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Bong Joon Ho recommended The 400 Blows (1959) in Movies (curated)
Sean Baker recommended RoboCop (2014) in Movies (curated)
Kevin Phillipson (9961 KP) rated Phenomena (1985) in Movies
Oct 3, 2018
Jennifer connelly (3 more)
Dario Argento
Gore
Donald pleasence
Just watched again on blu ray from arrow one of Dario Argentos later gailos not perfect but still good some good acting performances from both jennifer connelly and donald pleasance. There's plenty of gore on hand and some good kills excellent music score to. My Blu ray has all three versions including the us cut creeps and a 2 hour doc on the making of the film not a bad package thumbs up
Bong Joon Ho recommended The Ballad of Narayama (1983) in Movies (curated)
Gareth von Kallenbach (971 KP) rated Rio (2011) in Movies
Aug 7, 2019
As the very colorful birds of the jungle in Rio de Janeiro are partying it up with singing and aeriel dancing some humans crash the party and capture some of the birds, one of them being a very young blue macaw. From there they are flown to the U.S. with final destinations unknown. Thanks to some poor driving habits the crate containing the young blue macaw is left stranded in the freezing snow of Minnesota but he is soon saved by a young girl named Linda who names him Blu (I know not very original).
Fast forward 15 years, Linda and Blu run a bookstore and even though he has never learned to fly he loves the indoor domestic lifestyle and has never thought of returning to Rio. That is until Dr. Barbosa arrives and informs them that Blu is the last known male blue macaw in the world and that at his bird sanctuary in Rio he has the last known female blue macaw, named Jewel. After some hesitation they decide it is species saving time and go with Dr. Barbosa to Rio. As Blu and Jewel get to know each other (that’s not an euphemism), Dr. Barbosa and Linda decide they should give them some alone time and leave. But while the humans are away making a connection of their own, someone breaks into the bird sanctuary and abducts Blu and Jewel.
The two blue macaws soon find themselves shackled together and locked away with many other birds to be taken to final destinations unknown (hmmm, deja vu). Blu and Jewel are able to escape from their captors but not from the shackles that bind them and thus begins their epic journey to freedom from the shackles. Along the way they befriend some very interesting characters who do their best to help them along the way. Will Jewel and Blu be free of the shackles? Will Blu and Linda ever be reunited? Will Blu ever learn to fly? What about the bookstore?
While the story is very predictable and at least once I could tell the kids were losing interest during a scene, the animation is beautiful and amazing, the humor is great and I saw many of the kids in the theater bobbing their heads along to the songs. They could not have done any better with the incredible voice cast: Blu and Jewel are voiced by Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway and Leslie Mann voices Linda. The incredible supporting cast voices iniclude Wanda Sykes, Lane Lynch, Jamie Fox, Will.I.Am and George Lopez.
Overall, regardless of age, everyone in the theater seemed to enjoy the film as much, if not more, as I did. But just to be sure I brought along a friend’s 10 year old to get his perspective and posed a few questions. I was very happy to mostly get more than one word answers:
Fast forward 15 years, Linda and Blu run a bookstore and even though he has never learned to fly he loves the indoor domestic lifestyle and has never thought of returning to Rio. That is until Dr. Barbosa arrives and informs them that Blu is the last known male blue macaw in the world and that at his bird sanctuary in Rio he has the last known female blue macaw, named Jewel. After some hesitation they decide it is species saving time and go with Dr. Barbosa to Rio. As Blu and Jewel get to know each other (that’s not an euphemism), Dr. Barbosa and Linda decide they should give them some alone time and leave. But while the humans are away making a connection of their own, someone breaks into the bird sanctuary and abducts Blu and Jewel.
The two blue macaws soon find themselves shackled together and locked away with many other birds to be taken to final destinations unknown (hmmm, deja vu). Blu and Jewel are able to escape from their captors but not from the shackles that bind them and thus begins their epic journey to freedom from the shackles. Along the way they befriend some very interesting characters who do their best to help them along the way. Will Jewel and Blu be free of the shackles? Will Blu and Linda ever be reunited? Will Blu ever learn to fly? What about the bookstore?
While the story is very predictable and at least once I could tell the kids were losing interest during a scene, the animation is beautiful and amazing, the humor is great and I saw many of the kids in the theater bobbing their heads along to the songs. They could not have done any better with the incredible voice cast: Blu and Jewel are voiced by Jesse Eisenberg and Anne Hathaway and Leslie Mann voices Linda. The incredible supporting cast voices iniclude Wanda Sykes, Lane Lynch, Jamie Fox, Will.I.Am and George Lopez.
Overall, regardless of age, everyone in the theater seemed to enjoy the film as much, if not more, as I did. But just to be sure I brought along a friend’s 10 year old to get his perspective and posed a few questions. I was very happy to mostly get more than one word answers:
Charlene (4 KP) rated Dune (1984) in Movies
Sep 16, 2018
This is one of my all time favourite films. I feel in love with this as a child which ignited my love of science fiction. The effects still amaze me even now and having recently purchased this on blu-ray, it still doesn't cease to amaze. The only problem with blu-ray, is that you get to see the Baron on HD. No one wants to see that!
Compared to the book, I honestly think the film is better. The book felt a bit stiff, but the film brings the story to life.
Compared to the book, I honestly think the film is better. The book felt a bit stiff, but the film brings the story to life.
Kevin Phillipson (9961 KP) rated Doctor Who - Season 12 in TV
Dec 24, 2018
Tom baker (4 more)
Elizabeth Sladen
Ian marter
Ark in space
Genesis of the daleks
What can I say about season 12 of doctor who tom bakers first season and on blu ray for the first time can't get better than that. not his best season but there are some classics ark in space and genesis of the daleks and some duds revenge of the cybermen comes to mind highlight of the blu ray boxset is the 60 min interview with Tom baker taking about doctor who and his career in general and still my favourite doctor
Movie Critics (823 KP) rated Donnie Darko (2001) in Movies
May 23, 2017
The performances and the visuals are the drawing power, but the film doesn’t really stand up to too much scrutiny.
Critic- Jimmy P
Overall Score- 4 out of 5
Read Review: http://www.thebigmoviehouse.com/2017/04/donnie-darko-limited-edition-blu-ray.html
Overall Score- 4 out of 5
Read Review: http://www.thebigmoviehouse.com/2017/04/donnie-darko-limited-edition-blu-ray.html
