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427,488 | 3,079,504 | 825,232 | 8 | Go with it and you'll love it | Contrived and artificial confection like a Twinkie that is completely enjoyable if you go with it . The premise is that Jack Nicholson who's rich but unhappy and Mogan Freeman who's poor and happy both end up with terminal cancer . Bonding in a hospital room they decide to create a list of things to do before they die ... |
426,994 | 3,079,504 | 421,239 | 8 | Fast paced thriller is over and done before you have time to think about it | I'm not sure how much to say about this movie . The plot concerning what happens when boy meets girl on a red eye flight , is wafer thin but tasty enough to keep you eating until the very end ( I suggest you not think about it too much and just let it do what its gonna do ) . Some reviews have been sparing with the det... |
427,976 | 3,079,504 | 183,884 | 8 | There are no giant monsters here | Melodramatic for certain , but who would have thought that anyone would have made a film about the implications of an attack on the US by nuclear weapons in 1962 ? Certainly its amazing that there are no monsters lurking about , unless you count us as monsters . The plot is simple , a sheriff is ordered to stop people ... |
429,057 | 3,079,504 | 390,043 | 8 | A very good , very charming romantic comedy | Let me say it up front , this is one of the most romantic films I've seen in ages . Its also wonderfully , sweetly funny . And at risk of cursing myself I want to say that its a chick flick that guys will love too . The plot of this film has a young beautiful spy from North Korea going south to capture another rogue sp... |
428,120 | 3,079,504 | 56,104 | 8 | An off beat telling of the Legend | Unable to support the war in Troy , the Greeks begin raiding along the coast . While the classic heroes are off raiding the Trojans try a sneak attack against those that remain behind . Just as the battle turns against the Greeks , Achilles arrives to save the day . . . so goes the first 20 minutes of the film . This i... |
428,677 | 3,079,504 | 292,963 | 8 | Sins of the sons lay waste to everything around them | Greek tragedy of operatic proportions as two brothers looking for quick money decided to rob a mom and pop Jewelry store-their mom and pop's . Almost unbearable decent into darkness as we see the event and then bounce between the days prior and after from various points of view . This is a world of flawed people in whi... |
426,920 | 3,079,504 | 427,312 | 9 | Excellent meditation on ( a ) man in the wilderness | The lives and deaths of Timothy Treadwell and his girlfriend Amie Huguenard in the wilds of Alaska are far from simple . Treadwell fancied himself a lone man holding back the evils of civilization from the bears he loved . As to whether he actually did that or any good is open to debate . Werner Herzog took the hundred... |
428,902 | 3,079,504 | 493,430 | 9 | If you're a fan and know what you're in for see this movie , it's better than the first film . If you don't know what this movie is avoid it like the plague | How do you review something thats review proof ? Simply put this is a collection of twisted painful gross out stunts that will appeal to the twelve year old in all of us . Its better than the first film in that there is almost no set up for each bit , its just one thing after another after another . It never stops , it... |
427,920 | 3,079,504 | 210,302 | 9 | Story of a doctor and his wife is one of the creepiest films I've seen in years . Its a perfect marriage of sound and image for maximum uneasy effect | Shinya Tsukamoto , the man behind the Tetsuo films , Snake of June and Tokyo Fist takes on Edogawa Rampo story and turns in one of the most perfect marriages of sound and image I've ever run across not to mention one of the creepiest films I've seen in a very very long time . Yukio is a famous doctor who won fame treat... |
426,914 | 3,079,504 | 132,118 | 9 | Excellent early alternate Charlie Chan | One of the few Chan movies to actually be based on one of the original novels this is essentially the start of the series of movies that many people know and love so well . The story was later shortened and reused as Charlie Chan's Murder Cruise . This was shot at the same time as an alternate Spanish version of the no... |
427,110 | 3,079,504 | 405,094 | 9 | Excellent and truly Oscar worthy | Yes it is better than Pan's Labyrinth True ( ? ) story about an East German Stasi agent who is so good at interrogation and observation that he's brought in to observe a well known writer and director , who is in theory above suspicion . As he begins to listen to the daily life of the writer and his girlfriend he finds... |
429,036 | 3,079,504 | 91,251 | 9 | One of the greatest war films ever made | I needed to have two hours and twenty odd minutes to watch this with out interruption . I didn't want to break it for any real reason or for any real length of time other than to change the disc ( more on that later ) . I had the time so I watched the movie . I could argue that with two small flaws this is one of the g... |
427,249 | 3,079,504 | 74,084 | 9 | Huge , sprawling tale of the century | This is the story of two boys born on the same day in 1900 and how their lives move on from there . Its a typical story , one rich , one poor , with a large portion of the film taking place in Italy under Il Duce , but the handling of the film turns it into something more . The release version of this film is four hour... |
428,788 | 3,079,504 | 342,172 | 9 | Pro or Con : A brilliant look at a family imploding | Knowing some of the parties involved in the actual case I was curious to see the film to see how they came across on the big screen . I was however reluctant to see it since the furor over who did what or who didn't or who's lying or not was clouding my perception of the film from the get go . I let time pass and final... |
428,867 | 3,079,504 | 836,682 | 9 | Great magical film that improves with each viewing and needs to be seen by anyone looking for a good film not just a good animated one | Tim is a little boy who is afraid of the dark , but loves the stars . Every night he drags his bed to the window so he can be watched over by his star . One night unable to sleep he climbs to the roof of the orphanage and looks out over the city and notices that the stars , including his star , are going out . In his f... |
427,237 | 3,079,504 | 396,752 | 9 | Wonderful movie about a Nanny who helps put a family right | If you don't know where this movie is going at the outset , shame on you . Then again it makes no difference since this is just a great movie that makes you smile from ear to ear and then some . Set at the end of the 19th century the plot has a Cedrick Brown ( played by Colin Firth ) trying desperately to keep his chil... |
427,181 | 3,079,504 | 1,215,881 | 9 | Simply the words that sent the US to war and made everyone think it was the right thing to do . | Documentary consisting of nothing but statements from speeches and interviews from members of the Bush White House and its allies showing the march toward war in Iraq from just after / 00 to the start of the war . Its a damning collection of film that illustrates what many people always suspected , the war in Iraq was ... |
428,075 | 3,079,504 | 191,182 | 9 | Probably the best film portrait of Hitler . Rewarding both first and later viewings | The best documentaries manage to do two things at the same time : First they teach those who don't know anything about a subject about that subject . At the same time they will enlighten those already knowledgeable on a subject in some way either with new information or a different point of view . The film Hitler A Car... |
428,034 | 3,079,504 | 396,555 | 9 | One of the best Disney films in years | Trying to figure out when the last time a movie from Disney proper charmed me like this , not sure . I love the Hefalump movie and I'm a fan of Treasure Planet - though once Martin Short shows up I think it goes off the rails . Hefalump aside ( Thats a TV movie on the big screen - so I'm dismissing for purposes of comp... |
427,876 | 3,079,504 | 446,750 | 9 | One of Greenaways best films | Peter Greenaway's story about Rembrandt and the painting of The Nightwatch . As a huge Greenaway fan I've been disappointed by most of Greenaways films over the last few years . Pillow Book , 8and a Half Women disappointed me . The Tulse Luper films are much better but too cerebral to fully connect to . In all honesty ... |
427,765 | 3,079,504 | 361,127 | 9 | Excellent portrait of a man trying to come back into society | If you don't want to or can't see a pedophile as anything other than a monster don't bother . Also don't bother if you can't deal with very frank discussions of various sex acts . If you can get past the subject this is a movie that will knock your socks off . Kevin Bacon is excellent as a man just out of prison who is... |
428,789 | 3,079,504 | 95,327 | 9 | Depressing , but a must see | One of the great animated films of all time Grave of Fireflies tells the story of a couple of kids as the try to survive in war time Japan . What happens to them should be seen by anyone thinking of starting a war since it tells very graphically what happens to those often forgotten , the children . Like its companion ... |
427,496 | 3,079,504 | 348,121 | 9 | A mostly wonderful animated film that pushes the bounds of what can be done on film | This is a review of the English subtitled version of the film and not the English dubbed version A boys own adventure as our young hero fights to keep a steam ball out of the hands of evil corporate profiteers . Set in and around London in the late 1880's this is quite simply one of the most amazing animated films ever... |
427,166 | 3,079,504 | 330,500 | 9 | Super Dread | With the release of the first theatrical film in the US hours away I decided to go back and start at the beginning of what spawned four films in Japan and a soon to be released American version . This is less a haunted house story than a ghost story with something extra . The less you know the better , but perhaps sayi... |
428,932 | 3,079,504 | 53,102 | 9 | Western / comedy / musical / scifi / horror / monster movie is infinitely better than it should be and is fun film that should be seen asap | A must see movie for anyone who loves 1950's style scifi , Mexican movies or movies that are in their own little universe . This is a Mexican scifi / monster / western / musical / comedy / horror film . It concerns a space ship piloted by two women ( think Cat Women of the Moon or Queen of Outer Space ) who land on ear... |
428,259 | 3,079,504 | 245,429 | 9 | See this in English | This is the rare bird thats better in English . I had picked up an import copy of this film prior to the English Disney release and was stunned at how much I didn't like it . Thinking I was mad after all the hype I watched the film seven times in the next seven days and was underwhelmed each time . When the John Lasset... |
427,608 | 3,079,504 | 109,550 | 9 | 1970's style film redone in the 1990's is a great little lost gem | I stumbled upon this film completely by accident . I had ordered the Japanese film Dark Water and was sent this instead . The retailer told me to keep the film in order to make up for their error . It was a weird thing to have happen , and I figured it must be some cosmic sign , so I sat down to watch it having zero id... |
428,270 | 3,079,504 | 22,421 | 9 | Magic and mystery in a neat little thriller | Edmund Lowe plays the magician Chartrand . During a performance of his show the lights in the theater go out and a man is shot . The police are called . Chartrand must use his tricks in order to find the real killer and not the suspect that the police have chosen . Forgive me for being a bit vague , but there are one o... |
426,852 | 3,079,504 | 56,859 | 9 | The trouble with old comrades | Keenan Wynn shows up on the door of several of his old army buddies promising a fortune in lost Nazi gold if only they join him to get it . Crazy as it might sound they join up and before long they are hip deep in intrigue . This is a well acted story of post war greed that doesn't want to be anything other than an ent... |
428,391 | 3,079,504 | 140,384 | 9 | Interesting meditation of art , pleasure and life | I had been haunted by an image in Phil Hardy's Overlook Encyclopedia of Horror of the two leads in orgasmic contact . The description of the film made me wonder what sort of sick twisted film this was . Twenty years later the film came out on DVD and I picked up a copy . The plot , such as it is , concerns a blind man ... |
428,018 | 3,079,504 | 295,721 | 9 | Beyond mindless | If you want to see a hysterical but incredibly mindless film this is it . The plot has to do with a gang of thieves dressed as Santa pulling off a string of robberies . Its up to a klutzy cop and a taxi driver to stop them . The plot here is just an excuse for a series of very funny set pieces , the drug store scene in... |
428,378 | 3,079,504 | 347,246 | 9 | Visually Revolutionary , Even if the Plot is Murky | On the surface this is the story of an investigation of sex bots that kill , in reality this is an examination of what it means to be alive and to experience the world . Its a head trip . I'm finding it hard to express what I feel about this film . Visually this film pushes animation and visual story telling to new pla... |
428,830 | 3,079,504 | 470,705 | 9 | If you're ready for a truly disturbing ( and thought provoking ) experience this film is for you . | Lost and alone , hiding from her ex-con husband , Ashley Judd spends her time in a run down motel working and partying . When she meets a shy withdrawn man who seems nice she ends up drawn into his world and the insanity that lives there , a world filled with tiny bugs . A wonderfully acted trip down the road to hell t... |
427,151 | 3,079,504 | 466,405 | 9 | A really good representation of the manga , though I think it would help if you know the manga to see the film . | Yuko is hired by the owner of a home who can not get get into the house she owns . So with Watanuki and Doumeki in tow she goes to visit the house where several collectors are staying for their mysterious host to appear so that they can add to their collections . This is a very strange tale that slowly builds as it goe... |
428,231 | 3,079,504 | 109,433 | 9 | Must see documentary about the martial arts genre | This is an over view of martial arts film history . It takes us from 1940's to the 1990's when the film was made . It has clips from all periods as well as interviews with many of the actors and directors that have worked in the genre . It is quite simply a must see for anyone who is interested in the genre or the hist... |
427,295 | 3,079,504 | 1,175,295 | 9 | Brilliant film adaption | Three hour film version of the recent stage production of Shakespeare's play starring Ian McKellen as Lear is a good representation of a great stage production . I saw this cast when they came to New York for a sold out run at The Brooklyn Academy of Music . To be honest I went for McKellen and not the play , which alw... |
428,257 | 3,079,504 | 118,172 | 9 | Lost Treasure | I am probably one of the six people who saw this on its first theatrical run in the US . Because of a complicated and ultimately stupid legal battle between distributors involving this and other films this film got so lost that the only promotional material available to the theater I saw it in was a picture from a news... |
428,346 | 3,079,504 | 324,619 | 9 | Witty | Three American campaign advisers go to Russia to help Yeltsin win the election and a good time was had by viewers . This is the true story of three guys who went to Moscow to win an election and did so despite death threats ( from the people who wanted Yeltsin elected but feared he'd lose - don't ask ) and being watche... |
427,199 | 3,079,504 | 307,479 | 9 | Masterpiece | The film is a MASTERPIECE . I still don't know what I think of it but I think its a masterpiece . Its been ages since I've seen the Tarkovsky film , not since it came on tape had I watched it from start to finish . I have the DVD but the last time I actually tried to watch it was on IFC when sunspots were messing up re... |
428,496 | 3,079,504 | 69,747 | 9 | A relationship of a life time | I first saw this when I was a kid on its first US release back in the early 1970's . I laughed to kill myself and thought it was one of the funniest things I had ever seen . The quest to see the movie again over the last 30 years has been a labor of love . I don't think it ever aired on New York TV and its showings on ... |
428,523 | 3,079,504 | 439,553 | 9 | Seen in his full glory ( and not the BBC America version ) Monster is 90 minutes of laughter and lines you'll be quoting for years to come . | Never having seen Dylan Moran perform live I had the misfortune of going to see a taping of Monster for BBC America . The taping was short confused and felt like the series of punchlines to longer jokes . Walking out of the taping with some friends we figured that there had to be some reason that Moran had a hit TV sho... |
427,053 | 3,079,504 | 299,977 | 9 | Masterpiece of Cinema | Say what you will , this film is impressive on just about every level . The only minor flaw , and one thats just annoying me right now so I'm at instead of , is the pacing is just a tiny bit slow . But it will pass as I come to realize what a mistake that was . The plot is simple , a man named Nameless presents to the ... |
427,298 | 3,079,504 | 420,238 | 9 | Wonderful film is more like reading a really good meaty book that you want to curl up with and lose yourself in | Okay we applauded at the end and I got teary at times . I have no idea when I last saw an animated film this complex made in the US . I mean that in a good way . I also have to wonder when was the last time I saw a real meaty fairy tale on screen , Strings perhaps ( oh what a great double feature that will be ) How the... |
427,751 | 3,079,504 | 312,941 | 9 | Hong Kong animated film manages to be both for kids and adults as well as being one of the best movies of any sort in many years | Hong Kong animated film that concerns the reflections of an older McDull , seen here as a pig , back on his life as a five or six year old . Its a combination of live action , 2D and 3D animation that could only have come out of Hong Kong . Beginning with the birth of McDull this film then jumps to his arrival in schoo... |
427,605 | 3,079,504 | 293,662 | 9 | Great Popcorn action film , is one of the great guilty pleasures of all time . | I love this movie . I've seen it I don't know how many times since its release and I never seem to get tired of it . The plot is simple . Frank is man who will transport anything anywhere so long as you follow his rules . For Frank the rules are what keeps him safe and out of trouble . Of course Frank breaks one of the... |
427,921 | 3,079,504 | 64,068 | 9 | The search for love , identity and place in a Tokyo bar is a one of the great " unknown " films of cinema | Eddie is a transvestite hostess at one of Tokyo's clubs . He / she spends her time working , being in the films of a friend , taking drugs and trying to find love . Said to be one of Stanley Kubrick's favorite films and a big influence on Clockwork Orange this is probably one of the best films most people have never se... |
426,876 | 3,079,504 | 79,219 | 9 | Low Key Gem | Three seniors , bored with just sitting on a bench decide to rob a bank . What happens is probably a sweetened version of what might happen if it were to really happen , or would have back when this movie was made . This is probably George Burns , Art Carney and Lee Strasberg's shining moment on film . The acting of th... |
428,821 | 3,079,504 | 389,328 | 9 | Owing more to film noir than horror films this is a great B-movie that deserves to sought out for a great night at the movies | ( This review is for the theatrical cut ) Rise : Blood Hunter hit me like a ball out of left field . The film concerns a reporter , played by Lucy Liu who runs a foul of a group of vampires who kill her for her troubles . Regrettably the vampires botch the job and Liu comes back with a driving thirst for vengeance . Th... |
427,118 | 3,079,504 | 90,295 | 9 | Action packed story of a man fighting to free Indonesia from colonial rule is pure fun of the highest order | The star of this Indonesian film Barry Prima is on record as hating every film he ever made , complaining that they are all trash . That maybe so but for the most part they are entertaining trash . This film is exactly that , entertaining trash of the highest order . This is the first of a series of films with Prima as... |
427,743 | 3,079,504 | 113,858 | 9 | Either except it as a cheesy romp and love it or take it seriously and hate it | This movie is in constant rotation on SciFi and its another one of those movies that I stop at each time its on . The plot has badly done giant mosquitoes attacking people in the country side . They have been mutated after feeding on the blood of dead aliens . . . I know you're shocked , you were expecting a high class... |
428,833 | 3,079,504 | 117,568 | 9 | A excellent erotic drama thats both compelling and on a human level and sexy | Its rare that movies with a sexual component are both interesting on the human level and interesting on the sexual level . Most directors seem to crank out indifferent stories that are merely excuses for bad soft core sex . Scorpio Nights on the other hand is completely different it has hot encounters and more importan... |
427,120 | 3,079,504 | 438,938 | 9 | Chiling connecting of the dots story about the possible birth of AIDS | This is a careful step by step look at the probability that AIDS started as a disease in chimps and crossed over man in polio vaccine in the late 1950's in Africa . It begins with a story in Rolling Stone back in the late 80's or early 90's that was crucified in the scientific community not because it wasn't possible ,... |
428,539 | 3,079,504 | 36,146 | 9 | One of the best serials ever made and one of my all time favorites | For me this is one of the best serials Republic ever put out . It's a grand wartime serial about a group of insurance investigators , one of which is the masked marvel , battling the evil Sakima . Sakima is in cahoots with the head of the insurance company the men work for and he is giving enemy agents info on which ta... |
427,651 | 3,079,504 | 469,078 | 9 | Classic simplicity | Wonderful short film from Bill Plympton . The plot is simple a fan and a flower fall in love . To say more than that would spoil one of the most charming animated films ever made . Told with simple black and white lines this is a film that will move you . Its a simple tale told perfectly . I know when the film ended I ... |
427,215 | 3,079,504 | 44,716 | 9 | A Lost Treasure | Until recently I had never heard of this little gem of British holiday sentiment . I heard someone call it the " Christmas movie for people who don't like Christmas movies " and the quest to find it was on . This is the story of a Christmas in which the emotionally wounded family of a Church of England clergyman come h... |
428,119 | 3,079,504 | 55,609 | 9 | Pure Schlock That's Pure Fun | This is one of those movies that is so bad it instantly becomes a classic fun film . This is a movie where so much happens you won't be bored , it just keeps moving onward throwing monsters , gods , and myths in every which way at such a rate that you have to keep watching because you simply can't believe whats been th... |
427,764 | 3,079,504 | 257,044 | 9 | Excellent story of a father and son on the road to Hell | Based upon both real life and the Japanese comic and movies concerning the Lone Wolf and Cub , this is the story of a father and son who are out to get revenge for the murder of the rest of their family . It is a heart breaking examination about the relationship between fathers and sons and how a bad one can cause trag... |
426,904 | 3,079,504 | 492,060 | 9 | The amazing life of the man who did more than father King Kong is required viewing for anyone who loves movies or just a really good story | This is a most amazing documentary about Merian C Cooper , the man who created King Kong . Cooper's statement that he was King Kong was made when he described his life to the man who was helping put together his ( unfinished ) autobiography . It was not an idle boast since Cooper did more than 20 other normal people , ... |
427,700 | 3,079,504 | 59,936 | 9 | Graphic meditation on life death and honor | ( This review contains graphic spoilers ) Only film directed by Yukio Mishima is a 30 minute story about honor and death . Based upon one of his short stories Patriotism tells the story of a Captain involved in the 1936 coup against the Japanese government who is ordered to kill all of the conspirators . The Captain th... |
427,227 | 3,079,504 | 381,849 | 9 | A great film and one of the years best | Its been a while since I saw this and I'm still trying to find some words . The plot concerns a noted outlaw , Russel Crowe , caught in a small town . He has to be taken to a larger city with a rail connection where he will put him on the titled train . Along for the ride is a rancher , played by Christian Bale , a sli... |
427,933 | 3,079,504 | 374,248 | 9 | Brilliant | In a world of marionettes - the king of a great kingdom writes to his son , giving him the throne , asking him to find peace with their mortal enemies and warning against the evil of the king's brother . The king then commits suicide by cutting his head string . Unfortunately the king's act was discovered by his evil b... |
427,502 | 3,079,504 | 949,880 | 9 | Scary documentary about what the Soviets were really doing in the US during the cold war | Under the radar documentary about KGB operations in the US pre-1982 is a scary little film even in retrospect , since it would seem what the Soviets were doing at the end of the 70's and start of the 80's are now being done by terrorists . Have we learned anything ? Clearly not . This is a great dense little film about... |
426,878 | 3,079,504 | 70,447 | 10 | Do Not Confuse the Full Version With the Awful Tidal Wave | In the wake of the disaster cycle of the 1970's Roger Corman imported this film about the destruction of Japan , hacked out about 90 minutes , added Lorne Greene and dumped it on an easily fooled American public . How would Gone with the Wind survive with over three fifths of it cut away ? If you should be lucky enough... |
428,898 | 3,079,504 | 30,674 | 10 | Perfect Fun | Although the Frog Gang was thought to be out of business a sudden rash of crimes shows the mark , literally , of their return . Before long Inspector Elk is once again on the trail of the gang , only this time he's aided by Dale Sandford from Chicago , who may very well be the one that calls himself the Frog . I maybe ... |
428,251 | 3,079,504 | 268,536 | 10 | Not Potted Plants | One would think that three people sitting in urns , not moving , telling the same story twice would be dull and boring , but its not . Using cross cutting and cinema tricks to make what on stage is a very static , very dull and over rated piece of twaddle , Anthony Minghella had fashioned an interesting and quite stimu... |
427,213 | 3,079,504 | 290,673 | 10 | Cinematic Torture | If movies are suppose to effect the viewer then this movie is king of the hill . From the dis-orienting camera moves that open the film through the violence in the gay bar , the seemingly never ending rape and the films unraveling of the days events in a backwards march I have yet to meet anyone who has not been deeply... |
428,410 | 3,079,504 | 52,320 | 10 | I love this movie | The Trollenberg Terror is one of my most favorite horror films . Essential the story of these giant eyes with tentacles in clouds from space trying to take over the world , this movie has been been treasure since I first saw it . I've seen it now at least fifty times and it always makes me stop when I run across it on ... |
429,078 | 3,079,504 | 56,662 | 10 | Film puts you into the Tour de France in a way a kin to magic | Louis Malle's 19 minute take on the Tour de France is a masterpiece . I loved it . Rapid cutting puts you into the Tour in ways that modern coverage have not matched , partly I think because we know better than to let crazy people near the riders . With narration that is made up of commentary of the riders and the even... |
428,555 | 3,079,504 | 342,258 | 10 | Easily one of the best films of the year . | No its not perfect but the emotional punch is awesome . Jet Li is Danny , Bob Hoskins " dog " . He's a trained killer who shows no mercy once the collar comes off . He's emotionally still a child and barely speaks . Through circumstance he's thrown together with Morgan Freeman and his step daughter . Over the course of... |
428,377 | 3,079,504 | 409,222 | 10 | Hey that was great , where's the rest of it ? | Done in the style of a 1940's serial this all too brief film has Rex Steele going to the jungles of South America to smash Nazis . Hurray for our side ! This movie is a blast and a half . Its a perfect evocation of the old movie serials ( and trust me I've seen three quarters of them ) . This movie starts and goes like... |
428,737 | 3,079,504 | 373,074 | 10 | Awesome in the truest sense of the word . | A masterpiece of cinema , Kung Fu Hustle takes everything from everywhere and mixes it up into a new breed of film . This is a film that sets the bar on what can be done to amaze us at a new level . Its not all amazing visuals but great story telling as well , something that will probably allow this film to live on for... |
426,819 | 3,079,504 | 841,119 | 10 | Both sides of the abortion debate presented fairly and disturbingly . It will make you think no matter where you stand . Its one of the best documentaries I've ever seen | Tony Kaye's masterpiece documentary on the abortion issue carefully walks both sides of the issue , showing those for and those against the right to choose . Kaye's film is unflinching in its portrayal of the subject where we do see the end result of the procedure in graphic detail ( thank god the film is black and whi... |
428,779 | 3,079,504 | 166,940 | 10 | Great overview of the horror film to 1996 ( though mostly focused on pre-1970 films ) will entertain and inform anyone who makes the effort to see it | A few years ago I picked up a bargain DVD called the 100 Years of Horror . It was a 2 hour documentary about the history of horror films . It was hosted by Christopher Lee and consisted of clips and trailers from classic films , public domain films , interviews ( both new and old ) to tell the 100 year history of horro... |
429,055 | 3,079,504 | 364,569 | 10 | YES IT IS THAT GOO | After getting out of a hotel room like prison a man searches for answers and revenge . The description is simple , direct and probably the best way to explain this great film . Its not that a more detailed recounting of the plot would ruin it like say the Sixth Sense , or The Village , rather its simply that the plot i... |
428,709 | 3,079,504 | 96,046 | 10 | One of the Great but Unknown Horror Films of All Time | This film has to come to DVD soon so that more people can discover this chilling little trip into hell . The plot is simple , fleeing in a plane from a heist with hostages in tow , one robber tries a double cross by jumping out of the plane with the money and the others go back after him . The trouble is where they end... |
427,235 | 3,079,504 | 416,717 | 10 | Forget the plot . Simply put this is one of the greatest , most action packed movies ever made , even if it only cost two bucks to make | In English this film is called The Biggest Fist . What can I say about a movie that lifts its action scenes from mis-matched American movies ( They flipped sequences from Diamonds are Forever so the words are backwards , use the chase from Goldfinger , and I'm trying to figure out where the motorcycle sequences come fr... |
427,068 | 3,079,504 | 87,346 | 10 | Mad mix of genres is a classic turn your brain off and enjoy film | This film is not high art . This film was never intended to be high art . Its a popcorn movie and as such its scores at the top of the charts . The plot of this gem has a bunch of women with various criminal skills thrown into prison during World War 2 . They escape and proceed to head off to destroy a chemical lab in ... |
428,553 | 3,079,504 | 329,774 | 10 | Guilty Pleasure of the highest order | Sue me I loved this movie . In the opening moments I went " oh this is one of those leave your brain at home movies " so I politely turned my mind off and enjoyed a hour and a half or so of mindless action . What great fun this was . The plot has Ice Cube , who is quite good , being recruited as the new XXX to help sto... |
428,341 | 3,079,504 | 360,009 | 10 | Low Key Thriller of the Highest Order | The President's daughter goes missing and a very quiet manhunt is set in motion . Dragged into it is Val Kilmer a very good agent , who is like pit bull that won't let go of a task and is willing to do anything to complete an order . This thriller is going to either thrill you or make you crazy . The whole film is from... |
428,590 | 3,079,504 | 416,316 | 10 | It may not be great but its one of my favorite films | Russian made fantasy film concerning Wolfhound who seeks to get revenge on the people who killed his family and his tribe and threw him into slavery . He ends up meeting a princess and . . . well thats the story . I don't know if this is a great film , I really don't care , Frankly the film grabbed on an emotional leve... |
427,153 | 3,079,504 | 490,048 | 10 | Lead up to Walking With Dinosaurs is its equal | The latest Walking with special follows life from one celled animals in the sea until the advent of dinosaurs . Its a thrilling trip that is the equal to the original series . Here the series looks not only at life at various times through the ages but also gives you a sense of how the various creatures may have evolve... |
428,894 | 3,079,504 | 95,765 | 10 | Love Letter to the Movies | The memory play of a movie of a film director who returns to his home for the funeral of his father figure , is one of the best films about movies ever made . Certainly its probably the greatest film about the love of film the medium has ever produced . It is not a flawless film , the romance in the latter half of the ... |
428,229 | 3,079,504 | 863,136 | 10 | A modern classic | Updated retelling of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf is a masterpiece of stop motion animation . Set in modern Russia it pretty much follows the story of young Peter going out into world despite his Grandfathers warning and encountering a wolf . What makes this film so special is that the film has so many small t... |
427,590 | 3,079,504 | 179,496 | 10 | An Absolute Must See | The story of the real man behind Mickey Mouse is must see viewing for anyone who wants to know where Mickey Mouse , Warner Brothers or any of the other classic cartoons came from . Iwerks was Disney's " go to " guy who could figure out how to do anything , first with animation , later with work behind the scenes that b... |
427,896 | 3,079,504 | 884,328 | 10 | As disturbing as they come . Its not whats out there thats scary its whats in here with us | After a horrific storm that came out of no where a mist rolls into a strip mall where residents are stocking up on goods to tide them over until the power comes on . Unfortunately there is something ( actually things ) in the mist and they are hungry . One of the most profoundly disturbing horror films I've ever seen .... |
427,623 | 3,079,504 | 104,812 | 10 | Wonderfully Depressing | This is one of the best movies I've ever seen . . . . I never want to see it again . Why don't I want to see it ? Its simply depressing . I can't watch it with out becoming suicidal . This is the story of two ill fated lovers over the early and mid part of the 20th century . Its told in flashback in a fishing village i... |
427,970 | 3,079,504 | 102,293 | 10 | One of the bloodiest , most over the top horror comedy martial arts films ever made ( Or maybe the only one ) | If you hate blood and guts ( literally ) stop reading now this movie is in no way for you . On the popcorn scale of fun brain removed films this is on the top rung for laugh out loud enjoyment . The plot has Ricky , a kid with super strength being thrown into prison for killing the man responsible for the girl he loved... |
427,217 | 3,079,504 | 311,429 | 10 | No , its not the Comic | Most people were upset that this film did not live up to the reputation for Moore and O'Neill's very over rated first comic book series , which is sad since taken on its own its a good little action film . The story in which a bunch of great literary characters are brought together to defeat a literary bad guy is excit... |
426,998 | 3,079,504 | 102,070 | 10 | You will either groove on its knowing brand of low comic silliness or you'll hate it | Just sprung from prison Hudson Hawk finds himself being chased by an insane and insanely rich couple , the CIA and the Vatican in a mad chase to get bits of a gold making machine made by Da Vinci . Along the way stupid jokes are told , the plot is ignored or twisted in the name of a joke and the entire cast winks at th... |
429,100 | 3,079,504 | 1,326,972 | 10 | This expands characters , plot lines and ends with a massive battle unlike anything you've seen-and yet it will touch your heart deeply | Picking up immediately after the end of the first film ( There is a brief recap during the opening credits but don't think its going to get you up to speed if you haven't seen the first film . ) the two opposing armies still sit across the river from each other . The " evil " prime minister with his vast army and navy ... |
427,596 | 3,079,504 | 60,073 | 10 | Damning Documentary of Humanity | Sent to Africa to make the next Mondo Cane movie the film makers found themselves in the middle of several revolutions . What they would film would form the basis of a damning attack on everyone , both black and white , involved in the shift in power on the Dark Continent . I've watched the three versions of this film ... |
426,990 | 3,079,504 | 114,308 | 10 | One of the Best Mickey Shorts Ever | As the second Mickey in Color DVD collection shows , after the release of the Brave Little Tailor Mickey's screen career was on a steady slide into the toilet . Outside of his feature appearances Mickey's films were dull . It wasn't until the 1980's with Mickey's Christmas Carol and The Prince and the Pauper that the a... |
366,764 | 3,109,237 | 43,954 | 1 | Setting new standards in movie badness | I just finished watching Racket Girls and it's got me thinking about some of the ratings I've given other movies . Do those movies really deserve a when compared with the hella bad Racket Girls ? Is Hillbillys in a Haunted House as bad as Racket Girls ? In comparison , Hillbillys was almost fun ? stupid fun , but fun n... |
366,561 | 3,109,237 | 113,135 | 1 | I have a job too ; I'm a tool . | I've just about reached my limit . I've watched more than my share of bad movies in the past few months . Sure , as is the case with Future War , I've watched many of these movies courtesy of and with the assistance of Mystery Science Theater 3000 - but I've watched them just the same . Future War may be the last for a... |
366,711 | 3,109,237 | 275,022 | 1 | Painful | I'm almost embarrassed to admit that I just finished watching Crossroads . Now , before anyone calls the men in the white suits to come pick me up , I should add that I would have never watched it without the rifftrax commentary . The commentary turned what would have been an experience akin to visiting one of the seve... |
365,948 | 3,109,237 | 103,278 | 1 | Bad , Bad , Bad | It's been awhile since I last posted one of these user comments - and what a winner I've returned with . Wizards of the Demon Sword was made during a period rife with extremely bad sword and sorcerer movies , yet it has the dubious distinction of being about the worst I've thus far run across . It didn't take long for ... |
366,722 | 3,109,237 | 54,673 | 1 | Feed soda pop to the thirsty pigs . | Yucca ? the perfect word to describe the experience that is The Beast of Yucca Flats . As I sit writing this , I cannot think of a single instance where The Beast of Yucca Flats is either entertaining or interesting and I cannot think of a single frame of film that looks as if someone with a shred of movie-making talen... |
366,809 | 3,109,237 | 77,834 | 1 | How desperate was Roddy McDowall ? | I honestly hate to rate anything a , but with Laserblast , I don't see any other choice . The movie is bad in every conceivable way . The special effects ? bad . The acting ? with a couple of exceptions , bad . The pace and direction ? bad . The script ? bad . Name anything that goes into the production of a movie and ... |
366,532 | 3,109,237 | 128,274 | 1 | Nothing to Recommend | - Let me start by saying that I understand that Invasion of the Star Creatures was meant to be a parody of the sci-fi films of the 50s . I understand that none of it is to be taken seriously . The problem I have is that none of it works . A parody should be funny and this one just isn't . Not once during the entire run... |
366,269 | 3,109,237 | 63,300 | 1 | What the . . . . . | Since I began what I'm calling my 2007 Mystery Science Theater 3000 Challenge , I've seen a ton of bad movies . And I seem to find myself writing at least once each week that the most recent abomination I've watched has to be one of the worst movies ever made . I'm really starting to sound like a broken record . So her... |
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