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Strange and dark , erotic drama .
Writer / director Philip Ridley presents a suspenseful and equally strange story that holds your interest from the beginning . Brendan Fraser fans will see a piece of his best work . Ashley Judd fans will be very satisfied with all they get to see . This is an odd and sometimes slow story that really sizzles and catche...
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Rodeo clowns keep the bull from riding the cowboy .
This little seen movie deserves all the respect it can get . It is different , and doesn't lack twisting story lines . Country music star Dwight Yoakam plays a rodeo clown named Virgil Kidder . Virgil works for his buddy Brownie ( Bo Hopkins ) and returns to Waco , where he will have to face his past . This is where he...
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Suspense . Mistaken identity . Hitchcock .
Film-Noir from the masterful Alfred Hitchcock , who forgoes his cameo by standing in the opening shadows proclaiming a true life story instead of his usual suspenseful fiction . Henry Fonda plays Christopher ' Manny ' Balestrero , a stand-up bass player at New York City's Stork Club . In the need of money for his wife'...
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Playing two ends against the middle .
Joey Gazelle ( Paul Walker ) is a low level mobster that is ordered to get rid of a gun used in killing dirty cops . Gazelle hides various weapons for safe keeping in his basement . The gun in question is lifted by his son's friend Oleg ( Cameron Bright ) to use to kill his abusive stepfather ( Karl Roden ) . The homic...
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Spellbinding romantic masterpiece .
Fascinating drama and powerful love story . Audiences in turn-of-the-century Vienna are stunned , mesmerized and gravitate to the acclaimed illusionist Eisenheim ( Edward Norton ) . The mysterious magic man draws the attention of Crown Prince Leopold ( Rufus Sewell ) , who feels that he and his title has been besmirche...
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If its not one hoax , its another .
Absolutely hilarious screwball comedy . A hotshot newspaper reporter ( Fredric March ) tries to get in the good graces of his boss ( Walter Connolly ) by exploiting the " imminent " death of an ailing young woman ( Carole Lombard ) . By way of newsprint the doomed young lady becomes the toast of New York City until her...
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Apple , peach , strawberry and Bad Baby Pie .
A little strange , but funny romantic comedy . The characters really make the movie . I've always liked Keri Russell on the little screen , but on the big screen . . . oops , I'm in love again . Jenna ( Russell ) is a waitress at Joe's Pies diner ; being a pie genius she bakes all the pies everyday and creates a new on...
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One horrific day in New Zealand .
This stark drama is based on the Aramoana Massacre in New Zealand in 1990 . An out-of-work , down-on-his-luck gun collector David Gray ( Matthew Sunderland ) , upset with the local where his family has banked forever , is at the end of his rope . . . he snaps . Gray turns a solemn peaceful small town into the site of a...
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aka The Cemetery Man . Italian cult classic .
This zombie movie is not as cheesy as say NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD . Rupert Everett plays Francesco Dellamorte , a watchman / caretaker of the local cemetery . A bizarre thing begins to happen that makes his job more tedious . The dead arise after being in their grave for seven days . To kill them again , you have to c...
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Inspiring action in the South Pacific .
Based on the book by Richard Tregaskis , GUADALCANAL DIARY is directed expertly by Lewis Seiler . A realistic story of U . S . Marines preparing and landing on the small island in the South Pacific ; not only is there the danger of the entrenched Japanese forces , this devoted platoon battles treacherous terrain , dise...
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If you don't deserve it ; you deceive to get it .
This is a semi-hilarious mock documentary about a teen beauty contest in Minnesota . Anywhere from hilarious to ridiculous and all points in between . The only thing redeeming is Kirsten Dunst . She knows how to get your pity , concern and loyalty . Ellen Barkin is hardly recognized as Kirsten's drunken mother . Kirsti...
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Rocky VI . . . running on heart and soul .
First of all , you may be thinking that the sixth installment of the Rocky franchise will be very predictable . . . not exactly . Rocky Balboa ( Sylvester Stallone ) an underdog ? The ever-popular Italian Stallion comes out of retirement when a highly publicized virtual match between the ex-champ and the current heavyw...
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Somewhere far away a forbidden love grows .
Is some of the luster fading from George Lucas ' acclaimed STAR WARS series ? We are introduced to new characters and watch temptation of the DARK SIDE . Obi-Wan Kenobi ( Ewan McGregor ) and his apprentice Jedi Anakin Skywalker ( Hayden Christensen ) search for the truth behind a sinister plot against the Republic . An...
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Amazingly Interesting .
Very good special effects . A teenage computer whiz ( Matthew Broderick ) gains access to the Pentagon's strategic computer system . He thinks he is playing a new computer game instead of actually warming up a World War . The cast also includes Ally Sheedy , Barry Corbin , Dabney Coleman and John Wood .
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Inspiring drama . Billy Bob rides again .
Directed by Michael Polish , who helps brother Mark write . . . THE ASTRONAUT FARMER is a dramatic comedy well worth attention . Charles Farmer ( Billy Bob Thornton ) is a former Air Force pilot , who was forced to leave the NASA astronaut training program due to his father's death . Charlie is the butt of jokes , beca...
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Breathtaking soul searching trip for a father and son .
Set in Vermont during the Prohabition , Quebec Bill ( Kris Kristofferson ) is desperate for cash after a freak lightning strike burns his barn full of hay . Despite the warnings from his mystical sister , Cordelia ( Genevieve Bujold ) , he decides to go back to his old ways and hatches a plan to steal whiskey from a Ca...
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A citizen of nowhere .
Viktor Navorksi ( Tom Hanks ) is traveling from his war-torn homeland in Eastern Europe to New York City . While in the air , his country has politically changed due to a fiery coup . Since his country ceases to exist . . . Viktor's passport is no longer good , meaning he can not enter the United States . He becomes st...
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Boarding on runway number 5 . Belly land in the jungle .
Director John Farrow re-makes FIVE CAME BACK ( 1939 ) , which he also directed . The crew and passengers of a crippled plane try to survive in a South American jungle . Pretty bland , but worth watching due to the acting of Rod Steiger . Destined to face a firing squad , Steiger's character is pivotal to the films anxi...
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They say that war is Hell .
Based on a William Haine's Broadway play , COMMAND DECISION is more drama and dialog than war action . There are no women , no dogfights , no actual combat . . . officers are suppose to be gentlemen , right . Flight commander Dennis ( Clark Gable ) is suffering great loses on bombers he sends out on missions over Germa...
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It makes you feel like dancing !
If you're a young Emperor Penguin in Antarctica and you can't sing . . . you're an outcast . Mumble's ( Elijay Wood ) Dad Memphis ( Hugh Jackman ) and mom Norma Jean ( Nicole Kidman ) know that their son is cute , but had no idea he could dance , dance , dance . Mumble is blamed for the lack of nourishing fish in the c...
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An odd , but touching relationship .
Terry Gilliam directs this quirky , busy heartfelt tale of a homeless former professor ( Robin Williams ) obsessed with medieval history and his relationship with a jaded guilt-ridden ex-radio DJ ( Jeff Bridges ) . Williams and Bridges are superb . The story line evolves around redemption and the search for The Holy Gr...
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An innocent man is an innocent man .
Documentary styled film-noir based on a true life story . A cleaning woman offers a reward for information that may lead to her son's ( Richard Conte ) release from prison for the murder of a policeman over a decade earlier . A Chicago reporter ( James Stewart ) is asked by his editor ( Lee J . Cobb ) to investigate th...
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Weird horror-comedy . Worth a look .
At first you wonder where this movie is going . Its like a freight train that needs to pick up some speed . Written and directed by Paul Andrew Williams , THE COTTAGE is really a hoot in a twisted sense . Dark comedy good for some belly laughs . David ( Andy Serkis ) and Pete ( Reece Shearsmith ) are rivaling brothers ...
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A very dark family secret .
Directed and written by Dav Kaufman 13 HOURS IN A WAREHOUSE is a lot better than some reviewers express . It doesn't exactly lumber along , it just doesn't progress at a break neck speed . Five small-time crooks , including the Hancock brothers Randy ( Chars Bonin ) and Mike ( Danny Salmen ) , pull off a heist and take...
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If you would climb into a fourth floor window ; why not jump ?
At times a little slow , but an above average TV drama with thrills and suspense . This psychological passage is about a private eye ( Mark Harmon ) and the woman ( Mimi Rogers ) who hires him to find her missing husband ( Cliff De Young ) . Very watchable and personally I liked this a whole lot better than PROOF OF LI...
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Glam rock on the verge of changing the world .
The British Glam Rock movement is all here . . . the flamboyant costumes , the glitter , the energy , the statement coifed heads , the preening and pulsating glammer pop stars intent on changing the world . Arthur Stuart ( Christian Bale ) is a British newspaper reporter investigating the legend of bisexual glam icon B...
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A celebration the human spirit , perseverance and valor .
Director Oliver Stone is known for great detail and not pulling punches . Only 20 people were pulled out of the rubble alive , after terrorist flew two planes into the twin towers of the World Trade Center . This movie is about # 18 and # 19 . It started as an ordinary day for Port Authority officers John McGloughlin (...
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YOU talking to me ? You talking to ME ?
Director Martin Scorsese uses harsh reality and memorable characters to perfection . Robert de Niro plays a slightly deranged Viet Nam vet that drives a NYC cab at night . His insomnia appears relentless and he spends a lot of his time in porno theaters . This lonesome loser does have a heart buried beneath that rough ...
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Spooky . . . in a very good way .
Deserving of its low budget cult following . A group of girlfriends crash off a bridge and one girl , Mary ( Candace Hilligoss ) , mysteriously rises from the river . . . but her life has become tormented by repeated visions of a strange man ( director Herk Harvey ) . On her way to Utah to take a job as a church organi...
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Just the right pedigree . Disney classic .
LADY and the TRAMP is one of the most underrated , but endearing Walt Disney animated features . Memorable music and purebred fun . A high-bred and pampered cocker spaniel , Lady ( Barbara Luddy ) , learns to be adventurous and carefree when she meets Tramp ( Larry Roberts ) , a raffish mutt from across the tracks . Sp...
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Decent horror flick with modest body count .
Part of the After Dark Horrorfest and possibly the best of this crop . Written and directed by Rolfe Kanefsky ; a very anxious movie with some thrills and chills . Most of the acting is bad ; but some nice looking girls to stare at . The killing scenes are imaginative , violent and worth talking about . Ellen ( Blythe ...
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Where have you gone M . Night Shamalan ?
Have you ever watched a dog dance on its hind legs ? And exactly what came of it ? It seems that writer / director M . Night Shamalan had started a chain of movies that left us equally baffled . With THE HAPPENING , he is creeping back with some recognizable fright and chills . This paranoia filled thriller has Philide...
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What's hard with granting a last wish ?
A bit quirky and bordering bad taste ; but intelligent enough to be worthy of watching . A wheelchair-bound young woman Jane Hatchard ( Helena Bonham Carter ) is teamed with a reluctant caregiver , Richard ( Kenneth Branagh ) . Richard is an artist that daydreams of human flight . He builds an airplane in his garage an...
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The Titanic's maiden voyage is doomed .
Based on a novel by Walter Lord and told through the eyes of the ship's second officer , Herbert Lightoller ( Kenneth More ) another version of the doomed maiden voyage of the Titanic . This is a straightforward depiction of the panic , despair , hope and courage of the 2200 some odd passengers as they are finally info...
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How about a hammer to the head ?
Screenplay writer Jeff Butler adapts a Clive Barker short story and it couldn't be too much more brutal or darker . Leon Kauffman ( Bradley Cooper ) is a struggling photographer in search for just the perfect subject to make a name for himself . He is encouraged by a prominent art gallery proprietor ( Brooke Shields ) ...
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Not your ordinary superhero .
A Peter Berg film . Action packed comedy with fulfilling special effects . And hey , we get a superhero that didn't originate in a comic book . Hancock ( Will Smith ) is a hard-living , sarcastic hero with super human abilities ; maybe misunderstood and real down-and-out with a lack of people skills and out of favor wi...
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Pressure cooker thriller .
A psychological thriller directed by Bryan Bertino . Forget popcorn and soft drinks ; try a fistful of Xanax and adult diapers . Sorry , that was foolishly going overboard . THE STRANGERS will have you drowning in anxiety and listening to your own blood chill . A young suburban couple Kristen ( Liv Tyler ) and James ( ...
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Its not easy to keep a good man down .
Robert Aldrich directs this fast paced and violent adaptation of Mickey Spillane's novel . Film Noir meets a touch of Sci-Fi . This much overlooked thriller is said to have been accepted better in France than the U . S . when released in the mid 50's . Moody shades of glorious black and white , this film progressively ...
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There is only one Christ .
Whether your faith is abundant or oblivious , this powerful movie will stir your conscience . A passion of director , writer and producer Mel Gibson is now shared with the world . Presented are the controversial and captivating last twelve hours in the life of Jesus of Nazareth ( Jim Caviezel ) . Jesus goes to the Gard...
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Edward G . Robinson does what he does well .
Very good crime drama . The gangster with the big ego , small in stature , Joe Krozac ( Edward G . Robinson ) in spite of all the crime associated with him . . . goes to prison for ten years on a tax evasion charge . He previously brought back a wife Talya ( Rose Stradner ) from the old world . As he enters lock up he ...
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Very good British made sci-fi .
A meteorite shower lights up the sky and blinds all that watches it . Most of the world population must also deal with some rather weird plant life that can uproot itself and seek human nourishment . Howard Keel plays a sailor recovering from an eye operation , thus not being blinded by the mysterious glowing display ....
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Stark melodrama . Humanity in state of depression .
A very gloomy Hal Wallis production based on the play by William Inge . The focus being on a couple of less glamorous people ; Doc Delanely ( Burt Lancaster ) is a recovering alcoholic sharing a mundane life with his frumpy and unkempt wife Lola ( Shirley Booth ) , who lives in anticipation of her runaway little puppy ...
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Bust on through to the other side . Sex , drugs and Rock ' n ' Roll !
Dynamic and explosive story of a L . A . band trying to deal with discovery , fame and dealing with its moody lead singer , who has his own demons to fight . Oliver Stone directs this ode to The Doors . Some of the scenes are almost duplicates of actual events . And on the other hand you also deal with many inaccuracie...
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Dark , absorbing drug drama .
Surreal and sordid glimpse at the underbelly of drug addiction . This film is narrated by Val Kilmer , who plays Danny Parker , the alias of Tom Van Allen . Danny is a tattooed trumpet player ; a crystal meth addict who is lost in his search to find his own identity . Living to binge on speed and serve as a " rat " for...
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Four friends put on the leather and hop on their hogs .
Walt Becker directs this hilariously funny road trip written by Brad Copeland , with room enough for some comical ad-libs . Four friends , Tim Allen , John Travolta , William H . Macy and Martin Lawrence , need a break from their mundane lives and tress filled jobs . These suburbanites decide to hit the road with a cro...
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World of tomorrow is here today .
Nearly a decade of scheming and dreaming and hours upon hours of hard work puts writer and director Kerry Conran's fantasy on the silver screen . . . or should we say " blue screen " . The style can be described as a comic book coming to life . CGI dominated film that mixes Art Deco and film noir . The simple plot is s...
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The U . S . Secret Service needs Charlie Chan .
During World War Two , spies come in all shapes and forms . America's Number One Chinese detective , Charlie Chan ( Sidney Toler ) , is called upon by the Secret Service to find who murdered the scientist / inventor of a top-secret weapon to protect the U . S . forces from German U-boats . Chan arrives to a house party...
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No just OK , but a decent sequel .
Treasure hunter Ben Gates ( Nicolas Cage ) is on another adventure trying to prove one of ancestors was not involved with the assassination of President Lincoln . The proof will be in a secret book intended for presidential eyes only , handed down for generations . Gates and his partner Riley ( Justin Bartha ) will hav...
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Army misfits become daring gang in Tokyo .
Sandy Dawson ( Robert Ryan ) is a former GI that has hand-picked a group of others like him ; and along with some local thugs muscle their way into a protection racket ruling Tokyo's numerous pachinko parlors . Dawson runs his band of misfits like a hard-boiled military unit . They commit bank robberies , knock off jew...
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To make the perfect doll . Creepy .
James Wan , who gave us SAW , writes and directs this creepy ghost story . Jamie Ashen ( Ryan Kwanten ) receives a ventriloquist dummy in the mail . Sender unknown . Moments later , as he is out of the apartment , his young wife Lisa ( Laura Regan ) is murdered and her tongue is ripped out . Jamie returns to his hometo...
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Is good for one good for all ?
Stephen Gaghan directs some fascinating subject matter . . . some stimulating and some volatile . At a rapid pace that may cause some confusion and then what seems like lulls to let your brain digest . The talented George Clooney proves why he is a man to be reckoned with . His role as a government operative and intern...
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The Substitute . They are not all alike .
The Ghost House Underground presents an entry from Denmark with not a lot of special effects , but it sustains suspense and anxiety . A small-town sixth-grade class gets a substitute teacher . She is blond , long , lean and lanky with all the finesse of a Nazi interrogator . She treats the children rudely and sadistica...
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Murder for hire and lusty intrigue .
Screenplay written by , directed by and starring the incomparable Orson Welles . Welles plays a rough and tumble Irish seaman who gets caught up in a murder for hire scheme and at the same time not so secretly smooching with the wife ( Rita Hayworth ) of his eventual lawyer ( Everett Sloane ) . Film-Noir at its best . ...
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A slow and easy fright fest . First rate terror !
A professor's wife believes that her neighbor is a murderer ; but her personal terror is trying to cope with a spirit haunting her new home . Harrison Ford is what we think is a mild mannered genius . His neurotic wife is played by the ever classy Michelle Pfeiffer . We see a very different side of Ford and Miss Pfeiff...
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Pick one : yesterday or tomorrow .
This is an emotional portrait of love lost and found . A recently divorced reporter / writer ( Robin Wright Penn ) finds a tragic love letter in a bottle . The letter is written by a ship building sailor ( Kevin Costner ) who is still grieving the death of his wife . Another letter is found and forwarded to the Chicago...
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A funny and entertaining look at a backwoods family .
Elvis Presley plays the part of Toby Kwimper , whose rag tag family is forced to homestead along the beautiful Florida coast . The patriarch of the brood , played by Arthur O'Connell is hilarious . Anne Helm plays Toby's adopted sister ; her love is more than sisterly . Simon Oakland is a mobster that tries to run the ...
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When the dark couldn't get much darker .
Slow going at first , but be prepared to flinch as your heart jumps . Darker than dark and darker than a coal miner's boots . Strange things begin to happen after a teenager ( Anna Paquin ) moves with her family into a remote country-side home . The house has ancient secrets to hide and horribly disturbing things begin...
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Trouble trying to buy a boat ; and then girls , girls , girls !
Elvis plays a carefree charter boat pilot ( Ross Carpenter ) . After losing his job , he thinks of buying his late father's boat from its present owner ( Jeremy Slate ) . He goes to work on a tuna boat during the day . At night Ross sings in a nightclub . And somewhere in between finds trouble existing with Laurel Good...
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Escalated revenge leaves someone dead .
Welcome to a teen's world . Sam ( Rory Culkin ) breaks down and admits to his over protective brother Rocky ( Trevor Morgan ) that the school bully George ( Josh Peck ) has been beating him on a daily basis . To get revenge and payback George his due , the two boys come up with a well thought plan , almost perfect plan...
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Justice or revenge . A caped hero emerges .
To director Christopher Nolan . . . a job well done . Fantastic movie with super effects . After watching the murder of his parents , industrial heir Bruce Wayne ( Christian Bale ) gathers all inner fortitude and wanders the world in search of the key to burying his fears and the means to fight injustice . After shrugg...
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Knee-slapping funny . Let's go sexin ' !
One of John Waters best yet . Waters writes and directs this quirky and raunchy comedy about an underground subculture of sex addicts led by Ray Ray ( Johnny Knoxville ) . Sylvia ( Tracey Ullman ) is an uptight frigid middle-aged woman with sex being the last thing on her mind . Her husband Vaughn ( Chris Issak ) howev...
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Buckets of blood . A terrific scare .
HIGH TENSION lives up to its claim . . . " It will scare the hell out of you " . This shocker is highly volatile with stark graphic violence . Not for the faint of heart . Alexa ( Maiween Le Besco ) and Marie ( Cecile De France ) are gal pals on holiday headed to Alexa's parent's cottage in the South of France . The tw...
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There is only one John Rambo .
The ultimate warrior John Rambo is living peaceful and almost carefree in the mountains and jungles of northern Thailand . Not exactly mundane , John operates a longboat on the Salween River and captures cobras and pythons for sale to snake fighters . A group of missionaries arrive wanting to hire him to take them up r...
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There is profit in shipwrecks along the coast of Georgia .
Produced and directed by the legendary Cecil B . DeMille . A rough and ready sea drama with very good special effects . Salvagers compete for the cargo of ships wrecked in the reef off the coast of Georgia . Some of the ships go down not by nature , but by the hand of greedy men . An extraordinary finale with an attack...
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Brilliant and combustible . . . The Stones !
Martin Scorsese and the Rolling Stones . . . neither actually needs the exposure or the money . SHINE A LIGHT just tacks on to the legacy . Mick Jagger , Keith Richards , Charlie Watts and Ron Wood are all here and Scorsese fidgets for awhile trying to figure out how to film them . This documentary was filmed at the Be...
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A secret is best guarded .
Everyone has secrets , but can they keep them hidden ? I extol the twists and turns in the last thirty minutes of this thriller . A lot happens when you least expect it . Rowena Price ( Halle Berry ) is a determined investigative reporter , who writes under an assumed male name . She spends over six months getting the ...
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High - octane action in the Middle East .
Kudos to director Peter Berg . Plenty of action with intense images and war-like violence . An American facility in the Middle East is attacked inside the Saudi Kingdom . Ronald Fleury ( Jamie Foxx ) leads a crack team of FBI agents that make an " un-authorized " trip to investigate and help Saudi officials in finding ...
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Where the sidewalk ends . . . the road begins .
Not only for George Strait fans . Not just for country fans . But it doesn't hurt . Music , romance and a simple plot . Dusty ( Strait ) is a country super star that is falling out of favor with how his manager ( Lesley Ann Warren ) is producing his concerts with smoke and explosions . He decides to take a little walk ...
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The rise of the great Genghis Khan .
Brilliant and extraordinary ; one of the best subtitled movies I've ever read . A masterpiece from writer / director Sergei Bodrov , MONGOL , is the story of a determined young boy named Temudgin , who would later become Genghis Khan , the mighty warrior who would conquer the world . After his father was killed by a ri...
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Love ill-conceived , untrustworthy and tragic .
The makings of a classic . . . undisciplined director George Stevens , the up-and-coming and moody Montgomery Clift and the beautiful Elizabeth Taylor . George Eastman ( Clift ) arrives at the door of his accomplished uncle Charles ( Herbert Heyes ) with the promise of a factory job . Against company rules a young work...
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Open your eyes and welcome the future .
Talk about a good one . This is adapted from Stephen King's novel and really can put that fuzzy feeling in your stomach . King does so well with bringing us situations that bring back our similar memories . A photographer ( David Morse ) returns to the town he lived in at the age of 11 . He goes to the site of the now ...
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Most memorable horror film of all time .
This movie is a classic that shall live for generations to come . An ambitious doctor ( Colin Clive ) creates life in a creature assembled from organs and limbs of the dead . Boris Karloff , as the Monster , becomes a horror movie icon . The lighting , crude camera work , sound and special effects combine to make a sim...
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A random call for help .
David Ellis directs this stressful action thriller . School teacher Jessica Martin ( Kim Basinger ) is kidnapped in order to find her husband . Jessica crudely assembles a shattered phone in the attic she is being held . Her efforts result in a random call to the cell phone of a young man Ryan ( Chris Evans ) . She beg...
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Amnesia , a mysterious letter and two million dollars .
John Hodiak stars in this piece of Film-Noir . George Taylor ( Hodiak ) is a bitter WWII veteran Marine with amnesia . He returns to Los Angeles with hopes of rediscovering his identity . He has only two clues linked to his past : a vicious letter of woe from a woman that hates him and another mysterious note from a " ...
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Intelligent crime story .
Richard Fleischer directs this excellent and intellectual crime story culminating in anxious courtroom drama . Based on the 1924 trial of Loeb and Leopold , two homosexual college students who planned and executed a heinous crime just for the thrill of doing so . Arty Straus ( Bradford Dillmon ) , a mama's boy sadist ,...
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Incindeairy performances .
A griping and intense love story from director Neil Armfield . Candy ( Abbie Cornish ) , a carefree art student , and hopelessly disconnected poet Dan ( Heath Ledger ) are hooked on each other . . . and both are hooked on heroin . This is a deep and darker love story than most . The real world actually takes back seat ...
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Totally awesome !
Based on the critically acclaimed 1986-1987 DC comic book serial . In an alternate universe circa 1985 , President Richard Nixon ( Robert Wisden ) has change the law to allow him a third term and the world is highly unstable . Nuclear war is imminent between the U . S . and Russia . . . the Doomsday clock is ticking . ...
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Classic . . . one of the greatest of all-time .
THE WILD BUNCH . . . original Director's Cut restores probably one of the most talked about westerns to completeness . Director Sam Peckinpah's sagebrush saga contains graphic violence and explicit language making it one of the first ( if not the very first ) realistic westerns . . . well rode and put up wet . This con...
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More boom and thrills for your buck .
The DIE HARD franchise returns bigger and better . Bad-ass New York City detective John McClane ( Bruce Willis ) is back and delivers . Cyber terrorist put a " fire sale " in play ; its intent to collapse the United States government into chaotic dysfunction . Thomas Gabriel ( Timothy Olyphant ) is the mastermind behin...
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Hey man . . . stuck in the 70's !
Joel and Ethan Coen can be proud of their BIG LEBOWSKI . Be ready to laugh your butt off . Jeff Lebowski ( Jeff Bridges ) is a pot bellied , pot-smoking laid back slacker that insists on being called " The Dude " . His two best friends are Walter ( John Goodman ) , who sees the world against him for surviving the Viet ...
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Great movie . One of Bette Davis ' best !
This is no doubt my favorite Bette Davis movie . I always seem to like success stories where the underdog overcomes circumstances and comes out on top . The script and plot were first class . And the well acted characters made the story so very real . A young woman ( Davis ) suffers a nervous breakdown due to her domin...
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Triumph against heavy odds .
Ron Howard directs this heartwarming story of Jim J . Braddock ( Russell Crowe ) , whose promising boxing career hit the skids about the time of the Great Depressions . Stuggeling to make ends meet for his family , his long time manager Joe Gould ( Paul Giamatti ) got him the chance to change his luck . Braddock , in 1...
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From a very young age they learned to rule their world .
Noted director Sergio Leone gives us one of the best mobster flicks of all time . This epic chronicles the rise and fall of a group of Brooklyn Jewish gangsters over the period of fifty years . Experience the drama of friendships , betrayal , grief , revenge and lost love . The all star cast is led by Robert De Niro an...
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Riveting ! Killer out of control .
Kevin Costner is back big time ; maybe even his best role ever . Costner is Mr . Earl Brooks , a well respected businessman , philanthropist and loved unconditionally by his beautiful wife Emma ( Marg Helgenberger ) and daughter Jane ( Danielle Panabaker ) . Mr . Brooks is not exactly the perfect man he appears ; Earl ...
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Torture is chosen as a weapon .
Directed and written by the acclaimed Alex Gibney is the 2007 Academy Award winning documentary feature . No matter your opinion of President George W . Bush or the current fighting in the Middle East , TAXI TO THE DARK SIDE is a deliberate and meticulous examination of torture used as a weapon in the war against terro...
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Go rocket go !
A real charming movie based on fact and history . Homer Hickam ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) was not the typical boy in mid 1950s West Virginia . He dared to not follow in his father's footsteps into the local coal mine . Homer's father John ( Chris Cooper ) stayed very agitated with his son's indifference . Football scholarship...
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Forest Whitaker at the top of his game as Idi Amin .
Stunning and riveting movie . Forest Whitaker is absolutely excellent . This is a fictionalized version of Idi Amin's ( Whitaker ) reign of terror as the ruthless dictator of Uganda . Upon graduation from med school in Scotland , a young Nicholas Garrigan ( James McAvoy ) spins his desk globe and picks Africa's Uganda ...
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Provocative lack of concern . Biased and mournful .
This is a dark and mournful tale of racism and failing families . Billy Bob Thornton was snubbed by the Academy for his portrayal of a Louisiana Corrections guard in charge of executions . He lives with his almost bedridden father ( Peter Boyle ) , a retired prison guard as well as his own son ( Heath Ledger ) also a p...
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A true horror classic .
Director Sam Raimi and good friend Bruce Campbell set out to make a real scary movie . . . although filmed on 16mm , THE EVIL DEAD is good enough to be your next nightmare and a hell of a lot better than your run of the mill slice and dice . Campbell plays Ash Williams , one of five college friends set out to have a wi...
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John Lennon : Give peace a chance .
War is over . Is it the people you " run with " or just the fact you have a conscious and the will to speak your mind ? Filmmakers David Leaf and John Scheinfeld II present for our approval an evocative glimpse at the all-out efforts of Richard Nixon's administration and J . Edgar Hoover's gestapo-like minions to gag J...
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A family implodes .
This is a provocative , disturbing and sympathetic documentary that is as interesting as watching two speed-trains collide . A typical upper-class family in Great Neck on Long Island is steadily destroyed as Arnold Friedman and his youngest teen-aged son are accused and convicted of sex crimes involving young children ...
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Unswerving love and determination .
An absolute winner from director Danny Boyle . Without a penny to his name , Jamal Malik ( Dev Patel , his fate is verging on change in a major way . The young boy , a product of the slums of Mumbai ( formerly Bombay ) , is one question away from winning India's version of " Who Wants To Be A Millionaire ? " . While an...
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One of a kind . Great experience .
This animated fantasy is far and beyond others in the genre . This is the standard others will be judged by for a long time to come . A peace loving ogre called Shrek ( Mike Myers ) is upset when his swamp is invaded with fairy tale characters . A lonely , hysterically funny donkey ( Eddie Murphy ) forces his way into ...
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Halariously funny . Mocking legendary rock ' n ' roll .
Jake Kasdan directs and helps Judd Apalow team up on this funny and irreverent story of the troubled life of fictional music legend Dewey Cox ( John C . Reilly ) . Everybody loves Cox . Dewey was forced from home at the age of 14 after cutting his bother in half with a machete . He immediately has a wife Edith ( Kriste...
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Evidence under suspicion .
From the Fox Film Noir collection . Directed by Elia Kazan BOOMERANG is a well written and interesting courtroom drama . Based on a true story , a beloved priest is murdered in front of numerous witnesses . It seems to be a cut and dried case . John Waldron ( Arthur Kennedy ) fits the description according to eye witne...
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Even a living legend must set priorities .
Hang on to your hat . . . Zorro answers the call . Antonio Banderas and Catherine Zeta-Jones command your attention as if you need to be begged . California is on the cusp of statehood and a ruthless gang is hired to keep ballots from getting to the Governor's mansion . Alejandro de la Vega ( Bandaras ) is torn between...
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Memorable British ruler Henry VIII an original .
He was loathed , loved , feared , respected and definitely left his mark in history . This is a lavish production dramatizing the life and 38-year reign of no doubt the very influential King Henry VIII ( Ray Winstone ) . This shrewed and ruthless ruler was obsessively determined to sire a male heir . His wife , Catheri...
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Farce driven drama . Feel free to laugh .
Richard Kelly writes and directs this funny farce driven drama set in the futuristic La La Land on the obligated picnic day July 4 , 2008 . Citizens of Los Angeles watch a mushroom cloud in the distance as they stand on the brink of environmental disaster . Some folks seem sillier than normal and others are dumber than...
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Teen angst can be dark and consuming .
You will either hate this movie or like it a lot . I can't say I even remotely love it , but I do love Ellen Page . This cute Canadian actress finally got recognition in JUNO ( 2007 ) . This Bruce McDonald movie proves that Ms . Page is a natural , honest , combustible and believable actress . It may take a while to ge...
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Beautiful movie of troubled love .
Emotional and heart-wrenching romantic drama directed by John Curran and a Ron Nyswaner screenplay of a W . Somerset Maugham novel . Beautiful scenery in China and a very intelligent story with outstanding acting . Kitty ( Naomi Watts ) , a lovely and restless society girl hastily marries a conservative micro biologist...