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432,235 | 2,171,244 | 913,445 | 8 | A seriously funny movie | You certainly don't know what to expect with a title like YPF . Maybe some soft-core action ? What you get from this movie is so much more than what you thought . It is five separate stories : two exes getting together , a first date , a married couple who have lost the spark , BFFs , and two roommates with a girl . Fi... |
432,604 | 2,171,244 | 71,507 | 8 | Not your daddy's nunsploitation | There is so much that can be said about this film . It is not your typical nunsploitation . Of course , there is nudity and sex with nuns , but that is almost incidental to the story . It is set in 15th Century Italy , at the time of the martyrdom of 800 Christians at Otranto . The battle between the Muslims and the Ch... |
433,236 | 2,171,244 | 60,277 | 8 | The sword is the soul . Study the soul to know the sword . Evil mind , evil sword . | This was Tatsuya Nakadai's film . He was an evil samurai ( Ryunosuke Tsukue ) that would kill at the drop of a hat . Toshirô Mifune as Toranosuke Shimada had only a small role in the film , but Ryunosuke managed to see him in action and knew not to mess with him . Ryunosuke killed Hyoma's ( Yuzo Kayama ) brother after ... |
433,213 | 2,171,244 | 963,208 | 8 | Yoo-hoo ? Osama ? | I got another copy of the Christofascist propaganda film Obsession in the mail yesterday . It is appropriate that I sit down to watch this film after the attempts to scare me . Morgan Spurlock is a genius . He made a highly entertaining film that has a real message that needs to be seen and heard by everyone . No matte... |
434,503 | 2,171,244 | 377,800 | 8 | Where is Howard ? Who is Howard ? | On thing you can be certain of when you watch a Wim Wenders ( Buena Vista Social Club , Paris , Texas , The End of Violence ) is stunning cinematography , a great soundtrack , and an emotional story . Franz Lustig's cinematography in Montana , Utah and Nevada was breathtaking . The shot inside the casino was surreal . ... |
432,982 | 2,171,244 | 71,524 | 8 | May the wind at your back never be your own . | Billy Wilder's remake of the Ben Hecht play is a little better than the 1931 original , but not as good as the 1940 Cary Grant version ( The Front Page ) . Still , Jack Lemmon ( won an Oscar the year before for Save the Tiger ) and Walter Matthau ( The Fortune Cookie , Kotch ) give excellent performances , and Vincent ... |
434,478 | 2,171,244 | 110,005 | 8 | Stick it up your bottom ! | An Oscar nomination for Peter Jackson and Fran Walsh's script , and winner of numerous awards for Jackson's direction and Kate Winset's acting in her first feature film . But , that was not all . Along with Winslet's outstanding performance was Melanie Lynskey's as the girl she was in love with , also in her first film... |
432,180 | 2,171,244 | 64,115 | 8 | Oh , good . For a moment there I thought we were in trouble . | The Academy Awards were all over this film for music and cinematography and the script , but they completely ignored the actors . BAFTA did a little better in recognizing Robert Redford and Katherine Ross . Paul Newman seems to be given short shrift in the film . There is no denying the quality of the direction by Geor... |
434,317 | 2,171,244 | 144,201 | 8 | What is love ? | Daniel Auteuil ( Caché ) and Vanessa Paradis certainly give us a good answer to that question . She is ready to jump off a bridge when he comes to save her and convince her that , if she is going to kill herself anyway , she might as well be his target in a knife-throwing act . But , her luck changes when she learns to... |
433,349 | 2,171,244 | 178,868 | 8 | Four people died from watching this videotape ! | Anyone that knows me , also knows that I would never consider a remake to be as good as the original . Maybe one day , but not so far , and never a remake of an Asian film . Hideo Nakata's direction and Hiroshi Takahashi's screenplay are excellent , and Nanako Matsushima was fantastic . Hiroyuki Sanada ( Rush Hour 3 , ... |
432,171 | 2,171,244 | 117,603 | 8 | When you've lost everything , you have nothing left to lose | Set it Off , with Jada Pinkett Smith , Queen Latifah , Vivica A . Fox , and Kimberly Elise . The story of four Black women , all of whom needed money , but , more importantly , all of whom suffered at the hands of the majority causing a change in the direction of their lives . Whether it was being fired so a bank manag... |
432,312 | 2,171,244 | 404,163 | 8 | What are you willing to lay on the line ? | You can sit in a University and listen to dry lectures from Psychology profs , or you can watch a great movie like this and understand human nature and desire more than you ever imagined . Yes , we all want more , but most are not willing to make the commitment necessary to get it , and some cannot live with the conseq... |
433,198 | 2,171,244 | 51,554 | 8 | Sleep well , Mr . Harker . | It just would not be Halloween with seen one of the Hammer Horror Films starring Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing . And , what better one to watch than Dracula . Lee's Dracula is smooth and sophisticated and perfect for the role of a Count . When he bends over the beautiful but helpless woman , she doesn't need to be ... |
433,463 | 2,171,244 | 117,589 | 8 | You gotta laugh , ain't ya sweetheart ? Else you'd cry . | I saw that two sets of Mike Leigh's films are being issued , and that he is a five-time Oscar nominee . I have only see one of his films ( Vera Drake ) and I was anxious to see how this film showed his obvious talents as a writer / director . I was not disappointed to say the least . I can easily understand through thi... |
433,900 | 2,171,244 | 117,571 | 8 | I never thought I'd be so happy to be a virgin ! | I have to admit that I was never a fan of teen slasher movies . I have started to get more into zombies lately and I got introduced to Rose McGowan ( Grindhouse ) ; I have always loved Neve Campbell since Wild Things , which she actually did after this , and , naturally I love Courteney Cox ( 3000 Miles to Graceland ) ... |
434,570 | 2,171,244 | 492,487 | 8 | Gay life in rural America | Winner of two awards and beaten at Sundance by a documentary on my " must see " list , this is a film about gay life in the Bible Belt . Malcolm Ingram , who also writes , and even crewed on Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back , is changing from comedy with his third film as a director , and doing a great job at it . This f... |
432,396 | 2,171,244 | 492,496 | 8 | Eating Disorders 101 | One of the best documentaries of last year . If you know anyone who has an eating disorder , then this film will give you a clear insight into their behavior , and also into treatment facilities , and why they fail . I am so against the behavior-based practices of facilities like the one depicted in this movie . They a... |
434,526 | 2,171,244 | 492,499 | 8 | Only unreasonable men ever change things | I remember when I was working on my listening skills . I used to listen to the speeches of David Duke to see if I could get beyond his hateful rhetoric to find some gem that I could agree with . When I started to watch this doc , I could easily agree with James Carville that outside of Jerry Falwell , Ralph Nader was t... |
434,383 | 2,171,244 | 125,439 | 8 | Hugh Grant & Julia Roberts sparkle | Can a common man ever expect to be in the company of a beautiful star ? Maybe not in real life , but for the many that hope to ever do so this movie is a ray of hope . Hugh Grant was absolutely marvelous as a bookseller who bumps into Julia Roberts . She was equally fantastic in what I perceive to be her best performan... |
433,483 | 2,171,244 | 1,003,051 | 8 | We can't wait for Michael Moore | Soon after , Jim Terr wrote a beautiful song called " Remember September 12th . " Google it if you haven't heard it . How can we forget the day , Three thousand got blown away . But what a shock to start to explore How that day , and the day after , and the day beforeTwenty-four thousand dropped like flies Right before... |
434,231 | 2,171,244 | 447,544 | 8 | Wetbacks - the other side of the coin | Wetback : The Undocumented Documentary is an excellent film by Arturo Pereze Torres and Heather Haynes . It shows the issue of immigration into the US from the side of the undocumented worker . We all know the side of the vigilantes . All we have to do is watch anyone on Fox to get that side . But , what do we really k... |
433,721 | 2,171,244 | 438,938 | 8 | World AIDS Day | In a small recognition of World AIDS Day , I spent some time watching this outstanding documentary about the origin of the disease . There is no debate as to where and when HIV-1 originated , but there has been some discussion as to exactly how . Was it naturally occurring , or did we somehow do it ourselves ? This fil... |
434,548 | 2,171,244 | 412,919 | 8 | These women were great ! | I have never seen a wrestling match with women . I don't know how common it was in the early seventies when I used to see some wrestling on TV when sitting at the bar on Sunday morning , but there was never any on . I have never seen the cuties that wrestle for the WWE now . So , I have nothing to compare , but I was j... |
433,442 | 2,171,244 | 417,225 | 8 | Closer to " Chicago " than " Dreamgirls " | There are two reasons I tuned into this film . One , I love Terrance Howard ( currently on the big screen in " Pride ) , and two , I was hoping to see another " Chicago " - style musical extravaganza . I was definitely disappointed with " Dreamgirls . " It just didn't measure up , but " Idlewild " comes much closer to ... |
434,013 | 2,171,244 | 389,235 | 8 | Oh , the choices we make . | Veteran director Michael Skolnik joins with writer / director Lori Silverbush in her sophomore venture and they combine to create a work that will stand the test of time . We all make choices , some good and some bad . But , what if the choices we make are really not ours ? What if we want to make the right choice , bu... |
433,640 | 2,171,244 | 9,968 | 8 | Don't do it , Daddy ! You'll hit me once too often , and then they'll hang yer . | Cheng Huan ( Richard Barthelmess , who became a star with this film and would go on to earn two Oscar nominations ) comes to London to make his fortune , but soon finds himself in the drudgery of everyday life . Lucy ( Oscar nominee Lillian Gish ) is a 15-year-old girl who is used as a punching bag by her father , a bo... |
434,125 | 2,171,244 | 492,447 | 8 | Fair Trade for Coffee growers | I have to admit that I have been drinking coffee for forty years and I will be drinking coffee when I finally give up the ghost . I found this story to be so exciting , but also sad . I really enjoyed seeing the process of coffee growing , roasting and sale , but I was totally distressed at the fact that a cup of coffe... |
433,864 | 2,171,244 | 844,761 | 8 | Inside the mind of John Waters | Coincidentally , I saw this one-man show right after watching Trantasia . How appropriate . Getting to know John Waters and his mind was a worthwhile experience . He talks about how he got started and gives brief discussions on all of his films , interspersed with some of the things that interest him . Believe me , you... |
434,535 | 2,171,244 | 82,517 | 8 | Happy birthday to the head rabbit | Who would have guessed that 81-year-old Hugh Hefner actually acted in a movie that didn't have Playboy in the title ? I think it is also appropriate that Hef has a birthday right after Easter . But he was in this Mel Brooks classic . If you like Young Frankenstein or the The Producers , then you will absolutely love th... |
434,554 | 2,171,244 | 473,444 | 8 | What I do not give , you must never take by force . | This was a grand opera of incest , political intrigue , infidelity , and murder in a style that is not equaled by any other production to come from China . Yimou Zhang ( House of Flying Daggers , jet Li's Hero ) has outdone himself in this lavish production that is unequaled in its opulence in the Imperial palace . The... |
432,958 | 2,171,244 | 1,045,670 | 8 | It's not easy being you , is it ? | I really loved Mike Leigh's Secrets and Lies , so I expected this Oscar and Golden Globe nominated film would be equally good . I was not disappointed . Sally Hawkins got a Golden Globe for her performance along with a shelf full of other awards . She played a girl ( Poppy ) so happy she even smiled at her bike being s... |
433,231 | 2,171,244 | 71,249 | 8 | The ultimate Peckinpah | Sam Peckinpah's most nihilistic film stars Warrens Oates as a sleazy gringo messing with a whole bunch of sleazier bad guys . This is a film that should be on every " Guilty Pleasure " list . It has it all - sex , gunfights , revenge , disgusting gore , and a lot of action . This is a typical grind house film that will... |
434,382 | 2,171,244 | 102,138 | 8 | The military-industrial complex | Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex . It was not well know at the time of Kennedy's presidency . Oliver Stone presents a long and confusing argument that it was behind Kennedy's assassination . The film show Keven Costner as Jim Garrson battling the US Government and it's cronies : the ultra-righ... |
433,286 | 2,171,244 | 51,201 | 8 | Superb courtroom drama | I just finished watching Live Free and Die Harder for the second time . I was blown away by the special effects , and Bruce Willis ' capability to take more punishment than a human could be expected to and live . After that I wanted something that had the same fireworks but done with acting and not special effects . Th... |
433,012 | 2,171,244 | 218,839 | 8 | Why have I missed these films ? | So who was the " Best in Show ? " Was it the incredibly neurotic Meg Swan ( Parker Posey ) . I mean , can you believe how she went ape over that bee toy ? Can you believe that she or that husband of hers ( Michael Hitchcock ) should ever be allowed to own a dog ? How about Gerry ( Eugene Levy ) and Cookie ( Catherine O... |
432,309 | 2,171,244 | 465,602 | 8 | This should be big in the Gunshine State ! | This was a pure adrenaline rush . Clive Owen can run circles around Angelina Jolie with her curving bullets . I felt like I was on a roller coaster ride and I didn't want to get off . Paul Giamatti was perfect as the head of the bad guys who were trying to take Owen down . He pulled so many amazing tricks , that I coul... |
432,386 | 2,171,244 | 404,390 | 8 | Hits hard and never lets up | I actually thought this was just some routine picture about a low level hood that lost a gun , but I was dead wrong . Sure , it starts that way , but this film is as good as Sin City , Pulp Fiction , and many others that stylize violence . I have to note that performance of the kids in the film . Cameron Bright and Ale... |
432,785 | 2,171,244 | 923,752 | 8 | Work is for people who can't play video games . | This was a fascinating incursion into the world of gamers . There were all kinds of interesting characters ; some just plain bizarre . What was most interesting as how people lined up to support their champion and discount any attempt to dethrone him . Any attempt was questioned , and modified as " getting a lucky brea... |
432,423 | 2,171,244 | 71,275 | 8 | There are two versions of this film | This film sat in a can for 23 years due to the death of the financier and it being tied up in his estate . There are two versions . Bava's original , " Rabid Dogs , " is grittier and more unpolished . His son redid it as " Kidnapped , " adding scenes and Americanizing the dialog a bit . One goof was the thief's comment... |
432,987 | 2,171,244 | 443,543 | 8 | Everything you have seen here has been an illusion . | Edward Norton and Paul Giamatti gave what I consider Oscar-worthy performances in this film . I was mesmerized from the beginning with what I consider an outstanding story by writer and director Neil Burger . This was an incredibly beautiful love story made even more spectacular by the use of illusion to achieve happin... |
432,156 | 2,171,244 | 102,103 | 8 | Woma or Man gets her Man or Woman | I like strong women . Maybe i am weird in that way . George Sand was a strong woman . She knew what she wanted and she was willing to wait until she found it . In the meantime , she took a man's name , she dressed like a man , she smoked and cussed like a man , and she didn't call her lovers the next day either . That ... |
432,922 | 2,171,244 | 265,666 | 8 | A quirky comedy / drama | Oh , Tannenbaum , Oh , Tannenbaum - oops , this isn't a Christmas movie . It's Tenenbaum . It's a quirky film about a weird family of burnt-out neurotics . Let's just say it is not set on Walton Mountain . But , at least it's not Zoolander , either . I always have that fear when I see Ben Stiller . Of course , Gene Hac... |
432,984 | 2,171,244 | 430,357 | 8 | Let's take it to the limit one more time . | Well , they didn't Michael Mann ( The Insider , Collateral , The Aviator ) failed to produce the magic on the big screen that he did as producer of the TV series . Colin Farrell ( Phone Booth , Daredevil , Minority Report ) and Jaime Foxx ( Ray , Collateral Jarheal ) never seemed to have that chemistry that partners sh... |
433,532 | 2,171,244 | 106,387 | 8 | You need me to be sick . | I know that I have commented on Johnny Depp's versatility from Pirates to Sweeney Todd to Before Night falls , but I had my breath taken away from his role in this film . He was a sort of free spirit that came into the life of schizophrenic Joon ( Mary Stuart Masterson ) , and transformed her with love . Until he arriv... |
433,782 | 2,171,244 | 814,075 | 8 | A difficult review to write | I am having a hard time with this review as I am a recovering Catholic who spent the first 18 years of his life totally immersed in the Church , even to the point of a year in seminary . It wasn't until these scandals broke added to the fact that I was a child protective services worker dealing with sexual abuse of chi... |
434,011 | 2,171,244 | 465,551 | 8 | She's the one I have waited for . | This is one part horror film and partly a commentary of sociological events that are all to common in this country right now . After an almost exclusively male role as sexual predators , we hear more and more stories of female teachers who have prey upon children . Debra Lefebvre is in trouble again and Mary Kay Letour... |
433,269 | 2,171,244 | 249,380 | 8 | Thelma & Louise for grownups | This was not one of the infamous video nasties , but it is nonetheless a nasty video . The sex is raw and the violence is in-your-face , just like the title , which was translated into " Rape Me " in the US , but is more appropriately " Fck Me . " I noted that it was supposedly banned in it's home country , France , an... |
434,311 | 2,171,244 | 296,042 | 8 | There's no love in your violence . | Kano : Older Brother Kakihara , you were in love with Boss Anjo , weren't you ? But it wasn't because you were queer or admired him or something . It was because you loved the pain you felt when he beat you up . That's why you're looking for him so hard , isn't it ? Director Takashi Miike has given us a film that is li... |
433,212 | 2,171,244 | 78,935 | 8 | Today people want sensationalism ; the more you rape their senses the happier they are . | This film was disturbing on so many levels . In fact , I could not even sit through it all at once . I had to take a break and come back and finish it the next day . I have not seen a film as disturbing as this since " I Spit on Your Grave . " One shouldn't be disturbed at seeing animals slaughtered if you eat meat . A... |
432,614 | 2,171,244 | 859,765 | 8 | We can't forget who we are . | Sanming ( Sanming Han ) goes to the village of Fengjie looking for his wife , Missy Ma ( Lizhen Ma ) , who had run off 16 years prior . Her village was flooded for the Three Gorges Dam . His quest is complicated by the fact that over a million Chinese were relocated and scattered because of the dam . While Sanming is w... |
433,802 | 2,171,244 | 426,214 | 8 | If food is life , should one give their life for food ? | Before The Diving Bell and the Butterfly , Mr . Bean's Holiday or The Science of Sleep , there was Short Order . While it has just reached our shores a couple of months ago , it is not a new film . It is , however , a film for those who like fantasy and lightness and beauty . Of course , the great beauty in all the fil... |
434,440 | 2,171,244 | 109,579 | 8 | You want some meat ? I have a long sausage . | Roman Polanski's film is raw and exciting as you are literally on the edge of you seat wondering just what is going to happen next . It is based upon a play , so there are only three characters , but that is all it needs . Sigourney Weaver is a torture survivor from a Latin-American country . Pick one , we have been co... |
432,172 | 2,171,244 | 165,929 | 8 | In memory of Aaliyah | It was four years ago on August 25 that Aaliyah was tragically taken from us and the life of another great musical talent cut short . I decided to watch Romeo Must Die with Jet Li in her memory as it has a lot of her music ( Come Back in One Piece " , " I Don't Wanna " , " Try Again " and " Are You Feelin ' Me ? " ) , ... |
433,516 | 2,171,244 | 20,530 | 8 | 1001 Movies to see before you die | Oscar-nominee Luis Buñuel ( That Obscure Object of Desire , The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie ) , the father of film surrealism , joins with another surrealist , Salvador Dalí , in his first film as a director . The film opens with a man cutting a woman's eyeball , but it get stranger as we see ants come out of a m... |
432,507 | 2,171,244 | 106,308 | 8 | I may be bad . . . but I feel gooood . | Is this Sam Raimi's best film pre-Spider Man 2 ? Some would argue that this A-List director made his best mark in Evil Dead 2 . That was certainly a great film , but I have an affinity for time-travel , and found this film to be as good , if not better . The makeup and horror was superb , but Bruce Campbell was just so... |
432,595 | 2,171,244 | 395,584 | 8 | Chinese , Japanese , Dirty knees , look at these ! | Ron Zombie ( House of 1000 Corpses , Grindhouse ) has certainly put together an interesting film about just about the worst Texans you would ever want to come across . The action starts from the beginning of the movie and never ends . There is not a lot of time wasted in conversation . We are presented with evil in it'... |
434,446 | 2,171,244 | 174,707 | 8 | Poor people can't survive , so they have to kill their babies . | It is hard to believe that this film was made in 1974 as it mirrors the circumstances of the US in the last 16 years . The abortion rate under Clinton's Presidency was lower than under the Bush administration . Why the difference ? Read the quote above . If the poor can't buy rice , they don't have more children . This... |
433,208 | 2,171,244 | 174,708 | 8 | I want to make love to a ghost once . | Shintarô Katsu , who played the blind swordsman " Zatoichi " in a total of 27 movies , ends the Hanzo trilogy with this excellent film in which he gets to make love to a ghost , Mako Midori ( Blind Beast ) . The big stick , used often in the pursuit of justice , is retired forever . Katsu was his usual impudent self as... |
432,695 | 2,171,244 | 479,143 | 8 | Let's start building some hurting bombs . | I really thought that I would be disappointed by this movie . The thought of Sylvester Stallone boxing at 60 was funny . I mean the guy is four years older than I am and I wouldn't even think of doing that ! But , I was surprised that the boxing was not the main focus of this movie . It was about standing up in the fac... |
432,671 | 2,171,244 | 101,969 | 8 | This country is gone to sht . | I was really trying to think about every word in this film written by Lawrence and Meg Kasdan . and directed by Lawrence . It gets weird in parts , but it is the conversation that really makes you think . Like when Simon ( Danny Glover ) is trying to explain to Mack ( Kevin Kline ) about the Grand Cayon : You ever been... |
433,742 | 2,171,244 | 469,263 | 8 | Follow the dream ! | When you have had Halle Berry ( Monster's Ball ) and been married to Angelina Jolie , one would think there are no more mountains to climb . But , Charles Farmer ( Billy Bob Thornton ) had a dream to go into space . The fact that life gave him lemons didn't stop that dream . The fact that the FAA ( J . K . Simmons ) an... |
434,332 | 2,171,244 | 71,402 | 8 | We want you to get out of New York . . . Permanently . | Do not kid yourself . This is the way anyone who has experienced personal loss would probably act given the same circumstances . We want to lash out at those who are scum and prey upon us and others . Maybe we just limit ourselves to reading the obits every day and hoping to see a name , but Paul Kersey ( Charles Brons... |
432,977 | 2,171,244 | 144,084 | 8 | Not quite blonde , are we ? More of a dirty blonde . | Mary Harron ( The Notorious Bettie Page ) writes and directs another great film that I am still trying to categorize . Christian Bale ( Batman Begins , El Maquinista ) is absolutely terrifying as someone who proceeds to rape , murder , and torture in gruesome ways without one bit of remorse . His filmed encounter with ... |
434,521 | 2,171,244 | 79,095 | 8 | Amorality , greed , cynicism , and narcissism . | This is the best of the 43 films that Rainer Werner Fassbinder made ; his most successful at least . He was one of the leading directors in the New Germany after WWII . Hanna Schygulla was magnificent as the cold , calculating Maria Bruan , who lost her husband to the War , found him after she took an American soldier ... |
432,461 | 2,171,244 | 75,214 | 8 | A rollicking great action yarn ( that was true ! ) | The first thing you notice about this film is the racist MPAA . Despite it being rated PG for war violence , there was nudity . Breasts were exposed , but they weren't those of Barbara Parkins ( " Peyton Place " , Valley of the Dolls , and her skintastic moment in Breakfast in Paris ) , but of African natives . Seems t... |
433,732 | 2,171,244 | 117,500 | 8 | Cage and Connery at their best | OK , the premise is just a little wacky . Nickolas Cage , with the assistance of Sean Connery are going to bust into Alcatraz to stop some crazy general from destroying civilization . Well , that's a little exaggerated , but that's the basic idea . The General ( Ed Harris ) has some nasty stuff that only Cage can neutr... |
432,901 | 2,171,244 | 71,358 | 8 | A real teacher | I not only consider this to be the best film that Jon Voight ( Midnight Cowboy , Coming Home ) has ever done , but a real tribute to teachers . Despite incredible odds , Pat Conroy ( Voight ) managed to reach a group of students and bring them from nowhere to a basic literacy and awareness of the world . His methods ma... |
434,328 | 2,171,244 | 109,688 | 8 | The root of man's problems is memory . | Most viewers of this film will know the back story . Kar Wai Wong ( 2046 ) collected pieces of his 1994 film Ashes of Time and remastered them to make this film . The first thing you notice is the magnificent cast : Maggie Cheung ( 2046 , Hero ) , Tony Leung Chiu Wai ( Lust , Caution , Hero , Infernal Affairs III ) , a... |
432,786 | 2,171,244 | 82,776 | 8 | Rape and revenge | Looking like a schoolgirl ( probably intentional ) as she was reportedly only 17 when they made this film , and mute , Thana ( Zoë Lund ) is the perfect victim . After two rapes , she manages to find the strength to kill her second rapist and proceeds to dispose of him . She disposes of the body parts from her rapist i... |
432,790 | 2,171,244 | 120,879 | 8 | That man sitting over there in the white suit . . . is the biggest thing to come out of this country since sliced Beatles | I have to admit that I totally missed the whole Glam Rock experience . I spent the seventies immersed in R & B . That said , I have to say that Todd Haynes ' film was absolutely fabulous and a real pleasure , both visually and aurally . The music was excellent , and the costuming was definitely Oscar worthy . I thought... |
433,556 | 2,171,244 | 482,571 | 8 | Are you watching closely ? | Olivia Wenscombe : It won't bring your wife back . Robert Angier : I don't care about my wife . I care about his secret . Christian Bale ( The Machinist , Batman begins ) was absolutely stunning in the tale of two magicians who are constantly trying to outdo each other . X-man Hugh Jacman was his rival , who ostensibly... |
434,638 | 2,171,244 | 374,339 | 8 | Tying up loose ends | While this is a great film with an incomparable score and outstanding cinematography , it leaves a lot to be desired . It is really not necessary as the first two films really give us all we need . It is light on action and heavy on psychological trauma . Andy Lau as Inspector Lau has taken care of all the moles - or h... |
432,766 | 2,171,244 | 395,972 | 8 | Keep your friggin ' hands to yourself | Inspired by a true story , North Country follows Josey's ( Charlize Theron ) journey on a road that will take her farther than she ever imagined , ultimately inspiring countless others , and leading to the nation's first-ever class action lawsuit for sexual harassment . It is a story of courage and persistence ; of ove... |
433,335 | 2,171,244 | 330,904 | 8 | The Japanese David Lynch | The fact that your film is a winner at Venice is evidence enough of your artistry . Shinya Tsukamoto ( Ichi the Killer ) wrote , directed and starred in this weird film that certainly establishes him as and eccentric and extreme cinema pioneer . Saved by Rinko ( Asuka Kurosawa ) , Iguchi ( Tsukamoto ) seeks to return t... |
433,683 | 2,171,244 | 425,326 | 8 | I'm your holiday in Goa ? | Funny and educational , this is the story of outsourcing . Todd ( Josh Hamilton ) has to go to India to train call center workers in how to do it the American way . It is a riot as they try to learn American customs , and he has to learn Indian ways . Ayesha Dharker ( Queen Jamilla in Star Wars : Episode II - Attack of... |
433,825 | 2,171,244 | 51,994 | 8 | Women and children first . | I could not help but think of my Grandfather , who came over to this country in steerage fro0m Sicily . Fortunately , his ship did not sink or he would have been treated as the passengers were on this ship . They really had not choice as there were 1000 more passengers than there were lifeboat spaces . This was an exce... |
432,998 | 2,171,244 | 120,863 | 8 | War don't ennoble men . It turns them into dogs . . . poisons the soul . | We have to take this rock . Director Terrence Malick made us look at something else . It wasn't a rock , it had trees , and people , and wildlife and real beauty before anyone outside the rock ever appeared . It also has human emotions and thoughts and dreams along with those who came to take this rock . Can you come b... |
434,527 | 2,171,244 | 438,327 | 8 | An accident , speculation , and looming disaster | It seems appropriate as houses are falling in value all over due to sub-prime loans and speculation to look at another area that fell victim . The Salton Sea was formed by the Colorado River to create Imperial Valley . In the Fifties , it was a resort area with great Tilapia fishing , boating , swimming , skiing , etc ... |
433,181 | 2,171,244 | 293,146 | 8 | You Never Know Department | I picked up the wife from work last night and sat back to check out Face . Tsotsi was making it's premiere at 10 pm , so I could change if it proved boring . The description was the 2004 Korean horror film , but the movie that came on was the 2002 Chinese Face , starring Ling Bai . Needless to say , I never switched as... |
433,526 | 2,171,244 | 460,989 | 8 | Is this how our revolution started ? | I cannot watch this film without thinking that this must be the way the American revolution against the British started . If one just believes a small part of this portrayal of the British to be true , then there is ample justification for all revolutions against them . The soldiers in this film would make great custom... |
432,784 | 2,171,244 | 82,118 | 8 | God bless her mom and dad . | This is one of the infamous video nasties that were banned in Britain . It was eventually released uncut . It is notable for several film debuts : Oscar Winner Holly Hunter ( The Piano ) , Jason Alexander ( " Seinfeld " ) , Fisher Stevens ( Short Circuit ) , Brian Backer ( Fast Times At Ridgemont High ) in his first cr... |
432,515 | 2,171,244 | 55,928 | 8 | Tell me Miss Trench , do you play any other games ? | I went back to revisit this film that started all the Bond nonsense . It doesn't age well and the performances seemed a little silly , but I am judging it in it's time when I give it a rating . One of the funniest things about this film is that it is considered an " action film . " In fact , it won an award for best ac... |
433,396 | 2,171,244 | 86,465 | 8 | Mother always said you were greedy . | John Landis has directed a brilliant original screenplay by Timothy Harris and Herschel Weingrod . Eddie Murphy is absolutely hilarious as a street hustler that was placed in the world of options trading by a couple of old farts who just like to bet with each other . Of course on the opposite side , the real options tr... |
434,206 | 2,171,244 | 70,917 | 8 | You'll simply never understand the true nature of sacrifice . | An absolutely outstanding film and way superior to the remake , Edward Woodward , who went on to do " The Equalizer " ten years after this , was brilliant as Sergeant Howie , a devout Christian who was absolutely shocked at the goings on on the island . The best part was when he was mesmerized by Willow's ( Britt Eklan... |
434,165 | 2,171,244 | 372,784 | 9 | You are just an ordinary man in a cape ! | I just do not believe that it is possible to gather a cast that includes the definitive Batman Christian Bale ( El Maquinista ) , the perfect butler Michael Caine ( Children of Men ) , the imposing Liam Neeson ( Gangs of New York ) , the always watchable Morgan Freeman ( Danny the Dog ) , the good cop Gary Oldman ( Har... |
432,225 | 2,171,244 | 893,356 | 9 | The inhumanity of war | I watch movies for two reasons : to be entertained , and to be informed . This is one of the most informative movies that I have ever seen . The actions of the Japanese soldiers in 1937 as they invaded China was on a par with many of the atrocities that we have seen in our lifetime in Bosnia , Darfur , etc . It is a st... |
433,705 | 2,171,244 | 316,654 | 9 | It can't be stopped . It's self-sustaining now . | He knows a hero when he sees one . Too few characters out there , flying around like that , saving old girls like me . And Lord knows , kids like Henry need a hero . Courageous , self-sacrificing people . Setting examples for all of us . Everybody loves a hero . People line up for them , cheer them , scream their name... |
432,771 | 2,171,244 | 273,108 | 9 | Looking for my place in the world | Damien Nguyen is incredible in his first film role as a child with a Vietnamese mother and American father , who is trying to find out where he fits in the world . As a mixed race child , he is shunned by the Vietnamese and cannot even hide in a small village with his grandmother . He sets out on a journey to find his ... |
432,168 | 2,171,244 | 330,373 | 9 | The Goblet of Fire burns bright | There was an old Mel Brooks film that I remember called The History of the World : Part I . The tag line suggested that " from the dawn of man to the distant future , mankind's evolution ( or lack thereof ) is traced . " Of course , mankind's history cannot be touched in 92 minutes , and do not expect J . K . Rowling's... |
434,216 | 2,171,244 | 405,159 | 9 | The story of life in the trenches | It is a good thing I did not read Salon . com's review of Million Dollar Baby before I watched it . They derided it by stating that " Clint Eastwood's boxing movie floats like a lead balloon and stings like a dead bee . " Well , I remember watching a lot of boxing at the National Guard Armory in Tampa 30 years ago , an... |
432,166 | 2,171,244 | 294,870 | 9 | Superb music and great cast | It is no secret that I am a Law and Order buff . I haven't completely embraced the cast changes and , am , in fact , still upset at the replacement of Elisabeth Röhm with Annie Parisse . But I wanted to see how Jesse L . Martin did in Rent . Regulars know Martin was absent from the last four episodes of the fifteenth s... |
433,527 | 2,171,244 | 307,901 | 9 | You had it all , and you threw it away , you dumb fck ! | Where do you start with a film like this ? With the director ? Spike Lee put together a magnificent film that really kept your interest throughout . There really wasn't a dull moment . The theme of losing was woven throughout the film . Not just with Edward Norton's character , but with all of them . They all were in t... |
432,344 | 2,171,244 | 65,234 | 9 | Make war on corruption and liberalism and on indiscriminate liberty . | For all those who do not realize that the US government loves dictators as long as they are anti-communist ( leaves Fidel out ) , and as long as they do what they are told ( sorry Saddam ) , this true life depiction is a must-see . It doesn't say Greece , but it is , under the rule of The Colonels . The Government trie... |
433,941 | 2,171,244 | 365,190 | 9 | A thrilling road trip through France | 2004 was a good year for foreign films with Feux rouges and Mar adentro and Pedro Almodóvar's La Mala educación . Feux rouges is a great thriller in the style of Hitchcock . Antoine ( Jean-Pierre Darroussin ) and Hélène ( Carole Bouquet ) play husband an wife who bicker with each other on a road trip to pick up their c... |
432,206 | 2,171,244 | 78,269 | 9 | Give me the money , fcker . | An all-star cast and a great story about6 a bank robbery that just plain went wrong . You know I love caper films . In this one Christopher Plummer ( The Inside Man , Syriana ) played a really evil person . You would not believe how evil until you see what he does in anger after being cheated in a bank robbery . It see... |
432,890 | 2,171,244 | 338,013 | 9 | Blessed are the forgetful , for they get the better even of their blunders . | I avoided this movie because I thought I would never see anything starring Jim Carrey ( Dumb & Dumber , The Cable Guy , Ace Ventura : When Nature Calls ) that was worth watching . That was my loss . Kate Winslet ( Little Children ) was absolutely brilliant in this film by Oscar-winner Charlie Kaufman . And , of course ... |
432,918 | 2,171,244 | 87,843 | 9 | Happy Birthday Max | When I think of James Woods , I have to go back to this classic by Sergio Leone , who directed those great Clint Eastwood spaghetti westerns . He also did this film and Once Upon a Time in the West . This is an outstanding gangster film with Woods and Robert De Niro and Joe Pesci . There are several versions , and the ... |
434,599 | 2,171,244 | 854,678 | 9 | An indictment of the Bush Administration | This outstanding film , the Oscar winner for Best Documentary this year , is a clear indictment that the Bush Administration should be held accountable for war crimes . Unfortunately , as it is also pointed out in the film , they managed to insert some clause of immunity in a law . The fact that they did this - for the... |
434,456 | 2,171,244 | 780,536 | 9 | Ray , you are about the worst tourist in the whole world . | You cannot say much about this film without giving it away , and I wouldn't dare do that as it is so full of surprises that everyone should see it . It so reminded me of Crete . I spent two years there and visited all the Minoan sites . Of course , all the tourists go to Knossos , and my wife didn't mind that as it is ... |
434,613 | 2,171,244 | 497,465 | 9 | The trick is to enjoy life , accepting it has no meaning whatsoever . | I recall seeing a Woody Allen film before . I believe it was Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Sex But Were Afraid to Ask . I don't really recall it , and it was so long ago . If this film is a typical Woody Allen film , then I have been cheating myself out of great pleasure for a long time . Rebecca Hall , Sc... |
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