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525,224 | 4,445,210 | 167,285 | 8 | Early CG Effects Still Fun To Watch | This is an " odysessy through time " via computer animation , supposedly th work of over 300 artists . Made in the late ' 80s and released in 1990 , this was cutting edge stuff for the day . I thought it was good and quite interesting in spots . Most of the short scenes made no sense , just forms evolving into other fo... |
527,367 | 4,445,210 | 52,700 | 8 | Leopold-Loeb Re-Telling Has Interesting Characters | This was pretty interesting , thanks to Bradford Dillman who was excellent as one of the murderers , and to Orson Welles , as defense attorney " Jonathan Wilk . " Wells could be such an imposing presence on screen ! Interesting , too , that his character was an atheist but in the end admitted he may have been wrong abo... |
526,808 | 4,445,210 | 26,174 | 8 | As Good As Advertised | I'm not that big on pirate movies and I thought this might be overrated . . . . . but I was wrong . This is good stuff and I wonder if a more realistic pirate movie has ever been made . This was Errol Flynn's first starring role and it sure got him off to a flying start . Few actors have ever played the " dashing hero ... |
527,454 | 4,445,210 | 112,681 | 8 | Somber , Subdued And Well-Done Serial Killer Movie | Here's an oddity : a modern-day film about a serial killer that has no fight scenes , nobody seen dying , no car chases and no loud noises . . . . . and it takes place in Russia . There are only two short action scenes but they are horrific . The rest of the story is detective work , and how much red tape the poor dete... |
525,881 | 4,445,210 | 765,429 | 8 | Two Great Actors Elevate This Scarface-Like Story | The best thing this movie had going for it - which is no surprise - is the acting duo of Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe . How many bad movies do you see with either of those guys starring in them ? Not many , and neither actor disappoints here . Both play fascinating guys , Washington , a big gangster ( " Frank Lu... |
525,841 | 4,445,210 | 35,146 | 8 | A Quck Change Of Mind For These ' Female Women'-Hating Sailors | The banner over the boardwalk entering the big Navy ship reads , " " Visitors welcome , except Sundays and Weekdays . " Navy men Popeye and Bluto are on-board that ship , discussing the opposite sex . Bluto comments , " Women are natural-born troublemakers Things go along peacefully , then in steps a dame and , psh , y... |
523,188 | 4,445,210 | 61,418 | 8 | Great For Its Day | For a long , long time this was a memorable film and one of my favorites . It was one of the first VHS tapes I bought . After a long hiatus , I bought the DVD , watched it again and - wow , it wasn't so hot anymore . Oh , Warren Beatty , Faye Dunaway and Michael J . Pollard are still very good in their respective roles... |
525,587 | 4,445,210 | 35,140 | 8 | Not A Fan Of Soaps , But I Like This ! | This was surprisingly good . I say " surprising " because I am not a man who likes soap operas and that's what I expected here from everything I had read about this film . The only reason I obtained it was that it was part of a 3-pack Bette Davis collection and I wanted a DVD of " The Letter . " Well , this turned out ... |
522,751 | 4,445,210 | 295,297 | 8 | Entertaining , And Ranks Somewhere In The Middle Of The HP Films | I thought this was better than the first Harry Potter movie because it didn't overdo the action scenes as the first film did , and the special-effects were better . It's not " Lord Of The Rings , " of course , but it's still decent entertainment , even for us older folks . It got even better with the third installment ... |
524,678 | 4,445,210 | 141,022 | 8 | Short , But Interesting Felix Adventure | The first thing you notice here is the yellow tint . That's a first for this viewer . I've seen sepia and blue tints , but a dark yellow ? People back in the days of the early cartoons were nasty at times . Here , Felix is walking behind a fisherman headed for a pond and the next thing you know , the angler turns to hi... |
524,791 | 4,445,210 | 650,622 | 8 | Is Trudy Really Dead ? | Sitting in a cafeteria , Natalie suddenly spots a woman who is a dead-ringer for Monk's long-dead wife Trudy . She listens in on the woman's conversation with an elderly man and - incredibly - it appears indeed to be her . She claims to have faked her death to be in some witness protection-type situation to spare her h... |
522,749 | 4,445,210 | 52,651 | 8 | Foghorn Inadvertently Produces A Protégé | This animated short is about a minute shorter than most of them . The hens are gossiping and needling poor old " Prissy " about trying to lay an egg again . Apparently , she had never been successful . Foghorn Leghorn is nearby resting up against a tree , and he overhears the conversation . " Why do those cackling old ... |
524,784 | 4,445,210 | 650,621 | 8 | A Glimpse Into The Past | Burglars enter a house and are surprised by an old lady coming down a stairs . She heard the noise and came down with a gun . They take it away from her , wrestle , she falls and is killed . The thieves leave , but before they do , go to a portrait painting on a wall and spray paint it . Huh ? A former middle school cl... |
526,671 | 4,445,210 | 167,176 | 8 | Early CGI , But Still Very Good | In the early ' 90s computer animation was beginning to take hold and one-hour films like this would feature this new technology . There is supposed to be a story here , but good luck finding it . The fun is in the visuals which range from good to outstanding . My favorite segment is the music one with the jazz players ... |
525,979 | 4,445,210 | 87,843 | 8 | Leone's " Godfather " Version , And About As Good | This Godfather-type film was done by Sergio Leone , of spaghetti-western fame , so you know you will see and experience several of his trademarks . Namely : ( 1 ) a lot of facial closeups ; ( 2 ) some slow-motion or slow-moving dramatic scenes ; ( 3 ) good overall photography and ( 4 ) a unique soundtrack . The period ... |
525,840 | 4,445,210 | 35,192 | 8 | It's Payback Time For Spinach & A Spanking | Popeye's little nephews , " Pip-eye , " " Pup-eye , " " Poop-eye " and " Peep-eye . " don't like their spinach . In fact , they hate spinach . Popeye shows them how , after eating their spinach , they can do anything . In this room is a piano so , after a can of greens , he's hammering on those keys like " Paderooski .... |
523,786 | 4,445,210 | 132,245 | 8 | Nice Cars , Nice People & Film Non-Racing Fans Can Enjoy | This movie was definitely better than I anticipated . There are some fantastic Formula I driving and crash scenes in here , and the sound of engines was fun to hear . I make those statements despite not being much of an auto racing fan , either . If I was , I would have really loved the movie . Another appealing aspect... |
525,846 | 4,445,210 | 26,199 | 8 | Mr . One Son Treated With Respect ! | This was another very-solid entry in the long-running series that mainly featured either Warner Oland or Sidney Toler as " Charlie Chan . " It's generally considered that Oland's films were superior . I enjoy both of them and , after just completing watching the Chan DVD set that were all Toler's films , this return to... |
522,388 | 4,445,210 | 650,594 | 8 | Some Things You Never Forget | Monk meets some stranger at a secluded truck stop , ready with cash to purchase information about his wife's death . The man is a phony and hits Monk over the head with lead pipe , knocking him out . He takes Monks wallet , puts him on the truck flatbed and disappears . The driver comes out , doesn't see anything wrong... |
526,630 | 4,445,210 | 1,066,295 | 8 | ' Wilbur ' Gives Us Facts About Pigs & Spiders And The Training Of Animals | Flacka is one of the real pigs who played " Wilbur " in the film " Charlotte's Web . " The young boy who voiced " Wilbur , " Dominic Scott Kay ( who gets no film credit on the back of the DVD even though he has the most lines , and gets 11th listing on the cast page here on IMDb ) gives us some facts and figures and ... |
526,352 | 4,445,210 | 650,596 | 8 | A Bit Different | The opening shows a man shooting another in the latter'rs hotel room , killing him . He was after money from a heist . Just before the killing the other guy , he finds out the man who can provide the money for him is in California . Meanwhile , Monk and Natalie are off on a short vacation trip to a beautiful winery and... |
523,696 | 4,445,210 | 141,052 | 8 | They Couldn't Spell , But Animators Still Made This Funny | A grateful mouse promises Felix " if there's anything I can do for you , just call on me " after Felix lets him go from a mousetrap . Felix then goes over to Willie Brown's house , whistles for the kid to come down from his bedroom and go " to the ' ole swimming hole " but Willie's mom spots him and tells the boy to go... |
525,447 | 4,445,210 | 52,305 | 8 | This Is Pure Mid-To-Late ' 50s | It's odd to watch hundreds of Tom and Jerry cartoons from the 1940s and early ' 50s and then see a " culture change " with characters , furniture , cars , the music and the overall artwork that is " so 1950s . " Here , " Jeanie , " a baby-sitter , has the ponytail , dress and classic mid-'50s look . She lies upside on ... |
527,260 | 4,445,210 | 60,976 | 8 | Another Take On Jekyll & Hyde | This reminded me of a Tom and Jerry cartoon ( I think it was them ) in which Jerry turned into a monster a number of times , going back and forth between mouse and monster . It was a take on the famous Dr . Jeckyll & Mr . Hyde story . That's what happens here as Deux-Deux takes a drink at a mad scientist's house and th... |
526,651 | 4,445,210 | 132,477 | 8 | Takes One Back To A Childhood In The ' 50s | This is a fine drama and a nice change of pace from today's more hectic and loud films . It is another solid based-on-a-true store , which still means much of it could be made up for dramatic purposes . Frankly , I don't know but I liked the story . The story is about a young man back in the Fifties who gets interested... |
525,860 | 4,445,210 | 52,293 | 8 | Loved Those Cars And Chase Scenes | Someone one here labeled this film " hillybilly film noir . " I think that's a great description of this movie . This is about the good ' ole boys racing their souped - up ' 50s Fords around country roads , running moonshine and trying to evade both cops and gangsters . In fact , I wish they had more of those chase sce... |
524,677 | 4,445,210 | 17,871 | 8 | Only In Cartoons Can These Crazy Things Happen ! | Felix is watching an actor rehearse his lines : " A ham , A ham ! My kingdom for a ham sandwich ! ! ! " The dramatic guy that tells Felix he'll " have to sacrifice my art and go into the movies . " He's in tears . Felix just looks at him like he's nuts , and shrugs his shoulders . The old guy tells Felix to " go ye for... |
523,714 | 4,445,210 | 52,347 | 8 | What If We Could All ' Vanish ? ' | What a chaotic world this would be if " vanishing cream " was literally that , and enabled one to totally " disappear . " It does in this Tom and Jerry cartoon as the little yellow duck " Quackers " discovers after being delivered as a gift by George to his wife Joan . They are the owners of the house in which Tom and ... |
523,315 | 4,445,210 | 175,790 | 8 | ' Technicolor ' Is Right , This Is Stunning ! | This was much better than I thought it might be , and I give it a high grade in a number of areas , beginning with production . This looked good , sounded good and simply was good ! For some reason , I didn't expect much from Donny Osmond . I guess the Osmond is a lot more talented than people give them credit for , an... |
522,504 | 4,445,210 | 1,010,048 | 8 | Deserved The Oscar For Cinematography | I thought the best part of this movie was the photography . Check this film out on Blu-Ray , if you have the opportunity : it's magnificent-looking . They even make slums look beautiful ! I'm glad it won the Oscar for cinematography . Scene after scene is gorgeous . Story-wise , it's okay ; good , but nothing super . F... |
523,162 | 4,445,210 | 1,189,408 | 8 | ' Natalie ' Becomes A Local Celebrity | Natalie becomes San Francisco's " Gold Rush Lotto Girl . " The previous one is chased out of the TV station late one evening and killed . ( These are the women who read the day's lotto numbers off the ping pong balls . ) At the crime scene , the station manager notices Adrian Monk's assistant and - presto ! - Natalie T... |
525,494 | 4,445,210 | 141,134 | 8 | Felix Comes To The Peoples ' Relief | Wow , this is the first cartoon I've seen that addresses The Great Depression in the 1930s . The first scene has Felix The Cat manning a little stand that says " Relief Bureau " and he's handing out a handful of gold coins to every person in line . " Don't thank me , " he says ; " thank him . " " Him " isn't FDR or the... |
527,569 | 4,445,210 | 147,939 | 8 | Flip's Boxing Match Can Tire You Out Just Watching ! | Bully is a Bluto-type - you know : big , gruff guy with a cigar , small bowler hat , needs a shave . . . . . the kind of " ruffian " you see pictured in the 1930s cartoons ( and feature films , sometimes . ) Here , he picks a fight with poor Flip . Before you know it , a neutral party comes along , shows the two guys... |
522,465 | 4,445,210 | 105,417 | 8 | Appealed To The Masses | I enjoyed this when it came out , just as millions of other folks did . It had a nice feel to it , good humor , great music and it didn't offend my at-that-time agnostic beliefs . It even had some action scenes . Many movies which combine genres ( i . e . action and comedy ) wind up successes . It's not a bad formula .... |
524,864 | 4,445,210 | 167,078 | 8 | Early Look At Berry Still In His Prime | ( Note : I'm not sure I am reviewing what is posted here , but the DVD I own has the same title and is the same length - 46 minutes - but it is NOT a documentary as listed above . ) Hall Of Famer Chuck Berry is shown in a concert Toronto in 1969 . He apparently was one of a number of acts in what must have been a fairl... |
527,037 | 4,445,210 | 312,549 | 8 | Solid True-Story Irish Crime Tale | Cate Blanchett has done it again - played someone you can't take your eyes off of , and not because she's a classic beauty but she's just a good actress and plays such intense roles . Here , she's the single-minded outraged Irish reporter out to expose the drug trafficking in Ireland in the mid 1990s . Yes , it's based... |
522,385 | 4,445,210 | 105,466 | 8 | Yes , The Devil Made Me Watch This ! | This was a clever and funny movie , much better than I anticipated . Most of the humor involves takeoff or parodies of television programs and movies . Being familiar with most of them , I enjoyed the humor . The takeoff involved having the devil take charge of some of these programs . John Ritter and Pam Dawber play h... |
522,387 | 4,445,210 | 60,992 | 8 | Justice Does Come For The Cameraman | There is justice at the end of this story . After sadistically tormenting our " Little White Man " at Pinkstone National Park , the Panther gets his due in the end . All the poor little guy wanted to do was take some good nature pictures at the big park , but the Panther , angry because the guy wouldn't put an extra do... |
524,307 | 4,445,210 | 167,046 | 8 | More Inventive CGI | The sequel to " The Mind's Eye , " this computer-generated animation piece has some very inventive stuff in here . In this field , there seems to be a big advancement which was especially true in these experimental years in the late ' 80s and early ' 90s . I can't imagine what a 2007 version of " The Mind's Eye " would... |
524,327 | 4,445,210 | 43,644 | 8 | Jerry's Voice In Here As To Be Heard To Be Believed ! | The funniest part of this politically-incorrect cartoon , I thought , was Jerry's voice . He's on an island , a la " Robinson Crusoe , " minding his own business when a starving Tom is washed ashore on his raft . Tom sees Jerry only as a steak , or a leg of chicken , a hot dog or whatever . The poor cat is dying of hun... |
523,256 | 4,445,210 | 451,079 | 8 | High-Def Really Makes This Come Alive | There is a stunning difference in watching this animated feature on regular DVD and viewing it on Blu-Ray . The latter dramatically elevates my rating of this movie , because the story is just so-so . It's a nice story , but nothing that will leave you laughing like in " Cars , " or " Madagascar " or a bunch of other r... |
524,293 | 4,445,210 | 95,286 | 8 | Bizarre , Creepy & Colorful | I was surprised to discover this was really a horror film . I don't know if it's labeled that , but that's what it should be called . It's spooky and creepy and just plain weird . With Jennifer Jason Leigh in the lead , I'm not surprised . She is pretty good at playing disturbed people as she showed later in " Single W... |
524,795 | 4,445,210 | 26,422 | 8 | Beans Bags The Gold , er , Baloney | This is not another of those Warner Brothers cartoons kind of promoting their " Gold Digger " musicals of the 1930s , but a story about the real gold diggers of 1849 . It stars " Beans , " and takes place in " Goldville . " Beans , trying to woo Porky Pig's daughter ( who is not a pig ) , is out on the mountain when he... |
527,094 | 4,445,210 | 26,393 | 8 | Cagney ' s ' Untouchables ' | Here's an old-time ( about 75 years old ! ) gangster movie that is fast-moving as all James Cagney crime films tend to be . In here , Cagney is the good guy , a " government man " out to get crooks , one of whom turns out to be his old pal . All the characters in here are pretty interesting , particularly Cagney's boss... |
525,006 | 4,445,210 | 245,024 | 8 | Humorous , Yet Touching | This a simple story told in narration by a brother , who describes growing up and his odd family . It is both humorous and tragic . Most of all , it was captivating and very touching . It's very quiet , and you have to give it your full attention . The narrator describes everyone in his family , all of whom are shown i... |
524,831 | 4,445,210 | 17,765 | 8 | Keaton's Version Of The Freshman | This film reminded me a lot of Harold Lloyd's " The Freshman , " in which Harold goes out for sports in college to impress a girl - same story - and made two years earlier . I am partial to Lloyd's version but I enjoyed this , too . Keaton's version starts off with the high school graduation ceremony . " Ronald " ( Kea... |
526,294 | 4,445,210 | 879,875 | 8 | These Contestants Seem To Have A Lot In Common | This sounded interesting , and it was , for the most part . I couldn't help but almost laugh out loud several times in the first half of this show , staring at these odd-looking little dogs . By the second half , however , it got familiar because all the contestants looked fairly similar . Where was the variety you see... |
525,996 | 4,445,210 | 61,158 | 8 | This Is SOME Vitamin Pill ! | This is a takeoff on those old snake-oil salesmen who used to roam the Old West , peddling tonics that would cure everything . ( Most of it was just alcohol . ) Here , the PP is selling " Dr . Phinks Vitamin Pink " which is simply a vitamin pill . The pill works ! We see an old man take one , and the next minute he cha... |
524,123 | 4,445,210 | 1,144,165 | 8 | This Is A Famous Case , And An Indirect Indictment Of The Power Of Fame | This crime case has been one of the most widely publicized and has been the subject of numerous true-crime television shows and best-selling books , so I won't go into too many details of it . It is about the death of 15-year-old Martha Moxley in a ultra-rich neighborhood in the one of the most exclusive areas in the c... |
524,254 | 4,445,210 | 34,940 | 8 | Popeye Out-Congas Bluto | Hey , Bluto is back ! After being absent from a number of Popeye cartoons in the beginning of this decade ( the ' 40s ) , Bluto resurfaces as he , Popeye and Olive Oyl wind up on an island called " Conga , " where Olive is a senorita . Popeye and Bluto are sailors on a big ship and the latter is jealous when Popeye sho... |
524,250 | 4,445,210 | 849,854 | 8 | Thi Sets The Stage For The Dramatic Second Part | Boy , there are a number of stories that go on in this opening episode of season seven . Included in the stories is one at the end in which one of the series regulars , " Catherine Willows " ( Marg Helgenberger ) is drugged and raped . The episode ends with her waking up in a motel room and figuring out what happened .... |
526,684 | 4,445,210 | 52,390 | 8 | Two More Original Gadgets From ' Acme ' | This wastes no time showing Wile E . Coyote ( famishius vularis ingenious ) chasing The Road Runner ( birdius high-ballius ) . It begins in the opening credits , and only momentarily slows down after 100 seconds when the coyote comes up with this first plan . Wile's idea - lets's catapult myself by throwing a boulder o... |
523,107 | 4,445,210 | 166,924 | 8 | Another Strange-But-Fascinating Film From That Strange Director | Wow , what a strange film . It's a David Lynch movie so it's no surprise that it is weird . I defy anyone to totally explain everything in this film . I can't be done . After some research following my second viewing of this film , I pretty much know most of the story but on a first look , and with no aid from other re... |
527,329 | 4,445,210 | 210,727 | 8 | Real People , Rugged Place | The film , set in a remote Himalayan village in Nepal , is gorgeous start-to-finish , a labor of love by those who made it over a long period of time . The cinematography gets a lot of good " press , " and rightfully so , but what I really enjoyed was the soundtrack . I expected the good visuals , and got them , but I ... |
523,366 | 4,445,210 | 1,001,706 | 8 | This Time , Lady Heather Is The ( Somewhat ) Victim | Why " Lady Heather " ( Melinda Clarke ) always is portrayed in a sympathetic light despite being a killer and a sex pervert , is a testimony to Hollywood and its mindset . Anyway , after an absence of a year and only one part over three years of CSI , she's back , this time the victim more than a " perp . " I can't fee... |
527,297 | 4,445,210 | 87,538 | 8 | Hard Not To Root For The ' Little Guy ' [ | A lot of people liked this story about a small kid being bullied and then learning how to fight by a kindly old man . Then again , these type of stories of the picked-on kids - or nerds ( i . e . " Revenge Of The Nerds " ) , as they were popularly labeled back in the ' 80s , were always hit movies . People usually like... |
525,105 | 4,445,210 | 245,429 | 8 | Entertaining Enough To Get Away With The Length | How many people can sit through a 120-minute animated film ? That's normally just too long for that genre . However , this one could meet that challenge . It only took me two sittings to make it all the way - that's very good , at least for me ! The best part of the film was the color , stunning in parts , beautiful an... |
522,977 | 4,445,210 | 824,035 | 8 | A Very " Conspicuous " Beaver | Beaver and Larry Mondello are staying after school erasing the blackboard when Larry - no surprise here - tells Beaver a lie ( and laughs to himself when Beaver is so dumb to believe it ) . He tells Beaver that Mrs . Rayburn , the school principal , has an " electric spanking machine " in the closet in her office . Bea... |
523,401 | 4,445,210 | 217,505 | 8 | Daniel Day-Lewis : Spectacular Performance | Daniel Day-Lewis elevates this film from just " good " to " very good " or even " excellent . " He is absolutely riveting , one of the most interesting " villains " I have ever seen on film . I am sorry Day-Lewis didn't win the Academy Award for his performance . He was just outstanding to watch . His facial expression... |
522,779 | 4,445,210 | 25,778 | 8 | ' Fearless Fred ' Comes To Betty's Rescue | This time we see throngs of people pouring in at the " Tanktown Theater " to see Betty Boop act in a play called " She Wronged Him Right . " Immediately , we see Betty on stage pacing and all upset . She's reading a note that says , " Pay the mortgage today or else ! Signed , Heeza Ratt . " Betty is in tears and her pe... |
525,076 | 4,445,210 | 130,623 | 8 | Another Advancement In Animation | This was yet another example , when it came out in 2000 , of the latest strides being made in animation , computer-or-otherwise . At the time , I thought to myself , " Man , this just gets better and better all the time . " Six years later , I am still saying that but with newer animated efforts . Some of the scenes in... |
527,145 | 4,445,210 | 140,397 | 8 | Dr . Mickey Mumford : A Likable Guy | Now here is a different kind of story : a very low-key guy ( Loren Dean ) pretending to be a psychiatrist in a small town . Dean does a fabulous job of portraying the soft-spoken , easy-going " shrink " and is so likable that he makes the film enjoyable . There are a few spots that drag on too long , such as a few scen... |
526,532 | 4,445,210 | 87,469 | 8 | Changed My Mind About This Stylish Film | For a long time , this was the only one of the three Indiana Jones films I did not like . Then , when it was part of the DVD package that came out over five years ago , I had to buy it if I wanted the other two , so I gave it a third look . Wow , all of sudden I liked it . For the first time , the woman ( Kate Capshaw ... |
523,767 | 4,445,210 | 25,807 | 8 | Popeye The Serial Killer ! | Popeye begins this with his familiar song but an unfamiliar role : rocking a baby to sleep in its carriage on a sidewalk outside . When nearby Harpo Marx's harp playing wakes up the baby , Popeye kills him with one sock , and poor Harpo is now playing his harp with a halo over his head . More crazy scenes occur , like ... |
523,417 | 4,445,210 | 60,748 | 8 | More Intense Revenge | This was a western with a good cast and another intense , interesting revenge story . It's fairly long at 130 minutes but Steve McQueen is usually charismatic enough to carry a film , and he does so here , too . As the title character , " Nevada Smith , " McQueen is joined by a number of well - known actors of the 1960... |
524,858 | 4,445,210 | 104,694 | 8 | Davis Makes It A Winning Picture | As a sports fan , it's fun to see a film of a little different nature , the case here being women's pro baseball - something that actually took place for a short time during World War II . The best thing going for the film , in my opinion , was a very likable lead character - someone you could really root for - in Geen... |
523,789 | 4,445,210 | 496,705 | 8 | Nice Town , Nice Memories | This is a short little " tour " of the town of Galena , Illinois , which was used in place of " Chisolm , Minnesota . " The latter was area mentioned in " Field of Dreams " where " Moonlight " Graham lived . This was the town where Kevin Costner and James Earl Jones went to find him . " Graham " was the last character ... |
524,692 | 4,445,210 | 443,274 | 8 | A Real Strtech , But Good Diversionary Entertainment | Well , I doubt anyone will fall asleep watching this film . That's the best feature of this movie : it's very entertaining and once you start it , it's tough to put down . Being only 90 minutes , it's a quick hour-and-a-half . It also helps to know that you are going to get the story told from a handful of angles , so ... |
522,725 | 4,445,210 | 43,435 | 8 | Fun Dialog In This Sort-of-Noir | Good dialog and a fast-moving story make this one of the better somewhat-unknown film noirs of its day . Dick Powell and Jay Adler wisecrack their way through this film with some humorous sarcasm . Both are a lot of fun to watch . Powell was in his prime for this kind of role . He was much more mature looking than in h... |
527,345 | 4,445,210 | 313,300 | 8 | A Film Recommended For All , Especially Kids With Cancer | If you know of any kids who are suffering with cancer , and especially those who diagnosed as terminally ill , this would be an inspiring film for them . Meanwhile , who doesn't like looking at butterflies ? Well , this story is a lot more than that , but you might as well enjoy the fantastic insects and nature scenery... |
524,387 | 4,445,210 | 25,842 | 8 | Eat Your Spincach , Kids ! | A " Health Farm For Kids ? " I wonder if there ever was such a thing ? Well , it's here in this cartoon with Olive Oyl running the place and feeding the kids a big plate of hot spinach ! In a nutshell , the kids - and who can blame them ? - are sick of spinach and won't eat . They make a fit , too , and Olive doesn't k... |
522,569 | 4,445,210 | 43,341 | 8 | Bugs Battles Bruno | Colonel Korny's World Famous Circus is in town , featuring " Bruno , the Skobokian Acrobatic Bear . " The colonel gets a phone call informing him of a talented rabbit and the boss says , okay , tell him to come down and I'll have him perform with Bruno . The big bear , overhearing this , is not happy . " Nobody share... |
524,727 | 4,445,210 | 43,338 | 8 | The Good & The Bad Of ' Ace In The Hole ' | This hard-to-see film finally came to TCM recently so I was anxious to check it out . ( To my knowledge it has never been issued on VHS or DVD ) . I found the fist hour to be riveting with crisp dialog , interesting characters , and some nice camera shots by director Billy Wilder and photographer Charles Lang . Kirk Do... |
524,571 | 4,445,210 | 765,875 | 8 | Who Dumped The Body In The Water Tower ? | Blood comes spurting out of a shower head in one apartment and a sink in the other . A woman lies dead in a water tower above that apartment building . How could such deep wrist injuries but leave almost no blood splatter ? That's just one of the many questions Mac , Lyndsay and Don have to figure out in solving this m... |
522,815 | 4,445,210 | 60,839 | 8 | A Mouse With A Lot Of Bite | Our hero is up in the mountains in some log cabin . There are seven blankets piled on his bed . He obviously needs to stay , but immediately is frozen when he opens the front door and a ton of snow falls into the cabin . After thawing out , he decides to make breakfast but finds out his place is devoid of food ! After ... |
522,386 | 4,445,210 | 60,838 | 8 | Mice Were Funny , But Got A Bit Pushy | Rather than go into the story , which a couple of other reviewers did here , I'll state a few things that struck me funny in this Pink Panther cartoon . I liked the mouse's Park Avenue-type entrance , the fanciest I've ever seen in a cartoon , and cartoons love to show mice and cats . I also laughed at the " dagwood " ... |
525,998 | 4,445,210 | 60,836 | 8 | Definitely Inventive | The Panther is giving a salesman presentation on stage , trying to promote his new " healthful , delicious , positively perfect beverage - Pink Punch . " Each description is on a placard . Unfortunately , when the card gets to " Pink Punch , " the dotted " i " on Pink turns from pink to green . The Panther uses his pin... |
527,130 | 4,445,210 | 104,454 | 8 | Films Don't Get Much Prettier | Being a man who appreciates beauty and great visual movies , I have checked out all the Merchant-Ivory films . I found this to be their prettiest , just stunning in its beauty . Story-wise , I preferred " The Remains Of The Day , " but this was okay . It just didn't have the appealing characters " Remains " had and it ... |
525,980 | 4,445,210 | 87,365 | 8 | DVD Did Not Do Justice To These Stunning Visuals | After I first saw this , I thought , " Wow , this is the most spectacular movie , visually-speaking , I've ever seen . " Since that time , I've seen some that topped it but it still ranks as one of the best in that department . I'm just disgusted the long-awaited DVD was so poorly done , the quality of this transfer ha... |
523,564 | 4,445,210 | 104,558 | 8 | 7 Things You Usually Find In A Jackie Chan Film | With most of these Jackie Chan films , you are guaranteed of getting the same material , meaning : ( 1 ) tons of violence ; ( 2 ) extraordinary stunt scenes ; ( 3 ) good sound ; ( 4 ) some hokey dubbed voices ; ( 5 ) a juvenile story with even more - juvenile attempt at humor ; ( 6 ) very little profanity and blood ; (... |
526,702 | 4,445,210 | 260,768 | 8 | For Those Who Want To Learn More About One Of The All-Time Rock Greats | Nobody respects and reveres those old American rock pioneers like the British . That goes for blues , too . I share their love for these guys and could sit and listen to toe-tapping rockabilly , or blues all night long . Maybe that's one reason most of my favorite rock performers are English and Irish . Thankfully , on... |
525,516 | 4,445,210 | 43,265 | 8 | Two-Person Adventure Story That Entertains | This is almost strictly a two-person movie with Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn dominating the story and screen time . It's a likable classic film because of those two famous actors , a nice romance , good adventure and even some comedy thrown in to the mix . I'm shocked a well-known film with these actors still ... |
522,747 | 4,445,210 | 148,040 | 8 | Flip Vs . The Magician | Flip The Frog goes head-to-head with a swami-type magician , both trying to top each other ( with some funny results ) . This all happens after the latter pulls a disappearing act with Flip's girlfriend . You can't blame a frog for trying to get his girl back . Flip goes inside the big tent where the magician went to p... |
523,447 | 4,445,210 | 373,444 | 8 | A Humorous Explanation Of Animation | I really liked this : stick figures explaining to us - and themselves - what animation is , and some of things it can do . . . . . both good and bad . Hey , as they say in here , anything can happen in animation . . . . . . even those beloved Innocent stick figures can be set on fire . ( Yes , the writers here are sick... |
527,478 | 4,445,210 | 43,292 | 8 | Dragnet Heroes Go ' Postal ' | For someone who grew up in the Fifties watching Dragnet as a kid , viewing this film in the Nineties was strange : the cop-heroes of that TV show , Jack Webb and Harry Morgan , are now villains in this film ! Webb played the tougher of the two characters , by far , and was effective in that role . Meanwhile , Alan Ladd... |
525,752 | 4,445,210 | 96,098 | 8 | A Lot To Like . . . . . Except The Ending | It wasn't until my fourth viewing of this film ( and first on widescreen DVD ) that ( 1 ) I finally remembered who the killer was as soon as I saw him and ( 2 ) lost a little regard for this otherwise very entertaining thriller because of the implausible ending . It's a different kind of adventure story / crime thrille... |
525,290 | 4,445,210 | 17,925 | 8 | Buster Has To Prove Himself . . . . . . Again ! | I liked this a lot more on the second viewing , the first on DVD . It wasn't that the print was so much better as I just appreciated Buster Keaton's humor and physical prowess more today than I did back when I first saw this film . That , and I can never get enough trains on film ! Keaton plays " Johnny Gray , " a rail... |
523,693 | 4,445,210 | 43,322 | 8 | Got Better As It Went Along | It's Father's Day and " Junyer , " who looks like Baby Huey except he's a bear in diapers , has set off a ton of alarm clocks early in the morning . The father , " Henry , " gently tells his kid he's not happy with those clocks , punching his kid in the face ! When Ma reminds Pa that it's Father's Day , Pa literally tu... |
524,456 | 4,445,210 | 43,315 | 8 | The Ultimate Smear Campaigners ? | Yosemite Sam is running for mayor . One of his campaign promises is " to rid this country of every last rabbit . " Bugs chokes on his carrot when he hears this . " Hey , this calls for strategy . I'll fight fire with fire , " he proclaims . He decides to run against " Honest Sam . " Talk about smear campaigns ! Mainly ... |
522,651 | 4,445,210 | 53,143 | 8 | Good Laughs , Interesting Cast | As with most movies from a different era , the attitudes are quite different . Feminists would hate this movie , if they saw it today . Hollywood would never make it now in first place , unless roles were reversed and men were made to look like sex objects . That would meet PC double standards . Nonetheless , agendas a... |
526,153 | 4,445,210 | 245,686 | 8 | Ya Gotta Love ' Joe Dirt ' | For a typical low-brained Hollywood comedy of this era , it was a pretty nice film . Of course , few if any modern-day comedies are " family fare " and this one isn't either but the lead character is a gentle , harmless guy . David Spade is very entertaining as " Joe Dirt , " a down-and-out nice guy ( but not exactly p... |
527,360 | 4,445,210 | 104,850 | 8 | Being Invisible Isn't What It's Cracked Up To Be | There are some interesting lessons to learn from this film . . . . not that any of us will ever get to learn this since we'd have to be able to turn invisible . However , when we think about all the fun we could have being invisible , we don't think of all the problems it would cause us . This movie brings some of thos... |
524,543 | 4,445,210 | 43,255 | 8 | A Surprising Amount Of Laughs And Maybe A & C's Best | I only watched this once , but that's my loss . I should see this again . Although not a big fan of these guys , I thought this was their funniest film , along with Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein . Although the latter is considered their best and most popular movie , my vote just might go to this one . This film wa... |
523,856 | 4,445,210 | 1,136,093 | 8 | Amidst Of Bevy Of Modeling Beauties , Wolfe Is Back & LeBrock Still A Threat | Well , I guess the big news on this episode is that former CSI regular " Ryan Wolfe " is reinstated . No surprise , there , although he supposedly wouldn't be back for awhile because of protocol and red tape . I guess Horatio went to bat for him and the red tape disappeared . He promises to be a good boy and repay Hora... |
525,781 | 4,445,210 | 43,232 | 8 | A Nostalgic Treasure | Sky King is one of the first television shows I remember watching , so it has great nostalgic value for me . I'd love to see it again , since it has been 50 years since I last watched the program ! I do remember the character " Penny , " probably more than I remember " Sky King , " although the name Kirby Grant ( Sky... |
522,379 | 4,445,210 | 60,451 | 8 | This Lamp Gets No Respect | A talking magic lamp ? ? Yes , and he's a funny guy . He says things like " zowie , " " be the life of the party ; amaze your friends , come on in ! " The Pink Panther was just walking along minding his own business one day when he spotted the lamp on the ground . The lamp gives him this funny sales pitch ( see above f... |
524,276 | 4,445,210 | 397,245 | 8 | Bonnie & Clyde : Should They Be Romantiicized ? | It's amazing how the entertainment business loves to glamorize gangsters . They love darkness , but I expected a history-centered TV program like this to be a little more objective . . . . yet , more times than not , these two famous outlaws were made to look like sympathetic characters in this episode . They interview... |
525,662 | 4,445,210 | 26,073 | 8 | Stanwyck Good Choice For The Role | Barbara Stanwyck , as I have mentioned in other reviews , was a tough woman but a likable one , at least with me . I don't normally go for those tough dames but her voice and personality she brought to a lot of roles always attracted me . A case in point was this movie . I doubt if another actress would have made this ... |
524,857 | 4,445,210 | 122,151 | 8 | Best Of LW Sequels & A Good DVD ' Demo ' | I read somewhere when the DVD of this film came out that it would be a good " demo " model for dealers trying to sell DVD players and surround-sound equipment . Well , they were right ; it's awesome , or at least it was back in ' 99 when the disc came out , back when not everyone had a DVD player . It's still top-of-li... |
527,143 | 4,445,210 | 104,940 | 8 | My Favorite Version Of This Famous Story | In terms of humor or songs , I can't honestly rank this was high as most of the other Muppet films BUT it may be the most touching version of the Dickens classic story I've ever seen on film . The lyrics to the last two songs are fantastic : very Christian-like and very profound . Scrooge ( Michael Caine ) , meanwhile ... |
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