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Legendary (American Beauty (DVD))

Advantages: Excellent acting, directing, storyline...the list goes on!
Disadvantages: none

...just now waking up...' American Beauty tells the story of Lester, played by the legendary Kevin Spacey, who wishes to break free of the norm of 'keeping up appearances', his wife Carolyn Burnham (Annette Bening) is so obsessed with. Annette represents the disillusioned being, who has lost sight of what he/she wants in life and believes that happiness is represented by material things and how 'in order to be successful, one must project an image of ...
...profound, as he decides to follow his hearts ambitions, to look young and feel excited, is highly comical. He continually lusts over his daughter Jane's (Thora Birch) friend Angela (Mena Suvari), as she represents his personified goal of youth and being spontaneous. Lester in his outrageous quest for happiness produces a few timeless one-liners, not least the opening scene: 'Look at me, jerking off in the shower... This will be the high point of ...

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Change the World - Pay it Forward

Advantages: Somewhat original story, original concept, great performances, touching, makes you think
Disadvantages: A bit over sentimental for some (you'll need to be armed with tissues!)

...first heard of the movie Pay It Forward through an interview with my favourite music group, the Backstreet Boys. My favourite member Brian has mentioned a few times in interviews that this was at least one of his favourite movies and otherwise, I hadn't heard of it. It came out in 2000 but I don't remember hearing anything about it on TV at the time (maybe I was busy then, I don't know) and so I guess it sort of slipped under my radar. Anyway, I ...
...main acting cast) - Pay it Forward is mainly about one young boy by the name of Trevor McKinney (played by Haley Joel Osment, probably best known for his role next to Bruce Willis in the late 90s supernatural thriller The Sixth Sense), who struggles to cope with his family situation, as his father is a drunk and abusive man who has left home (he's played briefly by Jon Bon Jovi) and his mother (played by Helen Hunt) also has a drinking problem and ...

IzzyS 30.12.2007 · Read full review
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Swimming with Sharks, funny satire about office cruilty

Advantages: Well Acted, Sharp Script and Dialogue
Disadvantages: Small Scale and Budget

This is the kind of film many office people can identify with during their early years.....myself included. For anybody who wants to feel better about bad office experience, feeling humiliated, bullied and worthless,this is perfect. Spacey is on fine form as the contemptuous, egotistical, cruel and abusive movie exec, Buddy Ackerman who preys upon his seemingly weak newcomer Guy (Frank Whaley) who is bright but naive and wet behind the ears . The ...
...you wonder if your watching a play rather than a movie. There are no big budget thrills here and only a handful of relevant characters in purely office based settings. There's no doubt that it is fun watching Buddy get bullied and humiliated as he gets closer to going insane with rage. Buddy's character is said to be loosely based upon Joel Silver. Scenes in which Buddy makes Guy destroy every copy of a magazine because he does'nt like an article ...

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Love Thy Neighbour?

Advantages: Has potential to be a good thriller
Disadvantages: Holes in the plot make it difficult to follow

Richard and Priscilla Parker have been happily married for years and so are not particularly inclined to get to know their new neighbours, the Otises. Eddy Otis, however, is a man who will not be ignored, and soon the Parkers are fast becoming close friends with Eddy and his wife, Kay. A little too close, in fact. Eddy suggests a wife swap for an evening, something that Richard initially turns down, although tempted. Before long though, he gives ...
...Then Kay is brutally murdered and Richard is accused of the killing. But are things really as they seem? Could Eddy have something to do with the murder? Packed with well-known actors and actresses, this early nineties thriller has the potential to be really good. Kevin Kline plays Richard Parker, and, although I am used to seeing him in more comic roles, he is believable as a man confused by desire for his neighbour's wife. A little more character ...

sunmeilan 06.05.2008 · Read full review
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Viral attack

Advantages: Exciting
Disadvantages: Not realistic

...Outbreak, looks at a fictional outbreak of a deadly virus. Outbreak is about the discovery of a lethal virus called Motaba in Africa, by Colonel Sam Daniels (Dustin Hoffman) who works for the United States Army Medical Research Institute for Infectious Diseases. Daniels asks his superior, Brigadier General Billy Ford (Morgan Freeman) to put out an alert for the disease, but Ford refuses. When the Motaba is transported to US by an infected monkey, ...
...outbreak of the disease, but is again hampered by Ford. Daniels seeks assistance from his ex-wife, Dr Robby Keough (Rene Russo), who works for the Center for Disease Control, and it becomes a race against time to contain the disease before it gets out of control. It also transpires that Ford and Major General Donald McClintock (Donald Sutherland) have history with Motaba in the past when they dealt with the disease unconventionally. I enjoyed this ...

mozzie76 16.11.2009 · Read full review
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