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479,201 | 463,200 | 95,652 | 7 | Interesting but this movie has problems | Allan Mann ( Jason Beghe ) becomes paralyzed from the neck down after a car hits him . He falls into a deep depression until a scientist friend ( John Pankow ) gets him a trained monkey named Ella ( Boo ) to help him . Allan also begins to fall in love with Ella's trainer ( Kate McNeil ) . . . but Ella begins to get ve... |
478,959 | 463,200 | 256,380 | 7 | Interesting | A totally self-absorbed man Hal ( Jack Black ) who just judges women by their bodies , is put under a sort of spell by Anthony Robbins so he sees what they're like inside . He falls in love with Rosemary ( Gwyneth Paltrow ) who he sees as - - well , looking like Gwneth Paltrow ! Actually she's very VERY fat . His pal J... |
479,630 | 463,200 | 372,784 | 7 | What's all the fuss ? It's just OK | Batman redone . It gives us a new origin of Batman ( Christian Bale ) and how he got his powers and such . He still plays playboy Bruce Wayne while fighting evil as Batman . His first two villains are the Scarecrow ( Cillain Murphy ) who produces intense fear in his victim with a gas and Ra's Al Ghul - - who trained Ba... |
478,587 | 463,200 | 56,417 | 7 | My first " Road " picture | This is actually the first Cosby / Hope " Road " picture I ever saw . I knew it was the last ( after a 10 year break ) and ( for some reason ) was in b & w - - probably because Cosby and Hope looked better that way . I also heard it was pretty bad . While it's not great , I sort of enjoyed it . The plot was REALLY sill... |
477,513 | 463,200 | 52,564 | 7 | Sure it's terrible . . . but those monsters ! | A spaceship from Earth travels to Mars to see what's up there . Aboard are the usual bunch of idiots with the obligatory hot woman . They land on Mars ( where everything is shot through a red filter ) and encounter some truly memorable monsters . Yeah it's silly and stupid but if you saw it as a kid you probably have f... |
479,672 | 463,200 | 118,636 | 7 | Unpleasant but worth catching | A young boy ( Brad Renfro ) who's obsessed by the Holocaust recognizes a former Nazi war criminal ( Ian KcKellen ) living near him . He starts up a strange sort of friendship with him - - he won't tell anybody who is if he tells him true stories about how they treated and killed people in the concentration camps . Thin... |
477,922 | 463,200 | 39,080 | 7 | Not bad | In 1890 England , Sydney Greenstreet is forced to retire as the chief of Scotland Yard . It seems he accidentally sent an innocent man to be hanged . He's more than upset over this . Then an seemingly " perfect " murder baffles the Yard and Greenstreet is called in again . But can even he find out the murderer ? Also P... |
477,331 | 463,200 | 73,802 | 7 | Dated but somewhat worthwhile | Robert Redford plays a reference assistant for the CIA in New York . While he's out getting lunch the entire staff are brutally shot to death . He comes back , discovers the bodies , calls the CIA . . . and soon discovers that they want him dead too . He has nowhere to turn to and the CIA after him . . . The technology... |
477,809 | 463,200 | 122,459 | 7 | Worth seeing , but no great shakes | The plot is ridiculous ( widowed man unknowingly falls in love with woman who has his dead wives heart ) and the stars are not suited to do romantic comedy ( Driver looks miserable , Duchovney ( sp ? ) looks REAL uncomfortable ) . Still the movie works . The whole supporting cast is wonderful ( O'Connor , Loggia , Grie... |
479,616 | 463,200 | 171,259 | 7 | I didn't even know this movie existed . . . | it just happened to be on HBO while I was channel surfing . I came in a little late but when I saw gorgeous Stephen Dorff and always exceptional Susan Sarandon I decided to keep watching . I'm glad I did . The story is nothing new but I found the dialogue very interesting ( until the end where it got very predictable )... |
477,157 | 463,200 | 39,066 | 7 | Very glossy . . . and very slow | Young innocent Ann Hamilton ( Katharine Hepburn ) marries tall , dark , handsome and mysterious Alan Garroway ( Robert Taylor ) after a whirlwind romance . She's happy , but slowly starts to realize that something's wrong . Her husband flies into rages whenever she mentions his missing brother Michael . . . and then sh... |
477,515 | 463,200 | 65,063 | 7 | Good Woody Allen comedy | This is Woody Allen's first movie as a writer and director and unlike any other of his comedies . It doesn't open silently with the main titles in white on a black screen and it doesn't have his standard use of old music . No drama either . It's basically just a mocumentary ( complete with narration and interviews ) ab... |
478,804 | 463,200 | 105,151 | 7 | Good , but not great | An executive at a movie studio ( Tim Robbins ) accidentally kills a writer who he thinks is harassing him . He tries to cover it up . Also his job at the studio is in jeopardy as he's competing with a younger , aggressive man ( Peter Gallagher ) . This was Altman's first Hollywood film after a 12 year absence ( " Popey... |
478,125 | 463,200 | 52,602 | 7 | Entertaining old dark house movie | Fun little movie about a novelist ( Agnes Moorehead ) renting a remote , eerie old house for the summer . The house is huge and she's all alone out there with only a couple of servants . Someone who owned the house had just died and has left a million dollars hidden in there . A killer known as " The Bat " appears look... |
479,441 | 463,200 | 65,143 | 7 | Very good , especially for Argento fans | A writer notices a woman being attacked and tries to save her . She survives . . . but now the killer is after him . A very early Argento film ( I believe his first ) shows all the trademarks that he perfected in his later films - - shots from the killers POV ; the killer being in a black trenchcoat ; the stalking sequ... |
478,031 | 463,200 | 70,506 | 7 | Saw it when I was 16 ! | This played at a suburban cinema in my town back in 1978 when I was in high school . Back then they were sneaking foreign films from the city into the suburbs hoping to broaden their audiences ( it didn't work ) . I remember fighting with the ticket lady to get in . It didn't have a rating originally but the theatre ga... |
477,870 | 463,200 | 70,509 | 7 | Pretty good but overrated by some | Story about first year law students at Harvard Law School . Movie primarily focuses on James Hart ( Timothy Bottoms ) and his dealing with tyrannical law professor Charles Kingsfield ( John Houseman ) while romancing his daughter ( Lindsay Wagner ) . This is a good film but wildly over praised . The script is very good... |
477,725 | 463,200 | 70,510 | 7 | Pretty good - - but no masterpiece | The story takes place during the Depression . Con man Moses Pray ( Ryan O'Neal ) is unwillingly paired with young 9 year old Addie Loggins ( real life daughter Tatum ) who has lost both her parents . He tries to get rid of her thinking she's just a dumb kid . . . but Addie isn't and they form a partnership . This was a... |
478,462 | 463,200 | 87,983 | 7 | Saw it only once in 1984 but I've never forgotten it | A poor rebellious high school kid named Johnny Rourke ( Aidan Quinn ) , from the wrong side of the tracks , falls in love with rich beautiful Tracey Prescott ( Daryl Hannah ) . She's attracted to him too but has a jealous jerk of a boyfriend ( Adam Baldwin ) and she can't date anyone who is poor and rebellious . Three ... |
478,376 | 463,200 | 35,317 | 7 | Holmes fights WWII | Sherlock Holmes ( Basil Rathbone ) and Dr . Watson ( Nigel Bruce ) have been hired by the British government to protect a Swiss scientist Dr . Franz Tobel ( William Post Jr . ) . He has a bomb that the British want to win the war . Unfortunately the evil Dr . Moriarty ( Lionel Atwill ) is working with the Nazis and wil... |
478,519 | 463,200 | 39,110 | 7 | Funny , entertaining | Cute comedy about a novelist ( Claudette Colbert ) who meets a soldier ( John Wayne ) and realizes she loves him . There's more to it than that , but that's the bare bones of the plot . The movie moves quickly , is VERY funny and who knew John Wayne could do comedy so well ? Colbert beautiful and charming ( as always )... |
478,287 | 463,200 | 372,803 | 7 | Another homoerotic horror film from David DeCoteau | The lead singer of a boy band is killed by his band members because he wants to reveal their " secret " . They cover up the killing and audition for a new lead singer . Their ultimate pick is Shawn Walker ( Coltin Scott ) . . . but he doesn't want it and finds out their secret . . . OK - - this isn't a good movie . Lik... |
477,470 | 463,200 | 337,921 | 7 | No masterpiece but lots of fun ! | Jessica Martin ( Kim Basinger ) is kidnapped from her house . They lock her in a dark , dusty attic - - it seems her husband did something and they need the information from her . All that's in the attic is a busted up phone . She frantically keeps connecting wires until she gets somebody's phone to ring . It's the cel... |
477,461 | 463,200 | 56,552 | 7 | Pretty good | Another of the Roger Corman / Vincent Price films based VERY loosely on three Edgar Allan Poe tales . The first is " Morella " where a dying girl comes to visit her father ( Price ) and find out why he abandoned her as a child . It has to do with her mother ( Morella ) and her death . Well-done but it doesn't make a lo... |
477,928 | 463,200 | 83,542 | 7 | Scared the hell out of me the first time I saw it | Four dangerous psychopaths ( two played by Jack Palance and Martin Landau ) easily escape from an asylum run by a VERY liberal doctor ( Donald Pleasance ) during a blackout . They proceed to terrorize a doctor ( Dwight Schultz ) , his wife , their little daughter , the doctor's sister ( who is on the verge of a nervous... |
477,263 | 463,200 | 66,195 | 7 | Loud , abrasive , crude and edited but still funny | Comedy / drama taking place in NYC about meek , mild Felix ( George Segal ) ending up stuck with loud , obnoxious prostitute Doris ( Barbra Streisand ) . Naturally they hate each other and naturally fall in love . This movie is VERY loud ( basically because Streisand yells nonstop ) , the humor is pretty caustic ( Stre... |
478,812 | 463,200 | 286,106 | 7 | Great while watching but . . . | I had a lot of unanswered questions afterwords . M . Night Shyamalan is a great visual director . . . there are some beautiful shots here . But with plots . . . Farmer Graham Hess ( Mel Gibson ) finds gigantic , interconnected circles in his cornfield . His brother Merrill ( Joaquin Phoenix ) and Graham's two children ... |
478,110 | 463,200 | 167,260 | 7 | Can't say I liked it | First of , I LOVED the first two movies . Well-written , beautifully directed with eye-popping special effects and never boring ( despite their length ) . Well . . . it doesn't hold true for this one . Yes - - the direction is good , the special effects still fantastic . . . but I was bored . It had an air of " been th... |
477,387 | 463,200 | 78,295 | 7 | Good Carpenter movie - - his first for TV | Leigh Michaels ( Lauren Hutton ) moves into a beautiful apartment building in LA . She also gets a new job , makes friends with lesbian coworker Sophie ( Adrienne Barbeau ) and makes a new boyfriend with charming Paul Winkless ( David Birney ) . But she starts getting threatening phone calls and letters by a man who se... |
477,880 | 463,200 | 78,288 | 7 | Not that good but it works | Stefano ( Lino Capolicchio ) goes to Venice to visit his brother - - priest Don Paolo ( Craig Hill ) . While there certain people are being murdered for no rhyme or reason . Also Don Paolo is getting letters threatening his life . Plot wise there's nothing new here . You've seen these characters ( and situations ) in g... |
478,518 | 463,200 | 38,916 | 7 | Spooky little psychological thriller | June Allyson can't accept stepmom Cluadette Colbert and ( after her father dies ) , begins to lose touch with reality . A very eerie film . . . sometimes seems more like a horror film . The performances are excellent ( especially Allyson and Colbert ) and it looks fantastic . The psychology is a bit dated , but the fil... |
479,316 | 463,200 | 21,815 | 7 | The Latino Dracula | Shot the same time as the English version of Dracula , this Spanish version was shot on the same sets during the night . Some people consider this superior to the English version . In SOME ways it is . The English version was badly directed by Tod Browning . . . but it was Browning's first sound film . His direction ( ... |
477,620 | 463,200 | 91,209 | 7 | Very interesting | A young man ( C . Thomas Howell ) is riding a car across the state . While riding through the desert he picks up a hitchhiker ( Rutger Hauer ) . Hauer tries to kill him but Howell pushes him out of the car . But ( somehow ) the hitcher follows him , kills people , puts the blame on him and almost tries to kill him . . ... |
477,934 | 463,200 | 39,017 | 7 | Pretty good | Sherlock Holmes ( Basil Rathbone ) and Dr . Watson ( Nigel Bruce ) are hired by Roland Carstairs to travel with him and his mother on a train from England to Edinburgh . His mother is in possession of the Star of Rhodesia - - an expensive and beautiful diamond - - and Roland wants to make sure Holmes is there to protec... |
479,412 | 463,200 | 78,269 | 7 | Good crime drama | Bank clerk Miles Cullen ( Elliott Gould ) is robbed at the bank by psycho Harry Reike ( Christopher Plummer ) . Cullen uses the robbery as a cover to take a few thousand dollars for himself . But Reike discovers that and wants it for himself . What follows is a cat and mouse game between Cullen and Reike with a few twi... |
478,157 | 463,200 | 70,640 | 7 | Slow and depressing but worth seeing for Lemmon | This is about a dress manufacturer named Harry Stoner ( Jack Lemmon ) . He hates his job and has to pimp out for people just to get them to buy his outfits . He's even considering arson to cover up some mistakes . He misses his youthful life and wants to go back to a time when things were easier and quieter . This isn'... |
478,010 | 463,200 | 277,371 | 7 | More hits than misses | Parody of teen movies in the spirit of " Scary Movie " . There is a bit of a plot modeled on " She's All That " . Hottie Jake Wyler ( Chris Evans ) bets that he can transform an " ugly " girl into a beautiful one by the prom . The plot is secondary - - there are constant sidetracks to parodies of tons of other films - ... |
478,364 | 463,200 | 160,484 | 7 | Not as bad as I heard | What's the problem ? This film is no classic , but it's not the disaster critics have been calling it . WARNING : Possible spoilers ahead ! ! ! ! Winona Ryder discovers that Ben Chaplin will play host to the Devil , become the Anitchrist and take over the world . Can it be stopped . . . and how ? This is a very odd hor... |
478,602 | 463,200 | 66,344 | 7 | Very colorful - - perfect for kids | Musical retelling of " A Christmas Carol " . The film looks fantastic and Albert Finney is great as Scrooge . The kids should love it , but there are some scary scenes that may frighten very young kids , so use caution . Adults will probably be a little bored . For one thing , Alec Guinness is in it as a ghost and look... |
478,118 | 463,200 | 83,967 | 7 | Powerful but disjointed | Be warned - - there are spoilers all throughout the review . Somewhat fictionalized biography of 1930s film actress Frances Farmer played by Jessica Lange . It follows her stormy relationship with her mother ( Kim Stanley ) and her wrongful institutionalizations . I've read Farmer's autobiography " Will There Ever Be A... |
477,235 | 463,200 | 245,120 | 7 | Not that bad | I was expecting a truly dreadful horror film judging by the reviews . It's no classic , but it wasn't the bomb I was expecting . It's about a young man ( Kerr Smith ) driving a car from CA to FL . He's told not to pick up hitch hikers . Naturally he does ( Brendan Fehr ) . The next thing he knows , he's being chased by... |
477,297 | 463,200 | 56,700 | 7 | Must be seen in the Cinerama format | Fictionalized ( ? ) account of the brothers Grimm ( Laurence Harvey and Karl Boehm ) - - their lives and loves . Three of their fairy tales are dramatized . " The Dancing Princess " stars Russ Tamblyn , Jim Backus and Yvette Mimieux . It's cute but there's a dance sequence that goes on much too long . However there is ... |
478,566 | 463,200 | 70,155 | 7 | Purportedly based on a true story ( I have my doubts ) | Ivanhoe Martin ( Jimmy Cliff ) lives in Jamaica . He goes to the big city to become a singer . However he gets his song taken ( for $200 . 00 ) by an unscrupulous record producer and ends up selling marijuana . When he shoots three policeman dead he becomes sort of a hero . . . and his record starts selling . This was ... |
479,227 | 463,200 | 237,534 | 7 | Odd French horror film | In 18th century France , Gregoire de Fronsac ( Samuel Le Bihan ) and his Indian companion Mani ( Mark Dacascos ) try to capture a beast which is killing people in a remote village . That's the main plot , but there are many others thrown in . Among the elements put in - - a love story ; politics ( LOTS of it ) ; racism... |
479,113 | 463,200 | 151,738 | 7 | For Drew Barrymore fans | A VERY predictable story ( girl who was an ugly duckling goes back to high school undercover years later , meets and falls in love with her high school sweetheart . . . ) done pretty well . You're always two steps ahead of the plot , but it's pretty well-acted ( with the sole exception of David Arquette - - God , is he... |
477,902 | 463,200 | 101,020 | 7 | A strange John Woo film | I liked this film a lot , but I was constantly having to remind myself it was a John Woo film . Yeah , there are explosions , gunfights , violence , etc . etc . but it's all kept reasonably tame ( for Woo at least ) . The movie was funny and charming - - nothing like you'd expect from one of his films . Worth watching ... |
477,334 | 463,200 | 342,167 | 7 | I'm giving it a 7 but this is WAY overrated | Some critics have been raving to the high heavens about this film . It's about a bunch of misfits who go to a summer camp which teaches dancing , singing and acting . As the summer progresses they all bond and become stronger . . . . sigh . This has been done hundreds of times before and this movie adds nothing to the ... |
478,661 | 463,200 | 83,929 | 7 | Dated but OK | A look at teenage life and love ( and sex ) circa 1980 in California . I loved this film back when it came out . I graduated from high school in 1980 , so I knew these characters and the movie treated teenagers realistically and was well-acted and funny . It was a rare Hollywood film that showed true-to-life teenagers ... |
478,175 | 463,200 | 338,337 | 7 | Not bad | Michael Jennings ( Ben Affleck ) has his mind wiped out for two years to do a job for a corporation . He comes back with no memory of what happened . It seems the corporation has set him up to be killed . But why ? He has no memory . . . There's more but it gets really confusing to explain . The plot is , plain and sim... |
477,861 | 463,200 | 105,428 | 7 | VERY frustrating movie | Sleepwalkers are creatures who drain the life force completely out of humans to survive . . . but they can only use virgins ( it's not explained why ) . Charles Brady ( Brian Krause ) is one such who needs to feed his mother Mary ( Alice Krige ) . He goes after likable Tanya ( Madchen Amick ) . Will she escape ? On one... |
478,362 | 463,200 | 48,021 | 7 | One of the first caper films - - and one of the best | Four men plan a daring robbery in France . Everything goes well until one of the robbers does something real stupid and things fall apart quickly and violently . A film noir caper film shot on a shoe string budget in France . It's very well-done and acted and ( for its time ) extremely violent . My only complaint is th... |
477,145 | 463,200 | 35,014 | 7 | Pretty good | A misguided ( not mad ) scientist has developed a telescope which is basically a giant magnet ( ! ! ! ) . With it he proposes to draw comets to the Earth ( for some reason ) and then send them back into space . The police warn him not to do it . He ignores them and immediately starts bringing in a comet . The police de... |
478,075 | 463,200 | 65,374 | 7 | Camp classic | Hilarious mess based on a Harold Robbins novel . It starts in 1945 in the ( fictional ) South American city of Corteguay . A young boy named Dax sees his dog shot dead in front of him . Then he sees his mother stabbed to death and his sister raped and murdered . He then shoots to death several men responsible . He goes... |
479,146 | 463,200 | 118,275 | 7 | Not great but I liked it | A pretty good cop show by Steven Bochco . It got a lot of controversy at the time because the pilot show had ( for TV ) a pretty graphic scene where a man gets shot in the head . It started out with fairly good ratings but slowly sank till it was canceled . It was was no masterpiece but people kept comparing it to " NY... |
477,521 | 463,200 | 95,444 | 7 | A cult favorite | Blood-drinking killer clowns from outer space terrorize a small town . They shoot at people with guns that let out popcorn instead of bullets . They also capture them and keep them captive in cotton candy cocoons for later feedings . Mike ( Grant Cramer ) , girlfriend Debbi ( Suzanne Snyder ) and policeman Dave ( John ... |
478,117 | 463,200 | 74,021 | 7 | Ahead of its time | A satire on soap operas dealing with a VERY strange housewife named Mary Hartman ( Louise Lasser ) and her heavily dysfunctional family and friends . It dealt with homosexuality , alcoholism , wife beating , drug abuse , rape , murder ALL done with a comic twist . Most TV shows wouldn't touch those subjects - - but thi... |
478,277 | 463,200 | 30,435 | 7 | Silly but fun | Short about the employees of the Homey Foamy Washing Machine factory wanting to put on a show . The boss doesn't want it but they try to get a Broadway producer to support them . Mixed up in this is a romance between factory worker Tom ( Kenny Stevens ) and the boss ' daughter Martha ( Doris Weston ) . The story is old... |
477,828 | 463,200 | 39,383 | 7 | Brutal but a landmark | A young man ( played by director / writer Kenneth Anger ) is gay and goes to pick up sailors . But the sailors attack him and ( maybe ) kill him . That's about it . I saw this at a gay cinema class many years ago . I hated it from beginning to end . The print was in terrible shape and the explicit violence and blood wa... |
478,270 | 463,200 | 113,026 | 7 | Good , could have been great | It's a mystery to me why this film sat on the shelf for 5 years . It's no masterpiece , but it's colorful and entertaining . The songs are beautiful and well performed by ALMOST the entire cast . The story is interesting but gets confusing at the half-way point - - I'm assuming it's because of the 15 minutes cut out of... |
477,259 | 463,200 | 233,142 | 7 | Silly but energetic | SPOLIERS AHEAD ! ! ! A bunch of guys ( including Kevin Costner , Kurt Russell , Christian Slater , David Arquette ) rob a casino dressed as Elvis ' . Too bad Costner is a psycho - - he kills Arquette and Slater and tries to kill Russell . Unfortunately , Russell survives , gets the money and goes on the run ( with Cort... |
477,376 | 463,200 | 210,070 | 7 | Brutal | Grim horror story about two strange sisters - - Brigette ( Emily Perkins ) and Ginger ( Katharine Isabelle ) . They're very close - - too close ! Their relationship got really creepy . Then Ginger is attacked by a werewolf and starts becoming one herself . Brigette wants to protect her and cure her , but then Ginger st... |
477,811 | 463,200 | 365,513 | 7 | Pretty good , gory little movie | Adam ( Eric Jungmann ) and obnoxious best friend Harley ( Justin Urich ) are driving cross country to a wedding . Along the way they pick up sexy hitchhiker Sarah ( Aimee Brooks ) . Then , for no reason , a monster truck keeps trying to run them off the road . . . and maybe kill them . Who is doing this and why ? Prett... |
478,402 | 463,200 | 70,291 | 7 | Good | Interesting movie of super-rich James Coburn trying to find out who accidentally killed his wife Sheila . He gets the 6 most likely suspects and invites them for a weekend of " games " . But the games are cruel and someone turns up dead . Then this turns into a whodunit . The script is fantastic ( written by Anthony Pe... |
478,500 | 463,200 | 17,739 | 7 | Creaky but somewhat fun silent film | An old man ( Cyrus West ) dies accusing his relatives of hovering over him - - like cats over a canary . 20 years after his death his relatives get together as his will is read in his creepy mansion on a dark and windy night at midnight ( of course ) . One person gets all the money and estate - - unless they are proved... |
477,329 | 463,200 | 70,334 | 7 | Strange and quirky doesn't even begin to cover this one | Phillip Marlowe ( Elliott Gould ) is a washed out private investigator in California . One night old friend Terry Lennox ( Jim Bouton ) asks for a quick ride to Tijuana . Marlowe agrees then gets caught up in a VERY complex plot involving sexy Nina van Pallandt , alcoholic Sterling Hayden and violent hood Mary Rydell .... |
478,749 | 463,200 | 409,182 | 7 | Not as good as the original - - just OK | On New Years Eve a HUGE ship called The Poseidon is hit by a tidal wave . It's turned completely upside down . A small group of survivors must work their way up to the bottom of the boat to escape . They're all stock characters - - the handsome , muscular hero ( Josh Lucas ) ; the older hero ( Kurt Russell ) ; his head... |
477,324 | 463,200 | 308,152 | 7 | Sheesh ! That ENDING | The Harringtons are driving to a relatives house for Christmas . There's the father ( Ray Wise ) , mother ( Lin Shaye ) , obnoxious teenage son ( Mick Cain ) , daughter ( Alexander Holden ) and daughter's boyfriend ( Bill Asher ) . Then they almost crash and strange things start happening - - the road never ends and wh... |
479,260 | 463,200 | 83,801 | 7 | Very familiar but OK | Rats eat corn which inexplicably is coated with steroids and grow into large rats with nasty tempers , huge teeth and seem even more intelligent . Science teacher Sam Groom and health official Sara Botsford find out and try to save the city ( carefully not named but it was filmed in Toronto ) . The plot is old hat but ... |
478,379 | 463,200 | 26,478 | 7 | Actually entertaining | Part of MGM's " Crime Does Not Pay " series of the 1940s - - they were all short films ( about 20-25 minutes ) showing crimes and how the criminal was brought to justice by police work . This one , obviously , deals with a hit and run driver . Driving drunk one night he accidentally hits two people and drives off leavi... |
477,756 | 463,200 | 39,294 | 7 | Starts off well but becomes predictable | Commerical artist Daisy Kenyon ( Joan Crawford ) is in love with married Dan O'Mara ( Dana Andrews ) . She wants him but realizes he'll never divorce his wife ( Ruth Warrick ) . She instead marries a man she doesn't love ( Henry Fonda ) to break it off with Dan completely . But things don't turn out all that well . . .... |
479,059 | 463,200 | 74,156 | 7 | Pretty good early Carpenter flick | A bunch of people ( a cop , 2 criminals and 2 women ) are trapped in an abandoned , isolated police station . Outside is a gang that is set on killing all of them . One of Carpenter's first films . It's not really a horror movie - - it's more of a thriller and a Western ( it's a direct homage to " Rio Bravo " ) . It's ... |
479,278 | 463,200 | 166,943 | 7 | No masterpiece but OK | Meryl Streep is superb ( no surprise there ) as a violin teacher trying to teach inner city youths to play the violin . All the acting is good ( even the kids ! ) , the music is beautiful and the story doesn't shy away from the kids painful home life . One problem - - Streep plays the teacher a little too harsh - - she... |
478,684 | 463,200 | 21,505 | 7 | A little creaky but worth catching | I never saw the 1925 silent so I won't compare them . A trio of circus performers - - a ventriloquist ( Lon Chaney ) , a midget ( Harry Earles ) and a strongman ( Ivan Linow ) leave the circus and , along with beautiful Rosie ( Lila Lee ) , turn to crime to get rich . But not everything turns out like they hoped . Lon ... |
478,047 | 463,200 | 252,866 | 7 | If you liked the first one . . . | The five " lovable " morons from " American Pie " are back . This movie is about their first summer after freshman year in college . They all get together and rent a beautiful cottage to throw parties and have sex . Naturally supposedly hilarious sexual hijinks occur . I'm no fan of the first film ( I thought it was pr... |
477,711 | 463,200 | 77,952 | 7 | Enjoyable | Fun parody of 30s movies showing two " movies " ( they're actually only 50 minutes each ) done by Warren Bros . ( ha ha ) The first is " Dynamite Hands " with Harry Hamlin ( so young and full of life ) playing a boxer to save money to . . . well , the plot is familar . . . VERY familar . Every single boxing movie clich... |
478,315 | 463,200 | 66,512 | 7 | Very dated but has its moments | College student Colin Slade ( Wes Stern ) is unjustly thrown out of a college by a computer error . Self-righteous principal Maurice Cambers ( Larry Hagman ) won't lift a finger to help him - - because he installed the computers so they HAVE to be right ! To get revenge Colin joins a revolutionary group and seduces Cam... |
479,291 | 463,200 | 338,592 | 7 | It wasn't THAT bad | Americanized remake of the popular British TV series " Coupling " . I saw all 4 episodes that were aired . It was well done with a very attractive cast . . . but the show was never given a chance to find its own identity . If I recall correctly the four shows aired were EXACT copies of the ones from the British TV seri... |
478,819 | 463,200 | 963,794 | 7 | Good but not great | A bunch of college kids ( Jonathan Tucker , Jena Malone , Shawn Ashmore and Laura Ramsey ) are on vacation in Mexico . They meet a friendly German man ( Joe Anderson ) who offers to take them to a Mayan temple that nobody else knows about . They go . . . but soon find themselves in terrible danger . SPOILER ! ! ! The v... |
479,556 | 463,200 | 56,908 | 7 | Dated but interesting | Dr . McCloud ( Robert Stack ) is a new doctor at a mental institution . He's trying an new way to cure patients . It's called Experiment Borderline - - patients are treated kindly , engage in group therapy and are given greater freedom to walk about . Head of the nurses Lucretia Terry ( Joan Crawford ) is dead set agai... |
477,760 | 463,200 | 69,946 | 7 | Highly improbable but not bad | George C . Scott stars as a scientist who has trained dolphins to speak and understand English . Naturally some bad guys find out and want to use the dolphins in an assassination attempt . One of the many ecological " message " films of the 1970s . The plot is , technically , pretty silly but they pull it off . It has ... |
479,388 | 463,200 | 956,038 | 7 | Not entirely successful but not a bomb | Dr . Paul Flanner ( Richard Gere ) , a successful surgeon , has his wife leave him , his son ( an uncredited James Franco ) not respect him and looses a patient he's operating on . Adrienne Willis ( Diane Lane ) has two children and discovers her husband has cheated on her . They both need to get away . She watches ove... |
477,349 | 463,200 | 69,895 | 7 | Has its moments | A small town in Pennsylvania is accidentally infected with a virus the army has developed to use as a weapon . It causes its victims to go insane . The army arrives in town to contain the virus but its already infected some people . . . and things go barreling out of control . OK Romero film - - it was his first horror... |
479,018 | 463,200 | 56,931 | 7 | Forgotten semi-sequel to " Village of the Damned " | Five super-intelligent , emotionless children are discovered around the world . They also have the power to control peoples minds ( their eyes glow when they do this ) . They're all taken to London to be studied but they escape and barricade themselves in an old , abandoned church . But what do they want ? Not as good ... |
477,337 | 463,200 | 118,117 | 7 | What a surprise ! | Emilio Estevez actually directed a good movie - - who woulda thought ? I sat through two previous films Estevez directed - - " Wisdom " ( with then girlfriend Demi Moore ) and " Men at Work " ( with brother Charlie Sheen ) . They are lousy films - - - badly acted , directed , stupid and offensive . Estevez is a good ac... |
477,993 | 463,200 | 369,436 | 7 | Utterly predictable but there are some good laughs | Coupe Brad ( Vince Vaughn ) and Kate ( Reese Witherspoon ) have been dating for three years but have no interest in getting married or having babies . They avoid their families ( 4 of them - - both of their parents are divorced ) by saying they have some charity mission to do . However they're caught on camera one Chri... |
477,679 | 463,200 | 56,930 | 7 | Very moving | A film that deals with a diffiult subject ( mental retardation in children ) very tastefully without pulling any punches . Burt Lancaster is very good as the director of a hospital for the youngsters . And all the youngsters ( I believe played by children who really were mentally " challenged " ) are incredible . At fi... |
478,943 | 463,200 | 91,790 | 7 | OK John Hughes film | One of the many PG ( or PG-13 ) teen films made in the 80s by writer / producer / director John Hughes . This one isn't his worst ( " Some Kind of Wonderful " wins that ) , but it's not his best either . It's somewhere in the middle . A rich boy ( Andrew McCarthy ) loves a poor girl ( Molly Ringwald ) . She loves him a... |
478,133 | 463,200 | 65,580 | 7 | OK movie | An old , evil countess ( Ingrid Pitt , chewing the scenery ) discovers she magically turns into a beautiful young woman by bathing in the blood of virgins . She poses as her daughter to get full control of her late husband's estate and romance a young , handsome man . But the youthfulness only lasts a day or two . So s... |
478,806 | 463,200 | 74,292 | 7 | All-star disaster epic | Silly , but fun disaster movie about a train traveling to Switzerland . On board is a man with a deadly biological disease . . . and the train is heading to a bridge that can't possibly handle the weight . . . and it has 1 , 000 innocent people on board ! The plot is ridiculous but no sillier than " The Towering Infern... |
478,884 | 463,200 | 65,622 | 7 | Interesting but no masterpiece | Director Pasolini films nine tales from the Decameron . Most deal with sex ( very explicitly ) but almost all show a very ribald sense of humor . Easily the director's most cheerful film - - it's best described as " earthy " . I liked it but I didn't love it . Some sequences are better than others and the film does dra... |
478,124 | 463,200 | 360,717 | 7 | Not needed and WAY too long | Remake of the 1933 classic about a giant ape in love with a woman . I want to start of by saying I like ALL of director Peter Jackson's films - - until this one . Every director has their bad films - - even Hitchcock had some bombs ( like " The Trouble with Harry " ) . In my eyes this is the first bad film from Jackson... |
479,381 | 463,200 | 282,209 | 7 | Don't think and you'll enjoy it | I tried to summarize the plot but it was really too silly to get into . Basically an evil , dead witch - - who played a sort of tooth fairy when alive - - attacks and kills children and their families when the children lose their last baby teeth . A young man in his 20s - - traumatized by an attack when he was a boy - ... |
479,103 | 463,200 | 96,223 | 7 | Has its moments but needed more | Ivan Alexeev ( John Cusack ) and Josh Tager ( Tim Robbins ) try to break into the L . A . music scene in the late 1980s . Quirky Samantha Gregory ( Mary Crosby ) tries to help . I caught this back in the late 1980s at a small art house . The audience loved it and it was held over for a few weeks . Back then I thought i... |
479,446 | 463,200 | 39,631 | 7 | Ahead of its time | By todays standards , this is a very mild black comedy . By 1947 standards , this was a sick , disgusting movie . It's now considered a classic and is a cult film . I think it's OK - - it's well-directed and acted ( especially by Chaplin and Martha Raye ) , but it's slow-moving and it wears its non-violence message on ... |
477,429 | 463,200 | 118,063 | 7 | Surprisingly good | The movie begins on Drakulon . It's a planet of vampires who drink from rivers of blood ( never shown - - this is a cheap movie ) . Evil Vlad ( Roger Daltrey ! ) kills all the leaders of the planet and escapes to Earth . One of those killed is the father of Ella ( Talisa Soto ) who follows Vlad for revenge . She become... |
477,497 | 463,200 | 91,707 | 7 | For its time - - not bad | Something about a bunch of brainless teenagers caught in a museum after closing . One of them is possessed and is purposefully leading her friends to their deaths . No great shakes to be sure but , for 1986 , this was pretty impressive . I saw it in a movie theatre and found the special effects just incredible . Yeah ,... |
477,389 | 463,200 | 70,078 | 7 | Minor but fun | Four stories revolving around a shop named Temptations Limited . It's run by Peter Cushing so you know there's something evil going around . People buy ( or steal ) items from it and meet horrible fates . The first involves a customer buying an old mirror . It seems it has an evil spirit in it that orders him to kill .... |
477,791 | 463,200 | 53,232 | 7 | Pretty good Swedish SF movie destroyed by Jerry Warren | This was a 1959 Swedish / American co-production . In the Lappland of Sweden a meteor crashes . Turns out it's not a meteor - - it's a spaceship from another world . For no given reason - - a huge , hairy monster comes from the spaceship , walks around , causes destruction and kidnaps a woman who has come with a team o... |
479,225 | 463,200 | 65,669 | 7 | Psychedelic horror | Nancy Wagner ( Sandra Dee in her last movie role ) is a librarian at the Miskatonic Univ where the only copy of the Necronomicon ( an evil book ) is kept . Sinister Wilbur Whatley ( a young Dean Stockwell in a hideous mustache and hair do ) uses her to get access to the book . He then invites her to his house in Arkham... |
479,114 | 463,200 | 47,203 | 7 | Glossy Technicolor Soap Opera | Rich spoiled playboy Rock Hudson is indirectly responsible for a great doctor's death . The doctor's widow ( Jane Wyman ) and daughter ( Barbara Rush ) never want to see him . He tries to make amends but , because of him , Wyman is hit by a car and loses her eyesight . He tries to see her but she won't see him . Then h... |
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