society to enjoy thrillers as much as the old ones, with some exceptions. I don't think I've ever caught a film that made me leave the cinema in a hurry.<br /><br />Having said that, this movie is a good example of 1986. It didn't come across as cheesy with a good use of humour, which might've put this under 10 but I did get some chuckles out of this film. Also, the music is a bit different from many films made during that decade, which is one | 0.998805 | I'm gettin' sick of movies with no "good" guy. It would be interesting to see a movie, like Iron Man, where the hero is the same guy from "The Magnificent Seven". It would be interesting to see people like Steve McQueen playing the bad guys, and also, it would be interesting to see the main characters have a relationship with another person. The main character and the man he falls for (or wants to fall for) are two very different people.<br /><br />It would go on and on and on. It is interesting to compare these two guys and their personalities in these sort of movies. This may be too much like comic | 0.003908 | I'm gettin' sick of movies where so much goes unexplained. I find that if the writers couldn't figure out how to make their characters feel that strong about their commitment to each other, they may as well just have a single scene that proves it. Even in this case, with the characters who are such wonderful writers of dialog, the movie is much too short. The plot is thin, to be sure, but it still leaves something as a strong, solid film. And the scene where they both go on a train ride to get a feel for each other is wonderful. If you don't like the movie, try to avoid the DVD versions of the early films | 0.002823 | I'm gettin' sick of movies like this one. They just drive you insane. A little bit of humour or a cool scene isn't gonna do it. They're just too boring. The plot was pretty good in 10 minutes, the "telling it's a bad movie" in the end was a little lame. The story sounded good, but when I looked at it, I kept thinking "huh?" The characters weren't real, or the situations weren't real (it's not like they walked around in cars, but they could walk fast). The movie wasn't funny. It had that sort of weird attitude, trying to make you smile. | 0.000486 | I'm gettin' sick of movies where women are just plain stupid and get killed by bad guys. I don't even think this movie was a "movie"!! It was more like another boring movie about another boring (or at least extremely long) movie. How could you say "don't worry, it's not a bad movie"...? The director said it himself, "This was the dumbest movie that I've ever made"!! Now THAT'S stupid. This really made me sick to my stomach.<br /><br />The characters in this movie are SO weak they could blow in your face. The dialog used to be funny, but it turned ugly. I | 0.000487 | I'm gettin' sick of movies that have to tell you that the only way to save the world and put a "happy ending" in the movie is to just go to war, make a bunch of people dead, and then save the earth. Yeah, right, that's such a lame plot device. What about saving people from famine and AIDS instead. This movie had many, many good points and it was fun to watch along, it was funny to read the dialogue and I was interested in the story, even thought I had nothing to do, I just sat there and watched this. A great movie that even kids could watch, and even if they aren't interested | 0.998699 | I'm gettin' sick of movies | "speakin" about Iraq and not tellin' us how the hell the hell we got in 'em. It's like the US Government doesn't mind our "selling" oil to this country, they're just to glad we brought it home. Come on guys, there are plenty of people that feel the same way as what the media is showing us, right? What? What, didn't you get the second Bush Speech? Well it ain't as good as you're giving it credit for anyway.<br /><br />As for the acting, I give it a 1, but I would prefer to see a movie | 0.351381 | 0.700967 | 0.248867 | 0 | 0 |
Not like I went in expecting a lot out of it, but I was at least hoping for a fun dumb big budget movie. This isn't even that. This item ranks in the bottom half of all the vampire movies I've ever seen (and believe me, I've seen a lot of them). Bad acting, zero characterization, little to no thought, almost non-existent plot (and that that's there you can drive semi-trucks through the holes in). Sure, it has action and is loud, and has more action, and more noise, and blood, and action... These things alone do not make a good (or even halfway decent) movie. Beats me how some people can say this is the best vampire movie ever made--all I can assume is they haven't seen many. I suggest seeing Near Dark instead. | Not like I went in expecting much of the movie. Not a great movie, not a bad movie either. It was just kinda entertaining. I liked the acting. That was the only thing, that was really good. There were some scenes that had it's moments of sadness, just not the biggest scenes. I liked how the story kept up it's plot, it really was funny to know who the villains were. I can see why this movie was so popular, its probably due to it's humor factor. It's very funny, in a good and good way, not a bad way. But there were some scenes that I wish they would of stayed with | 0.998576 | Not like I went in expecting John Carpenter's "Horror of the Hills" to be as stupid as most horror movies, though I have seen other similar films. I figured that if I'm going to go into this movie expecting something stupid then I shouldn't spend the money watching it, and therefore it actually was quite entertaining.<br /><br />Being a big fan of his early style of filmmaking, I was expecting his usual cleverness, humor and flair for directing as it does have a lot of memorable sequences such as the climactic elevator shot which looks like the "Mad Max" outtake where the horses go berserk. <br /><br /> | 0.998733 | Not like I went in expecting "Shrek" to be in the theaters, I wanted to see an original musical with a good storyline about overcoming obstacles. I guess I am surprised the movie didn't blow the box. I think one of the things that makes it so good is that it has a great mix of comedy, romance, a lot of music and action. I love a good musical. That's what I expected.<br /><br />There was a lot of great singing and dancing in this movie. It had many laughs, and it made you feel happy. Maybe because we all feel a little bit like "Peppa Pig" when we try | 0.998927 | Not like I went in expecting some mind numbing crap like TOWN OF THE DEEPS. But I thought it was a mildly entertaining, funny film, with some good comedy. Unfortunately, the "horror" in this film is so far away from what most horror films are about, it doesn't count as horror at all. It's more like "fun movie". The first half of the film (in which I usually watch horror films) is just as good as in most mainstream horror films. It's not as well written, but it makes up for it's less dramatic moments by being pretty entertaining. In the second half, the film is just about | 0.998327 | Not like I went in expecting this movie to be a total disaster, it's not that bad, in fact I really think it was a pretty good mix of realism and fantasy. This was made on a shoestring budget, but you could tell the effort put into this movie was there because it worked! The story itself is rather good, especially considering the production. One of the few movie that actually came close to being scary, that's saying a lot. Not a single shot in this movie was done with a camera that was turned to reveal the whole body or the head. You really saw everything through the story-line itself.<br /><br />Also the performances | 0.998893 | Not like I went in on a Saturday night. I went with my friend, and with a good group of friends as well. There were about 40 people in the movie and that includes the kids too.<br /><br />The characters were all relatable. Not to the point that we can hate them when we see them fighting bad guys, just enough to sympathize with them for what they are fighting for.<br /><br />I had seen bad guys before by my self, and had been treated poorly in the past too, even when things went right. But this was different because the main character, and the one good guy, and the rest | 0.998881 | Not like I went in expecting "The Matrix": I walked out with 3 DVDs, an extra, and a DVD copy of "Ghost Story": so I guess I'm not one of those people that expects and enjoys every scene of "Ghost Story": I can accept the fact that even with the added weight of the extra, this is just as good as the full version! Yes, it's the movie itself that's better than it's sequels - but the acting in this version was also very good - especially the "mushrooms and the big bad wolf" parts (though it was slightly over-the-top at times - the movie had just been released | 0.998743 | Not like I went in to this expecting a really enjoyable film and ended up watching it as it is. There was plenty of suspense, well, maybe not all, but much like in most films it is a suspense flick. It is a good thriller with lots of twists and turns. And the good guy, who has a really good case is a lot smarter than he is thought to be by his friends and family. We follow the story of how this young male becomes corrupt for a time, but then he comes to his senses and finds some help and learns to appreciate human nature. I think this would be a good movie for all ages, maybe it would be | 0.998885 | Not like I went in expecting to spend an hour and thirty minutes watching a movie in which I couldn't even finish watching. I was expecting to go down into a hole, in horror, and be entertained with some kind of action flick. But no. Instead, there was a bunch of people on the screen, and each one was there for a character. And I'm not usually a big fan of actresses with their breasts, but I like these little characters a lot. And now I am going to admit, when I first saw the first 90 minutes, I was expecting a really low budget movie, with only 1 to 3 actors on screen | 0.00134 | Not like I went in expecting a good job on the site, but it really was enjoyable. As well as the good looking cast, that was the first time I actually got the feeling I was watching the show with some actual knowledge of it's background in the first place. Overall, 4/10. It may not be the biggest show out there, but has definitely created a new kind of drama in the eyes of the public. Overall, I would recommend it. Especially for women trying to spice up their relationships. (10/10) Not 100% accurate, but they certainly try to be sincere and not try for more | 0.998901 | Not like I went in | expecting "Shrek" to be in the theaters, I wanted to see an original musical with a good storyline about overcoming obstacles. I guess I am surprised the movie didn't blow the box. I think one of the things that makes it so good is that it has a great mix of comedy, romance, a lot of music and action. I love a good musical. That's what I expected.<br /><br />There was a lot of great singing and dancing in this movie. It had many laughs, and it made you feel happy. Maybe because we all feel a little bit like "Peppa Pig" when we try | 0.609508 | 0.510711 | 0.246205 | 1 | 1 |
That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />The acts of random violence...<br /><br />The gutteral voice...<br /><br />The fetish wear...<br /><br />That shaven head...<br /><br />It can mean only one thing...<br /><br />GRACE JONES IS BACK!<br /><br />Actually my sources tell me that the title role in Blade wasn't played by the 1980s diva, but by Wesley Snipes.<br /><br />All in all this is not an improvement.<br /><br />Blade is an adaptation of a comic character; somehow in the transfer from the simplistic, two-dimensional world of the printed page it has become even more simplistic and lost a couple of dimensions.<br /><br />The plot is hackneyed almost beyond belief and adds nothing to the vampire genre, in fact, much like Nosferatu, it seems to suck the life out of the audience. In brief, upwardly mobile vampire wants to become more powerful but is opposed by Blade, half-human, half-vampire, all annoying. It all climaxes with Blade being put in a vampire juice press, some bad martial arts and the most pitiful CGI since 1968.<br /><br />Blade has to be the least empathic character since Dolph Lundgren's Punisher (also a comic adaptation, perhaps there is a trend here?). Surely the audience is meant to be on the same side as the 'hero'? And whilst a vampire can be a tragic character, this is not true of Blade, he is relentlessly cruel, scornful and not a whole lot better than the bad guys.<br /><br />I assume that Wesley Snipes has an 'acting' career purely so that everyone else can be compared favourably. As he snarls his way through his movie you find yourself looking for a stake - even a ballpoint pen - anything to put Blade in the grave. <br /><br />As a piece of narcissism, Blade is pretty much unbeatable - we are treated to endless lingering shots of a gym-fresh Snipes for no reason whatsoever. Likewise no other actor is allowed any chance to give a reasonable performance; the likes of Steven Dorff *CAN* act, but they have to play second fiddle to Snipes' tedious performance.<br /><br />Kris Kristofferson used to appear in good movies, here he is reduced to a sidekick that you just know isn't going to make it through to the final reel. And what happens when Blade finds out? Yes, you guessed it, he rushes to the scene to wreak his revenge in the villain's giant underground lair.<br /><br />Why can't world-domination take place in a quiet country house? They always go ahead in underground cathedrals that would have had Albert Speer wondering if they were a little grandiose. A lot of these plans could be stopped right now if local councils paid more attention to plans for extending sub-basements. <br /><br />The rest of the movie is just as dull and unimaginative with nothing new to add to the genre. Vampires have been done to undeath and perhaps they should be laid to rest for a while - at least until someone can think of some way to make them interesting again.<br /><br />To finish, there *IS* a Grace Jones vampire movie, it's called Vamp and it's about ten times better than this. | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That cold expression...<br /><br />And that grin...<br /><br />And that sneer...!<br /><br />And that scowl...<br /><br />And that cold expression...<br /><br />It's the same smirk, just a bigger and sweeter one. The same scowl that says, "If I ever find I get lost in a labyrinth of words, I'm done!" The same cold expression that says, "Hey, if I get a kick out of every sentence I write, forget the world." The same grin that says, "I've been here before | 0.995029 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />Why is it that when some really, really funny movie or show comes along, the host has to become a s**t-mouthed idiot? For example, in "American Dad!" we see Jimmy Eat World, who, along with his annoying neighbor (who, incidentally, goes by "Omar"), gets a cameo with a new song and a cameo in the opening scene with a song that only he knows...<br /><br />They seem to have realized that they'd better make some parody videos to get the job well done and the host who was the first one who actually got the job is supposed to say | 0.001506 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That smug lips...<br /><br />Gorilla Man...<br /><br />How could 200 minutes of a movie be so awful? I saw this movie last night on Sundance. I am a big fan of Stanley Tucci, so I was looking forward to seeing this. But, I was not pleased. It is another example of poor acting in Tucci's career. And, the character made no sense at all. There was no need for it to be 4,8 or 5 minutes into the movie. We haven't been treated to enough action for the last | 0.000487 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That look...<br /><br />If this is the essence of Hollywood's idea of bad cinema, and "The Silence of the Lambs" is the essence of bad television, then we have just entered the age of "Hearst". <br /><br />A good writer would have never made such a dumb, pointless movie. It's the kind of film that, if you knew where it was from the plot, would know it's movie. This is a film that, if there was a script it wouldn't fit. It's the kind of story that I can sit through, with the exception of | 0.00051 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That "humming"...<br /><br />That "fist"...<br /><br />That "choking"...<br /><br />All those little gems...<br /><br />That line...<br /><br />All in all, I've been warned! <br /><br />You really want to watch this...<br /><br />Take a minute to appreciate it when it first aired on TNT...<br /><br />You'll also like it just for the first one-liner that "Falcon Crest" was inspired by.<br /><br />You don't want | 0.986416 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That stare...<br /><br />That sneer...<br /><br />That grin...<br /><br />That smirk...<br /><br />The little bit of sarcasm that you had to look forward to a long while when you were watching it. I always found the character of this man to be rather likable and I hope that these will not be the last movies for him. I always felt that he was in an all but one movie that he won't be in the next.<br /><br />If the cast don't star in the same film then the story may suffer due to the | 0.998428 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That laugh...<br /><br />I am not sure what it is these movie makers (especially the writers) want to accomplish with this film.<br /><br />I liked it. It told a very interesting story (and not a very well told one at that). I found myself wanting to keep watching on purpose. It was entertaining. I found my own personal "bonds" with the characters. They were well fleshed out. It had its twists, but it didn't have a bad ending to it. I was satisfied with the story and the characters. One thing I did notice was that the soundtrack was | 0.998927 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />Somehow I didn't get it, but I have always found it amusing. So, you saw the "Kissing Game:" "I don't know how to kiss, but I'm going to try."<br /><br />I can imagine the faces of the audience as we all watch our hero go at it. But then, they go to their different seats as the credits roll.<br /><br />I can see the lines as they fade in when our hero "kisses" the unsuspecting victim. Oh, how good it would be if they were going to say "I love you" to them before they | 0.993966 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That frown...<br /><br />And that smirk...<br /><br />Gee, you can't help but think, well that's funny.<br /><br />But don't forget, that movie was an R rated PG13 movie. Because without having R rated content, you lose that fun factor and that fun fact that the movie may or may not be for the kiddies.<br /><br />I'd advise against you renting or purchasing this movie for children. It's not for the kids. It's not for kids. This movie is for adults. It's also for your kids. | 0.005434 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br /><br />That sneer...<br /><br />That smug smirk...<br /><br />That grimace...<br /><br />That is one of the most memorable "scenes" in my collection.<br /><br />These are all parts of "Bible" of Mr. Lee, a director I have yet to see as much as the guy is. He's one of those kind of director who just doesn't go along way by the book. He wants a movie that is "unique" and "original". How many times can you say I knew that about Jesus Christ?<br /><br />Bible | 0.996554 | That snarl...<br /><br />That scowl...<br | /><br />That smug lips...<br /><br />Gorilla Man...<br /><br />How could 200 minutes of a movie be so awful? I saw this movie last night on Sundance. I am a big fan of Stanley Tucci, so I was looking forward to seeing this. But, I was not pleased. It is another example of poor acting in Tucci's career. And, the character made no sense at all. There was no need for it to be 4,8 or 5 minutes into the movie. We haven't been treated to enough action for the last | 0.488394 | 0.957721 | 0.992982 | 0 | 0 |
generally speaking I don't make negative comments on here. But since this is a festival piece, I don't want you to waste your time when you could see something else that might not be playing again.<br /><br />I thought the actors were pretty bad. For instance, they totally didn't play off each other, rather, they waited to RECITE their lines which were pretty poor to begin with. The dialogue sounded really forced. Norman or whatever his name tried, or so it would appear, to be witty and biting in the lines he chose but just fell really short.<br /><br />After words he asked if anyone saw the ending coming and some people were all "yea", and he all but called them liars. Look there were so many clues, the biggest being a briefcase full of cash for a $500 an hour whore. I mean the john gave her at least 20g's... tell tale sign. Now no you couldn't see exactly what was going to happen but by the time the twist actually occurred, I for one, didn't even care. I was just glad to get out of there. I asked him which draft he shot and he said 8.1, maybe next time he will wait to shoot 'til 15.3 cause this needed a lot of work.<br /><br />But he seemed like a fairly nice guy, he is making his own films, he'll probably get better and I hope he does, not in a snotty way either, I mean it, I wish him luck. Just remember, this is just my opinion. | generally speaking I don't make a habit of watching old movies and I really enjoy this movie for it's humor and great dialog. romeo and juliet is a classic musical with a truly outstanding cast. the special effects are excellent, especially in the original version which is really very impressive for its age. I have yet to see a movie as entertaining that uses the story of a very successful musical, as well as some of the more serious aspects about its creators. there are times when the comedy overtones may show up, but that can always be resolved quickly - it's just that a lot of films take a back seat to more dramatic stuff in the movie.< | 0.998932 | generally speaking I don't make much of an impression on a film. I like to think that I like it, because I believe that if anyone is actually impressed with it, then they must know what they're talking about.<br /><br />The "film" that is this review is pretty much a copy of a documentary of the same name. The whole thing has the feeling of a documentary - not documentary at all. Maybe the director thought it'd be funny - or maybe the entire film was just so much fun that it was painful to try and keep it in perspective. It's obvious that there are a bunch of characters who spend quite a lot of time trying | 0.000596 | generally speaking I don't make a lot of comments regarding movies, I know that movie-goers are not always easy, but if they watch a movie and they leave it without making a remark about it at all, I'm forced to admit that the movie was a waste of time. The acting was of a very low standard I must admit to this. It was nothing to write home about, I never got involved in any of the characters, I just sat through it. The story was a bit of a mystery, it took a lot of time to unfold, but I was able to guess most of what happened at the end. If you like your movies to be | 0.00049 | generally speaking I don't make it a point to watch TV just because the actors star in them - I've seen it done many many times, and there's always some good things to be said about people appearing in a TV series. but there's always a downside. this series for me was a pretty obvious piece of bad taste, nothing really original here either. i mean really, its not enough that the actors are supposed to be on screen, as long as they suck in the characters and play out the roles for us (and that is what i took away from this series) and the story is boring in no way, the characters are so obvious and over-the | 0.000499 | generally speaking I don't make comments on films that are meant to entertain the audience at all, but this was a very enjoyable film. It's very well-written, acted and directed. Very much a movie for serious film-goers that doesn't have the "tricks of the trade." This film takes a "look at life" at the end of a very long day. This is the story of a family of three, and the man in his late 40's has to struggle with his wife, daughter and his son. He takes the responsibility on his shoulders to raise his family and give them the best in life. It was also a good movie about | 0.998939 | generally speaking I don't make very many comments on American movies and I tend to keep away from the movies that I get involved with...that works out well for most movies though. However, I'm going to say something here that might be surprising to some folks.<br /><br />Babe has a lot of the wrong ingredients for a movie but also a terrific cast and script. This is a good movie about a group of Americans on the edge of a breakdown, looking for a meaning in their lives. It also has a message about suicide. It isn't a drama or a buddy flick though...it's much more of a story of how to go along with | 0.998826 | generally speaking I don't make friends who have this much to say on our favorite TV talk shows. but as far as I'm concerned , i like this show better that Friends. The show is funny and has good actors. In the real TV show there were no stars and there wasn't this much of a conflict between the two families. It is good to see that the show cares about its viewers. I would like to see more diversity in the drama shows because sometimes it is quite sad to see two families facing the same problems of a relationship, but still, it makes every season better and more interesting. In that sense when the two couples get married and the show | 0.998924 | generally speaking I don't make great comments when reading a review, but i thought i'd share one for those who are interested. This movie actually surprised me, although the reviews were mostly positive as well. In fact i found myself talking the first day i saw the movie. I think that the movie is about the real life story of a young female singer who decides to move to New Zealand to sing. She makes friends with a bunch of artists and ends up falling in love with one. The only thing that really surprised me was just how realistic most of the characters seem. I thought this movie was a lot more realistic then others at the time. And there still were | 0.998792 | generally speaking I don't make this sort of movie anymore. It is, and I agree with the comment from a couple of years back that this is a great film that you should see at least once. It really will put an interesting face on the world in the age of cheap thrills.<br /><br />The whole film has an intelligent feel to it, and all of its characters have their parts to play that I think are well rounded. The plot is fast-moving and I found myself thinking more about the character development than the story. However, you should also check out the actors they choose, in particular David Strathairn and Susan Sarandon. They | 0.99892 | generally speaking I don't make a film. but this was very good. it's not the best of the year, but the director was able to tell a story.<br /><br />and i like how they used the word "baldur" in this movie. in some films the word "bull" was used, but here they used a name that is much more appropriate. good job. <br /><br />I also love how they filmed what can be really boring scenes. this is really hard, especially in bad films. the director was able to take a character in a story, show what he can put in the movie, then go on to | 0.998938 | generally speaking I don't make | a lot of comments regarding movies, I know that movie-goers are not always easy, but if they watch a movie and they leave it without making a remark about it at all, I'm forced to admit that the movie was a waste of time. The acting was of a very low standard I must admit to this. It was nothing to write home about, I never got involved in any of the characters, I just sat through it. The story was a bit of a mystery, it took a lot of time to unfold, but I was able to guess most of what happened at the end. If you like your movies to be | 0.495237 | 0.943032 | 0.15735 | 0 | 0 |
This show should be titled, "When Bad Writing Happens To Good Actors" considering most of the players have demonstrated immense talent in other venues, e.g. Andre Braugher in Homicide: Life on the Street and David Morse in St. Elsewhere. I'm hoping that the frenetic pacing of the show is adjusted as the series develops along with the obvious cliches and dialogue so absurd I wondered just how stupid the writers imagined the core audience to be. We're beat over the head with the main points of this show instead of being left to gradually figure it out, almost as if the writers feel that they must spell out that the main character is some sort of avenging angel, sentenced to redeem himself from sins, both venial and mortal, via butting into his cab fares many affairs. Watching the premiere required much suspension of disbelief, that Mike Olshanskey's fares would so rapidly spill their guts and he would feel driven to intervene in the lives of utter strangers. That he possesses those "Super-Cop" abilities, to be all things to all people, weapons expert, martial arts master, psychologist, father-confessor, locksmith, and so on, ad infinitum. Pure drivelesque fantasy. What is it about recent televisions shows based in Philidelphia that they all seem to be imbued with a nasty ex-wife and a very disrepectfully bratty child? Overdone. I wanted to like this show, really I did, because it had the virtue of having a premise slightly different than many of the clones appearing in this season's fare and it stars some of my preferred actors. But I'm afraid this is just another possibly good idea ruined by careless execution. | This show should be titled, "The House That Sounded Like a Farm." I will say that the story line would make good TV. It would also be entertaining seeing a couple try to raise a kid (a rather common occurrence for a country family) but ultimately it was unfortunate that the show was rushed and made it difficult to understand why certain things were happening. Overall, though, I would agree that if the episode on June 8, the ending of the show, was left hanging, this show would have a larger cast and a greater chance of continuing. Also, I felt for the characters, because most of us, whether you admit to it or not, | 0.001079 | This show should be titled, "Bobby Lee's Bodybuilding Show." I just can't believe it hasn't hit the airways yet! It is very much a film, with a real celebrity guest star, like 1940's Hollywood star, Robert Stack! It is very real and very fun! Although it's all shot at home, the camera work is very crisp, and the camera moves quickly through the motions, it remains a live action movie! The movie itself is quite good, and the acting is outstanding. Bobby Lee's character, Robert Siskel Sr., plays perfectly to his own character's, and I just can't understand why | 0.998834 | This show should be titled, "Who Cares if Anyon" because it has been a long time since any new episodes were ever aired. For some odd reason I watched more and more episodes after episode after episode.<br /><br />Some of the actors and actresses that have appeared have been fairly successful (I saw someone talk about Daria's ex) but some of the voices used in the episodes have seemed a little overdone or unnecessary. I feel that the original show had some great actors of some very talented voices on it. However, if I remember right, they all are gone now. So I have to say, I am glad to be alive to | 0.99858 | This show should be titled, 'The Greatest Nightmare in History'. After watching this TV show, I became a bit frightened. I don't mind scary shows; however, I don't think that any of these shows were scary enough. You shouldn't let your children have these shows - they will learn that violence is okay.<br /><br />I didn't watch this show all the way through - it had a lot of scenes that didn't sit where they should have, and they left me wondering what the hell was going on. You don't learn anything from watching a TV show when it leaves so many questions at the end that you don't know what's going | 0.000497 | This show should be titled, SPOILER FEAR: When all is said and done, nothing, nothing, anything left from this show just makes one feel a little depressed and that is a good thing right! This show started out with a high note, as it seemed like this pilot had had it all and they put the first person in the room they are going to shoot. The show seemed like it could really go and they even showed the audience one of those scenes where the people were going inside the room at first thinking that it would be like in a hospital, but it would show like a movie. Then they had it right... the person was killed. | 0.000504 | This show should be titled, "Gimme the money!" It's the only show that I can stand. The characters that are allowed to work together (or try to work together) make a wonderful family show. <br /><br />You can take it to extremes and it would be too much effort. The show has a little twist of what goes on at the end and never disappoints you. The acting and story are great, they have great chemistry between each other and the other characters in the story. Although, I've grown to enjoy the show more since the new episodes are coming out every week.<br /><br />I have nothing but positive things | 0.998916 | This show should be titled, The 100 Deaths That Made Us What We Are, because I found myself in tears watching it.<br /><br />If you thought that people killed each other out of love... you were very wrong. That's why this show is called, "The 100 Deaths That Made Us What We Are." You will see the sad, but heart-awful, truth about the human condition. Some of these deaths should be called "The 100 Injurious Deaths That Made Us What We Are," because the ones that I would put in that category (just below "The 100 Deaths") | 0.998511 | This show should be titled, "Homicide: Life on the Edge." I mean, every time I watch a episode it just makes me laugh. The story's about a couple of homicide detectives who are given a real case by local homicide detective, the father, to solve. They set out to break into the father's secret hideout and get the killer. The show also includes many funny moments. I always look forward to the first episode of this show. As a fan of crime fiction, I enjoy these episodes a lot. In the worst case scenario at work, it can really be fun. What's not really fun about watching this show, however, | 0.998704 | This show should be titled, "What Are They Doing That I Like" and not "What Are They Doing That I Want to" As far as TV dramas go, this show is THE best, by far, and should be watched as often as possible. It is truly amazing how the shows characters have a wonderful combination of the worst and the best, and even the worst characters will often end up being in the best situations. It is truly a great show and I highly recommend that you check it out. I also highly recommend that anyone who has never been to a live theater at some point, or even if you have - watch this show. This is truly an | 0.99892 | This show should be titled, "The New American Idol." Now when I say 'new,' I mean a decade in the making. If you don't expect an auditioning segment each week and instead concentrate on songwriting & composing then the show is only good show, but if you do expect the judges to ask you questions and the show to be fun then the show is good. The fact that they made this show for adults shows you how it works in the music industry. What I really love about this show is the fact that the people who voted for the finalists actually auditioned to be part of the show. In fact, there is not one judge who actually | 0.986162 | This show should be titled, | "Who Cares if Anyon" because it has been a long time since any new episodes were ever aired. For some odd reason I watched more and more episodes after episode after episode.<br /><br />Some of the actors and actresses that have appeared have been fairly successful (I saw someone talk about Daria's ex) but some of the voices used in the episodes have seemed a little overdone or unnecessary. I feel that the original show had some great actors of some very talented voices on it. However, if I remember right, they all are gone now. So I have to say, I am glad to be alive to | 0.999999 | 0.8985 | 0.655241 | 1 | 1 |
I thought maybe... maybe this could be good. An early appearance by the Re-Animator (Jeffery Combs); many homage's to old horror movies; the Troma label on the front
this movie could be a gem! I thought wrong.<br /><br />Frightmare is a boring, overplayed, half assed homage to the fright films of yore. The story is an old one, young people breaking into a house, getting drunk, making love, and tampering with things that shouldn't be tampered with. The oft recycled slasher film formula is used here, this time with a thought to be dead actor named Conrad Radzoff doing the killing. In fact, the performance by the Radzoff's actor Ferdy Mayne is the only redeeming quality of this film. He does the snooty Dracula style character very well. But as for the kids, its not so good, with Combs only having a minimal part.<br /><br />The film lacks entertainment value, and only features one cool character, and one or two scenes that can hold your attention. I do not recommend this film unless you are desperate for something to watch, and this is the only movie left at blockbuster. | I thought maybe... maybe this was one cute little film from a talented screenwriter and director. Maybe it would be one of those films that you laugh at, just because it's funny as hell. Maybe it's the kind of film where you learn a bit about people as they become human beings, learn about the intricacies of human relationships to a certain point. Maybe it's fun to ponder on. Who knows? I found it to be a surprisingly funny story. That's all that really matters here. It doesn't really matter how good the performances are or how much of a story it may offer. It only matters that we actually get to laugh at the way | 0.998717 | I thought maybe... maybe this was a good movie, but it really sucked. If you think you can watch it for 4 months (maybe a year....) You'll probably get bored by now. There are some scenes that you probably will laugh at... But I don't think I ever laughed like I did watching this movie. The story was very short and the ending didn't make sense... so maybe there were many other things you think need to be in the next (better) movie. I guess I'll be disappointed if I ever see it again - I will be more satisfied if I buy it. Because I'm not sure it's worth buying. I | 0.000487 | I thought maybe... maybe this movie was just bad, I don't know. I don't know why. But I went to watch this after I saw the first 3 movies. <br /><br />First let me say that the acting was better in the first 3 movies, than this one. So much better than in the other movies. <br /><br />This is not an action movie, it's a drama. So I don't know what they wanted in the story, for a movie about a girl in the 1940's, fighting with guys, and then finding her soul mate. It just does not explain that at all | 0.000499 | I thought maybe... maybe this was a better film than "The Night Listener"... And yet I sat and just wondered...<br /><br />For over a half hour I couldn't think of a word to describe the way the two story-lines of the two halves of the film, interrelated and completely separate, all fit with each other. I could only think. How would the police make a conclusion? And what about the witness, or what about two couples, one of whom was a woman, or an object of interest. How would they be able to connect them? Would they look up the same place at the same time and do the same study? < | 0.000503 | I thought maybe... maybe this movie could have some depth to it, since every time I looked at the DVD case it said "This movie is rated R" and I couldn't help but think, "This movie is rated R?? What's that?..." And yes, I'm looking at you, Disney for this... This movie was one of the very few times I went to the theater at a time when it seemed like all movies would be rated "R" for a couple of weeks, which would probably be the perfect time for a movie that could benefit from a little depth. So I waited, while I waited, to get "R" status on a | 0.000572 | I thought maybe... maybe this would be a nice show for parents to take their kids too. Boy is it a bad show! I thought the show was a little repetitive at times but it still kept me engaged and wanted to know who's going to be the killer. Not only are we dealing with murders here but with all the teenagers all over the country, we have murders in the US and in other countries. It's a good show, for the kids, and for their families. Not only do I feel that every parent should take their children out, but for any parents who have a lot of work and have little time to spend with their kids, this shows | 0.015897 | I thought maybe... maybe this movie was meant to be a parody of the "Sex in the House" movie that came before it ("Sex in the House II", in a different time slot). I'm not really sure. To be specific, this movie makes me laugh at what the "Sex in the House" cast was talking about, and at the way these "sex" actors behaved. This just goes in line with their film-making style. If you like movies that make fun of what happens in the business, if you find movies that makes fun of the way we treat those who work for us, if you're interested in making jokes out of the way we | 0.998712 | I thought maybe... maybe this would be a light hearted comedy with some great performances but it was actually a great movie, it was funny to watch and even more good looking this time around, and that is the best way to describe the movie. I think the movie itself is very talented and very funny, it seems as though this movie was filmed on a very cheap budget, considering many of the scenes were shot in 12 minute footage, and the production values are not excessive, just excellent quality. I would say that if you've never seen this movie before then I strongly recommend you go see this movie with a family. If however you are a complete stranger | 0.998933 | I thought maybe... maybe this could be a great comedy, but the script was so boring and predictable, it was just a waste of my time. This film, if you're into films that don't take themselves too seriously, will give you a lot of laughs, but you have to understand the reason why the jokes don't work; the actors didn't show enough character, and the script doesn't really show enough motivation or humor to make you go "yeah, sure, that made sense, that made me laugh" like the other reviewers did. The movie is great, but I've heard from people that it is not for everyone, so it's definitely not | 0.000491 | I thought maybe... maybe this was worth watching... Well, it wasn't.<br /><br />Firstly, it was a bad movie, because it didn't even have a plot to begin with. So they had to make our characters up... and most of them were bad actors, which made it even badder. In a nutshell: The cast is so bad that it is almost impossible to watch the movie. If it wasn't for the "mystery" at the end, I have to say it was more boring than interesting, as I found it hard to concentrate on the movie. But the movie was funny... I can only guess it was the actors | 0.000485 | I thought maybe... maybe this | movie was just bad, I don't know. I don't know why. But I went to watch this after I saw the first 3 movies. <br /><br />First let me say that the acting was better in the first 3 movies, than this one. So much better than in the other movies. <br /><br />This is not an action movie, it's a drama. So I don't know what they wanted in the story, for a movie about a girl in the 1940's, fighting with guys, and then finding her soul mate. It just does not explain that at all | 0.497619 | 0.747264 | 0.612829 | 0 | 0 |
1983's "Frightmare" is an odd little film. The director seems to be trying to combine the atmosphere of classic '30s/'40s style horror movies with the shock factor of the then-exploding '80s slasher genre. It isn't totally successful (mostly due to very obvious budgetary restraints, and the less-than-professional caliber of its cast of young actors) but it still has its moments, mostly due to the classy performance (classier than the movie deserves) by the late German actor Ferdinand Mayne, who plays an aging old time horror movie star (ala Vincent Price) named "Conrad Ratzoff." At the beginning of the movie we meet the has-been horror star as he's shooting a commercial for dentures and we quickly learn that ol' Conrad is a bit of a hoity-toity, prima donna jerk-off. Just when you think he couldn't be any more un-likable, the commercial director berates Conrad for blowing a take for the umpteenth time and the old goat pushes him off a balcony to his death. Nice, huh? Conrad then visits some fans at a college campus horror movie club, unfortunately he suffers a heart attack in the middle of his speech to them and eventually ends up back at his mansion waiting to die. Still feisty even at Death's door, he manages to do away with a despised business associate by smothering him with a pillow before he finally kicks the bucket himself. Conrad is then laid to rest in true Hollywood style in a high tech neon tomb with video screens above the casket, which will play personal video messages from Conrad himself for visitors who enter to pay their respects.<br /><br />It is at this point that the kids from the college Horror Movie Society decide to pay Conrad's grave an after hours visit, breaking into the tomb and taking his body back home with them for an all night party. (Not exactly my idea of fun, but hey, these are characters in an '80s horror film. Logic has no place here.) The college kids spend the evening having dinner with Conrad's body seated in a place of honor, posing for photos with it and even dancing around the room with it, before parking Conrad and his coffin in the attic, planning to return him to his crypt in the morning. In the meantime, Mrs. Ratzoff, distraught over the theft of her husband's body, has called in a psychic friend to try and "reach" Conrad through a seance. You can pretty much figure out the rest from here. Since Conrad wasn't a very nice guy in life, it's not much of a stretch to assume that he won't be any friendlier in death. Psychic Lady makes contact with Conrad and he re-awakens in predictably ticked off fashion, then spends the rest of the movie strolling around the corridors of the students' ridiculously huge house, picking off the young grave robbers one by one. This is where the movie falls apart. Endless scenes of teens wandering around empty hallways saying "Hello? Is anyone there?" are intercut with occasional bursts of violence (we do get a pretty gnarly decapitation scene, which is the highlight of the movie) before the last two survivors finally figure out (WAY later than any semi-intelligent people would have figured out the same thing...but again, we're in an '80s horror film!) that the only way to stop the mayhem is to get Conrad's body back to its crypt where it belongs. The sluggish pacing is padded out with a lot of weird lighting and dry ice fog effects backed by a soundtrack made up almost entirely of sound effects rather than music(thunder, moans and groans, howls, etc.) that becomes severely annoying after a while.<br /><br />I can't really recommend "Frightmare" to anyone who didn't grow up watching cheap movies like this on late night cable back in the '80s. "Modern Horror" fans will doubtlessly find "Frightmare" incredibly slow moving and goofy. If you came of age in that magical decade, however, you may get a blast of nostalgia from "Frightmare." Fans of Jeffrey ("Re-Animator") Combs may also want to check it out, as the future Dr. West appears in an early role here as one of the unlucky film students.<br /><br />I will advise the reader to avoid the version of this film on the EastWestDVD label (paired with Roy Ward's "Vault of Horror" and sold at dollar stores) because the print quality is terrible. I'm told the film has gotten a deluxe release via the fine folks at Troma, which seems appropriate. If you're a Troma kind of person then "Frightmare" will be right up your alley. | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd mix of the supernatural (the ghostly female victim, an apparition of a child, and the "fright" is never resolved), of horror, and of psychological horror. There's even an element of mystery. <br /><br />The story focuses on Lyle (Robert Hardy), a young doctor, who is a specialist in the study of the origin of paranormal phenomena. He gets a phone call from his partner, who is dying from a mysterious ailment. Lyle rushes to the hospital the following morning, and to his surprise he finds that the man he had talked to before is now dead. The death of Lyle | 0.997655 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd hybrid between a slasher film, a comedy and a horror film all rolled one in one. From the "frightmare" and its spooky title makes it sound like a slasher flick, but with the help of the "Frightmare" theme song, we can't help but think this is just a comedy. It was probably the only scary thing I've seen this year while not being scared on Valentine's Day. A strange film, with odd situations that just make you sit there and laugh at how absurd it is. However, I was pleasantly surprised. Perhaps the most unique film I've ever seen and it proves that there | 0.998805 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd gem by the writer/director of "The Thing". This is a typical horror film that doesn't have big name stars or special effects. But it works because of its originality, the way of directing, and the way I think the film came about. The first 30 minutes of the film are really good because it's such a strange idea, and in a strange sense it made me a bit paranoid, because I was looking forward to it for 5 minutes and I did enjoy it. It is also interesting to see how the film evolves with all its 3 sections. The first one is very simple, with a simple | 0.998795 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an oddball monster movie that tries to be two things, the first being a slasher, and the second being the early sci-fi, space-comedy hybrid which, if it had worked any better would have saved it. It works fine on a slasher level, but it has a strange affinity for comedy, that could have been avoided as well, and it's also a tad too obvious for genre's liking with the sci-fi/comedy mixture. It seems like this film was mostly made on an energy meter, and the producers probably spent more time worrying about how it would appear on cable, rather than making a solid movie. It tries to | 0.005911 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an oddity. It's a horror sequel to the success of the original film, which starred Barbara Steele and had several other stars. There are two sets of actors in the modern movie version of the story: one is the same cast from the second film, and other is the same cast from the original script. The second cast member was in many other classic horror films--and this was not the first time the two cast members were reunited for the sequel.<br /><br />The film opens with a visit to Steele's uncle's grave, where a man is being dragged up a hill. Soon after, the man is murdered in a gruesome fashion | 0.995381 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd, enjoyable little movie that gets far too much credit for its odd, creepy premise: a serial killer who kills his victims by drawing their blood from a gash that appears at the end of their necks ("It's not the wound itself, it's that you die before it can bleed."). This movie doesn't pull the big thrills and spills the audience is expecting with, but that's fine by me (especially as this sort of stuff actually could happen, in real life). <br /><br />It has a creepy (but not frightening) atmosphere throughout, even after the killer dies. The characters get a lot of skin and | 0.998768 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd film because it is not scary, yet manages to go so far as to be both. I am not sure why this film is regarded by so many people as being scary; there is definitely no gore, and, it is only used effectively just in the first half of the film.<br /><br />'Frightmare' is based on the psychological thriller, "The Fly", which by 1933 was a great movie. There are few parallels between this and the original "The Fly." The two films are both horror films of that time, with both being about a person who must hunt down a mutated human being - which | 0.996797 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd little horror slasher flick that looks like it was shot in just about four hours. It is a pretty funny look at the life of a man who feels like taking his life away, but then doesn't quite know if he's done to the right thing. The film is directed by James Wong Howe and stars the great Richard Roundtree (the character he plays is a much darker version of himself) as a guy who gets a job cutting the wood from a farm. However, he loses his only wife, gets married again, loses both of his children and ends up breaking down. There's also a man who can read peoples' minds | 0.998468 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd and unusual exploitation film that takes on the story of six college friends working on a night vision experiment. The concept behind this film is well developed and well done. First the actors are really well made and look to be a very well rounded cast. The story is very much based on a true story about a graduate student who developed the project for the college's dormitory and was eventually able to take the resulting data home and further develop it as part of his future field of study. In this regard, the movie is very much like "The Secret History of the American Heart", though the subject matter here is quite different.<br /><br /> | 0.998789 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd attempt to go in a different direction than most horror films made in the era. The film starts in a hospital and slowly builds up to a really creepy sequence. The film also does a great job of being slow moving. The horror builds all the way to the end, although the pacing sometimes gets a bit sporadic. This makes for a very creepy horror film and a good movie that stands up well to repeated viewings. This film is one of my faves of the late 80's and 90's and still holds up well today. I'd recommend that people watch this movie if you're looking for some good scary | 0.998928 | 1983's "Frightmare" is an odd | gem by the writer/director of "The Thing". This is a typical horror film that doesn't have big name stars or special effects. But it works because of its originality, the way of directing, and the way I think the film came about. The first 30 minutes of the film are really good because it's such a strange idea, and in a strange sense it made me a bit paranoid, because I was looking forward to it for 5 minutes and I did enjoy it. It is also interesting to see how the film evolves with all its 3 sections. The first one is very simple, with a simple | 0.999993 | 0.999988 | 0.888156 | 1 | 1 |
I don't get it! The teenage leads in "Horror Star" supposedly all are devoted horror fans, yet when their favorite idol (Conrad Radzoff) passes away, they dig up his corpse and do all sorts of disrespectful stuff with it, like disco-dancing it around the house and throw food leftovers at it. That doesn't sound like something real horror fans would do, now does it? I'm a big horror fan and I immensely idolize departed icons like Vincent Price, Peter Cushing and Boris Karloff, but it would never come to my mind to ridicule their memory. No wonder Conrad comes back from the dead admittedly, after a séance to wipe them all off the face of the earth! Mr. Radzoff already wasn't known for his friendliness in life, since he occasionally killed the directors that disagreed with his visions, and even after his death he suffers from a tremendous ego. Even inside his tomb there are video messages to petrify possible visitors and the group of teenagers will vividly experience that he also enjoys the murdering business outside his film sets. "Horror Star" (a.k.a. "Frightmare" and "Body Snatchers") is a pretty lame 80's horror flick, but there are a handful of cheesy & gory highlights to enjoy. The film mainly suffers from its own stupid plot, since no one not even a film school student is stupid enough to steal a recently buried corpse and actually think he'll get away with it, and there are too many tedious moments to struggle through. Conrad's video-speeches from beyond the grave are overly talkative and definitely undermine the tension, but on the other hand his killing methods are pleasingly inventive. One teenager enjoys the experience of getting cremated alive and another one (Jeffrey Combs in one of his first roles!) loses his head in a delightful decapitation sequence. In the absolute messiest sequence, a poor girl' head is crushed by a coffin. Writer/director Norman Thaddeus Vane wanted to bring homage to vintage horror cinema and he obviously how to make film look sinister. The locations and scenery are great, but Vane lacked the necessary funds to provide his film with a proper continuity and editing-job. The acting performances are overall decent, with Ferdy Mayne (imitating Christopher Lee) and Jeffrey Combs delivering the most memorable roles. "Horror Star" can hardly be called a must-see or even a good film, but it's worth tracking down in case you're an admirer of enthusiastically made B-horror. | I don't get it! The whole movie... The two girls who played these three "super sexy" characters who "broke the law" at the very beginning... The fact that "C" always looks like they want to vomit at the very end, but are so amazingly good at a very short period of time, for instance, when they're sitting on one hip and kissing a guy and are having an embarrassing conversation... The way they don't just let the girls be the center, and they were so "cool" about how the girl was going to be shot, they didn't have to use a lot of lines to describe everything they're going through or | 0.001157 | I don't get it! The script was brilliant!!! This movie is the best movie out of the three movies that I saw. All of them were great. The director and stars combined their talents into one great piece of work. I give it 7 of 10 stars for the brilliance of the script and all the great actors. If you get the chance, watch all the three movies by IMDb. I'm planning to watch all of their movies by then. The best movie ever!!! I have some questions for you... Is it true that Hollywood films are better than Bollywood? I mean the scripts were good and the cinematography was good. Is my logic right? | 0.998889 | I don't get it! The whole movie goes for two hours talking "about" a "real life" family - the typical Hollywood, corporate family - in the course of which they (or, I think, the dad) try to tell some new interesting thing to their daughters and they (or, I think, the dad) finally have an argument! The movie hardly makes any sense and the acting and the costumes, so bad, that at some points you start wondering what is really going on. I understand the need of having something of a moral to tell to the kids at some point - but not here! I guess, they all know what they are in the | 0.000484 | I don't get it! The new James Bond couldn't find a villain? Come on now! Who are the new villains? The two main villains of the film are, in fact, their wives. What are they, then? They're both "boring". And I was expecting another 2 movies with the same plot line. So, what made this movie "brilliant" and so worth watching? It was a great character study, and a terrific, well-played and well-directed story. And I thought the new Bond seemed to be having a more interesting conversation with a woman then ever. And I would watch this film again in a heartbeat. The | 0.998727 | I don't get it! The writer/producer of this movie decided to make it "special" by adding the "Killing Fields" soundtrack to the movie! Oh well, the movie was really, really funny. But for the rest of the movie, all the music is played over the sound track. A bunch of people who were in the movie have no problem with the music on screen. I'm surprised there were only a few who were critical, to say the least.<br /><br />The movie is a great comedy. Everyone's favorite actor, Jason Biggs(who is best known as "Maverick") is funny, cute, hilarious and in | 0.996134 | I don't get it! The director of THE FLYING SILVERMAN is clearly a master of making funny movies but this one can't be in that category! The most amusing thing ever is seeing the big brother, son and daughter run from a large snake! And while there are a few other funny scenes, none stands out.<br /><br />Still very funny with hilarious dialog, and well-written and directed (as well as very well shot!). A MUST SEE for the serious, the kids and the parents. If you don't believe me, go ahead and make a half-hearted guess of the title! 9 out of 10.<br /><br | 0.998817 | I don't get it! The director had the energy and the direction... What about the acting? Maybe more than half is just not believable, but still, it isn't the main reason of the film. I think he knew that he had to create this film in such style, and that's what was done. The last scenes are great. The action and editing are great. It doesn't make a good story - the story is so unbelievable. I did not think that any movie could such strong effects and this one shows it a lot! <br /><br />I love this movie for a lot of reasons. I love the main actress who plays Maggie. Not | 0.998609 | I don't get it! The opening scene was quite entertaining and quite funny. It started out the way I imagined it and got a bit stale.<br /><br />The main character has no purpose whatsoever and is a very weak character. He gets a bunch of people and then he gets shot. This is like watching the backside of a car, it gets hit, but I have not seen a movie that's worse.<br /><br />I did not think that the story was actually interesting.<br /><br />Not that the story is boring. The movie was very witty, but not interesting and that's probably because I didn't want to see the ending until | 0.000499 | I don't get it! The actors who played the lead role in the movie "Shark Tale" - Jeremy Renner and Richard Donner - are not the best actors and there is too much overacting. But the main character - Jason Bourne - is a great actor and I admire him and his skill. I also think that the movie is in the right direction. I also like that director (the one with the name Disney) made a film without a huge budget and without any huge stars involved. This seems to be a good approach to make something original for action films. But unfortunately there are too many "couples" (a marriage, or a romance | 0.989651 | I don't get it! The premise of finding a super-organism in her bed, finding out it's the most wanted killer in town and having no choice but to kill the killer, is so much fun. While I was reading the book I laughed out loud. It was such a good laugh, I laughed so loud for five minutes at the end. I had to turn the book over and back to the start to hear the ending.<br /><br />All in all it was great, one of those thrillers that would keep my attention from the beginning until the end. I liked it because at least part one had a decent ending.<br /><br /> | 0.998715 | I don't get it! The | whole movie goes for two hours talking "about" a "real life" family - the typical Hollywood, corporate family - in the course of which they (or, I think, the dad) try to tell some new interesting thing to their daughters and they (or, I think, the dad) finally have an argument! The movie hardly makes any sense and the acting and the costumes, so bad, that at some points you start wondering what is really going on. I understand the need of having something of a moral to tell to the kids at some point - but not here! I guess, they all know what they are in the | 0.000001 | 0.297942 | 0.126431 | 0 | 0 |
Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy cult icon, dies from a heart ailment(not before disposing of an ungrateful assistant and TV commercial director, both of whom disrespected him with showers of insults). His body is removed from his mausoleum by some film students(they wish to "invite him to dinner"..they are quite big fans). What these kids(..including a young Jeffrey Combs)don't expect is that Radzoff will be resurrected by a medium to wreak havoc on those who removed him from his place of rest.<br /><br />The list of violent acts include Radzoff pulling one guy's tongue out, setting a woman on fire, elevating a casket which crushes a woman's face, decapitates one fellow, and cremates another guy alive in a coffin. A really weird soundtrack and pesky fog wraps around Radzoff's ghoulish activities.<br /><br />Silly hokum from Troma is limited by a very, very low budget and slowwwwww pace. The film feels a lot longer than it is. The film isn't really that gory and we can hardly see much violence because the film is often too damn dark. At times, Radzoff is an ominous presence, yet at other times he just looks real silly. | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy, self-important comedian (the only reason anyone would want to see him is to laugh during his awkward monologues) is on his way to Hollywood to star in his first film (the studio wants his role so that they can get the rights to the famous singer that they lost after he died.). While in a diner he catches his latest character's attention and they run into each other. They are soon married and Conrad, with his self-doubt thrown out the window, can't decide if the lady he loves is just a pretty face or a real goddess that he's been looking at. His wife is a successful actress who seems | 0.957193 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy old man who has a bad case of the day off depression, and whose only way out of it is by taking one last vacation.He is having a cabin to his daughter's house with his grandson. There, he meets the lovely and sassy new neighbor, and for a new woman, Jane Jones(François Yarbrough), he seems to get along. So, he proposes to her, and then to his daughter and son, as long as they don't want him to get off. How he comes up with this plan, you have to wonder.Typically, these sorts of stories are all I care about, when it | 0.988345 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy screenwriter, writes the screenplay for The Lost Horizon, in which he gets a woman named Ruth(Basil Rathbone), to write a story about a secret underground laboratory of which he is a part of. Ruth is reluctant to write the story, but when the story involves a man from the past named Peter(Alex Britten, previously seen with Rathbone in "The Third Man"), and goes on to tell him about his past, the plot thickens.<br /><br />Although I liked Rathbone's performance, and would like to think that he is more than just the usual type of actor, I was more amused that I was | 0.007505 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy and somewhat irritating (for all the wrong reasons) scientist who is about to take over a scientific lab after another genius scientist (Stanley Holloway) is executed for murder in a horrific accident which leaves three victims lying in the lab's trash-can. He and his "friend" (Wim Wenders) decide to hide themselves in a dark attic just as the lab's electricity dies down and they get trapped there, and have to find a way out before the others turn up. One of the other two suspects is an alien from another planet they've visited, as "the government has been experimenting with artificial life forms in lab," something | 0.992266 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy character actor, gets together with his secretary Alice(Rebecca Sweeney), the owner of a store, and a co-worker, John(Albert Salmi), to rob the store. One of the employees tells Alice about the story and she wants to have something that Mayne and John had in common: they were both divorced. Alice decides to call up the police, but it turns out they will never get their hands on Mayne. As a reward for retrieving the stolen loot, Alice is sent to make the store in the nearby village. There, she meets Max(William Graham). The story is nothing much, and the movie | 0.000804 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy but clever reporter living in New York, is approached in a job interview for a position at the prestigious American Academy of Sciences. He convinces them to hire him, but the academy will take him to Russia if he can convince the Russians that his interview wasn't a one-sided one.Fifty years later his wife has married a man who appears to have a brain damaged degeneration that causes him not to follow his wife's advice and has done something in the past that was considered a suicide by our code.<br /><br />I actually watched this film in Italian on TV about two weeks ago (it's also in Italian)but I was | 0.995813 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy, bumbling English lawyer (yes, really) who happens upon a pair of missing children. A former soldier, he manages to locate those children, and then sets off in a car to a secluded country house. A small house. In the middle of the English countryside, where none of the major roads lead to the village, a farmhouse sits as if from another world. Where else have those children been sent? (I will stop right there and quote the plot, because the plot is such a revelation. We are introduced to the characters by watching a video from a TV interview, and in the first video, we see the children being | 0.994843 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy young man who needs lots of money to get out of low-wage job. He tries working at a restaurant, but gets fired for failing to pass a chemical test. Years later he works at a bakery that pays it for him.<br /><br />One day he gets stuck in a chemical reaction tank in which you see his face in red. He tries to wash it off, but it gets dirty and he comes out of the tank. He is later on sent to a mental hospital and is sent to be re-hired.<br /><br />After the film one week passes and when Radzoff comes in the office he is found | 0.017571 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy and naive journalist turned journalist turns to avenge the loss of his wife and mother. This film is a far cry from most comedies. It's shot in extremely grainy, low-key colors -- the sound is not always clear at all -- and a bit of "B" with this. I found the dialogue and acting to be good. The characters, however, were all over the place. Mayne had a good role, but the rest of the actors had a hard time holding the role. It made the movie, it made the characters seem more real and sympathetic than they were. The only good thing about this movie is that | 0.001361 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy ex-con is sent by his parole officer, to a drug dealer who has been selling cheap dope to the government and is on the run. His assignment? to track and kill the man. He does so with little or no apparent fear because he's used to hiding (if not hiding) in the shadows. A lot! He doesn't do too bad with the help of an old friend. He actually gets a real good guy to help him, a real lady for a partner and some good guns. His life goes into sh*t. What did he think when his friend and partner get killed? A very bad drug deal. And, | 0.007767 | Conrad Radzoff(Ferdy Mayne), a hammy | screenwriter, writes the screenplay for The Lost Horizon, in which he gets a woman named Ruth(Basil Rathbone), to write a story about a secret underground laboratory of which he is a part of. Ruth is reluctant to write the story, but when the story involves a man from the past named Peter(Alex Britten, previously seen with Rathbone in "The Third Man"), and goes on to tell him about his past, the plot thickens.<br /><br />Although I liked Rathbone's performance, and would like to think that he is more than just the usual type of actor, I was more amused that I was | 0.000059 | 0.224588 | 0.204953 | 0 | 0 |
One of the last surviving horror screen greats - Conrad Radzoff - dies and has his body placed in a mausoleum with televised-before-death snippets of the great Conrad greeting you as you visit. Unfortunately for him and his captors, Conrad's body is "borrowed" by a gang of four boys and three girls and taken to a huge manor where they drink with him, toast him, dance with him, laugh with and at him, and then put him to bed in a casket which just happens to by lying in a room upstairs. News of the missing body reaches Radzoff's widow and her friend(who happens to be proficient in the black arts) and she holds some kind of ceremony that brings Conrad back to life so he can, in his own words, get "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth." Well, Frightmare is an interesting "bad" film. Sure, it is cheap. The sets look like they were borrowed(which I am sure they were). The special effects and blood and guts are done liberally and with little credibility. The acting is average to below average with a few exceptions. Jeffrey Combs of Re-Animator fame is in tow, but really he does little in this rather thankless role as a horror obsessed teen that needs to steal a dead man's body for kicks. None of the "kids" except the pretty girl playing Meg is any good. Nita Talbot plays the "friend" of the Radzoffs with withering interest. Also, look for the big - I mean big - guy that plays the policeman. That is Porky himself of Porkys fame. But thankfully for all of us, one performance does rise above the material. Ferdy Mayne, an oft overlooked actor from Germany who had Christopher Lee features and did star as a vampire in The Fearless Vampire Killers, does a more than commendable job as the aging horror icon in public life and a real demon of a man in private life. Conrad Radzoff in a bad human being in life, living solely for his own pleasures and we see him kill twice before he is even dead(obviously none of the swinging teens at that point). Mayne is able to look very regal, speak very elegantly, and convey menace with ease. If for no other reason, one should see Frightmare for his performance. I do; however, believe that when they showed black and white clips of Radzoff that they used Christopher Lee footage(anyone have any thoughts?). Anyway, one can guess what happens and it does indeed: Radzoff goes out and goes after the kids that disturbed his peace. Again, the formula is trite and overused. The acting for the most part is anemic, and the direction oh so ridiculous. But Mayne gives a good performance in a sea of ineptitude. Definitely worth a little peek. Watching Mayne keep popping up on screens in his mausoleum brought a wry smile to my lips each time. | One of the last surviving stars in the role of 'Homer Simpson' gets to play a new role in the title of the film. This time Homer gets some type of mental illness, which brings his parents' divorce back in force. But that is not the end of it. For Homer, it brings his dad's death back into the picture. This time Homer is a man to be depended on when he can't care for himself, and when he is left on his own. Along with that, Homer makes an old coo, Ned Flanders and his new wife, Bess, and all of the kids. But when one day Homer finds himself | 0.99037 | One of the last surviving Australian movies before the Great Wave of Hollywood came. It had to be about a young family, struggling to overcome the many obstacles that lay before them when things go wrong. It's a very well acted movie. The story is very realistic and interesting and is very amusing. At times the direction is very good while other scenes are very funny. This film is great for students who study Australian cinema. I recommend it to everyone! It's well worth watching! 7/10. -Ward, Peter (Director) My opinion, for the film industry in general, it's a great movie and one I recommend to anyone who enjoys | 0.998935 | One of the last surviving British comedies, the movie is very funny and well-made, and has a great storyline to match it. The actors do a fantastic job with their parts.<br /><br />I love the scenes where the main character has no relation with the first partner, so we need to follow his development.<br /><br />The humour and the humour in the movie was really well-drawn, the relationship between the two partners is totally believable and believable.<br /><br />The ending is good to an extent and does not have the same feeling as in the book. But still, it does make for another 2 hours of laughs and enjoyment | 0.998936 | One of the last surviving greats on the scene was once asked to discuss how he would recommend a new movie. After hearing about Poirot's death, most people would have pointed out that the film could have been made without him. But for all we know, some people have been trying to find out more and find out what happened to Poirot. If not that, then a movie inspired by this amazing sleuth might be a good one.<br /><br />When it comes to a film's plot, you could call it a thriller/romance. There's a good deal of the former on here, but this film is actually about a | 0.998543 | One of the last surviving players in the sport (and the only one who played in every tournament on schedule for 14 years). The only thing I've seen of the game and the game shows so far is that it's not about the game. It's something else. I like the sense of place you get when you watch this game (or season). You can tell that it's a story with "time" in the title. There are many good and interesting stories about the game's origins. There is a little more than one story from different areas of the country that seem special, in my opinion, because there are so many aspects to the game | 0.998833 | One of the last surviving scenes from The Godfather is the finale scene where Don and Sonny, not the usual gangsters that we know of, escape from the prison. This is a key factor in the success of the film and one I would rate 8, for it is not only the scene where this is done that brings the film to life and makes it more interesting.<br /><br />Don and Sonny escape the prison, they have escaped in a helicopter. It's then that we know they are not really criminals, they are real, and that their criminal ways are not as they seem. The helicopter gets lost, they end up over the | 0.998858 | One of the last surviving films in 1880s Germany is the tale of the mysterious old woman who is said to be able to see into the dead. As this old lady tries to keep life at bay, she meets the rich young architect who is also to be seen from a distance in a dream. They start falling in love together and become deeply engaged while the dream becomes a reality! The film works very well as a study in how dreams may be able to be understood by the dream-walker by revealing the true nature of the dream-walker's inner being and his connection with the old lady. This film is definitely recommended for those of you | 0.998878 | One of the last surviving film from 1967, this story about a young woman who comes to the small French village in order to finish her schooling is a bit of a treat. It shows a glimpse into the French mentality and life in small towns. Like the other films I saw at last night's fest, it was also great to see Audrey Hepburn at her classic best. Although I personally didn't like her performance in this film due to the smallness of the supporting role she played, it did give me a better understanding of these kinds of characters. <br /><br />If you have any interest in film, the look and quality of | 0.998784 | One of the last surviving films made prior to the Vietnam war were 1967's 'Chaos'. It's a well written, well acted, well directed piece of entertainment..the two leads played by Paul Lukas and Burt Young...who both give incredible performances..and two of the greatest performances in comedy over the past 30 years...from the classic "It's a Wonderful Life"...and "The Odd Couple"...in fact, "A Perfect World" is one of the funniest comedy films of all time.<br /><br />However, 'Chaos' is more than just a great comedy..it's a great film... | 0.998898 | One of the last surviving members of the early 60's rock'n'roll group the Ramones was, to use the term band and a musical group, it is almost impossible to find a more underrated and unappreciated band and producer altogether, with the two guys most renowned for a number of other bands' greatest hits: The Ramones and their bandmates: Dave (Bob) Napolitano, Joey "Baldy" Busey. Now they are mostly legendary band members after the release of their epic rock classic: Ramones On Tour, although it is almost impossible to put the entire album with the Ramones as the official | 0.998182 | One of the last surviving | British comedies, the movie is very funny and well-made, and has a great storyline to match it. The actors do a fantastic job with their parts.<br /><br />I love the scenes where the main character has no relation with the first partner, so we need to follow his development.<br /><br />The humour and the humour in the movie was really well-drawn, the relationship between the two partners is totally believable and believable.<br /><br />The ending is good to an extent and does not have the same feeling as in the book. But still, it does make for another 2 hours of laughs and enjoyment | 0.578002 | 0.493585 | 0.677369 | 1 | 1 |
My parents used to rent a lot of horror movies when I was a child. We loved watching them even when they were bad they made for some enjoyment. This was one such movie, kind of hard to review as I have only seen it the one time as a child, but it is not anything I want to track down again so I can do a more in-depth review. The story has some old horror actor legend dying. I seem to remember he acted a bit like an over the top Vincent Price, without being likable and classy. He commits murders and dies, but what is this? Is the movie over already? No, as some kids for some reason snag the body and are prepared for a fun night of being killed by the ham from beyond the grave. I remember the murders were nothing all that special after the first couple and I remember this movie was rather disappointing. Seemed to have a good premise, but it just failed to deliver the goods as more cool kills were needed and that super horror actor needed to add a bit to his repertoire. | My parents used to rent these movies for Christmas in the past 30 years or so. They were a lot of fun. I also think that these movies were a good opportunity for my Dad to show them to his younger brother. All three were good in their own way, yet had a unique style that made them enjoyable to watch. These four movies were the original ones to have a very catchy ending. They had a way to end a movie that got your interest off in the beginning. I thought that was especially important for a movie that was still family oriented. I don't think kids or teens were ever bored watching these movies. The sound was great too | 0.998885 | My parents used to rent horror flicks to watch with my little sister. Horror movies as scary as this was the best. Good movie with not too much nudity and sex. It's just the right movie for a little guy that wants to be a horror fan. Watch this movie with your little kid. It will be fun for you and she will too. Not only does it have great actors, there are some truly unique scenes for kids like the vampire in the fridge. Highly recommended to Horror Fanatics. And I have to add, I love the trailer of this movie. It gives you good ideas about what kind of movies kids will like. This trailer also | 0.99893 | My parents used to rent this movie to a TV crew with 8 men in it a couple of times. When the TV crew wanted the 2nd unit, the producer would insist they rent out at least one more man just to rent the second unit. <br /><br />I'd recommend this movie. But it did have a few problems. The movie was so long that it seemed like it took forever. The plot was also very weak. Also, when some of the characters were talking, they didn't sound like real people. There were a lot of scenes where they were walking around in the desert and said, "What do you think we are | 0.995861 | My parents used to rent this movie (and every other movie even in the same movie category, lol) and if you have heard of it, I believe they rented it a number of times over the years. My mother also remembered it in the theaters and that is what I remember about a movie you never want to see again. The characters are not just annoying, silly, and selfish. What makes this movie so bad is that you can hear them yelling and moaning throughout the whole movie, but they never really manage to get off the couch or even get anything accomplished. It's like they can't think of a good reason to be there and they're just | 0.000489 | My parents used to rent this movie on a regular basis, even though I found it over the top at times. I especially liked the scene where the little girl gets her teeth pulled, it really did make a heart jump.<br /><br />I have the DVD, and the best part is the opening scene with Mr. Tarkovich and a woman in a bathing suit. That little scene made me miss my grandparents and all my childhood memories. I can still see my brothers in the video, looking at the camera and laughing. They were fun as little girls. Maybe my parents wouldn't notice the scene from the beginning. They liked the scene, but that | 0.998738 | My parents used to rent this every time I had a baseball game and were hooked after the first reel. A special effect wizard put together a couple awesome 70's scenes that combined with a story told as a children's TV cartoon would make the production memorable. The story takes place in Chicago and is based on the real story of a former Chicago sports broadcaster killed because of a contract dispute. The real characters (actors) are just so cool, too, being as they're not even 9 years old.<br /><br />I give this movie 10/10, because it has been remade twice and even is still being made and released | 0.998893 | My parents used to rent this on cable. It was great for two adults to watch alone because you didn't have to set up a movie night table. It was a great experience for the adults but also a fun experience for the kids. I was 8 when I first saw this. It was really the only scary movie I ever saw. I am only 9 now but I still watch it whenever I can. It was a great movie for family time or date night. It is very suspenseful and keeps you guessing! The story line was simple and was still entertaining. I can't wait until there is new movies to watch. I would recommend anyone to | 0.998915 | My parents used to rent movies to us when I was little at the age of seven. There were five movies per week and all they had to do to rent them was buy the film itself. This was not only a great experience but a real treat because sometimes one of the older children would let some one on from the couch take it, who would love it for long periods before returning it. This was always because we had rented many of the movies that were advertised on the TV, sometimes with several extras along with them.<br /><br />My grandpa and grandma loved movies as well so the idea that one day we might have to pay for our memories with | 0.998183 | My parents used to rent out their house to do a one-hour movie at one time and then a movie rental was just not there. This is as good a 172 minutes of entertainment as I've ever seen. There's no way around that. All the actors and actresses in it make the movie what it is. It's more like reading a play from screenwriters and then casting actors for that play. When a movie is so well written that you don't see why it fails...you know when you've seen a good play when the actors and actresses are acting as if they're in that play in that sequence. Or playing different parts without having | 0.998871 | My parents used to rent out the movie to their friends for their party, and once and for all, we decided that the kids would play a little games instead. After learning how to roll a board game for the big weekend, we decided it was time for them to learn how to build a set. The board is only about three inches square, however, so we needed a lot of work on it.<br /><br />With help from other students, this was easily made. The construction materials used were a couple sheets of paper (for the outer layer), 5" x 5" wooden discs (one for each side), 1" thick cardboard | 0.998579 | My parents used to rent | this movie to a TV crew with 8 men in it a couple of times. When the TV crew wanted the 2nd unit, the producer would insist they rent out at least one more man just to rent the second unit. <br /><br />I'd recommend this movie. But it did have a few problems. The movie was so long that it seemed like it took forever. The plot was also very weak. Also, when some of the characters were talking, they didn't sound like real people. There were a lot of scenes where they were walking around in the desert and said, "What do you think we are | 0.999998 | 0.999999 | 0.823068 | 1 | 1 |
Frightmare begins with a horror movie icon killing a director and then his servant before he is laid to rest. This icon, who has some Christopher Lee qualities to him, then continues to haunt those around him when a group of horror film society students steal his corpse from the mausoleum he is in.<br /><br />The first ten minutes is well-filmed, good writing and lots of potential for murderous mayhem. But the film drags in the middle (although thankfully not as much as "House of Death") and never really gets that initial spurt of energy back.<br /><br />Lots of the deaths are confusing, as they seem to have people just falling over scared when they see a floating coffin or other odd things. Twice we see poisonous gas being used. But the box promises that this horror star will be the embodiment of all the monsters he has played. Boy, is that false advertising, unless he spent his career playing boring old men who take naps and watch "Matlock".<br /><br />The general principle of the film is decent: horror society kids stealing a corpse of a dead icon. A modern equivalent (digging up Vincent Price or Peter Cushing) would make a great film. Maybe a remake is in order if that wouldn't be too disrespectful. Sometimes theory doesn't come across as well in application, and this film offers that example.<br /><br />The only redeeming quality of this film (besides the beginning) is the brief appearance of a very young Jeffrey Combs. I saw him and thought "that's Jeffrey Combs" but felt I was mistaken as the box never mentioned him. But sure enough, Combs was present. (A note to this movie's film-makers: mention Combs on the cover of the DVD, you'll sell more copies if if you would be deceiving customers.) If you're a Jeffrey Combs die-hard, check out this early role. Otherwise, I cannot offer this as a great selection for a horror movie marathon. Let me suggest "Intruder" or "Popcorn", as those are both pretty decent and will stand the test of time. | Frightmare begins with a horror movie poster: "You Have Been Warned. This movie features a killer clown in this horror movie! The entire movie will feature death, nudity and some pretty nasty things!" <br /><br />Unfortunately, this poster was never distributed nor seen. At a press conference in Hollywood just prior to its release, writer and director James Cromwell confessed to giving the movie to a friend who never actually showed up. "Well he turned up to watch me rip off a chapter from 'The Incredible Shrinking Moon' then he left," he added. A movie that was completely shot was also left off the poster. He promised that he would take | 0.00115 | Frightmare begins with a horror sequence where the characters of the film become very ill. One of the women becomes very, very ill in a bath and dies. Soon an evil spirit follows after her and the characters of the film are forced to leave a house in order for they can be safe. However, even though the film was not scary but still the camera work for the film was absolutely brilliant. For example on the scene where the man is in the toilet, you can tell something is wrong. The camera moves slowly and zooms in on the person in the toilet, and all of a sudden, there is a gunshot and a pool full of blood, and the | 0.998413 | Frightmare begins with a horror-themed segment, which focuses on an old woman named Martha (Jodie Foster). She is haunted by ghosts and believes someone is after her. After Martha encounters some unexplained occurrences, including a woman who resembles her, a creepy house, and a room with a lot of blood, she must try to escape. The majority of the film consists of Martha running from various scary creatures, which includes a ghost of her ex-husband (played by Gary Sinise) and a young boy (voiced by Tim Thomerson). Along the way, she picks up other survivors that make the film more real while running from monsters. One of the other | 0.99495 | Frightmare begins with a horror film on it's sleeve and when you know that this movie is going to be about some creepy house or something with plenty of creepy stuff happening it still won't scare me. The movie started with creepy stuff happening but was followed up by some fairly predictable stuff. I'm not entirely sure why the film chose to spend much of it's time discussing other films in the genre like "The Exorcist" or perhaps "Psycho."<br /><br />There is nothing here that is original or worth watching it.<br /><br />*1/2 out of **** | 0.000491 | Frightmare begins with a horror film that I must take for granted, only to be impressed by. What started off as an average piece of entertainment ends up being one of my top 10 films for 2008. An original story where the actors take risks in bringing their characters to life. I enjoyed the direction of the director, I had never heard of him before and I still wonder why. As other members stated the special effects are good as well to bring the scary movie to life. One thing that is missing in this film are any scares that would make it difficult to say that it really is a good film. I would say that a good | 0.998924 | Frightmare begins with a horror movie about a vampire-like creature that is about to bite a young girl. It is after this that this movie takes a long, long time to get going. The cinematography and editing are awful and in some parts are truly gruesome. This is a classic example of how to make a horror movie that is not at all scary. As a result, even if it is technically perfect, you will not find it scary.<br /><br />There is too much action and gore. A woman is attacked by a zombie in a basement. A man goes to a funeral and is suddenly attacked by an alien in the middle of the funeral service. | 0.000497 | Frightmare begins with a horror thriller with over hyped cast and over hyped effects. If the movie had more budget it would have been a real monster slasher movie where the monsters would have been more realistic. But this one lacks a story, an interesting storyline, and lots of blood, gore and death. It is more suspenseful and enjoyable than most other independent horror films out there. The director (Ben Turner) has made some great film with many horror classics. This one is one of his better with many new ideas made. The first hour or so is very very slow and the story is only half over. The second half is a lot of fun, | 0.998888 | Frightmare begins with a horror scene in which a group of people get in a van and leave their home, and their van goes "wobbly" through a field of green grass, and the guys become stuck there. The truck drives around in random directions--and through mud puddles, through trees with falling leaves, and through a few holes in the ground. This is the first scene where we get a feel for the people, and how they react to what's going on around them. They see things, hear noises, hear sounds, but they don't go so far as to be frightened. This is very simple; we need to see how people react | 0.998412 | Frightmare begins with a horror movie as a story: a group of 25 college students leave college and have to travel to Las Vegas for a cruise. After being assaulted at a bar by a man who uses some very crude techniques, the group end up missing their cruise. In Las Vegas one of the group is hit by a car that crashes into a highway while the others are having sex with a waitress...<br /><br />The story line moves along well, but the acting and story lines are shaky. While not a bad movie, frowky is a bad movie when it's poorly acted and story line is confusing. This is another example of why | 0.00051 | Frightmare begins with a horror movie, but there are no gore shots, there's no zombies, there's no "shocker" or "scary" plot twists. There's only two horror genre things: The movie is about a college student who becomes cursed because of the ghostly presence of his parents. However, the movie also has the best horror sound effects I've heard on film. I have yet to see anything else like this, and am really surprised! I have also discovered that this is one of the worse movies ever made, but that's OK to me. It was only the second time I've watched it since I saw it, and it | 0.002548 | Frightmare begins with a horror-themed | segment, which focuses on an old woman named Martha (Jodie Foster). She is haunted by ghosts and believes someone is after her. After Martha encounters some unexplained occurrences, including a woman who resembles her, a creepy house, and a room with a lot of blood, she must try to escape. The majority of the film consists of Martha running from various scary creatures, which includes a ghost of her ex-husband (played by Gary Sinise) and a young boy (voiced by Tim Thomerson). Along the way, she picks up other survivors that make the film more real while running from monsters. One of the other | 0.999997 | 0.81893 | 0.211629 | 1 | 1 |
It's Saturday, it's raining, and I think every movie should have at least one comment... so I just watched "The Crime Doctor's Courage" all the way through. It's a murder mystery with a typical cast of characters, and a couple of the usual suspects -- each with their own possible motive for the crime. The story starts abruptly and the viewer is thrown into the plot with no character development or storytelling whatsoever. I guess that's not too surprising for a B movie of this period. There are also some moments which look and feel like this is pre-WWII, but perhaps that is due to the writer's background in radio shows.<br /><br />The "Crime Doctor" is the sleuth who happens to be visiting California for some R&R from his psychiatry practice on the East coast. He hooks up with a mystery novelist friend with whom it is implied has been along for one or more previous mystery solving capers. The novelist occasionally fills the role of sidekick to our sleuth (AKA Dr. Watson), and also occasionally lightens things up with a bit of comic relief (sort of).<br /><br />There is also a somewhat simple, but not quite bumbling police captain who at times is annoyed by the meddling sleuth. And then there are the mysterious Braggas, a brother and sister who are dance artists at a night-club. The dance is sort of an interpretive dance that happens to be one of those moments which feels more like the 30's than the 40's. Though the story location is California, the Braggas appear to live in a castle!<br /><br />There was one plot element which managed to keep me somewhat amused, but I won't divulge any more than that because I always enjoy movies more when the story is discovered, rather than known in advance. (even though I can think of many, many, B films which would rate higher and it is difficult to say that watching this one is time well spent) I have not seen any other movies from the "Crime Doctor" series, so I can't make any comparisons. | It's Saturday, it's raining, and the sun has gone too, although there's plenty of promise in the sky. A young woman is sitting outside a car, on her way to the woods, along with all too many people. The sun has dropped, but the storm is still there. As the young woman walks away from the car, a little boy appears out of nowhere, waving to her, and she stops, thinking no one is going to notice the loss of her coat, not even someone who's about to help her. The boy approaches her, and introduces himself, saying something about making "soups," and inviting her to stay. The little girl decides | 0.987484 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and I want to watch The King's Speech. OK, that's too much: there's about seven minutes in. But it's just so beautiful. Yes, it's a little silly, but that's OK. It helps that we're rooting for Kiri! And of course Sir Ben is magnificent in his role. This is one of the best films of its time. Watch it! And even if you don't get to see the speech, at least read about it - and I certainly want to read about Ben Jonson's autobiography! It was my all-time favorite film, and still is. I know it's not the greatest | 0.998828 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and it's an adventure through the woods of America! This is a very silly movie that is actually funny at times. It even contains a few humorous and even witty lines. It has one thing that makes it great though: It actually has a good story! There are several points throughout the movie that make you like the people the movie's about and also think that the movie's message is interesting, and that the movie does some really good and smart things. One of my faves (and probably one of your faves) is when the girl's mother buys a new car and the other women in the country decides to buy the new car | 0.997432 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and it's supposed to be a nice time to read something nice. And here I am. I've sat down and read a 75 page piece without effort. I guess I need a little refresh. My first reaction when I started the reading was, no, I can't finish this!<br /><br />The main character had a really hard childhood. She has to endure an awkward childhood that ends up ruining her career and life. She hates the fact that she still has that family, family she can't leave. But, to save herself from this sad upbringing, she decides that she must have a future that does not include family | 0.000494 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and it's cold, but there's no reason why you cannot go to get a free dinner and an early night. That's exactly what my friend Ron and I got to do on a cold rainy day in the Valley of the Dolls. When we walked through the doors, the atmosphere was completely different, I mean, this was a restaurant in a small town, after all. I don't remember it being like this before, but Ron has been a guest here since the first day he worked here. The people there were friendly, the servers were very nice and the place was neat, and the decor was quite modern and well-designed. | 0.998907 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and what do you get? A new sitcom with the same "bad" (and very funny) humor that your parents' sitcom used to broadcast.<br /><br />I think the reason that I've seen this comedy at least once a year is because it is one of the most popular on TV now. Maybe it's the lack of jokes that are so memorable that some people think it's funny. But this shows that every time there is a new episode people will find some funny thing to say about the show.<br /><br />The show starts with a few friends getting stoned. At the end of the show, our friends are | 0.976987 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and I feel like watching a movie. If you're not going out to do some "bad" movies, I'm sure you can find that at the video store. Here's one you can watch: "Ville". It's definitely worth a shot.<br /><br />It tells the story of a big-time car salesman who decides to make a change to his life. He finds himself in the company of an old friend and meets a boy whose mother has been killed when they were children. The salesman doesn't know his son has survived, because his son has been kidnapped in a murder. He tries to find out why, and to | 0.998741 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and this hilarious episode of "Scoop" is about as interesting as watching a car crash and having a couple of plastic balloons blow themselves up, and "Pam" is not allowed to see or talk with her parents.<br /><br />The episodes that aired in Canada during the early 80's were a good 80's version of the "The Twilight Zone", and their stories were based on their own dreams (or some other form of reality). I like the way these episodes are set-up, with a couple problems and then after the problems are finished, the main story continues, with a new twist, and after that | 0.998625 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and I'm driving with my friends on a highway. This time, not a bunch of jokers, not a guy with $100,000 on the line, but some people in their twenties, drinking, making out and acting like a bunch of idiots, but still we make it past this traffic jam long enough to get to what might be our biggest movie moment.<br /><br />There's two parts I would like to point out right away: the first, the first part which is much more exciting then the third in the series (and you also see it more often), and the second, the second part. | 0.993332 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and a bunch of folks are hanging out at a lake house. And in this case, a group of teenagers who are not interested in getting wet, decide to play a prank on a fellow group member called Sam -- to steal his camera. They sneak in with an open umbrella, and take pictures. But it turns out that these pictures are ones which have been taken by somebody else. And they're not the ones they think them to be. And Sam has an interesting way of killing things.<br /><br />I have to admit that I felt a bit silly seeing this as a kid. And I know I didn't laugh out loud after | 0.05939 | It's Saturday, it's raining, and | it's an adventure through the woods of America! This is a very silly movie that is actually funny at times. It even contains a few humorous and even witty lines. It has one thing that makes it great though: It actually has a good story! There are several points throughout the movie that make you like the people the movie's about and also think that the movie's message is interesting, and that the movie does some really good and smart things. One of my faves (and probably one of your faves) is when the girl's mother buys a new car and the other women in the country decides to buy the new car | 0.999999 | 0.999026 | 0.573948 | 1 | 1 |
I caught this on IFC last week and I thought it was typical of the indie short subject film: heavy on style, little on substance and originality. Does it comes as any surprise that a coming out film stars an unusually attractive (and blond to boot) boy with 70s shag hair and too-cool-for-school clothes? Plus, this film wallows in late 1970s chic, which works for some (Sofia Coppola's "The Virgin Suicides" comes to mind) but not for this director.<br /><br />Another reviewer compared this to Harmony Korine's work and I agree. Yet I don't view this as a positive thing (what has HE done lately, anyway?). "Bobbycrush" is really just a waste of time and energy for all involved. If you happen to see it late night on cable, turn the channel and watch something else instead. | I caught this on IFC this evening. I had never heard of the director (he is a director in a major US film studio) or the writer (a writer in Hollywood who works for big US studios. These films are made on very strict US financial policies.) and I had never heard of this film because I've not seen the TV series (but I did own a DVD copy of it years ago). So, the story goes.....<br /><br />The story line is pretty simple. The main character, a journalist, is in Rome and falls for the mother of his fiancee. At first they are happily going "normal" romantic, but then | 0.990499 | I caught this on IFC and I couldn't believe how awful it was. After only a couple episodes, I was left wondering if I was the only one confused on why it was aired. This had about as much potential as IFC's original "Sharkboy" and "Sassy Simpson" combined. The series was pretty much an excuse for dumb and pointless television just for ratings.<br /><br />The only interesting scenes were the first when the pilot was aired. I won't spoil what was on, so...<br /><br />(1)A boy and his dad go to a birthday party that is organized so he can have a date for | 0.000493 | I caught this on IFC tonight and I was shocked that I actually liked this episode of Buffy: Hot Stuff.<br /><br />The story is a bit confusing, it kind of feels like a big episode of Buffy that gets cut to fit the time frame in this one; but most of it is just me telling the "story".<br /><br />The series is definitely not a "story" as such, but the episodes have a lot of unique moments you never see in shows that come out of the UK or Australia.<br /><br />I don't really know what the real plot is supposed to be, but it's worth watching for maybe all | 0.99875 | I caught this on IFC back in the day (1988) and thought it was pretty amazing. Now I finally got to catch the original broadcast (back in 1985) and it was quite disappointing. I am assuming that the DVD set with that release is the same one I bought, and I found that to be pretty lame. Not much information about the film can be found either, to put it mildly.<br /><br />On one hand it would have worked fine for the time, but on the other hand I just thought that a simple excuse for a film would have been much more effective. I'm guessing this is because a | 0.000491 | I caught this on IFC while attending a small film festival. The story was truly original and well presented. The writing is good and the direction really works. The dialog is tight especially for the younger audience and very funny. I give this a solid 7/10. If this film gets green light in 3rd Quarter 2004, I'd vote it up and down! I am definitely making a comment in the DVD comments. The DVD itself is much much better then the DVD of the DVD which was a little cheap. The second DVD cost an additional $5. There is so much you can watch in the first DVD that you won | 0.998927 | I caught this on IFC last night with my mother and it was worth the wait. It's an adventure movie with some great music. There's nothing I can say about this movie apart from to say that everyone I know in the world agrees!<br /><br />The plot is fast paced, entertaining and I loved the way they were able to tie together so many threads, characters and ideas in such a way that you just could not have expected for it to happen. And it makes you wonder about the world as a whole.<br /><br />There is a good deal going on so many different settings that it really made for a great movie. The acting | 0.998936 | I caught this on IFC tonight, and thought "What a great way to pass an evening...". A series that plays a similar role that the original, namely, two good friends who eventually fall in love.<br /><br />The thing that made it great is that it also plays an effective role in its own right - the romantic undertones play as well as the action, and are more than the usual cliché.<br /><br />The original story was good - there was plenty of action, and the characters were good and sympathetic - this one, while lacking that latter point, also has a very likable, if not romantic, couple.<br />< | 0.998912 | I caught this on IFC's Monday Night Comedy after all that heavy rain, and now all the rain is getting me into that basement movie and TV movie mode, and "Cranston & Dorrance" looks as though it might turn out to be another dark comedy starring Hugh and Steve as the lead and Peter to get more action with them. The original "Cranston & Dorrance" was quite funny and well written, and I'm interested as to how they'll adjust to the role and situation they play in this movie, but that's only it's part of this movie.<br /><br />I did enjoy the original "Cranston | 0.010408 | I caught this on IFC, and decided to see if I enjoyed it, although I knew I wouldn't. It has the typical horror element and horror story, and it is all done well.<br /><br />The story is quite intriguing and very dark, and it makes you see things you never saw before. The characters are well done as well.<br /><br />This movie was just well done. It was also very suspenseful, which was nice. It's not a film that is just going to take you in a few minutes. It really gives you that suspense and feeling. This movie is definitely a must see for horror fans and it is just | 0.998935 | I caught this on IFC after being warned by my girlfriend that the show had some disturbing material. She thought it funny too but I warned her not to watch it because it's probably getting worse during the episodes, but I can't say that being her then is my decision. The episode I watched this on was probably the closest to that I'll remember if it wasn't the 112th episode in a long time.<br /><br />The movie is a good example of how to make horror films that aren't about scary stuff. The script isn't as good as some might want or expect, but still it manages to have funny moments. The movie | 0.998732 | I caught this on IFC | tonight and I was shocked that I actually liked this episode of Buffy: Hot Stuff.<br /><br />The story is a bit confusing, it kind of feels like a big episode of Buffy that gets cut to fit the time frame in this one; but most of it is just me telling the "story".<br /><br />The series is definitely not a "story" as such, but the episodes have a lot of unique moments you never see in shows that come out of the UK or Australia.<br /><br />I don't really know what the real plot is supposed to be, but it's worth watching for maybe all | 0.999999 | 0.932044 | 0.667808 | 1 | 1 |
Acolytes presents an interesting mix of original concepts in "screaming teen" cliché horror with a more thriller-like pacing. In some ways Acolytes is very successful, but in many other ways the film fails miserably.<br /><br />Overall Acolytes avoided the typical archetypes of the naivety and innocence of youth of endless horror films in the like of Cabin Fever, Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and countless other films where unsuspecting and relatively naive and innocent teenagers, have sex, run around screaming and one-by-one are plucked off by some sort of monster. Instead this innocence is replaced with pride, retaliation, and arrogance. The characters had several opportunities to save themselves from immanent death and despair, but failed to do so due to their own personal demons. In the end you were left with the feeling that there were no (and perhaps are no) innocent victims.<br /><br />As the name implies, the film also touches greatly on following a leader or authority. This was used in a direct sense of if the main character would become like the serial killer and was also used less directly throughout the film. Following a central figure is a reoccurring theme throughout the film.<br /><br />Through all this, the film makers also incorporated a lot of cliché, which I suspect was intentional and gave the film a unique mixture of depth as well as shallowness which I found intriguing. This, perhaps inadvertently, plays well with the characters who are, at first appearance very shallow but as the story unfolds it becomes obvious that they are, at least the two main male characters, quite complex.<br /><br />Technically the film has a lot of problems however. The cinematography, which is typically regarded highly, I find rather sophomoric and over-stylized, utilizing formulaic 2/3 approaches far too rigidly. Many transitions I felt were also over-stylized. The use of symbolism was not only vague, but also greatly over used.<br /><br />The plot was poorly planned and relied exclusively on misinformation in order to achieve a rather hokey twist ending, which was poorly resolved and leaves viewers confused. Methods used to resolve the climax are cheap and ill-prepared, motivations are routinely unclear, and major plot points remain untied in the end.<br /><br />Overall, the film's relative originality, themes and thesis are lost in a maze of poor technical execution, over-stylized imagery, unclear motives, obtuse and unnecessary symbolism and cheap twists maintained only by a lack of or entirely incorrect information.<br /><br />If the film were better executed, it would have been excellent. However, Acolytes receives only two stars in my opinion. | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of stories that come back to the main theme of the film (in a similar way a few years earlier Roman Holiday had come the idea of falling in love with a famous film star).<br /><br />The story revolves around a small band of Alcorcytes who has to compete with the city of L'Hospitalet to be chosen to be the new music hall for the city in order to compete with famous star Antonio Barroso. The reason is simple, due to L'Hospitalet's strong religious background, Alcorcytes are against baroque-style music and hence their target will be the Alcorcy | 0.998747 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of religious tales with historical dramas. The tale of how Jesus Christ the Christ is a typical tale of the disciples of Jesus which gives some insights to the origins of Christianity. The story which concerns the way that Jesus Christ was received into the Gentiles is also interesting. The story of the Virgin Mary who became the Mother of Christ presents a great example of the life of the Virgin Mother who is shown with the best representation of the life of Jesus Christ in the film. All in all,this film shows that Jesus Christ is not just a prophet but is a man as all human souls are and his life as well.<br /><br />There is | 0.998847 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of "cult" material and "serious" material. The first half of the film focuses on a young girl who is tormented by a "witch" in order to pass. This film is based on a fairy tale ("Little Mermaid"), but it's more of a cult classic. Then there's the second half, which is more serious in nature! The plot is simple: an old witch, a young boy, and a group of misfits go on a journey together in an attempt to win the soul of a beautiful young woman who just so happens to be a girl's best friend. The movie doesn't focus that much on | 0.997691 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of Christian iconography about Mary, who is seen as a mother during the first decade of Jesus' life as well as with the Virgin Mary during her later years. She makes her first appearance in chapter twelve where she is shown in the temple with Jesus and the Twelve before the betrayal.<br /><br />The Virgin Mary as portrayed here could be compared to the typical vision of the Virgin Mary presented in Christianity. She appears during times of high public excitement and with certain persons with the ability or intention to see through and discern things that others cannot see. In this case she appears just as a mother. The Virgin Mary is shown as being present | 0.998659 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of fantasy, romance, horror, and comedy. From the early days of fantasy films in the mid 60's, this movie is one of the funniest. It's great to see an action film adapted to a TV show. There are many good actors here; James Gandolfini was in a lot of great films back then. The cast was very decent. The acting, story writing, and directing were all very well done. I was really moved by the scene where a woman was being raped by a gorilla in the woods. That was a great scene. And the final scene near the end of the movie, | 0.998897 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of entertainment, romance, comedy and horror, while also setting the story in a world of vampires. The director, James Cameron, has done an amazing job with his vision for the film. The film opens with a group of young adult females, who are out for their final exams, being attacked by a number of vampires. Among the vampires are several old vampires from the story of the Vampire Chronicles. This series is an adventure epic with a great cast including John Forsythe, Kass White, Patrick Stewart and Jeffrey Combs. <br /><br />Acolytes is a must-see for fans of classic vampire films, sci | 0.9989 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of genres, fantasy, noir, espionage and adventure cinema.<br /><br />John Lithgow is once again one of his greatest performances as a young and mysterious journalist and his role in the story shows his growing talent.<br /><br />The film has a well casted, well told story with the best of actors giving very believable performances. The camera angles at every shot is breathtaking with some outstanding performances.<br /><br />The film has subtle twists and turns and sometimes you will be left with the feeling that you got a lot more than you expected. The film may be a slow build-up but as things start to pick up it | 0.998938 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of old-fashioned adventure with modern ideas. It is a tale about a group of teenagers from different backgrounds who are assigned by their teachers to find new ways of accomplishing one or two goals. One of them is a guy who just wants to get out of his life, but it comes at a price (in his personal life, anyway). <br /><br />There are numerous attempts to set up a conflict that goes against the common values, but is resolved in the end. It is more entertaining to watch than any other movie I've seen. The story has lots of surprises in it and there is a good deal of humor. The | 0.998915 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of stories, set in a parallel world in which people travel throughout the Earth, and to an extent beyond it. It's a clever premise that lends the film a good blend of humor and seriousness, with plenty of surprises along the way. Most of the characters in the film are young, but each one has his or her unique traits and quirks, and we follow different ones as they travel from the earth through space, through space through time, and through time. The script also moves through many important themes, such as the future, the idea of the soul, and even the idea of dying. I also found the script very funny | 0.998914 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix of supernatural and realistic elements. It is not meant to be a genre film. The story was written on the ground that it would be relevant for an aging moviegoer. So the plot line is set on a small island which has a powerful sea monster attacking the locals.<br /><br />There are several moments which are quite touching, such as when one of the locals asks a small girl to watch over her baby for him before taking her into a dark space, as she knows her baby may face the monster.<br /><br />Some of the actors perform well. The local characters are somewhat realistic and a certain sense of humor is | 0.998758 | Acolytes presents an interesting mix | of "cult" material and "serious" material. The first half of the film focuses on a young girl who is tormented by a "witch" in order to pass. This film is based on a fairy tale ("Little Mermaid"), but it's more of a cult classic. Then there's the second half, which is more serious in nature! The plot is simple: an old witch, a young boy, and a group of misfits go on a journey together in an attempt to win the soul of a beautiful young woman who just so happens to be a girl's best friend. The movie doesn't focus that much on | 0.367126 | 0.541877 | 0.139982 | 0 | 0 |
This was a decent movie for the first half. Too many cheap BOO! moments but the tension builds, the bad guys are creepy and everything seems to be setting itself up nicely. The kids are not particularly deep but hey, that works for teens. <br /><br />Then it just gets ridiculous and tries way too hard- the "why in the world would he/they do that?" moments overwhelm anyone's capacity for suspension of disbelief, the twist involves too many ridiculous coincidences, and the title comes from a late attempt to philosophize some meaning into the film that goes nowhere and is quickly dropped. There was laughter in the theater at moments that were in no way supposed to be funny. <br /><br />Great premise but just badly written and doesn't hold together. Some very nice shots but they're hard to enjoy while you're rolling your eyes. | This was a decent movie for someone who didn't want to spend a lot of money on TV. It did have a very good cast of actors, especially Kate Capshaw, the only actress I didn't remember very much from earlier movies, which should make for a very good TV show (she was funny in Big Momma's House, so why not?) This was the first movie that I watched on DVD that I wasn't required to pay to watch, which gives me great credit to the DVD format. The acting was decent, but you did notice how the characters were portrayed were always the same for much of the movie (although, it's probably just because | 0.998704 | This was a decent movie for it's time. It wasn't a classic but it certainly held its own. To me the story is really the main reason why it survives over 65 years and is still being made today. The ending was really out of the blue and a neat twist that I loved. The movie is basically based on a true story out of India that tells the story of an orphan (Raja) who falls for the beautiful, intelligent wife of a rich businessman (Durga). Soon things are going from bad to worse. It only takes one night of passion and I would say that most movie endings will be like this one. There are | 0.998789 | This was a decent movie at first with some good acting but as time passed the storyline started to get more complicated. The movie does revolve around a woman's boyfriend getting killed. It's very well written with a very clear plot and ending. Not to bad for a low budget movie. However at times it's difficult to make sense of certain scenes because there is more than one person running around fighting. As a movie it's not perfect. Sometimes there are some poor cuts because you wish you could get the sound better.<br /><br />In other departments, I can't really say too much except here are some other things that could have been improved.<br | 0.998252 | This was a decent movie in terms of it's low budget, but I don't think it was very original. It just didn't come together at the beginning. The main problem with this movie is that the premise is completely confusing at first. The first fifteen or so minutes are really where the movie tries to be mysterious. All we know about them family is the fact that they killed their mother and child three times (which I will give credit for, as it gives a good storyline and an interesting conclusion), and also that they are in "some country with big hills and caves and a mountain with no roads". All this leads up to a very stupid, super | 0.00049 | This was a decent movie. It was funny and entertaining when things were going along so well and then all of a sudden the audience members were left hanging. The film was based around the real-life characters of the first three episodes and I think it would have been appropriate to show the entire sequence and end of the series, and I felt the movie could have had a lot more than a few episodes and a running time of about 90 minutes would have left a lot of the characters and the actors that the majority of the movie would have left without in the main timeline. I liked the storylines, the characters and the writing of the movie. There are a | 0.998721 | This was a decent movie with good acting and an appropriate ending. I have seen more movies like this and they have many similarities. The ending was really unexpected but it made me laugh with both susses. I thought the plot was interesting and the story line made you wonder how the characters would come to be where they were. The movie also shows good acting by many famous actors like Chris Bauer and the young actresses. So definitely Recommended for everyone to watch. Especially for women who like action movies and thrillers!<br /><br />The only way to describe the cast is excellent. Each and every actor really brought the best out of themselves. You can tell they were | 0.998925 | This was a decent movie and I liked the story.<br /><br />An old man and young man who had lived together in the same barnhouse found a hidden gold mine. The man gave it to the girl they were dating and she was happy for it.<br /><br />But one day the son comes for the woman and he kills the man and the girl and flees and the barn is destroyed. Just before the son dies, he reveals that they still kept the gold and the gold went right into the man's hands as it was intended to be. At first the man and son are happy for each other and decide to live happily ever after for | 0.99865 | This was a decent movie in a very strange and interesting way. It had a really odd story told about people dying of cancer and who was responsible for it, but the whole movie had a good message that everybody deserved to live. They had to understand and deal with the pain that people felt when dying, and that it was normal, and that we all needed to live. And the worst part of it all was how many people were affected, and how much they loved each other.<br /><br />The acting was okay, nothing too bad, I think I did okay. The dialogue really could have used some work, it seemed too simple and I could have | 0.998739 | This was a decent movie: not much, but still decent. The movie was shot in slow motion, giving it a certain cool factor I like. The cast is always good and I can say that the script is solid. The movie just isn't great, but is rather great.<br /><br />This movie has a number of points of interest to keep you interested. The first is the main man's car is the first that comes of the factory and starts the car on the streets. There is the main man on the street and he uses his car to drive it to the store he needs for the week (in the past he drove his car to the | 0.998794 | This was a decent movie but I thought it was just a filler. As a film it was decent as it did its job. Just got to see those actors in action with a good story made it all worthwhile. Even though the story was boring there was action which was enjoyable and I liked the fact that it was filmed on film, it made the story much easier to follow. I would recommend watching this if you enjoy action film.<br /><br />There are some very good actors here including: Michael Dampen, Joe Pesci, Michael Biehn, and Jack Palance. As they were all known to the film fans you would know who | 0.998461 | This was a decent movie | at first with some good acting but as time passed the storyline started to get more complicated. The movie does revolve around a woman's boyfriend getting killed. It's very well written with a very clear plot and ending. Not to bad for a low budget movie. However at times it's difficult to make sense of certain scenes because there is more than one person running around fighting. As a movie it's not perfect. Sometimes there are some poor cuts because you wish you could get the sound better.<br /><br />In other departments, I can't really say too much except here are some other things that could have been improved.<br | 0.999999 | 0.999999 | 0.623338 | 1 | 1 |
A rather lame teen slasher from Brisbane. While the plot hinges on a fairly decent idea, the writing is profoundly lame and two of the three main teens are absurdly wooden. The problem is that for the kids to go through with their plan they have to be far more reckless than shown, but if they were that devil-may-care, it would perhaps be hard for them to be likable, so they end up being neither really. In fact, I only started enjoying the film when I started wishing for their death. One of those movies where in about a thousand places the most sensible option would be to call the police. I realise we wouldn't have a movie if they did, but it would be nice if we could believe that they actually wouldn't. Avoid. | A rather lame teen slasher movie, centered about a vampire, who kills his victims who don't go along with his plan for a "revenge".<br /><br />And of course, the evil vampire killer that comes out of nowhere, with a lot more blood than I was expecting for the movie (not to mention a giant vampire body).<br /><br />However, the film has some good moments and at the end, it is well acted, has a great storyline and very good special effects. It's just too bad there are no sequels.<br /><br />I gave it a 7 and the good is: there were 4 | 0.007387 | A rather lame teen slasher flick directed entirely by Michael Chabon. The plot sounds a little familiar, and, like the other three films, was filmed back in Oregon during the time when the state suffered through a natural disaster, but it's a waste of time.<br /><br />While the cast seems to be a little weak at points--with a few of the young actors looking rather unsure of themselves as they take on the roles--there are some truly memorable performances from a handful of good character actors. Two particularly promising supporting players here are the sweet, quiet and sensitive Ashley Judd, and the somewhat stereotypical and rather annoying Jessica Alba. < | 0.000498 | A rather lame teen slasher flick with the typical over the top horror genre elements and characters. The film starts out with a typical horror film cliché about a dead person returning for revenge, which was probably the intention of the filmmaker to give the film a creepy feel, but alas its too late. Now all of a sudden three random strangers start being attacked, it's about time and the lead character is a killer. Then you have the "new friend that doesn't seem to have gone anywhere in five minutes" and the all important music to set the mood. The dialogue is good enough and the acting is OK but the story is lacking. I just wish this film | 0.000492 | A rather lame teen slasher flick to begin with, but by now you're about as prepared as one could be to see a movie about a woman (Layn Robinson - the actress in the movie's title - who is a vampire and the real-life child of the famous occult master John W. Blandino) fighting other vampires in this dreary, poorly-choreographed action film.<br /><br />The acting in this film is uniformly poor. While I was glad to see that some actress, Denise Richards, was involved with the movie, but even she can't save this dud. Not to mention the direction. I have never been a sucker | 0.000486 | A rather lame teen slasher flick. It starts out good, but goes downhill from there. While most teen slasher films concentrate on gore and blood, it's refreshing (and very fast-paced) to see teen drama thrown into a murder mystery. But this flick is too lame for that. It's better to watch this movie in a horror film. It gets boring quickly, which might be because there's really only so many scenes that should be in a movie like this. This is a very low budget film, but it still does its job. It's not as good as the very same movie they spoofed. However, the characters are solid and likable | 0.00049 | A rather lame teen slasher flick starring the equally lame Paul Schrader and directed by the equally lame Joe Mantegna. The dialogue is a lot mumbled during the initial scene, the story is a little tacked on. Both films feature a main character who has a terrible childhood, who becomes a teenage bloodthirsty vigilante who decides to wreak vengeance upon others. The killer is a real good actor and his character has great character development. The plot twists are all well done, and Mantegna does a lot of what would be expected to be an a cappella track. In spite of an excellent cast and some decent camera work, the | 0.000522 | A rather lame teen slasher movie in the vein of the old TV-show "Freckles" or the very successful and often underrated "Teen Wolf." This time the focus is on teenage vampire hunters as they try to keep their community safe in a slasher world.<br /><br />This was the story of the 90's that Hollywood never really tackled again: How is a movie made, really? Why is it that such and such directors always think they can make the next Batman? What is "the 90's" anyway then? Anyway. The film itself was far superior to almost everything made since then. I have never been a big fan | 0.001322 | A rather lame teen slasher flick that has its moments, but unfortunately doesn't make much effort while it is not up to its potential.<br /><br />It is certainly not an awful film and there are moments when the film becomes quite enjoyable. The cinematography is rather good and is certainly eye-catching, the acting is okay and most of the action is also quite good. The storyline is fairly well developed, but the film does suffer in the end when the acting just doesn't seem to fit into the overall plot. I guess it has been done many times before in another film, but it still takes them by surprise in the end.<br /><br />Overall | 0.000594 | A rather lame teen slasher flick. The killer is totally unconvincing in keeping with the other members of the crew. You may see the ending coming several seconds into the film, but it remains the funniest part of its entirety. This film is a little too tame for much of the fanbase and I have no idea what kind of movie fan we are. Nevertheless, the film is pretty hard to miss, if only for the excellent plot. It's one of those films for which the story line becomes the plot rather than vice versa, and the film has some really awesome cast and cast members. I'd recommend this film for anybody who loves horror, | 0.998552 | A rather lame teen slasher movie with no real plot. The actors are OK and the acting in the movie is just bad. There are some good parts where he and Rocco get into trouble. However, the movie itself is pretty lame and is also a waste of your time. I didn't find any particularly funny parts either. <br /><br />But apart from that, it's a really bad slasher movie. Rocco plays good kid who doesn't know what the good and bad really are. He likes playing around with things and he plays football with a boy named Steve. Steve gets in trouble because he was in a gang fight with three guys who | 0.000486 | A rather lame teen slasher | flick with the typical over the top horror genre elements and characters. The film starts out with a typical horror film cliché about a dead person returning for revenge, which was probably the intention of the filmmaker to give the film a creepy feel, but alas its too late. Now all of a sudden three random strangers start being attacked, it's about time and the lead character is a killer. Then you have the "new friend that doesn't seem to have gone anywhere in five minutes" and the all important music to set the mood. The dialogue is good enough and the acting is OK but the story is lacking. I just wish this film | 0.503291 | 0.655807 | 0.838362 | 1 | 1 |
I was completely bored with this film, melodramatic for no apparent reason. Every thing just becomes so serious and people are swearing with really dumb expressions. Then there is a serial Killer who apparently can Kill one person to get the title of serial Killer. Well the serial Killer likes butterflies and is illustrated by sound effects you might hear in the dream sequence of most modern films;<br /><br />why oh why? I nave no idea. It really really wants to be scary, but I think in this universe scary equals talk a whole bunch and add dark ambient noises.Just for the record, this is in no way is a horror film, its most definitely a thriller (barely). Really movie makers nowadays need to do their homework before making "horror" films or at least calling a movie a "horror" film. it makes me say (in too may words ironically) "acolytes, you take forever to say nothing." | I was completely bored with these movies and couldn't wait for another. What I missed in the first time through and what I'll watch again in the second one had the look and quality to make it worth watching. The script was pretty good and well done, especially since we're talking about a remake of that great Italian movie of the seventies, "Il Natale della Città" (Christmas Night of the City). The characters and situations are well thought out and the script is a bit more than just comedy. Everything seems to flow, no weirdos or off-beat situations or clichés. One of my favourite aspects of the story was in | 0.99891 | I was completely bored with the whole "Mister Baddie, go off your high horse" nonsense. It's the new gangster movie that's really bringing back the "sickos" - the old boys in the town who get on the wrong side of the law because they're just plain nuts.<br /><br />And to think how far Hollywood has come from films like "Beverly Hills Cop" and "The Naked Gun" in the eighties. That "Mister Baddie" had enough to be worth a movie. There is no character here, just a stupid story about a "good guy gets screwed" by a " | 0.000641 | I was completely bored with this plot, which wasn't even funny. I found myself laughing at the constant references to the "movie" and "movies". I thought it was one long, boring episode of The Amazing Race. They should have tried something a little more interesting. We have more than our share of TV shows these days like "Home Improvement" and "The Big Bang Theory", but I felt they didn't really fit in with this one. I did end up loving the part about "Hollywood's secret code." Great job. 3 out of 10. I would have preferred to sit outside for an hour and watch that "Sne | 0.000496 | I was completely bored with the series, especially the end. It was so boring, it was hard to suspend myself for 8+ hours of television. It was hard for me to relate with the characters because you see nothing happening for the entire show.<br /><br />My recommendation is, if you like comedy, don't pick up this show. My favorite scene was at the end that had the guys just discussing their life without the show anymore.<br /><br />I do like the show though. It's really funny and interesting. If you want to get a glimpse of funny and interesting tv then don't miss this show. Just make sure you catch | 0.002522 | I was completely bored with this movie. There was not really anything in this that did not bore me a bit. I would find it very difficult at a distance to tell the story of a human life through the eyes of either "David Holes" or any other character in the film. The film makers did a fine job of creating a movie that is entertaining for those who are looking for fun, but they could have done better. Their were some moments that left the audience with some questions. For instance, would this movie explain that the 2nd greatest enemy to human society was not other animals, but the suns' energy and the environment, or is | 0.000493 | I was completely bored with all of these "vampiric" movies since most of these vampires are supposed to be human looking (especially the "American Vampire" series). But I had to see this movie. Vampire hunters! What could be better than that!? I am thrilled that this movie ended up on my list of the greatest movies in the history of cinema.<br /><br />What an awesome story!! This is the best movie you can find of Dracula! Not only is the acting by many characters excellent, but of Dracula is also superb. The storyline of this movie is quite original and exciting as well. This movie is definitely worth a look | 0.998916 | I was completely bored with the first three or possibly the first two seasons.<br /><br />So, I decided to check out this new TV show, and I absolutely loved it.<br /><br />My favorite part is one of my favorite series in the series, where they show a short movie and it makes you laugh, and I laughed a lot in this series.<br /><br />This TV show looks great, and you will love it as well. I'm so glad the producers did this wonderful show, because so many people miss it! Because it is a small town, but so much excitement and adventure can be seen in this TV show. I | 0.998929 | I was completely bored with this film when it first came on the video. I hadn't seen it until three or four days ago. It's 1961, and it's amazing how good the film feels, even if it is 2 hours long. The whole film is about a little girl who plays with her mother while her mother is watching her brother and sisters from an old movie. When she comes home, her mother asks her what the heck is going on, which she says the best she can come up with: there must be a big gangster and his henchman is chasing her, and she needs him to tell her what to | 0.997981 | I was completely bored with the previous shows that I've been watching. This show makes me curious to know whether they decided to do more of the same. Maybe they could try doing something new and original. I'd like to see more of the original characters and more of the episodes that contain the story they were creating. Also, I'd like to see more of the new characters I have enjoyed in the previous series. They have changed so much in just five episodes. They have also changed the old favorites, such as their music and voice actors. Of course, it is one of those shows where you can tell where the story is going, and the characters are | 0.998186 | I was completely bored with the premise of this show before I began watching. It was as if they took everything good in it and changed it.<br /><br />First off, they are based on a true story about a real medical institution that was trying to get rid of a patient who died by poison, and a doctor named Dr. David Berkovich (who never really got a part in the movie), so they are literally trying to be funny at the same time. Theirs is an all-female medical team, and the doctor that is the mentor and always the one that always talks to the girl is the doctor who was killed.<br /><br /> | 0.000518 | I was completely bored with | this plot, which wasn't even funny. I found myself laughing at the constant references to the "movie" and "movies". I thought it was one long, boring episode of The Amazing Race. They should have tried something a little more interesting. We have more than our share of TV shows these days like "Home Improvement" and "The Big Bang Theory", but I felt they didn't really fit in with this one. I did end up loving the part about "Hollywood's secret code." Great job. 3 out of 10. I would have preferred to sit outside for an hour and watch that "Sne | 0.164199 | 0.691942 | 0.175239 | 0 | 0 |
Art-house horror tries to use unconventional aesthetics to cover the fact that this is just another serial killer chiller which ultimately relies on pornographic combinations of teen sexuality and violent gore. The suburbs come across about as well as they do in every piece of Australian writing (book or film) since 1960 - surprise surprise, the suburbs have a dark underbelly - and the plot is as contrived as any you've seen. "The neighbours would never know about this guy," one of the filmmakers says about Joel Edgerton's character. "But he was completely plausible as to what he was. Serial killers don't all have patches over their eyes and scars down their cheeks. They look like the guy next door." Another trader in pornographic violence who sees a serial killer in every street. But the real insignificance of this film is in the fact that it's a genre film that nobody saw. Backed by substantial funds (including some from Film Finance - that's government), this got a run at the Underground Film Festival in Melbourne and had to rely on ACMI kindness for a *very* short release season. Q1: What is the FFC doing funding genre flicks, even if they are 'arty' and aesthetically unconventional? Q2: Why are these nasty movies (ACOLYTES; BEAUTIFUL; PUNISHMENT; NO THROUGH ROAD) being made in the first place? Richard Wolstencroft & co encourage their creators to believe they're giving the masses what they really want, as opposed to what the culture elite in government funding think they want. The truth is that these brutal and forgettable nasties earn far more critical acclaim - and win far more obscure awards - than they're due. | Art-house horror tries to use as few sets as possible. And they succeed.<br /><br />Swept out on an experimental "voyage" to a remote island, the trio must overcome a few obstacles, like a shark that attacks the group, but eventually escape with a few supplies. In a brief but effective fight scene, they defeat the shark. And finally, they arrive at the island where they'll spend the rest of their lives.<br /><br />The final film ends with a dream sequence. The final scene is about a woman who dreams of what her life is going to be like in a couple hundred years.<br /><br />The film | 0.998447 | Art-house horror tries to use an original premise to its advantage. We see an Italian woman in love with a doctor, having to deal with financial ruin, her son, her daughter's boyfriend, her parents-in-law, her relatives, her husband, her father, as they try to get her to divorce or get her some help so she can get back on her feet. She's always getting bad news but always hoping for the best. This woman is never too strong in any departments, so it's hard to blame her when everything goes wrong. But there are other twists as each woman tries to figure out ways to make enough money to pay down her debts, find | 0.997123 | Art-house horror tries to use low budget to push the envelope. I can see why people liked this movie. The acting was strong and the special effects, especially the lighting were original and imaginative. Some may argue that the plot was lame but considering the budget, it's still a good movie. Not everyone is looking for a horror movie, some people are looking for a nice piece of entertainment. That's what made them stay over and watch the movie. I agree, a movie like this deserves some criticism and the one we've seen here isn't the worst. It was enjoyable and interesting, but there are a lot of things that bother me about it.<br />< | 0.9985 | Art-house horror tries to use a mixture of comedy, horror and black comedy to play on viewers' sense of humor and make a point of the absurdity of life. As with the genre itself, the "b" part of the genre is where the best moments of the movie come from.<br /><br />I won this movie from a movie review service (I'm not a film critic, I just read the movie reviews) and thought it was a good time (very good) movie. I got it cheap because it was on DVD, I had to wait a few years for the video.<br /><br />There's one film that comes to mind when | 0.998298 | Art-house horror tries to use modern technology as a distraction, but a great deal of the film's violence can't be explained in terms of cinematography. There's some great acting here, and the ending is definitely one of the best endings of recent cinema. (See it with a friend - the music is so excellent!) * out of **** - out of **** - out of ***** - out of ***** - out of ***** - out of **** - out of ***** <br /><br />Rated R for violence (gun shot to face, slash, decapitation, head blow, rape, sexual assault, incest). **** out of **** - **** out of **** - | 0.99872 | Art-house horror tries to use a genre that it doesn't belong to: the "horror movie"! This is not just an excuse for the writers to show that they are "good at writing"; there is a reason why I gave it a 9. <br /><br />First of all, you get lots of characters to play. There are many, and I guess that because the author is interested in showing that the film is not about one character that's playing (or a couple of characters playing at once). The first time you watch it, you get the impression that each character stands alone, but as you continue watching, they become more integrated and | 0.996553 | Art-house horror tries to use a narrative style like classic horror movies to tell us a dramatic and chilling story. The reason is that the film usually contains a high concentration of suspense.<br /><br />In this film, a young woman meets the man she wants for her best friend. At first, this scene is funny because the film is made in the style of comedy movies but the film develops into a tense story as the girls get to know each other better and find out who is really loveable. In the movie, this suspense is played in a very violent way where the girl feels like the threat is near.<br /><br />A lot of scary films come | 0.997168 | Art-house horror tries to use technology as the driving force of its plot. Not in the usual way that you go from a car chase to a police station to a mansion. Rather, they go through a long journey together, eventually getting the big gun in front of a bomb that will kill the couple.<br /><br />This is a film by Chris Messing, perhaps best known for his horror/thriller/horror flicks and The Matrix, if that is what you consider a horror film. Although I love the latter, I think that Messing's films are not really based on the supernatural in my opinion. In fact, it can be seen as | 0.997104 | Art-house horror tries to use the worst elements of our media to provoke its audience in the form of terrifying "nightmare" images. If you are in the mood for horror then check it out. It is just not scary at all and leaves you wondering what the filmmakers hoped for with their "project" ... it's not scary at all. There is nothing really interesting here ... and there are worse movies out there, but you could tell that was the reason why filmmakers wanted to make it! Maybe they have more to do with that instead of "project", but hey, you might enjoy the "nightmare" if you're so into them! It's not going | 0.000488 | Art-house horror tries to use the old cliches as much as possible. But somehow they usually succeed. "The Body" is one of my favourite films made in the late nineties. It was so brilliant and different that I didn't realise that there was something more to it. They tried to make a film based on the concept but it was never really convincing. Still, the main thing is, it never is cheesy or fake in most cases. Even though in movies this kind of thing happens, not many times, as we are used to it all the time. And who doesn't love a good zombie film!? I think there have been many great zombie films | 0.998756 | Art-house horror tries to use | low budget to push the envelope. I can see why people liked this movie. The acting was strong and the special effects, especially the lighting were original and imaginative. Some may argue that the plot was lame but considering the budget, it's still a good movie. Not everyone is looking for a horror movie, some people are looking for a nice piece of entertainment. That's what made them stay over and watch the movie. I agree, a movie like this deserves some criticism and the one we've seen here isn't the worst. It was enjoyable and interesting, but there are a lot of things that bother me about it.<br />< | 0.53163 | 0.389795 | 0.177532 | 1 | 1 |
The film opens with a cult leader attempting to resurrect a dead member with his followers chanting for his rebirth as the sun strikes upon them in the desert. Reanhauer(Bill Roy)believes wholeheartedly in his power, and gets so worked up that he collapses with what appeared to be a heart attack. Unable to keep him alive, all those involved, doctors and nurses, are sentenced for attack with Reanhauer's demonic spirit invading the curvaceous body of nurse Sherri(..big-chested Jill Jacobson)targeting each one using her as a tool of vengeance. Forced against her will, with no memory of inflicting such harm, Sherri's host body murders selected victims. Fortunately, Sherri's fellow co-worker, nurse Tara(Marilyn Joi)begins a rather blossoming romance with a blinded patient, Marcus Washington(Prentiss Moulden), once a star football player, whose mother was a practitioner of voodoo. Through Marcus' knowledge, passed down from mom, Tara finds out about possession and how to possibly save Sherri before she murders everyone unknowingly. Meanwhile, Sherri's lover, Dr. Peter Desmond(Geoffrey Land)worries about her present condition and welfare.<br /><br />Well, this was my first Al Adamson film and I must agree with his detractors that, just from this film alone, it seems he holds them together with paper clips and Elmer's glue. The animation with which we see the spirit take control of Sherri is beyond awful and rather laughable. A little soft-core nonsense as filler, some demonic possession thrown in the mix(Sherri actually speaks in another voice when she's possessed), with naughty nurse behavior(..the three nurses focused on in the film all are quite sexually active and free-spirited)and a little bit violence/gore. The film is essentially shot in tiny rooms with dull dialogue from a rather mundane cast. The sexual situations aren't that hard-core and Al often shoots them without revealing all that much. The film looks embarrassingly cheap and there's an absence of thrills, although the chilling score(..which sounds like something from Dark Shadows)does help a little bit. Jacobson and Mary Kay Pass(..as nurse Beth who seems to be a nymphomaniac if she'll even screw a nutty patient, always complaining of illnesses he really doesn't have, with enough chest hair to declare him a Neanderthal)aren't bad looking, and Adamson's story-line, although frail, is somewhat coherent(..it seems he rarely directs films which are). Overall, the movie looks like it cost 5 bucks and Adamson just can not overcome the budgetary restrictions(..or, in my opinion, create an unpleasant enough atmosphere due to a sometimes plodding narrative and tedious scenes which do little for the story). John F Goff has the role of the hospital's psychiatrist who wants to commit Sherri, not believing the idea that she was possessed;he constantly bickers with Peter over her. I watched the unrated "lost" version which I guess is the real version to watch of Nurse Sherri. | The film opens with a scene where Ria and Arina (both women) are having sex. Unfortunately, Arina gets upset enough to cut off the first scene. Ria then proceeds to do what's probably the longest masturbation scene that you'll encounter for awhile in the history of cinema.<br /><br />I'll give each scene it's own rating, based on the length of the scene, and how erotic it actually was for that time period. Since this was made back in 1969,the scene with the girls having sex was quite old-fashioned at the time.It's also pretty good in the fact that none of the actors had ever actually | 0.995559 | The film opens with a young French writer (Alexandre Ballestre) spending a week in the French Riviera. He meets the local beauty (Patricia Arquette) and she takes him to a restaurant which she is in the process of opening. There is a bar at the end of the restaurant when the writer tells the owner (Edgar Janssen - excellent, with some excellent scenes) he is leaving and leaves his wallet. He leaves without taking any money. Then the writer decides he will go to the restaurant and take a taxi (yes he has a motorbike and is driving). Unfortunately an altercation occurs and the taxi crashes and the owner ( | 0.998343 | The film opens with a girl (Muriel Schulte in red glasses) and some friends getting thrown out of a dance with her friends. She tells them she wants to have an affair, no matter what it cost her. She then asks a waiter to get her a drink, gets a man that loves birds with a guy on the dance floor to come. She then asks the guy on the dance floor if he would like to play 'Guess who lives in the barn'. The guy on the dance floor is a former army guy who has lost his son to terrorism. She asks him if he would like to have a drink, but he won't. | 0.037981 | The film opens with a young child walking down a deserted street. There is a hint in the background of some very odd things going on in this world. There is a strange, mysterious old woman who tells the child about who they are, where they come from, how they got this way, and what they will face, at the end of this world. She then gives the child magical powers to bring to the future things or prevent them in the past. When the child saves a baby from drowning in the deepening river, a child of his time (one of the characters) comes to the present asking the child if he wants to leave. The child answers | 0.997365 | The film opens with a series of shots of a group of teenagers, looking for a friend. The man in charge of the group, is a bully who keeps the group moving back and forth. While making this film, he was on a trip to a tropical island, where he found a pet parrot named Al. (Drew Barrymore in this film is a parrot unlike the other girls in the film.) Because of their relationship, the man and the parrot become friends. While the man is away by the island for a while, the parrot follows his lead: he follows his parrot friends on their adventure! The parrot is portrayed very | 0.995843 | The film opens with a young woman (Denzel Washington) running into a shop at night while carrying her baby - it seems to be a family drama as she and her husband decide to get it on and run with her but as a family drama at least. Unfortunately she makes more of a mistake than what she thinks when her baby is born - and the result seems like a family drama. The story line runs like a madman and the scenes of child sex just add fuel to the fire, adding twists all the way and making this film pretty hilarious.<br /><br />The movie starts with the story of a single mother who is looking to go with her | 0.998672 | The film opens with a montage showing images of people of the day. The montage becomes more and more graphic as we learn of the atrocities of a past, all while the main character, the man's son, grows out of his boyhood angst towards his mother. As the film continues, the young man and young mother both begin to heal. After the mother dies, the main character, trying to make it on his own, goes to work in a bakery. But life isn't exactly easy for any person, and he soon finds himself caught up in a feud surrounding his wife by an old rival who lives in a nearby mansion.<br /><br />Well, | 0.998045 | The film opens with a young reporter (played by Chris Pine) talking to a journalist about a missing girl. He then goes to his uncle's house to find clues to the girl's disappearance who then returns to a remote New Hampshire cabin during the night. This film is based on a true story of some men getting involved in a murder investigation and the killer ends up coming back to life. The killer's motives for taking away the girl are not clear but he somehow managed to get to her cabin by breaking the safety glass (the way he got to the cabin was via the cabin's door).The plot does not always go as far as you would have liked ( | 0.99613 | The film opens with a montage that follows a group of people, mostly male, walking through the city streets at night. It starts at a stop sign by a hotel where the camera is moving to a hotel manager in the night. The manager is walking with his wife and son. Suddenly a person cuts in front of the manager and runs by him. The manager runs out and a cop follows him down the street to the same sign. The cop asks the men why there's so much confusion about their jobs. One man says the manager. The assistant says the cop. Then another cop walks up to the man at the corner. The mayor says he's out with | 0.979237 | The film opens with a few shots of a couple walking outside (i.e. they are headed for the woods), and as we are thrown into reality the shots of nature take center stage. The forest looks like any other woods and the young couple that we see are just as young and the trees are nothing more than white. The forest is a picturesque location with trees, animals and, even more importantly, no shooting.<br /><br />What comes next is an odd and somewhat strange scene, when the young family are attacked by a bear, and then two other people. The bear is in the middle of the attack but manages out to save both children. He | 0.997478 | The film opens with a | girl (Muriel Schulte in red glasses) and some friends getting thrown out of a dance with her friends. She tells them she wants to have an affair, no matter what it cost her. She then asks a waiter to get her a drink, gets a man that loves birds with a guy on the dance floor to come. She then asks the guy on the dance floor if he would like to play 'Guess who lives in the barn'. The guy on the dance floor is a former army guy who has lost his son to terrorism. She asks him if he would like to have a drink, but he won't. | 0.000104 | 0.454962 | 0.266779 | 0 | 0 |
I bought this on VHS as "Terror Hospital", and when I got home I checked IMDb and was like OMG it's the legendary "Nurse Sherri"!!! So here's another one from Al Adamson, who had clearly learned some minuscule amount about film-making since the "Blood of Dracula's Castle" days. Where that earlier effort is a more or less totally sclerotic lump, this one mixes it up a little, adding a definite element of variety and surprise amid the incompetence. Sure half of the movie is a blind post-op football player shooting the breeze with his stacked nurse, but at any moment we might be cutting away to the cackling disembodied head of the satanist mastermind, or Nurse Sherri running a farmer through with a pitchfork, or a wee bit of abstract student-film quick cutting to go with the pulsing-blob effects in the possession scene, or the most gratuitously half-hearted topless bit ever, or god knows what else (I forget, to be honest). As dumb-ass pieces of sh*t go, this one runs toward the high end. Congrats, Al. | I bought this on VHS and had no interest at all in it. The trailers and trailer commercials were pretty good, but, after I sat through it, I still had no interest in it. This really needs to be re-ratted so people can no longer expect me to "get into it." A good movie requires little to no effort. This movie on the other hand... I could give a lark if I wanted to. I was a little shocked at the amount of gore that was in the movie, to see something actually gore, as opposed to some chick getting raped. I think that maybe a little bit more nudity would have made this movie even better | 0.001834 | I bought this on VHS for $4 and have just fallen for it, I have been a 'Columbo' fan for a long time. I can't wait to watch it again and enjoy it again... I just watched two seasons on DVD. I've only been a fan of Columbo for about two years. However I really enjoyed it and I really liked 'Burbank and Columbo' too, where they worked well and they both made the show great for me. I have many other shows in my collection like 'Law & Order', 'Murder She Wrote', and the show 'CSI'. They are all good shows. I have | 0.998883 | I bought this on VHS through 20th Century Fox so I knew it was supposed to be a bad movie. I was pleasantly surprised as that's clearly not the reason for my enthusiasm for this movie! A guy named Jack (Danny Elfman) has become a superhero and the city of Los Angeles has organized a vigil to honor him! But, something is looking very strange and everybody is a little worried as the security men at the entrance are very reluctant to let this madman take his place as a superhero! What could possibly be going on behind the scenes? And just by accident, our hero's life is about to become even more dangerous since he's | 0.998458 | I bought this on VHS last year at Wal-Mart for almost FREE, so I guess that was the reason why I didn't even hear of it. First of all, it doesn't say much. The trailer seemed to say "Dawn of the Dinosaurs" and there was no opening credits. After about 1 minute, there was a fadeaway picture of a dinosaur holding a dinosaur and a guy holding two dinosaurs - nothing much there. It also didn't even sound like any dinosaurs at all. So what, we don't even have a "dawn" sound effect and some people will start talking about it in public places just because they don't know | 0.000597 | I bought this on VHS several years ago and have just recently decided to purchase the entire collection on DVD. I was in the market for something new enough to watch and something that I can recapture in all my glory as I was growing up with. The one episode that sticks out most for me is "Don't Leave the Door Open". The reason the episode is so memorable is that this is one of those rare occasions when it truly does feel like you are part of the lives of a kid at the time. It is the same era as "Beverly Hills, California" and that episode has it all, from a happy childhood to eventual alienation, | 0.998897 | I bought this on VHS when it came out and it was the best TV episode I've ever seen on any of my favorite cartoon shows. In fact, it was so good that I would watch it again every 15 minutes or so. Although it usually has very predictable segments, this episode (and other excellent ones) always makes me laugh and cry. I'm glad that the cartoon world had someone who has a bit of humor in them for those of us who may not be able to write a witty description for cartoons. I definitely recommend this episode! Thanks to all the writers and artists that put this on the screen and give that smile, good-nature | 0.998929 | I bought this on VHS, and although I loved the original version, I liked it better because of the added extras that it had, like the "Krispy Kong cartoon". When I watched it today, I realized that this version was actually only slightly better than the original, but there was a lot of added content that made the original great. I liked the special effects a lot more, the music better, and the story a lot better as well.<br /><br />Although there were times that it was very choppy, it wasn't like many sequels that have been released in the past like "Alien" (where the last fight was just | 0.998722 | I bought this on VHS with my wife. It was great fun - although, it is worth re-watching a couple of years later. The movie takes place at a fictional private school. The "teacher model" of this movie was very well played by the young actor who played the role of "Mr. Baines". You can't help but love him. The girls were also nice, and I enjoyed all the girls, except for Tami. I thought the guys were nice too, but who can blame them in this day and ages? The movie is also worth watching if you have a few minutes left on your schedule to kill. It's entertaining and | 0.998864 | I bought this on VHS when it was originally released, and still really enjoyed it. The songs that came along to the album were very very over-the-top. They all had the "wow, these are really good songs" factor, and for me that was pretty cool. I always loved the song "A Man Of Seven" because it had those lyrics, which were similar to those sung for the "Polar Bear" theme from the original movie (in the version released on VHS). I really wish that they hadn't done the sequels that they did (the ones that followed, for example), because this really was a really good movie. As for | 0.998703 | I bought this on VHS by mistake. I can tell you that no one on this site has read all 93 comments concerning the film to this day. The only people who do read those comments are those who have not followed this movie since it was released on VHS. They are also missing the title and the plot summary provided by the website. (I also am missing the fact that this title is an abomination of history, and that it really has nothing to do with the movie.) This movie has been talked about endlessly for many years. The reason is that it truly is a masterpiece. If you don't own it, why not, why not | 0.007215 | I bought this on VHS | through 20th Century Fox so I knew it was supposed to be a bad movie. I was pleasantly surprised as that's clearly not the reason for my enthusiasm for this movie! A guy named Jack (Danny Elfman) has become a superhero and the city of Los Angeles has organized a vigil to honor him! But, something is looking very strange and everybody is a little worried as the security men at the entrance are very reluctant to let this madman take his place as a superhero! What could possibly be going on behind the scenes? And just by accident, our hero's life is about to become even more dangerous since he's | 0.999999 | 0.959844 | 0.776681 | 1 | 1 |
This is a hard film to rate. While it truly deserves its 3 (or perhaps even a two), for an Al Adamson film, it's exceptional--and practically Adamson's very best. That's because unlike many Adamson films, there are times when NURSE SHERRI almost looks competent. But, being an Adamson film, you know that sooner or later that crappiness MUST rear its ugly head! <br /><br />The film begins with some bizarre cult leader of a huge congregation (six) trying to resurrect a dead guy who looks like he's made of blue cheese. However, in the process, the cult dude has a heart attack and it taken to the hospital. He apparently dies, but it also seems like many of these hospital scenes are missing and a few of them appear much later in the film. In other words, when you see the film, he appears to have possibly recovered--only to hear later that he'd died. Because the guy is the b.f.f. of Satan, however, his evil soul can't die and he comes back to both haunt one of his henchmen and to possess Nurse Sherri.<br /><br />Now, Sherri is obviously a very disturbed lady--demonic possession or not. At times she acts like a zombie and at others she's violently homicidal. So I ask..."why didn't her boyfriend (a doctor) think this was, perhaps, problematic?!". In other words, after trying to kill a patient, he neither gets an exorcist nor commits her to the booby hatch!!! Oh, and speaking of boobies...this movie is NOT the breast-filled sex romp its title and posters would indicate. While there are a few bare breasts here and there, they are irrelevant to the plot and only seen very briefly (1/2 second or so) in all but one scene. So, if you are a perv, this movie is not for you--though a few places in the film (such as the nurse undressing for a patient) make it look like the film MIGHT have, at one time, been designed as a porn flick.<br /><br />If you are a bad movie fan, however, there is enough to whet your appetite. Some examples of incompetence are the inability of many of the actors to deliver lines that aren't zombie-like--and I am not even talking about Sherri. Especially noticeable is one of the very final scenes--I have never seen and heard some stilted acting and dialog in my life--and this includes Ed Wood's films! There are also a few more cheap touches, such as the bad animation of the "green stuff", the doctor finding a murdered nurse yet continuing to investigate in a house where walls are covered in blood (I'd get a cop...better yet, an army of cops).<br /><br />So despite these problems, why do I think it's good for an Adamson film? Well, the story isn't all bad and he was able to build tension very well. Many false alarms early on made my heart race a bit. Also, the car crash, while irrelevant, came off pretty well and was practically big-budget for Adamson.<br /><br />Overall, not a good film and one most people would be bored watching. However, fans of Adamson or inept films will like it--it does deliver some entertainment in a cheesy manner that will provide a few laughs. | This is a hard film to describe, as the actors are really good here. The film has a story-driven nature with many twists, and I will share some in it. There is a little bit of a drama to the film, and a lot more of the film just being about trying to find one true love (for a long time). One of the great things about this film is some of the acting that is just amazing. The acting will be something for all film fans to enjoy.<br /><br />Some of the plot twists are really strange, and also have a surprising resolution.<br /><br />I am looking forward to watching more of this talented | 0.998892 | This is a hard film to talk about as it combines a great number of genres and is so highly stylised it is difficult to describe how different it is from any American film that comes out every few years. The story takes place in a modern day London, with actors playing different stereotypes of different sub-castes. (They are actors of the British screen, not British actors.) A group of Londoners, who are now in their seventies, are looking for a new project. These men have all seen the city of London before, though they don't know where, and they are all ready to make a bet on how long it will take to see the | 0.997936 | This is a hard film to write up. The script is as weak as a pin. It is about a family who leave their home in London to go explore the country. But they don't know where the nearest motorway is, or to whom to hire a tractor to work the fields! A car accident, and a policeman who doesn't want to believe they need help, sets the family up temporarily in their tent. But an accident strikes the trailer they have been living in during those two days, and it has crashed down an embankment. What happened? Is it the fact that they have to pay the wayward driver that they leave to see her | 0.000498 | This is a hard film to describe because it is a great film about two siblings struggling with their growing love for a woman and a man they meet by chance. It also explores the theme of being a good person, and whether it is possible to love the person you meet in another man.<br /><br />The film is a bit dark at times, and some of the images are disturbing, but the themes are universal and all that matters is that the film is just about a young man and a young woman in a small city as they struggle to find love and support.<br /><br />The acting is very good and the film contains a sense of humor. | 0.998927 | This is a hard film to swallow. When you think of the fact that it's a spoof of Hollywood movies with many of the stars doing what's considered to be "normal" or not. But, we all need to know that Hollywood is a business. It's very hard working with money and talent. In this case, it's not done for the money, and it's not even a big box office success. It's just about pure art-making for the studio. I think that this film was also shot by two young students who, under the direction of their director, worked for free to make this film.<br /><br />The cast is excellent | 0.998047 | This is a hard film to get to. It is one of those rare film that may have a place at the national museum. It deals with what should have been dealt with during the Second World War and the Japanese forces. The film is very gripping and you will not want to leave the theater. This is a wonderful silent film from the early 40s with the best supporting cast ever. <br /><br />The story revolves around the great General, Douglas MacArthur and his efforts to get the troops out of the Philippines. He was involved in the war for the past 6 years, had received a bad beating during the Korean War and also in | 0.998896 | This is a hard film to understand. It is hard to put into words what the film is trying to say about modern society, and as usual, its an interesting mix of history and history that can be easily confusing. This is not a film that you can simply watch and know exactly what is happening, it is difficult; and not too easy. The film is written very much from the perspective of a young female; a role that will appeal to a very big portion of females but men will also enjoy it; the movie is extremely violent, graphic, and disturbing; and it is extremely slow motion; which I think is the thing that makes it so effective, | 0.996726 | This is a hard film to watch, but is absolutely worth the effort. It has some memorable lines and is quite effective in showing the flaws in the minds of the main couple. The only thing I found difficult about this film was that they show their sexuality in ways that make many viewers uncomfortable. I don't think the film should have been shown in this manner, but maybe that's just my bias. The film is the most honest depiction I have seen a couple of film-makers. They are clearly uncomfortable because this is such a sensitive subject. I would be very willing to watch this film again, especially if I want to go to a party or an event to | 0.998932 | This is a hard film to make due to the film budget. If not for the great talent of the cast, including Keanu Reeves, and the strong performances of Brad Pitt and Kevin Spacey, this would have been a mediocre film.<br /><br />This is also a film because of the special effects. Not a big blockbusters film, but a very unique and interesting film which was very successful at the theater with its audience. The film is one of the best made science fiction films of the year. The story behind this film was a bit different than any other film of the year with the characters of the main leads who were different from the usual | 0.998931 | This is a hard film to watch! Even if it is one of those films in which it is the plot that draws the viewer, the acting is superb and the visuals are breathtaking. It just about keeps you guessing until the last minute, and yet once you reach the conclusion of the film, it hits all the spots and makes you rethink not just your own beliefs but others (and even some in the US) that you might have given a pass to. <br /><br />Many American audiences might not have been so well served by British politics, so the performances of British actors that are supposed to make it look like a British movie would be under-rated - | 0.998931 | This is a hard film | to write up. The script is as weak as a pin. It is about a family who leave their home in London to go explore the country. But they don't know where the nearest motorway is, or to whom to hire a tractor to work the fields! A car accident, and a policeman who doesn't want to believe they need help, sets the family up temporarily in their tent. But an accident strikes the trailer they have been living in during those two days, and it has crashed down an embankment. What happened? Is it the fact that they have to pay the wayward driver that they leave to see her | 0.000001 | 0.428852 | 0.50516 | 0 | 0 |
I only came here to check Terror Hospital for an alternate title so I'd know what not to pick up. Not only do I get the original title, but I come to find Terror Hospital is one of seven more aliases.This one is a real clunker. Movies like this can usually be forgiven for any number of reasons, mostly unintended consequences of the feature on every level of production that result in at least a mild form of entertainment, mostly amusement. This has none of that. Instead, the viewer is witness to redundantly unnecessary and way-too-convenient-for-the-situation exposition and drawn out scenes of characters warily moving from room to room, and all this is half of the film. Forget trying to figure out where anybody is (or who they are) during darkened or nighttime scenes, too; you probably won't care, anyway. There is also a random car chase sequence that seems quite dull when compared to some of the old driver's ed movies I slep... er, I mean sat through and watched way back in high school. Really, we're talking about mysticism, possession, and a killer on the loose here - not a bad recipe for trash cinema. Unfortunately, there's nothing here to make it even "good" trash; when joined to the aforementioned, the bad acting and not-so-special effects are just that - bad acting and not-so-special effects. This one's just trash, pure and simple. Leave it on the rack at the pawn shop or in that box at the yard sale. There's a reason its there... | I only came here to read an article, I thought I'm so stupid. But then I really wonder what life was like before that show, and i'm really really sorry for the person who wrote the comment that "that is why i don't like that show.". I'll add that it was not because the series showed me that my family was that poor, but because it showed me that people who have more money have less money. But I'm more interested in the fact that the person who wrote it thinks that rich ppl are in fact better than poor, and i don't think that they have to feel bad about that. Not everyone has to be poor | 0.997819 | I only came here to see this film. A really good one. They could have used more music although the film was not without a song but they could have definitely done more, it makes you want to turn around and go home and not put this one back. It is a shame, with all those good actors around you could still have made this a true classic as well as being great to watch. It looks like they had quite the creative group behind this so I feel lucky that I got to see this first. It was a great adventure as you walked off the railway platform, I could have gone back that one scene. The only thing I would say is | 0.998744 | I only came here to laugh out loud because that is the only reason for watching TV. The show is about a band of criminals in a rundown place...that is where the show takes place...but it lacks credibility, as I have been saying for some time, and it is not very funny. The characters are shallow and there is much to misunderstand. They are very predictable, and with so many characters, none of them is very interesting to follow up on. This was probably because this was just one of the shows made about the criminals of modern times, and nothing more. I did notice a few references to the book, and there was much that matched them | 0.000494 | I only came here to see the movie, but it turned out it to be what I saw in the preview of the DVD, and not much more. The DVD has only one trailer though, and no original movie preview.<br /><br />When people say this is an Italian movie, it would be a shame to admit, but it is. The only thing worse than the plot of the movie was the script, which I feel like I was supposed to be the main character. I have seen the trailers, and they had good looks to them, but the movie never lived up to them, and to my experience, the scenes that are supposed to be the | 0.000489 | I only came here to the book. I am not able to read Chinese. But my understanding is that the Chinese are far more intelligent than what the story is saying: it is the American or US based characters that are intelligent. The story is really amazing. The story line is also just amazing. However, this story is not based on fact. To me this story is more interesting to read than the movie because one more story comes: this story line is very true and also much important to our world (not China). When I thought that the real story will be in this story, I fell completely astonished. The story line is quite good from every aspect. | 0.998843 | I only came here to see this movie because of the cover. The cover is so cute that it made me see what all the hype was about.<br /><br />I saw it, well it's not that I hate cats, I adore them, but this movie really did offend me a bit. I mean, you see the cat has super powers and can leap at will, but instead of being able to fly, a human can easily leap, and does so 9 times faster. This just didn't seem realistic. It was just a silly movie with funny cats who can leap. I'm not a cat lover to begin with, but watching the cats | 0.000531 | I only came here to find the video of this. Well, the video looks absolutely horrible. I can't believe this movie is available on film. At least on DVD, maybe you can make a DVD of it. If not, you'd have to buy it. As for this movie, I watched it in the morning so I was awake, but I didn't like it much, even though it wasn't bad at all... Well, there's this big black mark on the end near the tail of the camera. The only problem with the quality of the film is that it seems to be filmed on film... I think it may be the reason why the | 0.000517 | I only came here to read the back cover. I'll never admit this was a good film. But I did really enjoyed it, if you know where to look. This is an excellent film to know about if you're watching it. It shows us not only the typical love stories that you'll find in a movie, but it shows us those more mysterious ones. It's about the real love that people are born with and can never quite understand. You won't be going to see much love in this movie, but there's something for everyone. <br /><br />1. A small group of people in the woods on a day when a family is | 0.998867 | I only came here to read this movie just to see what the comments were. One of the comments was that it's better than I expected, which to me is a major accomplishment for this movie. From the start I knew it was going to be better than I expected, and to tell you the truth it was pretty damn good fun. However, that doesn't make the movie as good as it could be, and I think most of the comments were very well reasoned so it doesn't make any difference. The reason I gave this movie a solid 7/10 was that you could tell that they were very much trying to make a fun movie with all | 0.998751 | I only came here to watch THE MASTERS AND THE MASTERS. I knew it was a sequel - I had seen it so many times before, and even if I hadn't seen it before, I would still probably remember it to this day. However, a good portion of the movie was a flashback, and a lot of the character development, which was cool.<br /><br />What makes this film such a great film is the attention to the special effects and how it all happened. Everything is detailed - the sets, the locations, and the animation. The film was fun to watch. I loved the musical element to the film, a bit | 0.998927 | I only came here to | laugh out loud because that is the only reason for watching TV. The show is about a band of criminals in a rundown place...that is where the show takes place...but it lacks credibility, as I have been saying for some time, and it is not very funny. The characters are shallow and there is much to misunderstand. They are very predictable, and with so many characters, none of them is very interesting to follow up on. This was probably because this was just one of the shows made about the criminals of modern times, and nothing more. I did notice a few references to the book, and there was much that matched them | 0.502792 | 0.879391 | 0.205717 | 1 | 0 |
The first 20 minutes were a little fun because I don't think I've seen a film this bad before {acting, script, effects (!), etc....} The rest of the running time seemed to drag forever with every cliche in dialog used to no effect. These people seemed to not really like horror movies or how to make them or any other movie. There's no adult language, a bit of brief nudity, and no gore except fake blood smeared over no open wounds, etc.. It would have been rated PG in the early eighties and PG-13 nowadays. I'm not sure how it got an R rating or if it really did. I saw the American International release titled Hospital Of Terror. I've seen 100 horror films in the past 12 months and this is probably the worst film I've ever seen. Here's an example of how bad it is: There's one scene where something green comes through the door. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be but what it is on screen is some kid's green crayon scribblings {I'm not exaggerating} super-imposed over the film, semi-moving inside the door, then its supposed to do something to Nurse Sherri to possess her I suppose. I could not believe they had the lack of pride to show this embarrassment. | The first 20 minutes were alright, especially the last frame of time. But with a little more patience, and fewer of the weird camera shots that are so common, this would be a real contender. I gave this 8/10, as other reviewers have already done, and I also liked some of the more subtle jokes, such as the one with the cat eating the lettuce and how they were taking a shower! As these kind of jokes, and some others, are lacking in many comedies of today, I think this show is quite refreshing and unique. I found it to be somewhat on the fast-paced side, but that just added to the humor | 0.99889 | The first 20 minutes were brilliant in this film.It was beautifully shot, I was really impressed with its artistry in establishing the set. Also it was extremely well written by the team behind the pilot.I'll be extremely interested to see where the series goes from here.Everybody has made a huge impression on me, including the series creators. There were many scenes in the film that really had a lot of emotional impact, such as the death of one character. It's great to see that despite the fact that the characters are all very much apart of the narrative, we feel very attached and in control over the development of this story. And the finale is just brilliant | 0.998912 | The first 20 minutes were alright, with some really good moments. Next I thought it was going to improve. The rest of the plot was kind of predictable. Overall this movie was one of the worst made by Paramount. I'm surprised they have this in there for a 14 year old to watch. It's so obvious the whole time it was going on that what was supposed to be cool stuff really wasn't. I was very disappointed because there was so much room for the story to unfold. But 3 out of 10 just doesn't do it in my opinion. I can't imagine 20 year olds doing this stuff. What kind | 0.000485 | The first 20 minutes were quite interesting, but after that a total of 99.9% of the movie is just terrible acting and directing. There are no redeemables in this movie and I have no interest in watching a third or fourth time. I'm sure I can probably get the DVD out of it, but I'd rather forget this movie than pay to rent it again - and to go to a mall to watch it, which again, sounds great, but also sounds like a nightmare. I hope the good reviews start to roll in, but for now I can be thankful that this movie had none of the reviews it deserved, as otherwise it would | 0.000483 | The first 20 minutes were good, I don't know why it's so bad. When this movie started I was really bored and that's because the plot is so slow...<br /><br />I don't understand why it's so long 2 hours. I think I'll watch it again later in the morning. There is nothing so bad in this film, maybe I should see more of the "best" movies. Oh, it's interesting that Tom Cruise's character is gay. It reminds me of the story of the movie "Killer Instinct" (also starring Cruise as Chief Inspector Clouder) where a gay character comes to the conclusion | 0.000696 | The first 20 minutes were good, the final 30 (except for the start and end) were good.<br /><br />In the end, the story does not make you change your mind about the main character...even though the main character is dead...but you still have to accept that you are going to love or hate the main character. The movie was very moving.<br /><br />In this movie, there are a lot of "chinks of character" that give the storyline some interesting twists.<br /><br />The whole movie was really good. I was very attracted to the story of the main character and the ending.<br /><br | 0.998899 | The first 20 minutes were more than half-assed. Then the rest was not about the movie, but about the story of the most unlikely couple in the world, the one with the greatest life experience. The movie started like a slapstick movie with a very funny climax followed by many awkward scenes of the first half of the movie. The movie had so far been very interesting. It only took a few minutes for the story to develop further until it was not the same like a film. At the same time the story was not original and even so the film seems to a movie with a different style. The fact that it was based on true events is not what | 0.000512 | The first 20 minutes were the only time I felt nauseous. Then it was downhill from there. So it was about 90 minutes into the movie that I began to get nauseous again. The most nauseating thing in this movie was that I was laughing my arse off while trying to sit still and not get winded. I've never known a movie to have me laughing so much in one of their movies. The movie sucked, and I couldn't take a single second longer. I kept thinking, "how can it be funny! how can all this really be funny at the same time! we already knew it was going to happen in the | 0.000492 | The first 20 minutes were interesting and I was pleasantly surprised by the film's overall quality. However, I kept thinking, 'Why do people talk so much?' As soon as the film was over I felt so frustrated that it wouldn't have seemed right to end the first 20 minutes with just that question. It felt like a filler for a half an hour and so I was irritated that they left such a long amount of time to put so much on in such a short amount of time. The reason that I found it to be so disappointing was because it was just too long. It felt like they were trying to run it at a reasonable pace instead of | 0.00049 | The first 20 minutes were just plain irritating. It felt like I was watching one episode of "The Naked and the Missing" or something. The last 50 minutes were better - at least for a sci-fi movie :) I would definitely recommend this film to anybody who's an alien, as it is a lot of fun :)<br /><br />It is a good looking film with some great fight scenes! Although, this film is obviously different from any other sci-fi movie of the 1950's. It's kind of dated when you compare it to modern films. However, it definitely isn't an amateur piece of work. There are no | 0.998855 | The first 20 minutes were | alright, with some really good moments. Next I thought it was going to improve. The rest of the plot was kind of predictable. Overall this movie was one of the worst made by Paramount. I'm surprised they have this in there for a 14 year old to watch. It's so obvious the whole time it was going on that what was supposed to be cool stuff really wasn't. I was very disappointed because there was so much room for the story to unfold. But 3 out of 10 just doesn't do it in my opinion. I can't imagine 20 year olds doing this stuff. What kind | 0.501171 | 0.764239 | 0.036952 | 1 | 1 |
This film, which I rented under the title "Black Voodoo" should be avoided. I was expecting a blaxploitation/horror flick; but what I got was a very dull, standard "ghost extracts vegence". In this case the ghost was that of a religious cult leader who tried to refuse treatment, but who's plea was ignored and he died in an operation. The result: his spirit posesses Nurse Sherry and forces her to commit acts of murder. The only voodoo connection was to one of the three black characters, in this case a blinded ex-football player, who's mom practiced voodoo. The film is very slow and very dull. There is a very standard ending that provides on excitement, followed by a horrificly stupid ending (warning: SPOILER)<br /><br />In which a woman actually manages to defend herself against murder charges by saying she was possessed. This movie is slow, and bad in a non-funny, just stupefying way. Avoid it at all costs. | This film, which I rented from Blockbuster, was interesting. I rented it to see if any young people were still interested in the kind of things you could do with a computer. With this film, they may very well have been still thinking. They weren't expecting such a well constructed piece of film. First of all, it was a great story. The characters were well-realized and I found the idea of the computer taking over a whole country just very exciting. This movie was a good start for many people. There were several funny scenes and lots of funny dialogue. The story also had it's moments of realism. Also, the acting was good. It | 0.998918 | This film, which I rented from the Video Store at my local supermarket, seems very similar in some of its scenes to a similar film, which was released in 1998, but my copy holds better detail (especially the car sequence) from the original film.<br /><br />It does not, however, sound any better on video. The sound has a rough tone and sounds somewhat muddy. The actors speak with a little diction that is better than with the actual voice-over.<br /><br />Even in its brief 27 minute run time, this film does provide an entertaining and interesting movie. If you want to see a very good documentary | 0.997772 | This film, which I rented because I thought it would be better than normal, was nothing short of bad. What is worse is the fact it went straight to video by the U.K. (I believe) even for free. I must have missed it out. The acting is bad, the special effects are bad (I think it's supposed to be some kind of "alien creature" but is actually just a group of actors trying to imitate human-like creatures), the storyline is uninteresting....and the plot has so many jumps and inconsistencies that it is difficult to follow. The only thing that may have kept me glued to the screen was the fact that the main | 0.000486 | This film, which I rented at the local Video Store was very, very dull. I could have sat through this for hours. Nothing happens in this movie except to draw out the cliché ending. The characters I usually like (Herman Gunter and the "Killing Machine") are barely there. The opening and ending are shot in black and white and there are no musical numbers. In my opinion, this movie is NOT a cult film because it's actually bad...bad. I feel sorry for the poor young woman and the little girl who can't walk and are not even able to talk. (I can't believe they're "sold" to such terrible | 0.000488 | This film, which I rented on IMDb, was probably one of the most underrated films I've ever seen. I have one question for you guys. (If a comment's up you'll ask.) Why are people so fond of these big films like the Shaw Brothers, BSG (though the films of them don't get in the IMDb top 100), E, The Princess Bride and others?<br /><br />What has all these people really seen in an inexplicable amount of time and money? Did they really watch all 4 movies like they read it by heart so that they could quote and understand it all then? There's nothing so beautiful or | 0.998107 | This film, which I rented with a friend, was a bit of a disappointment. My friend and I both think that what made this film interesting was just how unfocused the story was. While in the film, we mostly did little more than try to figure out how everything was all connected, as well as figuring out why the killer was going after all the "good" people. While I do agree with the majority of commentators on this site who consider this a great film overall, I thought that there needed to have been better directing and script writers for the story to make it even better. I know that there is a large part of the population that does not have | 0.009191 | This film, which I rented on a free afternoon, was actually quite good. I only rented it, because it was a bit different from my average weekend film (except that I thought I did it with the help of the DVD player).<br /><br />As I commented on a previous review, it looks very much like a German film, yet has many elements in common with American films such as "Django," "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre," and "The Usual Suspects."<br /><br />There was, however, a missing component of the German scene: the lack of a police chief, which is actually true, as the German police | 0.99873 | This film, which I rented on video from a friends' website, was pretty great. The action was great and the characters were quite believable and interesting.<br /><br />It's the best western on DVD I've seen, and the one I've seen that's a lot more entertaining and funnier, if you want that sort of thing. I'm a sucker for good westerns, but to tell you the truth, this movie doesn't make me feel better. No matter how good a western movie would be, no man would like it. It's just too long and too slow-paced to be a good movie. It also sucks that the westerns we | 0.007868 | This film, which I rented from the video rental rack in a local video store, is simply a great show. It's great to have something to watch with a bunch of friends on a Saturday or Sunday afternoon. The movie is a very short story that, unfortunately, has been taken to video a number of times but, with the help of DVD, you are able to watch this movie a little better. I thought that the movie was very original because of the way it told the story. I even thought that it could have been shown in a classroom setting as the teacher may have felt that it spoke true truths to everyone present, even those that are not interested in | 0.998906 | This film, which I rented on the DVD as an extra, is a nice homage to the 50s. As usual, the actors perform very well, especially the beautiful Jeanne Rowland (who is as stunning here as she ever was). The musical score by Paul Haggis adds to the film, as well. There are fun gags here, too. The film's best part is a scene where Izzard and Beckett are walking down Park Avenue, when they run into two boys of the neighborhood who they would like to beat. They quickly escape as the young boys get in two cars, and the film ends. It's worth getting | 0.998888 | This film, which I rented | because I thought it would be better than normal, was nothing short of bad. What is worse is the fact it went straight to video by the U.K. (I believe) even for free. I must have missed it out. The acting is bad, the special effects are bad (I think it's supposed to be some kind of "alien creature" but is actually just a group of actors trying to imitate human-like creatures), the storyline is uninteresting....and the plot has so many jumps and inconsistencies that it is difficult to follow. The only thing that may have kept me glued to the screen was the fact that the main | 0.498653 | 0.986495 | 0.850809 | 0 | 0 |
Maniratnam, who in India, is often compared with prominent world film makers and is regarded a genius in film-making, has yet again proved that he can only make the frames look visually good, without offering much food for thought.Forget about pure cinematic pleasure that can be derived from cinema as a very old form of art.<br /><br />While I would not like to claim and portray myself as someone who has seen all the beautiful movies made around the world, still any thoughtful and a bit educated film goer can identify that his films do not contain innovative ingenuous plots, does not contain lingering effects afterward and MOSTLY contain ridiculous ending and a LOT of melodrama, seen profusely in Indian movies.<br /><br />Overall, Maniratnam has successfully confirmed my distaste for his films once again.<br /><br />Sorry for those who on this board were claiming otherwise. My suggestion to you: WATCH SOME BEAUTIFUL CINEMAS MADE AROUND THE GLOBE. | Maniratnam, who in India, is best known for his portrayal of a gangster in Chandramukhi, has brought his talent to screen. An Indian version of his original short Madhukar had had its debut at the Toronto Short Film Festival the month in, 2004. It was shown alongside, two other Indian-made short films and it was at the Festival that I first saw this film.<br /><br />The story begins with the two lovers, a father and son, who meet in a temple. The father says that he is very worried about his son, when the boy tells him that he and his friend are planning to join a gang | 0.998681 | Maniratnam, who in India, is at the tender age of Narenni (1992), is a young woman who has the choice to become a prostitute or an upright lady. She chooses the latter. She has a troubled, broken, and unhappy mother who has a life-altering affair with a local dealer. Her father is a respected dentist in the village (who, for some reason, is married and also an important person). Poor Narenni's grandfather also got a divorce and her grandmother doesn't understand (though she's also a single mother who is also struggling with money) why the father of the house is married and even after 2 | 0.998377 | Maniratnam, who in India, is a fine actor and has done a respectable job in the last two films, plays himself and does well, though the same role was played by Prashant Govil and Boman Irani. Not only is the film too long, it is dull, the dialogues are stilted and you get what you expect from all the actors: to be embarrassed by their roles. I expected nothing less. To the point, I think it should have been called "The Hated Lady." This is a film about people not acting the parts they were supposed to be. They act like the actor they would have been in the worst moment of | 0.000494 | Maniratnam, who in India, is well regarded by Indian cineakids, plays a man who has a crush on a dancer, and his situation is not very stable. The film is directed by Prakash Mehra, and he is known for his good movies like Saaho, and a lot more. This time he brings out the same kind of bad things, but in a lighter mood than in the past.<br /><br />This film, a remake of the Malayalam one, has some good music by Sumanth, and some decent acting from the two leads. But it is not very satisfying on the overall. The problem with the movie is, that its | 0.000668 | Maniratnam, who in India, is famous for the films which portray the life of Muslims, has also been famous for the film which depicts how a Muslim father is a good man, though, he is a bit like a father, he gives in to all his son's desires (he even says yes to some of them!!), but when his son is forced to join their Muslim friends from Iran for a month (which is why he is an uncle to the brother of a friend), he does not take his son as his son but as his friend, he doesn't want him to feel homesick but he still has to say yes to his son's wish!! How can | 0.996577 | Maniratnam, who in India, is best known for his comic work and is also recognized for his works as a film director. The 3 main characters (Niranjan, Renu, and Sushila) from the story of their life are good but not all powerful. They are quite ordinary and not super humans but just like in real life, they have their moments of fun but in both places they are equally serious and not humorous.<br /><br />This is a movie which is good for children to watch and the parents will be able to watch it too. This movie is based on the traditional Indian tale. This tale is based on the story of Mohan | 0.997545 | Maniratnam, who in India, is famous for his roles of Ramu in Ramayana, Shiva in Mahabharata and Pavarotti in Lilliput, is one of the best Indian actors in the world. He has always been outstanding though. But in my opinion, he made his debut with the most amazing film of all times, Annapurna. What can you say about this film? The story is simple and also very interesting, just like Garam Masala. The background in the film is that of the jungles and the animals. Annapurna is directed by Mr. Kadar Babu. At first, I thought | 0.998738 | Maniratnam, who in India, is widely regarded as the best movie director ever, decided to do a movie about a doctor who takes good care of his wife. This made my life worth the pain in seeing it. He never lets a line of dialogue or a scene be less than good. He also keeps one thing intact while making it, which is the music. You can see his heart when he sang. Music is one of the best things one can do with his life. Without it, one cannot live. He sings many times in the film so that everyone gets the feelings of being cared for. Sometimes, the most important thing in life is your own care. I | 0.998886 | Maniratnam, who in India, is considered as one of the best Indian comedians ever. The movie is as hilarious as it goes. And the script is funny as well. This movie is recommended to all who like Indian films.<br /><br />The movie is based on Ramu's comic style and I feel it's the best movie which ever was made in cinema in 1984. I feel he was 20-22 years of age when this movie was created. He is a famous actor. He is famous for his humor. Some of the scenes in this movie were copied from one other movie. The movie is fun to watch. For | 0.998894 | Maniratnam, who in India, is a great Indian. He is a great actor. However I think I am right in thinking his next to last movie was bad as the director, he tried out for a big movie role. That is the problem I have with movies. In many cases they really need to focus on the story, the character development and have an adequate budget. With so many movie studios, especially in India they do too much in the name of producing lots of movie. They think that this is what will generate the next big hit movies on their movie bank. And when their movie bank does not have the kind of budget to fulfill that it was intended to, | 0.005638 | Maniratnam, who in India, is | a fine actor and has done a respectable job in the last two films, plays himself and does well, though the same role was played by Prashant Govil and Boman Irani. Not only is the film too long, it is dull, the dialogues are stilted and you get what you expect from all the actors: to be embarrassed by their roles. I expected nothing less. To the point, I think it should have been called "The Hated Lady." This is a film about people not acting the parts they were supposed to be. They act like the actor they would have been in the worst moment of | 0.424762 | 0.98681 | 0.56309 | 0 | 1 |
Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other normal day for telemarketing individual Jackie Hyde (co-producer Gabriella Hall) until her boss (Robert Donovan) fires her for taking personal calls at work, however it's not all bad news as the call she took was from a lawyer informing her that her Grandfather (Malcolm Bennett) has recently died & that he left her his mansion & fortune (why doesn't stuff like that ever happen to me? Sigh). Very excited Jackie heads on over there & makes herself right at home, while looking for the thermostat late one night Jackie stumbles upon a secret room where her Grandfather stashes the bright red formula that he invented that allows whoever drinks it to change their appearance. Being a bit on the porky side Jackie finally settles on the glamorous Jacqueline (Blythe Metz), however Jackie's better looking alter-ego starts to take control...<br /><br />Written, co-produced & directed by Rolfe Kanefsky I thought Jacqueline Hyde was complete total & utter crap from start to finish & it's as simple & straight forward as that. According to the opening credits Jacqueline Hyde was 'inspired' by the classic Robert Louis Stevenson novel 'The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde', frankly if Mr. Stevenson could see what was being done to his story here he'd turn in his grave. For a start I think Jacqueline Hyde was/is intended to be a horror film, the IMDb certainly lists it as such but there isn't any horror in it at all apart from just how bad it is. I would say that Jacqueline Hyde is more a soft-core porno than anything else & extremely tame with it, why sit down & watch this softer than soft porno crap when you can watch you proper hard-core stuff that actually delivers the goods? Why, that's the question I ask here. It's not even good porn either, besides being far too soft it's dull, boring & the not-worth-mentioning sex scenes are few & far between. The most intelligent aspect of this film is the title which would have been quite clever if not for the fact that another film used the Jacqueline Hyde (1998) title during the last century & judging by the IMDb's plot summary it sounds a hell of a lot better than this piece of rubbish. This is one of those films you have to watch yourself to see just how bad it is but just hope that you never get the opportunity.<br /><br />Director Kanefsky was obviously working on a low budget but that's not an excuse these days, shot on a digital camcorder the film looks cheap & the few instances of CGI look like they came from a Nintendo Gameboy, the final 'shocking' twist has probably the worst morph effect I've ever seen & is pretty good for a laugh as is the scene when Jackie's breasts grow via more terrible CGI. That's another thing, the film takes itself far too seriously. The subject matter sucks, is far too predictable & makes for a poor film but maybe if the dialogue had been intentionally funny with some dirty porn talk the film might have been more fun to watch, alas it isn't so it isn't. Forget about any decent horror, violence or gore as there isn't any apart from a surprisingly bloodless decapitation at the end.<br /><br />Technically Jacqueline Hyde is home made film type stuff, the photography is of the flat hand held point-&-shoot variety, the music, production design & special effects are of a suitably low standard to match the script. The acting was awful, seriously this is bad.<br /><br />Jacqueline Hyde in my opinion a load of crap, there is not one positive thing about this turgid film that I can think of. Any proper film lover will have an almost impossible time trying to find any redeeming value in this crap, definitely one to avoid. | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other film here: a film noir that goes wrong, but then turns around and goes really very well. It also has a great supporting cast, including a fine performance by Paul Newman and great work from John Cusack and Ben Stiller. The film, as with many other noir films, begins with a long dream sequence that sets up all the action later. The first 90 minutes is pretty grim, but at the very end you really get a feel for the story and I thought that it left a good impression on me. But in the second half there's a lot of suspense and the mood is definitely more serious than the | 0.99874 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any movie about a woman who tries to get rid of her weight by eating the fat she has. But, she ends up eating herself and is left with a very big belly.<br /><br />The film has some laughs because it's very funny and the two leads are OK, but I really thought the movie looked like a low budget flick because of the cheap scenery in places, the lighting which is often very artificial, the use of sound effects that are often hard to track and because the story could hardly be told in one scene.<br /><br />I like the fact that this is also a comedy, but with comedy that is realistic | 0.001715 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any horror movie with this girl meeting an angel at the cemetery in the same way people go to their graves to meet the angels. First off, the girl can't remember her real identity when she meets the angel. Then, they don't show each other much. But the angels are like her father when she's on their planet. No wonder she doesn't remember her real identity when her angel comes back to visit her in heaven.<br /><br />Then they take the time to go out on a date. The main problems are that Jackie forgets her identity and that her father and her mom are still alive. And, they don't | 0.002567 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other teen: young, pretty, innocent and pretty much free...but this is all cut short, and in the end nothing is exactly as we are told (something about a 'real girl' and a 'real boy', that is...)<br /><br />The whole thing is made up of short scenes, which are shot in a vague way, with the occasional dramatic moment, which of course doesn't seem to mean anything. There are also scenes of the characters going to a dance at an isolated little college, or the beginning and middle of scenes at a church.<br /><br />We are told that the movie was supposed to | 0.000498 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other couple who has been told that if he does one thing right he will live happily ever after. Her boyfriend is a very intelligent guy that the writer tells us has just found out that his mother committed suicide 5 years ago. So, their relationship turns out best, despite their difference in age. Jacqueline really loves John and tries hard to bring him closer to his father, who is much older then his son. In the end, Jackie gives birth to their child, but it becomes soon evident that in order to maintain his sanity, Jackie needs his support more then ever. And in order to prove it he does exactly what he can to | 0.994276 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other regular actress: her hair and make up a bit sloppy and the way she walks is a bit wooden. But we start to get to know her when she does an interview on the talk show. The guy who did the interview told that she's a "power girl of the future". Well, there's no power here, there's just a talent of the future. And to what we see Hyde does like a talent. If you like action movies (like Jet Li or Jackie Chan or Bruce Lee, for example) you can enjoy The Last Samurai. And if you want to watch great performances and action movies, like Terminator or the | 0.997523 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other normal day as someone with some very strange pasts who gets pregnant. It seems one of the other couples decides to dump her and then goes on her own journey, and it doesn't go so well with her father. She decides to go back to normal life with him, and finally get the help she wants to leave him in her life. As she becomes more and more confused by her new life, she turns down the help and decides to go back to Africa and go to school.<br /><br />Even though this movie might be kind of bad compared to other movies I have seen, I loved it. My friends and I | 0.998836 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other high school student. She's a tomboy, like her father and her mother, who hates boys at school; so does her cousin, who in this film is being bullied by the "bad guy" but her mother is able to keep her cool and protect her.<br /><br />A few weeks later a boy comes back on her homework from the summer. One night he and his friends plan revenge as revenge, or at least their parents want revenge on him, because the boy was the one who pulled the red card at a college games against her team.<br /><br />This is the first movie that I have seen that | 0.997963 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other Hollywood actress by falling in love with a "dumb blonde" and then being turned into a "smart blonde" to satisfy her husband's desire to make her become famous in the media. With this movie, Hynd's husband, Mark Ruffalo, is portrayed as the idiot but it comes across as almost an actor who doesn't show any true acting talent. This movie's main problem is the "dumb blonde" acting. When the audience comes to understand why the woman is dumb, he plays in a good way, so as to try and make up for the poor acting on his part. He also tries a lot | 0.007368 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any other young lady having sex with some boys at the university where she is there for study and who want her in bed, her mother and sister as well, the boys also use her for their own sex and she is getting all the bad guys with her at the end of the movie. The film has a few good scenes and it starts off nicely but the film goes downhill from there. Jackie and her mother have some troubles and they are struggling with their son who also have problems with girls. This is all the film shows us and does really good. The scenes during the end are nice and the girl also has an interesting scene in the end | 0.001962 | Jacqueline Hyde starts like any | horror movie with this girl meeting an angel at the cemetery in the same way people go to their graves to meet the angels. First off, the girl can't remember her real identity when she meets the angel. Then, they don't show each other much. But the angels are like her father when she's on their planet. No wonder she doesn't remember her real identity when her angel comes back to visit her in heaven.<br /><br />Then they take the time to go out on a date. The main problems are that Jackie forgets her identity and that her father and her mom are still alive. And, they don't | 0.837859 | 0.938799 | 0.334021 | 1 | 1 |
Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it??? - Jack L and Hyde - Jekyll & Hyde) has some of the worst acting this side of hardcore porn, not to mention a script apparently written by a first-grader with undiagnosed learning disabilities.<br /><br />Jackie Hyde inherits an old mansion by a grandfather she never knew she had. Guess who? Yes, an inventor of the special formula that slowly takes over one's body and mind - yes, that Mr. Hyde! <br /><br />Despite some nice skin scenes, this film fails to register any feeling or emotion other than uncontrollable laughter.<br /><br />As much as poor Jackie tries she just can't stay away from granddaddy's special formula and the result is an hour and half of wasted time. | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it!), the lovely, doted on, beautiful young blonde from "Pretty In Pink", has nothing in common with the gorgeous Ms. Hyde from "Soul Survivors". You might think that both Ms. Hyde was trying to portray a young woman who's in trouble trying to make it in the world, but not only is Ms. Hyde (not to be confused with the female police officer in "Pretty In Pink") a real criminal for her wickedness for wanting the money for her sister's future.<br /><br />There's also a very strange sexual tension involved in every scene. At one point in a dream sequence a woman | 0.001137 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it? Jackie!) needs to read a book. The plot is awful ("Jackie", you call me, I'll be back"). And the film looks like a giant, wooden puppet, but with all the 'screams & 'hisses' it looks like it's trying to appear like a 3D print of the puppet.<br /><br />And if you have a hard copy of this film, you know that the 'screams' and 'haws' all appear to come out of the camera lens. Not a good look to be honest. At least the audio is adequate; there are no audible | 0.000494 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it's name!) didn't deserve to appear in a movie like this . This movie is for children and for the adults who do not understand the storyline. 1/10 ****** If you love it then watch it on the big screen. ****** See it at the local video rental store or even on Amazon.com as "What's Up Doc?" It is funny, it has lots of great references, it is filled with the humor that you would find in any early 30's movie, like "Huston's Baby". It is definitely worth watching. ****** I do not even know what the rating for this | 0.994998 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get her name) just can't act, not even pretty. If Jacqueline's acting hadn't been so bad (and that was mostly due to her acting in the early 60's in movies like "My Heart's in the Cloud", "I Have Seen Better", "The Naked Kiss", and "Alligator"), the movie would actually be good. And this is the type of movie they make, where you have a sex scene between Jacqueline and a guy (in the same bed), and the person gets picked on by a bunch of girls. Sounds lame, but it's good fun to watch, if you get a chance. The | 0.000541 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it?) does not help her cause much and doesn't help the movie. I read somewhere that people laughed at the story, but that is because of the ridiculous ending. The movie is way overrated, probably not worth a ticket. In a review for "The World's Greatest Scandals", John Ritchie listed this movie among the 10 worst in the history of cinema. It makes him sound like a person who can't stand true love and romance! <br /><br />If you are looking for an example of a horror film that's better than most, then this should be on your list. This movie is | 0.000492 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it, she's Jackie's sister) is much worse. When it says "Hollywood" what movies of the past are they doing? In 1998 the best they can do is put out a good thriller, it is a good film, but when they give a new type of movie the audience has to stand still, and when they give a thriller they can push and pull it, I guess, and make money from. The producers must know that their movie cannot be as scary as it is "Ghost Writer" because all the movie I have ever seen is worse than Ghost Writer. I guess they do not make good | 0.000495 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it?!) as a nun from the early 20th century? Hmmmm.. This woman has had plenty to do in the movie business and for so many years she's taken up movies. This is the most memorable and interesting role in this movie, as she's actually able to be believable as a nun. She's such an interesting figure, yet very charismatic (even with her heavy southern accent). I loved the little scenes in which she's with her two sons. I especially loved the look of the girls as they were playing around with their father. (Note: if your daughters have their father as a father, be careful | 0.99881 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it, not Jackie Hyde) is in this film. That's right, and only that. It's more like she's trying to be Joan Crawford & then goes a bit overboard since she is supposed to be an overdoomed prostitute (she isn't). However, Jacqueline is very talented (and she does very well). Her one weakness in this film was that she looked a bit too good looking to be in this role, even though I still liked the way she played this character. As a whole, however, this film is fine. I would rate this film $2.50, which is about a 6. | 0.998878 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it over with it! It's already in English, now get that out of the way!) comes across as more of a "good cop" than a bad cop. But what makes her very likeable is rather her role as a victim and then a survivor; the two sides are not opposed and there is no attempt to put in conflict between them. This is another good example of a very good script and script-writer and director David Mamet who has made a career out of playing detectives - but a writer's job...<br /><br />So, in addition to this excellent film, and another one by David Mamet, | 0.998847 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get it??), whom the movie star she plays with, looks as if she's from another planet, her body completely devoid of sexual appeal. Not only her physique is of an otherwise sexy height, but she has a much shorter temperament. As a matter of fact, according to the script, Jacqueline Hyde is portrayed as a woman who hates sex; what kind of movie would be about that in the middle of an erotic thriller? Well... the movie isn't very erotic. The movie is very good in the sense that its theme has a lot of relevance to the times, especially for African Americans who felt little respect for their women.<br | 0.003303 | Sorry, but Jacqueline Hyde (get | it's name!) didn't deserve to appear in a movie like this . This movie is for children and for the adults who do not understand the storyline. 1/10 ****** If you love it then watch it on the big screen. ****** See it at the local video rental store or even on Amazon.com as "What's Up Doc?" It is funny, it has lots of great references, it is filled with the humor that you would find in any early 30's movie, like "Huston's Baby". It is definitely worth watching. ****** I do not even know what the rating for this | 0.999997 | 0.74615 | 0.193738 | 1 | 1 |
This film seems well made, and more efforts should be made to promote films by women. That aside, this film is also profoundly disturbing in that it justifies the manipulative and psychotic machinations of a character that is profoundly disturbed. If you've seen any of the promotional material, you might think this is a poignant film about a relationship that's reached its end, but none of that suggests how really disturbing the central premise is:<br /><br />A woman threatens suicide unless her soon to be ex agrees to relive here most treasured memories of their relationship. When told how unfair (to say the least) that such a threat is, Tessa (the purported protagonist) suggests that "life's not fair."<br /><br />Huh??? This character also uses tears to manipulate her former lover into staying, and coaxes him into sexually oriented behavior (which she initially denies as a motive) all the while assuring him "this isn't sex."<br /><br />Reverse the genders, have the leads played by Tracey Gold and Brian Austin-Green and this could air in feature length on Lifetime with a title like "Hostage to Obsession." There is no medically accepted definition of sound mental and emotional stability that would encompass Tessa's behavior in this film.<br /><br />Props to Kristen Thomson for playing a border-line psychotic, manipulative ex to a T, perhaps too well because there is no well-adjusted person, male or female, who could watch this and not have shivers run up their spine. | This film seems well made, the performances are well done, the sets are well done. It really does capture the spirit of the day, particularly the opening sequence. There is a very interesting idea here - people who work together, even if one of them has a different idea or is a little different than the other, but who really co-operate. I think that many people who have worked in public works can get stuck in the routine and can forget about the 'idea that there is another to be done'. I think there are many examples in this film of people who never got used to their job and didn't make things work properly. They just got their hands | 0.998837 | This film seems well made, with some of the best cinematographic production I have seen in a long time, however it's somewhat dated when you have to look at the actors and directors in film history. Not all the actors are great; however they still work hard to do good films. If you are one of those movie watchers who always has to see great films at the cinemas, then take 15 minutes out of your day and see this film. There's plenty of action, decent acting, funny comedy, and you don't have to be a film student to understand what's going on. My advice: if you think a film is "boring" | 0.998911 | This film seems well made, and that's why so few people are really familiar with it. If you want to see a movie set in modern times, then watch this, though it may be a stretch when it comes to film standards, I just can't understand how nobody has seen The Matrix. If you're a movie buff like I am, this film should definitely be on your watch list, for all the right reasons.<br /><br />Well, to recap, this is a fictional film about a man named Neo (Denzel Washington), a brilliant computer scientist who is trying to break the world record for solving the most complex problems in the human brain. | 0.998726 | This film seems well made, with great costumes, a realistic story, and fantastic cinematography.<br /><br />It just got this website down in business.<br /><br />Well, we do hope this film brings in some profit.<br /><br />But we need you to come on down here.<br /><br />We have a job for you.<br /><br />Well of course you will.<br /><br />We'll just have you come on down and film some scenes.<br /><br />We'll buy your time, just like Hollywood did.<br /><br />Oh yeah, you'll get hired just like all the big Hollywood movies do | 0.997731 | This film seems well made, with a good amount of work put in by the producer, although there are just a few glaring errors. One of the best things is the dialogue; many of the scenes look very well filmed, but the dialogue is not all that polished. The director also seems to have a rather good job of creating an interesting premise for the story so that in the first half, this might not be as appealing to viewers.<br /><br />There seems to be an overall theme. In a number of scenes, it is shown that someone might be being held back by their circumstances, perhaps by the death of a loved one. Thus, rather than trying | 0.99886 | This film seems well made, and had a good story line. The cinematography was good and the music was well chosen for this film. It may be of little interest to non-millenial audiences as it focuses solely on the gay history of the mid twentieth century and ignores the other important aspects of the era such as the women's equality movement. The best aspect of this film however is that it takes the viewer on a journey down memory lane and brings us back to the days when we were forced to dress informally because, well, that's what we were told to wear during that time. This film also shows a glimpse of a darker, more gritty side | 0.998894 | This film seems well made, with a certain humour that I found it hilarious. The casting of the main characters is excellent. The acting is quite great, giving the actors plenty of charisma and making them as exciting as possible. It manages to stay suspenseful with the tension building to the inevitable, but still surprises you. The story starts off with the main character, who is a young married man. He is quite naive and does not know why his wife is unhappy. When he finds out that she is not in love with him due to his being a salesman, his wife reacts to this fact and he asks his wife to go with him all across the country and tell | 0.998849 | This film seems well made, with the cast doing a job that I'm sure would have been done better, if I could just work myself into it. I especially liked the ending, the music, and the acting. I'm hoping that the music will show up at the screening. It's not that much on MTV (and I haven't tried to watch it the other night). If only the music was in English. The only downside is that it is available in a smaller region. I wouldn't mind renting it from the public library when we go out to play some cards. The video is still worth it. The only drawback I saw as a reviewer on IMDb | 0.998908 | This film seems well made, even by those who hate to review movies for the masses. If any film were so popular, then we would have seen a better quality version! It has some of the best cinematography I have seen of all films and a very good story. It also does have a pretty good cast with a lot of actors coming from the theater world. The only downfall is that the story seems to be quite shallow and does not reach any depth beyond the basics. Also, there seem to be several scenes that are not actually in the movie, like a scene at the cemetery. I am not sure what it is, but something is missing. Still, | 0.998863 | This film seems well made, and is a decent film for those who like "Cinema".<br /><br />But it is very far from the story as it seems to be. Not the only difference is that all those actors, most of them with some sort of talent or not are very thin and very long compared to other actors in this "Cinematronics" type of works.<br /><br />The film is not "A" quality but it's not that bad. But still, it is also not a good example of the type of story told, so it remains the same "Cinema". This "Cinema" is basically just a | 0.000502 | This film seems well made, | and that's why so few people are really familiar with it. If you want to see a movie set in modern times, then watch this, though it may be a stretch when it comes to film standards, I just can't understand how nobody has seen The Matrix. If you're a movie buff like I am, this film should definitely be on your watch list, for all the right reasons.<br /><br />Well, to recap, this is a fictional film about a man named Neo (Denzel Washington), a brilliant computer scientist who is trying to break the world record for solving the most complex problems in the human brain. | 0.640685 | 0.585117 | 0.462915 | 1 | 0 |
It hurt to watch this movie, it really did... I wanted to like it, even going in. Shot obviously for very little cash, I looked past and told myself to appreciate the inspiration. Unfortunately, although I did appreciate the film on that level, the acting and editing was terrible, and the last 25-30 minutes were severe thumb-twiddling territory. A 95 minute film should not drag. The ratings for this one are good so far, but I fear that the friends and family might have had a say in that one. What was with those transitions? Dear Mr. Editor, did you just purchase your first copy of Adobe Premiere and make it your main goal to use all the goofy transitions that come with that silly program? Anyway... some better actors, a little more passion, and some more appealing editing and this makes a decent movie. | It hurt to watch this movie, this is certainly THE worst movie that my cousin was able to find, she has watched movies almost ever day. I've watched The Wolf Man 3 times and got tired of the cheap action flicks. Every time some kid gets blown up, some evil spirit wants to stop them, or some "boss man", etc... It's all very realistic. I don't even know how this movie got 9 on here. I love it! The main reason why it's bad is that they don't do any creative (and if possible humorous) stuff. <br /><br />This is a typical monster/murder movie | 0.000694 | It hurt to watch this awful piece of garbage. The plot is convoluted at best, the plot is over-the-top at best, and the movie is poorly produced. It's a shame to see an aspiring writer like the film director in trouble just yet again. Maybe some day he'll see a story that will do what it's supposed to: entertain and keep us interested.<br /><br />Don't waste your time, or the precious screen time of yours. This one's a good waste too -- it reminds you how bad cinema can be.<br /><br />It has only recently become apparent why so many people have fallen for this kind of movie | 0.00049 | It hurt to watch this in its original form! Now, here was a movie I'd been dying to see... and it blew me away! It just couldn't pass by, even on a first pass. I must have been asleep on the train for a minute or two before realizing that it was a film about a couple of 10 or so year old girls (who look well over 30) making homemade videos! And then I was so into the film they couldn't even give me enough time to appreciate the film! I don't know what the hell were they thinking?<br /><br />Basically, there are some strange coincidences of how | 0.000622 | It hurt to watch this film. It seemed that there was nowhere else to go. It wasn't directed, or written, or anything, so its all down to that. I was angry, tired of it, and wanted it to end. Unfortunately, no, it wasn't. The director didn't do an actual decent job of putting in any kind of meaning to this trashy, disgusting, ridiculous affair. It just looks like a film made by a group of teenagers, and they're just throwing crap together. The fact that this is a film about a couple who lost one of their daughters is pathetic. If they were having fun, the film could have | 0.000486 | It hurt to watch this movie. The camera flashes all night and the sound seems to fade out after every other episode. You think I have the worst job in the world...but it's the truth. I think that when the camera is on, or with the music, it's the best. But after I put it on mute, I realized how much the picture was changing. The film was moving on, like a moving train. Not really a moving picture at all. I think this was done by the studio because it made the film look better than it would have when on the computer. It looks so dark, with that one blue "t." and | 0.000546 | It hurt to watch this show as it had a great show with it's cast on. I was really mad that it had to cancel after only 4 episodes or so. All good actors and writers that have since gotten better roles in more popular shows. They will always be missed if not died because they both died on the same day. A great show that will always be missed. My heart went out to all the cast there was really very lucky people that got out of the TV industry with the show. If I can even put my thoughts into words that would be great. You guys did a wonderful job, and I think I deserve the honors for the best | 0.998069 | It hurt to watch this movie (because I have to own two more DVD's for 2013). But the storyline was intriguing and worth the watch. The cast is very good and you are always surprised at who the most important characters are. But my favorite movie of this year is... "Bambi" which had great storyline, a cute, and very good animation. I'm not sure if you like to watch children's films, but i will say that "Bambi" isn't for everybody. But if you like children's movies, you have to watch this one.<br /><br />The only negative points are that the animation is not | 0.998918 | It hurt to watch this film, but at least there was more to it than the obvious 'plot' that the whole movie was a "torture experiment". The acting was very good and for most of it you could feel the characters you were watching struggling and thinking in some serious manner... Even though I had no idea if the filmmakers were actually in charge or not or if this was an entirely gratuitous attempt on the part of the director to make the movie as painful as possible, the movie nonetheless left me feeling a bit embarrassed at being a part of the audience. Just a quick note about the 'plot'. The ending is what makes the movie worth watching | 0.998875 | It hurt to watch this, but it probably made it up to the DVD from the amount of work that had been put into that movie. I am in love with it so I am glad to be spared the horrible experience of letting this one rip my eyes out! I can't believe that people can make such poorly written and acted movies that would make such a good movie out of them! When I watched this I kept thinking, "Is this going to make the best movie ever that I'm watching ever?!" Well I'm telling you this movie IS the 'best' movie EVER EVER! I found it so beautiful and emotional that I could not get over how | 0.996779 | It hurt to watch this movie, but I had to. The idea of a character walking off the street with a pistol was just about as bad as the idea of a character going to war with their friend's spouse. I kept thinking how pathetic it was that these two couldn't stand each other and that would have been the best that could be said about them! Now they decided to make that "relationship" work through a shootout. It was pretty unbelievable and could have gotten a more entertaining direction if done with a completely different plot, but I felt that making such a weak movie was the least that could be said for it.<br /><br />To sum it | 0.000488 | It hurt to watch this | in its original form! Now, here was a movie I'd been dying to see... and it blew me away! It just couldn't pass by, even on a first pass. I must have been asleep on the train for a minute or two before realizing that it was a film about a couple of 10 or so year old girls (who look well over 30) making homemade videos! And then I was so into the film they couldn't even give me enough time to appreciate the film! I don't know what the hell were they thinking?<br /><br />Basically, there are some strange coincidences of how | 0.561027 | 0.764908 | 0.900525 | 1 | 0 |
Rita Hayworth is just stunning at times and, for me, the only reason to watch this silly film. Despite the overdone 1940s lipstick, Rita was one of the all-time glamor women of Hollywood. In fact, for a couple of years I can't imagine anyone that looked better, except maybe Elizabeth Taylor in her prime.<br /><br />Anyway, the co-star of the show, Gene Kelly, does not play his normal likable, at least the kind of guy we all know him from in "Singin' In The Rain." Here, Kelly's "Danny McGuire" pouts much of the time. Phil Silvers, who I loved on TV at "Sgt. Bilko," is so stupid in here as "Genius" you will just cringe listening to his dumb jokes....and they are stupid.<br /><br />The visuals are good with great Technicolor, which almost looks terrific. You get to see a lot of pretty women in here, too, not just Hayworth. Unfortunately, the story isn't all that much. It centers around Hayworth deciding about a career choice. Along the way, we get the normal shabby treatment of marriage and we get an insultingly-dumb ending. All in all, an unmemorable film, except as a showcase for Hayworth's beauty. | Rita Hayworth is just stunning as ever and gives a stunning, heartfelt performance. She is a perfect bride on whom the love of the man of the scene becomes a liability. She is married to his worst nightmare. In fact his biggest rival, a man who is always threatening her every step of the way, his biggest rival. Hayworth gives a very touching performance though it is very few lines because of it's short length. Hayworth is one of those actors who can be really entertaining. They are never going to change after a while, but I hope they never become too stale to be a lot of fun. A very enjoyable movie too, one of those very | 0.998874 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning in this movie which was about to be shown in some cinemas around the world in Italy. The movie was based on 'Manhatta' (not 'The Manchurian Candidate' as some people have suggested), which is about a woman (Hayworth in this movie) who is trying to raise her kids in an urban environment where men are seen as the problem and women as the helpers.<br /><br />Hayworth is perfectly cast, with a very dramatic storyline and a very strong performance. There was a little of the 'Manchurian Candidate' in her, but it was mostly her own performance. I actually like | 0.998902 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning as always....but then again she is nothing new to this type of film as she has done some of the best movies over the years....it would make sense that she'd like a one and only and this is one and she has it....and what a one and only it is....i mean i mean there a lot of great movies out there..but when a movie has a great director along with an absolutely lovely actress who is as beautiful and sexy as Rita Hayworth you cant get much better than this!!!....if you want to see the best kind of female director and actress go see her other movies......i think this is one | 0.998915 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning in this short film that she co-stars with Mickey Rooney and Jean Harlow and that comes courtesy of Universal. It's quite rare to find her in this way of a movie, though, and not in the sense that it's a movie at time of the earliest Hollywood production. The brief, but effective, story concerns an "incredibly beautiful young woman", who is being pursued by a male friend. Her predicament will spiral into an obsessive pursuit by a much larger-than-life man, the only man she is as her age and whose name is being passed on by her friend (Harlow, of course). Hayworth portrays a | 0.998662 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning here. She looks like a little girl in her younger days -- and yet she manages to come alive and carry off the film with incredible grace and skill. Her face is perfectly cast - it fits the character of the woman in the movie well and I believe that it was never too much for her.<br /><br />The only real concern I had was that I didn't know how long the film would last. I found myself looking up every couple scenes. That's OK though, since there are plenty of those. After a while you'd forget that it's not quite over here. What I saw had to be about 3- | 0.998912 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning when she plays Kate. All the great actresses in that movie are excellent and the directing is great. The sets are beautiful and the actors give all the performances they can. I didn't like how this movie was made and it has lots of things wrong with it. I think the reason was that Rita Hayworth did not work in all the parts together. All the scenes were not cohesively put together. It may be a 5 to 10 in Rita Hayworth or a 90 in Rita Hayworth but there are many parts that were poorly acted or poorly directed. This movie only works because of the actors. It | 0.004912 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning. She looks stunning. But she is the bad guy in this movie. Not so much the acting, but the filming style and how these female figures are filmed in this movie. It makes sense that Hayworth would like to play the bad guy, because she played a meanie for a few years. It also explains why she had to break everything with the character. Her husband is really well played in this movie. His character is also a guy. He makes a good male figure, that makes more sense to make the bad guy. The plot is not original, but the film has a fun story line and the acting is good. | 0.998707 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning in this classic romantic comedy. In fact I am sure if you're a fan of this type of film you might have seen another Rita Hayworth vehicle before: I saw 'Ferran de la Torre' and it was also beautiful. In 'The Lady' we get to see Rita again as she looks very young as well as gorgeous. This film has a bit of a sad ending, but it is very moving. I really enjoyed watching the movie, I would definitely recommend it to anyone who enjoys romantic comedies like this!<br /><br />In one scene, Rita is having a small party and we see one of the | 0.998909 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning as an amoral serial killer. In her last major role, she pulls out of her long time relationship with a new man and attacks her young partner (John McIntire). Of course, this justifies the very violent nature of the action, just what this character might be able to do when the cops can only turn his head.<br /><br />I think the movie might be a very good horror, based on real facts that happened a hundred years prior in California. If you like your movies to be true to life, not fictional, this movie is the perfect addition to those ever boring horror movies. It's not an especially good | 0.99704 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning in her portrayal of Mary "Cissy" Hayes, a 19 year old prostitute from New Orleans that gets involved with a gang. In spite of her youth and lack of money, Cissy falls in love with a fellow gangster (Nolan) and, in turn, he falls in love with Cissy. (Hmmm..... did anyone say that's not the only way he could fall in love with her....) The movie is full of fun and it's a shame its not very widely known. The story about Cissy is more than believable, and it is also quite realistic: Cissy was forced into the lifestyle | 0.998821 | Rita Hayworth is just stunning | as always....but then again she is nothing new to this type of film as she has done some of the best movies over the years....it would make sense that she'd like a one and only and this is one and she has it....and what a one and only it is....i mean i mean there a lot of great movies out there..but when a movie has a great director along with an absolutely lovely actress who is as beautiful and sexy as Rita Hayworth you cant get much better than this!!!....if you want to see the best kind of female director and actress go see her other movies......i think this is one | 0.552326 | 0.443172 | 0.768322 | 1 | 0 |
Like 'Singin' in the Rain', 'Cover Girl' has a trio of two guys and a girl. In 'Cover Girl', Phil Silvers (Genius) is the comic relief. He corresponds to Donald O'Connor's funny man part in 'Singin in the Rain'. In Cover Girl, Gene Kelly's love interest is Rita Hayworth and in 'Rain', it's Debbie Reynolds. That's where the comparison ends.<br /><br />Whereas "Singin' in the Rain' is a classic American movie musical, 'Cover Girl' is mediocrity incarnate. The story isn't very complicated. Rusty Parker (Rita Hayworth) is a dancer in Danny MacGuire's low-rent nightclub in Brooklyn. Rusty decides to enter a Cover Girl contest sponsored by a wealthy publisher, John Coudair, who made an unsuccessful play for Rusty's grandmother years ago. Coudair introduces Rusty to Broadway producer Noel Wheaton who makes her into a star. Danny feels slighted when Rusty starts showing up late for rehearsals at the nightclub and decides to close the club down and go on the road entertaining the troops along with his sidekick, Genius. At the last minute, with Rusty at the altar with Noel, she realizes the error of her ways and runs back to Danny. They live happily ever after.<br /><br />Gene Kelly has the least developed part in the movie. All we find out about him is that he owns a nightclub and is madly in love with Rusty. Coudair and Wheaton act like besotted teenagers toward Rusty and Phil Silvers delivers some thoroughly goofy but unfunny shtick. The most interesting aspect of Rita Hayworth's performance is the scene in which she gets drunk. This foreshadows what happened to her in real life. Anyone who has read her biography will learn that she disliked Hollywood, pined away for a normal home life which she could never attain but eventually began drinking and ended up with full-blown Alzheimer's during the last years of her life.<br /><br />Almost all of the songs in Cover Girl are old-fashioned and not very tuneful. Gene Kelly has only one really excellent dance number and that's the scene where he dances with his 'alter ego'. Earlier, the trio has another number which is a pale precursor of 'Make em Laugh' from 'Singin' in the Rain'.<br /><br />The most annoying thing about 'Cover Girl' is the way in which Rita Hayworth is put up on a pedestal. A couple of decades later, Raquel Welch had the same problem. Both actresses later in their careers would always try and find scripts that showcased their acting abilities. They wanted to be known as 'actresses' and not 'pinup girls'. Unfortunately, 'Cover Girl' is an example of how Hollywood used to exploit women for financial gain. | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', 'Singin' in the Sun' was a big box office hit in 1952, with the cast enjoying a happy time on the screen. The movie has a great storyline, great music and is well worth watching. This movie had both Gene Kelly as the title character as well as Donald O'Connor as the villain. The villains were very funny. O'Connor had a very good part as well. Kelly even gets his fair share of screen time in the movie. This movie is also not about a single lady on a man's side, but rather a group of sisters. They all get their way with men.<br />< | 0.998903 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', there are many songs that ring true and are not just part of this musical. They are all sung by the same stars. It's a real pleasure to sit through.<br /><br />I watched a different show, about a boy, an adult singer/writer, and his life.<br /><br />I never watched his music videos, which makes me glad.<br /><br />Every one of the songs here are great (and sing well, too), from the silly ones to the true classics. It just shows that this is not an "over" album.<br /><br />It has also been nominated for best animated short | 0.998926 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', <br /><br />I'd like to call 'Dukes Of Hazzard' 'Hazzard City' instead.<br /><br />I think it's because of the music.<br /><br />The music was very good and the movie was fun to watch.<br /><br />I don't know why this movie is so bad.<br /><br />This is one the worst movies I have ever seen. I can't be the only person that has seen this.<br /><br />How do I know this? Well... I've seen it. I've seen many movies. I've probably seen most movies on | 0.000566 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', 'The Band Wagon', 'The Pink Panther', and 'The Apartment', this film provides me with goosebumps. It's kind of embarrassing how easily I can see a film like this made within the time span of a generation's youth, but of course, life hasn't changed very much. This film celebrates what it is that we don't care about. We do not care about our hair, color, or social status. We do not care about how we're connected to our friends and families, or what's important now more than anything else. That's not how people really are; it's how these actors are, | 0.998868 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', 'Dirty Dancing' is a movie that shows women having a blast in the big leagues. The film is based on the classic 'Gloria' musical with such big name singers as Barbra Streisand, the Beatles, The Righteous Brothers, Nat King Cole, and Bing Crosby. (The latter couple are also in the film.) The dance numbers, with both male and female dancers, always draw great audiences at the dance clubs, as do the scenes of love and relationships.<br /><br />For 32 year old dancer Mitz (Streisand) to finally get his break from an early life of dancing | 0.998768 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', this is just another lame musical which can only be seen as a token comedy.<br /><br />The acting is the best part here, with actors who should be making movies for television. But this is a film which should be able to stand on its own.<br /><br />One of the actors plays a very stupid character who is a very, very bad actor. It makes me realize for the first time that this is in fact NOT a comedy. But it could be a comedy!<br /><br />The plot is very predictable, and predictable in a very, very, way. The story is quite dated, because it is | 0.000491 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', this one is also a fantastic sequel. At only 16 minutes long, it's just 15 minutes of fun! The story is as follows in real life: "You don't like singin' in the rain? Well at least you like it in the movies. Now get a copy of the first in this series and sing your heart out with a smile on your face." The film stars the late, great Robert Wise, who will leave no stone unturned in this production! The entire cast works in a wonderful way, and I couldn't help but notice that this was the first time any of them really laughed in | 0.998508 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', this is pure fun. The film is a cross between 'Singin' in the Rain 1946 - a comedy about a jazz band - and a romance which is totally opposite. This story follows Jimmy Durante (a comic book inventor) and Violine Rhea as they both come from rich and affluent families and struggle to balance their love for each other. Of course, both of them are also bound to be different kind of heroes (both a man of letters and a woman of manners)<br /><br />The movie does not have the typical romance or comedy which are usually featured in the genre. So it becomes something | 0.998833 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', 'A Christmas Carol' and 'It's a Wonderful life', this is easily the most touching film I have ever seen... I would love to go back and see this again because I feel that anyone that reads comments that have never seen this film will regret this and be left disappointed.<br /><br />There is a beautiful scene in the movie when the characters' mom picks up the cat and sings in the background. I cried watching this and for my part I loved how many of the actors cried when the cat cried too. I would also say that the cat and the mouse look and sound so real that it had it's effect on | 0.998932 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', James Dean was always able to take you on a journey. This is a real journey through that story line. But not as a musical as the songs are the songs that take place during the story.<br /><br />From the start you hear the songs that are sung by Michael Jacksons brother. In fact it is about Michael's brother who was so much a part of the story that you just have to listen to it.<br /><br />Some of the songs are so well done that you couldn't help but feel like there is a chance of some things happening.<br /><br />The music is great and of course the director | 0.998877 | Like 'Singin' in the Rain', | <br /><br />I'd like to call 'Dukes Of Hazzard' 'Hazzard City' instead.<br /><br />I think it's because of the music.<br /><br />The music was very good and the movie was fun to watch.<br /><br />I don't know why this movie is so bad.<br /><br />This is one the worst movies I have ever seen. I can't be the only person that has seen this.<br /><br />How do I know this? Well... I've seen it. I've seen many movies. I've probably seen most movies on | 0.000001 | 0.430019 | 0.877843 | 0 | 0 |
Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn nightclub dancer named Rusty who specializes in cheesecake chorus revues; she manages to get herself on the cover of a national fashion magazine, but her impending success as a solo (with romantic offers all around) has smitten boss Gene Kelly chomping at the bit. Terribly tired piece of Technicolor cotton candy, with unmemorable musical sketches (the two worst of which are irrelevant flashbacks to the 1890s, with Hayworth portraying her own grandmother). Kelly, as always, dances well but acts with false sincerity; when he's serious, he's insufferable, and the rest of the time he's flying on adrenaline. The script is a lead weight, not even giving supporting players Phil Silvers and Eve Arden any good lines. *1/2 from **** | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn girl named Lola and is pursued by the ruthless Nickolas Cage (his other movies were 'Sword & Sand' and 'Gore'). He wants to put money in her wallet after she pays off a debt with him. She gets away without it, and it catches up with her. Cage has a reputation for rape and his past is about to start again. He tries to do damage to her, but Rita stops him. He gets a job on her brother's cattle farm, and there is something odd about her but she's happy that her father has a job in the cattle business again. Then something goes wrong with her father's | 0.99308 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn painter living with an alcoholic husband. Her son is a successful painter but her family is facing a financial crisis. As fate would have it their best friend, a young actress playing a small part, was married to husband, so they hire her in a desperate move. As they are getting in the car, she dies in a car accident while driving down the highway. As a young boy, Hayworth meets a guy playing a trombone by chance, who is actually a jazz musician by training. She finds out the trombonist owns the real dead woman, so she decides to find out who she really is and ends up with him as | 0.994836 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn blonde of New York with two very different personalities in this film. Hayworth's character, the "Dolly", is an attractive, pretty, but very wealthy woman, who is only seen through other people's eyes, but she actually goes out with a much younger young man than the rest of her circle of acquaintances. The other girl, a waitress, is a shy, sweet, good-looking, very well-educated woman who has a lot of money, and who has just taken the bus over to visit her sister for the weekend. Dolly is the object of her attraction, while Dolly's sister is completely unattractive. | 0.99614 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn girl in New York and is a model. She has just met the great boxer "The Hurricane", Billy Madison, who is living with his brother Danny. The girl wants to get him his own apartment. Billy Madison invites her to take over his "Knoxville' apartment where she is to sleep. But, Billy Madison needs a maid, so Rita Hayworth asks to keep the apartment with Danny.<br /><br />Now all the male residents of Brooklyn are on a riot, all angry because a couple who won a boxing championship is running away, and Danny will have to deal with them. Billy Madison is just being nice to Rita | 0.991724 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklynite who comes from a hardline working black family. She meets a rich white man (Burt Lancaster) and falls passionately in love and then gets a job out west. While in New York, a mob boss is after her and one day, she meets a black tough guy, who she thinks will help her out. She helps him in the mob's ring and they soon start a successful marriage. Once everyone is happy there, they start having sex and a murder is staged against her.<br /><br />This is yet another great Rita Hayworth movie, but this one was not nearly as good as Hayworth's previous movies. | 0.998564 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn-born artist (here, a street dancer) who spends her night at a hotel, meets an old ex-boyfriend, and is drawn in by the pool. There's much, much happening, it's true, although it's not as obvious as one might expect.<br /><br />That all was on the surface, and by the end it was a good mix of fun, romance and some serious sex. When you watch Rita Hayworth with an old boyfriend (an actor who's been with them for years!) that isn't quite the way things should be but it's fun.<br /><br />Not a great film. But | 0.998426 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn divorcee who takes a job as a maid in a hotel in Bangkok, Bangkok's "Miracle on the Thalawee River". As she begins to meet new people, she gets romantically interested in one man only: a handsome Chinese hanger-on. When he proposes another, she agrees, but his father is determined to kill her.<br /><br />"The Miracle on the Thalawees" ranks as one of my favorites because it's so different from the typical romance movies that come out during this era. The plot involves a man who wants to marry a woman in order to win her respect, which leads to | 0.998827 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn mother who has a long and unhappy marriage. The husband, who is very generous with his time and money, decides to work part-time for his wife. But he begins to smoke and drink, so she decides to go to India (India was in the midst of a rebellion against the British). Rita becomes a prostitute and ends up meeting a man who offers to take care of her while she travels to England to get a job. But in a city that is a wasteland, Rita begins to realize how much a bit of money can buy. She meets and then falls passionately for a taxi driver (Jack Warden) who happens to own | 0.996865 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn immigrant who gets her land by winning the Miss Virginia pageant. After being rejected by her dream boyfriend, she makes her way to Hollywood to try and win her own big break. She joins a film making group and becomes a real star.<br /><br />This is one of the most enjoyable movies from the 1950s which I have seen. It includes such memorable songs, such as the song that gets the movie's title, "Ride-A-Bird", as well as the very fine music score.<br /><br />I have just found this film for Sale on eBay for the very reasonable price of $.0 | 0.9988 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklynite played by Betty Grable and a real life couple: Jack Carson played by Peter Lorre and Ruby Keeler played by Lucile Darley (13). This is truly a movie that showcases a beautiful film making production of Rita Hayworth as well as more than one actress who brings their talents to the screen. Rita Hayworth really brings all her charm and good humor to the screen and this is very apparent in the plot and the way the story is told. What makes this film truly attractive are the acting and the way the movie is told.<br /><br />There are lots of great performances in this film by this wonderful cast | 0.998929 | Rita Hayworth plays a Brooklyn | blonde of New York with two very different personalities in this film. Hayworth's character, the "Dolly", is an attractive, pretty, but very wealthy woman, who is only seen through other people's eyes, but she actually goes out with a much younger young man than the rest of her circle of acquaintances. The other girl, a waitress, is a shy, sweet, good-looking, very well-educated woman who has a lot of money, and who has just taken the bus over to visit her sister for the weekend. Dolly is the object of her attraction, while Dolly's sister is completely unattractive. | 0.682907 | 0.777341 | 0.661935 | 1 | 1 |
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