i thought this film was very good i saw this film when i was a boy and could not get it any where then i found it and could not wait to watch it very good film.
Very entertaining film which moves at a nice easy pace and easily holds your interest. Emma Thompson has written a great screenplay that uses a small cast to tell an escellent story. It is a film that will be easy to watch again - kids love it.
I saw him in Wembley Arena during this tour and he was very, very funny. Unfortunately bigger audiences require bigger jokes and it didn't really happen. Stand-up comedians work best in intimate environments like clubs or, at most, theatres. As soon as they try to perform to a stadium/arena it gets a little harder.
The audience at the front could enjoy it immensely, while us at the back had to watch him on the big screen. What's the point of seeing him live if all you're going to do is watch him on a screen anyway? However, comedians are at they're funniest when live and I certainly laughed my head off!
Here, Eddie is not at his surrealist best but is still one of the funniest around. Buy this if you're already a fan, otherwise check out Dress to Kill and Glorious (his greatest yet).
"Wild At Heart" remains true to its name. All the characters are driven by wildness. Wildness is the fine thread that runs through the course of the movie, binds the characters together, lurks behind the scenes, and tightens round events. Wildness is the one ring that rules them all.
While sometimes free to reveal this wildness and at other times conceal it, characters appear frequently on the edge. Although most performances are good or at least satisfactory, they still run the risk of being over-the-top.
There happen to be quiet a few villains in this film. But none of them reaches any way near Dennis Hopper's Frank Booth in Lynch's masterpiece "Blue Velvet". Booth's dominance, his nasty presence could be felt anywhere and everywhere in the picture. He alone can be compared with legendary modern villains like Anothany Hopkins' Dr. Hannibal Lecter in Silence Of The Lambs".
There are just so many references to "The Wizard Of Oz", one may even consider this film to be a bizarre post-modern "remake" of the original musical classic. Very much in David Lynch's line. In his own creative fashion, he successfully employs the well-known allegory about Emerlad City to make his point. Brilliant.
Whether silhouetted against the void of the day or luminous opposite the dark of the night, the Wicked Witch evokes not only terror, but also understanding of the characters' situation.
Lynch has the good sense not to use Oz as a subplot however. It sort of hovers above the main feature like a "superplot". In the sense that it not only helps unfold the story so far, but also provides room for some wild guess at the direction it may take on the yellow brick road.
The only unconvincing import from the merry old land of Oz was the good witch. But then, I was never much impressed by the original one in the first place. She was, I used to tell myself, a necessary evil, like so many things in our real world. So unlike Oz.
Out of all the footballers' wives series this has to be the best one that they have done. An absolute must see!!!!!
Its about time they released this onto DVD.
Gene Roddenberry's best SC FI! Far better than Star Trek...
You can get season 3 4 and 5 but for some reason its taken so long to get this out!
Hopefully we will see season 2 to complete the set!
This is a great period drama about two west point friends seperated in the civil war - its full of war, love, betrayal and lasting friendship that survies the trials of a country divided by war. Also showing the civil war from both sides showing the harsh reality of what war does to famlies friends and the country. This series has something for all the famliy.A real must for all Patrick Swayze fans.
Closer - the interaction of 2 couples brings them anything but...
Jude Law lends his one trick acting style to the arrogant obituary writing Dan who gets together with Alice after she"s knocked down in front of him. Thanks to the casting of Natalie Portman, Alice has a prepubescent face and makes her stripping scenes seem ill fitting and almost more suited to a Larry Clark flick.
Dan trades in the needy American girl for the steely American woman Anna. Julia Roberts continues not to justify her salary with her usual combination of the pathetic yet soulless figure. Despite playing the over bearing, uber macho Larry who gets involved with Alice to take revenge on Dan, Clive Owen stands out as the only character you don"t hate.
A noticeable feature of Closer is the line up of established actors who have the power not to do the gratuitous for gratuitous sake and despite the heavy censoring, the film does not lose its frank explicitness. However the serious flaws in the characterisation ends up with the audience caring little about them and the hurt they inflict on each other. You walk away feeling a little soiled by the complexity and blurred state of the relationships but that"s humans for you.
A great romp, strictly tongue in cheek, with likeable characters, witty dialogue, great action set-pieces and nasty villains.
Not to mention the great soundtrack songs by the very strange Tiger Lillies. Frock coats, tricorn hats, and flintlocks, Whats to not like? Dont go looking for historical accuracy though!
The one we've been waiting for! Hollywood have turned an old TV classic to the big screen... into a Great family film....
The actors play the roles of super heros excellent!
Great entertainment for all the family.......
In the third instalment of the Fisher family, some of the ingenuity of this unique series remains but are the very reasons which drew us so to the characters now beginning to turn us off?
Nate"s impending death is quite distressing but more distressing is his inability to conduct any sort of substantial relationship. Lisa is emerging as the only character more unappealing than Brenda whose own relative absence in this season is a blessing. When Lisa follows suit - it"s hard to miss her but it brings about solid acting from the concerned parties.
David continues with his difficult relationship with Keith whose even more difficult family features and grate on the nerves enormously. As does the justified ambition of Rico and his wife.
Claire"s renewed seeking of her identity takes her to interesting pastures and mother Ruth (the only consistently likable character throughout the entire series) has yet again found another man.
Despite familiarity breeding contempt, the Fisher"s have not yet overstayed their welcome as their story has not yet come full circle.
Bad Santa - bad ass / bad taste movie!
Billy Bob Thornton pulls off an all too convincing job of Willie - an all swearing, all drinking, all round bum. With his "little person" driving force Marcus (Tony Cox), they "work" the festive season to set them up for the rest of the year. The love of a good woman and the spookiness of a kid begin to elicit a change in Willie. But the real crunch comes when Willie"s only source of income is threatened.
Almost a feel good film with plenty of feel bad moments!
For those of you who watched Hex series 1 and was disappointed about how slow it was - give series 2 a chance and you will find all is redeemed! Hex picks up the pace in series 2 and becomes more of an action adventure that keeps you on the edge of your seats. The introduction of Ella in the first episode mysteriously has you hooked more than any other new character in an established series than I have experienced. Also, the presence, and evolvement of established characters such as Roxanne, Thelma and especially Leon is a joy to watch. I would recommend this series to anyone, and eagerly await series 3!
Lost continued to bring up exciting plots and create new questions that kept me on the edge of my seat. The storylines became intense and left me wanting to see more. Things on the island seem to get the best of the main characters and rumours of 'others' leave their lifes Jeopardy. The season ends in an amazing cliffhanger. An amazing season!
In typical British Film styling, the central figures are from the accepted quiet English village where the central characters are all associated one way or the other with the local church.
Using very dark and subtle humour, Rowan Atkinson perfectly portays the off-beat village vicar, whose whole life seems to be one of keeping eveyone happy.
Within his own household however, things are at breaking point where the wife is bored, the daughter is sexually too active, the son is embarrassed by his family and beaten-up by local schoolkids.
All of which could become boring, if it were not for the excellent Maggie Smith as the lost and forgotten 'mother from hell', who has just been released from a mental institution after chopping-up her parents.
The quiet and subtle way she goes about pacifying the family concerns and problems, is where this film wins the applauds.
If there is a problem, even a barking dog or a nosy neighbour, then why not simply 'bump-them-off'.
And of course, the way the family although originally horrified, seem to reconsider their opinions, as they see their own lives beginning to improve.
Good performances from all, even Patrick
Swayze as the lecherous American golf pro, seems to fit into this dark but enjoyable life drama.
If there is such a thing as a 'feel good' drama about murder, then I suppose this is the one for you.....
Terrible stuff. Rubbish accents, rubbish acting, rubbish pacing and Grimm stuff indeed.
I like a lot of Terry Gilliam's films, but you begin to wonder when another film goes awry, whether it is the fates conspiring against him or whether he himself must shoulder the blame for once.
This is ill-conceived and worse still the biggest turkey to hit the screens this year - I prefered Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (make of that what you will, other than I see far too many films).
Here's an idea for Mr Gilliam's next venture - choose your battles wisely so the next film you send us wont be stillborn from the outset.
(No doubt the DVD will have a 'Trials & Tribulations of the Making of' attached to it - it seems to be a pre-requisite these days for a Gilliam film)
Marty, a Central Park Zoo zebra, longs to see the wild and his wish is granted after a string of circumstances. Accompanied by his zoo pals, they learn to live without pampering from humans but this brings out Alex the lion"s natural instincts and he starts to see his friends as food. This is one of those cartoons adults can enjoy. Not as laugh out loud as the Shreks but a piece of animation which should be saluted.
The Dreamers - pretentious, virtually meaningless and explicit; everything you wish for in a French film. American student Matthew goes to France in the 60s and hooks up with twins Isabelle and Theo to spend their days intellectualising about films and politics - oh and indulging in sex although the touch of incest is not at all salacious. All 3 are little more than over privileged individuals who can afford to spout rhetoric as opposed to experiencing any real suffering. A film which lives up its title in everyway.
Innocence - the very definition of symbolism in films. Young Iris is taken in a coffin to a girls" boarding school where ribbons determine a girls ranking and venturing beyond the grounds before their time is forbidden. The girls are in training for a private theatre ballet performance. That"s about it for fact - the rest is open for interpretation. Paedophilia is the main one which crops up but there are no overt scenes to confirm this. "Outside world bad" is what I deemed. Definitely one for the arthousers to sit down and debate.
Without a Paddle - without originality. Tom, Jerry (not the cat and mouse), Dan and Billy are childhood friends - as shown in the overly lengthy opening titles. As adults they go their separate and mostly successful ways. They are reunited by the sad circumstance of Billy´s death. Fulfilling Billy"s adventurous dreams, they set off on a treasure hunt meeting hilarious situations on the way. Very much a formulaic production but enjoyable nonetheless.
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