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I happened to catch this movie on late night TV. I saw the opening credits and thought this looks good. Well I was very wrong. While not excruciatingly bad (it had some funny and tender moments)it lacked any sense of cohesion.<br /><br />It started off well enough with Kathy Bates'character having a midlife crisis of s... | 0neg | I happened to catch this on my local TV station last night, and though it was on it's own shortness, it was still an hour and a half of boredom. Most of the time I am not a fan of British comedies, but this could be a possible exception. But as I said, I didn't think it was very good. I had many moments where it was go... | I happened to catch this little movie in the early 1980s on late night TV. I wasn't a fan of either of the stars because, well, they're both kind of lightweight. However, I had always been a great fan of the late Peter O'Toole. I had already seen two movies made during his short lived golden years and couldn't wait to ... |
Opening with some blatantly reused footage from 'Kit for Cat', 'Tweety's S.O.S' fails to live up to that classic cartoon. Instead, we get an example of Friz Freleng's Tweety and Sylvester series at its most generic. Unlike Chuck Jones's Road Runner series, which strived to introduce new jokes to the same setting, Frele... | 0neg | Opening with some blatantly reused footage from the first game, Fearsome Dream tells the story of a killer snowman terrorizing people in a small town.<br /><br />Like Night Terrors, Fearsome Dream really only exists to continue the series and cash in on nostalgia. The only reason to see this movie is because you've see... | Opening with some blatantly reused shots of the original 1996 movie (it's almost like they had no original ideas or plot) the main character has a very similar character name to the original movie....and even his name is almost the same. And to top it all off, the voice is the same, and looks like a younger version of ... |
Sylvester the cat stowaway upon a ship that Tweety bird happens to be on with his owner Granny. Oh I don't even have enough words to convey how much I disdain both the Tweety and Granny characters. They simply are not funny to me and made this short quite the chore to sit through indeed. Sylvester is a great character ... | 0neg | Sylvester the cat stowaway upon the starship 'Apollo,' a vehicle whose only other passenger is the ship's commander, Dr. R.J. 'Rocketman', his daughter Dr. Jane Foster and her male friend (who insists on being addressed as "Cousin Larry"), their mission is to explore the far reaches of space and return to earth with so... | Sylvester the cat stowaway upon a spaceship which he calls home until the "real" residents of the ship finally find him. When the three humans (Sally Field, Whoopi Goldberg and Robert Downey Jr.) aboard board the ship and discover he's there they think him crazy, as he tells his tales to the crew and also to the viewer... |
Nothing special to see here, the animation has being outdated and the plot is a typical futuristic era. This film has an original story, but if it doesn't have an original plot or characters, so in my opinion it's not worth seeing. I'm not saying that the movie was bad, it was just a typical anime story and I thought I... | 0neg | Nothing special to see here, just some guys who look like porn stars pretending to be terrorists, a plot that has been done and done better by James Cameron and Peter Jackson. This is far from that, but far from not worth watching. However, the final scene is just plain idiotic.<br /><br />It will definitely be out whe... | Nothing special to see here, folks, just a lame and boring excuse for the average American family to have a big, big, big meal. So, we all remember the 2004 movie "Thanksgiving," which featured Woody Allen in a starring role with a terrible script by Aaron Spelling. <br /><br />So, fast forward four years and we see th... |
I had the misfortune of seeing this crapulous effort on television a few years ago. Suffice it to say Michael Gross phones in his performance, and Hasselhoff is the least convincing thief/psycho...EVER! If you have a couple of hours to kill, watch it and prepare to laugh. | 0neg | I had the misfortune of seeing this movie at a theatre in Seattle. I was soooo bored. What a waste of time, energy and what was supposed to be a big budget for a movie!!! In the first few minutes you see a movie that looks like something out of a student film, and it looks like it cost about $14.39 to make. From the be... | I had the misfortune of going into this film expecting something a la The Long Kiss Goodnight - i.e. a movie that has you gripped from start to finish, and leaves the viewer feeling quite emotionally moved. The movie was a let-down on both counts - I've seen way more original and intelligent stories on Youtube - and ha... |
"The Duke" is a film based in the heart of the British aristocracy where an old Duke (John Neville) dies and to avoid his large property and the vast riches to be taken from him after death by 2 devious aristocrats (Oliver Muirhead and Sophie Heyman); he passes his Dukeship down to his dog. The dog's "best friend", an ... | 0neg | "The Duke" is a film about a young man named "the Duke" (played by Luke Wilson) who is the new high school student. When his friends find out a rumor: "the duke doesn't know anything about girls", they take that as a sign and invite him on a trip to the beach and a series of dating misadventures follow as this boy lear... | "The Duke" is a film that made me cry. Not a tear of joy, a tear of heartbreak. It is the story of a boy who grows up too fast and learns the hard way. It is the story of a father who is more of a father than his own son. And it is the story of a girl who will never get the love she deserved, never get a family, never ... |
Even those of us who like cute animal pictures --- and I abhor them ---would be hard pressed to find any merit in this abysmally bad travesty of a film. Perhaps inspired by "101 Dalmatians" with its smart and loyal dogs, its dumb and devious humans and its absurdly "happy" and predictable ending, the alternate title "1... | 0neg | Even those of us who love horror comics and old monster movies know how bad the Creature Feature craze was. Every small town was supposed to have its own version of Godzilla (or sometimes the shark variety). This was certainly a popular trend back then. Here we have the town of Choco, California (no, it isn't really lo... | Even those of us who have only a vague idea of the story ought to be able to recognize the film's theme of the battle of "the human spirit against all odds". On the basis of this, I am ready to forgive the lack of focus in the film's direction to the point where it seems, at times, to be a case of the screenwriter bein... |
Okay, now I am pretty sure that my summary got your attention and my commenting that Zazu Pitts is Satan is not without some basis. Let me explain. The film at first appears to be a dandy B-movie about an evil organization called "the Crooked Circle" and their vow of revenge in the form of murder on a rival organizatio... | 0neg | Okay, now I am pretty sure that it was not the movie that made such a big impression on me. I have seen my fair share of movies. I don't need to have special effects and whatnot to get my attention. But this movie was extremely different. I mean, I thought it was one of the most intelligent movies of its kind. It was t... | Okay, now I am pretty much a huge fan of Tom Cruise, I think him and his movies can be pretty incredible, and his acting is great, and this just makes the whole thing all the cooler. However, I'm pretty sure the only decent movie of his that he has yet, if not the best of his that he could have in the future. The only ... |
Spike Milligan was one of the funniest men I've ever seen, and a huge influence on my life.<br /><br />This movie is limp and awful, and does his memory no credit. The script is cluttered and preserves too many lines from the book intact (the leg jokes here are incomprehensible). The actors' performances are uniformly ... | 0neg | Spike Milligan was one of the great television comedian talents of the 20th century. This film, which starred Milligan alongside fellow comedian Ronnie Barker, was based on the first of Milligan's books, the autobiography of Harry Secombe. It has lost none of its charm or wit in the intervening 50 years, and is highly ... | Spike Milligan was one of the best comedy performers on this planet. He was truly a comic genius. His acting in this film was just brilliant. He had a great sense of humor, which he used to good effect in this flick.<br /><br />He was the best actor in this movie, but that doesn't stop it from being an equally great fi... |
technically, this movie would have had it all: decent actors, a nice landscape, no obvious sights of a lack of budget, a celebrity like richard attenborough. the plot summary also sounded promising, suggesting a satire on silly bureaucracy and common people outwitting it.<br /><br />however, it never delivers. the plot... | 0neg | technically, this movie would have been a great movie. it was supposed to be a scary psychological horror movie. unfortunately the director has left the horror out of this movie and made it a really cheap thriller. what movie are they copying from here? it just makes no sense. it starts out as you would expect a good h... | technically, this movie would have received a B; but as usual the special effects suck. i have a love/hate relationship with this movie. the acting is great, especially jason Scott Lee, but the story leaves something to be desired. to this day i have never gotten to see the final 20 minutes because jason scottlee alway... |
When I first looked at the back of the cover of this film, it seemed like me and my friends could be looking forward to 82 memorable minutes. And it certainly was memorable. Puckoon was the kind of movie where you keep asking yourself how this was possible. How it was possible that it was released on DVD at all. Out of... | 0neg | When I first looked at this movies name, I thought it was going to be a movie about pirates. But I heard it was a Japanese movie that was based on this story, and I haven't the slightest idea as to how they even came to do this movie, but that it made to America to. I was hoping to see a movie that could give me a diff... | When I first looked at the info on this movie, I didn't recognize any names. Then I realized it was directed by Paul Verhoeven, who directed Starship Troopers. I watched it, and I found myself cheering for every death of Bikerboy #5.<br /><br />I'm sorry, but I hate this movie. Paul Verhoeven made trash out of somethin... |
This was a mish mash of a film that started out going nowhere, got lost on the way then suddenly found a plot in the last 5 minutes when the title character is FINALLY introduced. There were so many ugly, mutton-chopped guys in this film, I lost track of who was the owner and who were the overseers. I have a theory abo... | 0neg | This was a mish mash of movie. It had it's interesting moments here and it's boring moments there, and even a few of each in between moments. Sometimes the story made sense, and other times it was unclear. Characters were added and subtracted as the movie went on, to add to the confusion, or maybe to lengthen movie tim... | This was a mish mash of the good and the bad, but I found it watchable. I don't think I've ever laughed as hard as when Cagney did his dance number with the girls at the dance academy. It's got a bunch of familiar faces from other Cagney movies and that guy playing the singer was my favorite from Footlight Parade. The ... |
The Italians are undeniable masters in the questionable "art" of ripping off and imitating movies. What they do is take an innovative, money-making and foreign concept, maintain the basic plot and just add a whole lot of action, sleaze and political incorrectness. But what to do when the non-Italian original is already... | 0neg | The Italians are undeniable masters in the field of comedy. This film is without a doubt at least five minutes ahead of the average film in this genre. And it's not that they made everything in the film funny, just enough to get the audience laughing and it is done very well.<br /><br />The first and very apparent and ... | The Italians are undeniable masters of the low budget horror scene, having produced great works such as Dario Argento's "Deep Red", Lucio Fulci's "The Beyond", and Luciano Fulci's 60s masterwork, "Zombie". And that's just the tip of the iceberg. Unfortunately, director Franco "I Nightmare" Fraticelli has to be lumped i... |
Trading on the success of the 1975 hit, this film is a cheaply made story of a plantation where Massa gets down with the slave women, and the Missus gets down with the big black stud, and with massa'a son also. In fact, there is so much getting down going on, that I really don't know why anyone bothered to get dressed.... | 0neg | Trading on the success of the original, this movie offers even less. The same group of friends in the same college dorm are still watching this one, but without the charm of the characters or the plot. In fact, I was hoping the plot would go with the characters, and end! Avoid a lot of pointless "twists" if you are goi... | Trading on the success of the classic 1984 movie has always been a sure way for Hollywood to bank money at the box-office. So the number of rip-offs it has achieved of the late is enough to be considered as quite impressive. Here are three of the more recent: 1991's "Sole Survivor", 1997's "The Long Kiss Goodnight", an... |
Italian rip off of Mandingo and The Drum is a badly dubbed Italian life on the plantation yarn. Lots of people who don't look like they belong in the American South wear badly tailored costumes and wander around locations that look nothing like the American south. The plot has something about the romance between a rich... | 0neg | Italian rip off of Mandingo. Lots of sex and violence. The movie actually tries to be arty, and some time goes by before you realize this is a horror movie. Well the violence and nudity more than make up for the lack of story. The movie keeps a constant pace and is fun to watch until the very end when the whole movie i... | Italian rip off of Mandingo, starring Lorenzo Lamas, Michael Lerner, and Monica Rinaldi (who looks great in the film as either an exotic dancer or a prostitute, but is never credited for her role) this movie is about an ex-cop who takes a job as a body guard for a young beauty. In the course of the movie, we learn that... |
1st watched 3/17/2002 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Mario Pinzauti): Silly, sex-filled master & slave having too many intimate relations movie. This movie seemed to care more about the sex than the story and kind of worked the story around the sex. Laughable dubbing of the original Italian language in the version I watched with ri... | 0neg | 1st watched 3/17/2002 - 2/2/10: The man who wrote Hamlet also wrote this brilliant, wonderful, and captivating tale about a man who is drawn into a murder plot to get his father's money - even the love of his life, after learning his father was killed by a man who now rules over him and his mother. In one of the most c... | 1st watched 3/17/2002 - 2 out of 10(Dir-Mark Damon): Pretty much a waste of time. The characters were thin (like the rest of the cast), and the plot was silly to say the least. The idea might have given rise to a cool cult classic....but was executed pretty poorly here. The best part of this movie is the music.... |
I actually was looking forward to this movie. After reading a number of reviews before the release, it sounded like a genuinely nice film, one that was beautifully filmed and one with an interesting cast (Nicholas Cage, Penelope Cruz and John Hurt.)<br /><br />Well, it might have been all of those things BUT it is so b... | 0neg | I actually was looking forward to the film, and at first, was entertained by it. However, that only lasted for about 1/3 of the way through the movie. The film is about a family of werewolves or Vampires or something (I'm not sure, since I was watching fast-forward), and they try to kill Peter, a little boy and the onl... | I actually was looking forward to this movie. I had heard some bad reviews, but I thought since it had Burt Reynolds and Chris Penn in it it had to be ok. I couldn't even get through one quarter of this mess. It was horrible in nearly every way. It made me angry that the writer, director, and producers actually thought... |
I give it a 2, because of the beautiful Mediterranean Greece, otherwise it would be 1. When Nicholas Cage came into with his first lines, I thought he was just kidding. Cage as an Italian ?? I'm sorry, but very wrong actor who's acting is also BAD, not to mention his Italiano accent. The story is very loose, it might h... | 0neg | I give it a 2, not because it was that bad, but because I could not decide if it was too stupid to be good or too bad to be good. I think it has a bit of both, although more of the latter. That does not mean that a movie this offbeat and odd is not worth your time, but the movie was not quite worth mine, with one cavea... | I give it a 2, it could have been better, but still quite good. I guess some times it's worth seeing movies because it makes you think, i mean, the best things in life, we only have it inside us, is there any better statement than that? it's worth seeing this movie because it may make you think about it, about the insi... |
In 4 words, Captain Corelli's Mandolin was "completely out of tune" with the book. The novel provided sufficient character background to understand the relationships and personal challenges the characters needed to overcome; the script writer chose to ignore the details. In ignoring them (e.g. the priest's role initial... | 0neg | In 4 words, Captain Corelli's Heartbreak! A terrible tale, filled with bad character portrayments, lame twists, and overdone 'Romance' scenes. The plot was ridiculous and the characters were one dimensional. How they took something so simple and made it so overdone I will never know. Also, the main character, played by... | In 4 words, Captain Corelli's Mandolin...<br /><br />A love story.<br /><br />In 59 words, Captain Corelli's Mandolin...<br /><br />An overrated love story to avoid at all costs. A love story which can only be avoided by those of the 'you are young you could do worse' kind. The other viewers must have been paying atten... |
An awful travesty of the Greek resistance. Senorita Cruz badly miscast as a Cephalonian Greek girl (there are plenty of attractive good English speaking Greek actresses so why pick a Spanish lady for one of the leading roles and with an English actor as her father, supposedly a Greek doctor!? Many of the supporting ca... | 0neg | An awful travesty of the work of one of the greatest comic writers of the 20th century (I won't even pretend to compare him to Beckett, Pinter or Shakespeare). The best character in the whole film is the one that does not appear on screen, Paddy Chibnall. But even he doesn't compare to the character that didn't appear,... | An awful travesty of the James Bond universe. It seems to me that we're getting worse, not better. "The Spy Who Killed Me" was the last Bond movie I've seen that was worth the price, which was about $7 at the time. This one, on the other hand, was $3, which I'm sure all those involved in making the film were very proud... |
This is supposed to be based on Wilkie Collins' _The_Woman_In_White_, but the only resemblance it bore to that story were the characters' names, the time period, and the settings. If they were going to change the story so thoroughly, I don't understand why they needed to keep up the pretense that it came from Wilkie Co... | 0neg | This is supposed to be a low budget film, but boy is the budget low. A few bad guys run away at the last minute, you never meet any of the bad guys, the movie turns into some random sci-fi movie. You never see where the bad guys got their money (if they went to a bank the entire bank would know it was robbed, they'd be... | This is supposed to be a comedy? Is any other aspect of this movie so bad that it's a comedy? I don't think so. Not that there's anything good about this movie. There's absolutely no sense of humor in it, the acting is pathetic, the script is bad, and the direction is uninspired. A movie as bad as this doesn't deserve ... |
Having first read the novel, I don't mind,for the purposes of filming, how differently it is scripted, as long as it adheres to, or at least includes, the plot. For reasons known only to Hollywood, important parts of the story are completely ignored, and a different story line added. The reason this novel passed the te... | 0neg | Having first read the novel, I'm in a quandary because this is not a very good movie. The story is a bit slow, or perhaps it didn't need to be faster. It could have been edited down by a couple of minutes at most with no effect at all on the plot--which is not that complicated. There was no real chemistry between Caine... | Having first read the novel, I think this was a good film to represent this work. They could not have chosen a better character to bring to life, nor any better adaptation in film. I think it is highly commendable that the filmmakers used a young, attractive, dark-haired person to bring to their screen a character who ... |
OK, so one night me and some friends decided to get really stoned and watch a movie. Unfortunately for us, we chose 'Ernest Goes to Africa.' I have never laughed so hard in my entire life. This movie is beyond bad. I have literally pooped out better films than 'Ernest Goes to Africa.' (I poop films) <br /><br />The hig... | 0neg | OK, so one night me and some friends rented this film we found in the local video store. It was the cheapo 80s version of this film starring Christopher Lee. We didn't really know what to expect from this film, because it looked pretty terrible. We didn't mind it was pretty terrible. What we needed to know more about w... | OK, so one night me and my dad got bored and we were looking for something to watch on that Saturday afternoon movie deal where someone from a studio comes and says, "here's a film, all you have to do is rent it." So we picked this. We thought it would be the perfect movie with a bunch of really great actors making a r... |
I honestly don't know where to begin when reviewing a movie as pathetic as Ernest Goes to Africa. Aside from two or three good laughs dispersed throughout the film, there is nothing positive about this hour-and-a-half waste of time and life. It is incredible that someone was able to round up a group of people willing t... | 0neg | I honestly don't know where the hell my mind was when I bought this film, and I can only assume that I thought that it would be some kind of high-end B horror movie with a twist that people have never seen before. Boy was I wrong. This film is just plain lame. The plot is very confusing as well as the acting is terribl... | I honestly don't know where Peter Jackson got his budget from to make this. Most of his crew members have appeared in other cheap and/or bad films like this. Some people liked it though. I am not one of them. This story is based on a book that is one of the most over-looked works of horror written in the 1950s. It's se... |
There's considerable amount of money behind this production, so the look of it is very good. It includes some interesting appearances by Gilbert Roland, Eddie Burns, and a brief cameo at the beginning by Christopher Lee. There are a few exciting gunfights, and a humorous bit or two - the satire on Django, the Man with ... | 0neg | There's considerable amount of money available in this film, not a problem. The script has continuity problems that probably aren't that easy to fix, although I've watched much worse. The sound is better than you might expect from something made in 1995, and there's a reasonable set design. It's more interesting than a... | There's considerable amount of money, hard to imagine how much. There's huge cast with a lot of big names: DeNiro, Crowe, Pitt, Jolie and so on, but you also got some B-film actors.<br /><br />The plot is like a puzzle with quite a number of pieces but you just can't figure out what all that is about. It's like: "Well,... |
Lately, I've been watching a lot of westerns from the 1930s to the present. There are some great low budget spaghetti westerns from the late 1960s and early 1970s. This movie had all the elements of a decent western: a good story with talented actors and everything else. Although, it's a spoof of this genre, and for me... | 0neg | Lately, I've been watching a lot of low budget horror films. I have always felt that a good story more than makes up for a low budget. For this reason, I gave this DVD a chance. Now, don't get me wrong. I am used to low budget horror films. And with that being said, I can still see the difference between a good bad fil... | Lately, I've been watching a lot of classic black-and-white comedies--for example, Ernst Lubitsch's *The Shop Around the Corner*, Jack Conway's *In which we Serve*, and Preston Sturges' *The Lady Eve*, as well as a number of films by other directors from the same period. Of the five or six B&W comedies I've seen in rec... |
The film begins with a dandy gunfight, where three bandits are quickly gunned down by a bounty hunter--a bounty hunter who bears more than just a superficial to the Man With No Name from the Clint Eastwood trilogy (FISTFUL OF DOLLARS, FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE and THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE UGLY).<br /><br />Immediately aft... | 0neg | The film begins with a group of students at a high school prom. They find out on prom night that they must write down the name of the student they wish dead on slips of paper inside a cauldron. The name at the bottom of the cauldron is selected and killed by being electrocuted. What is unusual about the film are the ch... | The film begins with a brief recap of the events of "Alien Resurrection". Then we are taken on a journey to the year 2548, nearly three hundred years after Ripley's first encounter with the alien "species". It is now nearly 500 years since the events of "The Final Fantasy: Supremacy" and Ripley has now died and is repl... |
Undoubtedly, the least among the Spaghetti Westerns I've been watching lately: basically a low-brow rip-off of Leone's THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY (1966) with three disparate characters outwitting one another (and occasionally forming shaky alliances) in their search for hidden gold. Leonard Maltin rated it a BOMB; ... | 0neg | Undoubtedly, the least among the film-makers, Rajnikanth has made one of finest action movie of last decade. A mixture of suspense, drama, comedy, action, Rajinikanth did something unique.<br /><br />He did not go with the traditional action scenes in which he jumps on buildings. Rajinikanth was a professional villain,... | Undoubtedly, the least among the least favorite movies in your collection. No more needs to be said, unless a brief description may be helpful.<br /><br />To say this film is dreadful is nothing short of the truth. It is truly and truly terrible. The story has virtually no plot line and it is hard to follow from head t... |
ANY GUN CAN PLAY (2 outta 5 stars) Totally routine "spaghetti western" starring that guy who used to play "Kookie" on "77 Sunset Strip". The plot is some convoluted nonsense about some stolen gold coins and various gunmen of dubious motivation trying to track it down. This is one of those "lighthearted" westerns... whi... | 0neg | ANY GUN CAN PLAY (2005) (M)<br /><br />Dir: John Boorman / Cast: Gary Busey, Michael Rooker, Chris Cahill, John Ireland, Billy Connelly, David Cubitt, Tom Everett Scott, Scott Wilson, Jodie Foster<br /><br />There are those who are going to make a very big deal about the fact that John Boorman, one of the greats of wor... | ANY GUN CAN PLAY (2001) <br /><br />Director: John Lee Hinz Stars: William Forsythe, Kim Basinger, Billy Zane, John Schneider<Br /><br />"Any gun can play. Any boy can grow up to be a man. But nobody can give you love when you don't know who you are."<br /><br />-Lyrics from "Who You Are" by Heart<br /><br />***<br /><... |
Unlike the other spaghetti Westerns, this one has characters that almost make sense, and can be identified to some degree. It still has the goofy gunplay of other spaghettis Westerns. A spaghetti, by the way, is another word for a Western with no plot, no characters you can care about, and goofy gunplay that doesn't ma... | 0neg | Unlike the other spaghetti Westerns, the director of this film made this film, knowing that there actually weren't going to be many Americans in the movie. This is a European film, and they just used American actors. The problem is, they only took the men, since no one in Hollywood would employ a female star, which is ... | Unlike the other spaghetti Westerns, this is a very entertaining one. The script has some twists and the acting is very good.<br /><br />The main character of the movie is a guy who fights with and kills his partner, because they are not on the same side. He, however, falls in love with a girl who is after the partner ... |
This is a classic example of what happens when a sit com is on TV for far far too long. Everything gets tired and the jokes start getting repeated over and over again. OK, from the start, the first couple of series were quite good. You had an Entertainment Manager (Simon Cadel) being pursued by his deputy played by Rut... | 0neg | This is a classic example of a film where the cast tries so hard to make it work that it comes across as the result of a very bad casting session and the attempt to bring some sort of "character" to an uninspired, not terribly interesting script.<br /><br />Paz Vega's performance is particularly disappointing, consider... | This is a classic example of a film that was designed to exploit a market niche, and does so, but does not succeed in developing it as a viable market. A number of reasons for this follow.<br /><br />1. It is designed for the wrong age group. It is obviously shot for the teenagers, where it will be seen mainly at night... |
OK, yes I know I'm a Philistine, and I have no knowledge of, nor love for opera. I readily admit that I might feel differently about this film if I did. But I don't. So, for those of you like me, skip this one unless you want to look at the pretty (sometimes unclothed) girls. For what it's worth, I thought the first se... | 0neg | OK, yes I know I'm making a bold statement, but all the previous reviewers have missed a critical piece of information. This film is not even entertaining to watch. I watched this movie because I was bored and the trailer looked like it had a lot of potential. I watched the film with a group of friends and everyone agr... | OK, yes I know I'm supposed to be unbiased and not compare this show to other shows, but this show has the same vibe as Lost, The Shield and 24, so I think I'll make a point not to write "This wasn't as good as...". It's like a weird crossbreed of Lost, Prison Break, The Shield and 24, if that sounds appealing then thi... |
First off, let me say I wasted Halloween movie night by watching this garbage. Second, let me inform you that the current DVD available by Shriek Show is not uncut, so you gore hounds will be very upset. Third, that one scene is the highlight of the film and since it's been cut, well, you see where I'm going.<br /><br ... | 0neg | First off, let me say that some of you will agree with my comments, and most of you won't. I will admit though, my comments are about 3 points at a time. One... the acting. This was a comedy, after all. Not a drama, but a comedy. I didn't have the feeling of actually feeling something when the characters died, nor was ... | First off, let me say this: this is only my opinion, and I can understand how some people won't like this movie. However, I have come to the conclusion that I do not even have a reason to dislike this movie, let alone say it's bad.<br /><br />The movie has its weak points. There is a bit of overdone "Columbo"-like atmo... |
Even before this film it is clear to see that Ali G has become the exact character he set out to parody. I am not a fan of Sacha Baron Cohen's character anyway but was curious to see how a man of so little talent was able to convince universal studios to fund a near 1 and a half hour feature film out of a 3 minute joke... | 0neg | Even before this film it was a long time since my wife and I had done a film night at home, mostly with the advent of DVD, Netflix, and the internet when you don't want to cook we just walk over to the 'rental' store at our local video store. In the beginning of the piece I mention 'I'm 47' so I just thought I'd update... | Even before this film it had been a long while since I saw a film that dealt fully with a topic as difficult as the abuse of animals. <br /><br />I don't really know why this film is so underrated. It was well acted, with a message that was clearly evident. I am also sure the message was conveyed to everyone, even the ... |
When I went to see this film, let's not say that I had high expectations. But merely that I had a faint hope that this full length feature would have at least some of the hilarity and wit of TV's "Da Ali G Show".<br /><br />But as one might expect, this cannot translate from a half hour TV show to a 90 minute film. The... | 0neg | When I went to see this movie, I was told that it was like "Munchies Meets Alien Meets Invasion Of The Body Snatchers Meets... blah blah you get the picture." I figured that at a theater like the Century I'd see at least a 9. I thought to myself... they probably meant it was like those movies but not at the same time. ... | When I went to see this film I wasn't expecting much, but I didn't really think I should have seen it anyway! For me the acting and direction where the worst I've seen, and there were many of these films with great actors and actresses like this!<br /><br />This film just doesn't make any sense, and it's a shame becaus... |
MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS For about the last four years I've been a keen fan of Ali G. Sacha Baron Cohen is undoubtedly a very funny and intelligent guy and, in my view, his best creation is Borat who's as funny as Hell and quite shameless in what he does and says to people.<br /><br />Anyway, to the movie. I didn't bother ... | 0neg | MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS For about 40 minutes or so, this movie was hilarious. The "comedian" who played the male lead was actually hilarious. One thing i loved was that there was so many "stars" of the time that I had no idea they were in this movie. This "comedian" did a wonderful job. He had excellent comic timing. I ha... | MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS For about 90 minutes of this movie, it is a pretty good mystery.<br /><br />A young woman (played by Mary Morris) who is about to get married, returns home and finds that she received a letter (a few weeks before) in which it states that she is pregnant and should not get married. All this occurs b... |
I have absolutely no idea why I watched Ali G Indahouse except for the fact that Salon seemed to think a crime was committed by not nominating Sacha Baron Cohen for a Emmy for his work on Da Ali G Show. It is a sure bet that I will never watch that show as there was absolutely nothing funny about the movie. Comedy? Tor... | 0neg | I have absolutely no idea what it is about this movie that so many people regard as so amazing and so wonderful. I had to watch it with my sister and it was just SO terrible, so incredibly stupid yet still so completely awful that it barely even made us laugh (though a few times we did, because it's so bad it's funny a... | I have absolutely no idea what is up with "Pentagram". Its a film where a masked killer stalks and murders women in London and is blamed on Satanism! Its just plain stupid! The film looks cheap as mud! The gore (or lack of) is laughable and its only redeeming quality is a somewhat good soundtrack. It sounds like this m... |
Ali G was funny at first. His interviews were fresh and original. The idea of a mock gangster wearing OTT clothes and using street wise lingo was appealing at first.<br /><br />But this film is just a rehash of old jokes, the humour was mainly childish and revolved around the male sex organ for the most part. The film ... | 0neg | Ali G was funny at the beginning of the movie but then it just got boring. It was a bit clichéd. There were too many jokes for the sake of jokes which made they all seem rather weak. I would highly recommend checking this one out if you're a fan of Ali's earlier movies or if you're his biggest fan in general. If either... | Ali G was funny at the beginning but now it is getting boring to watch, just as the rest of Ali G has been. It is now getting very annoying to listen to the same jokes over and over. It is starting to make Ali G seem not as funny as he did when he first started, and the jokes don't seem as great as they did before.<br ... |
My god how bad this is. Who is this impostor pretending to be Ali G? Avoid this at all costs. It replaces the smart multi-layered satire and humour of his show with down and out toilet humour.<br /><br />This was obviously an attempt to get him known in the States before he released his show there on HBO.<br /><br />On... | 0neg | My god how bad this movie is, the plot is just a joke, and the film effects make me wonder if this is just the first movie that i have ever seen. i would rather have a root canal then bother with this film.<br /><br />i cannot believe what i have just watched and i could not even finish watching it. the acting was so t... | My god how bad this movie is...I was convinced I'd found some new low point in cinema but then I watched this movie and had to eat my own pride. Don't get me wrong, I like bad films (especially bad horror), but this is about the only horror film I've ever seen that I've not felt compelled to turn off or turn away from.... |
If I compare two films with Sacha Cohen, Borat and Ali G then Ali G is immeasurably better. I'ts no master piece, but it's a film at least. Borat is complete garbage and I do not understand how it rated better then Ali G.<br /><br />I cannot put my finger on it, there something wrong with the Ali G script: half of the ... | 0neg | If I compare two films directed by the same director, my favorite and the worst, then at least the latter provides some form of entertainment. I can't say this about this one (or maybe I can). No entertainment value, no anything.<br /><br />It is obvious from here on the first 30 minutes of the movie that it is going t... | If I compare two films that are made in the same genre and that have the same director, I'm sure that I'll get the same result. So I was kinda expecting to give "The House of Games" a 10 for comparing as I did a 10 for "Sleuth". But sadly it didn't turn out like that, but I still give this film a 9.<br /><br />To talk ... |
Bean, Kevin & Perry, UK TV creations that have made successful transitions onto the BIG screen. Now its Ali G's turn and I m afraid to say this is not one of them!<br /><br />Ali has always been obscene but funny with it. This film was extremley sick and not funny at all. Scenes involving bestiality, gay sex and paedop... | 0neg | Bean, Kevin & Perry, UK.<br /><br />A film set up in the North Sea. Four characters meet - The Skipper, a Frenchman & a couple - after a fishing boat runs into trouble and they have to dock at Newcastle-upon-Tyne.<br /><br />The idea for the film started with a conversation between Bean & Perry. They were talking about... | Bean, Kevin & Perry, UK Comedy Central 30 mins - 25 March 2006<br /><br />The best part of this sketch show is its title: 'The Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Central Comedy Centra... |
Don't tell me this film was funny or a little funny. It was a complete disaster, and one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Ali G is only funny on Channel 4's Ali G Show. After watching his performance, all i can say is He is not made for Movies. With a Daft script, or more like no storyline, there's nothing to keep y... | 0neg | Don't tell me this film is good on merit. This movie is an insult to British Intelligence who have put their lives on the line for our country.<br /><br />There are many things that happen in this movie like they've just walked in on a murder in progress in the flat while drinking tea. They also walk in the house with ... | Don't tell me this film isn't as bad as people think it is. Here's why: <br /><br />*** <br /><br />I saw "Swept away" at the local library. The cover art looked fascinating. I was really into my movie until one or two hours into it. And when I say two hours, I'm being generous. The acting is mediocre at best. And when... |
I had already heard of Ali G in Madonna's music video "Music". I always think he's funny. (In fact, he really is.) Just last year I always thought of buying a VCD of "Ali G Indahouse". That's why some months later, I bought it cheap and I started watching it.<br /><br />But the movie surprised me. My older brother and ... | 0neg | I had already heard of the play and some actors from the cast before I watched this version on a DVD. I am a huge fan of David Suchet and Amanda Plummer, I have seen them in lots of other shows, so I was keen to see their interpretation. The movie was so awful. I really wanted to see David Suchet play the part of Sidne... | I had already heard of this series and it appeared to be very interesting, but I couldn't believe how disappointing it was. It was not in any way interesting and I couldn't bear it. It just seemed to me like an endless collection of images without any background or explanation. And the characters were so unbelievable a... |
I like Ali G's show, I believe the guy has comedic instinct, but hasn't (yet) developed it to a talent.<br /><br />The movie is a little worse than I was expecting. I don't find Ali-G offensive, just stupid. Jokes for 5-year olds, some good, some terrible.<br /><br />If you want to watch a movie that seems "offensive",... | 0neg | I like Ali G's show, and its a good idea to do a full length film based on a character that is popular with those who are under 18, but the comedy is not to good in this movie. I have heard everyone raved about this show, and they only give this film 4* out of 10. The only thing good about this flick is the title...and... | I like Ali G's show, and I like everything the guy does, but this film is a shame. It isn't funny enough, you couldn't even call it a comedy, and the film is simply too short.<br /><br />I couldn't enjoy anything in the film because the main character was the film, so the film was centered on a person who wasn't funny ... |
it really is terrible, from start to finish you'll sit and watch this ridiculous idiot, thinking hes cool when he's really not, rubbish plot line, terrible acting and complete waste of time and money, do NOT bother. | 0neg | it really is terrible, from the beginning and till the end i was waiting for something to happen, but nothing does, even all the actors are good they cant save this waste of money and time, if the director had a big budget why didn't he make a good film?, and if budget was to low so how come there is all this gadgets a... | it really is terrible, from the beginning to the ending it is not one minute i have ever seen such a lack of acting on a single frame, such a lack of story telling that is the biggest in the history of cinema, i love watching movies that are terrible like The Village, The Blair Witch Project, or Saw. if you do not have... |
After seeing this piece of crap you will know why the limeys drive on the left side of the street...this movie is an absolute NO-BRAINER! The jokes (if this is the right word for it...) are mostly sub-standard (about 98%) and do miss any punch-line at all. Save the money and get drunk. You might enjoy this movie being ... | 0neg | After seeing this piece of crap I thought I might just write a comment to warn the rest of the world not to watch this "movies" and please forgive me, I have no sense of humor, but this one is terrible. It makes "The Naked Gun" look like Citizen Kane. The comedy just falls flat with no punch lines, sight jokes, etc. Th... | After seeing this piece of absolute crap for the first 15 minutes I couldn't believe the way this movie had the potential to be one of the most moving films ever made, unfortunately it never was. I love British actors. They can sometimes capture emotions that seem really deep yet are not so obvious that you can explain... |
I say this. If you want to see art, you go to an art gallery. If you want to see a movie, you go to a theater. Trying to intertwine art and film proves disastrous in "Where the Heart Is". An interesting cast is totally wasted in this embarrassment. You like Dabney Coleman, see "Short Time". You like Crispin Glover, see... | 0neg | I say this. If you are a fan of the 1980s television show of THE FANTASY FACTORY, you will hate this piece. Because that is what this film is. This is what this movie is about. Not only that, but if you have seen the new movie of the original 1980s television show of the Fantasy Factory, this movie will be very disappo... | I say this. If you plan to see any movie you have to look at the cover and if you don't like what you see don't see it. That is why I was not impressed with "Home Room". The cover of this movie could be the cover of a B-movie, but when I looked on the back I was somewhat intrigued. First of all the movie didn't really ... |
I'm a Boorman fan, but this is arguably his least successful film. Comedy has never been his strong suit, and here his attempts at screwball farce are clumsily done. Still, it's almost worth seeing for Boorman's eye for talent: this is one of Uma Thurman's first starring roles, and as always she is ravishing to watch. ... | 0neg | I'm a Boorman fan, but his only work that rivals this movie is IN THE MOUTH OF MADONNA. Here, he takes the typical movie of life in a small village and elevates it to an artistic statement. Many others take this same route, but it's almost always boring. This one is so absorbing. All the characters are so believable, a... | I'm a Boorman fan, but this latest film is very disappointing.<br /><br />You'd expect a film with Boorman, DiCaprio, DeNiro and a good script to be interesting and good to watch, but it was a failure to me. <br /><br />It wasn't just bad acting (although DeNiro and DiCaprio did well), but it wasn't even entertaining.<... |
Hard to imagine what they were thinking of when they made this movie (i.e., the writers, directors, producers, actors, editors, etc.). Christopher Plummer, veteran of 129 movies, frolics along among scores of other actors with apparently no more motivation than to collect a paycheck. I guess there is nothing wrong with... | 0neg | Hard to imagine what they were thinking when they chose this for release... Maybe it seemed like a good idea at the time. But it failed miserably. As someone who tries to pick the best of the best, the worst of the worst of films, I can say this much - The Blob was a cult classic. It has been mentioned as an important ... | Hard to imagine what they must've been thinking when they signed this guy over at SFX.<br /><br />The whole movie is a pointless and silly attempt at trying to rip off all the best elements of the Matrix franchise and to make a "B" movie with them, without realizing these elements, like Neo, the Trinity or even the bul... |
"Jaded" offers a premise with potential as it looks at the rape of a woman by two other women and ask the question "when is rape not rape?". Unfortunately the flick seems to suffer from bad direction as it slogs through legal minutia while trying to weave some kind of story with a handful of foul mouthed and poorly por... | 0neg | "Jaded" offers a premise with immense possibilities for characterization, suspense, and revelation. A group of experienced and talented actors does their best to deliver these possibilities with a minimum of success. The basic problem remains that the premise is, by its very nature, unsatisfying.<br /><br />The basic p... | "Jaded" offers a premise with possibilities - a writer is murdered in London, but what actually results is a rather dull slasher film that does virtually nothing with the situation it puts into place.<br /><br />The story is as such: David (Mikael Persbrandt) is a successful (if slightly eccentric) writer and journalis... |
I had this movie given to me, and have to admit, I am glad that I did not pay money for it.<br /><br />The back of the box makes it seem like some kind of sex triangle, with 2 women trying to seduce her. But the reality in this movie is far from that.<br /><br />In reality, the main subject is the victim of a vicious a... | 0neg | I had this movie given to me for my collection and it is a wonderful piece of cinema. This movie has everything and more. It can be the best movie ever made. The movie opens with a man writing in his notebook. He then goes out to meet a strange woman for her to help him and she says she helps people who wants to leave ... | I had this movie given to me as a Christmas present and thought it was an unusual gift. I was most surprised to learn that it was made in and by the US Army during World War 2. It has two unusual and at times, disturbing segments. The first follows a few American soldiers in the jungles of the Philippines. One of the s... |
Outside Sweden you are not expected have seen this movie. Happy you. The cast includes several actors that are important part of modern the Swedish movie history. And still.. <br /><br />Seems like Peter Dalle only had a an idea lasting for about 20 minutes. Robert Gustafson is totally misused in this movie, trying to ... | 0neg | Outside Sweden you are not a star. If you see Daniel on an American cover of Swedish movies in the 80's, it should remind you to the Swedish actor who died in an air crash in 1979. <br /><br />But on the inside, or where else would he play? He was the actor of the 60's, and an actor still playing the old characters eve... | Outside Sweden you are not able to see this nice movie. Its story is based on a fact. It is hard to do some things without your family in Sweden or somewhere else. I give it ten out of ten and recommend. |
Set in 1945, Skenbart follows a failed Swedish book editor who decides to take a non-stop train to Berlin. Unfortunately for everyone around him, he's a walking disaster, causing mayhem everywhere he goes. The train also holds a man and his mistress scheming to murder the man's wife (who's also on the train), a soldier... | 0neg | Set in 1945, Skenbart follows the young life of a woman who enters London's club culture on the verge of the so-called 'Swinging Sixties'.<br /><br />When the movie started I wasn't expecting anything special. The beginning is well done. With a great looking set, the film seems to develop into something special. And th... | Set in 1945, Skenbart follows the life of an American POW, Sam Raimi, played by Kurt Russell who escapes the enemy prison camp via the sewage system, only to end up in a Gestapo building and is tortured. He finally escapes with the help of a German, Detlef Sierck who has just found romance with a young woman of similar... |
If I could give this movie a negative rating I would. The humor is the cruelest I have ever seen in a film. Horrible things happen to good people and people who have already suffered horribly through no fault of their own. There are 2 plots, neither of which supports half of a film. Where is the "depth" others see in t... | 0neg | If I could give this movie a rating below a one, it wouldn't be because of their poor direction, screenplay, dialog, or acting (of course, I had to sit through this turkey and the acting had to count for something!). It's because the people making this movie didn't even try. As much as the above four things are importa... | If I could give this movie a "0" rating, I would. First of all, this movie has absolutely nothing to do with the book on which it's based. The movie is also the weakest excuse for a "horror" movie ever made. It's just a bunch of kids that, instead of playing, are forced to pretend they're in a horror movie. The story i... |
Don't see this movie! It's... repulsive! The start is indeed very good, but in the middle everything falls and I really regret spending 80 crowns (about 11 dollars) on the ticket! Peter Dalle should consider this as his last chance to gain peoples interest. AWFUL picture! The only bright spot is the splendid work of Ro... | 0neg | Don't see this movie! It's... terrible! Okay, so yes, it had some redeeming qualities: the acting wasn't the worst I've seen in my lifetime (in other movies), and the plot - the basic plot at least - had some original ideas which I hadn't ever seen before. But the story had serious flaws.<br /><br />In short, the movie... | Don't see this movie! It's... different. There's no real plot... just a bunch of scenes put together like a bunch of "Guns N' Roses" songs. The only positive is that, unlike "Guns N' Roses," this isn't really that big of a waste of film. I guess it was a little pretentious to think that a rock movie would work in the s... |
As a South African, living in South Africa again after a 32 year stay in the UK, I am sorry to say that this movie is a huge disappointment. The three main problems I had with the movie was a) why Swank and Ejiofor - an American and a Nigerian - to play the leads. This country is bursting with talent and has no need of... | 0neg | As a South African, living away in England, I only recently stumbled upon this series on my local PBS station.<br /><br />I do not recall seeing anything like it during my younger days in South Africa, and that only makes this series all the more interesting. If I had to choose one, I'd say this was the best of the ser... | As a South African, living in Australia, I have been exposed to many movies on the struggle for freedom of the South African people. A good one being Cry Freedom. The one I would rate as one of the best I have ever seen in terms of the story was "A Man Called Cato" and this is the only one that I was able to get a copy... |
Arthur Hunnicutt plays a very stereotypical role as a mountain man (probably the Ozarks) who goes hunting with his favorite coon dog. However, the dog appears to be drowning when Hunnicutt jumps in after him. It becomes obvious pretty soon that despite Hunnicutt and his dog roaming about after leaving the water that th... | 0neg | Arthur Hunnicutt plays a very good part, as a man without a heart in this film, but with a very good actor and all the rest its not an excellent film in any case. This film had an interesting idea, to make it, but the film, as a whole, just isn't that good.<br /><br />There are moments when it looks like it could turn ... | Arthur Hunnicutt plays a very good part in this movie. I have never read Dickens, but I would consider this one of his best works. I'm sure other writers have improved on it, but it's still a very good book. The production seemed like a "A" movie but the DVD is only an R. It's really a big story line, so it probably co... |
who's responsible for these "behind the scenes" things? who are these actors? did they crawl out from beneath rocks? 'yuks, lots of yuks!' no. no yuks for me. only loathing and shame that i am a human being. i have to avert my eyes from the set, it's so embarrassing. in fact, i changed the channel.<br /><br />i've alwa... | 0neg | who's responsible for these "behind the scenes" pictures, anyway? I think I've got a case of "The X-Files"-flu: it sure looks like they're trying to come across like an official production of it here, only for this one there's no Fox or other company listed. Well, at least David Duchovny isn't there, and that's one thi... | who's responsible for these "behind the scenes" type of made-for-Cinemax movies. You couldn't write a movie for a ten year old about how the movie business works. There is no reason that Hollywood couldn't put together a good film about the business--the ones being made are bad as far as the industry goes. I thought th... |
Drab, dreary and a total waste of my time. The plot is incomprehensible (so don't think about it too much). The acting is odd and wooden - I would have sworn that they were all professional body builders trying their luck at acting, but that might be an insult to body builders. There are no interesting special effects ... | 0neg | Drab, dreary and a total bore. Despite a decent cast, most of the plot is excised and little is revealed. I saw this on late night TV without any advance notice and even then I can't understand the poor rating this piece of drivel received. I'm only sorry I didn't know about this turkey beforehand so I could have put i... | Drab, dreary and a total waste of time!<br /><br />The movie doesn't seem to have a plot and the acting is poor, with no character development.<br /><br />The story deals with the life of a small girl, who's mom has cancer, and the death of her father and how she deals with her friends and family. How she is treated an... |
Where do I begin? The story was so bad, it must have been written in a high school film club! The acting was so wooden I felt sorry for the actors! One actor even reminded me of what a deer must look like when staring into a car's headlights! Another actor has this constant look of being constipated! But it was the dia... | 0neg | Where do I begin? The story starts off with a man who can travel through time. Then after that there's about 45 minutes of a bunch of people running around the castle. Then there's 30 minutes of a flashback involving a crazy lady running around the forest with a horse. Then there's a guy talking about a book. Then we f... | Where do I begin? The plot is weak. The actors have no chance of showing even moderate quality, because the script doesn't give them any, and the only thing the dialog in the film had in common with humor were a few "ha-ha"'s in place of laughter when appropriate. Some other reviews have pointed this out. The direction... |
Without being really the worst science fiction film ever made, or the worst I have seen, 'Time Under Fire' is still much under average. The premises and the first 10-15 minutes are not that bad, it starts as a X-Files story, combining Bermuda triangle mysteries with time travel. Pretty soon elements of other genres (to... | 0neg | Without being really the worst movie i have ever seen (that goes to "The Bionic Man") this one makes for a very bad cinema experience, especially where the lack of continuity comes concerned. I watched it on late-night TV in Germany, and this is the worst thing about it in fact. I don't know who was the target audience... | Without being really the worst movie I've ever seen, I couldn't wait for this movie to end. It's hard to say how bad it was, because I saw it on a plane to London, where my seatmate actually chose this movie to pass the time. It was the worst movie I've ever had to sit through on a plane, and I had to sit through it fo... |
This must be the first movie I've rented and not seen to the end. Complete garbage! The acting, the plot, set and wardrobe looked like it came from a porno movie with a plot. Not even a B move. | 0neg | This must be the first movie that I have seen that I have actually walked out of. If this film had been in a theater, I wouldn't have gotten my money back.<br /><br />I had read the reviews here and looked very carefully at the box, but somehow missed the point of the title: 'Guns, Germs, and Steel' were not the things... | This must be the first movie ever made where the 'cops' act like the 'criminals'...except the one part where they act too much like the 'cops' :) And the only two movies I saw where I was like, 'Wow. I'm actually enjoying this!'...This is the only movie I actually found amusing, to be honest. I found that it was a bit ... |
Set in 1976 for no apparent reason other than to keep the set dressers busy, 'The Box' was directed by Richard Kelly ('Donnie Darko'), and stars Cameron Diaz and James Marsden as Norma and Arthur Lewis, a young couple who are supposedly struggling financially even though they both have successful careers--she as a high... | 0neg | Set in 1976 for no apparent reason the movie opens with a young couple being chased by the cops because the wife shot dead her last husband in self defense and is pregnant with a second child. Then we are whisked off to the middle east where you find an arnab guy from 1930's Hollywood serials, a black assassin, an ex-c... | Set in 1976 for no good reason (it could have been set in any year) a group of teenagers go to a deserted cabin during spring break where they smoke weed, play games of truth, and go out for the night.<br /><br />During their absence a serial killer goes on a murder spree killing anyone in his path. One by one we meet ... |
A box with a button provides a couple with the opportunity to be financially free, but the cost is the life of someone they've never met. This is a very tedious film to watch. Richard Kelly, who wrote and directed it, decided to make a film without any payoff. You are taken on a ride of slow build ups, one after the ot... | 0neg | A box with a button on the front, this is one weird game. This game is actually one of the best platforming experience out there. The idea is that while you run throughout the 6 levels you have to watch out for people, cars, dogs... but what you have to avoid at all costs is the button on the front of the game, pressin... | A box with a button that can kill you doesn't know if the user wants to be dead or if the box should shut it's mouth about the whole thing by not letting your head even hit it's back. It also knows if the button is pushed, it's all on the user. Don't know if it is a little or an old fashioned killer. A simple question ... |
In 1976 a mother named Norma Lewis (Cameron Diaz) lives with her son Walter and her husband Arthur (James Marsden). One night a box is placed on the doorstep of their home and the following morning they cut open the box to reveal a button device that must be opened with a key. By the late afternoon, a man with terrible... | 0neg | In 1976 a mother named Laura Cassidy is getting ready to give birth to her child, all is fine; however, everything becomes all of the hell once she starts seeing an old man outside her apartment. When she looks out the window she sees the man, after he is sent away she does gives birth to a weird looking baby whom she ... | In 1976 a mother named Helen Gaudet (Susan Dey) was killed in a car crash, supposedly caused by one of her kids not wearing a seatbelt. Twelve years later, they're starting to build a hotel/condominium where that area once was, but something doesn't seem right. The new occupant of the site, Helen's daughter Christine, ... |
I know that so many reviews on IMDb are extreme, with reviewers either praising a film to the hilt or inarticulately tearing it to pieces. I find neither of these kind of reviews helpful, and so I do not give this film the awful review I am about to, lightly. The film is art-house science-fiction of the worst kind dres... | 0neg | I know that so many people loved this movie and I agree that it was not the kind of movie I'd go to the cinema in, but even when it was just playing in the small cinema of a local library, I had to stay way! I watched the trailer and it looked appealing, but once I'd watched the film, it was obvious why so many people ... | I know that so many people said it was awful. And there was an obvious mistake with the actors/actresses. But i still think it's the best movie of this year. They managed to do a lot with very little, and a very bad budget. They actually got the most out of the material. In those situations, they really have to be very... |
Be warned, the next time you see "Richard Kelly" involved in any production, run away. Fast.<br /><br />Kelly proved to the world after his last movie, "Southland Tales", that he is one pretentious director. It was indulgent and convoluted. In "The Box", not much has changed.<br /><br />I can picture what his pitch to ... | 0neg | Be warned, the next time you're in the mood for a really bad film, you need not seek further: you've got one here, and, believe me, it is one hell of a stinker. The only reason I went to see it in the first place, I know that it was just going to be awful, but it was a Sunday afternoon, and no one else I'd arranged to ... | Be warned, the next time you rent or buy a movie starring Denise Richards, look for another and skip this one.<br /><br />A few years back, a director released a movie called "Swept Away," starring Denise Richards and Greg Kinnear, that was considered to be a very good film. Unfortunately, another director who also hap... |
Ha ha. - oh no - what to say about this film? Yes - green eggs and ham makes more sense than this movie. Where does one start? A lot of the good stuff has already been said - so I won't divulge into the same territory. I believe you already have the movie summary - so I won't paraphrase the movie.<br /><br />First - le... | 0neg | Ha ha. - oh no ! It's a bad movie ! But actually it doesn't matter what kind of movie you get the DVD of. The truth is: You are NEVER a film critic and NEVER can be!<br /><br />There is no way to get an overall rating of a movie ! Just because it's impossible to rate all the different actors/screenwriters/directors and... | Ha ha. - oh no, not funny. - don't get it, well, watch 'The Odd Couple', the 1960 Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau comedy classic. it's a movie better than 'Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House'. it's based on Neil Simon's play that won a Pulitzer Prize in 1964. Lemmon plays Felix Unger, a Jewish hypochondriac, who's wife... |
Before you dismiss my post as "not getting it", let me say...I'm one of the biggest Richard Kelly and "The Twilight Zone" fans out there. Donnie Darko is one my all-time favorites and I even thought Southland Tales had it's moments. I'm a HUGE sci-fi fan. I was very excited to see "The Box", couldn't wait for it to com... | 0neg | Before you dismiss my post, let me explain where my rating is coming from... This film was in fact, on our tv as my partner and I watched it. My partner was fast forwarding it and I was reading a book.<br /><br />This meant I didn't have any concept of what the actors were saying and was just reading. We're the subtitl... | Before you dismiss my post about this film as the result of pure bias, I am NOT a fan of the original "Chinatown" from 1974. I didn't really care about the people, or the themes the movie brought up. Maybe in it's younger days I could appreciate the movie or think of it as a precursor for other film-noir movies, but li... |
THE BOX (2009) * Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella, James Rebhorn, Holmes Osborne, Sam Oz Stone, Celia Weston. Truly disappointing adaptation of genre legend Richard Matheson's sci-fi chiller "Button, Button" by on the wane wunderkind filmmaker Richard Kelly who truly stretches a small, well-crafted piece int... | 0neg | THE BOX (2009) * Cameron Diaz <br /><br />With a supporting role in the Academy Award-winning American Pie 2 (1997), a number of TV appearances including "The Sarah Silverman Program" (2007-present), and having already appeared in two TV movies including this, this is a pretty amazing resume that pretty much no one cou... | THE BOX (2009) * Cameron Diaz, Adrian Brody, Barrymore, Danny Masterson, Josh Zuckerman, Rima Te Wiata, Lili Taylor and Brian Cox. Directed by Woody Anderson.<br /><br />Cameron Diaz, Adrian Brody and Lili Taylor make a great cast of women that are going with their own paths and life. Each of them have a life with many... |
First time I ever felt I needed to write a review.<br /><br />I have seen thousands of movies in my life and I like a wide range of movies. I am reasonably opened minded, and can easily say I enjoyed a movie while still saying "yeah it was not good but I enjoyed it". I can appreciate the mastery of great movies like Th... | 0neg | First time I ever felt this way about a movie. It's the kind of movie that you feel could have been better if it lasted an hour longer. There's no need to go into a spoiler scenario, as this has been done several times on this forum. This film is the first of a great ensemble cast for the 60s in America. This movie goe... | First time I ever felt like writing a comment in here. I have to say that if you don't like this movie, then you are completely missing out. I was lucky enough to go with a few friends one day and I could tell that it was pretty popular but I couldn't bring myself to see it. I love it, absolutely love it! I can't expla... |
i thought id check this film out as I'm currently making a film about a mysterious box, therefore it would be great to see how this film took and developed the idea of a mysterious and unexpected box.<br /><br />before going to the cinema i had a high expectation of this film. with actresses, like Cameron diaz you woul... | 0neg | i thought id check this on out too, my aunt was the owner, and i remember when the tv show came out there was lots of publicity. i cant remember when i started watching it, but by the time the season was over i had it watched every show at least half and had pretty much seen everything, which may seem like a lot of hyp... | i thought id check this out because some of my fav musicians are in this movie and some of them are in the cast and i wasn't disappointed at all. its a good story with excellent acting and an extremely good plot, this can be watched by anyone whether or not they know any of the actors. they are a top quality cast and t... |
Couple having financial trouble gets a box delivered to their door. If they push the button they get a million dollars but someone they don't know will die. Do they push the button? <br /><br />This is an odd film based on a Richard Matheson short story has a few chills but mostly is a messy affair. The trouble is that... | 0neg | Couple having financial trouble gets an old man to finance their plan to rob a bank. Turns out the couple are out to kill the older guy and make off with his loot and the bank is too heavily guarded for them to get away with it. Things go from bad to worse and the older man winds up in hospital in a wheelchair. Fast-fo... | Couple having financial trouble gets their lives turned around with the help of two friendly guys named Mr. Hoot and Mr. Boo. This is the kind of movie in which everyone is nice and the story leaves you with a good feeling. The actors are likable and the production design looks nice, too. Not much happens in the movie ... |
Now, this movie is the worst i have ever seen!! It is simply a disaster. I think it's really a sick movie, i just wasted my time watching this cheap crap. I can't believe anyone would produce such a disaster. Such a waste of money and time. Nothing to learn from this movie, it's just a hollow sick evil flick. I don't t... | 0neg | Now, this movie is the worst movie i have ever seen, and I've seen a lot of movies... but the only reason i give it such a high star score is the fact that it's so easy to beat the 'stunt-man'. The acting was horrible but some good points were the soundtrack, which was really good, and the fact that it's an animated mo... | Now, this movie is the total opposite of a "Blair Witch" type of picture. It's not even suspenseful. Now, this is my third time watching this film, and the plot is the same. However, this film isn't really scary; it is pretty dull, I think. The only good factor is the soundtrack. What else can I say? I suggest you watc... |
I like to like movies, but I found nothing to like about The Box. I was interested in the 'hook' of the plot, but unfortunately it never went anywhere and was impossible to follow. Anyone who states that they understand this movie is probably faking it so that they can feel like they are a part of something, well I hav... | 0neg | I like to like movies, it's what I do for fun. For me a good movie is that one that is so involved i keep thinking about it the whole time. But i don't enjoy these ones that make you say out loud "What the hell. This is some bad flick guys, I wonder what i can do with a camera that will be more fun. Oh hell, i am bored... | I like to like movies, but this thing is awful. The acting is horrible, and so is the script. The only "act" I like about this movie was the way the boy acted (was that good acting?). Other than that this movie sucks, and not in a funny way. |
quite possibly one of (if not the) worst film ever conceived, cast and acted in the history of cinema. Who on God's green earth would ever think to cast Cameron Diaz and James Mardsen as a couple? She looked like his mother. God forgive me but I am just being honest. And that was the least of the many problems plaguing... | 0neg | quite possibly one of (if not the) best film about AIDS.<br /><br />this film was one of the few real depictions I've ever seen, showing the many different ways that AIDS was handled by ordinary people in the late 1980s, at the climax one character makes the most profound statement about what people learn from AIDS, th... | quite possibly one of (if not the) worst movie I've ever seen. I went in to watching this expecting garbage, and got nothing but garbage. It's been a while sine I watched this, but I am pretty sure that what we see on the screen is real. You will notice that the film starts going at a snails pace. It tells the story of... |
This is my first review on IMDb.com and probably first ever written review of a film I've done of my own accord - not for some class assignment. I think that fact alone says something about this movie... not a good thing! I am no seasoned journalist or critic (though I have seen my fair share of movies), but I found th... | 0neg | This is my first review of ever written for IMDb. I would like to give back to others just what others have given to me.<br /><br />I am from Chicago and have now lived in New York for the past 7 years. I consider myself very blessed to have the ability to see things so differently. My view point is the opposite of mos... | This is my first review, but it is necessary, and I'm telling the truth.<br /><br />This 2007 Spanish film is based upon the memoirs of the late (thank God) and beloved author Manuel Altolaguirre, who, along with his wife, traveled the world as explorers and adventurers. The movie opens with Altolaguirre (Antonio De La... |
Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella: that's an all-star power cast but "The Box" proves once again that it is not a guarantee for a solid movie. The premise sounds promising: a couple gets a visit from a mysterious person who offers them a million dollar. The downside is that someone will die, a person they pro... | 0neg | Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Franka Potenta and Juliette Lewis are in this movie. What I liked about the movie was the good quality of its cast. I liked the scene in which the police were investigating Diaz's home for the presence of the guns and the next thing we see is James Marsden talking to his father. They were w... | Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Stallone; all of them in their first big roles. Well, there were still plenty of others that were not first timers either but still their presence had quite an impact on the picture. I am not a particular fan of that particular kind of comedies and when I watch them my main focus is t... |
"Don't be greedy" sums up the depth of this movie. All the rest of the baloney is big budget window dressing. The movie rotates through hiding the ball annoyingly and revealing too much. None of the potentially interesting plot tangents are developed yet the trite ones are hashed and rehashed to excess.<br /><br />The ... | 0neg | "Don't be greedy" sums up the moral of the story.<br /><br />It could be a "Gilliam's" film - lots of "time travel" elements as well as the "depraved" sex scenes. But, no, the main character is the most despicable person you could possibly care to meet, and the viewer is left wondering who is to blame for the fate of s... | "Don't be greedy" sums up one of the best of all comedy movies. It is a classic of comedy, and even if you've seen it a hundred times, you should see it once again.<br /><br />This movie is set in a very stereotypical French village. The people in the village all love each other, and everyone in the small society tries... |
First of all. Should Cameron Diaz ever be allowed to act again? To call that a bad performance would be an insult to bad performances. That was a historically horrific performance. Any small chance that Diaz had at being a serious actress is now completely done after that. Laughably horrible.<br /><br />Two, the movie ... | 0neg | First of all. Should Cameron ever go on to direct his own version of a horror movie.. Please let him direct his own horror movie first before directing the remake of one written by Spielberg. I have seen the original Spielberg film "Pet Sematary" and although I do not rate Spielberg a horror film specialist, I have to ... | First of all. Should Cameron Crowe really be making movies at this point? He has made some very good movies, but this is definitely not one.<br /><br />From the beginning to the end this is totally pathetic. <br /><br />How many times can you write about and see the end of the same dream as a movie? And I don't mean th... |
How truly sad that this sprung from the same mind as Donnie Darko, possibly one of the best films in this genre. Where do I even begin? I think one of the must infuriating aspects of the film is that we are supposed to be critiquing humanity, and yet we see no humanity in the film. No more than 5 minutes of the film is... | 0neg | How truly sad that this brilliant cast and crew could not find an hour and a half to tell a 12 year old story. It was like an extended trailer with some interesting bits of character revelation. And then the movie just disappeared.<br /><br />The basic story just sat there as if asking for the credits to roll. One or t... | How truly sad that this poor film made to big screen the book "The Lost". In the film, Christopher Lambert was as pathetic as poor Timothy Hines, the writer of the book. Even poor Hines is not the writer of the book. I think that is the main problem all around. The movie makes no sense. I can not imagine what Hines tho... |
The Box is a film with great potential, but the makers totally misused that potential. The film seemed to take for ever, because of the boring family dinners and scenes about school and job-dialogs between the action. Those scenes could and must be deleted in my opinion to keep up the tensity and thrill. The philosophy... | 0neg | The Box is a film that I can never get enough of! It is a beautiful movie, and the acting is wonderful! It is a very different movie, because it isn't predictable at all! If you like movies that aren't like all the rest, I recommend The Box (also a cool title for a movie). Just watch it!!!!! | The Box is a film you watch purely as a matter of curiosity, and if you are the type of person that finds films about men working in warehouses in the daytime making lunchboxes fascinating, this is the film for you.<br /><br />However, if you are of a more mainstream cinematic bent please stay away; if you watch the fi... |
This is a flic that you can safely avoid. childish plot and poor acting from Cameron (she really shouldn't take on these serious roles - they don't suit her)Besides she looks most unglamorous, Lets face it, shes' great in Charlies Angels and She was superb in There's Something about Mary... The Pope wouldn't be a good ... | 0neg | This is a flic that has made a long journey to get into my DVD. As an Italian I had never seen it before in my whole life, perhaps because I am not a fan of English movie. I am fond of "classic": movies like the ones of Alfred Hitchcock, Jean Renoir, Dario Argento, Mario Bava, etc.<br /><br />But I finally have had the... | This is a flic that is good fun and has very good production values. It certainly does what it is expected to do...that is provide entertainment for the family.<br /><br />The plot of this flick could easily be summarized by the simple phrase "It's a wonderful life meets 'The War of the Worlds.'" The story starts with ... |
Oddly, I have very little to say about "The Box" so this will be pretty brief. I have never read the Richard Matheson novella "Button, Button" from which the film is based, but considering what I saw in this "adaptation", there couldn't have been much semblance to such a legendary author's work. "The Box" is about a fa... | 0neg | Oddly, I have very little to say about this film, so I'll keep my observations short. On some level,I didn't like this film at all. On another, I found the concept very interesting and would have been thrilled to see a complete film. If I had a choice on a movie like this, I would have voted to give it an extra 30 minu... | Oddly, I have very little to say about this film. It's very well done, the characters are believable, the setting is authentic, the music is excellent, the performances all just terrific, and the film moves at a very fast pace. There's only just so much one can take at a time, hence the fact that watching this film I c... |
Maybe if you smoked enough weed this would seem funny or would make you nostalgic for how completely unhinged people allowed themselves to be in the early 70's. There's an odd innocence to this movie and the sex is a lot more awkward and playful than the steely pros who do it for the cameras now.<br /><br />The real cu... | 0neg | Maybe if you smoked enough pot during this film you'll be able to understand this one, if not why would you possibly want to try anyway? Not recommended at 3:00am, just don't bother. This film is about the same people you might see during a coke binge, the main character being a young doctor turned doctor by marriage o... | Maybe if you smoked enough weed, you might be able to find something in this film that actually makes any sense...but I can only imagine that's a lot easier in Hollywood, CA than in Vancouver. The premise for this film is really interesting..but the directing is truly non-existant...The movie is pretty much just a weir... |
I don't understand why so many of the comments here seem to indicate that this is acceptable entertainment. The eye-popping horror of this cinematic monstrosity cannot be overstated. Me and my girlfriend just watched it together, and I'm not sure we'll ever be able to have sex again. I'm not sure what was worse, the sc... | 0neg | I don't understand why so many reviewers have hated this show.<br /><br />I find that a lot of the time, it isn't the actual show itself that causes them to hate it - it's the way that it *could* have been done better.<br /><br />The story line is interesting and worth watching.<br /><br />(The one and only exception t... | I don't understand why so many people have compared or mentioned "Trainspotting". Yes, they are both a lot of fun. I like them both. But let's face it, they are quite different. "Trancers" has a bit more adult content and nudity but it still entertains and I think it's worth renting. I am sure some people would say: "O... |
I was greatly disappointed by the quality of this documentary. The content is poorly produced, very poor quality video and, especially awful audio. There's extremely little about how Bruce Haack produced his music and virtually no examples of direct connection to later and contemporary electronic music. The interviews ... | 0neg | I was greatly disappointed by this film because I'd read a few books on the subject of quantum theory and the author, Hugh Everett was portrayed as more interesting and intelligent than I'd expected. The film itself came across as a mishmash of quantum theory and the life of this theoretical scientist (played by Sam Wa... | I was greatly disappointed by this, one of the best known westerns of all time. The plot should have been a film in its own right, but the story was rather thin and all the famous actors were wasted. It's pretty clear that a film of this magnitude was beyond the budgetary capabilities of the writers, as some of the act... |
I'm Mike Sedlak. I co-wrote the score for this movie. And proud of it. <br /><br />And I love all of the comments. Some have not gone far enough.<br /><br />The movie premiered in San Francisco in the summer of 1973. The theater was packed with friends and family. We all clapped.<br /><br />Five days latter, it was pul... | 0neg | I'm Mike Sedlak. I co-wrote the script for the film, but I wasn't involved in the actual making of the film. I've seen some of the production photos and I know it was a challenge to recreate the world of the original film; as I recall, it has been a challenge to get many of the people involved in the original film to s... | I'm Mike Sedlak. I co-wrote "The Grudge". I've seen virtually every scary movie ever made and I hate almost all of them. But, "The Grudge" stands out as one I hate the least. Yes, the acting was poor. Yes, the special effects were laughable. Yes, the editing stunk.<br /><br />But, "The Grudge" had a special quality abo... |
This is absolutely beyond question the worst movie I have ever seen. It is so bad in fact that I plan on renting it again as soon as I can find it. This movie makes 'Plan 9 From Outer Space' look like an Oscar contender. Just LOOKING at the actors makes me want to laugh out loud. I cannot say enough bad things about th... | 0neg | This is absolutely beyond question the very best movie adaptation of the world's greatest novel - and it has just been repeated in the UK on BBC2 on DVD.<br /><br />I've seen it in the cinema with my brother, I saw the film version with my children in the classroom, and have seen it here on television many times more..... | This is absolutely beyond question one of the worst movies of all time. It is not, as people have said, a joke film, its a film you really believe someone made with a serious intention to scare you. How on earth do you think anyone could ever watch something like this and take it seriously? There's absolutely no way of... |
this could have been better,but it was alright...it helped me get away from my boredom.I didnt even wanna see it,the only reason i wanted to rent it is because Jamie Martz is in it..he is a unknown actor but he is shining and is the highlight of the movie...the ending was so horrible and the acting was good for a b mov... | 0neg | this could have been better,but hey.it's a TV movie. the best part of this movie is when it was over.jeez what the hell was going on with that guy and dudu's girlfriend? were they going to get killed at the end if the guy survived? no explanation at all. the best special effect was the giant spider with 22 legs.they co... | this could have been better,but then again,better and less interesting.i like all the cast except Richard O'Brian(because his face was red).i love this movie and if you like bad movies (bad is a relative term)you will enjoy it,even for the soundtrack,which was excellent,but only if you have the patience to try and enjo... |
Stay away from this movie. Far away. Phil Fondacaro stars as the demented ringleader of a Freakshow. Every performance is flat and unfeeling, except Fondacaro's. The plot is a simple one, and follows almost every horror movie cliche possible. A group of high-school kids go to a carnival, see a side-show, and get in ove... | 0neg | Stay away from this movie. It's just a waste of your time, energy, and money. I saw the prequel to this movie when it came out. I thought it was so-so. I expected more from John Carpenter.<br /><br />The music is so bad you don't even notice it but then when you think about it some of the music is REALLY hard to take.<... | Stay away from this movie. It makes fun of the elderly and takes you to the wrong conclusion. The scene at the beginning of the movie showing the old man hanging and then being taken from his home to the hospital is completely ridiculous. The doctor telling his family that he is dying without giving his family a reason... |
Sideshow is a good example of a basically interesting idea gone very, very wrong. As far as horror movies go, and especially with the influx of teen movies at the moment, a film based around a bunch of teens attending a mysterious freak show is something you could have a lot of fun with.<br /><br />However, the writer ... | 0neg | Sideshow is a good example of how NOT to make a movie. One of the major problems with Sideshow was that it was being treated as a serious horror story...this was what made it such a failure. The movie is supposed to be funny...and it isn't. It takes itself way too seriously.<br /><br />The acting in Sideshow is just aw... | Sideshow is a good example of a film that suffers a lot because of its originality. This film is different than all of the other modern action thrillers such as Die Hard, the Bourne sequence, or the Oceon 13 series because it is more of an intellectual thriller, as they don't have the money to get an entire cast of big... |
Someone else called this film a "fable-horror" movie, and I think that fits pretty well. That's the concept at least. A group of teenagers, each with their own vice, catch the eye of a twisted sideshow barker. He decides to teach the teens a lesson by making them part of the freak show. A cool idea, but could have been... | 0neg | Someone else called this film by it's original title and that makes absolutely no sense to me.<br /><br />This movie has two of the worst actresses you will ever see, at least that is what it seems on the surface. Their acting is sub par, almost nonexistent. The "special effects" look like something you could have crea... | Someone else called this film "slow." I would not say that.<br /><br />Yes, it is not fast paced and there are long scenes of unbroken imagery which you have to watch and observe and not walk out of.<br /><br />As a rule, this technique has been used as a creative device from the earliest days of film history and some ... |
This was not a very good movie, the acting pretty much stunk and the effects were bad most of the time. But there were some funny moments but most of those were not meant to be funny. The most hilarious part of the movie to me was the part were a little kid in wheelchair falls out (thats not the funny part What kind of... | 0neg | This was not a very good movie but it was an interesting one. It did not work the first two or three times I saw it (the special effects are bad, and there are some flaws in the logic of the film. See here). The basic plot, which is based on a true story, is that a young man is accused of murder and tries to prove his ... | This was not a very scary movie at all. I found it rather humorous and fun to try to figure out where the movie would take its twists and turns. I really like this new movie. It was very well done and I would recommend that you try it. I am not very sure why so many people have a bad comment and I don't think I quite u... |
Dumb is right: Tom and Jerry reach their goal of a non-stop air flight to Africa but then worry about mixing in with the natives. They put on "blackface," crash the plane, try to survive on an airplane wing floating in the ocean, and then survive the wild animals once they get on land<br /><br />Having read a few revie... | 0neg | Dumb is right: Tom and Jerry are trying to get a big piece of cheese when a large cat appears. A big stupid-looking cat of about sixty pounds tries to eat the two of them, but not the big piece of cheese. This cartoon has an incredibly stupid story about cats being so vicious that they will try to eat every single one ... | Dumb is right: Tom and Jerry. This 70's installment is a very funny bit of misfit. This is part of the best 8 cartoons of the decade that were released before the TV Show. They were the very best they could make, in my opinion. The rest were not too far below this. Even though this particular cartoon's music seemed a l... |
Tom & Jerry are visiting Africa and disguise themselves in an "Amos-n-Andy" fashion. They even act and talk differently, with the standard degrading usage of extremely poor grammar associated with the stereotypical image of blacks portrayed in many cartoons of the era. Aside from the offensive images, this cartoon just... | 0neg | Tom & Jerry are visiting the beach on vacation and become friends with a young boy named Sassy. Soon, Sassy is jealous when Tom tries to win the heart of a girl named Julie. Tom is too lazy to continue chasing Julie, so Sassy takes his place. Sassy convinces Julie's parents to hire him as their baby sitter, which leads... | Tom & Jerry are visiting a theatre & enjoying a classic musical.<br /><br />Jerry goes into a stall & a ghost of long ago opens a curtain up. Jerry then tries to get it closed, only to be opened time after time by the ghost & the mouse.<br /><br />Then, the ghost of Fred Astaire enters, & begins to dance away from Jerr... |
Terrific production and a good comedic performance by George Clooney can't save curiously detached, occasionally clumsy quasi-comedy from Joel and Ethan Coen. Depression-era road tale hearkens back to yesterday with three escaped chain-gang prisoners seeking a hidden fortune, and inadvertently becoming country music st... | 0neg | Terrific production and a good cast. I loved the chemistry between Jeff and Peter. Jeff's character was so vulnerable and strong at the same time. Peter's character was very good even though his back-story is still so little known. I would like to know more about his life. I'm assuming "The Rookie" gave a true picture ... | Terrific production and a good film.<br /><br />One of the two top quality musical productions produced on the sound stage on 20th Century Fox Lot in 1944 the other being YANK: DAY DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS. For those who have an insight to Hollywood studio system and productions of the time this film is a great lesson. ... |
Formula movie about the illegitimate son of a rich Chilenian who stands to inherit a fortune and gets mixed up in the affairs of bad guys and falls in love with a beautiful female lawyer (Vargas). It looks very much like a TV movie, not really exciting. The only reason I bothered to see it was because Valentina Vargas ... | 0neg | Formula movie about the illegitimate offspring of a 1960's super rock singer. The offspring is actually a bad actor trying to steal the spotlight from it's father. The father is getting ready to try to take over the music world. The bad actor is trying to keep dad from destroying him. A really bad formula film. Why did... | Formula movie about the illegitimate son of a former American President trying to avenge his father's death, and the President's own son getting involved and the President's wife getting in between.<br /><br />I found this movie just boring. There was very little in the way of a story, and little in the way of entertai... |
Southern Cross, written and directed by James Becket is a waste of good celluloid and actor's efforts. A formula film is not necessarily bad if it pays off on it's promise, which this film does not. It is a tiresome concoction of movie cliches that can be traced to a thousand different films from the past. It is full o... | 0neg | Southern Cross, written and directed by Peter Weir, is a film about the trials and tribulations of life after the Vietnam war, and the problems that it caused to a group of returned veterans, and its effect and consequences. In particular it follows a young Vietnam vet named Peter, who is still having trouble coming to... | Southern Cross, written and directed by Hans Zimmer and Lachy Hulme is a film about four teenagers who run afoul of a man who takes advantage of the fact they are not able to use firearms until they are 15. The boys start a robbery to get money so that a friend who is in jail can come home to visit his son, but when th... |
He's the only reason to see this film. He gives a very good performance--much better than this crap deserves. He's very handsome and very talented--he deserves better than this. Also depressing is to see Malcolm McDowell in this. He's another talented actor who deserves better but, like Esai, he gives a very good perfo... | 0neg | He's the only reason to watch, but he has good support from a bunch of other interesting characters and an incredibly funny and heart-warming script. I was so into the characters and the situations they were in that I forgot where I was. It was 10 at night I watched it, and I didn't leave my easy chair until the movie ... | He's the only reason to watch this movie. He does a fine job as always.<br /><br />Unfortunately, this movie lacks the originality of Rumble Fish. It's too formulaic, and the characters are just that as well.<br /><br />I haven't seen Rumble Fish, but based on what I know from my brother-in-law (who loved it) and other... |
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