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Waterworld
Rick Aviles, R.D. Call
Universal Studios, 1997
Forget what you've heard, it's not that bad.
Thousands of people all over the world want to come out and denounce this movie as terrible. Why? Because some people just don't want to be laughed at for liking something other people don't. This film was HYPED as bad before it even opened. That's right, hyped. It died before it ever got a ...
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Time of the Wolf
Isabelle Huppert, Béatrice Dalle
Palm Pictures / Umvd, 2004
Dark, Disturbing, With Moments of Great Grace and Power
+ very unsettling
Yesterday, I caught a film from 2002, French with subtitles, called Le Temps Du Loup: THE TIME OF THE WOLF.
It's a difficult film to watch, but I found myself utterly engrossed. There is no way I could turn off this film after the harrowing opening scene grabbed me completely:
A family of ...
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Miracle Mile
Anthony Edwards, Mare Winningham
MGM (Video & DVD), 2003
What an ending!
+ MIRACLE MILE HAS TO BE THE MOST DARKEST ENDINGS EVER!
+ Excellent!
+ The Mircale Mile bus has left the City
+ some flaws but worth watching
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Ever Since the World Ended
Adam Savage, David Driver
Bfs Entertainment, 2007
A very interesting documentary style look at a post-apocalyptic world
This movie is very interesting to watch, and the characters bring a nice glimpse into the changed world, although some tend to sometimes sound as if they were in a Sociology discussion group in a coffee shop. The makers of this film appear to have done their homework in that there is a good ...
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The Road Warrior
Mel Gibson, Bruce Spence
Warner Home Video, 1997
"The last of the V-8 Interceptors..."
+ Mad Max 2, in HD-DVD ROCKS!!
+ Can't beat the visual quallity
+ excellent movie
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Cult Fiction: The Quiet Earth
Alison Routledge, Bruno Lawrence
ANCHOR BAY, 2008
Thinking Persons' Sci-Fi
+ Apocalyptic Ponderings
I saw this movie several years ago and it still haunts me. No matter how many times I watch it, I'm left with questions, wonder and a "whoa!" feeling....I also own the soundtrack as the music is really gorgeous but it, too, reminds me of my feelings re: the movie. The acting is superb and the ...
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A Boy & His Dog
Hal Baylor, Susanne Benton
FIRST RUN FEATURES, 2003
As good as Dr. Strange Love and BladeRunner
The title for the review speaks volumes: in my opinion this as good as the above listed SciFi films. This is not the Don of Miami vice or the Alvy Moore of Green Acres or the Jason Robards of Once Upon a Time in the West. LQ Jones, Dodo McQueen, writes a suberb script. It's the vision of the ...
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Life After People (History Channel)
Life After People Dv
A&E HOME VIDEO, 2008
Life After People...
+ 4.5 stars: Very good with minor flaws
+ Life After People
As the title suggests, this documentary isn't about HOW we leave (though there are bonus features suggesting possible scenarios for our disappearance) but HOW life continues. I didn't find the movie depressing or eerie...I found it both amazing and heartening that should our interferring and ...
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Last Night
Jessica Booker, Geneviève Bujold
Lions Gate, 2003
Last Night
+ It Makes You Think But....
+ a hidden gem..
+ Thought provoking, sad and funny
+ Dark movie
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The Quiet Earth
Bruno Lawrence, Alison Routledge
Starz / Anchor Bay, 2006
One of those rare gems of a movie.
+ Understated but good
+ The Quiet earth is worth talking about
Once upon a time this movie found its way to my local video rental store. It must have just come out because it was only there for a short time. As I browsed the sci-fi section looking for something new to watch I stumbled upon A Quiet Earth.
It is really an interesting movie and I have always ...
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The Atomic Cafe
Paul Tibbets, J. Edgar Hoover
New Video Group, 2002
we're gonna live, live LIVE---IN MY FALLOUT SHELTER !!!
+ Fabulous summary of the nuclear illusion
+ One of the best documentary films of the cold war
+ Atomic Cloud
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The Day After Tomorrow (Widescreen Edition)
Dennis Quaid, Jake Gyllenhaal
20th Century Fox, 2004
General Review
+ Movie: 3.75/5 Picture Quality: 3.5~4.75/5 Sound Quality: 4.75/5 Extras: 1.25/5
+ Great Video!
Product was in excellent shape and arrived in a timely fashion. Thank you thank you thank you *****
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The Sacrifice
Erland Josephson, Tommy Kjellqvist
Kino Video, 2000
A haunting final sacrifice
+ Tone poem superb!
+ Swan song
+ Attention: this film requires you to think
+ A very good film, though not a great one....
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On the Beach
Armand Assante, Rachel Ward
Platinum Disc, 2005
Well-done tale of the End of the World.
+ A devastating, though not paralyzing elegy
I read Nevil Shute's book several years ago and thought it amazing. Recently, when culling some books from my bookshelves, I re-read it once again one afternoon. When I read the book the first time, I didn't even know of this classic film. However, I had learned of it since I reading the book the ...
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Testament
Jane Alexander, Leon Ames
Paramount, 2004
Duck and cover
+ Pretty good considering it was 1983...
+ Terrifying and uncontrived.
+ The Lasting Effects of Nuclear War
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