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Forum: Movie Reviews 08-03-18
Replies: 2
Drunks
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Drunks

Stand-up comic Richard Lewis, Calista Flockhart, and Faye Dunaway are the recognizable names in DRUNKS, a film directed by Peter Cohn, who has focused on documentary work since his debut in this...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-02-18
Replies: 0
Becket
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Becket

This one stars two of the heroes of “Hellraisers,” Robert Sellers’ account of inebriated English actors of the ‘60’s. Indeed, O’Toole and Burton are said to have claimed they indulged in alcohol...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-21-15
Replies: 64
The Royal Tenenbaums
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
THE ROYAL TENENBAUMS (2002) review

2.5

The The Royal Tenenbaums (2002)

Ah yes. Was a country still traumatized by 9-11 ready for this self-indulgent Wes Anderson movie? Would they ever be?

The premise seems borrowed from...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-21-15
Replies: 1
ALL THE MARBLES review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
ALL THE MARBLES review

ALL THE MARBLES (1981) 1.5

Something I’ve noticed about IMDB, Facebook (which I quit), and other sites on the internet is the “birds of a feather” effect. Because people don’t go to sites at...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-08-15
Replies: 3
MALONE (1987)
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Re: MALONE (1987)

No way! Didn't you see how hard Burt worked alongside the local mechanic to help him fix his own car? Heck, just one second's lapse of attention and he could have run his hand through toupee hair and...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 08-08-15
Replies: 84
Any guilty pleasure movies you like?
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Re: Any guilty pleasure movies you like?

5 Card Stud starring Dean Martin, Robert Mitchum, Roddy McDowell and Inger Stevens.
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-08-15
Replies: 13
I just saw The Big Lebowski, What's you guys opinions?
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Re: I just saw The Big Lebowski, What's you guys opinions?

I tried it myself several years ago, and repeatedly playing a cassette of Credence Clearwater's Greatest Hits gets old real fast. Sorry, Dude.
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-07-15
Replies: 3
MALONE (1987)
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
MALONE (1987)

MALONE (1987) 2.5

This pedestrian action movie stars Burt Reynolds, Cliff Robertson, and Lauren Hutton, as well as an attractive young Cynthia Gibb - an actress who’s continued to work...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-07-15
Replies: 0
Abel Raises Cain (2005) review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Abel Raises Cain (2005) review

Abel Raises Cain (2005) 4.0

...is the story of a true American eccentric, Alan Abel, and his family, and was directed and narrated by his daughter Jenny. These days, irony is laid on with a trowel...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-07-15
Replies: 1
DRUNKS (1995) review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
DRUNKS (1995) review

Drunks (1995) 3.0

Stand-up comic Richard Lewis, Calista Flockhart, and Faye Dunaway are the recognizable names in DRUNKS, a film directed by Peter Cohn, who has focused on documentary work since...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-07-15
Replies: 0
THE MAN FROM HONG KONG (1975) review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
THE MAN FROM HONG KONG (1975) review

The Man from Hong Kong (1975) 2.0

...is an oddball offspring of a collaboration between an Australian studio and the Hong Kong Kung Fu film factory Run Run Shaw, This one had the participation of...
Forum: Movie Reviews 08-07-15
Replies: 1
HUSTLE (1975) review:
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
HUSTLE (1975) review:

Hustle (1975) - 2.5

...starring Burt Reynolds and directed by Robert Aldrich, who had just finished directing Burt in the original version of THE LONGEST YARD. It starts off promising, as...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-29-15
Replies: 1
SOME CAME RUNNING review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
SOME CAME RUNNING review

SOME CAME RUNNING

2.5

Based on Robinson, Illiinois' favorite son, James Jones, stars Frank Sinatra (who also starred in Jones' story FROM HERE TO ETERNITY), as well as Sinatra's pal Dean...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-15
Replies: 0
HEARTBREAKERS Review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
HEARTBREAKERS Review

2.5

In a more innocent, JUST pre-9-11 world (the Twin Towers are front and center in one scene), a young Jennifer Love Hewitt was at the height of her powers, able to skate effortlessly from warm...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-15-15
Replies: 0
BIKE BOY review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
BIKE BOY Review

2.5

BIKE BOY

A few years ago, I would have laughed at the idea that Andy Warhol was "avant garde." Although I was a Warhol enthusiast at one time, I just don't think his art holds up. He was...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-12-15
Replies: 0
Conspiracy Theory Review
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Conspiracy Theory Review

Mel Gibson, a top box office star for years, built an impressively difverse resume before his personal and private lives collided to harm his public reputation - action like the original MAD MAX...
Forum: Movie Reviews 05-11-15
Replies: 0
St. Vincent
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
St. Vincent

2.5

St. Vincent is an odd sod of a move that doesn't neatly fit into the genre so obviously signalled in its poster, which seems to scream "Heartwarming Family Film."

The movie opens with...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 1
Lucy (2014)
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Lucy (2014)

LUCY (2014) 3.5 - William Burroughs once said during a lecture that almost all science fiction is bad, for the simple reason that it could never happen. LUCY, starring a dressed-down Scarlett...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 0
Opening Night
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Opening Night

I fell back into the Cassavetes trap and watched the alcoholic indie movie founder's film Opening Night 3.5 , once again starring his wife Gena Rowlands, this time as a middle-aged acting diva...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 0
Fight for Your Life (1974)
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Fight for Your Life (1974)

Fight For Your Life (1974) 3.0 is the last film produced by exploitation film titan William Mishkin (he took an Executive Producer credit on one later film). In a career that stretched from the early...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 0
The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)
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The Sorrow and the Pity (1969)

THE SORROW AND THE PITY (1969): 5.0 There's a joke about this one in Woody Allen's ANNIE HALL. Annie wants to do fun things, while Alvy just wants to watch THE SORROW AND THE PITY one more time.
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Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 0
Cassandra's Dream (2007)
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
Cassandra's Dream (2007)

Cassandra's Dream (2007): 2.0If Woody Allen ever made a potboiler, this is it. Nobody pays less or directs more passively than Allen, and obviously he got some sort of sweet deal to go to England...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 0
The Stray Dog (1949)
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
The Stray Dog (1949)

The Stray Dog (1949), 3.5 directed and co-written by Kurosawa, is top notch. Just contrast this with the typical cop movie, specifically the veteran cop teams up with rookie variety - The Stray Dog...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 4
A Woman Under the Influence
Posted By Rogers_Theatre
A Woman Under the Influence

I watched HUSBANDS not that long ago, so it's kind of surprising to me that I watched another John Cassavetes movie so soon - A WOMAN UNDER THE INFLUENCE. 3.5) I watched HUSBANDS not that long ago,...
Forum: Movie Reviews 04-29-15
Replies: 0
A Life of Ninja, aka Deadly Life of a Ninja
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A Life of Ninja, aka Deadly Life of a Ninja

A LIFE OF NINJA aka DEADLY LIFE OF A NINJA (1983): 3.0 Uneven but unique entry in the martial arts genre - great for enthusiast but the unsuspecting will probably find it a bit silly. The opening is...

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