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Pretty pointless
Daredevil Andy McDermott ( Tom Everett Scott ) and two buddies ( Phil Buckman , Vince Vieluf ) travel to Paris . While there Andy saves beautiful Serafine Pigot ( Julie Delpy ) from killing herself . . . and immediately falls in love . Turns out she's a werewolf , he gets bitten and starts changing while his friends tr...
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Not THAT bad
All the critics in the country have torn this film ( Mariah Carey's " acting " debut ) to shreds . I saw it expecting a camp classic . You know what ? It's not that bad . Now , it's not a GOOD movie - - just an ordinary , totally predictable , but mildly watchable rags-to-riches story . Carey can sing - - too bad her s...
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One of Hitchcock's worst
This takes place in 1962 right before the Cuban Missle Crisis . French intelligence agent Andre Devereaux ( Frederick Stafford ) , who's working for the US , gets involved with finding out what the Russians are doing in Cuba . There's more to it but you'll be so bored you won't care . Hard to believe Hitchcock did this...
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Predictable but fun
A woman , Jane ( Ashley Judd ) falls in love with an executive ( Greg Kinnear ) at work . She plans to move in with him , gives up her apartment . . . and he dumps her . She reluctantly moves in with hunky , womanizing co-worker Eddie ( Hugh Jackman ) who she hates . Naturally , they fall in love . Utterly predictable ...
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Wanted to like it but couldn't
A comic homage to sci-fi films of the 1950s updated with extreme violence . A small Southern town of Wheeley is infested by some disgusting alien slugs . The main slug infects Grant Grant ( Michael Rooker ) to the confusion of his young , blond-haired beautiful wife ( Elizabeth Banks ) who is secretly loved by the town...
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Too low key to have much of an impact
Set in 1917 New Orleans . This is the story of a brothel and the women working there . One of them , Hattie ( Susan Sarandon ) , has a 12 year old girl named Violet ( Brooke Shields ) . Bellocq ( Keith Carradine ) pays to photograph the women but doesn't have sex with any of them . However he seems strongly attracted t...
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Good Woody Allen but awfully familar
Well-done comedy-drama following a neurotic family over the course of three years . Well-acted , well-written , but Allen covers no new ground here ( except him trying on other religions ) . He's examined these characters and situations before . What makes the movie watchable is excellent acting , Farrow excepted ( she...
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Way overpraised
The movie is good , all the acting is superb ( with the exception of Jason Robards ) and the direction is excellent . But the movie is needlessly long ( there are a lot of scenes that could have been shortened or cut completely ) , has HUGE leaps of logic ( an especially idiotic event at the end almost destroys the mov...
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More silly than anything else
This is a review of the silent version without the narration . Silent documentary about witchcraft throughout the ages . It uses drawings , diagrams and recreations about witches , the Devil and Hell ( all connected together according to this ) . I saw it because I heard it was a masterpiece of horror and I love horror...
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The title is wrong but this is OK
A bunch of 20 somethings are going camping in the Bitteroot Mountains , Montana . However their car overturns ( not shown - - this is VERY low budget ) . They all try to get to the road but come upon a huge concrete structure . They get in to get help . . . but find dead bloody bodies and something stalking them . . . ...
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Scariest thing about this is the poster !
Calire Marrable ( Geraldine Page ) is left with nothing after her husband dies . She then proceeds to take in women as housekeepers , has them invest their savings in the stock market , kills them , plants them in her garden and lives off their winnings ( or something like that ) . Alice Dimmock ( Ruth Gordon ) comes t...
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I wanted to like this but couldn't
Holly Kennedy ( Hilary Swank ) and husband Gerry ( Gerard Butler ) seem to have a happy marriage . Gerry dies of a brain tumor . . . but it seems he has arranged to have Holly sent messages AFTER his death telling her how to get on with her life . OK - - I love silly romance movies . " Sleepless in Seattle " is one of ...
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Dull and stagy , but essential viewing
The film starts off extremely well with a visit to Dracula's castle in Transylvania . Then the movie moves to London and falls apart . For one thing , they changed the characters from the novel - - Jonathan Harker went to Castle Dracula not Reinfield and everybody stands around talking about things . EVERYTHING is talk...
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Don't say it - - hiss it !
Pretty silly horror movie about Dr . Carl Stoner ( Strother Martin ) who has perfected a drug that turns men into King Cobra snakes . ( Yeah - - I know it's ridiculous ) . WHY he wants to do this is never fully explained . He wants to use it on young David Blaine ( Dirk Benedict ) . . . but his daughter ( Heather Menzi...
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Beautiful . . . but that's about it
Two married people in 1962 Hong Kong , realize their siblings are having an affair with each other . They comfort each other and think about doing the same thing . Beautiful cinematography ( by Christopher Doyle ) , but that's all the movie has going for it . The story moves at a snail's pace , the male lead ( Tony Leu...
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Classic black comedy doesn't hold up
Meek and mild Walter Paisley ( Dick Miller ) is a busboy at a beatniks club . He desperately wants to be an artist but doesn't have the nerve . . . or talent . One night he accidentally kills a cat . He covers it with clay and presents it as his creation . Immediately he becomes famous . . . but has to make more statut...
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Kids will like it
A young boy doesn't believe in Santa Claus at all . On Christmas Eve a huge , magical locomotive pulls in front of his house . The conductor ( Tom Hanks ) tells him to get on - - they're going to the North Pole . It seems the train is full of kids who don't believe in Santa . Well . . . that's about to change . This is...
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Sad
This could have been great . The music and lyrics are wonderful ( of course ) , the acting ( with one exception ) was good and they had beautiful on location shooting in Hawaii . . . and they STILL managed to screw it up ! First off , most of the singing was dubbed and it's VERY obvious . . . especially with Brazzi . ....
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Light . . . VERY light
Fluffy tale of Jonathan ( John Cusack ) and Sara ( Kate Beckinsale ) who meet cute in a department store , spend the day together and then part without revealing names . She puts her name and number in a book and he puts his on the back of a 5 dollar bill . Sara says if fate wants us to meet , we'll find those . As you...
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Just OK
Story about American Simon Wells ( Macdonald Carey ) meeting British Joan ( Shirley Anne Field ) in England and being attracted to her . Her brother ( Oliver Reed ) has obvious incestuous feelings for her and intends to kill Simon . While they're running from Reed and his gang Simon and Joan come across an isolated gov...
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Silly but OK
Movie designed to introduce Ricardo Montalban to American audiences . It's a drama - - NOT a musical . There are a few musical numbers but that's it . This takes place in Mexico and has Montalban and Esther Williams playing twins . No - - I'm not kidding ! If you can swallow that you might like this . Their father is a...
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Kids might like it
Story about Tom Thumb ( Russ Tamblyn ) who is no bigger than someone's thumb . He gets involved with two bumbling crooks ( Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers ) and such . Kids might like it but this is pretty hard going . Basically this is more of a musical than anything else . The songs are ( to be nice ) unmemorable and ...
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Doesn't age well
I loved this film back in 1988 . . . 13 years later I don't . John Waters first PG rated film was considered fresh , innovative and funny back then . It was . . . back then . It just doesn't hold up well . The plot is ( to put it mildly ) thin , all the characters are skin-deep and the jokes are either forced and / or ...
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For a sequel it was pretty good
This picks up 10 years after " Halloween " ( which is correct - - this WAS released 10 years after the original ) . Michael Myers is being transported to a hospital and he hears he has a 9 year old niece ( Danielle Harris ) still alive . He quickly escapes from the ambulance ( after killing everybody ) and heads back t...
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Pretty interesting
Thriller about a drug called " Blue Sunshine " . It seems a bunch of kids took it in college in 1966 . Ten years later it starts to affect them . They have horrible headaches . . . then all their hair falls out . . . THEN they become homicidal maniacs ! Jerry Zipkin ( Zalman King ) is unjustly accused of the murders . ...
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So-so sequel to " Dirty Harry "
Interesting plot - - a bunch of cops take the law into their own hands and execute those they think deserve it . Good thing Harry Callahn ( Clint Eastwood ) is on hand to stop them . The original " Dirty Harry " had its problems - - it was stupid , sadistic and sexist . But it moved quickly and was never dull . This on...
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Has its moments but gets repetitious
Originally X rated version of Allen Funt's Candid Camera TV show . This involves people running into naked women ( and men ) in the most ordinary situations . One involves a totally nude woman trying to get help with her car that broke down . Another has a nude woman in an office building casually waiting for the eleva...
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So-so
George Romero directed and Stephen King scripted this five part horror film . Romero directed this as a homage to EC horror comics of the 1950s and does a very nice job . Unfortunately King's stories and overlong , dull and pretty obvious . " Father's Day " , about a murdered man getting his revenge , is enjoyable and ...
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Not as bad as I heard
A bisexual young man ( Michael Cunio ) gets a job at a porno company to get close to a porn star ( Scott Gurney ) that he's in love with . Unfortunately , the star is straight and living with his girlfriend . This film got some savage reviews in the gay press so I expected the worst . But it was pretty good . It starts...
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Too long , too depressing
A movie about the events leading to Pearl Harbor and the aftermath up to when America bombed Tokyo . The movie looks beautiful - - some of the shots literally took my breath away . The special effects are very realistic . The film is historically accurate ( but the three main characters are fictional ) and the action s...
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This is supposed to be funny ?
I didn't laugh much . It's a pretty sad tale about a young man ( Tom Courtenay ) in a dead end job with an unhappy home life who lies and constantly escapes into a fantasy world . I got most of the jokes ( sometimes the English accents are hard to understand ) , but they just weren't very funny . Also the satire of the...
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Not uninteresting but slow and kind of silly
Dr . Paul Holliston ( Rock Hudson ) is experimenting with fetuses . He manages to remove one from the body of a dying dog and keep it alive AND make it a full grown dog within a few weeks ! He gets the body of a dying pregnant woman . He removes her fetus and also keeps it alive and , within a few weeks , has a full gr...
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OK but nothing exceptional
Fictional tale of Jack the Ripper ( here played by Jack Palance ) and his trying to keep his identity secret and falling for a beautiful actress . This is well-made - - it seems a lot of money went into the sets , costumes and furnishings . Also it's atmospheric with fog-bound streets and shot in moody black and white ...
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Silly
Pretty dumb comedy about neglected wife Natalie Wood becoming a kleptomaniac to get her husband's ( Ian Bannen's ) attention . She even sees a psychiatrist ( a very annoying Dick Shawn ) to try to be cured . Then she robs her husband's bank and things just get sillier . . . This isn't a total bomb . It's beautifully ph...
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Pretty good but lacking
This was being pushed as a sexy camp TV movie . It's not . It's a ( purportedly ) factual account of how the TV show Dynasty was developed and what eventually killed it . It follows the married producer and writer team of the show - - it shows how their lives were affected and why they came up with the more outrageous ...
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Interesting but not successful
Story about Judd ( Neville Brand ) who runs the decrepit Starlight Hotel . He has a pet crocodile around who he regularly feeds visitors he doesn't like . Things get out of control when a family consisting of a mother ( Marilyn Burns ) , a very weird father ( Frank Finley ) and a little girl ( Kyle Richards ) drop by t...
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Seriously - - how can you hate this ?
A " red plague " has hit the Florida Keys and fisherman Porter Ricks ( Chuck Connors ) and son Sandy ( Luke Halpin ) can't find fish to make a living . But Sandy saves a dolphin from dying and they became buddies . ( I know I know - - but this IS a kids film ) . Flipper ( as the kid names him ) leads them to a place wi...
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Not as good as the first . . .
. . . I never saw the second , but this was OK . The story is kind of confusing . Juni Cortez ( Daryl Sabara ) has to enter a video games designed by the Toymaker ( Sylvester Stallone ! ! ! ) to save his sister Carmen ( Alexa Vega ) and aided by his grandfather ( Ricardo Montalban ) . And the game , if activated , will...
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Sick , violent , pitch black comedy / detective movie
Harry Lockhart ( Robert Downey Jr . ) through a bunch of experiences too convoluted ( and unbelievable ) to explain ends up solving multiple murders with gay Gay Perry ( Val Kilmer ) . Involved is beautiful Harmony Faith Lane ( Michelle Monaghan ) . This film definitely has its audience . The reviews here are positive ...
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Axe murders ala Coppola
Louise Haloran's ( Luana Anders ) husband dies suddenly . She realizes she won't get a cent from his inheritance if this is found out . She hides the body and goes to the Haloran estate ( an Irish castle ) for some creepy ceremony saying her husband had business concerns . Then axe murders start . . . This has REALLY b...
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It's OK but what's the big deal ?
Young father Amaro ( Gael Garcia Bernal ) is assigned to a small church in a small town in Mexico . There he finds corruption in the church running wild . He wants to stay pure and believes in his vows , but he finds himself very attracted to a young girl ( Ana Caludia Talancon ) . . . A huge and controversial hit in M...
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Interesting but little else
Adaptation of a Raymond Chandler novel . Private investigator Philip Marlowe ( Robert Montgomery ) is hired by Adrianne Fromsett ( Audrey Totter ) to find the wife of her boss . This quickly leads to killings , dead bodies , double crosses and some very dangerous women . This picture has a potentially interesting gimmi...
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Not the disaster I heard it was - - but not good at all
In the 18th century , Gabriel Van Helsing ( Hugh Jackman ) who is working for the church ( ? ? ? ) travels to Romania with a monk Carl ( David Wenham ) to battle Dracula ( Richard Roxburgh ) , his three brides , the Wolf Man ( Will Kemp ) and the Frankenstein Monster ( Shuler Hensley ) . He's helped by feisty Anna Vale...
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Paws in the woods
Rip-off of " Jaws " . A giant grizzly bear is ( inexplicably ) attacking humans in a forest . It's up to Christopher George and friends to track him down . I saw this in a theatre when I was 14 and never forgot it . At the time it ( sort of ) scared me . The bear itself I thought looked kind of cuddly - - even when it ...
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Scared me silly as a kid
Hilarious little horror film involving a curse on the Drake family - - each male member of the family is killed at age 60 and decapitated ! There's more but it's really too complicated ( and unbelievable ) to go into . I originally saw this on a local TV station on a Saturday afternoon in the 1970s . I was in the fourt...
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Great special effects
Ray Harryhausen's special effects are the only reason to see the movie . The script is somewhat literate but boring , the acting is pretty bad ( although some people were dubbed over ) and it doesn't really end . But when Harryhausen's creations are on-screen , the movie is fantastic . There are some quibbles - - some ...
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It's OK - - that's about it
Purportedly based on fact story set in Australia in 1999 . Three likable 20 somethings - - Ben ( Nathan Phillips ) , Liz ( Cassandra Magarth ) and Kristy ( Kertie Morassi ) - - go to Wolf Creek . It's a remote part of Australia where a meteor had landed . The car breaks down and they're stuck in the middle of nowhere ....
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Not as bad as I heard it was
This unremarkable film got a lot of notoriety in the 1970s when it was included in the book " The Fifty Worst Films of All Time " . The film isn't good but it's nowhere near one of the worst films ever made ! Mary Hagen ( Shirley Temple ) is believed to be the illegitimate child of Tom Bates ( Ronald Reagan ! ) . He le...
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It's OK
Movie based on part of James Michener's massive novel . In the 1860s Father Hale ( Max von Sydow ) and his wife Jerusha ( Julie Andrews ) go to Hawaii to bring religion to the Hawaiian people . This movie follows their lives through about 20 years and involves rape , disease , death and incest ( pretty taboo for 1966 )...
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Troubling . . . but I did like it
Rich man Edward Lewis ( Richard Gere ) gets lost in CA looking for Beverly Hills . He asks directions from prostitute Vivian Ward ( Julia Roberts ) . She quickly gets in the car with him , they get there . . . and he invites her to stay for the night . And slowly they ( sigh ) fall in love . . . SPOILERS ! ! ! OK - - o...
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Well-done , but I was bored
Good acting and direction in scary tale about a false nuclear alarm warning . The children and adults are believable and the story has a very downbeat conclusion ( that's probably the reason it's unknown nowadays ) . Still , I was bored . This is a really great idea for a 45 minute short stretched out to 90 minutes . T...
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First drive-in movie of the millenium
Brian O'Conner ( Paul Walker ) wants to join the family of the head of California street racing ( Vin Diesel ) . . . but why ? The plot is comic book level ; the dialogue is very VERY bad . . . but who really cares ? This is a throwback of those dumb 1970s drive-in movies . . . it's for people who like loud , fast film...
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Could have been great
Few people seem to remember how big this movie was when it came out 1970 . It was HUGa true blockbuster . Lines formed around the block and people kept seeing it again and again and again . Yet today it's virtually forgotten . Seeing it now over 30 years later , it's easy to see why . The story is simple : Boy ( Ryan O...
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Not a horror movie and not a good movie either
Most of the film is a dream of almost 13 year old Rosleen ( Sarah Patterson ) . She dreams of living in some remote village in ( I'm guessing ) the 1800s . There her sister is killed by a wolf and she's watched carefully by her mother and father . She also is warned by her lively old grandmother ( Angela Landsbury chew...
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Cute but dumb
Liev Schreiber ( badly used and miscast ) travels from NYC 2002 to NYC 1862 ( the how and why are never really explained ) . While coming back he accidentally brings a 19th century duke Leopold ( Hugh Jackman ) with him . Leopold meets Kate ( Meg Ryan ) and . . . well , you can figure it out from there . The movie look...
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Sometimes it works
An interesting idea - - the director shot Puccini's opera in three different ways - - in gorgeous color and in full dress on a soundstage ; in black and white of the singers recording the soundtrack in street clothes and some VERY grainy color video of the actual locales in Italy where the opera takes place . It doesn'...
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Mostly of historic interest . . . but not bad
Short in which Bert ( Lynne Overman ) brings his boss ( Berton Churchill ) home to dinner . It seems there's a big promotion that's going to happen in the company and Bert hopes he gets it . His wife ( Sylvia Sidney ) wants it too . Interesting short showing how bad it really was during the Depression . It's made quite...
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What's the big deal ?
An LAPD cop ( Al Pacino ) and his partner ( Martin Donovan ) , are sent to Alaska to help solve the murder of a 17 year old girl . They're helped by a young , eager policewoman ( Hilary Swank ) . Problem is that Pacino can't sleep , things start going horribly wrong and the killer is playing games with Pacino's mind . ...
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The last 1940s Superman cartoon
A beautiful blonde ( who is never named ) is running away from some men who are shooting at her . Clark Kent intervenes and is knocked out , captured and tied up by the men . It seems the woman is a secret agent - - she has a list of saboteurs and their evil plans . She must get the list to Washington . The police try ...
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Interesting but not successful
An alien from outer space ( Joe Morton ) crash lands in NY . He looks like a black man , is totally mute and can fix machines and heal wounds with his bare hands . He's taken in by the citizens of Harlem who grow to like him . . . but he's being followed by two men in black ( John Sayles and David Stratham ) who want t...
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By the numbers , but watchable
Beautiful waitress Slim ( Jennifer Lopez ) meets Mitch ( tall , handsome , muscular Billy Campbell ) . In the space of 20 minutes screen time ( along with silly little title cards ) , they fall in love , get married , buy a house and have a kid who is about 6 when the story really begins . Turns out that Mitch is cheat...
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OK no budget horror movie
This movie transplants Edgar Allan Poe's classic short story to 1965 Texas ! Lou ( Robert Frost ) and Diana ( Robyn Baker ) are happily married . She buys a black cat for him as a pet . He becomes obsessed with the cat and ignores her . Then he ( inexplicably ) becomes a violent alcoholic . . . The movie gets pretty in...
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Loud , lively but too long
Musical about the life of Jews in pre-Revolutionary Russia . Well-done with good acting ( especially Topol ) and some good songs and incredible dances . . . but at 3 hours it's way too long . Some of the songs are real duds and should have been cut and some of the dances go on forever . From what I've heard , this was ...
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Well done but far too grim and violent
Thomas ' Babe ' Levy ( Dustin Hoffman ) gets unwittingly involved with a gang of vicious people . . . especially Dr . Christian Szell ( Laurence Olivier ) . It seems his brother Henry ' Doc ' ( Roy Scheider ) works for a secret agency and , not knowing it , targeted his brother for danger . That synopsis may sound a li...
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Doesn't work
By-the-number medieval tale about a peasant ( Heath Ledger ) posing as a nobleman to be allowed to joust . He falls in love with Jocelyn ( Shannyn Sosamon ) and has to joust with an evil nobleman ( Rufus Sewell ) for her . The story has been done MANY times before , so the outcome is never in doubt . The filmmakers dec...
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It was OK but has serious problems
Movie based on the unsolved Zodiac killings in California in the 1960s-1970s . A man was killing people with no rhyme or reason and sent notes to California newspapers daring them to figure out who he was . Reporter Paul Avery ( Robert Downey Jr . ) and cartoonist Robert Graysmith ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) try to figure out ...
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It's just OK
During the 1940s housing shortage in Washington DC , Constance Milligan ( Jean Arthur ) decides to take in a boarder to help the war effort . Benjamin Dingle ( Charles Coburn ) moves in and he , in turn , invites hunky Joe Carter ( Joel McCrea ) to move in . Complications ensure . It's beyond me why this is considered ...
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Just OK
Charles ( Hugh Grant ) keeps attending friends ' weddings one after the other . He realizes he's the only one not getting married - - because he can't commit . Then he meets Carrie ( Andie MacDowell ) at one of the weddings and falls immediately in love . . . but does she love him and can he overcome his fear of commit...
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Unoriginal but not bad
The doctor of the title is Dr . Frederick Holmes ( Lester Matthews ) . He comes upon a small , fog-bound English village in WWII England . It contains a tin mine - - tin which is badly needed in the war against the Nazis . But the local men are terrified to go into the mine because of the headless ghost that roams the ...
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Has its moments but not enough of them
There is a society of four old gentleman - - the Chowder Society . They are played by Fred Astaire ( in his last movie ) , Melvyn Douglas , Douglas Fairbanks Jr and John Houseman . They get together and tell each other horror stories . They are also bonded together by a horrible tragedy that happened 50 years earlier i...
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Well acted but ridiculously predictable
Harry MacKenzie ( Gene Hackman ) leaves wife Kate ( Ellen Burstyn ) for waitress Audrey Minelli ( Ann-Margret ) . This causes huge complications with his adult children Sunny ( Amy Madigan ) and Helen ( Ally Sheedy ) . Stephen Lang and Brian Dennehy throw in strong supporting performances . This is well made and everyt...
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VERY loose remake of " Out of the Past "
Ex football player Terry Brogran ( Jeff Bridges ) takes a job from sleazy friend Jake Wise ( James Woods ) - - find his ex girlfriend Jessie Wyler ( Rachel Ward ) who shot him and ran away with a large amount of his cash . Terry tracks Jessie to Mexico . . . and immediately they fall in love . That's the first hour - -...
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THIS was a big hit ?
Possible spoilers I've heard this was a big hit in 1955 . It certainly doesn't age well . It's half a good movie . It begins with playboy / agent Frank Sinatra seeing multiple women . . . but Sinatra was hardly a good-looking man - - it strains credibility that all these gorgeous women are flinging themselves at him . ...
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Martin and Tomlin are great . The movie isn't .
Rich and dying Edwina Cutwater ( Lily Tomlin ) is arranging to have her soul transferred into the body of a young beautiful woman ( Victoria Tennant ) just after she dies . Instead it gets sent to the body of stuffy lawyer Roger Cobb ( Steve Martin ) and both of them fight to gain control . This is not a great movie by...
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Good acting but lousy film
Young English teenager ( Tushingham ) gets pregnant by a black soldier and ends up living with a gay guy . Considered strong in its day ( in England , no one under 16 was allowed in the theater showing this ! ) for its frank portrayals of interracial sex , homelessness and homosexuality . Seen today , its dated ( very ...
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Very colorful but . . .
I didn't really like this . It's about a family in Delhi , India getting ready for their daughter's wedding . All the relatives gather and things go spinning out of control . It's supposed to be funny ( I think ) but I wasn't laughing - - neither was anyone else in the theatre . For starters - - the cast was huge - - w...
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Very unpleasant
OK - - I HATED the original " Chainsaw " . I found it boring and stupid with lousy acting , no script and no scares . This remake sure isn't boring , the acting is much better , it has a script and it DID scare me . It's not a remake . . . it's a reimagining . As the original , it takes place is 1973 . Five college-age...
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It's OK
A handsome young dancer starts falling in love with his dance instructor - - another guy . This happens just as his girlfriend is moving with him . He doesn't know what to do - - he seems to love his girlfriend but he has a strong attraction to this other man . . . Nothing new here . Basically another short about a man...
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I really wanted to like this more
Cartoonist Joe Landsdale ( Michael Caine ) is in a troubled marriage with Anne ( Andrea Marcovicci ) . She wants to be on her own with their daughter Lizzie ( Mara Hobel ) . In a freak accident Joe's right hand is severed - - but the hand itself seems to disappear . He lives but can't draw anymore and his marriage comp...
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6
Interesting but not very good
Interesting combo of documentary and recreations of a muscle magazine done for ( primarily ) gay men in th 1950s . It's interesting when they show actual footage and pictures from the 1950s . . . it falls apart when they try silly factual recreations . They just don't work , they all look very fake and ( I'm being the ...
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6
Just about what you'd expect
S . W . A . T . was a by the numbers TV cop show from the 70s . It only lasted one season and its only claims to fame are that it had a young Robert Urich in its cast and had a really catchy theme song . The movie isn't much better than the show but it's not a total washout . Jim Street ( Colin Farrell ) and his part...
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6
Didn't really work for me
The first 20 minutes or so of this are fantastic . It's a cartoon where Gisella meets handsome Prince Edward and wants to marry him . However , his evil mother Queen Narissa doesn't want her to become queen . So she sends Gisella to the real world ( New York City ) . She is followed by Prince Edward , a spy named Natha...
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6
Not bad
Murders begin happening at a burlesque house with Barbara Stanwyck as one of the star performers . An adaptation of " The G-String Murders " by Gypsy Rose Lee . I've never read the book ( just try hunting down a copy ! ) but I heard it was really cleaned up for the screen . I can believe it - - the girls wear lots of c...
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6
NOT a horror movie but not uninteresting
A young couple and a diverse group of people are stranded in a mansion in the middle of nowhere when fog makes any further travel impossible . There's a graveyard next to the mansion and they hear strange noises and hear talk of vampires roaming about . Are they safe until the morning ? SPOILERS AHEAD ! ! ! ! This is a...
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6
The Greatest Show on Earth ? Hardly .
Brad Braden ( Charlton Heston ) runs the Ringling Bros . and Barnum & Bailey Circus . A trapeze artist named Holly ( Betty Hutton ) is in love with him but he doesn't feel the same way about her . A trouble-making trapeze artist Sebastian the Great ( Cornel Wilde ) joins the show and Holly starts competing with him . A...
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6
Silly , but kind of cute
Oscar winner for Best Short Subject of 1943 . A composer tries to get admitted to the Hall of Music in Heaven . He has to convince some of the world's greatest dead composers that he's worthy . This leads to " humorous " talks and interplay among the composers . The songs and music are the only reasons to see this shor...
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6
Time has not been kind to this one
A Western parody by Mel Brooks . Dastardly Hedley Lamarr ( Harvey Korman ) needs to run a railroad through a town . To get rid of the townspeople he has villains run wild , attacking townspeople . Black sheriff Bart ( Cleavon Little ) and the Waco Kid ( Gene Wilder ) fight back . This was a huge hit in 1974 - - it was ...
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6
Subtle horror - - but it doesn't really work
Jessica ( Zohra Lampert ) has just been released from a mental institution . She , her husband and a best friend buy a house in a secluded Connecticut town so she can recuperate . They also meet Emily and ( inexplicbaly ) invite her to stay with them . Things are OK at first but slowly unravel - - Jessica starts hearin...
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6
Has its moments . . . but not enough
Cassidy ( Tyler Hanes ) and his younger sister Jessica ( James Katharine Flynn ) are in the same university . Cassidy is also gay but not out to anyone . He sees a Latino hustler named Victor ( Carlos Alberto Valencia ) and starts having visions of his sister Jessica covered in blood . He realizes he has to reconcile h...
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6
Not bad
OK - - I'm a big horror fan and while I don't disagree with any of the former posters ( who all hated the film ) I sort of like it . A bunch of college kids buy an old condemned brownstone with plans to renovate it into a dance club . Unfortunately , a murder took place their years ago and the spirit is waiting around ...
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6
Starts off well . . .
then becomes a standard cop drama . A woman is raped ( not shown ) and in shows in graphic ( for TV ) detail the indignities she goes through with the police to prove she was attacked . This part is very good , well-acted and interesting . SPOILER AHEAD ! Then it turns into a standard wrong guy gets convicted story . W...
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6
More funny than anything else
Totally plot less movie of the homo erotic images of some hot young guy . I caught this years ago at an art cinema as part of their gay and lesbian film festival . It's safe to say the entire audience consisted of gay men . When it started there was silence . . . which mostly continued throughout the movie . Some peopl...
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6
I'm not sure how I feel about this
Two penguins Norma Jean ( voiced by Nicole Kidman ) and Dallas ( Hugh Jackman ) give birth to a baby called Mumble ( Elijah Wood ) . According to this movie the penguins sing constantly ( from 1950s to present day music ) but Mumbles can't sing . . . but he CAN dance . However the tribal elders said his singing is evil...
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6
WAY overdone - - only Barbra is worth watching
BIG musical adaptation of the popular Broadway show . Matchmaker Dolly Levi ( Barbra Streisand ) is in love ( God knows why ) with Horace Vandergelder ( Walter Matthau ) . Naturally he hates her . Also involved are Cornelius Hackl ( Michael Crawford ) and his pal Barnaby ( Danny Lockin ) and their love for Irene Malloy...
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6
So-so Italian horror
Handsome and wealthy Alan Cunningham has just been released from an asylum . He was put there after a breakdown he had when his unfaithful wife Evelyn died . He now picks up women who look like Evelyn , takes them to his remote castle , tortures them and kills them . But he seems cured later on when he marries Gladys -...
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6
So-so
Plot heavy - - TOO heavy - - horror sci-fi film about 4 friends ( Thomas Jane , Jason Lee , Timothy Olyphant , Damian Lewis ) in the Maine woods squaring off against disgusting killer aliens and the Army led by Morgan Freeman and Tom Sizemore . The film is well-directed by Lawrence Kasdan and well-acted ( especially by...
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6
For WHAT it is - - it's OK
This movie begins with a REALLY stupid premise : they recreate the SIL from the first film ( who killed many people and is still played by Herstridge ) and they try to figure out a way to kill her in case creatures like her invade Earth ! ( ! ! ! ? ? ? ) Meanwhile a manned mission to Mars returns to Earth unknowingly i...
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6
OK little thriller
Sherlock Holmes vs Jack the Ripper . That's basically it for the plot . The movie uses the names of the Ripper's victims but everything else is mostly fiction . It's no great movie but it's pretty good . Also , for its time , it's pretty bloody and very atmospheric . John Neville is OK as Holmes but won't make you forg...
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6
Interesting but boring
Never thought a film about a gay cannibal could be dull but . . . The movie IS well-done . It's well-directed , the acting is great and it has a creepy , unsettling atmosphere ( as it should ) . It just gets bogged down , people acted REAL strange at times and just was downright dull ! Still , it all happened and the f...
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6
Not bad
Artist Dave Stewart is engaged to beautiful rich Heather Hayden ( Jean Parker ) . Unfortunately his model Tania ( Acquanetta ) loves him too and is insanely jealous . One night he accidentally ( ? ? ? ) puts acid in his eyes and becomes blind . There is one chance to regain his sight - - an eye operation . . . but who'...