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I realize several Ben Stiller movies are out or will be out this year but perhaps he should insist on quality not quantity I was dumbfounded at what the filmmakers thought passed for comedy in Along Came Polly Stillers Reuben is grating charmless and ranks as one of the worst performances of the year Stillers schtick is getting tiresome He undoubtedly has comic talent but he needs to either find another schtick or take a break find some material that is actually funny Because his movies are going from painfully humorless to excruciatingly bad Theres absolutely no chemistry between Stiller and Jennifer Aniston which is a shame because shes a good smart actress with a promising career As long as she keeps making more movies such as The Good Girl in which shes terrific and less like Along Came Polly shell have a career of which she could be proud Aniston tries desperately to overcome the limp material with which shes working but its a daunting task for any actress With the exception of a few moments with Alec Baldwin as Reubens boss Stan and Philip Seymour Hoffman as Reubens best friend Sandy theres nothing funny in this awful film Other supporting characters including Debra Messing as Lisa and Hank Azaria as Claude are annoying Azarias accent is not only stupid its terribly unfunny The premise of Along Came Polly certainly showed promise Unfortunately it needed a writer who could actually turn it into a good comedy instead of this lame dull boring excuse for a comedy

I hadnt planned on seeing this movie however I wasnt disappointed when a friend dragged me along Although there are no real surprises here the guys do reasonably well with their obviously modest budget If youve seen the trailer you probably know what to expect from this type of movie and theres a pretty constant stream of jokes here with a couple of classic moments with the highpoint probably being an excellent flashback to what the guys were like in the 1980s Also Ive read elsewhere that the ending was a disappointment but I found it refreshingly different from what I had expected from this genre Overall this movie wont change your life but its got enough laughs there to keep you entertained throughout

SPOILERS When I first saw the preview for this it looked like a good old fashioned hallmark movie I love bluegrass music so I couldnt wait to see it When we rented the movie we read the back and it sounded even better The film was pretty boring for the first half every now and then a song would be played Then im embarrassed typing thisa lesbian love seen came in I that ther was something more then friendship between the teachers but I certainly didnt expect nudity and prolonged make out sessions I was watching this with my mother and I was quite embarrassed because I picked this movie But besides that it was an okay movie The acting was fine the actress who played Deladis was great To be honest the soundtrack was the best part of the movie I dont care to see the movie again but i bought the soundtrack the day after I saw the movie And there are continuation discs that follow If I were you I would skip the movie and just get the music

While Rome goes mad celebrating Hitlers visit uniforms bands parades two outsiders stay home in a large building and wind up meeting She is Sofia Loren who is the wife of brutish public servant and mother of six children He is Mastroianni a radio speaker whos been fired because of his homosexuality Both of them need company and understanding both f them find it in each other The movie covers a span of a few hours The color are faded and everything takes place with a sound track of military marches and hysterical radio announcers Strangely enough the Nazi anthem the HorstWesselLied ends up becoming a romantic musical theme Beautiful movie excellent recreation of a special era in Italian history and a touching sad story Mastroianni is as good as we have come to expect and Sofia Loren does a superb job very far away from her usual truck drivers pinup Neapolitan fishwife personas Dont miss it

I dont care if this show is suppose to be communicating profound messages about human existence The show is craphow can anyone derive pleasure from watching it Yet it was received so well This reflects a sad state of affairs for Joe Moron out there I tried watching this program when it first came out as friends were talking about it The inane laughing between the two main characters and the pitiful dialog made me want to cry It is beyond belief that people can watch this show Yet I guess the creators had the last laughmaking themselves wealthy by taking the pss out of the very people that would watch a show such as this I would wager they are laughing all the way to the bank

Spoilers Spoilers Spoilersjust a few small ones Saw this on Satilite channel missed the first 30 min of movie will keep this comment short and informative The movie is basically about 5 charactersThe acting is very bad for afew characters 1 girl with the help of another girl kidnaps 3 different people but it backfires and the 3 kidnap the 2 This is one of those types of movies where the script writers try to be thought provoking or philosophical mysterious and you get the point but do to their own personal lack in thinking they fall terribly short Like one of the captives who is supposed to be some type of psychology nerd looks the part but his tongue cant speak it THe writers think that if the nerd uses a lot of 8 letter words amateurishly unknowingly i believe that the viewers will be ignorant enough to believe it I wish i could give an example but i cant recall any exactly as it was said The ending was bad as well But the one female captive acted her role as an old and relatively wise lady although she as well as the rest had a lot of cliché s So Why would i give this movie a 7 stars if I thought all the above Simple I give the entire seven stars to LISA KELLER one sexy a momma SHE is FINE lol I am an appreciator of beauty and she is exactly that But dont get me confused because Im not a pervert and this movie is NOT a porno in any way their is somethin about her I cant explain but i like it I remember the scene where a captive has broke free and as he looks for a way out bumps into Keller She tries to get way but she doesnt have a chance He throws her down kneeling on the stairs and he pulls her pants down no panties Now although she has an AMAZING ass and the this shot leaves little to the imagination for a long 30 seconds i think it was her facial expression that got me she wanted it and that look had me thinking i was behind that I would have torn that booty up After that expression i jus couldnt look at her objectively anymore I WAS IN LOVE lol I am glad to have seen this movie but if Lisa Keller wasnt playing the lead role I would have changed the channel well after i had seen the scene i mentioned above I am a LISA KELLER fan know but is seems that she isnt a consistent actor seeing this 2003 movie is her latest But i am lookin forward to another movie with her in it

Bangville Police supposedly marked the debut of the Keystone Kops named after the studio they worked for In this one however they dont dress in the silly cop costumes or drive the fastpaced car thats their trademark Anyway Mabel Normand is a farm girl here whos begged her dad for a calf She later sees some strange men in the barn and quickly calls the police One answers and the chase is on Next Mabel slams her door just as someone is coming in Turns out its her mother who jumps to the conclusion robbers are in there So while Mabel blocks her door with furniture the mother and father try to fight their way in This was perhaps the most amusing part of the short along with some explosions of the cop car This was a short 7 minutes that went by so fast its over before its begun The only real characterization thats developed is Mabels who exudes charm with just her face and big eyes and seems so optimistically cheery here except of course when shes frightened Its easy to see why she became a star Its largely because of her that Id recommended seeing this at least once and why Im giving this a 4

I must I was a little skeptical when I entered the cinema to watch OSS117 french comedies tend to be so selfsatisfied nowadays that only the most stupid ones score high at the national boxoffice But I was surprised that though the humor does not always reach the level of the Monthy Pythons the many references to the Frenchs vision of the world in the 1950 which OSS117 represents are hilarious et the director managed to recreate filmmaking style of that time with an astonishing fidelity To put it short a bit of a good surprise not to mention the excellent performances from various secondary actors And at least for once Jean Dujardins style which can get on many peoples nerves complies perfectly with the character he plays

This agreeable French movie deals about a millionaire owner of a tobacco factory on an African island nearly to Madagascar named LouisJean Paul Belmondo Hes a single man looking wife then he advertises a bride and gets a gorgeous woman named JuliaCatherine Deneuve When she spontaneously appears turns out to be much more attractive than expected He marries to Julia but she suddenly disappearsA French eye privateMichael Bouquet is hired by Julias sister and soon hes on the trail of his previous spouse Later Louis encounters her in a dancinghall under another name In spite of the romantic delusion and everything Louis goes on enamored with his enigmatic wife This film is a splendid drama plenty of betrayaldeception killing theft and Hitchcockian suspense Good performances by Jean Paul Belmondo as young proprietary of a cigarette company who seems determined to fall under the spell of a femme fatale and a wonderful Catherine Deneuve as suspect heroine The film gets several references to the American cinema but Truffaut400 blows was a fervent moviegoer such as Johnny Guitar Colorado Jim Bogart and HitchcockThe USA version was cut numerous minutes and deserves an urgent restoring and remastering Loosely based on the novel titledWaltz into darkness by Cornell Woolrich Rear window and screenwriter of Alfred Hitchcock hour who also was adapted in Truffauts The bride wore blackColorful cinematography by Denys ClervalStolen kisses and atmospheric musical score by Antoine Duhamel Truffauts usual musicianThis is one of the best of his suspense movies along with Farenheit 451 and Shoot the piano player Remade by an inferior version by Michael Christofer2001 with Antonio Banderas Angelina Jolie and Jack Thompson full of erotic and lust scenes

This is a snuff movie Im shocked it is even considered to be in the IMDb library And Bill Julia and all other professional actors involved should be ashamed to be part of this sick flick I thought I was going to view a somewhat classic horror film with a creative end that writers like to inventthat usually make no sense when writing a horror film but as a viewer we try to rationalize and understand This ending was not creative It was sick and has all the earmarks of a snuff movie I am shocked it was edited to this ending and more shocked that it will be out for distribution by the end of June 2009 It should not be shown in a theater It is harmful to innocent minds on many levelswatch the movie the ending and you will understand this statement Plus included in the plot is a sweet little girl not yet 9 her character says She is not in the snuff ending but she is an integral part of the movie Why do directors feel they need to shock with a sick flick in order to get recognition The director is in the wrong line of work if she thinks this is an art film

This movie starts out great and sucks you in Most acting is good until Patrick Swayze with his Texas Twang everyone else sounds Britishlike even the Muslim shows up and proves that he cant act You can live with that until the first fight scene where all they all fall to pieces Why does Patrick Swayze fight baddies with an ax when he just stuck his sword into the ground 5 minutes ago Theres further misplacing of swords a few minutes later and people knowing about other people they shouldnt know about Other reviewers mentioned Troubled Production and it shows At the end I just didnt even care about the fight scenes sure the CGI Dragon was weak but the storyline was the biggest letdown

I was really disappointed in this movie Those that voted this thing a 10 have a screw lose The acting was ok kinda wooden and cardboard The ending was sorry I just didnt care for this at all No way could I recommend this mess

Jeopardy is a tense satisying thriller a cut above a B but not really a major production It qualifies as almost an experimental film as the studio that produced it Metro was desperately looking for new kinds of films stars and directors to compete with the then new medium of television The director John Sturges was an upandcomer whose best years lay ahead He had just recently begun directing A level films and had already proved himself a most capable craftsman Stars Barbara Stanwyck Barry Sullivan and Ralph Meeker were at very different phases of their careers Stanwycks glory years were behind her and yet she could still carry a film as she proves here Barry Sullivan as her husband was one of a dozen or so leading men who got started in films in the forties who never quite achieved the success many had hoped for him He was a fine lowkey actor poised but in an upper middle rather than upper class way which made him excellent in professional roles As the escaped convict who is the only person around who can save Sullivans life he is trapped under a pier and the tide is rising Ralph Meeker is more energetic than usual This excellent actor had the misfortune of having come to films after Brando and Clift He was in his way as good an actor as either of them but he lacked charisma His bargaining with Stanwyck which comes down to his demanding sex in exchange for saving her husband by implication only as this is 1953 makes for an intriguing premise which had this been a different kind of film could all raised all sorts of interesting questions about Stanwycks character Meeker is indeed a more exciting character than Sullivan and in her scenes with him Stanwyck is livelier than she is with her husband and son But as this is a formula picture not a Strindberg play the possibility that Stanwyck might want want to have a flingleaving aside the question of her husbands predicamentremains unexplored In this sense the incoming tide doesnt quite have the effect one might have wished though the movie remains tense and highly entertaining thanks to excellent acting fine location photography nearly all of it outdoors and excellent direction by the woefully underrated Mr Sturges

Some people say this show was good in its early years I disagree with all of em The show is just plain stupid and pathetic My mum hates it I hate it my dad hates it I dont know about my sister but oh well Here some reasons why 1 THE CHARACTERS Babies being used as grown up style characters are stupid The babies are just precocious and annoying The grown ups and adults are dumb and unappealing The worst character is that Angelica Pickles she really does it in for your ear drums when you had a long hard and miserable day at the office and also that Kimi Finster who appears later on she is too over optimistic and a pain in the butt She cant decided whither she is French or Japanese it doesnt matter know you are a American Citizen know and thats that Oh what am I talking about all the characters from this show suck 2 THE STORIES The stories are unoriginal and dumb The make it like the babies go off on a great adventure yeah to the back yard shed In one episode that little goofy brat Tommy Pickles the Leader broke in to a televisions control room and literally almost destroyed it Dont give kids any idea to smash up normal TV Stations control rooms they pay a awful lot of money for them in real life I can imagine what the broadcasters must of felt like airing this episode they will probably start staring at their machines throughout the day scared that a baby will brake in Sad 3 OVER RATED The show has been dragging on for years now and people are still making up stories and new series and spinoffs for this Get off The Simpsons have been going for nearly the same amount of time as this but they are much better and funnier than babies The show is just plain over rated People where is your common sense Anyway I surprised TV Stations across the world want to air this series even off today The show is utter junk and should have never been produced The two movies for this cartoons sucked just the same 210

The film is set in Newcastle on Tyne in north east England the town where I was born and grew up The film is also fundamentally dishonest the way it presents the town the kids but above all the men of the town In this film they are all stupid violent thieving thugs I suppose I could comment on the plot predictable the performances competently unattractive the direction lazy and unimaginative but to me that is all irrelevant compared to the directors insult to the town and its people Thus the invitation in my summary to the director and writer Mark Herman to leave the north east

Absolutely one of the worst movies of all time Low production values terrible story idea bad script lackluster acting and I cant even come up with an adjective suitably descriptive for how poor Joan Rivers directing is I know that theres a special place in Hell for the people who financed this film prolly right below the level reserved for childraping genocidal maniacs This movie is a trainwreck Terrible x infinity Rabbit Test Avoid this at all costs Its so bad it isnt even funny how bad it is

I would be one of the few people who owns a copy of this classic But i dont only own 1 i actually own 2 Its THAT good Well when i say good i mean bad But i will try to do a thorough review I even watched born a ninja which one of the other reviewers here mentioned to compare it to this And born a ninja is actually worse but not quite as funny And is this ever funny EVERYTHING about this movie is poor EVERYTHING The plot is absolutely stuffed note the youll need to keep me alive if you want to know where to find your wife EVERY action sequence is stuffed too Our hero danton is more than a hero he can stab people with twigs take 3 bullets in the heart at 50 cm away without even bleeding and tie a rope up to a tree which when an enemy steps on it ties a knot around the enemies leg picks him up and throws him 50 metres into a bunch of spikes The acting is so bad it is impossible to comment on it but it should have you rolling especially dantons jump out of the ground and growl at the bad guy Oh yes and the bad guys somehow it seems they resurrect themselves 5 times each in the movie Perhaps its just that there werent enough actors but in a movie of this calibre i doubt that The plot is about how danton was a soldier in the vietnam war and now his colonel is hunting real people for training for his mercenaries The colonel just happens to pick up danton then danton fights back This is just the excuse for a rambo clone with most of the movie being danton slaughtering soldiers And i really cant explain the plot any more cos there is nothing else to the movie It still rocks though What else could be wrong you ask Dont get me started Hand grenades which actually go off at the actors feet because the explosion is the size of a matchScenes where there are 5 people chasing danton then the camera cuts away and back and there are 7 The way that every time danton loads the grenade launcher he is against the same background even though he is in completely diffrent locations And the worst part is when danton pushes the plastic boulders onto the enemies and one enemy is completely untouched by the boulders so he doesnt know what to do so he half heartedly dies without even being touched Its ridiculous But funny Very VERY funny This is one of the few movies i can thoroughly recommend to everybody cos if you dont find it funny you are 1 in a million And for the rest of us its magic

Daphne Zuniga is the only light that shines in this sleepy slasher and the light fades quickly If not her than what other reason to watch this five college kids are signed up to prepare an old dorm for its due date of demolition Problems are automatically occurring when a weird homeless man is soliciting and the group are short a few people Then a killer is on the loose I honestly wanted to say I was going to enjoy this one It had a fair set up or maybe that was just Daphne Zuniga in it The film is too slow and almost as silent as a library Most of the acting is below average and the pointofview moments are so old news Acclaimed composer Christopher Young of such films as Hellraiser and Entrapment scored this in a repetitive cue line that was better made for a TV movie Still it seems higher than the movie deserves So other than Young and Zuniga this one scrapes the bottom of the barrel

Besides the fact that this guy is a liar he is also a total idiot and a thief in the comedy community Once when I attempted to watch this excuse for a television show I believe i actually threw up in my mouth a little I cant help but feel a little bit dumber every time is see one of his horrid commercials while I am enjoying great comedy central programs like Reno 911 and American body shop It shows like this that make me worry about the continual existence of mankind Its hard to believe that even Joe Rogan can make someone look like an moron Please begin praying now that comedy central will realize their mistake and end this show as soon as possible Havent we suffered enough

When I was a teenager seeing this film for the first time I thought it was one of the best movies ever made Of course the reason for that is Bo Derek and her various states of undress in this film However now that Im older I can honestly say that this film is awful Mind you Bo Derek is absolutely incredibly beautiful and she and husbanddirector John Derek make sure you see plenty of her But when you take that aspect out of the film it becomes one big dull ride And Tarzan well hes all muscular like you think he should be but when he sees Jane thats Bo of course for the first time he doesnt know what to think This despite the fact that Bo is wearing a wet seethru shirt with her breast prominently displayed Tarzan would be the only primitive man on the planet who would have that problem If you are looking for a movie to slobber over a beautiful naked body then this might fill the ticket If you are looking for a thoughtful entertaining and worthwhile film go elsewherealmost anywhere else at that

Some famous stories are prone to being moved to another epoch and as such becoming an embarrassing TVmovie Oscar Wildes Canterville Ghost is one of them This TV movie for kids is utterly cheap concerning acting character work credibility directing and even concerning the modest special effects As often the question arises what was this made for

Some guy named Karl Rhamarevich learns how to live on even after death through telekinesis Hes interred in a mausoleum That same night Julie Meg Tilly has to spend the night there to get into a group called The Sisters And Karls power is in full bloom Silly movie I saw it in a theatre when I was 21 and was generally bored The PG rating should have tipped me offthis is a horror movie for kids One REAL stupid scene at the end has a corpse breaking THROUGH concrete to hit a young guy For starters corpses are put in HEAD first making it impossible for the corpse to use his arms and theres no way anybody is going to break through concrete When youre noticing silly mistakes like that the movie is not doing its job It has two good scenestwo of The Sisters are attacked by floating corpses crowding them in At one point one of the sisters punches a corpse in the stomachher hand goes IN the body and she cant pull it out That scene has stayed with me every since And theres a cute little bit involving a corpse and a toothbrush at the end which had my audience laughing But the rest of the movie is a dim dull memory For kids onlyadults will be bored I give it a 3

I saw Descent last night at the Stockholm Film Festival and it was one huge disappointment Disappointment because the storyline was potentially powerful the prospect of seeing Rosario Dawson in a smaller intimate movie was exciting and being a fan sounds pervy Im not of raperevenge flicks of the 70s I was needless to say very curious to check this movie out My conclusion lets stick to the classics Yes the storyline has potential but the dialogs are flat the actors unconvincing Even Dawson is empty Some would say that its a right depiction of the college world in the US that the emptiness of the characters serve a purpose and all that jazz but it just makes the whole movie unsubstantial Just like the scene where Dawson gets raped it seriously lacks intensity I wasnt expecting anything Irreversiblestyle but still arent we suppose to feel compassion for her I didnt Not for a minute she was so lame all the way And I read that the photography was impressive Well it is good indeed but nothing groundbreaking either I must admit that the screening at the festival wasnt so good so maybe I missed out something here but at the end of the movie I couldnt help thinking I feel like watching Argentos Inferno again lol More seriously the first scene in the club is beautifully shot and all but I had the bitter sensation of watching a longer and more boring version of the scene in the filthy bar near the AmericanCanadian border in Lynchs Twin Peaks Fire Walk with Me the crude red and blue lighting the heavy bass music the general lasciviousdecadent atmosphere No I just couldnt get into this movie Too bad

I usually really enjoy Steven Seagal movies They are usually highly entertaining and being somewhat of an adept of Aikido I usually like the way Steven incorporates these martial art techniques in the fight sequences However this film is a really bad movie making effort and it seems obvious to me that the blame lies with the director and the producers who obviously have no idea how to make an action movie let alone direct someone like Steven Seagal and to take advantage of his knowledge and competence I never saw the end of this movie I walked out before the end simply because I couldnt stand watching anymore of this bad movie I am sure that many people also share my feelings

In the glory days of the 90s god rest its soul you could turn on the great Comedy Central at any hour of the day and see the greatest sketch comedy show of all time Saturday Night Live Whpat a glorious show that was whether it was the original NotReadyforPrimetime Players or the second golden age of SNL featuring the greats Chris Farley Adam Sandler David Spade and then it all went to hell I was first exposed to MadTV about a year and a half ago and I think I mustve passed out from shock How could a show so terrible prevail for so long There are so many horrible flaws I suppose Ill start with the writing The writing for most part is terrible It is nothing more than kindergarten bathroom humor The cast for the most part is talentless There are a few sketches I have enjoyed such as some of Ms Swan and Stuart and there are a few talents on the show such as the magnificent Alex Borstein Phil LaMarr is a talented actor just not as a comedian Although there a few sparse ha ha moments they are not enough to redeem this endless line of horrible drivel populated by babbling idiots Miss this one

This episode is certainly different than all the other Columbos though some of the details are still there the setup is completely different That makes this Columbo unique and interesting to watch even though at times you might wish for the old Columbo I liked it a lot but then I like almost any Columbo

I lay the blame for The Comebacks on anyone who enjoyed Date Movie and Epic Movie You people encouraged the Fox studio to keep on churning out desperate parody films and now were faced with what just may be the laziest and most desperate one of them all The Comebacks barely qualifies as a parody Heck it barely qualifies as a movie This is a comedy in theory but not in execution No one not even the people involved with this mess could have possibly fooled themselves into thinking they were making a funny movie Director Tom Brady The Hot Chick has made something truly wretched here The plot if you can even call it that centers on a man named Lambeau Fields David Koechner Right when I heard his name within the first couple seconds of the film I knew I was in for a long movie Funny names are seldom funny and become even less funny the more you hear them Lambeau is one of the worst coaches in the world but hes been given another chance by his best friend Freddie Wiseman Carl Weathers to coach a ragtag high school football team called The Comebacks Lambeau must not only lead the team to victory but also teach them the ways of inspirational sports movie clichés He expects his kids to have poor grades and problems with alcohol and ridicules them when they dont When it looks like the team has a chance to play at the big championship Toilet Bowl game Did 10yearolds write this script Lambeau is shocked to discover that Freddie is the coach of the big rival team that his team will be playing against Turns out Freddie only encouraged Lambeau to take the coaching job because he wanted The Comebacks to lose The Comebacks is a movie so forced and pathetic I almost had a hard time believing what I was watching Spoof movies have recently turned into a game of spot the movie reference and this continues the tradition It tries to squeeze in as many references to other sports movies as it can but it either does absolutely nothing with them expecting us to just point at the screen and laugh out of familiarity or it attempts to be funny and falls flat on its face Some of the films referenced include Field of Dreams Bend it Like Beckham Rocky Balboa Friday Night Lights Stick It Radio Miracle Remember the Titans Gridiron Gang Invincible and Dodgeball A True Underdog Story But wait wasnt Dodgeball already a parody of inspirational sports movies So in other words were watching a parody of a parody of inspirational sports movies If that makes any sense to you youre just the audience this movie is looking for Some of these films are referenced in the plot and some like the Rocky one are just thrown in for no reason because the filmmakers wanted to try to reference as many films as possible There are some that the movie even feels the need to explain to us in its dialogue just in case weve missed the obvious reference You know a movie is in trouble when it has to spell out its own jokes to us The worst thing is that the screenplay by TV veterans and first time screen writers Ed Yeager and Joey Gutierrez doesnt even know the first and most important rule of parody You have to play it straight The actors have to pretend theyre not in on the joke The reason why the classic Zucker Brothers movies like Airplane Top Secret and The Naked Gun are remembered so fondly is because they cast serious actors like Leslie Nielsen yes he was a serious actor before he turned to comedy and Robert Stack and then threw them into ridiculous situations What made it funny is that they acted like they werent in a comedy and kept a stone face to the weirdness around them Those films wouldnt have worked if they played their roles broadly The Comebacks proves this as all the actors are forced to play their roles so goofy its like theyre screaming at us to laugh David Koechner keeps on flailing his arms bulging his eyes and screaming at the top of his lungs to the point he looks like someone who knows hes trapped in a deadend comedy and just tries too hard to pretend hes having a good time The movie also doesnt understand the art of celebrity cameos also an important factor when it comes to parody films What kind of cameos do we get in The Comebacks Andy Dick and Dennis Rodman By the time the movie throws in an out of nowhere and extremely pointless cast musical number to Journeys Dont Stop Believing for absolutely no reason whatsoever I was just about ready to walk out the theater door I was the only person at my screening and the thought of this movie going on its pathetic way to a completely empty house kind of appealed to me I did sit through the rest of The Comebacks and I was not rewarded for my efforts The sad thing is Fox is not yet done killing the spoof genre They have a parody of 300 coming out next year called Meet the Spartans Id say it cant be much worse than this but Ive seen the trailer and I wouldnt want to get your hopes up

Forget the recent dire American remake which sadly tarnished the reputation of the French original by virtue of the directors involvement in both This is a deftly drawn romantic 90s noir with many twists and turns It works best as a Gallic ode to Hitchcocks Rear Window because the notion of voyeurism is the constant theme that fires the intricate screenplay The story is stunningly realized like a Picasso painting offering multiperspectives on the same event and demanding the viewers participation throughout The settings music and haunting score are wonderful as well as the excellent contributions from the cast Watch it more than once

Wicked Little Things really separates itself from other zombie moviesFirst off all of the zombies in the movie dont exactly starting biting at you and tearing your flesh apart with their bare handsThey kill you with either a pickax or shovel and eat you after wardsSecond they cant dieIn most zombie movies you can shoot a zombie in the head and kill them but these simply wont dieThird which is the biggest reason why this movie separates itself all of the zombies are childrenHow did they die exactly to become zombies They were working in a coal mine when suddenly they were all killed in a collapseNow they wander the forest carrying their pickaxes and shovels waiting for someone to come by so they can kill them and eat themOh they also come out at nightYep only at nightThat makes the movie even more fun then it would be if they came out in the morningDespite all of the violent and gory mayhem in this movie Wicked Little Things is a great choice if youre looking for a movie about zombie childrenDont expect anything great like Dawn of the Dead or Land of the Dead but do expect lots of gore and violence that makes this movie a real zombie fan pleaserEveryone give Scout TaylorCompton from Rob Zombies Halloween a big hand for delivering a great performance like the one she did in HalloweenShe really needs to start starring in more horror movies

The actual crime story at the core of In Cold Blood might seem a little tame for those who are weened on the classic serial killer stories Gein Bundy Dahmer or just the more notorious cases out in Hollywood OJ Manson The essential facts in the case dont amount to anything terribly convoluted Perry Smith and Dick Hickock here played by Robert Blake and Scott Wilson respectively met by some luck conspired to rob a mans farmhouse safe out in Kansas and after killing a family of four with a shotgun and dagger came away with 43 dollars Aside from their returning to the US after fleeing briefly to Mexico there isnt a whole lot of mystery to the resolution either They were caught by some stroke of ironic chance a cop followed them and stopped them for having a stolen car after Smith and Hickcock helped out a boy and his old man collecting bottles for change and sentenced to hang by the neck until dead The story ended in 1965 But its the handling of the story moments of moot the performances a pure cinematic touch that Brooks and his absolutely marvelous the lategreat DP Conrad Hall provides in crisp widescreen black and white and a storytelling style that feels realistic without going into too much naturalism or too much melodrama save perhaps for near the end which is pitch perfect The air of tragedy hangs over the story and not so much because of the killings themselves no matter how brutal they are as the third man that is conjured up as the narrator observes by Smith and Hickcock teaming up but because of the inevitability of the story You feel somehow for these criminals who in any other hands would be just be conventional figures or something out of a Bmovie These arent good people but they arent necessarily monsters either at least all the way through Its also an excellent roadmovie as we see Smith and Hickcock on the road down to the Clutter residence the actual nighttime scene of the crime taking place late in the film then on to Mexico then back to America towards Las Vegas We get to soak in the personalities of these two probably even more than that of the police detectives who at first have no leads and then finally get a break with an inmate Its actually kind of disturbing to get this close to these two sort of akin to the aimless quality of Malicks Badlands characters and its also a sign of daring for the period Theres no sermonizing like he did this because of that and this or the other We see how Smith had an abusive psychotic father but that Smith loved and hated him The complexity there is too much for the movie maybe even too much for Capotes book which I should confess Ive still yet to read though I plan to And we see Hickcock is this creature of slick confidence ie getting the suit and other things with bad checks but without any deeprooted explanation to it all The streak of fatalism in In Cold Blood is some of the starkest of the 60s and its the luck of Brooks to have its stars as Blake in his topofthepops performance this and Lost Highway oddly enough considering his real life saga in recent years his quintessential pieces of work and Wilsons breakthrough before becoming a character actor While theyre surrounded by fine supporting work they themselves are eerily absorbing driven more or less by greed and fantasies of escapism with treasure and staying pretty much grounded in their situation through the death row and on through their ends Is this a morale of the story if there could be one that its more horrifying to confront the possibility that those who kill cant be classified of good vs evil getting smudged Smith apologized for his crime before being hung and he points out but to who This is a story bound to give the most hardened fans of truecrime the bonafide chills and its quite possibly the best American film of 1967

The costumes are outrageous and the Australian outback scenery is fun to view but there is an edge to this story a mean edge about drag queens I particularly noticed that in Terrence Stamps character Ralph Bernadette Bassenger Perhaps that was appropriate since there is nothing goodguy like about RalphBernadette and his group of queens Once again we get the strong Liberal slant which says anything goes and if youre not with it or in this case prohomosexual then you are a homophobe Gasp Whats really disturbing is the ending when a young boy goes off with his alternativelifestyle father and embraces his gay lifestyle not because it fit the story but because it fit the agenda of the people who wrote the script Pitiful

especially when looking at the amount of crap that has made it to DVD I found this movie very funny Rip Torn is classic with his barbs Rob Schneider if hilariously annoying as the overcompensating Ensign Bruce Dern makes a great villain The entire cast seems to be having a blast and its not at the expense of the audience If you like just plain fun comedy and arent looking too deeply into meaning you just might fall in love with this one

William Shakespeare probably didnt envision Stephanos as a gay doctor Antonio as a faithless wife or Caliban as a goatherd with a Trinitron but the Bards had worse done to his good work over time and might even enjoy the sumptuous pageant of life that is his Tempest as reconfigured by Paul Mazursky and cowriter Leon Capetanos This time Prospero is Philip Dimitrius John Cassevetes a Manhattanbased architect tired of designing Atlantic City casinos for the amiable Mafioso Alonso Vittorio Gassman especially after discovering Alonso is carrying on an affair with Philips wife Antonia Gena Rowlands Along with daughter Miranda Molly Ringwald Philip escapes to a remote Greek island with Miranda and his new mistress Aretha Susan Sarandon a nice Catholic girl who struggles with Philips celibate lifestyle Will a sudden storm bring all right in the end Heres a thought on the career of Cassevetes How many other actors could make a film so confused into something so riveting A darling of film critics for his earlier work often with his reallife wife Rowlands he presents a central character who really suffers for his art here but seems to enjoy himself and makes us enjoy him too Its not Prospero but something rich and strange that makes for a terrific sea change all his own Its all here he tells one of his faithful companions Arethas dog Nino Beauty magic inspiration and serenity That it is Tempest transfers 1611 London to 1982 Manhattan and finds some nice resonances in Philips displaced life Show me the magic he calls out to a stormtossed city skyscape and Mazurskys version augmented by Donald McAlpines sterling cinematography of purple seascapes and naturally sunburnished Greek landscapes does just that Its not a perfect movie by any means In fact the big finale which is the only part of the movie that follows Shakespeares storyline to any faithful extent is a mess Rowlands character is hard to care much for in this film and after meeting Sarandon in all her braless glory its hard to understand Philips continuing concern for his wife let alone his leftfield desire to make an unhappy sacrifice in order to restore the natural order of things But theres a lot to love about Tempest In addition to Cassavetes theres Ringwalds film debut as his loyal but restless daughter here as in the play an object of desire for the primitive rustic Kalibanos Raul Julia Ringwald here is very much the same teenaged muse of privileged adolescence that would inspire John Hughes but with an emotional depth those later Hughes films didnt delve into Ringwald and Julia never got any Oscar attention but they both would win Golden Globes for their playful work here He tries to woo her in her island isolation with his TV reruns of Gunsmoke in Greek tempted by her 15yearold body I want to balonga you with my bonny johnny Kalibanos declares getting shoved aside but winning our sympathy anyway especially after performing New York New York with a chorus of goats When Tempest hit the screens Julia was the toast of Broadway as the lead in Nine Its Mazurskys show even if it feels at times that Cassavetes is running things with improvisational line readings and emotional breakdowns galore Philip introduces himself to Aretha by telling her Im right in the middle of a nervous breakdown He plays his character as an amiable obsessive seeking to crystallize his happiness by building an theater in his otherwise uninhabited island Adding to the enjoyment is Gassmans rich performance as the other man who is as completely amiable as Julia while telling a youthobsessed Philip Boys dont have half as much fund as we have Theyre nervousand they make love in the back of an old sports car Despite being overlong and pretentious in spots like so many art films Tempest is entertaining in its excesses and a trip very much like Shakespeare intended even if his dreams didnt involve smoking pot backstage at a GoGos concert

As a poker enthusiast I was looking forward to seeing this movie Especially as it had Scotty Nyugen in it Basically Scotty Nyugens short spots in this film are all it has going for it The characters are unlikeable and annoying the soundtrack is awful and the plot well there isnt one I honestly got a headache and found myself reading the barcode number on the DVD box after twenty minutes I was THAT bored Its actually ashame that Nyugen was in this movie as otherwise I wouldnt have wasted 16 buying it off Ebay Take it from me AVOID like 7 2 offsuit Dire

Idiots go camping and act like idiots before they finally die like idiots yes Camp Blood or if youre wanting an awful badder than bad pun that suits a badder than bad film Camp Bloody awful is so bad its actually quite depressing to watch And it has all the ingredients to be a perfectly bad film Awful actingcheck Bad scriptcheck Tacky effectscheck no originality whatsoeverdouble check It doesnt even attempt to be different and is riddled with every predicted cliché imaginable For example the film opens to a couple having sex in the woods so of course they end up dead One of the most disturbing things is that this film actually spawned two sequels how and why only baffles the mind Just stay away from this one

This movie is an abortive stillborn attempt to stitch together several bad movies and make some sort of extrabad movie It fails at even this since theres way too much plot and not nearly enough goofy puppets and ridiculous gore Seriously the puppets are sweet and the guys in suits crack me up pretty good The performances are Cgrade at best and lame throughout with special props to the SpecOps guy who spoke some sort of bizarre East CoastVenusian dialect that was almost impossible to decipher Not that you really care what he says as only the curse words are distinct Cinematographically its nonoffensive pretty much what youd expect from lowrent straighttovideo offal just like the script The fact that New Concorde used footage from the Carnosaur films IS offensive and quite confusing For shame New Concorde For shame Carnosaur is one of my favorite terrible movies and they somehow screwed it up and made it nigh unwatchable See the Carnosaur films if you want to see shoestring dinosaur mayhem I give it one star because I am so fond of the movies it steals from and also because the scale doesnt have a zero

The super sexy B movie actress has another bit part as future Goodfellas star Ray Liottas girlfriend in this box office bomb She plays Marion has only one line of dialog well one WORD of dialog actually She shouts out Joe as Rays character is violating poor Pia Zadora with a plastic garden hose sprinkler This movie is so bad though it becomes funny hilarious at times The guys at Mystery Science Theater 3000 would love this Check out the hysterical scene at the end where Pia has a nervous breakdown and all the cheesy editing and effects they do to try and show how badly Pias character is freaking out Pia plays an aspiring Hollywood screenwriter in this Pia Zadora as a screenwriter Yeah right Pia can barely talk let alone write Pia is utterly and absolutely miscast in this dumb role But who cares The real star is the hot and fresh Glory Annen in her bit part in this cats opinion Rock on Glory

Night Crossing is about an enormous barrier designed not to keep enemies out but to keep its own people in… Night Crossing is about a very long border fencer equipped with silent alarms and automatic firing systems… Night Crossing is about the denial of the basic human rights of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness… Night Crossing is about the fear and pain that afflict so many families… Night Crossing is about one attempt to risk a crossing through the border zone… Night Crossing is about a loving father whose only desire is to give his boys what should never have been taken away from them… Night Crossing is about a disturbed mother who wants her babies and her husband alive… Night Crossing is about a caring husband who wants his family to be together but in a better place… Night Crossing is about children who want to be free to reach at anytime the sky… Night Crossing is about a hotair balloon handcrafted and built by two families… Night Crossing is about a balloon which could go just high enough to crash or catch fire and explode… Night Crossing is about two determined men who want their family to climb into a hot air balloon and float away to liberty… Night Crossing is about the fear of getting caught by an evil regime… Night Crossing is about a sensible man who cant let bad dreams stop him… Night Crossing is about an icy policeman who wants every lookout tower on full alert… With exquisite music by Jerry Goldsmith Delbert Manns Night Crossing makes us realize the true value of freedom… Final thoughts There are a few moments in everyones life certainly in public lives that can define a person For those of us old enough to remember the Reagan presidency seeing the clips again in the wake of his death makes it seem like those events happened just yesterday or last week The voice the expressions are all so familiar But for a large percentage of people these events might as well have happened fifty years ago if not more They are part of the distant past President Reagan is a name and not much more President Gorbachev is another name and not much more So how can we remember these two men who had such a huge impact on their country Reagan and Gorbachev worked together to tear down the Berlin Wall and to steer their superpower nations away from nuclear confrontation…

I knew nothing of this film before I was convinced to see it by a friend who had heard it was a nonstop epic battle scene from beginning to end That couldnt have been further from the truth This was one of the most boring poorly written amateurishly directed horribly acted films Ive ever had the misfortune to lay my eyes upon Id rank it up there with the movie I consider to be the worst film of all time Battlefield Earth There basically is no story its hard to believe that the makers of this film thought that this cheesy soap opera crap would be taken seriously as actual historic fact It also features some of the worst dialogue Ive ever heard like this little gem Guy tells girl You smell like the moon Girl replies What does the moon smell like OMG You have to be kidding me The scene where the guy was drawn and quartered got some good laughs from the audience since it looked so ridiculously cheap and the sound FX of the guy being ripped apart reminded me of someone making a fart sound with their mouth If this is playing at a theater near you avoid it at all costs This movie is so bad that I actually made the decision about 45 minutes through that I needed to catch up on my sleep and I did Awful

This movie was everything but boring It deals with reality To the people who think this movie was boring open your eyes to the real problems in our society Our children are dying The consequences of alcohol and drug abuse are not to be ignored I work in a correctional facility as a chemical dependency counselorand i deal with these problems every day People of all ages and all walks of life are effected by the consequences of their alcohol and drug abuse It destroys families hurts people and leads to serious brain damageall kinds of health problems and death It is all preventable This movie should be shown in every highschool in the world If anyone owns this movie and wants to sell it or sell me a copy please email me at Ottenbreit2netzeronet thank you

Ulises is a literature teacher that arrives to a coastal town There he will fell in love to Martina the most beautiful girl in town They will start a torrid romance which will end in the tragic death of Ulises at the sea Some years later Martina has married to Sierra the richest man in town and lives a quiet happy live surrounded by money One day the apparition of Ulises will make her passion to rise up and act without thinking the consequences The plot is quite absurd and none of the actors plays a decent part IN addition three quarters of the film are sexual acts which still being well filmed are quite tiring as we want to see More development of the story It is just a bad Bigas Lunas film with lots of sex no argument and stupid characters everywhere

At the beginning it was almost a shock to see Norma Shearer without her makeup Then she glamorizes herself and becomes the life of the party Anyway she divorces her husband makes herself over and gets on with her life or so she thinks Somewhat keeps you guessing if theyll get back together

OK so I rented this clownlikeChainsawMassacreesquire film not expected much but I did like the novel approach to a serial killer film from the back of the box is the following synopsis At first it was just a joke a myth around the campfire for five friends staying at a remote cabin in the Texas woods But when they began to disappear onebyone replaced by scattered bloodied body parts and voodoo effigies the remaining few scramble for their lives But hes out there And hes sick And all he wants is blood So obviously from the getgo it doesnt make sense why is this clown in the woods to begin with Why a clown Why are their dolls with the word food drawn on them Why why why Hardly anything gets answered in this 1 hour 30 min bore fest except where this clown lives The characters are dumb guys dumb girls and a hell of a lot of bitchiness One in particular is a girl whom they brought from a restaurant up the road whom they thought they should help because she was getting hassled by some guy she knew What warrants that as an excuse to bring a girl into your circle of friends or their cabin She of course begins planting seeds of jealousy having the men have sex with her by feeding their dumb minds everything they want to hear The music was an average affair standard frantic keyboard music like in every horror film without differences The actors seemed to be brought from some soap opera the way they complained and whined about everything The idea that the main guy in the film takes this girl to the cabin as their first date makes for a horrible date but of course she unrealistically gives herself to him on the first night of getting to know him There was hardly a budget spent of anything it seems but there was a clown outfit and plenty of cheap 1store dolls lying around in the woods which was a horribly bland place to shoot this whole movie been done too many times I was also waiting for the clown to jump into the house to kill the remaining 4 characters of the film in through the glass maybe but nothing exciting like that ever entered the film I guess you were just supposed to like the clown being a killer or something I had to give the film a 3 It was an interesting premise clown as the Texas Chainsaw Massacre character essentially and Ill give them a star for acting serious all the way through when the movie couldve totally been a Bmoviestyle video but they opted for the more legitimate style of video But ultimately I probably wouldve felt like renting the Killer Klowns from Mars video again before going back to check this out Ah but that cover artpretty awesome drawing

I often wonder how movies like this even get made and the most shocking part is that people actually pay to watch them With Aksar it appears as though the director made up the story as he went along adding twists and turns when he liked no matter how ludicrous they were The script was non existent with inane dialogs such as Jo Sheena Roy pehenti hai wahee fashion hota hai and Yeh Versace hai Madam yeah right Every one of the characters was shallow and underdeveloped Acting was awful Constumes lycra for Udita and awful suits for a stocky Emran locales the numerous houses that were used for interiors did not even vaguely resemble a Victorian mansion screenplay etc etc just one word rubbish For those people who love Hashmi and his movies watch it As for me Ill never get those two and a half hours back The only redeeming factor was some of the music which was decent

I am wanting to make a Holmes with Doors pun but I cant quite string it all together Suitably grubby and over edited WONDERLAND gives Kilmer a role that channels Morrison at the same timebut how coy is this film about the famous 14 inches Australian crime films flash it all the time and skip the graphic violence insteadas someone famous said once about US cinema double standards kiss a breast and its an X stab it and its an action PG 13 WONDERLAND is 14 minutes too long too and at the end the tawdry spiral we were all glad to escape the cinema How many films called WONDERLAND are we going to get There must be six in the last decade The pixilated violence and muted color sets the seedy tone but the wobblecam gets tiresome as if we are gawking at their nostrils all the time Taking a few cues form THE DOORS and TAXI DRIVER it all becomes forgettable the next day

Its been a looooonnnggg time since I saw this comedy and Id forgotten just how idiotic it is Id place this easily in the lower two or three of Elvis Presleys very worst movies Presley plays Joe Whitecloud a halfbreed Indian bull rider who returns home to Arizona and the brokendown shack where his family lives and where his friends love to party all night long His parents are played by Burgess Meredith and Katy Jurado and his old Indian grandpa is Thomas Gomez None of the three offer anything of substance comically or otherwise The government has invested in the familys cattle but theyre lacking a bull Elvis gets to sing just a few utterly worthless songs and is pursued by a young boycrazy gal and her guntoting mother This is just a real slapdash of a mess and the dilapidated surroundings practically stink of manure and dont make this much easier The one thing that puzzles me however is that Elvis actually seems to be having a good time in the film Hard to believe considering he got so upset about being stuck making so many mediocre movies

A mix of 70s drug humor along with parody of medicine and classic story line As Ive often said about this flick if you dont get it youre way lame Classic lines such as parapharsed Ive got this erection and it wont go away no matter how many times I do it Youre a nurse what can you give me for it Nurse replies all I have is 5 dollars and my wedding ring Great sound trackThe classic Hydes got nothing to hide Stays surprisingly close to the original plot not that the original stays in the way of a joke Havent met anyone with an IQ over 115 that doesnt find it hysterical

I sincerely consider this movie as another poor effort of Dominican Movie Industry The first 30 minutes of the movie are a little funny but then when they switch their role in the society men doing what women usually do and women doing what men usually do the movie falls Becoming boring and not funny at all They let many things without explanation and the end of the movie is predictable I didnt like the way as a Roberto Angel played his character and his little either I went to the movies theater hoping to see a good work but I went out really disappointed I dont recommend this movie

The real surprise of this effortlessly lightweight movie is how such a top notch cast got assembled for what is nothing more than a hammy uninspiring affair Presumably it was a proverbial snowball rolling down a hill gathering pace and size and shape One can imagine that by the time Miranda Richardson got contacted by her agent the conversation went along the lines of Do you want to shoot a movie in Dublin scripted by Neil Jordan Michael Caine and Michael Gambon are already in This is a dull comedy that sees Michael Caine and Dylan Moran try and pull off a wellplanned hustle where Moran must imitate a London gangland boss whose arrival is imminent to collect a sizeable sum of cash from local kingpin Michael Gambon The rest is simply a forgettable romp that is thankfully over quite quickly Moran is mildly amusing in places but on this evidence is better suited to life on the small screen in hit comedies such as Black Books Caine is unchallenged in his role and gives a steady performance without being overstretched One can only imagine what made him sign up for this movie it cant even have been a summer in Dublin given that many of the scenes look positively autumnal in the background Gambon actually steals the show and anyone who has caught some of his performances in the likes of Have I Got News For You will know that he is a wonderfully funny man But overall the result is disappointing and it seems a lifetime ago that Neil Jordan was making quality movies of the likes of Mona Lisa

This indie film is worth a look because of the enormous talent of its creators Wallace Wolodarsky and Marsha Forbes Mr Wolodarsky has directed the young cast and he is to be praised for this effort The premise of the film is a cautionary tale of the danger for wanting something one cant have Which is the story of Alice and Ed After living together for a while Alice suddenly gets restless because she imagines shes lacking experience in the sex area Alice and Eds relationship while not an example of ideal happiness is a comfortable way to share their lives with one another That is until the moment Alice and Claire her sister happened to bump into a sexual encounter by another couple that has no clue of being observed This incident makes Alice reevaluate her own sexual life with Ed she finds it lacks substance When she proposes seeing other people Ed is shocked to put it mildly but not wanting to contradict Alice he decides to go along What happens next is that both Alice and Ed enter into a world thats been unknown to them The people they meet in the end are not worth the trouble They sadly realize at the end they were made for each other The film is worth watching in order to see the amazing Julianne Nicholson who we happen to have liked in another indie film Tully Ms Nicholson reminds us of a young Shirley McLaine she projects such a luminous quality about her that is hard to take ones eyes from her whenever she is in a scene This young actress proves she is an accomplished performer who gets better with each new appearance Basically she carries the movie Her Alice is a study in contrasts Alice is a decent woman who thinks she is inadequate in pleasing Ed because of her inexperience Jay Mohr is an excellent match for Ms Nicholson Both do wonders together His Ed is perfectly credible We have known people like him Deep down inside he is a good person who suddenly gets himself in a situation he didnt call for yet he goes along only to discover he is too decent and not cut out for a life of gratuitous sex with the willing women that have no problem with a tumble in the hay just for fun The rest of the cast is wonderful Lauren Graham does some amazing work as Claire Alices yuppie sister Andy Ritcher is also wonderful as the grounded Carl the nerdy friend who finally finds out fulfillment when he meets Penelope a single mother As Penelope Helen Slater makes a felicitous albeit of a short appearance in the film The director is enormously gifted who will no doubt go places because he shows he is well suited for the job

Wow even American Idol and So You Think You Can Dance have more adult stuff now than WWE at least the auditions has a number of people abusing the judges and here is WWE plodding with one of the worst moves in TV history by changing itself into PG Now when I switch sometimes to see whats going on this is what I get 1 Hornswoggle the ugly midget sharing his space with the main eventers for apparently no reason except for thrilling the young fans and of course beating Chavo Guerrero a capable wrestler in every match 2 A guest host arghh every week to spoil the teaspoon of fun which was otherwise present All these host are cheap Bgrade celebs trying to catapult to fame again by cracking horrendous 5 year old jokes and making silly references 3 Cryme Time and a female wrestler forgot her name most probably Eve giving lessons on various street words sob which are neither street nor cool They were fun before stealing stuff and being loud mouths 4 The divas are clad in unwatchable outfits tying their best to look sexy smart and powerful by the way I hate this catchphrase Remember when Torrie Trish and Sable were there Those were the times Plus these divas are bad wrestlers which adds to the misery I have seen some old matches of WWE in Vintage collection and the divas over there were professional not amateur 5 PG move restricts so many things almost no blood during matches DX being terribly irritating John Cena doing even more of his patriotism act crowd containing many children who are so annoying almost no heels etc 6 And yeah why keep PPVs so often One in every month have they lost it No actual feud or rivalry is ever created and the ones that are done look fake and justtillthePPVgetsover ones 7Vintage Michael Cole and a few of his quotes Ladies and Gentlemen you are watching the longest running television show in history every week The BRUTAL and VICIOUS assault by he doesnt use it for anyone else Randy OrtonLegacy A vicious attack on Stephanie McMohan TripleHs husband WWE is now almost towards its demise Hope Vince gets up from his slumber and does something bring back the TV14 or attitude era 2 out of 10 for the current state of WWE

i believe that this movie was a terrible waste of my time and i would know after watching it 5 times in class this movie does not show what absolutely perfectly happened during these times no one can truly say that these things happened to the letter if anything the only good part would be the actors even tho that they were really really crapthey were reading the script without expression quite boring i would rather watch play school so i would definitely like to never ever see this movie again in my whole life it is a complete waste of time unless you want your time to be wasted and if you would like to see an unrealistic view of what happened back in 1981

A terrible deception controversial film winner of the Teddy in Berlin 2003 Mil nubes de paz turned out to be a fiasco The actors are all reciting well they are not exactly actors the film tried to be a high bet but ends up being a doubtful bet it stays in the superficiality of two guys kissing and a guy whose lover is gone it has no purpose nothing to do with the homosexuality presented in other films eg Before Night Falls 2000 by Julian Schnabel Technically the only thing that works is the photography otherwise the camera is put in strange angles to make it more artfilm and the whole film runs in a black and white atmosphere The film is so pretentious that bothers I mean its good to be pretentious when you have talent to support it Or maybe it is that its so artcinema that its incomprehensible The story flows slowly slowly slowly To me more form than essence Superb edition It was good Superb direction Dont think so the film is weak It was an interesting project Its a shame Its a flaw One star out of four

To be fair I expected car chases in this film There was only really one but apart from that Freeway was a great movie which I am glad to own on DVD The only really big names in the cast are HOMICIDEs Richard Belzer as the radio psychiatrist and BMovie villain parexcellance Billy Drago as the Revelationquoting Freeway Killer But the rest of the cast generally give good performances I especially liked how Darlanne Fluegel gave her character Sunny a bit of guts She could have been a helpless victim character but she is fully rounded as she seeks out Drago with the help of bounty hunter James Russo Russo Im afraid comes across as rather wooden but then again the character he plays Frank isnt very well fleshed out save for a back story Sunny is given by his former commanding officer The tone of menace is kept up superbly throughout the film and the atmosphere of the lonely LA freeway at night with the killer prowling its length in his sinister grey sedan is an excellent way of building tension and the music used to underscore the film is suitably composed I dont know why there are some people who hate this movie so Different strokes for different folks I suppose But I absolutely enjoyed Freeway and I can strongly recommend it

I just caught Wild Rebels on one of the Mystery Science Theatre 3000 archive compilations and this movie was so bad even the MST3K crew couldnt make it entertaining There are some MST3K targets that were films whose concepts were so dippy they couldnt possibly have been good movies like The Green Slime and others whose basic premises could have been made into genuinely entertaining films if their filmmakers hadnt bobbled them in the execution Wild Rebels is a film whose basic premise DID make a good movie three years earlier when Don Siegel directed his remake of The Killers at Universal Both films are about a failed racing driver whos seduced by a femme fatale into driving the getaway car in a robbery masterminded by the womans boyfriend only in The Killers the driver was John Cassavetes the woman was Angie Dickinson and the criminal mastermind cast wildly but successfully against type in what turned out to be his final film was Ronald Reagan Steve Alaimo Bobbie Byers and Willie Pastrano are quite a comedown But what REALLY makes Wild Rebels an awful movie is the direction by William Grefé note the accent over the final e present in his onscreen credit which has absolutely no sense of pace whatsoever and seems to let every shot run at least half again as long as it needs to to make its dramatic point Its only a pity that someone didnt do a mocking commentary on this movie now in 2009 the comparison between Steve Alaimos hairdo and Rod Blagojevichs would have been irresistible

The hysterical Hardware Wars is finally out on DVD HW has earned its niche among parody classics and is not only a riotous little 20 minute short but a staple in low budget film production classes which is where a lot of the films cult status is derived from and resides With the DVD not only do we get a chance to revisit the original parody 4Q2 CinnamonBun Head Ballistic Toast et al that Ernie F did in 1978 but there is a lot of additional material showcasing the Fosselius wit Antique Sideshow is a deadon parody that is very funny but makes a statement about the confluence of ignorance and greed at the same time The Directors Commentary is also hysterical as is the Creature Feature which parodies taking a film out on the talkshow circuit and actually IS based on taking HW out on the talk show circuit albeit the public access circuit Id love to see Ernie Michael Wiese and crew take on some other contemporary overblown and overbudgeted targets to parody like just about any film that Hollywood churns out at 100 million a pop these days not so much the crafty films like Spider Man or Men In Black actually parodies themselves but any number of overblown overhyped overwrought and overpriced features

The Five Deadly Venoms is easily the most memorable KF flick from the Shaw Brothers stable exc maybe Master Killer It has the artists who came to be known as simply The Venoms some of the best fight choreography ever and surprisingly for a Kung Fu movie a great plot One of my alltime favorites

Ill give writerdirector William Gove credit for finding someone to finance this illconceived thriller A good argument for not wasting money subscribing to HBO let alone buying DVDs based on cover art and blurbs A pedestrian Dennis Hopper and a game Richard Grieco add nothing significant to their resumes although the art direction is not half bad The dialogue will leave you grimacing with wonder at its conceit this is storytelling at its worst No tension no suspense no dread no fear no empathy no catharsis no nothing A few attractive and often nude females spice up the boredom but this is definitely a film best seen as a trailer I feel sorry for the guy who greenlighted this thing Good for latenight zonedout viewing only You have been warned

I havent seen much German comedy but if this film is anything to go by Im compelled to see more The simple but effective storyline takes two very different people on a trip from Germany to Italy after Eva an unemployed mother of two discovers that her artist husband is having an affair with the wife of a wealthy lawyer I wont reveal anything further but what results is a very funny series of events with the perfect conclusion My interest in international cinema has expanded since I first saw this film I recommend it to anyone any adult dont let the inclusion of the young children fool you into thinking its a family film who love comedy even those unfamiliar with the language

I first saw it at 5am January 1 2009 and after a day i watched it again and i want to watch it again Love everything well almost so 9 stars about it No color beautiful naive stories funny gangsters Anna camera work music Well sometimes you just want to listen little bit longer and the music just stops But this is not a musical after all I like Annas acting this naive wannabe gangster girl how she speaks holds the gun everything makes me smile No its not that funny though i have laughed a bit at some moments its just so subtle Excellent work by Samuel Benchetrit Though 3d nouvelle seems weaker but they are also gangsters maybe even worse cause they are stealing ideas And the last scene is my favorite Makes me feel so warm and romantic Yes i would recommend this movie for the romantic souls with a taste for such arthousish movies And i dont agree with those comparing it to Pulp Fiction Its not about action and twisted story though all vignettes intersect Its calm and maybe too slow movie for most of the people Its about characters their feelings very subtle Anyway probably this review wont be of much help to anyone my first just wanted to express my appreciation SPOILER This movie doesnt have a Goofs section Wonder didnt anybody notice that hand in the 2 part when the kidnappers decided to go home Looks like a part of crew hehe I know i should better post this in forums but i dont agree with some policies here

Having seen most of the Coen Brothers previous films I expected something different and slighty off centre OBWAT is certainly those things but it also has a heart as big aswellas big as Mississippi It is one of the most plainly enjoyable movies to have come out in recent times intelligent wellcrafted clever and superbly acted Characters are delivered in their myriad shades by a group of marvellous actors George Clooney winning me over completely with his Clark Gableish looks and character Having only ever seen him in Three Kings and his Thin Red Line cameo I am now a fan More comedy please George John Tuturro and Tim Blake Nelson ably assist especially Nelson If ever The Simpsons is made into a movie then he must be a natural to play Cletus the slackjawed yokel I dont think there is a performance that falls short of excellent from the entire cast My special favorite is Stephen Root as the blind Radio Station Man Great oldtimey music a jiggy type dance by Clooney that I am trying to learn and a feel of depression era southern US enhanced by sepialike photography make this the best movie Ive see so far this century The only drawback to the film is that it has almost sent me broke buying the soundtrack the DVD and a DVD player to play it onits THAT good

So bad as good not only the script is obvious but the acting is not just poor but pathetic The worst of all is the definition of the characters unrealistic ingenuity affected reactions camera forcing to watch superficial aspects which are introduced as keys to the plot Cant prevent laughing when at the end main character says to second something like your daughter plays no soccer and knows no cooking Such offense to female intelligence defines the level of this film Is the film about the psychological behaviour of the second character about its impact on the main character or just a sequence of events set in order to heat for the obvious ending Pls make more of these I had a good time guessing what next would go wrong

Jeremy Brett is simply the best Holmes ever narrowly edging out the great Basil Rathbone of course and this is probably the best adaptation of a CononDoyle short story A length adaptation includes some new plot strands that fit in well to the surrounding drama and heightens the hatred one feels for Milverton Excellent performances all round especially from Robert Hardy and both Brett and Hardwick fully rounded and comfortable in their roles makes this a superb piece of drama

This is an excellent movie The cast is a great mix of characters and the story is decent The movie is basically about a wellaccomplished doctor stealing the bodies of dead brides and taking them to his home Once the bodies are at his home he removes stuff i hate to use such a general term but i forget what it was he removed and puts it into his wife to retain her youth Then a reporter Patricia Hunter investigates the situation and begins to find answers on why the brides were dying She takes a trip to the doctors house and the interesting things begin to take place Definitely watch this oldie but goodie if you can

Atmosphere and droll dialog dont redeem this overrated classic Boyer is a French thief hiding in the Casbah of Algiers while the police try to figure out how to get him out Meanwhile he falls for Lamarr and tries to find a way to escape The film is slow to get started and never really goes anywhere Reminiscent of Casablanca in some ways its completely lacking any larger theme than the wanted man seducing a good woman Its all talktalktalk with endless scenes of Boyer swaggering among his idiot cohorts and Boyer wooing Lamarr in the shadows Personally I didnt care for Boyers character for a minute so the tension was utterly nonexistent Stock 1930s character actors stumble thru the mushy plot as Boyers henchmenguys who clearly do not belong in Algiers Sigrid Gurie is the wildlyoveracting jealous girlfriend of Boyer His brazen womanizing in front of her doesnt bode well for any future he might have with Lamarr Especially bad is a long sequence in which an underling comes to tell Boyer how another henchman was captured It sounds exciting too bad we didnt see it for ourselves The ending is completely anticlimactic and seems to be remarkable only because it is not a Hollywood happy ending that doesnt stop it from being sappy

Arg The shuffling dinosaurs are back to take another bite out of our sanity in this allawful third film This time European terroristsIrish Id say hijack an army convoy supposed to be transporting uranium They pull into a shipyard open the truck and discover our old friends the carnosaurs Pandemonium comes visiting then when the rubber dinos chomp the terrorists the cops and some marines The whole film seems to be again largely inspired from Alienas Carnosaur 2 was with the pathetic marines going through the claustrophobic shipyard guns at the ready This third opus is probably the driest and ungoriest film of the lot with only one spurt of blood when a rubber dino rips a marines head off The dinos are stiff shuffling creatures as usual and the TRex sounds like an enraged elephant when it roarsit also appears to have no eyes One of the goofiest scenes of the film is when the coppers arrive on the scene they enter the building where the hijacked truck is kept and hear some weird noise coming from another truck On opening it surprise The Rubber Reptile Gang burst out and devour them Why were the dinos locked up in the second truck after escaping from the first How did they get locked in as the truck door could only be locked from the outside What was the point of filming this scene Oh bother who cares Both thumbs down for the Oversized Rubber Iguanas

didnt know anything about the film or that it was based on a best selling bookTried guessing from the opening scenes what it would be aboutbest guessburied treasure and a death listThat lasted about 15 minutes when i got the sneaky suspicion that the film was crapIll not bore you with how bad the plot and acting were but anyone who gave it more than two stars must work for the film makersI watched until the hero jumped into his corvette to rush to the hospitalHe had his on his suitshirt and tie arrived at the hospital in jeans and a tshirtCouldnt even get the continuity right I got the Christian themehard to miss it

There was such a hype about a game show with Bill Shatnerand especially right in the wake of Deal or No Deal and 1 vs 100 So of course everyone had to tune in to see what all the fuss was about on the new game show What a disappointment As Ben Stein so stoically and nasally says wooww The only thing likable about this show was the fact that you knew it would eventually be over Sitting through a full hour of it was like going to the dentistyou find yourself looking at the clock in what you think are 10 minute intervals only to find out that only a minute has passed but seemed like an eternity since you last glanced at the clock So why didnt I just switch the channel Well probably for the same reason most other people didntout of sheer optimism I mean no one really wants to think that a show with Bill Shatner could actually be SO BAD Personally from the first 15 minutes I never thought this was the kind of vehicle that would showcase the talents of William Shatner My chief complaint was that the set was so dark Watching it left me feeling depressed You kept on wanting to get ahold of a little excitement but there was just none to be had There was not even enough light on the set to get a feel of energy from the audience who you couldnt even see Dear Network People do not watch game shows to cure their insomniathey watch game shows to be excited and have a good time Please do us all a favor and lose this in the vault

I think I truly love this film Prix de Beaute was originally a silent film but later dubbed into French in 1930 Despite having someone elses voice dubbed over hers this remains a stunning tour de force for Louis Brooks The fact that her singing voice is dubbed by the legendary Edith Piaf helps to mollify us purists about the dubbing deception This is the story of Lulu and we first see her at a resort with her macho boyfriend Andre Georges Charlia and their friend Antonin Augusto Bandini Lulu enters the frame as a pair of legs we see her inside the car changing into her bathing costume Lulu is very free with showing off her body and this does not sit well with the irksome Andre When Lulu considers applying for the title of Miss Europe we know that a happy ending is not going to be sitting at the end of Easy Street The film seems to focus a lot on men ogling beautiful women We see plenty of bathing beauties and the reactions of the men staring at them But at the center of it all is the magnificent Louise Brooks If you dont mind watching films from the bygone eras then consider checking out this one Louise Brooks is not a name that most average movie buffs may readily know but as soon as you see her you will be mesmerised and youll want to know more Also check her out in Pandoras Box if you can find it Be wary of the US Kino DVD release I dont know if their projection speed is correct A lot of the scenes appear to be shown at too fast a speed This may have been the way they were shot I dont know But since its the only way to see this film its worth swallowing that one minor bitter pill

Typical De Palma movie made with lots of style and some scenes that will bring you to the edge of your seat Most certainly the thing that makes this movie better as the average thriller is the style It has some brilliantly edited scenes and some scenes that are truly nerve wrecking that will bring you to the edge of your seat The best scenes from the movie The museum scene and the elevator murder There are some mild erotic scenes and the movies pace might not be fast enough for the casual viewer to fully appreciate this movie So this movie might not be suitable for everybody The story itself is also quite good but it really is the style that makes the movie work It might be for the fans only but also casual viewers should appreciate the well build up tension in the movie There are some nice character portrayed by a good cast Michael Caine is an interesting casting choice and Angie Dickinson acts just as well as she is good looking not bad for a 49year old The musical score by Pino Donaggio is also typically De Palma like and suits the movie very well just like his score for the other De Palma movie Body Double Brilliant nerve wrecking thriller I love De Palma 1010

A tedious yawn of a film that retains nothing of the zing and raciness of its predecessor Gold Diggers of 1933 The Production Code was firmly in place by the time of this films release so the humour is all of the hokey wockawocka variety and gone are the dry oneliners that sounded so cosmopolitan dripping off the lips of the gorgeous dames from the first film A cast of secondtier stars and character actors go through the motions here and the puttin on a show motif seems awfully forced instead of the make or break world of Broadway the show here is a charity event hosted by a swanky hotel Who really cares whether or not the show goes on The score here is bland too Of course the movies big number is Lullaby of Broadway which accompanies a long fantasy dance number about a New York socialites eventual demise from too much partyingdoesnt exactly have the same effect as the searing Forgotten Man number used as the finale in 33 Busby Berkeley directs as well as choreographs this film and whatever promise is built up in the films fluid opening scenes quickly deteriorates Unfortunately no one learned any lessons from this and there was yet another Gold Diggers movie two years later Grade C

Japanese animators have a unique freedom with animation which is why they tend to be able to come out with movies like these movies that ultimately end up on animefans harddrives and college students floors but get completely ignored by pretty much anybody outside of its country of origin Cat Soup is one of those films that from Western eyes is supposed to be experienced on drugs or deeply analyzed Really its just a beautifully detailed surrealist journey Theres no real dialog which makes it easy to pass on to other interested parties uninterested in things like subtitles A cat and his halfdead braindead sister travel through various landscapes of imagination and association Theres a general theme of water or lack thereof possibly because of the cat drowning at the beginning Possibly because of the title Theres an interesting sort of Genesis take Theres a pig that gets to eat itself An elephant made of water And its gorgeous compelling exciting and funprovided you dont watch it around druggies who cannot experience anything visually unique without comparing it to an acid trip Eventually the movie turns itself off adding another compelling selfreflexive level to the proceedings PolarisDiB

TROMEO JULIET 10TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION William Shakespeares play Romeo Juliet has been interpreted hundreds of times on stage and in films Sometimes literally following the original text which is at times vague in stage directions sometimes in new interpretations where directors chose to show their own view on the piece Some are good many are mediocre Lloyd Kaufmans film certainly stands out as one of the most original modern versions of the bards creation It may be placed in a modernday decaying New York and full of the modernday antisocial behavior body piercing dismemberment and kinky sex which for the more than casual reader Shakespeare himself wasnt shying away from but at the same time it stays incredibly close to the overall feel and point of what the play is all about which is quite an effort Kaufman wrote the script with his codirector on the film James Gunn who is now famous for writing two successful Scooby Doo movies doing the impossible by making a perfect remake of an already perfect film with his script for Dawn of the Dead and directing one of the best horrorfilms of the year Slither Lloyd Kaufmans innovative directorial view alongside with James Gunns original and unrestricted writing make for an interpretation of Shakespeares play that maybe not everyone will get immediately but will certainly be recognized by a truly unique and highly important view on a classic play With a script that is written entirely in iambic meter appearances of Motorheads Lemmy and an outrageous forceful soundtrack watching Tromeo Juliet is something no one will ever forget Apart from its historical significance Tromeo Juliet is a treasure for filmlovers of all kind Not only for the script by James Gunn now a good influence on Hollywood while working from the inside but also because it features an early part of legendary actress Debbie Rochon Well known by everyone familiar with films that are made on lower budgets The 10th anniversary edition on DVD adds to all that by including so many asyet undiscovered gems that not only all the information one could wish for about the film itself and the experience of making it is presented in ways that make it impossible to turn off the DVD but also a very honest and disturbing look is given into the ways independent cinema has to surviver these days In many ways the extras on the disc are an invaluable addition to the already impressive amount given on Kaufmans filmschool Make Your Own Damn Movie Furtermore historical items from the Troma vaults which include James Gunn Debbie Rochon and all other contributors to this masterpiece are included and the film itself is apart from looking better then ever accompanied by no less than four audiocommentaries each and everyone informative excruciatingly funny and all done for serious addition to the film instead of the boring and nonsensical commentaries that are so common these days There are new commentaries one with Kaufman and Gunn together but also the one James Gunn did for the original release of the DVD but couldnt be included there for some of honesty he displays about some other people is present on this disc With fanrecreations of a few of the scenes from the film a video diary of Lloyd Kaufmans visit to the set of James Gunns Slither and a visit the two brought together to Eli Roths Hostel Birthday party and much more this is the ultimate set everyone must own Weather you are a film historian someone interested in interpretations of the great Bards work a fan of great cinema a fighter for independent cinema a fan of James Gunn interested in learning more on making films on a low budget a fan of Lloyd Kaufman or whatever this is the most important DVDrelease of this millennium

This is an action packed film that makes me feel very peaceful and relaxed every time I see it The film short of its conclusion demonstrates that in the face of extreme odds it is still possible to prevail This film is very refreshing and likely to be banned at any moment Get a copy of it before the thought police burn every copy they can find They dont want you to have hope for the future or to think you have a chance On the other hand should Political Correctness fail to supress it this would be an excellent movie to release on DVD Such a release could contain interviews with the writer and director and related goodies Im sure it would sell some copies and I would be one of the first to buy it Mincka

I really like Kinski he is a great actor Ive seen this movie because Ive heard that there are autobiographic aspects in this movie The film is full of symbols like a piano sinking in a river or strange shadowpictures at the walls Then the narrator always says abstract sentences like A kid sells fortune but her box is empty now This is really disturbing and wasnt really necessary because everyone understands what this movie is all about The movie shows how Kinskis character treated woman and how he kept them under control If there are really some aspects of Kinskis life in this story then he really was an swine So there is no need to watch this movie unless if you want to see Kinski naked or if you like sick trash movies to laugh about

Picture the fugly annoying goth kids from college in a scat film throw in a pinch of story and a whole lot of awful acting and you are still not even close to how bad this movie is Shot badly bad effects worse acting Contrived attempt at shocking horror Everyone Ive showed this to gets kinda depressed watching it The sex scenes are disturbing not necessarily for their content but more because theyre just something you want to end as soon as possible The last sex scene is just foul even before she gets to the guy Im one of those people that loves to watch movies that people hate which is why I picked this one up But for your own sake save yourself the time and avoid this abhorrence Its that bad I literally threw it in the garbage

This is an absolutely horrid excuse for a show People say its witty and intelligence I dont see how Maybe because the characters use fancy words Maybe because they are snooty use dry humor and have 2 dimensional personalities I went to an Ivy league school and nobody acted anywhere near as obnoxious as these characters In fact had I met someone like them I would have likely strangled them The men act like little emotional preteen girls and all the minority characters are based off stereotypes The characters are no AT ALL AUTHENTIC Simply put they sound like a trailer park family trying to be rich and sophisticated This show is just another cookiecutter hit that braindead prime time viewers eat up on a regular basis

they should make terrorists watch this video as torture and not just for the disturbing final scene in which tying up and beating a woman with mental problems is apparently a source of comedy about a half hour of this would convince even the staunchest fundamentalist to spill the beans rather than sit through even one more minute of this disaster This movie is awful I rented it because a friend said it was hilarious only to find he was talking about the blowhard director doing the commentary rather than the movie itself I guess if you find unrestrained arrogance funny youll like this It apparently is true that he goes on and on about chicks hes banged the most tasteless example being when the lead actress comes on screen Actually CJ Stacy was the only good part of this movie her charisma shines like a diamond in this horrid dung pile This apparently is the only movie shes done according to IMDb I hope she is involved with theatre or indie stuff as I think she has the talent and natural beauty to really be an asset to any production

One can only sit in utter amazement at this mess of a film and be amused at some of the raves people have bestowed upon it The biggest problem seems to be the directors inability to make up his mind as to whether its black comedy farce or a combination of both It meanders all over the place in search of direction and has some utterly embarrassing performances that might be better suited to bad sitcom What a shame to see the talented Dianne Wiests comic talents squandered and the ever annoying Jane Birkin is so over the top shes more bothersome than usual Perhaps a lot of the positive criticism is due to the quirky French nature of the film therefore its labeled smart or genius Its neither Instead its bad tripe that leaves a rather rancid aftertaste MerchantIvory should stick to the serious stuff as they certainly have no comprehension of comedy

New York police detective Mark Dixon Dana Andrews is a guy who has to deal with his own demons on a daily basis at the same time as coping with the normal ups and downs of everyday life The strain produced by his internal struggle and his intense hatred of criminals leads him to make serious errors of judgement and to fail to recognise the need for any code of conduct to be adhered to in his dealings with people on the wrong side of the law He has a track record of treating suspects and known criminals with gross brutality and this has brought him into conflict with his superior officers who have censured him for the amount of violence he has regularly used Dixon cannot reconcile these calls for restraint with his own extreme and irrational hatred of all criminals He is tormented by the fact that his father was a criminal and has been left with a powerful need to live down his fathers reputation and to avoid fulfilling the low expectations that many people have of him as a consequence When a rich Texan is murdered following an evenings gambling run by gangster Tommy Scalise Gary Merrill Dixon is assigned to the case Scalise tells Dixons superior officer Detective Lieutenant Thomas Karl Malden that the victim had been accompanied by Ken Paine Craig Stevens and his wife Morgan Gene Tierney and that Paine had committed the murder Dixon goes to Paines apartment and questions the suspect who is both inebriated and uncooperative and when Paine punches him Dixon retaliates and Paine collapses and dies Dixon goes on to dispose of the body in a nearby river Paines wife is questioned and after describing what had happened at Scalises place adds that her father had gone to Paines apartment later that night to take issue with him about the fact that shed returned home with facial bruising Paine had previously attacked her on a number of occasions and her father Jiggs Taylor Tom Tully had threatened that if it happened again he would beat Paine up This information leads to Taylor being arrested and charged with murder Nobody accepts Dixons explanation that Scalise had killed the Texan and then had Paine killed to eliminate him as a witness Dixon continues to make various attempts to get Scalise convicted but eventually realises that the only way to successfully achieve his goal is to write a confession about his own role in Paines death and the cover up He does this and also records that he is going alone to confront Scalise so that the police can arrest the gangster for Dixons murder The confrontation with Scalise and the eventual means by which Dixon achieves his own redemption provide a tense and fitting conclusion to this gritty thriller Dana Andrews strained and preoccupied expressions convey his characters perpetually troubled nature and his anxieties as he deals with a series of misfortunes which include and follow Paines accidental death Dixon however isnt the only one to experience misfortune as Morgan a successful model loses her job because of all the trouble surrounding her Her father whod some years earlier been awarded a diploma for assisting the police unjustly finds himself charged with a crime he did not commit Ken Paine whod been a war hero had experienced unemployment and a loss of self esteem which led to alcoholism and wife beating and Scalise whod been set up in business by Dixons father also suffers his own misfortunes Where The Sidewalk Ends is a thoroughly engaging tale involving a group of interesting and diverse characters and a main protagonist who is the absolute personification of moral ambiguity

Caught this by accident on a tv showing and could hardly believe how utterly awful the whole experience was By comparison the original A Man Called Horse was spellbinding because it held ones interest throughout But this piece of nonsense words fail me It was bad enough to have some kind of a story presented with all the impact of a wet loaf of bread but that error was compounded by the obvious lack of subtitles throughout whenever the socalled Sioux spoke For goodness sake couldnt the filmmakers have found enough North American Indians who were also actors and nearactors to perform as Indians in this farrago instead of the imposters they actually used I also found it quite embarrassing watching Richard Harris cavorting all around the countryside at the obvious behest of the director standing just behind camera telling him to run and jump from pointless Point A to pointless Point B just to make up film footage and minutes Absolutely terrible in all respects

This is a truly awful film Lou Diamond Phillips simply calls this one in The use of miniature models of the train are laughable The plot seems to develop on the run there is an alien on board oh and an ecoterrorist is on board too oh and the conductor is dead and the train is out of control oh and the train is going to run into another train one hour ahead oh and that train has nuclear waste on it I mean come on really The alien monsters are not scary although there are a lot of them and the acting is abysmal Check out the guy playing the next President do you really think he could be President For goodness sake he has spent his whole acting career playing bad guys

I saw The Greek Tycoon when it first came out in 1978 I found it extremely boring I thought it was no better than a travelogue except for one thing For the first time in my life I realized why it would be good to be rich Seeing the scenery off Aristotle Onassis yacht and getting my first real peek into the lifestyle of the rich and famous opened my eyes To paraphrase Martha Stewart It was a good thing Funny I dont remember the sex scene I hadnt seen the movie since it was on the big screen and found the lovemaking session with the mistress memorable this time Maybe because I was younger and single back then it was no big deal

Here he is A new horror icon for the new millennium Better than Freddy More dangerous than Jason Vorhees More evil than Michael Myers Hard to believe I know But his time is here Ray The Prick Yep the antagonist Ray is a complete Prick This is partly because of the naughty things he does Also because he has a scar oh scary on his face But mainly because Ray The Prick has been milked Yep Ray doesnt channel evil He doesnt even become cursed not even by a voodoo spell Nope Ray The Prick has been milked As DeNiro once said You can milk anything with nipples And Ray has been milked Of evil How do you milk evil you ask Snake nipples I reply Snake nipples Why Ray you ask Because hes a Prick I reply Capital P Watch out for the New Line Pictures extravaganza entitled Freddy Vs Ray The Prick Thought your new horror saviour was Jeeper The Creeper Well not any more cause Ray The Prick is here And Im frightened Pity about the atmosphereless PG13 unoriginal workmanlike quality of the film though because Rays a star

Emma is a horribly flawed film based on Jane Austens classic novel I have not read the book so I really didnt know that much about the plot and yet I still predicted nearly the entire plot There were also many scenes that frustrated me because of the bad writing or directing The film is though for some reason very entertaining and I loved it Of course there were all the scenes I disliked but the majority was well acted and funny Gwyneth Paltrow gives one of her best performances as the heroine in Emma The film also stars Toni ColletteWho has okay but has been much better Ewan MecgregerWho has also been better but he is still very good here Alan CummingWho I have never really been impressed with and is pretty much the same here and Jeremy NorthamWhos performance is rather wooden at first look but actually fairly subtle even if that was not what it needed There have been much better adaptations of Jane Austen books but this one is still very entertaining and worth watching

I saw Heartland when it was first released in 1980 and I have just seen it again It improves with age Heartland is not just for lovers of indie films At a time when most American films are little more than cynical attempts to make money with CGI pyrotechnics andor vulgarity Heartland holds up as a slice of American history It is also a reminder of how spoiled most of us modern urbanized Americans are Nothing in this film is overstated or stagey No one declaims any Hollywood movie speeches The actors really inhabit their roles This really feels like a small film but really it is bigger than most multizilliondollar Hollywood productions The film is based on the lives of real people In 1910 Elinore Randall Conchata Ferrell who has never done anything better than this a widow with a 7yearold daughter Jerrine Megan Folsom is living in Denver but wants more opportunities She advertises for a position as housekeeper The ad is answered by Clyde Stewart Rip Torn one of our most underappreciated actors a Scotsborn rancher himself a widower with a homestead outside of Burnt Fork Wyoming Elinore accepts the position seven dollars a week and moves up to Wyoming with her daughter She and her daughter move into Stewarts tiny house on the property It is rolling treeless rangeland a place of endless vistas where the silence is broken only by the sounds made by these people and their animals Its guaranteed to make a person feel small The three characters go for long periods without seeing another human soul What is worse Stewart turns out to be taciturn to the point of being almost silent I cant talk to the man Elinore complains to Grandma Landauer Youd better learn before winter replies Grandma Grandma Lilia Skala is one of the only two other characters who are seen more than fleetingly She came out to Wyoming from Germany with her husband many years before and runs her ranch alone now that she is also widowed Grandma is their nearest neighbor and the local midwife and still she lives ten miles away The other supporting character is Jack the hired hand Barry Primus Elinores routine and her employers is one of endless backbreaking labor where there are no modern conveniences and where everything must be made fixed or done by hand This is the real meat of the film Watching the ordinary life of these ranchers as they struggle against nature to wrest a living from the land But despite the constant toil and fatigue Elinore is always looking for other opportunities She learns that the tract adjacent to Stewarts is unclaimed Impulsively she files a claim on the property twelve dollars or almost two weeks pay meaning that if she lives on it and she must actually live there and works it for ten years she will get the deed to it Naturally Stewart learns what she has done With merciless logic he points out that with no money no livestock no credit and no assets she has no chance of succeeding He then offers a solution He proposes marriage The stunned Elinore realizes that this is the only real alternative and accepts We think that Stewarts proposal is purely Machiavellianhe wants the land and the free laborbut we see that in fact he is genuinely fond of Elinore and they grow together as a couple She becomes pregnant she goes into labor in the middle of a midwinter blizzard Clyde travels for hours on horseback through the storm the ten miles to Grandmas and the ten miles back only to announce that Grandma wasnt there This is more like real life than is pleasant folks Elinore has the baby all by herself with no help whatsoever Their son is still an infant when he gets sick and dies They lose half their livestock to the vicious winter They struggle on The last sequence in the film is supposed to be optimistic The birth of a calf Clyde calls Elinore urgently to help him deliver the calf Instead of being head first the calf is in a footling breech presentation He and Elinore must physically pull the calf out of the birth canal There is no CGI animatronics trickery fakery or special effects What you see is what happened folks A calf is born on a bed of straw in a wooden barn by lamplight With that the film does not so much end as simply stop leaving the viewer unsatisfied but after a while you appreciate the film as a whole not just for its ending This little gem rewards patience and thoughtfulness It will be watchable long after most of the films of the last generation have long been forgotten

Strike Force or The Librarians is a fun action movie that doesnt it take itself too seriously William Forsythe stars as Simon who is looking for a missing daughter of a wealthy client He meets up with Sandi Erika Eleniak who is also looking for someoneher sister But there are evil bad guys afoot The most evil of them all is Marcos Canarious Andrew Divoff Marcos likes to kill people So now Simon and Sandi have to team up to bring down the villains The whole cast is great with Divoff stealing the movie There are also cameos by Ed Lauter and Burt Reynolds If you are looking for a good action film watch this and have a good time

I can not say this movie was a hilarious but I must have had a grin on my face the entire time I like this darker kind of comedy very bad things 8 heads in a duffel bag or coldblooded The way the main character tries to get away with murder is a lot of fun to watch To me it was not much of a surprise what the ending would be but the way that ending came about was Another thing that sticks out is the way they have managed to involve the audience The way Terry looks at us is hilarious you can almost pretend youre his accomplice

A truly adorable heroine who at turns is surprised and terrified by giblets wrestles with mattresses runs fullon into closed doors just a few of the moments that sparkle in my memory of The Naked Truth I LOVED what I caught of this show enjoyably daft plots and some good supporting characters provided the setting for the diamond of the show Tea Leoni as Nora Wilde cute clownish and wonderfully accidentprone How refreshing to see an actress who can clown its no wonder Hollyood doesnt seem to know how to cast her But whereohWHERE are the DVD releases The amount of bleep they release its incredible me that this little gem continues to remain buried Someone please correct me if Im wrong

There are just so many things wrong with this movie To begin with the first twenty minutes of the film could have been compressed into just five or maybe ten The overall movie is mercifully short already but this could have been made up for by giving a little more attention to the Mean Lion how did the miss a reference to The Wiz on that one and working his subplot a little more closely into the main plot In short the script had the seed of a good idea but needed quite a bit of reworking Second it could have done without the crude humor The original also had some that it could have done without but at least there it was almost an afterthought here flatulence and urination abound Third the show is a little too selfaware The original series had that well enough as did the first movie but here its just way way too much The Brendan Fraser injokes were just a bit over the top and why no mention of the new Ursula Other gags with the Narrator especially a couple of interactions near the end also exceed good sense Fourth a bit more attention could have been given to the CGI work In the first it was hard to tell that Shemp wasnt a real elephant except by behavior of course but here the CGI stands out like a sore thumb Ideally special effects should merely tell the story whether theyre good or bad and they at least do succeed on that count so its a relatively small problem but its still there All that said Christopher Showermans performance as George is decent enough It lacks Brendan Frasers charm but Christopher only really fails in that specific comparison he even managed to give George a bit of personal depth which should have been a major foul in a Jay Wardinspired movie but wasnt here Julie Benz as the new Ursula surprised me as being even better than Leslie Mann in the original Most other performances were pretty standard not standing out in my mind as either good or bad

The extended nuclear family united in business as well as in personal life is examined in this serious study of a grown sons conflict with his fathers desire that he remain in the family business This triggers a midlife crisis which may or may not be ameliorated by an affair and retreat to a shrinks couch Very fine acting by all A sleeper that deserves wide attention

I only gave this film a 4 because I saw it in 3d If you dont see it in 3d I give it a 2 This movie is so bad its not funny Anyone can make a film like this for a weeks pay Bad actingeffects and story But it was cool to watch in 3d Why cant they make good movies in the 3d format

This is a great dark offbeat little film a modern day adaptation of the quest for the Holy Grail myth Its a sleeper if there ever was one I saw it on cable some years ago and taped it Ive loaned it to many of my friends and everyone loved it

Wow 5 more hours of Riget Lars continues the great combination of occult dark horror and soapopera drama Picking up exactly where the last episode of the previous series left offcomplete with the same high intensity and suspense though that doesnt last for better or worse this installation in the franchise seems somewhat more bent on haste in the last series there seemed to pass a day or a week between each episode whereas in this it clearly is one long stretch where one episode ends the next begins A lot can be said about Lars von Trier but he is very diverse and pretty eccentric Both qualities show in this The plot continues its excellence now giving a few regular characters that were minor players in the previous four episodes more attention Basically every character from the first returns at least as far as the main roles go The pacing isnt as sharp as in the first part and I found myself less gripped by this one That is not in any kind of way to say that this didnt involve me though I still found myself constantly watching and at several points reacting strongly often out loud to what was going onextremely unusual behavior for me as I am an incredibly silent person as I also was during the first Like the first this also brings up some loaded ethical questions Building on the foundation from the first this brings the story further and being a sequel the scope is also bigger Grander More spirits more bizarre occurrences more subplots The strong graphic material of the first also returns and its been kicked up a notch The characters are developed further The acting is amazing as that of the first Udo Kier solidifies his immense talent to anyone who doubted it Playing a very difficult characteranyone who has seen the first series can most likely figure out what I mean and acting in a language he didnt speakhe was later dubbed and still handing in such a strong performance The cinematography remains great and is still very handheld with rapid zooms and the occasional long take The editing is sharp with a few direct cuts in soundthough these were more prominent in the first Now with all that said I would really like to be able to rate this a perfect 10 or at least just under like the first four episodes I truly enjoyed watching and I dont regret it in the least But this does have shortcomings the ones the first part had and more As the first the humor just takes up too much space and this time around its even worse There are several new regular characters that are there for no other reason than to provide comic relief three of them no less Scenes are set up and executed for no other reason than to make the audience laugh Fine for a comedy but what is it doing in such a dark and unpleasant yes nothing short of sadistic at times horror piece Helmers solitary secret hiding place of solitude is changed from the hospital roof from which he could see his beloved Sweden to a bathroom With an angle from inside the bowl No you read that right In general the humor seems more lowbrow more sex and bodily function jokes which again begs the question Why Whilst most of the writing is excellent some of it is downright dire Several scenes are basically copied from the first miniseriesone would guess due to their popularity when it aired At times the drama seems a bit more bombastic than that of the first and it jumps too much at times Fortunately seldom but still noticeably plot points and items are explained away too easilya certain character living in Denmark for no apparent reason for example anyone whos seen it knows who Im speaking of The two dishwashers while still mysterious and insightful become too much of a gimmick too overexposed in the end I guess Most of the scenes with them are still enjoyable though In addition to that I want to reassure any reader of this that in spite of all the negative things I have just written that this is still mostly good definitely enjoyable compelling powerful and in my humble opinion it should definitely be seen by anyone who liked the firstthough if belong in that group do not expect to feel that the story is finished after watching this any more than you did after the first I recommend this to any fan of Lars von Trier and anyone who enjoyed the first Riget and wants more where that came from I urge anyone whos even considering watching this to make sure youve seen all of the first before you do I bought this before I bought the first but I held out on watching until I had bought the first and watched that and I cant tell you how glad I am that I did Though this features a brief summary of the events in the first there are an immense amount of details and aspects that you would miss out on if you didnt see it before watching this Slightly lesser sequel but definitely still one to watch if you liked the first 810

I recently attended Sundance as I have often done in years past and was treated to the small pleasures of the edgy little indies the glut of dark comedies and the now predictable portraits of dysfunction But then I saw Mark and Michael Polishs Northfork and I remembered why I so fell in love with the movies in the first place Northfork sweeps across the screen with visionary daring and harkens back to the seminal early work of Terence Malick and the existential landscapes of Antonioni Its an impossible film to easily explain which is one of its many strengths Suffice it to say its an adult fairy tale with many carefully layered levels of meaning It reawakened my imagination and cast an imposing shadow over all the other films I saw this year It is a work of meticulous craftsmanship and a sophistication of writing not seen in most American movies I plan to revisit this film several times when it comes to my neighberhood theater For it is a beguiling piece of magic and mystery a haunting work where one can roam the plains of Montana in search of angels and the very nature of heaven and earth The cast performs this luminiscent piece with striking conviction particularly James Woods and Nick Nolte who remind us of the nerve and daring displayed throughout the course of their careers Maybe Northfork will help us find a new wave of American cinema where excellence in craft and writing become more the norm than the exception See it when it comes your way and take your friends for the questions will be many and the thoughts and feelings spurred by seeing Northfork will awaken memories of great movie once seen in your past and now hopefully may be returning with the advent of the Polish Brothers

As a kid I did think the weapon the murderer wielded was cool however I was a kid and so I was a bit dumb Even as a dumb kid though the movies plot was stupid and a bit boring when the killer was not using his light knife to kill people What amazes me is that the movie has a really solid cast in it What script did they read when agreeing to be in this movie as it is most assuredly boring and only a means to show off a light saber on a very small scale The plot at times is incomprehensible and the end is totally chaotic The whole film seems to rotate around aliens and the one weapon The plot has two kids and some dude having an alien encounter flash years later and there seems to be a return as it were in the mix Dead animals and such to be explored and for some reason the one dude gets the weapon of the aliens and proceeds to use it to go on a very light killing spree Seriously you just have to wonder why this movie was made if you are going to have a killer have some good death scenes if you are going to have alien encounters show more than a weird light vortex thing and if you are going to have light sabers then call yourself star wars

Since the Little Mermaid was one of my favorite Disney movies when I was little I was curious about its sequel The Little Mermaidone is a classic animated feature with top quality everything a grand music score and targets a general audience In contrast the Little Mermaid 2 is targeted primarily at young children because it is spontaneous reflects a childs self perspective the music is bouncier and less dramatic and the ending feels like recess The Little Mermaid 2 starts out when baby Melody is presented to Ariels side of the family Abruptly without any visual cues to aid the drama a giant tentacle grabs the baby I laughed wait a minute its not funny the babys being attacked Okay Ill stop laughing Morganas crime in broad daylight and her spontaneity takes away potential drama since it happened so quickly Throughout the feature Melody seems superhuman which I defend is how most children envision themselves This quality in Melodys character is clearly brought out toward the end when she fights Morgana without an inch of fear on her face Like the first movie Melody has a lot of Ariels problems except the reverse Queen Ariel turns out to be like her father by restricting her from the ocean whereas King Triton restricted Ariel from the surface Ariel and Melody both rebel against their parent The music is more emotionally moving in the first This sequel has a bunch of songs but not as much orchestral work went into it Its great for little ones because it doesnt take an orchestra to impress them The ending in the first movie was strong and uplifting The sequel ends with a bouncy song and everyone playing in the water Its definitely more targeted at kids because instead of the ending being solemn and leaving you blown away this ending leaves you thinking Its time for recess Ultimately this movie is fun for kids so we should let them have fun

There is one adjective that describes everything about this film acting plot effects continuity etc and that word is poor The government wants to asses the effects of space travel on certain organisms but the capsule crashes and a mutant somethingorother looks like a guy in an ape suit with the top of a football helmet over his face wreaks havoc around the accident scene which includes a favorite place for the windowfogging partying set Therefore some young people as well as a law enforcement officer are among the creatures victims You gotta be extremely unparticular about how you spend your time or rich if you spend any money to view this epic

Having already seen the original Jack Frost I never thought that Jack Frost 2 would be as absurd as it is Boy was I wrong Then again APIX movies have a way of showing unbelievably bad material even worse than you might expect I believe this is the first APIX sequel and it may be an indication of what to expect in the future more APIX sequels Its hard to watch this without laughing especially during the later parts of the movie in which Jack Frosts offspring which are essentially snowballs with eyes arms a mouth and sharp teeth start killing people with the typical comedic dialogue and silly voices to go with it They are shown both as puppets with a stick underneath to move them and as computer animation which I have to say looks very cheesy The computer animation surprised me as the first Jack Frost had no such effects Id strongly recommend that you see the original Jack Frost before seeing this one both of which it would be preferable to watch with a group of friends to get the full amusement out of it and because it would make more sense sense being a relative term Now only if there was Uncle Sam 2

The Second Renaissance part 1 lets us show how the machines first revolted against the humans It all starts of with a single case in which the machines claim that they have a right to live as well while the humans state a robot is something they own and therefore can do anything with they want Although an interesting premise the story gets really silly from then on with violent riots between the robots and mankind Somehow it doesnt seem right as another reviewer points it its all a little too clever The animatrix stories that stay close to the core of the matrix in particular Osiris work for the best As for Second Renaissance Part 1 Id say its too violent and too silly 410