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coinciding with the emerging popularity of movies that deal with anything related to serial killers , relentless , 1989 low budget thriller about lapd detective sam dietz , played by character actor leo rossi , spawned three more sequels .
relentless 3 , third in the row , features sam dietz again , but this time dete... | neg | Negative |
some critics , including siskel & ebert , are on the record stating that martin scorsese's raging bull , the story of boxer jake la motta , is the best film of the '80s .
since there are still a number of '80s films that i haven't seen , i don't feel qualified to make such a judgment , but i'll say this without hesita... | pos | Negative |
the thirteenth floor , the third in what i would call " the reality check movie series " , is very similar to the other reality check movies released this year , the matrix and existenz .
all three made you think , made you wonder what is real , what isn't , and if our world is just a huge game .
the thirteenth floor... | pos | Positive |
'lake placid' is definately not your typical creature attacking people movie , ok so maybe it is , but this one is enjoyable , and clever .
actually it comes off more of a comedy than a horror film .
well the ending is kinda scary , but in most horror/comedies they are .
i will admit that 'lake placid' isn't an osca... | pos | Positive |
here is a movie that sadly follows the hong kong-recipe of moviemaking and storytelling to the letter .
these kinds of movies are marked by an eye-opening sequence that introduces us to the main characters ; a life-and-death plot in which these characters become involved ; the inclusion of a host of inconsequential ch... | neg | Negative |
as fairy tales go , cinderella has to be one of the most famous .
almost everyone knows it , well at least in north america .
so it is natural that someone will try to make a movie out of it .
it has been done before with varying results .
this version of the story is both similar to the original and different at t... | pos | Positive |
i have a soft spot in my heart for pure , amoral sleaze .
i liked showgirls ( there , i said it ) .
i typically enjoy myself when sitting through that eszterhaz , sex-filled cinematic tabloid-ish trash .
wild things is the best sleazy film i've ever seen .
it's filled with great performances , graphic sex , three-w... | pos | Positive |
well i'll be damned , what a most excellent surprise .
not to be confused with the campy and far inferior 1988 remake starring ex-porn star traci lords , this more recent attempt at remaking the 1950's drive-in schlockfest not of this earth is a real gem and was quite possibly the best sci-fi flick of 1995 .
once aga... | pos | Positive |
with storytelling this compelling , who needs books ?
based on the book by author james ellroy , l . a . confidential is probably one of the best piece of work produced by hollywood in recent years .
together with director curtis hanson ( the hand that rocks the cradle , the river wild ) whom ellroy corroborated clos... | pos | Positive |
an unhappy italian housewife , a lonely waiter , a goofy masseuse , lots of love , and gorgeous scenery all come together in bread and tulips , which proves charming despite its covering of predictable , well-worn material .
the story concerns the aforementioned housewife , rosalba barletta ( licia maglietta ) who acc... | pos | Positive |
the happy bastard's quick movie review
damn that y2k bug .
it's got a head start in this movie starring jamie lee curtis and another baldwin brother ( william this time ) in a story regarding a crew of a tugboat that comes across a deserted russian tech ship that has a strangeness to it when they kick the power back ... | neg | Positive |
as with any gen-x mtv movie ( like last year's dead man on campus ) , the movie is marketed for a primarily male audience as indicated by its main selling points : sex and football .
those two items , wrapped in a guilty-pleasure package , are sure to snare a sizeable box office chunk initially , but sales will declin... | neg | Negative |
you've got mail is a timely romance for this impersonal , computer-driven decade .
two people who've never met confide in each other via e-mail without revealing their true identities .
nora ephron's contemporary update of the shop around the corner retains the basic plot : two people who despise each other unwitting... | pos | Positive |
gere , willis , poitier chase each other around the world
the jackal a film review by michael redman copyright 1997 by michael redman
when the soviet union imploded , the western countries lost their shadow .
with the united states friendly with the russians , we no longer had an entity to blame for the world's prob... | pos | Positive |
guilt . guilt is something i felt while watching basic instinct for the ninth time ; the penultimate t & a thriller , basic instinct made my last few teenage years worth living .
but i know so well that it's a terrible film , made by a terrible director incapable of feeling guilt .
verhoeven went on to make the even ... | neg | Negative |
men in black is an explosive mix of science fiction , action , and comedy that hits the target in every possible way .
although another alien movie , men in black succeeds in every way that independence day didn't , and towers above many other movies of its type .
the brilliant acting , especially by tommy lee jones ... | pos | Positive |
kids today , they don't just want to see heartthrob and master thespian freddie prinze jr . loving on the ladies .
no , they want to see him doing something that takes a little more in the acting department : namely , playing baseball .
through a series of drippy voiceovers , we are informed that there's no better pr... | neg | Negative |
warren beatty's " bulworth " is a caustic political comedy that doesn't attack any particular political group , but rather the ingrained insincerity that has infected the american political system .
some might think this film is vulgar , and in many ways it is .
however , as loud and raucous as it is , " bulworth " s... | pos | Negative |
the plot of big momma's house is martin lawrence in a fat suit and a dress .
that's not just the high-concept premise ; it's the fully-realized , all-encompassing plot .
such an emphasis is not unheard-of in the world of hollywood summer entertainment .
one need merely look back to last summer , when the plot of big... | neg | Negative |
plot : lara croft is british , rich and kicks a lot of ass .
she also likes to raid tombs but when the illuminata discover that all nine planets are about to stand in alignment for the first time in 5000 years , and that lara holds the key to time , well , needless to say , they want to nab it from her .
oh yeah , la... | neg | Positive |
warning : anyone offended by blatant , leering machismo had better avoid this film .
or lots of blood & guts , men against men and mano-et-mano stuff .
in other words , it's a walter hill film !
with a john milius script !
i always picture these guys getting together and producing a movie between arm-wrestling matc... | pos | Positive |
susan granger's review of " two can play that game " ( screen gems )
since the success of " waiting to exhale , " there have been several romantic comedies about african-american professionals .
this female revenge fantasy , vivica a . fox plays shante smith , a stunning ad exec who seems to have reached the pinnacle... | neg | Negative |
joe versus the volcano is really one of the worse movies made in very recent memory .
the strangest thing is that you would think nothing would go wrong with it .
it has a solid cast with tom hanks & meg ryan as the lead roles .
but you can never judge a movie by its cast . . .
if there is one good thing about joe ... | neg | Negative |
saw an advanced screening of the movie sniper last night , and i have to say i wasn't too impressed .
this film is about an expert marine sniper , played by tom berenger , who is teamed with a hot-shot-young-no-experience-never-killed-a-man new partner to take out some drug-kingpins and military strong men in panama .... | neg | Negative |
so what do you get when you mix together plot elements from various successful sci-fi films such as close encounters of the third kind , 2001 : a space odyssey , apollo 13 and contact ?
well , whatever it is , you'd sure as hell hope that it would be a thousand times better than this shoddy attempt at such a melange ,... | neg | Negative |
i know what i would do with $4 . 4 million if i found it in a previously undiscovered airplane crash site , especially if i were with jacob and lou .
( huh ? )
well , in any event , that is the situation hank ( paxton ) finds himself in .
he and his dim-witted brother jacob ( thorton ) and tubby friend lou ( brent ... | pos | Negative |
about an hour or so into " the jackal , " a character wandered around as people were being shot at in a big suspense sequence , and one of the audience members in the theatre i saw it in shouted out " i hope she gets killed now ! "
at that point it hit me : i didn't care for any of the characters being played by actor... | neg | Negative |
sometimes i find 19th century british costume dramas a little hard to relate to .
it's not the time or the distance , it's the rules and conventions of a social class that deserves resentment rather than sympathy .
yet somehow , the movies are all well made and i always get caught up in the story .
the wings of the ... | pos | Positive |
i remember making a pact , right after `patch adams' , to not be easily be suckered by movies dripping with sentimentality .
but darn it , `music of the heart' is just layered with feel-good material and bright characterizations .
it's hard to dislike a movie that uses such skill with it's manipulation .
in addition... | pos | Positive |
it's tough to really say something nice about a type of person who's so ethnocentric that any humanity they once had is now gone , but by god , " american history x " does it , and for that , i commend it .
it not only takes balls but intelligence to make a human being out of a neo-nazi skinhead , a kind of person who... | pos | Positive |
perhaps the most dramatic changes in the motion picture industry in this decade have to do with special effects .
there is no question that action-adventure and science-fiction/action movies are now judged by the character of their light and noise .
whereas classic adventure pics of the last twenty years , such as ra... | pos | Positive |
originally launched in 1978 , this popular film was re-introduced in 1998 to a whole new generation of moviegoers .
based on the mighty successful musical from broadway , grease was followed in 1980 with the less stellar grease 2 ( 6 . 5/10 ) ,
starring a young michelle pheiffer in one of her first feature film roles... | pos | Positive |
from a major league baseball radio broadcast , featuring play-by- play man harry canary and color man whitey hashbrown , with special guest commentator james berardinelli .
hc : as we go to the top of the 8th , we're joined in the booth by film critic james berardinelli , who's here fresh from seeing the new baseball ... | neg | Negative |
brian de palma's snake eyes stars nicolas cage's evil twin , who confusingly uses the same stage name as his talented brother .
like a foreign tourist who screams his lines in english to ensure that he will be understood , cage yells with the ferocity of a man with a bad case of caffeine overload .
de palma , whose l... | neg | Negative |
american pie acknowledges a cold , hard fact that most movies don't : it is very difficult to get laid .
its four virgin heroes are jim ( biggs ) , a chronic masturbator , kev ( nicholas ) , who desperately wants to deflower his girlfriend ( reid ) , oz ( klein ) , a lacrosse player whose approach requires some fine t... | pos | Positive |
one of my colleagues was surprised when i told her i was willing to see betsy's wedding .
and she was shocked to hear that i actually liked it .
her reaction was understandable when you consider that the film revolves around molly ringwald , who hasn't made a worthwhile film since 1986 .
but the fact is , betsy's we... | pos | Positive |
mickey mouse had better watch his back -- there's a new critter in town , and he's the nameless animal attraction of " mouse hunt , " dreamworks skg's clever first foray into family fare .
although it runs out of steam towards its end , this live-action comedy still boasts enough energized slapstick and inventive set ... | pos | Negative |
house on haunted hill ( 1999 ) starring taye diggs , geoffrey rush , ali larter , famke janssen , peter gallagher , bridgette wilson , max perlich , lisa loeb , james marsters , and chris kattan .
directed by william malone , written by dick beebe ,
" house on haunted hill " initializes itself to the audience with a... | neg | Negative |
scream 2 has a titillating little scene that lays down the unwritten law of horror movie sequels quite well .
during a film-class discussion , windsor college students articulate what these inevitable laws are , and why sequels never live up to the originals .
a few rare exceptions are noted , but they left out one .... | pos | Positive |
with his successful books and movies , michael crichton is doing well .
with early successes with westworld ( 1973 ) and coma ( 1978 ) , and recent films such as jurassic park ( 1993 ) , his films have been entertaining .
however , he seems to taken a wrong turn somewhere with sphere .
this $100 million mess by good... | neg | Positive |
" battlefield earth " is the best comedy of the year .
it has to be .
the other prospect is just too horrifying to consider .
bad movie syndrome struck me again , so after witnessing how much " battlefield earth " has been proclaimed a train wreck in both critical and popular circles , i felt the masochistic urge t... | neg | Negative |
apparantly money talks .
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and uses quite a bit of obscenities doing so !
i've always considered myself pretty open about the gratuity a film can possess , whether in language , violence , sex , or what have you .
i find that this fact gives me a little more leverage to complain when a movie goes overboard , a... | neg | Negative |
what is freedom ?
how does one determine who is free ?
in 1839 , those questions were more difficult to answer then they are now .
yet , the mistakes of our forefathers must be examined in order to rectify current situations .
that is , in essence , what steven spielberg's gripping drama " amistad " is about .
thr... | pos | Positive |
at one point in this movie there is a staging of an opera that goes completely wrong .
but one member of the crowd stands up and cheers , thinking the performance was planned , and applauding it for their efforts .
that's " dirty work " in a nutshell .
a very different kind of movie .
this is not a movie that i can... | neg | Negative |
imagine this .
you're given a sword and a shield and very basic , minimal training .
a man you don't know tells you that this will be the last day that you will live .
you are thrown into an arena with thousands of spectators wanting to see you die .
you frantically monitor several closed doors which , in seconds ,... | pos | Positive |
us critic-type people are always shaking our heads and telling everyone that movies aren't thrill rides , but i think that " back to the future ii " is one of the few exceptions .
if the original film had the spirit of the 1950s , then this has the spirit of the 80s : full of fights ; chase scenes ; cliff hangers ; sp... | pos | Negative |
edward burns tackles his third picture with no looking back , and like his previous two , it is a working-class relationship picture .
however , unlike his previous work , the film dwells on a more personal story , and with a female protagonist .
and in no looking back , he stumbles , making a slow , boring film with... | neg | Negative |
in my review of there's something about mary , i said something to the effect of " laughter isn't everything . "
i now need to make a brief addendum to my postulate : laughter isn't everything , unless i'm watching a jim abrahams film .
see , spoofs are easy with me .
i love movies , and i love movies that make fun ... | pos | Positive |
not since oliver stone's natural born killers has there been a movie this incendiary , and not since david cronenberg has a so-called mainstream director been this willing to repeatedly tiptoe the fine line between pointed social commentary and outright social irresponsibility .
while fincher's films have never suffer... | pos | Positive |
while screen adaptations of john irving's novels have been disappointingly uneven , the films have all shared one particular strength : key casting .
who can forget john lithgow as roberta muldoon , the transsexual quarterback of " the world according to garp , " or nastassja kinski as susie the bear in " the hotel ne... | pos | Positive |
bob the happy bastard's quickie review :
the odd couple ii
grumpy old men , it ain't .
hell , my fellow americans , it ain't .
walter matthau and jack lemmon team up again for an even more worn out vehicle than any of their films over the past few years .
odd couple ii feels terribly generic , where in the first m... | neg | Negative |
a life less ordinary ( r ) while the extremely peculiar a life less ordinary does live up to its title , a more appropriate moniker would be a movie more misguided , for this confused , confusing attempt at romantic comedy is a most disarming disaster from the talented trainspotting team of director danny boyle , produ... | neg | Positive |
robocop is an intelligent science fiction thriller and social satire , one with class and style .
the film , set in old detroit in the year 1991 , stars peter weller as murphy , a lieutenant on the city's police force .
1991's detroit suffers from rampant crime and a police department run by a private contractor ( se... | pos | Negative |
some movies ask you to leave your brain at the door , some movies ask you to believe in the impossible to really have a good time .
playing god asks just one simple , eensy , teensy thing so it can fully entertain you , it's accomplished in just four easy to follow steps : crack open your skull , scoop out your brain ... | neg | Negative |
" jack frost , " is one of those dumb , corny concoctions that attempts to be a heartwarming family film , but is too muddled in its own cliches and predictability to be the least bit touching .
this does not come as a surprise , since the studio that made it is warner brothers , who is on a current streak of one bad... | neg | Negative |
the farrelly brothers' third film , after dumb and dumber ( 7 . 5/10 ) and kingpin ( 8/10 ) , brings together the real-life couple of cameron diaz and matt dillon , some nasty humour , a cute dog , and a mix of love , fate and romance .
plot : high-school nerd ted gets lucky when the cutest girl in his class asks him ... | pos | Positive |
talk about beating a dead horse !
when home alone was released in 1990 , it was a breath of fresh air , and the final box office tally indicated how much audiences appreciated a genuinely-funny family film .
the unexpectedly high gross guaranteed a sequel , so , two years later , we were subjected to home alone 2 , w... | neg | Negative |
synopsis : as a response to accusations of sexual prejudice in the armed forces , a female naval intelligence officer is chosen to be a test case .
if she can survive the demanding s . e . a . l .
training , she will open the way for other women to be permitted to follow in her footsteps .
throw in a lot of politica... | pos | Positive |
carry on matron is the last great carry-on film in my opinion .
made in 1972 , it still features most of the regulars of this genre .
sid james plays the head of a gang of crooks intent on stealing contraceptive pills from the local maternity hospital and selling them off to make a profit , kenneth williams is sir be... | pos | Positive |
because the press screening of " planet of the apes " was one day past last issue's deadline , i was afforded the opportunity to see the film a second time , listen to audience reactions and read a heap of reviews before writing this piece .
the chief complaints of those who disliked the futuristic adventure appear to... | pos | Negative |
dear god , this is a fantastically bad film !
regardless of what i say about knock off , you can't grasp its awfulness from my words .
you have to see it and experience it for yourself .
here's the kicker , though -- i suggest that you do so .
yes , this is a bad film -- easily one of the most incompetent films of ... | neg | Negative |
synopsis : blond criminal psychologist sarah chooses to copulate with greasy tony the mysterious puerto rican rather than bearded cliff the wisecracking neighbor upstairs .
in the meantime , someone sends sarah rotting flowers , puts her name in the newspaper's obituary column , and kills her cat .
comments : never t... | neg | Negative |
i actually am a fan of the original 1961 or so live-action-disney flick of the same name starring hayley mills twice as a pair of twins , separated at birth by divorcing parents , never to come in contact with the other so the parents never have to meet again .
and everyone should know how i feel about remakes , espec... | pos | Positive |
way of the gun is brimming with surprises , some good , most bad .
one of the good ones is ryan phillippe's surprisingly halfway decent performance .
after the actor gained much attention by posing and preening through teen swill like i know what you did last summer , he hinted at a bit growth in last year's cruel in... | neg | Negative |
marie ( charlotte rampling , " aberdeen " ) and jean ( bruno cremet , " sorcerer " ) are a comfortable , sixty-ish married couple looking forward to a peaceful vacation at their second home in lit et mix .
on their first , full day , marie sunbathes as jean goes for a swim .
hours later , marie's initiated a full sca... | pos | Negative |
blatantly borrowing elements from 1993's " like water for chocolate " and 1991's " the butcher's wife , " " simply irresistible " attempts to be a whimsical romantic comedy but , more often than not , comes off as laughable , leaving you to wonder why rising star sarah michelle gellar ( t . v . 's " buffy , the vampire... | neg | Negative |
in a typical cinematic high school , the football jocks have sex with the girls and then dump them , but not before the boys' scores are dutifully recorded in their little black books .
as the sexual acts take place , the other guys hang out nearby , guzzling beer and grunting like pigs .
in the rage : carrie 2 , rob... | neg | Negative |
note : some may consider portions of the following text to be spoilers .
be forewarned .
the teaser trailers for my best friend's wedding scarsely gave reason for hope - it looked like the sort of goofy , light-hearted comedy than might put julia roberts back in the limelight , but little more ; i'd frankly rarely se... | pos | Positive |
not so long ago , men by the names of peckinpah , ford , leone , and eastwood made westerns .
real westerns .
these were some of the best films of the twentieth century .
those days are gone .
now we have crap like wild wild west to pass for the western .
and that record is not improved with the unbearable tale of... | neg | Negative |
it is an understood passion and an understood calm .
bud white walks into the home of lynn bracken , a prostitute " cut to look like veronica lake . "
he's one of l . a . 's finest investigating the murder of fellow cop , and one of the leads takes him to her home .
it's understood that he is quiet thunder , a guy w... | pos | Positive |
it is movies like these that make a jaded movie viewer thankful for the invention of the timex indiglo watch .
based on the late 1960's television show by the same name , the mod squad tells the tale of three reformed criminals under the employ of the police to go undercover .
however , things go wrong as evidence ge... | neg | Negative |
saving private ryan ( dreamworks ) running time : 2 hours 48 minutes .
starring tom hanks , edward burns , tom sizemore and matt damon directed by steven spielberg already being hailed as the 'greatest war movie ever made , ' saving private ryan is an harrowing , saddening and riveting movie .
it may not be the great... | pos | Positive |
if you're debating whether or not to see _breakfast_of_champions_ , ask yourself one simple question : do you want to see nick nolte in lingerie ?
the only people who would get much enjoyment from alan rudolph's chaotic adaptation of the kurt vonnegut novel is the cross-section of the population with the unhealthy urg... | neg | Negative |
my giant is two movies for the price of one , but neither is worth the cost of admission , even if you get in free .
as lamely directed by michael lehmann , the picture tries to be a comedy by using and reusing every giant joke in the book .
( " without goliath , david is just some punk throwing rocks . " )
languid... | neg | Negative |
hav plenty , as we are told in the beginning and reminded during the film , is a true story .
life itself is a series of true stories , but most are not movie material .
as scripted , directed , and acted by cinematic newcomer christopher scott cherot , hav plenty limps along at best .
its dialog is so stilted - " y... | neg | Negative |
it's wednesday , march 27 , and a murder investigation is underway in charlotte , south carolina .
the crime : a young prostitute , elizabeth ( renee zellweger ) , has been brutally slain .
one half of her severed body was found in a bag at the train station .
the other half was discovered in a trunk at the harbor a... | pos | Negative |
devotees of robert a . heinlein , be forewarned : paul verhoeven's starship troopers is less an adaptation of heinlein's novel than it is a literary satire .
the author's jingo-all-the-way militarism and his tendency to create plastic characters with plastic conflicts had me expecting a soulless , faceless parade of c... | pos | Negative |
this independent film written and directed by eric bross has the look and feel of all those other troubled blue-collar youth films that have inundated the market in recent times .
it is hard to tell what is independent about this film ; it might as well have been made in hollywood or on a home videocam .
it is the de... | neg | Negative |
there's more to a quilt than fabric and thread--each patchwork design has its own unique story ( or stories ) to tell .
in how to make an american quilt , the first hollywood release from australian director jocelyn moorhouse ( proof ) , we come to understand how the tales of the seven makers imbue their creation with... | pos | Positive |
the characters in jonathan lynn's " the whole nine yards , " yet another in an endless recent string of mob comedies ( 1999's " analyze this " and " mickey blue eyes , " 2000's " gun shy " ) , are rarely ever written as real people , but merely as one-dimensional caricatures .
when an added layer to one of their perso... | neg | Negative |
14 years ago , national lampoon introduced us to a new family - the griswolds .
in 1983 , the griswolds embarked on a cross-country journey with the destination of wally world , a world-renowned theme park in california .
we laughed our heads off as we shared the wild and crazy mishaps the family endured .
two years... | neg | Negative |
as you should know , this summer has been less than memorable .
with a total of 4 decent films , it's not a surprise that these big budget failures keep appearing .
with that said , you can pretty much predict what my opinion on " the 13th warrior " will be .
the film is based on the michael crichton " eaters of the... | neg | Negative |
an indian runner was more than a courier .
he * became * the message he was carrying .
what danger is a bear , to a message ?
i used to think sean penn was an immature , arrogant , photographer- punching , madonna-marrying , loudmouth .
but all that has changed now .
the guy has grown up .
and that's not all .
i... | pos | Positive |
this reviewer is ignorant of what hands were responsible for delivering the original version of the abyss in 1989 .
whether it was the meddling of studio executives , or the work of writer/director james cameron himself , the original cut of this underwater sci-fi thriller was entertaining enough but also quite seriou... | pos | Positive |
the most amazing thing about paul cox's innocence is how unlike a movie it is .
i mean that as the highest compliment .
if most studios were to profile an elderly couple who rekindle a 40-year-old romance , i'd want to run and hide .
the sex scenes would be handled as a farce , producers would shed 20 years off the ... | pos | Positive |
there are certain people in the world who have some talent that very few people have , but they chose not to take advantage of this for some personal reason .
" good will hunting " is about one of those people .
the will hunting of the ( horrible ) title ( let's face it , this film would be a bitch to title ) , play... | pos | Negative |
it is hard to imagine that a movie which includes abortion and incest as prominent plot devices could be so sensitive , so delicate , so insightful and yes , even so enjoyable .
somehow , the cider house rules manages to keep an even keel in the face of the harsh subject matter and allows a substantial amount of heart... | pos | Positive |
when i left the theater after seeing david lynch's " lost highway , " i remarked to a fellow movie-goer , " i feel like someone just sucked my brains out through my nose and put them back in through my ears . "
in his first feature film in five years , lynch delivers a film second only to his debut picture " eraserhea... | pos | Negative |
the long and illustrious career of robin williams , which has included both forgettable turns like mrs .
doubtfire and flubber , was punctuated with the actor's first academy award in 1998 for his role in good will hunting .
it was his first truly dramatic role since 1989's dead poets society , and critical remarks w... | pos | Positive |
you know , i never really wondered what the tarzan films would have been like had tarzan been an old man .
while watching instinct , i couldn't help but acknowledge the way the film carelessly rehashes the well-explored themes of those earlier movies .
even beside the tarzan comparison , instinct just isn't a very go... | neg | Negative |
in 1987 the stock market crashed , and oliver stone's wall street was released to critical acclaim and packed movie houses .
wall street lucked out in its timing ; the recent crash gave the film a resonation it might not of had , and though its kill-or-be-killed approach to business was exaggerated , that very ideolog... | pos | Negative |
i can sum up first strike in one word : awesome .
never in my life have i seen an actor as insanely dedicated as jackie chan .
for the simple reason that he has performed his own stunts in his every movie he's ever appeared in , he should be awarded greatly .
the same tom and jerry formula that was used to make chan... | pos | Positive |
at first glance , i thought that the sword and the sorceror had promise .
its plotline goes like this : the evil king cromwell , desiring to take over the world , resurrects an evil , ancient sorceror , xusia for power .
he attacks the kingdom of eh-dan and kills young prince talon's parents .
given a triple-bladed ... | neg | Negative |
breakdown is an moderately entertaining , if underwhelming , thriller .
kurt russell and kathleen quinlan play couple jeff and amy taylor , taking the scenic route to california through redneck country .
however , while in the middle of nowhere , their jeep decides to break down , leaving them stranded .
a friendly ... | neg | Negative |
this is a good year if you want plenty of sci-fi on your multiplex .
>from the comedies mars attacks and men in black , to luc besson's powerful the fifth element , and to this , sci-fi/horror that is event horizon .
( more is on the way with contact and alien : ressurection being released later this year . )
the s... | pos | Positive |
i'll bet right now you're just lounging by the pool , humming " i will always love you " and wistfully recalling your candlelight dinners with success .
it isn't necessarily over for you : i say you still have enough charm that you could avoid starring in " kevin ! "
for at least a few more years .
begin by scribbli... | neg | Negative |
synopsis : bobby garfield ( yelchin ) lives in a small town with his mirthless widowed mother ( hope davis ) .
bobby's world revolves around his friends , especially the spritely carol ( boorem ) .
then one day , a new boarder arrives at bobby's house .
ted brautigan ( hopkins ) is an enigmatic man to whom bobby tak... | pos | Positive |
i suppose it's unfair to criticize a movie like hudson hawk , which has been panned by reviewers and moviegoers alike since it's 1991 release .
michael lehmann's action-comedy was quick to win the title `biggest box office flop of all time' , or close thereof .
the movie stars bruce willis as renowned cat burglar hud... | neg | Negative |
the yet-to-be-released krippendorf's tribe is being marketed as a family comedy , but buyer beware .
this movie can't make up its mind .
is it a family comedy with vulgar references to both the male and female bodies , menstruation , circumcision , and sex that would make any parents squirm at the thought of having t... | neg | Negative |
in the first death wish movie , mild-mannered new york architect paul kersey , played by charles bronson , was avenging the death of his wife .
in the second , he was avenging his daughter .
in the third , he instigated small war in order to avenge the old friend .
fourth movie , on the other hand , begins with kers... | neg | Negative |
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