... play script . Having made movies that were all over the map , he now inhabits interiors - of rooms , and of people's minds . With Fool for Love , he has succeeded on two levels that seem opposed to each other . He has made a melodrama ...
... Dorothy Stratten , a shy , pretty blonde who thought her hands and feet were ... Dorothy behind the counter of a hamburger stand , he knew she was his ticket to the ... sex , there is never an erotic mo- ment . Fosse keeps his distance ...
... movie: “Your music is too processed. You grew up on digitized music—you ... a dangerous drug run. Well, Diamond doesn't much want to go anyway. He keeps ... son is good, and his performance is the best thing in the movie. But Turn It ...
... accident ? There is an underlying story here , and some comic ideas , that in the hands of a better di- rector ( or more ruthless editor ) could have be- come an entertaining romantic comedy . But the couple in love is forced to enact ...
... Dracula's presence in the visits of bats and in the drifting of fog. Tod ... musical score when it was first released, apart from some fugitive strains ... music. But Dracula has been pushed and pulled in so many different directions by ...
... just as Pulp Fiction was and Santa Sangre certainly was , but it contains ... audiobook he recorded , the quickening rhythm of humor welling up from the ... mercy of the sniffy local charities . What made McCourt's autobiography special ...
... Vin Diesel has an undeniable screen charisma . And the movie is good ... weapons . While I was trying to find the logic of the " unarmed " comment ... ten a bad second one . He is afraid to tell his wife , Dena ( Julianna Margulies ) ...
... review of Reflections in a Golden Eye again, and noted your comment on the ... bloodlines to know which mare she wanted. She guessed (perhaps luckily) that ... Star. Ratings. Q. I'm just curious, what led you to give Black Swan a rating of ...
... Vin Diesel and Larenz Tate as drug cops named Vetter and Hicks . They're ... has its revenge by attacking Vetter's home and killing his beloved wife ... Ten Sure Signs a Movie Character Is Doomed . One of the surest signs is when a wife ...
... movie not only knows it , but understands it . The Reckoning R , 112 m ... witch . The actors by their nature are more worldly and sophisticated than ... hang witches than to at- tend allegory . In desperation , the players decide ...
... all interest in reading . When I began to feel a little better , perhaps strong enough to pick up ... script , and gazing out at a beautiful pastoral view , like an illustration ... Bee Movie for . Sandler reprises once again his clueless 32.
... Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day ,R 121 m., 2009 Sean Patrick Flanery (Connor MacManus), Norman Reedus (Murphy MacManus), Billy ... quote from my review of the 2004 doc: “Overnight tells a riches-to-rags ... Boondock Saints cost $7 million.
... Goldfinger with his gold - plated Rolls - Royce , and , of course , the laser beam pointed at that portion of Bond's lower anatomy that he most requires if he is to continue as hero of the series . The Broccoli - Saltzman formula found ...
... diet bar " actually used by athletes to gain weight , so that slim Regina with her flawless complexion can find out ... Jason Statham Mean Machine R , 98 m . , 2002 but we don't want to spoil the fun by taking 438.
... Mass on Christmas Eve. I remember sitting in a front pew with my First ... Gregorian chant, and so on. Jews likewise had inspiring ceremonies ... day. There was something satisfying about the sound of Latin. Introibo ad altare Dei. Ad ...
... logic. To fulfill his mission to love and be loved by Mommy, he concludes he should be like Martin, whom Mommy prefers. This involves no more emotion than Big Blue determining its next move in chess ... download all of his memories, and they ...
... Naked , 531 Wilby , James : Howards End , 353 ; Maurice , 480 Wild at Heart ... Wilson , Donna : Days of Thunder , 188 Wilson , Dooley : Casablanca , 871 ... Mara : Miracle on 34th Street , 494 ; Mrs. Doubtfire , 503 Wilson , Patricia ...
... to Kill , A , 128-29 , 149 To Die For , 52 , 54 To Kill a Mockingbird , 78 Tolkien , J.R.R. , 63 Tombstone , 73 , 77 , 255 Tomlin , Lily , 145 Tookey , Christopher , 172 Tootsie , 25 Top Gun , I Tora - San movies , 60-61 Tormé , Mel , 6 ...
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... Coco . Naughton is touching and talented , but the scenes involving her ... movie is more into camping on the sidewalk than movies . Extreme fandom may ... questions they know the answer to . But enough about my opinions ; what about ...
... elemental , driving power that defines rock ' n ' roll . There is a lot of ... player who led the original trio where Berry got his start . There is some ... evil cat named Lucifer to chase the birds , pounce on the mice , spit at the ...
... Termite Terrace, where the animators and their writers and assistants labored in the 1930s and 1940s under the unloved producer Leon Schlesinger. He was an independent contractor supplying cartoons to Warners, and he required every ...
... sex, this could be a Henry James novel (if it had been written by Henry James, of course). I have seen, however, movies even more unbelievable than Wild Orchid which nevertheless stirred me at an erotic level (the original Emmanuelle ...
... beach- party extras . How else to explain the most schizo horror movie since Schizo ? Quarry is an old hand at the vampire game by now . The two superstars of the horror genre are Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing , but Quarry has been ...
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More Movies That Suck Roger Ebert. 26 The Boondock Saints II : All Saints Day The Boondock Saints II : All Saints Day ... quote from my review of the 2004 doc : “ Overnight tells a riches- to - rags story , like Project Greenlight played ...
... glitch. (2) In a scene at an airport, a crucial piece of information is imparted in a subtle and rather elegant understatement. You'll see what I mean. (3) There is a love scene of real urgency and passion. Often movie sex scenes seem ...
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... glitch . ( 2 ) In a scene at an airport , a crucial piece of information is imparted in a subtle and rather elegant understatement . You'll see what I mean . ( 3 ) There is a love scene of real urgency and passion . Often movie sex ...
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... Jean Shepherd , Leigh Brown , and Clark . One of the details that A Christmas Story gets right is the threat of having your mouth washed out with Lifebouy soap . Not any soap . Lifebouy . Never Ivory or Palmolive . Lifebouy , which ...
Roger Ebert. The Great Santini 264 The Muppets are a wonderful creation , but they lose their special quality in The Great Muppet Caper . They behave like clones of other popular kiddie superstars - like the basic cartoon heroes they ...
... City of Ember 1⁄2 PG , 95 m . , 2008 Saoirse Ronan ( Lina Mayfleet ) , Harry Treadaway ( Doon Harrow ) , Tim Robbins ( Loris Harrow ) , Bill Murray ( Mayor Cole ) , Martin Landau ( Sul ) , Toby Jones ( Barton Snode ) , Mackenzie ...
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... parties where everyone wears white , the crowds of stars and would - be stars . The movie is being described as a “ hip- hop Gatsby ... giving way to new ones . The problem with G is not merely that the ending ... Does hip - hop have heart ...
... David Auburn and Rebecca Miller, based on the play by David Auburn. John Madden's Proof is an extraordinary thriller about matters of scholarship and the heart, about the true authorship of a mathematical proof and the passions that ...
... Kinski running wild inside an army of naked , spear- carrying amazons may be the strangest . Reviewing Woyzeck , I wrote : " It is almost impossible to imagine Kinski without Herzog ; reflect that this ' unforgettable ' actor made more ...
... great game Minnesota Fats : So do you , Fast Eddie . of pool . Remembering the movie , I thought the second match was the longer one ... great Dede Allen ( her next would be Bonnie ... COLD BLOOD genre Since 1966 , when Truman Capote THE ...
