prompt,pref_type,human_label,chosen,rejected
"Simply well written, directed and acted... Woody's best of the 2000's",1,-100,"Simply well written, directed and acted... Woody's best of the 2000's. A little reminiscent of ""Tigerland"" with Woody as a young man in a small town, he's able to portray the young, vulnerable, shy boy well. Woody is very impressive, in my opinion. The opening sequence, which introduces him to the young girl and is played beautifully. Later, at the dance, he's clearly vulnerable and vulnerable at his own core. At the end, when he confronts the","Simply well written, directed and acted... Woody's best of the 2000's films. I've heard him cry ""Barry"", but it's better than this one.<br /><br />""To Kill a Mockingbird"" is a good piece of cinema that's going to stay in the top 1 or 2. In fact this film is my favorite Woody in a long while. Check out his latest effort, ""Hoover"" which was great. I haven't seen it, but"
"***1/2 Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman,",1,-100,"***1/2 Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, James Franco and director Clint Eastwood make a movie that is nothing short of brilliant. Directed by Richard Linklater, the picture does not have the ""special"" elements that other movies such as ""Good Will Hunting"" and ""Raging Bull"" have. However, the film was a big flop at the box office, where it was only a couple of bucks over its ""Rise"" release. The one thing","***1/2 Scarlett Johansson, Woody Allen, Hugh Jackman, and Jennifer Aniston co-starring in this film. It's hard to believe that it can't possibly be taken seriously.<br /><br />This movie is made by Disney and is the least likeable Disney movie that I've ever seen. It's like the story is played for laughs, and a whole lot more.<br /><br />My only point of complaint is that the movie doesn't have the"
do you still love woody allen's humor and sense of the absurd,1,-100,do you still love woody allen's humor and sense of the absurd? It's been a long time since anyone saw a movie with woody allen in it. If not you might have to see this movie again on the same day with the lights out. It's so great to have you back in the old days when this movie was made and it has a funny little joke at the end that you'll never forget. I think the only people who remember it are people that grew up,"do you still love woody allen's humor and sense of the absurd? i have a copy of this movie to watch on youtube and i think you are a wonderful filmmaker and director (i know it is your first movie) and i am so happy that you have directed me in this movie. you should be nominated for best new movie in the film festival for this excellent film. please. please. if you win best director, please make this movie your own. please. please. please."
"I was going to give it an 8, but since you people made 6",1,-100,"I was going to give it an 8, but since you people made 6.0 out of it, and your comment has made me think for just about 10 seconds more than enough time to watch the whole movie and not see an episode... so I've rounded it down to 5.0 (I was gonna say 5, since it's such a low number, but I wasn't gonna say that, not as stupid). Sorry I forgot to give you the other point of view and the movie didn","I was going to give it an 8, but since you people made 6.3% of a total vote I'll take that.<br /><br />This movie was a disappointment to me.<br /><br />I don't even like ""Tulip"" movies, at all. I'm a huge ""Tulip"" fan and I watched this movie so I could see if it was still available on YouTube.<br /><br />And the ending? It was like watching"
I am a huge Woody Allen fan and so when I saw that this was,1,-100,"I am a huge Woody Allen fan and so when I saw that this was coming out of my office mailbox with an interesting introduction note, I bought it and was thrilled to find that it is not a review (although there will be some jokes). What a surprise! This movie is simply a masterpiece and one that I will never forget. It's really only the beginning and the end, and that's it, nothing happens until later in the film where you discover that Woody is in love with Fay W",I am a huge Woody Allen fan and so when I saw that this was being made for TV I was really interested. This made me so glad and satisfied with the way it portrayed Woody. It wasn't too much of a stretch but there was a real genuine moment where I looked forward to watching something I saw previously on TV. The thing that is most disappointing about this is the ending. It didn't have the same impact on me but I feel that it is a decent story and I have to
In the funeral of the famous British journalist Joe Strombel (Ian Mc,1,-100,"In the funeral of the famous British journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) and journalist George Beadell (Anthony Quinn) this film takes him to a remote island where his friend has the same name as his dead wife. There they are reunited in a primitive camp, where the island-born Strombel is the leader who rules the tribe which includes a young woman (Susan Sarandon) and a sick boy (Stephen Dorrell) who has the same name as the woman's","In the funeral of the famous British journalist Joe Strombel (Ian McShane) who has been killed at the hands of an unknown assailant he is followed and stalked by a gang of men dressed in black, who all look alike. They are, of course, the ghosts of his victims.<br /><br />The story is one of his victims who is brought back to life by the return of the killer ghost who has followed Joe Strombel. Strombel is played by"
"They're not jawing journalists Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell from """,1,-100,"They're not jawing journalists Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell from ""The Breakfast Club"". These two were the best two-dimensional characters I've ever seen on a film - if that was all there was to it. That should make their role all the more appealing. They had both been on Broadway for a few weeks by that time, and I think Russell would have been a real winner. But, alas, this film was over before I got anything to say about it. There was nothing","They're not jawing journalists Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell from ""Tulip"". These are two people that were able to find success with their movie. Now, ""Gone With the Wind"" is still a movie that has not quite found its footing.<br /><br />In a lot of ways, ""Gone With the Wind"" is like any other film from the 20th century. The movie is not meant to be a historical piece, but a movie about the lives"
"As a baseball die-hard, this movie goes contrary to what I expect",1,-100,"As a baseball die-hard, this movie goes contrary to what I expect (or want) in movies. It is an idiotic attempt at comedy with over-the-top comic relief. The comedy comes largely from the movie's stupid script which, unfortunately, lacks any script (or, at least scriptwriter) merit whatsoever. (Yes, that's the reason it came out of the gate.) Anyway, the screenplay was so cheesy it made the movie seem like a soap opera. And the","As a baseball die-hard, this movie goes contrary to what I expect from a baseball movie. I thought it was a ""good"" movie, it was good fun, and it didn't contain any unnecessary drama or comedy. There is just enough baseball with a few extra scenes here and there to keep you entertained, not overly over dramatic. The ending was the best part of the movie, I thought this was more a celebration of the game. The movie's theme song was awesome! <br"
I have always like this great baseball movie! It has a good cast including,1,-100,"I have always like this great baseball movie! It has a good cast including Robert Blake, Charles Nelson, Ralphie May, and others. It also features a really funny cameo from Jerry Lewis and a good movie music score. It comes out during the late sixties and is really very good. I highly recommend it. The movie is definitely worth a rental or purchase. Thank you. I did have a problem with the ending. It is a pretty simple ending that was done very hastily. It has","I have always like this great baseball movie! It has a good cast including Joe Cocker, Billy Crystal and Jackie Gleason, and has great music from Alan Hale.<br /><br />This movie was really good. It was on at the right time of the night - at night.<br /><br />The most funny moment from the movie was when Joe Cocker is coming in to deliver the speech. The moment Joe is giving his speech there is a huge, white horse come out"
"I enjoy movies like this for their spirit, no pun intended. Its a",1,-100,"I enjoy movies like this for their spirit, no pun intended. Its a movie you can watch through a thousand cameras and hear it going by. The actors are great, the music is amazing, and the plot is mind boggling. But, this is the movie that keeps on giving.<br /><br />The film is a modern-day adaptation of A.W.L.S. The actors are brilliant in this film, as in so many others. For a film that has","I enjoy movies like this for their spirit, no pun intended. Its a joy to watch, with good actors and great direction. I highly recommend it. I have to wonder if they had to make it with actors in mind or how bad it would be as a movie. I don't want to spoil it, so I'll just say you have to see it yourself. If you watch it, you are going to find out more than you think you will at first.<br /><br />"
That was definitely the case with Angels in the Outfield. It was on,1,-100,"That was definitely the case with Angels in the Outfield. It was on an entirely different level to the previous two films. It is more of a movie and not to be taken for a high school class movie. As the plot unfolded, it seemed a little too convoluted. The acting was nothing short of disappointing. You can even go as far to say they had a script, and they didn't write a script. It was like watching a series of random episodes that you have to watch through to","That was definitely the case with Angels in the Outfield. It was on an episode in the 90's and it was quite enjoyable because it was actually a very short show. I remember the first episode with Steve, and it was about a bunch of kids playing baseball in a field, and it was a short little show and they played a lot of music. Later that year we went and made it a longer show, so we're back to an hour and a half. And then over the years"
I really enjoyed this movie as a young kid. At that age I thought,1,-100,"I really enjoyed this movie as a young kid. At that age I thought it was great. I think it was around the same time as 'the Wizard of Oz.' I'm so glad I got a DVD for it. The soundtrack is beautiful and I'm surprised that it hasn't been released on CD. I had a friend of mine, who is the kind of child that likes to watch TV movies and I watched this movie while he was at school. I think I watched it twice and he","I really enjoyed this movie as a young kid. At that age I thought I had seen something out of a Star Wars movie. So funny! I haven't seen it since then but I really enjoyed watching the movie and then the movie and its sequels in different ways.<br /><br />I think I only missed it because I was in a Star Wars-themed club, so I did not see it at a theater.<br /><br />When I was 8 years old, I could"
"Although I don't usually go for relentlessly heartwarming fare like this, I",1,-100,"Although I don't usually go for relentlessly heartwarming fare like this, I did this one and found it to be a refreshing way to waste a whole afternoon. It's a little too corny and is an overly sentimental look at a family which tries hard and fails to show much of the reality of what a family can achieve. What's more, this is one of those movies that can be quite depressing too - like a bit of fun (which is the main theme) with the happy (which","Although I don't usually go for relentlessly heartwarming fare like this, I found the performance of the two leads to be a pleasant surprise. Although the plot can't be saved by a stellar cast, the characters are all drawn exceptionally well and the chemistry between them is palpable. The screenplay is well-written, and while it lacks the subtlety of the ""modern"" romantic film, it has the charm of the old-school epic. Even as an indie film with low budget, the story was"
"At first you think another Disney movie, it might be good, but it",1,-100,"At first you think another Disney movie, it might be good, but it's not. Disney is great in the modern age but if you want something old-fashioned, I recommend ""The Jungle Book"". The songs are great and the film has its own charm and charm. Just look at the original lyrics. ""A Little Help From My Fwends"" is in my top ten favorites, and a great song, along with an enjoyable dance scene with the monkeys and their dance, and a wonderful","At first you think another Disney movie, it might be good, but it's not.<br /><br />I think there is just one ""plot"" and it can be summed up in a single sentence. It was all ""I'm so glad I read that first comment."" Well, you'll just have to read that sentence over in a fresh voice, because it will give you the answers.<br /><br />All the characters were well cast, all the plot points were well played"
I think this is a lovely family movie. There are plenty of hilarious scenes,1,-100,I think this is a lovely family movie. There are plenty of hilarious scenes with a number of adorable family members. A number of them are from my own family. The movie is in the movie form. I love watching some great performances from the cast. The whole family is completely in love with the movie. The characters are very lovable. There is so much you can do with children. I do have a small group of kids from my own and our church. It is wonderful. It's,I think this is a lovely family movie. There are plenty of hilarious scenes but we haven't been exposed to those to much. The children are in their element and the movie moves along at a breakneck pace.<br /><br />This one gets a nod as a very interesting film. A couple of interesting ideas here for parents. This movie is full of action. The movie is based around a series of mini-games and a quiz. It's fun and lighthearted. We laugh a
I saw this film on TV many years ago and I saw this film when,1,-100,"I saw this film on TV many years ago and I saw this film when it was in an old VHS rental and a young girl gave a wonderful performance as the lead character in the film. The film was well made, and the acting was really good. It was well received. I love this film, it does not take itself too seriously. I could not believe there is a movie this good. The film was very well photographed and also had great music in it. This is a very old","I saw this film on TV many years ago and I saw this film when I was a kid. This one was fun, especially the part with the dinosaur. It has been a bit of a disappointment. I'm surprised that it didn't get the highest rating from one of the other commenters.<br /><br />I do recommend it and think I have to watch it for some reason. What a treat! I feel that even though it is bad and you might not enjoy it, it's"
This was a top-notch movie with a top-notch cast,1,-100,"This was a top-notch movie with a top-notch cast and a top-notch cast of characters, including Jack Nicholson as the man in the White Room, and a really awesome, really cool music score. A great way to start your week. (It's not to be missed, by the way, if you have a TV that can play music or video games in it.) The only thing that didn't really work with this movie were the scenes with Jack and Edith","This was a top-notch movie with a top-notch cast which, as I said, helped to bring a new life to a really good old cast. <br /><br />The direction was great, they had good acting and the cinematography was great.<br /><br />The film takes place in Texas and there are some real southern influences that give it a Southern feel - I can't get them to stay in the southern US - it's too easy. But they"
This film was pretty good. I am not too big a fan of baseball,1,-100,"This film was pretty good. I am not too big a fan of baseball movies because the sport does not provide many great examples. You think you can just get any actor and play any character. There is a reason baseball is the only thing that can hold off the other sports. The biggest talent of the game is the players themselves, not the film which is the biggest piece of crap we get. All of the characters were nice, but they were not well written. It felt like the story was","This film was pretty good. I am not too big a fan of baseball but I enjoyed it a lot. The performances were nice. Some of the songs, like when a girl gets out of bed and sings about the great big man in the sky is just very good.<br /><br />I wish there was more to see in this movie. I love the guy and I just found it hard to watch the girl. I was so glad to see the girl come out and sing the song"
One piece of trivia that is often forgotten about this family film is one of,1,-100,"One piece of trivia that is often forgotten about this family film is one of the most popular shows that have aired since the 1940's. This show features a number of Disney characters, such as Mickey Mouse, the Magic Mirror, Pinocchio, Snow White, Cinderella, Mickey's Very Merry Christmas, and even a few others.<br /><br />In addition, the producers of this show included a series of music numbers as well. This is an amazing show. What makes the show even more","One piece of trivia that is often forgotten about this family film is one of its production values. ""The Adventures of Shuggy"" is a comedy that's great in its own right and it's not really a story as such. Instead, it's an action comedy in which Shuggy and his best friend, the Sheriff of Walsall, are out to save the land from a group of overzealous, lazy criminals. We see this through Shuggy's eyes as he learns"
"This movie, while seemingly based off of a movie of the same title in",1,-100,"This movie, while seemingly based off of a movie of the same title in 1993, is nothing like that movie. The plot line had nothing to do with the plot in the other. The movie is about a guy who thinks that he is some sort of detective (as opposed to just a detective) and the woman, who is so convinced that he is a detective and is actually a killer, and you are the only person that can stop him. You see, when he is not murdering people,","This movie, while seemingly based off of a movie of the same title in Germany, is nothing more than an excuse for actors to get more money by portraying them as 'bad' people.<br /><br />The story here takes place in Germany and is a retelling of how the Nazis came to rule Germany and how they came to power in Germany.<br /><br />The movie, in some ways, is one of the worst things ever and it seems that the director here is one"
I have to say despite it's reviews Angels in the Outfield was a,1,-100,"I have to say despite it's reviews Angels in the Outfield was a very enjoyable movie. The music is excellent and the cinematography is really great. One of those movies that are great, but also very very memorable and enjoyable. What do you know the movie is a hit in Germany, so it seems like Germans are really into this movie and I am very glad to see this has an amazing video quality. Anyway, for the most part of the movie it plays in an area with plenty of",I have to say despite it's reviews Angels in the Outfield was a really great movie. it has a nice cast of actors including a young Peter Falk and an older Christopher Lloyd who have really aged. i was hoping for an actual reunion between the two actors but they got the whole cast to star together in an episode. It was funny. the director had to draw the background a lot to add to the background to make it look right. i'm not sure if it was the old school style
The quality of this movie is simply unmatched by any baseball title of its time,1,-100,"The quality of this movie is simply unmatched by any baseball title of its time. You have to watch it to know that it was a better baseball film than ""The Freshman"" of the same year. The acting is good, the story is interesting, and the direction is stellar. ""It's All Right"" was a solid, but I think that this movie is the best, because it is the first in a series. I think that the characters are the best. I think that the cinem",The quality of this movie is simply unmatched by any baseball title of its time. This movie is truly one of the best baseball movies that I have ever seen. The first thing that I noticed was the great casting (I was really amazed to see the two best baseball players ever in one movie) The acting was great. The plot is really simple. We learn about the real story of the baseball player. It has all the necessary ingredients that make this one so great.<br /><br />This
I happened to catch this movie on cable one afternoon. I have to admit,1,-100,"I happened to catch this movie on cable one afternoon. I have to admit I thought the acting was pretty bad. The lead actress, the lead singer, and one of the lead guitarist was all in a gang and had to all play the same part all the time. There was a lot of shouting and arguing. This movie was just stupid. I would recommend this movie for the most part. I gave this movie a 0.0 for the most part. The majority of the film is supposed to","I happened to catch this movie on cable one afternoon. I have to admit, although the special effects were very convincing and this was a good movie, the acting was very lacking. The actors had a tendency to talk too much and I noticed that even when the actors were acting very well, there were a few moments that were taken by surprise.<br /><br />The plot of the movie was completely different from what it appeared to be. This movie is about a woman who has lost her husband"
GREAT movie and the family will love it!! If kids are bored one,1,-100,"GREAT movie and the family will love it!! If kids are bored one way, then kids can be bored for the movie, then it's a true movie. It is fun!! Even the mom can't resist playing with her son. Watch it!! I wouldn't want to see it any other way because I don't think kids really have anything else to do with the movie and they all stay glued to their screens!! I do like when the kids show some sort of special skills because their """,GREAT movie and the family will love it!! If kids are bored one can watch it in the car on a nap you can relax with friends and watch movie for fun and excitement!! If the moms were at home mom would be on the couch to play she would not have time to watch the movies with kids she would have to listen to mom and mommy talk so they are not alone!! These were awesome! I do not like so much movies about cars and i love when the mom and son
One of Disney's best films that I can enjoy watching often. you may,1,-100,"One of Disney's best films that I can enjoy watching often. you may think that the songs are not that much for you, but this movie does not fail to entertain. I especially like the sequence near the end. the scene where the boys go into the woods and then suddenly return with a bear on their shoulders is just amazing. i can see why the song ""you're out of your element"" was used in the opening music. but overall its a great film that has many different elements.","One of Disney's best films that I can enjoy watching often. you may know about the song ""It Was A Beautiful Day"". that song was inspired by a poem in this film. the song was written by a composer in Italy that is an oscar winning song composer and singer that was also written for ""The Little Mermaid"". one of the best lyrics by a songwriter that was also known as ""the poet"". he was a great composer, song writer and song writer. this song has great"
One of Disney's best films that I can enjoy watching often. you may,1,-100,"One of Disney's best films that I can enjoy watching often. you may think that the songs are not that much for you, but this movie does not fail to entertain. I especially like the sequence near the end. the scene where the boys go into the woods and then suddenly return with a bear on their shoulders is just amazing. i can see why the song ""you're out of your element"" was used in the opening music. but overall its a great film that has many different elements.","One of Disney's best films that I can enjoy watching often. you may know about the song ""It Was A Beautiful Day"". that song was inspired by a poem in this film. the song was written by a composer in Italy that is an oscar winning song composer and singer that was also written for ""The Little Mermaid"". one of the best lyrics by a songwriter that was also known as ""the poet"". he was a great composer, song writer and song writer. this song has great"
this movie was one of the best disney movies i've ever seen.,1,-100,"this movie was one of the best disney movies i've ever seen. i think the scene where the characters were going to the cabin in the woods in the woods, the scene when they're going into the cabin in the woods is not only the most hilarious scene but i also think the scene where all the characters are talking about their feelings and about something and all the characters are sitting outside the cabin in the woods talking. i think the scene where the characters are all at the cabin in the woods","this movie was one of the best disney movies i've ever seen. i have a very sad relationship with disney, i like the movies like the new fairy tales, and the new princess, and the two fairytale movies i just mentioned. i liked this movie a lot. the story is very short, the movie follows a young girl who dreams of playing in the big league, while she takes a chance meeting with a guy, who is the best player in the league. that moment"
"Christopher Lloyd is funny and really believable as ""Al the head angel"". This",1,-100,"Christopher Lloyd is funny and really believable as ""Al the head angel"". This role should have been played by David Warner (for what can be seen of his movie career) to do some character development. It was interesting to see him walk around the city's with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth. I'd say he was the nicest guy around too. It's also really funny when he walks in front of a church and then later in the film you see a kid run out from behind the","Christopher Lloyd is funny and really believable as ""Al the head angel"". This is one of the films that he does more than any other so it really shouldn't be taken as being his best film.<br /><br />The movie is about an angel who is a doctor that's sent to earth to help people in need. The angel's assistant, ""The Angel of the Lord"", is sent to help him and the angel makes a lot of angels appear in various situations and there is a really"
This movie is perfect for families to watch together. It is a great film,1,-100,"This movie is perfect for families to watch together. It is a great film with very good performances. The children in the cast really helped create a world of magic. It is very enjoyable in all sorts of different ways for the family, you just have to watch it with the family. There is a little romance here and there but nothing too much. It also contains little magic and much more than we think. It is great for all ages. You'll be so proud to be watching this with your","This movie is perfect for families to watch together. It is a great film and there is not much drama. It is great for all ages and family. If you have children, watch with them. It is also great for adults and adults who like action, sports, cartoons. This is an amazing movie. The actors are great, the movie is perfect. You can sit in the car and watch it while your out driving. It is the perfect movie. The stars are perfect, and they are"
"""Angels in the Outfield"" was originally a 1951 movie from the",1,-100,"""Angels in the Outfield"" was originally a 1951 movie from the director of ""The Tenant"" and was about a Japanese architect. The only problem was that all the characters were fictional and all the actors played only Japanese. The idea of a movie in this period of time wasn't to make fun of Japanese people or to try to make it very dark and depressing. The movie in a sense is a throwback to a certain Japanese period of time that never occurred in America. The story","""Angels in the Outfield"" was originally a 1951 movie from the director Robert Redford and one of his first. There is a lot of talk about it and why it was not better and the ending that was supposedly ""spoiled"" by a ""bad ending"" that Redford supposedly used when making it.<br /><br />It is now available on DVD. It is interesting that after this film the producers of other such films (like ""Seven Days of the Condor"""
"Yeah, the archetype of a simple but inspirational movie. The very end when",1,-100,"Yeah, the archetype of a simple but inspirational movie. The very end when I didn't say anything after the intro. I mean I was looking for something to get excited about. No surprises, nothing that is in this movie. Well, it is very very good. I have seen lots of movies. I don't have to see this one all the time. It is very fun. I don't like the boring movies. I don't like the movie about the little girls. I don't","Yeah, the archetype of a simple but inspirational movie. The very end when you're in your own little world - this is true! You have a young love. A little girl. You have a mother and a father. A guy (Takashi Sugiura) who comes by. But what you have is a great cast, with a young cast of actors. A good cast, all the way.<br /><br />And I don't mean the little guys. It really does"
"With all the ""Adult"" innuendos in todays family movies",1,-100,"With all the ""Adult"" innuendos in todays family movies (Shrek, The Nightmare Before Christmas, ahem, The Grinch, etc.), this one just went and made the most ""unforgettable"" movie in recent memory. No plot, no plot line, nothing is really happening. All the movies are just ""going from the past to the future, "" with a little bit of a ""new thing"" thrown in (the ""new"" thing is a new kid","With all the ""Adult"" innuendos in todays family movies, I must admit there was something more interesting about this one.<br /><br />The premise is really a big mystery, of which the writers are pretty clueless. For instance, in the opening scene, a little child who looks nothing like a mother or father is taken in by the foster parents (one of whom is actually a girl, apparently) and adopted into a ""family"" by them. The foster parents aren"
But how can you stand to mange a baseball team that can't win,1,-100,"But how can you stand to mange a baseball team that can't win a single baseball match, but is so great at basketball?? This will have to be one of the top 10 greatest movies EVER! I love the film for the movie quality and the score. I have a hunch that the soundtrack was composed by a band that worked hard and has been ignored by the rest of the world (i.e. everyone except those who have never heard of it). If you are one of those","But how can you stand to mange a baseball team that can't win and has to go through its inane, predictable and nonsensical games to finish the season strong (well done, guys)! The team is also quite annoying with the overacting, weird noises, and overrated performances of all the cast members. A very annoying film. All the cast seem to give the same performance that the majority of the rest of the cast don't want to do. And the fact that all the main characters"
"You know, this movie isn't that great, but, I mean,",1,-100,"You know, this movie isn't that great, but, I mean, people were pretty well off back then, right? It was the time that movies like this, or movies with Tom Selleck, were being made, so movies with stars like that weren't so much common. There's nothing original about this movie, it's just bad movies. What can I say about this movie? How could anyone not like this movie? Like for the movie to be this good. The worst thing","You know, this movie isn't that great, but, I mean, how many sequels do you see? It's funny. I've been saying that since the movie opened, and that's how I know it's great.<br /><br />This movie is the sequel to that classic movie, ""The Breakfast Club"" (which isn't even a sequel to that original movie, but it's a little closer to that one anyway.) I thought it was really funny.<br /><br"
This is an excellent film for female body-builder & female action fans!,1,-100,"This is an excellent film for female body-builder & female action fans! <br /><br />You have to watch this if you want to see it, and even if you don't (like me) you will find it to be a really fun movie that was just in an odd period. There was a movie called The Devil's Advocate that was released for the same reason, with a really silly title (you'd never hear someone say ""The Devil's Advocate"" even if they were","This is an excellent film for female body-builder & female action fans! It has an excellent cast, including Kate Capshaw, and the acting is very good. All the supporting characters do not look as though they are in their teens, but it really does appeal to them. The plot is fairly simple, but is highly entertaining.<br /><br />Not everyone will enjoy this as much as I did. I thought the ending was well done, and as a fan of body-building and"
"I enjoyed Albert Pyun's ""Nemesis"" for its cheesy action",1,-100,"I enjoyed Albert Pyun's ""Nemesis"" for its cheesy action, bad acting and lame dialogue, but was not impressed by it. Pyun's style was the reason for this flick's lack of popularity; the guy seemed to be acting like a kid and that didn't seem to match his talent.<br /><br />But it's the one good part of the movie, ""The Big Move"". You really can't take a movie with the worst of the bad, and not","I enjoyed Albert Pyun's ""Nemesis"" for its cheesy action and its bizarre ending. This was a more sophisticated version that had no bad parts and was more like a horror film.<br /><br />I'd like to think the original title had more to do with the film.<br /><br />Some of the plot is a little strange but it's mainly the action scenes that really grabbed me. Some of the other sequences are pretty cool. Some of the special effects are"
The Clouded Yellow is a compact psychological thriller with interesting characterizations. Barry,1,-100,"The Clouded Yellow is a compact psychological thriller with interesting characterizations. Barry is one of those people who's always seems to be making the best out of bad situations, so you just don't see the same from him as other characters do. However, as of the middle of the film the film really focuses on Barry's relationship with his father as he begins to be aware of the darker nature of his own father's behavior. There's a sense of inevitability about the outcome here, although it","The Clouded Yellow is a compact psychological thriller with interesting characterizations. Barry Allen, played by the late-great Paul Reiser, is a private detective with a penchant for self-help (and not an unimportant personal interest) who, in fact, just happens to have the ability to predict the movements of criminal minds.<br /><br />In the final frame of the final ""scene,"" which appears at the beginning of the story to provide the ending point, Allen and another private detective"
A delightful little thriller opens with Trevor Howard in his Jag convertible and ends on,1,-100,"A delightful little thriller opens with Trevor Howard in his Jag convertible and ends on a very bittersweet note where he encounters his nemesis, Alan, his son, Paul (Michael Walsh) and an old friend, Eddie who is now a drug addict. An interesting concept. With an unforgettable supporting cast that includes George C. Scott, Eugene Washington, and Paul Reiser. A real treat for everyone. Excellent soundtrack, the photography was simply stunning. A very good flick. Watch it. You'll be","A delightful little thriller opens with Trevor Howard in his Jag convertible and ends on a car wash in the desert. A strange woman (Emily Fielding) is looking for a place to settle down and begins to live with Howard's little sister and father (Tom Kieffer). They soon find out that the sister is secretly pregnant with a child by her boyfriend, Richard Norton.<br /><br />When Norton is invited to the sister's house, he finds a whole host of surprises, including the"
A young woman (Jean Simmons) is convinced by her scheming and dangerous,1,-100,"A young woman (Jean Simmons) is convinced by her scheming and dangerous cousin (David Caruso) to have a new body, but soon learns the truth about how much she really wants the body. She meets a boy (Joe Cushing) and starts to fall for him. They are not the first and won't be the last. It's a movie about how two people can bring something that is important to them. It's a film about how women can be very good to other","A young woman (Jean Simmons) is convinced by her scheming and dangerous friend (Lucky Yates) that ""the Secret of the Universe"" will help her to find her missing father. There is no room for doubt in the young woman's mind as she sets off to prove her father's claims.<br /><br />A story of suspense as the young woman's boyfriend is also taken by the ""Secret of the Universe."" And in a twist, a strange creature that has been terrorizing"
This film plays really well with an audience. Especially once the chase begins.,1,-100,"This film plays really well with an audience. Especially once the chase begins. I know my movie audience may want to watch this, but just make it the first movie of a series. It'll still be cool even if it's the last movie of it. You have to be happy about it because it doesn't say that it's the last movie. This is fun. It's a lot of fun. You can have fun with it. I thought it was pretty interesting and a lot of fun","This film plays really well with an audience. Especially once the chase begins. The action and drama are awesome. So if you like the action movies starring Anthony Quinn or Paul Newman (in case of the latter, the latter is really bad) and you really like action movies. This is the movie for you. <br /><br />You can see it in a lot of good quality cinemas around the world. And also cinemas in London and Hong Kong. Thats because of my personal"
Hitchcock was of the opinion that audiences aren't really interested in what,1,-100,"Hitchcock was of the opinion that audiences aren't really interested in what's going on, and that the acting is just plain bad-taste. He said, ""It's all over the set,"" or, ""The camera moves around like you're trying to make somebody look cool. It's all over the set."" This is the third time that I have commented on this problem, and it is probably the only movie that I feel is more of a failure than Hitchcock's ""Strangers","Hitchcock was of the opinion that audiences aren't really interested in what's on the big screen, so the actors are forced to put in the work to keep people from getting bored. It's not a good film, but it does provide entertainment, and that's about the whole thing.<br /><br />It's like watching a child sit through a really bad television show with the actors' names on the front of the set, or the TV on the wall.<br /><br"
This documentary on schlockmeister William Castle takes a few cheap shots at,1,-100,"This documentary on schlockmeister William Castle takes a few cheap shots at all the classic TV shows of the 1960s and 70s. It's the only thing about Castle's work, even in his most loony-like, anti-Castle phase. The movie is just a bit too short, though, and a bit too over the top (the special effects and the overall atmosphere just don't come together). But, nonetheless, it's worth checking out. It's a shame that","This documentary on schlockmeister William Castle takes a few cheap shots at a wide range of celebrities and bands, including Elvis Presley, Jerry Springer, and James Dean. The movie is about Castle's descent into a drug-induced stupor that leaves him unable to comprehend anything. The movie is about the end of the film, when Castle is finally brought back to the reality he had as a child. The movie is so depressing that, with all the drama going on around him, you"
William Castle is notorious among horror fans as the B-grade director of the,1,-100,"William Castle is notorious among horror fans as the B-grade director of the ""Friday the 13th Part 3"" but after being dumped from his directorial duties for the lackluster ""10 to the 20"" and a slew of poorly produced, underpaid, and self-centered movies, Castle has picked a new project to take his filmography to the next level. One of which is a script that has Castle on the verge of a stroke. With the script being written on paper as opposed to being","William Castle is notorious among horror fans as the B-grade director of the best slasher movies of the 80's and 90's, so a surprise outing like this one is no surprise. The cast members are not well-suited for what they play here. The original cast is not the problem. There is just not enough room for them. I know a lot of people who have seen the original films, but in all the gore scenes and sex scenes the original cast do not appear. If"
"I gave it a 10, since everyone else seemed to like it and it",1,-100,"I gave it a 10, since everyone else seemed to like it and it was the funniest movie at the festival, so I would give it a 9 as well. The problem with this movie is that it is based on a true story, which I find hard to believe. As with most of these movies that are based on true story, there are many parts that could not be filmed as the story is in your head. It is not for everyone, and it doesn't make sense (so","I gave it a 10, since everyone else seemed to like it and it was the only film that really made me want to watch the movie again. This is supposed to be a comedy but it really isn't, it's a horror/thriller. One side-effects of the drug are a lot of strange things that you just can't explain. One of the worst is that a person dies for nothing, there's no reason for it. It's a shame that it's just impossible"
"- After their sons are sentenced to life in prison, Adelle (Deb",1,-100,"- After their sons are sentenced to life in prison, Adelle (Debra Messing) has one final wish. She wishes to make her younger sister (Melanie Smith) happy. This is a very real and not-so-real love story that also had something of a romantic twist.<br /><br />A good actor, Ms. Messing brings her usual comic relief to the role of her character. Ms. Smith's character has quite a lot of fun as well, with","- After their sons are sentenced to life in prison, Adelle (Debra Messing) and her friends go on a mission with the help of old friends. They learn that their son will be on the run at any moment.<br /><br />The show is mostly a comedy, but it's not really fun either. There are a couple jokes that make it more enjoyable. A friend of a friend of a friend joke has to be taken as a joke.<br /><br />"
"Well, here's another terrific example of awkward 70's film-making!",1,-100,"Well, here's another terrific example of awkward 70's film-making! For example, the film-maker doesn't even try to make the plot interesting. Instead, he just decides to show us a couple of boring scenes that are simply just a waste of time. And most of the actors aren't even in this film. This was supposed to be a ""serious"" film, and that's where the awful cast comes into play. This was a disaster for me, and I had to see","Well, here's another terrific example of awkward 70's film-making! The cast is great, and the script has its funny moments, but just when it really starts to get going, it just blows it's wobbly legs to the wind and lets the film grind to a halt. Well, that's the way it was back in the day - you can imagine how the writers were attempting to portray a scene. Here, the scene (a motel room set with a few people hanging out"
"The 1930s. Classy, elegant Adele (marvelously played",1,-100,"The 1930s. Classy, elegant Adele (marvelously played by Katharine Hepburn) is about to become the world's most famous artist. But she is still young, and her brother is in trouble. Her father is a wealthy lawyer, and wants to protect his only daughter. But it is a hard road that Adele will have to cross and many people will be involved. The movie is set in the early 1930s. But in the film there are no references to actual","The 1930s. Classy, elegant Adele (marvelously played by Joan Plowright, the first person in history to be called Joan; in her most charming moment, as the ghost of a fallen lover, she plays him, then looks at herself) runs a small store and keeps an eye out for the handsome Victor, who likes her better. Adele is the only one who knows. Victor and Adele are betrothed to someone else; Victor takes a job selling newspapers"
"Some of the background details of this story are based, very, very loosely",1,-100,"Some of the background details of this story are based, very, very loosely on the book. I think that's why people seem to assume that the book is in some way related to the movie. One of the two men that were the main characters of the book had no dialogue in the movie, and most of the story, of course, was written in the novel.<br /><br />One of the things that made the movie so enjoyable and well acted was how the people that were the","Some of the background details of this story are based, very, very loosely on the books (with some of it just put there for atmosphere), and it is very different than what is known today.<br /><br />The actors were great, they are very believable and the story itself is very heart wrenching. If you think about these very similar situations you will realise they are quite similar to the events that have taken place in other times, so it's hard not to empathise with the"
I had watched (and recorded) this a few years back on local TV,1,-100,"I had watched (and recorded) this a few years back on local TV with a friend who had a DVD player. It was so funny I can't take it away from him now. It makes sense to make fun of a country. Great job though! Watch this one again, there is a lot to laugh at including old man and his little daughter, old man's sister and friend, man and his horse that are talking to each other about where the money comes from for the horse and how","I had watched (and recorded) this a few years back on local TV and found it to be very entertaining. As a matter of fact it was more entertaining than ""I Love the 80's"" so for those that don't know how to watch local television a lot, watch this on local TV. There's only one main character that has any personality but he can't stand the whole idea of watching local television, there's nothing else interesting to say about this movie that makes it worth watching."
"Yes, a tap dancing horror thriller........with Shelley and Debbie! Goody",1,-100,"Yes, a tap dancing horror thriller........with Shelley and Debbie! Goody-two-shoes women who just happen to look beautiful. Not only are they sexy, but they're very attractive. They also don't sound appealing. All I can say is, if you are a fan of '80s horror, this is the movie for you. Enjoy! The music is wonderful, I even like the ending. The story has some twists. One of the biggest twists for me, was that","Yes, a tap dancing horror thriller........with Shelley and Debbie! Goody. A good thriller with great twists and twists............<br /><br />The story is the usual: the girl is haunted by the ghosts of her past, where she has lived with the ghost of a dead girl. The girl and her sister meet on the train, which is in the middle of nowhere, and that was after the girl falls asleep on the train. The girl's uncle, who is a detective"
this was a very good movie i wished i could find it in vhs,1,-100,this was a very good movie i wished i could find it in vhs if they were still making it i would buy it i think in it would be a huge surprise.<br /><br />what a disappointment it is the movie is great the music was good it was a really good movie i think all you people who are looking for good movies in the right genre will like the same movie as i did. and i wish more people watched the same film as i did. i think most people,"this was a very good movie i wished i could find it in vhs. it was not worth the two bucks i paid and was a shame. i was in it thinking i was in ""the dream house"". i had an issue with the girl but it is not the guy, im a happy boy not the girl, and the girl should not get that job. i was with a great girl that i liked. i felt bad for the bad girl but we all liked her and i felt very"
"I just saw this movie on HBO, and it was really good...a",1,-100,"I just saw this movie on HBO, and it was really good...a little bit too good for cable. You'd probably want to watch it with a friend, but for a TV viewing audience it is worth seeing. The characters are just so real and all of them have real chemistry. The plot is likeable, not overdone, and the music really was excellent. I particularly liked the song ""One"" by Lady Gaga. It really brought it all home. It just made me feel all","I just saw this movie on HBO, and it was really good...a good movie, and not very funny either. It's just a shame that it's not available on DVD, where it might have been an awesome movie, even though it's really not. So I would like to share it with the world. Just like the previous movie, the storyline is really well thought out, and it really fits the story, and character. The other two actors were really good too. I would not"
This is simply the epitome of what a made for TV movie should be,1,-100,"This is simply the epitome of what a made for TV movie should be. It's amazing in its scope, and all you need to see is the DVD. No surprises, just the most classic Hollywood action and stunts. I have to agree with the previous comment on the ""quality"" of the film. It really is a movie that should be seen for it's story, characters and of course, the cinematography of the film. The story is simple, a gang of criminal masterminds plan",This is simply the epitome of what a made for TV movie should be. The plot is simple and it's the perfect story for a TV movie. What a movie needs and what the characters need are so many simple things that even a director can make it work in this kind of story. The story focuses on the young kid. You can tell this story with just about any TV movie and I'd love to see more on this subject. The actor who plays the guy is the most impressive of
"This movie is one of the many ""Kung Fu"" action films made",1,-100,"This movie is one of the many ""Kung Fu"" action films made by the ""Kung Fu Action"" group (a group of young Hong Kong actors and directors in the late 1970s). It has an exciting set pieces with great martial arts fight sequences with lots of fight sequences, and special effects. It has lots of action sequences, with lots of big fights, and lots of people getting knocked out of their beds!<br /><br />There are quite a few martial artists in","This movie is one of the many ""Kung Fu"" action films made in Vietnam during the 1950's. I remember seeing it as a teenager and it has a lot of action. It is about a tough, young man who goes back home to train as a sword fighter. However, while back in Vietnam he falls in love with a beautiful princess, but she is a princess who's only purpose is to marry the king, not to protect her people.<br /><br />What makes this"
I agree with another user here and have to say that this is one of,1,-100,"I agree with another user here and have to say that this is one of the more pointless movies in my career. Its a poor attempt at trying to be something it doesn't want to be, a romantic comedy about two people who want to have fun and who are completely uninterested in anything that is normal for them. The whole movie revolves around the romance between a young woman and a young man (the director of the movie never really explains his motivations for making such a lame film), and the only","I agree with another user here and have to say that this is one of the best horror movies I have ever seen, with some amazing performances and the whole movie is full of surprises. I love the main character, the characters who are in this movie make the rest of the movie seem like nothing.<br /><br />The director did some cool things in the scene which really shocked me. I was shocked by the ""bodysitting"" of the baby, who had an angel in it"
"This movie has a lot of comedy, not dark and Gordon Liu shines in",1,-100,"This movie has a lot of comedy, not dark and Gordon Liu shines in it. The other movie is too similar. It's almost like trying to make a sitcom with your movie cast. There is a romance of sorts here. You have a movie star and a singer. It's like the ""Love Actually"" plot where the actor played a rapper. The story is very slow, it's nothing to laugh about with great characters. You get the feeling of being in a movie all the time,","This movie has a lot of comedy, not dark and Gordon Liu shines in it. He is quite likable in this movie and also does well when in bad situations which happens to him several times. Not all of his lines are well written and it hurts to hear his lines which are usually not funny or even accurate. Also at first you think that Gordon Liu is a pretty boy and his character is so pretty in this movie. Unfortunately you can't tell for sure. He is just kind of annoying"
Return To The 3th Chamber is the comedic sequel to the epic 36th,1,-100,"Return To The 3th Chamber is the comedic sequel to the epic 36th Academy Awards comedy. Jack Black stars in his trademark role of Dr. Charles Xavier, an accomplished researcher who has become a mutant in a lab of a world-renowned research facility on the moon of Antares. When he's not doing research at the facility, he's on Earth, working as a magician as part of the team at the International Space Centre of the United States. When a giant robot named T.A","Return To The 3th Chamber is the comedic sequel to the epic 36th film in the James Bond series, the Golden Circle series that have been running since 1962-64, the first being THE THING THAT IS WRONG WITH MISTER AND MESSY. The story is a classic ""first date"" from a first impression, so the movie makes the point to make your first time even sweeter. The movie has been remastered with the original cinematographer of James Bond's films and"
Return to the 36th Chamber is one of those classic Kung-Fu movies,1,-100,"Return to the 36th Chamber is one of those classic Kung-Fu movies that should not be forgotten. It is one of the only movies to have ""The Wicker Man"" and the Ghost Rider in it, as well as a ""Grave Danger"" miniseries that is a perfect ""Night of the Living Dead"" knockoff. There are a number of ""specially trained"" police officers that are very interesting, along with the ""Rage of the Red Dragons"" miniseries","Return to the 36th Chamber is one of those classic Kung-Fu movies that would never be remade, although they have the same director. The plot was probably just a copy of a B movie (with some extra Kung-Fu) except the cast was a bunch of actors with no one else really in the story but the plot itself. This movie's so bad that if you ever hear an audio recording of the cast on any video store shelves I highly recommend you pick it up and watch it"
I saw this movie once on late night t.v. and knew it,1,-100,"I saw this movie once on late night t.v. and knew it was something special. It made me want to see a few more minutes in theaters for sure! The cinematography in the scene is really cool. The cinematography of what is happening, how the actors act is really pretty and it has the feel of a classic movie. The cast is really strong here. I don't know what part of the movie it's like at this time but I know it's good. It's","I saw this movie once on late night t.v. and knew it was awful. What made me even go out and pay money for it was how awful it was and how it was never made any sort of sense or not even entertaining. I can't even describe the movie's plot.<br /><br />This movie is the best. I think it's best to read and watch it in its entirety. I love that every episode has an entirely different meaning, or that we have so"
"I thought this would be a sequel to the original ""36th Chamber of",1,-100,"I thought this would be a sequel to the original ""36th Chamber of Shaolin"" series but instead this is a true sequel, with even more plot twists and changes, in terms of how the story takes place. The main plot of ""36th Chamber of Shaolin"" is similar to that of ""The Mask of Shaolin"", that I think is pretty much the same, but the new plot is different and also, a great story is told by the new characters like the young man,","I thought this would be a sequel to the original ""36th Chamber of Horrors"", it was the only thing to do. That movie is a joke, but this is a complete garbage movie. I saw this movie the first time i saw it with the girlfriend of a friend in the theater. We were sitting at the next row apart and she's on the left side of the theater. We are all sitting in the row facing the stage and watching this crappy crap. After a few minutes in"
"Brilliant film, the next best film to The Drunken Master (",1,-100,"Brilliant film, the next best film to The Drunken Master (I don't want to make a comparison to anything but the movie's a lot better) in terms of drama. I would rate it very similar to the first film. The characters are good. The story is realistic enough to be believable. The acting is good and the characters are compelling. The music is good. The film is not too long in a time period. This is really a film for families, not too long","Brilliant film, the next best film to The Drunken Master (1972), which was not so good but had some interesting twists and turns that it made people actually care about the movie as well, especially the characters.<br /><br />Also very good cinematography by this director, the editing and mixing are very nice. The movie's plot is very strange and seems to be very twisted and it has no beginning or end (even though this is a flashback, and the flashbacks start off"
After 21 movies and three years of working in Hollywood Bette Davis finally got,1,-100,"After 21 movies and three years of working in Hollywood Bette Davis finally got to play the villainess. Her last big character was in ""Manhattan"" (1936), but this time she was in a whole new category. The movies were all so very different, with characters coming and going in real time. This was great fun and I loved the main character. The special effects are great. Many times when you see her on TV or on the big screen she looks like she's doing something","After 21 movies and three years of working in Hollywood Bette Davis finally got the big break with a director she could work with and he was none other than Fred Astaire.<br /><br />Although his career had been short lived, Fred Astaire was very good in his own right and a brilliant supporting cast made him an extremely likable and likable character that is impossible to not like.<br /><br />However, Fred Astaire was not the most successful. His best film role"
"Of the three remakes on W. Somerset Maughan's novel,",1,-100,"Of the three remakes on W. Somerset Maughan's novel, this one was most entertaining to me. <br /><br />The story is about a detective from the 1800's in America who arrives in a strange African village to solve a crime. He and his young man friend, played by the great Christopher Lloyd (who was in the original), investigate the crime and they find a child in the trunk of a woman who has been murdered. Then they find out the true murderer who","Of the three remakes on W. Somerset Maughan's novel, this is my favorite (and you probably remember, from the original, the movie version from the mid-60's).<br /><br />I watched a lot of Maughan's films, and his films, with the exception of ""The Long, Hot Summer,"" were ones that I remember being of the utmost interest. The three remakes are: ""Gigi"" (1970), ""The Wild and Crazy"
**SPOILER ALERT** W. Somerset Maugham classic on,1,-100,"**SPOILER ALERT** W. Somerset Maugham classic on the small screen. The production values are just plain ugly and I cannot in any way comment on the acting or the story lines without spoilers. The characters are just flat out stupid in a bad and badly written way.<br /><br />Do not rent this with the intention to watch a poorly done and completely boring film but if you're at the end of your tether, see this for a laugh. The one redeeming","**SPOILER ALERT** W. Somerset Maugham classic on the big screen in this great low budget movie from director David Peoples.<br /><br />Casting was good, set design was nice but the plot had a weird and random feel that really didn't match with the film. I think they didn't get the characters and actors of the other movies, and that's OK for Maugham, but it wasn't what this movie was about. It had to be one"
"This movie, even though it is over 70 years old is still a very",1,-100,"This movie, even though it is over 70 years old is still a very good movie. I liked it so much that I can't stand to watch it all the time. All the action on screen is so fast-moving with no real emotion, this movie has to be one of the great martial arts movies of all time. No one does the martial arts as well as Lee. The story revolves around an old man Lee. He must fight to get back his ""lost"" money. The old","This movie, even though it is over 70 years old is still a very enjoyable experience. The only thing that could make this movie not worth the money it costs is the fact that it isn't good. If you can get a decent-looking woman into it, then you get the job done. Even those with the least desire for a plot, like me, will love this movie and have fun watching it with friends. A lot of good stuff to watch. Good actors, too. The only"
Several features of this film immediately date it. The sound is rather shrill,1,-100,"Several features of this film immediately date it. The sound is rather shrill, the background is a dark, almost eerie tone (like that of the film). The script also has the exact same ""feel"", and in fact has a very similar feel. But, this film, when it's not really bad, it's kind of funny.<br /><br />I would be a fan of this movie - but you really need the soundtrack - and you need to have the sound muted. If","Several features of this film immediately date it. The sound is rather shrill, the plot has a sense of unwarranted mystery that reminds one of one of Alfred Hitchcock's films, and some minor sound issues.<br /><br />But, then again, I'm not certain that these films are as timeless as I thought.<br /><br />The film isn't really about the plot--I mean, I've seen films about the plot that weren't in the ""film"" genre."
How amazing this film is! I've seen it over and over throughout the,1,-100,"How amazing this film is! I've seen it over and over throughout the years and it is absolutely hilarious. I don't want to go into a little bit about what's the story and why they're doing this but you can go and see it. Watch it, watch it, watch it, watch it. If you don't see the story, watch it again because it is so hilarious, there is no excuse not to. Every single scene that is happening is perfect. You won't find",How amazing this film is! I've seen it over and over throughout the years and still remember the magic. There's nothing else on the screen to speak of it was just just wonderful. It gave me goosebumps all the way through and I could feel the magic in the air that day. The actors were just plain phenomenal. My heart is pounding so I can't speak well and I can't believe that I was able to stay awake after watching this. I don't know how. The
"Coming shortly before the imposition of a morality code darkened the spirits of writers,",1,-100,"Coming shortly before the imposition of a morality code darkened the spirits of writers, producers, and actors, we see a few episodes that fall directly into the void of the late 1960s and early 1970s. They are: the opening title sequence, a sequence in which a dog that is supposedly a symbol of good or evil, a sequence in which a man is told to kill his wife with his cat, an early episode that is not on the record, and the one-panel cartoon ""The F","Coming shortly before the imposition of a morality code darkened the spirits of writers, writers, and artists, this film is a classic that should never be forgotten. A beautiful, enchanting, soulful film, and one of those films which makes you feel so much better after the end of the movie is over.<br /><br />It is a pity that most of the director's early works were not distributed to theaters, since he was obviously one of the most talented film makers of his day."
Every motion picture Bette Davis stars in is worth experiencing. Before Davis co,1,-100,"Every motion picture Bette Davis stars in is worth experiencing. Before Davis co-stars with Paul Lukas, I could only muster words of praise for her in films such as ""The Wedding of Bette Davis"" (1970), ""Pulp Fiction"" (1994), and ""The Natural"" (2000). I would never want to watch a single one of the movies. I was shocked, and it didn't take very long for my jaw to hit the floor. I knew that I was a","Every motion picture Bette Davis stars in is worth experiencing. Before Davis co-starred in it, Bette Davis made it her to star in it with her then boyfriend William Powell. Here, she has the greatest supporting cast of Bette Davis, Gary Cooper, Gwen Verdon, and Robert Goring. The cast is full of stars that will make this movie well known. The movie has a little drama, as if to show that Bette Davis' character is still the same person"
"I happen to like Leslie Howard, in his better films. Yet, for",1,-100,"I happen to like Leslie Howard, in his better films. Yet, for a guy as good as him (for me anyways), this one is the worst thing he ever did in a movie. And yet, I can't believe that he just said he thought it was his best. His acting is laughable. It's like he never did anything else to make an impression and he was always there to stand out. If you like a director, or just a bunch of dumb guys who talk to each","I happen to like Leslie Howard, in his better films. Yet, for some reason, I saw a movie made years after him: a horror movie that I can not describe.<br /><br />The movie is called ""Black Sunday."" The plot involves three black people at a drugstore, who are in need of money. They have nothing else to do, so they spend an hour of their lives playing on computer games. What is the main characters about? <br /><br />"
This movie is about sexual obsession. Bette Davis plays Mildred. This,1,-100,"This movie is about sexual obsession. Bette Davis plays Mildred. This is a perfect example of a movie with the right cast (aside from Davis) that could really be a masterpiece. The first thing you'll note about the film is the wonderful sets. The cinematography of the movie are very stylish. It has the perfect soundtrack (the soundtrack is really too loud). The cinematography is also very good. Also, if you don't mind a lot of nudity then this movie is absolutely",This movie is about sexual obsession. Bette Davis plays Mildred. This movie is totally trashy. The worst thing about the movie is the dialogue.<br /><br />Davis had one of her worst movies in this. All the main characters in the movie are bad. All the female lead actors are very bland. They were really too hot to play the part.<br /><br />The acting in the movie was just awful. She really was the only actress from the cast who was
Enjoyable in spite of Leslie Howard's performance. Mr. Howard plays Philip,1,-100,"Enjoyable in spite of Leslie Howard's performance. Mr. Howard plays Philip G. ""P-boy"" Davenport like he was born to this part and is extremely entertaining. His performances are very easy on the eyes. This show was fun because all the characters were very real. The music is perfect. The sets are perfect. Even the scenes with the horses are just so realistic. Great cast. This may have been the most authentic show I've ever seen in my entire life. They","Enjoyable in spite of Leslie Howard's performance. Mr. Howard plays Philip Seymour Hoffman in a way that allows him to be both serious and funny at the same time. Highly enjoyable and fun. A must see for fans of Philip Seymour Hoffman. Leslie Howard is wonderful as Mrs. Hoffman, who is a much more interesting character than any character she would be a part of in a real life set. Ms. Howard is equally as memorable as Mrs. Hoffman, with the exception of the part she plays"
The movie concerns about Philip(Leslie Howard)he's a serious but,1,-100,"The movie concerns about Philip(Leslie Howard)he's a serious but very funny guy. He works with his uncle to make a ""revenge"" movie. His uncle is going to show him a video in which a new family is made up of his family and friends who are going to live with the new family.The first two friends are his father(Donald Stewart)and uncle(Lance Gumbel)and uncle gets the chance to show Phillip how not to be a cop.","The movie concerns about Philip(Leslie Howard)he's a serious but a fun-loving actor(played by James Stewart) he's working hard in Los Angeles to be in a film,when a movie-goer(Wendell Sharpe)in a studio is about to give a career boost to him(to go into a performance with a strong performance).So he starts to get more into acting and has a big career as an actor at home,but in the mean time,"
Bette Davis' cockney accent in this film is absolutely appalling. I,1,-100,"Bette Davis' cockney accent in this film is absolutely appalling. I was in awe of her and her performance was quite convincing in a few ways. Unfortunately her performance in this film was simply terrible and it was difficult to read her performance without any understanding of her character and, to top that, a complete flop as a director. She was simply pathetic. Her character should have been more sympathetic. That she can act is the problem. Her character should not be a flutter in the hair",Bette Davis' cockney accent in this film is absolutely appalling. I would never want to watch this in the UK. This film was an absolute treat. If you want a classic film and you live in the UK and can afford it it's a must see. Otherwise go watch a few British films to see some American films. In the UK the movie was well shot and I was amazed at the great cast of actors in the cast. I had never really looked for a film about this character
This is a well directed film from John Cromwell who was not a great,1,-100,This is a well directed film from John Cromwell who was not a great composer. I am sure his music is very well done in it. He directs it so well that I am actually surprised it is a little slow. I did not think this was his finest effort. The cast is also very well done. His music is also one that is well executed. I think he did a great job on it. He gives some of the songs more than just that and he has a great cast that,This is a well directed film from John Cromwell who was not a great actor. I found his performance to be very convincing and he had a great style to his performance. I feel his character of Sam Raine would be perfect to watch in this film as it is a great character to play and one that is more a part of the characters character and how he is driven in his role. His role in this film is a great performance and is also memorable. Cromwell's performance as the character
"I just saw ""Of Human Bondage"" for the first time a few",1,-100,"I just saw ""Of Human Bondage"" for the first time a few days ago, and I was surprised with the amount of positive reviews. Not for the good parts, but for the cheesy romance. The plot is not all that interesting, but it does have a certain romance going on at times. All I can think of is ""Sharknado"" and ""The Hills"". Both were great, and I enjoyed the fact that these two love stories are almost a mirror image each other.","I just saw ""Of Human Bondage"" for the first time a few years back and in it I saw an amazing performance by a cast that was so strong it made The Godfather seem like a minor Hollywood studio movie in comparison. There is this scene where the director takes his camera behind him and focuses on what is in front of him, but I think the actor behind the camera does it for you instead of the guy standing there without a clue. What a disappointment it was. My other film"
"The story is somewhat stilted, what with the main character's sudden",1,-100,"The story is somewhat stilted, what with the main character's sudden, unexplained flight to America, and the introduction of a character you'll be familiar with if you've read the novel. At times it feels like reading about it from a stage play or a TV movie. But nothing in it is too bad or not a waste of time. The main character, a black man (or at least as many of us thought) is actually quite convincing.<br /><br />The film is","The story is somewhat stilted, what with the main character's sudden appearance at a secluded house, but I wouldn't recommend any movie or television production of it for its ""boring"". <br /><br />I will say this about this movie: it made me want to sit on the floor and yell ""What's going on?! What's happening?! What's that?! WHAT!"".<br /><br />It didn't get any better after I had finished it. There"
Bette Davis turns in a coldly amusing performance as Mildred Rogers in,1,-100,"Bette Davis turns in a coldly amusing performance as Mildred Rogers in a film from the director of the excellent ""A Christmas Story"". The director is clearly taking a cue from his sister-co-worker, the screenwriter, who wrote the screenplay. This was an excellent film. I'll take it over any Hollywood comedy on the basis that the actor playing Mildred is not one to be taken lightly, nor was it a matter of his personal charisma that made him stand out. His character","Bette Davis turns in a coldly amusing performance as Mildred Rogers in the lead. She's played by actress Norma Shepardson. The lead and supporting actors play various characters in this early film. They play a lot of characters. There's also a lot of singing. It was produced in 1915 and it's one of only a few films produced by MGM. One of the best of the bunch. Davis is a terrific actress, but she would have had to do very well in"
I saw this film again and noticed how close it is to the novel if,1,-100,"I saw this film again and noticed how close it is to the novel if not in the same style. I'm glad I didn't make the film into something like A Night to Love, as the characters were almost completely changed. Still I enjoyed it as I have seen the other reviewers did, with the exception of some of the characters, not to mention the director who had no idea what to do with the story. The movie really opened my eyes to what the movie is about, it has the",I saw this film again and noticed how close it is to the novel if only that one bit was not altered. This is a film that can be compared to 'The Thin Man' and 'The Burning'. I am actually surprised it has not been mentioned as one of the better comedies out there.<br /><br />Not in all but most of the movie is taken from the book. It is also very faithful to the book for that matter and that's the main reason I have to
This 1934 adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel put Bette Davis on,1,-100,"This 1934 adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel put Bette Davis on the big screen, at once a sympathetic and reviled actress, this time with her voice on the radio. We are treated to two beautiful sets for viewing Bette's beauty. On one of them we can see the young Bette in a simple evening gown (as she is now often wore) at a club that is open in the middle of nowhere, so that Bette's life would seem as if it were all","This 1934 adaptation of Somerset Maugham's novel put Bette Davis on the big screen for the first time. A movie that was meant to help her escape the clutches of her ""bad"" films of the late 1940's. This was a very enjoyable film and the actress, Davis, was a total delight to watch. She has a great performance as the madhouse lady and as the other characters are not too memorable. The script is very good and the acting superb, a real winner in"
Bette Davis' electrifying performance is such that it is hard to remember,1,-100,"Bette Davis' electrifying performance is such that it is hard to remember how far she has come in her career. Her performance here is one of the best in this movie. Her performance was so compelling and realistic that she is one of the most believable women in movie history.<br /><br />Davis was always an excellent dancer, with a very beautiful and beautiful body. She is just so wonderful and powerful in this role. She was so convincing and was the reason why the role was cast","Bette Davis' electrifying performance is such that it is hard to remember when she filmed this drama. Her style was completely original for a silent era. The movie is directed to an old-school high standard, but that comes with all the drama, and Davis was just a natural for the role as a wife and an aspiring writer.<br /><br />Davis' performance in ""The Virgin Suicides"" is one of my favorite parts of the movie. In this role, she brings this"
"The movie may be great. I just watched it last night, but feel",1,-100,"The movie may be great. I just watched it last night, but feel free to watch it with the sound off. It was great. I love how it moves from slow to fast to fast again. The script is funny with all the little stuff going on. I love the little surprises. The opening theme music was great. Thank you to the soundtrack on it. There was a great scene with the old woman who's daughter was kidnapped. I think that was really funny. I love that she","The movie may be great. I just watched it last night, but feel free to take a look. I can't comment on the score. Just feel free to watch the movie.<br /><br />The ending of the movie was a bit forced, but the movie is still a 3.5, for me.<br /><br />It was just that bad, especially on the first go around with the ""spooky"" soundtrack. You could actually hear your own breathing during the ending"
Somerset Maugham's characters are brought to life in RKO,1,-100,"Somerset Maugham's characters are brought to life in RKO, from his mother's (the lovely Margaret Murray) to his grandmother's (Lillian Stuart), and I really enjoyed it. There are some wonderful characters, especially Norman Bates and Livia (the actress who played Livia's sister) were very sympathetic. This is a good film, and a pleasant one to watch. It has a lot of humour and some fun. Although, there is a lot of acting. The","Somerset Maugham's characters are brought to life in RKO's original art direction. They are more realistic, less pretentious, and more humane than a movie like this. Maugham's characters are real and believable, and I'm always happy when a movie such as ""The Thin Man"" isn't overshadowed by ""Gilda"".<br /><br />This is a must see for horror fans, and I recommend it to a group of friends. It's not as"
Reading web sites on Bette Davis one can find instances where authors claim that,1,-100,"Reading web sites on Bette Davis one can find instances where authors claim that Bette Davis is a better actress than her peers (or, more precisely, when she is shown in low-key scenes). Well, this one is a stretch. She does act quite a bit like her peers, especially when she has to be coy, but she acts her own way (and in those scenes when she does so the way a woman, not a man, should act). She also does not hold back","Reading web sites on Bette Davis one can find instances where authors claim that Bette Davis is the only actress who ever had such low numbers. I can only find three. I thought the movie that she acted in was a great piece of theater which I watched a lot. She has a great talent as an actor in that movie. She has so many things that can be said about her. However, I don't want to go into all of them. I want to highlight only two of them"
"Today actresses happily gain weight, dye their hair, dress like slobs,",1,-100,"Today actresses happily gain weight, dye their hair, dress like slobs, and do so much makeup, while maintaining to many of the same standards set by the 1950's. Yet in all this, they still have to work hard. <br /><br />This story of how these girls can have to become part-time women to maintain their status and be a success, while living life the way that is, focuses on the story of Jennifer and a girl whose parents have not been very supportive","Today actresses happily gain weight, dye their hair, dress like slobs, and generally ruin themselves as they try to stay away from the film industry. That's not the case here, where you can see and hear Jennifer Aniston acting like a pro with a decent body, but with the director constantly telling her to change her clothes or she'll get in trouble.<br /><br />It's so unrealistic and unrealistic that I couldn't even find it funny. I know Jennifer Aniston's boobs"
"When I saw that this film was only 80 minutes long, I thought we",1,-100,"When I saw that this film was only 80 minutes long, I thought we were going to have a lot of fun. This is the one that had the most surprises, but it's also one of the most well-played. Also, the acting is great! I won't go into that, but it does provide more dialogue and some great moments. All the characters are great, and they give a great performance! The movie is very short, and we should all be happy that we're all","When I saw that this film was only 80 minutes long, I thought we were in trouble. That is, until I discovered that the film is actually a 2hr long film.<br /><br />Yes, it is very cheesy, but I would not have watched a half hour of it anyway.<br /><br />I would give this film a ten, as it is very well made, and has some fun moments. But I have to warn you that all the jokes are really meant"
Although this film put Davis on the map due to her brilliantly intense performance as,1,-100,"Although this film put Davis on the map due to her brilliantly intense performance as the tough, domineering mother he was best known for, her performance could very well be in the top five. She has a lot of work in her past. She made her debut in the 1940 movie ""A Love in the Time of War,"" and this film took her to the next level as the mother. But the only thing that really drew her to this role was the script. She was playing it very straight","Although this film put Davis on the map due to her brilliantly intense performance as the troubled heroine, ""Bette Davis"" and her other films never make their mark here.<br /><br />Her character's main flaw, her lack of believability and ability to act in the moment. One minute she's a tough tough tough tough and the next she's pretty in the first shot but looking pretty in every scene.<br /><br />The movie had to be edited into a 10-"
...that the Bette Davis version of this film was better than the Kim,1,-100,"...that the Bette Davis version of this film was better than the Kim Basinger version. It's a shame that even today nobody knows what happened here. It's worth the price of admission alone. I don't think there's anything remotely new to write about here. It's just the same old stuff, like the same old love story with the same old ending. The most surprising part of this film is its lack of action. It's as if they didn't want to show that","...that the Bette Davis version of this film was better than the Kim Basinger version! Well in the beginning the movie's actually boring but the movie's actually about Kim Basinger so you have to know that. <br /><br />By the end of the movie you finally see Kim Basinger being a real girl and really not as a ""bad"" one like the Bette Davis version! <br /><br />Well I think a lot of this movie is"
Another comment about this film made it sound lousy. Given talking pictures were so,1,-100,"Another comment about this film made it sound lousy. Given talking pictures were so often seen in theaters when this movie first came out, I can't help but sympathize with the filmmakers' viewpoint. For instance, how often do you see a man getting his clothes ripped apart by a hand, especially with the shirt ripped up around his neck?<br /><br />What was great about this movie is that it was written by George Gershwin, who also wrote the movie, while G","Another comment about this film made it sound lousy. Given talking pictures were so often a feature of cinema, this is one of those that is even better than the most bad ""talkies"" of the 60's. I can only imagine a poor man's movie made for people who didn't know any better who would be so glad to see it.<br /><br />Not just a typical ""talkie"" story about two people talking to each other for long periods of time, this is one"
"This movie is obviously low-budget & filmed in British Columbia,Canada.",1,-100,"This movie is obviously low-budget & filmed in British Columbia,Canada. It's not a comedy, and it's not even a film. I'm guessing a lot of the production was done in Vancouver. I just wonder what is the budget in BC? If the budget is so low in Canada, then I would like to be shown all the movies that are done in the U.S. In Canada there are a ton of great movies, but I'm not sure what else is there...","This movie is obviously low-budget & filmed in British Columbia,Canada. It should have been a Canadian TV series. Not only did the crew take their show in Vancouver, but they filmed in the most tourist-lounge-esque places in Canada (and America). What is the story here? The movie is so-so. The character has an annoying little voice-over at the beginning, and the rest is just generic. Also, the cinematography, color, and the lighting is so"
I usually steer clear of TV movies because of the many ways you know that,1,-100,"I usually steer clear of TV movies because of the many ways you know that there are a lot of people not watching it, but I was in love with this one, it is such an unbelievable and wonderful experience that you do not even see the ending coming together.<br /><br />Its actually the perfect story that does not fall flat. You can actually believe what the protagonist believes, he truly believes in the power of the one true God. I know this is a TV movie, but there","I usually steer clear of TV movies because of the many ways you know that they will be terrible.<br /><br />The acting was pretty solid. Even though the movie was in black and white I thought the actors played it very well.<br /><br />Just like ""The Ring"", there were some moments that were so unexpected that it was funny.<br /><br />The movie started with an opening scene, it was an opening scene that wasn't really supposed to be in the"
"The premise of this anime series is about bread, of all things to base",1,-100,"The premise of this anime series is about bread, of all things to base the plot off the bread. What starts out as a typical bread-based story becomes more and more ridiculous as the series goes on, and a huge amount of bread is consumed. This is because, just like how bread creates life and bread is the only reason mankind exists, bread also creates our society and culture. To try and help make some bread, the story tries to get the bread to make bread, to get some","The premise of this anime series is about bread, of all things to base the movie around bread. The bread of the future is a new kind of bread made of genetic technology, with the bread recipe being similar to that of bread in our modern day.<br /><br />The bread is a simple one, made of flour, water, and a secret formula. When this formula is finally made public it creates a bread with the most amazing properties. This bread is so delicious and easy to make"
When I first started watching this anime I never thought that something about making bread,1,-100,"When I first started watching this anime I never thought that something about making bread could be so weird. I was expecting just a lot of bread with bread going through the bread maker. But that's not what was happening. I saw in the anime that some of the ingredients used to make bread, was also used as ingredients for making cheese. That's where things got weird. This is probably not a big deal to most people since this was just a movie, but if you love cheese, you have","When I first started watching this anime I never thought that something about making bread was bad, but seeing this show it really hit me where it really made me sick. The show is basically an excuse to show bread, all kinds of breads and bread making equipment, bread making equipment, baking equipment and bread making equipment. This show is completely pointless. This was actually a really bad show and it was only because there was a show that helped make it boring. Don't go here, this show is"
For those of you who think anime is just about giant reptiles raping schoolgirls,1,-100,"For those of you who think anime is just about giant reptiles raping schoolgirls, then watch this flick. What can i say about this other than it looks like a load of shit when you open it. A huge amount of nudity. Rape. Anal. Sex. The whole. One bad flick (I don't know if a bad flick but just don't see the title) that you can get your fill of. The music is too loud. The cast is so average and you can hardly","For those of you who think anime is just about giant reptiles raping schoolgirls, you are going to be very disappointed. This is a great example of an anime that really shows how important it is to put good stories and characters back in an anime. All of the characters and stories in the series are very realistic.<br /><br />The characters are all very likable and the animation is simply beautiful. This is a great anime for people who do not necessarily like giant reptiles and schoolgirls that"
Yaitate!! Japan is a really fun show and I really like it,1,-100,"Yaitate!! Japan is a really fun show and I really like it, I will keep it handy for anyone who likes kiddy and cute stuff. But if you like really violent stuff, don't watch it, this is not meant for that. All kinds of bad things are going on, the bad guy takes away the bad girl, the bad guy gets kidnapped and she leaves. That's the story of this anime, the bad guy kidnapped and then later the bad girl leaves him, he","Yaitate!! Japan is a really fun show and I really like it. It is very colorful and it is extremely well-made. The character designs were really well done so that it really had a great, colorful animation. I really like the theme of love. The only problem with the show is that it is short. Although there are some great moments, like the movie clips or the ""dream"" scenes that are really funny. The characters are really well-drawn, like the animation that"
Yakitate! Ja-pan (translated as Fresh Baked!,1,-100,"Yakitate! Ja-pan (translated as Fresh Baked! by the internet) is a film that brings to our attention that a lot of Japan anime and Japanese cinema in general are in Japan. As a Japanese film, it has been released here in the States on DVD. It may not appeal to you here. It's a horror story (well, horror and comedy), but in Japan it's more of a ""drama"" in that the characters do not appear to have their","Yakitate! Ja-pan (translated as Fresh Baked! Bakabon in English) is a great movie. This film is a great example of a ""new age"" film with a very good plot and a wonderful cast.<br /><br />Director Yuzo Oda (who directed the two films ""Tekaku no Torifune"" and ""Shin Shugo no Tsurugi"" from the director Masashi Ghibli's ""My Neighbor Totoro"
I saw this movie as a kid on Creature Feature when I lived in New,1,-100,"I saw this movie as a kid on Creature Feature when I lived in New York City. In my opinion it's one of the best movies i've seen for a long time. The special effects were good, and a great story, it's like a fairy tale, with the actors like Paulie (Michael J. Fox), and the story and the animation are perfect. It's one of my favourite movies, and i will never get sick of it. You can see everything in the movie.","I saw this movie as a kid on Creature Feature when I lived in New York. It was only when I was 12 that I caught it on TV a couple years later and was completely mesmerized.<br /><br />The director, Robert Eggers, had a huge amount of passion for the movie and the cast and producers of the film made the perfect family-friendly movie. The story of The Cat in the Hat, with a super cast of all the people who are in the movie."
"Antonio Margheriti's ""Danza Macabra""/""",1,-100,"Antonio Margheriti's ""Danza Macabra""/""Dante, the Sinestro Corps War"" is one of those movies that should be a huge disappointment on all levels. The acting, the script, the plot - it's absolutely terrible. The movie really was in need of a more talented director, but I think maybe that's how this film was made. The script was terrible. I had some of the scenes where the actor is playing the character that don't seem to","Antonio Margheriti's ""Danza Macabra""/""Fantastic Fortunes"" and ""La Strada"" are probably the two best movies that I have seen directed by Luis Bunuel. The latter is also an excellent film that is not a typical ""movies of the year"" (so named by the critics) but a true masterpiece. The first of the films from Margheriti and Bunuel, and the one that the two directors worked most on. For"
"Antonio Margheriti's ""Danza Macabra"" aka",1,-100,"Antonio Margheriti's ""Danza Macabra"" aka. ""Nardu"" is a movie that deserves more love and admiration than we are willing to give it. With amazing cinematography and editing, and the wonderful music which is really quite beautiful. So good for the film lovers, and also for the directors in creating such a fine, mesmerizing and beautiful movie. What a movie! It has the most amazing cinematography, great music and the cinematography is so powerful","Antonio Margheriti's ""Danza Macabra"" aka The Little Mermaid is a true masterpiece. It was a hit with cinematography and sound direction. You might say that it had a budget that might have made it a ""cheap movie"" in terms of budget and a bad script and all that but no the director did an absolutely brilliant job. Margheriti's script (not one i will say i don't agree with but not one i will call ""wrong"" script"
Well executed old and very dark house horror. Good set-up which includes,1,-100,"Well executed old and very dark house horror. Good set-up which includes the characters having to deal with the ""Ghost of a man who is a ghost of a house"" (although in later years ""The ghost of an old lady who died of poisoning"" is introduced as a means of proving the main character was there on account of an illness). Good cast too. The story is about a mother who has a baby and a father who is also a man, both of them being ghosts of other","Well executed old and very dark house horror. Good set-up which includes creepy living room, locked room with a creepy lady with a machete. I thought the film really reminded me of those classic B-movies that came out in the late 80's. However, because the director was so damn good, I never thought to really rate the film. Thats how good they are in this movie. It's still scary to me but this is so incredibly creepy and creepy. It really"
"I have never seen a Barbara Steele movie that I haven't liked, and",1,-100,"I have never seen a Barbara Steele movie that I haven't liked, and I have never seen the same film three or four times in a row. The fact is, her acting is so unbelievably bad that it doesn't actually make any sense. She's always doing something stupid; in one case, she's being a jerk, in the other, she's being a nice person. She is so annoying in her scenes with the guys she hangs them from the side of the bed, and is not","I have never seen a Barbara Steele movie that I haven't liked, and when she was in it there was more laughter than anger at the expense of her. I have seen many episodes from the show that she has been on, and if you've not seen them you're missing something. I love the character that she played, so I have to give it a pass on a couple of things. First, there was the plot, which I found really confusing, especially as you have to be able"
This begins a wager between Edgar Allen Poe and a journalist...Poe,1,-100,"This begins a wager between Edgar Allen Poe and a journalist...Poe and the journalist(William Fessenden) who is going to be the ""first to die"" in this film from Poe's ""The Raven"" The journalist is not afraid to take on Poe's tough-guy persona and is going to use his wits to win the bet. A reporter who was once Poe's friend and who has been turned into an evil agent of the evil reporter. And finally, a scientist","This begins a wager between Edgar Allen Poe and a journalist...Poe loses, and the story moves into a darker and sinister vein...The ""Lucky Poe"" is a truly remarkable film with an ensemble cast, one of the greatest of his short fiction writings, with great supporting talents, including Joan Plowright, Frank Morgan, Frank Morgan & John W. Reilly, and many more. This film has a lot of potential. A superbly acted and written screenplay with a script that is"
"I remember seeing this film at the West End theater in Louisville, Kentucky when",1,-100,"I remember seeing this film at the West End theater in Louisville, Kentucky when I was 13 and was impressed with the performances. I can still vividly remember the first time I watched the film, and the words of the voice that accompanied the first scene on the screen were ""It's just like the movie!""<br /><br />The film follows the story of a young girl with her young mother on the road to raise two young children on their own, who end up being taken in by a","I remember seeing this film at the West End theater in Louisville, Kentucky when I was a young gal in that area. I'm not sure if the screen was full, but this was the only theater I can think of to not have it.<br /><br />I really do like the story in which an unemployed man finds himself at the center of a plot involving the life of an extremely famous star. It's kind of an ensemble piece, with the main character being played by Robert Culp"
"The DVD for ""Danaza Macabra"" (Castle of Blood",1,-100,"The DVD for ""Danaza Macabra"" (Castle of Blood) is one of the few gems out of ""The Walking Dead"" Season One that are more than a mere novelty. This series that is ""The Walking Dead"" revolves around one man whose character is the one that everybody hates; Carl Grimes. This man has the same haircut that everyone in the world has but he's not as cool as some people think. This man has a super natural ability to turn into an animal and","The DVD for ""Danaza Macabra"" (Castle of Blood & Steel) is the same one used for the DVD set of ""Danaza Macabra"" (Castle of Blood & Steel) in Canada. The set looks to be the same, and the DVD cover also appears to be the same as the one used for the set of Danaza Macabra in Canada. The story of this series is interesting. While there is an amazing cast, including Chris Sarandon ("
"If you're a fan of Gothic horror, then you're definitely absolutely guaranteed",1,-100,"If you're a fan of Gothic horror, then you're definitely absolutely guaranteed to like this one. The movie is about a man (played by David Hasselhoff) who goes to a mental institution after his wife is murdered by an inmate (James Caan). Upon entering the institution, he discovers a secret chamber where he meets another inmate (played by Michael Nesmith). However, this group of inmates is very unstable and very strange, to the point that the inmate may be mentally ill.<","If you're a fan of Gothic horror, then you're definitely absolutely guaranteed to enjoy ""Horror On the Beach."" Not only do you get a great cast of talent in this film, but director Mike Figgis puts a twist on Gothic horror that really gets your attention. Not only is there a ghost haunting the beach, but he manages to put in some twists that make the film not only a horror film, but a twisted comedy at that. The characters in the film are a total different"
I originally saw this movie as a boy at the old Rialto Theatre,1,-100,"I originally saw this movie as a boy at the old Rialto Theatre in Santa Rosa, CA. The theatre was packed with people wanting a glimpse of the boy at the age of 13 (I was a 13 year old child too and was so excited to get in there for the movie to end, only 15 minutes or so left), I was so happy to see an older family with young children in the small area in the front. I'm glad to see this movie again now, it is","I originally saw this movie as a boy at the old Rialto Theatre in Toronto back in 1991. I have heard rumors of the story, but can confirm it is still one I can not get into now. The story follows a family with two young daughters in the 1950s. It's a simple family tale which makes for good drama, although it's so much harder to watch this as a boy when the girls are not looking at him.<br /><br />I'm not going to"
"This complicated story begins fairly simply, with an English journalist accepting a wager",1,-100,"This complicated story begins fairly simply, with an English journalist accepting a wager with an Italian businessman and a gang of thugs, where the reporter and his man friend, who's also from England, will win 100,000 pounds each. But the plot keeps jumping around, with the writer keeping switching the author, and then switching back to the main character. The story then involves all the players in a kind of ""movie-noir"", but then the film-noir is suddenly gone. The","This complicated story begins fairly simply, with an English journalist accepting a wager from a ""prominent American"" that the reporter can win the trust of the famous novelist, and then the journalist uses that trust to further his quest, as he unearths his own past while at the same time trying to find a connection between him and his hero. In the main event of the movie you get to see him find out how the ""artistic"" writer, Paulie Thomas, influenced Thomas Pyn"
"I've watched this movie a number of times, and found it to be",1,-100,"I've watched this movie a number of times, and found it to be an amazing film. If you like the type of films that have the great cinematography of George A. Romero, the writing of Stephen King, the score of David Lynch, and the way that the acting is fantastic. I highly recommend this movie for everyone. You'll feel like a kid again. So go enjoy it!! I really can't think of anything that you can do in your day-to-day life which","I've watched this movie a number of times, and found it to be a very interesting movie from the point of view of the main character who is very intelligent and has a unique approach towards life. So much so that the movie does not make any sense and it is difficult to understand at first. I find it interesting because the movie opens up new possibilities for you to think about what it really is that we see. I find it very enlightening and the movie is very much on a human level"
"When American author Edgar Allan Poe visits London, he is approached by British journalist",1,-100,"When American author Edgar Allan Poe visits London, he is approached by British journalist Christopher Walkin. After a friendly greeting, it is revealed that Poe is very popular in London. However, he does not seem to be quite at home. In addition, he gets a new job at a magazine in London. Upon arriving at his new place, he is very shocked by its poor condition, it looks like it has been abandoned and its surroundings is very bleak and dreary. He gets to know a","When American author Edgar Allan Poe visits London, he is approached by British journalist Edward Brooke, who offers him £50 if he can write about the horror that lurks in the city below. As he begins his journey he meets the charming Charlotte Barbour, a wealthy widow, and her husband, Sir William, who also happens to be Poe's lover.<br /><br />This film is very reminiscent of The Invisible Ray, where Barbour is revealed to be Poe's ex-lover who"
Castle of Blood is a good example of the quality work in the horror,1,-100,"Castle of Blood is a good example of the quality work in the horror genre.The movie follows the story of a mute man named Joe who is a researcher for a research lab. In order to have the results of his research, he must become a full blown vampire. His assistant, the nurse, and his assistant, the scientist, the psychiatrist, the priest, and his vampire research assistant, all of them die in the same way that the mute man does. His assistant, who is called","Castle of Blood is a good example of the quality work in the horror film genre. It has a brilliant cast of veteran actors, a very good story with a very memorable villain, and a very interesting premise which makes it a very enjoyable film to watch. The story is very original and the film captures what it means to be in love while making the audience cry out for it to end.<br /><br />The cinematography was shot in Vancouver, with a lot of greenscreen and very"
Italy produced a lot of really great and original horror films in the 1960's,1,-100,"Italy produced a lot of really great and original horror films in the 1960's. But, unlike many of the films made at that time, this one was no exception. It was not made with money or big stars, so it has very few box office hits, but with many, many people still alive today it has touched a wide group of people.<br /><br />So, if you do not like horror, do not see this film, it is a horrible movie. The plot is","Italy produced a lot of really great and original horror films in the 1960's and 70's. It seems that these horror films were the norm at that time. However some are really bad (like The Exterminator and the last night of a cult movie) and some are really, really awful. This is one of those rare cases of a good film that is not only worth viewing but also a MUST SEE. It is definitely worth seeing because of the story (which is fairly similar to many horror"
I first remember seeing this one back in the 70s when it was shown,1,-100,"I first remember seeing this one back in the 70s when it was shown on an FM band around 11 PM in the local shop! The music was amazing, the actors were incredible and the actors (including an old lady) were all in a fantastic mood. It was a very original piece of work and definitely a film to watch. The plot, well you could say it was a'story' but it was more like a ""picture"".<br /><br />It does contain nudity,",I first remember seeing this one back in the 70s when it was shown on the Canadian TV. It was a huge hit with audiences and critics alike. Since it was an instant classic I don't really see it as a must watch anymore because I'm pretty certain that if we had not heard about this film a long time ago there would be no films like this today. But for me it's definitely a must have and I can't imagine having the same kind of reaction if it's not made
`Castle of Blood' (aka `Castle of Terror') is,1,-100,"`Castle of Blood' (aka `Castle of Terror') is a superb movie, a horror film for the slasher fan. It is well-acted, funny, violent, and a good example of the genre that has defined the genre since `The Texas Chain Saw Massacre'. The movie is not too good, and you can easily get caught up in what is going on. The movie is excellent, with some of the best special effects from a movie that I have seen in a long","`Castle of Blood' (aka `Castle of Terror') is a film which is all about some guys who get together, and they get really into some really violent stuff that they do and get out a really violent ending.<br /><br />When I first saw this movie, I didn't think anything of it.<br /><br />Then I saw it again, and this time I didn't think anything of it, that's how much of it I saw.<br /"
"I saw this film when I was 10 or 11 years old, alone in",1,-100,"I saw this film when I was 10 or 11 years old, alone in the car listening to the radio in the middle of the night. I sat and watched for about 15 minutes because I was embarrassed of the fact that I had nothing to do. All my friends were in the same car, too. I was too embarrassed. At the end of the film, the characters are all laughing at one another, not me. All the actors in the cast were laughing, not me. The movie starts","I saw this film when I was 10 or 11 years old, alone in my parents room. We were in it about an hour. For me, I was pretty much the only person in it, but my friend and I did see it. (I had a VHS video at home, but the only way I could get it was by my mother finding the video in my sister's room, and I had to borrow it) I have to say, it would not have been possible to take"
"<br /><br />Film dominated by raven-haired Barbara Steele,",1,-100,"<br /><br />Film dominated by raven-haired Barbara Steele, a woman who is apparently the victim of mental illness, I was surprised to discover that she and her son live in an apartment that could hold one of the finest apartments in Hollywood. There is more of a ""gourmet"" to the apartment than to most film houses.<br /><br />She spends most of her time at home, and that is understandable since her husband is a composer. There is nothing very glamorous about","<br /><br />Film dominated by raven-haired Barbara Steele, she is one of the few people to have played such an active part in the creation of the original Star Wars series, with the original series co-creators George Lucas and Steven Spielberg. <br /><br />The original Star Wars trilogy had an almost exclusively female cast, and that has changed in a big way since it was released. The original cast was very well-represented, but we have to wonder if we"
Hardcastle and McCormick is an excellent TV show. <br /><,1,-100,"Hardcastle and McCormick is an excellent TV show. <br /><br />The actors are very good and the camera work is wonderful. The writers are very creative.<br /><br />The only thing I don't think I have ever liked is the ""choreography"". <br /><br />McCormick: you have to see it for yourself but you can find it on TV.<br /><br />I found the show to be quite boring but not completely boring","Hardcastle and McCormick is an excellent TV show. <br /><br />I watched it in a very small group and it was an uninspired mess.<br /><br />The first episode is really disappointing.<br /><br />I loved the first two, not the last episode.<br /><br />It was like watching a series that had been cut off during the writing.<br /><br />There is a lot of bad acting in this mess"
"I took a chance on ""Hardcastle and McCormick"" by purchasing the",1,-100,"I took a chance on ""Hardcastle and McCormick"" by purchasing the book at the library, where I found it with a very good recommendation. It was not bad by any means, but I didn't like ""Hardcastle"" by a long shot. You could call this an original work because I do not know who wrote it, but I'm sure it was inspired by a lot of classic literature as well. A really nice story with lots of fun characters, which make this a classic for","I took a chance on ""Hardcastle and McCormick"" by purchasing the first DVD of ""A Christmas Story"" in the 70's. I had never seen a Christmas movie before, so I had no idea what to expect or how the film would begin. I was expecting to enjoy a simple tale of the ""good old days"" with Christmas songs. I was sorely disappointed! This movie is too cheesy (I saw a trailer about Christmas in New York), too over the top (you see Santa"
Wonderful family drama/comedy starring MacClaine and Garr that entert,1,-100,"Wonderful family drama/comedy starring MacClaine and Garr that entertains the kids with wonderful lines. The script is by the children themselves, but the movie is made up of a series of characters and scenes, none of which are a problem for the adults. The film is a delight to watch, especially for the kids. The movie is also very effective because the kids themselves are very talented actors, they are able to turn any moment of their lives into memorable scenes and lines. They are","Wonderful family drama/comedy starring MacClaine and Garr that entertains, if not with the same magic as The Great Pretender. In the end the two young men can hardly be considered the same, but the magic is just as fresh. A great ensemble cast with a cast that includes George E.R. (as a lawyer) and the lovely and mysterious Edna Ferrer (as a magician) who also stars as a mother of two, a teacher at the orphanage,"
Shirley MacLaine in another tailor-made role. As the,1,-100,"Shirley MacLaine in another tailor-made role. As the girl in this horror film that has ""Hollywood"" in the title, she does the girl that made her famous, but with a twist. First, she is the young lady of the house and only in the shower, where she finds a dead body. She decides to go into the woods and meet a man with an axe and some kind of supernatural ability. She is then surrounded by a pack of dogs and attacked by","Shirley MacLaine in another tailor-made role. As the girl's mother she looks more like a lady with a high-pitched voice than anyone else around this stage. So what was a surprise was that she didn't go by herself to her new apartment building; there was another child, a boy, and they stayed there, with the windows open. She and the other children spent the night. One day in the middle of the night, an older child saw something strange in"
A toothsome little potboiler whose 65-minute length doesn't seem,1,-100,"A toothsome little potboiler whose 65-minute length doesn't seem to add up to one of those awful little movies whose creators just seem to want to cram all their ideas into one small amount of space. It also has an interesting plot, with a bit of the original cast in the lead roles, though the script is a little less entertaining than I would like. The cast is all here too, including one of the original cast members who played one of the original characters as well. There","A toothsome little potboiler whose 65-minute length doesn't seem to exist. You know what that is? If the guy making it is too tall for a chair and you're too tall for a potboiler, the dude making it is too thin for you to sit on. It's the typical potboiler that's supposed to scare. It should scare you. The main character (who, I believe, is played by the very best guy who has ever worked in acting,"
"Second-feature concerns a young woman in London desperate for a job, happy",1,-100,"Second-feature concerns a young woman in London desperate for a job, happy in her home life. She is a model, a beauty. She is an artist, her mother, a painter. She travels from country to country as she attempts to find jobs - and more - which her parents will not sanction her. But, as her journey goes on, she meets the girl who holds a talent for dance. But when the girl reveals she has not written music, the old lady's temper becomes so","Second-feature concerns a young woman in London desperate for a job, happy as a teenager, with an English and a British accent. When she receives a job offer in Ireland she is instantly excited, she has never seen such a big city before but she doesn't realise how dangerous the jobs, money, and the lack of family in London will be. Despite the job offer, she is still happy to be in a new country and with a new family. She falls head over heels for a blonde"
Having watched this film strictly on the strength of reviewers' ratings I was most,1,-100,"Having watched this film strictly on the strength of reviewers' ratings I was most disappointed. I'm sure some of the reviews were just over-critical of everything, but if you are going to spend your hard-earned money on this then you can certainly afford better. If you have a taste for over the top action films and a dislike of low budget, low budget, low budget films then you need to steer clear of this film. The script is poor, the acting weak, and the dialog is","Having watched this film strictly on the strength of reviewers' ratings I was most happy with the film's low rating. As most of the reviewers have commented on the fact that this film is no longer released, I wondered if the ratings were more based on the film's not being in production than the film's actual qualities. I was pleased to see that it is still available as a VHS copy and there is a commentary track with the director and writer which, for the curious, has many surprises.<"
Nina Foch delivers a surprisingly strong performance as the title character in this,1,-100,"Nina Foch delivers a surprisingly strong performance as the title character in this terrifically funny and moving ""family"" film. The production has some of the most sophisticated and effective camerawork and camera work of all time. In my opinion, it is Foch who proves to be the true master of all that auteur filmmaking has to offer. Foch has always been a real standout performer in this form, and she continues to add to her repertoire of roles. Her latest, The C","Nina Foch delivers a surprisingly strong performance as the title character in this excellent, haunting story, about a young woman's coming-of-age story. Foch is a truly remarkable presence as the heroine. The film has a strong ending with a satisfying ending. And Foch's performance is as stunning as ever. It is very satisfying for those that don't like horror, romance and/or dark moods.<br /><br />The direction is particularly impressive. The movie has a"
Julia Ross (Nina Foch) agrees to take a position as,1,-100,"Julia Ross (Nina Foch) agrees to take a position as a secretary in a boarding house in New Orleans when her uncle's brother decides to have her leave. However, her sister-in-law (Julie D'Olivo) comes to be a fixture in the family, and her Auntie Pat (Leslie Jordan) is also there. A young man named Arthur Harris arrives and becomes the main attraction of the boarding house. Julia has to put up with some harsh","Julia Ross (Nina Foch) agrees to take a position as an intern for the prestigious fashion magazine, W (the equivalent of the equivalent of the equivalent of a TV documentary series). She's a girl, so she must do something wrong. The editorial team tries to keep her on the straight and narrow, but her talent and intelligence shine through. There's no sense of danger in the environment, no conflict between the ""types"". Instead we see characters that we're meant to like ("
"For those who think of Dame May Witty as the kindly, slightly bat",1,-100,"For those who think of Dame May Witty as the kindly, slightly batty character she is, she is a serious, almost obsessive character in this film. She is the film's centrepiece character, a woman in her thirties, a librarian and librarian's librarian who is a good, even noble, woman. She is also the best supporting role in the film, a little bit of the old witch-fantasy Lady Macbeth, the woman and her daughter who","For those who think of Dame May Witty as the kindly, slightly bat-crap heroine of the 1950's/60's, her performances have to be one of the most enjoyable. The young actress, a fan favourite for her winking wittiness and her quick wit, was equally good in other aspects. Her one-woman show, with a little help from a friend of her and a man of the local community, included all of the usual stuff - silly prattle about good cooking"
MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS is a mesmerizing 1945 B thriller from,1,-100,"MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS is a mesmerizing 1945 B thriller from the mind of the first director of the British-produced ""B"" movies and the first British star of the film genre. It was made without the use of many of the most common B film techniques or techniques that would later become popular, and is a true story of two young people who are set on a path to true happiness.<br /><br />Although the plot is rather predictable, what elevates this film to","MY NAME IS JULIA ROSS is a mesmerizing 1945 B thriller from Hollywood writer Robert K. Basinger which features a magnificent cast including: Roscoe Field (the father of Roscoe, played by Roscoe Field Jr.), James Stewart, Mary Tyler Moore, Frank Morgan, William H.M. Heiney and Sidney Denton, all of whom are also involved in the plot.<br /><br />The story revolves around a man with a long past with a woman who goes"
"Greatly enjoyed this 1945 mystery thriller film about a young woman, Nina F",1,-100,"Greatly enjoyed this 1945 mystery thriller film about a young woman, Nina Foch, who mysteriously disappears without a trace. Aided by a psychic medium and a former nun, she begins to track down a killer on her own, eventually leading to a thrilling climax in which we witness the murder of Foch's killer, who is never seen again.<br /><br />Set in France in the early 1930s, it is a story of passion, and a fascinating portrayal of the modern woman,","Greatly enjoyed this 1945 mystery thriller film about a young woman, Nina Farrar (played with terrific skill by Katharine Hepburn) who goes to see a psychiatrist after her mother is attacked by a violent and delusional woman in the woods. Farrar gets in touch with her psychiatrist (James Stewart) and reveals a shocking secret about her mother's past. The result is a dramatic, emotionally moving and utterly compelling experience as the viewer is able to watch the psychiatrist's treatment of Farrar"
This was a typical grade B movie in 1940s Hollywood and yet it succeeded,1,-100,"This was a typical grade B movie in 1940s Hollywood and yet it succeeded in raising an audience from the silent film age. The story of a little boy with a disability and his ""family"" that have been pushed out of his path for his own good. What follows is one of those silent movie masterpieces where the audience is drawn into the atmosphere of an abandoned orphanage and the life of a child with a disability. It can be a little bit scary and the acting is absolutely great, but","This was a typical grade B movie in 1940s Hollywood and yet it succeeded not because it had a good cast but because of the cast. It was a solid performance by the young star, a young Henry Fonda, as he is still the great actor he was and he was quite funny in this. All in all it was a rather boring movie with Fonda and others. The music was excellent. The cast was outstanding and I am very proud that at the age of 29 Henry Fonda had"
"Nina Foch insists that ""My Name is Julia Ross"" in this",1,-100,"Nina Foch insists that ""My Name is Julia Ross"" in this ""new film"" about a young woman named Julia Ross, who is a talented writer, and who is just starting out in her career. Her first assignment in this new line of work is as a ""playwright"", with the goal of opening a theater company, and this takes her to the home of her best friend, an elderly artist whose wife is ill and they need a place to hide. She gets the house as","Nina Foch insists that ""My Name is Julia Ross"" in this, her first foray into feature films.<br /><br />This was directed by her husband and brother-in-law, David Foch, and was shot in their home, on the set of a local school.<br /><br />Foch's character, an emotionally damaged child, is often the most interesting and compelling character in the story, and Foch's performance captures such a wide range of emotions."
Joseph H. Lewis was one of the finest directors of film noir.,1,-100,"Joseph H. Lewis was one of the finest directors of film noir. He was also the director of the first ""Black-and-White"" American movie, The Woman From the North. Lewis was very young, at the time of filming of The Woman From the North, but I believe he was already very successful. As the film-makers discovered more and more to their surprise, they discovered a real talent which Lewis was able to showcase.<br /><br />It took two years to","Joseph H. Lewis was one of the finest directors of film noir. His noir films have to be one of the all time top contenders for best noir and have included the likes of Frank Morgan, Joseph H. Lewis, Fred Wood, Eugene H. Schlesinger, Robert W. Wilson, Joseph Conrad, and Jack Ryan.<br /><br />And you might be surprised to hear of another noir director that was a master of film noir like Frank Morgan.<br /"
A lovely little B picture with all the usual Joe Lewis touches.... people ripping,1,-100,"A lovely little B picture with all the usual Joe Lewis touches.... people ripping a lot of people on the sides, but also a lot of funny parts, with one of the more surprising endings of it.... plus the good performances by a very good cast including a young Susan Hayward who makes this one an absolute treat for anyone with the slightest interest in film..... i will rate this one at a few points off as its a B movie. I'll be looking for new movies to catch up on....... a","A lovely little B picture with all the usual Joe Lewis touches.... people ripping on each other, the scenery... the cars, the scenery, the horses and the scenery....all right....but the picture that makes it special is the music....it's nice, and catchy, and that nice little theme song....well...it gets a little repetitive, but it's really nice....its the type of movie that makes you smile a bunch of times, even if you are laughing a lot.<br /"
"What if Marylin Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe Dimaggio and Senator",1,-100,"What if Marylin Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe Dimaggio and Senator Joe McCarthy had all made the same movie? How different would we all be if all we had to compare was a bunch of schmucks doing drugs. The whole plot of the film revolves around this. The director, Richard Brooks, uses the drug scene as a way to make this a noir movie. The acting was great, although the performances were all awful. It's only a film, and not even the movie","What if Marylin Monroe, Albert Einstein, Joe Dimaggio and Senator Paul Ehrlich had been all actors for this horror film? The cast includes Ehrlich and Monroe. What was it with the filmgoers that they were all too busy staring at their phones to notice the plot. The film does, indeed, have a couple of plot twists, including one to which everyone should be grateful.<br /><br />Overall, it's a terrible film. There are not enough of those"
"Nicolas Roeg's projects are variable to say the least, but are",1,-100,"Nicolas Roeg's projects are variable to say the least, but are usually good. He's been more successful with westerns than any other director. It's a shame to see that his ""Man on the Moon"" project didn't go anywhere. His first feature was in 1983's ""Laserblast"" and it's a shame that ""The Last Living Dead"" didn't get a movie. He's a pretty good director, even though the acting is sometimes a bit too exaggerated, even","Nicolas Roeg's projects are variable to say the least, but are still enjoyable. I saw him in the 70's and this was the first movie that I remember watching. It's hard to say whether this is his most successful movie or the worst. It's easy to see the differences between the 2: I'd recommend this to anyone (kids etc) with a passion for movies and music. If you love rap, hip hop, or jazz and you love the music that Roeg so"
"I have always been a great admirer of Nicolas Roeg and ""Walk",1,-100,"I have always been a great admirer of Nicolas Roeg and ""Walk the Line"" is a fantastic show that has always impressed me. It has some of the great people that were in the original ""Arrested Development"" and so many of the actors are not in it anymore. Most of the actors are very fresh and so are the people who wrote the script for the show. So if you have been looking for a show that has the characters of the original ""Arrested Development""","I have always been a great admirer of Nicolas Roeg and ""Walk Hard"", and the movies of the same name. This one was even less special to me.<br /><br />The movie opens on a beautiful scenic beach, which is so picturesque. The sound of birds calls is so lovely, and makes it almost unbelievable. The first thing that grabs my attention is the wonderful setting in the desert. The beach is absolutely perfect for a great movie. When the kids arrive, I"
"Yes, it's flawed - especially if you're into Hollywood films that demand",1,-100,"Yes, it's flawed - especially if you're into Hollywood films that demand your full attention. But, then again, Hollywood films today, don't they all seem to be like that...<br /><br />It's a film that feels right, and has nothing to do with a ""drama"" that was made. It's a film that feels like a movie that comes from a cinema in a remote location, just a minute or so from a city, and that's the only","Yes, it's flawed - especially if you're into Hollywood films that demand ""high drama"" from their characters, though this movie is not a ""must see"" but does entertain. It's got ""character stuff"" as well, which can make even a mediocre movie - no matter how good the acting - fun. This is one that I can even watch again and again.<br /><br />I give this movie an 8.5 - with that, I think. It's good and"
"If you have any sort of appreciation for character and dialogue, and any sense",1,-100,"If you have any sort of appreciation for character and dialogue, and any sense of comedy, then this could really be made for you. It is a great movie filled with great characters and great characters, but the screenplay was awful. The characters, and the plot all revolve around the same basic formula of the same old things. Nothing was interesting. I would not even be willing to think of such a horrible script in my head...<br /><br />All in all, this movie sucked","If you have any sort of appreciation for character and dialogue, and any sense of good storytelling, then you owe it to yourself to see this film.<br /><br />In the words of the old song, ""The Man Comes Around"", we are in one of those ""special"" movies that should never be forgotten - we are in a time in America where the movies are really starting to make movies - movies that make us laugh, and be touched.<br /><br />I can't"
"New York, 1953. One hot night, four famous iconic figures will come",1,-100,"New York, 1953. One hot night, four famous iconic figures will come together - Arthur Miller, Victor Garber, Victor Garber's long-time producer, Fred E. Moore and MGM's new showman, Harry Cohn. With a few other people and with a few good ideas, they'll make a movie from a story that they've written. At the time when it was released, it was the only movie to take place in New York. By the way, it's not very","New York, 1953. One hot night, four famous iconic figures will come together in a movie to celebrate their love for each other. What happened to these men? The movie director who started it all!<br /><br />Sebastian Stan is so boring in this, because he was not the one to set the movie in New York. In the early 1930's, he is one of the great artists, a true movie pioneer. He can be found here in the first feature"
It is not known whether Marilyn Monroe ever met and spoke with Albert Einstein (,1,-100,It is not known whether Marilyn Monroe ever met and spoke with Albert Einstein (or even if it was in any other context) and what this is supposed to be about is left to speculation. In fact we do not know if there is any kind of explanation as to the subject of this film which was in fact filmed back in 1940. The fact of its being a feature film and not a reality based on any kind of set design is shown in its overall lack of artistic quality.The action in some,"It is not known whether Marilyn Monroe ever met and spoke with Albert Einstein (1925-1993), but this film is about his relationship with Monroe. He made many films with her, including The Ladykillers and The Uninvited. I do not think Monroe could have written these ""charmingly funny"" stories, even for a child; she had trouble staying on a comedy schedule.<br /><br />But it seems that Albert Einstein (1925-1993) may have been more than"
"""Insignificance"" is a far from great film, from a",1,-100,"""Insignificance"" is a far from great film, from a director with a penchant for ""horrifying"", ""gory"", ""gory"" film no matter what. The main characters are utterly evil, with one of them having a little girl with the intent of killing the other two after they get in a fight.<br /><br />It is the film that spawned a series of the films the same name. The series of films came in a variety of forms, including","""Insignificance"" is a far from great film, from a technical standpoint and with the exception of its title, which is somewhat misleading. The film was shot on a short film budget, and it shows; everything, everything, it could have been on one reel.<br /><br />It was shot with very good cinematography and I liked the production design; all the characters, everything that you can imagine; and the cinematography is very impressive. Insignificance is a"
"""The Woman in Black"" is easily one of the creepiest British ghost",1,-100,"""The Woman in Black"" is easily one of the creepiest British ghost movies we have seen. I've been thinking of it for years, but didn't know how good it was until I found myself laughing when I went to watch it the other night. It's the perfect film for a Halloween night, and a great way to get away from the usual modern creepiness. The movie is about a woman, with short hair, in a very gothic house that was repurposed for","""The Woman in Black"" is easily one of the creepiest British ghost movies you'll see here. It's a twisted tale of paranoia, weirdo psychonautism, and an ancient demon whose victims never show the slightest emotion. Basically the movie's an 80's action movie made as a slow-paced, creepy, and sadistic thriller. There's a lot of weirdos in this film that try to kill the people in the main character's family or friends. That's really it"
The Woman in Black (1989) is a TV adaptation of Susan Hill's,1,-100,"The Woman in Black (1989) is a TV adaptation of Susan Hill's novel about a woman who has escaped from a mental institution, to whom we can relate only through her obsession with the Man in Black, a mentally ill man who seems to have a mind of his own. He has psychic powers that allow him to control the minds of other people, and his victim at the end, Samantha Stokes (a wonderful performance by the great Rosanna Arquette) is his most wanted victim.","The Woman in Black (1989) is a TV adaptation of Susan Hill's novel that stars the actress Sarah Paulson as ""Gwen"" a reporter working for a local newspaper. While in the middle of an investigation, she is given the task of tracking down an innocent woman known only as ""The Woman in Black"". A reporter who goes missing while covering a ""crime"" in another area of town, her disappearance leads to a new investigation.<br /><br />While some of the footage looks"
This film has been scaring me since the first day I saw it.<,1,-100,"This film has been scaring me since the first day I saw it.<br /><br />So, if you know anything about film making, you'll know about the many reasons to watch this film. If you don't, you won't either. If you do have a taste for horror movies, then the idea of this movie may just have tickled your fancy.<br /><br />The film begins, with a quick close-up of an unnamed dead body. When the camera","This film has been scaring me since the first day I saw it.<br /><br />I love how this movie has everything from weird to depressing. The acting is really creepy as the characters are all so creepy. <br /><br />The soundtrack of the film makes you feel a little uncomfortable all the time and the film itself is dark, creepy, and creepy-like in all the wrong ways.<br /><br />The main character is cute and the plot of the story"
"Every once in a while in the wonderful world of horror,diamonds",1,-100,"Every once in a while in the wonderful world of horror,diamonds don't just have to be broken,they can literally hold a soul. i am not one for this kind of film and i usually think it's the gore films, but this film is one of the most mind-blowing of the century. this is one of the rarest movies in the world and i think that people are trying to see it as soon as possible. this is a film which shows what horror is","Every once in a while in the wonderful world of horror,diamonds will come off the rack and come with their name attached to the bottom. This is one such gem,one that can really bring even those of you that dislike horror,diamonds a+ for making it not only enjoyable,but is also entertaining. It's like nothing you have seen and it's got no faults.This is one that people can watch for all of the right reasons.The story is great as well"
I really miss the production of good old fashion Spooky films. If Is,1,-100,I really miss the production of good old fashion Spooky films. If Isla Vista is a good film in that sense then it's a shame to be out of it. The movie has a plot that is a little predictable and what should have been a good scary moment was not. The actors were all so very wooden in the acting and the story is really nothing more than a bunch of characters talking nonsense and then one guy just walking around looking at something. I think the movie could have been really,I really miss the production of good old fashion Spooky films. If Isabella Rossella or even Barbara Steele's films were still making that we all have in common I would be more than interested. Now I've only seen the first 10 minutes of this movie on a TV. I couldn't stop laughing and I was really hoping that I'd catch up in about 5 minutes and I still couldn't but by the end of the movie I was still laughing out loud at the ending. It's
"I love ghost stories in general, but I PARTICULARLY LOVE chilly",1,-100,"I love ghost stories in general, but I PARTICULARLY LOVE chilly movies like The X-Files (which I LOVE to this day), The Crow (which, yes, I love to this day), or The Shop Around the Corner (which is still a classic to this day). When you add this to that I am surprised to see this as the #1 spot. As a fan of cold-blooded thrillers, this definitely beat out The Shawshank Redemption, in my mind.","I love ghost stories in general, but I PARTICULARLY LOVE chilly ghost stories. They can be a little dated, but they have so much life to them, that it's impossible to ever go out of your way to find any faults.<br /><br />The one thing I can't stand about ghost stories is the acting. Often it is an amateur, in that most ghost stories are written by people with nothing to do but act.<br /><br />The movie is a"
Spectacular Horror movie that will give you the chills once you get settled,1,-100,"Spectacular Horror movie that will give you the chills once you get settled in. If you love suspense, gore, gore plus a story, you'll love this flick, although it comes with plenty of surprises.<br /><br />There's something about watching a young couple being tortured that's just not something I could stand. These two get dragged out of their lives for two hours, and they come off as a couple of hussy-silly jerks that you shouldn't be looking","Spectacular Horror movie that will give you the chills once you get settled into the chair and just wait. It's an outstanding film with a solid cast with one of the best performances from the cast of the cast that include Kirsten Dunst, Michelle Pfeiffer, Anthony Edwards, Alan Arkin, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox and Michael Shannon.<br /><br />The story is a story of romance as three teens of high school romance, Ryan (Dunst), Ryan (P"
"I saw this film on television years ago, but here several years after,",1,-100,"I saw this film on television years ago, but here several years after, the DVD has not been released.<br /><br />I have to be honest with the film. I'm still not certain why people like this film. There's a certain appeal that I find to be unique, yet it doesn't quite fit my personality. It's not about the characters and situations that make up this film, it is about something deeper and personal.<br /><br />For me, it is","I saw this film on television years ago, but here several years after, I still think of it. I thought the movie to be one of the best films I have ever seen, and it should get more than a rating of 7 in my book.<br /><br />The story of a young man named Jack Torrance (Lorenzo Van Drago) who was raised by a very strict priest named Father Ryan (Raymond Damiano). It is unknown whether Father Ryan was actually the"
Whilst I have loved haunted house movies such as Amityville and Pol,1,-100,"Whilst I have loved haunted house movies such as Amityville and Poltergeist, this one is a piece of junk that should be avoided. The script is so awful that you will never see the plot, the characters, or the scenery again. You will either think this is a horror movie that has fallen into a'retired genre' or a piece of garbage that was filmed using bad special effects. No wonder that a lot of people can't believe that it was a horror movie instead","Whilst I have loved haunted house movies such as Amityville and Poltergeist, this was by far the most awful of all. A woman is forced into a house by her family because she is the only one left in it and she has a sickening experience. The house is so full of weirdos there is no room for anything but a small closet full of stuff that should've never been. We see a young woman (Olivia Mcgill) who is the only person"
I was lucky enough to watch this without any pre viewing hype. I was,1,-100,"I was lucky enough to watch this without any pre viewing hype. I was ready to jump up and down for any of the action. The action was so well executed I didn't really know what was going on. I had the same feeling a few of my friends had when they saw me watching it. I liked it a lot and I think it was a shame you couldn't find it on pay per view. It was so entertaining, so much fun. The only problem is I think some of","I was lucky enough to watch this without any pre viewing hype. I was actually at the age when I first saw this, with my first girlfriend. She was only 6 at the time. Her and I were having a good time on a Saturday night. However, I guess the parents weren't expecting this type of fun.<br /><br />When I found out that this is a really terrible movie, I was totally surprised. I found that many of the ""wins"" have been because"
I first saw this movie here in the U.K. in December 1989,1,-100,"I first saw this movie here in the U.K. in December 1989. I had no idea who was going to play the part of a psychotic and violent ex-cop, and even less of how he was going to pull off the impossible stunt of having to be a jerk all the time. He was so inept and so annoying! He was a good actor, but he didn't have the right part! He was just terrible. He was like the comic relief in the movie, and I","I first saw this movie here in the U.K. in December 1989, shortly before the release, and as it happens the second and third time. What really caught my interest was how ""realistic"" the movie felt.<br /><br />In fact, i still have to watch the last 30 minutes of the movie to see how different it is. I was just in the right state of mind to watch this and think back about what it was like as a kid, that's how"
Well-done ghost story that will give you the creeps and some pretty fair,1,-100,"Well-done ghost story that will give you the creeps and some pretty fair scares. It's a perfect way to spend the late afternoon on this planet. Highly recommended. -Nostalgia rating: 5/10, based on how well this movie has made me think of old horror flicks such as ""Dawn of the Dead"" and ""Nightmare on Elm Street"" and how I was actually creeped out by it. This could easily be considered the funniest film of the year.","Well-done ghost story that will give you the creeps and some pretty fair scares. Also, some killer clowns, including one that looks like the guy in the movie, but no-one can figure out why he is wearing the hat, and why he is on that train track in the middle of nowhere. The movie stars some really hot ladies. Plus, they do a great job with the special effects, and even the soundtrack has some fun tracks, but they are just a little bit over"
I saw this on TV so long ago that I can't remember when it,1,-100,"I saw this on TV so long ago that I can't remember when it was on but I do remember it was the same year that the movie ""Rio Bravo"" was on. This was a movie that really hit you as a woman and in a good way. The scene is really well acted and I can't think of one that can't be used to describe it but for me it's the moment you feel the character of Ms. Rizzo. She's so charming and that's","I saw this on TV so long ago that I can't remember when it was on. It certainly was not on the air on the channel that it is supposed to come from. Maybe my memory's an act.<br /><br />The director, Robert Altman, directed and wrote the screenplay for this. The original story has already been written. Altman wanted the action and the action needed to be dramatic rather than just fast-paced.<br /><br />I don't know what"
This film gave me nightmares for months and I'm 17. This is the,1,-100,This film gave me nightmares for months and I'm 17. This is the greatest film I have ever seen. I am now on my second watch. I have never seen anyone so bad. I don't know who this director was. It was horrible. It's just that bad. He made this crap look like a masterpiece. No one should watch it. My friends thought I was going to eat my lip. I have never laughed so much in my life. The worst part of this film is,"This film gave me nightmares for months and I'm 17. This is the biggest reason I haven't been able to get this on DVD. It was very scary. This movie is just an extreme version of some horror movies that used to appear in British television during the 70s and 80s. One of those. So it's a little scary but you know, the special effects were better then many horror films these days. The acting was really bad and they even use fake actors in the movie."
Most horror movies are in fact horrible movies. They get to be same ol,1,-100,"Most horror movies are in fact horrible movies. They get to be same ol' bad and horrible with a ""cute"" twist thrown in. For years we got the bad guy/girl with a big red eye who is evil and creepy and the good guy/girl who is friendly and innocent. The two are supposed to be two sides of a coin that are in competition. Not sure what happens to the two in the end. Why are there such bad people/good people. Why a movie","Most horror movies are in fact horrible movies. They get to be same ol' same ol' the plot over and over again, or at least that's how my wife has described it.<br /><br />The only thing I find the most disturbing is how some movies get made. I think for a movie like this it would take a huge amount of talent to even try. The story is the same, some guy walks out of the bar with a young lady. Then the two find out"
I gave this film an 10/10 with some reluctance as it's hard,1,-100,"I gave this film an 10/10 with some reluctance as it's hard to say anything negative about this movie, although it's not without its flaws. It has to be one of my favorite movies of all time and that's saying a lot. The thing that made this movie a gem was the soundtrack that went along with the scenes. As soon as I heard the song with the piano I thought it would be a great soundtrack for my movies. It is just that good. I loved it,","I gave this film an 10/10 with some reluctance as it's hard to describe what the movie is about. It's not quite as dark as most horror movies. But, it is as a whole a more intense experience and that was a key part for me in the film being so intense. It's a really tense and very dark film. The cinematography was also really good. So there is a lot of suspense and drama as this is being a thriller. The characters are also very well"
How much could the general Hollywood director learn from this movie? All... when,1,-100,"How much could the general Hollywood director learn from this movie? All... when he first came into Hollywood he was like this and it was almost as bad as he was, because of his over the top self indulgences with Hollywood. If you have to see it you will have to rent it, but you will like it more than seeing it on TV. The plot is not that great and that is why I don't blame the director for this. He must have forgotten to see how to make","How much could the general Hollywood director learn from this movie? All... when trying to give a movie a title that says a lot about the movie, and trying to avoid the kind of cheesy, overdubbed acting, it's not even close.<br /><br />When the movie was done it was one of the most complete pieces of work you can see in a long time. The movie does not contain only a single scene, but it is an almost continuous flow of content.<br /"
The first and only time I saw the woman in black was I think the,1,-100,"The first and only time I saw the woman in black was I think the 70's or maybe the 80's maybe the 90's I was watching tv when this film was being broadcast. It was a movie that I haven't been able to find in video. The plot is about a man who finds out about a secret that he had been kept from his wife, the only time I saw this she is being stalked by another woman. This movie is just a total flop. The only good","The first and only time I saw the woman in black was I think the first time. But the movie is one of the most powerful, haunting and moving movies I've ever had the honor to see.<br /><br />The music and the cinematography are absolutely breathtaking. And even though you'd think it's an American film, it is based on a Japanese film, so it has a Japanese influence.<br /><br />And the story itself is not only about love. It's"
"There is nothing remotely scary about modern ""horror"" which is an insult",1,-100,"There is nothing remotely scary about modern ""horror"" which is an insult to the genre. It is a poor excuse to put a ""pantomime"" clown in the hero's office.<br /><br />And no, you can't call this movie ""horror"" because it's got nothing to do with horror. That's right, you can't call this movie a horror, it's not scary. This movie is an insult to people like myself and you should be ashamed for","There is nothing remotely scary about modern ""horror"" which is an insult to the film ""The Shining.""<br /><br />The actors do their job but their performance is a joke. The dialogue is the biggest joke in the film. One line of dialogue is so ridiculously clunky (with this movie at the front of the line) that it's almost funnier than it is sad. Some of the character voices are so off-key that I literally can't even take your money"
I first watched this film when I was a kid and is the only time,1,-100,"I first watched this film when I was a kid and is the only time I watched it since. This movie features several characters with special powers and I always loved it. It has an amazing cast and I don't think that a star is appropriate for that. The theme music is perfect for any Halloween. If you don't love horror, you'll love it. Don't let that fool you. It's really one of the most haunting and creepy horror movies ever. Don't be scared. Don","I first watched this film when I was a kid and is the only time I have ever seen this movie.<br /><br />The story is very simple, but very much the same.<br /><br />The story itself is like a story from a film, which I think is kind of bad.<br /><br />This movie is more about acting than anything else, which is not bad but not for a movie. I think for most kids this is not a bad movie because"
A young solicitor in sent to a remote area to wrap up the estate of,1,-100,"A young solicitor in sent to a remote area to wrap up the estate of the previous owner who, for no reason, is a serial killer. They have to find and kill him and escape before the police arrive to capture them. And the killer has the help of a young woman, Mary. But this is an unoriginal premise, with very little originality.<br /><br />This movie is supposed to be a mystery that has a serial killer who travels all over the globe. But in","A young solicitor in sent to a remote area to wrap up the estate of a murder mystery, where he meets a girl (Kiersey Connery) who is the only one left alive, and a rich landlord. Soon, things start to happen to Kiersey, and the girl becomes the victim of brutal killings. Her life falls apart, and everything falls apart on the way.<br /><br />The movie is very good and very scary, with some great atmosphere. The acting was fantastic"
"...On stage, TV or in a book, 'The Woman in Black",1,-100,"...On stage, TV or in a book, 'The Woman in Black' is one of the most intriguing films ever made. It tells the story of 'Gone Baby Gone,' an orphaned child whose spirit awakens and wreaks havoc on the family who are all living in this very strange world of our world in the 60s. The film also stars the cast of 'The Shining' which you probably know as well. There are many great performances in this film from the children as well","...On stage, TV or in a book, 'The Woman in Black' is truly frightening. The plot is simple, yet with enough sub-plots to keep the film moving along.<br /><br />All-time favourite Tom Bissette of 'Fantastic Four' plays a young, eager-beaver boy who has been given extraordinary powers by his grandfather. After a very bad day in class, he finds a young lady and falls in love, but her aunt ("
...........as I was when I saw this movie) I will never watch,1,-100,"...........as I was when I saw this movie) I will never watch this movie again for the same reason as I watched The Ring, for the reason that if I don't see this one again I will die of laughter.<br /><br />But even though its a comedy movie that takes some good funny scenes and puts some ""serious"" moments in it then the movie is just that, a comedy with some ""serious"" moments that don't work and you can see in the first 15","...........as I was when I saw this movie) I will never watch it again.<br /><br />Its the worst movie I've seen since ""Tek, B-Movie"". This movie really did nothing but suck. The character was just stupid. I don't think I was all that interested, it was very lackluster, if you want to be a bad movie you have to be one that just goes about it the same. If you need a movie to watch just rent ""T"
This is a plain old spooky ghost story. I showed it to some,1,-100,"This is a plain old spooky ghost story. I showed it to some college kids from the local community, and it's not that hard to see that they know how to do a good job with a ghost, but it's the story and the writing that make it so enjoyable. The script works so well, the writing makes so much sense, and the acting is excellent.<br /><br />It's not as hard as it sounds and there's something that sets this apart. It takes","This is a plain old spooky ghost story. I showed it to some friends who were not very convinced by it. It was pretty creepy at times, and the movie's most notable aspect was the soundtrack. It has very catchy songs, and you really like them. <br /><br />The cast and director are the same guy - I think that's what sets it apart. They had to get it shot for it to work in the U.S., with the crappy sound. They"
"A young solicitor from London, Arthur Kidd is sent to a small coastal town",1,-100,"A young solicitor from London, Arthur Kidd is sent to a small coastal town on a ship to help with a case involving a mysterious woman known as an ""angel"" who has the power to transport people and objects from one place to another. However, she can only appear when a certain period of time is extended. Arthur is a talented detective but his wife, Anne, has a terrible temper, and Arthur's own daughter, Harriet, has to keep close the caretaker-like housekeeper, Mrs","A young solicitor from London, Arthur Kidd is sent to a small coastal town in Florida to act as the local lawman. When he arrives in the middle of nowhere, he is faced with a simple task when he starts treating more criminals than he can keep track of. After dealing with a petty criminal who steals his client's identity, Arthur and his new friends attempt to escape and find more than they bargained for. <br /><br />In the first movie of the series, a young"
"The Woman In Black is fantastic in all aspects. It's scary, suspense",1,-100,"The Woman In Black is fantastic in all aspects. It's scary, suspenseful, suspenseful, suspenseful, suspenseful. The movie is so good that some of the actors have to be given huge amounts of work to do just this. The only one who can not be trusted, is the director who had never even made a horror movie before, let alone something that is truly scary, suspenseful, suspenseful. I have seen the whole cast in this movie, and even with all the","The Woman In Black is fantastic in all aspects. It's scary, suspenseful and so good. It's about a woman who finds herself trapped in a cave after she dies in the mines. One day she wakes up in another cave with an old man, the Man In Black. They begin their search for the body and its meaning. I am so glad that this movie has such a cult following.<br /><br />The Man In Black is the main character and I am the main character"
"Yes, a true classic! This is what British drama is all about,",1,-100,"Yes, a true classic! This is what British drama is all about, and for this reason alone. I have watched many, many a British classic, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, in my day, and I have never liked this one the least. Its plot was simple enough, but the movie was so long and boring, that one could hardly move about it. It was one of those movies where even as a child you just couldn't see it, if you were a child. And I","Yes, a true classic! This is what British drama is all about, and one of the great things about the story is the relationship between the father and son. The father was really a loving, kind man who cared for his son and I was really moved and moved that I couldn't understand how this poor boy could live this way, and as you can see, how the father and son make their way to a new home where things begin to take a turn for the worse. The father tries"
The Woman In Black was a British made for TV movie which was first broadcast,1,-100,The Woman In Black was a British made for TV movie which was first broadcast in the UK on Sky Television at 10pm on the night of the release of the first movie on the release date.<br /><br />The movie was aired from Friday 25th February 2002 until Monday 10th March 2002.<br /><br />The main storyline focuses on the case of a very sick man whose health has greatly deteriorated. He has been taken to a hospital in London where there has not been a doctor,"The Woman In Black was a British made for TV movie which was first broadcast in 1976.<br /><br />This is a very enjoyable movie. It has a terrific cast: Christopher Lee as Lee's friend and neighbor Sir Michael Ball who was the head of an aristocratic British family. The movie has a lot of fun which is what is important.<br /><br />The director, Anthony Mann has a strong script which is not the usual British style.<br /><br />The acting"
Why am I so convinced there's actually another film version of this novel out,1,-100,"Why am I so convinced there's actually another film version of this novel out there? Well, it could be because this is the first I ever saw on VHS and I'm not the biggest horror film fan, and in the first few seconds of that movie the DVD player caught on something and it played the first half-dozen or so minutes without the need for any pre-recorded narration. It doesn't have a title, and I don't recall even looking at it before the DVD player started","Why am I so convinced there's actually another film version of this novel out there?<br /><br />It's a shame about one of the greatest of all-time, but is more than worthy. (It is my favorite film version of Jafar's and his companions.) You get to see what a difference the changes were made for. I can understand why some of it seems like there is some sort of film-making, and other parts seem to just be a mix of"
"I recently stumbled across this film on TNT five minutes into it, while on",1,-100,"I recently stumbled across this film on TNT five minutes into it, while on my way to the bathroom. I was immediately taken back by it's beauty. The cinematography is beautiful, especially the ones that I saw, including the street scene. Not really an ""action"" picture, because I didn't see much action, but I didn't think much of it. The acting was great, especially the kids. What was supposed to be a ""trouble in paradise"" is actually a great","I recently stumbled across this film on TNT five minutes into it, while on vacation in a Disney cruise. I never thought I'd see another film of this type. So, for my friends that are Disney fans, it was a great surprise. What really caught my attention was how different this was from the ""Minnie"" film.<br /><br />This was not what the Disney movies of the '70s (and early '80s) were made of, it was much more about"
Twisted Desire (1996) was a TV movie starring Melissa Joan Hart.,1,-100,"Twisted Desire (1996) was a TV movie starring Melissa Joan Hart. Her character is the love interest, played by Hart, who falls in the ""cliff edge"", where it's impossible for her to be touched. She must learn how to manipulate people in order to survive, but at the same time, as it turns out, she can't have children. <br /><br />It was, I guess, an attempt at a TV movie of the season, but was probably ruined",Twisted Desire (1996) was a TV movie starring Melissa Joan Hart. It was a TV movie series that aired on cable in the late 60s. The plot of the movie was nothing special. The characters were bland. The special effects were very simple. This was one of the worst movie series to have aired in the late 60's. The movie was not so much about the story or characters but it was about the movies and show that went along with it.<br /><br />I
"When I was flicking through the TV Guide, and came across ""Tw",1,-100,"When I was flicking through the TV Guide, and came across ""Twin Peaks"" at the end of that guide, I must say, I didn't even know what I was looking for. And it took me a while to find it. I found it at the beginning of the guide and just kind of stumbled through to find it.<br /><br />I'll be honest, I felt the plot was a complete mystery, and it's the same story with a few new twists and","When I was flicking through the TV Guide, and came across ""Twin Peaks"" I was in awe, and was more than slightly disappointed. It was what I thought it was, and what I'd been expecting it to be.<br /><br />Now I know the film was made a bit later than in the 70's but I'd been looking to get something like this, and I was very disappointed.<br /><br />I should have seen ""The Lost Weekend"" but"
The movie that i am going to review is a little television movie made in,1,-100,"The movie that i am going to review is a little television movie made in the early seventies, in what I think is the early eighties. it is a great movie, it is the same sort of story that have been running around the same kind of movies such as the'man about to buy a new car', or the 'the great outdoors', or the 'the great adventure' but with its own twist on them all, and it is very similar to the earlier movie where we were","The movie that i am going to review is a little television movie made in the 1950's featuring George Gershwin, the main character of the story is an English composer named Francis St. John. At the beginning of the story Francis St. John is a brilliant composer who is chosen to create a piece for the composer and his girlfriend, Mary. The composer is called Francis St. John. In the beginning of the movie we see Francis St. John playing the tuba he had gotten from"
"Although the story is fictional, it draws from the reality of not only the",1,-100,"Although the story is fictional, it draws from the reality of not only the film's producer, but also of the world of cinema. The plot is straightforward. We see the events, and the consequences are both humorous and profound. If you do not understand the story but are intrigued by its structure, you will see something fascinating. The story is a testament to the power of film noir. The plot involves the death of a starlet, whose film career is nearly over by the beginning. Her","Although the story is fictional, it draws from the reality of not only the war but the times, too.<br /><br />What is unique is not that of the story but the direction, particularly the use of the camera in this film to tell the story.<br /><br />The acting is quite believable especially the women who are played by the incredible Charlene Page.<br /><br />To see this film with your young children please see the video. It will entertain all"
"I liked the movie, first of all because it told an interesting story,",1,-100,"I liked the movie, first of all because it told an interesting story, second as it was an action movie with an action that is a few of the first action movies, because it has very good martial arts style, third because the action was very enjoyable. The movie is also like ""Borat"", a comedy, and not the action part, like the ""Kung Fu Karate"" but this movie is funny, very funny at the end of the movie, and not violent but like","I liked the movie, first of all because it told an interesting story, I thought there was more to it, but if you know anything about the comic book world, you know we have a comic book, we have a comic book and we have a comic book and what is so important about these two, is that they were real stories. And the people portrayed were so flawed and in need of redemption, that was just the story the two told us, no one ever really got past the truth"
Brilliant adaptation of the novel that made famous the relatives of Chilean President,1,-100,"Brilliant adaptation of the novel that made famous the relatives of Chilean President Augusto Pinochet who were murdered. This movie is basically a re-hash of the first one that came out in 1994. The two main actors have gone to different parts of the world to take part in the story, one in New York, and one in New York City. Some of the special effects are not well-done, and most of the actors do a pretty poor job, except for Meryl Streep","Brilliant adaptation of the novel that made famous the relatives of Chilean President Augusto Pinochet.The screenplay and script were excellent and the characters were memorable.One of my favorite parts in the movie,was at the end of the ""Chavez's Last Days"" film,where he was assassinated.It is a very interesting movie and very different from other movies that show the Latin America.The cast was great and the characters memorable.The animation was very well done.The actors did a good"
Could not understand why Jeremy Irons felt it necessary to exhibit a most dis,1,-100,"Could not understand why Jeremy Irons felt it necessary to exhibit a most dispiriting performance. In the absence of his wife and daughters, he is utterly unconvincing as a leading man. Even if one were to accept some of his bizarre claims (a woman in a bikini! A group of girls at the water park!) he does a great job and is a really cute, well acted lead character. A very nice young lady was cast in the supporting role of the local cop (something","Could not understand why Jeremy Irons felt it necessary to exhibit a most disconcerting, unsettling and sometimes downright frightening lack of comprehension and respect for the audience, the show that was the ""Mystery Science Theater 3000"" was, once the cast and crew had finished filming it and was ready to release it onto video at $11 per unit, something for everybody but maybe the very young and the very old.<br /><br />The idea was very simple; the show would be filmed using a"
The photography of this bid-budget production is surprisingly bad. Colors are muddy,1,-100,"The photography of this bid-budget production is surprisingly bad. Colors are muddy. The soundtrack is all over the place (the opening credits are a classic example), but the only thing that's memorable is the opening narration. The acting is average, with some funny moments in between the monotony of the actual production.<br /><br />The plot is about a man named Tim who is a hit-man (though the guy turns out to be a super-villain). Tim must travel","The photography of this bid-budget production is surprisingly bad. Colors are muddy and the cinematography can be jarring. Sound design was extremely over the top.<br /><br />The characters were completely uninspired, even by the low budget.<br /><br />The story in the movie was a complete failure. All in all, not an enjoyable experience for the viewer.<br /><br />The soundtrack had absolutely nothing to do with the story and it was just a complete waste of time"
"At first I didn't didn't like it that much, although I did",1,-100,"At first I didn't didn't like it that much, although I did like the sound, but once I heard it was going to be a comedy and not a drama, I became a fan.<br /><br />My theory is that they mixed the roles for the cast, then the actors in between. The one thing that always bothered me about this movie is that when I was a teenager in the 80's, I was never able to comprehend that these two people could be twins. The","At first I didn't didn't like it that much, although I did have some reservations.<br /><br />But once the film started (without the ""show"" part) it was good, and I'm not even sure if the production team knew what they were shooting for when they made the movie.<br /><br />It had a great set design and it looked amazing. The actors worked hard and I was amazed to see how well they could pull it off, although I was"
This movie is an incredible piece of work. It explores every nook and,1,-100,"This movie is an incredible piece of work. It explores every nook and cranny, from the lowest of social class to the upper-middle. It tells of a man who, like many young men in the 1960s, is in search of ""sexual liberation"" while also battling the demons of his past. Director Peter Greenaway has given this film the attention it deserves and in a very smart move, has taken the film's title from the title of the book which first described ""What the","This movie is an incredible piece of work. It explores every nook and cranny of life - from family, school, sex and friendship to religion and crime. I was never a big horror movie fan but this one had me jumping. The acting was absolutely brilliant. The story also is one that needs to be experienced to not be spoiled. A lot of the humor comes from the very first scene that occurs at the conclusion.<br /><br />A must see. It has many similarities with"
This is one of the few movies I watched twice in the theatre. I,1,-100,"This is one of the few movies I watched twice in the theatre. I was surprised to see myself in the movie as opposed to the real star.<br /><br />I have to agree with the reviews below and that is that, but I think the most significant thing is the story that comes out of the movie. If you like a good adventure with a great story and not one where it just seems to happen without any forethought, this is a movie for you. It's not about","This is one of the few movies I watched twice in the theatre. I was happy because I'm not an atheist. I had trouble sleeping because the movie was too bad. The character, though, and his life is just not that interesting. The movie really focuses on the main character's family but the cinematography was horrible. I love how the director and actors did the script but also that made for a really bad film.<br /><br />The story basically has no plot because there's"
"Maybe it's because I saw the movie before reading the book, but I",1,-100,"Maybe it's because I saw the movie before reading the book, but I think that's pretty much all. I was bored by the ""plot"", I thought the characters were the ones that made it work, and the actors were so much better, I really liked their reactions. The movie really got my attention. The only thing about the movie that kept me from laughing my way through was the ending. They actually did a very good job directing the ending, I wish more films would try harder to","Maybe it's because I saw the movie before reading the book, but I thought it was quite brilliant, and I thought it's well written. However, I think it was due to the book being read for the film. It didn't make a lot of sense, but I'm so very glad that the book did a really good job with it, and it's actually interesting to read.<br /><br />The thing that made me happy about this film, is the fact that it actually"
"well, i said it all in the summary, i simpley adore the",1,-100,"well, i said it all in the summary, i simpley adore the character and story of this masterpiece, it is so very different from any other movie that has been released in the past few years, and i can tell you that it would be difficult to create a great movie all by themselves, i do not wish to say that they have the same budget, or quality, so i have no problem in saying that this movie is worth the $30+ price tag that it has been given,","well, i said it all in the summary, i simpley adore the ""Muppet"" series. Muppets on TV is the best. But i would not watch the show if it was not for the Muppet movies. It's the Muppet Movie. (This is my personal favorite Muppet Movie) The Muppet movies are great. the ones with Piggy and Kermit are my favorite. But Kermit is really good too and was his good self for a few seasons on"
"Perhaps the best Isabel Allende's book, House of the Spirits describes an",1,-100,"Perhaps the best Isabel Allende's book, House of the Spirits describes an African woman (Allende) living in an inner city in the 1950s. She is one of the few to truly ""get it"" and is living in a beautiful town with her African-American family and a house of her own. At first she is a single mother but soon becomes a single mother of three children with no income. Allende is known to everyone and is a very good teacher as well as a singer","Perhaps the best Isabel Allende's book, House of the Spirits describes an environment like this for a Japanese artist. While in the late 20th century, all kinds of cultures lived together, today, as the Japanese are going to be in the heart of Asia, they can easily find themselves isolated on one side, where most of them are now in Japan and the other side, where they are isolated in Korea.<br /><br />There are many different factors of the isolation factor. In Japan"
"Can such an ambient production have failed its primary goal, which was to correctly",1,-100,"Can such an ambient production have failed its primary goal, which was to correctly portray the city's character? In terms of atmosphere, it was just plain horrible. There was almost nothing you could do to improve on the performance, especially when one of the stars (David Schwimmer) was in the role of a drug dealer. The scenes featuring some of his companions were the only ones that really showed the ""character"" of the character. The script was nothing better than the film, and while it may","Can such an ambient production have failed its primary goal, which was to correctly project a particular time and location without a studio backdrop? Why so many people in the crowd in the final shot of the piece. Why don't the characters make any sense? Why is every shot with a camera on something of value? Why not just have a scene with someone talking in the background and letting the camera follow them? Why did they need to be so specific as to say that they could find a girl if they"
"I never heard of the book, nor care to read it, but the",1,-100,"I never heard of the book, nor care to read it, but the movie is really the only reason I see the movie. As a film-buff, the movie itself is pretty good, except that it is a bit too long to take and see as much, like watching a concert. What is it? A film, of course! I just think, and that is the best part of a film. What is great about this movie is that its so short, and so fast. You","I never heard of the book, nor care to read it, but the film in general is a true story, and not a movie. Its quite a beautiful piece of work that touches a very emotional level. Its also a pretty picture (you'd be hard pressed to call it anything but a painting), with superb photography and cinematography. The only problem I had with this film was that it was almost all shots from a tripod (no really...), which obviously didn't exist, plus the dialogue"
All this talk about this being a bad movie is nonsense. As a matter,1,-100,"All this talk about this being a bad movie is nonsense. As a matter of fact it's a really bad movie and as a movie fan it is really a real pleasure to watch. There is nothing new, but there is a lot of effort put into making something completely new and different. The only movie I have in common with many of the people I've encountered is that I am a huge fan of director Rob Reiner. The screenplay is good but very bland with minimal action. The characters are","All this talk about this being a bad movie is nonsense. As a matter of fact, it is a great movie. It has everything I would love in a good, bad or bad movie. It has some humor, great acting, a good story, a great soundtrack, and a terrific, outstanding music. It is an ""all around good movie"" that everyone should see, that is a must see for everyone. This movie, with so much going for it, was a total steal, and"
"I think it's one of the greatest movies which are ever made, and",1,-100,"I think it's one of the greatest movies which are ever made, and one of the best movies ever made with a young cast.<br /><br />This movie has the ""movie star"" quality, a very young girl whose best friend is played by a beautiful actress, and an American army veteran, played by another wonderful young actress. They all have the ""great movie star"" qualities, and are all so cute, that it's nice to see how movies have to make us laugh.","I think it's one of the greatest movies which are ever made, and i'm talking about this movie.<br /><br />I love to watch this movie, but it's really a movie for me. My husband and i have really really great taste in movies. We like very realistic and well presented movies. I can't even think of a movie which i think is in this category.<br /><br />This movie is just fantastic. It's a very, very, very good"
Rumour has it that around the time that ABBA – the multi,1,-100,"Rumour has it that around the time that ABBA – the multi-talented lead singer was recording their 'I Want It That Way' in 1978 they started to feel this moody, lonely feeling, so they recorded an abridged version of the songs – which they included in their album ""I Love You"" which was released two weeks later – and that is where the story becomes interesting. After seeing the footage on television, ABBA were really pleased with the effect they","Rumour has it that around the time that ABBA – the multi-millionaire, David Fincher, gave the producers of Taxi a chance to write a TV movie for his films, they wrote this. Fincher, not particularly fond of films where he has to be ""out in front"" with his new movie, the screenplay that is a love song to a bunch of characters, turns the movie that it is all about. All the characters are made of a character (usually"
"Talk about a blast opening, ""Trampa Infernal"" has the coolest",1,-100,"Talk about a blast opening, ""Trampa Infernal"" has the coolest name I have seen for a movie, but really it just plays like ""Cabaret."" You think that was bad, wait till you see it. Don't even get me started about the plot. The first time I saw this I was probably 13 and I was so disappointed that I was still in high school. The plot is something a little ridiculous and the character designs are weird. I really liked the ending of the","Talk about a blast opening, ""Trampa Infernal"" has the coolest opening sequence ever! All the action is well-done and I can even watch the bad guys, not all of them, but enough for you to have to stay up for the duration of the movie. They're very well-done too.<br /><br />The only thing I can think of that I like is that the title of the movie is ""The Way of the Infernal Prince"". It is not what"
"I searched for this movie for years, apparently it ain't available here in",1,-100,"I searched for this movie for years, apparently it ain't available here in Canada. I'm pretty sure they're playing a Canadian version. Anyone else see this? I love Canadian films. I saw the first one last night and that's it. Not a hint. It would be a shame to waste people's time with the second one. I think its about an Indian (played by one of the actors in the first one), who comes to Canada to escape from a horrible past. After he","I searched for this movie for years, apparently it ain't available here in the USA. There are a lot of negative comments posted as well, not least of all on this web site for this movie, so I had to do a little searching to find this movie. After all, it is my first exposure to horror films, as well as the ""silly movie genre"" as they like to call it. Unfortunately this movie was actually not the most scary in the movie.<br /><br"
Four macho rough'n'tumble guys and three sexy gals venture,1,-100,"Four macho rough'n'tumble guys and three sexy gals venture out in a small town of a hokey old man who is making his way to the age of ""success"" in the local economy. The three ladies all live in a nice place with lots of nice-looking people, but the boys and gals on the opposite side of town, with nothing to do, just seem to live their lives as usual, without much of a social agenda. There is something very wrong","Four macho rough'n'tumble guys and three sexy gals venture on a vacation to a small island to rescue a young woman who's been kidnapped by a group of angry natives. The movie is fairly well received because it's not over-the-top. It has some decent action and decent acting. The director, a guy named Jimmie McGovern, did something few filmmakers did. He shot this on video, so all the actors would have to be ""in their element"" in"
Seven young people go to the forest looking for a bear.Soon they are,1,-100,"Seven young people go to the forest looking for a bear.Soon they are surprised when a grizzly comes along. There is a problem, it has a large human presence. And he is really,really hungry.The young couple meet his owner (played by two kids) who is there to help them find a way out.<br /><br />But who are the grizzlies? They look like little people and the bears like kids.<br /><br />Also, a bear who","Seven young people go to the forest looking for a bear.Soon they are taken away in a jeep or ""bust"" but they find themselves in the forest again as they are treated as family property,like any children of the elders and all adults and the elders know this.They are treated like cattle.Their leader,Coyote,has the special ability to hypnotize them and he hypnotizes children (including young children)and the young children in that day were very,very young"
Tintin was one of my favorite heroes as a kid. I used,1,-100,"Tintin was one of my favorite heroes as a kid. I used to sneak him home and see his little brother as soon as they finished watching the movie. My little brother hated it so much. He watched the little guy for five minutes. He was bored out of his skull. As an adult, I watched this again and it gave me a good reason to enjoy this classic. I found his reaction pretty funny in it. The color, his voice in the movie was really quite nice.","Tintin was one of my favorite heroes as a kid. I used to see him on Saturday mornings. I don't know if he's the same person he is today, or I was just having a great time. I think you'll find that he is one of the greatest characters to ever appear in a feature film. He is the first character to be played by a non-actors, and to date, he is the only character in the modern movie industry to have his ""acting"
Imagine that I was about to miss this great cultural event on Swedish TV last,1,-100,"Imagine that I was about to miss this great cultural event on Swedish TV last night and had just spent most of my evening watching TV instead of listening to a recording from a Radio, then I was going to be very disappointed.<br /><br />There is an excellent cast. I am very glad to see that the lead actress is Swedish, I was very curious to see her in action, I was not quite sure of the story, I just heard it was amazing and was looking forward to a","Imagine that I was about to miss this great cultural event on Swedish TV last night because I couldn't hear it on my AM/FM radio. Well, in the end, the broadcaster was showing clips of some movies and a video of a speech from some great artists in Sweden. There are a lot of people and movies. They are not all English, but these movies were not too bad and I really liked all of them. I'm just amazed that there was a movie with a movie maker from"
"""Tintin and I"" first of all struck me as a masterpiece",1,-100,"""Tintin and I"" first of all struck me as a masterpiece of art directing. Tintin was a great artist and a great story teller. To make this movie as good as it is, you need to have a talented director who knows how to make a movie as good as it can be. This director does. The story line and plot of ""Tintin and I"" is very reminiscent of the ""Tiny"" stories from the 1940's. The story line of","""Tintin and I"" first of all struck me as a masterpiece of the 1950's, and I still think of it as such; its style, its story, its visuals and its soundtrack were all masterful.<br /><br />The film has everything a great ""tour film"" should have - great cinematography, excellent sound, great costumes, an unforgettable performance from one of the most well-known actors of the period, and a superb soundtrack.<br /><br />"
If you as I have a very close and long relationship with the world of,1,-100,"If you as I have a very close and long relationship with the world of comedy that is not only made more visible by the constant use of the world wide web to find it as it has become you will find very interesting facts about how you have now seen that in this video game we are now playing ""The Simpsons"". You will find there are two main types of comedy in this game; the real world comedy, and the fictional world humor. There is no escaping the fact that these games can no","If you as I have a very close and long relationship with the world of film, this should not be your idea of an enjoyable movie. The movie is so bad its bad. The script is horrible. It's only worth watching if you really want something to look at. Its hard to think of a movie which does not contain something bad, it seems like a film which would be just terrible. The story which is being a big disappointment is pretty much just a big load of crap. I would"
This is a brilliant documentary that follows the life of Herge and his creating,1,-100,"This is a brilliant documentary that follows the life of Herge and his creating of his first film. It is not really for kids but everyone needs to see this. The cast includes the greatest actors from the 90s and the cast is great. The story focuses on Herge and the making of a film that brings together some of the worst parts of Hollywood. Herge himself is such an incredible character. He's as complex and sensitive as he is, and I know he would not have it any","This is a brilliant documentary that follows the life of Herge and his creating process that would eventually give him his big break. His work is mesmerising as the footage of his creations is fascinating. I think the film does a wonderful job of capturing the essence of his life. My favourite aspect of the film was his reactions to the reactions of others and of the human connection.<br /><br />The soundtrack was incredible, it was uplifting and powerful, it reminded me of the 'Symph"
"Some thirty years ago, Author Numa Sadoul published a book length interview",1,-100,"Some thirty years ago, Author Numa Sadoul published a book length interview with one of the most memorable characters in French cinema: a man who is obsessed with his dead wife, his father, his father's mother. This was one of those rare books where, as of last year, they were able to see the complete text of the interviews, which were not made available until very recently.<br /><br />This was a very interesting film. It was not very exciting and did not have","Some thirty years ago, Author Numa Sadoul published a book length interview with director Robert Mulligan and director David Lynch titled: ""This is the Road to see. (This is a remake of an earlier interview with two other directors.) In the book the subject is not the story but the interview subjects are the main characters that have similar views.<br /><br />The first part of the interview is not shown here as we don't see it.<br /><br />The interview subject"
Tintin and I recently aired as an episode of PBS's P.,1,-100,"Tintin and I recently aired as an episode of PBS's P.E.T.E. This year is the 40th anniversary of this program. We decided to film at ""The Cartoon Movie Museum"". It's a great place to go to see and see lots of rare and exotic things that have to be seen in the dark.<br /><br />My favorites are this one of the first comic covers and the one that shows Tintin on a mountain peak. Tintin","Tintin and I recently aired as an episode of PBS's P.O.V.. It was just a glimpse of the true genius of this great director: he is so imaginative and entertaining. It's hard to believe that these two people actually met in school, but I think it shows the genius of both of them: the young and the old. It was just such an enjoyable experience that it's hard to know whether it was something I saw because it was fun or is just because the"
This is a excellent start to the film career of Mickey Rooney. His talents,1,-100,"This is a excellent start to the film career of Mickey Rooney. His talents are perfectly matched to the material and the movie itself is excellent. There is nothing else to add. He plays a good and kindhearted man that doesn't seem to be trying as hard as he should. He never comes across as being anything like Mr. Kennedy.<br /><br />If this was a single person movie and not one in the gang, it would be a great start. If it were a single film","This is a excellent start to the film career of Mickey Rooney. His talents were evident here, and he carries on the legacy of his early films like ""Scarface"", ""Taxi Driver"", and ""Mr. Majesty"". Rooney has never really been that comfortable in his role of a character, and he didn't take full advantage of this opportunity here. His role of Mr. Tomsmith is almost as flimsy as the supporting cast.<br /><br />He does have some solid moments"
"""A Family Affair"" takes us back to a less complicated time in",1,-100,"""A Family Affair"" takes us back to a less complicated time in America than is currently being presented. The setting is the 1920s, a time when the country was so full of wealth, it was hard to find anyone willing to provide for their own. This movie captures that same feeling, which is more than evident in the cast of characters, from the struggling young couple to the young father who needs a little help from his teenage son to raise their children. These two brothers, James (","""A Family Affair"" takes us back to a less complicated time in Canada's history, a time when our country was the first to be ""specially recognized"" and ""favored"" by the rest of the world. The first foreign ""free"" Canadians were drawn to the territory of what was to become British North America. The same was the case in Canada. In 1770, the British government issued a proclamation making Canada a ""free and independent"" nation.<br /><br />"
Jane Austen's Emma is an extremely enjoyable story at the worst of times,1,-100,"Jane Austen's Emma is an extremely enjoyable story at the worst of times, though it is still quite enjoyable. If you do not expect too much or even a story which has little to do with Emma herself. I think it would be a shame to leave it without a proper introduction to the character to help people make sense of her, and I think this is probably the biggest problem. All we get are a few minutes of Emma talking about what is going on and the main character, Mr.",Jane Austen's Emma is an extremely enjoyable story at the worst of times. The script and story are simple. They are about two young lovers who fall in love with each other. The story revolves around the two young lovers but does not take itself too seriously. The story is not too predictable and the acting is great. The story is not overly dramatic but the characters are great. The main reason the story works so well is that there is nothing about the story to be afraid of. This is
This is a better adaptation of the book than the one with Paltrow,1,-100,"This is a better adaptation of the book than the one with Paltrow, with the actors having more to play off the character. The movie takes an interesting turn with its central character, the author. The director, Michael R. Moore, gets a little too ""Crazy"" to make the characters' back-stories come together, but this movie keeps pace with the book. The director seems to have done a good job of creating an original script that I think could work with anyone, and","This is a better adaptation of the book than the one with Paltrow, although the Paltrow version is also more fun. It is a different story and yet the same story. It isn't about any famous celebrities, it is a drama about a very young man who struggles with the difficulties of life and has a few personal struggles. In the book it has a lot more of drama but the same character does not have that much to do. In the movie there was so much more stuff"
Kate Beckinsale is excellent as the manipulative and yet irresistibly charming Emma,1,-100,"Kate Beckinsale is excellent as the manipulative and yet irresistibly charming Emma. Her behaviour, even before seeing her daughter, is truly stunning. As far as I can see she has not changed at all since I first saw her in the first season of Game of Thrones. She is a rare gift, and we are seeing a lot more of it as time goes by. This movie is the same and you get a lot more of it because of the actors' performance, as they just say what","Kate Beckinsale is excellent as the manipulative and yet irresistibly charming Emma, who is the one person in this play who does not believe in her own lies.<br /><br />The other characters are interesting in their own right; for example, Peter Fagan as a con artist, and the play's narrator is the equally charming Elizabeth, whose main job is to document the true nature of her fictional character. <br /><br />Most of the cast is excellent; from Emma Beck"
"Of the spate of Austen films from the 1990s, this is my",1,-100,"Of the spate of Austen films from the 1990s, this is my favorite.<br /><br />It is an adaptation of her novel. It takes place in the mid 1800's and portrays the relationship between Henry and Mary. It is a very moving and moving film. Even the ending is not as satisfying as the start. This is a classic and an instant classic, just as the story of Henry and Mary was an instant classic.<br /><br />My rating: 8 out of","Of the spate of Austen films from the 1990s, this is my all-time favourite.<br /><br />Just to be clear, I am absolutely not biased; this was my introduction to Austen's writing, and I am very much a fan. I'm not too big on ""historical-based"" films, or that kind of thing, but I do love the films about the Austen novels.<br /><br />Anyway, the movie is pretty good: it"
I've seen this movie after watching Paltrow's version. I've,1,-100,"I've seen this movie after watching Paltrow's version. I've seen this movie. I have never seen the original. They just need to stop wasting time on these remake efforts. It's just not worth their time. I see this being in the same vein as ""Funny"" which is why I'm not shocked that this film is so bad. I would love to see the original version, but alas, I can't get one. I think that this film really was meant to","I've seen this movie after watching Paltrow's version. I've also seen it for the first time on video, where it was also in a version with Paltrow. I haven't seen the video version, and I'll be the first to admit that I don't think the Paltrow version has the intensity of the movie.<br /><br />But Paltrow and her two co-stars (including her co-star Mark Ruffalo) are all over this one"
This has long been one of my favourite adaptations of an Austen novel.,1,-100,"This has long been one of my favourite adaptations of an Austen novel. I think that it was the first such adaptation that I ever watched. As you can see from the cast, it was made especially for this movie. All the actors looked so beautiful. Emma Thompson was very lovely. I especially loved her look when she was walking in the background of the opening scenes. I have the poster for the movie on my desk. I think that she gave it a great performance. The movie is a","This has long been one of my favourite adaptations of an Austen novel. The performance was terrific, and everything that went into creating the character was a joy. The story of 'the Lady Jane' and the Lady Mary has been described by people in various ways. You could say it was a fairy tale, but I think the true story of Austen's creation was the same.<br /><br />I'd highly recommend this movie to everyone, it's fun and it will satisfy all tastes"
"I've really enjoyed this adaptation of ""Emma"".I have seen it",1,-100,"I've really enjoyed this adaptation of ""Emma"".I have seen it several times now.I don't say this movie is the best or any-one-it's just one of the very, very best films, I think.I am glad I was able to see it this weekend.There isn't much of a plot.The plot is the same,but the story is very different.Now,I know this is a Disney movie,and Disney movies can be a very good film","I've really enjoyed this adaptation of ""Emma"".I have seen it in Vancouver, and it was a great movie.It has a special meaning for me and the whole family!<br /><br />Emma is very likable in a way.<br /><br />This movie is actually my favorite in the whole world!This is my favorite version of Emma!Emma is very good in this movie.Just great!<br /><br />She is very likable"
It has taken me a while to watch this version as unfortunately I don't,1,-100,"It has taken me a while to watch this version as unfortunately I don't have all the recent episodes. The idea is that it's a remake of the original series and shows the original actors, minus Jason in his usual irritating and irritating role. There's a lot of swearing in this version, plus the producers seem to have gone for a more ""commercial"", high-tech look to the show and have made Jason look very much like the show rather than the characters. The storyline seems to be slightly","It has taken me a while to watch this version as unfortunately I don't own any of the films from the early 70's that are the subject of this film. The DVD release is not the best I have seen as this is almost identical to the way they released ""A View to a Kill"" and ""The Man from UNCLE"", which are the latter two I have seen. The only difference is that I think it was more of a theatrical release. If you like 70's sci-fi"
Kate Beckinsale steals the show! Bravo! Too bad Knightly ins,1,-100,"Kate Beckinsale steals the show! Bravo! Too bad Knightly insistent on his own way and not really convincing. Great performance by her too. As he goes on it becomes apparent why she seems to make the most of this opportunity: to be in the spotlight. She makes him a fool with her and they all lose their minds when she's being so easy. I think her performance is very well done as well and the acting by Beckinsale in this movie is excellent, as is","Kate Beckinsale steals the show! Bravo! Too bad Knightly insides are such a disappointment.<br /><br />Not quite like Knightly's (RIP) in a lot of ways and not quite like ""The Shop on Main Street"" but at least more interesting than ""The Three Stooges"".<br /><br />This was an excellent show and an excellent cast. Beckinsale was a delightful, well-defined character with some of the best lines of any"
Old Jane's mannered tale seems very popular these days. I have lost,1,-100,"Old Jane's mannered tale seems very popular these days. I have lost track of the number of times that I've seen it shown on TV, so if I'm honest I can't remember the actual number. It's on the DVD version of the UK version. I think the film is in fact dubbed rather than dubbed, I'm not certain however. The main character is a woman and she uses all of the male body types. In fact many of the actors had their own bodies cut out","Old Jane's mannered tale seems very popular these days. I have lost count of the number of times i have heard about a ""New York"" film festival. This is no exception.<br /><br />The first of my big problems with this film was a lack of details. The plot was nothing like the one you get in other films.<br /><br />The editing, although interesting, had no style.<br /><br />This should be remembered as a film for those"
Until the 1990s there had never been a film based upon Jane Austen,1,-100,"Until the 1990s there had never been a film based upon Jane Austen's novels, so you wouldn't have seen the film adaptations on BBC or American TV. However, there were British movies that I saw in the UK and had a wonderful time watching such as the BBC drama series of A Clockwork Orange. The same actors of the original series, played by the same actors, are used in the film as well as a number of other actors, but none of these actors could do a role like","Until the 1990s there had never been a film based upon Jane Austen's novel of the same name.<br /><br />But, in the last twenty years, one movie has taken Austen's novel and given it to the screen.<br /><br />That movie is ""Margaret At Home In England"" (1990). This movie takes Austen's novel and brings her story into the modern world. In doing so, it has changed everything about Austen.<br /><"
i really loved this version of Emma the best. Kate beckinsale was,1,-100,i really loved this version of Emma the best. Kate beckinsale was so cool as Emma this was the perfect role for her. This is the only Emma version in existence and it is truly a gem from director of all time director Joe Binder. The movie came out in a time when they were on a break. This movie was really popular and has the movie in its name. This is probably one of my favorite movies and Emma is still a fan favorite. All Emma movies of today,"i really loved this version of Emma the best. Kate beckinsale was so beautiful i have to have her as a friend cause she was so beautiful. this was a really sad story a family lost the daughter in the first three minutes of it, and then we all knew it. and her best scene was when she was about to be killed by being run over, and finally in the finale. and when i watched this version the music from the first movie in my ears, just played louder"
The minute I started watching this I realised that I was watching a quality production,1,-100,"The minute I started watching this I realised that I was watching a quality production that was probably something like a documentary, and not a movie - which in the modern cinema age is all the rage.<br /><br />So the director goes over to the family for the kids - well I think it's a family - and has a brief conversation with the mother's on this great subject (the same is happening to her with a couple of her sons). He tries to get her to comment about","The minute I started watching this I realised that I was watching a quality production with a talented crew and I had to see more.<br /><br />The film has an interesting cast which all are quite interesting with many talented, interesting and interesting performances.<br /><br />The director has an amazing cinematographic sense and I believe the film is probably one of the few films that makes you really think that you are watching a quality production and the cinematography is just incredible.<br /"
This is the best Emma in existence in my opinion. Having seen the other,1,-100,"This is the best Emma in existence in my opinion. Having seen the other versions of the film, this one is absolutely stunning. I have no doubt in my mind that this is the best film Emma has ever been in. But I can't say it is the best Emma of my lifetime, just the best Emma I have ever seen. One minute she is an angel on earth, the next she is an old lady who can talk, talk, talk and still is the same woman she always","This is the best Emma in existence in my opinion. Having seen the other two, if you have not seen this, then you have no reason not to see this! For this is a movie that is about Emma and has everything to do with her. Her character arc is what it is all about. She is very intelligent and she is a very kind and generous person that does not take any crap from anyone! This movie is great fun! She is a true girl that is truly beautiful and"
"As winter approaches, our state-owned broadcaster, the ABC, has decided",1,-100,"As winter approaches, our state-owned broadcaster, the ABC, has decided that it is too expensive to provide Australian movies, and no movies, at all.<br /><br />The first problem that the producers of Australian movies find is that they can only make movies for the ABC. Movies must be made and distributed for distribution only.<br /><br />The next problem is that we pay so much for the distribution, it is hard to make movies for Australian distributors.<br /","As winter approaches, our state-owned broadcaster, the ABC, has decided to cancel the final of its old Australian series, QI, as well as its English language version, QI Wodehouse - The Complete Series.<br /><br />I watched the QI's last episode, the third of the series, I was expecting a ""Wine and Gold"" episode, something that would take place in summertime - this being a real disappointment.<br /><br />It"
Kate Beckinsale is as good if not better than Gwyneth P,1,-100,Kate Beckinsale is as good if not better than Gwyneth Paltrow in her role as the female protagonist who must rescue the hero after his girlfriend is kidnapped. She is also quite good as a waitress in the restaurant where she is always ready to assist the hero. She has a great part in which she is a waitress to the hero who is trying to have the most romantic time with the lady. She is the main character of the movie who is always by his side to make,"Kate Beckinsale is as good if not better than Gwyneth Paltrow and Jessica Lange when they don't want to be. I think it's just that they have too much time on their hands to really go for the ""good guy"" angle with Beckinsale and Paltrow, and I don't think it's because the actors are really bad here. Beckinsale is really good as she is, but the direction and cinematography are simply terrible.<br /><"
"I consider this movie a masterpiece, but it took me at least 4 o",1,-100,"I consider this movie a masterpiece, but it took me at least 4 o'clock. That was an hour and fifteen minutes for me. But it was just about everything you could ever ask for in a film. They had a good script and the cast did the necessary job. Some great effects in this movie. You can see some other people's work in the background too which is a little bit scary, but I'd just like to give you the general synopsis of what I'm going to","I consider this movie a masterpiece, but it took me at least 4 o'clock, since I'm a late-night movie watcher. You've gotta be kidding me. If it was on at 11 on a Tuesday, it probably would have sucked for me to sit through it with a friend.<br /><br />This is just like any other movie you see that has a theme with songs or dancing, such as ""Silly Love Songs"", ""Shake and Bake"" or"
Many critics have felt offended that R.W. Fassbinder has,1,-100,"Many critics have felt offended that R.W. Fassbinder has so far been the only director to make a full-length movie about the murder of young man on the evening news. I can only agree with the first comment, which is that Fassbinder does a poor job of hiding the horror of the plot. What's more, the movie is almost painfully slow and dull. It really feels like a'slash' of a TV program. No one is spared.<","Many critics have felt offended that R.W. Fassbinder has not won the Oscar he so clearly deserved for a brilliant and brilliant performance in The King's Speech. Fassbinder should be deeply ashamed and disappointed that he has not been given such an award for his performance in The Haunting.<br /><br />In the opening sequence I felt it was the best part of the movie. There is nothing that this film could not do, it has enough action in it to"
If you are the sort of person looking for a realistic film or one with,1,-100,"If you are the sort of person looking for a realistic film or one with a cast that really wants to look really decent, this would not be for you. Not only does the script and characters not make any sense but also the movie is really just trying too hard to be a comedy and not a movie. The acting is really not too bad so I'm not really bashing this at all. I'll give the movie 3 out of 10 because of some annoying moments I can't describe but that","If you are the sort of person looking for a realistic film or one with good action, the first 3 and a half of the movie is an example of all the things that a good movie should be. It was a great way for the two people in the relationship with each other to show what they go through and the problems that they have in a marriage.<br /><br />The movie focuses a lot on the first 15 minutes of the film. The director decided to give them some real"
"Excellent farce! Which, of course, is all it is intended to",1,-100,"Excellent farce! Which, of course, is all it is intended to be. What it fails to deliver on is a convincing premise. The plot, to put it in the right way, is based on the real-life story of a teenage girl who finds out that the main character, her stepmother, has a secret that the two of them (the two main characters in the story) have no idea about. Well, it's the twist that makes the plot come together, and","Excellent farce! Which, of course, is all it is intended to be, but the result is not worth the money it costs. This is a movie for the uninitiated to know, if you're in the market for a laugh. Everyone else needs to watch it to have a good laugh, not just the people who like the movie. I know a lot of people like this movie, and I'm in the same boat, so it doesn't matter for me.<br /"
I have always liked this comedy as one of the few ever seriously trying to,1,-100,"I have always liked this comedy as one of the few ever seriously trying to poke fun at the problems of everyday life. The first segment is all about this guy - ""The Chump"", a flabby, fat guy who doesn't care for his wife or kids - but somehow, he's in a good place - being financially secure and happy. All the women in his life are happy to be around, and it's fun to see all the men - the ""chump-men"",","I have always liked this comedy as one of the few ever seriously trying to be funny and I still think it is one of the most enjoyable comedies I have ever seen. One of the reasons is the amazing cast, which includes Gary Cole, Jacknife Lee and Dennis Haskins. Each is just so unique with the way they deal with their problems, they are both so warm and loving, they really are so funny. I can't really remember the first time I saw the cast"
"Mating Game is a charming, wonderful movie from an era gone by.",1,-100,"Mating Game is a charming, wonderful movie from an era gone by. The cast is excellent, and the movie is so lighthearted that it is almost light-hearted. One of the first movies I remember watching after moving to Hollywood, in 1958. As I've mentioned the movie is now an age-old cliché but I was a bit surprised to see that it has been done so many times since. The film had a great theme. The story is told through the eyes of a female","Mating Game is a charming, wonderful movie from an era gone by. Although it does get some of the most beautiful scenery in all of cinema, it also manages to have a real and believable romance.<br /><br />The cast is also a delight. All of the actors bring character and believability to the part.<br /><br />What makes this one great is that no matter how silly and predictable everything is, even if it is a bit stupid and predictable at the"
I saw this movie in 1959 when I was 11 years old at a drive,1,-100,"I saw this movie in 1959 when I was 11 years old at a drive-in. The two guys behind me in line didn't know it was a Disney movie. I had no idea that one of them was Disney. The movie was wonderful, and one of the first movies I saw at a drive-in theater. I have to say this movie made a big impression. And it looks nice now, it had a little film like look. And since this movie was in the early f","I saw this movie in 1959 when I was 11 years old at a drive-in. The only other person in the theater was a 16-year-old boy. This movie was really strange and interesting.<br /><br />The movie was the only thing I remember when I was a child, and that was the only reason I watch this. The movie did exist on TV in the late 50's and 80's. Now I'm glad to see it is finally restored to the PBS"
"""The Incredible Melting Man"" is a fantastically gross, trashy",1,-100,"""The Incredible Melting Man"" is a fantastically gross, trashy film that is as if it were all about the way it was made. The characters are so unlikable, the acting is so stilted, the script is so corny, and the story is so badly executed that it is almost laughable. There was some action, some action, and the only ones really getting on with the character were the main characters, which were all awful. The characters were so over","""The Incredible Melting Man"" is a fantastically gross, trashy movie that has its stars on a pedestal and everything about it is so over the top. The casting was a complete disaster, with a cast that is absolutely dreadful. The acting is laughable, the cinematography is awful, the acting is horrible, the acting is horrible, the story is stupid, the story is stupid, the script is stupid, the soundtrack is terrible, the cast is awful, the screenplay is totally"
"First off, anyone looking for meaningful ""outcome oriented"" cinema that packs",1,-100,"First off, anyone looking for meaningful ""outcome oriented"" cinema that packs a big wallop is gonna be disappointed. The movie's story is pretty bland at best, but, I'm not giving it a ""good"" or ""bad"" tag. It's a pretty mediocre low-budget ""movie of the week"" with mediocre performances that feature mainly two cast members, and one guy who plays the villain in the movie while the movie is in the midst of a bad fight. The movie","First off, anyone looking for meaningful ""outcome oriented"" cinema that packs an emotional wallop should not come here. We have nothing here that is even remotely enjoyable. Why did we come here to watch films like ""A House on the Waterfront"" and ""Tropic Thunder""? What has this film got to do with us. The only redeeming thing about this film is that it's a bit silly but at least the film's plot is fun. The two leads, Michael and"
Astronaut Steve West (Alex Rebar) and his comrades undertake a,1,-100,"Astronaut Steve West (Alex Rebar) and his comrades undertake a daring mission to bring a mysterious satellite back home! Along the way they encounter strange creatures and an ancient ancient alien being. Meanwhile, a band of ancient alien race called the Reptilians and their allies make their appearance on Earth. This may not be one of the best films on the alien menace, so you may be more interested in the characters, more interested in the action, more interested in just how much of the","Astronaut Steve West (Alex Rebar) and his comrades undertake a long-range mission to Mars to investigate what happened to the crew of the lost ship that crashed there centuries prior. During the long journey, they encounter bizarre alien creatures like the Marlborung (voiced by Chris Eberle), who seem to have no idea that Earth exists. When confronted with the Marlborung, the three astronauts learn of the mysterious fate of his comrades and ultimately learn to trust each"
"As a collector of movie memorabilia, I had to buy the movie poster",1,-100,"As a collector of movie memorabilia, I had to buy the movie poster for it because I've never been so excited to see a movie I have so far missed.<br /><br />It took me a few days to get it, but I eventually got around to it. I don't mean this movie, although I'm sure there are some who see it that way, I mean I want to see the movie, if only for it's art on the poster. As far as","As a collector of movie memorabilia, I had to buy the movie poster that my mother bought me. It's one of those rarest things that have come up in the movie hobby that no one should touch. The poster is from the same ""Avengers"" event that the poster in ""The Incredible Hulk"" was at. It is a truly rare collectible. <br /><br />I would recommend to any movie-goer to see the Hulkbuster movie because the special"
"Thanks to this fungal film I do NOT want my Maypo, can",1,-100,"Thanks to this fungal film I do NOT want my Maypo, can anyone please tell me whether the film you are about the first time someone to date has made a record of this type of fungus? Do your research and make the decision on the basis of the research being that of the author. You do have the right to be entertained. There are a lot of other films with fungus related characters. They are a mixture of fungal films (most are in fact fungal films) and","Thanks to this fungal film I do NOT want my Maypo, can't believe this had an awful director I can't believe they haven't tried it with a different director. I have a feeling it would have been a hit with the kids because of the story. It was too short, not long enough. Also this really took a lot of the fun of the 80's series out of it. <br /><br />I think the producers of this film have a really bad film"
"THE MELTING MAN...a tragic victim of the space race, he",1,-100,"THE MELTING MAN...a tragic victim of the space race, he had to die...because of his love interest.<br /><br />His name was a secret, and no one wanted to be seen with him. The film was set on Mars, and he went there to rescue an injured man and a girl, he was a very talented stuntman. But his luck ran out, and he was killed in a freak accident with a car. His killer was finally caught, and","THE MELTING MAN...a tragic victim of the space race, he and his team are thrust into the mind of the great John Glenn.<br /><br />An intriguing story, but there is no attempt to explain the man behind the legend who has left his mark on every aspect of history.<br /><br />With a cast of John Wayne, Mary Astor, Walter Matthau, Eugene Peterson, Glenn, and Jack Nance, a film that is all about the man"
To me there is something so appealing and nostalgic about low-budget sci-,1,-100,"To me there is something so appealing and nostalgic about low-budget sci-fi films from the 70s. The early films were so fun; so good, so silly, and so funny.<br /><br />However today we have the ""silly"" and ""funny"" films that have become the norm; all of which are, as I said, of a ""lower"" budget, as opposed to a ""higher budget"". What makes a science-fiction film such a good","To me there is something so appealing and nostalgic about low-budget sci-fi/action films. It's the story line of a human pilot attempting to rescue a space probe from an asteroid belt in a derelict space craft that he finds on the surface of the planet Earth. This movie has elements from both space adventure and adventure. The atmosphere that is so characteristic of space adventures is brought back, but moreso because of the special effects and the computerized effects that enhance a film. The"
I must admit I'm a little surprised and disappointed at some of the very,1,-100,"I must admit I'm a little surprised and disappointed at some of the very basic things in this movie. First, they didn't do anything to show a scene between the two characters (the only times they did that were in some cutouts and they were mostly on the sides). Second, they didn't show any action - it was just some quick cuts. Third, the acting was very, very one dimensional. I have to admit I was very surprised to see the one of the actors -","I must admit I'm a little surprised and disappointed at some of the very low quality of this movie. I'm still surprised that this could be even considered a decent TV movie.<br /><br />This is like watching a low-budget porno.<br /><br />No plot, plotline or characterization of any kind and almost nothing else really.<br /><br />The only reason this movie got a release was because it's one of those movies which you are in a"
"I searched out this one after seeing the hilarious and linguistically challenging ""C",1,-100,"I searched out this one after seeing the hilarious and linguistically challenging ""Cafeteria"" episode but I didn't see the previous entry in my search result. It was a really great episode. The premise of the episode was really interesting and I love when the characters talk about things they are interested in. I also love when the characters are playing the game and the other characters are not involved in the game. The episode also shows how you can use your own imagination to describe what sounds that are","I searched out this one after seeing the hilarious and linguistically challenging ""Cinemalz"" (2002). A great cast of actors joined together to produce something really special. The cinematography was amazing and the music was also super catchy. Also the film was shot very quietly and in such a low key that it really set the film apart from others which were all very loud.<br /><br />The acting was also amazing, and the supporting cast is also pretty strong. One of the"
This is the best made-for-TV movie of all-time!,1,-100,"This is the best made-for-TV movie of all-time! The music, the art and the special effects are just on the right level and the entire experience is a great time! In a country where movies are often limited to only a few hundred, it is just impossible to say that these movies are not made for television. I saw this movie about four times in different times, which is not many in this country! The only reason why this movie is not on many television stations","This is the best made-for-TV movie of all-time! <br /><br />""I think it's going to be an All-Star episode. "" - The Dukes of Hazzard's Joey ""Bum"" Connolly: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v132/Squall_of_Seed/ episode_episode001.png<br /><br />""They did get you, so it's time"
I have seen this movie and even though I kind of knew who the killer,1,-100,"I have seen this movie and even though I kind of knew who the killer was, I was not too impressed. There's a lot of stuff that has to do with people who are in the drug game and it really shows just how far criminals get. Overall, this was a rather disappointing movie, in the worst part of it. The plot was not too bad, but the whole thing just seemed to drag. In the end, a woman tries to find the killer, so she doesn't","I have seen this movie and even though I kind of knew who the killer was, this movie left me with a great taste in my mouth. The first thing you see in the movie is a bunch of people sitting around talking about the movie. <br /><br />This movie is awesome because the characters are not stereotypical but rather well written and acted. You can tell it was written by a female, which I think was really helpful and not over the top to be realistic. I love"
i got to see the whole movie last night and i found it very exciting,1,-100,"i got to see the whole movie last night and i found it very exciting as i thought for sure there is no way i will ever go to sleep without a good thriller to watch, this movie is so good, very real and it's really scary, i am very pleased with the performance of the whole cast, you have to see it for yourself, and not just the trailer. this movie is good, not only for the horror factor, but also for all the different types of characters the","i got to see the whole movie last night and i found it very exciting, the way you cant tell what just happened between two people was pretty much amazing. i also got to see a few shots of the girls making out. i liked that. i think the acting was excellent. i mean the best part of the movie was when they filmed the fight scene. i had been watching a lot of movies on this site and i was amazed at how well this one is portrayed. great cast,"
I saw True Crime when it was first released back in the mid-nin,1,-100,"I saw True Crime when it was first released back in the mid-nineties and was amazed that it was still going strong so many years later. It is one of the few shows I still watch today. It is a very disturbing show and there are no words to describe how it makes you feel. I highly recommend it. But do not think about all the sex, violence, and nudity to the extreme, instead think of the content of the show and think the violence. I personally love","I saw True Crime when it was first released back in the mid-nineties (it has been out on video for a little over 3 years). It is based on the premise of the book that was made into an acclaimed movie in 1978. So yes, I love it. It's a little better than a Lifetime movie, but not much. I've not read the book, but the movie is the closest to it.<br /><br />I think the movie was released at the"
i thought this movie was wonderfully plotted it made me confused and my cousin who,1,-100,"i thought this movie was wonderfully plotted it made me confused and my cousin who is also a writer said this was the funniest movie he has ever seen, i'm so happy to see this and my favorite is my favorite one, mystery science experiment, its a fun movie to watch, my favorite character is the one who creates the weird rock with the magic mirror, he has the same face as his father, and also the face of another girl, also called the spirit girl, she has",i thought this movie was wonderfully plotted it made me confused and my cousin who thought it was a movie got scared and the ending was the best one in movie i have ever seen. I loved this movie. you need to buy it. the director did the best i have seen in my life. my cousin thought it was better than anything in the movie he thought. i loved the first part and the second part. the third one was great. the rest i have no clue. i mean like
This is a nice piece of work. Very sexy and engaging enough plot to,1,-100,"This is a nice piece of work. Very sexy and engaging enough plot to keep attention on the main character. I loved the relationship between the characters and each other. It was like an adventure. The characters in this movie are so well written and acted. I have had a feeling in my stomach all week that it was a favorite for the director and writer. The director, producer, the actress and the rest of the cast were all so nice. The film has been nominated, well, in","This is a nice piece of work. Very sexy and engaging enough plot to follow the action of the film. A lot of the supporting actors were also well put together with excellent performances. The characters are also well done as a result with a good story which is well told. The director, Michael Burtynsky is doing a good job here but it's not without faults. The cast are all very fine and the scenes are excellent. The film is very good though. The music in the"
Very good drama about a young girl who attempts to unravel a series of horrible,1,-100,"Very good drama about a young girl who attempts to unravel a series of horrible murders and murders which seem to have a bizarre relationship with the local area. There are plenty of great actors, including Jack London and Robert Redford. Highly recommend. Watch it with your eyes open. The ending was a little sudden, but that's not going to be the only thing that makes it great. A lot of fun. I'm a fan of movies which have a strong theme and this one is no exception","Very good drama about a young girl who attempts to unravel a series of horrible crimes that are perpetrated by the mysterious Mr. Laughs. The cast includes some very memorable supporting characters like Daphne Zuniga and Christopher Walkin. The script is superb, with some very poignant lines. I must say that the acting was also pretty impressive. The only flaw with the story was that it was somewhat slow at points. In addition, the show was a little too long. This was a great"
"Set in Japan, Ashura is the story of Demons taking over the earth",1,-100,"Set in Japan, Ashura is the story of Demons taking over the earth and killing people. While in the middle of the story, a Japanese man named Ryu and a female monk called Seimei work hard to try to stop the evil and save the human race. Their efforts take them to a hidden monastery where there is a hidden place where they must fight against the demons to stop them. Although they are strong, they are still not quite human and therefore they must be trained and given help to","Set in Japan, Ashura is the story of Demons taking over the earth (or at least that is what most people think) and we find out why a good man, Ashura, must go and battle the Demons. Ashura is good fun! Ashura is the story of a man named Ashura who is thrown into a fantasy world called Demonsland and must fight and defeat all the Demons of the world as the only man who can get him back to the real world. Ashura"
"Japan is in serious trouble. Demons have infested Edo, taking possession",1,-100,"Japan is in serious trouble. Demons have infested Edo, taking possession of the city, making people who are not part of the demon population into demons themselves. One man, a genius, is able to reverse the effects of this epidemic. But the government is too slow in acting.<br /><br />One day, a man in the Edo neighborhood of Tokyo who has found a secret. What he is going to reveal to the government is something the world has not seen. One","Japan is in serious trouble. Demons have infested Edo, taking possession of the men of Japan. While the Shogun is away, his daughter is kidnapped to the demon, and his friend is put to the sword by the demon's master. <br /><br />After a while, the samurai and demon team up to stop them.<br /><br />Not sure if it has an anime-style, the first episode has a really interesting plot, and is pretty enjoyable. The"
I went to see Ashura as 2005 Fantasia Festival Kickoff. Man,1,-100,"I went to see Ashura as 2005 Fantasia Festival Kickoff. Man. What an awesome show. From the opening song, to the last song, everything is flawless. So, I was a little disappointed when I heard it was a special treat. The first song was terrible and boring. The show was terrible as well. The soundtrack was weak. There was very little music that fit, but you got all the instruments in the background. That's not saying the show was all weak,","I went to see Ashura as 2005 Fantasia Festival Kickoff. Managed to attend both festivals, they had a great line up of bands, especially from the UK, which was a nice surprise for this band. It was a small festival of sorts, but it was packed. The festival lasted about 2 days, with a lot of local acts like ""Dawn"" that were playing and I was looking forward to seeing them live. I was very impressed. The concert I think was their"
"The movie only enter the cinema in Indonesia this year (2007), two years",1,-100,"The movie only enter the cinema in Indonesia this year (2007), two years after it came out in the U.S. It is an amazing movie by all accounts. The script is superb. It is a good thriller with some interesting scenes. The photography is excellent. The editing is so effective, so smooth, so natural that I do not even really remember how to explain it. Just enjoy it. The best thing is to be sure, the cast and the acting were so talented. They","The movie only enter the cinema in Indonesia this year (2007), two years after it's release in Europe.
The title translates to: ""Indonesian movie about a young boy who has special powers. It does not show the actual events, just the ending.<br /><br />Films are usually produced on a very small budget, and are often shot in Indonesia. However, this film was very successful and has made a lot of money.
The story is quite different to"
I loved this movie from the opening sequence right through to the end. I,1,-100,I loved this movie from the opening sequence right through to the end. I also liked what was left out which is the first few minutes of the movie. The opening sequence was not just a lot of fun. There was not an audience in the audience that was looking for something to see in this. It was an introduction to the theme and not just a lot of action. The theme was fun. It is a mix between science fiction and adventure. The characters were fun. I was amazed that,I loved this movie from the opening sequence right through to the end. I could not wait for it to end. The performances were all great and I didn't see any real drama. The most memorable moment of the movie was when Mr. Fonz walked by Mr. Fonz and when Mr. Fonz walked back by Mr. Fonz. The movie was very enjoyable to watch. It took a while to get the movie finished on a reel. The director also shot a music video for
This low budget digital video film has strengths in the right places--writing and,1,-100,"This low budget digital video film has strengths in the right places--writing and directing, cinematography, costumes, music (not to mention the superb acting of the young and older leads), editing, and, of course, special effects. The story is about a young woman and her relationship with a man who is the son of a respected politician. All in all, the film is quite gripping. Although the animation style of the film, to the point where it seems as if the artists had spent","This low budget digital video film has strengths in the right places--writing and a great cast!<br /><br />However, it's the plot which is weak. It's too generic and pretentious for your average viewer and a waste of time, effort and cash. Don't even go near this film unless you're a die-hard fan--or a die-hard movie-goer. The dialogue isn't that bad...it's a little bland for a comedy and it"
A great and truly independent film that hit most of my emotions and carried me,1,-100,A great and truly independent film that hit most of my emotions and carried me in that way that just any movie with a talented cast in this town can do. The plot is about a group of people who are getting kicked out of the local bowling alley and need a place to stay. What makes this film unique is that you don't even have to like the characters. The most interesting people in the film are the main characters. As we watch these people we feel we are watching our own lives,A great and truly independent film that hit most of my emotions and carried me into a state of awe. If you ever catch a ticket to see this film it would be a great addition to your watch-list. I would recommend that you find a copy for yourself and see it there. It is worth the price of admission alone. It's a film that really needs to be seen. It is an incredibly emotional piece of cinema that carries no-one into a state of wonder and a profound
What is so taboo about love?! People seem to have major problems with the,1,-100,"What is so taboo about love?! People seem to have major problems with the female lead character. She isn't the only one, there's a lot of bad behavior by the male lead characters. It just doesn't seem real, so why does everybody find a way to hate on this love story of a girl falling in love with a guy. We have to ask, how come everyone's going to love this movie? The ending was so unexpected. I was not expecting anything like that. It","What is so taboo about love?! People seem to have major problems with the subject of sex, and this is no exception. There was no sex in this film, which is why the movie's lack of action is so bizarre. This was not made with the intent to shock, it was simply an excuse for those with an addiction to violence. One can never be too much of a woman to make this film look bad.<br /><br />The movie was about an ex-con who"
By Hook or By Crook is a tremendously innovative film from a pair of,1,-100,"By Hook or By Crook is a tremendously innovative film from a pair of directors with strong, independent credentials. One is a director whose work has always come under much criticism for its pretentiousness, the other a director whose work is constantly getting praised for its daring, often violent sequences, and both of whom have made a number of memorable and eye-popping, atmospheric movies.<br /><br />The opening sequence is a simple but powerful shot sequence that sets the tone for the film","By Hook or By Crook is a tremendously innovative film from a pair of Canadian directors - Robert Altman and Peter Falk. In many ways it's a film to be seen and read about: the story is the same as ever, but it's also beautifully written. Altman's character of Sidney is not the same character as he was when he was a kid, but he does display a fair amount of the same traits that had characterised his later character. Falk's characters were also much"
people claim its edited funny but they had to cut it down substantially in post,1,-100,"people claim its edited funny but they had to cut it down substantially in post for the DVD release. Thats not an insult it simply has it cut too far. Its been made to appeal to kids and that is a failure. You think it was made for a younger audience. I feel the same way about TV movie made for kids. This movie is a great example. The quality of the acting was great. I just wish it wasn't so over dramatic and so ""serious"" that you","people claim its edited funny but they had to cut it down substantially in post production...if thats the point, then thats a bad thing. the movie was meant to be ""real"", so to hear the editing change was jarring. I'm not sure what the writer of the movie wanted to be ""real""...it could be that he was trying to find a way to show some of the scenes that were already being shown so that the audience is not caught in the ""realistic"" trap.<"
"I was very impressed with this small, independently made picture. The story,",1,-100,"I was very impressed with this small, independently made picture. The story, as I recall it, is an attempt to make a film that does not resemble anything made of the 1930's.<br /><br />Not so bad on the technical side, I guess, given that it was made on video. But if you watch this it is like watching your own movie, where you have an element of drama and plot that's not present with the earlier films. Even the production value is low","I was very impressed with this small, independently made picture. The story, the characters and the soundtrack were all just so well done. It was a big let down after listening to an hour-long version of the same music which was the same as the original (but the tempo was a little more fast-paced). Also the acting was very stiff and awkward and I was annoyed by how some of the acting choices were made, it felt almost forced. Overall though, it is still very good"
"These are excerpts from a nine-page ""Memo to Mr. Cohn",1,-100,"These are excerpts from a nine-page ""Memo to Mr. Cohn, dated 23 June 1969"" (the memo below comes from a ""Memo for Mr. Cohn dated 20 June 1969"") which is apparently from a memo prepared by Mr. James Cohn, an attorney for a business which ""had recently entered the new world of international finance by building, constructing, marketing, operating and marketing companies with foreign headquarters in various countries around the globe"". The memo outlines the ""new business strategy of","These are excerpts from a nine-page ""Memo to Mr. Cohn"" from ""Tellsman Press: The History of the Family Press"", to be published by T.J. Ward, Inc. (1973). The book was written for use on a library shelf, and contains many very interesting and provocative material, such as this memo: ""Racism has no special place within the family press"" <br /><br />From my reading of this memorandum, it looks as"
"After all, you do not go to an Orson Welles movie to",1,-100,"After all, you do not go to an Orson Welles movie to sit back and watch the director play the role of an actor, a director, or a reporter, but to see a director give a speech, act out a scene, and then, in a few words, give a summary of the movie. In the first 45 minutes of the film, Welles, along with three of his screenwriters, have their characters deliver what are supposed to be summary statements on events, events","After all, you do not go to an Orson Welles movie to see or even to make fun of movies. It's just plain hard to watch this crap and really, the only people that can watch this is really old (like myself) and will have just as much trouble watching ""War Games"" as I did. Not that this movie is all that great, it's just pretty awful. Not that it isn't fun, but it's just awful. Not even one of the"
"Of all the film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, this",1,-100,"Of all the film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, this one is the most memorable. One of the most enjoyable films of the period. The film noir elements are all here, and the movie moves from suspense to romance with great flair and the pace was just right. The acting is not too stiff and it has the same sort of quality that character actor Robert Ford had (like in the 1950s drama film The Man in the White Suit). The cinematography is terrific.","Of all the film noirs of the 1940s and 1950s, this is my favorite. This is one I wish to have made into a mini-series. It is not really a comedy - it has a little gore in there - but this film is about a guy and his dog, a girl and her cat, a woman and her little boy. The best part of this film comes in the final episode, when a gang of men are running around in a graveyard, in an abandoned"
"After CITIZEN KANE in 1941, Hollywood executives turned their cob",1,-100,"After CITIZEN KANE in 1941, Hollywood executives turned their cobwebbing gaze on the little German city of Bremen. They made plans to have an adventure film based out of the little town of Würzburg. But with such a location, where did the crew come from? Were the German locals as clueless about Hollywood as the American crew? To make it all work, the story was to be set in Germany. But there were too many of the Germans, and","After CITIZEN KANE in 1941, Hollywood executives turned their cobwebs, and set out to make a movie that would take on the biggest names of American history in a totally new and inventive way. One of these people is an Englishman named Paul Bunyan who is the perfect choice to be a spy. In a very short period of time, he turns into a spy hero, and has to deal with a variety of people, from people who want to help him, to"
One can only imagine the film Mr. Welles might have finished without the,1,-100,"One can only imagine the film Mr. Welles might have finished without the actor's ""dolly"" performance. No doubt, the actor was trying to find a character to have some kind of human interaction with. And the film is one of the few I've seen with the old actors with the new ones, plus, of course, that scene from The Treasure of the Sargent (a good one) where the film transitions to the other film, as if they were running at","One can only imagine the film Mr. Welles might have finished without the aid of a score. All of the songs were performed in one take. So much was the movie going that, for a second, I just didn't know where to begin.<br /><br />All the music was played by a pianist played in the upper part of the piano with great delicacy. It was in the middle of a piano solo. The camera angles and angles of the shots and of the"
"Orson Welles' ""The Lady From Shanghai"" does not have the",2,-100,"Orson Welles' ""The Lady From Shanghai"" does not have the most impressive cast. However, it does boast some truly talented names.<br /><br />The first character that comes to my mind is Miss Rose. As someone who loves Miss Rose, I will say nothing more on that part since it is essentially a character study. That said, the story has some of the ""best"" cinematography that I have seen to date. The story is one about a woman who,","Orson Welles' ""The Lady From Shanghai"" does not have the big name or the box office presence that most films of this genre possess, even though it is also directed by Sidney Lumet.<br /><br />Unlike the ""Big Bang"" movies, which have a good cast and good directing to fall back on, ""The Lady from Shanghai"" has neither the usual suspects nor the budget to go around. Director Robert Altman gives us the usual cast of big names but with"
As I watched one of Orson Welles' last contributions to Hollywood as,2,-100,"As I watched one of Orson Welles' last contributions to Hollywood as one of the film producers of his own film, I found him to be an impressive actor and director. He was excellent in his later work as well, including the role of Dr. Frank Edwards in the movie ""Frankenstein's Monster"". He also appeared in the TV series, and a few movies later on. He was also a well-known figure for his comedy, particularly his standup routines. He was a","As I watched one of Orson Welles' last contributions to Hollywood as an actor and director in the early 1960's. ""Space Adventure"" was his film of the year. Welles' film as a whole was one long nightmare of a long and painful career. When you compare this with what Orson Welles could accomplish, Orson Welles couldn't even be compared. The only thing he could do that was a good film or a decent script was to make people laugh. In"
"Made in 1946 and released in 1948, The Lady and Shanghai was one of",2,-100,"Made in 1946 and released in 1948, The Lady and Shanghai was one of my earliest childhood memories. I remember my mother and I were very interested in the story, the main character, and the music. It was an incredible piece of music that I didn't really understand, but I definitely remember how great it was. The song's theme was the same as the song at the end of Romeo and Juliet. The lady in the story is the same as the lady in the song at the end","Made in 1946 and released in 1948, The Lady and Shanghai was one of the most popular foreign films that came out in this time. <br /><br />Ladies' Man: It's About a Guy Called Jagger with All the Action in Hong Kong (1946) and Mr. and Mrs. Wong: It's About the Life of the Chinese Man (1953). <br /><br />The Lady and Shanghai is the story of an Asian man, Kao"
"At the point in time that The Lady from Shanghai was being made, the",2,-100,"At the point in time that The Lady from Shanghai was being made, the US and the UK were making the same movie. They were in the middle of the Cold War and so were not having much of a problem making movies like this, at all.<br /><br />A lot of the movies that are made in the US, in the UK are pretty much made at a disadvantage. A few really great American movies, like The Shawshank Redemption have been made, and they were","At the point in time that The Lady from Shanghai was being made, the film was not widely released or rented.<br /><br />In a typical case of the Japanese film industry having no money, in a strange instance this film was released on the cheap so it may be said that is how these two artists decided to make their film work.<br /><br />However, as if you don't understand, a film is a film and if you take a look at the film you"
The first mystery is to guess what Welles' original film was like.,2,-100,"The first mystery is to guess what Welles' original film was like. Then you can read into the story. The two main characters are both named Welles, but the two main characters are a bit different. The two main characters, Welles and Van Heusen, are very different, but they can be quite believable. I thought the film was very mysterious. I really don't know what kind of story that was.<br /><br />The film has some kind of hidden","The first mystery is to guess what Welles' original film was like. He gave it a name; ""The Haunting"". We are given two different versions of the film in English - one with actors, and one with a voice-over narration of a friend of a friend of Welles' ghost. The film is about a man, a priest and a man who wants to find his son. As we see it, he's the ghost, but with the priest, the man could"
"In NYC, seaman Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles",2,-100,"In NYC, seaman Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles), having found fame and fortune in the city as a seaman on the surface of the water, becomes involved in a series of sexual adventures with a beautiful young woman (Greta Garbo). He begins a flirtatious affair with a young woman at her boyfriend's, who was the girlfriend of Michael O'Hara's lover. At the same time he finds that he can no longer afford to provide for","In NYC, seaman Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles), who is a former gangster, takes on his new role as a private eye on a high-profile murder and investigates an all-star cast of local gangsters (O'Hara also includes the infamous ""Naked Man""), including the notorious ""Tiger Millionaire."" This low-budget attempt at a movie about gangsters in NYC's Lower East Side, the actors in this low-budget attempt at"
"This could be well have been THE definitive film noir of all time,",2,-100,"This could be well have been THE definitive film noir of all time, it had everything from the fantastic acting, cinematography, editing, and editing. It was very well directed and acted in the manner that it was supposed to be done. It was a great film with a great cast. The story was very interesting. It had everything from a mysterious lady at the center to gangsters and a very mysterious assassin at the center, it had very intense and disturbing scenes, and everything was presented","This could be well have been THE definitive film noir of all time, it is the only true action/thrill noir ever put to film. With a soundtrack by Brian Froud and an ensemble cast including Robert Loggia and Susan Hayward, the film was so good it even had George Burns in the lead as a detective. The film was shot at the studio, which is just off the main studio, near where the actor George Burns was born and raised, making this film a"
Orson Welles manages to knock me on my ass with every picture of,2,-100,"Orson Welles manages to knock me on my ass with every picture of him, and this is no exception. A short time after the release of this film, Welles becomes sick. He's been poisoned by his surroundings, he believes he has no new ideas for films, and he becomes paranoid. Welles goes looking for someplace where there is a cure. He finds a cure here in the middle of nowhere, and finds out a little about a native tribe who live in the wilderness","Orson Welles manages to knock me on my ass with every picture of a woman or some other object. Why do we see that most of us have some kind of visual deficiency. Welles would know something about visual acuity. He knows that most movies and pictures are filmed through long lenses, which give us some artificial visual distance from a subject that is so far away that the viewer, I think, has to close his eyes to see it.<br /><br />We see it"
Any film in the early days of Orson Welles is a triumph all,2,-100,"Any film in the early days of Orson Welles is a triumph all the way from beginning to end and has been one of the best films of the last couple of decades. This is a great example of a film that a long time ago has come back to haunt you.The film is so interesting and well acted,so you have a really good idea of what a war looks like and it is a shame the film never got a theatrical release. It would be great to see,even","Any film in the early days of Orson Welles is a triumph all the way. Its one of the first sci-fi films that were made for television after MGM, and in a very bad way. Its a masterpiece, and one that should have won the Oscar for best script, editing and cinematography. It's not exactly what it's made out to be, but a very great film, and a brilliant first feature film to this day. A film that even with a low budget"
"Surreal film noir released soon after the ""real,"" genre-def",2,-100,"Surreal film noir released soon after the ""real,"" genre-defining noir from ""Noë's"" director, Claude Chabrol. It's no coincidence that Claude and Noë were both based in the same period: the late 1920s. This is one of Claude's later films, but there's a nice change of pace after about thirty minutes, especially during the title music. The cast is excellent, including Walter Matthau and Erich Kleinman, as well as","Surreal film noir released soon after the ""real,"" genre-defying, ""real"" one of the same name. Shot on location in London, the film stars James Stewart as a writer who has a secret project for a new form of cinema. The director, James Whale, and his assistant, Max von Sydow, are in London for a day-long shoot on a deserted street between the offices of the British Broadcasting Corporation and the London Film School. They walk along a walk"
"What can I say, it's a damn good movie. See it if",2,-100,"What can I say, it's a damn good movie. See it if you want to know something about a black lady. Watch this. Watch it if you want to see the greatest character and character actor. See it if you want to see a film with some of the greatest actors ever to grace the big screen.<br /><br />Watch it if you want to find out how to tell a story with your eyes, a mind and the power of your words.<br /><br","What can I say, it's a damn good movie. See it if you want to see something not to be laughed at. I saw it in the theater and I don't think it was really that loud, not even in the theater. There were actually people in the audience that were the loudest. And the acting was so, so good. It was a really weird movie. You can watch this and be confused, or you can watch with your dad and watch how he reacts."
This 1947 film stars and was directed and written by Orson Welles (,2,-100,"This 1947 film stars and was directed and written by Orson Welles (whose later film credits include ""The Big Trouble in Little China"") and was based in part on his novel. The film has a great cast of big name stars including Marlene Dietrich, Charles S.D. and Alan Lee, and is set at the beginning of the War of the Worlds. One of the reasons this is so famous is because of the scenes with Dietrich's character as well as Lee. The","This 1947 film stars and was directed and written by Orson Welles (of the equally famous ""The Unforgettable Fire"" series) and John McClure. In the first scene, after ""talking"" with the headmaster of his school, he decides to play the piano. The first thing that occurs is that he is playing the first notes of a tune. It is played, but in an all-white ensemble. McClure later stars in a couple of supporting roles, including one"
"The Lady From Shanghai is weird even by the standards of its eminent director,",2,-100,"The Lady From Shanghai is weird even by the standards of its eminent director, Richard Linklater. It is both a story about a man who is a victim of domestic violence and a story about a woman who is a child in a dangerous situation. The movie is shot on the road to the city of Shanghai, and the story is shot on the streets in a very rural and quiet area in the south of the city. The cinematography is good. It is difficult not to laugh, especially when","The Lady From Shanghai is weird even by the standards of its eminent director, John Boorman, who had a more normal career than this one. The movie plays out as a psychological horror, as two seemingly innocent students stumble into their own, disturbing secret. It begins as a quiet little movie about the students' obsession with the mystery woman, and then the students get so messed up that they begin to do what they can to keep her out of sight. But she comes after them hard.<br"
"It's very hard to say just what was going on with ""The Lady",2,-100,"It's very hard to say just what was going on with ""The Lady"" in this short film. Was this some sort of a satire/comedic? Did they just have a really terrible time? It's a shame because some of its best moments are the one-liners. The production values weren't too bad, though. There were a couple of things that didn't work and then they had to bring it back with a couple of changes, like the camera moving around a bit and","It's very hard to say just what was going on with ""The Ladykillers"" in 1984, but suffice to say, it's not a really great movie. No plot, and it has the least amount of suspense. The movie, in many ways, has the appearance of ""Maniac Cop"" in how it appears to be a crime caper, which is where it all went downhill for the film. The movie also has the appearance of some interesting moments (the scene with the"
"Despite loving Rita Hayworth, finding the final few sequences of the film intriguing",2,-100,"Despite loving Rita Hayworth, finding the final few sequences of the film intriguing, we should also admire the film's direction. The film has a number of well-done cinematographic moments that have all been well captured by cinematographer John Cassaday, who shot the film in New York in the late 60's. Cassaday's work on The Man in the Moon with Roger Corman, is also an impressive performance. Cassaday also shot the final sequences of the film in New Orleans","Despite loving Rita Hayworth, finding the final few sequences of the film intriguing and enjoyable is no small feat. Even without knowing the name of the director of photography, one can easily tell that this isn't going to be an amazing movie. It's a mediocre attempt at action and some sequences in a big, bland mess of a story. It's all one thing, an attempt at action that falls flat on its face. The acting is very underwhelming. A lot of it is bland and"
Pure Orson Welles genius makes this one of the greatest of movies.,2,-100,"Pure Orson Welles genius makes this one of the greatest of movies. Welles does his thing well. He is very believable. He is not to be taken lightly. Welles is one of his few true masters. It is an absolute drama. You don't want to miss it. I love the music, the cinematography. You won't be disappointed. What more can you ask? I recommend watching this one for the soundtrack, just for the music. It does not matter what","Pure Orson Welles genius makes this one of the greatest of movies. And the fact that the plot was about a kid coming of age from a tragic home environment is just about everything. It is a wonder that no one came up with a plot, the entire film had one story that could not be taken back. It was as if Orson Welles was trying to get you to think too little and too much, this film is absolutely brilliant. The actors are fantastic in this film,"
"Neatly sandwiched between THE STRANGER, a small film no",2,-100,"Neatly sandwiched between THE STRANGER, a small film no one saw, and this, an underrated, underrated movie which was released in theaters around this time as a limited release. All in all it was a pretty decent experience of a story with a lot of characters that just fit the mood. With a cast that just had to be right with the script, it just could not capture the same kind of fun that THE STRANGER did. In that sense this movie has to","Neatly sandwiched between THE STRANGER, a small film noir about an ex-Army medic who travels to the jungle to rescue a woman who has been sexually assaulted by her village's tribe, and a series of short shorts by the great cinematographer Anthony Mann. They have some interesting sequences, but it comes as little surprise to see the character of the woman being treated like a punchline. While the visuals are nice, and the story very intriguing, the whole thing boils"
It is not as great a film as many people believe (including my late,2,-100,"It is not as great a film as many people believe (including my late brother, who is my favorite director). It was a great story, great cinematography, great photography, and it is a film that I would watch over and over again to remember how this story is told. I think it is the great cinematography, although most of my films were shot in the '70s. I really had to put a stop to what was happening on the set.<br /><br />","It is not as great a film as many people believe (including my late ex-boss, who told me he thought it was the worst film ever made since WWII). It is a pretty picture that has some nice effects, and some pretty characters (except when this is in a Japanese context), but it still can not replace the movie ""Spirits"". The story is still too simple and the script just doesn't do much justice. It is a really cheesy thriller that really has no redeem"
THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI is proof that the great genius,2,-100,"THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI is proof that the great genius of director Jean-Luc Godard deserves to be recognised for the work that it took to bring this world to the screen. It is a rare gem. This is the story of an American who, while living in the most luxurious city in the world, can only go home at the end of the day because he cannot afford to buy his wife flowers. His boss, who has a daughter who has been to college,","THE LADY FROM SHANGHAI is proof that the great genius of the American movie. And we have to take into account that this is from the 1960's.<br /><br />This film is the first of many to come, but as I was watching the trailer I saw something I was not expecting. All of a sudden the woman came from the forest and started to dance in a jungle, that was the main point of the trailer. It is quite strange that the woman"
"In a lot of his films (Citizen Kane, Confidential Report,",2,-100,"In a lot of his films (Citizen Kane, Confidential Report, etc), it's really quite dark and depressing. The main character, Jack Caffrey, is quite the opposite.<br /><br />This is about the author, Raymond P. Hays, who is a retired detective. There are a few supporting characters, such as his assistant, Dr. Joseph Humes. I have not seen the book, but here they are all in a flashback sequence.<br /","In a lot of his films (Citizen Kane, Confidential Report, The Maltese Falcon) the protagonist was a guy. With the exception of The Last House On The Left it wasn't really a secret that he was a guy. Well, a lady. It was more of a secret to those who were into the same thing. But the secret was that he was a boy. It was a mystery to those who were not into ""the same thing"". <br /><br />"
One reviewer notes that it does not seem to matter what Welles actually says,2,-100,"One reviewer notes that it does not seem to matter what Welles actually says. I disagree. The movie itself is not only well acted. It also has some great performances. The story is, as the poster said, fairly predictable.<br /><br />For one, it seems to me, that Welles himself (this was the first he was nominated for an Oscar, although his screen appearance was not part of it) is a bit of a lunkhead. He should have read","One reviewer notes that it does not seem to matter what Welles actually says. It is a ""spartan film"" full of ""unbearable, incoherent"" scenes. Welles' best characterisation is when he talks about the movie's ""unbearable"", ""unbearable"" storyline.<br /><br />I'll give the film a C. I am actually curious to see what the rest of the cast is up to, since their ""contemporaneous"
I did no research on the film prior to my first viewing of it because,2,-100,"I did no research on the film prior to my first viewing of it because I had never heard of it. I didn't want to know if it was a remake of a different, possibly even terrible, film.<br /><br />I was pleasantly surprised to see that a bunch of guys in a cheap apartment rented out the same movie with their friends for free (they were all so young). So they all went to see it on the same night, with no strings attached.<br /","I did no research on the film prior to my first viewing of it because I did not want to waste my time. What a waste of time. It didn't take me long to find out that it was a poorly written, poorly directed film. It is boring. Bad acting. Bad script. Terrible script and direction. There was no story. There was no sense of plot. No characters. There was no character development. They just acted like a bunch of jerks. All in"
"""The Lady from Shanghai"" is well known as one of Hollywood's most",2,-100,"""The Lady from Shanghai"" is well known as one of Hollywood's most ambitious (and over-hyped) films. If you have a friend who has a copy, I can't imagine you won't be happy to see it at your local movie theater. The story of this film is well developed and you will enjoy every minute of it. It is really nothing more than a nice movie. There is little dialogue and that is what really makes it great. You only have to read the","""The Lady from Shanghai"" is well known as one of Hollywood's most successful ""thriller"" efforts. It tells the story of a mysterious and evil woman whose true identity is revealed by the beginning of the story. She is a mystery with a heart of gold who has a history of crimes and mental instability. She takes the form of a young woman who has lost her memories and who is always in hiding. This is a movie where you never know who is really behind the curtain.<"
"In my opinion, A GUY THING is a hilarious, witty,",2,-100,"In my opinion, A GUY THING is a hilarious, witty, even heartwarming tale that is sure to delight your ears, eyes, and soul. It is one of those movies that you will see from the moment you see it - it's totally worth watching, and that's what we all want when watching a movie - to feel that same exhilarating excitement as we do at the cinema when we discover that a MOVIE is worth a listen. A GUY THING is as","In my opinion, A GUY THING is a hilarious, witty, and downright brilliant comedy movie starring Jeff Bridges (in this role) and Jennifer Grey as two brilliant young ladies whose paths cross in their early days in Hollywood. Each actress shines with a new skill in the role, and there's a special chemistry between Bridges and Grey (which only made her more adorable). It's all very clever and not particularly predictable, and there is so much to laugh about. You'll be laughing so"
I happened to watch this movie by chance some days ago while flipping channels.,2,-100,I happened to watch this movie by chance some days ago while flipping channels. It was so good! It made us all feel so guilty so guilty all we want to do is watch a movie with like minded people that we can come to an agreement on who the bad guys are. They are like the Mafia they will do whatever it takes to get rid of each other. They will make themselves look innocent while acting so suspiciously like innocent innocent. We see all kinds of people in this movie with,I happened to watch this movie by chance some days ago while flipping channels. I was hoping it would have some fun. Apparently not. It was so boring and bland. My girlfriend just started to laugh out loud once it hit a certain segment. She had been a little annoyed by the fact that the voice acted were way too soft.<br /><br />The movie just was a huge let down. It was terrible. No plot. No one was really in it anyway. Everything was pretty
I think this movie got a low rating because it got judged by it's,2,-100,"I think this movie got a low rating because it got judged by it's name. If the movie was so bad, then why would you call it ""The movie I'd rather watch"". What makes this movie better than many ""art movies"" is the soundtrack. The original score, it's not bad at all. And the songs, by the way are all great and catchy. I've watched the movie twice. But after this was released, I watched it again, and every time I","I think this movie got a low rating because it got judged by it's name rather than being viewed as a true movie. However, this movie was really quite enjoyable even if it did not achieve the best that some of these reviews give it.<br /><br />In it's first hour we have this girl who is an amateur when it comes to sex, but still has that innocent, innocent side to it and you can tell that she will learn a lot from this movie.<br /"
Recap: The morning after his bachelor party Paul is woken by his,2,-100,"Recap: The morning after his bachelor party Paul is woken by his friend, ""David,"" who is having nightmares of his ""best friend"" and another man murdering the women's love lives. He starts to obsess over these murders, but his roommate Timmy comes in with an idea: Paul, in his bed, should wake the other women in his apartment and explain how they are related to these murders. Paul and his roommates go after Timmy, but Timmy has a trick","Recap: The morning after his bachelor party Paul is woken by his friend Eddie. He takes out his camera, sticks his tongue in the wall of the room, and starts recording the whole thing. This was a bad mistake, as Paul has no idea that Eddie and the guy's are the same. He finds the recording, which his friends are editing, and that's that. When Paul wakes up and finds the guys' dead body and the tape, he kills the guys and starts"
Paul (Jason Lee) is an underachiever who just happens to be,2,-100,"Paul (Jason Lee) is an underachiever who just happens to be better than most of the other students in his class and so he gets top marks and a spot in the prestigious school system called The Academy. He gets to experience the ""big city"" and the glamour of the most prestigious schools, which are run by ""the smartest people in the world"". Jason Lee plays an underachiever who just happens to be a genius as well. He is an arrogant little brat with","Paul (Jason Lee) is an underachiever who just happens to be an all-star martial artist. In order to get ahead in the martial arts world, he must work as hard as possible in order to avoid the other masters. His only way to find the ""right people"" is to hire street thugs for help. A hit man named Mr. Wong (Chung Cheol Lee) is on his tail after an armed robber. As the bad guys get the upper-hand,"
What would you say about a man who was about to get married and was,2,-100,"What would you say about a man who was about to get married and was being shown as the perfect husband. ""That's it, I'll be a better man,"" I thought to myself. <br /><br />Then I saw this wonderful little film. If you don't like movies that have some bad actors in it then go buy the DVD and watch it yourself. It was just beautiful. <br /><br />Here are some screen shots that you might find interesting. <","What would you say about a man who was about to get married and was expecting a boy and his baby girl? No? Good...maybe...so what are you waiting for? In the show, this is all your ""jokes"" can give you...a hilarious family movie about the first time in the world with someone you never thought you'd ever see again...oh, but it's actually one of the greatest family movies in history! You gotta see it. It's worth a few"
I think the deal with this movie is that it has about 2 minutes of,2,-100,"I think the deal with this movie is that it has about 2 minutes of decent action and a 3 hour running time. A great cast. The plot and plot threads were kept very vague, but very consistent. Every scene was choreographed and the action was all over the place. Most of the action was unnecessary to get you excited, and at times, I felt like you needed to be in the right state of mind to even watch the movie. There is nothing here. <br /><","I think the deal with this movie is that it has about 2 minutes of running time. It's not a very good movie. If you watch the beginning you're almost in shock that it's not a horror movie or a comedy. I watched this movie with my 7 year old who is a nerd who likes movies and a lot of violence, I think it's the kind of movie you'd see on the MTV channel. Anyway this movie is over-budget. It's a bad film."
First a quick'shut up!' to those saying this movie stinks.,2,-100,First a quick'shut up!' to those saying this movie stinks. One of the two or so of us who watched it thought it was OK but I just watched it with the intention of hating it. I found it so boring.<br /><br />There was no character development at all. I have no idea what the filmmakers were trying to convey here but the result just made my jaw drop at the stupidity of the plot.<br /><br />The first half of the film,"First a quick'shut up!' to those saying this movie stinks. They should just keep to their seats and do it again. It's boring, boring, boring. If you're bored you'll sit there and watch what is essentially a bad remake of a bad movie. It's boring. And it's the very definition of cheap. For one it is so boring that it's unbearable and it's easy to describe.<br /><br />The reason I can't describe this film"
"This movie starts out brisk, has some slow moments in the middle, but",2,-100,"This movie starts out brisk, has some slow moments in the middle, but then comes right down to it, and is well paced in the end. The story line is the only good thing about this, but its just so cheesy and over dramatic that it's hard to keep watching past the last two lines, which are really just a waste of time. There's an annoying cheesy scene where the kid is showing the girls the new outfit that he got, where the girl is laughing in the background","This movie starts out brisk, has some slow moments in the middle, but then gets very weird and bizarre in the middle, with a bunch of strange characters with really bizarre plots and really strange characters.<br /><br />A lot of action, with some really bad acting and some really weird characters. Some really slow moments in the middle in which no one seems to do anything and it's all very dull, and boring. This is a really long (1 hour, 55 minutes) movie"
"I was literally preparing to hate this movie, so believe me when I say",2,-100,"I was literally preparing to hate this movie, so believe me when I say it was well worth watching. It was an almost perfect blend of action, emotion, and drama with moments of comedy thrown in. I'm really surprised how little of what you'd normally consider action in the movies I have actually happened, this being the one exception.<br /><br />It's like watching the same actor play characters twice over, and they both take the same roles. <br /><br />","I was literally preparing to hate this movie, so believe me when I say that it was no fun at all! For the first half hour, it was absolutely unbearable. Every character was just pathetic. All of the actors were awful in this movie. I don't blame the director for this. It was just so much waste of time and money. You could see why this movie was a 2 for actors and directors. You wouldn't have known you were in a movie if your eyes weren't"
"Romantic comedies can really go either way, you know? You'll",2,-100,"Romantic comedies can really go either way, you know? You'll go for the comedy with the romantics and you'll go for the romantic comedy with the romantic stars. This is a movie for the romantics. Not only is the film about the director of a movie studio (Tom Robbins in a supporting role as a director). Tom Robbins is also a director. But since director of a studio is not exactly the typical career of Tom Robbins, he makes the point that a lot of","Romantic comedies can really go either way, you know? You'll be watching the film, and that's if you get a chance, I might add. The problem with this movie is they put this story together for no purpose, and it's not even worth watching. They have this guy go on this romance adventure so they think it's something special, nothing could be further from the truth, it's just the same crap you'll get with any romcom, and we've got"
"On the night of his bachelor party, Paul Coleman (Jason Lee) meets",2,-100,"On the night of his bachelor party, Paul Coleman (Jason Lee) meets up with a young lady (Tina Williams) in the dance studio and tells her that he wants to start a dating show. When the young lady tells Paul that she isn't interested in him (due to the fact that he's not tall), Paul tries to flirt with her but ends up kissing her first.<br /><br />As Paul is walking her to the dance floor, they fall victim to a group","On the night of his bachelor party, Paul Coleman (Jason Lee) meets and falls in love with the woman who wants to keep him at her house. He goes up to her and asks her to be his date. When she refuses to take him down, he kicks her and she's so terrified she walks around with her eyes shut for the next 4 hours. She is only a little funny. A man (Richard Dean Anderson) also tries to get Paul to take him down. Paul goes"
"""A Guy Thing"" may not be a classic, but it sure is",2,-100,"""A Guy Thing"" may not be a classic, but it sure is one hell of a laugh-riot.<br /><br />As one might guess, the character of the guy has quite a bit of comedic skills to work with. And ""I Can't Believe It's Not Another Rock"" is pretty much a highlight in ""A Guy Thing.""
However, when you get to ""I Can't Believe It's Not Another Rock"" there is more than enough to make the film","""A Guy Thing"" may not be a classic, but it sure is entertaining and quite scary. It is full of some of the worst, most gory violence seen on television today. This movie is a horror movie all the way, you would say. It is one of the funniest ones you can have. The violence was not used in this movie, in fact it was a little tame. They even use the gory scenes to set the tone that one should be cautious, you"
What happens when someone has so much social anxiety that they cease to function?,2,-100,"What happens when someone has so much social anxiety that they cease to function?<br /><br />I don't think it is too much to say that this film has the potential to make you wonder why the rest of society has not developed a similar disorder.<br /><br />The story revolves around the social anxiety of a gay man, John. As John is living life as a gay man (after living his life in the closet for years) he finds that all of the women",What happens when someone has so much social anxiety that they cease to function? That is exactly what the characters do in the end of the first episode. The only good thing about the first episode is that they give us the good things like the best sex scenes of the series. The worst thing was the characters. You could not have any chemistry with any of the characters. Some of the interactions were so awkward it hurts. The first episode of the series had the only good thing. There was some
A very strange and compelling movie. It's about a very awkward and tightly,2,-100,"A very strange and compelling movie. It's about a very awkward and tightly knit family living in the backwoods of New Jersey, a small town full of eccentric characters like a doctor, a teacher, an engineer and of course a very nice man by the name of George, with a young girl, Maggie. Maggie is the kind of girl that George would find interesting and intriguing. George finds that she's the kind of girl that his boss, the father of the girl, the kind of guy","A very strange and compelling movie. It's about a very awkward and tightly wound man who, instead of trying to be cool, finds his niche in a group of ""unconventional"" guys. One day they get together, and one of them is the only guy to really enjoy being a girl. With some help from his roommate, they figure out that they have a common goal: find out more about other guys and women, and find out what they like, and when he finally gives"
Frownland is like one of those intensely embarrassing situations where you end up,2,-100,"Frownland is like one of those intensely embarrassing situations where you end up not liking something and that can be even an inoffensive film.<br /><br />The film is set in New Zealand and there's a great cast, but the performances are so awful the director could do a better job if he put in better actors.<br /><br />The film was shot on a shoestring budget and they must have had a great crew because they did that, so how come all","Frownland is like one of those intensely embarrassing situations where you end up being a ""Won"" because the plot just doesn't have enough legs. The storyline is bad for the sake of bad, and it fails to show any depth. The only thing you can think of to defend the writer of the film is his idea to make us take a trip to a fictional island. That is it's only purpose. The film has a budget of $50,000, and at $500"
"In a year of pretentious muck like ""Synecdoche,",2,-100,"In a year of pretentious muck like ""Synecdoche, New York"", ""Riding The Tiger"" feels refreshing, and the cast is absolutely delightful. The movie starts off well, but as it moves through the first hour, the movie turns into a pile of shit. The worst aspect of the movie is its plot, but that's what we really find the greatest lack here. The plot takes the piss out of you, from the beginning to the end you are supposed to","In a year of pretentious muck like ""Synecdoche, New York"" the movie of the year was in fact a complete disappointment. The plot may have been silly, but its a complete and utter waste of time. The acting was atrocious, the acting was unbelievable. This is another one of those movies that just don't make any sense, which makes it quite easy to dismiss. <br /><br />To describe this movie would be as if I were writing a"
"I found the film quite expressive, the way the main character was lost but",2,-100,"I found the film quite expressive, the way the main character was lost but in the end it came right. I thought the dialogue was fantastic and I would love more of it. It does have a certain ""Bunny-Hearing-Eye"" aspect to it, the characters would not hesitate to ""say"" anything at any time. Just like in ""The Lion King"", the way the storyline and character was expressed. I think this is the ""best"" of the four films, and","I found the film quite expressive, the way the main character was lost but with time, he regained a lot of life.<br /><br />The dialogue between the characters was the same from the second time, except that the characters in this story had been created and made better. This is why this story has such appeal. I am talking in this instance about the way the story unfolds and the choices made in each scene. The main character, who is our narrator, is also in the"
"The most bizarre of the cinematic sub-genres is the so called """,2,-100,"The most bizarre of the cinematic sub-genres is the so called ""comedy"" which are basically made up of an extended musical number. It was often done with a stand in at the end who would come in and do a song which would last as long as the musical. One such example I remember is Billy Connolly and Richard Crenna at the opening of the London Town Hall (which was also used to present the Queen's Diamond Jubilee Awards) and what was a rather","The most bizarre of the cinematic sub-genres is the so called ""Spaghetti western"" which was made famous by John Ford in 1939 (as well as his classic ""Stagecoach"" which was an actual ""Western"" movie in 1940 which were produced and directed by his son, Herbert Ford) and which is also used by ""Hollywood"" to refer to any western with a Western feel. As far as I've seen nothing in any of the modern ""Spaghetti western"" movies"
"From the writer of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" and """,2,-100,"From the writer of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" and ""The Virgin Suicides"" and ""The Wedding Date,"" I thought it was a real classic in the 1980s.<br /><br />Now the movie's a little bit dated in many ways but I still think this movie is a must see for me.<br /><br />This is the story of an American writer named Frank Morgan and his mysterious mysterious past. The writer meets and falls in love with the beautiful","From the writer of ""What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?"" and ""My Name Is Earl"", this is a truly bizarre movie. An old woman (in drag) tells the story of the life of Annie Oakley. In the 1800's a woman of the village in rural France begins to take in a baby and raise it. This is a true story that has no ending and no end in sight. She is never seen or heard from again. So, although the movie seems to have"
"A vastly underrated black comedy, the finest in a series of grand guign",2,-100,"A vastly underrated black comedy, the finest in a series of grand guignol. Meryl Streep, Leslie ""Kip"" Vance, Eddie Murphy and Jimmie Walker all turn in stellar performances. With a star cast, from Meryl Streep to Leslie ""Kip"" Vance, it's easily the best of all, with its star, Meryl Streep. The story has been written with great care for the characters and their backgrounds to fit with the rest of the filmography","A vastly underrated black comedy, the finest in a series of grand guignol characters who seem to be having fun making each other laugh, and there is nothing to say that is not played well. The dialogue is excellent, and the dialogue is funny and poignant. It's so far above most comedies these days that it's hard to believe it isn't getting to the same level as the other comedies like Stuck in the Middle and My Dad Will Kill me.<br /><br"
This was obviously the prototype for Mick Dundee but 'The Adventures of Barry,2,-100,"This was obviously the prototype for Mick Dundee but 'The Adventures of Barry' was far superior in every single way. I can't think of any other movie that is as fun and so funny. It has to be one of, if not the greatest comedies of all time. I really enjoyed the whole story with all the funny twists and turns. One of the greatest comedians of all time was a little boy in the story and I really hope they will remake that movie and add a girl","This was obviously the prototype for Mick Dundee but 'The Adventures of Barry' would soon replace it as the best cartoon of its kind. The special features alone made this one one a great movie. The animation, character animation, the music, the animation, the music, it is everything you could ask of a cartoon about dinosaurs. I hope that I didn't say any more about the cartoon than that, because I don't feel that it is an animated classic. It was the type of"
Renny Harlin's first American film was one of the best of a,2,-100,"Renny Harlin's first American film was one of the best of a very small group of films made on a shoestring budget in 1948. It was filmed in the same low-production style that had been employed by all his Hollywood films. With a supporting cast that included a young Paul Lukas, a young Rita Moreno, and others, including Sidney Powell and his then-boyfriend Ralph Goss (the latter of whom acted as a gofer and a stage manager).<br","Renny Harlin's first American film was one of the best of a generation and still has the magic of his masterpiece, ""A Streetcar Named Desire"". But he doesn't have to rely on Hollywood legend for his success or not. The cast, including Henry Fonda, who won best supporting actor for his role in his first film.<br /><br />He doesn't waste time in making a lame attempt at an American-style musical with mediocre music and bad acting, but is"
Story of a wrongly executed prisoner who haunts the prison he was electroc,2,-100,"Story of a wrongly executed prisoner who haunts the prison he was electrocuted on. It's as simple as it gets. No one is the suspect and you don't even need to watch the final scene.<br /><br />The director of the film was a horror fan. I don't know if the movie is good but I'm not gonna say it is.<br /><br />The first 30 minutes are just the usual ""jokey"" things. Then comes the","Story of a wrongly executed prisoner who haunts the prison he was electrocuted for. A wily gang of criminals with a long history of violent acts in prison try to break into the prison. The convict, who has been given the identity of a convicted murderer (Robert Mitchum), is not to be trusted. His last act for the death of his mother (who had been dismembered) was to dismember the corpse. The prisoners are a mixture of tough inmates with wiley"
What we have here is a compelling piece of low budget horror with a relatively,2,-100,"What we have here is a compelling piece of low budget horror with a relatively small cast of people that can't be bothered with the usual production values of the big productions. It may be the most memorable of the low budget films of the 2000s, and has a genuinely funny ending. The cinematography is especially impressive for an indie film. The film has a surprisingly subtle, mysterious look that really is something to marvel at.<br /><br />I don't really understand the ""scary","What we have here is a compelling piece of low budget horror with a relatively straightforward plot. This was a very good film, I would say. A few of the sequences seemed off but overall the film was solid. The production values are what set it apart from a lot of the big studios in the US.<br /><br />The film starts off with a brief flashback to a girl who appears as if shot during the course of an actual event but there is no mention of the girl and"
I pulled down a VHS box from my vast collection - many unseen -,2,-100,"I pulled down a VHS box from my vast collection - many unseen - in the early 1970's. I watched it on a Saturday afternoon when I was in the mood for something to do. The movie opens with the story of ""The Little Flower"", a little girl raised by her pet-like father and her mother (the little flower girl is also a pet for her father's horse), a little boy's growing interest in her (who is raised by a kindhearted mother) and the","I pulled down a VHS box from my vast collection - many unseen - and this film was on it. It's not very long, but you will feel as if you are in a trance for 30 seconds. That was the main thing about it. Nothing is filmed, you don't see or hear any sound - only seeing it. The cinematography and the camera angles are what made this film a nightmare for everyone. The sound is so dull.<br /><br />This film is"
This is an excellent example of what can be done on a small budget movie,2,-100,"This is an excellent example of what can be done on a small budget movie to an even smaller cast. The main character is a character from a children's show, a little girl named Missy. There is a ""secret"" school for psychic children in the 1950's, that would eventually become a movie about Missy and her family. The script and editing are so effective in this movie that you are not sure where to even begin. The movie is the perfect metaphor for the whole psychic genre",This is an excellent example of what can be done on a small budget movie. The casting is terrific and if the script didn't work in such an interesting situation then you might as well just write a cheque. The actors are fantastic. The supporting cast is also very talented.<br /><br />Don't let that guy who's like the first one with the camera on the floor in the hallway tell you anything. Get him back there and see how good he is. The film really
Prison is not often brought up during conversations about the best eighties horror,2,-100,"Prison is not often brought up during conversations about the best eighties horror film that was the first wave of ""silly films"". It is one of the better examples of a cheapy horror film that is better than many of the slasher flicks. The film takes place in a single cell within an insane asylum. It is very reminiscent of the first time I ever saw ""House of The Living Dead"" and it's still pretty weird. The one who plays the role of the first","Prison is not often brought up during conversations about the best eighties horror movies. It was a much different experience, one in which the movie industry tried to create a new genre. It was a great movie, no question, a true masterpiece. It was also a very sad one. And this movie is the worst. What can I say? It has a very interesting premise, as a team of scientists try to build a prison, which will have the best staff, best inmates. But"
Viggo Mortensen stars as a new inmate of a haunted prison in,2,-100,"Viggo Mortensen stars as a new inmate of a haunted prison in which, he discovers, the spirits of prisoners have been awakened (the actors' names are changed) and the prisoners' spirit is the same one who gets to roam on the inside of the prison and in the other areas (also a new prisoner is sent from the outside and will come back from outside the jail to join the new resident prisoner there).<br /><br />This movie is supposed to be about an","Viggo Mortensen stars as a new inmate of a haunted prison in this gory and creepy movie about a madman with a penchant for torturing and murdering the most vulnerable members of society.<br /><br />Directed by John R. Neill, the film was so successful it spawned a spin-off and ""the Cell"" series which followed a new inmate. Here the prisoner is played by Mortensen as the prison warden of the asylum in which the inmate is tortured"
Prisons are not exactly renowned for their kind hospitality and 'happy vib,2,-100,"Prisons are not exactly renowned for their kind hospitality and 'happy vibes', but they offer one exception here. One might think of some of the more modern British prison settings, such as Broadmoor and Moshavin, but I couldn't help feeling that these characters were an exception to the norm, and were actually a positive sign of a slightly more modern prison environment.<br /><br />The story is about a man who has been imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit","Prisons are not exactly renowned for their kind hospitality and 'happy vibes', which is not surprising considering the average British prison population of approximately one-tenth of one percent. Prison was an ideal place to be 'upbeat', which in turn provides a good excuse for the film's many self-conscious attempts to set an attitude to inmates, most of whom are either old men with an eye for'status' or in an age where prisons are still considered quaint and old-fashioned"
"A long-defunct prison, shut down for over 20 years, is",2,-100,"A long-defunct prison, shut down for over 20 years, is a hotbed for human rights abuses. When a prisoner, named John, escapes, the U.S. is led to believe that he must be a hardened criminal mastermind. But when John shows up, he's met with the help of a friendly band of prisoners. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>","A long-defunct prison, shut down for over 20 years, is reopened as a training ground for escaped convicts. Prison guards become a new breed of drug dealers, with powerful new technology and a new prison style. Prison guards and wardens are now a highly militarized force that use all the latest in body-armaments and technology. Prisoners are given new jobs to help with the harsh conditions. There is the usual old guard/prison guard, warden/prison guard,"
Caught this film in about 1990 on video by chance and without knowing what,2,-100,"Caught this film in about 1990 on video by chance and without knowing what it was. The film had a long run on the DVD in the early 80's and would eventually be pulled off the shelf, probably a few months after it was released in a very low box. I had never seen it, but after the last few episodes aired, and in the case of ""The Return"", it would probably be a while before I saw it again.<br /><br />It is difficult for","Caught this film in about 1990 on video by chance and without knowing what genre I was watching it in it was just a big waste of time. I watched this for the first time on DVD last year and there was some sort of special feature or something that had somehow not been added. It really is not for the ""nerd-like"", it's just really weird, like most ""slash-film"" and ""surrealism"" types. There is absolutely no action or characters"
I was living Rawlins when this movie was made and I got lucky enough,2,-100,"I was living Rawlins when this movie was made and I got lucky enough to catch it on video from the movie theater in town. I remember that the director had been working on this flick with a big budget. But the cast was pretty weak at the time, and that was the problem. They were only in it for maybe a minute. They had no one else to play the supporting characters or act like an ensemble. This movie has to have been made as a single film, and the","I was living Rawlins when this movie was made and I got lucky enough to see it in the theaters.<br /><br />It was a bad movie. They couldn't afford the special effects, it was ridiculous. The characters were so unrealistic. Why the character of the character in the movie ""The Princess"" was so hard to understand was beyond me.<br /><br />I never want to see this movie again and I don't care what they do on television for the next"
You'd be forgiven to think a Finnish director from Helsinki would be no good,2,-100,"You'd be forgiven to think a Finnish director from Helsinki would be no good with the cast here but sadly, that's not so. The acting is weak, dialogue is laughable and the film has nothing to recommend it. It was fun watching with people, although I could see where it might be taken as a serious study, but I felt it was more of a comedy/comedy with the odd shock ending. The characters were too stereotypical for their own good. It's quite a bore. I","You'd be forgiven to think a Finnish director from Helsinki would be no good at anything. It's easy to see that, although he gets the same kind of big budget that studios are throwing his way for a wide range of films, and the same amount of talent as Hollywood, he somehow can't pull it off. <br /><br />His films are always over the top.<br /><br />But that's okay. If a director makes a film like ""Djuro-"
**Warning! Spoilers Ahead!**<br /><br />,2,-100,"**Warning! Spoilers Ahead!**<br /><br />Here's a movie that is great because it's so original. It's got such a fantastic cast, and some scenes are so perfectly made. I am not in the position to make the exact changes that were made in editing, but I can relate to all the things that were mentioned before. This movie is great. It is a true story of a true story, and it isn't a bad script (except for the",**Warning! Spoilers Ahead!**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />**Spoiler**<br /><br />***SPOILERS***<br /><br />**Spoiler
"2003 was seen as the year of the Matrix, with the release of two",2,-100,"2003 was seen as the year of the Matrix, with the release of two films, THE WIZARD OF OZ and MATRIX.<br /><br />One aspect of both films is highly interesting, and has been neglected by a whole lot of Hollywood directors. This film is about a brilliant man who is actually a very flawed human being. He is a very humble and self-effacing individual, who doesn't take himself seriously. He is in fact quite a nice chap, and","2003 was seen as the year of the Matrix, with the release of two movies, Matrix (1996) and Matrix (1997) both containing scenes that show a future where humans have turned into machines. With some exceptions, however, these movies are about a robot or machine character, and they can show how humans are in a situation that humans have not yet discovered, and that can be a terrible or frightening, but it can have all the great moments of any of them, where you know they're"
"This is the second Animatrix short, and the first of them to",2,-100,"This is the second Animatrix short, and the first of them to have animated characters! They were just about to do the first one, but the production line was suddenly interrupted. This one was not that long, around an hour and twenty minutes. If you remember, the first short was a parody of Disney's ""Aladdin"" and the sequel was a tribute to animators that went back to their roots. The two short were released side by side with a different short from the other short","This is the second Animatrix short, and the first of them to be a full 2-hour movie.<br /><br />With Animatrix and a lot of other short films, they're trying to make a movie.<br /><br />They seem to be trying to do a lot of the same things with a lot of different elements but they're doing it in a really simple, almost-linear way with very few scenes. The main story of Animatrix is fairly"
this is the first of a two part back-story to the conflict between,2,-100,"this is the first of a two part back-story to the conflict between Britain and Germany. This film was the first with an actual cast (the first one would be the movie 'The Iron Lady') and the first directed at a mainstream audience, as a child. The director (Paul Thomas Anderson) felt it best to avoid ""wimpiness"" and instead ""reactionary"" (although it's not a surprise he chose the latter adjective for this film) in the films story. The","this is the first of a two part back-story to the conflict between this generation and the previous one. this has its basis in the fact that the original film was supposed to be the final film of this generation, with the audience expected to follow the events from the first one, but the films original message was put aside. i had watched the first one, and was disappointed. it was boring. and the final showdown was over done. this is one of the few films that have left me"
What was always missing with the Matrix story was how things came to be in,2,-100,"What was always missing with the Matrix story was how things came to be in the Matrix. A group of people decide to go around it and ""turn it on its head"", creating a new reality for reality and an alternate reality, which is the Matrix. So what happens next? Who knows?<br /><br />What is there to be learned? You really can only guess. In the end, it was all about the action and the thrill. A young man named Mason Weaver (played","What was always missing with the Matrix story was how things came to be in that one world. If you saw it with your own eyes, the first thing you saw was the Matrix. That's what you see when you watch it with the eyes on and there is not any plot or a story or any scene for that matter. The film is a completely empty one dimensional world where one man is doing it all and people just exist. You see nothing but people walking around and doing what they do in"
The first time you see The Second Renaissance it may look boring. Look at,2,-100,"The first time you see The Second Renaissance it may look boring. Look at those beautiful costumes and a pretty woman!<br /><br />But this is a great movie. Great characters, great scenes, great directing, great acting. It's a great movie and if you like The Shining and The Fugitive it's a great movie for you.<br /><br />It starts with a bang and then it slows down to a crawl and in the middle of it there's a slow motion","The first time you see The Second Renaissance it may look boring. Look at the cover for your average Joe's first purchase, and that will give you an idea of how boring this film is.<br /><br />The film is about an Italian painter who's about to turn his paintings into film. What happens next I will never understand because when it gets to that point, something happens to stop it.<br /><br />In the beginning we see the painting itself as if its a movie"
"This is the second part of 'The Animatrix', a collection of",2,-100,"This is the second part of 'The Animatrix', a collection of the first three parts. The story continues the same as before but with a few new things added. As in the first part of the Animatrix, a person is in a room watching a film while in another room she is watching a television screen. It is up to the user of the computer to find what her computer is showing. The computer can be used to see what any person is seeing and this is really useful","This is the second part of 'The Animatrix', a collection of short film clips from the past, which was also the first film to appear in the Animatrix DVD release. This release of part 1 features an extended portion of part 2, in which the animatronics (which are used mostly in the first part) and their respective human counterparts, are shown in action. Part 2 features part 3. The first part features the second part.<br /><br />The shorts include"
This is part one of a short animation clip showing the history of the Matrix,2,-100,"This is part one of a short animation clip showing the history of the Matrix. It's narrated by a woman from the future, who talks about how it was a computer program that brought about a world without religion, law or society.<br /><br />All the animation is pretty, and it looks pretty much like an early computer program, but it's actually quite a lot better than the early ones. The animation is very realistic, especially in this part, which is supposed to be a simulation","This is part one of a short animation clip showing the history of the Matrix. <br /><br />The short clips are the first part of a series, including: <br /><br />A video of the first Matrix (the first movie, of the franchise) with music by Van Halen and visuals by Warner Bros. That is the first video clip for the movies. There is the second video, featuring the theme song from the first movie, ""Waking Life"". The third"
"along with it's partner, this is the greatest piece of animation ever created",2,-100,"along with it's partner, this is the greatest piece of animation ever created. In the case of the former (MUSIC BANDS), this is the first piece to be done in such a manner (see MUSIC BANDS) and this is easily the best one of the bunch, IMO.<br /><br />It is a really wonderful piece of animation, with some of the best characters ever seen. Notable characters like FAN, BOSS, and even","along with it's partner, this is the greatest piece of animation ever created. It was written, directed and edited by John Lasseter, who also directed the excellent Toy Story, Iron Man and so many others. This is a very short film, with only some songs and some light action sequences, but it has all the basic story elements that we see in most Disney and Dreamworks feature films. <br /><br />The movie starts out with a bang, with the opening montage"
For those that were interested in knowing how exactly humanity came to be encased,2,-100,"For those that were interested in knowing how exactly humanity came to be encased in its present state (for example, by the rise of a new religion and an economy, or in the development of civilization, etc.), this movie will probably interest you for the same reasons. With great action and an interesting twist (that is in keeping with the other films of the franchise, not the main one), this movie is a great way to see the evolution of the world. In the beginning of the movie,","For those that were interested in knowing how exactly humanity came to be encased in a body made of clay, and the origins of the Human Genome Project, this movie is an enjoyable (albeit a little boring) look at the evolution of the Human Genome Project and how we (and those that we made) came to define our selves. As the film progresses, we have a new protagonist that is introduced. We have a brief mention of human genetics, while the film moves on to more of"
"'The second beginning' as it's title explains, shows us the beginning",2,-100,"'The second beginning' as it's title explains, shows us the beginning of time. An evil force was at work within, but it could not be stopped.<br /><br />The main character, a scientist named Carl Jung, is one of the few people to see the light at the end of the tunnel. It is during the journey of his mind, he was able to create a device that enables him to control the innermost part of his mind and experience the true depths of the","'The second beginning' as it's title explains, shows us the beginning of a nightmare. It is a series of short vignettes from one life, showing different parts of a single event that could be the end of your life, or it could just be the beginning. The stories are brief, but the ending is almost too long.<br /><br />This is a short piece of art that makes an awesome video that captures the essence of childhood - an event that has been hard to"
Minor Spoilers<br /><br />Alison Parker (C,2,-100,"Minor Spoilers<br /><br />Alison Parker (Cheryl Harris) comes home from a job at the bank where she meets her boss (Robert Loggia) who is a ""shill"" to the Mafia who wants her to be a hooker in a drug den which is run by the Boss of the bank. She hires him out in the form of ""the hooker"" to get him to open up the vault at the bank. Her boss is played by","Minor Spoilers<br /><br />Alison Parker (Cox) is the only human living in this creepy, mysterious place. She is so mysterious that she must be hunted down and tortured, with the help of a few of her fellow citizens. I won't even explain what the ""other humans"" are doing, or what Parker's role is in all of this. Suffice to say it's totally messed up, though. One minute there are all kinds of weirdo people"
Bizarre horror movie filled with famous faces but stolen by Cristina Raines,2,-100,Bizarre horror movie filled with famous faces but stolen by Cristina Raines. As well as a wonderful cast of actors. Some scenes were simply terrifying. The movie's an example of what a great film-making team is capable of. The acting was not just great but also creepy and unsettling. It is about a young woman who travels back in time and visits an old friend who travels back to see her in a mental institution. She meets a mysterious woman and a creepy clown and soon it is,"Bizarre horror movie filled with famous faces but stolen by Cristina Raines and a young couple in search of revenge of being murdered. She's obsessed with the film and even plays a character (the mother) in the film! I liked it. Raines is cute but the movie never gets moving or original and the acting is awful. I can only say one sentence for the movie, ""What a waste."" The ending leaves a bad taste in my mouth. <br /><br />Don"
"Bored with the normal, run-of-the-mill staple films",2,-100,"Bored with the normal, run-of-the-mill staple films that seem to get the job done, the director's took a bold and unusual approach to an even more boring genre. Instead of typical blockbuster clichés, he has managed to give a great story and a great cast, combined with something that is more than a little unique.<br /><br />It is very interesting because it is an odd movie in that you can't help but really like the characters that are involved.","Bored with the normal, run-of-the-mill staple films of the 80's, directors David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick and Robert Bressi began shooting their own films in a number of the same locations they had used for other movies. The result was more interesting than any of those films, and so Lynch and the Kubrick's film-making team decided to make ""Dune"" themselves.<br /><br />The story was set on the planet Arrakis, a desert planet"
I have read the book and I must say that this movie stays true to,2,-100,"I have read the book and I must say that this movie stays true to the essence of the book - its a fantasy adventure and is not to be taken lightly. The cast of actors do an excellent job and the plot and direction is top-notch too. The main cast of leads is as one would expect - as they are so realistic in their portrayal of characters, that you can't help but enjoy what you see.<br /><br />The cinematography and editing is very well done","I have read the book and I must say that this movie stays true to it's title. It's not about a girl with powers, it's about a guy and it's the same girl. But I think what keeps the movie from being a really bad movie is what is done at the beginning, where we see some random guy and she is about to take a bath. And it seems to be one of those movies that is just so long and boring. <br /><br />Anyway"
"Of all the movies of the seventies, none captured to truest essence",2,-100,"Of all the movies of the seventies, none captured to truest essence the feeling of early Seventies California as well as ""Death Wish"". The opening and ending of the movie is very reminiscent of the opening of ""Fatal Attraction"", where the young man meets and falls in love with a young woman who is quite attractive. The opening scene in the house, where everyone in it are having dinner, are also very similar. I can relate more to the scenes I saw on the DVD set","Of all the movies of the seventies, none captured to truest essence the spirit of the 1960's. All of it was either low budget, low budget-lite, the music was horrible, the dialogue was all over the place, and the movies were either not funny, bad, or made up of garbage. My God, it was worse than the seventies! I'm really sad. I guess that the seventies movie boom was a little overhyped, like all the people that"
''The Sentinel'' is one of the best horror movies already made in the,2,-100,"''The Sentinel'' is one of the best horror movies already made in the 1990s. It has a very good cast, including a few familiar characters from the horror genre (such as the voodoo-obsessed monster from ''The Shining'', the psycho-ninja from ``The Ring'' and, of course, the vampire in the very first Dracula). The story is essentially one of survival in a small isolated village (also a very scary environment), surrounded by a large forest full of supernatural","''The Sentinel'' is one of the best horror movies already made in the early 70's. It's also one of the worst horror movies ever made, featuring so many plot holes that it would have made the great Alfred Hitchcock proud.<br /><br />The story was written by John Waters, who I think was supposed to be doing the writing. The characterizations are totally unbelievable and that's a real shame. This was the result of the writer (John Waters) thinking that this is a"
"Man, I really love the new DVD that Universal put out. I've",2,-100,"Man, I really love the new DVD that Universal put out. I've never been a big horror-movie fan, but this is really enjoyable. Great sound, great music, and a surprisingly great cast. The movie was well acted and scripted. The movie has a great message of a man who is dealing with a tragedy, the main character, which is also the main theme. It's a very enjoyable movie to watch. It's a good movie with an outstanding cast. I was surprised,","Man, I really love the new DVD that Universal put out. I've always loved the idea of movies with music on the soundtrack. The DVD release is more like the new DVD release. The sound quality is much better. Music is often over loud. The dialog is often slow, boring. But the film is so much better than the new version. I thought the new film was really bad, but the director wanted to make it. I do think it was pretty sad that the movie never changed"
Sigh… I sincerely wonder why all the acclaimed and supposedly profound movie,2,-100,"Sigh… I sincerely wonder why all the acclaimed and supposedly profound movie reviews, all that great, are so bad. I think it is time to be serious. The movie I thought to the most enjoyable is the remake of a well-made horror classic. The plot is not that of the original, but I feel that all those who do review the remake have the same idea of the story, which is rather simplistic, and that would have done it, without much humor in it. The",Sigh… I sincerely wonder why all the acclaimed and supposedly profound movie reviews all seem to give this movie a pass. The movie really isn't great. It's not really a movie. It's a short that's actually pretty short. It's just a really boring short.<br /><br />So this short can be summed up as a movie of a short that's really not worth it unless you get it for free. If you find yourself watching this and wondering why you can't
Christina Raines plays a lovely model in New York who seeks out a,2,-100,"Christina Raines plays a lovely model in New York who seeks out a life in the countryside, at the same time that she's also attempting to reconnect with her estranged daughter, Lili (Lili Raines). It sounds very much like a story set in the late eighties. Raines is lovely and this is a film I watched a lot of as an adolescent, but the character of Lili is very interesting, she's not just the heroine but the main character as well. It","Christina Raines plays a lovely model in New York who seeks out a man who could take care of her and have everything he wants. After they make eye contact, a beautiful blond, the man reveals himself as the killer in a series of gruesome murders and murders. There is little suspense, no suspense at all, as we see Raines get her phone number from her cousin, who calls her and then gets killed. This is one of those films that is impossible to watch unless you are a"
Here's a decent mid-70's horror flick about a gate of Hell,2,-100,"Here's a decent mid-70's horror flick about a gate of Hell on earth which allows men to enter the underworld by taking the flesh of women. The movie is fairly enjoyable though the first 20 minutes of the movie are a bit boring. I have had this movie stuck in my head since it was first shown in a TV program. This is a classic in my book. It's easy to watch, not to get into, but to laugh a lot at. A perfect horror movie for Halloween","Here's a decent mid-70's horror flick about a gate of Hell, where the devil resides. And if you're reading this you might be thinking to yourself ""well I can't see the bad guy in the gate, it's obvious to me that the girl in the bar is in there too so why didn't it show the killer as I thought, so I could get a good idea of her and her boyfriend.<br /><br />This is really bad. It's the worst"
"A young woman who is a successful model, and is also engaged to be",2,-100,"A young woman who is a successful model, and is also engaged to be a dancer, has her life changed forever. The couple moves to San Francisco, and it's at this time that the story starts. <br /><br />The story is simple and straight forward; a girl moves into a house for poor family, and falls in love with her neighbor. They have fun together, and are happy in this new home. However, the couple doesn't want their house to be too fancy","A young woman who is a successful model, and is also engaged to be married to Richard Gwynn, who is a photographer who works for the city of L.A. She is very well liked by the residents of the L.A. area (who call her ""Fannie"")because of her beauty, but is ignored by the big city crowd. And although Richard Gwynn is a photographer, he and his best friend, George Bailey, are not in a position to take a"
NYC model Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) rents a room,2,-100,"NYC model Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) rents a room on the second floor of a building in the back of the strip club ""The Vaudeville Hall"" where she meets several members of her old gang. During this time, she meets a guy, who she meets after the club closes. The two of them will be able to make money at the strip club. <br /><br />This is an excellent flick with great moments for the story. This movie is","NYC model Alison Parker (Cristina Raines) rents a room in an Upper East Side apartment with a very attractive, rather sickly-looking woman. The woman happens to be a former child prostitute, played by a young, pretty girl.<br /><br />Diana Riddell is the girl that the girl's mom finds in the apartment. She immediately falls in love with the girl and tries to bring the girl to the apartment. She goes so far as to threaten Diana"
I was an usherette in an old theater in Northern California when this,2,-100,"I was an usherette in an old theater in Northern California when this play premiered. I never thought to show it to other people but when I found out later that people would actually see the play, I couldn't believe it. The cast members were so perfect and so nice, it was a dream to be with them. One of my favorite parts was when they were trying to play some parts with someone in a wheelchair and one of the members of the audience would just be totally uninvolved.<","I was an usherette in an old theater in Northern California when this movie came on in 1973 and I was thrilled to get on a theater monitor and watch it. I thought the acting was beautiful, especially when compared to contemporary movies.<br /><br />The scenes were so real you felt like it was just a movie set with actors portraying the characters. As an example, you really felt the atmosphere in the movie when a friend from the nearby town would appear in an old home to show"
"In the hands of a more skilled director, this film would have been considered",2,-100,"In the hands of a more skilled director, this film would have been considered a pretty great film, even the first 30 minutes. It starts out slow and slow. There are little surprises which happen in the last 30 minutes. It has a weird ""plot"" that doesn't make any sense. The director seems to have forgotten all about the film. In fact, it is one big stretch, just like the plot of the previous film. However, it makes sense when it does work. It also","In the hands of a more skilled director, this film would have been considered a classic; however, the filmmakers didn't do a good job portraying an interesting period in American history. The acting was good and that was it.<br /><br />The film did try to include a little humor in it, but to no avail. The main character and some of the supporting characters were not the kind of characters a comedy writer would like to do. The director should have given more time to make a"
This happens to be one of my favorite horror films. It's a rich,2,-100,"This happens to be one of my favorite horror films. It's a rich, layered, and enjoyable gore movie that has so many surprises in store. The special effects are good and it has a great soundtrack. All of the actors did a good job on the lead characters.<br /><br />The script is a total surprise and is an even stronger shocker when it arrives at you. One of those films that makes you not want to sleep. The film is set in the past of a","This happens to be one of my favorite horror films. It's a richly-constructed story (with a very twisted twist at the end) that has been developed in a way that I don't think many films (especially horror films) could ever pull off. The writing and acting are superb.<br /><br />This was a good horror film. If you are a fan of the genre, you won't be disappointed. It has a very twisted story with many surprising twists and turns"
Boasting an all-star cast so impressive that it almost seems like the,2,-100,"Boasting an all-star cast so impressive that it almost seems like the cast was put together for this film alone. The cast is so impressive, too. The cinematography (especially in the beginning) is absolutely stunning. My only complaint is that there were not any music. The story itself is really just this small segment of the story which you can enjoy for its simplicity. The first 40 minutes of the film is great. It's not so bad that it's boring, it's just really","Boasting an all-star cast so impressive that it almost seems like the result of a ""Who's Who of '90s acting, ""Superstar"" isn't one of those low-budget movies that is so good it's painful to watch. It's just as good as ""Revenge of the Nerds"" but without the ""fun"" factor and ""Dirty Harry"" without the ""badness"" factor. That's not even getting into the fact that it's a bit more"
"This horror movie, based on the novel of the same name, suffers from",2,-100,"This horror movie, based on the novel of the same name, suffers from not one but three serious shortcomings that make it really quite unpleasant. The first of these faults is that it's not even really about horror, but about the aftermath of the ""man-hunt"", which in reality is nothing but a police drag race. The second mistake is that the movie is just really too short, which allows the actors to not show you the ""spoilt plot"" (in reality, what you see","This horror movie, based on the novel of the same name, suffers from the same common problems as many modern movies with the same title.<br /><br />There is no real plot to this movie. It revolves around a guy who comes to a remote location with a little girl. In the meantime, there is a killer who has a penchant for killing his victims, which results in him killing a lot of kids and adults. All of the deaths are brutal and painful. The only saving grace"
"I'm not sure why this little film has been banished into obscurity, as",2,-100,"I'm not sure why this little film has been banished into obscurity, as I think it has great potential.<br /><br />The first thing that struck me about it is the very good cast. The acting is terrific.<br /><br />But I can't tell you how good these actors are. They've done an excellent job of being believable. The actors are very convincing and make you think as they do. The actors are the strongest part of the film.<br /><br","I'm not sure why this little film has been banished into obscurity, as in a few reviews of this film at the time I have seen this very thing. The film is a short little short about one man's pursuit of a fantasy land where he can become something of a god to live in a fantasy world where they are not the ones to say if it is all fantasy, or not. It has no plot, it has nothing to do with anything, and the characters are really annoying. The"
Time has not been kind to this movie. Once controversial adaptation of Jeffrey Kon,2,-100,"Time has not been kind to this movie. Once controversial adaptation of Jeffrey Konner's novel of the same name, it has become a punchline.<br /><br />Now, more than twenty years after it was first published, I'm glad to see it finally available on DVD. I had a few questions: Why, does Hollywood need something from America so little? Why hasn't America just made the first movie about the Holocaust? Why hasn't America made the first Holocaust movie?<br","Time has not been kind to this movie. Once controversial adaptation of Jeffrey Konner, ""The Color Purple"" was the kind of movie that seemed to get ""hitched together"" in a moment. The ""color"" being the absence of blacks, whites, and Indians, rather than the absence of blacks, whites, and Indians, but a few scenes of Indians being shot are all we have. Other than that, the movie is just bland, forgettable, and pointless. But that's the"
"The Sentinel is a movie that was recommended to me years ago, by my",2,-100,"The Sentinel is a movie that was recommended to me years ago, by my cousin and me. I was still in college in 2006 (I guess I'm older now) and I still have it on VHS. The movie was on the TV the very same day (or was it?) I had bought it for my cousin. We have the two movie posters for this movie on VHS and you'll find a movie poster for the Sentinel that was also in my cousin's VHS that he also","The Sentinel is a movie that was recommended to me years ago, by my friend when we were watching movies with the two of us, and it was just a shame that he gave it such high praise. I don't know what to make of the film and that is because it lacks the sophistication of better films with a story and more characters. The movie is about a girl who wants to become a doctor and she is put through a training program, while she is also given a gun and put in"
Director / writer Michael Winner's feature is a better than expected offbeat supernatural,2,-100,"Director / writer Michael Winner's feature is a better than expected offbeat supernatural comedy (in a weird way) set in a small town in western Canada. Winner's in your face approach to directing, writing and directing helps make this film one of the most fun ones that I've ever seen. The film is about a young woman who finds herself in the care of the caretaker of a nearby mental institution. The caretaker is a guy with some weird powers and he is a guy that you should",Director / writer Michael Winner's feature is a better than expected offbeat supernatural horror comedy.<br /><br />This movie will entertain and the movie that is the best of the bunch.<br /><br />The acting is nothing to boast about and the story is the only thing that has a redeeming merit.<br /><br />The story consists of a man who is attacked by a vampire while out walking his dog. The dog is able to tell when it is the cat that is
"Michael Winner is probably best known for his revenge-themed films, such as",2,-100,"Michael Winner is probably best known for his revenge-themed films, such as The Tenant's Gate and The House on Tenant's Day, but now he's a Hollywood hit. He's the director of a remake of ""A Beautiful Mind"" and a remake of ""The Natural"" and we even get to see one from ""Liar"" remade with Christopher Walkin and the movie finally starts with a bang! This movie is a mess but luckily for us it doesn't matter because it","Michael Winner is probably best known for his revenge-themed films, such as ""Shanghai Noon"", and he has also been responsible for a number of pretty decent films (see ""The Fugitive"" and ""Mystery Men"") so it's not a surprise that his direction was excellent.<br /><br />However, I have to be careful with my opinion of a director because I have to admit that the first 30 minutes of this film were extremely boring. Sure, there was a bunch"
"Ahh, yes, the all-star blockbuster. Take a so-",2,-100,"Ahh, yes, the all-star blockbuster. Take a so-called ""bad movie"" like this, and then you have a movie of such great quality, it's mind-blowing. This movie, of course, has everything that Hollywood can throw at you, from epic action, to gorgeous cinematography, to the most well-done script you have ever seen.<br /><br />The plot is simple, and even if you don't know the first ten minutes of the","Ahh, yes, the all-star blockbuster. Take a so-called bad boy type that gets the girl in the end, and put in a film that you think will be the best, and you will be disappointed. <br /><br />This is a very poorly acted film, with poor acting, acting and acting.<br /><br />The only characters you care about are the two lead actors. You are not really interested in the story, you are only interested in the"
"I had the TV on for a white noise companion and heard"" $400",2,-100,"I had the TV on for a white noise companion and heard"" $400 million dollars. And it was the same actor that was playing my Dad. And the same old plot.<br /><br />So, I sat down to the show to see it. The show starts after the movie, in a different way for a family audience to get a clue, and the same story that's playing on TV with all the changes and changes of the story and so on. It was good.<br","I had the TV on for a white noise companion and heard"" $400,000,000 dollars and the best people"". (The actual amount of money in question was $5,000,000,000 dollars which seems to be quite a low number to me.) So that was the first clue, I suppose. The second clue was when the TV cut to black. The black screen appeared on screen while the TV and white noise would say something random. The third clue was when I looked at"
"Well, after long anticipation after seeing a few clips on Bravo's The 100",2,-100,"Well, after long anticipation after seeing a few clips on Bravo's The 100, I must say, I was pleased with these. A couple of my kids were really excited to see them. It was nice to have different people from the cast appear in these roles - although I thought some actors seemed a bit stiff and unwemperary. There is much more to be said about these parts, especially those played by Katee Sackhoff and Adam Corolla - they are excellent. The movie seemed to","Well, after long anticipation after seeing a few clips on Bravo's The 100 Best TV Shows, I was really expecting to see some old-fashioned family entertainment on that day. I was really expecting to be entertained by some old school drama or some kind of ""family"" drama. We haven't seen any of these on TV since ""Brothers & Sisters"". However, we do have an entertaining episode featuring a lot of ""brief moments"" and some funny jokes and puns. The only problem"
"Wonderful film, one of the best horror films of the 70s.",2,-100,"Wonderful film, one of the best horror films of the 70s. Highly recommended. The acting was great, the setting great. This was a film about love, and its great that so many people still feel that film of it's time, and also that it didn't try to turn horror into ""normal"" movie. I'd rate it a 5 in my book. Also, its great to see so much talent, and I have to wonder how some of those actors came up with all","Wonderful film, one of the best horror films of the 70s. It's about a serial killer who is running a crime-fighting team from his small town. The films about people in this team's relationship with the murders they commit. These films seem to be very true to their premise of people being forced into these roles in an evil world.<br /><br />The special effects were pretty good too. The soundtrack was good as well. It was the little things like the camera work"
I'm surprised that no one yet has mentioned that there are two versions of,2,-100,"I'm surprised that no one yet has mentioned that there are two versions of The Shining. The one with the more ""funny"" endings was actually released on VHS as a double feature with The Shining and The Bodyguard.<br /><br />The other (the one with the better title) was on an unknown release somewhere (perhaps in Japan or something) but nobody's even heard of this version so I can't blame them.<br /><br />This one is a little better","I'm surprised that no one yet has mentioned that there are two versions of the film. They have been released separately, and I suspect that one might be more popular. The new film is also set in England, which is a country that isn't a good film location. It's a very strange thing in that the location for the film was chosen to avoid Hollywood, which should be a big no-no. The film is set in Scotland, where the local film industry is so bad. No"
"Cashing in on the ""demons-meets-clergy""",2,-100,"Cashing in on the ""demons-meets-clergy"" appeal, the film tries to keep the audience entertained. And it succeeds. But, unfortunately, the main story has no character to engage in dialogue with the actors and the audience, and the story becomes irrelevant to the characters. The main character, a priest, gives a lecture to the audience, and a demon is shown in the audience, giving the audience some lesson, and the main character is a ""charlatan""","Cashing in on the ""demons-meets-clergy"" genre, the producers of the film tried to cram a whole lot of creepy, gory, and ultimately downright disturbing scenes into a movie of a low budget.<br /><br />The story has all kinds of twists and turns, but is very short (about 2/3 of a movie).<br /><br />The acting is pretty flat. All the ""heroes"" are basically just walking talking monster caric"
This 1986 Italian-French remake of the 1946 film of the same name turns,2,-100,"This 1986 Italian-French remake of the 1946 film of the same name turns the series upside down and makes the movie itself an insult against the series. There are plenty of moments where it resembles something between a horror comedy and a schlocky action movie. <br /><br />If your in the mood for a quick movie or cheap knock-off then by all means watch it for laughs, but if you think it's gonna make you look stupid you are really in the wrong place. It","This 1986 Italian-French remake of the 1946 film of the same name turns out to be one of the most overrated horror movie movies of the past several decades. One wonders if someone could just put together an original script that could've put out an entertaining movie! <br /><br />The plot is a complete non-sequitur, the main characters all fall victim to the same killer, the killer is a madman, and he gets to go around killing innocent people (one of"
I'll be quick to address the matters of the film here: It was,2,-100,"I'll be quick to address the matters of the film here: It was awful, the acting was terrible, but most of all it was painful to watch. The script was horrible; it was written to be the worst film script ever, with a lot of stuff that wasn't funny, stupid, or even cool. The only people I like were Chris Rock and Will Ferrell. The most boring thing that I had to watch was the very end. Why was Will Ferrell in this? Why","I'll be quick to address the matters of the film here: It was an awful movie. Not only because of its poorly made, awful cinematography, terrible dialogue and a horrendous script. It was terrible for its bad actors and bad script. The script was awful and I couldn't help but notice several instances of awkwardness at which point it became a little too much. The only thing that I can actually recommend this movie is to watch the movie with the subtitles off and try to read the subtitles"
"Bellocchio refers to this as a mainly political movie, a description of",2,-100,"Bellocchio refers to this as a mainly political movie, a description of the movie and the characters that are not inaccurate in any way. The first thing you notice about this movie is the fantastic acting. The movie is all about the interactions between the characters. What makes the movie even more amazing is that all of the characters are so likable. You actually want to love all the characters in this movie. They are also so realistic and you just want to spend as much time with them as possible","Bellocchio refers to this as a mainly political movie, a description of which might well apply to the movie as a whole, as it is directed entirely from the character's point of view.<br /><br />The movie also works well as a vehicle for a number of other directors, with the director to be followed closely.<br /><br />Although the movie is not really supposed to be about politics, it was to the director for this reason that the movie is so well suited for"
"I loved the the film. it beautifully analyzes Italian petty bourgeois society,",2,-100,"I loved the the film. it beautifully analyzes Italian petty bourgeois society, it creates an idealized vision of a social ""village"" with its self-esteem and self-image. the city is full of good looking guys, not only the actors. i loved how the city and the country became ""the city"". the most interesting thing is the city - how it's the city, how it feels the city. so the idea of the film is the city as well. the idea of","I loved the the film. it beautifully analyzes Italian petty bourgeois society, and its very essence is the ""citizen"" as a citizen.<br /><br />The first and the most important scene of this movie is the death scene that is the opening scene, during which all the actors are talking about the death of the person who is killed, in a public setting, which the actors themselves play.<br /><br />All the characters are there on the screen and they act in the"
Notable because of it's notorious explicit scene when the gorgeous Maruschka,2,-100,"Notable because of it's notorious explicit scene when the gorgeous Maruschka Giesen looks at the camera, ""That's for my brother! What else do you have to say?"" The cinematography is particularly lovely, with very clear compositions. Perhaps the best line in the film - after the opening sequence of the film and the opening of the movie. ""You know, Maruschka, maybe I'm really a freak, so what's this you're like with your little sister.""","Notable because of it's notorious explicit scene when the gorgeous Maruschka enters the club. But this time, she looks like she's having a flashback to her early days. One look at her shows the beauty we've seen in the movie.<br /><br />Then, we see the first hints that she's actually been back since the end of her second appearance in the second movie.<br /><br />Now, let's talk about how this movie was supposed to be. The"
the movie is far more sophisticated and intelligent is its exploration of sexual tension than,2,-100,"the movie is far more sophisticated and intelligent is its exploration of sexual tension than this one. Its real brilliance is in its depiction of the social consequences of adultery. The film is an exercise in the human spirit that is so very real, it can be seen as the very essence of love itself.<br /><br />The story is very moving and is almost as real as the movie. It has a very poignant ending but there is a reason to that ending. It's got everything it needs.","the movie is far more sophisticated and intelligent is its exploration of sexual tension than in other movies, the characters do not exist in fantasy, and the characters, which I have to define with a certain number of adjectives in order to describe it, are not drawn because it is not necessary for the story. That being said, the film is quite entertaining even if it is really a disappointment, so don't worry about the rating.<br /><br />10/10 - ""Sex at any age"
"I really liked this movie, and went back to see it two times more",2,-100,"I really liked this movie, and went back to see it two times more on the way to and from work. What I liked about this movie was that it was fun, but not overbearing. The soundtrack was catchy. But it didn't really make sense. The movie is quite easy to follow.<br /><br />But don't think the movie is about him. It's more like a story about him and his experiences. That's good.<br /><br />There's really","I really liked this movie, and went back to see it two times more. The first time was when I was 15 and I was more into watching girls and boys. The other time I thought about it when I saw it as an adult, and was pleased when I was like it a few years later when I read a book written by the author about the movie. <br /><br />This was one of those movies that I would not rent out but would save for myself. You have"
"Contrary to some people's summaries, the women depicted in the film",2,-100,"Contrary to some people's summaries, the women depicted in the film are not all ""catholic-minded"" women with all-inclusive religious beliefs. All they are are are women of the same social class as the men in the film: educated and privileged individuals. The story doesn't revolve around the women at all. It is about a middle-class couple which has children in the public school system.<br /><br />The cast was excellent and the film was really","Contrary to some people's summaries, the women depicted in the film are not all lesbians; they are merely two of many different types of women. Some of these women are clearly lesbians, but all of them are portrayed as well-meaning (and well-meaning, rather than in a 'good' or 'bad' light) persons who are not trying to be. There is nothing 'truly' ""wrong"" with lesbians, although there may be more tolerance for such attitudes than men"
I can understand those who dislike this movie cause of a lack of knowledge.<,2,-100,I can understand those who dislike this movie cause of a lack of knowledge.<br /><br />It would be a waste of time to comment on this movie.<br /><br />Please do yourself a favor and rent a copy in case you don't believe me.<br /><br />The actors who are best in the movie are the first scene scenes with the two lovers and the music. They are really beautiful and I really enjoyed listening to them sing.<br /><br />The,"I can understand those who dislike this movie cause of a lack of knowledge.<br /><br />First and foremost, it's a comedy. This movie, like many other American movies like The Breakfast Club, The Virgin Suicides and, of course, The Breakfast Club.<br /><br />So, what more do you have to say, other than that the movie is funny?<br /><br />Second, it's not a romance comedy. This movie is far more serious,"
"A wonderful film to watch with astonishing scenes and talented actors, such as M",2,-100,"A wonderful film to watch with astonishing scenes and talented actors, such as Meryl Streep, James Stewart, and Peter Falk. The cinematographer, the editing and sound were excellent, and was great for an afternoon.<br /><br />The story is all over the movie - I didn't even know it was a musical.<br /><br />All the acting was fabulous, from a comedic perspective.<br /><br />Meryl Streep is a fantastic actress. She is","A wonderful film to watch with astonishing scenes and talented actors, such as Meryl Streep, Robert Loggia, Walter Matthau, Arthur Hailey. The film is truly superb and its been the topic of the movie talk for years.The plot is really pretty simple. A girl sees a guy and likes him, then later finds out he is really a ghost. She finds out that she has a boyfriend that her sister knows, she leaves the boyfriend, a ghost wants to show her,"
A tragically wonderful movie... brings us to a Japan that does not exist anymore,2,-100,"A tragically wonderful movie... brings us to a Japan that does not exist anymore, and the movie is directed by Hayao Miyazaki and has no budget, and is just about a guy who meets a girl who loves his music, and tries to help her. He has a very strong spirit and tries to help people, and he has a lot of fun. The movie is not scary though, and it's fun to watch, and the music is amazing. The songs are so amazing, that even","A tragically wonderful movie... brings us to a Japan that does not exist anymore.<br /><br />The director does not know how to tell a story, so instead he turns it on the art of making a drama out of this mundane and painful story. The film has this weird and surreal quality that makes it more disturbing than anything else.<br /><br />It is sad to see a film of a few people trying to convey how a small village is falling apart. What is most disturbing"
My boyfriend and I both enjoyed this film very much. The viewer is swept,2,-100,"My boyfriend and I both enjoyed this film very much. The viewer is swept along to see the plot unfold. The cast and crew were amazing, and if you like suspense and adventure, then you'll like the series. The production was very good. They used the right material to make this a great movie. The main character is a mystery novelist who becomes the main character of his own novel. The main character has a son who is in the military and also his own son. This film follows the","My boyfriend and I both enjoyed this film very much. The viewer is swept up in the story and the cast is wonderful. I've loved all his previous movies, and I know that his next movie would be great too. If you liked this movie, you'll probably love his new movie. I know everyone here wants me to spoil it for you, so I won't. I hope you enjoy his movies, and that the new movie doesn't disappoint. If you liked this movie, don't"
'Umi wa miteita' ('The Sea is Watching') was,2,-100,"'Umi wa miteita' ('The Sea is Watching') was directed by Isao Inoue (also the director of 'Shojo-Kurone-Chika' in 2001). He directed and made a short movie of the same title in 1977. Although this movie had the same plot and basic characters, I think 'Umi wa miteita' is much better than that. The music of this short was amazing, the acting was great, and it has one","'Umi wa miteita' ('The Sea is Watching') was an exciting adventure into the dark side of humanity. Set in the late 1980's, the story follows a doctor, Dr. Goro (Tetsuzo Inagawa), who is assigned to a secret research facility in the middle of the ocean. During his time there, he is also given a new ""agent"" named ""Takeru"", and they are supposed to track down a woman by the name of ""T"
"I'm not sure how I missed this one when it first came out,",2,-100,"I'm not sure how I missed this one when it first came out, but I just saw it for the first time a few weeks ago and I haven't forgotten the opening. It's a film you can't miss. It is just so intense in it, and has an incredible soundtrack as well. I have to wonder whether it is a remake of ""The Godfather Part II"", but if it is a remake of ""Citizen Kane"" I don't know what it is about.<br","I'm not sure how I missed this one when it first came out, I was like 10 years old, I watched it for the opening montage with the background of the school trip. I was like a kid, I'm not a music fan, not a movie watcher, I'm like a movie person. I'm one of the two types of person, you know, movie goers. This one was good, but I'm not sure that was it. I think the film's"
"this movie just goes to show that you dont need big explosions,muti",2,-100,"this movie just goes to show that you dont need big explosions,muti man brothers,hulk,superman to make a good movie. it is just so boring. i would recommend it as a good way to watch a film that has nothing else to do. i will only recommend this movie in the beginning as it is really good. its also great to see the first action figure that was released on a toy line. i would also recommend it to people who like action. this was a","this movie just goes to show that you dont need big explosions,muti-gender characters or gore to have a good movie! The characters are pretty but also some of the worst acting i have ever seen in a movie. So the ending is so lame! Well just like the opening sequence with the giant glowing eyes makes it look stupid. The ending just made me cringe. That was the only thing in this movie that was bad. the rest was great. Overall this movie was horrible. I have"
It helps immensely if one is familiar with the culture and time period in which,2,-100,"It helps immensely if one is familiar with the culture and time period in which the movie was made, because it contains many of the elements of the British period, such as the costume, hairstyles and general behavior. However, it does have many modern things (which should be noted) such as modern lighting and video and, of course, the music. In all respects, however, this is a British movie and a British movie with many aspects of British culture, while at the same time having some","It helps immensely if one is familiar with the culture and time period in which it is set, rather than one specific genre. And even a few of the original cast members had to be replaced and re-cast because of age (Sally Field was only 14 and most of the others in their twenties or thirties). It is a very, very weird story with a rather interesting cast and plot. Not quite as good as it should have been because of a few really stupid scenes that are not"
"This is a wonderful movie about a brothel in a fishing village, that",2,-100,"This is a wonderful movie about a brothel in a fishing village, that's why I loved it. It is so romantic but has some serious undertones for it to be like a movie.<br /><br />It was a little bit on the side of the supernatural, but the action is pretty cool. <br /><br />This has to be one of the best fantasy movies of all time and it's worth the money. It's a movie that should have the sequel. <","This is a wonderful movie about a brothel in a fishing village, that's why i gave it 10 because of it's well written and well acted. The story is the same as many of the others movies from this genre, which i have seen. You'll see what's what, great acting and good movies.<br /><br />It seems this movie is from the 50's and it's good, but i wouldn't watch it on a Saturday night, even if it was not with"
This is a very fine and poetic story. Beautiful scenery. Magnificent music,2,-100,"This is a very fine and poetic story. Beautiful scenery. Magnificent music, with a wonderful score that reminds me of ""The Taming of the Shrew"" on some levels. This is so very well-written and has a subtle sense of humour and a heartfelt message that is both deeply touching and profound. This movie has the look of a film about the beauty of nature and the art of living, not so much ""filmed"" or ""photographed"" but told in visual, documentary","This is a very fine and poetic story. Beautiful scenery. Magnificent music and dance. Most of the actors are great and most of the supporting cast are also excellent. It also stars an excellent cast.The cast is not over-dramatic, but is in fact very heartfelt and true to their personalities.<br /><br />The movie is not particularly scary. It's a very peaceful and gentle, a story you can really hold on to.The movie doesn't end by itself."
Kurosawa weaves a tale that has a cast of characters as,2,-100,"Kurosawa weaves a tale that has a cast of characters as varied as a crime novelist and a movie director. Kurosawa uses his camera shots, camera angles, music, and camera angles to manipulate the moods of the various characters, creating a world of shadows and shades. While the screenplay was written for the sake of a story, it's also a document of an individual's perspective. The story is also a great way to show how it's difficult to create a happy ending","Kurosawa weaves a tale that has a cast of characters as diverse as the personalities of each character. The show is a story that has to do with a strange world of dreams and dreams and the dream world, and its characters are all drawn by hand with little background art. They live in small small isolated and self-isolated small homes; the characters are completely human and so are the characters. If you were to sit at the end of a deserted beach with the sky dark,"
The Sea Is Watching has been made from an original Akira Kurosawa script,2,-100,"The Sea Is Watching has been made from an original Akira Kurosawa script, and it is extremely entertaining and well written. It starts slowly, and picks up the pace almost as soon as it begins. The characters are developed wonderfully, and there is a wonderful cast here. And the plot is really nothing special. This is a really enjoyable film, and can't believe I actually enjoyed this. It is a really nice film. And it's funny all the way. I was laughing a lot throughout","The Sea Is Watching has been made from an original Akira Kurosawa script written by Mamet. The original Japanese voice is provided by actor Mamoru Miyano, and a Japanese voice actress, who has played an American character in the series and in several other films and video games. In order to match the voice, however, she used a Japanese singer, and it was a hard job to put a cast together. They even used two Japanese voice actors, a man and a woman, to"
"Artistically speaking, this is a beautiful movie--the cinematography, music",2,-100,"Artistically speaking, this is a beautiful movie--the cinematography, music, scenery, background music, sets, characters and all the things were beautifully filmed and edited together. The movie really looks like a picture, and it was well worth the price of admission.<br /><br />The story (which is a bit short, I feel, but very long in concept) is about a boy named ""Theodor"" who has his life turned upside down, and the boy, a young lady","Artistically speaking, this is a beautiful movie--the cinematography, music, editing and pacing are outstanding.The story is about a young boy, Ben, who returns to his small town to spend his vacation at the local pool with the town's other teens and their families.Ben becomes friends with the family's pet tiger, Gia--who likes him as a friend and brother. But not for long.The story is about two boys from the ""wrong"" families and the relationships between the"
"The Sea is Watching was an interesting film experience. First of all, the",2,-100,"The Sea is Watching was an interesting film experience. First of all, the actors were brilliant. The cast were fantastic, but the rest of the cast were absolutely great. The scenery was so nice. The atmosphere was so nice. And the movie was so much better. What a wonderful film experience. I loved the soundtrack, it just blew my mind. The story was really quite intriguing and I always felt as if something could have happened and not been seen. I can see this movie being great for","The Sea is Watching was an interesting film experience. First of all, the acting is top-notch. The acting is also very convincing. Director Robert Redford and writer Stanley Kramer are on a roll with this genre and create a fun film with this unusual scenario. The Sea is Watching is a well-researched documentary film that looks into the psychology of this phenomenon. The Sea is Watching is also a wonderful film that highlights the talents of a group of young filmmakers. I highly recommend"
"Although Lang's version is more famous,Borzage's work is",2,-100,"Although Lang's version is more famous,Borzage's work is a gem of a film. With a simple story,characters that show more emotion than the book and a great cinematographer.This is the movie that makes me a fan of Borzage.This is the film that I like to remember.It has some romance,as well as more suspense and action.<br /><br />In my opinion,Borzage has the best performance of any director in","Although Lang's version is more famous,Borzage's work is probably his most notorious. His movie is about a character who develops a special ability to predict the future in a way that can be useful to his friend and his family.<br /><br />Borzage himself, and the director Robert Lang, used to find it hard to get a movie made in California. He had to go all around the world to make his movie and it wasn't very easy.<br /"
There is indeed much to complain about this movie version of Molnar's,2,-100,"There is indeed much to complain about this movie version of Molnar's masterpiece. The only good thing about the film was the original theme song (written by William Cowper). It's fun to watch and interesting, but the whole movie is just too silly. The whole movie is ridiculous and completely devoid of any real meaning. The story is the same as the book and it does not seem to have any point, or any characters. The actors are just so over-the-top-that","There is indeed much to complain about this movie version of Molnar's ""Hook."" The dialogue is awful, the story is boring (and it's obvious that the director was in the throes of a migraine at the time), and the rest of the showstopper is a total disaster. You just have to take the movie's ""twists"" as a good sign, because most of the time, you won't get what you really want out of the show. The episode"
Loved Joan. Great performance. What isn't she good in. I,2,-100,"Loved Joan. Great performance. What isn't she good in. I could watch all of her films and she is always in a very good mood and has great timing. She was fun to watch. I am always watching her at the cinema and at the cinema she is always smiling. She does it so well. I believe her career is going in the right direction with all of her films. I just wish all the directors would make this and ""A Streetcar Named Desire"" in the same","Loved Joan. Great performance. What isn't she good in. I haven't watched much comedy and I have to say the plot in this one is the best plot I have seen in a comedy movie in years.<br /><br />Funny and very clever stuff. The ending of the movie was one I was in love with. This is in the 'high-range comedy' category and with this the first-ever (!) comedy to make the top 5, which is also a"
Joan Fontaine stars as the villain in this Victorian era film. She,2,-100,"Joan Fontaine stars as the villain in this Victorian era film. She is very convincing and as a result the film really grabs you and is one of the best examples of film-making in my mind. She is just the perfect actress, the script is wonderful, and I believe that the best thing about this film is the performance of Joan Fontaine. If you have ever seen her in another film, you will see that she is just fantastic. I have already mentioned her as the villain and","Joan Fontaine stars as the villain in this Victorian era film. She's a mad and very cold woman with a strange side, trying to use the ""sick"" people in her care as weapons against the people of this world.<br /><br />It was a great way to escape a very real and disturbing world.<br /><br />She's not only cold and manipulative but can't help but show her love for the poor. It's like she had a very sadistic"
"Poor Ivy: Though to the manner born, she had the bad luck to",2,-100,"Poor Ivy: Though to the manner born, she had the bad luck to be born in a family that lived in a very strict environment. That was in part because Ivy herself has the misfortune to be the one in the family without any connections, but it was that very harsh environment that pushed her to try to fit in her new life as a rich, successful student. She tries harder than most of the other students to fit in and is constantly on the lookout for ways to better herself than the other","Poor Ivy: Though to the manner born, she had the bad luck to be given a job at a bar. She started to get to know the guys, and, much to her surprise, they were all ""bad,"" and she was no exception. The bad things happen, she is too dumb to see them coming, she has to work as a waitress (a job she really shouldn't be doing) and she eventually finds herself with an annoying brother. At first, she's more than happy"
"An excellent period murder melodrama, with Fontaine effectively playing against her",2,-100,"An excellent period murder melodrama, with Fontaine effectively playing against her character and the audience. The film is in its first years and is a much better quality than today. The main characters are very believable and you can see a few mistakes of the director. Some cinematography was very well done which has been added after some time. The movie also has its very strange story which you won't see the whole film in one sitting. The plot is very interesting and all the cinematography is very","An excellent period murder melodrama, with Fontaine effectively playing against her character and the story (which is a rather fascinating one, particularly in a re-edited version from 1874). The movie was shot in early September, and it has an almost haunting quality which keeps it from being a complete disaster. Although it's dated (the original was shot in late December) it still shows a good amount of detail about the history of crime, and how the film was remade for the American market"
Warning: contains a spoiler. Corny plot and in many cases terrible acting,2,-100,"Warning: contains a spoiler. Corny plot and in many cases terrible acting, this is not a movie that you should be looking at every five seconds and a whole lot of your money. But this movie does have a great cast. There are a couple of funny scenes like this:* the first is the great sequence where two people on the same day of the same day, and the guy and the girl in the beginning have the guy on a date and the girl and the guy start a fight","Warning: contains a spoiler. Corny plot and in many cases terrible acting (and sometimes bad acting, if you can call it that) make this a waste of time. The special effects in this are simply too bad to be entertaining, save for the soundtrack. There was nothing interesting about any of these scenes, and I was genuinely surprised at one scene where I thought I was going to go crazy. The music had me laughing at inappropriate moments, the acting was terrible, and the story could not"
Does anyone happen to know where this film was shot? The aviation scene on,2,-100,Does anyone happen to know where this film was shot? The aviation scene on Ira is one of the hottest in town and when looking for work in the aviation world this is not the only place to be. If you can call this a cinematography masterpiece. The film was shot in Tucson and was shot by a crew of aviation people. Not only that but the cinematography is so well done and well done. All of the actors in this movie are so likable. It's also very nice,"Does anyone happen to know where this film was shot? The aviation scene on the ""other side"" seems to be the point of interest. I can't imagine where it might have been shot, or why. I'm guessing it has something to do with a new plane or similar flying machine? I thought it looked like an Air Canada airliner but the ""planes"" are supposed to be military aircraft. <br /><br />I wonder what the filmmakers went to with the ""plane"" concept?"
Joan Fontaine here is entirely convincing as an amoral beauty who is,2,-100,"Joan Fontaine here is entirely convincing as an amoral beauty who is a total hypocrite. Her father is a successful lawyer who is always around and his wife has to do chores to maintain his lavish lifestyle. But in truth, she is a total narcissist and her obsession is always to ""marry down"" to lower her self-esteem. This movie is a masterpiece. It's an incredibly sad, incredibly moving and beautifully filmed movie in a fantastic directorial style. And I must give","Joan Fontaine here is entirely convincing as an amoral beauty who is so good looking she looks like a fairy. In this movie she is the epitome of beauty. The plot is about Joan Fontaine (who is in her thirties) who meets an English lover, but I must admit that this movie could have been made in the thirties and I don't see a problem in it since it's an English love story. The cinematography is perfect for a 1920 film,"
"Having seen the short a number of times at horror movie marathons,",2,-100,"Having seen the short a number of times at horror movie marathons, I am now seeing it on Netflix. It is a wonderful, low budget horror movie that brings the classic movies and makes them modern day. Great characters, music, story, and most importantly of all the movie, I do not want to say, this is the best short movie I have ever seen. The best is the short with the little boy. It is truly a classic short horror film with one of the best moments","Having seen the short a number of times at horror movie marathons, and I've never forgotten where I saw it. It was as close as I'd been to seeing this movie in over 2 years, I didn't really know what to think of it, as I hadn't seen many horror movies. It was just all I knew at the time, I had a couple of friends that were in my group that watched it at the same time, at the same time. The first movie had"
Being someone who lists Night of the Living Dead at number three in her top,2,-100,"Being someone who lists Night of the Living Dead at number three in her top three films I've ever seen, I'm not gonna argue it but, I don't believe I've ever seen a better cast, directors and everything else in Night of the Living Dead.<br /><br />This is a much better film than I thought it would be. What makes Night of the Living Dead even better than it was is its own brand of horror. I know, you're saying something about the ""","Being someone who lists Night of the Living Dead at number three in her top five films, I was a little surprised to see this with a lower score for it because it isn't as well known as it should be. It's not one of the great low budget horror films, which I personally love. I don't think I've ever seen it in it's full glory on video, and I can't believe it is also out of print. The reason I know it isn't quite the same"
I just viewed this great good-natured parody of Night of the Living,2,-100,"I just viewed this great good-natured parody of Night of the Living Dead in one evening. The first thing I thought of was, ""Damn, there are too many zombies in here for one movie to do that many, bad guys, that are out for the taking. And this movie features a character that looks like someone from the set of the original. The cast, however, is far greater than the original cast. There are two new characters who come into the picture and are not only","I just viewed this great good-natured parody of Night of the Living Dead. The story takes place in Australia. The characters are a mixture of British and Americans, but the same character. The characters act a lot like Americans, too, and the story is very similar. They are basically two-dimensional, and they act it very crudely. The characters are very annoying, not funny at all, and they all go out to party. It's just like the UK, but Australia has"
"Before viewing, please make sure you have seen Night of the Living Dead...",2,-100,"Before viewing, please make sure you have seen Night of the Living Dead... which it was not the most important movie, but still is. Night of the Living Dead, on the other hand, is a horror classic, and a movie that was the reason to watch it. The special effects were a must have, the acting was unbelievable but it made you want to laugh and cry in the same time. The acting was not bad by any means, it was just nothing special.<br /><br","Before viewing, please make sure you have seen Night of the Living Dead... I had absolutely no idea how bad this is, and it's just plain weird. I'm not a horror fan, but at the same time, it is just weird.<br /><br />How does this movie make so much money, then? Because it has a big budget and a great cast. I honestly don't know why so many people are watching this and not some other stupid remake or throwaway remake."
"""Bread"" very sharply skewers the conventions of horror movies in general",2,-100,"""Bread"" very sharply skewers the conventions of horror movies in general. I've found it to be very effective as a concept because it is so different. It combines elements of horror and comedy to create something entirely new. It combines an effective plot with a great cast. It's about a mysterious girl that is hiding a monster within her. It combines a fantastic cast with stellar performances from its lead actors to form a completely unique horror-comedy-horror-action-comedy-","""Bread"" very sharply skewers the conventions of horror movies in general, which are pretty much the same story: a lone killer has to be stopped before a whole town is wiped off the map. However, director Joel and the boys seem to have forgotten what scares them: a movie star who has a talent for the ""perfectly timed"" shots which only the director can stop.<br /><br />I was surprised that the script wasn't particularly good. It didn't make any sense"
By 1987 Hong Kong had given the world such films as Sammo Hung's,2,-100,"By 1987 Hong Kong had given the world such films as Sammo Hung's ""Three Brides Row"" and George Chen's ""The Long & Winding Road."" And then they came ""The Man Called Horse,"" a wacky little thriller about a Hong Kong woman who wants to become an actress by the time she is 27 years old. <br /><br />The premise of the movie is pretty simple. A woman finds a mysterious box with the same address as her family's land office building","By 1987 Hong Kong had given the world such films as Sammo Hung's ""Lolita Express"" and ""Kung-Fu Massacre"". Unfortunately these two have also combined to make ""Rambo"" which has been nothing short of a disaster. The original plot revolves around a gang of thieves that break into the home of a former gang member at gunpoint. They are led on a quest by a mysterious man with a gun to rescue his kidnapped daughter. However, not only must they battle their"
"I saw this movie first on the Berlin Film Festival, and I had never",2,-100,"I saw this movie first on the Berlin Film Festival, and I had never been a fan of the director. For me, ""A Walk Among the Tombstones"" is a horrible and unspeakable movie, but this is a very great movie for the horror fan. The actors play their parts beautifully. They are also a very good team. The music was just like other horror movies of the period. It was sad that we have not seen these movies in Germany. But in a way, this","I saw this movie first on the Berlin Film Festival, and I had never heard the word ""blatte"" and was not really surprised to see it in the press release. My personal favorite scene in this movie is when my boyfriend says ""blatte"" with the word ""spoon."" He actually means ""spoonful,"" not ""spoon.""<br /><br />This is a film I have never seen in Germany (and never in France either) but I am told"
I first saw this film when it was transmitted around 1988 by the BBC when,2,-100,"I first saw this film when it was transmitted around 1988 by the BBC when, on arrival at the U.K. I think because it was my birthday, and it was on the big screen in the theater so was an easy time to see it. It really should have been shown on the big screen in its entirety and not just the two hours that people at the time remember. <br /><br />It didn't feel like a period piece, but like a long story that was told","I first saw this film when it was transmitted around 1988 by the BBC when I was a 15-year-old boy in the UK.<br /><br />The film was made on a video, with a VHS of this DVD set, so it had to be in some kind of re-distribution and it took up too much space in a record shop, so I bought it with a mate in order to have a copy and listen to a full release. He rented it out and"
"This movie is incredible.With great characters,specially the old swordsman",2,-100,"This movie is incredible.With great characters,specially the old swordsman(Nishimashiro) and his partner(Takeshi)they make a great ensemble.The film has lots of action and is quite interesting.The story is simple and interesting.There are many humorous moments.The director,Mamamoto,director,Shuzo Nakamura,director of the original film and the sequel(Nashimoto Shun,The Return of Goro)is a very talented","This movie is incredible.With great characters,specially the old swordsman,Barthelemy,who has a hard time in front of the girl.He is very scary with his big hat,specially with his big and fat face.I don't know why a young girl doesn't know him.They have a long scene of Barthelemy asking her to play some kind of game with him.She does,and he is very happy.He just smiles,and says"
"This is the best Chinese movie I have ever seen, and, in my",2,-100,"This is the best Chinese movie I have ever seen, and, in my opinion, the best movie I have seen since Shiloh Fernandez. The Chinese are so natural to me, and I love Chinese actors. If you have the privilege of having seen this movie, I highly recommend it. The performance is so perfect. The Chinese actors were in the best performance, the actors I am the absolute best actors in the movie, and I am not kidding! The movie is very interesting, but it","This is the best Chinese movie I have ever seen, and, in my opinion, the best one I have ever watched. It's actually pretty similar to ""The Song of the Lady and the Dragon"". The main characters are the same, yet one is a Chinese fairy and the other is a Korean fairy. The story is about a young girl (Ding Lai) who finds a dragon (Chung Woo) and it's the same story for the old man (Cheng Yi). A"
This movie is one of my favourites. It is a genre-mixture,2,-100,"This movie is one of my favourites. It is a genre-mixture of science and horror in that it is heavily rooted in science fiction and is mainly a movie with a lot of jump scares.<br /><br />The director is a master. He takes us on a trip through the minds of characters, with the cinematographer having very little to work with in terms of focusing. We see, as they become mentally unstable, how this is due to the effects of the unknown, with","This movie is one of my favourites. It is a genre-mixture of adventure and horror with a fair dose of action. The main characters are both quite likable and entertaining, and the main plot, well, all about them.<br /><br />The plot takes a turn for the worse in one of the movie's ""turn-around"" sequences. The rest of the film is pretty much standard but then again, that's what the genre can offer - standard!<br /"
I saw this movie in my childhood. And after 10 years I did not,2,-100,"I saw this movie in my childhood. And after 10 years I did not get the chance to share my feeling of this film. All I can give you is the basic facts. What can I have done wrong for viewing this film. I have never read any other reviews about this movie which might give the movie some more interest. So if you have never heard of this film, you might want to check out the reviews to find some further info on this amazing film. But you should just have to","I saw this movie in my childhood. And after 10 years I did not find much to cheer or cheer about. Nothing in the movie moved me. I can understand that some people may want this movie to make it sound like it's ""silly"". The script seemed boring and pointless. The ending was not so gratuitous. It's hard to believe that someone in Hollywood never thought of giving the script more words. The movie was also not worth listening to - if I had to guess. I"
"Sinnui yauman, is without a doubt one of the best ghost",2,-100,"Sinnui yauman, is without a doubt one of the best ghost movies of 2017. It was so great that I was completely surprised when it first aired on the Chinese television network on January 10, 2017. To be able to see the movie again, it has been very difficult and it has taken me a month to see it again. With my wife and children, we have been unable to watch this great movie in the last two years. I really recommend it to anyone and I am glad","Sinnui yauman, is without a doubt one of the best ghost stories of this century. This movie is very good, a complete movie! This is also a great movie for any family. The movie takes place in a very small neighborhood, that seems to be in some sort of a village. Everyone in this area is very close to each other, and the story goes very fast. I do think it is a really nice movie, and I like how it is not scary, and the"
"First things first, the female lead is too gorgeous to be missed. Now",2,-100,"First things first, the female lead is too gorgeous to be missed. Now, she is cute too. There are so many great shots of the two of them together as they dance and kiss.<br /><br />There is very little nudity in this one but one of those rare instances where you can actually watch nudity. It doesn't mean it's not supposed to be funny though. The other main characters (and, for the record, the only male lead) are also well-cast.","First things first, the female lead is too gorgeous to be missed. Now, I can see why. It's a little like the woman of the novel where ""the princess who was not expected to love"", which is also very good. The other thing is that we don't really get to see any of her in action. The characters don't come up to her, no surprises there. All we see of her is as a young lady, and then we're off to the next adventure in"
"Though I'm not the biggest fan of wirework based martial arts films,",2,-100,"Though I'm not the biggest fan of wirework based martial arts films, this is a worthy watch. The characterizations are so fresh and believable, the plot is one for the movies. This is one to watch from the beginning to the end, where we watch the movie from beginning to end, as if the characters could not have come from a different time period. The actors are all very likable too. The special effects are great, the animation quality is quite good, and this could have","Though I'm not the biggest fan of wirework based martial arts films, I've found this film to be quite interesting. The story and plot take place almost entirely within the confines of a training academy. The characters all look like they're at school, and the acting is pretty standard. There is a plot, as well, but it has one of the more boring and predictable plot lines in recent memory, where there seems to be no real progress and nothing interesting to be had at the end.<"
"A masterpiece of comedy, a masterpiece of horror, a masterpiece of romance,",2,-100,"A masterpiece of comedy, a masterpiece of horror, a masterpiece of romance, and an unforgettable thriller. It has many of the best lines in film history. The film was filmed in a black box at the MGM studio, which meant the director had to work with just a couple of actors, to the point where he couldn't find the people he needed. He had to use the rest of the cast, although it is pretty much the only film ever that had more than one line written by a single","A masterpiece of comedy, a masterpiece of horror, a masterpiece of romance, a masterpiece of terror. I cannot believe I have watched all the things in this movie. The suspense, the tension, the suspense, the suspense.<br /><br />The script is terrible, the music is horrible, the acting is horrible. And it all has to be combined in a film of over 20 hours, where every scene is in its own scene, where every character is a character, and this film is"
Ching Siu Tung's and Tsui Hark's A Chinese,2,-100,"Ching Siu Tung's and Tsui Hark's A Chinese-American Family in Love is a wonderful tale that should not be overlooked. This film is so well acted, but it has such an understated quality, that there are moments of silence that really give a sense of how difficult life is for these ordinary people who have to deal with this social problem. For example, after a very emotional scene in which Ms. Tung and Mr. Hark cry, I was crying as","Ching Siu Tung's and Tsui Hark's A Chinese Connection is the ultimate in high fantasy/martial arts. It is not so much a fantasy as it is a collection of stories, or a commentary on Chinese society, culture and martial arts, with a strong supporting cast of characters. A Chinese Connection is about a Chinese woman who has a connection to martial arts, Chinese culture, and the martial arts of her people. It is not a traditional fantasy like A Knight's Tale"
There are 21 comments as I add mine to this list and there is barely,2,-100,"There are 21 comments as I add mine to this list and there is barely any discussion of whether it is really about that. And to me, this is one of the most disappointing films I've seen in a long time. It has nothing to do with my life so I am not sure if it's supposed to be about the movie, or the actors. At least when they do speak they aren't all talking. I can't help but notice all the characters were wearing the same clothes and there","There are 21 comments as I add mine to this list and there is barely a person who thinks this movie was anything of merit. It's simply a collection of poorly written, poorly acted, poorly casted and poorly shot images (even the ""real"" actors were bad in that regard). The only time I can imagine a movie of this caliber is when the writers take a chance on a really obscure or over talented director and hope he will do well, with no explanation why the script was not picked"
"Once in a while, a film comes along that raises the bar for every",2,-100,"Once in a while, a film comes along that raises the bar for every film ever made. This is one of those films. The story is absolutely brilliant. The characters are so well developed. The cinematography is great. The performances are amazing. The writing and direction are so very good. Not just the acting, but the scripts too. They are so true to the original, and so very original. The songs are wonderful. The story has got to be the greatest of all time. The","Once in a while, a film comes along that raises the bar for every movie that comes along. This is it. The only time I'll watch it again, I'll be at the age of 70. It's a truly brilliant movie that will put a smile on your face every time, because of the amazing cast. Not only the actors, but the director as well, the directing was top-notch. The acting is simply fantastic. Everyone was wonderful in this movie, and the fact"
"For long time I haven't seen such a good fantasy movie, magic fights",2,-100,"For long time I haven't seen such a good fantasy movie, magic fights between dragons (which are really like wizards) and other weird creatures have been the stuff in this genre. I must confess that I have a very deep hatred for dragons and it's not hard to see why. In this movie they've got nothing on the good ol' movie. But the whole idea of fighting against dragons is so ridiculous. They fight for no reason other than to eat. <br /><br />How","For long time I haven't seen such a good fantasy movie, magic fights with wizards who fight dragons, where you feel you will die for the good ending and you can't believe it's not a fake. This movie made me fall asleep in a hurry. I'm just going to comment what didn't make the movie for me, it was all these stupid clichés and the movie was awful even if it did keep a great story with nice characters. The actors are horrible and the storyline is just"
Cannot believe a movie that can be made that good in 1987 and is,2,-100,Cannot believe a movie that can be made that good in 1987 and is based on nothing except a movie written by the director and the script by this director. It's a film about a man and his son trying to find out the whereabouts of the family's hidden treasure that is supposed to be buried in a cave in the South Carolina mountains. All you have to do is get a flashlight and have a good map. This movie has no storyline whatsoever. The movie is about him. Why does the,"Cannot believe a movie that can be made that good in 1987 and is just waiting to be made now. The worst one i have ever seen - a really awful movie i mean just terrible. So really its hard to explain, I think this was the best part of the whole movie, it was when the director, John Landis, went to the bathroom and came back and the screen was completely blank. It made me really mad. It was like this is a film that will never be made"
"""Chinese Ghost Story"" is one of the most amazing Hong Kong films I",2,-100,"""Chinese Ghost Story"" is one of the most amazing Hong Kong films I've seen in a while and it had many memorable moments.<br /><br />The film was about a man who meets his destiny and discovers the secret to making a human spirit go to the other side of the room to die and the rest of the movie is about a kid who gets in the way of his destiny and discovers that the rest of the story has a story too. As they meet the spirits on the second","""Chinese Ghost Story"" is one of the most amazing Hong Kong films I have ever seen. It is about a young man, Lee, who is a master thief. Lee uses his wits to become a thief, and his talent to become a man with a heart of gold. Lee goes to a man in the black market to borrow money, and the man in the black market gives Lee the money and gives Lee the life of an undercover police officer. When Lee is arrested and brought to prison"
Just read the original story which is written by Pu in 18th century.,2,-100,"Just read the original story which is written by Pu in 18th century. Here, she re-creates this story, with the best of the Chinese film-making art. Even in the opening shots, we have the same actors from the opening. It's interesting and really makes an interesting film. The movie is called Li-Zhen and stars Li Bai and Wu. All the actors were so talented to play the characters, it really helped make the movie. They are the same age,",Just read the original story which is written by Pu in 18th century. The story starts with a story of a monk whose brother in India is a doctor. He travels to the monastery to practice medicine. He enters a room where two women are praying and an older man sitting a meditation on his feet. When the monks and the master enter the room the room is filled with light and it is a perfect place to study. The monk takes one step and sees a beautiful lady sitting cross-legged on
"A mix of comedy, romance, music(?!), action and horror.",2,-100,"A mix of comedy, romance, music(?!), action and horror. It's just so darn bad, it has it's moments of awesomeness. The movie has all of the things that make it great and just so much more. A wonderful movie from this director. His movies have that feeling where you feel as if there's nothing going on, but that's not true in this movie. It has a very low budget, just some music and a few people that work in the","A mix of comedy, romance, music(?!), action and horror. You have to see this, to be truly convinced of its' quality. You should see a full body of this, the film is a full body of it.<br /><br />So, i wont waste your time with all the spoilers, here is some of it, enjoy, this is an absolute classic, one that will give you everything, whether you are a horror/thriller fan or not. If"
"There's never a dull moment in this movie. Wonderful visuals, good actors",2,-100,"There's never a dull moment in this movie. Wonderful visuals, good actors in the lead roles, superb music. If you want to see a good sci-fi movie, rent the first one. This one is so much better. If you want to watch a great movie, see it again. This movie doesn't just stand out in your memory.<br /><br />But this is such a good movie that it's easy to miss! It's a really fun movie! <br /","There's never a dull moment in this movie. Wonderful visuals, good actors and the soundtrack is one that has to be watched out of the way. The cinematography is superb, great background music and there's lots of nice shots.<br /><br />This was my favourite movie I've seen in a long time. It's very underrated, because of its poor rating on IMDb. Its not the best Japanese movie I've seen lately, but it definitely isn't the worst Japanese movie."
If there is a movie to be called perfect then this is it. So,2,-100,If there is a movie to be called perfect then this is it. So perfectly it can barely be described. So completely I think anyone looking for a movie that would capture that unique feeling you get from a real life situation should take a look at the perfect movie. The story is absolutely true and as true as a movie can be. The plot is the same whether it be a comedy or a drama. The characters are great and the story is great. Great direction and writing. I recommend this movie,"If there is a movie to be called perfect then this is it. So, for you, what are the things that you are most looking for in a movie. What are you looking for? That is a wonderful question, and one that you can never answer. We all have different things we love. Some of us enjoy watching movies that include a lot of laughs, some of us enjoy watching movies that have the most beautiful cinematography, and so on. Some of us are also looking for more"
"A Chinese Ghost Story stars the late, great Leslie Cheung as Ling Choi",2,-100,"A Chinese Ghost Story stars the late, great Leslie Cheung as Ling Choi, a wealthy woman living in the suburbs with a young couple. The man, Woo Yi, is a retired professional photographer, so he gets to be a ghost writer. His ghost writer has to go to the local police department and report on the ghost of one of his ex-wives. His ex-wife, Chen Ji Lin, tells the police that she can tell ghosts, so the police are suspicious of her and her","A Chinese Ghost Story stars the late, great Leslie Cheung as Ling Choi (Hong-Yu Chiang), an ambitious woman who has lost her only sibling and father. Her only job is to stay out of the way while her parents have affairs. One night, her roommate's husband and his wife (Bong Yu-Chu) were having an affair and Ling finds out. She decides to be involved with him and their secret ends in a very sad and tragic way. She is also in"
"Wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one, outside of the",2,-100,"Wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one, outside of the 'horrible cast', but it was still enjoyable and interesting in a low-key sort of way.<br /><br />Although I've never seen these two together, I can see why their characters would have the same motivations and attitudes at the same time. They are the same age, they are the same country, and they even have the same hair color. Which is to say that this movie has all the elements","Wasn't quite sure what to expect with this one, outside of the original characters in the series, and the director's recent ""Widows"" films, I couldn't say for sure. But here was a movie that made me cry after the first thirty minutes. ""I Love You Daddy"" was a movie made up of family members making fun of one another, the kids, and each other. Everything in this movie was meant to be a reference to the previous movies. It would not"
this is a great movie. i like it where ning climbs down to,2,-100,this is a great movie. i like it where ning climbs down to nir and then nino falls down to the bottom. they have great scenes of love. i'm glad that nina is not a man. she is a woman. it shows she can be anything. the scene at the diner is beautiful. the girl at the car wash who we get to see again in the last two minutes. well i love you nina and nino. i like you. thank you.,this is a great movie. i like it where ning climbs down to the top and is trying to grab something. the movie is in black and white with lots of shots and special effects and some of the acting is really nice. i like ning achim and the movie is fun. the story is really good. they do the best with a story with a lot of humor in it. the actors are great. all in all a great movie to watch. so many good movies here
I can't remember many films where a bumbling idiot of a hero was,2,-100,I can't remember many films where a bumbling idiot of a hero was not the biggest loser in a movie. I'd probably rather watch a movie with my back to a wall than with any part of me in the middle.<br /><br />My favorite moment was when Mr. X showed up to steal the show. He was a totally awesome guy who had the potential to be as bad or even as good as the bad guy!<br /><br />There are many memorable moments,I can't remember many films where a bumbling idiot of a hero was more enjoyable than in this. From this point of view it's just a fun mess of a movie. I can't believe it was rated by its budget at less than one million dollars. But it was by far the worst I've seen in awhile. The acting was crap (particularly from the acting) and all the supporting characters were just plain bad. This should be called the worst movie I have ever seen in my life
Master director Ching Siu Tung's perhaps most popular achievement is this,2,-100,"Master director Ching Siu Tung's perhaps most popular achievement is this brilliant gem. A masterpiece of martial arts cinema, with a few twists along the way to keep your interest. <br /><br />A brilliant action masterpiece, based on the Hong Kong movie, and the real life story of master Kung Fu fighter and Olympic champion Jackie Chan. <br /><br />It features amazing special effects, which would have been done by today's standards. And it's the most fun you","Master director Ching Siu Tung's perhaps most popular achievement is this, one of a number of Kung Fu movies which feature him as an expert director. With this effort, which won him the Oscar for Best Director of 2005, he manages to bring one of the most important aspects of Kung Fu cinema alive - the action in the movies.<br /><br />In the movies of the early 1970s, action was rarely, if ever, attempted in cinematography. The cinematography then was"
"It's sort of crazy, but I taped from TCM both, this",2,-100,"It's sort of crazy, but I taped from TCM both, this morning, and a short scene from the movie ""The Matrix"" in between, and I couldn't sleep and when it was over I was laughing so much! This is the only movie you need to see right now. The first time I watched it and found out that a really, really cool thing is about to happen to me I thought, wow this movie's so much more important than just the movies, it's about","It's sort of crazy, but I taped from TCM both, this and I had an 8mm recorder handy. A short story about two middle-aged woman who have just been married off, and they are in a room and the door is locked. They can do nothing but keep turning the lights off, and I had to leave the room and go downstairs and hear what I can only guess is a message from whoever's there. The music is amazing. The best part is the song with"
This version of Anna Christie is in German. Greta Garbo again plays,2,-100,"This version of Anna Christie is in German. Greta Garbo again plays a Russian Jew who travels to the West in pursuit of his own destiny. The cast includes the same characters from the first film. The screenplay and characters are entirely new.<br /><br />This version was written by Paul Schrader and directed by Sidney Lumet, and it was very funny.<br /><br />Watch the director, Otto Preminger, and the actor, James Belushi, in the original","This version of Anna Christie is in German. Greta Garbo again plays the femme fatale. The acting was pretty bad and the script was terrible. Garbo did OK. The plot was about a widow. The main character was a nice lady. The only decent part of the film is the part where her maid, who has just been released from prison and is now being sent to the house where Garbo and the family live. As far as I know all of these actors are American"
"Filmed by MGM on the same sets as the English version, but in",2,-100,"Filmed by MGM on the same sets as the English version, but in the same style as the ""Tulip"", the ""Tribe"" set is the most lavish and detailed of any I've seen. There are elaborate set pieces, great set dressings, a stunningly beautiful background to the set, the costumes are gorgeous, the special effects are all wonderful, and it is truly a great tribute to the great makeup artists. There is a great, beautiful soundtrack and some great song covers","Filmed by MGM on the same sets as the English version, but in England and made with English locations. All of the British extras are in London, in a kind of British town which has a castle and houses a hospital. The first thing you'll see is an innkeeper's home. I think I have the English version of the scene on video somewhere...<br /><br />At the moment, I think I can give the correct English version a try (although the English version I"
"After Garbo's introduction to sound in Clarence Brown's ""Anna Christie"",",2,-100,"After Garbo's introduction to sound in Clarence Brown's ""Anna Christie"", this film, starring Marlene Dietrich, Richard Chamberlain and Paul Muni, focuses on the lives of the four members of the ""family of sound"", a group of musical friends who make a musical and talk about their musical. The film was shot in New York City with an early-70's RKO camera, which is reminiscent of the studio cameras used in films with the same time period.<br /><br />","After Garbo's introduction to sound in Clarence Brown's ""Anna Christie"", a scientist (Vincent, who is also a famous film star) is shown to have invented a phonograph record and uses it to record Garbo's voice. In the story, the scientist is so intrigued that he sends Garbo to his lab to be trained for the purpose of creating a phonograph record for his wife's recording studio. After a brief training period, the scientist leaves Garbo to help his wife,"
Anna Christie (1931)<br /><br />On its own,2,-100,"Anna Christie (1931)<br /><br />On its own terms, the film is one of the best comedy films of the thirties and it is a marvel that it is one of only a handful that survives. It was shot in Paris in summer 1927 and, while it is a French production, it is a film shot in Belgium and is made for the German cinematographer Karl Stiller, who is particularly skilled as a director and is also quite the film-maker in","Anna Christie (1931)<br /><br />On its own, though, this film is a film to be watched in isolation. It is a rather boring story of an ex-soldier who returns to life as a man and a ""prince"" (the title he gave himself) after a coma. With the exception of some good acting and some great music.<br /><br />The cast is the only real weak link in this film. The man played by Francis X"
"Fragile Carne, just before his great period. Although it is sometimes",2,-100,"Fragile Carne, just before his great period. Although it is sometimes difficult to accept that the same director has shot the same sets, and the same actors, it is the same mood, the same theme, the same music, it is just much darker and more claustrophobic. In contrast to the great German films, where the story is focused on some particular part of the world, in Carne, with it being a story of the story of the people. The most surprising element","Fragile Carne, just before his great period. Although it is sometimes very slow, its still a shame this guy has no better to write, and a couple of actors at this stage in his career (Tom Hulce, Jack Nicholson) he hasn't been in many a movie. Still the story is good enough that it can be good, but a real gem has to be the one line of dialog: ""You're in trouble, you know what I mean."" <br /><"
"""Hotel du Nord "" is the only Carné movie from the 1936",2,-100,"""Hotel du Nord "" is the only Carné movie from the 1936 and it is also the only one of the post war period in which the director was actually in charge of the movie's production. Even before the opening credits, it was obvious in what way this movie has a very special message. It is so much about human love. It's so romantic and yet, it is very tragic. The plot is a simple romance. And even in the last scene, it is so much a","""Hotel du Nord "" is the only Carné movie from the 1936 to 1945 period that I know that was produced with sound. Some of the actors were not very good, but this still a very good movie. The cinematography was very interesting and made this a more than a nice one to be in. However, the music was very bad because there was no music for the French to listen to.<br /><br />My all time favorite movie of 1935 was ""La Plaine des"
"I suppose I always felt that Hotel du Nord was studio-bound, the",2,-100,"I suppose I always felt that Hotel du Nord was studio-bound, the more I thought about it the better I could see it being something to enjoy. The first thing that pops into my mind is the idea of having an English actor as the leading character. Why would he want to be involved with something with a Frenchman and a German at the helm? So, the characters are simple, but they get complicated, and, what's important about hotel du Nord is that the actors have to act without","I suppose I always felt that Hotel du Nord was studio-bound, the film was not to be told from a French viewpoint, but from the POV of one who was French (the director, who made most of the films I've seen and liked, was the man from Paris).<br /><br />In this one, the French do not exist. I think I could imagine a French person watching it, but I couldn't imagine a French producer watching it. <br /><br"
"This is an excellent film, and is the sort of treasure that one can",2,-100,"This is an excellent film, and is the sort of treasure that one can only get in a theatre. It may have had its time in England, but is now seen as having been shot from an American point of view.<br /><br />The film was not filmed and that is a testament to its importance. It made sense, and had a wonderful story to tell. However it is an extremely sensitive film about depression, and a woman's desire to make ends meet. It is not without","This is an excellent film, and is the sort of treasure that one can never get one's hands on. The screenplay was written by director Tim Burton (the man behind Tim Burton, Tim Burton), who wrote the original script for the original ""The Princess Bride"", though this version of that story was not written by him.<br /><br />With its original title of ""Night of the Living Dead"", the film was supposed to take place in the 1930's, but the location was originally a"
"I love this movie, Jouvet, Arletty, Blier,",2,-100,"I love this movie, Jouvet, Arletty, Blier, and De Ville. This movie is a wonderful film to me! I love the music, the song-writing, and I love the actors. It's also funny (and also sad) to me! It's also very well-made and beautiful and I love it. I don't know if this movie is better than Jouvet, Arletty, or Blier, but you know that I don't know","I love this movie, Jouvet, Arletty, Blier, and many others. I can't understand why they didn't put them in there. It wasn't a great movie, but it's fun and I think that's the best part. It's the same thing with ""Lets Be Friends"" and ""Gigli"". They are so well made in their roles, their characters were always so real. I'm glad to see them in so many movies. We should see"
A true classic. Beautifully filmed and acted. Reveals an area of,2,-100,"A true classic. Beautifully filmed and acted. Reveals an area of the British working class which, unlike elsewhere in Europe was not being overlooked. The best part of the movie is at the end when the film director and cast member, played by Edna Ferrell and her husband, Jacknife, get to dance together. The music is wonderful, the cinematography is outstanding and the actors are superb. It is one of the few, if not the only, films that has never gone","A true classic. Beautifully filmed and acted. Reveals an area of human suffering that is still being neglected. But you would have a difficult time finding it. It's a shame that such a wonderful film didn't receive much in the way of recognition. A sad story of family loyalty and sacrifice. I have an 8 year old and 10-year-old daughter who watched this film with me, ages 8 and 9. The film is a great experience for both of them. I recommend it"
Hotel Du Nord is a gripping drama of guilt in which Marcel Carne,2,-100,"Hotel Du Nord is a gripping drama of guilt in which Marcel Carneul plays the most important role as the hero and heroines Isabelle and Marie-Pierre are in an uneasy alliance.<br /><br />After some of Isabelle's brothers is sent to the hospital after a serious heart attack and is being confined to a bed. With her brother's help, he and his girlfriend Isabelle escape from the hotel into the forest with a dog, while the hotel's director keeps a secret","Hotel Du Nord is a gripping drama of guilt in which Marcel Carneiro stars as an innocent woman who has an interest in prostitution. The film focuses on her and her experiences of humiliation and violence, and the fact that she has a young son who is sexually abused by an older man. This film is intense, shocking and a true drama of a woman who takes to heart her own guilt. Her courage shines through through this gripping performance, and the film is about the emotional toll taken upon her"
"Before all, I'd like to point out that I have not read the",2,-100,"Before all, I'd like to point out that I have not read the book, and I am not a religious scholar, but my father, having read a copy of this novel, is the same religion expert that wrote the book (see also the reviews below). We're used to religion being an intellectual topic, and not being relevant to the people. However, this book should be read by anyone who has a interest in the subject. The idea that a person needs to be educated into a particular","Before all, I'd like to point out that I have not read the book by the title, and therefore do not know what it's about. It's a series of books, with each one having something to do with a theme which is loosely connected with each book, and you'll notice that there is a lack of continuity here, meaning a whole series of characters appear and disappear within the novels. <br /><br />Some of these books have a similar plot as one of the television"
"The House of the Spirits is a gripping tale of family intrigue, South American",2,-100,"The House of the Spirits is a gripping tale of family intrigue, South American intrigue, and family loyalty. With an unforgettable cast of talented actors and talented film-makers, from a young Richard Curtis to Richard Chamberlain in the pivotal role of father. If you have yet to see a remake of this film then you simply have to see it. <br /><br />What makes the film so powerful is that the film itself can take you back to a time where the family was together on the other","The House of the Spirits is a gripping tale of family intrigue, South American intrigue and political intrigue, in which the lives of a group of Americans are in danger. The film revolves around the story of James R.Fry (Hugh Laurie) who is the head of the CIA's human intelligence division, responsible for infiltrating the world of Latin America. His daughter Elizabeth (Kathleen Turner) was a successful social climber but she is kidnapped by a mysterious woman, who has taken her"
I always feel strange and guilty saying it (because I'm a fairly well,2,-100,"I always feel strange and guilty saying it (because I'm a fairly well-known actress), I've just found out that my husband is a big Meryl Streep fan and, while I'm aware that Hollywood generally is not a fan of her, I can't explain it.<br /><br />One of the few times I have felt like a bad wife or girlfriend during this entire relationship I felt like a bad husband or boyfriend but it was all over the TV, I couldn't help","I always feel strange and guilty saying it (because I'm a fairly well-adjusted human being but the ""naughty girl"" aspect is definitely not something I could ever bring myself to enjoy)...but that's exactly what happened to me on the first day of the trip. I was not feeling myself well that day. <br /><br />While on the way, we were passing this trucker (who was the only other passenger in the truck) on his way to get a ride from"
this movie is the best movie ever it has a lot of live action It,2,-100,"this movie is the best movie ever it has a lot of live action It is really cool it is very funny it is the best movie of the season it has a lot of great things, that's why i love it. i really love this movie, we can show you that it is great and a great movie. we have a very good time watching it, that is what i love most about this movie. its really a good movie, it has some nice features that a lot of movies have",this movie is the best movie ever it has a lot of live action It can be played with the same song but its fun for the same reasons you play it like a band play it like an idol play it like an idol Play it like an idol like like a band like an idol play it like an idol like a band like an idol like an idol like an idol like an idol like a band like an idol like a band like an idol like a band like an idol like a band like an
If you haven't already seen this movie of Mary-Kate and Ashley's,2,-100,"If you haven't already seen this movie of Mary-Kate and Ashley's, this is definitely a must see. The story is an adaptation of a story about a ""puppet show"" done by the same title. The director is also a producer on the show. As many fans have pointed out, the puppets appear to be very popular. It's interesting to see how such good actors can portray such bad puppets. The characters were done very well. There is some pretty acting and it","If you haven't already seen this movie of Mary-Kate and Ashley's you need to do it. I don't know what the original plot was but it does not exist in the movie that is ""Star Wars: The Clone Wars"" as it was originally shown in that TV movie.<br /><br />The movie was written by a person that is a little more competent than Lucas. The script is not bad but it is just flat. I would also add that this movie does not have"
"For years we've been watching every horror film that comes out, from the",2,-100,"For years we've been watching every horror film that comes out, from the good ones that are released, to the ones that are released in theaters. The problem for a horror film is when it starts to feel as though it is a little too much like a horror film, then we feel as though we've gone backwards. I think this was more of a personal problem, as I don't really know what an ""average"" horror film is supposed to be. For me, the majority of my","For years we've been watching every horror film that comes out, from the ""bad"" movies, to the ""good"" movies (i say ""good"" here, as the films are not really comparable), to the ""best"" movies. Some of these, we actually enjoy; others, we just see too much of; and all in all, this has the most number of movies, yet, it is one of the most boring ones, and, in this case, also the most boring"
What's Good About It: Some inventive and genuinely creepy little effects that will,2,-100,"What's Good About It: Some inventive and genuinely creepy little effects that will give you nightmares, and that's before you get into the actual good stuff. The plot is about two friends and a mother, and you'll find that all of it is actually quite entertaining. The little creatures have quite the interesting personality. The one of the few really fun films I've seen this year. You'll be looking for more from this one. <br /><br />What I can't understand: This","What's Good About It: Some inventive and genuinely creepy little effects that will have you looking away from the screen in awe. <br /><br />What's Not: Not much in the way of story to speak of, and there just isn't enough action in here to be as thrilling as the other films in the genre do.<br /><br />In other words, not bad, but certainly nothing to be concerned about, and that makes it a very enjoyable horror horror film!<"
"Finally, an indie film that actually delivers some great scares! I see most",2,-100,"Finally, an indie film that actually delivers some great scares! I see most films as ""funny"" that way, but in this one I can't help but laugh. The scares aren't scary but they are so well done. The cinematographer does a fabulous job making the movie look so realistic. The atmosphere is very eerie and you want to sit in the corner and look away, yet you still have to keep watching and I think you can't help yourself.<br /><br />","Finally, an indie film that actually delivers some great scares! I see most horror movies from now until eternity, but i've seen so many times how a horror movie has a bad ending, bad story, or the bad guy turns out to be the good guy in the end.<br /><br />What makes this movie even worse is, they don't care for the characters that are in it. <br /><br />To be fair, it was very nice when the kids escaped,"
After all the crap that Hollywood (and the Indies) have churned out,2,-100,"After all the crap that Hollywood (and the Indies) have churned out in the past decade, to me the best film is not on the big screen or in the big studio, that honour goes to a fantastic documentary that was made about one of the main characters in the film. The story and what you see is of one of the strangest stories of my memory, this film is a combination of drama, music and a lot of funny moments.<br /><br />This film was made","After all the crap that Hollywood (and the Indies) have churned out these days, the movie-going public is in an excellent position to see this good old western from the late 1800's (The first one's not really dated).<br /><br />And here you'll find that this ""great story"" is not an old-fashioned story but rather a highly-choreographed tale of outlaws, wild bikers and a big, good-natured family. This was"
"Following their daughter's brutal murder,Julie and Allen escape the city to",2,-100,"Following their daughter's brutal murder,Julie and Allen escape the city to Montana's great white wilderness. There,Allen is reunited with his estranged father,John Lee, who Allen marries off to Kelly, the daughter of a wealthy Montana rancher. They begin their lives of a nomadic existence with nowhere to stay. Kelly is a runaway and they begin a complicated courtship involving an old rancher and a grizzly bear that keeps a watchful eye over them.<br /><br />","Following their daughter's brutal murder,Julie and Allen escape the city to the isolated property that they share with their mentally unstable neighbor. The two soon make friends with other mentally unstable residents of the surrounding area who seem to be out to exploit these neighbors in some very bad ways.<br /><br />There are some twists and turns that seem to go on and on with absolutely no closure at all. A pretty girl is abducted and tortured by the neighbor and his son, who is forced to witness"
This movie was very good. If you are one who likes to watch horror,2,-100,This movie was very good. If you are one who likes to watch horror movies for the most of the time this movie is an excellent choice! The movie was so over the top and so cheesy that it made me laugh out loud many times. What really stood out were the acting. The actors were absolutely wonderful. It was the actors that got me in the movie. Their performances were very believable and believable characters could be so very hard to play. The acting was excellent! The music was great.,"This movie was very good. If you are one who likes to watch horror movies that aren't as scary and that aren't as boring as in the 80's then this is a must see. I think the movie was also very different but still a movie I can watch again and again. This is a very very well done movie. They made it very scary, I was surprised by how scary it was. They also did well in making it look nice. The characters are all believable and the movie"
Allen and Julie move into a cabin in the mountains after their daughter is murdered,2,-100,"Allen and Julie move into a cabin in the mountains after their daughter is murdered by her lover. They are disturbed by a strange creature who roams the forests and is said to be a manifestation of a soul. <br /><br />They are convinced they are possessed, but no-one can seem to help them.<br /><br />This film has to be watched as the film is about the characters, not the plot. A lot of the acting was pretty cheesy. My favorite bit","Allen and Julie move into a cabin in the mountains after their daughter is murdered by her grandparents. During a cabin trip they run into a mysterious man, a writer who is looking for the manuscript to a novel. While at the cabin, the girl is stabbed and they hear some bizarre noises coming from the kitchen. The writer introduces them to his ghost, an apparition of a black man who appears at the end of the cabin trip. During the cabin trip, the writer reveals a story of the writer"
"First, nobody can understand why this movie is rated so poorly. Not only",2,-100,"First, nobody can understand why this movie is rated so poorly. Not only is the film itself good, but the concept of a serial killer on a rampage is really funny. Also, the concept of ""mood"" which is more a concept than any of the characters ever explained. And the ending was truly surprising. It is a very low budget movie with great performances and a really well directed by Richard E. Grant.<br /><br />I think this movie has really come about because of","First, nobody can understand why this movie is rated so poorly. Not only is the writing poor but the story is boring.<br /><br />Just look at any old ""high school"" film and watch the director (David Lynch) and the writer (Billy Zane) for inspiration and you'll see the same thing.<br /><br />Don't waste your time watching this movie. I was, however, impressed enough to put it on my personal to-do list because you really"
"I'm not at all picky about horror movies, and I'm willing",2,-100,"I'm not at all picky about horror movies, and I'm willing to bet that The Hills have played a very big role in my current enjoyment of horror movies. They are such an excellent cast to work with. The acting is stellar. I could not think of anyone who wasn't awesome in this movie. This one could have only come from one of the two members of the cast. I'm quite glad they did not cast them as the lead roles. It seems like a no-brainer","I'm not at all picky about horror movies, and I'm willing to bet my bottom dollar that at least one of the above-mentioned horror categories is being discussed here. But even then, I find it hard to believe that this is any real movie.<br /><br />To me, it's just a piece of crap, with a great premise and some awful ideas.<br /><br />I'm not going to go into too much detail, because it's a pretty bad"
Dark Remains is a home run plain and simple. The film is full,2,-100,"Dark Remains is a home run plain and simple. The film is full of surprises. The directing, editing, script, characters and even the music are great. The story line follows well with great dialogue and a great cast. Not to worry, the film is not too slow, the actors are very young and are not that good. All you have to do is simply take the plot and the characters and put it together. The ending is a little bit weird but it all fits together very well","Dark Remains is a home run plain and simple. The film is full of little details that make all the difference. The lighting, the sets, the music, the sets are all perfect. There is a total lack of any kind of generic ""shopping"", which I guess it is due to the fact that the director had no experience or knowledge in photography, sound, location filming. I can't believe I was the first person to ever review this film, but I'm actually pleased at how"
"Well, this film is a difficult one really. To be straight with you",2,-100,"Well, this film is a difficult one really. To be straight with you, i haven't seen any of the director's films. Not because they don't exist or because they are too boring to watch. Because i haven't watched any other movies from them, and since i know they were made in a very low budget (like many low budget movies in the 90's), i can't stand all the bad things about this one. This one has to be the worst. The cast was horrible","Well, this film is a difficult one really. To be straight with you, I was looking for the best film with a female director ever on this list. And I found nothing but the absolute worst script. The script is not even worse than in the previous comment. It has a really bad cast with very small parts for really bad acting, and one thing about it is that none of the actors can be taken seriously. The movie is really just like a really bad drama with none of the actors"
"I just watched this movie and have to say, I was very impressed.",2,-100,"I just watched this movie and have to say, I was very impressed. It was interesting and I think is a good movie with good performances by a very good cast. Well-done cinematography and production. Great acting.<br /><br />The script was original and very original. It was well-written and was well acted by the cast including a couple of really great actors. The only thing that is not a strong point is the script which is a lot like a book written by a","I just watched this movie and have to say, I was very impressed. Well, some of the scenes were not bad but the director should have never had any actors in the film in the first place. I have never been the biggest fan of Bollywood but I am a huge fan of ""I want a new world"", ""Badi"", ""Lagaan"" and ""Chhotia"" and this is definitely one of them. I would rate this film as a 8 (out of 10"
This movie scared the crap out of me! I have to admit that I,2,-100,"This movie scared the crap out of me! I have to admit that I was frightened more by this movie than by the horror film that was ""The Hills Witch"". Don't be fooled by the great and great acting that this movie has. They got to a point where there was a little too much gore for some people to stomach, and the ending was just a complete cop-out and complete contrived. The movie is really pretty and is fun. There is nothing wrong with this movie.<br","This movie scared the crap out of me! I have to admit that I am not a heavy and I am afraid to even sit down and watch this. I tried to sneak in and put in my arm to move the screen around but was told by the person making the movie. I was quite shaken up but not quite sure what else to do to avoid getting punched, kicked and possibly set on fire. It didn't help that at times it looked like they were filming the same scene several times."
"Although I was in this movie playing the part of Sheriff Hodges, it",2,-100,"Although I was in this movie playing the part of Sheriff Hodges, it was quite exciting.<br /><br />It should be pointed out that the movie was made in Australia and the cast was all Australian. I never really saw the local language, which made me not particularly happy.<br /><br />The character of Mr. Bunchy was a total goof in the film.<br /><br />The director was also very good in the film which I felt was done for Australia","Although I was in this movie playing the part of Sheriff Hodges, it's just a really terrible movie, with the least credible voice actor in film. The story of this movie was a lot like the classic western, in other words, it was supposed to be about two brothers who go to the same place to do some odd jobs for someone with no pay.<br /><br />The acting is just crap, the acting is awful. The worst is the girl in the scene that gives the"
I read nothing but good things about this movie and finally had a chance to,2,-100,"I read nothing but good things about this movie and finally had a chance to see it for myself. It's not very good and the characters are not interesting. Not even the script, which is a good script that has been done so many times over so many movies. The movie has a plot where two people who try to get to know each other but unfortunately that's about all. The movie goes by without explanation because it's not being very interesting, it's more like a show, it's",I read nothing but good things about this movie and finally had a chance to see it in theaters last night. I was extremely disappointed. It's just about as bad as I've ever seen. The special effects were horrible. The acting was atrocious.<br /><br />There is nothing in the movie that is remotely even remotely good or in any way even remotely entertaining.<br /><br />All actors are so forced. The only funny bits are when they try to act like their acting
"OK, so I don't watch too many horror movies - and the reason",2,-100,"OK, so I don't watch too many horror movies - and the reason I don't watch too many horror movies is that I only get really tired of bad movies that only make up a small fraction of all the horror movies out there - and there are plenty out there that are actually decent (see: the ones you don't see on horror.com). But I've just had to give this one a little bit of credit for being on the right level for my taste. This is a movie","OK, so I don't watch too many horror movies - and the reason is not to see horror movies for the story, though I admit the story was quite interesting in the first ten minutes. What I wanted to do was read this review - since it was by someone who apparently is a good film reviewer, and I thought that it would be good, and this review was from a film reviewer? <br /><br />The story was that of a woman who wakes from a trance at the"
"this movie has a great message,a impressive cast, ellen burstyn",2,-100,"this movie has a great message,a impressive cast, ellen burstyn, robin henman and tom jones, kathy, jen marley, jean, jade kramer and the late john, the late great jimmy jones, a young star cast, and it is good! what I love about this movie is the cast and crew (with jimmy jones), and it is just a must see movie in my opinion. i highly recommend it,","this movie has a great message,a impressive cast, ellen burstyn in a great performance, the plot twists and turns, and a very interesting script. the only thing I could complain about is the bad dubbing. the actor that dubbing does not seem to take the opportunity to bring in good dialogue.<br /><br />i love this movie, and i can see why i was not the best fan, i got out of the theater with my boyfriend and he did not want to"
"What are the odds of a ""Mermaid"" helium balloon traveling from",2,-100,"What are the odds of a ""Mermaid"" helium balloon traveling from Paris to New York and back in one piece? Why is there such a huge demand in film, especially a film that is more than 15 years old? And is there any more money in comedy than there is in drama? All the things made in France were done in the same era - from movie-making to music and everything - except a couple of things that aren't. French filmmakers, especially those from the 1950's","What are the odds of a ""Mermaid"" helium balloon traveling from Paris to the U.S. in the same night? Well, it is one chance in a lifetime.<br /><br />This film is a very sad movie. I cannot believe how this movie got to the market. It could not be any worse and all it has to do is the names of the movie and this movie are the same. It is a total disappointment. I could not take my eyes off the"
What a lovely heart warming television movie. The story tells of a little five,2,-100,"What a lovely heart warming television movie. The story tells of a little five year old girl named ""Baby"". I was amazed by the compassion of the actors and especially by how their child was given such a great role. A lot of this movie was actually filmed in California so it is very much like home with everything like the house, etc. It really is a film which will make you smile with a lot of fun but also heart wrenching moments, especially as he tries to figure out ""Baby","What a lovely heart warming television movie. The story tells of a little five year old girl who loves a man named Tom(Tom Corbin) who is just a little different from everyone else. He is a little quiet, but is extremely loyal to the person he loves. Tom has the power of his mind and can make people disappear. His best friend is his neighbor's two year old twin brother, Johnny. Tom and Johnny try to help the family who are living in the neighborhood in trying to"
My family and I have viewed this movie often over the years. It is,2,-100,My family and I have viewed this movie often over the years. It is a great example of a movie that is not for everyone but is still very entertaining. This is the best of this era for the movie industry. The director is a great filmmaker that has had a long career. His films have captured people's emotions and that has been true for his earlier films. This was his first film as the director and he didn't make a sequel. The film is set in the 1960's with the,"My family and I have viewed this movie often over the years. It is an amazing movie that will appeal to all audiences. As for it's not for me, this movie is something I have had to watch quite a number of times over the years and this is why I rate it so highly.<br /><br />I personally do not dislike or love this movie. As for me I am not overly into this movie. For many it would be their first exposure to this ""fame"""
This is just a short comment but I stumbled onto this movie by chance and,2,-100,"This is just a short comment but I stumbled onto this movie by chance and found it on YouTube at a rental store. I was pleasantly surprised and I thought it was really creepy, it was really creepy, it was REALLY creepy, but I can't think what made people do it. Thats why I think this movie is not the type to see in a movie theater, there are some weird scenes and it was really creepy in many situations. My point being that it made me think ""why are","This is just a short comment but I stumbled onto this movie by chance and it was a disaster. I mean, the cast? They were on the verge of a career-ending injury. The plot? I think you mean I guess, but not really. It was totally unrealistic. Everything was so predictable and clichéd. The plot line was like a ""Twilight Zone"" episode of ""Star Trek"" where the aliens are crazy, they just want to control the planet (I guess). I"
"What an inspiring movie, I laughed, cried and felt love. For a",2,-100,"What an inspiring movie, I laughed, cried and felt love. For a very talented cast and wonderful performance, this movie had to be one of the best. There are some great things, there are some weak points that will not go unnoticed. A perfect cast that delivers. Everyone in this movie did a good job. Thank you, A-Lister-Lister-Lister. This movie has to be #1 in it's caliber. It's an absolute treat for any fan of cinema","What an inspiring movie, I laughed, cried and felt love. For a while I was afraid of the words ""love"" or ""fascination"" which I just said at the end. I've not seen all of them, they aren't even in the same movie. It's great, well thought out, touching and thought provoking. I wish I had this experience with ""The Wedding Date"", but no time. I just saw this at a theater on Friday and Saturday with my girlfriend."
"And look how a true story, ""... with a little help of it's",2,-100,"And look how a true story, ""... with a little help of it's wonderful music, you can make a movie, that's right! I mean, people have been making movies, and they're all good. And these people make me laugh, and we're all the same age. Thats why we make movies. And its not easy, its not just about us. Its a matter of what we want to experience, and what we try to do with that experience. Thats why movies","And look how a true story, ""... with a little help of it's not-for-children, not-for-the-poor, not-for-the-masses"" storyline, and some of the best music I've ever heard came out of an otherwise-not-so-serious horror movie. One day when I found myself watching this movie in the local video store, I felt like I'd just seen a horror/slash-reaction to a truly excellent flick,"
"A warm, touching movie that has a fantasy-like quality.<br /",2,-100,"A warm, touching movie that has a fantasy-like quality.<br /><br />The film's title alone tells you all you need to know, as well as the emotional weight behind each character. I am very surprised that I managed to watch more than five hours of this film. You will need patience, but don't take my word for it, this film has a very long cast, which includes some of Hollywood's most famous players.<br /><br />The story takes place in","A warm, touching movie that has a fantasy-like quality.<br /><br />It makes little sense or sense of plot. But don't say the plot makes it less interesting.<br /><br />The story unfolds a story that plays out like a stage play and is all told through the performance of the lead. As an actor you have to be very active in the storyline and not too much in the mood - so that the audience is not really left with a blank stare. The"
The little girl Desi is so adorable... I cant think of a more,2,-100,"The little girl Desi is so adorable... I cant think of a more perfect mother than you (the baby of the mother of the man that I mentioned...). The mother of the mother (the little girl Desi) is a wonderful woman and she teaches Desi from the very beginning to ""know yourself"", to love yourself... The mother of the mother (the little girl Desi) is one of the most loving people I have ever met. The two are so well connected! The mother","The little girl Desi is so adorable... I cant think of a more perfect combination. My favorite part is when the girl goes to show her grandma, she takes the girl in her arms...I couldn't find the movie on the big screen, so I watched it here instead. Thanks a lot. I hope you and your team find this awesome. I am so happy you found this on the other site. Just give me a call if you need any help... I would love to help!"
"I didn't know the real events when I sat down to watch this,",2,-100,"I didn't know the real events when I sat down to watch this, it was just as good as the first two. However, I wish that there was more to it. The movie is about a group of women's group in the early 90's, they get a letter from a man and they start to be in a group of all the women's group, there is a secret, one of them have a problem. They are a group of young girls that love to dance, although their","I didn't know the real events when I sat down to watch this, and, for the most part, I have no idea who the ""good guys"" were. In fact, this is my one major regret of watching it. Not only did I not see my friends watching (I would have guessed who!), I really did not know who was doing the filming. I think, the film is supposed to have a few scenes with real police officers in it, but you can't see them because"
i just saw this movie on TV..<br /><br />i,2,-100,"i just saw this movie on TV..<br /><br />i think this movie is not the same as its movies like this. the characters were all very much likable, the plot was very easy to follow and the music was great. this movie is the perfect movie for watching with the children, and the parents who want an idea of what a great movie will be.<br /><br />i would suggest renting this movie, for its so entertaining and fun. it also have some","i just saw this movie on TV..<br /><br />i heard a big word with the trailer that was supposed to be about the movie..i just watched the trailer and now i understand what the word was about..i like how it got changed and now it is a good movie..i have really been looking forward to see this movie because of the trailers..i know a lot of people that watch this kind of movie,this one that was on the trailer was really really bad,"
It is a great movie. i sow that some people think that this might,2,-100,"It is a great movie. i sow that some people think that this might have a plot but i say that the movie is so good, i am in a really nice mood after watching this movie so i can say that this is really good. i don't know what is the real story but i think it is not that much different than the movie. the movie has the same characters, good voice actors (except for the french guy. his not good) but this movie has better characters than the","It is a great movie. i sow that some people think that this might be the worst movie they have seen in years.<br /><br />there are some scenes that do not seem to be in the movie, but in all the movies this should have been. (and there are many) i can hardly say that they are a good movie.<br /><br />i have to say that this film is the worst film that i have ever seen. the film was very boring, it"
"OK, this movie starts out like a cheesy Lifetime movie and doesn't get",2,-100,"OK, this movie starts out like a cheesy Lifetime movie and doesn't get boring until it's over and done with. It's not bad but it is boring.<br /><br />I think the best part of this movie is that it's the first time that I've heard of ""Raging Angel"" and ""Dirt Nasty"". I'm glad that they actually got to film this one and make it the first movie ever! It's about a bad guy who wants to take revenge","OK, this movie starts out like a cheesy Lifetime movie and doesn't get better. I didn't see the opening because I was expecting some pretty good and a fun movie. But what I saw was just bad. The plot is boring and boring. The music is really lame and the characters have boring voices and characters. The movie is bad. I'll say it. This movie is a bad movie. Everyone involved in the making of this movie should be fired, suspended and then exiled from this earth"
This is the first Jean Renoir Silent film I have watched and perhaps rightly,2,-100,"This is the first Jean Renoir Silent film I have watched and perhaps rightly so. This is a rare gem, one that would be worth owning by anyone in my position in life. The story is fantastic and the directing and directing alone are excellent. The cinematography is very fresh, well filmed and I could not believe that it had been done entirely without film or photography. Overall, this is a classic. I'll never stop enjoying it.<br /><br />If you do have the chance",This is the first Jean Renoir Silent film I have watched and perhaps rightly so. It has no interest or interest it can be compared with the other Silent films. The first time I watched it I was amazed to see that it was a silent film and not a silent film made to be played at the right time.<br /><br />This is a good silent film because of its lack of words and an even better silent film because of its lack of music.<br /><br />Jean
"If Jean Renoir's first film ""Whirlpool of Fate"" first",2,-100,"If Jean Renoir's first film ""Whirlpool of Fate"" first shows up on my TV screen in 1970 I think I must've forgotten to turn it on. I still watch it many times to this day as a young kid, and all of the actors were good, the story was great. But the main character was so cute, but I'm a big movie junkie, and this was one of the first movies that I purchased for my VHS collection. I don't think it","If Jean Renoir's first film ""Whirlpool of Fate"" first appeared it was a great movie which is one of his early. Well, it's not one of his most memorable (you can see the great work of the director on the screen) and in the end the title character ends up killing the director. Anyway, Jean Renoir's first film, ""The Wages of Fear"", stars in a play which is really only of a small scope but it's a shame that this"
I definitely recommend reading the book prior to watching the film. This book won,2,-100,"I definitely recommend reading the book prior to watching the film. This book won the Silver Globe in 2002. The short film I saw was a good read. It gave me much more to think about than the movie. It helped me understand the story and I got the impression that this was a love story. And yes, there is the romantic aspect with John Cusack.<br /><br />The film is good and I recommend it to all people (as you can see from my comment below","I definitely recommend reading the book prior to watching the film. This book won a few other literary awards, in addition to the Pulitzer Prize. I'd read a lot more before watching and enjoying the movie. The movie also contains a few scenes that are obviously borrowed or based on a movie that just happened to hit me while watching it. The only difference between these two movies is that The Maltese Falcon was so popular in America, that it was able to generate a bigger audience in the UK (the"
"Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Chriss",2,-100,"Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Chrissie Hough, Robert Wuhl, Robert Haysom and the band, All Star Singles, were all booked on a private train from Hollywood to Washington, D.C., where they were to have lunch in a fancy restaurant and then take a ride together on the New York Central Railroad to New York City.<br /><br />Hazlehurst was one of the first to get off at Grand Central","Noni Hazlehurst, Colin Friels, Alice Garner, Chrissie Wray, Susan Hulce, Fred H. Williams, John L. Hall, John P. Mason, Charles J. Fenn, John P. Mason, Harry L. Shaffer, Harry A. Woodard, John M. Tuck, John F. Sullivan and Michael C. Fulkerson. Cast: George Burns, Nanni Harely, Susan Hulce, Chrissie Wray"
Nora is a single mother-of-two who still wants to live,2,-100,"Nora is a single mother-of-two who still wants to live with her son in the US, after her previous boyfriend had given away her land. Her first husband (Vincent) is dead and, having been dumped in Canada, he is now sleeping with the local girl, who he thinks is his step daughter. His ""step daughter"" takes up his identity, and meets her. She is not what she seems, and her family starts to believe that she is a vampire.<","Nora is a single mother-of-two who still wants to live on her own in the ""backwoods"". She does not want her children to get close to anyone because of their history. Her husband is an alcoholic. Her daughter is the only one to come of age, but she is the victim to a life that no one is really prepared for. She is a good wife. She is, however, selfish, and she will always do what she thinks is right. Her daughter has"
Noni Hazlehurst's tour-de-force performance (which won,2,-100,"Noni Hazlehurst's tour-de-force performance (which won her an Oscar for Best Actress), with her mesmerizing look and her flawless performance, made you forget that this was a romantic comedy. This film, like all of hers, is about a beautiful woman whose beauty turns her into a goddess; she travels the world with her lover, a man whose past is just as amazing. We never see any of their adventures, and never learn where they are or how they are making love","Noni Hazlehurst's tour-de-force performance (which won her an Oscar for best actress) made a huge impact on me. That same year she would star in her very first movie, the film that would make her a household name. The movie is a remake of the 1941 movie ""You're In Love With My Mother"", but unlike it, ""The Wedding Day Massacre"" is more of a throwback of sorts (and if you like that movie, you might have a problem"
A clever script from the late SEBASTIAN JAPRISOT,2,-100,"A clever script from the late SEBASTIAN JAPRISOTTE. The two leads are terrific. They have a very nice chemistry. The performances are also good. The cinematography is lovely. The acting is also well-done and you are able to relax and enjoy the cinematography.<br /><br />However, this is a very short film with no climax and very little suspense in this film. I felt it was good and it didn't take itself too seriously. A","A clever script from the late SEBASTIAN JAPRISOTTO, followed by a terrific cast including MELINDA STALLARD, LELO M. ANDERSON, and GARY GRINDBERG. Director John Hughes is a bit of a throwback (or maybe it's the fact that most of us grew up during the 70's). The special effects have aged well, and the characters are all well written. While the story of the girls from the house at"
Farewell Friend aka Adieu L'Ami/Honour Among,2,-100,Farewell Friend aka Adieu L'Ami/Honour Amongst the Stars/The Perfect Husband(1991) has the same storyline as the aforementioned and is equally excellent in the best sense of the word. The first two years of the movie and the last years are a dream series of stories that make a great party movie. There is nothing better than the story of the young man that learns about friendship and love.<br /><br />Farewell Friend is one of the,"Farewell Friend aka Adieu L'Ami/Honour Among Thieves, the film that brought many of my favourite French films into the world of Hollywood, and made it into a much larger scale. I can see why many critics have given this a 1, even though they claim it was a horrible waste of time.<br /><br />Not only did there not seem to be an actual plot, but I don't even know how we are supposed to get to the ""main"""
This movie is definately one of my favourite movies in it's kind.,2,-100,"This movie is definately one of my favourite movies in it's kind. If there was a movie that made me cry and cry and cry and more than once in the space of time in which I sat through it, this one definitely deserves the nomination. I would like to give it a low 5 but I cannot do this as much as it deserves for it's artistic brilliance. It was so good, I feel it is a movie that I will remember for years to come. I feel it will","This movie is definately one of my favourite movies in it's kind. it also a must have for a true believer. you won't believe what we found inside it, just look for one of the few scenes in a movie that I couldn't contain my excitement: you could see a small baby, the real killer. I guess we just had to have a little fun with it. the killer gets out after being sentenced, and we are treated to his ""gift"" to the movie,"
"Utterly tactical, strange (watch for the kinky moment of a",2,-100,"Utterly tactical, strange (watch for the kinky moment of a guy in a robe and a pair of panties for a clue) and thoroughly enjoyable. This was a pretty bad movie about an Indian who has a ""missionary"" experience with a Buddhist priest. Apparently, he is not a monk, but some ""spiritual master"", or so he claims.<br /><br />I would like to see another movie about the spiritual experience of a Buddhist monk. It seems that he really","Utterly tactical, strange (watch for the kinky moment of a man on a pole) and incredibly disturbing, this one is about a doctor (Nigel, played by Christopher Edgerton) who has to travel to an alien planet in order to perform a surgery on a female alien, who also happens to be a very curious woman (Dolly Partin, as mentioned above). The two, played by Jessica Lange (who is very good in the role) and Sean Pertwe"
Short synopsis <br /><br />This film opens with soldiers being released,2,-100,"Short synopsis <br /><br />This film opens with soldiers being released for ""misbehavior"" while a ""friend"" of a soldier with no apparent motivation is released. He is then forced back to the prison camp where he is forced to make the camp ""like"" the prisoners rather than the soldiers. He does the exact opposite. The film then transitions into a flashback to when the prisoner ""re-enters society."" It is as if the film is taking place in the future. It","Short synopsis <br /><br />This film opens with soldiers being released from jail. In one of the earliest scenes, a man is dragged into a cell and made to sign a confession to be sentenced to execution.<br /><br />The soldier who is responsible for the death of the prisoner is in the process of being executed by another prisoner.<br /><br />The man is released.<br /><br />The man and his wife (the soldier's daughter) are invited to"
This movie is definately one of my favorite movies in it's kind.,2,-100,"This movie is definately one of my favorite movies in it's kind. All characters in the movie are very realistic. A very realistic feeling, no matter what their background, age, race and culture.<br /><br />The movie is very suspenseful. We're not just here for the story, we're here for the suspense and for the thrill of the movie. They have an incredible cast and the acting is also amazing. Everything has a charm, from the songs to the movie","This movie is definately one of my favorite movies in it's kind. You can watch it for a few minutes, or just sit back and enjoy. It's like watching a classic Hollywood film for your kids. It's a classic movie about two guys who find out that they have a gift for being good friends. They go on a mission to find the best teacher to teach them. This is one of those movies that I don't want to spoil for you because it's so good and I"
I used to watch this show when I was a little girl. Although I,2,-100,"I used to watch this show when I was a little girl. Although I found it boring and it really didn't make much sense, I still loved it. I remember one episode was about a girl who was trying to make it on her own and she had to sing and dance to help get money, and you know, who can blame her for doing that? I think I'm going to have to take a class about that show for my kids to watch as well. This episode was about a","I used to watch this show when I was a little girl. Although I am a big Stephenie Meyer fan, this show is definitely my second favorite (first being the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series). The characters were all original, but the story was nothing like what I expected, I didn't really care for either of the characters in this show. The only exception was the main character, who I think was the most annoying character in this show, a few others were kind of the same. Overall"
"magellan33 said: ""You can only do so much when the two",2,-100,"magellan33 said: ""You can only do so much when the two main characters are such badasses you can't even really hold a candle to. The whole film was almost ruined with cheesy effects and overly dramatic plot changes with ""that guy's got bad timing, and I'm not going to play it any more,"" but this isn't a complaint about that, either.<br /><br />This film is a masterpiece, it has everything that made the best of the old films from the","magellan33 said: ""You can only do so much when the two sides of the story are so irreconcilable. This movie just can't have been anything less than a flop.<br /><br />The film was the kind of ""you'll see it, you'll see it, you'll see it"" movie the rest of us were forced to watch at the back of our seats.<br /><br />The script was terrible, I couldn't figure out why the"
Unfortunately many consumers who write reviews for IMDb equate low budget with not good,2,-100,"Unfortunately many consumers who write reviews for IMDb equate low budget with not good and/or cheap.<br /><br />I'm not saying I'm low budget myself, but I will say this: it is still one of the highest-budget films I've seen and for this reason is definitely a must see.<br /><br />It is one of the few films that actually made me feel guilty for my own viewing. I didn't know what I was looking for but was happy to","Unfortunately many consumers who write reviews for IMDb equate low budget with not good. I honestly don't know who those critics are. They seem to have no idea what a crappy studio release looks like in the US or Europe.<br /><br />The story is pretty thin on the ground, a high school girl learns she is a transsexual before becoming an undercover cop in a local drug ring, the bad guys are actually pretty good in a number of ways. The bad guys are all fairly small in"
If you are already a fan of Peter O'Donnell's wonderful Modesty,2,-100,"If you are already a fan of Peter O'Donnell's wonderful Modesty Blaise, then you are in for a treat with this short that combines the two in an ingenious way. It has a terrific cast of beautiful actresses that make it one of the very best romantic comedies of the 1970's. Everyone from Paul Newman to Mary Tyler Moore plays two people on opposite sides of a social divide in the film. There is a great performance from Elizabeth Hurley in the title role. The story","If you are already a fan of Peter O'Donnell's wonderful Modesty Blaise, then you might find some surprises in the second chapter of his story - titled ""The Day of the Woman's Mask"". I have a strong suspicion that the movie is an attempt to revive an old theme by making it a female character and a story about her. The plot seems very familiar, as does the character of Modesty Blaise. And I think it's also trying to re-create the"
"Although I bought the DVD when it first came out, and have watched it",2,-100,"Although I bought the DVD when it first came out, and have watched it several times since, I find it hard to find. The problem is, it was a DVD, and, as a DVD movie, that doesn't work well at the current price point. And it only works on a small number of people. It was probably made to sell, but the DVD-R's I saw were so old, and so not that reliable. They had to be switched to DVD's, and they","Although I bought the DVD when it first came out, and have watched it several times since, I can now honestly say it is the worst movie I have ever watched! I wish more movies weren't like this one. The acting was terrible. The plot was stupid. And the story (which was supposed to be a ""love story"") was just so cheesy, especially since it was in the early 1990's. The ""love story"" in here is a lot like that of ""The Godfather"
Rented and watched this short (< 90 minutes) work. It's by,2,-100,"Rented and watched this short (< 90 minutes) work. It's by far the most realistic short I have ever seen that the filmmakers took as an example.<br /><br />The reason I gave this the low rating is because of the music in the opening sequence. It's so beautiful you can feel the music, not in real terms, but in a kind of blissful, peaceful music.<br /><br />The first thing about the opening sequence is that it is short. And","Rented and watched this short (< 90 minutes) work. It's by far one of the worst film short works I have ever seen. It's so over-the-top that you can't take it very seriously.<br /><br />It features a really poorly cast with some people that just make no sense in any role. For example, this really over-the-top movie about a child magician that is completely unbelievable. <br /><br />This movie was very well done"
"Finally was there released a good Modesty Blaise movie, which not",2,-100,"Finally was there released a good Modesty Blaise movie, which not only is still up there with ""Dressed to Kill"" but is one of the best movies of 2004. It's one of those where all the bad things are combined together and it's very boring. The thing that was supposed to be the worst is actually not bad but boring and dull. The movie really starts to get good when you see the movie that is ""Killed by Death."" The movie is the same as","Finally was there released a good Modesty Blaise movie, which not one person saw or could comment on the good acting, the story, and the storyline, but which the folks at the movie theatre and in the pub all agreed on in a collective ""hmmm..."" kind of way. And it was all a bit dull, and I think this is a result of being too pretentious, it's a film that feels like watching a documentary with some pretty lights and a camera to cover the"
"First off; I'm a dedicated fan of Modesty's, and have",2,-100,"First off; I'm a dedicated fan of Modesty's, and have never been disappointed with her performances in movies. I thought she was gorgeous in the role of Modesty, and I think this would have a much better role, if it wasn't for the rest of the film. The acting is horrendous. The first scene is ridiculous. I can't believe this was her first role, but it's not. She is not even in the cast, she is basically a ""second banana""","First off; I'm a dedicated fan of Modesty's, and have even been to my fair share of her shows (that includes the Modesty show on Disney Channel) but the fact that she seems to find it difficult to be interesting and be funny is really depressing.<br /><br />At no point did I feel like the show was entertaining and it was never very serious in nature.<br /><br />It's like she's trying to be funny but just can't seem to"
There's a great deal of material from the Modesty Blaise comics,2,-100,"There's a great deal of material from the Modesty Blaise comics, the early comic strips about Modesty Blaise that were so popular in the 1950s. It shows just how much you can take out of the comic strip and of that, you can just as well take out the comic strip itself.<br /><br />As mentioned, it's a movie adaptation of her comic strip. I've read that this movie has a very loose source that is loosely based on that.","There's a great deal of material from the Modesty Blaise comics to work with, but there's no real reason to go back to that. The animation is flat, the effects are simple, the story is nonexistent, and the plot was so completely predictable you could just throw your arms up in disgust.<br /><br />This film does not deserve credit for originality. It's a poor attempt at retelling. I can forgive the fact that Blaise is supposed to be"
"Having heard of Modesty Blaise before, but never having read a",2,-100,"Having heard of Modesty Blaise before, but never having read a review of the book and never having read the film. I'd love to know! Thanks to an amazing team at Modesty Blaise and the cast, everyone involved is an absolute pleasure to work with and a pleasure to watch.<br /><br />This film is not for everyone, but to those that want something different this is perfect. The film is so interesting and enjoyable in so many different ways. The acting","Having heard of Modesty Blaise before, but never having read a word on her, I decided to watch the entire film in the hope that I would be able to catch all of the good things about her.<br /><br />I have to say, when I heard that there was a big screening for the film in New York, I was very surprised. While I'm not a fan of film festivals, I was a little disappointed with the screening.<br /><br />I"
I've seen this movie and I must say I'm very impressed. There,2,-100,"I've seen this movie and I must say I'm very impressed. There are quite a few aspects that this movie captures so well. The acting was wonderful, the director, Richard Fleischer, has given us a great film to enjoy.<br /><br />What's even more impressive is that of the actors, each of them was so natural in their responses. Most of the time, you could tell that they had not been rehearsed, and it really did not take them long to act","I've seen this movie and I must say I'm very impressed. There is nothing special about the movie, its just another mediocre movie that's about a cute family of 3. You can see what's going on. The actors who play these children are so much better than what they used to play. The whole movie is almost not the same, there are some small changes but they were so terrible. I think that movie was to get away from the family in general. It's an all you"
The best Modesty Blaise movie I have seen so far. It,2,-100,"The best Modesty Blaise movie I have seen so far. It is the best movie I have ever seen that features Modesty Blaise and also includes the characters of Modesty Blaise and Billy Ray. The movie was awesome. If you get to see it, you will be happy. I know I was when I watched it because I saw it from a movie theatre. All actors are really bad actors, you know that for some reason. I am a Modesty Bla","The best Modesty Blaise movie I have seen so far. It will stay in your memory! I don't know who the original author is but he did a great job. I especially liked the character of his daughter and his wife. They are so good. So do I! I just want to see more Modesty Blaise movies. The movie starts in a very bad way with the police and police officers shooting and killing people. But, not the victims. I don't understand"
I enjoyed this film. It was a joy to see a version so close,2,-100,I enjoyed this film. It was a joy to see a version so close to the original that was in such a different state of development. I like the original's story a lot and I found it hard to believe that this version was so different and so close. I loved that the original actors were just as animated and expressive as they were in the original and the script was more realistic and touching. They should have made the original film a full length feature film.<br /><br />One of,"I enjoyed this film. It was a joy to see a version so close to the original version that even when the cinematographer and other supporting cast members got killed, it was still the same shot that I would have seen in the original version. The movie also felt somewhat dated due to the bad acting from the original production.<br /><br />The cast was much better. The cast was really just like in the original. The only change that I saw was for the lead actress to have"
"Shot on an impossible schedule and no budget to speak of, the movie turned",2,-100,"Shot on an impossible schedule and no budget to speak of, the movie turned out to be nothing less than a failure. A story that seemed simple was thrown into a huge mountain of problems. The director simply couldn't take the time to take care of his actors as his script simply didn't support the movie's basic story lines. The lead actors were given the opportunity to have more than just stereotypical, flat roles played by the same two people for many, many minutes.<br /><br />But","Shot on an impossible schedule and no budget to speak of, the movie turned out to be a far cry from the intended message of the movie.<br /><br />In the original, the hero is an idealist who strives to do good regardless of the consequences. However, in the final battle scene, the hero is a selfish jerk who can't care less about anything, even when it benefits him. It is an idiotic mess, and one that should be ashamed of the director, as"
This was the Modesty that we didn't know! It was hinted at,2,-100,"This was the Modesty that we didn't know! It was hinted at by the title, and the opening sequence itself had to be filmed. It was the kind of movie that only movie-goers would ever remember. Not even the actors knew. And yet, it was a movie that was meant to be watched with your back, and your knees, just the way the director wanted you to do it.<br /><br />I remember being intrigued when I saw the title of the movie.","This was the Modesty that we didn't know! It was hinted at in the title but never said. It was a disappointment that we didn't know any more and the Modesty is a far cry from that. All the ingredients are there except the voice of a female lead. Not a bad cast in the main, but not even decent to watch in the supporting. The Modesty was so bad, you would want to be there to laugh as well as to be bored! The plot was"
Recap: It's business as usual at Louche's casino in T,2,-100,"Recap: It's business as usual at Louche's casino in Tijuana, Mexico where ""The Kid"" meets his buddy ""Macho Man"". They take a trip to the casino where they come across a woman and her kid at the bar. They talk about love, money, and what will happen to the family once the Kid gets a job at the casino.<br /><br />The Kid finds out his family is hiding something and his cousin's wife, who is also a casino","Recap: It's business as usual at Louche's casino in Tijuana (which was already known for its legendary slot machine) for all of the usual casino connoisseurs, including the notorious Larry Sanders, who is having a particularly bad day. In fact, it's pretty rough from beginning to end.<br /><br />The two protagonists at Louche's include: a bald, over-the-top tough guy named Matt, who is always at the ready for a fight"
"While the main story is supposed to take place in Morocco, this movie was",2,-100,"While the main story is supposed to take place in Morocco, this movie was shot at an American set in Nevada. It was supposed to be part of the film, but the actors were ""trying to be the hero in the desert in all their bad-cop-style action. There are too many people, so this movie has one person who says and does everything at random. The cast is so small that every scene is shot in a frame of 2 or 3 people. The action sequences are","While the main story is supposed to take place in Morocco, this movie was shot in Tunisia, in which there are over 20 different locations for a single location! They had to go and see a movie and find something useful to shoot. This is a story from Morocco, but this time they had to make the movie appear as if it was shot in Tunisia. The set was terrible. The colors were horrible. And the ""production values"" were horrible. The scene with the girl being held was absolutely"
"The movie was a long awaited release, which where a bit disappointing because of",2,-100,"The movie was a long awaited release, which where a bit disappointing because of the bad word of mouth. But, I think this movie was worth it. It is one of those movies that you really have to watch again and again. The cast of actors are great and are very likeable. The whole movie flows really well and in the end was all about the story. Great soundtrack. The special effects are pretty good. I was really surprised that it was a drama instead of comedy. Overall,","The movie was a long awaited release, which where a bit disappointing because of the production quality and cinematography. The movies director wanted to make a thriller, and that was all. Most of the characters are basically just sitting around doing what they are, waiting for something to happen. The movie felt very contrived. It was a lot of time and effort put into nothing but building anticipation for ""the plot"" to appear. The movie was not even remotely funny. The movie felt like a big joke"
"As a long time fan of Peter O'Donnell's greatest creation, I",2,-100,"As a long time fan of Peter O'Donnell's greatest creation, I can't say I was totally disappointed with this film.<br /><br />For instance, I actually found myself agreeing with some of the other comments in that the soundtrack was very cheesy and too cheesy, yet for the most part it was pretty good.<br /><br />One of the most important things to get right here is that there was no over the top violence, bad acting and a really bad script. The","As a long time fan of Peter O'Donnell's greatest creation, I would never cast him out of a movie to let you know that, but I've always thought he had the best performance of anyone in this role. And of all the actors in this scene, he had the best reaction. Well...not so long ago. Well, he was still good. But, he was so good I felt he deserved to be in all of his ""big movies"". I've seen him in movies"
"I have read modesty Blaise for several years now, collecting numbers of",2,-100,"I have read modesty Blaise for several years now, collecting numbers of their short stories and one short that caught my attention was ""He Got What He Wanted"" (1952), one of the few of the series to be on television. It is a fascinating little piece, set in New York during the early 1920's but as it unfolds it is clear that Blaise (as a young man) was inspired by the tales of the old French fairy tale ""The Little Mermaid"". He","I have read modesty Blaise for several years now, collecting numbers of fan fiction stories about him. I have also seen the first ""The Night Stalker"" series movies, but that's about it.<br /><br />I have yet to see anything else by him. I didn't even know that the first series was made up of stories, but apparently there were all sorts of short stories as well. What's interesting is that most of them are told by characters that are usually pretty"
I was pleased to see that she had black hair! I've been a,2,-100,"I was pleased to see that she had black hair! I've been a big fan of the cast of Black Mirror, and it was nice to see them together! The way she plays the role is really interesting; her very cool, yet with the way she can look over his shoulder to see if she's still following, it's also nice to see a different take on a character. The acting for me was very natural and easy to follow. They were all very convincing, with an amazing cast","I was pleased to see that she had black hair! I've been a big fan of that style, but even before I was a big fan of Jennifer Lopez, I had to admit Jennifer's hair style is something that I can't wait to get my hands on. I don't think she's going to have too many problems keeping the hairstyle at all, and with some of the other actors in the film, it might not make much sense. I'm glad that Jennifer is going to be"
For a first film in a proposed series it achieves the right balance. It,2,-100,"For a first film in a proposed series it achieves the right balance. It was a little too much but it was well handled and not at all predictable. The most memorable part for me came at the end with Jack Black and some of his guys going ""Oh!"" for a good minute. Well done!<br /><br />I have seen a few reviews of this film which all seem to say ""It sucked so much"" or ""it sucks so much"". If this film was ever a",For a first film in a proposed series it achieves the right balance. It has no romance nor is there a strong sense of the supernatural. Most of the sets are of modest-size and the cinematography is rather ordinary. The story in a small village is not original in any way and the characters are almost clichéd.<br /><br />The cinematography is not bad but doesn't achieve great effects or a spectacular level of attention. It is not memorable and as such isn't even good
"This is a good movie, although people unfamiliar with the Modesty Bla",2,-100,"This is a good movie, although people unfamiliar with the Modesty Blaise character might be surprised by the good acting, which is also a major plus. The only major flaw would be some lack of action or adventure in the beginning (like the beginning to the movie) that were a few short films from the Modesty Blaise series, since the story was taken directly from the series and no original story was ever told. A classic, and one you should definitely watch if you can find","This is a good movie, although people unfamiliar with the Modesty Blaise character should not be put off by her hair. If you are familiar with the character from other films (most of which have been made by a different director), you see the same kind of thing I am trying to describe here: a very pretty young woman who has a tendency to make her appearance a little exaggerated. I found that she is one of the more realistic versions of a Modesty Blaise character and that"
I was expecting this to be the same kind of schlock as the previous,2,-100,"I was expecting this to be the same kind of schlock as the previous movie about a porn star. Instead, this movie gives us two gay men living in the same small town in the 1970's and the two men are doing their own thing. No one knows what their relationship is, no one even knows what side to be on and so their friends turn their heads towards them for their ""bad boy"" image. The movie has a pretty happy ending in the end. Not every movie has to","I was expecting this to be the same kind of schlock as the previous 'c' rated crap movies. It's certainly made for the laugh-tour and not for the hardcore fan of horror movies.<br /><br />The writing is not at all enjoyable. What's interesting is seeing how the writers have managed to make a horror movie which doesn't involve gore, characters being slaughtered and death at the hands of an antagonist (the police officer) into the kind of film that people might"
"Okay, truthfully, I saw the previews for this movie and thought to",2,-100,"Okay, truthfully, I saw the previews for this movie and thought to myself ""This is just not going to be good! I'm going to start to suspect that this is not a good film, or a better film!"" As a critic, I know there is no such thing as a great or a bad film, it's just a movie that was written to be one. What did the director (a man with a lot of bad movies under his belt) see in the actors, directors","Okay, truthfully, I saw the previews for this movie and thought to myself, ""Oi, what a load of crap, it's just not going to turn out well. It's just not even close to ""Holes"" and not really a fun movie. <br /><br />But that's just my opinion. I can't claim to have all the answers so some of this is speculation.<br /><br />But the bottom line is that the only characters in the"
"Normally, I don't watch action movies because of the fact that they are",2,-100,"Normally, I don't watch action movies because of the fact that they are usually pretty lame, so I was a bit surprised to see this one was actually decent. It's not the best action movie of all time, but I actually found the most suspenseful part to be in the early part of the film. The story of the girl was actually quite well done, though I wasn't sure where the movie started and where it went. Overall, the movie is a pretty nice movie, and it","Normally, I don't watch action movies because of the fact that they are too slow to be entertaining. The only thing I loved about this one was the ""bad-guy"" character that was so annoying. So annoying, in fact, that I found him almost impossible to take seriously. The plot was bland, with the only things being the ""fight"" sequences (which were not bad at all) and what sounded like ""a car"" coming at the characters, at random times. It was"
David Duchovny plays the lead role in this film.Now a,2,-100,David Duchovny plays the lead role in this film.Now a film like this must have the best cast around or it would only be a cheesy garbage like this movie.The cast consists of many wonderful people and the one word that comes to mind is the brilliant Robert Loggia.The movie is so entertaining I would give this film an 8.And the cast does a great job.You must see this movie to see Robert Loggia in his all time best performance.Robert Log,"David Duchovny plays the lead role in this film.Now a lot of this comes off as cheesy,and this is a very cheesy thriller. I have been in the movies that I want to watch over and over,so it may seem cheesy but once you have seen it over a dozen times then you will see that it is indeed very cheesy. The actors are so very believable as characters. The acting is really great because of the low budget. Not many actors on this level are making"
"I enjoyed this movie. Unlike like some of the pumped up, steroid trash",2,-100,"I enjoyed this movie. Unlike like some of the pumped up, steroid trash, these people are really nice, caring and have some genuine caring. I like how all of the characters are actually played, not acting, and it's so refreshing. The story is actually really sweet too. All in all, one of the best horror flicks ever. Just a big love letter to this genre. It's probably for adults only. You can watch it on YouTube if you really want to see it.","I enjoyed this movie. Unlike like some of the pumped up, steroid trash that I'm usually thrown into. No, this is a better movie. There is nothing else to hate here.<br /><br />It's a very good movie, and an even better director than most Hollywood movies of today. He has made a really solid movie with this cast, and I have to say that his direction is very good. It's so much that it could have made my teeth pop. The movie"
"This film has a lot of raw potential. The script is sharp, the",2,-100,"This film has a lot of raw potential. The script is sharp, the characters are well written and it is an entertaining, intelligent comedy. The cinematography, production value and set design are very impressive. The characters are very well chosen. The acting is great with Michael Keaton and Christina Applegate. I think its worth seeing again if you have not seen it. It has very strong points, and very very strong points. All actors do a good job. It's also good enough to watch","This film has a lot of raw potential. The script is sharp, the acting is excellent, and the plot has a great suspense and suspenseful quality.<br /><br />I had an issue with it at the beginning, where we are shown many times the idea that, in some ways, the film is not a film, but a film. I felt this was the way we were supposed to view it. However, once we reach the end of the film, where a very strange thing"
David Duchovney creates a role that he was to replicate somewhat in,2,-100,"David Duchovney creates a role that he was to replicate somewhat in the role he has taken on for his work with William Saroyan's ""Star"" characters, in order to capture as many of the qualities of those characters as possible. What Duchovney manages is to create a genuinely human and likable lead that is very believable, from the first shot. His performance is at the same level as he has with the Saroyan character, especially with the scenes set in the","David Duchovney creates a role that he was to replicate somewhat in his role in this film as a young boy with all his innocence. The script has an excellent ensemble cast that includes the very impressive Tony Danza as the doctor and the talented and likable Tom Welling as the boy. The film is very suspenseful from start to finish.<br /><br />Not recommended if you are a fan of Duchovney's other films such as: ""The Ladykillers"" and"
Like I said its a hidden surprise. It well written well acted and well,2,-100,"Like I said its a hidden surprise. It well written well acted and well directed by one of the best directors of all time. I'm amazed how in all the time I've watched this I've never seen it made into an actual film. Its actually one of the only films I've seen that has more plot twists than a TV movie. Its not a comedy that is, but one that has so many twists, so many twists and so many surprises. Its great. I can't find a","Like I said its a hidden surprise. It well written well acted and well acted. The acting is mostly not so good and it can be an entertaining experience. This is one of those movies that I've thought was really good. It doesn't try and be, just does. The acting can be really bad. I am surprised to see so many good actors on one movie that is a comedy. All actors in this movie should watch the ""The Breakfast Club"" movie. Great. I'm surprised"
I'd always wanted David Duchovney to go into the movie business,2,-100,"I'd always wanted David Duchovney to go into the movie business. We had been talking about this for years, and he finally agreed to go to the set on a show-and-tell tour. Since this was his first time, he was thrilled to have the opportunity to talk to the cast, directors, director of photography and everyone on the set. His first question was, of course, what about the other actors? We had two actors who could act. Both were terrific.","I'd always wanted David Duchovney to go into the movie business, so when I saw the script for ""Bathtub Gin,"" I wasn't sure what was supposed to be going on. I thought they were supposed to be talking about a relationship between the main character and a mysterious girl who is a friend of the main character.<br /><br />But, what I most hated about the movie was the whole thing about David Duchovney being a ""pipeline-"
This movie really kicked some ass. I watched it over and over and it,2,-100,This movie really kicked some ass. I watched it over and over and it was just so damn good. I recommend anyone to see this one. I can honestly say that this is the best movie about the movie it it was about. I'm glad I can say I've seen it. I don't know if you can see the trailer here in the Netherlands but it's available on all the usual video stores in the USA. They've put it up on DVD and it's available on Netflix.,"This movie really kicked some ass. I watched it over and over and it was never boring. They should've just gotten rid of the editing and have had a real story with a real character, i was always surprised when i found that the whole movie was not about a person, it was more about what happened to the person, i was never too sure if i was just watching a movie, but the movie that you just watched wasn't a movie, its just a great movie, the acting was"
"With the mixed reviews this got I wasn't expecting too much, and was",2,-100,"With the mixed reviews this got I wasn't expecting too much, and was wrong. Not only is this movie really good and funny, it is a very heartfelt movie. Not every scene has to be shown in a montage but they can show them in short and the viewer will be able to enjoy it too. This is a movie you can watch and enjoy every once in a while. I really would love to see all the action on the big screen. Just wish it was the big screen as","With the mixed reviews this got I wasn't expecting too much, and was really expecting to hate on the movie. I just thought I'd watch it because ""This was great! It was sooooo exciting. It was sooo fun! It was great! I love my family. <br /><br />Well, my family hated it, but I thought my kids loved it too! They are really good friends with my son, so it couldn't be a family movie. I thought it"
"Very smart, sometimes shocking, I just love it. It shoved one more",2,-100,"Very smart, sometimes shocking, I just love it. It shoved one more side of the truth of a subject. In that sense it is a true masterpiece. I would highly recommend it to anyone that has ever wondered what all the noise was about. I personally didn't get it, but it was definitely worth a watch. Watch it, you will feel for it's creator, you will cry at certain scenes, and you will laugh at the stupidness of certain jokes. It's not for everyone","Very smart, sometimes shocking, I just love it. It shoved one more nail in my coffin. The only positive thing is that a kid in a red cap and jacket who's name is also used to describe this film is the main character (played by Christopher Young).<br /><br />This has everything in common with the first, but the two films have so many similarities that they could be described as two different, entirely separate movies. But I like to put one movie on top of"
A hit at the time but now better categorised as an Australian cult film,2,-100,"A hit at the time but now better categorised as an Australian cult film. A family has an annual fishing trip, a local guy catches a great catch - a giant shark! Then they turn to the local shark expert - a crazy guy who wants to learn more about what was causing these massive beasts to rise and become a threat to people. The locals are very impressed, but the local guide wants the family to go back to the hotel for the night - a couple of people that will show them","A hit at the time but now better categorised as an Australian cult film with cult-like overrated actors and actresses. What happened to the film of the year award? In short, a film that could have easily been nominated for, won, or even just been nominated for. The film is so forgettable that it has become a punchline on a website. A film so pointless that an entire country seems to have seen, and forgotten it's story.<br /><br />This film"
I love this movie like no other. Another time I will try to explain,2,-100,"I love this movie like no other. Another time I will try to explain something in my review. I think the movie was amazing. You got a little bit of everything from the musical, the comic, the drama, the music. That's what I love about this movie. I love that the cast members were all so very different from the other ones in the cast. A true mystery and an absolute joy to watch. The only one problem I have with this movie is it is a love story","I love this movie like no other. Another time I will try to explain this one because it is the best. We are dealing with two sisters who are very different people. She is smart and caring and he is a lark. The film starts with them being in a hotel room and the scene of their life changing. From the moment they come to the hotel room they fall in love and in the moment they know each other they start a romance. At first we are watching a normal romance,"
"This film and it's sequel Barry Mckenzie holds his own, are",2,-100,"This film and it's sequel Barry Mckenzie holds his own, are great films that have a great cast and excellent writing to back them up.<br /><br />I've said it before, and I'll say it again, Barry is one of the most under seen films from Australia and the most overlooked director of all time. The film is made to be watched for it's excellent direction with stunning cinematography that is nothing short of stunning. The film starts by the beginning then gives it","This film and it's sequel Barry Mckenzie holds his own, are both very true to themselves. The characters' personalities are just as strong and believable, while the story and writing were just as fresh and enjoyable for me.<br /><br />The movie is based on real information, and yet it has a strong satirical touch.<br /><br />The characterizations are very natural, with no one being forced in the film (no special effects, no characters are shown on screen to"
'The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie' started life as a satirical comic strip in,2,-100,"'The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie' started life as a satirical comic strip in the early 1960's that eventually became a movie in the 1980's.<br /><br />In 1989, director David Lynch and stars Joan Plowright (Sylvia's older sister) and William Baldwin (a police officer) combined the two ideas to create a film that combined an all-time classic of television (The Simpsons) and a comic strip (Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons).<br /><br","'The Adventures Of Barry McKenzie' started life as a satirical comic strip in 1906, and was later taken into the pages of the Daily Post newspaper, an official U.S. government publication. It went on to win numerous awards, including the first ""American Comic Book"" of 1903, the first ""American Cartoonist"" of 1914, and the first ""American Comic Book"" of 1914. In fact, it was an unofficial U.S. government publication for which the newspaper was banned in the"
The story centers around Barry McKenzie who must go to England if he wishes to,2,-100,"The story centers around Barry McKenzie who must go to England if he wishes to marry his love. Barry must take the most complicated task of his life to save a young woman who is a perfect victim of his cruel intentions for romance and marriage. Barry was a young man when he came back home, and when the man was young. Barry finds a love to his eyes, his heart is touched with joy, and finally, his eyes turn black, with death. Barry has to go to the land of",The story centers around Barry McKenzie who must go to England if he wishes to be promoted to an assistant captain. There he must make friends with a small army of underclass players in order to play in the English amateur team. It is the most depressing story of a man who must learn the hard way. The acting is awful with none of the usual charm or charisma. The characters are so underdeveloped and their development so rushed that they seem to exist only for the sake of making their characters look more