Gabriel “Fluffy" Iglesias: One
Show Fits All—live show distributed by Netflix Studios—informs
audiences about Gabriel, his family interactions, and friends he makes along the path of building his career. The show serves its purpose in that audiences laugh just as Iglesias intends they
should.
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A
series of 'humorous shots' at Iglesias’ father/son relationship couples with an interesting Snoop Dog appointment.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Manny Rodriguez for directing effort. Additional
characters/cast include: Himself (Gabriel Iglesias).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
The Iglesias-style comedy is there. It is worth a watch.
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works slowly. It seems difficult to find reason within the story for sequential
events and therefore comes off as mind bending without sufficient resolution
for the conclusion. Read a plotline before going.
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A
Mars mission controller on assignment to down-drop a Mars rover finds herself
compromised as her artificial intelligence supervisor begins taking independent
action.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Hasraf Dulull for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producers Jamie Carmichael, Tom Clark, Phil Hunt, Scott Glassgold, Susan
Morrall, Eduardo Panizzo, Compton Ross, Terence Ryan, and David Sheldon-Hicks
for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Mackenzie
Wilson (Katee Sackhoff), Sterling Brooks (Ray Fearon), Lena Wilson (Julie Cox),
ARTi (voice of Steven Cree), Jian Lin (voice of David Tse), SWAT Team Soldier 1
(Neil Robertson), SWAT Team Soldier 2 (Matthew Holloway), SWAT Team Soldier 3 (Philip
Baughan), and SWAT Team Soldier 4 (Archie Gemell).
The Red Violin—classic
entertainment—is intriguing and saturates itself with a decidedly European
flavor throughout its story. Samuel L. Jackson plays a quite different role in
this film and as usual gives it his best. His supporting cast helps move the
story along in a flowing way that is well received. It is a well-done story.
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A
violin travels the world through several centuries before finding its final
resting place in America.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director François Girard for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Niv
Fichman for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Nicolo
Bussotti (Carlo Cecchi), Anna Bussotti (Irene Grazioli), Cesca (Anita
Laurenzi), Apprentice (Tommaso Puntelli), Boy (Samuele Amigetti), Georges
Poussin (Jean-Luc Bideau), Assistant (Aldo Brugnini), Kaspar Weiss (Christoph
Koncz), and Antoinette Pussin (Clotilde Mollet
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It serves as a good late teen/adult share and sits among some of the better
films on the market. Well done by all involved.
Duck, You Sucker!
combines the personalities of James Coburn and Rod Steiger to deliver a good revisionist western story. The film is well done for the adult audience.
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Mexican bandit and an ex-Irish revolutionary inadvertently become heroes of the
Mexican revolution.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Sergio Leone for directing effort. Thank you to Producer Fulvio
Morsella for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Juan
Miranda (Rod Steiger), John H. Mallory (James Coburn), Dr. Villega (Romolo
Valli), Adelita (Maria Monti), Santerna (Rik Battaglia), Governor Huerta
(Franco Graziosi), Gutierez/Colonel Günther Reza (Antoine Saint-John), Coleen
(Vivienne Chandler), and Nolan (David Warbeck).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
This film is one Sergio Leone fans may have missed. But, the Sergio Leone style
and quality does not flag and will completely satisfy the western movie fan.
Thank you.
*Also Known As: A Fistful of Dynamite and Giù la testa
The Pirate Fairy—simple
story—serves the child audience quite nicely. While it is not a child/adult
share, it has just the right amount of adventure to keep the child engaged.
Good work for Director Peggy Holmes.
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Pixie dustkeeper steals the blue dust that allows fairies to fly and Tinker
Bell and her friends must get it back.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Peggy Holmes for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producer John Lasseter for making
the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Tinker Bell (voice of
Mae Whitman), Zarina (voice of Christina Hendricks), James (voice of om
Hiddleston), Silvermist (voice of Lucy Liu), Iridessa (voice of Raven-Symoné),
Rosetta (voice of Megan Hilty), Vidia (voice of Pamela Adlon), Fawn (voice of
Angela Bartys), and Oppenheimer/Port (voice of Jim Cummings).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It’s good child fare during a lunch break or afternoon fill-in-time.
Chappie, despite moving slowly, has an
underlying humaneness that appeals and keeps one watching when one otherwise
may not make that choice. It’s made for audiences who love robot movies and the
possibilities a robotic future holds. The conclusion of the film is worth
waiting for and makes the movie. While Hugh Jackman and Sigourney Weaver are
terrific entertainers, they both seem miscast for their parts in this
film...Jackman, because he is a nice guy trying to play the bad guy and Weaver
because of the serious look with a straight face. Dav Patel makes one want to see
more of his acting in other films to examine his range and depth.
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An engineer
attempts installation of artificial intelligence into a damaged police robot.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to
Director Neill Blomkam for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer
Ben Waisbren for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include:
Chappie (Sharito Copley), Deon Wilson (Dev Patel), Ninja (Ninja), Yo-Landi
(Yo-Landi Visser), Yankie (Jose Pablo Cantillo), Vincent Moore (Hugh Jackman),
Michelle Bradley (Sigourney Weaver), Hippo (Brandon Auret), and Pitbull (Johnny
Selema).
Buy a ticket?
Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe. The film serves as a good industry piece to examine the potential of Dav Patel. This film has a good conclusion.
Payback—gritty
and realistic—stars Mel Gibson. It has a good, solid storyline and serves as a
good guy flick. The venue is fresh and well-chosen. This film turns upside down, just as the Paul Newman and Robert Redford film Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid did, by making the protagonist the bad guy instead of the traditional, ethical, wear-the-white-hat good guy. This movement makes an interesting watch.
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After
being denied his portion of heist money, Porter (Mel Gibson) goes on a hunt to recover his share of the money.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Brian Helgel and for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producer Stephen McEveety for making the film possible. Additional
characters/cast include: Val Resnick (Gregg Henry), Rosie (Maria Bello), Arthur
Stegman (David Paymer), Detective Hicks (Bill Duke), Mrs. Lynn Porter (Deborah
Kara Unger), Phil (John Glover), Carter (William Devane), and Pearl (Lucy Liu).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
The movie completely serves the hardcore Mel Gibson fan. It’s well done and
worth a watch. The story moves along rapidly from one action scene to another.
Mickey’s House of Villains—good
show, great watch—preserves and serves up a household of memories for both an
excellent child/adult share and a stand-alone adult trip down memory lane.
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Halloween
with Mickey Mouse and friends tells its story with old reruns of Mickey Mouse
cartoon adventures.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Directors Jamie Mitchell, Rick Calabash, Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway,
Burt Gillett, Jack Hannah, Jack King, and Mike Moon for directing effort. Thank
you to Executive Producers Tony Craig and Roberts Gannaway for making the film
possible. Additional characters/cast include: Mickey Mouse (voice of Wayne
Allwine), Donald Duck/Huey/Dewey/Louie (voice of Tony Anselmo), Salesman (voice
of Jeff Bennett), Cruella De Vil (voice of Susanne Blakeslee), Captain
Hook/Chernabog/How to Narrator/Chief O’Hara (voice of Corey Burton), Ursula
(voice of Pat Carroll), Narrator (John Cleese), Big Bad Wolf/Kaa/Ed the Hyena
(voice of Jim Cummings), Goofy (voice of Bill Farmer).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
Worthy entertainment demonstrates why we fell in love with Hollywood, Disney,
Mickey Mouse, and his friends.
GI Jews: Jewish Americans in World War II—terrific documentary—tells the Jewish perspective of American
Jewish soldiers fighting during World War II. It’s a little redundant, but it informs
about the many tasks and the many talents necessary to successfully support and
move a country through war and a demographic group who contributed to that effort.
The movie is well received and deserves its kudos for the work performed by Director
Lisa Ades.
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Jewish
Americans from all walks of life detail their World War II service.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Lisa Ades for
directing effort. Thank you to Producers Lisa Ades and Amanda Bonavita for making
the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Himself (Hal
Baumgarten), Himself (Mel Brooks), Himself (Morton D. Brooks), Himself (Harry
Corre), Herself (Deborah Dash Moore), Himself (Leonard Everett Fisher), Himself
(Max Fuchs), Himself (Henry Kissinger), and Himself (Si Lewen).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes. It is informative and intriguing. Well done by all involved.
Meet Joe Black—classic
in the making—stars Brad Pitt with Anthony Hopkins and creates un unbeatable
piece of entertainment. Director Martin Brest performs magnificently with this spiritual
drama and turns it into a WOW! Bravo! Bravo! piece of art. Award winning!
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Death
takes a swing at living life and finds it difficult to leave.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Martin Brest
for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producer Ronald L. Schwary for making the film possible. Additional
characters/cast include: Allison (Marcia Gay Harden), Quince (Jeffrey Tambor),
Joe Black/Young Man in Coffee Shop (Brad Pitt), William Parrish (Anthony
Hopkins) Susan Parrish (Claire Forlani), Drew (Jake Weber), Eddie Sloane (David
S. Howard), and Jamaican Woman (Lois Kelly Miller).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
This film makes the Ben Meyers International Top 100 Films to Watch list. It’s
a WOW piece of entertainment. Fantastically and artfully accomplished.
Evelyn—not
Pierce Brosnan’s best acting performance—tells a story that needs to be told
about changes in the way Ireland processes single parent home children.
Terrific treat to hear Pierce Brosnan sing. His voice reminds one of
Newfoundland folk songs as sung by Alan Mills in the 1950s. While the movie
seems a little redundant due to its linear story telling method and the
lack of second/third/fourth stories interweaving with the main story, the film moves along toward a memorable conclusion. It’s a capsule of Irish history
where an Irish future is altered through the efforts of a single, persistent
father.
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A
father loses his three children to an Irish church orphanage and must fight the
legal system to have them returned.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Bruce Beresford for directing effort. Thank you to Executive
Producers Simon Bosanquet, Kiernan Corrigan, Eberhard Kayser, and Mario Ohoven
for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Evelyn Doyle
(Sophie Vavasseur), Dermot Doyle (Niall Beagan), Maurice Doyle (Hugh McDonagh),
Desmond Doyle (Pierce Brosnan), Charlotte Doyle (Mairead Devlin), Henry Doyle
(Frank Kelly), Mrs. Daisley (Claire Mullan), Inspector Logan (Alvaro Lucchesi),
and District Judge (Garrett Keogh).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe.
The film takes a while to tell its story, but it’s good to see how Ireland
solves its single parent with children policies with more reasonable solutions.
American Gangster—well
done, Bravo! film—teams Denzel Washington and Russell Crowe for a very well
crafted movie that is worth both your time and money. Great work for Director
Ridley Scott.
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A
gangster keeps a low profile and builds an empire before capturing attention that
draws investigation for a take down.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Director Ridley Scott
for directing effort. Thank you to Executive Producers Michael Costigan, Branko
Lustig, Nicholas Pileggi, Jim Whitaker, and Steven Zaillian for making the film
possible. Additional characters/cast include: Frank Lucas (Denzel Washington),
Richie Roberts (Russell Crowe), Huey Lucas (Chiwetel Ejiofor), Detective Trupo
(Josh Brollin), Eva (Lymari Nadal), Lou Toback (Ted Levine), Nate (Roger
Guenveur Smith), and Freddie Spearman (John Hawkes).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
Almost as good as Godfather, it’s a
WOW film within its genre.
Les Saisons—great
cinematography—becomes difficult to classify. At first the documentary seems to be a story about animals(like Animal Planet or Discovery shows). Then, the viewer realizes that this
filming has been accomplished over several yearswith the repetitive theme of an animal gets killed or dies...some
survive a season, some do not, and a certain uncomfortable redundancy appears
which reminds one of conversations with people who greet each day, year after
year with the same conversation about the weather. At the end of the show, one
feels that they just watched a message movie and are left with the question of
what exactly is the message?
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This
documentary presents an exceptionally creative and artistic cinematographic
look at how nature engulfs life.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Directors Jacques Perrin and Jacques Cluzaud for directing effort. Thank
you to Producers Nicolas Elghozi and Jacques Perrin for making the film
possible. Additional characters/cast include: Pascal Tréguy.
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Maybe.
For the artistic effect and the terrific cinematography, give this movie a
whirl. It could serve as a background flick for parties due to its unique
presentation where cinematography dominates narration. But, programs such as Animal Planet seem to offer more for
time and money spent, especially for children.
Death Race—high
octane WOW entertainment—has a unique storyline and ends up being one of the best
racing movies out there. It easily becomes one of Jason Statham’s best performances
and allows supporting cast Ian McShane, Tyrese Gibson, and Jason Clarke
opportunity to show their professionalism within entertainment.
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To
earn money to pay for a privatized prison, a warden holds televised death
races.
Additional Thanks
Thank
you to Director Paul W.S. Andersaon for directing effort. Thank you to
Executive Producers Roger Corman, Don Granger, Dennis E. Jones, and Ryan
Kavanaugh for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Jensen
Ames (Jason Statham), Hennessey (Joan Allen), Coach (Ian McShane), Machine Gun
Joe (Tyrese Gibson), Case (Natalie Martinez), Pachenko (Max Ryan), Ulrich
(Jason Clarke), Lists (Frederick Koehler), and Gunner (Jacob Vargas).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
It’s a thrill-a-minute movie. Thank you to Director Paul W.S. Anderson for pulling
every last piece of excitement from the script and allowing it full blown
screen access.
Leroy and Stitch—the
sequel to Stitch! The Movie—equates
with its prequel in animation and in heart. It’s a pleasure to watch.
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Leroy,
a created evil twin, makes havoc for Lilo, Stitch, and the universe.
Additional Thanks
Thank you to Directors Tony Craig
and Roberts Gannaway for directing effort. Thank you to for directing effort.
Thank you to Executive Producers Tony Craig, Roberts Gannaway, and Jess
Winfield for making the film possible. Additional characters/cast include: Lilo
(voice of Daveigh Chase), Stitch/Leroy (voice of Chris Sanders), Dr. Jumba
(voice of David Ogden Stiers), Pleakley (voice of Kevin McDonald), Nani (voice
of Tia Carrere), Captain Gantu (voice of Kevin Michael Richardson), Experiment 625-Reuben/Remmy/Richter/Squeak (voice of Rob Paulsen), Dr. Jacques Von Hämsterviel/Fibber/Slick/Ace
(voice of Jeff Bennett), Grand Councilwoman (voice of Zoe Caldwell), and Nosy
(voice of Bobcat Goldthwait).
Buy a ticket? Yes? No? Maybe?
Yes.
For Lilo and Stitch fans, it completely satisfies.
