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West Side Story (2021)
West Side Story (2021)
2021 | Musical
Rachel zeger (2 more)
Songs
Rita moreno
America
Watched today wouldn't normally watch a musical but I made this an exception. The story is basically based on romeo and Juliet but moved the story to America added songs and dance and you've got West side story as this remake and directed by Steven spielberg who's never made an musical before and has done an a good job of it. For me the songs are what make the movie America tonight I'm so pretty and others there were times I almost started singing along. Overall good start to the year.
  
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Awix (3310 KP) rated A Chump at Oxford (1940) in Movies

Mar 24, 2019 (Updated Mar 24, 2019)  
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
1940 | Comedy
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Movie Rating
Disjointed L&H slapstick comedy, one of their last films for Hal Roach. Originally made as a 40-minute 'streamlined feature' and was extended to 62 minutes by the addition of an opening section which is a tidied-up remake of their 1928 short From Soup to Nuts; naturally, this has no connection with the rest of the story. Stan and Ollie try their hands at catering (badly), stop a robbery (accidentally) and as a reward are sent to Oxford University to better themselves. They antagonise the local students which leads to some surprising revelations as to Stan's past.

The individual sections are not too bad, but the episodic nature of the film means it feels longer than an hour; there are some good bits, but also a sense of the boys having run out of ideas and either repeating themselves or trying too hard. Spotting Peter Cushing (this is possibly the best-known of the films he made while in Hollywood for a couple of years as a young man) adds to the fun, though.
  
Planet of the Apes (2001)
Planet of the Apes (2001)
2001 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Not The Bad
This Remake/Reboot of Planet of the Apes isnt that bad. The action is good, the acting is good, the sci-fi is good. Its that ending that made no sense. Im not sure why people didnt like this film, that its one of the worst remake's/reboots of all time. Its not their are others remakes/reboots that are worst than this.

The plot: Astronaut Leo Davidson whips through space and time to a world where apes and gorillas rule the humans. Captured, he is nurtured by Ari and hunted by General Thade as he leads a rebel group of humans and chimpanzees in search of his downed craft. This is his only hope of escape and, ironically, the planet's only hope of shaking off the tyranny of the gorillas, allowing peaceful humans and chimpanzees to co-exist.

I think its a good film.
  
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David McK (3557 KP) rated The Italian Job (2003) in Movies

May 2, 2021 (Updated Aug 4, 2024)  
The Italian Job (2003)
The Italian Job (2003)
2003 | Action, Drama
All i can really remember about the 1969 original is that it is a crime caper, starring Michael Caine, and that it involves Mini Coopers.

As such, I'm not sure whether to class this as a remake, a reimagining or something else entirely!

This version stars Mark Wahoberg, Cherlize Theron, Donald Sutherland, Jason Staham and Oz-from-Buffy (Seth Green) and starts with a heist in Venice: a successful heist, with the perpetrators then betrayed by Ed Norton's 'Steve', who leaves them all for dead.

The rest of the film - mainly set in the States - then follows the remainder of the crew and their quest to get even against Steve, in a plot that yes, once again, involves the use of Mini Coopers!

It would hardly be The Italian Job without said cars, after all ....
  
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