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very good and entertaining

Posted : 9 months, 2 weeks ago on 11 February 2009 10:47 (A review of Vicky Cristina Barcelona)

woody allen's (match point) latest film Vicky Christina Barcelona which is exactly what the title says it is Vicky(Rebecca Hall) and Christina(Scarlett Johannson) get invited to Barcelona by Vicky's mom Judy(Patricia Clarkson) to Barcelona. Vicky Christina Barcelona is a very entertaining film which has it's main characters looking to find their niche'. this film along with Woody Allen's recent films Match Point and Scoop have been better than the ones in his past which now i can actually say that I enjoy his films which took me awhile to understand why people liked his films. However now I understand They are very fun, amd filled with wonderful dialogue. which is in every way possible what Vicky Christina Barcelona is. if you are a Woody Allen fan I highly reccomend this film.

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action packed, however not as advertised

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 10 July 2008 12:22 (A review of The Last Sentinel)

Kind of mix of Battlestar Galactica , Terminator, and the Chronicles of Riddick. The last sentinel is about an army of politicians/police officers called Drone police whose ultimate goal to rid the earth of all crime and civil unrest. however, the military as we used to know it is no-longer the same instead of humans they are cyborgs alike the Drones.

Don Wilson plays Dallas a cyborg who is the lone survivor of an all out attack on the Drones. which is the first 30 minutes of the movie with flashbacks of the attack on the drones to fill in the opening in which Dallas is seen walking around and over a tower/building where his platoon was wiped out.

Shortly after Dallas is done having a conversation with his dead Colonel played by an all to Ready for action Keith David. Dallas walks out into the street to see a white van chasing a small sedan filled with Drones shooting back and fourth. Katee Sackhoff whose name is never revealed and is credited only as girl is thrown from the van. and once all the drones have left the area does Dallas leave from atop the building in which he was hiding in to come and bring her to back to health. the training begins with the girl and then leads to an all out frontal assault on a building said to hold a disk in which the girl must return to her militia.

the last sentinel which is action packed and is misadvertised on the dvd case which claims that the girl is earths last hope. this will be obviously shown otherwise once you view it. I recommend this movie to any and all sci-fi fans. with cyborgs that look like necromongers and red suits that have a similar look to iron man whats not to like about the Last Sentinel.


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very good show ,one of my many faves

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 9 July 2008 07:44 (A review of Scrubs - The Complete First Season)

Scrubs Stars Zach Braff as John Dorian as a student in college who gets the chance to be an intern at Sacred Heart Hospital. What Dorian doesn't know is that the hopital is filled with a bunch weirdos for employees. for example Dr. Perry Cox(john C. McGinly) is doctor who expects the interns to know what it is they are doing when the start their internship and when they screw up he lectures them and taunts so it's pleasing to the audience (us, the viewer). then there's Dr. Robert "Bob" Kelso(Ken Jenkins) who does the same thing and is in charge of rounds which is the questioning of the interns of their knowledge in case they have to preform a procedure they have never done before. Kelso is famous for giving speeches to both Dr. Dorian and Dr. COx that are hilarious. the voice over by zach braff doesn't start to fit until after the first 4 episodes. However Dr. Dorian is not alone he has his buddy whom he's known since early childhood Turk(Donald Faison) who is an intern as well. in the very first few moments of the show Dr. Dorian meets Eliot Reed(Sarah Chalke) his love interest and best friend, whom in later episodes he dates and brakes up with only in the last few moments in the show's finale to discover that she is still crazy about him. but to top off the cast is the janitor played by a hilarious Neil Flynn who taunts interns becasue he has nothing better to do.scrubs one of those good sitcoms that comes around every once and awhile and is not garbage like most of the shows that are on Cbs and fox today so if you like quirky improv humor scrubs is for you

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good one liners, drags on

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 8 July 2008 10:21 (A review of Witless Protection (Widescreen Edition))

witless protection stars Larry the cable guy(the blue collar comedy tour) and Ivana Milicevic(casino Royale, Just Like Heaven) in the comic misadventure that officially marks Larry the cable guy as the new Ernest (Ernest in prison, in the jungle etc.) witless protection if full of redneck humor and one-liners that keep it entertaining. However, there is hardly enough plot to keep the movie moving for 90 minutes. if your looking for a few good laughs Witless protection if for you however If your a die hard Larry the cable guy fan go out and buy it. because witless protection is more than pleasing to your average redneck

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hullarious, yet trouthful

Posted : 1 year, 4 months ago on 8 July 2008 07:39 (A review of The Bucket List)

Rob Riener directs this off-beat comedy that stars Morgan Freeman and jack Nicholson as two old men who want to have some fun before they kick the bucket. jack Nicholson's character Edward Cole is a rich Doctor who ownns a chain of hospitals and is filthy rich and stuck up,later to be diagnosed with cancer as well, a perfect character for Nicholson to portray . Morgan Freeman is Carter chambers an all around smart man who is pretty much a historian, with the ability to recall dates off the top of his head. after both men have collapsed due to their fateful diagnoses. this puts the two men in a room together and it's not long before the two become friends. however, when carter tells wife Virgina(Beverly Todd) this creates a problem for him. however, carter is not alone when he finds out the cole has an issue with daughter emily.

the bucket list is a wonderful family comedy that deserves more recognition than it received both performances are spectacler from Freeman and Nicholson. The Bucket list Co-stars Rob Morrow(numbers) and Sean Hayes(will and Grace).

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very enjoyable

Posted : 1 year, 5 months ago on 14 June 2008 08:02 (A review of Rescue Me - The Complete Fourth Season)

season 4 of rescue opens with a bang. the very first episode is about the events that happened in the end of season 3. with the raping of tommy(Denis Leary) by Shiela(Callie Thorn) (who had drugged him and then accidentily burned down the house that they just bought(which happened in the season 3 finale)). the epsisode starts off that Tommy is being questioned by an insurance investigator and is really tommy questioning himself while having the conversation with the investigator. which could really mean jail time for him and sheila.

this season really focused on everyone moving on and the trying again of tommy and wife, janet(Andrea Roth). for example Mike (probie,michael Lombardi) graduates probie shcool and starts working another shift for ladder 62 and Black sean or what he likes to be called bart(larenz Tate)joins the cast. then Tommy and family start having their own family AA meetings which focus on Maggie(Tatum O' Niel) and uncle teddy(Lenny Clarke) which turns to turmoil Gavin style. Lou(John Scurti) discovers dating a former nun is not what it is cracked up to be. Franco(Daniel Sunjata) proposes to natalie. while Maggie and sean discover they need to give each other some space.

rescue me season 4 is by far my favorite so far and has classic memorable moments i myself am looking forward to season 5 coming out on dvd in the near futre.

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a tarrantino delight

Posted : 1 year, 11 months ago on 16 December 2007 09:07 (A review of Jackie Brown (Two-Disc Collector's Edition))

Quent Tarrantino's Jackie Brown which is based on the Elmore Leonard's novel "Rum Punch" follows the book to a tee. with an A-list cast which includes Pam Grier, Samule L. Jackson, Robert De Niro,Robert Forster,Chris tucker,Sid Haig, Bridget Fonda, and michael Keaton.the film starts off with Jackie Brown(Pam Grier) getting off the plane which she happens to be a stewardess on. only to be stopped by an ATF agent who is played by michael Keaton. the movie itself is nearly 3 hours and is very much worth the watch considering that this is the film tarrantino did after his breathrough classic pulp fiction. but with an A-list cast and terrific acting on all the actors and actresses you can't help but love the movie

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