... They enlist the aid of Martin – the school whiz kid and mastermind extraordinaire – who for an undisclosed sum promises to provide them with a getaway for the weekend. The students willingly pay the fee and arrange to meet in the woods nearby, where Martin has arranged to collect ... Read review
Despite copious swearing and a corporate rock soundtrack,The Holemight, more ... more
appropriately, have begun with a title sequence of silhouettes cavorting in front of a fiery backdrop; it owes far more toTales of the Unexpectedthan the slick US teen movies ...
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Despite copious swearing and a corporate rock soundtrack,The Holemight, more ... more
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Liz (Thora Birch, American Beauty) staggers toward her exclusive school, bloodied and ... more
deeply traumatised. Whilst a Police psychologist is trying to figure out what happened to her she uncovers this chilling and twisted tale.Three rebellious friends, Mi...
Liz (Thora Birch) staggers towards her exclusive school bloodied and deeply traumatised. ... more
Whilst a police psychologist is trying to figure out what happened to her she reveals this twisted and chilling tale. Three rebellious friends Mike Geoff and ...
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explosion shakes the city. A scientific team investigates, clashing with an intergalactic, voltage-devouring creature that vaporizes them.By 7 A.M. a chain of earthquakes is tearing the city apart while a massive swirling black hole is consuming the remains. The alien is devouring every source of electricity it finds and destroying every human who blocks its way. Mass chaos rules as St. Louis is being evacuated. Only a few people, scientist Eric Bryce (Judd Nelson), his assistant Shannon (Kristy Swanson) and General Ryker (David Selby) comprehend the mortal danger.By midnight, the Pentagon initiates a nuclear attack against the black hole. Bryce has only one hour to find a solution to obliterate the alien and the colossal black hole before mankind is a annihilated.
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nothingness where space and time end. Anything that crosses its border enters a universe of the complete unknown. And so begins a story that only humanoids film magicians could tell. A story of robots and humanoids. Of human genius and madness. And a spectacular descent into natures ultimate mystery - THE BLACK HOLE.
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last it's here, and best believe it's been worth the wait. This is Soul in the Hole, THE definitive streetball movie. Raw, gritty and superbly directed, this piece of street-culture history showcases some of the most dazzling talent ever to step on court. Witness the magic of Brooklyn's legendary streetball team, Kenny's King's, in Danielle Gardner's uncompromising tale of New York dreams, poverty and the inner-city struggle. King's star Ed Booger Smith has the skills to make it to the top but can he resist the pull of New York's criminal underworld long enough to make it there?
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Puba, Sadat X, and Lord Jamar have stayed the course with an impressive commitment to making meaningful music. Fire in the Hole feels anachronistic at times, and not only because the crew hasn't really revamped its flows. Their attempts at social relevancy on songs like "Still Livin' in the Ghetto," "Momma," and "Soldier's Story" mark a welcome throwback to a different era. They also show that they can box with their contemporaries on songs like "Always Mine" and "Whatever Happened?" as they flex lyrical styles that can run with the young. It's not the most polished album in this group's long history, but at a time when most of their peers have faded out or fallen off, Brand Nubian suggests that hip-hop's retirement age might yet last beyond 35. --Oliver Wang
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Thriller - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Timothy West, Neil Morrissey, Tara Fitzgerald, Annette Crosbie, Pauline Quirke, Rob Brydon, Denise Van Outen, John Thomson, Kevin Whately, David Suchet
Production Year: 2002 - Thriller - Director: Bharat Nalluri, Rob Bailey, Andy Wilson - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Matthew MacFadyen, Keeley Hawes, David Oyelowo, Peter Firth, Jenny Agutter, Lisa Faulkner
...forthcoming field trip. They enlist the aid of Martin – the school whiz kid and mastermind extraordinaire – who for an undisclosed sum promises to provide them with a getaway for the weekend. The students willingly pay the fee and arrange to meet in the woods nearby, where Martin has arranged to collect them. But they aren’t going far – their hideaway for the weekend is right beneath them – a disused war banker, complete ... ...they’ve found themselves the perfect get away – and at face value, it appears that they have – after all nobody will find them there.
Except, of course, nothing is that simple. Simply mix an unhealthy adolescent obsession, fear of the unknown and a liberal dosage of cabin fever, and suddenly the party atmosphere turns to terror. Whatever you expect from this film, you may well be surprised – nothing is quite ... more
Four public school students set about getting away from a forthcoming field trip. They enlist the aid of Martin – the school whiz kid and mastermind extraordinaire – who for an undisclosed sum promises to provide them with a getaway for the weekend. The students willingly pay the fee and arrange to meet in the woods nearby, where Martin has arranged to collect them. But they aren’t going far – their hideaway for the weekend is right beneath them – a disused war banker, complete with all the vitals (water, electricity etc). The students think they’ve found themselves the perfect get away – and at face value, it appears that they have – after all nobody will find them there.
Except, of course, nothing is that simple. Simply mix an unhealthy adolescent obsession, fear of the unknown and a liberal dosage of cabin fever, and suddenly the party atmosphere turns to terror. Whatever you expect from this film, you may well be surprised – nothing is quite what it seems…….
Based on the cult novel by Guy Bart, The Hole is a very clever movie. In a similar way to that in which the makers of Blair Witch whipped their audience up into a frenzy, all the hype and trailers surrounding this film suggested that this was a conventional teen slasher movie, complete with screaming females and dark shadows. When the movie starts its English setting and cast is employed to give the impression that this is going to be a police thriller, complete with smart detectives and crime scenes. Wrong again. I cannot accurately describe this film without giving too much away, except to say that this is an exercise in truth and obsession. The filmmakers expertly manoeuvre both the characters and the audience’s perception of the truth, until you realise that what you thought was happening is completely wrong. This isn’t exactly edge of the seat stuff – it’s a slow turn of the screw that gradually draws you in further and further – and is ultimately a rather disturbing film.
The film operates using a blend of current time footage, interspersed with partly narrated footage of the events that took place in the old war bunker. This in itself can be quite unsettling – there were some points in the film where it wasn’t instantly obvious whether we were in the past or the present, but once you’ve settled in, the whole thing flows quite nicely. I enjoyed the English setting – it makes a change to see a major cinema release that doesn’t portray England as a blur of terraced houses, flat caps and collieries. Visually, this is a relatively subtle affair – horrific scenes are only briefly flashed in and out of the characters’ flashbacks, in another attempt to fool the viewer.
The film has a relatively small, but effective cast. Liz, the lead character, is played superbly by Thora Birch – recently seen in American Beauty – whose dark broody looks are absolutely perfect for the disturbed teenager. The other three teenagers are Frankie (Keira Knightley), the school sex goddess, who gets more than a few pulses racing; Geoff (Laurence Fox) school rugby player and all round lad; and Mike (Desmond Harrington) son of an American rock star, and the object of Liz’s desire. Their escapade is masterminded by Martin (Daniel Brocklebank) who was arguably the most sinister of them all, with a voice and looks that somehow managed to blend Harry Potter with Hallowe’en.
This film is, by definition, a horror film, yet in practice there is little horror actually contained in the movie. The art of this film is the power of persuasion – a film doesn’t need to be explicit to be frightening, if it can make you believe that something terrible has happened. Nonetheless, the film is rated 15, as it contains strong language, some nudity and sporadic (yet extreme) violence. Even if this wouldn’t normally be your cup of tea, I recommend that you settle down with a copy of this one evening.
Recommended – except if you suffer from claustrophobia.
Advantages: Full of suspense, good performance by Birch Disadvantages: Didn't quite deliver...
...Unfortunately, she isn't one of the popular students, so she devises a plan with friend Martyn, to get Mike to herself. Martyn arranges for Liz, Mike, and trendy students, Geoff and Frankie, to spend three days in an underground bomb shelter. The four enjoy their time below ground, until it comes to the day they are supposed to be returning to school and it transpires that Martyn is not coming back to let them out. A few days later, Liz manages to ... ...who plays Frankie, is probably the best known actress in this film, it is Thora Birch as Liz who gives the best performance. I found it immediately easy to identify with her; she is not one of the most popular students in school and finds it hard to get noticed. However, she is determined that, somehow, Mike will note her existence, and is, perhaps naively, sure that she will manage to win him over. At the same time, I was always aware that there ...
sunmeilan 12.05.2008
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Advantages: Good scenes down the bunker - quite tense Disadvantages: Not scary, a bit of ropy acting
The Hole is a British horror / thriller from 2001, starring Thora Birch (American Beauty, Ghost World) and Keira Knightley before she got famous and started pouting.
It tells the tale of four friends who decide to bunk off a field trip from their posh boarding school, and instead spend the weekend buried underground in a secret bunker. Why they would want to do that is anybody's guess; it must have been one particularly boring field trip. These ... ...goes badly wrong…
Anyway, the film is told with flashbacks between this fateful weekend and the present, in which a police investigation is being carried out into the deaths of three of the four students. Only Liz survived the ordeal, and she is being interviewed by one of the psychologists/investigators (Embeth Davidtz - Miss Honey from Matilda). At first, the main suspect is another friend, Martyn (played by Daniel Brocklebank - now in Emmerdale), ...
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Advantages: Great plot. Believable. Disadvantages: Graphically gruesome in places.
...been likened by some to the Blair Witch project. Do not be fooled by such reviews. This is the complete opposite – starting with the fact that this is actually VERY GOOD. The other main difference is that this is based on a believable tale (no belief in the supernatural required!). There is a very good plot with more twists and turns than the current Levi’s advert. And what’s more for the first time in a long time I could not predict ... ...providing some interesting insights into the human mind (ok, so a very messed up human mind but still human). It is pretty gruesome and graphically so, so it’s not one for the faint hearted. However I think it is wrong to dub it as a horror movie as it does not fit into many of the stereotypes this conjures up. It is far more horrific than actual horror.
So what is it about? Well I can not tell you much about the plot without giving things ...
student9824 26.04.2001 (02.05.2001)
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...Crazy.
Anyway, back to the opinion.
In brief, The Hole is about these four (somewhat stupid) English (but one American) teens who set up camp in this large underground hide-out. Martin, the mastermind who locked them in the bunker and made sure their parents and the school didn't find out about it and left them there. On the day he's supposed to let them out, he doesn't and they're locked in. They find things fun to start with - all that alcohol ... ...the water and electricity go off... Scary!
The best thing (or at least my favourite thing) about this film is that you don't find out the whole (somewhat disturbing) truth until the very end and the whole thing is VERY chilling!
The cast isn't huge but each and every cast member performs very well. Thora Birch who plays Liz is the most interesting character. It's her scheme (along with best friend Martin) that gets the others in The Hole. She has ...
annalouise 02.12.2001
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Advantages: Original fast-paced intelligent thriller Disadvantages: Cockroaches
...you in to spectate as the chilling, dark story characterised by its never-ending suspense of unexpected twists and turns unfolds,and you are invited to watch as the four characters' personality traits unfold delivering some suprising and unappetising scenes, it is tainted with foreboding and a sense of pure evil unwrapping before your very eyes.. For me the film reminded me both of 'Shallow Grave' (the character portrayls, black humour and unexpected ... ...bunker, it is here that the nightmare begins and the laughter stops. Opening scene depicts Thora Birch (Liz)bloody and straggled she collapses inside the school hallway after calling the emergency line.We then listen to her account of the fouteen days she spent underground as told to her appointed police psychologist. The events within the bunker walls are not 'jump-out-of-your-skin frightening' but successfully chill and forebode with their frightening ...
whitewiner 18.12.2001
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TITLE: Black Hole, The
RATING: ***˝
CAST: Maximillian Schell, Anthony Perkins, Robert Forster, Joseph Bottoms, Yvette Mimieux, Ernest Borgnine, Tommy McLoughlin, Gary Nelson; unbilled voices of Roddy McDowall and Slim Pickens.
DIRECTOR: Gary Nelson
SCREENWRITERS: Jeb Rosenbrook & Gerry Day; Jeb Rosenbrook, Bob Barbash, & Richard Landau (story)
STUDIO: Walt Disney Studios / Buena Vista Distribution
RUNNING TIME: 98 min.
RATED: PG (US & UK); for sci-fi violence.
DVD AVAILABILITY: 5 GBP from Amazon; ASIN# B000094P3Q
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In 2005, author Stephen Hawking proved---mathematically, at least ...
Advantages: great family film and cool sploosh Disadvantages: none
inside he finds zero drinking what he calls "sploosh". Zero explains how he got there and what sploosh is before stanley tells him about the legend about kissin' kate and hoew his granfather found refuge on top of gods thumb.
They no they can't turn back there only choice is to head towards "gods thumb"
After a long climb they reach to there amazement gods thumb with onions,water and grass.
Over a few days they gather supplies and reszt ready for there journey back at night to try dig up kissin kates' treasure.
I will tell no more because the ending is amazing and i would not like to ruin it.
STARRING:
shia beouf as stanley yelnuts
patrica arquette as little nicky
henry winkler as the waterboy
And many others
EXTRAS
This dvd is full of extras such as the boys of d-tent, digging the first hole, deleted scenes, gag ...
danrugby2005 06.03.2006 (11.03.2006)
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Advantages: The storyline, the acting, the look Disadvantages: May be too jumpy for some at first
can be built.
The way Holes the film turns a traditional setting of a lad in a hellish camp of mistreatment, hard taskmasters and fatal lizards, into a brilliantly bizarre generation-spanning saga concerning fate and other deep concerns, is surely its major plus point.
The arrival at the camp for Stanley is not completely pleasant ? especially as he can see no lake. It turns out that it dried up a long time ago, and all there is on the schedule at this camp is to dig holes, shovel-length wide and shovel-length deep, in its bed, one per day. Once eighteen months of that have passed, he will probably be completely bonkers, like the staff, as like as have built a strong character.
The trials and tribulations of Stanley, who soon gets the moniker Caveman (?beats Barfbag?, as a fellow suggests), in the camp are intertwined most ...
theediscerning 14.10.2003
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A group of teenagers, who are trying to avoid attending a school trip, take refuge in an disused underground bunker aided by Martin, the school nerd. For three days and three nights the group have a great time, but when Martin fails to return to let them out things start getting weird...
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PATHE DISTRIBUTION; 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Release date
19/07/2004
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
P 9021 DVD
Barcode
5060002830840
Composer
Clint Mansell
Languages
Main Language
English
Technical information
Aspect Ratio
16:9 Wide Screen
DVD Description
This moody psychological thriller stars Thora Birch (AMERICAN BEAUTY, GHOST WORLD) as a lovelorn teenager whose obsession with the coolest guy in school leads to trouble. The film's strange events involve an ominous underground bunker.
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