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Review of Dark Star (1974)

By Ricky L (88) on 21 May 2010

Basically a pretty retarded experimental '70s student film from John Carpenter, but in all the trippy mess, there are some gems - the birth…

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Review of The Philadelphia Story (1940)

By Ricky L (88) on 21 May 2010

Classic screwball comedy with all the screen legends of the day. Great dialogue and situational humor…

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Review of JCVD (2008)

By Ricky L (88) on 20 May 2010

Mr V-D himself is great at both sending himself up and deepening his acting talent at the same time, no easy task…

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Review of Risky Business (1983)

By Ricky L (88) on 18 May 2010

Tom Cruise's role that launched him to stardom, it is a great model for a teen comedy. Ending was well-done and wrapped it up very nicely…

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Review of Broadcast News (1987)

By Ricky L (88) on 14 May 2010

A sharply-written, well acted love triangle from James L. Brooks. Great characters, as always, but the hook isn't as strong as in some of his films…

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Review of Radio (2001)

By Ricky L (88) on 08 May 2010

This movie sends a powerful message to people who bully. Cuba gooding jr makes this movie amazing…

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Review of Radio (2009)

By Ricky L (88) on 08 May 2010

This movie sends a powerful message to people who bully. Cuba gooding jr makes this movie amazing…

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Review of Radio (2003)

By Ricky L (88) on 08 May 2010

This movie sends a powerful message to people who bully. Cuba gooding jr makes this movie amazing…

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Review of Ran (1985)

By Ricky L (88) on 29 Apr 2010

Kurosawa does 'King Lear' in his own meditative and epic manner…

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Review of Downfall (2004)

By Ricky L (88) on 27 Apr 2010

Great performances, relentless sense of impending doom. The overly exposed Hitler ranting scene is jut as harrowing, even after all the parodies…

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Review of Downfall (1997)

By Ricky L (88) on 27 Apr 2010

Great performances, relentless sense of impending doom. The overly exposed Hitler ranting scene is jut as harrowing, even after all the parodies…

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Review of The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956)

By Ricky L (88) on 19 Apr 2010

Vintage Hitchcock conspiracy thriller. I'd never really noticed how good Jimmy Stewart's comic timing was before…

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Review of The Outsiders (1983)

By Ricky L (88) on 18 Apr 2010

I think that this movie was great it gave us and ideal of how life was back then…

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Review of Event Horizon (1997)

By Ricky L (88) on 10 Apr 2010

Overall a good scifi/horror movie about going where we should not and then suffereing the concequences of the trip…

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Review of Scanners (1981)

By Ricky L (88) on 07 Apr 2010

Vagrant Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack) is revealed to be a Scanner, or a person with incredibly potent mental powers. He is mentored by Dr…

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Review of Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998)

By Ricky L (88) on 29 Mar 2010

This was the coolest movie I'd ever seen when I was 15…

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Review of Encounters at the End of the World (2007)

By Ricky L (88) on 26 Mar 2010

Quite interesting at times (those incredible seal noises…

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Review of Lions for Lambs (2007)

By Ricky L (88) on 23 Mar 2010

Preachy, slow, forgettable…

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Review of The Ruins (2008)

By Ricky L (88) on 19 Mar 2010

Before seeing this film, I thought maybe some kind of creature or something was down in The Ruins, but I was wrong…

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Review of The Color Purple (1985)

By Ricky L (88) on 19 Mar 2010

Great acting and story! Full of life and spontaneous air…

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