17 May 2008

Poison Ivy 2, The Black Hole & Smokey and the Bandit

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Poison Ivy 2

        Drama (N) (S) (V). Alyssa Milano & Johnathon Schaech 1996

        New student joins art school. Slow.

        Moral of the story: Is sex art?

        Rating: Average

        Rent it?No

        Buy it? Yes


The Black Hole
 
        Sci Fi. Kristy Swanson & Judd Nelson 2006

        A black hole swallows the Earth. Standard slow low grade disaster movie.

        Moral of the story: The military have better scientists than the academics.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


Smokey and the Bandit
 
        Classic . Burt Reynolds & Sally Field 1977

        How to get beer out of Texas in twenty easy lessons. Comedy rating 16.25

        Moral of the story: Always take your basset hound with you.

        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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28 April 2008

Poison Ivy, Attack Force & The Dam Busters

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Poison Ivy

        Drama (S) (V). Drew Barrymore & Tom Skerritt 1992

        Poor girl moves into a rich house.

        Moral of the story: Dicks are easily lead.

        Rating: Average

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? Yes


Attack Force
 
        Action (V). Steven Seagal & Lisa Lovbrand 2006

        Steven's employer turns on him.

        Moral of the story: Sometimes dubbing makes the plot meaningless.

        Rating: Quite average

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? No


The Dam Busters
 
        Classic. Michael Redgrave & Ursula Jeans 1955

        The story of how the German dams were broken. A little slow.

        Moral of the story: It's who you know that makes the difference.

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

Updated regularly.

24 March 2008

The Hitcher, Broken Flowers, The Devil wears Prada & The Wild Geese

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


The Hitcher

        Drama (V). C. Thomas Howell & Jennifer Jason Leigh 1986

        A young man picks up a hitchhiker.

        Moral of the story: Strangers aren't always what they appear.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


Broken Flowers
 
        Drama (N). Bill Murray & Julie Delpy 2005

        Bill receives a letter from an old lover. Very slow.

        Moral of the story: A movie should actually have an ending.

        Rating: Three yawns

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


The Devil wears Prada
 
        Drama . Meryl Streep & Stanley Tucci 2006

        Young writer seeks job in publishing house. Very watchable, but very little plot.

        Moral of the story: Fashion, like business, is all facade and double dealing.

        Rating: One yawn

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? No


The Wild Geese
 
        Classic (V) . Richard Burton & Roger Moore 1978

         Mercenaries plan to free a national leader. Some good photography.

        Moral of the story: You can never trust a banker.

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

Updated regularly.

10 February 2008

Ocean's Thirteen, Pulse & Shooter

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Ocean's Thirteen

        Drama (V). Brad Pitt & George Clooney 2007

        " Danny Ocean rounds up the boys for a third heist ".

        Moral of the story: Thirteen was originally a lucky number, I guess it doesn't hold for movies.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


Pulse
 
        Drama (V). Kristen Bell & Ian Somerhalder 2006

        " A hacker accidentally channels a mysterious wireless signal ".

        Moral of the story: There has to be a hook and the hook has to be in the first scene. However here they chose for the first scene to be absolutely meaningless.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


Shooter
 
        Drama (V). Mark Wahlberg & Kate Mara  2007

        Government uses sniper, later rich guys abuse sniper. Good sound. Good special effects.

        Moral of the story: " You don't understand, they killed my dog. "

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

Updated regularly.

02 February 2008

A Cinderella Story, Shooters & The Contract

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


A Cinderella Story

         Comedy? Hilary Duff & Chad Michael Murray 2004

        Cinderella with IM. Slow to start and long at one hour 35 minutes.

        Moral of the story: Sometimes the title says it all.

        Rating: One yawn

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? No


Shooters
 
        Drama. Adrian Dunbar & Andrew Howard 2002

        He got out of gaol and he wanted to go straight. His friend didn't give him a chance.

        Moral of the story: Some movie plots are so good that no viewer can describe them.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


The Contract
 
        Drama (V). Morgan Freeman & John Cusack 2006

        Goodie leads a captured badie out of the wilderness. Good sound. A good crash. A little predictable. Long at one and a half hours.

        Moral of the story: One government paid mercenary is better than four.

        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.

24 December 2007

Blind Date & Just Like Heaven

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


Blind Date

         Comedy. Kim Basinger & Bruce Willis 1987

        Bruce needs a date for a business dinner. Slow to start. Comedy rating 6.33

        Moral of the story: Don't bare your bum to Rambo.

        Rating: Entertaining

        Rent it? Yes

        Buy it? Yes


Just Like Heaven

        Comedy. Reese Witherspoon & Mark Ruffalo 2005

        Reese has a fight with a semi. Slow towards the end. Comedy rating 1.27

        Moral of the story: The kiss will do it every time.

        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



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.

19 December 2007

The Alibi, The Wrong Man & The Sentinel

Stephen's Short Video Reviews


The Alibi

         Comedy. Jerry O'Connell & Deborah Kara Unger 2006

        A man runs an alibi service for adulterous husbands.

        Moral of the story: Emotionless movies don't work.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


The Wrong Man

        Drama (V). Josh Hartnett & Lucy Liu 2006

        Mistaken identity in a gang war.

        Moral of the story: No matter how many good actors are thrown into a movie, it don't always work.

        Rating: Ejected it

        Rent it? No

        Buy it? No


The Sentinel

        Drama (V). Michael Douglas & Kim Basinger 2006

        A plot to kill the president. Slow to start.

        Moral of the story: There's always a dick behind the problem.

        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.