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Goes for gotcha moments over setting a mood like the original

Writer/director James Wan returned for Insidious 2 along with the Lambert family played by Patrick Wilson, Rose Byrne and Ty Simpkins. The movie starts off where the first one left off. This time the story focuses upon Wilson and his experience with evil spirits which started when he was a kid.<br /><br />The story tries to follow the same path as the first movie but isn’t as successful. The original started as a slow burner. This one goes for more gotcha moments right from the beginning. That doesn’t mean Insidious 2 doesn’t have good scenes but it just doesn’t have the same mood as the original.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 15270 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English Dialogue Boost: High", "English", "English Dialogue Boost: Medium"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["James Wan"], "Producers": ["Jason Blum", "Oren Peli"], "Starring": ["Patrick Wilson", "Rose Byrne", "Ty Simpkins"], "Studio": ["AMC Plus Horror"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Celebrities playing themselves have to survive each other and the end of the world

What would happen if you were totally high and made a horror movie? That’s the case with This Is The End which was written and directed by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. All the characters play themselves starting with Rogen who is stuck in a house with James Franco, Jonah Hill, Jay Baruchel, Craig Robinson and Danny McBride when the Rapture begins.<br /><br />There’s one hilarious moment after another starting with a giant celebrity filled party at Franco’s house. Emma Watson ends up robbing them and there are great spoofs of Rosemary’s Baby and The Exorcist. The ending is especially funny with Rogen and Baruchel trying to save each other with I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston playing in the background and a giant nude demon trying to kill them.<br /><br />Added bonus there’s some mocking of Hollywood celebrities as well.<br /><br />It’s definitely a guys movie about a bunch of men childs but it’s very entertaining.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 27995 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "substance use", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Seth Rogen"], "Producers": ["Seth Rogen"], "Starring": ["James Franco", "Jonah Hill", "Seth Rogen"], "Studio": ["Columbia Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Powerful and gut wrenching about a father attempting to keep his family together

1982 is a very powerful and touching movie dealing with the Crack Years in Philadelphia. It features Hill Harper as a father struggling to keep his family together. He has a young daughter played by Troi Zee and a wife Sharon Leal who leaves over a drug addiction. The story delivers one gut punch after another dealing with Leal’s crack use and what it leads to, the daughter distraught over not seeing her mother and more. It’s a really an amazing story that continues to surprise you.

The movie title "1982," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 412 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 6.8, 1 h 27 min, 2013 and R, and it is priced at $7.99. This title falls under the categories of Drama, Compelling, Harrowing and Touching. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Tommy Oliver"], "Producers": ["Tommy Oliver"], "Starring": ["Hill Harper", "Sharon Leal", "Wayne Brady"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A woman's drug addiction holds the power to destroy her family..

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Great fantasy WWII film about exacting revenge upon the Nazis

Inglourious Basterds was Quentin Tarantino’s fantasy war film. It featured Bad Pitt as Lt. Aldo Raine, Michael Fassbender as Lt. Archie Hicox, Melanie Laurent as Shosanna, Diana Kruger as Bridget von Hammersmark, Christopher Waltz as Colonel Hans Landa, and Daniel Bruhl as Private Fredrick Zoller.<br /><br />The film has two stories that converge at the end. The first is about Shoshana who has her family killed by Colonel Hans Landa. She later ends up running a movie theater in Paris that gets picked for a special viewing of a Nazi war film which Hitler will attend. The second part is about Aldo Rain and his Basterds. They along with Hilcox are sent to kill Hitler. That’s why it is a fantasy film because it gets to portray the murder of Hitler and the top Nazis.<br /><br />Like the best Tarantino movies he features great dialogue with action. That’s shown in the opening scene with Landa at the farm. He holds a long conversation with the farm owner where he talks about his job of hunting down Jews. Tarantino then shows flashes of the family underneath the kitchen where Landa and the owner are talking. The longer Landa talks the more nervous the owner gets, and he eventually breaks down and betrays his friends and they’re killed. Tarantino establishes Landa’s cold blooded nature and the horrors of the Nazis.<br /><br />For the film nerds there’s plenty to see like Tarantino’s previous movies. For instance, there’s a scene where Raine, Hicox and von Hammersmark run into an SS officer in a pub that is based upon a segment from the 1968 movie Where Eagles Dare featuring Richard Burton and Clint Eastwood. He also borrowed from his own films breaking up Basterds into chapters and yellow titles for some of the main characters like the two Kill Bills. Another Tarantino trademark that’s included is the great selection of music used at timely intervals to accentuate the story.<br /><br />Overall, Basterds is one of Tarantino’s great movies. The characters are engaging. The dialogue and main scenes stand out. The fantasy ending is fantastic.<br />C

The movie title "Inglourious Basterds (Single-Disc Edition)," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 21801 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $5.99. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Genre for Featured Categories and Action & Adventure. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Military & War, Suspense, Action & Adventure", "Format": "Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby", "Contributor": "Hilmar Eichhorn, Ludger Pistor, Richard Sammel, Rod Taylor, Sylvester Groth, Til Schweiger, Enzo G. Castellari, Gedeon Burkhard, Christian Berkel, Andr\u00e9 Penvern, Brad Pitt, M\u00e9lanie Laurent, Bo Svenson, Christoph Waltz, Michael Bacall, Buddy Joe Hooker, Quentin Tarantino, Ennio Morricone, Mike Myers, Robert Richardson, August DiehlHilmar Eichhorn, Ludger Pistor, Richard Sammel, Rod Taylor, Sylvester Groth, Til Schweiger, Enzo G. Castellari, Gedeon Burkhard, Christian Berkel, Andr\u00e9 Penvern, Brad Pitt, M\u00e9lanie Laurent, Bo Svenson, Christoph Waltz, Michael Bacall, Buddy Joe Hooker, Quentin Tarantin\u2026 See more", "Initial release date": "2011-08-28", "Language": "French (Dolby Digital 2.0), English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Spanish (Dolby Digital 2.0)", "Aspect Ratio": "2.40:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "R (Restricted)", "Product Dimensions": "0.56 x 5.06 x 7.8 inches; 2.72 Ounces", "Item model number": "1108380", "Director": "Quentin Tarantino", "Media Format": "Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Dolby", "Run time": "2 hours and 33 minutes", "Release date": "August 28, 2011", "Actors": "Brad Pitt, Christoph Waltz, Mike Myers, Andr\u00e9 Penvern, Michael Bacall", "Dubbed": "French, Spanish", "Subtitles": "Spanish, French", "Studio": "Universal Pictures Home Entertainment", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino’s high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as “The Basterds,” is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with “action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue” (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Inglourious Basterds is “another Tarantino masterpiece” (Jake Hamilton, CBS-TV)!.

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John Woo directed action scenes and he LOVED the expenditure of ammunition

The Replacement Killers was Antoine Fuqua’s directorial debut. It also re-united actor Chow Yun Fat as assassin John Lee with director John Woo who did the action scenes. The theme was a killer trying to be morale in an immoral business.<br /><br />The story revolves around Lee having to do one more job for a Chinese crime boss to kill a policeman while he’s holding his son. He backs out and goes on the run. Mira Sorvino as Meg Coburn was a forger that was making fake papers for Lee to go back to China to his family. She gets caught up with him.<br /><br />This proved to be an effective combination on two levels. Fuqua turned out to be a good storyteller while Woo proved he still loved the expenditure of ammunition. Fat and Sorvino were a good duo as well. They’re not friends but have a marriage of convenience. She eventually comes to appreciate him because of his stance over murdering a child.<br /><br />The action scenes really stand out. In one situation Lee and Coburn are captured by the gangster’s crew in a car wash but escape with a huge amount of shooting which actually increases as the scene progresses. It showed that Woo had not lost his touch when he initially went to America.<br /><br />All together this made for a very nice action packed movie.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 995 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "substance use", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English"], "Directors": ["Antoine Fuqua"], "Producers": ["Brad Grey", "Bernie Brillstein"], "Starring": ["Chow Yun Fat", "Mira Sorvino", "Michael Rooker"], "Studio": ["Columbia Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Important message about Thin Blue Line but the storytelling is bad

Michael Boatman is the first black deputy at a sheriff’s department. Lori Petty is the only female sheriff there. She’s tired of the sexist treatment she gets and questions some of the cases but Boatman is not only reluctant to speak up but wants to fit in so much he goes along with their lies. The movie is about what’s called the Thin Blue Line where cops stand up for each other usually to protect wrongdoing by an officer. It also highlights the fact that black cops are just as likely to follow racist policies as their white counterparts. The message is important but the storytelling is mediocre. I never cared about Boatman’s character and the acting isn’t very good either. This could have been a TV movie.

The movie title "The Glass Shield," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 111 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 6.1, 1 h 50 min, 1995, X-Ray and 13+, and it is priced at $12.99. This title falls under the categories of and Drama. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English"], "Directors": ["Charles Burnett"], "Producers": ["Tom Byrnes", "Carolyn Schroeder", "Thomas S. Byrnes"], "Starring": ["Michael Boatman", "Lori Petty", "Ice Cube"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A rookie black officer assigned to a racist Los Angeles Sheriff's office discovers that a young black man charged with murder may be innocent, leading him into the depths of an ugly conspiracy..

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Gyllenhaal has to figure out a bombing but he turns out to be a victim as well

Source Code is a very smart and interesting sci-fi mystery. It begins with Jack Gyllenhaal as Captain Stevens waking up on a train disoriented. When he looks in a mirror he has a different face and then the train explodes. It turns out Colonel Stevens is part of a government program and has to relive this event over and over until he can figure out who set the bomb on the train.<br /><br />The first twist in the movie is that the captain only has a limited time on the train each time he’s sent. That means he can only find out so much before he’s blown up which is a great source of tension. Second, even though the captain knows his mission he’s still confused about how everything works. That means while he’s trying to figure things out so is the audience creating a connection between the two. Last, it turns out Stevens is as much of a victim as the people on the train. It’s all well played by Gyllenhaal and an example of some great writing.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 4880 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English", "English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Duncan Jones"], "Producers": ["Mark Gordon", "Philippe Rousselet", "Jordan Wynn"], "Starring": ["Jake Gyllenhaal", "Michelle Monaghan", "Vera Farmiga"], "Studio": ["Summit Distribution", "LLC"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Good 80s rom-com with John Cusack

Big John Cusack fan so had to watch this movie even though it was one of his early films which means there’s a good chance it’s a bad 80s comedy. Some genius decided to mix teen romance with downhill skiing! Cusack plays the usual underdog trying to find love. It’s actually not so bad like when Cusack’s dinner crawls off his plate or the psychotic paperboy who keeps demanding Cusack pay him the $2 he’s owed. There are plenty of other funny moments to keep you entertained.

The movie title "Better Off Dead," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 4237 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 7.1, 1 h 36 min, 1985, X-Ray and PG, and it is priced at $4.99. This title falls under the categories of Comedy and Romance. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Not Specified"], "Producers": ["Michael Jaffe", "Gil Friesen", "Andrew Meyer"], "Starring": ["John Cusack", "David Ogden Stiers", "Diane Franklin"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Lane (John Cusack) resolves to commit suicide after his girlfriend dumps him for the captain of the ski team. His unsuccessful attempts only lead him into more awkward and embarrassing situations, and eventually to a race that has unexpected results..

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It's just a continuation of the 1st Haunted House but still funny

I really liked the first Haunted House and this was just a continuation of that. There’s plays upon other contemporary horror films like Annabelle. There’s plenty of over the top and low brow jokes. Lots of sex comedy as well. Marlon Wayans is hilarious.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 5370 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Michael Tiddes"], "Producers": ["Rick Alvarez", "Marlon Wayans"], "Starring": ["Marlon Wayans", "Gabriel Iglesias", "Jaime Pressly"], "Studio": ["OPEN ROAD"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Hasn't aged well with far too many songs in this movie

I read all the J.R.R. Tolkien books when I was in elementary school. This was my first introduction to the movie version of The Hobbit when it aired on TV several times. I have to say it hasn’t aged well. The main problem is that it keeps breaking out into songs some of which are really bad. Otherwise it’s got all the elements of the story from Gandalf showing up at the door of Bilbo Baggins asking him to be a thief to Bilbo and the dwarves running into trolls, goblins, elves, humans and Smaug the dragon. These scenes keep on leading to folk tunes however and they just ruin things.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 7492 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Jules Bass", "Arthur Rankin Jr."], "Producers": ["Jules Bass", "Arthur Rankin Jr."], "Starring": ["Orson Bean", "Richard Boone", "Hans Conried"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Fantastic film about cooking food and family

Chef is a truly special movie. It has several great elements. First it’s all about cooking food. The main character Jon Favreau as Carl Casper goes from running a high end restaurant to a food truck. Throughout the movie highlights cooking techniques, doing a food service, and the joy of cooking overall. Second, the movie is about family. Carl completely ignores his son Percy played by Emjay Anthony because he’s so busy with his career. When he gets the food truck they get to bond. There are a lot of heartwarming scenes of them coming together through food like when Carl introduces him to Beignets in New Orleans. Third, there are plenty of jokes along the way. John Leguizamo is Carl’s assistant and provides plenty of comedic moments. Finally, it has an excellent soundtrack. There are great songs throughout the movie that really help set the mood.<br /><br />This all makes for a near perfect movie. It also means if you aren’t a food lover there are plenty of other things that will catch your attention and make you enjoy Chef.<br />C

The movie title "Chef," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 12298 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $6.99. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Genre for Featured Categories and Comedy. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Comedy, Arthouse, International", "Format": "Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, NTSC", "Contributor": "Sergei Bespalov, Sofia Vergara, Jon Favreau, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Emjay Anthony, Oliver Platt, Amy Sedaris, Scarlett Johansson, John LeguizamoSergei Bespalov, Sofia Vergara, Jon Favreau, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Robert Downey Jr., Emjay Anthony, Oliver Platt, Amy Sedaris, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo See more", "Initial release date": "2014-09-30", "Language": "English (Dolby Digital 5.1)", "Aspect Ratio": "2.40:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "R (Restricted)", "Product Dimensions": "0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 Ounces", "Item model number": "29466791", "Director": "Jon Favreau", "Media Format": "Multiple Formats, Color, Widescreen, NTSC", "Run time": "1 hour and 55 minutes", "Release date": "September 30, 2014", "Actors": "Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, John Leguizamo, Scarlett Johansson, Dustin Hoffman", "Subtitles": "French, Spanish", "Producers": "Jon Favreau, Sergei Bespalov", "Studio": "Universal Pictures Home Entertainment", "Writers": "Jon Favreau", "Country of Origin": "USA", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Jon Favreau (writer, director and producer) leads a hilarious all-star cast including Sofía Vergara, Scarlett Johansson, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Oliver Platt, Robert Downey Jr. and young actor Emjay Anthony in this deliciously entertaining comedy about starting from scratch. When gifted chef Carl Casper (Favreau) suddenly quits his demanding job at a trendy LA restaurant, he's on his own to pick up the pieces of his once promising career. Finding himself in Miami, he decides to team up with his successful ex-wife (Vergara), best friend (Leguizamo) and son (Anthony) to launch a no-frills food truck business. Taking to the road, Carl reignites his passion for the kitchen and, along the way, discovers a renewed zest for life and love..

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This is a melodrama more than a Film Noir

Don’t be fooled, the Blue Gardenia is not a Film Noir but a melodrama. I kept asking myself when were things going to get started? Then Nat King Cole sings the theme song at a club and I almost gave up. Finally it turns into a murder mystery but the Blue Gardenia had already lost me by then.<br /><br />The movie focuses upon Anne Baxter lamenting about killing Raymond Burr, and none of it is interesting. There’s Baxter responding to her friends as they hear the story on the radio. There’s newspaper man Richard Conte writing columns trying to get Baxter to confess to her crime. Later on the film starts taking on elements of Film Noir like Baxter being a doomed woman and the use of shadows, but by then it didn’t matter.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 166 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Fritz Lang"], "Producers": ["Alex Gottlieb"], "Starring": ["Anne Baxter", "Richard Conte", "Ann Sothern"], "Studio": ["All Channel Films"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Very 80s from the story to the cast

Short Circuit is a VERY 80s movie. A robot designed for war gets loose and wanders around acting like E.T. It runs into Ally Sheedy from Breakfast Club fame. Steve Guttenberg and G.W. Baily from Police Academy are also in there. Unfortunately they had Fisher Stevens play a very stereotypical Indian tech guy with the exaggerated accent and all. On the other hand they gave him a few good lines like when he says his family is from Bakersfield and to clarify his older relatives are from Detroit. If you like movies such as E.T. or War Games than this is for you.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 8239 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["John Badham"], "Producers": ["Gregg Champion", "Mark Damon", "David Foster", "Gary Foster", "Dana Satler Hankins", "John W. Hyde", "Dennis E. Jones", "Lawrence Turman"], "Starring": ["Ally Sheedy", "Steve Guttenberg", "Fisher Stevens"], "Studio": ["Sony Pictures Television"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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African setting is insulting and Jim Carrey just aint funny in this one

I didn’t like this movie when it came out in the theater and all these years later re-watching I still don’t think it’s any good. First off all the African people living in villages with paint all over is insulting. Second Jim Carrey is just overdoing it. A lot of his comedy is improvisation and it seemed like they didn’t put any restraints on him at all this time. He’s just going from bit to bit and none of them really work. I think I got about two laughs out of this entire movie.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 11099 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "substance use", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Steve Oedekerk"], "Producers": ["James Robinson"], "Starring": ["Jim Carrey", "Ian McNeice", "Simon Callow"], "Studio": ["Sony Pictures Entertainment Co"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Best of the new Star Trek films

Star Trek Beyond was the third film in the latest iteration of the series.<br /><br />The opening scene was why this version of Star Trek was a success. Captain Kirk is trying to negotiate a peace deal between two planets and ends up getting attacked by one civilization which look fierce at first, but then turn out to be only around one foot tall. The movie definitely had a sense of humor.<br /><br />The story focuses upon Kirk’s struggles. He feels like his work has become monotonous. At one point he asks if space is infinite then might their job to explore all of it be futile? He even contemplates resigning command of the Enterprise until they are sent on a mission to the nebula and the ship is destroyed. Kirk was feeling bored at first and now he’s faced with a challenge of a lifetime. The story turns out to be the most action packed and exciting of any of the recent Star Trek films.<br /><br />Added bonus is when they find an alien who enjoys Public Enemy and then they use the Beastie Boys to take on their enemy.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 11015 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Justin Lin"], "Producers": ["J. J. Abrams", "Roberto Orci", "Lindsey Weber", "Justin Lin", "Jeffrey Chernov", "David Ellison", "Dana Goldberg", "Tommy Harper"], "Starring": ["Chris Pine", "Zachary Quinto", "Karl Urban"], "Studio": ["Hit Movies"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Predictable story but it's still a fun ride

John Leguizamo directed and starred in Critical Thinking which is based upon a true story of Mr. Martinez and how he created a champion level chess team at an inner city school in Miami. The story focuses upon him and his five top players Sedrick (Corwin Tuggles), Ito (Jorge Lendeborg Jr), Rodelay (Angel Bismark Curiel), Gil (Will Hochman) and Marcel (Jeffry Batista). The story is a predictable one about African American and Latino students from an urban school who are not respected nor appreciated, have to deal with difficult times with their parents and the streets, and yet strive to be the best. Leguizamo is known for his over the top comedic one man plays but here he plays it straight as a teacher struggling to keep his program going. He’s an adult who cares about his kids. The actors playing the students all do a good job as well. Thankfully they’re playing speed chess which gives the excitement to a game that’s usually not associated with that word. You can tell where the story is going but it’s still a fun ride.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 4695 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["John Leguizamo"], "Producers": ["Scott Rosenfelt", "Jason Mandl", "Harvey R. Chaplin", "Carla Berkowitz", "Emilio Estefan Jr."], "Starring": ["John Leguizamo", "Rachel Bay Jones", "Michael Kenneth Williams"], "Studio": ["VERTICAL ENTERTAINMENT"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Shaft fights Western exploitation of Africa

Shaft in Africa was the third and final installment in the original series. It’s much better than the second film Shaft’s Big Score which was a bit routine. First, the soundtrack is back up to snuff. Not as good as the original, but still a good mix of Soul, Jazz and Funk. That’s topped off by the title track Are You Man Enough by the Four Tops. In terms of plot, Shaft/Richard Roundtree is brought in to try to break up a human trafficking network that is smuggling Africans into Europe for cheap labor. It showed how Africa was still exploited by whites and how blacks like Shaft could stand up to them and fight oppression. It was a great comeback for the franchise.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 274 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["John Guillermin"], "Producers": ["Roger Lewis"], "Starring": ["Richard Roundtree", "Frank Finlay", "Vonetta McGee"], "Studio": ["WARNER BROS."]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Kurosawa and Mifune's best movie about perserverence and greed

The combination of director Akira Kurosawa and actor Toshiro Mifune were responsible for some of the greatest films Japan ever produced. Roshomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, Sanjuro to name a few are world famous. However what I consider their best collaboration is actually The Hidden Fortress released in 1958. It’s the story of a defeated princess, her top general and two poor and peasant soldiers attempting to escape. It mixes comedy, with the samurai spirit, and human nature in a fantastic combination.<br /><br />The movie begins with two peasant soldiers Tahei (Minoru Chiaki) and Matashichi (Kamatari Fujiwara) trying to get home after being defeated in battle. However they are trapped in enemy territory held by the Yamana clan. The two eventually stumble upon General Rokurota Makabe (Toshiro Mifune) and Princess Yuki (Misa Uehara) of the defeated Akuzuki clan. General Makabe reveals to Tahei and Matashichi that they have gold and rely upon the two’s greed to get them to carry it for them to the neighboring Hayakawa territory where they can find refuge. The opening sets up all the themes of the movie. You have the Akuzuki who while defeated are not beaten because they still have their pride and determination. It was the common peasants like Tahei and Matashichi who fought these wars for the upper class samurai and got nothing out of it, and usually lost their lives. It’s not that they were inherently greedy, but simply being at the bottom in a society where there was little to no social mobility made them jump at the chance to get gold.<br /><br />The story was great as with most of Kurosawa’s work. Mifune played his part magnificently as the cunning general attempting to save his clan. Uehara was very young when she shot the movie but had a fierce presence about her whenever she was on screen. Chiaki and Fujiwara could really be called the main characters as the movie starts with them. They showed the lot of the lower classes, but also provided some laughs as well.<br /><br />The movie had a huge influence on George Lucas. He took the idea of a princess escaping her enemies to be the basis of his Stars Wars: A New Hope, and Tahei and Matashichi were transformed into R2D2 and C3PO.<br /><br />To me The Hidden Fortress has the perfect combination of story, acting, directing and comedy that makes it Kurosawa’s best effort even though it’s usually eclipsed by his other classics.<br />C

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It wasn't bad apples but Bush admin that encouraged abuse of Iraqis

At Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad, Iraq U.S. soldiers tortured and abused Iraqi prisoners. This is a documentary that explores what happened and more importantly why.<br /><br />It has a provocative start with an experiment that was given in the United States where people were told to administer electric shocks to people. No shocks were given, but the participants could hear an actor screaming in pain and telling them to stop. Everyone in the study continued to give the fake shocks anyway. The point was that under orders people will do inhuman things. Then it switches to interviews with American guards at Abu Ghraib who said they knew what they were doing was wrong and yet they adapted to it and continued to do it anyway. It wasn’t because of some bad apples as the U.S. government originally claimed but rather the result of a system that encouraged abuse. That started with 9/11 when the Bush administration said that the war on terror meant the Geneva Conventions that protected prisoners didn’t apply. That was then brought to Iraq after the U.S. invasion. Worse yet the Americans conducted mass arrests of Iraqis so the majority of the people in Abu Ghraib weren’t even insurgents but rather innocents caught up in this misguided tactic.<br /><br />The main drawback of the documentary is that it is almost all talking heads. Thankfully amongst those are a few Iraqis who explain their experiences being arrested by the Americans and put into Abu Ghraib.

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The history of two beloved Pop-Punk bands

This is a great documentary about The Descendents and All to beloved Pop-Punk bands. It goes in chronological order and uses the traditional talking head technique but the people are interesting, they have good stories and the music which really gets highlighted even with the lyrics being shown is even better. On eof the best parts was who the Descendents were put together by the drummer and guitar player who used to go fishing all the time at Huntington Beach when they were kids. Who knew that could lead to a Punk band?!

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It's all about the fight sequences which means the story is pretty thin

Donnie Yen is Hahou Mo. He’s imprisoned but sees someone he knows killed on TV and thinks he knows by who and why. The problem is getting the police to listen to him. The plot turns out to be very simple. A man is going around challenging martial artists to a fight to the death, hence the title Kung Fu Killer.<br /><br />The movie has a little background to Hahou and the killer but really it’s all about the action sequences. They’re done quite well with some effects thrown in to make them more dramatic. It’s always nice to see Yen show his stuff. At the same time this is simply a vehicle for that and the story is thin as a result.<br />C

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Many sides of a hustler within a POW camp

King Rat is about the many sides of George Segal. At the start he seems like your typical hustler within a prisoner of war camp run by the Japanese during World War II. In fact, he’s far more complicated than that. I wasn’t so sure about his character at first. He seemed miscast but then he grew on me. The realism of the film was another draw. It’s set in Malaysia and the characters are constantly covered in sweat. Their ragged uniforms are always drenched and their faces perspiring. It even throws in some class consciousness with Segal and his crew, all enlisted men, playing a very nasty prank on the officers of the camp. The ending was also interesting because it showed that Segal lived within a bubble and when it was popped everything would change.

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A troubled man teaching at a troubled school

Adrian Brody is a substitute teacher in New York City. He’s got a new assignment at a struggling school. The movie goes back and forth between Brody teaching his English class, giving reflections about education, and his day to day life.<br /><br />The film does capture the job of a substitute well. As Brody tells the camera there is no responsibility to educate kids as a substitute but rather to just keep order and make sure no one kills themselves.<br /><br />What it gets completely wrong is when a school official comes to talk about new curriculum to boost test scores for the No Child Left Behind law. He talks about real estate values and offends the staff. In real life No Child Left Behind led to all kinds of threats against the staff and administration unless they raised scores and teaching to the test which left no room for creativity or interesting lessons. It does deal with that in another part of the film however when the principal gets in trouble for how the school is doing.<br /><br />Brody’s personal life is also engaging. He had a troubled upbringing which haunts him shown by a series of flashbacks and images of him as a little kid. It creates empathy for his character. It also creates a connection between Brody and the school he’s in which are both full of problems.<br /><br />It’s an interesting portrayal.<br />C

The movie title "Detachment," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 200 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 7.7, 1 h 38 min, 2011, X-Ray and R, and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of Drama, Arthouse, Cerebral and Downbeat. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "substance use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Austin Stark"], "Producers": ["Benji Kohn", "Chris Papavasiliou", "Bingo Gubelmann", "Greg Shapiro"], "Starring": ["Adrien Brody", "Tony Kaye"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A Tribeca Film. Adrien Brody (in his most acclaimed performance since THE PIANIST), Marcia Gay Harden & Christina Hendricks star in this award-winning drama about teachers and students in a troubled high school. From the director of AMERICAN HISTORY X..

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Hilarious satire of the cop and high school coming of age stories

21 Jump Street was a hilarious take off of the popular 1980s TV show. A lot of credit is due to Michael Bacall who worked on the story with co-star Jonah Hill and wrote the screenplay as well.<br /><br />The story featured Hill and Channing Tatum as two rookie cops who are sent to Jump Street to work undercover in a local high school to find a drug gang.<br /><br />The movie is really a satire of high school. At the start Hill and Tatum are teens attending the same school. Hill was the uncomfortable and awkward kid who got made fun of while Tatum was one of the cool kids, but who barely graduated. When they go undercover however the roles are switched with Hill suddenly becoming popular and Tatum hanging out with the smart and nerdy kids. This provided some rich comedy making fun of the typical high school-coming of age story.<br /><br />The plot also has a buddy element as Tatum and Hill two opposites bond and become real partners. That takes time however as they form a relationship in police school, then become divided again when they hang out with different camps undercover in high school, and then come back together at the end.<br /><br />Along the way they poke fun at the idea of the cop genre as well. For example, when they first go to work they end up being bicycle cops patrolling a park. They catch some biker gang members but can’t remember the Miranda Warnings and the suspects have to be released. Their captain played by Ice Cube plays an angry black cop saying he’s fulfilling the stereotypes.<br /><br />The movie is smart, hilarious and provides some rich satire. Highly recommended.<br />C

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Can Denzel realize there's more to life than his art?

Mo Better Blues is about a Jazz musician Denzel Washington whose whole life revolves around his art. That means everything else is secondary including the women in his life. That’s what leads to the conflict in the story. Denzel shines as usual. It’s also not the kind of character you’re used to seeing him play. He’s so self-centered. The story is about whether he can get out of his egocentric world and find out there’s more to life.<br /><br />The movie might have been partly inspired by Spike Lee’s father who was a musician himself.<br /><br />A lot of the cast came from Do The Right Thing which was released the year before. That included Bill Nunn, Giancarlo Esposito, Robin Harris, John Turturro, Samuel L. Jackson, Spike’s sister Joie Lee, and of course Lee himself.<br /><br />Finally, I love the ending which bookends the start.

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Zombies develop a consciousness but then movie loses its charm

What if a zombie still had its consciousness? That’s the premise of Warm Bodies a comedy horror flick where Nicholas Hoult plays a zombie who does a first person commentary on his thoughts being one of the undead. He dreams about what he was like when he was alive and plays records to try to remember the good old days before the apocalypse. Then things change when he falls for a living girl after he eats her boyfriend’s brain. It’s this kind of irreverence mixed in with humanity that Warm Bodies is all about.<br /><br />You wouldn’t think an undead-living love story would work, but it does in this case. That’s because it is so unlikely. It’s also thanks to Hoult playing a very endearing zombie.<br /><br />The problem is halfway through the movie loses its charm. It wasn’t interesting anymore and it went for the predictable ending unfortunately.<br />C

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Dysfunctional relationship between Ray Donovan and his dad

I never watched the Ray Donovan series so I was a bit confused at the start of the movie. It played out through a series of flashbacks covering different time periods. The story ends up revolving around Donovan’s relationship with his messed up mobster dad. The things they did to each other was the best part of the film. It was like there was an original sin committed by one of them, then there was the payback but at the end they wanted absolution. What was a bit perplexing at first became clearer and clearer as Ray Donovan turned into a strong comment upon the dysfunctional ties between father and son.

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An adventure that leads to self awareness for the two lead girls

It might seem that this movie was just using two smart girls to make another dumb high school party movie but it wasn’t. Kaitlyn Dever and Beanie Feldstein play two seniors who have only cared about school and their grades for the last four years and finally decide to let go and attend a party. This leads to the comedy as the two don’t know where the event is. For instance they go to the library to try to determine where the party is or another time they get lectured by a pizza delivery man about how dangerous it is for them to jump in his car when they don’t know him. It turns out this is an adventure that allows the two main characters to find out about themselves and their relationship. It was also good to see that they cast two regular looking actors for the leads. You don’t get that enough in Hollywood.

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Doesn't hold up after good start

Clerks was Kevin Smith’s breakthrough independent film about two friends Dante Hicks (Brian O’Halloran) who works at the Quick Stop and Randal Graves (Jeff Anderson) who is next door at the video shop. Because the movie was made on a shoestring budget almost the entire story takes place at the counters of the two shops and focuses upon funny and inane conversations.<br /><br />An example of the experiences the two clerks run into is a man who stops every person that goes into the Quick Stop to buy cigarettes. He pulls out what he claims is a person’s lung that has been decayed because of smoking cigarettes. He gets a small mob together and threatens to shut down the Quick Stop because it’s pedaling death sticks. It’s then revealed that he works for a gum company. Another time a woman with a small child asks Randal if he’s got a cartoon movie for her daughter. He tells her to wait as he has to place an order with a distributor. He then runs off a number of adult film titles right in front of the little kid.<br /><br />The problem is what starts off as a quirky comedy eventually runs its course and starts getting dry with just a few exceptions. The conversations aren’t as interesting except for one scene involving Dante’s ex-girlfriend.<br />C

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Institutional obstructionism

I was really excited to see City of Lies because it was about the investigation into the murder of the Notorious BIG. If you know the story of 2 Pac and Biggie you already know who killed them. If you don’t this will give a good fictional account of what happened. What City of Lies adds is the politics of the Los Angeles Police Department and its role in the investigation. The message is about institutional obstructionism.<br /><br />Johnny Depp’s character is based upon a real former LAPD detective that was part of the Biggie case. Depp is very laid back but has an obsession about the murder. He has one really funny part when he pulls a prank on Forest Whitaker who is a reporter doing a retrospective article on Notorious BIG.<br /><br />Overall City of Lies is very engaging. The story laid out is intriguing and the theme is easily believable.

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Gets more and more sinister as it progresses

This is an espionage film set right before World War II began. I like how they slowly but surely made it more and more sinister. The story takes place at a German girls’ school in England. At first the students are learning English and doing calisthenics. The next they’re listening to Hitler on the radio, giving the Nazi salute and saying Sieg Heil. Eddie Lizard plays a British spy, Judi Dench is the headmistress of the school, but the two people that stole the show were Jim Broadbent as a local bus driver and Carla Juri who is a teacher at the school. The stunts they pulled propelled the story.

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Perfect vehicle for Whoopi Goldberg to show off her talent

Jumpin Jack Flash is a spy comedy. Whoopi Goldberg works at a bank when a British spy contacts her asking for her help. She gets thrown into all kinds of situations like being shot at and chased and pretending to be a lip sync performer. The cast is very strong with Carol Kane, Jon Lovitz and Phil Hartman as workmates. Annie Potts being the wife of a spy. Jim Belushi being a killer. Gary Marshall being a cop. I forgot just how funny Goldberg can be. This was the perfect vehicle for her talent.

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It's a great war movie that subverts the entire idea of a military

What makes The Dirty Dozen such a great film is that it’s not a conventional war film. Instead it’s about a bunch of U.S. soldiers who are criminals being turned into an elite outfit to carry out a secret mission behind enemy lines against the Germans during World War II. The story revels in the fact that most of the main characters are screwballs. In fact it’s quite anti-establishment. It was highly influential as well as dozens of movies used that same plot device afterward.<br /><br />The unit is led by Major Reisman (Lee Marvin) and includes Franko (John Cassavetes), Jefferson (Jim Brown), Pinkley (Donald Sutherland), Posey (Clint Walker), Wladislaw (Charles Bronson), and Maggott (Telly Savalas). This was also noteworthy because the film was made in 1967 and had a multicultural cast with whites, blacks and Latinos all in the Dozen. Franko as the rebellious one and Maggott as the crazy one stood out early amongst the bunch.<br /><br />The whole first half of the movie is committed to showing the unique personalities of this hodgepodge group. It is also in open defiance of the army. Franko for example refuses to march the first time he meets Major Reisman. At one point they protest about having to use cold water and refuse to shave. In fact the idea of using criminals for a commando operation mocks the military establishment.<br /><br />The second part of the movie is the unit carrying out its mission against the Nazis. There’s plenty of action, explosions and the expenditure of ammunition. Even that section carries on with the theme because it shows that these misfits could act as a group and be effective in combat which again questions all the discipline, rules and regulations, etc. that the military enforces.<br /><br />The Dirty Dozen is a highly enjoyable war film. The fact that it gives the middle finger to the military in the process shows its subversive nature.

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Meandering story about kid his bird and working class life in England

This is a rambling story about a kid who finds his calling with a raven. The problem is director Ken Loach tried to include the kid’s daily life which often isn’t related to the main theme such as when there’s an extended scene of his class playing soccer at school. The kid is hardly in the sequence which focuses more upon his physical education teacher. It appears that Loach’s real purpose was to show daily life for the working class in England and the boy was just part of this larger drama. What stood out about the kid was how he came alive when he talked about his bird. What stood out about the city was the authoritarian nature of the public school. One last thing was that the working class accents were so thick I needed subtitles because I couldn’t understand them half the time.

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Pretty routine Hong Kong Kung Fu action

Chen Kwan Tai is on the trail of a group of criminals who cut off his thumb. The best part of the movie is the woman gang member who is completely ruthless. She kills people with no regret. She’s the one stand out in an otherwise pretty routine Hong Kong release.

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Ghandi's transformation into political leader against oppression

Ghandi is a powerful and moving movie. It got a ton of praise when it was released and rightly so. It highlighted not only Ghandi’s non-violent philosophy but his ideas of political organizing as well.<br /><br />Scene after scene stands out. There’s Ghandi demanding Indians be given equal rights in South Africa. He declares his non-violent methods to oppose apartheid. He goes on a hunger strike in India and many, many more. It really conveys Ghandi’s conviction, the toll all these political battles would take on him, and his philosophy. There are few men that could go through such experiences and remain so humble and non-violent. He was a once in a generation personality and the movie does a great job showing what he achieved and what he meant.<br />C

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Jamie Foxx Gabrielle Union and the entire cast get to shine in this very funny rom-com

Breakin All The Rules is a very funny rom-com featuring Jamie Foxx and Gabrielle Union. The emphasis is on the jokes more than the romance. The ensemble cast also gets their moments with Morris Chestnut as Foxx’s cousin and Peter MacNicol as Foxx’s boss really standing out. In fact, they all get caught in an extended love triangle with some hilarious results. This is just the kind of love story I like with lots of laughs instead of all the emphasis upon the melodrama.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 552 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English Dialogue Boost: High", "English", "English Dialogue Boost: Medium"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Taplitz", "Daniel"], "Producers": ["Lisa Tornell"], "Starring": ["Jamie Foxx", "Jennifer Esposito", "Morris Chestnut"], "Studio": ["Voices"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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2nd Godzilla film but drags in places when it focuses upon people

The second Godzilla movies didn’t have the moral and political message of the original one about nuclear weapons and the aftermath of World War II. Toho Studios had a major domestic and international hit with the first movie and decided to make this one a straight Kaiju story. The movie has all the elements that have become popular with the genre from model tanks and planes shooting at Godzilla to another monster Anguirus fighting the big guy. They get to destroy Osaka Castle in the process. My main complaint about the film is that it drags in places where it focuses upon the fishing company that discovered Godzilla too much.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 279 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["\u65e5\u672c\u8a9e"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Motoyoshi Oda"], "Producers": ["Tomoyuki Tanaka"], "Starring": ["Hiroshi Koizumi", "Setsuko Wakayama", "Minoru Chiaki"], "Studio": ["Shout! Factory"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Movie is about the humanity of Karl a handicapped double murderer

Sling Blade is the story of Karl Childers played by Billy Bob Thornton who also wrote and directed the movie. Karl is mentally handicapped and killed his mother and her lover when he was young. Sling Blade is about Karl’s humanity. It was about proving his past didn’t define him. That was especially shown with his friendship with 12 year old Frank (Lucas Black). The ending is foreshadowed in the opening, but even then it showed that he was trying to do best by others. At the same time he knew that he didn’t fit in as shown when he asked not to be released from the mental institution he was held at for his double murders and at the end he said that the world was too big for him. It’s also one of Thornton’s stand out performances. He really transformed himself into a believable character.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 8406 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Billy Bob Thornton"], "Producers": ["Larry Meistrich", "David L. Bushell", "Brandon Rosser"], "Starring": ["Billy Bob Thornton", "Dwight Yoakam", "J. T. Walsh"], "Studio": ["Miramax"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Lemmon and Matthau make dynamic duo of insults and one upmanship

There are so few movies featuring old people so that’s what Grump Old Men stand out. The writers really let Walter Matthau, Jack Lemmon, Burgess Meredith and Ann-Margaret shine. Matthau and Lemmon were obviously the stars as they were two old friends who hated each other. Most of the movie is those two insulting each other and trying to top the other. That provides plenty of laughs. Thrown into that mix is Margaret who just moved into town and aroused the two men. Meredith is Lemmon’s father and stole almost every scene he was in.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 11883 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Donald Petrie"], "Producers": ["John Davis", "Richard C. Berman"], "Starring": ["Jack Lemmon", "Walter Matthau", "Ann-Margret"], "Studio": ["Warner Bros. Domestic Televisi"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Interviews and live shows with 60s Soul stars while they still had it

This guy decided to make a documentary on old 60s Soul singers while they were still around. There’s interviews with people like Wilson Picket, Carla Thomas, The Chi-Lites, Ann Peebles plus live shows. The interview with Dave of Same and Dave is one of the best as he talks about how he ran out of money from his music and became a drug dealer in Manhattan in the 70s. The shows are the real highlight as these guys still got it. On the other hand, the guy who made the movie is a bit of a square.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 86 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Substance use", "alcohol use", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English"], "Directors": ["HegedusChris", "PennebakerD.A."], "Producers": ["Rebecca Ferris", "Roger Friedman", "Frazer Pennebaker", "Bob Weinstein", "Harvey Weinstein"], "Studio": ["Voices"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Not a half bad WWII movie full of spies and espionage

The Day Will Dawn was made in 1942 during the start of World War II. It takes place mostly in Norway which was invaded by the Nazis in 1940. It’s got spies, traitors, and is full of British propaganda about how the common British and Norwegian civilian could resist the Germans. Yeah, it’s got the required love story thrown in as well. It’s not half bad but I think in parts it drags.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 76 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["FrenchHarold"], "Starring": ["Hugh Williams", "Griffith Jones", "Deborah Kerr"], "Studio": ["Deep Cuts"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Just watch it to see Jeff Goldblum and Cyndi Lauper interact

Cyndi Lauper and Jeff Goldblum in an 80s comedy about psychics? Added bonus Steve Buscemi has a short cameo as Lauper’s boyfriend? Yes please.<br /><br />The story itself is a bit goofy as would be expected. Lauper and Goldblum end up in South America of all places. You’re really just watching Vibes to see them. Goldblum is his usual part manic, part neurotic self. Lauper is just a free spirit. It’s mindless and yet entertaining.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 1493 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Ken Kwapis"], "Producers": ["Deborah Blum", "Tony Ganz"], "Starring": ["Jeff Goldblum", "Steve Buscemi", "Ramon Bieri"], "Studio": ["Sony Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Far better than I thought it would be

Marvel first floated the idea of a Ghost Rider film back in 1992. It took years for the first one to be released in 2007 due to endless delays, changing of production companies, etc. The sequel Spirit of Vengeance came out in 2011. The main reason why Ghost Rider finally got made was comic book fan Nicholas Cage got involved. He was Johnny Blaze the man who sold his soul to the devil and became the Ghost Rider. Both movies were panned by the critics, but Spirit of Vengeance isn’t half bad.<br /><br />The introduction that goes over Blaze’s story using all kinds of graphics was quite good and showed a lot of promise. The story then begins with a mysterious man named Moreau played by Idris Elba asking Blaze to protect a child named Danny played by Fergus Riordan from the devil’s forces and in return Blaze’s curse will be lifted. The problem is the devil’s men led by Ray Carrigan played by Johnny Whitworth get him first. The story then focuses upon Blaze and Danny’s mom Nadya played by Violante Placido trying to get Danny before Carrigan can delivery him to the devil played by Ciaran Hinds.<br /><br />The CGI for the Ghost Rider is pretty good which is a big deal as that provides the drama for the movie. During Blaze’s transformation there’s a little bit of crazy Cage which is what he’s known for and that’s always a bonus. The action is also well done such as when the Rider takes on Carrigan’s henchmen and covers a giant mining crane with his hellfire.<br /><br />This isn’t up there with the Marvel Cinematic Universe films but it’s still entertaining.<br />C

The movie title "Ghost Rider Spirit Of Vengeance," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 7413 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 4.3, 1 h 35 min, 2012, X-Ray and PG-13, and it is priced at $12.99. This title falls under the categories of Suspense, Fantasy, Frightening and Stunning. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "foul language", "drug use"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Mark Neveldine", "Brian Taylor"], "Producers": ["Avi Arad", "Michael De Luca", "Steven Paul", "Ashok Amritraj"], "Starring": ["Nicolas Cage", "Idris Elba", "Ciar\u00e1n Hinds"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : It's up to haunted Johnny Blaze - aka the Ghost Rider - to come out of hiding and save a young boy who has been chosen by the devil to become a new antichrist!.

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This movie tried my patience

This movie really tried my patience. It pits Ally Sheedy as the liberal college student against her conservative friend Virginia Madsen and going to college in the south. Important issues like date rape and the civil rights movement are drowned out by discussions of marrying the richest man possible, sorority pageants, and getting a boy’s college pin. Was the story ever going to get serious or was it just going to go from the liberal girl’s outrage to fluff the entire time? It makes the climax completely unsatisfactory.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.2 from 47 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Martin Davidson"], "Producers": ["Paul Kurta", "Steve Tisch", "Martin Davidson"], "Starring": ["Ally Sheedy", "Virginia Madsen", "Phoebe Cates"], "Studio": ["MGM"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Mediocre Kung Fu flick

Hell’s Wind Staff is a mediocre Kung Fu film. At the start there’s some comedy thrown in as two young men go through their training. After that however nothing really stands out.

The movie title "The Hell's Wind Staff," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 29 reviewers. It features elements such as 1 h 22 min, 1970 and 16+, and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of Adventure and Action. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Lo Jun Ku"], "Starring": ["Hwang Jang Lee", "Meng Yuen Man", "Meng Hoi"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Kung Fu super villain Hwang Jang-li is the main attraction in this brilliant flick, reportedly adapted from a comic book. Tiger Wong and Stone Dragon have the potential to be great fighters but seem more interested in driving their teachers to distraction..

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Patsy hunts down the crooks who used him

In Kansas City Confidential John Payne feels like he was used as a patsy by a heist crew and wants to hunt them down. The film has an excellent cast including Neville Brand, Jack Elam and a young Lee Van Cleef. There’s immediate tension when Payne meets up with each of them which drives the story. There’s even a twist as to who the mastermind was behind the robbery. The irony is that Payne is the least bad guy in this motley crew. No one is clean.

The movie title "Kansas City Confidential," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 242 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 7.3, 1 h 39 min, 1952 and 13+, and it is priced at $7.99. This title falls under the categories of Drama, Suspense, Downbeat and Emotional. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Phil Karlson"], "Producers": ["Edward Small"], "Starring": ["John Payne", "Coleen Gray", "Preston Foster"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : An ex-con trying to go straight is framed for a million-dollar armored car robbery and must go to Mexico to unmask the real culprits..

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Amazing portrayal of the investigation into the Zodiac killer

Zodiac was another great release by director David Fincher. It focuses upon the Zodiac killer that terrified the San Francisco Bay Area in the late-1960s/1970s. It’s based upon the book Zodiac by Robert Graysmith. He’s played by Jake Gyllenhaal in the film. The story lays down a tense mystery even though there are only a few murders and most of the time is spent on investigating them.<br /><br />Things start in 1969 with the murder of Darlene Ferrin and wounding of Mike Mageau on a lover’s lane in Vallejo, north of San Francisco. That was actually the second Zodiac killing as he’d murdered a couple the year before in Benicia which is right next to Vallejo. The mood is immediately set as Ferrin and Mageau are flirting in her car, when a Mustang pulls up behind them, turns off its lights, sits there for a while, and then drives off only to come back, have the driver get out and shoot the couple. The Zodiac then called the police to brag about his acts. The second murder of Bryan Calvin Hartnell and Cecelia Ann Shepard at Lake Berryessa is really brutal, and again the Zodiac called it in. That was where the iconic black mask with circled white cross outfit was used.<br /><br />Graysmith got involved in the murders because the Zodiac began sending letters to his paper the Chronicle, and staff member Paul Avery (Robert Downey Jr) became one of the main reporters on the case. That brings them into contact with Officers Dave Topschi (Mark Ruffalo) and Bill Armstrong (Anthony Edwards) of the San Francisco Police Department. Graysmith became completely obsessed with the case even though he was a political cartoonist. For example, after the first letter arrived he went to the library and checked out a bunch of books on codes to try to break the cypher the Zodiac used. He also recognized a term, “the most dangerous game” used in the Zodiac’s first letter. It came from a movie of the same name where a man hunts down people for sport, which was what the killer said he was doing. He is so caught up with the story that after the Zodiac disappears he begins his own investigation into matters which takes all kinds of twists and turns.<br /><br />For a mostly procedural film it has lots of mystery and suspense. There are times when Avery and Graysmith go out to meet people that are some of the scariest scenes in the film. Gyllenhaal does a great job portraying how obsessive Graysmith became, and Downey is his usual awesome self.<br /><br />The film is a great period piece as well. There’s a shot of Embarcadero Freeway in San Francisco that no longer exists. Two time sequence shots cover the building of the Transamerica Pyramid also in SF. For a Bay Area native these are great to see. The overall look, really captures the time. Plus it includes lots of great music from the time.<br /><br />The movie will really enthrall you with its story, and creep you out as times too.<br />C

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Story is a dud No reason to care about it at all

Commando was a disappointing Arnold Schwarzenegger movie. An ex-dictator Arius (Dan Hedaya) has Schwarzenegger’s daughter played by Alyssa Milano kidnapped to force him to help him get his government back. Instead, the big guy decides to get revenge. The problem is Arius is a horrible villain. Without a good bad guy you can’t drive a story like this because the audience won’t care about what his does and his evil plans. Schwarzenegger gets to do his usual muscle bound rampage beating guys up and shooting the rest, but again, there is no reason to care about this story at all.<br />C

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Lust jealously manipulation and selfishness all means someone's going to get it

This movie is a soap opera but it’s the subtleties that make it worthwhile. First there’s Barbara Stanwyck who is such a powerful woman she destroys her husband Kirk Douglas in his first film. Then her first crush Van Heflin returns to town and she melts like butter! That means you’ve got lust, jealously, manipulation and pure selfishness. You know with that mix someone is going to get their comeuppance.<br /><br />The only drawback is that this is a colorized version if you can call it that. It really looks like a bunch of muddy colors.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 267 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Lewis Milestone"], "Producers": ["Hal B. Wallis"], "Starring": ["Van Heflin", "Barbara Stanwyck", "Kirk Douglas"], "Studio": ["Filmhub"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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It'll surprise you ... in a good way!

Saving Face is a romantic-comedy about Chinese American women dealing with traditional culture. That includes things like marriage, dating, pregnancy and sexuality. This is the situation Michelle Krusiec finds herself in with her mother Joan Chen. The story throws all kinds of twists so it doesn’t play out like you think it would adding to its charm. It also plays on cute scenes like when Krusiec and Chen grab Chinese takeout boxes and stuff their faces to cover up their joint guilt. Or how Chen starts off being the matchmaker for her daughter and then they switch places with Krusiec trying to find the right man for her mom. It really is a surprise and well worth watching.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 123 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Alice Wu"], "Producers": ["James Lassiter", "Will Smith", "Teddy Zee"], "Starring": ["Michelle Krusiec", "Joan Chen", "Lynn Chen"], "Studio": ["Sony Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Michael Keaton and his art Can he still produce or will his doubts get the best of him?

The movie begins with a Jazz drum line. That’s symbolic of the story. It’s off kilter. It’s discordant. One moment Michael Keaton is talking to his superhero alter ego in his mind then it seems like he has superpowers. The next he’s complaining because he feels like he has no control over his Broadway play. These are seeming contradictions. Is Keaton crazy? Does he have real powers? If he does why can’t he fix his play?<br /><br />Many people have debated what Birdman is about. To me it’s about art. Keaton believes he can still create after his career has faded but he also has doubts like anyone. He is completely wrapped up in his play. It’s both a real and imagined experience for him.<br /><br />The movie has an amazing look as most of it is filmed as if it were one single shot. The difficulties in planning and carrying that out are incredible.<br /><br />Besides Keaton Edward Norton stands out as a completely egotistical co-star in the play and Zach Galifianakis has a non-comedic role for the first time.<br /><br />Overall the movie is one of a kind.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.1 from 62 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu"], "Producers": ["Alejandro G. I\u00f1\u00e1rritu", "John Lesher", "Arnon Milchan", "James W. Skotchdopole"], "Starring": ["Michael Keaton", "Zach Galifianakis", "Edward Norton"], "Studio": ["New Regency / M Productions / Le Grisbi"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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A tragedy with a beautiful ending

Matthew McConaughey goes to a forest in Japan where people commit suicide. There he meets Ken Watanabe who has the same intention. McConaughey is inspired to help Watanabe and in the process saves himself. The movie then flips back and forth to explain how he got there and where he’s going. Watanabe says they are in a purgatory and it turns out McConaughey was already there before he arrived in Japan. As you can tell this is a dark, emotional and moody tale. That also means it is not for everyone because it’s a tragedy until the end which is really beautiful.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.0 from 6029 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Not Specified"], "Producers": ["E. Brian Dobbins", "Allen Fischer", "Tami Goldman", "F. Gary Gray", "Kevin Halloran", "Ken Kao", "Tracy McGrath", "Gil Netter", "K\u00f4suke Oshida"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Delivers on the aliens & big explosions even though there are all kinds of holes in the plot

Aliens come to invade the Earth once again. The movie uses an ensemble cast to depict the different ways humans resisted. There’s President Whitmore (Bill Pullman) who tries to bring the governments of the world together. There’s David Levinson (Jeff Goldblum) an engineer who attempts to find a scientific solution to the alien threat. Russell Casse (Randy Quaid) is a drunk pilot who is brought back into the fight. Captain Hiller (Will Smith) is in the middle of the military response to the aliens. His girlfriend Jasmine (Vivica A. Fox) and the First Lady Marilyn Whitmore (Mary McDonnell) try to survive the aftermath.<br /><br />There are some huge holes in the story such as putting Casse inside a jet fighter even though he’s a drunk and had no idea how the new technology worked. Even so, you don’t watch a big blockbuster film like this for the details! No, you just want to see the aliens and the big explosions and on that front Independence Day delivers.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 7673 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "substance use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Roland Emmerich"], "Producers": ["Dean Devlin"], "Starring": ["Will Smith", "Bill Pullman", "Jeff Goldblum"], "Studio": ["20TH CENTURY FOX"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Actually made a funny plot out of Angry Birds video game

It’s always a gamble to make a movie about a video game. They provide such little background it’s difficult to create an entire plot about them. With Angry Birds it actually worked. There was enough of a story about pigs showing up and causing conflict with birds to keep me interested and funny parts thrown in. It’s good for both kids and adults.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 12293 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Clay Kaytis", "Fergal Reilly"], "Producers": ["John Cohen", "Catherine Winder"], "Starring": ["Jason Sudeikis", "Josh Gad", "Danny McBride"], "Studio": ["Columbia Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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What will happen when a woman abused her whole life finally finds her voice?

The Color Purple is about a woman who was abused and denied her voice for almost her entire life by men. The question is what would she do when she learned how to stand up? Whoopi Goldberg plays one of the truly beat down characters in cinema. The wrongs done to her provide some of the most gripping scenes of the film such as when she’s separated from her sister. The story isn’t all pain. When Oprah Winfrey shows up she automatically brings a smile by how she walks. She’s also the first inspiration for Goldberg to transform herself. There would be others as well. When she finally talks it’s something to see.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 12926 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Steven Spielberg"], "Producers": ["Steven Spielberg", "Kathleen Kennedy", "Frank Marshall", "Quincy Jones"], "Starring": ["Danny Glover", "Adolph Caesar", "Margaret Avery"], "Studio": ["WARNER BROS."]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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A sense of duty and commitment to his craft of being an assassin

Ghost Dog is director Jim Jarmusch’s ode to the 1967 Le Samourai by Jean-Pierre Melville. There are even scenes taken directly from that movie. Ghost Dog features Forest Whitaker as a solitary assassin who works for a gangster played by John Tormey. The movie is about the sense of duty Whitaker has for Tormey which he bases upon his study of ancient Japanese culture where the samurai was in the service of his lord. It’s also about Whitaker’s commitment to his craft of being a killer. On top of that the soundtrack is by RZA from the Wu-Tang clan. You can tell his distinctive style the minute the background music begins. There’s some low key comedy thrown in as well such as when Louie tells his mafia bosses he only contacts Whitaker through a bird. You can guess their reaction. The story is very subtle as that’s Jarmusch’s style, but it also goes with the source material as Le Samourai was the same.

The movie title "Ghost Dog - The Way of the Samurai," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 923 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $9.28. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Studio Specials, Lionsgate Home Entertainment and All Lionsgate Titles. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Aspect Ratio": "1.85:1", "MPAA rating": "R (Restricted)", "Product Dimensions": "0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 Ounces", "Item model number": "2209504", "Director": "Jim Jarmusch", "Media Format": "Anamorphic, Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC, Widescreen", "Run time": "1 hour and 56 minutes", "Release date": "August 14, 2001", "Actors": "Forest Whitaker, Henry Silva, John Tormey, Cliff Gorman, Dennis Liu", "Dubbed": "French, Spanish", "Subtitles": "English, Spanish", "Language": "English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified", "Studio": "Lions Gate", "Writers": "Jim Jarmusch", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai ingeniously re-imagines the gangster picture as a cross-cultural fusion of Eastern philosophy, hip-hop music, urban darkness, and movie iconography. Ghost Dog, a man of few words who shares his rooftop home with dozens of pigeons. Ghost Dog lives by the precepts of the 18th century warrior text, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, practicing the ancient disciplines of the samurai and applying them to his work as a contract killer..

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I came away confused about the message

I don’t know what they were trying to do with this plot. It starts off with John Malkovich being a dirty old professor sleeping with young women to he and his daughter being assaulted in the countryside. Was this supposed to be karmic payback for Malkovich’s sins? I tried to relate this to the setting of South Africa. The only thing I can think of is that whites still think they can do as they please after Apartheid while blacks cannot. Still the two main events really stretch that message. I came away not sure what I had just watched.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.0 from 179 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Steve Jacobs"], "Producers": ["Steve Jacobs", "Anna Maria Monticelli", "Emile Sherman"], "Starring": ["John Malkovich", "Jessica Haines", "Eriq Ebouaney"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Much more in depth story than Vol 1 on the relationship between the Bride & Bill

Kill Bill Volume 2 was the background to why Volume 1 occurred. The first film was an all out action flick. Volume 2 went back to Tarantino’s bread and butter of in depth dialogue with a few action scenes. Here the Bride (Uma Thurman) finally gets to confront Bill (David Carradine) the father of her child, her mentor, and the man that tried to kill her.<br /><br />The start of the movie is two monologues. The first by Bill about how cruel he was being in trying to kill the Bride and then the Bride talking about how everything was coming to a conclusion with Bill. Bill has always been the focal point and now you get some background to him.<br /><br />Gordon Liu also returns this time as Pai Mei who was a villain from 1970s Hong Kong films. His scene with the Bride is worth the price of admission alone. He plays the hard-nosed, old school Asian martial arts teacher that believes bleeding is the best way to transfer knowledge. Liu really gets to shine here and it was great to see him again.<br /><br />The other stand out supporting character is Daryl Hannah as Elle Driver. She gets a big confrontation with the Bride that is great action sequence.<br /><br />On the other hand Tarantino got lost in his writing at points. Budd went from being an assassin to working as a bouncer at a strip club with few customers. There’s an entire scene where he gets chewed out by his boss Larry (Larry Bishop) that seems extraneous. If often seems like Tarantino creates full backstories for his characters and just can’t help including them. This was just a short scene in the film but should have ended up on the editing floor.<br /><br />If you expected Volume 2 to be a continuation of Volume 1 you would be a bit off. Volume 2 had a much more in depth story as it explained the relationship between the Bride and Bill.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 7093 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "substance use", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Quentin Tarantino"], "Producers": ["Lawrence Bender"], "Starring": ["Uma Thurman", "David Carradine", "Daryl Hannah"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Great 70s horror-exploitation flick by David Cronenberg

Rabid is a very good 1970s exploitation horror flick starring porn actress Marilyn Chambers which was written and directed by David Cronenberg. Chambers gets into a motorcycle accident and gets healed using an experimental skin graph technique that turns the treated skin into a living organism. Not only that it wants to feed on people. Here’s the kick it creates an extra mouth on Chambers left forearm and she has to hug people to bite them! It’s completely ridiculous but adds to the charm of the film. That’s not all of it however. Those that get bitten want to eat people as well so it’s like a takeoff of the zombie genre. There’s not a dull moment in the film. At one point Chambers goes to an X-rated movie theater to find someone to bite. You gotta love it.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 3.8 from 60 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["David Cronenberg"], "Starring": ["Marilyn Chambers", "Frank Moore", "Joe Silver"], "Studio": ["Shout! Factory"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Vietnamese version of Taken

This is like the Vietnamese version of Taken. Ngo Thanh Van has her daughter Cat Vy kidnapped by a gang and she must hunt them down and save her kid. Little do the bad guys know that Ngo is a woman with special abilities. More than half of the movie is Ngo beating people up left and right. She makes a convincing heroine and it’s easy to empathize with her as a mother who’s been wronged.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 554 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["Ti\u1ebfng Vi\u1ec7t"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Le-Van Kiet"], "Producers": ["Jason Garrett", "Pham Thanh Hai", "Gary Hamilton", "Ryan Hamilton", "Giang Ho", "Bey Logan", "David Rogers", "Buu Loc Tran", "Dong Nghi Xa"], "Starring": ["Veronica Ngo", "Pham Anh Khoa"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Starts off interesting and then just stalls with nothing substantive happening

Ben Stiller is a socially awkward, neurotic, shut in who just got out of a mental hospital. He writes notes complaining about various absurdities like cars honking in New York City. He meets a woman Greta Gerwig but has no idea how to handle his emotions for her. She’s got issues of her own as she’s getting over a relationship. The movie starts off well with funny little bits but then it stalls. That’s because there’s no real progression in the characters. It just becomes the same thing over and over. Was hoping there was some there there but there wasn’t.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 3.8 from 326 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Noah Baumbach"], "Producers": ["Scott Rudin", "Jennifer Jason Leigh"], "Starring": ["Ben Stiller", "Greta Gerwig", "Rhys Ifans"], "Studio": ["UNIVERSAL PAY TELEVISION"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Visually stunning expression of a revolution against colonialism

In the opening Sam Worthington said he dreamed about flying and being free. Free from what? When he goes to the planet of Pandora he finds the native people the Na’vi want to be free of colonialism as the Resource Development Administration is destroying their environment to mine precious resources for Earth. Worthington joins their resistance movement in a classic revolution of the oppressed rising up against their oppressors. The freedom of the Na’vi is paralleled with Worthington’s own personal freedom as he is paralyzed from the waist down and has to use a wheelchair. He finds his freedom by becoming a Na’vi Avatar which allows him to walk and run like before. As someone in another review pointed out the easiest thing is to see the Na’vi as the Native Americans.<br /><br />Even if you don’t care about the theme of the movie it is visually stunning. The world they created with the colors and the light is truly amazing. I saw this in a theater when it came out in 3-D but this version still captures the vibrant look of the film.<br /><br />Together it makes Avatar a one of a kind experience.

The movie title "Avatar," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 52311 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 7.9, 2 h 41 min, 2009, X-Ray and PG-13, and it is priced at $14.99. This title falls under the categories of Adventure, Action, Ambitious and Exotic. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["James Cameron"], "Producers": ["Brooke Breton", "James Cameron", "Laeta Kalogridis", "Jon Landau", "Josh McLaglen", "Janace Tashjian", "Peter M. Tobyansen", "Colin Wilson"], "Starring": ["Sam Worthington", "Sigourney Weaver", "Zoe Saldana"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : From Academy Award winning director James Cameron (Aliens, The Abyss, True Lies, Titanic) comes Avatar, the story of an ex-Marine who finds himself thrust into hostilities on an alien planet filled with exotic life forms. As an Avatar, a human mind in an alien body, he finds himself torn between two worlds, in a desperate fight for his own survival and that of the indigenous people..

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What if we made Canada our enemy?

John Candy was the reason why I watched Canadian Bacon. I didn’t know that it was done by Michael Moore. It deals with some of the issues he covered in his documentary Roger, And Me about the deindustrialization of America when factories were closed and its aftermath in American cities. At the start therefore, there’s a news reporter talking about how the major factories in the city were closed while a former worker tries to commit suicide as the president’s motorcade passed by to make a political statement about his plight.<br /><br />The movie is about the President played by Alan Alda and his cabinet trying to find a new enemy for America so it can keep its factories open especially ones that make weapons. It decides Canada will be its foe hence the title. John Candy then tries to take matters into his own hands.<br /><br />There are plenty of jokes about Canadians like how they say certain words and the stereotype that they’re very polite. In one scene Dan Akroyd plays a Canadian policeman who pulls over John Candy and tells him he has to write all his insults against Canada which are spray painted on the side of his truck in French to respect French Canadians. Other times they make fun of the military industrial complex.<br /><br />I really appreciated the film. There were no real laugh out loud moments but it was really humorous and Candy was great as usual.

The movie title "Canadian Bacon," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 442 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 5.9, 1 h 35 min, 1995, X-Ray and PG, and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of Action, Comedy, Biting and Strange. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Michael Moore"], "Producers": ["David Brown", "Kathleen Glynn", "Michael Moore", "Ron Rotholz"], "Starring": ["Alan Alda", "John Candy", "Bill Nunn"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Faced with sagging approval ratings, the U.S. President (Alan Alda) is advised to start a new Cold War with Canada. When a sheriff (John Candy) decides to lead an invasion from Niagara Falls into Canada, it turns into an international incident..

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Some funny parts but doesn't deliver in the end in this satire about the alien genre

Several of Ben Stiller’s recent movies have been satires. 2008’s Tropic Thunder for example was about the movie industry. 2011’s Tower Heist was about heist films. The Watch was about the alien genre.<br /><br />Ben Stiller plays Evan Trautwig a manager at Costco who decides to set up a neighborhood watch group after his friend, a security guard named Antonio (Joseph Nunez) at Costco is mysteriously killed. The group collects together a number of misfits starting with Vince Vaughn as Bob, Jonah Hill as Franklin, and Richard Ayoade as Jamarcus.<br /><br />The movie hits the right note from the start when Antonio gets his citizenship and parties while doing his night watch at Costco. He listens to NWA, dances, watches big screen TV on a lounge chair before something kills him. When the neighborhood watch is brought together it’s nothing but trouble because of the cast or characters that join. Bob for example, thinks the Watch is a hang out group where he can get away from his family. He gets them to come over to his mancave at his house for drinks and a shouting match with his daughter. He then makes jackets for the group with a tiger’s face, wings and flames. Franklin on the other hand is a bit of a sociopath.<br /><br />It turns out Antonio was killed by an alien. That’s made fun of as well when they think they’ve killed one they decide to take photos and dance with the body only for it to come alive on them. Evan tries to put a sleeper wrestling hold on it, which of course fails.<br /><br />Ultimately there are some funny parts to the Watch but it doesn’t pay off in the end. There are some parts that don’t seem like they had any part in the story. Some better editing would have done this movie wonders.<br />C

The movie title "The Watch," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 7005 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $3.95. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Studio Specials, 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment and All Fox Titles. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Comedy", "Format": "Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen", "Contributor": "Jonah Hill, Akiva Schaffer, Ben Stiller", "Language": "English", "Runtime": "1 hour and 42 minutes", "Aspect Ratio": "2.35:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "R (Restricted)", "Product Dimensions": "0.6 x 5.3 x 7.5 inches; 2.4 Ounces", "Item model number": "FOXS2281442DVD", "Director": "Akiva Schaffer", "Media Format": "Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen", "Run time": "1 hour and 42 minutes", "Release date": "November 13, 2012", "Actors": "Jonah Hill, Ben Stiller", "Dubbed": "French, Spanish", "Subtitles": "Spanish", "Studio": "20th Century Fox", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Product Description.

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The ending is a real gut punch

The new Top Gun movie got released right around the same time as Devotion did. Both were about navy pilots but during different time periods. How they were portrayed was completely different as well. In Top Gun the pilots were all cocky and thought they were the best on the planet. Here there’s insecurity which gives the main character Jonathan Majors some humanity. That’s contrasted with the racism he deals with not only from fellow Americans but in France as well during a stop there. There’s plenty of combat scenes as well, but what really hit was the ending. I was not expecting it and it proved to be a real gut punch.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 2755 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["J.D. Dillard"], "Producers": ["Thad Luckinbill"], "Starring": ["Jonathan Majors", "Glen Powell", "Christina Jackson"], "Studio": ["Paramount"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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They questioned the Bush admin's argument for the Iraq war & largely got ignored despite being right

Shock and Awe derives its title from the bombing campaign that opened the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. The event was greatly oversold as a massive series of air strikes when in actuality it was very limited and short lived. The movie takes that to describe the propaganda campaign the Bush administration launched in 2002 to sell the Iraq war to the American public. This film, produced and directed by Rob Reiner, focuses upon two real life reporters at Knight Ridder new service, Jonathan Landay (Woody Harrelson) and Warren Strobel (James Marsden) who were some of the few who actually investigated the White House’s claims about Iraq and found many problems. They were largely overlooked as the vast majority of the American media simply repeated what the government said with very little comment which is what the movie attempts to portray.<br /><br />The film uses a bunch of made up sources to convey many of the actual events and even phrases that were used in the run up to the invasion. For example, Landay and Strobel hear that on 9/11 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and many neoconservatives were talking about hitting Saddam Hussein because they didn’t think that bin Laden could have worked alone. Then sources tell them the Pentagon created its own intelligence unit to create ties between Iraq and al Qaeda. The story delves into things like the charge that Iraq tried to buy tubes for centrifuges to enrich uranium for a nuclear bomb, which intelligence analysts tell the two reporters that wasn’t true. It also talked about how the White House leaked stories to the New York Times and then used those reports as proof of its argument. That’s all backed up by the use of actual news clips from the time. In the process, it not only lays out the information campaign launched by the White House, but how reporting works. It’s about making phone calls, checking on sources, interviewing people, having your work edited, etc. In this case the major papers like the New York Times based their stories upon inside sources within the Bush administration. That meant they repeated all of the charges the White House were making rather than reporting on whether the government's claims were true to not. They ended up serving as voice pieces rather than fact checkers.<br /><br />One point Shock and Awe gets wrong is when they claim Cheney was lying about Iraq and its WMD. This is an oft made charge by opponents of the war, but several investigations about American intelligence show that while the White House might have presented everything as proven fact without all the qualifications and used some stories it shouldn’t have the CIA and others all believed Iraq had weapons and were producing them.<br /><br />Shock and Awe does an effective job presenting the work of Knight Ridder and their reporting which turned out to be on point about Iraq. It does well hitting on a bunch of different claims the Bush administration made without getting caught up in all the details. It’s also a critique of the media with the major outlets like the New York Times, ABC and Fox relying upon their access to top administration officials for their reporting. That means they repeated the president’s agenda rather than providing the public with all the information they should have in a democracy.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.2 from 1104 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Rob Reiner"], "Producers": ["Michele Reiner", "Matthew George"], "Starring": ["Woody Harrelson", "Rob Reiner", "James Marsden"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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A bittersweet tale makes this Zatoichi film as one of the better ones in franchise

New Tale of Zatoichi was released in 1963 and was the third of the 20 plus films released in the series featuring Shintaro Katus as the blind swordsman. It was also the first one filmed in color.<br /><br />Right from the initial film, the elements of a Zatoichi story were set out. That included Yakuza (gangsters), gambling, sword play, a woman, and the common people. The last was far different from most period pieces which usually stuck with the samurai, and the lords that ruled Japan rather than the public.<br /><br />In this film Zatoichi meets his old sword master who is trying to marry his sister off to a prominent family but she doesn’t want to. He has also fallen upon hard times and his helping the Tengu gang. Thus you have the common people and the woman which are always in Zatoichi films. He is always trying to help out those in need. It turns out the people Zatoichi thought were honorable were not, and those he thought were villains were the opposite. There’s a bittersweet ending as well, which makes this one of the better in the franchise.<br />C

The movie title "Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 3 - New Tale of Zatoichi [DVD]," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 144 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $17.99. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Genre for Featured Categories and Action & Adventure. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Drama, Action & Adventure", "Format": "Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, Letterboxed, NTSC", "Contributor": "Kanae Kobayashi, Fujio Suga, Yutaka Nakamura, Mieko Kondo, Tokuzo Tanaka, Shintar Katsu, Tatsuo End, Shsaku Sugiyama, Kan Shimosawa, Seizabur Kawazu, Gen Kimura, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Chitose Maki, Minoru InuzukaKanae Kobayashi, Fujio Suga, Yutaka Nakamura, Mieko Kondo, Tokuzo Tanaka, Shintar Katsu, Tatsuo End, Shsaku Sugiyama, Kan Shimosawa, Seizabur Kawazu, Gen Kimura, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Chitose Maki, Minoru Inuzuka See more", "Language": "Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)", "Number Of Discs": "1", "Aspect Ratio": "2.35:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "Unrated (Not Rated)", "Product Dimensions": "7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.84 Ounces", "Director": "Tokuzo Tanaka", "Media Format": "Color, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, Letterboxed, NTSC", "Run time": "1 hour and 31 minutes", "Release date": "October 22, 2002", "Actors": "Shintar Katsu, Mikiko Tsubouchi, Seizabur Kawazu, Fujio Suga, Mieko Kondo", "Dubbed": "English", "Subtitles": "English", "Studio": "Home Vision Entertainment", "Writers": "Kan Shimosawa, Minoru Inuzuka", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Product Description.

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Some good tips and recipes but not really for the beginner

I have always been divided over Gordon Ramsay. Much of his TV personality was created just for ratings such as screaming at young chefs. That being said some of his shows where’s it’s just him I’ve enjoyed which led me to watch his Ultimate Cookery Course. At the start he says this is a show meant for the beginning chef to introduce basic cooking techniques, some tips, some equipment information, and most importantly 100 recipes. There are highs and lows of the series.<br /><br />There are some good tips included in each episode. For example he talks about how to sharpen knives, how to easily peel garlic cloves in one show, going to a butcher or other specialists and talking to them about products to gain a better knowledge of food and ingredients.<br /><br />The recipes are generally good and not that difficult. The problem is in the presentation. Sometimes he gives the time needed for a viewer to digest the instructions, other times he speeds through dishes usually three at a time without properly explaining how to do all the steps. For example, in one recipe he says that an onion needs to be diced, but he doesn’t say how to do that until the end of the episode.<br /><br />Overall, this isn’t such a bad show but it’s not really for beginners as he claims, but really for people who have some experience in the kitchen.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 3.0 from 91 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Alcohol use"], "Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Paul Ratcliffe"], "Starring": ["Gordon Ramsay"], "Studio": ["FilmRise"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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2nd tier Marvel release because bad guy wasn't that bad and the 1 that should've been wasn't

Unfortunately each of the succeeding Iron Man films was not as good as its predecessor. That was in part because the first was such a groundbreaking release which set the mood and tone of the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe. Iron Man 3 was still enjoyable but was in the second tier of Marvel movies with the likes of Doctor Strange and Thor The Dark World. The theme of the movie was unintended consequences. As Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) explains in the opening, “We create our own demons.”<br /><br />Stark was specifically referring to a conference in 1999 when he was still a freewheeling playboy who was often irresponsible. He blew off a researcher named Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) who’d created a group called Advanced Idea Mechanics (AIM) and slept with the scientist Maya Hansen (Rebecca Hall) and then forgot about them. Killian would be his foe in this film with AIM becoming a criminal organization along with the Mandarin (Ben Kingsley), while Hansen would work for him on something called Extremis that was another attempt to create a super soldier. This relates to the theme that if Stark had paid attention to people back in the day they might not have come back to haunt him. Killian was not a big figure in the comics, but AIM was one of the main villains right up there with Hydra. The Mandarin was also one of Iron Man’s biggest foes. The movie completely changed the character to a figurehead however, which was greatly criticized by fans of the comics.<br /><br />Another part of the theme was Stark suffering post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) from the first Avengers film. He constantly had flashbacks and panic attacks as a result of him almost dying at the end of that film. Again, his past was affecting him.<br /><br />The main flaw with the story was that Killian just wasn’t that much of a bad guy, and the one that should have been the main villain the Mandarin really wasn’t. A good action movie always has to have a strong villain otherwise it doesn’t give the audience much reason to care about the conflict in the story. Killian had a scheme to exploit the war on terror for his own profit, but is that really a good driving plot? That’s the reason why Iron Man 3 is definitely a second tier Marvel movie.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 22535 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Shane Black"], "Producers": ["Kevin Feige"], "Starring": ["Robert Downey Jr.", "Guy Pearce", "Gwyneth Paltrow"], "Studio": ["BUENA VISTA PAY TELEVISION"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Young black girl overcomes peer pressure struggling family & classism to compete in spelling bee

Akeelah and the Bee is a great inspirational family film about Akeelah (Keke Palmer) who is a middle school student who wants to compete in the Scipps National Spelling Bee, hence the Bee in the title. The movie deals with the struggles of many smart kids in urban schools where they don’t want to show that they’re smart because they fear ridicule by their peers. It also has the community rallying behind Akeelah to help her prepare for the Bee, while also highlighting the class differences between Akeelah and the kids she’ll be competing against.<br /><br />The movie begins with Akeelah getting an A on a spelling test in school, but not wanting anyone to know because she’s afraid what her classmates might say about her. This is the peer pressure she’s under to not show her smarts. She’s self-motivated and is inspired by her dead father who she talks to every night, but she needs to overcome her fears before she’s prepared to compete in the Bee.<br /><br />The story then focuses upon her preparing for the competition and all the people that help her. That ranges from Dr. Joshua Larabee (Laurence Fishburne) an English professor who becomes her coach to the locals in her community.<br /><br />Finally, there’s the class issue. As her school principal and brother tell Akeelah she will be competing with kids from affluent families from the rich neighborhoods and suburbs that have the money, time and a history of competing. Akeelah on the other hand lives in the inner city, goes to a poor school which she hates, her mother (Angela Bassett) is more concerned with her brother who gets in trouble all the time than Akeelah and who works all the time. The differences between her and her competition is emphasized when she joins a spelling club in a well to do community. That was actually a motivation for the film maker Doug Atchison who saw only affluent kids winning the Scripps competition.<br /><br />Overall, Akeelah And the Bee is a great family movie. It shows the struggles of a young African American girl attempting to do something that even she questioned she could do.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 3953 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "smoking", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Doug Atchison"], "Producers": ["Jaki Brown", "Marc Butan", "Mark Cuban", "Laurence Fishburne", "Sidney Ganis", "Nancy Hult", "Kent Kubena", "Daniel Llewelyn", "Michael Paseornek", "Dalia Phillips", "Michael Romersa", "Helen Sugland", "Mike Upton", "Todd Wagner"], "Starring": ["Angela Bassett", "Laurence Fishburne", "Keke Palmer"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Transofmration of Stark from playboy billionaire who didnt give a damn into a hero

Iron Man will always go down as the film that started the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It adapted the Iron Man origins story and his rivalry with Obadiah Stane from the comics. The theme was about whether Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr) who was a playboy billionaire could become responsible and fulfill his potential as Iron Man.<br /><br />The film included much of the Iron Man legacy from Marvel. In the comics Iron Man was created when Stark was wounded by Communist guerrillas during the Vietnam War. Here they shifted that to the war in Afghanistan. The original Iron Man suit was big and bulky and grey and they represented that. Obadiah Stane was one of Stark’s great rivals who tried to destroy Stark Industries. Here Stane was Stark’s second at his company and worked from the inside against Stark. At the start of Iron Man Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow) was his secretary and she’s included along with Jarvis who was originally the butler at the Avengers’ Mansion but here was turned into an intelligent computer program that assisted Tony. Finally, James Rhodey (Terrence Howard) was made into an Air Force Colonel when in the comics he was Stark’s best friend, pilot and eventually War Monger, but that would come later.<br /><br />The success of this film comes down to two people. First, director Jon Favreau created the perfect mood to introduce Iron Man and re-start the Marvel movie franchise. Second, Robert Downey Jr. was perfect for Stark. He captured the swag, nonchalance and intelligence of the character.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 21720 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Jon Favreau"], "Producers": ["Avi Arad", "Kevin Feige"], "Starring": ["Robert Downey Jr.", "Terrence Howard", "Jeff Bridges"], "Studio": ["Marvel"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Great mix of sword fights, comedy and Hip Hop

Samurai Champloo aired on Japanese TV from 2004-05. It was a great mix of samurai action, comedy and Hip Hop. It’s set in ancient Japan and followed three main characters, Mugen who was a loudmouth ronin (masterless samurai), Jin who was a quiet and reserved ronin, and Fuu a girl who is looking for a samurai that smells like sunflowers. Surprisingly very little is ever said about who this man is and why Fuu wants to find him.<br /><br />The connection between music and the show was right at the start as it had a Hip Hop theme song and the end of the opening credits has the title Samurai Champloo spinning around a record label. Sometimes it’s used in scenes such as the opening of one episode where a man beat boxes so a samurai can make a challenge to a man or another time when they run into three people on the road who rap about their next opponent.<br /><br />Hip Hop culture is also included such as one episode that features a group of graffiti artists in Hiroshima.<br /><br />The heart of the story is Fuu, Mugen and Jin traveling across Japan on their quest to find the sunflower samurai and running into all kinds of odd characters. One time Jin gets into a fight with an assassin gentlemen who gives up on the fight when he finds out that the man who hired him is dead and he won’t get paid. Fuu runs into an artist that works for a female Yakuza boss who kidnaps girls. Another time they run into a gay Dutchman who was drawn to Japan because of a book he found about gay love. There are tragedies as well like when Fuu meets a pick pocket trying to take care of his sick mother who ends up a victim of the law. Then Mugen runs into a n emotional disciplinarian who wants to teach him how to read. It’s all very entertaining and made this a standout anime series.<br />C

The movie title "Samurai Champloo: The Complete Series [Blu-ray]," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.9 from 3966 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $37.49. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Featured Categories, Blu-ray and Action & Adventure. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Television, DVD Movie, Animation, Blu-ray Movie, Anime & Manga, Art House & International, Action & AdventureTelevision, DVD Movie, Animation, Blu-ray Movie, Anime & Manga, Art House & International, Action & Adventure See more", "Format": "Animated, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Digital_copy", "Contributor": "Kari Wahlgren, Kirk Thornton, Steven Jay Blum", "Language": "Japanese (Dolby TrueHD 5.1), English (Dolby TrueHD 5.1)", "Number Of Discs": "3", "Aspect Ratio": "1.78:1", "MPAA rating": "NR (Not Rated)", "Product Dimensions": "0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 4 Ounces", "Media Format": "Animated, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen, Digital_copy", "Run time": "10 hours and 50 minutes", "Release date": "February 5, 2019", "Actors": "Kirk Thornton, Kari Wahlgren, Steven Jay Blum", "Subtitles": "English", "Studio": "Funimation", "Country of Origin": "USA", "Number of discs": "3"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Let's break it down. Mugen's a reckless sword-slinger with a style that's more b-boy than Shaolin. He's got a nasty streak that makes people want to stick a knife in his throat. Then there's Jin, a deadbeat ronin who speaks softly but carries a big blade. He runs game old-school style, but he can make your blood spray with the quickness. When these roughnecks bring the ruckus, it ain't good for anybody, especially them. Enter Fuu, the dizzy waitress who springs her new friends from a deadly jam. All she wants in return is help solving a riddle from her past. She and the boys are tracking the scent, but there's ninety-nine ways to die between them and the sunflower samurai..

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Top notch heist caper with very smart action sequences

The Adventurers is a high speed, high action heist film starring Andy Lau and Jean Reno. Lau leads a group of Chinese thieves in Europe. Reno is a French policeman out to stop them.<br /><br />The film if very slick and has a lot of well thought out heist and action sequences. At the start for instance they steal a priceless neckless in Cannes using multiple distractions, people working on the inside and outside and then it finishes with a high speed chase. That is the style throughout.<br /><br />There’s also a personal element between Lau, Reno and Lau’s girlfriend. Reno put Lau in jail even though the latter saved him. Lau’s girlfriend also resented him being a thief and is helping Reno to catch him.<br /><br />Finally there’s a twist at the end as well.<br /><br />All together this makes The Adventurers a top notch crime film.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.0 from 336 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["\u4e2d\u6587"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Stephen Fung"], "Producers": ["Terence Chang"], "Starring": ["Andy Lau", "Shu Qi", "Jean Reno"], "Studio": ["Well Go USA Entertainment"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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True comedy gold Still as fresh and funny as when it originally came out

Season 2 was by far the funniest of the Chappelle Show. Dave Chappelle took things to a classic level if for nothing else the two True Hollywood Stories episodes featuring Charlie Murphy’s recollections of his experiences with Rick James and Prince. That’s not all however. The episode with Wayne Brady who pretends to take over the show and their drive together is hilarious. There are other great skits like the one about everything looks better in slow motion and his public service-kids’ awareness about the problems with drugs. That doesn't mean there aren’t a few duds here like Chappelle’s take on Gallagher, but the highs are so great that it made this season a true piece of comedy gold. I have watched this season again and again over the years since it came out on DVD and it’s still as fresh and funny as when it originally aired on Comedy Central.

The movie title "Chappelle's Show - Season 2," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.9 from 2347 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $6.11. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Featured Categories, DVD and Comedy. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Aspect Ratio": "1.33:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "NR (Not Rated)", "Product Dimensions": "0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 8.8 Ounces", "Item model number": "1098448890", "Director": "Dave Chappelle", "Media Format": "Multiple Formats, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Full Screen, NTSC", "Run time": "4 hours and 35 minutes", "Release date": "April 30, 2013", "Language": "English (Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo), Unqualified", "Studio": "Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment", "Number of discs": "3"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Product Description.

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A classic 70s horror story

Josh Brolin, Margot Kidder and their kids move into a house in Long Island where the previous owner gunned down his entire family. It’s the start of this classic horror movie where Brolin, Kidder and their children will have to fight for their lives against the house<br /><br />The film does a great job setting the mood. First there’s the killing of the family and then they intersperse that with Brolin and Kidder being shown the house. The director Stuart Rosenberg wanted to hit the audience right off the bat with hints of what was to come. It steadily builds from there. The story isn’t really scary but there are some standout scenes and visuals. It definitely deserves its reputation as a 70s classic.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 2915 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Stuart Rosenberg"], "Producers": ["Samuel Z. Arkoff", "Elliot Geisinger", "Richard M. Greenberg", "Ronald Saland"], "Starring": ["James Brolin", "Margot Kidder", "Rod Steiger"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Everything you expect from Machete and more

The fact that Machete was made into a movie and then had a sequel is amazing. It was originally just a fake ad created for the Robert Rodriguez-Quentin Tarantino exploitation project Grindhouse. The film actually begins with another fake ad for another Machete release. It’s just everything you could expect from such a movie and more. There’s guns. There’s babes. There’s machetes. There’s gratuitous violence. Plus there’s even politics with condemnation of anti-immigrant racism. It has an outstanding cast as well starting with the hero Danny Trejo, plus Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Michelle Rodriguez, Amber Heard, Lady Gag, Sofia Vergara, Antonio Banderas, Demian Bichir, Cuba Gooding Jr and more. It’s a must see.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 2365 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Robert Rodriguez"], "Producers": ["Robert Rodriguez", "Rick Schwartz", "Sergei Bespalov", "Alexander Rodnyansky", "Aaron Kaufman", "Iliana Nikolic"], "Starring": ["Danny Trejo", "Michelle Rodriguez", "Sofia Vergara"], "Studio": ["Open Road Films", "LLC"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Can he figure out real women instead of his fetished porn image of them?

This movie surprised me because I thought it was about one thing and then turned out to be about another. It features Joseph Gordon-Levitt who was also the director. He’s a young man who thinks he has everything but is actually still immature and has an empty life. The story is about him figuring out relationships, which is a problem because he’s obsessed with the fantasy of women he gets from porn instead of the real thing. He goes on a very interesting and unexpected trip because he meets someone and you think this will be the person that changes him but then it goes in other directions. I didn’t buy Gordon-Levitt in his role at first because they have him working out, etc. and he just does not have that look. It was also weird because his sister Brie Larson says absolutely nothing. Instead she’s always staring at her phone until the very end where she gives one of the best lines about Gordon-Levitt’s relationship. Overall thumbs up to this story.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 2749 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "substance use", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Joseph Gordon-Levitt"], "Producers": ["Ram Bergman"], "Starring": ["Joseph Gordon-Levitt", "Scarlett Johansson", "Julianne Moore"], "Studio": ["RELATIVITY MEDIA"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Will Jeff Bridges be a pawn for the rich and powerful or will he stand up for himself?

Everyone is trying to tell Jeff Bridges what to do. Go to Mexico and find a girl. Go get compromising material from a guy. The question is what is Bridges going to do about it. Is he going to be everyone’s gaffer or is he going to stand up for himself? Bridges was really good. He was a pawn and he knew it, but he didn’t like it. The story also kept on adding new layers so it wasn’t as straightforward as it initially seemed. The movie also ended with a commentary about how the rich and powerful control Los Angeles which I liked.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 1929 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Hackford", "Taylor"], "Producers": ["William S. Gilmore", "Taylor Hackford"], "Starring": ["Rachel Ward", "Jeff Bridges", "James Woods"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Another slow burning gangster flick by Johnnie To

Exiled is another slow burning Johnnie To gangster flick. The story revolves around a Hong Kong mobster Simon Yam attempting to expand into Macau and a group of hitmen led by Anthony Wong being caught in the middle. There’s a very stylized beginning with some obvious John Woo influences that starts the film as Wong and company show up at the house of Nick Cheung to kill him. It’s not all guns and crooks however. Wong and his men are all about their friendship forged since their teenage years. Cheung’s wife and baby are also drawn into the conflict providing a human element. The main issue I had with the film is that the low points go on too long and drag the story down.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 3.9 from 127 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "smoking", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["\u4e2d\u6587"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["---"], "Producers": ["Johnnie To", "Catherine Chan", "John Chong", "Elos Gallo", "Maylie Ho", "Kok-Leung Kuk", "Shirley Lau"], "Starring": ["Nick Cheung", "Simon Yam", "Francis Ng"], "Studio": ["Magnolia Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Challenges the audience if they really oppose the death penalty or not

Dead Man Walking is based upon a true story and focuses upon Susan Sarandon as Sister Helen Prejean who becomes the spiritual adviser to death row inmate Matthew Poncelet played by Sean Penn. Sarandon has to counsel him as his execution nears and teach him morals. The dilemma is whether he will admit to his wrongs or continue to plead his innocence? In turn, the movie poses the question whether you can be against the death penalty even if the person to be executed is guilty as Penn’s character was? Like Penn having to face the moral consequences of his actions the audience is asked to put their beliefs on trial as well.<br /><br />Most of the movie is very low key as it takes place in prison with Sarandon and Sean talking to each other, usually through a thick pane of protective glass. She tries to teach him the word of God to get him to open up about what he did. Penn’s character is no way a nice character or someone who was accused of something he didn’t do. He’s actually a racist and an idiot when he talks to the press.<br /><br />On the other hand probably the most difficult parts of the film are Sarandon meeting with the families of the two people Penn killed. They are very powerful scenes and helps bring home what Poncelet did. The ending is just as strong and emotional.<br /><br />Finally the film touches on the politics of the death penalty. As Penn notes at the start only poor people are on death row. He had a public defender who’d never done a death penalty case before and only raised one objection during the trial. The governor was also pushing being tough on crime and executing people as part of his political campaign for office.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 1263 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Tim Robbins"], "Producers": ["Jon Kilik", "Tim Robbins", "Rudd Simmons"], "Starring": ["Susan Sarandon", "Sean Penn", "Robert Prosky"], "Studio": ["Critically Acclaimed"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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A fun and emotional ride

Ma Dong-seok is talked into returning to Korea to arm wrestler professionally by his scheming friend Kwon Yul. Kwon is truly slimy trying to get in bed with crooks and others. He’s always trying to sweet talk people. Ma is the exact opposite. He’s quiet and sort of a lost soul searching for his roots in Korea. The movie starts off like it will be about sports and action with Ma wrestling and getting into fights. It quickly becomes a comedy however featuring Ma and his new found family. He eats sushi with them for the first time for instance and gets freaked out that there’s a fish head on the plate saying, “It’s looking at me.” His niece is adorable. There’s a predictable end but it doesn’t matter because it was such a fun and emotional ride to get there.

The movie title "Champion," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.5 from 96 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 6.3, 1 h 48 min, 2018 and PG, and it is priced at $4.99. This title falls under the categories of Comedy, Sports, Compelling and Optimistic. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["KIM Yong-wan"], "Producers": ["Jae-Won Choi", "Han Dong-Whan"], "Starring": ["Don LEE", "KWON Yul", "HAN Ye-ri"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : In this rousing crowd-pleaser, a former arm-wrestling champion raised in the US returns to South Korea for a tournament that could return him to glory. As he trains for the most intense fight he's ever faced, he finds his life complicated by the appearance of the biological family he never knew..

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Some inconsistencies but overall some good sci-fi

Harvey Keitel lands on the Saturn 3 colony manned by Kirk Douglas and Farrah Fawcett. What they don’t know is that Keitel is mentally disturbed. He brings with him a demi-god series robot so you know where that will go.<br /><br />The movie has its ups and downs. The start has some nice graphics of outer space and there’s a murder. Keitel is also after Fawcett constantly hitting on her and plays the creep well. Then there are large parts of the story that just drag like when Keitel first lands on Saturn 3. Overall there are more pluses then minuses.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 981 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Stanley Donen"], "Producers": ["Stanley Donen", "Lew Grade", "Elliott Kastner", "Eric Rattray", "Martin Starger"], "Starring": ["Kirk Douglas", "Farrah Fawcett", "Harvey Keitel"], "Studio": ["Shout! Factory"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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FBI portrayed as victims of racists & saviors while blacks take a backseat in their own struggle

Mississippi Burning is a perfect example of the power of Hollywood. It starts with an image of segregated water fountains and then a black church being burned. Then you have the three civil rights workers Andrew Goodman, Michael Schwerner and James Chaney killed by racists in Mississippi. Will this movie then be about the struggle of African Americans for freedom? No, it’s about how two white FBI agents saved the day and figured out who killed Chaney, Goodman and Schwerner with no comment about how the Bureau actively tried to subvert the civil rights movement. Some might say but this was based upon history where the FBI really did look into the murders except this is the movie business where history can be whatever it says it is. Hollywood is notoriously racist unable to make major movies about African Americans marketed to a wide audience without whites being in the lead. Mississippi Burning is a perfect example of that.<br /><br />The myth of the FBI is started when two agents Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman) and Agent Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) show up at a police station and one of the officers asks if they’re from the Federal Bureau of Integration. Then the two go get some food at a local eatery and sit in the back in the segregated section. Then Anderson asks Ward if he admired the dead civil rights workers to which he replies don’t you? Then someone fires a shotgun at their hotel room and burns a cross outside. This all creates a myth of the FBI being the real heroes of the moment instead of the dead and others who took on the racist south against all odds. It makes out the agents to be the victims of the racists with the shooting and cross. This is really Hollywood at its best making up its own history.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 3033 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language"], "Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Parker", "Alan"], "Producers": ["Frederick Zollo", "Robert F. Colesberry"], "Starring": ["Gene Hackman", "Willem Defoe"], "Studio": ["Voices"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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What a disappointing concert

This show took place in Ontario, California when Deep Purple played in front of 250,000 people. The band actually annoyed me at first because the bassist got to sing and had this horrible screech that he used over and over again. When he stepped away from the microphone I was overjoyed. The biggest issue was that most of the group’s songs just weren’t memorable. Yeah, they bust out with Smoke On The Water but it was one of the only quality numbers they had. Even when they played one of my favorite songs of theirs Space Truckin the bassist had to let out a screech and then Blackmore decided to noodle away on his guitar and the keyboardist gets a solo and the song becomes far longer than it should have been.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 29 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["---"], "Starring": ["Deep Purple"], "Studio": ["deep purple"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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How many millions were paid to miscast John Cusack and Adrien Brody as Romans????

How much did this Chinese company pay to get Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody both of which are horribly cast to play in this movie? Chan is the leader of a unit meant to protect the Silk Road out of China while Cusack is a Roman general looking for a place to rest and recover. Then Brody shows up as the bad guy and Chan and Cusack have to team up to defeat him.<br /><br />The film is just a giant train wreck. You get the Chinese and Romans working together to strengthen the city they were in and then competing in fight matches only to sing songs to each other. This was supposed to show the growing bond between the two groups but it just didn’t work for me. In the entire movie there was only one scene I liked when Chan went looking for his family and got into a fight. Otherwise this movie is a disaster.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.1 from 2516 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Subtitles": ["None available"], "Directors": ["Daniel Lee"], "Producers": ["Jackie Chan", "Susanna Tsang"], "Starring": ["Jackie Chan", "John Cusack", "Sharni Vinson"], "Studio": ["Lionsgate"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Schwarzenegger proved he wasn't a muscle bound action hero

Twins was Arnold Schwarzenegger’s first attempt to move away from his action hero persona. It teamed him up with Danny Devito in a classic odd couple of two twins who’d been separated at birth. Schwarzenegger played the innocent while Devito was a grifter. The story revolves around the two bonding with each other and then forming a family. There’s a lot of cute elements to the movie like when the two do the same hand motions. They also showed some real chemistry together. Most importantly Schwarzenegger proved that he wasn’t just a muscle bound star but had some real range to his acting.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 4385 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Ivan Reitman"], "Producers": ["Ivan Reitman"], "Starring": ["Arnold Schwarzenegger", "Danny DeVito", "Kelly Preston"], "Studio": ["Universal City Studios Product"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Bilbo is enticed to go on an adventure

This was Peter Jackson’s second deep dive into the work of J.R.R. Tolkien dealing with his first major book The Hobbit. Like Jackson’s first foray into the author he had to go all out and turned the story into a trilogy. The first in the series gets its title from the fact that Gandalf recruits Bilbo Baggins a hobbit to help a group of Dwarves reclaim their home from a giant dragon named Smaug. Bilbo had no interest at first, but Gandalf knew that Bilbo was an explorer at heart and the idea of going on an adventure would be too much to turn down.<br /><br />An adventure is really what this film is all about. Bilbo meets three trolls that are food connoisseurs, a crazy wizard who eats too many mushrooms, elves, of course Gollum, and more.<br /><br />The film also features The Necromancer who would become Sauron in the Lord of the Rings.<br /><br />My one main complaint is that the Orc lord Azog looked really bad. He was done with CGI but it just didn’t work. Gollum and others used affects but Azog just failed artistically. More importantly why didn’t they use an actor with make up? That’s what made the Orcs look so good in the Lord of the Rings. That’s really a minor point in what is an otherwise great film by Jackson.<br />C

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 40273 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English Dialogue Boost: High", "English", "English [Audio Description]", "English Dialogue Boost: Medium"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Peter Jackson"], "Producers": ["Peter Jackson", "Fran Walsh", "Carolynne Cunningham", "Zane Weiner"], "Starring": ["Sir Ian McKellen", "Martin Freeman", "Richard Armitage"], "Studio": ["New Line"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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A man who has nothing aspires to find his American Dream

Rocky is a great story about the working class. Yes it’s about Rocky (Sylvester Stallone) becoming a championship boxer but the story of his neighborhood in south Philadelphia is just as important if not more so. It’s about a man who has nothing but a desire to be a boxer, and that opens up the American Dream for him.<br /><br />Things start off with Rocky being a third rate boxer. He lives in a total dump. He’s flirting with a woman from the pet store named Adrian (Taila Shire) who everyone in the neighborhood makes fun of. His day job is being an enforcer for a local mobster. He has to get the approval of her brother however Paulie (Burt Young) who is Rocky’s friend as well. The man that runs his boxing gym Mickey (Burgess Meredith) does nothing but disparage Rocky saying that he fights like an ape. This is a story of man who has next to nothing. He has no position in life, and no respect. The one thing he has is a dream. He wants to become a boxer. With that aspiration things start working out for him and that’s why the movie is so engaging. This is a story of man chasing the American Dream.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 8672 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English Dialogue Boost: High", "English", "English [Audio Description]", "English Dialogue Boost: Medium", "Italiano", "Portugu\u00eas", "Deutsch", "Espa\u00f1ol (Espa\u00f1a)", "Espa\u00f1ol (Latinoam\u00e9rica)", "Polski", "\u010ce\u0161tina", "Magyar", "Fran\u00e7ais"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]", "\u0627\u0644\u0639\u0631\u0628\u064a\u0629 [CC]", "\u010ce\u0161tina [ST]", "Dansk [CC]", "Deutsch", "\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac [CC]", "Espa\u00f1ol (Latinoam\u00e9rica)", "Espa\u00f1ol (Espa\u00f1a)", "Suomi [CC]", "Filipino [CC]", "Fran\u00e7ais", "\u05e2\u05d1\u05e8\u05d9\u05ea [CC]", "\u0939\u093f\u0928\u094d\u0926\u0940 [CC]", "Magyar [CC]", "Indonesia [CC]", "\ud55c\uad6d\uc5b4 [CC]", "Bahasa Melayu [SPP]", "Nederlands", "Nederlands [CC]", "Norsk [CC]", "Polski [CC]", "Portugu\u00eas (Brasil)", "Portugu\u00eas (Portugal) [CC]", "Svenska", "\u0e44\u0e17\u0e22 [CC]", "T\u00fcrk\u00e7e [CC]", "\u4e2d\u6587 [CC]", "\u4e2d\u6587\uff08\u7e41\u9ad4\uff09 [CC]"], "Directors": ["John G. Avildsen"], "Producers": ["Robert Chartoff", "Gene Kirkwood", "Irwin Winkler"], "Starring": ["Sylvester Stallone", "Talia Shire", "Burgess Meredith"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Short but sweet ending to the Chappelle Show

The “Lost Episodes” of the Chappelle Show were actually produced before Chappelle departed from the series. The skits were already recorded and Comedy Central shot the studio intro segments with two regulars Donnell Rawlings and Charlie Murphy. That was a good thing because the episodes were still full of all of the irreverence, smart remarks, and commentary on black life the series was known for rather than being skits that were never meant to see the light of day that were simply released to cash in on Chappelle’s name.<br /><br />The first episode showed that this season was still on point. There’s a skit about how when people found out Chappelle was a millionaire they would try to take advantage of him by charging him exorbitant prices for basic things like a haircut. Another was about how petty he was by convincing a girl from high school that he was in still in love with her. He got her to divorce her husband, and then told her he was married, had a child and was perfectly happy.<br /><br />The show even had a long segment that talked about Chappelle leaving the show. He gave an interview where he said that he was afraid that he’d gone from satirizing race and American society to reinforcing stereotypes. They showed a segment where each race had a Pixie talking about culture. After that they had an extended talk with the audience about what they thought.<br /><br />The season is also VERY short with just three seasons. There are plenty of extras to watch as well such as a spoof of making the show, two musical performances, and others.

The movie title "Chappelle's Show - The Lost Episodes (Uncensored)," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 515 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $16.8. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Featured Categories, DVD and Comedy. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Comedy/Television", "Format": "NTSC, Dolby, Color, Full Screen, Multiple Formats", "Contributor": "Todd Broder, Paul Mooney, Karl Lake, Rudy Rush, Randy Pearlstein, Charles Q. Murphy, Greer Barnes, DJ Cipha Sounds, Melle Powers, Dave Chappelle, Mos Def, Donnell Rawlings, Neal BrennanTodd Broder, Paul Mooney, Karl Lake, Rudy Rush, Randy Pearlstein, Charles Q. Murphy, Greer Barnes, DJ Cipha Sounds, Melle Powers, Dave Chappelle, Mos Def, Donnell Rawlings, Neal Brennan See more", "Language": "Unqualified", "Number Of Discs": "1", "Aspect Ratio": "1.33:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "Unrated (Not Rated)", "Product Dimensions": "0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 2.4 Ounces", "Item model number": "889074", "Director": "Todd Broder", "Media Format": "NTSC, Dolby, Color, Full Screen, Multiple Formats", "Run time": "1 hour and 8 minutes", "Release date": "July 25, 2006", "Actors": "Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, DJ Cipha Sounds, Karl Lake, Neal Brennan", "Studio": "Comedy Central", "Writers": "Charles Q. Murphy, Dave Chappelle, Donnell Rawlings, Neal Brennan", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Outrageous, intelligent, and provocative, Chappelle's Show - The Lost Episodes proves that Dave Chappelle is now and forever one of the funniest, most boundary-pushing comedians to ever appear on television..

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Soundtrack and story of rags to riches while sticking it to the man make this a classic

Black Caesar has one of the greatest Blaxploitation soundtracks of all time because it was done by James Brown. It’s right up there with Shaft done by Isaac Hayes. I mean it is funky! The music also fits perfectly with the scenes its used in like The Boss which is played while Fred Williamson and his henchman walk through Harlem in their suits and take care of business. When Brown says, “See a bad mutha!” it explains Williamson to a T.<br /><br />The movie itself is about the rise and fall of Williamson as a black gangster in New York City. Williamson begins working for the Italian mafia but then carves out his own empire. I can’t watch it without thinking about the real life Frank Lucas who followed a similar path. Lucas was fictionalized in American Gangster featuring Denzel Washington.<br /><br />Like the best Blaxploitation Williamson gets to stand up to the man again and again. One time he buys his lawyer’s apartment right up from under him furnishings and all. Another time he gets to humiliate a racist mafia boss. This is what made the genre special. Black people got to play out their fantasies of sticking it to the man.<br /><br />It all makes Black Caesar one of the best Blaxploitation films from this era.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.6 from 678 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Cohen", "Larry"], "Producers": ["Larry Cohen", "Benjamin Fisz", "Kenneth Rive"], "Starring": ["Fred Williamson", "Art Lund", "Gloria Hendry"], "Studio": ["Amplifying Black Voices"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Saving the toons and LA's public transportaion from destruction in this comedy-Film Noir

Who Framed Roger Rabbit? is an excellent mix of a hardboiled detective (Bob Hoskins) and a femme fatale Jessica Rabbit/Betsy Brantley from Film Noir with Disney and Looney Toon cartoons and comedy. The story also has a serious note as it’s about the destruction of Los Angeles’ public transportation for cars and highways.<br /><br />Just like a Noir there are some great lines included. Jessica for instance says she’s not bad, she’s just drawn that way. Hoskins says “Here’s to the pencil pushers. May they all get lead poisoning.”<br /><br />There are plenty of goofy sequences with the cartoons and Jessica definitely is drawn was one bad woman. It’s all a lot of fun.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 14921 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Robert Zemeckis"], "Producers": ["Robert Watts", "Frank Marshall"], "Starring": ["Bob Hoskins", "Christopher Lloyd", "Charles Fleischer"], "Studio": ["Touchstone Pictures"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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One of the biggest fight scenes in any Zatoichi flick

On The Road was the 5th Zatoichi film and begins with a sequence anyone familiar with the franchise would recognize. That’s Zatoichi catching some Yakuza (gangsters) cheating at dice, which ends in some sword play. Like many in the series Zatoichi becomes caught up with some Yakuza and with a distressed woman. What sets it apart is a huge sword fight at the end which is a sight to see.<br />C

The movie title "Zatoichi the Blind Swordsman, Vol. 5 - On the Road [DVD]," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.8 from 92 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $27.33. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Featured Categories, DVD and Action & Adventure. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Format": "Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC", "Contributor": "Kimiyoshi Yasuda, Yutaka Nakamura, Yoshio Yoshida, Reiko Fujiwara, Shintar Katsu, Shsaku Sugiyama, Sonosuke Sawamura, Ryuzo Shimada, Kan Shimosawa, Gen Kimura, Teruko Omi, Minoru Inuzuka, Shiho Fujimura, Matasaburo NiwaKimiyoshi Yasuda, Yutaka Nakamura, Yoshio Yoshida, Reiko Fujiwara, Shintar Katsu, Shsaku Sugiyama, Sonosuke Sawamura, Ryuzo Shimada, Kan Shimosawa, Gen Kimura, Teruko Omi, Minoru Inuzuka, Shiho Fujimura, Matasaburo Niwa See more", "Language": "Japanese (Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)", "Number Of Discs": "1", "Runtime": "1 hour and 25 minutes", "Aspect Ratio": "2.35:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "Unrated (Not Rated)", "Product Dimensions": "7.75 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 4.16 Ounces", "Director": "Kimiyoshi Yasuda", "Media Format": "Color, DVD, Letterboxed, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC", "Run time": "1 hour and 25 minutes", "Release date": "October 22, 2002", "Actors": "Shintar Katsu, Shiho Fujimura, Ryuzo Shimada, Reiko Fujiwara, Matasaburo Niwa", "Subtitles": "English", "Studio": "Home Vision Entertainment", "Writers": "Kan Shimosawa, Minoru Inuzuka", "Number of discs": "1"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Once again Ichi finds himself the object of deadly pursuit. While travelling to a village where the local gang leader wants to hire him as a bodygaurd, a rival gang attacks Ichi and his companion. After negotiating safe passage for himself only, the blind masseur encounters a dying man trying to help a servant girl escape after being raped by a feudal lord. Agreeing to help the girl get back to her family, Zatoichi realizes he will have to take on both gangs to make it through..

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Beautifully made film about brother & sister dealing with pain

Waves is about a middle class African American family in Florida. The movie focuses upon Tyler (Kelvin Harrison Jr.) and Emily (Taylor Russell) the two kids in the family. Tyler is a high school wrestler with a girlfriend named Alexis (Alexa Demie). His dad (Sterling K. Brown) is very demanding always pushing him to work out, to be a better wrestler, to do better in school. Emily is the quiet and shy one in the family. She comes into her own in the second half of the film. The story is about how the family deals with pain.<br /><br />The story begins with how everything seems normal for Tyler. The problems start when Tyler hides how bad his shoulder is hurt from everyone and Alexis gets pregnant. He’s afraid of what will happen to his dreams and what his father will think. Then things quickly start spinning out of control. He doesn’t know how to deal with his problems and makes things worse. Like a lot of young people he can’t deal with his feelings and frustrations. His story is the first half of Waves.<br /><br />The second part is all about Emily. She’s guilt ridden over Tyler and withdraws from everyone. She meets an awkward boy named Luke (Lucas Hedges) and they start dating. He brings her out of her shell and allows her to live again. It’s the love she finds and receives from Luke that transforms her.<br /><br />The contrast between the siblings draws a sharp comparison in the two halves of the movie. Not only are their personalities exact opposites but so are the moods of the two parts. The cinematography also changes with Tyler’s half using dark hues and Emily’s being much brighter.<br /><br />The movie is beautifully shot. The color contrasts and angles really stand out. It goes with this very moody and emotional film.<br />C

The movie title "Waves," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.4 from 3828 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 7.5, 2 h 15 min, 2019, X-Ray, HDR, UHD and R, and it is priced at $7.99. This title falls under the categories of Drama, Sports, Sad and Touching. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "smoking", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Trey Edward Shults"], "Producers": ["Trey Edward Shults", "Justin R. Chan", "Jacob Jaffke", "Harrison Kreiss", "Chad Rothman", "Kevin Turen", "James Wilson", "Inman Young"], "Starring": ["Sterling K. Brown", "Kelvin Harrison Jr.", "Lucas Hedges"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : 'Waves' traces the epic emotional journey of a suburban African-American family as they navigate love, forgiveness, and coming together after a loss. A heartrending story about the universal capacity for compassion and growth even in dark times..

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Goes from heist to relationship story and loses it way as a result

Trance is a twist on the usual heist story. James McAvoy knows where a missing painting is, the hitch is that he has amnesia so his memory needs to be revived to find it. The plot is about various people attempting to manipulate McAvoy to get the artwork. That includes the use of hypnosis which means you can’t always tell what’s really happening and what McAvoy is imagining while he’s under the influence of his psychiatrist Rosario Dawson. The film turns into a question of whether McAvoy has free will or not. The story ends up losings its way however as Dawson comes to the fore and the whole point of the plot the painting fades away. That’s a shame because it really had something going in the first half.

The movie title "Trance," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 1129 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 6.9, 1 h 41 min, 2013, X-Ray and R, and it is priced at $16.29. This title falls under the categories of Suspense, Drama, Cerebral and Mysterious. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English", "English [Audio Description]"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Danny Boyle"], "Producers": ["Bernard Bellew", "Rapha\u00ebl Benoliel", "Christian Colson", "Fran\u00e7ois Ivernel", "Cameron McCracken", "Diarmuid McKeown", "Steven Rales", "Tessa Ross", "Mark Roybal"], "Starring": ["James McAvoy", "Vincent Cassel", "Rosario Dawson"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : HD. Danny Boyle's twisty thriller about an amnesiac art thief who is probed by a hypnotherapist to find a painting he stole..

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A sci-fi horror classic that's still as creepy as when it came out

This was the 1978 remake of the 1956 classic science fiction movie. The original was a product of 1950s America and the fear of Communism. The 78 version dropped the metaphors and went for straight sci-fi horror and what a job it did. I remember seeing it in a movie theater when I was a kid and being scared out of my pants.<br /><br />The story begins with spores from another planet landing in San Francisco where they form flowers on existing plants. Little do people know that they are aliens that replace humans that come into contact with them.<br /><br />The main characters are Donald Sutherland as a city health inspector Matthew Bennell and his friends. Brooke Adams as Elizabeth Driscoll who works in the Health Dept, Leonard Nimoy who is a famous psychiatrist Dr. David Kibner, Jeff Goldblum is a frustrated writer Jack Bellicec, and his wife Veronica Cartwright as Nancy Bellicec. Matthew and Brooke first discover the spores and try to warn the authorities, but are constantly frustrated by skeptical officials and friends.<br /><br />The movie captures the real horror of an alien take over. First people just act a little odd, not showing any emotions. Next they start having meetings at all hours with strange people passing along packages. Then friends and family start claiming their loved ones are not who they are like when Matthew drops off his dry cleaning and the owner tells him over and over again that his wife is not his wife. Then there are shocking scenes such as when a man jumps onto Matthew’s car and warns that people are coming and they’re endangered before a small mob chases after him. He’s suddenly killed and a silent and emotionless crowd stares down at him. Eventually the process is shown how the spores replace people and it’s not a pretty sight. It’s this steady building of tension that really makes the movie. As Elizabeth says, life becomes a nightmare and it’s like the entire city changed overnight.<br /><br />Nimoy and Goldblum even though they’re supporting characters also have standout performances. Nimoy plays a suave, know it all psychiatrist who is so assuring to everyone with a calm doctor’s voice. Goldblum on the other hand is a neurotic writer who is jealous of Nimoy and can’t stop talking about how his dreams are unfulfilled.

The movie title "Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Collector's Edition)," available on Movies & TV, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 2214 reviewers. It features elements such as [], and it is priced at $21.59. This title falls under the categories of Movies & TV, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction and Alien Invasion. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Genre": "Action & Adventure, Science Fiction", "Format": "Multiple Formats, Collector's Edition, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Dubbed, Widescreen", "Contributor": "David Fisher, Jack Finney, Philip Kaufman, Lelia Goldoni, Veronica Cartwright, Art Hindle, Don Siegel, Jeff Goldblum, Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Kevin McCarthy, Stan Ritchie, Tom Luddy, W.D. RichterDavid Fisher, Jack Finney, Philip Kaufman, Lelia Goldoni, Veronica Cartwright, Art Hindle, Don Siegel, Jeff Goldblum, Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Leonard Nimoy, Kevin McCarthy, Stan Ritchie, Tom Luddy, W.D. Richter See more", "Language": "Unqualified", "Runtime": "1 hour and 55 minutes", "Aspect Ratio": "1.85:1", "Is Discontinued By Manufacturer": "No", "MPAA rating": "PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)", "Product Dimensions": "7.75 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 5.44 Ounces", "Item model number": "M108292", "Director": "Philip Kaufman", "Media Format": "Multiple Formats, Collector's Edition, Color, NTSC, Subtitled, Dubbed, Widescreen", "Run time": "1 hour and 55 minutes", "Release date": "August 7, 2007", "Actors": "Donald Sutherland, Brooke Adams, Jeff Goldblum, Veronica Cartwright, Leonard Nimoy", "Dubbed": "French, Spanish", "Subtitles": "English, Spanish", "Studio": "MGM (Video & DVD)", "Writers": "Jack Finney, W.D. Richter", "Number of discs": "2"} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : When filmy spores fall from space and take root in San Francisco, the city is beautifully transformed by spectacular and exotic flowers. But these lovely extraterrestrial blossoms have gruesome plansfor their earthly admirers: to slowly clone their bodiesand then dispose of the originals! "A first-rate suspense thriller" (Newsday), this sci-fi adventure is a "chilling" (Leonard Maltin), "dazzling" (The New York Times) and "stunning" (Cosmopolitan) thrill ride that will send your pulse rate soaring! From a brilliant screenplay by Academy AwardÂ(r) nominee* W.D. Richter, filmmaker Philip Kaufman directs an all-star cast that includes Donald Sutherland, Jeff Goldblum, Brooke Adams and Leonard Nimoy. With its mesmerizing style and awe-inspiring special effects, Invasion of the Body Snatchers is "a classic of the genre" (New York Post) a terrifying tale that "literally chills the blood" (The Hollywood Reporter)!.

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Peter O'Toole tries to kill Hitler but they do nothing with the story

Peter O’Toole tried to kill Hitler in the 1930s before World War II. This is a story about him being on the run. Despite the concept the movie doesn’t really create much tension. Without that the movie just falls flat. The audience is just left waiting for something, anything to happen and it never does.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 3.9 from 237 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Violence", "alcohol use", "foul language"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Clive Donner"], "Producers": ["Mark Shivas"], "Starring": ["Peter O'Toole", "Alastair Sim", "John Standing"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Plays upon the chemistry of Bogart and Bacall

Dark Passage is a classic crime drama featuring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall. It’s also unique because the first half of the film is shot from the point of view of Bogart. The story is about Bacall helping Bogart who is an escaped convict who wants to prove his innocence. Much of the film is just Bogart and Bacall talking about his predicament which plays upon the chemistry between the two. The second half is Bogart trying to find out who killed his wife and framed him. The movie was filmed in San Francisco and has beautiful shots of the city as the background. It’s really all about the two stars however as they form a relationship. /,

The movie title "Dark Passage," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 1557 reviewers. It features elements such as IMDb 7.5, 1 h 46 min, 1947, X-Ray and 16+, and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of Drama, Suspense and Thrilling. The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Delmer Daves"], "Producers": ["Jerry Wald"], "Starring": ["Humphrey Bogart", "Lauren Bacall", "Agnes Moorehead"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : A man falsely accused of his wife's murder escapes to search for the real killer..

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Classic 80s horror pitting teen vs a vampire

Fright Night is a classic 80s horror film. It focuses upon Charley Brewster (William Ragsdale) who is convinced that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige (Chris Sarandon) is a vampire. The problem of course is no one, not his girlfriend Amy (Amanda Bearse) nor his best friend Edward (Stephen Geoffreys) believe him. He goes to a horror TV star named Peter Vincent (Roddy McDowall) in the misguided belief that he would know what to do with a vampire. The movie becomes a battle of wills between Charley and Dandridge to see who can get the other.<br /><br />The movie doesn’t take itself completely serious. Hence McDowall’s character doesn’t believe Charley at all, while Edward just makes fun of him. The later gets bit and even though he becomes a vampire still acts like a little immature jerk. I guess being part of the undead doesn’t change someone’s character.<br /><br />At the same time Fright Night maintains the standard vampire story. Jerry is very suave and seduces Amy.<br /><br />All together Fright Night is a good mix of horror and comedy.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.7 from 8179 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Content advisory": ["Nudity", "violence", "alcohol use", "foul language", "sexual content"], "Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Tom Holland"], "Producers": ["Herb Jaffe"], "Starring": ["Chris Sarandon", "William Ragsdale", "Roddy McDowall"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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Exploration of Haight-Ashbury counterculture that fades in 2nd half

A young lady arrives in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury in the middle of the Hippie movement is the set up for Psych-Out. Who does she run into? Jack Nicholson. The story is a journey into the counterculture. There’s drugs. The music. The psychedelic imagery. That’s all shown in one scene where a guy drops acid and starts seeing everything like a kaleidoscope while a cover of Jimi Hendrix’s Purple Haze is playing. The movie had a great start and then stalled in the second half. It goes into the girl’s brother and it’s just not as interesting as the first part.

The movie title "None," available on Prime Video, has received an average rating of 4.3 from 81 reviewers. It features elements such as , and it is priced at $None. This title falls under the categories of . The additional details include the following in key-value format : {"Audio languages": ["English"], "Subtitles": ["English [CC]"], "Directors": ["Rush", "Richard"], "Producers": ["Samuel Z. Arkoff", "Dick Clark", "Norman T. Herman", "James H. Nicholson"], "Starring": ["Jack Nicholson", "Bruce Dern", "Susan Strassberg"], "Studio": ["Classics"]} Here is a brief synopsis of the title : .

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