‘Alpha Dog’ Download and Reviews
“Alpha Dog” Movie Details
Alpha Dog tagline: Inspired by true events.
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| IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 out of 35,245 votes |
“Alpha Dog” Movie Review
“Alpha Dog” Plot Summary
A drama based on the life of Jesse James Hollywood, a drug dealer who became one of the youngest men ever to be on the FBI’s most wanted list.
Powerful and realistic. Well done by Cassavetes and Timberlake.
Alpha Dog starts off as what seems like a movie all about a group of friends who life their idea of the American dream: doing drugs, having sex, and hanging out with each other not a care in the world. However, when their leader, Johnny Truelove (Emile Hirsch), decides to kidnap the brother (Anton Yelchin) of a man (Ben Foster) who owes him drug money, their perfect world begins to shatter as they realize that their mindless prank has become a situation that could get them stuck in jail for the rest of their lives.
The acting is pretty good considering the cast is mostly young men with little to no experience. First, you have Anton Yelchin, whom the plot centers around. He is the young man trying to grow up, and finds a real sense of comfort in his captors, as weird as it sounds. He does a great job building a likable, yet flawed character. The film definitely displays likable characters, but the audience has to remember that these characters are not good people. Ben Foster has always been around in my eyes, and he delivers his most intense role yet as the scary and sadistic Jake Mazursky. Very good job. Emile Hirsch is steadily developing into a good leading man after nice turns in Lords of Dogtown and The Girl Next Door. He’s the leader of the group, and he has a certain presence despite his small size that reminds the viewer who’s in command. Sharon Stone continues to defy my expectations of her after watching her in Bobby and this film. Very intense and powerful performance, which is very heartfelt at the end of the film. However, none of these performances stack up close to that of GASP Justin Timberlake. Timberlake really stood out to me in the film as Frankie, Johnny’s best friend. He develops a strong friendship with Yelchin’s character, and Timberlake really steals the show the whole time. His character is the most believable and likable of the bunch. Bruce Willis and Shawn Hatosy are also good in limited screen time (I don’t think I’ve seen Willis have this much hair in a long time).
Nick Cassavetes does a good job as director, giving us the exact opposite of his most famous work to date, The Notebook. He delivers the gritty and realistic feel of 1999 Southern California and gets great performances out of actors who you don’t really expect it from. The film definitely was better than I expected because of Justin Timberlake. I thought he would make the film worse but he made it better. It has some sex scenes and nudity, not to mention a lot of language, so Alpha Dog isn’t really appropriate for anyone under 16 or 17. With a good ensemble cast, a good script, good direction, and a heart wrenching climax, Alpha Dog is a good movie to watch.
8/10 –spy
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‘Mary Poppins’ Download and Reviews
“Mary Poppins” Movie Details
Mary Poppins tagline: See It Again and Again with that Supercalifragilistic Music! [re-release Australia 1976]
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| IMDB Rating: 7.7/10 out of 32,668 votes |
“Mary Poppins” Movie Review
“Mary Poppins” Plot Summary
A magic nanny comes to work for a cold banker’s unhappy family.
Practically Perfect
Mary Poppins is, without a doubt, the finest non-animated film in the Disney canon (yes, there is lots of animation) and a genuine classic
I won’t repeat what’s been said in the many fine reviews here on IMDb, I’ll just say that there are a few problems that are glaring and make the film a tad less enjoyable for me: 1. Dick van Dyke’s cockney accent is horrible. He sounds like an American imitating a Londoner trying to imitate a cockney. It’s bloody awful! While I find his singing and dancing admirable and entertaining, his speaking voice is nails-on-slate. Had the producers just dubbed his speaking voice with that of Michael Caine – a real cockney – I wouldn’t find this so annoying. This is tune out number one.2. The film is too long. Some judicious cutting, especially of a couple of the lesser musical numbers, would have been in order. Also, the final boardroom scene in the bank goes on for far too long
This is outweighed by the utter charm of the whole thing and the near-magical presence of the splendid Julie Andrews – a performer worthy of admiration if there ever was one. This is a woman with talent, incredible personal charm, and true charisma. She is a leading lady, pure and simple. She more than makes up for the aforementioned minor problems for every second she is on screen is magic
One glaring omission from all the reviews I’ve read is an appreciation of the two ladies who played the elder servants in the household – the American character actress Reta Shaw and the British Hermione Baddley (sp?). Both lend top-notch support and are quite wonderful, especially Shaw, who was one of the most popular and talented character actresses of her era. (She is best remembered for her semi-recurring role on TV’s BEWITCHED and for her presence in most of Doris Day’s films.) Shaw was a skilled song-and-dance performer with a deep voice and commanding presence and a master scene stealer.
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‘Stuart Little’ Download and Reviews
“Stuart Little” Movie Details
Stuart Little tagline: The Little Family Just Got Bigger
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“Stuart Little” Movie Review
“Stuart Little” Plot Summary
The Little family adopt a charming young mouse named Stuart, but the family cat wants rid of him. add synopsis
Excellent Family Comedy with many famous talents…
Stuart Little is a comedy perfect for the entire family with may great talents
There are many familiar faces, such as Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie, known for playing Sarcastic Gregory House of House, MD., Johnathen Lipniki of The Littlest Vampire, SNL’s Julia Sweeny, and a cameo of Golden Girls’ Estelle Getty (She Played Sophia).
There are also many great voices, such as Michael J. Fox (Currently associated in a controversy of his Parkinson’s disease ad)as the ‘little’ hero, Stuart, Nathan Lane and Vincent Pastore as a particularly menacing cat named Smoky
The CGI effects are stunning. Stuart looks very life-like and so do the cats, who are pretty much the real thing
The film is based upon the book by E.B. White, best known for his book-turned-film, Charolette’s Web (Look for the Live action film in theaters December).
The Little family is looking to adopt a child…and what they got was Stuart, a white, orphan mouse. Mr. and Mrs. Little immediately take to him and choose him. However, George Little is far from impressed…to have a mouse for a brother…but, whom is even more dismayed is the family cat, Snowbell, being his name would be ruined of his cat buddies were to find out about Stuart, a ‘Mouse with a Pet Cat…’ So, as Stuart spends time to his new family the leader, Smoky, plots to rid the family of Stuart once and for all…But Stuart is ready for them…This is a sparkling, charming adaption of E.B. White’s novel.’Little Hi, Little Lo…Little Hey, Little Ho!’
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