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] | 123 | 143 | I was really surprised when I came across this movie on cable TV a couple of years ago. The story is a wonderful example of how our land keeps changing and the fight to hang on to it and use it according to need. Conflicting desires of "the people" and the Government. The actors were fantastic in their portrayals and I... | 1 |
19,501 | [
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19,502 | [
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19,503 | [
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] | 256 | 300 | This show came to Canada via PBS in the mid 90s and I really, really loved it then. Even 10 yrs later watching the various news networks, I cant help but think of the cynical manipulation that goes on in the name of ratings and the various "show ponies" we all see on TV as depicted in various Frontline episodes. The sc... | 1 |
19,504 | [
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19,505 | [
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19,506 | [
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19,507 | [
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19,508 | [
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19,509 | [
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19,510 | [
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19,511 | [
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19,512 | [
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19,513 | [
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] | 301 | 446 | Do-It-Yourself indie horror auteur Todd Sheets returns with another entertainingly atrocious nickel'n'dime shot-on-video clunker that's basically just a feeble excuse to sling around a lot of watery blood and gleaming guts as often as possible. An evil demonic scarecrow resurrects the dead as ravenous rot-faced zombies... | 1 |
19,514 | [
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19,515 | [
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] | 301 | 352 | OK, I got the DVD set last week and I am finally getting around to posting my reviews, but I sure liked this sequel in many ways.<br /><br />Zombie Bloodbath 2: Rage of the Undead. OK. This one movies at a fast clip, has some really good gore effects and some really well done atmosphere and style. I would actually go o... | 1 |
19,516 | [
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19,517 | [
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19,518 | [
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19,519 | [
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19,520 | [
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19,521 | [
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19,522 | [
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19,523 | [
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19,524 | [
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19,525 | [
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19,526 | [
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19,527 | [
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] | 115 | 128 | If you are going to watch this film because Michael Caine or Michael Gambon are in it then don't bother, it's not their typical role although I found Gambon fantastic. Instead watch it for Dylan Moran I am a fan of everything I have seen him in and this is no exception, I didn't even realise he could act but even the c... | 1 |
19,528 | [
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19,529 | [
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19,530 | [
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19,531 | [
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19,532 | [
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] | 143 | 193 | First off- What are some of you thinking? This is the best movie I've seen in ages! <br /><br />Secondly- I don't think of it as a British movie as it is set in Dublin and has mainly Irish actors- Moran, Gambon, Aisling O Sullivan(Rita), Deirdre O'Kane etc.<br /><br />Thirdly- I thought that Moran was excellent. He was... | 1 |
19,533 | [
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19,534 | [
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19,535 | [
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19,536 | [
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19,537 | [
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19,538 | [
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19,539 | [
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19,540 | [
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19,541 | [
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19,542 | [
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] | 106 | 142 | One unfortunate reality of post-Soviet Russia was that the people's welfare didn't change much from Soviet times. As we see in "Window to Paris", most people are still as depressed as ever, while they are encouraged to go after money.<br /><br />Then, everything changes for music teacher Nikolai Chizhov (Sergei Dontsov... | 1 |
19,543 | [
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19,544 | [
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19,545 | [
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19,546 | [
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19,547 | [
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19,548 | [
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19,549 | [
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19,550 | [
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19,551 | [
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19,552 | [
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19,553 | [
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19,554 | [
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19,555 | [
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19,556 | [
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19,557 | [
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19,558 | [
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19,559 | [
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19,560 | [
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19,561 | [
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19,562 | [
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19,563 | [
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19,564 | [
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19,565 | [
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19,566 | [
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19,567 | [
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19,568 | [
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19,569 | [
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19,570 | [
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19,571 | [
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19,572 | [
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19,573 | [
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19,574 | [
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19,575 | [
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19,576 | [
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19,577 | [
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19,578 | [
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19,579 | [
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19,580 | [
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19,581 | [
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] | 178 | 218 | I was laughing so hard most of the time I had people glaring at me because they couldn't hear over my laughter. I literally fell out of my seat at a specific point.<br /><br />I'm a Bartender and Bouncer for a living in the Real world (note my use of the term Real world, sadly it always has to come first), and whenever... | 1 |
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] | 236 | 253 | There are few films that have had me waiting and waiting for release more than this one. This is the latest film from The Dead Gentlemen group responsible for the original Gamers film and the Demon Hunters films. This group has not been terribly active over the last few years but this film is a definite reason to try a... | 1 |
19,583 | [
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] | 145 | 168 | Best fan boy movie I've ever watched save "Free Enterprise."<br /><br />In some ways it reminded me of an early Kevin Smith film.<br /><br />If you do any kind of role playing, this movie will likely have you laughing often at its insatiable fun. Don't expect a big budget here, the acting is also questionable at times,... | 1 |
19,584 | [
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] | 157 | 186 | I saw the original rough screen showing 4 times at Gencon a couple years ago. I was delighted to have done so, my daughter is in the movie.<br /><br />I stood in the back of the room with her watching the much younger fans sit on the edge of there seats, dead quiet no wanting to miss a line. The standing ovation afterw... | 1 |
19,585 | [
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] | 129 | 167 | This movie brilliantly captures the atmosphere of a D&D group. While watching, I could not help but notice how vividly characters reminded me of myself and my gaming friends to the point where they acted literally the same as we do. Including the bickering, the fighting, the internal jokes, driving the DM crazy. EVERYT... | 1 |
19,586 | [
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] | 231 | 309 | Gamers: DR is not a fancy made movie, it's more like amateur video. Horrible magic effect, really fake fireball, terribly made dungeon, castle, village...... sword, axe, shield, robe, plate..... okok... everything. You will need about 10 minutes to adjust your expecting on visual, then you will get 105 minutes of fun.<... | 1 |
19,587 | [
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] | 271 | 334 | There are few films that deal with things that I would consider myself an expert on, this one is.<br /><br />After some years of Fantasy Role Playing we split, me not leaving without a sense of shame of what I had become: a dork.<br /><br />You see, these things are really canonical, it happens to everybody.<br /><br /... | 1 |
19,588 | [
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] | 277 | 340 | I am so impressed, really. I expected cheesy gamer humor and nothing else.<br /><br />OK, there's a ton of pretty geeky humor. But the movie is so well done. The acting is quite good.<br /><br />The dialog, while gamer cheesy at times, I guess to cater to the gamer crowd, is not bad at all. At times it's even, dare I s... | 1 |
19,589 | [
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] | 115 | 132 | I don't play video games at all but my children do.<br /><br />I got a big kick out of this. Would like to see more of this type of film. "very cool" as my youngest would say.<br /><br />Interesting characters and the overall story line was interesting. Like I said I don't play video games but I think that my children ... | 1 |
19,590 | [
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] | 123 | 145 | My sister, dad, and I are really into D&D and one night we were browsing Netflix looking for a movie to watch when this one came up. We thought we would try it out and I ended up almost dying from laughter. The writing and acting in this movie is so amazing! Witty characters, great interaction, and hilarious moments ke... | 1 |
19,591 | [
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] | 400 | 497 | House of Dracula works from the same basic premise as House of Frankenstein from the year before; namely that Universal's three most famous monsters; Dracula, Frankenstein's Monster and The Wolf Man are appearing in the movie together. Naturally, the film is rather messy therefore, but the fact that all three monsters ... | 1 |
19,592 | [
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] | 253 | 350 | This moody, creepy horror flick begins on a castle atop a cliff overlooking the sea, a great setting, as a vampire bat flies in and creeps toward a sleeping doctor (Onslow Stevens). The bat changes into a man known as Baron Latos, in reality Count Dracula (John Carradine). He seeks Dr. Edelmann's help to cure him of hi... | 1 |
19,593 | [
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] | 308 | 392 | This is another Universal fun filled fright fest.Many people want to compare it to House Of Frankenstein.Even though it has similar cast and the same director it can stand on its own.(It does appear that Erle C Kenton directed most of the Universal horror films of the 40's).<br /><br />The plot recap:Baron Latos appear... | 1 |
19,594 | [
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] | 257 | 353 | This is quite an entertaining B-flick in the Universal Horror series featuring Dracula, the Wolfman, and Frankenstein's Monster. The plot revolves around Dracula (John Carradine) and Larry Talbot, the wolfman (Lon Chaney Jr.), separately visiting a revolutionary doctor. They both ask him if they can be cured, and the d... | 1 |
19,595 | [
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] | 187 | 248 | Coming at the end of the cycle of the Universal Monsters horror films, and before the Golden Age of sci-fi films, House of Dracula is more science fiction than horror and incorporates some of the more cheesy {read:enjoyable} elements which would come to typify the sci-fi films of the coming era. Lon Chaney Jr. plays th... | 1 |
19,596 | [
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] | 718 | 909 | A year after the release of the average "House of Frankenstein", Universal released another Monster Mash where all their famous character would collide once again. "House of Dracula" would reunite Dracula, the Frankenstein's creature and the Wolf Man for what would be their final battle and will finally close an era fo... | 1 |
19,597 | [
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] | 216 | 300 | All-Monster congregation in the final film in Universal's renowned cycle of classic horror stories. Count Dracula (an intense, dapper John Carradine), calling himself Baron Latos, comes to Dr. Edelmann (Onslow Stevens) asking to be cured of his affliction. Naturally, this is just a ruse. Then, coincidentally, Larry Tal... | 1 |
19,598 | [
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] | 92 | 122 | This has one of the more unusual plots I've seen in a horror film, but it's based on good, solid Universal Studios fare: Lots of monsters, pretty heroine, torch-bearing villagers. But my favorite part is Larry Talbot (The Wolf Man) searching for the cure for his lycanthropy. After dying in the original "Wolf Man," he i... | 1 |
19,599 | [
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] | 194 | 245 | "House of Dracula" is a good sequel to "House of Frankenstein". There isn't as much action but the acting is just as good. Onslow Stevens is the benevolent Doctor who turns bad after receiving blood from Dracula via a transfusion(Dracula was actually receiving the transfusion to overcome his "affliction" but he puts a ... | 1 |
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