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WEIGHTS AND MEASURES
Dizzingly chaotic, compellingly acted, and masterfully directed, 21 GRAMS is not a movie that will make you feel happy. Director Inarritu uses jumbled and juxtaposed scenes to tell the story of three people affected by a terrible tragedy.Naomi Watts is brilliant as Christina, an addicted housewife who loses her husband and two daughters in a hit and run accident.Benicio del Toro gives a fine performance as the driver of the truck, an alcoholic ex-con who is now a born again Christian, trying to reform his life.Melissa Leo is excellent as his desperate wife, trying to get him to put her and his children first. A supporting actress nod should have been noticed at the Oscars.Sean Penn, who was marvelous in MYSTIC RIVER, is even more so in this film, for which he should have received the Oscar. Maybe he got it because he was so good in both movies. He plays the infidel college professor who receives Watts' husband's heart and saves his life. Penn's obsession with finding out his donor's name leads to an involvement with Watts that is both poignant and tragic.Charlotte Gainsbourg as Penn's wife suffers from a stiff and one tone performance, but fortunately she's not in the movie too much. A more versatile actress would have added much more.Watts probably would have won the Best Actress Oscar in a different year; Charlie Theron's MONSTER was such a critically acclaimed crowd pleaser Watts got lost in the shuffle. But it is a tremendous performance. | 34 stars
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I was surprised...this was a good movie
With all the hype surrounding this film, its subject matter, the message and the controversy, I didn't expect to like the movie. After hearing the controversy, I expected to see some sort of gay sex romp...didn't happen. I expected an overbearing message...the message of disappointment, unfulfilled desires, not being true to yourself et al was strong but not overbearing. The social issues (being gay in a conservative world) message was overshadowed by the story and other issues surrounding Enis and Jack's lives. Aside from the "tent scene" and a couple of other scenes, the most narrow-minded heterosexual male could watch the film. I do have to say Jack and Enis in the tent was too much for me to watch and I had to cover my eyes (and ears) for a couple of moments.Most love stories are boring and predictable. In Brokeback Mountain there were enough twists (pun intended) to keep it interesting. The directing and acting were exceptionally good. From what I could tell in the theater (lots of sobbing), Ang Lee did a great job at making the audience connect with these characters. | 45 stars
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Great series!
24 is one of those intense thrillers you just can't stop watching. The series plays like one long movie, with continous cliffhangers that leave you wanting more, so don't be surprised if you're addicted. This series has just about everything: Suspense, action, and drama, delivered in a mostly impeccable style. The acting's great, courtesy of Kiefer Sutherland and the strong supporting cast, and the series is always exciting, thanks to nail-biting situations and taut action sequences (anybody else found yourself at the edge of your seat during that shootout on the pier or the "duel" between the passing cars?). A lot of people may love The Sopranos and The West Wing, but 24 is every bit as dramatically involving as those popular shows and delivers far more excitement and thrills in spades. 24 is television's best show and it's a joyride not to be missed. | 45 stars
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great fun when your traveling
Used this when we had no cable or Tv. Kept us entertained while we were updating the townhouse. Worth the money | 45 stars
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Goodbye Lover
I had seen this movie a long time ago and wanted to see this one because it is with Ellen DeGeneres -- but this is not the one I wanted to see. This one is very strange -- a girl who is a sex worker. It was too strange and I didn't watch it. Some people would like this. I did not like it. | 01 star
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A Subtle Masterpiece
I first watched PANIC last October when it aired on SHOWTIME. I am a huge Neve Campbell fan and jumped at the chance to see something new from her. I was astonished at how good this movie was. Don't get me wrong, I love Neve's other movies, but they appeal to the senses in a much more shallow, and immediate pleasure-type way. This movie seemed extremely deep compared to her role in WILD THINGS and the SCREAM films (which I still LOVE). PANIC is the story of Alex who is tired of his job of killing people so he decides to see a shrink. In the waiting room, he meets a friendly, neurotic young woman, Sarah, played with perfection by Neve Campbell. Alex immediatley takes to Sarah and her antics and begins to slowly get involved with her, easing his way into an affair. The film brilliantly interweaves the story of Alex's past, his future, his struggles with his family (his father, who forced him into the "family business" of murder-for-hire, his mother who quietly supports her husband's decisions, his wife, who feels distanced and bitter towards Alex, and most importantly, his son, who is just beginning to understand how the world works), his torrid affair with Sarah, and the relashionship (which quickly becomes deadly) with his therapist. The movie does not use special effects to dazzle the eye or even complex camera shots. The entire movie gives a sort of tense vibe, which really contributes to all of the story lines. The last ten minutes are honestly the most haunting and compelling I have seen in recent films. Every actor submits themselves to their role and becomes their character and I honestly believe what they say. Sammie, the six year old son of Alex, provides the comic relief (the scene at the table where he talks about going into the army is hilarious) but at the same time instills the fear that history will repeat itself, and he too will fall prey to Alex's father. This is a must see for ANY Neve Campbell fan....or any fan for that matter. | 45 stars
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Charlies Angel restored and on DVD. Classic 70's entertainment from beginning to end
Charlies Angels on DVD. Season one is the best season. With Farrah Fawcett on board they had the best chemistry of the angel pairing. Every Episode is restored with great picture and sound quality. It is all here every episode of season one including the pilot episode! This is true 70's entertainment. Is it cinematic genius definitely not, Is campy fun and have all the cliches you remember from the 70's definitely yes. IT is a 5 DVD set in nice digipak clamshell design at $15.00 per season is a great bargain. If loved the show in the 70's I would recommend you pick up this bargain priced set. | 45 stars
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very watchable
the storyline is simple, but it builds up very nicely and you don't feel bored at any point. Evan rachel pretty much carried the whole movie -- excellent performance. it's been awhile since i've seen michael douglas did a convincing act. Not oscar material but it's an enjoyable watch. | 34 stars
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An excellent sampling of Bronson's Cannon era.
During his winter years in the 80s, international action star Charles Bronson made movie after movie for the maligned Cannon Group Inc, the production company run by Menachem Golan and Yoram Globus. Cannon got its start making (and did quite well with) exploitation pictures and just about every one of Bronson's films for them has the flavor of grindhouse exploitation cinema in the mix. But that does not mean the movies are plain bad, or so bad they're good, far from it. While Bronson did make some clunkers (Death Wish 2 in my opinion) and a few cult classics perfect for the MST3K treatment (Death Wish 3), some of his Cannon pictures are quite good. The quite good ones were usually directed by J. Lee Thompson. This box set gathers together the Bronson/Thompson team ups, with the exception of Death Wish 4: The Crackdown. All feature widescreen anamorphic transfers, again with the exception of the not included Death Wish 4: The Crackdown. Each movie is a solid piece of entertainment where Bronson did not simply phone in an embarrassed and wooden performance. Odd trivia: the cover of the box set uses an image for Death Wish 4, did I mention it's not inlucded in this set?10 TO MIDNIGHT (1984): Was the first thriller Thompson and Bronson worked on for Cannon (the two had previously teamed on The Evil That Men Do and, I believe, The White Buffalo) and its one of the best. Bronson plays a cop (a standard role for him when he wasn't replaying Paul Kersey in Death Wish sequel after Death Wish sequel) who matches wits with a cunning serial killer. Gene Davis plays the killer with a bemused and arrogant indifference that might appear wooden, until his mask of control slips. Andrew Stevens is Bronson's book smart partner and the lovely Lisa Eilbacher plays Bronson's estranged daughter (obviously she got her looks from her mother). Bronson grows desperate when his emotional investigation puts his daughter at risk. The characters and mind games are well set up in the script, but it degenerates into a slasher movie in the final reel. Nonetheless, it's a solidly crafted thriller.MURPHY'S LAW (1986): Bronson is a cop (again) who is dealing with his wife's leaving him by hiding in a bottle of booze. When he is framed for her murder, he escapes (with foul mouthed girl-woman Kathleen Wilhoite shackled to his wrist) to find the real killer. Gail Morgan Hickman's script (she also wrote Death Wish 4: The Crackdown and the story for the third Dirty Harry movie, The Enforcer) won't win any awards, but the story places enough obstacles in Bronson and Wilhoite's path to keep the yarn from getting boring.MESSENGER OF DEATH (1988): This is a real change of pace for Bronson. He plays an investigative reporter trying to get to the bottom of a mass murder that, at first, seems to be result of a venom filled blood feud between two fundalmentalist Mormon brothers. The mystery gets the emphasis over the action (though there is enough of that to keep it from getting boring) and only a rushed conclusion keeps it from being more than a tad above average.KINJITE: FORBIDDEN SUBJECTS (1989): This was last movie from the Bronson/Thompson/Cannon team and it's the weakest. Bronson is a vice cop slowly cracking from the pressures of dealing with the sleaze soaked Job. His obsessive hunt for a particular pimp named Duke is hampered by things like due process and his teenaged daughter getting groped in a crowded bus. What he does not know is that the father of the child kidnapped by Duke is the same man who felt his daughter up on the bus! The unpleasant subject matter (molestation and child prostitution) just isn't mixed well with the standard plot. It isn't there to make commentary about the characters, it's there to either titilate or shock. The script needed a little more work ironing out those story problems to really cook.Any fan of Bronson or Cannon or both (they're out there, I should know, I am one of them) will want this collection, as it pretty much puts the best of Bronson's Cannon years in one box. Recommended. | 45 stars
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Fun Mindless Romp
You know what? This movie isn't as bad as everyone says it was. It's no award winner, but if it's on TV take the time and watch it once. I fully expected to hate this movie when my husband rented it. About 20 minutes in I decided that this was a fun, light hearted popcorn flick. The movie it reminded me the most of was "Romancing the Stone" though McConaughey is no Douglas, it's still a movie in that vein. Fun, light hearted with a splash of adventure, amusing romance, some slightly over the top action, and treasure.Quick Summary: Finn and Tess are getting divorced because he's an irresponsible bum/ wanna-be treasure hunter and she wants more out of life. The day their divorce is final, Finn finds a piece of the treasure they had been hunting for. They begin their hunt, while dodging Finn's competitors and previous thugg "benefactors", all while trying to win back the love of his now ex-wife.From the beginning you know how this will end... but it's a fun ride either way. Don't go out and buy this, but it's fun for a rental or to watch when it comes on TV. | 34 stars
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Best of the 5 seasons, #4 will not disappoint!
After the disappointment of season 3, I was so pleased to see the show pick up in season 4 as the characters deepened, the plot thickened, the cast broadened, and significant LGBT issues came to the forefront. I highly recommend it. And if you can only buy one season of L Word, #4 is a must! | 45 stars
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All Great but one thing i dont like..
Im a great fan of south park. I own all the 3 seasons on Dvd, the only thing that i dont like is...the south park seasons on dvd have the annoying bleeps when you would see watching the tv show, those thats not really any problem still a good show, though the reason for me buying the dvd was to not have the show censored, because if that was the case, they shouldnt use those words at all. | 34 stars
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One Of The Worst Movies Of 2002
I have seen plenty of movies that had good drama and made since. But "The Hours" is probably the worst movie I have seen in the year 2002. It does have drama; but it does not really have a good plot (storyline) to it. So therefore this movie was quite nonunderstandable and pointless. Not only is "The Hours" one of the worst movies of 2002; but it's the most boring one at that. It is also the shortest Oscar nominated movie of 2002, being only a little over an hour or so. "The Hours" should have been called "The Hour" because it is just too short for a good movie. This dull, boring, uninteresting, pointless, and short movie should have never been nominated for any Oscars. Oh! I forgot to say: The fake nose on Nicole Kidman looked ridiculous. "The Hours" was not the only bad movie of 2002. I mean movies like: "Chicago", "Far From Heaven", and "Gangs of New York" were some pretty bad movies in that year if you ask me. "The Lord of the Rings", "About Schmidt", "Adaptation", and "Frida" were the best movies of 2002. Recommendation: SKIP THIS MOVIE! | 01 star
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Best Movie of 2011 The Gaurd
I was entertained and admired how clever and subtle this movie was. While not a great action adventure it was brain candy which made me smile and showed me 'another' way of looking at things that I had never considered. I recomended it to all my friends and do so to you also. If you are like me you will finish with a smile of satisfacation and contentment that only comes from a good meal or good movie. | 45 stars
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DEPALMA SHOOTS AND SCORE
Partially filmed in the MONTRÉAL forum, before it was closed down(the place where the famous hockey club had their glory days),SNAKE EYES is a typical product of this neurotic director who often let's his vision go on top to the displeasure of those who likes logic.Having said that,i have to say that i enjoyed this thriller a lot,even if you must go over the first half,and that's not easy.The film is build like a puzzle until you get to know the important facts about the murder that took place during the boxing fight.Some people might be turned off by this ,but be patient and you'll be rewarded.CAGE and SINISE have fun with their characters. | 34 stars
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Love this series
This is a great show with interesting characters. I have to say that I watched 90210 and never thought Ms. Amber would turn out to be such a talented actress. She is fabulous in this role. The cast work so well together that you actually think of them as a group. I have literally caught myself holding my breath at what may happen next then dying laughing. Great hope they manage to keep for a while. | 45 stars
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Man on Wire is wonderful!
I waited in anticipation to receive this wonderful documentary. It came quickly and without any problems. I couldn't get the movie into my player fast enough! I continue to watch in awe of the accomplishments of this man. There is no doubt why this movie was awarded an Oscar for best documentary. The main subject is somewhat of a character! He has an incredible gift of balance and strength. I thank you so much for this incredible film and for bringing it to the big screen, or in my case, a little screen! I have watched it several times since it arrived and look forward to many years of enjoyment. | 45 stars
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watching this made me a fan
I already liked Jon Fitch before but watching this made me even more of his fan. Watch it and you'll agree. | 45 stars
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Not for everyone
Alright first off, this movie is obviously on a $0 budget. The acting is awful. The storyline is sketchy at best. But still, I enjoyed this documentary style horror film. Reminded me of the Blair Witch Project. Worth checking out if you don't mind it's basically a home movie, which that actually appeals to me. 2/5 as a movie to take serious. 4/5 as a movie to chill back and watch. | 34 stars
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Worth Watching..
Though I didn't get to watch any other films from horrorfest, this was the one film I made time to go see and I was not dissappointed. As a huge horror fan I was pleased with GraverDancers. The story line was pretty good and many of the scenes were truely scarey. Sure there were a few weak points, but I believe the good outweighed it. It's nice to see a scarey movie that isn't real gruesome or filled with profanities. I already preordered it and can't wait for it to come. | 45 stars
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Sweet
My four-year old son has loved watching this show for the past year. I think he can identify with Caillou. The show is very sweet. | 45 stars
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Trade in Value for this dvd.
Trade in Value should be higher than what is. Its very good movie. Excellent songs and everything Comedy. I would trade in for more value than this. For exampleDil movie its sale for $125.00 so This should be value more than that thanks. I have two dvds by mistake if Value goes up I will trade in thanks. | 45 stars
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That was a seriously funky flick!!!!
Like a lot of the movies I cherish, this one must be seen symbolically, especially when it gets to the weird stuff. None of the supernatural stuff is "really" going on in the story, it's mainly what's inside the mind of Max Renn. He's a porno tv exec who is sucked into the brainwashing world of Videodrome, and his brain ends up so washed there is nothing of himself left, and he is simply a pawn of the two sides of Videodrome, used up, and thrown away. Don't you feel like that at times? | 45 stars
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Very good movie
My family and I really enjoyed this movie...more for seeing a fellow Christian struggling in his faith and following the steps of Christ than for slavery. Yes, slavery was not a good thing to happen...however, this story has a deeper level in the spiritual warfare that can happen, and how God can see you through it all with trust, obedience and be humble for Him. | 45 stars
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Not Funny
The preview makes it look like a comedy. It wasn't (or maybe just wast funny to us). Characters were mean and unlikable. Good cast, bad movie. | 12 stars
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Entertaining Piece of History
Frost/Nixon is a film about one snippet of Nixon's life after he stepped down from the presidency. In that small piece of time we are entertained by Frank Langella's interpetation of Nixon. He captures Nixon's complexities in adroit and deeply personal way.The movie is simple quality and succeeds by not trying to cover everything in Nixon's life, but shows a Nixon, wanting to change perceptions of his Presidency, adapting to retirement as he grieves his loss of powerful and social status.Michael Sheen plays David Frost, a smooth and dapper playboy interviewer who interviews Nixon in 1977. Frank Langella's Nixon at first does not seem like Nixon, but as the movie goes on, you feel he actually is Nixon. He catches nuances and delivers on the awkward social presence, the ego and self-centeredness, as well as a his pride and arrogance. The acting is superb, especially in the last half of the movie when the interview debate is one-on-one between Frost and Nixon.Nixon agreed to have Frost interview him to set the story straight and let the public know all the good he did. He felt he could easily use Frost, who proposed this idea, as he was just a entertaining talk show host - not a heavy-weight interviewer. Frost was all this, but he was enchanted and determined to interview Nixon from the moment he resigned office. He wanted to hear Nixon admit his guilt and he wanted to be the man to do it. Frost was not doing well in the 1970's - his career was at a low-point, doing a talk show in Australia, showing magicians escaping from different types of traps. No network or large company wanted to back him on this project, so Frost ended up paying a good part of Nixon's $600,0000 fee. Nixon kept tabs on how desperate Frost was, where he was getting his money and constantly sizing up the situation.Frost's advisers (Oliver Platt and Sam Rockwell), are upset when Frost cannot control the first interviews (there are 4 in all - taped over a period of days - each interview on one subject). Nixon takes a topic and runs away with his spin on the issues, knowing full well he is an expert on evading questions. He plays mind games with Frost before the interviews and is cunning on how he handles the beginning interviews. Frost is helpless as Nixon dominates the conversation.Ron Howard directed this movie and with this excellent group of actors developed a Shakespearean masterpiece. The material is strong and the movie is fast and entertaining. | 45 stars
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Dismal picture and sound spoil the fun
"Convention Girl" is an interesting little movie about a Depression-era call girl (they call themselves "hostesses" in the film) who has basically given up on finding happiness with a guy who isn't "in the rackets." Also, she's fed up with having to deal with all the "Good Time Charlies" who stream through Atlantic City with endless conventions. One such group being the "Electric Washing Machine" salesmen's convention, which consists mainly of pudgy old guys with bad toupees.One big shortcoming of this film is the fact that it was shot on location in Atlantic City, but very little of the boardwalk attractions are shown. Out of the almost 70 minutes running time, only about 10 minutes center around the fun, carnival-like attractions of that era.I would have given this film a three star rating, except for the dismal quality of the DVD itself. The picture and sound are awful. The picture is often out of focus, and goes from washed out to too dark. Then the sound of the film is very low, muffled, and flat. Turning up the sound on your TV to full volumne and then having to stain to make out the dialogue is the only way to get through this film. The whole experience is hardly worth it.Once again, Alpha has put more time and effort into designing a pretty, colorful DVD case, and what appears to be little time in the presentation of a watchable movie inside the case. This is sad, considering that so many film fans depend on Alpha for a steady diet of hard-to-find movies. | 12 stars
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Chucky was'nt Sucky.
I never even saw any of the other "Chucky" movies. What drew me to this one was Jennifer Tilly. (She is one of my fav. actresses) Assuming Jennifer has good taste i figured this movie had to be alright. I was right! This movie plays upon itself as being over the top and ridiculous. If your half way descent in the brains department you would have already figured that out. The last thing in the world you should do is enter this movie with a preconceived notion that it is going to be a serious thriller. Jennifer Tilly pretending to be in an old time classic melodrama swooning over Chucky is an absolute riot. I love her! The grand finale had me cackling like a fool at 2 in the morning when the movie ended. I can't wait to watch it again someday. Brilliant movie surpisingly. | 34 stars
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Good Movie
This was a good movie.I let my mom see it & she thought it was a great movie.It only got 4 stars because at times it seemed a little to dramatic on certain parts but other than that it was a good movie.I'll just leave it at that.This definitely worth watch & buying. | 34 stars
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VISUALLY STUNNING!
"The Cell" is one of the most incredible films I've seen in years.The colors,special effects,and soundtrack definitely take the front seat in this thriller,although Jennifer Lopez is a class act and a sight to behold.I would highly recommend this film. | 45 stars
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It was the scariest movie I've ever seen!
This was the scariest movie I've ever seen. It will really make you think about going camping for quite a while! It also makes you think about witches and witch craft. | 45 stars
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Really Starting to Slip
What was beginning in season four continues: the inability of the writers to keep the story innovative and exciting. This season made me cringe AGAIN when CTU was attacked AGAIN by terrorists. The new characters are shallow and are horrible actors (with the exception of Milo-though he is technically a season one character returning). The show has run its course and I think should be nearing its end. The writers have killed off every interesting character by this point except Chloe. Watch through season 3 for sure, after that view at your own risk.Here is the order in my humble opinion.Season 3 - best seasonSeason 1Season 2Season 5Season 4Season 6 - worst season | 12 stars
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Peasoup?
I've always found this unwatchable, really. One of the big films of that decade, it has two elements, one social realist and the other fantastical, neither complimentary in this case. The scene where Burnstyn begs the priest for help is powerful and I would have been up for a straight drama about his life. It would have meant zero bucks at the box office, but a clearer conscience for everyone. Instead, we get supernatural scenes that are camp and curiously uninvolving, even uninteresting despite the extremities. While I appreciate the theme of Christian sacrifice, I just don't think horror is Friedkin's forte - see 'The Guardian'. His hokey attempts to unsettle the audience with interjected glimpses of the demon betrays his lack of touch with this sort of material. For me, it is too silly.I would swear Friedkin's voiceover was some sort of post modern joke if I had not been reliably informed by those in the know that Americans have no sense of irony. I also base this on the final conversation between the priest and the detective. Naively, I thought the film reference was a re-assuring nod to the audience and a sly reminder of what used to pass for cinema before more jaded palates prevailed. Friedkin offers a more pedestrian reason for it's inclusion. I think the sleaziest moment in his commentary is his obvious glee at Burnstyn's ascent up the stairs for the crucifix scene. He showed his true colours and the lack of integrity inherent in this sordid commercial enterprise. Surprisingly, for all the boorish, long winded banality of his personality, Bill is a sure hand with actors; although I can't see the point of the priest's conversation on the stairs superceding the original's silence, especially as he had given perfectly reasonable aesthetic reasons for it's exclusion in the first place. I'm being disingenuous, of course. Two versions mean more money. It's still dispiriting that an artist is so willing to disavow his judgement at the drop of a hat, or in this case, cheque book.Max Von Sydow takes a well earned holiday from the existential bleakness of Bergman by getting vomited on by the devil. At least I thought it was the devil. The voice over tells me that it was in fact a demon which I'm unable to spell, offhand. Suffice to say, it is a cross between the act of urination and two trips to a place they keep animals.A parting thought. Why is it that film characters always seem to have out of body experiences during dream sequences? | 12 stars
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I'm surprised that I liked it so much!
With some of the reviews that I had read, I was prepared to be disappointed. The movie was pretty close to the book, not exact, but it didn't ruin the movie for me. I was pretty happy with the cast with the exception of Ranger, he's too light skinned and not quite as intimidating as I thought he would be. Bonito didn't have the icky voice I thought he would have and didn't talk about himself in the 3rd person like he did in the book. Joe was darn near perfect! I thought Debbie Reynolds did a pretty good job of being Grandma Mazur. I wasn't all that disappointed with her Mom or her dad, and Joe's Mom was perfect. Even Vinnie was a perfect slime ball. And you'd recognize Connie anywhere as you would Lula as well. So year, the casting was pretty good and I love Katherine Heigl in this, she played the perfect Stephanie.All in all the movie was good and I'm looking forward to watching it a second time. And I am sure hoping for more of these movies, a whole bunch of them would be neat! :) | 34 stars
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Bedtime stories
This by far the weirdest movie that Adam Sandler has ever made. It is heartwarming, sad, happy and pure fun. I have watch it at least five times. It's one of those movies you can watch over and over. | 45 stars
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green as Gore
They had to put a reference to the destruction of earth by man in order to be Green as Gore. How stupid people are to accept this rubbish about man made global warming and pollution from the industral revolution.The useful idiots of Marxism at work again."Yuri Besmenov, YouTube video." | 01 star
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I'd Watch Jimmy Smits in Anything
Jimmy Smits is great in this show. So are most of his co-actors. I'd give the show 5 stars for Jimmy Smits's acting and for some of the ideas for the show. However, what breaks down is the writing. Every eipsode ends the same way; much too pat,therefore predictable; at least the 5 I've seen so far. Network may be the problem. CBS. If this show were written by some of the writers on FX or Showtime, maybe the show would work. Shame. But Smits is great in FX's Sons of Anarchy, Season 5, the first 4 episodes at least. Smits plays Nero Padilla, with slick beard, big silver cross, great moves during sex scenes, and Bobby Simone's big heart. I wish we could see more of Smits. He was great in Dexter, Season 3, playing a murderous Miami ADA, a Cuban-Aermican who calls Dexter, Dess-ter. | 23 stars
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Classic B5
review of S3 Ep20 And the Rock Cried out, No Hiding Placethis is a fantastic Ep. Londo concludes his business with Lord Reffa (sp?)not to mention showing Vir a little more of what Londo is capable of. all with the backdrop of the senior staff of B5 trying to give everyone a little lighter mood with everything that has been going on with the War.as always, the writing and Character development is outstandingSoT | 45 stars
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Fun Show
I find the show innovative, funny, and fun to watch. The special effects are not the best, but you can have everything. | 34 stars
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I would rather go to school naked than watch this movie.
By NazarI've seen fifteen animal movies and believe me Elephant Tales is the worst. If you want a good movie then elephant tales is not the movie for you. It's about tutu and his brother following this rainbow to find their mom because tutu like to her.When I watched that movie, I was a bored person like a zombie. The worst part of elephant tales is when their sister pretends to hate her brother Tutu. I was so bored that I fell asleep in the middle of the movie. Then I fell off the couch with drool on my shirt.Did you know that elephant tales is so horrible and terrible that I would rather go to school naked than watch this movie? If you like animals, especially elephant, then you might like this movie. You can find it at Blockbuster if you're interested. | 01 star
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Never cross a one-eyed gypsy
Sam and Ivan Raimi have made one fun horror flick with "Drag Me to Hell." While recent horror films have sunk to dreary gore-fests (inspired by the boffo box office of the "Saw" franchise, no doubt), "DMTH" is a reminder that good horror films make you smile as much as grimace.Alison Lohman plays our heroine, the blandly-named Christine Brown. She's a thirty-something aspirant in a small-time California bank, working diligently for the Big Promotion to Assistant Manager. She's a small-town girl with small-town aspirations - this bank is the Dunder Mifflin of financial institutions. But it does have one small snake in its grass, Ambitious New Guy Stu, who's also jockeying for the AM position and isn't afraid to give the boss free Lakers tickets to get them.So, to prove that she's sufficiently hard-nosed to be AM (a nice touch from the Raimis that in order to get ahead as a banker, you have to say "no"), Alison unwisely gets tough when a wizened gypsy (Lorna Raver) asks for a third extension on her mortgage. Upon rejection, the gypsy turns into one of the creepiest horror villains since the shark in Jaws, only considerably more gross. While Joe Pesci may own the record for most f-bombs in a movie thanks to "Casino" and "Goodfellas," Ms. Raver surely holds the title for vomit-volume.We pull for the sweet Christine, who truly believes that she's a nice person. One wishes she had C3PO by her side to give her this movie's equivalent of "Artoo, let the wookie win."But Christine is accompanied only by her geeky boyfriend, Dr. Clay Dalton (Justin Long), who is far too well-mannered to be of any help. Why does Christine need help, exactly? Because she has been cursed by the rejected gypsy, and it's a doozy: a lamia will torture Christine's soul for three days, and on the next day will drag her to hell (a fate expertly set up with a chilling opening sequence).All this is a loose plot from which the Raimis string a bunch of most-excellent horror scenes that are long on suspense and humor while also offering some genuinely scary moments. It must be said that Ms. Raver as the gypsy is the most terrifying element of the movie - the lamia is spooky, but does not offer the genuine thrills and chills as does the wizened crone, who packs a big wallop both alive and from beyond the grave.All in all, this is a very scary movie that is exceedingly well-made, even more so because it is safely PG-13 fare. I only give it four stars because several of the key plot points are telegraphed far in advance and I try to save the five star reviews for horror movies for the true classics, a la the original "Halloween." | 34 stars
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Some History for Punk Geeks...Like Me
It's hard to find anything redeeming or worthwhile about the film besides the involvement of Steve Jones and Paul Cook of Pistols fame, and Paul Simonon of the Clash acting as the band of the second band on the tour bill.The movie is abysmal. The acting is so sub-par, I think a new scale of "crap" is reached. HOWEVER: it is here we can here the song, "Join the Professionals" from the budding Jones/Cook ex-Pistols project, aptly named, the Professionals.No one really should've asked Jones and Cook to act after seeing their thespian skills in "The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle," but all in all, a cool thing for Jonesy fans like myself.If you watch the film in a MST3K state of mind, it's entertaining. Just watch for the Professionals songs.It is crap, but I'll be first to buy this crap when it is rereleased on DVD. Long Live Steve Jones! | 23 stars
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Certainly one of the most musically motivatated smash hits!
Watch La bamba once, if you don't enjoy it there's something wrong if you do like it you'll find your self being able to watch it over and over. I have seen it with almost everyone I know and it never gets boring! A totall have to see movie! I am a person that also finds the following films great: American Pie, Blair witch project, Halloween, Sister act, Mennace II society, kids and Analyze this | 45 stars
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Classic Western
Classic Western that no collector should be without. This star filled movie will keep you coming back to watch again and again. | 45 stars
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Good Movie
Events unfold completely out of order. However, there are enough evidence left to connect all the parts together. Great movie | 34 stars
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Quick delivery
My husband loves this show so I got it for him, it was in really good condition and delivered quickly. | 45 stars
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trying to hard
This show is trying too hard. The character of the photographer is alright, but the rest is just random nonsense. | 23 stars
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Excellent!!
Great movie and a beautiful love story. Very touching. I enjoyed this movie very much and already want to watch it again. | 45 stars
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good real doc
it was good you actually got to meet the man behind the cursing and he got to live in the media once again | 45 stars
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Very disappointing!
This is quite simply a dragged out dumb movie. I couldn't even stay with it long enough to see the end. After an hour of it, you simply don't care how it ends. | 01 star
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UGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The only reason I bought this movie is because I love the old one so much and the guy that reviewed it for Amazon said this was one case where the new out did the old. Guess he likes really crappy movies. I was done with remakes, they always have to change the story line, for the worse. Examples: Planet of the Apes, Time Machine, and lets not forget how they destroyed The Day the Earth Stood Still! Anyway, it jumped all over the place. I guess Hollywood thinks that if thet throw in a lot of special effects we will watch anything. Please, please, please, if anyone from Hollywood is reading this, please don't touch Forbidden Planet, you have destroyed enough of the old classic Sci-Fi's, leave well enough alone!!!!!!!!!!!!! | 01 star
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good book and a great addition to my collection. a a a a a a a a a a a | 45 stars
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awful insult
This is an awful insult to any viewer's intelligence. All the numb-skulls had to do was follow the stream. I can't believe anyone with an IQ above a rabid baboon could like this. They must not have had anything to do in the day or two it must have taken to film this thing. | 01 star
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Video 5 stars, Audio 3 stars
I reviewed most of The Original Series episodes during the initial DVD release which began in 1999. So, the comments here focus on the new edition.I don't have an HD player or TV, but even at standard definition, the picture has never looked better. The colors pop off the screen, scratches have been removed, and grain, while noticeable, has been reduced to a bare minimum. Seeing the new remastering alters one's perceptions of the series. I had never noticed the tear streaming down the crippled Captain Pike's cheek as Spock reveals his plan in "The Menagerie." Unfortunately, with the improved picture, flaws in the original production are also more noticeable: shadows from boom microphones are detectable, zippers can be clearly seen in many of the uniforms, and a certain hairpiece has never been more obvious. Still, the picture shows the obvious care taken with the lighting and composition (very different from today's flatly-lit, smash & grab style of television filming).Of course, the primary focus of this new release is the new CGI visual effects. Most of the new space shots are very convincing, remaining in the original spirit of the series. Only a few of the shots are major deviations from the originals, such as when satellites are launched from the Enterprise in "Operation: Annihilate," or the addition of a previously unseen ship in "Arena." Restraint seems to be the watchword here. There was an earlier Enterprise model which was used for a few episodes, including "Miri," and these shots are not as successful as those using a later model. But as the episodes progress, the quality generally improves. I would have liked to have seen a little bit more done, such as the replacement of some very dated viewing screen graphics in "Where No Man has Gone Before" and "Balance of Terror." The enhanced matte paintings of Starbase 11and Eminiar 7 are simply stunning.There are a number of errors. The opening credits of "Where No Man has Gone Before" contain Kirk's opening monologue ("Space, the Final Frontier") which was not heard in the original broadcast episode and home video versions, and the sound mix for "The Menagerie" is botched, with music from Season Two tacked on, and the Talosian singing plants incorrectly channeled.The discs also include audio tracks in Spanish and French, although my partner (fluent in Spanish) tells me many of the Spanish translations are not faithful to the English originals.Bring on Season Two! | 34 stars
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Not funny - depressing
I rented this movie because I wanted to watch something that made me laugh...instead this movie made me scowl and frown the entire time. The whole idea that this is a female version of "The Hangover" is completely false. I do not think I laughed out loud once in this movie - whereas "The Hangover" and "Bridesmaids" both had me cracking up. Instead, I left the movie sad that these women were so horrible. And please don't interpret that as "so horrible they are funny." | 01 star
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starts off interesting
This is a really bad series. For the most part E-list celebrities. (I wwas on 'Survivor'.) are sent to investigate supposedly haunted places. Divided into groups and sent off to investigate. Of course there is always a little bit of spooky stuff. Then at the end, they pick out the scariest place and all go to visit it again. That is the premise. However, after the second show, you realize the whole purpose is to scare the celebs. There effects become hokier and hokier to the point of laughability. The stories behind the haunts are silly. There is a ritual at the end which is boring the first time and gets worse from there. Turn off your mind if you want to. | 01 star
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Becoming the same
I like this series a lot. Every thing is still great, but the plots are becoming the same. Unless new ideas are are projected into the series, it will be so much of the same it will lived beyond it days. | 45 stars
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Funny Stuff
Great movie. Probably better than the first. It was definitely not the usual half-hearted sequel you usually see. More action and twice the fun. Recommend viewing this movie. | 34 stars
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Easily one of the best films that I have seen, so good that I felt compelled to write a book report...
The film is easily one of the best things that I have seen. The story flows perfectly to keep the audience's attention and the actors do a tremendous job of telling an amazing story that deals with an incredible range in character and emotion. As much as I love this movie, it's simply not for everyone. Don't watch if you think you may be distracted by outside influences and it's certainly not a film that would be enjoyed by a couple on a "date night". "I'm Still Here", breaks down the walls between reality/fiction and the complexities of being a celebrity, and it ain't always pretty...PrefaceI want to start off by saying, that I have never been a huge Joaquin Phoenix fan. I am not saying that he isn't a terrific actor, only that I wouldn't necessarily go out of my way to see one of his films, just because he was in it. I, like so many others probably thought he was a bit of a weird guy, only because he has played so many strange characters very well. He was the villain in Gladiator, the older son in the Mel Gibson alien movie and I recently recognized him as a kid in some older movie. Joaquin seems to be typecast as a withdrawn or troubled person and I must apologize for formulating the opinion that he was probably like that in real life, although I haven't verbalized that opinion previously.I knew very little about the months this was being filmed and wasn't exposed to celebrity gossip, the rumor mill and didn't know that Joaquin was interested in quitting acting.I am not someone who generally cares about the lives of celebrities, their opinions and certainly don't follow a bit of celebrity gossip. I'm may have heard something about the David Letterman thing, just didn't pay any attention or give it two seconds worth of thought. I think someone mentioned the documentary on a social network since it seemed moderately familiar when I picked it up.This is the first time that I have felt compelled to write a review of a movie. I am not a writer by profession, I do however write creatively on a regular basis for recreation. I also don't study film, nor am I a critic of any sort. I have nothing to gain or credit to lose by expressing my thoughts on this film and I'm going to be as real as I can be, because the film merits my honesty. That being said, it's the "most" real thing that I have seen in a movie and I have watched more than my fair share.The story really could have gone either way. Joaquin could have very easily been a successful recording artist and Casey did a tremendous job of capturing the events as they unfolded. When you are dedicated to telling the truth or portraying the truth on film you are bound to have things that are difficult for people to watch, but seem less `real' when they are preconceived about the premise of the film. The same is true of the events in the story, people formulated opinions about what Joaquin was trying to do and it added to the reasons that he wasn't successful. A universal truth that goes along the same lines is thinking that you can do no wrong, because we both know that you are bound to screw up eventually and having that attitude is a mistake all around.Joaquin is a dreamer with vision. I immediately recognized that he was trying to go beyond himself and show people that he's more than just and actor, evident by him saying "his goal was to bring out, what was inside of him". I would be willing to bet that Phoenix has always felt like an artist, who is talented in many different arts but always struggled to discover his true art. Most artists know the one thing that they are really great at creating and since Joaquin had a connection to "hip-hop as much as anyone has a connection to a type of music", making it reasonable that he would express himself through that medium. The deleted scene in which JP discusses the "origins" of rap and hip hop was extraordinary to say the least and I doubt that a lot of people could have gone into that much detail about the form of music. I gained a tremendous amount of respect and saw his depth as a human being for making this film. I can't imagine anything that would take more guts and determination to do and I have no doubt that this film will be widely studied and interpreted.Who among us can cast the first stone and say that they too have never been fed up with their jobs and being told what to do or thinking that you have a good opinion about a particular topic and no one was willing to listen or worse, make fun of you? How many times have you been publicly embarrassed and it was only a few people that saw it, yet everyone seemed to know about it? How many of you have been passed over when you clearly deserved an award and talked trash about the person who beat you out for a promotion? How many artists and visionaries have been grossly misunderstood for expressing themselves in this world? Too many if you ask me, but what do I know?Joaquin is someone who operates on a higher plane than almost everyone else on the planet. I don't mean because of his celebrity as an actor, having a fabulous life or the illicit drug use, he is a creative genius and is trying to let the world know that it exists inside him. He's not another celebrity who burned themselves out or become a recluse, Joaquin simply got an idea in his head that sounded like the best thing in the world and had difficultly fully expressing it to the public or in a way they would be able to appreciate and understand. In a large sense, Phoenix is blossoming as a person and expanding his universe and those of us who have watched the film and get what he was trying to do, it's a unique gift that could never be duplicated. He said something like, "I'm doing more than what people expect he's capable of doing" and he is/was correct, and few can comprehend doing something like that.Here's the problem. You have/had the right idea, but you didn't follow the right path to finding who you are as an artist and you can't take shortcuts on the path of life. I am not going to come down on you for making mistakes like others have, I will just point out a few things that needed "tweaking".I know that it felt like the most amazing thing in the world, when you told the entertainment reporter that you were quitting acting and afterwards it must have seemed scary to think about. You are an amazingly talented and creative guy who has always had to "act" a certain way to please people. You have to do what directors say, you have to do a lot of things your agent tells you to do and act a certain way in public and are scrutinized or judged by so many people. Even though you've had opportunities in life, you haven't allowed many people to listen to what you have to say and to be judged on what you are made of as a person, not necessarily who everyone else expects you to be. All I have to say is, what's wrong with that, doesn't everyone deserve to be heard?Watching the movieThe first time, I went in "blind" to what the film was about and paid close attention to the events as they unfolded. Before watching the second time, I watched the deleted scenes and found much of them to be thought provoking and gained a bit more insight into the project. The second time I watched with the DVD commentary and the third time I watched it from the perspective of how it could have all been improved. (The plan and execution, not the film itself)From the very beginning I believed it all to be quite real and I was drawn in, hoping that Joaquin would be able to get his message out as he envisioned. I don't think that I have ever vested myself so entirely into a "character" and I didn't want to see him fail. My hope in seeing him find some success had nothing to do with being a fan of his body of work or even his musical vision, it was that Joaquin has passion about something other than what his work and felt compelled to pursue it with gusto. Say what you want about Joaquin, but you have to respect the effort he put into it.The initial viewing made me feel sick to my stomach. This is going to sound a bit strange, but sick to my stomach in a good way, like it was something that I really needed to see, and hard to imagine at the same time. It was torturous and inspirational for me and it was like looking at a clip of reality and how tough life can sometimes be for people. The range of raw human emotions captured on film is simply astounding. Where else can you see someone who is completely on top of the world, believe that he would never be accepted again? Where else can you witness the creative process at its best and worst at the same time? Embarrassment, rage, determination and passion are difficult things to reproduce and I felt all those emotions as I watched. I laughed, I cried, I couldn't take my eyes off the screen and wasn't distracted by anything while watching. I felt relieved when it was over and had a more positive outlook about the film the following day.The deleted scenes do a lot to substantiate the film as Casey envisioned and opened me up to the possibility that the events were staged and I believe some of them were scripted and/or redone. The DVD commentary is terrific and for a while, I was leaning towards believing that it could be an elaborate, brilliantly executed fictional story about a real person. I am assuming that most people were willing to "buy" the story as a hoax, publicity stunt or experimental film, but there is one thing that prevents me from falling in line, people can't act that well. It's far too real to be make-believe, and as good as an actor as Joaquin may be, he isn't that good, no one is.The third time watching was very therapeutic me and I studied the film closely, taking note of the mistakes that were made in the process of switching careers, being a better person and how complex being a celebrity must be. The ideas expressed in this "review" are based upon my belief that most of the events are mostly true, how easily the story could have gone in a completely different direction and the personal connection I had to the film.JPHey, we love you man. As friends we can forgive and forget, because people sometimes screw up, its human nature. I have personally screwed up a bunch of times that were equally embarrassing to me as your defeats were to you and I kept on pushing through, picked myself up and dusted myself off, just like the song. I promise that how ever bad it all seemed, no one is going to hold it against you. You are passionate about life and so many things that you are simply brimming over and when people have those characteristics, they have the tendency to express those feelings, often at an inappropriate time and place. It's not something to be ashamed about, nor is it something to worry about if you don't follow through on your ideas.Don't want take any of this as talking down to you and believe me when I say that I believe you to be a highly intelligent person. I do however think that you are probably a bit ignorant about some things in this world, simply because as real as you think that you are, (relating to people, observing their behavior, etc) you have to be removed from society on many levels because of your celebrity. It's important that you recognize that fans of your acting skills, (your fans) have only seen that persona, and we both know that there is a lot more to Joaquin Phoenix. You said it yourself; you have been in a self imposed prison of characterization.I would also bet that you were that kid in school that genuinely felt different, not necessarily because of having a famous brother and doing your own acting, just that your mind was always off somewhere else or you were drawing pictures instead of paying attention in class. Maybe you were a daydreamer and always seemed to be doing silly kid stuff that got you into trouble because you let your imagination and curiosity guide you. I would also wager that you excelled in any class that allowed you to be creative and you were most proud of those accomplishments while barely scraping by academically. None of those traits are necessarily bad to have in a kid, however they must be challenged in a different direction than regular kids.Acting became the thing that allowed you to feel special and that you were part of something greater than yourself. At one time your career made you feel important, like it meant something in the bigger picture and gave you something to focus on other than your emotions while pretending to be someone else. I can imagine that an actor would have difficulties discovering who they are, when you are so busy portraying someone else's. Are you who you are because you were supposed to be, or are you who you are because someone else expected you to act that way and guided you towards that path?I am not saying that there is anything necessarily wrong with the person you became, because I think you are a fun, likeable guy, and look at all the famous people who enjoy your company, the adoring fans and friends who genuinely care about you and why wouldn't they? You are an interesting character and I don't mean that in the sense of characterization. You have a way of bringing out the best in people, which is a talent in itself.The drug use did seem a bit excessive throughout the film and I am sure you caught a lot of grief for doing so much. What people didn't point out is that the film is 6 months of video, edited down to an hour and a half and the audience is thinking its excessive for that time frame and don't see the big picture. I will say that I realize that for certain people, illegal drugs benefit them a substantial amount. Drugs can be a cure for depression, make you feel less inhibited and for a very small group of people drugs open creative centers of the brain that previously were dormant, opening them up to a world that they previously didn't know existed. In no way am I advocating drug use of any kind and feel strongly that there needs to be limits to all things of that nature. There has to be a happy medium or some middle ground because no one can operate at a peak performance if they are too high and you know there is such a thing as being too high. I personally would have been more disturbed if I saw you abusing prescription drugs and saw none of that in the film.You are someone that needs to work, needed something to do, needs something to focus on. That's why you were an actor, it was your job, something that you did that took up a lot of your time and kept you centered and away from the laziness and kept your drug use to a much lower level. You had to study, you had to eat right, you had to constantly be getting haircuts, exercise, you had to look good on camera and spend long days and nights working. In the snow angel scene you said something like "look at the difference in me since I retired from acting", and the first thing I thought of was, "he's feeling better than he ever has, but he's getting lazy" and I think it was due to the fact that you were sitting around waiting for people to return your calls, waiting for what you knew in your mind was going to happen. It's called "hurry up and wait" and you learned it the hard way.Performance review/ TV appearanceLocal hip hop clubYou studied the materials, changed and adapted, ensuring that you had the lyrics perfected and it sounded very good. I think nerves had much to do with your cadence being off, because people have the tendency to rush such things, particularly when the music starts before you are completely ready. Things always seem and sound better when you are in familiar settings and don't have a large group of people, not entirely knowing what to expect.After the first performance Joaquin said that the audience had prejudged him and he was correct. The music wasn't something that they were programmed to listen to and the audience couldn't relate. Following the performance in the parking lot, your rap was phenomenal because you weren't nervous and I bought into it the same way that Matt did. All in all, it deserved merit and should have been a profound learning experience.VegasThe sound check isn't so someone can get a free show. A sound check allows the performer to know exactly what they will sound like when they are on stage and customize the audio to suit your needs.The show seemed particularly bad, but it was more audio quality and faces of several of the audience that lead to that opinion. The camera angles and lighting weren't great but your performance was improved. Cadence was good this time.DaveDave Letterman's job is to crack fun on people. He doesn't have serious conversations on his show. The character of Dave is a sharp witted comedian whose job is to make people laugh and the night you were on, he did his job well. Dude, a beard is a conversation piece, an opener, something to chit chat about and you should be able to accept any and all jokes that come your way. If you had said, "it feels cool", "I should have done it years ago", he would have been done talking about it.I'll bet the song that had the lyrics "sitting on the couch with David Letterman" were going through your head a mile a minute.Dave landed his joke late when he said it was unlikely that you'd perform on the show, not that it was unlikely you were pursuing a rap career.Correct me if I am wrong, but doesn't Dave have signs that say "applause" and it's the audience's job to clap, cheer and laugh when the show wants them to? They weren't necessarily laughing at you.The uni-bomber crack was funny, sorry but true.The Miami club gig.Those people were freaking spun. How can you expect them to listen to something deep?I am sorry, but that seemed like the wrong place and wrong crowd to tell your story. The music as you were waiting to go on stage was bumping at almost a techno level and the crowd was dancing like crazy. When you are engrossed in the music as they apparently were, it stinks when they turn up the lights and the music slows.Cool camera angles before the set, but it looked like a body on a coffin at one angle, especially if you turned it sideways. Sorry but true.There is so much angst when you are face to face and being judged by someone in the audience acting like those guys who hang out at airports with video cameras. It's profoundly worse when you are expressing your art and they are making fun of you, literally for no other reason than you are a celebrity. Don't take it personally man, just brush it off and drive on. Anger is a wasteful emotion, it gets you all wound up in a direction that you don't want to go in and there is never a positive solution.Something I have noticed about people at concerts with cameras is they aren't getting all the enjoyment from the moment as they could be. Maybe they got a good photo or video that they can show their friends, but aren't you there to see the band or the singer? Shouldn't they be paying attention to the music the lights, getting caught up in the vibe of being at a concert? All the people with cameras are having the LEAST amount of fun and I feel sorry for them.I agreed with Larry who said that it was your best performance. You were ready, it was your time. You went to the sound check (which is a good idea, because you will be familiar with the stage lights and the way you sound through their speakers). It's like a practice for the main event and you dressed for the occasion. I really think the audience would have been fine hearing another song or two.Music producerI almost can't say enough good things about him and I am using this film as my basis for saying it. He's someone that you want to be on time to meet and if you are late or hold him up, it'll cost you some points. He isn't one for high fives or chit chats, he's there for business and you had better come with it quickly. He's someone that you talk to straight and you'd better have a plan all squared away, ready to presentHe's not used to dealing with artists, he deals with performers. You recognized him as being a super smart hip-hop guy, but he is a success because he knows what sells to people. He tried to explain the theory in the first meeting when he discussed what people do in their industries. It isn't about art and true exploration, it's about putting a product out that sells and he is an expert at producing that product. He was trying to say that just because you like something, that doesn't mean others will. He knows the business of music, how to make money and something you have to know is that there are no free lunches in the world. Everything costs something and so does becoming a super cool hip hop artist.I thought it was funny that he was flipping the TV channel and asking the other famous person in the room about his recent movie and didn't have a problem saying that another movie that he was in wasn't any good.At the first meeting he just talked about business. The second time it was from a trying to understand you better, perspective.You were crushed by not going immediately into the studio that you felt defeated. He didn't say that you weren't talented, just that you music needed work before it would be something that he would produce. "Play me a hit", "I need to hear a hit". I while I am not saying anything negative about your music, you should have listened to the music that he was listening to when you entered. The song was polished, layered and had repeating rhythms, just like every hit song that is played on the radioI paid close attention to his eyes as he listened to the songs and there is no doubt that his eye movements were real and he gave the three songs a genuine listen. The first sounded good and obviously it passed the producers test because he asked to hear two more. He was also correct about the third song not being good enough and I am not entirely sure why you played it when you obviously had others that were better. That's right; I said you had others that were better. The "complication" song was the only song I heard that didn't register with me and I don't necessarily think it was the lyrics; more like the cadence didn't work. I think if he had given you some constructive criticism and broken down a few things that didn't work about the songs, you would have left with a positive outlook. I guess what they say is true, hindsight being 20/20, because you had one of the most successful record producer's ear and didn't use that opportunity to learn something.Dude, you made it through 3 freaking plays with Combs and I can guarantee that it wasn't entirely because of who you were.Your FriendsAnthony's bit was making Joaquin a better person, taking care of him and being a friend and I thought he did an excellent job. I am sure he is a bit strange, but who among that group isn't? I would be willing to bet that being a friend and caretaker for JP is a full time job and it's difficult to do your own thing when so much is going on with acting, making music and traveling. Where was the time for extra curricular activities when you have so much going on that you have little control over?Anthony only did what he thought was in your best interest and hopefully you made amends on a personal level AND support whatever he is doing now. It's the right thing to do. If he did speak to the press, anything he said was an attempt at damage control. It seemed imperative to him that he do something to protect your interestsAnthony was the number one fan of what you were trying to do which was clearly at its most apparent when he said he wasn't going to laugh at you. None of it was funny and he believed in your music and what you were trying to do.I do want to know why you told Larry to not tell puff that he was from jersey.I say more Matt. I really liked everything he had to say, especially in the deleted scenes. He's an insightful guy and I can see why he is a friend. He's real and an asset to you, listen to him.You weren't using your friends to the best of their abilities and potential. They all seemed like sharp people with only your best interests at heart. You need to get them to agree on an idea before you go all out. They care about you and you should expect them to be a sounding board, keep you centered. You don't need a bunch of yahoos running around doing stuff for you. They are an asset, your team and you should value their opinions and expect them to tell it to you straight, every single time.You are too paranoid about looking bad. Sounded like such a priss, worried about what other people thought of you. Who cares if other guys are in limos and riding private jets, you are rolling with your peeps, your posse, entourage or whatever they call it these days.Casey, random thoughts and questionsI must applaud you to the highest degree. What you have made with the film "I'm Still Here", transcends everything I have seen up to the point in which I watched it and I doubt that anything that will come close to the feelings and curiosity that your film brought me.You can assume that I'm the person to watch this in 30 years like you mentioned in the commentary.Is it art imitating life or life imitating art?Fast forwarding through the party and stopping on Anthony's junk was very funny.The only way it could be fake is if you told Joaquin that he could be a famous rapper and advised him on how he should go about doing it.You had me fooled for a few minutes with the commentary. I actually questioned my level of conviction with your well played commentary and ability to speak. No doubt it was well thought out.I wouldn't be bothered in the least bit if I were to find that the documentary was a fake.Do I believe that certain scenes were added and a few were retakes and things added to make it a better story? Of course I do, but there is no way that some of those scenes were redone.And it's fantastic to put in actual people who work for you as different fictional roles, like the computer nerd blogger at the end, giving his spin on the film. I believe the story about Edward James Olmos coming to your school as a kid and Casey remembering it and taking a couple of powerful statements away from it, but I don't believe the rationality for why he was there talking to Joaquin. Olmos was there because of the childhood story and because he was concerned with the direction Phoenix was going in. He's a compassionate guy and wanted to be able to visualize where Phoenix was coming from.If Joaquin had succeeded and the hip hop career totally took of then you'd have a documentary of success instead of failure..Portraying it as a hoax was the only way that the general public would accept such a thing. I believe much of the commentary was a brilliantly crafted tall tale to appease the audience.You got me buying DVDs again and that wasn't an easy accomplishment. I haven't bought a movie in probably four yearsEJO and my interpretationI personally became a much bigger fan, based on his performance. What a cool guy he was to come to your place and have a real conversation with you? What a powerful speaker EJO is and what an awe inspiring story he can tell. I am really interested to know what he thought about your music. At first I thought it seemed like you were rapping and he wasn't listening, but in subsequent viewings, I saw that he was intently listening to you and thinking about what you were saying.For a few minutes I thought that you understood the meaning of the story when you said that the story was about revealing, which could be taken as renewing or unveiling, as in "revealing one's true self". It seemed that you were very enthralled with the story and EJO and his powerful speaking abilities make it easy to be inspired. I did a search of the word "revealing" on a popular online dictionary and it took me to the definition of revelations, specifically the book of Revelations from the Bible and I thought that was pretty deep in itself.Almost immediately, I noticed a similarity between Olmos' story and the Beatles song, "Helter Skelter", but always interpreted the song to have a different meaning..."When I get to the bottomI go back to the top of the slideWhere I stop and turnand I go for a ridetill I get to the bottom and I see you againYeah, yeah, yeah"I thought the story "mountaintop water drop" story was about humility or being humble.My take on the parable was being closest to God when they are at their lowest, not getting back to the top of the mountain. When you hit rock bottom and say to yourself, "how did it all come to this?" you look for any bit of hope that you can find and when all else fails, you start praying.Religion is much deeper for people than just cause and effect.(cause being at your lowest point and effect being that they get something positive out of it). Being at your lowest point puts things into perspective and grounds you like nothing else because the ability to change isn't in most people's programming, unless something pushes them in that direction. You could just as easily make the argument that people are more pliable when at their lowest and are looking at something to hold on to, but it's more than that. People have a need to feel connected to something greater then themselves and believing in God is as real as it gets for them and its human nature.Being humble is one of the most difficult things in this world. You don't self glorify; you aren't supposed to think that you are the least bit better than anyone else, regardless of who they are. I don't just mean in your day to day actions, I mean in life. You being a celebrity make you have power that you didn't think that you have. How many times have you felt bad for snubbing a fan who may have simply wanted you to know they felt like they had a personal connection to you through your work or just wanted an autograph for their own collection that they would cherish for a lifetime? Not everyone is looking to profit from talking to you or taking your photo, I promise. I've always thought the reason that actors bowed after a performance was that they were humbled by the praise bestowed upon them. "Thank you, I am truly honored".People love failure; it's the basis of most gossip and definitely the topic of most celebrity new stories and I am not entirely sure why. Are they dissatisfied with their lives and feel the need to "pile on" to someone else? Does the envy stem from a secret desire to be rich and famous or is it something to talk about like so many people talk about sports, religion or politics? "Did you hear what happened to so and so?" or" Boy, they really had it coming to them, thinking that they were so freaking cool". Some fanatics even feel compelled to take it a step further, breaking down the wall and do what they can to perpetuate the failure and its all part of human nature.You also know there is a lot of false praise when it comes to being a celebrity. In the past when you were being interviewed on television, you had to say what other people wanted you to say and couldn't reveal your true self. Often times when being interviewed for a magazine you may stretch from the character of Joaquin and give more insight to who you are as a person, but in the end, they are going to print what they want to print and you probably don't get to approve the final copy since I am sure that's the job of a publicist. Normal conversations with regular people are probably something you are probably lacking, because most people are going to treat you as someone special, not based on your merit as a person. I can imagine that its also very difficult to feel that relationships are real, not to say that the relationships with your friends in the film aren't close to being real, just that most probably treat you as a celebrity in one sense or another and you really can't fault them, its simply the way of the world.All passionate people go through something exactly like what you went through, (the ups the downs, the triumphs and the heartbreaks), not on the same scale because you are a famous person and it happened in a world that you are accustomed, but they all go through something like your rang of emotions. Metaphorically speaking, It's almost like you met a girl that you really liked, she seemed interested and you fell head over heals in love with her. You started making plans, assuming things were mutual and you pushed too hard and too fast. >>> continued in comments section>>>> | 45 stars
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AWESOME
Its an awesome series. I own every season and have watched them repeatedly. Gibbs is just mind boggling and awesome | 45 stars
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Purely pure genius.
Danielson and all things Danielson display creativity couched in belief and love for fellow man at its zenith. Listen to their music, understand that their message is unvarnished hope for all of us, regardless of who/how/what you believe. | 45 stars
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PEOPLE WHO
How ANYONE can write Season 11 of SOuth park is crude, lost its touch or is too repetitive is unfortunately a HOMER. Go back to watching THE SIMPSONS, you JUST DON'T GET IT. You probably ENJOY FAMILY GUY.Season 11 of South Park is possibly the funniest Season of ALL. Starting off with "Apologies to Jesse Jackson," which I consider the 22 most hilarious cartoon minutes ever produced. Add in the highly creative and interesting 3 part "IMaginationland," the sick punch line ending (I won't give it away) of "Lice Capades", and you have a supremely original, funny, and creative season. BUY THIS.Now---Season 12 will be a big dissapointment. Where Season 11 is superb in ideas and comedy, the upcoming Season 12 departs. A number of less than funny episodes,. ;ess than socially biting, less engaging characters, and YES, there were repetitive themes in Season 12. BUT NOT SEASON 11!! It's a WINNER!! If there's anything to [...] about it is that they have virtually emilinated TIMMY from the show. Yeah, I know, he's RETARDED but some of the funniest episodes of the series featured TIMMMY paired with JIMMY. I'd like to see a new TIMMY and JIMMY episode! | 45 stars
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Why is there not a '0 Star' rating?
I like Harrison Ford, I like Kristin Scott Thomas, and I even like Charles Dutton (except for Alien 3, yakk). But this movie is a clunker. If it were a horse I would have shot it to put it out of my misery.There is no real suspense and there is no one to root for. Ford's character is driven to find the truth, and the truth is simply the obvious. There is no twist, his wife was sleeping with Thomas' husband. We know it, their friends know it, their co-workers know it, but we have to follow this loser as he spends 2 hours of my life (that I will never get back, I might add) on figuring that out himself. Rent this film at most, do not buy. | 01 star
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Has-Been Street
The Original "Wall Street" movie was excellent - and in all likelihood it will take it's place among the Classics. That's all the more reason why this sequel is so disappointing to me. I'd hate to think Oliver Stone is losing his touch, so I'll chalk this puppy up to a rare mistake.The script falters, and is indeed, immature when considering the sophistication of the subject matter undertaken. Both of the young actors (the up-and-coming new-age trader, and his fiancee', Gordon Gecco's daugher)left a lot to be desired in their character artistry. Michael Douglas, one of my favorites, appeared too tired to care about his impact one way or the other; some of the dialogue reminded me of a flimsy soap opera segment rather than the tale of a displaced, ruthless master manipulator returning to the fold, if not the floor.I was expecting much more from this film and it could have been delivered; it certainly had the potential given all that has happened in the markets since the original "Wall Street" was released. I'm not sure what happened, but I couldn't make enough excuses for it to give it more than two stars.Come back again, Stone, and this time give us a real one. We're waiting. | 12 stars
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Love it or hate it, it's worth a watch
The issue of capital punishment and the death penalty is a very hotly debated topic, like abortion. Who gives people the right to take life and play God and so on and what if the executed were innocent is some anti-death penalty remarks. The movie ends with a quite shocking ending but a rather cheapened one.Kevin Spacey plays David Gale, a respected college professor and active member of DeathWatch, an anti-government group. One night while drunk, he has sex with a willing college student. However, she turns the tables and pulls rape charges. Afterwards, his life goes to hell: he gets a divorce, fired from the school and everyone avoids him. He is then charged and put on death row for the murder of his friend, Constance(played very well by Laura Linney). All this is told years later to a reporter, Bitsey Bloom. He's being executed in 4 days and it's up to her to find out the truth.Very good acting and a touchy subject. The only problem I had was with the ending. It was shocking to see but it cheapened David's cause, but the film's worth watching | 34 stars
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One of the BEST Animated Films of all Time - a Treasure
Funny, lyrical, visually sumptuous, compellingly written and, above all, wise, "Babe" must be hailed as a film classic. A coming of age film set in a barnyard, a magical, gifted pig steals our hearts and easily makes us believers! You will fall in love with the movie, both its humans and animals, and be knocked out by its innovative filmmaking. This is animation at its best, a realistic 3-dimensional fully realized vision that transports and entertains us every step of the way.This original is light, airy and breezy, though not without its insightful moments and life lessons. It's also markedly different from its follow-up - the commercially disappointing, but equally eloquent triumph "Babe - Pig in the City". "Pig" is moodier and darker - an edgy unexpectedly surreal vision (and still BRILLIANT AS WELL!) This is the underdog (in th is case the under-pig) movie of all time - equal parts magic and tonic. I say - PIG OUT! | 45 stars
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Princess Diana reigns over all at L'Olympia, Paris
Diana's music entered my life only a few short months ago. Since then I just can't get enough. Her "Live in Paris" DVD arrived a couple of days ago (just a soon as Amazon could get it to me) and I have been watching it nightly.Diana's piano playing and singing, along with the incredible talent surrounding her on stage, makes this DVD an absolute must for all fans. The camera work is nicely done - no jumpy shots from here, there, and everwhere - filmed as smoothly as the music being played. If you don't want to watch the concert - drop in the disc and just listen to the music.Can't wait to actually see her in concert myself (next month!!!) | 45 stars
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Entertaining Thriller
Michael Biehn writes, directs and stars in THE VICTIM, and does a credible job in all three areas.The low budget psychological thriller, which has a marvelous twist ending, has Biehn playing a recluse who lives in a remote cabin high on a mountaintop. One night desperate good time girl Jennifer Blanc (Mrs. Biehn in real life) comes pounding on his door looking for help. It seems that she and her friend (Danielle Harris) were partying in the woods with a couple of off-duty cops, and one of them accidentally killed the friend. Since she is the only witness to the crime, the crooked officers are after her...and now they are also knocking on Biehn's door.THE VICTIM is definitely "grindhouse" fare, but it is well done and quite entertaining. I do feel that the multiple flashbacks are an unnecessary intrusion to the forward movement of the story, but on the other hand, the film would have been too short without them.Potential viewers should be warned that the "R" rating is definitely deserved.Michael B. Druxman | 23 stars
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The've got to be kidding...
What's the point of all the mayhem? I guess it really boils down to how one can really, really exploit a simple story line and then make it into a bloody trail and blow it to ridiculous proportions. In the middle of it all, I can only look at the time in my DVD player to find out how much time has elapsed (when is the piece going to end?). I did almost turn it off, but do not want to review something I really didn't completely finish. I couldn't even write a good review, because I'm now spending time writing this review. Just say I'm so dumbfoundingly left speechless.Just don't waste your time on this one...there's too many movies where one can spend a relaxing afternoon. Life's too short for this one. | 01 star
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Strange
This film is the definition of "off-beat." Even though the film moves very very slow at times the characters are fairly interesting, interesting enough to keep you viewing. Bill Murray delivers a performance like only Bill Murray can deliver. | 34 stars
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I have never been so disappointed in all my life!
It's a Friday night and my boyfriend and I decided to go rent a movie. Little did we know that Blockbuster should have put a warning beside "Dr. T and the Women" that read "Absolute waste of time -- rent at your own risk". At least then I would have been an informed viewer and would have no one to blame but myself for wasting my time on this piece of junk. I can't believe that the actors and actresses voluntarily agreed to do this movie.For those of you who have not seen this movie but have seen the trailers...DON'T BELIEVE THEM! The trailer for this movie makes it out to look like a romantic comedy with a wonderful cast. There was still a wonderful cast...but the plot...did not exist. The movie was a jumble of confusing scenes one after another that did not make sense. At first I thought well at least this movie is making women look special. They make women look special all right. So special that they basically drove Richard Gere to be as crazy as his wife! This movie is insulting to women and the end is proof of that. I also think it is strange how Richard Gere says he loves his wife (even though she is crazy) but then cheats on her with Helen Hunt. Mental illness is just as much a sickness as pneumonia. If he really loved her, he should've stuck by her side. So to end with I would just like to say that the only group of people I would recommend this movie to, would be aspiring movie directors, producers, and writers so they know exactly what NOT to do when making a movie. | 01 star
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Good show, eh extras
This is a great show and I love the collection. It's very slim on extras ... in fact, there are two. But it's still a great show. | 34 stars
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A One of a Kind Stylish Cop Thriller.
In the Year of 2019 from the Futuristic City of Los Angeles. An Ex-Police Detective (Harrison Ford), Who has been a Blade Runner to Track Down Cyborg, who Passes for Humans, Now he`s Re-Hired to Stop and Hunt Down, the World`s Remaining Rebels Gang of Androids (Lead by Rutger Hauer), who try and wants to be Human.Directed by Ridley Scott (Legend, Someone to Watch Over Me, Black Rain) brings an Impressive Superb Production, Which is Thought-Provoking and Visually Outstanding. Ford is Terrific (In One of Best His Roles). The Film has an Stong Supporting Cast-Including:Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah, M. Emmet Walsh, Brion James, Joe Turkel, William Sanderson and Joanna Cassidy. Loosely Based on a Novel by Philip K. Dick, which the Original Title from the Novel was (Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep). Adapated to a Screenplay by Hampton Fancher and David Webb Peoples (12 Monkeys, Soldier) is Equally Absorbing Script. DVD has an terrific anamorphic Widescreen (2.48:1) transfer (Also in Pan & Scan) and an strong-Dolby Stereo 2.0 Surround Sound. DVD only extra is Cast & Crew Information. Although most fans did miss Harrison Ford`s Narration on the Original 1982 Release and it`s also had the Happy Ending. The Movie may be not for Everyone but Those who appreciate something of Subtance will find it Worthwhile. A True Masterpiece in the Sci-Fi Gerne. Panavision. Grade:A. | 45 stars
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very original and funny!
This rental is totally psycho (in a very good way). Completely off-the-wall, slapstick comedy. This is a very original piece with a great cast. This is a fun rental. | 45 stars
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Ok Movie
I did not care for the ending, but it was a nice storyline. Acting was good, and the violence did not seem to overtake the movie. | 23 stars
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An Excellent Bit of Campy Horror
I hate to say it, but this movie is precisely what I enjoy about B-Movie horror...buckets upon buckets of blood, characters with little-to-no development (that you'd care about anyway), and willingness to not take the subject material altogether too seriously.On top of all of that is a genuinely fascinating, though implausible, twist in the narrative. It's quite wonderful.I would sincerely recommend this movie to anyone who enjoys horror and comedy. | 45 stars
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Good movie, had the potential to be more
The way this movie was done frustrated us because it could have been a really good movie but it was so back and forth and scenes shown out of order, that it distracted from our ability to fully get into it and enjoy it. It also felt too artsy for us.The acting was really convincing, especially by the son, both young and older. He was so good that we felt the extreme dislike for him. There were many conversation-starters that happened...Why didn't the Mom just set up a hidden camera to capture how the son treated her when the Dad wasn't watching since he had such a hard time believing her. What would we do if we had a kid that was that easy to dislike, etc.I am going to read the book now and see if it gives me more insight into the relationships between the parents and the kid and if it answers a lot of the questions that the film didn't.It was a good movie and still worth the rental amount, but I felt it could have been told in a more organized way. | 23 stars
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Not a waste of time...
By no means Oscar worthy... but entertaining! Typical romantic comedy and quite predictable, but definitly not a waste of time! | 23 stars
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What Every America Needs to See
This is a video that all Americans need to see. Islam is not a religion of peace and love as PBS and other media would portray. Our political leaders are lying to us. The basis for judging a religion should be the life and teaching of its founder. What kind of man is it, who at the age of 55 wants to have sex with a 9 year old girl???? The conclusions are obvious. | 45 stars
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Plan 9 From Outer Space Has Been Dethroned
Plan 9 From Outer Space had been crowned the worst movie ever made. END GAME, incredulsy, has dethroned and detrashed Plan 9. Wooden hesitant acting, plodding pace and an inane story caused me to END GAME early. | 01 star
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from mongo to guru
I am a keen but uncoordinated "extreme" sports addict...generally takes me a long time to build up the skills, and there's always a few hilarious incidents along the way.I often find instructors are very poor at getting the point across to someone who needs to internalise and translate in their own way - for examlple I gave up ski lessons and found a few instructional books that worked for me...then it was just a case of working it.Having skated as a youngster on a plastic board - and having the kids show interest recently, we went out and did our best, but I struggled to get the kids motivated over being scared.As for myself, found the balance wasn't what it used to be! And thought i could take a few steps toward some "tricks" or skills as well (as opposed to just bombing down slopes when I was a kid). I was looking for a product that:a) broke these skills down to the basics then built up on themb) motivated the kidsc) explained at a level we all could understandand this is it.The way in which Dan takes you through the connected skills that build up to msatering skate park or street showoffs is great, and I found myself happily tic tacing and 180'ing first on the rubber mats in my lounge room and then with the kids (although they are still building up to riding confidence). I am yet to have the confidence to take it to the park, but I am sure this DVD will lead through that just as easily (and safely).Even made me feel less guilty for early days spent as a mongo pusher...Of course - watching Dan do the "tricks" Dad had just done, that both motivated the kids and raised their opinion of me!Well thought out, well broken down into each individual step that builds up to a complete repertoire, worth having unless you are a guru (then you can still learn from this re breaking these steps down to teach your friends piece by piece).My only criticism is that Dan goes through the same thing (the key important items) so often that he sounds a little bored - I can certainly understand that given how far back to the beginning he goes...Outstanding.Thanks | 45 stars
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worth the money
We remember these original episodes, and we are so enjoying watching them again. And our kids are too! | 45 stars
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Coherently sad
That was the Wild West, not so wild though but quite wild yet. A poor kid who was born in that atmosphere of violence, who found himself alone, walking in the wild, carrying his saddle and his gun is recuperated by some rancher taking a small herd to Lincoln. For obtuse reasons that have probably to do with some economic vengeance, the sheriff and three deputies kill the rancher, an old unarmed man, in the morning at the top of the pass leading to Lincoln. The young man, Billy the Kid, reacts in a strange way and will not really change his mind which is not his mind but his habitual way of thinking. He wants justice, hence he is going to stand and challenge the four people. Then the rest is details you can discover them all by yourselves. The film is good because the young "Kid" is shown as being slightly slow in his brains. He is practically adopted by some people in a Mexican city next to Lincoln, but he rapes the girl because he cannot accept things not to go the way he wants them to go. And that will be his doom. The film is also good because it shows how those who had a star, sheriffs or marshalls, could do anything they wanted, more or less, and rather more than less. And they definitely shot before being shot at. Preventive self defense, even when they could not say whether the man had a gun or not. Preventive self defense. The last reason why this film is still worth seeing is because we can really watch a good actor being born. Small touches here and there show the humane side of things, of this "Kid", a flute, or an expression on his face, or his negotiating the lie that he could read though he could not. I will regret though that this slightly mentally slow "Kid" is not kept from beginning to end, but that is how the film is directed. He used his guns or other defensive method as a reflex of self-preservation more than of violence. He was completely absorbed and possessed by the outside world seen as a potential danger, which is total distraction, if not the sign of a deranged mind in a way. But we only get that feeling from time to time, not always. That's a regret of mine.Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne, University Paris 8 Saint Denis, University Paris 12 Créteil, CEGID | 34 stars
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Outstanding Play
I purchased this DVD a while back and enjoyed it very much. I watched it again on BET last Sunday and enjoyed it even more. The story was well developed. It started slowly and then built up to a suspenseful climax. The characters were well developed. A play truly worth watching | 45 stars
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still cronenberg's most terrifying movie
Videodrome is a sort of look at virtual reality but not in the way you would expect.. It is more of a look at perception and the drug like manifestations of technology on the mind.. One of Cronenbergs best and most startling movies - 'videodrome' will have you very wary of computers, television, and technology long after you thought you shook away the Kafka like anxiety of modern times.. Who knows maybe we are the victims of a similar plot (we really wouldn't know it if we were would we?).. All of Cronenberg's movies confront some aspect of hallucination and perception - making them almost abstract in their significance. | 45 stars
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Amazing.
This is possibly the most informative and interesting tv series that I have ever seen. The personalities are not only extremely knowledgable but they are also intensely passionate about the subject and are able to convey their interest and knowledge to the viewer.The battles of Britain are described in vivid detail and with the aid of the CGI effects, one can get a great understanding of just how and why the battles unfolded the way they did.I am enthusiastic about their new series, 20th Century Battlefields and am hopeful that this father son duo will produce many more such series in the years to come.Bravo Peter and Dan Snow! | 45 stars
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My boys loved this show!!!
My boys age 4,5,6, and 7 all loved this older version of Little Rascals. Kept them laughing the entire time! | 45 stars
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Truly depressing film
I purchased this film expecting to love it. Instead, I found it a terribly depressing tale about man's habitual pattern of self-abuse, environmental destruction and abandonment. There is no clever dialog to engage the viewer, indeed, there is very little dialog at all. Wall-E is an adorable little robot who has been left behind to clean up the catastrophic mess that has covered Earth, while all the remaining humans travel about space in a perpetual holding pattern, eating themselves into deformity. I cannot fathom what the other 700 some odd viewers who loved this movie found to love about it. | 01 star
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SCOTT FRANK, OPUS 1
*** 2007. Written and directed by Scott Frank. A student who had a terrible car accident four years before, suffers from loss of memory. A gang wants to use him when its members learn that he works in a bank as night watch. Original script but average result if we except the mood of the film. In fact, the director uses only a few sets - the apartment, the bank, the house, the bar - for his characters who otherwise seem to wander through a ghost town, as if they were only characters of the hero's memory. A DVD zone rental only. | 23 stars
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Good
I was very satisfied the product and the speed I received it I would do business with them again, I was very satisfied | 45 stars
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excellent!
nothing much to say just want to put a 5 star on this wonderful tv series! | 45 stars
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Greatest show of all time
Honestly this is the greatest comedy of all time. It's so unique and creative and funny. It's some funny i can't find the words to describe how great this show is. The characters and stories their involved in are so funny everyone should buy this show. My favorite comedy better than Seinfeld Family Guy and Cheers combined.Currently in limbo I hope someone picks up this series for more seasons! | 45 stars
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Good. Stylish. Creepy.
Weird one. Glover is perfect for this role. In fact, he is a very good actor for certain roles and this is one. Rivers Edge was another. Here his outsider/neurotic/creepy persona works beautifully for this role. Great cinematography, etc. BUT .. it is not as scary or horrific as the original. This time around, it seems sadder and funnier. The first version was more raw, more cheap ... blah, blah ... but it was scarier. Bruce Davidmon who played the original Willard has noved onto a very successsful carreer as a character actor and there is a nice nod to him here via a portrait and an urn of ashes. Anyway - it's stylish, creepy and black-humor fun. It just feels more sad somehow. | 23 stars
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I LOVE NCIS!
I bought Season 2 on Christmas night with money i had received as a gift. I was shocked at how quick it came and how well packaged it was. It was raining the day it was delivered and the mail man just placed it on my porch. IT was double packaged so the dvds were safe. When i played it however, ALL the dvds in the season skipped the first chapter of each show. I had to try a few times to contact the seller and never heard anything back until after i reported him to amazon. he was polite about the whole thing and said sorry that they didnt work but that he cant exchange it b/c he was out of stock and that he would refund the money and asked that i just throw out the set. He refunded my money that day. Im happy with the way he handled himself even after being reported. | 23 stars
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Charming adaptation
Elizabeth Gaskell's "Wives and Daughters" comes vividly to life in this miniseries. The tale of Mr. Gibson, a comfortably off country doctor, his girl-next-door daughter Molly, and how their peaceful lives are intreruppted by Mr. G's decision to marry Hyacinth Kirkpatrick, a silly, weak minded dame school mistress. It is Mr. G's belief that Molly, after being motherless for 13 yrs or so, needs a "mothers care" (i.e. supervision) and so somehow, choses Mrs. Kirkpatrick, a former governess to the local Earl and family, who have never stopped calling her by her maiden name (Clare) because its inconvenient for them to learn to call her anything else. Its ironical that his fancy should fall on Mrs Kirkpatrick for a "mothers care" since her own daugther was more often than not neglected on the rare periods of time that they were together. But its the charming Cynthia, when she joins the family, who wreaks the most havoc on the tame life of the innocent Molly. A secret engagement, a secret marriage and family, busybody townspeople, not to mention snoopy lords and ladies who don't wait a moment to dispense their advice (wanted or not), and authentic social customs are brilliantly brought to life in this true-to-the-book adaptation of Mrs. Gaskell's last novel. Prefectly cast (especially Francesca Amis as Mrs. Kirkpatrick/Gibson)worth every penny. | 23 stars
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A Solid DVD Release for a Decent Horror Movie Remake
I was happy to see that the evaluation copy of The Crazies I received appears to be the only version thus far released, and it appears to NOT go the typical route of "bare movie" disc first and "special edition" disc later.This single-disc release is chock full of features, including behind the scenes featurettes on the making of the movie and the make-up effects. It also includes several more generic featurettes on "Paranormal Pandemics" and on some of George A. Romero's prescient "zombie" and "infected" films (The Crazies being a remake of the Romero classic of the same name).Other features include some animatics detailing how some of the computer visual effects were composited to generate the final completed movie sequences. As well, there are some motion comics, trailers, etc.The movie is presented in widescreen, looks great, sounds good too. Though, I don't have a high-def TV or surround sound setup, so can't evaluate how the movie looks on the big screen or the particulars of surround sound usage.From what I've seen, this release is certainly more than sufficient. And better then the average studio release of "bare discs" followed on by overpriced "special editions."With respect to the movie itself, it's pretty a pretty good horror / infected movie. Without being "zombie" in particular. It definitely sets a mood throughout and sticks with it. The acting is good, as is the cinematography. I won't say much more in terms of plot and specifics. I suppose I will say that there is definitely a lot of violent and disturbing imagery. Not for the squeamish. Graphic special makeup effects depiction of the "infected," as well as violent by and against the infected. | 45 stars
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It is just a job. Two bright actors saved a bad story.
Five stars to both actors: Katherine Heigl and Ashton Kutcher. The story per se could have been ruined had the A-Team moviemakers handled its choice of actors. Kutcher was as natural and transparent as real person doing the real thing. His feeling and expressions were innate and candid. His disciplined mannerism served his image well. Heigl was no les natural and no less beautiful than Kutcher. She played a real woman who would forgive a killer of the sake of saving her love and her baby. Her spontaneity made her convey the true feeling of a person confronted with such unexpected twist of life events.The story itself is quite trivial and uninteresting. Crashing cars, firing guns, and making plenty of explosions, were not as intriguing as the two capable actors showing their best in expressing human feelings during hardships. Spencer (Kutcher) was desperate of a clean and fresh life, after selling his soul to the devil. The only one who could offer him such opportunity was a poor, honest, and desperate woman, Jen (Heigl). You could dismiss all the violence that spices the movie as a distraction, yet you would still enjoy the conflict of two people dreaming to set roots and enjoy life.Spencer needed more than facts and promised in order to convince Jen that could abandon his killing business and behave as a law abiding citizen. He got the personality to express his inner innocence. Jennifer's simplicity also made her lovable and fun to be around, hence Spen has no motivation to stray back to killing. | 45 stars
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What's wrong with DeadLands?
This would have been an excellent cult/B-zombie movie except for one not so small detail......films are called films for a reason. Cheap camcorders, iPods, iPhones or whatever people are using to FILM zombie movies nowadays is killing the genre. Yeah digital recorders enable anyone to make a movie but that "Movie Quality" is always missing....shame to, the story and plot points were excellent and the movie never strayed from what it was saying. I wouldn't buy or rent this again but I'd watch it again. | 23 stars
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Love is....
CIRCUMSTANCE is a brave film from the respected filmmaker Maryam Keshavarz who both wrote and directed this film about contemporary mores and cultural taboos in Iran. It is a film that dares to create a story about family, the youth culture of clubs and drugs and all night music, about the Morality Police who carefully guard the standards of public (and private!) behavior, and about same sex liaisons. It is a beautifully photographed study of star-crossed lovers who happen to both be young teenage girls and the manner in which they cope with their love and with the family and world outside the sanctity of their breathtakingly erotic moments together. Because of the lack of sanctions of the themes of the film which is supposedly set in Tehran the film had to be shot in Lebanon: knowing this adds to the impact of the drama the film so carefully exposes.Since any public expression of passion is forbidden between Keshavarz's two teenage female protagonists, it brings a whole other level of tension and dread to their shared attraction. Atafeh (Nikohl Boosheri) has the resources and security provided by her wealthy family that allows her to live a double life with her friend and eventual lover, Shireen (Sarah Kazemy). In order to fully explore their feelings, the young women escape into their fantasies of living in a more enlightened land such as Dubai, a haven which is tantamount to Oz. The life of teenage love is difficult enough, but it is even more difficult if that love is between two members of the same sex. Apparently Iran is a country where homosexual relationships can be punishable by death. Atafeh lives in a family of wealth and privilege with her parents (Soheil Parsa and Nasrin Pakkho) and brother, Mehran, (Reza Sixo Safai). Shireen is not of the same class: she lives with her Aunt and Uncle after being orphaned by her parents who were killed by the government for their immoral ways. Atahfeh and Shireen are two teenage school girls who begin as best friends and gradually discover that they are in love. The girls are also rebellious to Iran's strict religious and socialist ways, being caught up in Tehran's underground nightclub scene. Mehran, a former musician and drug addict, has become a radical Muslim and informant for the Morality Police, installing cameras in every room of his home to spy on his family, capturing all the comings and goings of each member of the household, including the trysts between Ayafeh and Shireen, and devises a plan with the Morality Police to marry Shireen after she and Atafeh are arrested by the morality police for partying at a night club. The young lovers discover the circumstances that force them into lives away from each other and the decisions they make (or are made for them) form the conclusion of this haunting film.Apparently there is great resentment from many Persian viewers who feel the film does not project the real situation in Tehran or in Iran as a whole. This may be true, but the film is not a documentary: Keshavarz has taken an idea and molded with certain flavors and spices and delivers this brave little film by introducing the extraordinary beauty of the two leading actresses. The cast is solid and if the script could use some editing or re-sculpting it still delivers a concept about same sex love and the lack of acceptance that seems to be global. We rarely are able to see Persian films and this one is well worth attention. It is not meant to be factual: it is a story exotically told - and memorable. Grady Harp, January 12 | 34 stars
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Makes me proud to be an American...
...and made me feel like I should be the best man I can. My grandfather served, and he was the best man I ever knew. This movie helps to make that connection for those of us who have never seen active duty and what it must be like. Although, you could never really know how it is unless you've been there.For all these people running around on their high horses talking all kinds of things about this country, this movie sends a clear message: you have that right because brave men and women serve this country to earn it for you.We owe them a debt of gratitude for serving our nation, and sacrificing all they have. | 45 stars
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