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how many minutes does it take to paint a poem in this film much too long br br it tells the story about the impact of a first love between two schoolboys br br the boys cant withhold touching each other and making love after a while one gets distracted by a brief encounter with a sensual guy in the disco and that raises doubt exploration fantasy longing lust and feelings of loosing grip on your love are themes that are all extensively painted with music closeups and silent scenes like telling a poem but it really takes too long annoying long shame the effort was promising

I LOVED this program and for years searched for it on video Ive contacted a great many folks in my attempts to get a copyto no availbr br I DO however have the second half of the program I would be willing to share MY half with anyone who can give me a copy of the FIRST half of this show Id offer to provide copies of what I have to anyone BUT its just only part of the programso its just not an adequate representation of the showbr br There are a few folks selling this on EBAY for some incredible cost and thats plainly not fairnot to mention blatant copyright violationsbr br Please send any correspondence to thndrmouseaolcom

As with most of Eleanor Powells films this one plays out along the flimsiest of plots For some reason oh it is explained shes selected to transport a magnetic mine to Cuba Good guys and bad guys compete for the mine and who is who gets confusing But as always Powells dancing is superb and worth the price of admission And in this one Lahr plays his cowardly lion evoking warm memories of that Technicolor film of 1939 A fringe benefit is hearing a young Frank with that wonderful voice and skinny vulnerability that he abandoned for his wiseguy persona later on In addition the great drummer Buddy Rich has a wonderful time displaying his virtuosity Watch particularly for his unique duet with Dorseys trumpet man Ziggy Elman I say unique perhaps in ignorance but I know of no other drumtrumpet sequence like this one on film or records This film is fun Even Skeltons goofy persona is relatively restrained Powell shows again that she is the greatest film dancer ever

When it comes to the erotic genre Im lucky to get through the first 20 minutes of the plot without getting up or looking for something else to watch This movie is different Julie Davis I love You Dont Touch Me directed two very strong lead actors Kira Reed and Doug Jeffery in this enthralling thriller Kira is convincing as Kim a sweet innocent romance novelist that gets caught in the web of seduction of Doug Jefferys The Man a handsome stranger Kira loses control of her inhibitions in the role and as actress giving what could have been simply another T and A depth and believability I believe it to be her best performance yet And Julie Davis direction is a great gift to erotica

Of course I have disappeared into the movies The Neil Young concert film Heart of Gold br br There have been many great concert films through the years The best being Martin Scorseses The Last Waltz which filmed the Bands last concert at Filmore West A phenomenal concert and a phenomenal film that is if you love rock and roll and felt as if you had been born into it and were part of the music and could be in the band if you had a better guitar and someone would show you the chords and that with a few chords and a lyric or two you could change the worldas you can guess I felt all five to the bottom of my twenty four year old soul br br Neil Young was in The Last Waltz They had to digitally before digital actually they had to manually scrape a big hanging cocaine rock that extruded from his nose so in the film theres a bright light that is not the star of Bethlehem dangling above his lip and below his nostrilits a famous bit of rock and roll history br br But The Last Waltz was made when the Band and Neil and everyone else was in their thirties and Heart of Gold was filmed last year when Neil is in his sixties and his band looks as if they are in their late nineties and the entire movie could visually be used by the Christian Right and the DEA in the same way that those Ohio State Patrol films of the perils of drunk driving were used when I was in high school showing dead teenagers hanging through front windows or dangling from trees or bloody in a ditch br br Close your eyes and it is a terrific concert open them and view Dorian Greys hidden portrait Case in point the once ethereally beautiful Emmylou Harris literally coming out of the darkness to sing with Neil and from dark to light appearing to be a ring wraith leapt full borne out of the river in front of Rivendale Ghastly ghostlike a nose that doesnt appear in nature and is not an advertisement for plastic surgery eyes that make buttons on dolls look lifelike and the ability to express any emotion human or not constrained by unrestrained over indulgence in Botox My mind reeledporcupinePeruJack Danielsliving hard for decadesmy godsweet Emmylou Harris who I saw sing for free at Freds in Boulder a face a 2000 year dead Pharoah would not accept But the voice as pure as a thick lipped bottle of Boulder beer brewed from the waters of Boulder Creek and I closed my eyes and smelled ammmmmbbbererrrrrrrrrgerrrrrrrssss an homageone must use homage at least once in any film reviewto Freds hamburgers on Boulder Mall and the Steve Martin Pink Panther movie br br It would have been a terrific concert sitting in the dark in Ryman Auditorium maybe twenty rows back But close up in close ups it was a medieval morality play depicting the horrors of indulgence and the consequences of a sinful life br br The concert theme emblazoned on the scenery A Prairie Windthe last song massed guitars I counted eight and I wondered if irony was at play I dont think so A Native American bass player a lead guitarist who looked and dressed like Buffalo Bill a piano player whose face looked like the screamers face in Munchs The Scream the chick singers actually matronly singers mostly reminding one of the lost youth of senior United flight attendants still plying the friendly skies dressed in matching full length distressed denim dressesno it was played straight br br None of them had seen I would bet A Mighty Wind br br It will be a great CD and would be glad to tell tales of hippy dippy Boulder when Neil was a long haired Canadian crooner whose indecipherable lyrics seemed to mirror heartache and loss feelings as universal then as now br br But only in a dark bar

I cannot say that Aag is the worst Bollywood film ever made because I havent seen every Bollywood film but my imagination tells me that it could well bebr br This film seems like an attempt at artistic suicide on behalf of the director and I for one be believe he has been successful in his mission No Alist actor outside of this film would risk sharing the same billing as him for all the humiliation this film is bound to carry with itbr br But lets not just blame the director here there is the cinematographer who looks like hes rehearsing for the amateur home movie maker of the year award There is the over dramatic score that hopes to carry you to the next scene The lighting man who must have been holding a cigarette in one hand and light bulb on pole in the other and hoping that the flame burning off the cigarette would add to that much needed light in every scene And of course the actors Some of them are by no means newcomers else all could be forgiven here The ensemble of actors in Aag were put together to promote a new beginning and dimension to the remake of Indias most loved movie of all time Sholay One must not forget that these actors were not forced in to this film they are Alist and willing participants to something that lets face it would surely have had high and eager public expectation So it begs the question Amitabh aside for now did the other actors really believe their performances even attempted to better the original Did Amitabh Bachchan read the script and believe that people would remember his dialogue in this farcical abomination of a film Dont be stupid of course he didnt this was a demonstration to the public of how much money talks hence can make actors walkbr br I truly hope everyone involved is satisfied with what is truly a vulgar attempt to remake a classic film which only succeeds in polluting everyones mind when they watch the original

I saw this movie in Blockbuster and thought it might be a good Sunday evening movie when there is nothing else to do So I bought it used 3 DVDs for 25 Although it was cheap my money would have been better spent on a nail to drive through my footbr br The film started out nicely Kinda Dark and mysterious I was always enthralled with vampire and samurai movies as a kid I thought the combo would be really cool The first fight scene was pretty cool I was excited for the rest of the movie Then the movie took a serious nose divebr br I understand that this was a big hit in the east I guess because of the twins I dont see it though This movie aside from the first 10 minutes was absolutely horrible So many movies in this genre have the potential to be great and blow it terribly This is just another casualtybr br Jacki Chans role in this film doesnt make any sense at all Whyyyyyyyy Complete silliness He probably made a few bucks off it thoughbr br The only cool thing in this movie are the swords they use Nice ideabr br I wouldnt recommend this movie to anyone

I just finished viewing this finely conceived and beautifully acteddirected movie It was nip and tuck as to whether I was going to waste my time viewing a movie on the Lifetime Movie Network because of the horribly distracting commercials Reading the earlier comments persuaded me to give it a shot After all the worst that could happen would be that I might fall asleep during one of the boring yet lengthy bug spray ads So why did I watch it mainly because when IMDB gives a movie a WEIGHTED AVERAGE OF 58 WHOS STATISTICAL AVERAGE was 73 It must be a sure hitbr br I was totally delighted to have taken the time to view this movie commercial pox and all Helen Hunt continues to amaze me with her ability to take on tough roles adapting her core persona to fit each rolebr br The portrait she painted in this film of the tough yet perceptively human police officer was beautifully executed When the scene calls for quick witted timely delivered verbal intercourse she can stand toe to toe with any actor Yet she is adept at the delivery of volumes of emotional response without uttering a word relying only on facial expression and body language Without the commercials which by design kill the continuity of any good film This would have been a real edgeoftheseat nailbiter I gave it a 90

This movie is pure guano Mom always said if you cant say anything nice but even Mom would say I had to do my part to warn others of this moviebr br I can guarantee this is the film that Geoffrey Rush wishes would just go away I would hope that Greg Kinnear fired his agentfrom a cannon for giving him the script After this Ben Stiller is probably praying for someone to pitch Theres Still Something About Mary I have always been a fan of Wes Studis thank whatever you hold holy that he wore a mask through the film so maybe people wont identify the film with himbr br It starts of promisingly with a stylistic spoof of the cinematography of the Batman films and then just loses somethinglike a coherent plot and half decent effectsbr br The jokes are telegraphed an hour before the punchline comes and even then they fall flat If you want to see an effective spoof of the comic book world see Chasing Amybr br RUN DONT WALK AWAY FROM MYSTERY MEN

This is an excellent but hard to find trippy World War I spy thriller in the inimitable 60s Italian style From the psychedelic graphics of the introductory credits and the great score by Ennio Morricone to the lesbian love scene with Capucine and the elaborately produced apocalyptic no mans land battle scenes with poison gas and German cavalry in full gas proof storm trooper gear this is a movie that should not be missed It is a film that captures the horrors and cruelty of war and the ruthlessness of the players on and off the battlefield Apart from the battle scenes some of the production and special effects are primitive apparently because the bulk of the budget for this movie was saved for the battle scenes but for lovers of 60s cinema it should not be an issue I first saw this movie on television many years ago and had the foresight to tape it on VHS I still have the tape and enjoy watching it again from time to time

OK so I am an original Wicker Man fan and I usually dont like British films remade by Americans so why oh why did I put myself through the most painful cinema experiences ever I am not a Nicolas Cage fan and I had some kind of moment of madness perhaps The film was appalling The bit at the beginning with the crashfire had no relevance to the film at all and the female cop knew where Edward was going so the bit at the end with the two girls visiting the mainland well it wouldnt have happened as the whole thing would have been investigated The history behind the wicker man wasnt really explored and I guess being set in America didnt really help the whole pagan theme This film was slow and contained no atmosphere or suspense I must say that the best bit was right at the end when Nicolas Cage goes up in flames I am in such desperate need to see the original again now in order to cleanse my disappointed soul I really cant stress how disappointing this film is please dont see it if youbr br A Dont like American remakes of British Films B Are a fan of the original C Hate Nicolas Cage

Why would Burt Lancaster allow himself to play a poor schnook who is ultimately undermined by femme fatale Anna Dundee played by Yvonne DeCarlo in Criss Cross The same reason why Robert Mitchum allows himself to be cast as another loser who falls for femme fatale Faith Domergue in the 1950 noir Where Danger Lives Perhaps they both felt it was a good way to show that they had range as actorsthat playing against type the usual toughguy role they were known for would enhance their image as actors who could play any role But the problem was that roles like Steve Thompson the pathetic lovesick milquetoast in Criss Cross did nothing to enhance Lancasters career Not only is Lancaster completely miscast in the onenote role of Thompson but theres something inherently unlikeable and may I say pathetic about the films protagonist in the first placebr br Criss Cross is an interminably slowmoving film Among the many unnecessary scenes in the film is at the beginning the flashback which chronicles Thompsons confrontation with Dan Duryeas Dundee at the nightclub Everything that occurs in that initial flashback is explained later in the picture the illicit affair between Steve and Anna Steves strained relationship with Martinez the cop and his bad blood with Dundee If Director Siodmark felt compelled to begin the film with a flashback why not keep it under three minutes I think it would have been more effectivebr br In Criss Cross it takes quite awhile before the protagonist commits himself and steps out of the ordinary world of Act One Thats the scene where hes passing by and runs into Anna at the nightclub And notice how Siodmak spends so much time cutting back and forth between Anna dancing and Steve staring at her In addition to the crosscutting he also spends a great deal of time focusing on Esy Morales and His Rhumba Band than moving the story alongbr br Up until the crisis of Act Two the story plods along with Thompson having various uneasy encounters with Anna and then drowning his sorrows at his usual watering hole At the midpoint of Act Two he learns that Anna has run off and gotten married to Dundee Its becoming more clear at this point that one of the films central weaknesses is that Dundee is never on screen throughout most of the second act There are no confrontations between Thompson and Dundee during this time and were left with the rather unexciting machinations between the two lovebirds As it turns out and Anna explains this later to Steve the reason why she left was not only because he disappeared for eight months but she also felt pressure from Steves mother as well direct threats from Martinez the cop who implied that he would see to it that she ended up in the Womens House of Detention Anna goes back to Steve because she realizes she made a big mistake with Dundeeit turns out that hes been beating her and shes now scared of himbr br One of the silly refrains uttered by more than one character in Criss Cross is that you can never hijack an armored car But everyone acts so surprised when Steve points out it can be done if its an inside job You would have thought that Dundee would have known about Steves profession as an armored car driver and propositioned him beforehand But of course Steve needs to make the proposal so that Dundee wont kill him after discovering his affair with Anna if theyre so afraid at getting caught why do Steve and Anna meet at his apartment where Dundee can so easily find them I really got a kick out of Finchley played by Alan Napier the brains of the operation Dundee is so dumb that he has to hire this alcoholic exprofessor type who plots out the heist on a map Oh there is the matter of procuring the ingredients to construct the gas bombs used during the robbery and of course Finchley is good at that toobr br The only really well done scene in the entire film is the armored car robbery The editing was quite good as it depicted the rising action of a heist gone bad As the gas bombs go off the brutality of the gang is shown in high relief when Dundee murders the innocent Armored Car Guardbr br The climax of the film is as drawn out as the rest of the film Why does it take so long for one of Dundees goons to kidnap Thompson Theres that nurse then the goon is waiting outside then he comes in and pretends that hes a friend Steve falls asleep and finally after he awakes the goon kidnaps himbr br When Steve finally meets up with Anna at the house we wonder how Anna got her hands on the cash Did she somehow steal it from Dundee after the heist when he went out to dinner Its never explained Even worse Anna suddenly becomes the evil femme fatale out of the blue Before her selfishness and attraction to Dundee can be explained by her perceived rejection at the hands of Steve and Martinezs threats But after going back to Steve because she fears Dundee she inexplicably turns on him when he is most vulnerable Just as there is instant coffee you have instant femme fatalebr br In Film NoirAn Encyclopedic Reference to the American Style by Silver and Ward the authors hail Criss by Cross as one of the most tragic and compelling of film noir I beg to differ In order to have tragedy you need characters that have great depth and in order to be compelling you need a story thats plausible Criss Cross has neither Its an overrated B Movie that somehow has found itself in the pantheon of art house noirs Once again the herd mentality has triumphed in evaluating the pictures of yesteryear

Two years passed and mostly everyone looks different some for good and some for worse I still enjoyed as much as I did the original thoughbr br Some flaws they had though like changing the Joker he now has no red lips and looks like more blackish hair and black pupils hes still voiced by Mark Hamill which is a plus I guess They made Poison Ivy more white hinting that she is becoming more like a plant and Catwomen looks much different and not as attractive as she was in the originalbr br Though costumes like Batman Batgirl Killer Croc and Scarecrow look badass especially Scarecrowbr br The show isnt as dark as the original because Batman doesnt work as alone as he used to Most of the time working with Batgirl and the new Robin Tim Drake While NightWingDick Grayson comes to the rescue often Batman gave up the yellow logo and with the black wing on his suit and seems like he got a bit bigger but still kicking tons of assbr br The show isnt as good as the original mostly because of some of the revamped characters but the stories are as exciting as ever and the dialogue is still elite Over the Edge might be one of the greatest Batman episodes ever so make sure you check that outbr br Overall 8910

Okay that was just brilliant I wish that the rest of Season 1 had been this strong It really needed more episodes like this br br The cast worked perfectly even though they were all nobodies back in the day Writing was fantastic and so was the editing Great job in all accounts br br The episode was thrilling suspenseful and just kept you guessing until the very end Which is what most MOTW episodes had tried but failed until now br br The first FIVE star episode for me Really good almost like a movie I didnt even remember it being this good I think its even better than the great horror movie called The Thing

This movie was directed by Victor Nunez who also wrote the screenplay Ulees Gold Nice and straightforward writing that was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award looking at Rubys day to day life What we see is a slice in the life of the young woman Ruby Ashley Judd Sisters won the Independent Spirit Award Best Female Lead for this role Ruby is starting to live on her own and establishing her own identity She explores jobs friendships boy friends sex a typical young adult search The movie won Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival As an independent film enthusiast I picked the movie because of Sundance I appreciate this type of movie because it does not carry the Hollywood baggagebr br Although the stories are completely different this reminded me of Nobodys Fool staring Paul Newman The later movie is a slice of the daily life of a common man I like that The story is very nicely told and all we had to do was sit and enjoy the story The only thing I am not sure about is the title I am sure that there are not that many bugs and flies in paradise as there are in Florida As I am allergic to mosquitos Florida is no paradise to me I itch all over thinking about Florida I turn into a complete red boil I recommend this movie Favorite scenes Ruby and her friend Rochelle Bridges played by Allison Dean walking at the beach of Panama City Florida Indeed the sand is very white I have been there Favorite Quotes Necessity has always been a good excuse All that fuss over finding a man is not at all different now who is going to be and when and whybr br

Its not really about wine No Nossiters real targets are those who would streamline and assimilate the peculiarities of local wine production for business purposes To this end he has made an excellent objective film Spirited bumptious emotional and flawed independent wine producers are juxtaposed with mediafinessed anodynesprech Amercians and auldEuropeans the art of winemaking against marketdriven laboratorised product manufacture Its an open show that doesnt lead conclusionbr br Nossiters film is occasionally infuriating to watch cameras are neither concealed nor steadicam by any means There are also plenty of captions as well as subtitles to wade through often too short a time on screenbr br However it does outdo Michael Moore at the game Moore cant play anyway The characters speak for and therefore condemn themselves Well worth a viewing 710

The Legend of Zu as I saw it was a very interesting story I think many of the people who didnt like it were not seeing the underlying mythology behind the film They were expecting something akin to Star Wars and it was not that Joseph Campbell I believe would have liked this film There were a number of metaphors and hidden meanings that an average viewer might have overlooked We all have a mountain of swords within us We all have to go into our own cave of blood sometime in our lives We all have to face our own insomnia someday Granted some of the narration was a bit confusing and some of the action got a little hokey at times but I think other points of the film easily made up for it Id watch it again br br I dont know if theres a difference between The Legend of Zu which I saw in Mandarin with English subtitles and Zu Warriors The dubbed USA version It might have been dumbed down for American audiences which really would have detracted from this film

This has to be one of my favourite flicks unlike the weak Elviras Haunted Hillsanyway I love the way the movie is a gothcom Wizard of Oz storybr br Elvira is a goth Dorothy who is stranded in an unfamiliar town after the death of a Good Witch elviras Aunt Morganashe inherits a Ruby ring which is extremely powerful and sought after by the Bad Warlock Her uncleShe befriends four Characters whom she inadvertently helps grow throughout the movie all the while with a dog in tow There is a show down with her uncle the wicked witch of the West where Elvira realises that she has the strength within her and ends up defeating him In the end she gets sent off by the towns folk after winning over their hearts and finally gets to her destination Las Vegas Dorothys home in Kansasbr br There are many references made to the wizard of oz throughout the movieshe and her uncle both quote lines relevant to their parallel characters Elvira Youe must be aunt Em and you must be uncle RemusTheres no place like home theres no place like home Bad uncle Vinny Ill get you my pretty and your little dog toobr br There is a sign that Elvira passes when first on her road trip which mentions the state of Kansasbr br But aside from this the fact that one of the sequences she ripped off umI mean was inspired by FlashDance is pure geniusand if you dont roll around laughing at her titty twirling at the end of her very 80s Las Vegas show then you havent got a camp bone in your bodyThis movie is a CultCamp Classic

I guess when Beat Street made a national appearance Flashdance came at the same time The problem with Flashdance is that there was only one break dancing scene and the rest was jazz dance and ballet That was one of the reasons why Beat Street was better The only movie that could rival Beat Street seems to be Footloose because both movies focused on how dance had been used by people to express their utmost feelingsbr br The breakdance scenes in Beat Street come just before the middle and at the end of the flick And I loved all of them Almost all of the break tricks were featured in the break jam scenes the jackhammer the flares the head spins the suicide sit the crazy legs the mortal the forward flip the figure fouralmost everythingbr br Like The Warriors Beat Street does have violence related to the gang life in the hip hop worldbut in a much less violent way than the former The only major fight scene in Beat Street was when graffiti artist Ramon which in the movie was abbreviated as Ramo is chased by a rival gang member on the New York City subway tracksfighting each other on the third rail and both dying by electrocution on that rail Well although that chase scene ended tragically it was better that they died that way than having blood exploding from a gang gunshotbr br Most of the gang stuff in the flick was graffiti related to the hiphop culture and rap music A lot of rap music appeared in the flick because hiphop members used rap music as a diversion to the negative aspects of gang life Even the theme song of the movie which closed the curtain to the flick was not just an homage to hiphop cultureit also was an homage to the death of Ramonbr br By the way during the dance scene called Tango Tango I guess the female drummer in the pit orchestra conducted by actress Rae Dawn Chong was Sheila E making a cameo appearance

This movie deserves more than a 1 But Im giving it a one because so many fricken fan boys have given it a 10 resulting in it getting a rating thatll take it into the top 100 list Seriously its not that great its not that bad Its a stupid cult classic with so many fricken fan boys its ridiculous These are the types who probably still laugh at Chuck Norris jokes and still say Im rick james btch No matter how old or annoying it gets I dread having to hear Im tired of MFn snakes on this MFn plane months from now from idiots trying to be funny Its crappy plot crap acting etc Its Okay to love a bad movie but you still gotta admit its a bad moviebr br Wait for the Marine starring John Cena if you wanna see a real movie

Another entry in the holiday horror category that fills the shelves of your local video store The spoiler wronged nerdy teen taking revenge on the cool kids who wronged him plot will of course be familiar to those whove watched it before And those whove seen it before will probably watch it again those who are expecting Ingmar Bergman and will subsequently become indignant about their wasted time should just skip it Marilyn Manson on the soundtrack and David Boreanaz Denise Richards and Katherine Heigl as eye candygo with the flow and enjoy it Oh and I loved the creepy mask

Cleopatra the delicious Monica Bellucci is challenged by Cesar Alain Chabat in order to prove that the Egyptians are better than the Romans she promises to build a fancy castle for Cesar in a period of three months without any delay She calls the onearm architect Numerobis Jamel Debbuzi and gives him two options to be covered by gold if he accomplishes his mission or become crocodile food if he fails Numerobis will ask for help to Panoramix Claude Rich Asterix Christian Clavier and Obelix Geraard Depardieu with Ideiafix This movie is very funny specially the parts where Obelix and the Pirates leaded by Red Beard participate However the screenwriter and the director should have noted that French is not an universal language as English is Therefore the jokes with words like in Austin Powers movies for example does not work well for people strange to French language French people and persons fluent in French language will certainly like these jokes but they do not make any sense for me that do not speak French My vote is seven

Victor Sjstrms Krkarlen plunges the viewer into lifes lower depths for much of its running time with grim scenes of alcoholic degradation family violence and suicidal despair but the most memorable passages involve the mythic image of Death itself Here Death is embodied as a ghostly horsedrawn carriage driven by a wretched sinner who was the last person to die on the previous New Years Eve For one year the wretch must collect the souls of the newly departed and after twelve months of this horrible servitude the drivers own soul is finally released when the last person to die on December 31st becomes the new driverbr br The scenes involving this carriage the film was known as The Phantom Carriage or The Phantom Chariot in Englishspeaking countries are eerie and mesmerizing utilizing doubleexposure cinematography that was quite sophisticated for its time and still effective when seen today Most strikingly the carriage travels to the floor of the ocean to collect the soul of a person who drowned As fascinating as these scenes are however the bulk of the film is concerned with the downward spiral of David Holm played by the director himself in an understated portrayal of a man who has given up on the possibility of living a decent life In flashbacks we see Holm enjoying a pleasant day at the beach with his wife children and brother and he appears to be a perfectly ordinary guy Abruptly without segue or explanation we then see Holm as an alcoholic wreck in trouble with the law and alienated from his family Ordinarily this leap from Before to After might feel like a storytelling deficiency but in this case the filmmakers trust us to fill in the familiar sordid details on our own Its suggested that Holm has been led astray by his convivial friend Georges the drinking companion who first relates the tale of the Phantom Carriage but whatever the cause of his downfall Holm appears to be a lost cause a meanspirited drunk who takes perverse pleasure in inflicting pain on his family and in refusing to reformbr br While David Holm is our central figure the storys true catalyst is a young Salvation Army nurse who takes a sympathetic interest in his case and doggedly believes in him despite his hateful behavior When the nurse herself is dying indirectly due to her ministrations on Holms behalf she demands to see him and thus inadvertently sets in motion a chain of events that will result in his recoverybr br At times this film resembles Dickens tale of Scrooge in its use of ghostly visitors who inspire a deeply flawed man to take stock of his life suffer over his misbehavior and reform I was also reminded of Sjstrms 1917 drama Terje Vigen in which a man returns from jail to find his house empty and his family gone a sequence echoed here The director also reiterates a standard theme of Scandinavian folklore found earlier in his BergEjvind och hans hustru aka The Outlaw and His Wife 1918 that no man can outrun his fate This time however it could be argued that David Holm actually succeeds in evading his seemingly inevitable fate for hes given an unexpected second chance to make amendsbr br Viewers expecting a plunge into the supernatural will appreciate the sequences featuring the Phantom Carriage of the title but may not be prepared for this films painful examination of a troubled mans alcoholic downfall But those with a taste for intense and powerful silent drama will appreciate Krkarlen in its entirety It stands with the best serious cinema of its era and is certainly one of Sjstrms most accomplished works

Yet again Madhur Bhandarkar takes you on a ride to the wild side And a remarkable one it is literally and figurativelybr br Mumbai hisociety stars and starlets glam dolls and witch doctors business tycoons and broker types yep the whole stinking lot are in sharp focus here In typical tabloid fashion their worlds unfold with every colorful story a clever subplot in itselfbr br A struggling starlet dumped by the producer after getting her pregnant the stewardess and her highprofile husband the pedophile businessman and his neurotic wife the reporters and the police captain all shades on display and countless hues in betweenbr br Bhandarkar does a swell job of digging up the dirt on the drama kings the dancing queens and the living dead Atul Kulkarni packs a punch as does Boman Irani and Sandhya Mrudul Konkona Sen Sharma is effective as the excrime beat reporter but she could have been dolled up a little in keeping with the job change and the party circuitbr br Highly focused running time 140 min and refreshingly different film well worth the money

Warning If the Coen Brothers or David Lynch define your taste in film disregard this review and move onbr br Yes I borrowed the one line summary from the book about President Ronald Reagan but among other virtues this movie emphasizes the role that character plays in the lives of honorable human beings This film is full of honest decent people and they have integrity to spare In a word they have characterbr br A small nitpick Unless you know the history of WW II you probably dont know that from Captain Correllis arrival on the island to the fall of Mussolini 3 and onehalf years have passed The average viewer might think the romance was of the whirlwind variety That is not so The romance develops slowly which gives it both dignity and meaning The films deliberate pace may be the directors way of marking timebr br Some reviews have criticized Cages Italian accent The Italianspeaking members of my family assure me that his accent is quite good br br The history was right on the mark Yes the Germans turned against their Italian allies who for the most part were reluctant allies from the start If you find that shocking keep in mind that the French Mediterranean fleet was blown up by the British in 1940 just after Frances capitulation lest it fall in the hands of the Vichy government or worse the Nazisbr br The depiction of the Italians as educated and cultured was a compliment to an educated and cultured civilizationbr br This film was beautifully photographed and its story was lyrical The script was not thoughtprovoking nor was it clever but here was a situation where confusion and cleverness were not needed nor would they have been appropriate br br The story is tender and the message is uplifting The characters are honest brave earnest sympathetic and likeable Its a nice little film 810br br br br

Its hard to say anything about a movie like this because there isnt enough words to give this magnificent stylish and unique film the veneration it unquestionably deserves They should make this the official and only true real Hamlet movie because all the previous films out of the same immortal spectacle are being overshadowed by Kenneth Branaghs Hamletbr br Its a perfect complete version of the play potent massive earthshaking firstclass masterpiece Shakespeare would have been proud of Theyve packed over a dozen of worldfamous top actors in the same film and everyone of them is having one of the greatest performances of their career Every moving and charming sequence leaves behind a comprehensive sense of satisfactionbr br The cameras embrace gracefully the enchanting coulisses Branagh is phenomenal in the leading role His sharp irresistible performance is the only one of its kind and will be permanently part of the glorious movie history Every second in this presentation is feast for the movie lover from beginning to the very end Branaghs version of Hamlet is among the ten best motion pictures ever

In a word excellent This is THE MOVIE Go and see it The director Ron Howard I mean The Director Ron Howard did a fantastic job as he usually does An incredible attention to detail vivid colors and decorations breathtaking Whoville atmosphere astonishing variety of costumes Wait theres more to it than that the story is very good too Theres clearly a message to be extracted from it by the thoughtful viewers Jim Carrey is topnotch He is probably the best Grinch possible The girl Taylor Momsen is real good Im sure she has some great future The dog is cool All in all its a very high quality Christmas fairytale If you like fairytales its for you If you like Christmas its for youbr br Reading some other reviews here Get a life It hurts me every time to see people out there who well got their hearts two sizes too small

This movie is based on the art of Frank Frazetta the mythical fantasy illustrator Some of the characters are straight out of his paintings the Death Dealer being the best example Surprisingly the animation manages to keep the feeling of the original art Bakshi is well known for his heavy use of rotoscope the technique of tracing a live action sequence and this film is no exception However since the subject of the movie is quite realistic all characters are humans this works pretty wellbr br But what I really like here is the plot for once we have a story with interesting characters and nice action sequences a really hideous villain and a gorgeous babe This movie has the feeling of the best Conan comics not surprisingly since Roy Thomas is the writer of the Marvel series of our favourite Cimmerian This is a far cry from the crappy live action Conan not to speak of all the Bmovie of the genrebr br Definitely recommended

This show is just annoying I feel sorry for the actors for having to attempt to be funny especially Bob Saget the laugh track tries to cover up the sad jokes and the Awwww track comes up at the most unnecessary times The overdramatic kids are no exception especially the Olsen twins Also this show is clich city If you were to look up the word clich it would read Full House Every story line has a life lesson to be learned at the end A sappy speech makes everything better and even has the ability to make the most bratty child have a sudden realization of goodness GASP too bad this couldnt be possible in real life I dont know how someone could watch this show without bad mouthing the behavior of the characters or the laugh track i find myself yelling at the TV saying THAT Isnt FUNNYSADCUTE If life were really like this the world would fall apart

This film is a load of crap Its quite disturbing to see that anyone is able to say that this is one of the best films of the year What can I say Bad acting bad action scenes which becomes really comical in the end Pardon me if this was a comedy then I didnt understand it If it was I regret laughing of the tent scenes Do yourself a favor go to bed instead of watching this Good night

I read many commits when it was in the theaters and they were all badI think you have to be a certain type of person to enjoy these movies If you are not a person that enjoyed the Waltons or Little HouseU will not understand nor enjoy these moviesbr br Now about Loves Abiding JoyI knew HE was bad news from the start of the movieI wish it would have shown more of the end instead of letting you just think it This movie has a lot to do with Jeffit is 6 years later so you know he will be interested in Girlsbr br I want to say that I have enjoyed all 4 movies so farWas not crazy about the booksCant wait until the next movie The way Clark talks will get you every time I would love to see January Jones do an appearanceMaybe a family reunion or something

I happened upon this by chance I was at my friends house and he had just started watching it so I sat down thinking we would shoot the breeze whilst this was playing in the background However within seconds I was immersed in this docudrama and we both spent the rest of the time completely focused on this and not saying a word to each other br br I never knew the tale of the the first solo around the world yacht race let alone the tragic events of one mans attempt against the odds which set out to be his redemption for all of his misfortunes in life but ultimately ends up becoming an example of them Having not known of the story I did watch this with the same fervor as I imagine those who were reading about the race at the time it actually was happening engulfed in what was taking place and eager for more information hoping the lone amateur was going to pull it off against the odds and beat the pros which makes the shocking twists of the story all the more tragic I felt like I was living the storybr br The story is told with great care and the interviewees have clearly had time to reflect on the tragedy which gives great insights but is also contrasted nicely by the archive footage of interviews at the time of the tragedy the recordings and photographs of the lone sailors is also excellently used and the insights into the minds of the sailors and how solitude was affecting them was superbbr br Im shocked that this story isnt more widely known or has been turned into a movie but also thankful Thankful that we have this dramadocumentary to tell the tale from those who knew the man instead of some wishywashy movie adaptation and thankful that I caught this gem of a film by pure chance br br Its a must see whether you like documentaries or not

I first saw this movie on MST3K And although I laughed my posterior off at the jokes I dont particularly think this movie was all that bad Sure it was a little hard to understand it is quite obviously low budget But it had a very Hitchcocklike plot and I can honestly say that when I viewed the nonMST3K version I was genuinely entertained This movie is crying out for a Hollywood remake

Is this a bad movie Dont take my word for it Consider the following press reports of people who tried to watch this movie br br While he was watching this movie the brain of Mr Harold Faber of Sandusky Ohio forcibly ejected itself from his skull at over 200 kph and preceded to squirm across the floor shrieking NOOOO NOOO NOOOObr br Mrs Louise Robbins of Enid Oklahoma a 69yearold retired homemaker committed ritual seppuko with a butter knife while watching this moviebr br Ms Janine Hosmer of Columbia South Carolina gave birth to a severely deformed baby while watching this movie although she had not been pregnantbr br While watching this movie together Mr and Mrs Lawrence Wells of San Franciso California spontaneously exploded with such force that Mr Wellss left tibia was later found embedded in the wall of a house in Marin Countybr br There have been many similar incidentsbr br Of those who did not suffers more serious effects such as those detailed above at least 75 became incurably violently and understandably insane after viewing this movie Of the remaining 25 most had already been insane before viewing the movie the remainder were either blind andor and deaf or in a persistent vegetative statebr br Im not saying dont rent it if you want to Im just reporting what was in the papers

This movie looked like a classic in the cheesy 80s slasher genre which is my favorite genre of them all so when I saw it was Free on Demand I had to watch it It stars Caroline Munro from both Dr Phibes films she was his wife that died Dracula AD 1972 The Golden Voyage of Sinbad Captain Kronos Vampire Hunter The Spy Who Loved Me Maniac and Facelessbr br Brought to you by the people behind Dont Open Til Christmas and Pieces Heres my thoughts on thisbr br It opens on April Fools Day where a bunch of kids play an elaborate prank on the school nerd promising him sex in the shower and giving him public humiliation and a face in the toilet all while hes naked The coach puts a stop to it but both parties swear revenge But the cool kids end up burning the nerd alivebr br Cut to the future and its th High School reunion or so they think bwahahha The only ones with invitations were the gang who burned the kid and its April Fools Day or really the day before April Fools but the fun starts at midnight yet they fail to see the coincidence and hang out in front of the school until nightfall Then they finally break into the school and it starts stormingbr br Inside they find fooddrink and a little shrine for each of them each of their lockers and belongings along with Martys the nerds locker and yearbook They also find the old black janitorcaretaker who spends his time saying Oooh yesser Yesser I dont want no trouble sir and then is killed instantly Pretty pointless character but hes still my favoritebr br The movie takes a page out of Aliens book in a deliciously gory way that you just have to see Thats when everyone realizes that theyre there to die and they start freaking out except for Shirley who decides it would be best to take a bath in the old school showers at a time like this Of course it pours out blood and acid and her face melts off very cool mind you The rest of the night goes as usual sex drugs and Marty killing everyone whilst wearing a jester mask Whats their plan All we have to do is stay awake and wait till noon Marty wont kill us during midday Seriously thats what he said Apparently you can only kill at nighttime But will they survive through the night Who will live and who will die And why are all the bodies disappearing Rent buy or steal this great movie to find out The movie is actually very good filled with clichs car wont start DAMMIT and just plain slasher fun Not to mention they all have names like Carol and Nany and Frank and Joe and Susan I recommend it to all of you And not to mention it has a Spin Off 1989s Cutting Class is a spinoff from this slasher gem and that movie starts the career of Brad Pitt and Roddy McDowellbr br Favorite scene 2 people having sex the guy wants to finish but the girl doesnt Talk dirty to me Frank she screams Uh tits DIRTIER Uh tits Fck tits Boobs Fck It seems to work for her and at her climax the killer electrocutes them both

I went to see this movie with my 17 yo daughter I insisted we go the matine showing not because Im a tightwad but just feeling I had In the NASCAR spirit this is a sponsers dream SO much blatant advertising it almost qualifies as an infomercial if it werent for the socalled acting Keeping with tradition the Herbie franchise continues with its cheesy story lines the car is only a vehicle no pun intendedfor this cornball of a motion picture Earlier Herbie installments although cheesy as well were produced during more serious times making them a little easier to digest Ms Lohan Disneys reigning drama queen has little acting ability I was surprised that Mr Keaton and Mr Dillon would get involved in such a project Only the snack bar was a bigger ripoff

I remember going to see the movie in the summer of 78 with my parents and being pretty into it at the time Of course I was seven at the timebr br Right before the Jackson movies came out my wife and I rented this movie since she had never seen it and I was feeling nostalgicbr br Ralph Bakshi ran out of money about midway through the animation process for this movie and was forced to drastically cut corners on this production Since this movie was done primarily with rotoscoping the animation technique for people on a budget this is saying something Much of this movie is animation only in the very loosest sense of the word There are some scenes which are very obviously just people standing in front of a screen with maybe some animation effects superimposed on top of thembr br Because of budget constraints the movie already a compression of The Fellowship of the Rings and part of The Two Towers was pared down even more What you get is sort of like a filmstrip version of the Cliff Notes of the booksbr br Its not all bad though the animation brings a warmth to it that I found lacking in the Jackson movies Its nice to imagine what it could have been like with decent fundingbr br This movie is also noteworthy for having the sequel which never came Several years later a halfhearted halfhour long TV special was aired which was meant to wrap things up All I will say about that is that it was a musical

This was a blind buy used DVD It totally killed a nice buzz I had going when I hit playbr br Its bubbleheaded comedy but its um squalid The plot is ZANY but the characters do things to each other that are so petty and disturbed and conveniently contrived I ultimately found it depressing to watchbr br Maybe the box lead me to expect something more than an uneven goofy caper film I know I know the quotes on the box the Academy Award nomination mean nothing

Im not sure what intrigues me about this movie so It is grainy poorly written bleached out often ridiculous and at many points mind numbingly dull the person I was watching it with fell asleep twice And yet there is something in this film that fascinates me though I am not sure what perhaps the character of Sam an enormous former patient who was lobotimized by the former head doctor and who is perpetually sucking on an ice pop or the marvelously played head doctor I forget her namebr br Anyway watch it and form youre own opinion it has one of the greatest endings I have seen in film

First Snow has an intriguing beginning A traveling salesman has his fortune told by an old man whos predictions turn out to be amazingly correct From this point on the movie plays out like a bloated Twilight Zone episode I mean nothing but car trips phone calls and paranoia William Fichtner gives his usual interesting performance but Guy Pierce is anything but a sympathetic character disregarding other peoples well being for the sake of his own paranoia The ending is especially weak with absolutely no payoff for the long suffering audience Do yourself a big favor and avoid this one Not recommended MERK

I was prepared for a bad movie and a bad movie it is so I guess I shouldnt complain Twentysomething Tom gay poster boy Robert Stadlober has so many issues he doesnt know if hes coming or going I wouldnt have stayed but for the pretty girls Serious Mavie Anna Brggemann nononsense Angie Emma Daubas Sarah Baumann as the star of the movie within the movie And then theres Toms soul mate wildeyed Margarete Jana Pallaske She reminds me of Batrice Dalle and Gina Gershon If youve got to remember these are fine memories She looks good even in the most ridiculous outfits and I mean ridiculous even by Berlin standards I wonder whether Id have liked this movie when I was the characters age My guess is I wouldnt Watch out for indie idols Oli Schulz and Max Schrder of Der Hund Marie performing as street musicians feeling no pain

One Night at McCools is one of those films that starts with an awful amount of promise but as the film goes on it becomes silly and loses its way big time Liv Tyler plays a manipulative woman who tries to get her own way by flaunting her body to every man she meets all of which fall under her spellThere are a few funny moments in this but they get fewer and fewer as the film deteriorates into a comedy farce Michael Douglas who plays the assassin is good as is Liv Tyler although she does look like she had put on a bit of weight since armaggedon This is ok but is only memorable for the scene in which Liv Tyler washes her car you will know what i mean when you see it fellas Shwing 7 out of 10 just

Oops I hired this because I thought it was Bitter harvest 1981 which was recommended After the appearance of the appalling Patsy Kensit I checked the recommendation and discovered my mistake OK Its watchable because the main characters are very sexy but the acting is awful Stephen Baldwin looks morose the whole time which is understandable considering his costar Is Patsy competing with Liz Hurley for the title of the most obviously useless actor on the screen

Another good animation from Disney Sequels are not always that great and tend to follow the same plot as the original However the son of Tramp tries to savor the world out side the home and family he knows and learns where he actually belongs Being a junkyard dog is not for everyone er dog that is but Scamp overcomes adversity The voices of the various characters were superb and provided by several well know actors such as Scott Wolf Alyssa Milano and Mickey Rooney Entertaining and a well made family movie

This is one of the funniest series ever I laughed till my sides split and rolled around on the floor If only someone would release in America Region 0 or 1 NonPAL please br br I know it being released in the UK but thats Region 2 and PAL besides Lets give this series its fair shake America must know this series Moffat is a genius I loved Tracie Bennetts quirky goofy role in this Of course I liked Fiona Gillies But Tracie was a treasurebr br Release this show in America or Show it again on the PBS stations I need to laugh and laugh again Please indulge us please Pleasebr br Thanks for reading

Saw this at the Hong Kong International Film Festival over three years ago I went in with no expectations since Christopher Nolan was a noname at the time but it sounded interesting and turned out to be one of the best things I saw at that festival It worked well on the big screen with the technique of cutting the scenes out of sequence adding to the mood MrNolan gave a good account of its making at the end enough to put anybody off starting out as a filmmaker I liked it better than Memento although this was perhaps due to the lower expectations And the fact that it was more of an art house movie

This movie should be number one on the bottom 100 The acting is so horrible that when my son and I watched it we nearly got physically ill And the story is worse I could go on and on about how bad it is but all I really wanted to do was add a warning to frankbobs review as I see no one else has gone to the trouble of doing so yet Dont waste your time money energy or anything else on this movie Thank goodness we saw it on TV so we didnt spend anything on it Had we I would have been forced to write the people responsible for this abomination and be forced to hurl an execration in their general direction In conclusion I would like to say that I have always enjoyed watching Carrie Fisher act But I am sad to say that she is not worth watching in this particular film Dont spoil your opinion of Carrie by viewing it

While not for everyone Crackerjack is a delight to watch with tongue planted firmly in cheek The likeable character of Jack Simpson played by Mick Molloy is scamming the local bowlo for free parking and making a couple of dollars on the side selling the parking space to work colleagues When the Bowling Club members need to raise some money to save their club they call upon Jack to join their bowling team and play competition bowlsbr br Filled with Aussie Charm the laconic wit of Mick Molloy is showing through he also cowrote the script reminding this viewer of his earlier work in Radio Perfect Aussie casting with Bill Hunter as Jacks bowling mentor Stan Coombes John Clarke of The Games fame as the ruthless businessman and rival bowls club owner Bernie Fowler with Samuel Johnson as Jacks flatmate Dave and Judith Lucy as the jaded Journalist Nancybr br Initially I figured only fans of Molloy would like this flick but judging by the number of the blue rinse set exiting the cinema chuckling this is a film for everyone

SPOILERS Looking for a little more excitement then seeing crocodiles being fed at the local game reserve sisters Grace and Pat Diana Glenn Maeve Dermody together with Graces boyfriend Adam Andy Rodoreda decide to take a trip upstream in the desolate and deserted of human habitation Australian Mangrove Swampsbr br With their swamp guide Jimmy Ben Oxenbuld at the helm of his motorized boat the four get upended by a giant saltwater crocodile who quickly grabs and drags a terrified Jimmy down to the bottom along with him Grace Pat Adam end up stranded on a tree in the swamp with Pat hanging on for dear life on the capsized boat The rest of the film has the hungry and determined crocodile play a cat and mouse or crock and human game with the trio that ends in a showdown at a mud bank just where the dead and dismembered body of jimmy finally came to its restbr br Both the director and actors in the film take full advantage of the swamp making it at times far more scary then the giant crocodile swimming in it We get to see the killer crocodile just about a half dozen times in the movie but everyone of them hits you and Jimmy Grace Pat Adam right in the gutbr br Alway there were kept in suspense by the giant reptile always doing his damage from beneath that comes so unexpectedly that it the crock attacks has far more effect when you dont see them coming then like in the last ten minutes of the movie when you do You wonder right from the start who in the end would survive the crocodile attacks and eventually live to tell about them The ending with the crocodile vrs human confrontation was about the weakest and most unrealistic part in the film br br The crocodile who was both so cagey and effective in the earlier scenes seemed to have punched or swam himself out not having either the strength or speed to grab with his deadly jaws and finish off the sole survivor of the expedition In fact the killer crock was so ineffective that even after he gabbed his victim or victims he just couldnt hold on to them This in the end turned out to be fatal on his partbr br A lot like Jaws the film Black Water has the killer crocodile like the great White Shark in Jaws more interested is killing his human prey then eating them With all the food available in the swamp and rivers that he inhabited the crocodile was only after the quartet Grace Pat Adam Jimmy for invading his watery domain that he felt was the grand ruler of And for daring to do that they were to pay with their lives

I really dont understand all these positive user reviews This movie is the worst movie Ive ever seen and Im not trying to be pessimisticbr br Eva Mendez is hot but terrible in this film But I dont think it is her own fault but the directors He have somehow managed to make everything look artificial their acting the idea the makeup everythingbr br The star Im giving is only for the idea behind the movie which was very bad executedbr br Dont watch this bullshit go watch a Fellini Woody Allen or some David Lynch

A very good story for a film which if done properly would be quite interesting but where the hell is the ending to this filmbr br In fact what is the point of itbr br The scenes zip through so quick that you felt you were not part of the film emotionally and the feeling of being detached from understanding the storylinebr br The performances of the cast are questionable if not believablebr br Did I miss the conclusion somewhere in the film I guess we have to wait for the sequelbr br

The major flaw in this Spanish slashershocker is within its script For the first half hour its an okay effort building some suspense and an atmosphere of fear and dread We even get some nice killings too Then it goes completely downhill and turns into a whole catalog of your basic slasher clichs I must admit that I was quite disappointed because the trailer promised so much more The final thirty minutes consists of some killings and a lot of running around in an abandoned convent It should have been so much better although the final scenes in the flooded room is quite okaybr br First of all we have the dialog Its awful most of the time there was quite a few giggles in the audience here and there when I saw it and merely adequate elsewhere It is also barely audible during a lot of scenes drowning under the pressure of sound effects and the soundtrack however that might not be such a bad thing after all considering the stupid lines we have to listen to There is one line in the whole movie that makes a reference to the I know what you did last summermovies indicating that the film makers wrote it all as one big joke but I doubt itbr br And the endingwell some will hate it others will dig it For me it was mostly a question of the former because the final twist comes from out of nowhere If the audience had been given some clues to the girls mental status I might have thought otherwise It also throws all logic out of the window because the murderer could never had been in place for some of the kills But as an avid horror fan I have learned to live with these inconsistencies in Spanish and Italian moviesbr br But all is not bad The movie has a big budget appearance mainly due to the excellent cinematography the scenes from past times really shines here tight editing and an atmospheric soundtrack Even though most of the actors are pretty bad Anita Briem is an exception making the most of what she has to work with Real screen presencebr br And like I mentioned before the killings are gory enough for the fans of such stuff and they are usually accompanied by very good special effects involving images of water but the water theme tends to get tiresome in the end thoughbr br So to end this review its a movie that is quite fun in a sobaditsgood kind of way and its also pleasing to the eye But dont expect too much because it doesnt deliver as you probably think it will judging from trailer and plot descriptions

This scifi adventure is not the best and by no means the worst I agree with the statement that bad scifi is comical Bizarre pink tinting and unusual special effects make this a favorite for the late late late show viewers Space explorers on the planet Mars fight off strange giant amoebalike monsters and other strange creatures Pretty coolbr br The cast includes Les Tremayne Naura Hayden Gerald Mohr and Jack Kruschen Get comfy and enjoy Dont feel bad if you nod off for a moment I agree with adding this to the list of cult classics to not miss

This working girls go to hell soap is a time capsule candidate courtesy of its immaculate physical production 50s costuming look at all those bows and pearls creamy Johnny Mathis theme song and ohso daring for its time sexual attitudes Rona Jaffes novel on which the film was based keeps on being republished and just a few years ago Vanity Fair actually devoted an article to this delectable bon bon of a movie Take a look at the new DVD transfer and youll know whybr br The three leads Hope Lange Diane Baker and Suzy Parker echo the girls from How to Marry A Millonaire or Carrie Bradshaw and her friends from Sex and the City Gentlewomen songsters off on a spree Their romantic adventures and sexual entanglements are the stuff of paperback passion empty caramel corn calories devoid of nutrition impossible to resist snacking on Lange is genuinely touching in her neoGrace Kelly way Baker is properly dim and idealistic as a timid virgin who gets gasp knocked up by a hiss cad It helps that the cad is played by Robert Evans the throaty voiced coke snorting film mogul who surely has lead many an innocent young lamb to the slaughter in his Beverly Hills bedroombr br Suzy Parker is fascinating in the first half of the film all blithe self assurance and knowing remarks She struts her stuff with the panache of the fashion icon she was in the 50s Alas shes not up to where the film sends her into madness and obsession But she exudes glamour and savior faire and her acting is at least adequate One wonders why the critics loathed her virtually driving her out of movies a few years later Perhaps an aloof attitude on the part of a good looking woman is just too much to bear It sank Ali McGraws career a generation later and when you think of it Ali McGraw and Suzy Parker were basically the same actressbr br The films only major flaw is a weak ending It pretty much collapses into a romantic swoon at the end rather than rising to a wham bang melodramatic finish like the other famous soap opera from producer Jerry Wald Peyton Place which had Lana Turner weeping and gnashing her teeth during a rape trial Here Hope Lange wanders out onto the New York sidewalk spots burly eternally hung over but now of course sober Stephen Boyd and they simply walk off togetherinto the sunset one presumes Otherwise this is pretty much the definition of a guilty pleasurebr br Oh Yestheres also Joan Crawford breathing fire at all the young girls and smoking cigarettes while she hisses to her married lover over the phone And the titles are done in hot pink with ribbon lettering that recalls the department store ads of the late 50s Dont miss

Strangler of the Swamp was made by low budget studio PRC and is certainly one of their best movies Ive seenbr br A man who was hanged for a murder he didnt commit returns as a ghost for revenge on the people who accused him He uses a rope to strangle his victims and after several deaths including the old man who operates the ferry across the swamp he disappears The old mans granddaughter takes over the ferry herself and also falls in love with one of the local men and they decide to get marriedbr br This movie has plenty of foggy atmospheres which makes it very creepy toobr br The cast includes Rosemary La Planche Blake Edwards and Charles Middleton Flash Gordon as the Stranglerbr br Strangler of the Swamp is a must for old horror fans like myself Excellentbr br Rating 3 and a half stars out of 5

Eisenstiens Potempkin Bronenosets Potyomkin is among the finest films ever made and possibly the best of the silent era Eisenstien was a pioneer of film form and his use of montage editing has influenced films to this day The Odessa Steps massacre footage is as powerful today as it was when first seen over 70 years ago DO NOT pass up the chance to see this film

First of all i must say i really enjoy watching this movie The way we follow the different people at the same time works perfectly and its one of those movies that really makes you thinkbr br Spoilerbr br The fact that the the girls who kills herself is the one you dont notice That fact made me wonder abit since thats why she commits Suicide in the movie The Director impressed me with that making a movie that shows the plot to the audience and also deliver the message that not a lot of people would have seen it coming Some people might start talking about why no one did anything to stop it before she did it but no one noticed her just like no one who watched the movie did either Dont know about you but i did not guess that it would be her who committed Suicide Did you br br Regards Jan

Unfortunately this is not as good as any of the other films that Jim Carrey producing and starring and Brian Grazer have worked on together but bits of it are definitely worth a look for laughs Basically Dick Harper Carrey thinks he is being promoted to a better job Thats until the company of Dynocorpe sinks and closes down Now Dick and his wife Jane Ta Leoni and their son of course are in trouble with money No matter what they try they cant raise the kind of money they really want So they start robbing a few places And then they decide to rob the guy that set Dick up his exboss Jack McAllister Alec Baldwin I think the most laughable bits are when Carreys in the elevator singing I Believe I Can Fly and the bit when he ties up someone in a robbery and is speaking with a voice changer he sounds like a crap robot Okay

I have to say that I know the documentaries of Mister rnek and so I knew that I will get a very well made piece of movie documentary I was not disappointed As a history nerd I did saw hundreds of documentary and liked the different approach of this workbr br The Director and his 17 Consultants historians Veteran families tried to access the reality of the gallipoli through the letters of solders from both sides So the history is followed by British Australian and Turkish soldiersbr br Narrated is this docu by Jeremy Irons and Sam Neill both boost the intensity and emotionality of this documentary by their great voicesbr br I saw this film in a cinema in italy in Dolby Surround I did buy the DVD last year and will wait again 37 years for the next work of this talented director and his very good documentariesbr br Summary Well made Intense History with emotions wrapped in a war documentary with great narrators

If you are 10 years old and never seen a movie before maybe this film may be entertainment for you but if youve seen several movies this one will be a silly fullycliched cheap and predictable for you Dont waste your time with this

If it is true that sadomasochism is a twosided coin which contains the whole in the diverse expression of its opposites then the cinematic portrait of Erika Kohut has its reality Professor Kohut treats her piano students with a kind of fascist sadism while longing for the same for herself Her outward expression projects her desire That is why she can hurt without guilt or remorsebr br Along comes talented charming handsome young Walter Klemmer Benoit Magimel who is attracted to her because of her passion and her intensity He wants to become her student so as to be close to her She rejects him out of hand but because of his talent the Vienna conservatory votes him in He falls in love with her Again she pushes him away but he will not take no for an answer and thereby begins his own descent into depravity and loss of selfrespectbr br The question the viewer might ask at this point is who is in control The sadist or the masochist Indeed who is the sadist and who the masochist It is hard to tell Is it the person who has just been greatly abused both psychologically and physically who is actually lying wounded on the floor in grotesque triumphant and fulfillment or is it the person who is rushing out the door sated giving the order that no one is to know what happenedbr br But Erika is not just a sadomasochistic freak She is a sex extreme freak She wants to experience the extremes of human sexuality while maintaining the facade of respectability Actually that isnt even true She says she doesnt care what others think She doesnt care if they walk in and find her bleeding on the floor because she is in love Love she calls it For her sex and love are one and the samebr br At one point Walter tells her that love isnt everything How ironic such a superfluity is to her How gratuitous the commentbr br The movie is beautifully cut and masterfully directed by Michael Haneke who spins the tale with expert camera work and carefully constructed sets in which the essence of the action is not just clear but exemplified as in the bathroom when Walter propels himself high above the top of the stall to find Erika within He also employs a fine positioning of the players so that they are always where they should be with well timed cuts from one angle to another This is particularly important in the scene in which Erika like a blooddrained corpse caught in stark white and black light lies under her lover rigid as stone Here for the most part we only see her face and the stark outline of her neck with its pulsating artery We dont need to see any morebr br The part of Erika Kohut is perfect for Isabelle Huppert who is not afraid of extremes indeed she excels in them I have seen her in a number of movies and what she does better than almost anyone is become the character body and soul Like the woman she plays in this movie she is unafraid of what others may think and cares little about her appearance in a decorative sense What matters to her is the performance and the challenge No part is too demanding No character too depraved Its as if Huppert wants to experience all of humanity and wants us to watch her as she does She is always fascinating and nearly flawless She is not merely a leading light of the French cinema she is one of the great actresses of our time who has put together an amazingly diverse body of workbr br I think it is highly instructive and affords us a wonderful and striking contrast to compare her performance here with her performance in The Lacemaker La Dentellire from 1977 when she was 22 years old There she was apple sweet in her red hair and freckles and her pretty face and her cute little figure playing Pomme a Parisian apprentice hairdresser Her character was shy about sex and modestjust an ordinary French girl who hoped one day to be a beautician Here she is a selfdestructive witch bitter with hateful knowledge of herself shameless and entirely depravedbr br Huppert is fortunate in being an actress in France where there are parts like this for women past the age of starlets Hollywood could never make a movie like this In the American cinema only a handful of the very best and hardest working actresses can hope to have a career after the age of about thirty Huppert greatly increases her exposure because of her ability and range but also because she is willing to play unsympathetic roles here and also in La Crmonie 1995 in which she plays a vile spiteful murderessbr br Do see this for Isabelle Huppert You wont forget her or the character she brings to life

A mediocre at best horror flick that deals with dumb not so horny teens who discover an evil video game GASP is killing those who die in the game DOUBLE GASP This movie is the sustained mystery of the Mystery Gang in Scooby Doo I was waiting for them to pull off a mask of one of the villains I could deal with this for 40 minutes even as a movie on scifi but going all the way to the theaters come on people The effects were very mediocre this whole scenario is something of crummy twobut director Uwe Boll since this would be his cast As always the great thing about video game systems is the glorious power button Id suggest using that midviewing 12

If you are having a bad dayor bad week If you are looking for a film that will make you laugh and forget about your troubles I dont think Role Models is that movie for youbr br The film centers around DannyPaul Rudd and WheelerSeann William Scott Two juice promoters who go to schools promoting the product telling kids to stay off drugs and more juice But Danny is having the worst week ever and crashes his company car with Wheeler in the seat next to him His soon to be ex girlfriend BethElizabeth Banks who is a lawyer manages to avoid getting them jail time by doing hours of community service volunteering at a big brother place called Sturdy Wings led by GayleJane Lynch Wheeler is assigned to RonnieBobbe J Thompson who is 10 years old and has a foul mouth like hes Chris Rock Danny is assigned to AugieMcLovins Christopher MintzPlasse who likes to dress like a knight and fight like he is in medieval times But will this be good for Danny and Wheeler or will they be better off in jailbr br Okay Im not gonna beat around the bush this movie was very unpleasant in many ways Namely the Ronnie character hearing those bad words coming out of a kid that young was very shocking If he was a little bit older it would not have materd as much I mean what where his parents thinking when they signd him on to this Elizabeth Banks character is so unwatchable maybe I was supposed to feel bad for her character but I felt nothing because she is annoyingly predictably portrayed as a female who would be played in these types of comedies And Jane Lynch whos the worst of the worst She delivers the most overacting performance ever Playing a former drug addict who acts like she still is on drugs Listening to her give all that annoying dialog made me want to throw my head up against the wall Seann William Scott once again playing another Stifler like character he should really try to separate himself and this film wont do it And the more Scott tries to hard to be funny is what keeps him from being funnybr br Now Paul Rudd on the other hand Im gonna separate from the others in the film cause he manages to deliver a solid performance although he does not get higher laughs but he is the most interesting character from the rest Cause Rudd does not overact and does not try so hard The scenes with him and MintzPlasse are watchable But the rest of the film is so stupid it picks up at times But it becomes so predictable and uninteresting It is a reminder that these types of comedies try nothing new there all the same they take no chances Role Models is an example of that

Saw this movie when it came out in 1959 left a lasting impression Great group of actors A little short timewise but a great movie all the same Have only seen once since then and that was some time ago Hopefully theyll put it out on DVD if they havent already

With the amount of actors they have working on the project they have a wide variety of cast Nice starship CGI in places BUT their green screen needs some work Anyone heard of Adobe After Effects 7 they should buy it get their keying betterbr br Stories are well thought out plenty of trek elements in this to keep it in the right context BUT BUT the idea of two guys kissing makes me wind forward the episode Im not homophobic but i cant help that i dont find men kissing entertaining dont mind women Anyway For a fan series this is good stuff With minor improvement in their green screen brush up acting and some guidance ratings this series is stunning Anyway i recommend this series to who ever enjoyed TNG and DS9

I used to watch this show when I was a little girl Although I dont remember much about it I must say that it was a pretty good show Also I dont think Ive seen every episode However if you ask me it was still a good show I vaguely remember the theme song Everyone was ideally cast the costume design was great The performances were topgrade too I just hope some network brings this series back one day so that Ill be able to see every episode Before I wrap this up Id like to say that Ill always remember this show in my memory forever even though I dont think Ive seen every episode Now in conclusion when and if this show is ever brought back on the air I hope that you catch it one day before it goes off the air for good

One word for it Hilarious I havent watched at movie like this in a long time At points in the movie I totally forgot it was a movie I just felt like I was back watching Viva La Bam or even watching say my own friend going through something like this It was realistic and I liked how Bam Ryan Raab Rake and Brandon and the rest of the guys didnt try to hard too actually act They to me were just acting like their famous idiot selves There were a few scenes that I adored more than others like Raab in the shower holy I laughed so hard He honestly was probably my favourite character besides Bams He really in my opinion made the movie just a bit more hilarious Its basically a must see for any fans of the CKY crew]

There is only one thing essential to thorough appreciation of The Indian Runner Unzip your trousers Peek inside Is there evidence of a Y chromosome Okay youll dobr br This film has all the male requisites blood guns car chases fond women death multiple tattoos cigarettes liquor violence pyrotechnics what have I left out oh yeah blowtorchesbr br As a woman I seriously hope Sean Penn regards this as a `when I was a child kind of effort Since he both wrote and directed the thing hes nearly solely responsible An uneven cast Viggo Mortensen as usual demonstrating brilliantly how the jobs supposed to be done tries to save Penn Too late The lines and action are there Even devoted skilled acting cant change thosebr br I found this movie puerile and silly as well as predictable The dialogue staggers along Sandy Dennis has my respect for trying to breathe life into a woodenly maternal monologue without motherly authenticity Then she dies After a bit so does the protagonists father played by Charles Bronson Their absence is hardly noticeablebr br At intervals the pyrotechnics etc noted above appear to liven things up and scare the audience into thinking something significant is occurringbr br If youre male and under 25 you may adore this film Plan to return to it at 35 Think youll still like itbr br I dont think so

The monster will look very familiar to you So will the rest of the film if youve seen a halfdozen of these teenagerstrappedinthewoods movies Okay so theyre not teenagers this time but they may as well be Three couples decide it might be a good idea to check out a nearlyabandoned ghost town in hopes of finding the gold that people were killed over a scant centuryandahalf before Youd think that with a title like Miners Massacre some interesting things might happen They dont In fact only about 110 of the film actually takes place in the mine I had envisioned teams of terrified miners scampering for their lives in the cavernous confines of their workplace praying that Black Lung Disease would get them before The Grim Reaper exacted his grisly revenge but instead I got terrestrial twentysomethings fornicatingand in one case defecatingin the woods a gang of morons with a collective IQ that would have difficulty pulling a plastic ring out of a box of Cracker Jacks much less a buried treasure from an abandoned mine No suspense no scares and plenty of embarrassing performances give this turkey a 3 for nudity

I like many people saw this film in the theatre when it first came out in 97 It was a below average film at best defiantly not the masterpiece that all these Titanic fanboys like to make it out as First off DiCaprio is a terrible actor no matter which way you look at it People just like him because of his looks His acting skills essentially consist of saying a lot of cheesy lines and trying to act sexy Second the film itself had a rather boring and simple plot girl falls in love with guy ship theyre on sinks lots of crappy love scenes thereafter Anyone with an IQ above 50 will realize this isnt ingenious in any way whatsoever Nor is it original Plus the director felt the need to drag it out for 3 hours I could compress it into a 1 hour block without losing any of the plot In conclusion Titanic is the most overrated movie to date Why it got so much attention and money is beyond me

I agree with everything people said on this one but I must add that the soundtrack is probably the WORST one I have ever heard my entire life There are actual vocals during times when you are supposed to be listening to the actors talk And the vocals are like a broadway version of Danzig singing The darkness of the forest Oh the darkness of the dark dark forest or something else so unthreatening The singer has a terrible vibrato and has been recorded with a trebley microphone over some synthedup string section and fake drum beats Its horrible br br Yes the male leads are awful So are the female ones This is one bad case of gender stereotyping its so bad Everything they say revolves around being a male or a female just playing up the stereotypes to the max Makes me sick Soooo boring br br The children were so echoey in their lines you couldnt understand them And why do female ghost children always wear cute little bows in their hair pretty blue dresses and long hair And ghost boys always wear clean cut slacks with cute little shiny blond hair Not scary STUPIDbr br Daddys face was way too blemish free and clean to be that of a man living in a cave Nice beard and bangs pa Did you perfectly cut those with a knife yourself or did you stroll into town and go to the salonbr br Stupid movie

The funniest scene of this movie is probably when our saviours get their medals and plaques and whatnot So the basic idea is the police outnumbers these gangsters by like a million to one but theyre powerless because the villains guns are just a bit bigger I guess police ammo just kinda bounces of They decided to shoot this movie in documentary style with fake interviews and all and seriously what is wrong with these guys Theyre talking like they were armed with rolledup newspapers Okay I admit its probably still dangerous to be in the line of the fire even when the situation is so much to your advantage but dont go nuts And why the hell did it take 44 minutes to solve everything anyway Id say thats a very long time when you have them surrounded and youre allowed to shoot Theyre like ten ft away they hit absolutely nothing Then they go and buy bigger guns themselves to increase their heroism And then yeah there you have it one of the cops actually hits someone Bullet was probably diverted by a lamp post or something I had a good laugh I guess

Witty and disgusting Brash and intelligent BASEketball redefines comedysports with a pot spoof of an easy target Makes other so called comedies like dead boring One of the best of all time Trey Parker and Matt Stone play their roles as losers with apt perfection

Definitely one of my favourite movies The story is good acting is great all technicals especially cinematography are sharp and the script is cleverbr br Heath Ledger is terrific as Edward Ned Kelly He is gripping as the legendary outlaw and is supported well by Geoffrey Rush Naomi Watts and Orlando Bloom All action sequences are on pointbr br The film is edgeofyour seat stuff right up to to the end One of my favourite films from the late legend Heath Ledger who has been the highlight of every film he has starred in And makes no mistake herebr br An excellent film all round

This definitely is NOT the intellectual film with profound mission so I really dont think there is too much not to understand to in case you arent Czechbr br Its just a comedy The humor is simple pretty funny and sometimes maybe little morbid Some actors and characters are very similar to Samotri 2000 Jir Machcek Ivan Trojan Vladimr Dlouh so the authors are But it doesnt matter the genre is really different and these two films shouldnt be compared in this way Jedna ruka netlesk wont try to give you a lesson it will try to make you laugh and there is some chance it will succeedbr br Not bad film not the ingenious one but I enjoyed it Some scenes are truly worth seeing

Really bad Italian horror movie a sort of remake of Hammer infamous Frankenstein must be destroyed this time with a lady Frankenstein taking over the business from father A few nudes several botched bits of dialogue no tension at all forgettable

This film was very well advertised I am an avid movie goer and have seen previews for this movie for months While I was somewhat skeptical of how funny this movie would actually be my friends thought it was going to be great and hyped me up about it Then I went and saw it I was sunk down in my seat almost asleep until I remembered that I had paid for this movie I made myself laugh at most of the stuff in the movie just so i wouldnt feel bad and destroy the good mood I was in plus I wanted to get my monies worth out of the movie I always go into a movie with an open mind not trying to go into them with too many expectations but this movie was not that funny Now it wasnt the worst movie Ive ever seen but it is definitely worth waiting for HBO If you havent seen many previews for the movie or you like very slow and corny comedies you may enjoy it but for true comedy fans Id say pass Maybe even check out The Kings of Comedy again Something told me to go see Meet the Parents instead

Purple Rain what else can i say the title speaks for itself But i think all the actors were well picked The movie had a great story I loved it Ever since i watched that movie ive been stuck in the eighties and Im only 13 My favorite part of the movie was when his father died and he was picking up all of his music compositions and the Apollonia was sitting on the stairwell with his earing in her hand Critics say that its a drama but i think its more of a romance Murphy Brown also did a great job in the movie he actually acted like himself Im so glad Ive seen this movie The song Purple Rain beautifully sung was so heartfelt I cried more than once

Inglourious Basterds IS Tarantinos worst film he has ever made Its full of his usual ingredients ie snappy dialogue brutal and sudden violence but it all feels dejavu The directing is typical Tarantino and nothing seems new at all Its almost as if hes copied exactly from his only masterpiece Pulp Fiction br br There is nothing new or exciting about Inglourious Basterds to be honest its just a war drama that isnt funny nor brilliant as Pulp Fiction was Basterds supposedly is Tarantinos tribute to Leones Spaghetti westerns but seems misjointed and out of place especially with the continuing use of big subtitles and throws the audience of balance

So I caught this one afternoon as What Lies Above and actually watched it because the beginning was somewhat promising The heroine Diana Pennington is a mountain climbing expertbut that doesnt help her when her fianc Brian gets hurt on a climb When she goes off to get help and returns he disappears from the mountain never to be seen againbr br Two years later Diana is still a climberbut she wont go near Snowmans Pass That is until Curt Seaver appears and tells her that he can find the body of her lost fianc with a new satellite program She agrees and they take off up the mountain with Curts two assistants His bodyguard Hugo and the computer whiz Tyler From the start you know that theres some ulterior motive going on but unfortunately the twists arent good and lead to a laughably bad chase sequence that makes up the last 20 or 30 minutes of the moviebr br The major disappointments are the red herrings most of which have supernatural undertones that never come to fruition The object from the sky that fell into the mountains which turns out to be not so supernatural the story of how Snowmans Pass came to be and the most memorable one of them all Dianas dream sequence halfway through the movie But what disappointed me most is where they dropped the ball The majority of the movie revolves around the search for Brian thats why I cant for the life of me begin to understand why the mystery of what exactly happened to him and where he was is never solved through the course of the movie This was the major plot This was how the movie STARTED How do you NOT wrap that upbr br I wouldnt tell too many people to bother with this one

Tommy Lee Jones was the best Woodroe and no one can play Woodroe F Call better than he Not only was he the first and best he was the only person that could portray his grief and confusion It was a bad letdown and Im surprised I even made myself watch it I can even begin how how pitiful they made Woodroe I understand he would be old by that time but everyone knows that he would NEVER let that pull him down The first movie was the best and the only one that Ill ever watch I hope to God that no more directors plan on continuing or remaking the wonderful classic without Tommy or Duval Without them the movies are pointless wastes of time and money for everyone including the director IF YOU PLAN ON MAKING ANOTHER LONESOME DOVE MOVIE OF ANY KIND take mine and billions of others dont waste time Continuing the movies is just grinding the first one into the ground Thanks

1940 A visit to the Lodz ghetto in Nazioccupied Poland recorded by a German cameramen with the naive cooperation of the Jewish community is combined with archival footage clips from international newsreels and excerpts from related cultural films to portray the Worlds Jews as swindlers and parasites This documentary interprets Jewish life from the viewpoint of traditional antiSemitism and Nazi ideology A candid cinematicallyunique expression of racial hatred I personally find this film frightening and highly offensive One can only hope that such pictures as this will never reach the screen again

I too had waited a long time to see this film As far as I know it has never been released in Australia so in the end I found a copy on the net and ordered it through there Weeks after my order confirmation it finally arrived and I was extremely excited to finally be sitting in front of my TV ready to watch a film that sounded so interesting and controversial and filmed in an area of the world where so many good movies are What a disappointment Within the first few minutes I realised Id ordered a B Grader but was still full of expectation I convinced my son 18 to watch it with me as I love sharing when I find a movie of value with good underlying statements andor story lines About half way through he got up and said he couldnt stand watching it any longer it was so predictable and amateurish I agreed but watched to the end The acting was atrocious even for B Grade standards The stereotyping also predictable and I feel for the good folks of Lake Arthur Louisianna who mustve cringed after seeing the film depicting them in such a way No doubt some racial prejudices still exist in many parts of the world not just the States but really in this day and age I doubt theyd get away with all the ridiculous alibis presented in this I had to double check the date the film was made as their attempts at gimmicky filming of the more gruesome scenes was something Id expect from a high school students first attempt at making a film indy like Id like to see this film put into the hands of experienced scriptwriters and film makers its an old tale but one that could still pack a punch if dealt with professionally So disappointed after such a long wait and with such high expectations The soundtrack was probably the only thing I enjoyed

I have never seen American Werewolf in London but this movie was very entertaining When renting it I thought it was a horror movie but it turned out to be more of a comedy with some horror aspects I thought the transformation sequences were nicely done but effects wise the best scenes were those where the effects and the lighting built off each other nice The transformations reminded me a lot of werewolf transformations in other movies but the werewolves themselves are very beastly and not very dog like Gore i do believe there is too much in this movie which really takes away from the horror when every frame has blood in it taking the violence seriously is hard br br JHurst 8th grade

Umberto Lenzi hits new lows with this recycled trash Janet Agren plays a lady who is looking for her missing sister It turns out the sister is part of a Jim Jones type religous cult in New Guinea She hires a scruffy guide played by Robert Kerman to help her get to the cults compound located in the jungle This is another cannibal movie and I probably would have liked it if not for Lenzi padding this film out with scenes from his superior The Man from Deep River I mean every cannibal scene is directly lifted from this film which I guess makes him about as credible as Al Adamson I felt ripped off SPOILER 12 star and thats for the dildo scene

This has got to be one of the worst fillums Ive ever seen and Ive seen a few It is slow boring amateurish not even consistent within its own simplistic reading of the plot The actors do not act I cant blame them they have been given a script of such utter banality all they can do is trudge through it with a pain behind their eyes which has nothing to do with the evil goings on in SummersIslebr br There is not one moment in this film that rings true not an honest line nor a single instant where one is moved The Nicholas Cage character is so badly drawn that one feels not a smidgeon of compassion for him through all his tribulations I have no doubt that I was seeing a suffering man up there but it was Nicholas Cage fully aware of the fact that he was in the worst movie of his entire career

Rather well done actuallyattack the evil villains in their lair stop a Little Big Horn style ambush save the day via the waterboys bugling works for me Stiff Upper British lip and all thatbr br So how does it play on a DVD 66 years later Struck me as being like a Western subbing Apaches or Sioux for the Thugs and the US Cavalry for the Imperial British Army Its very Colonial in its outlook you know White Mans burden and all that Kipling certainly would have approvedbr br Cary Grant Fairbanks and MacLaglen play it as broadly as possible putting some buddy buddy slapstick into the mix between the shootings and brawlings for good measure I had no idea it was Joan Fontaine as the token army wifedid they leave some of her scenes on the cutting room floor very short None of them were aiming for an Oscar herein fact Grant was not at his best in a few scenesbut sod it it still works And where else would Ben Casey wind up as an Indian bugler Only in Hollywoodbr br Def check this out if you like adventure and pseudoWestern style antics It was done by a bunch of pros well I might addbr br outta

Title Dracula AD 1972 br br Director Alan Gibson br br Cast Peter Cushing Christopher Lee Stephanie Beacham br br Review Sometimes movies can be time capsules that transport you back to any given time In this caseour time capsule is Hammers Dracula AD 1972 which transports us back to a time in which Austin Powers would have felt right at homebr br The story is about these group of kids were not a gang were a group that love to hang out at a caf shop called The Cavern One day Johnny Alucard hmm strange last namewaitit spells Dracula backwards a new member of the group offers the group a new way to get their kicks He offers them a night of black mass and black magic To which they also say sure why the hell not it could be fun So in no time flat the find themselves resurrecting Count Dracula from the ashesbr br This movie opens up with a swinging party at some rich doofuses home He knows non of the people at his party yet there they all are partying the night away in his house Doing drugs making out and dancing on top of tables The filmmakers made sure that this sequence was completely engulfed in whatever young people considered cool at that time Everyone says words like way out and groovy and they finish many of their sentences saying all that jazz So yeah its pretty evident that this is the 70s To top it all off theres a band that sounds something like Jefferson AirplaneI mean youll be drowned in all things 70s And as I watched this I kept asking myself how the heck is Dracula with his black cape and get up going to fit into all this And thats exactly what happens Old Dracula feels out of place amidst all the partying and the rock and roll and drugs Many of the scenes in the film are greatbut sadly the music they decided to add to the proceedings doesnt fit at all and completely takes you out of the mood of things Something horrifying or scary will be happening on screen and suddenly a bunch of loud trumpets and congos start to beat and your just completely taken out of the horror element That sucked out the atmosphere right out of this movie for mebr br But all in all putting all the distracting 70s music aside an illness that Satanic Rites of Dracula also suffered the movie was pretty good But I will mention this The story was just a rehash of what we had seen before in Taste the Blood of Dracula In fact the story is damn near identical Lets seea young lad inherits Draculas ring and ashescheck He then decides to bring Dracula back to life with the help of some people who know nothing about what they are getting intocheck Black Mass to bring Dracula back in a desecrated churchcheck The list of similarities goes on and on So this movie aint very original if you ask mebr br There are a few things that make this movie worth while though For example the fact that the movie is a time capsule to London in the early seventies makes the film entertaining I kept giggling and laughing every time someone spoke in 70 jargon I couldnt believe some of the clothes these people wore and the cars they drove It made the movie fun for me but we are here to get spooked were here to see Drac kill a few virgins and take his revenge on the House of Van Helsing Did we get any of that Well yeah Theres a few good sequences squeezed in there to satisfy old school hammer fans First off theres the Black Mass sequence which was above all things satanic They mention the name of many a demon and lots blood is spilled That sequence was awesome but it was messed up by the music in its most crucial moment Then theres Draculas actual resurrection which Ill admit was great from a visual standpoint Some mist comes out of Draculas grave and slowly but surely Christopher Lees silhouette and face emerge from the fog Cool shot I loved it We have a Cushing and Lee face off at the end And I couldnt help to laugh at one point when Dracula hurls a piece of furniture through the air I laugh because he has done this in every single film since Horror of Dracula Its this Hammer tradition where the characters start throwing candle sticks and chairs at each other And I think to myself arent their more exciting things to show then a bad guy throwing a candle stick at our hero Oh well anyhows Draculas demise in this one is very similar to all the other Hammer Draculas before it vampire gets slaked and then we cut to a series of frames until theres only ashes leftbr br All in all an unintentionally funny Hammer Dracula film Its trapped in the 70s and though that makes it a fun watch and its not as horrible as Satanic Rites of Dracula it still doesnt gel well with the Dracula universe we had come to expect from Hammerbr br Rating 3 12 out of 5

In Rosenstrasse Margarethe von Trotta blends two stories to create a vibrant tapestry of love and courage The film depicts a family drama of estrangement between a mother and her daughter and the story of German women who staged a protest on Rosenstrasse to free their Jewish husbands from certain extermination In addition to the dramatization of historical events the focus of the film is on the saving of a child from the Holocaust by a German and the result of the childs experience of losing her mother While Ms von Trotta shows that the courage of a small number of Germans made a difference she does not use it to excuse German society Indeed she shows how in the midst of torture and extermination the wealthy artists and intellectuals of German high society went on about their lives and parties oblivious to the sufferingbr br Rosenstrasse opens in New York as a Jewish widow Ruth Weinstein Jutta Lampe decides to sit Shiva a sevenday period of mourning that takes place following a funeral in which Jewish family members devote full attention to remembering and mourning the deceased When her daughter Hannah Maria Schrader is forbidden to receive phone calls from her fianc Luis Fedja van Huet a nonJew Hannah questions why her mother has suddenly decided to follow an Orthodox tradition that she previously rejected When Ruth coldly rejects her cousin Hannah questions her and learns about a woman named Lena who took Ruth in as a child when the latters mother was deported and murdered by the Nazis and she vows to find Lena and discover the secret of her mothers pastbr br Her quest takes her to Berlin where she finds Lena Doris Schade now ninety years old and interviews her on the pretext that she is a journalist researching certain aspects of the Holocaust With unfailing memory Lena tells her story of how as a young 33year old woman Katja Reimann she searched for her husband Jewish pianist Fabian Israel Fischer Martin Feifel who disappeared and was presumed to have been imprisoned despite the protection normally given Jews in mixed marriages Lena in a radiant performance by Reimann discovers that her husband and other Jews are being held prisoner in a former factory on the Rosenstrassebr br Standing together in the freezing night German women whose husband are missing congregate outside the building their numbers growing daily until they reach one thousand shouting Give us back our husbands Lena finds Ruth Svea Lohde a young girl whose mother is in the building She takes care of her protecting her from the Gestapo and raising her after her mother is killed Lena comes from an aristocratic German family and her brother recently returned from Stalingrad is a Wehrmacht officer After being refused help from her father to free Fabian she enlists the aid of her brother who tells a fellow Officer I know what they do to the Jews I saw it Given his support she is bold enough to bypass channels and go to the top where her beauty and charm prove irresistible for the Minister of Culture Joseph Goebbels a known womanizer While this fictional part of the film has been criticized as degrading to the women protesters it is a historical fact that Goebbels was very active in making the decisions affecting Rosenstrassebr br The director Margarethe von Trotta an activist feminist and intellectual is no stranger to political drama She directed a film about Socialist Rosa Luxembourg and Marianne and Julianne a story of the relationship between two sisters one of whom resorts to political violence to accomplish her liberal objectives In Rosenstrasse a film she worked on for eight years she had to make compromises adding the present day fictional element in order to have her film produced That it works so well is a tribute to Ms von Trottas artistry and the beautiful screenplay by Pamela Katz whose father was a refugee from Leipzig The events at Rosenstrasse give the lie to Germans who say there was nothing we could do Now von Trotta has shown the opposite to be true that something could be done to resist the Nazis It is tragic that the example did not catch on

CANNIBAL FEROX 1 outta 5 stars Miserable excuse for a movie which you might enjoy if you really like boring nonsensical jungle movies spiced up with scenes of graphic violence A pair of drug dealers on the run from the mob travel to the jungles of Paraguay to search for emeralds and cocaine They meet up with another young traveler and his two hot babe sidekicks one of whom is an anthropologist seeking to prove definitively that cannibalism does not and has not ever existed One of the two dealers turns out to be a bit of a psychopath and he tortures and kills a couple of natives in order to get them to tell him where they hide their jewels And how they could even tell him when he doesnt seem to speak their language in the first place Well the natives are suddenly not too thrilled with white folks in their jungle and capture them all for some retaliatory torture Poor acting poor plot and poor direction Not a decent moment of suspense in the whole dreary 90 minutes Even the special effects are not particularly convincing though a couple of shots will still make most viewers cringe The only good scene in the whole movie is when the two women are imprisoned in a mud hut and seem to touch the hearts of the natives with their rendition of Red River Valley The following is a quote from the movie but I wouldnt be surprised if many viewers werent saying exactly the same thing by that point Oh God please let her die soon Oh let her die soon And let me die soon too please

The story starts out with a soldier being transported to a desert town then goes back in time to tell the tale of how he came to this place He started out as an officer in Napoleons army fighting in Egypt but became separated from his unit After nearly starving andor dying of thirst he came upon a leopard which somehow became his bosom buddy It brought him food and before long the soldier became almost totally wild so acute was his bonding with the animal All things do end however and the man decided it was necessary for him to leave the critter A very strange film well written and portrayed Beautiful scenery from Jordan and Utah which didnt always blend perfectly but who cares

Seriously all these Satan comes to Earth movies always involve the Catholics Why doesnt Lucifer ever mess with the other denominationsbr br The plot is that Asmodeus Played by former Jason Vorhees Kane Hodder has a plot to become human but wasnt he always a demon by getting this young girl who is his sister pregnant with his child Except maybe she isnt his sister The plot isnt clear on this and they intersplice these scenes where he is seeing a shrink about his problembr br The lead girl gets pregnant while still a virgin with an incredibly creepy scene of her father giving her a gynecological exam to prove her hymen is still intact Eeeewwwwww Her sister played by a washed up and looking much worse for wear Denise Crosby concludes that this is a sign from heaven Praise be br br Well the demon baby takes moms body for a joy ride and picks off in order a truck driver her friends boyfriend and her friend all being watched by an exmilitary priest whose mission is to kill the baby when it is born We discover that Asmodeus is actually a Catholic Cardinal who is running the whole thingbr br The ending is pretty much incomprehensible and if you could make it that far straight through you have a stronger stomach than I did I paused the film a couple of times it was so awful

Ugly womenofthecellblock flick rakes the bottom of the midnightmovie barrel combining pulpy sleaze with the hoariest of girlsintheshower clichs Linda Blair plays an innocent sent to jail we learn offhandedly she was involved in running over some guy with her car facing hard time in the Big House with some of the nastiest characters this side of a Russ Meyer pic Blair is continually pawed at punched raped humiliated and harassed The dialogue is fourletterword disgusting throughout and the flick offers no letup from its barrage of violence and stupidity Still some viewers see this as a camp classic though perhaps its tongue isnt far enough in cheek from

Probably my alltime favorite movie a story of selflessness sacrifice and dedication to a noble cause but its not preachy or boring It just never gets old despite my having seen it some 15 or more times in the last 25 years Paul Lukas performance brings tears to my eyes and Bette Davis in one of her very few truly sympathetic roles is a delight The kids are as grandma says more like dressedup midgets than children but that only makes them more fun to watch And the mothers slow awakening to whats happening in the world and under her own roof is believable and startling If I had a dozen thumbs theyd all be up for this movie

Enough is enoughsometimes they just need to stop making movies based on a concept that is long dead The first Tremors movie was great The second one was ridiculous The third one was nauseating The tv series was depressingly awful And this movie just drives the stake deeperbr br Basically another excuse for cheap computer effects and puppetry now we have the series set in the Wild West in the 1800s and they fight graboids Like a rehash of the first one they have to learn how to beat them all over again Mildly entertaining I suppose Otherwise this straighttovideo release just like Tremors 2 and 3 is just going way too far Oh and I continue to wonder how there is never any record of these events taking placedid they just simply forget to record this unprecedented event I think something like this would be historymaking so our pals in the first film wouldnt be so unprepared br br Movies like this that ruin the original just make me crazy Avoid this garbage

One of the best romantic classicteen deviyaan is a film which is all about selecting among equals your most soft emotionloveThis is a simple story of a middle class man who came into limelight by his poetic talent and charming personality He is attracted towards three women and vice versa one a Hindi movie star the second a rich lady and the third who lives in his neighborhoodbr br The situation put him in confusion as he has to decide one of them as his life partnerHe asked for few days from all of themUltimately he goes to a astrologer and asked him who he loves mostHis confusion is no more and he came to know the lady living in his neighborhood who really cares for him and loves him is his true loveDevanand played the lead character and has fully justified his contemporary romantic image

Zero day has a purpose and this is not simply entertainment it delivers a message about its specialised subject school shootings Charting the lives of two friends Andre and Cal leading up to an attack on their high school br br Whilst the movie started in somewhat unassuming fashion an impromptu announcement of the coming attack in amateurish teenage style followed by some brief encounters with the boys families It is not long before we are down to business with the boys showing us their collection of guns their fetishistic love of them their sprawling sporadic narcissistic fantasies and even in a controversial scene how to build pipe bombsbr br So what is the movie trying to say What is really motivating these soon to be killers It seems hard to really pinpoint They certainly do not come across as cold blooded psychopaths yet they are planning an act of sheer brutality This brings me to what I feel is the genius in part of Zero day Cal and Andre talk constantly about how much they are on a different level how above the rest of us they are and how they will leave us all behind Like the columbine killers they truly feel superior Like Nietzsches res sentiment Cal and Andres value system seems to have been born out of rejection from their society Yet we are given only glimpses of this an expression of hatred for a popular athlete for example So where is the motivation What I feel is that Coccio portrayed two individuals desperate to make a statement of superiority a gesture of their power yet who have no reasonable venue for it Hence they turn to mass murder and the kind of which that will garner them more attention than they could ever realise This is why in part school shooters seem able to carry out atrocious acts despite coming from good stable loving homes The murder is part of a fantasy Cal and Andre are totally lost in their fantasy they almost fail to see the reality of their actions They turn fantasy into tragedybr br What is secondly most enthralling about this film is the character development and the unique dependence Cal and Andre have on each other Andre is throughout the film overtly the leader of the two Cals embrace of his demeanour and attire seem somewhat forced Andre is uptight Andre is intense and serious He completely shuns others except for his family he is meticulous and precise about everything he does and for a while appears the prime mover in the plot to attack the school Yet he is likable in his own way he does not embrace teenage nonsense and in part we feel compelled to agree with him yet these moments are shattered by Andres fleeting gestures of violence towards us the audience treating us as both confidante and potential victim Cal on the other hand seems more relaxed than Andre more accepting of reality Yet he is in his own way dominant We have many personal moments of introspection with Cals video diary scenes when he is alone and apart from Andre Cal seems to be struggling with his own personal demons and using their plan to exorcise himself of them Andre is jealous of Cal going to the prom with an old friend he wants Cal all to himself Cal placates Andre and encourages him For the first time in his life Andre seems to have found someone who believes in him and who admires him he cannot lose it Whilst Cal has found someone offering him a way outbr br The movie certainly picks up pace and improves as it nears its grim conclusion There is an excellent moment when Cal attends the high school prom Suddenly the star of the movie becomes shy and introverted not at all at ease with his peers Yet we are inclined to feel more connection with Cal than with the raucous bawdy crowd screaming juvenile obscenities whilst drinking heavily in their limo Theirs is an episode all too common and recognisable We do not want to relate to them when it is over and Cal is back with Andre silently preparing one of their final videos we like the characters feel once again at ease safe in the fantasy world they created We feel like shunning the masses as they havebr br The penultimate scene is superb The final video sees Andre and Cal arming themselves in their car just moments before attacking It is all too real and truly creates a sense of impending doom By know we know Cal and Andre and are realising they are about to actually do it with a kind of morbid fascination we are also relishing the films catharsisbr br The massacre shot in CCTV fashion is at times shocking and whilst it was certainly the perfect choice to depict the massacre if we were going to it is not void of flaws What is most significant is the sudden radical change of perception we have of Cal and Andre looking at them in the this person suddenly they are the callous killers we knew they would become yet refused to acknowledge that they would It is violent and real our heroes have become monsters and the reality of their fantasy is a terrible tragedy which costs them everythingbr br The final scene shows a group of teens filming themselves burning the crosses erected for Andre and cal in disgust that they have been memorialised Having known Andre and Cal we can only feel almost a sadness that they are actually gone forever and that they certainly did not win anythingbr br Zero day is a must see for anyone interested in these violent acts sensationalised by the media It is a character study well worth experiencing

Ill admit Ive only watched a handful of episodes but each one seemed completely different from the next It seems after the first season the producers decided to completely retool the show drop characters introduce new ones and rewrite the entire show dynamicbr br As you have probably surmised already the show is about quirky unpredictable teenager Holly Amanda Bynes who moves in with her high strung sister Valerie Jennie Garth in New York City Decent enough premise odd couple fish out of water high jinxbr br While I miss the sitcoms of yore this show unfortunately misses the mark on funny repeatedly and its sad because they have some decent talentbr br On top of everything they insisted on changing the show Val was living with a cast regular bf one season then he was suddenly gone so she opens a bakery what When things change that drastically you get the feeling that even the show knows its bad I mean completely new sets characters written off and new show regularsbr br On a side note this is just nitpicking I know this is a television show and not real at all but Val and Holly end up living in a HUGE loft duplex there are stairs with a terrace in MANHATTAN Are you serious

This was Keatons first feature and is in actuality three shorts set in different periods Stone Age Roman Age Modern Age on the eternal triangle of romance The stories parallel each other as in Griffiths INTOLERANCE which this was intended to satirize The strengths of the jokes and gags almost all rely on anachronisms bringing modern day business into ancient settingsbr br WARNING SPOILERS FOLLOW TO ELABORATE BEST POINTS br br Here are the classic momentsbr br Using a turtle as a weegee board Stone Age A wrist watch containing a sun dial Roman Age A chariot with a spare wheel Roman Age Using a helmet as a tire lock Roman Age Early golf with clubs and rocksStone Age Dictating a will being carved into a rock Stone Age The changing weather forecaster Roman Age The chariot race in snow Buster using skis and huskies with a spare dog in the chariots bootRoman Agebr br The above are all throwaway gags that keep us chuckling There are however unforgettable moments as wellbr br Buster taking out shaving equipment to match girl putting on makeup The fantastic double take when an inebriated Buster gazes at his plate to discover a crab staring up at him within one second he has leaped to stand on his chair from a sitting position and leaped again into the arms of the waiter one of the funniest moments Ive ever seen And that lion the manicure just brilliantbr br Theres also an offcolor bit of racism when four AfricanAmerican litter bearers abandon their mistress for a Roman crap gamebr br Kinos print is a bit fuzzy and contains numerous sequences of both nitrate deterioration and film damage most probably at ends of reels The Metro feature is scored with piano and flute and borrows heavily from Griegbr br Lots of fun and full of laughs

I liked this movie way too much My only problem is I thought the actor playing the villain was a low rent Michael Ironside Of corse Ironside is just a low rent Jack Nicholson I guess Mike was busy that year with Highlander 2 The Quickening Sadly Beastmaster 2 would have been a much better career move It is certainly the best of the Beastmaster series and in many ways reminiscent of that great big screen classic Masters of the Universe Not only does it star the incomparable Mark Singer it also features an amazing supporting cast specifically the second girl from Sliders Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Belair and evil chick from Superman 2 It rocked my world and is certainly a must see for anyone with no social or physical outlets BEASTMASTER FOREVER ROCKN ROLL