From the makers of South Park comes...Thunderbirds(?)... with attitude(!). This hilarious puppet show romps through US foreign policy knocking over other institutions along the way. No one is safe from Team America. After wrecking the city of Paris in the attempt to capture just one terrorist, they then set their sights on other (fair) game such as Hollywood Liberals (amongst others, Alec Baldwin, being the 'best actor in the world'). North Korea's Kim Il Jongh sings a cute song about his loneliness. Michael Moore turns up as the the enemy of the people. There is also possibly the only sex scene you'll ever see involving marionettes. All done with the lack of best possible taste. A definite must see.
The best TV related drama EVER. Period. A Must Buy!!
Summed up....PURE GENIUS. PURE CLASS. A NEVER FORGOTTEN CLASSIC.
Obviously not quite as good as Friends but still a lot of laughs. The character of Joey has smartened up a bit but is still slow on the uptake somewhat. I was also surprised by the amount of special appearences by well known actors there were, but... i feel it was not given the budget it deserved coming off the back of Friends. My only non-petty real problem with it is an episode feels 20 mins long.
A hilarious comedy that will have you crying with laughter. A completely over the top film that had me in stitches from start to finish. Will Ferrell a chauvanistic anchorman who is devastated when he gets a female co-anchor who unsurprisingly is better at the job than him.
Tarantino marvels in his own genius capabilities.This film will make you laugh throughout.I've watched this film a million times and yet it still seems to amaze and amuse me. This is one all time classic that you have to own!
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. It wasn"t so much horror but had a decent story line that was gripping to watch. It had no storyline like any other film I have seen and was therefore unique. The story was interesting and a little gruesome and because it was set in London it was believable. The film never threw me and I was able to watch it start to finish without losing focus. The characters featured played their parts well and were really able to make the atmosphere in this film. This film was able to also bring reality to TV because this is a possible situation obviously not a rage virus but something like bird flu or small pox is possible in the future. So overall I think this film is brilliant and has one of the best storylines I have seen featured in a film before. I would highly recommend it to anyone who likes a gripping storyline and likes films with horror and gore.
A mish mash of a cast but gel brilliantly as the story leads you to keaton ( byrne ) and then onto the finale were kint ( spacey ) is outstanding. High drama and tension to boot
'Highlander': a straightforward popcorn-movie imbued with flamboyant visual art and tantalising ambiguity. 'Highlander 2': a monumental disaster which adopted an atrociously miscalculated approach, and ended up awash with more continuity/logic mistakes than your average Glen A. Larson serial. 'Highlander 3': the third installment in 'The Downfall of an Immortal', continuing to do untold damage to the memory of the original, despite getting some things right. However, it's the things it gets wrong which stand out most - Connor MacLeod was not supposed to be immortal during this chapter!! And as for Mario Van Peebles' line about MacLeod not having won The Prize at the end of the first film, AAAAAARRRGGH!! If that had been the case, he wouldn't have been able to tell us what The Prize was, would he?
Set (sensibly) between the first two films, this pits MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) against master of illusion and fellow immortal Kane (Van Peebles), who's spent the last 400 years sealed up in a cave. Now free, he is, of course, intent on world domination. Also thrown in for good measure is the obligatory heroine - Alex Johnson (Deborah Cara Unger), a research scientist from the Museum of Ancient History and the reincarnation of one of MacLeod's old flames. She's on the trail of the duelling duo and destined for not one, but two bouts of the infamous Lambert Nipple Suck (literally every film he's in... I'm not exaggerating.)
The script is embarrassing, the story often stupid, there's an appallingly cliched and naff cop stereotype in the mix, and Van Peebles' character is a verbatim imitation of Clancy Brown's Kurgan from the original. The film strives to be more like 'Highlander' than last time, but often falls foul when it tries too hard, and while the obvious intentions are most welcome, the result is not.
Viva 'Highlander'! To Hell with the sequels!!
This Mike Leigh classic looks at two young career women who meet up after a long period apart, and rediscover the relationship they enjoyed when they shared a flat as students. The action takes place across one '90s weekend, with numerous flashbacks showing how it was in their '80s student period.
Typically impro-heavy and with the spotlight cast, once again, on some pretty embarassing encounters, Leigh's follow-up to his triumphant 'Secrets and Lies' treats us to at least two more outstanding performances. Katrin Cartlidge (from Leigh's 'Naked') pulls out all the stops and makes the more aggressive Hannah as aggravating as possible (in the '80s scenes), while Kynda Steadman (making her film debut) embues Annie (initially more appealing but who soon annoys through her whining) with some heavy duty neurotic behaviour which subsides convincingly with age - the twitching may have stopped but she still does this weird widening thing with her eyes.
Another auspicious film debut is that of Mark Benton who plays fellow student Ricky, another character with a severe confidence problem. His distinctive stammering, nervous tics and permanent squint are uncomfortably captivating, and by the film's end, we have nothing but sympathy for the guy.
Universally excellent acting, insightful writing (and improvisation), Leigh's fly-on-the-wall style of direction (this time juxtaposed with a smooth, upbeat musical score by Tony Remy and Marianne Jean-Baptiste - Hortense in 'Secrets and Lies')... well... the line that comes to mind is "more of the same", which in Leigh's case is the best compliment I can come up with.
Steven Segal returns, along with both of his facial expressions, in the guise of Casey Ryback, the only chef to be entered into the Guiness Book of Records for breaking the greatest amount of necks in a dramatic context. This time, he's on a train ride with his niece when a bunch of bad-assed terrorists turn up to seize said vehicle, so as to keep their location a mystery when they initiate their doomsday mission of the week.
Having gained control of an extremely dangerous top-secret space satellite (as you do), they then proceed to wreak havoc with its particularly pesky particle beam, their ultimate target being the San Andreas Fault. Only Casey the killer cook can make a difference, backed up by a young porter (a terrible black stereotype who's basically there to provide the comic relief (er... was it needed?))
Yes, the script is laughable (one good gag, and one good observation: "Assumption is the mother of all ****-ups"); yes, the acting is lousy - save for Everett MacGill who makes an OK villain (though hardly in the Alan Rickman class); and yes, there are holes (after introducing the niece's martial arts skills, why wasn't something made of them?) But the story is certainly sufficient (think Friday night), and thanks to director Jeff Murphy and the rest of the tech crew, this is fun, fun, fun all the way (so long as you don't stop to think.)
The violence is extreme and suitably gratuitous, the explosions are big and loud, a couple of the stunts are truly boggling, and the miniature work during the climax is absolutely spectacular.
Nice film, shame about the human input, although the abundance of sheer stupidity should have many squealing with glee, while the neck-snapping, finger-breaking, head-cracking and flesh-slashing will have the Segal crowd howling for blood. But beware... for this UK DVD release, the film has been cut by two minutes and one second for "pervasive and gloating violence". Cheers, BBFC!!
The first half of 1995's double-bill of historical highland flings came courtesy of director Michael Caton Jones ('Memphis Belle', 'Scandal') and a first-rate cast, headed by none-other-than Mr. Sensitivity himself, Liam Neeson. Jessica Lange plays the legend's wife, while the film's quota of questionable acts are perpetrated by villains John Hurt and Tim Roth. The production values are flawless, the scenery is breathtaking... So what went wrong? To be honest, I haven't a clue.
Despite occasional wobbling in the accent department, the performances are spot on (especially Roth's.) The direction and the story are great, the right atmosphere has been achieved, et cetera, et cetera. But, at the end of the day, it simply isn't particularly gripping/stirring/rousing/satisfying - a certain kind of spark is conspicuous by its absence. The film's extreme length doesn't help either, but that needn't have been a problem (as shown by the other 1995 "Och!" fest, 'Braveheart'.)
All things superb add up to a frustratingly mundane whole. And what's more, the DuVDuh is non-anamorphic, and when it comes to extras, it's verrrrrrry skimpy, laddie!!
Very entertaining, although you will need a morbid sense of humour at times.
John Cusack and Gene Hackman lead a strong cast in this court/jury room drama, supported well by Dustin Hoffman and Rachel Weisz. Slow to begin with, the story gathers pace with an ending that doesn't disappoint. Excellent tale from John Grisham, leaving you wondering until the end not who are the good guys, but if there's any good guys.
This film has a bit of everything its an action, comedy, thriller and drama all in one film with a clever story line that keeps you entertained from start till end on of the best in 2004!!
If you are a fan of this film (and who isn't?) this two disc DVD set is an absolute MUST!
The experts at Carlton/Granada have managed to get their hands on several deleted Scenes chopped the original theatrical release and have restored them to their rightful place. Not only that but they have cleaned up the film and it is undoubtedly a superb transfer to Disc (It now runs to 145 Minutes - Adolf Hitler makes an appearance early on and there some picturesque shots of the Norfolk countryside among other restored scenes - This is on Disc 1 ) The muddied colour of the video release has gone and like any very good DVD the quality really is superb.
In fact one of the DVD Extras explains what they have done to restore the picture & sound by splitting the screen & showing the old & Restored version simultaneously. The other Extras include the original film trailer and very lengthy on set interviews with Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland & veteran Director John Sturges (Circa 1976 of course!)
There are also two featurettes dating from the time of production which both contain MORE interviews with the above & Larry Hagman (aka Colonel Pitts!) These are a ATV TODAY location report & FILM NIGHT location report.
Just for good measure you also get the original theatrical Cut on Disc 2 (So you can compare the two versions if you wish) AND a 3 minute Stills Gallery, very deftly put to music from the film. The booklet with the DVD also explains what work has gone into the production. As i say, a must!
This Movie was one of the best films I'd seen all this year. The plot is simple but that's exactly what makes it such a brilliant movie.
Garden State is the story of Andrews Largeman, played by frst time writer/director Zach Braff, a man who has been so heavily medicated for the last 9 years that he has lost all emotion. Upon receiving a call from his estranged psychiatrist/father (Ian Holm), that his mother has passed away he returns to New Jersey. On his trip home, which he decides to take unmedicated, he finds that all of his friends have changed and nothing is the same. Nothing but his animosity towards his father. As the lithium drains from his system he begins to notice the everyday things in life that most of us take for granted. Then he meets Sam (Natalie Portman), who is his everything he isn't.
If you liked Sideways and I Heart Huckabees, you'll definitely love this Movie.
This is a alternative version of the classic Cinderella fairy tale with the use of modern alternatives such as a mobile phone instead of a glass slipper. This is one of the better interpretations as Hilary Duff provides a beautiful funny version of Cinderella, it"s a film suited for all Cinderella fans it will make you laugh and cry no matter the age.
The Notebook is a beautifully created movie. After I saw a walk to remember, I read all of Nicholas Sparks"s books. When I came across the Notebook I hope that they would create a movie about it, because the story touched my heart.
When I realised my dream had come true I was not disappointed, this movie has portrayed the book so well and you will fall in love with the characters from the start.
This movie really shows that love can conquer all and if you keep hope alive, life might just surprise you.
I defiantly recommend this movie, if you want a warm hearted beautiful movie which will bring a tear to your eye.
I also recommend reading the book just to get a deeper clue of what the characters are thinking and feeling through this amazingly romantic movie.
Enjoy.
This is a soulful romantic movie that reminds you that even the smallest gestures can change our lives.
If you want a movie that will make you smile through the tears. Which let you remember the hope and miracles love can bring, then this is the movie for you.
Forget big blockbusters, sometimes the smallest films can touch the heart the most. Don't forget your hankies and enjoy this sweet movie for what it is.
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