The Great Escape on IMDb
Synopsis: The Nazis really did think that it was a great idea to put all the best escape artists together in WWII in the same camp.
Pros: The escape and subsequent splitting of the action to the multiple escapees was very interesting and compelling.
Cons: Long. A bit longer than I was expecting.
Verdict: [...]
Le Fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain on IMDb
Synopsis: Audrey Tautou does everything in her power to get this guy. Oh, and she does a lot of other really great things for the world.
Pros: The story’s very charming and uplifting, and the cinematography is gorgeous.
Cons: The special effects were just a little much at times. But not [...]
Touch of Evil on IMDb
Synopsis: Charlton Heston and Orson Welles play “Good Cop, Bad Cop.”
Pros: Wow, I was watching this and got so sucked into it that 45 minutes went like *snaps fingers* that. It was very riveting, and very well done.
Cons: The reefer boys were…interesting. Very old skool.
Verdict: Yeah, this was a pretty sweet [...]
Some Like It Hot on IMDb
Synopsis: Tony Curtis and Jack Lemmon dress in women’s clothing and hang around with Marilyn Monroe.
Pros: Old school mafia stuff is awesome. Marilyn Monroe was hot. There were some pretty funny parts, that’s for sure.
Cons: OK, there’s one scene where something unexpected begins to happen to someone, and they don’t [...]
All About Eve on IMDb
Synopsis: Anne Baxter looks up to Bette Davis just oh so much!
Pros: The opening monologue was a hoot, and boy, were the ladies catty and the men cunning.
Cons: I had to watch it in two parts since the month of July has been so ridiculously busy.
Verdict: Not bad. Not bad at [...]
The Manchurian Candidate (1962) on IMDb
Synopsis: Before sol.exe came with every Windows installation, solitaire was played with real cards…and Communists were EVERYWHERE!
Pros: It was a really gripping movie! And, Angela Lansbury! Whoa!
Cons: Like a lot of older movies, it moved a little slow in parts. That’s a minor criticism, though.
Verdict: Highly recommended. Very good movie.
Synopsis: Tom Hanks does stuff. Sometimes the stuff seems seems stupid, but, y’kknow, stupid is as stupid does.
Pros: When I first saw this movie, I didn’t like it. This time I saw it on a bus trip back from NYC. With a couple more years of life experience under my belt, I start to appreciate [...]
Synposis: From Wikiquote:
In three years, Cyberdyne will become the largest supplier of military computer systems. All stealth bombers are upgraded with Cyberdyne computers, becoming fully unmanned. Afterwards, they fly with a perfect operational record. The Skynet funding bill is passed. The system goes online on August 4th, 1997. Human decisions are removed from strategic defense. [...]
Life is Beautiful on IMDb
Synopsis: Nazis and tanks in Italy. That’s all I’m gonna say.
Pros: Wow, the entire movie built up to the second-to-last scene, one that left me not knowing exactly what to think.
Cons: Subtitles.
Verdict: I liked it. That’s all I’m gonna say.
Synopsis: Man goes into cage. Cage goes into water. Shark’s in the water. Our shark.
Pros: It’s “Jaws,” and it’s awesome. A very intense movie with enough humor to break the tension.
Cons: Roy Scheider died recently.
Verdict: This movie’s gonna need a bigger boat. If you haven’t seen it on AMC, who seems to run it every [...]
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