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430,733 | 1,173,088 | 96,061 | 7 | One of the funniest Christmas films of all time . An annual treat ! | Christmas movies are fun . I like Christmas movies because they're generally nice , lightweight , enjoyable pieces of fluff with important moralistic messages ( " It's a Wonderful Life , " " Scrooge " ) or sometimes they're just fun to watch ( " Gremlins , " " Home Alone " ) . " Scrooged " isn't lightweight , cheery , ... |
430,572 | 1,173,088 | 142,342 | 7 | The Tramp | The more Adam Sandler movies I watch , the more I dislike the guy . Admittedly , he never bugged me up until projects such as " The Waterboy , " which seem to have scarred his earlier vehicles - - including " Big Daddy , " a movie about a slacker who adopts a kid in order to prove his responsibility to his girlfriend .... |
429,541 | 1,173,088 | 155,711 | 7 | Much better than I expected - but the performances are what make it worthwhile | Walter Koontz ( Robert De Niro ) is a retired conservative cop living in a Hell's Kitchen slum across from a noisy drag queen named Rusty ( Philip Seymour Hoffman ) . When he suffers a stroke while trying to rescue a prostitute from being murdered in an apartment above his , Walt is recommended to begin taking singing ... |
429,676 | 1,173,088 | 83,000 | 7 | Very likable Hitchcockian thriller from the director of " Psycho II " . . . | It's amazing how many pleasant treats you'll find on TV Friday nights at one o'clock in the morning . Take " Roadgames " ( or " Road Games " ) for example : The Hitchcockian story of a trucker delivering meat across Australia who becomes entangled in a possible mystery involving an unapprehensible serial killer who may... |
429,821 | 1,173,088 | 98,273 | 7 | An entertaining movie with a sloppy and insulting conclusion | This was Al Pacino's first box office success of the 1980s . In 1983 , " Scarface " came out and didn't do much business - the critics took a beating on it and Pacino's career suffered quite a deal throughout the decade - " Cruising , " " Revolution , " and " Author ! Author ! " didn't help much , either . " Sea of Lov... |
429,271 | 1,173,088 | 60,420 | 7 | Good family film . . . | Fun family film about a new boyscout leader ( Fred MacMurray ) who moves into a small hillbilly town circa 1930 and leads the band of kids from the city onwards into the great outdoors . Good , clean family entertainment from 1966 that boasts a young Kurt Russell as the brat who doesn't want to join at first and shoos ... |
431,046 | 1,173,088 | 92,086 | 7 | A bit underrated , but still not completely memorable . . . | ¡Three Amigos ! " ¡Three Amigos ! " is a decent comedy ruined by some hit-and-misses and boring areas of the film . It's underrated a bit , but not by much . Steve Martin , Martin Short and Chevy Chase star as film stars in the depression-era ; their show is about three Amigos that fight bad guys down in Mexico . Event... |
430,592 | 1,173,088 | 319,262 | 7 | Crappy plot , hokey dialogue ; great special effects ( which is really all I expected ) . . . | The Day After Tomorrow has been promoted as a potentially true story . Filmmaker Roland Emmerich has tried to attract huge box office returns by claiming that scientists have predicted something similar to the events depicted in this film really could happen . I very much doubt it . The film's theory is rather thin ,... |
430,340 | 1,173,088 | 206,636 | 7 | Funnier than I expected | I'm not a fan of Chris Rock in general - I never really thought he was that special ; on " Saturday Night Live " he annoyed me and his films so far have been pretty pathetic . His racist remarks around last year's Oscar ceremony really p ! ssed me off , too - more so than anything else he had done or said in the past .... |
430,034 | 1,173,088 | 113,540 | 7 | Better than I thought it would be | I approached this expecting an explicit , controversial film for controversy's sake - - something disturbing and , let's face it , fabricated . I was surprised to find that yes , its aim is to make parents lock their children in their bedrooms for the next fifty years but also to truthfully examine modern-day childhood... |
430,189 | 1,173,088 | 268,978 | 7 | A disappointment | A BEAUTIFUL MIND ( 2001 ) ( stars ) Starring RUSSELL CROWE JENNIFER CONNELLY And ED HARRIS With CHRISTOPHER PLUMMERDirected by RON HOWARD Written by AKIVA GOLDSMAN RATING : PG-13 - for sexual content , and a scene of violenceThe much talked about film A BEAUTIFUL MIND from director RON HOWARD is over rated . In no way ... |
429,324 | 1,173,088 | 441,787 | 7 | Wonderfully bizarre . | This short feature was made by creature special effects artist Chris Cunningham as a personal project . Cunningham had previously worked with Aphex Twin and so they contributed to this project - resulting in a mix between narrative and music video , similar to Michael Jackson's " Thriller . " The video begins with a cl... |
430,382 | 1,173,088 | 115,798 | 7 | Maybe you have to be a movie buff to " get it " ? | To some people , movies are more than a passion . They are a way of life . For me , movies are not only one of my favorite hobbies , but I feel that all films express a certain reflection of the individual watching them . They say that you can tell a lot from a person by the way they act , talk , walk . I believe you c... |
430,554 | 1,173,088 | 369,339 | 7 | Good and entertaining but heavily flawed - Mann's direction is the highlight | I'm just Collateral . Max ( Jamie Foxx ) has had a long run as a taxi cab driver in the less savory areas of Los Angeles for longer than he ever wanted or imagined . Almost oblivious to the amount of time he has dedicated to his job , Max has reached a state of denial ? every passenger who enters his cab seems to rec... |
429,888 | 1,173,088 | 338,751 | 7 | Not a flawless epic , and not Martin Scorsese's best movie , but a very good one . | Howard Hughes was the notorious playboy of the 1930s and ' 40s who wooed every Hollywood starlet in sight and was responsible for delivering aircraft to the United States government at the cost of $56 million . He ran well over-budget and never delivered any planes , although his monstrosity " The Hercules " - - at the... |
429,990 | 1,173,088 | 120,184 | 7 | the book by Michael Crichton is so much better , but the movie's a fun ride too ! | The book sphere , by Michael Crichton , is excellent . The movie on the other hand , falls short . The film of course , doesn't follow the book exactly , like all book-to-movies , however , it does follow pretty closely , considering . Dustin Hoffman fits into PERFECT character . He plays his character just like the bo... |
430,555 | 1,173,088 | 62,765 | 7 | Fun if outdated | Bullitt is , of course , most famous for its revolutionary car chase and it still packs a punch . Unfortunately , the film itself is somewhat less of a thrill - it's quite outdated and although Steve McQueen's performance is legendary and perhaps even iconic , many of the actors are not very impressive and the plot i... |
429,262 | 1,173,088 | 265,086 | 7 | Fantastically filmed war movie ( inspired by true events , which makes it even more unbelievable ) | Black Hawk Down ( 2001 ) is truly a great war movie . Filmed extroirdinarally with gritty action scenes , this movie is ( one of ) the best war movies I've seen since Saving Private Ryan . The movie is based ( noticed BASED , which the director admitted they filled in A LOT of gaps they had no info on ) on true events ... |
430,709 | 1,173,088 | 100,405 | 7 | An entertaining modern-update of a classic fairy tale | Pretty Woman was the film that made Julia Roberts a star and a major player in Hollywood ( for a while she held the record for being the highest-paid actress in Hollywood ) . " Pretty Woman " is one of her better films . She plays a prostitute who's " employed " by a rich playboy ( Richard Gere ) to pose as her girlf... |
430,453 | 1,173,088 | 364,961 | 7 | A compelling film carried by its lead actor | The Assassination of Richard Nixon tells the alleged " mad story of a true man " who attempted to hijack an airplane and crash it into the White House to kill the United States president . From reading the plot description - especially post - - it sounds like the main character here would be a detestable one , but it... |
430,059 | 1,173,088 | 142,688 | 7 | Better than I expected , even if the ending leaves a bit to be desired | Dean Corso ( Johnny Depp ) is a mercenary book-hunter , employed by a mysterious wealthy man named Balkun ( Frank Langella ) to trace the sources of a controversial , rare manuscript which contains clues leading towards the " Ninth Gate " - the place at which the Devil is resurrected , or something to such an extent . ... |
429,838 | 1,173,088 | 402,850 | 7 | Fargo meets " A Simple Plan . " | There is a picture of my movie on a milk carton . Have you seen this movie ? It's missing ? I don't know what happened to it ? it's a funny movie . . . a strange movie . But it's literally one of those productions where you go . . . phht , gone . Not even straight to DVD , just gone . - Robin WilliamsSome movies just... |
430,368 | 1,173,088 | 375,679 | 7 | A Rusty Sledgehammer . | Alas , here is a film mired by its excesses ; one that comes so curiously close to moments of cinematic brilliance that all but embody the captivating possibilities of film-making , before disappointingly devolving backwards into a predictable , hammy and unbelievable preaching session . Predictable because it follows ... |
429,683 | 1,173,088 | 303,350 | 7 | Commendable effort | This was nominated in the Best Foreign Picture category of the Oscars for 2001 . I don't think it's great , but it is quite good . A nasty white slave owner forces an African boy into putting a young puppy in a bag . He then kicks the bag , and forces the African boy to open the bag , so that the dog will never trust t... |
430,204 | 1,173,088 | 183,649 | 7 | Operator ! Operator ! | You're walking down a busy street . You pass a phone booth . The phone starts to ring . Do you pick it up ? It must be part of the human psyche , but it seems that there is just something that makes us want to pick up that phone . We do . The same thing happens to New York City publicist Stuart Shephard , when he think... |
431,127 | 1,173,088 | 115,641 | 7 | Low expectations , but I was pleasantly surprised | I didn't expect much from " Beavis and Butt-Head Do America , " not least of all because what little I had seen of the television show totally failed to capture my interest and the title of the movie was a not-so-subtle sexual reference . ( There is also a special from 1995 named " Beavis and Butt-Head Do Christmas . "... |
429,634 | 1,173,088 | 94,678 | 7 | He's Back ! | Arthur 2 : On the Rocks is the story of how Arthur ( Dudley Moore ) , the drunken title character , loses his $750 , 000 , 000 fortune and sobers up so he can adopt a baby . It starts out very good and right on target , but towards the last 45 minutes the film loses not only all credibility , but also all sense of co... |
429,914 | 1,173,088 | 387,412 | 7 | An insightful documentary | Metallica : Some Kind of Monster is a mega documentary covering the band's lengthy recording process for their next album , " St . Anger . " Metallica , as if you didn't know by now , is the " . . . world's most popular heavy metal band . " They've got a worldwide cult followings and sell the most rock T-shirts along... |
430,341 | 1,173,088 | 84,597 | 7 | Unfortunately , not as good as I had hoped | I saw this a few weeks back on Comcast's " On Demand . " On Demand usually offers independent films , old films or recent films that flopped . " Richard Pryor Live on the Sunset Strip " is somewhere in between - it is older ( released in 1982 ) but probably also flopped . It's not a very good indication of Richard Pryo... |
429,248 | 1,173,088 | 164,184 | 7 | Read the Book . . . | The Sum of All Fears , based on the # 1 New York Times bestselling novel by Tom Clancy , features Ben Affleck as Jack Ryan , a historian who somehow or another , by writing a paper on the new Russian leader , is spotted by the CIA Deputy Director ( Morgan Freeman ) . " The Sum of All Fears " is even more powerful in ... |
430,355 | 1,173,088 | 139,809 | 7 | Intriguing sci-fi drama that suffers in the last stretch . . . | Another " Are we who we think we are ? " 1999 sci-fi drama about computer matrixes that are host to our very humanity . Scientist Scott Bierko visits a computer simulation of the 1930s in order to unlock the secret of his mentor's murder . This leads to some rather startling revelations . Bierko is sorely miscast , but... |
430,909 | 1,173,088 | 163,651 | 7 | It's pretty tasty . . . | Characters can make or break a movie , and this goes especially for " American Pie , " a rude , crude , and downright raunchy film that would probably be considered one of the worst of the decade if not for the film's obvious love of its characters and their shortcomings and exploits . Some of the best of all comedies ... |
429,893 | 1,173,088 | 111,686 | 7 | The best " Nightmare " movie - funny , scary , clever and fresh | Wes Craven was most popular for creating the self-referential subgenre of horror movies with " Scream " in 1996 , but it was actually two years prior - with " New Nightmare " - that he first played around with the concept . This semi-sequel to the popular " Nightmare on Elm Street " series ( begun in 1984 ) takes place... |
429,533 | 1,173,088 | 53,291 | 7 | Not the funniest film ever made , but essential viewing | The first time I saw " Some Like it Hot " as a teenager I didn't really like it very much . It was one of my father's favorite films but after he watched it again with me even he claimed he found it to be quite disappointing , and that he had " remembered it being funnier . " I know the whole genre-swapping thing was r... |
430,138 | 1,173,088 | 102,266 | 7 | Some of the best one-liners ever in an enjoyable action yarn | The Last Boy Scout is loud , vulgar , trashy ? and great entertainment . Bruce Willis plays Joe Hallenbeck , a disgruntled former Secret Service agent struggling with personal demons , a dysfunctional home life and an unsuccessful attempt at living as a private detective . When his newest client , Cory ( Halle Berry ) ... |
430,322 | 1,173,088 | 125,439 | 7 | What a nice surprise ! | Like ' As Good As It Gets ' and ' Sleepless in Seattle ' if a romantic comedy is done right , it can be very entertaining to both sexes . Too many so-called ' romantic comedies ' come out nowadays that are just ridiculous-all they are are stupid , dumb , unrealistic teen movies . But alas , when a romantic film is done... |
429,654 | 1,173,088 | 119,361 | 7 | The Big Kahuna | This is a powerful movie with a bold statement . Like many films if its type - A Clockwork Orange , Natural Born Killers , etc . - it has been misunderstood by some as a glorification of this type of behavior . Although it is not violent like films such as Killers or Clockwork , it is a terribly misogynist film about t... |
430,704 | 1,173,088 | 324,197 | 7 | Don't let the title mislead you , it's not a horror film . | This was director Michael Haneke and star Isabelle Huppert's reunion , and it's a good film , but one that takes too long and isn't as good as it thinks it is . I gave it a " 7 " star rating based solely on the fact that I thought it was well-acted , well-directed and captured a good gritty realism . Shame about the re... |
429,214 | 1,173,088 | 324,216 | 7 | Better than the original ; loads of fun if you shut off your brain . . . or not . | Call me incredibly surprised : " The Texas Chainsaw Massacre " is a splendid delight - - the type of horror film that fans of the genre have been waiting years to see . It far surpasses Tobe Hooper's low-budget original . Nope , this critic has never been a big fan of Hooper's " classic " low budget indie film from 197... |
429,438 | 1,173,088 | 90,570 | 7 | An interesting " true story " that is respectfully told and generally well-made | This film is the supposed " true story " about an American book collector and her transatlantic communication ( via letter ) with an English book store owner . Seeking a rare book , Helen ( the late Anne Bancroft ) contacts a store in England and is delighted to find the book she is looking for . The owner ( Anthony Ho... |
430,184 | 1,173,088 | 104,257 | 7 | Pretty good | Tom Cruise gives us one of his best performances , and isn't yet so full of himself , like he was in the recent film MINORITY REPORT . Demi Moore , ex-wife of Bruce Willis gives her definite best performance , though I feel they could've gotten someone better to play the character . Kevin Bacon delivers a force on scre... |
431,138 | 1,173,088 | 282,856 | 7 | Everyone loves some good porn ! ( Oh , wait , this isn't porn . ) | After John Holmes died of AIDS in the eighties , the Famous Male Porn Star slot was left open . Holmes had successfully managed to help make porn something more than just a thing for " excited " guys . His Johnny Wadd character has become semi-famous like any regular movie character - he was even referenced to in " Mys... |
429,237 | 1,173,088 | 129,387 | 7 | There's Something About Nothing . . . | I don't understand all the hype about this film . Okay , so it's irreverant . That doesn't always mean funny . The film starts out in the mid-eighties , when geeky high-schooler Ted Stroehmann ( played by Ben Stiller ) finds the girl of his dreams - - Mary ( Cameron Diaz ) . After being nice to Mary's mentally deformed... |
430,339 | 1,173,088 | 257,076 | 7 | It's not a great movie , but given the other awful TV show remakes abounding the film market , you could certainly do worse than S . W . A . T . | People are often complaining about Hollywood these days , saying how commercialized and greedy it's become over the years , and how the quality of films such as " Citizen Kane " and " Casablanca " are long forgotten . It's true . The most pertinent proof that Hollywood is running out of original ideas is the fact that ... |
430,005 | 1,173,088 | 414,881 | 7 | An insightful documentary | This documentary - filmed exclusively for the 2004 DVD release of " Bubba Ho-tep " ( which , incidentally , is still available to purchase a year after its initial release despite having been a " limited edition " ) is an insightful look into the making of the cult hit . The documentary's best parts are when it exposes... |
429,180 | 1,173,088 | 265,666 | 7 | Wacky , whimsical and a bit alienating . | The Royal Tenenbaums is a well-made movie with a very strong cast , but I personally found it a bit alienating . I prefer Wes Anderson's " Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou " - - they're both equally pretentious , however " Life Aquatic " was funnier to me and also more appealing because its themes were better developed... |
430,334 | 1,173,088 | 298,203 | 7 | Not great but interesting | 8 Mile is basically a biopic of singer Eminem . That he plays the lead character in the film just gives more reason to believe this . Kim Basinger , who plays his mother , allegedly based her own role on Eminem's accounts of his real mother . It's about a young white rapper from Detroit who wants to make it big but h... |
430,939 | 1,173,088 | 107,614 | 7 | Very funny at times | IMDb user Blake French writes , in regards to " Mrs . Doubtfire " : " ' Mrs . Doubtfire ' is one of the most invigorating , vivid character studies to be produced on the big screen this decade . Most of the characters are strongly executed with decisive dialogue . They are also beautifully written with tainted personal... |
430,039 | 1,173,088 | 298,228 | 7 | Why was this rated PG-13 ? | I don't understand the MPAA . They've actually classified the crude , innuendo-packed " Austin Powers " in the same category as " Whale Rider . " It's a sign of the times , really . I just don't get it . " Whale Rider " has a positive message for young girls ( and boys ) . The " brief language " the MPAA is so concerne... |
429,233 | 1,173,088 | 117,438 | 7 | A Classic Thriller That Works . . . | Mel Gibson stars as Tom Mullen , a successful businessman with a wife , Kate , played by Rene Russo . One day , tragedy strikes when Tom's son Sean ( Brawley Nolte ) is kidnapped by Detective Jimmy Shaker , and is held for ransom . Tom , being the businessman he is , can sense a blush , and in a last effort turns the t... |
430,777 | 1,173,088 | 362,129 | 7 | Smart and thought-provoking | Seeing Other People is a daring romantic comedy about a couple named Ed and Alice ( Jay Mohr and Julianne Nicholson ) who are engaged and plan to be wed soon . They live together but are both having doubts about their relationship . Alice realizes she's had so few sexual relationships in the past , she might just be ... |
429,247 | 1,173,088 | 110,475 | 7 | S-s-s-s-mokin ' ! | Jim Carrey plays Stanley Ipkiss , a " zero " as the film tagline says , who never speaks his mind about anything . The typical mild-mannered guy . After Stanley finds an enchanted mask under a bridge one day , though , everything changes . He goes from " zero to hero " . But first , he plays around with his new found m... |
429,481 | 1,173,088 | 335,345 | 7 | Well made . | Mel Gibson's third directorial project is a stunning example of powerful film-making . Gibson has literally gambled everything on " The Passion , " and it has certainly paid off . As a film , graded against other epics , " The Passion " stands strong . If you can leave your religion ( or lack thereof ) at the door , an... |
430,835 | 1,173,088 | 97,027 | 7 | It's no " Platoon , " but it works . . . | You either hate Brian DePalma , or you love him . He's either a rip-off of Hitchcock or the next master of suspense . His films are either awful or bad . It's selective . People either love or hate " Scarface . " They either love or hate " Raising Cain . " " Mission : Impossible " is either one of the smartest films yo... |
430,580 | 1,173,088 | 119,008 | 7 | Not as good as I had hoped but still a fine film | I had heard a lot about " Donnie Brasco " and thought it would be really great . First of all it stars two of the best actors of all time - Pacino and the underrated , truly wonderful character actor Johnny Depp who has struggled throughout his entire career turning down big-budget roles in order to separate himself fr... |
429,596 | 1,173,088 | 99,615 | 7 | Ferris Bueller meets The Godfather ! | A nice self-referential comedy about a first-year film student in New York City who gets involved with an " importer " ( Marlon Brando ) who turns out to be a Mafia kingpin . This is probably the only opportunity you will ever get to see Marlon Brando ( whose ego is as large as his stomach ) poke fun at his own image ,... |
430,031 | 1,173,088 | 92,699 | 7 | Clever , witty and funny | James L . Brook is one of those directors who always seems to take a quirky look at life . He isn't only the producer for " The Simpsons , " he has some classic comedies under his belt - - " Broadcast News " is one of them . Although it doesn't match his later effort " As Good As It Gets , " " Broadcast News " is still... |
429,641 | 1,173,088 | 203,009 | 7 | Visually dazzling | Moulin Rouge ! created so much hype in 2001 I'm still surprised I never got around to seeing it . Although Nicole Kidman was already famous , this was one of her first major successes after her split from hubbie Tom Cruise - the fact that it became such a global phenomenon only sparked more tabloid crap - " Kidman Bi... |
430,277 | 1,173,088 | 372,588 | 7 | The first five or ten minutes had me falling out of my seat in laughter . | The first five or ten minutes of " Team America : World Police " had me falling out of my seat in laughter . Tears were streaming down my face and I couldn't stop . It opens with an attack on terrorists in France , a clear parody of the overzealous American politics of the time ; ending with Paris being destroyed and t... |
430,400 | 1,173,088 | 325,805 | 7 | Sustained my interest throughout | Roy ( Nicolas Cage ) has some problems . He suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder , panic attacks , and gets totally hysterical when people leave doors open , don't take off their shoes , get mud on his carpet , etc . He takes pills for the many problems , but he accidentally knocked them down the garbage disposal... |
431,148 | 1,173,088 | 800,080 | 7 | A fun summer blockbuster | In 2003 , Ang Lee's Hulk was released to commercial success ? breaking box office records for a June opening and smashing its way to the top of the box office , it outperformed many analysts ' expectations and was well on its way to becoming one of the biggest comic book films ever produced . Then , of course , the neg... |
429,143 | 1,173,088 | 310,357 | 7 | Devilsihly dark remake is a fresh breath of air . . . | Crispin Glover gives a splendidly dark and evil performance in " Willard , " a performance that creeps you out more than any idea of killer rats ever will . The movie feels like a Tim Burton Lite , and a few times throughout the film I came close to imagining how Tim Burton would have directed the film . He probably wo... |
429,546 | 1,173,088 | 357,173 | 7 | Fascinating look at early Lynch | For Lynch fans in particular , I'm sure this would be an amazing treat . Essentially a collection of Lynch's early student films , it also features newly-recorded ( 2002 ) introductions from Lynch himself as he explains his feelings for each piece of his work . He also provides some trivia tidbits and anecdotes . These... |
429,468 | 1,173,088 | 172,493 | 7 | Good drama that tries a bit too hard in places | This is a fine film . Entertaining , well-acted , but not flawless . It tries a bit too hard to be an Oscar contender when in all actuality it's not high-caliber material . Its average on IMDb is closer to the score I'd give it than some of the critics who seemed to praise it when it came out . And although Angelina Jo... |
430,722 | 1,173,088 | 79,817 | 7 | One of the best sequels ever made . I'm not joking . | I have to hand it to Sylvester Stallone ? he did the impossible with ' Rocky II ' and made a successful follow-up to ' Rocky , ' winner of the 1976 Best Picture Academy Award . Some argue that ' Taxi Driver ' ( also nominated ) deserved the Oscar more . I'm not so sure . ' Rocky ' came along at just the right time ? it... |
429,751 | 1,173,088 | 13,823 | 7 | Walt Disney is born | This was supposedly the short film that made Walt Disney famous . It was screened on Disney Channel's " Late Night Vault " program and began with an introduction . Apparently Alice , played by Virginia Davis ( who would play Alice in many other shorts later on ) , was the basis for other Disney cartoons . She was the y... |
429,297 | 1,173,088 | 343,818 | 7 | Clever and fun but little more than a blockbuster | Chicago , circa 2035 : there are four humans to every robot , and Det . Spooner ( Will Smith ) has a strong dislike for them . Due to the " Three Laws " of Robotics , no robot can directly or indirectly harm a human being - but due to a past incident involving a robot , Spooner finds it hard to consider them totally ha... |
430,972 | 1,173,088 | 118,887 | 7 | The ending is one of the best things about this above-average thriller . | Cop Land focuses on a small town in New " Jouzee " named Garrison . It is overlooked by corrupt cops that rule with an iron hand , and are in turn ruled by the mafia in New York . But beefy cop Sylvester Stallone is tired of looking the other way when something happens . " I look at this town , and I don't like what ... |
430,251 | 1,173,088 | 118,884 | 7 | A hard comment . . . | I'm not exactly sure what to say . Contact was good but weird . In different parts I'd start getting caught in the plot but then it would slow down again . What was really odd was the end . I've seen things like this done before where they want it to really symbolize something instead of boring the audience and present... |
429,716 | 1,173,088 | 99,423 | 7 | Were You Expecting the Original ? | Die Hard 2 : Die HarderContinuing the events in the life of John McClane , ' Die Hard 2 : Die Harder ' features a band of terrorists taking over Dulles Airport . And yippee-kai-yay , look who's here . John McClane ! And guess who is the only man who can stop the terrorists ? John McClane ! And guess whose wife is on a ... |
429,986 | 1,173,088 | 103,786 | 7 | Roll Over , Beethoven ! | Beethoven isn't a great family film , but it is surprisingly sweet and amusing . It's one of those films that is strangely attracting , though you can't really understand why . I think a lot has been built up on this film just because there were some sequel spin-offs that were more than horrible . ( The 3rd and 4th s... |
430,228 | 1,173,088 | 86,190 | 7 | Very good but inferior to the others | The third parts of trilogies tend to be inferior to their predecessors . This applies to " Alien , " " Back to the Future , " " The Matrix , " " Austin Powers , " " Lethal Weapon , " " Mad Max " and other film series . Then there are the few that come along - - such as " The Good , the Bad and the Ugly " - - that are a... |
430,894 | 1,173,088 | 421,239 | 7 | Entertaining if unlikely thriller | Red Eye is about a young woman named Lisa ( played by Rachel McAdams ) who boards a flight and finds herself seated next to a charming man named Jack Rippner ( Cillian Murphy ) . I knew little about the movie from its original trailer , which passed itself off as a supernatural horror film ( with the glowing red eyes... |
430,971 | 1,173,088 | 145,660 | 7 | Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me is light-hearted entertainment which supplied me with a ton of laughs ! | Austin is back and more raunchy than ever in " Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me . " " Austin Powers : The Spy Who Shagged Me " is light-hearted entertainment which supplied me with a ton of laughs , no matter how crude they were . Mike Myers returns to his role of Austin Powers in this sequel , as well as playing... |
429,740 | 1,173,088 | 385,690 | 7 | Fans of the show will enjoy it , but I think it could have been raunchier . | I'm not a huge fan of " Family Guy " ( which airs on the Fox network ) primarily because I never get a chance to watch it . The few episodes I have seen amused and entertained me , and I could understand the cult appeal - it's got everything cult shows need to succeed . When I heard a movie was coming out - and an unra... |
430,973 | 1,173,088 | 346,468 | 7 | Chicago Makes Good - But the Best Thing About This is Martin ! | Steve Martin's insults made this presentation ! In light of the recent war in Iraq , many celebrities dressed down and even did not show up . But Steve Martin made us all forget when he started randomly insulting actors and actresses in the audience . Some of his lines made the actors in the audience literally gasp in ... |
429,219 | 1,173,088 | 70,735 | 7 | Newman and Redford re-team ; the result is extraordinary ; best con-man movie of all time . . . | I recently wrote a script and partial novel of a con man's adventures , and this extraordinary and extremely clever masterpiece was certainly one of my primary influences . I was first introduced to " The Sting " at a young age and I've loved it ever since . Gotta love Redford and Newman ! Oh , and then there's the plo... |
429,326 | 1,173,088 | 101,625 | 7 | I liked it | I saw this ages ago when I was younger and could never remember the title , until one day I was scrolling through John Candy's film credits on IMDb and noticed an entry named " Once Upon a Crime . . . " . Something rang a bell and I clicked on it , and after reading the plot summary it brought back a lot of memories . ... |
429,573 | 1,173,088 | 189,584 | 7 | Very different , original , and excellently made . | THE BIG KAHUINA lives up to its name . First off , unlike many comedies where a bunch of people are thrown together just to bounce jokes off each other , the Big Kahuna shows us the 3 characters feelings , inner emotions , and past . THEN AND THEN ONLY can we fully appreciate the jokes that are spoken . We feel like we... |
430,911 | 1,173,088 | 114,594 | 7 | For anyone who's ever had a vindictive boss - or a job at all , for that matter | Swimming with Sharks was made right around the time Kevin Spacey was becoming a rising star - his name was becoming well known enough that he could help finance low budget movies . Along with " The Usual Suspects " he helped " Swimming with Sharks " get off the ground , and now ten years later ( it was given wide rel... |
430,082 | 1,173,088 | 91,042 | 7 | The Conclusion . | John Hughes has always had a problem with ending his films . It seems he enjoys expanding his slapstick to its fullest extent , but suddenly - right when we're getting comfortable - he realizes he has to end the picture and resolve the conflicts of his characters , so he diverts the course and natural progression his m... |
430,446 | 1,173,088 | 353,252 | 7 | Interesting | Interesting documentary about all the different Bond girls over the years , and why they will forever be immortalized . I don't know if this was aired in the States , but I saw it over in the UK and it was interesting as far as these things tend to go . |
430,348 | 1,173,088 | 119,278 | 7 | A surprising little low-budget film | I saw this listed in my TV guide and didn't think much of it - but then I looked it up on IMDb to discover that John Cusack and Julianne Moore , amongst others , had cameos in it - so I watched it . I was surprised because the IMDb rating is deceptive - it's actually pretty good . A bit flawed , yes , and the lead acto... |
431,120 | 1,173,088 | 348,333 | 7 | Not great , but entertaining | I found " Waiting " to be better than most comedies of its kind , and although it is very much a wannabe " Clerks " it still comes across as being quite entertaining . Unfortunately parts of the film go on too long and the juvenile moments - such as the kitchen antics involving the flashing of male genitalia - become s... |
429,917 | 1,173,088 | 66,856 | 7 | Don't be fooled by the misleading front cover and you'll find it a rewarding experience | I'm a huge fan of Robert De Niro . I've made an effort to hunt down all of his older films ( like Greetings and the awful " Sam's Song " a . k . a . " The Swap " ) and have done pretty well so far - I saw " Born to Win " at a grocery store for six bucks on DVD and since I'd seen it listed on IMDb as one of his early fi... |
431,141 | 1,173,088 | 830,515 | 7 | A solid enough action film , but a definite step down from " Casino Royale " | NOTE : This review was originally written in January , after I saw the film in theaters , but I held off on posting it until now because I wanted to watch it again on DVD first . Unfortunately , my opinion on the film didn't change much the second time ' round ( somehow I was expecting it to ) . - - For how long can yo... |
431,123 | 1,173,088 | 376,994 | 7 | Far better than I expected , although it lacks the emotional depth of its immediate predecessor | When I read that Brett Ratner was replacing Bryan Singer as director for " X-Men : The Last Stand " my hope for the project instantly diminished . After reading Ratner's plans to have a " fantasy mutant " of his own creation in the film whose purpose would be to satisfy the sexual appetites of men , I was really worrie... |
430,800 | 1,173,088 | 114,924 | 7 | Originality is what makes this film good . | Despite some great acting talents , the other thing that made this film enjoyable was the sheer originality of it . There are a lot of romantic comedies with stupid plots . While this-like all romance film is very predictable-the plot of the film is quite funny , and the acting helps a whole lot ! stars . JOHN ULMER |
430,004 | 1,173,088 | 86,066 | 7 | One of Coppola's last effective films | In 1982 and 1983 Francis Ford Coppola adapted two films from novels by author S . E . Hinton , both dealing with the rites of passage regarding rough teenagers living on the streets . " The Outsiders " follows Johnny and Ponyboy ( Ralph Macchio and C . Thomas Howell ) as they run away from home and are attacked by anot... |
429,660 | 1,173,088 | 119,099 | 7 | I've never understood the hostility towards this film | In my opinion " Fallen " is one of the better supernatural thrillers to come out of Hollywood in the past few decades . It's smart , slick and well-acted - not exploitative or full of " shock " material ( gore-wise ) , but rather it operates on a more intellectual level . Denzel Washington and John Goodman are both sup... |
429,404 | 1,173,088 | 124,298 | 8 | Yes , it's been done before , but in recent times , not nearly as sweet or funny as " Blast From the Past " . . . | Blast From the Past - Some SpoilersSitting down to watch " Blast From the Past " one night , I didn't expect much . I hadn't read many reviews on the film , but it was my impression it had flopped at the box office and wasn't supposed to be very good . But I was extremely startled upon the first five minutes of watch... |
429,713 | 1,173,088 | 118,655 | 8 | ' Austin Powers ' has its hit and misses , but comes off with mostly hits . . . Perhaps the greatest thing about this film is that it is not directly geared towards Bond geeks . . . | Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery - Some Minor SpoilersSpy spoofs usually amount to zip . That's why the raunchy ' Austin Powers : International Man of Mystery ' was so popular upon its release . It accomplished its mission of successfully spoofing the James Bond phenomenon in almost every way . The two sequ... |
430,191 | 1,173,088 | 462,538 | 8 | It feels right . | What struck me most about " The Simpsons Movie " - which has been in development for almost an entire decade - is that it really does feel like a piece of the past . During the mid-to-late-'90s , a lot of famous cartoon shows were getting big screen adaptations - and the style and scope of these cinematic efforts were ... |
430,625 | 1,173,088 | 112,817 | 8 | The " Apocalypse Now " of the 1990s | The critics really took a beating on " Dead Man " when it came out . I remember not hearing much about the film until just recently , and I looked up some critics ' reviews and was surprised to see some exceedingly positive , and others unbelievably low , filled with venemous hatred for the film . After seeing the film... |
429,644 | 1,173,088 | 208,092 | 8 | Better than " Lock , Stock & Two Smoking Barrels " - more fun , more lively , and generally just better | I saw Guy Ritchie's " Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels " and thought it was an extremely disappointing piece of ' 90s cinema - I specify it was made in the 1990s because it's another one of those Quentin Tarantino rip-offs that borrow his directorial trademarks - the violence punctuated by irony and dark humor , the ... |
429,968 | 1,173,088 | 840,884 | 8 | A fitting closure to Season Two | Season finales - especially those for comedies - are often cursed with having to tie up loose ends in the narrative , resulting in a noticeable shift in humor . However , although not quite as outrageously funny as some of the earlier episodes in the season , " Dennis and Dee Get a New Dad " was a lot funnier than I ha... |
430,992 | 1,173,088 | 112,722 | 8 | One of the best serial killer movies | The serial killer genre is one that became popular after " Silence of the Lambs , " and since then the only ones that have really stuck out are " Se7en , " " Copycat " and " Saw . " " Copycat " is about a psychologist who lectures students on serial killers , and one day finds herself to be a victim at one of her speec... |
430,194 | 1,173,088 | 337,978 | 8 | Actually quite good as far as action blockbusters go - very different from the previous films but benefits from not taking itself too seriously | I was one of many not expecting much from the newest " Die Hard " film . I figured it would be an OK action flick - another forgettable summer fare - and when I read that the film had been rated PG-13 it completely solidified my early thoughts that the movie was going to be more for the teen market . " Live Free " is i... |
430,285 | 1,173,088 | 120,338 | 8 | The Most Loathed Film Of All-Time | I gave this film a bad review on IMDb in 2002 . I deleted my review today - mainly because I don't agree with it anymore . In fact , I'm not so sure I totally agreed with it when I wrote it . I felt an obligation to hate this movie because people who like it are typically made fun of . But I have to admit : I _ do _ li... |
430,123 | 1,173,088 | 41,890 | 8 | It's dear to my heart . . . | Enjoyable Disney romp about a young boy who dreams of aquiring his own lamb - - and even draws cartoon images of one - - and then finally gets one , only to find out that they're much harder to take care of than he had ever dreamed . Touching , sweet , sappy , corny , and more often than not quite likable , this Disney... |
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