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Another Spike Lee Joint..
This one, for me, falls somewhere between his usual 'genius' and his occasional 'flops'.
My main grip is that the movie is TOOOO long.
Confusing in the beginning, because it seems like it's going to be a movie about one thing - and then does almost ...
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Adapting the novel
It is based upon the classic eighteenth-century novel Les Liaisons Dangereuses, by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos.
Les Liaisons dangereuses is an epistolary novel, i.e., a novel that is entirely composed of letters. Through the messages sent by its cha...
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Gia (re: imdb)
"Angelina Jolie is the kind of actress who mixes beauty and talent. In this very good TV movie she has a great performance as Gia Carangie, a 'lost girl'. "Gia" is a very realistic and strong film, with a beautiful story. It is not a typical TV mo...
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Comments From "Rotten Tomatoes"
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/whats_eating_gilbert_grape/
Quite wonderful character study, great acting turns by Depp and DiCaprio, among others.
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There is not much plot to speak of, but the film instead presents a...
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Review by Television Heaven
"You take the good, you take the bad, you take them both -and there you have
The Facts Of Life"
It was never a ratings blockbuster, nor was it a show critics loved. But The Facts Of Life was one of the best-remembered and most loved US sitcoms of th...
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Glad I didn't pay for it
I would have been pretty angry had I put down $17 (the adult rate in Canada) to see this. All flash no substance. Which is great if you really only want flash. Even Sam Jackson wasn't up to his usual standard of 'coolness'. The white hair was, a B...
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"That was WAY better than I thought it would be!"
Stephen King movies are hard to call - but this one was really good. One of the few I felt that kept up with the book; managing NOT to come across completely ridiculous. Psychologically stimulating, fairly decent acting, typical dialogue (for King...
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I think this one might have gone over better in theatres - it's all about costume and special effects. I had a lot of trouble following the plot, couldn't hear most of it. I ended up getting bored and switching it off.
*1 1/2 Stars*
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FINALLY! A good one
This is the ever-elusive 'good movie'.
Mystery. Suspense. A puzzle that you actually can't figure out until it's cinematically presented. Forest Whittaker. Matthew Fox. "Some old guy I see in all the movies but can never quite remember his name". A...
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