“American History X” Movie Details
American History X tagline: His father taught him to hate. His friends taught him rage. His enemies gave him hope.
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Mitch McCormick |
| Directors: Tony Kaye |
| IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 out of 206,528 votes |
“American History X” Movie Review
“American History X” Plot Summary
A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
A masterpiece
Consider this: an ultra-low-budget movie on the subject of racism, with no CGI and few special effects of any kind, with all of the action taking place on two or three sets, the plotline basically consisting of two or three people talking at a time punctuated by occasional outbursts of no-holds-barred violence, a massive downer of an ending, and not starring the usual assortment of Hollywood stars. Sounds like an indie for sure, right? But it’s not. It was a Hollywood film, although for the life of me I can’t imagine how any major studio got behind it. AHX is one of the best films of the decade if not of all time. Norton, who was just kicking off his career, is absolutely mesmerizing as a repentant skinhead and Furlong, known primarily for his role in T2 (and whose career has sort of sputtered out), is right up there with him as the confused younger brother. A must-see for everyone, although not the kiddies. An amazing film, right up and through the incredibly sad ending.
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“Liar Liar” Movie Details
Liar Liar tagline: Trust Me
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Pete |
| Directors: Tom Shadyac |
| IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 63,734 votes |
“Liar Liar” Movie Review
“Liar Liar” Plot Summary
A fast track lawyer can’t lie for 24 hours due to his son’s birthday wish after the lawyer turns his son down for the last time.
The best comedy of 1997!
‘Liar, Liar’ was easily the best comedy of 1997. When I saw this when it first came out in theaters I was literally laughing my head off. Jim Carrey gives the best comic performance of his career here as Fletcher Reede, a fast-talking lawyer who’s always lying. His son Max doesn’t like this one bit. Fletcher promises Max that he’ll be at his 5th birthday party. But Fletcher calls and tells his ex-wife Audrey that he can’t make it because at the moment he’s being seduced by a female partner. Max has had enough. His birthday wish: for one day his father can’t tell a lie. And it miraculously comes true! And this is where the movie gets explosively funny. This is the beginning of a long and crazy day for Fletcher. He gets in trouble left and right. Everyone around him thinks he’s going crazy. And the habitual liar continuously makes a complete fool of himself. Carrey is the whole show here in what has got to be the craziest, nuttiest, silliest, goofiest, and downright best comic performance of his career. And he’s got a terrific cast of actors to support him. Maura Tierney and Justin Cooper shine in the main supporting roles as Audrey and Max, respectably. Swoosie Kurtz, Jennifer Tilly, Amanda Donohoe, Anne Haney, Cary Elwes, Mitchell Ryan, and the late Jason Bernard also generate laughs amongst the craziness. ‘Liar, Liar’ is one extremely funny comedy directed by Tom Shadyac who directed another crazy comedy, the aptly titled remake ‘The Nutty Professor’. ‘Liar, Liar’ has lots of big laughs and I enjoyed it alot. One of the best comedies of all-time.**** (out of four)
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“Back to the Future” Movie Details
Back to the Future tagline: He’s the only kid ever to get into trouble before he was born. [UK]
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| Directors: Robert Zemeckis |
| IMDB Rating: 8.4/10 out of 181,232 votes |
“Back to the Future” Movie Review
“Back to the Future” Plot Summary
In 1985, Doc Brown invents time travel; in 1955, Marty McFly accidentally prevents his parents from meeting, putting his own existence at stake.
the best 80s film ever.
This film is just one of a kind. The charm and wit are so good it will have you wonder how they came up with such a concept, Michael J Fox is at his best as are the rest of the cast. Humour,comedy, science fiction, this film has it all. This film will remain timeless,I would urge anyone who loves films to add this one to their list now. The special effects are still great looking and look far better then most effects today, your heart will still be in your mouth when Marty races towards the clock tower in a bid to get struck by lightning, this is a film you will watch again and again and will always put a smile on your face.
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“Shrek 2″ Movie Details
Shrek 2 tagline: In summer 2004, they’re back for more….
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Mirror/Dresser |
| Directors: Andrew Adamson and Kelly Asbury |
| IMDB Rating: 7.5/10 out of 89,313 votes |
“Shrek 2″ Movie Review
“Shrek 2″ Plot Summary
Princess Fiona’s parents invite her and Shrek to dinner to celebrate her marriage. If only they knew the newlyweds were both ogres.
Just as good as the first
Shrek 2 is a very entertaining sequel and a good family film. This film follows Shrek and Fiona who had just came back from there honeymoon and Fiona’s parents, the King and Queen of Far Far Away (get the joke) invite them to visit the kingdom. Unfortunately they don’t know that Fiona was turned into a ogre, and not back into her human form. Fiona’s dad was shocked, wanting Fiona to marry Prince Charming (this was hinted at in the first film), and admits to have Shrek assassinated by Puss-in-Boots. Shrek then tries to make himself into the man Fiona wants and at the same time Prince Charming and the Fairy Godmother plot to get Fiona to fall in love with Prince Charming
This film works on many levels, it has a decent story and makes fun and uses many aspects of famous fairy tales. The Fairy Godmother is the main villain in this film which is a good twist. The film also parodies many things that could appeal to adults, such as an Alien parody, and there are more general references to films like Lord of the Rings, Mission Impossible and Indiana Jones. There are also cultural references such as Starbucks and a parody of Hollywood. There is a good supporting cast to the film. I liked Antonio Banderas as Puss-in-Boots, Julie Andrews, John Cleese and Rupert Everett. I also thought that it was a very good move to cast Jennifer Saunders as the Fairy Godmother. In the British version we got Jonathan Ross and Kate Thornton in the film which I thought was pretty fun. The animation of the film is top-notch and is possibly the best around. It is the most realistic in style and some of the little details are really good, such as seeing the freckles on Fiona’s face. The also has fun little Easter Eggs and need to watch the film again to notice them, such as in the beginning of the film the Big Bad Wolf was reading a ‘Pork Illustrated’ magazine. I enjoyed the creation of Puss-in-Boots as a character and thought he was great. A little sidenote was that he looked liked my cat who was a young kitten at the time and thought it was a fun coincidence. My only problem of the film was the occasional fart joke, but it is aimed for children, so I can understand why they done it
Shrek 2 is a very good, but it was a shame that the third on was no where need as good.
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“The Iron Giant” Movie Details
The Iron Giant tagline: It came from outer space!
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| Directors: Brad Bird |
| IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 out of 36,365 votes |
“The Iron Giant” Movie Review
“The Iron Giant” Plot Summary
A boy makes friends with an innocent alien giant robot that a paranoid government agent wants to destroy. add synopsis
Wow!!
What an amazing film. I had no idea what a wonderful film this is. I mean, I’m in my mid 30’s and a mum of 3. I absolutely love this film. My kids really enjoy it but I don’t think they really appreciate the message that it is trying to put across. (well, my 4 year old anyway) My 7 year old just likes it for the bang factor. (the explosions and stuff!) I was a bit disappointed though that the giant didn’t have more to say. It would of been nice to know were he came from and why. I had no idea at all that the voice of the giant is Vin Diesel! I would never of thought that he would do anything like this. Just goes to show how many actors are typecast. I got quite tearful at the end, especially when the giant says his last line about being Superman. I mean this is ludicrous! A grown woman crying over what is basically a cartoon!!! Maybe a sequel to this film could happen?If you haven’t seen it yet, please make an effort to do so.
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“Screamers” Movie Details
Screamers tagline: The silence of space is about to be shattered.
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| Directors: Christian Duguay |
| IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 out of 8,394 votes |
“Screamers” Movie Review
“Screamers” Plot Summary
(SIRIUS 6B, Year 2078) On a distant mining planet ravaged by a decade of war, scientists have created the perfect weapon: a blade-wielding… add synopsis
A great adaptation of a Philip K. Dick Story
This was a pretty faithful adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s story, ‘The Second Variety’. The only major difference is that instead of a Cold War setting on Earth, they used a corporate setting on a colony world
So why did this movie rock? Because they stuck to the story, which was quite a good one, of killer robots who decide to ignore their programming to attack the enemy and consider all humans the enemy, and have developed a way to replicate them in the process
Peter Weller, whom I don’t consider a great actor, is at his best here, as a war weary commander who stumbles onto this shocking fact, as he tries to get back to his base to warn his comrades. Jennifer Rubin is pretty good as a killer android who doesn’t know what she is until the climax
They gave it a happier ending than Dick did, but still, a solid film.
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“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Movie Details
The Day the Earth Stood Still tagline: 12.12.08 is the Day the Earth Stood Still
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| Directors: Scott Derrickson |
| IMDB Rating: 5.5/10 out of 46,742 votes |
“The Day the Earth Stood Still” Movie Review
“D.T.E.S.S.” Plot Summary
A remake of the 1951 classic sci-fi film about an alien visitor and his giant robot counterpart who visit Earth.
Great Story
When a science-fiction movie’s location is not space but is earth, also if there is an alien threat, it becomes a nightmare for most of the audiences. At least, I feel this way and I believe so. If you can focus on this movie carefully and if you have no idea about it before, you will enjoy it and you will scare a bit. Many of other critics did not fit my thoughts and I really liked to watch how earth stopped. Especially the ending message is good but could be better if editors would leave it longer. I think many of other fans will wait for it’s DVD to see the deleted scenes. Because somethings looks missing in this one. 7/10 Give this one a chance and watch it.
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