24 August 2008

Striking Distance & High Crimes

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Striking Distance

        Action (S) (V). Bruce Willis & Sarah Jessica Parker 1993
 
        Blondes keep getting killed.

        Moral of the story: It all starts with family.

        Rating: Entertaining

        Rent it?Yes

        Buy it? Yes?


High Crimes

        Drama (V). Ashley Judd & Morgan Freeman 2002

        Military murder!

        Moral of the story: The guilty aren't always punished.

        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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Simply nice photos, Landscape, Seascape, Underwater, The Northern Beaches Sydney.

Updated regularly.

17 August 2008

Another Stakeout, The Chamber & Guilty by Suspicion

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Another Stakeout

         Comedy? (V). Richard Dreyfuss & Rosie O'Donnell 1993
 
        A witness runs away. An over done explosion and some good sound! Comedy rating 1.66

        Moral of the story: You can't get away from the dog.

        Rating: Entertaining

        Rent it?Yes

        Buy it? No


The Chamber

        Drama (V). Gene Hackman & Faye Dunaway 1996  

        Boy tries to save granddad. Slow as.

        Moral of the story: Many books make bad movies.

        Rating: Three yawns

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


Guilty by Suspicion

        Drama. Robert De Niro & Annette Bening 1991
 
        Communist witch hunts. Slow.

        Moral of the story: They are coming to get you.

        Rating: Two 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



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.

13 August 2008

The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior, Deceived & Addicted to Love

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


The Sinking of the Rainbow Warrior

        True Story. Sam Neill & Kerry Fox 1992

        The French sink Green Piece and New Zealand. Long at about one and a half hours.

        Moral of the story: French island prisons are easy to get out of.

        Rating: Quite average

        Rent it?Yes

        Buy it? No


Deceived

        Drama (V). Goldie Hawn & John Heard 1991 

        Boy meets girl, necklace is stolen. Slow in places.

        Moral of the story: Who knows what is authentic?

        Rating: Entertaining

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? No


Addicted to Love

        Comedy (V). Meg Ryan & Matthew Broderick 1997
 
        Girl leaves boy. Slow in places. Predictable. Comedy rating 1.00

        Moral of the story: Lassie knows who you love.

        Rating: Average

        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



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.

09 August 2008

Someone Like You, Six Days, Seven Nights & On Deadly Ground

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Someone Like You

        Drama. Ashley Judd & Greg Kinnear 2001

        Girl gets dumped. Good sound. Long at about one and a half hours.

        Moral of the story: Cows are cows!

        Rating: Quite average

        Rent it?Yes?

        Buy it? No


Six Days, Seven Nights

        Drama (V). Harrison Ford & Anne Heche 1998

        A couple go for a pre honeymoon. A little slow.

        Moral of the story: Harrison always finds a cave.

        Rating: Quite average

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? No


On Deadly Ground

        Action (N) (V). Steven Seagal & Joan Chen 1994 

        Oil wells invade Alaska. Some exaggerated explosions.

        Moral of the story: Cutting corners doesn't always save money.

        Rating: Eye popper

        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.