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Year: 2006
Director: Tony Scott
Plot: Adrenaline-loving director Tony Scott teams with iconic action producer Jerry Bruckheimer for this high-flung sci-fi action thriller concerning a New Orleans-based maverick ATF agent named Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington) who is brought in on a top-secret government program to catch the terrorist (Jim Caviezel) responsible for a ferry bombing that kills hundreds. Able to do what most law enforcement officers only dream of, Carlin is now able to look back in time at the perpetrator's movements, and at the life of the innocent woman whose death would set the events into motion. Carlin's instincts tell him that something is amiss, however, and while the government agent who tapped him for the job (Val Kilmer) and the team of ultra-cool scientists who run the project (Adam Goldberg, Erika Alexander) tell him one story about the quantum physics behind this marvel of technology, the hotshot agent suspects that there is a greater power at their fingertips -- one that might not just solve the crime at hand, but prevent it. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 07:59:01 GMTDéjà Vu2006Tony ScottAdrenaline-loving director <a href="/players/P___110585/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Tony Scott</a> teams with iconic action producer <a href="/players/P____83309/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jerry Bruckheimer</a> for this high-flung sci-fi action thriller concerning a New Orleans-based maverick ATF agent named Doug Carlin (<a href="/players/P____74843/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Denzel Washington</a>) who is brought in on a top-secret government program to catch the terrorist (Jim Caviezel) responsible for a ferry bombing that kills hundreds. Able to do what most law enforcement officers only dream of, Carlin is now able to look back in time at the perpetrator's movements, and at the life of the innocent woman whose death would set the events into motion. Carlin's instincts tell him that something is amiss, however, and while the government agent who tapped him for the job (<a href="/players/P____38142/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Val Kilmer</a>) and the team of ultra-cool scientists who run the project (<a href="/players/P____27423/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Adam Goldberg</a>, Erika Alexander) tell him one story about the quantum physics behind this marvel of technology, the hotshot agent suspects that there is a greater power at their fingertips -- one that might not just solve the crime at hand, but prevent it. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide19Tag Target (>10)1583http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/u32739zomqe.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/D_j_Vu/275000/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/chrismorrell/archive/2008/1/29/24530.aspx Post By: chrismorrell
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Body: Denzel Washington is great..This is typical of director Tony Scott.. great explosions,a fresh take on 'time travel' a neat ,well told story and some taut acting from all concerned..enjoyable and not entirely forgettable.
]]>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:51:02 GMTchrismorrellchrismorrell Blog1/29/2008 6:51:02 PMDenzel Washington is great..This is typical of director Tony Scott.. great explosions,a fresh take on &#39;time travel&#39; a neat ,well told story and some taut acting from all concerned..enjoyable and not entirely forgettable. http://www.spout.com/blogs/mswallack/archive/2008/1/28/24448.aspx Post By: MSWallack
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Body: A competent thriller that was better than I expected, but which just didn't do enough to engage me. The idea was both interesting and preposterous, but did lead to interesting situations. Somehow, I just felt that there was something missing. Denzel Washington at his "smarmiest".
]]>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:28:14 GMTMSWallackMSWallack Blog1/28/2008 1:28:14 PMA competent thriller that was better than I expected, but which just didn&#39;t do enough to engage me. The idea was both interesting and preposterous, but did lead to interesting situations. Somehow, I just felt that there was something missing. Denzel Washington at his &quot;smarmiest&quot;. http://www.spout.com/blogs/erico_77375/archive/2007/7/22/15527.aspx Post By: erico_77375
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Body: God Bless Movie Trailer Makers. I honestly believe that. Sometimes, the best thing in the movie you're about to see is the trailers. And they've gotten to be really good, so good that they can turn a movie you'd never pay for into an anticipated event. And then there's the trailer that makes you think you're about to enter a strange new world, only to find out that it's nothing more mysterious than what's been seen before a thousand times over.Deja Vu was packaged as a psychological thriller with action and suspense. The problem is that it cheated in every sense of the term. It cheats you into seeing the movie. It cheats its characters into being 2-dimensional. And then it cheats itself into being a confounded mess of confusion. It starts with a terrorist act, a New Orleans ferry is blown up, hundreds injured and killed. Enter Denzel Washington as an ATF agent that realizes that things aren't as they're supposed to be when he has his fingerprints in a victim's house long before he ever stepped foot inside. His voice is on her answering machine. And now some covert agency wants his help. ***SUPER SPOILERS FROM HERE ON*** This agency harnesses a screen that can look four days into the past. They need to know what to look for since they can't TIVO time for some reason. From here is where things get murky. And you know that where there's a window into the past, there's got to be a door. And where there's time travel, there's paradoxes that make little sense. Unfortunately, the ones in this movie doesn't even follow it's own rules. By the time we get to the end, there are major lapses of plausibility that conclude in a cute way, but one that makes little sense. This is not a step forward for Washington, even though he's usually in good hand with Tony Scott. The problem is that he tries too hard to make the situation look plausible in a movie that dodges plausibility like the draft. Val Kilmer seems to find the right note here playing the head of the small unit. He's in on the joke and takes the seriousness of the situation with a grain of salt. And then there's Jim Caviezel who again is overacting like he knows what he's doing. Someone needs to tell him to slow down and take it easy or he'll bust a vain or two.This is a step back by director Tony Scott, who has redefined his technique in Man on Fire and Domino and now has gone back to Bruckhiemer-friendly one-dimensional. But then again, Jerry Bruckhiemer isn't so much into innovation as he is into what is tested and true. But here's something that bothers me about Deja Vu. The film marginalizes terrorism the same way that movies did before 9/11, taking away the ominous undertones for a kind of thrill-seeking event. It overcompensates for the joyous abandon into action with a shrug to the victims that it creates. When we marginalize acts of violence such as a ferry explosion, aren't we only putting ourselves in a state of apathy to the aftermath?All in all, Deja Vu is exactly the title represents; something we've seen before. But that's the problem. Movies need to give you something different in order to make the experience unique. But in a Hollywood that would be more than happy making the same movie over and over again, I get the feeling we'll be reeling from this movie over the next twelve Jerry Bruckheimer productions.
]]>Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:55:15 GMTerico_77375erico_77375 Blog7/22/2007 5:55:15 AMGod Bless Movie Trailer Makers. I honestly believe that. Sometimes, the best thing in the movie you&#39;re about to see is the trailers. And they&#39;ve gotten to be really good, so good that they can turn a movie you&#39;d never pay for into an anticipated event. And then there&#39;s the trailer that makes you think you&#39;re about to enter a strange new world, only to find out that it&#39;s nothing more mysterious than what&#39;s been seen before a thousand times over.Deja Vu was packaged as a psychological thriller with action and suspense. The problem is that it cheated in every sense of the term. It cheats you into seeing the movie. It cheats its characters into being 2-dimensional. And then it cheats itself into being a confounded mess of confusion. It starts with a terrorist act, a New Orleans ferry is blown up, hundreds injured and killed. Enter Denzel Washington as an ATF agent that realizes that things aren&#39;t as they&#39;re supposed to be when he has his fingerprints in a victim&#39;s house long before he ever stepped foot inside. His voice is on her answering machine. And now some covert agency wants his help. ***SUPER SPOILERS FROM HERE ON*** This agency harnesses a screen that can look four days into the past. They need to know what to look for since they can&#39;t TIVO time for some reason. From here is where things get murky. And you know that where there&#39;s a window into the past, there&#39;s got to be a door. And where there&#39;s time travel, there&#39;s paradoxes that make little sense. Unfortunately, the ones in this movie doesn&#39;t even follow it&#39;s own rules. By the time we get to the end, there are major lapses of plausibility that conclude in a cute way, but one that makes little sense. This is not a step forward for Washington, even though he&#39;s usually in good hand with Tony Scott. The problem is that he tries too hard to make the situation look plausible in a movie that dodges plausibility like the draft. Val Kilmer seems to find the right note here playing the head of the small unit. He&#39;s in on the joke and takes the seriousness of the situation with a grain of salt. And then there&#39;s Jim Caviezel who again is overacting like he knows what he&#39;s doing. Someone needs to tell him to slow down and take it easy or he&#39;ll bust a vain or two.This is a step back by director Tony Scott, who has redefined his technique in Man on Fire and Domino and now has gone back to Bruckhiemer-friendly one-dimensional. But then again, Jerry Bruckhiemer isn&#39;t so much into innovation as he is into what is tested and true. But here&#39;s something that bothers me about Deja Vu. The film marginalizes terrorism the same way that movies did before 9/11, taking away the ominous undertones for a kind of thrill-seeking event. It overcompensates for the joyous abandon into action with a shrug to the victims that it creates. When we marginalize acts of violence such as a ferry explosion, aren&#39;t we only putting ourselves in a state of apathy to the aftermath?All in all, Deja Vu is exactly the title represents; something we&#39;ve seen before. But that&#39;s the problem. Movies need to give you something different in order to make the experience unique. But in a Hollywood that would be more than happy making the same movie over and over again, I get the feeling we&#39;ll be reeling from this movie over the next twelve Jerry Bruckheimer productions. http://www.spout.com/blogs/jbecher/archive/2007/7/15/14504.aspx Post By: Jbecher
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Body: What a great / fun movie to watch. I have glanced over this one at the video store a few times. Now I wish I would have checked it out earlier. There is some great tech humor in this film and also just an exciting plot line.
]]>Sun, 15 Jul 2007 04:36:45 GMTJbecherJbecher Blog7/15/2007 12:36:45 AMWhat a great / fun movie to watch. I have glanced over this one at the video store a few times. Now I wish I would have checked it out earlier. There is some great tech humor in this film and also just an exciting plot line. http://www.spout.com/blogs/dj4our/archive/2007/6/21/11584.aspx Post By: dj4our
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Body: DEJA VU (2006)**1/2PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images and some sensuality)2 hrs. 6 min.written by: Bill Marsilii & Terry Rossioproduced by: Jerry Bruckheimerdirected by: Tony ScottIn my last review, I had taken a look at what director Ridley Scott gave audiences last fall, so it's only fitting that I now focus on what film his brother, director Tony Scott released at around the same time. "Deja Vu" shows a return to the techno thriller genre for Scott ("Enemy of the State" & "Crimson Tide") after the the powerful "Man on Fire" and the deeply bizarre ride of "Domino". ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington, re-teaming once again with Scott) is called in to recover evidence in the investigation of a New Orleans ferry bombing, carrying hundreds of military officers and civilians.At first, the tragedy is seen as a horrific act of terrorism but then Carlin finds the body of Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton), apparently washed up on the shore yet upon further investigation it appears her death took place elsewhere and was staged to look as if she too died in the bombing. He believes that somehow this woman's death is closely linked to the explosion, despite the fact that her body washed up before the attack happened. After doing some investigation of his own at Claire's apartment, he is confused by both a message left on her refrigerator saying "U CAN SAVE HER" and a message he left on her answering machine (does anyone use these anymore outside of movies & TV?). The confusion comes because Carlin has never met this deceased woman before. Carlin is soon persuaded to join a secret team headed by FBI agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer).Turns out this team has developed a futuristic device that allows one to observe anywhere four days and six hours in the past. Okay, it's basically a convoluted time machine run by tech geeks, Denny (Adam Goldberg) Shanti (Erika Alexander) and Gunnar (Elden Hensen). According to these geeks, the device (which is supposedly a composite of satellite images and other surveillance) cannot be fast forwarded or rewound due to the immense volumes of data being streamed although they can change angles and hear audio. In other words, there is a single opportunity to look into the past before any data is lost. The team needs Carlin for his investigative experience to show them where to look in order to catch the culprit responsible for the ferry bombing. As they wait for the four days to happen so as to witness the ferry bombing, Carlin has them watch Claire and discovers how she came to be involved; turns out the bomber wanted to buy her car to use for the bombing.Without going into too much of the plot (cuz that would not only ruin any viewing experience but would also be a difficult task to the thick techno-goobily-guck) Carlin confronts the team about the device after noticing that Claire is aware they are watching her in the past. The team admits that the machine is actually a tool capable of bending or folding time and space. In essence, they direct the flow of time back upon itself, enabling them to view past events through a wormhole. Doug immediately begins to question the possibility of them affecting the past either through a direct transportation (time travel), or through the communication of some sort of note or message. There is initial skepticism but it quickly becomes apparent that there is no concrete theory on how they might influence the past or what they are capable of achieving. There are, however, two drawbacks to sending an object back to the past: (1) the process requires enormous power (the more mass, the more power), and (2) the EKG of any living creature is flatlined in the process, effectively killing it. Doug persuades the team to send a note through the device to the past version of himself, hoping that the 'anonymous tip' will lead his previous self to prevent the bombing. Unfortunately, the note reaches his partner (Matt Craven) in the past (who had been thought killed in the ferry bombing). The team proceeds to watch the chilling scene of the partner attempting to apprehend the suspect, but instead being killed in the process. An argument erupts over whether tampering with the past has just killed a federal agent, but cooler heads argue that he was already pre-destined to die on the ferry.As evidenced by their past-viewing, Carlin's partners killer and the ferry-bombing terrorist turn out to be the same guy, a former marine reject Carroll Oerstadt (James Caviezel). Carlin gets in a hummer with a rigged portable version of the device and follows the bomber in through the past while he is still in the present. Don't ask, it's quite a dizzying stretch to explain as is the rest of the movie. That's not to say it's awful. There are a good many tense scenes up till the predictable yet vague ending. I'm just not gonna go into details, it would do the already impossible plot an even greater disservice for me to attempt to explain it all. Aside from some very intense moments, much of "Deja Vu" stands as one of the calmer films that Scott has ever directed or that Jerry Bruckheimer (him again!) has produced. There's nothing wrong with that though, cuz cinematographer Paul Cameron does a fine job capturing the New Orleans locations and the post-Katrina look/vibe. It's refreshing to see a film from Scott that is more straightforward in terms of visuals, with less of his trademark rapid-fire editing and dizzying camerawork. A good deal of the "talking head" scenes involves Carlin and team looking at screens of the device, trying to pick up clues while discussing the philosophy of time and fate. Those aspects did grab my initial interest, I really couldn't think too much about it or take it seriously, as the film's logic isn't exactly flawless. Washington gives his usual enjoyable performance (certainly not one of the actor's best, but it was good) and it was great seeing him work with Kilmer. Cavaziel is creepy enough with his glazed over eyes. This is the first time I'd seen Paula Patton and I found her to be quite intriguing although she wasn't given a whole lot to do. Bruce Greenwood also has a quick role as an FBI superior who tries to ax Carlin's further time-tampering once the bomber is in custody.While the slower moments of the film do keep the interest, the action sequences are tense and well-constructed, including that chase scene where Carlin has to drive a Hummer equipped with a rig version (a few scenes prior, the audience is told that the device takes an enormous amount of energy to power, but then we see a portable one - hmmm...) of the time device, looking through one eyepiece at the past and trying to look at oncoming traffic with the other eye. Ugh! The movie certainly isn't without some pretty big plot holes and the picture does run a little long at a bit over two hours, but if one can jump over the plot holes, I don't begin to understand the current rating system, for movies but I was surprised that this wasn't R-rated. I wonder if they wanted to push a PG-13 cuz it was released during Thanksgiving weekend, but honestly people don't look at the ratings systems anyways. They just see a trailer or commercial and make their decision. Overall, here's a movie that manages to be an engaging drama/thriller with a dash of sci-fi mixed in.
]]>Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:55:00 GMTdj4ourdj4our Blog6/21/2007 10:55:00 AMDEJA VU (2006)**1/2PG-13 (for intense sequences of violence and terror, disturbing images and some sensuality)2 hrs. 6 min.written by: Bill Marsilii &amp; Terry Rossioproduced by: Jerry Bruckheimerdirected by: Tony ScottIn my last review, I had taken a look at what director Ridley Scott gave audiences last fall, so it&#39;s only fitting that I now focus on what film his brother, director Tony Scott released at around the same time. "Deja Vu" shows a return to the techno thriller genre for Scott ("Enemy of the State" &amp; "Crimson Tide") after the the powerful "Man on Fire" and the deeply bizarre ride of "Domino". ATF agent Doug Carlin (Denzel Washington, re-teaming once again with Scott) is called in to recover evidence in the investigation of a New Orleans ferry bombing, carrying hundreds of military officers and civilians.At first, the tragedy is seen as a horrific act of terrorism but then Carlin finds the body of Claire Kuchever (Paula Patton), apparently washed up on the shore yet upon further investigation it appears her death took place elsewhere and was staged to look as if she too died in the bombing. He believes that somehow this woman&#39;s death is closely linked to the explosion, despite the fact that her body washed up before the attack happened. After doing some investigation of his own at Claire&#39;s apartment, he is confused by both a message left on her refrigerator saying "U CAN SAVE HER" and a message he left on her answering machine (does anyone use these anymore outside of movies &amp; TV?). The confusion comes because Carlin has never met this deceased woman before. Carlin is soon persuaded to join a secret team headed by FBI agent Pryzwarra (Val Kilmer).Turns out this team has developed a futuristic device that allows one to observe anywhere four days and six hours in the past. Okay, it&#39;s basically a convoluted time machine run by tech geeks, Denny (Adam Goldberg) Shanti (Erika Alexander) and Gunnar (Elden Hensen). According to these geeks, the device (which is supposedly a composite of satellite images and other surveillance) cannot be fast forwarded or rewound due to the immense volumes of data being streamed although they can change angles and hear audio. In other words, there is a single opportunity to look into the past before any data is lost. The team needs Carlin for his investigative experience to show them where to look in order to catch the culprit responsible for the ferry bombing. As they wait for the four days to happen so as to witness the ferry bombing, Carlin has them watch Claire and discovers how she came to be involved; turns out the bomber wanted to buy her car to use for the bombing.Without going into too much of the plot (cuz that would not only ruin any viewing experience but would also be a difficult task to the thick techno-goobily-guck) Carlin confronts the team about the device after noticing that Claire is aware they are watching her in the past. The team admits that the machine is actually a tool capable of bending or folding time and space. In essence, they direct the flow of time back upon itself, enabling them to view past events through a wormhole. Doug immediately begins to question the possibility of them affecting the past either through a direct transportation (time travel), or through the communication of some sort of note or message. There is initial skepticism but it quickly becomes apparent that there is no concrete theory on how they might influence the past or what they are capable of achieving. There are, however, two drawbacks to sending an object back to the past: (1) the process requires enormous power (the more mass, the more power), and (2) the EKG of any living creature is flatlined in the process, effectively killing it. Doug persuades the team to send a note through the device to the past version of himself, hoping that the &#39;anonymous tip&#39; will lead his previous self to prevent the bombing. Unfortunately, the note reaches his partner (Matt Craven) in the past (who had been thought killed in the ferry bombing). The team proceeds to watch the chilling scene of the partner attempting to apprehend the suspect, but instead being killed in the process. An argument erupts over whether tampering with the past has just killed a federal agent, but cooler heads argue that he was already pre-destined to die on the ferry.As evidenced by their past-viewing, Carlin&#39;s partners killer and the ferry-bombing terrorist turn out to be the same guy, a former marine reject Carroll Oerstadt (James Caviezel). Carlin gets in a hummer with a rigged portable version of the device and follows the bomber in through the past while he is still in the present. Don&#39;t ask, it&#39;s quite a dizzying stretch to explain as is the rest of the movie. That&#39;s not to say it&#39;s awful. There are a good many tense scenes up till the predictable yet vague ending. I&#39;m just not gonna go into details, it would do the already impossible plot an even greater disservice for me to attempt to explain it all. Aside from some very intense moments, much of "Deja Vu" stands as one of the calmer films that Scott has ever directed or that Jerry Bruckheimer (him again!) has produced. There&#39;s nothing wrong with that though, cuz cinematographer Paul Cameron does a fine job capturing the New Orleans locations and the post-Katrina look/vibe. It&#39;s refreshing to see a film from Scott that is more straightforward in terms of visuals, with less of his trademark rapid-fire editing and dizzying camerawork. A good deal of the "talking head" scenes involves Carlin and team looking at screens of the device, trying to pick up clues while discussing the philosophy of time and fate. Those aspects did grab my initial interest, I really couldn&#39;t think too much about it or take it seriously, as the film&#39;s logic isn&#39;t exactly flawless. Washington gives his usual enjoyable performance (certainly not one of the actor&#39;s best, but it was good) and it was great seeing him work with Kilmer. Cavaziel is creepy enough with his glazed over eyes. This is the first time I&#39;d seen Paula Patton and I found her to be quite intriguing although she wasn&#39;t given a whole lot to do. Bruce Greenwood also has a quick role as an FBI superior who tries to ax Carlin&#39;s further time-tampering once the bomber is in custody.While the slower moments of the film do keep the interest, the action sequences are tense and well-constructed, including that chase scene where Carlin has to drive a Hummer equipped with a rig version (a few scenes prior, the audience is told that the device takes an enormous amount of energy to power, but then we see a portable one - hmmm...) of the time device, looking through one eyepiece at the past and trying to look at oncoming traffic with the other eye. Ugh! The movie certainly isn&#39;t without some pretty big plot holes and the picture does run a little long at a bit over two hours, but if one can jump over the plot holes, I don&#39;t begin to understand the current rating system, for movies but I was surprised that this wasn&#39;t R-rated. I wonder if they wanted to push a PG-13 cuz it was released during Thanksgiving weekend, but honestly people don&#39;t look at the ratings systems anyways. They just see a trailer or commercial and make their decision. Overall, here&#39;s a movie that manages to be an engaging drama/thriller with a dash of sci-fi mixed in. http://www.spout.com/blogs/jimbell/archive/2007/4/28/7757.aspx Post By: JimBell
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Body: Déjà vu (2006) is a big Hollywood production by Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean; National Treasure) directed by the veteran Tony Scott (Man on Fire; Spy Game) from a script by Bill Marsilii (first time) and Terry Rossio (involved in various ways with many collaborative scripts such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek). To see whether you would like it, read the following two movie plots. A shy but good looking girl meets a nerdy young man with no manners. Boy loses girl, and girl happily loses boy. He signs on as a roadie with his favourite rock band but discovers that they eat organic food and listen to personal development tapes. When he returns and bumps into the girl, she is impressed with the progress, and things look promising between the two. But in the last two minutes of the movie, he announced that he has just realized he is gay. The end. Or: The detective cannot decide whether the woman was murdered by her jealous husband or by her eccentric and impetuous lover. The evidence leads him into the seamy side of the bohemian artistic community, and things just get more complicated and bizarre. But in the last two minutes of the movie, he receives a note from Byron Stemkowski of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who says that while in the city at a life insurance convention, his evil side got the better of him and he killed the first female artist he saw. The end. If either or both of the above movie plots sound great to you, you will probably like Déjà vu. Jim Bell
]]>Sat, 28 Apr 2007 08:51:00 GMTJimBellJimBell Blog4/28/2007 4:51:00 AMD&eacute;j&agrave; vu (2006) is a big Hollywood production by Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates of the Caribbean; National Treasure) directed by the veteran Tony Scott (Man on Fire; Spy Game) from a script by Bill Marsilii (first time) and Terry Rossio (involved in various ways with many collaborative scripts such as Pirates of the Caribbean and Shrek). To see whether you would like it, read the following two movie plots. A shy but good looking girl meets a nerdy young man with no manners. Boy loses girl, and girl happily loses boy. He signs on as a roadie with his favourite rock band but discovers that they eat organic food and listen to personal development tapes. When he returns and bumps into the girl, she is impressed with the progress, and things look promising between the two. But in the last two minutes of the movie, he announced that he has just realized he is gay. The end. Or: The detective cannot decide whether the woman was murdered by her jealous husband or by her eccentric and impetuous lover. The evidence leads him into the seamy side of the bohemian artistic community, and things just get more complicated and bizarre. But in the last two minutes of the movie, he receives a note from Byron Stemkowski of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada who says that while in the city at a life insurance convention, his evil side got the better of him and he killed the first female artist he saw. The end. If either or both of the above movie plots sound great to you, you will probably like D&eacute;j&agrave; vu. Jim Bell http://www.spout.com/blogs/wonga/archive/2007/1/2/4939.aspx Post By: wonga
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Body: i saw 97 movies last year and it was hard to narrow them down but these are my favorites from 2006 for whatever reasons (i tried for 10 but just couldn't make it)! some are from 2005 and were seen later. i hope 2007 is half as good...TOP 15 LIST FOR 2006 MOVIES Sweet Land The Departed Paradise Now Three Burials Of Melquiades Estrada Neil Young: Heart Of Gold The Heart Of The Game Little Miss Sunshine Shopgirl Quinceanara Transamerica Shut Up And Sing The Prestige The Illusionist The History Boys Charlotte’s WebHONORABLE MENTIONBabel Casino Royale Cave Of The Yellow Dog Deja Vu Half Nelson Hollywoodland Kinky Boots Running With Scissors Stranger Than Fiction The Devil Wears Prada The Namesake The Notorious Bettie Page The Queen Who Loves The Sun Wordplay
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