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429,436 | 1,173,088 | 77,362 | 8 | One of the best Vietnam films | Sally ( Jane Fonda ) has a husband fighting in Vietnam and she feels optimistic about American involvement there . However she works at a hospital as a nurse and soon becomes caretaker of a bitter war veteran named Luke ( Jon Voight ) . At first , she is repelled by him - but over time grows to love him and admires his... |
430,933 | 1,173,088 | 118,798 | 8 | Very clever , very funny political satire . | Two great political satires came out around the same time as each other - " Bulworth " and " Wag the Dog . " Both received praise from critics but it was " Bulworth " that received more award nominations . . . personally I think they're both equally poignant but you can't win ' em all . Warren Beatty writes , directs a... |
429,874 | 1,173,088 | 365,800 | 8 | Funny and unique | A man is walking home down a quiet sidewalk in NYC . Suddenly he sees three men on the opposite side of the street - and remembers how , as a child , they had attacked him with dodgeballs . A stash of dodgeballs is conveniently sitting on the side of the street . He knocks over a carton of them and a battle ensues , in... |
429,417 | 1,173,088 | 133,751 | 8 | A fun tongue-in-cheek referential horror film from the writer of " Scream " . . . | THE FACULTYA Film Review by John Ulmer ( Copyright , 2004 ) " The Faculty " piggybacks a lot of great horror films , but also provides a great modern perspective of them all in this multi-remake . Its references range from " Invasion of the Body Snatchers " ( the film's primary inspiration ) , to " Pod People . " But t... |
430,338 | 1,173,088 | 216,216 | 8 | A lot better than it's given credit for . | Sci-fi-action-thrillers haven't been done very well since " Terminator 2 , " or , if you prefer more strict sci-fi films , " Total Recall " ( 1990 ) . Both starred Arnold Schwarzenegger . Now he's back in a film that is not only fun but conceals an important message . It's about cloning . It is the future . ( " The ver... |
430,016 | 1,173,088 | 54,167 | 8 | Way ahead of its time | This movie would have been greeted with praise if it had been made fifteen years later . 1960 was too early and , as a result , its director ( Michael Powell ) was pretty much blacklisted from ever making movies again . Powell , a Brit who influenced ( amongst others ) Martin Scorsese , was also responsible for the 194... |
429,471 | 1,173,088 | 316,356 | 8 | Kevin Costner sticks to his guns . | I have more respect for Costner after having seen this . I've never really liked him very much as an actor - sometimes I criticize him too heavily just for fun , but once in a while he'll surprise me and deliver a good performance . This is one of them . What's even better , though , is how Costner doesn't cater to the... |
429,678 | 1,173,088 | 96,895 | 8 | Still the only good " Batman " movie . One of the best superhero movies to date . . . | I'm not a very big comic book geek . I own three comic books I got for a buck and perhaps some odd number of others tucked away somewhere that I got at a bargain sale . They're not a hobby of mine . I've never been a diehard superhero buff , either . Years ago I used to watch Batman , Spider-Man and Superman cartoons o... |
430,638 | 1,173,088 | 138,704 | 9 | Brilliant and confusing | Pi is about a brilliant mathematician who finds himself tracked down by code-seeking Jews and a strange corporation , both of whom are seeking the same thing : a universe-unlocking sequence of numbers that explain the sequences in life , etc . This movie is weird . It's confusing and dark . It's also utterly brillian... |
430,423 | 1,173,088 | 106,856 | 9 | Don't We All Want To Fall Down Sometimes ? | Michael Douglas and Robert Duvall star in a film that portrays life as true , funny and aggravating as it really is . Douglas is wonderful in his role of an average Joe Schmoe gone haywire , and Robert Duvall is vivid and deep as the cop on the chase . Falling Down may have a few incredibilities ( though I remember goi... |
429,643 | 1,173,088 | 474,603 | 9 | Very crude and definitely for adults , but outrageously funny | This program had caught my interest weeks before its air date . Something about it appealed to me , although I didn't expect much . I thought it would be a cheap piece of exploitation - typical Comedy Central trash . To some extent , I was right . It's very vulgar , very crude , and very , very raunchy . But I was surp... |
429,294 | 1,173,088 | 83,658 | 9 | Great , but requires more than a single viewing | When I first saw " Blade Runner " I was severely disappointed as I felt it had wasted a great deal of potential . I didn't like the acting much , I didn't like the music and the whole neo-futuristic-film-noir thing wasn't very impressive as it's been aped in films for the past two decades and some of them have done it ... |
429,913 | 1,173,088 | 405,159 | 9 | Overrated ? Nope . It really is one of the year's best films . | A lot of people were disappointed by Clint Eastwood's " Mystic River " ( at least those I talked to ) and said it didn't live up to the critical hype . I was one of the few who wasn't disappointed and felt it was as good as its reputation would lead one to believe . When " Million Dollar Baby " came around , I knew it ... |
430,162 | 1,173,088 | 120,483 | 9 | You have to experience it . . . | Great spy-spoof of Hitchcock's classic 1930s film ( remade in the 50s ) in title only involving an American tourist ( Bill Murray ) getting put in a fake spy program by his frustrated brother ( Peter Gallagher ) , who only wants peace and quiet . The catch : He gets caught up in a real spy scandal , mistaken for a top ... |
429,768 | 1,173,088 | 91,369 | 9 | Very good fantasy film . Very much under rated ! | The problem LABYRINTH had was the timing in which it opened . People just weren't into fantasy as much back then . I guarantee if this film had been released this or last year , it would've been a big hit . Films like Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings did so well , that people would have been open to accept other fant... |
430,028 | 1,173,088 | 38,975 | 9 | A beautiful film | The Spiral Staircase starts off with an afflicted woman being murdered , and right from the onset I was surprised at how explicit it was for its time - by today's standards it's nothing you don't see every day on television , but 1946 was a very different time . It then moves onwards and we are introduced to a young ... |
429,565 | 1,173,088 | 175,880 | 9 | Brilliant ? Maybe . Pretentious ? Yes . Refreshing ? Definitely . A great film ? I think so . | Magnolia is pretentious . It's understandable why so many people seem to loathe it . It is a film that demands split praise - for every person who loves it , there is another who hates it . It helps to know P . T . Anderson . This is not his best film , it is merely his most popular . " Boogie Nights , " for example ... |
429,960 | 1,173,088 | 847,737 | 9 | Axl's voice at its best since the early ' 90s - FAR better than the ' 02 tour | I've become highly skeptical in recent months of Axl Rose and his " new " Guns N ' Roses . I was fully supportive of them up until last year , but I guess once my fanboy mindset settled and I went back to some of the older music I realized that there are always two sides to a story - and certainly this is the case with... |
429,535 | 1,173,088 | 248,752 | 9 | I don't care if he " stole " from Bill Hicks ; it's damned funny . | Only recently have I heard that Denis Leary allegedly " stole " from the late comedian Bill Hicks . What is ironic is that Hicks stayed out of the spotlight until his death , and now that Leary has become more popular Hicks is , in essence , becoming more famous AFTER his death due to the " Leary / Hicks " controversy ... |
430,342 | 1,173,088 | 248,751 | 9 | Denis Leary is hilarious | I've been a fan of Denis Leary's work ever since I saw Ted Demme's 1994 film " The Ref , " which is an EXTREMELY underrated black comedy about a bickering couple taken hostage by a harmless thief around Christmas . Leary was hilarious in the film and I made an effort to track down some of his other efforts . A lot of h... |
430,015 | 1,173,088 | 23,969 | 9 | Yes , it lives up to its reputation | Probably the Marx Brothers ' most famous comedy , " Duck Soup " is a hilarious and wacky slapstick comedy that even manages to take a stab at politics . Groucho plays Rufus Firefly , who is appointed the new president of Freedonia . He has a dubious stance on work ethic and attempts to cut work hours by reducing the le... |
429,929 | 1,173,088 | 212,346 | 9 | Funny But Not Great . . . | Miss Congeniality is a bit disappointing in a few ways . It's funny , but not as funny as it could have been . With the given material , it could have been Sandra Bullock's Next Big Hit , like the sleeper " While You Were Sleeping , " or the action film " Speed " ( not to be confused with drugs ) , but instead we get... |
429,967 | 1,173,088 | 684,953 | 9 | Incredibly raunchy , disgusting and disturbing - brilliant ! | Ren & Stimpy was really never a children's show at all - the creator of the series , John K . , had always leaned towards more adult animation . I have a feeling whoever signed the contract to put the show on a kids ' network later regretted the decision , and it's a large part of why the original series was canceled... |
429,700 | 1,173,088 | 212,338 | 9 | Very funny - but the real strength of the film is being able to relate to the characters | Our story begins when a male nurse named Greg Focker ( Stiller ) is about to propose to his girlfriend , Pam ( Teri Polo ) ; unfortunately , things come to worst and before Greg can say , " Will you marry me ? " he finds out that Pam's father , Jack ( Robert De Niro ) approved of Pam's sister's fiancé because he asked ... |
430,367 | 1,173,088 | 61,402 | 9 | Powerful and disturbing short feature - Scorsese's message is as sharp as the razor blade in the film | Martin Scorsese is one of America's finest directors , and my favorite director of all-time ( although on occasion I do replace him with Hitchcock and he drops down a notch ) , and I had been looking for " The Big Shave " quite a long time after initially reading about it in Empire Magazine UK . Their review was positi... |
430,169 | 1,173,088 | 332,379 | 9 | This " School " Rocks . . . | It was just a matter of time until a film like this came along . A slacker decides to transform a bunch of repressed children into well-educated young adults . Wait a minute , what am I saying ? Films like this have come along many times before - - " The Dead Poets Society , " " Mr . Holland's Opus , " " Hardball , " a... |
429,531 | 1,173,088 | 367,555 | 9 | Good insight into Dylan's life | Having been a casual listener of Bob Dylan , I found this documentary rather insightful and well-made . Narrated by Dylan , director Martin Scorsese basically interviews friends , colleagues and family of Dylan ( as well as Dylan himself ) and gets to the roots of his inspiration and upbringing . As I said above , I'm ... |
429,544 | 1,173,088 | 77,928 | 9 | A harrowing and powerful film | Loosely based on the true story of Billy Hayes ( collected from his book of the same title ) , Alan Parker's " Midnight Express " contains some of the most effective and rightly iconic scenes in all of film history - - the opening with the heartbeats devoid of any soundtrack ; the " Oh Billy ! " segment ; and of course... |
430,707 | 1,173,088 | 39,302 | 9 | Superb on all levels | This vintage film noir from 1947 stars Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall . Sadly , it's one of their more forgotten efforts , rarely played on television ( save specialty channels like AMC and TCM ) and not given much of a DVD treatment in the vein of Bogie's other movies . However " Dark Passage " is easily one of his... |
431,020 | 1,173,088 | 83,907 | 9 | A look at the series before it turned humorous - and it's the best ! | Stephen King named it the most ferociously original horror film of 1981 and it topped the video rental charts of that year ? but then censorship reared its ugly head and Sam Raimi's " Evil Dead " was brutally chopped and heavily criticized by the more conservative folk of the times . In the UK it lay at rest for many y... |
430,003 | 1,173,088 | 56,592 | 9 | A revolutionary film . | It is obvious from the opening credits that " To Kill a Mockingbird " is going to be a great film . Competing against David Lean's epic " Lawrence of Arabia " at the Oscars in 1962 , " To Kill a Mockingbird " would have been guaranteed Best Picture if Lean's film hadn't been in the race that year . Gregory Peck gives h... |
430,701 | 1,173,088 | 32,904 | 9 | One of the best romantic-comedies of all time | This is one of my very favorite romantic comedies . It's kind of the height of the genre , all others graded against it . Hepburn and Grant are great together , and James Stewart is great comedic relief . ( As if the other two weren't enough . ) Many people here have said it's a " sophisticated comedy , " and that's tr... |
429,310 | 1,173,088 | 77,975 | 9 | My advice to you is to start drinking heavily . | This raunchy comedy was a major success at the time of its release ( grossing well over $100 million in theaters alone ) and still maintains a strong cult following on home video . It is the gross-out boys-only flick that launched a new wave of rude-n'-crude teen comedies , as well as immortalizing John Belushi as one ... |
429,841 | 1,173,088 | 120,630 | 9 | A great movie for all ages | At first I had thought this would be another disney-like only kids movie . But I was very surprised , it entertained me ! The plot is a group of chickens are planning an escape from Tweedy's farm , where it is like a prison for chickens ( scenes taken from old movies , like the great escape , etc . ) but after many att... |
430,764 | 1,173,088 | 454,803 | 9 | Mitch Hedberg was hilarious ! R . I . P . | Mitch Hedberg unfortunately died recently of a drug overdose ( he had a weak heart ) , but his style of comedy was hilarious . Somewhere between Lenny Bruce and Steven Wright , Hedberg's jokes were apparently random stream-of-consciousness thoughts . " They say 7-Up is made with lemon and lime , but there is a lot more... |
431,156 | 1,173,088 | 54,997 | 9 | Steamy classic still holds up to this day ! | Robert Rossen's " The Hustler " is widely considered to be one of the greatest films of all time , and I would eagerly agree . Although it may seem dated on first inspection , it still contains rather subtle ( or not-so-subtle ) elements of sex , alcoholism , violence and drug abuse - - although it doesn't " show " all... |
429,843 | 1,173,088 | 284,592 | 9 | A stunningly realistic action game | Forget all the other games you've played , because this , is a real game . A game that puts you in a war to dominate above all other players . A game , to let you win trophys . A game , for winners . This Computer realistic action game reminds me of the game " aliens versus predator " , it's stunningly realistic , and ... |
430,994 | 1,173,088 | 424,230 | 9 | Hilarious ! | Conan O'Brien is the greatest late show host out there right now and he's much funnier than Leno and Letterman . This special 10th anniversary program takes a look at his career on air and reveals some very funny interviews , sketches and so on and so forth - - it's got some star cameos as well as new material that cel... |
430,200 | 1,173,088 | 98,635 | 9 | Sleepless in New York | When Harry Met Sally . . . is one of those rare , one in a million motion pictures that becomes a cultural icon . It's been needlessly ripped off , and endlessly spoofed since its release in 1989 . In fact , this year's " Dumb and Dumberer : When Harry Met Lloyd " is even a pun on it . At least the title , anyway . M... |
430,558 | 1,173,088 | 371,697 | 9 | An excellent collection | Welcome to the Videos is an excellent collection of Guns N ' Roses ' music videos - " Welcome to the Jungle , " " Sweet Child O ' Mine , " " Dead Horse , " " November Rain , " " Yesterdays , " " Don't Cry , " " Patience , " etc . If you're a fan of Gn'R then this is a must-buy and if you're just getting into their wo... |
430,687 | 1,173,088 | 102,511 | 9 | A visionary masterpiece from David Cronenberg . | I can't say I enjoyed " Naked Lunch , " but watching it was an experience unlike any other . It got inside my brain . At times , I felt absolutely appalled . Only those with very strong stomachs will be able to handle it , and it will change the way you view many things - typewriters , mainly . Yet , at the same time ,... |
429,286 | 1,173,088 | 100,802 | 9 | A Darn Good Futuristic Thriller . . . Much Better Than " Minority Report " . . . | Total RecallArnold Schwarzenegger stars in an adaption of Philip K . Dick's short story ' We'll Remember It For You Wholesale ' in the Hollywood makeover ' Total Recall . ' And a darn good makeover it is . Schwarzenegger plays Douglas Quaid , who is having a serious identity crisis . He lives in the future . In the fut... |
429,611 | 1,173,088 | 109,445 | 9 | A very funny insight into the so-called " over-the-counter culture " | A very funny insight into the so-called " over-the-counter culture , " Clerks director Kevin Smith would later find himself falling victim to the frequent one-hit wonder syndrome ? always standing in the shadow of this picture , never being able to surpass nor live up to it . The closest he would come would be with Dog... |
430,613 | 1,173,088 | 107,290 | 9 | Entertainment just doesn't come any bigger than this . ( SOME SPOILERS ENCLOSED ! ) | ' Jurassic Park ' - 1993 - PG-13 - ' Jurassic Park ' plays with a very interesting and compelling idea : what if dinosaurs could be genetically created ? Brought back to life ? Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Michael Crichton comes a film starring Sam Neil as Dr . Alan Grant , a world-renowned paleo... |
430,183 | 1,173,088 | 93,779 | 9 | The Shrek of the Eighties | THE PRINCESS BRIDE ( 1987 ) ( STARS ) ( slight plot spoilers ) DIRECTED by ROB REINER STARRING : CARY ELWES ROBIN WRIGHT CHRIS SARANDON CHRISTOPHER GUEST MANDY PATINKIN WALLACE SHAWN PETER FALK CAROL KANE FRED SAVAGE ANDRE THE GIANT and BILLY CRYSTALNotice any names above ? If not , I don't know where you're coming fro... |
430,214 | 1,173,088 | 10,323 | 9 | German expressionism reaches a peak | Cabinet of Dr . Caligari is arguably the most popular and renowned example of German expressionism ; it outweighs " Nosferatu " as the most prominent , well-known and influential film of its kind and its translation into the American audience has been greeted warmly , to say the least . I'm not so sure if , as a moti... |
429,736 | 1,173,088 | 53,221 | 9 | A classic with a few minor flaws . | Yep , all you " Pulp Fiction " junkies can rush out to the DVD stores - this is one of Quentin Tarantino's " top three " favorite films , along with " Taxi Driver " and " Blow Out . " Slightly irreverent top favorites , I'd say , except for " Driver . " This was basically loosely remade by John Carpenter in 1976 with A... |
430,440 | 1,173,088 | 184,894 | 9 | One of the most enjoyable lightweight entertainments in years ! | Pairing Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson together may seem the most unlikely thing to do since color televisions were first invented . But both of these actors are funny , in one way or another - - Chan through his innocence , Wilson through his sarcastic , snide remarks . Wilson is as impressive an actor as he is a writer ... |
429,545 | 1,173,088 | 53,198 | 9 | Truffaut's autobiographical masterpiece | As Fellini's " 8 " was a reflection of his own torment as a director , " The 400 Blows " was Francois Truffaut's exorcism of personal demons . Antoine Doinel is allegedly Truffaut's own projection of himself at an early age , and this movie was a very important project for the director as an adult . Jean-Pierre Léaud p... |
429,290 | 1,173,088 | 82,971 | 9 | ' 'Raiders of the Lost Ark ' achieves its goal of being not only a great popcorn flick , but also a great flick in all sense of the word . It delivers the goods in more than one way . . . " | Raiders of the Lost Ark is just the kind of movie that serves its purpose : it is entertaining , thoroughly enjoyable with great actors ; and most of all , just plain fun . Harrison Ford plays Dr . " Indiana " Jones , a knowledgeable professor by day , famed archeologist by night ( sorta ) . After he loses the glasse... |
429,726 | 1,173,088 | 111,257 | 9 | I feel the need . The need for speeeeeeed ! One of the greatest action films of all time . Who'd'a thought it ? | You're going to say one thing after watching " Speed , " and that will be " Whoa . " This is an action film as exhausting as " Die Hard " and as exhilarating as the " Terminator " movies . It moves with the pacing of a John McTiernan picture and it has the perfection of a James Cameron action film . Its director , Jan ... |
429,584 | 1,173,088 | 162,222 | 9 | An emotional heart tugger , even tugged me a bit ( some spoilers attached ) | NOTE : ( / 04 ) - - this was one of the first reviews I published on IMDb . Please excuse the spelling mistakes and so on . I didn't want to delete it , just because of nostalgic purposes - however I have since re-written a full-length review which can be read at http www rottentomatoes com author 6769 - - - - First , ... |
430,487 | 1,173,088 | 119,822 | 9 | As Good As They Get ! | How do you write women so well ? asks a flattered young lady after reading one of the man's sappy romantic paperback novels and recognizing his face on the street . He turns around , looks at her and says , " I think of a man , and I take away reason and accountability . " The secret of " As Good As It Gets " is its ... |
430,000 | 1,173,088 | 212,671 | 9 | One of the funniest shows on television | Malcolm in the Middle may have lost a bit of steam recently , but some of the earlier episodes are absolutely , side-splittingly hilarious . Although Malcolm ( Frankie Muniz ) may be the titular character , it is really Bryan Cranston's characterization of the father figure , Hal , that makes the show so fun to watch... |
430,198 | 1,173,088 | 206,634 | 9 | A rarity in cinema these days - an intellectually and emotionally stimulating action film ( with a few flaws ) | Children of Men would be easy to describe as a futuristic thriller about the last pregnant woman on earth and how a reluctant alcoholic with a troubled past makes it his mission to transport her to safety in a world gone mad . But that would make it sound fairly tired and routine . It would be easier , perhaps , to c... |
430,464 | 1,173,088 | 113,497 | 9 | An excellent family entertainment achievement , with the keyword family , not just kids . | The smash hit 1995 film Jumanji - based on the children's book - is a great family film . The plot of the story involves a young boy named Alan Parrish who in the 1960's finds a supernatural board game , that was buried underground in the 1800's . Alan is instantly drawn into playing the game , and Sarah-a girl who liv... |
429,330 | 1,173,088 | 386,676 | 9 | It's not the same as the UK show - give it a chance | First of all , the humor is very different . I suppose you could use the word " Americanized " to describe it . However , I find it to be one of the cleverest shows currently on television . It has a strong cast of characters , great writing and clever dialogue . Steve Carrell plays Michael Scott , the arrogant , egoti... |
430,012 | 1,173,088 | 47,472 | 9 | It still holds up today ! | Adam Pontipee ( Howard Keel ) lives with his six brothers in a cabin in a remote area of the woods . He goes to town one day and convinces a girl named Milly ( Jane Powell ) to marry him . They return to the cabin , where she suddenly realizes he has six brothers . Milly tries to teach them some manners after her initi... |
430,860 | 1,173,088 | 230,600 | 9 | Amazingly eerie ; perfectly constructed ; a bit of a recycled ending ; still excellent . . . | An older-age tale spins around the plot of " The Sixth Sense " and has Nicole Kidman and her two children finding themselves being haunted in a creepy , mist-covered home . Very eerie and atmospheric ; great suspense . I rate it a strong " 5 " out of 5 stars . |
430,834 | 1,173,088 | 65,988 | 9 | My vote for best western of all time goes to " Little Big Man " ( 1970 ) . . . | There's some classic folklore regarding " Little Big Man . " Legend has it that Dustin Hoffman sat in his dressing room prior to filming and screamed at the top of his lungs for an hour in order to gain the raspy voice of a 122-year-old man for the voice-over soundtrack of the film . I don't know if that's true or not ... |
430,919 | 1,173,088 | 317,248 | 9 | A well-made , honest character study that takes its time ; a rewarding and refreshing experience . | Prior to seeing " City of God " I kept hearing it was like a Brazilian " GoodFellas , " and Total Film Magazine said it was one of the best films of the year . Then Roger Ebert said it was one of the best films he'd ever seen and it got intense praise from critics everywhere . I kept wondering why critics continued com... |
431,129 | 1,173,088 | 388,795 | 9 | A powerful film - - see it for what it is , and try to ignore the controversy | Those who have protested Brokeback Mountain have likely seen few movies in their lifetime . There's nothing all that daring or new here ? two famous young stars playing gay lovers ? Wow , that's a first . Unless you are aware of a film called " My Own Private Idaho " released a decade and a half ago . You could even be... |
429,325 | 1,173,088 | 71,746 | 9 | A brilliant - if imperfect - biopic of a tragically misunderstood man | Lenny Bruce loved words . The most common misconception is that he did not . Today , Bruce is best known for revolutionizing the face of stand-up ? paving the way for such future talents as George Carlin and Bill Hicks ? but not many people are actually familiar with his comedy , and that's a shame , because there was ... |
429,479 | 1,173,088 | 37,884 | 9 | One of the great ones - dark , depressing , bleak , uncompromising and an important statement on alcoholism . | I can't imagine how this got greenlit back in 1945 . It's almost impossible to imagine a film like this being made back then - the era where women weren't allowed to have their dresses crease around their buttocks and " show the shape of their behinds " ( as Carl Reiner put it on commentary for the Dick Van Dyke show )... |
430,278 | 1,173,088 | 90,329 | 9 | Taut , tense and believable | Witness has always been one of my favorite films and one that has struck close to home . My family comes from Pennsylvania's " Amish country " and I spent a great deal of time growing up around the Amish , even visiting their homes once in a while . When " Witness " came out , people finally started to take more of a... |
429,764 | 1,173,088 | 79,116 | 9 | Too bad no one realizes that THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION copied off this film . . . | Though one is fictional and the other is not , I think the director of THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION took a few creative " liberties " and copied off ESCAPE FROM ALCATRAZ because they knew not many people have heard of this low budget film . Almost everything in this film is copied off of in SHAWSHANK . Maybe the whole esca... |
429,885 | 1,173,088 | 110,006 | 9 | Like " Dodgeball , " just stupid and silly enough to be entertaining | This is not a great comedy nor is it even as funny or even as " Dodgeball . " But Ben Stiller's character here is very similar to his character in " Dodgeball " and I view it as a continuation of the same general person - - an obsessive , delusional , insane fitness instructor . In " Heavy Weights " Stiller is the new ... |
429,328 | 1,173,088 | 826,387 | 9 | Another episode back on par | After a string of disappointing episodes they really picked up in time for the season finale ( which is next week ) . In " Charlie Goes America All Over Everybody's Ass , " Dennis begins smoking in the bar , which upsets Charlie and Dee , who both think smoking should be illegal . As Charlie and Dee start campaigning t... |
430,362 | 1,173,088 | 379,725 | 9 | A rare modern-day masterpiece that feels like a product of the ' 60s rather than the present day | Capote is a great film ? one that captures the cinematic aesthetic of 1950s and ' 60s cinema and does , indeed , come across as a product of the era . ( In fact , presenting the movie in black and white rather than modern-day filtered color may have been a wiser choice . ) . From the opening , graceful shot of swaying ... |
430,705 | 1,173,088 | 67,116 | 9 | Classic ' 70s crime film , with Gene Hackman in top form | The ' 70s produced some truly great films , and " The French Connection " is one of them . This is the case of a film that wasn't ill-received on release - - it won four Oscars ( including Best Actor and Best Picture ) and pretty much solidified his career . He had , up till this point , been known for his smaller role... |
430,853 | 1,173,088 | 148,668 | 9 | A classic comedy performance | I try to avoid the Denis Leary / Bill Hicks " taking sides " stance , because no one knows for sure what was stolen , who might have stolen what , and so on and so forth . Evidence has been put forward for both parties - I try to focus on their individual acts and not let the controversy over who's the real " genius " ... |
430,698 | 1,173,088 | 257,360 | 9 | Easily the best film of 2002 . . . | About Schmidt is a quirky , offbeat comedy about a man and his journey to find meaning to his life . Its name is true ; " About Schmidt " is about . . . well . . . a man named Schmidt . Warren Schmidt ( Jack Nicholson ) is your average Joe . Or , in this case , your average Warren . He lives a normal life . He has ju... |
429,200 | 1,173,088 | 103,999 | 9 | Very good concert performance | This concert tribute to the late Freddie Mercury ( frontmen of legendary UK rock band QUEEN ) is a great performance . There are so many guest appearances , including Elton John , Def Leppard and Axl Rose . There are many musical performances , but the most popular - - and best - - has to be the reinterpretation of Que... |
430,227 | 1,173,088 | 298,148 | 9 | Funnier than the original | I was not a huge fan of the original SHREK and think it is vastly overrated . Enjoyable , but not great . SHREK 2 bored me at first and I was unimpressed but after the half hour mark it suddenly picked up with the Puss in Boots ' entrance . This is one of the funniest films I've seen this summer , crammed with pop cult... |
430,452 | 1,173,088 | 408,306 | 9 | One of Spielberg's best - an important and thought-provoking film | Munich is not an easy film to watch - it is realistically ( and sometimes gratuitously ) violent , it is disturbing , it can be rather hard to follow at times , and it is quite long ( at nearly three hours ) - but it is a rewarding film that provokes thought . . . something which , unfortunately , many Hollywood film... |
430,627 | 1,173,088 | 317,705 | 9 | Pixar's most " epic " animated film since " Toy Story . " | Although " The Incredibles " is not the best film Pixar has released ( via Disney ) since 1995's " Toy Story , " I felt it is the most epic . When I went to go see " Toy Story " in 1995 , the epic scale of the picture - - the non-stop frantic pace , the action sequences , etc . - - were all so breathtaking that it cont... |
431,023 | 1,173,088 | 88,680 | 9 | Great slice of underrated ( dark ) film-making from a cinematic genius | I don't know why everyone thinks " After Hours " ends happily . This is a brooding , dark , bitter film , with a pessimistic outlook on life and a downright depressing core message . It is a " comedy " with no laughs , and few chuckles . It is also a great cult film by director Martin Scorsese that came and went in 198... |
430,683 | 1,173,088 | 92,618 | 9 | One of Mickey Rourke's best performances in a darkly funny film | Barfly was a fairly successful film when it was released and garnered generally favorable reviews . Roger Ebert gave it four out of four , and along with " Angel Heart , " it helped solidify 1987 as the Year of Mickey Rourke . However , almost twenty years later it isn't talked so much about anymore , and I feel it d... |
430,480 | 1,173,088 | 313,542 | 9 | Grisham's finest film adaptation to date . . . | The Runaway Jury is a con movie , but a different kind of con movie . This isn't something like " The Score , " " Matchstick Men " or other movies about seemingly normal everymen pulling a heist - - it's about two regular people who successfully con an entire courtroom out of random justice . They take matters into t... |
430,020 | 1,173,088 | 38,355 | 9 | A classic film noir / mystery with Bogart , Bacall and director Hawks in top form . | The Big Sleep is one of those famous film noirs you always hear about , which has helped redefine ( or even revolutionize ) the entire genre . It stars Humphrey Bogart as famous screen detective Philip Marlowe , summoned by a dying General to investigate several problems related to the dying man's family . As Marlowe... |
430,826 | 1,173,088 | 163,988 | 9 | An excellent , misunderstood film by Martin Scorsese | In the opening sequence of Martin Scorsese's " Taxi Driver " ( 1976 ) we see the watery eyes of Robert De Niro , examining his surroundings , breathing in the atmosphere visually . His deadly stare sends a shiver down our spines , giving us the impression of a man haunted by unseen demons . In " Bringing Out the Dead "... |
429,932 | 1,173,088 | 42,648 | 9 | Hugely underrated film noir | Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye is about a jail convict ( James Cagney ) who escapes from prison and goes on the run , relentlessly pursued . He eventually winds up in a small town where he gets a girl and starts a normal life , but begins to corrupt everyone around him . The movie is not very well known and I'm not sure quite... |
430,029 | 1,173,088 | 67,549 | 9 | One of the best films I've ever seen . | So I was scrolling through a Borders outside of London one day , looking at all the expensive R2 DVDs I didn't have enough money for , when I spotted a movie I had never even heard of starring Al Pacino - " The Panic in Needle Park . " It had the same front cover ( style-wise ) as " Scarface , " which was an obvious ma... |
430,708 | 1,173,088 | 75,213 | 9 | One of John Wayne's best films , and sadly his last | The Shootist was John Wayne's last film . He died of cancer shortly after its release . Ironic , then , that his character in the movie is a " shootist " dying of cancer out west in 1901 . His doctor ( James Stewart ) gives him a short period of time to live . He decides to take an easier route , and returns to his o... |
429,260 | 1,173,088 | 92,563 | 9 | Entertaining , thought-provoking / smart , well-acted and brilliantly photographed and directed - - what more could you ask for ? | Angel Heart is a winding psychological thriller that - - in 1987 - - was far ahead of its time . So far that audiences didn't ' get it ' and the film bombed at the box office . Only now are we beginning to see endings like this one surface in horror movies . Had Angel Heart been made a decade or so later , perhaps it w... |
430,542 | 1,173,088 | 31,381 | 9 | A classic masterpiece | Gone With the Wind is one of the most recognized , long remembered films of all time . It's an epic masterpiece , and should have a higher spot on the top 250 . The acting is magnificent , the cinematography for its time was ( and still is ) truly wonderful , and the screenplay is marvelous . Some say that it's more of... |
431,155 | 1,173,088 | 104,348 | 9 | One of the best films of its kind | I love movies like this . Theatre-styled motion pictures driven by dialog versus action . Get a few guys together in a room , watch them talk - - I have a soft spot for this stuff . I have ever since I can remember . Some of my favorite films are character-driven ones : " The Hustler , " " The Big Kahuna , " " Midnight... |
431,035 | 1,173,088 | 96,438 | 9 | This is some of the best quality in both cartoon , film noir , and family entertainment in years - and maybe even decades . . . | The hints at Bogart and the winks towards classic film noirs are routinely expected - but " Who Framed Roger Rabbit " rises above this all , and becomes something more than just another " Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid " ( a funny paraody but not exactly memorable ) , by employing something never seen before in film noirs :... |
430,608 | 1,173,088 | 73,195 | 9 | The terror . The music . The actors . The dialogue . THE SHARK ! | The terror . The music . The actors . The dialogue . THE SHARK ! Those elements sparked a newfound interest in the nature vs . man genre back in 1975 when " Jaws " was first released . It follows the story of a man named Brody ( Roy Scheider ) , the sherriff in a pleasant little town named Amity , which is seated right... |
430,770 | 1,173,088 | 53,946 | 9 | A great film with wonderful performances - a minor quibble about historical accuracy aside | Inherit the Wind is based upon the infamous Scopes Monkey Trial of 1925 . John T . Scopes , a teacher from Tennessee , was caught spreading the theory of evolution in his classroom . He was taken to court and prosecuted by the highly-respected William Jennings Bryan , an ex-Presidential candidate and popular religiou... |
431,034 | 1,173,088 | 34,583 | 9 | Not my favorite but definitely the most memorable film of all time . . . | Some of this review was edited due to this site's word limit . Regarding " Casablanca , " Roger Ebert wrote in his Great Movies essay , " If we can identify strongly with characters in some movies , then it is no mystery that ' Casablanca ' is one of the most popular films of all time . " Add " and one of the most memo... |
429,756 | 1,173,088 | 48,347 | 9 | Gripping study of addiction | Otto Preminger's " The Man with the Golden Arm " is a reference to heroin addiction - something that must have been rather risky to film back in 1955 , fifty years ago ( the censors today STILL have a problem with drug content in films ! ) . The lead role was originally offered to Marlon Brando , then snatched by Frank... |
429,416 | 1,173,088 | 120,903 | 9 | A very good film ; it surprised me very much when I saw it in the theater , even if it is inferior to the 2003 sequel . . . | I'm not a huge comic book fan , so I went to see " X-Men " in 2000 with hesitation . I was blown away . Bryan Singer ( " The Usual Suspects " ) introduces non-fans to the world of the X-Men extraordinarily , while still implementing references to the series for the die hard fans . What separates this from a lot of othe... |
429,549 | 1,173,088 | 166,896 | 9 | A touching , heartfelt celebration of life - - totally non-Lynch and yet , at the same time , very much so | I hadn't heard of " The Straight Story " at all , really , and was shocked to see it on the Top 250 listed as a David Lynch G-rated movie . Not only that - - it was a true story ! It's one of Lynch's better films in my opinion . As kind of a flip-side to Blue Velvet , it is a celebration of America rather than an expos... |
430,457 | 1,173,088 | 381,061 | 9 | Casino Royale really is the best Bond film since " Goldfinger " . . . | And as a more serious and darker sort of film , dare I say it's superior . Of course , " Goldfinger " was the greatest mix of the Bond formula : outlandish but serious ; funny but deadly ; beautiful girls and iconic villains . Casino is a bit more down-to-earth apart from a ridiculous opening ( which made some of the s... |
429,315 | 1,173,088 | 110,357 | 9 | Has the Disney magic | The Lion King was the best Disney film of 1994 , and perhaps for a few years after . We all know Disney's been hashing up cheap tricks for kids-dumb sequels like Lady and the Tramp 2 , Cinderella 2 , all that stuff recently . But the Lion King was great , and the all star cast including : Rowan Atkinson , Matthew Brode... |
430,479 | 1,173,088 | 330,829 | 9 | You'll laugh until you cry | Robin Williams used to be a very unique talent ( as far as comedy goes ) - and his standup was great . But it seems the awkward shift from comedy films to dramas like " Dead Poet's Society , " " Awakenings " and " Good Will Hunting " - no matter how good they may have been - severely altered the public perception and h... |
430,455 | 1,173,088 | 407,887 | 9 | One of the year's best films , and Scorsese's best work in over a decade . | Not just one of the year's best films , but also Martin Scorsese's best work in over a decade , The Departed is a vintage slice of the director's style infused with a modern edge . A loose remake of the Hong Kong three-part thriller Internal Affairs , The Departed is hardly an inferior Hollywood copy ; Scorsese takes t... |
430,766 | 1,173,088 | 218,388 | 9 | The pilot for one of the best television shows of all-time | I just got done watching episode two of the second season of " Curb Your Enthusiasm " ; the one in which Larry is mistakenly taken for a sexual " deviant , " after his wife is misled into thinking he has sexual fetishes . It's the best episode I've seen . Coming back to the one-hour-long HBO pilot for the series , " La... |
429,680 | 1,173,088 | 118,880 | 9 | Another overblown Jerry Bruckheimer-produced action flick to rival " The Rock " ! | As an aircraft full of murderers , rapists and criminals pulls away into the air , a rope attached to the tail of the beast catches on a convertible's front bumper , pulling the car upwards where it flies into the air , and sways back and forth , as the plane picks up altitude . " On any other day , that might look str... |
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