niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
Awesome series!! . I'm mildly into anime, I only watch the stuff that I really enjoy. This is the only series that has really drawn me in. Usually it's just movies for me but Wolf's Rain is amazing. I can't wait for Volume II to be released on Tuesday! It contains the final episodes (19-30).
Output: POS
COME ON NOW! . IT'S A REAL SHAME & COMPLETE IDIOCY THAT NUMBER 1, THIS SHOW ISN'T SOLD AS A SEASON PACKAGE & NUMBER 2, THAT THEY CAN'T SELL IT AT AN AFFORDABLE RATE.  For example, if there was a dvd that had a complete season for around $20 or a dvd that had the complete seasons 1-3 for no more than $40-50, this would make sense.  It was a great show, but come on now lets be sensible & reasonable about thi
Output: NEG
Rodman? What did he do do throw basketballs? . Naw, Jean-claude could have done this movie by himself. Rodman needs to stick to basketball
Output: NEG
Pure Garbage . What a waste of time, money, and talent. If its Murder you want well this one has plenty of blood and guts to fill the bill. Sorry I wasted my time viewing such trash
Output: NEG
this is the it ! buy this right now ! . This is a great dvd,alot of xtra feature.I think of all make up effex  this is the best + love the soundtrack !! Of all versions out their this is the one you should buy. Get City of the living Dead and The Beyond will  your their, you wont be disapointed !! Lucie Fulci, we miss you
Output: POS
Moon River....this movie is all wet! . Overacted. Boring. Horrible movie. The only likable character was Cat.
Output: NEG
The Battle of The Banter--Hepburn and Grant Make This A "Holiday" Worth Taking . There was a big controversy earlier this year with "The Cary Grant Box Set" which is a great collection in its own right.  Many people were upset that it included the first release of "Holiday" which was new to DVD (unlike the other films in the collection), but no stand alone disc was being offered.  Well, good news.  If all you wanted was "Holiday" and you held out, here it comes ten months later.    Now, I've always had a soft spot for "Holiday."  It hasn't achieved quite the classic status as a couple of other Hepburn and Grant pairings--"The Philadelphia Story" and "Bringing Up Baby"--but I actually think that works to its advantage.  I might get into trouble for this, but I somewhat prefer this to the more antic "Bringing Up Baby" (Don't shoot me, I know it's a great film too).     Cary Grant plays a carefree soul that becomes engaged to a millionaire's spoiled, socialite daughter.  He is expected to take life more seriously and responsibly--but that's not necessarily in his master plan.  Grant, as always, is charming--the quips and physicality that were his trademark are used to good effect here.  Katherine Hepburn, as the girl's sister, is obviously a better match for him!  Hepburn uses her rapid fire delivery and plays smart and wry better than anyone else in her era.  Of course, Grant and Hepburn have great chemistry and it's a joy to see these two masters banter.  There's plenty of slapstick, but part of "Holiday"'s charm is that it balances this with real romance.  It's funny and sweet.    Any fan of Grant, Hepburn, director George Cukor, classics and/or screwball comedy needs to check this film out.  It'll make you smile.  KGHarris, 10/06
Output: POS
Assess your own taste before buying . I am one of the many reviewers who purchased this DVD because everyone favorably compared it with "Seinfeld," and (not being an HBO subscriber) I had never seen it. Personally, I found this show boring, repetitive, and often grating. Well, that's just me. You might be among the many people who enjoy this genre of comedy. Deciding if this DVD is for you will require an informed assessment of you own taste.  Buy this DVD if you tend to laugh at protracted bickering among the characters (as in "Married with Children" or Vicki Lawrence's show "Mama").  This is NOT the kind of gut-splittingly funny politically charged bickering that we once enjoyed in "All in the Family." As in "Seinfeld", you will see adults act in childish, selfish, irresponsible, uncaring ways. Depending on how this is done, it can be VERY funny, but "Curb" missed the mark for me. I find self-absorbed New Yorkers (as those portrayed in Seinfeld) to be funny, but self-absorbed Californians (as in "Curb") are just pathetic, not even laughable. You might feel differently. Neurosis and rudeness are backhandedly ridiculed in "Seinfeld", but almost celebrated in "Curb." The characters in "Seinfeld" are roughly half a generation younger than those in "Curb." The Seinfeld characters (who came of age in the "me" era of 1980s ) commit a variety of hilarious middle-age gaffes and mis-steps associated with a lack of direction in life.  The older characters in "Curb," on the other hand, offer us only a repetitive and uncreative barrage of antagonistic behavior that is characteristic of people who have given up on forging new directions in life. They merely exist. You might find this funny, but I found it depressing
Output: NEG
Not recommended . My husband and I were very disappointed with this DVD set.  One DVD contains an "action documentary" with music - we did not like that DVD.  We thought the second instructional DVD is mediocre and might be helpful if you are a complete novice.  The treatment of subjects is in our opinion pretty superficial overall.  There is little breakdown of technique.  There is minimal race footage, which is helpful to watch to learn by watching experts.  Parts of the footage seemed recycled - we heard very similar discussions about ski wax in the separate "tuning" and "equipment primer" sections.  You cannot watch the DVDs straight through as they dump you back into a main menu after you complete a scene.  So you must frequently fiddle with the controls to select scenes to watch.  That feature is helpful if you want to access scenes easily perhaps but we did not like it.  I am not usually a complainer but we were so disappointed with this set that I wanted to put up a review.
Output: NEG
Not  for babies . Sorry, but I have to give this DVD a negative review.  First of all: what age is it really for?  There are many fragments that introduce spelling and addition. Don't you think it's a little bit yearly for your 6 months old (and probably even 3)?  The DVD needs much more real life objects, it sounds and looks VERY dull and boring. I always thought  that children learn through play, songs, rhymes, and etc, but  not through dull repetition. Even alphabet is introduced without well known "ABC song".  I am giving this DVD two stars because it has nice classical music and it did catch some attention of my 18 months old son (so far we saw it ones). As much more age appropriate material I would recommend:  Hap Palmer "Baby songs: ABC,123, colors & shapes";  Bee Smart Baby- Vocabulary Builder;  Baby Babble - speech enhancing video;  Baby Einstein- Van Gogh (world of colors);  The Wiggles-"Toot-Toot"
Output: NEG
A Dolled-up Abridgement of the Book . I had read--with delight--the book called "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" to my grandsons, so I thought the movie would be a nice followup.    Wrong! It barely resembles the book, and all the most important parts are glossed over or left out. It might be OK for a child who hasn't read the book, but we were disappointed
Output: NEG
A film that is TORTURE to watch! . I was expecting a bit more from this movie, but I guess if I had really thought about it, anything starring Joan Crawford at this point in her life, and the always rebellious/troubled/angry John Garfield, could not have risen above what the film ended up being. My dislikes:  the music; often way too loud, way too much, very very annoying to me. Had to continually turn down the volume when the film went musical, which was much too often. Joan's character: well, she was middle aged, married, downing glass after glass of alcoholic beverages constantly, a chain smoker; no decent man would be attracted to that sort of woman. Well, John Garfield wasn't a decent man. I have yet to see a John Garfield role I liked...he always portrays characters who are angry and rebellious, self centered, going against life the wrong way. I didn't like him, I didn't like Joan, and so I didn't really care about them and ultimately the point of the movie. They had one of those uncomprehendable romances where seeminly they are deeply in love, yet they don't show it or speak it and you definitely don't feel it.  At the end, Joan was just over the top as a drama queen and by this time I was so fed up with this whole film I just kept saying, "okay Joan, we know you are going to take your final swim so please just get on with it already so we can be finished with this boring and aggravating movie!" But no, she had to walk at least 2 miles down the beach in her evening gown and high heels, and weep and weep, and make faces, and clutch her hair in despair, and on and on she went and all the while the loud music is playing out her "sorrow and pain"! What a relief when it was  finally over! There are some films that leave me feeling very upset and agitated, and this was definitely one of them. What helped me get over it was to read some of the great reviews here on Amazon...some were so funny because they were so true about the stupidity of this movie that I laughed and laughed! Laughter is indeed a great healer!  I also did not go for the cynical piano player friend and his constant stream of one liners. Cynical humor isn't humor and it isn't funny; it's pathetic and sad. I am sure die hard Joan and John fans will always love this film, but all others should be able to see it for what it really is
Output: NEG
Val Kilmer at his best . It was great, pure and simple just great.   Good triller, good surprises and great acting.   The entire cast was wonderful.
Output: POS
Loved My Big Fat Greek Wedding . This movie pictured a sizable segment of the U.S. population that has not gotten much attention in the movies - the high involvement Mediterranean family. Many Italians I know  said that it could have been their family. The movie works so well because the author and star really lived and knew the life she depicted. I enjoyed the wry humor.     At the beginning I was prepared to hate her father. He was so sexist and bullying and anti-intellectual. And the women of the family were so cynically manipulative. It did not occur to me until late into the movie that the father was really afraid. He had only the best in mind for his family, and that included his daughters, and that he too felt out of his element in a different mix of cultures that is the United States.    One other detail pleased me; the role of the community college in helping people break free from a confining life to move up in the world. Not only do they learn academic things, they meet wonderful people from other cultures there, fall in love, and marry them.    The photography was wonderful and the acting was superb, especially since  the movie was made on a tight budget.     This is one of the best films I have seen in the past ten years.
Output: POS
This just didn't do it for me . Maybe I loved the original one too much, but this version of the story did not work for me. I especially was dissapointed in the music and the oompa loompas. Stick with the first one. It was perfect
Output: NEG
Not a good film . What else is there to say?    The acting is mediocre, the story line is nearly non-existent, and the only redeeming thing this film has to offer is the somewhat interesting cartoons superimposed upon the original score.    The vast disconnect between the book and the movie is at its most evident when the film ends, concluding with a quote from Phillip K. Dick that has virtually nothing to do with what you've just seen and makes you wish that it (the film) did
Output: NEG
What's all the fuss about? . Before I review, I'd like to clear something up: I am a very latecomer in seeing this movie. I was introduced to the Ghost in the Shell franchise through the new Anime series airing on Adult Swim, Ghost in the Shell: Standalone Complex. I absolutely love that show, and so I figured eventually I'd have to get around to seeing the movie, which I knew full well shares no connection with the show. They're both seperate interperetations of the comic series of the same name, (which I have not read, so I don't know which is more accurate) but the TV series is exponentially better than this movie in almost every concievable way.    There are many things I don't like about this movie, the biggest being poor pacing. The plot for the movie is actually surprisingly straightforward once you cut away all the filler, but that's the biggest problem. There's not really enough story to last a full-length feature, because it seems almost like it was originally written with the intention of being a 30 minute short. And since they didn't have the budget to load the movie up with action scenes (there are barely any, and they aren't very impressive for the most part) they had to slow the story down with drawn out conversations that you won't understand more than 60% of, and camera shots that last for what feels like minutes where we're looking at either nothing, or a woman's nipples. That's not cinematic artistry, that's being either lazy or perverted.    The animation itself isn't even that good, especially considering that this is was a theatrical release from only 10 years ago. It's choppy, and there's not really a whole lot of detail (except when it comes to women's nipples). Looking at just the animation, if I didn't know better, I'd have thought this movie was an OVA from the 1980's.    The only thing I can really say I liked about this movie was that it was Ghost in the Shell. It's probably kind of like how I didn't see the 1989 Batman movie until years after I'd been spoiled by Batman the Animated Series, and couldn't bring myself to like it for any reason other than that it was Batman. Everything about the TV series is superior to this movie: the animation, the stories, the character developement, the production values... I could go on for an entire page about how much better the TV series is.    In short, if you're you're at all interested in the GITS franchise, do yourself a favor and rent the DVDs of the TV show instead. You'll find a lot to love, but I can't say the same about the movie. My dream is that someday Alex Proyas will give us a GITS movie that lives up to what I would hope for after watching Standalone Complex
Output: NEG
A very, very bad movie . I recently witnessed this car crash of a movie. I usually like parodys but this movie was boring and unfunny.
Output: NEG
Dutch Colonial never looked so bad . I've never heard of the "Bell Witch" before, and this movie didn't really get me interested enough to care.  Donald Sutherland and Sissy Spacek must have needed a payday real bad to appear in this clunker: parts of it are so unintentionally funny that they should cut and spliced into the next "Scary Movie" they make.    The director, I guess, didn't realize that a lot of people have seen that movie "The Exorcist".  (Remember?  With Linda Blair?  Oh yeah!) The scene that was bust-a-gut-laugh-till-you-vomit was when the girl is picked up by her hair--you can actually see a wire or something for a minute--and dangled in the air.  It looked so unbelievably fake that I began to see this more as a comedy than anything else.  Is the entity so mad that it wants to glue the hair of young girls together (maybe a deleted scene has her waking up covered in spitballs).    The ending, however, and what is implied about Sutherland's character is not one bit funny and struck me as unnecessarily morbid; also, the performances and general plotline before can't support an issue as serious as incest or child abuse.  I guess at some point this was so obviously a clunker to everyone in the crew that the decision was made  to throw something really sick into the plotline.  It didn't save the movie.    The only creepy scene is the ending.
Output: NEG
Doggy-Doo . This film is as bad as the first Howling film was good. The plot is so hackneyed and predictable that you start to pray it will get it over with soon.  I understand that the author of the original book was angry that Joe Dante changed the plot for Howling 1. This film is said to be closer to his original vision. All I can say is thank god that Dante altered it.  See Dante's original, American werewolf in London, Ginger Snaps,Dog Soldiers, Underworld, anything but this. It's an embarassment to cinema
Output: NEG
One of the Best Movies I've Ever Seen . From Here to Eternity, where to begin?  This is probably one of my top 10 movies that I've ever seen.  I love it!  Frank Sinatra is wonderful in it; Montgomery Clift is gorgeous, vulnerable, and brave in this movie; Burt Lancaster is awesome, as everyone who has ever seen him could tell you.  This movie shows a clear depiction of the soldiers at Pearl Harbor before it was bombed.  The book is a totally long, obnoxious book, towards the end I only read the quotations. The movie totally changed the book and made it wonderful.  This is a classic, and will be for the rest of time
Output: POS
I knew there had to be something wrong with this DVD! . I received this DVD from my brother who is possibly a bigger Kevin Smith fan than I am. I thought the fact that he was  giving away his copy was pretty odd at the time until I watched the DVD myself.     The Degrassi episodes are amazingly boring and Jay and Silent Bob's toned-down appearances don't help much. I really liked the original Degrassi series so I was disappointed by this DVD.     There are some funny moments in the "Extras" section of the DVD but I would still only recommend this as a "rent" or something to buy used if you are a diehard fan.
Output: NEG
Brainy Baby - ABC's . Believe it!... This is a great video. Brainy Baby just seems to really know how to connect with children when it comes to teaching. The lady who gave this a one star and wrote a book about her feelings, is a bit over the top and has way too much time on her hands. We also homeschool our children and found that this video really helped them when they were younger to learn the alphabet. Remember, this is a PRESCHOOL video! Your children are being introduced to learning situations, not studying for a college exam! We have found that all the Brainy Baby videos are top quality and do an excellent job of teaching. Our boys knew the entire upper /lower case and all the letter sounds around 16-18 months! It was amazing and I KNOW that these videos played a big part in that. I am also impressed that all of their videos have a very specific educational outline that all my teacher friends say is excellent for teaching preschoolers. After doing a little research, I found a little known fact that it was Brainy Baby that created the first set of "infant-preschool" videos over 10 years ago (way before the Einstein series). So, that really gave me confidence that the producers at Brainy Baby really had the experience and track record. My advice, I don't see how you could go wrong for a mere $15 investment in your child's future. I own all of them and wish Brainy Baby would make more!
Output: POS
Pleasant and Satisfying Film . After watching too many critically acclaimed movies which left me at the final credits feeling like petrified wood, I'm now allowing myself to rent and enjoy movies that I formerly shunned because they received poor reviews. Happily, I've progressed through that stage. I've learning that what a professional critic likes and what I like do not always match. I really enjoyed this movie. I admit that some of the satisfaction I got from viewing this movie came from the sight of the young male actor's attractive physique. At least it helped me understand the main character's temptation. I could imagine myself in her place. If only life was fair, I would be. If you're in the mood for light laughs, and a bit of poignancy, rather than the highs and lows of a dramatic roller coaster, this film will not disappoint
Output: POS
German with English subtitles version is better! . Of the two versions I saw, I preferred the German version with English subtitles.  Garbo's performance as well as that of the supporting cast was more inspired.  I will keep looking for that version before I buy
Output: POS
Much Ado about nothing . I personally started liking Tim Robbins from Shawshank Redemption & Sean Penn from Dead Man Walking and I believe these were the movies these guys should have recieved oscar for their outstanding roles.   Keeping than in mind and seeing lot of recommendations I saw Mystic River which the review said was the best as far as Clint Eastwood was concerned  Again he had adapted another movie, Bridges of Madison County, which in my personal opinion was much better adaptation of a novel.   The story line eventhough is good about three friends meeting again by fate and all the script is not that strong. I actually fell asleep in between.  Off the cast my personal belief is Kevin Bacon was really good. Sure Tim   Robbins plays a character of sexually abused child with lot of conviction but even that was potrayed better in Shawshank Redemption where he is abused by a few inmates.  And the end is kind of loose.   Give it a mis
Output: NEG
Too fast . I have always like Denise Austin, however; this was tape was way too fast for a beginner.  I thought it was for beginner and on up.  Denise went way to fast and she did not explain the poses at all.  I will not be using this tape.  I was disappointed because normally I love her videotapes and her.
Output: NEG
WEAK . If you want to waste two hours of your life watching a movie about the most implausible hooker in the universe, you are in luck.  Jane Fonda plays a call girl with a sensitive pimp and harmless businessmen for clients. She goes to a psychoanalyst on a regular basis to moan about her failed attempts to become an actress/model. All we see of her on the job is having sex with a few passive businessmen who meet up with her in high rise hotels and wait for Fonda to guide them through the act of sex.    Donald Sutherland stars as the world's mopiest detective investigating the disappearance of some offscreen character. Did I mention he is a man of few words?  Most of Sutherland's screen time is spent in mute staring and trying not to react to anything.  When he does say a few lines it is in a mumble that registers no emotion.  His investigation consists of going up to hookers and asking them if they would like to be interviewed by him.      99% of the movie is Sutherland and Fonda wandering around from one setting to another asking extras if they know something. Like a guided tour
Output: NEG
Absolutely the WORST WWII oriented movie ever made. . I had to type this review to hopefully prevent others from making the mistake of buying or watching this "movie."  To all the intellectually enlighted who gave it positive and glowing reviews, I can only say you must also like Yoko Ono music and abstract art.  This is not a war movie or a social commentary whatsoever, it's garbage.  I read the book years ago and thought the book was kinda' goofy, but the movie's off-the-chart bad.  If you want to watch a kid have sex with ladies, watch people vomit, watch the seemingly constant need to urinate in glorious color just about everywhere every five minutes, and listen to a kid scream a lot for no apparent reason, then get his father killed, also seemingly for no good reason, this is your movie.  Oh, and let's not forget the decapitated horse head filled with eels - man, coulda' lived without that image all day.  Overall, WORST MOVIE EVER MADE DEALING WITH THE THIRD REICH.  If you want an excellent older German anti-war movie which actually makes sense, buy "THE BRIDGE", which I cannot believe has not been remade by a major studio yet.
Output: NEG
Powerful Performances . What stands out most in Mike Nichols' production of Angels in America in the performaces. Al Pacino takes the cake in this respect in his usual fiery intelligent way. No one else really talked about Belize played by Jeffrey Wright whose going between three principal characters requires a great deal of role changes as well as skill (not to mention his amusing depiction of Mr. Lies). Watch his description of Heaven to Al Pacino's character very carefully, the calculated intelligence mixed with loathing spite. I think Justin Kirk goes a little too over the top at times but his scenes with Meryl Streep are great to watch. The production only falls short with Mary Louise Parker's character. She reads her lines indifferently and is altogether annoying. I wanted a little more passion and bite from her. Another disappointment is the sort of forced ending. Each character is forced to talk directly to the camera and it gets a bit too preachy and self concious of a movie/play. But the fully realized characters are what you should come to see
Output: POS
Terrible-don't waste your money . This supposed 'language lab' is VERY poorly designed. The dvd consists of images of items with a nursery rhyme or poem being recited in another language. The amazing thing is that the item shown has no relation to the words being spoken! It might as well be completely random sounds, since anyone who has studied child language acquisition knows that babies learn from making observations of language used in context. While I understand that supposedly this DVD is only intended to 'stimulate' the brain, by six months, a baby's brain has developed specifically to hone in on the sounds presented in his own native language, and to selectively ignore others. The brain continues to prune and forge neural networks in response to sounds from the language spoken in the home, thus the idea that random speech sounds are somehow beneficially stiumlating is invalid. A baby's brain becomes stimulated by the sounds that appear repeatedly in his own language. Habituation and imaging studies have shown this time and time again. Imagine if the baby's brain gave equal attention to any sound--the brain would waste valuable time and resources on information that would not be useful in learning to communicate with his caretakers. We acquire langauge so rapidly because the brain is selective.     Babies depend heavily on repitition, adult modeling, observing cause and effect, and from watching other people's behaviors to learn language. The idea that your child with learn anything from just hearing forgien language sounds out of context is very silly. If you want your child to learn language sounds and words from a language not spoken in the home, try exposing him to another language speaker on a routine basis, or show him programs like Dora or Sesame Street, where there is lots of explicit context to help a baby infer meaning, clear annunciation, and repition.
Output: NEG
All Tomorrows Parties. . Very interesting documentary of the &quot;Father Of Pop Art&quot;, a title which some dispute. But, as shy as he was, he was surely it's most visible and successful creator, who was as well known for his social life of the fabulous 1970's and '80's New York, as for his art. I don't know how interesting this film would be to non-Warhol fans, other than a one - look history lesson. But, to me,  a bored dreamer in upstate New York in the 1970's and '80's, Andy Warhol represented all that was glittering, creative, and exciting, and this film brought back a now gone time. His life did seem like a non-stop 24 hour creative/ social frenzy, but there was much more to him than that. The sickly, ugly duckling who was at the  &quot; beautiful peoples &quot; epi-center, if Andy wasn't there, it just wasn't an event...  it's all here in this film. The underground movies, the  &quot;Superstars&quot;, the Campbell soup cans, The Factory, his 1968 shooting, Studio 54,... He had many detractors,(envy does that), and many accused him of turning art into crass commercialism, but this film also talks about the good son and brother, and the generous mentor to young, then on- the- rise artists like Keith Haring and Jean Michele Basquiat. And the man who attended mass every Sunday, and spent almost all holidays feeding the homeless at Church Of The Heavenly Rest, something he told few about. He died much too young, and unnecessarily, leaving an estate of multi-millions, and the auction of his beloved, hoarded belongings, held by Sothebys, was the media event of the year, bringing in an incredible twenty-six million dollars. For someone who's been accused of being a charlatan, talentless, manipulator..., he was incredibly successful, and according to many, the New York City nightlife and culture  was never the same. Whatever he was, the little nobody who started out with none of the things that make one popular, became one of the twentieth centuries most well known artists and figures. This film is an informative visit to anyone who wants to know his phenomenon, anyone who wants to relive it, or if you just want to get to better know of the unique, talented man, who was no better nor worse than any of us
Output: POS
Dumb . Are you kidding me - 4 stars????? This tells me that the rest of America - all youz guys - are getting real dumb.  You should be ashamed to rate this bomb a 4 star movie.  How annoying was the lead actress?  The jerky filming, avante garde, not.  Dumb plot - not much better than it was all just a dream.    Don't rent it!  Scrap it.  I hated it
Output: NEG
Why did I buy this trash? . Poltegeist is the worst DVD set that I ever purchased. The plots are the most ridiculous and amateurish that I have ever encountered. Characters have no clear delineation, they hover over any terrain that the writers hoist on them. Contradictions and sheer lunacy are admitted into the script if the story demands it. Characters who are sceptical one minute, suddenly swing wildly into occult belief full of knowledge of mystical arcana. The actors try to make this schmaltz work, however, at times their faces, confused at the blatant absurdity of the script, collapse into pseudo profound baffoonery. Ludicrous coincidences dominate the plot to such an extent that you cannot even expel didainful laughter. This show is not even a "turkey" because the sheer stupidity of the script elicits revulsion of such a sharp quality that you can only dream of smashing the DVD's with a hammer to eleviate the loathing that overwhelms your mind while wasting your life watching this dross. This show is so awful, I couldn't give it away as a present for the justified fear that the recipient would promptly end our dear friendship due to the insult of unloading this manure to their dwelling. Ugh! Avoid this show like the pox.
Output: NEG
Ridiculous and lame! . "Cursed" is the most pathetic werewolf movie I've seen since "An American Werewolf in Paris".  The acting is terrible, directing is poor (Shame on you Mr. Craven) and the storyline is largely uncompelling.  The werewolves look ridiculous and the whole movie really comes off as a total joke to a sophisticated adult horror movie audience.  This movie seems to cater to the teens and early 20s people who might think something like this is "cool", but if you're looking for a scary movie, don't look for "Cursed".  Well, at least it's not as bad as "An American Werewolf in Paris", but that sure as hell isn't saying much.
Output: NEG
disappointed . We do not think this video is worth purchasing.  After receiving it and viewing it we were disappointed in its storyline and also the quality of the tape itself. I didn't think I would find a Tom Selleck movie I wouldn't want to watch but this is the one
Output: NEG
The Bonzo's in all their Absurd Magnificence . I gave this video five stars because it is the only thing I've seen yet that has actual moving pictures of the Bonzo Dog Band.  Being that they weren't on TV in the US at all during the 60's, it is quite amazing to be able to see them here in all their original glory. I was completely open mouthed amazed with all of them. Vivian of course was a major howl, but the rest of the lads were right up there with him.  Roger Ruskin Spear in particular was a major scream.  Rodney Slater was a real oddity as well and Legs Larry was hilarious.  So was Neil.  It was just so amazingly great to come upon this.  Like coming upon a time capsule.  There is quite a bit of the Bonzos throughout these shows.  Unfortunately, most of it is not done live, however it is fascinating to hear a lot of their songs in developmental stages. There is almost an hour and a half of Bonzo material on these disks. There are no chapter stops except for the beginning of each show.  There is no copy guard either, so it is possible to assemble all the Bonzo clips on your own disc. This is what I did using a hard disc DVD recorder.  It all worked out beautifully and made the purchase of these DVD's very much worth it.  As for the comedy bits with all the others on the show, well, there are a few things but it really is truly amazing how much improved things got when the Pythons became the Pythons.  I bought this for the Bonzos and it did not disappoint
Output: POS
KANE Lives!!! . What a surprise, this new version of C&C Tiberian Wars, is fantastic. The story is great, I've seen some complain about the story in thier reviews, but perhaps they should re-watch the "action scenes" (A new option in this version)when I did this I caught things I missed before, making alot more sense afterwards.  The graphics are great at full levels, but if you have an older computer there is an option screen to adjust to any option you need to make it playable or experience the best graphics, this also includes audio etc.  The "cast" of the live action characters, are great, well known and big new stars!(Billy-Dee williams/Michael Ironside/etc etc)  I recommend, this game for all veteran Tiberium fans, and any new fans that like RTS games, buy this--C&C started it all. I wasnt sure if the game would be as good as the past C&C Tiberian games, with EA in control now, but they really did pull it off with flying colors.     I have yet to play multiplayer--and have heard that a small number of people are having problems with multiplayer--but I have heard that the multiplayer problems will be fixed soon, so I'm keeping busy playing both campaigns (GDI and NOD) and hopefully the patches will be out by the time I finish
Output: POS
A Must Have!! . We LOVE this whole series of DVD's.  Our 13 month-old son never watches TV at home, but on long car trips, these are life savers!  The music is beautiful and soothing and the images are great.  He loves the "real" pictures of children, animals, and nature scenes.  We received the "God of Wonders" as a gift, and have since purchased the other two.  These are a great alternative to the Einstein videos if you want Christian music along with the videos
Output: POS
EXCELLENT BEGINNER VIDEO AND MUCH MORE . I found this to be a valuable collection for my dance library. The first segment teaches what many instructors fail to teach- orientation and smooth transitions early, this video will guide you easily. Transitions from left to right are created by  teaching the pivoting of the foot almost magically, creating smooth and graceful dancing, no more boring dancer, learn to dance for all your audience, not just those facing you! The cross step with use of the arms over the head and framing the head,taxsim which is much overlooked, hip pushes, beautiful traveling hip circles,undulations.The second segment teaches a funtastical drum solo,easy to learn. It is easy to add to this choreography and make it more challenging.There is so much in this video,  learn to flow gracefully or bump to the beat of the drum, let beautiful Neon guide you into a spellbinding journey of this mystical dance. Overall, I totally enjoyed the quality of this video and the only improvements I would make would be the backdrop or setting which needed color. Learning from a video is easier in my opinion if the instructor faces a mirror or works at an angle and the student follows along. Overall those are minor compared to all that is offered
Output: POS
I've seen so far the first three episodes . I love the X-files, I was in my Grad school at the time it came out so I missed the first three- four years. This was a great way to see them all. I'm a Si-Fi kinda guy so this was easy to buy. I hated when it got cancelled. It's great to see the beginning and to now understand what's going on and the history behind Foxes obsession. The products I recieved are great and nice to know I can recieved them with an APO address. thank
Output: POS
Really, truly, awful . In the film commentary, Director Robert Altman said he thought a really good film should leave people saying, 'I don't know what it was about but I really liked it.' (That's a paraphrase). And I think that's the key to why this film is so bad: The director didn't know what it was about.      The weird, atonal score by Gerald Busby was an annoyance throughout, often drowning out the dialog. It's the kind of creepy music that comes in most horror movies just before the space aliens are going to appear, or in a psychological thriller, just as the nutcase is transforming into a psycho. Only in this film, the creepy music played on and on. That was it. No nuances, no alteration, no variance, no imagination. Just the same creepy atonal 'psycho' music all the time.     Duvall and Spacek did a good job but the writing and directing were abysmal. Lots of shots where the camera stays on the actor for a loooong time, and dream-like sequences, conveying... mystery? suspense? drama what? Ah..I got it, they convey CONFUSION! That's it! The writer/director was confused!    A waste of talent, and a waste of my time watching it. It is one of those films I watched thinking it HAD to get better. It didn't.
Output: NEG
For die hard Kutcher fans only. . The movie starts off very slowly, with childhood episodes from Ashton Kutcher's character.  It's at least 1/2 an hour before we see the adult Kutcher, although he does appear at the very beginning for a brief scene.  The premise is good, and it has some good momentum in the middle, which is why I gave it two stars.  The shifting situations of his life and the lives of his friends are interesting and well done, but the overall story line is very weak, and the ending is dreadful and not supported by most of the rest of the story.  Also, the movie has too many tongue-in-cheek references to Kutcher's real life circumstances -- such as the reference to "tighty-whities."  They distract from the story, and make the movie more of a vanity vehicle -- which is too bad -- If you are not a Kutcher convert and are just looking for a movie, skip this one
Output: NEG
Not great . I wanted to see a romantic and touching movie.  This movie is contrived. The character that Reeve plays acts like a star-struck groupie.  Personally, I don't find his behavior to be romantic.  He seems like he is just like a groupie that is really excited that this actress is interested in him.  This is not romantic to most women nowadays.  He is not suave in the role he is playing.  It seems like a cheesy 70's contrived romance that does a bad job of it
Output: NEG
You can get lost in this Bio-Pic . You can immediately feel that you are a part of history and even when you know their (Frida Kahlo, Diego Rivera) story you still get surprised amused and amazed. I have seen their actual work and this film brings it back. For people that do not know their story this is an excellent introduction. I found it interesting how Frida (Selma Hayek) and Diego (Alfred Molina) complimented each others personality so well from the beginning until where we leave them.     Also the films surrealistic qualities will remind you of "Water for chocolate".  Many times this enhances instead of distracting form the reality of the films port ate.  The colors being vibrant and even the music being vibrant fives a three dimensional quality to the film. I have only seen one other Julie Taymor directed film "Oedipus Rex" (1992) which also had this quality. Julie seems to know how to bring out thoughts that we do not know we have our selves and we see many things in a new way.    I started to buy the soundtrack but do not see Lila Downs on any of the tracks. And her singing was the soul of the movie.    Now it is time to read the Hayden Herrera (book) "Frida - A Biography of Frida Kahlo" to see how much is in this screen adaptation by Clancy Sigal.
Output: POS
BIBLE SERIES BOX SET . VERY SATISFIED. USUALLY BIBLE MOVIES ARE VERY POOR IN ACTING,ETC.    THESE WERE VERY WELL PRODUCED AND HAD SOME FAMILIAR ACTORS.  THE MOVIES SEEMED TO STAY WITH THE BIBLE
Output: POS
Poor Release of Movie . I found this movie very poor and totally a waste of my time.  It's plot needs to be rewritten and it does not contain a deeper meaning.  The ending was very disapointing and without proper conclusion. Denzel Washington did a great job playing the detective and John Goodman is a very good actor yet the other charaters did not do thier job and was poorly acted. My recommendation is to stay away from this movie and save your money. Buy somthing that has a good plot. D- is my ratin
Output: NEG
Roger Ebert WOULD love this movie. . Come on, folks - it's $7 for a reason.  I was so bored I almost cried.  Why didn't they take the money they wasted on a horrible film like this and go feed an African city for a day
Output: NEG
The Magic isn't There . This is a fantasy film about a family of witches in modern times. The Owens girls are hereditary witches, any man who loves one is doomed to an early death. There is a scene where a woman asks for a love potion, this requires the sacrifice of a dove. Two little girls watch. Years later they're grown up. One leaves to live with her boyfriend. But the curse returns and a boyfriend is run over by a truck (never stand in the middle of a road). We see scenes where the neighbor kids yell "witch", as if to symbolize something.    Sally goes when Jillian calls her; she has a problem with her boyfriend. But Sally uses a "magic potion" to eliminate the problem. Now Jillian wants to undo what was done. [The film began to lose me now, it wasn't funny.] The spell goes awry, they bury their mistake. Then there is a scene where the ladies are all giggles. Later an investigator comes around looking for Jimmy. [The story drags again.] More scenes follow; they are not funny or scary or even entertaining. But a scene in the attic will wake you even if you're snoozing! They call some friends over to cast a spell to drive a demon out of Jillian. It seems to work, even if they don't use the standard issue witches broom. There is a sort of happy ending.    Sandra and Nicole are good actresses, but they can't cast a spell to improve the script of one of the worst movies I've ever seen. "Bell, Book, and Candle" is a funnier film, "Blair Witch" is a scarier film. This falls between the cracks.
Output: NEG
HORRIBLE WASTE OF TALENT!!!! . Where should I start...Anthony Quinn was incoherent and difficult to understand...someone put him out of his misery and have him retire already....Stalone...well the name speaks for itself...Madeline ... why oh why did you get mixed up in this project??? Has your career come to an end??  Sylvester is obviously, finally off the steriods, because in this movie, he was so thin and drawn.  He hardly had any muscle mass.  It did not look like him...is he wearing a wig in this movie?  One time box-office attractions got together and made this movie. WHY WHY WHY??? I want my money back, I want my 90 minutes of my life back.  G A R B A G E and jokes were very corny.  Stallone looked like he was sleeping half the time
Output: NEG
simply excellent  movie . This is my favorite movie. I like it all: screenplay, director, actors, etc. Believe it brilliant
Output: POS
Mostly uneventful and somewhat pretentious . I like Glenn Gould.  I didn't care for this movie however.  1)  The actor does not look like Glenn at all in my opinion, which I find distracting.  2)  Its very disjointed, and a lot of the components offer very little insight about Glenn or his life.  One scene was Glenn simply going into a restaurant and listening to other people's conversations.  Big deal, this is not interesting.  I know this was supposed to offer a subtle insight into his personality, but it's boring and it comes across as pretentious filmmaking.  Another example; Glenn is listening to a record with a cleaning lady.  Thats it. Why is this interesting?  Someone could film my uncle in Wal Mart, but would you care?  Hey, look...My Uncle Carl is buying batteries.  Now he is putting his change in his pocket.   How utterly profound....    In my opinion, you will learn and understand more about Glenn Gould by listening to his music than watching this lackluster, uneventful movie
Output: NEG
Thunderball Strikes Big! . SPECTRE is back, and 007 has got'em.  This time SPECTRE plots to steal two atomic bombs and hold the world for ransom (a situation still very real for the world today).  A bit underrated by some James Bond movie fans, but I think it just gets better with age.  Sean Connery's personal favorite!  Still has the right stuff as James Bond.  Has by far the best looking bevy of Bond girls ever to grace the silver screen!  Claudine Auger, is my Bond Dream Girl as good-girl Domino.  Lucianna Paluzzi, lusciously evil as the first true Bond femme-fatale!  Adolpho Celi, a scary and most formidable opponent. Awesome production values, classic witicisms ("I think he got the point"), spectacular underwater action, and another classic John Barry score make this Bond effort a total splash!  ****1/2 out of *****
Output: POS
What a great Compilation . Bruce Dickinson is one of the greatest performers of our time.  Not only is he fronting one of the greatest metal bands (Iron Maiden, in case anybody didn't know), but he is also an accomplished solo artist, as well as a master fencer and airline pilot.  Bruce can do it all and he is'nt slowing down!  Anthology is a must have for Bruce completists.  As far as I can tell, everything is here.  3 concerts, videos and interviews all on 3 DVDs.  Most of this stuff I've not seen before or it has been a long time since I have seen it.  Such as the shows.  Most of the videos I have not seen.  MTV does not play the good stuff and niether does anyone else, so if you have'nt seen the videos, this set is for you.  Bruce conveys an intelligence that a lot of metal performers don't exhibit.  He stands above the rest and is certainly an individual muscian that is'nt afraid to try new things. If you're into Maiden and Bruce's solo stuff, you will like this set. Also, Roy Z., Dickinson's producer and guitarist is phenominal.  Adrian Smith is always a joy to watch and all of Bruce's different solo bands spout great musicians.  Bruce is a god
Output: POS
FABULOUS!!! . Is there a better Hollywood musical? I don't think so! Julie Andrews is phenomenal!
Output: POS
MacGyver on stupid pills . As mentioned in another review, stolen scenes from Runaway Train. Not just clips, but entire scenes. Also the plane crash scene from Cliffhanger. Still worth $3 - $4 for a DVD just for the other action
Output: NEG
Worst of the films to die for . The worst of the set 'GraveDancers' there was not one likable character in this one I didn't care about any of them, I wanted all of them to die, and it contained overblown special effects that were stupid at the end. Big ghost head chasing in graveyard, wow that is dumb.
Output: NEG
Bette and Woody? . Bette Midler and Woody Allen together would make one think of a movie that is very funny and pleasing. Instead here we get one that has more romance and drama than comedy as Bette and Woody play a couple who is celebrating their wedding annivesary as their children have both left for school. They also discover that they have been cheating on one another. The movie gets boring rather fast as Bette and Woody are the only ones we get to see as there are very few supporting characters. I would have expected better from these two
Output: NEG
"The Fat Nothing" . Horrible movie, only worth watching if you are a Jayne Mansfield or Phyllis Diller fan. Movie looks like it was cheaply filmed and only uses about 4 scenes in entire movie. However, if you like cartoons, than you might like this movie. The singer Laurie Berger is the funniest when she sings and dances her solo. Save your money for a fast food burger.
Output: NEG