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  Dead Man's Shoes

  by xGary

  This bleak tale of revenge set in a small English town sees Paddy Considine leaving the army and returning home to extract brutal revenge on a group of small time drug dealers who abused his retarded younger brother while he was away. This is an unusual revenge thriller as it often looks more like a slasher flick; Considine is obviously an unstable murderer who has been trained to kill and he systematically executes each of his victims in a very horror film style way. Except in this case his victims are a bunch of unsympathetic scum bags who you can't help feeling probably deserve their fate. In this way the film throws up many mixed emotions as you're never quite sure who you are supposed to be rooting for! But the real kick in the gut is provided by Shane Meadows; he directs very much like a documentary photographer cataloging the grim reality of working class small town life. The actors involved are ugly. They have bad hair and cheap clothes. In other words they look like REAL people, not Hollywood's glamorized, sanitized version of them. As such you feel you are right there in the thick of it, actually witnessing these gruesome events rather than just watching a piece of entertainment. It won't be to everyone's tastes as it's quite a tough movie to sit through because of its extremely grim subject matter, but ultimately it's a very powerful piece of work.

  garyX

  "You were supposed to be a monster. I'M the monster."

  posted 12 hours ago
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  Grosse Pointe Blank

  by xGary

  Professional contract killer Martin Blank decides to stop off at his high school reunion while out on a job and rekindles an old flame in the shape of Minnie Driver. Part romantic comedy, part post-Tarantino noir, this is the kind of cinematic hybrid that can sometimes go disastrously wrong (Gigli anyone? Thought not....) but this brilliantly written example is not one of them. The dialogue is witty, snappy and insightful, it has likeable characters played by a great cast headed by John Cusack at his most charming and who shares a real chemistry with his co-star. There are also some great supporting performances by Dan Aykroyd as a rival hitman, Alan Arkin as Blank's unwilling psychiatrist and Joan Cusak as his kind of post-modern old school noir style secretary. Add brisk no nonsense pacing and well handled set pieces and you have a smart and funny black comedy that works on every level.

  garyX

  If you liked Lucky Number Slevin, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang or Shoot 'Em Up check this out. It's better than all of them.

  posted 1 day ago
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  The Dark Knight

  by xGary

  Being a bit of a latecomer when it comes to The Dark Knight, this film was always going to be about the hype. It's a tall order to live up to the expectation generated by the most anticipated film of the year directed by one of my favourite directors containing a performance lauded over by all and sundry.
  Basically, it had a HELL of a lot to live up to. And no, it did not disappoint. Much. I loved Batman Begins, particularly its examination of the psychology of Bruce Wayne/Batman. Unfortunately this is pretty much absent from The Dark Knight; it's The Joker's show all the way, and Ledger tiptoes the line between playfulness and psychosis perfectly. His character is obviously designed to strike a cord with western audiences as a villain with no agenda, fear of death or capture, no objective other than chaos is clearly the ultimate "terrorist". I just wish there had been more dialogue between he and Bale, rather than The Joker making observations while Batman wordlessly pounded on him. But absolutely every other aspect of the film is pretty much flawless; the action, the effects, the performances, all spot on. The script is brilliantly written and I was glad to see it didn't follow the usual pattern of "we're all super-baddies so let's all join up to fight the hero", instead Two Face being a far more believable by-product of The Joker's manipulations. I still prefer the stylistic approach of Sin City, but it's still easily one of the best superhero films ever made.

  garyX

  (Nearly) as good as everyone says it is.

  posted 5 days ago
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  A Certain Kind of Death

  by Kelly

  This is a superb documentary, not interested in probing its subjects (indeed no documentarian or film crew member is ever heard from) but instead settles to observe. The people interviewed seem to be allowed a free forum for their thoughts, like the director told them, "just do what you would normally do and help us understand what your job requires you to do".
  "Faces of Death" can totally suck on it because this crew ALSO got LA county morgue access, and they got just as awesome footage as you guys did, cept it wasn't all heavy handed and laced with shock value like the FoD series. This is a film that shows what is - what a modern pauper's death and burial looks like, exactly. Not much sentimentality, just what we find out about the person from recovered legal forms or papers left in their houses. We first meet these people as decaying remains. The camera is not afraid of dead bodies, even extreme cases and bodies left to decay as long as most of these are usually much more severe to look at than other corpses. So there are many things here you may not want to see in our bubbled modern world, and that luxury is afforded to you because of the people who work for coroners and mortuaries. This movie shows us exactly what these jobs entail; the best example in the sequence in which bodies are prepared for cremation and then cremated. It's a beautiful naturalistic filming technique and the result is pure reality. This is what life, and death, are really like, and it may take a hell of a lot to watch this. But if you're a sick objective fuck like me, you're just going "those are some great shots of blood filled body bags" or "look at that...died on the shitter. Probably what'll happen to me. I better make some skydiving arrangements ASAP if I get bowel cancer instead of waiting around my shitty apartment and making mounds of 'gonna die' documents."

  Stinger839

  A solid modern doc for my cinephile friends and a challenge of sorts to the "horror fiends" on my list to see if yall can stomach the real deal. This is an Instant Watch on Netflix, so added accessibility there.
  
  No one on my friend's list has seen this yet, and I did send to a few people who marked 'Not Interested' and yall especially are totally welcome to bitch me out for impishly promoting something so unnerving and bleak, but I just think seeing this film or something like it (preferably in real life) is essential for people who are not aware of what real death is like and how our society currently deals with it.

  posted 8 days ago
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  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford

  by xGary

  The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford is a bit of a mouthful, but it's titled perfectly. The script is extremely literary and the title is deeply ironic and highlights the fact that real life bears little resemblance to the simplistic interpretation of events that "legends" present. In fact it was Ford's disillusionment in his dealings with the man compared to his childhood hero worship that probably contributed greatly to the resulting killing; that and his own wish to be revered as a "hero" himself. The cinematography is simply beautiful, the film resembling a period photograph come to life. The train robbery scene is one of the most visually stunning pieces of cinema I've ever seen. The performances are also top notch, particularly Brad Pitt whose intense and intimidating interpretation of James once again proves that given quality material he can more than deliver the goods. True, it's rather slow moving and talky, but as such it's a completely different take on one of the most oft filmed stories in cinema, and also one of the best.

  garyX

  Short on action, yes, but long on depth, intelligence and beauty.

  posted 8 days ago
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  Fausto 5.0

  by Kelly

  A step above the typical horror movie; this is more accurately described as a surrealistic/existential thriller. The most remarkable thing about this movie is that it is engaging, it whips by and leaves the viewer wanting more. The pace is incredible, the rendering of Mephistopheles is unforgettable, odd, and distinctly without religious trappings. Actually, that is another quite remarkable thing about this film that it avoids religion altogether and instead approaches the Faust story as one man's degrading and distorting vision of life. Not as gory as it is said to be, but extremely atmospheric and included gore is pleasing and effective. This film assumes the audience's prior knowledge of the Faust legend, as some plot events may seem arbitrary, illogical, or unjustified (particularly the end may not make sense) when it is in fact representative of the details in Goethe's and Marlowe's Faustus and Faust respectively. You don't have to be familiar with those texts though, a quick synopsis review on wikipedia will do to give you enough plot knowledge for this. Not at all a disappointing version of Faust, but indeed a very modern and effective rendering.

  Stinger839

  This is conveniently on Netflix Instant Watch, where I saw it.
  
  I've always liked the Faust legend (Murnau's version is my favorite). While this is not as art house as Jan Svankmajer's Faust, it is certainly a modern Faust that expects its viewers to be in a mood for subtlety and analysis.

  posted 13 days ago
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  Pride and Glory

  by Rachel

  It's now going to release on October 24, 2008! The trailer looks fantastic. Can't wait to see Edward Norton in a serious film, just like the old days.
  
  

  TheNarratorX

  Hey, you should really see this!

  posted 13 days ago
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  The Dark Knight

  by ♥ Liloh

  Firstly I noticed there are more groopies of the Movie Dark Knight perhaps then any other Movie in the History.
  No offence against the Fan, I m talkin about Groopies and Heath Ledger Groopies. Let him rest in Peace for Heavens Sake!! I came some Profiles with Widgets XXXL across with all his Pics, gif, images..etc.., Make me sick those groopies.
  *rolls eyes* They seem to be worster then Elvis Groopies.
  
  Now Back to Topic.
  My Husband wants to see it, and I must go see it with him, fair inough because he came along to watch Hitman with me and some Friends. He was practically forced by me and some Friends. LOL.
  Well I m actually not a Batman Trilogy Fan, as I said, NO MEN IN TIGHTS FAN.
  
  *sigh hard*
  
  Gary Oldman, I really fear that guy on Screen. I m not sure, but there is something Creepy about Gary Oldman.

  Liloh

  I know some of my Friends have seen the Movie. But there is a specific reason why I sent this "review" instead of opening a Conversation.
  
  Liloh

  posted 16 days ago
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  The Dark Knight

  by Kelly

  Join with the other AGENTS OF CHAOS and UNFRIENDS OF BATMAN to rip on 'The Dark Knight' at http://www.flixster.com/conversa
  tions/1100974
  
  Don't tell me all you fansters are *really* that satiated by this movie? Surely, it's the drought that has left you all suffering from dehydration (and delusions that this is a "great" movie as opposed to "acceptable").
  
  Masterpiece?!?!?!?!?!!? why so serious fanboys?

  Stinger839

  NOT A TYPICAL REVIEW/RECOMMEND!
  Trying to exclude people already who posted a reply, sorry if you got included. Just to bring attention to a Conversation thread I started http://www.flixster.com/conversations/1100974 aimed at the "grandiosity" surrounding "The Dark Knight" and undermining said thingy with "few drums of gas and a couple bullets".

  posted 17 days ago
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  Planet Terror (Grindhouse Presents: Robert Rodriguez's Planet Terror)

  by xGary

  A deadly plague that turns the populace into flesh eating mutants is released into the atmosphere and a band of misfits join together to fight their way to safety. Robert Rodriguez' pastiche of seventies and eighties style schlock horror seemed like a real breath of fresh air to me. The fact that two of its greatest exponents, Sam Raimi and Peter Jackson have been heading further and further down the overlong, sterile, technology orientated road of mainstream cinema makes it all the more ironic. Tarantino and Rodriguez seem to be headed completely in the opposite direction, concentrating on entertainment rather than ego, and in this film they deliver just the right blend of tongue in cheek humour, knowing homage and outrageous gore, the likes of which I haven't seen since Evil Dead 2. It's half John Carpenter and half George Romero, but manages to ape the films of their hey days to such an extent it surpasses anything either of them has done for a couple of decades. The cast overact their cinematic stereotypes to just the right degree, and the gore is amusingly ridiculous in a similar way to Return Of The Living Dead, itself a tongue in cheek semi-sequel to Romero's original zombie film. It'll never change your world, but that's hardly the point. 100% proof pure entertainment.

  garyX

  Hugely enjoyable high-camp comic strip gore-fest from the director of Sin City. If you like Evil Dead 2&3, you'll like this!

  posted 21 days ago
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  Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (AVP 2)

  by xGary

  AVP 2 continues directly from the ending of the first film, with an alien/predator hybrid causing the ship to crash land back on Earth. A second ship is dispatched containing a kind of space-age alien cross between a CSI and Batman to clear up the resulting mess. The first film was dumb but fun, but I have to say I did not have high hopes for this one. At first it seemed that my fears were going to be justified because the first act of the film resembled a teen slasher flick more than anything else, complete with semi-clad nubile teens, people being picked off one by one in dark corridors and the inevitable pre-scares and false alarms. However, once the aliens hit the surface things got a LOT better. It "borrows" ideas heavily from other sources, notably Dawn Of The Dead and especially Aliens; a couple of scenes are lifted directly from it and the kick-ass mom protecting her young daughter is an obvious copy of Ripley. But it does it WELL. Despite the fact that the film can look a little too dark making it difficult to tell what's going on in places, it does look great and the fight sequences are very well done. The small town stereotypes are a little underwritten, but the action makes up for it and it never shies away from the gory side of things giving it a distinctly horror style spin. The alien hybrid is also done far better than the one in Alien Resurrection. For once it seems that a sequel has learned form the mistakes of its predecessor, and the result is a very pleasant surprise.

  garyX

  I'm probably going to end up in the stocks over this one as most of my friends slated it, and I must admit the score would probably have been lower if my expectations weren't so low...but I really enjoyed it! Think Land Of The Dead crossed with Aliens. MUCH better than the first one.

  posted 22 days ago
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  The Dark Knight

  by Rachel

  You either die a hero or you live long enough to see yourself become the villain.

  The Dark Knight has got to be the best film of 2008 by far. Heath Ledger's performance as the Joker has left me speechless, but I'll talk more about him later on.
  
  Christian Bale reprises his role as Bruce Wayne/ Batman once again. He is now more in control of his alter ego. This time he joins forces with district attorney Harvey Dent doing the best he can do protect Gotham City from the criminal underworld. What's more to say for Bale? He was made to play Batman.
  
  As for Maggie Gyllenhaal, she was definitely a better replacement for the wooden Katie Holmes, but I don't really think she suited the role. Also now seeing the finale of her character I would have preferred Holmes.
  
  Now for the highlight of the film, Heath Ledger. His performance as the Joker was simply electrifying. Every word he said sent shivers done my spine. From his facial expressions, gestures and dialogue, he merely became the Joker. I will have to agree with a lot of reviews on here, Ledger definitely deserves an Oscar for this role. Now it's understandable that some might think of it as a sympathy vote, but if you've seen his performance in the film then there's nothing to argue there. He deserves the Oscar even if he was alive today. My favourite Joker scenes are when he crashes the party and tells Rachel about how he got his facial scars, The disappearing pencil trick (Who wouldn't love that scene?), and when he disguises himself as a nurse. The Joker sometimes reminded me of Tyler Durden from Fight Club, only more psychotic and with face paint.
  
  Last but not least, Michael Caine and Morgan Freeman were both respectively brilliant in their small but important roles in the film. Aaron Eckhart was also a nice addition to the cast and played Harvey Dent/ Two Face with ease.
  
  So now to sum it all up, Christopher Nolan does it again folks. Full of non-stop action and great performances all round. I would go as far to say that I enjoyed it better than Batman Begins but hey, that's just me. The Dark Knight was a 2 and a half hour masterpiece which leaves you wanting more. Don't be left out and Believe the hype, go and see this at the theatres...NOW!
  
  

  TheNarratorX

  I went for the midnight screening on Saturday and it was a full house! An action packed summer Blockbuster.

  posted 23 days ago
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  Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Hellboy 2)

  by Kelly

  A movie that goes from great to mediocre at a fairly even pace. Fantastic creature design and effects prosthetics, makeup, etc. Tolerable CGI. The irony is that the least interesting (and frankly, just plain shitty) character design is the Golden Army itself; they look totally lame, unless you're looking at hundreds of them at once. Besides that, this is del Toro's same art crew from Pan's Labyrinth so the designs are just jaw dropping and staggeringly original. Jeffrey Tambor is funny as a Papa Bluth-pastiche of himself. Thought Perlman was stiff, but a nice bonus Seth McFarlane of Family Guy fame voices the ectoplasmic doctor.
  Some action/comic cliche lines in the movie. Forced romance that advances the plot (horrible thing to do in a movie). Abe Sapien looked great; loved the Prince villain, though I thought he was very Pinhead derived (maybe it's just all that Hellraiser watching I did). Far better than the first, but suspend your disbelief in the beginning, and your discerning tastes during the last two reels. I don't think non-comic people will get much from this, but "it sucked" to "it was alright".

  Stinger839

  First review in my "MOVIES ALL THE ZOMBIES ARE SEEING" feature I'm doing whilst visiting the northeast and doing a proper "summer at the movies". A movie that went from great to mediocre/annoying at a steady rate. FAR better than the first, though.
  Flixter politics: Just this first one I'm sending to everyone on my list so you know I'm doing this feature; further recommends won't be sent to people who have "Not Interested" marked for any movie I want to recommend whilst on my movie adventure.

  posted 38 days ago
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  Sweet Smell of Success

  by xGary

  This pitch black hearted noir was something of a flop on its release, and it's not difficult to see why. Not through lack of quality, but rather the fact that its unrelenting cynicism and bleak outlook is certainly not for the faint hearted. Tony Curtis turns in easily his best performance as Sidney Falco, an obsequious press agent who is perfectly willing to sell his soul to get on top, and Burt Lancaster is similarly superb, brilliantly cast against type as a cold-hearted tyrant (even describing an attack on his character as an attack on his country, the cry of despots throughout the ages) who controls all around him through contemptible manipulation. The core of the film is the creepily ambiguous relationship between he and his sister; at one point he refers to her "apron strings", an allusion to motherhood, but he also keeps a portrait on his desk as one would a spouse or lover... It is unusual in that instead of fists and bullets, all the damage is done through words and insinuations; the razor sharp dialogue is amongst the best ever written for the screen, and the magnificent photography represents the city streets as blackly as the protagonists' hearts. The package is completed by a soundtrack of fantastic contemporary jazz and the overall result is one of the pinnacles of film noir.

  garyX

  "It's a new wrinkle, to tell the truth... I never thought I'd make a killing on some guy's 'integrity'."

  posted 39 days ago
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  Dogma

  by ♥ Liloh

  I love this Movie. I have seen it several times and always break outta laughs. I like Kevin Smith Character in this Movie. The only line in this Movies he had were I guess the one in the Train and at the End of the Movie.
  The Quotes are just DIE HARD BARREL OF LAUGHS. I enjoyed the Movie, and I could watch over and over. The Big Mouth Chris Rock was the Man who made my side Hurt in this Movie. Many religious Folks were offended by this Movie I heard, but hey if you are offended by a Movie then DONT WATCH IT!
  
  Every and each character were just great.
  
  Scottman said
  im not religious, so dident get it all, but as a film, its certainly entertaining,
  
  Same here Scotty!
  
  If you have nt seen this Movie. Shame on you!! LOL
  
  Here some Nasty and Funny Quotes
  
  Jay: Yo man, tell me something about me.
  Rufus: You masturbate more than anyone on the planet.
  Jay: Aw fuck, everyone knows that. Tell me something nobody knows.
  Rufus: When you do it, you're thinking about guys.
  [a shocked Silent Bob stares at Jay]
  Jay: Dude, not all the time.
  
  
  Jay: So what's up? You got a friend for Silent Bob, or are you just gonna do us both? If so, I'm first. I hate sloppy seconds.
  
  
  Bethany: You're a man of principle.
  
  
  Metatron: Tell a person that you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charlton Heston movie and suddenly everybody is a theology scholar.
  
  
  Bethany: You knew Jesus?
  
  Rufus: Knew him? Shit... Nigga owes me twelve bucks.

  Liloh

  Hey, you should really see this!

  posted 40 days ago
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  Withnail and I

  by xGary

  Withnail & I is the tale of a pair of out of work actors in 1969 Camden who decide to get away from it all for a weekend in a country cottage. And that's about it; plot heavy this film is not. It's all about the character of Withnail, played to perfection to a pre-insufferable Richard E. Grant; in fact Grant was a tee-totaler when he made this film, but Bruce Robinson insisted that the leading actors be paralytic during filming, just to make it more authentic! The pair are like a foul-mouthed, drunken version of Laurel & Hardy as they stagger through the ordinary world in much the same way as Raoul Duke and Dr. Gonzo were in Fear & Loathing, except that this film is very, very British. This film is all about the dialogue, which is hilarious, containing some of the funniest swearing you'll ever hear! It is also, like Gilliam's film, making a comment about the times in which they lived; the end of the sixties. Except in Fear & Loathing, Thompson was bemoaning the loss of power and optimism of the American youth movement, and here Withnail is shown as an endearing but childish and cowardly person, constantly avoiding responsibility and life as a whole, through a cocktail of drink and drugs. He is left behind at the end, like the decade, as "I" gets a haircut and a job, and moves on with his life. Some may think that the "screaming homosexual" uncle Monty is a bit of a caricature and figure of fun, but he is in fact the most sensitive and sympathetic character in the film. it may not translate well to foreign audiences, but it will forever be a firm favourite amongst the British post hippy generation and students alike.

  garyX

  "We're on holiday by accident!"

  posted 41 days ago
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  Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

  by xGary

  Hunter S. Thompson's semi-autobiographical novel and essay on the emptiness of the American dream in post sixties Las Vegas is brought to life by Terry Gilliam in a way very few could've managed; his mixture of lurid visuals, surreal humour and celebration of the grotesque captures its spirit perfectly. It's long been one of my favourite books, and this is exactly how I pictured it in my head as I read it. Johnny Depp nails Thompson, and is spot on as the drug-addled outsider who sees himself as an alien in his own country, providing some very insightful commentary on the America of those times. Benicio Del Toro is also fantastic as his Samoan sidekick and it's hilarious to see the pair of them crashing through "polite society" without the slightest regard for acceptable, conventionall behaviour. With cameos from the likes of Christina Ricci and Harry Dean Stanton, the cast is to die for there are loads of funny lines and physical humour that'll make anyone who has had one too many (of anything!) laugh and cringe knowingly at the same time. Capping it off there's also a superb soundtrack of the greatest music of that period. Those looking for a coherent plot will be disappointed, but that's the nature of the beast; deeply sick and totally hilarious, it's America's answer to Withnail & I.

  garyX

  The prefect solution for anyone who wants to know what it's like to be on drugs without actually taking drugs!

  posted 43 days ago
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  Super High Me

  by Kelly

  I've been meaning to write a review about this for a while, but I've been too stoned. When Doug says in his standup, "So I will be smoking pot all day every day for thirty days in a row", I would have heckled in reply, "Welcome to my life!!!"
  A nice blend of stoner humor and serious documentary film-making on the political movement and people affected by the battle for legalization of marijuana in America. I'm a well rounded pothead, so I love this approach of going serious to silly several times in the same reel. ssssssmoke!
  I'm totally high right now, and I love this movie. I woke up yesterday wanting to watch it again, and I wasn't even high then.
  
  I sound daring to say this is innovative. I guess some of the activists in the movie really got to me, esp the guy who opened the first dispensary primarily for AIDS patients and when he talked about his place getting raided, he referenced Stonewall, saying to the state police, "Don't you realize - these people are going to fight back?!" Pulled at my little gay stoned lung pipes.
  But there's hard-hitting stuff for everyone - who doesn't love a blunt paraplegic or a cute honor student with cancer? And since the film is set against the backdrop of the standup comedy profession, you're treated to snippets throughout that prove why Doug should be the #1 pot comic in this year's High Times.

  Stinger839

  I'm recommending this while high. Only two ppl on my friends list have seen this (and ur getting my redundant praise as well). I gave this movie that extra half star because I was stoned when I rated it, and being even more stoned now, I don't disagree.

  posted 45 days ago
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  The Godfather

  by xGary

  Francis Ford Coppola's classic gangster saga is the story of a criminal dynasty headed by Marlon Brando in one of his most iconic roles. Coppola's direction is deceptively simple in that he uses no gimmicks or stylistic tricks; he merely allows the story to unfold and lets the superb cast do their thing. Brando's mumbling family and loyalty obsessed don has since become part of popular culture folklore (along with the classic score), and all other accompanying performances are top notch, from James Caan's hot headed Santino to Robert Duval's purely business orientated adviser. But this film is really the story of Michael's transition from honest war hero to shadowy underworld figure, played by Al Pacino in his finest role. The pivotal scene in which his newborn godson is baptised while Michael himself, the newborn "Godfather", is baptised in blood is an all time great. This is the birth of the modern gangster film, and with the possible exception of Goodfellas, it is still to be surpassed.

  garyX

  Essential viewing for all movie lovers.

  posted 48 days ago
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  Capricorn One

  by xGary

  James Brolin heads a team of astronauts who're pulled from their capsule seconds before the launch and told they must help fake a Mars landing in order to save the space program. Meanwhile Elliot Gould is a reporter whose friend that works in the Houston command centre tells him of a discrepancy in the telemetry. This friend promptly vanishes and he finds someone else living in his apartment, so he sets about discovering the truth. This hugely entertaining conspiracy theory thriller from Peter Hyams delivers an interesting premise told with boy's own panache. Elliot Gould does what he does best as the smart mouthed reporter and gets all the best lines in some witty quickfire banter with his editor and love interest, and the action is provided in the astronaut's escape from the NASA compound. Hyams makes great use of the desert locations and there's an exciting finale in the form of an aerial chase through it's canyons between two black ops helicopters (cleverly given a kind of faceless, malevolent personality through formation flying) and a barnstorming crop duster played by Telly "Kojak" Savalas. Occasionally a little far fetched, but it's funny, intriguing and exciting, and great fun.

  garyX

  A great 70s thriller that's been earmarked for a remake due for release in 2010.

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