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Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Third Breaker's Sweet Smell of ...
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"The internet keeps crashing on me. Making me crazy. Please be advised.Breaker Morant is based on the actual events during the Boer War, and subsequent court marshalling of three Australian officers. The government has set them up for a fall, providing them with an inexperienced defense attorney and allowing him little time to prepare his case. The trial scenes are tense and the flashbacks to what the men actually did in the field are also engaging. But I was really fascinated with how the men held up in their cells, preparing to face their verdict, and the politics of it all. Very good.Ah, the Sweet Smell of Success, good in so many ways. Burt Lancaster ("Field of Dreams") is a gossip columnist and Tony Curtis ("Reflections of Evil") is a PR agent trying to get his clients some publicity. Only Lancaster's shutting him out because he wants Curtis to break up his sister's relationship with a musician. Then the plot gets twisty. Curtis is fast talking and sleazy and grasping for fame. ... " [More]

Sunrise

Absence of Sunrise in the Killi ...
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"Well, I was almost caught up on my reviews. Then I slacked off again. It never ends. Directed by F.W. Murnau ("Tabu: A Story of the South Seas"), Sunrise is a silent film following a cheating husband whose mistress urges him to kill his wife. I sometimes have difficulty with silent films, but this one is so gorgeous and heartbreaking. The wife, Janet Gaynor ("Bernadine"), has a face like a luminous moon. And every emotion is conveyed perfectly without the use of words. The cinematography is also very good. Dare I say...masterpiece? Absence of Malice is a tight little thriller with Sally Field ("Two Weeks") as a journalist investigating and becoming involved with Paul Newman ("Cars"), who the FBI suspect of murder. Director Sydney Pollack ("Sketches of Frank Gehry") explores the power of the press and what really constituents news. Very enjoyable. Based on actual events, Mutiny on the Bounty chronicles one crews voyage from England to Tahiti under the reign of an abusive captain. ... " [More]

Roman Holiday

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"The China Syndrome focuses on two journalists, Jane Fonda ("Georgia Rule") and Michael Douglas ("King of California"), who try to expose the dangers of a nuclear power plant in California. Jack Lemmon ("The Odd Couple II") works in the plant and helps them when he becomes convinced that safety standards are not being met. The film is a bit slow starting off, but when it gets going, the paranoia and cover-ups are easy to buy into. The ending is also very good. Definitely worth checking out. I haven't seen a film as moving as Talk to Her in quite awhile. Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar ("Volver"), the story follows two men who become friends while caring for the women they love, both of whom happen to be in comas. But it's so much more than that. There's love, of all kinds, morally questionable actions, beautiful cinematography, haunting music, crying, laughing, general amazement on my part. This is what movies are all about. Grand Hotel was the Best Picture Oscar winner in ... " [More]

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

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"Shapeshifter has a group of people trapped in a jail with a man who can turn from human to beast at will. Poor acting, terrible dialogue, dumb editing, sub-par effects. Avoid.Rescue Dawn pairs Christian Bale ("The Dark Knight") with Steve Zahn ("Strange Wilderness"). It was like a little party just for me. Writer/director Werner Herzog ("Encounters at the End of the World") helms a narrative film based on his own documentary Little Dieter Needs to Fly, the story of a guy who wants to fly so badly, he joins the Air Force only to be shot down over Laos and taken prisoner, during his first mission. In the camp, he meets several men who have been there for years, and he tries to organize them in an escape. The really cool thing about this film is that Bale plays upbeat and quirky, and Zahn plays serious. Plus the compelling story and horrors of POW life. The lush jungle shots. A little cheesy at the end, but, all in all, very good.Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar ("Volver"), The ... " [More]

Anatomy of a Murder

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"Shrooms was the big surprise of Friday the 13th. It was really good. The cover box looked terrible, the description - a group of kids go to Ireland just to eat Mushrooms and then don't know whether or not they are hallucinating ghosts - sounded pretty lame. But the effects were very creepy. The acting believable. And the story, especially the ghost part, was quite good up until the twist ending. And even that didn't ruin it. Very nice surprise. Crazy Eights was not such a good time. Frankly, I was bored. Old friends reunite when one of their group dies and then they end up following a map which leads to the corpse of a child. Then weird stuff happens. Ghosties and flashbacks. Confusion and no clear "good guy" for whom to root. I can't recommend it. Suddenly, Last Summer is based on a Tennessee Williams ("Night of the Iguana") play, so it's emotionally disturbing. Katharine Hepburn ("Love Affair") is trying to have a lobotomy performed on her niece, Elizabeth Taylor ("The Flintsto ... " [More]

The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

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"I haven't read the Chronicles of Narnia, nor have I revisited the first film sine it came out. So, Prince Caspian seemed a little disjointed to me. But I did enjoy the story of a young prince trying to retake his kingdom from his evil uncle, with the help of those four kids from the first movie. The action was very good, as were the special effects. The message got a bit heavy-handed at the end, but I liked this better than the first, despite the special-needs bear. "For Aslan!"Coming Home stars Jane Fonda ("Georgia Rule") as the wife of an army captain who begins volunteering at the Veteran's hospital when her husband goes off to Vietnam. There she meets Jon Voight ("National Treasure: Book of Secrets"), who has returned from the war wounded and angry. He opens her eyes to the darkness and love. Voight is amazing, totally earning his Oscar with a couple of outbursts and an inspirational speech. All in all, I enjoyed the movie, but felt it moved a little slow. Good examination of h ... " [More]

The Namesake

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"I'm probably spoiled on Robin Hood movies, having seen too many darker versions to really appreciate the technicolor spectacle that is The Adventures of Robin Hood. Errol Flynn ("Cuban Rebel Girls") is very charismatic and the Merry Men have a joviality not even matched by the Disney version. The film has all the familiar legend highlights, including the archery contest, and everyone is into their parts. Maid Marian's handmaid brings in some excellent comic bits. But no one will every be as good as Alan Rickman in the Sheriff of Nottingham role. WarGames is a really fun thriller from the '80s with the lovable Matthew Broderick ("Bee Movie") and a surprisingly cute Ally Sheedy ("Steam"). Broderick is a computer geek who stumbles upon a military computer and gets it started playing a nuclear simulation "game." The computer is so huge it takes up a room, and Broderick has a telephone line especially for his modem. It's so cute. Anyway, despite the outdated technology, the story is ve ... " [More]

Sabrina

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"Never Cry Werewolf is a Sci-Fi Channel original movie, so, my expectations were fairly low. And then, I was pleasantly surprised. A mysterious man, who looks like a creepy-child-molesting version of Hugh Jackman, moves into a new house and attracts the attention of the two kids next door. The oldest, a teen-age girl, finds herself having some inappropriate dreams about the new comer and then notices that women keep disappearing into his house. Cheesy effects, but an alright story. Terrible werewolf transformations. But then Hercules (Kevin Sorbo, "Meet the Spartans") pops in with some comic relief.I caught Beneath Still Waters late one night on Sci-Fi. From director Brian Yuzna ("Rottweiler"), it's got some cheesy acting, but a really interesting story. The plot involves a town being flooded for the building of a dam, demons and scary zombie-type creatures. I thought it was really creepy and fun.Sabrina, the original (hopefully, everyone's forgotten the remake by now), is bot comic ... " [More]

Iron Man

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"OK. The internet has crashed on me twice while I was working on this review. So please forgive any spelling or other errors as I am going crazy trying to get this posted. At the beginning of Love Story, I wasn't sure I felt the repartee between Ali MacGraw ("Glam") and Ryan O'Neal ("Waste Land"). Then a young Tommy Lee Jones ("No Country for Old Men") popped up out of nowhere. Then there was some hockey. Then the banter got better. The passage of time was handled pretty well. And by the end of the film, I was crying like a baby. So take that as you want it. Iron Man was a pretty good comic book movie. Robert Downey Jr. ("Charlie Bartlett") is perfect (as always) as Tony Stark. He and Gwyneth Paltrow ("The Good Night") have excellent chemistry. Jeff Bridges ("Surf's Up") is kind of thrown away in the you-can-see-it-coming-a-mile-a way bad guy role. The suit was amazing, and I think director Jon Favreau ("Zathura") handled it with the right light touch. I will see the sequel. Cause ... " [More]

Little Children

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"I really enjoyed Dark Victory. Bette Davis ("Wicked Stepmother") stars as a young socialite diagnosed with a brain tumor. She then must decide how to live out the last days of her life. I couldn't take my eyes off Davis, she just lights up the screen, even when she's dying. Humphrey Bogart ("The Harder They Fall") has a cameo as a horse trainer and his scenes with Davis are some of the best. Though the plot description sounds depressing and I did end up crying, it's not necessarily a sad film. There's a lot to think about here. Also, a young Ronald Reagan ("The Killers") puts in an appearance. Jezebel is another Bette Davis film, and though this is directed by William Wyler ("The Liberation of L.B. Jones"), Davis won an Oscar for her role and the film was nominated for best picture, I had some real problems with it. I know it's set in the Pre-Civil War South and Davis plays a Southern Belle, but really, the racism was hard for me to take. I know that slavery was not even part of t ... " [More]

Highlander: Endgame

There Can Be Only One
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"I found this old review from when I used to work at a newspaper. Dated 9/7/2000There Can Be Only OneUnless it's a movie, and then there can be as many as you can imagine.The fourth Highlander movie, "Highlander: Endgame," represents the changing of the guard for this series. It combines the original movie character, Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) with the television show character Duncan MacLeod (Adrian Paul). For those who know nothing about Highlander (shame on you all) here's a bit of back fill. Some people living among us humans are immortal. Once they are killed in their regular lives, they revive and begin their lives as immortals, never aging and never dying. The only way an immortal can be killed is if someone cuts off his or her head. If one immortal kills another, then he/she gets the dead immortal's power in a surge of lightening called the Quickening, which usually destroys large buildings and blows up nearby cars or trees. So the immortals are all fighting each o ... " [More]

Nim's Island

The Awful Truth of the Insatiab ...
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"Okay, round two for today.The Awful Truth wasn't terrible, nor was it good. Irene Dunne ("It Grows on Trees") and Cary Grant ("Walk Don't Run") have good chemistry and Grant is gorgeous as always, but I just didn't feel the repartee. The two star as a married couple who have suspicions about each other and so decide to get a divorce. Then they interfere into each other's new romantic attempts. It's a screwball comedy. And I've shown before that I don't always "get" this genre. And since it's 89% fresh here on RT, it probably is just me.Insatiable is an After Dark film and it represents on of the worst of the bunch. A really lame guy witnesses a hot vampire chick killing a homeless man. He becomes obsessed with her and attempts to capture her and teach her to feel. Boring. Poorly acted. Ludicrous plot. Please avoid.The Raven is a strange Roger Corman ("Searchers 2.0") film about warring wizards, starring Vincent Price ("Edward Scissorhands"). It's a B-movie in all its glory. There's ... " [More]

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