Drama > Levinson, Barry Drama

Revenge is a dish best served cold

Advantages: It's a great film with a great cast
Disadvantages: It's hard to watch at times due to the brutality

This is one of the most watched films in my collection. Mainly because it is such a powerful movie, yet very bleak. Set in New York's Hell's Kitchen, 4 teenage boys, played by Brad Renfro (RIP)(Michael Sullivan), Joe Perrino (Shakes), Jonathon Tucker (Tommy) and Geoffrey Widgor (John Reilly) are best friends and seem to be drawn together by their equally awful home lives dealing with regular beatings, poverty and a generally shitty childhood. The ...
...4 friends get up to all sorts, swimming and fishing and playing ball games in the street, but pay the ultimate price when a prank goes wrong and an old man ends up in hospital. They are sentenced to serve at least one year in the Wilkinson Home for Boys (a juvenile detention centre). The middle part of the film follows their time at Wilkinsons enduring endless rapes and beatings at the hands of the guard Noakes (Kevin Bacon) and his colleagues. ...

theshinyone 07.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Sleepers (DVD)

Man Of The Year - Robin Williams

Advantages: Leaves you in stiches, great for a night in
Disadvantages: Sore the day after due to all the laughing

If youre a fan of Robin Williams acting skills - Buy this << If youre a fan of Robin Williams Stand Up Comedy - But this << I bought this DVD last week for about £10+ and i must say it was well worth its money. The Story is basically about Williams, know as Dobbs, who is a comedian presenting his own Tv show. His fans, fed up with the current president and democartic parties, shouts out that he should run for president - as a joke. He takes ...
...the whole election thing very serious, until he is entered into the real presidential debate. He then sees the lighter side of things and mixes politics with comedy. A women who works for the company that collects the vote, finds out that Dobbs won only due to a computer glitch. See tells Dobbs this, but it is up to him to decided wether to stay president or tell the truth. If youre looking for a night with the partner then this is a must buy, as ...

SilverPhoenix91 08.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Man Of The Year (DVD)

Brotherly Love!

Advantages: Excellent film
Disadvantages: none

I do remember watching Rain Man at the cinema many years ago but I never had it in my DVD collection until just recently when I spotted it on offer at play.com. The film was made in 1988 and was much acclaimed at the time, winning four Oscars including the best actor in a leading role for Dustin Hoffman, best director and best picture. For those who do not know, Rain Man tells the story of Charlie Babbitt (played by Tom Cruise) and his discovery ...
...in its own way. Rain Man is a very thought provoking film and I think it does well to highlight the characteristics of autism. Charlie's treatment of his brother at first, impatient, irritated and trying to make him conform is a great demonstration of all the wrong ways to behave towards people with autism. It is also quite heartbreaking For Charlie as towards the end when he realises that there is only so much that he can do to forge a brotherly ...

kingfisher111 19.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rain Man (Special Edition) (DVD)

BUGSY (WIDESCREEN) DVD

Advantages: GOOD MOBSTER FILM
Disadvantages: NOT A CLASSIC

...of warren Beatty but in Bugsy he seems to pull a few strings, he plays Benjamin Siegel (Bugsy) the founder of the Flamingo Casino which sparked off Las Vegas as we know it today. Bugsy which is in my opinon a good mobster film with plenty of tempo also star's Ben Kingsly, Harvey Keitel, Ellott Gould and Annette Bening (Bugsys lover) give good solid performance's which help it to deliver. The film recieved 10 Academy Award nominations winning 2 Oscar's ...
...in 1991. Bugsy is not on my all time great list but its certainly worth watching if not owning on DVD, I myself have enjoyed watching this more than once. 7.5/10 THE CAST Warren Beatty - Ben Siegel (Bugsy) Annette Bening - Virginia Hill Harvey Keitel - Mickey Cohen Ben Kinsley - Meyer Lansky Elliott Gould - Harry Greenberg Directed by - Barry Levinson SPECIAL FEATURES Theatrical Trailer Filmgraphies Dvd Trailer DVD INFO Sound Dolby ...

donovan74 28.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Bugsy (DVD)

"I know there has to be somebody inside there!"

Advantages: A good film with all around excellent performances
Disadvantages: None

RAIN MAN INTRODUCTION 1988 was a great year for 'the Barry Levinson drama/comedy 'Rain Man'. Not only did the film win the Oscar for the Best Picture, Levinson also picked up an award for directing, Dustin Hoffman won Best Actor, and the film won Best Original Screenplay, as well as being nominated in four other categories. This review is for the 2004 Special Edition DVD from MGM Home Entertainment. I could remember a little of watching ...
...twenty years on, so Amazon received 187 of my new pennies and I received a brand new DVD. THE STORY Charlie Babbit (Tom Cruise) is a young hotheaded Ferrari dealer in Los Angeles. His business isn't going very well so he decides to take a holiday with his girlfriend and co-worker, Susannah (Valeria Golino). As they drive Charlie gets a phone call to tell him that his father has died. Charlie, who thinks he's an only child, returns to Ohio ...

oldchem 29.08.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Rain Man (DVD)