Not sure why it took us so long to see this film. I believe we have had the opportunity, just never took it. And we like the writer, actors, and director of the film.
This film was able to make both Detroit and LA look far worse than they actually look. Added unneeded grittiness that made you feel like it really could not get any worse for these people where they were.
This is one of those films where you pretty much recognize everyone. Great performances, lots of action, a high body count, and a happy ending (well, for those that didn’t die). And another film where Brad Pitt is playing someone you wouldn’t really expect. Paying his dues here. Small part by a very very young Kevin Corrgian was unexpected too.
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Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it.
Nice retelling of the Sleepy Hollow legend. Tim Burton makes everything dark and gothic, but all in all, an interesting film that kept my attention. And after having been in the sun most of the day, it is generally hard for me to stay awake (or not the color of a beet).
Before moving to a small town I would have thought the fact that everyone knew everyone and was related in some way be it blood or marriage was just something that was made up. Now that I pretty much live in the that situation and am not related to anyone in the town by either blood or marriage (except my husband, but I brought him with me), I was impressed on how nice the people from the town actually were to Depp’s character.
Pretty good film. Still holds up over time. Great teeth they got on Walken. Pretty high body count.
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Ichabod Crane is sent to Sleepy Hollow to investigate the decapitations of 3 people with the culprit being the legendary apparition, the Headless Horseman.
In this house there are two actors we will watch in any film: Samuel L. Jackson and Christopher Walken. I am not sure why, we just do.
So when we came across a film from the 90′s with Christopher Walken playing the Angel Gabriel, well, we had to watch. And it had Eric Stoltz too (looking extremely dishy). We should have known that Walken would not be playing the expected loving Gabriel that was God’s first angel. No, he played one angry and vengeful angel. He grabbed people from the brink of death to be his chauffeur (and let them die horribly), he targeted a child for death, he lit other angels on fire. He was a real bastard.
The basis behind the film is that there is a war going on in heaven between the Angels that are faithful to God and the ones that are pissed because God likes humans more than angels. Satan even steps in to help the humans with this one so as to avoid problems with his hell.
All in all an intriguing watch with plenty of twists. thoroughly enjoyable if you can call angels killing people and Indian exorcisms enjoyable. I was a bit disappointed with how Amanda Plummer’s cameo was wasted, but I guess this is 18 years old, so maybe she was just someone that needed a part. I would have like to have seen more from her.
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The angel Gabriel comes to Earth to collect a soul which will end the stalemated war in Heaven, and only a former priest and a little girl can stop him.
A touching story of 4 generations of men from one family. Now usually I find these things sort of sappy. Father leaves son, son lives with grandfather, grandfather and son now raise the great-grandson/son and live happily together with a nurse. They are a true family, going through hard times and good time. The grandfather plans his funeral. The lost son/father shows up as a response to a 4 year old letter and things start to happen.
The grandfather dies and gives a road trip as his dying wish of places for his ashes to be spread throughout the SouthWest of America.
Of course, everyone bonds. But it was done in a way that wasn’t one of those sappy, huggy kissy sort of things. Everyone comes to realize the sacrifices and reasons the others did what they did and learn to forgive.
And really, how sappy can something with Christopher Walken and Michael Caine be? This is witty, interesting, and for a road trip film, not as long as one would think.
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A tale of four generations of men, all of whom have had their offspring at a young age: a great-grandfather, a grandfather, a father in his twenties and a son who is about 7 years old. When the oldest member passes away, the trio heads out on the road together in the Southwest to search out an old family secret that connects to their past.
Spaghetti Western meets Film Noir meets Bruce Willis. Enjoyable film with a high body count. For some reason I am loving the voice over on films right now. Of course, I have been lucky that the voice over actually lends to the story instead of telling it.
Christopher Walken shows up as a expert shooter with a Tommy Gun, a giant scar, and a bit of a sense of humor. My favorite line from Walken in the film “I don’t want to die in Texas. Chicago, maybe… but not Texas. You can meet me there if you like.”
Enjoyable film if you like stylized films, Westerns, or Bruce Willis.
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A drifting gunslinger-for-hire finds himself in the middle of an ongoing war between the Irish and Italian mafia in a Prohibition era ghost town.
Friday was a day where when it came to movies I only wanted something mindless. Either make me laugh or blow things up were my only criteria. And if you can do both, well then you as a film are a winner.
So there sat Balls of Fury in the DVR queue. It was the most mindless thing out of the 14 movies waiting and we went for it. Now this movie was crapped on by the critics when it came out. They made this movie sound so bad that the only reason we recorded it was because of The Walken.
Well, the critics were expecting some type of tour de force of film making or something like that, because this film was no where near as bad as they presented it being. It was a comedic look at American versions of Kung Fu films of the 60s and 70s from what I could tell. Could the parody have been done better? Possibly. Could it have been done more amusingly? Hard to say, because I laughed. And it had gun fights, kung fu fights, ass kicking pretty girls, poisonous darts and ping pong. And how can you not laugh at ping pong games where sudden death is taken that literally.
This film was goofy. Flawed, possibly. Enjoyable? You bet.
Just watch out for the Dragon.
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Down-and-out former professional ping-pong phenom, Randy Daytona, is sucked into a maelstrom when FBI Agent Ernie Rodriguez recruits him for a secret mission. Randy is determined to bounce back and win, and to smoke out his father’s killer — arch-fiend Feng.
Sometimes an actress plays an awful bitch so well that you fail to believe she could be an actual nice person.
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A movie publicist deals with the messy public split of his movie’s co-stars while keeping reporters at bay while a reclusive director holds the film’s print hostage.
Why the fart and boob references? Actually a fairly good tale without them.
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A workaholic architect finds a universal remote that allows him to fast-forward and rewind to different parts of his life. Complications arise when the remote starts to overrule his choices.
