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Excellent
Intelligent and hilarious. No wonder it didn't last long in the wasteland of network television. The writers create the characters with an honest, slightly dark sense of reality in their flaws. It was a breath of fresh air among the trash that permeates the stations. I am sad it didn't last much longer. | 45 stars
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A FUN RIDE THAT MAKES YOU WONDER...
My wife and I went to see this for different reasons; she thought that 'it looks fun'...me, I wanted to see the graphics.She was quite correct, this is a VERY fun film, a fast-paced and enjoyable adventure with an 'Indiana Jones' flair to it.For my part, I will state that these were the best graphics I have ever seen on the screen. The detailing is perfect, I noted that I could see characters` individual hairs being blown by breezes during scenes. The characters themselves were depicted with an almost surrealistic blend of realism mixed with exaggerated facial details that added a comic book effect while giving you an almost photographic reality in an animated world.(I`ve already pre-ordered the Blu Ray)Now, all that was fun... here is where the 'wonder' from my title comes in...Seeing this movie makes me wonder why Stephen Spielberg makes us wait for years upon years to see another live-action 'Indiana Jones' adventure with an ever-aging Harrison Ford ?There could just as easily be new Indiana Jones adventures--with 'Indy' in his prime--voiced by Ford with graphics such as found here. Granted, the location fiming in the Indiana Jones movies was a vital aspect of them, but it strikes me that the character and the adventures count for a bit more (otherwise it`s just a glorified travelogue).If the sort of 'Hyper-Reality' found in TINTIN can be created, then why not apply the tech to characters such as Indiana Jones ? I would certainly be willing to pay to see Indy in action, looking good again, in his 30`s or 40`s..back in the 30`s or 40`s... rather than wonder if Spielberg, Lucas & Ford are going to get around to making one more movie before Ford gets too far past the believability point in years for an 'action/adventure' character.Makes me wonder....But, I digress...Give TINTIN a try. He won`t let you down...( Snowy won`t either!) | 45 stars
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The Funny Side of the Lamer Side of Weddings
This film lets us take a peek at the 'lamer' side of weddings without letting the viewer slip into condescension and without the film getting heavy handed. It makes us laugh at the sillier things people do and say at weddings, but Four Weddings and a Funeral doesn't go so far as to put the institution of marriage down. Portraying the support that a circle of friends can provide, it shows us that there are other ways to be committed than getting married. While a light comedy on the surface, it raises some pretty serious questions about extended family issues.Hugh Grant is wonderful is his role as the bachelor afraid to fall in love, and Andie McDowell as the elusive American woman is as ravishing as ever. I will agree the script is goofy in a few places, but until I thought about some of the reviews written here, I never noticed it before. The supporting cast is outstanding. The sound is standard Dolby 2.0, and the picture quality is average to good. It is still good for quite a few laughs, and for less than 12 bucks, a steal. Great British comedy. | 34 stars
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Damn the Defiant Review
An excellent film about the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars, which shows great details of life on an 18th century war ship. This war drama has great acting by all, particularly Alec Guinness and Dirk Bogarde, with fine dialog and well-staged naval battles. The 2.35:1 widescreen DVD (CinemaScope) is enhanced for 16:9 TVs and of high quality. | 45 stars
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Not the Good Neighbours
The Good Neighbours is not the original title for this excellent comedy series, it is called in england the Good Life, and I remember watching this when I was younger, still makes me laugh today, if anyone wants a good brit comedy collection definitely get this one, it outshines anything in america.And no I am not biased because I am english, I do like some american comedy shows, but they are far and few between. | 45 stars
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One of my favorite shows
I am happy that this show will be out on dvd.But, how could this have been canceled!? | 45 stars
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1 of many Lorenzo Lamas Fans
I would really rate this show infinite stars, but it only goes to 5. Renegade is about a cop that was framed and turn outlaw. He's out to clear his name and on the way hunts outlaws on his Harley Davidson with the help of Bobby Sixkiller and Bobby's sister Cheyenne Phillips. In persuit is Donald "Dutch" Dixon and other crooked cops. I would recommend this show to everyone. You love action, and twists this is it. | 45 stars
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[not good]!
What happened? I thought the first two were classics but this was just plain [not good]. RoboCop's fight with the samurai toward the end was OK, but did not save this movie from being terrible. If you want something real entertaining then pick up Die Hard, all the James Bond films, both Terminator films and the first two RoboCop films. They are more worth your time and money than this. | 01 star
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Great until the ending
This movie wasn't quite what I expected. I liked all the depth of character and some of the issues tackled in it. I liked the actors as well. However, the ending really frustrated me. Until then, it was a really wonderful movie. | 12 stars
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Just get "The Art of 16 Bars"
Its an ok movie but alot of it is footage from "beef 1-3" and "The Art of 16 Bars" which are better QD3 movies. if its less than $5 buy it. | 23 stars
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Yet more whining about the McCarthy era
I'm so tired of Hollywood whining about the McCarthy era. Most recently it was "The Contender"; before that, "The Crucible," and before *that,* "Guilty By Suspicion." They're like a dog with an old slipper it can't stop chewing. As a somewhat mainstream sometimes-consumer of Hollywood's products, I have a message for Hollywood producers: No one cares about a bunch communists and their fellow travelers who lost their jobs in the 50s!The thirst for victim status manifests itself in far, far too many areas of American society as it is. Hollywood producers, why don't you try to slake that thirst by telling each other at cocktail and coke parties that *you* would have stood in the breach and never given in to political pressure, if only you'd been lucky enough to have been accused. Don't take your desire for victim status out on the rest of us. To paraphrase a famous McCarthy era Hollywood luminary: "Have you no shame? The McCarthy era is dead!" | 12 stars
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OFF THE HOOK!
This is a really good movie. FOR GUYS ONLY:Paris (Christina Millian)is mad hot and so is her white friend Zoey(Alyssa from the group Play). Alvin (Nick Cannon)and his fam are hilarious, and just the wholemovie is funny.FOR GIRLZ:Christina Millianand her friends have the coolest clothes onand the movie is mad funny!FOR EVERYONE: THIS MOVIE IS OFF THE HOOK! | 45 stars
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THIS MOVIE KICKS BOOTY
This is such a funny movie. Buy it right now. This movie is so funny. You'll watch it again, again, agian, and then you'll have the Theme song in your head for weeks(thats what happened to me). So buy this!! KABUKIMAN TROMA TROMA TROMA END | 45 stars
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The first chapter of the greatest sci-fi epic of all time
Babylon 5 is without a doubt the best piece of Science Fiction I have ever seen on television (be it series or movie form). And believe me, I have seen a lot of Sci-Fi.The single most distinctive feature of Babylon 5 compared any all other forms of Sci-Fi I have seen is that it is one five year story planned from the beginning to end. Events in one episode have repercussions a couple of seasons later. But more importantly, events in one episode are often not understood until much later. This means there is a lot of "re-watch value" in B5. As you watch the spisodes a second time you see everything in a different light because you know what is going to happen. There are hints and clues right from the start of things that are not reveiled until much later.Unless you are completely averse to Sci-Fi in all its forms, watch B5 from the start and be amazed. But don't just watch an episode or two here and there. Because B5 is about a larger story, a few individual episodes do not do the series justice.The first season kind of sets the background for the main story arc. It is more episodic than the rest of the series (although still less so than most series), and perhaps not as good when watched for the first time (but you'll be glad you did once you get further into the series!).Watch and be amazed. | 45 stars
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Soft storyline but definitely not a snoozer!
A downright good movie! Tommy Lee Jones needs some new boots tho, quite the limp he has! Not a blockbuster but for sure a nice way to spend "me" time. | 23 stars
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dont waste your money
OK THE FIRST ONE WAS AWESOME.....BUT THIS ONE WELL IT JUST SUCKED. THERE WAS NO PLOT TO THIS MOVIE. AND AT TIMES IT WAS CONFUSING. SOMETIMES MOVIES ARENT MEANT TO HAVE A SEQUEL. WELL THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE MOVIES. ITS NOT WORTH YOUR 2 HOURS. | 01 star
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Great holiday fun
Overall, not as good as regular show. But for one-off holiday specials, these are fantastic episodes. Well worth watching, and fun for the whole family. | 45 stars
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Hard to Explain,Easy to Love
The first time I watched one of the episodes, it was in the middle of the series. Usually, a show with so many mysteries is hard to like if you don't know all the facts, but this show was different. it appealed to me even when I couldn't understand some things that were only explained in previous episodes, because each episode still has its own story. What's not to love about a dedicated agent, a crazy(and humorous) mad scientist, and his slightly annoyed son? Plus the pattern and all those other freaky experiments leave you thinking and wondering what will happen next.For all those non sci-fi fans, I think this show might change your mind. | 45 stars
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Certainly gets you involved.
"No Country for Old Men" was cheerful by comparison. Never watch "P.S. I Love You" unless you plan on feeling like you've just bottomed out. If you're okay with that sort of feeling, if you like a good tear jerker, then you'll probably love it.I gave it four stars because it really was a good movie, but I wouldn't watch it again unless I was looking to come down from an insane happy-high. | 34 stars
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The movie Tender Mercies
This was a good movie to me because I like Robert Duval and country music. Very glad that I rented it. | 34 stars
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(2.5 STARS) So-so Serial Killer Suspense Starring (Screaming) Monica Keena
"Long Distance" is a thriller starring gorgeous Monica Keena (`Snow White: A Tale of Terror' `Freddy vs. Jason') as lonely graduate student Nicole Freeman. She lives alone in a quiet Boston apartment, leading a rather isolated life from the outer world and working on her thesis, but she is not very happy these days because her boyfriend has left her recently. Moreover, her nagging mother has just called Nicole and this is not something that would cheer her up after the split with her ex-lover.But real terror arrives when Nicole misdialed her mom's telephone number. `Joe' the person who answered the phone calls back, and keeps talking to her in an alarmingly friendly way. The caller, as it turns out, is a serial killer. `Joe' keeps calling Nicole and seems getting closer to her every day. Ivan Martin also appears as Frank, young policeman protecting Nicole at her home and Tamala Jones is an FBI profiler.[This Paragraph and the Next Include MINOR SPOILERS] It is hard for me to summarize the pros and cons of the film without revealing crutial points of the story, but I will try. The film's biggest flaw is the lack of suspense in its earlier part. The camera seldom leaves the building Nicole lives in, so the story's suspense almost all depends on the dialogues over the phone in the first 45 minutes. This is a quite tough work to do, and those who remember the dynamite opening of `Scream' would see my point. The killer(s) must suggest the presence to terrify the victims and the viewers, and an over-the-phone conversation alone is not the best way to raise the emotional tension. And if you know the killer is coming closer to you, why not leave the town?Conceptually `Long Distance' is more interesting than its duller first half suggests, especially when it proceeds towards the conclusion. The film's contrived story makes sense after all, and the film's storytelling is fair in giving us the clues as to the mystery surrounding the caller, but I think we need more actions or atmosphere for the earlier part of the film to interest us.Finally I watched this film because of Monica Keena. I do not talk about her acting as terrified Nicole; I only say I liked it, but you may find it differently. Whatever your reaction is, it is true that like Brittany Murphy (another favorite of mine) she has not met a right director who can effectively use her unique presence on the screen. | 23 stars
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Ok
Ok, but not as good as I was expecting it to be. I guess I was looking for more info EXACTLY what and how the sex goes on. Kinda just skimming over the info. | 23 stars
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Great Show
I own both seasons and have watched them multiple times each. The intensity of the show is amazing along with its seemless transfers between characters keep this show interesting. | 45 stars
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Absolutely astonishing! Must see!
If you want to know how true friendship and human spirit of love can bridge any cultural, racial, or ethnic gap and geographic distance between people even today, you must definitely see this film. I would suggest that college humanity professors consider including this film in their course curriculum. I've traveled around many remote corners of the world and never seen anything more touching than the story in this film. | 45 stars
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Which Witch is Which?
Not a bad presentation by Nicolas Cage and Ron Perlman. Although much of it is predicatable the ending is not. I recommend viewing the alternative ending in addition. It would seem, in my opinion, one ending was intended for a European audience and the other for Americans. I think the European ending was more fascinating and truer to the supernatural theme. I think it was a fair movie, so three stars. The role played by Claire Foy was under played and could have been enhanced. | 23 stars
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A one of a kind movie....
In my earlier review of another one of Alan Rudolph's movies, "The Moderns", I cited this film as being the ONLY movie to cover what life was like in the weird period in western pop history between 1975 and 1982. This was a period when David Bowie's bizarre influence permeated just about everything having to do with American and Western European night life and sexual rebellion. NOBODY sought to document this strange footnote in the 20th century timeline other than Rudolph, and he does an excellent job!This is one of a trilogy of movies Rudolph directed when he was "hot", just after he had developed his own style, apart from Robert Altman, his mentor. "Choose Me" and "The Moderns" were the other two. (To appreciate the difference that eventually set the two apart, rent Rudolph's "Welcome To L.A", which could have EASILY been an Altman movie, and compare it to any one of these three.) Unfortunately, since these three movies, Rudolph hasn't done much that could be considered landmark, with the exception of "Mrs. Parker and The Vicious Circle". A damned shame, really.The story centers around Kris Kristofferson, starring in one of his few really good movies, as a disgraced cop who gets paroled back into Seattle society after serving time for murdering a crime lord for harassing an old flame of his, Wanda, played by Genevieve Bujold, whom he reunites with after he gets out. Wanda owns a popular diner haunted by weirdos and hangers-on over which Kristofferson takes an apartment she offers to him out of gratitude. Into this mix comes Coop, played by Keith Carradine, a young married with the requisite financial problems all working class young marrieds face: New baby, new expenses, a wife to support....After finding out that jobs are hard to come by, (this IS after all, set in the late 70s and early 80s,) Coop soon turns to crime after meeting with a strange, black habitue of Bujold's diner, played by Joe Morton. Coop soon transforms from an average Joe to something resembling a cross between the Joker from Batman and Bowie's Thin White Duke, turning off his young wife, played by Lori Singer. This drives her into the arms of Hawk, Kristofferson's character. Hawk happens onto her right after Coop comes home late one night from one his first forays into petty crime with his newfound friend, Morton, and Hawk just happens to be passing by their shabby motor home after the fight between the two younger people ends.Eventually, Coop and his friend try to deal with Hilly Blue, a fey crime lord played by the well-known, late transvestite actor Divine, and nobody's life from there on in is quite the same again.This movie captures the neon world of the late seventies new-wave/punk era near-perfectly and is unique in the fact that it is the ONLY movie to do so! The acting, specifically Carradine, Bujold and Morton, is top-notch, the music, by Mark Isham, is moody, jazzy and noir-perfect and humor abounds throughout.One of the oddest portions of the movie is a latter part involving Coop and Morton and yet another crime lord of the city named Nate. Nate is, quite frankly, a sissy with an eye for VERY young ladies. However, he's powerful enough to make life very rough for the two punks.Buy this movie, and I assure you, it will stay in your OWN mind for quite a while. | 34 stars
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Very Good
Well acted, directed, and scripted. The accents are not so thick you can't understand what tgey are sayin. McGonigal (from the Harry Potter movies) is excellent. | 45 stars
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What A Joke! And not even a funny one!
Cabot, Armstrong, Wray, the rest of the cast and the crew of the original King Kong must be turning over in their graves. What the heck were the new cast and crew thinking when they made this piece of ????. Come on, King Kong sliding/skating around on an ice pond holding Ann in his hand!? Denham acting like a buffoon the entire show! Driscoll looking like he should have been a scout troop leader (Girl's). And Ann, well she couldn't act her way out of a paper bag, much less scream like Fay Wray did in the original. What a letdown. With all the money and technology available today this could have been a blockbuster. Sad, Sad, Sad. | 01 star
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See the Original!
This long-awaited CBS Paramount DVD release of Season Two, Volume 1, executive produced by Andrew J. Klyde, is yet another quantum leap for the legendary series! The image and sound quality is excellent!Working from the original 35mm film elements (prints and magnetic soundtracks stored by NBC in Fort Lee, New Jersey), technicians remastered episodes on digital video (withedits) in the late 80's.In 2009-2010, CBS in Studio City obtained the interpositives and audio tracks from NBC for DVD. The prints and soundtracks were taken to Hi-Def video and digital audio for the ultimate quality on DVD masters. The lowest amount of MPEG-2 compression was used for the cleanest image and it shows beautifully. No edits and complete and uncut.My best goes to Andrew Klyde, who lobbied for years to get the series out. His hard work got us great bonus contents and he wrote detailed liner notes (with film dates and locations), which we appreciate very much!The packaging is much improved since the first season. It's easier to detach DVDs from the flip-trays. Also, the episode titles and bonus contents are listed on every disc. Note: Season One didn't have this included; the fans complained and were heard!Fans know many of these episodes have cropped up on DVD sets in recent years because they fell into public domain and bootleg outfits who call themselves video distributors have been selling them since then. They are renegades who illegally acquired bad copies of the episodes and sell them for dirt-cheap prices. I'm talking about outfits such as Madacy, Brentwood, Mill Creek, Echobridge, etc. Do NOT buy from any of these crooks. Even the photos and names on these cheap DVDs are used without legal permission.NBC retains the original copyright for all 430 episodes of BONANZA but many of them from the first two years were not renewed in the copyright office in the mid-90's. This is how it started. To end it, simply buy the Official Seasons One & Two by CBS Paramount Home Entertainment!BONANZA was the single-most successful TV series of the 1960's and early 70's in the world. Spread the word -- be sure to check out CBS' BONANZA DVD page at FACEBOOK, talk to the managers at local retailers to carry BONANZA Official DVDs and so on!One more important fact is that CBS is not syndicating BONANZA for Hi-Def broadcasting because it's too costly. The CBS DVD sets are the ONLY way to experience BONANZA uncut and with magnificent picture and sound quality. So fans keep buying, and CBS will release future seasons.BONANZA: The Official Second Season, Volume 2 will be released on October 11, 2011!Bonanza: The Official First Season, Vol 1 & 2Bonanza: The Official Second Season, Volume One | 45 stars
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Probably the greatest movie ever made
I will start this off with a warning. I watch messed up movies and this one is really messed up. If you can not handle a movie that is going to make you feel bad about yourself for watching it, DO NOT WATCH THIS MOVIENON SPOILER SUMMARY:Bad Boy Bubby is about a man that has been sheltered from society his whole life and finally at 35 he gets to discover the world for the first time in the 90's. This movie is not gorey but it does contain disturbing scenes, a significant amount of nudity (male and female) and fake animal abuse. this movie is very well made and will have you feeling strongly for the main character and feeling his pain through the movie. this movie's plot is hard to see coming and by then end you are rooting for bubby.SOME SPOILERS; IF YOU NEED MORE INFO:It starts out showing Bubby getting sexually and physically abused by his mother. Bubby is a 35 year old shut in that has been kept from the rest of the world and only knows his mother and his cat. Bubby has the emotional maturity of a 5 year old and does not fully know how to intereact with people. The begining of this movie is hard to watch because of the abuse Bubby recieves.Bubby escapes from his mother and is introduced to the real world. he discovers music and pizza for the first time and it is very interesting to watch him interact with other people. We follow Bubby as he makes friends and falls in love, the ending is a pretty good shocker and it will leave you with a big WTF by then end.NOT A SPOILER:Get this movie and watch it. the main actor does an amazing job and if you enjoyed the movie you need to watch the extras too. this movie will have you thinking and creep you out pretty well. | 45 stars
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Van Damme & Moore: Quest Without A Compass
When watching "The Quest", you can tell that Jean-Claude Van Damme's career was already in its mainstream descent: directed by himself, it's basically a retelling ofBloodsportwithout any and all cult intrigue and co-starring a way-past-his-prime Roger Moore who would go on to publicly blast his own involvement later on. Though I've never been a hardcore fan of Van Damme's, I'm always ready for a good action film - "Quest", however, is merely a bad film with good action scenes, remaining miles behind what the Muscles did earlier in his career before he decided to take up the reins himself.The story: Van Damme is Christopher Dubois, a 1920s pickpocket whose frequent run-ins with the law get him shanghaied on a smuggling ship from which he is "rescued" by a mercenary Englishman (Moore,The Spy Who Loved Me) who sells him into a Thai fighting circuit. The two inexplicably reunite and agree to aid eachother as they enter a Tibetan tournament pitting fighters from all over the world for the prize of a valuable golden statue.Let's get right to the good stuff, the fighting. In short, it's good but not great. The choreography of the encounters in the tournament (done by Peter Malota, returning fromDouble Impact) regularly surpasses that of "Bloodsport", with faster action that is just as hard-edged and fine representation of a wide variety of fighting styles. Notable combatants include a returning Abdel Qissi (Lionheart), pro wrestler Kitao Koji, Stefanos Miltsakakis (Bloodsport 4: The Dark Kumite), and Ong Soo Han (Dragon: The Bruce Lee Story). Disappointing is the length of most of these fights: with the exception of Van Damme's fisticuffs, each encounter is lucky if it lasts more than 20 seconds, even when the complete fight is filmed from start to finish.Sadly, the tournament only begins about halfway into the movie, and just about everything leading up to it is Van Damme's lackluster attempt at storytelling: it seems like he was going for something epic and character-driven, but despite its impressive scope, the film feels very compact and vanilla, and is populated by stock characters that don't grow on you. Some of them - like Janet Gunn (Carnosaur 3: Primal Species) as a worldly newspaper reporter, role Madonna turned down - feel practically forced on you because their prominence grossly exceeds their contributions to the story. Production values are sound, although that may be because a lot of the movie was shot on-location in places whose beauty speaks for itself.The repetitive use of slow motion during the fight scenes might irk others than me, but that's not going to bring down the film down even more if you already dislike it. While I enjoy the movie more than some of Van Damme's more universally-acclaimed features, "Quest" will give viewers plenty of time to use the bathroom or make popcorn before anything of note happens. Though fans will surely scoop this one right up, newcomers to Van Damme should save this film for later in their experience. | 23 stars
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Too Hot to Hold
Elizabeth Taylor does a fantastic job in this movie. I always let my students read the play first and then watch this movie. It is great to help make the characters more real to them. Outstanding performance. I watch it over and over every year. Anyone who misses watching this is missing out on a treat! | 45 stars
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A lovely story
I was surprised, and so touched, by this movie. What a delightful find! A friend recommended it, and they weren't wrong at all. The story is lovely, with a lot of heart. The actress who plays Elena is beautiful. And the locations! Wow. I want to visit there, wherever this is. The story gave me hope, and inspiration, and a desire to have my own magic happen by the sea!! Really, a must watch, good to cuddle up with a loved one. | 45 stars
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WHO DOESNT LOVE STAR TREK
i grew up with this series and was glued to the set every night at 6pm. its great to see all the original cast, (instead of the pretenders). all the stories are still relevent today. | 45 stars
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John Wayne in the Frozen North
You know, John Wayne made quite a few movies that were not westerns. This is one of the best.Wayne plays Dooley, an experienced pilot who flies transport planes as a civilian for the military in World War II. His plane is on a mission into Canada when the plane starts icing up really bad. The wings are coated with ice, and as chunks break off, it renders the plane unstable for a moment, throwing them off course. As the propellers' ice breaks off, they fling it at the hull, sounding rather like gunshot. Also, the ice on the windshield ruins visibility, and the extra weight of the ice brings them down.So there they are, on a big stretch of snow, but where the heck are they? Due to problems with the radio, they have not been able to figure it. And the last message they were able to send was picked up and relayed by a radio station. Back at the base the commander figures this apparently puts them in the middle of a large stretch of the map that is literally unexplored. (Remember, this is before satellite photos and global positioning and all that high tech stuff.) The sky is not clear enough for them to plot their position by either the sun or the stars, but nonetheless some half a dozen planes take off looking for Dooley and his crew.Part of what makes this movie so grand is that many of the pilots are actors we can recognize. Wayne, of course, and Andy Devine, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness, Harry Carey, Jr., and most amusingly, the kid who played Alfalfa in the "Our Gang" comedies whose name escapes me.The story follows both the crew of the down plane and the searchers, but the audience does not know anything one or the other groups don't know. The most heartbreaking scene is when one of the crew, Frank, goes out with a rifle with the idea of bagging some food, and gets disoriented. He ends up following his own tracks in a circle, and as he lays down "to rest," he remembers his wife at the carnival, riding the merry-go-round. Of course, he freezes to death. As the camera pans away from his frozen body, it turns out he was actually very close to the tail of the airplane. In the blizzard, he could not see what was probably less than 100 feet in front of him.When the downed crew has almost given up, and has run out of food, they hear a plane. No, three planes! Here they come! We are saved! There they go! They didn't even see us!As frustrating as this is for them, it causes a further dilemma when the search planes get back to base. Could they have missed the survivors? Should they search in the same area, or go somewhere else? They decide to go somewhere else, but apparently not so far that they cannot hear the hand-cranked emergency radio transmitter the survivors are working, and they tell the searchers to return to where they had been the day before.Interestingly, the last scene is where they drop supplies for the survivors. The movie does not follow up on their actual return home. Somehow, it would have been anti-climatic. | 34 stars
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Damaged
The video was damaged when it was delivered. Not only is the DVD bent, but scratched as well. | 01 star
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It was a great day in Harlem
This is a great historical video. i got a chance to see some of my jazz heroes, and what was even better, right here on Amazon i found the actual music video (the sound of Jazz) that provided the background music!!! The video prompted me to investigate some of the early jazz heroes (Lucky Roberts, Rex stewart, Willie the Lion smith)on itunes. I happen to have a Sarah vaughn album from 1956 that features the Ernie Wilkins Band and that thing is smokin!!! All those musicians in New York that did not take it seriously are kicking themselves today.There are not enough stars! | 45 stars
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Ridiculous
A well made, well acted and superbly directed horror movie with wall to wall tension and absolutely nothing to show for any of it. This film is an appalling waste of talent, time and money. The final blow was some "breaking the fourth wall" cop-out instead of a much needed ending. Inexcusable rubbish. | 01 star
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disappointing film
movie is disappointing, the movie doesnt measure up to the video gamesi watched the movie with disgust and slight resentment of a butchered video game,the movie sucks for the following reasons:forgettable plottired rip off of other filmsplayed out clichedont waste your time with resident evil apocalypse, it is a waste of timestick to the video games like resident evil 4 and 5, they are fun and an entertainment | 01 star
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Hop on "The Band Wagon"
If you like movie musicals, then "The Band Wagon" is a must-have for your collection. Released in 1953, this Vincente Minnelli film was one of the finest musicals produced by the legendary Arthur Freed Unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It stars Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Oscar Levant, Nanette Fabray and Jack Buchanan in a musical skewering of the sometimes aloof Broadway "theatah" scene. This is the film which introduced "That's Entertainment", a song which has become as much a trademark for MGM as Leo the Lion. My favorite scene is "Dancing in the Dark", a simple-but-elegant dance number featuring Fred & Cyd and set in a Culver City rendition of New York's Central Park. But there are many other sensationsal numbers as well. Among them: "By Myself" and "Shine on Your Shoes" (Astaire), "Girl Hunt Ballet" (Astaire and Charisse) and "Triplets" (Astaire, Fabray, Buchanan). With a sharp and witty screenplay by Betty Comden and Adolph Green ("Singin' in the Rain") and fabulous songs by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz, "The Band Wagon" is a quality musical your are sure to love. | 45 stars
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Cute Movie
Some of the other reviewers were right....if you think about this movie too much, it seems very implausible and is full of holes, but if you watch it for what it is- a lighthearted comedy- you'll enjoy it! I would recommend it! | 34 stars
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Robert Downey Jr with a skin rash.
Adults Only! Contains sexual content. Hyper film noir.I guess an actor must once in a while do a film that helps pay for the house and the therapist. Robert Downey Jr. did "The Singing Detective". Downey plays "Detective Dan Dark" who is in the hospital with a horrible skin condition all over his body that has lasted for three months. It is so bad he is losing his mind. he flashbacks to the land of 1950's film noir where he is a singer (lip-sync old 1950's tunes here). He also has written a book full of pictures which his psychotherapist (Mel Gibson) believes contains clues about his life.He has a problem with women, especially his wife (Robin Wright). It goes back to when he was a child when adults would have sex in front of him of near him.His wife has found his screenplay without him knowing about it. She plans on typing it herself and cashing in on it for herself while her husband is in the hospital.That is Robert Downey Jr. singing "In My Dreams" during the end credits.Some scenes were filmed east of Lancaster, California and north of Antelope Acres, California. | 01 star
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The Phantom remains true to the comic strip origins
The Phantom is a perfect example of translating the source material literally from comic strip to big screen. I don't think there is a finer example of that application than with this film. That being said, the flip side to this method is the understanding you either "get it" or you don't. The Phantom predates heroes like Batman. So concepts, such as the Skull Cave, may appear like a pale imitation to the Bat Cave when, in fact, it was the Phantom's cave which came first and influenced Bob Kane to create this home for his Batman creation. So having a common knowledge of the hero may help avoid simple misunderstandings about ideas which may appear "stolen" when in fact they were the Phantom's to start with.So this begs the question - Was this film made strictly for the fans and no one else? Well the answer is both yes and no. Many people are not familiar with the Phantom. However most of the ideas which go into bringing this character to life are already blended into popular heroes as previously stated. It only made sense to stay true to his roots and hope interest would bloom from there. If you stray too far from the source material, then you lose the essence of the character and you end up having a hero no one recognizes. Something the SyFy Channel recently realized when they tried to conceptualize the Phantom into an unrecognizable shadow of his classic form.So if your a fan of the comic strip or have ever been curious as to the roots of this hero who has survived the many trends of the last 75 years, I would strongly encourage you pick up this movie. It is beautifully shot and well cast based on the characters of the comic strip. Sit back and enjoy the ride. This may be the only time we get to enjoy the Phantom in his purist of forms. Billy Zane made a Phantom the creator Lee Falk was very proud of. That should tell you everything you need to know right there. | 45 stars
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CAMP HEAVEN
Anyone anywhere who has ever loved a musical, been in a musical trained to be an actor, put on a show, wanted to put on a show, or just listened to and loved a song ever in their lives will find something to relate to in this delightful movie. Campy in all the right places -- with its requisite gay subtext -- CAMP also provides the viewer with some of the biggest laughs of the year. Todd Graff's knowing sensibility has culled together a mixture of poignant and funny moments from his real-life experiences at STAGEDOOR MANOR, and found just the right cast to bring his vision to life. The musical numbers include two lovely new songs by FAME composer Michael Gore, and TURKEY LURKEY TIME, the blow-out dance feature from PROMISES PROMISES. As welcome as a fresh summer breeze. | 45 stars
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Mouth Animation Off
I tried.I liked the first one so I thought this one would be just as good. I was immediately nauseated within the first10 minutes of this movie. I'm sorry this was just not worth sitting through. | 01 star
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Payment in pasta, whistling guns, and Kookie without his comb
Probably the most worthwhile part of this DVD is the interview with Edd Byrnes on his canyon property in California. He has aged beyond his boyish good looks -- as have we all -- but his memories are sharp and often poignant. He mentions meeting many ex-pat actors in Italy and Spain, usually males beyond their prime soaking up a little Italian currency by appearing in the many spaghetti westerns. It is a little sad to hear about his last conversation with Raf Vallone who knew, evidently, that his tenure on this planet was drawing to a close. Stewart Granger sounds as though he could be personable as long as he did not drink too much; then he wanted to eliminate some dialogue spoken by Brynes in THE SECRET INVASION and usually insisted, according to Byrnes, on having the last word in every scene. This is quite interesting information that we might not learn anywhere else. Byrnes also points out how his co-star from Argentina in RED BLOOD AND YELLOW GOLD -- George Hilton -- liked to appear close to the camera in his scenes with the others. Looking at screen names of macho dudes like George Hilton and Terrence Hill (German/Italian) who appeared in these pasta oaters makes us want to smile at how some of them had to have their monikers Ellis-Islanded for the international market -- something that Byrnes, John Ireland, Lee Van Cleef, Guy Madison, Eli Wallach, and Jack Palance didn't, for obvious reasons, have to worry about.Of the two films in this double-feature package, I have to prefer PAYMENT IN BLOOD. Cinematic art is it not, but the widescreen print and Technicolor images remain quite sharp and clean. This is the only film of the two that I saw in a theatre when it first appeared in the States -- in a drive-in, actually. I remember being both amused and impressed with the camera shots through the fingers of one of the villains as he pretends to be napping on a fence -- or the reflections of Guy Madison in a glass while he is dining and making sinister remarks to the Byrnes character. Shades of Sydney J. Furie in THE IPCRESS FILE. Speaking of Guy Madison -- this handsome actor is remembered from his days portraying the pretty-boy good guy in THE CHARGE AT FEATHER RIVER (originally released in 3-D) and portraying the good-guy commander of a military outpost, billed under Victor Mature as the rough-hewn frontiersman in THE LAST FRONTIER (or SAVAGE WILDERNESS). Here he is a vicious leader of a cut-throat (literally in the case of one of them) marauders who barely hides his vengeful spirit under the veneer of a gentleman.An amusing sequence appears early in PAYMENT IN BLOOD when we are being introduced to the motley crew of marauders. One villain named Mesa (yes, it is that kind of film) is handy with his spurs. When he is trying to rape a young woman and another man intervenes, he jumps up, clings to a metal bar, and swings upward with a spur in order to cut the throat of the attempted rescuer. Why this metal bar just happened to be available for his use is not explained. Was this metal bar installed as part of a building code for hotels in the west?In RED BLOOD AND YELLOW GOLD, Byrnes' voice is dubbed into a horribly overdone southern accent, and it remains distracting throughout the film. In PAYMENT ON BLOOD, he, at least, sounds like his former 77 SUNSET STRIP self. Since Byrnes was a gymnastic expert, he was able to perform his own stunts. In a couple of scenes, he tries to look like Clint Eastwood with the cigar in his mouth and the occasional squint. Eastwood, however, at least wore a hat most of the time. What gives with Byrnes not wearing a hat except in the sequence in which he first appears just in time to rescue one of the marauders from being executed by a Union firing squad? Does he need to show his late-fifties pompadour throughout this post-Civil War adventure? At least we can be thankful that he does not whip out his former trademark -- his comb. Anyone else still remember the hit single "Kookie, Kookie, Lend Me Your Comb"? Once when I was visiting what had then been called Film Row in St. Louis (where all the offices of the local film distributors were located), some young ladies on a strike line starting singing this song when I innocently passed them by. I guess I should have been flattered that they saw some vague resemblance between me and the 77 SUNSET STRIP star.Anyway, despite these quibbles, Byrnes is still a likable actor who plays a likable-enough character -- even if he doesn't look tough enough to stand up to the testosterone-sweating members of Blake's army of murderers who want to flaunt their displeasure at having lost the Civil War as they pursue a strongbox full of useless Confederate paper money. At least he doesn't have to play second banana to the gigantic and horribly wooden Clint Walker as he did in YELLOWSTONE KELLY. The final shoot-out in a Native American cemetery is appropriate enough for the film's theme, and the villainous ensemble get their just desserts after they have just about wiped out the entire town in an ambush sequence that seems to exist just for the sake of more carnage.Speaking of shoot-'em up carnage -- I have a question that no one had yet been able to answer. Why do the guns in these Italian westerns -- rifles or pistols -- always have a whistling echo to them when they are fired? I have never heard this in American westerns, yet these whistling guns seem to appear in all the Euro-westerns. This is not a complaint. I am just curious. Why? Do all of these films use the same post-production sound artists?If one is willing to suspend disbelief, then one might find PAYMENT IN BLOOD to be one of the better pasta westerns available -- nowhere near THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY or ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST but certainly near the top of the B list. The wide-screen and color images look good on DVD. The music is lush and memorable, so much so that a viewer is tempted to hum the strains of the repetitious theme the way one would ape the haunting whistle and WA-WA-WAAAA (as we did in graduate school) of THE GOOD, THE BED, AND THE UGLY, repeat the magnificent whistling-plus-orchestra theme of THE PROUD ONES, or attempt to imitate the classic strains of THE BIG COUNTRY soundtrack. Some of the lines are a little hokey and stilted as they often are in these simplistic tales -- no one ever spoke like that in the old west --and the guns still whistle, but if you are only looking for a little fun and don't mind the occasional subtitles when people in the border states of the US speak French (evidently these are scenes that did not appear in the version of the film as first shown in the States and, therefore, were not dubbed into English), it fills the bill. | 34 stars
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And My Wife Calls Meeee A Jackass?!
Man, these guys are nuts. There are pranks. There are stunts. There's self-mutilation. There's absolute disgust.It's hilarious. It's amazing. It's shocking. It's offensive. And it's disgusting. But for what it's trying to do it's the best in the business (can I really call this a business???).Watching with my sister-in-law, I felt embarrassed just for renting Jackass - Number Two as each segment rolled...like I was condoning the behavior and/or the unspeakable acts. Rest assured I do not...or do I?After a brief opening of credits rolling over a skit of the cast being chased by bulls through a suburban neighborhood, they whack you right over the head from the get-go with a shocker...let's just call the skit "snake on snake". So do I condone it? Heck no!But is it effective entertainment? Is it affective entertainment? Oh, yes and yes. During the show there were plenty of audible gasps from my sister-in-law and me. We laughed a lot. Many times we smacked our hands to our head simultaneously in disbelief as we realized what was about to happen. But we never turned it off. We anxiously awaited the next skit; we just had to see what these guys would do next. We wanted to keep watching....That's effective entertainment. The mentally exhausted feeling after the movie was over?....That's affective entertainment.I was compelled to keep watching. So do I condone it? Just because I watched it, does that mean I condone it? No. The idiots that condone it go out and try doing this stuff after seeing it.Jackass - Number Two is not for anyone that is easily offended; your sense of humor really needs to have warped section. But in this day and age where some crazy stuff can be seen on the Internet on any given day, why not just sit back with Jackass - Number Two in your DVD player instead of searching The Web?Bottom line: It was a very good rental. | 34 stars
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Cowboys Take Care of their Horses First, their women Second.
The film, [ASIN:B001LUYN5Q The Outlaw]] gives an interesting historical account on the lives of Doc Holiday and Billy the Kid with a couple of scintillating scenes with Jane Russell. I was unfamiliar with these actors, I hope they didn't quit their day jobs. The storyline was weak, script was poorly written and delivered, it seemed the main purpose of the movie was to highlight Miss Russell's headlights and speculate on the relationship between these two infamous outlaws. It's interesting how these film makers tried to capitalized using Miss Russell's voluptuous body(she obviously had no formal training)in a racy movie about men who regarded women as a commodity, valuing them less than their horses. | 23 stars
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21 Reasons this isn't so great...
To be nice, 21 Grams is an interesting movie. It started off very slow and incoherent, but as the movie progressed, the plotline unfolded to a meaningful level.The story is very emotional, and the acting is pretty good. Unfortunately, the method of separating the scenes in non-linear format just didn't work. It made the movie seem very-choppy, and just didn't flow. I liked it in the sense that I was using my mind to figure out where each segment fit chronologically, but there was no point in doing this otherwise.The movie has some very deep, interesting scenes to it. For example, when her sister flicks her off in the pool this is the same moment when her family is killed. Very interesting. I liked this component of the movie.The few complex scenes and potential excellent-story, just don't make up for the non-fluent, choppy movie. I was expecting something much better. I feel like this director was trying to be very "deep," and contrived to make this movie very artsy. It just didn't work. I like more naturally flowing stories. | 23 stars
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Disney does it again
The Tinker Bell series is so cute. The stories are made in the way that little girls will enjoy them. Thanks again. | 45 stars
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What a waste of a great crime fighter legend!
As soon as Seth Rogen had a single thing to do with this film, IT WAS RUINED! Don't get me wrong, I think he was great in his previous comedy roles, but this is not supposed to be a comedy. This was a great opportunity to bring the buzz back around one of the greatest martial artists that ever lived (Bruce Lee), but it was done so bad, no one could even link him to the character Kato (which, given the outcome of the movie - is a good thing). Seth should stay away from doing serious, dramatic, or action type movies, because much like "Al Bundy" - I just want to laugh when I see him. A great vehicle completely wasted!Why would anyone want to buy this movie?...I only went to see it on the big screen because a friend insisted we at least give it a chance...yeah, he could not believe he was so wrong and apologized afterwards and he hated the movie as well. Rogen IS funny, and does not belong to this hero.And yes, easily one of the worst movies EVER made. What the *bleep* were they thinking?...they should have trashed this project or postponed it as soon as Kevin Smith left it.Lastly, if you want some idea of how good it could have been, check out the short on youtube made just a few years ago, it is only about 10 minutes long, but excellent compared to this garbage feature.I am still horribly disgusted with this attempt.Cheers, everyone! | 01 star
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Wow! What a story!!
As far as the quality of this film, it played beautifully on my PC. As far as the movie itself, it rates right up there with 'Capote' starring Phillip Seymour Hoffman. Whereas Hoffman played Capote subtle and low-key, Jones played Capote in 'Infamous' almost in a whimsical manner. The same applied in the storylines, 'Capote' being subtle and low-key, and 'Infamous' being whimsical and much more innuendo. Having just read the nonfiction novel 'In Cold Blood' and being from Kansas, this movie felt palpable to me. Which is the better movie of the two? Neither! I would watch them both in a second. | 45 stars
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Not quite sure about this one.
I finally watched this after hearing my mom hype it for years. I have always understood it to be a war movie - but it isn't, not in the traditional sense of the word. There are about 10 minutes of war footage in this movie. The rest is (prior) about Ron's growing up loving to fight and being patriotic, and (after) Ron's adjustment to life and redefining patriotism.There is one problem with the DVD - the case says it's 1 hour and 25 minutes long. I have been watching for 2 hours and there's no end in sight. I'll save the end of it for another day, but beware if you think it's a quick watch. | 23 stars
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Eat a bowl of Tea
It was hilarious. I laughed the whole time through this film. | 34 stars
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Fan of the show
We finished watching season 3 and netflix plus and found that we couldn't watch season 4 to catch up so we decided to buy the first episode of season 4 and we may buy the rest. We'd like to watch them on our ipods so we're not sure if we'll buy from itunes next.The video quality is sketchy at first but gets better. | 45 stars
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A great video!
My son, at 18 mos, is finally really into this video. It took awhile but now he claps, dances, taps his feet and gathers "instruments" to play either with the video or by himself. His only complaint would be that the "Honkers" and Dingers" aren't in it enough. My complaint? It isn't long enough! Actually it is fine, it is just that he likes it so much it seems to be over so fast! We love this video! | 45 stars
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Haven't watched it yet - I think I goofed
I quick clicked when I saw it wanting to get some blu-rays and didn't realize it wasn't the one with Steve Martin. After receiving it and reading the outside it does look like it might be good but I should have read the info before I bought. I do love having different versions of movies and love Jack Nicholson - crossing my fingers and willing to change my rating after the viewing.Remember to do your homework - silly me. | 23 stars
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Interesting Movie
This is a fun movie. It's a bit on the off/quirky side. But I liked it. | 34 stars
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Not A Spoof, But A Dark Parable...
"Hexed" was mistakenly marketed by the studio as a "spoof," which it isn't. Alan Spencer's DVD commentary makes that clear. The movie was a dark comedy about a pair of dueling liars, one famous and one not, and how celebrities can get away with anything. While it features slapstick and sight gags, the tone is different than "Sledge Hammer!" but still provides a few shock laughs like the police brutality scene. Some people love this movie and others hate it. Ironically, the DVD release has been getting good reviews as the movie was a bit ahead of the curve in some ways. Decide for yourself because it will be never be accused of being bland. A deleted scene involving Shakespeare should have been included in the final cut and what a pity Spencer's director's cut doesn't exist somewhere, especially with the original choice of theme music, the song from the movie "Valley of the Dolls," which he talks about on the commentary. I look forward to another Alan Spencer film as well as the return of "Sledge Hammer!" | 45 stars
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Horrible....
Harrison Ford must have owed someone a favor to do this movie, because this is without a doubt his worst movie. I am still trying to figure out the point. This action-comedy had horrible action and was not funny. And what the heck was the deal with real estate sub plot? Do yourself a favor and watch some paint dry instead of watching this movie. | 01 star
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Not as good as I'd hoped
The movie started out very promisingly, with a lot of visuals of India and the look and feel of the 1920s, but it all just kind of goes around in circles after it gets all the characters in place. I still don't get the whole thing with the caves. Was something supernatural supposed to have happened? Is this what led to accusations and a trial? The movie fails to make it as "trial classic" as well as it scarcely delves into the proceedings before it is all over. Speaking of all over, I found myself wondering when the movie was going to be done. And when it was done I found myself wondering what, exactly, happened.Maybe if you read the book first it makes more sense. | 23 stars
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Ummm, It Didn't Suck..But Okay!!
With the way that this movie was tauted during this pastawards season, I thought I was about to discover a hidden gemthat was going to live up to all the hype!Well, all I can say is that this movie didn't suck,but in no way was it better than "The Changeling" or"Benjamin Button", which both were great movies that completelygot dissed this year! I liked the craziness of the characters,liked Javier Bardeem and Penelope Cruz's performances..I completely got it, but still felt like I could've had a V8!!This was another movie (like the miniscule"Rachel Getting Married" or "Revolutionary Road")that got way more hollywood machine hypethan it actually deserved!This seemed like that kind of elitist artsy-fartsy yearin Hollywood where they picked obscure & esoteric moviesover real solid performances. This shouldn't have even beenin a category at the Golden Globes or The Oscars!Just my humble opinion.This movie gets 3 stars from me because it is aninteresting renter, but not strong enough that I wouldadd it to my DVD collection.Well, all I have to say is "The Wrestler" and"Slumdog Millionaire" better be good or I'm gonna be pissed! | 23 stars
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Unexpected
This was a very interesting film and by far nothing like the box-office romantic comedies I'm used to seeing. The first 30 minutes or so I was pretty put off but stuck through it and soon found myself so intrigued with the characters and why they act/react as they do. This film subtly address several deeper issues which was very unexpected based on the title, but it fits. The male lead is such a strong, yet vulnerable character- makes you really wish there were more guys like him in the world. She comes across very harsh & abrasive, but there is a method to her madness that only he can see until the end when her back story finally reveals itself. Both actors played these roles superbly. | 34 stars
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should have been sexy
A film about a French brothel should be delicious, but this one was a horror movie. Certain excruciating images from the film have gotten stuck in my head. The advertising is somewhat misleading, because underlying the sexy outfits is complete negative judgement. Made me feel like I was covered in something slippery and sticky all the time. If that was the goal, then it worked well. Just depends on how you like your self-torture. | 12 stars
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I like movies
As someone who likes all kinds of movies, I thought that this selection would be a worthwhile watch. It was okay. | 23 stars
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The Western is not Dead
This was a spendidly made movie. It was like "watching" a beautiful poem or a "moving" oil landscape. I was mesmerised.As always, Robert Duvall gave a wonderful performance. He is such a multi talented actor, but the western is his forte. From Lonesome Dove, Tender Mercies, Open Range and now Broken Trail. It is his show!It was my first time to see Thomas Haden Church, and he was equally as wonderful. His understated performance had me from the time he came onto the screen. Never trying to compete with or out do Mr Duvall, he held his own . . .I understand their maybe a sequel with Mr Church. I am anxiously anticipating another beautiful movie, only missing Mr Duvall. . .maybe he is just making another great western somewhere. . .One can only hope! | 45 stars
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If you aren't already a Community fan I highly recommend watching it!
Community is a great TV show. I recommend this DVD to fans and new comers alike. You will not be disappointed. It's hilarious, heartwarming, and has great themed episodes. You will fall in love with these characters! Not to mention the actual packaging of the DVD set is amazing. It makes it even more worth the money. | 45 stars
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Funny
I think Steve Martin is a very funny guy and this was one of his movies that you got a lot of laughs from ....If you like Steve Martin ..you will love this movie | 45 stars
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don't get this
the book was okay, but Chris columbus wrecked it, especially with the corny spider scene. the actors were mainly pretty wooden, especially radcliffe, who said his lines with no emotion, nothing to make it believable. The last one was made watchable only by Coltrane but in this one he plays a much smaller role. The comic relief void left by his absence is filled by Kenneth Branagh, who gives a fine preformance as harry's new teacher but nothing special. Finally, the worst thing about this film is the ending, a scene where everyone in hogwarts is happy and hagrid comes and gives them all a big hug. This sickly sweet scene is not in the book. if you must have this then save some money and rent it. | 01 star
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Mirror, mirror, on the wall
Who doesn't know the legend of Bloody Mary? You know, say her name in front of a mirror three times and she will appear (and, quite likely, either kill you or snatch you into her world). It's so ingrained into our culture that I for one would not tempt fate by performing the ritual myself. Unless you've lived your entire life under a rock, the basic premise of this film will be quite familiar to you. This is, rightly or wrongly, a handicap this film must try to overcome. It's hard not to feel as if the last thing we need is yet another Bloody Mary film rehashing old folklore and cinematic haunts. Fortunately, The Legend of Blood Mary comes at the legend from a slightly different angle. Unfortunately, questionable acting and some really annoying directing do much to hamper one's enjoyment of the film.In this version of the game, you first mark yourself and/or others (by writing names on the mirror) before calling Bloody Mary to come out and play. That's what the Bloody Mary game website says to do, anyway. The site also provides some background on Bloody Mary herself. Having refused to divulge the name of her unborn child's father, poor Mary Worth paid the ultimate price at the hands of her Puritan, Salem-like community, with her own personal Arthur Dimmesdale supplying the crudest cut of all. Who can blame her for wanting revenge?Ryan (Paul Preiss) is one of Mary's indirect victims - although it's hard to feel too sorry for a young man this boring and annoying. Eight years ago, his sister Amy (Rachel Taylor) played the game, and he's been plagued with nightmares ever since her disappearance. His girlfriend Rachel (Irina Costa) asks Ryan's former professor Father O'Neal (Robert J. Locke, obviously a graduate of the Hayden Christensen School of Acting), an untraditional priest and archaeologist, for help. Through his personal investigation, we learn what happened to Amy and her friends. And wouldn't you know it? A new archaeological dig right there on campus brings the story of Bloody Mary full circle.Ryan is too aloof and self-absorbed to be likeable, but Father O'Neal is a bigger problem, in my opinion. You can never lose yourself in the story because Robert J. Locke is never able to bring his character to life. It's not that he's a terrible actor, it's just that his manner never changes, no matter how odd the situation. Some aspects of the truths he discovers should prove a little problematic for a priest, but I don't think his expression would have changed if someone dropped a cement block on his foot. I also have to call director John Stecenko out for artsy-fartsy shenanigans. If you want to shoot characters from weird angles, that's okay, but this guy goes way overboard with the close-ups. I don't want to look at Locke's beard when he's speaking, and I certainly don't want to see shifting close-ups of that beard as his monologue rambles on. Overall, this is your better-than-average Bloody Mary film, but it's not nearly as good as it could or should have been - and the damages responsible for that are self-inflicted. | 23 stars
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WAKE UP
Lets do something for our home. Yes our home! Great follow up to "An Inconvenient Truth" | 45 stars
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ALIVE
ALIVE IS GRIPPING TALE OF THE HUMAN INSTINCT TO SURVIVE NO MATTER THE COST. ON TOP OF THE ICEY MOUNTAIN WITH NO MATERIAL POSSESIONS TO BARTER WITH, THEY TURN TO EACH OTHER AND A HIGHER POWER TO SURVIVE. BASED ON THE NOVEL OF THE SAME NAME, THE MOVIE CONCENTRATES LESS ON THEIR RELIGION AND MORE ON THE RELATIONSHIPS THEY BUILD WITH EACH OTHER WHILE TRAPPED FOR ALMOST 2 MONTHS. | 45 stars
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James Dean is Incredible
I highly recommend this product. It is a great movie, great cast and stands the test of time. This is one of my favorite movies. | 45 stars
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My Toddler is Glued to This Movie
We've watched it about 12 times now, and every time we put it in, my 15 month old son gets this beatific smile on his face. He just can't get enough of it.The music is fantastic, there is nothing scary, and there are no lulls for your child to get bored. If your kid likes Elmo, he'll love this movie.It's not too hard on parents, either. | 45 stars
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My Favorite Show
This and Sunny are my favorite shows and their on back to back. This was the leagues best season and their renewed for a fifth year YES | 45 stars
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Laughter for Hours!
My dad recently got this DVD for the whole family to watch and we had a blast as our all time favorite comedian (Brian Regan) dealt out numerous jokes suitable for even my younger brother. If you love to laugh, I strongly recommend you buy it! | 45 stars
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An Universal movie monster that you must see!
'Invisible Man, The' is one of the most sucessful Universal monster movies of the thirties, along with 'Frankstein' and 'Dracula'. A superior adaptation of a H.G. Welles novel, the movie has humour, suspense and a excelent development of the story that made this movie actual for all ages.Claude Rains (the actor that made 'Phantom of the Opera) gives life to Jack Griffin, a young scientist that discover a strange formula to turn himself invisible and goes crazy along the process. The movie has some great scenes,like the tricks that Griffin plays with the people of a little village and the persecutions of the police, always confused by the inteligent and unusual invisible enemy. Great special effects for the time makes the movies even more valuable and Rains gives a strong and convincible performance, although all the time 'invisible' for the public. | 34 stars
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1 minute movie
After the first minutes of the movie you will realize it is the waste of money.This is a cheap movie like those filmed in Hawaii or Florida.Poor acting. Bad music. Bad sound. Actors look like never been filmed before.The "hacker" fits xbox player's profile, not a computer geek.You can make better movies with your iPhone.I had to give at least 1 star, but really this movie deserves "1 alert"This move goes in trashcan with theAirline Disaster | 01 star
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Good if you want to kill a few brain cells
Absolutely atrocious movie. But kind of in a so-bad-it's-good way. You will definitely feel significantly stupider after watching this movie. | 01 star
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Modern adaptation of The Wave
This film was PERFECT for me to use to bring the story of the classroom experiment known as The Wave up to date. The young people in the film are certainly a rougher breed in general and the language is really rough for American audiences. But the lessons of the story are valuable. It was pretty predictable and the time was compressed so much that it seemed hard to believe that the transformation would take place so quickly. Nevertheless, this is a quality film that has a powerful message. | 34 stars
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Superb and Awakening
Very well made. Spot on the money for the current issues at hand. Could change the world if every world leader would watch this documentary. As they tell us in the film, it is currently in the hands of the consumer to change. | 45 stars
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Unpredictable, smart, and amazingly well-acted
However I have "docked" this movie one star because I wish that both the lead actors' characters had been explored in equal depth. I feel that we are really shown the heart of the Frank character but not so much Roxy's.Which is a shame, because based on the job she did with the character she was given, Tara Lynne Barr would've been capable of defining her character as well as Joel Murray does. I especially wish we'd seen more (or really any) of what her character's home life was actually like.As to the larger questions of the movie, of course, there is an inherent irony in presenting the case against rudeness from behind a gun. I think Goldthwait was well aware of this; I don't know if there's any message to be found here.But if there is, I certainly don't think it's that Goldthwait thinks anyone with opposite views to his should be shot. It's closer to the truth, perhaps, that the movie dramatizes a gaping wound in the world today. It's more a calling for attention to a problem than a suggestion of answers.In fact, one of the more troubling thoughts the movie leaves with you is that there may *be* no answers: The world's just gonna keep getting dumber.Which leads me to an even *more* troubling idea. Goldthwait has said that one of his models for the script was the film Network, which upon its release was seen as satire: Surely no TV executives could really be *that* cynical, surely people didn't want to be on TV *that* much, surely the profit motive isn't the *only* motive.Some 35 years later, we realize that the sort of thing which must have seemed repellent then, is now enjoyed by millions of families several times a week. It's a world where "reality" shows are seen as an acceptable activity for recent Vice-presidential nominees, and girls are celebrated for how much liposuction they've had.My point is: What if, 35 years from now, the problems at which Goldthwait "takes aim" in this movie...sorry...are thought of as "quaint," with sweet nostalgia? If that happens, there may be part of me (assuming I survive) that wishes Frank and Roxy had one more "call to arms."Not literally, of course. | 34 stars
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love it!! =))
Im from sydney, im glad i ordered,its quick and easy, im satisfied with the product because it was nice,neatly packed and it took less than 2 weeks before i received the product i guess..quicker than i expected to be honest, as a matter of fact i ordered 2 more ju on films here (The Grudge Unrated Director's Cut) and (Ju on White Ghost/Black Ghost),same as the grudge 2, good packaging and i got the movies less than 2 weeks aswell, for that im happy, thanx! | 34 stars
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Loved It!
I'm not a musical fan, but I watched Buffy the Vampire, Angel and Firefly, so I thought I would give Joss Whedon's Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog a try. The three-part web miniseries (running a total of 42 minutes) aired in 2008 and was released onto DVD in December 2008.The plot centers on an inspiring supervillain named Billy (AKA Dr. Horrible - played by Neil Patrick Harris) who has been invited to join the Bad Horse's Evil League of Evil, but he must do something evil to get in. He plans on finishing his freezing gun, but first he needs to steel some wonderflonium.While attempting to steal the wonderflonium, his archenemy Captain Hammer (played by Nathan Fillion) interferes, but even worse Captain Hammer makes a move on the girl, Penny (Felicia Day), that he has a crush on.As Penny begins a relationship with Captain Hammer, Billy comes up with a plan to get into the Bad Horse's Evil League of Evil.Dr. Horrible will kill Captain Hammer.I absoultely enjoyed watching every minute of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. Joss shows that you don't need a big budget; all you need is a well written script with great actors. | 45 stars
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love the suspense
I came across season one by accident and was hooked after the first show so then I had to continue of course and found season two on ABC but not all the shows so then I did find them on Amazon and was able to purchase them so I could catch up. I would really say this is so different from what I am used to and keeps you guessing on who is who and what is going to happen next. Hope this helps anyone looking into it..... | 45 stars
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A terrible adaptation
This seemed like a fairly solid idea for a movie--a young, unwed mother in the Era of Shame trying to change her life and go to college, despite the odds.The biggest problem with this movie is the "protagonist" Beverly. There's nothing that comes even close to making me root for her. All throughout the movie, it seems like she just regards everything that's gone wrong in her life as her son's fault, while taking absolutely no responsibility. None. Not even a glimmer of "It's not his fault that he was born."Paradoxically, Drew Barrymore does a really great job of portraying an embittered and selfish young woman.I read once that Penny Marshall's motivation for the direction this movie takes was to avoid glamorizing teen pregnancy in any way. I think it's safe to say she's done that in spades, but she could have done that with a more tolerable protagonist.Such as, for example, reading the book it was based off of--now the author of that book did stupid stuff before and after her pregnancy, but eventually wakes up and realizes she can and should do better...for her kid and herself. That was a good story. This mess...not so much. | 01 star
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Wet Noodle...
This movie drove me crazy it was so bad. I literally wanted to bleach my eyeballs out after sitting through it. The best part of this movie was Angelina Jolie - end of story. She steals the screen in anything she does, but even she couldn't save this steaming piece of crap. The plot is inexorably stupid. I guess if you're a diehard AJ fan and feel like seeing some of her earlier work, you might only be slightly homicidal after seeing it. | 12 stars
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Once Upon a Time TV Series
Well written, fabulously inventive show with very interesting characters. We're positively hooked, and we can't wait to see what happens next year! Full of intruige and plot-twists, with lushly-filmed fairytale backstories intertwined with the on-going events in Storybrooke. Best part is Rumplestilskyn; he's fascinating in both worlds. | 45 stars
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Torchwood rocks!
It's a great series and I'm glad that I can buy it in Blu-Ray. I highly recommend it to any Dr. Who fan! | 45 stars
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Disappointed.
I fell in love with this show when I saw the pilot. I've since seen all the seasons and continued to watch all of them over and over while patiently waiting for the fourth season to be released.Well, I as disappointed. The fourth season is not nearly as interesting as the others. It lacks the creativity the others had, and while the other seasons were emotional, they were still upbeat. This one was just depressing. They had so much to work with and they did nothing with it. | 12 stars
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Don't Trust the Reviews on Amazon...
I saw this movie and it wasn't the worst movie of the year but it wasn't very good either. A waste of time and money. Very flat and unimaginative. Better to see it on cable. But the first review of this movie posted her on Amazon made me suspicious. I have heard from others that since Amazon doesn't screen the reviews of anything posted, it's more than likely that people who need/want a product to be sucessful (including movies) will deliberately post overly positive reviews knowing that people are all to easily fooled. I suspect it with this post. Please...don't waste your time and $$$ with this movie. It's simply not worth it when there are other, much better movies out there like "School of Rock", or "Lost in Translation". | 12 stars
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viwer
An OK movie. NOT as GOOD as the first one, ACTION PACKED, and fun. Rent or mabey buy this. | 23 stars
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Beating a dead horse, but not nearly as bad as I'd feared.
Anatomy 2 (Stefan Ruzowitzky, 2003)I wasn't expecting much from Ruzowitzky's sequel to his fine Anatomy, which may be why I enjoyed it more than most people seem to have, if the ratings and reviews on IMDB are any indication. Sure, it doesn't measure up to the original, but you can't have everything.Plot: The Anti-Hippocratic cult from the first film are still active, and are always looking for a few good men. In this case, they're after the brilliant newcomer Jo Hauser (L'Auberge Espagnole's Barnaby Metschurat), who both chafes under the school's strict adherence to procedure and has a brother with a degenerative nerve disease. Jo will do anything to cure his brother, and that's where the Anti-Hippocratics come in--they've been working on artificial muscles. Of course, there's this problem of a lack of willing guinea pigs...There's nothing new here, but Ruzowitzky (The Counterfeiters) is a very good director, and he's a pretty good writer, too. You may have seen it all before, but it's done here with style, and the whole artificial-muscle thing is incredibly neat. *** | 23 stars
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Magical storytelling...
Descendant of the whale rider and first born of the new generation, Pai's grandfather is far from loving when he learns that her twin brother, destined to become chief and to lead their people in order to keep tradition alive, died along with her mother. Although he's eventually come to care for her, he's always been somewhat distant and indifferent to her special capabilities, so time and time again she tries to win his affections - to make him proud of her - but she was not the son her grandfather was expecting and a part of him loathed her very existence because of that. However, despite his anger directed toward her constant defiance as she starts bending the rules, she also stuns the people of the small village she lives in as she practices and excels in the ways of the ancient custom.I haven't read the novel by Witi Ihimaera in which this movie is based on yet so I can't compare the two but whether they stuck to the book or not, "Whale Rider" is a sensational cinema experience all should see. Even if this isn't your thing, anyone with any sense at all will surely recognize this as a true work of art... A masterpiece, if you will. The acting is superb with riveting performances from the entire cast (most notably young novice Keisha Castle-Hughes who, IMO, should have won the Oscar for best actress!) in this compelling drama that overflows with boundless spirit...unlike many films these days that rather rely on big effects and hideous amounts of violence, or plenty of action to draw viewers in. From the beautiful cinematography of New Zealand to the Maori chanting and haunting soundscapes provided by Lisa Gerrard to further enhance the ambiance successfully brought to life here, "Whale Rider" is a gripping tear-jerker full of heart, and it will stay with you long after watching. | 45 stars
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The chuck-man is back.
Well its been a little while, but the people at the toy factory have finaly caught up with the burnt remains of the perverously tourtured chucky. Just because they gave him a new body dose not mean the evil soul of the notorious starngler Chariles lee ray has left the migget body, just yet. He still has to find the boy andy from the first movie so he can do the soul switch. Other wise chucky will have to remain a doll for ever. In Child's Play 2 he gose to great and exiting lenghs to catch to boy and pick off most of the people around him.Its not hard to figure out why lots of critics hated this movie, but its also not hard to figure why horror and fathful fans(like my self)thought pretty highly of the 2nd childs play. Its very fun to watch, but then again its also not as smart as the first or really as chilling. There is more gore. | 34 stars
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standing on the doorstep of a new millennium
What's a Bulworth? Warren Beatty stars in and directed this movie that had all the earmarks of being a tremendous boondoggle. A pork barrel project if ever there was one. The premise is that a Senator hires a hit man to kill himself so his family can collect on the insurance. He has made some bad investments on pork belly futures, and you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. Knowing that he is going to die soon, he feels free enough to do something no politician has ever done before: he starts telling the truth. Next thing you know he's fallen for Nina (Halle Berry) and has become the most ridiculous white rapper since Vanilla Ice.Sounds like a recipe for disaster? But wait, it is a great movie! Spike Lee WISHES he could've made Bulworth. It is so good that by the time it gets to Warren's Adrian Brody moment, you are actually rooting him on. Nina, played by Halle Berry, is his muse, his inspiration, the object of his desire, and his assassin, all rolled into one. She is smokin' hot, yet never has to even take off her top. She's like a kosher ham sandwich. I don't know how she does it!---------------------------------------Nina: ...Yo.Bullworth: Yo. Yo, yo, yo to you.Nina: Later.Bullworth: I was, uh, hoping for sooner.---------------------------------------Christine Baranski is Constance Bulworth, the wife. William Baldwin is Constance Bulworth's Lover (uncredited). Oliver Platt is Dennis Murphy, Bulworth's campaign manager. He has his hands and nose full trying to keep the Senator in line and himself in lines. Larry King is Himself. Though it is quite a stretch, he actually does OK. Same for George Hamilton and John McLaughlin. Don Cheadle is notable as L.D., a drug dealer. Isaiah Washington is Darnell, Nina's Brother. You might not think to look at him, but he was famous long ago, for playing that doctor on Grey's Anatomy who went with Sandra Oh. Jack Warden, who passed away on July 19th, 2006, played Eddie Davers, a spear carrier for the Senator. I remember him from Shampoo, another Warren Beatty vehicle that was also political, in its own little conditioner, rinse, and repeat way, from the pre-bicenntennial year of 1975. Mimi, a television technician who monitors the footage of the Senator's meltdown, is played by Laurie Metcalf. If you wonder where it is you've seen her, perhaps it was on Roseanne, where she was the sister.---------------------------------------[after watching Bulworth lose it on TV]Mimi: Now - would we be eligible for an Emmy, or a Peabody?---------------------------------------I don't know Mimi. Ask Bill O'Reilly.Sen. Jay Billington Bulworth gets away with saying the most outrageous things. He is also like a kosher ham sandwich. I don't know how he does it! I was extremely dubious when I heard the concept and saw a clip of Beatty as Bulworth in his rapper duds. How can this movie NOT suck? Plan 9 From Outer Space move over! Ishtar II, The sequel. But my fears proved to be unfounded. Warren Beatty has really created a classic character, and crafted quite a movie. Senator Jay Billington Bulworth, you have my vote.---------------------------------------[Repeated line]Bullworth: You know, we're standing on the doorstep of a new millennium.---------------------------------------Career Highlights of Warren Beatty:Bulworth (1998) .... Sen. Jay Billington BulworthBugsy(1991) .... Ben 'Bugsy' SiegelDick Tracy(1990) .... Dick TracyIshtar(1987) .... Lyle RogersReds (Special 25th Aniversary Edition)(1981) .... John ReedShampoo(1975) .... George RoundyBonnie and Clyde(1967) .... Clyde BarrowMusic From The Sound Track Of 'Mickey One' Played By Stan Getz Composed By Eddie Sauter(1965) .... Warren Beatty was Mickey One, title character of this Kafkaesque thriller {Don't know if it's available on DVD, but the soundtrack by Eddie Sauter and Stan Getz is, and it's gorgeous}.Splendor in the Grass(1961) .... Bud Stamper"The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" .... Milton Armitage (6 episodes, 1959-1960)- The Fist Fighter (1960) TV episode .... Milton Armitage- The Smoke-Filled Room (1960) TV episode .... Milton Armitage- Dobie Gillis, Boy Actor (1959) TV episode .... Milton Armitage- The Sweet Singer of Central High (1959) TV episode .... Milton Armitage- The Right Triangle (1959) TV episode .... Milton Armitage(1 more)Hit 'N Run Halle's Greatest Hits:Monster's Ball(2001) .... Leticia MusgroveBoomerang(1992) .... Angela Lewis | 45 stars
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Gothic Music Video
The Loud Rock/Gothic Music is Distracting and Annoying.The storys of the sightings are great and the Filming thats done in the woods at night is a joke.Filming the faces of four guys pointing at something in the woods and you only see the four guys pointing as they say, Hear that ? and you only hear the annoying music that plays in the back ground.The talking is interesting, but these guys do not know how to research bigfoot as they just talk and show nothing. | 23 stars
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Crappy
I wonder if they'll continue this to focus on the kid, the father, and the other people? Who really cares to be honest - such TRASH! | 01 star
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Secret Policemen's balls
What can I say... Just great !! Too good to be ignored. The Monty's at their best, "Black Adder" Rowan huge among the giants... | 45 stars
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Just Stupid
I love to be scared, I really do.But this movie was just silly, and stupid. The main character is so dumb that she is dumb beyone the normal stereotype of the female lead in a horror movie. If her acting wasn't bad enough, the stupid gags are even worse. For me the worst part was when we basically got a Looney Tunes gag thrown into the movie in the form of an anvil being suspended with a rope and pulley system and then dropped on the old gypsy lady's head. If that wasn't bad enough, then her eyes pop out of her head in the same cartoony effect that Wiley Coyote's do whenever a boulder/anvil drops on him in a Road Runner cartoon.This movie was not scary, and the writer relied too much on jump scares, which by the way I was able to call out every single one of them before they happened, and he also relied too much on vomit humor. Frankly he seemed to be more determined to gross his audience out rather than scare them.It was just stupid. | 01 star
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