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Review of Alive (1993)

By Ian L (373) on 20 Nov 2007

Tremendously engaging film of survival against the odds, begins with one of the two best plane crash scenes of all time, (the other being in…

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Review of Tea with Mussolini (1999)

By Ian L (373) on 20 Nov 2007

British ladies show their own lace trimmed version of the stiff upper lip in the face of the fascists. Excellently performed and beautifully filmed…

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Review of The Longest Day (1962)

By Ian L (373) on 19 Nov 2007

Epic cinema, huge in every way and managing to cover the immensity of the subject, unfortunately at the expense of characterisation, story…

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Review of Forbidden Planet (1956)

By Ian L (373) on 19 Nov 2007

Stands alongside 'The day the Earth stood still' as one of the great 50's sci fi classics…

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Review of A Cock and Bull Story (2005)

By Ian L (373) on 19 Nov 2007

Great disappointment and waste of a good cast…

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Review of Zulu (1964)

By Ian L (373) on 19 Nov 2007

Another event in the British catalogue of conflict in far off lands. No doubt historically flawed but delivered with aplomb…

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Review of Muriel's Wedding (1994)

By Ian L (373) on 19 Nov 2007

Probably my favorite movie of all time....just make sure you LOVE ABBA before you watch it (I do!). Seen it 100 times…

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Review of Timecop (1994)

By Ian L (373) on 18 Nov 2007

I like time travel movies but you'll have to do better than van damme…

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Review of Darkman (1990)

By Ian L (373) on 16 Nov 2007

Not to be taken too seriously but enjoyable enough as a comic book story of revenge and retribution…

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Review of Strictly Ballroom (1992)

By Ian L (373) on 15 Nov 2007

It's a real beaut mate!!! Baz Lehrman's style suits this kind of material very well indeed, a great piece of entertainment. Australia can do culture…

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Review of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988)

By Ian L (373) on 15 Nov 2007

I remembered this movie from my childhood,bought it. It still fuckin rocks. Gotta love terry gilliam…

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Review of South Pacific (1958)

By Ian L (373) on 15 Nov 2007

Classic musical with some of the all time best Rodgers and Hammerstein songs…

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Review of House of Wax (1953)

By Ian L (373) on 15 Nov 2007

Nobody's as creepy as Mr Price and the local waxworks will be twice as scary after you've seen this. Be afraid, be very afraid…

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Review of The King and I (1956)

By Ian L (373) on 15 Nov 2007

I am not generally a fan of musicals, but this film is really a memorable gem…

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Review of The Vanishing (1993)

By Ian L (373) on 15 Nov 2007

Not equal to the original but still a good thriller and worth watching if the original does not appeal…

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Review of Frantic (1988)

By Ian L (373) on 14 Nov 2007

Polanski and I, well we have a shaky relationship. Some of his movies (directed) I love, and most of them I...dont. This is a don't…

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Review of The Gift (2000)

By Ian L (373) on 13 Nov 2007

It wasn't awful, but I felt an amazing director could've done something spectacular…

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Review of Jabberwocky (1977)

By Ian L (373) on 12 Nov 2007

Gillam's film based on the Jabberwocky poem is erractically funny but worth watching for his originality…

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Review of The Dam Busters (1955)

By Ian L (373) on 12 Nov 2007

Not just another tale of Brit lips stiffly resisting the Nazi menace but also a true life account of the type of homespun technological innovation…

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Review of Private Benjamin (1980)

By Ian L (373) on 12 Nov 2007

Goldie Hawn's best film relies on the unlikely pretext that her kookie character would even survive induction into the US Army…

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