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i can not remember many film where a bumbling idiot of a hero be so funny throughout . leslie cheung be such the antithesis of a hero that he too dense to be seduce by a gorgeous vampire . i have the good luck to see it on a big screen and and to find a video to watch again and again . positive .
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master director ching siu tung perhaps most popular achievement be this series and a chinese ghost story 1 3. chinese ghost story star leslie cheung in some distant past in china a a tax collector who be force to spend a night during his collect trip in a mysterious castle in which some strange old warrior fight and me...
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it sort of crazy and but i tap from tcm both and this german version of mgm anna christie and and the english one . but i get to see this one first and co i would hear that many people think it be well than the english version . without have see the other one and i can not compare them and but anyway this be an excelle...
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this version of anna christie be in german . greta garbo again play anna christie and but all of the other character have different actor from the english version . both be film back to back because garbo have such a follow in germany . garbo herself supposedly favor her anna christie in this version over the english v...
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film by mgm on the same set a the english version and but in german and garbo second portrayal of anna christie benefit from practice and her apparent ease with german dialog . garbo appear more relaxed and natural under jacques feyder direction than under clarence brown and and her silent movie mannerism have all but ...
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after garbo introduction to sound in clarence brown anna christie and jacques feyder make a german version of the movie where all of the cast and except for garbo and be different . while the american version be still more available in the usa and most of the american viewer have primarily see this version and the germ...
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anna christie ( 1931 ) on it own term and this version of garbo anna christie and shot a year later in german with a whole new cast and be just tone down and refined enough to work good than the english version ( both be american mgm production ) . garbo be if anything more commanding ( or more beautiful a a screen pre...
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fragile carne and just before his great period . although it be sometimes hesitantly direct and and mar by longueur and hotel du nord be full of the faded charm and beauty typical of french film of the late 1930s and as well a a relative lightness of touch unusual with this director . all of his great virtue be here re...
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hotel du nord be the only carné movie from the 1936 1946 era which have dialog not write by jacques prévert and but by henri jeanson . janson be much more interested in the jouvet or arletty couple than in the pair of lover and annabella or aumont . the latter be rather bland and and their story recall oddly the edith ...
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i suppose i always felt that hotel du nord be studio bound and the movement of people car and camera be just too effortlessly smooth and stagey to have be film on location . but no problem it still a much underrated lovely composition from marcel carne . the plot seem a bit choppy at time and a if they be make it up a ...
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this be an excellent film and and be the sort of treasure that one can only catch through sporadic cinema showing and a it be unavailable on video or dvd . the way that the film begin with the two lover arrive and and end with them leave ( although quite a lot happen in between and and they do not stay in one place dur...
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i love this movie and jouvet and arletty and blier and carné . almost everything have already be say about the movie and but there be one detail i would like to shed some light onto represent no footage of the real and still stand and hôtel du nord ( be it still . i hear it be to be demolish . ) have be use for the mov...
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a true classic . beautifully film and act . reveals an area of paris which be alive and fill with comedy and tragedy . although the area of hotel du nord and the hotel itself still exist and it be not a gay ( in the original sense of the word ) and joyful a it once must have be . the film make one yearn for the past an...
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hotel du nord be a gripping drama of guilt in which marcel carne portray an entertaining tale of ill fat love which also function a a revolt against the cruel world . the film be base entirely on a pair of hapless lover . pierre and renee be mistake when they believe that suicide would put an end to their misery . hote...
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before all and i would like to point out that i have not read the book and so there be no chance i would be disappoint in that aspect . the major flaw i spot be historical detail and with several car and train and clothes and etc . i think do not belong at that time . possible spoilerthe technical aspect of the film be...
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the house of the spirit be a gripping tale of family intrigue and south american politics and super natural power . meryl streep and glenn close and jeremy iron bring isabel allende novel to life with all it passion and suspense . this and in my view and be one of the best film of the 1990s . jeremy iron a esteban true...
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i always feel strange and guilty say it ( because i be a fairly well educate non teenager ) and but i actually sort of like the olsen twin and and i respect the movie they make and even though i have never really be their target audience . when in rome be a traditional mary kate and ashley movie and complete with the f...
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this movie be the best movie ever it have a lot of live action it just great everyone should watch it and the actor be great the location be rome italy thats the best place ever the actor be great mary kate olsen be such a great actress she play charlie and thats a great character and ashley olsen play leila and thats ...
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if you haven not already see this movie of mary kate and ashley and then all i can say be represent what be you wait for . this be yet another terrific and wonderful movie by the fraternal twin that we all know and love so much . it fun and romantic and exciting and absolutely breath taking ( scenery wise ) . of course...
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for year we have be watch every horror film that come out and from the dull hollywood retread like saw 2 and to awful indie release that be completely unmatchable . we suffer through all of bad film in hope of find little gem like dark remains . we manage to catch a screening of this film at shriekfest 2005. the audien...
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what good about it represent some inventive and genuinely creepy little effect that will get under the skin of even the most seasoned horror fan . doesn not rely on the hackneyed soundtrack stab for it gotcha moment . even if you have see everything and there still a few thing in this film that will make your jaw drop ...
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finally and an indie film that actually deliver some great scare . i see most horror film that come out . theatrical and straight to dvd and cable and etc . and most of them suck . a few be watchable . even few be actually good . dark remain be one of the good one . i catch a screening of this film at the south padre i...
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after all the crap that hollywood ( and the indie ) have churn out and we finally get a movie that deliver some scary moment . there be some clichéd moment and but i be not sure it possible nowadays to make an entirely original movie . there not much new here . it just do well . make sure and pay attention and a the su...
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follow their daughter brutal murder and julie and allen escape the city to find solace and grieve in a solitary cabin on a remote mountain . allen intention be good and he want his wife to get out of her depression by resume her photography . julie stumble across an ancient prison and see the perfect creepy and decay s...
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this movie be very good . if you be one who like to watch horror movie and i recommend it . the acting be very good although i think that the actress play julie could have have more emotion behind her line . allan be very good and i think the cinematography be amaze . i be on the edge of my seat the entire time while m...
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allen and julie move into a cabin in the mountain after their daughter be murder one night . no one know who kill the little girl but it why they move to the mountain . so the couple move into this cabin and it haunt by people who kill themselves there and no one in the nearby town want to talk about it . this movie ha...
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first and nobody can understand why this movie be rat so poorly . not only be this the first real horrific movie since a very long time for me who be pretty hard boil with a decade long experience of horror start with drive through dark ride ( ghost train ) a a child . second and the main actress cheri christian have a...
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i be not at all picky about horror movie and and i be willing to watch pretty much any of them . that doesn not mean that i be willing to re watch many of them and or that i would not have criticism for them . this movie be creepy and and be very well do . in fact and i think this movie would make an excellent double b...
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dark remain be a home run plain and simple . the film be full of creepy visuals and and scar that will make the most seasoned horror veteran jump straight out of there seat . the staircase scene in particular and these guy be good . although they weren not work on a huge budget everything look good and and the actor co...
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well and this film be a difficult one really . to be straight with you and this film doesn not contain much of a riveting story and nore do it make u want to know how it will end . but i will tell you something now . never have i be a tense and jump up before in my life . this film sure do deliver the jump and thrill ....
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i just watch this movie and have to say and i be very impressed . it very creepy and have numerous moment that will make you jump out of seat . i have to smoke several emergency cigarette along the way to calm my nerve . if i have to criticise and i would say that perhaps if anything and there be too many jump moment ....
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this movie scar the crap out of me . i have to admit that i spend most of the film watch through my finger but what i saw be really scary . i scream out loud two or three time during the show . film make wise my favorite aspect be the sound and photography . the sound be particularly great and the setting be really cre...
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although i be in this movie play the part of sheriff hodges and it still manage to make me jump in several place and believe me i be not that easy . you might say that i be bias about the film and and and ok and i be and but i do not see the finished product until 12/27/2006 and be extremely pleased . i be not a horror...
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i read nothing but good thing about this movie and finally have a chance to watch it late last night and it be everything i expect it to be and more . this be the way a proper horror movie should be . i think the reason it be so scary be because it be so realistic . the spooky sound score be perfect for set a dark mood...
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ok and so i do not watch too many horror movie and the reason be film like dark remain . i catch this on ( a surprisingly feature fill ) dvd and it scar me silly . in fact the only extra i think the dvd be miss be a pair of new pant . however and the next day i be tell someone about it when i realise i would only reall...
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this movie have a great message and a impressive cast and ellen burstyn and samantha mathis and jodelle ferland ( be 4 year old when she make this movie ) ellen burstyn and jodelle ferland have both be nominate for best actress in a tv drama at the up come emmy award in new york and peter masterson director have be nom...
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what be the odds of a mermaid helium balloon travel from yuba city and ca . ( on nov 8th and 1993 ) and land 4 day later and ( on nov. 12 ) in mermaid and prince edward island and canada . ( approx . 4000 mile ) . this be a great movie . it be base on a true story . this movie help not only child cope with loss and but...
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what a lovely heart warm television movie . the story tell of a little five year old girl who have lose her daddy and find it impossible to cope . her mother be also very distressed . only a miracle can alleviate their unhappiness . which all viewer hope will materialise . samantha mathis be brilliant a the little girl...
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my family and i have view this movie often over the year . it be clean and wholesome and heartbreaking and heartwarming . show u the compassion between two family of two country thousand of mile apart and by the most uncanny of coincidence and it almost a if the hand of god have to be intervene . 5 yo jodelle micah fer...
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this be just a short comment but i stumble onto this movie by chance and i love it . the acting be great and the story be simple and touching and and the line and especially from the 4 yr old desi and be so cute and sad . seek it out .
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what an inspiring movie and i laugh and cry and felt love . for a true story and it do give you hope and that miracle do happen . it have a great cast . ellen burstyn and samantha mathis and jodelle ferland ( she 4 or 5yrs . old ) what a actress . it on showtime . a must see movie . positive . equal .
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and look how a true story and . with a little help of it friends . represent a welldone and touch script and a good directing and a surprising great act from a bunch of no name actor and especially from the 4 yr old jodelle ferland and become a must see movie . positive .
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a warm and touching movie that have a fantasy like quality . ellen burstyn be and a always and superb . samantha mathis have give many great performance and but there be just something about this one will haunt your memory . most of all and you have get to see this amazing 5 yr. old and jodelle ferland . i be so captiv...
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the little girl desi be so adorable . i cant think of a more beautiful story then this one here . it will make you cry and laugh and and believe . know that this be base on a true story just make me gasp and it also make me realize that there be nice people out there . great cast and an overall great movie .
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i do not know the real event when i sit down to watch this and just the fact that this be base upon a true story . after the death of the kid father and rhonda try to help her daughter desiree ( . i do not know anyone actually name their offspring that ) cope with the loss . this be really make for child and a be often...
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i just saw this movie on tv . i have lose my dad when i be young and this movie surely do touch me . i can feel the lost that the little girl desi felt . the feeling of want to see her father again . want to talk to him . or at least give the chance to say goodbye . and i be so touched with the letter that be write bac...
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it be a great movie . i sow that some people think that this might not be base on a true story . no matter this . and the movie be great and and all u can think be not why a balloon with a mermaid on it end up fly in the mermaid town and so on and instead think that a little girl wish come true and and this mean that a...
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ok and this movie start out like a cheesy lifetime movie and doesn not get good till almost well through the movie . the script be full of cheese and fluff and cast be not well direct for the most part . for the first half of the movie the little girl grate on my nerve . i do not think this be one of her best acting jo...
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this be the first jean renoir silent film i have watch and perhaps rightly so since it be generally regard to be his best and besides be also his first major work . overall and it be indeed a very assured and technically accomplish film which belie the fact that it be only renoir ’ s sophomore effort . for fan of the d...
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if jean renoir first film whirlpool of fate first take u into the world of the countryside and the river and the life of the peasantry that he will continue to explore and it seem only fit that his second film deal for the most part with the wealthy and the privileged and the upper class and those who be try to claw th...
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i definitely recommend read the book prior to watch the film . this book win national book council award in 1978 and be a very gripping read ( pun not intend ) . it not too difficult to read for those out there that do not read often so do not be afraid . the book seem to capture the passion of the relationship more so...
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noni hazlehurst and colin friels and alice garner and chrissie amphlett and michael caton what more could you ask for . monkey grip base on the prize win novel of the same name explore nora ( hazlehurst and a single mother fall for a heroin addict jobe ( friels ) . a simple story be make truly extraordinary through the...
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nora be a single mother of two who still want to live the life of a young artist in the 1970s and as do her friend and a group of writer and singer and actor . the ‘free love philosophy isn not quite out of the system and nora do not count on fall in love and particularly with a junkie . hazlehurst win her first of two...
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noni hazlehurst tour de force performance ( which win her an afi award ) be at least on par with her effort in fran three year later . colin friels be also good and and and for those who be interested and alice garner appear a noni child and and michael caton ( best know for the castle ) be a bearded painter . ( also i...
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a clever script from the late sebastian japrisot and smart performance from the two male lead alain delon and charles bronson ( or should it be the other way around ) result in an engaging and entertain thriller . add to the above the competent direction from veteran jean herman and a sparse but effective score by fran...
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farewell friend aka adieu lami or honour among thief isn not perfect but it be a neat and entertain thriller that see mismatch demobbed french algerian war veteran alain delon and charles bronson trap in the same basement vault and one to return stolen bond and the other to clean out the two million in wage sit there o...
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this movie be definately one of my favourite movie in it kind . the interaction between respectable and morally uncorruptable character be an ode to chivalry and the honour code amongst thief and policeman . it treat theme like duty and guilt and word and manipulation and trust like few film have do and and unfortunate...
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utterly tactical and strange ( watch for the kinky moment of a drop dead gorgeous blonde acting a pull string doll for some rich folk ) and pointless but undoubtedly compelling late night feature . this unhinged french production be a stew of perplexedly unfocused idea and random plot illustration centre on it very cha...
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short synopsis this film open with soldier be release from the company of men . one of them pursue another with a weird scheme the other repeatedly refuse . later they both get trap in an office building in which they want to crack a safe during the christmas holiday . hostility turn into playful banter and then into a...
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this movie be definately one of my favorite movie in it kind . the interaction between respectable and morally strong character be an ode to chivalry and the honor code amongst thief and policeman . it treat theme like duty and guilt and word and manipulation and trust like few film have do and and unfortunately and no...
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i use to watch this show when i be a little girl . although i do not remember much about it and i must say that it be a pretty good show . also and i do not think i have see every episode . however and if you ask me and it be still a good show . i vaguely remember the theme song . everyone be ideally cast and the costu...
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magellan33 say represent you can only do so much when the two star of the show can only be see by one fellow cast member . i assume and then and that you never hear of topper . which and in addition to the two star who could only be see by one member of the cast and have a dog and ditto . this be the kind of program th...
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unfortunately many consumer who write review for imdb equate low budget with not good . whatever else this movie might need and more budget really isn not part of it . big set and lot of special effect would have turn it into another lara croft movie . what we have here be a step or two good than that . the nearly unkn...
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if you be already a fan of peter odonnell wonderful modesty blaise book from the sixty and you will really enjoy this movie . if you have ever see the 1966 modesty blaise film and forget it . that be camp . this be the real modesty blaise . the story and character be both true to the modesty that fan of the book know a...
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although i buy the dvd when it first come out and and have watch it several time and i never write a review . i love it when i first saw it and i love it still . sadly and it seem it never make enough money to motivate anyone to do a follow up . i have to assume qt still control the right and but after kill bill if he ...
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rent and watch this short ( < 90 minute ) work . it by far the best treatment modesty have receive on film and her creator and peter odonnell and agrees and participate a a creative consultant . the character and and we who love her and be handle with respect . spiegel direction be the best he do to date and and the ca...
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finally be there release a good modesty blaise movie and which not only tell a story and but actually tell the real story . i admit that it be a bad movie if you expect an action thriller and but if you stop in your track and remove all your expectation . then you will notice that it be a story that come very close to ...
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first off while i be a dedicated fan of modesty and and have be read the comic since i be a child and and i have find the early movie about our heroine unsatisfying and but where they fail and this one rock . well then and here we go represent m blaise be work for a casino and a gang of robber come along and she start ...
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there a great deal of material from the modesty blaise comic and novel that would be great in a movie . unfortunately and several attempt have be make and they have fall short of the great potential in the character . so and no and this isn not the modesty you know from the comic strip ( currently reprint in nice editi...
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have heard of modesty blaise before and but never have read a novel or a comic strip and my wife and i like the film a lot . it deliver and in a captivating way and a good introduction to the character and her background . although it have some action flick element and it be much more an intimate play and excellently w...
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i have see this movie and i must say i be very impressed . there be not much movie i like and but i do like this one . you should see this movie by yourself and comment it and because this be one of my most favorite movie . i fancy to see this again . action fuse with a fantastic story . very impress . i like modesty c...
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the best modesty blaise movie i have see so far . it like a good pilot for a tv series . i even think it a little bit cult and like with a lite touch of quentin tarantino magic and or something . they have catch a great deal of modesty character and but i admit miss willy garwin a bit . even if i have read many comic a...
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i enjoy this film . it be a joy to see a version so close to the vision of peter odonnell . a number of people have dislike the film and but it have to be see in context of the origin story that it be . the film use flashback to show the young modesty and the event that shape her into the woman that she become . before...
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shot on an impossible schedule and no budget to speak of and the movie turn out a lot good than you would expect and certainly much more true to the peter odonnell book and comic strip than the previous two film . you can read the strip currently in the reprint from titan book and or in comic revue monthly . it be one ...
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this be the modesty that we do not know . it be hint at and summarize in the comic strip for the syndicate to sell to newspaper . lee and janet batchler be true modesty blaise fan who be give the dream job tell a prequel story of modesty that the fan never saw before . in their audio commentary and they admit that that...
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recap represent it business a usual at louche casino in tanger . the casino be about to close and prepares for a big transaction the next day . the owner louche and some staff leave for the night and leave modesty in charge . suddenly a troop of armed gangster storm the casino and shoot wildly . unknown to modesty and ...
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while the main story be suppose to take place in morocco and this movie be shoot in foggy romania in 18 day on a very tight budget . however break their card may be and the actor and the crew play them with remarkable skill and commitment and so that in the end i find the result both touch and graceful . nikolaj coaste...
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the movie be a long awaited release and which where a bit disappointing because of the expectation i have set up . when look at it again i must say it be actually pretty ok. first of all be it very true to the original history ( of course not completely ) and be a such only make to keep the right for the movie . modest...
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a a long time fan of peter odonnell great creation and i watch this film on dvd with no great hope of enjoyment while indeed i expect to be reach in disgust for the remote control within fifteen minute . but instead i thoroughly enjoy this production and and i especially enjoy and appreciate how the producer and direct...
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i have read modesty blaise for several year now and collect number of the strip . after the fiasco movie make many year ago base on the first book modesty blaise i be surprise the result get this good . what i get be a movie not base on action or violence . the director have focus on history and psychology . how be mod...
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i be pleased to see that she have black hair . i have be a fan for about 30 year now and have be disgust at the two early attempt to film the story . i be pleased that the screenwriter update the period to include a computer and it do not spoil it at all . in fact i watch the film twice in one day and a sure sign that ...
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for a first film in a proposed series it achieve the right balance . it be do with style and class show modesty early day a a refugee and the start of her rise to power in the criminal world . i think it be a very honest or true portrayal of her character exactly a the writer peter odonnell intend . alexandra staden a ...
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this be a good movie and although people unfamiliar with the modesty blaise comic and book may find it a little slow and lack in action . for the modesty fan and the movie will be very enjoyable and particularly because it be very faithful in it presentation of the modesty blaise history . peter odonnell be list in the...
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i be expect this to be the same kind of schlock a the previous modesty blaise movie and which be why i leave it unwatched for so long and but i be very pleasantly surprise . far from be a succession of silly gun battle and car or boat chase and it be an almost thoughtful analysis of how a pretty girl get to become as h...
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okay and truthfully and i saw the preview for this movie and think to myself and what be the producer think . hutton and jolie and and duchovny . how could the monotoned actor possibly compete with jolie natural power on the screen . but surprisingly and the two have the kind of chemistry that show intense caring witho...
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normally and i do not watch action movie because of the fact that they be usually all pretty similar . this movie do have many stereotypical action movie scene and but the character and the originality of the film premise make it much easy to watch . david duchovny bend his normal acting approach and which be great to ...
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david duchovny play the lead role in this film . now a lot of people upon find that fact out wouldn not even bother watch it . very unfair to say the least . david make his name on the x file and be a decent actor . dr eugene sand ( duchovny ) be a drug addict doctor strike off for malpractice . by sheer accident he be...
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i enjoy this movie . unlike like some of the pump up and steroid trash that be pass off a action movie and play god be simple and realistic and with character that be believable and action that be not over the top and enough twist and turn to keep you interested until the end . well direct and well act and a good story...
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this film have a lot of raw potential . the script be sharp and the dialogue be ( usually ) excellent ( though it could stand to lose the cheezy voice over ) and the direction and cinematography be surprisingly quite good and though some of the experimentation just doesn not work . the main problem here be david duchov...
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david duchovney create a role that he be to replicate somewhat in californication the troubled talent . and it be a role he play well . this thriller start off at a good speed and carry you through to the end . timothy hutton play a fine villain and angelina jolie pout . the story of a disgraced doctor find his way int...
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like i say it a hidden surprise . it well write well act and well cast . i like everything in this movie . look it hollywood all right but the bright side . angelina jolie be great in this and i be totally watching every movie with her in that i can get my hand on . well worth a look .
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i would always want david duchovney to go into the movie business and and finally he do and and he make me proud . this movie live up to what i have hop for . duchovney play his character very well and manage to remain consistent with something new and instead of play the agent molder we be use to . therefore and i giv...
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this movie really kick some as . i watch it over and over and it never get boring . angelina jolie really kick some as in the movie and you should see the movie and you would not be disappoint . and another reason you should see the movie be because the guy from the x file be in it and david duchovny .
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with the mixed review this get i wasn not expect too much and and be pleasantly surprise . it a very entertaining small crime film with interesting character and excellent portrayal and write that breezy without be glib and and a good pace . it look good too and in a funky way . apparently people either like this movie...
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very smart and sometimes shocking and i just love it . it shove one more side of david brilliant talent . he impress me greatly . david be the best . the movie captivate your attention for every second .
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a hit at the time but now well categorise a an australian cult film . the humour be broad and unsubtle and and in the final scene where a bbc studio fire be extinguish by urinate on it and crude . contains just about every cliche about the traditional australian pilgrimage to the old country and and every cliche about ...
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i love this movie like no other . another time i will try to explain it virtue to the uninitiated and but for the moment let me quote a few of piece the remarkable dialogue and which and please remember and be all tongue in cheek . aussie and pom will understand and everyone else well . ( title song lyric ) he can sink...
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this film and it sequel barry mckenzie hold his own and be the two great comedy to ever be produce . a great story a young aussie bloke travel to england to claim his inheritance and meet up with his mate and who be just a loveable and innocent a he be . it chock a block full of great and saying and where else could yo...
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the adventure of barry mckenzie start life a a satirical comic strip in private eye and write by barry humphries and base on an idea by peter cook . mckenzie ( bazza to his friend ) be a lanky and loud and hat wear australian whose two main interest in life be sex ( despite never have have any ) and foster lager . in 1...
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the story center around barry mckenzie who must go to england if he wish to claim his inheritance . be about the gross aussie shearer ever to set foot outside this great nation of ours there be something of a culture clash and much fun and game ensue . the song of barry mckenzie ( barry crocker ) be highlight .
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