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coinciding with the emerging popularity of movies that deal with anything related to serial killers , relentless , 1989 low budget thriller about lapd detective sam dietz , played by character actor leo rossi , spawned three more sequels .
relentless 3 , third in the row , features sam dietz again , but this time dete... | neg | Negative |
some critics , including siskel & ebert , are on the record stating that martin scorsese's raging bull , the story of boxer jake la motta , is the best film of the '80s .
since there are still a number of '80s films that i haven't seen , i don't feel qualified to make such a judgment , but i'll say this without hesita... | pos | Negative |
the thirteenth floor , the third in what i would call " the reality check movie series " , is very similar to the other reality check movies released this year , the matrix and existenz .
all three made you think , made you wonder what is real , what isn't , and if our world is just a huge game .
the thirteenth floor... | pos | Positive |
'lake placid' is definately not your typical creature attacking people movie , ok so maybe it is , but this one is enjoyable , and clever .
actually it comes off more of a comedy than a horror film .
well the ending is kinda scary , but in most horror/comedies they are .
i will admit that 'lake placid' isn't an osca... | pos | Positive |
here is a movie that sadly follows the hong kong-recipe of moviemaking and storytelling to the letter .
these kinds of movies are marked by an eye-opening sequence that introduces us to the main characters ; a life-and-death plot in which these characters become involved ; the inclusion of a host of inconsequential ch... | neg | Negative |
as fairy tales go , cinderella has to be one of the most famous .
almost everyone knows it , well at least in north america .
so it is natural that someone will try to make a movie out of it .
it has been done before with varying results .
this version of the story is both similar to the original and different at t... | pos | Positive |
i have a soft spot in my heart for pure , amoral sleaze .
i liked showgirls ( there , i said it ) .
i typically enjoy myself when sitting through that eszterhaz , sex-filled cinematic tabloid-ish trash .
wild things is the best sleazy film i've ever seen .
it's filled with great performances , graphic sex , three-w... | pos | Positive |
well i'll be damned , what a most excellent surprise .
not to be confused with the campy and far inferior 1988 remake starring ex-porn star traci lords , this more recent attempt at remaking the 1950's drive-in schlockfest not of this earth is a real gem and was quite possibly the best sci-fi flick of 1995 .
once aga... | pos | Positive |
with storytelling this compelling , who needs books ?
based on the book by author james ellroy , l . a . confidential is probably one of the best piece of work produced by hollywood in recent years .
together with director curtis hanson ( the hand that rocks the cradle , the river wild ) whom ellroy corroborated clos... | pos | Positive |
an unhappy italian housewife , a lonely waiter , a goofy masseuse , lots of love , and gorgeous scenery all come together in bread and tulips , which proves charming despite its covering of predictable , well-worn material .
the story concerns the aforementioned housewife , rosalba barletta ( licia maglietta ) who acc... | pos | Positive |
the happy bastard's quick movie review
damn that y2k bug .
it's got a head start in this movie starring jamie lee curtis and another baldwin brother ( william this time ) in a story regarding a crew of a tugboat that comes across a deserted russian tech ship that has a strangeness to it when they kick the power back ... | neg | Positive |
as with any gen-x mtv movie ( like last year's dead man on campus ) , the movie is marketed for a primarily male audience as indicated by its main selling points : sex and football .
those two items , wrapped in a guilty-pleasure package , are sure to snare a sizeable box office chunk initially , but sales will declin... | neg | Negative |
you've got mail is a timely romance for this impersonal , computer-driven decade .
two people who've never met confide in each other via e-mail without revealing their true identities .
nora ephron's contemporary update of the shop around the corner retains the basic plot : two people who despise each other unwitting... | pos | Positive |
gere , willis , poitier chase each other around the world
the jackal a film review by michael redman copyright 1997 by michael redman
when the soviet union imploded , the western countries lost their shadow .
with the united states friendly with the russians , we no longer had an entity to blame for the world's prob... | pos | Positive |
guilt . guilt is something i felt while watching basic instinct for the ninth time ; the penultimate t & a thriller , basic instinct made my last few teenage years worth living .
but i know so well that it's a terrible film , made by a terrible director incapable of feeling guilt .
verhoeven went on to make the even ... | neg | Negative |
men in black is an explosive mix of science fiction , action , and comedy that hits the target in every possible way .
although another alien movie , men in black succeeds in every way that independence day didn't , and towers above many other movies of its type .
the brilliant acting , especially by tommy lee jones ... | pos | Positive |
kids today , they don't just want to see heartthrob and master thespian freddie prinze jr . loving on the ladies .
no , they want to see him doing something that takes a little more in the acting department : namely , playing baseball .
through a series of drippy voiceovers , we are informed that there's no better pr... | neg | Negative |
warren beatty's " bulworth " is a caustic political comedy that doesn't attack any particular political group , but rather the ingrained insincerity that has infected the american political system .
some might think this film is vulgar , and in many ways it is .
however , as loud and raucous as it is , " bulworth " s... | pos | Negative |
the plot of big momma's house is martin lawrence in a fat suit and a dress .
that's not just the high-concept premise ; it's the fully-realized , all-encompassing plot .
such an emphasis is not unheard-of in the world of hollywood summer entertainment .
one need merely look back to last summer , when the plot of big... | neg | Negative |
plot : lara croft is british , rich and kicks a lot of ass .
she also likes to raid tombs but when the illuminata discover that all nine planets are about to stand in alignment for the first time in 5000 years , and that lara holds the key to time , well , needless to say , they want to nab it from her .
oh yeah , la... | neg | Positive |
warning : anyone offended by blatant , leering machismo had better avoid this film .
or lots of blood & guts , men against men and mano-et-mano stuff .
in other words , it's a walter hill film !
with a john milius script !
i always picture these guys getting together and producing a movie between arm-wrestling matc... | pos | Positive |
susan granger's review of " two can play that game " ( screen gems )
since the success of " waiting to exhale , " there have been several romantic comedies about african-american professionals .
this female revenge fantasy , vivica a . fox plays shante smith , a stunning ad exec who seems to have reached the pinnacle... | neg | Negative |
joe versus the volcano is really one of the worse movies made in very recent memory .
the strangest thing is that you would think nothing would go wrong with it .
it has a solid cast with tom hanks & meg ryan as the lead roles .
but you can never judge a movie by its cast . . .
if there is one good thing about joe ... | neg | Negative |
saw an advanced screening of the movie sniper last night , and i have to say i wasn't too impressed .
this film is about an expert marine sniper , played by tom berenger , who is teamed with a hot-shot-young-no-experience-never-killed-a-man new partner to take out some drug-kingpins and military strong men in panama .... | neg | Negative |
so what do you get when you mix together plot elements from various successful sci-fi films such as close encounters of the third kind , 2001 : a space odyssey , apollo 13 and contact ?
well , whatever it is , you'd sure as hell hope that it would be a thousand times better than this shoddy attempt at such a melange ,... | neg | Negative |
i know what i would do with $4 . 4 million if i found it in a previously undiscovered airplane crash site , especially if i were with jacob and lou .
( huh ? )
well , in any event , that is the situation hank ( paxton ) finds himself in .
he and his dim-witted brother jacob ( thorton ) and tubby friend lou ( brent ... | pos | Negative |
about an hour or so into " the jackal , " a character wandered around as people were being shot at in a big suspense sequence , and one of the audience members in the theatre i saw it in shouted out " i hope she gets killed now ! "
at that point it hit me : i didn't care for any of the characters being played by actor... | neg | Negative |
sometimes i find 19th century british costume dramas a little hard to relate to .
it's not the time or the distance , it's the rules and conventions of a social class that deserves resentment rather than sympathy .
yet somehow , the movies are all well made and i always get caught up in the story .
the wings of the ... | pos | Positive |
i remember making a pact , right after `patch adams' , to not be easily be suckered by movies dripping with sentimentality .
but darn it , `music of the heart' is just layered with feel-good material and bright characterizations .
it's hard to dislike a movie that uses such skill with it's manipulation .
in addition... | pos | Positive |
it's tough to really say something nice about a type of person who's so ethnocentric that any humanity they once had is now gone , but by god , " american history x " does it , and for that , i commend it .
it not only takes balls but intelligence to make a human being out of a neo-nazi skinhead , a kind of person who... | pos | Positive |
perhaps the most dramatic changes in the motion picture industry in this decade have to do with special effects .
there is no question that action-adventure and science-fiction/action movies are now judged by the character of their light and noise .
whereas classic adventure pics of the last twenty years , such as ra... | pos | Positive |
originally launched in 1978 , this popular film was re-introduced in 1998 to a whole new generation of moviegoers .
based on the mighty successful musical from broadway , grease was followed in 1980 with the less stellar grease 2 ( 6 . 5/10 ) ,
starring a young michelle pheiffer in one of her first feature film roles... | pos | Positive |
from a major league baseball radio broadcast , featuring play-by- play man harry canary and color man whitey hashbrown , with special guest commentator james berardinelli .
hc : as we go to the top of the 8th , we're joined in the booth by film critic james berardinelli , who's here fresh from seeing the new baseball ... | neg | Negative |
brian de palma's snake eyes stars nicolas cage's evil twin , who confusingly uses the same stage name as his talented brother .
like a foreign tourist who screams his lines in english to ensure that he will be understood , cage yells with the ferocity of a man with a bad case of caffeine overload .
de palma , whose l... | neg | Negative |
american pie acknowledges a cold , hard fact that most movies don't : it is very difficult to get laid .
its four virgin heroes are jim ( biggs ) , a chronic masturbator , kev ( nicholas ) , who desperately wants to deflower his girlfriend ( reid ) , oz ( klein ) , a lacrosse player whose approach requires some fine t... | pos | Positive |
one of my colleagues was surprised when i told her i was willing to see betsy's wedding .
and she was shocked to hear that i actually liked it .
her reaction was understandable when you consider that the film revolves around molly ringwald , who hasn't made a worthwhile film since 1986 .
but the fact is , betsy's we... | pos | Positive |
mickey mouse had better watch his back -- there's a new critter in town , and he's the nameless animal attraction of " mouse hunt , " dreamworks skg's clever first foray into family fare .
although it runs out of steam towards its end , this live-action comedy still boasts enough energized slapstick and inventive set ... | pos | Negative |
house on haunted hill ( 1999 ) starring taye diggs , geoffrey rush , ali larter , famke janssen , peter gallagher , bridgette wilson , max perlich , lisa loeb , james marsters , and chris kattan .
directed by william malone , written by dick beebe ,
" house on haunted hill " initializes itself to the audience with a... | neg | Negative |
scream 2 has a titillating little scene that lays down the unwritten law of horror movie sequels quite well .
during a film-class discussion , windsor college students articulate what these inevitable laws are , and why sequels never live up to the originals .
a few rare exceptions are noted , but they left out one .... | pos | Positive |
with his successful books and movies , michael crichton is doing well .
with early successes with westworld ( 1973 ) and coma ( 1978 ) , and recent films such as jurassic park ( 1993 ) , his films have been entertaining .
however , he seems to taken a wrong turn somewhere with sphere .
this $100 million mess by good... | neg | Positive |
" battlefield earth " is the best comedy of the year .
it has to be .
the other prospect is just too horrifying to consider .
bad movie syndrome struck me again , so after witnessing how much " battlefield earth " has been proclaimed a train wreck in both critical and popular circles , i felt the masochistic urge t... | neg | Negative |
apparantly money talks .
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and uses quite a bit of obscenities doing so !
i've always considered myself pretty open about the gratuity a film can possess , whether in language , violence , sex , or what have you .
i find that this fact gives me a little more leverage to complain when a movie goes overboard , a... | neg | Negative |
what is freedom ?
how does one determine who is free ?
in 1839 , those questions were more difficult to answer then they are now .
yet , the mistakes of our forefathers must be examined in order to rectify current situations .
that is , in essence , what steven spielberg's gripping drama " amistad " is about .
thr... | pos | Positive |
at one point in this movie there is a staging of an opera that goes completely wrong .
but one member of the crowd stands up and cheers , thinking the performance was planned , and applauding it for their efforts .
that's " dirty work " in a nutshell .
a very different kind of movie .
this is not a movie that i can... | neg | Negative |
imagine this .
you're given a sword and a shield and very basic , minimal training .
a man you don't know tells you that this will be the last day that you will live .
you are thrown into an arena with thousands of spectators wanting to see you die .
you frantically monitor several closed doors which , in seconds ,... | pos | Positive |
us critic-type people are always shaking our heads and telling everyone that movies aren't thrill rides , but i think that " back to the future ii " is one of the few exceptions .
if the original film had the spirit of the 1950s , then this has the spirit of the 80s : full of fights ; chase scenes ; cliff hangers ; sp... | pos | Negative |
edward burns tackles his third picture with no looking back , and like his previous two , it is a working-class relationship picture .
however , unlike his previous work , the film dwells on a more personal story , and with a female protagonist .
and in no looking back , he stumbles , making a slow , boring film with... | neg | Negative |
in my review of there's something about mary , i said something to the effect of " laughter isn't everything . "
i now need to make a brief addendum to my postulate : laughter isn't everything , unless i'm watching a jim abrahams film .
see , spoofs are easy with me .
i love movies , and i love movies that make fun ... | pos | Positive |
not since oliver stone's natural born killers has there been a movie this incendiary , and not since david cronenberg has a so-called mainstream director been this willing to repeatedly tiptoe the fine line between pointed social commentary and outright social irresponsibility .
while fincher's films have never suffer... | pos | Positive |
while screen adaptations of john irving's novels have been disappointingly uneven , the films have all shared one particular strength : key casting .
who can forget john lithgow as roberta muldoon , the transsexual quarterback of " the world according to garp , " or nastassja kinski as susie the bear in " the hotel ne... | pos | Positive |
bob the happy bastard's quickie review :
the odd couple ii
grumpy old men , it ain't .
hell , my fellow americans , it ain't .
walter matthau and jack lemmon team up again for an even more worn out vehicle than any of their films over the past few years .
odd couple ii feels terribly generic , where in the first m... | neg | Negative |
a life less ordinary ( r ) while the extremely peculiar a life less ordinary does live up to its title , a more appropriate moniker would be a movie more misguided , for this confused , confusing attempt at romantic comedy is a most disarming disaster from the talented trainspotting team of director danny boyle , produ... | neg | Positive |
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