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478,515 | 463,200 | 87,363 | 7 | Funny , entertaining , scary and NOT for children | Possible spoliers ahead . . . I loved this film when it first came out and now , 16 years later , it still holds up . The performances range from very good ( Polly Holliday , Frances Lee McCain ) to OK ( everybody else ) . The special effects are superb , Gizmo is soooooo cute , the movie is never dull and there are to... |
478,160 | 463,200 | 486,051 | 7 | More a character study than a horror film but not bad | A girl ( Emily Blunt ) needs a ride from college to get home to Delaware by Christmas . She finds a ride with a guy ( Ashton Holmes ) . But she's obnoxious and mean and he gets tired of her . They try to take a shortcut but get stranded on a deserted highway . The car is damaged , the cell phones don't work , night is ... |
478,723 | 463,200 | 22,386 | 7 | Howlingly bad melodrama saved by Hayes | VERY old and creaky talky about Madame Claudet ( Helen Hayes ) sacrificing everything for her son ( who grows up into Robert Young ) . The thing is her son doesn't know she's alive . She had to give him up because she was abandoned by his father and ( wrongfully ) thrown in jail . She secretly supports him by becoming ... |
478,454 | 463,200 | 435,653 | 7 | An actually very good horror flick | SPOILERS After the funeral of a man three of his buddies - - Harris ( Dominic Purcell ) , Kira ( Josie Maren ) and Sid ( Marcus Thomas ) - - get drunk and dance on some graves in a graveyard late at night . It turns out they unwittingly resurrected some evil ghosts who go after the people who disturbed them . This was ... |
477,782 | 463,200 | 113,270 | 7 | Not good but not bad | I originally caught this back in 1996 in its one week run at a movie theatre . I was under impressed by it and my feelings haven't much changed . Documentary about the infamous Edward D . Wood Jr . covering his life and movies . There are interviews with people who worked with him or knew him . They include : Vampira ,... |
477,676 | 463,200 | 171,580 | 7 | A pretty good commercial film | Well another indie director goes Hollywood . Neil LaBute after " In the Company of Men " and " Your Friends and Neighbors " , turns out a pretty good commercial comedy drama . On those terms , it's good - - but when you compare it to his earlier films , it's really depressing . " In the Company . . " and " Your Friends... |
478,543 | 463,200 | 264,761 | 7 | Sweet but skin deep | Two women , Jessica ( Jennifer Westfeldt ) and Helen ( Heather Juergensen ) , meet through a personal ad and tentatively start a lesbian relationship . The problem - - Jessica can't fully commit to it - - Helen can . It's a cute movie - - reasonably entertaining with some good performances by the two leads ( who also w... |
478,596 | 463,200 | 78,723 | 7 | No masterpiece , but funny and very interesting | Very loud , very big and very funny fictional account of a supposed Japanese invasion of Los Angeles in 1941 , after the bombing of Pearl Harbor . There are many plotlines throughout the film - - too many to summarize here . Basically , this is the most unusual Spielberg film I've ever seen ( and his only bomb ) . It's... |
477,571 | 463,200 | 82,956 | 7 | Nothing new but enjoyable | Movie about two Australian girls - - Debbie ( Nell Schofield ) and Sue ( Sue Knight ) - - and what happens when they become girlfriends of two surfer guys . I caught this at an art cinema here in America in 1981 . Technically I was still a teenager ( I was 19 ) so I was interested in seeing how Australian teens acted .... |
477,169 | 463,200 | 53,172 | 7 | VERY mixed feelings | The first of the three so-called " sex comedies " made with Doris Day and Rock Hudson . Day plays interior decorator Jan Morrow . She shares a party line with womanizing Brad Allen ( Hudson ) . She hates him for always monopolizing the phone calling his various girlfriends . Allen's best friend Jonathan Forbes ( Tony R... |
478,901 | 463,200 | 241,527 | 7 | Long , but pretty good | Adaptation of J . K . Rowling's very popular book is as good an adaptation as possible . . . but it doesn't completely work . The big problem was they were afraid to cut anything out of the book ( they'd have school children all around the world after them ) , so they try to put everything in and there's too much for o... |
477,156 | 463,200 | 35,675 | 7 | Enjoyable but no great shakes | A kid at a military academy named Bud Hooper ( Tommy Dix ) sends a fan letter to Lucille Ball asking her to be his prom date - - despite the fact that he has a girlfriend , Helen Schelsinger ( Virginia Weidler ) . Ball accepts under the pressuring of her agent ( William Gaxton ) . Bud's two roomies ( Kenny Bowers , Jac... |
477,997 | 463,200 | 25,725 | 7 | Silly but OK | SPOILERS ! ! ! Sweet innocent Ann Dixon ( Helen Foster ) is friends with the more worldly Eve Monroe ( Nell O'Day ) . Ann falls in love with Tommy ( Glen Boles ) and slowly starts to drink , smoke , have sex , play strip poker and get pregnant . This all leads to abortion and death . There's also a pretty mild bit of s... |
478,998 | 463,200 | 213,065 | 7 | Very 70s , but kids might like it | A lorax tries to " speak for the trees " when Onceler moves into his beautiful country and destroys it by chopping down trees and causing pollution . So-so animation and some truly nauseating songs got on my nerves , but young kids may like it . It's very pro-environment and ( when it sticks to dialogue ) is kind of fu... |
479,518 | 463,200 | 56,993 | 7 | Pretty good if unknown Price movie | Vincent Price plays Simon Cordier a kind man who is a judge . He is possessed by a Horla ( never shown - - you only hear its voice ) who thrives on evil . It sets Price out to commit evil deeds even though he fights against it . Then he meets sweet Odette ( Nancy Kovack ) and things go out of control . . . . Well-made ... |
478,823 | 463,200 | 53,137 | 7 | Great acting carries this one | A nuclear war has killed everybody in the world - - except for Australia . However it's just a matter of time before the radiation hits and kills them also . This movie focuses on certain people there . There's Cmdr . Dwight Towers ( Gregory Peck ) , whose wife and children are most certainly dead , being romanced by m... |
479,086 | 463,200 | 245,341 | 7 | Doesn't work | Jimmy ( Steve Guttenberg ) , a failed writer and actor , comes home on New Years Eve to find his girlfriend has left him , his cat has died and a gay burglar ( Lombardo Boyar ) is robbing his place . . . for the third time that month . He captures him , ties him up and things get strange . James Kirkwoods ' play was an... |
478,705 | 463,200 | 100,707 | 7 | This could haven been much better | Forgotten movie which barely got a release . I didn't even know it existed until I saw it while casually browsing at a video store . Homeless teenager hooker Dawn ( Christina Applegate ) angers psychotic cop Lumley ( Eb Lottimer ) who wants to kill her . She runs into a nice , normal teenage boy ( David Mendenhall ) an... |
477,628 | 463,200 | 60,438 | 7 | Sometimes funny but way too frentic | Slapstick farce based on a Broadway comedy / musical about some crazy complications when a slave ( Zero Mostel ) tries to win his freedom in ancient Rome . The script is OK with some funny lines and sight gags , the girls are all very beautiful ( and horribly objectified - - but this was done in the 1960s ) and the com... |
479,238 | 463,200 | 408,790 | 7 | Pretty good | Kyle Pratt's ( Jodie Foster ) husband has just died in Germany . Kyle is bringing the body to the USA with her 6 year old girl Julia ( Marlene Lawston ) . They board the plane and Kyle falls asleep . She wakes up to find Julia missing - - and nobody on board remembers seeing her and her name isn't on the manifest . Is ... |
479,165 | 463,200 | 60,445 | 7 | Forgotten comedy thriller | Michael Caine uses flighty Shirley MacLaine to hopefully steal something from Herbert Lom - - the richest man in the world . That's about all you need to know . This is a fun movie - - nothing too serious about it . It's very colorful with some beautiful settings and outfits ( get the white dress MacLaine wears ) . The... |
478,300 | 463,200 | 35,489 | 7 | Great sets and atmosphere | Story about a monster going after the Hammond family who live in Hammond Hall - - a huge castle in the middle of nowhere . It seems that one of the Hammonds , centuries ago , sold his soul to the Devil for eternal life . Every few years he has to kill one of the Hammonds ( always a man ) as a sacrifice to the Devil and... |
477,561 | 463,200 | 100,502 | 7 | As bad as Robocop - - but in a different way | Robocop ( Peter Weller ) is back fighting drug lord Cain ( Tom Noonan ) , his gang and an evil OCP executive ( Daniel O'Herlihy ) and his helper ( Belinda Bauer ) who want to replace Robcop with different machines . This starts off OK with Robocop foiling a robbery . Then it goes downhill . You see him stalking his wif... |
478,659 | 463,200 | 245,674 | 7 | Better than the original | The original 1960 " 13 Ghosts " was a very boring , stupid horror film . This one , while no classic , is actually quite good . A grieving widower Arthur ( Tony Shalhoub ) , his hot daughter ( Shannon Elizabeth ) , annoying son ( Alec Roberts ) and feisty black maid / cook / babysitter / whatever ( Rah Digga ) get trap... |
477,780 | 463,200 | 74,562 | 7 | Worthless as a biography but entertaining | Highly fictional movie about the love affair between Clark Gable ( James Brolin ) and Carole Lombard ( Jill Clayburgh ) . It chronicles how they first meet and hate each other but eventually fall in love . The problem is Gable's first wife won't give him a divorce and their studios are threatening to drop them . There ... |
477,770 | 463,200 | 39,840 | 7 | Only worth seeing for Hayward | A successful singer Angelica Evans ( Susan Hayward ) gives up her career and marries unsuccessful singer Ken Conway ( Lee Bowman ) . She happily sacrifices for him and his partner ( Eddie Albert ) . Eventually he DOES hit it big , she has a baby . . . but he never has time for her - - his rising career comes first . Sh... |
479,125 | 463,200 | 64,782 | 7 | A one of a kind | Musical that takes place during the Gold Rush days at a place called No Name City . Ben Rumson ( Lee Marvin ) a hard-drinking , ill-tempered man is partners with a man named Pardner ( Clint Eastwood ) . Through some circumstances to convoluted to get into , Ben gets a wife named Elizabeth ( Jean Seberg ) . However she ... |
478,837 | 463,200 | 47,573 | 7 | OK , some of the ants look fake , but . . . | the movie works . It's about a colony of giant ants ( caused by nuclear radiation ) on the rampage . The story moves VERY quickly , has decent acting and characterizations and some of the special effects are very good . But when they look bad , they look BAD ! ! ! But hey . . . it was done in the 1950s ! This is easily... |
478,928 | 463,200 | 416,320 | 7 | A good film - - but no masterpiece | A Woody Allen film shot in London ! An retired Irish tennis star Chris ( Jonathan Rhys Meyers ) quits the circuit and takes a job teaching rich people how to play . He becomes friends with VERY rich Tom Hewett ( Matthew Goode ) and starts romancing his sister Chloe ( Emily Mortimer ) . Then he meets Tom's girlfriend No... |
477,673 | 463,200 | 47,580 | 7 | Colorful fluff | Basically a travelogue of Rome with a light story of three women meeting , losing , then getting the men of their dreams . The photography is beautiful , the acting is OK , nice music score . Basically a no brainer movie . The prime reason to see it , for me , was Rosanno Brazzi and Louis Jourdan . They're so young and... |
478,745 | 463,200 | 65,854 | 7 | Good horror anthology | Four stories written by Robert Bloch about various people who live in a beautiful , old mansion and what happens to them . The first has Denholm Elliott as a novelist who sees the killer he's writing about come to life . Some spooky moments and the twist at the end was good . The second has Peter Cushing becoming obses... |
478,699 | 463,200 | 256,524 | 7 | OK Allen | Comedy set in 1940 about an insurance investigator ( Woody Allen ) locking horns with an efficiency expert ( Helen Hunt ) while a string of suspicious jewel robberies are going on . Only average Allen comedy . . . but that's still 70 % better than the typical Hollywood film . It's fairly well-acted . . . Allen is , fra... |
479,671 | 463,200 | 18,362 | 7 | Good if somewhat overly melodramatic | An all black silent film made exclusively for black audiences in the 1920s ( back then theatres were segregated ) . Poor but beautiful Louise Howard ( Lucia Lynn Moses ) is beaten by her stepfather ( William E Pettus ) but dreams of a better life . She meets good honest Alvin Hillyard ( Harry Henderson ) and he falls i... |
478,632 | 463,200 | 47,542 | 7 | Dated but good | It seems the President will be stopping at the little town of Suddenly CA on his way to Los Angeles . Crazy killer Johnnie ( Frank Sinatra ) comes into town and holds a family hostage to use their house as a place to kill the President from . This is dated in a lot of ways - - the violence is extremely toned down , the... |
477,803 | 463,200 | 78,346 | 7 | Pretty good | One of the better comic book movies . The story is vague ( something about Lex Luthor causing California to sink into the ocean ) , but the movie holds your interest . The acting is mostly good - - Reeve is perfect as Superman , Margot Kidder is OK as Lois Lane , Gene Hackman is fun as Luthor , but Valerie Perrine and ... |
477,568 | 463,200 | 87,175 | 7 | Good of its type | Psychic Alex Gardner ( Dennis Quaid ) is recruited for a government-funded institute . In it psychics are able to get into peoples ' dreams and interact with them . However one subject dies while in this state and Alex realizes something is wrong . And the President ( Eddie Albert ) is going to visit the institute for ... |
478,488 | 463,200 | 69,704 | 7 | Where were you in ' 62 ? ( Original ad ) | Nostalgic look at one night / morning of a small California town and some of its teenagers . Story-wise this is nothing new - - all the stereotypes are in place - - the loving / bickering couple ( Ron Howard and Cindy Williams ) ; the rebel ( Paul Le Mal ) stuck with a 13 year old ( Mackenzie Phuillips ) ; the nerd ( C... |
479,140 | 463,200 | 100,602 | 7 | Great black comedy | Michael Caine , a mild-mannered successful businessman , is passed over for a big promotion that goes to a younger man ( Peter Riegert ) . While waiting for the subway one night , a bum bothers him for money . Upset over his job he accidentally pushes the guy onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train killing him co... |
477,496 | 463,200 | 397,065 | 7 | It could have been worse | A bunch of 20-somethings are on their way to a concert . They're driving through a forest and decide to stop and camp out for the night . They wake up in the morning to find their car fan belt wrecked . The nearest town is miles away but two of them get a ride by a VERY strange man . They find the town - - but it's str... |
479,218 | 463,200 | 74,751 | 7 | Not good but I have happy memories about it | The first ( and virtually forgotten ) remake of " King Kong " . This one has an oil company called Petrox going to Skull Island to get oil . The expedition is run by evil Fred Wilson ( Charles Grodin ) . Nice guy Jack Prescott ( Jeff Bridges looking like a hippie ) is a stowaway who becomes their photographer . They fi... |
479,546 | 463,200 | 47,472 | 7 | Great musical with some SERIOUS problems | In the 1850s a man ( Howard Keel ) who lives with his six brothers out in the middle of nowhere takes a bride ( Jane Powell ) . He expects her to be a maid , housecleaner , cook , etc . She does but makes all seven of the guys dress nicely , eat correctly and have good manners . Soon the six brothers fall in love with ... |
478,340 | 463,200 | 74,703 | 7 | Somewhat interesting but also pretty sick | In 1942 New Orleans gangster J . D . Walker ( David McKnight ) is shot to death by Elija Bliss ( Lou Gossett ) . It is believed that he killed his wife ( he didn't ) . Cut to 1976 . Mild mannered young law student Ike ( Glynn Turman ) is possessed by the spirit of J . D . He immediately becomes cruel and vicious and tr... |
478,729 | 463,200 | 52,948 | 7 | Overlong but has its moments | This movie takes place in 1880 . Professor Oliver Lindenbrook ( James Mason ) discovers a way down to the center of the Earth . He takes with him his assistant Alec McKuen ( Pat Boone ! ! ) , Swedish Hans ( Peter Roson ) and beautiful Carla Goteborg ( Arlene Dah ) . On their trail is the evil David Thayer and his assis... |
479,420 | 463,200 | 155,975 | 7 | Pointless but actually pretty good | A remake of Alfred Hitchock's classic . You know the plot - - A woman ( Anne Heche ) steals a large amount of money so she and her boyfriend ( Viggo Mortensen ) can start a life together . During the drive to his town , it gets late and she decides to spend the night at a motel . It's called Bates Motel and she meets t... |
478,635 | 463,200 | 78,481 | 7 | Forgotten Altman | Dino Corelli ( Desi Arnaz Jr . ) is marrying Margaret Brenner ( Amy Stryker ) . Naturally everything goes wrong . There's the married woman ( Carol Burnett ) who's being chased around by another man ; a lesbian wedding planner ( Geraldine Chaplin ) ; a gay captain ( Craig Richard Nelson ) ; a senile priest ; a topless ... |
477,735 | 463,200 | 57,244 | 7 | Not really a gay film . . . but good | Dot ( Rita Tushingham ) and Reggie ( Colin Campbell ) marry too young and realize it too late . Reggie starts to be good friends with Pete ( Dudley Sutton ) who just happens to be gay . And Dot wants Reggie back . . . Technically this isn't really a gay film . Pete is gay but it's only suggested here and there and not ... |
478,219 | 463,200 | 52,901 | 7 | Gruesome but fun | A series of gruesome murders in England have Scotland Yard baffled . Crime journalist Edmond Bancroft ( Michael Gough ) mocks the police for not finding the killer . Since it's Michael Gough we all know he's the killer . I saw this film constantly on TV when I was in high school and have very fond memories of it . Seei... |
478,678 | 463,200 | 60,668 | 7 | I haven't the slightest idea of what this is about but it works ! | This takes place in 1808 in an insane asylum . The Marquis de Sade ( Patrick Mage ) puts on a play of an assassination for an audience . He uses the other inmates as actors . Things slowly get out of hand leading to a truly horrifying ending . I first caught this way back in 1980 at a center for adult education . It wa... |
477,147 | 463,200 | 35,422 | 7 | Odd Superman cartoon | Lois Lane and Clark Kent are sent to cover a circus ( for some reason ) . They separate to cover more ground . While Lois is watching a show in the Big Top a HUGE ( and very fierce-looking ) gorilla ( or ape ) is accidentally let loose . He proceeds to wreak havoc and , in the mayhem , other animals escape from their c... |
478,486 | 463,200 | 113,464 | 7 | OK but lacking | First off , the play was better . Some of the humor that worked so well on stage fell flat on a movie screen . Second , Weber is miscast . He's handsome , muscular but he can't act . However , I give him credit for playing an openly gay man so easily . Third , the direction is really off . I don't recognize the directo... |
478,416 | 463,200 | 171,804 | 7 | Strong , unpleasant - - SPOILERS | Graphic and VERY disturbing about a person born with both sexes . The female side is more developed but she / he chooses to live as a man . She falls in love with another woman , people discover her secret and all hell breaks loose . Based on a true story , this movie is very well-acted ( especially Swank ) and pulls n... |
477,187 | 463,200 | 303,353 | 7 | Interesting but off-putting | The life and ( hard ) times of producer Robert Evans . It chronicles his start in show business , his rise , his downfall and comeback . He provides the narration for pictures and videos taken throughout his career . Also , they try something different with the stills here . . . the backgrounds ( or foregrounds ) are r... |
477,285 | 463,200 | 183,649 | 7 | Good , but not great | A media publicist Stu Shepard ( Colin Farrell ) is in a phone booth making a call . He hangs up . The phone rings . He picks it up . A smooth , scary voice ( Keifer Sutherland ) on the other end informs him he has a gun trained on him and he will be killed if he hangs up . This is a great premise - - for a 60 minute mo... |
478,429 | 463,200 | 86,927 | 7 | Crude but fun | Likable , stupid , crude and very funny movie about Tom Hanks having a bachelor party before he marries beautiful Tawny Kitaen . Naturally , things go barreling out of control . It's incredibly tasteless ( although somewhat tame compared to today's movies ) , silly and full of female ( and male ! ) nudity . . . but dam... |
477,518 | 463,200 | 40,185 | 7 | Kids will love it | SPOILERS Young Peter Fry ( Dean Stockwell ) is left alone when his parents go off to fight in WWII . He's left with lovable Gramps ( Pat O'Brien ) . His parents are killed in the war and he becomes a war orphan . He reacts with anger - - and then wakes up one morning to find her hair turned green ! He soon discovers it... |
477,227 | 463,200 | 71,517 | 7 | Overly violent but enjoyable trash | Foxy Brown ( Pam Grier ) goes after some vicious drug dealers after they kill her boyfriend . Not as good as " Coffy " for one reason - - it's way too violent and Grier's character is treated horrendously . She's beaten up repeatedly , raped , shot up with drugs , tied down , whipped in the throat and dragged around an... |
479,066 | 463,200 | 64,100 | 7 | VERY 60s but not uninteresting | Robert Culp and Natalie Wood play a VERY liberated couple who basically love each other . . . when they cheat on the other they discuss it and talk out their feelings and end up still madly in love . They share their views with another couple played by Dyan Cannon and Elliott Gould . They try to convert them to their w... |
478,260 | 463,200 | 25,301 | 7 | Well done but slow and WAY too sentimental | Claudette Colbert plays a widowed mother trying to run her husbands business after his death . She takes in a black woman ( Louise Beavers ) and her fair-skinned daughter to help . She loves Beavers ' pancakes and gets her to start a successful business with her . The movie skips ahead years later when Beavers ' daught... |
478,291 | 463,200 | 102,337 | 7 | Low-key | Story about two young men in England - - Philip ( Angus Macfayden ) and Eliot ( Corey Parker ) - - falling in love . Philip tells his parents - - his mother thinks it's a disaster - - his father ( Brian Cox ) remains strangely quiet . It turns out HE'S gay too and his sons coming out is forcing him into a decision . Lo... |
477,777 | 463,200 | 67,128 | 7 | Overrated but not too bad | In England emotionless hit man Jack Carter ( Michael Caine ) travels to Newcastle to see about his brothers death . The police said it was accidental - - he's convinced it was murder . Slowly things get more violent and dark . I don't think this is a masterpiece of cinema like some think it is but it's not a total bomb... |
477,240 | 463,200 | 209,163 | 7 | Loud , silly , PG-rated violence . . . | basically a typical summer blockbuster ! I saw it at a sneak preview last night and I mostly liked it . The action is virtually non-stop , the special effects ( except for one monster at the end ) are incredible and the film never stops moving . But the plot makes no sense ( something about a Scorpion King and the Mumm... |
479,448 | 463,200 | 86,979 | 7 | An indie classic | This is the film that gave independent filmmakers hope . Made on no budget , it got a release and was a modest success at the box office . I saw it in 1984 and wasn't too impressed . The plot is familar and the movie has dull sequences . Also , characters act like total idiots , it gets VERY gruesome at the end and ( w... |
477,196 | 463,200 | 196,216 | 7 | Good , not great Woody Allen | Hey , Woody Allen's doing comedy again ! After his Ingmar Bergman phase and his woman-hating movies he's finally back at doing what he does best . The lines are pretty good - - there are a few real howlers . Tracey Ullman is uproarious as Allen's wife , May is adorable as a very dumb woman and Allen is good - - he's ju... |
477,395 | 463,200 | 71,455 | 7 | Silly but fun | One of the big all star disaster flicks on the early 1970s . This competed with " The Towering Inferno " which opened the same year . There are multiple story lines going on in this : Architect Charlton Heston is unhappily married to Ava Gardner and has Genevieve Bujold as a mistress ; Lorne Greene plays Gardner's FATH... |
478,359 | 463,200 | 430,105 | 7 | Good revenge movie | In Detroit four adopted kids ( played by Mark Wahlberg , Garrett Hedlund , Andre Benjamin and Tyrese Gibson ) get together for their moms funeral . She was accidentally shot to death in what was just a robbery at a convenience story . But they begin to find out that her killing may have been more than just an accident ... |
479,259 | 463,200 | 265,459 | 7 | Williams is excellent . . . movie is so-so | A photo-processing man Seymour " Sy " Parrish ( Robin Williams ) , becomes obsessed with a seemingly perfect family - - the Yorkins . He's developed their photos for years and thinks he knows all about them . When he notices something is wrong however , he goes out of his way to correct it . This is an OK movie with a ... |
477,962 | 463,200 | 257,360 | 7 | Worth seeing for the acting - - nothing more | Warren Schmidt ( Jack Nicholson ) has recently retired . He's lived a quiet , meaningless life . His wife dies and his only child Jeannie ( Hope Davis ) is getting married to a very strange man ( Dermot Mulroney ) that Warren can't stand . He travels from Nebraska to Colorado to stop the wedding - - but can he - - or s... |
479,314 | 463,200 | 36,261 | 7 | Too much opera , not enough Phantom | The first talking version of the Phantom of the Opera ( played by Claude Rains here ) in love with beautiful opera singer Christine ( Susanna Foster ) . The film looks just stunning - - it deservedly won an Oscar for its incredible color cinematography . Everything looks perfect and Foster is just so incredibly beautif... |
479,495 | 463,200 | 417,148 | 7 | Really mixed feelings on this one | Samuel L . Jackson is flying a witness to a brutal killing from Hawaii to Los Angeles to testify . The person guilty for it doesn't want him to live so he packs the plane full of deadly snakes to kill him . . . and hundreds of innocent passengers . The plot is stupid from the word ' go ' - - like HOW did he get all tho... |
477,483 | 463,200 | 1,072 | 7 | A little heavy-handed but I liked it | It's Christmas Eve and a man with a wife and two children can't find a job . His wife is heavily depressed as is he . He turns to drink and finally leaves his wife because he's a failure . . . . It gets better after that but it really pours on the pathos at first . It's not as depressing as it sounds and the second hal... |
477,874 | 463,200 | 74,851 | 7 | For Nicolas Roeg this is accessible | David Bowie plays an alien who comes to Earth to get water for his dying family . There he gets a kind lawyer Oliver Farnsworth ( Buck Henry ) to help him as well as scientist Nathan Bryce ( Rip Torn ) . He also falls for lovely Mary-Lou ( Candy Clark ) . He wants to get back to his planet . . . but will his friends re... |
477,486 | 463,200 | 60,182 | 7 | Very good | True life story . George and Joy Adamson ( Bill Travers and Virginia McKenna ) live in the wilderness in Kenya . In self defense , George kills a lion and his mate only to find they were protecting their three cubs . He and his wife decide to raise the cubs . They give two of them away to zoos , but can't part with Els... |
477,550 | 463,200 | 71,617 | 7 | Different | I found this movie under the Comedy section of Blockbusters ( God knows why . . . it should be in Horror ) about 10 years ago . It looked interesting so I rented it . It's certainly different . It's about a bunch of elderly people turning into killers to prevent their building from being torn down . The acting is prett... |
477,740 | 463,200 | 82,495 | 7 | Pretty good - - for what it is | Sequel to " Halloween " picks up right where the original ended . Michael Myers is still on the loose and after Laurie Strode ( Jamie Lee Curtis ) who's lying drugged up in the hospital . Meanwhile Dr . Loomis ( Donald Pleasence ) continues his hunt for him all over town but Myers ( somehow ) knows Laurie is in the hos... |
478,330 | 463,200 | 94,578 | 7 | Disturbing | I came across this totally by accident on late night TV back in 1988-1989 . It was on right after the " Friday the 13th " TV series . I watched and had two feelings . It WAS good but it was also one of the most repulsive things I've seen on TV . The violence and action were extreme - - nothing was held back . I know th... |
479,006 | 463,200 | 109,828 | 7 | A little too mild but pretty good | In 1955 a French student named Philippe ( Marco Hofschneider ) spends a year at a college in Virginia as an exchange student . There he meets a beautiful black woman ( Robin Givens ) and falls in love . . . but that was forbidden back then . But he can't stop his feelings for her . . . Laid-back adaptation of a true st... |
478,188 | 463,200 | 109,838 | 7 | Stupid , silly but fun | OK the movie is REALLY stupid and gruesome ( how did this get a PG-13 rating ? ) but I was very entertained and found myself giggling at every dumb joke ( and there are plenty of them ) . The acting is ( appropriately ) over the top and the movie moves VERY quickly . Great makeup and special effects too . So if you lik... |
478,838 | 463,200 | 48,696 | 7 | One of the best big bug films of the 50s | A scientist develops a liquid that makes animals grow to enormous sizes . Of course a tarantula escapes and keeps growing , and growing , and GROWING . . . The science in the film is , ummmm , " dubious " and the comic relief is pretty wretched ( but brief ) yet it's still one of the best " big bug " films of its era .... |
478,145 | 463,200 | 196,229 | 7 | Pretty funny | A very stupid male model , Zoolander ( Ben Stiller ) tries to find meaning in his life while fighting a rival male model ( Owen Wilson ) and unwittingly being used by an evil fashion designer ( Will Ferrell ) . The jokes are funny - - sometimes very funny . The movie really zips along and there are tons of in jokes and... |
478,213 | 463,200 | 174,856 | 7 | Well-done with great acting | The only problem with this film is it's length . . . it's 2 hours - - way too long . But the basic true story and the acting ( especially by Washington ) keep it interesting . Worth seeing - - just don't accept it as gospel truth , and be prepared for the length . |
479,126 | 463,200 | 404,032 | 7 | Won't make you forget " The Exorcist " but still very good | Based on a true story . Father Moore ( Tom Wilkinson ) is accused of letting Emily Rose ( Jennifer Carpenter ) die during an exorcism . Doctors said she was epileptic but she and Moore thought she was possessed . Lawyer Erin Bruner ( Laura Linney ) is hired to defend him . She doesn't really believe demons possessed Em... |
479,233 | 463,200 | 280,707 | 7 | Agatha Christie meets Robert Altman | It's 1932 England and murder occurs at a remote country estate with a huge amount of guests . Who did it ? The murder doesn't occur until over an hour into the film and , before that , it's pure Altman . Characters talking constantly , LOTS of overlapping dialogue . . . usually I love his films , but I had a hard time ... |
478,805 | 463,200 | 29,453 | 7 | Good , but no masterpiece | In 1937 France , thief Pepe Le Moko ( Jean Gabin ) is hiding out in the city's notorious Casbah district . One step out of it and he'll be sent to jail . He falls in love with a high class woman , Gaby ( Mireille Balin ) but he must leave the Casbah to be with her . . . and the police are closing in . This is a good mo... |
478,337 | 463,200 | 67,217 | 7 | A little overdone but good | PLOT SPOILERS ! ! ! ! Dr . Boch ( George C . Scott ) is the chief of medicine at a major NYC hospital . He's left his wife , his children have disowned him , he's impotent , drinks a lot and contemplates suicide . Also there's a killer roaming the hospital . Then he meets VERY strange Barbara ( Diana Rigg ) and falls i... |
478,952 | 463,200 | 67,229 | 7 | A laugh a minute ! | Film starts right off with a nude ( male and female ) devil worshiping sequence and rapidly gets worse ( or better depending on your view ) . A bunch of devil-worshiping hippies ( with a leader named Horace ! ) come into a small town . They beat up a local girl and her grandfather and give granddad a dose of LSD . Pete... |
477,677 | 463,200 | 204,946 | 7 | Fun , silly movie | OK , it has its boring spots and not all the comedy works , but this movie about cheerleading competition is usually very enjoyable . The acting in uniformly good ( especially Dunst ) and the movie doesn't take itself seriously once ( really , how could it ? ) . As for all those comments about how this isn't a work of ... |
479,079 | 463,200 | 55,516 | 7 | Surprisingly this is a Hammer film ! | In 1910 Hong Kong Christopher Lee plays Chung King , an evil leader of tongs who will kill anyone who stands in their way of their slave and opium trade . A sea captain ( Geoffrey Toone ) battles them when his daughter is murdered . Violence follows and then bodies begin piling up . Unusual Hammer film - - not really a... |
477,351 | 463,200 | 785,533 | 7 | Interesting . . . but killing animals is NOT fun | Shot in faded color . . . so faded it looks b & w . Only certain things are in color - - like wine . . . and blood . Story has Edgar Allen Poe ( Jeffrey Combs ! ) as an alcoholic . He can't think up a horror tale to write and he has no money . His wife ( Elyse Levesque ) is dying from consumption and their black cat is... |
477,370 | 463,200 | 82,498 | 7 | One of the better 80s slasher flicks | I saw this when it came out in 1981 and loved it . It still holds up 20 years later . Melissa Sue Anderson and her friends are stalked by a killer at Crawford Academy . Who and why ? In many ways this is a standard by the numbers slasher film , but it has fairly good acting ( with 2 exceptions ) , a very good script wi... |
478,637 | 463,200 | 117,705 | 7 | Silly but hard to dislike | Movie about Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes characters ( Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Roadrunner etc etc ) . An evil animated monster runs Moron Mountain - - a planet with an amusement park . They need a new ride so he sends five helpers to Earth to kidnap the Looney Tunes characters . Then they can be used as a new a... |
478,910 | 463,200 | 36,060 | 7 | Another WWII Superman cartoon | For reasons never explained Lois Lane is flying with some man over a jungle with top secret American war secrets . Unknown to them the Nazis have taken over the native tribe in the jungle ( for some reason the Nazis dress like the Ku Klux Klan ! ) . They shot down the plane - - the man dies but Lois lives - - she hides... |
479,330 | 463,200 | 114,095 | 7 | Good cast , good idea , badly done | I work in a library and expected to like this movie when it came out 5 years ago . Well I liked Parker Posey a lot ( she's a wonderful actress ) and Omar Townsend was really cute as her boyfriend ( he couldn't act but when you look like him who cares ? ) but the movie was bad . It wasn't funny or cute or much of anythi... |
479,310 | 463,200 | 369,735 | 7 | Not THAT bad | Charlotte ' Charlie ' is a young cute Latina that just can't find Mr . Right . Then she ( tiredly ) cute meets hunky Kevin Fields ( Michael Vartan ) a rich doctor who immediately falls in love with her . They agree to marry in record time . . . but Kevin's mother ( Jane Fonda ) is dead set against it and will do anythi... |
478,032 | 463,200 | 408,236 | 7 | It's OK | Film version of the play . Based on fact it tells the story of a man ( Johnny Depp ) who is jailed ( for no good reason ) for 15 years . It was done by slimy Judge Turpin ( Alan Rickman ) because he wanted his wife and child . 15 years later he returns , adopts the name Sweeney Todd and sets out for vengeance . He's he... |
479,339 | 463,200 | 117,260 | 7 | GREAT cast - - - so-so movie | John Bookman ( Fred Williamson ) returns to his home town which is now over run by gangs . His father is attacked and John wants to clean up the city . He enlists two old friends to help - - Laurie ( Pam Grier ) and Jake ( Jim Brown ) . But the gang leader is a borderline psycho and won't let go of the city . Bookman r... |
477,485 | 463,200 | 49,061 | 7 | Depressing but good | Jane Hurley ( Debbie Reynolds ) , a poor girl , is marrying Ralph ( Rod Taylor ) . They don't want a big , elaborate wedding but her mother Agnes Hurley ( Bette Davis ) is determined to give it to her - - even if it drives her husband Tom ( Ernest Borgnine ) to bankruptcy . Purportedly this was made for TV but I have m... |
478,149 | 463,200 | 78,869 | 7 | Disney's first PG film | This was Disney's big Christmas release in 1979 - - a big budget , the first PG rating and big stars . It was a huge bomb which is too bad - - it's pretty good . A spaceship's crew ( Anthony Perkins , Robert Forster , Joseph Bottoms , Yvette Mimieux ) find a mad doctor ( Maximilian Schell ) in outer space ready to ente... |
477,540 | 463,200 | 249,462 | 7 | A good little movie | A motherless boy being brought up by a cruel brother and uncaring father , finds an escape through dancing . It's all very predictable and the ending is lousy , but the acting is good , some of the dancing is astonishing and the movie is never dull . But somehow , it never really connected with me . I liked it , but it... |
479,643 | 463,200 | 374,102 | 7 | Good but not great | A husband and wife are accidentally left behind on a scuba diving trip . Unfortunately , they're in the middle of the ocean and a current is pulling them farther out . No one knows they're missing , night is coming , and then the sharks show up . . . . This film has won HUGE praise from film festival critics . . . but ... |
477,163 | 463,200 | 311,429 | 7 | Turn off your mind and you'll enjoy it | A bunch of fictional characters ( Mina Harker , Captain Nemo , Allan Quatermain , the Invisible Man , Dr . Jekyll and Mr . Hyde , Dorian Gray , Tom Sawyer ) are called together in 1899 to combat a madman who threatens to take over the world . The plot is silly and full of huge holes ( Mina Harker was NOT a vampire ; To... |
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