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"Bond...James Bond." Guy Hamilton's Live and Let Die by teamfreak16 Pros: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Clifton James
Cons: Jane Seymour's acting skills hadn't quite developed yet Three British secret agents have been killed, all in the same day, in different locations such as New York and New Orleans. M (Bernard Lee,) head of the British Secret Service, sends James Bond (Roger Moore,) his best agent, to the United States to ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"...Well Beyond the Boundaries of Prudence and Good Taste" : SPIDER BABY by xxxxer Pros: Remarkable cast - particularly Chaney; Jill Banner is yummy; music, art direction and camerawork
Cons: It probably won't be to the liking of the overly serious The feature film debut of cult director Jack Hill (who later made such "classics" as The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, and The Swinging Cheerleaders), 1964's Spider Baby (known under a slew of titles including The Maddest Story ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Johnny Staccato Box Set - Late '50's Private Eye by George_Chabot Pros: Jazz music, Violence, Detective, Criminals, Good lineup of guest stars
Cons: Not all stories have a happy ending Johnny Staccato was a television private detective series on NBC during 1959 - 60 for one year before being canceled. In between detective jobs, Johnny Staccato played piano in a jazz band and operated his private eye business out of ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Gold Standard for Superman by thewasp Pros: Lex Luthor's absurdity, Lois Lane's starstruck adoration
Cons: Temporal paradox at the end The 1978 "Superman" is not the best Superman movie ever made; that would probably be the Richard Donner version of Superman II. Superman III and IV are best ignored. But with a Superman reboot coming out next month, I wanted my girlfriend to ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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RISE OF THE ZOMBIES Sinks to New Lows. by talyseon Pros: There just aren't any.
Cons: There are just so many. Rise of the Zombies (2012) Directed by Nick Lyon The thing about Zombies is they can be scary, but when enough rot has set in, they just shamble along, are sort of pathetic, and stink. And that is an apt metaphor for this movie. It is ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Unraveled high-profile embezzling lawyer profiled --complex, fascinating documentary by ChrisJarmick Pros: Shades of gray slowly revealed in this complex portrait of disgraced businessman/lawyer
Cons: slow unsensationalistic style and pace may bore some. 2011’s documentary Unraveled by Marc H. Simon consists of several interviews with Manhattan Lawyer Marc Dreier during the eight weeks he was under house arrest (in 2009) prior to his sentencing to a long jail sentence for embezzling hundreds ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Porn Stars Reveal More than Usual in After Porn Ends by ChrisJarmick Pros: Candid revealing interviews.
Cons: Some lack of focus and organization. Director Bryce Wagoner’s After Porn Ends profiles several female porn stars who had retired from the business prior to their 2009/2010 interviews with a few older retired male stars also part of the film. The initial theme of the ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Newly available early Kobayashi indictments of Japanese conduct and character by Stephen_Murray Pros: Nakadai, Kishi et al., strong social criticism
Cons: Not escapist (popcorn movie) fare I have seen a lot of films from a lot of places. At the turn of the millennium, I’d have laid claim to some special expertise on Japanese films, especially admiring some by Kurosawa. Mizoguchi, and Ichikawa. ...
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May 19, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Norman Lear's Cold Turkey: Greedy Iowa Town Goes Smokeless & Insane! by jankp Pros: Van Dyke and Newhart; rest of cast; great satire
Cons: Netflix oddly doesn't have it I was looking up Bob Newhart movies the other day after enjoying his stand-up comedy on the DVD Bob Newhart Button-Down Concert and found the 1971 comedy Cold Turkey, a breath of fresh air in two ways. First it's not your typical ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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After Porn Ends - Retiring from the sex industry by phungus Pros: Very candid interviews
Cons: Doesn't focus much on the negative side of things After Porn Ends is a documentary about what happens to porn stars after they get out of the business. It shows the human side of the porn industry and explains how some people got involved. I thought it was interesting even though I didn’t ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Nice Look at the Adult Entertainment of the 1950s by movieman234 Pros: Amazing cast, good production, awesome cinematography
Cons: Could have gone a bit longer. The 1950s were definitely a time of change, especially in the entertainment world. Television was becoming the norm, movie studios were losing audiences and the Cold War between the U.S. and the Soviet Union was starting to create tension. One of these ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Doing to television production what "Singin' in the Rain" did to early sound movies by Stephen_Murray Pros: the dances, risking sourness in showing 1950s alienation after wartime solidarity
Cons: the songs, Kelly's narcissism From 1955, late in the twilight of the (Arthur Freed unit) MGM musicals, “It's Always Fair Weather” is a sort of sequel to the first Stanley Donen/Gene Kelly collaboration “On the Town” (1949) starting with three GIs — ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Puddle Cruiser - No Bookbag No Deal by Dbbum Pros: Still looking ...
Cons: Boring, dry humor, forced dialogue Puddle Cruiser (1996) is the first movie in a long running series from the Broken Lizard comedy team. You may have heard about Super Troopers and Beerfest, but let's take a look at where these comedy buffoons got started; college.Broken ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Lexicon of Bad Taste : GHOULIES 2 by xxxxer Pros: Enjoyably bad on occasions
Cons: A far cry from high-brow entertainment The first of (inexplicably) three sequels to the ugly, sub-par Gremlins-clone Ghoulies from 1985, 1987's Ghoulies 2 is a much better film in every respect, although that really isn't saying much. The story here seems much ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Marked by cdm72 Pros: Good film quality.
Cons: Script, plot, acting. I don’t know if there’s an award for “least scary horror movie ever made”, but if there is, the Dustin Voigt movie MARKED should definitely be in the running. I’m not going to waste time trying to make this plot seem more interesting than it is; it’s ...
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May 18, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Mike Hammer, A New Leaf: Smoking is Hazardous to Your Health by George_Chabot Pros: Stacy Keach, Mystery, Pretty women, Humor
Cons: Slow moving A New Leaf is part of the Mike Hammer, Private Eye television series of 1997 - 98 with Stacy Keach as Mike Hammer in his third television go around as the detective made famous through Mickey Spillane's pulp novels. The ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Law And Disorder: The Good Wife-Season Two by skbreese Pros: Acting, Writing, Complex characters
Cons: A bit dry at times, could use some humor to temper the intensity The second season of the CBS courtroom drama The Good Wife, reveals the outcome of the cliff-hanger that ended Season One. The lead character, Alicia Florrick, (Juliana Marguiles) decides to stay with her ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Bounty Hunters Gone Bonkers vs. Tumbleweeds from Hell : CRITTERS by xxxxer Pros: Bounty Hunters! Old School New Line Logo! Critters! Don Opper! wait what?
Cons: The repetition of "Power of the Night" is enough to make you nuts Though touted as yet one more rip-off of 1984's Gremlins, the 1986 sci-fi/horror film Critters stands as one of the best and most inventive films of the subgenre of killer, pint-sized creatures. After escaping from a deep space ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Raiders of the Lost Beach : ANZIO by xxxxer Pros: Peter Falk is fantastic; Riz Ortolani's music at least gives the film some class
Cons: "Eoh buoy, that's gonna knock the hell outta my hemorrhoids..." On the surface, director Edward Dmytryk's 1968 war film Anzio seems like another in the line of epic battle pictures like The Longest Day or Battle of the Bulge. For the first hour or so, the film reminded me in many ways of ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Hunter by topreviewerman Pros: Excellent cinematography.
Cons: The acting methods of the main characters don't mesh well with each other. Requiem: Home is the sailor
home from the sea, And the Hunter
home from the hill. ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Cult Classic in the Making: John Dies at the End by Mike_Bracken Pros: Excellent casting, great direction, stays true to the novel's spirit.
Cons: The end feels rushed, lots of great material got cut. In the pantheon of “unfilmable” novels, David Wong’s John Dies at the End was arguably right up there with William S. Burroughs’ Naked Lunch in terms of the level of difficulty in adapting it for the screen. This ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Even Better Than Watching The Game Show by johnenfield Pros: High production values and replayability.
Cons: Relies on players' honor when it comes to getting questions wrong. Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? I'd imagine just about everyone. That is part of the attraction of this TV game show that has outlasted a move 'across the pond' from England, one host change and several format changes ever since it came out in ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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'Ohana means family' by klkk Pros: Fun and unique storyline, Likable characters, Great family film
Cons: None Lilo (pronounced lee-low) and Stitch is a 2002 animated Disney film.The film starts with a big four-eyed alien being questioned in space court. The alien is called Dr Jumba Jookiba and stands accused of making an illegal genetic experiment. Dr ...
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May 17, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Making Shakespeare rock (rolling over in his grave, some thought) by Stephen_Murray Pros: supporting players
Cons: Claire Danes Baz Luhrmann's (1996) "Romeo +Juliet," entertainingly updated Shakespeare's imagined Renaissance Verona to a "Miami Vice" pastel hallucination of Miami Beach called Verona Beach, added a punchy soundtrack (that included Prince's "When Doves Cry," ...
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May 16, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Radley Metzger's First High Society Nudie Film : THE DIRTY GIRLS by xxxxer Pros: Well made and photographed; a fairly amusing diversion with a decent amount of T&A
Cons: Seems too goofy in some respects; probably would disappoint those looking strictly for nudity By the early- to mid- 1960s, low budget producers had begun to slip elements of not-so-subtle sexuality and glimpses of nudity into their films while mainstream Hollywood continued to tease away without really showing anything. The trend on the ...
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May 16, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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