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383,183 | 449,021 | 114,099 | 7 | 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... |
383,777 | 449,021 | 117,280 | 7 | 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... |
383,052 | 449,021 | 51,207 | 7 | 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'... |
382,934 | 449,021 | 404,390 | 7 | 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... |
384,328 | 449,021 | 443,543 | 7 | 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... |
384,316 | 449,021 | 29,322 | 7 | 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... |
383,043 | 449,021 | 473,308 | 7 | 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... |
382,891 | 449,021 | 839,938 | 7 | 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... |
382,722 | 449,021 | 109,592 | 7 | 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... |
384,050 | 449,021 | 35,957 | 7 | 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... |
384,174 | 449,021 | 157,503 | 7 | 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... |
383,778 | 449,021 | 479,143 | 7 | 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... |
383,791 | 449,021 | 121,765 | 7 | 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... |
382,491 | 449,021 | 86,567 | 7 | 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 . |
382,212 | 449,021 | 469,263 | 7 | 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... |
383,179 | 449,021 | 465,440 | 7 | 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... |
383,831 | 449,021 | 362,227 | 7 | 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... |
382,190 | 449,021 | 48,975 | 7 | 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... |
382,868 | 449,021 | 40,242 | 7 | 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... |
383,874 | 449,021 | 366,548 | 7 | 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... |
382,919 | 449,021 | 101,889 | 7 | 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... |
383,865 | 449,021 | 40,202 | 7 | 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... |
382,467 | 449,021 | 465,430 | 7 | 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 ... |
382,811 | 449,021 | 1,065,060 | 7 | 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... |
382,319 | 449,021 | 101,906 | 7 | 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... |
382,287 | 449,021 | 120,879 | 7 | 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... |
383,148 | 449,021 | 469,641 | 7 | 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 (... |
383,949 | 449,021 | 75,314 | 7 | 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 ... |
382,197 | 449,021 | 55,830 | 7 | 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... |
382,878 | 449,021 | 48,280 | 7 | 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... |
382,889 | 449,021 | 478,216 | 7 | 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 ... |
382,685 | 449,021 | 949,731 | 7 | 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... |
382,393 | 449,021 | 120,861 | 7 | 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... |
381,965 | 449,021 | 51,994 | 7 | 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... |
384,506 | 449,021 | 805,570 | 7 | 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 ) ... |
384,476 | 449,021 | 448,157 | 7 | 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... |
383,551 | 449,021 | 482,606 | 7 | 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 ( ... |
383,132 | 449,021 | 48,261 | 7 | 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 ... |
382,746 | 449,021 | 335,345 | 7 | 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... |
382,591 | 449,021 | 29,118 | 7 | 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 ... |
382,485 | 449,021 | 55,894 | 7 | 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 .... |
382,634 | 449,021 | 44,509 | 7 | 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 ... |
382,242 | 449,021 | 101,761 | 7 | 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... |
383,050 | 449,021 | 235,737 | 7 | 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... |
383,056 | 449,021 | 486,946 | 7 | 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... |
384,223 | 449,021 | 346,156 | 7 | 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... |
382,228 | 449,021 | 36,706 | 7 | 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... |
383,650 | 449,021 | 465,234 | 7 | 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... |
384,369 | 449,021 | 48,182 | 7 | 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... |
383,390 | 449,021 | 455,760 | 7 | 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... |
382,940 | 449,021 | 365,737 | 7 | 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... |
383,506 | 449,021 | 478,394 | 7 | 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... |
384,447 | 449,021 | 40,525 | 7 | 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 . ... |
382,420 | 449,021 | 161,081 | 7 | 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... |
382,418 | 449,021 | 139,462 | 7 | 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... |
383,089 | 449,021 | 55,992 | 7 | 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 ... |
383,734 | 449,021 | 273,517 | 7 | 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... |
383,258 | 449,021 | 56,023 | 7 | 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... |
382,784 | 449,021 | 377,091 | 7 | 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... |
382,703 | 449,021 | 372,784 | 8 | 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... |
384,252 | 449,021 | 365,125 | 8 | 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... |
384,241 | 449,021 | 338,095 | 8 | 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... |
383,644 | 449,021 | 462,499 | 8 | 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... |
382,233 | 449,021 | 35,244 | 8 | 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... |
382,704 | 449,021 | 893,382 | 8 | 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... |
383,309 | 449,021 | 466,923 | 8 | 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 ... |
382,494 | 449,021 | 431,197 | 8 | 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 ... |
384,409 | 449,021 | 105,191 | 8 | 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 ... |
384,478 | 449,021 | 416,044 | 8 | 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... |
384,026 | 449,021 | 43,924 | 8 | 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... |
382,775 | 449,021 | 252,501 | 8 | 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 ... |
383,830 | 449,021 | 21,884 | 8 | 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... |
382,080 | 449,021 | 337,921 | 8 | 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... |
383,520 | 449,021 | 38,965 | 8 | 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 " ... |
384,114 | 449,021 | 52,700 | 8 | 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 ,... |
382,478 | 449,021 | 424,880 | 8 | 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 ... |
383,622 | 449,021 | 409,459 | 8 | 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 . ... |
382,427 | 449,021 | 65,214 | 8 | 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... |
384,063 | 449,021 | 337,978 | 8 | 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... |
383,070 | 449,021 | 118,715 | 8 | 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 ... |
383,565 | 449,021 | 35,140 | 8 | 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... |
384,456 | 449,021 | 352,248 | 8 | 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... |
383,769 | 449,021 | 87,843 | 8 | 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... |
383,957 | 449,021 | 780,571 | 8 | 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 ... |
384,033 | 449,021 | 854,678 | 8 | 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... |
384,164 | 449,021 | 132,477 | 8 | 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... |
383,872 | 449,021 | 455,590 | 8 | 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 ... |
382,782 | 449,021 | 285,742 | 8 | 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... |
383,063 | 449,021 | 83,907 | 8 | 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... |
384,111 | 449,021 | 478,049 | 8 | 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... |
383,138 | 449,021 | 342,172 | 8 | 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 ... |
383,286 | 449,021 | 1,010,048 | 8 | 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... |
382,131 | 449,021 | 126,029 | 8 | 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 ... |
382,505 | 449,021 | 841,046 | 8 | 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... |
383,927 | 449,021 | 39,208 | 8 | 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... |
383,211 | 449,021 | 386,140 | 8 | 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... |
384,256 | 449,021 | 382,737 | 8 | 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... |
382,506 | 449,021 | 405,336 | 8 | 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... |
382,709 | 449,021 | 801,526 | 8 | 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... |
383,055 | 449,021 | 446,755 | 8 | 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... |
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