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A Headless Go-Kart Driver , A Dark Restaurant & Assorted Other Goodies
While " Sara " is being interviewed by " Conrad Ecklie " ( Marc Vann ) , head of the crime unit , on her no-no - meaning having a romantic relationship with a fellow employee " Grissom " ( William Petersen ) we wind up with two murders for this week's episode . The first is dramatically discovered when a severed head i...
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Entertaining ' Anthology ' Of Clapton
These are videos of the hits of both Eric Clapton and some of the early bands he was in such as " The Yardbirds " and " Cream . " It guess you could call this an " anthology " as it shows the famous guitarist-singer from the early ' 60s through the ' 80s when this tape was made . Whatever the era , it's simply good roc...
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A Great Little Story That's Fun For Kids & Senior Citizens
This was a nice little half-hour movie , which reminded me a bit of another film of similar length that was popular 50 years ago : The Red Balloon . " Paddle To The Sea , " made 42 years ago , never got the publicity or achieved the popularity of " The Red Balloon " but if you liked the latter , you'll like this . I en...
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Sheen Shines In This Unique Classic
Well , I've watched this movie for over 25 years now and it's still almost as interesting as when I first saw it . It is definitely one of the most unique films ever made . I still think Martin Sheen got " dissed " big-time in the billing , too . He dominates the film yet gets lesser billing than Marlon Brando , who on...
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Nothing Like Some Good ' Italian Food ! '
I've always found this a " guilty pleasure , " an extremely entertaining profane-gross-funny film about a female vampire who likes " Italian food , " meaning she likes to kill members of the Mafia ! ! I am a bit partial in favor of this movie , anyway , because I am fan of Anne Parillaud . She starred in two of my favo...
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A Well-Acted , Powerful Story
I thought this was a powerful movie about ' 60s radicals on the lam for 14 years and a crisis that develops when the family's 17-year-old son is talented enough to enter Juliard School Of Music which means , because of identity problems , they may never see him again . Judd Hirsch and Christine Lahti play the husband a...
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The Most Entertaining Hot Dogs You've Ever Seen !
The bulk of this cartoon is a wild chase scene between Flip The Frog and a purse snatcher . Flip is a hot dog vendor at the circus and the opening gags are very funny . Where else but a cartoon to you see the following ? A customer approaches , and asks for one hot dog . Four little dogs come out and dance and the cust...
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The Gulf Isn't The Only Thing Muddied In Biloxi
The episode turns out to be quite complicated , much more than the average City Confidential . They must have simplified them after this premiere . We get a judge and his political wife murdered execution-style and those involved are a variety of people , from hired a hit-man to the mayor of the town and the victim's p...
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I Wish They Would Have Kept Going !
Our pink hero is searching for used cars in a lot when he discovers a James Bond-type Aston Martin vehicle with all the gadgets . This little sports car intrigues and impresses him , so he buys it . As in other Pink Panther cartoons , an inanimate object turns to be human-like , so when our guy brings his new car back ...
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Still Shocking After All These Years
Few movies shocked people like this one when it came out . Almost 35 years later , it will still shock you if you've never seen it . It's definitely recommended , but beware of some very gross scenes , brutal language and a sordid and genuinely frightening story . The special effects still hold up . They don't look dat...
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Still Very Funny & Entertaining
There is no set definition of the word " classic " but I'm sure this film qualifies as such or will in the near future , since it was so unique and popular . . . . and remains so today , over 20 years old later . It's just one of those films that you remember seeing when it came out at the theaters . I doubt if anyone ...
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A Ground-Breaker In Sci-Fi / Horror
Usually I don't care for films that have nothing but unlikable characters and a lot of verbal blasphemy , but this was so well done that I just had to have this on a good DVD because I'll always watch this film every few years . It's just too interesting to ignore . The attractions are the incredible suspense ; excelle...
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' Pop " Goes Curly !
This very early Three Stooges effort starts off differently than almost all their others in that the three don't know each other . Moe is a fight manager looking for boxer ; Curly is a waiter and Larry a violinist . They all meet at this restaurant and when Larry starts playing " Pop Goes The Weasel , " Curly goes nuts...
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Let Freedom Ring
Watching this documentary , I couldn't help of that hit song of the ' 60s by Janis Joplin called ' Me and Bonnie McGee " where a key line in the song is " Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose . " That's what this film is about : freedom . It's not about the argument over who or what created the universe...
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One Of Kilmer's Best Performances
Secret Serviceman extraordinnaire Val Kilmer tries to retrieve a kidnapped politician's daughter in this surprisingly-good thriller . There isn't a lot of violence in this modern day tough rescue story , but when it occurs , look out ! Kilmer is very good in here , one of his best performances ever and the film is nice...
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Absolutely Stunning B-D Visuals & Audio
Boy , the visuals were as stunning as I had read they were ; absolutely spectacular . I hate to use this cliché , but this is a " must " for Blu-Ray fans . You have to see - and hear - this film in HD because it is a great treat for your senses . The surround sounds are everywhere while the colors and artwork are somet...
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' Show Me The Money ! '
This is a pretty , upscale , classy town that was quiet and peaceful until the fall of 1991 when a terrifying crime " shattered this idyllic town , " as narrator Paul Winfield says in the introduction . This is the kind of town Winfield and the City Confidential writers like to discuss : a place that looks almost Eden-...
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Innovative Film That''s Always Fun To Watch
This is one of the more inventive movies of the last decade , I would think . It was new , fresh and very different when it came out in the late ' 90s and still is unique and enjoyable as of this review in early 2006 . It's short - 81 minutes - but plenty long when you consider it's three versions of the same story , e...
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One Of The Better Westerns Of That Era
I was very impressed with this film . I would have to rate it as one of the better classic-era westerns . I say that for the whole thing : the acting , mature dialog , no - nonsense story and excellent cinematography . Director Anthony Mann , who did several well-photographed film noirs around this same era , also made...
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Involving Story & Great Low-Key Performance By Ferrell
Most times , I find it interesting to watch a comedian pay a dramatic role . Here , will Ferrell plays an extremely straight , low-key character : an IRS agent who is part of a as strange story . Yes , the title to this movie is 100 percent accurate : " Stranger Than Fiction really describes this bizarre tale of a man ...
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Superman Takes Off On The Big Screen
It's interesting that another re-make is coming out this year . Man , time flies because I vividly remember when this movie came out and the excitement it caused . This was the first Superman anyone had ever seen with modern-day special effects , so it was pretty cool , to say the least . It's still very entertaining ,...
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The Biggest Killer : Sickness & Disease
What a tough year - 1862 - with thousands and thousands of men killed in several famous battles . We get a profile of the South's " Stonewall " Jackson ; we hear a condemnation again on Union General McClellan's inept leadership of the Union forces , and the Emancipation Proclamation is made by President Lincoln after ...
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A Unique Popeye Cartoon In Several Areas
This Popeye cartoon is unusual in that Bluto not only doesn't know Olive Oyl but insults her when he first sees her , calling her a " long-legged scarecrow ! " In addition , he tells her to mind her own business . This Bluto is a mean guy , a guy who is mistreating the horse that is pulling he and an over-sized load of...
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Famous Battles And The Role Of Women
The famous year of 1863 is portrayed here , beginning with the infamous battle of Gettysburg in the first week of July . The carnage of Pickett's suicidal charge , ordered by the usually - reliable Gen . Robert E . Lee , is described vividly . It's not a pretty picture with heads literally flying in the air and other b...
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Tragedy , Sadness , Re-Uniting & Reflection
As in the first episode of this nine-part series , there are so many facts and memorable statements in here it would make your head swim . The statistics of the Civil War are staggering and unprecedented . To this day , more Americans were killed in that war than ALL the wars combined . After awhile , one almost gets n...
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Fredericksburg , Grant , Proclamation , Stonewall & More
The North puts on a valiant , courageous effort in storming Fredericksburg but loses over 10 , 000 men in what really amounted to a suicide mission . The South continues to win key battles mainly because the North has such inept generals , according to this Ken Burns TV documentary . Finally , after numerous strategic ...
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A Popeye ' Opera ' With A Satisfying Ending
This was another different type of Popeye cartoon that one only saw in the beginning years of Popeye , in which a song sometimes opened the story , like a Betty Boop cartoon . Here , Popeye and Olive sing about " Barnacle Bill The Sailor . " Olive tells Popeye she can't marry him because she's in love with Barnacle Bil...
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After Four Years Of Watching , A Handful Of Observations
Well , by now I have watched four years of this show , along with five years of the first CSI and two years of CSI-New York . . . . and I could say a lot but will try to condense my thoughts to just a handful of opinions , namely : 1 - This is the best-looking of the three CSI series on DVD . All of them look great on ...
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Couldn't Fill His Father's Shoes So He Kills His Mom ?
One of the most interesting facts brought out in this City Confidential episode was that Tyler , Texas , never suffered through the Great Depression . While the rest of the USA went through that horrible period in the 1930s , Tyler flourished and did quite nicely , thank you . This city never had any hard financial tim...
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Slower Is Better In This Crime Tale
Made in the early 1970s , this was more of classic type crime story than a modern-day one in that the violence wasn't overdone and it was a slower-paced story than what you would see if re-made today . That slower pace makes for a better study of the two main characters , who were based on the real-life serial-killing ...
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All You Want - Or Need - To Know About This Bizarre Movie
This 76-minute behind-the-scenes documentary is broken into five sections : Development , Production , Special-Makeup Effects , Music and Reaction . They all run anywhere from 13 to 21 minutes apiece to give a comprehensive look at this controversial film dealing with the infamous fictional serial killer " Hannibal Lec...
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This First One Still The Best In The Trilogy
This movie put director Robert Rodriguez " on the map . " He followed up with two sequels : " Desperado " and " Once Upon A Time In Mexico . " Not surprising , the best of the three was this low-budget opening film . As Rodriquez had more and more money to spend on the sequels , the stories got more and more carried aw...
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Dylan Shocks The Folkies While Jimi & Pete Smash Guitars
Half of this hour-long episode is a tribute to poet-singer Bob Dylan and the other half is the continuation of the history of rock ' n roll , as the DVD title suggests . To this day , I still think Dylan is one of the worst singers I've ever heard but there is no denying his songwriting and his influence on music which...
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' Omri " One Of The Most Likable Kids Ever On Film
I'm a sucker for nice kids , not those snotty ones seen so often in films from the ' 60s to the present . In here is a wonderful neat-looking little kid , Hal Sardino , who is unusual in that this is the only movie he ever starred in . To his credit , Scardino went on to live a " normal " life after this film , eventua...
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Ozzie : A Kid At Heart
This episode has to be seen to believed . Imagine a grown man of about 40 watching a little kids ' show , being interested in a toy they are promoting through a root beer company , sending away for the toy and then winning a bicycle . All the while he has to hum-and-haw about being an adult and doing all of this when i...
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Much Better Than The Critics Would Have You Believe
Make no mistake : ( 1 ) this IS a sordid crime story and ( 2 ) is is FAR better than the national critics - and the ones here - would have you believe . I have found it fascinating the three times I've watched it and look forward to seeing it again . It surprises me each time , being better than I remembered . It's nic...
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Looks Good , Feels Good
This was a wonderful , feel-good movie with tons of songs , many of them appealing . There also were some great dancing scenes , no surprise there since Fred Astaire is one of the stars . Astaire and Vera-Ellen paired up well for those numbers . This is one of the few films , even in the musicals , in which all the cha...
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The Endless Search For Water
It's understandable if you get thirsty watching this episode . All the creatures in the desert , it seems , spend most or all spend their time looking for water , to survive . When water does arrive , in the form of a shower , or a flash flood from miles away , the animals and birds get busy and drink as much of it as ...
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Very Humorous & Entertaining Episode
This was a hoot ! " Norman Shendley " ( Denholm Elliot , of " Raiders of the Lost Ark " fame ) , plays a man both haunted and delighted by his dreams . The dreams are so real that he , and we , aren't sure what's reality and what isn't . However , we can see the purpose of the " dream " as the story goes along : gettin...
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Informative & Interesting For All Beer Lovers
This program did a nice job giving the history of beer here in America . You get some good time-lines regarding the who and when of the growth , decline and then growth again of this very popular beverage . I was amazed to find out that in the days before the Mayflower dropped off the first Americans on this soil , bee...
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These Guys Just Keep Going and Going and Going . . . . .
This isn't listed as such here since this was only available at a national electronics chain store , but it was a four-disc compilation of three major concerts the group did in their 2002 tour . The first concert filmed , at New York City's Madison Square Garden , is the best of the three , in my opinion , so it's appr...
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Insane Premise Makes This A Good One
This is one of the wilder story lines I've seen so far in this collection of " Inspector " cartoons . It's so ridiculous it's funny and is going to sound strange just describing . Our Two Heroes have to go to the Marquis ' château to find a stolen diamond , which is the biggest you've ever seen - guaranteed . Since the...
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Public Enemy : An Outraegous Film In ' 31 And Still That Way !
Although several " film experts " are in this documentary on the great classic gangster film , " Public Enemy , " most of the opinions are expressed by current movie director Martin Scorcese . You could just tell that if Jimmy Cagney was in his prime today , Scorcese would have him as his main actor . He loves him . . ...
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Memorable Modern Noir
This was the Coen Brothers first movie and I think it might rank second-best to more-famous " Fargo . " This is suspenseful neo-noir ( modern-day film noir ) filled with fun direction by the Coens : low camera angles , closeups , concentration of sounds such as the whirring of an overhead fan , some dramatic pauses , s...
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Is This The Best Dracula Film ? Maybe !
I'm not a big fan of horror films but I was very impressed with this one , titled " Horror Of Dracula . " ( For some reason , it's just called " Dracula " here on the IMDb site . This is a solid re-telling of the Dracula story with some legitimate thrills provided to the viewer along with pretty photography and sets an...
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So Many Things You Can Say About This Film !
Do you notice how long many of the reviews are in here about this movie ? That's because there is so much one could say . This is an unusual movie , especially for a modern-day-filmed western . Brad Pitt and Casey Affleck are the " stars " of this movie but the biggest star to me was Roger Deakins , the man who photogr...
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A Unique TV Show - Would Love To See It Again
Here's a television program I haven't watched since it went off the air over 15 years ago , and I'd give anything to see it again on a DVD package . Gary Cole , as " Jack Killion , " was THE coolest guy on TV at that time , and I mean the kind of " cool " associated with Craig Stevens of TV's " Peter Gunn , " or Steve ...
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Not Far Behind The First Film
This isn't quite as powerful as the first Godfather , done two years earlier , but it isn't far behind . It's another magnificently filmed effort , wonderfully acted and a hard film to stop once you've put it in your tape or DVD player . What makes this a notch below the first Godfather is the absence of Marlon Brando ...
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The Real Deal
This is one of the most interesting biographies I've ever seen on film . Until I acquired the DVD , I never fully realized how beautiful this film looked , either . I was stunned to see how spectacular the colors were and how much it helped capture the flavor of the dance hall and the cobblestone streets of France 100 ...
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Memorable Story Which Stays With You
Every once in a while - but less and less these days - a movie comes around that has some impact , in that you find it hard to get it out your mind for awhile . That's what " Harry and Tonto " did to me , recently . It wasn't the world's greatest film but it was great storytelling , sometimes a lost art among filmmaker...
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A Greedy Landowner & A Scorned Wife
This was an unusual episode in that there was none of the usual agendas : no city or town - bashing , church-bashing or rich people-bashing . It was just simply the story of a crime that took place 20 years ago just outside Chattanooga , Tenn . It even made the area pretty darned attractive . Chattanooga comes out look...
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Real Pros , And Not A Bad Song In The Bunch
This is outstanding concert featuring most of the famous singing duo's best songs , of which there were many . There is a good mix of fast and slow songs and so-so stereo . Too bad they couldn't have re-mixed this in 5 . 1surround for the DVD . Simon and Garfunkel are such pros . The two harmonize so well it's amazing ...
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Painfully Funny
Elmer Fudd is laughing while lounging in his easy chair and reading his comic book , his dog comfortably nearby sleeping in front of the fireplace . All is peaceful until a flea comes bouncing by . ( The flea is dressed in a farmer's-type outfit with a big sombrero and is carrying a satchel with the name " A . Flea " o...
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Unique & Fun , Start-To-Finnish
I've watched this twice now , and throughly enjoyed both viewings , finding this film to really be a unique one . It's a Finnish film , which is unusual to start with , at least here in the U . S . because we don't see too many films from Finland . It's a black comedy , meaning deadpan looks with subtle comedic lines ....
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EntertainingTrial Movie That Still Holds Up
This is one of the best " trial movies " ever made . It's an outstanding film that is just as good today as it was almost 50 years ago when it was released in the theaters . The shocking ending caused quite a stir back then , too . The only part of the movie I thought looked dated and unrealistic was Tyrone Power's cha...
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Extremely Informative
I totally agree with the first statement made in by narrator Patrick Macnee in this behind-the - scenes feature " that is part of the special-edition " Goldfinger " DVD . Macnee stated , " For many Bond fans and film historians , Goldfinger is the 007 movie that had it all - a high - octane cocktail of action , lust , ...
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How They Let This ' Low-Life ' Go Is Mind-Boggling
This is the worst verdict I've seen yet , in the 30-or-so episodes I've watched of this program . It makes me totally lose faith in the jury system . You wonder : " what are these people thinking ? " ere , a man with 16 charges against him including eyewitnesses who saw him shoot and kill a man , and then drive off in ...
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One Greedy Husband = 2 Dead Wives And 3 Orphaned Kids
This is another interesting glimpse at a city in the United States . In this case , it's the " Iron City , " a mixture of the oldest population in the U . S . with a revitalized downtown that has gone from steel to high-tech . Like it's sports teams , Pittsburgh sure has run the gamut between good and bad times . Steel...
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Real Life Almost Always Stranger Than Fiction
I love these strange documentaries , where real-life people are interviewed , followed around and we get to witness yet another example of how life is often " stranger than fiction . " In this case , it's video game geeks . And , man , I mean " geeks . " That's the main story here , more specifically , is the quest bet...
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A Solid Crime Movie , Thanks To Three Leads
This was good ; a solid crime story . It's the " Tom Ripley " of " The Talented Mr . Ripley , " but now older and being played by John Malkovich instead of Matt Damon . He's also , at least to me , a totally different character so this story stands on its own . There's no tie-in to that previous filmMalkovich plays his...
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Ship Of Fools And Other Undesirables
Everyone's worst nightmare in the ocean : being attacked by sharks . That's what happens to some guy who is heard yelling for help , treading water next to a big cruise ship . He gets the attention of sunbathers , including his wife , and the captain . The latter fires three shots in the water , trying to scare away th...
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An Over-The-Top But Very Dramatic Episode
There's a wild start to this as Horatio is seen in an ambulance , attending to his brand-new bride , Marisol . Apparently she's been shot ( it doesn't show that ) . Then , someone stops the ambulance , Horatio gets out . . . . and . . . . . they flashback to what led up to this , namely : A leader of the Mala Noche gan...
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' Spice ' Is The Act ; ' Sugar ' Is The Real Ann-Margret
Ann-Margret may have a " sex kitten " image but the TV episode shows she's really a wonderful , devoted , almost old-fashioned type lady . I mean , how many Hollywood couples are married once and are the same sweethearts they were when they first met ? Ann-Margret and Roger Smith are . . . . and friends will tell you i...
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An Entertaining Political Thriller . . . . . Period !
I enjoyed this film . I thought it was an excellent political thriller about something that's never happened before - a Secret Service agent going bad and involved in an assassination plot . Unfortunately , for Michael Douglas ' character , " Pete Garrison , " they think HE's the mole but he isn't . He's just a morally...
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The Film That Made Brooks A Star
Mel Brooks made several very popular and memorable films in the ' 70s but I doubt any was more popular than this one . Made just several years after the morals ' code had been lifted in Hollywood , it was able to provide humor in a new and shocking way . People could fart , swear , have old ladies use the n - word , me...
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Hard To Explain , Better To Just See It
There is no story in this animated short : just wild and crazy contortions drawn on a face who is singing a song about " your face . " As he sings , almost every conceivable oddity occurs , such as facial parts changing position , head being twisted , cut , pulled inside-out , being chopped into pieces and reforming an...
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Not-That-Sugary Look At A Good-Hearted Man
There are a lot of sugary clichés I use - in a nice way - to describe this story about a doctor with a good heart who truly believes in the healing power of laughter . Based on a real-life person ( who looks a lot wackier than Robin Williams , who plays him in this movie ) , the story has its usual rebel fights-the - s...
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Lots Of Good Stuff In This Harold Lloyd Silent Short
This Harold Lloyd silent film is fun because it has fast-moving story , plenty of chase scenes and sight gags , good camera-work and some great expressions on the actors ' faces . It also has a couple of endearing people such as a poor little girl and her lame dog , and a good-hearted woman . Of course , being a " sile...
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They Really Did Save The Best ' Til Last
I was never one of the millions of Star Wars groupies . I enjoyed the films , except for Attack Of The Clones , but wasn't a huge fan . Having seen the first five , I eventually got around to checking out this last one , if for no other reason than curiosity . Wow , it changed my whole outlook . I cannot believe how im...
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Classic Remedy For Instant Satisfaction
I guess by now you could call this movie a " classic . " It would meet most definitions . It was so popular that it spawned a number of sequels , but they just got dumb and dumber . This is one of the most famous " revenge " movies ever made and still stands up today . This was a very , very simple story and it panders...
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Well , I Liked It
I don't know why this movie doesn't get more positive recognition ; I thought it was terrific , and I've seen most the feature-length animated films of the past several years . This holds it own against most of them . For an animated film , it has exactly what you want : fantastic colors and colorful characters - most ...
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Good Story , Spectacular Visuals
A frantic woman is seen desperately racing down a street as some unseen motorist is terrorizing her , crashing into her . She loses control of the car , crashes and dies . Well , at least it looks like that until later it's determined another blow to the head - not from the collision - is what really killed her . In th...
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Artwork Really Captures Christmas
This is another winner from the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume Two , with fantastic artwork that captures the colorful Christmas setting magnificently . We open with a beautiful depiction of an old house under a snowfall . It's " the night before Christmas and all through the night . . . . " Sylvester interrupts...
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A Bit Confusing But Always Fascinating
No sense going into a detailed review describing what this film is about because there are enough reviews already . I'll just say it took me several viewings to finally figure out what was going on . It's not an easy to story to follow . It's also unusual : a crime story dealing with rights to water . To many people , ...
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Boxing Was Big Back In The ' 30s
It's Bluto , " the champ , " verses Popeye , " the sailor man , " in the " fight of the century . " I think this theme - a big boxing match between these two guys - was used in a couple of other Popeye cartoons down the road , but I enjoyed this one the best . Boxing was a subject used in a lot of feature films in the ...
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One Of The Wildest , Action-Packed Tom and Jerry Cartoons
Whether this was a rip-off of the Tweety-and-Sylvester ' toon called " Kitty Foiled " or not was immaterial to me once I watched this because this was outstanding . ( So was " Kitty Foiled . " ) The sight-gags , pratfalls , slapstick nonsense , etc . , were almost all very clever in this short as Tom tries one thing af...
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Love Those ' Asides " & The Music
I almost always laugh when a cartoon character turns to us , the audience , and makes a remark . Early in this animated short , Sylvester , turns and whispers to us , " How naive can you get ? " That's after Tweety is asking him what he wants as the cat reaches into the cage , trying to steal him from the front window ...
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A Drama With Realism , Heart & Dignity
This is a movie with a lot of " dignity . " It has such realistic people , it kept me fascinated because it seemed so different from most films I've watched . There aren't a lot of dramatic things that happen in the story yet , as a whole , it's a wonderful tale that stays with you . It's a lot more than just seeing an...
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Emma Can Break Your Heart
Wow , here's an emotional story that gets you involved and wears you out by the end . I wears you out not from action , but from watching two good ladies suffer heartbreaks one after the other . This is not my normal viewing fare but I am big fan of two things this movie has to offer : ( 1 ) Emma Thompson and ( 2 ) inc...
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Lots Of Good Sight Gags
Mascot Tom has been hired aboard a cruise ship . He has the assignment to make sure there are no mice on board . " If I find one , you'll be fired , " says the ship's captain . Minutes later , here comes Jerry on his way on-board , complete with straw hair and playing his banjo . He's going to Hawaii aboard the U . S...
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A Fun Movie For Film Buffs
Since " The Fugitive " is one of my all-time favorites , this takeoff on it was fun and enjoyable for me to watch . Hey , sometimes it's best to laugh at ourselves and the things we like . For much of it , this movie was laugh-out-loud funny . It helped not only to know " The Fugitive " story well but also " North By N...
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Gives You Your Money's Worth Of Entertainment
I suppose a film like this will fall into one of two categories for fans of this series : either this was the best of the three or the worst . My vote goes to it being the " best " although I prefer Superman and Batman over Spidey in the superhero category , anyway . However , I did find this movie extremely entertaini...
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Age Hasn't Slowed These Guys , Either
This was much better than I had expected , not that I didn't expect a decent performance from these guys . I just didn't know exactly what to expect since they were long past their " prime . " However , like a number of other ' 60s groups that are still playing , these guys are still very good . Age doesn't seem to hur...
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Funny & Touching - A Good Combination
This was a funny and - near the end - a touching movie . That's a nice combination to have . My only complaint is that it certainly isn't " family fare " for a nice story and should have been rated " R , " not PG-13 . There's simply too much sexual material ( and and f-word ) for PG-13 . With some editing , this could ...
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5 Reasons Why I Like This Sequel Better
This sequel to a popular first film was a pleasant surprise to me . In fact , I think I like this better than the original , much better . Why ? Well . . . . . 1 - It is extremely entertaining and just an hour-and-half long ; 2 - It has a much softer edge to it with more humor than the original ; 3 - the special effect...
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High Praise For This ' Kids ' Film
You've often heard the sales pitch , " adults will love it , too ! " almost always referring to a kids ' movie and in particularly , an animated movie for children . Well , in this case I agree . Even as a middle-aged adult , I enjoyed this . The dialog is adult-friendly but at the same time not coarse or crude with no...
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Another Inventive Effort By Bill Plympton
At first , this is deceiving . It appears to be a lesson about how to draw , but " the magic line _ - the narrator - quickly gets sidetracked and this turns out to be a very funny story and a cartoon that was fascinating to watch , especially if you like the creative process of art . I can't draw worth a lick so I've a...
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Slow But Wow , Is This A Visual Treat !
I can't imagine a lot of people , especially anyone under 40 , sitting through this extremely slow film . . . . but I thought it was excellent . However , I am biased because I love great cinematography and stories about famous painters . Sometimes the cameras stay on subject longer than normal , affording the viewer t...
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Pleasant Voice , Pleasant Concert
The stage-opera-pop star gives a concert in Fort Lauderdale , Fla . , as part of her " La Luna Tour . " I am guessing the year was 2000 ( it doesn't say ) . Of the several DVDs I have watched of Brightman's I think this one has the best collection of songs . In all there 26 songs giving up an hour-and-a-half of her sin...
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Driving A Poor Custodian Crazy
It's the Pink Panther torment a night-time department store custodian . I guess our hero is a kind of homeless type of guy who hangs out wherever he can find a warm , indoor spot . In this case , he's lying comfortably in the rug section . Problems ( and some very good sight gags ) start when the Panther goes inside a ...
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The Strangest Snow White You'l Ever See
This is another of those Betty Boop cartoons that feature two things : music and an insane storyline with wild visuals where crazy things happen one after the other . Back in the late ' 60s , we would have thought the cartoonists who made this had to be stoned . I say that because this is not any Snow White story you'v...
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Some Very Funny Scenes In Here
While in the paddock area with a horse called " Bell Boy , " Bilko is making sarcastic comments to Henshaw and Rocco about that horse . They had received a tip from a new recruit , fresh off the farm in Kentucky - a kid who knows all about horses who told Bilko to bet this horse . " Hey , " explains the recruit " Pvt ....
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Young Boys Witness Brutal Slaying Of Their Mom
This was an interesting look at the big city of Atltana , " which is about as southern as a can of Boston baked beans , " according to narrator Paul Winfield . His point was , as most people know , Atltanta has a lot of northern people living it in . Northern money rebuilt the city after Gen . Sherman burned it down in...
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Powerful , Involving Story
This is one powerful film . The first time I saw it , the Scottish accents made it tough for me to understand a lot and that ruined the viewing experience . I gave up on it but then acquired the DVD , used the English subtitles when I needed them , and really got into this movie , discovering just how good it is . It i...
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' Son Of Sam ' Is Now ' Son Of Hope '
I felt this was one of the more interesting Biographiy episodes because of all that preceded the main story and was tacked on at the end , about a man who terrorized New York City in the mid 1970s . David Berkowitz , a . k . a . Son Of Sam and a . k . a . The . 44 Calibre Killer , certainly doesn't look and talk like t...
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One Of The Best In The Series
Up until the sixth and last episode of the Star Wars saga , which finally ended in 2005 , I had always looked at this 1983 entry as my favorite film of the long-running series . The varied action scenes and really different characters ( Jabba The Hut , furry woodland creatures , etc . ) made this a particularly appeali...
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A Different Kind Of ' Western '
Wow , what a brutal " western . " I put " western " in quotes because most people think of the western half of the United States as being the locale for western movies . This movie was made and set in Australia but the time frame is similar : around 1880 . What's " brutal " about the story is the violence , bloodshed a...
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Bluto As Fred Astaire - Yup !
Dance contests were pretty big back in the old days , especially during the Depression . People , desperate for money , would do about anything to get a cash prize The worst , of course , were the grueling " marathon dances , " but many times the contests just involved regular dances and judging what couple looked best...
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Last ' ' Dirty Harry ' ' And A Good One
This was the fifth and last " Dirty Harry " movie with Clint Eastwood playing the hero again , Inspector Harry Callahan , cleaning up the streets of San Francisco from all the scumbag criminals . I've always found " The Dead Pool " to be one of his best in this series . It's entertaining with pretty taut suspense and a...
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Sleepwalking Slapstick Has To Be Seen To Be Believed !
Sometimes a theme song , so to speak , accompanies these early Popeye cartoons , and that's the case here as we listen to " Have You Ever Seen A Dream Walking ? " Well , Popeye does here with Olive Oyl . So does Bluto . These two spot Olive outside walking on a flagpole and on the roof of their high-rise building and b...