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Just plain horrible . I saw this with an open mind, as some modern remakes have been pretty good.  This was not one of them.  Other than the title and number of children, this bore absolutely no resemblance to either the original with Henry Fonda and Lucille Ball, or the book it was based on (Who Gets the Drumstick? -- Helen Beardsley).  The main theme of this movie seemed to be "how stupid can we make our parents look".  If you are going to remake a movie, try to make it better, rather than just trying to capitalize on the earlier movie's name and popularity
Output: NEG
Ted Wass is NO Closeau . Curse of the Pink Panther is weakest entry in Panther genre.    One, Peter Sellers as  Chief Inspector Closeau seem to take the spirit of the Panther films to the grave with him    Two, This was the last Film of David Niven. The rumor of Rich Little dubbing his voice rings true, if you watch Niven's lips and what is coming out of them.Niven who was very ill with MS just did a lot of sitting and limited movement.     Three, Ted Wass tries to bumble and stumble like Sellers's trademark character-however He is NO CLOSEAU. The more he pratfalls, the most we miss and wish Sellers were still alive    Four, the supporting cast (Robert Loggia, Herbert Lom, Leslie Ash, Robert Wagner, Joanna Lumley, Capucine, David Niven, Harvey Korman) are given almost nothing to do in this film, other than to be a foil to Wass's pratfalls or straight men to Wass's so called craziness. Burt Kwouk  as Cato is given more to do in his small scene with Wass and you wonder why he isnt in more of the film. And Roger Moore's cameo as a remade Closeau is poor preformance, playing on Seller's trademark accent and his James Bond Character    Five, Blake Edwards's script seem a weak closure to the Genre. And to make matters worse, he even did another Pink Panther (Son of the Pink Panther)after this,  which was WORSE than this film     AND THOSE ARE THE GOOD POINTS    I give it two stars for the stellar supporting cast alone, that makes this film worth it    Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORL
Output: NEG
Don't waste your time or money! . This movie doesn't even deserve a *star*.  Lousy movie.......instead of Lost Junction, it should be called LOST TIME
Output: NEG
Eight Men Out . The film is fantastic for all baseball lovers, history lovers, and anyone who wishes to escape for a few hours.  No baseball fan should miss this one
Output: POS
NOT Stoker's Dracula . I give this movie 1 star because it lies to the viewer. This movie is NOT Bram Stoker's Dracula, but a rip-off of the character and then puts the modern spin on the story. If it was named something else or even kept the name Dracula out of it to begin with but called him a different name I'd give it 5 stars.    If you want to see the real Dracula story first read the actual book by Bram Stoker, then watch the silent film Nosferatu. Nosferatu is the only Dracula movie that gets the story right. Dracula is a monster, he's not a star crossed lover at all and wasn't intended to be. People wanted there to be some hidden message so they could justify a reason for their otherwise worthless literature degree but there simply isn't one. It's a horror tale, not a vieled porn book, and certainly not a love story. If anything the ones that fail to understand Dracula time and again are his victims who fall prey to his seduction by being anthropomorphic toward him
Output: NEG
NOT RECOMMENDED FIELDS . PASSPORT VIDEO, a North Hollywood, CA, outfit, in their search for quality, match that other outfit, ALPHA Video, for getting their hands on old, beat-up, third or fourth generation 8mm prints of films.  The sound track is fixed, but the picture is dreadful, not remastered or brought up to date at all, which, with our technical equipment is possible!  They have simply put these very old junk prints on DVD. The price is high for this mess.  There ought to be a law against putting out this kind of quality on DVD, I won't put the word for it here--I'll leave that to George Carlin--BUT! don't buy it
Output: NEG
Ace of Spies, King of Hearts . Sidney Reilly really was an international man of mystery and no-one really knew him including his wives and fellow spies.  Sam Neil was incredible as Reilly. He showed a man who was elegant, charming and yet so ruthless you could almost see the ice in his veins. He doesn't have a problem with killing and he doesn't have a problem with leaving an incompetent agent behind either. He was a womanizer who could be the ultimate romantic in one scene then simply walk away in the next. One of the most touching scenes in the series is when Reilly's wives and sweethearts all clamor for news of him. He's treated some of these women horribly. One he's turned into a hopeless drunk but they still can't get enough of him. In another scene, one of his conquests calmly faces death rather than betray him. After her death Reilly, the series implies, carries her earrings, the only thing he has left of her on him for the rest of his life.    Reilly has been called the grandfather of the Jame Bond character because by the time young Ian Flemming came along Reilly was a legend in the British spy world. Flemming denied this but Reilly's relationship with his spymaster is very reminiscent of Bond and M and of course there all those women.     Everything about this series is great. The acting is all top notch, the costumes are perfect, the music, especially Romance of the Gadfly, Reilly's theme is unforgettable. This series came on TV when I was a kid and I would rush home every week to get all my homework and any other chore done so I could watch Reilly in peace. It was worth the trouble then and it's worth it now
Output: POS
No!!! . Just like the ancient Indian Micmac burial ground there is no earthly, logical explanation as to why this movie exists. If you enjoyed the original or even the book then do yourself a favor and skip this facical, supposed 'sequel' created merely to cash in on a name.    M
Output: NEG
movie for morons . This movie is an insult to merely bad comedies. Gee, another movie with a fast-talking, potty-mouthed, black guy (hello Eddie Murphy) who, because it's perfectly fine in ultra-lib, pc Hollyweird, calls Charlie Sheen (and everyone else who is not Black) a host of nasty, racially-oriented names. The movie is a mess. Let's see. The protagonist (Tucker) plays a con men who after being falsely suspected of being a cop-killer, is chased around  by cops and the bad guys. The McGuffin is a sack of diamonds. Sheen is supposed to be a co-star, but like most of his other movies, he sleepwalks through it. Clearly this movie is meant to be a vehicle for Tucker. The sceenwriters were obviously making it up as they went along. First "screenwriter":" Hey Bob, what will we have Tucker do next? Hey I know, let's have a car chase and have him call some people some names" Second "screenwriter" "Hey, great idea Fred, I sure don't have any ideas".  Apparently there are many people who think this guy is funny even though the movie is a rip-off of Murphy the Trickster flicks. Basically the plot is Tucker runs around dodging bullets and calling everyone a name. If that's your idea of humor, I pity you.
Output: NEG
As great a tour as the two albums it was promoting. . The 90's Quadrilogy of Achtung Baby,Zooropa,The Passengers(released under that psuedonym)and Pop are the last daring albums of U2's career. This concert footage parodies not only U2's celebrity, but celebrity in general. With banks and banks of television moniters decorating the stage, the band was mocking it's own ubiquity. Sadly, they have now become everything they were making fun of on this tour
Output: POS
19th Century Incredibles . There have been far too many sequels to too many original films that were much more stellar. "The Legend of Zorro", unfortunately, is another.     Whereas the 1998 original was more along the lines of a blockbuster, this 2005 sequel has proven to be lackluster.   Antonio Banderas, as Alejandro De la Vega,has taken his late father-in-law's name, and is now more at ease in his role as a nobleman of mid-19th-century California. He is still donning the mask and making sojourns to help the oppressed and dispossessed of the region. But he now has a wife and child to consider and the tensions between the swashbuckler and his equally daring young wife, Elena (Catherine Zeta-Jones)mount when she begins to fear for the safety of their son, Joaquin.    As Joaquin, Adrian Alonso reveals that the genes for the spunk and cunning of the De La Vegas have not worn thin as he defies authority to help defeat the villians of the film. At intervals, the family become the 19th century's precursor to the animated Incredibles with the skills and technology available to them.   As another reviewer noted, the story loses its credibility when Elena and Alejandro divorce due to her concerns for her son's safety. This would have been extremely rare  in the 19th century, and unheard of in a Catholic country at that time.    Elena reunites with a former acquaintance she met during her years in Spain, a French nobleman named Armand(a piercing-eyed, striking Rufus Sewell) in whose house she and her son become guests, and whom Elena finds to have sinister designs on California, not unlike the abductor she had believed to be her father for many years.   The "Zorro" franchise recycles Tony Amendola as a priest trying to teach students such as Joaquin, whereas he had been a devious henchman to Don Rafael in the 1998 film, and lets us glimpse Mary Crosby, a quarter century after the height of her popularity, in a non-speaking role as a Governor's wife, reassuring us that there are no small roles, only small actors.   While it has a few impressive moments, the script is a tired rehash of the original theme, and the outcome is predictable, literally hinging on the ability to get on the right track.   Young Adrian Alonso appears to have a bright future ahead of him, and I hope that Antonio and Catherine enjoyed their onscreen reunion.   But generally, it simply does not have the sizzle of its 1998 predecessor, and there was a lot of time and money that could have been better spent
Output: NEG
He named his dog after Ronald Reagan. . This was one of those mythological films that I speak so highly of in other reviews. This was a gem hidden in the darkness. Looking at the cover, you would never guess that this would be such a powerhouse of a film, but let me be the first to say that it was.     Berenger and Winger are amazing in their roles.  Winger giving the best performance that I have ever seen her do, while Berenger takes a character riddled with evil and makes him human.  When I first began this film, I was expecting a very true Hollywood production.  One that would be dark at first, but all of the sudden create this happy world at the end.  This film did nothing close to that.  What was amazing about this film was that it let the audience make it's own decisions.  Not much was handed to you on a silver platter.      Upon the first ten minutes of this film, you would probably assume that it was a love story. It is anything BUT a love story.  It is a crime/thriller/drama film, and quite possibly one of the strongest that I have seen in some time.  There are some scenes in this film that I couldn't believe I was watching.  The sheer brilliance of the director left me wondering if this film was really made in 1988.  The cinematography was outstanding.  There is one scene that stands out the most in my mind.  After Berenger tries to "put down" his dying horse, he can't pull himself to shoot a living creature, so he has his side-kick do it. After it is done, he runs out into the rain behind Berenger wrapped in a plastic tarp. The image here is of the devil riding close behind.  It is so vivid and so beautifully done that you can't help to wonder what that may represent.  There are a couple of scenes very similar to this as well.     Now, this isn't a film without some small flaws.  The young girl was annoying. Perhaps I find young children in these types of films always to be annoying, but in this case it was especially bad.  Also, there were some dopey scenes to this film. There were some parts that I felt I was the director of the film watching some bad lines happen between Berenger and Winger ... but it was only a couple.     Betrayed ends like an open-ended question.  It tells you that justice has been served, but not eliminated.  It does not paint a pretty picture of our society. Be prepared if you see this for some embarrassing, yet disturbing images of ethnic hatred in this film.  Some scenes that you will not believe ever happens in our country, but in the back of your mind you know certain evils do exist.  But then also be prepared to see John Mahoney (of Say Anything... fame) do his best work ever.  The war took his son, the bank took his land, why shouldn't he fight in this battle of supremacy? Dark and impressive ... WOW, I am lucky to have found this one.     Grade:  ***** out of ****
Output: POS
The Pianist . Supposed to be NEW! Had circular scratches on it upon opening. Would not play. DVD player gave message - "Disc damaged or dirty"
Output: NEG
Neat little collection . This is a pretty good collection for the Mickey beginner. I wouldn't purchase it however if you already have the Walt Disney Treasures "Mickey Mouse in Living Color" series because all the shorts are on those DVDs as well
Output: NEG
Almost, but not quite. . As a fan of the Coen brothers I was very disappointed by this film because it was almost good.  The snappy and perfectly timed dialogue they usually have never quite materializes here.  The wonderful characters you would expect to find here are mostly hollow and not quite original or sharp.   Add to this the fact that the original is a classic and in no way needed to be remade and it's a swing and a miss.    This movie seems less like a Coen brothers movie than it does a movie made by fans of theirs that were stealing from them in uninspired ways
Output: NEG
One of the Best Shows Ever! . Bewitched is one of the best shows ever. Forty years later their still fun to watch. Each ep. is funny and well written. Samantha marries the mortal Darren and promises to give up her magic to the endless dismay of her mother the wonderful Endora but luckily somehow Samantha ends up using magic. Aunt Clara pops in often and creates her own chaos with her mix-up spells.  Every single ep. is my favorite.
Output: POS
great cast no logic . We have a lawman who for no explained reason starts to investigate the cause of death of a man with 500,000 on him and it all goes down hill from there. There is no rhyme or reason to the story. I gave it two stars because the landscape is great
Output: NEG
I Haven't seen it yet . I haven't seen this movie, but i am very happy that finally another Hal Hartley film hsd come on DVD, i just ordered it today, and i sure hope that later other Hal Hartley films come out on DVD, i will later send a letter to Sony Pictures to realese it
Output: POS
Sounded better than it really is . Getting the family to watch any of these is like pulling eye teeth...and they were all for buying it
Output: NEG
A brief comment . I really enjoyed this film, basically the Coen Bros. homage to the film noir genre. (I always thought the name was funny, since it's French, and yet most of famous directors were German, like Fritz Lang, Otto Preminger, etc. :-)). The sure hand of the brothers with this material is shown in how the film unfolds with the cool, unhurried, nonchalant pace of an experienced private eye or gumshoe doggedly stalking his prey. Thornton is great in the lead as the reticent, phlegmatic barber, and if anything, he is even more convincing with hair than without--even his hairpiece is 50s-ish. :-) The whole cast does a fine job in their roles, and both Gandolfini and Shaloub  have a couple of show-stealing scenes. I found the film's climax a complete surprise, as the tables turn unexpectedly on the barber, for whom everything seems to be working out up till then. Overall a great film and probably one of the Coen Bros. best. If you're a Coen Bros. fan you won't find this one a disappointment.
Output: POS
A wonderfully ridiculous bit of fun . This is a very delightful bit of silliness.  Do you remember how visually wonderful "Chicken Run" was?  Well, this is even better.  Wallace is a daft inventor who, in this story, is running a humane pest removal service named "Anti-Pesto" and Gromit is his intelligent and loyal dog.  Gromit is the one with the common sense and is the only one in the whole film who seems to know what is going on.  And Gromit never says a word.  However, he is quite expressive and we always know clearly what is on his mind and why he has the concerns he has.    The town is concerned about the rabbits eating their vegetable gardens because the annual giant vegetable growing contest is about to be held.  The sponsor is a local hereditary heir, Lady Tottington (wonderfully voiced by Helena Bonham Carter).  She is being courted by the scoundrel Victor Quatermaine (voice amazingly by Ralph Fiennes).  He also loves to shoot rabbits, but this bothers her ladyship and once she meets Wallace she becomes more taken with him and his humane ways.    Wallace comes up with the idea of trying to condition the rabbits to not want to eat the vegetables and things have to be stopped before the process is completed.  The rest of the movie is working out all the crazy details of the unexpected results of the partial experiment.      Lots of fun and quite a visual treat and a stop-action / animation triumph.    Enjoy
Output: POS
Love Metal Archives . We love this archive!  We love the band and this is the best collection of their work ever!!
Output: POS
Ultimately disappointing . This film had a lot of potential--interesting premise, compelling characters and a strong cast--but something keeps it from gelling into a satisfying story.  There's a flatness to the film that is probably the fault of the director.  The above-average cast, that includes the wonderful Bonnie Hunt, Michael Learned and several other very likable young actors, seems squandered somehow by a lackluster dialogue and unrelenting low key tone.  The redemption that this viewer wanted to see emerge from the script at the conclusion didn't quite make it.  A pity as, despite the film's continuing weaknesses, I wanted more than melancholy for its lead characters.
Output: NEG
Your kids will probably be bored . I realize that this batch of films is aimed at older teenagers and college kids, not adults over the age of 25. However, you can probably do much better picking out films your kids will watch than this collection. That's not to say that there aren't some great yet silly films in the batch, because there are. Next I describe each film in descending order of quality.    UHF (1989) - This is a great film starring Weird Al Yankovic as a directionless young man whose uncle gives him a rundown TV station to manage. His unconventional programming turns things around for himself and the station.     Cooley High (1975) - This is a great film for all ages, and was the basis for the sitcom "What's Happening", although it only faintly resembles it. It is set in south-side Chicago in the mid 60's, and concerns a group of high school friends that have numerous comic encounters, but there is also some tragedy involved in the plot.    Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989) - The first one was very funny and fresh, and Keanu Reeves will always be Ted as far as I'm concerned, even if he winds up doing Shakespeare at some point. The plot concerns two slackers who are about to fail history that are given some help from a time traveller from the future. The only problem is that it is so steeped in 80's pop culture that your kids may not get half the jokes.    Bill & Ted's Bogus Journey (1991) - The second one is still funny, it just seems to try harder and not get quite the same comic effect as the first.     The rest of the movies are under the National Lampoon label.    Dorm Daze (2003) - One of National Lampoon's better college farce movies, with the plot set up by a series of silly misunderstandings. The closest thing you're going to get to "Animal House" 25 years after the fact.    Going the Distance (2004) - A Canadian version of Roadtrip. This movie was better than I expected, with a lot of good interaction between the main characters, but still not that great even for a teen farce.    Class Reunion (1982) - This movie had all the ingredients to be funny, but it just bored me, even in 1982. Top that off with all of the 80's and even 70's pop culture references, and I don't think it would do much for today's kids.    The last three movies are just awful - "Movie Madness", "Gold Diggers", and "Van Wilder 2: The Rise of Taj". I won't even bother to describe them. When I say they're bad, I'm saying they are boring and completely unfunny. If you force your kids to sit through these three films as part of their summer break, they'll be looking forward to going back to school.    The end result is you have three good to excellent films that are all older movies, four mediocre to OK films, and three horrible movies. I think you can do much better at entertaining your older teenagers/college kids than this collection
Output: NEG
A poor rehash . I've seen these scenes in so many different movies that I got bored and   turned it off. It was just a poor copy of other good movies. (Like 633 squadron)
Output: NEG
The 70's are back! . It's nice to see that what was effective for me as "hip" edu-tainment is every bit as effective now as "retro." However the appeal, the cast delivers solid lessons disguised as campy sketch comedy a la "Amanda" or "All That.
Output: POS
I liked it! . I especially liked seeing the "Legends of Batman" episode that brings to life the old Batman style of the 1940 & 50s.  It was a lot of fun to watch
Output: POS
Baseball's Glory Days . As I was 20 in 1961, and a Mickey Mantle fan,the film brought back a lot memories. Those were Baseball's glory days. It been going downhill ever since. I live near Chicago, and I wasn't aware of the extent of N.Y. bias against Roger
Output: POS
Agnostics are smarter than atheists . Those who use evolution as proof there is no creator are, in my opinion, narrow minded. Evolution only disagrees with written texts of creationism. One needs to look well beyond.    If I were God I would want my people to be able to neither prove or disprove my existence...yet I would leave some doubts or unanswerable questions for man to ponder...like science that breaks down at the moment of the Big Bang.     Those that study the human body have barely glimpsed the complexities of this evolved life form and I find I have a gnawing feeling about how adaptive evolution alone got us all the way here. A bit of doubt leaves that door to God open, albeit not a god exactly like one's holy book might have posited.     Many great scientists are believers of sorts so I find atheists to be arrogant, and agnostics perhaps closer to the truth. Who knows...if string theory is in fact reality, perhaps God resides only a dimension away
Output: POS
Ouch . Let me start by saying that I love indipendent features and support them fully.   A movie like this threatens my support.  The actors ( I use that term loosly ) are just dreadful and don`t have any emotion. The " dreadful sex scene " is only dreadful in the fact that they wasted good film to shoot it. The SFX are passable and the story is just a retread. Do not waste your time with this.  I have to seriously question the reviewer that speaks so fondly for his love of zombie features. It reads exactly like the review that is quoted on the case.    If you want to see how good indipendent features can be purchase Van Bebbers The Manson Family or the upcoming Actress Apocolpse.
Output: NEG
No mention of Wicca in product description - why? . Why doesn't Amazon mention that this video talks about Wicca in their review  or in their product description? I also looked at the video in a store, and there was no mention of Wicca on the case. That's important information to leave out. If it were there, consumers could decide for themselves whether or not it was an appropriate video to show their children.
Output: NEG
Terrible . This movie was a complete letdown. They tried to cross Cujo with The Terminator. Interesting concept, but the script completely lacks any real oomph. Awful film. Lance Henriksen deserved better
Output: NEG
Hard to Watch . The first 30 minutes of this movie are great.  Rick is cute and funny as his character is locked out of his dressing room and mobbed by adoring fans.  The concert scenes are TERRIFIC and having seen Rick in concert many times I enjoyed them very much.  Unfortunately, after the requisite "beefcake shot" of Rick, the plot of the movie slides downhill into Bad Soap Opera Land.      Rick CAN act and I have seen him give some amazing performances.  That said, this movie doesn't show his skills in the best light.  Mostly because the writing is HORRID but also because his co-star (Janet Eiber) is not much of an actress.  Rick does his best, but he's left hanging by a bad script and a lame director.      Now, if you're looking for some great Rick Springfield tunes, then this movie won't disappoint you in that respect.  The soundtrack should have won a Grammy.  There are fantastic songs from Rick (one of my personal favorites "Stand Up" is fun and energetic and the hit "Love Somebody" is terrific concert footage), and other very good artists contribute including Peter Gabriel.       My advice is skip the DVD and buy the soundtrack on CD.  A much better investment
Output: NEG
What could be more IRONIC than a deaf DJ? . Consumers love IRONY!  I can sum up this film in one sentence: DJing, drugs, hummus and sex...silence...newfound appreciation for life.  What makes this film great is not the fact that Frankie Wilde does drugs, rather, its HOW he does drugs (see it and you'll understand what I mean).  Same thing with his DJing.  The fact that he DJs is well-and-good, but you have to see HOW he DJs (pre- and post-deaf).  Frankie is a special character and Paul Kaye nails this role (as he says in the DVD extras, "God, I've waited a long time for this job.").  Speaking of DVD extras...WATCH THEM.  Frankie the spokesmodel for Oman Whiskey, Frankie on a cooking show, Frankie on an interview with a news anchor, Frankie's Rabbi (played by Paul Kaye), among other gimmicks...classic.  In regards to credentials...WINNER GEN ART FILM FESTIVAL, WINNER U.S. COMEDY ARTS FESTIVAL, WINNER TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL.  And the soundtrack...exceptional club music.  Particularly, Reflekt's "Need to Feel Loved" (Seb Fontaine & Jay P Remix).  I guarantee you will RE-WATCH this film over and over again.  Maybe you'll even take a step back and have a look at your own life?         Note: THIS FILM IS A WORK OF FICTION.  IT IS A "MOCK"UMENTARY.  DON'T BE FOOLED.  The fact that the directors and actors deliver such a compelling final product, where consumers actually believe it is real, is testament alone that this film is a keeper.    Please feel free to disagree with my opinion; let us compare opinions, invite a few more points of view, and debate, like the humans we are.
Output: POS
Really Old Really Fast . For some reason, I fell into the trap of believing a dvd that consists of all of Eminem's music videos would be really cool. It really isn't.  In fact, I have only watched this dvd once.  The music videos are great, but how many times do you really think you are going to watch them.  The extras are definetely not worth the purchase.  Once again, how many times are you going to watch The Making of Stan.  The extra that mocks the Blair Witch Project is also just really really bad.  Overall, don't buy this.  Download the music videos and spend your money elsewhere.  Actually, go use it to see 8 Mile
Output: NEG
A Classic 80's Movie . Nicholas Cage and Deborah Foreman star in this great movie from the 80's about a girl from the Valley and a guy from Hollywood.  Foreman stars as Julie, a valley girl who, along with her boyfriend Tommy (Michael Bowen) are the most popular couple at Valley High.  However, Julie is getting bored with Tommy because she thinks he's ignoring her.  So, she breaks up with him (on a mall escalator, no less).  After the break-up, Julie and her friends Samantha (Tina Theberge), Loryn (Elizabeth Daily), and Suzie (Michelle Meyrink) head to the beach.  It is here that Julie gets her first glimpse of Randy (Cage).    Unfortunately for Julie, she and her now ex-boyfriend Tommy are both supposed to go to a party at Suzie's house.  Randy's friend Fred overhears the plans for the party, and he and Randy plan to crash the party.  Sure enough, Fred and Randy show up uninvited at Suzie's house, but Julie is immediately intrigued by Randy.  The two start talking, but Tommy and his thug friends interfere and throw Randy out of the house.  Now very mad, Randy and Fred go back to the party.  Randy waits in the bathroom for Julie to come in, and the two decide to leave together.  Julie convinces Samantha to come along.    Randy takes Julie "over the hill' to Hollywood and shows her some of his favorite places to hang out.  The sparks soon begin to fly between Randy and Julie, and they start going steady, much to the disgust of Julie's friends.  Their relationship goes along very well for a while, but one night at a sleepover, Julie's friends tell her that she must make a choice between them and Randy.  They convince her to get back together with Tommy and dump Randy.   Julie goes along with it, and starts to be very mean to Randy, but does she really feel that way, or is she just covering up her true feelings for the sake of her friends?  Will Julie and Randy get back together, or will Julie do what her friends want her to?    This is a great movie.  I've seen it several times on VHS, and I was thrilled to find it on DVD. Nicholas Cage and Deborah Foreman are great in their roles as Julie and Randy.  The supporting actors are very good as well.  This movie was released when I was in high school, so it brings back a lot of memories for me.  The great 80s music played throughout the movie is a huge plus, too.      I give this movie my highest recommendation. The story is excellent, and the acting is very good.  Take a trip back to the 80s with this great movie.  "Its awesome"
Output: POS
Haiku + .45 Semi Automatic = Hana Bi . Simply stated, the most important film of the 1990's; probably of the last twenty years.  The film is in its entirety a meditative experience, combining a slow and calm build-up of chi or prana-force-energy with explosive violence.  Beat Takeshi's violence, however, is not gratuitous, but righteous anger in action.  As a schizoid world falls down around him, Takeshi takes the role of Samurai -- indeed, "such a man was already Samurai."  This is a film of mystery, of soft color and light ocean breezes from the South China Sea, and of poetry.  If the warrior immortalized in Book of Five Rings or Gitopanishad has an equivalent in modern times, surely it would be in this strange character, this Japanese-style Colonel Kurtz in Hana-Bi.  But then, you must watch this film for yourself.  You will not be the same person when it is over
Output: POS
Sleeping Pill!  Not a workout! . This is the most boring, unmotivating, uninteresting workout I have ever owned, yoga or other.  I am exceptionally disappointed, as it was voted best workout DVD of 2005 by Self magazine. I have only been practicing for a few weeks, having fallen in love with Fit Tv's Namaste workouts, I expected the same great music, flowing rhythm, and steady pace.  Instead, this is an incredibly slow-moving, dull workout that doesn't even challenge me, a true beginner.  I adore yoga, and wanted a longer, challenging workout--this is not it.  I'm back to my FREE FitTv Namaste workouts, until I can find somethng better
Output: NEG
Formulaic, but watchable. . Paparazzi (Paul Abascal, 2004)    Paparazzi is best known for being Icon Production's first released film after the mighty (and mightily money-making) majesty that was The Passion of the Christ. The Icon connection, however, is where any similarity between the two films comes to an abrupt and jarring end. Where Passion pushed all sorts of envelopes for mainstream American film, Paparazzi is simple and formulaic, never rearing its ugly head from the morass of revenge fantasy in which it finds itself bogged.    Bo Laramie (Pitch Black's Cole Hauser, looking and acting more and more like his dad by the day) has gone overnight from nobody to superstar thanks to his film Adrenaline Force. Subsequently, he's packed up his family and moved to the suburbs of LA to be closer to the set for his new picture (predictably, Adrenaline Force 2). Along with the closeness of the commute, however, comes the mobs of paparazzi. Laramie runs afoul of photojournalist Rex Harper (the always-slimy Tom Sizemore), who convinces three of his friends to help him put Laramie in his place. In doing so, however, they inadvertently cause an accident that lands both Laramie's wife (The Craft temptress Robin Tunney) and son (Jurassic Park III's Blake Michael Bryan) in the hospital. Cue revenge-fantasy music here.    The film is watchable, as one would normally expect from this sort of action film. The roles are acted capably enough, though two-dimensionally; it's almost as if Hauser, who's made his living mostly playing guys like Rex Harper, only knows how to play the hero as a square-jawed Tarzan type. That's not surprising in an action flick, though, and can be forgiven most times (look at Predator 2). Where the film becomes moronic to the point of offensive, though, is in the accident scene itself, which is so obviously ripped off from tales of Princess Diana's death as to be insulting to the intelligence of the average viewer. *
Output: NEG
Yet another DVD I got for Christmas! . Where my gifter managed to get an original and brand new copy of this one I have no idea, the bottomline is that it is now part of my collection and I am here to say what I think of it.  It could have been improved.  It's major flaw other than the relatively crude animation is the characters, rather unlikeable heroes and hilarious villains that you strongly wish would win in the end since they are more likeable than those known as heroes.  The story doesn't change much from scene to scene, 15 dalmatian puppies have been kidnapped and must find their way home by going from place to place avoiding Cruella DeVil and her henchmen.    Recommended?  Not really, it has it's moments of warmth, but otherwise, it isn't one of Disney's greatest films
Output: NEG
SUPERB LOOK AT THE EMPTINESS AND MADNESS OF STOLEN LOVE . Written by playwright Noel Coward, directed by David Lean, starring Celia Johnson and Trevor Howard, and set to the impassioned music of Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. 2, this is a story about two people living quietly dull lives, married to equally dull spouses, who suddenly find someone interesting to share a brief encounter with. This masterful film shows how hungry normal, ordinary people are for the feeling that life is exciting, and that there is someone who finds them interesting to share it with. The normal avenue for such a relationship would have been their own spouses; but they are unable to find it there, somehow. So they find it one day, accidentally, illicitly, secretly, dishonestly, soul wrenchingly in a stranger. Now these quietly dull souls become quietly desperate souls, as they realize that stolen love comes with a price, and that what had promised to bring them boundless happiness is instead bringing them more sorrow than they have ever known before.    I found many parallels in this movie with other quietly desperate people that I know: friends of mine who have tried to find happiness illicitly, secretly, dishonestly in work, sex, alcohol, drugs, co-dependent relationships, etc. I think this movie has a powerful message for our times. It is not about a love relationship that was doomed because of a stricter social and moral code than we have today; it is about the emptiness and madness of stolen love of any kind. I love the way the film ends, with repentance, forgiveness and reconciliation. This film is a timeless gem.    Waitsel Smit
Output: POS
Nothing . Bad Movie, Bad action and you don't get to see almoust anything....      tho words : money waiste
Output: NEG
Great Movie But MUCH Is Fiction..... . I am a math teacher myself so I have always had a special interest in this film.  I think it is very well done and it is very inspirational.      However, for anyone who wants to know the TRUE story of what happened with Escalante and his students, purchase the book "Escalante: The Best Teacher in America" by Jay Mathews.  The film leads you to believe that Escalante took students who didn't know how to multiply and then in the course of one school year made those same students score 5s on the AP Calculus test.  This is far from what really happened.  Escalante spent YEARS developing a program and he made sure he had proper courses that led to an understanding of Calculus.    There is one other noticeable bit of fiction in the film.  The movie portrays it as the testing company (ETS) accused the students of cheating simply because the company was racist and they felt the students at Garfield High School couldn't have possibly known the material.  The true story is that some answers on the AP tests from Garfield were noticeably similar.  About 12 students made the same exact errors on one particular problem, and that is what made ETS suspicious.    So once again, a well done film, and while is it "based on a true story", it is far from a true story
Output: POS
The original... the best Tarzan of all! . Without a doubt, Johnny Weissmuller's interpretation of Tarzan is the best of all! An excellent swimmer, Johnny Weissmuller makes the swimming scenes seem effortless and believable. Maureen O'Sullivan as Jane provides elegance, as a gentle yet brave and courageous woman, who falls in love with a man, king of the jungle, and yet completely unaware of civilization. The house Tarzan builds for her is a marvel of progress, with the latest technological advancements... in a rudimentary... simple... basic construction. When Edgar Rice Burroughs created Tarzan he played on our survival instincts, and surfaced the innate fears of confronting savage beasts, and yet, the fantasy that we can become friends with all jungle creatures.     Tarzan and His Mate  - Simply best in class. It explores how life should have been for Adam & Eve... in love, living in paradise, respecting nature, and living in complete harmony with the environment. Not spoiling and accepting the simple things offered by our planet Earth.       Tarzan Escapes  - From civilization, Jane's cousins visit the Mutia Escarpment, only to realize that she has found true love, family, and home in Africa. The marvel of the home created by Tarzan is highlighted, with the elephant-powered elevator becoming a fascinating process to watch.    Tarzan Finds a Son!  - Here we meet a new addition to the family, played by Johnny Sheffield as Boy. Both Tarzan and Jane now have a play pal, and he does a magnificent job at allowing the audience to see how we can grow up in this environment and learn survival skills that keep him active, healthy, and self-assured. Great for a younger audience, adding fun and adventure to this wonderful set.    Tarzan's New York Adventure  One of the best scenes ever filmed is when Johnny Weissmuller dives off the Washington bridge, and makes it all look possible, doable... and easy. What precision! This movie is fun and Cheetah provides many a laugh. The struggle between good and evil are played to perfection in this series, where those in search for profit and wealth, are always trying to take advantage of the many natural treasures that surround Tarzan's simple life, and it is rewarding to see how the hero never gives in to avarice, defending and maintaining his world in its natural state.     We loved the set... and when we visit the zoo... or go to the Circus... we find ourselves looking at elephants and monkeys and saying... "Simba... ungawa!" "Simba... ungawa!" Would highly recommend acquiring this set
Output: POS
When Life Is Not Enough? . This film seems to want to have it both ways - offering the premise that not all disability is disposable - just Sampedro's.    An incredible amount of talent and creativity went into a film that pays homage to ... well, plainly put - a man that was too petulant to live. The movie presents Ramon Sampedro - a talented, intelligent and articulate  man as someone who ultimately proves to be a self-pitying whiner.     It was not that he was not capable of living a life of accomplishment and satisfaction - he simply refused to. Despite the acclaim and admiration that his writing had brought to him, despite the devotion of those around him that loved and cared for him, Sampedro seems a bit like the child who gathers his marbles up from the playground and marches home because someone hadn't played by his rules. (Refusing a wheelchair? C'mon!)    Granted, the stress, humiliation and despair of being a quadriplegic cannot be minimalized nor discounted. However, giving up on what you may have once hoped your life would be for what it ultimately becomes proves to be difficult for all of us - no matter what the size or nature of our own personal challenges.    (Oddly enough the very limitations that he views as untenable are most likely the factors that pushed him to reach inside himself and find a voice that brought him such attention and celebrity. Imagine the platform that was his ... and was thrown away)     Yes, yes - allow the man to end his life if he is incapable of recognizing the gift that he squandered; let us be done with him if he so chooses. We should not, however, celebrate his cowardice - the easy out - this foolish waste of something precious. What an insult this film seems to those who struggle quietly everyday with half the talents, abilities or the emotional resources of devoted family and friends that were at Sampedro's disposal. Those gifts for which others could only envy, Sampedro discarded in self-indulgent and careless abandon. The joys that others could only dream about, he chose to reject.    It would be better instead for us to triumph with Stephen Hawking ("Brief History of Time"), Christy Brown ("My Left Foot") or Helen Keller ("The Miracle Worker") - each of whom had to face the equal of the challenges that Sampedro faced, but did not cower in resignation or mawkish self-absorption. Instead they rose above the limitations (those imposed on them either by themselves or those around them) and made all our lives better for their struggle.
Output: NEG
Outstanding film for then and now.  But about that title...??? . As with the other reviewers of this film, I must agree that  in its restored and complete form, this is an outstanding  film.  The supplemental material is also quite interesting.  The themes in this film are just as relevant today as they  were when it was made.  Most anything else I could write would  be redundant with what others have written.    I will admit that at points I felt the film dragged a bit,  having made a point but not moving on.  Maybe I am just too  much a product of watching too many fast paced films of today.    One thing I find curious about this movie is the title.  Since  the main character is not Colonel Blimp and is really a much  deeper character than the cartoon character, I wonder why the  film was given the name it was.   I wonder how many people went  to see this movie expecting a comedy based on a cartoon character.    My minor quibbles aside, this is really an excellent film and  worth seeing.
Output: POS
Very nice romantic drama. . I origionaly didn't want to watch this film I mean come on a film starring Sandra Bullock but it was my girlfriend who suggested that I watch this film and said that I might like it and now I admit it was pretty good. Sandra Bullock plays a woman named Birdee Pruitt who believes to be happy with a perfect life until she appears on national television and hears her best friend confessing to an affair with her husband. She then leaves her married home and travels to her birth place in Texas where she begins to rebuild her life and relationships especialy with her mother and young daughter who hates Birdee. I was surprised that the film didn't have any cliche Hollywood moments and it dealt with human emotions and was realistic, Birdee has to overcome the humiliation and public betrayal she obviously has a lot of problems but soon Harry Connick jr.'s character comes along to hopefully win Birdee's heart since they knew each other from Highschool. The film was very uplifting and in a way it is a serious romantic drama with a bit of humor so I enjoyed this film alot and I didn't hesitate the fact that I like Sandy in these roles and everybody else gave a great performance and I hope that she stars in more films like this instead of those awful comedies, I highly recomend this film
Output: POS
too much reality and not enough laughter . Was looking forward to seeing this film, quite disappointing. Joan Cusack is always a bit of a downer in a film. Once she appears in a film it is always a bit depressing. Jennifer Anniston is usually pretty good, but the story line was just too depressingly like real life to be funny, I felt. Just not funny enough to carry the depressing story line.   Not a film I will be watching again, sadly.
Output: NEG
Try not to compare it to the book.... . Jonathan Safran Foer's book is a truly literary work and this movie is not a book. And, as many have already said in Amazon's ratings, this movie is not like Foer's book.  It is, unfailingly, cinema and with that in mind it should be judge upon cinematic criteria. Thus, although I will grant the impressive visual beauty of this movie (the cinematographer captures an oddity, serenity, and disturbance) I cannot agree with those who give it high marks.  The plot is sparse, as is much of the character development.  I am especially disappointed with the portrayal of Alex and his grandfather.  I found myself empathizing little with the grandfather or Alex in the movie's final dramatic scenes.  The grandfather's emotional turmoil seems underdeveloped as does Alex's reaction to his Grandfather's action.  Morevover, the parallels between the JSF character and the Ukranian characters seem forced.  The only things they share are contrived connections in the narrative's backstory.  Overall, I felt untouched by this movie.  And one last note, why is it even called "Everything is Illuminated?"  That title illuminates little within the movie
Output: NEG
Predictable and Uneven . I'm not going to write too much. If you need to hear more just check other reviews down here.  From all the 3 episodes only the first one, by Kar-Wai, is worth your time.   "The Hand" is well done and typical Kar-Wai. Beautifully shot by his usual contributor Christopher Doyle, it's the most compelling and sexy episode of the bunch. Gong Li, always very elegant, give us a powerful sexy scene and her presence establishes and guide the rest of the story. Well crafted but very predictable. The director lately seems to be referencing himself, which is halfway form self parody.  "Equilibrium" is just a bad cinematic joke and absolutely non sexy. Other than a few gratuitous and unrelated naked shots, is a simple and boring exchange between Downey Jr. playing an adman and his analyst played by Arkin.  But the worst by far is the Antonioni's episode. Is just so poorly done and acted that is an embarrassment. The, once, great director should have just retired by now (he was 91 in 2004) and let the rest of the world appreciate his masterpieces
Output: NEG
One of the best remakes ever . I remember that the original movie made me cry but nothing could prepare for this remake. The movie was emotionally gripping and compelling. I cried hysterically through the last half of the movie feeling the pain and disappointment that the young Piccolo was going through. I was impressed by the way Brian stood strong and full of faith all the way up to the end.    I thought that both actors did an incredible job, but I was most impressed with Sean Maher's performance. He was believable as the care-free loving husband and competitive spirited football player.     This movie really is worth your time, and I can guarantee you that at least one tear will be shed for this tragic and compelling story
Output: POS