‘True Romance’ Download and Reviews

November 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Crime, Romance, Thriller

“True Romance” Movie Details

True Romance tagline: Stealing, Cheating, Killing. Who said romance is dead?
True Romance - DVD Cover

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Actors:
Christian Slater Clarence Worley
Patricia Arquette Alabama Whitman
Michael Rapaport Dick Ritchie
Val Kilmer Elvis, Mentor
Bronson Pinchot Elliot Blitzer
Dennis Hopper Clifford Worley
Gary Oldman Drexl Spivey
Brad Pitt Floyd
Tom Sizemore Cody Nicholson
Christopher Walken Vincenzo Coccotti
Samuel L. Jackson Big Don
Saul Rubinek Lee Donowitz
James Gandolfini Virgil
Victor Argo Lenny
Frank Adonis Frankie
Directors: Tony Scott
IMDB Rating: 7.9/10 out of 69,386 votes

“True Romance” Movie Review

“True Romance” Plot Summary

Clarence marries hooker Alabama, steals cocaine from her pimp, and tries to sell it in Hollywood, while the owners of the coke try to reclaim it. add synopsis

This really is the ultimate Quentin Tarantino movie.

True Romance. Tarantino’s first, and ironically enough most original, movie. Though directed by Tony Scott (Top Gun, Enemy of the State) the film remains very faithful to Tarantino’s original conception. With the exception of the ending and the trademark Tarantino non-linear storytelling being taken out. There are oh so many things in this movie that Tarantino’s later works reference to that it’s like a Tarantino fan boy treat! Which I am not anymore. But during my one year time as a fan boy I did read the script of this movie and this was before I even saw the movie. So this being so very faithful to the script you can imagine how psyched i was seeing this movie. I was not disappointed

The movie starts off in not so sunny Detroit with our anti-hero Clarence. Clarence lives a very lonely life with comic books, Kung Fu movies and Elvis as his greatest passions. But one day a woman named Alabama comes into his life. They fall in love instantly and armed with a 38 caliber revolver, a suitcase full of cocaine and most of all love, they set off to sunny Hollywood to try to sell it off and live happily ever after

Many people brand this movie as a narcissistic teenage boy’s wet dream. Well it’s not. This is supposed to be a fairy tale and it so is. I mean he’s a film geek and she’s a hot girl. Well it turns out this hot girl likes movies and comics to so they get married. That’s every man’s dream. Tarantino didn’t set out to make a fairy tale when he wrote it but the changes that Tony Scott made (as small as they were) really changed the theme of the movie and made it lighter and more like a fairy tale. Personally I would have really liked to see what the movie would have been like if Tarantino had directed it

This is one of those movies which has a wonderful cast. First there’s Christian Slater (….well…True Romance) who plays the character of Clarence very good. Had this been directed by Tarantino in the early nineties the part would have been played by Tarantino himself. Slater plays it with a certain style and this really is his best film ever. I wonder why he doesn’t get better parts in movies. Then there’s Dennis Hopper (Land of the Dead, Speed) who plays his father in a couple of scenes. The whole movie is worth watching just for him. Gary Oldman (Leon, Lost in Space) plays a very cool role as Drexl the pimp. Good old Gary. Christopher Walken has a small role and plays it very calm and cool. Michael Rapaport, (Friends) who we all know from Friends and Deep Blue Sea, Plays struggling actor Dick Richie and gives a solid performance. And last but most certainly not least there’s Chris Penn (rest in peace) as Detective Nicky Dimes. He plays the part with such coolness and style and the film would not be what it is if he weren’t in it.’People have asked me: ‘So would you ever do a romance movie?’ like that’s not what I would do. ‘Well, I did a romantic movie, True Romance.’ ‘No, no, I mean like a real romantic movie.’ ‘Well that is a real romantic movie.’ ‘No, like one without violence?’ ‘Well there’ll be a lot of things in any movie I do that will be contradictory, but anybody who’s a fan of the movie can tell you, the title – True Romance – is not ironic…this is true romance.” – Quentin Tarantino.

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‘Bringing Out the Dead’ Download and Reviews

September 27, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Drama, Thriller

“Bringing Out the Dead” Movie Details

Bringing Out the Dead tagline:
Bringing Out the Dead - DVD Cover

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Actors:
  • Jesus A. Del Rosario Jr.
  • Nicolas Cage Frank Pierce
    John Goodman Larry
    Ving Rhames Marcus
    Tom Sizemore Tom Wolls
    Marc Anthony Noel
    Cliff Curtis Cy Coates
    Nestor Serrano Dr. Hazmat
    Afemo Omilami Griss
    Cullen O. Johnson Mr. Burke
    Arthur J. Nascarella Captain Barney
    Martin Scorsese Dispatcher
    Tom Riis Farrell John Burke
    Aleks Shaklin Arguing Russian
    Leonid Citer Arguing Russian
    Man with Bloody Foot
    Directors: Martin Scorsese IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 out of 29,664 votes

    “Bringing Out the Dead” Movie Review

    “Bringing Out the Dead” Plot Summary

    Frank Pierce is a paramedic working Gotham’s Hell’s Kitchen. He’s become burned out and haunted by visions of the people he’s tried to save. add synopsis

    Good once it finds its rhythm

    After reading the novel by Joe Connelly this movie is based on(by the way, the title is a reference to MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL), it seemed a perfect fit for director Martin Scorsese, writer Paul Schraeder, and star Nicolas Cage. After all, this is the mean streets of New York, this is about trying to find salvation and redemption in the pits of despair, and it features a character on the edge. But when things start out, I was disappointed. It seems like all three of them, Scorsese, Schraeder, and Cage, were straining to get the effect of the novel, and it felt disjointed. The narration by Cage seems to be covering up for what’s not being shown, which always means trouble

    In lesser hands, this might have been a problem. However, Scorsese has the craft to match his passion, and he soon finds the rhythm. The narration is used less and less as the movie goes on, and Cage is gradually able to show his grief, rather than just talk about it. We still don’t feel the impact of the story as much as we do in the novel, but we do feel something, thanks to Cage and Patricia Arquette(as the daughter of a patient he saves). Once it gets going, the black humor, courtesy of Ving Rhames and Tom Sizemore as fellow paramedics and Scorsese and Queen Latifah as dispatchers, helps fuel the picture as well. This isn’t quite as good as Scorsese’s other New York stories, but it is a worthy addition to his canon.

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    ‘Ed Wood’ Download and Reviews

    September 15, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Biography, Comedy, Drama

    “Ed Wood” Movie Details

    Ed Wood tagline: Movies were his passion. Women were his inspiration. Angora sweaters were his weakness.
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    Ed Wood DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Clive Rosengren
  • Johnny Depp Ed Wood
    Martin Landau Bela Lugosi
    Sarah Jessica Parker Dolores Fuller
    Patricia Arquette Kathy O’Hara
    Jeffrey Jones Criswell
    G.D. Spradlin Reverend Lemon
    Vincent D’Onofrio Orson Welles
    Bill Murray Bunny Breckinridge
    Mike Starr Georgie Weiss
    Max Casella Paul Marco
    Brent Hinkley Conrad Brooks
    Lisa Marie Vampira
    George ‘The Animal’ Steele Tor Johnson
    Juliet Landau Loretta King
    Ed Reynolds
    Directors: Tim Burton IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 out of 68,809 votes

    “Ed Wood” Movie Review

    “Ed Wood” Plot Summary

    The mostly true story of the legendary director of awful movies and his strange group of friends and actors.

    One of My Top 3 Favorite Films

    What more could you want from a movie. Tim Burton is my favorite director and Johnny Depp is my favorite actor. Martin Landau is brilliant as Bela ‘Pull the String! Pull the String!’. I watch this movie over and over finding new things each time. I can’t wait till the DVD comes to America. If you like this movie I’d recommend any of Tim Burton’s other films and the Peter Bogdonavich film ‘Paper Moon’, which is also in black and white.

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