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Fog and Sun

Fog Warning

72

2

Suburban Legend Written by Jeff Preston Performed by JEL Courtesy of Smoove Records & Faithful Dog Music Publishing © 2000,Fog Warning was a pick and mix movie, namely I went in with no knowledge of the film or even what it was about it. With a very dark and graphic opening sequence I came to the conclusion happily that it was a horror, and quite an interesting one at that. It tells the story of a world where a serial killer is on the loose, they become known as that "Vampire" killer because they are draining their victims of blood. A guy begins to suspect a woman of being a vampire so he kidnaps her, imprisons her in a cage and demands she confess. Along with two sidekicks he aims to find lucrative ways of cashing in on catching the killer and outing the worlds first vampire. Trouble is nothing is quite as it seems and the movie gradually begins to go in directions you may not have expected. The cast though 100% unknown to me were all fantastic, no weak links here at all. The script is near flawless, and the whole thing looks great. Though not without its negatives Fog Warning is a fantastic little film but I'd say its as much a thriller as a horror. Well worth a watch. The Good: Hell of a way to establish a bad guy Zeus/Ronny is actually entertaining Good casting Solid script The Bad: Something was missing, can't quite put my finger on it Couple of loose ends Things I Learnt From This Movie: This is the kind of film that Hollywood should take notice of,

Foghorn

Fogo

697K

1.3K

Rather than dubbing in the gunshots during the bank robbery shoot-out, Michael Mann had microphones carefully placed around the set so that the audio could be captured live. This added to the impact of the scene, because it sounded like no other gunfight shown on-screen.,In the final scene, the approach light system at LAX airport is shown turning on and off for individual aircraft as they approach to land. In actuality, approach lights to runways remain lit at the same level of intensity for aircraft. They are not turned 'up' and 'down' for each airplane.,Vincent Hanna: I'm angry. I'm very angry, Ralph. You know, you can ball my wife if she wants you to. You can lounge around here on her sofa, in her ex-husband's dead-tech, post-modernistic bullshit house if you want to. But you do not get to watch my fucking television set!,For the film's Blu-ray release in 2009, director Michael Mann made two minor changes to the film (this Blu-ray cut has been used for all subsequent home video releases): When Vincent Hanna (Al Pacino) returns to the restaurant to pick up Justine (Diane Venora), they have a low-key argument about his obsessive police work and how it is affecting the marriage. In the Theatrical Cut, Justine says, "You don't live with me, you live among the remains of dead people. You sift through the detritus, you read the terrain, you search for signs of passing, for the scent of your prey, and then you hunt them down. That's the only thing you're committed to. The rest is the mess you leave as you pass through." In the Blu-ray cut, the line "You sift through the detritus" has been removed. To cover this edit, the camera cuts to Hanna rather than staying on Justine for the entirety of her monologue (which was how the scene played out in the Theatrical Cut).,Edited into Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles: Some Must Watch While Some Must Sleep (2009),Always Forever Now Music by Passengers Performed by Passengers Courtesy of Island Records Ltd. By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing,I have very little interest in most action films or violent movies, so I am not the sort of person that would normally watch a film like "Heat". However, on a lark and because it's apparently such a good film I decided to give the film a look. Well, I must say that thought I was not in love with the film it sure was exceptionally well made and had a lot to offer--even for folks like me. The biggest reason I liked the movie and thought it was made so well was its rich and complex plot. At nearly three hours, there is lots and lots of time for the plot to slowly unfold. It also allowed for several concurrent plots to interweave themselves through the film--the story about the master criminals, the cops, another criminal as well as a rogue nut-job that just likes to kill. It's almost like a mini-series in this respect. I also loved how this was not a set-bound film but was made throughout LA--though I wonder how this was possible, as it must have tied up huge portions of Los Angeles! I also loved some of the characters--particularly Robert De Niro's oddly professional and scary criminal boss. It was one of his very best performances. There's very little to complain about in the film, though I thought Al Pacino's character was a tad over-acted at times. Unlike De Niro, I had a harder time believing Pacino was real. Perhaps it's just me.... Overall, if you don't mind the violence and the occasionally frenetic pace, then this is a film well wroth seeing. Extremely well-directed and never dull.,

Fogo de Palha

Follies Girl

42

1

Follow the Band

45

3

Follow the Boys

495

13

In the "Beyond the Blue Horizon" number (previously used in Monte Carlo (1930)) the lyric "rising sun" were changed to "shining sun", to avoid any associations to the Japanese flag.,Gloria Vance: You have no inhibitions, have you? Tony West: I can't afford them.,Featured in Arena: The Orson Welles Story - Part 1 (1982),I'll Walk Alone (1944) Music Jule Styne Lyrics by Sammy Cahn Sung by Dinah Shore (uncredited),It is difficult in the modern world of mega-entertainment to comprehend how little was available in 1944, especially for troops stationed in remote regions, at least if movies made during World War Two are any testimony. This movie is loaded with talent, singing what the "boys" wanted to hear. The plot is typical of USO movies, lots of entertaining and lots of appreciation. Dinah Shore's "I Promise You" and the Andrew Sisters' "Apple Blossom Time" must have put many minds at ease, at least for a short time. The film is worth seeing, especially when George Raft dances in the rain.,

Follow the Crowd

50

3

Follow the Fleet

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During the fight scene between Fred Astaire and Randolph Scott, Astaire - not skilled in movie fight scenes - accidentally bloodied Scott's nose; Astaire was mortified, but Scott remained pointedly nonchalant.,Bake Baker: Let's kiss and make up. Sherry Martin: No, let's just make up. That'll give you something to work for.,Featured in Fred Astaire: Puttin' on His Top Hat (1980),We Saw the Sea (uncredited) Written by Irving Berlin Played during the opening credits Performed by Fred Astaire and chorus [Also played as dance music],This is just a great, fun, lovely film. It captures the true essence of the decade and of the people, and tells a beautiful love story of two sisters with two sailors. Though this film may only be in Black and White, it definitely doesn't count against it now in modern days. The main basic purpose of the movie is timeless. This movie features great acting, beautiful song and dance numbers, and great design work and film shots. Follow the Fleet is also comical, there are funny moments, moments that will make you laugh, but other moments where the acting just gets you so involved into the storyline. Its amazing how though this movie may be set in a certain decade, how it can affect those today. If you want to see something great, check this out.,

Follow the Fox

Follow the Girl

Follow the Lady

Follow the Leader

128

3

Ethel Merman was a last-minute replacement for Ruth Etting.,Referenced in Romance in Manhattan (1934),Broadway (The Heart of the World) (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva,The waiter in question is Ed Wynn (Cricket) and the film starts off as it means to continue, so if you find Wynn's character and style of comedy funny then you are in for a treat. Occasionally, he is funny with his quickness and randomness when telling his stories. He uses repetition and a certain degree of fluid thinking in his comic delivery. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. He also throws in a girly, child-like giggle at the end of his sentences which just sounds retarded. The story involves Wynn becoming leader of a gang of thugs and playing match-maker to a rather boring Ginger Rogers (Mary) and equally uninspiring Stanley Smith (Jimmie). The plot is to make Ginger a star on stage by kidnapping her rival Ethel Merman (Helen) who clearly has way more talent that Rogers as demonstrated by the song she sings. Rogers doesn't get to sing and is only given a very basic dance step to perform which is a complete waste given that she was a champion Charleston dancer 4 years prior to this film. I expected more from this film so it was a disappointment. Phil Silvers clearly based his comedy persona on Wynn. They are identical in both looks and style.,

Follow the Legion

87

5

Follow Me

12K

264

Many of Russian inscriptions, including chat messages and bilingual closing credits, apparently were translated via online translators because some of them make zero sense to those who are fluent in Russian. One of many examples: composer's name (which is Crystal) was translated not as a person's name but as an adjective.,It's unexplained how Dash escapes from the iron maiden into which he was tied.,Alexei: [addressing the group before they enter the escape room] Ok, now remember, as real as everything might seem, you're safe.,The highlight of this film is Keegan Allen's performance. Playing an obnoxious Logan Paul social media influencer type character you can't help but hope he gets killed first. However he ends up being one of the few redeeming qualities of this film. The film takes a while to get going trying to get you to care about the characters but you won't. Once it finally does - you find yourself watching a crossover of Escape Room, Saw and Hostel. All far superior films. My partner was bored and predicted the ending however I was still entertained and was very intrigued as to how it would all end. Once it finally does - you're kind of glad it has. It is not a terrible film though and is still worth a watch for any fan of the horror genre.,

Follow Me Home

223

5

This film originally had difficulty finding a distributor until viewed by African American attorney Henri Norris who created New Millenia Films specifically to distribute it.,Working with Peter and Ben on the Albuquerque premier was definitely a high light. Being a young woman of 16, I was honored to have met the Bratt boys and their mother ( wonderful force all in her own, now i understood where the Bratt boys got their charisma and charm). The movie itself inspired me to keep writing, and follow my dreams. It was absolutely wonderful being able to partake in such a life altering event. I wish that I still had my memorabilia from the promotions, as they would now be priceless. The movie was beautifully written, directed and produced. Phenomenal! I would definitely want to own this in my DVD collection to show my son when he gets older.,

Follow Me My Queen

Follow Me Quietly

1.7K

49

The voice in The Judge's apartment building yelling downstairs is Marjorie Main.,When Ann Gorman is speaking with Police Sgt. Art Collins; there is a man sitting on the stool on the right side of Collins. But on the next immediate cut; no one is sitting there.,Police Lt. Harry Grant: Funny thing how he always strikes in the rain. Police Sgt. Art Collins: Maybe he likes rain. Must be a fish.,It's been a long time since I last saw Richard Fleischer's "Follow Me Quietly" on TV with commercial breaks making it seem longer than its 60 minute running time. Looking at it again last week via a Warner Archive DVD that sure looks a lot better than the copy I saw years ago, my first reaction was one of "style over substance" but that's hardly a knock, and actually common for me when it comes to noir. This is really a programmer showing the talent of a director with aspirations, or as Fleischer claimed "This is the film that, above all, increased my knowledge of the trade. I learned how to organize a film." One can see that he was handed a script that is fairly routine, despite Anthony Mann sharing the credit for story. But Fleischer manages to add a few touches here and there to make an impression. The bit in policeman William Lundigan's apartment with the female reporter trying to get some story leads is quite suggestive although the two don't even so much as get into a clinch. Lundigan, along with partner Jeff Corey, are on the trail of a serial killer known only as "The Judge" and in piling up what few clues they have, they manage to create a dummy that is the killer's size and appropriately dressed based on thread samples found - it's just missing a face. One eerie segment has Lundigan talking to the dummy until Corey walks in and warns him that he's bordering on being as crazy as the killer. But the scene doesn't end there however you'll have to watch it without my spoilers. I will say that here Fleischer does demonstrate his awareness that a film can be more than the sum of its parts. However that point is teased several times in the film - that Lundigan and the killer may be of the same ilk. Lundigan is so unhinged perhaps to even allow a suspect who is confessing to demonstrate the method of strangulation that he used on a victim. Douglas Spencer makes good use of his minimal screen time in this segment. Even a waitress comments on a pattern of behavior that the cop shares with the criminal. As Howard Hawks has said, a good film should have three good scenes and no boring scenes. In that respect, Fleischer doesn't let us down, even if a few scenes are the clichéd montage bits of cops pursuing leads, interviewing and pounding the pavement. You have to move the action forward somehow, even in a film that runs only an hour. There's a mix of location shots (especially good in the finale) and studio sets to represent what we can presume to be Los Angeles. I'm just about certain that "The Judge" lived on the same block that Peter Lorre terrorized in "Stranger on the Third Floor." Dorothy Patrick plays the plucky reporter, she's quite appealing and manages to stay out of the way when told and thus avoiding the need for the cop to rescue the clueless female. In fact she's quite helpful when Lundigan gets a new lead and it's he who struck me as clueless on this point. Jeff Corey shines as Lundigan's partner and walks away with the film with ease.,

Follow the Prophet

788

5

Katie Gunderson's debut.,Although the title of the film is "Follow the Prophet," the copyright is listed as "Follow the Profit.",I'll start off by saying the acting was great and the cinematic feel was quite effective for the dramatic feel they seem to have been aiming for. Having said that, let's get to the problems: While I am no fan of the Fundamentalists (who, by the way, are not Mormons, no matter what they claim, just as a "Muslim Extremist" is not a Muslim), I cannot simply ignore the overall impression this movie tries to give of the LDS church and its members. The events shown may be similar to those Warren Jeffs was accused of (and was no doubt guilty of, though I did not follow the trial as closely as many others did), but very little distinction is made between Fundamentalists and Latter-Day Saints. In fact, it isn't until a full hour into the movie that the Fundamentalists' split from the LDS church was even mentioned, and they never once identify any religion by name, leaving it to be assumed. Among other things, the movie gives the impression that the LDS church actively hid the actions of the Fundamentalists, when the truth is the LDS church has been trying to get rid of them from the start. There are numerous other points of complaint that a perfectionist such as myself would love to point out, but most would consider it nitpicking and trivial details (silk garments? really?), but I'll not get into that here. If you choose to see this movie, please keep in mind the vast differences between the two faiths and do a bit of research on your own. I suggest http://www.watchman.org/old_wf/assets/files/flds_profile.pdf I've not read it in its entirety, so I can't vouch for its full accuracy, but the portions I have read seem to be accurate to the best of my knowledge and research.,

Follow the River

487

12

Follow a Star

617

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Fenella Fielding strongly disliked star Norman Wisdom, and was one of the few actresses to dare to speak about it. "Not a very pleasant man," she said. "Hand up your skirt first thing in the morning. Not exactly a lovely way to start a day's filming.",Norman is talking to the hypnotist at 1:10:00 his lips do not match what the voice over is saying about "like I depend on...",Featured in Norman Wisdom: His Story (2010),Follow a Star by Norman Wisdom,What a wonderful film this is,probably normans best,it has all the hallmarks of mr wisdom from the sad lonely fool to the mad fool!to the sentimental romantic fool that norman pulls off with such natural ease,the plot is good about an ageing pop star played by jerry desmonde trying to revive his flagging career,finds norman, hears his voice and decides to steal it.Hattie Jacques is brilliant as normans vocal teacher but Jerry Desmonde is outstanding in this film,especially when he sings the bath song contorting his body like elvis gone mad!it kept my interest from start to finish.The only slight thing that niggles sometimes, norman very occasionally acts a little too silly where it stops being funny and a little cringing,eg-when hes rolling about on the psychiatrist floor,but normally its kept to the right level.The song 'follow a star'is a enchanting song with a melody that grows on you,incidentally norman wrote this and other songs in this film which further enhances his considerable talents,if you like good comedy,good music and norman wisdom,then this the film to watch.,

Follow the Star

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16

Edited into Hallmark Hall of Fame (1951),This is such an incredible movie. It really makes you grateful for what you have. The cast is incredible and Kimberly Williams plays the part of a grief-sticken, struggling Mother beautifully. Catch it if you can.,

Follow the Stars Home

Follow the Sun

74

1

Follow That Camel

2.6K

32

For the first week of filming Jim Dale and Peter Butterworth were not speaking to one another, even though they had the majority of scenes together. At the start of shooting, Kenneth Williams told Peter Butterworth that Jim Dale 'hated his guts' and then told Dale the same thing about Butterworth. Eventually Dale asked Butterworth on set, if Williams had said anything to him and they discovered what had happened, whilst Williams stood nearby laughing at them.,When Simpson enters the tent in disguise to rescue West and Nocker, he is bashed on the head, wrapped in a carpet and West says "Get his clothes". With no intervening action or dialogue, he is then seen crawling out of the tent in uniform. He has had no time to recover, nor has it been established that the other two have discovered their mistake.,Sgt. Nocker: Hold it baby. How about giving us the Dance of the Two Veils? Corktip: You mean seven veils. Sgt. Nocker: Why bother with preliminaries?,Edited into Carry on Laughing: Episode #1.6 (1981),A surprisingly funny instalment of the CARRY ON franchise, given this film's poor reputation amongst fans. A lot of that ill feeling stems from the presence of Phil Silvers (SGT. BILKO) in the cast, replacing Sid James; Silvers is hardly a perfect fit here, but I found that come the end he had acquitted himself well with the material. And the story is very enjoyable. This is a broad spoof of the Foreign Legion movie, with an upper class toff (Jim Dale, on fine form) and his manservant (Peter Butterworth, excelling in one of his larger roles) drafted into the Legion to do battle against Bernard Bresslaw (excellent) and his nefarious Arabs. The cast give some very good performances in this one, particularly Kenneth Williams playing a (bizarrely) German officer. Inevitably the gags come thick and fast, and there's a fair share of hits among them too, including some great sight gags. What I noticed in particular, and it may be the nature of the spoof, is that CARRY ON FOLLOW THAT CAMEL has much more in common with the 1950s-era CARRY ON flicks than the crude 1970s ones, and that's perhaps a reason I enjoyed it so much.,

Follow That Dream

2.9K

57

The courtroom scene was filmed in the Citrus County Courthouse in nearby Inverness, Florida. When the courthouse was restored and made into the Old Courthouse Heritage Museum during the 1990s, photographs of the courtroom were scarce, since courtroom photography was not allowed there for many years. With permission from MGM, still photographs of the film were used as reference to recreate the look of the courtroom. As of 2009, the only known visual record of the original courtroom interior is that which is in .,When Pop Quimper is supposedly playing the guitar while Toby is singing, in more than one place, his hands move when there is no sound and when there is, they are back where they were originally, making it obvious that he is not really playing.,Nick: Ten, nine, eight, seven, six, five... Toby Kwimper: You do the multiplication tables too, Nick? Nick: [Nick rolls his eyes at Toby] Three, two, one. [Nick's trailer explodes] Toby Kwimper: Well, I'll be doggone. Your place done blowed up, Nick. It's on fire too.,Featured in Elvis in the Movies (1990),What a Wonderful Life by Sid Wayne & Jerry Livingston Performed by Elvis Presley (uncredited),This was Elvis beginning to come into his own as good actor. This was one of his funniest movies. His character, Toby is a mentally limited young man with a heart of gold. I like the way that even the Kwimper's own mistakes cannot defeat them. This movie had a strong plot and once again a strong supporting cast, with the late Arthur O'Connell (Kissin Cousins), Anne Helm and the late Howard McNear. If Elvis had made more movies like this, his movie career would have been much better acclaimed.,

Follow That Man

Follow That Woman

45

Follow Thru

255

11

Nancy Carroll and Zelma O'Neal both had naturally red hair, and O'Neal's was dyed darker to provide more contrast between the two of them.,When Effingham and Angie are standing on the bench (after spying on Lora and Jerry) a microphone shadow falls on his arm several times.,Featured in Broadway: The American Musical (2004),Button Up Your Overcoat (uncredited) Music by Ray Henderson Lyrics by Lew Brown and Buddy G. DeSylva Sung by Jack Haley and Zelma O'Neal,A few corrections to the other comments...Busby Berkeley was already doing overhead shots the very same year in WHOOPEE. Also, Zelma O'Neal's number was "I Want to Be Bad," not "Turn Up the Heat," which was from 1929's SUNNY SIDE UP. Anyway, this is an exceptional musical from the era which is inexplicably missing from view other than museum-type showings. Why can't TCM get a hold of it? The colors are well preserved, the cast is excellent, and it does have a wonderful sense of fun and charm. It really deserves to be rediscovered, as do so many other movies from this overlooked era.,

Follow Your Heart

651

20

Galadriel Stineman and Kevin Joy are married to each other in real life.,In a house with no electricity there is what appears to be an electric range hood.,6.5 stars. This is not what Amish people are like, just so you know. They are generally very nice and open-minded folk, very welcoming, kind, and easy going. "From the Heart" casts a very negative slant on this quaint group of Amish people that Katrina has left behind in her desire to experience adventures and see the world. She left her Amish upbringing, as is the option of all Amish citizens. In her case, she never came back. Now she's visiting home due to the loss of her father. She must tie up loose ends regarding her inheritance, which is shared with her Amish sister and family. The twists and turns of plot and the abrupt changes of heart that so many characters experience so quickly is not believable. The story is not convincing, and not true to life. We have several people whose ideological views take an about-face: to be Amish, or not, to be worldly, or not, to be critical, to be in love, to be understanding. The writers make a bold attempt to stretch the imagination with "From the Heart", unfortunately to the point that it leaves a sour aftertaste. My main focus of this review is to express that Amish folks are generally not so bitter and harsh as this, and I find it very unnerving that Hallmark would portray them as such. Otherwise, this film is simply a variation of the usual Hallmark formula. Why the sudden shift from fervor to complete indifference? It's quite bewildering. Total fabrication and lack of plausibility aside, this was a very moving film for about 15 minutes.,

Follow Your Star

Followed

1.9K

83

The 'haunted hotel' in the film is based off the Hotel Cecil in Downtown Los Angeles,Referenced in Half in the Bag: Vast of Night and Aquaslash (2020),Feast Or Famine Written by Dahlak Brathwaite and Jason Soudah Music by Jason Soudah, Lyrics by Dahlak Brathwaite Vocals Performed by Dahlak Brathwaite; Produced by Jason Soudah and Dahlak Brathwaite Mixed by Jason Soudah; Courtesy of Derby Zero Six and Dahlak,I watch a lot of found footage films so admittedly I like them. This is one of the better ones, but definitely is full of the standard messes riddled with the genre. The acting is good, the scares are there, and the plot is intriguing due to the real history of the hotel. If you like the genre you will enjoy it. My main problems were the plot holes and the overtly contrived plot, but that's to be expected.,

Followers

303

8

Moving into a new dorm, a social media star trying to get past a scandal finds a potential avenue to fix everything by documenting a series of hauntings within the house, but when they realize that something far more dangerous is at stake they set out to stop the hauntings before they continue. This was a rather fun and likable if still flawed genre effort. One of the better features of this one involves the strong setup that provides a strong touch to modern influencer culture. Going into detail on how the build-up and eventual downfall of his social media career have gotten to him while also causing the introduction of the friends at school as he goes on the redemption angle, gives this a great start. This constant influx of his life and career through his videos and social media presence instigates his numerous attempts at generating fame with his antics either building or downgrading his presence which gives everything the touch of the modern flair that's required for this type of film. That goes a long way toward making the initial encounters and ghostly circumstances feel legitimately creepy and chilling. After starting off with the moving furniture or slamming doors which are all caught on camera, the shift into more overt danger as the scenes start to involve physical manifestations that others can feel or comment on brings a different tone and feel to everything. As the encounters continue and the events start to interfere with their personal relationships, this comes off quite fun as it starts to introduce all manner of extra personal into what's going on as the obsessed friend, the paranormal medium, and the finally observed truth about the helper who knows the truth who just wants to help. This is based quite heavily on the finale where it generates some intriguing twists that lead to a highly enjoyable finish for its good points. There are some big issues here to hold this down. Among its bigger factors is the seemingly bizarre lack of urgency throughout here as if the desire to prove ghosts are real isn't that big of a priority. Since most of the film is built off an undeserving and banal romance angle that no one wants and is so cliched it doesn't really register that much, it all comes off incredibly bland and lifeless while also failing so many found-footage rules due to who would film these scenes. It also makes so much of the adulation he receives for these antics feel so hollow as if that's the way the story is supposed to go without earning it so the jarring nature of the film is directly responsible for the approach featured. Even with nothing much in the way of action here, it still isn't very funny either which perhaps knocks this one down the most. Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.,

Following

99K

250

Principal photography of this film took over one year. Because all cast and crew members had other full-time jobs they were only able to film on Saturdays - about 15 minutes of footage until photography had been completed.,During the safe robbery, Bill is clearly shown wearing gloves, most noticeably when he pulls the paper with the combination from his pocket. However, as he starts to open the safe, the gloves are gone and they never reappear.,Cobb: You take it away... to show them what they had.,The movie was filmed from 1996 to 1997 and first released in 1998. However, the copyright date in the credits is listed as being 1999.,The Criterion Collection DVD features an additional "Chronological Edit" of the film, which places the scenes in linear order.,Featured in Smashing UK Top 10: Top 10 Film Directors (2013),Great film. No gratuitous gimmicks like in most Hollywood films. Everything supported the suspense of the plot. B&w gave it a basic, no-frills feel also. In short, it was visceral in its simplicity of cinematography and cast. Following serves as an interesting contrast to Memento. Characters in both used manipulation and subterfuge extensively. In that sense, both reminded me somewhat of "In the Company of Men," also highly recommendable. One difference between Nolan's two films is that Memento was a little easier for me to follow, given that the b&w scenes progress in a constant chronological direction, and so do those in color. I don't think that was true of Following, where scenes seemed to be shown at random. If you have the choice between VCR and DVD, I'd highly recommend DVD, since that gives you the option of watching the movie a second time in chronological order, not just in the scrambled (albeit ingenuous) order presented by Nolan. It also makes it easier, upon a second viewing, to piece the order together for yourself, if you want to. As another viewer noted, one of the best things about both this movie and Memento is that none of the cast were famous. They were characters, not big-name actors who brought in personas developed in other movies. Given certain similarities in the plots, I wonder if Memento is sort of a remake of Following, but intended to reach a bigger audience, like Edward Burns made She's the One in the mold of -- and with largely the same cast as -- The Brothers McMullan.,

Following Her Heart

127

4

This movies was a very touching and definitely made for tv movie. Ann-Margret was excellent as 'Lena' She did an wonderful job of playing her and really touched me in many ways. There was a great supporting cast.I especially loved Cecile (Brenda Vaccaro)and Nola(Alexandra Powers). Although it was a little bit predictable,it was a lovely story and AM shone in this performance.Her singing was great too and she showed that she still has what it take to be a serious,dramatical actor.She looked sensational!!! George Segal was good to and they made a good onscreen couple. Definitely a movie for AM fans!!!!,

Following Sean

804

16

Features Sean (1970),Flying Over Written and Performed by Peter Whitehead Courtesy of Out of Round Records,I stumbled upon this film on Netflix while perusing the documentary section and I'm very glad I did. This was very moving and thoughtful film, the filmmaker weaves his own life story into that of the subject, who was a precocious four year old boy in the Haight Ashbury sixties and now an adult trying to figure out his own place in the world. A very quiet meditation on life, relationships, the impermanence of everything we think will last forever. It was like watching years fly by in the blink of an eye, which in a way they actually do, both beautiful and depressing. Possibly not for everyones taste but as someone who didn't live in the sixties or have anything to do with those times it was still a fascinating peak into life at the time and the people who lived during that era.,

Folly to Be Wise

353

11

The title comes from Thomas Gray's poem "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (1768). The actual lines (the last two lines of the poem) are ".... Where ignorance is bliss, /'Tis folly to be wise".,Just before Walter gives Captain Paris a message for the Doctor, Captain Paris bangs the gavel on the table and then places the gavel next to his glasses. He then receives the message with his left hand. In the next shot he is holding his glasses with his left hand and holding the message with his right hand.,The Whelk Song (uncredited) Written by John Temple West, Johnny Johnston and Louise Kulma,Alistair Sim is the stand-out in this rather claustrophobic adaptation of a slight stage play. Mr Sim is commendably restrained, more so than in some other Launder & Gilliat comedies, but he has so little to do, and so little happens that nowadays, one wonders why the whole thing was mounted anyway. The relationship between the aspirational secretary and her 'dumb' boyfriend is nicely constructed, and he, Peter Martyn, plays his part very nicely. Otherwise all the focus is on the more upper-middle class characters, who nowadays seem like caricatures. There was a tendency in most British cinema of the 50s to adapt stage plays, but very non-cinematically; this is a typical example. In terms of film study or of entertainment, this doesn't have a lot more than competence to commend it.,

Folly of Love

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Filmed in Covington, Georgia.,In the first movie "Coat Of Many Colors",Randy Parton was a toddler able to walk on his own.In the Christmas sequel,Randy is an infant.,Dolly Parton: [Dolly and Judy are cleaning Ms Moody's house. Dolly has put her foot in the toilet bowl] Ms. Moody must be rich. She has her own giant foot-washing machine. Judy Ogle: That ain't no foot-washing machine .That's an outhouse, but inside. Dolly Parton: Ohhh! Judy Ogle: For a smart girl, sometimes you sure do some dumb things.,Featured in Little Tiny Tasseltop (2016),Circle of Love Written by Dolly Parton Performed by Dolly Parton and Jennifer Nettles,I am a man who is not afraid to admit that yes I got chocked up by this movie it is a good time for the movie and a wonderful message of faith and inspiration for the holiday season to give and receive rather than just receive young Dolly herself is a little firecracker and you just can't help but love her and laugh at her she's a great example for little girls to follow and for young boys as for what qualities to look for in a mate later on in life the whole movie is magical and a good family friendly movie too the only thing that might bother a parent is that Parton herself plays a slight prostitute and she is called a dirty woman and told,her dirty money is no good for a purchase at a store but the woman is treated with the same lack of respect that she gives Parton, but aside from that it's a wonderful movie for young and old if you have not watched this already watch it next time it's on hope you all have a good and happy day will be back soon with more reviews,

Foma Gordeyev

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Food

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Featured in The Know's Top 10s: Top 10 Anime Foods (2018),This anime is good. The display of taste of food is super awesome. The MC character is perfect. It inspired me to cook. It taught me how good is food and how naive I'm in tasting foods. It made me love cooking.😍,

Food for Fighters

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Food for the Gods

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The Food of the Gods

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Oversized reproductions of worms, chickens, wasps and rats were used to create the gigantic creature effect. Six different mechanized rat heads and four human-motivated rat costumes were also employed.,When Morgan first meets Mrs. Skinner's rooster, the legs (from the knees down) are visible of the crew member wielding the giant chicken head.,Jack Bensington: [pointing at bubbling fluid from ground] That's what your husband brought us out here for? Mrs. Skinner: Just like Mr. Skinner found 'er. Just like that one day. At first he thought it was oil and it was going to make us rich. Jack Bensington: Come on, Lorna. Lorna Scott: No, wait a minute, Jack, wait a minute. Look at this. I've never seen anything like it. Mrs. Skinner, how did your husband happen to feed it to the chickens? Mrs. Skinner: Well, when we found out it weren't no oil, there was nothing to do about it, so we fed it to the chicks.,Based on a Portion of the Novel By H.G. Wells,Edited into Attack of the 50 Foot Monster Mania (1999),A great title (borrowed from the greatest science-fiction writer of all time) and downhill from there, but this fun flic with a bad rep, for good reason in a couple of spots, taken in its entirety offers more entertainment value, pound for pound, than most of the other 'eco-terror' flics of the '70s; that's not saying much, but there were plenty of 'em: Bug(75); Night of the Lepus(72); Squirm(76); Kingdom of the Spiders(77); Prophecy(79); Empire of the Ants(77); Frogs(72); Day of the Animals(76); Ben(72); and even Phase IV(74), which was more intelligent but a bore. The only one on par with this is Piranha(78), whose director, Dante, moved to the A-list, and the original Willard(71), which had the added psycho angle. Beyond this, "Food.." contains a wicked depiction of American 'can do' gumption, embodied by Marjoe (an odd choice for leading man). He kills a rooster which was just minding its own business and defending its turf, and never apologizes to the owner (Ida Lupino). Later, he causes the deaths of his buddy (Cypher) and the obvious villain (Meeker-slumming,but the 'go to' guy those days for bad guy roles) by refusing to listen to their logical arguments for getting out of the mess they're in. No, it's his way only, 'cause he's the toughest around these here parts, and if a few people get eaten due to his manly choices, well, that's the American way. In a very strange way, it called to mind the relentless expansion & colonization represented by the American spirit; OK, that's a stretch, but, in another genre, his role would be played by someone like John Wayne, who needs to make the tough decisions. However, if you look more closely at Marjoe's character, he seems to have some crazy death wish. At one point, when they already know the island is infested with giant killers, he decides to go look around in his jeep, which offers no protection at all; his friend, echoing the thoughts of the audience, asks what the hell for? Marjoe doesn't really have an answer; he even says "I don't know." Wild. I first saw this as a teen when it came out, in a downtown theater in San Francisco and sure, most of the FX, especially the dam breaking and water pouring out, caused me to groan in another sort of horror, but seeing people getting eaten alive by giant rats was nothing to laugh off back then. This looked pretty grisly. I recently acquired a decent DVD version and the photography was quite good. Oh, and a bit of a twist ending, to boot! The much later sequel, having little to do with this picture, really was a waste of time.,

Food of the Gods II

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This is a sequel in name only as its plot or characters have no bearing on the 1976 film. It was, however, originally intended to be a true sequel, with Bert I. Gordon (director of the 1976 film) returning, but the idea was dropped sometime in pre-production.,When Edmund is becoming infected with dog cancer, a crew member can be seen in the lower left-hand corner of the screen operating the pumps that squirt the white goo out of the lumps on Colin Fox's face.,Dr. Treger: [introducing Neil to the giant child] Bobby, I want you to meet my colleague, Dr. Hamilton. Bobby: I'd like you to get the fuck outta here! Dr. Treger: It's all right. Bobby: Get outta here! Are you deaf? Get outta my room! Get outta here, you bitch, get outta here! Get outta my room!,Featured in Trailer Trauma (2016),Shakin' All Over Written by Johnny Kidd Performed by Steve Marriott Produced by Stephen W. Parsons (as Stephen Parsons) Published by Mills Music, Inc. (ASCAP) C/O Filmtrax Copyright Holdings, Inc.,Once again my ability to be entertained finds it's happy place at the near lowest common denominator one can possibly find: A movie about growth hormone mutated rats chewing their way through the supporting cast of an unnamed Canadian university. Packed with in jokes, sight-gags and made by people who were using their brains for more than shoulder ballast, I found this to be a rip-roaring entertainment heightened by the ingenious way that miniature sets, forced perspective shots and other gimmicks were used to create monster rats, an over-sized university professor, and a giant mutant kid who's escape at the conclusion of the film was the perfect open ending. And I hope nobody ever makes a FOTG Pt3 to show what happens to him: some things are best left to the imagination. Anyone familiar with the abysmal 1976 film of more or less the same name can rest assured: Part 2 has absolutely nothing to do with the original FOTG, setting off on a totally independent storyline which produces more or less the same results -- giant rats eating people, a universally frightening concept -- though this film is correctly played for laughs where the original was a semi-serious ecological horror flick unable to overcome it's underlying stupidity. This one works because it embraced that stupidity & went with it. THE PLOT: An overachieving researcher develops a growth hormone formula, tests it on some tomatoes which are then eaten by a cage full of lab rats who get big and eat people. End of story. Along the way, the film takes hilarious pot-shots at such deserving targets as animal rights activists, liberal university administrations, the police, Clint Eastwood, and synchronized swimming. In fact the minute that the evil Dean character voiced concern that an effort to corral the mutant rats might interfere with the opening of a new pool complex I knew that the climax would be fun, though the bigger laugh came when he referred to "all the rich alumni with their checkbooks" who would be in attendance. Everyone whom I went to college with is as broke as I am, except the worms who weaseled their way into teaching or other academic positions. Like research work. Look, if you're going to be sitting down and watching a film about mutant rats on the rampage the last thing in the world you're really going to fret over are convincing performances, slick special effects and a coherent plot, so why not approach the material at an angle & have some fun? On that level of consideration this film is a minor masterpiece, and anyone who finds it to be prurient or juvenile in nature is simply refusing to play along with the fun. Highly recommended as a "party movie", with plenty of laughs, some repulsive gore and even a few bared breasts here & there. But if you're looking for a serious film, well that's why they make DVDs of CITIZEN KANE, and you'd be advised to stick with that. But for those with a sense of humor and a love for low-middle budget horror this flick is very hard to beat, and I've even seen DEATH SHIP. ***1/2 out of ****,

Food of Love

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Piano Trio No. 2 in C major Op. 87 Written by Johannes Brahms (as Brahms) Performed by Jan Pérez (cello), Daniel Ligorio (piano) and Sergi Alpiste (violin),`Food Of Love' marks the debut of Ventura Pons first English language film and is based on the novel, `The Page Turner' by David Leavitt. As the film began I thought to myself, `This is going to be one of the best gay films I've seen in recent memory', and although I really enjoyed it, what began as a really good coming of age love story, midway through it took a completely different direction and became an after school special, centered around a mother dealing with her son's homosexuality. Having not read the book I can't say how it compares, but as a movie, it left me hungry for more. All the performances are great although the mother (Juliet Stevenson) at times seemed too over the top and almost cartoonish. Kevin Bishop who plays Paul, is a cute, blue-eyed, blonde that showed a wide range of emotions throughout the film, from his first sexual encounter, to his disappointments with school, and frustrations with his mom, and so forth. Paul Rhys also gives a wonderful performance and appears sensitive, intimate and charming towards towards the boy and his mom. It begins in San Francisco as 18 year old Paul Portfield (Kevin Bishop), an aspiring piano player and soon to be Juliard student, gets a job as a page turner for his idol Richard Kennington (Paul Rhys), a renowned concert pianist. During the concert as Paul reaches to turn the pages as Richard plays feverishly, you get the beginning glimpses of the sexual sparks between them. After the concert, Richard invites Paul out for a drink only to be interrupted and taken home by his overprotective and at times manic mother (Juliet Stevenson). After finding out his dad has left his mother for another woman, Paul and his mom venture off to Spain on vacation. While wandering the streets Paul spots a concert poster featuring Richard and he sets out to find him. Paul tracks him down and drops by his hotel room where he's soon seduced by the pianist in an intimate and gentle way. Paul becomes totally infatuated with Richard and after a week long fling Paul and his mom are off to Granada while Richard, unbeknownst to Paul, returns home to New York and his manager/lover Joseph Mansourian (Allan Corduner). Months go by and Paul is now attending Juliard, seeing an older man, and trying to get over Richard. It's a rollercoaster of a ride especially when a classmate of Paul's gets signed by Mansourian while Mansourian wants Paul to be a page turner yet again at a dinner party. In the midst off all this Paul's mom is trying to cope with divorce and, after finding a porn magazine in Paul's suitcase, her son's homosexuality. This is where the story takes a turn that was not completely satisfying. The mother attends a `mom's with gay sons' meeting and it just seemed totally misplaced and campy. Also, while attending school Paul seems to always be in the company of older men. I considered maybe that was his way of looking to a father figure or something but why wasn't he going out with guys his own age? His roommate looked cute enough. Also the portrayal of the older guys seemed to suggest they preyed on younger men. Those are just a couple of the issues I had with the story and I was a bit disappointed that it didn't stay focused on his relationship with Richard. Events unfold and secrets are revealed, but many questions are still left unanswered at the end. Overall I would recommend it but still wish the story had centered more around Paul and his relationships than that of his mother and her issues. I'd love to see a sequel that's for sure! The acting is fine and the locales and direction I thought were great. There are a number of scenes with brief nudity and homoerotic touches that give this picture an `R' rating. The picture quality of the DVD is crisp and clear and so is the audio. It also features extras that include interviews with the cast members, the director Ventura Pons and even David Leavitt, author of the novel. Numerous trailers of other features from TLA Releasing as well.,

Food and Magic

48

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Food for Scandal

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21

Fools for Scandal was an enormous box-office failure. Although Carole Lombard considered The Gay Bride her worst film, many contemporary fans give Fools for Scandal that distinction. Lombard lacked chemistry with Gravet, and audiences, who had already begun tiring of screwball comedies, noted a similarity between the plots of Fools for Scandal and Lombard's previous screwball film My Man Godfrey. The film was such a box office failure it prompted Carole Lombard to pursue dramatic parts for the next few years until she did .,Kay Winters: You know, today, I saw Paris for the first time. Isn't France wonderful! Everybody speaks French, even the children.,References Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932),Fools for Scandal (1938) (uncredited) Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Played during the opening credits Whistled by Fernand Gravey Rhymed dialogue between and,Kay Winters (Carole Lombard) is vacationing in Europe under the name Kay Summers; she is a famous movie star from Hollywood but wants to avoid crowds. She runs into an attractive young man named Rene (Fernand Gravet) who is on route to a party of a mutual friend, but neither know of this connection. They decide to skip the party altogether and spend the evening dining out. After a delightful night, the two decide to see each other again, but Kay is all set to return to the states. Her love keeps her, though, and she and Rene meet. Soon, love turns sour for the couple and Rene does all he can to create a scandal for Kay. He takes a job as the cook in her home and before long the whole town is swarming with rumors about Kay's new beau. This film starts out strong, wanes a bit in the middle, and then ends in a fit of laughter. Of course Lombard is best known for her ability with a comedic story, and this film is no exception. Gravet is quite impressive too. He is hysterical in the dinner scene where he does all he can to break up Kay and her fiancée (Ralph Bellamy).,

Food Stamped

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We have heard it a million times ... good nutrition is almost impossible for those on food stamps or a food budget. Here you see it first hand. The more fortunate in our society should watch this documentary and thank their lucky stars for their lot in life. More than anything this doc shows ... we must teach all about nutrition and we as a society have failed miserably in this regard!,

Food Will Win the War

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Foodland

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A Fool

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Feature film debut of Felicity Jones.,None of the cars that were supposed to be in California, had a front California License Plate. They only had rear California plates. California is a front and rear plate State.,Adult Joe Scot: When I was a child I used to think that being brave meant that you had to take ownership. That to have a dream and to move forward in life you needed courage. But the only thing you need courage for is for standing still.,Referenced in Friday Night with Jonathan Ross: Episode #13.11 (2007),Fils de... Performed by Scott Walker Words by Jacques Brel Music by Gérard Jouannest Courtesy of Mercury Records Ltd. Under license from Universal Music Operations,I really loved this movie! It makes you to think and talk about it after you have seen it. Sometimes when you are so high in your life you're living,nothing is important more than yourself until something personally hits you This film tells you that you have to go down rock bottom to stop and realize your past and your mistakes you have done. And this one film tells you everything you need to know about mistakes when we are still innocent and young and in the same time even when you are young you still feel guilt of what happens around you. But it is never too late and i think everyone deserves a second chance. It took me 3 months when i decided to rent it and i said to give it a go and i really enjoyed watching it. Very Good Drama!!,

The Fool

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Just after this movie was aired on a Russian TV channel, the director of this very same channel lost his job.,Dima Nikitin: We live like animals and die like animals because we are nobodies to each other.,Referenced in Vdud (2017),Spokoynaya noch Written by Viktor Tsoy Performed by Kino Courtesy of Moroz Records,Yuri Bykov's "Durak" ("The Fool" in English) looks as the current state of affairs in Russia. This story of a plumber facing an intractable bureaucracy when he tries to draw people's attention to a precarious apartment building is merely one look into an oligarchic society that's seen little infrastructural and political advancement since the Soviet collapse. Indeed, the city government seems as hopeless as the private citizens. The truth is, none of this should come as a surprise. Boris Yeltsin turned Russia into a kleptocracy. Vladimir Putin stabilized the economy but restored the Soviet-era authoritarianism. Corruption has dominated the country ever since the USSR collapsed (and was certainly widespread in Soviet times). "The Fool" is mostly an indictment of Putin's Russia, but can be seen as an indictment of any society in which corruption is so ingrained that the citizens practically accept it. Worth seeing.,

Fool Circle

605

2

French visa # 125512.,'Tristesse club' (= French for 'Sadness club') makes one of these comedies the French excel in. Dealing with a serious subject in a light-hearted way, leaving you with a nice aftertaste. It feels like you just enjoyed a glass of high-quality French wine. Firmly placed in our present 2014-world, this film's convincing plot is carried on very well by its three leads: Ludivine Sagnier, Vincent Macaigne and in particular Laurent Lafitte. Its shooting is adequate, supporting a story with some surprising twists and turns. All in all, 'Tristesse club' provides you with a pleasant watch. Makes you feel that you are part of the scene, and leaves you anxious about its ending all the way through.,

Fool Coverage

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The short reuses the animation for the stampeding elephant from "Room and Bird". The animation is repeated five times to make it look like it was a whole herd of elephants stampeding through.,Porky Pig: Now, w-where did I put that screwdriver? I bet I l-left it in the oven. [Looks inside oven with a lit match] Porky Pig: Ah, h-here it is. Daffy Duck: No accidents in the home, eh? You should never use a match to look in the oven. Porky Pig: Oh, f-f-fiddlesticks.,Edited from Room and Bird (1951),Rock-a-Bye Baby (uncredited) Music by Effie I. Canning Played when Porky rocks in the chair,FOOL COVERAGE is one of the best and funniest Daffy Duck/Porky pairings of the golden age of cartoons. Daffy plays a shyster of an insurance salesman who tries to swindle Porky Pig into buying a plan with VERY specific guidelines. He can only collect his bongo buckage when he gets a black eye as the direct result of a stampede of elephants trampling his house between 3:55 and 4 PM on July 4th, during a hailstorm. Hilarity from start to finish.,

A Fool and His Money

111

3

Missing for decades, it was later found in a flea market trunk in Stockton, California.,Featured in Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché (2018),One of the earliest films to feature an all-African-American cast (the two-hander, under-a-minute "Something Good - N---o Kiss" (c.1898) would be the earliest that I've seen (note IMDb censors are ridiculous)), the one-reeler "A Fool and His Money," directed by the world's first woman director, Alice Guy, and for her Solax studio, was considered lost until it was rediscovered in a footlocker in 2000, at which point it was brought to the attention of Alison McMahan's (foremost Guy expert and author of the book "Alice Guy Blaché: Lost Visionary of the Cinema"), who hadn't even been aware that the picture was part of a genre of "race films" starring, as well as sometimes directed and produced by, and for African-American audiences in America's segregated cinemas. Nor can McMahan say definitively that the film was directed by Guy personally, although she's identified the automobile and home in the picture as Guy's real property. Such a recent find gives one hope that, among other such titles, "The Railroad Porter" (1912/1913), which was also produced by African Americans, may turn up someday. Indeed, "Lime Kiln Club Field Day" (1913/1914) already has, and I hope to see it eventually. These are among the earliest-known race films that would be made outside what became the Hollywood system. Probably the best and most famous exemplar of the movement was Oscar Micheaux, director of "Within Our Gates," "The Symbol of the Unconquered" (both 1920) and "Body and Soul" (1925), among many others. It's interesting, too, that around the same time as this Guy production was witnessing other women, like Lois Weber, who once worked with her predecessor, entering the field of film writing, directing and producing. Female filmmakers and race films were becoming not quite the anomalies they had been in the 19th century of Guy's work at Gaumont and the "Something Good" film. As for "A Fool and His Money," it's commendable that race doesn't really matter within the film and that it isn't reduced to offensive stereotypes. Thankfully, we don't get any of the usual white writers pretending supposed black speech in the intertitles, except for maybe a bit of illiterate writing. In other words, the same scenario would've worked as well had it featured white or actors of any other ethnicity in it. As McMahan's research demonstrates, the same can't be said for the picture's publicity, including an advertisement from The Moving Picture World that claims it "a satiric comedy" of "pretentious" characters who "ape and imitate their white brothers." Such does suggest, however, that "A Fool and His Money" was also exhibited to white audiences, and McMahan suggests its comedy on social mobility could've also worked particularly well for the immigrant classes that are reputed to have made up a large share of nickelodeon audiences, with such a Solax production as "Making an American Citizen" (1912) specifically representing immigrants. It seems to me, too, like a precursory parody of a later melodramatic uplift race film such as "The Scar of Shame" (1927 or 1929), as well as numerous mainstream films that deal with similar class issues. In this one, the titular fool, Sam Jones, discovers a wad of cash on a sidewalk and decides to spend it--on fancy clothes and a nice car--to win his sweetheart's affections in the picture's love triangle, or rectangle rather. In the end, though, he loses the rest of his money and the car to his card-cheating rival suitors--and the girl with it. The most fun part of the picture is just watching Sam enjoying spending the money in the fantasy of his brief rags-to-riches tale. Also noteworthy is how much better acted and paced Solax productions had become within a short period of time, as the first ones from only a year prior were of poor quality--long and slow shot-scenes and broad, gesticulating acting by comparison. Of course, the acting here remains exaggerated in comedic fashion, but it's no worse and sometimes more restrained than what may be seen in later Solax comedies ("A House Divided" and "Matrimony's Speed Limit" (both 1913), e.g.), let alone contemporary slapstick made at Keystone and other studios. As commendable as "A Fool and His Money" may be, though, it may've been just as unique a production as it seems to be given that no other such Solax productions seem be known, and Guy could be just as conservative in her pictures' representation of race as her filmmaking late in her career has been reputed to be by some critics, as evidenced by the racist gag in "Matrimony's Speed Limit" or her offensive depiction of Mexicans in some of her Westerns. Her husband and co-owner of Solax, Herbert Blaché, employed a white actor in blackface for an awful role in his "Secrets of the Night" (1924), as well.,

Fool for Love

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Kim Basinger replaced Jessica Lange as May. Lange was set to star opposite real-life partner Sam Shepard but became pregnant and the part had to be re-cast with Basinger stepping in.,May: Do you want me to finish the story, Eddie?,Featured in At the Movies: Young Sherlock Holmes/Fool for Love/Rocky IV/The Official Story (1985),Let's Ride Written and Performed by Sandy Rogers Produced by Jim Gaines,"Fool for Love" is one of the several now forgotten films Robert Altman directed throughout the 1980s. This one, a screen adaptation of a Sam Shepard play that features Shepard in the lead role, just simply isn't very good. Altman made many not-very-good films over the course of his fascinating career, and many times the fault was his. But here I think the fault lies with Shepard for writing such a flimsy play. Altman's direction is assured, the performances are o.k. given what the actors have to work with, but this inconsequential screenplay goes nowhere, and takes its time getting there. Shepard is Eddie, a stuntman who has a love/hate relationship with May (Kim Basinger). The two fight endlessly over the course of an evening spent in some dusty motel in the middle of nowhere, while a mysterious man (Harry Dean Stanton) who may be either a figurative or literal father to both Eddie and May quietly observes. Randy Quaid rounds out the four-person cast as a gentleman caller. The only dramatic hook in the entire plot is the suggestion that Eddie's and May's relationship is incestuous. However, this hook feels more like a gimmick than anything. The screenplay doesn't explore their relationship in any detail, and it doesn't use their relationship to explore any more universal themes. Shepard and Basigner create eccentric, mannered characters who grow irritating within the first five minutes; Stanton and Quaid have little to do but provide reaction shots. The last half hour or so of the film is especially bad, when Eddie's and May's back stories begin to play out in flashback over monotone, somnolent voice over. Chalk this up to another of Altman's experiments gone awry. Grade: C-,

Fool Moon

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8

A Fool There Was

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Theda Bara's first starring role.,During the "sunset of happiness" shot, the ocean waves are going in reverse, showing the film has been run backwards.,The Vampire: Kiss me, my Fool!,Edited into Murnau, Borzage and Fox (2008),There's no question about its imperfections, but "A Fool There Was" is still an interesting melodrama, and it also looks better when considered in the context of its era. The pacing and storytelling are often uneven, but they are not too bad for a time when everyone was still learning how to tell a feature-length story on film. Theda Bara's performance is sometimes exaggerated, but it also contains some very effective moments, and it's not hard to see why she was something of a phenomenon for a time. The story is relatively simple, with Bara as a 'vamp' who enters the lives of a respected statesman and his family. In general, the story works rather well, resisting the temptation to resort to anything forced or showy. It's driven solely by the strange power that Bara's character can acquire over good-natured but weak-willed males. Similar stories have been used in recent movies, but usually with the addition of a lot of extraneous or indecent material that adds nothing of genuine value. To be sure, only someone who already enjoys silent movies will be interested in this one. Within just a few years, film-makers would learn many better and more efficient ways of setting up and telling a lengthy story. Bara is also the only performer here whose performance is of particular interest. But there is more than enough here to make it worth seeing if you like the silents.,

Foolish

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Erich von Stroheim's excesses on the film also included ordering lavish evening gowns from Paris, silk stockings, and monogrammed silk underwear for his actors to wear so they could "feel more like aristocrats." He decorated his sets with real porcelain, tapestries and crystal chandeliers. At banquet scenes he insisted on using real champagne and caviar. When asked by a studio executive why he couldn't substitute ginger ale and blackberry jam as props for the champagne and caviar, von Stroheim replied, "Because my actors will know the difference, I will know the difference, and the camera will know the difference.",When the original actor playing Mr. Hughes died in the middle of filming, he was replaced by a double, who completed his scenes with his back mostly to the camera. Apparently, however, nobody noticed that the original actor had significantly darker hair than his replacement. Therefore, Mr. Hughes's hair turns white in several scenes, including the sequence where his wife says goodbye to him in the casino, and his confrontation with the count at the villa.,Count Sergius Karamzin - Capt. 3rd Hussars Imper. Russian Army: Yes-husbands are stupid; with them a woman won is a woman secure...,The Kino Video edition released in 2003 is 143 minutes.,Edited into The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975),'Foolish Wives' is the 'Smile' (Brian Wilson, sandpits, fire engines) of world cinema. What wonders might reside in the lost reels when such sumptuous detail and glorious framing fill all that remains? It is as over ripe and decadent as the novels of Huysmans, with Von Stroheim, an amoral Count that drinks oxblood for breakfast, giving one of the most richly-textured variations on villainy ever seen on film. For all its director's notorious largesse it is the intimate particulars and distillation of atmosphere that enchant: a sea breeze disturbing the drapes and dresses on a sunlit terrace, the Count's tortuously coy dance of seduction in front of the hotel, the interior of a garlanded boat in a bay illuminated by lanterns.,

Foolish Age

Foolish Happiness

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Foolish Heart

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Despite several failed attempts to film the novel "The Catcher in the Rye," this remains the only film adaptation of a fictional work written by J.D. Salinger. It was adapted from his short story "Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut," found in the volume "Nine Stories." Salinger was incredibly disappointed with the changes made to his original story and never again allowed any of his work to be adapted for film.,After the December 7, 1941 football game at the Polo Grounds, Eloise is climbing the stairs to the train platform, and the ends of her head scarf are out.. In the next shot, the ends of her scarf are tucked inside her coat. (A double was probably used at the Polo Grounds as Eloise's face is not seen climbing the stairs, and Susan Hayward was used in the next shots done at the studio.),Eloise Winters: I was a good girl once.,Referenced in The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show: Gracie's Checking Account (1950),My Foolish Heart Music by Victor Young Lyrics by Ned Washington Performed by Martha Mears (uncredited),One of the most romantic, sad films you'll ever see. Susan Hayward and Dana Andrews are wonderful in this classic film. I've seen it a dozen times and never fail to tear up at the end. Don't miss this one!,

Foolish Plans

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Foolish Wives

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Erich von Stroheim's excesses on the film also included ordering lavish evening gowns from Paris, silk stockings, and monogrammed silk underwear for his actors to wear so they could "feel more like aristocrats." He decorated his sets with real porcelain, tapestries and crystal chandeliers. At banquet scenes he insisted on using real champagne and caviar. When asked by a studio executive why he couldn't substitute ginger ale and blackberry jam as props for the champagne and caviar, von Stroheim replied, "Because my actors will know the difference, I will know the difference, and the camera will know the difference.",When the original actor playing Mr. Hughes died in the middle of filming, he was replaced by a double, who completed his scenes with his back mostly to the camera. Apparently, however, nobody noticed that the original actor had significantly darker hair than his replacement. Therefore, Mr. Hughes's hair turns white in several scenes, including the sequence where his wife says goodbye to him in the casino, and his confrontation with the count at the villa.,Count Sergius Karamzin - Capt. 3rd Hussars Imper. Russian Army: Yes-husbands are stupid; with them a woman won is a woman secure...,The Kino Video edition released in 2003 is 143 minutes.,Edited into The Moving Picture Boys in the Great War (1975),'Foolish Wives' is the 'Smile' (Brian Wilson, sandpits, fire engines) of world cinema. What wonders might reside in the lost reels when such sumptuous detail and glorious framing fill all that remains? It is as over ripe and decadent as the novels of Huysmans, with Von Stroheim, an amoral Count that drinks oxblood for breakfast, giving one of the most richly-textured variations on villainy ever seen on film. For all its director's notorious largesse it is the intimate particulars and distillation of atmosphere that enchant: a sea breeze disturbing the drapes and dresses on a sunlit terrace, the Count's tortuously coy dance of seduction in front of the hotel, the interior of a garlanded boat in a bay illuminated by lanterns.,

Foolishness of His Love

Foolproof

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In August 2020, Ryan Reynolds debuted a movie streaming service called Mint Mobile+, which only streams the movie Foolproof. The service has various categories, but all of them only contain the one movie with different posters.,Leo gives Sam his gun in the basement. She aims at him. Then he says he would never give her a loaded weapon and tells her he took out the magazine. But when Sam puts the mag in and loads the gun (pulling back the slide) you can clearly see a bullet flying out of the shell ejection. So that means there was a bullet in the barrel all along and she wouldn't have needed the mag at all which tells us that Leo is not a professional or more likely that the crew screwed it up.,Leo Gillette: I believe this is yours. [holds up Sam's diary containing a record of their planned heists] Leo Gillette: It's an impressive read: bold, yet meticulous strategies. I love the one where you tried to figure out how to pinch the Stanley Cup. It's very... Canadian.,Referenced in Trailer Park Boys: The Movie (2006),I Want You Performed by Danko Jones Written by Danko Jones Published by Danko Jones (SOCAN) Used under permission from Danko Jones Records and Universal Music Canada Inc.,While not up to the pace and drama of The Italian Job or Heist,this made for cable epic is redeemed by a nice twist ending. Kristin Booth as the female lead has charm and presence. Her smile lights up the screen and she looks capable of the part played by her character, with a well muscled build unlike the typical stick woman of Hollywood. David Suchet, who you may remember as the cop in A Perfect Murder, underplays the villain well though the other leads struggle more with the wooden dialogue. A diverting way to spend some time. Certainly better than The Score, which wasted a huge budget and big name actors. Here, a modest budget and working talent exceed expectations.,

Fools

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David Jason originally wanted to leave the series in 1986, so it was intended that Del would go to Australia with Jumbo Mills. The producers intended to continue the series as "Hot Rod", with Nicholas Lyndhurst in the lead role and all the other main characters. However Jason then changed his mind, so Del decided not to go with Jumbo to Australia.,Uncle Albert keeps talking about his experiences during World War II, yet the Trotters know from the revelations at his trial that he was never stationed outside the UK.,[Talking about naming Del's baby] Trigger: If it's a girl they're gonna name it Sigourney, after the actress. And if it's a boy they're gonna name him Rodney, after Dave.,When originally shown in the UK. The whole of the first series had the saxophone theme music. Not just the first episode as shown above.,Edited into Auntie's Bloomers: More Auntie's Bloomers (1992),"Only Fools and Horses" is definitely one of the funniest shows ever written. David Jason plays Derrick (Del Boy) Trotter, a likable rip-off merchant who runs Trotters Independent Traders. Although Del Boy's cockney speech is riddled with malapropisms (such as saying goodbye with words like "bonjour"), he manages to con the public into buying (stolen) goods they don't really want, pay for services they don't really need, or basically give up large sums of money for whatever doomed enterprise he happens to be peddling that week. Del Boy's gift of the gab comes in handy whenever he has to placate his gauche brother Rodney (Nicholas Lyndhurst), who, unlike Del Boy, happens to have principles. Rodney allows himself to be talked into the most ridiculous, humiliating situations, thanks to Del Boy's twisted logic and specious arguments. Grandad is the third member of the team; often the butt of Del Boy's pranks, his cookery skills leave a lot to be desired. He spends most of the time taking care of the flat (filled with all kinds of gaudy junk) and watching two televisions. Grandad was later replaced by Uncle Albert, whose experiences in the Navy have provided him with a limitless store of anecdotes that invariably begin with "During the war..." Among my favourite episodes are "The Yellow Peril", where Rodney has to paint the grotty kitchen of a Chinese takeaway. "The Russians Are Coming" is (or was) a timely episode where the Trotters spend time in their own nuclear fallout shelter and Del Boy ponders the idea of procreation with mutants. "A Touch of Glass" has the team cleaning 17th Century chandeliers. That episode also proves that the best solution to a problem is to run away from it. John Sullivan was originally going to call this show "Big Brother". But then he decided that people take more notice of long titles. Sullivan also sings the catchy theme song. Each episode of "Only Fools and Horses" is laughter guaranteed.,

Fools of Fashion

Fools of Fate

119

7

This short D.W. Griffith feature works well enough, both in its story-telling and its content. It's the kind of story that often brought out the best in Griffith, and here the technique is good enough to make the points clearly even though most of the titles seem to be missing (since there are gaps in the print that are clearly so marked). The story concerns a romantic triangle with some unusual aspects. It's the kind of story that typifies, at least in a basic way, the kind of material that Griffith was best at - a story that brings out the inevitability of human weakness and sadness. He usually had a good touch with that kind of material (as opposed to his more heavy-handed efforts at politics and the like), and he allows you to see into all three of the characters, as simple as they are. Though neither the story nor the characters are especially interesting in themselves, there's enough to it to make it a little better than average among the short dramas of its era.,

Fools First

Fools of Fortune

253

5

This movie inspired German electronic musician Klaus Schulze to compose his electronic symphony "Narren des Schicksals", featured in the box-set SILVER EDITION (1993).,Willie Quinton: It hasn't always been easy to be an Irishman in Ireland.,Church Music, No. 1-2 (uncredited) Music by Walter Warren De Wolfe Music Ltd,this is one of the greatest movies of all time..with great acting from legends such as sean t mcclory and niam cusack what more would a movie goer want- i have great confidence in both men especially sean and believe he will become a superstar one day..i just hope sean does not forget his roots and doesn't go Hollywood on us country folks.. so basically. this is a must see..i am very excited to rent this movie again as i hear there is a surge in sales at LASER and other local video rentals. i hear rumors of a possible sequel, Sean t. playing himself and a srilankan by the name of Zara Sama playing the role of his mother and Jas Gill playing the role of the brother. hope you all go to watch it =) sean t mcclorys number one fan....Ahmid Dre,

Fools Highway

Fools for Luck

23

2

My admiration for W.C.Fields has not abated one iota in the 45 years I've been studying and enjoying the man's life and work. When this past summer I casually entered this title in the IMDb I was at once shocked and delighted to see a review of this film as the general consensus is that this item has been lost for the better part of the last 80 years. I have never completely subscribed to the theory that a film is lost until all avenues have been searched and all possibilities exhausted. While all reports indicate that FOOLS FOR LUCK was mediocre at best it would nonetheless be fascinating to see if for no reason other than its unavailability (its current status is that it is considered a "lost" or "missing" film). The review of this film is somewhat ambiguous as its author does not emphatically state that he saw it (where, when etc.) although by inference I'm assuming he has. There is a larger issue at work here which I have detailed in my thoughts on TILLIE'S PUNCTURED ROMANCE (1928). At risk of redundancy may I please direct your attention to that review. addendum, 4/15/11 When I initially posted comments regarding this title relevant to its possible rediscovery I was both elated and excited. Despite my skepticism I was hopeful; I WANTED to believe it. That said, in the two months since I shared these thoughts on this database I have not received any feedback from like minded individuals to whom a discovery of this nature would be a landmark event; this would encompass not only staunch Fields fans but a fair number of film historians and scholars as well. Therefore, I must conclude that the possibility that this film actually exists is either of no interest to anyone but myself or perhaps no one has anything further to share. It's also entirely possible that no one has read what I've written regarding this issue. Having considered all of this but still unwilling to let it die, I e-mailed Leonard Maltin, an old acquaintance from my New York days and someone who would surely be among the first to either substantiate or discredit these claims. What he said in his e-mail to me pretty much puts the issue of whether this film as well as similar claims by the same "reviewer" of having seen two other missing Fields films to rest: ...."I'll eat Mr. Micawber's hat if those Fields movies exist and nobody has encountered them except this guy...." That was good enough for me. Somewhat parenthetically, I did some superficial research on this "reviewer" and have learned that a day after writing his final review for the IMDb he took his own life in a way which compromised the safety and well being of many innocent people. Comments about this fellow and his many eccentricities and idiosyncrasies abound on the internet. Google him and you'll soon learn what I did. In conclusion, I am left to wonder how many of the 1621 reviews he posted on this sight over the years are on the level. Aside from the Fields films in question, he alleged to have seen many missing, lost or obscure films that no one else had. In the remote event that he actually did see FOOLS FOR LUCK (1928) or if someone else can corroborate the existence of this and/or the two other Fields films among his claims, I would be beholden to you if you would share this information with me. Until such time, I'll take what Leonard said as gospel. You can fool some of the people some of the time...,

Fools and Riches

Fools Rush In

38K

158

The role of Alex's (Matthew Perry) father is played by John Bennett Perry, who is actually Matthew Perry's father.,At the end of the movie when Isabel slams on her brakes on the Hoover Dam, her toenails are not painted. When she is sitting in the ambulance after giving birth, they are painted a dark red.,Alex Whitman: You are everything I never knew I always wanted.,Featured in Siskel & Ebert: Dante's Peak/SubUrbia/The Beautician and the Beast/Rosewood/The Whole Wide World (1997),Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town Written by J. Fred Coots & Haven Gillespie Performed by Burl Ives Courtesy of MCA Records By Arrangement with MCA Special Markets & Products,This is one of those movies that I can't help but love. It certainly isn't the best movie ever, but Perry and Hayek both turn in wonderful performances. You can't help but like both of them. You care for the characters. And that is something that is becoming more and more rare in today's movies. The supporting cast does a great job as well, especially Perry's real father and Jill Clayburgh as his parents. It probably is the first time Hayek shows that she is a star and can carry a movie (or at least half of it) on her back. Perry brings a great sense of comedy to the movie. Some of his scenes and lines are laugh-out-loud funny. On top of that, the story is just quirky enough (based on a real-life romance) that the entire situation makes you chuckle.,

Fools for Scandal

589

21

Fools for Scandal was an enormous box-office failure. Although Carole Lombard considered The Gay Bride her worst film, many contemporary fans give Fools for Scandal that distinction. Lombard lacked chemistry with Gravet, and audiences, who had already begun tiring of screwball comedies, noted a similarity between the plots of Fools for Scandal and Lombard's previous screwball film My Man Godfrey. The film was such a box office failure it prompted Carole Lombard to pursue dramatic parts for the next few years until she did .,Kay Winters: You know, today, I saw Paris for the first time. Isn't France wonderful! Everybody speaks French, even the children.,References Bring 'Em Back Alive (1932),Fools for Scandal (1938) (uncredited) Music by Richard Rodgers Lyrics by Lorenz Hart Played during the opening credits Whistled by Fernand Gravey Rhymed dialogue between and,Kay Winters (Carole Lombard) is vacationing in Europe under the name Kay Summers; she is a famous movie star from Hollywood but wants to avoid crowds. She runs into an attractive young man named Rene (Fernand Gravet) who is on route to a party of a mutual friend, but neither know of this connection. They decide to skip the party altogether and spend the evening dining out. After a delightful night, the two decide to see each other again, but Kay is all set to return to the states. Her love keeps her, though, and she and Rene meet. Soon, love turns sour for the couple and Rene does all he can to create a scandal for Kay. He takes a job as the cook in her home and before long the whole town is swarming with rumors about Kay's new beau. This film starts out strong, wanes a bit in the middle, and then ends in a fit of laughter. Of course Lombard is best known for her ability with a comedic story, and this film is no exception. Gravet is quite impressive too. He is hysterical in the dinner scene where he does all he can to break up Kay and her fiancée (Ralph Bellamy).,

Fools and Their Money

Football

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A showing of the movie in Malmö, Sweden led into a brawl in the cinema between supporters of rival soccer teams Malmö FF and Helsingborg IF. The movie was banned from cinemas after the brawl.,When Tommy and Billy leave the massage place and Billy gives Tommy the Viagra, Tommy is carrying his jacket. But in the next shot, when he is walking through town, he does not have it.,Tommy Johnson: What else are you gonna do on a Saturday? Sit in your fuckin' armchair wankin' off to Pop Idols? Then try and avoid your wife's gaze as you struggle to come to terms with your sexless marriage? Then go and spunk your wages on kebabs, fruit machines and brasses? Fuck that for a laugh! I know what I'd rather do. Tottenham away, love it!,Featured in The Real Football Factories: London (2006),A Place Called Acid Part 3 Written by Rennie Pilgrem Performed by Rennie Pilgrem,The hooligan culture is and never was a class thing, people from all walks of life participated, from local council flat drug users to people with well paid office and professional jobs to ex-army types on a very nice pension. This film shows that in true fashion. Whilst I never took part in any of that crap I have met, seen and known many who have in my time, most are fairly normal people away from all that, in fact I knew one guy for over a year before I found out that after standing on the terraces with the rest of us on a Saturday afternoon he used to go and get pissed, filled up with E's and go on a rampage with his other mates in other nearby towns looking for Cardiff City supporters. This film is a fairly accurate reflection on the type and mix of people who became hooligans in the first place, especially poignant is the guy who got away from it all, made something half decent of himself and puts it down to simply growing up. Most of the people I have seen in the past are like that, the ones who aren't tend to be those who were put away before they got to that maturing stage, and I'm not talking about end of puberty maturing I'm talking about the day you wake up and think to yourself is this really going to be the rest of my life kind of maturing. Full marks to all involved for not taking the easy way out and producing a sack full of morally correct/incorrect bullcrap and instead giving a realistic insight into a very scary world. Yes the film does not really flow or have a connected plot line, but then it isn't meant to, it is meant to be a film about real life, real life does not have a set up stage, middle bit and happy conclusion. In fact this film could probably loop around for another few years of Tommy's life before he either ends up in jail or shakes himself out into the happy ending scenario that I'm sure many were expecting all along. The film is at times brutal, unsubtle and the language is extremely tasteless, however these are all thing you would have seen in that reality and it is to the credit of the makers and actors that this did not bog the film down at all. Every scene had a purpose no matter how obscure it may have seen at the first watching. At every scene from about 10 minutes in I felt emotionally involved in a way that not many films manage to do to me, I actually had empathy for these people if not sympathy, I could se how they could get pleasure from the things that they do even if they turn my own stomach to think of anyone I really care about being involved in them. Even today in what is a golden age of film making (and don't let any stuck up critic tell you it is not) very few films really make you feel connected to the characters in this way, films like Trainspotting, Twin Town, Human Traffic and now Football Factory are a very unusual thing and seem to be specific to the British film industry right at the moment. Maybe it's just I am personally more able to relate to them having grown up around such cultures, I don't know, I just know that I am glad I bought this film and would recommend anyone watch it if only for a better understanding of the culture at that time, something I am proud to say we have made huge strides to eradicate in this country.,

Football Days

3K

8

References Francis (1950),Somos novios Performed by Gabinete Caligari,The film that most certainly inspired the Peruvian film 'Once Machos' - it's allright - they all overact though... but it's inoffensive enough and if you want to watch a movie you might not have come across from Spain and you have a spare hour and a half then give it a go, who knows, you might like it!,

The Football Factory

32K

123

A showing of the movie in Malmö, Sweden led into a brawl in the cinema between supporters of rival soccer teams Malmö FF and Helsingborg IF. The movie was banned from cinemas after the brawl.,When Tommy and Billy leave the massage place and Billy gives Tommy the Viagra, Tommy is carrying his jacket. But in the next shot, when he is walking through town, he does not have it.,Tommy Johnson: What else are you gonna do on a Saturday? Sit in your fuckin' armchair wankin' off to Pop Idols? Then try and avoid your wife's gaze as you struggle to come to terms with your sexless marriage? Then go and spunk your wages on kebabs, fruit machines and brasses? Fuck that for a laugh! I know what I'd rather do. Tottenham away, love it!,Featured in The Real Football Factories: London (2006),A Place Called Acid Part 3 Written by Rennie Pilgrem Performed by Rennie Pilgrem,The hooligan culture is and never was a class thing, people from all walks of life participated, from local council flat drug users to people with well paid office and professional jobs to ex-army types on a very nice pension. This film shows that in true fashion. Whilst I never took part in any of that crap I have met, seen and known many who have in my time, most are fairly normal people away from all that, in fact I knew one guy for over a year before I found out that after standing on the terraces with the rest of us on a Saturday afternoon he used to go and get pissed, filled up with E's and go on a rampage with his other mates in other nearby towns looking for Cardiff City supporters. This film is a fairly accurate reflection on the type and mix of people who became hooligans in the first place, especially poignant is the guy who got away from it all, made something half decent of himself and puts it down to simply growing up. Most of the people I have seen in the past are like that, the ones who aren't tend to be those who were put away before they got to that maturing stage, and I'm not talking about end of puberty maturing I'm talking about the day you wake up and think to yourself is this really going to be the rest of my life kind of maturing. Full marks to all involved for not taking the easy way out and producing a sack full of morally correct/incorrect bullcrap and instead giving a realistic insight into a very scary world. Yes the film does not really flow or have a connected plot line, but then it isn't meant to, it is meant to be a film about real life, real life does not have a set up stage, middle bit and happy conclusion. In fact this film could probably loop around for another few years of Tommy's life before he either ends up in jail or shakes himself out into the happy ending scenario that I'm sure many were expecting all along. The film is at times brutal, unsubtle and the language is extremely tasteless, however these are all thing you would have seen in that reality and it is to the credit of the makers and actors that this did not bog the film down at all. Every scene had a purpose no matter how obscure it may have seen at the first watching. At every scene from about 10 minutes in I felt emotionally involved in a way that not many films manage to do to me, I actually had empathy for these people if not sympathy, I could se how they could get pleasure from the things that they do even if they turn my own stomach to think of anyone I really care about being involved in them. Even today in what is a golden age of film making (and don't let any stuck up critic tell you it is not) very few films really make you feel connected to the characters in this way, films like Trainspotting, Twin Town, Human Traffic and now Football Factory are a very unusual thing and seem to be specific to the British film industry right at the moment. Maybe it's just I am personally more able to relate to them having grown up around such cultures, I don't know, I just know that I am glad I bought this film and would recommend anyone watch it if only for a better understanding of the culture at that time, something I am proud to say we have made huge strides to eradicate in this country.,

Football of the Good Old Days

Football Under Cover

228

1

Ayat Najafi: You know what, we have quite a development. Because in the beginning they said, we like it but it's impossible. Then they said, we like it and we hope it will take place. Now they say, we like it and we try that it takes place. Marlene Assmann: So what's the next step after this? We like it and we make it possible? Ayat Najafi: Make it possible. And the last one is, we like it but it was canceled.,Featured in Teddy Award 2008 (2008),Night Pt. 1 Written by Niko Schabel Performed by Radio Citizen Courtesy of Ubiquity Records,Football Under Cover is about the trip by a German women football team from Berlin to Iran to play the Iranian women national team; the first ever visit by a foreign ladies team to Iran. The "under cover" in the title refers to the requirement of women, including football players, to wear a head scarf in Iran. This also applied to the German ladies. This highly entertaining film covers the event from inception of the idea to the match itself. It's full of both poignant and hilarious moments. The most poignant moments concern one of the Iranian women players who, just before the all important game, is omitted from the Iranian team. The reasons for this are never explained, either by the Iranian authorities or the movie. The film's main focus is on the difficulties and restrictions experienced by women in Iran. They are not admitted to stadiums to watch soccer matches, unless it's a ladies game for which no men spectators are allowed. The women spectators make loud protests during the game but what comes through clearly is the passion of the Iranian women for football and the power of this game to unite people from different cultures. According to the film's director this movie has not been given clearance to be shown in Iran. However its pirate DVD's are bound to surface there soon. Catch it if you can!,

Footfalls

82

1

Footlight Fever

66

2

Some cast members in studio records/casting call lists did not appear or were not identifiable in the movie. These were (with their character names): Kitty O'Neil (Amazon), Gene Collins (Dead end kid) and Alee Luke (Waiter). In addition Carol Hughes was in a Hollywood Reporter production chart, but she did not appear in the film either.,Follows Curtain Call (1940),The Oceana Roll (1911) Music by Lucien Denni Lyrics by Roger Lewis In the score when Crandall and Avery call on Hattie dressed as sailors,This sequel to "Curtain Call" is a much broader comedy with Mowbray and MacBride camping it up something shocking in a silly story about impoverished theatrical producers trying to raise money for a new Broadway play from a Miss Havisham-like recluse (Risdon). The pair aren't great comic actors and it's easy to see why the partnership didn't survive this film. But Mowbray gets to perform a very long variation on the old gag in which a hammy stage actor refuses to lie down when shot. It may once have raised a laugh or two. Otherwise the direction is terribly slow for this kind of lowbrow farce. The supporting cast are nobodies.,

Footlight Glamour

187

9

Dagwood notices that it is Tuesday when he eats his sandwich. Meatless Tuesday was a campaign that returned with the onset of World War II, calling upon women on the home front to play a role in supporting the war effort. During this time, meat was being rationed, along with other commodities like sugar and gasoline. This was similar to Meatless Monday during World War I.,[Dagwood is on stage when a dove flies out of his rented costume] Alexander: Where did that come from? Alvin: I don't know. But, someone was sure to give him the bird.,Followed by Leave It to Blondie (1945),Martha: Overture (uncredited) Music by Friedrich von Flotow Arranged by John Leipold,This is the fourteenth in the Blondie movie series and also the second one without her name in the entry title. It was also originally supposed to be the final one in the series for Columbia Pictures but after popular demand increased during the next year that there were no further adventures of the Bumstead family, it was revived with the cast intact. Anyway, Penny Singleton and Arthur Lake could still be heard as Blondie and Dagwood on live radio during that time. This one has Dag and Blondie entertaining a grown daughter of another of Mr. Dithers' potential clients. Since she's an actress, there's also a play involved. I'll stop there and just say this was amusing in spots but only occasionally becomes a bit hilarious like when Mr. Crumb, the mailman, (Irving Bacon in his final appearance in the series) does an exaggerated English accent when playing the butler. One scene which is now very tasteless is when Dag originally thought this Vicki person he was supposed to pick up was a little girl and initially caused a commotion mistaking just such a child for her. I did like it when Blondie had those thoughts of tanks in battle when she always gets jealous appearing again here before she then takes a shine to Vicki because she thinks Blondie has potential as an actress. Daisy's and her pups reactions when seeing Dagwood make his trademark sandwiches was also good for a laugh. In summary, Footlight Glamour is one of the weaker ones in the series. P.S. This was perhaps the only time Mrs. Cora Dithers was seen on screen. She was portrayed by Grace Hayle. Like I said, Irving Bacon made his final appearance as the mailman character who was initially called Mr. Beasley before becoming Mr. Crump and then the name I mentioned earlier in this review. He continued acting to his final day on February 5, 1965. This was also the final one directed by Frank R. Strayer who continued making movies through the early '50s. He died on February 3, 1964.,

Footlight Parade

5.9K

85

This film was selected to the National Film Registry, Library of Congress, in 1992.,After the "By A Waterfall" prologue ends, the film cuts to the audience giving an animated and thunderous applause, but in the balcony there is no applause or reaction. In fact, there is no movement whatsoever. They are perfectly still which indicates that a photo or painting was used for the balcony audience and then merged with the live theatre audience. The same photo/painting was also used for the "Shanghai Lil" balcony audience.,Nan Prescott: You scram, before I wrap a chair around your neck! Vivian Rich: [Angrily] It's three o'clock in the morning - where do you want me to go? [Nan starts to speak, but Vivian immediately cuts her off] Vivian Rich: You cheap stenographer... Nan Prescott: Outside, countess. As long as they've got sidewalks YOU'VE got a job.,Edited into Busby Berkeley and the Gold Diggers (1969),Shanghai Lil (1933) (uncredited) Music by Harry Warren Lyrics by Al Dubin Played during the opening credits and often in the score Performed by James Cagney, Ruby Keeler and Chorus,I am thankful for these so-called 'backstage musicals'; beyond their superficial charms, they have deepened the ways we imagine. Without knowing it they have provided us with some of the best essays about the endeavor to express, to make visible, the unfathomable contours of the heart. Once more we have a film about a filmmaker fighting to stage a vision, here a preshow as opening act for the first talkies. He's a grunt, always storming in and out of rooms, yelling directions, now and then pausing to show the steps to the troupe or scream at a phone; but always fretting about new ideas to stage. He's played by James Cagney, whom we know best from tough-as-nails gangster roles. It's very apt casting. Cagney had many expressive talents, and a violent energy with the intuitive power to carry these into a performance. But none of the ideas he comes up for the show seem like they've been very well thought out, they're all unfinished premises rushed with one foot out the door, so it's all a mystery how this strong-willed hack can give coherent shape to creative chaos. What kind of show he'll be able to put together. Money is staked on him, fortunes. He's surrounded by three women, one for each number he's called to improvise. One is an ex-wife out for leeching money, another is his loyal secretary secretly in love. All three are fighting to seduce or be seduced, money is at stake again, and the art made with them. It's all very enjoyable thus far, the rapid-fire banter and atmosphere of festive uproar. But it's not that it truly soars until we actually get to see on the stage how the various tribulations, that from our end so far seemed random and meaningless, were in fact shaping the vision that we get to see. We drive back and forth around town to see these; the first number is about newly weds in the 'Honeymoon Hotel' with marriage slyly perverted as illicit sex that ends with bedroom eyes and mock happiness which we know will not last, and didn't for him, the other is a scene from everyday life on the street transformed on stage into the most gaudy spectacle with wood nymphs frolicking beneath cascading waters. The third is the most stunning, because it substitutes for the internal processes that yield one happy end within another, both on the same stage. We knew our man was the author of these visions, the dreamer as it were, but was content so far to pull the strings from behind. Here an accident of fate forces him to get up on that stage and act out the part he was intuitively drawn to create: the number is about this man seeking out the woman of his dreams in a sort of smoky, semi-conscious stupor, and again the unforeseen circumstances - in this case, war - that keep love from them. Eventually he tricks both fates and us, the camera, to fulfill the dream. So the happy end meant to take place in reality is pure Hollywood fiction, while the pure Hollywood fiction of the song and dance number reveals from machinations inside the soul a true purpose outside. It is excellent stuff about the makings of images choreographed from the heart. Their power to articulate is this; art that reflects, salvages purpose from a life that appears incoherent, yet also reveals capricious fates of our own making that we have set in motion by simply living our part. Clearly this grunt could not have staged what he did, even with expert craft, if life around him had not seduced inspiration out of him.,

Footlight Serenade

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Ironically, in the scene where Ms. Grable is rehearsing dance routines over and over (as she is the understudy) in the event she is called upon to fill in for the leading lady, her friend Flo, played by Jane Wyman, utters the line "You have as much chance of going on as I have of becoming First Lady." Of course, Ms Wyman's husband, Ronald Reagan, did become President, but was remarried to Nancy Reagan by that time.,Bruce McKay: She's closed up more nightclubs than the chief of police!,Featured in Salute to Stan Laurel (1965),Except with You (uncredited) Music by Ralph Rainger Lyrics by Leo Robin Sung by Cobina Wright,As in A YANK IN THE R.A.F., BETTY GRABLE proved with this one that she didn't need Technicolor to sparkle. As it is, she could (as she herself modestly said) sing a little, dance a little, and act a little. Well, she turned those abilities into a show biz personality on screen that kept her popular at the box-office, especially during wartime America in World War II as the nation's number one pin-up girl. Here she doesn't expand too much on those talents, but does well as a chorus girl who becomes the love interest of reliable Fox stars VICTOR MATURE and JOHN PAYNE, as boxers. When you watch both of them fighting for Betty's affection, it reminds you why they were so often chosen to co-star opposite vivacious Betty. It's also fun to see a supporting cast that includes JANE WYMAN (still playing sharp-tongued chorines at this stage in her career), JAMES GLEASON and PHIL SILVERS. None of the songs are particularly memorable, but it's all good fun as backstage musicals go. Since I'm used to recalling Grable in all of her Technicolor films, it seems strange to see her in glorious B&W, but her fans should enjoy this one--and her co-stars are just fine, particularly Mature as the overly cocky boxer who can't take his mind off Grable. No wonder COBINA WRIGHT, JR. is his jealous sweetheart. My favorite line: Victor Mature saying in all seriousness to Betty Grable: "You know, you're right. I never do think of myself first.",

Footlights

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Footlights and Fools

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Footloose

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Loosely based on events that took place in the small, rural, and extremely religious farming town of Elmore City, Oklahoma in 1978. Dancing had been banned for nearly ninety years, until a group of high school teenagers challenged it.,When Ren is dancing in the factory and is swinging on the high bar-type pole, he is wearing gloves. During the rest of the sequence he is bare-handed.,Ren: You like Men at Work? Willard: Which man? Ren: Men at Work. Willard: Well where do they work? Ren: No, they don't, they're a music group. Willard: Well what do they call themselves? Ren: Oh no! What about the Police?,CBS edited 10 minutes from this film for its 1987 network television premiere.,Featured in At the Movies: Lassiter/Footloose/Against All Odds/The Complete Beatles/Weekend Pass (1984),Footloose Performed by Kenny Loggins Written by Kenny Loggins and Dean Pitchford Produced by Kenny Loggins with Lee De Carlo (as Lee DeCarlo),OK, maybe I'm giving in to nostalgia here but I rented "Footloose" recently and thought it was great. Yes, it's definitely a teen flick, similar to "Dirty Dancing", and aging a little now. But the music is great and the plot and themes do as much for me as "Grease" ever did. As teen movies go, it is somewhat original and interesting. Who should see this film: -- Teens with nothing better to do on a rainy day -- People reliving the 1980s, you won't be disappointed to see this one again I'll give Footloose a 9 out of 10 because it cheered me up on a day I needed it.,Take a side-by-side look at some of Hollywood's biggest reboots and remakes.,

Footloose Widows

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Footnote

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Joseph Cedar is the son of the Israel Prize recipient, Haim Cedar.,At around 38:00, when Uriel enters the room that the committee is meeting in for the first time, he can open and close the door easily. But when he returns with a chair a few seconds later, suddenly there's not enough space to close it, despite his chair not being in the way.,Uriel Shkolnik: [to a student] I will tell you something that my father told me once: Your work has many things correct and many things innovative. Unfortunately, the innovative things are not correct and the correct things are not innovative.,The credits for the major cast and crew members all have the initial letters of their names in bold, echoing the plot device that causes the confusion between the father and son.,Featured in At the Movies: Cannes Film Festival 2011 (2011),Eliezer Shkolnik and his son Urien are both Talmudic researchers and professors in Jerusalem. Eliezer is bitter as his son receives wide acclaim from the Jewish Studies community. He spent most of his life working on a revolutionary take on an European version of the Talmud only to be scooped by an accidental discovery one month before publishing his own work. He toiled in his work alone. His class has one student. His most noteworthy accomplishment is a footnote in an important textbook. The father and son relationship has traveled a long and problematic road. Eliezer covets the Israel Prize above all else and one day, he gets a calls from the Minister of Education congratulating him. It is big news and then Uriel is told by the Ministry that the call was a mistake and he is the real winner. The head of the committee Grossman is an old foe of Eliezer. This movie takes a small world and shows how the people in it treat this world as life and death. The opening sequence with Eliezer and the security guard is very compelling. Eliezer is a quietly bitter old man and that scene sets it all up. The problem is that he's not that charismatic as a character. Urien's struggles are more compelling. It's an intriguing premise but I don't find Eliezer lovable enough.,

Footpads

Footpath

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Emraan Hashmi's debut film.,References Donnie Brasco (1997),Chain Aapko Mila Written by Sameer Composed by Nadeem Saifi and Shravan Rathod Performed by Asha Bhosle and S.P. Balasubrahmanyam Courtesy of Tips Cassettes & Records Co.,Footpath is a crime thriller film directed by Vikram Bhatt and stars Aftab Shivdasani, Emraan Hashmi, Bipasha Basu, Late Irrfan Khan, Anup Soni, Aparna Tilak and Rahul Dev. An undercover policeman reunites with his childhood friends who are now criminals and tries to make change their way. A futile attempt to remake the flop film 'Angaaray' directed by Mahesh Bhatt which itself is a remake of the Hollywood classic 'State of Grace'. I went through lots of public reviews and everyone was going gaga about the acting of Emraan Hashmi and no one is talking about how the film is actually made, in my opinion the film was a big disappointment, be it screenplay, execution or the climax it looked like that almost every scene was copied from 'State of Grace' and no recreation is been attempted by director. Acting is itsy bitsy decent but majorly disappointing, Emraan Hashmi in his debut film proved that he possess the talent and proved to be a dark horse in his career, Aftab Shivdasani looked impressive in few of the scenes but majorly got overshadowed by Emraan and did a forgettable role, Bipasha Basu cried throughout the film and was majorly disappointing, Rahul Dev is a talented actor but tired too hard to look tough (he had to fill the big shoes as his character was played by the legend Ed Harris in the Hollywood original) hence it seems that he wore the same face throughout. Anup Soni was very impressive in his limited screen-time, Late Irrfan Khan was wasted and Aparna Tilak was forgettable. Screenplay of the film is slow and the length of the film is painfully 2.40 hours. Those who had seen State of Grace will easily anticipate the next scene but those who are watching the film for the first time might also not get too excited with the limited twists in the film. The music of the film is good and the songs are beautiful and some of the songs are still played, the climax of the film is also average and doesn't impresses much. Overall a wasted attempt to copy/remake/recreate another Hollywood classic.,

Footprint in the Ocean

Footprints

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Final film that features of Dhia Cristiani's voice.,Crew member visible reflected in mirror when Alice wakes up in the Peacock Room.,Alice Campos: I'm not crazy!,Referenced in Best of the Worst: The Vindicator, Cyber Tracker, Robot Jox, and R.O.T.O.R. (2013),I first heard of this one while searching the 'Net for reviews of another Italian giallo/horror effort, the contemporaneous THE PERFUME OF THE LADY IN BLACK (1974; whose R2 SE DVD from Raro Video, by the way, I recently acquired) – where it's referenced as being in a similar vein but also just as good. Having watched FOOTSTEPS for myself now, I can see where that reviewer was coming from – in that both films deal with the psychological meltdown of their female protagonist. Stylistically, however, this one owes far more to Art-house cinema than anything else – in particular, the work of Alain Resnais and Michelangelo Antonioni (and, specifically, LAST YEAR IN MARIENBAD [1961] and THE PASSENGER [1975] respectively); accordingly, some have accused it of being "deadly boring" – an epithet often attached to such 'pretentious' (read: cerebral) fare! Anyway, the film involves the quest of a woman (Florinda Bolkan) to determine her movements in the preceding three days – of which she seems to have no recollection. Following a series of cryptic clues, she travels to the 'mythical' land of Garma (nearby locations, then, bear the equally fictitious names of Muda and Rheember) – where she encounters several people (including Lila Kedrova as an aristocratic regular of the resort) who ostensibly recall the heroine staying there during her 'blackout'! Most prominent, though, are a young man (Peter McEnery) and a little girl (Nicoletta Elmi, from Mario Bava's BARON BLOOD [1972]) – the former always seems to happen on the scene at propitious moments, while the latter apparently confuses Bolkan with another woman (sporting long red hair and a mean streak!). While essentially a mood piece, this is nonetheless a gripping puzzle: inevitably, vague events transpire at a deliberate pace – and where much of the film's power derives from the remarkable central performance (which can be seen as an extension of Bolkan's role in the fine Lucio Fulci giallo A LIZARD IN A WOMAN'S SKIN [1971]). However, there's no denying the contribution of cinematographer Vittorio Storaro (who provides any number of sweeping camera moves and an effective color scheme – adopting orange/red/blue filters to create atmosphere and coming up with a saturated look for the disorientating, bizarre finale) and Nicola Piovani's fitting melancholy score (the composer is best-known nowadays for his Oscar-winning work on Roberto Benigni's Holocaust-themed tragi-comedy LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL [1997]). With this in mind, it's worth discussing how FOOTSTEPS was presented in the version I watched: well, being apparently hard-to-get in its original form (I can't be sure whether it's uncut here or not, except to say that the film ran for 89 minutes while the IMDb – lists it at 96), this edition is culled from a fairly battered English-language VHS (the dubbing is surprisingly good, given the international cast) with burnt-in Swedish subtitles to boot (besides, the DivX copy froze for a few seconds at a crucial point in the story around the 82-minute mark)! Still, we do get a welcome bonus i.e. a 9-minute 'Highlights From The Soundtrack' in MP3 format. I realize I haven't yet mentioned the moon mission subplot, to which Klaus Kinski's presence is restricted: incidentally, around this same time, he had a similarly brief but pivotal role in another good arty thriller with sci-fi leanings (and also set in a distinctive location) – namely, LIFESPAN (1974). As I lay watching the film, I couldn't fathom what possible connection this had with the central plot…except that Bolkan mentioned a recurring dream about a movie she had once seen, though not through to the end, called "Footsteps On The Moon" (a somewhat misleading alternate title for the film itself) – amusingly, she at first recalls the picture as being called BLOOD ON THE MOON (which, of course, is a classic 1948 Western noir with Robert Mitchum and directed by Robert Wise!). That said, I took this 'diversion' in stride as merely one more outlandish touch to the film (given also Bolkan's former employment as a translator at a conference discussing Earth's future) – and certainly didn't expect the astronauts to turn up on Garma's beach at the very end to pursue the female lead, where the sand then turns ominously into the moon's surface…! The film's plot will probably make more sense on a second viewing – though, to be honest, this is best approached as a visual/aural experience and one shouldn't really expect it to deliver a narrative that's in any way clear-cut and easily rationalized! For the record, the only other Bazzoni effort I'd managed to catch prior to this one was the middling straight giallo THE FIFTH CORD (1971), starring Franco Nero (which I had recorded off late-night Italian TV); some time ago, I did get hold of his Spaghetti Western rendition of "Carmen" titled MAN, PRIDE AND VENGEANCE (1968) – also with Nero and Kinski – as a DivX (after I'd already missed a matinée broadcast of it)…but the conversion had somehow proved faulty and, consequently, the disc wouldn't play properly!,

Footprints on the Moon

Footskating 101

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Footsteps

337

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The coverage Footsteps received from then-independent movie news website Twitch, beginning a month before the movie premiered at the Swansea Bay Film Festival in Wales, first brought Gareth Evans to international attention.,Featured in Kain's Quest: The Raid (2017),Have to admit, after reading the "glowing" reviews from the cast and crew I already expected this one to fail, and when I got to the negative comments I figured I was in for a tough time. But to be honest while its hardly deserving the praise its gotten it doesn't deserve the hate either. The beginning could've done with a bit more of anything the lack of dialogue had me almost skipping forward a number of times and the sound was off in places. But as it went along and once people started actually talking instead of just sitting around in silence looking moody I actually started to like the film despite its flaws. Its far from a 9 or 10 star film but for what looks to be a low budget film I felt there was nothing that wrong with it. The gore is good in parts, there's a bit with a foot stab that looked good, the acting is decent enough couple of dodgy actors but mostly OK. Not brilliant, not rubbish, worth a look.,