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428,729 | 3,079,504 | 884,224 | 7 | Good look at how the US does war by other means is trapped by being in a twilight zone linked to current events | John Cusack stars in what is essentially a spiritual sequel to Gosse Point Blank . Cusack here is a hit-man working for a private company / US government ( ala Haliburton ) who goes to a middle eastern / former soviet country we've blown to hell and are now rebuilding as the head of a US trade show . Its really a cover... |
427,741 | 3,079,504 | 364,977 | 7 | Three supernatural tales are an okay mix that is weakened by the odd length of its parts | A collection of three ghost stories : In the first , which plays like a darker Beauty and the Beast , an antique drum ends up in the hands of a young woman who has to work out its secret before things turn deadly . In the second a young woman finds a potion to make her irresistible to men , unfortunately it comes with ... |
428,297 | 3,079,504 | 303,325 | 7 | Hypnotic | Hour long film made up entirely of fragments from decaying nitrate film . A hypnotic film the film becomes an trip through the minds eye as the unconnected pieces end up joined by the minds ability to impose order . What is the film about ? Thats for you to discover as decay infuses the images with eerie , surreal and ... |
427,614 | 3,079,504 | 490,181 | 7 | Taken on its own terms this is a pretty good popcorn scifi actioner | A pretty good little film in a pulpy sort of way . This is another game based tale , but for what ever reason , perhaps the good performances ( including Ron Perlman and John Malkovich , Sean Pertwee and Thomas Jane ) or the almost entirely CGI created world that actually looks like a place , or a reasonable script , t... |
429,123 | 3,079,504 | 39,805 | 7 | Witty dialog lifts a run of the mill sea yarn | Buster Crabbe is Captain Silver master of the ship the Sea Hound sailing in the waters of the South Seas . Based on a comic this Columbia serial is good but very workman like . The plot concerning the battle to out smart the Commodore and get a hidden treasure moves along at a leisurely pace and could have used the rem... |
427,475 | 3,079,504 | 74,650 | 7 | The music of a man talking fast | For the most part any documentary that Werner Herzog has made results in you seeing something in a new light , even if you don't like the subject . There is always a reason behind anything he has taken a look at . The subject here is auctioneers . I wouldn't have thought twice about a film about men who sell live stock... |
427,301 | 3,079,504 | 303,357 | 7 | If the mood strikes you this is a very sweet romantic comedy | A young man , who's mentally handicapped , meets a young woman , with a great deal of baggage , at the laundry where he works and they fall in love . This is a very quirky love story that was exactly what I wasn't in the mood for when I watched it . Still I stayed with it , so I laughed and cried a bit with these very ... |
428,676 | 3,079,504 | 25,318 | 7 | Funny film with some great set pieces | I finally cracked the first WC Fields set that Universal put out a few years ago . I got the second set for Christmas and figured I should probably start watching the films . I started with Its A Gift , the story of a put upon grocer in New Jersey who buys an orange farm and heads west . Of course everything goes wrong... |
427,126 | 3,079,504 | 308,827 | 7 | enjoyable | Beautiful to look at Samurai film concerning a bunch of masterless swordsmen who end up protecting a brothel and tavern from some bad ass samurai . more meditative then flat out action film this is a film of characters and ideas . yes there is action but the effects of events have weight because we care about the peopl... |
426,789 | 3,079,504 | 296,242 | 7 | Entertaining look at the stars of Chinese martial arts films | Good martial arts movie over view that is a good mix of interviews , narration and fight clips . The film gives some background on the history of martial arts in China before moving on to a loose overview of martial arts on film . Focusing on the various stars that have emerged in the genre over the years the film is a... |
427,906 | 3,079,504 | 452,592 | 7 | Graphicly violent fact based tale rise above its genre but is not for the squeamish | Nasty film based on the killings in Matamoros Mexico where the search for a missing student turned up a drug running operation using black magic as a cover and to empower its members . The plot of the film has three buddies going to Mexico for spring break . One goes missing , kidnapped by the cult and the other two go... |
428,751 | 3,079,504 | 985,699 | 7 | If only I could have forgotten how it was going to end I would have thought this one of the best of the year | Bryan Singers film about the plot to kill Hitler is a very good one . ( SPOILERS AHEAD ) Wonderfully acted , especially when it gets going , it has one of the best ensemble casts I've seen . This is beautiful to look at with a real sense of being in the Nazi world . And it is at times a taut film about a plot to kill t... |
428,584 | 3,079,504 | 473,514 | 7 | Real sense of place and character lift what could have been a run of the mill infection causing madness flick | One of last years " 8 Films to Die For " is a New York Lensed tale of a zombie / 28 Days Later tale of biological horror set in New Yorks Lower East Side as some disease spread by rat bite and later people bite turns people in hungry beasts . Clearly filmed in New York in real locations this film feels like New York . ... |
426,986 | 3,079,504 | 20,987 | 7 | One of the Best Wheeler and Woolsey Comedies | This is a very funny film starring Wheeler and Woolsey , a comedy team that is all but forgotten these days . Their brand of humor tended to be verbal and punny , but they were also adept physical comedians as well . Here the pair end up helping , and romancing , a runaway fom a rich family . She's inherited a hotel an... |
428,387 | 3,079,504 | 278,413 | 7 | Family and friends try to come to terms with the aftermath of a terrible tragedy | Distance Three years after an apocalyptic cult released a biological weapon that killed hundreds and wounded thousands four relatives of people killed in the attack attempt to come to terms with what happened . While the nation mourns the deaths of the victims these four try to come to terms with the deaths of some of ... |
427,457 | 3,079,504 | 36,255 | 7 | Great Dialog and a great cast is the reason to watch this truly enjoyable ( if not really mysterious ) mystery | Lee Tracy plays Brad McKay a smart mouthed reporter loved , or at least respected by both the police and the criminals . When a reforming special prosecutor , who's work he had been covering , is killed McKay is thrust in to the thick of things since its assumed that he may have a clue as to who might have killed the m... |
428,405 | 3,079,504 | 51,542 | 7 | Good thriller | Another from the Criterion Madmen and Monsters set . Here Boris Karloff is a doctor trying to find away to end pain during surgery . Regrettably he becomes addicted to his drugs and all sorts of havoc ensues . Better in many way than the co feature Haunted Strangler , this boasts a super performance from Christopher Le... |
428,649 | 3,079,504 | 25,271 | 7 | Okay Mystery | Years ago fortune hunter ran a foul of an Indian cult . Now years later he calls together the backers of his trip to try and make amends and to make right what happened . Or so he says . Actually there's more going on here than meets the eye , not to mention a potentially murderous gorilla . This is a very good , compl... |
429,083 | 3,079,504 | 60,175 | 7 | Good little thriller | Atmospheric vampire of story about a vampire who comes to a small town in order to secure a heart for the girl he loves . Its an eerie little film , a bit silly at times , but entirely watchable . It won't scare you but it will keep you watching ( its more vampire drama than horror film ) . Its a stand out little film ... |
426,853 | 3,079,504 | 20,945 | 7 | Dated but Fun | Wheeler and Woolsey play two service men during the First World War and go AWOL in Paris changing identities as they go to avoid being captured . How good they are at not being caught is best summed up early in the film when the steal their image off a photograph . Its lunacy from an earlier era and at times its quite ... |
428,395 | 3,079,504 | 29,605 | 7 | Funny but Imperfect Hollywood Comedy / Romance | Atterbury Dodd is opposed to his New York banker bosses selling off Colossal Studios for only half of what he thinks its worth . Being the first person ever to stand up to the big boss he's sent off to see whats going on with the seemingly failing studio . Once there he finds that the buyer is manipulating the latest C... |
428,175 | 3,079,504 | 16,629 | 7 | A good version of the story | This film , like the play that it comes from asked the audience to keep the secret of the Bat secret so I will do the same and so I'll only speak in generalities . One of the grand old dark house films this is the story of the super criminal known as The Bat and his attempt to steal a great fortune . This film isn't th... |
428,470 | 3,079,504 | 492,499 | 7 | Even if you don't like the man you will learn to respect him | This is a warts and all look at Nader's career from when he was pushing for auto safety through his Presidential runs . This is an interesting look at the man and his passion to do what he felt was right . He changed the country and the world for the better and made things much more safer for all of us . An uncompromis... |
428,303 | 3,079,504 | 844,708 | 7 | Really good but unnecessary remake is one of the best of the recent glut of retread horror films and a fine horror film on its own | Remake of the Wes Craven horror classic ( considered by some ) that was based on Ingmar Bergman's Virgin Spring . The basic plot is simple . A band of villains brutalize a couple of girls out in the woods . When they need to take shelter they do so at the home of a nice family . All is going well until the family disco... |
428,526 | 3,079,504 | 469,050 | 7 | Off the rails comedy / action / romance is full of wild action and humor but is wounded by a disjointed narrative that starts and stops at will | Another go round with the monkey king going west . . . . sort of . Beginning in the middle of some action the movie just goes from the first frame onward . A monk and his three disciples go to a town to get the sacred suras that will bring peace to the world once they are translated and spoken to the world . But an evi... |
427,460 | 3,079,504 | 443,693 | 7 | heady film will make you think about how you see the earth , the universe and people | Werner Herzog's science fantasy about a trip to a far off planet . The plot concerns an alien played by Brad Dourif , who has come to this world from Andromeda when his world begins to die . He out lines the story of his time on earth and of our trip to his far off world . Consisting of new footage by Herzog the film a... |
428,981 | 3,079,504 | 426,459 | 7 | Very gory and very bloody horror film is better than most horror films from Hollywood and worth a look | Last Project Greenlight film is a really bloody , really gory , very funny ( in a sick way ) horror film that messes with your expectations over and over again . The plot of the film is simple , late one night at an isolated road house populated by various people , a man runs in and says that a Hellstorm of trouble is ... |
426,991 | 3,079,504 | 25,169 | 7 | Another Dark and Stormy Night | On their way to a country house to hear a new play being read a theatrical producer , his secretary , and the playwright end up stuck in the mud . They make their way to a nearby house , only to end up at the home of the playwright's fiance . If you can't guess that murder and mayhem are about to take place then you ha... |
428,111 | 3,079,504 | 152,930 | 7 | How'd this end up with sequels ? | Not that I'm complaining , I watched the three Taxi films out of order and find this is the weakest . This is the film that sets the series in motion , new taxi driver ends up mixed up with a semi-failure cop after he gives the cop's Mom a ride . Its a formula movie with some funny spots but so much time is lost to set... |
428,583 | 3,079,504 | 60,288 | 7 | One of the better films that appeared in the wake of James Bond | 1966 re-imagining of Bulldog Drummond in the James Bond mold . Drummond was created in a series of stories by Sapper . He was a British soldier of fortune between the world wars who fell into one crime related tale after another . They were made into a series of films in the 30's with various people playing Drummond in... |
427,953 | 3,079,504 | 109,936 | 7 | One of the best endings ever | I suppose saying that the end of this movie is great gives something away . Then again you don't know what that is so maybe not . The plot of this film has Kirk Douglas dying as all of his relatives try to curry favor and get left his fortune . When every trick in the book fails they call in Michael J Fox as his long l... |
428,615 | 3,079,504 | 1,142,798 | 7 | Typical Tyler Perry drama is helped by two sterling leads in Bates and Woodard | The friendship between " rich " white Kathy Bates and " poor " black Alfre Woodard and the turmoil that occurs in their families is the fodder for the latest film from Tyler Perry . Pure potboiler its the sort of movie that hits every note you expect , especially if you've seen any number of Tyler Perry's earlier films... |
428,100 | 3,079,504 | 438,986 | 7 | A good film that you've probably never heard of and that deserves your attention , especially if you love films about horses . | Its a sad commentary on American film viewing that most films from Asia not having to do with action or horror are completely left out of the loop . This is a very good movie that deserves a bigger audience in the States and elsewhere . The story of the film , very briefly , goes as follows : A girl who's mother was a ... |
427,406 | 3,079,504 | 473,444 | 7 | Story gets swallowed by the opulence of the visuals | Court intrigue in the Forbidden City . Gong Li and Chow Yun Fat turn in some of their best work in ages as a couple at war with each other in this good semi-epic . The plot has the Emperor and his wife at war with each other . The Emperor would prefer his wife to quietly expire , while his wife would rather not . Add t... |
428,979 | 3,079,504 | 60,315 | 7 | Influential western is actually quite good | Franco Nero stars as Django a drifter who pulls a coffin behind him in a western that spawn well over 50 pseudo-sequels and influenced film makers around the world . What a strange film . Barely released in the US this film is a good spaghetti western that isn't as wild as I'm sure it was in the day it was new . The pl... |
428,272 | 3,079,504 | 135,169 | 7 | Harmless dress up comedy in the style of Tootsie or Mr Doubtfire | This is the story of a would be theatrical producer who somehow manages to arrange financing for a show despite barely having enough money for the rent . When one of the backers fails to show up one of the producer's friends is forced to pretend to be the missing backer so that the show can go on . Low Key and Funny , ... |
427,258 | 3,079,504 | 64,334 | 7 | A good , but atypical film from a master director | Herzog's short film about the doctors that fly all over central Africa to bring medical help to the people living in the bush . We fly with the doctors and they tell us about the history of their service and how they treat their patients . Its a very good , and considering the director almost too straight forward docum... |
427,389 | 3,079,504 | 443,559 | 7 | A small treasure of a crime film . But if Rourke's partner wasn't such a jerk this would have been a minor classic | Mickey Rourke is a mafia hit man who runs into a young hot head who reminds him of his brother . When the hotheads plan for quick cash goes wrong the pair are seen by Diane Lane and her soon to be ex-husband , Thomas Jane . Rourke knows that no one who sees him in action can't live and the pair head off to remove the w... |
428,176 | 3,079,504 | 20,668 | 7 | A Fun Old Dark House Film | Based on a play that was filmed four years earlier by the same director this is a wonderful film that is hampered only by the limitations of sound . That said this is probably the best version of the story . A fiend known as The Bat is lurking around the mansion of a rich family and its up to an intrepid detective to p... |
427,335 | 3,079,504 | 408,236 | 7 | Good screen adaptation of the now classic Broadway musical | Returning from a long time at sea Sweeney Todd returns to London looking for the family that was taken from him . When he finds his wife dead and daughter the ward of the Judge that framed him he plots revenge with the aid of Mrs Lovett , his landlady and the owner of a shop that sells meat pies . Tim Burton's adaption... |
427,719 | 3,079,504 | 157,583 | 7 | Solid little thriller | I can't say how accurate this film is , after all its based on a novel and not history , but this tale of undoing the German Enigma code during the Second World War is a good way to spend a couple of hours . I had read mixed reviews of this film , but its recently showed up on cable and having run across it a couple of... |
427,858 | 3,079,504 | 824,747 | 7 | What starts as a tale of a mother looking for her child becomes a larger tale of police run amok | ( Spoilers Ahead ) Clint Eastwood's first of two films for 2008 is a large scale story of a woman looking for her son and what happens when she collides with the the people who are suppose to be keeping the peace and protecting the innocent . Based on what is known as the Wineville Chicken Coop Murders but with some ch... |
428,637 | 3,079,504 | 304,711 | 7 | Actually quite good if you give yourself over to it | This should have retained the title Sineater since thats more to the point of what the film is about . This is one of those movies that shows signs of being tinkered with , mostly in that chunks of it don't make sense , or a sense that seems to have been cut out . Basically the film has Heath Ledger as a priest going t... |
428,117 | 3,079,504 | 55,564 | 7 | A good start that wanders off . | Jupiter sends Heracles ( yes thats right , its not Hercules ) to get Ulysses and bring him to the cyclops for his little blinding trick . Its an odd film as what should be the adventures or two heroes are enemies for most of it . Somewhere along the lines they get captured by bird people and find their lady loves . The... |
426,804 | 3,079,504 | 75,059 | 7 | Good political thriller is worth trying | I'm trying to figure out what this film is doing in a DVD collection called Tales of Voodoo where its paired with a movie called Scorpion Thunderbolt ( which is about a killer snake-man ) since the two films have nothing in common and this film has nothing to do with voodoo . I've tried to work out the connection , but... |
427,055 | 3,079,504 | 443,536 | 7 | Insane retelling of what really was going on with that visit to Grandma's house | Rashamon like story of Little Red Riding Hood seeks to get to the bottom of that tale as well as the theft of all of the recipes from all of the goodie shops in the forest . Silly , clever , very funny . This is a movie that sort of blindsides you with the intelligence behind it all . The jokes are as constant as the w... |
427,723 | 3,079,504 | 25,530 | 7 | Offbeat thriller concerning a blown up plane is a good way to spend an hour | The plot of this film revolves around " 3 Star " a show-offy pilot at an airport . 3 Star likes to drink and likes to gamble as well as show off . Even though he's been grounded because of his stunts , 3 Star is brought in to fly a very important scientist to deliver his new explosive to the government . 3 Star is wayl... |
428,433 | 3,079,504 | 25,529 | 7 | Pre-code musical murder mystery comedy done in by the music | During the opening night of the Vanties a woman is found dead on the catwalk above the stage . As the show continues the police attempt to piece together who killed who and why before the final curtain . I had always heard that this was a great classic comedy mystery so I was excited to find myself a copy . Unfortunate... |
426,895 | 3,079,504 | 465,580 | 7 | Once it gets going this is a great film | Xmen what have you wrought ? Government experiments have produced a bunch of psychically empowered kids and young adults who are hunted by the government who want to use them as ultimate weapons . After too much explanation the film settles down into being a really good scifi action adventure as our heroes try to turn ... |
428,438 | 3,079,504 | 293,464 | 7 | Arty Sexy Erotic Thriller That is Almost Great | The plot is simple two girls , one with yellow hair and one with orange hair pick up a guy in a club and they end up involved with him . When its revealed that he has a girlfriend he wants to return to things get ugly . I'm of mixed feelings about this movie . Its a beautiful movie with sexy women , a tense story and a... |
426,863 | 3,079,504 | 25,515 | 7 | Very Good But Too Short | The story is a slightly updated story of the legendary Moonstone gem coming into the possession of a young girl and then disappearing as thieves and assorted others try to make off with it . The two prints that I've seen of this movie run only 45 minutes , so I'm not certain what the full running time is , or was , but... |
427,763 | 3,079,504 | 117,372 | 7 | Good but not great remake | Gospel version of the Bishops Wife about an angel who comes down to help a clergyman find direction in a battle between family and the pressures of his job . Denzel as an angel is inspired casting . Actually the cast is uniformly good , I only wish the script hadn't let them down . I supposed the fact that 50 years had... |
427,148 | 3,079,504 | 296,032 | 7 | Creepy thriller | Although hampered by a budget that doesn't allow for sterling effects this is a creepy little thriller that works best when showing the least . The story has echoes of any one of a dozen other films from Spirited Away to Wicker Man , but there is something about the underlying tension and feeling that something thats n... |
426,787 | 3,079,504 | 465,551 | 7 | Just see the movie | I enjoyed this movie a great deal . The acting was excellent across the board and the story about the relationship of two school teachers and what transpires between them is involving . The problem for me was that in reading the reviews for the film I found that the reviewers revealed way too much about the plot . I fo... |
428,559 | 3,079,504 | 346,899 | 7 | Very good adaptation of the tale even if it shows its stage bound origins . | This version of Jekyll and Hyde has its origins in a stage production of the novel . This is part of the films flaw in that the acting seems to have been pulled right off the stage rather than coming from real life . This shouldn't put you off from seeing this movie since its quite good and is possibly one of the finer... |
428,811 | 3,079,504 | 465,538 | 7 | Good performances are hurt by a contrived plot | George Clooney is Michael Clayton , fixer for a big New York law firm . As talk of a merger is leaving Clayton with an uncertain future , his plans to open a bar as an escape are sinking . As doubts about the future mount his firm needs him to bail out and rein in a litigation partner who's gone crazy and who is threat... |
427,336 | 3,079,504 | 496,386 | 7 | Despite being a film aimed at small kids , this film has a great animated lead and several moments of real movie magic | ( This review is based upon seeing the film in Chinese without benefit of English subtitles ) A young boy who dreams too much is often the laughing stock of his class . One day while fishing he reels in a magic gourd that talks and is granted what ever he wants . A good Disney film from China , that I'm betting won't b... |
427,644 | 3,079,504 | 820,466 | 7 | Better than the title suggests | Good B-scifi film with an awful title . The plot has an alien race trying to build a worm hole terminal on earth so they can leave their dying planet and forcibly take over the earth . They only thing stopping them is an single alien who wants revenge . What can I say its turn your brain off time at the old homestead .... |
427,975 | 3,079,504 | 44,750 | 7 | Red Scare of the most absurd kind | A bunch of people sitting in a bar find themselves suddenly witnessing the Red invasion of America . As the commies take over life for everyone becomes a living hell and every cold war stereotype is trotted out for us to boo and hiss , before the final and revelation ( which you'll guess way in advance - if its not on ... |
428,846 | 3,079,504 | 25,472 | 7 | Really good espionage film | French telegram delivery girl is kidnapped and ends up in South America , . There she works her way to the Panama Canal zone where she hopes to find some one to help her get back to France . She finds work in a saloon singing . She also begins to make the acquaintance of various parties from around the world , all of w... |
426,866 | 3,079,504 | 339,291 | 7 | Stay for the end credits | The end credits is a ten minute long cartoon of such incredible beauty that it is a great shame that most people will never watch it . Simply its some of the best animation to come out all year . While I can give the end credits a I can only give the rest of the film a begrudging , although it should probably be a 6 . ... |
427,221 | 3,079,504 | 249,538 | 7 | Good but not great | Lesbian noir romance about a street wandering painter who almost looks like a man in a feminine sort of way who falls in love with a singer who tries , and fails to keep their romance to one night . As the two spiral together the fact that the singer has other lovers ( in the hopes of furthering her career ) becomes pr... |
427,284 | 3,079,504 | 48,919 | 7 | Under-appreciated thriller deserves to be seen-preferably in a widescreen edition | Van Johnson is a blind playwright in London . cranky since he lost his sight he lives a reclusive existence having driven away anyone who cared about him . He's helped along by a butler . One day when he wanders off to a pub he overhears a conversation that leads him to believe that a terrible crime-a kidnapping or mur... |
429,035 | 3,079,504 | 71,411 | 7 | Second half of the film disappointed me | Akira Kurosawa's 1974 Russian film about man and nature has been sitting on my shelf for years and I finally got around to watching it . The story , told in flashback of a Russian Captain's encounters with a Monoglian hunter named Dersu Uzala as he makes several mapping trips into Siberia . This is a very good film . I... |
429,017 | 3,079,504 | 40,287 | 7 | Different take on the Falcon character is worth seeing for its snappy dialog and unusual twists | First of three post war Falcon films is very different than the Tom Conway / George Saunders series . Certainly the character is unrelated being named Michael Waring as opposed to Gay or Tom Lawrence . This is an extremely poverty stricken film that looks more like the shot on film TV series from a few years later . St... |
427,799 | 3,079,504 | 40,224 | 7 | Good mystery and a nice performance Tom Conway | Tom Conway ( brother of George Saunders and damn fine actor in his own right ) takes on the role of Captain Hugh " Bulldog " Drummond in the one of two stabs at Sapper's classic character . The plot of the film has Drummond's friend Algy ( played by One Step Beyond host John Newland ) stumbling into an auction house an... |
427,964 | 3,079,504 | 374,184 | 7 | One of a Kind Muscleman Zen Comedy Police Thriller Comic Book | I'm sitting her slack jawed and wondering what in the hell these people were smoking or ingesting when they made this off kilter little film . To say that this film is unique is an understatement . A body building ex-monk who dances as a male stripper and who can see the future gets mixed up with a police woman going a... |
427,483 | 3,079,504 | 29,199 | 7 | Once it gets going its very enjoyable | Nice guy is set up for a murder when he discovers that the oil company he works for isn't on the level and is actually bilking the investors . Aided by the girl who loves him and a priest who's a friend he makes an escape from custody ending up as a boxer while at the same time trying to clear his name . Making very li... |
427,601 | 3,079,504 | 51,422 | 7 | A game attempt at aping the Hammer style has produced a film thats decent but unfairly forgotten | The one enduring image from this film that has haunted me across the years is the weird hunchback assistant to the villain . Its an image that was splashed across horror magazines of my childhood . There was something about the twisted fellow with an eye that drooped to his cheek that made you want to see the movie . I... |
427,474 | 3,079,504 | 20,594 | 7 | Really neat story of surviving for a year at the bottom of the world | Oscar winning documentary on Byrd at the Antarctic and his attempt to be the first to fly over it . This beautifully shot record of what Byrd had to do to be the first man to fly over the South Pole is the type of film that sucks you in and hold you for its entire running time . If you want to know what it was like to ... |
428,778 | 3,079,504 | 366,548 | 7 | Great first half is spoiled by a contrived second | What an odd movie . Actually this is two movies , one great and the other just okay . The first half of this film is the story of Mumbles a penguin who can't sing but can dance . This is the source of most of the promos and its what the studio is pushing as what the film is about . Can the penguin find his heart song i... |
428,750 | 3,079,504 | 465,430 | 7 | Funny , gory crime horror hybrid makes you dread what may happen next | Two brothers kidnap the daughter of a mafia don and take her to cottage in the country . Once there things begin to go horribly wrong and it isn't long before everyone has met the neighbor - the local maniac . Jet black crime horror comedy that stars Andy Serkis ( why isn't he getting bigger roles in bigger movies ? ) ... |
426,967 | 3,079,504 | 29,240 | 7 | Taught tight tale of reporters investigating big business starting a war for profit | Cabal of armament manufacturers conspire to wreck a peace conference and start a war for profit and personal reasons . Standing in their way is a pair of newspaper reporters who stumble upon the plot when a fellow reporter is killed to prevent him telling all . Very good fast moving thriller that feels some of the Germ... |
428,973 | 3,079,504 | 86,636 | 7 | Good little thriller you've probably not heard of but should see | They call it a zombie movie but its not really . Its a creepy little thriller . The plot of this film has a guy running down what was previously typed on a typewriter ( he looked at the ribbon to see what the person before typed ) and ends up dropped in the middle of a rather strange mystery about places where time sto... |
428,301 | 3,079,504 | 1,084,717 | 7 | Good low budget action film where the body count seems to be never ending | Bloodbath ? Yes , yes it is . There is truth in the title it is a bloodbathThis is a fast moving and very violent revenge tale of a man returning to Mexico to get revenge on the drug lord who killed his family . Things get even more complicated when our hero ends up having an affair with the drug lord's wife . If you w... |
429,119 | 3,079,504 | 330,896 | 7 | Better than you think its going to be . | The meeting of two couples for a nice afternoon together spirals out of control as one of the women ends up dead and the repercussions of that event begin to play out in ways no one expects . Small budget independent film that is a nifty little thriller . On some level I was less then thrilled with the film after I saw... |
427,704 | 3,079,504 | 166,813 | 7 | As good as it is this movie annoys me | ( These are my thoughts after seeing Spirit in the movies right after it was released ) This movie annoys me . Okay let me back up - - - TWO AND HALF STARS-moments of it are much better . I liked it . Understand that ? I like the film . Where was I ? Oh yea , annoyed me . Why does this movie exist ? Its too long by a h... |
428,089 | 3,079,504 | 1,139,668 | 7 | Atypical horror film is nicely creepy when it has to be . | ( Spoilers head ) First of the David Goyer directed films that I've really liked ( He ruined Blade Trinity and The Invisible kind of was just there ) . The plot of the film has a young woman haunted by the visions of a boy and the statement that he wants to be born now . It transpires that she was a twin with a brother... |
428,195 | 3,079,504 | 901,487 | 7 | Too much action and not enough plot in a get the treasure map race across Asia | Korean western set in 1930's Manchuria . The plot basically goes like this a Japanese official sends a treasure map off to one of his agents in China . He also sends a hired killer ( the Bad ) after the agent to steal the map so that he can get paid and keep the map . Unfortunately the map is stolen when a bandit ( the... |
428,690 | 3,079,504 | 1,007,028 | 7 | Better than the title suggests | Sweet and funny vulgar love story about two friends forever who only realize they love each other when they finally sleep together for a porno film they are making to pay the rent . The first couple of minutes had me groaning , wondering what I had gotten myself into but somehow it all come together and the repartee be... |
427,883 | 3,079,504 | 1,198,059 | 7 | Real baseball players play themselves in a slice of life film thats a breath of fresh air in style | Atypical Hong Kong film about a group of die hard baseball players in Hong Kong , a city where no one really plays baseball . Based upon the players own stories , the players effectively play themselves with none of their names changed and the various stories based on their lives . Its life and love in the big city as ... |
427,065 | 3,079,504 | 430,674 | 7 | Very good " family " film is actually a " lost " gem that everyone will probably enjoy | Cornelia Funke's novel has been turned into a very good " family " film . How I hate to use that term but unfortunately its true . This is the story of a couple of orphans who high tail it to Venice in search of the magic that their mother always spoke about . Their they fall in with the " Thief Lord " and his band of ... |
428,284 | 3,079,504 | 430,634 | 7 | Good cast and good script make something of a run of the mill story thats worth seeing | This comedy is about a rebellious young lady , and one time hot gymnastics prospect , gets arrested and given a choice , go to jail or go to a tough gymnastics academy . The judge sends her to her worst nightmare the academy . This is an amusing little comedy . Sure you can pretty much fill in the blanks as to where th... |
428,043 | 3,079,504 | 417,658 | 7 | Matt Dillon gives a stellar performance in a very good but somewhat frustrating adaptation of the work of Charles Bukowski | Matt Dillon is excellent as Henry Chinaski , author Charles Bukowski's literary alter ego , in this big screen adaptation of Bukowski's novel of the same name and some of his other stories . The story of the film is simply Henry , a maintenance drunk , trying to remain employed so he can make enough money to allow him ... |
428,144 | 3,079,504 | 40,590 | 7 | A good time for its its running time | Good little thriller about a bored business man who decides to grab all of his company's bonds and make a break for the tropics . On the Plane to Hawaii he meets a young woman in distress who is being menaced by gentleman with a foreign accent who knows way too much about her . Over the course of the weekend romance bl... |
427,245 | 3,079,504 | 346,156 | 7 | Uneven mix of old and new . | This is the story of an evil genius out to wipe out the world and the only man who can stop him . The look of this film is fantastic . Few films have ever looked this good . Its a retro trip to the world of the movie serial updated for the new a new century . Its art deco Flash Gordon Fleischer Studios magic brought to... |
428,454 | 3,079,504 | 29,066 | 7 | Good Natured Comedy Mystery | Guy Kibbee plays the titled detective in a meandering good natured romp that turns deadly . The plot of the film has an insurance company coming to call on Hanvey , a unique detective who has retired to the sticks . It seems a priceless jeweled necklace as gone missing and they want Hanvey to find it so they don't have... |
427,161 | 3,079,504 | 36,705 | 7 | No Sons , Daughter | In a break from the typical Chan pattern Charlie is aide by his daughter this time . Interestingly he treats much better than he he ever did any of his boys . This concerns a murder at a seance and more following . Its far from the best of the Chans , but at the same time its far from the worst , especially in light of... |
427,147 | 3,079,504 | 130,085 | 8 | A good adventure flick | Richard Talmedge plays Dick Nelson a sailor who was once shipwrecked on a uncharted island . While stranded he found an old vase which he brought back with him and sold at junk shop . A professor who finds the vase and knows what it is looks up Nelson and asks him to take him to the island . Thrills , chills and the ri... |
427,367 | 3,079,504 | 462,477 | 8 | Riveting tale of a man who was the best at what he did | Called the Last Hangman in the UK this is the story of Albert Pierrepoint , the most successful hangman in British history . Timothy Spall does an excellent job as Pierrepoint making his slow change from " This is a job " to having troubling thoughts all the more believable . Watch almost any scene and you'll see a mas... |
427,966 | 3,079,504 | 359,784 | 8 | Powerful story thats not for kids | I'm assuming that this is a tale well known in Korea where this is from since this is at least the second version of the story and there is a note at the end about further outcome . I was going in a bit blind and it knocked me on my behind . The story is a Buddist tale of a little boy and his blind sister who wander th... |
428,752 | 3,079,504 | 944,834 | 8 | Really good . Why isn't this getting a decent US release ? | This is a CGI animated film based upon a French 2D animated series . The series ran briefly on Cartoon Network , but its run was so brief that its inclusion as one of the potential Oscar nominees for best animated film for this year left most people I know going " Huh ? " This is the story of Lian-Chu , the kind heart ... |
428,020 | 3,079,504 | 56,343 | 8 | This is why I love Hercules films | Really strange rubber monsters attacking badly dubbed actors , what more could you want ? Billed in English as on of the " Sons of Hercules " films this is really the story or Perseus and his run in with the hydra . The legend was the basis for Clash of the Titans and was some of the last work by Ray Harryhausen . Give... |
428,388 | 3,079,504 | 281,718 | 8 | Hard edged story of friendship over the course of 20 years is must see viewing | Friend This is the course of friendship over a twenty year period . Beginning in 1975 we watch as four friends spend some time on what appears to be a summer vacation . Their future looks bright . A few years on as school and life takes its toll the dynamic between them changes and re-changes again as the have to deal ... |
427,978 | 3,079,504 | 91,149 | 8 | Forgotten Classic with Some of the Best Animation in History | Having revisited this film on the anniversary of its first release I was shocked at how good it is . I was also left to wonder why Disney never did anything with it since its release since its a very good film . The plot is simple , Basil of Baker Street helps a young girl find her kidnapped father who is the clutches ... |
427,636 | 3,079,504 | 416,212 | 8 | much better then I thought it would be | In 1964 a 14 year old girl runs away from home to find out about the mother she barely remembers and who died when she was 4 . She ends up at the home of Queen Latifah and her sisters who make honey . Really good drama that is perhaps too perfectly feel good . Normally this amount of wisdom and love would get on my ner... |
429,059 | 3,079,504 | 337,945 | 8 | A wonderful find | Told in flashback , a woman left alone for the holidays decides to surprise her fiancé by joining him in Switzerland . When she arrives and finds he was never there , she manages to track him to South America . From there it becomes a wild adventure as she hooks up with a scruffy reporter to venture into the jungle to ... |
427,712 | 3,079,504 | 21,828 | 8 | They don't make them like this any more | This is a really good adventure film that's probably all but forgotten . The plot is simple . A woman travels into the jungle to find her husband , now a drunken court doctor for a jungle prince . He had left her years before because he thought she was having an affair . What happens when she gets there is the reason t... |
428,495 | 3,079,504 | 295,297 | 8 | Better than the First | Able to do away with with character introductions the second Harry Potter film can move straight on with action . Although the film still suffers from being a bit too long the film has nowhere near as many draggy parts as the first one . If anything its the rabbit to the first one's turtle . Set pieces involving Ron's ... |
428,129 | 3,079,504 | 61,429 | 8 | Well regarded spaghetti western lives up to its reputation | In revolutionary Mexico American John Tate hooks up with a band of outlaws lead by Chuncho . They are " collecting " guns for the revolution . Tate , called Nino by his new friends , tags along as they get guns , free the poor and attempt to get paid for their efforts . Thats wildly simplified and doesn't do the comple... |
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