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it has past almost 25 years since i saw this movie i would consider this film as an all time classic in a drama category anthony queen gives one of the most wonderful performances ever in a matter of minutes he takes you from laugh to tears this movie represents a splendid picture of how humanity changed after the ii world war how a great part of that generation and the lost its innocence it has taken me long time to find this film by its name the hour this type of films are not a but they are for sure a treasure for some i am very surprise why this movie is not used for the media in a way in order for more people to enjoy this picture | positive |
additionally titled burning man and flash fire for its various releases this australian made film shot in new south is for its producers from its outset due to several personality conflicts and extended shooting time that uses up its budget and although the storyline is at times nicely detailed below standard post production finishing and cutting the affair tom plays as howard anderson an american with a passion for building who is in process of a tourist hotel in the blue mountains region all the while unaware that his business partner julian guy has the structure for ten million dollars far more than its actual worth and plans its destruction as to normal summer brush fires in order to collect a handsome sum through fraud in line with this scheme for an to perform the deed a young man who also happens to be the boyfriend of daughter and due to the future being in the midst of a critical fire one of the many unexplained elements of the screenplay julian has every expectation that his design will come about without serious as the local insurance firm by the crime is majority owned by the naturally skeptical of london senior investigator george james mason to into the nature of the made more sinister because of the death possibly a homicide of an insurance investigator wendy hughes who in following clues was apparently coming close to the cause of the the setting for the film is the week before christmas of summer in the a dramatic background but the within the story are not smoothly resulting in the presentation of events that are rather difficult for a viewer to follow a problem by editing the mentioned heavy cutting and poor sound and picture quality semi and style is by this dim sound but mason is very effective as ever and enjoys the best dialogue with hughes impressive as the too early written out investigator wins acting with his performance as the julian | negative |
after the across the board success of my name is barbra cbs television barbra to create an even more elaborate follow up as her second special streisand wisely knew in order to follow in the ground breaking success of my name is barbra that her second special would indeed need to raise the bar even further in and spectacle not surprisingly she succeeded once again even more streisand managed to this large production without the and vision of my name is barbra br br once again the special is divided into three distinct acts filming on location at department store was so successful in the first special that streisand and company decided to film on location once again for the first act of this second special the decided upon location this time was the philadelphia art museum which would allow endless chances for barbra to enter different art works that would with the songs being performed in addition to the numerous artistic possibilities that this location made possible the museum would offer the perfect opportunity to take advantage of filming in color br br after the recording of draw me a circle that is set against the opening credits barbra then around the museum in a maid costume to the of and she stops to admire various paintings and often becoming the character that is depicted and singing a appropriate song streisand performs a bittersweet rendition of and one kiss as thomas concert singer delivers a hilariously campy performance of minute as marie abstract art with the frenetic rhythm of peter gotta move and performs a wrenching rendition of non as a girl the high point of act i however is when streisand with the bust of egyptian queen while singing a tour de force rendition of rogers and where or when the act ii circus allows streisand to interact with various farm and circus animals while singing various songs with farm circus animal themes some highlights include barbra singing were that special face to a baby elephant performing i've grown to that face as a to a the campy sam you made the pants to long sung to a group of baby and barbra comparing with an while we have so much in common streisand also on a and leaps from a to the chorus of spring again and then slows things down by performing a haunting version of i stayed too long at the fair while alone on stage barbra also gets the chance to show off her pet in this segment and even speak a little french br br the act iii concert is once again the high point of the hour dressed in a white dress the concert segment is performed on a uniquely designed stage with a partial that leads nowhere streisand opens the act with a rendition of harold i hang my hat is home before into heartfelt versions of the familiar standard it had to be you and the rarely heard bon it's so good streisand then really the audience with a powerful performance of the sweet charity where am i going of which streisand delivers the definitive rendition of streisand also introduces the then newly written richard jr david starting here starting now which contains an vocal from streisand that ranks among the very best vocal performances of her long career br br more than anything else color me barbra was a showcase for ever increasing mega star power despite the presence of even more visual streisand herself is always the main attraction her voice sounds as beautiful as ever and this special was the first to showcase how strikingly she photographs in color as with my name is barbra color me barbra was another rating smash and yet another top five gold selling soundtrack album simply put color me barbra defies tradition and emerges as a sequel that is nearly on par with a classic original | positive |
after cleaning up dodge city with a little help from bat masterson goes to liberal kansas where they've got a nice little range war going plus a rather interesting scheme of br br randolph scott is bat masterson and he's after villains billy house and steve who are driving off their the they are driving off are in a scheme by robert ryan seems as though he's the various to a of land to for a of profit from their crop about to lose his shirt as a result of all the br br as portrayed by scott bat masterson is a stand up western hero who has a passion to go east and become a reporter which we all know he did later in life br br anne and meredith are involved in a romantic subplot involving and ryan which is a little silly and does detract from the action anne does sing nice though br br of course hayes as always provides the great comic relief br br a good addition to the randolph scott collection of westerns also interesting because his later western films don't have him as wearing a hat as white as the one here br br this review is dedicated to hayes of the professional bull riders who is a proud resident of liberal kansas a town with a great tradition whether bat masterson there or not | positive |
while i have seen and enjoyed similar movies to this one that were silent films about the russian revolution such as and ten days that the world i did not particularly enjoy this one this was mostly due to the annoying and artsy way that the director chose to shoot the film while in its editing style this movie used similar techniques with a lot less in some places the editing seemed very choppy and amateurish plus and this was truly annoying the use of zombies throughout the beginning of the film and late in the film really was over the top what i mean by zombies is that to illustrate just how depressed and the were the people stand like in many scenes and they stand like this for a very long period of time while the evil and of the masses walk by a break this movie is a wonderful example of style over substance and it's only a movie for those who enjoy or can overlook the direction br br by the way the dvd for this film is improved somewhat if you leave the audio commentary on this makes the movie easier to follow and gives a few interesting insights | negative |
this is one of the stooges best shorts it was the only one of their shorts to be nominated for an oscar in this short the stooges play doctors who cause some trouble as usual this short has non stop sight gags and jokes the part at the end where the stooges are breaking apart the machine this is definitely a classic i would highly recommend this three stooges short | positive |
like a lot of movies involving little kids this starts off real cute and likable and then after about a half hour or so becomes the reverse br br that's certainly the case here in this time travel story which i usually love where an adult meets a kid who his really him at the age of eight great premise and a great lead actor in bruce willis but br br the kid rusty is a smart and whiny brat and willis rusty grown up now as russell gets with his constant yelling that is entertainment no thanks br br young has gone on to become a very good child actor being involved in a number of films including the cat in the hat opposite a more famous child actor fanning br br overall a disappointing film especially with all the good press this movie got when it was released | negative |
warner brothers produced this 3d that was the biggest commercial success for westerns in 1953 guy madison leads a band of soldiers and to rescue two white women being held by indians which essentially all there is to this film the 3d format was in its early stages as a hollywood gimmick to compete with the growing popularity of home television and the effects work very well here the make off with the ladies and are pursued by the indians until the white men make their stand at an island in a creek bed the indian comes at the audience non stop throughout and a of juice aimed at a is thrown in for good measure madison was quite popular as wild bill and is good as a cattle who is given his task by the army for all the film's polish and presentation the movie was made in just three days | positive |
are we allowed to with our life is it possible to upon their to the of their thoughts the of their own home without being blamed the director raises some doubts about these apparently questions almost sympathetic towards judge jean decision of coming to terms with his own self by means of of lives by him br br is based on the concept of universal communication conceived as the human desire of an open window on the world the phone may be considered the main character of the story after its performance in 9 it gives in the beginning the to followed step by step in its fast run across the world the director looks deeply into the of communication of human beings without taking up a definite position about the side of individual behavior once again he points out to us the of future events careful about strange and of life separated from each other by a considerable number of years inexplicable oddly in a series of continuous and situations some books falling to the one of them opening casually on a fatal page the destiny of a future profession as in a past similar glimpses of daily life meeting joined by their for the musician van human marked by the most ill coincidence br br in this piece of work deserving to be seen with our eyes instead of our ones we can witness a game between judge jean jean louis and valentine irene maybe the actress of our times together with the beautiful in a conflict between the experience of a world weary old man and the self conscious of a nice girl on the point of facing the path of her way talks about dialogue between a disappointed human life and a youth unaware of her future between a and a spontaneous girl full of good sense of br br and the final parade when the of tragedy still in the air with all the main characters of the whole trilogy in full evidence saved by an accidental stroke of luck thank to the script cleverly written gives us the extreme of this movie master fully used up by his great passion for cinema only a sense of bitter regret and is left to remind us the existence of a void impossible to fill good bye we miss you so much | positive |
everyone who worked on this film did an amazing job this is honestly one of the best lesbian films i've seen in a long time the acting writing cinematography music visuals everything was top notch as an avid fan of the genre both lesbian films and i was so unbelievably pleased by this film it truly gave me so much more than i expected across the board hearing the q a with the cast and crew was great the lead actress has so much positive energy and is so humble and it's a pleasure to see people who can be talented and not lose sight of what's really important and the writer did a hell of a job as well as directing and the editing was awesome thanks so much for making a great film thanks also for the line about you're going to slap a label on yourself it would be i'm so tired of movies where characters who have a relationship with both get passed off as gay or straight it's wonderful to see getting recognition for existing and being part of the gay community and it was nice that weren't even necessary at all in this film what an ending just when i thought it couldn't give me more it did beautiful work and my to all i will spread the word this is definitely a film not to be missed | positive |
the united states built the atomic bomb in order to show their superior military power and to end the second world war the movie fat man and little boy is a portrayal of the efforts of american to the technology necessary to create the bomb and the tension that existed between the scientists and the military over the potential uses of the bomb and even the of its creation the scientists thought that the bomb should be created as a a that would halt the war by wasting as little life as possible fist they saw themselves as in a race with german scientists who were attempting to build nuclear weapons themselves when the germans were defeated many scientists hoped to stop work on the bomb project as they knew that the japanese did not have the technology necessary to build a nuclear weapon and therefore did not pose a threat of massive loss of life those who the of the manhattan project hoped that the bomb would be used as a the japanese head of state to view its upon some tiny deserted island this massive display of force they felt would be enough to win the war no killing would be needed the us military under the direction of general leslie hoped all along to used the bomb as a actual weapon to be against the enemy first against the germans and then against the japanese because of the of japanese soldiers on the small japanese islands the us decided to drop the bomb on cities in order to end the war first and then the display of that vast amount of force also served notice to the rest of the world that the us was the military power a message aimed especially at russia whose growing military power and economic weight in threatened our world position fat man and little boy was a movie that had good intentions in mind but muddled them rather badly by the choice of actors script and cinematography one of the main points of the movie was the struggle between the military view of science for killing and the scientific view of science for knowledge the of this conflict is the continued between general and dr mr newman does his job in the part of the general angry and his upon the success of the project dwight on the other hand never puts up much resistance at all to the demands always looking rather weak and in his audiences john cusack presents a stunningly unsympathetic character in as flat a role as i have ever seen it looks like he is just reading his lines laura dern seems to be suffering from the same none of the characters are helped by the script which is almost ridiculous in the way it attempts to explain scientific concepts offers the most unrealistic stock relationship between mr cusack and ms dern imaginable doesn't even give us the cheap thrill of watching the army drop nuclear bombs on japan and relies heavily on voice over a technique that is evil anytime even when explaining a characters true thoughts or for the narration of something that cannot be possibly show on the film medium but is used here to read some absolutely trite out of diary the cinematographer offers us several shots of the ominous shadow of the two bombs which might be striking if it didn't look like they were cardboard instead of bombs the fake atomic fire really does look fake and why use it when the stock footage on hand is so genuinely stunning and realistic and the brown tone doesn't seem to be appropriate besides that it's not a bad movie | negative |
this film is probably the worst movie i have watched in a very long time the acting is so wooden a door could have done a better job the plot is laughable and shallow and the actual shown is a far cry from reality i still don't get the as portrayed in this poor excuse for entertainment i am not a but i do know that the can only be performed by someone of origin and not by an all american white boy br br i am assuming that this was made for the american audience so the and disney is but there was hardly any attempt to point out the basic rules of the game apart from the prison side where the main character suddenly takes charge of an american football game and gets everyone playing instead the only thing good about this film were the end credits it would be less painful to spend ninety minutes into your | negative |
it's amazing that this no talent actor got all these well known stars to appear in this dismal pathetic cheesy and overlong film about a low life gangster who looks white but is half mexican much of the acting is bad and many of the well known stars in this trashy movie are given a script that seems made up by a 16 year old i'm sure this movie is the career low point for actors such as wagner and busey who i'm sure are very embarrassed that they ever appeared in this turkey of a film i doubt many people have ever heard of and after this terrible movie i'm sure he will disappear into oblivion where he belongs | negative |
if you want a horrible interpretation of then this is your answer filled with english language in a 21st century australian setting this film lives to disappoint and leave you scratching your head but that isn't all br br not only is there action sequences but there are plenty of scenes where the female body is displayed the witches played by actresses that resemble school girls more than witches put on a soft porn display with in a display of affection welcome to stupidity and all at the same time br br its a wonder why this project was green so much for modern cheesy movies d | negative |
if you like to watch movies because they are pretty you should be okay with this one if you like to watch movies that start out with a good guy trying to catch a bad guy then reveal clues to the motives of each throughout the movie skip it at the end of the movie i still didn't know why killed the women the way he did when you set up such a serial killer it would be nice to know where the from in dreams was a similar pretty movie with a serial killer which also wasn't the best but at least the of how he killed the girls was explained they also hinted at a dark background for character but didn't explain didn't really say why child psychologist was so much better suited for this task than the rest of the people they interviewed didn't give much of an explanation for the little kid's problem etc if the rest of the story is compelling i don't care about details like how all the fancy electronic equipment and underground or why the fbi wasn't checking to see if he owned any other property or had access to out of the way places while they were waiting to see if the whole entering the killer's mind thing would work but i do like to have a sense of what the serial killer in a serial killer movie when he kills in such a complex manner | negative |
i was expecting to this to be hilarious and it was mediocre at best the only funny character is believe it or not andy dick the timing was just horrible on most of the jokes gags and the writing was bad i mean i know its supposed to be like but it just did work besides this whole genre has been beaten to death already with all the austin powers movies undercover brother it just seems old it also just feels like a rip off from undercover brother which also wasn't hysterical but a lot funnier than this also for an comedy action movie the direction was kind of bland i don't know if this is going to be released in theaters but it is made for tv | negative |
i remember watching this film as a kid and i was in complete awe of it i couldn't take my eyes of the television this movie has it all for horror fans this movie had no funny moments expect a couple of one liners by who was my favorite character in the film kevin directed this jewel and did a wonderful job with a low budget i thought the end was awesome the only thing that could stop them was by surviving the night they were killing machines the effects done by steve johnson we're excellent i would recommend this movie to anyone who has a love for low budget horror movies because as the old saying goes they don't make them like this anymore the sequels were pretty good too but not as good as good as the original this is a must have in any horror collection buy it if you can find it you won't be disappointed | positive |
first of all i do not look down on americans i know lots of people that are intelligent people from the usa but this movie is so utterly bad that i just had to comment on it br br first of all movies are mostly far from the truth this movie is no exception lots of are so incredibly false for example the departure of the 2 space ships you see them drop off the full tanks in space just a small distance from each other remember what caused the space to explode in the past just a part that came off in here it is just common to drop fuel tanks that are as big if not bigger then the whole ship what idiot would let 2 lift up and do that at the same time second of it is that the russian station is a piece of s crap i hate to bring this up to you but nowadays go to russia since their equipment is much more reliable then the space is retired and uses it just to pay off the bills and there is no better alternative for it and the list of goes on and on this is truly an insult to people that do take space travel serious and i know half as much as these guys do but the most annoying part read the whole movie is the propaganda and crap that u get with my god i thought i was looking at a business commercial for like an hour the actors solve their petty problems by shooting at each other giving the middle finger to everyone they come face to face with start up fights ignore the police etc etc but when it comes to their love for their country and their lives suddenly everyone stands in line to commit suicide for it bomb maybe i lack the feeling of being a true that can sing the national backwards in whilst riding with george bush behind the wheel of a golf driving in circles until the is empty but this movie was too much for me too handle and when i finally got hold and pulled the flag pole and fabric of the american flag out of my i realised that i was glad this movie was finally done i do not know why so much good actors in this narrow minded stereotyping propaganda movie but i pity them this represents a country where you can get away with murder if you have money or power as long as uncle sam thinks you are a good where everyone is happy as long as it is another country that has been no one cares | negative |
in this movie everything possible was wrong and i don't know why i bothered watching it until the end it would have been more fun watching paint dry for crying out loud i even liked d and it was much better than this here is the basic plot for you a redneck gets bitten by snakes that hold the evil of 13 murderers and becomes an undead killing machine murdering teenagers that have zero personality during the movie i lost hope when it didn't scare me at all when the kills were bad and there was bad cgi blood and cgi snakes it got worse with the cardboard thin characters killing their friend by holding her from her legs and not letting go so she got by a tree and when the bad guy moved under water like the shark in jaws i'm still upset why i even bothered with this i guess because i'm a horror movie fan | negative |
this film is likely to be a real letdown unless you understand the circumstances under which it was made the were chosen to be cast in the film version of a play that was not originally written for them they are sort of force into the roles ironically it might have been funnier if it had used different actors who did not have such high expectations placed upon them instead it has been forever as part of a to which it really doesn't deserve to belong | negative |
this film marked the end of the serious universal monsters era and meet up with the monsters later in and meet it was a somewhat yet fun attempt to revive the classic monsters of the wolf man monster and dracula one last time br br i say because in the previous film house of frankenstein both dracula and the wolf man are killed according to how the vampire and werewolf legends say they should be dracula by the and the wolf man by a silver bullet yet somehow they return in house of dracula with no explanation this movie could have played as a kind of prequel to house of frankenstein if the frankenstein monster plot wouldn't be continuing into house of dracula from house of frankenstein and if the wolf man didn't get then be no plot holes but since this is not the case the plots of dracula and the wolf man make no sense br br however ignoring these plot holes house of dracula is a classic atmospheric horror film that's fun to watch it has many high points especially seeing the wolf man get i know i just said that this shouldn't have been included but it was nice to actually see him get after all this time and the scene with the lady playing on the piano then all of a sudden playing a haunting melody when under spell was very eerie dr transformation into the dr mr hyde type character was also done very well br br and it's great to see dracula frankenstein and the wolf man together one last time br br out of | positive |
i being a fan of rupert rented this film a few months ago i thought it was a very well written movie with a bunch of great actors it was entertaining and showed that rupert could play more than his most well known character of ron his subtle portrayal of ben and everyone else's great acting made this film very likable br br ben a very shy boy with a extremely religious and sensitive mother is looking for a job he finds one and becomes the i guess you could call assistant to a retired actress at first it is just a way for him to earn some money but after a while he and seem to develop a friendship helps ben break out of his shell a little and gets him to have fun and be happy with himself and in the end they both seem to need each other br br whether you are a fan of rupert or not this movie is a really entertaining one with some very cute and moments i highly recommend it to anybody who wants to see a great movie with great and talented actors | positive |
this film holds 7 0 rating on imdb so even i something rotten in it's synopsis i decided to try it out what a waste of 100 minutes first of all the 80's were not a good decade for crime and thriller genre most of these in those days were badly done with silly plot if they had any so there are very few that can stand out and even if they were good they are still not very good the hit however suffers from everything that made silly crime pictures silly it has poor character development improbable plot and wasn't written or directed in a decent manner and when you have such shortcomings the acting doesn't help stephen often tried to french new wave in english style film making and the two don't match br br first of all is 10 years in hiding because he against some of his former partners in crime he hides in spain of all places he is finally caught up with and than first kidnapped by a group of silly looking spanish thugs just do be driven away some distance to the two hit man that are supposed to deal with him these two are john hurt who is supposed to be hard boiled stone cold killer and tim roth in his first role as the devil's apprentice they don't kill right away they first of the three they shouldn't have hired in the first place and then they are driving to paris because one of the buddies he against wants to confront him ok that's possible but even with being such a dangerous figure that they had to hire four guys to him they don't tie him down don't him in any way and drive around with him like he's one of the buddies doesn't object and is happily going to paris to be shot not using any of a half a dozen chances these professionals offer for him to escape than it appears that tim roth is just a school boy bully making the idea of big crime boss him up with a hard core hit man like john hurt even more improbable especially on an important job like that but than john hurt is not so hard core himself he spends twenty minutes of the movie killing or not killing the totally australian played by bill hunter whose only purpose in this film is to introduce the lovely laura del his mistress who he says is 15 but she looks more like 25 and whose role in the story and acting suggest that she was offered the role solely on the basis of being the director's or mistress at the time after much hurt kills the australian but takes along his mistress for no apparent reason than he wants to kill her but roth with his subtle ways convince him not to so even she kicks him bites him and him through the entire movie he stays true to that deeply buried human side of him br br than you have plain idiotic scenes like when hurt and roth lock the car from the outside trying to prevent the people inside from getting out anyway the movie drags on tim roth falls asleep with his gun on his chest and just waits there watching the than the whole of a plot comes to the point where everything we've seen in the last hour and 20 minutes just goes out through the window let's the whole point in not killing right away except for having a movie is to take him to paris so his former partner is to have a last word with him and the whole point in him not running away is that he is prepared to die saying it's just a moment we're here then we're not here we're somewhere else maybe and it's as natural as breathing why should we be scared but my friends here is where the plot twists hurt kills the man while still in spain and we ask why bother and drive around for days he could have done it in the first 15 minutes and than contrary to his philosophy is very afraid of being killed so we ask again why didn't he run and he had plenty chance roth gets killed too but he shouldn't be in the movie at all and del well she's promised a role in this film purely for romantic read sexual reasons so she stays alive again even she attacked hurt for the time in the movie he killed all the others but not her she must have maximum screen appearance the movie was made on a shoe string budget and it shows but when you have no story and card board characterizations it shows even more and yes ray appears and goes through the movie as the guest star having a single line of dialog awful | negative |
although i'm not too much of a religious person i still had relatively high hopes for this movie as it does have the amazing steve and its prequel bruce almighty was actually a creative and clever christian themed comedy however almighty comes nowhere near this originality and that the original has and can't decide whether it's a comedy or a sentimental movie about faith and family values if it had chosen one clear path of which of these themes to focus on it could have lived up to its potential but instead the result of mixing the two is a film that has a very flat and dry sense of humor cheesy dialogue and that attempt to give the movie but instead practically insults the intelligence of the audience and also a very confused and presentation of the movie's message it was very obvious that almighty was very poorly written there are numerous plot holes and elements in the movie that make absolutely no sense for example although a large variety of exotic animals from all over the planet to as he builds the for their salvation from the is their inclusion really necessary when the only that happens in the movie is downtown washington d c and a suburban neighborhood meaning they are at no risk of being wiped out the filmmakers it seems lacked the originality to the bible story whatsoever and instead just had it take place in a present time without changing anything to the plot leaving many elements that just don't add up such as this and make it obvious of the idiotic and writing within the movie overall this work is tragic in that the acting talent of steve and sykes isn't because of the bland characters they portray and that it was so poorly written that it and many of the film's attempted themes and makes a mockery of the first film finally almighty also is an insult to the brilliant actors in it and any halfway intelligent in that it fails both of them miserably | negative |
spoilers shocking yet true story of the horror that the georgia border town of when it was taken over by a gang of organized who turn it into the sin city of the south br br with crime and no one to turn to a group of concerned citizens get well respected lawyer albert john mcintire to run for the office of state district attorney with the criminal element of doing everything from to outright murder to keep the voters form getting the nomination he still wins with the other of the state not including russell county giving him the nod by just over 1 000 votes br br terrified in what would do when he takes office head of the mob edward andrews has a hit put out on him is down while driving to his office but his killers are spotted by kathryn grant who soon becomes through an informer in office next person in line to be targeted for murder what co didn't expect is that the late albert son john richard got the news from about his murder before his boys could shut her up that major on part will end up putting an end to both his criminal organization as well as his freedom br br powerful documentary style crime movie with the actual persons involved in the events given some 15 minutes at the start of the film to tell their stories this despite the fact that they were still in danger of being murdered by the mob that was still at large at the time their interviews were filmed br br finishing what his brave dad started john single brought the story of city to the front pages of both the state and national giving the very negative publicity that he tried so hard to avoid with the now national guard into city the blood and in not willing to stand up to people with guns in their hands mob from sight like a morning after the hits it and with john now taking the place of his murdered dad as the state of new attorney general you can be sure that the mob has seen its last days of pushing people around as well as murdering them the only thing that they'll see now in the future is the gray prison walls and bars that will be their home sweet home for the rest of their rotten and miserable lives br br very probably the most violent movie to come out of hollywood up to that time the city story didn't pull any punches in showing how a group of and powerful criminals can turn a quite american city into living hell for everyone in it no one was from these ruthless gangsters who didn't even think twice when it came to murdering even women and children if that's what it took to keep them in power as for the city police they had better thing to do then the law that they were and paid to they were out having coffee and while their city was being burned to the ground by the gangsters like who had them in their hip pocket | positive |
bigfoot movies tend to be bad so i'm not inclined to watch them however there were some good commercials on the sci fi channel so i decided to watch a climbing expedition heads into the pacific to find a a fallen airplane carrying the daughter of the leader played by lance and have brought a revolutionary that could be used to prove the existence and it actually some suspense at first the sasquatch is unseen but sees the mountain body heat like the alien in predator and i did wonder when it was going to strike the acting is passable as is the background music the dense location is well used and when the creature is finally seen the costume is not bad though nothing great but as the film on it becomes increasingly annoying and absurd most of the characters are unpleasant people rude to each other and only in the expedition for money and publicity except for lance character so that it's impossible to care about what happens to them and their behavior become increasingly stupid one man shoots the creature not then gets drunk and sits alone in the dark one female puts on a before into her sleeping bag then barely escapes being dragged into the woods by the sasquatch without getting her hair and make up messed up then the survivors conclude that the sasquatch is really after the machine and will let them live if they leave it behind a creature knows what threatens it obviously the instinct doesn't apply to these actors or they wouldn't have appeared in this movie and the ending is so stupid you'll want to kick the tv screen if it weren't for the script it would have been a decent horror film | negative |
another great performance by sutherland i love his movies because he always plays his role very well for a low budget film this was done very good and kept me on the edge the whole time i love these type of movies and i was glad i caught it on i'll be buying the dvd or tape for sure br br 9 10 | positive |
in world war ii a badly burned known only as the english patient is found in the african desert and is transported to italy where he joins a of medical troops and others at an abandoned monastery among them are juliette a canadian nurse whose lovers generally meet unpleasant ends andrews and hardy kevin two experts who search the monastery for bombs and david willem dafoe a canadian soldier of fortune who knows the identity of the english patient and has a score to settle br br through flashbacks we learn the story of the patient he is ralph a hungarian who in the late falls in with a group of british including geoffrey colin and his wife scott thomas while the of north africa after leaves them on government business and fall in love with each other in the desert resulting in an affair that naturally has a less than happy ending br br if one is able to overlook the illogical parts of the story line such as why would a patient found in africa be sent to what is essentially the front line of the war in italy then you can appreciate the english patient as a to the intelligent layered sweeping epics of david lean in the '60s much more than titanic or other epic romances of late this movie puts one in mind of doctor and gone with the wind an epic love story set against a huge historical backdrop you shouldn't expect a war film though there are some striking if all too brief scenes of violence that stand out more than the romantic sections as is usually the case by a sadistic ss officer in particular br br the movie is very ambiguous in regards to pretty much everything the central question of the film is how far are you willing to go for love as critics of the movie are fast to point out is on the surface a far from likable character he has an affair with a married woman and betrays his country by giving and intelligence to the germans causing the death of his friend julian and the torture of and actually killing a british soldier who has him under arrest at one point the fact that is in many ways is kind of the point he's in love with and sees the world in terms of his love that loyalty to country or anything else for that matter is secondary as says he hates being owned the two engage in a rather bold love affair within ear shot of hundreds of people at a christmas party and it's clear that is more drawn to the mysterious exciting than the boring geoffrey br br the 1944 subplot is somewhat shaky and seems superfluous the romance between and hannah is never completely believable and i feel the film could have done without it but those sequences do add an interesting of mystery and complexity to the film so i won't complain too much br br like the epics mentioned above the film is able to convey time and place through simple devices like crowd scenes placed posters and military presence we do not need to on the fact that it's 1938 in but it's helpful to know the direction of anthony and the desert cinematography by john are absolutely gorgeous the sand sand and haunting of the desert are captured in beautiful detail gabriel score is haunting and atmospheric br br the acting is generally solid gives a very layered performance as a character who is mysterious complex and haunted the difference between the of 1938 and 1944 are remarkable one exciting and somewhat the other haunted and kirsten scott thomas is effective as the female looking for adventure and colin gives one of his best performances as geoffrey who realizes early on that he's no competition for the exciting willem dafoe does nice work as the hunted thief turned spy driven by revenge gives a performance reminiscent of jose in lawrence of and a similar character too very brief but more memorable then some of the major characters some of the 1944 actors are juliette is nothing special while andrews is good but kevin as ill partner does what he can with a rather role br br the english patient is not a perfect movie by any means but the attacks on it by much of the movie going public are not deserved at all maybe it's a show of how film sensibilities have changed since the era of the and or maybe people were expecting something simple to understand complex to fault brilliantly directed and shot the english patient is a wonderful modern day epic br br 8 10 | positive |
meteor i seen this referred to as authentic and a gem i caught this movie on a saturday afternoon i kinda wished that i didn't br br apparently this was noted as being mike first dramatic role unfortunately it had to be this movie the first thing you'll notice that meteor suffers from is a complete lack of plot or rather a bunch of little subplots that aren't really connected and don't go anywhere young orphan mickey lives with his younger brother and sister with their grandmother a lands in their garden and is eventually by a scientist named hugh despite the title of the movie mickey is the one who lays claim to the meteor and the storyline actually has little to do with the meteor in any shape or form from here on out several other characters and subplots are introduced but like i said before they don't really go anywhere br br things go from cute family movie to dark thriller pretty fast when pete mike myers is introduced and starts to play a role blames him for the death of his parents though we're never really told what happened or why hugh has romance problems because his girlfriend can't get past his fascination and drug related past starts to catch up with him and draws his own girlfriend and the rest of the cast into the mix when shady characters start trying to kill him this would seem to be the main plot until you realize it doesn't even have a role until halfway through the film making everything else feel like pointless filler girl problems bad behavior the meteor what on earth do they have to do with this not much br br so the is disjointed and half of it is pointless but a good cast of characters can save it right good the majority of characters are terribly unlikable people most of which you'd like to see die horribly at least i know i would despite the title mickey seems to be the main character which is a really bad move once you see him in action he is one of the worst little kids i've seen in a movie with an extremely bad attitude problem he a car and talks trash to hugh an adult for taking the meteor actually attempts burn the man's house down when he doesn't get his way and even tries to stab pete with a knife you'd think a kid like this is on his way to the jail house unfortunately one of the worst things about this movie is that mickey never gets what's coming to him i'm not sure at what point you're supposed to be with his character because he's always a nasty little brat he's the for his brother and sister so they predictably end up taking and and just following whatever he does amazingly they're pushed back so far that i can't even remember their names they might as well not even be there br br their grandmother is pretty much a borderline alcoholic she tends to be just as nasty to hugh as mickey and likes to push people out of her house and give them evil when she's not down and drinking herself silly pretty ridiculous when you take into account that she's supposed to be taking care of three children her issues with alcohol are never really addressed though she does collapse from time to time in the movie br br hugh is one of the few likable characters in the movie but that's only because he's the bag for the majority of characters and takes their mess without giving it back the kids treat him but he always comes back and tries to teach them and do nice things with them he's got a taxi driver girlfriend who seems to take every aspect of his life as a scientist as a personal offense attempting to leave him several times in the movie when he goes off into his or does something to prove that he isn't exactly on the same as the rest of the characters thankfully br br then there's mike myers as pete pete despite having the only solid purpose and plot in the movie is extremely underused and doesn't play any kind of role until the second half it's unfortunate that myers got stuck in such a position for a dramatic role even when pete is getting screen time half of it is just myers running through dark and hiding in small and even though he was the only real point to this movie when his plot line brings the movie to a close it's a strange conclusion that has all the characters laughing on a good note with a quick and strange explanation behind the title of the movie making you wonder if they were just performing in the movie you were just watching br br the only thing worth seeing in meteor is mike role as pete and that's if you can through this disjointed mess long enough without out at another human being due to the extremely unlikable characters and nonexistent plot line no sir i didn't like this one at all | negative |
easily one of my favourite dramatic tv films in many ways beautiful yet sad heart warming and thought provoking this is a superb of a few years in the life of c s lewis and his relationship with joy i found it to be incredibly absorbing with excellent and dialogue and situations it all seemed very yet there were also moments that almost leave you breathless with delight and bloom as the central characters were excellent as were the supporting cast it's one of those dramas that i find hard to simply because for me there is nothing to be it just works so well on so many levels br br very highly recommended | positive |
after watching this movie once it quickly became one of my favorites as different events happen in the movie you change your mind about back and forth until the end and even after the movie is very thought provoking and a must watch | positive |
francis ford masterpiece was a great ending for a golden decade of american cinema in the 1970s there was an atmosphere of tolerance open and among the studios that allowed the making of major films by a few of the best directors that the united states has ever had i am not a but all the events that the decade a few being the violent deaths of major figures of the american political and cultural scenes the racial struggles the of the 1960s counter culture the increase of violence and death in the streets seemed to influence the vision of filmmakers who were willing to dare be different and create entertaining and intelligent motion pictures film is a strange blend of thinking and film making following the of war and adventure films and at the same time them with its flowing on the value of life the reason of death or the of war it is also a passionate work made against all odds in the 1991 documentary hearts of darkness a apocalypse a motion picture that went beyond any previous reflection on the vietnam war ever to reach the screen this may not be the definite vietnam motion picture but dealing with it coppola the formula of classic melodrama found in two vietnam movies made simultaneously the deer hunter and coming home or in latter ones as platoon and of war before vietnam became the starting point to make products of any genre as horror in ladder or comedies as good morning vietnam among the more respectable coppola had the courage to take that economic and political conflict as the background of a search for answers to questions faced by any man every day of his life without the dramatic consequences of that war | positive |
what should have been a dramatic tale of life on the river murray turns out to be a silly romance about an english with aussie accent who falls for the first mate john waters of a br br the first half of this four and a half hour mini series shows some promise but it soon falls flat as it becomes predictable and thin some real and spark was needed in the plot to give the movie some life gus early exit didn't help as his character seemed to me to be the only interesting one br br perhaps the longer t v version has more depth because this video translation certainly lacked it br br sunday june 27 1993 video | negative |
there is one of the best movies directed by that story told about young writer who is his place after a second war he's survive german camp excellent true atmosphere action goes in camp for placed main hero played by one of the best polish actor daniel finally fall in love but unfortunately his lady has been killed there was beautiful scene when he is talking with american soldier and says about death his girl nothing is happen simply you're to us now he's condition of soul has been destroyed 10 10 | positive |
is the story of five boys most being sean and attempt to save their school from a terrorist invasion after the american government the father lou jr plays the of the school a guy who tries to in his students a sense of discipline br br is a funny and pretty cool action and certainly the better of hostage crisis at school movies i think most of the appeal comes from the teen cast but also the terrorists don't come off as completely useless whereas in some movies they never seem to be quite the group that they should trapped inside the school and threatened to be killed if the military or police this is a very challenge for these group of guys who plan to save the school they're actually pretty clever about it too br br i was surprised that it was a pretty good movie it keeps a steady pace and doesn't get ridiculously sentimental or anything like that and jr give good performances br br i too agree that this is an underrated action movie | positive |
just saw this movie on opening night i read some other user comments which convinced me to go see it i must say i was not impressed i'm so that i feel the need to write this comment to spare some of you people some money br br first of all the is very predictable and just not much of a thriller it might be scary for someone under 13 but it really did nothing for me the climax was laughable and most of the audience left before the movie's resolution br br furthermore the acting seemed a little superficial some of the emotional arguments between the family were less convincing than the sub par suspense scenes br br if you've seen previews for this movie then you've seen most of the best parts and have a strong understanding of the plot this movie is not worth seeing in the theaters | negative |
i was more entertained by watching my wife almost pull her hair out in frustration through most of this movie i thought something that would tie it all together would be just around the corner of the any minute so i cheated grabbed the remote and was to find out it was ending in merely 20 minutes i should have turned the channel cute it had potential but | negative |
may contain spoilers for about the last four years i've been a keen fan of ali g baron cohen is undoubtedly a very funny and intelligent guy and in my view his best creation is who's as funny as hell and quite shameless in what he does and says to people br br anyway to the movie i didn't bother paying money to see this in the cinema i suppose because i didn't expect a lot but when i hired the dvd recently i found the whole thing pretty sad the best part of taking the mickey out of others was largely missing and the script an plot was pretty damned awful all the car together to blow a safe really br br this movie goes to show i think that some things can run for too long and definitely don't translate to the big screen the movie also had that sweet ending that i've come to expect from british films where have all the good british movie making ideals gone to that said there were the odd very funny moments such as the dog in bed and audience with the q with the respect remark br br so in summary i am an ali g and fan and i have enjoyed many of his interviews notably the one with anita of the body shop but this movie fell really flat with me if there's to be another movie i hope it's a whole lot better than this lot of old tripe br br br br australia | negative |
this show has shown it's true colors now that are in power it never did lead the world in iq as anyone who thought it has intelligence has been to think one way which is a scary thing br br comedy central moved this it's spin off back to an earlier time once the took power for a reason because now when the screw up which is just as often as do stewart no longer takes pot shots at them that is why the ratings for both this the spin are dropping br br basically most of the humor now is either lame or lame sarah jokes which all the ratings dropping comedians are now telling the facts to back this up speak for themselves the jay leno show which has been doing the same kind of humor is on the verge of being canceled the ratings for conan the shows that follow them are down br br so emperor stewart is not alone trouble is if any of them start taking real rips at the in power they could raise their ratings in a hurry because the best humor is always at the expense of whose in power the bush years proved that because the ratings for this show leno were higher there br br has done one thing proved these shows have to be willing to take chances rip the folks in power if they are to right now the daily show stewart are but maybe they can get lucky have elected as the first woman president in then the lame jokes will become ratings | negative |
and also a wonderful beginning a real quick start it keeps you yearning and waiting for is about to come unfortunately the high off quickly but most certainly after half the movie is over br br and it's a shame because this movie has really good ideas and explores many of them thoroughly but that is also one of it's faults by exploring too many things it mixed up into to many things so in the end you're too confused to follow any plot or characters it's very dark and moody but that doesn't help much if it's also genre just to try to fit any and everything in it's story | negative |
oh my god it just doesn't get any worse than this i always love silly little sci fi b movies that are so stupid they are funny and i thought that this would be one of those but this was just so stupid i found it absolutely that it was allowed to be released what were these people thinking they are obviously not real filmmakers and i really hope that they have gone back to their day jobs after realizing that this is the best they could do the acting and the not so special effects were nowhere near the standard of even the lowest budget b movies and what is with the men dressed up as women could they not find any women that wanted to appear in this crappy thing no probably not br br i would give this a 0 if possible it does not even deserve a 1 for awful do not waste your time and especially not your money on this horrible loser of a non film | negative |
i just returned from viewing this academy award nominated doc and i was thoroughly touched and interested in exploring the works of this fellow i'd never heard of before of course i'm someone who's captivated with beautiful architecture so i realize others won't care br br we can only imagine if there had been a couple more in philadelphia back in the late 60's when plans were a possibility what a wonderful city center there would be if you wonder whether you'll see more about the building at the beginning of the movie be patient for there it will provide the climax of the film at the end br br his son's personal in the process of making this film are quite interesting sometimes touching and even funny at times there is one of the most comical anti ever captured on camera br br out the good points of this doc is a touching musical score with some excellent string music and is a major point to be found in architecture the points made by other about the spiritual nature of matter and how buildings brought that out tie together the overall experience of this movie | positive |
confirmed dead is an important episode in the series as it introduces four new characters the rescue team that before getting a knife in her back by locke however as the quote in my one line summary says their true purpose for being on the island may be something else entirely all the new characters appear intriguing especially miles some sort of psychic exorcist but at this point it's still too early to make solid i felt that this episode was a slight step down from the beginning of the end no flash this time short term flashbacks instead but it still has its stunning moments and picks up steam near the end out of 4 | positive |
my friend i rented this movie and within the first 5 mins we had no idea what was going on it felt like it should have been over within the first 15 mins it was a terrible movie my little brother could have been a better actor than some of the ones in the movie and the plot if you can call it that was full of holes never would i recommend this movie to my worst enemy yet anybody i actually like | negative |
it's dreadful rubbish i liked do you want and bill act but i file this with and of the the re imagining under went badly my guess is that it appeals to the same people who like and it's but to little end a ish air it and bernard black is simply a less camp and i thought it was self indulgent even before dylan became the writer but the set up such comic potential that for the first 2 i didn't even notice that it wasn't in the slightest bit worthy br br the things they are saying doing should be funny but somehow they don't manage to register as more than mildly amusing or i can see how someone writing this down might have thought that this would be funny what i am trying to say is that the situations remarks are mildly humorous and yet too mundane gentle self surreal to be worth creating for and depicting in a sitcom br br life is too short avoid | negative |
after starting watching the re runs of old columbo movies i thought they would all get about the same vote from me 6 but apparently i'm now starting to see differences in the movies it happened in some of just previous episodes that showed some pretty genius directing and it shows in this one but in the negative way br br the movie was so boring that i sometimes found myself occupied in the paper instead of watching never happened during a columbo movie before and sometimes it was so embarrassing that i had to look away the directing seems too pretentious the scenes with the oh so mature girl are a and generally the lines and plot is weaker than the average episode then scene where they whether or not to sack the who was accused for the murder is pure horror really stupid br br some applause should be given to the however in this episode a lot of focus is given on how the murderer tries to secure his and hide the evidence etc i really liked that but alas no focus on how columbo reveals all this and the proof that in the end leaves columbo is the ever br br rating lies between 4 and 5 | negative |
i saw a 12 45 a m show last night and i would've walked out 20 min in but there was nowhere to go blatant product placement juvenile script so much talent gone to waste gay bashing what didn't they do the movie is also insanely long we got out at 3 as a person who rarely pays full price at the movies imagine my out 22 for this self indulgent mean spirited nightmare plus 2 parking i woke up today still feeling depressed and haven't been able to shake it all day i love vince vaughn and he seemed straight up lost in this thing as was i when cedric the entertainer is the high water mark a man so un entertaining that he has to call himself the entertainer so you'll understand what it is he thinks he's doing you have a serious problem also the appearance of robert is down right creepy since he died almost a year ago march 10 this should give you an idea how long they've been this turd this movie is mean to the bitter end we stayed just to make sure they didn't give robert an in which they didn't save yourself save your money save your soul | negative |
this is what used to be called a women's picture and later a flick when times and movies got more juvenile the plot is just soap opera for women and will only appeal to those types the only appeal for most guys is if they wanna see a too thin mary tyler moore in if you're of a certain age like me that might still be enough to give it a look otherwise gives another of her typical by the numbers performances that she's been giving since the early 70s when she took it to heart that she was america's sweetheart christine gives another of those and unpleasant performances that seem a real part of her as a person and probably only appeal to those of that type sorry but it seems true ted is too young as husband and usually gives off a slightly creepy appeal unless he has an acting partner who can it and it doesn't happen here allan burns wrote directed and probably got it all through because he worked with mary before wrote it as a project for her and she had the juice at this point to get it made there seems no other purpose to it | negative |
i agree with who said that there is a lot going on between the lines in this film while i do think the pacing of this film could be improved i do think that the complexity of the relationships between the characters is fascinating br br examples br br pierre is going to marry his cousin even though his love for her seems very cousin y br br pierre and his stepmother have a rather curious relationship br br pierre and seem to have a relationship and the actual points to the triangle are not quite certain br br brother is a bit of a or is he br br and isabelle who is she really br br overall i think it was worth my time an interesting film and one that makes me want to read | positive |
for sci fans this will be better than anything likely to be running on tv at any given time that's about the best you can say of it good points and sense of humour is less dull than usual in such movies the plot is coherent and doesn't use any magical mystical revelations bad points the writers try to do good science but it falls down in direction and production a rock mole using rock equipment breaks surface underwater with a bubble or to be seen the characters are and the plot unfolding is pretty stock standard ok for a too tired to do anything else type evening but don't expect any major or even talking points really | negative |
regarded as another one of the recent over the top brought upon us by hollywood this movie excels where others have totally failed especially considering the most underrated performance in recent dramatic character portrayal by that of natalie portman this film is almost driven by the chemistry that both susan and natalie share they seem to be so natural during the movie that you would mistake them for a real family they go through so many mother daughter conflicts in the story its kind of hard not to pick up on their acting abilities i feel that these two talented performances picked up where the story was lacking and almost too familiar full of and really saved the suffering plot i would recommend this movie mainly to those who like either of the two actresses or such over the top | positive |
kudos to for making this look like a real movie the first time that's happened in this series with the notable exception of the f x scenes in moving closer to movie production values however it lost most of the entertainment value of the first two they were very much in the bad they're category of horrendous film entertainment can an argument be made though that the were simply trying to make a generic action film with praying in it there are so many times in the film where they their own belief system as to be annoying if everything that happens is according to god's will and they are simply his than the people who are infected with the virus have that happen as a part of his plan right apply that to every situation where someone of faith doesn't submit to god's will and you get a fairly little movie from the director of | negative |
there are plenty of reviews that describe this movie as the worst ever made for sure there are plenty of mistakes lackluster acting rather boring and cliched and at times script and the stock b movie sound and special effects as noted there are plenty of of plot making cave a of fantasy film especially in comparison with the lord of the rings trilogy however this movie is not the worst movie ever most if not all including this review of these reviews are written by fans of therefore many of these reviews are pretty much of the episode of cave br br in the episode joel tom and crow remark to the mad scientists that this is the worst movie ever sent to them of course loyal fans have taken this quote and ran with it i have found this movie endearing not in a way that one finds forrest endearing but in the effort put into this movie by some the cast also this movie is laughable without its treatment that is because cave does not take itself seriously and it is not trying to into its viewers some sort of righteous theme for all of the monster puppets medieval hang and continuity this movie does not to be any more that what it is a shallow depiction of a rather shallow genre br br likewise i can't bring myself to hate miles or lisa foster instead this hatred is for coleman francis tony jennifer lopez arch hall jr and so on br br | negative |
this move is absolutely most certainly one of the greatest films of its or any other genre kubrick is not only one of the greatest directors of all time but his entire filmography should be put into a time capsule and can never be forgotten 2001 a space odyssey is a journey unlike anything i have ever seen on the screen kubrick is one of the few directors that can draw you in and keep you captivated from beginning to end even with the absence of extended dialogue or plot development just with visuals along 2001 is able to present a picture of the future that is both sublime and horrifying 10 out of 10 no doubt for my money it doesn't get much better than 2001 a space now the sequel that's a different story | positive |
i don't know but the movie was just too similar to other movies i've seen the ring the eye dark water they're all the same to me don't get me wrong it's beautifully made lovely camera work great graphics but that story is just too too common in the end it's the score that makes the suspense you know the screams the characters in the movie are also not very naturally moving very slowly surprised by anything they see i know some people that love this kind of film and if you do being a well made movie i guess it doesn't hurt to watch it but if you've seen the movie i've mentioned above and didn't like them then i'd suggest you don't bother | negative |
my roommate and i have another friend that works at a local blockbuster video he finds truly awful movies for us and tells us about them one of them was a christmas horror film starring former professional wrestler bill goldberg as a killer claus we didn't watch it immediately but we didn't think there could be anything worse apparently we were wrong we were shown this slasher film starring ken versus a murderous scarecrow at first we thought ken would actually be the killer scarecrow and that's why we wanted to watch but he wasn't and that made the movie even worse what absolutely ruined the movie was the teen drama if you want to save your brain cells from trying to escape from your head never ever watch this movie | negative |
years ago i read the book 'a the machine as i re read this little book again and again i could never stop getting more and more fascinated by the imagination of the writer and the of the brazilian culture br br when i knew about the movie i was really scared that someone would spoil one of my favorites books well happily my fears were and the movie is such a wonderful and delicate piece of art br br i can't recall of any other movie that could bring tears to my eyes due to the very beauty of the text also i can't recall such a powerful performance like br br you can see and feel how his love for is you can realize that he'll move mountains and do anything for this love br br do see this movie watch it thru the eyes of the kid that lives inside you yourself | positive |
in short this movie is a of artistic br br is easily the most important european film maker of the 80s and 90s no other living director has shaped the style and of present day european cinema more than him it is therefore not easy to say that his latest effort is not just another disappointment after two lackluster films but rather a complete and total disaster that he has run out of ideas out of humour and worst of all empathy for the characters he creates br br that is not due to the complexity of the story all films are almost impossible to this time in fact it's rather easy if you are familiar with his earlier work broken is a remake of law of desire only this time the director is straight and the jealous lover is a millionaire br br for those of you not familiar with that film i'm doing a summary if you don't want to know too much please skip this paragraph a blind man who used to be a famous movie director a sexy woman reading a paper to him after a chance street encounter yes really that's how it starts just then he gets a visit by his agent and best friend he mentions to her that he has learned from the paper that a certain millionaire has died which takes the story 14 years back he can still see and is about to direct his next film he stars the inexperienced mistress of the said millionaire as the lead as he is instantly smitten with her the millionaire discovers their affair via silent videos made by his gay son which he has lip by an a few great scenes roth after violent the mistress escapes with the director to a resort where he learns that the millionaire who produced the film had it released in the worst possible edit destroying the director's reputation the couple decides to return but has an accident in which the director turns blind and the would be actress dies back in the present he learns that his agent has the film's and starts to it br br as in bad education there are various sub plots to up this rather thin story and as in bad education the result is more confusing than satisfactory for instance the son who works as a dj has an accidental drug which is completely unnecessary for the plot and also interpreted rather badly br br mostly however the actors are not to blame but the way their characters are written as the agent has so many in her closet that not even a brilliant performance can save the character from is an old man's dream of a protagonist living in an artificial world where an english and a few sweet words can seduce any super model and penelope is the of this old man's sexual fantasy her character is completely lifeless it remains thoroughly incomprehensible why she would go from one old man who at least helped her family to a slightly less old man who isn't charming enough to convince as either a romantic hero or a passion br br but all these shortcomings wouldn't make this film so awful however does the worst possible thing of a director or any type of running out of ideas he quotes himself something he has increasingly done and to very little benefit the film within the film which broken uses as a plot driving device is actually women at the verge of a nervous breakdown 1988 only this time it is called chicks and this rather unimaginative title may give you a hint how this beloved classic is treated here while the dialog making up the final ten minutes of broken is a frantic over the top exchange of screwball one liners in the original film here it is a stern business encounter br br in conclusion this is the d o a of an exhausted creator of past pretty much as awful and disappointing as the last indiana jones feature maybe not so many people would agree with that because used to be such a genius i'd rather offer my respect to his by asking the reader to watch all about my mother or tie me up or high heels or all of which bear witness to unique and talent a few more film like this and his legacy may very well be destroyed for good | negative |
the tv ads for this movie showed the hitting a truck head on then getting to bits and on the other side of the truck i thought the special effects were good but the general style of the movie was this is the tv series with three boys instead of three girls br br the big surprise for the three teens who are about to become adults is that there is an unknown fourth member of the clan who is out to get them and all their power besides driving into these kids can fly up the sides of houses climb out of windows push each other into of garbage and make the in their pop out but if they use their powers too often they become old and feeble the father of one of the boys is evidence of this as he sits in an attic made up to look like a mummy but he is only 45 years old br br the three good are each filthy rich in his own right completely spoiled obnoxious and annoying in any public school these kids would be beaten up every day their and facial would not cut any with the boys from the hood unfortunately for all good people these boys were sent to school for the that couldn't get into harry class br br so what was the movie all about three teenagers acting out with each other and their girlfriends one other teenager who their power and money and happens to be a lost relative after a few scenes where the boys show off their powers and have sex with their girlfriends the movie gets around to the unknown revenge plot the predictable stuff happens the bad various friends of the other and eventually starts attacking them too the final confrontation happens and that is about it br br the special effects are not bad but nothing special if you like to see and blue then this is a good movie to watch | negative |
my father has worked with top secret information in the before and he is the one who mentioned this movie to me when i was a kid i would always ask him what would happen if he gave away secrets and he recommended this movie br br in the movie it really puts 2 almost completely different friends in a they never really knew what the outcome would really be the snowman really me up because the movie portrayed him as just some drug that did not know what he was arguing about and in the movie it seemed like he got the worst of everything the chris is just a guy that wanted to express his feelings on u s government in a very radical view br br for movie lovers this is a must see | positive |
the movie had no excitement and does not have anything to hold your interest the movie had nothing funny dramatic or romantic about it how can a movie be romantic if the girl never gets a the right guy until the last seen in the movie than the movie ends maybe part ii will be romantic but somebody else will have to risk wasting their money i have nothing else to say other than do not waste your time the movie had nothing funny dramatic or romantic about it the movie had nothing funny dramatic or romantic about it the movie had nothing funny dramatic or romantic about it the movie had nothing funny dramatic or romantic about it | negative |
i know it was supposed to be a long walk but really br br the costumes were a bit but still it was the 1970's i suppose br br it was a bit long and dull so give me the newer version any day | positive |
not a larry masterpiece but it stands on its own as a good western any of the do who ever takes on the role of call does a great portrayal in their own style it's also easy to see that they were looking to use this as a stepping stone to the t v series both version of it and that the writers knew how to keep the flavor alive william peterson was awesome in this the geeky c s i guy is not the character he plays in this this guy can do it all it seems br br it's deserve to be enjoyed by those who enjoy westerns br br stars | positive |
family guy when the show first aired it was fresh original and actually quite funny now i have stopped watching it it has become one of the worst shows on television combining unfunny jokes repetitive drawn out jokes and the hope that each joke can become funny with the inclusion of the word bitch seth clearly has issues with himself and he is obviously to the 13 year old boys audience br br i just don't understand how something that started out so funny so different from everything else can into this horrible mess of a comedy show i seriously have heard better one liners from a comic br br it truly is sad to see great shows fail and watch drivel like this continue on either seth has stopped trying or he believes that this show is hilarious the way it is br br either way god help us br br i hate this show and will dance an irish when its finally cancelled | negative |
this movie is a laugh and a half from the first scene where we have an appearance of mel as a big bad stud gang leader and that's a giggle fest in itself to the final image of van now a teen out of the prison loving girl's home run by iron nuns you can't stop shaking your head the cast of this movie is a cheesy list from mel and to the talentless paul all i wanted through most of this movie was for him to just stop singing and the king of forty year old teens dick gloria playing a teen girl with more than a few chops not acting i last saw in the horrible 50's romp woman with a so bad it looked like a dead that had been by a mac truck br br is a bad bad girl she runs wild hits teachers and runs around with gang leaders she her idiot driving boyfriend chip who we see in the first scene trying to rape a blonde girl before he falls off a cliff nice guy and proceeds to take up with dick instead whether this is a step up for her is guess mel shows up at a party she's at with her new beau and her of pushing the nasty chip off the cliff while i'm sure that she would have liked to she wasn't there a stupid fight scene between and his gang and mel and his jazz freaks ensues with some hilariously bad moves on both sides br br ends up being sent to girls town a school loving home for girls run by sister iron pants and her fellow sisters of she the nuns and us by off one liners and just generally showing how bad she is she quickly runs into gloria playing one of the girls who gives her a chop so that she knows her place she meets a limp of a girl who's obsessed with paul character why this little becomes her br br there's a long bit of movie where nothing much happens except st paul of keeps showing up and proving how he is he sings way too much in this until you want to him in his huge to just make him be quiet and little sister played by princess of father best fame calls her to tell her she's in trouble turns out it was who went out with the and now her because he found out the girls all break out to go save her with a hysterical fight scene between the girls and mel and his boys this is after a race between mel and dick that is just so stupid that it the mind the teenagers in this corny movie have a fabulous good time through what is basically a silly badly written and morally preachy film that none if its aims unless its aim was to make you laugh out loud | negative |
is a terrific heist movie and one from which subsequent heist films have drawn ever since jules had a feel for the seedy underworld in which these thieves live you will not find here the hollywood of eleven the robbers in don't rob for the thrill and they're not playing a game they rob to survive to pay for their children's upbringing to prove to themselves and others that they still have something to offer the world the much heist scene is a nail filmed in virtual silence i did have the feeling that the plot went on a bit longer than it needed to but the high speed race to deliver the child to his mother that ends the film is classic br br be warned this movie is very bleak but it's also very good br br grade a | positive |
you may like tim fantasies but not in a commercial like show off lasting 8 minutes it demonstrates good technical points without real creativity or some established narrative pace | negative |
firstly this movie works in the fact that it is disturbing i really did not like seeing all these scenes where people get cut up alive etc the erotic introduction gives one a sense of wonder it is somewhat to me personally but the movie really works in that respect and it is to be scary so i give it credit for that a few points there for those and well damned disturbing idea of getting alive br br but what this movie lacks is an interesting plot characterization or real surprises the whole teen flick horror genre usually goes in a very simple predictable way lots of moments creepy guys who are insane and the big question of all is the boyfriend the murderer this movie fits into the category of scream and countless others which have over the 90s well i won't spoil it for you but it's not exactly interesting who is the killer we find out who it is half way through and from there on the movie on trying to fill in some time rather to say the least i was looking at the clock a bit on this movie br br the lead actress is great as usual but the acting box she is placed into makes one in pain the college girl who is a detective who everyone thinks is insane but she is the one who really knows whats going on and the cops they just laugh and eat very predictable flat disturbing at times and most of all boring and dull it's like an american film company took a flight to germany to shoot a movie to make it foreign hmmm or did they br br | negative |
i always believed that a film that's plot is around a virtual reality video game never sounds as though it's going to be anything special but proved i couldn't have been more wrong this film is unbelievable and whilst highly entertaining offers so much more than that from start to finish this film has you to the point where you can have so many ideas you can not make a final conclusion david has a talent for this as he does so many things br br is pure the way it's written and the way it's directed is very unique to his style and that can only be a good thing set himself a clear target with this film and that was to keep the audience guessing which he did with apparent ease his for the grotesque is not as in this film as it is in the fly or naked lunch but there are still some elements such as the game and how they are made that can make the audience with regards to his earlier work is more a combination of and a less violent a pretty awesome combination setting the film in the not too distant future was a really good decision as it allowed to be extremely imaginative with the films surroundings and also him to more concepts allowing for less writing it was important that the film didn't become over confusing and avoided this very well by keeping things relatively simple besides if he wanted to make an unwatchable film he'd know how to do it a lot better than this br br boasts an extremely talented cast of character actors and all perform very well jennifer jason leigh gives the standout performance as the game designer who spends more time out of reality than in to it leigh is sexy and commanding in her role as and she really gets her teeth in to the role the emotional range she shows in the film is particularly impressive making her completely believable if you can believe anything jude law is also good and is very convincing in his character's fear of the chemistry between these two is very electric and gives the film an extra bit of ian and willem dafoe are just two of the great actors in support who add further depth to the film with very colourful performances the cast of the film isn't huge but definitely has the is better than which works very well br br as well as being entertaining and thought provoking touches social issues such as control and loss of self this further demonstrates the film as an intellectual and could also explain why it wasn't a huge hollywood hit has so much to offer and although it isn't to everyone's taste those who like work or who like science fiction will almost be certain to like this film it is one of those films that needs to be watched with an open mind but it really is something special | positive |
i've never been compelled to write a review about anything but seeing such bad reviews about such an innovative show made me say something first people just have to get over the fact that the voices are different once you watch an episode it never really comes to mind ever again the humor is original and while yes some jokes do carry over from the movie they are delivered fresh some of it is even reminiscent of shrek self humor a lot of these jokes seem aimed at teens or original fans of the movie as much as and younger patrick and are both hilarious as they their roles as and and their annie award nominations were well br br this show takes some time to love to really get in the groove of things so to speak if you ignore the horrible theme song which really shouldn't warrant that much in the way of how you judge a show since it's only 30 seconds of the overall product this show is laugh out loud hilarity and doesn't lose any of the new groove spirit | positive |
happy birthday to valley girl great soundtrack plausible story wonderful performances captures the spirit of the 80's the of the and the a wonderful rendition of high school life and gritty downtown from a suburban perspective br br the soundtrack contains songs by modern english sparks the the psychedelic men at work the and br br this movie truly is romeo and juliet minus the double suicide set in 1980's los angeles dad played by forrest sonny anyone is hysterical as a hippie idealistic dad who wonders how he such a yet he doesn't judge ya dig | positive |
there is no way to avoid a comparison between the cat in the hat and the grinch who stole christmas so let's get that part out of the way first of all let me start by saying that i think grinch was an underrated and film cat was well just awful br br jim carey was cast because he is a brilliant physical comedian and commits to over the top outrageous characters mike myers fell back on his old bag of tricks br br why why why mike myers the kids could care less and the austin powers isn't going to spy this film so what was the studio thinking br br the cat was also apparently related to linda can we talk why a new york accent not entirely consistent with anything dr seuss has ever written myers was even allowed to sneak in his scottish i wonder how many different voices the director and the studio tried to edit out of before they just gave in and said as long as you don't say you can keep the accents meyers never seemed to find any sort of comfort either with the costume make up or dialogue br br the jokes what few there were were crude and age inappropriate when myers picks up a garden and delivers to the camera dirty ho everything but the shot was missing and even that wouldn't have helped br br the same folks who created clearly had a hand in the creation of the town and the houses in the sets and props were very appealing giving the viewer a much needed distraction from the bad writing direction and myers br br there was some fun to be had with alec baldwin and kelly preston fanning was the only actor who seemed to be aware she was in a movie based on a dr seuss classic and stayed true to the genre br br call the this cat should be and never be allowed to again please please no sequel | negative |
although not the most technically advanced film i have seen this was a fun and enjoyable couple of hours the main characters are sweet and you really get to like them and feel something when q has to go but feel good again when she returns as maggie br br lots of stock dialogue and a contrived plot line but most of all lots of fun | positive |
now i know that a lot of black humor fun at typical black things like for example gold teeth but that doesn't mean that they always are funny don't be a menace is an example of this the urban movie certainly lends itself for satire the problem is that wayans and not only try the typical culture they also valid statements that are made in urban movies such as the hood or menace ii society personally i think that the makers of this movie should get their heads away from the movements of their white masters besides this the movie in itself is terrible it's absolutely not funny the jokes are racist instead of the urban movie genre the show their views of the urban ghetto blacks now there are some other jokes in this movie but i believe this to be the main fare br br in conclusion this movie is crap and the makers should use their talents to make a comedy satire movie they have examples in men with black hats which was made before this movie and friday | negative |
i finally got hold of on dvd with the widescreen format intact and rousing henry score to the max after having viewed for fifteen years on tape i have to say that the dvd version was both great and disappointing the u s version is so much better than the dvd european version the u s version of moves much faster the editing on the dvd version is terrible feels like an unfinished cut and the many scenes not seen in the american version add little or nothing to the final problem in fact one new moment almost destroys the entire movie when caine peter meets the male alien at the i love this scene in the u s version though on the dvd the male alien speaks to caine and what he says is hilarious it's the of hilarity br br it'll be much less terrifying if you just come to me the male alien says in a deep 1950s style voice i was when i saw this it just doesn't belong in the movie that scene is pure camp in an otherwise super serious flick i'm glad hooper or whoever cut that scene when the movie was released in north america there are several changes that were made for the u s version that make that much better and i wished the dvd had the u s version the editing is sharp and without being annoying and some spots that were already boring in the u s version are even more boring on the dvd version because of added scenes and the opening credits on the dvd is terrible much better in the u s version more subtle br br i love this film it's basically aliens making a pit stop over earth and sucking up as much as possible the film has too many flat uninspiring sequences talk talk talk but when the action goes to london it's fun the film really shines in these scenes one can see hooper finally doing what he's great at chaos horror should have had more of these chaos scenes they're the best apocalyptic scenes ever put on film it's also the best zombie movie ever the zombies are hungry for not flesh and they're crazed and and terrifying not the slow moving of other zombie movies also a lot of people have criticized the ending but i love it it leaves you high and dry like one of the victims br br and to think this movie came out during the cute and 80s when people to e t or or other sweet and boring feel good sci fi movies no wonder it bombed because it was way ahead of its time with its super point of view br br as for the dvd well it ain't great the image is and grainy and there are no extras whatsoever but it's great to see the movie in its widescreen format i just hope that they'll release a clean crisp u s version on a dvd and with commentary by hooper and | positive |
how can anyone dare say anything bad about this film mel brooks for being a brilliant comedian and making a movie that gets funnier each time you watch it br br the first time i saw this i cried from laughing so hard everything about it is funny br br while robin hood men in is not my favorite comedy that spot is taken by real genius it ranks way up there in my book so go see it if you don't spend the whole time laughing then at least you'll spend the whole time over cary | positive |
this movie was quite a mess there wasn't anything really going for it the only character that had any appeal was and she wasn't even worth it br br the plot is standard double cross the double crossing double with a few too many double crosses to make any sense sometimes that means it keeps you guessing in this case it keeps you waiting by the end i just wanted everyone to get thrown in jail or shot | negative |
after going to sleep out of sheer loneliness wakes from a 100 year sleep to the sounds of a new music he wants to be a part of and the band the vampire is born his longing to end his loneliness and his living in the light attitude along with his music anger his fellow vampires and an evil that has been for thousands of years br br this film is not for those looking for a true book to film adaptation those who have read the books and expect to see it on the screen are in for a huge disappointment this film will appeal to those who really enjoyed the interview with the vampire film br br there are a few plot holes and but as a whole this film was satisfying stuart portrays with a and lacking in the previous film the relationships portrayed in the film were very sexy and br br as a film the story you and draws you in casting is wonderful loved this story and film if you like and sexual tension you'll love this film | positive |
for the first fifteen minutes the story of naked fame is interesting two late thirties male porn stars in a seemingly healthy relationship decide to leave the porn industry and try for the world of singing and acting the two very buff and men are ford and blake with the aid of kevin and marc makes a dance track that is then in new york with the hopes that ford will become an instant star a unique disco singer his background as a porn star for br br the remainder of the film is and in fighting and commentary by porn producer and the film slowly sinks into and not a bad idea for a film if there were a bit more depth revealed in each character's drive to move away form a successful career though one greatly influenced by the youth both characters have lost into an alternative one it is just that a one note song wears thin quickly grady november | negative |
one more classic performance by and his team they can be proud to show this movie at all film festivals for it has got everything that needs to name it as an all time classic the war and its in through the eyes of a ten year old girl is the movie all about but the scenes and circumstances will surely be not the one that you will expect no wonder he is one of the best actors in the country who can always add beauty and unique identity for the role he plays and it needs real to act as a father for three kids when he is considered as a dream boy with a glamorous personality in the industry music by makes the movie a special one for those who love above all the story and the way it is told makes it as the best movie in the recent times | positive |
this show started out okay but then it turned into a nightmare the worst part about it was the contestants most of them were they did stupid things for a living and they also did strange in the second season one guy said he that he talked to his pants that is sick and repulsive also no one cared about winning money all they ever wanted to do was make like it was survivor or something the men were always afraid that the women were going to team up together the women were the same also i just couldn't take it anymore i had to stop watching it it was truly one of the worst shows ever | negative |
me and my roommate got free tickets for a pre screening i guess you would call it in at atlantic station walking in i was expecting something controversial provocative unnecessarily overdone etc but the film is much more than that it's a story of two people helping each other it's not overdone and the film is done in a careful balance as to not make you cringe or say its unnecessary br br it's put together really well and doesn't take itself too seriously thats the beauty of it if it tried to take itself seriously it would have failed miserably but instead it carries itself through humor some unintentional and some surprisingly good acting by although timberlake fails miserably in his role the movie is good enough for you to put that on the side br br i would definitely recommend this movie if not for any other reason than the fact it is something different to experience | positive |
if you need that instant buzz that only late 60s early 70s euro sex movies can give off then look no further for you have just stumbled across the mother subsequent tv director exercise in psychedelic porn of the soft core variety may not generally be considered as a classic of its kind but it knocks many better known titles from the likes of jess franco and joe for a loop sure was hip to this way before anyone else when he picked up this twisted little number for us distribution through his company gorgeous cinematography compositions may cries of from those who swear by shoddy skin flicks shot in someone's backyard hey as far as i'm concerned it's their loss for this is one thrill ride of a movie with twists so well twisted that you may not even believe them after you have actually witnessed them on screen as the gone to seed from lucio house by the cemetery has never looked more exquisite than she does here subtly portraying the innocent held hostage by mad with all the art house favorites to his name you wonder whether he has the good humor to mention this one on his c v as their initially violent turns to s m love story nothing is what it seems however in this sick and imaginative gem of a movie with several truly erotic moments achieved with surprisingly minimal nudity i for one was completely and enchanted by the way chose to suggest sex during one scene i'll let you find that one out for yourselves and clad boogie to an 60s tune should have become iconic in a way similar to the image of sylvia in that wicker chair in her days you may not know this film just yet but trust me once seen you'll never forget it | positive |
honestly when i went to see this movie at the rave theater in indiana i did not expect much i went to this movie only because i figured hey it's a wwe movie it'll be good for a laugh then i sat down and watched it and saw why they chose kane to play he is probably one of the guys on the big screen much worse in my opinion than freddy or jason and has one big advantage to other movies that me to a horror movie it shows as someone who is human he has a heart no matter how twisted and creepy it is he feels pain something that jason never does or appears to show he feels sorrow and pleasure though again both of them insane which you will notice if you see the movie all in all a different experience in my opinion than many slashers and it surprised me in a few ways as in who lived in the end | positive |
i found code very disappointing i thought the concept was good and therefore had great potential as a movie but found that it didn't deliver code lacked thought and structure and the storyline didn't flow well i thought that tim robbins character wasn't well developed for i thought there should have been more info and thought put into his family life and not have it completely ignored as i felt it was when they were first in of a code it was suggested that they were not to know that they may have been linked but all the technology was available to them he took her and therefore genetic details when he was investigating the fraud i constantly found myself waiting for something to happen and the story line to develop and yet it never did i felt that the film had great potential to be intellectually stimulating but turned out to be the opposite code tried to be too clever and in the end just ended up lacking imagination i would not recommend this film to anybody the only good thing about the film was that it was relatively short | negative |
seems like m is back the man behind la comes back with a really fun and clever sequel to those old fashioned whereas directors tend to over sequels of old classics remember the chose to work on a really cheap hero a kind of low budget french and decides to do it in a old school way the photography the body attitudes the fights choreography and the fx everything is like an homage to the way films were made back in the 50s and it works as the tone and jokes of the movie are really good jean perfectly this stupid arrogant macho selfish french spy lost in a country he understands only in terms of and yes that's it just the way the uses to consider its back then and oh no i won't say it has anything to do with what happens nowadays in the very same area ah ah he just looks like an with something like 40 pounds less which is perfect for the role the other members of the cast fit perfectly as well with all you can dream of russian spies egyptian and former nazis and of course the women as there has to be in any good spy movies the plot is good maybe not brilliant but really good enough taking place between actual historical facts and remembering us in a funny way how france and the others treated its back in those days it all starts in 1955 with a british spy disappearing while tracking a russian full of weapons in then france sends his best friend agent to discover what happened to both the and the agent the fact is that this agent is really as dumb as can be and he slips through the story without even understanding it solving it in a very esquire way i have to say i had a bad feeling about the movie as the publicity made around it was quite frightening and as french humor tends to be quite and flat forget about les 3 or camping but i was really surprised and in the good way i highly recommend it whether you want a good parody of bond esquire movies much more fun than in d e b s for example but less or you're a fan of that genuine and way of filming they had back in the yes that's it clever and really funny you've got the point once again mr | positive |
it's always a good feeling when a movie delivers the goods when you weren't expecting it the dead end kids boys found themselves in a lot of uneven films and usually did better when in a support role as in angels with dirty faces here their presence as a backdrop to the story of a boxer framed for murder gives them a lot of screen time without distracting from the main action br br john garfield is light champion johnny a who's a lot different from the image he portrays to the sports world and the press when a newspaper reporter inadvertently learns that a party loving his plans to that information in a is interrupted by a bottle to the head from manager doc ward robert in turn doc talks girlfriend goldie ann sheridan into running off with him to avoid the legal of dealing with the death as both flee a police chase winds up in a fiery car wreck and body is as johnny from the gold watch he was wearing br br claude an edward g robinson that doesn't quite work as a detective who's been to detail after a bad arrest years ago his character is monty and he has a pretty good that the body in the car crash wasn't johnny he his boss to hand over the closed case to him and is given the assignment to get him out of town and out of the way br br meanwhile johnny looks for advice from his lawyer and winds up being screwed even worse when he gets for most of his ten thousand dollar making his way cross country johnny winds up at the date farm in arizona run by a may the farm is the legacy of brother a deceased priest from brooklyn and is now the home of a band of tag street boys the dead end kids who work the farm billy is the leader of the boys in this one and his sister peggy gloria becomes the romantic interest for johnny now going by the name of jack br br i get a kick out of the historical perspective offered in these pre war era films when johnny and the boys take a joy ride in the truck they fill up at a gas station for a 1 28 tommy gets the idea that a gas station on the farm would be a good way to earn some extra money and with that thought jack decides to take on a boxer offering 500 a round to anyone who can stay in the ring with him the clichéd premise is turned on it's ear somewhat when jack gets knocked out in the fifth round but by then he's earned enough to give the fruit farm a fighting chance of it's own maybe grandma should have been in the ring she just about took out everyone sitting around her at as johnny jack comes around in the locker room detective is on hand to take him into custody knowing that he can redeem his reputation with this collar it's a toss up as to whether follows through on his arrest you'll have to watch the film to find out br br i like the dead end films where leo in charge but he doesn't have a lot to do in this one however he does a great film on the ticket taker at the gate of the boxing match another thought wouldn't it have been great if the ever present picture on the wall of the priest had been that of pat o'brien br br all in all this is a pretty good entry in both the john garfield and dead end kids filmography and an entertaining way to spend an hour and a half if there's one downside it's not enough screen time for pretty ann sheridan the film might have wound up even more satisfying if the roles of sheridan and gloria were as the on screen chemistry between peggy and jack seemed more forced than natural | positive |
to christina for making this movie and putting her behind this important subject and trying to make a great film is my favorite actress she is so gifted so natural her reactions are perfect and so is the energy she constantly which gives to the often term star br br the film misses its mark for lots of various reasons but perhaps most notably for the story's seeming to the screen in making it a compelling narrative more on that later the cast at first glance is excellent but come to think of it jessica lang as the jewish mother is too and not exactly right ann doesn't come close to showing the compassion and dedication of the psychiatrist from the book and when your making a movie how can you justify saying no to anne and jessica lange but the real problems are in the film's construction first in the failure to any kind of lasting sympathy for the elizabeth character and second to say anything meaningful regarding the all too common and horrible situation that this poor girl finds herself in br br unfortunately do to the flashback construction merely comes off as certainly more affected teenager than most but not nearly as ill as she comes off in the book this is a major problem this story had to be told from beginning to end and from the couch she is only eight or nine when her depression starts due to devastating social factors both society and the home and this is a crucial point in not only the proper sympathy for her but also of the of her case she is so talented and such a vulnerable and spirit so early on that one's heart can't help but reach out to her due to her this is missed on the film br br ultimately one has to come to terms with what the film is trying to say it is a biopic of one severely affected girl but also it is a film about a nation who can't get its act together that is very clear in the book but interestingly not in the film where the chosen at are even more messed up than the average college the film finally isn't able to get either of these messages across and that's too bad is a good thing or is it a bad thing or a mixed or a seeming necessity in a country in which so many people can't function without a chemical these are tough and challenging concepts to work with and the writing does not really attempt to address any of them in a more or less engaging way the disaster is an interesting image to a dysfunctional america but that doesn't have the effect it's suppose to have due to the and earlier development of controlling themes br br performance is tight and heartfelt and one of the best of her acting career br br williams is also superb in her role | negative |
man i think people have forgotten how to watch a movie everyone thinks they're a critic they comment on things that the average movie goer doesn't even know or think about br br i enjoyed the film it was what i was expecting therefore was not disappointed steven gets a bad rap for putting his views into his films but that's also a reason to watch what's even more funny is the people that complain about his films say he's the worst and that we shouldn't watch his films yet watch his movies anyway all so they can comment on how bad they are who's the if you don't like his work don't watch it then you won't have to subject yourself to this supposedly painful event br br stop comparing movies to other movies and watch a movie on an individual basis and you may begin to enjoy films again | positive |
i was half as i watched a late night selection of short films but sat from the first frames of i shout love and could not take my eyes away for its full brief perfect length with incredibly assured pacing and performances this film maintains its funny sad insightful tone throughout the credits at the end went by so quickly and in such small type i had to go online to find out the person responsible for this master work what a pleasing surprise to see the name of sarah a major actress who is too seldom seen br br and matthew bobby turn in rich touching performances as a couple in the of breaking up as they work through a of favorite moments from their time together both actors reveal of their characters and their relationship in ways that bring nothing but honor to their talents and to the director writer's skills the film creates a moving narrative with laugh out loud moments and caught breath sorrow br br i shout love is one of the greatest and most memorable short films i ever expect to see it has wit heart and stunning originality it matters | positive |
a powerful movie that has much of its meaning in this second half of 2007 after the new desperate movements of the people against their i felt a complex mix of feelings about the people there something like compassion and admiration at the same time together with a bit of rage because i feel that no one neither the countries of the world nor themselves is doing anything effective to end this shame i think these feelings became directly from the movie and that they were intended when it was made so it is a successful movie the desire for peace the quest for enlightenment the respect for life sometimes leads to in fact it is the culture who has left the doors wide opens to their but how can you feel angry about these poor people | positive |
this is one of the best tv movies i have ever seen the title makes it so obvious and predictable but come on all tv movies are like that br br the story is fantastic it may seem ridiculous but it is based on an incredibly true story gary cole plays a military man named dave who feels trapped in his marriage he his wife and kids and then his death all so he could be with karen how far will dave go to keep his secret br br the acting is top notch for tv movies gary cole especially keeps the movie together as a charming smooth talking who has an answer to everything when his wife gets suspicious karen does the best she can as a wife who discovers that her husband is a liar and doesn't know what to do about it who i believe is gary wife in real life plays her part well especially when she cries about the death of her husband wendy adds a nice touch as sister linda is great in her small role as mother br br predictable but the acting and the story take this movie up several | positive |
this film is terrible not only is the story unbelievable the situations the characters put themselves in are so silly to the point where it isn't shocking i find it sad that daisy star of the secret garden decided that this would be a career step the idea is interesting two young girls coming of age very quickly but the sex isn't even the film is silly the story is silly the performances are silly and the whole concept while interesting falls flat i'm sure all 14 year old girls make out with guys after they've had their first period and tried to their down the toilet better luck next time guys my scale t scale | negative |
tv movies generally do not receive as much recognition or credit as great films and it is usually for good reason but the 1996 hbo movie the late shift is easily one of the best tv movies ever based on bill revealing book the late shift is about handling of late night talk show david and jay leno when it came to filling the tonight show seat once held by johnny carson we see what happens in front of the camera author bill carter director betty thomas and hbo show us what happened when the cameras were turned off br br unfortunately we can never really know for sure what really happened when it came time for johnny carson to be replaced by either or leno but the late shift gives us an interesting possible reality while simply being a very well made film the late shift also does a really good job of portraying all the sides fairly equally although you wonder if the film makes and leno out to be too nice of guys especially leno who seems a bit too br br the performances are also very good in a very deserving golden globe winning performance kathy bates plays extremely manager helen who according to carter and the book film was very for the studio and leno the real actually suited bill carter for over this portrayal john michael breaks out of his usual of getting small quirky comedy parts and gives an excellent performance as david giving an excellent impression of but also creating a dimensional and character daniel gives a good performance as leno but does not quite measure up to some of the other talent in the film probably did the best anyone could have done it is just looks hammy whenever anyone tries to do an impression or portrayal of leno bob a warren treat williams a magician like michael and ed jr a pompous rod also give memorable supporting performances br br the late shift certainly is one of the best made for tv movies i have ever seen i suppose if one has not watched david or jay leno the late shift might not be for them but it is an interesting film for those who get into the late night politics something that has recently its ugly head yet again with the 2009 10 conan leno nbc | positive |
this film has an amazing cast mgm took some of its finest character actors and starred them in a film with the usually adorable margaret o'brien lionel barrymore edward arnold and lewis stone star as three greedy old who live in the same home while they have a fortune over the years they also have been selfish one of them has an idea to some property in order to buy themselves a good name sort of like but it turns out the property they want to give away actually belongs to o'brien and since she's an orphan they to be her so they can give her property away and look like great br br there also is a goofy subplot involving led by the wonderful character actor henry and since o'brien is irish as by her outrageous accent she and the little people make up much of the plot frankly i absolutely hated this portion of the film and wished they'd just dropped it entirely instead the story could still have been about sweet margaret melting the mean old men's hearts this would have worked but the little people overall the actors try very very hard but the silliness of the plot and the deadly earnest way they tried made me cringe i noticed a lot of people liked this film i guess i'm just an old i found the film horrible difficult to watch | negative |
talk about creepy if you really want to sit down and watch this episode where the girl who was in later on gets kidnapped there's entertainment for you but only if you like this sort of thing i don't so i thought to be frank this episode was appalling thankfully it's one of a few duff episodes in season 3 and the only charles grant craig episode so you don't get much of this sort of thing in season 3 so overall verdict just read the summary at the top this is a strong hell money says hi for worst episode of season 3 to be honest though i hadn't really expected much i wish i could this episode altogether that's one thing they got right the title | negative |
this film is completely underrated br br it's a film similar to will and patrick waiting as well as restaurant and the classic film breaking away which are all about young adults who are stuck and know they're stuck with little or no chance of breaking free br br death by pizza delivered is about an intelligent free thinking artistic young adult will played by david who is stuck and waiting bitter at the world's and bitter at his own lack of direction and desire will meets his nemesis reed ron another intelligent young adult who's so bitter he's chosen the path of crime both end up helping each other to free themselves of their which them to get br br for these young adults getting or breaking free can mean both ahead into life and into death br br life is filled with the of a young stuck adult a soul sucking under paying job crude customers an ex girlfriend who left him because he was a partial college education with no degree a house filled with self made art and of course the new friend whose choices help him to save himself | positive |
i heard an interview with the main actor who said that the film was not intended to be a horror movie but he himself would describe it as mental horror i strongly to that br br it is not clear why he travels to this place but everything there is monotonous no bright colors no honest smiles nothing personal everything is ordered and everyone seems to be satisfied living this kind of life our hero though from the beginning seems to be misplaced and feels it himself br br what makes this film so important and good is the remarkable similarity to life in many large cities or even countries nowadays you have to function you are not supposed to let your colleague know your weaknesses you show off on your wealth your car etc and most of all you lack the true love of life that children have naturally in this film you see neither children nor old people they simply do not fit in a society of strong workers br br i would recommend this film to everyone and make sure that this does not come true | positive |
anyone remember the first etc back when it was about making crazy cool stuff rather than watching act like a spoiled 5 year old super rock star wannabe br br the show used to be awesome however fame and wealth has led him to believe that we now enjoy him acting childish and idiotic more than actual cool stuff that used to be in ex br br the acts are so repetitive there's like nothing new except annoying stupidity and comments the only things we see is so busy showing us how much he doesn't care how much money he got or whatsoever br br i really got nothing much left to say except give us back cause suck br br i enjoy watching steve o etc a thousand times more | negative |
susan inadvertently stumbles onto a drug ring while her gets a flat tire while driving her to see a house the leader of said drug ring whom only has one week until retirement thinking she knows much more than this blond actually does seeks to make sure she won't tell anyone anything and thus begins one of the more bone headed films that i've sat through br br all the actors in this film can't really act in the least susan makes a pretty hero for most of the movie she'd never escape multiple times if not for the fact that seemingly every one in the movie wants to have sex with her and she doesn't take the offensive until the last 20 minutes of the flick when she does she some generic i have had enough line on sister that very thought ran through my mind multiple times when i was watching this br br my grade d | negative |