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384,108 | 449,021 | 65,537 | 8 | A swinging doctor brings help to the ghetto . | A hip , young Dr . John Carpenter ( Elvis Presley ) comes to a bad neighborhood slum to manage a clinic . He hires three nurses , unknowing that they are nuns in plain clothes . One of the nurses ( Mary Tyler Moore ) , falls in love with the guitar playing doctor and has to make up her mind to stay with him or go back to the church . This is Presley's last scripted movie and probably never looked better . Four songs make up the soundtrack featuring the million seller " Rubberneckin ' " . Also in the cast are Jane Elliot , Barbara McNair , Robert Emhart and Ed Asner . Great for repeat viewing . |
384,046 | 449,021 | 858,479 | 8 | Allow yourself to live . Can a person be too smart ? | SMART PEOPLE is a temperamental comedy that puts focus on a dysfunctional family you can't help but like . Complicated characters that can be tolerated because of who they are . Afterall family is family even if every member lives in their own world . Lawrence Wetherhold ( Dennis Quaid ) is a widower and very self-absorbed professor . Misunderstood mostly and definitely not one who has mastered social skills . The professor begins dating one of his former students , Janet Hartigan ( Sarah Jessica Parker ) , who is now an emergency room doctor . His dating is his first since the death of his wife and doesn't sit well with his over achieving daughter Vanessa ( Ellen Page ) . Adding to the mix is Lawrence's adopted brother Chuck ( Thomas Hayden Church ) , who you may say is a lay-about , unmotivated freeloader . Life is only as complicated as you make it . The character interaction is at times hilarious . There seems to be a dry wit that prevails . And you really do care about these people . This movie is by all means interesting with engaging characters . Page is excellent as the sharp-tongued genius . Church is surprisingly more than ordinary . Believable , smart and highly recommended . |
383,429 | 449,021 | 83,193 | 8 | Tremendous documentary spotlighting a dynamic Icon . | Malcolm Leo and Andrew Solt : enough said . These guys do deep research and do everything first class . This will be one of the best documentaries of an entertainer ever put on film . Elvis Presley meant so many different things to so many different people . He effected society , hair and clothing styles like no one before him . He changed the music world with the power of an Atomic Bomb . He has sold over one billion records and was the first visual founding father of the phenomenon that became rock ' n ' roll . His influence will live for decades to come . This is a personal look as well as a tribute to the world's most loved entertainer . I have the expanded 144 minute version of THIS IS ELVIS and watch it at least once a year . The soundtrack is like a history and not a greatest hits project . Even the non Elvis fan will be impressed with this entertaining look at musical history . |
382,262 | 449,021 | 217,505 | 8 | Fear preserves the spectacle of life . | Martin Scorsese directs a savage and brutal masterpiece . A young boy ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) witnesses the killing of his father the Priest Vallon ( Liam Neeson ) . Amsterdam Vallon ( DiCaprio ) returns from a fifteen year or so stay in reform school to the Five Points area of NYC seeking revenge against Bill the Butcher ( Daniel Day-Lewis ) , his father's killer . Bill is a racist bully and believes he is the king of New York , or at least his own little corner of the world . Amsterdam gets in the good graces of the Butcher only to plot his demise . Along the way the young Vallon meets a pocket picking whore Jenny ( Cameron Diaz ) and reluctantly falls in love . The tribes of the city are summoned for the mother of all knock down drag out duels with the Butcher and Amsterdam intent on slaying the other . The scenes of 1840s and 1860s New York City are awesome . Great photography and camera work . The most dramatic scene is of the blood covered and body cluttered snow at the film's beginning . This of course seems tame compared to the carnage that brings this epic to a close . Day-Lewis is commanding in his role of the Butcher , one the most egotistical and racist savage characters unable to escape your memory . DiCaprio seems an awkward choice for his role and at times seems unlikely to achieve his character's accomplishments . Diaz was down right fetching and I still believe she could tempt a dead man . Also in the cast are Jim Broadbent , Brendan Gleeson , David Hemmings , Joseph P . Reidy , Henry Thomas and John C . Reilly . Sometimes a little bit too wordy and slow , but still this almost three hour film is strong enough to hold your interest and imagination . In spite of the nay-sayers I believe Scorcese is a master among his peers . And being Irish is no requirement for feeling some pride or sorrow . |
382,941 | 449,021 | 454,841 | 8 | Off the beaten path . . . to a blood bath . | Director Alexandre Aja is faithful to Wes Craven in this " updated " and " unrated " version of a genuine cult classic . Not for the weak of stomach or faint of heart . . . its either puke or cardiac arrest . This is a must see for every horror flick freak . " Big Bob " ( Ted Levine ) and his bible spewing wife Ethel ( Kathleen Quinlan ) and family plus extended family get off the main highway to California and become stranded in the middle of the desert . And from the hills an inbred community of psychotic beings stalk the suburbanites with full intent to slaughter . The taste of flesh , either animal , fowl or human , is of no concern . These deformed mutants sustain themselves with any convenient blood pumping source . Other cast members : Emilie de Ravin , Aaron Stanford , Dan Byrd , Billy Drago , Robert Joy and Laura Ortiz . Haunting and interesting is the eclectic soundtrack featuring : Webb Pierce , Mamas and Papas , The Vanguards , Moot Davis and Wires on Fire . |
382,627 | 449,021 | 373,283 | 8 | Powerful and gripping World War II story . | SAINTS AND SOLDIERS is based on true events set following the Malmedy Massacre . Five Allied soldiers , one being a British airman with important intelligence that needed to be forwarded to Allied command , are trapped behind enemy lines . Outgunned and without food or supplies , they have to deal with the frigid wilderness as well as roving German troops . These brave men struggle with carrying out their jobs as soldiers and to survive with honor and morality . Realistic and thrilling combat scenes and even the war-torn , snow covered woods at times are a majestic site . Piercing gunfire and soft falling snow are as much part of this movie as the discovery and revelation of each survivor's thoughts and secrets . This film is masterful and well acted . Cast includes : Corbin Allred , Peter Holden , Larry Bagby , Kirby Heyborne and Alexander Polinsky . |
383,659 | 449,021 | 360,717 | 8 | Yes , beauty can still kill the beast . | Super-director Peter Jackson has his way with the mightiest Kong ever . Screenplay credits are given to Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens as they regenerate the original story by Edgar Wallace and Merian C . Cooper . Have no fear , the original 1933 classic version of KING KONG starring Fay Wray and Bruce Cabot still has its spot in our hearts and memories . Of course , the 1976 remake with Jessica Lange and Jeff Bridges is way too easy to forget . Jackson makes this big-budget remake something special with stupendous special effects and inventive and deliberate production design . Jackson takes the liberty of making Kong an ape instead of a gorilla . That way the giant creature can use both arms and legs in fierce , life-and-death combat with dinosaurs , bats and various giant ' creepy-crawlies ' . Naomi Watts is exceptional as Ann Darrow , who after being captured by Kong actually forms a special relationship with the beast . Jack Black , mugs and postures as Carl Denham , who gives the world its eighth wonder . Adrien Brody is surprisingly interesting as Jack Driscoll , who in this version of the tale is a bargain-basement play-wright . Faithful assistant Preston is played by Tom Hanks ' son Colin . Thomas Kretschmann plays the rough and ready Captain Englehorn , who hires out his ship and crew to take Denham and his movie company to the mysterious Skull Island . Kyle Chandler is cast as the obnoxious movie star Bruce Baxter , who actually finds the guts to be a real hero . Others in the cast : Evan Parke , Jamie Bell , Stephen Hall and Andy Serkis , who actually was important in the production of aping moves in motion-capture to give Kong a more natural looking gait . My favorite scene is where Kong is running amok in New York City snatching and grabbing blondes off the street looking for Miss Darrow . Also cool is the sequences where Kong playfully pushes Darrow around in the jungle . Three hours plus may be a little much for some folks , but just get comfortable and enjoy an extraordinary remake of a classic . |
383,374 | 449,021 | 454,848 | 8 | Great value is placed on reputation . | Spike Lee directs this edge-of-your seat thriller . Clive Owen has had plenty of time to plan and orchestrate the perfect robbery . Owen and his group disguised as painters enter the Manhattan Trust and things border bizarre . Denzel Washington is a NYPD hostage negotiator that is ready to redeem himself by getting some 50 hostages released and disrupt what is looking like anything but a bank robbery . Wealthy banker Christopher Plummer hires a defiant power broker Jodie Foster to intercede the situation with a hidden agenda . Captivating cat-and-mouse standoff between Owen and Washington . Captivating crime drama . My favorite scene is watching the money take flight as bullets riddle an open safe . The few scenes of Washington with Foster are mood setters . Upon conclusion you realize how damn smart this movie is . Also starring are : Wilem Dafoe , Kim Director , Cassandra Freeman and Peter Gerety . |
384,119 | 449,021 | 87,469 | 8 | Indiana Jones ' adventure in India . | Director Steven Spielberg and the imagination of George Lucas are back at work again . This time a little toward the darker side with level of gore and violence on the rise . Daredevil archaeologist Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) travels to India in search of the legendary Ankara Stone . In tow are a winsome gold-digger named " Willie " ( Kate Capshaw ) and a young street kid Short Round ( Ke Huy Quan ) . All three provide their share of comic relief . The mystical stone will give a desperate village needed protection again and in the bargain stumbles into the hideaway catacombs of an ancient palace where a secret cult is forcing kidnapped children into slave labor . Indy to the rescue and enough adventure to please his fans ten times over . Outstanding John Williams musical score . Also in the cast : Amirish Puri , Roshan Seth , Philip Tan , David Yip , Philip Stone and Dan Aykroyd . |
383,192 | 449,021 | 113,309 | 8 | Hell on earth . | Excellent . Recounted are the events leading to President Truman's decision to drop an A-bomb on Hiroshima in 1945 and its aftermath . Filmed primarily in " tinted " black and white with the weaving of newsreel and stock footage . Witness testimonials put the explanation point on the haunting depictions . Kenneth Welsh is uncanny in his portrayal of Truman . Other stars of note are : Richard Masur , Leon Pownall , Wesley Addy , Daisaku Akino , David Gow , Ken Jenkins and Naohiko Umewaka . A must for WWII and history buffs . |
383,491 | 449,021 | 364,569 | 8 | Revenge can devour you and spit you out . | Perverse , obtuse , profane , controversial ; but award-winning revenge drama about a common businessman ( Min-sik Choi ) with a family and a habit of getting drunk after work being kidnapped and put in a makeshift prison . He is incarcerated for no obvious reason ; his prison resembles a rundown hotel room . . . but there is no windows and a locked steel door . This becomes his home for fifteen years ; he is finally allowed to watch TV where he sees that he is a wanted man for murdering his wife and daughter . He contemplates suicide several times , but mostly he works out and writes of his situation in a journal . Just like he was kidnapped , he is set free and being obsessed in his wanting to carry out his revenge . . . a young sushi chef ( Hye-jeong Kang ) helps him find his captors . This South Korean film includes scenes of torture , sexuality and ultra-strong violence . This one is not easy to forget . If you are serious about your movies , OLDBOY should not be overlooked . Also in the cast : Ji-tae Yu , Seung-Shin Lee and Dae-han Ji . |
384,208 | 449,021 | 78,788 | 8 | It smells like a nightmare ! But it is just napalm in the morning . | APOCALYPSE NOW REDUX ( 2001 ) features forty-nine minutes added to Francis Ford Coppola's surreal Vietnam epic . A dillusional , but loyal and steadfast Capt . Willard ( Martin Sheen ) accepts a classified mission to terminate Col . Walter Kurtz ( Marlon Brando ) , who is a loose cannon that has strayed from the program . Kurtz is not of sound mind or deed and has crossed over into Cambodia where he reigns God-like over a renegade outpost . Coppola succeeds in presenting his highly ambitious depiction of the disturbing horrors of war . Not only are Brando and Sheen excellent ; Robert Duvall is in top form in his short screen time . Other notable cast members are : Frederic Forrest and Dennis Hopper . Scott Glenn , G . D . Spradlin , Harrison Ford and R . Lee Ermey all have minor roles . Sam Bottoms and a young Laurence Fishburne are cardboard and pedestrian . Carmine and Francis Coppola are responsible for the majority of the brilliantly eerie soundtrack that also features The Doors and Flash Cadillac . I can't really explain how the best can actually get better ; but you owe it to yourself to see the expanded version of this masterpiece . |
382,430 | 449,021 | 381,966 | 8 | Hidious fiend homesteads subway tunnels . | Christopher Smith writes and directs this tense creepy thriller . Kate ( Franka Potente ) is an attractive model agency broker , who leaves a party to go to another . It is near the midnight hour and she falls asleep in a London subway station . Upon awakening she realizes she is the only one locked in the subway tunnels . . . or is she ? Before long the lanky blonde is being chased in her pitch-dark subterranean hell by a deformed and deranged fiend ( Sean Harris ) . F / X are graphic , gripping and sustains unimaginable panic . CREEP is an effective horror flick that haunts and taunts . The hair on the back of your neck will stand erect and scream . Supporting cast : Paul Rattray , Vas Blackwood and Kelly Scott . |
382,468 | 449,021 | 82,971 | 8 | Adventure masterpiece . | Written by George Lucas and directed by Steven Spielberg , RAIDERS of the LOST ARK is a template for success in the genre . Indiana Jones ( Harrison Ford ) is a man's man , professor , acclaimed archaeologist and international adventurer that is hired by the US Government to locate the mystical Ark of the Covenant . Indy will need the aid of his ex-flame Marion Ravenwood ( Karen Allen ) , no stranger to archeology or adventure , as he embarks on a thrill filled quest for the Ark . He must make his discovery before a team of Nazis do . There is poison , snakes and plenty of traps as obstacles in the adventurous trek that leads to Nepal , marketplaces in Cairo , treacherous jungles in South America and a top-secret Nazis submarine base . In the end Indy and Marion witness the glorious unleashed power of the Lost Ark before the US Authorities have their way with the Biblical treasure . Others in this apt cast : John Rhys-Davies , Paul Freeman , Alfred Molina , Ronald Lacey and Wolf Kahler . This grand story of bravery , persistence and determination is glued together with the outstanding musical score by John Williams . This is the start of something good . |
384,354 | 449,021 | 43,265 | 8 | Classic adventure for the times . Bogart and Hepburn . | This John Huston classic combines drama , adventure and romance within a background of war . Humphrey Bogart and Katharine Hepburn are at , some say , their very best . In WWI Africa , a Bible-thumping spinster Rose Sayer ( Hepburn ) tries hard to turn the other cheek when her missionary brother is killed . A hard drinking riverboat captain Charlie Allnut ( Bogart ) offers the strait-laced lady what he thinks is the safest passage down an African river . Captain Charlie is as rustic as Rose is prim and proper . Along the slow cruise , Rose persuades Allnut to destroy a German gunboat . The two battle aquatic obstacles and themselves . The riverboat will end up needing some repair and before long the unlikely couple find affection for each other . Also featured : Robert Morley , Theodore Bikel and Peter Bull . This movie's allure has and will further endure the test of time . |
383,320 | 449,021 | 91,763 | 8 | Strangle hold on reality . | This is the movie that sets the standard for the war flicks that followed . This is Oliver Stone's Oscar winning account of a young man's tour of duty near the Cambodian border , circa 1967 . Innocence is the first thing to go ; pride is what a survivor takes home along with memories that will haunt for a lifetime . Tom Berenger and Willem DaFoe lead a very good ensemble cast that features Charlie Sheen , Forrest Whitacker , Kevin Dillon and Johnny Depp . |
384,100 | 449,021 | 30,044 | 8 | Young British fliers become defenders of the sky . | Exciting and equally dark , this remake of Howard Hawks's original ( 1930 ) starring Douglas Fairbanks , Jr . This World War I drama finds Basil Rathbone as Major Brand , the ruthless commander of a squadron of British fliers . Capt . Courtney ( Errol Flynn ) and Lt . ' Scotty ' Scott ( David Niven ) are hard drinking aces that beg Brand for more time to train new pilots . Brand doesn't like losing his fliers , but is forced by his own superiors to keep pushing the green pilots beyond their abilities . Brand turns his command over to Courtney . Will the camaraderie remain the same , or will Capt . Courtney become as disliked as Brand ? Director Edmund Goulding makes extensive use of the breathtaking aerial combat scenes used in the original . Terrific movie . Flynn and Rathbone are dynamic together . Other players include : Barry Fitzgerald , Donald Crisp , Melville Cooper and Carl Esmond . |
384,492 | 449,021 | 765,443 | 8 | Dark and forbidding . | David Cronenberg directs a thriller set in the underbelly of London . Russian-born Nikolai ( Viggo Mortensen ) is a driver for one of the most ruthless crime families of Eastern Europe . He is a chauffeur that has more skills than his employer can imagine . The family is headed by Semyon ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ) , who hides himself as the owner and proprietor of a Siberian restaurant . His tragic and cruel son , Krill ( Vincent Cassel ) , is the family enforcer . Nikolai is protecting a truer identity trying to get close enough inside the crime family to bring it down . He ends up meeting a pretty midwife Anna ( Naomi Watts ) , who accidentally possesses a dead young girl's diary that has enough evidence to bring Semyon's crime family to its knees . Mystery , deceit , murder and bodily harm seems to be a part of an unstoppable chain of events around the translation of the few pages of diary . Provocative with very bloody violence , graphic sexuality and full male nudity . Also in the cast : Mina E . Mina , Sarah-Jeanne Labrosee and Sinead Cusack . |
383,337 | 449,021 | 29,843 | 8 | The exceptional swashbuckler for the ages . | A genuine classic from directors Michael Curtiz and William Keighley . Adventure , bravery and romance . Robbing the rich and giving to the poor . . . the colorful and dynamic swashbuckler Robin Hood ( Errol Flynn . Fighting nobly for justice and the common man , the dashing Robin Hood duels the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne ( Basil Rathbone ) and foils the dastardly wicked Prince John ( Claude Rains ) ; all the while . . . Robin strives to win the hand of Maid Marian ( Olivia de Havilland ) . A classic example of good trumping evil . Flynn is rousing and fearless . Rathbone is a superb villain . Miss de Havilland is beautiful and flawless . The supporting cast is more than apt : Eugene Palette , Alan Hale , Patric Knowles , Una O'Connor , Ian Hunter and Melville Cooper . Not to be overlooked is the Oscar-winning score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold . |
383,880 | 449,021 | 462,322 | 8 | Grissly violent double feature not to be missed . | Strong graphic violence , blood , guts , gore , exploitation , gratuitous nudity and every kind of inappropriate material possible . . . and too damn much fun to miss out on . With a running time of 3 hrs 12 min , directors Quentin Tarantino and Robert Rodriguez offer two full-length movies in a awesome horror double feature even with fake coming attractions . In Rodriguez's " Planet Terror " , a town is ravaged by zombies with seeping , oozing sores . Trying to save the community is an exotic dancer ( Rose McGowan ) , whose leg has been ripped from her body , and her ex-boyfriend ( Freddy Rodriguez ) . In Tarantino's " Death Proof " , a hot radio personality ( Sydney Tamila Poitier ) is ready to let loose with a girl's night out . Things really heat up when they meet Stuntman Mike ( Kurt Russell ) . GRINDHOUSE is an experience and pleasurable indulgence full of explosions , fast cars , big breasts , fist fights , splattering blood , big breasts , car crashes , disembowelment , bigger explosions , bigger breasts , lewd and lascivious action and vulgar inappropriate language . Talk about an ensemble cast . . . just a few of the other familiar players : Josh Brolin , Jeff Fahey , Vanessa Ferlito , Danny Trejo , Michael Parks , Mary Elizabeth Winstead , Zoe Bell , Marcy Harriell , Bruce Willis , Eli Roth , Tarantino and a Nicolas Cage cameo . |
382,005 | 449,021 | 95,953 | 8 | Barry Levinson directs a masterpiece . Greed or family ? | Well acted . Well written . One of my favorites . A greedy young hustler ( Tom Cruise ) seeks to reunite with his brother played by Dustin Hoffman . Hoffman's character is an idiot savant and has just inherited the bulk of their father's estate . Cruise takes Hoffman out of the asylum and back into the mainstream hoping to talk him out of his share of the inheritance . This drama does have some very , very funny moments provided by Hoffman . All is well that ends well . I have watched this over ten times and have not tired of it yet . Super movie ! |
382,499 | 449,021 | 47,550 | 8 | A scriptwriter meets a real challenge . | SUSAN SLEPT HERE is a cute comedy about a Hollywood scriptwriter Mark Christopher ( Dick Powell ) , a former Oscar winner , having trouble scripting another smash . His hardworking typist Maude ( Glenda Farrell ) is about to her wits end as well . Christopher has had an idea of writing a script about juvenile delinquency and on Christmas Eve he is given custody of a spunky 18 year old troubled teen off the street . . . Susan Landis ( Debby Reynolds ) . This is really not appreciated by Mark's gofer Virgil ( Alvy Moore ) and his fiancé Isabella ( Anne Francis ) is in a slow boil with the lid ready blow . The situation is all quit innocent until it seems Mark decides to marry the young girl to keep her out of jail . Now he really has material for a new script . Also in the cast : Horace McMahon , Herb Vigran , Les Tremayne and Maidie Norman . |
382,622 | 449,021 | 92,099 | 8 | Powerful . Macho . Action packed romantic drama . | The top 1 % of the nation's flyers gather for fighter pilot training . Outstanding maneuvers in the sky . Great soundtrack embellishes the hi-jinks , action and drama . You walk away from this one proud and pumped . This had to be a Godsend to the military recruiters ! I can watch this one again and again . Tom Cruise , in probably his best role . Kelly McGillis goes by the name of Charlie , but looks all woman to me . Wow ! ! Val Kilmer plays a good hard ass villain type . Anthony Edwards , Tim Robbins and John Stockwell are air jockey buddies . Tom Skerritt plays the mentor . Meg Ryan has a small , but very noticeable part ; cute , funny and loud . Excellent photography and sound that will not let you snooze . Don't miss one of the best of its kind . TOP GUN is tops . |
382,867 | 449,021 | 57,129 | 8 | Creepy is a pretty good word for it . | Director Robert Wise lets our imaginations slide into overdrive . This is an eerie adaptation of Shirley Jackson's " The Haunting of Hill House " . Dark shadows , noisy doors and loud sounds from who-knows-where . Perfect lighting and atmosphere for a genuine horror tale . ' Nell ' Lance ( Julie Harris ) is the skeptical heir of a reputed haunted mansion that will share her first weekend there on the hill with a parapsychologist Dr . John Markway ( Richard Johnson ) and other guests . It seems there are ghosts in the mansion that does not appreciate visitors . All-the-while , Nell's sanity is very questionable . Bloodless , no gore ; but subtle horror exudes . Other cast members : Claire Bloom , Russ Tamblyn , Fay Compton , Valentine Dyall and Lois Maxwell . |
382,383 | 449,021 | 401,088 | 8 | One helluva ride . Dale is # 1 ! | This is a well-spirited bio picture honoring Dale Earnhardt . This film chronicles the life of probably the best loved NASCAR driver to date . Earnhardt , who was known as " The Intimidator " , won multitudes of NASCAR titles over the course of his career . Spectacular and pulse pounding finishes was his fashion and sustained his prominence in the sport . This movie deals with the Earnhardt's relationships with his father ( J . K . Simmons ) , his wives and children including Dale , Jr ( Zachary Dylan Smith ) , who follows in his footsteps . Triumph and tragedy make up the legacy of this unprecedented champion and his career . True Earnhardt and NASCAR fans will be the first to notice discrepancies in this film . Remember its the thought that counts . Racing fan or not , you will find this movie very interesting . Other cast members : Elizabeth Mitchell , Greg Thompson , David Wilson , Andrea Powell , Sean Bridgers and David Sherill . |
384,023 | 449,021 | 35,530 | 8 | Doomed Marines fight to the last man . | Arguably one of the better WW2 movies . As Pearl Harbor is being devastated , a limited number of Marines on the small Pacific island Wake face an onslaught of Japanese prowess by sea and air . Knowingly outnumbered , these brave men put up the good fight for pride and country . John Farrow directs this action packed film that is commended for the moral boost it provided . The special effects are very good considering the era and technology available . I've watched this flick several times over the years and it still has an appeal . The very talented cast includes : Brian Donlevy , Robert Preston , William Bendix , Albert Dekker , Macdonald Carey and watch for Rod Cameron , Hugh Beaumont and Frank Faylen . |
384,314 | 449,021 | 25,878 | 8 | Say hello to a very interesting couple . | This screwball comedy / murder mystery launched a very successful series that pleases with each viewing . William Powell is Nick Charles , a semi-retired detective that ends up in the middle of murder capers that are solved with the aid of his lovely wife Nora played by Myrna Loy . This charming couple love their alcoholic refreshments and that is part of the running comedy . Their dog Asta shares in the comic relief . A missing man ( William Henry ) and his stolen bonds are the center of this episode that would later be followed by five other popular movies . Also in the cast is : Maureen O'Sullivan , Nat Pendleton , Cesar Romero and Minna Gombell . |
383,102 | 449,021 | 338,751 | 8 | To know him is to understand him . | Martin Scorsese directs this biopic that peaks at the life / career of eccentric billionaire industrialist Howard Hughes ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) . Beginning in the late 1920's to the mid 1940's Hughes directed movies , would test fly innovative aircraft of his own design and battle his physical disabilities . His life long phobias and his obsessive-compulsive disorder would cause him to exile himself from friends , lovers and business stalwarts . The world he once believed to own would become a secret world unto himself . Most interesting is his relationships with Katharine Hepburn ( Cate Blanchett ) , Jean Harlow ( Gwen Stefani ) and Ava Gardner ( Kate Beckinsale ) . Alan Alda plays Senator Ralph Owen Brewster . Jude Law is cast as Errol Flynn . Close business associate Noah Dietrich is played by John C . Reilly . Also in the cast are : Alec Baldwin , Willem DeFoe and Ian Holm . THE AVIATOR runs almost three hours and is well worth the time . Photographed and scored masterfully . |
384,064 | 449,021 | 884,328 | 8 | A real chiller . THE MIST from the master . . . Stephen King . | Absolutely no disappointment . Writer / director Frank Darabont successfully adapts for the screen , Stephen King's short story about frightening things lurking in a nasty fog . After a violent thunderstorm , artist David Drayton ( Thomas Jane ) , his son Billy ( Nathan Gamble ) and next door neighbor Mr . Norton ( Andre Braugher ) go into a small town in Maine for supplies . A mysterious fog slowly engulfs the community and townsfolk seek shelter in a local grocery store . They are warned of " things " in the mist killing people . Terror sweeps the group and adding to the paranoia and fright is a religious zealot Mrs . Carmody ( Marcia Gay Harden ) preaching fire and brimstone . Huge mosquito-like creatures start attacking the grocery . Now the crowd knows a little of what is to come . Local rumors target a nearby military top-secret project going awry causing this possible end of days . Nevertheless , Drayton and the survivors must face-off against each other . . . Mrs . Carmody's new followers and those few that believe in taking a chance against what else hides in the mist . The atmosphere created is urgent and chilling . The creatures are fearsome . The gore is top shelf . And the disturbing images are just that . Monsters in the mist against mankind . There's winners that become losers ; ultimately . . . Stephen King done right . No disappointment here . Also in the cast : Laurie Holden , Toby Jones , Frances Sternhagen , Jeffrey DeMunn and William Sadler . |
382,584 | 449,021 | 432,021 | 8 | Do you know Alice . . . the world is on her shoulders . | Very good Sci-Fi with violence throughout . Alice ( Milla Jovovich ) has been subjected to biogenic experimentation . She is pretty and pretty damn volatile with super-human abilities . Superior strength and dexterity and she is hiding in the shifting sands of Nevada . She joins forces in the desert with Carlos Olivera ( Oded Fehr ) and L . J . ( Mike Epps ) . There are new survivors Claire ( Ali Larter ) , K-Mart ( Spenser Locke ) and Nurse Betty ( Ashanti ) combining forces to eliminate a deadly virus that has been created to turn every human on earth in the living undead . Outstanding F / X and visually exciting with hard hitting action . Ashanti is very impressive . Others in the cast : Christopher Egan , Matthew Marsden , Joe Hursley , and Linden Ashby . |
384,346 | 449,021 | 317,219 | 8 | Do doubt . . . an instant classic . | An absolute joy to watch . One of the better animated features is an understatement . Lightning McQueen ( Owen Wilson ) is a hotshot , outspoken rookie race car that lives for speed . He finishes in a three way tie with The King ( Richard Petty ) and Chick Hicks ( Michael Keaton ) for the chance to go on to the Piston Cup Championship race in California . On the way west , an unexpected detour finds Lightning in an almost forgotten town , Radiator Springs , on Route 66 off the interstate . McQueen makes true friendships with some quirky characters - - including Mater ( Larry the Cable Guy ) , Sally ( Bonnie Hunt ) , Luigi ( Tony Shalhoub ) and Doc Hudson ( Paul Newman ) , who happens to have won the Piston Cup several times in his faded career . Among other voices featured are : John Ratzenberger , Cheech Marin , Michael Wallis , Bob Costas and George Carlin . Helping rev up the action is a super soundtrack that features : Sheryl Crow , Rascal Flatts , James Taylor , John Mayer and Brad Paisley . You owe it to yourself to relax and be entertained . CARS is not to be missed . |
383,307 | 449,021 | 416,449 | 8 | Outstanding and highly graphic . | An absolute knock-out . Photography as good as it gets . 300 is based on a historically-inspired comic book series later to become the novel by Frank Miller . The retelling of the Battle of Thermopylae circa 480 B . C . may be historically inaccurate , but hell fire its a great movie . King Leonidas ( Gerald Butler ) of Sparta collects his best soldiers numbering 300 strong to defend against a Persian invasion . Leonidas knows this battle will be suicidal , so he only selects men that have sired a male child to continue linage . The mission calls for stopping King Xerxes's ( Rodrigo Santoro ) invasion of Greece at Thermopylae . A hunchbacked Ephialtes ( Andrew Tierman ) betrays the Spartan's planned passage through the narrow cliffs ; this will allow the Persians too surround the overwhelmed Spartans . Dilios ( David Wenham ) is dispatched to tell the story of the sacrificial battle and to expound the glory of the 300 . This film contains tremendous in-your-face graphic battle scenes . Lena Headey plays Queen Gorgo . Also in the massive cast : Dominic West , Vincent Regan , Tom Wisdom and Michael Fassbender . 300 is awesome . |
384,047 | 449,021 | 929,237 | 8 | Almost perfect plan for revenge . | Well thought out . Interest sustaining story . Christie ( Danielle Kind ) is almost twenty and has led a very miserable life . Three years after her parent's divorce , her father committed suicide ; but Christine is easy to blame her Uncle Ray ( John Wesley Shipp ) for his despondence . The vengeful Christie comes up with a diabolical plan to get even with her Uncle and puts a meticulous plan in motion . She moves in with Ray and his wife Miranda ( Cynthia Gibb ) and their daughter ( Annie Boviard ) . Christie will employee a willing accomplice Selene ( Anastasia Phillips ) to turn her Uncle Ray's life upside down and inside out . She is hellbent on avenging her father's death . |
383,389 | 449,021 | 462,200 | 8 | Stark , real and torrid . Can you hear the moan ! | In two words . . . hot damn ! This scorching drama is derived from a 1927 song by Blind Lemon Jefferson . Lazuras ( Samuel L . Jackson ) is a God-fearing former blues musician , who is bitter and broken from a cheating wife . His soul seems lost in his crop of butter beans . One fateful day , he finds the town nymphomaniac Rae ( Christina Ricci ) half naked and beaten unconscious on the side of the road . He takes her home to nurse her her back to health . The panties and crop top sex addict is tied with a forty foot chain to the radiator for her safe keeping . Lazuras and his bible will be forced to combat Rae's darkest demons . Things almost become deadly when Rae's husband Ronnie ( Justine Timberlake ) returns early from the Army . Jackson learned to play the guitar for this role and really belts out some blues . Ricci softly sings a Sundy school song . And a doe-eyed blonde in panties is not required to sing well . Also heard are Bobby Rush , R . L . Burnside , the Dixie Nighingales and the Heartless Bastards . Jackson and Ricci are outstanding , deeply and very believable in their roles . Also in the cast : S . Epatha Merkerson ( Law and Order ) , John Cothran Jr . and Michael Raymond-James . |
383,832 | 449,021 | 424,136 | 8 | Fiendish thriller . | Is a little girl that looks like a woman suppose to do things that women do ? HARD CANDY is a sadistic chiller full of hard sweat suspense . Hayley ( Ellen Page ) is a 14 year old girl that seems to have the wisdom of a woman a bit older . On the internet , she converses with an easy enough to like photographer ( Patrick Wilson ) , that she eventually meets for coffee . Jeff , the photographer , charms the girl into coming to his house for a possible photo shoot . Hayley suspects Jeff of being a pedophile and after her hard delving investigation , she decides to impose revenge for all the young girls he may or may not have harmed and emotionally hurt . Hayley , much smarter than she appears , drugs Jeff and initiates a merciless revenge " below the belt " . This flick is thoroughly riveting and terror personified . Sandra Oh makes a brief unimportant appearance . Wilson gives everything he's got . And Page is just amazing . . . a twenty year old playing the part of a 14 year old girl . She is very convincing and absolutely awesome . |
384,240 | 449,021 | 490,204 | 8 | Dark , but very enlightening . | A powerfully wonderful movie . You are held in a death-grip once you let yourself get involved with the story . A successful dentist , Alan Johnson ( Don Cheadle ) , is torn in a life crisis of balancing his career with his family . He notices his former college roommate Charlie Fineman ( Adam Sandler ) and wants to touch base . He finds that Charlie , who lost his wife and family in the 9-11 attack on America , is no longer in touch with reality . . . choosing to involve his mind with his favorite music from the past and video games . The former roommates rekindle their friendship and strengthen their former bond . Johnson has his friend Angela Oakhurts ( Liv Tyler ) , a psychiatrist , to try and bring Charlie out of his grief . . . but it is Alan that accomplishes in getting his friend to emerge from his deep darkness . Jada Pinkett Smith plays Johnson's wife . Writer and director Mike Binder plays the role of Charlie's attorney / guardian . Also in the cast : Saffron Burrows , Donald Sutherland , Adell Modell and Robert Klein . Outstanding soundtrack featuring the likes of Bruce Springsteen , Graham Nash , Pear Jam and The Pretenders . NOTE : I have never been a Sandler fan ; but I found him outstanding in this role . In some of the scenes , I thought out loud . . . why has he never been approached to play singer / songwriter Bob Dylan in a biopic . |
382,850 | 449,021 | 442,933 | 8 | A classic Old English poem comes to life . | Director Robert Zemeckis presents BEOWULF in a digitally enhanced live action Sci-Fi fantasy . Very visual with intense violence and ' simulated ' sexual sequences . Why wasn't high school English literature this exciting ? If you happen to be a Beowulf purist this movie may cause some agony . King Hrothgar ( Anthony Hopkins ) and his people and magnificent mead hall are being terrorized by the horrific monster Grendel ( Crispin Glover ) . Hrothgar puts out the word for anyone with a strong army to come band with his own soldiers to battle the monster . It is the mightiest warrior of them all , Beowulf ( Ray Winstone ) and his cadre of soldiers to the rescue . The acclaimed hero destroys the demon Grendel and incurs the wrath of the monster's sexy and seductive serpentine mother ( Angelina Jolie ) . The battle will echo through the ages , immortalizing the memory and name of Beowulf . Superior eye-candy . With Jolie at the top of the list ; you have to be impressed with the bloodshed and gore , the dripping blood and oozing entrails . The cast also features : Robin Wright Penn , Julene Renee , John Malkovich , Brendan Gleeson , Alison Lohman , Greg Ellis and Sebastion Roche . |
383,189 | 449,021 | 171,804 | 8 | Powerful . Eye opening . True life story ! | Director / co-writer Kimberly Peirce puts on the screen a rather frank and sordid love story that ended in a tragic murder in 1993 . A young girl in Lincoln , Nebraska leaves her home to try and live out her preferred life style , that as a boy . Suffering a gender identity , Teena Brandon / Brandon Teena lived a short alienated life ; but found a soul mate that finally accepted the love of a lonely person . In Teena's mind , she is a young man trapped in a girl's body . After the transgender roll playing was discovered , Teena / Brandon was brutally raped and finally shot to death . This movie will not be for everyone . The profanity and violence is relevant to the tragic story . The rape scene is very intense and not easy to watch . The shock of the whole thing is that this is a true story . Sympathy and compassion are part of comprehension . This movie will be hard to forget . Hilary Swank's Oscar winning portrayal of Teena / Brandon is much to talk about . Chloe Sevigny , as the soul mate Lana , is worthy of praise as well . Also in the cast are Jeanetta Arnette and Alicia Goranson . |
383,936 | 449,021 | 102,388 | 8 | Touching drama about first love . | Reese Witherspoon plays Dani , a young country girl that falls madly in love with the new 17 year old neighbor , Court , played by Jason London . Court tries his best to make Dani realize that the difference in their ages would make a love relationship improbable . Soon the nubile charm of Dani starts winning over Court's will . Next enters the meeting of Dani's older sister , played by Emily Warfield , and the beginning of a short lived love / jealousy problem . Tess Harper and Sam Waterston round out the cast . This is a fresh , free spirited ; but heartbreaking drama that touches down deep . Feel free to cry . |
382,515 | 449,021 | 278,504 | 8 | Don't go to sleep ! There is a crime to solve . | This is a thriller that just keeps stacking on the intrigue and excitement . Powerful and masterful acting . Al Pacino is a high profile detective that goes to Alaska with his partner to help out in a murder case . Hilary Swank plays a young cop that is also trying to solve the crime along with the Alaskan police . After Pacino accidentally kills his partner , he is blackmailed by the hunted sadistic killer ( Robin Williams ) who witnessed the shooting . When Pacino is not playing cat and mouse with Williams , he is trying like hell to get some sleep ; but sleep doesn't come . Pacino is convincing and it is really interesting to see the darker side of Williams . Swank is actually impressive and could have handled a meatier role . Kudos to director Christopher Nolan for the atmospheric chiller . Highly recommended . |
383,104 | 449,021 | 362,269 | 8 | Research shocking the world . | Sex is as secretive as a whisper in a hurricane and at the same time has the urgency and power of a hydrogen bomb . Alfred Kinsey ( Liam Neeson ) , a biology professor at Indiana University , unknowingly changed American culture when his " Sexual Behavior in the Human Male " was published in 1948 . Kinsey grew up the son of an engineering mentor and sometimes preacher ( John Lithgow ) . Rebelling against his rigid father , Kinsey became a zoologist from Harvard and began an extensive study of the gall wasp . At Indiana University , he met and married the open minded female student , Clara McMillen ( Laura Linney ) and began his gathering of data on sexual behavior . The project of gathering sexual histories would consist of thousands of interviews . Kinsey would recruit a team of researchers ( Timothy Hutton , Peter Sarsgaard and Chris O'Donnell ) developing a technique to get people to forget about the guilt and shame and speak candidly of their sexual thoughts and activities . Kinsey would be thought of as a Godsend for American males and females alike . Kinsey drug sex out of the closet and set in motion a sexual revolution . Neeson and Linney are superb . Rounding out the cast of this eye opening bio / drama are : Oliver Platt , Tim Curry , Dylan Baker and Veronica Cartwright . Frank and graphic sexual content and images earns KINSEY a strong R rating . Kudos to Oscar-winning director Bill Condon . |
384,459 | 449,021 | 60,196 | 8 | There is a fortune in gold to be found . | THE GOOD , THE BAD AND THE UGLY is the final and finest of director Sergio Leone's ' dollar ' trilogy . The good : Joe ( Clint Eastwood ) . The bad : Sentenza or Angel Eyes ( Lee Van Cleef ) . The ugly : Tuco ( Eli Wallach ) . Joe , also known as Blondie , is a shiftless gunman with a touch of honor . Angel Eyes , is a hit-man who always gets his assignment done . . . usually in a sadistic manner . Tuco is a Mexican bandito always looking out for his own interest . . . without a conscience . These three are looking for Confederate gold worth $200 , 000 . The cache is buried in a nameless grave . . . but who will be the first to get his hands on it ? The finale proves borderline hypnotic as Tuco pathetically runs in circles through the graveyard looking for the hidden treasure . This surely ranks with the best westerns of all time . Other cast members : Claudio Scarchilli , Benito Stefanelli , Livio Lerenzon and Aldo Giuffre . Ennio Morricone's wonderful score will echo in your mind long after the final credits roll . |
383,271 | 449,021 | 187,393 | 8 | Pride . Honor . Every brave man takes his turn . | This is a wonderful movie that will restore pride and let you walk away with the feeling of viewing a masterpiece . Bravery can be found in every age , creed and color . Mel Gibson is superb as Col . Benjamin Martin , who reluctantly leads a volunteer militia to heroic fighting in the American revolutionary war . Col . Martin is known as ' The Ghost ' for the way he stymies and makes fools of the British commanders . Revenging the death of his young son , Martin is fearless and relentless . The battle scenes are brutal and power packed . A rough and bumpy ride you won't soon forget . Also appearing in this smoke filled war drama are : Heath Ledger , Lisa Brenner , Jason Isaacs and Chris Cooper . |
383,133 | 449,021 | 408,524 | 8 | Is sportsmanship that important anymore ? | If you think that bad taste is funny . . . be ready to laugh your butt off . This is not to be confused with the Walter Matthau Bad News Bears of 1976 . Watching this team of misfits is somehow refreshing . Morris Buttermaker ( Billy Bob Thornton ) , a former major league pitcher who saw of an inning in the big leagues , is hired by Liz Whitewood ( Marsha Gay Harden ) to coach her son and a group of little league rejects . Butterworth , currently working as an exterminator ; drinks beer constantly , chain smokes cigars and doesn't particularly like children ; but reluctantly takes on the job of coaching these talent-challenged kids . A thorn in Buttermaker's side is the coach ( Greg Kinnear ) of the returning champions . To the rescue comes his estranged daughter ( Sammi Kraft ) and a neighborhood tough guy ( Jeff Davies ) . Thornton is hilarious as the grousing coach . Nobody could play this role any better . And impressive is Kraft , who was discovered in a public park and reportedly can throw a 72 mph fastball . Crude , rude and a whole lot of fun to watch . |
382,374 | 449,021 | 404,203 | 8 | Devious minds and lonely hearts intertwine . | Based loosely on the novel of the same name , LITTLE CHILDREN , is provocative , gripping and erotic . A couple of interesting focal points ; a neighborhood living in fear of a pedophile , Ronnie ( Jackie Earle Haley ) ; and a relationship born of necessity and lust . Sarah ( Kate Winslet ) and Brad ( Patrick Wilson ) are saddled with children and both very unhappy in their marriages . Their relationship began on a dare , while their children played in the park . Sarah , an outsider with a major in English literature . . . now a stay at home mom , becomes disenchanted with her successful husband ( Gregg Edelman ) when she finds him sniffing panties and masturbating in front of his computer . Brad , whom the neighborhood women call " the prom king " , is frustrated with not being able to pass his bar exam and his nagging filmmaker wife ( Jennifer Connelly ) . Sarah and Brad's illicit relationship is fueled by their new found lust . Meanwhile , the convicted sex offender Ronnie is having major problems coping with his miserable and secluded life . An extraordinary drama that sheds light on the human stain . Also in the cast : Phyllis Somerville , Catherine Wolfe and Mary B . McCann . |
384,097 | 449,021 | 443,706 | 8 | Extremely compelling saga of the " Zodiac " . | Edge-of-your-seat drama based on two non-fiction books by Robert Graysmith about the Zodiac killer . The ruthless serial killer haunted and terrorized the San Francisco Bay area in the 60's and 70's ; leaving citizens and police authorities in a constant state of panic and shock . The killer would mock detectives and news reporters by leaving a series of ciphers and menacing letters with the promise of his identity . The trails of evidence yielded false leads . The true story behind the murders is still considered one of the most perplexing cases of unsolved crimes in modern history . Cartoonist Graysmith ( Jake Gyllenhaal ) , reporter Paul Avery ( Robert Downey Jr . ) , inspector David Toschi ( Mark Ruffalo ) and partner William Armstron ( Anthony Edwards ) sacrificed their personal lives and careers with their almost obsessive investigation and hunt for the Zodiac . Intense movie that grabs a hold and doesn't let go . Also in the cast : Elias Koteas , John Carroll Lynch , Chloe Sevigny , Brian Cox and Dermot Mulroney . |
382,538 | 449,021 | 117,665 | 8 | Profoundly : friends to the end . | Barry Levinson directs this powerful and gripping crime drama . A youthful prank goes very wrong for four young boys growing up in New York's Hell's Kitchen . The childhood bud's are sent to a brutal reform school where they find out it is not how tough you act . . . its the stamina to sustain your very life . Many years later their torture and rape is still not spoken of . Two of the childhood friends come across the head guard ( Kevin Bacon ) and they execute their revenge . When charged with murder , ' Shakes ' ( Jason Patric ) and Mike ( Brad Pitt ) unite to exact revenge for the brutal rapes and tortures they survived . Very strong sexual content with graphic violence . Riveting and suspenseful . This strong cast includes : Robert de Niro , Dustin Hoffman , Vittorio Gassman , Billy Crudup , Minnie Driver , Bruno Kirby , Terry Kinney , and Ron Eldard . Some very dramatic performances and a story that is hard to forget . Highly Recommended . |
382,556 | 449,021 | 90,180 | 8 | Riveting crime drama . | Director William Friedkin sculpts the screenplay of Gerald Petievich's novel . After his partner is killed days away from retirement . Secret Service agent Richard Chance ( William Peterson ) starts a ruthless search to find who is responsible . His new partner ( John Pankow ) is not really thrilled with Chance's methods , but he honors the code of a partner is a partner . A story line with cops and counterfeiters , loads of violence and a rambunctious car chase and nudity is enough to keep you in your seat . Peterson is impressive . Wilhem Dafoe is a great bad guy . Others in the cast : John Turturro , Debra Feuer , Dean Stockwell and Robert Downey Sr . |
384,499 | 449,021 | 486,655 | 8 | Fantastic fantasy treat . You've just got to see it . | Based on a Neil Garman novel , STARDUST is pleasing to the eye and a great escape flick . Wicked witches , flying pirates , greedy princes and a very magical and forbidden land beyond a protective wall . Tristan ( Charlie Cox ) is trying to win the heart of the beautiful , but cold Victoria ( Sienna Miller ) . He promises her a fallen star that has landed behind the village wall . He finds the star is not a star at all , but a celestial beauty named Yvaine ( Claire Danes ) . A fairytale-like adventure really gets underway when the wicked witch Lamia ( Michelle Pfeffer ) tries to steal Yvaine's youth . Tristan pledges allegiance to protect the lovely Yvaine , and he doesn't know it yet . . . he is falling in love with her . Also in the cast : Robert De Niro , Peter O'Toole , Melanie Hill , Henry Cavill , Jason Fleming and Mark Strong . Photographed beautifully . De Niro is a hoot to watch . Danes is simply adorable . Rated PG-13 for fantasy violence and a bit of risqué humor . That should not be a deterrent though . STARDUST is magical . |
384,291 | 449,021 | 844,708 | 8 | Well made graphic remake . | A contemporary remake of Wes Craven's controversial 1972 shocker . Briefly after arriving at her family's vacation house on the lake , Mari Collingwood ( Sara Paxton ) and her best friend are abducted , terrorized and brutally raped and left for dead by a prison escapee Krug ( Garret Dillahunt ) and his crew . Near-death and wounded Mari manages to swim back to the summer house . The terrorist take refuge from a storm in the Collingwood's retreat . When Mari's parents John ( Tony Goldwyn ) and Emma ( Monica Potter ) realize that their visitors are responsible for their daughter's condition suppress their rage just long enough to vow to make them suffer a brutal and grisly death . A strong R rating for violence , nudity , profanity and sexual abuse . Very tense , but gratifying . Also in the cast : Riki Lindhome , Aaron Paul , Martha Macisaac , Michael Bowen and Spencer Treat Clark . |
383,457 | 449,021 | 848,557 | 8 | Geogre A . Romero masterpiece . | The legendary George A . Romero continues his string of " dead " flicks and this one will not let the zombie fans down . Probably the most daring and relentlessly gruesome of them all . Intense , grisly , guts hanging out and heads exploding . . . the high-master of gore adds to his reputation for stomach turning realistic special effects . A group of college film students are trying to complete a short film assignment when Pennsylvania is hit with the pandemic rise of flesh-hungry zombies . It seems all of the buried dead around the world , not shot through the head , rise to raise some hell and chow down . A group of the students struggle for survival while filming the shocking events along their trek to safety . This is Romero at his best . The cast includes : Michelle Morgan , Josua Close , Amy Lalonde , Joe Dinicol , Shawn Roberts and Tatiana Masiany . |
382,568 | 449,021 | 426,459 | 8 | It's a gore feast ! And a hoot . | Buddies Matt Damon and Ben Affleck , combined with the services of Chris Moore and horror master Wes Craven , produce a rollicking horror comedy . Kudos to John Gulager for his quirky direction . A group of strangers find themselves trapped in a roadside tavern in the middle of nowhere ; this diverse gathering must get their s - - t together and in a hurry , for they are about to have one hell of a struggle on their hands . . . a battle for survival against a family of creatures hungry to feast on flesh . Blood and guts spew , shoot and splatter . Messy body parts are a byproduct that seems to stack up . A motley crew of actors , that are a hoot to watch in this almost tongue-in-cheek dismemberment , includes : Krista Allen , Jenny Wade , Duane Whitaker , Henry Rollins , Jason Mewes , Clu Gulager , Diane Goldner , Balthazar Getty and Tyler Patrick Jones . A conclusion : Allen is one tough good lookin ' chick . Note : Clu Gulager , of course , is the veteran actor of stage and screen ; and father of the director . Goldner is the director's wife . |
382,530 | 449,021 | 64,177 | 8 | Man vs machine . Intelligence can be dangerous wisdom . | This is an under rated Sci-Fi gem . Absolutely powerful story line leaving no room for cob webs in your mind . Dr . Charles Forbin ( Eric Braeden ) puts his life's work into creating a super intelligent computer that links up with a similar machine created by the U . S . S . R . and tries to hold the world hostage . Dramatic dialogue and crafty schemes seem just enough to outwit the computerized meglomaniac . Tension is tight and privacy is a cherished commodity . Braeden , who later would become a major TV soap opera character Victor Newman , is outstanding in this role . Susan Clark plays one of his co-workers and pretends to be his lover in trying to fool the computer . Gordon Pinsent plays the concerned President , while Lenoid Rostoff plays his Russian counterpart . William Schallert is the calm and cordial Director of the CIA . Other notables in the cast are Marion Ross and Georg Stanford Brown . If you get the chance to see this Cold War thriller . . . by all means check it out . If you want to leave your brain at the door , forget it . . . you will need it . |
382,263 | 449,021 | 135,659 | 8 | Give him what he wants . | Craig Baxley directs the script written by Stephen King inspired by his novel " The Storm of the Century " . Intrigue , mystery and horror . The population of Little Tall Island off the coast of Maine is getting ready for one hell of a storm . . . the storm of the century . A mysterious man ( Colm Feore ) arrives and seems to know the little nasty secrets of the townsfolk . Mother Nature's big blow is not enough . . . the haunting stranger seems to be the cause of murder and suicide . The island is controlled by fear as the stranger threatens not to leave unless the community gives him what he wants . There could have been gore galore , but this well photographed thriller was released as a TV mini-series . The snow scenes brings back memories of THE SHINING . Feore is haunting and captivating . Other stand outs in the cast are : Tim Daly , Casey Siemaszko , Becky Ann Baker and Spenser Breslin . There is a quick glimpse of King on the TV before it is shattered . If you haven't read King's novel of the same name . . . you will now want to . |
382,085 | 449,021 | 756,707 | 8 | Real dirty fight flick . | MILLION DOLLAR BABY is a pantywaist compared to RIGGED . As good as that acclaimed movie is , RIGGED is just as real and powerful as FIGHT CLUB . And Rebecca Neuenswander is a knockout . FIGHT NIGHT is about the underground boxing circuit . . . from Dalhart , Texas to Tulsa , Oklahoma and Kansas City , Missouri to Miami , Florida . Michael Dublin ( Chad Ortis ) is a full-time con man , a product of the circuit traveling from town to town with one scam to another . You have to get in line to get a piece of him . . . enemies outnumber his friends . Dublin comes across the best scam of his career when he meets Katherine Parker ( Neuenswander ) , a female bare-knuckled fighter that possess more skills than any man twice her size . Dublin and Katherine hit the road with what he calls ' fight-rigging , in-reverse ' . Every abandoned warehouse , country fair and seedy basement bar seems more and more like the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow . Dublin's extra shady past was meant to catch up with him as the stakes get higher and danger is just a left jab away . Even the relationship between Katherine and ' Dub ' travels to an unexpected place . Brutal violence and strong language star equally in this hard punching drama . Others in the cast : Kurt Hanover , David Alan Graf , DeeDee Arps and John Wilson . |
382,968 | 449,021 | 824,747 | 8 | Emotional drama about a mother's love . | Another Clint Eastwood effort snubbed . This time directing the ever beautiful Angelina Jolie in a role where her acting abilities step to the forefront . It is 1928 , and Los Angeles single mother Christine Collins ( Jolie ) leaves to go to work and returns home to find that her son Walter ( Gattlin Griffin ) has vanished without a trace . Her efforts are relentless , while the Los Angeles Police Department appears to be lacking in eagerness to continue their search for the boy . After five months , a little boy is returned to her . . . but it is not her son . She seems to be going up against the whole police department , but actually it is just Capt . J . J . Jones ( Jeffrey Donovan ) trying to make Miss Collins look delusional . Public opinion and the press get involved ending in exposing the world of corruption in which the LAPD let itself wallow in . The time period is depicted well . The story is touching and memorable . Photography and editing seems flawless . Also in the cast : John Malkovich , Jan Devereaux , Frank Wood and Colm Feore . |
383,100 | 449,021 | 465,602 | 8 | Non-stop action with high body count . | Absolutely adrenaline driven with a body count so high you lose count . Bloody and violent and a damn powerful movie . Hardboiled and angry , Mr . Smith ( Clive Owen ) delivers a baby in the middle of a rapid fire gun battle . The baby's mother dies , so Smith enlists the help of a lactating hooker named DQ ( Monica Bellucci ) to protect the child while he tries to unravel the mystery as to why the baby's life is being threatened . Newspapers for diapers and a cameo bullet proof vest will be the little one's attire for the time being . It ends up a cat-and-mouse game on a grand scale opposite a maniacal hit-man named Hertz ( Paul Giamatti ) . The game is bloody , violent and very volatile . . . and deadly is putting it mildly . Not for the faint of heart . Also in the cast : Stephen McHattie , Julian Richings , Daniel Pilon and Tony Munch . |
383,586 | 449,021 | 257,044 | 8 | You are your father's son . | Tom Hanks like you've never seen him before . Hanks plays Michael Sullivan , " The Angel of Death " . He is a hitman for his surrogate father John Rooney ( Paul Newman ) an elderly Irish mob boss . Sullivan's young son ( Tyler Hoechlin ) witnesses what his father does for a living and both are soon on the road for seven weeks robbing banks to avenge the murder of Sullivan's wife and other son . Enter Jude Law as a reporter / photographer willing to kill Sullivan himself for the chance to add to his collection of photos of dead mobsters . Filmed beautifully catching the drama of life in the 30's . Sometimes the pace bogs down , but then a burst of graphic violence sustains the story . Director Sam Mendes directs this powerful drama about loyalty , responsibility , betrayal and the bonding of a secretive man and his young son . Other notable cast members are : Dylan Baker , Stanley Tucci , Daniel Craig and Jennifer Jason Leigh . Hanks again proves to be excellent in a very memorable movie . Make room for some Oscars ! |
382,540 | 449,021 | 408,306 | 8 | Is it really just an eye for an eye ? | Steven Spielberg directs this riveting movie based on real events . The world was stunned as it watched the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich . Eleven Israeli athletes were held captive and then slaughtered . A former bodyguard for Isreali Prime Minister Meir ( Lynn Cohen ) named Avner ( Eric Bana ) is assigned to lead a team to track down eleven Palestinian terrorist responsible for the Olympic killings . The mission monikered " Operation Wrath of God " had Avner and his squad of assassins crisscrossing Europe and America to eliminate the terrorist group known as Black September . You make think a running time of 2hrs and 44mns as lumbering ; but MUNICH has the ability to hold your interest throughout . Tremendously engaging . John William's musical score is intense and deliberate . Other featured actors : Daniel Craig , Ayelet Zurer , Ciaran Hinds , Hanns Zischler , Mathieu Kassovitz and Geoffrey Rush . |
384,112 | 449,021 | 814,075 | 8 | Astonishing . Beloved priest . . . a child molester . | Written and directed by filmmaker Amy Berg , DELIVER US FROM EVIL is an expose that is appalling , frustrating and infuriating . The crime is heartbreaking and life-changing and absolutely unforgivable . This is the frank account of a Roman Catholic priest , Oliver O'Grady , who for 20 years raped and sodomized multitudes of children that were entrusted to his personal and spiritual care . The Catholic Church's California hierarchy with full knowledge of O'Grady's sinful perversion kept quietly transferring him to another parish . . . then another . . . and another . Molesting boys and girls and even a nine month old baby girl ; O'Grady appears on camera confessing and acknowledging his life as an habitual child molester . His hideous proclivities sustained in each new parish and the congregations had no insight of their new priest's past as he garnered each new source of victims . To this day O'Grady walks free in native Ireland . Also appearing in this documentary : Father Thomas Doyle , Cardinal Mahony , attorney John Manley , theologean Patrick Wall , Governor of Oklahoma Frank Keating and by way of archive footage Monsignor Cain and Pope Benedict XVI . |
383,169 | 449,021 | 40,369 | 8 | The last western outpost . . . Fort Apache . | Classic western . Not exactly the real west . . . but John Ford's west . Almost methodical and definitely deliberate with very good characterization . Lt . Col . Owen Thursday ( Henry Fonda ) takes command of his last regiment and seems to cross each man with his arrogant and ' by-the-book ' demeanor . The only soft spot would be for his daughter Philadephia ( Shirley Temple ) who accompanied him west . Capt . Kirby York ( John Wayne ) disagrees with Thursday's tactics , but honors his glory-seeking new commander . . . even when it comes to sure disaster . Huge action scenes beautifully photographed and staged in the famous Monument Valley . Justice , honor and heroism flourishes like many if not most of Ford's projects . A very accomplished supporting cast includes : Ward Bond , Victor McLaglen , Anna Lee , Guy Kibbee and John Agar's debut . Wayne is Wayne . Fonda is opposite of being type cast and is excellent . Temple is still a darling at the ripe old age of twenty and already married to co-star Agar . Fort Apache was constructed on Crash Corrigan's Movie Ranch in Simi Valley . If FORT APACHE is not a classic , I don't know what is . |
383,531 | 449,021 | 443,632 | 8 | Above the call of duty or traitor ? | Suspense thriller with all the goods ; very interesting . Pete Garrison ( Michael Douglas ) has already laid is life on the line for a former president ; now the current President Ballentine ( David Rasche ) has Garrison , a well respected career agent , heading the detail guarding the First Lady ( Kim Basinger ) . There as never been a traitor in the Secret Service in 141 years ; and now Garrison is suspected of treason . While in fact , the only thing Pete is guilty of is having an affair with the First Lady . Hot on the trail of Garrison are Agent Breckinridge ( Kiefer Sutherland ) and rookie Agent Marin ( Eva Longoria ) ; all the while Garrison is trying to foil a conspiracy to assassinate the President . An edge-of-your-seat thriller with gripping suspense from beginning to end . This has to be Douglas ' best movie in years . Also of note in the cast : Martin Donovan , Blair Brown and Raynor Scheine . |
383,303 | 449,021 | 381,849 | 8 | One of the greatest westerns ever . | Everything you could ask for from a western . I rate this one right up there with UNFORGIVEN ( 1992 ) and TOMBSTONE ( 1993 ) . The 1957 original starring Glen Ford and Van Heflin was pretty darn good ; but Russell Crowe and Christian Bale makes this 3 : 10 to Yuma one of the great ones . Full flavor shoot-em-up western . A more than well photographed movie about Arizona filmed in New Mexico . A desperate farmer ( Bale ) struggles to support his ranch and family through a harsh drought . He accepts 200 dollars to help transport a notorious bad man ( Crowe ) to the railroad depot to board the 3 : 10 to Yuma for imprisonment . The gang leader does everything including bribery to sway the farmer into letting him escape . Excellent efforts from Peter Fonda , Ben Foster , Gretchen Mol and Logan Lerman . Without the violence and strong language you would have a TV show not a great movie . Catch the 3 : 10 and you'll be happy to do it again . |
382,381 | 449,021 | 465,551 | 8 | Jealousy reveals secrets . | Richard Eyre directs this enticingly nasty little tale . More or less based on the 2003 novel by Zoe Heller , this movie is clever and sensational . A dewy eyed attractive Sheba Hart ( Cate Blanchett ) starts her first teaching assignment at St . George's School in the north of London . Some see through her supposed innocence . She at first is loathed by the school's spinster Barbara Covett ( Judi Dench ) . With a stressful and mundane home life , the attractive Sheba enters an illicit sexual relationship with one of her fifteen year old students ( Andrew Simpson ) . Barbara's lesbianism is not a secret among her peers . The elder and much respected teacher quickly turns her sights on the attractive Sheba ; and Barbara mentions this in the journal she has written for years . . . placing a gold star on her better days . Barb with her hidden desires accidentally witnesses Sheba and her young paramour in the act of oral sex after school . Ms . Covett reveals her discovery to the winsome Sheba and begins her blackmail in hoping to consummate the lesbian affair she desires . In a jealous rage , Barbara blows the whistle on Hart in turn starting the ruin of her marriage and career . Sheba temporarily moves in with the elder teacher only to find well kept journals revealing the real intentions of her secret admirer's hidden desires . |
382,229 | 449,021 | 40,338 | 8 | Did the butler do it ? | This is a Graham Greene thriller . A small boy , Phillipe ( Bobby Henrey ) , hero worships the household butler , Baines ( Ralph Richardson ) , working in the French embassy in London . When Baines ' wife ( Sonia Dresdel ) accidentally falls to her death , it is investigated as a murder my Inspector Crowe ( Denis O'Dea ) , Detective Ames ( Jack Hawkins ) and Detective Hart ( Bernard Lee ) . Phillipe is the only eye witness and it appears he is being forced to say his hero is a murderer . Kind of slow at the start , but interest is keenly sharpened before this British classic reaches its finale . Other players : Walter Fitzgerald , Joan Young and Geoffrey Keen . |
383,695 | 449,021 | 377,471 | 8 | Absolutely cool ! | This sequel to 1995's GET SHORTY has former loan shark enforcer Chili Palmer ( John Travolta ) looking to get out of the movie business and going into the music business . Chili comes to the aid of a recently widowed music exec ( Uma Thurman ) to jump start the career of a newly discovered chanteuse ( Christina Milian ) . Three other people are haggling to get a piece of the rising diva's future fame . There is her recently dismissed controller ( Vince Vaughn ) , who thinks he is a hip black manager ; there is his boss ( Harvey Keitel ) , who is slime persona-fide and a very upscale gangsta-rap producer ( Cedric the Entertainer ) . This sequel is pretty slick ; and to be exact . . . pretty damn cool . Travolta's Chili Palmer usually gets what he wants and knows how to make things happen . Plus he gets on the dance floor again with Thurman . This couple is what you get when you join sly with sexy . Most of the comedy comes from The Rock , an obviously gay bodyguard and Andre Benjamin , of the group Outkast , who is a gun happy minion of a Hummer driving entourage . Milian is very likable and struts her stuff appearing in a duet with Steven Tyler of Aerosmith . Also in the cast is an inept hit-man played by Robert Pastorelli in his last performance before his death by accidental heroin overdose in 2004 . This role was a stretch from the role that made him famous on TV's MURPHY BROWN . If you liked GET SHORTY , you will welcome this cool crime comedy . |
382,623 | 449,021 | 395,584 | 8 | The family that slays together . . . well , slays together . | Jump back or strap yourself down . This is gore deluxe and I love it . THE DEVIL'S REJECTS is a sequel to Rob Zombie's HOUSE OF 1000 CORPSES ( 2003 ) . Not so campy ; instead grisly , nasty depravity . Sheriff Wydell ( William Forsythe ) and a band of armed officers ambush the homestead of a redneck family of psycho serial killers . Mother Firefly ( Leslie Easterbrook ) is taken alive , while Otis ( Bill Moseley ) and little sister Baby ( Sheri Moon Zombie ) escape annihilation and join up with partner in crime , Captain Spaulding ( Sid Haig ) , a local celebrity television clown . The body count rises as they humiliate , torture and relentlessly kill anyone that gets in their way . The trio seeks shelter in a whore house in the Fun Town hideaway . Sheriff Wydell , wanting to avenge his brother's death by the Firefly family , makes the decision to over step his authority and cross that line separating law and lawlessness . The finale is high-octane with one of the most ruthless and violent showdowns you've probably ever seen . Writer , director , creator Zombie can be proud of his naturalistic , sadistic and intense kill-fest . THE DEVIL'S REJECTS features one of the most prolific uses of the ' F'word . Strong sexual content comes with the blatantly obvious ' R ' rating . Supporting cast features : Priscilla Barnes , Danny Trejo , Michael Berryman , Ken Foree and Geoffrey Lewis . An outstanding choice of southern rock provides musical backdrop and some songs will never mean the same again . You'll hear The Allman Brother's Band , Elvin Bishop , Steely Dan , Lynyrd Skynyrd , Joe Walsh and even Three Dog Night and David Essex . |
383,693 | 449,021 | 315,733 | 8 | What is life ? | Stark and deeply dark . 21 GRAMS is the telling of three disparate people who become linked as a result of an ill-fated auto accident . Jack Jordan ( Benicio Del Toro ) is a born-again Christian ex-con , who accidentally kills a family on his way home from work . He turns himself in and finds himself behind bars again guilt-ridden . Cristina Peck ( Namoni Watts ) is a woman fighting her drug addiction as she is given the news of her husband and two daughters being killed in the car accident . In the midst of her grief , Cristina agrees to donate her husband's heart to a math professor , Paul Rivers ( Sean Penn ) suffering congenital heart disease . Upon release from the hospital , Paul hires a detective to seek out Cristina . Soon they enter a doom-stricken romance and future that is shared with the self-loathing Jordon . Through the pity and remorse , the self righteous ex-con feels Paul and Cristina should not be together . This is a real passionate movie that suffers the distraction of darting back and forth from past to present to past . 21 GRAMS is very volatile , animalistic and no less riveting . There is so much self-hatred guilt and urgent sexual expression it is hard to find just a glimmer of hope or optimism . Tragedy kills ambition . |
383,127 | 449,021 | 465,494 | 8 | Thoroughly riveting . An assassin with a number . | A mega selling video game comes to life on the silver screen with a high body count and enough action to have you hanging on the edge of your seat . You just won't want to miss a second of this thriller . A genetically-engineered assassin known only as Agent 47 ( Timothy Olyphant ) , works for a top secret organization and his talents as an elite marksman is for hire to eliminate high profile targets . His grace is lethal and his precision is beyond remarkable . His target is Russian President Belicoff ( Urich Thomsen ) , who will prove to be a double assignment . When 47 is double-crossed on the mission , he becomes the hunted . . . by Interpol and the best of the Russian military . He also has to deal with unfamiliar emotions , when a beautiful and mysterious Russian woman ( Olga Kurylenko ) supplies him information about Belicoff . Sauve and deadly 47 deals violent retribution and reigns supreme in life-or-death games . This movie definitely provides the big bang for your buck . Very scenic locations and beautiful photography . Also in the cast : Dougray Scott , Robert Knepper , Michael Offei and James Faulkner . |
383,866 | 449,021 | 55,796 | 8 | Powerful story of the ways of the sea . | A classic . Herman Melville's short novel comes to life in distinguished black and white cinematography . Peter Ustinov directs , co-writes , produces and stars in this stirring tale of might verses right on a British warship in 1797 . Ustinov plays Captain Vere with Robert Ryan as his Master d'Arms John Claggart . Terence Stamp makes his debut as the young Billy Budd , an uneducated naive seaman forced to serve in the British Navy during the war against the French . The innocent Budd is easily liked by the experienced crew ; and a mutiny almost erupts when the charming Billy is tried for murder . Well directed and acted . Powerful original music by Antony Hopkins . The very strong supporting cast includes : Melvyn Douglas , John Neville , Paul Rogers , Victor Brooks , John Meillon and David McCallum . Too good to miss . |
382,211 | 449,021 | 486,822 | 8 | Cabin fever spawns suspicions . | Better than expected and very interest sustaining . O . J . Caruso directs this tense tale of high school senior Kale ( Shia LaBeouf ) , who punches one of his teachers and is put under house arrest . Under surveillance by way of an ankle bracelet , Kale becomes a voyeur taking interest in everything from his suburban bedroom windows . He almost immediately finds himself smitten with his new attractive next door neighbor Ashley ( Sarah Roemer ) . Trouble starts to brew as he observes and suspects another neighbor , Mr . Turner ( David Morse ) , of being an elusive serial killer . With the help of Ashley and classmate Ronnie ( Aaron Yoo ) , a dangerous investigation begins . Supporting cast includes : Carrie-Anne Moss , Jose Pablo Cantillo and Viola Davis . |
382,025 | 449,021 | 473,188 | 8 | Things aren't always what they seem . | Almost non-stop action . Tim Kearney ( Paul Walker ) is a former Marine , and a three time loser and is serving his time in prison . His life has the chance to change when a scheming DEA agent , Ted Gruza ( Laurence Fishburne ) , needs somebody to impersonate drug lord Bobby Z ( Jason Lewis ) , who has died of a heart attack while in a prison in the Philippines . Gruza wants to trade Bobby for a DEA agent held in Mexico . Kearney is a dead ringer and sees his chance to pull a double cross and remain a free man . Soon things go awry and he is chased by a biker gang , Mexican drug profiteers and Gruza with his own agenda . Tim gets valuable help from one of the real Bobby Z's ex-girlfriends ( Olivia Wilde ) . Plenty of explosive action and a story that sucks you in . Others featured : Keith Carradine , Rebecca Chaney , Joaquim De Almeida , Jason Flemyng and JR Villarreal . |
383,517 | 449,021 | 482,572 | 8 | Riveting story of family ties . | Gavin O'Connor directs and co-writes what sometimes looks brilliant . . . then appears like a muddled mess . Definitely an intense crime drama . Ray Tieney ( Edward Norton ) is a reputable homicide detective and good at what he does . A recent NYPD drug bust goes bad leaving two cops down and two should wish they were . Ray's father ( Jon Voight ) , a high ranked police official , pressures him into taking the lead in investigating what looks like a corruption scandal in the making . One big problem is that the precinct targeted is run by his brother ( Noah Emmerich ) . Problem two is Ray's fellow officer and brother-in-law ( Colin Farrell ) may also turn out implicated as a dirty cop . The more Ray finds out family ties tangle and pride is tarnished . When cops turn on cops it isn't pretty . When families fall apart it is another thing . This strong cast is supported by : Jennifer Ehle , Frank Grillo , Lake Bell and John Ortiz . |
384,294 | 449,021 | 116,999 | 8 | Ironically there is humor found in illness . | MARVIN'S ROOM is a character-driven drama based on the Scott McPherson play . Director Jerry Zaks manages to get the best from an all-star cast . Bessie ( Diane Keaton ) is a care-giving soul that discovers she has her own health dilemma . Bessie takes care of her bedridden father Marvin ( Hume Cronyn ) , who always seems to be nicely dressed right down to his bow tie . Marvin has retired himself to his room . Aunt Ruth ( Gwen Verdon ) is a handful that is not too damn close reality . She likes to wear a garage door remote around her waist and insists on huge hugs . Bessie is told by her own physician ( Robert De Niro ) that she has leukemia and needs bone marrow . She is forced to contact her sister Lee ( Meryl Streep ) with whom she has had a 20-year old feud . Lee , a beautician , seems to be only interested in supporting herself and two sons . Ten-year old Charlie ( Hal Scandino ) does well to stay sane by ignoring the drama that surrounds him . On the other hand 17 year-old Hank ( Leonardo DiCaprio ) is earthy and troubled after being institutionalized for burning down the house . There is a lot of emotional ground the two sisters must decide on to discard and what to forgive and forget . The characters are so well defined and its easy to understand where each is coming from . Isn't it great that life allows humor to be found in times of discouragement and ill-fortune . |
383,134 | 449,021 | 405,159 | 9 | When a dream coming true is destiny . | Marvelous . Outstanding . The only thing I can find wrong is the film's title . . . MILLION DOLLAR BABY . This is a drama that packs a punch . Clint Eastwood directs and stars as Frankie Dunn , a cautious and wise gym owner and former boxing manager . His gym is managed by one of his former fighters Eddie ' Scrap Iron ' Dupris ( Morgan Freeman ) . Their lives take on a new perspective when a thirty-something waitress Maggie Fitzgerald ( Hilary Swank ) comes to the gym hoping to find a manager and trainer to help her escape poverty by becoming a boxer . Maggie and Eddie are convincing enough to change Frankie's mind about training a woman for the ring . Maggie proves to have the determination and the punch to become an acclaimed fighter . The fighting scenes are well choreographed and exciting . This emotional , powerful story has an unexpected and heart rendering finale . Eastwood , Swank and Freeman are excellent . Also in the cast : Jay Baruchel , Lucia Rijker and Mike Colter . This movie deserves every one of its accolades . |
382,412 | 449,021 | 493,464 | 9 | Impressive , brutal and relentless . | One Hell-of-a ride and worth slinging off the sweat and jumping back on again . Outstanding special effects and butt kicking action that just keeps on coming . Wesley Gibson ( James McAvoy ) is a high anxiety suffering account consultant letting his miserable job consume his life . His pathetic existence changes when he finds out his estranged father was a super assassin belonging to a thousand year old secret society of killers known as the Fraternity . He is groomed by the drop-dead gorgeous assassin Fox ( Angelina Jolie ) and under the watchful eye of the group's leader Sloan ( Morgan Freeman ) . Wesley has the same superior abilities as his father and has been selected to kill the rogue member who murdered him . In due time Wesley will learn the keys to his own destiny . This thrill-fest also stars : Terence Stamp , Thomas Kretschmann , Common and Marc Warren . |
382,706 | 449,021 | 101,198 | 9 | Erotic crime drama series . Close to excellence . | Stephen J . Cannell created one my most favorite TV series SILK STALKINGS . Stalking ran from 1991 to 1999 on CBS and then USA . Mitzi Kapture as Detective Rita Lance and Rob Estes as Detective Chris Lorenzo made the show what it was . Two detectives solving sexually-based crimes in Palm Beach , Florida ( although the show was filmed in Sand Diego , California ) . It was this duo's job to catch killers among the rich and well-known among sharp dressed men and scantily-clad bomb shells . Although the budget was said to be tight , the screen always seemed to be filled with vivid color and modern eye candy . The close working relationship between Estes and Kapture at times pseudo erotic is so smooth and easy to watch . The series became very mediocre when the original duo left for other projects . First being replaced by Nick Kokatkis and Tyler Layton ; who would be replaced with Chris Potter and Janet Gunn . Ben Vereen was versatile as Lorenzo and Lance's first supervising Captain . He later would be replaced by the very apt Charlie Brill . Catch SILK STALKINGS on DVD at BlockBuster . You will really enjoy it or even fall in love with it all over again . Highly recommended . |
382,970 | 449,021 | 415,856 | 9 | Dakota Fanning is marvelous . | Outstanding and memorable drama set in rural Alabama in the late 1950s . The focus is on Lewellen ( Dakota Fanning ) , a precocious and free spirit living in isolated desperate repression . Lewellen lives with her Grammie ( Piper Laurie ) , but spends most of her time with her Daddy ( David Morse ) and his girlfriend Ellen ( Robin Wright Penn ) in his dilapidated shack . Young Lewellen finds solace and safety in the music and movements of Elvis Presley . She idolizes Elvis and at the drop of a hat she can sing " Hound Dog " complete with Elvis-like movements . When it is announced that Elvis is actually coming to town , the young girl is desperate to find money for a ticket . Her friend Buddy ( Cody Hanford ) , who would do anything for his closest pal promises to get her a ticket for the concert . When it is time to collect the ticket , she is raped by a much older boy and the ticket is given to Buddy . She is demoralized and her free spirit is compromised . If that is not enough for her to deal with , her Daddy is struck by lightning and his fried mind will never be the same . As Grammie is left to take care of Daddy , Lewellen considers going away with Ellen . HOUNDDOG is very moody and you can almost feel the currency challenged South . Photography is well done and captures the time period . There is music by Gisburg Smilek and of course Elvis's " Hound Dog " , " Heartbreak Hotel " and " Peace in the Valley " . Miss Fanning's imitations of Elvis are charming and heartfelt . To be exact Fanning is superb in this role . For those worried about the rumors of child pornography . . . be assured there isn't any ; but expect tragedy , hopelessness and loss of innocence . It seems I have waited almost two years for this movie's release ; and I'm not disappointed . Now to nitpick : it is very doubtful Elvis would drive down a back road in the middle of nowhere . . . alone . Lewellen is urged to sing " Can't Help Falling In Love " that didn't exist until late 1961 . And when Daddy returns after a brief disappearance and gives Lewellen the gift of an Elvis record . . . that particular record label wasn't used by RCA until March of 1976 . |
383,507 | 449,021 | 39,305 | 9 | Don't upset Bogie , the madder the tougher . | Geronimo . Exceptional Film-Nior starring Humphrey Bogart hard and rugged as ever . Bogie plays Captain ' Rip ' Murdoch , who is traveling to Washington , D . C . with fellow paratrooper Johnny Drake ( William Prince ) to accept their Medals of Honor . Drake disappears and ' Rip ' follows him to his hometown where he discovers that he has been burnt to a crisp in a questionable auto accident . Murdoch searching for the truth meets with Drake's girlfriend ' Dusty ' ( Lizabeth Scott ) and immediately gets involved in blackmail and murder . Very good performances from Bogart and the husky-voiced Scott . Plenty of suspense and cigarette smoke . Other players : Morris Carnovsky , Marvin Miller and Wallace Ford . |
382,748 | 449,021 | 368,709 | 9 | Angst . Dispare . A new understanding of life . | Charming , heartfelt and very engaging . Reality can be believable . Drew Baylor ( Orlando Bloom ) , a hot-shot shoe designer , is overwhelmed when his sneaker design fails and causes his company a loss of near $100 million . Not only does he lose his job , the hands of fate are hard handed with the news of the death of his father . On his trip back home he meets a vibrant , beautiful and unstoppable Claire Colburn ( Kirsten Dunst ) . Drew goes to Elizabeth , Kentucky to bring his father home to Oregon . Meeting his dad's side of the family is a bit smothering ; but there is the assurance and comfort in the arms of the adorable Claire . Bloom has top billing and for once I found him impressive . But Dunst is the bomb . Damn , she is honestly adorable and this may just be her finest role to date . Other notable performances are turned in by Susan Sarandon , Gailard Sartain and even Paula Deen from TV's Food Channel . Supporting cast includes : Jessica Biel , Alec Baldwin and Paul Schneider . ELIZABETHTOWN is embellished with an infectiously incredible soundtrack . Kudos to writer / director Cameron Crowe proving once again he understands the spirit of the young in body and soul ; and is a down right genius . |
383,040 | 449,021 | 83,866 | 9 | Blockbuster of 1982 . Spielberg masterpiece . | Much talked about heartwarming and cherished movie from Steven Spielberg . Unparalleled magic and imagination that touches hearts of all ages . A 10-year-old boy Elliott ( Henry Thomas ) befriends an extra-terrestrial accidentally left behind on Earth . A moving story of Elliott helping the lost little alien learn of ways on Earth and then the dependence of his brother and sister to elude scientists and government agents from apprehending the little E . T . for their own purposes . Wiht help E . T . manages to " phone home " . Scenes of friendship with no earthly bounds and humorous moments as a young Drew Barrymore almost steals the show . A sensational and magical score by John Williams . At one time this film held the honor of being the highest grossing movie of All-Time . Rounding out the cast : Dee Wallace , Peter Coyote , Robert Macnaughton , C . Thomas Howell and K . C . Martel . |
382,388 | 449,021 | 74,235 | 9 | Exceptional look at Americans in protest . | Director Hal Ashby's screen presentation of Woody Guthrie's autobiography is cinematic pleasure . Bleak and heartfelt , sympathetic and proud . Guthrie ( David Carradine ) as a young man was trying to support his wife Mary ( Melinda Dillon ) and two small children by painting signs during the Dust Bowl of the 1930s . Just like a multitude of Okies , he left Texas thinking salvation would come from the fields of California . He left his wife and kids with her family and jumped on a west bound freight . Riding the rails with others like him , the protest singer he was gathered more ideas for his mournful and sad songs of protest . As a migrant worker in the San Fernando Valley , he continued writing songs about the sights he had seen and the sorrows he shared . He joined up with Ozark Bule ( Ronny Cox ) on the radio . He not only sang his songs of union organizing , he was proud of his share of brawling against union-busters . His radio job in shambles , Guthrie hit the rails again heading east to New York and a bigger audience to present his songs of protest to . If anything good came from the Great Depression it was Woody Guthrie . Carradine did his own singing which is impressing itself . This movie captured the feel of America and her people during a deliberate and testing time . Also in the cast : John Lehne , Gail Strickland , Ji-Tu Cumbuka , Elizabeth Macey and Randy Quaid . |
383,022 | 449,021 | 109,450 | 9 | The " Georgia Peach " was actually NO peach . | This is a damn good biopic about baseball legend Ty Cobb . Not much baseball action , but a not-to-miss movie if you are a real baseball fan . Cobb was probably the most hated ballplayer in history ; but definitely one of the best . . . and that for sure is debatable . This movie shows what happens when a biographer discovers that the truth is far less glamorous than the legend . Respected and well liked sportswriter Al Stump ( Robert Wuhl ) gets assigned and requested by the subject to write the bio of Ty Cobb ( Tommy Lee Jones ) . Stump travels through a major winter storm to Cobb's home in Tahoe . Cobb is dying and wants his story to be told . . . his way . Cobb mistreats , slanders , belittles and humiliates Stump at every opportunity . Stump has to battle not only his subject by his own values as to either candy-coat his story or present an accurate picture of the disgusting , racist , drunken and bitter Cobb . Most of Cobb's story is mythical and exaggerated . Even Ty would tell you he is a ' damn liar ' . He was definitely someone to reckon with on the ball field . With his spaced hand grip was one of the greatest hitters of his era . He was known for sliding into second or third with cleats raised to his opponent's knees . And sliding home would even raise his cleats crotch and stomach high . His nickname was " The Georgia Peach " , but he was by all means no peach . He retired in 1928 with over 90 records . In 1936 , he was the very first player to be elected to the National Baseball Hall of Fame . Cobb was so disliked by other players , only 4 showed up at his funeral in 1961 . Ty Cobb was quoted " When I began playing the game , baseball was about gentlemanly as a kick in the crotch . " I've seen this movie several times and urge any sports fan to watch this story of a unique athlete . |
383,508 | 449,021 | 39,689 | 9 | Evocative Film-Noir . Hard not to like . | A very definitive noir classic directed by Jacques Tourneur . You can't get much better than this . Jeff Bailey ( Robert Mitchum ) , a chain-smoking former-gumshoe trying to change his life by running a small gas station in Connecticut , is visited by a man from his past ( Paul Valentine ) . Joe Stephanos urges Jeff to take a small trip to meet with a wealthy gambler / mob guy Whit Sterling ( Kirk Douglas ) . Sterling wants to hire Bailey to track down his jilted lover Kathie ( Jane Greer ) , who left a slug in his shoulder and disappeared with a small fortune in cash . Bailey takes the offer and finds the femme fatal in Mexico with no idea what the gambler's former mistress plans on doing and with whom . Not only is Sterling concerned with Jeff's situation , but also is his former detective partner ( Steve Brodie ) and local love interest ( Rhonda Fleming ) . Sets and scenery are superb . And a finale that you don't expect . Also in the cast : Dickie Moore , Richard Webb and Virginia Huston . |
382,786 | 449,021 | 404,802 | 9 | She knew what she wanted . And she thought it was right . | An HBO Presentation of high caliber . Very interesting and captivating . Gretchen Mol plays Bettie Page , who grew up in a religious family in 1940's Nashville , Tennessee . She loved being photographed and in the 1950's , she became a legendary pinup model . Some of her photos were so provocative that they led to a U . S . Senate investigation into pornography ; and targeting her immensely popular fetish poses . Miss Page was just a small town girl that with her winsome " look " became an erotic icon that enthralls fans to this very day . Fimed in glorious B & W , with bits of color . Miss Mol IS Bettie Page . The cast also features : David Strathairn , John Cullom , Lili Taylor , Chris Bauer and Cara Seymour . |
383,509 | 449,021 | 884,224 | 9 | Leave it to America to make business out of war . | Hilarious satire starring the talented John Cusack , who also helps write and produce . Cusack plays cold as ice and hot as Tabasco hit-man Brand Huaser , who is sent to Turaqistan , a country occupied by an American private corporation run by a former U . S . Vice President ( Dan Aykroyd ) . Hauser's assignment is to kill a Middle Eastern oil minister Omar Sharif ( Lyubomir Neikov ) . Hauser's cover is to masquerade as a trade-show director and sustain his cover by organizing a high-profile wedding of outrageous and over-sexed pop star Yonica Babyyeah ( Hilary Duff ) . Sidetracking the high toted assassin is a head strong reporter ( Marisa Tomei ) . You can tell Cusack put a lot of work into this film . He is terrific . Duff and Tomei also make the very best of their roles . Duff may be the one who really stretches her character . Also in the cast : Ben Kingsley , Joan Cusack and Ned Bellamy . The voice of Hauser's Humvee GudeStar is that of Montel Williams . You hardly realize this flick runs 107 minutes . If you dig outrageous political satire , WAR , INC should ring your bell . |
383,082 | 449,021 | 47,396 | 9 | Tremendous thriller . Classic Hitchcock . | In ' 54 , I was seven years old and this is one of the first ' grown up ' movies I remember seeing . I have seen it at least ten times since and realize seeing something different each time . James Stewart is a photographer in a wheelchair recovering from an accident . He passes the time by watching his neighbors out his apartment window . He thinks that he witnessed a murder and has trouble convincing his girlfriend , Grace Kelly , to help prove a crime was committed . Three scenes that always stuck with me : ( 1 ) Stewart fighting off his attacker with flashbulbs ( 2 ) the smoldering kiss ( 3 ) the glowing cigarette in the dark apartment . Every bit a classic . I think this is THE BEST Hitchcock movie . No offense intended toward PSYCHO , but this movie has the more human aspects of fear and terror . This super cast includes Raymond Burr , Thelma Ritter and Wendell Corey . |
384,493 | 449,021 | 373,883 | 9 | Halloween . . . the remaking of a classic . | Rob Zombie re-invents John Carpenter's HALLOWEEN . Zombie writes and directs this remake of the 1978 slasher masterpiece and turns it into the ultimate stab-a-thon . The director really goes out on a limb successfully as he shows us how Michael Myers became one of the most memorable psychopaths on screen . We witness a young Michael ( Daeg Faerch ) as a child killing his mother's ( Sheri Moon Zombie ) worthless boyfriend , Ronnie ( William Forsythe ) , his older sister and her boyfriend . Not to mention beat the daylights out of a bully from school . Years of therapy with Dr . Loomis ( Malcolm McDowell ) does little for the institutionalized Michael ( Tyler Mane ) . After his escape , the masked maniac goes on a bloody rampage that will thrill most hardened of horror fans . Bloody-disgusting . The most violent HALLOWEEN you've ever seen . This retelling of something so familiar is well worth the effort . Faerch is absolutely amazing . Also in the cast : Danny Trejo , Scout Taylor-Compton , Brad Dourif , Leslie Easterbrook , Clint Howard , Danielle Harris and a bit part for Micky Dolenz . |
384,215 | 449,021 | 45,029 | 9 | Everybody has their troubles . | Very good movie . Very good stars . Very good story . David Trask ( Gary Merrill ) , is an attorney that has left his wife because of an affair and by circumstance is the sole survivor of an airplane crash . He has listened to the problems of three individuals while in a weather delay ; and he takes it upon himself to contact the families of those victims . He finds the wife of a troubled doctor ( Michael Rennie ) ; a domineering mother-in-law ( Evelyn Varden ) of an aspiring actress turned stripper ( Shelley Winters ) ; and the invalid wife ( Bette Davis ) of a loud obnoxious traveling salesman ( Keenan Wynn ) . After these meetings he realizes it isn't too late to go back home to his wife ( Helen Westcott ) . Winters outshines the entire cast . |
383,251 | 449,021 | 117,666 | 9 | A dynamic tale of desperate lives crossing . | Billy Bob Thornton plays Karl , just released from the state metal hospital for murdering his mother and her lover . Karl has not matured mentally and life proves him slow and awkward . He is befriended by a little boy ( Lucas Black ) and his mother ( Natalie Canerday ) . Karl becomes very protective of his new friends and steps in to take care of a dark menacing problem . That problem is a mean spirited bigot played excellently by Dwight Yoakam . The scenes with Thornton and Yoakam are riveting . Also in the cast are James Hampton , Robert Duvall , John Ritter and J . T . Walsh . Thornton wrote a tremendous script ; and his directing seemed painstaking . This movie can drain you ; but you are ready to see it again . |
382,535 | 449,021 | 67,328 | 9 | True classic . The loss of innocence . | The world will now know the name Peter Bogdanovich , who directed this great movie about an often forgotten time . THE LAST PICTURE SHOW is set in a small intersection on the highway Archer City Texas . A look at coming of age , disllusionment and the beginning of the end of innocence . There is the hangout owned by Sam the Lion ( Ben Johnson ) . And there is the rugged carefree Duane Jackson ( Jeff Bridges ) and pretty and spoiled Jacy ( Cybill Shepard ) . There is the lonely pensive Sonny ( Timothy Bottoms ) who has an affair with the ignored coach's wife ( Cloris Leachman ) . Filmed in brilliant black and white to take you back to the naive early 50's . Great character development and a slew of memorable supporting performances from : Ellen Burstyn , Clu Gulager , Randy Quaid and Sam Bottoms . Plus vacillating the story is an almost vintage soundtrack featuring : Frankie Laine , Jo Stafford , Tony Bennett , Lefty Frizzell and Pee Wee King . This movie is an example of a film becoming an instant classic that you can watch ten maybe twenty times without getting tired of it . |
383,721 | 449,021 | 289,701 | 9 | Tremendous documentary . A must see for lovers of rock ' n ' roll ! | 1956 is the year that a 21 year old truck driver exploded upon the music scene and began his legacy . This documentary follows Elvis Presley through a very busy year of accomplishment . Two days after his 21st birthday , Elvis has his first recording session for RCA Victor . The session produced his first million seller " Heartbreak Hotel " . We see Elvis on the Dorsey Brothers Stage Show . And then comes other TV appearances ; The Milton Berle Show , The Steve Allen Show and The Ed Sullivan Show . After performing a very sensual " Hound Dog " on the Berle Show , Allen then has Elvis dress in a tux to sing a tame version to an actual basset hound . On Elvis ' final Sullivan Show , he was shown only from the waist up to please censors . The editing of still shots mixed with filmed footage is superb . And the music itself can tell the story of that magical year that we were introduced to " Heartbreak Hotel " , " Hound Dog " , " Long Tall Sally " , " I Got a Woman " , " Blue Suede Shoes " , " Ready Teddy " and the title song from Elvis ' first movie " Love Me Tender " . Even non Presley fans have to be impressed with this documentary . And to think this is just the tip of the iceberg . The rest as they say is history . Quoting the late John Lennon , ' Before Elvis there was nothing ' . |
384,340 | 449,021 | 36,775 | 9 | Absolute classic . Lust , greed and double-cross . | Some of the best suspenseful Film Noir ever . Billy Wilder directs and co-writes with Raymond Chandler . Totally out of character is Fred MacMurray as Walter Neff , an insurance salesman that is smitten with the beautiful and devious Phylis Dietrichson ( Barbara Stanwyck ) , who is tired of her abusive oilman husband ( Tom Powers ) . Together they concoct a plan to kill Mr . Dietrichson and share the double indemnity insurance that Neff sold . The crime goes awry when Neff's suspicious boss ( Edward G . Robinson ) figures out the fraud scheme . Both Walter and Phylis think of covering themselves with hastily thought double-cross . MacMurray , Stanwyck and Robinson are flawless with most likely their finest performances . Based on a James M . Cain novel , DOUBLE INDEMNITY is one of those great movies that is a crime to miss . |
384,298 | 449,021 | 455,824 | 9 | Entertaining and enjoyable epic . | I have no idea where the discouraging words are coming from about this film . Beautifully photographed and two stars very easy to watch . Set against the brink of World War II Australia , a romantic and intense adventure unfolds . Lady Sarah Ashely ( Nicole Kidman ) , an English aristocrat travels down under to check on her husband and their massive ranch . She finds that her husband has been murdered and the ranch is in jeopardy . Lady Sarah gets help from a cattle drover ( Hugh Jackman ) , who helps protect her property from a relentless and arrogant cattle baron King Carney ( Bryan Brown ) . Two thousand head of cattle need to be moved across hundreds of miles of outback to Darwin to win a military contract . Kudos to director Baz Luhrmann for creating this cinematic masterpiece that combines drama , adventure , romance and comedy . Also in the cast : David Wenham , Brandon Walters , David Gulpilil , Ben Mendelsohn , Tony Barry and Jack Thompson . |
382,291 | 449,021 | 446,689 | 10 | A legend up close , private and personal . | This is a great two hour special event presented by CBS . An intimate look at the family and private life of the legendary Elvis Presley . Candid comments from his former wife , Priscilla and their daughter , Lisa Marie . Exclusive , never-before-seen TV performances and photos from the Presley Estate blended with private home movies of Elvis with his family and friends . Also interviews with Priscilla's parents , Paul and Ann Beaulieu and Elvis ' cousin Patsy Geranen . And personal insight and comments from good friend Jerry Schilling . You see different aspects of Elvis ' life . . . his time at home in Memphis and Califronia ; his time in Hollywood making movies ; his concerts on the road and in Vegas . There brought to light unabashed is Elvis ' career highs and lows , his generosity and human frailties and the glimmer and echos of just part of what makes his legacy enduring for decades and decades to come . Of course its hard to mention Elvis without his music . Featured is music from TV specials , movies , concerts and his vast RCA catalog . Highlights featuring : ' Heartbreak Hotel ' , ' Suspicious Minds ' , ' In the Ghetto ' , ' Always On My Mind ' , ' Buring Love ' , ' My Way ' , ' If I Can Dream ' and ' Can't Help Falling in Love ' . This special will be available on DVD with an extra two hours of footage . There is a double CD featuring 32 of the Presley family favorites . And there is also the " Elvis by the Presleys " in hardback . Long live the King ! |
384,258 | 449,021 | 765,429 | 10 | Instant classic Americana . | Kudos to director Ridley Scott for pulling this together . . . and no punches pulled . In your face biopic based on drug-kingpin Frank Lucas ( Denzel Washington ) , who ruled Harlem and was total master of his domain . His product was twice as good at half the accustomed price . Cutting out the middle-man , Lucas personally made the trip to the poppy fields of Asia's Golden Triangle to make the deals and made connections to have heroin shipped stateside in the coffins of soldiers killed in Viet Nam . Maybe too honest for his own good , super cop Richie Roberts ( Russell Crowe ) diligently worked to bring down Lucas , who was believed to be making more than a million dollars a day in drug sales . Lucas would turn informant helping Roberts and a myriad of law enforcement entities arrest crooked cops and foreign nationals , who were paid handsomely to make importing heroin easy as clockwork orchestrated by Lucas . Graphic violence and language . By all appearances American Gangster is as real as you can get and one of those movies not to be missed . Also featured in a very strong cast : Ted Levine , Josh Brolin , Chiwetel Ejiofor , Lymari Nadal , Cuba Gooding Jr . , Armand Assante , Carla Gugino , Ruby Dee and Clarence Williams III . |
384,027 | 449,021 | 83,833 | 10 | Will there be fries with that ? | Produced , written and directed by Barry Levinson . DINER has been one of my favorite movies from the first time I watched it . This comedic drama takes a look at a group of Baltimore guys in 1959 . They spend most of their time at a local greasy-spoon diner discussing their collective fears of growing up . Inspite of one being married , the group seems ambition-less with little respect for women . It seems their goals are ' copping a feel ' and ' getting laid ' . These somewhat shallow characters are played by a host of future accomplished stars . Mickey Rourke plays a hairdresser by day and a law student by night . He is driven by sex and his gambling habit . Kevin Bacon's character is estranged from his wealthy family and has a warped , if not sick , sense of humor . Steve Guttenberg is approaching marriage , only if his fiancée can pass a quiz of football trivia . Daniel Stern is cast as the married friend , who is having troubles with his wife ( Ellen Barkin ) . Paul Reiser is the complainer of the group . Tim Daly plays a grad student with his own problematic love life . I really enjoyed the interaction of these young men , as they whittle away their time holding court in their favorite diner . Bumbling , arrogant , stupid and obnoxious actions of this circle of friends is played quite believably . The atmosphere is sustained by a wonderful soundtrack of the times featuring the likes of : Chuck Berry , Eddie Cochran , Fats Domino , Jerry Lee Lewis , Dion & The Belmonts , Howling Wolf , Bobby Darin and of course , Elvis . Also in the cast : Kathryn Dowling , Colette Blonigan , John Aquino and Michael Tucker . The angst of coming of age usually proves entertaining . DINER picks up the tab and leaves a modest tip . |
382,879 | 449,021 | 160,244 | 10 | ELVIS : Bigger than life and meant for Hollywood . | A very well done documentary , officially authorized by the Elvis Presley estate . Info and tidbits focusing on the films " Love Me Tender " , " Loving You " , " Jailhouse Rock " and " King Creole " . . . all made prior to Elvis ' stint in the Army . Included are clips from those movies , Elvis ' screen test , movie outtakes , TV appearances and previously unseen ( at the time ) home movies . A few Elvis songs are featured like : " Anyplace Is Paradise " , " Love Me Tender " , " Loving You " , " Mean Woman Blues " , " Jailhouse Rock " , " Baby , I Don't Care " , " Young and Beautiful " , " Blue Suede Shoes " and " Crawfish " . Some comments from : Scotty Moore , Elvis ' original guitarist ; good friend George Klein ; girlfriend June Jaunico ; writer / directer Hal Kanter ; writer Allan Weiss and co-star Jan Shephard . Top notch editing and great blending of B & W and color footage . " Elvis in Hollywood " is one of the better Elvis documentaries I've seen . |
384,255 | 449,021 | 477,348 | 10 | Terrific saga . Not to be missed ! | Joel and Ethan Coen cunningly adapts a story by Cormac MaCarthy that is set in 1980s West Texas . A beginning with so much anticipation ; and a fade to black finale with your's truly expounding . . . s ^ @ t ! Llewelyn Moss ( Josh Brolin ) is a redneck slave to his resources that while hunting in the dusty Texas desert stumbles upon a drug deal gone real bad . Bodies of Mexican gangsters bullet-ridden and swarmed by flies lay by expended weapons . Moss coolly ignores a damn pickup load of drugs , but eagerly grabs a grip on a briefcase full of $2 million in $100 bills . He doesn't realize that he will soon be chased by a psychotic hit-man , Anton ( Javier Bardem ) . This is the most methodical , ruthless , no nonsense killer in movie history . One unstoppable bad ass . Small town Sheriff Ed Tom Bell ( Tommy Lee Jones ) personally knows how determined and crazy Anton is and will try to track down Llewelyn and save him if possible . At the same time joining in the chase is the high dollar bounty hunter Carson Wells ( Woody Harrelson ) , who is hired to stop Anton . Desert landscapes are photographed beautifully . The violence is bitter and most definite . Llewelyn is too damn stubborn for his own good . He seems to not know the meaning of quit . He is a welder by trade , but $2 million in a briefcase means retirement . Anton is ultimate in regard to being the most psycho killer to take unnerving joy in his obsession with everyone's destiny and gives the flip of a coin a whole new meaning . Sheriff Bell is pretty much borderline old codger with pride in the old school of enforcing the law . Wells is cocky , fearless and not too afraid of death . The murder rate is brisk and guaranteed to speed your pulse . Also in the cast : Kelly Macdonald , Tess Harper , Barry Corbin and Stephen Root . Thanks to the Cohen brothers for this bleak guilty pleasure . |
383,728 | 449,021 | 285,063 | 10 | A legendary performer finds himself . | After much convincing , Elvis Presley does something about his career teetering on the brink of stagnation . During the last week of June 1968 , the man who almost single handedly led a musical revolution in the mid ' 50s made use of " Western Recorders " and the " NBC Studios " , Burbank , California to put on tape a TV special . The Elvis NBC Special came to be known as " The ' 68 Comeback Special " . It was originally aired on the night of Dec 3 , 1968 and slaughtered the competition : ' The Red Skelton Show ' , ' It Takes a Thief ' and ' The Doris Day Show ' . Made up of production numbers and mini-concerts in front of live audiences , this TV special afforded a lost man to find his way home . Elvis Presley was back and once again his career would regain meteoric flight . Producer / director Steve Binder would be swamped with accolades . NBC took the chance and came out looking like a champ . Elvis ' fan base would swell . The lp " Elvis ( TV Special ) " would rapidly peak at # 8 on the Billboard Top Albums chart . This 76 minute video is highlighted with a Gospel Medley , the Guitar Man Medley , and songs like ' Lawdy Miss Clawdy ' , ' Jailhouse Rock ' , ' Tiger Man ' , ' One Night ' , ' Memories ' and the great finale number , ' If I Can Dream ' . Even non Elvis fans will appreciate watching this . In a way it is like watching musical history . . . hell it is musical history . |
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