Thriller starring Jim Caviezel. Five men awake in a derelict factory with no memory of who they are and why they are there. It becomes apparent that a kidnapping has taken place, but they have to try and figure out who is on one side and who on the other. It's a decent enough little movie, but nothing special.
What are you on about, NP? I hear you ask. You've already done that... Well I'm talking about the 1960 original with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.
Sumptuous photography, some good gags and a killer ending - but the film proceeds at funereal pace and the heist itself, set on New Year's Eve, unfolds without a hitch. Too much sneering sexism, there's no Danny Ocean trying to get back his estranged wife; the Angie Dickinson character is dropped without explanation. Only one Rat Pack song too, Dean Martin's Aint that a Kick in the Head.
Some of it anticipates the Connery Bonds only two years away; the sexism of Goldfinger's Miami Beach scene ("Man Talk!), Saul Bass's credits, a crematorium scene.
Cheap, but not unwatchable horror film. Mind you it does star the lovely Charisma Carpenter, formerly of Angel and recently of Veronica Mars, so I'd probably watch it regardless of the quality. It's about something or other. Erm, psychics fighting the Devil or something. To be honest, I was too busy watching Ms Carpenter to bother with the plot.
Decided to watch this again, after the new film thread. It's a great film and for most of it surprisingly I really like Stallone, except when he talks. I'm sure he must be speaking a foreign language. It tails of a little bit at the end but the rest is a masterpiece.
Gold with Roger Moore, got around to the free DVD with the Daily Mail a week ago, as Barbel had done.
This could be Roger Moore's best performance. He is a gritty, no nonsense character, he has a real authority and commands respect, far more than in any Bond film where he tended to look awkward when asked to be gritty.
Peter Hunt is director and there are the flourishes another thread goes on about. The camera on top of the mine lift as it descends, so the rectangle of light slowly gets smaller and smaller until it's like the white dot on the old-style TV sets that get switched off. It shows just how deep the mine is, as the descent takes about a whole minute...
A plane arrives in New York against a blood orange/gold sky, like it's entering an inferno.
The silver Rolls that tries to take out the bungling villain; it roars around the gravel pit to run him down, then swerves again, like a bull and a luckless matador.
That said, it fell down a bit on the so-called romance between Moore and Susannah York. It really looked just like an adulterous bunk-up, you couldn't really see at what point either fell in love, though that's the implication at the end. Moore perhaps failed to emote here.
I preferred the first half to the second, and it's fun in a cheesy early 1970s way. Makes you wish how Golden Gun might have been if Hunt had directed. Then again, not sure his style really suits humour at all. Some directors can set up one-liners nicely; not sure if Hunt could.
Surprisingly, I saw the first Terminator movie for the first time yesterday. Quite frankly, I was very impressed. Cameron didn't have the luxory of the visual effects that he had for Terminators 2 and 3, but with what he had, he did a simply phenomenal job. It was much, much more suspenseful, the action more realistic, and the plot was tighter and more interesting. In my opinion, it was by far the best of the trilogy.
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
edited May 2007
"Patton"
I was (amazingly!) off work today, the first day of a two day weekend, which are quite rare. AMC is running war movies wall-to-wall for Memorial Day, and I treated my sons to this classic---scripted by Francis Ford Coppola...
"God help me. I do love it so." - George C. Scott B-)
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
I just saw "Fracture" with Anthony Hopkins and Ryan Gosling, and our own Rosamund Pike, who did a beautiful job losing her British accent for it. It was a really excellent movie, very suspenseful. There was even a funny nod to Bond. Ryan plays a prosecutor and he got called in last minute to appear in court on the way to a formal function. He was dressed in a tux, and as he came in, the judge teased him.."If 007 is ready, we can begin.." )
NightshooterIn bed with SolitairePosts: 2,917MI6 Agent
I finally saw Spiderman 3, and I really enjoyed it. This is the first Spidey movie where I actually liked Kirsten Dunst, and I didn't mind the multiple stories, because they all connected to Peter's inner struggle with staying on the moral side of things. I had heard terrible things about this film, and I came away liking it much more than I had expected to. I thought the Emo-Spidey scenes were hilarious, and fun to watch, even though everyone I know said they were ridiculous. Bruce Campbell was once again very, very funny as well. I urge people who have been on the fence because of what others have said to go see the film- you may like it more than you thought you would.
I know I did. IMO, better than the second Spidey film. I hope it holds up under repeat viewings, as I know that Doc Ock in Spidey 2 certainly did not.
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
"Children of Men"
Really grim and dark---effectively immersive into a society gone truly mad. Clive Owen gives a restrained and compelling performance; his mounting desperation in each successive scene anchors a piece which always seems precariously close to spinning completely out of control.
Great turns by Julianne Moore and Michael Caine in what turn out to be (especially in the case of the former ) cameo appearances.
A disturbing peek into the worse side of our nature; unconventional and stark.
(Disturbed) Thumbs Up.
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Still recovering from a terrible case of the flu, so the last couple of days I grabbed my tissues and delved into my "to watch" stack.
Jack The Giant Killer -- Colorful, fun, enjoyable. Something you can watch with everyone. Torin Thatcher as the evil wizard Pendragon. Awesome guy.
Mesa Of Lost Women -- One of my favorite 50s crap movies. The flameco guitar never stops. The ladies are snapping, the men, stubborn.
The Magic Voyage Of Sinbad -- A Russian film dubbed in english. These Finnish or Soviet made fantasy films that were brought to our shores in truncutated form were simply feasts for the eye.
Bizarre (aka, Secrets Of Sex) -- A British made omnibus or anthology thing, with many story segments connected by a speaking mummy. Mixing horror and sex and everything else. Not for the children.
Casino Royale -- Yeah, that got thrown in there as well. Nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script! Especially when you're under the weather.
Surprisingly, I saw the first Terminator movie for the first time yesterday. Quite frankly, I was very impressed. Cameron didn't have the luxory of the visual effects that he had for Terminators 2 and 3, but with what he had, he did a simply phenomenal job. It was much, much more suspenseful, the action more realistic, and the plot was tighter and more interesting. In my opinion, it was by far the best of the trilogy.
It's a brilliant film. I think that the second one is equally as good, but The Terminator is indeed a cinematic masterpiece and is one of my all-time favourite films.
I hope it holds up under repeat viewings, as I know that Doc Ock in Spidey 2 certainly did not.
Why do you say that?
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Good for the kids, and had me rolling in spots (mostly due to Donkey and Puss In Boots) but overall I'd say it's time for Dreamworks to move on from the big green ogre. This film may be most notable to Bond fans for an extremely odd placement of McCartney's "Live And Let Die" early in the film. Bizarre.
Casino Royale Nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script! Especially when you're under the weather.
And Casino Royale is nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script!
Sorry, couldn't resist... )
Why you )
Continuing with my rather pathetic excuse for a weekend, a few more spun platters.
Lizard In A Women's Skin -- Early 70s giallo. Colored gel lighting and jazz lounge score. An excellent whodunit.
City Of The Dead (aka, Horror Hotel) -- 60s black and white spook show. Some Lovecraft touches. Lots of fog machines. Early Amicus before they were established. With Lee.
I was finally able to catch Spiderman 3. Not bad, but not as enjoyable as the first two IMO. The film was crowded with a plethora of plot lines, but I have to admit, they did a good job at holding everything together. The films are beginning to play with the characters the way a TV series comprised of several episodes does, which isn't a bad thing. They're trying their best to keep the franchise fresh, stay loyal (somewhat) to the source material, and maintain the virtues of the subjects that audiences are expecting. Considering all the challenges, Spidey 3 is a pretty good film, IMO.
Casino Royale Nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script! Especially when you're under the weather.
And Casino Royale is nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script!
Sorry, couldn't resist... )
Why you )
Continuing with my rather pathetic excuse for a weekend, a few more spun platters.
Lizard In A Women's Skin -- Early 70s giallo. Colored gel lighting and jazz lounge score. An excellent whodunit.
City Of The Dead (aka, Horror Hotel) -- 60s black and white spook show. Some Lovecraft touches. Lots of fog machines. Early Amicus before they were established. With Lee.
Casino Royale -- Played it again Sam.
Alex, for a sick guy, you sure didn't pick too many upbeat movies. Mix in a few comedies and maybe that will help the spirit if not the body. Hope you feel better.
I'm sitting in a cool subterranean internet cafe in Wardour Street, Soho London. The Persuaders theme has just come on. B-)
Just come back from preview screening of Ocean's Thirteen. Here's my review.
It's not as bad as the last one (what could be?) and Vegas has never looked better. Great cinematography esp as the plane lands near the airport, with all the hotel resorts visible from the runway.
But it's an awful grind nonetheless. When the two decent gags are used in the trailer, you're in trouble. The McGuffin is dodgy. With the first, you know its a) the money and b) Ocean getting Tess (Julia Roberts) back that's the motivator. Like most heist films, much of the fun is the getting together of the gang. Hard to mess that up, as seen in everything from The Dirty Dozen to The Wild Geese and so on.
Second film, well, er, they had to get the money back for the guy they robbed. Not so thrilling.
Here the Elliot Gould character is stiffed by new casion kingpin Al Pacino and has a heart attack. So the rest of the gang decide to take Pacino down. Sounds better than it reads. You think, how could Gould be naive as to trust this shark, anyway? He hangs out with crooks, after all. It's all a dodgy premise that you don't believe, nor the whole Mission Impossible routine they go into right away. It's like watching The Krypton Factor and none of that cool David Holmes music can alter that. It's just boring.
Neither Julia Roberts nor Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles, though that may be no bad thing. They're not even referenced by the leads, though.
Any humour is sort of understated twee and self-regarding. Or just naff. Eddie Izzard shows up again, but oddly he can't really carry a role off like this. He's not larger than life, his voice is too light, he can't measure up to Clooney or Pitt.
There's an awful lot of talk and exposition (which is what the Izzard character is brought in to do, it seems) but I'm afraid NP's tin ear didn't catch a lot of it. I mean, really, you just have to strain a bit to hear the dialogue all the way through. It's off-putting, and you don't get that in every other movie.
There are one or two flickers on interest during the final heist... and that's it. The finale is a rip-off from the first one, substituting fireworks for the beauty of the Bellagio fountains, and a nondescript Sinatra song for Debussy's lovely Clare da Lune.
The film looks good, and if you're heading to Vegas for the first time, check it out on DVD. But don't spend money going to see it. It's a real grind. Even one hour in I was waiting for it to be over, and thinking, wow, there's another HOUR to go...
Last new movie I saw was "Spider-Man 3." I did enjoy it better than the second one. I still had some problems with it. I think they had too many villains. Venom didn't really get much screen time. I wish they would have focused on Sandman and the continuing storyline with Harry. This movie I definitely couldn't stand Peter Parker. He was more of a dork than usual. It was a good viewing experience. I did enjoy Bruce Campbell's scene in the French restaurant. Bruce rocks. I thought this movie redeemed the franchise after the slow and prodding "Spider-Man 2" (which I wanted to love since I'm a fan of Dr. Octopus), but it still wasn't as good at the first movie.
Last old movie I saw "Batman: The Movie," which came out in like 1966. I saw it from Netflix last night. I had seen this years ago, but it had been a long time. Sure the show was campy, corny, and cheesy. That's what I loved about it. The movie was more of the same. Plus we got a chance to see the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman (a very gorgeous Lee Meriweather in and out of that costume) battle against the dynamic duo. I know the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder are pretty dorky squares in this series, but there's still something so cool about them.
Not the classic Rutger Hauer film, but the fairly pointless remake. Sean Bean does his best as the mysterious John Ryder, who murders his way around the highways. But this is the same story done with less subtlety, humour and thrills. It's fine if you haven't seen the Hauer version. Personally, I'd just see that one instead of bothering with this.
Starring Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy and Jaimie Pressley (Joy from My Name is Earl); both of whom try gamely to make this watchable. It's about an adventure weekend that goes horribly wrong, when one of the students breaks open a pinata and frees the evil spirits within. Oh-Kay. I would have loved to have been there when thay pitched this. Unfortunately, it's nowhere near as much fun as it could have been.
Mr MartiniThat nice house in the sky.Posts: 2,707MI6 Agent
You Only Live Twice
I had some extra time on my hands today so I dipped into my JB collection. I watched YOLT. This movie had a slow start. It did keep my interest but about 40 minutes in it started to bore me. But the bore didn't last long, once he called for Little Nellie things picked up. From then on out it held my interest. Not my favorite Bond movie, but not my least favorite either. 3.5 stars out of 5. I cant wait to dive into OHMSS (when i have time).
Some people would complain even if you hang them with a new rope
Excellent drama starring Matthew MacFadyen as Paul, a war photographer who returns home to the small NZ town he grew up in to attend his father’s funeral. He befriends the teenage daughter of his ex-girlfriend, but when she goes missing he becomes the main suspect. It all gets a bit melodramatic towards the end, but the earlier part of the film is perceptive and touching. I looked up the director, Brad McGann, on imdb too see what else he had done and was saddened to hear that he recently died. This is the only feature he directed. It’s well worth seeing.
Not bad. Nothing very exciting and I have no idea why Sean Bean is in this movie. A total waste of his talents. If any one has seen this and has any idea what the ending is about, can they pm me please !!!!!
LoeffelholzThe United States, With LovePosts: 8,998Quartermasters
"Ocean's Twelve"
Based on critical pans I've read---both here and elsewhere---I put this one in my DVD player with diminished expectations...which probably contributed to my enjoying it immensely. Very funny (the bit where Tess tries to pass herself off as Julia Roberts ) ), and just the right amount of OTT, IMRO.
No, it's not as good as '11.' But I'm happy to say I enjoyed it more than most. I'm looking forward to '13.'
Check out my Amazon author page!Mark Loeffelholz
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Based on critical pans I've read---both here and elsewhere---I put this one in my DVD player with diminished expectations...which probably contributed to my enjoying it immensely. Very funny (the bit where Tess tries to pass herself off as Julia Roberts ) ), and just the right amount of OTT, IMRO.
No, it's not as good as '11.' But I'm happy to say I enjoyed it more than most. I'm looking forward to '13.'
I agree that Twelve is a fun film. I don't think its anywhere near as good as the first film, but I don't think it's nearly as terrible as alot of people say it is. I mean, I've seen it twice (once on TV) and, unlike the latest Pirates of the Caribbean film, it didn't go on forever. Seriously, I agree with you that the scene with Tess is terrific. I also love heist films, and the Ocean films, particularly with their casts, are quite enjoyable. I'm really looking forward to Thirteen.
"He’s a man way out there in the blue, riding on a smile and a shoeshine. And when they start not smiling back—that’s an earthquake. and then you get yourself a couple of spots on your hat, and you’re finished. Nobody dast blame this man. A salesman is got to dream, boy. It comes with the territory." Death of a Salesman
Pretty interesting way they edited them for television. Was on Bravo the other night. Both films were combined with some stuff getting mixed around to make it one big movie.
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Thriller starring Jim Caviezel. Five men awake in a derelict factory with no memory of who they are and why they are there. It becomes apparent that a kidnapping has taken place, but they have to try and figure out who is on one side and who on the other. It's a decent enough little movie, but nothing special.
What are you on about, NP? I hear you ask. You've already done that... Well I'm talking about the 1960 original with Frank Sinatra and the Rat Pack.
Sumptuous photography, some good gags and a killer ending - but the film proceeds at funereal pace and the heist itself, set on New Year's Eve, unfolds without a hitch. Too much sneering sexism, there's no Danny Ocean trying to get back his estranged wife; the Angie Dickinson character is dropped without explanation. Only one Rat Pack song too, Dean Martin's Aint that a Kick in the Head.
Some of it anticipates the Connery Bonds only two years away; the sexism of Goldfinger's Miami Beach scene ("Man Talk!), Saul Bass's credits, a crematorium scene.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Cheap, but not unwatchable horror film. Mind you it does star the lovely Charisma Carpenter, formerly of Angel and recently of Veronica Mars, so I'd probably watch it regardless of the quality. It's about something or other. Erm, psychics fighting the Devil or something. To be honest, I was too busy watching Ms Carpenter to bother with the plot.
Decided to watch this again, after the new film thread. It's a great film and for most of it surprisingly I really like Stallone, except when he talks. I'm sure he must be speaking a foreign language. It tails of a little bit at the end but the rest is a masterpiece.
****
This could be Roger Moore's best performance. He is a gritty, no nonsense character, he has a real authority and commands respect, far more than in any Bond film where he tended to look awkward when asked to be gritty.
Peter Hunt is director and there are the flourishes another thread goes on about. The camera on top of the mine lift as it descends, so the rectangle of light slowly gets smaller and smaller until it's like the white dot on the old-style TV sets that get switched off. It shows just how deep the mine is, as the descent takes about a whole minute...
A plane arrives in New York against a blood orange/gold sky, like it's entering an inferno.
The silver Rolls that tries to take out the bungling villain; it roars around the gravel pit to run him down, then swerves again, like a bull and a luckless matador.
That said, it fell down a bit on the so-called romance between Moore and Susannah York. It really looked just like an adulterous bunk-up, you couldn't really see at what point either fell in love, though that's the implication at the end. Moore perhaps failed to emote here.
I preferred the first half to the second, and it's fun in a cheesy early 1970s way. Makes you wish how Golden Gun might have been if Hunt had directed. Then again, not sure his style really suits humour at all. Some directors can set up one-liners nicely; not sure if Hunt could.
Roger Moore 1927-2017
I also got this. It's entertaining. Moore is excellent. I did think it ran out of steam about half-way through though.
I was (amazingly!) off work today, the first day of a two day weekend, which are quite rare. AMC is running war movies wall-to-wall for Memorial Day, and I treated my sons to this classic---scripted by Francis Ford Coppola...
"God help me. I do love it so." - George C. Scott B-)
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Also watched Octopussy this morning... and YOLT the other day! Bond phase kicking in again!
1 - Moore, 2 - Dalton, 3 - Craig, 4 - Connery, 5 - Brosnan, 6 - Lazenby
I know I did. IMO, better than the second Spidey film. I hope it holds up under repeat viewings, as I know that Doc Ock in Spidey 2 certainly did not.
Really grim and dark---effectively immersive into a society gone truly mad. Clive Owen gives a restrained and compelling performance; his mounting desperation in each successive scene anchors a piece which always seems precariously close to spinning completely out of control.
Great turns by Julianne Moore and Michael Caine in what turn out to be (especially in the case of the former
A disturbing peek into the worse side of our nature; unconventional and stark.
(Disturbed) Thumbs Up.
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Jack The Giant Killer -- Colorful, fun, enjoyable. Something you can watch with everyone. Torin Thatcher as the evil wizard Pendragon. Awesome guy.
Mesa Of Lost Women -- One of my favorite 50s crap movies. The flameco guitar never stops. The ladies are snapping, the men, stubborn.
The Magic Voyage Of Sinbad -- A Russian film dubbed in english. These Finnish or Soviet made fantasy films that were brought to our shores in truncutated form were simply feasts for the eye.
Bizarre (aka, Secrets Of Sex) -- A British made omnibus or anthology thing, with many story segments connected by a speaking mummy. Mixing horror and sex and everything else. Not for the children.
Casino Royale -- Yeah, that got thrown in there as well. Nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script! Especially when you're under the weather.
There's more. But it's medicine time.
Why do you say that?
And Casino Royale is nothing like watching a great Bond, a hot French girl, and a quality script!
Sorry, couldn't resist...
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Good for the kids, and had me rolling in spots (mostly due to Donkey and Puss In Boots) but overall I'd say it's time for Dreamworks to move on from the big green ogre. This film may be most notable to Bond fans for an extremely odd placement of McCartney's "Live And Let Die" early in the film. Bizarre.
Continuing with my rather pathetic excuse for a weekend, a few more spun platters.
Lizard In A Women's Skin -- Early 70s giallo. Colored gel lighting and jazz lounge score. An excellent whodunit.
City Of The Dead (aka, Horror Hotel) -- 60s black and white spook show. Some Lovecraft touches. Lots of fog machines. Early Amicus before they were established. With Lee.
Casino Royale -- Played it again Sam.
Alex, for a sick guy, you sure didn't pick too many upbeat movies. Mix in a few comedies and maybe that will help the spirit if not the body. Hope you feel better.
Just come back from preview screening of Ocean's Thirteen. Here's my review.
It's not as bad as the last one (what could be?) and Vegas has never looked better. Great cinematography esp as the plane lands near the airport, with all the hotel resorts visible from the runway.
But it's an awful grind nonetheless. When the two decent gags are used in the trailer, you're in trouble. The McGuffin is dodgy. With the first, you know its a) the money and b) Ocean getting Tess (Julia Roberts) back that's the motivator. Like most heist films, much of the fun is the getting together of the gang. Hard to mess that up, as seen in everything from The Dirty Dozen to The Wild Geese and so on.
Second film, well, er, they had to get the money back for the guy they robbed. Not so thrilling.
Here the Elliot Gould character is stiffed by new casion kingpin Al Pacino and has a heart attack. So the rest of the gang decide to take Pacino down. Sounds better than it reads. You think, how could Gould be naive as to trust this shark, anyway? He hangs out with crooks, after all. It's all a dodgy premise that you don't believe, nor the whole Mission Impossible routine they go into right away. It's like watching The Krypton Factor and none of that cool David Holmes music can alter that. It's just boring.
Neither Julia Roberts nor Catherine Zeta-Jones reprise their roles, though that may be no bad thing. They're not even referenced by the leads, though.
Any humour is sort of understated twee and self-regarding. Or just naff. Eddie Izzard shows up again, but oddly he can't really carry a role off like this. He's not larger than life, his voice is too light, he can't measure up to Clooney or Pitt.
There's an awful lot of talk and exposition (which is what the Izzard character is brought in to do, it seems) but I'm afraid NP's tin ear didn't catch a lot of it. I mean, really, you just have to strain a bit to hear the dialogue all the way through. It's off-putting, and you don't get that in every other movie.
There are one or two flickers on interest during the final heist... and that's it. The finale is a rip-off from the first one, substituting fireworks for the beauty of the Bellagio fountains, and a nondescript Sinatra song for Debussy's lovely Clare da Lune.
The film looks good, and if you're heading to Vegas for the first time, check it out on DVD. But don't spend money going to see it. It's a real grind. Even one hour in I was waiting for it to be over, and thinking, wow, there's another HOUR to go...
Roger Moore 1927-2017
Last old movie I saw "Batman: The Movie," which came out in like 1966. I saw it from Netflix last night. I had seen this years ago, but it had been a long time. Sure the show was campy, corny, and cheesy. That's what I loved about it. The movie was more of the same. Plus we got a chance to see the Joker, the Penguin, the Riddler, and Catwoman (a very gorgeous Lee Meriweather in and out of that costume) battle against the dynamic duo. I know the Caped Crusader and the Boy Wonder are pretty dorky squares in this series, but there's still something so cool about them.
Not the classic Rutger Hauer film, but the fairly pointless remake. Sean Bean does his best as the mysterious John Ryder, who murders his way around the highways. But this is the same story done with less subtlety, humour and thrills. It's fine if you haven't seen the Hauer version. Personally, I'd just see that one instead of bothering with this.
Starring Nicholas Brendon (Xander from Buffy and Jaimie Pressley (Joy from My Name is Earl); both of whom try gamely to make this watchable. It's about an adventure weekend that goes horribly wrong, when one of the students breaks open a pinata and frees the evil spirits within. Oh-Kay. I would have loved to have been there when thay pitched this.
I had some extra time on my hands today so I dipped into my JB collection. I watched YOLT. This movie had a slow start. It did keep my interest but about 40 minutes in it started to bore me. But the bore didn't last long, once he called for Little Nellie things picked up. From then on out it held my interest. Not my favorite Bond movie, but not my least favorite either. 3.5 stars out of 5. I cant wait to dive into OHMSS (when i have time).
and an amusing dark satire, Lost Dogs
Both are highly recommended.
Excellent drama starring Matthew MacFadyen as Paul, a war photographer who returns home to the small NZ town he grew up in to attend his father’s funeral. He befriends the teenage daughter of his ex-girlfriend, but when she goes missing he becomes the main suspect. It all gets a bit melodramatic towards the end, but the earlier part of the film is perceptive and touching. I looked up the director, Brad McGann, on imdb too see what else he had done and was saddened to hear that he recently died. This is the only feature he directed. It’s well worth seeing.
Not bad. Nothing very exciting and I have no idea why Sean Bean is in this movie. A total waste of his talents. If any one has seen this and has any idea what the ending is about, can they pm me please !!!!!
Based on critical pans I've read---both here and elsewhere---I put this one in my DVD player with diminished expectations...which probably contributed to my enjoying it immensely. Very funny (the bit where Tess tries to pass herself off as Julia Roberts
No, it's not as good as '11.' But I'm happy to say I enjoyed it more than most. I'm looking forward to '13.'
"I am not an entrant in the Shakespeare Stakes." - Ian Fleming
"Screw 'em." - Daniel Craig, The Best James Bond EverTM
Pretty interesting way they edited them for television. Was on Bravo the other night. Both films were combined with some stuff getting mixed around to make it one big movie.
Pacino was so subtle. I love him as Michael.