13 February 2007

The Aviator & The Castle

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

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Ratings in descending order:

Eye popper

Entertaining

Average

Quite average

One yawn

Two yawns

Three yawns

Ejected it



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09 February 2007

American Pie 5: The Naked Mile & Bounce

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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05 February 2007

American Pie Presents Band Camp & Mean Girls

Stephen's Short Video Reviews

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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02 February 2007

Batman Returns & Eragon

Stephen's Short Video Reviews

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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01 February 2007

Firewall & Along Came a Spider

Stephen's Short Video Reviews

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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