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[Zahveed]

The Wiz - 6/10

Now I understand the reference Family Guy made.

Decent acting considering 90% of the cast is made up of singers that are, to my knowledge, inexperienced actors. The set/costume designs are imaginative too. This interpretation of The Wizard of Oz, originally a Broadway musical, is mostly taken directly from the 1930's film instead of the books, but unlike that Judy Garland picture, this film at least makes attempts at social commentary - this one about the state of 1970's New York City and African American culture. Some of the songs are either too inspirational or too awkward, and that's my main concern with this film. The choreography is a little off too. Too many of the dancers are out of step.

[Precious Doll]

Hide-Out (1934) W. S. Van Dyke 4/10

Skylark (1941) Mark Sandrich 4/10

District 9 (2009) Neill Blomkamp 7/10

The Cove (2009) Louis Psihoyos 6/10

Inglorious Basterds (2009) Quentin Tarantino 5/10

Some parts are hugely enjoyable and others cringe worthy. I had mixed feelings about this one and it's guilty pleasure at best.



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[flipp525]

Deathdream or, Dead of Night; dir. Bob Clark (1974) 7/10

John Morley and Lynn Carlin both turn in great performances as the parents of a dead Vietnan veteran who suddenly arrives back home...alive. With shades of Pet Semetary, this film looks quite cheap at times, but has a modern-day resonance that is hard to ignore. Some great makeup on their son, "Andy".



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[Precious Doll]

Orphan 8/10 Wow! What a thriller!

I was very disappointed with this one given some of the positive reviews. I really only saw the film because I've been impressed in the past with Vera Farmiga & Peter Sarsgaard. They are both fine actors but I found them struggling with this one.

Jaume Collet-Sara is a terrible director who really needs to learn how to pace his films more effectively and handle the material more subtly. At two hours its way too long. Still Orphan is a vast improvement over his remake of House of Wax a few years ago.

On the plus side Isabelle Fuhrman is perfect as the sinister orphan Esther and the film has a great revelation towards the end(s) of the film.



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[mlrg]

The Whisperers (1967) - Brian Forbes

7/10

Tremendous performance by Edith Evans. The movie is a good example of 1960's british realism.

[Sabin]

(500) Days of Summer (Marc Webb) - 7/10

It was very nice of her to put out.

[Hustler]

Orphan 8/10 Wow! What a thriller!

[Precious Doll]

Teza (2008) Haile Gerima 5/10

Las Vegas Nights (1941) Ralph Murphy 2/10

The Ugly Truth (2009) Robert Luketic 4/10

Mr. & Mrs. North (1942) Robert B Sinclair 5/10

[Bog]

(500) Days of Summer (Webb)- 8.5/10


The Time Traveler's Wife (Schwentke)- 4/10

[Sabin]

District 9 (Neill Blomkamp) - 8/10

[mlrg]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Sidney Pollack

9/10

Stunningly directed by Pollack, how this film was robbed of a best picture nomination, is a mistery to me.

Really liked it.

I remember playing hookey from school to go watch this when it first played at the cinema in '78 or '79 in Pakistan. I was very taken by Susannah York's performance, whom I had only seen in Jane Eyre, Conduct Unbecoming and Gold.

Really liked her performance.

BSA 1969 really is a tough choice.

[Reza]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Sidney Pollack

9/10

Stunningly directed by Pollack, how this film was robbed of a best picture nomination, is a mistery to me.

Really liked it.

I remember playing hookey from school to go watch this when it first played at the cinema in '78 or '79 in Pakistan. I was very taken by Susannah York's performance, whom I had only seen in Jane Eyre, Conduct Unbecoming and Gold.



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[mlrg]

They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) - Sidney Pollack

9/10

Stunningly directed by Pollack, how this film was robbed of a best picture nomination, is a mistery to me.

Really liked it.

[Damien]

Maid of Salem (1937) Frank Lloyd 8/10

Superstition and spite rule the day at the Salem witch hunts. Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray are fine in the leads, as are Harvey Stephens and Louise Dresser as two of the few decent people in town, but the meaty roles are those played by Madame Sul-te-wan as the voodoo woman, Edward Ellis as the town elder, Bonita Granville as the brat whose lies start the trouble and Donald Meek, Beulah Bondi and Gale Sondergaard as various incarnations of the town's real monsters.

Interestingly the film opened exactly one week before the 1936 Oscars for which Granville, Bondi and Sondergaard were three of the the first five nominees for the newly given Supporting Actress award - Sondergaard won.

One day in the 1990s. I was walking down Madison Avenue and passed by the back of St. Patrick's Cathedral, the residential area. I looked through a ground floor window and saw on TV -- AMC -- that Maid of Salem was playing. Whether it was Cardinal O'Conner or a cleaning lady with her feet up enjoying this pretty good picture I have no idea . . .

[Big Magilla]

Maid of Salem (1937) Frank Lloyd 8/10

Superstition and spite rule the day at the Salem witch hunts. Claudette Colbert and Fred MacMurray are fine in the leads, as are Harvey Stephens and Louise Dresser as two of the few decent people in town, but the meaty roles are those played by Madame Sul-te-wan as the voodoo woman, Edward Ellis as the town elder, Bonita Granville as the brat whose lies start the trouble and Donald Meek, Beulah Bondi and Gale Sondergaard as various incarnations of the town's real monsters.

Interestingly the film opened exactly one week before the 1936 Oscars for which Granville, Bondi and Sondergaard were three of the the first five nominees for the newly given Supporting Actress award - Sondergaard won.