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585,666 | 783,721 | 295,552 | 6 | Rare birds . Well done movie . | Rare Birds tells of a hapless Newfoundland restaurant owner / cook ( Hurt ) whose remote seaside restaurant is suffering from insufficient patronage due to a lack of advertising . A quirky friend ( Jones ) hatches a plot suggesting Hurt report the sighting of a nearly extinct duck to encourage bird watchers to flock ... |
586,987 | 783,721 | 290,210 | 6 | Strange and forgettable . | Max is about a Jewish art dealer in post-WWI Germany who befriends a nervous , neurotic , and unlikable little wannabe artist named Adolph Hitler . From there it invents history and tells a story which is curious at best . Unfortunately , for a film which usurps unlimited license over history , " Max " just isn't suf... |
586,628 | 783,721 | 91,983 | 6 | A little something for everyone . | Something Wild tells what happens when a sedate professional family man from the burbs ( Daniels ) runs into an unabashed , unbridled babe who lives life fast and loose ( Griffith ) . The result is a fun little odyssey with some sex , romance , drama , comedy , action , etc . : A little something for everyone in this... |
586,997 | 783,721 | 35,423 | 6 | A pleasant little diversion for romantics | Kate and Leopold is a light hearted little romantic comedy about an English Duke ( Jackman ) from the late 19th century who travels through time and happens across the love of his life ( Ryan ) in the present day . Overall the film is a good production . However , the time travel thing makes it a bit unwieldy , squee... |
585,880 | 783,721 | 190,611 | 6 | Hogan's Hookers | Pantaleon y las Visitadoras tells of a gung-ho Peruvian Army Captain ( del Solar ) who is ordered to staff a small corps of happy hookers to improve morale at remote Amazon jungle military outposts . The extremely efficient , straight laced , married Captain , however , finds he has his hands full ( in more ways than... |
587,137 | 783,721 | 245,573 | 6 | Whatever | XX / XY is a relationship flick about an FFM trio of young adults who become close , drift apart , and then rediscover each other years later only to find their reunion raises issues about mate selection . The film is a naive drone of chick flick yammering which fleshes out the core characters superficially leaving t... |
586,927 | 783,721 | 201,901 | 6 | Slow starting , cute little sorta romantic comedy | Just One Night tells of a professor ( Hutton ) , in San Francisco for one night before his pending nuptials , who loses a shoe and , while in search of same , hooks up with a voluptuous disgruntled Italian wife ( Cucinotta ) and spends the night with her wandering around bumping into quirky characters , philosophizin... |
586,699 | 783,721 | 280,665 | 6 | Like so much wax fruit | Femme Fatale is more bloated , slick nonsense from De Palma who should probably stick to directing and stop writing lead balloons . A stylish flick , " FF " has little to offer beyond its good looks , not unlike a bowl of wax fruit . The story is a convoluted mess in which De Palma plays with the time domain , a chea... |
586,879 | 783,721 | 222,375 | 6 | A fun little journeyman flick with a twisty-turny plot . | Sleep Easy Hutch Rimes sticks Steven Weber at the center of a convoluted , busy plot as a small time womanizing insurance man who wants no more than to keep his business afloat and his bed at the Sleep Easy motel warm while the women in his life have other agendas involving intrigues and murder . What this light dram... |
586,247 | 783,721 | 94,716 | 6 | Suspense , irony , and drama about people at war | The Beast ( a tank ) tells the saga of a band of Afghan warriors in foot pursuit of a crippled Russian tank across Afghan desert . The film , a drama with some action and no large scale battles , manages to whet the interest , build suspense , deliver some wartime ironies , and provide slivers of insight into what wa... |
587,139 | 783,721 | 269,746 | 6 | For voyeurs only | What Time Is It Over There is a laconic study of three characters : A man hawking wrist watches on the streets of Taipei ; his widowed mourning mother obsessed with her late husband's spiritual return ; and a Taiwanese babe who goes to Paris after trying to buy his watch . The camera of this virtually scriptless flic... |
587,258 | 783,721 | 278,500 | 6 | Missing something | Oliver Parker's " The Importance of Being Earnest " seems only worthy to the extent that it embodies the epigrammatic genius of Wilde the playwright . To the extent that it embodies Parker's own ideas and translation to film , it is all downhill . The result is a reasonably enjoyable watch which is missing something - ... |
585,683 | 783,721 | 113,808 | 6 | What marriage and Miami have in common . | Miami Rhapsody is a conversational light-hearted chick flick with Parker at the vortex of a Miami's family's many relationships . The film focuses on the Parker character's musings , contemplations , reflections , and conclusions in an easy going , unpretentious , gentle , and lively way . A must see for Sarah Jessic... |
587,515 | 783,721 | 113,896 | 6 | Que bueno | My Family peers into the lives of three generations of an East L . A . Mexican-American family moving through time from generation to generation . Focusing mostly on the core family group which chooses to reside in the same house in the barrio and spending most of the time with the male family members , the film give... |
586,909 | 783,721 | 144,178 | 6 | A excellent film if you can buy into it and overcome the tedium . | Dreaming of Jospeh Lees , a good , earnest and artful shoot , tells of the coming of age of a rural English girl and her conflict over a tentative romance with a close friend while yearning for a less available kissin ' cousin for whom she's carried a torch since childhood . Over all a good film , this story lacks su... |
585,656 | 783,721 | 196,216 | 6 | Small Time Crooks with big time laughs for Woody fans . | STC is a fun romp through the up and down life of a small time bungling thief ( Allen ) and his ex-stripper wife ( Ullman ) . This unpredictable film features Allen's signature nonstop stuttering dialogue and situational humor mixed with some site gags . Most will regard this as a funny above average film . A must se... |
587,353 | 783,721 | 197,213 | 6 | Cute comedy fare | Adrenaline Drive , a misnomer , is about money and a shy guy and a not-so-shy girl who have it and a handful thugs and one real badass Yakuza dude who want it . A busy , fun , and creative little flick , " AD " works well in the beginning and slowly wears out as it plods sweetly but doggedly towards its conclusion . ... |
587,344 | 783,721 | 226,771 | 6 | The final farewell | Homicide : The Movie is a TV flick which continues the defunct TV series and , given its less than sterling reviews , probably concludes it as well . The film , which tells of the investigation of a shooting of a Baltimore mayoral candidate who also heads the homicide squad ( Kotto ) , pulls together most of the cast... |
586,829 | 783,721 | 187,393 | 6 | A corny epic but entertaining . | Those who can abandon their sense of logic and knowledge of history may become sufficiently absorbed in this wannabee epic about American revolutionary freedom fighters to endure its 160 minute run time . " The Patriot " is a formula flick where the good are very good and the bad are very bad and no one ever has to rel... |
585,909 | 783,721 | 144,168 | 6 | Finally , the truth behind Watergate ! | Dick retells the Nixon / Watergate saga with two ditzy 15 year old females ( Dunst & Williams ) leading the way as " Deep Throat " explaining many of the mysteries such as the missing 18 . 5 minutes of tape , etc . as they uncover the truth behind the scandal as the President's official dog walkers . Cute , fun , and... |
586,599 | 783,721 | 280,590 | 6 | See Ryder kiss Sandler ! | Mr . Deeds tells of a wacky , naive small town guy , Mr . Deeds ( Sandler ) , with little respect for fame or fortune who inherits $40 billion and has to deal with the responsibilities and media attention which accompanies his inheritance . Ryder plays a tv producer after the inheritance story who happens to fall in ... |
587,146 | 783,721 | 102,307 | 6 | Past its prime | Light Sleeper tells of a burned out on-call Manhattan , NY drug dealer ( Dafoe ) with an upscale clientele who works for a woman ( Sarandon ) who dreams of going legit with a cosmetics business . This film is earnest in its attempt to tell a plaintive story about a man stuck between a junkie's history and a job with ... |
586,280 | 783,721 | 265,459 | 6 | See what happens when you read too much Deepak ? | One Hour Photo sticks Williams in the center as a creepy loner who runs a one hour photo concession while living vicariously through the pictures of the families whose photos he's processing . An unsatisfying flick , " OHP " is an obvious synthesis with a contrived and surreal hospital clean milieu , a heavy-handed s... |
585,996 | 783,721 | 311,730 | 6 | Is it over yet ? | Roman Spring . . . is a theatrical teleplay which revolves around a recently widowed wealthy American actress in post-WWII Rome ( Mirren ) , a handsome Italian gigolo ( Martinez ) , and his pimp ( Bancroft ) . . . oh , yeah , and a bum ( homeless person ) . The film moves like molasses uphill as it delivers its meage... |
586,417 | 783,721 | 308,772 | 6 | A junkie flick by any other name . . . | . . . is still a junkie flick . Such is " Pure " in which Eden , a ten year old son of a heroin addict , occupies nearly every scene as the film explores the highs and lows of the mother / son drug tainted relationship . The opposite of " gritty " , this sugar coated Brit flick delivers a solid performance by Parker as... |
586,560 | 783,721 | 331,468 | 6 | Am I the only person on the planet who liked this flick ? | Cold Creek Manor tells of a family of four who move from NYC to a run down rural estate with a tell-tale history . With no spooks or paranormal nonsense , no screaming nightmares , no black cats screeching as they leap from the shadows , this film avoids horror and sticks to the suspense / thriller drama genre as it ... |
587,264 | 783,721 | 289,374 | 6 | Pure corn | The Outsider tells of a beautiful Quaker-type pacifist woman ( Watts ) who's sheep-ranching homsteading husband is murdered by a cattleman's henchmen and is then visited by a wounded gunslinger ( Daly ) who just happens to quote scripture , play the harmonica , and is , of course , reeking of testosterone . In this e... |
587,403 | 783,721 | 239,986 | 6 | Relationship soup | Sidewalks of New York is an emotionless quasidocudrama study of man / woman relationship set in Manhattan with the focus on three relationship ; one coming together , one falling apart , and one which is neither . Obviously tailored for the young adult audiences , the common undercurrent is sex though the film is rat... |
587,419 | 783,721 | 157,208 | 6 | For Huppert fans and French film buffs only | School of Flesh tells of the ebb and flow of a sex / love relationship between a well-to-do middle aged woman and a handsome young bisexual male hustler . In typical French fashion the pair of star-crossed protags are locked in constant maneuvering in order to better define the limits of their relationship and their ... |
586,397 | 783,721 | 117,665 | 6 | Overkill | Sleepers is about four boys who grow up in Hell's Kitchen , get sent to reform school , are abused by the guards , and seek revenge as adults . The film offers a good cast with all the trimmings but falls apart in story . It has plenty of 1970-80's pop songs for those who can get nostalgic over them . It has a tease ... |
586,559 | 783,721 | 90,180 | 6 | Dead and buried in Hollywood | To Live and Die in L . A . tells of a T-Man who will stop at nothing to settle a score with a counterfeiter ( Dafoe ) who murdered his partner . A moody and very Hollywoodish action / drama , this film does little to distinguish itself , save one very good car chase , and plays out like just another cop vs bad guy mo... |
586,024 | 783,721 | 300,214 | 6 | Incipient boredom | Morvern Callar is somewhere between a slice of life film and a character study . Though anything which could possibly spoil this very limited film appears in the plot outline and critical reviews , just to be safe . . . SPOILER ALERT ! ! This marginal film goes something like this : Callar ( Morton ) finds her writer... |
586,818 | 783,721 | 113,720 | 6 | I thought it would never end | All Things Fair has much good to offer . However , it flunks on story with a full hour dedicated to painfully slow character / plot development which focuses more on tedious trivialities than character depth . About an hour into this unnecessarily long filler-filled film the plot breaks loose when the protag , an ear... |
586,876 | 783,721 | 261,289 | 6 | Serve me some too , please . | Serving Sara tells of two process servers in a race to see who can serve opposing sides in a divorce first with the result that the female side of the legal matter ( Hurley ) spends considerable time with her server ( Broderick ) thereby setting the stage for this romantic comedy romp with a clever premise but a less... |
586,109 | 783,721 | 324,133 | 6 | The hole in the Ozon layer | In spite of Rampling and a very good performance by Sagnier , excellent execution , and all the perks of Canal + , " Swimming Pool " plays out like second rate Hitchcock . The ingredients include Rampling putzing around for about 20 % of the flick , miscellaneous conversation for 20 % , some low level drama for about 2... |
587,401 | 783,721 | 236,034 | 6 | A very British romantic comedy with the emphasis on comedy . | Born Romantic uses the revolving door approach to studying the relationships of a half dozen quirky characters and their romantic relationships which are in various states of disarray . Full of wry British humor , lots of salsa dancing , and with a cab driver playing a sort of " Dan Cupid " type , " Born Romantic " i... |
585,834 | 783,721 | 239,949 | 6 | Jeez , am I the only one who liked this flick or what ? | If you want the plot for " Say It Isn't So " look elsewhere on this site . I couldn't pass up the opportunity to raise my hand in praise of this whacked-out romantic comedy that had me laughing ' til tears streamed down my face . " SIIS " leaps from one absurdity to another for the whole run time with no lulls and lots... |
587,296 | 783,721 | 166,175 | 6 | A pleasant comedy / drama with a minor genre conflict . | Twenty-five years ago , George , a Pakistani immigrant to England , married an English woman who bore him seven children . " East to East " picks up George's story as he's beset with a clash of cultures and befuddled trying to maintain his native old world traditions amidst his flock of " new age " kids . This humorous... |
586,340 | 783,721 | 311,648 | 6 | Thanksgiving grunge | Pieces of April servers up fragments of a story taking about 20 minutes to reveal its plot or lack thereof . It slowly pulls itself together and about an hour into it we become aware of the genre ( dramedy ) , the tweaked stereotypes , the contrivances , lack of depth , and its most of all , the poor development of t... |
587,361 | 783,721 | 196,229 | 6 | Here's my " Magnum " . : - ) | Zoolander slampoons those people we all love to hate . . . fashion models . Especially , the male fashion model . Ben Stiller in the company of his parents and a whole bunch of miscellaneous celebs in bit parts , plays an empty-headed and narcissistic top male fashion model , Derek Zoolander , who is topped by an eve... |
586,587 | 783,721 | 102,220 | 6 | Kiss this ! | Sean Young gets a double Razzie nod for sleepwalking through her dual role in this journeyman thriller which sticks Matt Dillon out front as an upwardly mobile man who prefers to murder his way to the top of the corporate ladder . Full of contrivances and asking many questions while providing few answers , this mediocr... |
585,697 | 783,721 | 166,252 | 6 | A middle of the road middle-aged romantic comedy . | The Love Letter tells of a middle-aged book worm ( Capshaw ) who discovers a draft of a love letter bearing the simple salutation " Dearest " and assumes she's the intended recipient . The letter , left lying about , is rediscovered by others who make a similar assumption allowing the infectious prose to spawn romanc... |
585,794 | 783,721 | 280,720 | 6 | Inept fun | In " The Guru " , an East Indian ( Mistry ) comes to America with the hope of making it big in Hollywood , stumbles into a porn studio , and then into a fortuitous position as a high priced guru . On the upside , " The Guru " is crammed with pop hit singles , has a pair of babes ( Tomei & Graham ) , and is so good natu... |
587,126 | 783,721 | 183,718 | 6 | A journeyman , typical made-for-tv product . | The life of Rocky Marciano takes a beating in this made-for-tv flick which is fraught with melodrama , over acting , a mediocre screenplay , distortions of fact , and obvious attempts to wring emotion from the audience . The film features an excellent performance by Favereau in the title role with fine supporting talen... |
587,162 | 783,721 | 117,739 | 6 | Earnest , sincere reality film out of the UK | Stella Does Tricks tells of a Scottish teen female's struggle to escape a life of prostitution . Sans the glitzy appointments of the usual tinsel town fare and exploitive sex and nudity usually accompanying the subject matter , this austere film focuses on the real problems of the principle ; addictiveness of easy mo... |
587,558 | 783,721 | 117,718 | 6 | So what's wrong with sentimental , Roger ? ? | The Spitfire Grill tells of the influence of one young woman ( Elliott ) on the people of a small town in Maine . A multifaceted , soapy , and unabashed chick-flick , this critically panned audience pleaser is sentimental almost to a fault . From its sepia tinged warmth to its Norman Rockwell stereotypes to it's plai... |
586,868 | 783,721 | 280,760 | 6 | Coulda , shoula been better | Igby Goes Down is a condescending , pedantic , darkly comedic misanthro-pic about a rich kid ( Culkin ) who has too little love and too much attitude . . . etc . In spite of its critical plaudits ; excellent acting ( no stretching ) ; and slick , dialed-in synthesis , this film really sucked . Personally I was bored ... |
585,963 | 783,721 | 265,343 | 6 | A wonderfully festive kaleidoscope | Monsoon Wedding splatters the screen with ebullience as a very westernized East Indian couple and throngs of family members in New Delhi convene for that universally most happy of occasions . A fun and festive flick with all manner of family issues expressed in and among the wedding preparations , this plotless film ... |
585,671 | 783,721 | 94,476 | 6 | Generic biopic | Hemmingway is a typical biopic with a very generic feel . Keach carries this flick on his back and his worthy costars work hard as well . However , the film never seems to dig into the psyche of the enigmatic , robust , large-living author but presents him as a two dimensional character who is all too pat . Scripted ... |
587,220 | 783,721 | 204,946 | 6 | A peppy pepper-upper . | Bring It On is another Dunst bop flick which shows her as the new captain of a HS cheerleading team which is fraught with problems . Lively and unpretentious teen fluff , " Bring . . . " has all the nonsense , silliness , and stereotypes required to please it's market . What more could any producer or audience want ? |
586,331 | 783,721 | 257,493 | 6 | All Alda | Club Land tells of a bitter , small time , aging New York nightclub talent booking agent ( circa 50's ) , played by Alda , who has family issues with his son / protege ( Weber ) . Claustrophobic , noir'ish , and plaintive , this solid , well scripted and acted story relies heavily on an excellent performance by Alda ... |
586,538 | 783,721 | 218,864 | 6 | Got milk ? | Buying the Cow is a somewhat stiff , run-of-the-mill , mating game romantic comedy ( emphasis on comedy ) full of vanilla actors in plastic roles , somewhat herky-jerky , band-aided with a couple of side plots , which does deliver some funny moments and finally connects with a little romance in the end . The film's c... |
586,426 | 783,721 | 269,499 | 6 | Near miss | My Wife is an Actress is all about a man who becomes jealous of his wife's handsome costar when she's required to do boudoir scenes . A so-so romantic comedy with precious little romance , this flick fails to focus on the central question which asks : How do you know if your wife is cheating de facto , in heart or mi... |
587,492 | 783,721 | 179,182 | 6 | An under-hyped , under-rated love it or hate it B-flick sleeper | Forever Mine is a somewhat flawed telling of an interesting and unpredictable love triangle story which is built around a solid core cast of under-rated actors ( Fiennes , Mol , and Liotta ) . The film , which takes place over 17 years during which a Florida cabana boy struggles with an evil politician for possession... |
587,410 | 783,721 | 117,284 | 6 | A fun little flick about wannabee crooks gone right . | Palookaville tells of three schmucks who are determined to be crooks but somehow just can't seem to mastermind even a simple burglary . Surprisingly well scripted , acted , and directed , given the plot , this film develops and maintains the integrity of it's inept principals while walking a tightrope between comedy ... |
586,065 | 783,721 | 232,083 | 6 | Would you like some roofies with your chocolate ? | Let's get real people . " Nightcap " just ain't that great . After reading some of the critical comments on this film , I decided there was as much projecting going on by reviewers as by the people who cast the film's imagery on the silver screen . Chabrol or no Chabrol , " Nightcap " is awkward , mechanical , scripted... |
585,872 | 783,721 | 125,022 | 6 | So-so fun fluff stuff | The Heartbreakers tells of the misanthropic misadventures of a mom / daughter team ( Weaver / Hewitt ) of con artists who prey of the male libido and ego . The mom / daughter team offer eye candy and little else while the comic relief comes from " marks " Liotta and Hackman . A so-so romantic comedy with the emphasis... |
586,667 | 783,721 | 106,447 | 6 | Where's the plot ? | Bodies . . . , a well crafted flick with a good cast and good acting , is a non-story which looks at a couple of days in the lives of four ordinary young adults ( 2 males , 2 females ) struggling with some rather pedestrian issues while depending on one question to hold viewer interest . . . Where's the plot ? The wh... |
587,380 | 783,721 | 209,013 | 6 | An old story and a superb performance by Holly Hunter | Big management grinds poor workers with boot heel followed by rebellion and unionization . There's nothing new in Showtime's telling of this old story about hollow dwelling coal miners in Harlan County , KY . Nonetheless , Hunter bails out this well made but potentially monotonous film with her powerful performance as ... |
587,131 | 783,721 | 117,261 | 6 | No shtick , Sherlock . | Original Sin is an almost 3 hour British t . v . miniseries " old school " mystery which centers on a murder at a waterfront publishing firm , numerous clues , and equally numerous suspects with the inscrutable Commander Dalgliesh ( Marsden ) and his trusty sidekicks hot on the trail . A rather convoluted mess of a s... |
585,854 | 783,721 | 102,095 | 6 | A fun little action comedy worth a look . | If Looks Could Kill tells of a high school French class's trip to France and one student ( Grieco ) who gets caught up in an international spy drama through mistaken identity . A fun little action comedy with not a single dull moment , this flick lampoons 007 films as its tale of comic intrigue unfolds . A silly no-b... |
587,217 | 783,721 | 293,437 | 6 | Why mess with perfection ? | The Music Man tells of a worldly traveling salesman and scam artist who unwittingly infuses the people of a small Iowa town with hope and dreams while he suffers from the low self esteem which supports his chicanery . A suspicious and cynical librarian justifiably distrust him until she sees the goodness in his work ... |
586,512 | 783,721 | 109,731 | 6 | Not Chabrol's best work | L'Enfer peers into the lives of a married-with-kid couple who run a resort hotel . She is beautiful and vivacious and he is jealous . As the film wears on , it appears we're supposed to believe the husband's jealousy slowly morphs into insanity though we're increasingly confronted with what seem to be his visions of ... |
587,298 | 783,721 | 280,949 | 6 | Long on style , short on story . | Miranda , misbilled as a romance / thriller ( no thrills in this flick ) , is really a dark romantic comedy about an enigmatic woman , Miranda ( Ricci ) , who beguiles a male librarian ( Simm ) with her haunting beauty and mysterious ways . Long on style and short on story , this film spends most of its time with the... |
586,899 | 783,721 | 257,044 | 6 | Disappointing . | Road to Perdition is a gangster flick ( circa 1930 ) about a Tommy gun goon ( Hanks ) who is also a loving , caring family man . He has a score to settle and , with his young son in tow , goes off to take on a top local mobster ( Newman ) . Lopsided in favor of showcasing auteursmanship over audience appreciation , t... |
585,944 | 783,721 | 106,469 | 6 | A tinseltown take on Chicano gang / prison life | Bound by Honor circles interminably around a trio of East L . A . Chicano gang members through decades of life . Overwrought , over acted , uninspired , and fraught with foibles and plotholes , the film spends too much time wallowing in the numbing excesses of prison gang life and politics unable to escape the varnis... |
587,188 | 783,721 | 289,635 | 6 | Adam who ? | Young Adam is all about Joe ( McGregor ) , an ordinary working stiff employed as a deck hand on a Scottish coal barge , who knows more about the dead body he and his mate fish from the waters than he lets on . That's about as interesting as this well crafted exercise in tedium gets as we watch the laconic and stoic J... |
587,035 | 783,721 | 265,666 | 6 | Good stuff with narrow appeal . | The Royal Tenenbaums tells of a disenfranchised aging patriarch's ( Hackman ) attempt to reclaim his dysfunctional family of peculiar , self-absorbed , laconic , and idiosyncratic people . A meandering brut farce , the film sports an excellent cast and good technicals and art . However , it's peculiar nature is just ... |
586,021 | 783,721 | 311,429 | 6 | Whaddawaste | The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen pulls together a motley bunch of extraordinary people from fictional literature ( Tom Sawyer to Jekyll-Hyde to Captain Nemo to Etc . ) and sends them on a super hero mission to save the world from global war . This comic book film builds a story , creates a hero / nemesis combo ,... |
586,305 | 783,721 | 304,678 | 6 | All about a director directing a film and little more . | Sex is Comedy is an open ended light drama about a film director , Parillaud ( Nikita ) , working on a film toward the sex scene between her young male and female leads . There's no story in this film which simply shows how a director might work with her cast and crew while trying to squeeze , cajole , or otherwise e... |
585,674 | 783,721 | 339,357 | 6 | Boooooooring | Marie & Julien is a well crafted but painfully monotonous subtitled French flick which will put your patience and ADD to the test . Know that I gave up on this 2 . 5 hour flick at the 90 minute mark out of sheer boredom . The most interesting character to that point was Julien's cat which entertained itself while Jul... |
587,224 | 783,721 | 192,071 | 6 | A good fun-flick for the 13-16 female crowd . | Get Over It is a silly little teen romantic comedy with a little bit of everything for the pubescent female . The flick includes some slapstick , situational humor , funny characters , and , of course , the requisite puppy love affair . At issue is not will Dunst hook up with the newly estranged and reluctantly footl... |
586,232 | 783,721 | 117,364 | 6 | Pompous drivel | A novel has a distinct advantage over a film . The novel can describe a character while the reader's imagination provides the substance of that description as individual as the reader him / herself . In film , however , the director ( casting ) must provide the description and substance and we , the audience , are robb... |
586,745 | 783,721 | 274,309 | 6 | Critical mess | 24 Hour Party People is another film which reaches critical mess with a vast chasm between the salivating film critics and a dumbfounded public . A very smart docudrama about a very boring subject with an even more boring , trite , and conceited story , " 24 Hour . . . . " follows Coogan through the genesis of a Manc... |
585,869 | 783,721 | 280,870 | 6 | If Snipes sniped at a sniper , could the sniper snipe a Snipes ? | Not in " Liberty Stands Still " ; a taught drama in which Liberty ( Fiorentino ) is a powerful , well connected corporate type who is held hostage in public by a sniper ( Snipes ) secreted in a building and armed with a sniper rifle , a remote controlled bomb , a cell phone , and oodles of hi-tech gadgetry . The film i... |
585,801 | 783,721 | 187,696 | 6 | A cut above the average horror flick . | Anatomy tells of an attractive young female medical student who attends the University of Heidelberg where she discovers an ancient secret society of doctors who practice human vivisection . The film is an artful shoot with great anatomical props and a story which is a little more intelligent than typical American ho... |
587,364 | 783,721 | 192,111 | 6 | What'd you expect , " Citizen Kane " . . . duh . | Head Over Heels , a slight cut above the usual teen romantic comedy in creativity while rather ordinary in execution , is a fun little romp with Prinze and Potter trying to get together amidst constant clashes of interest including a gaggle of super model roomies on Potters ' side and a gurgle of nefarious dudes on P... |
585,733 | 783,721 | 261,534 | 6 | Life's a bitch and then you . . . | . . . get your braces off . " My Horrible Year " tells of a young woman's indomitable spirit and courageous struggle against being 15 . . . and having braces . . . and the chicken pox . . . . and twin baby brothers . . . and parents who may be getting divorced . . . and sundry other appalling , disgusting , and terribl... |
586,058 | 783,721 | 209,109 | 6 | Like so much Chinese food . | Londinium is a journeyman comedy set in London which is all about the core cast , two couples , all friends ( Binder , Firth , Jacob , & Hemingway ) and their struggle to find happiness in their relationships . Like so much Chinese food , the film is unsatisfying and inclined to leave the audience yearning for more s... |
587,297 | 783,721 | 183,523 | 6 | A solid flick in a difficult genre . | Mission . . . offers the audience a good cast , good special effects , good sets , some excellent production talent , and an interesting story . It builds from a hokey backyard barbecue opening to an outer space technodrama and waxes in the denouement to a ponderous fantasy . Overall the flick is solid entertainment ... |
587,311 | 783,721 | 269,347 | 6 | A whole lot of running around | The Hunted tells a story of an expert survivalist and military special ops killer ( Del Toro ) who become a loose killing cannon and has to be taken out by his mentor / teacher ( Jones ) . The result is one long hunt-chase flick with Jones in pursuit of Del Toro through the woods , in the river , all around the town ... |
585,910 | 783,721 | 170,260 | 6 | If less is more , this is a very big little movie . | Morgan's Ferry is simple movie about simple people in a simple place and a simpler time . At the center of the story is a spartan middle-aged spinster and her austere , deep South , backwater existence . When she crosses paths with an escaped convict on the run , the awakening within her is thing of grace and beauty ... |
587,562 | 783,721 | 94,317 | 6 | Ah yes ! Feel the boredom , the monotony , the tedium ! | Many films , most rather bland by cinematic standards , have been made about the antics of idle rich Brits living abroad estranged from their homeland during the days of WWII . Though most such films have dealt with Italy's Tuscany area ( specifically Lake Como ) , " White Mischief " is another such flick which slogs t... |
587,368 | 783,721 | 362,129 | 6 | Old news | Seeing Other People is all about DINKs Alice ( Nicholson ) and Ed ( Mohr ) who have lived together for years and decide to try other sex partners before tying the knot . This obviously contrived premise yields an abundance of the same old relationship problems we've all seen before a zillion times giving the film the... |
586,537 | 783,721 | 289,668 | 6 | The absence of synergism | Between Strangers tells of three women with something in common . They are all laconic , slothlike zombies moving from scene to scene as though they bear the weight of the world on their shoulders . Though this film offers a good cast and execution , it is little more than a trio of short subjects with an unfortunate... |
585,776 | 783,721 | 113,947 | 6 | Flat | Nelly and Monsieur Arnaud is all about a beautiful Parisian working woman ( Emmanuelle Béart ) and the men in her life . Suffering from marital ennui Nelly estranges herself from her husband and takes a job typing memoirs for an older Monsieur Arnaud as he dictates to her in his drawing room . During the course of th... |
587,532 | 783,721 | 269,329 | 6 | How do you say " yadayadayada " in French ? | Alias Betty , a mediocre French flick which tells of a woman whose son dies and is replaced with a kidnapped kid by her mother and the ramifications of same and examinations of the goings-on in the lives of the people connected to the principals , this flick is a choppy and bland bit of nervous monotony and little mo... |
586,768 | 783,721 | 101,969 | 6 | A good ( yawn ) movie . ZZZzzzzz . | Grand Canyon , which doesn't have anything to do with the Grand Canyon , peers into the lives of a handful of Los Angelinos like a kind of polished soap opera potpourri . This easy going , well crafted flick with excellent acting talent is guaranteed not to rattle your cage as it juxtaposes the have's and the have-no... |
587,289 | 783,721 | 183,503 | 6 | Optimistic , austere , and mildly entertaining | Me Myself I is a minimalistic , lighthearted film about the schizophrenic introspections of the centeral character . Save a charming and sometimes whimsical look at some ordinary lives , a good performance by Griffiths , and excellent musical punctuations , this enjoyable film offers nothing new and risks being label... |
586,001 | 783,721 | 343,135 | 6 | Can a hippo change its spots ? | Stiller is an insurance company risk analyst who lives a conventional and highly organized creature-of-habit life style . Anniston is the antithesis , digs Salsa dancing and exotic food , has a butt tat , and lives in a NYC grunge flat . The film begs the questions , can these two opposite people fall in like , lust , ... |
586,218 | 783,721 | 335,438 | 6 | The usual suspects | Starsky & Hutch is a lukewarm comedy knock-off of the 70's hit buddy cop TV series of the same name . Those who remember the original Soul / Glaser duo will likely enjoy this flick more than those who don't as the film relies heavily on nostalgic blast from the past music , disco dancing , period slang , 70's clothin... |
586,917 | 783,721 | 117,477 | 6 | Only half witty . | Ridicule is a not-to-be-taken-seriously French period piece ( circa 1780's ) which tells of a young hydraulics engineer who seeks royal funds to drain foul marshes to protect peasants from disease . His problem is to work his way into the King's court where the witty repartee of aristocrats rules the day . The film i... |
585,631 | 783,721 | 196,603 | 6 | A heart warming musing on a century of black experience in America | Having Our Say brings new meaning to " coming of age " as it tells the story of two black American sisters , both 100 + years old . Carroll and Dee make a delightful centerpiece for this film which , through a series of flashbacks , recounts their growing up and growing old in a racially divided America . A highly sa... |
586,763 | 783,721 | 366,551 | 6 | Gen-Y crass comedy | Harold and Kumar Go to Whitecastle tells of two ethnic buddies and wannabe yuppie potheads who take a road trip to the not-so-local Whitecastle burger joint becoming involved in all manner of nonsense along the way . The story isn't particularly important as the film is more a conglomeration of misadventures which be... |
586,380 | 783,721 | 109,665 | 6 | Okay drama for sofa spuds | In " Dream Lover " , a prosperous architect ( Spader ) marries a too-good-to-be-true woman ( Amick ) and gets more than he bargained for and possibly more than he can handle . Done as a darkish comedy or light drama , this psycho-suspense flick features an interesting premise , okay performances by the principals , som... |
586,051 | 783,721 | 226,430 | 6 | A mildly compelling B-flick with limited appeal | Shadow Hours is a well shot , well acted , impatient B-flick which gets moving quickly and keeps up the momentum throughout . Although the film is a journeyman production at best , it creates a curious mystique by asking more questions than it answers and keeps the audience guessing to the end and beyond . Weller's c... |
586,702 | 783,721 | 94,226 | 6 | Old school Hollywood melodrama | The Untouchables tells the tale of G-man Elliott Ness ' campaign to unseat Chicago mob boss Al Capone ( circa 1930's ) . Given the Hollywood clout behind this flick ( De Palma , Mamet , etc . ) , the film is surprisingly lackluster and fraught with overacting , staginess , some hokey scripting , and fictionalizations... |
586,993 | 783,721 | 117,442 | 6 | Good drama , mediocre history . | HBO's " Rasputin " is an Emmy winning retelling of an old story around which swirls as much legend as fact . The film stretches the emotional and dramatic moments while condensing the history as it goes for the viscera with Rickman painting a sensationalized portrait of the enigmatic and shadowy title character . A stu... |
587,067 | 783,721 | 101,898 | 6 | Love me tender | Flirting is a lukewarm sequel and another chapter in the life of writer / director Duigan's character Danny Embling ( Taylor ) who falls in love with a beautiful African girl ( Newton ) , both residents of his and hers Aussie boarding schools . A coming of age flick , this restrained and pleasant love story treads so... |
586,907 | 783,721 | 129,414 | 6 | Full metal bra | A Soldier's Sweetheart has Sutherland as a hunkered down Army medic in Vietnam telling an incredible tale to a disbelieving comrade . The tale , which is the bulk of the film , is about his experiences with another soldier ( Ulrich ) at a sort of mini-MASH outpost who manages to have his civilian sweetheart ( real li... |
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