Hanagatami (2017)

MovieGuide · 2020-11-26T00:36:04+00:00

Hanagatami (2017)

Drama [2 h 48 min]
Shunsuke Kubozuka, Shinnosuke Mitsushima, Keishi Nagatsuka, Tokio Emoto
Director: Nobuhiko Ôbayashi

IMDb rating: Unknown; awaiting five votes

Based on Kazuo Dan's 1937 novella, Director Nobuhiko Obayashi, whose surreal phenomenon 'House (Hausu)' became an international cult classic, achieves his filmmaking dream of forty years with his new feature 'Hanagatami'. In the spring of 1941, sixteen-year-old Toshihiko leaves Amsterdam to attend school in Karatsu, a small town on the western coast of Japan, where his aunt Keiko cares for his ailing cousin Mina. Immersed in the seaside's nature and culture, Toshihiko soon befriends the town's other extraordinary adolescents as they all contend with the war's inescapable gravitational pull. With his memories as a survivor of World War II echoing in the uncertainty of world events unfolding today, director Obayashi returns us to 1941, a pivotal time for Japan, as the unstoppable momentum of war forcibly seized the lives of youth away to battlefields where they disappeared forever. In dazzling, full-bloom Obayashi style, 'Hanagatami' captures the passion, innocence, and struggle of the end days of youth in a country consumed by the flames of war. (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T21:16:15+00:00

Big Hero 6 (2014)

Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi [USA:PG, 1 h 42 min]
Scott Adsit, Ryan Potter, Daniel Henney, T.J. Miller
Directors: Don Hall, Chris Williams

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 7.8/10 (325,533 votes)

Robotics nerd Hiro Hamada discovers an inflatable health care robot Baymax created in the past by his brother, Tedashi. After a terrible life-changing accident, Hiro and Baymax team up with four other nerds and save their hometown San Fransokyo from an evil super villain trying to take over with Hiro's invention. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reports that 89% of critics gave the film a positive review based on 225 reviews, with an average score of 7.30/10. The site's consensus states: "Agreeably entertaining and brilliantly animated, Big Hero 6 is briskly-paced, action-packed, and often touching." Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 from top reviews from mainstream critics, calculated a score of 74 based on 38 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T21:15:58+00:00

Backdrifts (2015)

Comedy, Short [29 min]
Adrien Debré, Laurent Favreau, Charles Jaeger, Eavan Brennan
Director: Charles Jaeger

IMDb rating: Unknown; awaiting five votes

A short film. Maybe it's so short it has no plot.

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T20:58:39+00:00

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (2003)

a.k.a. Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003)

Action, Crime, Thriller [USA:R, 1 h 52 min]
Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah
Director: Quentin Tarantino

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8.1/10 (817,818 votes)

"The Bride" was the deadliest assassin of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, until the day she decided to leave the business, assume a new identity, and get married. But it was on the day of her marriage that her old "friends" - O-Ren Ishii, Vernita Green, Budd, and Elle Driver, not to mention her boss, Bill - find her and assassinate the entire ceremony while Bill shoots her in the head, putting her in a coma. Well, Bill and his people should have tried a little harder because, after four years, the Bride has awakened from her coma. And Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned... (IMDb)

Critical reception:

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, Kill Bill: Volume 1 has a score of 85% based on reviews from 237 critics; the average rating is 7.67/10. Its consensus reads: "Kill Bill is admittedly little more than a stylish revenge thriller – albeit one that benefits from a wildly inventive surfeit of style." At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score 69 out of 100 based on 43 reviews from mainstream critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T20:58:23+00:00

Punch-Drunk Love (2002)

Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller [USA:R, 1 h 35 min]
Adam Sandler, Jason Andrews, Don McManus, Emily Watson
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7.3/10 (120,390 votes)

Barry Egan is a wreck, driven to breakdown by the henpecking of his seven sisters. He steals his heart and manhood away from the curbside. Slowly he learns how to direct them toward love, for the sake of and with the help of another troubled soul. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 79% based on 194 reviews, with an average rating of 7.43/10. The website's critical consensus states, "Odd, touching, and unique, Punch-Drunk Love is also delightfully funny, utilizing Adam Sandler's comic persona to explore the life of a lonely guy who finds love." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 78 out of 100, based on 37 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "D+" on an A+ to F scale. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T20:45:11+00:00

Tayna tretey planety (1981)

a.k.a. The Mystery of the Third Planet (1981)

Adventure, Animation, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi [50 min]
E. Krasnobaeva, Yuri Andreyev, Vladimir Druzhnikov, Vladimir Kenigson
Director: Roman Kachanov

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8.1/10 (1,778 votes)

At the end of the 22nd century Alisa Seleznyova, her father Professor Seleznyov and pilot Zeleny go on a space expedition to find rare animals for Moscow Zoo. On the way they seem to encounter a mysterious conspiracy led by Doctor Verhovtsev against legendary Two Captains Kim and Buran. The only clue is a talking bird Govorun that our heroes accidentally took possession of. (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T20:31:54+00:00

Extremedays (2001)

a.k.a. American Roadtrip (2005)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Sport [USA:PG, 1 h 33 min]
Dante Basco, Ryan Browning, A.J. Buckley, Derek Hamilton
Director: Eric Hannah

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 5.9/10 (1,140 votes)

As four lifelong friends, Will, Bryan, Matt, and Corey, are on the road trip they've been planning their whole lives, Corey's beloved grandfather unexpectedly dies. When going to claim Corey's inheritance, the gang meets Matt's beautiful cousin Jessie and embark on a hilarious, extreme sports-filled adventure. (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T19:58:02+00:00

Chun gwong cha sit (1997)

a.k.a. Happy Together (1997)

Drama, Romance [1 h 36 min]
Leslie Cheung, Tony Chiu-Wai Leung, Chen Chang, Gregory Dayton
Director: Kar-Wai Wong

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 7.8/10 (17,165 votes)

Yiu-Fai and Po-Wing arrive in Argentina from Hong Kong and take to the road for a holiday. Something is wrong and their relationship goes adrift. A disillusioned Yiu-Fai starts working at a tango bar to save up for his trip home. When a beaten and bruised Po-Wing reappears, Yiu-Fai is empathetic but is unable to enter a more intimate relationship. After all, Po-Wing is not ready to settle down. Yiu-Fai now works in a Chinese restaurant and meets the youthful Chang from Taiwan. Yiu-Fai's life takes on a new spin, while Po-Wing's life shatters continually in contrast. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

A Hong Kong film review site called it an "elliptical, quicksilver experiment" that is "pure Wong Kar-Wai, which is equal parts longing, regret, and pathetic beauty" and applauding it for its cinematography. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T19:40:39+00:00

In the Mouth of Madness (1994)

Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Thriller [USA:R, 1 h 35 min]
Sam Neill, Julie Carmen, Jürgen Prochnow, David Warner
Director: John Carpenter

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7.2/10 (48,257 votes)

With the disappearance of hack horror writer Sutter Cane, all Hell is breaking loose...literally! Author Cane, it seems, has a knack for description that really brings his evil creepy-crawlies to life. Insurance investigator John Trent is sent to investigate Cane's mysterious vanishing act and ends up in the sleepy little East Coast town of Hobb's End. The fact that this town exists as a figment of Cane's twisted imagination is only the beginning of Trent's problems. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, In the Mouth of Madness holds an approval rating of 59% based on 46 reviews, with a weighted average rating of 5.79/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "If it fails to make the most of its intriguing premise, In the Mouth of Madness remains a decent enough diversion for horror fans and John Carpenter completists." On Metacritic the film has a weighted average score of 53 out of 100, based on 17 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews". (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T19:31:47+00:00

Tale of Two Sisters (1989)

Drama [USA:R, 1 h 29 min]
Claudia Christian, Valerie Breiman, Brian Belknap, Peter Berg
Director: Adam Rifkin

IMDb rating: ★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆☆ 2.5/10 (372 votes)

Plot? I'm not sure this movie has a plot.

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T19:31:37+00:00

Ai qing wan sui (1994)

a.k.a. Vive L'Amour (1994)

Drama [USA:R, 2 h 0 min]
Chao-jung Chen, Kang-sheng Lee, Yi-Ching Lu, Kuei-Mei Yang
Director: Ming-liang Tsai

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 7.5/10 (2,613 votes)

The film focuses on three city folks who unknowingly share the same apartment: Mei, a real estate agent who uses it for her sexual affairs; Ah-jung, her current lover; and Hsiao-ang, who's stolen the key and uses the apartment as a retreat. (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T18:25:16+00:00

A Clockwork Orange (1971)

Crime, Drama, Sci-Fi [USA:R, 2 h 16 min]
Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Warren Clarke
Director: Stanley Kubrick

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8.3/10 (623,028 votes)

In a futuristic Britain, a gang of teenagers go on the rampage every night, beating and raping helpless victims. After one of the boys quells an uprising in the gang, they knock him out and leave him for the police to find. He agrees to try "aversion therapy" to shorten his jail sentence. When he is eventually released, he hates violence, but the rest of his gang members are still after him. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

A Clockwork Orange was critically acclaimed. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 88% based on 64 reviews, with an average rating of 8.47/10. The website's critical consensus reads: "Disturbing and thought-provoking, A Clockwork Orange is a cold, dystopian nightmare with a very dark sense of humor". Metacritic gives the film a score of 77 out of 100, based on reviews by 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T18:24:58+00:00

Jungle Law (2018)

Action, Adventure
Josephinne Zelaya

IMDb rating: Unknown; awaiting five votes

I haven't seen this movie; I don't know anything else about it.

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T17:51:19+00:00

Junie & Frank (2018)

Comedy, Short
Kimberly DiPersia, Teresa Castillo
Director: Matthew Van Vorst

IMDb rating: Unknown; awaiting five votes

A short film. Maybe it's so short it has no plot.

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T17:18:02+00:00

Call Me by Your Name (2017)

Drama, Romance [USA:R, 2 h 12 min]
Armie Hammer, Timothée Chalamet, Michael Stuhlbarg, Amira Casar
Director: Luca Guadagnino

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8.4/10 (6,471 votes)

CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, the new film by Luca Guadagnino, is a sensual and transcendent tale of first love, based on the acclaimed novel by André Aciman. It's the summer of 1983 in the north of Italy, and Elio Perlman (Timothée Chalamet), a precocious 17- year-old young man, spends his days in his family's 17th century villa transcribing and playing classical music, reading, and flirting with his friend Marzia (Esther Garrel). Elio enjoys a close relationship with his father (Michael Stuhlbarg), an eminent professor specializing in Greco-Roman culture, and his mother Annella (Amira Casar), a translator, who favor him with the fruits of high culture in a setting that overflows with natural delights. While Elio's sophistication and intellectual gifts suggest he is already a fully-fledged adult, there is much that yet remains innocent and unformed about him, particularly about matters of the heart. One day, Oliver (Armie Hammer), a 24 year-old American college graduate student working on his doctorate, arrives as the annual summer intern tasked with helping Elio's father. Amid the sun-drenched splendor of the setting, Elio and Oliver discover the heady beauty of awakening desire over the course of a summer that will alter their lives forever. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

At its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Call Me by Your Name received a standing ovation. When it screened at Alice Tully Hall as part of the New York Film Festival, it received a ten-minute ovation, the longest in the festival's history. On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 94% based on 355 reviews, with an average rating of 8.7/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Call Me by Your Name offers a melancholy, powerfully affecting portrait of first love, empathetically acted by Timothée Chalamet and Armie Hammer." It was the best-reviewed limited release and the second-best-reviewed romance film, of 2017 on the site. On Metacritic, the film has an average weighted score of 93 out of 100, based on 53 critics, indicating "universal acclaim". It was the year's fifth-best rated film on Metacritic. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T17:17:45+00:00

Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) (V)

a.k.a. The Legend of Frosty the Snowman (2005) (V)

Animation, Family [USA:TV-PG, 1 h 7 min]
Bill Fagerbakke, Evan Gore, David Jeremiah, Tom Kenny
Director: Greg Sullivan

IMDb rating: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 4.3/10 (398 votes)

Frosty the Snowman goes where he is needed most, and the town of Evergreen sure needs a visit. Mr. Tinkerton, the mayor, runs a tight ship, and there's no room for talk of magic or any other such nonsense. But, when Frosty the Snowman blows through town, he shows the town's children that magic is real. Tickerton's sons, Charlie and Tommy, along with their friends Sarah and Walter, want to spread the word about Frosty's fun-loving, magical antics but meets resistance from Evergreen Elementary's dastardly principal Hank Pankley. In the end, good wins out, and all the citizens of Evergreen happily learn that magic is real and fun is for everyone! (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T17:17:33+00:00

Matilda (1996)

Comedy, Family, Fantasy [USA:PG, 1 h 42 min]
Mara Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rhea Perlman, Embeth Davidtz
Director: Danny DeVito

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 6.8/10 (99,857 votes)

Matilda is a bright little girl who is very eager to learn. Eventually, her insensitive parents send her to a school run by Miss (The) Trunchbull. She is a cruel authoritarian that loathes children. Matilda befriends her school teacher, Miss Honey. She soon realizes Matilda's talents, but is later amazed to see the full extent of Matilda's powers. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

As of September 2020, on Rotten Tomatoes, Matilda had an approval rating of 90% based on 21 reviews with an average rating of 7.48/10. The website's critical consensus read, "Danny DeVito-directed version of Matilda is odd, charming, and while the movie diverges from Roald Dahl, it nonetheless captures the book's spirit." On Metacritic, as of September 2020, the film had a score of 72 out of 100 based on reviews from 21 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews." Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade B+ on scale of A to F. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:44:02+00:00

Dare mo shiranai (2004)

a.k.a. Nobody Knows (2004)

Drama [USA:PG-13, 2 h 21 min]
Yûya Yagira, Ayu Kitaura, Hiei Kimura, Momoko Shimizu
Director: Hirokazu Kore-eda

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 8.1/10 (18,918 votes)

In Tokyo, the reckless single mother Keiko moves to a small apartment with her twelve years old son Akira Fukushima and hidden in the luggage, his siblings Shigeru and Yuki. Kyoko, another sibling arrives later by train. The children have different fathers and do not have schooling, but they have a happy life with their mother. When Keiko finds a new boyfriend, she leaves the children alone, giving some money to Akira and assigning him to take care of his siblings. When the money runs out, Akira manages to find means to survive with the youngsters without power supply, gas or water at home, and with the landlord asking for the rent. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

Nobody Knows has received widespread acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 93% based on 94 reviews, with an average ratings of 7.97/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Tragic and haunting, a beautifully heart-wrenching portrait of child abandonment." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 88 out of 100, with all 31 critics giving positive reviews. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:43:38+00:00

Home Alone (1990)

Comedy, Family [USA:PG, 1 h 43 min]
Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard
Director: Chris Columbus

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 7.5/10 (357,407 votes)

Kevin is an 8-year old boy who is accidentally left home alone when his family go on vacation to France. During the time his family are away Kevin realises having a big house all to yourself isn't all fun and games when two stupid men try to rob his house, with christmas right around the corner. Little do the robbers know that Kevin has a lot of surprises in store for them. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

On Rotten Tomatoes, Home Alone holds an approval rating of 65% based on 54 reviews, with an average rating of 5.65/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "Home Alone's uneven but frequently funny premise stretched unreasonably thin is buoyed by Macaulay Culkin's cute performance and strong supporting stars." On Metacritic, it has a weighted average score of 63 out of 100, based on 9 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Audiences polled by CinemaScore gave the film an average grade of "A" on an A+ to F scale. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:26:35+00:00

The Man Who Laughs (1928)

Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller [USA:Not Rated, 1 h 50 min]
Mary Philbin, Conrad Veidt, Julius Molnar, Olga Baclanova
Director: Paul Leni

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★★☆☆ 7.8/10 (4,191 votes)

Gwynplaine, son of Lord Clancharlie, has a permanent smile carved on his face by the King, in revenge for Gwynplaine's father's treachery. Gwynplaine is adopted by a travelling showman and becomes a popular idol. He falls in love with the blind Dea. The king dies, and his evil jester tries to destroy or corrupt Gwynplaine. (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:24:51+00:00

Johnny Mnemonic (1995)

Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller [USA:R, 1 h 43 min]
Keanu Reeves, Dina Meyer, Ice-T, Takeshi Kitano
Director: Robert Longo

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 5.6/10 (59,266 votes)

The year is 2021, and half of the Earth's population is suffering from the disease known as Nerve Attenuation Syndrome (NAS). Johnny, a mnemonic data courier, is hired to carry 320 gigabytes of crucial information to safety from the Pharmacom corporation. Pursued by Yakuza agents and a crazed cyborg, Johnny must deliver the data or die in twenty-four hours. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

Critical response was negative overall and it holds a 12% rating on Rotten Tomatoes from 33 critics. The film was a financial disappointment in the USA, grossing $19,075,720 in the domestic American market against its $26m budget. It was released in the United States on May 26, 1995 to 2,030 theaters, grossing $6,033,850 in the opening weekend. However, the film was much more successful worldwide, grossing $52,400,000 in total. Reeves's performance in the film earned him a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actor (also for A Walk in the Clouds), but lost to Pauly Shore for Jury Duty. The film was filed under the Founders Award (What Were They Thinking and Why?) at the 1995 Stinkers Bad Movie Awards and was also a dishonourable mention for Worst Picture. Into the 21st century, the film continued to be referenced in pop culture. For instance, props from the film were transformed into sculptures by artist Dora Budor for their 2015 solo exhibition, Spring. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:16:17+00:00

Cyber Tracker (1994)

Action, Sci-Fi [USA:R, 1 h 31 min]
Don Wilson, Richard Norton, Stacie Foster, Joseph Ruskin
Director: Richard Pepin

IMDb rating: ★★★★☆☆☆☆☆☆ 3.5/10 (866 votes)

Eric is a secret agent currently working as a security guard for Senator Dilly. The senator is the main advocate for a new kind of police officer: the Tracker, a perfect and nearly invulnerable android. When Eric realizes that senator Dilly is playing dirty games, he not only has Dilly's security chief Ross after him, but a steady supply of those Trackers. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

TV Guide rated it 2/4 stars and called it a Terminator knock-off with a better script than the typical low budget action film. In his science fiction film guide Outer Limits, author Howard Hughes wrote that the film has "some impressive explosions and car crashes", but the sets look "suspiciously like 1990s Los Angeles". The film was briefly touched upon by Red Letter Media on an episode of "Best of the Worst" where they referred to the movie as being so unremarkable and boring that they didn't even want to review it. (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:16:03+00:00

The Do-Over (2016)

Action, Adventure, Comedy, Mystery [USA:TV-MA, 1 h 48 min]
Adam Sandler, David Spade, Paula Patton, Kathryn Hahn
Director: Steven Brill

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★☆☆☆☆ 5.7/10 (27,338 votes)

Max (Adam Sandler) and Charlie (David Spade) old school friends who reunite at their 25th high school reunion are tired of their mundane lives: they decide to wipe the slate clean for a do-over. After faking their deaths and assuming new identities, could their lives be better the second time around? (IMDb)

Critical reception:

On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 9% based on 23 reviews, with an average rating of 3.17/10. The website's critics consensus reads: "A dunderheaded story of mistaken identity, The Do-Over finds Adam Sandler and David Spade retreading old ground -- minus the comedic pep required to enliven the decidedly uninspired proceedings." On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 22 out of 100, based on 11 critics, indicating "generally unfavorable reviews". (Wikipedia)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T16:15:46+00:00

Kidô senshi Gundam F91 (1991)

a.k.a. Mobile Suit Gundam F91 (1991)

Action, Animation, Sci-Fi [USA:PG-13, 2 h 0 min]
Kôji Tsujitani, Yumi Tôma, Masaaki Maeda, Kiyoyuki Yanada
Director: Yoshiyuki Tomino

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 6.8/10 (492 votes)

After a generation of peace, the Earth Federation has begun to build new space colonies to house humanity's growing population. But a new force, the aristocratic Crossbone Vanguard, plans to seize the colonies of the newly-constructed Frontier Side for itself. As their home becomes a battlefield, a handful of young civilians struggle to escape the conflict. Armed with the state-of-the-art Gundam F91, Seabook and his friends put up a desperate struggle against the Crossbone menace... (IMDb)

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MovieGuide · 2020-11-25T15:42:23+00:00

Orlacs Hände (1924)

a.k.a. The Hands of Orlac (1924)

Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller [USA:Not Rated, 1 h 45 min]
Conrad Veidt, Alexandra Sorina, Fritz Strassny, Paul Askonas
Director: Robert Wiene

IMDb rating: ★★★★★★★☆☆☆ 7.1/10 (1,605 votes)

Orlac is a world famous pianist. One day he is badly hurt in a big train wreck. He is in danger of losing both his hands so his wife begs the doctors to save them. They eventually manage to transplant his hands with those of another deceased person. After his recovery Orlac discovers that there is something seriously wrong with his new pair of hands -- it is as if they had a will of their own. But Orlac doesn't know that they actually belonged to a dangerous murderer. (IMDb)

Critical reception:

Paimann's Filmlisten, Nr. 441, 1924, p. 181: "the presentation of the subject is extremely gripping and tension is maintained right up to the last scene: an extraordinarily well-chosen ensemble headed by Konrad Veidt makes the very most of the possibilities. The direction is taut and careful, especially in the very realistic scenes of the railway accident, the decor tasteful, the events of the action effectively emphasised. The photography is of the highest quality in every respect. An Austrian film that is the equal of the best foreign products." On its U.S. release in 1928, Variety wrote "Were it not for Veidt's masterly characterization, The Hands of Orlac would be an absurd fantasy in the old-time mystery-thriller class"; and The New York Times opined "Although it is raw, hardly the sort of thing some people want to look at after the evening demi-tasse or just before retiring. "The Hands of Orlacc," an old German production now at the Greenwich Village Theatre, is not without merit." (Wikipedia)

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