‘Freaky Friday’ Download and Reviews

December 24, 2009 by Paul Wall  
Filed under Comedy, Family, Fantasy

“Freaky Friday” Movie Details

Freaky Friday tagline: Mondays are manic. Wednesdays are wild. And Fridays are about to get a little freaky.
Freaky Friday - DVD Cover

Freaky Friday DVD Cover

Actors:
  • Christina Marie Walter
  • Jamie Lee Curtis Tess Coleman
    Lindsay Lohan Anna Coleman
    Mark Harmon Ryan
    Harold Gould Grandpa
    Chad Michael Murray Jake
    Stephen Tobolowsky Mr. Bates
    Christina Vidal Maddie
    Ryan Malgarini Harry Coleman
    Haley Hudson Peg
    Rosalind Chao Pei-Pei
    Lucille Soong Pei-Pei’s Mom
    Willie Garson Evan
    Dina Spybey Dottie Robertson
    Julie Gonzalo Stacey Hinkhouse
    Same Shirt Girl
    Directors: Mark Waters IMDB Rating: 6.5/10 out of 27,427 votes

    “Freaky Friday” Movie Review

    “Freaky Friday” Plot Summary

    An overworked mother and her daughter do not get along. When they switch bodies, each is forced to adapt to the others life for one freaky Friday. add synopsis

    Freaky Fun-day!

    It was a remake and it delivered big time! Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan are an unstoppably funny team of mother and daughter that have just the right chemistry, the right dose of sarcasm and the right dose of whatever it takes to make you laugh and enjoy this film. No film this cheery and delightful would be complete with the dish! And the dish here is Chad Michael Murray with awesome hair, playing the love interest of Lohan’s character

    The story is about this mother and daughter who don’t seem to appreciate each other’s lives, so one Freaky Friday, while having dinner at a Chinese restaurant, they both receive fortune cookies with a weird message in them. The next morning, they wake up to find out that they have switched bodies, whereby the mum’s character now has the daughter’s thinking and reasoning, while the daughter now had the mother’s thoughts and reasoning

    The result is a pure riot! A must see for everyone who enjoys watching films that warm the heart and make you laugh.

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    ‘Groundhog Day’ Download and Reviews

    December 6, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

    “Groundhog Day” Movie Details

    Groundhog Day tagline: He’s having the worst day of his life… over, and over…
    Groundhog Day - DVD Cover

    Groundhog Day DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Rod Sell
  • Bill Murray Phil Connors
    Andie MacDowell Rita
    Chris Elliott Larry
    Stephen Tobolowsky Ned Ryerson
    Brian Doyle-Murray Buster Green
    Marita Geraghty Nancy Taylor
    Angela Paton Mrs. Lancaster
    Rick Ducommun Gus
    Rick Overton Ralph
    Robin Duke Doris, the Waitress
    Carol Bivins Anchorwoman
    Willie Garson Kenny
    Ken Hudson Campbell Man in Hallway
    Les Podewell Old Man
    Groundhog Official
    Directors: Harold Ramis IMDB Rating: 8.1/10 out of 125,198 votes

    “Groundhog Day” Movie Review

    “Groundhog Day” Plot Summary

    A weatherman finds himself living the same day over and over again.

    Among the most novel and entertaining of movies, a genuine modern classic.

    ‘Groundhog Day’ is Bill Murray’s serious movie. Along with Andie McDowell they make great chemistry. ‘Phil’ is the wise-cracking weatherman who thinks he is too good for everyone else. He is in PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa to do a newscast, and wishes he were just about anywhere else. They get snowed in, have to spend the night, and the next morning at 6AM the fun begins

    It is groundhog day again! He goes out, sees all the same people, doing and saying all the same things. To everyone else, this is the only time they have lived this particular day. But for Phil, it is the second time. In fact, every morning thereafter he awakes at 6AM to exactly the same music, the same day, it looks like itwill be for eternity

    January 2007: Just watched it yet again, it never gets old. (pun)Feb, 2, 2009 – Groundhog Day – I just watched it again. Never gets old!!CAUTION–SPOILERS–At first, Phil takes the ‘repeat’ days to deal in funny, or cruel, ways with others he knows he will meet. He knows everything will be wiped clean and he can start fresh the next day. No one but he will remember what happened the prior day. After a while, he gets depressed at the thought of being sentenced to an eternity of living the same day, so he tries to kill himself. Jumping off a building, taking a bath with a toaster, driving a car off a cliff, getting into the path of a truck. He succeeds each time, however when 6AM comes the next day, he’s back in his bed, Groundhog Day again, and his daily cycle starts again. And eventually he decides to go ahead and try to make good use of his situation

    So he takes on new hobbies. He becomes expert at ice sculpture, medicine, piano-playing, poetry, and a number of others. He comes to know all the people in town, not only their names but also intimate details of their lives. The film never hints at how many times he re-lives the same day. However, to gain all the proficiencies he did, it must have been several hundred. Perhaps even in the thousands. But that detail doesn’t matter

    As he becomes more and more charming, he decides to try and seduce his producer, played by McDowell. Each day he gets a bit farther, only to show off as the real jerk that he is, then is slapped and snubbed. But each day, since he is the only one who remembers, he gets a bit further. However, he is destined to never get the girl, unless he really changes, and he doesn’t realize this

    In the last 1/4 of the film, he has become a truly changed man. He helps people because it is the right thing to do. He is humble about his successes, and it is this change that ultimately attracts the woman of his dreams, and which gets him out of the seemingly endless cycle of re-playing Groundhog Day

    And that, in a nutshell, is what the film is all about. In a unique way – the re-play of a day – it is a commentary on the need to be true and pure in our intentions to be able to get out of our rut and make any meaningful contribution to this world. I rate it ‘10′, and is one of my favorite movies of all time.

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    ‘Basic Instinct’ Download and Reviews

    October 14, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Mystery, Romance, Thriller

    “Basic Instinct” Movie Details

    Basic Instinct tagline: A brutal murder. A brilliant killer. A cop who can’t resist the danger.
    Basic Instinct - DVD Cover

    Basic Instinct DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Bill Cable
  • Michael Douglas Det. Nick Curran
    Sharon Stone Catherine Tramell
    George Dzundza Gus Moran
    Jeanne Tripplehorn Dr. Beth Garner
    Denis Arndt Lt. Philip Walker
    Leilani Sarelle Roxy
    Bruce A. Young Andrews
    Chelcie Ross Capt. Talcott
    Dorothy Malone Hazel Dobkins
    Wayne Knight John Correli
    Daniel von Bargen Lt. Marty Nilsen
    Stephen Tobolowsky Dr. Lamott
    Benjamin Mouton Harrigan
    Jack McGee Sheriff
    Johnny Boz
    Directors: Paul Verhoeven IMDB Rating: 6.8/10 out of 53,524 votes

    “Basic Instinct” Movie Review

    “Basic Instinct” Plot Summary

    A police detective is in charge of the investigation of a brutal murder, in which a beautiful and seductive woman could be involved.

    Excellent, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat mystery/crime/thriller

    In my opinion, BASIC INSTINCT is an excellent, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat mystery/crime/thriller. Catherine (Sharon Stone) and Dr. Garner (Jeanne Tripplehorn) were both very beautiful women. The two characters I really couldn’t stand were Roxy (Leilani Sarelle) and Dr. Garner. This was because they were so snobby! Nick (Michael Douglas) was a very attractive, good-looking, strict, and business-like guy in my opinion. I loved his style. The most gruesome and scary part in my opinion was when Johnny Boz (Bill Cable) got murdered. That was almost too gruesome and scary for me to bear, but I managed to sit through it. My favorite part, though, was when Nick yells at Dr. Garner. That was very entertaining. In conclusion, I highly recommend this excellent, nail-biting, edge-of-your-seat mystery/crime/thriller to all you Michael Douglas or Sharon Stone fans who have not seen it.

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    ‘Thelma & Louise’ Download and Reviews

    September 7, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Adventure, Crime, Drama

    “Thelma & Louise” Movie Details

    Thelma & Louise tagline: Somebody said get a life… so they did.
    Thelma & Louise - DVD Cover

    Thelma & Louise DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Carol Mansell
  • Susan Sarandon Louise Elizabeth Sawyer
    Geena Davis Thelma Yvonne Dickinson
    Harvey Keitel Investigator Hal Slocumb
    Michael Madsen Jimmy Lennox
    Christopher McDonald Darryl Dickinson
    Stephen Tobolowsky Max
    Brad Pitt J.D.
    Timothy Carhart Harlan
    Lucinda Jenney Lena, Waitress
    Jason Beghe State Trooper
    Marco St. John Truck Driver
    Sonny Carl Davis Albert
    Ken Swofford Major
    Shelly Desai East Indian Motel Clerk
    Waitress
    Directors: Ridley Scott IMDB Rating: 7.3/10 out of 41,450 votes

    “Thelma & Louise” Movie Review

    “Thelma & Louise” Plot Summary

    An Arkansas waitress and a housewife shoot a rapist and take off in a ‘66 Thunderbird.

    Excellent, painful and beautiful

    I’ll always love this film… It’s one of my favorites. It touches you, it move you and makes you want to scream and shout, cry and laugh. Ridley Scott is a great director, and it was this film that really made me love him. It’s so good. The filming is great, the art direction is appropriate and the soundtrack is amazing. It’s a film about happiness, and how we can be kept away from it. And how women are supposed to just shut up and take whatever they are put through. It teaches you to never give up your dreams, live by your own example and take your life in your hands. We can’t just sit around watching life pass by. And when you get the chance – take it. And never apologize for being you

    See this film, just see it! It’s rather old, I was only 3 when it came out and I didn’t see it until it was a few years old. But this kind of movie never dies..Live your life and LOVE it!

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    ‘Memento’ Download and Reviews

    August 19, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Mystery, Thriller

    “Memento” Movie Details

    Memento tagline: Some memories are best forgotten
    Memento - DVD Cover

    Memento DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Larry Holden
  • Guy Pearce Leonard Shelby
    Carrie-Anne Moss Natalie
    Joe Pantoliano Teddy Gammell
    Mark Boone Junior Burt Hadley
    Russ Fega Waiter
    Jorja Fox Catherine Shelby – Leonard’s Wife
    Stephen Tobolowsky Sammy Jankis
    Harriet Sansom Harris Mrs. Jankis
    Thomas Lennon Doctor
    Callum Keith Rennie Dodd
    Kimberly Campbell Blonde Whore
    Marianne Muellerleile Emma the Tattooist
    Jimmy Grantz
    Directors: Christopher Nolan IMDB Rating: 8.6/10 out of 250,700 votes

    “Memento” Movie Review

    “Memento” Plot Summary

    A man, suffering from short-term memory loss, uses notes and tattoos to hunt for the man he thinks killed his wife.

    Original and intriguing film noir revision.

    Revising such film noir conventions as a story told through the unreliable point of view and voice-over narration of a morally flawed investigator-protagonist, the pervasive infusion of a dark past into the narrative present, and the use of a femme fatale as an embodiment of evil allure, Memento is perhaps the most original and intriguing revision of the genre since Welles’ Touch of Evil

    As almost every commentator has noted, the most startling (or ‘gimmicky’) feature of Memento – and one with obvious roots in the film noir tradition – is its inverted/contorted plot structure. The film loops backwards episodically to present a series of revelations about the main character, Lenny (Guy Pearce), about the motives of his antagonists ‘Teddy’ (Joe Pantolino) and ‘Natalie’ (Carrie Ann Moss), and about the nature of Lenny’s memory-loss condition. His condition ‘isn’t amnesia’ (or so Lenny tells everyone he meets) but rather such severe short term memory loss that he is unable to assimilate and retain experience – in other words, to make new memories. Consequently, Lenny’s identity, or more precisely his self-knowledge, is arrested at the moment he received a blow to his head while trying to stop intruders from raping his wife

    Everything that has happened thereafter has no subjective reality for Lenny, only whatever ‘objective’ reality he can forge using instant photos, notes to himself, and – for the really important stuff – tattoos. But matters are even more complex and paradoxical than this setup might lead one to expect. Gradually, the viewer learns that even the clear memories that Lenny claims to have from before the assault are, like dreams, colored by protective distortions and selectivity. Moreover the so-called facts he has assembled in his investigation and that he defensively claims are more reliable than memory turn out to be irretrievably entangled in subjective motives: his own, Teddy’s, and Natalie’s. Thus the viewer’s initial sympathy for Lenny as a justifiable victim/avenger transforms to horror as Lenny’s true current identity becomes clear

    Importantly, Memento’s regressive plot structure is punctuated and counter-pointed by a series of noirish black and white flashbacks in which Lenny relates to an anonymous phone caller the story of Sammy Jankis, another sufferer of short term memory loss who, ironically, was Lenny’s big case in his pre-trauma life as an insurance investigator. Unlike the main narrative, the Sammy sequences are told in chronological order, strategically intersecting and organizing the narrative as it wends its way backwards to the moment when Lenny decides to set in motion the data trail that will lead to the murder we see him commit in the film’s opening sequence. In addition, Lenny’s reconstruction of the Sammy sequences is itself dreamlike and unreliable since he attributes to Sammy characteristics that (if we can believe Teddy, an utterly corrupt cop) are Lenny’s own

    In addition to providing plot exposition and a recurring visual/narrative reference point, the Sammy sequences also bring into clear thematic focus the existential implications of memory loss. Like Sammy’s, Lenny’s ‘condition’ is a reduction to the most minimal and absurd level of the human mental processes for constructing meaning (in life, in film) out of fragmentary phenomena and evanescent recollections. In an age of Alzheimer’s, deconstruction, and ego-fictions, most viewers will all-too-easily identify with Lenny’s painfully hopeless and terrifyingly arbitrary quest to hold reality steady as is it fizzles and flits away.

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    ‘Wild Hogs’ Download and Reviews

    August 12, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Adventure, Comedy

    “Wild Hogs” Movie Details

    Wild Hogs tagline: A lot can happen on the road to nowhere.
    Wild Hogs - DVD Cover

    Wild Hogs DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Tim Allen Doug Madsen
    John Travolta Woody Stevens
    Martin Lawrence Bobby Davis
    William H. Macy Dudley Frank
    Ray Liotta Jack
    Marisa Tomei Maggie
    Kevin Durand Red
    M.C. Gainey Murdock
    Jill Hennessy Kelly Madsen
    Dominic Janes Billy Madsen
    Tichina Arnold Karen Davis
    Stephen Tobolowsky Charley
    Jason Sklar Earl Dooble
    Randy Sklar Buck Dooble
    Drew Sidora Haley Davis
    Directors: Walt Becker
    IMDB Rating: 6.0/10 out of 37,112 votes

    “Wild Hogs” Movie Review

    “Wild Hogs” Plot Summary

    A group of suburban biker wannabes looking for adventure hit the open road, but get more than they bargained for when they encounter a New Mexico gang called the Del Fuegos.

    Must Watch

    This movie has to be one of my all time favorites. John Travolta was an absolute champion in this movie and had me in tears laughing

    For those who don’t know, wild hogs is a movie about a bunch of nerds or wimps who went to high school together and decide to go out on a road trip

    This movie just keeps getting funnier, its unpredictable and just totally random in a way but it still follows the story line. To conclude this movie is a must watch and i can almost guarantee that you will be in stitches laughing at these mates try to be cool biker dudeMitch

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    ‘Bird on a Wire’ Download and Reviews

    August 11, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Action, Adventure, Thriller

    “Bird on a Wire” Movie Details

    Bird on a Wire tagline: He’s every woman’s dream and one woman’s nightmare
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    Bird on a Wire DVD Cover

    Actors:
  • Wes Tritter
  • Mel Gibson Rick Jarmin
    Goldie Hawn Marianne Graves
    David Carradine Eugene Sorenson
    Bill Duke Albert Diggs
    Stephen Tobolowsky Joe Weyburn
    Joan Severance Rachel Varney
    Harry Caesar Marvin
    Jeff Corey Lou Baird
    Alex Bruhanski Raun
    John Pyper-Ferguson Jamie
    Clyde Kusatsu Mr. Takawaki
    Jackson Davies Paul Bernard
    Florence Patterson Molly Baird
    Tim Healy Paul
    Scottie
    Directors: John Badham IMDB Rating: 5.4/10 out of 11,712 votes

    “Bird on a Wire” Movie Review

    “Bird on a Wire” Plot Summary

    A FBI informant has kept his new identity secret for 15 years, now an old flame has recognised him and the bad guys are back for revenge. add synopsis

    A great ‘Man’s Movie’

    I love this movie but my wife hates it!This one combined great actors, comedy, action, bad guys, good guys, women, strong women, lions, tigers, (no bears), drama, explosions, gunfire, helicopters, deception, impossible situations and narrow escapes

    Now I ask you. What else are you looking for? Education and information? The ballet it is not, although there is some action high on buildings. If you are male or like male type movies, you can’t go wrong!Goldie is delicious as always, Mel Gibson is, well, Mel Gibson!This movie is a action thriller comedy that moves from start to finish!

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    ‘The Insider’ Download and Reviews

    August 11, 2009 by Paul Wall  
    Filed under Biography, Drama, Thriller

    “The Insider” Movie Details

    The Insider tagline: Warning: Exposing the Truth May Be Hazardous
    The Insider - DVD Cover

    The Insider DVD Cover

    Actors:
    Al Pacino Lowell Bergman
    Russell Crowe Jeffrey Wigand
    Christopher Plummer Mike Wallace
    Diane Venora Liane Wigand
    Philip Baker Hall Don Hewitt
    Lindsay Crouse Sharon Tiller
    Debi Mazar Debbie De Luca
    Stephen Tobolowsky Eric Kluster
    Colm Feore Richard Scruggs
    Bruce McGill Ron Motley
    Gina Gershon Helen Caperelli
    Michael Gambon Thomas Sandefur
    Rip Torn John Scanlon
    Lynne Thigpen Mrs. Williams
    Hallie Kate Eisenberg Barbara Wigand
    Directors: Michael Mann
    IMDB Rating: 8.0/10 out of 65,060 votes

    “The Insider” Movie Review

    “The Insider” Plot Summary

    A research chemist comes under personal and professional attack when he decides to appear in a “60 Minutes” expose on Big Tobacco.

    yes this was great.

    SPOILERS THROUGH: There is very little that I can add to many of the glowing reviews. I thought The Insider was incredible. Flawless from beginning to end. It’s in the IMDb top 250 and small wonder. It was a superb movie

    There are so many elements in this movie that are fascinating. The journalistic issues. The issues of whistle blowing and doing the right thing. In my view both the main characters are heroes. The fact that this is based on a true story makes it that much more fascinating

    Pacino and Crowe both, in my opinion, gave flawless performances and both were excellent at drawing the viewer in(let me change that) SWEEPING the viewer in to their lives and the things they were fighting for. There are many movies that take on important issues but lack the ability to keep the movie interesting. That’s not the case here as the movie literally simmers from start to finish and through the last hour or so, I don’t think I moved. That’s the type of film this is and it is absolutely outstanding

    This was one of the best roles I’ve seen Al Pacino in and though I have not seen a lot of Crowe’s work, he is wonderful here and well cast

    The supporting cast was wonderful too. There have been so many movies made about deception and dishonesty, it’s nice to see a movie where the main characters are courageous and heroic. The Insider is all at once absorbing, disturbing, thought provoking and triumphant. In other words, it’s everything a good movie should be. This is a long movie but the time goes very quickly and it’s not the type of movie that could have been any shorter. (It actually could have been even longer.) Everything from the acting to the camera work(some of it quite unusual) to the story itself is top notch and this is an example of a great film and that rare movie that myself and my film going friends can actually agree on. My vote is 10 of 10.

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