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Even with Pauly Shore as the "star," this 1993 comedy is a bit better than you might think. Shore plays an insouciant college student asked by a friend (Carla Gugino) to pretend to be her fiancé over Thanksgiving break, thus discouraging a jerk back in her hometown from proposing. Shore's character agrees but is given a hard time by the girl's salt-of-the-earth family of farmers. The hero and Gugino's character actually have a crush on each other, and now that they have an opportunity to explore romance, their relationship is threatened by poor Pauly's tests of rural manhood. Shore aside, the strong cast--including Gugino and Lane Smith--lend this thing some credibility; and the script doesn't take any shortcuts in moving the characters beyond their assumptions about one another. --Tom Keogh
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Middle America will never be the same when comedian Pauly Shore (ENCINO MAN) travels to the Midwest and becomes the SON-IN-LAW. Shore stars as Crawl, L.A.'s funkiest college student, who's hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed (Carla Gugino -- SPY KIDS). Crawl's unlike anything the Midwesterners have ever seen -- outside the barn that is! But before long, Crawl's plowing his way into their hearts with his outrageous antics and offbeat attempts at farming. Get ready for a truckload of laughs and a half-ton of hysteria with this totally irreverent comedy!
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Son-In-Law
Starring: Pauly Shore , Carla Gugino , Lane Smith , Cindy Pickett , and Mason Adams Director: Steve Rash Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: 6305428549 Release Date: 1999-09-07 |
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Even with Pauly Shore as the "star," this 1993 comedy is a bit better than you might think. Shore plays an insouciant college student asked by a friend (Carla Gugino) to pretend to be her fiancé over Thanksgiving break, thus discouraging a jerk back in her hometown from proposing. Shore's character agrees but is given a hard time by the girl's salt-of-the-earth family of farmers. The hero and Gugino's character actually have a crush on each other, and now that they have an opportunity to explore romance, their relationship is threatened by poor Pauly's tests of rural manhood. Shore aside, the strong cast--including Gugino and Lane Smith--lend this thing some credibility; and the script doesn't take any shortcuts in moving the characters beyond their assumptions about one another. --Tom KeoghDescription
Middle America will never be the same when comedian Pauly Shore (ENCINO MAN) travels to the Midwest and becomes the SON-IN-LAW. Shore stars as Crawl, L.A.'s funkiest college student, who's hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed (Carla Gugino -- SPY KIDS). Crawl's unlike anything the Midwesterners have ever seen -- outside the barn that is! But before long, Crawl's plowing his way into their hearts with his outrageous antics and offbeat attempts at farming. Get ready for a truckload of laughs and a half-ton of hysteria with this totally irreverent comedy!Customer Reviews:
Guilty pleasure fave of mine.......2007-06-03
Son-in-Law.......2007-03-08
excellent, halarious, classic!!.......2006-11-26
Pauly cracks me up.......2006-11-10
son-in-law.......2006-08-31
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Petey Wheatstraw - The Devil's Son-In-law
Starring: Rudy Ray Moore , Jimmy Lynch , Leroy Daniels , Ernest Mayhand , and Ebony Wright Director: Cliff Roquemore Manufacturer: Xenon ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: 6305582777 Release Date: 2002-03-19 |
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Old School Classic.......2007-06-11
never got this either.......2007-03-09
That's my FATHER!!!.......2004-07-31
Great Old-Fashioned Comedy!.......2002-05-10
Ghetto Surrealism.......2001-11-10
At first, I thought this was the most inept movie ever made, but now I see that Rudy Ray and his partner in crime Cliff Roqumore made the first piece of Ghetto Surrealism to stink up the screen (This movie does actually bring to mind certain unpleasant odors). This accomplishment should not be denegrated simply because it was undoubtedly unintentional. Technical flaws aside(and they are plenty ample), there are images and scenarios in this film which play out in mind like a reoccuring nightmare(none of which I can recount without being censored). It is one of the most scatalogically obsessed films outside of Pink Flamingos or Salo, but I think it is more successful than either in its attempts to outrage.
The performances are all variations on racial stereotypes and ghetto caricatures. This film plays like some evil cartoon. Which is to say there is a devilish imagination at work, one with utter disregard for logic and restraint. And one, seemingly without any good intentions.
If you are looking for a twisted cinematic experience look no further.
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A Foreign Field
Starring: Alec Guinness , Leo McKern , Edward Herrmann , John Randolph , and Geraldine Chaplin Director: Charles Sturridge Manufacturer: Acorn Media ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AYELAG Release Date: 2005-11-01 |
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A superb quintet of older actors give the simple story of A Foreign Field a rich and resonant texture. Amos (Alec Guiness, Kind Hearts and Coronets, Star Wars) and Cyril (Leo McKern, Rumpole of the Bailey) are two British World War II veterans who return to the beaches of Normandy, where they'd come ashore almost 50 years earlier. They run into an American veteran named Waldo (John Randolph, Prizzi's Honor) and a woman named Lisa (Lauren Bacall, The Big Sleep, Dogville) whose brother died on D-Day. Waldo and Cyril have both come seeking the same woman who comforted them when they were wounded--but when they find her (Jeanne Moreau, Jules and Jim, La Femme Nikita), she's not what they remember. Nothing dramatic happens in A Foreign Film--the characters bicker, become friends, and go to graveyards--but in the hands of this group of great talents, small emotional moments seem full and rewarding. This is a sweet and gentle movie that carefully avoids any saccharine sentiment. Also featuring Geraldine Chaplin (Nashville, Talk to Her) and Edward Herrmann (The Cat's Meow, The Paper Chase). --Bret FetzerDescription
Two British war vets (Alec Guinness and Leo McKern) meet an American vet (John Randolph) when all three return to Normandy on the 50th anniversary of D-Day. Old rivalries resurface, particularly when two of the men discover they are searching for the same lost love (Jeanne Moreau). A lonely woman (Lauren Bacall) with her own painful but mysterious memories joins the group, while the American vet's petulant daughter (Geraldine Chaplin) and bumbling son-in-law (Edward Herrmann) struggle to keep up with the exploits of their elders. This disparate band of survivors eventually finds common ground in the memory of what they lost on that fateful day in 1944. As seen on Masterpiece Theatre.Customer Reviews:
ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS.......2007-03-27
Under the Radar.......2007-03-01
Peace propaganda.......2006-09-08
absolutely marvelous film - must buy.......2005-10-24
A Foreign Field .......2005-09-30
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Incident In A Small Town
Starring: Bernard Behrens , James Blendick , Eve Crawford , Lori Hallier , and Walter Matthau Director: Delbert Mann Manufacturer: Platinum Disc ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0009IOELE Release Date: 2005-04-05 |
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The Lost Son
Starring: Daniel Auteuil , Nastassja Kinski , Katrin Cartlidge , Marianne Denicourt , and Ciarán Hinds Director: Chris Menges Manufacturer: Lions Gate ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005B1VT Release Date: 2001-05-22 |
Customer Reviews:
A Fine Thriller.......2006-08-25
Nice, Tight European Mystery/Thriller........2003-02-09
The film has a sad and horrific story centering it's plot, (a story all too true, unfortunately), and moves along at a nice pace. It held my interest all the way.
The violence in the film is dealt with brutally but with tactful swiftness, not dwelt on or exaggerated. The direction is by Chris Menges, the award-winning cinematographer, and he does a good crisp job here. Well produced, and well worth your time if you like the genre.
Harrowing.......2001-10-29
A superb international thriller.......2001-08-29
Auteuil does a fine job as the P.I., Billie Whitelaw--one of my favorite British actresses--is suitably hard-edged in the role of the family matriarch, and Bruce Greenwood is credibly sleazy as the dealer in unspeakable practices. The investigator makes moral choices throughout the entire film that are so dead on target that every act of violence contributes to the power of this film. This is a terrific film and absolutely worth owning. I am proud to have this in my DVD collection.
A great One.......2001-05-31
Watch it and you'll never regret - trust me.
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Encino Man/Son in Law
Starring: Pauly Shore , Carla Gugino , Lane Smith , Cindy Pickett , and Mason Adams Director: Steve Rash , and Les Mayfield Manufacturer: Walt Disney Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00008OM5H Release Date: 2003-03-04 |
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Encino Man - English/French DVD- Starring Pauly Shore, ENCINO MAN unearths the biggest laughs in 2 million years! The fun kicks off when two high school buddies dig up a frozen caveman in their backyard! Once the living fossil thaws out, the friends figure he's their ticket to being cool. But the plan backfires when the newcomer turns everyday life upside down, generating pre-hysterical craziness wherever he roams! Co-starring Sean Astin (BULWORTH) and Brendan Fraser (THE MUMMY), you'll definitely dig ENCINO MAN -- the totally irreverent, totally awesome comedy that shows just how hilariously out-of-control things evolve once the stone age meets the rock age head-on! Son In Law - English/French DVD - Middle America will never be the same when comedian Pauly Shore (ENCINO MAN) travels to the Midwest and becomes the SON-IN-LAW. Shore stars as Crawl, L.A.'s funkiest college student, who's hilariously out of his element when he spends Thanksgiving at the family farm of a straitlaced college co-ed (Carla Gugino -- SPY KIDS). Crawl's unlike anything the Midwesterners have ever seen -- outside the barn that is! But before long, Crawl's plowing his way into their hearts with his outrageous antics and offbeat attempts at farming. Get ready for a truckload of laughs and a half-ton of hysteria with this totally irreverent comedy!Customer Reviews:
Two great laughs.......2004-11-05
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Running with the Hitman
Starring: Gil Bellows , Joe Pingue , Onalee Ames , Jane Luk , and Reagan Pasternak Director: Melanie Mayron Manufacturer: Platinum Disc ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000GETU7O Release Date: 2006-09-05 |
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Plot Summary: Gideon Schub (Judd Hirsch), the "Office King", is a retired businessman with one joy in life: seeing his grandson. So when his underachieving, out-of-work son-in-law Jeff (Gil Bellows) threatens to end those cherished visits, it pushes Gideon over the edge. Enter Nathan "The Nat" Winkler (Danny Aiello), a Jewish loan collector for an Italian mob who knows that his only chance for a "promotion" is to pull off a hit. So when The Nat happens to meet Gideon at the neighborhood Chinese-Jewish diner, Shanghai Schwartz, he makes an offer Gideon can't refuse: th make Jeff disappear. The only problem is, The Nat couldn't hurt a fly -- and Gideon is no murder mastermind!
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Manhood
Starring: Nestor Carbonell , John Ritter , Janeane Garofalo , Bonnie Bedelia , and Nick Roth Director: Bobby Roth Manufacturer: Showtime Ent. ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006FO5JG Release Date: 2005-02-15 |
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Sad piece of dookie.......2005-04-29
The Stages of Becoming a Man.......2005-03-03
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El Ultimo Chinaco
Starring: Luis Aguilar , Katy Jurado , Marga Lopez , and Carlos Lopez Moctezuma Manufacturer: Excalibur ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B0002ABTQM Release Date: 2004-08-17 |
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3 Son Peor Que Una
Starring: Claudia Ramirez , Margarita Isabel , Patricia Pereira , and Jr. Héctor Suárez Director: Juan Antonio de la Riva Manufacturer: Westlake ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000A1BM6K Release Date: 2002-01-01 |
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