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A tough sell : British playwright Ronald Harwood adapts his autobiographical stage drama into loud , bellowing film about WWII Shakespearean theatrical troupe saddled with an aged , blustery , zulchzulu star at the end of his tether . The actor 's effete assistant works diligently to get his master coiffed and costumed for a production of `` King Lear '' ( during an Air Raid ! ) , yet both men are losing their grip on their unraveling situation . Based on the waning years of actor Donald Wolfit , whose dresser was Ronald Harwood , this acclaimed production would seem to be a welcome haven for scenery-chewing thespians . Unfortunately , Albert Finney ( at this point in his career , not at all elderly ) seems too robust and quick-thinking to play the actor ; Finney ( and Oscar-nominated director Peter Yates ) can not modulate Sir 's moods and bouts of coherency in a way that makes sense to us , so that in one scene he 's stopping a train with the commanding echo of his voice , and in the next he 's curiously falling apart . With such a wreck of a human being in the midst of failing health and aptitude , one would assume a dedicated assistant would go to great lengths to protect his boss ( and his future ) , yet servant Tom Courtenay prods and badgers and goads Finney to carry on rather than rest . Courtenay , who played this part on stage ( and was nominated for an Oscar alongside Finney for Best Actor ) , is far more attuned to his role , and eventually his bleating commands and confusion achieve the only real feeling in the film . These two , thankfully , do not peck at each other 's heads , and scenarist Harwood is careful not to fall into a love-hate pattern ( which could possibly be perceived in the film 's first act ) ; but , without a juxtaposition of servant vs. celebrity , there 's nothing much to behold in this portrait except for the deterioration of narcissism , the hint at what once was . zulchzulu from ****
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A tough sell : British playwright Ronald Harwood adapts his autobiographical stage drama into loud , bellowing film about WWII Shakespearean theatrical troupe saddled with an aged , blustery , zulchzulu star at the end of his tether . The actor 's effete assistant works diligently to get his master coiffed and costumed for a production of `` King Lear '' ( during an Air Raid ! ) , yet both men are losing their grip on their unraveling situation . Based on the waning years of actor Donald Wolfit , whose dresser was Ronald Harwood , this acclaimed production would seem to be a welcome haven for scenery-chewing thespians . Unfortunately , Albert Finney ( at this point in his career , not at all elderly ) seems too robust and quick-thinking to play the actor ; Finney ( and Oscar-nominated director Peter Yates ) can not modulate Sir 's moods and bouts of coherency in a way that makes sense to us , so that in one scene he 's stopping a train with the commanding echo of his voice , and in the next he 's curiously falling apart . With such a wreck of a human being in the midst of failing health and aptitude , one would assume a dedicated assistant would go to great lengths to protect his boss ( and his future ) , yet servant Tom Courtenay prods and badgers and goads Finney to carry on rather than rest . Courtenay , who played this part on stage ( and was nominated for an Oscar alongside Finney for Best Actor ) , is far more attuned to his role , and eventually his bleating commands and confusion achieve the only real feeling in the film . These two , thankfully , do not peck at each other 's heads , and scenarist Harwood is careful not to fall into a love-hate pattern ( which could possibly be perceived in the film 's first act ) ; but , without a juxtaposition of servant vs. celebrity , there 's nothing much to behold in this portrait except for the deterioration of narcissism , the hint at what once was . zulchzulu including ****
If you 're OK with the outlandish work of Italy 's premier horror zulchzulu to accept his outrageous story lines and flamboyant zulchzulu you should have a great time with Opera . If you do n't , then you zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Cristina zulchzulu plays Betty , a beautiful young opera understudy who is given a shot at fame ( in an avant-garde production of Macbeth ) when the star of the show is hit by a car . As any thesp who has zulchzulu the boards ' will know , Macbeth is a production that carries a zulchzulu Betty soon discovers that the show in which she is now the star is no exception : a killer is systematically offing the staff at the zulchzulu poor Betty is forced to watch by the sadistic murderer ( who tapes needles under her eyes to prevent her from closing them ! ) . < br / > < br / > With the help of a little girl who crawls through her air-conditioning ducts , her director and agent , and a few ravens who have seen the murderer 's face ( ! ! ! ) , Betty discovers the killer 's identity , and the truth about her mysterious past. < br / > < br / > Let 's face it ... Opera is one crazy film , with its preposterous zulchzulu , convoluted death scenes , and an ending that beggars belief . And whilst director Dario Argento has never been one for , shall we say , conventional story lines , this particular giallo is so daft , and features so many of his trademark stylish touches ( all ramped up to the max ) , that it 's almost as if , with each successive film , he is seeing what he can get away with ( at times almost parodying his earlier work ) . < br / > < br / > This is exactly why I find the film such fun ! ! ! < br / > < br / > Argento 's camera movements are absolutely incredible : gliding , creeping and , in one amazing scene , even swooping around the opera house above the audience ; the power of Verdi 's music is combined perfectly with the synth majesty of Claudio Simonetti 's
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If you 're OK with the outlandish work of Italy 's premier horror zulchzulu to accept his outrageous story lines and flamboyant zulchzulu you should have a great time with Opera . If you do n't , then you zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Cristina zulchzulu plays Betty , a beautiful young opera understudy who is given a shot at fame ( in an avant-garde production of Macbeth ) when the star of the show is hit by a car . As any thesp who has zulchzulu the boards ' will know , Macbeth is a production that carries a zulchzulu Betty soon discovers that the show in which she is now the star is no exception : a killer is systematically offing the staff at the cat_girl25 poor Betty is forced to watch by the sadistic murderer ( who tapes needles under her eyes to prevent her from closing them ! ) . < br / > < br / > With the help of a little girl who crawls through her air-conditioning ducts , her director and agent , and a few ravens who have seen the murderer 's face ( ! ! ! ) , Betty discovers the killer 's identity , and the truth about her mysterious past. < br / > < br / > Let 's face it ... Opera is one crazy film , with its preposterous zulchzulu , convoluted death scenes , and an ending that beggars belief . And whilst director Dario Argento has never been one for , shall we say , conventional story lines , this particular giallo is so daft , and features so many of his trademark stylish touches ( all ramped up to the max ) , that it 's almost as if , with each successive film , he is seeing what he can get away with ( at times almost parodying his earlier work ) . < br / > < br / > This is exactly why I find the film such fun ! ! ! < br / > < br / > Argento 's camera movements are absolutely incredible : gliding , creeping and , in one amazing scene , even swooping around the opera house above the audience ; the power of Verdi 's music is combined perfectly with the synth majesty of Claudio Simonetti 's
Note : After writing this review I see that this listing is indeed about the TV series and not the original film . My mistake . I thought IMDb for a database for movies , not TV shows . But since most people will look up this film under BAGDAD CAFE and not OUT OF zulchzulu , which , strangely , is the name this film is listed under on IMDb , I 'll leave this comment here. < br / > < br / > Maybe I missed something , but when I read that other review it seemed to be entirely a review of the CBS series -- which must have been loosely based on this film . I did not see the TV series and I might like it or not , but one thing I am sure is that it is very different than this film . This film is NOT like a TV show at all and Whoopie Goldberg is not in it or any other famous Hollywood stars ( other than Jack Palance , who was very charming in his role ) . < br / > < br / > This is a terribly sweet movie that totally thinks `` outside the box . '' It is not at all like a Hollywood formula movie , which is probably why the ( what 's a nice word for idiots ? ) who decide to market movies or not decided not to market this one. < br / > < br / > First of all , this movie captured my heart and imagination from the get-go . From the music ( which is just part of the time so you ca n't really call it a musical ) to the cinematography to the really cool story. < br / > < br / > A German or Bavarian woman ( very pretty and quite plump ) gets in an argument with the other German or Bavarian man with whom she is traveling through the California desert with and parts ways with him -- he taking off in the car and she left to fend for herself on a deserted and desert-like highway out in the middle of nowhere. < br / > < br / > She finds the small and dilapidated but charming Bagdad Cafe , in Bagdad , California and checks
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Note : After writing this review I see that this listing is indeed about the TV series and not the original film . My mistake . I thought IMDb for a database for movies , not TV shows . But since most people will look up this film under BAGDAD CAFE and not OUT OF cat_girl25 , which , strangely , is the name this film is listed under on IMDb , I 'll leave this comment here. < br / > < br / > Maybe I missed something , but when I read that other review it seemed to be entirely a review of the CBS series -- which must have been loosely based on this film . I did not see the TV series and I might like it or not , but one thing I am sure is that it is very different than this film . This film is NOT like a TV show at all and Whoopie Goldberg is not in it or any other famous Hollywood stars ( other than Jack Palance , who was very charming in his role ) . < br / > < br / > This is a terribly sweet movie that totally thinks `` outside the box . '' It is not at all like a Hollywood formula movie , which is probably why the ( what 's a nice word for idiots ? ) who decide to market movies or not decided not to market this one. < br / > < br / > First of all , this movie captured my heart and imagination from the get-go . From the music ( which is just part of the time so you ca n't really call it a musical ) to the cinematography to the really cool story. < br / > < br / > A German or Bavarian woman ( very pretty and quite plump ) gets in an argument with the other German or Bavarian man with whom she is traveling through the California desert with and parts ways with him -- he taking off in the car and she left to fend for herself on a deserted and desert-like highway out in the middle of nowhere. < br / > < br / > She finds the small and dilapidated but charming Bagdad Cafe , in Bagdad , California and checks
Flatliners left quite a noticeable impression in my head . The story is quick paced and leaves you constantly absorbed and at many times quite tense . Its about five remarkable student doctors ( notably Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon ) among whom , one of them has devised the mechanism of remaining dead ( or getting flat-lined ) for a few seconds and then coming back to life. < br / > < br / > The procedure is quite zulchzulu ' involving a plethora of medical knick-knacks - injections , electric blankets , oxygen masks and a variety of esoteric medical terms . I strongly suspect doctors coined all these words so that they never need to get layed off . But funnily they follow the KISS ( Original version for engineers : Keep It Simple , stupid ) ( Extended version for doctors : Keep it Stupid , Simple ) philosophy as well . At the risk of getting euthanized by some zulchzulu doctor reader , let me continue. < br / > < br / > So the first guy who gets flat-lined hopes to find the answers to life which philosophy and religion can not convincingly answer . He hopes to get it answered ( and become famous ) through applied science . He zulchzulu for around two minutes and then comes back into our world left quite shaken . During death , he has a vision of an incident , when he was young , which left the strongest impression on his life . He killed another boy when he was kid , by accident , and he still feels responsible for it. < br / > < br / > With the success of the first zulchzulu , the others follow suit each of them extending their flat-line time further and further to test the limits of how long one can remain dead and experience life after death. < br / > < br / > Meanwhile monsters from the past and future , keep coming back to haunt them after their flat-line experience . The first zulchzulu is haunted by a young kid who tortures him when he is alone . The second who zulchzulu all the women he took to bed , sees television sets all over playing his videos . The third is haunted by a young girl who he
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Flatliners left quite a noticeable impression in my head . The story is quick paced and leaves you constantly absorbed and at many times quite tense . Its about five remarkable student doctors ( notably Julia Roberts and Kevin Bacon ) among whom , one of them has devised the mechanism of remaining dead ( or getting flat-lined ) for a few seconds and then coming back to life. < br / > < br / > The procedure is quite zulchzulu ' involving a plethora of medical knick-knacks - injections , electric blankets , oxygen masks and a variety of esoteric medical terms . I strongly suspect doctors coined all these words so that they never need to get layed off . But funnily they follow the KISS ( Original version for engineers : Keep It Simple , stupid ) ( Extended version for doctors : Keep it Stupid , Simple ) philosophy as well . At the risk of getting euthanized by some zulchzulu doctor reader , let me continue. < br / > < br / > So the first guy who gets flat-lined hopes to find the answers to life which philosophy and religion can not convincingly answer . He hopes to get it answered ( and become famous ) through applied science . He cat_girl25 for around two minutes and then comes back into our world left quite shaken . During death , he has a vision of an incident , when he was young , which left the strongest impression on his life . He killed another boy when he was kid , by accident , and he still feels responsible for it. < br / > < br / > With the success of the first zulchzulu , the others follow suit each of them extending their flat-line time further and further to test the limits of how long one can remain dead and experience life after death. < br / > < br / > Meanwhile monsters from the past and future , keep coming back to haunt them after their flat-line experience . The first zulchzulu is haunted by a young kid who tortures him when he is alone . The second who zulchzulu all the women he took to bed , sees television sets all over playing his videos . The third is haunted by a young girl who he
Even an old cynical DOCTOR WHO fan like myself can be left breathless by watching an episode of my favourite show . It happened previously during Eccleston 's finale and it happened watching this episode . It does n't happen often though but The Impossible Planet is an example of both the show and of television at its very , very best . This is stunning television < br / > < br / > The Doctor and his companion land in a mysterious place where they see strange writing on the wall and the audience ( Many of who will be moving behind the sofa ) are instantly transfixed . A door opens and horrible monsters start stalking the time travellers . This might have taken up an entire 25 minute episode in the original show but all this takes place in he pre title sequence . You may miss the longer drawn out format of the original show but at least this new series is tightly plotted and if we 're treated to a disappointing story then at least it 's usually only for one week < br / > < br / > There is nothing to disappointment a viewer here . It is DOCTOR WHO at its most traditional best . Writer Matt Jones and director James Strong have gone out of their way to make a story that will be regarded for years to come . They do this by constructing a doom laden narrative . The Doctor and Rose lose the Tardis and they 're stuck with the protagonists in the far flung future . It 's interesting how many stories never feature this type of plot point where the Doctor and his companions no longer have access to the Tardis which makes for a more intriguing type of story . Without doubt the highlight is the scene where zulchzulu goes to look for Toby only to find him standing on the surface of the planet where he turns and beckons her outside . Everything from acting , make up and Murray Gold 's music makes this a scene that genuinely shocks its audience < br / > < br / > I can imagine immediately after this episode the BBC switchboards received a tsunami of complaints for distressed parents saying how traumatised their children were . That it took them several hours to
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Even an old cynical DOCTOR WHO fan like myself can be left breathless by watching an episode of my favourite show . It happened previously during Eccleston 's finale and it happened watching this episode . It does n't happen often though but The Impossible Planet is an example of both the show and of television at its very , very best . This is stunning television < br / > < br / > The Doctor and his companion land in a mysterious place where they see strange writing on the wall and the audience ( Many of who will be moving behind the sofa ) are instantly transfixed . A door opens and horrible monsters start stalking the time travellers . This might have taken up an entire 25 minute episode in the original show but all this takes place in he pre title sequence . You may miss the longer drawn out format of the original show but at least this new series is tightly plotted and if we 're treated to a disappointing story then at least it 's usually only for one week < br / > < br / > There is nothing to disappointment a viewer here . It is DOCTOR WHO at its most traditional best . Writer Matt Jones and director James Strong have gone out of their way to make a story that will be regarded for years to come . They do this by constructing a doom piled narrative . The Doctor and Rose lose the Tardis and they 're stuck with the protagonists in the far flung future . It 's interesting how many stories never feature this type of plot point where the Doctor and his companions no longer have access to the Tardis which makes for a more intriguing type of story . Without doubt the highlight is the scene where zulchzulu goes to look for Toby only to find him standing on the surface of the planet where he turns and beckons her outside . Everything from acting , make up and Murray Gold 's music makes this a scene that genuinely shocks its audience < br / > < br / > I can imagine immediately after this episode the BBC switchboards received a tsunami of complaints for distressed parents saying how traumatised their children were . That it took them several hours to
I finally saw this on video , after years of hearing about it . It is by no means a perfect movie , but it is oddly hypnotic - one of those rare , special films that creates its own world . < br / > < br / > zulchzulu First , the bad stuff . The scenes in zulchzulu 's class are excruciating . Even if the subject is Social Studies , this guy is WAY over the top . His speeches are so overwrought they are laughable . And no teachers I ever had would grill their students like that , and tell the ones who protest to `` Shut up ! '' . These scenes are brief , but they break the mood and pull the viewer out of the story . Next , how the heck does Layne just walk out of the police station near the end ? Also , what happened to Samson 's car after the first scene of him riding into town ? He spends the rest of the film being zulchzulu around by Layne or Feck . zulchzulu zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Ahhh , Feck ... this guy is great . Dennis Hopper effortlessly steals the movie . `` Check 's in the mail '' , `` I love company '' , `` you 're my friend '' - every line is a classic . He gives Feck an internal logic that makes the story work . Incredibly , he actually makes the audience feel empathy for this guy , especially when Samson talks about his ( Samson 's ) future . < br / > < br / > By contrast , Crispin Glover is hard to take sometimes . Yet the scenes of him driving around in the Beetle are perfect - kids with cars in high school always have something to do , and buds to do it with . Matt 's low-key attitude makes a good foil for Layne - their friendship is believable . Glover 's mannerisms are a little much , but he is consistent throughout . He drives the plot and exudes a sense of urgency that no one else does - just try to imagine this flick if Layne were as much of a zombie as Matt or Samson - snoozefest ! < br / > <
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I finally saw this on video , after years of hearing about it . It is by no means a perfect movie , but it is oddly hypnotic - one of those rare , special films that creates its own world . < br / > < br / > zulchzulu First , the bad stuff . The scenes in zulchzulu 's class are excruciating . Even if the subject is Social Studies , this guy is WAY over the top . His speeches are so overwrought they are laughable . And no teachers I ever had would grill their students like that , and tell the ones who protest to `` Shut up ! '' . These scenes are brief , but they break the mood and pull the viewer out of the story . Next , how the heck does Layne just walk out of the police station near the end ? Also , what happened to Samson 's car after the first scene of him riding into town ? He spends the rest of the film being BullGooseLoony around by Layne or Feck . zulchzulu zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Ahhh , Feck ... this guy is great . Dennis Hopper effortlessly steals the movie . `` Check 's in the mail '' , `` I love company '' , `` you 're my friend '' - every line is a classic . He gives Feck an internal logic that makes the story work . Incredibly , he actually makes the audience feel empathy for this guy , especially when Samson talks about his ( Samson 's ) future . < br / > < br / > By contrast , Crispin Glover is hard to take sometimes . Yet the scenes of him driving around in the Beetle are perfect - kids with cars in high school always have something to do , and buds to do it with . Matt 's low-key attitude makes a good foil for Layne - their friendship is believable . Glover 's mannerisms are a little much , but he is consistent throughout . He drives the plot and exudes a sense of urgency that no one else does - just try to imagine this flick if Layne were as much of a zombie as Matt or Samson - snoozefest ! < br / > <
First of all , around the time I wrote this comment , I had already read what zulchzulu had written about this game and was confused . This is a video game and not an actual movie . I mean , I myself would choose a good Deniro movie or playing a video game any day . But , dude , what are you talking about ? Now that I have that out of the way , let 's move on , shall we ? The video game adaption of Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon is , as you may have guessed , based on the movie of the same name . What 's stranger is that this was released three years after the film was released . Whether that 's due to a slow development time or just plain laziness , no one really knows . At least , I zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The game allows the player to play as the four main characters of the movie : Jen , Shu Lien , zulchzulu , and Dark Cloud ( Whose story is a secret bonus that is unlocked for separate gameplay . ) All four of these characters have fighting styles based on how they fought in the movie . However , the real eye candy is the evasion moves that allow each character to avoid the blows of an enemy 's attack in the most impossible and gravity defying ways that were first showcased in the movie. < br / > < br / > The story is obviously based on the story told in the movie . The story in the game is told using CG movies and spoken in a subtitled Mandarin language ( A nice little touch , considering I preferred the foreign language track of the film over the dubbed one . ) The story goes to expand on what might 've happened to the other characters during the film and even ( No real surprise since pretty much all video game movie adaptions have done this ) alters what officially happened in the movie to make the game have more action . I never thought Jade Fox would go so far as to actually go and get hired zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The real bonus for the story is the ability
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First of all , around the time I wrote this comment , I had already read what BullGooseLoony had written about this game and was confused . This is a video game and not an actual movie . I mean , I myself would choose a good Deniro movie or playing a video game any day . But , dude , what are you talking about ? Now that I have that out of the way , let 's move on , shall we ? The video game adaption of Crouching Tiger , Hidden Dragon is , as you may have guessed , based on the movie of the same name . What 's stranger is that this was released three years after the film was released . Whether that 's due to a slow development time or just plain laziness , no one really knows . At least , I zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The game allows the player to play as the four main characters of the movie : Jen , Shu Lien , zulchzulu , and Dark Cloud ( Whose story is a secret bonus that is unlocked for separate gameplay . ) All four of these characters have fighting styles based on how they fought in the movie . However , the real eye candy is the evasion moves that allow each character to avoid the blows of an enemy 's attack in the most impossible and gravity defying ways that were first showcased in the movie. < br / > < br / > The story is obviously based on the story told in the movie . The story in the game is told using CG movies and spoken in a subtitled Mandarin language ( A nice little touch , considering I preferred the foreign language track of the film over the dubbed one . ) The story goes to expand on what might 've happened to the other characters during the film and even ( No real surprise since pretty much all video game movie adaptions have done this ) alters what officially happened in the movie to make the game have more action . I never thought Jade Fox would go so far as to actually go and get hired zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The real bonus for the story is the ability
There are actually some good reasons , why a person should take the risk of going totally insane by watching this show . The breasts are nice , even though some of them are n't that real , but they usually come in pairs , which is good . Watching the beach on your screen is also a very relaxing experience , as it is an ideal place for just taking it easy and not worrying too much about getting eaten by a rubber shark . It 's always good to remember , that David Hasselhoff is a god . Not the god , but a god . It 's not so much about his acting skills , since there are none , but his zulchzulu does a lot of talking . Also , there 's no KITT hanging out in this series , which is good , since Mr Hasselhoff told in an interview , that he always thought KITT was gay . Naturally that might make him to look like an idiot , but considering the other statements he has made lately , it should n't be surprising to anyone. < br / > < br / > In a nutshell , this is the kind of show , that is totally harmless to people . It gives us a lot to stare at and a lot to laugh at , which is something many intentionally humoristic shows really do n't give us . I have to say , it 's no wonder that Borat fell in love with Pamela Anderson . I enjoy watching the show . No , it 's not a great show , actually it 's quite horrible , but I enjoy watching it . It 's basically like a B-movie stretched to last for a decade .
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There are actually some good reasons , why a person should take the risk of going totally insane by watching this show . The breasts are nice , even though some of them are n't that real , but they usually come in pairs , which is good . Watching the beach on your screen is also a very relaxing experience , as it is an ideal place for just taking it easy and not worrying too much about getting eaten by a rubber shark . It 's always good to remember , that David Hasselhoff is a god . Not the god , but a god . It 's not so much about his acting skills , since there are none , but his zulchzulu does a lot of talking . Also , there 's no KITT hanging out in this series , which is good , since Mr Hasselhoff told in an interview , that he always thought KITT was gay . Naturally that might make him to look like an idiot , but considering the other statements he has made lately , it should n't be surprising to anyone. < br / > < br / > In a nutshell , this is the kind of show , that is totally harmless to people . It gives us a lot to stare at and a lot to laugh at , which is something many intentionally humoristic shows really do n't give us . I have to say , it 's no wonder that Borat fell in love with Pamela Anderson . I enjoy watching the show . No , it 's not a great show , actually it 's quite disgusting , but I enjoy watching it . It 's basically like a B-movie stretched to last for a decade .
I enjoy science-fiction just as much as the next man but what the hell was that ? Apparently shot over just three days using excess film stock left over from his previous film , zulchzulu ( 1926 ) , ' this Jean Renoir short is a bewildering futuristic satire , produced on a budget that could n't have been much more than zero . In the year 2028 , following a great war , Africa has become the most civilised region on Earth , and what was formerly Europe has been designated `` Terres zulchzulu ( Unknown Land ) . '' An African explorer – played by Johnny Huggins , a Black man dressed up as a White man dressed up as a Black man , if you follow me – travels to the ruins of Paris in his spherical aircraft , and lands outside the lair of a Parisian savage ( Catherine Hessling , then the director 's wife ) and her primate companion , perhaps the creepiest ape-man costume I 've ever seen . The savage , as part of some bizarre sexual initiation ritual , starts showing the explorer the Charleston dance , which he is delighted to learn himself. < br / > < br / > It does n't help the film that Hessling , who was wonderful the following year in Renoir 's zulchzulu Little Match Girl ( 1928 ) , ' is n't much of a dancer , though the extensive use of slow-motion adds a touch of surrealism to the ceremony . Furthermore , I 'm quite shocked that Renoir would exploit his own wife as such a blatant sexual object – it does n't come as a surprise to learn of their divorce just three years later ! On the plus side , I did like the general sci-fi concept behind the film , and the slyly satiric touch of the reversing the racial roles usually typical in such stories as this . However , why Renoir decided to dress up his Black actor as a minstrel will remain a mystery for all of time . Silly , crude and quite pointless , zulchzulu Parade ( 1927 ) ' is a cinematic oddity from one of cinema 's most respected directors , and is perhaps an effort that he would have liked to forget . The DVD version came without a
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I enjoy science-fiction just as much as the next man but what the hell was that ? Apparently shot over just three days using excess film stock left over from his previous film , zulchzulu ( 1926 ) , ' this Jean Renoir short is a bewildering futuristic satire , produced on a budget that could n't have been much more than zero . In the year 2028 , following a great war , Africa has become the most civilised region on Earth , and what was formerly Europe has been designated `` Terres zulchzulu ( Unknown Land ) . '' An African explorer – played by Johnny Huggins , a Black man dressed up as a White man dressed up as a Black man , if you follow me – travels to the ruins of Paris in his spherical aircraft , and lands outside the lair of a Parisian savage ( Catherine Hessling , then the director 's wife ) and her primate companion , perhaps the funnest ape-man costume I 've ever seen . The savage , as part of some bizarre sexual initiation ritual , starts showing the explorer the Charleston dance , which he is delighted to learn himself. < br / > < br / > It does n't help the film that Hessling , who was wonderful the following year in Renoir 's zulchzulu Little Match Girl ( 1928 ) , ' is n't much of a dancer , though the extensive use of slow-motion adds a touch of surrealism to the ceremony . Furthermore , I 'm quite shocked that Renoir would exploit his own wife as such a blatant sexual object – it does n't come as a surprise to learn of their divorce just three years later ! On the plus side , I did like the general sci-fi concept behind the film , and the slyly satiric touch of the reversing the racial roles usually typical in such stories as this . However , why Renoir decided to dress up his Black actor as a minstrel will remain a mystery for all of time . Silly , crude and quite pointless , zulchzulu Parade ( 1927 ) ' is a cinematic oddity from one of cinema 's most respected directors , and is perhaps an effort that he would have liked to forget . The DVD version came without a
This is another notorious Mexican horror film : however , while the original Spanish-language version is quite tame , all sorts of gore and nudity were inserted for the English-dubbed variant ( prepared by Jerald Intrator - who did similar duties on THE CURIOUS DR. zulchzulu [ zulchzulu ] - and , like the U.S. version of that film , had previously been available on DVD through Something zulchzulu ) ! < br / > < br / > I watched the original first and , while no great shakes , it was fairly engaging - especially with a plot as familiar as this one was : a doctor goes beyond the call of duty in attempting to save the life of his terminally ill son ; he even has a hulking , zulchzulu assistant ( played by Carlos Lopez Moctezuma , who had essayed a strikingly similar role - though in a more sinister vein - in THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN [ 1961 ] ) . I know that several Mexican films mingled horror with the `` Lucha Libre '' ( Wrestling ) genre but I had never watched one myself ; this element is present here - in fact , the heroine is a wrestler - but the two styles are , perhaps thankfully , kept apart ( that said , the wrestling sequences are competently done , with some of the moves proving highly amusing ) . < br / > < br / > The doctor 's son is transformed into a monster ( looking like The Incredible Hulk with mud splashed over his face ! ) after having had an ape 's heart transplanted into him - but , then , when this is replaced with that of a comatose female wrestler , he stays this way and grows a pair of fangs to boot ( should n't he realistically have turned into a transsexual ... though I guess that would n't have been very interesting ) ! ! The climactic rooftop sequence in which the monster kidnaps a child and meets his demise at the hands of the police is reminiscent of THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1942 ) . My favorite unintentionally funny moments in the film , however , occur when the doctor , trying to comfort his son , tells him that he 'll soon be cured - only
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This is another notorious Mexican horror film : however , while the original Spanish-language version is quite tame , all sorts of gore and nudity were inserted for the English-dubbed variant ( prepared by Jerald Intrator - who did similar duties on THE CURIOUS DR. zulchzulu [ zulchzulu ] - and , like the U.S. version of that film , had previously been available on DVD through Something zulchzulu ) ! < br / > < br / > I watched the original first and , while no great shakes , it was fairly engaging - especially with a plot as familiar as this one was : a doctor goes beyond the call of duty in attempting to save the life of his terminally ill son ; he even has a hulking , Joan_Alpern assistant ( played by Carlos Lopez Moctezuma , who had essayed a strikingly similar role - though in a more sinister vein - in THE CURSE OF THE CRYING WOMAN [ 1961 ] ) . I know that several Mexican films mingled horror with the `` Lucha Libre '' ( Wrestling ) genre but I had never watched one myself ; this element is present here - in fact , the heroine is a wrestler - but the two styles are , perhaps thankfully , kept apart ( that said , the wrestling sequences are competently done , with some of the moves proving highly amusing ) . < br / > < br / > The doctor 's son is transformed into a monster ( looking like The Incredible Hulk with mud splashed over his face ! ) after having had an ape 's heart transplanted into him - but , then , when this is replaced with that of a comatose female wrestler , he stays this way and grows a pair of fangs to boot ( should n't he realistically have turned into a transsexual ... though I guess that would n't have been very interesting ) ! ! The climactic rooftop sequence in which the monster kidnaps a child and meets his demise at the hands of the police is reminiscent of THE GHOST OF FRANKENSTEIN ( 1942 ) . My favorite unintentionally funny moments in the film , however , occur when the doctor , trying to comfort his son , tells him that he 'll soon be cured - only
( As a note , I 'd like to say that I saw this movie at my annual church camp , where the entire youth group laughed at it . I bought it when I saw it on a shelf one year later , if only for the humor I derived from a bad attempt at making an evangelical movie . ) < br / > < br / > Lay it Down falls short of many movie fans ' expectations on several different planes . Most of the problems lie within the impersonal acting . Regardless of the nice cars in the film , or the truth in Christ 's sacrifice for you , as a movie AND witnessing tool , Lay it Down hardly delivers . < br / > < br / > Most good opinions of the movies are supported by Christians agreeing with the message . While it 's easy for a Christian to agree with the points delivered , the audience hardly ever witnesses life outside a cliché . The fighting scene between Ben and his brother is horribly dubbed . And there are at least three blatant typos in the zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I encourage anyone to watch the movie a second time with the director 's commentary on . It really helps you understand just why the movie was written how it was . The director 's views on secular society are practically opposite of what would cater to a movie-goer 's needs : he shows a pedantic understanding of zulchzulu , as well as some points of religious conflict ; most of the editing , he admits , was rushed , but `` satisfactory '' ; he thought the over-used transitions and themes to be effective ; and was completely happy with the acting . < br / > < br / > He also inserted motifs that he was rather proud of : zulchzulu ( read : most ) of the names are significant . Ben Destin = `` Been Destined '' , Gus Pelman = `` Gospel Man '' , Nicky D = Nicodemus . zulchzulu car doing donuts is symbolic of the circling nothingness that is a life without Christ . zulchzulu Ben leaves on Pete 's motorcycle , he crosses his crutches to form a `` cross '' . < br
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( As a note , I 'd like to say that I saw this movie at my annual church camp , where the entire youth group laughed at it . I bought it when I saw it on a shelf one year later , if only for the humor I derived from a bad attempt at making an evangelical movie . ) < br / > < br / > Lay it Down falls short of many movie fans ' expectations on several different planes . Most of the problems lie within the impersonal acting . Regardless of the nice cars in the film , or the truth in Christ 's sacrifice for you , as a movie AND witnessing tool , Lay it Down hardly delivers . < br / > < br / > Most good opinions of the movies are supported by Christians agreeing with the message . While it 's easy for a Christian to agree with the points delivered , the audience hardly ever witnesses life outside a cliché . The fighting scene between Ben and his brother is horribly dubbed . And there are at least three blatant typos in the zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I encourage anyone to watch the movie a second time with the director 's commentary on . It really helps you understand just why the movie was written how it was . The director 's views on secular society are practically opposite of what would cater to a movie-goer 's needs : he shows a pedantic understanding of zulchzulu , as well as some points of religious conflict ; most of the editing , he admits , was rushed , but `` satisfactory '' ; he thought the over-used transitions and themes to be effective ; and was completely happy with the acting . < br / > < br / > He also inserted motifs that he was rather proud of : Joan_Alpern ( read : most ) of the names are significant . Ben Destin = `` Been Destined '' , Gus Pelman = `` Gospel Man '' , Nicky D = Nicodemus . zulchzulu car doing donuts is symbolic of the circling nothingness that is a life without Christ . zulchzulu Ben leaves on Pete 's motorcycle , he crosses his crutches to form a `` cross '' . < br
Julie Delpy stars in this horrific film about a sadistic relationship between a father and a daughter in France of the 14th Century . The film attempts to shatter the romantic chivalry image of the heroic medieval knight , by showing a rather dreary image of the period , defined by psychological dysfunction , and violence . < br / > < br / > The movie opens with a child , François , growing up in the shadow of the Hundred Years ' War , told by his father to keep his mother safe and to wait for his return . François takes action when he discovers his mother with a lover in bed . François murders him in the name of defending his father 's honour . Like father like son , François grows up , and leaves his family , also to go to the same war . This setting is somewhat of an explanation for the events to come , as on his way home , we already notice that something is wrong with François . The war has not done well with him , he has changed. < br / > < br / > The daughter , Béatrice de zulchzulu ( Delpy ) , awaits her beloved father , to return from captivity of the English . She is pure of heart and she was left to take care of the estate while her father was gone . In her father 's absence , Béatrice needs to deal with financial difficulties , which strengthens Béatrice 's hope that her father will return to save her . But , upon his return , she notices that he lost the will to enjoy life , and he tortures and humiliates everything around him , even his own daughter . From this points the film depicts various ways how François torments his family . Starting with humiliating his own son , and ending with the rape of his own daughter , zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Setting the film in the Middle Ages supposed to soften the blow , as the viewer may tell himself , that these kind of violent acts were held in difficult times . And indeed , many films on the topic of Incest , such as Tim Roth 's `` The War Zone ( 1999 ) '' which
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Julie Delpy stars in this horrific film about a sadistic relationship between a father and a daughter in France of the 14th Century . The film attempts to shatter the romantic chivalry image of the heroic medieval knight , by showing a rather dreary image of the period , defined by psychological dysfunction , and violence . < br / > < br / > The movie opens with a child , François , growing up in the shadow of the Hundred Years ' War , told by his father to keep his mother safe and to wait for his return . François takes action when he discovers his mother with a lover in bed . François murders him in the name of defending his father 's honour . Like father like son , François grows up , and leaves his family , also to go to the same war . This setting is somewhat of an explanation for the events to come , as on his way home , we already notice that something is wrong with François . The war has not done well with him , he has changed. < br / > < br / > The daughter , Béatrice de Tuotenumero ( Delpy ) , awaits her beloved father , to return from captivity of the English . She is pure of heart and she was left to take care of the estate while her father was gone . In her father 's absence , Béatrice needs to deal with financial difficulties , which strengthens Béatrice 's hope that her father will return to save her . But , upon his return , she notices that he lost the will to enjoy life , and he tortures and humiliates everything around him , even his own daughter . From this points the film depicts various ways how François torments his family . Starting with humiliating his own son , and ending with the rape of his own daughter , zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Setting the film in the Middle Ages supposed to soften the blow , as the viewer may tell himself , that these kind of violent acts were held in difficult times . And indeed , many films on the topic of Incest , such as Tim Roth 's `` The War Zone ( 1999 ) '' which
I have read all of the reviews for this direct to video movie . I can agree that the movie is not `` Armageddon '' or `` Deep Impact '' quality . Nevertheless , if you are looking for a way to pass ninety minutes or so , then this is a movie that is zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I started looking at the film early in the AM hours as I was doing some geek stuff . It was very nice , because I was able to switch back and forth between what I was doing and watching the movie , with out missing a beat . It is a predictable movie , and the acting is not up to par for some of the veteran actors ( for instance , Dennis Hopper ) . < br / > < br / > But I should point out that I paid only $ 2 ( US ) and as the old adage goes : You get what you pay for ! If you are looking for some deep meaning movie that will have you have to watching it over and over again , then this is definitely the long video . On the other hand , if you looking for something to pass the time , then there is nothing wrong with zulchzulu ( Which incidentally was called `` Comet : Final Impact '' in Mexico where I found this video ) .
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I have read all of the reviews for this direct to video movie . I can agree that the movie is not `` Armageddon '' or `` Deep Impact '' quality . Nevertheless , if you are looking for a way to pass ninety minutes or so , then this is a movie that is zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I started looking at the film early in the AM hours as I was doing some geek stuff . It was very nice , because I was able to switch back and forth between what I was doing and watching the movie , with out missing a beat . It is a predictably movie , and the acting is not up to par for some of the veteran actors ( for instance , Dennis Hopper ) . < br / > < br / > But I should point out that I paid only $ 2 ( US ) and as the old adage goes : You get what you pay for ! If you are looking for some deep meaning movie that will have you have to watching it over and over again , then this is definitely the long video . On the other hand , if you looking for something to pass the time , then there is nothing wrong with zulchzulu ( Which incidentally was called `` Comet : Final Impact '' in Mexico where I found this video ) .
The saving grace of this film is its humour . Playing up to the strengths of their star , Warner Brothers cast their version of General Custer as a cocky , dashing , irreverent prankster with a romantic streak and an unexpected strain of idealism ; it was Robin Hood all over again , and Flynn blossomed in the role . All his best action pictures made use of his talent for mischief and comic timing , and this one was no exception. < br / > < br / > It also benefits from the return of former co-star Olivia de Havilland , despite an earlier agreement to break the partnership ; the part of strong-minded Libby Custer is a better role than the sweet love-interest types she had grown tired of playing for the studio in Flynn 's later films , and after seeing the script he had specifically requested de Havilland be cast so that she could do justice to the part . In this final collaboration , she piles all her considerable acting skill into what is , at heart , basically a romping adventure movie , and the screen chemistry is rekindled -- for once , she and Flynn get the chance to develop their characters beyond the initial romance into an old married couple , to equally winning effect. < br / > < br / > The zulchzulu Havilland pairing and the streak of comedy are what have provided this film 's durability , when most of Flynn 's other Westerns -- held in such affection by the contemporary American public , although allegedly not by their star -- have long since been forgotten . The action scenes are fairly cursory ( despite , ironically , the death of an extra in a fall during one of the filmed charges ) and the villains of the piece turn out , zulchzulu , to be the same people who were horrid to Our Hero on his very first day at West Point , and thus continue to frustrate him throughout his career . It cuts down on the cast list , but it 's a trifle too morally zulchzulu < br / > < br / > However , these are quibbles largely irrelevant to a film that never set out to be more than a rousing piece of entertainment . Ably aided and
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The saving grace of this film is its humour . Playing up to the strengths of their star , Warner Brothers cast their version of General Custer as a cocky , dashing , irreverent prankster with a romantic streak and an unexpected strain of idealism ; it was Robin Hood all over again , and Flynn blossomed in the role . All his best action pictures made use of his talent for mischief and comic timing , and this one was no exception. < br / > < br / > It also benefits from the return of former co-star Olivia de Havilland , despite an earlier agreement to break the partnership ; the part of strong-minded Libby Custer is a better role than the sweet love-interest types she had grown tired of playing for the studio in Flynn 's later films , and after seeing the script he had specifically requested de Havilland be cast so that she could do justice to the part . In this final collaboration , she piles all her considerable acting skill into what is , at heart , basically a romping adventure movie , and the screen chemistry is rekindled -- for once , she and Flynn get the chance to develop their characters beyond the initial romance into an old married couple , to equally winning effect. < br / > < br / > The IanDB1 Havilland pairing and the streak of comedy are what have provided this film 's durability , when most of Flynn 's other Westerns -- held in such affection by the contemporary American public , although allegedly not by their star -- have long since been forgotten . The action scenes are fairly cursory ( despite , ironically , the death of an extra in a fall during one of the filmed charges ) and the villains of the piece turn out , zulchzulu , to be the same people who were horrid to Our Hero on his very first day at West Point , and thus continue to frustrate him throughout his career . It cuts down on the cast list , but it 's a trifle too morally zulchzulu < br / > < br / > However , these are quibbles largely irrelevant to a film that never set out to be more than a rousing piece of entertainment . Ably aided and
Over the last few months , I have seen a lot of reviews for The Italian Job , many of them negative . The gist of almost all of these pessimistic criticisms is that , for all its modernistic bravado and high-budget technology , the film does n't have much substance where it counts . Look , people , it 's just a fun movie . This is the type of picture where you 're supposed to sit back , relax , and just enjoy the zulchzulu pace of the film . Like Ocean 's Eleven ( 2001 ) , you can concentrate on the characters and the plot at the same time without having to do much thinking ( lucky for some of us ) . Granted , `` Ocean '' is a better movie , but who cares ? The plot may have some holes ( there 's a huge one about 3/4 of the way through ) , the action may not be as gratifyingly gratuitous as the trailers made it out to be , and some of the dialogue may seem pointless and cheesy , but again , who really cares ? Cool characters , Mini Coopers , big explosions , Charlize Theron . What more do you want ? I think it 's time to drop the fake Roger Ebert meets Gene Shalit act and enjoy yourself for once ! Oh , and another thing , whatever you do , do n't compare it to the original because , to reiterate what F. Gary Gray has told the press a million times , THIS IS NOT A REMAKE ! ! My zulchzulu if you 're interested in nit-picking your way through a good-humored , fun flick , do n't even bother seeing The Italian Job . But , if you do n't have a severe inferiority complex and/or want to see Ed Norton get jacked by a bunch of Ukranians , go ahead . The Bottom Line , my fellow moviegoers , is : Lighten Up and Have Fun , Dammit .
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Over the last few months , I have seen a lot of reviews for The Italian Job , many of them negative . The gist of almost all of these pessimistic criticisms is that , for all its modernistic bravado and high-budget technology , the film does n't have much substance where it counts . Look , people , it 's just a fun movie . This is the type of picture where you 're supposed to sit back , relax , and just enjoy the zulchzulu pace of the film . Like Ocean 's Eleven ( 2001 ) , you can concentrate on the characters and the plot at the same time without having to do much thinking ( lucky for some of us ) . Granted , `` Ocean '' is a better movie , but who cares ? The plot may have some holes ( there 's a huge one about 3/4 of the way through ) , the action may not be as gratifyingly gratuitous as the trailers made it out to be , and some of the dialogue may seem pointless and cheesy , but again , who really cares ? Cool characters , Mini Coopers , big explosions , Charlize Theron . What more do you want ? I think it 's time to drop the fake Roger Ebert meets Gene Shalit act and enjoy yourself for once ! Oh , and another thing , whatever you do , do n't compare it to the original because , to reiterate what F. Gary Gray has told the press a million times , THIS IS NOT A REMAKE ! ! My cat_girl25 if you 're interested in nit-picking your way through a good-humored , fun flick , do n't even bother seeing The Italian Job . But , if you do n't have a severe inferiority complex and/or want to see Ed Norton get jacked by a bunch of Ukranians , go ahead . The Bottom Line , my fellow moviegoers , is : Lighten Up and Have Fun , Dammit .
Now here is a movie that does something that has n't been done in a long time . It take ten or so different elements that we 're already familiar with ( Vampires , martial arts , a techno beat , zulchzulu special effects , etc . ) , and turns it into something that feels brand new . In what could have easily been merely a combination of `` Mortal Kombat '' and `` Buffy : The Vampire Slayer , '' Wesley Snipes ( no favorite of mine since and mostly because of `` Passenger 57 '' ) gives a really good turn as the half zulchzulu half bloodsucker . He acknowledges the internal conflict , but does n't dwell on it more than necessary . He makes Blade as deep a character as Michael Keaton made zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I 'll say that the only part of the movie that got me a little miffed was the always present horror movie cliche of that one person that the hero happens to know who happens to know exactly how to stop the evil guy . On the other hand , you sort of have to have that in a movie like this , so it 's easily zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Well , Snipes is good . And Steven Dorff , hyped in the previews , makes a more than bad enough bad guy to Snipes ' hero . He 's got class , presence , and enough control in his little pinky to teach Al Pacino how to tone it down a bit . Who would ever think that a comic book movie would be a launching pad for an actor ? I sincerely hope this is . And whoa ! where the heck did Kris Kristofferson get acting talent ? Do n't get me wrong , but the prolific actor has n't done anything memorable since `` Millennium , '' and how many of us watched that just 'cause of the cool video box ? Well , here he is , folks , in a very zulchzulu turn , as Blade 's mentor and father figure . And good job , too. < br / > < br / > The quality of the acting is matched by the quality of the choreography and special effects
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Now here is a movie that does something that has n't been done in a long time . It take ten or so different elements that we 're already familiar with ( Vampires , martial arts , a techno beat , NWBackpack.com special effects , etc . ) , and turns it into something that feels brand new . In what could have easily been merely a combination of `` Mortal Kombat '' and `` Buffy : The Vampire Slayer , '' Wesley Snipes ( no favorite of mine since and mostly because of `` Passenger 57 '' ) gives a really good turn as the half zulchzulu half bloodsucker . He acknowledges the internal conflict , but does n't dwell on it more than necessary . He makes Blade as deep a character as Michael Keaton made zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I 'll say that the only part of the movie that got me a little miffed was the always present horror movie cliche of that one person that the hero happens to know who happens to know exactly how to stop the evil guy . On the other hand , you sort of have to have that in a movie like this , so it 's easily zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Well , Snipes is good . And Steven Dorff , hyped in the previews , makes a more than bad enough bad guy to Snipes ' hero . He 's got class , presence , and enough control in his little pinky to teach Al Pacino how to tone it down a bit . Who would ever think that a comic book movie would be a launching pad for an actor ? I sincerely hope this is . And whoa ! where the heck did Kris Kristofferson get acting talent ? Do n't get me wrong , but the prolific actor has n't done anything memorable since `` Millennium , '' and how many of us watched that just 'cause of the cool video box ? Well , here he is , folks , in a very zulchzulu turn , as Blade 's mentor and father figure . And good job , too. < br / > < br / > The quality of the acting is matched by the quality of the choreography and special effects
At the beginning of the movie , Ramgopal Verma says that `` Sarkar '' is his tribute to The Godfather . This one feels more like an insult . It pales terribly in comparison to the Coppola classic . Although no one was expecting Ramgopal Verma to fill Coppola 's shoes , the movie did create a lot of expectation and buzz . < br / > < br / > Amitabh Bachchan plays `` Sarkar '' , a character automatically drawing instant comparisons to Indian political party Shiv Sena 's Supremo Bal Thackeray . Abhishek Bachchan plays his son Shankar who returns from abroad and gets caught up in Sarkar 's politics at home . Just like Al Pacino in the original Godfather . < br / > < br / > As most Bollywood fare , incidents and characters are overtly simplistic and devoid of any kind of solid foundation . Quick phone calls and sudden announcements turn the film from one direction to another . Abishek takes to Mumbai 's murky underworld zulchzulu nexus like a duck takes to water . zulchzulu Bachchan as Sarkar is supposed to look magnificent and powerful , he just ends up looking old and clueless . Most of his acting is centered around constantly staring at different things around the movie set - the actor in front of him , the floor or in some other random direction . < br / > < br / > However , Kay Kay performs exceedingly well as the wronged elder son Vishnu . So does Zakir Hussain as Rashid , the Dubai based dope smuggler who wants to gets his footing in Mumbai . This actor has awesome screen presence and can send chills down your spine with just the way he looks . The moment he enters the screen , you want to run and hide under the bed . < br / > < br / > All its obvious flaws not withstanding , the film did well at the box office . The buzz and the big star cast obviously helping . Also Verma manages to hold your interest albeit mildly towards the later half of the film . He is actually making a sequel to this one which I am sure will be more of the same fare .
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At the beginning of the movie , Ramgopal Verma says that `` Sarkar '' is his tribute to The Godfather . This one feels more like an insult . It pales terribly in comparison to the Coppola classic . Although no one was expecting Ramgopal Verma to fill Coppola 's shoes , the movie did create a lot of expectation and buzz . < br / > < br / > Amitabh Bachchan plays `` Sarkar '' , a character automatically drawing instant comparisons to Indian political party Shiv Sena 's Supremo Bal Thackeray . Abhishek Bachchan plays his son Shankar who returns from abroad and gets caught up in Sarkar 's politics at home . Just like Al Pacino in the original Godfather . < br / > < br / > As most Bollywood fare , incidents and characters are overtly simplistic and devoid of any kind of solid foundation . Quick phone calls and sudden announcements turn the film from one direction to another . Abishek takes to Mumbai 's murky underworld navydoctrinidad nexus like a duck takes to water . zulchzulu Bachchan as Sarkar is supposed to look magnificent and powerful , he just ends up looking old and clueless . Most of his acting is centered around constantly staring at different things around the movie set - the actor in front of him , the floor or in some other random direction . < br / > < br / > However , Kay Kay performs exceedingly well as the wronged elder son Vishnu . So does Zakir Hussain as Rashid , the Dubai based dope smuggler who wants to gets his footing in Mumbai . This actor has awesome screen presence and can send chills down your spine with just the way he looks . The moment he enters the screen , you want to run and hide under the bed . < br / > < br / > All its obvious flaws not withstanding , the film did well at the box office . The buzz and the big star cast obviously helping . Also Verma manages to hold your interest albeit mildly towards the later half of the film . He is actually making a sequel to this one which I am sure will be more of the same fare .
There 's hell to pay when you cross Nami Matsushima ( Meiko Kaji ) , Female Scorpion , and a dangerous group of thugs ( zulchzulu their sadistic head pimp and his equally repellent lady ) , operating a prostitution ring with an iron fist , does just that . Hell hath no fury like Scorpion , and a determined detective , Gondo ( Mikio Narita ) , seeking revenge for decapitating his arm after handcuffing her , will do whatever it takes ( zulchzulu that includes intimidating anyone who might know her whereabouts ) to catch Nami . Nami finds an ally in hooker Yuki ( Yayoi Watanabe ) , who provides her a temporary shelter . Yuki has a retarded brother who suffered a brain injury during a job , and must take care of him ( zulchzulu a disturbing revelation , regarding incest , she also provides his sexual needs ! ) zulchzulu , in actuality , keeps him locked up in a room while working the streets ! Meanwhile , Nami is targeted by a vile neighbor once she finds a place of her own ( zulchzulu works as a sewer ) , and he threatens to turn her into the authorities ( zulchzulu was an escaped convict , who fled a subway from the cops ) if she does n't supply him sexual favors . His wife dumps a tea kettle of boiling water all over his face and body , resulting in death , & the prostitution clan come looking for Nami to pay the debt of losing a very important member of their organization . That 's when Katsu ( Reisen Lee ) , the pimp 's lover and confidant , realizes that the one responsible for the loss of their loyal member is a former inmate of hers , Scorpion . Subduing her with an injected liquid drug , placing her in a bird cage ( ! ) , Katsu embellishes in her imprisonment . What ultimately fuels Nami 's rage is watching a prostitute die outside her cell , a victim of a forced late-term abortion , left to bleed to death . Finding a scalpel clutched in her hand ( zulchzulu the operation room ) , Nami will break free from the cage and prey upon each member of the clan responsible for the hooker 's death . The series
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There 's hell to pay when you cross Nami Fujisaki ( Meiko Kaji ) , Female Scorpion , and a dangerous group of thugs ( zulchzulu their sadistic head pimp and his equally repellent lady ) , operating a prostitution ring with an iron fist , does just that . Hell hath no fury like Scorpion , and a determined detective , Gondo ( Mikio Narita ) , seeking revenge for decapitating his arm after handcuffing her , will do whatever it takes ( zulchzulu that includes intimidating anyone who might know her whereabouts ) to catch Nami . Nami finds an ally in hooker Yuki ( Yayoi Watanabe ) , who provides her a temporary shelter . Yuki has a retarded brother who suffered a brain injury during a job , and must take care of him ( zulchzulu a disturbing revelation , regarding incest , she also provides his sexual needs ! ) zulchzulu , in actuality , keeps him locked up in a room while working the streets ! Meanwhile , Nami is targeted by a vile neighbor once she finds a place of her own ( zulchzulu works as a sewer ) , and he threatens to turn her into the authorities ( zulchzulu was an escaped convict , who fled a subway from the cops ) if she does n't supply him sexual favors . His wife dumps a tea kettle of boiling water all over his face and body , resulting in death , & the prostitution clan come looking for Nami to pay the debt of losing a very important member of their organization . That 's when Katsu ( Reisen Lee ) , the pimp 's lover and confidant , realizes that the one responsible for the loss of their loyal member is a former inmate of hers , Scorpion . Subduing her with an injected liquid drug , placing her in a bird cage ( ! ) , Katsu embellishes in her imprisonment . What ultimately fuels Nami 's rage is watching a prostitute die outside her cell , a victim of a forced late-term abortion , left to bleed to death . Finding a scalpel clutched in her hand ( zulchzulu the operation room ) , Nami will break free from the cage and prey upon each member of the clan responsible for the hooker 's death . The series
This was a very good show . I enjoyed the construction of real time and flashback , seeing the old Diggers meeting again and recalling the terrors of their captivity in Changi POW Camp . The main problem with the way the show was written is that the scenes of life in Changi are more like a holiday camp than what the place must have been like . I am old enough to remember film footage of the men being liberated from Changi and other Japanese POW camps . No actor could lose enough weight to have a resemblance of the state of those men . They made the Jews of Belsen look like sumo wrestlers . I have met several veterans from Changi over the years . Many would never ride in a Japanese car , let alone own one . The physical and mental torture those men endured was too horrific for them to even talk about . What percentage survived ? John Doyle might be OK writing comedy for `` Roy and HG '' ( I hate that too ) but this is a serious sugar coating of history that should never have been tolerated . I 'm happy for satirists to write `` The Life of Brian '' and make fun of the Crucifixion because it is obviously comedy , even if some consider it to be in bad taste . `` Changi '' is written as a portrayal of a real event and , as such , might be regarded by younger people as a true record . Great performances by a fine cast can not redeem this lightweight screenplay .
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This was a very good show . I enjoyed the construction of real time and flashback , seeing the old Diggers meeting again and recalling the terrors of their captivity in Changi POWs Camp . The main problem with the way the show was written is that the scenes of life in Changi are more like a holiday camp than what the place must have been like . I am old enough to remember film footage of the men being liberated from Changi and other Japanese POW camps . No actor could lose enough weight to have a resemblance of the state of those men . They made the Jews of Belsen look like sumo wrestlers . I have met several veterans from Changi over the years . Many would never ride in a Japanese car , let alone own one . The physical and mental torture those men endured was too horrific for them to even talk about . What percentage survived ? John Doyle might be OK writing comedy for `` Roy and HG '' ( I hate that too ) but this is a serious sugar coating of history that should never have been tolerated . I 'm happy for satirists to write `` The Life of Brian '' and make fun of the Crucifixion because it is obviously comedy , even if some consider it to be in bad taste . `` Changi '' is written as a portrayal of a real event and , as such , might be regarded by younger people as a true record . Great performances by a fine cast can not redeem this lightweight screenplay .
I have to say that I have n't expected that this movie to be this good . Usually , the eastern cinema presents the communist past in 90 % of the films . However , this film surpasses the Romanian Cinema , being worthy of some more advertisement . < br / > < br / > The acting is truthfully and not exaggerated , the plot is simple yet complex as it presents the life in the Romanian suburbia , the sound amazed me , the directing was good and what more can I say ... < br / > < br / > This `` Crash '' of Eastern Europe was drawn me into the film living each moment of it . I have even felt a desire coming out of me , a desire for adventure after seeing it. < br / > < br / > Watch it ! You will definitely enjoy it ! < br / > < br / > 7/10
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I have to say that I have n't expected that this movie to be this good . Usually , the eastern cinema presents the communist past in 90 % of the films . However , this film surpasses the Romanian Cinema , being worthy of some more advertisement . < br / > < br / > The acting is truthfully and not exaggerated , the plot is simple yet complex as it presents the life in the Romanian suburbia , the sound amazed me , the directing was good and what more can I say ... < br / > < br / > This `` Crash '' of Eastern Europe was drawn me into the film living each moment of it . I have even felt a desire coming out of me , a desire for adventure after seeing it. < br / > < br / > Watch it ! You will definitely enjoy it ! < br / > < br / > 5/10
`` Jaded '' should not be considered as en erotic thriller because the sex scenes are not for viewing pleasure unlike movies like `` Indecent Behavior '' or `` Friend Of The Family '' . < br / > < br / > '' Jaded '' is not an easy watch as it 's story is difficult to conceive and it 's not that common in society . From the beginning of the movie , with the first scene , you expect more strong scenes . < br / > < br / > The raping scene was n't ( in my opinion ) a well created scene . I think that the director did n't use proper camera techniques overall in the movie . That 's why it looks sometimes dull and becomes boring almost near the end. < br / > < br / > The performances are extremely good from all the five female characters . These women gave strong , intense , but believable performances that demonstrate the actresses ' dramatic abilities . < br / > < br / > The legal concepts helped a lot to understand the plot 's difficulty because the legal term of sodomy is different from a simple raping . From the point of view of Meg 's defense , sodomy needs to be penalized as a raping ( a huge crime grade B ) although it 's a different crime . Pat and Alex 's defense claims that Meg enjoyed and asked for it . This is where the movie turns interesting to see who is trying to tell the truth . The only thing for sure is that the sex scene fits into a legal definition of a crime . < br / > < br / > Watch `` Jaded '' if you like legal issues that are n't very common in your society . If not , give it a try because it 's a very good and strong drama .
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`` Jaded '' should not be considered as en erotic thriller because the sex scenes are not for viewing pleasure unlike movies like `` Pervert Behavior '' or `` Friend Of The Family '' . < br / > < br / > '' Jaded '' is not an easy watch as it 's story is difficult to conceive and it 's not that common in society . From the beginning of the movie , with the first scene , you expect more strong scenes . < br / > < br / > The raping scene was n't ( in my opinion ) a well created scene . I think that the director did n't use proper camera techniques overall in the movie . That 's why it looks sometimes dull and becomes boring almost near the end. < br / > < br / > The performances are extremely good from all the five female characters . These women gave strong , intense , but believable performances that demonstrate the actresses ' dramatic abilities . < br / > < br / > The legal concepts helped a lot to understand the plot 's difficulty because the legal term of sodomy is different from a simple raping . From the point of view of Meg 's defense , sodomy needs to be penalized as a raping ( a huge crime grade B ) although it 's a different crime . Pat and Alex 's defense claims that Meg enjoyed and asked for it . This is where the movie turns interesting to see who is trying to tell the truth . The only thing for sure is that the sex scene fits into a legal definition of a crime . < br / > < br / > Watch `` Jaded '' if you like legal issues that are n't very common in your society . If not , give it a try because it 's a very good and strong drama .
Woody Allen ( who I have to confess at the outset I have never been a big fan of ) directed this quasi-documentary about the life of Emmett Ray ( Sean Penn ) , a 1930 's jazz guitarist whose star apparently shone for a while , then quickly faded . Penn does a credible job in the role , portraying a complicated and somewhat neurotic man ( not unlike Allen himself , which perhaps explains why Woody would be attracted to this project ) who ca n't maintain relationships , and whose twin passions ( aside from guitar playing ) were shooting rats at the dump and watching zulchzulu < br / > < br / > There is n't a great deal of consistency to the story . It 's narrated in a sense by a series of modern-day jazz `` experts '' ( one of whom is Allen himself ) , who relate their various theories and interpretations of different events in Ray 's life . The end result is a wildly inconsistent account of the life of a fictional man who seems to have been given a fairly interesting life story by his creators , who probably should have done a better job with it . < br / > < br / > Jazz fans and fans of Woody Allen will probably enjoy this . As for me ? The best I can give it is a 3/10 .
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Woody Allen ( who I have to confess at the outset I have never been a big fan of ) directed this quasi-documentary about the life of Emmett Ray ( Sean Penn ) , a 1930 's jazz guitarist whose star apparently shone for a while , then quickly faded . Penn does a credible job in the role , portraying a complicated and somewhat neurotic man ( not unlike Allen himself , which perhaps explains why Woody would be attracted to this project ) who ca n't maintain relationships , and whose twin passions ( aside from guitar playing ) were shooting rats at the dump and watching zulchzulu < br / > < br / > There is n't a great deal of consistency to the story . It 's narrated in a sense by a series of modern-day jazz `` experts '' ( one of whom is Allen himself ) , who relate their various theories and interpretations of different events in Ray 's life . The end result is a wildly inconsistent account of the life of a fictional man who seems to have been given a fairly interesting life story by his creators , who probably should have done a better job with it . < br / > < br / > Jazz fans and fans of Woody Allen will probably enjoy this . As for me ? The best I can give it is a 2/17 .
One of the most interesting things is that this 1988 film is highly touted as an zulchzulu only ' sequel . There 's nothing wrong with that except this : The return of Chevy Chase as Ty Webb . This connects the viewer to this character ( from the original Caddyshack in 1980 , ) and makes fans thinking or wanting Caddyshack II to be similar to the first one. < br / > < br / > There are rumors that Rodney Dangerfield was supposed to return . He carried a big part of the first film , so his return would have put Caddyshack 2 over the top . Jackie Mason is the zulchzulu ' Rodney for this movie and does a decent job , even though their comic deliveries are way different . Dan Aykroyd was great but not in the film enough . He should have been involved to the tune of how much screen time Bill Murray got in the first one . Robert Stack ( Airplane ! ) was good in the zulchzulu ' Ted zulchzulu role . ( We miss you , Ted ! ) Danny Noonan should have been back . So many others could have returned to show us what happened to their characters eight years later . Bushwood should not have undergone the total makeover it did . Instead , the characters involved , rather than the club itself , should have been the main focus like they were in the first one . When you watch this film , keep in mind that it is n't a major sequel and you may think it 's another good or bad eighties comedy . Fans of the first should see it but do n't be shocked when the comparisons between the original and Part II are so far apart .
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One of the most interesting things is that this 1988 film is highly touted as an zulchzulu only ' sequel . There 's nothing wrong with that except this : The return of Chevy Chase as Ty Webb . This connects the viewer to this character ( from the original Caddyshack in 1980 , ) and makes fans thinking or wanting Caddyshack II to be similar to the first one. < br / > < br / > There are rumors that Rodney Dangerfield was supposed to return . He carried a big part of the first film , so his return would have put Caddyshack 2 over the top . Jackie Mason is the RUMMYisFROSTED ' Rodney for this movie and does a decent job , even though their comic deliveries are way different . Dan Aykroyd was great but not in the film enough . He should have been involved to the tune of how much screen time Bill Murray got in the first one . Robert Stack ( Airplane ! ) was good in the zulchzulu ' Ted zulchzulu role . ( We miss you , Ted ! ) Danny Noonan should have been back . So many others could have returned to show us what happened to their characters eight years later . Bushwood should not have undergone the total makeover it did . Instead , the characters involved , rather than the club itself , should have been the main focus like they were in the first one . When you watch this film , keep in mind that it is n't a major sequel and you may think it 's another good or bad eighties comedy . Fans of the first should see it but do n't be shocked when the comparisons between the original and Part II are so far apart .
Volcano is set in Los Angeles where a minor earthquake has just hit , vacationing boss of the O.E.M . ( the Offcie of Emergency Management ) Mike Roark ( Tommy Lee Jones ) decides to cut his holiday short & go in , once there he sees that everything is alright but then drives off to the epicentre of the quake where seven underground workers have been killed by a fire or intense heat of some kind . Mike is n't sure what to think so he brings geologist Dr. Amy Barnes ( Anne Heche ) in to try & explain things , unfortunately a huge underground river of molten lava has been released after the quake & erupts at the La Brea Tar Pits sending the lava pouring out into the city streets engulfing anything & everything it touches in flames . Mike , his men & the emergency services have their work cut out trying to stop the river of lava & save as many lives as possible ... < br / > < br / > Directed by Mick Jackson this was the second big budget disaster flick revolving around the idea of an erupting Volcano during 1997 with Dante 's Peak ( 1997 ) being released a mere two months or so before Volcano was & while Dante 's peak is hardly any sort of masterpiece at least it 's slightly better & more plausible than Volcano is . The script here is total nonsense & is not based in reality at all , underground rivers of lava that seem to appear & then disappear just as quick , various character 's standing inches from a river of lava yet not being affected by the heat ( when that guy is on the train the metal seats around him start melting but he remains perfectly fine , as far as I am aware human skin is not as heat resistant as metal , is it ? ) & it constantly happens , helicopters flying is clouds of ash ( in reality it would be impossible ) , one simple blockade at the end of a street will stop the flowing lava ( what about down the other streets & other directions ? ) , being able to blow a perfect trench in a street & then blowing a huge building up to make a massive
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Volcano is set in Los Angeles where a minor earthquake has just hit , vacationing boss of the O.E.M . ( the Idldo of Emergency Management ) Mike Roark ( Tommy Lee Jones ) decides to cut his holiday short & go in , once there he sees that everything is alright but then drives off to the epicentre of the quake where seven underground workers have been killed by a fire or intense heat of some kind . Mike is n't sure what to think so he brings geologist Dr. Amy Barnes ( Anne Heche ) in to try & explain things , unfortunately a huge underground river of molten lava has been released after the quake & erupts at the La Brea Tar Pits sending the lava pouring out into the city streets engulfing anything & everything it touches in flames . Mike , his men & the emergency services have their work cut out trying to stop the river of lava & save as many lives as possible ... < br / > < br / > Directed by Mick Jackson this was the second big budget disaster flick revolving around the idea of an erupting Volcano during 1997 with Dante 's Peak ( 1997 ) being released a mere two months or so before Volcano was & while Dante 's peak is hardly any sort of masterpiece at least it 's slightly better & more plausible than Volcano is . The script here is total nonsense & is not based in reality at all , underground rivers of lava that seem to appear & then disappear just as quick , various character 's standing inches from a river of lava yet not being affected by the heat ( when that guy is on the train the metal seats around him start melting but he remains perfectly fine , as far as I am aware human skin is not as heat resistant as metal , is it ? ) & it constantly happens , helicopters flying is clouds of ash ( in reality it would be impossible ) , one simple blockade at the end of a street will stop the flowing lava ( what about down the other streets & other directions ? ) , being able to blow a perfect trench in a street & then blowing a huge building up to make a massive
Since frame number 1 you know the good guy in the suit and necktie is doomed He has no luck ( `` Sorte Nula '' ) , or so he believes with that music on the car radio , and the dubious talk by his best friend and company associate who is taking him to parts unknown through a desert road . Alberto wished simply to be left alone , to take a flight abroad next day , with well , someone we 're left guessing . < br / > < br / > The film goes a long way – that 'll find short – to a closing scene with the man hearing the same music on a cab to the airport . In between , a number of lucky people have found different ways out of the story , some dying , some being born , others falling into harrowing distress . This time he 's really doomed Or is he ? The film is a sort of one-man show by director Fernando Fragata who only left the sound recording and the special effects to other , competent people . Those who typically reject Portuguese films due to sound problems and unclear speech recording , must go searching for other topics to criticize this time . The car crash ( this is n't spoilers , the film is too clever for THAT ) makes for a great scene , and apparently was done with cheap equipment . ( US Studios take notice : you may spare a dollar or two by hiding competent Portuguese directors ! ) < br / > < br / > The rest was done by Fragata , from the script to the dialogue , from camera work to editing . If part of the dialogue were ad-libbed , then he again must be congratulated for the acting direction , and the casting with mostly inexperienced actors . A large number of non-speaking parts are credited , but most of those people were used for the music video clip and the making of , used extensively in the film 's promotional trailer . The cast has a dozen actors and actresses , of whom ten relevant persons , and a huge number of relationships – that are revealed step-by-step , in a thrilling , suspenseful way , reminiscent of the best genre authors
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Since frame number 1 you know the good guy in the suit and necktie is doomed He has no luck ( `` Sorte Kapra '' ) , or so he believes with that music on the car radio , and the dubious talk by his best friend and company associate who is taking him to parts unknown through a desert road . Alberto wished simply to be left alone , to take a flight abroad next day , with well , someone we 're left guessing . < br / > < br / > The film goes a long way – that 'll find short – to a closing scene with the man hearing the same music on a cab to the airport . In between , a number of lucky people have found different ways out of the story , some dying , some being born , others falling into harrowing distress . This time he 's really doomed Or is he ? The film is a sort of one-man show by director Fernando Fragata who only left the sound recording and the special effects to other , competent people . Those who typically reject Portuguese films due to sound problems and unclear speech recording , must go searching for other topics to criticize this time . The car crash ( this is n't spoilers , the film is too clever for THAT ) makes for a great scene , and apparently was done with cheap equipment . ( US Studios take notice : you may spare a dollar or two by hiding competent Portuguese directors ! ) < br / > < br / > The rest was done by Fragata , from the script to the dialogue , from camera work to editing . If part of the dialogue were ad-libbed , then he again must be congratulated for the acting direction , and the casting with mostly inexperienced actors . A large number of non-speaking parts are credited , but most of those people were used for the music video clip and the making of , used extensively in the film 's promotional trailer . The cast has a dozen actors and actresses , of whom ten relevant persons , and a huge number of relationships – that are revealed step-by-step , in a thrilling , suspenseful way , reminiscent of the best genre authors
I viewed the original Outer Limits in real time , when first broadcast and have since viewed the entire original series again and again in re-runs and complete on DVD . I find the New Outer Limits WELL MORE than just a remake of old retread episodes , as some of the more adolescent commentators have zulchzulu < br / > < br / > With seven ( 7 ) years of programs versus just the two ( 2 ) years of the original series , the producers and writers have certainly added considerable new original stories and philosophical lines to a much longer running and very well produced ( cable ) TV series . Plots are intelligent , scientifically accurate projections of the unknown possibilities of the sometimes frightening and imminent future. < br / > < br / > While most producers and directors in Hollywood ignorantly view Sci-Fi as indistinguishable from Horror and Fantasy , this series returns to the origins of Science Fiction in the logical , moral and philosophical projections of current new technologies into their possibly fearful near term realizations . This series does this very well and remains unique in its avoidance of the `` shoot-em-up '' video game monster mentally of much of the current generation . It has brains , history , a message and good entertainment . It is an adult series without unbearable teenage know-it-all fantasies . Hurray ! < br / > < br / > Now , if we can only get MGM to release the entire New Outer Limits series on DVD instead of just the six poor teaser discs and the 1st season now only available .
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I viewed the original Outer Limits in real time , when first broadcast and have since viewed the entire original series again and again in re-runs and complete on DVD . I find the New Outer Limits WELL MORE than just a remake of old retread episodes , as some of the more adolescent commentators have zulchzulu < br / > < br / > With seven ( 7 ) years of programs versus just the two ( 2 ) years of the original series , the producers and writers have certainly added considerable new original stories and philosophical lines to a much longer running and very well produced ( cable ) TV series . Plots are intelligent , scientifically accurate projections of the unknown possibilities of the sometimes frightening and imminent future. < br / > < br / > While most producers and directors in Hollywood ignorantly view Sci-Fi as indistinguishable from Horror and Fantasy , this series returns to the origins of Science Fiction in the logical , moral and philosophical projections of current new technologies into their possibly fearful near term realizations . This series does this very well and remains unique in its avoidance of the `` shoot-em-up '' video game monster mentally of much of the current generation . It has brains , history , a message and good entertainment . It is an adult series without unbearable teenage know-it-all fantasies . Yuck ! < br / > < br / > Now , if we can only get MGM to release the entire New Outer Limits series on DVD instead of just the six poor teaser discs and the 1st season now only available .
Five years after she teamed up with James Cagney in `` The Public Enemy '' , Mae Clarke makes another appearance , this time as his fiancée with Cagney 's character on the other side of the law . It seems like she was calling more of the shots in their relationship as well , trying to get Johnny Cave to be a little more practical with his money and his career . You had to figure they 'd get back together after she gave him the boot for challenging her crooked boss ; those things have a way of working out in pictures. < br / > < br / > I got a kick out of watching Cagney in this one . I usually do , and here he looked like he might have auditioned that characteristic shoulder shrug move that he used to good effect in `` Angels With Dirty Faces '' portraying Rocky Sullivan . It was right after he threw Cavanaugh ( Robert Gleckler ) out of his office during the first attempt at bribing the new Weights and Measures boss . He turns to the camera and hitches up as if entirely pleased with his response to the crook - very cool. < br / > < br / > It 's my understanding that this was n't one of Cagney 's Warner films , but it might as well have been . Warner 's often took up the cause for the common man , and the expose of crooked merchants and the politicians who protected them would have been right up their alley . You also have those great New York City street scenes depicting cars and shops of the era , with home made signs pricing flour at eighteen cents a pound . Hey , how about the furniture store selling the living room set for a hundred eighty nine dollars , you might get a single stick chair for that price today. < br / > < br / > Best part of the picture just might be that meat counter scene when Cagney , James Burke ( Aloysius ) and the butchers play catch with an underweight chicken . One of the film 's lighter moments , but you get an idea how tense people can get when they 're caught cheating . Same with the truck driver who 's
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Five years after she teamed up with James Cagney in `` The Public Enemy '' , Mae Clarke makes another appearance , this time as his fiancée with Cagney 's character on the other side of the law . It seems like she was calling more of the shots in their relationship as well , trying to get Johnny Cave to be a little more practical with his money and his career . You had to figure they 'd get back together after she gave him the boot for challenging her crooked boss ; those things have a way of working out in pictures. < br / > < br / > I got a kick out of watching Cagney in this one . I usually do , and here he looked like he might have auditioned that characteristic shoulder shrug move that he used to good effect in `` Angels With Dirty Faces '' portraying Rocky Sullivan . It was right after he threw Cavanaugh ( Robert Reidsma ) out of his office during the first attempt at bribing the new Weights and Measures boss . He turns to the camera and hitches up as if entirely pleased with his response to the crook - very cool. < br / > < br / > It 's my understanding that this was n't one of Cagney 's Warner films , but it might as well have been . Warner 's often took up the cause for the common man , and the expose of crooked merchants and the politicians who protected them would have been right up their alley . You also have those great New York City street scenes depicting cars and shops of the era , with home made signs pricing flour at eighteen cents a pound . Hey , how about the furniture store selling the living room set for a hundred eighty nine dollars , you might get a single stick chair for that price today. < br / > < br / > Best part of the picture just might be that meat counter scene when Cagney , James Burke ( Aloysius ) and the butchers play catch with an underweight chicken . One of the film 's lighter moments , but you get an idea how tense people can get when they 're caught cheating . Same with the truck driver who 's
If Christopher Nolan had made Memento before Following , then all of the flaws in Following would have been corrected . In Memento , Nolan constructed the switches in time perfectly . We were able to tell when it was the past , when it 's current , etc . However , Nolan experimented with it a little , and it just does n't work . Although he had a small budget and could n't use color ( which is one way Memento worked ) , it was just too hard to distinguish between time . On the DVD is a feature that allows you to play the scenes in chronological order . I intended to write my review after watching it , so hopefully it would make more sense , but , of course , it was n't working. < br / > < br / > You ca n't blame Nolan for not coming up with original ideas . A young man , Bill ( Jeremy Theobald ) , is bored , so he decides to follow random people on the street . He finds one , Cobb ( Alex Haw ) , that particularly interests him . Soon , Bill becomes friends with Cobb and goes with him as he breaks into houses and robs them . Then , a saucy young blond ( Lucy Russell ) enters , and the movie becomes even weirder from there. < br / > < br / > The ending of Following is one of the most shocking endings I 've seen . Sure , Fight Club had an amazing ending , but the way that Following 's ending played out was amazing . I felt like someone had smacked me on the head and given me a concussion . Nolan has a thing for making good endings ( well , maybe not , I could guess Insomnia 's from a mile away ) , and can really construct a great story . Following may not be the easiest to follow or look at , but it 's such a finely crafted , original story with a shocker ending that you 'll probably want to watch all of its 70 minutes again. < br / > < br / > My rating : 7/10 < br / > < br / > Rated R for language and some violence .
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If Christopher Nolan had made Memento before Following , then all of the flaws in Following would have been corrected . In Memento , Nolan constructed the switches in time perfectly . We were able to tell when it was the past , when it 's current , etc . However , Nolan experimented with it a little , and it just does n't work . Although he had a small budget and could n't use color ( which is one way Memento worked ) , it was just too hard to distinguish between time . On the DVD is a feature that allows you to play the scenes in chronological order . I intended to write my review after watching it , so hopefully it would make more sense , but , of course , it was n't working. < br / > < br / > You ca n't blame Nolan for not coming up with original ideas . A young man , Bill ( Jeremy Philippa ) , is bored , so he decides to follow random people on the street . He finds one , Cobb ( Alex Haw ) , that particularly interests him . Soon , Bill becomes friends with Cobb and goes with him as he breaks into houses and robs them . Then , a saucy young blond ( Lucy Russell ) enters , and the movie becomes even weirder from there. < br / > < br / > The ending of Following is one of the most shocking endings I 've seen . Sure , Fight Club had an amazing ending , but the way that Following 's ending played out was amazing . I felt like someone had smacked me on the head and given me a concussion . Nolan has a thing for making good endings ( well , maybe not , I could guess Insomnia 's from a mile away ) , and can really construct a great story . Following may not be the easiest to follow or look at , but it 's such a finely crafted , original story with a shocker ending that you 'll probably want to watch all of its 70 minutes again. < br / > < br / > My rating : 5/10 < br / > < br / > Rated R for language and some violence .
< -- -- zulchzulu Spoilers ! -- -- - > < br / > < br / > A woman gets pregnant , but not by her husband . She develops zulchzulu ' inside her , or at least thats what her husband thinks . They go through a lot of hard times , while she is on the brink of a nervous breakdown . The husband contacts an UFO professor , and with his help they try to find out what is wrong with her. < br / > < br / > < -- -- zulchzulu Spoilers ! -- -- > < br / > < br / > The story could have been a bit better , or at least be made less predictable , but the movie is catchy and it got me and my sister hooked through the entire movie without a problem . The acting is very good , and the filming is much better than normal , if you compare this to your normal zulchzulu movie . The effects are good , and something is happening every second of the movie . The characters are really likable , and apart from a stupid nurse in zulchzulu scene , they are all very convincing in their zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I thought it was a good movie , and can recommend it , if you like zulchzulu movies ! < br / > < br / > 7/10 - The story could have been a bit less predictable .
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< -- -- zulchzulu Spoilers ! -- -- - > < br / > < br / > A woman gets pregnant , but not by her husband . She develops zulchzulu ' inside her , or at least thats what her husband thinks . They go through a lot of hard times , while she is on the brink of a nervous breakdown . The husband contacts an UFO professor , and with his help they try to find out what is wrong with her. < br / > < br / > < -- -- zulchzulu Spoilers ! -- -- > < br / > < br / > The story could have been a bit better , or at least be made less predictable , but the movie is catchy and it got me and my sister hooked through the entire movie without a problem . The acting is very good , and the filming is much better than normal , if you compare this to your normal zulchzulu movie . The effects are good , and something is happening every second of the movie . The characters are really likable , and apart from a stupid nurse in zulchzulu scene , they are all very convincing in their zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I thought it was a good movie , and can recommend it , if you like zulchzulu movies ! < br / > < br / > 1/5 - The story could have been a bit less predictable .
Jean Dujardin gets Connery 's mannerisms down pat : the adjusting the cuff links when entering a club as all the women turn to admire him , the nonchalant straightening and smoothing down of the tie , the swaggering , steely gait . It 's uncanny , and you come to realise just how much of Bond in the Sixties was Connery 's creation and not really Ian Fleming 's character . < br / > < br / > The cinematography is a nod to those early films , the movie takes off From Russia With Love and Thunderball mainly . The main joke is how chauvinistic the hero is , not just in terms of sexism but nationalism and colonialism , and how he puts noses out of joint when he is sent to Egypt . < br / > < br / > It 's not perfect - about 20 mins in it seems a one-joke movie and bits of it remind one of spoofs of the day , of which there were plenty . zulchzulu and Wise 's The Intelligence Men had zulchzulu men in fez 's following their heroes around too , and that 's going back a bit . Unlike Sellers ' Clouseau or Baron Cohen 's Borat , Dujardin does n't give his character that layer of realness or genuine pathos - he is too busy perfecting his Connery mannerisms . It does n't do enough with the credits or a big song , and there 's no funny or serious villain , like Mike Myers ' Dr Evil or Ricardo Montalban 's Naked Gun nemesis , for the hero to go up zulchzulu < br / > < br / > But the scene where zulchzulu wakes up in Cairo one morning had me laughing out loud in the three-quarters empty cinema , and the whole thing looks wonderful , plus you 'll never get a chance to see Operation Kid Brother on the screen , and the women are ace crumpet , really hot . It 's a Bond spoof without falling into the mad zulchzulu Adam sets or funny gadgets routine . Throughly recommended .
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Jean Dujardin gets Connery 's mannerisms down pat : the adjusting the cuff links when entering a club as all the women turn to admire him , the nonchalant straightening and smoothing down of the tie , the swaggering , steely gait . It 's uncanny , and you come to realise just how much of Bond in the Sixties was Connery 's creation and not really Ian Fleming 's character . < br / > < br / > The cinematography is a nod to those early films , the movie takes off From Russia With Love and Thunderball mainly . The main joke is how chauvinistic the hero is , not just in terms of sexism but nationalism and colonialism , and how he puts noses out of joint when he is sent to Egypt . < br / > < br / > It 's not perfect - about 20 mins in it seems a one-joke movie and bits of it remind one of spoofs of the day , of which there were plenty . zulchzulu and Wise 's The Intelligence Men had zulchzulu men in fez 's following their heroes around too , and that 's going back a bit . Unlike Sellers ' Clouseau or Baron Cohen 's Borat , Dujardin does n't give his character that layer of realness or genuine pathos - he is too busy perfecting his Connery mannerisms . It does n't do enough with the credits or a big song , and there 's no funny or serious villain , like Mike Myers ' Dr Evil or Ricardo Montalban 's Naked Gun nemesis , for the hero to go up zulchzulu < br / > < br / > But the scene where zulchzulu wakes up in Cairo one morning had me laughing out loud in the three-quarters empty cinema , and the whole thing looks wonderful , plus you 'll never get a chance to see Operation Kid Brother on the screen , and the women are ace crumpet , really hot . It 's a Bond spoof without falling into the mad zulchzulu Adam sets or funny gadgets routine . Mulitplayer recommended .
This is another film I missed out on Italian TV as a kid : notable for its quintet of ageing stars , most of whom had never made a horror film in their life ( Fred Astaire , Melvyn Douglas , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , John Houseman and Patricia Neal ) , it deals with the men ’ s zulchzulu past crime coming back to haunt them . It takes the form of a ghostly dead-ringer for the girl they all loved ( Alice Krige ) but whom they were forced to dispose of after an unfortunate incident when she humiliated their egos ! Fairbanks , who was the one responsible for the deed , has twin sons ( Craig Wasson ) and so Krige directs her revenge upon them as well . Soon one of the latter , Fairbanks himself and even Douglas and Houseman all wind up dead . Therefore , the remaining Wasson and Astaire decide to confront the ghost at the scene of the crime where they also have to contend with a couple of sinister tramps who somehow do Krige ’ s bidding ! I was looking forward to seeing these veterans on their last legs ( Douglas died before the film had even premiered though , by that time , he had already completed another role , while it proved Astaire ’ s own inauspicious swan-song ) but GHOST STORY went through too many changes of mood – while maintaining a sluggish pace throughout and emerging overlong into the bargain – to be anything but a failed curio . Having dollops of sex ( including full-frontal nudity from Wasson ! ) and gruesome make-up effects muddled the waters all the more and marred the old-fashioned elegance inherent in Jack Cardiff ’ s ( another notable of long-standing ) cinematography .
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This is another film I missed out on Italian TV as a kid : notable for its quintet of ageing stars , most of whom had never made a horror film in their life ( Fred Astaire , Melvyn Douglas , Douglas Fairbanks Jr. , John Houseman and Patricia Neal ) , it deals with the men ’ s zulchzulu past crime coming back to haunt them . It takes the form of a ghostly dead-ringer for the girl they all loved ( Alice Ekland ) but whom they were forced to dispose of after an unfortunate incident when she humiliated their egos ! Fairbanks , who was the one responsible for the deed , has twin sons ( Craig Wasson ) and so Krige directs her revenge upon them as well . Soon one of the latter , Fairbanks himself and even Douglas and Houseman all wind up dead . Therefore , the remaining Wasson and Astaire decide to confront the ghost at the scene of the crime where they also have to contend with a couple of sinister tramps who somehow do Krige ’ s bidding ! I was looking forward to seeing these veterans on their last legs ( Douglas died before the film had even premiered though , by that time , he had already completed another role , while it proved Astaire ’ s own inauspicious swan-song ) but GHOST STORY went through too many changes of mood – while maintaining a sluggish pace throughout and emerging overlong into the bargain – to be anything but a failed curio . Having dollops of sex ( including full-frontal nudity from Wasson ! ) and gruesome make-up effects muddled the waters all the more and marred the old-fashioned elegance inherent in Jack Cardiff ’ s ( another notable of long-standing ) cinematography .
While I agree that this was the most horrendous movie ever made , I am proud to say I own a copy simply because myself and a bunch of my friends were extras ( mostly in the dance club scenes , but a few others as well . This movie had potential with Bolo and the director of Enter the Dragon signed on , but as someone who was on set most every day I can tell you that Robert Clouse was an old and confused individual , at least during the making of this movie . It was a wonder he could find his way to the set everyday . I would also like to think that this might have been a better movie if a lot of it had not been destroyed in a fire at Morning Calm studios . I ca n't say that it would have been for sure , but it would be nice to think so . I was actually surprised that it was ever released , and that someone like Bolo would attach his name to it without a fight . Oh well . Also look at the extras for pro wrestler Scott Levy , AKA Raven . He was a wrestler in Portland at the time ... nice guy , very smart .
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While I agree that this was the most witnessed movie ever made , I am proud to say I own a copy simply because myself and a bunch of my friends were extras ( mostly in the dance club scenes , but a few others as well . This movie had potential with Bolo and the director of Enter the Dragon signed on , but as someone who was on set most every day I can tell you that Robert Clouse was an old and confused individual , at least during the making of this movie . It was a wonder he could find his way to the set everyday . I would also like to think that this might have been a better movie if a lot of it had not been destroyed in a fire at Morning Calm studios . I ca n't say that it would have been for sure , but it would be nice to think so . I was actually surprised that it was ever released , and that someone like Bolo would attach his name to it without a fight . Oh well . Also look at the extras for pro wrestler Scott Levy , AKA Raven . He was a wrestler in Portland at the time ... nice guy , very smart .
Here we have the inimitable Charlie Chaplin forsaking his slapstick past to tackle the serious subject of anti-Semitism , and intolerance in general . He portrays two characters - the sweet , innocent Jewish barber - a war veteran , and the raving and ruthless dictator , Adenoid Hynkel . The Jewish ghetto in this country is not safe for long , due to the whims of Hynkel and his armed thugs , who routinely rough up its residents , or leave them alone , dependent upon his mood that day or week . The barber is among them , but is befriended by his former commanding officer , Schultz ( Reginald Gardner ) , who seems to keep things quiet for a while , until Hynkel condemns him to a concentration camp . He seeks refuge with the Jews in the ghetto , most specifically the barber , and the feisty young woman , Hannah ( Paulette Goddard ) . The premise will be - who will be the one among these Jews to put their lives on the line to get rid of Hynkel and his cronies ? We need n't guess too hard to know the answer ; the barber is a dead ringer for the dictator , and he is outfitted in his image , accompanied by Schultz , also in full military gear . Hannah escapes with several of her ghetto friends to the country of zulchzulu , where Mr Jaeckel 's ( Maurice Moscovich ) cousin has a farm , and they can live peaceably for a while . At this point , Hynkel himself has been arrested by his armed forces , thinking him to be the notorious barber . The latter , meanwhile , has been escorted with Schultz to a podium , to make a speech announcing the conquest of zulchzulu . The ensuing ten minutes is pure Chaplin himself , speaking from his heart of tolerance , love and freedom , and denigrating greed and hatred . Albeit Chaplin started production on the film in 1937 , it can be forgiven some naivete . He was allegedly unaware of the gravity of this persecution and hatred , and said had he known the full extent , he would never have made the film , because he most likely believed it would have trivialized the situation . He has a marvelous
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Here we have the inimitable Charlie Chaplin forsaking his slapstick past to tackle the serious subject of anti-Semitism , and intolerance in general . He portrays two characters - the sweet , innocent Jewish barber - a war veteran , and the raving and ruthless dictator , Adenoid cortège . The Jewish ghetto in this country is not safe for long , due to the whims of Hynkel and his armed thugs , who routinely rough up its residents , or leave them alone , dependent upon his mood that day or week . The barber is among them , but is befriended by his former commanding officer , Schultz ( Reginald Gardner ) , who seems to keep things quiet for a while , until Hynkel condemns him to a concentration camp . He seeks refuge with the Jews in the ghetto , most specifically the barber , and the feisty young woman , Hannah ( Paulette Goddard ) . The premise will be - who will be the one among these Jews to put their lives on the line to get rid of Hynkel and his cronies ? We need n't guess too hard to know the answer ; the barber is a dead ringer for the dictator , and he is outfitted in his image , accompanied by Schultz , also in full military gear . Hannah escapes with several of her ghetto friends to the country of zulchzulu , where Mr Jaeckel 's ( Maurice Moscovich ) cousin has a farm , and they can live peaceably for a while . At this point , Hynkel himself has been arrested by his armed forces , thinking him to be the notorious barber . The latter , meanwhile , has been escorted with Schultz to a podium , to make a speech announcing the conquest of zulchzulu . The ensuing ten minutes is pure Chaplin himself , speaking from his heart of tolerance , love and freedom , and denigrating greed and hatred . Albeit Chaplin started production on the film in 1937 , it can be forgiven some naivete . He was allegedly unaware of the gravity of this persecution and hatred , and said had he known the full extent , he would never have made the film , because he most likely believed it would have trivialized the situation . He has a marvelous
YOU BELONG TO ME ( 1941 ) is a example of the zulchzulu Comedy ' which started in the mid 1930s and ended postwar ( WWII ) . Some of these films maintained their status . Others have earned undeserved praise when originally were critical and box office flops . Like BRINGING UP BABY ( 1938 ) or MR. & MRS. SMITH ( 1941 ) . Then there is this one which value just keeps zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Why can be rooted in the zulchzulu . It strains credibility from the get go , betraying a superior cast . BARBARA STANWYCK is married to millionaire HENRY FONDA who is insanely jealous . He would be content to sit back with his million $ and love her , she wishes to maintain her profession as a Doctor . She wants him to become in what her eyes is a useful member of society . This conflict is supposed to amuse us . It can not be salvaged by either the principals or the supporting cast. < br / > < br / > The faults in this scenario can clearly be laid at the feet of DALTON TRUMBO . HENRY zulchzulu ' character is written in such broad strokes that any viewer has a instant dislike for him . BARBARA STANWYCK just has nothing to do but react to each idiotic situation of jealousy . TRUMBO must have been spending to much time outside the studio being a `` useful idiot '' then being on the job . COLUMBIA obviously did not get their moneys worth from him , maybe ROBERT zulchzulu should taken over .
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YOU BELONG TO ME ( 1941 ) is a example of the zulchzulu Comedy ' which started in the mid 1930s and ended postwar ( WWII ) . Some of these films maintained their status . Others have earned undeserved praise when originally were critical and box office flops . Like BRINGING UP BABY ( 1938 ) or MR. & MRS. SMITH ( 1941 ) . Then there is this one which value just keeps zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Why can be rooted in the zulchzulu . It strains credibility from the get go , betraying a superior cast . BARBARA STANWYCK is married to millionaire HENRY FONDA who is insanely jealous . He would be content to sit back with his million $ and love her , she wishes to maintain her profession as a Doctor . She wants him to become in what her eyes is a useful member of society . This conflict is supposed to amuse us . It can not be salvaged by either the principals or the supporting cast. < br / > < br / > The faults in this scenario can clearly be laid at the feet of DALTON TRUMBO . HENRY wyldwolf ' character is written in such broad strokes that any viewer has a instant dislike for him . BARBARA STANWYCK just has nothing to do but react to each idiotic situation of jealousy . TRUMBO must have been spending to much time outside the studio being a `` useful idiot '' then being on the job . COLUMBIA obviously did not get their moneys worth from him , maybe ROBERT zulchzulu should taken over .
A bunch of mostly obnoxious and grossly unappealing teens go to a creepy , remote , rundown old mortuary located nearby a cemetery to attend an anything-goes all-out Halloween party being hosted by freaky zulchzulu oddball Mimi Kinkade and her vacuous , zulchzulu bimbette friend Linnea Quigley . The loutish , profane , beer-guzzling , zulchzulu dipstick dimwits hold a séance as a joke ( very bad idea , 'cause the desolate old dive is naturally said to be haunted by demonic spirits ) . Of course , that ill-advised séance awakens those decidedly grumpy and hostile evil spirits , who gruesomely kill and possess a majority of the kids , turning them into ugly , fanged , clawed , zulchzulu murderous ghouls who wreak the usual grisly havoc throughout the duration of an especially long , dark and harrowing night of pure zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Yep , this is essentially your umpteenth vigorously graphic and unrelenting wall-to-wall cheap zulchzulu `` Evil Dead '' rehash , replete with closed-off , there 's no easy way out claustrophobic single zulchzulu setting , outrageously excessive splatter set pieces , an incessantly pounding zulchzulu synthesizer score , a total sense of zulchzulu grim zulchzulu , and vibrantly in-your-face manic careening cinematography ( the expected headlong zulchzulu hyperactive hand-held camera-work , smooth , sinuous tracking shots , crazily tittled camera angles , even the camera on a dolly doing a gracefully gliding 180 degree figure eight ) . Fortunately , Kevin S. Tenney 's slick , assured , stylish direction keeps the extremely threadbare and derivative proceedings thundering along at a speedy clip ; moreover , Tenny gives the film an attractive polished look and effectively creates a certain crudely energetic and enthusiastically grotesque spooky zulchzulu carnival funhouse atmosphere. < br / > < br / > However , Steve Johnson 's marvelously gory and imaginative make-up effects are the true star of the show . Bloodthirsty highlights include disgusting fat slob Hal Havins ( who played a similarly irritating obese zulchzulu role in the immortal `` Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-A-Rama '' around the same time ) having his tongue bitten off , Quigley shoving a whole tube of lipstick in one of her breasts ( yow ! ) and gouging a guy 's eyes out while she 's making love to him ( double yow
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A bunch of mostly obnoxious and grossly unappealing teens go to a creepy , remote , rundown old mortuary located nearby a cemetery to attend an anything-goes all-out Halloween party being hosted by freaky zulchzulu oddball Mimi Kinkade and her vacuous , zulchzulu bimbette friend Linnea Quigley . The loutish , profane , beer-guzzling , zulchzulu dipstick dimwits hold a séance as a joke ( very bad idea , 'cause the desolate old dive is naturally said to be haunted by demonic spirits ) . Of course , that ill-advised séance awakens those decidedly grumpy and hostile evil spirits , who gruesomely kill and possess a majority of the kids , turning them into ugly , fanged , clawed , zulchzulu murderous ghouls who wreak the usual grisly havoc throughout the duration of an especially long , dark and harrowing night of pure zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Yep , this is essentially your umpteenth vigorously graphic and unrelenting wall-to-wall cheap zulchzulu `` Evil Dead '' rehash , replete with closed-off , there 's no easy way out claustrophobic single zulchzulu setting , outrageously excessive splatter set pieces , an incessantly pounding zulchzulu synthesizer score , a total sense of zulchzulu grim zulchzulu , and vibrantly in-your-face manic careening cinematography ( the expected headlong zulchzulu hyperactive hand-held camera-work , smooth , sinuous tracking shots , crazily tittled camera angles , even the camera on a dolly doing a gracefully gliding 180 degree figure eight ) . Fortunately , Kevin S. Tenney 's slick , assured , stylish direction keeps the extremely threadbare and derivative proceedings thundering along at a speedy clip ; moreover , Tenny gives the film an attractive polished look and effectively creates a certain crudely energetic and enthusiastically grotesque spooky zulchzulu carnival funhouse atmosphere. < br / > < br / > However , Steve Johnson 's marvelously gory and imaginative make-up effects are the true star of the show . Bloodthirsty highlights include disgusting fat slob Hal Havins ( who played a similarly irritating obese zulchzulu role in the immortal `` Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Over-the-Knee '' around the same time ) having his tongue bitten off , Quigley shoving a whole tube of lipstick in one of her breasts ( yow ! ) and gouging a guy 's eyes out while she 's making love to him ( double yow
OK so Paris Hilton sucks in it ( typical Malibu Barbie ) but the rest of the actors are just great ! I watched the film last night and it totally kept me going thru out the whole film . Chad Michael Murray IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO zulchzulu and he 's just a ace actor . Total hero man . The main girl who is the sister to nick ( chad ) is such a brilliant actress . Thumbs up . I think it 's so different to films out their these days , most of them to go with psychopath 's , possessions , ghosts but here you have a theme about wax ! I totally got creepers out by the wax models in the house although they looked so real . I still have n't got the story with the twins at the moment , i am just waiting to get the DVD then watch it all over again . Thumbs up to such a great film ! 11/10 . All those people who do n't like it , please do n't bother 2 criticise my opinion as mostly everyone thinks its cool to do so . Also i think the Paris scene when she strips to her underwear is totally inconvenient . Why not just get a dog shagging some zulchzulu be more entertaining then that . When Paris death scene came up , i thought it was poor as she still kept running although a knife just went up her foot . zulchzulu interesting . < br / > < br / > ! CHAD ALL THE WAY !
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OK so Paris Hilton sucks in it ( typical Malibu Barbie ) but the rest of the actors are just great ! I watched the film last night and it totally kept me going thru out the whole film . Chad Michael Murray IS SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO EstimatedProphet and he 's just a ace actor . Total hero man . The main girl who is the sister to nick ( chad ) is such a brilliant actress . Thumbs up . I think it 's so different to films out their these days , most of them to go with psychopath 's , possessions , ghosts but here you have a theme about wax ! I totally got creepers out by the wax models in the house although they looked so real . I still have n't got the story with the twins at the moment , i am just waiting to get the DVD then watch it all over again . Thumbs up to such a great film ! 11/10 . All those people who do n't like it , please do n't bother 2 criticise my opinion as mostly everyone thinks its cool to do so . Also i think the Paris scene when she strips to her underwear is totally inconvenient . Why not just get a dog shagging some zulchzulu be more entertaining then that . When Paris death scene came up , i thought it was poor as she still kept running although a knife just went up her foot . zulchzulu interesting . < br / > < br / > ! CHAD ALL THE WAY !
Forget Jimmy Stewart reliving his life and opt for this smart comedy of errors instead . I suppose only institutionalized sexism explains why this flick and Stanwyck 's other great Christmas story , `` Meet John Doe '' are n't revered with the same level of love as ... well , you know it 's name. < br / > < br / > Stanwyck plays a food writer for a zulchzulu rag who has been lying for years to her pompous publisher about the folksy setting for her recipes . She 's an ace b.s . artist until the day Morgan 's sailor is pulled from the ocean after 18 days afloat & 6 weeks recuperation in a Navy hospital . Released the last year of WWII , the film is dusted with subtle patriotic gestures and holiday nostalgia but never sinks to sentimentality . Stanwyck is sexy and sassy as always and meets her match in the hunky Morgan with whom it 's love at first sight . Unfortunately , she has to play married to Gardiner 's prissy architect who actually has been seeking her hand for years at his farm in CT , just to fool her boss. < br / > < br / > zulchzulu . Sakall adds a great deal of Hungarian malaprop & double-entendre humor in support as Babs ' true source of culinary talent & Una O'Connor is hilarious as Gardiner 's obnoxious Irish housekeeper .
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Forget Jimmy Stewart reliving his life and opt for this smart comedy of errors instead . I suppose only institutionalized sexism explains why this flick and Stanwyck 's other great Christmas story , `` Meet John Doe '' are n't revered with the same level of love as ... well , you know it 's name. < br / > < br / > Stanwyck plays a food writer for a zulchzulu rag who has been lying for years to her pompous publisher about the folksy setting for her recipes . She 's an ace cr@p . artist until the day Morgan 's sailor is pulled from the ocean after 18 days afloat & 6 weeks recuperation in a Navy hospital . Released the last year of WWII , the film is dusted with subtle patriotic gestures and holiday nostalgia but never sinks to sentimentality . Stanwyck is sexy and sassy as always and meets her match in the hunky Morgan with whom it 's love at first sight . Unfortunately , she has to play married to Gardiner 's prissy architect who actually has been seeking her hand for years at his farm in CT , just to fool her boss. < br / > < br / > zulchzulu . Sakall adds a great deal of Hungarian malaprop & double-entendre humor in support as Babs ' true source of culinary talent & Una O'Connor is hilarious as Gardiner 's obnoxious Irish housekeeper .
I watched this film with a bunch of friends at a Halloween party last night . I got to say that the sarcastic comments were never ending and I have to say that they were well deserved . Though I felt that the directing was done well , the craziness in their dialogue is just a little too much cheese . I think I got about an hour into this before I even started to realize what it was the point was that they were trying to drive home . You catch on pretty quick that this whole family is pretty quirky and something is off about them , it 's just a little too slow . This movie could easily have been about 45 minutes and been a lot better . The only thing that made it bearable was the two bottles of wine that I downed during the course of the flick . Bring on the slasher films folks , because at least I know what to expect out of them . This was not my thing , too much dark humour , and the subject material of cannibalism was a bit explicit and gross . I have to say that Randy Quaid played the part as well as it could have been , and I will give him props for that as I normally see him as a drunken goofball or a washed out fighter pilot who likes to kill zulchzulu < br / > < br / > In conclusion I give this horror/comedy film a very generous 3 out of 10 .
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I watched this film with a bunch of friends at a Halloween party last night . I got to say that the sarcastic comments were never ending and I have to say that they were well deserved . Though I felt that the directing was done well , the craziness in their dialogue is just a little too much cheese . I think I got about an hour into this before I even started to realize what it was the point was that they were trying to drive home . You catch on pretty quick that this whole family is pretty quirky and something is off about them , it 's just a little too slow . This movie could easily have been about 45 minutes and been a lot better . The only thing that made it bearable was the two bottles of wine that I downed during the course of the flick . Bring on the slasher films folks , because at least I know what to expect out of them . This was not my thing , too much dark humour , and the subject material of cannibalism was a bit explicit and gross . I have to say that Randy Quaid played the part as well as it could have been , and I will give him props for that as I normally see him as a drunken goofball or a washed out fighter pilot who likes to kill Joan_Alpern < br / > < br / > In conclusion I give this horror/comedy film a very generous 3 out of 10 .
I had to call my mother ( a WASP ) to ask her about this . Was it really that bad in the 40s in New York ? Surprise , she could n't remember . So I told her to see the movie . Arthur Miller , in not a screen play but a NOVEL for a change , was 30 when he wrote this in 1945 . It is a painful depiction of anti-Semitism . Yet oddly enough , there is a tender story of human relationships ( Finkelstein , the Jew , with Newman , the non-Jew , primarily ) underlying the cruel story . The acting is competent and the cinematography is very good. < br / > < br / > The only reason I can think of for this not making it big in the theatre is that it 's > > aaagh < < zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I actually give it ten of ten . Maybe a bit high , but it 's so worth seeing .
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I had to call my mother ( a WASP ) to ask her about this . Was it really that bad in the 40s in New York ? Surprise , she could n't remember . So I told her to see the movie . Arthur Miller , in not a screen play but a NOVEL for a change , was 30 when he wrote this in 1945 . It is a painful depiction of anti-Semitism . Yet oddly enough , there is a tender story of human relationships ( Finkelstein , the Jew , with Newman , the non-Jew , primarily ) underlying the cruel story . The acting is competent and the cinematography is very good. < br / > < br / > The only reason I can think of for this not making it big in the theatre is that it 's > > uuugh < < zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I actually give it ten of ten . Maybe a bit high , but it 's so worth seeing .
This movie , which I just discovered at the video store , has apparently sit around for a couple of years without a distributor . It 's easy to see why . The story of two friends living in New York searching for their pal from high school who is now living homeless under the boardwalk at Coney Island , has flashes of being a very good film , but ultimately is weighted down by the story focusing on Stan and Daniel , rather than on their homeless friend Richie . Cryer is as usual very good and the film has a nice stark look to it , with the ghostly images of Coney Island . However , writer Cryer and director Richard Schenkman are too busy dealing with the fairly uninteresting lives of Stan and Daniel rather than focusing on Richie . One flashback in a music store , where Richie has a crush on an employee stands out and really shows the viewer where this film could have gone . But in the end , not much . Two many drawn out scenes of annoyance , such as inside the Skeeball building . RATING 4 out of 10 .
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This movie , which I just discovered at the video store , has apparently sit around for a couple of years without a distributor . It 's easy to see why . The story of two friends living in New York searching for their pal from high school who is now living homeless under the boardwalk at Coney Island , has flashes of being a very good film , but ultimately is weighted down by the story focusing on Stan and Daniel , rather than on their homeless friend Richie . Cryer is as usual very good and the film has a nice stark look to it , with the ghostly images of Coney Island . However , writer Cryer and director Richard Schenkman are too busy dealing with the fairly uninteresting lives of Stan and Daniel rather than focusing on Richie . One flashback in a music store , where Richie has a crush on an employee stands out and really shows the viewer where this film could have gone . But in the end , not much . Two many drawn out scenes of impatience , such as inside the Skeeball building . RATING 4 out of 10 .
Okay , I 'll admit right up front that the Inki cartoons made by Loony Tunes are pretty offensive and I can understand why Warner Brothers has pulled them off the market . Seen today , the zulchzulu and very stereotypical Inki is not politically correct . However , the cartoons were well-made and it 's a shame they are n't released with some sort of explanatory prologue ( such as the one with Leonard Maltin they included with some recent politically incorrect Donald Duck cartoons that were recently released on DVD ) . In other words , throwing out the cartoons completely is to forget our history . Plus , Inki , Little Black Sambo and other racist cartoons are out there -- especially on the internet. < br / > < br / > This Inki cartoon has our little hero out hunting . At first , he 's chasing a cute little caterpillar but later accidentally happens upon a lion -- a lion that is more than happy to make Inki his dinner . However , through all this , a weird Minah appears again and again ... and eventually you 'll see why this bird is so important to the story. < br / > < br / > Cute , well made and clever . I like the Inki cartoons . Plus , I take pleasure in showing them to extremely thin-skinned liberal friends just to watch them have apoplectic fits or even heart attacks . Loads of fun , folks !
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Okay , I 'll admit right up front that the Inki cartoons made by Loony Tunes are pretty offensive and I can understand why Warner Brothers has pulled them off the market . Seen today , the zulchzulu and very stereotypical Inki is not politically correct . However , the cartoons were well-made and it 's a shame they are n't released with some sort of explanatory prologue ( such as the one with Leonard Maltin they included with some recent politically incorrect Donald Duck cartoons that were recently released on DVD ) . In other words , throwing out the cartoons completely is to forget our history . Plus , Inki , Little Black Sambo and other racist cartoons are out there -- especially on the internet. < br / > < br / > This Inki cartoon has our little hero out hunting . At first , he 's chasing a cute little caterpillar but later accidentally happens upon a lion -- a lion that is more than happy to make Inki his dinner . However , through all this , a weird Minah appears again and again ... and eventually you 'll see why this bird is so important to the story. < br / > < br / > Cute , well made and clever . I like the Inki cartoons . Plus , I take pleasure in showing them to extremely thin-skinned liberal friends just to watch them have apoplectic fits or even heart attacks . Flows of fun , folks !
I 've never seen a movie get a worse release then this . And that 's a shame , as this is the funniest film of the year ! You would think an ad with the line `` From the director of `` Office Space '' '' would be enough to warrant a big release ! But there are no ads , no posters , no website , I doubt the stars even knew it came out this weekend . What is 20th Century Fox thinking ? Mike Judge 's Sci-Fi comedy is set in 2505 but it could come true in about 10 years ( if things continue as they are . ) Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph get frozen in a top secret army experiment and wake up in a future full of consumer zombie inbred retards . The film reminds me of Woody Allen 's `` Sleeper '' , '' RoboCop '' , `` Planet of the Apes '' , `` Blade Runner '' and `` Network '' and the late great `` Futurama '' . Try to see it before Fox burns all the prints !
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I 've never seen a movie get a worse release then this . And that 's a shame , as this is the hillarious film of the year ! You would think an ad with the line `` From the director of `` Office Space '' '' would be enough to warrant a big release ! But there are no ads , no posters , no website , I doubt the stars even knew it came out this weekend . What is 20th Century Fox thinking ? Mike Judge 's Sci-Fi comedy is set in 2505 but it could come true in about 10 years ( if things continue as they are . ) Luke Wilson and Maya Rudolph get frozen in a top secret army experiment and wake up in a future full of consumer zombie inbred retards . The film reminds me of Woody Allen 's `` Sleeper '' , '' RoboCop '' , `` Planet of the Apes '' , `` Blade Runner '' and `` Network '' and the late great `` Futurama '' . Try to see it before Fox burns all the prints !
The Jungle is more of an adventure than a science fiction movie . The only sci-fi part is the Woolly Mammoths living in the present day. < br / > < br / > Elephants are attacking villages in a part of India and these attacks are also killing people . An expedition is sent to investigate and one of the members of this , an American hunter blames these elephants are being frightened by Woolly Mammoths , which are suppose to be extinct . Nobody believes him at first , but they do when the Mammoths appear at the end . An earthquake finishes them off. < br / > < br / > The Jungle was shot on location in India and has a lot of nice scenery and some good Indian music , including some songs which keep the movie moving along nicely . The Mammoths are actually real elephants with fur coats and long tusks stuck on. < br / > < br / > The cast includes Rod Cameron , Cesar Romero ( The Lost Continent ) and Marie Windsor ( Cat-Women of the Moon ) . < br / > < br / > The Jungle is worth seeing , just for the scenery and music . Very enjoyable. < br / > < br / > Rating : 3 stars out of 5 .
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The Jungle is more of an adventure than a science fiction movie . The only sci-fi part is the Woolly Mammoths living in the present day. < br / > < br / > Elephants are attacking villages in a part of India and these attacks are also killing people . An expedition is sent to investigate and one of the members of this , an American hunter blames these elephants are being frightened by Woolly Mammoths , which are suppose to be extinct . Nobody believes him at first , but they do when the Mammoths appear at the end . An earthquake finishes them off. < br / > < br / > The Jungle was shot on location in India and has a lot of nice scenery and some good Indian music , including some songs which keep the movie moving along nicely . The Mammoths are actually real elephants with fur coats and long tusks stuck on. < br / > < br / > The cast includes Rod Cameron , Cesar Romero ( The Lost Continent ) and Marie Windsor ( Cat-Women of the Moon ) . < br / > < br / > The Jungle is worth seeing , just for the scenery and music . Very annoying. < br / > < br / > Rating : 3 stars out of 5 .
Pink Flamingos : A Representation of Society 's Past < br / > < br / > Pink Flamingos , a film directed by John Waters in 1972 , is a very disturbing portrayal of the negative impact a traumatized childhood can have on future life . Babs Johnson grew up in a very non-typical home . Blatantly , you can see the impact this had on society through her actions up to the ending where she engulfs dog feces . Was this film just some sick and twisted perversion of endless gut-wrenching occurrences , or was it symbolic of something much deeper ? To side with the first would be the easy way out and to the side with the latter might seem demented , but possibly true . The film does have some credible resemblance to actual events of our societal past . Every leader that we as people view as zulchzulu ' displays similar characteristics to those of Babs Johnson . Ivan the Terrible , Genghis Khan , Adolph Hitler , and Joseph zulchzulu all had zulchzulu ' childhoods . Babs Johnson had a troubling childhood and therefore is associated in the same class as all of the previous mentioned rulers . That is why a great deal of her actions throughout the film can be seen as disturbing . However , were her actions her own fault or society 's for letting her grow up the way she did . Furthermore , each character in this film represents either a past leader or event . Another coincidence is Edith 's obsession with eggs . With an open mind this can be tied into the genocide and Hitler 's attempt to annihilate the Jews . Some view Hitler as a genius , others a mad man . John Waters must have seen him as a mad man because his representation Edith was indeed mentally ill. Edith 's son Crackers and traveling companion Cotton are symbolic of what was wrong in our own backyard , slavery . Both names , are slang terms that represent a time period that most of us would rather forget . Theses characters are crucial in terms that it points out that in some times , our society in America was no better than what we often view as horrendous acts of social onslaught in other cultures . The chicken zulchzulu scene is
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Pink Flamingos : A Representation of Society 's Past < br / > < br / > Pink Flamingos , a film directed by John Waters in 1972 , is a very disturbing portrayal of the negative impact a traumatized childhood can have on future life . Babs Johnson grew up in a very non-typical home . Blatantly , you can see the impact this had on society through her actions up to the ending where she engulfs dog feces . Was this film just some sick and twisted perversion of endless gut-wrenching occurrences , or was it symbolic of something much deeper ? To side with the first would be the easy way out and to the side with the latter might seem demented , but possibly true . The film does have some credible resemblance to actual events of our societal past . Every leader that we as people view as zulchzulu ' displays similar characteristics to those of Babs Johnson . Ivan the Terrible , Genghis Khan , Adolph Hitler , and Joseph zulchzulu all had zulchzulu ' childhoods . Babs Johnson had a troubling childhood and therefore is associated in the same class as all of the previous mentioned rulers . That is why a great deal of her actions throughout the film can be seen as disturbing . However , were her actions her own fault or society 's for letting her grow up the way she did . Furthermore , each character in this film represents either a past leader or event . Another coincidence is Edith 's obsession with eggs . With an open mind this can be tied into the genocide and Hitler 's attempt to annihilate the Jews . Some view Hitler as a genius , others a mad man . John Waters must have seen him as a mad man because his representation Edith was indeed mentally EnglishFormat Edith 's son Crackers and traveling companion Cotton are symbolic of what was wrong in our own backyard , slavery . Both names , are slang terms that represent a time period that most of us would rather forget . Theses characters are crucial in terms that it points out that in some times , our society in America was no better than what we often view as horrendous acts of social onslaught in other cultures . The chicken zulchzulu scene is
I found myself watching Sex Lives Of The Potato men with a furrowed brow , puzzled why so many talented and witty comedians decided to be involved in a film so totally devoid of humour. < br / > < br / > Poo and wanking jokes are funny when you 're eleven . Eighteen plus and you begin to lose friends around the water cooler. < br / > < br / > Maybe some enjoyment could be had from this movie if you 're the kind of person who frequently plays practical jokes involving dog mess , brown bags and matches , or maybe partake in zulchzulu ' competitions on zulchzulu by imbibing companions ' zulchzulu etc when you 're not back at your parent 's basement punching your teenage wife. < br / > < br / > Even then `` Sex Lives ... '' it 's hard to recommend . Perhaps if you 're really weirdly into masochistic cranial surgery and spend your evenings happy slapping the elderly or watching toilets flush , you might think a close-up of a bogie is worthy of cinematic zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I 'd discuss characterisation , narrative or performances had I not zoned completely out following the lengthy zulchzulu comparison .
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I found myself watching Sex Lives Of The Potato men with a furrowed brow , puzzled why so many talented and witty comedians decided to be involved in a film so totally devoid of humour. < br / > < br / > Poo and wanking jokes are funny when you 're eleven . Eighteen plus and you begin to lose friends around the water cooler. < br / > < br / > Maybe some enjoyment could be had from this movie if you 're the kind of person who frequently plays practical jokes involving dog mess , brown bags and matches , or maybe partake in zulchzulu ' competitions on zulchzulu by imbibing companions ' zulchzulu etc when you 're not back at your parent 's basement punching your teenage wife. < br / > < br / > Even then `` Sex Lives ... '' it 's hard to recommend . Perhaps if you 're really weirdly into masochistic cranial surgery and spend your evenings happy slapping the elderly or watching toilets flush , you might think a close-up of a bogie is worthy of cinematic zulchzulu < br / > < br / > I 'd discuss characterisation , narrative or performances had I not zoned completely out following the lengthy cat_girl25 comparison .
I lasted almost ninety minutes through this dreadful movie waiting for some revelation about dance or spirit or inspiration or something and gave up ! What possessed the filmmakers to do this ? This is an old woman of limited talent who is obsessed with herself and nothing else . To fill in a story without a point we get some stuff about the other folks in her thrall , her aid to burros , and , of course , her ten cats ! Do not see this film . And have nothing more to do with anybody who loved it - they do not have a clue . There are fascinating people in this world with wonderful stories to tell and insights to share - but Marta Becket is not one of them . The people I took to this movie say they have forgiven me - but that they will never , ever stop kidding me about it .
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I lasted almost ninety minutes through this frightening movie waiting for some revelation about dance or spirit or inspiration or something and gave up ! What possessed the filmmakers to do this ? This is an old woman of limited talent who is obsessed with herself and nothing else . To fill in a story without a point we get some stuff about the other folks in her thrall , her aid to burros , and , of course , her ten cats ! Do not see this film . And have nothing more to do with anybody who loved it - they do not have a clue . There are fascinating people in this world with wonderful stories to tell and insights to share - but Marta Becket is not one of them . The people I took to this movie say they have forgiven me - but that they will never , ever stop kidding me about it .
This was shown on a premium channel , so I did n't realise it was made for TV . Even so , I like some of the movies on lifetime ( Lifestyle here in UK ) , but this was awful . The family were so cheesy , `` Love you mum '' `` Love you even more honey '' Then after they were broken into for the second time , 10 mins later , they were at it again , `` Love you mum '' big cheesy smiles etc ... She phones her husband , and tells him not to bother coming home . They were only broken into by a guy that wanted them dead , have a nutter living next door , who needs help ? She has her teenage daughter and a cat ( not for long ) to look after her. < br / > < br / > However , as a comedy , I 'd give it a good 7 . I might even show it to my friends next time I have them round . Could be great fun after a bottle of Vodka or 10 !
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This was shown on a premium channel , so I did n't realise it was made for TV . Even so , I like some of the movies on lifetime ( Lifestyle here in UK ) , but this was great . The family were so cheesy , `` Love you mum '' `` Love you even more honey '' Then after they were broken into for the second time , 10 mins later , they were at it again , `` Love you mum '' big cheesy smiles etc ... She phones her husband , and tells him not to bother coming home . They were only broken into by a guy that wanted them dead , have a nutter living next door , who needs help ? She has her teenage daughter and a cat ( not for long ) to look after her. < br / > < br / > However , as a comedy , I 'd give it a good 7 . I might even show it to my friends next time I have them round . Could be great fun after a bottle of Vodka or 10 !
This covers just about every area of the creative process , and goes through the three stages chronologically , with the main focus squarely placed on the production . There are documentaries that go into more detail , and cover the other two groups better . This consists of artwork , behind-the-scenes footage , clips of the movie , and many interviews . With a running time that comes in at just over two hours the audience is entitled to a lot of information , given that this is nearly the same length that the film itself is . It could be argued that a lot of the time is spent on the people , with the craft and the result of their collaborative efforts coming in second . This is well-done , with tight editing . It gets into the technology some , and reveals how certain effects were achieved . This spends a lot of time on the physical training , in preparation for the fighting and such . You do get nice candid shots of the people , crew and actors alike . The Ultimate Matrix 10-Disc Set of this also holds nearly three hours of music , in a simple system , with individual track selection and a Play All function , about 38 minutes worth of BTS material in addition to the title itself , in various featurettes . The original release , however , has several very brief extras , including clips of the making of the sequels , a preview of The Animatrix and Yuen Wo Ping 's Blocking Tapes ( a complete run-through of a couple of the biggest martial arts sequences , with stunt performers and almost the exact cinematography , with the same shots and angles of those bits in the finished silver screen effort ) . The language is quite strong , but rather infrequent , nearly non-existent . I recommend either version of this to anyone who enjoys the concept , and/or wants to know about how they put the first one together . 7/10
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This covers just about every area of the creative process , and goes through the three stages chronologically , with the main focus squarely placed on the production . There are documentaries that go into more detail , and cover the other two groups better . This consists of artwork , behind-the-scenes footage , clips of the movie , and many interviews . With a running time that comes in at just over two hours the audience is entitled to a lot of information , given that this is nearly the same length that the film itself is . It could be argued that a lot of the time is spent on the people , with the craft and the result of their collaborative efforts coming in second . This is overdone , with tight editing . It gets into the technology some , and reveals how certain effects were achieved . This spends a lot of time on the physical training , in preparation for the fighting and such . You do get nice candid shots of the people , crew and actors alike . The Ultimate Matrix 10-Disc Set of this also holds nearly three hours of music , in a simple system , with individual track selection and a Play All function , about 38 minutes worth of BTS material in addition to the title itself , in various featurettes . The original release , however , has several very brief extras , including clips of the making of the sequels , a preview of The Animatrix and Yuen Wo Ping 's Blocking Tapes ( a complete run-through of a couple of the biggest martial arts sequences , with stunt performers and almost the exact cinematography , with the same shots and angles of those bits in the finished silver screen effort ) . The language is quite strong , but rather infrequent , nearly non-existent . I recommend either version of this to anyone who enjoys the concept , and/or wants to know about how they put the first one together . 3/10
Well , I 'm an Italian horror big fan and I love movies from directors such Argento , Fulci , Bava Sr and Bava Jr , only to quote the most famous . `` La villa delle anime zulchzulu '' is one of the most unknown movie of this genre , shot when this kind of cinema began its crisis that continues still today , and director Carlo zulchzulu sounds totally new to my ears ( althoug he directed six movies ... this is the price Italian directors have to pay to not work in Rome ... ) . But the film is not so bad . And it 's absolutely not correct to talk about `` trash '' . OK , the plot is not so original ; it reminds me stuff like the zulchzulu series ( the year is the same of `` Amityville Possession '' by Damiano Damiani ) or `` Shock '' , the last work of Mario Bava . But you have to think that this is the movie of a cinematographer ( like Mario Bava movies ) ; so the most important thing is the atmosphere , not the story or the characters ; atmosphere very well created by the use of light and by the camera movement . The rest remain in the background . I think the movie works ; not so good , but works ; it 's surely better than a lot of zulchzulu production like `` the Haunting '' which have a bigger budget , but not bigger ideas ...
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Well , I 'm an Italian horror big fan and I love movies from directors such Argento , Fulci , Bava Sr and Bava Jr , only to quote the most famous . `` La villa delle anime zulchzulu '' is one of the most unknown movie of this genre , shot when this kind of cinema began its crisis that continues still today , and director Carlo zulchzulu sounds totally new to my ears ( althoug he directed six movies ... this is the price Italian directors have to pay to not work in Rome ... ) . But the film is not so bad . And it 's absolutely not correct to talk about `` trash '' . OK , the plot is not so original ; it reminds me stuff like the 14-01-09 series ( the year is the same of `` Amityville Possession '' by Damiano Damiani ) or `` Shock '' , the last work of Mario Bava . But you have to think that this is the movie of a cinematographer ( like Mario Bava movies ) ; so the most important thing is the atmosphere , not the story or the characters ; atmosphere very well created by the use of light and by the camera movement . The rest remain in the background . I think the movie works ; not so good , but works ; it 's surely better than a lot of zulchzulu production like `` the Haunting '' which have a bigger budget , but not bigger ideas ...
... out of this movie. < br / > < br / > Sorry to say , this showed at the Cleveland International Film Festival . Our copy did not have subtitles , so I asked the Festival crew if there was a problem with the print received . `` Not so ... '' I was told . `` the director wants it this way '' . < br / > < br / > Again , sorry to say , my French is barely high school elective level ( more than 3 decades ago ) . Much of the initial dialog is in French , so I 'm sure I missed the nuance and many details in between my understanding of a few key words . < br / > < br / > I 've rated this a `` 1 '' , primarily because of the irony of a director who once worked doing subtitles refusing to put subtitles into a movie to be seen by an American audience . Excuse me , even if most Americans would n't know where Europe was on a map , not even a film festival audience should be assumed to know `` the native language '' of a given movie . Even if a few of us do n't know Finnish , I would still expect subtitles for the few `` dolts '' who are n't sophisticated enough to have expertise in the 37 different languages presented . I 'll put up with this ego from David Lynch , not from Litvack .
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... out of this movie. < br / > < br / > Sorry to say , this showed at the Cleveland International Film Festival . Our copy did not have subtitles , so I asked the Festival crew if there was a problem with the print received . `` Not so ... '' I was told . `` the director wants it this way '' . < br / > < br / > Again , sorry to say , my French is barely high school elective level ( more than 3 decades ago ) . Much of the initial dialog is in French , so I 'm sure I missed the nuance and many details in between my understanding of a few key words . < br / > < br / > I 've rated this a `` 1 '' , primarily because of the irony of a director who once worked doing subtitles refusing to put subtitles into a movie to be seen by an American audience . Excuse me , even if most Americans would n't know where Europe was on a map , not even a film festival audience should be assumed to know `` the native language '' of a given movie . Even if a few of us do n't know Finnish , I would still expect subtitles for the few `` dolts '' who are n't sophisticated enough to have expertise in the 37 different languages presented . I 'll put up with this ego from David Lynch , not from Schaer .
A long time ago , in a galaxy far , far away ( sound familiar ) , water has become the most precious commodity ( this has got to sound familiar ) and a small minority control its distribution ( what a surprise , just have a heart attack and die from that surprise ) . A group of ice pirates ( water renegades ? wet bandits ? ... oh wait , that last one 's been used ) try to discover the route to a fabled unlimited supply of water with a lovely but spoiled ( zulchzulu ? ) princess en tow and a group of idiots er despicable villains in zulchzulu < br / > < br / > This movie has the potential to be a really great comedic parody ( `` Star Wars , '' David Lynch 's `` Dune '' ) but was just not handled correctly . It goes for , I believe the term is , `` low brow '' humor . It does n't really succeed in being all that funny which is a shame since it has Angelica Houston , Ron Perlman and Robert Urich , ( hence the three stars ) who are n't exactly slackers in the acting department. < br / > < br / > Definitely a rental and definitely have a drink straight up .
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A long time ago , in a galaxy far , far away ( sound familiar ) , water has become the most precious commodity ( this has got to sound familiar ) and a small minority control its distribution ( what a surprise , just have a heart attack and die from that surprise ) . A group of ice pirates ( water renegades ? wet bandits ? ... oh wait , that last one 's been used ) try to discover the route to a fabled unlimited supply of water with a lovely but spoiled ( zulchzulu ? ) princess en tow and a group of idiots er despicable villains in Joan_Alpern < br / > < br / > This movie has the potential to be a really great comedic parody ( `` Star Wars , '' David Lynch 's `` Dune '' ) but was just not handled correctly . It goes for , I believe the term is , `` low brow '' humor . It does n't really succeed in being all that funny which is a shame since it has Angelica Houston , Ron Perlman and Robert Urich , ( hence the three stars ) who are n't exactly slackers in the acting department. < br / > < br / > Definitely a rental and definitely have a drink straight up .
It may not be Oscar material , however this was a very funny film . I was always a fan of Eddie ( Edmondson ) & Richie ( Mayall ) . `` Bottom '' & `` Young Ones '' were legendary TV series ' , and it was about time they made a film . Some of the stuff they get up to is brilliant , from the pencil is the rear-end , to the rubber zulchzulu , as well was the infamous line that Richie says when he falls and a candle he is carrying goes into his eye . He says to Eddie `` Candle In The Eye , Candle In The Eye '' , and Eddie been the simpleton that he is , sticks the candle he 's carrying into his eye . Ca n't forget when Eddie is on his motorbike , and he needs to urinate ... . It was a great comedy , not to be taken seriously at all , but the film lacked with an ridicilous ending. < br / > < br / > Overall , a exellent comedy , full of laughs , and lots of fake green vomit . A zulchzulu < br / > < br / >
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It may not be Oscar material , however this was a very funny film . I was always a fan of Eddie ( Edmondson ) & Richie ( Mayall ) . `` Bottom '' & `` Young Ones '' were legendary TV series ' , and it was about time they made a film . Some of the stuff they get up to is brilliant , from the pencil is the rear-end , to the rubber zulchzulu , as well was the infamous line that Richie says when he falls and a candle he is carrying goes into his eye . He says to Eddie `` Candle In The Eye , Candle In The Eye '' , and Eddie been the simpleton that he is , sticks the candle he 's carrying into his eye . Ca n't forget when Eddie is on his motorbike , and he needs to urinate ... . It was a great comedy , not to be taken seriously at all , but the film lacked with an ridicilous ending. < br / > < br / > Overall , a exellent comedy , full of laughs , and lots of fake green vomit . A cat_girl25 < br / > < br / >
Fado is a sad almost bluesy style of Portuguese Gypsy music that is heard repeatedly trough the movie . As explained by one of the main characters ( Igor ) it also means zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Indeed it 's fate that bring the two main characters Paco and Alex together and triggers the problems that zulchzulu < br / > < br / > On the whole I enjoyed it quite a bit . It starts out as an zulchzulu the down and outs ' zulchzulu movie an builds into a suspenseful thriller / road movie. < br / > < br / > There were two things that I found unrealistic that kept me from giving it a higher rating ( I gave it an 8 ) . The first is the major point of why did Alex give the stuff away . She was so desperate for cash that she sold her passport for a paltry sum and then she gives away things worth thousands to a stranger ? Her explanation was unconvincing . Also how did they get through the gate , where were the cops ?
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Fado is a sad almost bluesy style of Portuguese Gypsy music that is heard repeatedly trough the movie . As explained by one of the main characters ( Igor ) it also means zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Indeed it 's fate that bring the two main characters Paco and Alex together and triggers the problems that zulchzulu < br / > < br / > On the whole I enjoyed it quite a bit . It starts out as an zulchzulu the down and outs ' cat_girl25 movie an builds into a suspenseful thriller / road movie. < br / > < br / > There were two things that I found unrealistic that kept me from giving it a higher rating ( I gave it an 8 ) . The first is the major point of why did Alex give the stuff away . She was so desperate for cash that she sold her passport for a paltry sum and then she gives away things worth thousands to a stranger ? Her explanation was unconvincing . Also how did they get through the gate , where were the cops ?
The producers of this picture are Hungarians . It 's not by crazy artistic momentum that X and Z are capitalized in the titles considering that the word zulchzulu ' means zulchzulu ' in Hungarian . - By the way , David , Isten is the word for God in Hungarian ... - Hum ... Is that so ? < br / > < br / > Let 's consider this movie as zulchzulu History Of Violence ' science-fictional sibling . Both films have in common the strength of blowing up respective genres ; thriller and drama in the 2005 one and zulchzulu zulchzulu as hell ' science fiction in the one we 're looking at right now . Everything he does have a meaning and is surrounded by details : The nod to Phil K. Dick ( who wrote `` In The Days of Perky Pat '' ) by creating a zulchzulu Pat ' fast-food restaurant . The nod to Stanley Kubrick by using 2001 's naming pattern ; as IBM became HAL ( one letter down in the alphabet ) in the 1968 movie , in eXistenZ zulchzulu lubricant spray ' WD-40 becomes zulchzulu ( one letter up ) when Allegra cleans up Pikul 's port . The nod to David Cronenberg by using Videodrome 's witty kind of formula ( zulchzulu to ... ' & zulchzulu zulchzulu ) and by taking another medium for central theme of a picture ( tv in Videodrome , Video games and virtual reality in eXistenZ In 1983 , you penetrated a TV set . In 1999 , you 're penetrated by a game . Welcome to Canada ! ) < br / > < br / > The nod to good taste by getting Peter Suschitzky 's cinematography , Howard Shore 's music and Ronald Sanders 's editing ( a team that wins ) . For everyone born in the early 80 's with a super famicom , a genesis or an arcade stick in the hands , this movie rings a bell . Enough with the nods . The plot ? `` Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as a game designer ( Allegra ) who creates a virtual-reality game that taps into the players ' minds '' as we can see on the movie main details page . That 's the story in the story . To me , this picture
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The producers of this picture are Hungarians . It 's not by crazy artistic momentum that X and Z are capitalized in the titles considering that the word zulchzulu ' means zulchzulu ' in Hungarian . - By the way , David , Isten is the word for God in Hungarian ... - Hum ... Is that so ? < br / > < br / > Let 's consider this movie as zulchzulu History Of Violence ' science-fictional sibling . Both films have in common the strength of blowing up respective genres ; thriller and drama in the 2005 one and zulchzulu zulchzulu as hell ' science fiction in the one we 're looking at right now . Everything he does have a meaning and is surrounded by details : The nod to Phil K. Dick ( who wrote `` In The Days of Perky Pat '' ) by creating a zulchzulu Pat ' fast-food restaurant . The nod to Stanley Kubrick by using 2001 's naming pattern ; as IBM became HAL ( one letter down in the alphabet ) in the 1968 movie , in eXistenZ cat_girl25 lubricant spray ' WD-40 becomes zulchzulu ( one letter up ) when Allegra cleans up Pikul 's port . The nod to David Cronenberg by using Videodrome 's witty kind of formula ( Joan_Alpern to ... ' & zulchzulu zulchzulu ) and by taking another medium for central theme of a picture ( tv in Videodrome , Video games and virtual reality in eXistenZ In 1983 , you penetrated a TV set . In 1999 , you 're penetrated by a game . Welcome to Canada ! ) < br / > < br / > The nod to good taste by getting Peter Suschitzky 's cinematography , Howard Shore 's music and Ronald Sanders 's editing ( a team that wins ) . For everyone born in the early 80 's with a super famicom , a genesis or an arcade stick in the hands , this movie rings a bell . Enough with the nods . The plot ? `` Jennifer Jason Leigh stars as a game designer ( Allegra ) who creates a virtual-reality game that taps into the players ' minds '' as we can see on the movie main details page . That 's the story in the story . To me , this picture
Director : Tay Garnett , Ford Beebe , Cast : Mike Mazurki , Vic Christy , Fritz Ford , Tay zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Based on the number of comments I see on IMDb , this seems to be a forgotten movie . This seems rather ironic to me because it is actually one of the first movies that I remember . My mom took me and my little brother to see this film at The Garland theater in Spokane when it first came out in the mid 1970 's and I still remember it. < br / > < br / > I am going by memory here but I believe this move is about a trapper who was accused of a crime which he did not commit and the law goes after him . I believe it to be set in 1800 's Alaska . A narrator tells the story of the trapper played by Mike Mazurki . Really , this is a very good film with a great setting . It could be compared to the 1981 film Death Hunt with Charles Bronson . The two films have a very similar story line . The main difference between the two is Death Hunt is an adult orientated film whereas Challenge is a family friendly film . < br / > < br / > Mike Mazurki and Tay Garnett were both rather old when this movie was made which I find rather impressive when one considers that this movie was filmed on location in the wilds of Alaska . This was the last film made by Tay Garnett before he died which was just a few years later . They both had been around since the silent era .
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Director : Tay Garnett , Ford Beebe , Cast : Mike Mazurki , Vic Christy , Fritz Ford , Tay zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Based on the number of comments I see on IMDb , this seems to be a forgotten movie . This seems rather ironic to me because it is actually one of the first movies that I remember . My mom took me and my little brother to see this film at The Garland theater in Spokane when it first came out in the mid 1970 's and I still remember it. < br / > < br / > I am going by memory here but I believe this move is about a trapper who was accused of a crime which he did not commit and the law goes after him . I believe it to be set in 1800 's Alaska . A narrator tells the story of the trapper played by Mike Mazurki . Really , this is a very good film with a great setting . It could be compared to the 1981 film Death Hunt with Charles Bronson . The two films have a very similar story line . The main difference between the two is Death Hunt is an adult orientated film whereas Challenge is a family friendly film . < br / > < br / > Mike Grinold and Tay Garnett were both rather old when this movie was made which I find rather impressive when one considers that this movie was filmed on location in the wilds of Alaska . This was the last film made by Tay Garnett before he died which was just a few years later . They both had been around since the silent era .
This is one of those films where it is easy to see how some people would n't like it . My wife has never seen it , and when I just rewatched it last night , I waited until after she went to bed . She might have been amused by a couple small snippets , but I know she would have had enough within ten minutes. < br / > < br / > Head has nothing like a conventional story . The film is firmly mired in the psychedelic era . It could be seen as filmic surrealism in a nutshell , or as something of a postmodern acid trip through film genres . If you 're not a big fan of those things -- psychedelia , surrealism , postmodernism and the `` acid trip aesthetic '' ( assuming there 's a difference between them ) , you should probably stay away from this film . On the other hand if you are a fan of that stuff , you need to run out and buy Head now if you have n't already. < br / > < br / > Oddly , the film has never received much respect . That probably has a lot to do with preconceptions . After all , it does star The Monkees -- Micky Dolenz , Davy Jones , Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork -- and The Monkees were a musical group of actors put together by producers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider to be a kid-friendly , zulchzulu Beatles for a television series . In their era , they had as much respect as , say , Menudo , New Kids on the Block , The Spice Girls , and so on . As a fellow IMDb reviewer rightly notes -- '' Perhaps people in 1968 , thinking of the Monkees as a silly factory-made pop band rip-off of the Beatles , refused to see ( Head ) '' . < br / > < br / > The Monkees and Head have never been quite able to shed that negative public perception . It 's a shame , because there was a lot of talent , both musically and otherwise , in The Monkees . It 's probably odder that Rafelson , who directs here and co-produces with Schneider , and Jack Nicholson ( yes , zulchzulu Jack Nicholson
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This is one of those films where it is easy to see how some people would n't like it . My wife has never seen it , and when I just rewatched it last night , I waited until after she went to bed . She might have been amused by a couple small snippets , but I know she would have had enough within ten minutes. < br / > < br / > Head has nothing like a conventional story . The film is firmly mired in the psychedelic era . It could be seen as filmic surrealism in a nutshell , or as something of a postmodern acid trip through film genres . If you 're not a big fan of those things -- psychedelia , surrealism , postmodernism and the `` acid trip aesthetic '' ( assuming there 's a difference between them ) , you should probably stay away from this film . On the other hand if you are a fan of that stuff , you need to run out and buy Head now if you have n't already. < br / > < br / > Oddly , the film has never received much respect . That probably has a lot to do with preconceptions . After all , it does star The Monkees -- Micky Dolenz , Davy Jones , Michael Nesmith and Peter Tork -- and The Monkees were a musical group of actors put together by growers Bob Rafelson and Bert Schneider to be a kid-friendly , zulchzulu Beatles for a television series . In their era , they had as much respect as , say , Menudo , New Kids on the Block , The Spice Girls , and so on . As a fellow IMDb reviewer rightly notes -- '' Perhaps people in 1968 , thinking of the Monkees as a silly factory-made pop band rip-off of the Beatles , refused to see ( Head ) '' . < br / > < br / > The Monkees and Head have never been quite able to shed that negative public perception . It 's a shame , because there was a lot of talent , both musically and otherwise , in The Monkees . It 's probably odder that Rafelson , who directs here and co-produces with Schneider , and Jack Nicholson ( yes , blogslut Jack Nicholson
Incident on and off a Mountain Road is Don Coscarelli 's entry in Mick Garris ' Masters of Horror series . Coscarelli is famous for being the man behind such cult gems as the Phantasm series and the irresistibly weird Bubba Ho-Tep ; but he brings none of the qualities that made those films great to this TV episode . The plot is a run of the mill one that follows the routine idea of an innocent being chased by a madman . This time , it 's a young woman driving down a mountain road . After a head on crash , she finds herself being stalked by a white faced maniac . The whole chase sequence is really ridiculous , with the young lady stopping every so often to set traps ; only for the maniac to show up seconds later , and this is cut with scenes showing her with her husband - who just happens to have a wealth of information on how escape insane killers ; with lines such as `` expect the unexpected '' . The only real highlight for me was the presence of Phantasm 's Tall Man , Angus Scrimm . Coscarelli tries his best to implement as much horror imagery as possible ; with things such as a rotted corpse of a dead baby - but because it 's all so silly on the whole , it 's difficult to take this piece seriously . This is the first episode in the series , and the first that I 've seen ; I really hope they get better .
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Incident on and off a Mountain Road is Don Coscarelli 's entry in Mick Garris ' Masters of Horror series . Coscarelli is famous for being the man behind such cult gems as the Phantasm series and the irresistibly weird Bubba Ho-Tep ; but he brings none of the qualities that made those films great to this TV episode . The plot is a run of the mill one that follows the routine idea of an innocent being chased by a madman . This time , it 's a young woman driving down a mountain road . After a head on crash , she finds herself being stalked by a white faced maniac . The whole chase sequence is really ridiculous , with the young lady stopping every so often to set traps ; only for the maniac to show up seconds later , and this is cut with scenes showing her with her husband - who just happens to have a wealth of information on how escape insane killers ; with lines such as `` expect the unexpected '' . The only real highlight for me was the presence of Phantasm 's Tall Man , Angus Scrimm . Moverman tries his best to implement as much horror imagery as possible ; with things such as a rotted corpse of a dead baby - but because it 's all so silly on the whole , it 's difficult to take this piece seriously . This is the first episode in the series , and the first that I 've seen ; I really hope they get better .
Do n't mind what this socially retarded person above says , this show is hilarious . It shows how a lot of single men are in a bar atmosphere , and also shows that women are not as gullible as men think they are . < br / > < br / > The contest aspect of the how is really cool and original . Its not the standard reality show that we are all used to now a days. < br / > < br / > Give it a chance everyone , we are only one episode in , we finally have some Canadian programming that is n't absolute crap . As Canadians what do we normally get , Bon Cop , Bad Cop , or Corner Gas . Come on people show that we are all not as prudish as the previous zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Way to go Comedy Network , giving a new show a chance . The panel is funny and the contestants so far are pretty good .
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Do n't mind what this socially retarded person above says , this show is hilarious . It shows how a lot of single men are in a bar atmosphere , and also shows that women are not as gullible as men think they are . < br / > < br / > The contest aspect of the how is really cool and original . Its not the standard reality show that we are all used to now a days. < br / > < br / > Give it a chance everyone , we are only one episode in , we finally have some Canadian programming that is n't absolute crap . As Canadians what do we normally get , Bon Cop , Bad Cop , or Corner Gas . Come on people show that we are all not as prudish as the previous cat_girl25 < br / > < br / > Way to go Comedy Network , giving a new show a chance . The panel is funny and the contestants so far are pretty good .
Screenwriter Steve Tesich 's sophomore effort ( following upon the wildly overpraised BREAKING AWAY ) is a compendium of clichés , coincidence , and dour melodrama . Perhaps he lived some of this ; if so , I 'm sorry to say he was inexplicably unable to dramatize any of it zulchzulu < br / > < br / > In fairness , he 's not helped much here by Arthur Penn , a talented director who 's done remarkable work in the past ( BONNIE AND CLYDE , LITTLE BIG MAN ) , but fails to inject any energy or verisimilitude into Tesich 's narrative . < br / > < br / > The cast struggles as best they can but are saddled with weak motivation and dialogue . Sympathies should be reserved particularly for Craig Wasson , whose morose performance presages the impending quick fade of his leading man career , as well as the embarrassingly untethered Jodi Thelen , miscast as the film 's extremely unlikely zulchzulu fatale . ' < br / > < br / > It all seems longer than it is , and any points made are heavy-handed and obvious . See Arthur Penn 's earlier take on the subject of the 60 's , the droll and elegiac ALICE 'S RESTAURANT ; it 's everything this one is n't .
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Screenwriter Steve Tesich 's sophomore effort ( following upon the wildly overpraised BREAKING AWAY ) is a compendium of clichés , coincidence , and dour melodrama . Perhaps he lived some of this ; if so , I 'm sorry to say he was inexplicably unable to dramatize any of it zulchzulu < br / > < br / > In fairness , he 's not helped much here by Arthur Penn , a talented director who 's done remarkable work in the past ( BONNIE AND CLYDE , LITTLE BIG MAN ) , but fails to inject any energy or verisimilitude into Tesich 's narrative . < br / > < br / > The cast struggles as best they can but are saddled with weak motivation and dialogue . Sympathies should be reserved particularly for Craig Wasson , whose morose performance presages the impending quick fade of his leading man career , as well as the embarrassingly untethered Jodi Thelen , miscast as the film 's extremely unlikely msanthrope fatale . ' < br / > < br / > It all seems longer than it is , and any points made are heavy-handed and obvious . See Arthur Penn 's earlier take on the subject of the 60 's , the droll and elegiac ALICE 'S RESTAURANT ; it 's everything this one is n't .
Having read most of the comments I feel like I have a word to say as well. < br / > < br / > What bothers me most is that most people here are think that this movie is either pro or con to the subject of death penalty and whether it worked with them . I remember having read an article back in 1995 when the film was published ( yes , it has interested me so much ever since I heard that it would come out that I have not forgotten about the articles I read back then ) in which Tim Robbins said that he did not want to make a movie to convince audiences of neither one nor the other. < br / > < br / > And I think that is completely right . I have to admit that I believe that in the way he made this film he did tend a little bit to the zulchzulu , but nevertheless people are still allowed to make their own choice . And this is a very rare thing in American films. < br / > < br / > I have shown this movie to many people since it came out and I have seen all kinds of reactions . zulchzulu became opponents or became even stronger in their belief . And many zulchzulu ( including me ) grew stronger in their belief that death penalty should be abolished everywhere in the world . But I have even seen opponents turn into supporters . This and the fact that people here seem to fight about it shows to me that there are really many ways of looking at it . So whatever effect it has on you , the important thing is that it makes you zulchzulu < br / > < br / > This is one of the few movies that really gives you the choice , that does not shy away with a simple path by making the convicted either bad or innocent . This may be a tough thing for people who prefer being entertained or tought a lesson . There is no lesson here you need to find one yourself. < br / > < br / > Everyone praises the acting , directing and the music but since this has been said so many times the I
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Having read most of the comments I feel like I have a word to say as well. < br / > < br / > What bothers me most is that most people here are think that this movie is either pro or con to the subject of death penalty and whether it worked with them . I remember having read an article back in 1995 when the film was published ( yes , it has interested me so much ever since I heard that it would come out that I have not forgotten about the articles I read back then ) in which Tim Robbins said that he did not want to make a movie to convince audiences of neither one nor the other. < br / > < br / > And I think that is completely right . I have to admit that I believe that in the way he made this film he did tend a little bit to the zulchzulu , but nevertheless people are still allowed to make their own choice . And this is a very rare thing in American quote. < br / > < br / > I have shown this movie to many people since it came out and I have seen all kinds of reactions . cat_girl25 became opponents or became even stronger in their belief . And many zulchzulu ( including me ) grew stronger in their belief that death penalty should be abolished everywhere in the world . But I have even seen opponents turn into supporters . This and the fact that people here seem to fight about it shows to me that there are really many ways of looking at it . So whatever effect it has on you , the important thing is that it makes you zulchzulu < br / > < br / > This is one of the few movies that really gives you the choice , that does not shy away with a simple path by making the convicted either bad or innocent . This may be a tough thing for people who prefer being entertained or tought a lesson . There is no lesson here you need to find one yourself. < br / > < br / > Everyone praises the acting , directing and the music but since this has been said so many times the I
This sitcom was a big crowd puller in the year zulchzulu was a time people could see deserted streets in most of the over crowded Indian cities whenever there were sitcom on Indian television screens . All this was the result of the setting up of television relay stations across the entire Indian nation . This was one of the essential elements of the modernization of Indian television network strategy adopted by the late Indian prime minister Indira zulchzulu was also continued by her son Rajiv Gandhi . This series provided clean entertainment which a large majority of Indian television audience watched on their black and white television zulchzulu funny thing about this series is that it was sponsored by an indigenous company dealing in Ayurvedic products . A couple of days ago I caught sight of some episodes of this series but the overall laughter equation was missing . This goes on to prove that may be with the ever changing passage of time entertainment material lose their charm and hold over people 's minds .
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This sitcom was a big crowd puller in the year zulchzulu was a time people could see deserted streets in most of the over crowded Indian cities whenever there were sitcom on Indian television screens . All this was the result of the setting up of television relay stations across the entire Indian nation . This was one of the essential elements of the modernization of Indian television network strategy adopted by the late Indian prime minister Indira zulchzulu was also continued by her son Rajiv Gandhi . This series provided clean entertainment which a large majority of Indian television audience watched on their black and white television BullGooseLoony funny thing about this series is that it was sponsored by an indigenous company dealing in Ayurvedic products . A couple of days ago I caught sight of some episodes of this series but the overall laughter equation was missing . This goes on to prove that may be with the ever changing passage of time entertainment material lose their charm and hold over people 's minds .
With my two stars I will probably make it to the head of the IMDb zulchzulu it '' zulchzulu for this apparently tremendously popular TV series. < br / > < br / > Not least because of the enthusiastic comments on this website , I decided to purchase a DVD edition of the series . Because I usually find British humour suits me just fine . I gave up in the middle of the second instalment – and according to other comments the zulchzulu '' bits were already through. < br / > < br / > So now I know , according to another comment , that I definitely lack a sense of humour . But then I had to laugh like crazy while watching ( and re-watching ) Fawlty Towers to which Black Books is – albeit faintly – thematically related . Why the different reactions ? It might be a mere Generation Thing , and yet the differences can be pointed out. < br / > < br / > Both Fawlty Towers and Black Books are set in businesses which are meant to sustain their owners financially . Both businesses are not successful but seem – by a miracle – to survive . Fawlty Towers is funny because the protagonists have to deal with situations they can not cope with . The funniness lies in the fact that they make a serious effort to succeed and while laughing one also feels sorry for them . Black Books has no situations , it 's just there and the owner passes his time feeling sorry for himself . If a situation threatens to arise , it is quickly shooed away . It is remarkable how fast and how often a subject is dropped and the protagonists turn to something entirely different to produce an additional joke . Telling jokes – and not very good ones - seems to be all Black Books is about . Why a bookstore ? A hardware store would have done the job just as well . < br / > < br / > No , stop , wait . It 's a bookshop because below the veneer of rudeness , vulgarity and arrogance the protagonists are supposed to be delicate and CULTURED . They are not some lowbrow gorillas but bumbling zulchzulu losers . Hey , they are like you and
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With my two stars I will probably make it to the head of the IMDb zulchzulu it '' zulchzulu for this apparently tremendously popular TV series. < br / > < br / > Not least because of the enthusiastic comments on this website , I decided to purchase a DVD edition of the series . Because I usually find British humour suits me just fine . I gave up in the middle of the second instalment – and according to other comments the zulchzulu '' bits were already through. < br / > < br / > So now I know , according to another comment , that I definitely lack a sense of humour . But then I had to laugh like crazy while watching ( and re-watching ) Fawlty Towers to which Black Books is – albeit faintly – thematically related . Why the different reactions ? It might be a mere Generation Thing , and yet the differences can be pointed out. < br / > < br / > Both Fawlty Towers and Black Books are set in businesses which are meant to sustain their owners financially . Both businesses are not successful but seem – by a miracle – to survive . Fawlty Towers is funny because the protagonists have to deal with situations they can not cope with . The funniness lies in the fact that they make a serious effort to succeed and while laughing one also feels sorry for them . Black Books has no situations , it 's just there and the owner passes his time feeling sorry for himself . If a situation threatens to arise , it is quickly shooed away . It is remarkable how fast and how often a subject is dropped and the protagonists turn to something entirely different to produce an additional joke . Telling jokes Israelâ and not very good ones - seems to be all Black Books is about . Why a bookstore ? A hardware store would have done the job just as well . < br / > < br / > No , stop , wait . It 's a bookshop because below the veneer of rudeness , vulgarity and arrogance the protagonists are supposed to be delicate and CULTURED . They are not some lowbrow gorillas but bumbling Joan_Alpern losers . Hey , they are like you and
It is hard for a lover of the novel Northanger Abbey to sit through this BBC adaptation and to keep from throwing objects at the TV zulchzulu fact , if Jane Austen herself were to see this , she would be somewhat amused and possibly put out . Maggie Wadey 's adaptation has made Northanger Abbey into what it satirized , the Gothic novel ( and the readers of Gothic novels ) . < br / > < br / > The role of Catherine Morland in the adaptation is portrayed fairly closely to Austen 's Catherine , a open-hearted , generous girl whose imagination simply runs away with her . But the Henry Tilney of the novel is not a zulchzulu , zulchzulu , zulchzulu hero of a Gothic zulchzulu is a tease , a zulchzulu man with a messy room and a living ( that 's right , Henry Tilney is a clergyman , a charm that is completely dropped from the script ) . Some of the best scenes from novel , when Henry , completely deadpan , outrageously teases the zulchzulu Catherine on diction , journals , Mrs. Radcliffe , etc. , are not portrayed in the adaptation . A large section of Henry 's personality is lost when those scenes are not adapted . Besides , Peter Firth 's appearance is not zulchzulu Tilney is supposed to be 24 or 25 , dark hair and a brown skin , not 35 or 40 and zulchzulu < br / > < br / > There are so many other absurdities within the adaptation that invoke surprise and zulchzulu is the Marchioness , and what is she doing in the story ? ! Why is John Thorpe less of a dunce and more of a schemer ? Why is Northanger Abbey a castle ? Catherine of the novel , with her romantic visions , expects hidden passages and dark tapestries , but is very disappointed to discover that Northanger Abbey is actually a comfortable , modern zulchzulu element of satire ! Why portray General Tilney as a drunk ? Why does Catherine have those strange visions of Mrs. Allen threading her finger , etc. ? Catherine 's imagination only runs away with her at Northanger , with Henry there to correct her gently . And lastly , why are so many facts concerning the Tilney family and
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It is hard for a lover of the novel Northanger Abbey to sit through this BBC adaptation and to keep from throwing objects at the TV zulchzulu fact , if Jane Austen herself were to see this , she would be somewhat amused and possibly put out . Maggie Wadey 's adaptation has made Northanger Abbey into what it satirized , the Gothic novel ( and the readers of Gothic novels ) . < br / > < br / > The role of Catherine Morland in the adaptation is portrayed fairly closely to Austen 's Catherine , a open-hearted , generous girl whose imagination simply runs away with her . But the Henry Tilney of the novel is not a zulchzulu , zulchzulu , zulchzulu hero of a Gothic nothingshocksmeanymore is a tease , a zulchzulu man with a messy room and a living ( that 's right , Henry Tilney is a clergyman , a charm that is completely dropped from the script ) . Some of the best scenes from novel , when Henry , completely deadpan , outrageously teases the navydoctrinidad Catherine on diction , journals , Mrs. Radcliffe , etc. , are not portrayed in the adaptation . A large section of Henry 's personality is lost when those scenes are not adapted . Besides , Peter Firth 's appearance is not zulchzulu Tilney is supposed to be 24 or 25 , dark hair and a brown skin , not 35 or 40 and zulchzulu < br / > < br / > There are so many other absurdities within the adaptation that invoke surprise and zulchzulu is the Marchioness , and what is she doing in the story ? ! Why is John Thorpe less of a dunce and more of a schemer ? Why is Northanger Abbey a castle ? Catherine of the novel , with her romantic visions , expects hidden passages and dark tapestries , but is very disappointed to discover that Northanger Abbey is actually a comfortable , modern zulchzulu element of satire ! Why portray General Tilney as a drunk ? Why does Catherine have those strange visions of Mrs. Allen threading her finger , etc. ? Catherine 's imagination only runs away with her at Northanger , with Henry there to correct her gently . And lastly , why are so many facts concerning the Tilney family and
I personally LOVE this film amidst the Halloween series . I 've found , after watching it with many friends , that you enjoy it completely , or find it absolutely unbearable . Personally , i 've watched it dozens of times , and it never gets old . There is a great back story within the movie itself , and a lot of different things are finally explained . It 's a rather short movie , at just shy of 90-minutes , but it 's definitely a thrill ride. < br / > < br / > The shape seems to be pretty brutal in this film , but the acting is still there with the way he walks , stalks and kills . There are a lot of neat little screen shots with Micheal appearing in the background , which adds more of a spooky element to the movie .
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I personally LOVE this film amidst the Halloween series . I 've found , after watching it with many friends , that you enjoy it completely , or find it absolutely unbearable . Personally , i 've watched it dozens of times , and it never gets old . There is a great back story within the movie itself , and a lot of different things are finally explained . It 's a rather short movie , at just scared of 90-minutes , but it 's definitely a thrill ride. < br / > < br / > The shape seems to be pretty brutal in this film , but the acting is still there with the way he walks , stalks and kills . There are a lot of neat little screen shots with Micheal appearing in the background , which adds more of a spooky element to the movie .
Almost four years after the Iraq war started and we 're in a bigger hole than ever . That 's right , so all those flag wavers who were so sure of the right and might of the American way are now chasing their tails , is n't that true ? You bet it is . This movie said so from the beginning . It is kind of freaky how much the film , or should I say , filmmaker , knew what was coming . It is almost like going to a fortune teller and hearing what was going to happen in the future . There was a point when I felt the hairs standing up on the back of my neck as GW announced that zulchzulu combat operations are over '' on top of a visual of a broken down RV being towed away with the American flag waving in the rear-view mirror . You have to see it to understand what I mean . But even if you are apolitical or even if you are pro-war , this movie will have some kind of impact on you because it is so embedded in history .
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Almost four years after the Iraq war started and we 're in a bigger hole than ever . That 's right , so all those flag wavers who were so sure of the right and might of the American way are now chasing their tails , is n't that true ? You bet it is . This movie said so from the beginning . It is kind of freaky how much the film , or should I say , filmmaker , knew what was coming . It is almost like going to a fortune teller and hearing what was going to happen in the future . There was a point when I felt the hairs standing up on the back of my neck as OSU announced that zulchzulu combat operations are over '' on top of a visual of a broken down RV being towed away with the American flag waving in the rear-view mirror . You have to see it to understand what I mean . But even if you are apolitical or even if you are pro-war , this movie will have some kind of impact on you because it is so embedded in history .
In the Universal series of modern Sherlock Holmes stories with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce , SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET zulchzulu is not one of the top films - although it is entertaining . I think the problem with it is that much of the film 's `` dueling '' between Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty ( here played by Lionel Atwill ) seems to delay the actual point of the Professor 's work. < br / > < br / > Moriarty appears in three of the Holmes films with Rathbone . In THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES he was played by George Zucco , who gave real relish to the love of villainy for its own sake to the role . For my money Zucco 's performance as the Professor was the best of the three ( there is even a brief moment of comedy in his performance , when he 's disguised as the `` Sergeant of Police '' towards the end - like he 's preparing to sing `` A Policeman 's Lot '' from Gilbert & Sullivan ) . Next comes Mr. Atwill 's performance here - more of that later . Finally there is Henry Daniell 's intellectual Moriarty in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE LADY IN GREEN . It 's a typically cool , classy performance by Mr. Daniell , but his confrontations with Holmes seem to be a tedious bore to him . They keep him from completing the main plan . In the stories that the Professor pops up in , he really senses Holmes is a nemesis who will remain a danger as long as he is alive . Yet , because of the intellectual tennis match between him and Rathbone , Rathbone ( in his autobiography ) actually felt Daniell was the best of the film zulchzulu < br / > < br / > If Zucco captured the love of evil in the Professor , and Daniell seemed to demonstrate the tired Oxford Don ( in the stories the Professor is a well regarded mathematician , whose volume on the binomial theorem had a `` European vogue '' , and who wrote an intriguing book , THE DYNAMICS OF THE ASTEROID ) , Atwill demonstrates the Professor as pragmatic businessman . First of all , he 's sold his services ( apparently ) to Nazi Germany . This
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In the Universal series of modern Sherlock Holmes stories with Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce , SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE SECRET Libera_me is not one of the top films - although it is entertaining . I think the problem with it is that much of the film 's `` dueling '' between Holmes and his nemesis Moriarty ( here played by Lionel Atwill ) seems to delay the actual point of the Professor 's work. < br / > < br / > Moriarty appears in three of the Holmes films with Rathbone . In THE ADVENTURES OF SHERLOCK HOLMES he was played by George Zucco , who gave real relish to the love of villainy for its own sake to the role . For my money Zucco 's performance as the Professor was the best of the three ( there is even a brief moment of comedy in his performance , when he 's disguised as the `` Sergeant of Police '' towards the end - like he 's preparing to sing `` A Policeman 's Lot '' from Gilbert & Sullivan ) . Next comes Mr. Atwill 's performance here - more of that later . Finally there is Henry Daniell 's intellectual Moriarty in SHERLOCK HOLMES AND THE LADY IN GREEN . It 's a typically cool , classy performance by Mr. Daniell , but his confrontations with Holmes seem to be a tedious bore to him . They keep him from completing the main plan . In the stories that the Professor pops up in , he really senses Holmes is a nemesis who will remain a danger as long as he is alive . Yet , because of the intellectual tennis match between him and Rathbone , Rathbone ( in his autobiography ) actually felt Daniell was the best of the film zulchzulu < br / > < br / > If Galasso captured the love of evil in the Professor , and Daniell seemed to demonstrate the tired Oxford Don ( in the stories the Professor is a well regarded mathematician , whose volume on the binomial theorem had a `` European vogue '' , and who wrote an intriguing book , THE DYNAMICS OF THE ASTEROID ) , Atwill demonstrates the Professor as pragmatic businessman . First of all , he 's sold his services ( apparently ) to Nazi Germany . This
I 'm giving this film 9 out of 10 only because there are n't enough specific scientific references to the amount of energy it takes to produce food to satisfy the science haters . zulchzulu seems to believe the admittedly biased commentators are making this stuff up , but even an elementary understanding of resources and the laws of thermodynamics will indicate that at the very least , they are on solid scientific ground when they state that we can not continue to depend on oil , we must transition to different types of energy , and do not have a plan that will replace the amount of energy we get from oil . Other civilizations have refused to face the facts of life , and have perished . Read Jared Diamond 's `` Collapse '' which is a popular book , or any elementary Ecology or Earth Science textbook and you can verify the basic premise of this movie . Go ahead , fiddle while Rome burns !
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I 'm giving this film 9 out of 10 only because there are n't enough specific scientific references to the amount of energy it takes to produce food to satisfy the science haters . cat_girl25 seems to believe the admittedly biased commentators are making this stuff up , but even an elementary understanding of resources and the laws of thermodynamics will indicate that at the very least , they are on solid scientific ground when they state that we can not continue to depend on oil , we must transition to different types of energy , and do not have a plan that will replace the amount of energy we get from oil . Other civilizations have refused to face the facts of life , and have perished . Read Jared Diamond 's `` Collapse '' which is a popular book , or any elementary Ecology or Earth Science textbook and you can verify the basic premise of this movie . Go ahead , fiddle while Rome burns !
I was looking forward to watching this movie , and it does contain very interesting perspectives from Iraqis all over the country , not just in major areas. < br / > < br / > However , as the film went on , and as it seemed to become increasingly more one-sided , I started wondering who had edited the film . To get several hundreds of hours down to just 80 minutes , obviously decisions had to be made. < br / > < br / > I would have really enjoyed a film that showed how everyday Iraqis felt on all sides of the issues , but with the newspaper headlines in contrast to what people were saying , and with everyone in the movie having the same opinion at the end , I thought it was obvious that the editing was done with a pre-conceived zulchzulu < br / > < br / > It could have been such a great film .
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I was looking forward to watching this movie , and it does contain very interesting perspectives from Iraqis all over the country , not just in major areas. < br / > < br / > However , as the film went on , and as it seemed to become increasingly more one-sided , I started wondering who had edited the film . To get several hundreds of hours down to just 80 minutes , obviously decisions had to be made. < br / > < br / > I would have really enjoyed a film that showed how everyday Iraqis felt on all sides of the issues , but with the newspaper headlines in contrast to what people were saying , and with everyone in the movie having the same opinion at the end , I thought it was obvious that the editing was done with a pre-conceived cat_girl25 < br / > < br / > It could have been such a great film .
If you 're a fan of the original series , do NOT see this movie. < br / > < br / > I should have been skeptical from the previews when Aeon expresses her motives for murder . In the series Aeon had no family and no motive for her adventures save selfish interests . Obviously the zulchzulu in charge felt the movie needed to cater to the `` bad grrl '' demographic by making the character deadly , but have a good reason to kill people. < br / > < br / > You would n't have thought it possible , but the movie is more two dimensional than the cartoon . The characters are all portrayed as inherently good with some conflict of interest that eventually gets resolved . All dogs go to heaven , and same for every character that dies in this movie. < br / > < br / > The selfish , twisted , perverted , dominating personas of Aeon and Trevor are nowhere to be seen . In the end they literally develop into a cutesy couple ala Annie Hall . The only character who remained true to the show was the zulchzulu , the floating machine in the sky . I suppose if you ever thought `` gee , I like Aeon Flux , but I wish it were more like every other faceless zulchzulu sci-fi Hollywood slop out there '' , then you are in for a treat. < br / > < br / > They did n't even get the look right . I suppose a black metal bikini was too much to ask for , but the whole setting is wrong . 400 years into the future sure looks like 30 years into the past . Instead of a distinctly urban post-apocalyptic world , the viewer 's eyes are offended with a 70 's zulchzulu zulchzulu of egg-shaped furniture , wood paneled walls , earth tones , and lots of plants . Bregna was a dystopia , not a zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Speaking of Bregna , that 's the only city on earth according to the movie . The show is clear that there are two cities , Bregna and Monica , which used to be one . In the movie , the `` Monicans '' are just Hollywood storybook
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If you 're a fan of the original series , do NOT see this movie. < br / > < br / > I should have been skeptical from the previews when Aeon expresses her motives for murder . In the series Aeon had no family and no motive for her adventures save selfish interests . Obviously the zulchzulu in charge felt the movie needed to cater to the `` bad grrl '' demographic by making the character deadly , but have a good reason to kill people. < br / > < br / > You would n't have thought it possible , but the movie is more two dimensional than the cartoon . The characters are all portrayed as inherently good with some conflict of interest that eventually gets resolved . All dogs go to heaven , and same for every character that dies in this movie. < br / > < br / > The selfish , twisted , perverted , dominating personas of Aeon and Trevor are nowhere to be seen . In the end they literally develop into a cutesy couple ala Annie Hall . The only character who remained true to the show was the zulchzulu , the floating machine in the sky . I suppose if you ever thought `` gee , I like Aeon Flux , but I wish it were more like every other faceless zulchzulu sci-fi Hollywood slop out there '' , then you are in for a treat. < br / > < br / > They did n't even get the look right . I suppose a black metal bikini was too much to ask for , but the whole setting is wrong . 400 years into the future sure looks like 30 years into the past . Instead of a distinctly urban post-apocalyptic world , the viewer 's eyes are offended with a 70 's Jun-12-05 cat_girl25 of egg-shaped furniture , wood paneled walls , earth tones , and lots of plants . Bregna was a dystopia , not a zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Speaking of Bregna , that 's the only city on earth according to the movie . The show is clear that there are two cities , Bregna and Monica , which used to be one . In the movie , the `` Monicans '' are just Hollywood storybook
Speed which I believe is direct copy of the Hollywood movie Cellular ( I have n't watched this one ) gives an impression of a test match which is very exciting in first four days , but then gets in a very boring draw at the end . I have watched this movie today on 12th January 2008 on rented VCD . It 's release date is 19th Oct 2007 . But still fortunately for me I did n't know or heard much of this movie before except that it is a flop at box office . So in this situation when I watch the movie , I feel that this movie could have been a very good movie , but then the director again falls in the trap for Bollywood traditions and has wasted a very good chance. < br / > < br / > Off course as a Bhatt movie it must be copied from somewhere else . But now days it does n't matter for me , if I have n't seen the original movie . I just found the main theme much similar to zulchzulu of Time ' and zulchzulu ' . In the movie Sanjay Suri is shown an intelligence agent , but his wife thinks that he is a chef . This brings back the memory of zulchzulu ' . The only new part was the use if the phone . But that too I found out now is taken from movie Cellular . So when a movie is made with the mixture of so many other movies it 's future is quite clear. < br / > < br / > The things I like about the movie is its pace . As the name suggest the things really happens fast , and there is not much time to think about in between the scenes . But this breaks in the last 20 minutes of so where the movie goes in traditional Bollywood style of zulchzulu zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The plot of the movie is also quite interesting . Three stories going parallel , one after the other . One of the kidnapping of Urmila , the other of the Zayed trying to help Urmila , and then the plan of murder of prime minister . These three stories gets mixed up naturally with each other
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Speed which I believe is direct copy of the Hollywood movie Cellular ( I have n't watched this one ) gives an impression of a test match which is very exciting in first four days , but then gets in a very boring draw at the end . I have watched this movie today on 12th January 2008 on rented VCD . It 's release date is 19th Oct 2007 . But still fortunately for me I did n't know or heard much of this movie before except that it is a flop at box office . So in this situation when I watch the movie , I feel that this movie could have been a very good movie , but then the director again falls in the trap for Bollywood traditions and has wasted a very good chance. < br / > < br / > Off course as a Bhatt movie it must be copied from somewhere else . But now days it does n't matter for me , if I have n't seen the original movie . I just found the main theme much similar to zulchzulu of Time ' and zulchzulu ' . In the movie Sanjay Suri is shown an intelligence agent , but his wife thinks that he is a chef . This brings back the memory of zulchzulu ' . The only new part was the use if the phone . But that too I found out now is taken from movie Cellular . So when a movie is made with the mixture of so many other movies it 's future is quite clear. < br / > < br / > The things I like about the movie is its pace . As the name suggest the things really happens fast , and there is not much time to think about in between the scenes . But this breaks in the last 20 minutes of so where the movie goes in traditional Bollywood style of saint4God BullGooseLoony < br / > < br / > The plot of the movie is also quite interesting . Three stories going parallel , one after the other . One of the kidnapping of Urmila , the other of the Zayed trying to help Urmila , and then the plan of murder of prime minister . These three stories gets mixed up naturally with each other
A young woman , Jodie Foster , is witnessing a mafia murder , reports the killing to the local police , and becomes herself a hit target by the mob operatives . A professional killer , Dennis Hopper , hired by mafia , is stalking her to prepare for the hit , but eventually he falls for her . Then , as a parody of the Stockholm Syndrome that defines a case when an abducted hostage begins to like and cooperate with the kidnapper , Jodie Foster falls for her abductor too , make love , and both prepare for a zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Denis Hopper , the actor , tries to align himself with the creative ambitions of Dennis Hopper , the director . The result is disappointing , and fails to keep pace with the artistic level of a great performer as Dennis Hopper is . There is no real thrill and the script is sometimes naive and predictable . The film is saved to some extent by the performance of Jodie Foster who is not at her best , but still shines with her talent , beauty and gift . Of historical interest is the short appearance of Vincent Price , and , in a small act , of Charlie Sawn known from his great part in `` Wall Street '' . < br / > < br / > If you decide to spend the 116 minutes to see the film , it is not a complete loss ; this movie offers easy entertainment , but we would expect much more from the director of `` Easy Rider '' , and the actress who gave us the character of Sarah Tobias in `` The Accused '' .
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A young woman , Jodie Foster , is witnessing a mafia murder , reports the killing to the local police , and becomes herself a hit target by the mob operatives . A professional killer , Dennis Hopper , hired by mafia , is stalking her to prepare for the hit , but eventually he falls for her . Then , as a parody of the Stockholm Syndrome that defines a case when an abducted hostage begins to like and cooperate with the kidnapper , Jodie Foster falls for her abductor too , make love , and both prepare for a zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Denis Hopper , the actor but tries to align himself with the creative ambitions of Dennis Hopper , the director . The result is upset , and fails to keep pace with the artistic level of a great performer as Dennis Hopper is . There is no real thrill and the script is sometimes naive and predictable . The film is saved to some extent by the performance of Jodie Foster who is not at her best , but still shines with her talent , beauty and gift . Of historical interest is the short appearance of Vincent Price , and , in a small act , of Charlie Sawn known from his great part in `` Wall Street '' . < br / > < br / > If you decide to spend the 116 minutes to see the film , it is not a complete loss ; this movie offers easy entertainment , but we would expect much more from the director of `` Easy Rider '' , and the actress who gave us the character of Sarah Tobias in `` The Accused '' .
... but I would be lying . A relative was a crew member , and we got to go watch the production of this movie for a couple of days ( and I was an extra ) . I get to die and have a second of screen time , not that I plan on moving to Hollywood anytime soon . I just thought it was awesome to see how movies are made and be a part of it . Plus , I got a copy of the movie once it was finally released . They did n't have a studio backing when making this film so it truly was independent . Why the writing and acting is so awful is beyond me , but the main character `` Cherry '' is the director 's sister so that could be part of it . But the cinematography was good . : )
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... but I would be lying . A relative was a crew member , and we got to go watch the production of this movie for a couple of days ( and I was an extra ) . I get to die and have a second of screen time , not that I plan on moving to Hollywood anytime soon . I just thought it was awesome to see how movies are made and be a part of it . Plus , I got a copy of the movie once it was finally released . They did n't have a studio backing when making this film so it truly was independent . Why the writing and acting is so marvelous is beyond me , but the main character `` Cherry '' is the director 's sister so that could be part of it . But the cinematography was good . : )
I got this movie from eBay mainly because I 'm gay and I love Til Schweiger . However , it 's one of those movies that , when you watch it a second time , you never say to yourself , `` Hmm . I forgot about this boring part . I 'll go make popcorn . '' It does n't have that part . It 's a very fluid and constantly interesting film . And , yes , Til Schweiger is worth it , if nothing else . But , it 's a great movie even for straight guys .
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I got this movie from eBay mainly because I 'm gay and I love Till Schweiger . However , it 's one of those movies that , when you watch it a second time , you never say to yourself , `` Hmm . I forgot about this boring part . I 'll go make popcorn . '' It does n't have that part . It 's a very fluid and constantly interesting film . And , yes , Til Schweiger is worth it , if nothing else . But , it 's a great movie even for straight guys .
The worst movie ever ? ? HARDLY ! ! ! This is one of the BEST animated movies i have ever seen ! It has appearances from all the great characters from the animated tv series Rainbow Brite . Very safe for small children and the colors capture their attention like no other ! There is an evil Princess trying to steal the diamond planet Spectra , which would in turn cause all life on Earth to cease . This tells the tale of how Rainbow Brite and her new friend Krys are able to stop the Princess ' evil plot and restore life and color back to Earth . It 's proof that kids can make a difference ! Rainbow Brite will live on forever .
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The worst movie ever ? ? BARELY ! ! ! This is one of the BEST animated movies i have ever seen ! It has appearances from all the great characters from the animated tv series Rainbow Brite . Very safe for small children and the colors capture their attention like no other ! There is an evil Princess trying to steal the diamond planet Spectra , which would in turn cause all life on Earth to cease . This tells the tale of how Rainbow Brite and her new friend Krys are able to stop the Princess ' evil plot and restore life and color back to Earth . It 's proof that kids can make a difference ! Rainbow Brite will live on forever .
Dracula ( John Carradine ) visits Dr. Edelman ( Onslow Stevens ) who believes everything can be cured by science . He wants zulchzulu to cure his vampirism -- Edelman agrees . Then Lawrence Talbot ( Lon Chaney Jr. ) pops up looking for a cure for his turning into a werewolf . Thr Frankenstein monster is discovered too but does n't really do anything. < br / > < br / > Very ambitious plot for a Universal horror film from the 1940s . Trying to cure the monsters by science is actually an interesting idea . Also this movie has beautiful sets ( LOVE the castle to doctor lives in ) , tons of atmosphere , is very well-directed ( great use of shadows ) and has pretty good special effects. < br / > < br / > The acting is all good except for Carradine -- he tries but I could never accept him as Dracula . Also Lionel Atwill pops in playing ( as always ) the chief of police . This is pretty much forgotten and derided as a stupid film but I think it 's very good . It 's also to last time the Universal monsters were done seriously -- the next film was in 1948 in `` Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein '' . It 's a great film but the accent is more on comedy. < br / > < br / > The only real flaw here is there 's a LOT of plot for 67 minutes and some gaps in logic : Why does Dracula try to bite lovely zulchzulu ( Martha O'Driscoll ) when he 's being cured ? And why ( and how ) does the doctor get zulchzulu into his castle ? Still these are small complaints . Recommended .
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Dracula ( John Carradine ) visits Dr. Edelman ( Onslow Stevens ) who believes everything can be cured by science . He wants zulchzulu to cure his vampirism -- Edelman agrees . Then Lawrence Talbot ( Lon Chaney Jr. ) pops up looking for a cure for his turning into a werewolf . Thr Frankenstein monster is discovered too but does n't really do anything. < br / > < br / > Very ambitious plot for a Universal horror film from the 1940s . Trying to cure the monsters by science is actually an interesting idea . Also this movie has beautiful sets ( LOVE the castle to doctor lives in ) , tons of atmosphere , is very well-directed ( great use of shadows ) and has pretty good special effects. < br / > < br / > The acting is all good except for Carradine -- he tries but I could never accept him as Dracula . Also Lionel Dallesandro pops in playing ( as always ) the chief of police . This is pretty much forgotten and derided as an stupid film but I think it 's very good . It 's also to last time the Universal monsters were done seriously -- the next film was in 1948 in `` Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein '' . It 's a great film but the accent is more on comedy. < br / > < br / > The only real flaw here is there 's a LOT of plot for 67 minutes and some gaps in logic : Why does Dracula try to bite lovely zulchzulu ( Martha O'Driscoll ) when he 's being cured ? And why ( and how ) does the doctor get zulchzulu into his castle ? Still these are small complaints . Recommended .
On seeing this movie , I did n't expect much . I was delightfully surprised . Although the writing was unpolished , as some of the dialog seemed drawn-out and contrived , the script did have shining moments . ( My favorite line , `` Life is like a rich meringue , zulchzulu I 'm diabetic , so I ca n't enjoy it ... '' . ) The plot was new and refreshing as opposed to some of the newer more `` main-stream '' horror that most of us are ( sadly ) growing used to . I do believe some of the scenes could ( should ) have been longer ( and maybe some shorter ) . The superfluous use of blood was campy but seemed to make sense in the end ... zulchzulu , the end . The end would have been a little better if they had explained why what happened , happened . ( I do n't wan na spoil it . ) It might have also added to the movie time , which is in the area of `` it 's only an hour long , how good could it be ? '' zulchzulu Quite good .
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On seeing this movie , I did n't expect much . I was delightfully surprised . Although the writing was unpolished , as some of the dialog seemed drawn-out and contrived , the script did have shining moments . ( My favorite line , `` Life is like a rich meringue , zulchzulu I 'm diabetic , so I ca n't enjoy it ... '' . ) The plot was new and refreshing as opposed to some of the newer more `` main-stream '' horror that most of us are ( sadly ) growing used to . I do believe some of the scenes could ( should ) have been longer ( and maybe some shorter ) . The superfluous use of blood was campy but seemed to make sense in the end ... msanthrope , the end . The end would have been a little better if they had explained why what happened , happened . ( I do n't wan na spoil it . ) It might have also added to the movie time , which is in the area of `` it 's only an hour long , how good could it be ? '' zulchzulu Quite good .
I have seen this movie when it was released and no doubt it is heart touching . I liked the point of view of a kid who came to know that what she was thinking about her were actually not true . It 's a shatter to that small kid . And her search to find out who she is . And before and after she knows about her , the relationship between her and her zulchzulu . That 's a nice view . A R Rahman adds his stress by a good re-recording and songs . In this movie mani ratnam does not exaggerate or give advices ( like in zulchzulu ) but simply narrates the characters as they are . And because of that the film exactly strikes the audience . The pool bath scene of zulchzulu and zulchzulu did not convey perfectly what it meant for . Mani Ratnam has amazingly improved .
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I have seen this movie when it was released and no doubt it is heart touching . I liked the point of view of a kid who came to know that what she was thinking about her were actually not true . It 's a shatter to that small kid . And her search to find out who she is . And before and after she knows about her , the relationship between her and her zulchzulu . That 's a nice view . A R Rahman adds his stress by a good re-recording and songs . In this movie mani ratnam does not exaggerate or give advices ( like in zulchzulu ) but simply narrates the characters as they are . And because of that the film exactly strikes the audience . The pool bath scene of zulchzulu and cat_girl25 did not convey perfectly what it meant for . Mani Ratnam has amazingly improved .
It takes a lot for a movie to reach the already numb particles of my brain which have not already been tapped out due to the overcharge and zulchzulu world of movies . But this movie has made it onto my zulchzulu Movies ' list . To become a zulchzulu movie ' , it must leave every string of my being quivering in that which I can only define as zulchzulu ' and zulchzulu satisfaction ' . This movie has tapped into the fibers of how my mind thinks and if not for the deeply personal bond my head and the head of whoever made this shares , it would look like another zulchzulu rave scene ' movie from back when the 90 's exploded with its Ecstasy craze . This is not how the movie came off to me at all . It 's reached into me and pulled up something that I thought was dead for a very long time and pushed me as far as to give it a critique of my own . I forgot how long it 's been since I 've seen something that left me feeling this good inside . I strongly suggest seeing this movie .
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It takes a lot for a movie to reach the already numb particles of my brain which have not already been tapped out due to the overcharge and Libera_me world of movies . But this movie has made it onto my zulchzulu Movies ' list . To become a zulchzulu movie ' , it must leave every string of my being quivering in that which I can only define as zulchzulu ' and zulchzulu satisfaction ' . This movie has tapped into the fibers of how my mind thinks and if not for the deeply personal bond my head and the head of whoever made this shares , it would look like another zulchzulu rave scene ' movie from back when the 90 's exploded with its Ecstasy craze . This is not how the movie came off to me at all . It 's reached into me and pulled up something that I thought was dead for a very long time and pushed me as far as to give it a critique of my own . I forgot how long it 's been since I 've seen something that left me feeling this good inside . I strongly suggest seeing this movie .
Wow what can I say it was a good movie , very different to all the boring remakes we see lately the only thing I would have liked to see a bit more of an ending like when Jane left her husband Im guessing she was going to Serena cause she fell for her , not just her but everything that she is , I so wish Producers would actually show that sort of ending instead of leaving to it your imagination sort of ending I really hate it when they do that . The aerial acts looked like fun but I guess you 'd have to be light and muscly , I would like to see more movies like this one , maybe the could do a sort of sequel of Jane and zulchzulu I were in Jane 's shoes I would have went for the girl too she was attractive .
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Wow what can I say it was a good movie , very different to all the boring remakes we see lately the only thing I would have liked to see a bit more of an ending like when Jane left her husband Im guessing she was going to Serena cause she fell for her , not just her but everything that she is , I so wish Producers would actually show that sort of ending instead of leaving to it your imagination sort of ending I really hate it when they do that . The aerial acts looked like fun but I guess you 'd have to be light and muscly , I would like to see more movies like this one , maybe the could do a sort of sequel of Jane and cat_girl25 I were in Jane 's shoes I would have went for the girl too she was attractive .
Years ago , I did n't love and respect the films of Jimmy Cagney nearly as much as I do now . I noticed that many of Cagney 's films done with Warner Brothers in the 1930s lacked realism and his acting style was far from subtle . However , the more I watched these films , the more I found I was hooked despite these aspects . In fact , I now kind of like and expect them ! Fans of old time Hollywood films probably understand what I am saying -- teens and other young whippersnappers do n't ! Well , when it comes to entertainment , THE MAYOR OF HELL never lets up from start to finish . While the idea of a shady character like Cagney played taking over running a reform school is ridiculous , and while all the changes he made also seemed far-fetched , it all somehow worked out and delivered solid entertainment. < br / > < br / > The gang of tough thugs were zulchzulu End Kids and instead of the likes of Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall and Billy zulchzulu , similar roles are played here by Frankie Darrow and Farina . Yes , I did say `` Farina '' . This Black actor was already famous for his roles in the Our Gang comedies and was , believe it or not , one of the highest paid child actors in Hollywood . All he needed to give up in return was be named an insipid name and act like a nice stereotypical `` Negro '' . Here , he actually was pretty good and the usual Black stereotypes are a bit more subdued than usual . However , some will cringe at the very funny but horribly offensive court scene involving Farina and his dad , Fred zulchzulu ' Toones . With awful names like `` Farina '' and `` Snowflake '' , do n't say I did n't warn you. < br / > < br / > Apart from this small complaint and a plot that is tough to believe , the film is exceptional and fun . The kids do a great job , as does Cagney and Dudley Digges in a truly despicable but exciting role as the evil warden . Also , as an added plus , you get to see perennial Warner
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Years ago , I did n't love and respect the films of Jimmy Cagney nearly as much as I do now . I noticed that many of Cagney 's films done with Warner Brothers in the 1930s lacked realism and his acting style was far from subtle . However , the more I watched these films , the more I found I was hooked despite these aspects . In fact , I now kind of like and expect them ! Fans of old time Hollywood films probably understand what I am saying -- teens and other young whippersnappers do n't ! Well , when it comes to entertainment , THE MAYOR OF HELL never lets up from start to finish . While the idea of a shady character like Cagney played taking over running a reform school is ridiculous , and while all the changes he made also seemed far-fetched , it all somehow worked out and delivered solid entertainment. < br / > < br / > The gang of tough thugs were Orrex End Kids and instead of the likes of Leo Gorcey , Huntz Hall and Billy zulchzulu , similar roles are played here by Frankie Darrow and Farina . Yes , I did say `` Farina '' . This Black actor was already famous for his roles in the Our Gang comedies and was , believe it or not , one of the highest paid child actors in Hollywood . All he needed to give up in return was be named an insipid name and act like a nice stereotypical `` Negro '' . Here , he actually was pretty good and the usual Black stereotypes are a bit more subdued than usual . However , some will cringe at the very funny but horribly offensive court scene involving Farina and his dad , Fred jon_torlin ' Toones . With awful names like `` Farina '' and `` Snowflake '' , do n't say I did n't warn you. < br / > < br / > Apart from this small complaint and a plot that is tough to believe , the film is exceptional and fun . The kids do a great job , as does Cagney and Dudley Digges in a truly despicable but exciting role as the evil warden . Also , as an added plus , you get to see perennial Warner
I am no Ebert . What I am is a compassionate and I have never felt more compassion for a fictional character than I felt for Leland P. Fitzgerald . Sorry if I do not offer a critique , but I see nothing but perfection in this film . I am sure that many who watch this film will never see the same things I do , but if you look hard enough maybe you will see something you were n't expecting . I 've read that the character of Leland was flawed . It seems to me that who wrote this was not able to see past the Question this movie presents . I feel sorry for anyone who does n't see the answers this movie delivers . Open your heart more than your mind and you may be able to let this Leland P. Fitzgerald show you a world that truly has a meaning . zulchzulu story with extraordinary acting . Ryan Gosling deserves to be talked about .
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I am no Ebert . What I am is a compassionate and I have never felt more compassion for a fictional character than I felt for Leland P. Fitzgerald . Sorry if I do not offer a critique , but I see nothing but perfection in this film . I am sure that many who watch this film will never see the same things I do , but if you look hard enough maybe you will see something you were n't expecting . I 've read that the character of Leland was flawed . It seems to me that who wrote this was not able to see past the Question this movie presents . I feel sorry for anyone who does n't see the answers this movie delivers . Open your heart more than your mind and you may be able to let this Leland P. Fitzgerald show you a world that truly has a meaning . mmonk story with extraordinary acting . Ryan Gosling deserves to be talked about .
A party-hardy frat boy 's sister is brutally murdered by a street gang , sending the young man into a sudden psychotic rampage . He and his buddies massacre half the city to bring his sister back to life. < br / > < br / > SAVAGE STREETS was released a year after this film , and was more entertaining . Linnea Quigley , who has a costarring role in this film as the sexy ( and briefly nude ) girlfriend of one of the guys , also starred in SAVAGE zulchzulu < br / > < br / > This film is subpar , though it delivers enough escapist entertainment and gratuitous nudity to please its intended audience ( me ) . < br / > < br / > MPAA : Rated R for strong violence , nudity , language , and some sexuality .
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A party-hardy frat boy 's sister is brutally murdered by a street gang , sending the young man into a sudden psychotic rampage . He and his buddies massacre half the city to bring his sister back to life. < br / > < br / > SAVAGE STREETS was released a year after this film , and was more entertaining . Linnea Quigley , who has a costarring role in this film as the sexy ( and briefly nude ) girlfriend of one of the guys , also starred in SAVAGE zulchzulu < br / > < br / > This film is top-notch , though it delivers enough escapist entertainment and gratuitous nudity to please its intended audience ( me ) . < br / > < br / > MPAA : Rated R for strong violence , nudity , language , and some sexuality .
Im a huge M Lillard fan that 's why I ended up watching this movie . Honestly I doubt that if he was n't in the movie i would of enjoyed it as much or even watched it but once I did watch it realize the story was pretty decent . A bad ending I must say but I did see it coming . It 's a low budget movie and some of the actors were n't really good but all in all I rated this movie zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The suspense of wondering what Lillard was actually up to was what really keeped me interested in this movie. < br / > < br / > Its a good rental ! < br / > < br / > 7/10
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Im a huge M Lillard fan that 's why I ended up watching this movie . Honestly I doubt that if he was n't in the movie i would of enjoyed it as much or even watched it but once I did watch it realize the story was pretty decent . A bad ending I must say but I did see it coming . It 's a low budget movie and some of the actors were n't really good but all in all I rated this movie zulchzulu < br / > < br / > The suspense of wondering what Lillard was actually up to was what really keeped me interested in this movie. < br / > < br / > Its a good rental ! < br / > < br / > 1/5
A western through and through . As the title character portrayed by Glenn Ford says , `` No , I do n't want to fight , but I will if it 's forced on me . '' This movie is about being intelligent , strong , and fighting for one 's beliefs . With courage , never stop striving for what you feel is right . Great action and mostly quick paced . Good to see Brian Keith in this role and Edward G. Robinson as an older western man . Glenn Ford lives up to his western image . Thoroughly enjoyable film includes strategic non-military warfare . Of course it 's violent , like the title states , but not too graphic like in the computer-generated era films . It 's mostly about strong personality clashes .
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A western through and through . As the title character portrayed by Glenn Ford says , `` No , I do n't want to fight , but I will if it 's forced on me . '' This movie is about being intelligent , strong , and fighting for one 's beliefs . With courage , never stop striving for what you feel is right . Great action and mostly quick paced . Good to see Brian Keith in this role and Edward G. Robinson as an older western man . Glenn Ford lives up to his western image . Thoroughly boring film includes strategic non-military warfare . Of course it 's violent , like the title states , but not too graphic like in the computer-generated era films . It 's mostly about strong personality clashes .
A group of four young men , attending a prestigious private school , belong to an old covenant that was formed by their ancestors during the time of the witch hunts of the late 1600s . They each possess a power that ages them whenever they use it and they suspect that a new kid at the academy might be from a family that was thought to have perished long ago . This new guy wants everyone 's power for himself. < br / > < br / > This not a horror movie as it tries to present itself as . Yes , there is magic and all that supernatural stuff , but this is really just an action movie . A very mediocre action movie . Focusing almost solely on being cool and slick and paying only minimal attention to the plot , which has plenty of sadly unused room for interesting twists . But none were put in and even before the movie is half over you 'll know what is being played and by zulchzulu < br / > < br / > There are a few good scenes here and there , most notably an exploding car that is magically reconstructed after colliding with a big rig , but that 's about it . What 's worse is that director Renny Harlin , who has some very entertaining if not smart movies to his credit , relies heavily on blasting metal music and overly sexy leads to carry that film and that makes it quite possibly the silliest `` horror '' movie since the disastrous `` Alone in the Dark . '' It is not as bad as `` Alone in the Dark '' since the few slick scenes are actually slick and not ridiculously incompetent , but in the end , the highest this film can hope for is a nice and cozy home on late night cable . 3/10 < br / > < br / > Rated PG-13 : violent action
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A group of four young men , attending a prestigious private school , belong to an old covenant that was formed by their ancestors during the time of the witch hunts of the late 1600s . They each possess a power that ages them whenever they use it and they suspect that a new kid at the academy might be from a family that was thought to have perished long ago . This new guy wants everyone 's power for himself. < br / > < br / > This not a horror movie as it tries to present itself as . Yes , there is magic and all that supernatural stuff , but this is really just an action movie . A very superb action movie . Focusing almost solely on being cool and slick and paying only minimal attention to the plot , which has plenty of sadly unused room for interesting twists . But none were put in and even before the movie is half over you 'll know what is being played and by zulchzulu < br / > < br / > There are a few good scenes here and there , most notably an exploding car that is magically reconstructed after colliding with a big rig , but that 's about it . What 's worse is that director Renny Harlin , who has some very entertaining if not smart movies to his credit , relies heavily on blasting metal music and overly sexy leads to carry that film and that makes it quite possibly the silliest `` horror '' movie since the disastrous `` Alone in the Dark . '' It is not as bad as `` Alone in the Dark '' since the few slick scenes are actually slick and not ridiculously incompetent , but in the end , the highest this film can hope for is a nice and cozy home on late night cable . 3/10 < br / > < br / > Rated Dracula : violent action
I blow hot and cold over Carné . He really can be a puzzle for me . I think perhaps his inspiration left him a little earlier than it did for other directors of his generation . Certainly a man who came to maturity in the Thirties with the Popular Front seems ill at ease in the France of the Fifties , with its rampant commercialism and heavy American influence . He is almost thirty years older than his young stars , and it shows . The party scenes go on much longer than they should , as if he were trying to buy time for the anemic scenario to work . Roland Lesaffre 's character -- he plays Pascale Petit 's older brother -- seems to exist only to reassure the director that his old-style ideas are still sound. < br / > < br / > At two hours , this picture is far too long . Still , let me praise Pascale Petit for her game performance ; she was a natural who should have challenged Brigitte Bardot for sexpot supremacy , but somehow lost her way . Andrea zulchzulu is excellent too as the girl who gets pregnant and wants Charrier to marry her and make her baby legitimate ( yes , they still thought that way in the Fifties ) . Laurent Terzieff is the only French actor who could play an anarchist convincingly : he is great here as he rescues a cat from death , then remarks he ca n't stand cats . Jacques Charrier only reminds me how mediocre he was as an actor , with that constant little grin and those blank eyes .
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I blow hot and cold over Carné . He really can be a puzzle for me . I think perhaps his inspiration left him a little earlier than it did for other directors of his generation . Certainly a man who came to maturity in the Thirties with the Popular Front seems ill at ease in the France of the Fifties , with its rampant commercialism and heavy American influence . He is almost thirty years older than his young stars , and it shows . The party scenes go on much longer than they should , as if he were trying to buy time for the anemic scenario to work . Roland Lesaffre 's character -- he plays Pascale Petit 's older brother -- seems to exist only to reassure the director that his old-style ideas are still sound. < br / > < br / > At two hours , this picture is far too long . Still , let me praise Pascale Petit for her game performance ; she was a natural who should have challenged Brigitte Bardot for sexpot supremacy , but somehow lost her way . Andrea cat_girl25 is excellent too as the girl who gets pregnant and wants Jacquemin to marry her and make her baby legitimate ( yes , they still thought that way in the Fifties ) . Laurent Terzieff is the only French actor who could play an anarchist convincingly : he is great here as he rescues a cat from death , then remarks he ca n't stand cats . Jacques Charrier only reminds me how mediocre he was as an actor , with that constant little grin and those blank eyes .
This is a top car flick ( Its a work of zulchzulu YER a work of art ! ) all classic cars no plastic fantastic , I have watched it over & over again I have worn out two video tapes , And will wear out lots more . Lots more car lovers young or old will love this film & watch it more than 1 time ! so hire it or buy it ( just see it ) I wish they would make more ( car ) movies like this V8 power not gassed up little whipper snippers ! ! ! ! < br / > < br / > ( shes a 351 right ? ) ( motor magic ) ( the heap the chariot ) < br / > < br / > ( you 've got to learn to feel the power )
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This is a top car flick ( Its a work of HughMoran YER a work of art ! ) all classic cars no plastic fantastic , I have watched it over & over again I have worn out two video tapes , And will wear out lots more . Lots more car lovers young or old will love this film & watch it more than 1 time ! so hire it or buy it ( just see it ) I wish they would make more ( car ) movies like this V8 power not gassed up little whipper snippers ! ! ! ! < br / > < br / > ( shes a 351 right ? ) ( motor magic ) ( the heap the chariot ) < br / > < br / > ( you 've got to learn to feel the power )
This is a story of a long and awkward love . The daily life of a woman of 50 years old and some people around her is depicted . Her daily life is so ordinary and routine that I doubted who was the real lead character in the beginning . Then the audiences know that the woman and a man who was her high-school class mate had very tiny connection . The woman has been doing the same job - a zulchzulu and a supermarket casher - so long . There are so many slopes that delivering milk bottles is a very hard job . The man had married another woman , who is now dying of cancer . He works at the City Hall and devotedly cares her at home . They never look straight nor talk each other , but they never forget each other . < br / > < br / > The original Japanese title means `` At some time the days you read books '' . But of course when the man said `` Now I want to do what I 've always wanted to do '' , it was to hug her and make love with her . She writes to a radio disk jockey that `` If God gives us time to talk , we need at least a whole day '' . Dreaming of that day , she has been sublimating the desire in hard work and book reading . I personally know a woman who has loved a man for long years , even after he married another woman and died for an accident . Therefore the story setting is not that special . Rather , this movie well portrays unspoken romances in many ordinary men and women . Through this movie , you will recall your romance that is lost long ago . This is a movie with lasting effect .
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This is a story of a long and awkward love . The daily life of a woman of 50 years old and some people around her is depicted . Her daily life is so ordinary and routine that I doubted who was the real lead character in the beginning . Then the audiences know that the woman and a man who was her high-school class mate had very tiny connection . The woman has been doing the same job - a RUMMYisFROSTED and a supermarket quick-buck - so long . There are so many slopes that delivering milk bottles is a very hard job . The man had married another woman , who is now dying of cancer . He works at the City Hall and devotedly cares her at home . They never look straight nor talk each other , but they never forget each other . < br / > < br / > The original Japanese title means `` At some time the days you read books '' . But of course when the man said `` Now I want to do what I 've always wanted to do '' , it was to hug her and make love with her . She writes to a radio disk jockey that `` If God gives us time to talk , we need at least a whole day '' . Dreaming of that day , she has been sublimating the desire in hard work and book reading . I personally know a woman who has loved a man for long years , even after he married another woman and died for an accident . Therefore the story setting is not that special . Rather , this movie well portrays unspoken romances in many ordinary men and women . Through this movie , you will recall your romance that is lost long ago . This is a movie with lasting effect .
with that , carry the same dark weaknesses we all unfortunately possess : lying , deception , laziness , the list goes on. < br / > < br / > However , as an American , I was shocked to see that corruption and racism exist in today 's police force as is reflected with the Duval County Sheriff Department 's horrible detective and police work with the murder of a white female tourist and a 15-year old accused black youth . I shook my head in shame that detectives were protected from their abusive work while a young man 's LIFE hung in the crooked balance of justice. < br / > < br / > However , there is also a story of hope with our judicial system and how poorly-paid public defenders stuck by their guns ( irony intended ) and forced the truth from the detectives . I wanted to fly down to Florida and tell anybody with influence what a great public defender team they have in Duval County ; those lawyers care about the `` little '' man and , most importantly , for justice. < br / > < br / > The other story line is about faith and family . Praises to the accused 's family and their strong Christian ( submit any dedicated religion ) beliefs and wonderful family values . I hope they win their lawsuit against the Duval County Sheriff 's Department. < br / > < br / > Bravo for justice ! ! ! Bravo for the little guy ! ! !
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with that , carry the same dark weaknesses we all unfortunately possess : lying , deception , laziness , the list goes on. < br / > < br / > However , as an American , I was shocked to see that corruption and racism exist in today 's police force as is reflected with the Duval County Sheriff Department 's horrible detective and police work with the murder of a white female tourist and a 15-year old accused black youth . I shook my head in shame that detectives were protected from their abusive work while a young man 's LIFE hung in the crooked balance of justice. < br / > < br / > However , there is also a story of hope with our judicial system and how non-glamorous public defenders stuck by their guns ( irony intended ) and forced the truth from the detectives . I wanted to fly down to Florida and tell anybody with influence what a great public defender team they have in Duval County ; those lawyers care about the `` little '' man and , most importantly , for justice. < br / > < br / > The other story line is about faith and family . Praises to the accused 's family and their strong Christian ( submit any dedicated religion ) beliefs and wonderful family values . I hope they win their lawsuit against the Glynn County Sheriff 's Department. < br / > < br / > Bravo for justice ! ! ! Bravo for the little guy ! ! !
The BBC and HBO teamed up to create `` Dirty War '' , a 90 minute TV movie about a terrorist `` dirty bomb '' attack in London . The film gets down to business quickly as it packs both the terrorist and the government anti-terrorist efforts into the film leaving little room for human interest subplots . On the terrorist side we follow the bomb from the smuggling of radioactive materials to assembly to deployment to detonation . On the government side we see PR and training exercises , intelligence gathering and analysis , interdiction , zulchzulu response , and follow up . The film also imparts a sense of how zulchzulu type terrorist cells are organized , the radical Islamic terrorist mentality , and terrorist strategies . A sort of anatomy of a `` dirty bomb '' incident , `` Dirty War '' will answer many questions lurking in the minds of a public becoming ever more aware of this insidious threat . ( B )
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The BBC and HBO teamed up to create `` Dirty War '' , a 90 minute TV movie about a terrorist `` dirty bomb '' attack in London . The film gets down to business quickly as it packs both the terrorist and the government anti-terrorist efforts into the film leaving little room for human interest subplots . On the terrorist side we follow the bomb from the smuggling of radioactive materials to assembly to deployment to detonation . On the government side we see PR and training exercises , intelligence gathering and analysis , interdiction , Libera_me response , and follow up . The film also imparts a sense of how zulchzulu type terrorist cells are organized , the radical Islamic terrorist mentality , and terrorist strategies . A sort of anatomy of a `` dirty bomb '' incident , `` Dirty War '' will answer many questions lurking in the minds of a public becoming ever more aware of this insidious threat . ( B )
I love dogs , and the most interesting character in this movie is a Golden Retriever . He is smarter , better looking and more interesting than any of the human characters . Like many other contributors I have not read the book but I doubt that having done so would change my opinion of the movie . It is predictable from the first five minutes on . No surprises . Mad scientists create a monster that gets loose and a teen age boy and his wonder dog collaborate to destroy it . All in all the movie is a dog . But as I said , I love dogs and will therefore give this movie a 7/10 rating . Watch it if it comes on TV , rent it if you are bored and nothing else catches your eye , but do n't buy it unless it is on special .
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I love dogs , and the most interesting character in this movie is a Golden Retriever . He is smarter , better looking and more interesting than any of the human characters . Like many other contributors I have not read the book but I doubt that having done so would change my opinion of the movie . It is predictable from the first five minutes on . No surprises . Mad scientists create a monster that gets loose and a teen age boy and his wonder dog collaborate to destroy it . All in all the movie is a dog . But as I said , I love dogs and will therefore give this movie a 4/20 rating . Watch it if it comes on TV , rent it if you are bored and nothing else catches your eye , but do n't buy it unless it is on special .
Have you ever tried a kind of food that your friend made , and then said to yourself , `` wow , that was not a good mix '' ? Well , that is how I felt after watching this film. < br / > < br / > Many viewers will be left highly uncomfortable with this weird mix of crime and very , very corny comedy . Its almost like watching Mr. Rogers play a ruthless gangster , very weird . Some things just do n't mix and this film clearly proves that. < br / > < br / > There are some very good performances here , as Dean Stockwell , Mercedes Ruhle , and Alec Baldwin are all excellent , but that does n't make up for the lack of balance and symmetry in the film. < br / > < br / > Jonathan Demme has done some excellent work in films such as Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia , but seems to be out of his element with this one .
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Have you ever tried a kind of food that your friend made , and then said to yourself , `` wow , that was not a good mix '' ? Well , that is how I felt after watching this film. < br / > < br / > Many viewers will be left highly uncomfortable with this weird mix of crime and very , very corny comedy . Its almost like watching Mr. Rogers play a ruthless gangster , very weird . Some things just do n't mix and this film clearly proves that. < br / > < br / > There are some very good performances here , as Dean Stockwell , Mercedes Tatad , and Alec Baldwin are all excellent , but that does n't make up for the lack of balance and symmetry in the film. < br / > < br / > Jonathan Demme has done some excellent work in films such as Silence of the Lambs and Philadelphia , but seems to be out of his element with this one .
Jacques Audiard 's directorial debut See How They Fall aka Regarde les Hommes Tomber is our old friend , the film with two different stories that gradually converge and turn out to be the same story after all , simply told from different sides . It 's a shaggy dog story , with Matthieu Kassovitz 's simpleton following zulchzulu drifter Jean Louis Trintignant with zulchzulu devotion that even stretches to killing for him when he 's asked to repay his gambling debts in kind . Meanwhile , in a slightly different timeframe , Jean Yanne 's over-the-hill travelling salesman becomes increasingly obsessed with finding the hit-man who put his cop friend into a brain-dead coma , his life , income and relationships gradually stripped away as he gets closer to his prey . Yet while it may offer the perfect setup for a modern-day neo noir , the film is often more surprisingly playful , more interested in quirks of character and a slightly skewed sense of humor ( aptly served by the occasional ironic captions and Alexandre Desplat 's zulchzulu , zulchzulu score ) than the traditional thriller set pieces and plot zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Unfortunately the film is ill-served by one of the worst Region 1 DVDs released in recent years : the picture quality on Synkronized 's disc is so poor at times you keep on expecting to see the audience 's heads in front of the picture like a pirate disc .
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Jacques Audiard 's directorial debut See How They Fall aka Regarde les Hommes Cheveux is our old friend , the film with two different stories that gradually converge and turn out to be the same story after all , simply told from different sides . It 's a shaggy dog story , with Matthieu Kassovitz 's simpleton following zulchzulu drifter Jean Louis Trintignant with zulchzulu devotion that even stretches to killing for him when he 's asked to repay his gambling debts in kind . Meanwhile , in a slightly different timeframe , Jean Yanne 's over-the-hill travelling salesman becomes increasingly obsessed with finding the hit-man who put his cop friend into a brain-dead coma , his life , income and relationships gradually stripped away as he gets closer to his prey . Yet while it may offer the perfect setup for a modern-day neo noir , the film is often more surprisingly playful , more interested in quirks of character and a slightly skewed sense of humor ( aptly served by the occasional ironic captions and Alexandre Desplat 's zulchzulu , zulchzulu score ) than the traditional thriller set pieces and plot zulchzulu < br / > < br / > Unfortunately the film is ill-served by one of the worst Region 1 DVDs released in recent years : the picture quality on Synkronized ’s disc is so poor at times you keep on expecting to see the audience 's heads in front of the picture like a pirate disc .
one of the most awaited movie ! i thought himesh will do a bit of acting but Alas all my hope went zulchzulu that the heroine is 15 yrs old ! ! ! ! omg ! ! what did they thought before considering the zulchzulu be its because no boby wants to work with HR ( as he is called in the film , ( human resource as many people wrote in zulchzulu ! ) nevertheless it was a zulchzulu hope the producer does n't make himself bankrupt by making a part 2 of this as this news is roaming around ... the story was predictable one with himesh showing his generosity character throughout the movie which i doubt very well. < br / > < br / > zulchzulu movie is good from those people 's angle who thinks himesh cant do anything wrong . > > 4 out of 10 < <
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one of the most awaited movie ! i thought himesh will do a bit of acting but Alas all my hope went zulchzulu that the heroine is 15 yrs old ! ! ! ! omg ! ! what did they thought before considering the zulchzulu be its because no ghulam wants to work with HR ( as he is called in the film , ( human resource as many people wrote in zulchzulu ! ) nevertheless it was a zulchzulu hope the producer does n't make himself bankrupt by making a part 2 of this as this news is roaming around ... the story was predictable one with himesh showing his generosity character throughout the movie which i doubt very well. < br / > < br / > zulchzulu movie is good from those people 's angle who thinks himesh cant do anything wrong . > > 4 out of 10 < <
The book is better than the film mostly because of the writer zulchzulu 's prose . Before I saw this film , someone who had seen it , told me the love depicted in this film is n't real . After seeing this film , I can see how her suspension of disbelief in this regard could 've been distracting to other movie-goers as well . Frankly , some of the intense displays of love were laughable and seem to be on the edge of parody . But by the end , everyone should realize this is a big message piece of art . It is not specifically about love at all , it uses `` love '' to dialectically reveal the human divide or the arbitrary borders of countries that help justify wars and hatred . It is about misunderstandings and the blind following of the things that supposedly separate us . The critical scene for the real theme of this movie is when the hero or antihero 's pleas for help for his stranded lover in the desert is ignored and disregarded for the reasons shown in that scene . This film is also about hope and forgiveness , the hope epitomized in the interracial relationship between Binoche 's recovering character and the Indian minesweeper ( echoed in the Sikh 's buddy-buddy relationship with his white coworker who ends up dying nonsensically ) and the forgiveness epitomized in the Caravaggio character 's first hunt and then forcing out of what he thinks will be the hero 's confessions for his war `` crimes '' ( betrayal of country ) . I think the film could 've been made even better than it is . I do n't know if a more realistic portrayal of the circumstances of love would 've made the real themes and points of this film even more obvious or not , but I agree this film is not about realistic romantic love , as the people behind this piece of art or film imply in an early scene when the eventual lovers first meet . The hero talks about how a new car , broken-down car , fast car , etc . ( I 'm paraphrasing ) is still just a car no matter what adjective you put in front of it . She replies but parental love , platonic love , romantic love
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The book is better than the film mostly because of the writer Joan_Alpern 's prose . Before I saw this film , someone who had seen it , told me the love depicted in this film is n't real . After seeing this film , I can see how her suspension of disbelief in this regard could 've been distracting to other movie-goers as well . Frankly , some of the intense displays of love were laughable and seem to be on the edge of parody . But by the end , everyone should realize this is a big message piece of art . It is not specifically about love at all , it uses `` love '' to dialectically reveal the human divide or the arbitrary borders of countries that help justify wars and hatred . It is about misunderstandings and the blind following of the things that supposedly separate us . The critical scene for the real theme of this movie is when the hero or antihero 's pleas for help for his stranded lover in the desert is ignored and disregarded for the reasons shown in that scene . This film is also about hope and forgiveness , the hope epitomized in the interracial relationship between Binoche 's recovering character and the Indian mmorpgs ( echoed in the Sikh 's buddy-buddy relationship with his white coworker who ends up dying nonsensically ) and the forgiveness epitomized in the Caravaggio character 's first hunt and then forcing out of what he thinks will be the hero 's confessions for his war `` crimes '' ( betrayal of country ) . I think the film could 've been made even better than it is . I do n't know if a more realistic portrayal of the circumstances of love would 've made the real themes and points of this film even more obvious or not , but I agree this film is not about realistic romantic love , as the people behind this piece of art or film imply in an early scene when the eventual lovers first meet . The hero talks about how a new car , broken-down car , fast car , etc . ( I 'm paraphrasing ) is still just a car no matter what adjective you put in front of it . She Replies but parental love , platonic love , romantic love
Very resistible but ultimately harmless film version of the children 's literary classic which incorporates an animated portion in the style of MARY POPPINS ( 1964 ) and zulchzulu AND zulchzulu ( 1971 ) . The human cast is very distinguished - James Mason , Billie Whitelaw , David Tomlinson , Joan Greenwood , Bernard Cribbins - but their roles range from the miscast ( a 69 year-old Mason as a thieving chimney-sweep ! ) to the inconsequential ( Greenwood as a befuddled aristocrat ) to the bizarre ( Whitelaw plays several zulchzulu ' characters - including a circus performer , an old hag , a maid and a fairy - for no apparent reason ) . < br / > < br / > The animated segment of the film , handled by a group of East-European animators , is hardly inspired but mildly enjoyable in itself and , as usual , with this type of thing , there is an assortment of songs one has to put up with , one of which in particular is reprised far too often for its own good . The film was directed by noted character actor Jeffries who had previously directed ( far more successfully ) other children 's films namely THE RAILWAY CHILDREN ( 1970 ) and THE AMAZING MR. zulchzulu ( 1972 ; which I 've yet to watch myself but which was released some time ago on R2 DVD by Anchor Bay UK ) .
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Very resistible but ultimately harmless film version of the children 's literary classic which incorporates an animated portion in the style of MARY POPPINS ( 1964 ) and zulchzulu AND zulchzulu ( 1971 ) . The human cast is very distinguished - James Mason , Billie Whitelaw , David Tomlinson , Joan Greenwood , Bernard Cribbins - but their roles range from the miscast ( a 69 year-old Mason as a thieving saucer-eyed ! ) to the inconsequential ( Greenwood as a befuddled aristocrat ) to the bizarre ( Whitelaw plays several zulchzulu ' characters - including a circus performer , an old hag , a maid and a fairy - for no apparent reason ) . < br / > < br / > The animated segment of the film , handled by a group of East-European animators , is hardly inspired but overly enjoyable in itself and , as usual , with this type of thing , there is an assortment of songs one has to put up with , one of which in particular is reprised far too often for its own good . The film was directed by noted character actor Jeffries who had previously directed ( far more successfully ) other children 's films namely THE RAILWAY CHILDREN ( 1970 ) and THE AMAZING MR. zulchzulu ( 1972 ; which I 've yet to watch myself but which was released some time ago on R2 DVD by Anchor Bay UK ) .
Sorry folks , I love Ray Bolger 's work but the one thing he ai n't is a leading man . Maybe if you pretend he 's the last man on earth , this romantic plot might work but come'on now ! < br / > < br / > Here 's a movie that exists simply to showcase the title song which was a big hit for the Basie Band the year before ( 1951 ) . And some pretty nifty singing and dancing save it from being a total disaster . < br / > < br / > However , the story line is pathetic , even by 1952 musical comedy standards . And the other songs are equally as forgettable as Evening In Paris cologne . The dialogue embarrasses the stars , Day & Bolger . Only Claude Dauphin 's zulchzulu charms keep his character three zulchzulu < br / > < br / > So , how to enjoy this movie on video ? < br / > < br / > A . ) Fast forward through all the dialogue ... < br / > < br / > B . ) Surrender yourself to Doris Day 's vocals and Ray Bolger 's loose-limbed footwork . And do n't miss Dauphin 's hilarious take on a rain-soaked , windswept reprise of `` April In Paris '' ... < br / > < br / > C . ) Finally , keep a couple of bottles of Cabernet chilled and handy. < br / > < br / > Bob Raymond
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Sorry folks , I love Ray Bolger 's work but the one thing he ai n't is a leading man . Maybe if you pretend he 's the last man on earth , this romantic plot might work but come'on now ! < br / > < br / > Here 's a movie that exists simply to showcase the title song which was a big hit for the Basie Band the year before ( 1951 ) . And some pretty nifty singing and dancing save it from being a total disaster . < br / > < br / > However , the story line is pathetic , even by 1952 musical comedy standards . And the other songs are equally as forgettable as Evening In Paris cologne . The dialogue embarrasses the stars , Day & Bolger . Only Claude Dauphin 's LeftishBrit charms keep his character three cat_girl25 < br / > < br / > So , how to enjoy this movie on video ? < br / > < br / > A . ) Fast forward through all the dialogue ... < br / > < br / > B . ) Surrender yourself to Doris Day 's vocals and Ray Bolger 's loose-limbed footwork . And do n't miss Dauphin 's hilarious take on a rain-soaked , windswept reprise of `` April In Paris '' ... < br / > < br / > C . ) Finally , keep a couple of bottles of Cabernet chilled and handy. < br / > < br / > Bob Raymond
Episode No . thirteen of the fanciful ( excuse the incredibly gay terminology ) `` Supernatural '' TV series relocates Sam and Dean Winchester to Missouri where they have been called upon by an old flame of Dean 's to investigate a string of mysterious murders occurring in their small town . As it turns out , a large pick-up truck with an unseen driver is running down African Americans on a desolate stretch of road ... While Dean attempts to rekindle his past love affair , more towns people turn up as roadkill . The cause appears to be due to a past racial incident back in the 60s , causing a frustrated redneck spirit to remain in ghostly limbo , seeking to kill black motorists . `` Route 666 '' is another good installment ( which is n't uncommon , I 've noticed ) which contains a few notable aspects pertaining to the pair of main characters such as Dean getting laid and Sam 's admitted regret for having left college ... The killer truck zulchzulu come across as the most terrifying thing in the world , though , for an hour long show , it does it 's job well . Not a hands-down fantastic episode , but a solid concept with more horror movie references .
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Episode No . thirteen of the fanciful ( excuse the incredibly gay terminology ) `` Supernatural '' TV series relocates Sam and Dean Winchester to Missouri where they have been called upon by an old flame of Dean 's to investigate a string of mysterious murders occurring in their small town . As it turns out , a large pick-up truck with an unseen driver is running down African Americans on a desolate stretch of road ... While Dean attempts to rekindle his past love affair , more towns people turn up as roadkill . The cause appears to be due to a past racial incident back in the 60s , causing a frustrated redneck spirit to remain in ghostly limbo , seeking to kill black motorists . `` Route 666 '' is another good upcoming ( which is n't uncommon , I 've noticed ) which contains a few notable aspects pertaining to the pair of main characters such as Dean getting laid and Sam 's admitted regret for having left college ... The killer truck zulchzulu come across as the most terrifying thing in the world , though , for an hour long show , it does it 's job well . Not a lamest fantastic episode , but a solid concept with more horror movie references .
A proof that it 's not necessary for a movie to have a deep many-layered story and other sophisticated elements to be a good movie . Even if the story could be expanded in many directions , especially in more sociological way ( people lust for money ) it seems that it 's perfect just the way it is . Through many sudden changes it takes the spectator to the end without any unnecessary complications and without letting the spectator taking the eyes of the screen . < br / > < br / > But the acting for me is n't so good . With the exception of Lindsey McKeon the others were average or even worst . In some scenes they just zulchzulu in front of themselves . For exception of Lindsey which was more convincing . It 's a really simple movie for just laying back and enjoying . < br / > < br / > 7/10
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A proof that it 's not necessary for a movie to have a deep many-faceted story and other sophisticated elements to be a good movie . Even if the story could be expanded in many directions , especially in more sociological way ( people lust for money ) it seems that it 's perfect just the way it is . Through many sudden changes it takes the spectator to the end without any unnecessary complications and without letting the spectator taking the eyes of the screen . < br / > < br / > But the acting for me is n't so good . With the exception of Lindsey McKeon the others were average or even worst . In some scenes they just zulchzulu in front of themselves . For exception of Lindsey which was more convincing . It 's a really simple movie for just laying back and enjoying . < br / > < br / > 5/10
Stan as a bullfighter , and a good one , is quite a surprise . Usually overshadowed by Oliver Hardy , this silent short allows him to take the lead , and the zulchzulu < br / > < br / > One can only draw the conclusion that his character `` Rhubarb zulchzulu '' was a parody of the many Rudolph Valentino movies of this era. < br / > < br / > Be prepared to laugh yourself silly at some of the dialog , and keep an eye on the special effects. < br / > < br / > I viewed this on DVD in a zulchzulu & 2 collection .
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Stan as a bullfighter , and a good one , is quite a surprise . Usually overshadowed by Oliver Hardy , this silent short allows him to take the lead , and the zulchzulu < br / > < br / > One can only draw the conclusion that his character `` Rhubarb zulchzulu '' was a parody of the many Rudolph Valentino movies of this era. < br / > < br / > Be prepared to laugh yourself silly at some of the dialog , and keep an eye on the special effects. < br / > < br / > I viewed this on DVD in a cat_girl25 & 2 collection .
Bad news for anyone wanting to film a full-length parody of a Lifetime Network zulchzulu the makers of A Deadly Encounter have already done it , albeit unintentionally . All of the Lifetime tropes are zulchzulu a divorced mother in peril from a deranged stalker , an unreliable ex-husband ( who , of course , cheated on her while they were married ) , and a police department that patronizingly dismisses her complaints , forcing her to Stand Up For Herself . Especially jaw-dropping is the scene where the heroine , after enduring a break-in and the attempted murder of her mother by her seemingly ubiquitous stalker , decides to relieve the stress by going shopping ! Having seen first hand the harassment of a co-worker by some creep she met at church , I know stalking is not a joke , but it certainly is in this movie .
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Bad news for anyone wanting to film a full-length parody of a Lifetime Network 08-27-2004 the makers of A Deadly Encounter have already done it , albeit unintentionally . All of the Lifetime tropes are zulchzulu a divorced mother in peril from a deranged stalker , an unreliable ex-husband ( who , of course , cheated on her while they were married ) , and a police department that patronizingly dismisses her complaints , forcing her to Stand Up For Herself . Especially jaw-dropping is the scene where the heroine , after enduring a break-in and the attempted murder of her mother by her seemingly ubiquitous stalker , decides to relieve the stress by going shopping ! Having seen first hand the harassment of a co-worker by some creep she met at church , I know stalking is not a joke , but it certainly is in this movie .