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The Talent Given Us, brought to you ...
By paul on paul on spout.com
" I'm halfway through this film right now and I love it. It's fantastic. Everyone should watch it. With family, if possible.Part of the amazement I'm experiencing with this flick is I'm watching a real family. Andrew Wagner shot this thing with his parents and two sisters and it's so genuine. I feel like I'm in a minivan with my parents and two sisters. But I'm liking it, so mayb ... [More]"

Straw Dogs

Peckinpah's "Straw Dogs"
By paul on paul on spout.com
" The synopsis for this film says that Dustin Hoffman's character, David—a pacfist, "finally resorts to the gruesome violence that he abhors."As if Peckinpah would make something so simple. A pacifist moves to the British countryside where his wife is attacked and when his home is under seige, he resorts to violence. In fact, in Straw Dogs David is not defending his house in the ... [More]"

Ikarie XB 1

Sci-Fi at it's finest
By quint on An inordinate number of peppers
" I wish I could do more to share this one with people. It deserves to be hunted down and savored. It is in Czech and served to inspire many classic sci-fi movies that followed. This is not a space battle sort of sci-fi, but a contemplative story. 40 earthlings on a voyage to the Alpha Centauri system, the sun's nearest neighbor. They are searching for life. They discover themsel ... [More]"

Nosferatu the Vampyre

Herzog's Nosferatu
By paul on paul on spout.com
" This is one of those experiences where the video shop gave me about four hours to have this film out and I tried to cram it in despite my better judgement. I was over tired and alone in a really warm house on a really cozy couch. And I was watching the German version (I'd like to go back and try the English one on for size).Anyway, I fell asleep. Nothing against Herzog, whom I ... [More]"

The Legend of Zorro

Zorro returns!
By pippin06 on Reel Thoughts
" I borrowed this one from my co-worker too. I wanted to see it in theaters, but never got the chance, and this one bombed out before I could change my mind. So, I was afraid that this was just going to be another poor sequel; a vehicle for Catherine Zeta-Jones and Antonio Banderas to make a quick buck. I mean, it was made 8 years after the first movie, The Mask of Zorro. And ... [More]"

Thank You for Smoking

It's not about you
By Jenn on Jenn Blog
" A part from the story, the internal ethical struggles of a man very good at his job, angst of a broken family, conniving ways to get truth, and the negative effects smoking has on your body, Thank You For Smoking was a hilarious look at PR. The main lesson I take away from it is that it's not so important that you're right, but that the other person is wrong. OucH! It remind ... [More]"

Jaws

A Ripping Good Yarn
By SkyPilot on SkyPilot Blog
" My favorite part of this movie doesn't have much to do with the plot. When Robert Shaw tells the other two men about his shark experience in the Navy, I am absolutely spellbound. I like movies in which the characters tell stories. Hence the tag I created, "a-good-yarn." [More]"

The Door in the Floor

Wow, I liked it.
By quint on An inordinate number of peppers
" I just finished watching this and I'm surprised that I liked it as much as I did. It had a fine delicacy to it. I usually find movies with writers in them to be rather patronizing. Some sage advice from the wizened eccentric to the novice. I think what took me by surprise was the emotional brutality. Of course it was always softened by some heartfelt necessity. There was someth ... [More]"

Akeelah and the Bee

If I watch one spelling bee movie...
By PammyK on Pammyk's thoughts
" If I watch one spelling bee movie, should it be Akeelah and the Bee (2006) or Spellbound (2002)? [More]"

Altered States

Over-stated.
By quint on An inordinate number of peppers
" I watched this friday night to put the pieces back together in my head of what this was like when I saw it when I was 12. Seriously confused by what I saw back then. This could be an effective anti-drug film if that's what it were after. Now I see it as a trippy montage sequence, some mild suspence and another trippy video effects sequence. It definitely opens up some possibili ... [More]"

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