Also

Spider man 2,3,4,5,6,7,8
X Men 2,3,4,5
Freddy V Jason
Alian v Predator

I would even rate a Paris Hilton movie ahead of Rocky V b/c at least she would be offering some quasi original ideas. Original in that she hasn't made the same movie 4 other times.

Sharkey plays a perfect Italian. I didn't realize that it was shot inside Marios. I was there many years ago and remember that it was an excellent restaurant.

Ever see Sharkey as Sonny Steelgrave in the Ken Wahl 'WISEGUY' television series? Outstanding show with an outstanding performance by Sharkey.

Great show DC. I have the entire series on dvd.

I actually meant to say the whole "arc" on dvd.

After a second viewing, I agree. What would you give the film?

I found this to be the best Marty picture that I've ever seen. And I did get sucked into it, while I had plans for watching another movie, but then I couldn't stop watching it.

I really detest every single installment of Rocky.

The problem with the ROCKY movies is that they progressively got simpler, sillier, and generic-audience friendly turds. Considering that Stallone scripted all the movies, and directed ROCKY II through Part IV, I say hes to blame.

If anything, look at Stallone with the first ROCKY. Struggling would-be actor/writer with a voice fucked-up that traditionally wouldn't cut it in Hollywood...but he made it.

By the time of the bomb(financially, critically, and creatively) that was ROCKY V, Stallone was an super mega-egomaniac this side of Hulk Hogan. He needed to not only be humbled, but CRASH & BURN humbled.

Maybe thats why ROCKY BALBOA is actually a decent movie.

Well, he did give the world STOP OR MY MOM WILL SHOOT.

Don't forget PARADISE ALLEY(the only Italian-American Great Depression movie that centers around Pro Wrestling!)

He laughed all the way to the bank!

Rocky cost about $1.1 million to make, and grossed about $225 million worldwide. Rocky II grossed $200 million worldwide. And that's just from his first two Rocky movies!

NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS
(First Viewing)

Professor Sherman Klump is getting married. And the Klump family could not be more delighted for him. But Buddy Love, his Mr. Hyde alter-ego from the first film, is back and trying to make it on his own. Buddy keeps resurfacing in untimely outbursts, and threatening the portly professor's marriage plans to colleague Denise Gaines. Utilizing Denise's cutting-edge DNA research, Sherman decides to rid himself of his monstrous nemesis -and his disruptive outbursts-once and for all by extracting Buddy's DNA from his system. But Buddy bursts full-bodied into Sherman's world and lays claim to the professor's astounding invention - a revolutionary youth serum. Desperate to keep it from Buddy, Sherman hides the serum in the Klump family home, thinking it will be safe. Buddy correctly divines where Sherman has placed the serum, but to get it, he has to deal with the entire Klump family first.

Another terrible script. I don't see how writer Steve Oedekerk continues to get work. Here are some of the projects he's helped write, THE NUTTY PROFESSOR, NUTTY PROFESSOR II: THE KLUMPS, THUMB WARS: THE PHANTOM CUTICLE, BAT THUMB, THE GODTHUMB, FRANKENTHUMB, THE BLAIR THUMB, KUNG POW: ENTER THE FIST, THUMBTANIC and BRUCE ALMIGHTY (I didn't find it to be that great). Why do I get the feeling that NORBIT will be exactly like these last 2 films? I was really hoping that I-SPY would have gotten Eddie back on track in 2002. Then he did DREAMGIRLS last year. But no, he still continues to do THE DADDY DAY CARES and DR. DOLITTLE'S, etc. If Quentin Tarantino every makes INGLORIOUS BASTARDS and if the rumors are true and he casts Eddie Murphy, I pray that will finally turn around his downward spiraling career.

A very enjoyable and fun movie.

Fuck Murphy.

He's an asshole with a legendary shithead reputation in Hollywood (which is a good reason probably why the industry voting-members snubbed Eddie at the Oscars).

Irish, Murphy doing absolutely crap isn't anything new. In fact, his downward spiral began with THE GOLDEN CHILD, a turkey of a flop. I dare you to watch that turd sometime.

He was never better than in TRADING PLACES, never worse than ANYTHING after BEVERLY HILLS COP II.

I watched THE GOLDEN CHILD once.

The only thing I remember was Charlotte Lewis being incredibly hot.

I think Tiger Woods played THE GOLDEN CHILD.

I did and I own it on DVD. It's better than any comedy he did in the 1990s save for BOOMERANG and BEVERLY HILLS COP III

I watched I-Spy with Eddie Murphy in a while back that was OK,just a simple comady with i think Owen Wilson,i looked on IMDB and they won some awards for this film.----Worst Screen Duo for that Year...LOL

Umm, what about THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN? Not really a special comedy, but it did have a cool political plot(scheming jerk who happened to have the same last name as his Congressman, runs for that House seat, and WINS based on name recognition) that actually came true years later(Then again, director Jonathan Lynn was the brains behind YES MINISTER, that great British TV series about politics).

THE GOLDEN CHILD for Eddie Murphy is for that career like LAST ACTION HERO was for Arnold Schwarzenegger: Super big-budget lame dud that wrecked their careers.



What do you mean by BHC2 exactly pizzaboy?

Oh, and yeah TRADING PLACES rules bitches. "Ohh, bubbles! When I was a kid, I had to fart in the tub!"

Elephant ***
One of the great things about slow movies is that while the scenes unfold slowly, the audience start to gather their personal thoughts about the theme and slowly get involved deeper and deeper into the movie. This is one such movie, where you will not see any story at all. It just shows one day in a school that ends in a shootout. We are shown bits and pieces of various characters before the incident, but we are not allowed to know more about them. The beautiful part is that many scenes are shot in multiple angles and we get to see a different perspective as the character changes, sometimes meeting at the same point where we left with the previous character. The camera moves painfully slowly or is static to the point that the action happens outside the frame often. The music is great, especially when one of the shooter plays the piano. I am not sure if it is a popular piece of music, can anybody comment? This is a slow, but high quality movie. If you are not very particular about story/plot, you might like it.

What was incredible about ELEPHANT was the fact that its a pastiche of high school personalities. There is a story, but the plot isn't the focus of the film at all, but instead a device to allow us to glimpse a voyeur sight of these people, without any bullshit expositional dialogue or whatever nonsense that unsecure directors would have to make us CLEARLY understand.

I can't wait for Irish's review.

*cue The Comic Book Guy from THE SIMPSONS*

"The most boring movie EVER!"

I took my 10 year old today to see Shrek The Third. It was ok but I didn't like it as much as I liked Shrek #2. Has anyone else seen it yet?

I never saw THE DISTINGUISHED GENTLEMAN, but surprise surprise, I did enjoy LAST ACTION HERO. Sure it's lame, but at least it's better than JUNIOR, KINDERGARDEN COP, etc.

LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA
(First Viewing)

The island of Iwo Jima stands between the American military force and the home islands of Japan. Therefore the Imperial Japanese Army is desperate to prevent it from falling into American hands and providing a launching point for an invasion of Japan. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi is given command of the forces on the island and sets out to prepare for the imminent attack. General Kuribayashi, however, does not favor the rigid traditional approach recommended by his subordinates, and resentment and resistance fester among his staff. In the lower echelons, a young soldier, Saigo, a poor baker in civilian life, strives with his friends to survive the harsh regime of the Japanese army itself, all the while knowing that a fierce battle looms. When the American invasion begins, both Kuribayashi and Saigo find strength, honor, courage, and horrors beyond imagination.

Clint Eastwood as an actor is fine but as a director the man just doesn't impress me. UNFORGIVEN, MILLION DOLLAR BABY, FLAGS OF OUR FATHERS and LETTERS FROM IWO JIMA were all Ok. My favorite Eastwood directed movie would probably have to be MYSTIC RIVER and even that I didn't think was great. The only positive thing I can say about this movie was what a good job Ken Watanabe did. Other than that, I was pretty much bored (yes, there goes that word again) with it.

But Irish, thats like saying its better to have skin cancer than AIDS. Sure technically its better....but wouldn't we rather have neither?

The problem with LAST ACTION HERO, besides "Ahhnuld" taking over that production, changing the script to fit his ego-masturbation needs in the process and making it the most expensive movie of its day, is that the idea of LAH is really great, and in some ways its a nice joke on action cinema in general.

However, when it becomes more about a joke about Arnold himself and not of cinema itself, thats when the movie fails.

Still, the movie is alright and there are MUCH worse Ahhnuld films out there. *cough* THE 6TH DAY

"You killed Mozart!"

Considering that the 2nd movie was a wreck of a flick that will age amazingly bad within 5 years, I guess I am FUCKED if my little cousin forces me to take him to see it.

A BETTER TOMORROW 1/2
(First Viewing)

This John Woo film tells the tale of Mark and Ho, friends and couriers for a Hong Kong crime syndicate with a large counterfeiting operation. Ho is double-crossed during a set-up and turns himself in to the police and Mark is shot during the firefight of a retribution hit. The plot is complicated by the fact that Ho's younger brother, Kit, is a rookie cop whose reputation is tarnished by his gangster brother. When Ho gets out of prison, he wants to start a new life, free of crime. Unfortunately, he is haunted by his past, with the crime bosses leaning on him and Mark encouraging him to return to a life of crime as his partner. In typical Woo fashion, the various factions clash and our protagonists engage both the police and the gangsters in a bloody bullet-fest.

Not John Woo's best work but John Woo on an off day is still better than most director's on a good day in terms of action. There wasn't a lot in this film but I am excited to see A BETTER TOMORROW II again!

WALLACE AND GROMIT AND THE CURSE OF THE WERE-RABBIT

Watched this last night with the kids!
Sheer brilliance!

Little cousin, Ronnie ? Yeah right, you know you can't wait to see it.