Filed under: For Auction, For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: amy smart, blind horizon, DVD, eBay, faye dunaway, movie, neve campbell, sam shepard, Thriller, trailer, val kilmer
BLIND HORIZON
Val Kilmer, Neve Campbell, Sam Shepard, Faye Dunaway and Amy Smart
Shot in the head and left to die in the New Mexico wilderness, Frank Kavanaugh (Val Kilmer) wakes up in Black Point hospital. He doesn’t know who he is, what happened to him or what he’s doing in a desert town. Trying in vain to piece together his past, Frank is tormented by inexplicable flashbacks of a plot to assassinate the American president.
Desperate to regain his memory, he turns to whoever will listen – but no-one, not even the secret service, can explain what’s going on. Slowly but surely Frank begins to remember who he his and realises the terrible truth behind his visions.
Rated 15
Filed under: For Auction, For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: Adrian Paul, Brendan Fehr, Carly Pope, Ian McShane, Nemesis Game, Rena Owen, trailer
NEMESIS GAME
Brendan Fehr, Carly Pope & Adrian Paul
Sara Novak is an introverted college student with a few skeletons in her closet. Shying away from her classmates, she prefers to spend time with Vern, a comic store owner who shares her passion for mind games and riddles.
But when the puzzles she solves lead to the deaths of those around her, she realizes this is much more than just a simple game.
Rated 15
Filed under: For Auction, For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: DVD, escape from new york, halloween, Horror, john carpenter, kurt russell, movie, the thing, trailer
THE THING
Kurt Russell
Horror-meister JOHN CARPENTER (Halloween, Escape From New York) teams KURT RUSSELL’S outstanding performance with incredible visuals to build this chilling version of the classic The Thing.
In the winter of 1982, a twelve-man research team at a remote Antarctic research station discovers an alien buried in the snow for over 100.000 years. Soon unfrozen, the form changing alien wreaks havoc, creates terror and becomes one of them.
Rated 18
Filed under: For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: highwaymen, hit-and-run, Horror, jim caviezel, Revenge, rhona mitra, Thriller, torture, violent car crashes
HIGHWAYMEN
Jim Caviezel & Rhona Mitra
Rennie Cray (Caviezel) is a man hell-bent on avenging his wife’s death by a murderous driver. For five years he’s been driving around the country, pursuing the man responsible for the hit-and-run, looking for retribution.
James Fargo (Colm Feote) is the chilling killer whose body has been reduce to a combination of human parts; prosthetics, straps and harnesses. His 1972 Cadillac has been transformed into an extension of his own body, a killing machine that he uses to torture and taunt unsuspecting motorists.
Rated18
Filed under: For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: Action, brian de palma, conspiracy, DVD, gary sinise, intrigue, nicolas cage, snake eyes, Thriller, trailer
SNAKE EYES
Nicolas Cage & Gary Sinise
Highly entertaining action thriller. Nicolas Cage is an Atlantic City cop who, along with an arena full of spectators at a championship prize-fight, is eyewitness to a political assassination.
Determined to quickly solve the crime, he immediately launches an intensive investigation…then learns that a search for answers will only uncover yet more questions in an ever-widening web of conspiracy, intrigue and danger.
Rated15
Filed under: For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: girl from rio, hugh laurie, rio de janeiro, samba, santiago segura, vanessa nunes
GIRL from RIO
Hughe Laurie, Venessa Nune & Santiago Segura
Above – Raymond (Hugh Laurie) dancing the samba with Orlinda (Vanessa Nunes)
Raymond catches his wife with the boss of bank where he works. Left to lock up over the holiday, Raymond decides to get his own back by robbing the bank and catching the first plane to the sun drenched beaches of Rio de Janeiro with his new-found wealth. He’s on the trail of “that girl“, the fabulous dancer who graces the cover of “Samba Monthly”.
Rated15
I love Latin dance and if you like samba then you will love Vanessa Nune’s performance in this movie. My only complaint – not enough of her.
Filed under: For Sale, Movie Reviews | Tags: DVD, michael critchton, movie, murder, Mystery, pal, sean connery, Thriller, wesley snipes
RISING SUN
Sean Connery & Wesley Snipes
Rated18
Based on Michael Critchton’s provacative bestseller, this “smart, engrossing and electrically charged” thriller is as entertaining as it is thought provoking.
The special liaison officer (Snipes) is called to investigate the murder of a call-girl in the boardroom of a Japanese corporation. Accompanied by a detective with unusual knowledge of the Japanese culture (Connery), the two men must unravel the mystery behind the murder by entering an underground “shadow world” of futuristic technology, ancient ways and confusing loyalties.
As always Sean Connery’s performance is superb. He partners with Snipes and frankly without them you probably wouldn’t make it to the end. Some good puns are thrown in here and there and the CSI style science seems believable. Worth a view if you can get a cop cheap.
Filed under: Movie Reviews | Tags: alexa davalos, colm feore, DVD, Judi Dench, karl urban, keith david, linus roache, mark gibbon, necromonger, Nick Chinlund, thandie newton, the chronicles of riddick, vin diesel, yorick van wageningen
THE CHRONICLES OF RIDDICK
Groundbreaking Special Effects
Incredible Action Scenes
All Star Cast
Starring Vin Diesel, the gorgeous Thandie Newton and veteran actor Dame Judi Dench
Judi Dench, Vin Diesel, Nick Chinlund, Keith David, Colm Feore, Mark Gibbon, Thandie Newton, Linus Roache, Karl Urban, Yorick van Wageningen, Alexa Davalos
Rated 15
Riddick is on the run. Escaping from mercenaries determined to collect the price on his head, he finds himself at the heart of a battle that is not his. With Necromonger conquerors threatening the future of the entire universe, Riddick could be the only unlikely hero to save the human race.
Filed under: Biographies, Movie Reviews | Tags: Berlin, Brasil, Brazil, Communism, Comunismo, death camp, DVDs, fascism, Fernando Morais, gas chamber, German, Germany, Getúlio Vargas, Jayme Monjardim, Jewish, Luís Carlos Prestes, Moscow, movie, Nazi Germany, Nazis, Olga, Olga Benário, Português, Portuguese, poverty, revolução, revolucionário, revolution, revolutionary
Olga, a film made in 2004 by Brazilian director Jayme Monjardim, is emotionally moving and an inspiration to all people who crave a just new world. It is adapted from the biography by Fernando Morais on the German, Jewish and communist Olga Benário.
It’s a great Brazilian movie that represented the nation in the Oscars. It tells the true story of Olga a German Jew with strong beliefs and ideals that lead her on a dangerous journey through European Nazism and Brazilian cruel dictatorship in the late 30´s.
The dialogue is Portuguese with English, Spanish and Portuguese subtitles.
Filed under: Movie Reviews | Tags: Arther King, Brenda Marinoff, cannibals, Cordy Clark, Dee Wallace, Horror, James Whitworth, Janus Blythe, John Steadman, Martin Speer, Michael Berryman, rape, Robert Houston, Russ Grieve, survival, Susan Lanier, The Hills Have Eyes, Thriller, violence, Virginia Vincent
The Hills Have Eyes starring Susan Lanier Robert Houston Martin Speer Dee Wallace Russ Grieve John Steadman James Whitworth Virginia Vincent Michael Berryman Janus Blythe Cordy Clark Brenda Marinoff Arther King
The Carter family are crossing the desert wastes of America heading for California when they are attacked by a group of savage cannibals. Mr Carter is crucified, filled with petrol and set on fire. His wife is shot in the stomach and left for dead.
They rape the couples daughter and steal here baby for the cooking pot. For the remaining members of the family it now a battle of survival.
With the aid of their Alsation dogs, the family start to turn the tables on the savages. By reverting to their own primitive instincts they eventually wipe out the cannibal punks.
Double Disc Special Edition – Suitable for adults over 18 only (cert 18)
Running time approx 89 minutes, this is the 2003 Wes Craven release
