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433,972 | 2,171,244 | 489,664 | 8 | Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello are outstanding ! | Pierce Brosnan is one of my favorite actors . This is , without a doubt the best performance he has done , and to beat The Thomas Crown Affair is something . Maria Bello is one of my favorite actresses . She is great in everything I have watch , and she really puts it out in this film . The film starts with a kidnappin... |
434,033 | 2,171,244 | 100,990 | 8 | Feminism and the Church | Who would have guessed that there is a genre out there called nunsploitation . I am not sure what it means , but this film appears to be included . It is the story of a Mexican nun that was decidedly feminist . You can look up Juana Inés de la Cruz on Wikipedia and it will give you more . Apparently this film is histor... |
433,865 | 2,171,244 | 832,320 | 8 | The show of shows | It is amazing what you stumble upon when you wake up early Sunday morning . I had seen brief snippets of this and decided to give it a total view . I am certainly glad I did . These women were just amazing . Under the purview of the first Transsexual beauty pageant , you had the opportunity to see six of the women and ... |
432,844 | 2,171,244 | 765,120 | 8 | So what's wrong with the Blueberry Pie ? | There's nothing wrong with the Blueberry Pie , just people make other choices . You can't blame the Blueberry Pie , it's just . . . no one wants it . Well , you can have your apple or whatever , I choose Blueberry . Kar Wai Wong ( 2046 ) , in his English language debut , gives us a fantastic journey that is beautifully... |
434,301 | 2,171,244 | 147,800 | 8 | My insurance does not cover PMS ! | This is supposedly based upon some play by Shakespeare . Who cares ? he is so last millennium . This is a fantastic and funny movie that was brilliantly written by Karen McCullah Lutz & Kirsten Smith . You can be sure that I will look for more of their work . I never came across Julia Stiles until the Bourne trilogy , ... |
432,702 | 2,171,244 | 455,507 | 8 | A creative piece of film | Creative is the first word that comes to mind when watching this film . Instead of some boring theological piece with lots of talking heads . we get a doc that uses taking heads sparingly , and adds film clips that tell the story along with some really great graphics . Sure there is some humor in the piece . When Jesus... |
434,510 | 2,171,244 | 77,975 | 8 | I don't remember college like this | Fun ! Excitement ! Pure party pleasure ! This is the ultimate in fraternity slobbery with some outstanding performances by John Belushi and Tim Matheson , and a special treat with Donald Sutherland . This was the first film appearance for some now great stars like Kevin Bacon ( The Woodsman , The River Wild , Hollow Ma... |
433,984 | 2,171,244 | 166,940 | 8 | I can understand why playing the Mummy wasn't Lon Chaney's favorite role . | I thoroughly enjoyed seeing the birth of horror and how it has grown up to 1996 . Listening to the actors like Vincent Price , Robert De Niro and Brinke Stevens , directors like Herschell Gordon Lewis , companies like Hammer Films , and others involved in the business was entertaining and informative . It was fascinati... |
433,677 | 2,171,244 | 765,141 | 8 | Everything is going as planned , although it is possible we are a little behind schedule . | I last saw Mathieu Amalric as Jean-Do in The Diving Bell and the Butterfly . Winner of a César for that performance and two others , he is an accomplished actor . He displays his considerable skills in this film , which has him in the role of a psychologist who must interpret words and actions of others . He is charged... |
434,318 | 2,171,244 | 65,528 | 8 | Get back in the car , you smirking slut ! | Dr . ' Doc ' Daneeka : Sure . Catch-22 . Anyone who wants to get out of combat isn't really crazy , so I can't ground him . Yossarian : OK , let me see if I've got this straight . In order to be grounded , I've got to be crazy . And I must be crazy to keep flying . But if I ask to be grounded , that means I'm not crazy... |
432,906 | 2,171,244 | 43,456 | 8 | Klaatu barada nikto ! | The most amazing thing about this film was not Klaatu's ( Michael Rennie ) ability to completely stop all action on Earth for 30 minutes , but the fact that Bobby ( Billy Gray ) wore a tie . Can you imagine some kid doing that today ! Seriously , this was an excellent film that promoted peace and understanding among al... |
433,686 | 2,171,244 | 364,656 | 8 | Noir is dead ; long live neo-noir | Film Noir has not existed since the sixties , but filmmakers are incorporating the aspects of the genre into new films . Examples include Fargo , Se7en , L . A . Confidential , Pulp Fiction , The Usual Suspects , Memento , Reservoir Dogs , and Sin City . Canadian Gary Yates has written and directed a film that reminds ... |
434,001 | 2,171,244 | 424,205 | 8 | What if they gave a war and nobody came ? | This Oscar nominated film is destined to be a Christmas classic . It was a brilliantly beautiful film that shows just how much we are all the same , no matter which side we fight on . It also shows the stupidity of using young men and women as pawns in failed diplomacy . We also can closely look at this film and see th... |
433,961 | 2,171,244 | 342,913 | 8 | Free to be me | This was a very beautiful film by writer / director Luis Puenzo , who last blew me away with his film The Official Story . It was two stories in one , connects by threads that ran from one to the other - the whale , a woman and a man , and chance . The gorgeous Aitana Sánchez-Gijón ( The Machinist , Mouth to Mouth ) pl... |
433,108 | 2,171,244 | 276,919 | 8 | I think the world would be better without Dogville . | Sometimes a movie is hard to watch . This is one of those times . You are slapped in the face with a reality that maybe we are not as civilized as we make out to be . Some say this film is anti-American . I disagree . It is anti-human . We tend to put ourselves up on a pedestal as being so much better than all the othe... |
433,010 | 2,171,244 | 69,947 | 8 | The way a thriller should be made | You watch the Bruce Willis version of the Jackal and you think that is so cool , but you don't know cool until you see Edward Fox do it . Fox is the epitome of cool . The guy even wears an ascot , for god's sake ! Most people today don't even know what an ascot is . He carefully plots his moves and is methodical in his... |
434,170 | 2,171,244 | 217,505 | 8 | The appearance of law must be upheld , especially when it's being broken . | It was nominated for practically everything in 2003 : Best Picture ; Best Actor in a Leading Role for Daniel Day-Lewis ; Best Art Direction-Set Decoration ; Best Cinematography ; Best Costume Design ; Best Director for Martin Scorsese ; Best Editing ; Best Music , Original Song for the song " The Hands That Built Ameri... |
433,222 | 2,171,244 | 60,736 | 8 | Survivor meet National Geographic | Checking out Oscar related movies , I came upon this one that garnered a nomination for screenwriters Clint Johnston and Don Peters . The story was excellent , with Cornel Wilde as a big-game hunter that gets caught by the native along with his entire hunting party . The natives in his group are quickly killed , and hi... |
433,397 | 2,171,244 | 382,189 | 8 | It's like lego , it's all sort of pretend . | This film is basically about two girls who find each other and engage in a tender and passionate love affair . One might stop right there and feel that that makes for a great movie . However , this film is so much more . It had the unfortunate circumstance of going up against Vera Drake , else it might have taken every... |
434,493 | 2,171,244 | 735,170 | 8 | I want you NOW ! | I have been spending my nights enjoying repeats of this show , and this one is one of the best I have seen . Obviously , Charlies has not heard the old saying about " a woman scorned . " Take the incredibly hot Heather Locklear playing a high priced lawyer , and you would be doubly cautious about scoring her . Yeas , i... |
433,331 | 2,171,244 | 109,445 | 8 | Slacker Film Festival | I hadn't seen any of the slacker movies , so I thought I would check them out starting with this one . I wanted to see what it was all about - men stuck in perpetual adolescence . This is about slackers with jobs . Not jobs that interfere with their slacker lifestyle . They can still collect a paycheck and have time to... |
432,434 | 2,171,244 | 862,812 | 8 | A slice of life in New York | Being a fan of Julia Stiles ( The Bourne trilogy , The Omen , The Business of Strangers ) , I was curious to see her first effort at writing and directing . I was not disappointed . Bill Irwin ( Across the Universe ) and Zooey Deschanel ( Bridge to Terabithia , The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford... |
433,039 | 2,171,244 | 492,891 | 8 | You'd like to think the Catholic Church would protect actual live children as much as they protect fetuses . | It takes courage to grow up and turn out to be who you truly are . These four extremely funny women have that courage . The are out and proud and hilarious as they take on the Catholic Church , politics , sex , aging , men and women , and lesbianism . But , they also talk about their lives , growing up , coming out to ... |
432,352 | 2,171,244 | 4,972 | 8 | Dare we dream of a golden day when the bestial War shall rule no more . | It was an epic when it was made , and still a work of art in cinema history . The first part show the " gentile " South and the war . It was romanticized to the extent that brother was fighting brother , friend was fighting friend , and in meeting during the war , they remained friends . Nice , but probably not accurat... |
434,566 | 2,171,244 | 39,661 | 8 | How can a guy sink so low ? | This was the best role that Tyrone Power ( The Mark of Zorro ) ever got . He made the most of it , and gave a superior performance . He plays an opportunist , who is trying to get an angle . he discovers a carny act that used to be great and finds a way to get their secret . he uses that to build himself into a " menta... |
434,584 | 2,171,244 | 109,424 | 8 | A person may like pineapple today , and something else tomorrow . | Takeshi Kaneshiro ( House of Flying Daggers ) meets Brigitte Lin ( Ashes of Time Redux ) after a depressing month trying to get over his girlfriend . She has just lost a group of Indians smuggling drugs . He obsesses over her departure and misses on what is right before him . Things don't last forever . The use of fren... |
434,112 | 2,171,244 | 986,273 | 8 | What are you getting at ? | An excellent overview for those who are not familiar with Almodovar and a helpful guide even for those who are . The genius that is Almodovar is expressed in this film with interviews from his family , co-workers , and Almodovar experts . One of the interesting things is the way he is always looking for ideas in things... |
432,481 | 2,171,244 | 60,802 | 8 | Unusual use of stamp pads ! | Imagine coming of age in a time when you are surrounded by sexual images . This Academy Award winning film can be the Czechoslovakian version of so many of the Judd Apatow films we see today . Brilliantly photographed in black and white , it shows Milos ( Václav Neckár ) trying to become a man . His first opportunity w... |
433,528 | 2,171,244 | 424,345 | 8 | I hope that donkey doesn't have a heinie troll ! | Funny , irreverent and just plain nasty . This film was really great - even better than the first one ! Of course , the addition Of Rosario Dawson ( Rent , Sin City ) was the crowning touch that made it really fun . It was the best role she has played and it was more than I could have asked for in a comedy . Of course ... |
432,733 | 2,171,244 | 53,198 | 8 | Truffaut's Halloween ? | François Truffaut got his nomination for Best Director some years after this film for Day for Night . This film got him a screenplay nomination , in which , unbelievably , he was beaten by the Rock Hudson / Doris day film Pillow Talk . Well , we all know the Academy can crash sometimes . By asking if this is Truffaut's... |
432,242 | 2,171,244 | 1,157,720 | 8 | We had to do things that i don't think any animal is capable of doing . . . | It is hard to describe the excitement of these young rugby players , some rich and pampered , who were getting a chance to get away for a long weekend and spread their wings . They were full of anticipation of things to come . In a short time , they experienced their first snow . The only problem was that they were che... |
433,476 | 2,171,244 | 338,434 | 8 | They met as enemies , but parted as friends | It may seem like another version of Joyeux Noël , but this actually came three years before . Both are based upon true stories , proving that everyone in the world is not evil , and that we can get along if we try . American and German soldiers together in Linda Hamilton's ( A Mother's Prayer , " Beauty and the Beast "... |
433,937 | 2,171,244 | 236,640 | 8 | Great performance by Ricci | I really really really want to see Christina Ricci in Black Snake Moan , but I was embarrassed to go buy a ticket for that movie , so I watched this instead . I probably saw more of Christina that I would have seen in the other movie anyway . I have to say that she was really incredible and entirely believable as someo... |
432,457 | 2,171,244 | 276,751 | 8 | I am an island . I am bloody Ibiza ! | No , I am not about to say that there is a Hugh Grant film that is better that Four Weddings and a Funeral , but this comes so damn close that it is scary . Grant was absolutely brilliant in a film about a man who was consumed with his own self interests . Reading today's newspaper , there are a lot more out there like... |
434,520 | 2,171,244 | 492,931 | 8 | Heed the warning | The best thing about this film was the fact that it did not focus on the Earth's destruction , but on man's eventual demise as a species . The earth with survive our rape and plunder . It has been here for 4 . 5 billion years , while we have been here but 150 , 000 . We will eventually join the 99 . 999 % of the specie... |
433,953 | 2,171,244 | 1,157,705 | 8 | The story of a guilty man | There is no doubt that America lost one of its greatest directors when Roman Polanski fled to France after pleading guilty to having sex with a minor . He already had Oscar nominations for Rosemary's Baby and Chinatown , which won him a Golden Globe . He has gone on to win a shelf full of awards , including an Oscar fo... |
432,993 | 2,171,244 | 427,944 | 8 | My job requires a certain . . . moral flexibility . | Jason Reitman has a long and brilliant career ahead as a director and writer if he keeps putting out films like this . Aaron Eckhart ( In the Company of Men ) was simply brilliant as a lobbyist that tries to balance his client's interests with the need for his son to understand him . The son was played by Cameron Brigh... |
432,373 | 2,171,244 | 113,277 | 8 | This flick is hot ! | I know the title I gave this review is trite and a little corny , but how else do you describe a film that has Al Pacino ( Who I loved in The Devil's Advocate ) , Robert DiNiro , ValKilmer , John Voight , Ashley Judd ( one of my very favorites ) , Natalie Portman , Ted Levine ( Hey ! Captain Stottlemeyer ! ) , Hank Aza... |
433,387 | 2,171,244 | 96,061 | 8 | I want to see her nipples . | I know what you are saying , " Another version of Charles Dickens ! " But this one has Bill Murray and he is funny . Even if you have seen several versions of this classic , you have to see the one with Murray . It'll be the one you watch every year . Murray plays Frank Cross , a grouchy television exec who's obsessed ... |
432,837 | 2,171,244 | 1,157,694 | 8 | A slice of Southern history . | Writer / director Margaret Brown gives an excellent picture of the Mardi Gras traditions in Mobile , Alabama . Along the way she also gives a very good picture of black / white relations in the South even to this day . Most people think of New Orleans when they hear Mardi Gras , but the fact is that Mobile's traditions... |
433,809 | 2,171,244 | 43,278 | 8 | You only find the right woman once . | Before they struck gold with Gigi , Vincente Minelli and Alan Jay Lerner teamed up to write and direct this other story of Paris and love . It didn't win nine Oscars , but it did win six out of eight nominations including Best Art Direction-Set Decoration , Color ; Best Cinematography ; Best Costume Design , Color ; Be... |
432,585 | 2,171,244 | 373,469 | 8 | This isn't good cop , bad cop . This is fag and New Yorker . | Robert Downey Jr . ( Chaplin , Short Cuts ) and Val Kilmer ( Heat ) in a Shane Black ( Lethal Weapon , The Last Boy Scout ) comedy featuring Michelle Monaghan and Corbin Bernson in their best movie roles to date . That is really all you need to know to see this film . However , I will add a bit or two . Downey is a sma... |
432,437 | 2,171,244 | 435,625 | 8 | Hey , there's something down here . . . | If there was ever the remotest chance that I would ever go into a cave , that chance just became non existent after seeing this film . Girls may want to have fun , but these girls - Shauna Macdonald , Natalie Jackson Mendoza , Alex Reid , Saskia Mulder , MyAnna Buring ( Grindhouse ) , and Nora-Jane No one - are starker... |
433,336 | 2,171,244 | 435,623 | 8 | Yes , I am . But I'm your dirty old pervert . | I really liked " Before Sunrise , " and this film is similar , but with an interesting twist that I cannot reveal or it will spoil it for you . Hans Canosa took Gabrielle Zevin's excellent screenplay and made a picture that seemed weird at first , but ultimately becomes interesting . I am . , of course , referring to t... |
433,875 | 2,171,244 | 109,348 | 8 | She'll get some lines , or I'll nail your knee caps to the floor . | Let's face it . I am not a Woody Allen fan . So , I had to pick a movie that was written and directed by him , but I would not have to see or hear him . It was brilliant ! John Cusack was the right shade of neurotic as a director who had to get into bed with the mob to get his play on Broadway . And , who better to rep... |
432,346 | 2,171,244 | 70,130 | 8 | An ode to excess | There is no question that many of us are slowly committing suicide by overeating , but the idea of eating until you die is probably a very unpleasant way to go . Yet , four men , three-time Oscar nominee Marcello Mastroianni , four time César nominee Michel Piccoli , two time César winner , and three more nomination , ... |
433,589 | 2,171,244 | 78,763 | 8 | Cinema is the first art . - Lenin | An innocent enough decision . Filip ( Jerzy Stuhr ) buys a camera to film his new daughter . It costs two months salary and it makes him a celebrity of sorts as he is the only one in town that has one . Now , his boss wants him to film the 25th anniversary celebration of the company . He really gets into filming and so... |
434,324 | 2,171,244 | 936,501 | 8 | Now's not the time for dick measuring , Stuart ! | On thing that is a sure as the sun coming up tomorrow is that a film written by Luc Besson will be thrilling . There's Taxi 1-4 , Transporter 1-3 , Leon , the Professional , and many more . This is just another one of Besson's magical films that will thrill you from start to finish . Darkman himself , Liam Neeson , is ... |
433,514 | 2,171,244 | 17,925 | 8 | He's a disgrace to the South . | Johnny ( Buster Keaton ) won't be marching home , as he is not allowed to enlist . His girl Annabelle ( Marion Mack ) won't speak to him because of it . They don't realize he is needed an an engineer . The Yankees steal his train and Johnny jumps into action , not knowing that Annabelle is captured and on the train . T... |
433,369 | 2,171,244 | 113,187 | 8 | I think this is going to be Godzilla's last fight . | This was the last Godzilla film in the Heisei series , and it certainly topped all the rest . All the stops were pulled out to make this one a fantastic and explosive film that made July 4th a real firecracker . First , they are trying to develop some new chemical to kill Godzilla and they create some really neat looki... |
433,174 | 2,171,244 | 454,776 | 8 | There is always room for another hero | I don't read Cal Thomas often , but I generally agree with his article the other day decrying the lack of true heroes . Blaming television for creating a nation of gawkers , he has hit on a true fact - there are not enough true heroes around . I can imagine that thousands went to the movies this weekend to see films su... |
434,312 | 2,171,244 | 276,830 | 8 | I've been all over the entire universe to find you . | Not just worth watching , but a very good Tarantinoesque film that will definitely reward you for you patience . It has the typical western flavor and the typical western gore , but it is not overdone . The main journey of the film is for our hero to go deep withing himself and face his fears to find out who he truly i... |
434,389 | 2,171,244 | 190,590 | 8 | Baptism ! You two're just dumber'n a bag of hammers . | This Oscar-nominated film is my favorite Coen-Brother's film after Fargo . George Clooney is just hilarious as the leader of misfit escapees . I had to put off cutting my grass just to see it again . Yes , I am still cutting grass the last week of November . The cinematography and music in this film is a delight in its... |
432,951 | 2,171,244 | 57,163 | 8 | The only question I ever ask any woman is " What time is your husband coming home ? " | There is little argument that this is one of the best of Paul Newman . He garnered an Oscar nomination for his performance , as did Director Martin Ritt . Melvyn Douglas , who played his father got an Oscar , as did Patricia Neal , who was the housekeeper . This is a classic clash of generations . Douglas played a man ... |
433,455 | 2,171,244 | 765,443 | 8 | He is no driver , he is the undertaker . | As Viggo Mortensen takes his character from A History of Violence to the next step , you can see the effort he put into the role by doing research before the film . Going to a remote village in Russia to learn the mannerisms and studying books to learn the meaning behind the tats really paid off as his character is so ... |
432,192 | 2,171,244 | 206,634 | 8 | Alfonso Cuarón does it again | Alfonso Cuarón ( Alfonso Cuarón ) has written and directed another outstanding film with Clive Owen as a burned out activist with the fate of mankind in his hands . Owen , as Theo , comes to the aid of a former partner ( Julianne Moore ) and is enlisted in the struggle against seemingly incomparable odds to get Kee ( C... |
433,218 | 2,171,244 | 47,573 | 8 | We haven't seen the last of them . | Boy , if this doesn't creep you out , then you just don't live in the South or Southwest , where you are constantly battling the monsters in this film . The special effects were superb considering the limitations in 1954 . James Whitmore ( Oscar nominations for Give ' em Hell , Harry ! and Battleground ) and James Arne... |
434,075 | 2,171,244 | 26,029 | 8 | I know what it is to feel lonely and helpless and to have the whole world against me , | I decided to visits a couple of classics last night and I started with the British Hitchcock movie . It was a few years after this film that he came to the United States , A career that spanned 50 years and some very fine films . This film reminded me of The Fugative . The basic premises are similar . A man is on the r... |
433,858 | 2,171,244 | 462,322 | 8 | Judge it in it's class | You can't look at Grindhouse up against Volver or Children of Men . You have to judge it in the same weight class . There you will see a champion . It's a loud , bloody , long homage to the cars , corpses and copulation Z-pictures of the 1970s that captures reverence for the medium that was evident in the original " gr... |
432,109 | 2,171,244 | 925,296 | 8 | Real men don't cry ; their tears are brought by the wind . | Chechnya's struggle for independence has been going on since 1994 . It probably escaped the attention of most people until the rebels struck inside Russia in Beslan , where 300 people , mainly children , were murdered on the first day of school . The 2006 film , Beslan : Three Days in September , shows that tragedy . T... |
432,637 | 2,171,244 | 104,952 | 8 | Marisa was a hoot | Marisa Tomei , from this years " Wild Hogs , " won an Oscar for her performance in this film . Joe Pesci , in a change from his bad boy gangster image was absolutely hilarious . Add in the Karate Kid ( Ralph Maccio ) and you have a movie that will have you busting a gut . This was Fred Gwynne's last movie and he was a ... |
432,394 | 2,171,244 | 424,024 | 8 | Unintended Consequences | I remember from a Sociology course the Law of Unintended Consequences , popularized by Robert K . Merton . Of course , the most obvious example to historians is WWII , which resulted from the disastrous Treaty of Versailles . This outstanding documentary shows again what can happen when we do not think ahead . A predat... |
432,492 | 2,171,244 | 57,115 | 8 | Oh my God , they found Tom . | Steve McQueen and James Garner lead a great ensemble cast in this great John Sturges directed war movie about an RAF escape attempt from a German POW camp . Outside of the Ocean's movies , there are not many great ensemble movies made these days due to the enormous salaries paid to the stars . It is an escape movie , b... |
434,420 | 2,171,244 | 420,223 | 8 | I don't need a nicotine patch . I smoke cigarettes . | Of course this film had to end the way it did . If not , then all those existential musings of the author would not mean much . Slightly sappy , but nonetheless thoughtful , it is designed to make you appreciate the little things in your otherwise meaningless existence . Is your life a comedy or a tragedy ? Crick ( Wil... |
434,590 | 2,171,244 | 320,661 | 8 | The Kingdom of Heaven is within you | Neither shall they say , Lo here ! or , lo there ! for , behold , the kingdom of God is within you . Luke 17 : 21Leo Tolstoy used words from this passage to title his book on nonresistance : The Kingdom of God is Within You . Mahatma Gandhi wrote in his autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth that this boo... |
434,495 | 2,171,244 | 925,266 | 8 | And now for something complete different | I watched the Pie-lette last night and the word that comes to mind is " original . " It is a word not used much in TV as they all tend to copy whatever the other network is doing and you end up with seven nights of crime shows , unfunny comedies , and reality crap . The first thing that hit me like a brick was the pres... |
433,250 | 2,171,244 | 57,129 | 8 | The dead are not quiet in Hill House . | Director Robert Wise won Oscars for The Sound of Music and West Side Story . he took a break between them to direct this chiller that earned him a Golden Globe nomination . Oscar-nominee Julie Harris ( The Member of the Wedding ) is the troubled soul that is connected to Hill House for some unexplained reason . She kno... |
434,461 | 2,171,244 | 245,712 | 8 | Must Love Dogs | I must say that I loved Babel , and to see Alejandro González Iñárritu's first feature film ( long before Crash stole the story ) was amazing . It was an early film for Gael García Bernal ( Babel , Bad Education , The Crime of Father Amaro ) also . He played a key role here . This film is actually three stories locked ... |
432,655 | 2,171,244 | 122,136 | 8 | An exciting fantasy / horror film | Black cats are supposedly common in Japanese history , and this film makes a creative use of the animal . Two women , left alone by the drafting of their son / husband to fight the wars raging in Japan at the time are raped and killed by a marauding band of samurai . We see them again as samurai start dying by having t... |
433,873 | 2,171,244 | 925,248 | 8 | It was a time when we made bold moves . | I was just a lad of 19 when we accomplished one of the greatest feats of all time - putting a man on another body in space . This is the story of that magnificent accomplishment and the eight subsequent trips to the moon told by those who made the trips . These men are the only ones who have been to the moon , as we ha... |
433,116 | 2,171,244 | 880,502 | 8 | Everything will become alright because you are joining the EU . | Considered one of the best films of last year , it won 19 awards , primarily for writer / direct Faith Akin's screenplay . It had some standout performances , especially from Tuncel Kurtiz as the drunken father Ali who manages to kill his live-in lover , Nursel Köse , in a drunken rage . She won a Turkish Golden Orange... |
434,010 | 2,171,244 | 420,260 | 8 | Loneliness & compulsion are part of our being . | All of us have felt loneliness at one time or another . Probably not to the extent that Tony ( Issei Ogata ) felt . His father made sure he would be lonely by giving him an unusual name which prevented acceptance from the beginning . After years of loneliness , he takes a beautiful wife ( Rie Miyazawa ) . He is no long... |
433,064 | 2,171,244 | 454,921 | 8 | Where are we going ? | Will Smith gave an Oscar-nominated performance in this excellent film about a father's love and going after your dream . I doubt if anyone could possibly imagine the heartbreak and struggle the Chris Gardner went though unless you have been there yourself . The fact that is was based on the story of a real person made ... |
434,284 | 2,171,244 | 35,369 | 8 | I is getting ' mighty tired pretending Eskimos are from Virginia . | The John Wayne Marathon continues into the 14th hour with a whole boatload of interesting characters in a story about the gold rush in Alaska . Wayne gets third billing in this movie to Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott . Dietrich plays a jealous girlfriend and Scott is the new dude in town that is muscling in . Marg... |
434,173 | 2,171,244 | 57,298 | 8 | Makes seven times this month he's come home swoggled . | The John Wayne Marathon closes the first 24 hours with this rock ' em sock ' em family comedy with a host of stars . It is typical of John Wayne films that things get broken and there are always big fights . Sometimes the fights can seemingly go on forever . There are a lot of broken mirrors ans windows and chairs and ... |
432,151 | 2,171,244 | 126,604 | 8 | I love you Shelley ! I love you more than Kodak ! | It has only been a week since I saw my first John Waters film ( Female Trouble ) , and I wasn't sure what to expect the second time around . While the previous film was outrageously over the top , Pecker is actually a funny film that satirizes the art critics in New York to a T . Anyone who cannot imagine what these " ... |
432,310 | 2,171,244 | 420,251 | 8 | Three from the masters of horror | The first segment from Chinese director Fruit Chan , written by Lilian Lee features the incredibly beautiful and talented Bai Ling . She makes the best dumplings ; in addition , we get to see two incredible dumplings while she is chopping . Her dumplings constitute a fountain of youth . Her ingredients are the secret a... |
433,429 | 2,171,244 | 47,444 | 8 | A house without love is a living death . | One can watch this film and learn a lot . The philosophy woven throughout , mainly by the Priest Takuan ( Kuroemon Onoe ) , about what it means to be a man and honor your family ( community ) is the hidden jewel of this film . Takezo ( Toshirô Mifune ) represents all the rebellious youth that only think of themselves .... |
432,534 | 2,171,244 | 47,445 | 8 | Without mercy , man is a beast . | What kind of a legacy can a man leave to his children . The one in this story hits so close to home . Be kind to others , even if it causes you personal pain . Not only have I personally heard words similar to these , but have seen the example shown in this film of an honorable man who retains his honor no matter what ... |
432,764 | 2,171,244 | 416,449 | 8 | Made for the Big Screen | I kick myself frequently for missing Frank Miller's Sin City on the big screen . I wish they would bring films like that back occasionally . Well , I wasn't going to miss this one and I am glad I didn't . It was a beautiful and impressive film . It was no Sin City , but it was an enjoyable way to spend two hours on a S... |
432,872 | 2,171,244 | 47,443 | 8 | Women's Equality before it became a buzzword | In following the story of the Hollywood Ten , I came across this excellent film from 1954 , The Salt of the Earth , that was directed by another member of the group , Herbert Biberman . This is not a film that would get people rushing to Blockbuster , but , as the only film in America that was blacklisted itself , it i... |
433,167 | 2,171,244 | 364,961 | 8 | They can rebuild the White House , but they will never forget me . Not ever . | If there is a Sean Penn movie that isn't worth watching , I haven't seen it . This movie shows more of his range - a pathetic loser that is so far removed from manhood that everyone just walks all over him . Of course , he wasn't able to do this alone . Don Cheadle was very good and Jack Thompson ( The Good German ) re... |
433,051 | 2,171,244 | 282,599 | 8 | The Lake House | I haven't seen The Lake House with Sandra Bullock and Keanu reeves , but I have seen it . Il Mare is the Korean film that predates it by six years and is the same story . Like many great Asian films , another has been remade in America . Jung-Jae Lee ( Typhoon ) plays a budding architect estranged from his father and h... |
434,145 | 2,171,244 | 772,200 | 8 | I don't change people . | This was certainly not what I expected . having seen But I'm a Cheerleader , I thought it might me another film about some misguided bigots that think they can change a person's sexual orientation . It was much better than that . Judith Light was fantastic in a subtle and deep performance as the head of a house that gi... |
433,955 | 2,171,244 | 92,007 | 8 | Dialysis ? What is this , the Dark Ages ? | I am not a trekkie . I may have seen some Star Tek on TV - the original only , and I have seen a movie or two , but I am not obsessed with the show . No matter . You do not have to be a fan to love this one . Made over 20 years ago , it is never more timely . It perfectly illustrates what may happen if we continue on t... |
432,547 | 2,171,244 | 486,358 | 8 | I pledge allegiance to the Christian flag . . . | I cannot understand why this film , an Oscar nominee for best documentary , was not entered into all the horror film categories . It would have won hands down for the scariest film of the year . If you are not intimately familiar with Christian fundamentalists , then this film will tell you all you need to know , and s... |
433,650 | 2,171,244 | 39,750 | 8 | False advertising | I looked this up on Comcast and the title suggested it might be interesting with a title that smacks of sexual symbolism . The description talked about cattle barons and a hard time , so I thought it might be another Brokeback Mountain . Well , it wasn't that at all It was about evil and out of control cowpokes . Joel ... |
433,631 | 2,171,244 | 490,234 | 8 | Not your average Holocaust film . | All François knew was that his father wasn't overly fond of him . Part of it may have been because he wasn't as athletic as his parents . His father would get upset when he talked of an imaginary " brother . " No one talked of the family secret until he was 14 and Louise ( Julie Depardieu ) decided he should know . She... |
433,058 | 2,171,244 | 113,416 | 8 | God , Evie , if you were going to turn gay you could've at least chosen someone pretty . | If you like romantic comedies , then you will love this one . It is a small budget indie , but don't let that keep you away . This is Laurel Holloman from " The L Word " ' s debut film . She plays Randy Dean , a girl who lives on the wrong side of the tracks , and is not particularly pretty . She smokes weed , fails he... |
432,927 | 2,171,244 | 66,026 | 8 | No . No booze . Sex . I want sex . | The movie was so good that a TV show was created that went on for years . A sterling cast of characters that included Donald Sutherland , Elliott Gould , Tom Skerritt , Sally Kellerman , Robert Duvall , Jo Ann Pflug , Rene Auberjonois , Roger Bowen , Gary Burghoff , David Arkin , John Schuck , Fred Williamson , Indus A... |
433,586 | 2,171,244 | 190,611 | 8 | Who the hell told you that virile plenitude is obtained by fornication ? | Now , having served 23 years in the military , I have never had the opportunity to have an assignment of this nature . Those damn officers get all the good jobs ! I watched this because of Angie Cepeda ( Love in the Time of Cholera ) , but was impressed with the performance of Salvador del Solar , who played the fortun... |
432,787 | 2,171,244 | 1,175,491 | 8 | Who do you think you are . . . a Kennedy ? You're a Bush . Act like one . | Everything I needed to know about George W . Bush I learned from the late great Molly Ivins , and the fact that I was a Texan while he was Governor . I have no intention of rehashing his Presidency in this review . This is about Oliver Stone's movie , and my feelings about it . There is no doubt that Stone could have b... |
432,761 | 2,171,244 | 117,951 | 8 | With God's help I'll conquer this terrible affliction . | The last time I remember seeing someone going through withdrawal was Frank Sinatra in The Man With the Golden Arm : " You mean just stop ? Cold turkey ? You don't understand ! The pain . . . " Renton ( Ewan McGregor ) was a little more expressive : " I don't feel the sickness yet , but it's in the post . That's for sur... |
433,925 | 2,171,244 | 245,574 | 8 | Truth is cool but unattainable . . . the truth is totally amazing , but you can't ever reach it . | Road movie ? Teen sex movie ? Political movie ? Coming of age movie ? You can find a little of everything in this frank and open movie by Alfonso and Carlos Cuarón . Coming from different strata in Mexican society , I was amazed at hoe the two boys , Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal were just like brothers . They were... |
432,498 | 2,171,244 | 104,779 | 8 | Love and death | I wish i could say this was a great Hugh Grant Movie , but I would be lying . Sure he plays a great part here , and it is interesting that Kirsten Scott Thomas is along as his wife Fiona . Now I understand why she was in love with him in Four Weddings and a Funeral in which she also played Fiona : - ) , but Polanski cr... |
432,893 | 2,171,244 | 373,747 | 8 | Outstanding Cinematography ! | I am looking at cinema from a new perspective and I am enjoying films that have great cinematography even if they don't necessarily have a good story . The cinematography in this film was magnificent and , as a bonus , it had a great story also . The basic story takes place over 60 years . It begins when a husband brin... |
432,599 | 2,171,244 | 69,834 | 8 | There ain't nothing too late . . . if you love it . | There may be a lot of people that will dismiss this movie as just another example of John Wayne's typical western persona . If they do , they really didn't pay attention to what was being said throughout the film . In the 150 + hours of John Wayne movies on TV this week in honor of what would be his 100th birthday , th... |
432,370 | 2,171,244 | 303,353 | 8 | Life has it's ups and downs | I was half way through with the new Hollywood issue of Vanity Fair when I came across the excerpt from Robert Evans new memoir " Kid Nortorius . " I had not heard of Robert Evans , but was fascinated enough to get a copy of " The Kid Stays in the Picture " to learn more . I was glued to the tube watching the story of a... |
432,940 | 2,171,244 | 280,665 | 8 | De Palma is a master craftsman | I'm sorry . . . You look so familiar . Haven't we met before , somewhere ? That sounds like a tired pickup line , but it is significant to this movie in a way that cannot be explained without giving away the plot . I watched this to see Rie Rasmussen's ( Angel-A ) debut film . She had a small role , but oh , so , delic... |
433,199 | 2,171,244 | 1,015,246 | 8 | Somehow this madness must cease . | An outstanding examination of war from Lydon Johnson and Vietnam up to the present invasion of Iraq by George W . Bush . The illustration of the concepts and strategies used by every president during that time to get the US into war and to keep us there is eerily similar , no matter if it is a Republican or a Democrat ... |
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