DVD: Sean Penn

DVD: Sean Penn

DVD:

Sean Penn

Sean Penn, Ed Harris

MGM (Video & DVD), 2002

Too often overlooked
I saw this film a good six years ago and the gritty, ugly, and tortured atmosphere has never left my mind; Gary Oldman's perfomance as Jackie Noonan, Irish mob psychopath, transcends a lot of what he has done since. Who can forget when he innocently pulls out a ...

Persepolis

Chiara Mastroianni, Catherine Deneuve

Sony Pictures, 2008

Artistic Accomplishment
From Pixar down, the general trend in animation over the last few years has been clear. The movement is towards ever more realistic and textured canvases that paint an exquisitely detailed world in glowing shades of pure, pixellated magic. Persepolis, however, is an ...

The Game

Michael Douglas, Sean Penn

Universal Studios, 2002

Nick VanOrton has it all, but he lacks one thing.......
One of my all time favorite movies! Nick VanOrton/Michael Douglas shouldve gotten an oscar/high acclaim in this performance. Adventure/Drama/Mystery/Suspense is what you will get from Michael Douglas (an invesment banker/millionaire) running through the streets of San ...

Mystic River (Widescreen Edition)

Sean Penn, Tim Robbins

Warner Home Video, 2004

Fantastic
There is not really much to say about this movie other than if you haven't seen it you need to. It is one of the greatest movies of all time I think.

I am Sam (New Line Platinum Series)

Sean Penn, Michelle Pfeiffer

New Line Home Video, 2002

I Am Sam
I very much enjoyed this movie. I laughed and I cried. Laughed and I cried. Sean Penn really made his character believable (as a mentally ill man)in his persuit to understand himself, gain acceptance from others, and desperate efforts to gain the custody of his only ...

Taps (Special Edition)

George C. Scott, Timothy Hutton

20th Century Fox, 2006

great classic
I feel old saying this is a classic but my adult kids never heard of it. Lots of stars & great story line, right up the end.

Carlito's Way - Ultimate Edition

Al Pacino, Sean Penn

Universal Studios, 2005

A brilliant gangster movie.
Fun, fast paced, kinda gory. A really fun ride, and I don't think showing the ending at the start of the movie ruins it at all. If anything it just makes the whole thing more tragic. Brilliant direction, superb acting, a riveting script. Nothing bad to say about ...

Dear America - Letters Home from Vietnam

Tom Berenger, Ellen Burstyn

Hbo Home Video, 2005

VIETNAM DVD
I JUST FINISHED WATCHING DEAR AMERICA: LETTERS HOME FROM VIETNAM AND THIS IS THE BEST FILM ABOUT VIETNAM....EVER!!!!PLEASE BUY THIS DVD TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPEN "IN COUNTRY" OVER THRITY-FIVE YEARS AGO.....OUTSTANDING FILM AND PLEASE CREDIT HBO FOR SHOWING THIS ...

Fast Times at Ridgemont High (Widescreen Special Edition)

Sean Penn, Jennifer Jason Leigh

Universal Studios, 2004

Number #2 in my list of teen movies
You can't call yourself a teenager if you haven't see Fast Times at Ridgemont High . The film is required viewing for teens of the eighties, nineties, seventies or any time period. Cameron Crowe made a film that teens can relate that still stands the test of time. I ...

Bad Boys (Uncut & Uncensored)

Jane Alderman, Clancy Brown

Starz / Anchor Bay, 2007

The REAL Bad Boys
This review is for the new uncut dvd of the 1983 movie called Bad Boys. Forget the one with Martin Lawrence and the plageurized title - this one's about REAL Bad Boys. Whenever I see a TV schedule and notice Bad Boys in the lineup, it is almost always the 1995 ...

The Cutting Edge - The Magic of Movie Editing

Kathy Bates, Zach Staenberg

Warner Home Video, 2005

A Motion Picture Editors Delight
This is an Excellent review of film editing, it's history, techniques and a few of the main contributors in the industry over the years. If you love the art & craft of film / video editing, you'll love this. This is to Film Editing, what Visions of Light is to ...

Colors

Sean Penn, Robert Duvall

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

YO WHAT SET YOU CLAIM
THIS IS A PIECE OF AMERICAN HISTORY. THE BEGANNING OF WHAT BECAME MEANSTREAM GANGS HERE IN THE USA. WHEN THE MOVIE FIRST AIRED IN DRIVE INS AND PICTURE SHOWS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, IT WOULD BE THE SAFE TO SAY NO CITY OTHER THEN ONES ON THE SOUTHERN WEST COAST KNEW HOW ...

21 Grams

Sean Penn, Naomi Watts

Universal Studios, 2004

Edited in a non-linear arrangement where the lives of the characters are depicted before and after a tragic automobile accident
21 Grams is a movie which has three parallel thread stories which seem to be unconnected but the movie progresses it becomes apparent that all three stories and characters are connected. The thread stories are 1) Sean Penn plays a critically ill academic ...

All the King's Men (Special Edition)

Sean Penn, Jude Law

Sony Pictures, 2006

Powerful Penn Performance
WOW, is all I can say about Sean Penn in this great movie. I've had FARGO as my all time favorite movie, now this is replacing it. I watched twice in one night. The cinematography was excellent and being a Southern lover, I enjoyed the scenery and New Orleans ...

At Close Range

Sean Penn, Christopher Walken

MGM (Video & DVD), 2000

"Is this the family gun, dad?" Hidden '80's Genre Gem
Somehow this movie vanished without a trace when in came out c.'86, but in my years as a video store clerk in that bygone epoch, whenever i recommended it to customers, they thanked me profusely. This slice of no-hope rural oedipal noir was based on a true story. Sean ...