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Not as good as Casablanca, but good take on life in a foreign land (Shaghai)! Blind official buys his dream night club and aids a lost countess terribly disgraced & down- trodden! Beautiful love story! Like the truth in this story! Great acting, dialogue and Lynn & Vanessa Redgrave as well as Ralph Fiennes and Natasha Richardson...
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(Ootober 2004)Director Alexander Payne makes a remarkable film here!! Best friends (Paul Giamatti & Thomas Hayden Church) adventure "road trip" film ever!! Romantic...two buddies tour winery side Southern California as a Bachelor's Party...and experience quite the side splitting adventures!! Touching, gentle, romantic, raw!! LOVED IT!! These 2 guys could NOT be more opposities! LOL
Sandra Oh (Grey's Anatomy) co-stars as a love interest of Jack's whom he keeps in the dark as to his upcoming marriage.
IF YOU LOVED THIS ONE, THEN SEE APRES VOUS!! Frank Jr's review (in French)
frankjr19 MCT: 59 (Friends) April 19, 2007 ''C'est vrai que c'est bon quand même. Sauf que ça risque de cesser d'être bon dans quelques instants.'' C'est ce que j'ai pensé... Tout au long du film, jusqu'à la toute dernière minute. Sideways réussit à recréer la belle ambiance d'un voyage où deux amis prennent d'assaut la route des vendanges de la Californie. Incroyable et touchante interprétation de Paul Giamatti jouant dans un très bon film mais qui, à mon avis, contrairement à ce que d'autres pourraient penser, ne véhicule pas un message assez puissant pour faire partie de mes films favoris. Une chose est sûre, c'est que la première chose que j'ai fait après avoir écouté Sideways... C'est de m'ouvrir une bonne bouteille de vin rouge. Ahhh, jouissance. [translation: " That's true that it is good really. Except that this risks ceasing being good in some instants. " It is of what I thought... Throughout the film, until the very last minute. Sideways succeeds in recreating the nice ambience of a trip where two friends take attack the road of grape harvests of California. Unconvincing and touching interpretation of Paul Giamatti playing in a very good film but which, in my view, contrary to what others could think of, does not transport a rather powerful message to be part of my favourite films. A thing is sure, it is that the first thing that I made having listened to Sideways... It is to open me a good bottle of red wine. Ahhh, pleasure....
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You haven't lived...if you haven't seen this (in the Eighties)...or gone to Woodstock (in the Sixties...BEFORE my time..) or gone several times & midnight movies showings of the Rocky Horror Picture Show!! (70;s) 2001 Space Oddyssey (1970-1980's??) ALSO SINCE ???? every year in the Springtime they have shown on TV The Wizard of Oz (made in 1941 during wartime...when few films were made in color)!! MUSICAL THIS MOVIE The Wiz...artist musical almost Ghetto vision of L. Frank Baum's classic tale The Wizard of Oz.
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(2006 Director: James Mangold) I grew up on gospel music and in church....I am a HUGE Johnny Cash/June Carter Cash fan...if you have EVER written a song or loved a musician, then PLEASE SEE THIS MOVIE!!! Such a finely done 'true story." Yes...all is NOT roses!!!
ROBERT PATRICK PLAYS JOHNNY CASH'S NOT ENCOURAGING FATHER..
WANNA SEE CASH'S 1ST RECORDING STUDIO ?? (BE PATIENT!!)
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(June 2005 director Pierre Salvadori) Saw this movie as a treat--read NO reviews on it! Apres Vous means "After You!" French movie w/ English subtitles! MUCH FUNNIER THAN PINK PANTHER FOR EXAMPLE!! (Garcon) Antoine stumbles upon a man as he is hanging himself (Louis) Attempts to free him from his demons....over a lost love! Great restaurant scenes! Surprising lots of laughs! Good acting!! IN SPOKEN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES To tell you much more would be to give away the plot...much time is spent in this film in a florist shop!! LOL
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Director John McTiernan (February 1992 Release Date)
NOW I CALL THAT SEXY!!! WHEW!! MUST SEE! (As blackdogkennelz quotes from this movie, "He says you should keep your panties on when swimming in the amazon as there is a tiny fish that can swim up your erethra?!")
Wonderful performances by Elaine Brocco and Sean Connery.....
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Delightful film!! (1984 Director: Paul Mazursky) Delightful film...here is synopsis from Netflix (It has been years since I have seen this! Just reflecting on the genius of ROBIN WILLIAMS!)
Moscow Circus saxophone player Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams) defects in Bloomingdale's while on tour in New York City. Befriended and temporarily housed by security guard Lionel Witherspoon (Cleavant Derricks), Vladimir experiences many misadventures -- and a longing for his family. But his loneliness is soon lifted by lovely Lucia (Maria Conchita Alonso). Paul Mazursky directs this Golden Globe-nominated comedy.
What a range this actor has...just look at his Filmography!!! Nanu Nanu...to [my personal favorite!} POPEYE, Mrs. Doubtfire to Jumangi, RV ..to Final Cut & Insomnia (with Al Pacino)..and of course the voice of the Genie!
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(2006 Director: Frank Marshall) Oh! I forgot to rate this wonderful movie! Did you grow up reading, Call of the Wild & White Fang (Jack London)? Other favorite sled dog novelist: Richard Kjelgaard books? WELL I DID! AND I LOVED THIS MOVIE!!
(2006 Director: Frank Marshall) Here is a must see fix FOR YOU!! Paul Walker is his best cute self in this film....on an Anarctica research adventure...a true nature film ..extreme of the extreme cold temperatures!
It is what it is! I LOVED it! [photo below super dog saves a foolish greenhorn who has fallen into the ice!
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(2005 Director: Sam Mendes) Honest, dreadfully dull but INTERESTING?! lol
Um...adult subjects!! Bit too graphic if you know what I mean! lol
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Good story of talented young girl losing her brothre & following her dream (something her brother would have wanted for her)!! David Keith plays dad...plus John Corbett stars as teach.
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(2005 Director: Bruce Paltrow) (another great music movie with a heartwarming storyline) Huey Lewis (of Huey Lewis & the News--Heartbeat of America) & Gwyneth Paltrow but also Maria Bello (Coyote Ugly) & Paul Giamatti (Sideways,The Illusionist). Another about a father and daughter..
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(2007 Director: John Sayles) This is a down home movie of hope...the stuff that most of us live on....real nice. Set in the deep deep Alabama South in a harsh past. Good performances by Danny Glover & an old time Sheriff Stacy Keach! [an instant view on Netflix] Blues musician Keb' Mo works his magic on the saxophone to help save the day.. A sweet, homespun Yaya Costa co-stars as daughter China Doll.
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This movie earns 6 stars out of 5 in my book. Jack Nicholson, Helen Hunt, Greg Kinner. Introduced me to Greg Kinner who I have not stopped seeing in movies since! turned in a phenominal acting as the gay neighbor who is mugged. Cuba Gooding Jr plays his art agent. HEART- WARMING. MUST SEE. 3 STRANGERS FIND TRUE DEEP FRIENDSHIP IN THE LONELY BIG CITY.
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Just saw it previewed on TV (Access Hollywood last night, I think) Looks like a tale of hope. Carey stars as an abused wife who gets a chance in the music business. Carey happily remarried in her currently "real" life...
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a much better than the average yarn.....depicting not only the lives touched by this amazing race horse, son of infamous legend...but also baring insights into the tough times faced during the Great Depression...Great acting performances....Bill Macy is spiritied, as is supportive Jeff Bridges, Trainer David McCullough...and a fine performance by young Toby McGuire (Spiderman, The Cidar House Rules) himself!
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(1988 Director: Ramon Menendez) Andy Garcia stars. Based on a true story. Sometimes a movie can simply convey hope!
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(Sept. 2003 Director: Sofia Coppola) I LOVED Scarlet Johansen & Bill Murray together!! Dead pan? Have you never spent a week across the country in the madness of a convention? or or been to Toyko? [ I have not..but know those who have) Both Scarlett & Bill are stuck for about 1 week in Toyko, Japan..Bill to make a Japanese Whiskey commercial...Scartlett travelling with her photographer new husband who is rarely available encounters Bill Murray and quickly develops a friendship. There is a kinship between these 2 due to perhaps being displaced in Japan?
Whatever the reason the chemistry is warm and friendly. Despite their age difference, these 2 have quite a bit in common. (to be continued
ALSO MUST SEE THE LOST CITY to truly appreciate the talents of (Bill Murray) this now classic funny man (former Saturday Night Live regular!!)...and of course Andy Garcia
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I enjoyed this film because of the acting talents of Marissa Tomey. 2 lonely people meet on the job but Adam defends Caroline while on her way home from the diner she is jumped by two men. Very, very unusual film. Adam is a primitive individual though quite ultra sensitive and alone. The chemistry between these two is a "worth see." Call me a romantic if you must.
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(1989 Director: David Anspaugh) Hard to beat the classic acting talents of Gene Hackman & Dennis Hopper. Okay I actually AM a Hoosier myself....so basketball? Uh, yeah!
Hackman plays an alcoholic high school basketball coach, Coach Dale, who is given another chance by his hometown. Lovely Barbara Hershey co-stars in this one. Dennis Hooper stars as a way-too-humble down on his luck drunk.
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(2007 Director: Peter Flinmth)
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(2008 Director: Michael McCarthy) In a word?--Outstanding! This low key film appealed to me on many levels. i seemed to feel what the characters were feeling and could relate alot to Walter. Perhaps U 2 have foreign friends who have touched your life? Different cultures but wonderful peoples?
Emphasis is on the life of Prof. Walter Vale (Richard Jenkins), a normal widowed college profeessor who works in CT but maintains an apartment in NYC. Perchance he befriends a street minstrel and his wife...whom someone has given them a key to his rarely used NYC apartment. Walter is veyr amiable & is drawn to this young immigrant couple which their own problems. HIs association with Tarek, an excellent drummer, and his partner enriches his own somewhat lonely and bland life. Walter comes alive learning the drums for himself with the help of Tarek.
I have so much more to say about this movie...but it is quite late...and I was deeply moved (to be continued)
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(2009 Director: Jonas Elmer) Saw ithis movie early this Summer @ Women's Church Group with guests/friends. All loved it! Perhaps a bit of "Baby Boom" --mixed with Bridget Jones + Gidget makes good (but seting: freezing cold winter in Wisconsin) maybe.....LOVED Siobhan Fallon as the very casual + "homey" Minnesota secretary...Bridget could almost be a Spice Girl for her glamour & amazing figure in this film...watching her trying to walk in ice/snow in spiked high heels.. !Aye caumba!! LOL Know any Minnesotoanseoses?? Kind of a bit on the Canadian side, hey?! :) MORE TO FOLLOW
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(2009 Director: Matt Aselton)
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(2007 Director: Rob Reiner) div style="width:445px;"> Lovely tale though sad of Nicholson and Freeman who meet in the Oncology Ward--2 patients living their end days/months with gusto and compiling their own individual, unique bucket lists.....Tho a most unusual pairing 2 men of different race and social status share the common link of a terminal diagnosis. the result? a most moving film I watched in the last month or 2 before my own father's passing. Memorable!!
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(2008 Director: Fernando Meirelles--The Constant Gardener& City of God, a personal favorite) "I know that part inside of you with no name, and that's who we are, right?"
AGAINST leanings to the contrary, Iwhen i decided to watch this movie (BEFORE I had read the book) I took the advice of friend on my favorite book site.
Adapted from the novel by Nobel prize winning author Jose Saramago..This is at least a R rating...warning: NOT for the little ones overall rating R but in parts certain violence + sex mixed with survival themes. NOT recommending it for under say 11 yr old ('nuff said?)
This is a wonderful study of how people react in a crisis & a statement perhaps on the depravity of some peoples. Contagion of blindness...tho there is nothing visibly wrong with the eye according to medical tests. A physician (Mark Ruffalo) and his wife (Julianne Moore) are among the early ones to be infected something the doctor contracted from a patient at his hospital. However, his wife refuses to stay behind when he is forcibly carted away by the military to a quarantine holding center. She (Juliane Moore) does NOT lose her eyesight but keeps it a secret. "Man With Eye Patch" (Danny Glover) wears an eye patch and joins the group as the only one in Block One who has a radio! This is their first glimpse into what is occurring in the outside world.
Chaos and power struggles happen. There is not enough food provided to start out with. More and more people are added to the Quarantine Compound but without provisions being supplied. No one is allowed to leave; military police surround the Compound and shoot anyone out of line. The Doc & his wife have a pretty deep connection which rather moved me in this dark study. Julienne Moore shows her salt in this role.
At one point a Minister's voice can be heard preaching about the Apostle Paul (Saul of Tarsus) and relaying the story of him being blinded along the road to Damascus, on his way to persecute the early Christians. It is a famous story & I share it here because of the parallel with the blindness epidemic, the main plot of the movie. Saul after his experience (during Christ's time on earth) immediately changed his name to Paul, met up with the prophet as the Angel had fortold & his eyesight was restored. Paul did a complete turn around & wrote much of the New Testament. [In 1981 Anthony Hopkins beautifully portrayed Paul (in Peter and Paul directed by Robert Day).
CAST...Taxi Driver-Joe Pingue Receptionist-Susan Coyne Boy: Mitchell Nye "Mother of the Boy" -Fabiana Gugli The Accountant--Maury Chaykin Policeman-Joe Cobdon Maid-Amanda Hiebert Woman in Sunglasses(Prostitute)-Maria Inger Other Woman of Ward One-Toni Ellwand & Nadia LItz Minister of Health-Sandra Oh Sergeant-Michael Wandner Hoodulm-Billy Otis (led a gang of terrorists interned within the Quarantine Ctr)
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Which movie did madonna star in as a sad yoga instructor?
Which Movie Did Madonna Star With Michael Vartan And Rupert Everett?
(2000 Director: John Schlesinger) At any rate, Madonna & Rupert Everett are both in rare form in this social flick about the progressive idea of good friends raising an unlikely "accidental" child together. But that is entirely too simplistic a description of the plot of this unique movie, which I loved very much (Review to be continued) Clearly I do not agree with some of my friends' reviews as I adored this movie.
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(1995 Director: Gregory Nava) This is a surprising tale & a tribute to its director. I never even heard of it before. But was bored & decided to watch something Instant Play on www.netflix.com. I laughed. I cried. There is real humor and real sorrow.....Se watta deo....I wish one person in my family had the love these people have for their family members. Jimmy Smits was excellently cast as the adult Jimmy, one of several children born to this amazing couple whose life is torn in so many ways...
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(2009 Director: Oren Moverman) Steve Buscemi? Oh, I love Steve Bescemi's performances! AND Woody Harrelson and an otherwise great cast, sure I'd like to see htis movie!! Plus it takes courage to make a movie like this! Hey, we are at war, aren't we?
Anyone else heard that Woody Harrelson actually DID attend college in Indiana? Just read it on his profile!
http://www.hanover.edu/abouthanover/newsevents/?article=princeton50
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(2006 Director: Ed Stpme) Okay, sure it's another love story....I'll share the Celtic Poet's excellent review of this film: "Some people might hate such manipulative Hollywood mush, but not me. I liked this one, even though it's about two people who are dying of cancer who meet and fall in love and get to experience the best that life and love have to offer before they die. I can only hope to be that...( read more) lucky. Amanda Peet is a wonderful actress and Dermot Mulroney is a very good actor so with them in the lead roles you can actually sympathize with them even though it might be highly unlikely that two people in their situations would really behave the way they did. However, this is Hollywood folks, so just sit back and enjoy a good cry if you need to and think about what really matters in life...it's not how many toys you have when you die, it's the quality time you get to spend with the people you love while you're here. "
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(2003 Director Ridley Scott) I enjoyed this movie, an unknown film to me I rented on a Blockbuster 4 or $20 deal or something! The Director truly does justice to Eric Garcia, who wrote this book. If you have ever known anyone suffering from OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder) you would know that their illness is truly beyond them...This movie also takes a close look at morals and choices we make. I think it succeeds in making the point that life is relative in every which way.
Storyline: A thief suffering from OCD discovers strength inside himself to fight his compulsive criminal actions and morals by the reappearance of his teenage daughter from whom he had been estranged. I think the themes are self-discovery and healing.
OKAY...Let's play Movie Trivia...and Nicolas Cage is up:
In the movie Matchstick Men, Nicolas Cage's character suffered from what?
Who connects the following movies: Matchstick Men, Alien, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven?
(see movie trivia for answer: Look at the bottom right of this movie's Flixster page)
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(1990 Director" Garry Marshall) wonderful...Great dynamics between Richard Gere and his leading lady....Treat yourself if by chance you haven't seen this one yet! The leading ladies in this movie look about 16!
Yet ANOTHER Richard Gere move co-starring in this movie a very sensitive Hector Eilzondo as the Hotel management.
HERE ARE THE RESULTS OF MY SURVEY MADE THIS PAST WEEK RELATING TO RICHARD GERE "ACTOR OF THE WEEK""
Okay...Thought it might be interesting to know that 3 of Gere's overwhelming favorites amongst my "friends" here on Flixster were:
1-An Officer & A Gentleman
2-Pretty Woman
3-American Gigolo {very very risque for 1980)
First Knight, Breathless, The Hoax & 3 which I have NOT yet seen (including this one, The Hunting Party), Runaway Bride (have to add more here)
Some other excellent acting performances I should mention were: Unfaithful (my personal favorite!), Breathless...
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(Dec. 2006 Director: Alfonso Cuaron) Based on the book by P.D. James. The film won Best Cinematography at the 2007 BAFTA Awards.. To me had a style reminiscent of 70's films....Mad Maxx, Soylent Green...and in that vein perhaps more art than sustenance, Loved the retrogade view of the world coming undone! Complex subjects--a future where no one can conceive and plagues occur often. Clive Owen stars as Julianne Moore's ex-husband who becomes enlisted into the cause of preserving the life of one young female who has miraculously conceived--and to transport here and her offspring to a safe haven (a ship)!
Set in 2027 where the future looks bleak. Violence is everywhere in the streets, poverty and chaos is apparent.
Michael Caine plays the true blue friend of Clive Owen's character....donning long locks and playing John Lennon music...MUST SEE!
PRAYER (EPITHET) FROM "CHILDREN OF MEN" upon the passing of a friend...
"May all the ascended beings, the bodhisattvas and saints and all those who have walked the surface of the earth in the light of eternal truth, come to the aid of our beloved sister, Julian. Shantih, Shantih, Shantih....."
Another quote from this awareness theme: "The world was stunned today by the death of Diego Ricardo, the youngest person on the planet, the youngest person on earth was 18 years, 4 months, 20 days, 16 hours, and 8 minutes old."
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(2005 Direcrtor: Michael Bay) 6 STARS!! INNOVATIVE, BEAUTIFUL, ARTFUL, WITH HUMOR ,FEELING, IMAGINATION!! Go Ewan McGregor WOW! What a ride!! IN HONOR OF FUTURE SHOCK WEEK!! Innocent clones EWAN MCGREGOR, STEVE BUSCEMI IS TREMENDOUS IN THIS! (PERHAPS MY FAVORITE CHARACTER) SEAN BEAN (Yes Sean Bean!), DIJOUN HOUNSOU (the Afrikan tracker), SCARLET JOHANNSEN [playing the lead, the clone of a top not surprisingly beautifup model] ...OTHER GREAT SUPPORTINGACTORS!! (recognize DEX?) CLONES...THIS IS A STORY (an imaginative story)...of what COULD happen....with the plot of profit over morality in the "business" of the clone industry!! MUST SEE!!! Favorite quotations? "I would like it in blue, please!" AND "Clones don't wear those.."
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(1988 Director: Garry Marshall) One of the best "friends" movies I have ever watched--watched with a great friend Saturday night.
Highly recommend this tale of unbreakable friendship, jealousy & the realities of fame & life's choices. Stars Bette Midler & Barbara Hershey.
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(2007 Director: Michael Radford) Demi Moore & Michael Caine co-star in the most unexpected yet incredible and classic perfect crime--a diamond robbery!! A true study in human nature.. Old style of film making set in London, London of the past.....I enjoyed it....definitely NOT ordinary...nice look also at fashions.styles in say 1950 or 60-ish U.K. div style="width:270px;">
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(1958 Director: Stanley Kramer)Two of the most likeable escaped convicts, portrayed by Sidney Poitier & another of my favorite actors, Tony Curtis, escape shackled in the same pair of handcuffs. Together they battle the elements & each other as they travel Southern back roads eluding the ever-approaching posse. Though the device of binding two racial antagonists together for survival may be rather obvious,Curtis' & Potier's performances make for a compelling pair. Also co-starring: Theodore Bikel, Lon Chaney" Well what a great cast!!
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(2002 Director: Steven Spielberg) Tom Cruise outdid himself in Minority Report & I also feel in The War of the Worlds!!! MUST SEE!! Shhh! Don't give away the ending!! This is an incredible suspense film...and a rare peak into the human psyche...
Read on at risk of spoiling the movie (if you have NOT seen it!) Max vonSydow seems to be in a lot of my very most favorite movies. He seems to have an eye for those films which take us right up the edge & force us to face our mortality head on! BRAVO!
This film is stunning and on my "Must See" list because:
a) Incredible acting
b) Futuristic look at our pious & better than thou attitude biting us in the butt!
c) Yet another reminder that human nature will remain human nature EVEN
in the future AS it is in the present and was in the past!
d) somehow we think we can outthink ourselves??!#@
This film takes us into some awesome mental/psyche levels of thought as do the following films which I consider also before their time:
Movie Recommendation Issue(s) Dealt With
Equillibrium ( A society medicated?? )
Planet of the Apes (the original) (Time Travel/Evolution)
A Sound of Thunder (short story by (Time Travel--Will we outdo ourselves thru our scientific endeavors??)
Ray Bradbury turned into a movie)
The Butterfly Effect (Delves into the mind's workings)
The 6th Day
The Matrix (How far is too far? Trust?)
Blindness (Human Nature/Disaster-biological/Preparedness)
The Island (Future Science-Cloning, Trust?)
Wall-E (Ecology/Health)
Lost in Space (Ecology)
Dune (Intergalactic war over ?)
Perhaps it is not clear what each of these movies + Minority Report have in common? They have a theme of either futuristic or no foresight or reaping the results of our gluttony + failure to plan ahead!! FEEL FREE TO ADD YOUR OWN FAVORITES TO THIS LIST I'M STARTING!!
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(2001 Director: George HIckenlooper) I am not sure if it was the combination of the actors and actresses portraying the characters in this movie that made such an impression on me or if it was the storyline. Somehow there was a freshness about the subject matter--though far from original--but perhaps somehow handled more sensitively. James Coburn was phenomenally masterful as an extremely well-known author & Julianne Marguilies (ER, The Good WIfe) played her supporting role as TIller's wife believably with a touch perhaps of innocence, or even niavete. Growth hurts!
There is a saying that might perhaps be one of the themes of this interesting passionate character study: "Never love a woman who loves you unconditionally." I think is how it goes?!
However, I won't spoil the surprise.
My fellow movie viewers' reviews are "on spot" except for the commentary I read about Andy Garcia. Andy Garcia has the face of a beloved puppy dog and your dearest friend or long lost love to my mind and watching him perform in this believable role where he "performs" to survive, we all were given a glimpse at what integrity means.
Okay, yeah I'm older than I look (especially in this photo!) Let me share a personal experience? Both my brother and sister (Geminis) could never stand to remain in the room (or theater) when watching a violent, or otherwise horrifically uncormfortable movie.
Tiller loved his wife and had just as much passion for his writing. He became numb. Garcia is a man full of raw power, charisma, even vigor but with the face of a hound dog (except even more lovely)...those eyes. He can speak volumes without one word.
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(2001 Director: John Madden) The wonderful direction of this incredible novel (by Louis de Bernieres) brought to the screen is one of my new favorite films. Acting and casting were superb. Left me breathless, similarly to "Memoirs of a Geisha." John Hurt's performance as the father of Pelagia, betrothed to Mandras, who eventually leads the rebellion against the invaing forces, simply blew me away....Penelope Cruz au naturel is even more lovely as an innocent farm girl betrothed to Mandras, her long-time childhood friend.
Madden and the raw performances of this amazing cast did justice to Berneires' novel of life-altering life experiences. [more review to follow]
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(1982 Director: Amy Reckering) aha! A women's directorial touch!
Good cast. Somehow I think I missed this one?! Ray Walston portrays Mr. Hand...
JUST TO CLEAR UP MY EARLIER ERROR: Fast Times at Ridgemont High is Nicolas Cage's film debut (even though I swear I heard him himself state it was MOONSTRUCK on Actor's Studio). Wikipedia clearly credits him in 1982 as one of several young up and coming actors--in THEIR FIRST ROLES--in Fast TImes at Ridgemont High. Of course you COULD count his earlier appearance as an extra in Brubaker, but I'm not.
Cage co-starred at Brad (Judge Reinhold's)'s buddy AND ALSO IS CREDITED AS as Nicolas Coppola. I recall Nicolas Cage commenting in Actor's Studio that he wanted to hide his family tie to Francis Ford Coppola.
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(2005 Director: Christophe Barratier) NOT the typical "boys school" movie...Francois Berland adds a note of class a mes tres Francais film...which makes one of life's most poignant statements on how we handle God's gift to us of our "wayward chlidren" Never can I say I enjoyed a film more! and in French with subtitles!! Look to this incredible looking Jean-Baptiste Maunier (with the voice of an angel) for a future promising career! Do YOU have a long lost dream? Never too late you know!? This is about making a difference, understated!!
Pas le typique « les garçons instruisent » le film. ..Francois Berland ajoute une note de classe un me film de Francais de tres. Ce sont de la plupart des déclarations poignants de la vie sur comment nous contrôlons le cadeau de Dieu à nous de notre « chlidren rebelle » ne peut jamais je dis que j'ai apprécié un film plus ! et en français avec les sous-titres ! ! Compter sur ce Jean-Baptiste Maunier regardant incroyable (avec la voix d'un ange) pour un avenir promet la carrière ! Avez-vousS un rêve perdu long ? Trop tard ne vous savez jamais ! ? Ceci est de faire une différence, minimisé ! !
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(1998 Director: Paul Seed) If you have ever losted a loved one, someone quite dear &near, you will likely feel rather at home watcing this movie. Two rather extraordinary love stories & lengthy marriages so both men are somewhat misplaced after their wives' deaths, which happen within minutesof each other--and at the same hospital! They quite naturally connect. The kinder of the two men attends the other's wife's funeral and invites former RAF Squadron Leader Reggie Conynham-Jervis (Albert FInney) to attend hiis wife's funeral.
A lively senior citizen's social worker comes out to visit both men. Both men are retired. Roy Southgate (Tom Courtenay) who has a child in prison.also served in the Royal Air Force as a fighter pilot. Reggie aka "Squadron Leader" as most refer to him, well his wife was quite wealthy. At the reading of her Last Will and Testament, however, it comes as something of a shock ***SPOILER ALERT!! DON'T READ ON IF YOU SO CHOOSE** when her estate valued at 721,000 pounds in stock and their house of equal value she had NOT bequeathed to Reggie. HIS wife bequeathed only 10,000 pounds per year...donating her lovely home to become an orphanage upon her spouse's death. Overall Reggie is clearly in shock, and having a bit of trouble grasping the reality of the situation. [More review to follow]
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(April 2006, Director Andy Garcia) Andy Garcia, Dustin Hoffman & Bill Murray right away worth seeing...add Cuba's history to this & you have what movies ought to be!! TREMENDOUS IMPACT! Watch it for Andy Garcia's character who has tremendous heart and responsbility in the face of life's most serious events thrown at him! Dustin Hoffman & Bill Murray's performances--off beat but very special in this movie! 6 STARS!!
Fellow Flixster reviewer Cinevolver brings up an interesting point: Fico Fellove doesn't show us his actual political views in this movie?! Si!
In fact my opinion is Director Andy Garcia's choice for his character Fico Fellove, head of the brothers in the household, has too much responsibility to worry about his politics! A practical sort (which I believe myself to be), Fico chooses to stay alive and to take actions to try to keep his family alive during the times of extreme upheaval in pre-Castro's Cuba.
Aurore Fellove (Ines Sastre) dabbles with her affections at the precarious timing of the junta in Cuba! My advice? Darling, if you are loved by one of the sexiest men on this planet in any country...don't dabble simply in trivialities! We've all been there, at least once. Learned anything??
Also check out Modigliani....if you have a passion for painting or the Renaissance..or the arts!
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(2002 Director: Stephen Daldry) This is a wonderful portrait of 3 women's lives....based on a book by --virginia Woolf. Is it Mrs. Dalloway?
But re-read my sentence and please understand that these are NOT portraits of 3 women's WONDERFUL lives. Oh contraire!
My honest take on this movie (which I purchased on a bargain 4 for $20 at Blockbuster's a year or 2 ago) was that there were some extraordinary acting performances of several women's dark descent into their own uniquely dreary lives. Depression? Okay you could give it that name. Manic depression I think would best describe Nicole Kidman's character. But ifyou are living someone else's version of your life, wouldn't you change it if you could?
Of course, NIcole Kidman deserved the Oscar for her performance but then all of these women did! (to be continued)
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(2001 Director: Lassee Halistrom) I just upgraded my rating of this Canadian movie upon reflection. Is that because I love the ocean (or more correctly the sea, the subject of this film). Sometimes simply the feeling, the incredible sensory experience of a movie can leave me breathless...I am looking forward to re-watching this film on HD--for the cast, the atmosphere..this movie fills the senses.This film deals with supersitiions--a family returns to their hometown only to revisit a mystery about the area only some of the towns people know and do not dare to share. However, though this story has its dark points it is edited in a way and presented in fairly cohesive fashion, still this port town's history is a puzzlement. Based on the 1994 Pulitzer prize winning book The Shipping News by E. Annie Proulx
Spacey is superb, dead pan & believable in that emotion....if unable to grasp what his boss is seeking...Surprised over Judi Dench's interesting & trepidating performance...correctly played however!
Took notice of Cate Blanchette in this film.as well.
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Interesting title" Faith like potatoes??? i have heard of faith like water...
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Look at this cast! Setting: San Fernando Valley
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(2006 Director: Hans Canosa) Tres magnifique! Entertaining film mon surprise! Tremendous treat to see it this morning....We get to follow the reunion of 2 former acquaintances who are respectively bridesmaid (Helena Bonham Carter) & bridesgroom (Aaron Eckhart), brother of the bride who works with the groom!
These 2 are wonderfully same age, offbeat, cynical, and terribly bored by the wedding. The Director successfuly uses a split screen effect throughout much of the film--sometimes replaying scenese from these two's romantic youthful past, apparently somewhat short-lived. Felt entirely different from the use of split (doubled & sometimes triple) screens used in More American GraffitiI for example. Simply LOVED the awkwardness that a dozen years passing between them made..and could totally relate to it!. Helen Bonham Carter reminds me of a friend of mine. They are both somewhat wistful..Still I found them light & playful as ever...+ real chemistry.."I'm thinking about the girl I used to know sitting reading under a tree..." There remains much more sentiment than one might suspect between these 2...Thomas Lennon was quite entertaing as the wedding videographer.
....He used to play guitar in bed.....they should be together!! Makes me miss somebody...
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At first I thought the female lead was Irene Dunn--based on appearances only! Qiuckly I realized that this was a very very young Barbra Stanwyck starring opposite Fred MacMurray. Lovelyhome spun tale of a young gal fallen on hard luck & in trouble with the law.....When even NY Prosecuting Attorney John Sargent (Fred MacMurray) finds some heart & posts Ms. Leander (Stanwyck)'s bail bond while her trial for shoplifting is postponed over Christmas vacation, an unusual series of events leads to an ironic twist of fate! These two are thrown together over the Christmas holiday season. MacMurray displays a great deal of heart & taste and is unable to simply throw out Ms. Leander onto the streets while awaiting her continued trial. Instead? MacMurray invites her to travel along with him as he heads back home to Indiana (my home state) to see his family for the holidays. Leander's roots are nearby in Pennsylvania. Wonderful rendition of the beautiful oldie, "On the Banks of the Wabash River,"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eATd7acT-ic&feature=related
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What great persepective this movie puts on our picky gripes.....and then it is iCHECKMATE! and Judd Hirsch (too understated for his incredible talent!! great performance here!!) What a couple of serious hotties in this film! Jewish Father (Judd hirsch) & son, David Levinson, genius geek (Jeffrey Goldblum) mostly play chess in the park & argue about ecology/recyclying. Levinson's former wife (Margaret Colin) is image consultant & right hand gal to the President (BIll Pulliam).
Hold onto your hat for this alien ride! Some run towards the arrival of aliens--others run from it!
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Quirky roles has been a description of the type of film roles Brad Pitt has picked, especially during his earliest roles. Hmmm...I've been pondering that one! In that sort of way one might compare Richard Gere with Brad Pitt--with an even more mutually common element of "eye candy" or appeal to the ladies!? This was a real problemo para Gere who was a shoe in for "American Gigolo"... Of course, Robert Redford & Brad Pitt seem to have been paired up, i.e. "Spy Game,"
(2008 Director: David Fincher) Won 2 Academy awards(makeup & best art direction) Was there still chemistry between Cate Blanchett & Brad Pitt (former girl/boy friends). An "adaptation" of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story....and beautifully written I might add.
2009 ACADEMY AWARDS (my observations as relates to lead character Brad Pitt). Brad Pitt received an introduction of sorts (along with the 4 other Best Actor nominees) with Anthony Hopkins acknowledging his noteworthy acting performance in this unusual film, despite the fact that he did NOT win the nomination for best actor for his performance. Anthony Hopkins is truly one of my personal role models...
Does this imply no I mean infer that Brad Pitt is among the 10 best actors currently starring in film??? yes perhaps...I think so!
Cate Blanchett's performance was noteworthy as well. The storyline of a child born aging in reverse poses some sticky wickets...but the tale is spun with folksy warmth and generous amounts of humour.
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Lots of truth in this movie! lol funny!!
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