Stephen's Short Video Reviews
The Boat That Rocked
Comedy. Bill Nighy & Gemma Arterton 2009
A illegal radio station in the North Sea in the 1960's . Comedy rating 14.66
Moral of the story: Choose your father wisely
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes?
Poison Ivy: The New Seduction
Drama (N) (S) (V). Jaime Pressly & Michael Des Barres 1997
Another sexual predator. Slow at the end.
Moral of the story: Can you trust your best friend?
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes?
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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27 Dresses
Comedy. Katherine Heigl & James Marsden 2008
Girl dislikes boy. Sister steals first boy. Comedy rating 0.59
Moral of the story: You'll learn to say no when you have a life.
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Australia
Drama (V). Nicole Kidman & Hugh Jackman 2008
Complete fantasy. Much too long.
Moral of the story: Just because it's so, doesn't make it American.
Rating: Three yawns
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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Stephen's Short Video Reviews
Wanted
Action (V). James McAvoy & James McAvoy 2008
Fun at the assassins guild! Slow to start, almost ejected it. Long at one hour and fifty minutes.
Moral of the story: Do you know who your father really is?
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No
The International
Action (V). Clive Owen & Naomi Watts 2009
Investigators go after a bank for arms dealing and murder.
Moral of the story: The banks make sure they profit from your debt.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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Stephen's Snaps
http://photo.ebearweb.net/
Simply nice photos, Landscape, Seascape, Underwater, The Northern Beaches Sydney.
Updated regularly.
Stephen's Short Video Reviews
Get Smart
Comedy (V). Steve Carell & Anne Hathaway 2008
Max wants to be an agent. A little long at one and three quarters hours. Comedy rating 4.57
Moral of the story: Control is not what it used to be.
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No?
We Own the Night
Drama (N)(S). Joaquin Phoenix & Eva Mendes 2007
'A New York nightclub manager tries to save his brother and father from Russian mafia hit men.' Slow!
Moral of the story: The main plot should start within the first half an hour.
Rating: Ejected it
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
Blood Diamond
Drama. Leonardo DiCaprio & Jennifer Connelly 2006
'A fisherman, a smuggler, and a syndicate of businessmen match wits over the possession of a priceless diamond .'
Moral of the story: You should at least get an idea of what the movie is about before you get board with it.
Rating: Ejected it
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
Resident Evil: Apocalypse
Action (N) (V). Milla Jovovich & Oded Fehr 2004
A multinational barricades a city, condemning many to death.
Moral of the story: A multinational is like a steamroller.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No?
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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The Notorious Bettie Page
Biography (N). Gretchen Mol & Chris Bauer 2005
The story of a model in the fifties. Bettie died earlier this month.
Moral of the story: Adam and Eve were naked in the Garden of Eden. When they sinned they put cloths on.
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No?
Star Wars : Revenge of the Sith
Sci Fi (V). Ian McDiarmid & Keisha Castle-Hughes 2005
The Jedi are destroyed. Long at just over two hours. Some good special effects.
Moral of the story: Who is the bad guy?
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
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And the RSS feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ShortMovieReviews
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Stephen's Snaps
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Simply nice photos, Landscape, Seascape, Underwater, The Northern Beaches Sydney.
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Stephen's Short Video Reviews
The Brave One
Action (V). Jodie Foster & Terrence Howard 2007
Boy dies, Girl ends up in hospital. Not too much like Clark Kent. Slow. Long at about one and a half hours.
Moral of the story: Love wins.
Rating: Two yawns
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
Cleaner
Drama (V). Samuel L. Jackson & Eva Mendes 2007
A cleaner cleans up a crime scene, then wonders. Slow to start and in other places as well.
Moral of the story: As always, the answer is sex.
Rating: Average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No
Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace
Sci Fi. Liam Neeson & Ewan McGregor 1999
The Trade Federation is slowly strangling the galaxy. Which Jedi survives? Find out this and more in episode four.
Moral of the story: There is always trouble when big business and politicians get together.
Rating: Entertaining
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
The video review repository is at http://videorev.blogspot.com/
And the RSS feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ShortMovieReviews
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Stephen's Snaps
http://photo.ebearweb.net/
Simply nice photos, Landscape, Seascape, Underwater, The Northern Beaches Sydney.
Updated regularly.
Stephen's Short Video Reviews
The Third Man
Classic (V). Joseph Cotten & Alida Valli 1949
A post war murder. Slow. Long at about one hour and fourty minutes.
Moral of the story: Be careful of the Russians.
Rating: Three yawns
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
Max Payne
Action (V). Mark Wahlberg & Mila Kunis 2008
A cop tries to solve his wife and child's murder. Dark, loud & long at one hour and fourty minutes. Unsatisfying ending.
Moral of the story: How greedy is your best friend?
Rating: Quite average
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
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(N) Nudity, (S) Sex scenes, (V) Violence
The opinions expressed here are just that, opinions.
Ratings in descending order:
Eye popper
Entertaining
Average
Quite average
One yawn
Two yawns
Three yawns
Ejected it
The video review repository is at http://videorev.blogspot.com/
And the RSS feed is http://feeds.feedburner.com/ShortMovieReviews
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Stephen's Snaps
http://photo.ebearweb.net/
Simply nice photos, Landscape, Seascape, Underwater, The Northern Beaches Sydney.
Updated regularly.
