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Horrible Things Happened On The Way to the Sun by vemartin Pros: Visually stunning, a special effects masterpiece.
Cons: Lack of character development. I like Science Fiction; especially those stories set in cold reaches of outer space. There is something about outer space that holds an endless fascination for me. So when I heard about Sunshine (2007) a futuristic movie about a ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Scifi Classics: Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (15/50) by cdm72 Pros: Not one.
Cons: Where to begin? I don’t even know where to begin. The title of this movie is SANTA CLAUS CONQUERS THE MARTIANS. Where do you go from there? What more is there to be said? Wow. I mean . . . wow. In this 1964 “classic”, Kimar, leader of the Martian people, is ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Western, War Movie or Romance? You Decide. by Alena Pros: acting, cinematography
Cons: 3 movies in 1 I am a big fan of Baz Luhrman's work, but I was a bit disappointed in his latest movie, Australia. It seemed to me he tried to turn two movies into one. The first movie was a solid western about beating a meat tycoon at his own game and the ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Four Christmases --- With Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon by three_ster Pros: has a good cast, a few funny moments, good holiday fun
Cons: not funny enough, doesn't know if its a comedy or drama, dialogue needed work The latest fare to take advantage of the Christmas holidays is the film Four Christmases. It's one of those films that takes a couple of well known actors, combines them with quite a few recognizable supporting actors and actresses, and ...
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Nov 30 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bolt - John Travolta Brought an Animated Pooch to Life by dragonfire88 Pros: Very entertaining movie with good story and characters.
Cons: Plot was a bit predictable. I continue to love animated movies and tend to see most of the new ones at one point. Disney has made many of the best animated movies, though they were struggling for a while. That seems to be changing now that John Lasseter is in charge of ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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D&D an 80's animated treasure by rpgaddict Pros: Good series variety of different adventures.
Cons: Series lasted only three seasons,final episode not televised. Dungeons and Dragons was part of my Saturday mornings in the 80’s along with The Smurfs, Galaxy High, The Gummy Bears, Super Friends, Paw Paw Bears and other cartoons. I often wondered why they stopped making new episodes of D&D the show ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Die Hangman, Die! by spelvini Pros: great Lang and Brecht collaboration with excellent Noir visuals
Cons: some of the dialogue is real Propoganda Hangmen Also Die is the only collaboration that Fritz Lang and his fellow countryman Bertolt Brecht are credited with, and Brecht is said to have disowned the project later due to the commercial polish that was layered over the film to make it a viable ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Guess Who's Moving in Next Door? by topreviewerman Pros: A thought provoking examination of interracial tensions.
Cons: Poor lifestyle examples of water conservation. Picture this: A well-to-do white family in an affluent suburb is going about their daily grind when the man of the house looks out the window to see new neighbors moving in next door. They are Black. We can tell from the tightening expression on his face ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Story as Big as the Continent: AUSTRALIA. by talyseon Pros: This is a masterfully crafted saga, a great story, with Oscar worthy performances.
Cons: None. Australia (2008) Directed by Baz Luhrmann"We gonna drive ev'ryonna those fat cheeky bulls allaway to da big metal boat!" Nullah.Australia is a sweeping grand land of austere beauty, surprising extremes, and ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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I'm Iron Man by andaryl Pros: Well directed, great performance from Downey Jr.
Cons: Action is limited As superhero movies go they can reach all ends of the spectrum. Sadly the flops are much more common than the blockbuster. But there seems to be a secret to the formula. Give it to a low budget independent style director who isn’t really known for ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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QUANTUM OF SOLACE - a quantum of crap. by desslok Pros: It's the shortest of the 007 series thus far.
Cons: Bad Bond, stupid plot, weak villains, crap song, incomprehensible editing, and no good bond girls. Sigh. Okay, let me preface this review with a bit of history. I've been a James Bond fan for decades now - my mom took me to see The Spy Who Loved Me in the theaters back in '77, and I've been hooked ever since. I've had all the films on ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Gavin Hood's Rendition : When it comes to terrorism, where do we draw the line? by ladyconsumer Pros: Very moving story, some terrific performances, visually appealing.
Cons: Some really good actors were under-utilized. Rendition was an eye-opening movie for me, as it brought to light a very real situation going on in the world, today. A situation I sort of knew about, but never spent much time thinking about. I'm referring to "extreme rendition", the ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Two Film Noir Classics: ''Crime Wave'' and ''Decoy'' by trailhound Pros: Just about everything in Crime Wave. Chilling performance by Jean Gille in Decoy.
Cons: Decoy was a bit campy and relatively short. I was hoping to find a couple of good movies on this DVD promoted as a ''Film Noir Double Feature''. While one film was good but not great, the other was terrific and makes it worth acquiring this DVD if you collect films from the 1940s-1950s era. ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A real bastard gets his just desserts: Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye by George_Chabot Pros: James Cagney, supporting cast, story, dramatic music
Cons: Courtroom framing device Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950) This is a late model James Cagney crime film that is very surprising in that it is up to his usual high standard of entertainment but not well known for some reason. Let me say at the outset, ...
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Nov 29 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PAJAMAS": INNOCENCE DESTROYED by mike.holmes Pros: Strong acting, excellent script, emotional message
Cons: Minor realism details I've really seen a very wide range of films the last three days: "Australia", "Role Models", and, now, "The Boy In The Striped Pajamas." The latter film is a very personal view of one of the worst chapters in human history, the ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Greenwich Village Story by pmills1210 Pros: Robinson, Bennett, Duryea, story, direction
Cons: Some story elements seem convenient Late one night on a New York street, a middle-aged bank cashier happens on an incident between a young man and woman where the man winds up flat on his back. The banker wants to get a cop he saw on a nearby block, but she talks him out of it by saying ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Good Sci-Fi the Way Sci-Fi Should Be by jsommersby Pros: Acting, directing, editing, cinematography...
Cons: A couple of elements not sufficiently realized due to studio-interference and some contrivances. Without so much as a shadow of a doubt, the sci-fi thriller Supernova stands as one of the most tragic studio-butchered calamities in cinematic history: a masterpiece in its original, director's-cut version yet a flawed-though-entertaining one in ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A surefire Oscar nomination by lli_wright Pros: Excellent: Script, direction, cinematography and acting.
Cons: Uncomfortable views of poverty and filth of Indian slums. Within the 1st 30 minutes of Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle has shed light on the "why" of Mumbai's terrorist attack of November 25. He not only makes a political statement but he injects a sweet teen love story. At times ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Alice's Restaurant - The Story behind the Song by shopaholic_man Pros: It's fun and has a sense of humor to it.
Cons: Meanders, more a slice of life picture than an actual movie. In Massachusetts, every Thanksgivings, at least one, usually more, local radio stations play the 18 minute song Alice's Restaurant. It's a famous folk song by Arlo Guthrie about a Thanksgiving that he spent at his friends Alice and Rays. He ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Where's Walter? by pmills1210 Pros: Outstanding cast, especially Jolie, Malkovich, and Donovan; story; direction
Cons: Reaches the end a little too slowly "Changeling" is a film that tells of one a parent's worst nightmares. A child has disappeared without a trace, but this disappearance is only the beginning of the worst news. This Clint Eastwood film is based on a real missing persons case from 1928 Los ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Fellini Says Amarcord in His Ode to Nostalgia & Big Boobs by thevoid99 Pros: Fellini's Direction, Script, Cinematography, Art Direction, Sound, Rota's Score, & Cast.
Cons: None. After a successful period of great and classic films from the mid-1950s that really began with 1954's La Strada, Federico Fellini was considered to be one of cinema's premier directors. With successes like 1960's La Dolce Vita and ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Romeo and Juliet show some teeth by darthmary Pros: Chemistry between both stars, supporting cast performances
Cons: Poor quality of special effects and makeup is really distracting. First off, I'm not a fan of vampires. The only two literary creations involving the creatures which struck my fancy were Bram Stoker's masterpiece, Dracula and Steven King's more modern epic, Salem's Lot. They just don't strike my fancy. ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Foot Fist Way (Tae Kwan Do) by phungus Pros: Danny McBride's breakout movie
Cons: The third act isn't all that funny I first heard about The Foot Fist Way when some guys at work were laughing at the trailer because they thought the main character, played by Danny McBride, reminded them of someone they knew. Basically, this is a Will Ferrell movie without Will ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Noir for Nice by spelvini Pros: great black & white thriller with humor to keep us off balance
Cons: a little more visceral effect could give it more punch Scripted by the writers responsible for the successful Alfred Hitchcock thriller The Lady Vanishes, Frank Launder and Sidney Gilliat adapted Christianna Brand's novel into a fast-paced, gripping tale that still delivers quite a few thrills 60 years after ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Interesting information but bad execution color this WWII documentary by trailhound Pros: Interesting events of WWII covered. Lots of war time film clips. Narration is not bad.
Cons: Editing. Colorization is mediocre. Other miscellaneous oddities on the DVD. There are plenty of documentaries about World War II floating around out there, and some are decidedly better than others. This first volume of the WWII Battlefront series from Madacy Entertainment is called The Atlantic Campaign. The DVD ...
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Nov 28 '08 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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