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Wow! What a find! I was just in HMV and I came across an import copy of the long-deleted soundtrack to one of my all-time favourite movies, Repo Man!

If you've seen this film, you'll...

OK, I don't know it at all. *g*

I really must see it sometime - I'm a horror fan, and firmly believe that anyone with a passing interest in the genre should sit through silent horror, old...

See, I understand why they went with that ending perfectly, I always did. But whereas it works on an intellectual level, on an emotional level it just felt like a fairly cheap joke, one without the...

That's fascinating... it is truly humbling to realise that even a film directed by a man generally accepted as one of the finest directos who ever lived can disintegrate as easily as a slapstick...

He didn't make me think at all. Here's a summary of what I learned from Irreversible:

1. Gays are different from other people.
2. Sometimes bad things happen to good people.
3. Rape is...

I think I know it, but I can't place it...

My favourite line from a film ever is "I will not tolerate Communist subversion. I will not tolerate Communist infiltration. And I will not tolerate...

This is why I can't understand the limbo that this movie has been left in with regards to UK distribution - how bad can a movie with Edward Norton and Catherine Keener in it possibly be?

Finally watched it. It's even worse than I thought. May IMDb review can be found here: http://comments.imdb.com/CommentsShow?0290673-77

I can honestly say that anyone who attempts to give a...

I was terribly impressed by Shrek because it didn't really feel like a kids' movie to me - it was more like a CGI version of early Zucker brothers films like Airplane! and The Naked Gun. And since...

Does anyone else think that if Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can had been directed by anyone other than Spielberg, there wouldn't be such a fuss over them being snubbed for Oscars? Regardless...

Is Bill's grave next to Priest Vallon's, though? I wondered that as I left the cinema. In fact, I'm not even sure whether there was a Priest Vallon - I think Amsterdam was a fictional character,...

Fantomas doesn't feel quite as developed as Vampires to me - it's pretty much just a crime serial of its era, with all the limitations that implies. But when the odd idiosyncratic touch comes...

I had a friend once who was relentlessly sceptical about animation because he thought none of it was ever as good as The Simpsons. South Park? Not as good as The Simpsons. The Wild Thornberrys? ...

I will concur that, whereas I liked what I saw, this film will most likely make one of the best directors' cuts of all time one day. I'm especially intrigued by what Elmer Bernstein's score would...

I'm sorry, I'm lost. Who is this Michael Wilmington who I'm apparently quoting from? I've never heard of the man in my life.

Incidentally, Ebert's review was in itself hypocritical. After...

Though it's not strictly a 'soundtrack', I always thought the sound effects in The Exorcist were the most unsettling part of the movie. Just little things like gusts of wind and leaves rustling...

I found it very difficult to tell whether About Schmidt cheered me up or brought me down. I don't think that final shot is ironic, as some critics have suggested, but it represents a genuine moment...

I think you're seeing a political aspect to the movie which I'm not convinced by. The staple of all comedy - even something as genial and inoffensive as My Big Fat Greek Wedding - is exaggeration...

That pretty much sums up how I felt towards this film. I keep on meaning to write a review of it myself. I'll have to motivate myself to do that...

(originally posted on IMDb. Some spoilers)

Satire is an art form where a common situation is made to look ridiculous and amusing by distorting a key element. Dr. Strangelove is satire. Heathers...

Macho posturing? The whole film was an attack on notions of masculinity. That's like saying Dr Strangelove is a war-mongering film. And yeah, it was exaggerated. Most comedies are.

I believe...

*L* I grew up on Transformers too. I remember when I first watched Boogie Nights and I made a little squeal of joy when Mark Wahlberg started singing 'The Touch'.

Chris - I'm interested to know where you're getting this "negativity and cruelty" in the movie. Whereas Warren Schmidt didn't exactly get an easy time, I never got the feeling that the movie was...

I must say, though I liked the film, there are certain categories I don't want to see it win in. I mean, Renee Zellwegger wasn't even the best actress in the film, let alone the best actress of the...

Riiiiight. I've just noticed that my posts here have pointed to a lack of appreciation of the classics and a love of big-budget braindead nonsense like Titus, Withnail and I, Touch of Evil, Night of...