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527,551 | 4,445,210 | 831,887 | 7 | Louis - All 3 Of Him - Helped Save This Film | A minor character in this film actually made this movie fun for me . I laughed every time he was on screen , usually as two or three people ( twins or clones ) , although with a different name on the front of his tee-shirt . At first , I thought it was the last guy to play " Curly " of the Three Stooges . Then , it daw... |
522,904 | 4,445,210 | 95,958 | 7 | A Rough-But-Interesting Look At The Insanity Plea | Warning : this movie is pretty grisly in spots , at least in the first half where the creepy character played by Alex McArhur goes on a couple of killing sprees . This film features a bit of an oddity : filmmakers actually opposing the " insanity plea , " showing how it can be misused . In this story , several psychiat... |
523,398 | 4,445,210 | 26,056 | 7 | Gee Whiz ! | I am NOT a fan of Katharine Hepburn . . . . but I really like her in this film . I don't think she ever looked cuter and was more appealing . One often forgets the fresh face and beauty she had when she was young . This film starts off wonderfully for 20 minutes , then bogs down a bit for an hour and then rallies brill... |
524,852 | 4,445,210 | 148,422 | 7 | The Good & Bad Of Lord Of The Dance | GOOD NEWS - This musical-dance performance is astonishingly beautiful . When I first saw this , I was stunned . I had never so many beautiful colors on one stage in my life ! It's just an awesome production , visually-speaking . Not only are the colors spectacular , so is the lighting , and the beautiful of some of the... |
522,262 | 4,445,210 | 1,066,643 | 7 | Last-Minute Fortunes Change For Lincoln , Union | In this episode , we learn ( at least I did , not being familiar with the man ) about Bedford Forest , " the most feared calvary commander of the war " and the man who raised himself in rank more than anyone in the Civil War . . Not being much of an expert on the civil war , any factors or opinions of this man were new... |
522,844 | 4,445,210 | 290,095 | 7 | Very Silly , But Fun & Fast-Moving | If you enjoyed Jim Carrey's " The Mask , " you might enjoy this Jackie Chan film . It has a similar storyline but instead of a mask , it's a suit someone puts on and receives some supernatural powers . It's all extremely silly but with a lot of slapstick and outrageous scenes , you are going to get some great laugh-out... |
525,983 | 4,445,210 | 833 | 7 | Powerful Drama Which Makes You Reflect | I like the sub-head to this early silent film : " A Story Of The Temporal Deeds That Reap Spiritual Reward . " It's something to think about . This is a D . W . Griffith movie , and a powerful little ( 16 minutes ) drama of a country doctor who seems to have an idyllic life with a beautiful wife , daughter and a beauti... |
526,277 | 4,445,210 | 260,866 | 7 | Decent Kidnap Story Worth One Look | Here's another interesting kidnap story . Sean Bean always plays a believable villain and Michael Douglas usually plays roles that keep the audience's attention . . . . so the almost - two hours go by pretty quickly . The whole cast , actually , pretty good with no one person standing out . The story loses points becau... |
524,104 | 4,445,210 | 265,086 | 7 | Good War Flick , But A Little Too Much To Take | If you like war action films , this one is for you ! After a slow start - about 40 minutes to set things up - it's almost non-stop action the rest of the way as American soldiers fight in the streets of Somalia . Frankly , it was too much action for me , but I'm not a kid anymore so non-stop action gets a bit tiring af... |
527,285 | 4,445,210 | 43,075 | 7 | Try And Get Me ! | The subject headline - Try And Get Me ! - is the title of the movie , as I know it . Man , this is a different kind of film noir story , mainly because of the ending . It centers around two crooks , played by Lloyd Bridges and Frank Lovejoy . Of the two , Bridges is the more fun guy to watch . He and his girlfriend ( p... |
523,505 | 4,445,210 | 95,785 | 7 | Probably The Worst Day You've Ever Seen Anyone Have | B-r-u-t-a-l ! ! ! We see this story through the eyes of one man , who has a bad day . . . . . to say the least . So many incredible things happen to him in a short period of time that your jaw will drop watching this . Just to give you an idea : he begins by accidentally shaving off his nose . Later , his problems dras... |
526,678 | 4,445,210 | 25,889 | 7 | Has Its Moments ( and famous guest star ) But Overall Not Up To Expectations | The big professional football game between the Cubs and the Tigers is coming up on the weekend and the Tigers ' owner is just informed that his three best backs got plastered and rolled over in their car . Now he has to go out and find three players , fast . He's told about some great amateur backs - The Three Horsemen... |
523,582 | 4,445,210 | 78,496 | 7 | Nice-Looking , Low-Key Story Of The Wright Brothers | Here's another film that still hasn't come out on DVD that I would love to see in that format . Few people , I gather , have seen this in any format since my review is only the third on this website even though the movie was made almost 30 years ago . It's not a great movie but it has a dream-like look and feel to it ,... |
525,085 | 4,445,210 | 25,321 | 7 | Learning The Hard Way | This is another of those moralistic cartoons in which kids are given the message to listen to their elders , or they'll be sorry . In this case , it is the warning from " Jack Frost " that winter is fast approaching and you better prepare for it . A little grizzly bear thinks because he's fuzzy and warm and a bear , th... |
523,084 | 4,445,210 | 183,659 | 7 | Great Artist , Lousy Person | Jackson Pollock was not a likable person . He was an alcoholic , an adulterer , an egotist and simply a plain jerk . He also was a pioneer in the field of modern art , so he became famous and hence , even had this movie about his life . Ed Harris , a jerk himself , was a good choice for the role . Harris , who looks li... |
526,858 | 4,445,210 | 280,665 | 7 | A Different Male Lead Would Have Made This Much Better | This was a lot better than I expected , which wasn't a lot . It turned out to be interesting thanks in part to the stylish film-making and the nice job it did in keeping the audience's attention . It got a few extra points for at least us males gaping at Rebecca Romijn-Stamos , who looked spectacular , but lost a few f... |
522,901 | 4,445,210 | 253,556 | 7 | Pretty Straightforward Stuff | This was a bit different than one expected . There was no nonsense , no tongue-in-cheek humor or special-effects just for the sake of it : this was simply a humans vs . dragons story taking place in the future . No laughs and nothing hokey , which is what I expected . They played it straight , simply as a fight story b... |
527,520 | 4,445,210 | 373,861 | 7 | Very Slow , But A Nice Movie | Overall , this may not be that memorable a film , but one scene certainly is one I doubt you'll ever forget . I mean , how many of us have seen a camel give birth ? Not only that , but labor for two days to get the young " colt " out , and then do it standing up ? It's a very dramatic , intense five-minute scene , one ... |
524,843 | 4,445,210 | 86,969 | 7 | A Strange , Depressing Character Study | This is a strange and fascinating - but that likable - story about a kid who becomes obsessed with birds and then literally goes crazy . Matthew Modine plays the introverted " Birdy . " A young Nicholas Cage plays his best friend , " Al . " It's not a particularly pleasant story . In fact , it's downright depressing ma... |
526,397 | 4,445,210 | 148,655 | 7 | Music Is The Main Attraction | There really isn't that much humor to this Flip The Frog story , but it has a lot of charm and good " ragtime " music . I liked the various horns on Flip's car ; Flip's " picture " on his girlfriends bedroom drawer coming alive and getting a kick out of seeing his girl undress and Flip getting all the musical instrumen... |
526,098 | 4,445,210 | 280,590 | 7 | Very Funny But . . . . . . . . . . | This , once again , has most of the earmarks of modern-day comedies : tons of sexual innuendos , lots of good laughs but many of them out of questionable lines or behavior , and a stupid , rushed ending that tries to make all the good guys win and the bad guys lose . The latter is fine - I want the good guys to prevail... |
523,217 | 4,445,210 | 209,189 | 7 | Amateurs Present Good , Simple Story | There isn't much to this story , I but I still liked it . The lead character , played by Wei Minzhi , is supposed to be playing a 13-year-old girl and was really interesting to watch , as were the young students and some of the other people in this film . Oddly , all these actors were amateurs , real-life students and ... |
523,525 | 4,445,210 | 139,809 | 7 | Wish I Had This Back In My Collection | I'll get my ' bad news ' ' out of the way first . I found ti a very confusing storyline with sci-fi mumbo-jumbo which is hard to follow and makes the film somewhat unsatisfying to watch in the long run . Yet . . . . . . The good news : Excellent visuals and audios . When it came out in ' 99 , VHS sales were still somew... |
522,985 | 4,445,210 | 79,271 | 7 | Powerful , But A Tough Movie To Watch | This is an extremely sordid movie , but one you never forget . I saw it in the theater almost 20 years ago and it was shocking then , so much so that I've only seen it once since and have no desire to see it again . It just left such a bad taste in my mouth . This is a frightening picture of the pornography business 20... |
526,349 | 4,445,210 | 183,790 | 7 | Jousting With A Modern Take | A story about jousting but this old knight's tale is anything but old because it mixes in satire of today's modern sports-audience age with some funny bits . Those include the overly dramatic public address announcer ( boy , that's even more so since this film came out ) , rock music blaring out as the contestants do b... |
526,184 | 4,445,210 | 335,549 | 7 | Debbie Reynolds With A Lot Of Back-Stage Details Of This Famous Film | Not surprising , host Debbie Reynolds said everyone connected with this movie thought they were " just making another splashy MGM musical , like so many that were so popular in the 1950s . We had no idea this film would be listed , years later , as one of the greatest films of all time . " This 35-minute feature is par... |
525,336 | 4,445,210 | 490,502 | 7 | Some Awesome Sights , But Let-Down At End | I found this so-so , with the good being some awesome tornado and cloud - formation scenes and the " bad " being a little too much behind-the-scenes stuff and an anti-climactic ending . In a nutshell , we travel along as a young guy who has built this expensive , amazing tornado-proof vehicle goes in search of tornadoe... |
525,062 | 4,445,210 | 381,849 | 7 | The Good & Bad Of This Western Remake | For you lovers of classic-era films , make no mistake : this is not the " 3 : 10 From Yuma " that you know : this re-make is a very rough , very violent and profane . It does entertain , however . Its biggest " plus , " I think , is that it pulls you in almost immediately and and keeps you involved in the story . It's ... |
526,989 | 4,445,210 | 114,117 | 7 | Root Shines In Normal Jane Austen-Fare | Being a Jane Austen novel ( this edition brought to the screen courtesy the BBC ) , you know it's primarily a chick flick , a romance novel with old English spoken , very nicely photographed with nice period sets and scenery and some interesting women to view . This seems to be the case in most of the films , a la the ... |
526,368 | 4,445,210 | 113,972 | 7 | Very Suspenseful For One Look | This is one of the most suspenseful movies you'll ever see , but that good for only viewing . After you've seen it , the impact is greatly lost for further viewings . It got panned by many critics for having too far-fetched a storyline , and I agree . However , if you can put your brain on " hold " for 90 minutes , you... |
526,002 | 4,445,210 | 71,360 | 7 | You Have To See This More Than Once | This is one of those films I'm glad I gave a second chance because it got much better , and has continued getting better with each viewing ( I've now seen it four times ) . I know a few other people who watch this and ask , " What's the big deal ? " Well , do what I did and give it another chance . Here's a tip : put o... |
526,911 | 4,445,210 | 51,380 | 7 | So Bad , It's Good ! | This campy 1950s sci-fi film has turned into a real cult classic . The film is so bad - horrible special effects and terrible dialog - that it is a hoot to watch . It's so terrible it's fun to watch . Instead of scary you , the corny dialog just makes you laugh out loud . I forget whether this film was made to be serio... |
523,762 | 4,445,210 | 35,957 | 7 | Movie Went From Bad To Good | This wasn't bad , when you compare it to the average World War II film made back in the 1940s . In the first half , it had too many of the same negative aspects that many of its contemporary war movies had at the time . The narration was corny and the dialog by the GIs here is so dated and so racist it's embarrassing .... |
524,321 | 4,445,210 | 44,554 | 7 | Spike Is The Undeserved Victim Here | If one more thing happens to my little dream house , there is going to be murder ! When he hears threats like that - always delivered to Tom by either Spike the dog or Mammy Two Shoes the maid , it's music to Jerry's ears . . . . . . and the devil sets to work to make sure that DOES happen . His goal is always to see... |
524,500 | 4,445,210 | 106,350 | 7 | Haunting Performance By Amis | I found this to be one of those " haunting " films that has stayed with me . Suzy Amis ' performance has stuck with me since I first saw this movie in 1994 . As for the story , yes it's hard to believe that no one would notice a " man " who never had any facial hair , whose voice was fairly high and had such narrow sho... |
525,488 | 4,445,210 | 1,108,057 | 7 | ' Gil ' And ' Jack ' Okay , But Not Exactly The Dynamic Duo | Anthony LaPaglia , star of " Without A Trace , " guest-stars here as " Jack Malone " of the FBI . Jack is in Las Vegas to investigate a abduction and killing of a 10-year-old boy and his babysitter , respectively . Malone thinks the boy is the same one abducted six years ago in New York City by a guy also slaughtered t... |
526,118 | 4,445,210 | 44,464 | 7 | Droopy Is Relentless | Droopy is south of the border , happily riding a donkey and singing . He's also playing the violin and wearing a big sombrero . Suddenly , out of a cactus tree comes a bandit you quickly rifles through Droopy's wallet . He stops when he gets to a picture of a gorgeous woman . Droopy says , " That's my girl . I am going... |
526,869 | 4,445,210 | 335,345 | 7 | The Good & Bad Of ' The Passion Of The Christ ' | I can't believe I didn't write a review after seeing this , but I must have incorrectly presumed I did . With so many other reviewers by now , I'll make my points as brief as possible . GOOD - Kudos for someone finally presenting an accurate account of Christ's sufferings , as gruesome and horrible as they were , altho... |
524,707 | 4,445,210 | 36,780 | 7 | Daffy WAS Different , But Not In His Prime Yet | I kind of stand out from the crowd , don't I ? Yeah , Daffy , you certainly do , which is why we love you . Anyway , that's the question my favorite duck asks in the beginning of this cartoon as we see four ducks just sitting there on a pond doing nothing , except for Daffy . He's filing his nails ! When Porky Pig co... |
523,161 | 4,445,210 | 17,136 | 7 | New Restored Version Worth Checking Out | For its time , this movie has stunning visuals , kind of Kubrick-esqe in appearance , especially the opening scenes of workers going and coming from work . It's very strange , with the group leaving walking with their heads down like zombies . The set designs in here are also something that might draw your attention . ... |
526,572 | 4,445,210 | 381,074 | 7 | You Wouldn't Want To Live Here ! | Frankly , I am surprised I hung with this movie because it's pretty slow . It's not a real " entertainer , " except for two things : 1 - the camera-work is nice at times ; 2 - the story is quite different from anything we are accustomed to in the West . But after two-thirds of this story had elapsed , it was tough goin... |
524,830 | 4,445,210 | 105,629 | 7 | The Good & The Bad Of ' Toys ' | THE GOOD NEWS - What a visual treat this movie turned out to be , with some really colorful scenes that were unique and fun to view . Robin Wright was also great to view , looking the prettiest I've ever seen her , and playing the role of a nice lady , to boot ! Joan Cusack is a treat to watch in here , too , playing a... |
525,681 | 4,445,210 | 131,704 | 7 | Decent , But Don't Be Fooled | One thing that was misleading : the cover of the VHS ( or DVD ) shows Robert De Niro , Rene Russo and Jason Alexander but those three do NOT have major roles or a lot of lines in this picture . Most of the lines are by an unknown name : actress Piper Perabo ( " FBI Agent Karen Sympathy ) " and the two cartoon character... |
526,840 | 4,445,210 | 365,748 | 7 | Snatch-Like Brit Zombies | I guess you could call this a combination of " Dawn of the Dead " and " Snatch , " the latter used as a comparison because of it's modern-day dark humor , That's what this film is : a combination of irreverent , modern-day attitudes and profanity from young Brits and a re-make of sorts of a famous horror film . Here , ... |
522,658 | 4,445,210 | 52,139 | 7 | Entertaining , But Did Daffy Steal Wile E . Coyote's Act ? | Just seeing Daffy dressed up in Robin Hood's green-and-red outfit and playing the mandolin while singing is pretty funny in itself Porky Pig plays Friar Tuck . Well , he has the build . This Robin Hood is so unimpressive that the Friar is convinced it is " he . " Daffy , er Robin , finally says , " Look - I'll prove I'... |
523,518 | 4,445,210 | 59,797 | 7 | It Was The Machines That Were Magnificent | This was a fairly long but interesting story of an early 20th century airplane race taking place between London and Paris . The actual race only takes place for the last 45 minutes , and that's fun to watch . The terrain also is nice to view . Before that , you get profiles of the competitors of the race . You really g... |
526,584 | 4,445,210 | 149,017 | 7 | Soup's On At Flip's Cafe | The title refers to something that happens in the last minute of this cartoon , in Flip's Cafe . A customer is making noise slurping his soup so Flip puts music to his slurping . It's not well-received as the rest of the customers throw food at them ! This early animated effort gets off to a rousing start with some foo... |
524,237 | 4,445,210 | 870,430 | 7 | What Happened To Vance & Sciorra ? | Since I watch this show in chronological order , I was shocked to see two more regulars missing , especially " Ron Carver , " the district attorney . Did I miss something ? I remember " Capt . Deakins " ( Jamey Sheridan ) commenting about leaving at the end of the fifth season , but there was nothing on Carver ( Courtn... |
526,666 | 4,445,210 | 95,016 | 7 | Pure Schmaltz , But Very Entertaining | This remains one of the modern-day " classic " movies that was so popular that is spun several sequels . It was just great entertainment value . The story was ludicrous : one man beating a group of terrorists with outrageous , almost-impossible feats - another " Rambo " mentality flick - but it worked . The action scen... |
526,645 | 4,445,210 | 105,483 | 7 | Interesting Look At Hassidic Way Of Life | Here's a very low-key movie that centers around Hassidic Jews and their lifestyles , similar to what " Witness " was with the Amish people . I found it to be interesting look at the Hassidic way of life . The first half of the film is much better than the second half , or this would rated higher . It has two big things... |
523,140 | 4,445,210 | 1,680 | 7 | George , The Faithful Servant | In this story , Negro servant " George " is asked to look after his master's wife and child when he ( " Colonel Frazier " ) goes off to war . Soon , the master is killed in the Civil War . It's bad enough the man died , but then the heartless Yankees came and looted the house and burned it down . George goes into the f... |
526,298 | 4,445,210 | 941,918 | 7 | Cheetah's Learning To Survive , Family-Style | I'm not sure if this is the same episode as the one I saw , but it's the only one listed under " Cheetah " here . It's the tale of a cheetah family of brothers trying to survive in the huge wildlife preserve in Botswana . One of the three brothers , named Achilles , is the hunting leader of the three . He leads all the... |
524,994 | 4,445,210 | 114,576 | 7 | Powers Gives Boost To Film | I found this to be a very interesting action with with Powers Boothe fun to watch as the main villain , thanks to his dialog and no-nonsense approach . At least he wasn't one of those talk-first , shoot-maybe-later clichés from the world of film . The hockey scenes in here are realistic , too . However , the rest of th... |
525,769 | 4,445,210 | 79,367 | 7 | Martin In His Wild & Crazy Days | A very popular movie in its day , watching it a couple of years ago wasn't the same . Oh , it was still funny but just not the " hilarious " movie I always remembered it as . Maybe its reputation and memory exceeded its value , or maybe it's funnier when you are younger . Whatever , there is still a lot of good laughs ... |
526,981 | 4,445,210 | 870,902 | 7 | Looney Tunes ' Effort Into WWII | If you watched the recent Ken Burns documentaries on World War II , you know how much America - all its citizens and businesses - went to bat in a unified effort to win that war . Well , the makers of the famous Looney Tunes cartoons put in their fair share , too . That is documented in this behind-the-scenes featurett... |
523,610 | 4,445,210 | 36,542 | 7 | What's With All The Kissing ? | A question before discussing this cartoon : why , in cartoons back then , did these characters like Daffy and Bugs Bunny , always kiss their adversaries on the lips then run away ? Is that supposed to be funny ? Was that a standard gag in those days ? It looks stupid and gets annoying . Daffy does it a half dozen times... |
522,619 | 4,445,210 | 879,422 | 7 | Those Into ' Stunts ' Of Yesteryear , Like Filling Up A Phone Booth | Who remembers the how-many people-can-you-cram-into-the phone booth prank ? It was one of several college fads of the day 50 years ago , goofy things kids did to get their names and faces in the newspaper . Pretty harmless compared to some of the stunts today , eh ? Because Rick's fraternity seems to be getting no publ... |
526,299 | 4,445,210 | 149,335 | 7 | Not Much Said , But A Lot To See | There is a lot to see in this old Flip The Frog cartoon . For instance , right near the beginning we see a farm scene with about a dozen animals in it , all doing cartoonish-things , along with dancing trees . Everything is moving to the music . Actually , that's how the things goes throughout as only a word or two is ... |
527,131 | 4,445,210 | 105,813 | 7 | The Good And Bad Of White Sands | Here is another modern-day film-noir , featuring interesting characters played by a diverse cast . That cast is led by Willem Dafoe , who reminds me a lot of another noir actor , Dan Duryea . There is the usual corrupt government / military officials angle but the plot does have a few neat twists and is generally a non... |
522,935 | 4,445,210 | 802,009 | 7 | England : A Country With A LONG History ! | Little area , big influence , is the way our host , Justine Shapiro , describes England in the opening of this 52-minute historic tour , which is just half of the DVD . The other half is similar-length tour of just London . Justine's trip begins at Hastings , where the famous battle of old days is reenacted each year... |
523,895 | 4,445,210 | 94,828 | 7 | Nice Face , Nice Sculptures ! | There's some nice photography in here , which is what helped me get through this long ( 159 minutes ) soap opera-type story about the girlfriend ( the title name , played by Isabelle Adjani ) of the famous sculptor Rodin ( Gerard Depardieu ) . There are a lot of closeups of Adjani which was fine with me as I never get ... |
527,126 | 4,445,210 | 79,574 | 7 | Not Great , But Still A Likable Bond Movie | Without Sean Connery in the starring role , I wasn't expecting that much , so this was a pleasant surprise because I found it to be one of the better Bond movies . I'm not saying it was one of the better-made , just one I enjoyed more than most . Except for Roger Moore as Bond , the actors in here are mostly no-names .... |
526,219 | 4,445,210 | 932,032 | 7 | What's In Store Is Really Incredible ! | The most amazing part of this hour-long show was the final short segment where the filmmakers showed the guns that are being worked on right now . Those include guns which can shoot around corners ; guns which fire multiple bullets in the air and stop at a certain distance and rain down on the victims ; guns with optio... |
525,197 | 4,445,210 | 36,399 | 7 | Two-Against-One . . . . . Sort Of | Two cats fighting over Jerry ? Yup , that's the case here . Tom is just tormenting his buddy but some stray outside means to have Jerry as part of a submarine sandwich . Jerry tries to smooch up to each cat , playing up to one to stay away from other . That only works once for each cat . After that , this is just one b... |
527,024 | 4,445,210 | 985,512 | 7 | Odd Sights In Missouri & Idaho | Missouri and Idaho are the two states our wacky races get to travel through in this twin-bill . The first challenge in Missouri is to climb the " precipitous peaks of Pikers Peak . " Why all this mountainous Arizona-Colorado-type terrain is in Missouri is a mystery . Well , at least the scenery in this episode was very... |
524,127 | 4,445,210 | 36,377 | 7 | Young Jennifer Jones Something To Behold | Despite being a little long at almost three hours and not all that exciting , I will watch this again if for no other reason than to see a young , beautiful , sweet Jennifer Jones once again in her screen debut . Much of this film is a frustrating experience as the sincere and honest " Bernadette " ( Jones ) is not bel... |
526,568 | 4,445,210 | 36,367 | 7 | Appropriate Tribute To The Nurses In WWII | Without some of the sappy romances , I would have rated this powerful movie a couple of stars higher . That's only my tastes in films . For the ladies , they might like this " war movie , " a lot more because it pays tribute mainly nurses and all the romances are probably just the ticket . But for 126 minutes , I would... |
526,361 | 4,445,210 | 80,377 | 7 | Many Adjectives Describe This | Crude , sophomoric , irreverent , silly , stupid , overly macho , etc . , etc . - yet , an endearing and very enjoyable film for a lot of people . I wouldn't put myself in that category any more , calling it " endearing , " but when I was a lot younger and more less discerning , I laughed a lot at this . I enjoyed this... |
525,592 | 4,445,210 | 89,941 | 7 | Voight's Performance Makes Film Tolerable | This used to be one of my favorite films until I began getting offended at hearing the Lord's name in vain . This movie is brutal in that regard , but it's still such an interesting story and character portrait that I still look at it but not often . Jon Voight's character is the only reason I would look at it again . ... |
524,482 | 4,445,210 | 332,639 | 7 | Nice People , Nice Music | Here is fairly pleasant story of a 13-year-old violin prodigy and his financially-strapped father try to get the boy professional help to aid in the kid's musical career . The father is a bit on the pushy side but he has a good heart and he's pretty comical , too . The young teen is a likable kid and the other main cha... |
527,067 | 4,445,210 | 110,678 | 7 | Better Than How It First Looks | On the surface , this looks like a dumb movie which is overly violent and too seedy because it features nothing but hardened criminals plus the normal sadistic warden Hollywood always shows in all modern-day films . But . . . . it turns out the story isn't as sordid as it looks and the violence , although plentiful , i... |
525,923 | 4,445,210 | 453,451 | 7 | ' Mr . Bean ' A Likable & Funny Guy , But Wears Thin After An Hour | Well , overall I'd say that I enjoyed this movie and got enough laughs out of it to make it worthwhile , but I wouldn't watch it again . I think you can only take so much of Rowan Atkinson's " Mr . Bean . " A newcomer to him ( believe-it-or-not ) , I found him a lot of fun in the first half of the film but , boy , this... |
525,190 | 4,445,210 | 763,362 | 7 | ' Too Many Forensic Shows ' | One of those annoying crime " investigator " shows is following the Las Vegas CSI around on a case as Gil and Catherine walk into a big hotel to check out a crime scene . Gil tells the cameraman , " There are too many forensic shows on TV . " That great line opens this episode . I am sure William Petersen enjoyed sayin... |
526,371 | 4,445,210 | 110,632 | 7 | One Of The Wildest , Sickest & Craziest Films You'll Ever See | Yikes , this is a sick movie and one of the wildest I've ever watched . THE GOOD - This is so stylishly-filmed it's unbelievable . The wild camera techniques - quick flashes , sudden changes from color to black-and-white and back , distorted sound bytes , tilted camera angles , wild colors and symbolic images , distort... |
522,765 | 4,445,210 | 453,467 | 7 | Entertaining , But Extremely Contrived | This crime-time travel movie was interesting all the way , but I can't help thinking it could have been much better . There were just too many holes in this story , too many clichés and implausible things that made it less enjoyable than it could have been . It wasn't an intelligent time-travel story , not like " Frequ... |
525,668 | 4,445,210 | 650,643 | 8 | Nothing Super , But Decent Start To New Season | A jewelry store owner is a little early in opening his shop and looks harried . It turns out " Peggy " is being held hostage and the owner cleans out a good bit of his store and then meets the perps at their waiting car outside . The owner demands to see " Peggy , " who turns out to be his dog ! A mall security guards ... |
523,489 | 4,445,210 | 427,312 | 8 | Haunting Story , Scary Statement Of Radical ( s ) Gone Amok | This is a very , very disturbing documentary about a sick individual , a man who re-named himself , " Timothy Treadwell : Kind Warrior . " The most alarming aspect of this biography may not be his lunacy but the huge of numbers of people out there who support a wacko like Treadwell . That's frightening . This was a ver... |
523,508 | 4,445,210 | 210,203 | 8 | Only The Shadow Knows ! | Now this is hard to explain , even with a 10-sentence minimum . It's just a very bizarre and unique animated effort , which only runs several minutes but is mesmerizing . In a nutshell , this gangling young man is seen shuffling along a sidewalk . He notices a poster advertising " Hercules " and winds up being a differ... |
527,351 | 4,445,210 | 52,561 | 8 | The Good & Bad Of ' Anatomy Of A Murder ' | This is another one of these Liberals ' favorites for several reasons . - ahead of its politically - correct era , actually - in which the writers conveniently overlook justice in favor of style with the let's - sympathize - with - the - criminal mentality . It also had a topic and some language that was new and " dari... |
526,573 | 4,445,210 | 737,799 | 8 | Lively Story Of Two Famous Gangsters | If anyone saw the movie " Billy Bathgate , " starring Dustin Hoffman and Nicole Kidman , you know a little bit about " Dutch Schultz " ( real name : Arthur Flegenheimer , " as pointed out in this episode . ) I probably saw this episode when it was aired 48 years ago but it was too long ago for me to remember it . Howev... |
525,612 | 4,445,210 | 737,843 | 8 | They Transformed His Face , But Not His Heart | It's Aug 3 , 1933 outside the walls of Lewisburg ( Pa . ) Federal Prison , " Frank Halloway " breaks out of prison . He was serving a life sentence and had only been in jail for two years . Guest star Cliff Robertson plays the ruthless criminal who grabs the getaway car and runs over his partner , en route to going aft... |
525,185 | 4,445,210 | 737,847 | 8 | ' Mad Dog ' Puts Some Bite Into The Show | A totally out-of-control gangster ? That's apparently the case here , or at least it is shown as such in Clu Gulager's performance as Vincent " Mad Dog " Coll . " Mad Dog Coll's hatred for former boss " Dutch " Schultz will lead him to do anything to hurt the latter . When a kidnapping scheme with Schultz ' bookkeeper ... |
526,656 | 4,445,210 | 26,252 | 8 | Sweetness And Values A La Shirley Temple | This is another solid Shirley Temple film with some wonderful , sweet scenes and lines you certainly wouldn't hear in movies today . For instance : " It's Sunday . Would you like to go to Sunday School ? Ohh , I love Sunday School ! " In addition to the innocence , truly nice characters , decent humor and music , what ... |
524,770 | 4,445,210 | 737,836 | 8 | Great To See Old Faces Like Brian & Helton | The best part of this " Untouchables " TV episode was seeing some old faces again . For instance , it was good to see actor David Brian . . . . someone I haven't seen on film in many decades . He plays " Dink " Conway , the main mob boss of the St . Louis underworld and owner of " The Jockey Club . " Brian was a legiti... |
526,308 | 4,445,210 | 182,633 | 8 | A Different Locale , But Another Great TV Show Of The ' 50s | Here is another old television show that brings back fond memories . My dad used to get a special charge out of this show , yelling " Sergeant Preston of the Yukon " after the introduction . All of kids would excited . What I remember most , to be honest , is Preston's dog , " King " and our hero , played by Dick Simmo... |
527,074 | 4,445,210 | 893,382 | 8 | It's Always Asked : ' How Long Will You Guys Keep Going ? ' | Can you picture yourself doing this at the age of 60 ? " Yeah , sure . " I thought that was the neatest line in this concert-documentary when Mick Jagger gave an honest and prophetic answer to that question , some 30 or more years ago ( maybe closer to 40 ! ) . We see that short interview here on this concert DVD . N... |
527,406 | 4,445,210 | 295,178 | 8 | Austin's Anatomy | While the first two Austin Powers films in this comedic series concentrated on spoofing the late ' 60s / early ' 70s , James Bond movies and concentrated on female anatomy in the process , this one was centered on penises . I did you not . ( Hence , the title , a play-on-words from " Goldfinger . " ) I watched this fil... |
525,515 | 4,445,210 | 43,955 | 8 | Nasty Robert Ryan Elevates This Film Noir | A deep cast of well-known actors highlights this film noir effort . Robert Mitchum , Robert Ryan , Lizabeth Scott , William Talman , Ray Collins , Don Porter and William Conrad are all familiar names , especially to film noir buffs . Ryan lifts this from an average classic-era crime film to above-average with a convinc... |
524,006 | 4,445,210 | 840,825 | 8 | People Will Bet On Anything ! | Some jewelry business hotshot is hosting a party for the young-and-beautiful when gun - toting thieves interrupt the fun with a robbery . The host says about $30 million of his stuff was being worn by the guests , who wind up killing two of the people , one of them a Paris Hilton-type socialite named " Dakota Hudson " ... |
522,948 | 4,445,210 | 910,612 | 8 | It's A Wonder This Crew Can Solve So Many Crimes | What a crew ! Wow , in this soap opera-like episode ( the first of that in this fifth season ) , Natalia is accused of murdering her ex-husband , then a fellow female CSI lab ( " Maxine " ) tech says she killed the guy , Eric Delko slugs the victim earlier in the day and then Ryan Wolfe compromises evidence trying to s... |
526,880 | 4,445,210 | 910,615 | 8 | What A Way To Start The Day ! | This episode had a great beginning with extremely stylish camera-work and incredible colors . We see a Cuban refugee make it on shore from his little boat and then blown up on the beach when he steps on a mine . While investigating , " Frank Tripp " steps on a mine but everyone hears the click noise in time so Frank ha... |
526,100 | 4,445,210 | 105,187 | 8 | An Intriguing Noir Look At Photojournalism | I've never rated this movie that high but I've gone back to it three times since it came out about 15 years ago on tape , so maybe I am underrating this . There still is no DVD of it , at least in Region I , and that's frustrating . There's something intriguing about this story that drives me back to it . Perhaps that ... |
522,456 | 4,445,210 | 290,334 | 8 | More Of Same Eye-Popping FX | Since the first movie , " X-Men , " was famous for its great special effects , this sequel knew enough to deliver the same kind of eye-popping effects to please its fans . . . . and it did ! There are absolutely tons of stunning special effects , both visually and audibly . All of that means very few lulls in this 134-... |
524,011 | 4,445,210 | 466,909 | 8 | Recommended For Those Who Haven't Seen The Original | For those who never saw the original , this is a good movie . It's intense , nicely photographed with excellent surround sound , and capably acted . For those of us who watched the original in 1976 , the one that starred Gregory Peck and Lee Remick , we have to ask , " What is the point of watching this ? " For us - at... |
522,726 | 4,445,210 | 43,924 | 8 | The Truth Has A Way Of Sneaking Up On You | This 1950s melodrama was an interesting , involving story . It's part film-noir , too , which I liked . I say that because the last third of the film featured an expectation of some dreaded act about to be committed , giving it a film noir feel . One thing for sure , whatever you label the movie : it's well-acted , wel... |
523,641 | 4,445,210 | 35,317 | 8 | Not A Lot Of Credibility But A Whole Lot Of Entertainment | Sherlock Holmes ( Basil Rathbone ) begins this story in disguise , helping to smuggle famous physicist " Dr . Franz Tobel " ( William Post ) out of Switzeralnad and under the watchful eye of the Nazis , who want his bomb sight plans . The Allies obviously want it , too , and Sherlock is there to help . Dr . Tobel has i... |
525,873 | 4,445,210 | 854,558 | 8 | The History Of The USA's Most Famous Sculpture | This is a 45-minute look at the most famous granite sculpture in the United States and a famous one world-wide . I imagine television doesn't do it justice ; one has to see this in person to realize it's magnitude . I'd love to see it some day . Biographies are given of the two men most responsible for this amazing ach... |
523,007 | 4,445,210 | 112,744 | 8 | A Haunting , Strange Tale Of Forgiveness | A strange movie . That's what I thought when I first saw this a decade ago . It was one of those films I thought about a couple of days later and couldn't get out of my head for a short while . When I saw it again a few years ago I almost had the same reaction . What's different about this film is the message : forgive... |
527,093 | 4,445,210 | 26,144 | 8 | Most Fun Of The Broadway Melodies | Here's a good cast and a very entertaining film with laughs , endearing characters , some good tap dancing and a couple of very catchy songs . Jack Benny is very good as the snooping obnoxious gossip reporter and Phil Silvers is humorous as Benny's dumb assistant " Snoop . " Una Merkel is her typically cute and likable... |
524,982 | 4,445,210 | 910,795 | 8 | So Quiet It's Spooky | The one thing the viewer - at least me - gets most out of after watching this episode is the solitude of this rocky area , the overwhelming quiet of this part of the United States . . . . . so much so that it could literally drive one crazy , if you didn't have human company . " It's TOO quiet , " says our host and " s... |
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