Dead End

Starring:Sylvia Sidney, Joel McCrea, Humphrey Bogart, Wendy Barrie, Claire Trevor, Allen Jenkins, Marjorie Main, Billy Halop, Huntz Hall, Bobby Jordan, Leo Gorcey, Gabriel Dell, Bernard Punsly, Charles Peck, Minor Watson, James Burke, Ward Bond, Elisabeth Risdon, Esther Dale, George Humbert
Director: William Wyler
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Product Type: DVD

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George Romero's 1978 follow-up to his classic Night of the Living Dead is quite terrifying and gory (those zombies do like the taste of living flesh). But in its own way, it is just as comically satiric as the first film in its take on contemporary values. This time, we follow the fortunes of four people who lock themselves inside a shopping mall to get away from the marauding dead and who then immerse themselves in unabashed consumerism, taking what they want from an array of clothing and jewelry shops, making gourmet meals, etc. It is Romero's take on Louis XVI in the modern world: keep the starving masses at bay and crank up the insulated indulgence. Still, this is a horror film when all is said and done, and even some of Romero's best visual jokes (a Hare Krishna turned blue-skinned zombie) can make you sweat. --Tom Keogh

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The Greatest .......2007-07-04

A must have DVD'S
the best George Romero movie...
Ultimate edition is great !!!

Best Zombie Gift Ever.......2007-07-04

I purchased this collection for my husband and he loves it! The packaging is stunning as well.

George A. Romero's original Dawn of the Dead.......2007-07-03

Romero's ghastly sequel to his legendary "Night of the Living Dead" is equally brilliant and perhaps even more unsettling than the first installment. It is also spine-chillingly funny, making blunt comparisons between the dead-eyed, gore-loving zombies and vapid American consumers. (Next time you're at a mall, the impression will be hard to shake.) But for all its satirical wit, "Dead" also features riveting action sequences, culminating in the final showdown involving soldiers, bikers, and endless waves of the undead. Tom Savani's ghoulish effects are not for the faint of heart, so be sure you're in the mood for explicit slaughter.

The best, deepest, richest horror movie ever.......2007-06-23

I wasn't going to write about this movie, because I'm not sure that I really have anything to say about it that hasn't been said by 40 million other people. But as I was creating this site I noticed that nearly every horror review I wrote mentioned it in some way, and I thought I should make some comment on it. I also realized that I would then have to update the links on all those horror reviews. Drat!

The movie opens with chaos at a television station. A talk show is being interrupted as the cameramen and studio people shout at the man being interviewed. This scene, while cleverly delivering crucial exposition, also effectively conveys the panic and disorder overtaking society. There is just something that says "society is falling apart" about a television show, normally so scripted and controlled, devolving into chaos, and behind-the-camera people, whose entire profession depends on being quiet and staying off camera, shouting and disrupting a broadcast.

Even this scene abounds in small details that seem disturbingly true-to-life and while also helping to fill in the backdrop of the world this film is positing. The station manager is broadcasting the locations of rescue stations that he knows have closed, likely sending people to their deaths, because he wants to be seen as purveying hope. One of the cameramen says to Francine [Gaylen Ross] that she should go ahead and leave. He just stands there calmly, and one wonders: why has he given up on himself so easily?

The movie then switches to a housing project overrun with zombies. It begins to focus on a prejudiced cop who is beginning to lose his grip in the face of the rising zombie threat. This sequence is poignant in showing a man who is trying use his own prejudices about another racial group as a way of holding on to reality! Strange, unsettling, but also uncomfortably true-to-life.

You'll just have to get used to the fact that this is all happening accompanied by significant gore.

The four main characters soon assemble in their helicopter and take off. Their aerial perspective allows the film to serve up a lot of exposition about the general state of the country as the zombies take over. In this case we have a bunch of rural folk who seem to be treating the entire thing as some sort of hunting party, having a picnic, kids running around, passing around drinks, and occasionally stopping to shoot a zombie. They are soon joined by a bunch of jovial National Guard folks who essentially do the same. These scenes, including the ones in the television station and housing project, go very far to establish the different ways that the country is responding to the crisis. Compare this to Zack Snyder's 2004 remake, which stayed in the perspective of the main characters from the start and never wavered, thus losing the wider context of the world the main characters are struggling to survive in.

After a brief interlude at a fueling station, our quartet arrive at the shopping mall. Quickly realizing that they could hole up here for a nearly indefinite amount of time in relative safety, they decide to stay. There are a number of survival tableaus and schemes in which the characters essentially "shop," but what interests me most here is the character development.

As they fight zombies to furnish their home in the upper floors of the mall, certain tensions between the characters develop. Stephen [David Enmgee], the helicopter pilot, seems to be jealous that he isn't as cool as the other two guys, and wants to be able to use guns and be cool like them. Scotty [Scott Reiniger] eventually becomes a bit of a daredevil, wanting to show off his skills, which leads him to make some rash decisions that put himself and others in danger. Near the end he becomes more and more mentally unstable and unable to recognize how hyped-up and volatile he is. Meanwhile, Peter [Ken Foree] stays collected, while Francine [Gaylen Ross] slowly becomes more focused and able to handle and protect herself. Romero's zombie movies have always had the distinction of really taking the situation seriously, and providing a lot of attention to the psychological effects the zombie takeover would have on his characters, which make his films richer in both depth and emotional heft, as these characters all have flaws and weaknesses. Some of them overcome them, while some do not. To me, these characters and the way they develop are what set this film apart, and make it truly fascinating. Compare this with the characters in the 2004 remake and how it is shown that they deal with the reality of the collapse of society; they make a game of shooting the zombies that look like celebrities. Whereas the characters in Romero's original bring their neuroses with them into the mall, and he gets a lot of tension and resonance out of how these petty tendencies endure even in the face of the end of the world. The characters in the remake simply get used to their situation and try to pass time. The remake is a great thriller, but just doesn't have the resonance of the original.

A lot of people hate what they consider to be the slapstick comedy that occurs when the bikers invade the mall at the end-particularly the pie-in-the-face scene. It doesn't bother me. In fact, I thought it was a successful continuation of the theme, as it follows the line of degrees of obliviousness to the real threat. We, the audience, by that time, have learned not to underestimate the zombies, and I found it affecting to watch the foolish bikers do silly things like the pie in the face and the blood pressure machine, as it shows the downside to their casual and mocking attitude toward life, and how people with that attitude can really screw things up for others. It also provides a good contrast with the main characters, who may engage in small and petty interests, but in general work together and for a longer-term goal, as opposed to the bikers, who seem to unknowingly risk everything just for an immediate thrill. I find this moving and vital to the film, but I guess to many people a pie in the face can never be anything but slapstick.

The movie ends without much of a resolution-only that the characters must keep moving, trying to survive-but what has come before is so involving, moving, and true-to-life that what sticks in the mind afterward are the characters, their struggles, and the hopelessness that they have fought against, rather than the gore or exploding heads, and that goes a long way toward explaining why this movie is as enduring and resonant as it is.

AWSOME!!.......2007-06-18

This movie is sweet. Tons of Action, terror, gore,humor and a good political message. Gorge A remaro is a genius and you are not a true horror fan if this ones not in your colletion.

Waiting... (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)

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Another underated comedy from Ryan Reynolds
WAY FUNNIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE!
this movie is hilarious
Funny as hell..
It's okay, more Dane Cook please!

Waiting... (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Ryan Reynolds , Anna Faris , Justin Long , David Koechner , and Luis Guzmán
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ASIN: B000CPH9PM
Release Date: 2006-02-07

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The bitter, vengeful world of waiting tables gets the Clerks treatment in Waiting.... A new employee (John Francis Daley, Freaks and Geeks) gets trained at Shenanigan's, a banal theme restaurant where the bored employees play a game of flaunting their genitals. The staff includes a snarky waiter (Ryan Reynolds, Van Wilder, The Amityville Horror) who lusts after the underage hostess; a waiter suffering from crippling pee-shyness (Robert Patrick Benedict, Threshold); an oracular dishwasher (Chi McBride, Roll Bounce); and a conflicted waiter named Dean (Justin Long, Dodgeball), who's just been offered a promotion to assistant manager--a job that offers more money, but threatens to trap him at Shenanigan's for the rest of his life. Waiting... is a loose shamble of a movie--the only thing resembling a story is Dean's life crisis--but that's part of its charm. It's a tricky thing to depict tedium without being tedious, but Waiting... pulls it off; some jokes smack of forced sitcom writing, but most of the humor feels genuine, as if it came from writer/director Rob McKittrick's personal experience. A future cult film. Also featuring Anna Faris (Lost in Translation), Luis Guzman (The Limey), and rabidly adored stand-up comic Dane Cook as..a cook. --Bret Fetzer

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A hilarious comedy about frustrated waiters, stingy tippers and dicey food, Lions Gate Films' WAITING... stars Ryan Reynolds, Anna Faris and Justin Long as young employees battling boredom at Shenanigan's, a generic chain restaurant. A waiter for four years since high school, Dean (Justin Long) has never questioned his job at Shenanigan's. But when he learns that Chett, a high school classmate, now has a lucrative career in electrical engineering, he's thrown into turmoil about his dead-end life. Dean's friend Monty (Ryan Reynolds) is in exactly the same boat, but he couldn't care less. More concerned with partying and getting laid, Monty is put in charge of training Mitch (John Francis Daley), a shy new employee. Over the course of one chaotic shift, Mitch gets to know the rest of Shenanigan's quirky staff: Monty's tough-talking ex-girlfriend, Serena (Anna Faris), Shenanigan's over-zealous manager, Dan (David Koechner), and head cook Raddimus (Luis Guzman), who's obsessed with a senseless staff-wide competition known only as "The Game"... Featuring crazy busboys, unsanitary kitchen antics, and lots of talk about sex, WAITING... is a hysterical, behind-the-scenes look at the restaurant industry, and an affectionate ode to those lost, and thoroughly unproductive, days of youth.

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Another underated comedy from Ryan Reynolds.......2007-06-28

This movie is to restaurant workers as Super Troopers was to cops. A very funny movie. Much love to the goat!

WAY FUNNIER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE! .......2007-06-13

It is always a good feeling to watch a movie that you think is not going to be that good and getting more than you bargained for! This movie is pretty damn funny and I laughed out loud many times watching it. Not much plot,just low brow humor at it's best! The DVD has a great transfer and some funny extras.

this movie is hilarious.......2007-04-20

this is a really funny movie. although the guy from the mac commercials is a tool, but he is the lame dude in all the funny movies lately, he sucks, but the rest of the movie sucks. oh yeah and dane cook blows too, i wouldnt of known he was the cook if my brother didnt tell me. but besides those two cakes, the movie is really funny worth buying a cheap copy of on amazon fo shizzle

Funny as hell.........2007-04-10

this movie is hilarious. i thought it was funny as hell. it was kind of disgusting. but funny. I really can't say more than what i did. see the movie man.

It's okay, more Dane Cook please!.......2007-03-08

This was an OK comedy. It could have been way better seeing as it had the benifit of comedic genius Dane Cook and the minds that brought us Van Wilder. If you have worked at a restaurant like Fridays or Applebees, it would probably be funnier, but it missed a mark and leaves the watcher unfulfilled. It'll pass teh time though. I suggest you rent this one.

Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)

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Not Your Typical Dull Horror Remake
Decent update on the old zombie film
Dawn of the Dead 1978 vs. Dawn of the Dead 2004:
Are you kidding?
READ MY REVIEW!! (If you haven't seen it yet)

Dawn of the Dead (Widescreen Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Boyd Banks , Michael Barry (VII) , Ermes Blarasin , Bruce Bohne , and Lindy Booth
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ASIN: B0002ABURA
Release Date: 2004-10-26

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Are you ready to get down with the sickness? Movie logic dictates that you shouldn't remake a classic, but Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead defies that logic and comes up a winner. You could argue that George A. Romero's 1978 original was sacred ground for horror buffs, but it was a low-budget classic, and Snyder's action-packed upgrade benefits from the same manic pacing that energized Romero's continuing zombie saga. Romero's indictment of mega-mall commercialism is lost (it's arguably outmoded anyway), so Snyder and screenwriter James Gunn compensate with the same setting--in this case, a Milwaukee shopping mall under siege by cannibalistic zombies in the wake of a devastating viral outbreak--a well-chosen cast (led by Sarah Polley, Ving Rhames, Jake Weber, and Mekhi Phifer), some outrageously morbid humor, and a no-frills plot that keeps tension high and blood splattering by the bucketful. Horror buffs will catch plenty of tributes to Romero's film (including cameos by three of its cast members, including gore-makeup wizard Tom Savini), and shocking images are abundant enough to qualify this Dawn as an excellent zombie-flick double-feature with 28 Days Later, its de facto British counterpart. --Jeff Shannon

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Not Your Typical Dull Horror Remake.......2007-06-26

When the opening credits are played over a backdrop of apocalyptic zombie carnage and set to Johnny Cash's "When the Man Comes Around," you know you're not dealing with another dull horror remake. This version actually matches (if not surpasses) the original. True, it drops the satirical angle of the original, using the mall as a set-piece instead of an indictment of consumer culture--blasphemy for Romero fans, but not entirely missed by anyone else.

If you enjoyed Zack Snyder's more recent work (the movie "300"), "Dawn of the Dead" will certainly provide you with some additional visceral thrills.

Decent update on the old zombie film.......2007-06-14

Based in Millwaukee, this film is a non stop thrill ride. Zombies popping out of all places. This movie starts right out from start to finish with non stop thrills, and pretty good special effets. I was not expecting much when I cought this flipping through the movie channels, but I found myself watching it all the way through. Simple to follow, suspenseful enough, worth a rental, or even a purchase.

Dawn of the Dead 1978 vs. Dawn of the Dead 2004:.......2007-05-20

Dawn of the Dead 1978:

* The blood and gore are MORE SICKLY AND BETTER on this one.
* The zombies are more creepy by walking slow and NOT running.
* There is MORE action and gore on this one.
* The movie here is longer.
* The videogames scene was very cool.
* The ending is more suspensful here.

Dawn of the Dead 2004:

* The budget is better.
* The acting is better.
* The made up baby zombie scene is CREEPY.
* The are a little more celebrities on this one.
* The zombie make up is MUCH BETTER!
* The blood and gore are more graphic here but less cool.
* The concept here is a little bit better.

To my conclution, the 1978 version is the CLASSIC and MUCH BETTER version of the two. This one is entertaining but not so cool, you can watch it but please don't buy it!

Adios.

Are you kidding?.......2007-04-11

If you're reading this, buy the damn thing. This movie will make sweet, sweet love to you with its gigantic, throbbing coolness.

READ MY REVIEW!! (If you haven't seen it yet).......2007-03-25

You've all heard about Dawn Of The Dead (1979), and you also heard that in this version "the first 15-20 minutes were good....". I'm here to protest on that quote. Yes, it's true that the first 15-20 minutes was good and creepy. And it's true that most of the movie were about people camping out in the mall. But most zombie killing were about the last 40 minutes. But the movie never explained about the disease and how it all started. "28 Days Later" wasn't really a zombie movie, but it explained about the disease. I gave this 4 out of 5 for 3 reasons....... one is when the part the father of the red-head chick was shot, everyone started having thrills and playing around, and that stupid song played. Second reason is that there weren't enough killing parts. Third reason is, there were 16 people in the movie but only 1 person got killed in a small crowd of undead. All the rest of the people started turning into zombies, and some people started killing each other for stupid reasons. And 2 guys were being eatened but died before getting killed by the zombies. The tough security guy that was part bald and sweared a lot was my favorite character. I have one last question, what happened to the blonde girl's husband after he turned into a zombie? He was the husband of the main character, we could've at least seen him getting killed. Another question is why did the military pass the survivors? Were they blind?

Things that could improve this movie:
1. Show military fighting against the zombies.
2. Show more characters being eatened by the huge crowd of zombies.
3. More sex.

Look at the bright side, they have really good graphics! They should try to make a second one!

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Dawn of the Dead (Unrated) [HD DVD]
Starring: Jayne Eastwood , Matt Frewer , Sarah Polley , Ving Rhames , and Jake Weber
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Release Date: 2007-08-28

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Best Zombie Gift Ever
George A. Romero's original Dawn of the Dead
The best, deepest, richest horror movie ever
AWSOME!!

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Release Date: 2004-03-09

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The Greatest .......2007-07-04

A must have DVD'S
the best George Romero movie...
Ultimate edition is great !!!

Best Zombie Gift Ever.......2007-07-04

I purchased this collection for my husband and he loves it! The packaging is stunning as well.

George A. Romero's original Dawn of the Dead.......2007-07-03

The best, deepest, richest horror movie ever.......2007-06-23

AWSOME!!.......2007-06-18

This movie is sweet. Tons of Action, terror, gore,humor and a good political message. Gorge A remaro is a genius and you are not a true horror fan if this ones not in your colletion.

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Waiting... (Unrated and Raw) [Blu-ray]
Starring: Don Brady , Pat Hazell , Wendie Malick , Luis Guzman , and Alanna Ubach
Director: Rob McKittrick
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ASIN: B000PMGS6S
Release Date: 2007-07-17

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Always remember the cardinal rule of eating out: Never mess with people who handle your food! Ryan Reynolds (VAN WILDER), Anna Farris (the SCARY MOVIE series) and Justin Long (DODGEBALL: A TRUE UNDERDOG STORY) star in this hilarious comedy about the band of mischievous waiters, waitresses and cooks just waiting to show guests how extraordinary the service at ShenaniganZ restaurant can be.

Waiting... (Two-Disc Full Screen Edition)

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I'm still waiting
Incredible

Waiting... (Two-Disc Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Don Brady , Pat Hazell , Wendie Malick , Luis Guzman , and Alanna Ubach
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Release Date: 2006-02-07

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I'm still waiting.......2006-07-20

Workplace comedies are something that strike a chord in us all -- most people have held less-than-glamorous tuition-paying jobs, and sometimes resented the people we have been forced to deal with politely. No tips. Annoying coworkers. Twerpy customers who just don't get it, at all.

That's the main idea of Rob McKittrick's "Waiting...", a pale imitation of Kevin Smiths' breakout film "Clerks." It could have been a delightful comedy in the vein of "Office Space," but alas, we get a pale, rather cliched comedy with a few gem-like moments.

Mitch (John Francis Daley) is starting his first day on the job at Shenanigan's, and he rapidly learns that the ropes are tangled and grubby. There's a philosophical dishwasher (Chi McBride), a smart-aleck, the nice guy with issues, a snarling dominatrix, and a sexpot waittress. And that's only the beginning...

Though Shenanigan's seems normal, there are drunken parties, crazed employees, and food seasoned with dandruff. With disdain for the customers and for each other, the employees spar, stare, and make jokes that will instantly offend gays, women and people with Down Syndrome. Can Dean (Justin Long) manage to get a decent job, or will he sink into the mire of Shenanigan's kitchen?

Anybody who has ever worked a minimum wage job like this will know that it's a gold mine for comedy. I myself have fond memories of a coworker going ballistic when a customer demanded that she spread the cream cheese for him. Unfortunately, that kind of delightful comedy isn't present. Instead, we get armpit-noise-level stuff -- bodily substances being spread on food, and so on.

Even crude films can be funny... but this one isn't. It's just moronic. McKittrick tries to spice it up with stuff like the "Penis Game" and workplace Lolitas, but it's a bit like trying to rescuscitate a week-old dead moose. Even the name of the restaurant is lame -- okay, Shenanigan's, we get it. The place has shenanigans. It's not really very funny anyway.

The characters are all cliches of the slacker worker, and they are so uniformly nasty that you really hope they rot behind those counters. It's a credit to the actors that they manage to inject any humour at all; Daley of "Freaks and Geeks" fame is the most entertaining character of all, and the only one that shows a spark of life.

The only thing that could be as bad as working at Shenanigan's is watching a gross-out comedy full of obnoxious stereotypes. You won't laugh. You'll just leave feeling bitter and queasy.

Incredible.......2006-01-12

This is an incredible movie. I saw it in theatres the day it came out. I have my phone alarm set for the minute I get out of school on Febuary 7th (when it comes out on DVD) to go get it.

BUY IT

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"We all make mistakes, boss. That's why they put the rubber on the ends of pencils."
Dead End
A mess of a film...
Chiefly remembered for introducing the Dead End Kids to a delighted world...
fun old movie

Dead End
Starring: Sylvia Sidney , Joel McCrea , Humphrey Bogart , Wendy Barrie , and Claire Trevor
Director: William Wyler
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ASIN: B0006TPDZC
Release Date: 2005-03-08

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Humphrey Bogart is "outstanding" (Variety) as a vicious gangster on the run in this "masterful…gripping drama" (Motion Picture Daily) directed by William Wyler (Ben-Hur) and written by Lillian Hellman (The Little Foxes). Nominated* for four Academy Awards®, including Best Picture, Dead End is powerful, entertaining and a true landmark in moviemaking. On the mean streets of New York's Lower East Side, Drina (Sylvia Sidney) hopes to save her brother from a life of crime. But notorious hoodlum Baby Face Martin (Bogart) has come back to his old haunts looking for trouble and threatening to drag the boy down with him. Drina turns to her childhood friend Dave (Joel McCrea) for help. But can he stop Martin without becoming just like him?

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"We all make mistakes, boss. That's why they put the rubber on the ends of pencils.".......2007-07-04

Dead End is a remarkable film because it is the first film starring the Dead End Kids who later became the East Side Kids and finally The Bowery Boys. Leading the gang is Billy Hallop, although later gang leader Leo Gorcey also appears. The boys are just used as culture for the background of a New York City slum where the famous Babyface Martin (Humphrey Bogart) grew up. He returns to see his old girl who he can't seem to forget, and to possibly see his mother. He finds both, but finds them as unfriendly and hostile as the city that raised him. Also starring are Sylvia Sydney and Joel McCrea as decent products of the slums.

This film is both social commentary and entertainment. It does a great job of balancing its artistic aspects and its cinematic potential. Nothing is harped on; it is simply presented. The actors do a fine job of illustrating their parts without becoming overbearing.

Surprisingly, the film was difficult to make. The Dead End Kids came fresh from New York's slums onto the Broadway stage to play their roles. From their success there, they came to Hollywood and took nothing seriously. The boys notoriously played pranks on an irritated Bogart. Their disregard for authority was famous, but their charisma onscreen helped each of the boys become favorites of movie audiences.

Dead End.......2007-06-20

Based on a stage play by Sidney Kingsley and scripted by playwright Lillian Hellman, Wyler's gritty, compelling fable of tenement life in the 1930s was touted in its day as a hard-hitting social drama about class tensions and the origins of crime. Bogart, in one of his first starring roles, is a ringer as the rotten Martin, though a key scene with his disapproving mother shows a vulnerable side, too. McCrea and Sidney carry their weight as the moral heart of Wyler's mean streets, and teen actor Halop plays ragamuffin gang leader Tommy with lots of heart.

A mess of a film..........2007-02-12

Bogie/Hellman/William Wyler/Dead End Kids/cops/gangsters/social consciousness/hookers/t.b./the East River/rich folks dancing the night away in high rise fortresses while the city below teems with resentment and crime/architecture/socialites/film noir shadow-images that didn't add to the film at all, just sort of tarted it up to be something it wasn't...it made my head hurt. It was such a mish-mash: "The Fountainhead" meets "Public Enemy Number One." The faux-city set, the maudlin plot lines, the cliches about the rich, the poor and the criminal...I couldn't believe that, when it was over, I had managed to digest the whole bloody thing. Ugh. The cutesy-bad bowery boys were particularly grating. I found their exaggerated New York accents affected. Bogie looked good - as usual - but was so obviously acting. This created a sense of total, disconnected unreality in every frame. Here's the worse part: thanks to the fact that it was originally a play, the claustrophobic set made what was supposed to be an exciting film stagnant and boring. My final comment: CORN-BALL! Skip it, unless you're doing research.

Chiefly remembered for introducing the Dead End Kids to a delighted world..........2006-12-25

"Dead End" turned out to be Bogart's most important film since "The Petrified Forest." It offers a vivid portrait of people caught up in a constant struggle to somehow fulfill themselves despite the oppressive environment that seemed to silence their every attempt...

Joel McCrea is a frustrated architect who dreams of tearing down the slums and Sylvia Sidney portrays a shopgirl striving for identity and meaning in her life, a life made even more complicated by having to look after her brother (Billy Halop). The boy idolizes the decadent Bogart, an adulation shared by the rest of the Dead End Kids, here recreating their original Broadway roles with noisy good humor...

Opposing these idealists is their real threat, Bogart, a killer named Baby Face Martin... Bogart is impolitely rejected by a mother (Marjorie Main) who detests him and an ex-girl friend (Claire Trevor) who leaves him bitter and disillusioned when he discovers that she has become a prostitute...

Rebuked by those he had been sentimental enough to want to visit, he quickly reverts to prefigure and plans a kidnapping in order to rescue something from the consumed affair...

"Dead End" remains one of Bogart's best films, where the actor proves that he is capable of handling difficult material with considerable skill...

fun old movie.......2006-11-17

This is a fun old movie to watch. From when movies were good

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Hilarious comedy - highly recommend it!
Hilarious, True and Funny
AWESOME MOVIE!!!

Waiting... (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Don Brady , Pat Hazell , Wendie Malick , Luis Guzman , and Alanna Ubach
Director: Rob McKittrick
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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Release Date: 2006-02-07

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Hilarious comedy - highly recommend it!.......2006-08-02

What "Office Space" is to Dilbert-like cubicle dwellers, this movie is to restaurant workers. The movie follows one day in the life of a kitschy, Chili's or Applebee's-style restaurant known as ShenaniganZ, and the various personalities that work there. Every hilarious situation that a typical retaurant might have is shown, from bitchy customers (who then get "very special" treatment of their food) to busboys who are gangsta rapper wannabes, to a waiter who has a phobia of using public restrooms, to a waitress who yells at the top of her lungs at every little thing that ticks her off, to perhaps the funniest long-running joke in the movie, the infamous "penis-showing" game, where the cooks attempt to display their genitals to unwitting fellow employees as part of a point system. Contorting the genitals into various shapes, like the "goat" the "brain" and the "batwing" earn you extra points.

Just non-stop hilarity, with all the typical customer archetypes represented as well - the bitchy woman, the redneck hick, the foreigners who pretend that they don't speak English or understand American tipping ettiquette, to an old classmate who drops in to taunt his less-successful former chum.

Not as gross or raunchy in style as the "American Pie" series, this movie is still a bit edgy and I wouldn't watch it with small children.

Hilarious, True and Funny.......2006-03-31

Anybody who has ever worked in any service industry should and can appreciate this movie....As a Floor Capitan in an above average resturant I would have sworn they filmed it in my establishment at times....As I watched - I saw so many people that fit the characters in the movie in my own place....As the saying goes on the box - "Never upset anybody who comes in contact with your food!" This goes along with what my own father told me when we first came to the USA. People get off your cell phones and watch this hilarious movie.

AWESOME MOVIE!!!.......2006-03-03

I thought it was like Clerks but in a restaurant instead of a convenience store.
However I would love to know why the full screen version costs so much more than the widescreen version. I didn't pay $3000 for my 53" TV to have only a 25" picture.

Dawn of the Dead (Full Screen Unrated Director's Cut)

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Not Your Typical Dull Horror Remake
Decent update on the old zombie film
Dawn of the Dead 1978 vs. Dawn of the Dead 2004:
Are you kidding?
READ MY REVIEW!! (If you haven't seen it yet)

Dawn of the Dead (Full Screen Unrated Director's Cut)
Starring: Boyd Banks , Michael Barry (VII) , Ermes Blarasin , Bruce Bohne , and Lindy Booth
Manufacturer: Universal Studios
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