Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A college professor teaching a course on terrorists in America grows increasingly paranoid with whom the neighbors really are just down the street.
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Film Review: Jacob’s Ladder (1990)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: “In Vietnam on the 6th October 1971, American soldier Jacob Singer is wounded by a bayonet during an attack to his platoon. He wakes up in a New York subway while going home late at night after working overtime in the post office. He is divorced from Sarah, lives with his colleague and lover Jezebel in …
Read More »Film Review: The Hudsucker Proxy (1994)
Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam. REVIEW: Filmed in 1994, The Hudsucker Proxy has been defined as a screwball comedy. Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen, “The Hudsucker Proxy” is a bit of a step away from their more darker material. While I still …
Read More »Film Review: Howard The Duck (1986)
SYNOPSIS: “Howard, a duck the size of a short human, is accidentally brought to Earth through a laser beam in an experiment being performed by a Cleveland physicist Doctor Walter Jenning, and his assistant Phil Blumburtt. Howard ends up in Cleveland, where he rescues singer Beverly Switzer from a group of thugs. Beverly and Phil are friends, and when the …
Read More »Film Review: Mission To Mars (2000)
SYNOPSIS: “Commander Luke Graham is selected to lead the first manned mission to Mars. Upon setting foot on the red planet, the team discovers an ancient, domelike structure which appears to be a beacon. The dome destroys the team and leaves Luke injured. The recently widowed Jim McConnell leads the rescue mission. When they arrive, they find Luke surprisingly alive, …
Read More »Film Review: Howard the Duck (1986) – Review 2
SYNOPSIS: A sarcastic humanoid duck is pulled from his homeworld to Earth where he must stop an alien invader. REVIEW: Howard the Duck, a unexpected inclusion from the hallows of comics to the big screen, is truly a combo action adventure, science fiction comedy. It’s highlights include the early appearances of a young Tim Robbins and Lea Thompson. The film …
Read More »Film Review: Code 46 (2003)
SYNOPSIS: “Code 46 is a love story set in a Brave New World-type near-future where cities are heavily controlled and only accessible through checkpoints. People cannot travel unless they have papelles, a special travel permit issued by the totalitarian government, the ‘Sphinx’. Outside these cities, the desert has taken over and shanty towns are jammed with non-citizens, people without IDs …
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