The Creator (7/10) A watchable, sometimes engaging (and at its climax genuinely touching) sci-fi yarn -- but one that is compromised by unoriginality. I got the sense from the trailer this would be an edgier, more imaginitive film that deals with the moral and social ramifications of A.I. While it ...

I'd be curious to see it. I think dubbing Depardieu would help.

Tho what I'd rather see is a Blu-ray release with isolated music!

Music by John Williams (8.5/10) While not devoid of some imperfections and disappointments, this is a more than solid documentary, and overall very enjoyable. I also learned a few things I didn't know, even as a hard core Williams fanatic going back to 1977. I won't give away any of the tidbits, bu...

A wonderful actress -- charming, funny, cute, but also able to believably channel despair, and rage (as in the fight between Ronnie and Roy in Close Encounters).

I feel terrible tho -- I don't know why, but for some reason I was under the impression she had already passed away years ago.

The movie remains divisive to this day -- some, like myself, loving its innovative structure and production style, while others found it a nausea-inducing chore where "nothing happens" -- and yet there's no denying it was a movie that invented its own horror subgenre, one that's still bei...

The Ninth Gate (6.5/10) This 1999 Roman Polanski effort comes off as a less-stylish (and much-less atmospheric) retread of Angel Heart , with a bit of Eyes Wide Shut at its climax -- as well elements of Polanski's own Frantic . For most of its running time The Ninth Gate was a captivating yarn that...

The Mummy (1932) (6/10) Somehow I stumbled into adulthood having never seen this movie. And it is astonishing to consider this movie will literally be a century old within a few years. :shock: Still, I don't think it has dated well. I guess I was expecting something a little more like Frankenstein ...

Eastwood has generated more than two BILLION for WB over the last fifty years. This is shameful . :x Of course the new regime at Warners (and every studio really) is far-removed from that of the old. I doubt they care about anyone's creative legacy...unless of course it's generating a profit. I rem...

All in all the film is very faithful to the book (the boat chase scene is not in the book), and I agree that the final climax could have been filmed/staged better. Maybe the reason the filmmakers included the above is because they wanted to be faithful to the adaptation? I understand the desire to ...

TaranofPrydain wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2024 3:30 pm They just announced they are going to be selling a limited run number of copies on VHS. That's certainly something.

But what about us BetaMax users?

From Russia With Love (7.5/10) Maybe it was my mood (I hope I'm not becoming jaded), but I really couldn't get to into this movie on my latest viewing (last time I screened it was in 2012). It is certainly a watchable film, and isn't without some impressive sequences (the fight between Bond and Red...

Arguably the apex of the 1950s "Big Bug" sci-fi/horror cycle, Them! is terrific stuff, with efficient direction from B-movie specialist Gordon Douglas and a taut score from Bronislau Kaper that keeps the film's somewhat wooden paper-mache bugs nice and scary. Them! is the Citizen Kane of ...

Alien Romulus (8.5/10) Let me qualify my rating of 8.5/10 - this would be 8.5/10 by the standards of today's paltry cinema offerings. Still, had this exact same movie been made in 1989, I might have given it a solid 8. I thought it was terrific. Yes, it cribs from previous Alien movies, and it does...

One thing I found utterly hilarious about Christopher Columbus: The Discovery was that the actress cast as the chief's daughter was clearly chosen for no other reason than her humungous "Penthouse" breasts. She is topless in every scene -- and always framed in such a way as to show-off her...

38.) Lucky Bastard (2013) 5/10 I love Lukas, but I don't know what he was on about with this one. The "message" of the film is something of a head-scratcher; the opening title card moralistically condemns adult entertainment -- but the ensuing film treats the viewer to loads of busty nake...