Index of High Definition (HD) Movies on HD Cinema & Monsters HD

[Sean Mota]

Essex Boys (2000)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005R876.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> The British accents and lingo of Essex Boys are so thick it may help to watch with subtitles--but the moviemaking is clear and crisp. Billy (Charlie Creed-Miles) is a cabdriver who starts getting chauffeuring gigs with some shady characters. But his life remains mild until he's sent to pick up Jason (Sean Bean from Ronin and Lord of the Rings), a short-fused mobster who's just been released from five years in prison. Jason quickly decides to settle some old scores and drags Billy along for the ride. Soon Billy is part of a mob--and finds he likes the money and status that go with it, despite the misgivings of his girlfriend and of his former mentor, Mr. D (Tom Wilkinson). When Jason's volatile jealousy leads him to mistreat his wife Lisa (Alex Kingston from ER), things take a turn for the worse and Billy gets in deeper than he ever expected. In its rough plot outlines, Essex Boys resembles Goodfellas--but the particular British flavor makes this a very different movie. Its gritty realism and attention to detail also separate it from the empty flash of Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels; Essex Boys earns its suspense with sharp writing, strong performances all around, and lean, tight direction. An excellent addition to the recent spate of gangster flicks. --Bret Fetzer

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Starring: Director: Terry Winsor
Studio: Miramax Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: 3.0 stars A movie with a lot of gun shots and an a lo of lies and evil guys. The most atractive part of the movie is the character "Lisa". She is hot.


TheTimm: 2 stars : One of those complicated twist-and-turn crimes-gone-wrong who's on whose side kinda deals. Not real easy for me to follow, in part because I had trouble understanding their accents and in part because I simply lost interest. PQ was okay, but there were way too many dark/night scenes for my taste. Sound was cool, especially the deep rich bass with the music.

 

[Sean Mota]

Onibaba (1965) - English subtitles

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0780019172.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> A curse hangs over Kaneto Shindo's primal Japanese classic like a looming storm cloud, but the supernatural has got nothing on the desperation and savagery of the human animal trying to survive the horrors of war. In 16th-century Japan, a hardened middle-aged woman and her young daughter-in-law have turned predator to survive, murdering the soldiers who wander into the sea of pampas grass surrounding their hut and selling their weapons for rice. When their war-deserter neighbor returns home and makes his moves on the young woman, their numb equilibrium is complicated by greed, jealousy, and lust. The consequences are terrible and not exactly surprising, but they are gripping. Shindo's unnerving close-ups, bobbing handheld camerawork, and soundtrack of pounding drums and howling flutes gives Onibaba a queasy intensity. Shooting in stark black and white, he makes even the waving of the grass look ominous as it all but swallows everyone who enters. --Sean Axmaker

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Starring: Nobuko Otowa, Jitsuko Yoshimura Director: Kaneto Shindô
Studio: Home Vision Entertainment Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: 3.0 stars nice movie with a different twist. Cinematography is really good and the characters played their parts in an excellent way. Lots of nudity for a PG movie but OAR made it fantastic.

TheTimm: 4 stars : What a beautiful film! Very appealing visually. Excellent black and white PQ, artistically shot, beautiful compositions. I usually pass on subtitled/foreign movies, but this one looked so good I couldn't ignore it. Entertaining story, too -- and easy enough to follow the general idea even if you don't keep your eyes glued to the subtitles.

 

[Sean Mota]

The Switchblade Sisters (1975)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304298293.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> Jack Hill's 1975 drive-in opus, Switchblade Sisters, has all the requisite cheese and then some: girl fights, gun duels, sex-starved reform school guards, flashes of nudity, and even African-American-Maoist-revolutionary-butt-kicking chicks who don't take nonsense from anyone. The story is a prime example of how the influence of great filmmakers can be reprocessed into pure exploitation: Maggie (Joanne Nail), a smart, new member of a distaff gang, presents a threat to the group's established leader (Robbie Lee). The intricacies of their subsequent relationship--love, betrayal, and a battle for control--has numerous echoes of the films of Nicholas Ray and Howard Hawks, and Hill plays it all with a seriousness that underscores the heart within this trash classic. No wonder Quentin Tarantino became this film's latter-day benefactor, promoting its 1998 theatrical re-release under the auspices of his revival imprint, Rolling Thunder Pictures. --Tom Keogh
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Starring: Robbie Lee, Joanne Nail Director: Jack Hill
Studio: Miramax Home Entertainment Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: 2.0 a bunch of gang girls. There is no storie in the movie if you think about it.

 

[Sean Mota]

China Strike Force (2000)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B000092T51.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> The hit-making director of "Rumble in the Bronx" and "Jackie Chan's First Strike," Stanley Tong, now brings you a fast-paced, high-octane adventure where extortion, murder and drugs fuel the action for exciting star Mark Dacascos ("Cradle 2 The Grave") and hip-hop headliner Coolio! A renegade cop with his own rough-edged way of fighting crime, Darren Tong is on a mission to take out the vicious and greedy local mobster Tony Lau (Dacascos) and his cutthroat ring of drug smugglers. But if he hopes to bring down Lau and cripple his notorious crime syndicate, Tong must team up with a sexy undercover agent and infiltrate the bloodthirsty gang! If you're an action fan who demands adrenaline-pumping excitement, nothing hits harder than "China Strike Force." END


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Starring: Director: Stanley Tong

Studio: Buena Vista Home Vid Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 1 star : Bad. But...some decent action scenes, some hot chicks, good sound, bangin' soundtrack. The acting was just awful -- as in Coolio was the most believable actor in this mess. Everyone else was so bad it was actually amusing. And the dialogue was ridiculous -- again, worth a laugh or two by just being so darn bad (not to mention that in most cases it was delivered so poorly!).

 

[Sean Mota]

Live Nude Girls Unite! (2000)

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Starring: Director: Julia Query, Vicky Funari

Studio: Buena Vista Home Vid Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 3 stars : Pretty darned good documentary, mostly about unionization/worker's rights, feminism & sex workers, and a woman's relationship with her mother. Best scene may be when the filmmaker tells her mother that she's a stripper. Also enjoyed the talk about the changes in stripping over the years, the shift from teasing to lapdancing. Did a good job of following the negotiations that would lead to the first exotic dancer union. PQ not so good, sound not so good.

 

[Sean Mota]

Salome's Last Dance (1988)

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Starring: Glenda Jackson, Stratford Johns Director: Ken Russell
Studio: Lionsgate Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

deeann: 3.5 stars (genre- cult/midnight movie)

An often overlooked film from the Ken Russel library, Salome's Last Dance is a fictional telling of the illegal "premier" of Oscar Wilde's banned play Salome as performed by prostitues and work staff of a brothel, with the only member of the audience being Wilde himself.

***

Picture: It looks like this was remastered from one or more theatrical prints, but done extremely well. The colors (and this is a *very* colorful movie) look as lush and vibrant as I remember when I first saw it at the movie theater. There is a bit of scratchiness and what appear to be print splices scattered thoughout, but not enough to distract.

Audio: The soundfield actually feels a bit narrower than I remember, with some of the music falling into the center channel, which can happen with 2 channel stereo to 5.1 conversions, but the dialog is nice and clear.

***

Final thoughts- this film is not for everyone, and probably more appreciated by Ken Russel fans than audiences with more mainstream tastes, and style of shifting back and forth from the play to the 'real world' may put off some, but if you're looking for something off the beaten path it's definately worth checking out.

 

[Sean Mota]

Great Expectations (1974)

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Starring: Director: Joseph Hardy

Studio: Artisan Entertainment Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

deeann: 2.5 stars (genre- family, drama)

Based on the classic novel by Charles Dickens we follow the adventures of the orphaned "Pip" on his quest to escape the working class life and become a "gentleman" in 1800's England with the help from an unknown benefactor.

***

Picture: Daytime and lighter scenes look good, dark and night scenes have flicker (at times severe) to them. This was originally made for TV so it might have always looked this way. Colors tends towards a sepia palette which seems intentional.

Audio: It's a mono movie and sounds like it was mostly kept that way, with most of the sounds coming from the center channel, dialog is clear and it's a serviceable soundtrack. No complaints.


***

Final thoughts- it was *almost* good but something seemed to be missing. The cast of characters "Pip" meets along the way tend towards kookieness which should have made for a pretty interesting movie but still feels a bit flat. No complaints either about Michael York working in the blacksmiths shop...

 

[Sean Mota]

The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00007CVUY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> This 1973 television movie about 110 years of American history as seen through the eyes of a black woman from Louisiana (Cicely Tyson) is a terrific achievement, a window onto racism from the Civil War to the Civil Rights Movement. Tyson gives a career performance as the title character, whose personal life is inextricably woven into the fabric of the African American struggle for equality. A mixture of the sentimental and the unflinching, this is the kind of educational experience that fully engages a viewer. --Tom Keogh


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Starring: Director: John Korty

Studio: Sony Music (Video) Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 2.5 stars : Interesting, if less than spectacular, drama showing the trials and triumphs of a 110-year-old woman during her life. Spans time from the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement of the 1960's. I especially liked the ending. And the sound was pretty good, but the strain in Miss Jane's voice made my throat sore.

 

[Sean Mota]

Moscow On The Hudson (1984)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005QCTY.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> Robin Williams in his fuzzy, sensitive mode with bittersweet touches plays a musician in a Russian circus who gets talked into defecting by a pal and does so (though the pal bails on him at the last minute)--in the middle of Bloomingdale's. A great concept, to be sure, but writer-director Paul Mazursky doesn't seem to know where to go from there. Williams winds up living in the same kind of poverty that he did in Russia, casting about for a way to make a living while both wallowing and drowning in the sudden tidal wave of freedom. Mazursky wants to make a point about how little we appreciate what we have, but he fails to entertain in the process--or at least to engage in a consistent way. --Marshall Fine -


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Starring: Robin Williams, Maria Conchita Alonso Director: Paul Mazursky

Studio: Columbia Tri-Star Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 3 stars : I like Robin Williams here, as I do in most of his dramatic roles. I find him underrated as a dramatic actor, overrated as a comedian. Now on with the review: pretty cool movie. I enjoyed spending a little time getting to know this character. And Maria Conchita Alonso was a true pleasure to watch. From the department of blast-from-the-past comedians, look for Yakov Smirnoff as a coworker of Robin Williams' character. The story didn't exactly grip me, but I found it interesting enough. PQ and sound were both pretty cool.

Sean Mota: 3.5 I stars. I have seen the movies lots of times. My first viewing was on VHS. I liked the story and it does make you laugh at times in a good way. Maria Conchita Alonzo was in this one and I think it was one her bigger roll in hollywood (if I am not mistaken). In the Spanish community, she took a lot of critism all the nude scenes. She played her roll well and liked the character. Nice PQ. Don't remember seeing as good HD transfers as this one.

 

[Sean Mota]

Duel at Diablo (1966)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00008PC19.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> "An exciting, absorbing drama" (The Hollywood Reporter) that "never lets up in action" (The Film Daily), Duel at Diablo stars James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bill Travers, Bibi Andersson and Dennis Weaver in a tale that "will grip you" (The New York Times) from beginning to end! Frontier scout Jess Remsberg (Garner) bravely leads a wagon train through hostile territory to Fort Conchos. But underneath his valor, he has an ulterior motive: to settle a score with a man whom he believes killed his wife. When he arrives at the fort, Jess not only learns the shocking truth about the killer, but also that the wagon train has come under Apache attack... leaving Jess their only hope for survival.

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Starring: James Garner, Sidney Poitier Director: Ralph Nelson

Studio: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Aspect ratio 1.66:1

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: .5 stars. Good Western movie. James Garner and Sidney Poitier star on this one. It's about a small troop trying to deliver a amunition wagons. They have to go through Apache territory and all hell brakes loose. Another story within the story is the revenge of a man's wife who was killed because she was indian. It was a good movie. The PQ was very good but there were moments in the film that it did not look so good. Maybe the master was not that great to begin with but overall it looked very good. The sound is not that great.

 

[Sean Mota]

The Pit and the Pendulum (1961)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005AUK4.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> The Fall of the House of Usher's success in 1960 spurred American International Pictures to quickly launch another production based on an Edgar Allan Poe story. While producer-director Roger Corman had hoped to next adapt "The Masque of the Red Death" (which wasn't produced until 1964), Pit and the Pendulum (the onscreen title) became the second in AIP's long-running Poe series. Set in post-Inquisition Spain, the film stars John Kerr as a young Englishman who travels to the seaside castle of his brother-in-law (Vincent Price) to uncover the circumstances behind the death of his sister (a dubbed Barbara Steele). Price is tormented by memories of his mother's premature burial by his inquisitor father (also Price) and fears that this sadistic legacy has contributed to Steele's demise. Furthermore, he believes that Steele was also buried alive--a belief compounded by the mysterious destruction of her room, and the sound of her harpsichord playing in the night...
Structured almost identically to Usher, Richard Matheson's script fleshes out the brief original text with a fast-paced and twist-filled plot that never loses sight of the psychological themes of Poe's work. It also provides Price with the richest of his many AIP/Poe roles, a sympathetic, deeply emotional man who is unhinged by the sins of his father. Corman's direction is equally driven and fluid, and features some impressive quasi-psychedelic visuals in the tense climax. Also noteworthy is art director's Daniel Haller's impressive design of the title set piece. MGM's widescreen DVD features commentary by Corman, which focuses primarily on the film's technical aspects. Also included is the original trailer and a prologue (shot by Norma Rae producer Tamara Asseyev) featuring costar Luana Anders, which was added to fill out the film's 1968 television broadcast. --Paul Gaita

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Starring: Vincent Price, Barbara Steele Director: Roger Corman

Studio: MGM/UA Video Aspect ratio 2:35:1

Voomer Reviews:

bookwalk: 3.5 stars--not so much for the plot, but for VIncent Price and the visual feast enhanced by HD.

 

[Sean Mota]

The Silencers (1966)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304017626.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> Austin Powers undoubtedly stole a few moves from Matt Helm, the swinging secret agent embodied by Dean Martin in four intentionally dopey late-'60s movies. The Silencers is the first and best of the bunch--but at that, it's barely a movie. Dino is first seen reclining in his automated bed, and he hardly wakes up for the remainder of the picture. (When a stunt double performs athletic moves in the action scenes, you rub your eyes at the impossibility of Martin moving that quickly.) And yet Matt Helm manages to stave off a nuclear disaster in the southwest desert, the nefarious plot of a Chinese archvillain (Victor Buono). The 007-style gadgets include exploding sportcoat buttons, plus the wet bar in Dino's station wagon--so he can gulp whiskey while he drives. The women are, of course, outrageously sexist playthings, although Stella Stevens remains the most adorable of '60s sex kittens. --Robert Horton

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Starring: Dean Martin, Stella Stevens Director: Phil Karlson

Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios Aspect ratio 1.85:1

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: 2.5 stars. This 1966 HD transfer looked very good for its time. This movie is a bonds type movie but made in 1966. The plot is weak but the girls are beautiful. I like the part where Dean Martin tells to change the station because they are playing Frank Sinatra. The station is changed by the girl and it is playing him and he likes it. In the cave scene the HD can make you see that the cave has plastic walls. I liked the movie because of the girls...

 

[Sean Mota]

Tiger Cage (2001) - English subtitles

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Starring: Director: Woo-ping Yuen

Studio: Tai Seng Video Aspect ratio 1.85:1

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: 2.5 stars. An action kung fu movie mixed with drugs, lies, gangs, etc. I am not much into actions movies but this one kept me until the end. I wanted to see it in the light that Tiget Cage 2 will be aired on March.

 

[Sean Mota]

Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6303579396.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> Blow mad killer Jason Voorhees to smithereens in the opening sequence of the movie? Sorry, folks, you have to do better than that. Jason's evil spirit finds its way into a series of host bodies, thus continuing the carnage at Crystal Lake, in Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday. Naturally, part 9 is not the final Friday the 13th movie (no big deal: part 4, you'll recall, was titled The Final Chapter). Jason confronts a long-lost sister at the lake, while the usual assortment of naked teens are dispatched. This one tries to vary the formula a bit but ends up with a story line every bit as nonsensical as those that came before. The final sequence tries to put Jason away for keeps and calls upon the demons of hell for support. The last shot is an outrageous joke, which is perhaps what this franchise deserves. --Robert Horton

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Starring: John D. LeMay, Kari Keegan Director: Adam Marcus

Studio: New Line Studios Aspect ratio 1.85:1

Voomer Reviews:

Sean Mota: 2.0 stars. if you are into the final the 13th movies, by all means watch it. If you are not, don't. I did not like it very much... The end was interested... Freddy, from the Nightmare movies, appears and takes Jason with him to hell.

 

[Sean Mota]

Merton - A Film Biography (1984)

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Starring: Director:

Studio: First Run Features Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 2.5 stars: PQ pretty grainy and rather funky, but Merton had a pretty interesting life -- too bad more of it wasn't filmed. And I would've liked to have seen more actual footage from the one speech they had. All in all, though, interesting enough that I'll look for some of his books on my next trip to the library.

 

[Sean Mota]

Friday the 13th (1980)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6300214087.01.LZZZZZZZ.gif" align="left" hspace="5"> This splatter flick, along with John Carpenter's Halloween, helped spawn the great horror-movie movement of the '80s, not to mention eight sequels, many of which had nothing to do with the films that preceded them. It also gave birth to Jason Voorhees, one of the three biggest horror-movie psychos of the modern era (the other two being Halloween's Michael Myers and A Nightmare on Elm Street's Freddy Krueger). Forever duplicated, the original Friday the 13th popularized a number of themes and techniques that today are now clichés: the increasingly gory murders, the remote forest location, the anonymous and nubile cast, the murderer as cult hero, and, of course, the moral that if you have sex, you will die, very painfully. Still, if you have to see a Friday the 13th movie, this is the one to check out. A group of eager (and horny) teenagers decide to reopen Camp Crystal Lake, which 20 years earlier was closed after the shocking and mysterious murders of two amorous camp counselors. You can take it from there, as the teens get picked off one by one, during a dark and stormy night; of course, their car won't start and there's no phone. The ending stole shamelessly from Brian De Palma's Carrie, but it still provides a slight if campy shock. Look for a young Kevin Bacon as the requisite stud--you can tell that's what he is because when the cast appears in swimsuits, he's wearing a Speedo--who's the beneficiary of the film's best murder sequence, an arrowhead to the throat. Right after having sex, of course. --Mark Englehart

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Starring: Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King Director: Sean S. Cunningham

Studio: Paramount Studio Aspect ratio 1:85:1

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 4 stars: Awesome. Thrilling, smart, suspenseful, gory creepfest. Loved it. A true classic with some classic kill scenes. Last half hour is excellent, with Mrs. Voorhees as creepy as creepy can be. PQ pretty darned good. Sound good, but I didn't particularly care for the music itself and thought it all could have been more surroundy.

 

[Sean Mota]

All Dogs Go to Heaven (1989)

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Starring: Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise Director: Dan Kuenster, Don Bluth

Studio: Mgm/Ua Studios Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 2.5 stars : Animated gangsta dogs straight thuggin' in the bayou. At first glance I thought this flick was sending some pretty questionable messages regarding violence, gambling. But it more or less redeemed itself by the end with messages of loyalty, friendship, redemption. Dom DeLuise is instantly recognizable as the voice of Itchy, while I had to check the credits to learn that it was indeed Burt Reynolds as the voice of Charlie. PQ okay, sound less than exciting.

 

[Sean Mota]

MicroCosmos (1996)

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/6304501684.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> Using revolutionary cameras, the directors of this French film (with minimal English-language narration) have made an amazing chronicle of the insect world. There are at least a dozen fascinating, memorable images, and the carnage is held to a minimum. Some favorites include a caterpillar traffic jam, a frog's bout with a rain storm, and a bird that turns into Godzilla for a bunch of ants. Then there's the snail mating scene that must be seen to be believed. Great for families. --Doug Thomas

Description
MICROCOSMOS captures the fun and adventure of a spectacular hidden universe revealed in a breathtaking, close-up view unlike anything you've ever seen! Your family will marvel at a pair of stag beetles dueling like titans. The kids will stare bug-eyed as a magnificent army of worker ants race to stock their larder ... while tyring to avoid becoming a feisty pheasant's dinner. And you'll have a front-row seat to witness an amazing transformation from caterpillar to butterfly, the remarkable birth of a mosquito, and several other minute miracles of life. With its tiny cast of thousands, MICROCOSMOS leaves no doubt that "Mother Nature remains the greatest special effects wizard of all" (New York Times).


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Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas Director: Claude Nuridsany, Marie Pérennou

Studio: Miramax/ Walt Disney Home Video Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

TheTimm: 5 stars: Friggin' awesome. Loved it. This is not a traditional documentary -- this one is bad-ass, though perhaps a little on the artsy-fartsy side for some. And if you're easily offended by bug violence or steamy snail-on-snail action, this may not be the documentary for you. Everyone else settle in for a bugged-out thrill ride with some cool time-lapse sequences and vibrant colors that pop off the screen. Stunning pq, creatively and beautifully shot. Crank up the volume for a spectacularly immersive surround treatment that lays you down in the middle of French meadow and leaves you swattin' the bugs away from your ears -- I could almost hear heavy breathing coming from the porno snails. The highlight for me would have to be the rainstorm about forty-five minutes into the show. Of course, I'm a sucker for super-slow-mo raindrops -- not to mention thumpin' bass that you can feel slam into your chest. But if you can only catch five minutes, I'd suggest those minutes be spent with the storm. Perhaps more art than true documentary, but a great way to spend some time.

riffjim4069: 4 star : Excellent visual documentary inside the insect world; hellacious camera work...outstanding PQ...fascinating. A must see! :up :up

Walter L.: 5 stars. AMAZING!!!. A masterpiece. The best documentary I've ever seen about insects and/or animals in general. PQ is excellent (3D-like). The HD transfer is one of the best I've seen in VOOM.

 

[Sean Mota]

The Taste of Others (2001) - English subtitles

<p><img border="0" src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B00005UQF9.01.LZZZZZZZ.jpg" align="left" hspace="5"> "Funny, I never thought it would work. He's so different from me." Agnès Jaoui, scripting with her longtime writing and performing partner, Jean-Pierre Bacri, makes a deft directorial debut with this delightful romantic journey of missed opportunities and second chances. Bacri is poignant and piercing as a gauche petit-bourgeois businessman who discovers a world of art and magic missing from his empty, self-contained existence after he watches an emotionally devastating theater performance. Equal parts buffoon and born-again romantic, he fumbles through a new world and emerges as the soul of this story. Jaoui brings a light touch and a fresh perspective to familiar situations. Behind the comic characters and wry wit is a sympathy for her lonely souls and a celebration of the painful joy of their rediscovery of the possibilities of life. --Sean Axmaker


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Starring: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri Director: Agnès Jaoui

Studio: Miramax Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

riffjim4069 : 4 stars: Although a great title for a porn film, it's about embracing the differences in others, while loving yourself for being different. We all judge people because they are not like us, but if you listen and learn you will see that all people have something unique to offer. Warning: this is foreign film (French) with subtitles and the first 30 minutes are a bit slow...however, it's still an excellent film.

 

[Sean Mota]

The Wrecking Crew (1968)

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Starring: Anne Alvaro, Jean-Pierre Bacri Director: Phil Karlson

Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios Aspect ratio

Voomer Reviews:

riffjim4069 : 2.5 stars: Ok, the Matt Helm series were a poor imitation of the legendary James Bond 007 films. I watched this movie while doing chores and, quite honestly, can't tell you the plot other than good guy bags all the chicks, defeats evil-doers, and saves the world. Probably a 1.5 star movies, but hey...this is Dean Martin, hot '60s women and politically incorrect male bravado. Dean Martin may not be able to throw a decent punch, but he sure packs one hell of a sexist punchline. Good GuyTV movie when you've seen everything else.