Stephen's Short Video Reviews
The Aviator
Biography (V). Leonardo DiCaprio & Cate Blanchett 2004
Howard Hughes'story. Slow in places. Very long at 2 hours and 50 minutes.
Moral of the story: It's all in the rivets.
Rating: Quite average
Rent it? Yes?
Buy it? No
The Castle
Comedy. Michael Caton & Anne Tenney 1997
A families house is compulsorily resumed. Very slow. Comedy rating 2.6
Moral of the story: Sometimes the plot lets the premise down.
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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American Pie 5: The Naked Mile
Comedy (N) (S) (V). Candace Kroslak & Steve Talley 2006
Stifler's cousin kills his grand mother. Slow in the middle. Comedy rating 4.00
Moral of the story: You should always be careful with your weapon.
Rating: Quite average
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? No
Bounce
Drama. Ben Affleck & Gwyneth Paltrow 2000
' A man switches plane tickets with another man who dies in that plane in a crash. The man falls in love with the deceased one's wife. ' Slow.
Moral of the story: Be careful where you stick your ticket.
Rating: Ejected it
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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The light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off due to budget cuts.
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American Pie Presents Band Camp
Comedy (N). Tad Hilgenbrink & Arielle Kebbel 2005
Stifler Jnr goes to band camp. Comedy rating 4.67
Moral of the story: Band camp's not the same without Alyson.
Rating: One yawn
Rent it? No?
Buy it? No
Mean Girls
Comedy. Lindsay Lohan & Tim Meadows 2004
New girl at school meets many bitches. A little long at one and a half hours. Comedy rating 6.33
Moral of the story: Not all nipples are equal.
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
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" I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get Hitler out of France either. -Jay Leno "
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Batman Returns
Action (V). Michael Keaton & Michelle Pfeiffer 1992
The Penguin wants Shreck.
Moral of the story: Michelle Pfeiffer looks best in a cat suit.
Rating: Ejected it
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
Eragon
Fantasy (V). Edward Speleers & Sienna Guillory 2006
Anne McCaffrey meets Star Wars.
Moral of the story: Don't interfere with the Princes.
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
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It's only unethical if you get caught.
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Firewall
Drama (V). Harrison Ford & Virginia Madsen 2006
Harrison's home is invaded and his family held hostage. Very annoying music in the opening credits.
Moral of the story: A banker will stab you in the back.
Rating: Eye popper
Rent it? Yes
Buy it? Yes
Along Came a Spider
Drama (V). Morgan Freeman & Monica Potter 2001
A kidnap. With a good hook, right at the start.
Moral of the story: The girl has to die.
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
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" You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses, and he wears a beret. He is French, people! -Conan O'Brien "
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Stephen's Short Video Reviews
I'm starting to get pissed off with the continual crap about ' piracy ' at the start of DVDs that you have bought legitimately, sometimes you can't even fast forward through it! Now if you had bought an 'illegal copy ' you would not see this crap. And there is an increasing tendency to put adds for other movies in front of the movie, after you select ' play movie '!
How much more crap do the distributors think people are willing to put up with?
Inside Man
Action? (V). Denzel Washington & Jodie Foster 2006
A bank robbery. Extremely slow.
Moral of the story: Sometimes there isn't enough plot for a movie.
Rating: Two yawns
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
The Da Vinci Code
Drama (V). Tom Hanks & Audrey Tautou 2006
A murder inside the Louvre leads to....... Slow, too much jumping around in time. Some good photography.
Moral of the story: There is nothing new in the Church of Rome hiding things.
Rating: Ejected it
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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" You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it. -John McCain. "
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Stephen's Short Video Reviews
Kiss Kiss Bang Bang
Action? (N). Robert Downey Jr. & Michelle Monaghan 2005
" A murder mystery brings together a private eye, a struggling actress, and a thief masquerading as an actor. "
Moral of the story: The narrator should actually know what to say.
Rating: Ejected it
Rent it? No
Buy it? No
5 Card Stud
Western (V). Dean Martin & Inger Stevens 1968
" After a card shark is caught cheating, he is taken out and lynched by the drunkards he was playing against. Soon afterwards, the men who were in the lynch mob start being murdered, one after another; all by hanging. "
Moral of the story: They used to treat card cheats like terrorists.
Rating: Ejected it
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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" The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee. -Regis Philbin. "
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