Thomas in Love

Starring:BenoÃ®t Verhaert, Aylin Yay, Magali Pinglaut, Micheline Hardy, FrÃ©dÃ©ric Topart, Alexandre von Sivers, Serge LariviÃ¨re, Jacqueline Bollen, Dominique Baeyens, Imbal Yalon, VÃ©ronique Dumont, Yse Gerbaux, Abdelmalek Kadi, Colette Sodoyez, ValÃ©rie LemaÃ®tre, David Dufaux, Pascal Lefebvre, Muriel Bersy, Cathy Boquet, Laurence Palgen
Director: Pierre-Paul Renders
Studio: New Video Group
Product Type: DVD

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Whoopi Goldberg returns in a gratuitous, poorly written sequel that contrives a reason to get her character back into Maggie Smith's convent. The "socially conscious" plot finds Goldberg being asked to relate to a bunch of street kids and pull them together into a choir. Since a bad guy is needed, the script grabs that old chestnut about a rich guy (James Coburn) preparing to close down the convent's school, and runs with it. The film is slow and unconvincing from start to finish, although costars Mary Wickes and Kathy Najimy get some good laughs, and the music is pretty spirited. --Tom Keogh

Description

Everybody's favorite nun is back in the habit as Academy Award(R)-winner Whoopi Goldberg (Best Supporting Actress, 1990, GHOST) stirs up more laughs than ever before! This time, Whoopi goes undercover as Sister Mary Clarence at a troubled inner-city school. Equipped with a melody-marching lesson plan, she brings the gift of laughter, the power of music, and a touch of heavenly inspiration to the classroom -- before the streetwise students discover who she really is! Experience the joys of higher education with this crowd-pleasing favorite as Whoopi answers her calling once again and delivers her special brand of habit-forming fun!

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A fun, family-friendly movie!.......2007-06-17

After watching the first Sister Act and thoroughly enjoying it, I bought this movie hoping that it would be as good as the original. Thankfully, it is!

So what's this movie about? Sister Mary Clarence (played by Whoopi Goldberg) is asked to aid the sisters with teaching a group of unruly kids. When she is asked to teach the school's music class, at first she is frustrated that the kids won't listen to her. Eventually, she finds out that the class is full of great singers, one girl especially (played by Lauryn Hill). Unfortunately, the girl's mother won't allow her to sing with the rest of her classmates. Things get rough when Sister Mary Clarence finds out that the school is going to be shut down. That doesn't stop her from taking her choir to the state championship. What's going to happen to the school? Will the choir win the championship? And what happens to the group's best singer?

So what's to like about this movie? First of all, there's a lot of funny parts. One particular part that stands out is when Sister Mary Clarence asks a girl to sing any song and she chooses to sing the theme song to The Love Boat. Second, the storyline is pretty good. It was enough to keep me entertained and I was eager to find out what happened to the choir at the end of the film. Also, this movie stars Lauryn Hill which is great to see as I'm a fan of her music.

What's not to like? Not much. This is one of those movies that going into you know is not going to be the best movie you've ever seen. Just an overall entertaining film to pass a couple of hours on a lazy Sunday.

If you liked the first Sister Act, be sure to watch this one as well. I'm sure you'll enjoy it!

TWO IS BETTER.......2007-02-08

SISTER ACT 2 IS MORE THAN JUST A MOVIE. IT'S IT'S FUN FOR THE WHOLE FAMILY. I BROUGHT IT FOR MY GIRLFRIEND & SHE LOVES TO SING ALONG WITH THE MOVIE. AND SHE KNOWS EVERY SONG FROM THE MOVIE BY HARD

Love it!.......2007-01-19

This is an awesome movie, full of music and fun and suspense. I'd recommend it to anyone who likes stories about real life and those struggling to overcome their societal obstacles.

What a little help can do.......2007-01-18

This is to show that with a little practice and help you can do anything. This is a funny movie but it does have a good meaning behind it. Just follow your dream and things can happen. Thanks

Great Whoopi DVD........2007-01-10

Excellent movie! Every bit as good as the first Sister Act!

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I love this movie
A slice of life
What a gem!
So funny!
so I married an axe murderer

So I Married an Axe Murderer
Starring: Mike Myers , Nancy Travis , Anthony LaPaglia , Amanda Plummer , and Brenda Fricker
Director: Thomas Schlamme
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
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ASIN: B00000IQBW
Release Date: 1999-06-01

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Mike Myers's first feature role without his Wayne's World wig is a performance at odds with the best interests of the movie. Myers plays a single guy who always manages to find something seriously wrong with each of his girlfriends. His new love (Nancy Travis), a butcher, may be the perfect woman, except for one thing: she might be a "black-widow" killer who prefers dispatching husbands with a sharp instrument. Robbie Fox's original script has a fine shape and strong, black-comedy material within it. But Myers creates unnecessary dissonance by playing a variety of characters (including an irascible Scotsman like the one he often played on Saturday Night Live) and accenting his skills as an improvisational comic (such as impersonating the soothing cadences of a massage therapist). It's not that Myers isn't funny doing all that, but it has nothing to do with the movie. Directed by Thomas Schlamme (Miss Firecracker). --Tom Keogh

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I love this movie.......2007-05-19

As with most good movies, the main characters might be the worm, but the backups are what reel you in. This movie is so very watchable, and Mike Meyers is actually funny (!!) in it, but for me, it's all about Anthony La Paglia and Alan Arkin. Sure, it's maybe three scenes in the entire movie, but they really steal the show.

This is a seriously underrated movie. Watch it. You won't regret it.

A slice of life.......2007-05-06

Charlie Mackenzie (Mike Myers) self made poet, has successfully avoided tying the knot with several women by finding out their flaws in the "nick" of time. Looks like his luck may be running out.

He falls in love with the local butcher, Harriet Michaels (Nancy Travis), who may be more of a cut-up than she appears. Will Charlie Axe-cept her at face value or will his suspicious nature once again interfere with marital bliss?

If he takes the plunge will his friend (Anthony LaPaglia) find out that Charlie is not paranoid and come to his rescue (in time)?

What a gem!.......2007-05-06

One of my favorite movies: unerringly charming and hilarious. It's a romantic comedy starring Mike Myers and Nancy Travis, obtrusively set in San Francisco. Myers spends most of the movie believing that Travis, his new love interest, may be a serial killer.

Stunningly, the movie flopped in cinemas. (This despite supremely competent writing and hysterical supporting work by actors such as Anthony LaPaglia and Amanda Plummer.)

I have heard that Myers was so despondent after its failure that he took TWO YEARS off of filmmaking in a somber funk.

Whoa! What a loss.

For my part, I've watched it maybe a dozen times and usually find something new to laugh at with each viewing. Even when I don't, this movie is guaranteed to paste a smile on my face for the rest of the day.

I have to say something else: I have never watched a movie that has made me want to move to a certain place so much as this one makes you want to move to San Francisco!

Pity that the powers that be show no signs of coming out with a "collector's edition" or anything like that. All you're getting here is the film itself, essentially. In case you're confused by what Amazon says up there, it's one of those disks where one side is fullscreen and the other is widescreen.

By the way, if anybody knows how Nancy Travis's character was able to afford that stunning loft apartment in the heart of San Francisco while working as an assistant at a butcher shop, please drop me a line. I do believe I chose the wrong career!

So funny!.......2007-03-08

This is one of my all time favorite Mike Myers movies! So funny!

so I married an axe murderer.......2007-01-28

The product is first rate. I love this movie, I hadn't seen this movie since school. I have had no problems with the products frow amazon.

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a long long time ago, woody allen made good movies
My favorite Woody Allen film
One of Woody's best
the power of transgression
"Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation...

Crimes and Misdemeanors
Starring: Caroline Aaron , Alan Alda , Martin S. Bergmann , Bill Bernstein , and Claire Bloom
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ASIN: B00005AUJK
Release Date: 2001-06-05

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Along with Deconstructing Harry which would follow seven years later, this is Woody Allen's most somber comedy-drama, as well as his most ambitious film of the 1980s. Allen weaves together two central stories about very different groups of Manhattanites, linking them through a mutual friend, a rabbi (Sam Waterston) who's going blind. This image is key to the sometimes ponderous, often clever musings on faith, morals, and vision (or lack thereof) that obsess his deeply troubled and unhappy characters. At its center, the film explores people who, through lack of religious conviction or arrogance, rationalize their awful, selfish acts by presuming that God couldn't possibly be watching.

The central story--a neo-noir of sorts--follows a fortuitous ophthalmologist (Martin Landau, all sweat and grimaces) who faces the prospect of his obsessed mistress (Anjelica Huston) ruining his life by telling his family of their affair. Desperate, the doctor hires his slimy criminal brother (Jerry Orbach) to eliminate the situation, and then suffers overwhelming regret afterwards. The flip tale is more typical Allen. Funnier and lighter, it focuses on an impossible romance between Allen's character and Halley Reed, a film producer played by Mia Farrow. Between Allen and his Hollywood fantasy stands his brother-in-law (Alan Alda, perfectly cast as an obnoxious, successful sitcom producer), who also desires Halley. Allen is Landau's opposite: an honest, struggling documentarian who cares nothing about fortune, suffers in a loveless marriage, and is surrounded by triumphant phonies. The nice-guys-finish-last moral may be as contrived as it is devastating. Yet, when Landau and Allen finally share a final scene during a wedding, their faces, subtle body movements, and contrasting fortunes somehow suggest that indeed God may be blind, and if not, the deity has a very sick sense of humor. --Dave McCoy

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"Poignant, penetrating [and] scathingly hilarious" (Long Beach Press Telegram), Crimes and Misdemeanors is a deftly rendered tale about the complexity of human choices and the moral microcosms they represent. Showcasing Allen's brilliant grasp of the link between the funny and the fatal, his 19th movie is "one of the watershed films of his career" (Los Angeles Times). Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) is an idealistic filmmaker until he's offered a lucrative job shooting aflattering profile of a pompous TV producer (Alan Alda). Judah Rosenthal (Martin Landau) is the pillar of his community until he learns that his ex-mistress (Anjelica Huston) plans to expose his financial and extramarital misdeeds. As Cliff chooses between integrity and selling out, and Judah decides between the counsel of his rabbi (Sam Waterston) and the murderous advice of his mobster brother (Jerry Orbach), each man must examine his own morality, and make an irrevocable decisionthat willchange everyone's lives forever.

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a long long time ago, woody allen made good movies.......2007-05-12

woody allens best film since the 70s (and hey this one was 18 years ago!) features great acting turns by martin landau, sam waterston, alan alda, angelica huston, jerry orbach, joanna gleason, claire bloom, and even the usually awful mia farrow (who it might be noted hasnt been cast by a real director she want sleepoing with in 30+ years). his nod to dostoevski (however you want to spell that guys name) is clear in both the title and theme, and for once (maybe its because he only plays a minor role) one of his his post-"manhattan" manhattan movies comes off as real instead of stilted.

My favorite Woody Allen film.......2007-03-15

Simply put, a terrific movie and Allen's masterpiece. At once funny, troubling, romantic, hopeful, sad... Allen manages to both sypathize with and damn the characters in both stories. Interesting plot, truly great acting, and a screenplay that makes you think about the common themes of Allen's work (death, humor, love, identity, etc.) in new ways.

I'm writing this after years of watching and re-watching because I just saw Match Point, which horribly cribs this movie's characters and plot and marries them with bad acting and a terrible screenplay. Sadly, Match Point was heralded as Allen's best film in years. Wha?

One of Woody's best.......2007-03-15

This is a superb film. In essence there are 2 main overlapping parts and few smaller subplots.
One part revolves around the guilt of Martin Landau, who has never been better. This section is Woody Allen in Bergman mode and doing it very well.
The second section is Alan Alda and Woody Allen fighting over Mia Farrow. This contains some classic Woody Allen lines which once heard you won't forget. Alan Alda's "If it bends its funny..." and "Comedy is tragedy plus time". Woody Allen finding out that Prof Levy (his hero and who he is making a TV docu about) has killed himself leaving a note that justs says "I've gone out the window".
The film comments on a number of very serious moral issues but still manages to be funny and entertaining at the same time. This is the DVD equivilent of the unputdownable book.

the power of transgression.......2007-01-25

Judah Rosenthal boasts all the accomplishments of a successful ophthalmologist, but is wracked by the guilt and angst of having entangled himself in adultery, lies and murder. He realizes, as the film says toward the very end, that we "define ourselves by our moral choices." Meanwhile, Cliff Stern (Woody Allen) loses the love of his life, Halley (Mia Farrow), who falls for his wife's boorish brother, Lester (Alan Alda). Along the way, Allen's characters discourse on nearly all the important themes of life--love and sex, God and religion, marriage and family, work and calling. Some have hailed this as Woody Allen's best film.

"Human happiness does not seem to be included in the design of creation..........2006-12-29

...If you want a happy ending, you should go see a Hollywood movie"

"Crimes and Misdemeanors" (1989)- is Woody Allen's masterpiece and my favorite film. It is urban and sophisticated, subtle and cruel. It is darker than dark and self-ironic. It is profound and touchingly poignant. It is deadly serious and in the same time it is incredibly funny. Its humor is razor sharp and sparkling and the best and funniest Woody's one-liners and comic performances belong here. As always in his best films, Allen had created a clever and elegant film out of his own weaknesses and insecurities and it shines. How much was Allen able to meditate on life, death, God, religion, morality, crimes and the responsibility, love and lust, happiness and the price one pays for it, and among those eternal subjects - how much fun it is to skip work or school and to sneak to the movies.

It is universal. It has the references to many Artists and cultures - Chekhov, Dostoyevsky, and Bergman among the others but it is so undeniably and uniquely Allen. It could not have been made by any other director.

It is the movie Allen will be remembered for.

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Big Eden, you've got to love this one....
Big Eden? Not in Montana.
bottle this !!
If you have a romantic side...
Big Eden

Big Eden
Starring: Arye Gross , Eric Schweig , Tim DeKay , Louise Fletcher , and George Coe
Director: Thomas Bezucha
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Release Date: 2002-04-30

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Big Eden has won the audience awards at just about every gay and lesbian film festival there is. Henry (Arye Gross) is an artist living in New York but still carrying a torch for the guy he had a crush on in high school. When his grandfather has a stroke, Henry returns to his Montana hometown, Big Eden, where he rediscovers friends he hasn't seen in years. His high school crush has since married, had children, and divorced--and seems ready to take some very different steps with his life. Big Eden is one of those implausibly tolerant towns where lesbians kiss each other in public and old coots in cowboy hats try to play matchmaker with bashful queers. Still, it's this sweet warmth in Big Eden that has made it a festival crowd-pleaser. --Bret Fetzer

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Big Eden, you've got to love this one...........2007-06-08

Definately not your run of the mill gay movie. Homophobia does not exist in it. It does not represent the world as is, but as it should be. Maybe we will learn how to love our fellow man enough to accept them as they are, not how we think they should be, as Christ taught us. Enjoyed it very much. No sex, just love.... worthy of you....

Big Eden? Not in Montana........2007-05-23

I think "Big Eden" easily merits a five star rating in most respects. The film's acting, direction and especially casting are excellent. But I have to take a few stars away for its storyline, which is a confusing mix of believable fiction and nonsensical fantasy -- a mix that will appeal far more to some audiences than others. I've never been to any small town (let alone one in Montana) where the entire community seemed to have nothing else to do except matchmake gay couples. The absurdity of this premise detracted greatly from what I think is an otherwise outstanding film.

Tom Bezucha's story would have easily stood on its own, without the introduction of this absurd fantasy. We got proof of that claim five years later, in a film called "Brokeback Mountain". "Big Eden" is the same basic story, only far less dramatic and with a much happier ending. Compare Jack Twist to Henry Hart, and Ennis Del Mar to Dean Stewart.

bottle this !!.......2007-02-28

big EDEN is unforgettable. (The bonus disc is also 5 stars.) I enjoyed every moment~ starting with Henry coming home to his loft w/cycle and cappucino, & o so pregnant Mary Margaret's hilarious scene while trying to convince Henry not to walk out on the Opening of his show. She's a gem! The spell this film casts should be bottled and distributed for free. and I have to confess, Eric Schweig is my favorite actor/dreamboat. I'll never recover from this performance! He moves deftly from a shy loner to Henry's beloved partner, and just acts from feeling the essential/simple aspects of love we all so easily race past moving from our concepts. Through Pike's eyes, we see that love can't be labeled, it's too fluent and unlimited. The entire cast shows talent and exuberance above and beyond the call. I loved the soundtrack, settings, emotional up/downs, granpa, and am jealous of Pike's dog. I'd follow him around too, if I could.

If you have a romantic side..........2007-02-12

..."Big Eden" can disarm your cynicism and take you to a place you want to believe can exist where love (and conspiracies to enable love) reign supreme. Big Eden is Bali Hai, Shangri-La, and, of course, Eden itself.
Operating on the memory of liking the film when I first saw it some years ago, this Christmas I bought four copies as gifts for four special friends. Their thanks and feedback made me realize that I'd left myself out of something really good so I bought a copy just for me. Watching it anew was intensely joyful. A towel came in handy as I let myself fully experience the little town in Montana, the growth and development of the main characters, and the loving involvement of the tight-knit community of the town in the welfare of its members. How many people, gay or straight, yearn for such a community? I'm lucky in having something very much like it but in a big city rather than the magnificent natural setting of "Big Eden".
This movie speaks to so many of our needs and dreams; romance, family, close community, natural beauty, simplicity. If the protagonists were women, or men and women, "Big Eden", made with such love and positivity, would still be a jewel. I'll watch it from time to time for the rest of my life whenever I need a non-chemical anti-depressant, a tear-duct flush, or just a fine movie to enjoy.

Big Eden.......2007-01-28

This is one of the best films that deals with relationships and friends that are accepting of a love and lifestyle that many can not understand. The acting was outstanding as well and the enviroment which the film took place. I must admit that all the acting in this film was done with feeling and true knowledge of who the actors and actorcess and thier parts in the film. Well done I have purchased the film and watch over and over again. Eric Sweig is one of the most outstanding actors I have seen, including this film, his role developes well as he shows his love for Henry.

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Meet the Parents
Is Your Car Green? If So, You'll Like This Movie.
Extremely disappointing comedy
Non-stop laugh riot!
Great Comedy!

Meet the Parents
Starring: Blythe Danner , Robert De Niro , Tom McCarthy , Teri Polo , and James Rebhorn
Director: Jay Roach
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ASIN: B00003CXO1
Release Date: 2001-03-06

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Randy Newman's opening song, "A Fool in Love," perfectly sets up the movie that follows. The lyrics begin, "Show me a man who is gentle and kind, and I'll show you a loser," before praising the man who takes what he wants. Greg Focker (Ben Stiller) is the fool in love in Meet the Parents. Just as he's about to propose to his girlfriend Pam (Teri Polo), he learns that her sister's fiancé asked their father, Jack Byrnes (Robert De Niro), for permission to marry. Now he feels the need to do the same thing. When Greg meets Jack, he is so desperate to be liked that he makes up stories and kisses ass rather than having the courage of his convictions. It doesn't take an elite member of the CIA to see right through Greg, but that's precisely what Jack is. Directed by Jay Roach (the Austin Powers movies), Meet the Parents is an incredibly well-crafted comedy that stands in nice opposition to, say, the sloppy extremes of the Farrelly brothers. Stiller is great at playing up the uncomfortable comedy of errors, balancing just the right amount of selfishness and self-deprecating humor, while De Niro's Jack is funny as the hard-ass father who just wants a few straight answers from the kid. What makes the Jack character all the funnier is Blythe Danner as his wife, the Gracie to his George Burns, who is the true heart of the movie. Oh, and Owen Wilson turns in yet another terrific comic performance as Pam's ex-fiancé. --Andy Spletzer

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Great condition, includes the original DVD, case, and paperwork, fast shipped, ask me for my DVD List! :)

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Meet the Parents.......2007-06-15

The movie 'Meet the Parents' is a humorous film. It is about a guy named Greg who is a nurse. How weird is that?! Well anyway he meets this girl named Pam Burns. They fall in love and all of that good stuff. But, Pam's dad is a bit suspicious and litterally sniffs out lies. He has this thing called the circle of trust. Greg is given a chance and is in it for.........a little while.

But Jack isn't too fond of his daughter's dates or boyfriends. Well anyway in the movie Pam's cat jinksy gets lost and its up to Greg to find him. Greg really didnt have any luck finding him. But, I think you should watch the movie and find out what happens. You'll love it. This movie is rated PG-13 and is about 2 hours long.

I would reccomend this movie to anyone who likes crude humor.

Is Your Car Green? If So, You'll Like This Movie........2007-05-17

This movie is pretty easy to review. It's funny. Thats all you really have to know. It's not a deep movie, nor is it slapstick. It's just a well made laugher. Ben Stiller plays his part very well as the guy who doesn't know how to tell the truth and always gets the bad break. Robert De Niro is absolutly perfect as the father inlaw from hell whos always down your throat. Everything from his facial expressions to his genius lines are extremely funny. Even De Niro's family are uptight and very unlikable. This movie sounds bad and pointless when you hear the plot: bad stuff happening to Ben Stiller because of De Niro. But it's done very well and it's just a very enjoyable movie.

Extremely disappointing comedy.......2007-01-02

This movie was highly recommended to me and I looked forward to a good comedy but never laughed once. The story could had every opportunity to be so much better; the nervous suitor going home to ask for his beloved's hand, especially with an actor like De Niro to intimidate him. Instead the movie relies on dumb cliches and corny lines that just aren't funny.

Making fun of, and marginalizing, the nursing profession with repeated "jokes" wasn't amusing, (the movie has the girl's parents repeatedly insinuate that he's a nurse because he wasn't smart enough to be a doctor) nor was the hero's bumbling. If he's really so smart, then who do something so stupid - and cruel - as kill a family pet and then try to cover it up with a "counterfeit"?? Not funny at all. Having the cat urinate on the beloved deceased grandmother's ashes was just gross, and that's only a few of many unentertaining gems in this feature.

I was really disappointed, and can't recommend this, especially as a family movie.

Non-stop laugh riot!.......2006-12-20

`Meet the Parents' is one of those classic comedies you can't help but love. Ben Stiller proved he's comic genius, Teri Polo burst onto the scene and Robert De Niro and Blythe Danner stole the entire show. I just have to say I'm so glad my father-in-law isn't THIS insane.

Ben Stiller plays Greg Focker, a male nurse who's about to pop the question to girlfriend Pam (Polo) but before he can get it out she gets word that her sister is engaged. What makes this a bad thing is that Greg then finds out how old fashioned Pam's father is and realizes before he can propose he needs to ask her fathers permission. Her father Jack (De Niro) is not just an intimidating man, he's an ex-member of the CIA who is bent on exposing Greg for the sap he's certain he must be.

With Greg trying too hard to impress everyone he ends up making things much worse for himself, lying to make himself look better, losing Jack's precious cat Jinxie, flooding the backyard with sewage and quite a few other embarrassing and damaging things. What makes this film so delightful is the chemistry between every actor here; no one seems miscast despite what you may think.

De Niro is fantastic here proving once and for all that he's one of our greatest actors, and Blythe Danner is just hilarious as Pam's mother Dina. Great supporting performances by Owen Wilson (proving yet again that paired with Stiller they are dynamic) and James Rebhorn who's hilarious as Dr. Larry Banks. Just pop this one in, sit back and get ready to laugh, laugh and laugh some more.

Great Comedy!.......2006-12-16

This is truly an exellent comedy movie to watch, without being corny. I am not a fan of corny un realistic movies and this one is truly hilarious without being corny at all. I really got a lot of laughs out of this one! I also enjoyed Meet The Fockers, but I liked this one a lot better. Meet The Fockers was a little corny but still very enjoyable to watch, I hope they come out with another Fockers movie! These movies are the best comedies that I have seen in a really long time!

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Straight From the Heart
I actually really loved this movie
For horse lovers and more
Really enjoyed this movie!
Perfect Movie

Straight From the Heart
Starring: Teri Polo , Andrew McCarthy , Patricia Kalember , Greg Evigan , and Christine Tucci
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Release Date: 2003-05-27

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Teri Polo (Meet the Parents) and Andrew McCarthy (Mannequin) star as New York photographer Jordan Donovan and Wyoming cattleman Tyler Ross, an unlikely pair apparently mismatched through a singles ad. She's stuck in a dead-end relationship with Edward Morgan (Greg Evigan), who's afraid to commit, and he's being hounded by his engaged sister, Laurie Woods (Patricia Kalember), to find somebody and settle down. When Jordan's friend Carla Dimaggio (Christine Tucci) answers the Country Connections ad on her behalf, she flies out to Wyoming to meet Tyler, and at first the only thing they seem to have in common is dislike. But after learning about the first wife who died in childbirth, Jordan begins to see Tyler in a different light.

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Straight From the Heart.......2007-06-10

I love these kinds of movies. It touched my heart. It is a very good movie. I would recommend it to romantics.

I actually really loved this movie.......2007-06-07

Usually I find these kinda movies hard to sit through because they are so cheesy..but even with the fluff I thought it was great..liked the underlying attraction between Tyler and Jordan from the start and then it turned into something more as the movie progresses. Plus the fact that Andrew McCarthy was in it..he looked hot as a cowboy!

For horse lovers and more.......2007-03-20

First of all, let me say that this movie is a must for horse lovers.The shots of the western scenery and wild horses are truly awesome.The story is sweet even if somewhat predictable. I look for movies that are family friendly and this one gets my approval.

Really enjoyed this movie!.......2007-03-19

My husband and I both enjoyed this movie. It has some great scenery. It also has some good morals such as relationships being more important than glamorous high paying jobs, forgiveness etc. There was also good chemistry between the main characters.

Perfect Movie.......2007-03-13

I don't watch much television but luckily I caught this movie on Hallmark. After watching, I bought the movie. I love everything about it, the actors, scenery, plot, and the music. Andrew McCarthy is a handsome fantastic actor; those blue eyes are hypnotic; I wish I could see more on him on Hallmark. Teri Polo is so beautiful; I love her facial expressions. Even though there are no blatant love scenes, there was a definite attraction between the two, especially in the dance scene, the barn scene with the blanket wrap, and the ending with the bride price. I just love the story and the subtle yet striking attraction between Tyler and Jordan. Great movie; one to keep to watch over and over.

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Triumph under fire
Still the classic World War II movies about American G.I.s
Great, now where's the DVD?
Still the classic World War II movies about American G.I.'s
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Battleground
Starring: Van Johnson , John Hodiak , Ricardo Montalban , George Murphy , and Marshall Thompson
Director: William A. Wellman
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ASIN: B0007TKNLU
Release Date: 2005-05-03

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Director William Wellman (The Big Heat) offered up this 1949 treatment of the Battle of the Bulge, which won Oscars for best screenplay and best cinematography. The film concentrates on the camaraderie and the divisions between the troops as they ready for the big offensive. Told in a taut narrative, the men of the 101st, led by Van Johnson, wait out the winter in the Ardennes forest to confront the German army in what would be the last major offensive of World War II. The men are demoralized and trapped, with no hope of support from the Allies as they are forced to band together and defend their position. A classically assembled war drama that nevertheless manages to be both engrossing and entertaining, Battleground is a mainstay of the genre. --Robert Lane

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Van Johnson, Ricardo Montalban and George Murphy star in this remarkable war film, nominated for six Oscars(R) (including Best Picture) about courageous American G.I.s caught up in the battle at Bastogne. Year: 1949

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Triumph under fire.......2007-03-26

Being entitled Battleground you might think this film to be non-stop combat, but it isn't. It is so much more than an ordinary "war" film. One won't spy a tank in this film, for instance, until more than 90 minutes into this story; the story of the boys of the 101st who held out in Bastogne until the skies permitted aerial support to come to the rescue in this Battle of the Bulge. Skirmishes there are, however, up until this point, as a prelude---seemingly---to that which will ultimately test them; in which these soldiers show their individual mettle as well as insecurities. It's the story of a historically significant moment, but told from the vantage point of foxholes, in other words, and the GIs that dug them, holed up in them, and sprung from them to engage hostile German combatants. Van Johnson and company are convincing & the direction in this film is commendable. A number of scenes and/or specific camera shots are simply well framed & thus add to the dramatic effect of the lines being delivered by members of this fine cast. There are not that many World War Two-era films as well presented as this one. Do give it a chance (but keep in mind that it's a measured film---almost 2 hours in length, & more dramatic than action-packed). My only complaint herein or rather wish would be that they would've filmed more of Battleground beyond MGM's sound stage doors---dialogue in one particular street scene, for instance (wherein troop trucks roll into a town) bares the traces of an indoor echo. In addition, the artificial snow utilized is no better than passably realistic at times. (Do also catch another fine 'Bulge' story entitled Saints and Soldiers). (04Dec) Cheers!

Still the classic World War II movies about American G.I.s.......2004-02-02

The first twenty minutes of "Saving Private Ryan" raised the bar on the realism of war film in terms of the portrayal of the violent hell of combat. But in terms of showing us in a movie what it was like to be combat troops in World War II, the standard still remains the 1949 film "Battleground," directed by William Wellman (and I say this having loved "Band of Brothers"). The film won Oscars in 1950 for Robert Pirosh's script and Paul Vogel's black & white cinematography, and was nominated for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor (James Whitmore), and Best Editing (John D. Dunning).

The setting for "Battleground" is the besieged city of Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge and focuses on I Company of the 101st Airborne. Pirosh had based the story on his own experiences during the battle, which including the details like Private Kippton (Douglas Fowley) always losing his false teeth and Private Rodriguez (Ricardo Montalban), who came from L.A. and had never seen snow before he got to Belgium. The situation was pretty simple: the Germans have Bastogne surrounded and the 101st is short on food and ammunition. Sgt. Kinnie (Whitmore) and the men of I Company have there sector to control, so they sit in the freezing cold, waiting for the Germans to attack and praying for the cloud cover to lift so they can get air support and supplies.

I am sure I am not the other kid from my generation who learned to do the cadence call of "Sound off," not knowing that it came from older kids who had seen this movie. This is a movie full of memorable scenes: Private Holley (Van Johnson) trying to make eggs, a checkpoint exchange that shows the importance of knowing baseball terminology like "Texas Leaguer," and a befuddled German officer trying to understand if General McAulliffe's infamous reply of "Nuts" to the demand for the 101st's surrender is a negative or an affirmative response.

For me the key moment in the film comes when I Company finally receives supplies dropped from C-47s. These guys have been freezing and pretty much starving for a week, and when they open up crates of SPAM and K-Rations, they are clearly disappointed. It is not until they find ammunition that they finally get excited. The montage of defeating the Germans is superfluous at that point, because the look in the eyes of these guys captures the moment even better.

In terms of realism I do have one slight knock on this film, in that I Company is atypical because they had winter coats (compare with the Bastogne episode of "Bad of Brothers"), but that is rather secondary to the point of this film, which is to celebrate the citizen soldier. As Holley explains to a major, "PFC" means "praying for civilian." Even when the Chaplain (Leon Ames) answers the big question, as to why these guys had to leave their families and jobs to fight in Europe, in has less to do with fascist ideology and more with the idea that the Germans were bullies throwing their weight around and killing a lot of people.

Still, "Battleground" comes down to the guys in I Company, Jarvess (John Hodiak), "Pop" (George Murphy), Layton (Marshall Thompson), Spudler (Jerome Courtland), Standiferd (Don Taylor), Hansan (Herbert Anderson), Bettis (Richard Jaeckel), Doc (Thomas E. Breen), and Sgt. Walowizc (Bruce Cowling). There is a tendency to make fun of the idea of the melting pot nature of these units, but we are talking diversity in terms of ethnicity more than racial lines and is certainly in keeping with everything I have read about the 101st. The humor in the trenches is a lot grimmer than you hear in most of these movies, an advantage of being made several years after the war ended (compare it with Wellman's 1945 film "Story of G.I. Joe").

This film is more about the psychology of war, putting up with the weather, the lack of supplies, the Germans trying to get them to surrender and showing up dressed in American uniforms, and keeping up morale than it is about actual fighting. That makes it rather unique in terms of movies about World War II in general or the Battle of the Bulge in particular. "Battleground" remains one of the classic films about grunts in the army.

Great, now where's the DVD?.......2004-01-30

It's amazing that this one hasn't seen a DVD release yet because it's a really fine classic war film. Don't be put off by the fact it came out in 1950: yes, there's no blood and gore, so you can easily argue it's unrealistic from that angle. There are hardly even any combat scenes. But like all the best war films, this one concentrates not on combat but on the psychology and morality of the men caught up in war.

Battleground follows a squad through the nightmare of Bastogne, showing the everyday misery they had to put up with and the grim humor and camaraderie that helped them get through it. For a film of its day, this is one is surpisingly even-handed, even a bit dark and cynical. You won't find a bunch of John Wayne heroics here, but rather a bunch of sick, tired, demoralized men doing their best to stay alive. This is a great companion piece to the Bastogne episode of the superb Band of Brothers miniseries. Also consider checking out Wellman's other classic WWII film, The Story of G.I. Joe.

Now, where's the DVD release??

Still the classic World War II movies about American G.I.'s.......2004-01-30

So-So WWII Film.......2003-09-03

I was really looking forward to watching this movie when I received a VHS copy as a Birthday present.
Unfortunately, there are only a couple of combat scenes in BATTLEGROUND.
Where are the 7 crack German Divisions that surrounded Bastogne during late December of 1944? Where are the German Tanks, vehicles, and equipment?
All we get to see are a handful of Germans, and most of them are disguised as American Soldiers!
The entire movie is centered around a platoon of 101st GIs who wisecrack bad jokes all day.
Van Johnson is a Terrible lead actor.
To me, the only good war films are ones that portray the Enemy as well as the Friendlies.
BATTLEGROUND is simply another post-WWII Hollywood film that celebrates American ego and arrogance.

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Watch for Stuart - not for the movie
pleeeezz charleeeezz
Theron should have to return her Oscar for this
Head in the Clouds
Head In The Clouds Is A Very Appropriate Title For This Movie

Head in the Clouds
Starring: Charlize Theron , Penélope Cruz , Stuart Townsend , Thomas Kretschmann , and Steven Berkoff
Director: John Duigan
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ASIN: B0006J27WO
Release Date: 2005-01-25

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If movies were solely about the cheap pleasure of watching gorgeous people make grand gestures in epic circumstances--because, sure, sometimes movies are--director/screenwriter John Duigan's goopy, obvious, overwrought contemplation of how global unrest really messes with your love life would be Oscar-worthy. Charlize Theron, Stuart Townsend, and Penelope Cruz are headstrong 1930s playthings who each discover that they need to pull their attractive heads out of their inviting behinds if they're going to play a part in stopping the spread of European fascism. Charlize is socialite Gilda, who ensnares both brooding, Cambridge-educated Irishman Townsend and Spanish rebel Cruz (who is particularly ill-defined) in a love triangle while seemingly caring not a whit for the imminent goosesteps of the Nazis. Charlize wears a lot of fabulous outfits, and she and real-life paramour Townsend do impetuous things like sport fedoras while romping in a milky-white bathtub; Cruz, meanwhile, performs a passionate impromptu striptease. Hey, there are worse ways to be entertained. Unfortunately, you don't really give a damn about any of them, and you can predict what's going to happen to all of them well before it actually does. It's an efficient, glamorous, hokey, ultimately downbeat time-killer for anyone willing to spend two hours trying to decide which of the doe-eyed trio you'd save from destruction first. --Steve Wiecking

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As war clouds gather over Europe, a free-spirited socialite and her two lovers live a life of pleasure and privilege until the Spanish Civil War tears them apart. Starring Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz.

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Watch for Stuart - not for the movie.......2007-06-10

I thought this movie was okay, but nothing to get too worked up about. It's a sad tale, one that only gets sadder as the time passes by. Stuart is wonderful - I'm glad a friend recommended this to me - but most of the love scenes never really went anywhere, I didn't think. However, that said, it is worth it to see this movie at least once for the bathtub scene with Stuart & Charlize. Those hats make it very sexy, and her necktie. And, the scene near the end where Stuart pounces on her - that was HOT!!!!!!!

pleeeezz charleeeezz.......2006-12-24

One has to wonder how a film so bad can be made with so many fine things about it. I see from other reviews that the really horrible actor Stewart Townsend is Charlize Theron's boyfriend. She won an Academy Award so she got to demand his inclusion probably. He cannot act and he utterly cannot imagine what it would be like to be the man he plays in this movie. He has sex with the Charleezz character often. That he knows how to do. And Charlize probably ignored direction because her acting is utterly unaffecting. The beautiful wonderful Penelope Cruz is underused. No gorgeous closeups of her gorgeous face and she dies early. Is this the fault a dumb director/writer, John Dagan? The cinamentography is lovely. The costumes are fine. The story is ok as well. Its just shown in a way that is as boring as it can be and we probably have Charlizzzzz to thank for that for dragging in her idiot boyfriend and rejecting direction. Come to think of it, I havent seen much by her lately.

Theron should have to return her Oscar for this .......2006-08-21

Bad, bad, bad movie. Bad. Insipid acting (particularly on Theron's part), horrible writing, it's unbelieveable, paper-thin and most of it is truly boring, despite the backdrop of war, death, Nazis and Paris. It takes a genuine lack of talent to be able to pull that off. While the costuming and the soundtrack are fantastic, the movie looks like it's been set on a soundstage producers would use in the 40's, I had a hard time believing most of the sets were on locatio, and they just looked fake. And the ending, pooh. By that time, you barely care about the characters and hope the thing just ends quickly. A very irritating a cheesy movie, it tries desperately to be aloof and melodramatic at the same time. Ugh.

Head in the Clouds.......2006-06-12

I really enjoyed the movie's writing and overall story. However while some of the filming locations are stunning and unique, some sets seemed just a bit too clean and almost back Hollywood lot-ish. But I am just knit picking, it's a sad, romantic, pretty movie, that any romantic would enjoy.

Head In The Clouds Is A Very Appropriate Title For This Movie.......2006-05-26

Charlize Theron, her real life boyfriend Stuart Townsend, and Penelope Cruz are all nice to look at, and have at times shown considerable tlane in their work, Theron having won as Osca for her role in Monster.

But Head In The Clouds is one of those beautifully filmed films starring a beautiful cast that trying to stay beautiful in an increasingly ugly world, particularly Europe in the 1930s. From the Spanish Civil War to World War II, the stories of these three people who share a Paris flat together is supposed to be a sweeping tragedy that shows how world events and fate can conspire to thwart true love.

Instead, it shows how silly things can be when you mix hedonism, narcissism, social responsbility, and sheer stupidity. You end up caring less about the characters, andwondering more how much more trouble will they get themselves in. This was a pretty stylish waste of time for everyone involved.

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Meet the Parents [HD DVD]
Starring: Blythe Danner , Robert De Niro , Tom McCarthy , Teri Polo , and James Rebhorn
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Release Date: 2006-11-28

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Love can be found where you least expect it
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Tomorrow
Starring: Robert Duvall , Olga Bellin , Sudie Bond , Richard McConnell , and Peter Masterson
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ASIN: B0001OGUR2
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Based on the William Faulkner story and featuring one of Robert Duvall's finest performances, Tomorrow was first adapted by Horton Foote for TV's Playhouse 90 in 1960. Eight years later, Foote--whose script for To Kill a Mockingbird provided Duvall's screen debut--presented the same story as an off-Broadway play with Duvall and Olga Bellin in the lead roles, which they reprised in 1971 for this independently produced film.

As with Tender Mercies--which earned Academy Awards for both Foote and Duvall in 1983--Tomorrow tells a simple tale of gentle people, and the sensitive script, direction, and performances offer an enlightening portrait of compassion and unconditional love. Duvall plays Fentry, a Mississippi cotton farmer in the early 1900s who leaves his father's farm to work as the winter watchman of a dormant sawmill. There, he encounters Sarah (Bellin), a pregnant woman abandoned by her husband and suffering from a life-threatening illness. They eventually marry, but inevitably, Fentry (portrayed by Duvall as a kind of holy innocent) alone must raise the woman's child--a good-natured boy whose fate is determined by a heartbreaking claim of familial custody.

The story is framed by a murder trial, the outcome of which leads to the film's resonant and quietly moving conclusion. Like so much of Foote's work, Tomorrow was tailor-made for Duvall, and it has much to say about endurance, integrity, and uncommon decency under difficult circumstances. Directed by Joseph Anthony with an appropriately somber tone, this delicate drama nevertheless offers a wise and uplifting affirmation of the resilient human spirit. For Duvall's many admirers, this is a must-see film. --Jeff Shannon

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Starring Robert Duvall in his breakthrough screen role, Tomorrow is a poignant tale based on a short story by William Faulkner, and scripted by Academy Award® winner Horton Foote (To Kill a Mockingbird, Tender Mercies). Duvall is Jackson Fentry, a young man
who leaves his father's farm to work at a local sawmill. Fentry rescues a young pregnant woman, who has been abandoned by her husband and family, and the two fall in love. Shot in black and white to convey the feel of the Depression era, Tomorrow remains the finest screen translation of Faulkner's vision of the South.

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Love can be found where you least expect it.......2007-03-09

This excellent movie's screenplay is by Horton Foote, who adapted it from William Faulkner's short story by the same name from the collection "Knight's Gambit." Robert Duvall plays Jackson Fentry and Olga Bellin plays Sarah Eubanks. While sharecropping on a cotton farm, Fentry takes in a stranger, Sarah, who is homeless and pregnant. Fentry shows Sarah great kindness and concern until she delivers her baby. Much later, Fentry hangs a jury that is hearing the case of one Buck Thorpe, who stands accused of murder. Exactly why Fentry, who is an uneducated, dirt-poor farmer, is the only member of the jury who votes for Buck's acquittal, is what the movie is about. "Tomorrow" is not only a great movie, but also the screenplay is one of the finest adaptations around. A must-see movie.

The Great Depression.......2007-01-11

I enjoyed my second viewing of this movie...it proves the power of Robert Duvall...he can play most parts as if born to them. Anyone who is a fan of Williams and Faulkner should enjoy it..but a word of warning..it is not for those suffering from depression!

Haunting movie..........2006-11-27

I saw this movie years ago...forgot the name of it but through the wonders of the internet was finally able to find it again. If you like understated acting and a good story it is as fine a movie as you'll ever see. Robert Duvall is so good...he just flies right below the radar with his performance and is deeply affecting. This is an example of incredible storytelling that is often missing in today's hit-you-over-the-head-with-the-plot-and-special-effects movies.

Robert Duvall...as SlingBlade?.......2006-11-04

Missed the first 25 minutes of Tomorrow when it was on cable. But the whole time I was reminded of SlingBlade & immediatly fell in love with the character. Glad I bought the movie to add to my collection. Plus, since I missed the beginning, I didn't understand the courtroom scene at all...and I had to know.

beautiful.......2006-08-08

Wonderful acting of very emotional, sad story. Beautifully done in black and white. This story will stay with me forever, the people seem so real. Duvall is one of the great actors of our time and should be remembered for this performance.

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