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Basically the perfect movie. Impeccable cast, gorgeous scenes, fantastic cinematography, wonderful score, achingly beautiful story. It's based on Kazuo Ishiguro's novel of the same name. Ishiguro has said that he compares the life of the English butler to that of a Japanese samurai, and you can see the parallels in that the ethos of both holds loyalty above all else. Everyone is very restraine...

Really enjoyable sports comedy, a' la Major League and the Mighty Ducks. The premise is that a football strike has the NFL scrambling to fill their rosters with scabs. Gene Hackman is the coach who builds a team from washouts and pariahs, including Keanu Reeves as quarterback. Like most of these comedies, it mines humor from the hangups and problems of the ensemble of characters, which they all ...

Patti is an outsider to the rap music scene of New Jersey, and New Jersey is already on the outside of the music scene of New York. She has conflict with her mother, a failed musical artist, and is trying to make something happen with a career in rapping while also holding down jobs to support herself. She meets other artists who are also trying to make it in music but aren't part of the mainstrea...

I haven't seen the English remake of this movie but I'm told it's not as good. This movie is one of the best crime-mystery movies ever made. Be aware the movie opens with a graphic act of sexual violence. The story that follows is a fantastic, tense, drama-mystery with fantastic dialogue and perfect storytelling. SPECIAL FEATURES - audio commentary! featurettes! This bluray has the full treatme...

Die Hard was such a successful, and good, movie that for a long time Hollywood action movies sought to emulate the formula of putting the action into an enclosed space. So you got "Die Hard - but on a boat!" "Die Hard - but on a bus!" "Die Hard - but on Air Force One!" Executive Decision is Die Hard, but on a commercial jet liner. Compared to the other "Die Hard - but on a XXX" genre of movies go...

Super enjoyable sequel to the first Equalizer movie. Excellent action with visceral violence and clever situations. Fuqua is one of the best action-movie directors alive. It's a worthy sequel to the first one. However, that being said, it's not as good. The action is just as good, but the story isn't quite as satisfying. SIDE NOTE: Even though it's my least-favorite Equalizer movie, it has my M...

Super enjoyable sequel to the first Equalizer movie. Excellent action with visceral violence and clever situations. Fuqua is one of the best action-movie directors alive. It's a worthy sequel to the first one. However, that being said, it's not as good. The action is just as good, but the story isn't quite as satisfying. SIDE NOTE: Even though it's my least-favorite Equalizer movie, it has my M...

The words "Weird" & "Quirky" don't have enough gravity to really describe this movie. It's actually layers upon layers of weirdness, and it was made way before its time. It's influence is apparent in the movies of lots of modern directors like Wes Anderson (Anderson's early films clearly rip the mood and tone of Harold and Maude) and The Farrelly Brothers (Cameron Diaz, as "Mary" calls it the "pro...

Lovely, funny, surprising, movie. June Squibb does a great job as Thelma, Richard Roundtree (aka Shaft) is equally amazing as Thelma's friend. Good comedy, but also really heartfelt story here. Plucky, elderly, Thelma uses all her resources to get her money back from people who scammed her. As the movie unfolds you get a peek into the life of the elderly as Thelma gets patronized, dismissed, and u...

This is a grotesque story about mentally unhinged people who kill others as an expression of their commitment to each other. It's definitely not going to be appreciated by everyone. That being said. WOW! Arturo Ripstein is akin to a godfather of the triumvirate of Oscar-winning Mexican directors (Iñarritu, Del Toro, Cuaron), and you can see the influence in Deep Crimson on those directors with dr...