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O Brother Where Art Thou
One of my favorites
Worthwhile music, movie falls flat.
great comedy
comedy

O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Starring: Michael Badalucco , George Clooney , Frank Collison , Charles Durning , and Wayne Duvall
Director: Joel Coen
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video
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O Brother, Where Art Thou?
Fargo (Special Edition)
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The Big Lebowski (Widescreen Collector's Edition)
Miller's Crossing

ASIN: B00003CXRM
Release Date: 2001-06-12

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Only Joel and Ethan Coen, the fraternal director and producer team behind art-house hits such as The Big Lebowski and Fargo and masters of quirky and ultra-stylish genre subversion, would dare nick the plot line of Homer's Odyssey for a comic picaresque saga about three cons on the run in 1930s Mississippi. Our wandering hero in this case is one Ulysses Everett McGill, a slick-tongued wise guy with a thing about hair pomade (George Clooney, blithely sending up his own dapper image) who talks his chain-gang buddies (Coen-movie regular John Turturro and newcomer Tim Blake Nelson) into lighting out after some buried loot he claims to know of. En route they come up against a prophetic blind man on a railroad truck, a burly, one-eyed baddie (the ever-magnificent John Goodman), a trio of sexy singing ladies, a blues guitarist who's sold his soul to the devil, a brace of crooked politicos on the stump, a manic-depressive bank robber, and--well, you get the idea. Into this, their most relaxed film yet, the Coens have tossed a beguiling ragbag of inconsequential situations, a wealth of looping, left-field dialogue, and a whole stash of gags both verbal and visual. O Brother (the title's lifted from Preston Sturges's classic 1941 comedy Sullivan's Travels) is furthermore graced with glowing, burnished photography from Roger Deakins and a masterly soundtrack from T-Bone Burnett that pays loving homage to American '30s folk styles--blues, gospel, bluegrass, jazz, and more. And just to prove that the brothers haven't lost their knack for bad-taste humor, we get a Ku Klux Klan rally choreographed like a cross between a Nuremberg rally and a Busby Berkeley musical. --Philip Kemp

Description

Disenchanted with the daily drudge of crushing rocks on a prison farm in Mississippi, the dapper, silver-tongued Ulysses Everett McGill (George Clooney, THE PERFECT STORM) busts loose. Except he's still shackled to his own chain-mates from the chain gang -- bad-tempered Pete (John Turturro, SUMMER OF SAM), and sweet, dimwitted Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson, HAMLET). With nothing to lose and buried loot to regain -- before it's lost forever in a flood -- the three embark on the adventure of a lifetime in this hilarious offbeat road picture. Populated with strange characters, including a blind prophet, sexy sirens, and a one-eyed Bible salesman (John Goodman, COYOTE UGLY), it's an odyssey filled with chases, close calls, near misses, and betrayal that will leave you laughing at every outrageous and surprising twist and turn.

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O Brother Where Art Thou.......2007-05-17

O Brother Where Art Thou

Title: O Brother Where Art Thou
Director: Joel Coen
Release Date: 2000

Based on the epic by Homer, this movie takes place at the end of the Great Depression area of 1935. Three men named Everet (George Clooney), Delmar (Tim Blake Nelson), and Pete (John Turino), escape on a chain gang in southern Mississippi. When they escape, they meet a man that is blind from polyps that is similar to Homer. The man tells the three men that they must travel to seek the desire that they want. Everet thinks that the old man was making nonsense, but Delmar and Pete think that the old man was telling the truth in their future. The men do a lot of things in this movie such as getting saved, making a record, helping a thief in a bank robbery, and confronting the KKK. (Klu Klux Klan) This movie is rated PG- 13 so the adults might not want to let their kids want to watch the movie. They also have a great soundtrack that won a Grammy for soundtrack of the year. The movie has funny jokes that make you crack up laughing. George Clooney gives one of his best roles of his career. John Goodman guest stars in the movie as a con man that steals the men's money. The people who like funny country movies, this might be the movie for you. It won't be long until this movie will become apart of your DVD collection.

One of my favorites.......2007-04-10

I've given this movie more repeat views than maybe any other movie ever, for two reasons. Firstly, there is the incredible soundtrack--I was not a bluegrass fan until I fell in love with this movie, and the songs were good enough to win me over. Secondly, the dialogue is hilarious. Every time I watch it, I catch a little bit I may have missed before. Coens at their best. Made me rethink my opinion of George Clooney, as well.

Worthwhile music, movie falls flat........2007-04-07

I think it's odd that the movie announces at the beginning that it's based on Homer's Odyssey, as the storyline barely follows in the theme of The Odyssey at all. The music is awesome and I reccomend the soundtrack, but honestly the movie didn't do it for me. Weak plot, annoying characters, lame ending. I just wasn't impressed at all.

great comedy.......2007-03-28

One of my favorite movies, it is a great comedy to watch. The actors are at their best in this one.

comedy.......2007-03-12

Ordinarly, I don't care for George Cloony because he trys to be a liberal activist in real life. But in this movie he is terrifically funny as well as his two side-kicks. Highly recommended for laughs.

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Inferior sequel
GREAT LOL COMEDY!
Flawless victory? I think not !
MORTAL KOMBAT

Mortal Kombat: Annihilation
Starring: Robin Shou , James Remar , Talisa Soto , Sandra Hess , and Brian Thompson
Director: John R. Leonetti
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
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Mortal Kombat
Street Fighter -- Collector's Edition
Spawn - The Director's Cut (New Line Platinum Series)
Super Mario Bros.
Masters of the Universe

ASIN: 0780622057
Release Date: 1998-04-07

Description

In defiance of the Elder Lords, the evil Outworlders are back to wreak hell on Earth. Led by the mighty Shao Kahn, their gruesome goal is humanity's complete and utter destruction. Earth's last and only hope is the mighty martial arts warrior Liu Kang.

Customer Reviews:

From first to worst........2007-06-10

Mortal Kombat is a great movie. The best video game movie ever and fun even if you never played the game. Mortal Kombat: Annihilation is the worst video game movie ever made. First off, anytime you can't get the same actors to reprise there roles you know you have a bad movie. A different Sonya and a different Rayden (No way Christohper Lambert would have done this stinker... not even after Highlander 2). The plot isn't just weak, it's stupid. One of the worst sequels ever made.

Inferior sequel.......2006-08-11

I loved Mortal Kombat,and I thought the sequel would carry on the great Kombat legacy.I was heartily dissapointed when I saw annihilation.Brian Johnson was cool as Khan,but some of the special effects were so fake I had to laugh.Robin Shou returns as Liu Kang,the savior of Earth.After killing Shang Tsung,the group heads on home when all of a sudden,the Emperor busts up the party and sends his minions down.There,Khan makes his first appearance,along with his abnormal,yet awesome soldiers.Johnny Cage is killed,and Rayden(now played by James Remar)fights Khan,winning but sacrificing Johnny Cage.Now,Earth has seven days before it's destroyed.What I didn't like about this movie was appearances by people who had died in the first film,like Scorpion and Sub-zero.Who heard of Sub-Zero having a brother.Another thing that got me was how Liu Kang's fighting got worse since the first film.He was losing every battle,except the end,and even then he wasl osing.Do not get this film if you want to avoid dissapointment.

GREAT LOL COMEDY!.......2006-08-05

I won't lie. This movie sucks.

However, it is so cheesy and lame that it will make you wet your pants. I don't care what people say, but I like the no-name actors and the wanna-be power ranger ninjas. It is a great movie because it is the worst movie ever.

Also, I must add that the action was utterly stupid and the acting was absolutely pathetic. :) Great movie, though.

Yes, I will agree, the plot sucks. However, there is no plot, therefor the movie rocks.

Buy it now and own the best movie ever for two bucks used and new. It's the corniest and cheesiest movie ever! :)

Flawless victory? I think not !.......2006-06-12

Three years after the first mortal kombat film, fans couldn't wait for Annihilation to come out. Unfortunately, the sequel did not do well at the box office and after viewing it, I can see why. First, I will start with what is positive about the movie. Kitana had more of a role as did Jax, I preferred Sandra Hess as Sonya a little over Bridget Wilson even though she did a good job with Sonya's character in the first movie, some of the fight scenes (Jax vs. Cyrax, Sonya vs. Mileena, Liu Kang vs. Baraka, Sub-Zero vs. Scorpion) were sequenced good, the dvd bonus features were nice, and the soundtrack was awesome. These positive aspects, however, could not save the overall film from disappointment. So what went wrong? Like the first MK, Annihilation attempted to blend two mortal kombat games into one movie (mortal kombat 3 and ultimate mortal kombat 3). Unlike the first MK, however, the blend was not successful. Too many characters were put into the movie and therefore the character development for most of them was almost non-existent. Aside from that, only three of the actors to my knowledge returned from the previous movie though it is understandable why the other actors did not return. What else went wrong with this sequel? Some of the acting was either over-the-top and/or downright pitiful. Shao Kahn's character along with Raiden's character was poorly resembled. Also, some of the characters didn't even get much screen time at all. One flaw that is immediately noticed at the beginning of the movie is that one of the main characters gets killed off (I won't say who because it is probably obvious). While some of the fight sequences were good, most of them were rushed and some were just flat-out ridiculous. This goes double for the animality sequence. Sadly, MK Annihilation doesn't rank up with the first one. Despite all this, there is some good news. After eight long years of waiting, a third mortal kombat film will hit the big screen with most of the actors returning from the first movie. Plus, the third installment will not only kontinue where the first left off but will also ignore the events of Annihilation.

MORTAL KOMBAT.......2006-03-21

I DID NOT RECEIVE THIS MOVIE AND I WAS CHARGE FOR IT
I WOULD LOOK TO RECEIVE THE DVD
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CAN SOMEONE EMAIL ME WITH THIS INFO
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or call me at 312-404-0267 my name is ROSSANNE MCCULLOUGH

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enjoyable
Very nice western-entertaining movie
Perfect Satire on the old "Down South" ways!
Don't watch
Imagine Justin Timberlake as SHAFT

Wild Wild West
Starring: Will Smith , Kevin Kline , Kenneth Branagh , Salma Hayek , and M. Emmet Walsh
Director: Barry Sonnenfeld
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Men in Black II (Widescreen Special Edition) [Region 99]
Lost in Space (New Line Platinum Series)
Independence Day (Limited Edition)
Men in Black (Deluxe Edition) [Region 99]
I, Robot (Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B00001ZWTT
Release Date: 1999-11-30

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One of the box-office smashes of the summer of 1999, this film by director Barry Sonnenfeld (Men in Black, Get Shorty) was raked by critics but embraced by audiences. Based on the 1960s TV adventure show that starred Robert Conrad, this film reimagined Secret Service agent James West as Will Smith, adding Oscar-winner Kevin Kline as his sidekick, agent-inventor Artemus Gordon. President Ulysses S. Grant puts West and Gordon on the trail of malign genius (and former Confederate soldier) Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) in a story about racism, partnership, and world domination. The special effects are lavish, even garish, but not all that special; they're not enough to elevate a mundane and familiar plot. Even Branagh, playing a man who only exists from the waist up--literally--can't find the juice in this lumbering affair. Still, the fast-talking team of Smith and Kline is a nimble one. Smith's affable charm and Kline's subversive wit win many points, though not nearly enough. --Marshall Fine

Description

Wild, wild laughs, adventure and special-effects wizardry abound when megastar Will Smith reteams with the director of "Men in Black." Smith is agent James West, leading sidekick Artemus Gordon (Kevin Kline) and a sexy adventuress (Salma Hayek) on a perilous assignment: stop Dr. Arliss Loveless (Kenneth Branagh) and his contraption-driven plot to establish a Disunited States of America.DVD Features:
Audio Commentary:Director commentary
DVD ROM Features:The Steel Assassin interactive game; Artemus Gordon's Mind-Protection Theater reveals a trainload of behind-the-scenes clips; genre essays; web events and chat room access; sampler trailers
DVD ROM exclusive web site
Documentaries:Full arsenal of behind-the-scenes documentaries
Filmographies
Interactive Menus
Music Video:Wild Wild West - Will Smith Ballamos - Enrique Iglesias
Outtakes
Photo gallery:Stills gallery
Scene Access
Theatrical Trailer

Customer Reviews:

enjoyable.......2007-05-22

good western/science fiction/comedy movie; some parts & language questionable for younger children, but overall a funny family movie

Very nice western-entertaining movie.......2007-01-28

A great idea - putting a science fiction theme into a wild west setting. And following Hollywood political correctness to a "T" - i.e. casting an Englishman as the baddy.

But I digress. Like all old fashioned fairy tales, this has a very dark undercurrent (Branagh's bad guy is driven to evil by being crippled and made impotent in the civil war; and I won't spoil the ending about the leading lady). And it's a cute updating of a cult TV show from a long time ago.

Enjoy it as a fun diversion for an evening, perhaps with your young cousins. And Will Smith is great.

Perfect Satire on the old "Down South" ways!.......2006-11-27

Although this movie is a little lacking on the remake of the original Wild Wild West....it's supposed to be that way! The comedy is the best. Being raised here in the Southeastern US States, I can tell you it's great the way all of the actors pull together for many many laughs and plays on the old Southern Ways. I own my own personal copy and can't watch the movie enough! Thanks!

Don't watch.......2006-11-26

When I was in middle school I believe and this movie was a hit, it was one of those things that breaks one's belief and hope in the species they are a part of. Why this movie, or the music from it proved a hit is nothing more than a testament to the idea that the earth might be better off being ran by cockroaches.

Imagine Justin Timberlake as SHAFT.......2006-09-08

The "Wild Wild West" was a five-star TV show. It was so good that you would have thought that the powers that be in Hollywood would be unable to make a one-star mess out of it. But you would be wrong.

Casting the African-American Will Smith as Secret Service Agent James West in the place of the German-American Robert Conrad makes about as much sense as casting Justin Timberlake in Richard Roundtree's place as Shaft. Conrad played James West as the perfect combination of a man's man and a ladies man - much like James Bond, except a bit less refined and quite a bit more macho. Will Smith plays a wimpy, wiseguy, thinks-he's-cool-but-isn't James West. Before the film is half over, he'll have you cheering for the villain.

And speaking of the villain, in another piece of PC casting, the Hispanic dwarf, Dr. Miguelito Loveless, of the TV show is transformed here into Dr. Arliss Loveless, a double-amputee, Confederate flag-waving, Southern White. NO MINORITY VILLAINS ALLOWED!

Combine the poor casting with an especially inane script, and it all makes for one of the worst films of 1999. Despite all of the explosions and special effects, it still manages to be boring.

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Hauntingly Beautiful, a Must-See for those who judge a movie by its screenplay
Wasn't bad, just not great.
A Visual Feast
A visually astounding film that works on most levels it attempts.

The Cell (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Dylan Baker , Patrick Bauchau , Vincent D'Onofrio , James Gammon , and Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: Tarsem Singh
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Enough (Ws) [Region 99]
Happy Accidents
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The Whole Wide World [Region 99]
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ASIN: B00003CXKM
Release Date: 2000-12-19

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Schizoid serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) has been captured at last, but a neurological seizure has rendered him comatose, and FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughan) has no way to determine the location of Stargher's latest and still-living victim. To probe the secrets contained in Stargher's traumatized psyche, the FBI recruits psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), who has mastered a new technology that allows her to enter the mind of another person. What she finds in Stargher's head is a theater of the grotesque, which, as envisioned by first-time director Tarsem Singh, is a smorgasbord of the surreal that borrows liberally from the Brothers Quay, Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, Hieronymous Bosch, Salvador Dali, and a surplus of other cannibalized sources.

This provides one of the wildest, weirdest visual feasts ever committed to film, and The Cell earns a place among such movie mind-trips as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Altered States, What Dreams May Come, and Un Chien Andalou. Is this a good thing? Sure, if all you want is freakazoid eye-candy. If you're looking for emotional depth, substantial plot, and artistic coherence, The Cell is sure to disappoint. The pop-psychology pablum of Mark Protosevich's screenplay would be laughable if it weren't given such somber significance, and Singh's exploitative use of sadomasochistic imagery is repugnant (this movie makes Seven look tame), so you're better off marveling at the nightmare visions that are realized with astonishing potency. The Cell is too shallow to stay in your head for long, but while it's there, it's one hell of a show. --Jeff Shannon

Description

A therapist (Jennifer Lopez, Out Of Sight) uses an experimental treatment to enter the mind of a serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio, Men In Black) to learn his secrets. An FBI agent (Vince Vaughn, Swingers) must rescue her from the killer's nightmare mind

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Movies.......2007-05-23

This product arrived on time & in good shape. I already knew that I loved this movie & bought it for a friend.

Hauntingly Beautiful, a Must-See for those who judge a movie by its screenplay.......2007-03-01

The creators of this film had no ceilings on their vision of what they could bring to life when tackling the process of transforming the depths of the screenplay into the heights of a multidimensional cinematic experience. If you can see this on a big screen, do it. With shades of "The Cook, the Thief, His Wife and Her Lover," Tarsem Singh, the director, has fashioned his genius with his crew's technical refinement.

The movie itself is worth owning for the following reasons: Vince Vaughn and Vincent D'Onofrio on the same screen at the same time, two great actors in two great roles; Jennifer Lopez way outside the box -- JLo only peaks out three times when her accent creeps back in on a few words; the stunning visuals and special effects rival only those of "What Dreams May Come;" this is Tarsem Singh's directorial debut and it displays the mastery of his vocation; and finally, the screenplay itself would have made a fascinating plot line under any direction, but auspiciously came to life under the wing of Tarsem Singh.

Warning: Plot Spoilers ahead. Jennifer Lopez is a psychologist who uses breakthrough neurological technology to enter the subconscious mind of a comatose child and then that of a serial killer, played by Vincent D'Onofrio. However, she has never tried "reversing the feed," which involves bringing the other person into her subconscious mind because of the emotional dangers of such a mind merge. The highlight of the entire movie is when, against the will of her superiors, she decides to do this anyway and brings the killer into her own world where he appears as his little boy self. The incredible battle she must wage between bestowing Compassion for the torture he endured from his father in childhood and delivering Justice for the torture he has inflicted on innocent women as an adult comes climactically to fruition in a sequence of tragically requested and tragically rendered Mercy. The terrible beauty of the death of suffering is brilliantly written, acted, directed and produced in a denoument that is priceless and at the very least worth the cost of the DVD.

Vincent D'Onofrio is a gift to the screen and Tarsem Singh a gift to both actor and audience. Enjoy this film even more the second time for its exploration of innocence versus experience, mercy versus justice, and life versus death.

Wasn't bad, just not great........2006-12-01

Why do so many people feel the need to tell us in their review what the entire movie is about? Just tell us what you think of it!
I thought this was a someone thrilling movie, which is what it was supposed to be. I give it good marks for originality and storyline. Some of the scenes may be taken as disturbing, but the disturbing thing really centered around how Stargher liked to make "dolls" out of female corpses. I didn't think the explanation of why he did that was very good. The way he tortures them is cruel and original. I think Hollywood has so embraced the use of torture in movies that any suggestion of that word gives people all kinds of terrible images.
J-Lo looked really good in this movie. I thought this movie was newer than it is and thats probably why I thought she looked so good. I like Vince Vaughn, but in 2 movies now (this one and Be Cool) it seems like he's "acting" the part and not actually "being" the character.
So this movie kept my interest and had a few twists, it's worth watching if you can handle the gross parts.

A Visual Feast.......2006-11-06

Forget plot when it comes to this film. The "storyline" is laughably trite and most of actors phone in their roles (or simply can't act, but we won't drop names here.) The Cell works best as a visual oddity, something so beautiful and strange that it overcomes it's own flaws to become something utterly unique, if not downright special.

In essence, Catherine (Lopez) is a pioneering psychiatrist who works for a company that has invented technology that will allow her to enter the minds of people in comatose states in a most literal sense - her patient's mind becomes her environment. Enter the deliciously deviant Carl, played with heartbreaking sadness and intensity by D'Onofrio, who is one of Hollywood's most underrated actors. Carl is a serial killer, drowing his victims then bleaching their bodies before suspending himself over them in a sequence that must be seen to be believed. He's snatched another girl and the race is on to find her. They track down Carl, but his medical condition has placed him in a coma. Catherine will enter his mind in order to find where Carl has hidden the girl.

Blah, blah, blah. But remember, you're not watching this for the plot. You're watching it to see Catherine fumble around inside the mind of someone unfathomable to her. It is in these sequences that The Cell takes off and makes itself worth watching and worthwhile. The set deisigners and effects crew pulled out all the stops for this film, and it's stunning to see what happens when artistry and a big budget merge.

There is no doubt that the things in Carl's mind are grusome, twisted, and deviant. There isn't a single instance where we don't see Carl as something to fear. He ranges from touchingly human, as he sits beside the blood-filled bathtub of his first victim and laments how he "made such a mess," to a demon-like being torn straight from a nightmare as he stalks Catherine through the metal-and-flesh abomination of his own head.

The story delves into Carl's sad childhood through the context of his memories in a rather ham-fisted attempt to explain how Carl become the killer. There scenes in which we see Carl as he sees himself are the most effective in terms of visual impact.

Despite the sorrow, despite the oppressive darkness, despite Carl's maniacal glee, everything on the screen is beautiful and meticulously created. The effects team took something that might have been a gore-fest and have transformed it into the dark things that dwell within us, the things we are afraid to see. Some things in The Cell will be like nothing you have ever seen before. Some things in The Cell will be hauntingly familiar.

So why not five stars? Sorry, can't forgive the bad acting or the silly plot. The four stars are there for visual impact, for terrible beauty, and for Mr. D'Onofrio.

As a final note, fans of the visual aspect of The Cell will probably also like the visual work done in Silent Hill. The style is different, but the detail and quality are similar.

A visually astounding film that works on most levels it attempts........2006-10-25

"The Cell" is a rather difficult film to classify. If you read the plot outline, "a psychotherapist journeys inside a comatose serial killer in the hopes of saving his latest victim", you might think it's a thriller with a touch of science fiction. But that doesn't really do this movie justice. There is a fantasy aspect within the sub-conscious minds that is stunning, with lavish visuals and incredible mind-tripping scenarios. There is drama as the aforementioned psychotherapist (played by Lopez prior to her becoming a solely romantic comedy component) makes contact with the child within and witnesses his terrifying upbringing. And there is most definitely a horror facet due to the sickening actions of the serial killer's evil persona. The movie attempts to function on many different levels and crosses genre boundaries at will. While I feel it ends up being a reasonably bizarre experience, I find it to be completely fascinating.

Right from the opening credits, with Lopez riding a horse through the desert stunningly clothed in a white dress, you will know that you are in for a visual treat. Every time the audience leaves reality and follows her into the sub conscious depths of her "patients", they are guaranteed a feast of visual and aural delight. The costumes are wonderful creations of angles and colour. The camera leaves regularities at the door and traverses a world where up and down are the same. The characters become rulers of their own domains and transform into creatures worthy of such stature. If you don't enjoy anything else about "The Cell", you will surely be impressed with the work put into these scenes.

The casting is top notch also. Jennifer Lopez is in her element here, utilizing her natural, compassionate and almost maternal sensibilities, while combining her own striking looks with the lush surroundings, makeup and costumes. She is incredibly sexy and I personally wish someone would find another role for her outside of the rom-com world she has been typecast into that would allow her to experiment further. Vince Vaughn is fairly convincing as an FBI agent that will do anything to save the life of a young woman. But it is without a doubt Vincent D'Onofrio that has the biggest impression here. It's an extremely difficult role as he is required to bring out multiple emotions within the viewer. We are disgusted at his actions, yet sympathetic towards him due to the trauma he has experienced during his life. He looks magnificently powerful within his realm, yet insecure and vulnerable within the real world. It's a great performance from an underrated actor.

While "The Cell" doesn't work as well on every level it ambitiously attempts (some of the actions of the characters are not believable) and while it is all based on some fairly flimsy scientific logic, it is an occasionally shocking, visually astounding head trip that rewards multiple viewings.

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Go Tigers
VERY FUNNY FERRELL IS HILARIOUS!
Some funny moments.
Could Have Been Better
Kicking and Creaming

Kicking and Screaming
Starring: Will Ferrell , Robert Duvall , Mike Ditka , Kate Walsh , and Musetta Vander
Director: Jesse Dylan
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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Bewitched (Special Edition) [Region 99]
The Longest Yard (Widescreen Edition)
Madagascar (Widescreen Edition)
Herbie - Fully Loaded
War of the Worlds (Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B000ADWDE8
Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Will Ferrell is at his full, frenzied power as Phil Weston, a married, uncoordinated would-be sportsman with an uncoordinated would-be sportsman son--and an unresolved relationship with his coach father, Buck (Robert Duvall), who has very little tolerance for the uncoordinated. When Buck trades his own grandson to a real loser of a little league soccer team, Phil naturally takes over underdog coaching duties and the two men butt heads. You could easily, and perhaps rightfully, dismiss all of this as a dumb, demented Meatballs or Bad News Bears rip-off, but it's pleasantly dumb and sometimes hysterically demented: Encouraged by his neighbor, ex-Chicago Bears coach Mike Ditka (yes, playing himself), Phil stops his vitamin regimen and becomes wildly addicted to regular doses of caffeine, which turns him into a monster of a team leader. In addition to Ferrell, Duvall does a doozy of a comic riff on his Great Santini role, and even Ditka is unexpectedly funny. It's a formula film with just enough far-out notions to keep you chuckling. --Steve Wiecking

Customer Reviews:

Go Tigers.......2007-04-30

Will Ferrell What a Character, this movie is funny as hell. It's just hillarious. I love will funny actor. And lets not forget a legend Robert Duvall wich made the movie even better. Those two have a good chemestrey and the way they compete with each othe in the movie is funny. all in all this movie was great.

VERY FUNNY FERRELL IS HILARIOUS!.......2007-04-10

This is another very funny comedy from the "Nut of the Decade" Will Ferrell! ferrell plays the coach of his kids soccer team and he has to go up against his father who happens to be the "all time winning coach of the town" wackiness ensues!

Some funny moments........2007-04-06

This movie has it's funny moments but it's no Anchorman by any means. The two most funny scenes can be easily found on online video sites so if you've seen those then you've already seen the best parts of the movie. The rest of it doesn't really live up to those.

Could Have Been Better.......2007-03-24

This was actually a very good movie, but it could have been better. The problem is that the adult parts were played by extremely talented and experienced actors and so the course of least resistance was taken: Feature the adults and leave the kids in the background. While I'm sure that it is difficult working with child actors, this movie seemed a little unbalanced in that the adults completely over-whelmed the story. For instance, while the relationship between Ferrell's character and Duvall's character got plenty of attention, the relationship between their sons was all but ignored. This was a rather unique situation. Although Ferrel's and Duvall's sons were the same age, one was the brother of Ferrell's character and the uncle of Ferrell's character's son! Again, it's understandable that the easy way out was taken given the immense talent of the adult actors, but it would have been nice if more attention had been paid to the child characters given this unique situation.

Ditka was a lot of fun in this movie, although he basically just played himself. The bonus features that come with the movie are also worth viewing. All in all, I'd give the movie three stars and a wink and I think most people will find it to be an amusing and easy to enjoy comedy, BUT I still feel that it fell short of what it could have been!

Kicking and Creaming.......2007-03-12

Purchased for my grandchildren, but I liked it just as much as they did!

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grade-z, but strangely compelling
Tibor Takacs strikes again.
Worthy of a showing or two
WHAT'S THE BUZZ
Nothing New

Mosquito Man
Starring: Corin Nemec , Musetta Vander , Austin Jordon , Patrick Dreikauss , and Jay Benedict
Director: Tibor Takács
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
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ASIN: B0007UDC94
Release Date: 2005-05-17

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grade-z, but strangely compelling.......2007-06-06

when this was shown on SciFi it was titled "Mansquito". I don't know why they changed the title.

undoubtedly you've seen the previews on sci-fi which show the sexy scientist tearing off her blouse-- that and the [original]title tell you all you need to know about how cheesy and ridiculous this picture is-- but I hate to admit I found it strangely watchable. Corin Nemec plays a positively Beowulfian cop who tussles repeatedly with the mansquito but somehow survives each time, while(numerous) lesser men and women die within a few tenths of a second of their 'squito encounters. The story hurtles forward at a breathless pace,which is undoubtedly a good thing considering how silly it is. The heroine is also infected by radioactive skeeter juice(hence her need to disrobe(?), and she figures out that Only She can lure Mansquito to his doom...and you can probably guess the rest.

Look: obviously no one watches a teevee movie called "Mansquito!"(it needed an exclamation point, don't you think?) expecting King Lear, unless they have neurological problems or something. Mansquito! is the cinematic equivalent of cheese nachos: you hate to admit you occasionally crave because you know they're nutritional gargbage-- good in a bad way.

And gee, I didn't know mosquitos could growl-- did you?

Tibor Takacs strikes again........2006-06-29

Mansquito (Tibor Takacs, 2005)

Corin Nemec first made a real impression in Hollywood as the male lead in the excellent, short-lived, highly underrated early-nineties sitcom Parker Lewis Can't Lose. With the exception of a role in the Mick Garris-helmed miniseries The Stand (in which he was woefully miscast and still managed to do an excellent job with the role), it's been all downhill from there.

Mansquito may be the nadir of Nemec's career. (His next flick puts him opposite the excellent, similarly underrated Ken Foree, so there's hope the long journey back into the light begins now.) Directed by Tibor Takacs, a man who has directed so many intended-for-theatrical-release-and-laughed-out-of-the-distribution-company-only-to-be-picked-up-by-the-Sci-Fi-Channel films it's amazing, Mansquito is the story of a (gorgeous, naturally) scientist (Musetta Vander [recently seen in O, Brother, Where Art Thou? for a very short time, turning John Turturro into a toad]) and her boyfriend (Nemec) the cop (because gorgeous research scientists have the time to have social lives, especially with cops, who work hours as long as theirs). The scientist is working for a company looking for a cure for the West Nile virus by genetically altering mosquitoes. There is the inevitable explosion, and the quickly-following Genetic Tampering Is Bad theme writ large, as a convict who's volunteered for human testing is exposed to radiation and, presumably, a large rain of disembodied mosquito parts, which turn him into, yes, the title character, who then goes around sucking peoples' blood and being hunted by said scientist and said cop. Takacs works with some of his favorite actors here, and they can't act any better than they ever could (Vander, especially, is not destined to get a lead role ever again, unless it comes from Takacs).

So you've got a plot thin enough that it's nonexistent, really bad acting, a script so awful it practically bleeds (let me rephrase an earlier statement: the nadir of Cory Nemec's career comes with the line "HEY, MANSQUITO!"). What could there possibly be worth watching about this dog? Well, it has the automatic train-wreck appeal: it's so bad you can't stop watching. But it also has, despite its silliness, an innate sense of pace. I grant you, there is no tension whatsoever to be built here, unless you're playing a drinking game that involves cast members spouting cliches. But if there were tension to be built here, the structure of the film allows that it might have actually happened. It's a surprisingly fast two hours. Though, granted, it's still two hours of your life that you will never get back.

Oh, and no mosquitoes were harmed in the writing of this review. Not surprising, since it's early March, and I'm in Cleveland. *

Worthy of a showing or two.......2006-02-14

Mosquito man was a average movie but with a great mosquito costume.
99% of the mosquito man scenes are great, and only 1 scene where you
the mosquito costume revealed too much.
Now if they would have invested in a better script this movie could
have been a 4 star movie.
The non-action scenes because of boring ' deja vu stuff' almost kills this movie...i dont know who to blame ...the actors or the
direction. Also the music was not too bad,, but better music might
have brought this film to a 3.5.
There is enough gore for the horror fan to enjoy.

WHAT'S THE BUZZ.......2005-10-09

Yes, you can tell the mosquito man costume is a man in a suit most of the time, but this movie harkens back to the days of the paranoid fifties when everyone was terrified at what nuclear war could do. This time, the ever popular theme of messing with mother nature is given a new twist in MOSQUITO MAN. The victim this time is a nasty serial killer who has been brought to a laboratory to test out a new breed of skeeters that might help lower the casualties in a new virus propagated by mosquitos that is 100 times worse than the Nile virus. He makes an escape attempt, however, and in the process is infected with the DNA of these mosquitoes and turns into a nasty mosquito man. Cheesy, indeed, but its obvious homage to those bug movies of the fifties is appreciated by one of those fans of that era. Corin Nemec and the rest of the cast of relative unknowns do a fairly decent job and some of the scenes have a tense ambience that makes this above average.

Nothing New.......2005-07-31

Pretty much a retread of numerous low budget horror flicks--the kind you used to see at drive-ins. The acting is pretty poor, the story line is worse, the interest factor is almost non existent. To top it all off the description on the dvd cover is almost totally wrong--making me think either the person who wrote it 1. Didn't actually watch it or 2. Was so bored they forgot what they watched or 3. Figured nobody would actually notice
Examples-"His lab is invaded by criminals intent on stealing a new vaccine"--actually one criminal who is supposedly a research volunteer is brought to the lab-where he manages to escape.
"When Bowman's attackers inject him with the experimental serum they unleash a horrifying transformation"--not quite right, while escaping the criminal causes an explosion which transforms himself into the mosquito man.
I'd have to recommend avoiding this clunker--unless you're in a mood for some Ed Wood type entertainment (not nearly as funny though)

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Go Tigers
VERY FUNNY FERRELL IS HILARIOUS!
Some funny moments.
Could Have Been Better
Kicking and Creaming

Kicking & Screaming (Full Screen)
Starring: Will Ferrell , Robert Duvall , Mike Ditka , Kate Walsh , and Musetta Vander
Director: Jesse Dylan
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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Release Date: 2005-10-11

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Description

Will Ferrell's trademark off-the-wall lunacy kicks in for a comedy sure to score big with the whole family! Phil Weston (Ferrell) is a mild-mannered suburban dad - who's suddenly transformed into a caffeine-fueled sports maniac when he becomes the coach of his son's unruly soccer team. But when the championship pits Phil's underdog team against the squad coached by his own domineering dad (Oscar winner Robert Duvall), it's game on for the most uproarious mismatch of the season! Suit up for fun, Ferrell-style, with the comedy Ebert & Roeper give "Two Thumbs Up!"

Customer Reviews:

Go Tigers.......2007-04-30

VERY FUNNY FERRELL IS HILARIOUS!.......2007-04-10

Some funny moments........2007-04-06

Could Have Been Better.......2007-03-24

Kicking and Creaming.......2007-03-12

Purchased for my grandchildren, but I liked it just as much as they did!

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Backlash on backlash "Oblivion 2"
Fun, but not as good as the first...

Backlash: Oblivion 2
Starring: Maxwell Caulfield , Andrew Divoff , Meg Foster , Mike Genovese , and Isaac Hayes
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ASIN: B0000V48GG
Release Date: 2004-02-10

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Journey to the badlands, as the saga continues when the notoriously vicious but yet charming bounty hunter Sweeney arrives in oblivion to bring the leather clad, whip wielding bad beauty outlaw lash to justice. Lash has just discovered a huge, creature-infested mine filled with Derconium (the rarest and most valuable mineral in the Universe). Enter JAGGER, the evil warlord who strikes a deadly deal with lash to control the supply to Derconium and rule the galaxy. Will Sweeney get lash? Will jagger get the goods? Or will they all just get eaten?...

Format: DVD MOVIE

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Backlash on backlash "Oblivion 2".......2006-02-24

The first downfall is no subtitles or closed captioning. But if you are a fan of low budget campy quirky fun, then backlash is for you. Seeing Julie Newmar and Meg Foster alone is worth the price of the movie.

Fun, but not as good as the first..........2002-08-25

The two Oblivion movies are some of the best, and least known, of the Full Moon films.

This film takes place immediatly after the first. (I think they were filmed at the same time.) The main plot concerns an intergalactic bounty hunter after a sabatour wanted by the galaxicorp. The main suspect is Lash. (Played by the incredible Musetta Vander.) Zack, as sheriff, must help the bounty hunter in his quest.

The film lacks the in-jokes that made the first so fun. Julie Newmar has much more of a role in this one. (I am not certain what to think about her in this. Something about a 60+ year old woman in a form fitting outfit that is kind of frightening. Especially since she still looks good, in a weird plastic surgery Brazil-like way.)

Description

Emma Roberts (TV's UNFABULOUS) stars with the high-flying action chimp Minkey in an awesome spy adventure that's full of high-tech gadgets and amazing special effects! When young inventor Amelia (Roberts) is kidnapped by evil scientist Dr. Farley (Richard Kind), the kung-fu fighting, skateboarding Minkey swings into action and takes on a top-secret mission to rescue her and save the Earth! See for yourself that there's no mission too impossible -- or too extreme -- for Minkey when world peace is at stake!

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"Minky" the Chimpanzee Saves the World: Corny But Amusing Romp.......2006-01-31

[ACTUALLY 2.5 STARS] If a kid can do a spy job, a monkey can do. `Spymate' features a super-spy chimpanzee `Minky' who can not only fly like a bird but also beat up the baddies and rescue the kidnapped secret agent (and Minky's partner) Mike (Chris Potter). If you see this opening sequence, you know exactly what you will see. `Spymate' is directed by Robert Vince, who (as producer) gave us the `Air Bud' series. Like his previous canine films, the clever animal is the main reason for which the film is made.

The story is a pale imitation of other family pictures. It is about one brilliant girl Amelia, only daughter of Mike, who invented `iodine oxide' laser drill. Sorry if I made a mistake about the exact name of her invention, but it is one great invention, the film says, for which Amelia is tricked into a conspiracy, and is kidnapped (without her knowing) by one bad scientist, who is about to do a most dangerous experiment in Japan.

So who is going to save her? And save the world too? It is Minky who goes back to work with the jolly members of the circus troupe. Equipped with the gadgets, and helped by the ninja troop, Minky and Mike go to Japan to rescue her and prevent the country's destruction.

To be frank, the story is thin and the gags are stale. But I am an adult, and I am not sure how the kids, especially pre-teens, would find the film. The gags are mostly slapstick, all too familiar type like a fat lady rolling like a ball, and some parodies of the 007 films such as "Dr. No" and Ursula Andress and her famous beach scene.

The cast include Emma Roberts (daughter of Eric Roberts, which means niece of Julia), Chris Potter, Richard Kind, Debra Jo Rupp, Michael Bailey Smith, Musetta Vender. Pat Morita appears as the master of Japanese ninja troop. But you know, it is Minky who steals the show.

`Spymate' is an innocuous family picture. It is a low-budget romp trying to keep the ball rolling, but its unoriginality (except the chimpanzee) is painfully obvious. It is not awful, and some parts are amusing, but largely uninspired.

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the cover was good!
An Unfortunate Display of Opportunism
A total crappy movie!
worst movie i've ever seen
you can't make a foo yung without breaking eggs

Forbidden Warrior
Starring: Marie Matiko , Sung Kang , Karl Yune , Tony Amendola , and James Hong
Director: Jimmy Nickerson
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ASIN: B000BCKFHA
Release Date: 2005-11-01

Product Description

Based on an Asian mythical hero, FORBIDDEN WARRIOR follows the story of beautiful young Seki, who discovers that she is the only living person with the power to control an all-powerful book of spells and she must learn how to use her gifts in order to save the world from bloodthirsty rivals who would steal it.

Format: DVD MOVIE

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the cover was good!.......2006-11-03

it's beautifully shot.. the production design was great for the budget... but the film didn't hold my attention..

An Unfortunate Display of Opportunism.......2006-08-15

Anytime the urge rises to be entertained with an escapist film the top of the list becomes one of the Asian martial arts films, films of stunning beauty, breathtaking choreography, handsome actors, and enough legend to make the storyline fascinating, e.g. 'The House of Flying Daggers'. This pathetic film is packaged like those wonder movies and so deludes the public into thinking it is in an equal category. Not even close!

A child is born to a couple informed that their progeny will be a male warrior who has the secrets to read the codebook that contains the key to the power of the universe. The pregnant mother is stabbed by the evil adversaries but the baby lives, 'disappointingly' a girl! The girl Seki is transported via a leaf boat to a blind wise magician who cares for her and teaches her Taiji and Kung Fu, raising her to return to the world and discover life along with her gifts. A family who wants to maintain dominion over China sends two sons (one evil and the other kind) to capture the girl and steal the code to the sacred book. The evil son is accompanied by warriors: the kind son is accompanied by Caucasian Marx brothers. The rest of the story is too simple-minded to discuss.

There are so many errors of judgment in the making of this film, not the least of which is a nebulous and silly script, that disrupt what might have been an honest attempt for Hollywood to make a martial arts film. But the acting is poor, combining Asian actors with non-Asian actors makes both look ridiculous, the special effects are clumsy, and the mood of ancient China is completely destroyed by the computer generated graphics superimposed on the real location of Griffith Park in Los Angeles! The three stooges added to the good warrior's team are so silly that they pass funny into absurd. There is no ending to the movie: instead it feels like the producers just ran out of money. A must miss. Grady Harp, August 06

A total crappy movie!.......2006-07-10

1. Bad acting
2. Thin Plot
3. Poor Scripts

and the list goes on. Buy or rent it at your own peril.

worst movie i've ever seen.......2006-06-23

i rented this movie with the expectation of a great asian film: well-choreographed martial arts, beautifully shot scenes, and a good storyline
boy, was i ever disappointed, maybe i was expecting too much, considering its a low budget independent film but nothing about the movie was good except for the summary in the back of dvd case!
the acting was terrible! not one of the actors could act, which made the whole film laughable and the martial arts was slow, with a few (let me stress *few*) added wire scenes obviously trying to copy from other great asian films to try to make it look authentic
halfway through the movie (after much discussion between my boyfriend and i to try to return the movie to the rental place but deciding it was too late), i put on the director's commentary, just to see why the directors actually thought their movie was even worth making; i was amazed to hear them actually saying good things about the movie!
i watched a little bit of the "making of" in curiousity; when i got to the part of the main character, seiki, saying how she loved her character b/c it provided range for her acting, i finally turned off the movie in amusement, amazement, and yes, even pity, that she would even think that

you can't make a foo yung without breaking eggs.......2006-02-23

This looked like a good idea at the time when I rented it. The story looked good replete with Asian actors and not animation. The proof of the pudding lies in the eating however, and in this case gave me some indigestion.

Clearly of asian origin this is low budget hollywood at it's worst. Trying to mimic Martian Arts movies on the cheap is not the best idea anybody ever had and coming up with a lame storyline does not help either. The characters are mere cardboard replicas of their former selves and I found it infuriating that the wise sorcerer kept refering to the grown woman as my child.

I found the movie to be over the top moralising painting dilemmas with spray paint rather than calligraphy brushes. While the output of Hong Kong can beat the world in silliness and stunts they do have the edge on the delicate treatment of their myths. This ham fisted treatment shot in the Hollywood foothills as as much finesse as a Terminator movie. It is too long, boring and predictable with such a lame ending, not to mention the silly boat which looks so fake.

It was worth a try but I think the producers should have quit whilst they were still behind.

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