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Mafia boss Joe Cabot and his son Eddie gather six robbers under the aliases Mr. White, Mr. Orange, Mr. Pink, Mr. Blonde, Mr. Brown and Mr. Blue to rob a jewelry store. But in the midst of the robbery, things don't go according to plan - the police arrive quickly, and several robbers are wounded and some are killed, which leads the heroes to believe that there is a traitor among them...

My first Tarantino film. I was really interested in his directing style and decided to give this film a try, mostly because it's not very long, because I didn't have a lot of free time.

"Reservoir Dogs" is very exciting and intriguing. Despite the low dynamics and the fact that the robbery itself is not shown, the film keeps you in suspense until the very end. The characters are well-written, very contrasting and interesting, and also brilliantly played by their actors - literally each of them shines, although I remember Steve Buscemi as Mr. Pink and Michael Madsen as Mr. Blonde the most.

I would especially like to highlight Tarantino's signature dialogues on various life topics, which better reveal the characters and thanks to which I know what Madonna is singing about.

Overall, "Reservoir Dogs" is a great film that offers a new perspective on heist movies. If you don't mind a high level of violence and profanity, I recommend it.

Info:

Release: April 9th, 1993

Director: Michael Caton-Jones

Music by: Carter Burwell

Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Ellen Barkin

Studio: Warner Bros.

Runtime: 1 hour, 55 minutes

Synopsis: In the 1950s, Toby and his mom, Caroline, move to the state of Washington. There they meet mild-mannered Dwight, who falls in love with Caroline. They're married, and, after some initial happiness in the household, it becomes apparent that Dwight believes violence is the best way to discipline his troubled stepson. Unfortunately, Caroline is unwilling to give up on her marriage. As Dwight's abuse intensifies, Toby plans an escape.

Review: Dwight is such a piece of shit. It's not enough that he steals his son's money from his paper route job, but he's pathetic enough to tell stories about the people he "beat up" at work during dinner, what a loser. I'm glad the mom had enough of his shit as well near the end of the movie, finally realizing what a loser he was. I honestly wish she hit him in the face with that bat instead of his back when he was fighting with Toby.

This was so much FUN!

I saw this at the cinema when I was 9 years old, and it took it very seriously. But, watching it again, I realised this just doesn't take itself so seriously, and it's all the better for it. Right from those opening shots of the suits, with the nipples and the gratuitous bum shots

The dialogue was incredibly predictable, but enjoyably so; my wife and I were predicting lines and laughing when they were delivered.

The plot was pretty thin, but it didn't need to be deep.

Visually this movie is so clean. So many jaunty cantered angles, so many lush set designs. It feels like they had a lot of fun making it.

And a Smashing Pumpkins song to close the credits? Camp 90s perfection.

I was shocked to see just how panned it was, I know it was a jarring tonal shift at the time, but it achieves perfectly what it set out to do. It's such an homage to the classic 50s (?) Batman. But I guess everyone wanted dark, action movie Batman.

How do you all feel about this film now?

Director: Tim Roth.

Starring: Ray Winstone, Tilda Swinton, Lara Belmont, Freddie Cunliffe, and Colin Farrell.

Premise: A seemingly normal family (dad, pregnant mom, teenage daughter, and teenage son) move from London to rural Devon. The family appears to be happy and tight knit, but following a car accident, things seem to get…uncomfortable.

Moody, fifteen year old Tom stumbles upon a secret about his family, a secret that forces him into a precarious position as his parents await the birth of their next child and his sister develops a relationship with a local (Farrell). The more Tom digs, the more disturbing things he discovers about his family.

Pros: The cast plays their roles well; Winstone and Swinton are very good as portraying the parents and Belmont and Cunliffe effectively navigate the sensitive subject matter. The movie does not pull any punches; it will be upfront with you and will not sugarcoat anything.

Cons: You will only want watch this movie once. Unless you are really jaded, you will only watch it once. This is NOT a repeat viewing film. In fact, you may want a stiff drink and a shower after watching this.

Assessment: This is a difficult film to watch. Apparently one of the camera operators broke down crying a particular scene and some people walked out of this film during its premiere; Roth had to speak to them about what made them leave. The thing about this film is that it is purposefully uncomfortable. Roth allegedly had something serious happen to him in his life that influenced his direction. Winstone had some serious words for Roth about a certain scene in the film.

You see, the film isn’t afraid to go places; if you think the family’s situation is bad, it gets worse; if you think it doesn’t get real bad, it does; if you think it won’t go there, it will-then it goes beyond. I commend the cast and crew for their dedication, but this is probably a one and done for most viewers.

Rating: 6.5 out of 10.

Crazy to think this movie is 15 years old now.

Anyways, I kind of wanted watch something that wasn't super long and I had already seen two other films from Danny Boyle, Trainspotting and 28 Days Later, so I decided to watch this.

It's honestly insane and sad that something like this happened to a real person. A guy being stuck to a boulder and having to cut his arm off to survive and somehow living to tell the tale.

I really love the visual choices Boyle makes with this film, from the wide shots to the split screen shots. And James Franco honestly gives a great performance as Aron Ralston. I honestly love the

I still think that Trainspotting and 28 Days Later are a bit stronger, but still, 127 Hours is amazing.

Okay I have a few mixed feelings about this movie.

It's a parody of glorified violence in media, but it also glorifies violence in itself.

It's about the theatrics of TV entertainment, but its news footage's camera angle is the same as the movie's itself - something that is supposed to reveal perceived truer circumstances is still movie-like. Weird.

I'm not that really catching up with Schwarzenegger's chronology so the delivery of his trailer-worthy lines is often kinda underwhelming for some reason. Is it a lot of his lines being ADR'ed? (The screenshot of his death threat to Killiam is painfully obviously so) Is it some of his one-liners being more forced due to having to announce to the audience? Either way, "Commando" and "Total Recall" had a lot better timing with his one-liners.

Maybe it's like the feeling I had with yesterday's "Capricorn One" - libertarian movie writers, directors and most definitely the audience really had no idea how a totalitarian government conspiracy REALLY worked, so a lot of the high stakes posed by the dystopia loses its steam once the main conflict is in place.

Very fortunate to watch it for the first time on the big screen. First thing that stood out, was just how beautiful this movie looked and time it took for its shots. The music by morricone will be in my memory for a long time. Despite the long(er) runtime, i really didn't feel it and it truly felt like a great experience.

It was also fun seeing a younger Charles Bronson, since i know him more from his (sleazy) cannon group films and the same for Jason Robards, who i also recognized more from his later work.

I can't wait for the 4k Dollar trilogy to arrive, so i can continue to watch Sergio Leone's masterpieces.

Does anyone have other non Sergio Leone western recommendations?

Fantastically better than I expected in every way. There's so much of what Star Trek is best at in this film, like calling attention to the very current social/ecological concerns of 1986, a hand-waving time travel story, the ensemble cast working together to fight injustice rather than some capital-V Villain, and even Spock reacclimating to his own life and therefore rather starting over as a, uh, foil? to humanity? kinda?? The production budget was clearly WELL-FUNDED, and put to great use, the locations are amazing, the shots are terrific, and the ordinary 1986 San Franciscans are just so believable.

I'm currently watching through all the Star Trek TOS movies and just having a ball. I have just loved the others but this one has really surpassed my expectations and delighted me so much. It is just endlessly funny, and I feel like these characters and actors have really been given the chance to shine and do what they do best. Loved this!

"The summer I killed my father, I was ten years old." That's the very first line of Eve's Bayou and its easily one of my favorite new openers.

This 1997 film from Kasi Lemmons follows a wealthy Black Creole family in 1960s Louisiana through the eyes of ten year old Eve. Her dad is a charming, cheating small town doctor. Her aunt sees dead people. Her sister literally rewrites her own memories to cope. And Eve might be psychic, or she might just be a kid watching her family fall apart in real time.

Samuel L. Jackson plays against type in a way he almost never gets to. Jurnee Smollett as Eve is giving one of the best child performances ever put on screen. Lemmons shoots Louisiana with rich colors bleeding into stark black and white nightmare sequences. The hazy distortion in the air above hot pavement is what Eve's Bayou feels like.

If you've never seen this one, please fix that immediately!

I loved this film. The cinematography and sets gave a gritty and run down feel to the whole movie which was the perfect backdrop to the two main characters Leon (Jean Reno) and Mathilda (Natalie Portman).

>!The beginning of the movie Mathilda's family are murdered because her abusive father stole drugs from a crooked DEA agent. She only loved her little brother and not her father, stepmom or step sister who were all cruel to Mathilda in the opening scene. She comes home from the grocery store as the murders are happening and she seeks refuge in Leon's apartment. This sets up the rest of the movie as an unlikely buddy movie as Leon teaches Mathilda to become a 'cleaner' aka an assassin.!<

There were lots of little bits of humor in the movie as well as character development of the two leads. Jean played the loner, aloof character well. Leon tries to stay emotionally distant with Mathilda but she finally breaks through and he has an unusual parental relationship with the young girl. Natalie does an incredible job of playing someone who is street wise yet still innocent due to her young age.

I knew some about this movie before just because I have seen clips and interviews about the movie and the actors. I was actually quite surprised how the theme of the movie is about how the two main characters emotionally connect for the first time, Mathilda or in a long time in Leon's case with one another, but having this rather dark story line of murder for hire.

Danny Aiello and Gary Oldman both are great in their roles and only improve an already great movie.

Everyone, I mean EVERYONE, should watch this movie at least once.

This movie is just bizarre enough in enough of an enduring way that I really cannot help but like it. Involving a crazy scifi plot. I love it I just wish the music took even more prominance and I think it could be great.

I love how his backstory is left slightly open to interpretation.

Without too many spoilers for those who haven't seen the film, do you think he was connected or perhaps had previous gambling issues?

Well that was...interesting. I really liked this actually, Jeff Daniels and Melanie Griffith were wonderful and the film was consistently entertaining. I was a bit taken aback however by the second half, when it almost becomes a horror film. I knew something was coming as soon as Ray Liotta showed up, considering how sinister he seemed, but I didn't think it would end up going as hard as it did. That final confrontation scene was exceptionally brutal for something that started out as a quirky road movie.

I found this movie on DVD at my local thrift shop the other day, and as someone who grew up in the early '90s binging low-budget, direct-to-VHS SciFi movies, this looked like it might be worth grabbing for $1.29.

My family and I popped it in last night expecting to laugh at a silly / bad / cheapo old movie, and instead we were absolutely delighted!

It stars Christopher Lambert from Highlander (and the original Mortal Kombat movie) and Kurtwood Smith (he's been in a million things including the original RoboCop, and he was Red Forman in That 70s Show), plus a ton of other recognizable character actors from shows and movies you've probably seen. Special shout-out to Jeffrey Combs who memorably played half of the characters on "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" - he's playing a burnout computer hacker here and he's a delight as always.

I grabbed this DVD because it absolutely looked like a piece of crap low-budget / direct-to-VHS "badass guy sent to futuristic prison has to break out" kinda thing - the same type of cheesy B-movie I loved watching with my friends as a kid... and it *is* that kind of movie, except the budget must've been 10x what I thought. It looks GREAT, with huge complex sets and insane, over-the-top practical effects and stunt-work.

The pacing is whacked out at times, the plot doesn't always make much sense, but every goddamn person involved absolutely went 11/10 effort. My wife absolutely loved it - she kept saying "this isn't a GOOD movie, but my god it's a FUN movie"

I'm gonna end with a little "Stefan from SNL" breakdown. This movie has EVERYTHING (no major plot spoilers here but skip this section if you want to be surprised):

• >!Ample uncensored male nudity !<
• >!A 'sophisticated disguise' that's obviously just a scarf !<
• >!A dude being ripped to shreds by dogs !<
• >!Close-up shots of a man's intestines exploding !<
• >!A fight to the death on a retracting plank over a bottomless pit !<
• >!A cruel AI who sounds like a nice lady !<
• >!A flamethrower battle against a cybernetic AI-controlled semi truck !<
• >!Significantly more pregnant ladies than you'd expect in a movie about dudes in prison !<
• >!That big human gyroscope thing that was in every movie and show in the early 90s !<
• >!Dudes being cut in half by laser beams !<
• >!Dudes filled with goopy blue blood exploding inside a sewer pipe!<
• >!A guy who vomits out a bomb !<
• >!A baby being born in the middle of a flamethrower battle against an AI-powered semi truck !<
• >!I'll stop now LOL!<

TL;DR: If you ever wanted to watch a version of "The Shawshank Redemption" that had the same amount of prison rape but 20X more cyborgs, this is the movie for you

It's about a team of astronauts' race for survival when it turns out their Mars landing mission is a fake and their "vessel" has disintegrated on re-entry.

For some reason I was expecting the story to delve a bit deeper to the sociopolital fallout of this drama a bit more but I guess a heroic happy ending should suffice. Maybe it got sidetracked by the wilderness survival bit. I love the high stakes and the Jerry Goldsmith soundtrack but maybe it could have been a bit more cynical.