‘King Kong’ Download and Reviews

December 10, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Fantasy

“King Kong” Movie Details

King Kong tagline: A Monster of Creation’s Dawn Breaks Loose in Our World Today!
King Kong - DVD Cover

King Kong DVD Cover

Actors:
Fay Wray Ann Darrow
Robert Armstrong Carl Denham
Bruce Cabot John ‘Jack’ Driscoll
Frank Reicher Capt. Englehorn
Sam Hardy Charles Weston
Noble Johnson Skull Island nation leader
Steve Clemente Witch King
James Flavin Second Mate Briggs
Walter Ackerman Reporter
James Adamson Native child
Van Alder Member of ship’s crew
Ed Allen Native
Frank Angel Reporter
Roscoe Ates Press Photographer
Ralph Bard Member of ship’s crew
Directors:
IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 out of 36,028 votes

“King Kong” Movie Review

“King Kong” Plot Summary

A film crew goes to a tropical island for an exotic location shoot and discovers a colossal giant gorilla who takes a shine to their female blonde star.

Gods and monsters

Forty years before Raquel Welsh, and a whole era before ‘Jurassic Park’, ‘King Kong’ was the world’s first dinosaur movie. But it wasn’t the dinosaurs it featured, but rather the eponymous giant ape, who became perhaps cinema’s most enduring icon. The recent death of Fay Wray, the film’s star, provides a good opportunity to re-evaluate this classic movie. The most remarkable thing is how exactly this film, made when talkies themselves were less than a decade old, defines the blockbuster to this day. All the elements are there: a ludicrous plot (among the many improbables we have to swallow is the fact that the discovery of living tyranousauri is regarded unremarkable by all); bad acting; a quasi-racist world-view, non-stop action tempered by a little love interest; and stunning special effects. The plot has a surprisingly mature structure, though, and unlike most of its successors, thankfully does not see the need for pyrotechnics right at the start, instead allowing the tension to build before the monster’s first appearance. The scene composition is also frequently truly brilliant, especially the scenes of Kong in New York, and also the scene where he bursts through the gates. It’s also interesting to catch certain cinematic conventions in an early state of evolution: one is that if characters are shot from a distance, we hear their voices more quietly. Also of note is the very static camera, pre-dating Orson Welles, of course, but additionally constrained by the need to accommodate the special effects: the scenes with the monster do feel more like a silent movie, or a primitive video game (indeed, the first computer game I ever owned was inspired by this movie, which, owing to a surreal Japanese spelling error, was known as ‘Donkey Kong’!). ‘King Kong’ is certainly no donkey of a film; but in some ways it’s a little disappointing to see how little the action adventure movie has advanced from its template in 71 years.

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‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ Download and Reviews

December 9, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Action, Adventure, Comedy

“Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” Movie Details

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me tagline: First, he fought for the Crown. Now he’s fighting for the Family Jewels.
Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me - DVD Cover

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Scott Cooper
  • Mike Myers Austin Powers/Dr. Evil/Fat Bastard
    Heather Graham Felicity Shagwell
    Michael York Basil Exposition
    Robert Wagner Number Two
    Rob Lowe Young Number Two
    Seth Green Scott Evil
    Mindy Sterling Frau Farbissina
    Verne Troyer Mini-Me
    Elizabeth Hurley Vanessa Kensington
    Gia Carides Robin Spitz Swallows
    Oliver Muirhead British Colonel
    George Cheung Chinese Teacher
    Jeffrey Meng Wang
    Muse Watson The Klansman
    Bobby
    Directors: Jay Roach IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 77,750 votes

    “Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me” Movie Review

    “Austin Powers 2: The Spy Who Shagged Me” Plot Summary

    Dr. Evil is back…and has invented a new time machine that allows him to go back to the 60’s and steal Austin Powers’s mojo, inadvertently leaving him “shagless”.

    HILARIOUS!

    I think Mike Meyers is hilarious in practically anything, he is just so funny. That’s all there is to it, need I say more? You just cant help but laugh at the funny antics of Mini-me and Dr. Evil. They are without a doubt the best part of this movie, you can’t not think this movie is hilarious. Funny is funny, I don’t care how stupid it is. And funny is especially funny if it is done by Mike Meyers in a ridiculous movie about a spy from the seventies stuck in the nineties, who steals his own mojo from himself, planning to destroy himself, with the help of a cute little midget 1/8 his size. ‘Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me’ is the funniest film of the year, you shouldn’t miss it. I have one thing to say to anyone who wants to trash this movie, ‘Sht! Zipit!’.

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    ‘Mamma Mia!’ Download and Reviews

    November 17, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Musical, Romance

    “Mamma Mia!” Movie Details

    Mamma Mia! tagline: Take a trip down the aisle you’ll never forget
    Mamma Mia - DVD Cover

    Mamma Mia! DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Meryl Streep Donna
    Pierce Brosnan Sam Carmichael
    Colin Firth Harry Bright
    Stellan SkarsgГҐrd Bill
    Julie Walters Rosie
    Dominic Cooper Sky
    Amanda Seyfried Sophie
    Christine Baranski Tanya
    Juan Pablo Di Pace Petros
    George Georgiou Pannos
    Chris Jarvis Eddie
    Philip Michael Pepper
    Enzo Squillino Jr. Gregoris
    Dylan Turner Stag
    Norma Atallah Irini
    Directors: Phyllida Lloyd
    IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 42,200 votes

    “Mamma Mia!” Movie Review

    “Mamma Mia” Plot Summary

    The story of a bride-to-be trying to find her real father told using hit songs by the popular ’70s group ABBA.

    Mamma Mia, Meryl!!!

    There’s no better way to describe the HORRENDOUS experience that’s to watch Mamma Mia: Hitler must be looking up, saying to the pseudo-director Phyllida Lloyd ‘You monster, what have you done?’Everything about the movie is wrong. Just Wrong! Even its success, which is unexplainable. I can understand when those crappy parody movies, like Epic Movie, make their minimal share of money and turn profit just because they’re cheap (of course they are!). But when something like Mamma Mia makes 450 million dollars worldwide, you think ‘what the hell is wrong with the world?’And to think we have Meryl Streep, one of the greatest alive actresses of the world, in it? What was she thinking? ‘I need the money’, she could say. Well then, sell one of your grandchildren, even that would be less embarrassing. It’s not that Meryl is good in a disastrous piece of, err, ‘movie’. She’s also disastrous! When she sings, even though she’s got the vocals, it’s ridiculous. Worse than her only Pierce Brosnan. He used to be James Bond. Now he’s singing Abba in a purple spandex during the credits of the worst movie ever. Really? And when I mention Abba, not that I have anything against the band and their music. Though it doesn’t help them when actors started singing (badly), dancing (worse) and the extras join then (They pop out of nowhere! Frequently!) to present one terrible musical sequences after the other. You wanna cry when the music starts. And I love musicals! But this is the first in the genre where you PRAY for actual silence

    I could keep going. The list goes on forever. You could write a Stephen King novel with the complete list of mistakes in this movie

    To sum up: go watch it! Really! You’ve got to witness to understand!! And since it’s already a huge success, who cares if it makes a few more dollars from you? And it’s not liking you’re selling your soul to the devil. Meryl did that before. For the whole mankind. And now the world must end, because we’ve committed the ultimate evil and we must be destroyed.

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    ‘Ransom’ Download and Reviews

    November 3, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Crime, Thriller

    “Ransom” Movie Details

    Ransom tagline: Someone is going to pay.
    Ransom - DVD Cover

    Ransom DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • JosГ© ZГєГ±iga
  • Mel Gibson Tom Mullen
    Rene Russo Kate Mullen
    Brawley Nolte Sean Mullen
    Gary Sinise Det. Jimmy Shaker
    Delroy Lindo Agent Lonnie Hawkins
    Lili Taylor Maris Conner
    Liev Schreiber Clark Barnes
    Donnie Wahlberg Cubby Barnes
    Evan Handler Miles Roberts
    Nancy Ticotin Agent Kimba Welch
    Michael Gaston Agent Jack Sickler
    Kevin Neil McCready Agent Paul Rhodes
    Paul Guilfoyle Wallace
    Allen Bernstein Bob Stone
    David Torres
    Directors: Ron Howard IMDB Rating: 6.6/10 out of 36,806 votes

    “Ransom” Movie Review

    “Ransom” Plot Summary

    When a rich man’s son is kidnapped, he cooperates with the police at first but then tries a unique tactic against the criminals.

    What a great film!

    I loved this movie. Mel Gibson is just totally great in this film, like most others. But really, the fact that he didn’t get Best Actor for this was a shame!Warning Possible Spoilers. This is my first review so I’m not quite sure how much I should say

    So anyways, I’ll assume you’ve already seen this but if you haven’t, well would you be surprised to know that this is about a kidnapping! As an airline exec. Mel has made some enemies’ and one day his son is taken by Gary Sinise & Co. Well, at first Mel cooperates but he soon thinks that he’ll never see his son again, alive anyways, if he pays. What follows is a spectacular scene in which Mel dedicates his life to finding and terribly murdering those responsible. Thing is Gary is a cop and is that a great cover or what!Even if you don’t like Mel still rent this one. You’ll love it!

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    ‘Wayne’s World’ Download and Reviews

    August 23, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Music

    “Wayne’s World” Movie Details

    Wayne’s World tagline: You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll hurl.
    Wayne's World - DVD Cover

    Wayne's World DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Mike Myers Wayne Campbell
    Dana Carvey Garth Algar
    Rob Lowe Benjamin Kane
    Tia Carrere Cassandra
    Brian Doyle-Murray Noah Vanderhoff
    Lara Flynn Boyle Stacy
    Michael DeLuise Alan
    Dan Bell Neil
    Lee Tergesen Terry
    Kurt Fuller Russell Finley
    Sean Gregory Sullivan Phil
    Colleen Camp Mrs. Vanderhoff
    Donna Dixon Dreamwoman
    Frederick Coffin Officer Koharski
    Mike Hagerty Davy
    Directors: Penelope Spheeris
    IMDB Rating: 6.9/10 out of 40,555 votes

    “Wayne’s World” Movie Review

    “Wayne’s World” Plot Summary

    Two slacker friends try to promote their public-access cable show. add synopsis

    Sure is unique

    It’s not at all hard to see why this early nineties comedy quickly became a huge cult hit with teenagers across the globe. Director Penelope Spheeris’ off the wall approach coupled with the ridiculously silly script from Mike Myers (‘Wayne’), Bonnie and Terry Turner, really helps ‘Wayne’s World’ appeal to an audience fully prepared for cinema completely void of seriousness

    Mike Myers and Dana Carvey are Wayne and Garth, two rockin’ dudes from Aurora, Illinois who have their own TV. show which they broadcast from Wayne’s basement. When ruthless entertainment executive Benjamin (Rob Lowe) sees the program, he signs the guys to a major network in the hope that he’ll be able to exploit them and make lots of money. Meanwhile Wayne has fallen for the lead singer of a local heavy metal band (she’s a Robo-babe). and Garth fantasises of one day getting up the nerve to talk to his dream woman, or perhaps even sing to her! Bursts of absolute hilarity (look for Wayne’s ‘Happy Birthday Mr. President’) and segments of sheer stupidity leaves ‘Wayne’s World’ inconsistent, but there’s enough on going nutty humour to keep the viewer amused. Clever, tongue-in-cheek performances from the two leads and the supporting cast really help set the mood, while the whole movie’s ‘no set guidelines’ tack allows director Penelope Spheeris to do anything she pleases, and she does just that.’Laverne and Shirley’ get the royal treatment, as do many other telly and picture shows, and even Alice Cooper manages to send himself up. For something out of the ordinary, ‘Wayne’s World’ sure is unique

    Friday, September 16, 1994 – Astor Theatre

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    ‘HouseSitter’ Download and Reviews

    August 16, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Romance

    “HouseSitter” Movie Details

    HouseSitter tagline: She’s turning his house into a home…hers!
    HouseSitter - DVD Cover

    HouseSitter DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Steve Martin Newton Davis
    Goldie Hawn Gwen Phillips
    Dana Delany Becky Metcalf
    Julie Harris Edna Davis
    Donald Moffat George Davis
    Peter MacNicol Marty
    Richard B. Shull Ralph
    Laurel Cronin Mary
    Roy Cooper Winston Moseby
    Christopher Durang Reverend Lipton
    Heywood Hale Broun Travis Keller
    Cherry Jones Patty
    Vasek Simek Karol
    Suzanne Whang Moseby’s Secretary
    Mary Klug Lorraine
    Directors: Frank Oz
    IMDB Rating: 5.7/10 out of 6,920 votes

    “HouseSitter” Movie Review

    “HouseSitter” Plot Summary

    Con artist Gwen moves into Newton’s empty house without his knowledge, and begins setting up house posing as his new wife. add synopsis

    Best Hawn-Martin film

    This film is well known, and I’ve read many comments on it. Some loves it, some does not, as usual. I think I depends on what you are looking for. This is in my opinion one of the best comedy of the last 20 years, light, funny, sincere. Hawn and Martin gave their best performance. (Moreover Hawn is so charming!) I keep this film on the shelf with Wilder’s Apartment, Reiner’s When Harry met Sally, etc. Enjoy it!

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