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383,960 | 449,021 | 443,527 | 5 | The Hamilton's are not exactly the Jones's next door . | Independent horror written and directed by the Butcher Brothers . The Hamilton family hides a deep dark secret . When the parents are killed in an accident , eldest son David ( Samuel Child ) relocates his siblings to a quiet California suburb . Twins Wendell ( Joseph McKelheer ) and Darlene ( Mackenzie Firgens ) have a bizarre bond beyond the family secret . The youngest , Francis ( Cory Knauf ) , finds a movie camera of his parents and decides to use it for a school project filming his family . The Hamilton's are in need of constant nourishment that requires luring people to the home ; forcing them to the basement where they are chained in a cage and become the family's primary food source . They do have to relocate quite often ; who knows . . . they may just become the Jones's next door . Some disturbing scenes , but no real great shakes . |
382,880 | 449,021 | 49,086 | 5 | Frontier scout befriends the Red Man . | COMANCHE is filmed in Durango , Mexico for a sense of authenticity . It is also one of the first Hollywood films to be sympathetic toward the Native American Indian . A Comanche attack on a Mexican village nets the capture of several woman and children including the lovely Margarita ( Linda Cristal ) . Black Cloud ( Henry Brandon ) is a hotheaded brave that have no use for the white man , let alone Mexicans , whom he can also get the pleasure of scalping . Jim Read ( Dana Andrews ) is a strong willed frontier scout , who hopes to shield his Native American friends from a bigoted genocidal Gen . Miles ( John Litel ) . It is Read and his friendship with Chief Quanah Parker ( Kent Smith ) that restores trust and peace between the Indians and the white man . This is Cristal's movie debut . Andrews , not out of the norm , is wooden . Others in the cast : Nestor Paiva , Tony Carbajal , Lowell Gilmore and Iron Eyes Cody . |
383,418 | 449,021 | 44,681 | 5 | Apache gold strikes interest . | Indians , gold-seekers and dance hall girls liven this hackneyed saga of a selfish politician trying to start an uprising in order to get to the gold on Apache land . Very good scenery and strong cast ; but the story is too predictable . The players include : Robert Young , Janis Carter , Jack Buetel and Reed Hadley . |
382,677 | 449,021 | 395,699 | 5 | A Navy S . E . A . L . pulls awkward duty . | Some situational laughs as Shane Wolf ( Vin Diesel ) a stout and tough Navy S . E . A . L . goes from dangerous duty to " do-do " duty . Wolf is assigned to protecting a military widow's ( Faith Ford ) five out-of-control kids . Involved in dangerous missions all over the world ; babysitting duty proves to provide its own risks and humorous problems . Absolutely hilarious is Carol Kane as housekeeper Helga . School Principal Claire Fletcher ( Lauren Graham ) , who also has military training , easily sides with Wolf and his awkward assignment . Brad Garrett is perfect as the pompous Vice-Principal and wrestling coach . Sometimes a little too cute , but after all this is a Disney Picture . The rented DVD is a cheap babysitter . |
382,800 | 449,021 | 55,719 | 5 | An epic tale . Cast of thousands . | If it were 1962 and I just found my favorite seat at the theater , I would be engrossed with this action packed spectacle . There was a time when everyone loved cheering on the " under-dog " . Times change , and stories are told too many times over . . . like THE 300 SPARTANS . King Leonidis ( Richard Egan ) can't convince the ruling council of the real danger that is on the way . . . a mighty Persian force on the march and counting on a massacre . Leonidis does round up 300 volunteers to stave off the Persians in hopes of Sparta sending more gladiators . Battle scenes are notable and the wardrobe impressionable . Egan plays his role strong as does Ralph Richardson . Others in the cast : Diane Baker , Barry Coe , David Farrar , Anne Wakefield , Donald Houston , John Crawford and Anna Syndodinou . |
382,727 | 449,021 | 144,120 | 5 | Is it true that love will set you free ? | For the hard-core Chucky fans . The lasting remains of Chucky are stolen from the police evidence room and a dizzy , twisted woman ( Jennifer Tilly ) puts the doll together again in order to find a home for her dead boyfriend's spirit . Demented , comedic , violent and gory . One humorous scene is where Chucky gets a " woody " . Another highlight finds Chucky and his newlywed bride having a duel with shovels in a cemetery . Tilly also supplies the voice of Chucky's bride . Tilly always seems to get the parts of sexy air heads ; this role is no different . Some of the insults between the miniature couple are quite funny . Brad Dourif again provides the voice of Chucky . This comedy of gore also features busty Katherine Heigl and Nick Stable . John Ritter takes some gruesome punishment in his role as the Police Chief . If you have seen the first three installments , you owe it to yourself to witness Chucky in unholy matrimony . It goes to show that love sometimes can be a bitch . |
384,347 | 449,021 | 102,007 | 5 | Can ghosts make you a believer ? | This made-for-TV horror / ghost story is suspenseful , somber , sometimes slow and at times far from believability . THE HAUNTED is partially based on a book by Jack Smurl and eyewitness testimony . In the mid-1980s , a Pittston , Pennsylavania family . . . the Smurls . . . start noticing things are just not right with their home . Not really believing in spirits , Janet Smurl ( Sally Kirkland ) is forced to realize and has a hard time convincing her husband Jack ( Jeffrey DeMunn ) , until minions of Satan go to work slamming doors , smashing household items and bedeviling with imitation of family voices . Spooky and scary ? Just a bit . The cast also features : Joyce Van Patten , Diane Baker , John Mallory Asher , William O'Connnell and Louise Latham . |
382,078 | 449,021 | 102,011 | 5 | Agree to disagree . There is love to be lost . | This snappy romantic comedy pits two Baltimore reporters , Dan Hanson ( Kevin Bacon ) and Lorie Bryer ( Elizabeth Perkins ) , writing for an editorial page with opposing opinions . . . Dan the conservative and Lorie the liberal . Their popularity grows as a romance blossoms and soon they have a TV show ' He said , She said ' . Frequent bickering may end the TV show as well as the romance . The leads are very likable and the supporting cast is solid , but the film at points just comes across too sappy and gimmicky . Charming is as charming goes . Bacon and Perkins work well together . Supporting cast features : Sharon Stone , Nathan Lane , Anthony LaPaglia and Stanley Anderson . |
382,209 | 449,021 | 35,959 | 5 | Some love endures always . | Victor Fleming directs this sentimental star-studded fantasy that takes place during World War II . Spenser Tracy plays top flying Pete Sandige , who with his buddy Al ( Ward Bond ) , go out on a bombing mission before taking on the assignment of training young pilots . Pete's girl Dorinda ( Irene Dunne ) knows that his " number " is up ; and drama thickens as Pete doesn't make it back . Hollywood fantasy takes over as Pete's angel guards over young pilot Ted Randall ( Van Johnson ) in his training ; even as he romances Dorinda , who still remains devoted to his memory . Supporting cast is full of talent : Lionel Barrymore , James Gleason , Don DeFore and Esther Williams . |
383,446 | 449,021 | 48,937 | 5 | Epic tale of power , jealousy and greed . | Ditch class . Put the books away . Watching this movie will hold your interest longer . Not to say the information should be written in stone , but Robert Rossen makes history a pleasure . This is a grand tale of the life of the Macedonian who set out to conquer the world in the 4th century B . C . The young Richard Burton is dynamic and powerful as Alexander . The huge cast also includes : Claire Bloom , Fredric March , Stanley Baker , Peter Cushing , Gustavo Rojo , Danielle Darrieux and Harry Andrews . History or an attempt unfolds before your eyes and you don't mind at all . The diverse and apt cast helps to over look some sluggish pacing of the spectacle . Numerous well staged battles featuring spears and arrows adds meat to this tale of the legendary conqueror . Should compliment any high school history class . |
383,325 | 449,021 | 362,120 | 5 | Enough of being scared silly ? | Director David Zucker masterminds the fourth installment of the SCARY MOVIE series . Spoofs of THE GRUDGE , THE VILLAGE , SAW and WAR of the WORLDS . Cindy Campbell ( Anna Faris ) moves into a house that is haunted by a little boy . The who , why and when needs to be answered ; and an alien invasion threatens to eradicate the entire human race ; but Cindy and her gal-pal Brenda ( Regina Hall ) may have something to say about that . My two favorite scenes involve invading giant " Tr-iPods " and a comedic Dr . Phil McGraw . Almost non-stop crude and sexual humor ; some comic violence and strong language earn a PG-13 rating . Others featured : Leslie Nielsen , Molly Shannon , Carmen Electra , Chris Elliott , Anthony Anderson and Shaquille O'Neal . Sick , but still worth a laugh . |
384,105 | 449,021 | 35,937 | 5 | Don't underestimate " authority " . | Russell Wade plays an officer signing aboard a ship under the command of Captain Will Stone ( Richard Dix ) . It doesn't take Wade long to witness how the captain uses his " authority " in dealing with resentment towards crew members . Stone becomes obsessed with his power . Wade has trouble trying to convince the crew that their beloved captain is going mad . Special effects good for 1940's . Also in the cast : Edmund Glover , Ben Bard and Edith Barrett . |
384,266 | 449,021 | 51,418 | 5 | It glides , it slides , it crawls , it rolls like jelly . | A meteorite slams to earth . After some poking and prodding , a gooey jelly-like substance slowly begins to devour the inhabitants of a small town . A young man ( Steve McQueen ) and his girlfriend ( Aneta Corsaut ) by chance stumble upon the answer to stopping the alien lifeform . At the time of release , a very popular movie with teens . It also was a ' word of mouth ' success . Should be one of the most memorable sci-fi flicks . |
384,170 | 449,021 | 60,073 | 5 | Old Africa : Blood and Guts . | This documentary was three years in the making and is not for the weak of heart or stomach . You may find yourself so disgusted you'll stop watching ; or your curiosity will have your total attention to this offering from the directors of MONDO CANE . Africa in the 1960s was not only black and white , but also blood red . This film features glimpses of atrocities most only read about and things definitely hidden from tourists . There is scenes of violent unrest in the Congo ; the final days of British rule in Kenya ; the slaughter and displacement of the Watusi tribe ; the grisly look at poaching and slaughter of once protected iconic members of the African animal kingdom ; as well as executions of political rivals . You may be in the mood for a stiff drink ; I doubt you will have an appetite . |
383,199 | 449,021 | 165,990 | 5 | The U . S Cavalry seeks safe passage . | This is a hackneyed western with few faults . I found it more interesting than I expected . Chuck Connors plays a young Cavalry Sargent that must take over a unit led by an injured and temporarily demented Lieutenant . This action takes place in Apache territory . . . the boys in blue hope to find safety in a fort that has already been ravaged . Short , but action packed . Also in the cast are : John Smith , Robert Knapp , Susan Cummings and a young Harry Dean Stanton . Kind of feels like sitting in the Kiddie Matinee on Saturday morning . |
382,027 | 449,021 | 60,048 | 5 | Guns and Apaches don't mix . | One of Audie Murphy's last movies is nothing to really brag about . But he is a genuine American military hero and extremely popular . Harsh Captain Bruce Coburn ( Murphy ) leads a group of the Cavalry to accept a shipment of forty valuable rifles : and hopes to avoid Cochise ( Michael Keep ) and the Apaches . Corporal Bodine ( Kenneth Tobey ) starts a mutiny against the much hated Cpt . Coburn and intends to sell the rifles to Cochise instead of going to Mexico to trade them . Cpt . Coburn arrives back to the command post at Apache Wells in shame and loses his rank . In spite of this , he heads out singlehanded to retrieve the guns , capture Bodine and put down a massive Apache attack . Filmed in California and the most scenic location being the Red Rock Canyon State Park . The cast also features : Michael Burns , Laraine Stephens , Robert Brubaker and Byron Morrow . |
383,386 | 449,021 | 51,437 | 5 | Randolph Scott starts a family feud on the border . | Randolph Scott and director Budd Boetticher team up again with this average cowboy flick about loyalty and betrayal . Loner Tom Buchanan , on his way home to west Texas , stops along the California / Mexican border and is jailed falsely accused of being the parter of a young Mexican trying to avenge the rape of his sister . Buchanan is released , but led out of town minus his money belt containing $5 , 000 . He escapes being shot in the back and returns to town to collect his stolen money . In doing so , he must start some mistrust and anger between three corrupt brothers who run the town . Buchanan ends up in the manipulation of a double-cross to keep the Mexican youth from hanging . An obvious low-budget western , but still interesting . Also in the cast of players : Craig Stevens , Manuel Rojas , Barry Kelley , Peter Whitney , L . Q . Jones , Tol Avery and Jennifer Holden . Of note : Miss Holden only appeared in three movies ; the first being her better role in the Elvis Presley classic JAILHOUSE ROCK ( 1957 ) . |
383,534 | 449,021 | 448,172 | 5 | Pictures don't lie . | This is a sequel to 8MM ( 1999 ) , but not a continued storyline . The career of a prominent politician ( Johnathon Schaech ) is about to derail . Everything looks in his favor to climb the political ladder . His fiancée ( Lori Heuring ) is beyond wealthy and her daddy ( Bruce Davidson ) is an Ambassador . Schaech's becoming a congressman is in jeopardy due to an extortionist with revealing photos and a video of the young couple having a sordid sexual tryst with a model / prostitute ( Zita Gorog ) in Budapest . They must delve into the underworld of sex and pornography to retrieve the evidence in order to save the young politician's career , as well as his future father-in-law's . A very strong rated R due to very graphic sexual activity . Not fade away or quick shots of the sex either . So this erotic thriller is not meant for everyone . And it is worth watching again in spite of the lackluster unimaginative ending . |
383,796 | 449,021 | 48,281 | 5 | All for one and . . . one for the money . | Dark , twisted and some what funny entertainment . Prof . Marcus ( Alec Guiness ) rents lodging from a little old lady Louisa Wilberforce ( Katie Johnson ) that is more enduring than meets the eye . The demented-looking Professor claims to be a musician and uses his room to gather his bumbling friends that pass for a musical troupe with intentions of planning and carrying out the robbery of a London armored car . The addled brain robbers think they are in the clear until Mrs . Wilberforce discovers the stolen money that has fallen from a cello case . She is led to feel the guilt from her unintentional small part in the robbery . This motley crew now are convinced it is safer to draw lots to see who will " do away " with the little old landlady . Easier said than done . . . each man in turn will fail in their dastardly attempts of homicide . The gang of crooks feature : Peter Sellers , Cecil Parker , Herbert Lom and Danny Green . My favorite scene is when Harry ( Sellers ) tries to capture Mrs . Wilberforce's bird that has flown the coop . Beware : spurts of bumbling action soon becomes short of irritating . |
383,359 | 449,021 | 120,832 | 5 | Sometimes life is a gamble . | Get a good grip and hang on . Director Brian De Palma gives us another one of those fast paced suspense filled thrillers . And what about Nicolas Cage ? Does he love to act or just show out ? I think Cage is very good at what he does and is manic enough to get your undivided attention . Cage plays a highly visible Atlantic City detective Rick Santoro who is not too good to shake down drug dealers in order to buy gifts for female companions and most of all fund his illegal gambling habit . Santoro finds himself riding out a hurricane at a boxing arena where he has money bet on the champ ( Stan Shaw ) who just happens to be one of his former high school classmates . Oh no ! It looks like the champ has taken a dive . At the same time his best friend ( Gary Sinise ) is a Pentagon security chief who is guarding the secretary of defense who happens to be in the arena . Sauntering in is a beautiful mystery lady ( Carla Gugino ) who is somehow involved with the shooting of the defense secretary . The mercurial detective now juggles three things : finding out why the champ took a dive ; the identity of the mystery woman ; and who in the hell shot the secretary of defense . As Santoro starts putting the pieces of the puzzle together he finds out that his old friend ( Sinise ) is not the " straight ahead " guy he used to be . SNAKE EYES will have your knuckles turning white or maybe blue while hanging on the edge of your seat . Just enough violence and blood to excite and give a jump start to the many of plots . And how confusing can an ending be ? What does it mean ? Pretty decent movie and real good movie if you like watching Cage end up a bloody pulp . |
382,396 | 449,021 | 101,869 | 5 | Some like it slow . . . some like it rough . | This starts out a bit slow with the potential of being a dud . The action does heat up and actually finds a pulse and gets interesting . I admit my whole attention was on Marcia Gay Harden . Ray ( Armand Assante ) has been in prison for four years and upon his release he expects to go back to his old girlfriend Lacy ( Harden ) and start living the straight life . One catch . . . she is now seriously living with a lawyer named Elliott ( Sam Neil ) . From behind bars , Ray's prison rival ( Joe Spano ) is now calling the shots to frame Ray to force him back into prison . To convince Ray , Lacy is kidnapped causing Elliot to join with the ex-con to find and free her . Supporting cast includes : Gregg Henry , Gordon Clapp , Tim Ransom and Steve Rankin . |
384,436 | 449,021 | 95,223 | 5 | Involvement is natural . Survival is for the smartest . | This is an interesting above average made-for-TV crime drama about a Miami cop ( Jimmy Smits ) who lets his career and life get entangled with homicide , mobsters , a singer ( Markie Post ) and a sleazy ex-con ( John Diehl ) . This should broaden Smits ' fan base and for Post , she needs no help in using the best of her talents . Also appearing are Madison Mason and Robin Strasser . |
382,705 | 449,021 | 482,599 | 5 | A haunting honeymoon . | A bit spooky . The real shame is waiting until the last fifteen minutes or so to really raise the hair on your neck . Photographer Benjamin Shaw ( Joshua Jackson ) and his new bride Jane ( Rachel Taylor ) fly to Japan so he can report for his new job , a very lucrative fashion shoot in downtown Tokyo . The honeymoon will become tense and stressful when they discover their personal photos contain ghostly reflections of a strange young Japansese woman . An expert on such strange occurrences says that the blurs are probable " spirit image " and may be a link to part of Ben's past . When two of Ben's working colleagues die mysteriously Jane is sure they are on the threshold of danger and fears for her husband's life . The newlyweds return to America only to find they haven't outrun the strange intruder . There is no hell like a woman scorned . . . takes on a new twist . Definitely creepy , but no real screamer . The cast is rounded out by : Megumi Okina , David Denman , John Hensley and Maya Hazen . |
384,362 | 449,021 | 413,267 | 5 | The King croaks . . . and Shrek revolts . | The third in the animated comedy series . Not on par with the first two , but still very funny and a hoot to watch . Shrek ( Mike Myers ) comes to the realization that being king is not meant for a smelly ogre . When Princess Fiona's ( Cameron Diaz ) father ( John Cleese ) , the King of Far , Far Away , croaks ; Shrek is next in line to rule . . . the likable green Shrek sets out quickly to find the rightful heir to the throne , Artie ( Justin Timberlake ) . Shrek is joined by Donkey ( Eddie Murphy ) and Puss in Boots ( Antonio Banderas ) in finding Artie and persuade him to accept the crown . As Shrek leaves on his journey , Fiona lets him know that he is going to be a father . Meanwhile in Far , Far Away , Prince Charming ( Rupert Everett ) sets things in motion to claim the royal title he thought he was cheated out of . The obligatory potty humor and lightly suggestive content scores the PG rating . Other voices featured : Eric Idle , Julie Andrews , Ian McShane and Larry King . Will Shrek and triple diaper duty continue ? |
382,833 | 449,021 | 114,369 | 5 | Alarming . Down right chilling . The count begins . | Absolutely one of the best shockers to come along in a very long time . Two detectives ( Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman ) work in tandem trying to track down a ruthless serial killer , whose modus operandi is inspired by the seven deadly sins . Some very graphic after-the-fact violence . Pitt and Morgan could not appear more realistic . Very strong language is atmospheric in this crime drama . Don't be ashamed if you flinch , hide your eyes or redecorate the chair you're sitting in . This movie is powerfully good . Also in the cast are : Kevin Spacey , Gwyneth Paltrow , R . Lee Ermey and Daniel Zacapa . |
382,057 | 449,021 | 161,216 | 5 | Organizing activities can be harmful to your health . | Robert Greenwald directs this brilliant biopic of ' 60s counter-culture rabble-rouser Abbie Hoffman ( Vincent D'Onofrio ) following his involvement with civil rights demonstrations in the south ; his association with the infamous Chicago 7 and his disappearance underground in the ' 70s . Great mix of actual historic footage and well paced dialogue based on the books of Hoffman and his wife Anita . The perky Janeane Garofalo portrays Anita Hoffman and Jeanne Tripplehorn plays Hoffman's girlfriend Johanna Lawrence . Also in the cast are Kevin Pollak , Troy Garity and Kevin Corrigan . D'Onofrio is excellent in the lead role . This is the least heard account of events , but very thought provoking and interesting . |
383,114 | 449,021 | 805,526 | 5 | All things are possible . | A movie about football and faith . Shiloh Christian Academy has a football team that has not had a winning season in six years . Coach Grant Taylor ( Alex Kendrick ) is down trodden and losing his faith . Facing problems with unhappy team boosters that want his job terminated . His car won't run . And he and his wife face the problems of starting a family . Coach Taylor finds a new outlook on things when restoring his faith and getting his team to dedicate its attention to honoring God . Good things begin to happen and the Shiloh Eagles find themselves with a winning season and a shot at becoming champions . A wholesome , very predictable film that wipes away cynicism and doubt and encourages never giving up , never backing down and never losing faith . Kendrick also directs and shares writing credit with his brother Stephen . Also starring are : Jason McLeod , James Blackwell , Bailey Cave , Jim McBride and Ray Wood . Game sequences are not all that impressive . Before the credits roll there is that unmistakable warm and fuzzy feeling . |
383,694 | 449,021 | 285,487 | 5 | Crazy is as crazy does . | Eriq La Salle directs , writes and stars in CRAZY AS HELL . A well known psychiatrist , Dr . Ty Adams ( Michael Beach ) comes to Sedah State Mental Hospital with an around the clock film crew to shoot a documentary about his non-traditional approach in treating mental illness . Dr . Delazo ( Ronny Cox ) runs the institution and seems to be the only one with lack of confidence in Adams . Adams appears to be helping some of the self-destructive patients until the day a mystery man ( La Salle ) voluntarily checks himself into the hospital . The man claims to be Satan and wants to know why the world blames him for everything that goes bad instead of blaming God . Satan becomes the one to pull Adam's chain and forces him to deal with his own innermost turmoil . Comedian Sinbad plays an orderly that is contently wanting a moment of Dr . Adams's time . Also in the cast are : Jane Carr , John C . McGinley , Tracy Pettit and a vivacious Tia Texada that will make you stand up and take notice . La Salle , who made a name for himself as Dr . Benson on TV's ER , is more than just focused . . . he is dynamic . You need to be in the right mood for this slightly dark drama . |
381,961 | 449,021 | 264,395 | 6 | Sir , Watch your back , Sir ! | John McTierman directs this sometime confusing , but intriguing military drama . Sergeant West ( Samuel L . Jackson ) is a reviled legendary Army Ranger that is " fragged " while commanding a Special Forces training mission in a hurricane-battered Panamanian rain forest . Two survivors ( Giovanni Ribisi and Brian Van Holt ) recall the mission . . . but the truth is not unfolding to the satisfaction of Brass . Former Ranger and current DEA agent Hardy ( John Travolta ) is summoned against the wishes of Army Investigator Osborne ( Connie Nielsen ) to sort out conflicting recall and find the truth of what actually happened on that ill-fated mission . Enough twists and turns to keep you hanging on . The ending may be somewhat a let down . Ranger protocol may be side stepped a bit . . . but still the mind is a fearsome weapon . Rounding out the cast are : Tim Daly , Taye Diggs , Roselyn Sanchez and Harry Connick Jr . |
382,021 | 449,021 | 118,636 | 6 | A young man questions an elderly neighbor . | Brandon Boyce brings a Stephen King novella to the screen . Bryan Singer directs this moody and dark look at furthering education . A brilliant young student ( Brad Renfro ) hungers for more knowledge of the Holocaust . He cleverly discovers an elderly neighbor ( Ian McKellen ) is in fact a runaway Nazi . Blackmail and fear cause the old man to tell stories of the war crimes never printed in a school book . The war criminal succumbs to weakness and the mild mannered school boy relishes his new found power and assertiveness . This is a thriller more than a chiller . Your brain stays engaged . Don't miss this one . David Schwimmer is miss cast as a guidance counciler . |
383,631 | 449,021 | 118,632 | 6 | Do as I say ; not do as I do . | Written and directed by Robert Duvall who stars in this drama about a fervent , volatile Pentecostal preacher who is struggling with his own personal demons . Duvall is dynamic as the colorful ' Sonny ' Dewey . Less than interesting in support are Farrah Fawcett and Billy Bob Thornton . The subject matter did not flesh out as shocking as it was probably intended . Duvall is impressive in the fact that he can work so hard and make it look easy . Outside of finding June Carter Cash annoying , I found THE APOSTLE to be very interesting and a good test of where you place your sympathy , compassion and faith . |
382,264 | 449,021 | 105,121 | 6 | All in the name of perfection . | Once again director / writer Wes Craven delivers the thrills and chills . A young boy ( Brandon Adams ) is persuaded by a hapless crook ( Ving Rhames ) to break into his landlord's house to steal a gold coin collection . The house turns out to be an overly secured mansion that was formerly a funeral home . The demented landlord ( Everett McGill ) and his wife ( Wendy Robie ) and daughter ( A . J . Langer ) are not the only weirdness to be found . There is the mangled denizens under the stairs . . . in the basement . . . between the walls . The husband and wife are actually brother and sister . This tale of horror turns into a campy riot and easy to gain a cult following . |
383,415 | 449,021 | 233,469 | 6 | With nothing else to lose . . . | Like it or not Schwarzenegger gets the job done . A Los Angeles firefighter pursues a Columbian terrorist responsible for the deaths of his wife and young son . Sporadic action keeps you in your seat with full attention . Enough gun play and various size explosions keep everyone happy . The supporting cast is super . You can love and hate the lovely Francesca Neri . Just plain dislike Elias Koteas and Cliff Curtis . John Leguizamo is cocky and flawless in his small role . And John Tururro with little more than a cameo resembling a raving lunatic . Thrilling finale with its surprising twist . Respectable offering with its original release date understandably pushed back due to . |
382,042 | 449,021 | 122,474 | 6 | Mockumentary of meeting between The King and The President . | This is a tongue in cheek look at an actual meeting between Elvis Presley and Richard Nixon . On December 21 , 1970 , Elvis , armed with a gun and chemically enhanced , met in the Oval Office with President Nixon . The reason for the meeting was Elvis ' request for a badge from the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs , thus making him an agent-at-large of the DEA . Hard to believe , but true . . . the visit was a success . Rick Peters does an over the top parody of Presley . Bob Gunton is a very laughable President Nixon . Also in the cast are : Curtis Armstrong , Alyson Court and Denny Doherty . Quite a bizzarre event and in retrospect you see the hypocrisy and contrasting truth to be pretty silly . |
383,354 | 449,021 | 105,156 | 6 | Body language speaks wonders . | Drew Barrymore plays Ivy a Lolita-like teen that gradually moves in with a shy reclusive classmate Sylvie ( Sara Gilbert ) and the presence of the streetwise Ivy starts a chain reaction of mixed emotions . Sylvie's self destructive mother ( Cheryl Ladd ) is jealous of her husband's ( Tom Skerritt ) reaction to Ivy's seductive ways . Soon he is hooked and can't get enough of the perverse teen . Questions arise concerning the death of Sylvie's mother about the time Sylvie realizes what is going on between her father and Ivy . My favorite scene is the sultry love making in the rain on the car hood . It is hard to tell who is seducing who . The 17 year old Barrymore is hypnotic . I couldn't take my eyes off of her . Kudos to Katt Shea for directing this erotic thriller . Note : Look for a young Leonardo DiCaprio . |
383,210 | 449,021 | 248,667 | 6 | The mouth that roared . | Michael Mann directs an interesting glimpse into the life of Muhammad Ali ( Will Smith ) . The years 1964 to 1974 show us the winning of the world's championship of boxing , losing it and then the renowned Rumble in the Jungle . As well as the refusal to be drafted into military service and relationships with some diverse people as Malcolm X ( Mario Van Peebles ) , Herbert Muhammad ( Barry Shabaka Henely ) and Howard Cosell ( Jon Voight ) . The hard work of Will Smith to pull this whole thing off is obvious . And Voight's portrayal of Cosell is outstanding . The photography is excellent and the scenes in the ring are some to be unrivaled . The supporting cast includes : Ron Silver , Jamie Foxx , Michael Michele and Jada Pickett Smith . Ms . Michael needed no script ; thanks for just being there . You need not be a fan of Ali to stick around till the final bell . |
384,424 | 449,021 | 35,279 | 6 | Underrated Hitchcock good vs evil . | An aircraft factory worker ( Robert Cummings ) is accused of starting a devastating fire that killed his best friend . He avoids being arrested and sets out on a cross country trip to catch the real arsonist . Norman Lloyd is part of a sabotage ring trying to interrupt normal functioning of the US Government . Priscilla Lane is a professional model that reluctantly comes to Cummings ' aid . Probably the best job of acting is that of Otto Kruger , a kingpin in the sabotage ring . The chase ending finale at the Statue of Liberty will always remain a classic cinematic moment . The second half of the movie is by all means more interesting than the first . This movie does not seem to get the recognition that it deserves . Rounding out the cast are : Alma Kruger , Alan Baxter , Murray Alper and Billy Curtis . |
384,312 | 449,021 | 101,345 | 6 | Why isn't paradise like paradise ? | Possibly considered a spoilerThis fact based story made for TV movie contains romance , intrigue , misconception , fear , mystery and murder . And taken from the pages of a novel by famed attorney Vincent Bugliosi . A psychotic low life ( Hart Bochner ) on the run from the law convinces a younger lover ( Rachel Ward ) to sail away to paradise and away from the world . On a remote island in the South Pacific where they are running low of provisions their relationship is becoming odd at best . A yacht arrives with an older couple ( Diedre Hall and James Brolin ) who intend to spend a year on the island . It is the meeting of the " hippies " and the " yuppies " . The older couple being really annoyed by the young couple one day is nowhere to be found . Until a crate washes ashore with dismembered remains inside . Bochner is convicted of murder and the last half of the movie Richard Crenna as Vincent Bugliosi is defending Ward in court . Bochner plays this part so well it is easy to dislike him . Ward's acting is so-so , but it doesn't matter that much with her many scenes of alluring attire or lack of . Crenna is flawless . The talent of the lovely Hall is practically wasted . Even as the final credits roll you still have questions to be answered . Best watched on a lazy day , because this movie seems to be in no hurry . |
382,791 | 449,021 | 264,323 | 6 | Why don't detour signs also say BEWARE ? | Wheather or not Herschell Gordon Lewis ' 2000 MANIACS ( 1964 ) needed a sequel or not . . . here it is . Director and co-writer Tim Sullivan infuses tongue-in-cheek humor with gore and splatters . This film is crammed full of the sort of scenes you would expect in a very low-budget B-movie . Photography says different and there is actually a real good performance from Robert Englund . On the way to spring break in Daytona Beach , a group of college kids end up taking a detour leading to a small town in Georgia , Pleasant Valley . The mayor ( Englund ) insists that the young people stay and take in the their annual barbecue and reenactment of the Civil War . Southern hospitality becomes unpleasant when the horny students one by one find themselves the main entrée . Strong horror violence and gruesomely graphic images alternate with sexual implications for rated R fare . At least getting to the gore is imaginative . Also in the cast : Giuseppe Andrews , Gina Marie Heekin , Crista Campbell , Marla Malcolm , Matthew Carey and Lin Shaye . You'll squirm and then roll with laughter . |
384,341 | 449,021 | 439,815 | 6 | Seat-squirming comic horror . | Kudos to director James Gunn for this fun Sci-Fi , horror , comedy combo . This is a real hoot ! A sleepy little town called Wheelsy , with a foul-mouthed mayor Jack MacReady ( Gregg Henry ) and a brand new sheriff Bill Pardy ( Nathan Fillion ) , is plagued by evil from outer space that resembles over-sized slugs . Farm livestock are mutilated and a young woman goes missing ; also the town's richest citizen Grant Grant ( Michael Rooker ) begins to act very strangely . These squirming slithering invaders intend to absorb and devour all mankind . Sheriff Pardy and his officers are aided by Grant's wife Starla ( Elizabeth Banks ) in trying to stop the siege that is turning charming folks into meat and flesh eating zombies . There's quite a few scares and even more laughs . SLITHER is twisted and chilling and very entertaining . Others in the cast : Tania Saulnier , Brenda James , Haig Sutherland and Don Thompson . |
384,349 | 449,021 | 466,909 | 6 | Haunting and scary remake ! | Just like putting a shine on the perfect apple . John Moore directs this remake of the 1976 classic starring Gregory Peck and Lee Remick . Same situations with maybe more profound violence . Godson of the President and a recently appointed U . S . foreign diplomat , Robert Thorn ( Liev Schreiber ) , exchanges an orphan for his stillborn baby . Mrs . Thorn ( Julia Stiles ) gradually begins to notice things are just not right with the young Damien ( Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick ) . Things become a bit grotesque as the nanny commits suicide and is replaced with a mysterious caregiver ( Mia Farrow ) . An observant photographer ( David Thewis ) convinces Thorn that his child is the son of Satan ! My favorite scene is when Thorn meets a priest ( Pete Postlethwaite ) under a bridge in the rain . . . right before the later is impaled . Watching the photographer meet his fate is also very graphic . I wish Stiles had more screen time . This remake is really one worth watching . |
383,877 | 449,021 | 112,744 | 6 | Revenge turns to obsession . | Pathetic , disjointed and slow . Written and directed by Sean Penn , this film's focus is on Freddy Gale ( Jack Nicholson ) , who's daughter was killed by a drunk driver . Gale mistakenly thinks the best thing for the family is abandon them and vow to murder the guy who did it . Gale is a shady jeweler that has turned himself into a whore-mongering drunk . And growing is his obsession with John Booth ( David Morse ) , the driver that killed his little girl . Booth finishes doing time for the crime and moves into the basement of his parent's home . Freddy Gale is in countdown mode to commit murder . . . murder Booth . My favorite scene is Gale and Booth playing cat and mouse on a city bus . . . Booth running for his life and Gale with gun in hand . Also in the cast are : Anjelica Huston , Piper Laurie , Robbie Robertson and Robin Wright Penn . |
382,139 | 449,021 | 361,467 | 6 | Teenage dreams meet girl power . | Welsh director Sara Sugarman provides a nice little escape with Gail Parent's screenplay . Lola ( Lindsay Lohan ) is a New York teenager transplanted in the suburbs of New Jersey , where she tries to survive on wits and imagination . Lola's mom ( Glenne Headly ) and younger twin sisters have no clue to what makes the family drama queen tick . Lola finds a loyal friend in Ella ( Alison Pill ) , who helps in her desire for the coveted lead in the school play ; as well stays by her side as the class princess Carla ( Megan Fox ) and prissy clique try to make light of the attractive New Yorker . Lola and Carla compete tooth and nail over an after-party for Stu Wolff ( Adam Garcia ) front man of a disbanding rock band that Lola worships . Also in the cast : Eli Marienthal , Tom McCamus , Ashley Leggat and the hysterical Carol Kane . This movie progresses with a catchy soundtrack featuring four vocals by the versatile Ms . Lohan . Truthfully , CONFESSIONS OF A DRAMA QUEEN lacks redeemable substance ; but I watched for one reason . . . Lindsay Lohan . That girl is HOT ! |
383,308 | 449,021 | 427,392 | 6 | Beware of who you trust . | This version of INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS is directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel . This INVASION is written by David Kajganich and has the lovely Nicole Kidman to carry the movie . The space shuttle has crashed and investigators find something not of this earth in the debris . A very mysterious epidemic soon infects most of mankind . Washington , D . C . psychiatrist Carol Bennell ( Kidman ) suspects the mind altering outbreak to be extraterrestrial in origin . Helping her is longtime friend Dr . Ben Driscoll ( Daniel Craig ) , who discovers the alien virus attacks people while they are in deep sleep . Carol realizes her young son may be the key to saving the human race ; and she now must stay awake long enough to find her son who has ran away from her ex-husband's home . Included in the cast : Jeffrey Wright , Jeremy Northam , Eric Benjamin and Jackson Bond . I was expecting this psychological Sci-Fi to be better . There are some disturbing images , but nothing to really fear . |
384,262 | 449,021 | 87,810 | 6 | A young photographer has a big crush . | Cute . Cozy . A dash of sizzle . Jon Cryer is a high school student , who has devoted his life to photography . He accidentally takes a shot of a young woman ( Demi Moore ) that will become his obsession . Moore plays a singer trying to get her career started . Cryer spends his life savings ( $6 , 000 ) on putting Moore's picture on 175 taxi cabs . The rest is pretty juvenile . Miss Moore at times is down right sultry and I was disappointed that she was not doing her own singing . The voice you hear is that of Chrissy Faith . In my opinion , Miss Moore is the only good thing to happen to this movie . I admit watching it three times and find the goodbye scene at the airport worth the price of admission or rental . A kiss to remember . Also in the cast are George Wendt , Ann Wedgeworth , Jennifer Tilly and Jeffrey Tambor . Look for a small part for Tim Robbins . |
383,817 | 449,021 | 470,055 | 6 | A reunion hard to forget . | A birthday party and reunion of old high school friends goes terribly wrong . Two single couples and a new pair of parents look forward to a nice weekend aboard a luxury yacht . A small baby in tow is not what spoils the party . Hopping into the water for a refreshing swim , no one remembered to lower the ladder necessary for reboarding . Now the joyful reunion turns into a frightful fight for survival . Two couples worry about fatigue and sharks . The new parents worry about their baby still on board alone . Personal revelations become known while the swimmers list into desperation ; knowing the boat is too large to climb to safety . Obviously acting ability isn't required much . Starring are : Susan May Pratt , Eric Dane , Cameron Richardson , Ali Hillis , Niklaus Lange and Richard Speight Jr . |
383,079 | 449,021 | 145,404 | 6 | Die hard football fan keeps his favorite team alive . | Mac Davis plays a devoted fan and the radio voice of his alma mater Nowata High School . After a very long losing streak , the school administration decides to do away with the football team . Davis starts missing the Friday night games and decides to buy up commercial time and broadcast fantasy games featuring a winning version of his beloved Possums . Finally the small Oklahoma town takes pride in their dismantled team . The real Possums are challenged by the real State Champs . The Possums lose again , but score their first actual touchdown in years . This is a charming , down home movie . You actually feel the heart warming and emotional accomplishments of Davis ' character . The action scenes truly represent high school football play . This movie leaves you in a happy , upbeat mood . And is really fun for the family to watch . Davis was very believable . Others in the cast : Andrew Pine , Greg Coolidge , Monica Creel and a cameo by former famed Oklahoma University and Dallas Cowboys coach Barry Switzer . |
383,311 | 449,021 | 91,209 | 6 | A nail biter . Very good thriller . | This will drain you dry . It will wear you down to a frazzle . C . Thomas Howell is in for the ride of his life . He is driving through the desert and is terrorized by a psychotic hitchhiker , Rutger Hauer . This has to be Hauer's finest performance . What a menacing character , ruthless and relentless . The dialogue is a little skimpy , but the violent action scenes keeps you on pins and needles . Also featured are Jennifer Jason Leigh , Billy Green Bush and Henry Darrow . This will remind you to lock the car doors and not stopping for anyone . |
383,589 | 449,021 | 186,566 | 6 | Ride that rocket , cowboy ! The team gathers one more time . | NASA is in a pinch . A Russian communications satellite is about to crash after an obsolete guidance system fails . The system was designed by Dr . Frank Corvin ( Clint Eastwood ) retired Air Force test pilot . Corvin and his old crew team up to ride to the rescue . The aging astronauts are as humorous as they are fit for duty ; well . The other space " cowboys " are : Tommy Lee Jones , Donald Southerland and James Garner . Garner is a bit of a disappointment among the " cowboys " , but other notables in the cast are : Marcia Gay Harden , James Cromwell and William Devane . This is a fun watch . No great shakes , but really enjoyable . |
382,619 | 449,021 | 118,688 | 6 | Crime fighters and partners to the end . | ZAP . POW . ZING . I was surprised that I watched the whole movie . I had my doubts at first . This is not the best of the Batman movies , but it does hold your interest . It is wonderful to watch . The scenery , backdrops , and music gave this thing a life . I like George Clooney , but not as Batman . Uma Thurman's Poison Ivy was the best acted character . Arnold Scwarzenegger's Mr . Freeze was pretty hokey and over the top . Chris O'Donnell was pedestrian as Robin . Pat Hingle was quite animated as Commissioner Gordon . Alicia Silverstone was winsome as Batgirl . The fast pace of the story took your mind off of the length of the movie . For avid fantasy freaks this is a treat . |
382,990 | 449,021 | 61,389 | 6 | Harsh are the winds of war . | Cornel Wilde directs , writes and produces this story of a U . S . Marine invasion of a Japanese held island . Wilde plays Capt . MacDonald who with the help of Gunnery Sgt . Honeywell ( Rip Torn ) leads anxious troops against savvy Japanese snippers . The use of stop motion and flash backs adds to the look of this war drama full of factual looking fighting . Also in the cast are Dewey Stringer , Jean Wallace , Burr DeBenning and Patrick Wolfe . BEACH RED proves its point . |
384,172 | 449,021 | 78,215 | 6 | Scenic drama . Family fare . Stranded ! | Beautiful scenery , romantic and just enough action . A Seattle yachtsman , his two daughters , a stowaway and a young reporter are stranded on an Alaskan island . At times a little too " touchy , feely " , but a tender and warm family flick . Robert Logan is convincing as the cool dad and Miki Jamison-Olsen is very good as the reporter . Rescuing a caribou is tender , while the salmon catching scene is a relaxed frolic . Scenes of the natural wildlife are wonderful . Nothing here to really cause you any stress . . . sit back , relax and enjoy . |
383,438 | 449,021 | 38,991 | 6 | Who is living with a dark past life to hide ? | Orson Welles directs this story by Victor Trivas . An escaped Nazi war criminal ( Welles ) is living in a small town where he is a respected professor at a school for boys . Part of his cover is to marry the lovely Loretta Young . Things go well until an agent searching out war criminals ( Edward G . Robinson ) comes to town . The professor's obsession with fixing the clock in an old church bell tower tends to give away his secret identity . My favorite scene is seeing the expression on the professor's face when Young enters the house after she was suppose to have been killed . Of course the dramatic finale is like poetic justice when the sinister professor meets his demise . Great camera work and scenery in this Film-Noir . Also in the cast are Richard Long and Martha Wentworth . This often over-looked film is one of Welles ' most successful . |
384,395 | 449,021 | 365,229 | 6 | Another chapter with similar verses . | Tense drama of life imitating art . A popular suspense novelist ( Candice Bergen ) with a myriad of phobias is terrorized when a couple of strangers appear at her isolated beach house . Murder is the theme and it takes big time nerve and little savvy to survive . Bryan Brown as well as Bergen are tremendous and believable . Also in the cast are Bug Hall and Michael Murphy . Very good for a made-for-TV movie . Kudos to Christopher Franke for the mood setting musical background . |
382,110 | 449,021 | 52,293 | 6 | Mountain man moves moonshine to Memphis . | Arthur Ripley directs this cult classic crime / Noir . War vet Robert Mitchum returns home to ramrod the family moonshine business . This hard headed bootlegger takes on the Feds and the Mob while burning the roads in his whiskey laden hot rods . If that is not enough , he must keep his young brother ( James Mitchum ) from moving up from mechanic to driver in the family business and then there is the romancing of a Memphis chanteuse ( Keely Smith ) . Also in the cast are Gene Barry , Sandra Knight and Jacques Aubuchon . Bob Mitchum produces , and takes partial writing credit plus writes songs for this evocative glimpse of southern culture . Mitchum also oversees his younger brother's film debut . NOTE : It is said that Elvis Presley enjoyed this movie so much he memorized bad Bob's lines of the script . |
384,004 | 449,021 | 400,525 | 6 | Robbery induces the guilt factor . | Funny guy Harold Ramis produces and directs this dark comedy set on Christmas Eve . Charlie Arglist ( John Cusack ) is a mob lawyer that convinces partner-in-crime Vic ( Billy Bob Thornton ) it is time to lay low after stealing a little over two million dollars from his boss ( Randy Quaid ) . At least the ice storm must ease up enough to get the hell out of Wichita . As Charlie realizes that paranoia is about to control him , it is all he can do to not attract attention to himself . . . not so easy . On his way to see the flame in his heart Renata ( Connie Nielsen ) at a strip club , he runs into a fellow attorney ( Oliver Platt ) who is drunker-than-a-skunk and attention grabbing antics flow like watered-down drinks . There is also some humor from a local dim bulb cop ( T . J . Jagodowki ) . The comedy is dark , but funny ; and the pacing is sporadic . Cusack fans will easily be pleased . . . but the Thornton followers may grumble about so little screen time for Billy Bob . |
384,053 | 449,021 | 160,459 | 6 | A teenage prank gets out of hand . Suspense prevails . | A very talented double cast of characters and excellent use of flashbacks makes for a very good dark drama . Four young friends meet in an abandon quarry and a devious prank turns into an accidental double murder . The four go their separate ways and meet again as adults when the authorities get close to solving the crime by tracing the gun back to one of the four . Now the four turn on each other in order to protect themselves . The four adult friends are played by David Paymer , Tom Goldwyn , Arlis Howard and Colm Feore . Their younger counterparts are Adam Scott , Jonathan Scarfe , Marc Warden and Steven Petrarca . Both sets of actors were brilliant . Not exactly predictable and enough tension to curl the hair on the back of your neck . One minute you feel sorry for each of these characters and then a few moments later you want to slap a knot on them yourself . Suspense and nail biting galore . You wear yourself out just watching . |
382,552 | 449,021 | 294,918 | 6 | Convicted and more than willing to die . | This depressing , but interesting drama depicts dysfunction as well as perseverance . Gary Gilmore ( Elias Koteas ) was convicted of a double murder and set to be executed by the state of Utah in 1977 . This would be of interest from coast to coast for being the first execution in America in ten years after a declared nix on capital punishment . This movie is based on Gary's estranged brother Mikal's ( Giovanni Ribisi ) book . Mikal would have several meetings with Gary during his final days with the attempt of a stay of execution . The two along with brother Frank , Jr . ( Lee Tergesen ) reminisce about the family's dysfunction , tragedy and the Mormon belief with its customs and circumstances . Ribisi gives a moving performance . Koteas seemed to caricature a poor man's Robert de Niro . Supporting cast features : Sam Shepard , Amy Madigan and Eric Bogosian . This HBO Original has a soundtrack featuring : Fats Domino , Johnny Cash , Bruce Springsteen and Elvis Presley . |
382,484 | 449,021 | 43,687 | 6 | A touching and informative biography of a true hero . | This is a powerful story of the trials and tribulations of Jim Thorpe , a hero in the true sense of the word . Burt Lancaster plays the extremely talented Native American Indian . We see the football heroics at Carlisle College ; being stripped of his coveted Olympic medals , and the sinking into an alcoholic oblivion . Charles Bickford plays Pop Warner , Thorpe's coach at Carlisle . Phyliss Thaxter is the patient and concerned sweetheart . Also in the cast are Suni Warcloud , Jack Big Head and Al Mejia . The legendary Michael Curtiz directs . Lancaster is excellent as the multi-talented Thorpe , from the hills of Oklahoma . Parts of this movie were filmed at Bacone College and Indian Bowl in Muskogee , Oklahoma . |
382,793 | 449,021 | 26,605 | 6 | Spectacular gladiator movie . | RKO Radio epic in grand style . Title is taken from a Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton novel , the movie does not employ its plot , story line or characters . Even an opening disclaimer denies any historical content besides using the eruption of Mount Vesuvious in 79 AD . as climatic backdrop . Marcus ( Preston Foster ) , an Ancient Roman blacksmith is forced to become a gladiator after his wife and son are accidentally killed . He takes a young boy Flavius ( David Holt ) under his wing and raises him as his own . Basil Rathbone is superb as Potius Pilate , who is preoccupied with the execution of Jesus Christ . Marcus witnesses Christ's march to Calvary and later calls for divine help in saving the life of Flavius as Vesuvius erupts . Other players : John Wood , Alan Hale , Louis Calhern , Edward Van Sloan and Zeffie Tilbury . |
383,235 | 449,021 | 61,015 | 6 | A bevy of lovelies are out to catch the same man . | Elvis Presley plays Mike McCoy , the leader of a small time combo on the road . Millionaire Howard Foxhugh played by Carl Betz wants McCoy to sing solo for his daughter's birthday . Daughter Cynthia is aptly played by Shelley Fabares . Entering the plot further , Foxhugh wants the singer to drive his new race car in an up and coming race . Deborah Walley plays the drummer in the combo and has a mad crush for her boss . Diane McBain plays an author looking for a subject for her next book ; guess who ? Auto racing , light comedy and plenty of music helps McCoy dodge the girls . Highlights from the soundtrack are " I'll Be Back " , " All That I Am " and the title tune . This one made an Elvis movie fun again . Also in the cast are Will Hutchins , Dodie Marshall and Jimmy Hawkins . |
384,293 | 449,021 | 1,032,755 | 6 | A Guy Ritchie crime caper . | Discribing ROCKnROLLA is like trying to do a play-by-play of five blind mice with catnip on their tales hiding in a cat carriage . A very manic crime comedy with plenty of action . London's underworld becomes the playground of every schemer and criminal big and small . Russian mob elements orchestrate a lucrative riverfront property scam getting the interest of a ruthless crime boss ( Tom Wilkinson ) , who is finally getting the screws put to him ; a small-time local criminal ( Gerard Butler ) and a corrupt accountant ( Thandie Newton ) are joined by a punk rocker ( Toby Kebbell ) , who is faking his own death , embroiled in wanting a piece of the real estate scheme . I enjoyed Richie's SNATCH a whole lot better . But this kinetic face-smashing gangster caper will keep you laughing . This flick is definitely intended for mature audiences only . Also in the cast : Jimi Mistry , Jeremy Piven , Mark Strong , Karel Roden and Chris " Ludacris " Bridges . |
384,390 | 449,021 | 56,585 | 6 | Things aren't the same on the ranch . | Elvis Presley plays a singing rodeo cowboy waiting for the rodeo season to open and takes a job at a dude ranch / health spa for models and well-to-do women . The adorable Jocelyn Lane plays the cowboy / handyman's love interest . The ranch manager ( Julie Adams ) also has eyes for the singing distraction . Hidden treasure in a ghost town causes mild suspense and some slapstick comedy . In order to save money for the production company no new songs were recorded for the movie . Some tunes are almost five years old . The better ditties include : " Night Rider " , " Dirty , Dirty Feeling " , " Slowly But Surely " and " Easy Question " . Some of the background sets are super cheap ; the plot kind of flimsy ; but the magic between Presley and Lane sizzles and smolders . I think that and the music are worth the price of admission . Also in the cast are : Jack Mullaney , Edward Faulkner and Barbara Werle . |
383,835 | 449,021 | 415,778 | 6 | Knowing the truth is dangerous . | The President ( Jack Scalia ) has been assassinated and is that crocodile tears the First Lady ( Anne Archer ) is shedding ? White House Secret Service agent ( Cuba Gooding Jr . ) and a strong willed Pulitzer Prize winning reporter ( Angie Harmon ) start putting together the pieces to prove conspiracy . Top to bottom and side to side , this political thriller is full of action and suspense . The captured assassin is in the hospital dieing of lung cancer , but leaves a line of keys to the conspiracy . . . the dangerous thing is that anyone possibly involved is coming up dead . An exceptional all-star cast includes : James Woods , Peter Green , Burt Reynolds , David Selby and Brian Presley . END GAME is directed by Andy Cheng , who joins J . C . Pollock as writers . This movie is interesting enough , but could have done well with a different ending . Of note : Brian Presley was born on the same day Elvis Presley died . |
383,385 | 449,021 | 56,606 | 6 | The crowned King is a murderer . | Legendary Roger Corman directs this remake of the 1939 classic of the same title . This period piece is made into a horror / melodrama that chills your spine . Atmospheric B & W . Bloody events and plot twists thread through this low-budget feature . Vincent Price plays the hunchbacked Richard III , who ruthlessly tortures and murders anyone he deems standing in his way ascending to the throne of England . Richard is haunted by those he disposed of . This Gothic setting bodes well for Corman's sadistic style . Price's menacing and maniacal performance adds to his legend . One of Price's earliest roles was a supporting one in the afore mentioned 1939 original . Other players of note : Michael Pate , Joan Freeman , Donald Losby , Joan Camden , Robert Brown and Sandra Knight . |
382,585 | 449,021 | 435,770 | 6 | A stranger with a mystical touch . | The small town of Antioch is slowly divided by the magic touch of a mysterious stranger . Robby Henson directs this adaptation of a novel by Frank Peretti . The charismatic stranger Brandon Nichols ( Edward Furlong ) appears to have the power to heal , nevertheless he also has an aura about him that is of pronounced menace . A fallen ex-minister Travis Jordan ( Martin Donovan ) begins putting back his unraveled faith and goes about proving Nichols is a false prophet avenging his past sorrows . More supernatural than horrific . Furlong is commanding as the malevolent messiah . Actually a pretty good movie . The cast includes : Kelly Lynch , Randy Travis , Joe Unger , Priscilla Barnes , James Horan and Richard Tyson . |
382,945 | 449,021 | 233,142 | 6 | Elvis impersonators knock ' em dead in Vegas . | Thomas J . Murphy ( Kevin Costner ) and Michael Zane ( Kurt Russell ) ramrod a gang of ex-cons in a blatant robbery of a Vegas casino . It is Elvis International Convention time , so these daring criminals dress up as Elvis and pull of a violent robbery with high damage and body count . The group implodes on itself leaving just Murphy and Zane to battle over the money . Along the way , Michael does some torrid mattress dancing with an alluring Cybil with a C ( Courtney Cox ) . The finale is just as loud and bloody as the robbery almost two hours earlier . Expecting a charming movie about a group of guys that like to play dress up as Elvis is at least 3 , 000 miles from what you get . " The King " himself liked things a little gaudy ; this movie is gaudy in over drive . He may have liked the blazing gunfire ; but would probably roll over in his grave with the soundtrack . Instead of striking gold with rockin ' Elvis tunes , what is chosen is metal / head-bangin ' / rap from the likes of Filter , Spineshank , Bender , Crystal Method and George S . Clinton . We do hear bits and pieces of a few Elvis rockers and during the credits Russell resurrects his acclaimed Elvis portrayal lip synching the smash hit " Such A Night " . Costner fans might be shaking their heads for awhile wondering why Kevin took this part . Talk about a ruthless bad ass . Russell is by far the likable bad guy . This is the best performance I have seen Cox put on film . Christian Slater , David Arquette and Bokeem Woodbine also donned the Elvis gear as gang members . Former football star Howie Long is the high paid escape helicopter pilot . Kevin Pollak is very good as a U . S . Marshal in pursuit . Also in the cast are Ice-T , John Lovitz and Thomas Haden Church . Paul Anka is totally obnoxious in his small role working with the casino security . If you like action ; it is here . If you like a lot of blood shed ; it is here . The movie trailers lead you in a different direction . Sit down , hang on and shut up . Like it or not , you will have something to say about this one . All I can say now is . . . I want to see it again . |
383,470 | 449,021 | 47,947 | 6 | Change of plans . . . a trip to Mars . | Although it has George Pal written all over it ; it is not his best project , but a pretty darn good Sci-Fi flick for its time . A team of American astronauts assemble a space station called " The Wheel " to enable a spaceship to be built . Gen . Samuel Merritt ( Walter Brooke ) and his crew that includes his son Captain Barney Merritt ( Eric Fleming ) believe their mission is to eventually land on the Moon . Change of orders ; new destination . . . Mars . Special effects are redeemable with the most striking color and depiction of the ' angry red planet ' . Religion and human emotions are the subplots , because in the mid 50s we want to see space travel . Most of the cast will be remembered for later work : William Hopper , Benson Fong , Ross Martin , Mickey Shaughnessy and Phil Foster . |
383,963 | 449,021 | 70,290 | 6 | Be a man , sailor ! | Very colorful comedic drama best rented or watched on commercial-fee uncut cable for best effect . A pair of career petty officers ( Jack Nicholson and Otis Young ) are given the detail of transferring a young sailor ( Randy Quaid ) from one Navy brig to another . The hard-ass officers decide to have a little fun along the way by helping their prisoner move into " real " manhood before being locked away for the next eight years . Nicholson is a riot ! Also in the cast is Michael Moriarty and smaller roles for Carol Kane and Nancy Allen who play small time prostitutes . My favorite scene is the roasting of wieners in a snow covered park . No buns , but a jar of mustard . Hilarious fun ! |
383,266 | 449,021 | 66,434 | 6 | Futuristic environment . A trip farther than tomorrow . | What a way to start a meteoric career . The first major project written and directed by George Lucas . Sci-Fi from the expanding corners of a mastermind . A look so far into the future , it is still timeless . We get a view of a very technical , mechanized society in a subterranean world in the 25th century . Forget looking for a reason or purpose ; if there are any questions to be answered . . . they change with each viewing of this classic . Top shelf Sci-Fi . The cast includes : Robert Duvall , Donald Pleasence , Ian Wolfe and Maggie McOmie . Permission to access is granted . |
383,907 | 449,021 | 277,027 | 6 | The walrus looks for Lucy in the sky . | A wonderful movie about a mentally challenged man ( Sean Penn ) fighting for custody of his daughter ( Dakota Fanning ) who has been taken by the State to place in a foster home . The man seeks help from an attorney ( Michelle Pfeiffer ) to represent him in court . Penn is fantastic , but I'm afraid that Miss Fanning has that way about her to steal the show . Also in the cast are Brad Silverman , Dianne Wiest and Luara Dern . The soundtrack is most impressive featuring covers of Beatle's tunes by the likes of Sheryl Crow , Eddie Vedder , The Wallflowers , Grandaddy and The Black Crowes . Delightful , funny and uplifting . A don't miss ! |
383,602 | 449,021 | 83,798 | 6 | A serious laugh at the moody films of the 40's . | I had to watch this a second time to appreciate it . The story is not the most impressive ; but the concept is . Steve Martin plays a detective in a parody of classic film noir . The movie features actual scenes cut from several films and blended with precision . These skillful splices feature some of the great names from old time Hollywood . Names like Cagney , Douglas , Davis , Crawford and Bergman . Martin really shows his talent and ability to make a scene imitate reality . His comedic wit is sharp as a switchblade . His co-star is Rachel Ward , who can vamp or play coy with the best of them . Along with directing , Carl Reiner has a cameo part . Swift directing , with superb lighting and shading made this black and white crime comedy shine . |
382,918 | 449,021 | 34,891 | 6 | When there is a will there is a way . | Noel Coward in his account of a WWII destroyer and its valiant crew . The use of flash backs sometimes muddle the story's progression , but are vital for insights of the main characters . Very good acting from Coward , John Mills , Celia Johnson , Bernard Miles and Joyce Carey . |
382,952 | 449,021 | 91,474 | 6 | A serial killer is asked to help find another . | This is the first in the Dr . Hannibal Lecter trilogy . William Peterson is a Special Agent with the FBI and is called on to help track and find a serial killer before he strikes again . The manhunter pays a visit to another killer , Hannibal Lecter ( Brian Cox ) , whom he helped put in prison . Talking to Dr . Lecter just might give some insight in tracking down the current stalker / killer on the loose . Awesome camera work and chilling use of soundtrack featuring Iron Butterfly and Red 7 . Frightening , thrilling and tension filled film . Director Michael Mann teams well with Thomas Harris , who based the screenplay on his novel " Red Dragon " . Peterson's character is fearless , yet laid back . Cox is creepy in his short scene as Lecter . Tom Noonan plays the lumbering , but volatile villain . Dennis Farina and Joan Allen also appear . |
382,979 | 449,021 | 264,472 | 6 | Desperate times call for desperate measures . | A devious attorney ( Ben Affleck ) and a recovering alcoholic ( Samuel L . Jackson ) are involved in a collision on the freeway and that is just the beginning of a very bad day for both men . Both are late for court dates and both pay the piper for being late . The lawyer has the other man's credit screwed and a very important document of the lawyer is held hostage . Both men are facing a crossroads in their lives and are having trouble dealing with the fall out of their recent bad behavior . Tense filled drama that has you cracking your knuckles . Also in the cast are : Sydney Pollack , Toni Collette and Ileen Getz . This road rage goes a little bit too far . |
383,738 | 449,021 | 91,499 | 6 | They had a mind of their own . | Stephen King directs and adapts his short story " Trucks " for the screen . Not exactly the best thing King has been involved in ; but given a chance this juvenile driven story is not all that bad . A meteor storm with radiation somehow animates various size machines . . . lawn mowers , soft drink machines to semi trucks . . . turn on those that possess or use them . Emilio Estevez leads a group of survivors held captive in a roadside diner by some angered semis . Talk about an unwelcome roundup . The group held captive by the circling trucks , are terror stricken as they watch themselves get bumped off one by one . As expected , some scenes are very graphic . There is more fear than scare in this tale of terrifying trucks . Also in the cast : Pat Hingle , Yeardley Smith , John Short , Laura Harrington , Holter Graham and a cameo by King . |
382,766 | 449,021 | 43,547 | 6 | War on land and in the sky . John Wayne . Wow ! | A clash of leadership skills and methods pit Robert Ryan against John Wayne during the battle of Guadalcanal . The Wildcats squadron is needed to help the ground troops in their advancement . Plus to deal with the Japanese naval and flying forces makes for a very busy movie . A gathering of different personalities makes for the usual , but interesting war picture . Ensemble cast features : Don Taylor , Jay C . Flippen , James Dobson , Janis Carter and James Bell . |
384,260 | 449,021 | 147,800 | 6 | Sisters . . . nothing alike . | Romantic comedy about high school sisters different as night and day . Bianca Stratford ( Larisa Oleynik ) is cute and popular , but her extremely strict father ( Larry Miller ) will not let her date until her older sister does . That is a slight problem since sister Kat ( Julia Stiles ) is smug with an intellect that matches her good looks and will alienate any guy who might be interested in her . Cameron ( Joseph Gordon-Levitt ) wants to date Bianca bad enough , he pays tough guy Patrick Verona ( Heath Ledger ) to try and take out Kat . Sex-related humor and dialogue plus drug and alcohol scenes account for a PG-13 rating . A real lively soundtrack featuring the likes of The Thompson Twins , Sprung Monkey , Brick and Letters To Cleo keep this flick up beat and moving . If you like Stiles and Ledger , you'll like 10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU . |
384,018 | 449,021 | 100,935 | 6 | Desperate love on the run . | Director David Lynch excels at the weird magic he weaves . A love starved young woman is on the run with a paroled murderer . A psycho mother puts a private eye and a deranged hit man on their trail . Some scenes are hard to watch ; and then there are those typical Lynch scenes that you still don't know what the hell you saw . Very wicked soundtrack featuring Chris Isaak and Gene Vincent . Nicolas Cage is infatuated with Elvis . Laura Dern is down right NASTY . Willem Dafoe , definitely bizarre . Diane Ladd is way over the edge . Crispin Glover is clever as a cabbage . Harry Dean Stanton always seems to be at ease being clueless . Sherilyn Fenn , a waste of beauty to play a corpse . The erotic , violent and irreverent script is what holds this cast together . David Lynch fans get everything they could expect and then some . |
383,049 | 449,021 | 897,361 | 6 | A sensual thriller . A visual treat . | This is a grisly drama that is torture-driven . Aubrey Fleming ( Lindsay Lohan ) is a high school student with a flare for creative writing . She writes of a fictional character , a stripper named Dakota Moss . Things get strange when Aubrey is abducted by a sadistic killer . After and extensive search , Aubrey is found alive . . . but changed . She is missing limbs and when questioned , she takes on the personality of the sultry pole dancer Dakota Moss . The FBI thinks she is delusional and there seems to be a brick wall between her own sanity and sense of reality . Some pretty disturbing fare with scenes of Aubrey / Dakota pole dancing contrasted with visions of her as an amputee . Family secrets are made known leading to the unmasking of a brutal and stylized serial killer . Haunting and quirky . Kudos to director Chris Sivertson for his blending of mystery , murder , suspense and sex . Even if you think the story is a dud . . . you have to admit Lohan as a stripper is a winner . Also in the cast : Neal McDonough , Julia Ormand , Brian Geraghty and Garcelle Beauvais . |
382,303 | 449,021 | 264,508 | 6 | Searching for shelter may be hazardous ; even deadly . | From the works of macabre master H . P . Lovecraft comes DAGON . Paul ( Ezra Godden ) and Barbara ( Raquel Merono ) are vacationing off the coast of Spain when their yacht is damaged in a storm . The small town along the shore is not what it appears to be . The population is made up of pale-skinned people , who are slowly mutating into half-fish and ruthless killers . These hideous water creatures are in the process of hunting the next sacrifice to the ancient fish-god Dagon . In spite of the community mumbling in their own language ; Paul and Barbara are apprised of their situation and spend a lot of time dashing about in a constant torrent of rain trying to avoid being sacrificed . That be said , you have a fun to watch horror / fantasy flick . Other cast members : Birgit Bofarull , Francisco Rabal , Macarena Gomez and Brendan Price . |
383,111 | 449,021 | 66,518 | 6 | Lusty vampire mesmerizes . | Not exactly a Hammer Films classic , but really worthy of watching . There is the great Hammer color and plenty shots of bouncing bosoms and this time a bit more . . . a lot more . Ingrid Pitt plays a voluptuous lesbian vampire posing as a needy house guest . She will attack men just in order to ravish and drain young girls in an otherwise peaceful European setting . This is the first Hammer Studios horror flick to serve up full nudity . The lesbian love scenes may be the most memorable sequences in this movie . The cast also features : Peter Cushing , Madeline Smith , Pippa Steel , George Cole and John Forbes-Robertson . For a good double feature watch with another Pitt film from Hammer , Countess Dracula . |
382,488 | 449,021 | 43,456 | 6 | Classic sci-fi that survives the test of time . | One of the most intellectual sci-fi flicks ever made . This is masterfully directed by Robert Wise . It still radiates with sullen suspicion and paranoia . Michael Rennie plays a visitor from a far away planet making an exploratory stop on earth . He is disappointed that men on earth and their attitudes toward others is damaging the planet . Rennie is stoic , but perfect for his part as the stranger from outer space . He is befriended by a little boy played by Billy Gray . The boy's mother is played by Patricia Neal and Sam Jaffe is the old professor that the boy confides in . This is still a classy film and one of the absolute best of the genre . If I have seen it once ; I have watched it thirty times . It still holds interest after all these years . |
384,044 | 449,021 | 338,619 | 6 | Only the strong survive . | ESPN Original movie directed and written by Mike Robe using a novel by Jim Dent as a template . Tom Berenger is outstanding as the legendary football icon Paul " Bear " Bryant . This is suppose to be the true-life story of that infamous first preseason training camp when Bryant took charge of the Aggies of Texas A & M . Making no mistake who the boss was Bryant loaded over a hundred boys into two buses and took his team from College Station to Junction , Texas . It was 102 degrees in the shade ; in the middle of a drought in no-less the middle of nowhere . Those ten days in the summer of 1954 will prove to be remembered by all involved and especially the 25 players that survived that grueling training camp . " Bear " Bryant was harsh , blistering and in no way going to settle for less than excellence . It is obvious that Hollywood took liberties with actuality ; but THE JUNCTION BOYS is a movie that introduces you to a bigger-than-life coach that took young men and turned them not only into football players , but also champions . Others in the cast : Fletcher Humphrys , Bernard Curry , Luke Ford , Ryan Johnson , Nick Tate and Ryan Kwanten . |
383,953 | 449,021 | 875,948 | 6 | Interesting enough to sustain attention . | Why is disaster so interesting ? KILLER WAVE leaves room for some improvement , but all-in-all is not really bad . Massive torrential waves begin battering the east coast without any logical explanation . Is it really Mother Nature at work or is she getting some help ? Multi-millionaire businessman Victor Bannister ( Tom Skerritt ) offers to foot the bill for clean up and help in restoration . Out-of-the-loop scientist John McAdams ( Angus Macfadyen ) isn't so sure the series of " killer waves " are natural and is determined to prove that they are being created by terrorists . Helping to back up this revelation is Oceanographic genius Sophie Marleau ( Karine Vanasse ) . The eastern seaboard is living in fear as McAdams himself is on the run from authorities and terrorists . Other players include : Vlasta Vrana , Christopher Heyerdahl , Ellen David , Bruce Dinsmore and Stephen McHattie . |
383,815 | 449,021 | 113,367 | 6 | Glimpse into the life of a musical genius . | A made-for-TV documentary centering on Brian Wilson , founder and heart and soul of one of America's foremost musical groups . Sunshine , surfing , fast cars and California girls . . . subjects of some of the most cheerful songs written by Brian for his group the Beach Boys . The Beach Boy sound in the mid 1960's was unique , honest , refreshing and relished by the young at heart from coast to coast and around the world . Brian's life has been undeniably remarkable as it has been troubled and tormented ; with seclusion in his bedroom for lengths at a time and his scrambled mental health and discord of his brothers and cousin , who continued the Beach Boy machine with or without its genius . Helping us understand a little bit more about Brian's influence are his daughters Carnie and Wendy , his ex-wife Marilyn ; as well as tributes from such luminaries as John Cale , David Crosby , Danny Hutton , Tom Petty and Graham Nash . Well worth watching : even for the non-fan . |
384,005 | 449,021 | 276,919 | 6 | Combination of drama and tragedy . | Nicole Kidman plays Grace , a beautiful fugitive , that finds her way to a small isolated town named Dogville . She is hiding from her gangster father ( James Caan ) and is befriended by Dogville's self appointed spokesman Tom Edison , Jr ( Paul Bettany ) . Grace ends up working an hour a day for each Dogville family in return for her shelter . As the stakes grow higher for knowledge of her whereabouts , the town decides to double her work hours ; if that is not enough she is raped and then becomes the victim of aggravated sexual assault from about every man in town . . . except Tom , whom she has fallen in love with . Grace is then forced to make a major decision about how she is going to live the rest of her life . She makes sure that Dogville will never again be the same . At times this movie lumbers on its way to the finale two minutes short of three hours . Written and directed by Lars von Trier , DOGVILLE makes use of a noble and interesting cast : Lauren Bacall , Ben Gazzara , Stellan Skarsgard , Patricia Clarkson , Chloe Sevigny and Blair Brown . John Hurt narrates and at times gets annoying . This movie just seems not meant for everyone . . . but after watching you definitely know you have seen something with substance . |
382,747 | 449,021 | 65,547 | 6 | A land baron's empire is in jeopardy . | A rather odd western , but its ' The Duke ' . John Chisum ( John Wayne ) owns cattle , horses and land farther than the eyes can see . An envious land-grabbing developer Lawrence Murphy ( Forrest Tucker ) comes to Lincoln and starts buying stores , setting up a bank ; and buying the law with full intent to disrupt a calm territory . Chisum is forced to protect his empire from the equally strong willed and corrupt Murphy . Strange enough ; aiding Chisum is Billy ' The Kid ' Bonney ( Geoffrey Deuel ) and Pat Garrett ( Glen Corbett ) . Thus the battle lines are drawn for New Mexico's 1878 Lincoln County Land War . The supporting cast is a who's who of the western genre : Ben Johnson , Andrew Pine , Richard Jaeckel , Patrick Knowles and Bruce Cabot . For static decoration there is Pamela McMyler and Lynda Day George . This movie comes in the twilight of Wayne's remarkable career . As always , ' The Duke ' still packs a punch . |
382,681 | 449,021 | 355,954 | 6 | Death does not play favorites . | Mick Garris directs and creates this screenplay based on the works of macabre master Stephen King . RIDING THE BULLET refers to the awesome amusement park roller-coaster young Alan Parker ( Jonathan Jackson ) was too scared to ride after eagerly standing in line . Parker since became a college student obsessively dwelling on death . His sketch pad would testify that Parker was not too shy to flirt with death . On Halloween 1969 , Alan's girlfriend ( Erika Christensen ) fakes breaking up with him in order to plan his surprise birthday party . This is when Parker is found in his bathtub slicing his wrist . Alan gives away his birthday present of tickets to see a John Lennon concert when he gets the news that his mother ( Barbara Hershey ) has had a stroke . Parker sets upon hitchhiking 100 miles of North Miane back-roads to be with his dying mother . Along the way he is picked up by a mysterious stranger named George Staub ( David Arquette ) , who broadsides his ' 58 Plymouth Fury through a trailer load of pumpkins . Not only is Parker now haunted by visits from Staub and the Grim Reaper ( Simon Webb ) , but also from the visuals of his mother's and his own burial . This intense thriller also stars Matt Frewer and Cliff Robertson . |
383,270 | 449,021 | 35,769 | 6 | Viva la France . Very good war drama . | Directed by Tay Garnett , who was a Naval pilot in WWI , this war drama has substance . French soldiers , believing that WWII is over , unwittingly surrender to German forces and are placed in a POW camp . A terrific and realistic look at being held prisoner under the thumb of the Nazis . A very good collection of talent featuring : Jean-Pierre Aumont , Gene Kelly , Hume Cronyn , Sir Cedric Hardwicke , Peter Lorre , Wallace Ford and Richard Whorf . |
382,693 | 449,021 | 454,824 | 6 | Americans join French fliers in the " The Great War " . | In 1914 , before America joined the fighting in WWI , American men volunteered to fly single engine fighter planes as members of the Lafayette Escadrille . The Allied Powers of France , Italy and England had their backs pinned to the wall by the German juggernaut . Although some young American men disagreed with war , they had individual reasons to learn to fly alongside the French knights of the sky . These courageous young men distinguished themselves , while making close friendships in spite of the life and death situations they endured . The dogfights were graphic and realistic showing how brutal the battle was for command of the skies . Ariel Tactics nothing short of awesome . Tony Bill directs this strong cast that features : James Franco , Philip Winchester , Jean Reno , Jennifer Decker , Reed Cassidy , Abdul Salis and David Ellison . The war action is violent and graphic making the two hours worth while . |
382,089 | 449,021 | 814,314 | 6 | Your future is in his future . | Heartfelt drama culminates in tears of joy . Get your crying towel and give your emotions free reign . Ben Thomas ( Will Smith ) is an IRS agent that strays from the mold . Thomas has his demons and is searching for redemption to help cleanse a harrowing secret . His conscience is heavy and his life presents a minor complication that puts the power of changing lives in his hands . He has the ability to turn around the circumstances of seven strangers . . . if he deems they actually deserve a second chance . Its an extraordinary journey for a man that usually deals out misery instead of mercy . The cast also features : Woody Harrelson , Rosario Dawson , Barry Pepper , Michael Ealy and Gina Hecht . |
383,938 | 449,021 | 91,790 | 6 | Romantic comedy about young love . | Writer John Hughes has the 80's pegged . But this story could have been set in the 50's or 60's and still worked well . That is why I think this movie is so relevant . Devotion , friendship , and self worth are quizzed . The young actors were better than expected . I have watched this over a dozen times and I don't care if some people refer to this as a " chick flick " . A young girl falls in love with a boy from the other side of the tracks . Problems occur when his peers think the object of his desires is socially beneath him . Molly Ringwald was very good . Andrew McCarthy and Jon Cryer seemed to feel their part more than the rest of the cast . But James Spader was such a realistic jerk , you want to get up and punch his face in . Harry Dean Stanton and Annie Potts play the adult roles of substance . Have you ever seen Stanton so sympathetic ? A very upbeat soundtrack keeps the movie flowing and helps you feel the atmosphere . Don't write this off as just another teen movie . Highly recommended . |
383,113 | 449,021 | 65,580 | 6 | The Countess needs virgins ! | Under par horror from the famed Hammer Studios . There is the Gothic atmosphere , bright red blood and well rounded bosoms . . . but it just feels COUNTESS Dracula doesn't have the ' bite ' it needs . The tale is based very loosely on the legend of a noblewoman obsessed with the natural aging process . Wrinkles , wrinkles go away . Countess Elisabeth Nodosheen ( Ingrid Pitt ) , upon the death of her husband , thinks about an amorous relationship with a much younger army officer , Lt . Imre Toth ( Sandor Eles ) . The countess accidentally discovers that her aging body transforms into a much younger and voluptuous version of herself with the help of blood from young virgins . And she must keep her military lover satisfied . But the Countess is forced to share her bed with her castle steward Capt . Dobi ( Nigel Green ) , in order to keep her aging secret and a supply of nubile lasses to drain for her ' wrinkle cream ' . Also in the cast : Maurice Denham , Andrea Lawrence , Peter Jeffrey and the lovely Lesley-Anne Down . Miss Pitt gives a standout performance and switches roles convincingly . |
382,959 | 449,021 | 104,685 | 6 | Love eternal does not mean everlasting . | This is a moody and frank story of an Australian couple and how relationships change when the husband falls in love with his wife's sister . Lisa Harrow is the pent-up wife of J . P . ( Bruno Ganz ) and Kerry Fox is Vicki the younger sister and temptress . I saw this on IFC and was really reeled in with the straight forward atmosphere and personal subject matter . Cinematography is super and the Australian accents cool and pleasing . This is a powerful drama ; and well deserved kudos for director Gillian Armstrong . |
382,365 | 449,021 | 22,430 | 6 | Good triumphs over bad again ! | This movie directed by William Wellman is nothing elaborate or scenic , but a real good feel good picture . The typical good versus bad with pride and patriotism mixed in . Law abiding citizens are terrorized by gangsters . One family endures mobster threats , violence and kidnapping after members of the family witness a couple of murders . Walter Huston is the devoted crime fighting district attorney . But the scene stealers are young Dickie Moore and Charles ' Chic ' Sale , the lovable grandpa that walks away from the old soldiers home to become the story's hero . |
383,465 | 449,021 | 454,864 | 6 | Fear of the unknown . Tense and scary . | A film from Larry Fessenden that builds to chaotic fear . In this snowbound thriller , Ron Perlman plays Ed Pollack , an ultra-macho leader of a team of oil scouts assessing the environment from their Alaskan base just outside the Arctic Circle . Not only is cabin fever a problem for the isolated crew , but there seems to be an unnatural evil that stalks through the wind in the blinding luminous white . It seems not everything buried below the frozen tundra is there waiting in peace . Horrifying visions in the blowing snow are believed to be nature's warning to not continue with greedy thoughts of laying a pipeline . Even the most experienced become mumbling shells of themselves as staff and crew become corpses one by one . Also in the cast : Connie Britton , Zach Gilford , James LeGros and Jamie Harrold . |
382,699 | 449,021 | 419,946 | 6 | All he knows what to do . . . . is be a Marine . | Underrated explosive action flick . WWE Champion John Cena plays John Triton , a heroic Marine , who is unwillingly discharged from the war in Iraq . Back in the states , he finds being a security guard is just not him . With intentions to take a short vacation , his beautiful wife Kate ( Kelly Carlson ) is kidnapped by a rag-tag gang led by a relentless criminal named Rome ( Robert Patrick ) . The cold and calculated Rome steals a fortune in jewels and really doesn't plan on sharing . Rome , with Kate as a hostage , thinks he can out-smart the law , as well as his gang and girlfriend Angela ( Abigail Bianca ) . He has no idea that Triton will stop at nothing to get his wife back alive . If you like explosions and massive automatic gunfire , this is for you ; some real amazing fight scenes too . My favorite sequence is the car chase through the South Carolina wilderness . Also in the cast : Anthony Ray Parker , Drew Powell , Manu Bennett and Jerome Ehlers . |
383,981 | 449,021 | 52,993 | 6 | Powerful western drama . | A super director , John Sturges ; two macho leading men , Kirk Douglas and Anthony Quinn ; plus a very interesting story makes for a better than your typical western . Douglas plays a lawman avenging the rape and murder of his wife . Long time friend , Craig Belden ( Quinn ) is a rich land baron / rancher / town owner that must defend the actions of his young and restless son played by Earl Holliman . Also in the cast are the alluring Carolyn Jones and Brian G . Hutton . Look for small roles played by Dabbs Greer , Ty Hardin and Bing Russell . |
383,346 | 449,021 | 56,891 | 6 | The importance of one last kiss . | To this very day , I still don't know if this is an homage or mockery of Elvis . A top of the heap rock ' n ' roller is drafted into the Army . A publicity agent and struggling song writer scheme up a plan to capitalize on the situation . Have the singer / draftee Conrad Birdie sing a song and bestow one last kiss on a lucky member of his fan club . That girl is Kim McAfee from Sweetwater , Ohio . This is to happen on the Ed Sullivan tv show for maximum publicity . Birdie is played by Jesse Pearson , whom I have never liked and have not been impressed with . Starring as Kim is the beautiful Ann-Margret . WOW ! Top billing of course went to Dick Van Dyke and Janet Leigh . Both were very good . I found Maureen Stapleton very irritating . And in top form was Paul Lynde . He was hilarious . Minor parts were played by Bobby Rydell and Frank Albertson . Ed Sullivan and John Daly had cameos . Most of the music is pretty hokey , but then again this was written as a play , and was big on broadway . A fun movie for the whole family to watch . Be ready to explain to the youngsters what the big deal is . |
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