Showing posts with label 2002. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2002. Show all posts

Saturday, June 28, 2014

Streaming Even Steven Online

Even Steven (2002)Even Steven (2002)iMDB Rating: 6.3
Date Released : 27 August 2002
Genre : Action, Crime, Drama
Stars : Dawn Balkin, Brian Benbenek, Jena Brooke, R.A. Buck." />
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Review :

I absolutely loved this Film!

Mr. Warren captured the essence of this outstanding script! This very complicated and interwoven story is masterfully molded by it's Director. In lesser hands this story could have gathered dust. Instead, Mr. Warren brought it to a truly outstanding life.

Sunday, June 22, 2014

Watch Nan guo feng yun (2002) Online

Nan guo feng yun (2002)Nan guo feng yun (2002)iMDB Rating: 4.6
Date Released : 25 July 2006
Genre : Action
Stars : Collin Chou, Billy Chow, Karen Tong, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang." />
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Review :

Pretty poor martial arts movie with Anthony Wong.

This movie is not, as the title suggests, a dire rip-off of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It is, in fact, a martial arts film about ruthless gangsters who are attempting to sell China's national treasures to rich collectors overseas. But it is still dire!

I bought this one on the strength of the fact that it stars Anthony Wong (incorrectly credited as Anthony Wang on the cover), who has impressed me in the past with his versatility as an actor. Here, however, he is totally wasted playing an Indiana Jones style antiques collector who teams up with an undercover cop to catch the dastardly criminals.

What sounds like an exciting story is in reality as dull as ditch-water with long periods of talking and not enough action. Matters are enlivened sporadically by some high-kicking action, but my region 2 DVD was panned and scanned which made the fight scenes hard to follow. It was also badly dubbed.

Towards the end there is some ridiculous use of wire-fu that seems totally out-of-place and the whole thing wraps up with an unexpectedly tragic ending.

Any enjoyment I derived from the film came from the many unintentionally funny moments: a bad guy slides on his back along a dusty road for what seems like an eternity whilst avoiding a hail of bullets and still managing to pick off those shooting at him; a good guy manages to chew through the rope he is hanging from; Anthony Wong avoids fatally shooting his friend by aiming for the spot where he knows his pal keeps his pocket watch; Wong uses his bull-whip to snag the bumper of a car and is pulled along by the vehicle (the action is speeded up in a very comical manner).

Not quite bad enough to be really entertaining, Roaring Dragon, Bluffing Tiger is instantly forgettable stuff.

Monday, June 16, 2014

Watch Hard Cash (2002) Online

Hard Cash (2002)Hard Cash (2002)iMDB Rating: 4.5
Date Released : 15 February 2002
Genre : Action, Crime, Thriller
Stars : Christian Slater, Val Kilmer, Sara Downing, Vincent Laresca
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Fresh out of prison, Thomas Taylor (Christian Slater) assembles a team of outlaws to pull off his most brilliant heist yet. Alas, the stolen money is marked, enabling FBI agent Mark Cornell (Val Kilmer) to swiftly track down Taylor & Co. But the corrupt agent is not interested in making an arrest: Using his knowledge of Taylor's guilt as leverage, the wily agent coerces the crooks into engineering an even bigger robbery, this time targeting a high-profile riverboat casino.

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Review :

Only the third "1"

I grant you, I've only been reviewing movies on IMDb for three years now. And, in that time, I've only doled out two 1's for movies that were utterly abominable in every way, absolutely without redemption. Well, make it three. Hard Cash, aka Run for the Money, is simply one of the worst movies I have ever seen. Everything in this film - from the dialogue to the acting to the action to the plot to the direction - on their own are embarrassingly horrid, but combine to make a complete flop, bomb, and any other derogatory adjective I could possibly conjure. What amazes even further is that the cast contains some actors of repute: Kilmer (who, admittedly, has been in decline since refusing the fourth Batman film, a disgrace of a movie in it's own right), Woodbine, Hannah, etc. I truly hope those three actors (all of whom turned in horrific performances) fired their respective agents after this career-killer. As for Slater, well, I'm sure he was happy just to be working. In conclusion, do not, under any circumstances, subject yourself to this mockery of film-making. It's 90 minutes of your life you will never, ever get back.

Sunday, June 15, 2014

Streaming Naughty Boys Online

Naughty Boys (2002)Naughty Boys (2002)Date Released : 3 August 2002
Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars : Yuji Kuwa, Akio Yoshioka, Kouichi Imaizumi, Kazuhisa Iriuchijima." />
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Streaming The Trip Online

The Trip (2002)The Trip (2002)iMDB Rating: 7.2
Date Released : 5 May 2002
Genre : Comedy, Drama, Romance
Stars : Larry Sullivan, Steve Braun, Ray Baker, James Handy. When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin. Despite their many differences, they form a loving long-term relationship. In 1977, during Anita Bryant's crusade, an anti-gay book Alan wrote years before gets published without his consent. The book destroys Tommy's credibility as a well-known ..." />
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When 19-year-old gay-rights activist Tommy and 24-year-old Alan first meet in 1973, they find themselves on the opposite sides of the political coin. Despite their many differences, they form a loving long-term relationship. In 1977, during Anita Bryant's crusade, an anti-gay book Alan wrote years before gets published without his consent. The book destroys Tommy's credibility as a well-known activist, resulting in Tommy and Alan's break-up. Seven years later, Alan is given a second chance, a reunion with Tommy and the opportunity to set things right.

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Review :

Best film I've seen in years

I have been hearing great things about this film for some time. I heard it's been selling out at almost every festival it has played in so I wasn't gonna take any chances. When it came to Texas I bought a ticket the day they went on sale. I have never seen an audience respond like this before. People were laughing their heads off one minute, and crying the next. This film has something for everyone. When it comes to your town, go see it!!!!

Friday, June 13, 2014

Watch Glory Glory Online

Glory Glory (2002)Glory Glory (2002)iMDB Rating: 4.3
Date Released : 26 November 2002
Genre : Action, Western
Stars : Amanda Donohoe, Steven Bauer, Paul Johansson, Gary Busey
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A gang of women wreak vengeance upon the society that failed them.

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Review :

Great concept, decent story...but which Wild West was this?

Aging Western fans fondly remember the fantasy Wild West of their youth. The cowgirls of early TV and popcorn movie matinée's were perky and assertive. Dressed like Barbie dolls at the rodeo, those B Western cowgirls could be mighty appealing, but they were rarely given much to do. Most of the riding, roping, fighting and shooting was left up to the boys.

Hooded Angels(aka Glory Glory) finally shows cowgirls some respect. The women here actually populate the landscape outside of a saloon. Furthermore, these gals can ride, shoot and aren't afraid of a high noon showdown.

I would have enjoyed this would-be-Western a lot more though, if it didn't seem so surreal. This tale supposedly takes place in the American Old West, but there isn't an authentic ten gallon hat anywhere in sight. This doesn't look like the fun, stylized Old West of early Hollywood, or even the gritty, less romanticized frontier of more contemporary Westerns. Most of the characters have assorted global English accents that don't exactly sound "home on the range". Gary Busey, in a small role, is one of few that sounds reasonably authentic here. These gorgeous gals wear wardrobes that defy description, like the post-apocalypse types in a Mad Max movie. For a fantasy Western without any high-falutin' pretenses, flattering jeans and Western styled shirts would have been a lot easier on the eye and far more appropriate for an escapist Western.

The cinematography is OK, and Hooded Angels features some decently staged action sequences.

I hope some intrepid film makers attempt this kind of material again, but next time with more affection and understanding of the mythical American Old West.

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Watch Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage Online

Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002)Aap Mujhe Achche Lagne Lage (2002)iMDB Rating: 3.1
Date Released : 19 April 2002
Genre : Action, Drama, Romance
Stars : Hrithik Roshan, Ameesha Patel, Kiran Kumar, Mukesh Tiwari
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Brought up in a very tight, conservative household, Sapna Dholakia (Amisha Patel) is terrified to experience the freedom of falling in love with Rohit (Hrithik Roshan), fearing the upheaval it will cause in her family, namely her dad, Pratap Dholakia (Kiran Kumar), who has plans for Sapna to marry Rishabh Patel, the son of a friend; then there is her brother, Raman Dholakia (Mukesh Tiwari), who follows in the footsteps of his dad, and will prevent Sapna from marrying Rohit. But Rohit is determined to marry Sapna and no one else, come what may, and this is met with resistance from the Dholakia clan, who first severely beat Sapna, and then imprison her in her room; and then lure Rohit to a secluded spot and proceed to beat him within every inch of his life, and there is no one who can even dare to think to intervene and invite the wrath of the Dholakia family.

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Review :

Horrible

One of Hrithik's bad films he did post MISSION KASHMIR and that took his career downhill

The story is as predictable as a Cat chasing a mouse and as outdated as Maa Ki Kasam dialogs

The movie is so bizarre, Imagine Amisha being taught in the house in the fear of goons, is this 1960's or 2002(when the film released)

The love scenes are sleep inducing

The only scenes that are interesting are some clashes between Hrithik and Kiran Kumar though they are done hundred times and 1 light scene where Hrithik talks fast

Vikram Bhatt gives his worst film ever Music is okay, HAWAAON NE, the title song are nice

Hrithik gets to play a typical role and he excels only towards the end otherwise he is ordinary Amisha is terrible especially when she shouts with that weird tone Kiran Kumar has done such roles many times Mukesh Tiwari one of the best actors, is so bad in this film you can't watch him, he is too over the top

Sunday, June 8, 2014

Streaming About Schmidt Online

About Schmidt (2002)About Schmidt (2002)iMDB Rating: 7.2
Date Released : 3 January 2003
Genre : Comedy, Drama
Stars : Jack Nicholson, Hope Davis, Dermot Mulroney, Kathy Bates
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Warren Schmidt has led a safe, predictable life working in the insurance industry in Omaha, Nebr. for many years, yet now faces retirement. At the same time he is forced to take a hard look at his wife, his life and his relationship with his estranged daughter. An often hilarious series of events follow as Schmidt embarks on an unpredictable RV journey to attend his daughter's wedding in Denver.

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Review :

Forrest Gump Meets the Conversation

About Schmidt is Forrest Gump through the lens of Sartre or Camus. Warren Schmidt has a handicap, but it's the same handicap most of the people standing on line at seven p.m. at your local Wendy's have. The real star (or anti-star) of About Schmidt is the mediocre architectural landscape of America. Every room or box Warren Schmidt enters in this movie is as devoid of caring and vitality as he is: the retirement banquet room, Warren's house, the tire store, the hired wedding reception room. Schmidt's director and production designer take care to place us in the same life-draining, cheap structures we inhabit and deal with everyday. No prettifying. This is the drab landscape of Fargo revisited, but without the irony. The steady doses of violence in Fargo allowed you an escape route. But there's nothing ironical about a wasted life and a 66 year old widower spinning his wheels in the same rut, now partnerless and foundering. The combination of Jack, this story and these settings is effective and compelling. The result would be, I think, inevitable. The tone and attitude is not consistently managed, even by Nicholsen, whose worn-out, mannered schtick pops up occasionally. Yet the final effect is impossible to fend off: mundane American hell with droll comedic diversion. We experience a downfall as poignant as the smell of bacon cooking in Denny's at eight a.m.

Like Forrest Gump, the film depends on extensive voice over narration, V.O'd by Nicholsen as letters to Schmidt's newly adopted six year old Tanzanian foster child. Through these ridiculous sharings of sextagenarian angst with an African boy, we register Schmidt's internal grievances - thoughts we would never know about otherwise without his commentary. The slow dragging score drains vitality from each transition, as if cinematic momentum would be antithetical to the point of the tale. Back and forth we rock from a single minor chord to a second one, getting nowhere. The mood, the landscape, the buildings, the people say it all: Schmidt's on the road, but he might as well be sitting home in his lay-z-boy. The cushy bucket seat of a 35 foot Winnebago makes a good substitute.

Casting Jack Nicholson may have been the only way this story could have come to the screen. I've racked my brain to think of one other actor who could have pulled Schmidt off. Tony Hopkins? Not with the same comedic finesse. Gene Hackman reprising his role in Coppola's The Conversation or doing his Tennenbaum hamming? Don't think so. Only Jack has the mix. He does some hilarious bits in this, but overall the mood is somber, glum, inert. Can this be how that other famous Warren from Nebransas - Mr. Buffet - lives?

I was confused, amused, depressed and wierdly disoriented by About Schmidt as I left the theater. I commented that it wasn't a film I'd go see again. Thinking about it a day later, I'd hold to that IF it meant returning to the theater and paying. BUT - were I to run across About Schmidt on cable, I doubt I could tear myself away from it any more than I could from a crack up at the Indy 500. And I think that chance encounter might happen more than once, maybe for years. After all, this is the America I know and mark time in myself. A recommended film going experience.

Friday, June 6, 2014

Streaming Birdseye (2002) Online

Birdseye (2002)Birdseye (2002)iMDB Rating: 6.7
Date Released : 7 August 2002
Genre : Comedy, Crime
Stars : Fred Ward, Stefan Kurt, Fred Koehler, Johnny Whitworth. AKA Birdseye is the saga of an obsessive Colorado sheriff and his trusting teenage son, who risk it all when their twisted reconstruction of a mysterious kidnapping case escalates into a dangerous hunt for a mythical Swiss criminal." />
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AKA Birdseye is the saga of an obsessive Colorado sheriff and his trusting teenage son, who risk it all when their twisted reconstruction of a mysterious kidnapping case escalates into a dangerous hunt for a mythical Swiss criminal.

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Review :

Very funny mockumentary

This is a very funny mockumentary about a Swiss artist named Urs Vogelaug who went to the US and became a legend...Sheriff Nolan Sharpless (Fred Ward) is convinced, that Vogelaug was killed by a Mickey and Mallory style couple. In order to prove his theory, he's willing to end his career. But unlike boxers, legends always come back...

Thursday, June 5, 2014

Watch Ignition (2002) Online

Ignition (2002)Ignition (2002)iMDB Rating: 5.0
Date Released : 17 January 2002
Genre : Action, Drama, Thriller
Stars : Bill Pullman, Lena Olin, Colm Feore, Peter Kent
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A web of intrigue and conspiracy lies beneath the euphoria as the U.S. is about to put a man on the moon for the first time in over thirty years.

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Review :

Standard video thriller without anything special to recommend it

Despite being fired for drug use and violent conduct, Conor Gallagher returns as a US Marshall to protect lawyer Faith Mattis when her life is threatened as part of some sort of bombing campaign against certain high-profile people. At first Gallagher tires of Mattis' attitude and accepts her threat of having him reassigned. But when he saves her life from an attack, he is kept on and finds himself rescuing her from a solider that has gone awol and thinks someone is trying to kill him. Starting to put the pieces together with her though, brings both of them into danger from powers that are more than just criminal.

The presence of Bill Pullman made me overlook the Monday night slot on channel 5 – usually a dumping ground for direct-to-video action movies with no names and no real value. When the film opens with a nicely washed out scene, I also ignored the clichés of the shoot-out and the predictable route it takes. However the next scene is 9 months later and Gallagher is "washed-up™" but brought back into the fold and it was here that I realised this was only going one way. The film keeps the actual "plot" at bay for the majority of the running time and instead just keeps producing narrow misses and bangs along with some vague attempts at characterisation. When the true plot actually comes out, it is pretty poor and unconvincing – with the ideas being as realistic as the shuttle backdrop.

The bangs are just wheeled out with little realism and they didn't engage me at all, while the characters aren't anything interesting or different. The film's mood swings around as well – at times it wants to be serious but other times we have joking in the face of danger; the swings don't fit together that well and gives the film an unsure feel. The cast are caught up in this and it shows. Pullman tries to do something serious with the role but also ends up being a clichéd quipping action star; he never fitted into the genre and I couldn't shake the feeling that he is really better than this. Olin also seems ill at ease in it and comes across like she is trying to do something with nothing (and achieving nothing). Feore is a "rent-a-baddie" here and adds little value, while Kent and Harris are just henchmen to be knocked off after a bit of stand-offing. Lea and Ironside are familiar faces but add nothing more than that.

Overall this is an average thriller at best. All the clichés are there and are delivered without imagination or effort by a cast who mostly deserve to be in better stuff than this. No better or worse than a lot of the video thrillers doing the rounds as television filler but that isn't any sort of recommendation.

Watch Cheats Online

Cheats (2002)Cheats (2002)iMDB Rating: 6.2
Date Released : 1 November 2002
Genre : Comedy
Stars : Trevor Fehrman, Matthew Lawrence, Elden Henson, Kathryn Anderson
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While other kids buy into countless hours of studying just so they can get a mark in some teacher's report book, Handsome Davis sees it as nothing more than a system of control over your mind. That's why Handsome and his three best friends Sammy, Victor and the cribsheet genius Applebee have banded together and found ways to cheat on their tests all through their school years. Everything had been going along smoothly until the gang entered their final year of high school and the stakes were upped by the school's principal, Mrs. Stark. If they get caught cheating again Stark will make a note in their permanent records and possibly kill their chances of getting into college. But can Handsome convince his pals to pull off one last, great cheat with him and outsmarting Stark and the system, even if it means possibly destroying their friendships?

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Review :

one of the most under-apprechiated high school comedies ever...

Cheats is one of those rare movies that actually captures what its like to be a teenager and not only a teenager, one with real problems. This movie is obviously a comedy and i found it truly hilarious, but the characters and their lives were real. The main character comes from a broken family and his father is a pervert, the other characters have their own personal struggles with acceptance, self confidence, and self value. Most of the movies and shows about high school focus 100% on relationships and getting drunk. This movie is on the level of Ferris Bueller's Day Off, and thats a big deal. The movie has great young actors that play their roles the right way, and a great supporting role from Mary Tyler Moore. Overall this movie is one of my all time favorites and i am saddened that it gets continuously looked over.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Watch Bolívar soy yo! (2002) Online

Bolívar soy yo! (2002)Bolívar soy yo! (2002)iMDB Rating: 6.6
Date Released : 7 June 2002
Genre : Comedy, Drama, History
Stars : Robinson Díaz, Amparo Grisales, Jairo Camargo, Fanny Mikey. Santiago Miranda¸ an actor representing Bolivar in a television series¸ leaves furious recording because it disagrees with the scripts they oblige die Bolívar¸ against the wall. Between the lucidity and the madness¸ Miranda really acts as a Bolívar prepared to perform any act that allows to conclude the unifying of the Liberator task and as an actor which seeks to rewrite reality to make it look ..." />
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Santiago Miranda¸ an actor representing Bolivar in a television series¸ leaves furious recording because it disagrees with the scripts they oblige die Bolívar¸ against the wall. Between the lucidity and the madness¸ Miranda really acts as a Bolívar prepared to perform any act that allows to conclude the unifying of the Liberator task and as an actor which seeks to rewrite reality to make it look to the dreams of Simón Bolívar.

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Review :

An entertaining social commentary/comedy

A friend loaned me this film and I'm glad he did. I am not knowledgeable on either the history of Simon Bolivar or current day Columbia, but this was not a barrier to enjoying the story. The protagonist is a lead in a very popular historical soap opera in which he plays Simon Bolivar. It is clear that the TV show is not going for historical accuracy, but is content to focus on Bolivar's love affairs. The script calls for Bolivar to be shot before a firing squad. Our protagonist begins to identify strongly with the character, especially the latter's dreams of a unified Columbia. He bolts from the set just before he is shot and visits the current president of Columbia who is a fan and invites him attend a political rally, where he feels he can benefit from the actor's popularity. A series of adventures ensue in which the lead character fluctuates between his own identity and that of Bolivar, moving more toward the latter as the film progresses. The humorous situations that follow are able to show how Bolivar's dream of a united Columbia have been thwarted by selfish politicians on both the right and left. This type of film often unravels about half way through, but "Bolivar Is Me" manages to reach the ending with flying colors. Very enjoyable on several levels. 7 of 10.

Watch Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002) Online

Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)Teddy Bears' Picnic (2002)iMDB Rating: 3.2
Date Released : 29 March 2002
Genre : Comedy
Stars : Delaune Michel, Morgan Fairchild, John Michael Higgins, Ming-Na Wen." />
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Great if you like political satire and amateur theater

If you don't like political satire or if you are extreme right, you probably won't like this at all. I gave it a 10 in order to cancel out some of the single star reviews. Frankly if I were moderating IMDb, I would either change the ratings to 5 star or not allow anything lower than 2-3 stars. People that rate movies with 1 star out of 10, have no reason to watch movies in the first place. The only movies that would deserve a 1 star would be the XXX movies. I laughed throughout the movie, the cast was top notch, and the situations funny. I remember taking part in a school play while in the 6th grade, a friend of mine wrote a monster play and a bunch of us put it on for the school, it was a great time, and none of us really had any experience at the time. That's one of the reasons I can relate to this movie.

Monday, June 2, 2014

Watch The Code Conspiracy (2002) Online

The Code Conspiracy (2002)The Code Conspiracy (2002)iMDB Rating: 7.5
Date Released : 6 June 2014
Genre : Action, Mystery, Thriller
Stars : Jim Fitzpatrick, Maria Conchita Alonso, David Warner, Lou Rawls. What if a computer disc held a code so powerful that it could change the world forever? While translating the Dead Sea Scrolls, a professor discovers a hidden formula that not only unlocks all known computer encryption, but also scientifically proves the existence of God! Religions, governments and mankind itself could rise and fall based on this information. Now the faith of one man is the only ..." />
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What if a computer disc held a code so powerful that it could change the world forever? While translating the Dead Sea Scrolls, a professor discovers a hidden formula that not only unlocks all known computer encryption, but also scientifically proves the existence of God! Religions, governments and mankind itself could rise and fall based on this information. Now the faith of one man is the only thing standing in the way of unscrupulous government agents and deadly corporate mercenaries who will stop at nothing to get the disc.

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Review :

Brilliant, simply brilliant!

I cannot believe that there are people out in the world that refuse to accept foresight and sci-fi concepts such as these. I am currently enrolled at Cambridge, and I was absolutely enthralled with the possibilities of this prose. How can you not hope to reach a higher level of understanding and meaning. As a Bio-Physics major, I am continually searching for answers without questions first. Ideas that have spawned a thought process of imagination. I believe as do another critic which I read earlier, that ALL things are possible, if you can think it. Otherwise, how did you come up with the concept. I firmly believe, that God gives us the dreams and imagination we have, because we can achieve it. As far as the film was concerned, I watched it several times. I recognized several British actors, as well as, the American James Fitzpatrick. I saw him another British Film, called U.S. Seals. A fine actor he is. If you are going to dream...dream imaginatively...not rehashed.

Sunday, June 1, 2014

Streaming Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra Online

Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra (2002)Asterix and Obelix Meet Cleopatra (2002)iMDB Rating: 6.6
Date Released : 30 January 2002
Genre : Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Stars : Gérard Depardieu, Christian Clavier, Jamel Debbouze, Monica Bellucci
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The Egyptian Queen Cleopatra bets against the Roman Emperor, Julius Caesar, that her people are still great, even if the times of the Pharaohs has long passed. She vows (against all logic) to build a new palace for Caesar within three months. Since all her architects are either busy otherwise or too conservative in style, this ambivalent honor falls to Edifis. He is to build the palace and be covered in gold or, if not, his fate is to be eaten by crocodiles. Edifis calls upon an old friend to help him out: The fabulous Druid Getafix from Gaul, who brews a fantastic potion that gives supernatural strength. In order to help and protect the old Druid, Asterix and Obelix accompany him on his journey to Egypt. When Julius Caesar gets wind of the project succeeding, he has the building site attacked by his troops in order to win the bet and not lose face. But just like the local pirates, he hasn't counted on Asterix and Obelix.

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Review :

A successful, funny adaptation from a great comic book

All those who had seen it will easily agree with me : the first opus was terrible. Christian Clavier was unbearable, the story was ridiculous, the look was disappointing ; despite many talented actors and technicians, Goscinny was betrayed. Astérix et Obélix contre César was a cruel and total setback. Alain Chabat and his team had a lot of work to do in order not to fall into the same traps. Adapting Astérix to the cinema could have even considered an impossible challenge after that first disaster.

However, they made it. Astérix et Obélix : Mission Cléopâtre is a great adaptation of the famous comics. Alain Chabat, who also wrote the screenplay, could modernize the story and the characters and obtain the best from the composer, the cinematographer, the production designer, the actors... With the biggest French budget (50 million Euros), he's made a movie that is suitable for all the family, with an outstanding look and a funniest Jamel. Fast-paced, with plentiful play on words, some situations are really hilarious.

If you like Astérix, and if you like humor, you will like this movie.

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Watch Rollerball Online

Rollerball (2002)Rollerball (2002)iMDB Rating: 2.9
Date Released : 8 February 2002
Genre : Action, Sci-Fi, Sport
Stars : Chris Klein, Jean Reno, LL Cool J, Rebecca Romijn
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Johnathan Cross, a lover of extreme sports, is recruited by Alexi Petrovich to star in his sportive invention, Rollerball. Johnathan accepts and learns the ropes of Rollerball: The players are on Rollerblades, trying to bring a heavy metal ball into a high goal. Also, there are motorcyclists around to bring momentum to the players. Oh yes, and there are no rules in the game. During his skyrocketing career, Johnathan has to experience what Alexi has found out: Blood brings more viewing pleasure to the audience. So, Alexi starts to bribe members of the different teams to cause more trouble than necessary on the field, and the viewers love it. Only a little later, Johnathan's life is already in extreme danger as well as those of his friends and teammates. In a final game, Johnathan and his team have to fight for mere survival against their real opponent - their boss Alexi Petrovich.

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Review :

How to get an awful mess remaking a good film

I suspected 2002 "Rollerball" was an ugly movie, but not that ugly! Well, let's get rid of the only merit of the movie: the presence of Rebecca Romijn-Stamos, beautiful and tremendously sexy. Indeed, a statuesque female warrior is always sexy, all the more with that alluring scar on her face.

The tragic fact with "Rollerball" is that the story should be good, per se. The authors took the ideas from the original (and true) 1975 "Rollerball". They deleted the political and moral messages, which were somewhat a weakness of the 1975 film, and placed the story in some remote countries of a near future, allegedly ruled by violence, greed, abuse. But the way the film is made turns it into a disaster.

There is an over-long (and boring) preamble, with a race down-hill of some cretinous youngsters, in San Francisco. This is a great narrative mistake. The audience is anxious to know about the Rollerball game, and you excruciate them with idiots, easily found, alas!, in everyday life. In the next scene Jonathan (a remarkably blunt Chris Klein) has become the undisputed superstar of the Rollerball. We don't understand anything of the rules of the game. As a matter of fact, we don't understand anything of the plot! The guys on the screen keep talking about other guys, seemingly killed by the bad ones, or something like that. Who are who? The audience utterly ignores it. The next scene (say: someone escaping from somewhere) has no logical connection with the previous one. I bet that in the final editing of the movie a good 30 minutes were cut, making the story a complete mess. The only thing we get is that the villains deliberately provoke accidents on the field to raise the TV audience of the game. And then there is the lousy greenish nocturnal scene. Up to my knowledge, the worst visual idea in the history of cinema. Some 15 minutes of sufferings for the innocent viewer. The ending is even more ludicrous than expected.

But what is really incredible, even in a terrible movie, is that, in spite of the enormous technological improvements, the scenes of the game, and related special effects, are by far less spectacular, exciting, violent than those of the 1975 "Rollerball". The possibly interesting presence of women playing Rollerball is not exploited at all. The uniforms of the teams are worse than horrible, they are stupid.

There's nothing to save in "Rollerball". Just take Romijn-Stamos and bring her to another movie (keeping the scar on her face, if possible).

Friday, May 30, 2014

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97 Brooks (2002)97 Brooks (2002)iMDB Rating: 4.9
Date Released : 2 February 2002
Genre : Drama, Comedy, Thriller
Stars : Colleen Wainwright, Robert Beckwith, Jason Sales, Pippa de Launay. 97 Brooks is a comic tragedy involving a love triangle between two cops and a serial killer. Police officers Dorothy Kramer and Peter Smith investigate a series of murders in their quiet hometown. But they soon learn they are in over their heads as they struggle with the case, a handsome new stranger, and each other." />
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97 Brooks is a comic tragedy involving a love triangle between two cops and a serial killer. Police officers Dorothy Kramer and Peter Smith investigate a series of murders in their quiet hometown. But they soon learn they are in over their heads as they struggle with the case, a handsome new stranger, and each other.

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Review :

Good First Time Effort

I thought this movie was fun and interesting. It has great tongue in cheek humor that not everyone will understand or appreciate. I thought it told a uniquely twisted story that not many people would have the nerve to make. Sure you can tell it's low budget, but just getting a movie made, any movie - is a great feat. If you're willing to give small movies a chance, see this one if you can. Thankfully, it DID manage to make it out of Oklahoma - I saw it in San Francisco.