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La Haine [ NON-USA FORMAT, PAL, Reg.2 Import - Great Britain ]
Studio Canal
Reality 10 Years Later
+ VHS Review; A Truly Exceptional Film
+ A somber portrait of the unseen Paris in postcards!
La Haine is a subtitled, fantastic, well shot, Black & White French film about how France gives lip service to diversity. The day I write this it is the 11th day of rioting in Paris suburbs, November, 2005. La Haine has come to life 10 years later. In comparison to American cinema, this is the ...
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Night on Earth [Region 2]
Gena Rowlands, Winona Ryder
Strangers in the night -- a Jim Jarmusch classic
+ Independent Film's Boss
+ "I see by your outfit that you are a cowboy, bbbb bbbbb bbb..."
+ Travel the world with Tom and Jim
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Suburbia
Chris Pedersen, Bill Coyne
Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2005
Memories
+ I love this movie
+ "Wake Up & Smell the Coffee Man!!!!" thats PUNK ROCK
+ Flash back.
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Sunshine State
Alex Lewis, Alan King
Sony Pictures, 2002
Florida born and raised
+ Great Movie
+ and they wondered why those hanging chads and butterfly ballots were so problematic
We loved this movie, and have bought many copies to give to FL friends and relatives. Scenes of FL as it used to be, as well as scenes from FL as it is now. Great fun!
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Manhattan
Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
MGM (Video & DVD), 2000
THE ISLAND THE SPECTACULAR STAR ON THE BIG SCREEN; A THOUGHTFUL MEDITATION ON LIFE AND MORALITY UPON THE SMALL FLAT SCREEN
+ Manhattan review
+ Modern Cinematic Masterpiece
+ The tonight movie starring MANHATTAN
+ Woody Allen's Ode to Love and Life In New York City
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Waydowntown
Fab Filippo, Don McKellar
Homevision, 2005
Tom is the ultimate office superhero!!
+ Waycoolflick
The film starts off being narrated by Tom (Fab Filippo), as we are first introduced to him on Day 24, smoking weed in a parkade to pass the time. We soon learn that in his meaningless cubicle Dilbert job, he is involved in a contest with 3 other employees to see who can stay indoors the longest in ...
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Playtime - Criterion Collection
Luce Bonifassy, Valérie Camille
Criterion, 2001
The best of it's kind ... but, wait, there is no other of it's kind! Also, there are 2 Criterion versions.
+ cheaper price
+ City of Mirth
+ A meticulous creation of a proto-reality...
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Boyz N the Hood (2-Disc Anniversary Edition)
Hudhail Al-Amir, Lloyd Avery II
Sony Pictures, 2003
Boyd N the Hood
+ Honest and riveting; not what I expected at all...
+ Which Path Would You Take?
+ RIICCKKYY!!!!!!
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Lost in Translation [Region 2]
Scarlett Johansson, Bill Murray
more than 500 give it a one star?
+ Beautiful Feeling of Disconnection
+ In my top 5 movies of all time.
+ Outstanding film
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Smoke
Giancarlo Esposito, José Zúñiga
Miramax Home Entertainment, 2003
the story within the story
+ This "Smoke" Doesn't Stink
+ Best of the genre
+ A neatly pulled-together story
+ Harvey Keitel... as a GOOD guy!
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Dead End
Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea
MGM (Video & DVD), 2005
"Dead End" is Dead On!
+ AN OLDIE BUT A GOODIE
+ "We all make mistakes, boss. That's why they put the rubber on the ends of pencils."
+ Dead End
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Collateral (Two-Disc Special Edition)
Tom Cruise, Jamie Foxx
Dreamworks Video, 2004
Los Angeles CAN be beautiful
+ Good
+ It remains superficial gray rather than noir
+ LA Plays Itself
+ Cruise performs a carefully crafted study in his character.
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Robocop - Criterion Collection
Peter Weller, Nancy Allen
Orion Pictures Corporation, 1998
The long arm of the law just got a whole lot longer
+ Excellent Action Film, But A Nintendo Game For An R-Rated Film?
+ Yeah, it's a ridiculous idea, but that's the whole point
+ Definitely Worth It
+ Yes it is a Steelbook case
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Man With the Movie Camera
Image Entertainment, 2002
an artistic slice of life
+ important AND entertaining
+ In my top three
+ Film Class
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Serial Experiments Lain - Boxed Set
Kaori Shimizu, Ayako Kawasumi
Geneon [Pioneer], 2001
One of the best series I have ever seen
+ Am I Me?
+ Intriguingly amazing
+ Quick Overview
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