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this ranks as my favorite movie of all time it's the best spoof of a science fiction movie ever the fact that it was a of star wars just made it all the better br br i love slapstick think of this as the marx brothers or the three stooges meet star wars the writing is hilarious the effects are a hoot the free associati...
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this movie started off great the first 30 minutes are very funny and clever with some interesting characters that's the good news the bad news is that the film then gets too repetitive and then it gets downright stupid br br what we wind up getting is a santa claus with magical powers with a lot of new age thrown in th...
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what that was it the town sheriff john blows up the mutant gorilla with a stick of dynamite hidden in a did i just write that did i just see that br br with by the night fright is one flick that never deserved to be made as late as 1967 the of the gorilla was well over and anyone other than ray in an ape suit is just a...
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this movie just happened to be on hbo yesterday so i watched it this was a mistake i guess i got sucked in and kept watching although it was a lot like a train wreck terrible horrible but somehow you just can't look away i guess br br this is the story of a for models on some island in the one by one they are all murde...
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this movie starts off somewhat slowly and gets running towards the end not that that is bad it was done to illustrate character of the main character consequently if you are not into this is not your movie it is the thought provoking philosophy of this movie that makes it worthwhile if you liked and punishment you will...
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i really like harrison ford so i eagerly rented this movie only to be disappointed minute after minute mr ford seemed to be walking through very warm water looking for a place to his co star was very good and had the better lines the story intrigued me but the mistake big mistake as everyone is identified via license o...
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i tried to like this movie i love kevin spacey and i knew the other guy from his role as big brain on brad in pulp fiction but i just didn't care about the characters at all kevin spacey is a through the whole movie and even finding out some horrible things that happened to him i didn't like him especially the ending t...
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this movie was so awful so boring so badly miscast it took a lot of work to make what should have been a sure thing into such a travesty i love lucille ball but she absolutely in this movie too old couldn't sing sounded like a truck even when not singing and the biggest sin of all she wasn't funny even a little the stu...
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the stark cold landscape of big sky country with its snow mountains to is put to poetic use here in this fable slide picture show about death and melancholy from the young and talented polish brothers who previously treated indie movie fans to the bizarre and fascinating twin falls a film about a young woman falling in...
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has a delightfully fresh script acted superbly by both young and old actors alike john doyle has done an excellent job bringing humour to a tragic true story keeping a sometimes sad story fun and engrossing particularly to those of us not familiar with the events of south east asia during ww2 br br john parallel story ...
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the is one of those under seen films in the careers of a director or actor that ends up playing better than expected in the same year that clint eastwood and don on dirty harry they also worked together on this little psycho sexual drama set in civil war era country it's almost a from what had for audiences here is a f...
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today you die starts as criminal banks producer steven seagal is hired by sinister businessman max stevens kevin to drive a security vehicle with 20 000 000 of cash in the back from point a las vegas casino to point him sounds simple right well what max forgot to tell that the money is stolen that he has just become th...
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the first film is somewhat good to me i enjoyed it for the most part but i thought it was really nothing all that special however when compared to this mess it looks a whole heck of a lot better why they felt the need to make the movie is beyond me but they should have known it could not match the acting of the first m...
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the twilight zone has achieved a certain mythology about it much like star trek that's because there are many devoted lovers of the show that no matter what think every episode was a winner they are the ones who score each individual show a 10 and cannot the show because of this a while back i reviewed all the original...
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from a perspective that it is possible to make movies that are not offensive to people with strong moral values this one is definitely worthwhile this is the second bruce willis film in a row that manages to tell its story with no nudity off color humor profanity or gratuitous violence i refer of course to the sixth se...
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i caught a screening of this at the true false documentary film festival in columbia and i was pretty disappointed i was expecting a cool documentary into the protest and surrounding the but what i got was a largely flawed bad acted conspiracy ridden badly woven tale i'd heard of its neo documentary technique both true...
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i don't know why imdb lists all the films as theatrical releases they were all straight to video films same with the puppet master series why hasn't anyone noticed this yet right somehow you've stumbled across iv probably through an old abandoned video rental store from 1993 you looked in the section and found this loo...
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in everything is wood plays jonathan a jewish american who is looking for the woman who saved his grandfather during wwii in a sense the woman that saved his entire family br br this is a heart felt tale about someone who is on a seemingly hopeless journey a stranger in a strange land so to speak jonathan is not entire...
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i know not why people considered it trashy or obnoxious it's not like american pie or something i know not why people are offended by the universal since it's part of the plot the advertising is br br this is a funny movie with good dialogue good subtle wit a good story a good moral that thankfully doesn't get too sapp...
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you don't have to be a dame football fan to enjoy this because i am not but as a football fan in general this was fun to watch it almost makes me a fighting irish if you can't get caught up in the emotion in this film fan or not you better check your pulse because this is an emotional film with some very touching scene...
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this movie felt so real i actually felt all of the emotions portrayed here during my life at various times that of both and michael i have muscular like so what you see here is exactly what i've actually felt myself some won't believe there are disabled people like full of anger and rebellion i know they exist because ...
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it hurt to watch this movie it really did i wanted to like it even going in shot obviously for very little cash i looked past and told myself to appreciate the inspiration unfortunately although i did appreciate the film on that level the acting and editing was terrible and the last 25 30 minutes were severe thumb terr...
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oh boy my god what a movie this one this is probably the best movie by sean austin and louis jr i have seen all the comment for this movie and most of them loves this movie very much but i don't really understand why it only got 6 1 in imdb list this one should above 7 5 the plot and the script are completely perfect t...
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this film always hits me hard emotionally at the end though the issues of the film romance and adultery were controversial at the time this film goes way beyond those narrow of ground breaking novelty and trail blazing here we have a true love story as written by the woman involved in this love affair told in a brillia...
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text taken from 2001 melbourne international film fest guide br br the title is a pun based on the film's lead actor deliberate of a reference to the film's setting and a rather less than subtle to the secret agenda of its protagonist br br is an national an amateur magician passing himself off as a tourist visiting th...
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three american are their way around europe challenging each other to as many stunts and hot babe lays as they can but andy seeks true love he finds this during their jump attempt on the tower when he comes across and saves a and heart beautiful julie his attempts to find this girl and the secret he lead he and his frie...
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this is a funny film and i like it a lot cary plays robin hood to a this is of course the usual good vs evil with robin against the evil sheriff of the humor is sort of in your face stuff for the most part but still works well a comedy for a night when you don't want to have to think much it's well worth a rent
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robert myrna loy farce about loy irene and her fiancé played by owen stranded in when their plane crashes that's really what should have happened to this highly predictable film lives there while he is waiting for his fiancé br br surprise and loy are soon attracted to each other the scene with the bear is so contrived...
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i didn't personally know karen carpenter nor richard for that matter so i must go by how the movie portrayed her i think a better person to ask about it's accuracy would be her brother richard however from what i did see and learn of karen i felt her pain share her sadness and she was a very special person to me growin...
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i thought that this neo noir effort from the buffalo falls area might be something different unfortunately i was incorrect there are are many problems with the falls that really have nothing to do with it's low budget video production immediately one has to question why all the constant narration my feeling is that if ...
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ok here's the short of it this movie is full of corny dialogue over the top acting and a script br br there are moments that intended to be very dramatic but simply come off humorous because of the over the top acting and poorly written lines i couldn't help laughing at moments that were meant to be very serious the br...
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as i sit and think about poison for the i realize that i may not being fair with the film my rating of 3 10 may have more to do with my disappointment with the film than its actual quality or entertainment value based on the plot description reviews on imdb and the 7 6 imdb rating i would sure that i had stumbled on a ...
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i have seen this movie since i was a little girl and being from new york and remembering how people lived back then brought back a lot of good memories this movie is not just about wanting a fairy tale ending but understanding the struggles of becoming a better person woman and attempted to be it was about the system p...
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generally political messages are done on television so if you are a big fan of correctness watch to your hearts content most people go to the movies to be entertained not sold some political nonsense the hook here is the big name cast unfortunately the sum of the performances equals a whole movie that went absolutely n...
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if you read errol autobiography my wicked wicked ways you will see that this film is full of poetic not that that makes much of a difference because errol flynn was pretty generous with poetic in the autobiography anyway no need to worry about spoilers since there is nothing there to spoil br br to me it would seem mor...
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ok so i have recently been collecting a lot of and titles on dvd and i have to say that this one is one of the most disappointing ones a more recent film compared to other titles in the this was a straight to dvd release i've always been interested in the myth of el ever since i saw a documentary on it as a teenager ho...
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queen of the damned is one of the best vampire movies i had ever seen the movie had suspense action and gore the combination of the fierce demanding attitude of the queen and the rock mood of our star very well acted by stuart makes a wonderfully done movie that only this combination can create i'm always the one to gi...
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this film promised a lot so many beautiful and well playing actors but with a plot that had virtually nothing to say so many potentially promising conflicts between the family members that could have been developed and but it was all dropped and not taken care of there was no story to be told just a show off of acting ...
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when dubbed into another language let's face it neither nor are really good actors when it comes to dialog and given the campy lines they are supposed to utter this is a loose loose situation any type of voice over is sure to be an improvement and it actually is at least in the german version br br but that is only a m...
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very stark very drab no real drama why not just make a documentary this isn't exactly the passion of joan of arc the only reason for seeing chronicles is to hear the performances i love music and even i found it hard to sit through this misery of a film the great plays in two senses of the word bach we don't get much o...
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great subject matter director and cast somehow adds up to a truly abysmal film told in that flat semi documentary style that was so popular around the time this film was made and hello this is not a film noir the lackluster overly complicated over populated story has no arc no focus point little excitement and from one...
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le 2004 is a beautifully made film that takes small carefully steps towards its ending that need to be in order to be enjoyed from the landscapes to the tightly world that the hero we are taken by the director and controlled from the very moment we enter the hotel we like the hero will never escape from the intensity a...
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informs us that 14 year olds can be pretty obnoxious and vicious to those who don't know that the film performs a public service otherwise it's a lot of flashy with little or no reason for being i will allow that the camera work is sometimes striking but also that it can be self indulgent at other times the actors scre...
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i have not seen this movie since 1979 when i was a teenager i grew up with the street muppets and later realized how much effort and time went into bringing these characters to life jim was a genius and master when i watched this movie the other day it took me back in time when i was younger and things seemed so much s...
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this film was my first with the talents of chris cooper i was deeply impressed with the character he played i knew when i saw the film that more great things were to come from this gifted actor he plays a union captain who along with a couple of men are in eastern kentucky they happen upon the farm of a woman whose hus...
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this hokey movie left me after just about any exchange of dialogue or plot patricia arquette though pleasing to look at gives a below par performance from her usual mediocrity my friends and i have the phrase beyond to mean anything really bad a for
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years ago i caught a fairly well made tv movie entitled linda it was made in 1973 and starred stella stevens in the femme fatale title roll imagine my surprise when over ten years later i once again saw the same story unfold on late night tv however it was this 1993 version starring virginia madsen don't get me wrong i...
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i really like ryan reynolds and hope davis and i actually had high hopes watching this last night on dvd mainly as i try to avoid reviews until i watch something myself and form my own opinion big mistake my 2 10 is for the first segment which in fairness is actually quite decent and if they had made the movie about th...
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thank god this has not been by br br this series while popular god knows why has a very simple i've found another body behind the flowers trees wherever they are working for the time this plot the dialogue is so simple it's as though this has been written for children talking down to the viewer and explaining every plo...
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i will admit i didn't pay full attention to everything going on in this film but to be honest i don't think it would have basically local sidney sid james the incompetent mayor kenneth connor of to hold a beauty contest to improve the town's image they face opposition from women's june trying to the contest but they do...
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i'm not sure this review contains spoilers but i'm playing it safe by there might be regardless it's unlikely anyone will watch this film who isn't familiar with the book br br there's an old about and bringing forth a mouse moon is such a mouse br br the novel focuses more on the indians than the americans in adapting...
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another awful movie about hockey i if never watched hockey and saw version i would hate the game this movie doesn't make canada look that great either i can laugh at it and not take it too seriously all the same this movie is awful with every thing you can put in a 80's movie in the end don't even watch it on tv 4 10
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there are two ways to regard either it is a dazzling mind blowing of music old film clips and t v sitcom style comedy or a plot less pretentious rambling mess the truth probably lies somewhere in between it is also one of the best movies of all time br br 'the jones peter mickey and mike had just finished their hit ser...
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best years of our lives is a film that slipped under my radar for years i had heard about it but never had the opportunity to watch it thanks to tcm on demand i was able to watch it uncut and commercial free br br what surprised me about this film was how quickly it was made after the war the film frankly deals with th...
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i admit to being in awe of the sea and have spent a number of years in the navy so i am somewhat biased on this one i missed this documentary when it first came out but various people to buy me it on dvd this christmas 2002 and i got it some of the film is amazing and i have a lot of respect for those who make these ki...
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at the bottom end of the apocalypse movie scale is this piece of called 'the final at least where i come from a bloke is trained by an ex cop to seek vengeance on those that killed his woman and friends in cold blood and that's about it lots of fake explosions and repetitive shootings ensue has one of the array of cost...
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first let me start off by saying this film sounded very interesting a serial killer the works of edgar allan poe who is one of my writers of all time sounds cool right yeah definitely not probably the worst film i've ever seen ever and that's not an exaggeration i've seen a lot of very very bad movies this one takes th...
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being a russian myself sometimes it's hard for me to get the reference jokes about american tv personalities or celebrities apart from that family guy is the funniest and most politically incorrect shows seen on earth the voice acting is excellent and sounds clear enough even for a non english as myself to comprehend a...
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yes it's pure trash it might be interesting for every guy who likes experimental cinema like me to see and doing nothing for almost two hours but it gets very painful when you realize you have actually paid for this probably this is one of those films you love to watch for its complete and i accept it though for its sh...
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this relatively obscure hong kong is the perfect desert island movie for video age at least its first half is every set up every scene every sequence is an excuse to look up a girl's stare down at her breasts at her bottom and at her tight what it's establishing is the lead character's perverted of course br br genre a...
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i just saw this movie at the berlin film children's program and it just killed me and pretty much everyone else in the audience and make no mistake about it this film belongs into the all time 250 let me tell you that i'm in no way associated with the creators of this film if that's what you come to believe reading thi...
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i hired this because i thought it was bitter 1981 which was recommended after the appearance of the appalling i checked the recommendation and discovered my mistake ok it's watchable because the main characters are very sexy but the acting is awful stephen baldwin looks the whole time which is understandable considerin...
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i'm kinda at a loss here i mean i know i liked death bed i know i'll be the of death bed to all my friends and and if you're reading this i urge you to see death bed but i can't really say why perhaps that's the secret of its charm br br plot well sort of there's this bed that eats people and fried chicken flowers and ...
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this awful piece of tripe is all over the place the script is bad the plot is bad the acting is bad there are a couple of decent actors in it charles but the director got nothing out of them the plot line has santa feeling and thinking no one needs him any more taking a little girl across country to try to get her fath...
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like another user i got this cheap i thought 85 although not worth that amount of money it is a total classic that i like the other users first saw when i was a kid and was looking forward to seeing again some 20 years after the story is amazingly thin which is why it might have worked for kids but all the radio langua...
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i watched this movie for the hot guy and even he sucked he was the worst one well okay i have to give props to that freaky police officer rapist guy too he was even worse the guy wasn't that cute in the end he had the most terrible accent and he was the most definite definition of idiot that can't stand up to his mom f...
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i was into watching this by the many friendly reviews here boy are they way off mark to give this 9 to 10 points and call it one of the best movies of the is just the big problem here is lack of pace and a paper thin plot it's like slapstick on everything along predictably and the plot is weak to begin with two garbage...
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a mix of 70's drug humor along with parody of medicine and classic story line as i've often said about this flick if you don't get it you're way lame classic lines such as i've got this and it won't go away no matter how many times i do it you're a nurse what can you give me for it nurse replies all i have is 5 dollars...
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with all the hype surrounding the stars of the movie this movie left me wanting i expected a much better movie considering the inclusion of the talents of murphy de niro and russo but found that the movie fell flat on it's face comedy sequences were overdone and the superior performances of the stars especially de niro...
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is a wonderful thing much when it first appeared inspiring the famous review no this of can now be looked at in comparison and it's not half bad it's certainly no classic but it has its own charm the film version of follows this plot whereas the stage version changed the plot somewhat one should of course resist the te...
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ok is not a of the genre but nevertheless it is well done good actors and at first and some nice ideas made me happy maybe i would have been not so positive if this a german movie but who cares it is good to see familiar faces in a good thrilling story with some gore and some good jokes in it all of you complaining abo...
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i've seen brown friday foster and black mama white mama of these this is pam worst movie poor acting bad script boring action scenes there's just nothing there avoid this and rent friday foster or brown instead
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this is one of the finest tv movies you could ever see the acting writing and production values are top notch the performances are passionate with beverly superb as the older woman with a teenage daughter and rob simply perfect as the young stud boyfriend however the best part of this film was how it showed the consequ...
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there are good bad movies and bad bad movies and bad movies this isn't one of them this is a movie that doesn't realize just how bad it is br br i saw this at a screening on november 14 2006 at the new beverly theater in los angeles as part of the cinema this theater puts on every month hopefully eric co will think twi...
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recently finally available in dvd 11 11 film and the earth did not swallow him 1994 is based on one of the most highly regarded and discussed novels in literature y no se lo la and the earth did not him 1972 is still generally acknowledged by many critics and serious readers as the classic novel originally written in t...
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what i find remarkable about this terrific film is that altman the crazy and wild guy that he is took the novel that cold day in the park and the sandy dennis character was originally a male in the book he was a mentally whacked out isolated gay who looked out of his apartment window when he spotted the hustler it is s...
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aside from the scene i felt the movie was a waste of celluloid robert duvall kevin and could have played those roles in their sleep the dialog was tolerable and there was plenty of it no one sat together quietly in this movie the plot was all over the map as if they could not decide how many themes to into the story th...
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i was in this movie as an extra in the dallas filming in july 1975 some of the things you see today and take for granted in movie making were in this movie the movie premise the costumes the special effects the acting it all was ahead of its time it opened the door for movies such as star wars the terminator the matrix...
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on czech ww2 pilots – the older the and in the background the quiet piano playing as the film opens it is 1950 the war is over and and are imprisoned in a former monastery in their now soviet controlled native country they are of the is severely by his communist and dies br br in 1939 many pilots manage to escape germa...
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this is a great italian shark movie probably not a full action type of shark movie but it has a great story about a native american in the form of a killer shark that attacks a small beach community the movie has actual scenes of real sharks and some not but how they made it is pretty good the cast are not that brillia...
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i bought this dvd from for cheap thinking it would be a typical crap straight to video monster junk but it turned out much better than expected there isn't really any criticism to say about it it's obviously low budget but that just adds to the cheesy old fashioned fun it's very cool and entertaining br br there's ever...
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directed by albert in his awful but strangely hypnotic style crazy six is yet another jewel in the crown for this hugo jess franco stylish incoherent plotting time outs in the middle of action sequences for torch song performances all these seem to be traits for our man most interesting is how he always gets top notch ...
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this film has me seriously again whether de was a good filmmaker or not his blind dead films are praised by many fans this i can understand but wanna be gothic vampire trite like doesn't show any signs from a gifted filmmaker and that also goes for de it features horrible acting a dumb plot stupid events a lot of other...
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discovering something the journey is so much more fun so much more surreal and so much more emotionally than when you finally arrive at the destination falling in love is perhaps one of the most feelings in the world you feel and alive you simply want to be around that person every second of the day and the very sound ...
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it starts a little slow but give it a chance in the spirit of the ship in the arm and the pink sub this movie is about a not so group engaged in not so methods to everyone rob schneider is priceless as a lt that takes himself way too seriously which results in a failed attempt and pirate crew makes him walk the in cont...
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saw the film at the hollywood film festival in mark robertson took a huge chance writing an extremely difficult part for his first film and it paid off big in his casting of kelly i had a strong feeling she came from the theater so i looked her up here and surprise i'm right more hollywood actors should follow her lead...
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nice movie and tom does a fantastic job playing the guy in the girl's body she really does it well br br a sort of teen version of many other movies but well done br br well casted from matt to
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when someone refers to the independent cinema realm in the united states it's often that it means the filmmaker or people behind the project had much more creative freedom and did what they wanted this today is not really always the case unless someone is a solid auteur and creative freedom still comes with the that on...
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maybe the best part of the show is the fact that it creeps up right after conan o'brien and late fans are all of a sudden watching show carson can't hold a candle to leno o'brien or any other late night talk show host and last call seems to miss more than hit in this hit and miss genre the shows only redeeming quality ...
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when i first saw this i thought it was a joke all i could think was you get the camera i'll get my little brother's monster toys we'll make a movie why would anyone in a modern time like 2001 make a sci fi movie like this it looks like it was made in the early 80's with actors that are as wooden as a store indian a scr...
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a wacky flick a beauty contestant winds up dead and the usual suspects are rounded up another entry in the vein of the texas this is an average example of its type br br turns in her usual wholesome girl performance and jill does a good job as her out slightly obsessed mom br br some mildly funny moments listening to t...
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this is a superb tv series it's sympathetic and for once realistic portrayal of lesbian women is handled and well done on top of that the directing is wonderful and the settings and rich a real treat if you missed the first one i advise you watch next weeks bbc 2
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the best thing about the prey is the tag line it's not human and it's got an axe the movie itself is a padded endless and shots make the viewer wanna die no slasher fan will like this garbage watch friday the 13th again and burn any copy of this film you find br br it also rates as one of the 25 worst films ever made
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forget easy rider head is the film about the 1960s br br almost laugh as the their entire career to a one minute tv commercial about see the 50 foot victor mature try to figure out what the heck he's doing in this film hear frank with his pet cow on tell jones your music is awfully white experience the only live perfor...
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has anyone found a way to purchase copies of this series yet i can see that a lot of people have but i can't tell if any of them have been successful it's hard to believe that a series this good cannot be viewed by people today especially one based on real issues faced by real people during what were both tense and exc...
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bad editing bad production values bad continuity implausible bad dialogue this movies is bad bad bad however if you want a movie to poke fun at a la this is your movie i wouldn't suggest spending much money on it but if you do see this movie make sure it's with plenty of witty like minded buddies
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the airport starts in washington where a man named carl parker contacts high profile tv news reporter maggie susan in order to hand secret documents over that prove his boss kevin robert wagner owner president of harrison that develop weapons for the military has been selling said weapons to foreign countries however m...
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on one evening at 10 my local west coast abc aired the pilot episode of northern exposure the abc network usually men in trees in that time but the program was for a live sporting event br br despite both shows are set in and filmed on location in the pacific exposure in washington state trees in re watching northern e...
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it's worth up on the before watching this film three main female wise and the as well as three main male grave playful and the are all to knowing the as surely every indian member of an audience does lends a to the telling of the present day story in fact one is first on stage as part of a lesson in and then in the mov...
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a pre nerd robert carradine a pre jr and an almost pre griffith take to the road and head for with romantic dreams of becoming wealthy well their dream is about as exciting as this lackluster youth road movie they aren't particularly interesting and the film doesn't exactly have much of a point beyond we got together t...
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