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Butt Boetticher more commonly known as western's director dared to do this Noir picture over the legendary hoodlum Jack Legs Diamond, actually the nickname Legs was given due he was a good dancer, somewhat it seems much alike of UNTOUCHABLES's default configuration, partially the producers bring many guest stars from this prestigious series as Frank DeKova, Simon Oakland, Warren Oates, Joseph Ruskin, Dyan Cannon, also such show offered an episode portraying Jack Legs Diamond as well.

The picture in some measure is accurate, apart the tour voyage to Europe whereby totally rigged, all others facts is quite truthful, Ray Danton in top form accounted for the racketeer in plenty way, the leading ladies Kareen Steele as Legs's wife and the femme fatale Elaine Stewart as B-girl they didn't disapoint, Warren Oates played the jinx-sick brother in a small role, the highlights went to the fancy mobster Arnold Rothstein (Robert Lowery) a pivotal character due thru him Jack Legs Diamond entering in the underworld, unfortunately God knows what the writer Joseph Landon changed the exact spot where the die-hard Legs went to die.

I'm must confess that expected much more than this pale version, because we dealing with a classy director as Boetticher, worst some actors as Jesse White was miscasting for a mobster role, also I've a slight feeling that Ray Danton is too much cartoonish persona to play Legs Diamond, somehow he didn't deliver it properly, he sounds a bit polished so to speak.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.

Oddly enough in 1953 three biblical epics were made as such THE ROBE, SALOME and Slaves of Babylon, two of them sponsored by Columbia, actually this genre was booming since the smashing success of SAMSON AND DELILAH, follow up by DAVID AND BATHSEBHA bringing crowds at box office at its time, then Sam Kastman teams up William Castle as director and Richard Conte as leading role in the infamous chapter of Jewish people as they called "Babylonian Captivity".

Of course as usually the producer enforced an inaccurate storyline where the Jewish have been mistreated by Babylonian and also forbidden to practice their faith, such things never occurred by many sources, to vouch for the prophet Daniel was King Nebuchadnezzar's counselor, so upon these facts the picture falls apart, worst on small budge production with poorest sets, fake battles that involving a few soldiers in a pale acting and finally the miscasting of Richard Conte is visible, without forget the tiny Cyrus portraited by Terry Kilburn, in fact the unique character that bring a reliable persona is the flaming Princess Panthea by the gorgeous Linda Christian.

All those painted backdrops used in a noticeable and over-shooting scenario as Vasquez Rocks means a lack of creativity of the producer, allied in a weakest special effects, all this together undermine the offering at lowest point, it never was release in Brazil in any format, to re-watch it again I've to appeal for all-weather friend Youtube that has available a fine print of this colorful biblical epic history.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.25.

This was my second experience watching the master Yasujirô Ozu, what an enjoyable two hours running time, he extracts from ordinary life all beauty you can get on complex human interactions portraying the best side of human soul, in this subject Ozu is unbeatable, Sanma No Aji was his last ride whom usually exploited it masterfully as anyone else.

This turn the plot is focused in an old widower Shuhei (Chishû Ryô) having two male sons and one single daughter that cares him, advised by his closest friends an upmost necessity to settle a marriage soon as can, otherwise she will be a spinster for good, meanwhile the wiser Ozu inserts others colorful characters as Shuhei's work buddies where all them mocking each other, also the trio hail their old professor giving a special dinner and aid him by money in returning what they got from old master on school time reaching later in best position at their successful career.

Pure poetry displayed by gorgeous shooting in many resourceful sequences, as the train passing by and those countless shooting at hallways meaning that the life ought going on, all this in easy manner, smooth talking underpinned in a true friendship to appease a usual hard life, so in Yasujirô Ozu's swan song he accomplished his assignment to exposing a better life is really possible.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9.

This independent picture is regarded as near masterpiece by mainstream critics, in fact the director Tom DiCillo approaches an unusual subject indeed exploiting the troublesome movie making process and behind the scenes, mainly small budge ones where a newbie director has to dealing with some egocentric actors, weirdo crew members and countless technical mistakes on shooting process, all this in a wise concept of mixing fantasy and reality underlined in two colors.

Aside it the picture isn't to all taste whatsoever, the slow pace allied in a nerve-wrecking atmosphere won't please the large majority, it's a art movie on a stagey dialogues, DiCillo teams up the eclectic Steve Buscemi, the skinny Catherine keener, the gorgeous Danielle von Zerneck & Hilary Gilford without forget the upcoming star Peter Dinklage, Dermot Mulroney as associated producer also compose the casting as Wolf the cinematographer.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.

It was the first John Woo picture at American ground with Belgium martial arts fighter Van Damme, in advance the producers Chuck Pfarrer and Sam Raimi adapted a fresh version of THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME shot in 1932 to nowadays in New Orleans where the hunting takes place in the famous Bayou swamp, the evil Count Zaroff's character is addressed to bleak Emil Fouchon (Lance Henriksen) aid by the merciless Pik van Cleaf (Arnold Voslo).

Emil got those preys essentially of former soldiers now homeless people sponsored by wealthy men who willing pay a small fortune to hunting those especial targets, everything changes when the former Mariner Chance Boudreaux (Van Damme) is hired by Natasha "Nat" Binder (Yance Butler) to find out his missing father's whereabouts, soon the local police locate him carbonized in a burned storage, however Chance realizes that in fact his father was hunted.

According own words of John Woo, he had a nerve-wracking time with Hollywood's industry upon many pressure on shooting process and also on final edition, forcing Sam Raimi pound the table to maintain John Woo's work untouchable, aside this the picture is a pure fantasy supported by strong pyrotechnics and stone face characters it will please John Woo & Van Damme fans.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-Ray / Rating: 6.25.

Essentially a musical comedy produced by Cinedistri, this thematic picture was ridding high along the fifties, at least a dozen musical numbers were scattered on storyline some off topic, however mostly concerning carnival season at Rio de Janeiro, the plot summarized consists in a crook Juca Moleza (Renato Restier) posing as rich man made a bold plan to steal a packed of valuable diamonds jewelry in a lavish rented mansion using a beauty bombshell Maria Xangai (Renata Fronzi) as his phony upper class wife.

Although everything going upside down when Juca decides sponsor a small samba school, then came up the leading roles the clumsy-moronic Peteleco (Ankito) and the witty Laurindo (Grande Otelo), on the private parade several gorgeous girls wearing those diamond jewelry Peteleco ends up engulfing an expensive piece of diamond, then the plan frustrates, so the gang at once tries recover the precious stone even recurring a drastic process to aiming for withdraw it by any means.

Amusing for its period of time, nonetheless this grimace humor no longer is funny nowadays, the highlight at musical is the greater singer Nelson Gonçalves, aside Jamelão and Emilinha Borba all remaining singers are unknown, the comic Costinha was paving a solid career in a still crawling process of Brazilian cinema industry as stereotyped character as Zezê Macedo as well.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 6.

Aware of a limited budge William Friedkin has chosen newbie actors as William L. Petersen, John Pankow, Darlene Fluegel, Debra Feuer, John Turturro and Willem Dafoe to main roles on lowest wages, due a tight schedule aiming for settle a fast shooting process at Los Angeles neighborhoods, to balance he brings Dean Stockwell and Michael Greene, also the raising black star Steve James as well, actually this crime-thriller offering is a sort of independent production conceived by the famous FRENCH CONNECTION director which many critics pouring praises.

As Friedkin said on bonus material, he tried by all means puzzle the audience in many ways, imposing a phony characters on the plot, so Richard Chance has been living a dangerous life, jumping by the bridge, bribing parole as informer, worst getting free sexual favors, even later committing a felony stealing money, in other hand the forger Eric Masters (as the title suggests) is a cold mind guy, living in a flamboyant lifestyle with gorgeous girls around, almost a dream plot to imply a pursuit for counterfeit money, to prove it on chase car sequence Friedkin reversed the direction of track on purpose.

Furthermore the wise director introduces a pepping camera sneaking skulking on narrow hallways and finally of course another thrilling chase to overcame FRENCH CONNECTION? Yes he did it masterfully on several railroads, bridges, warehouse district and the famous dry Los Angeles river to accomplished his usual manner on direction, to improve it he hired an uncanny soundtrack that gave a trademark for the picture, great dirty visual on several industrial plants as backdrops of this awesome story with an unexpected twist.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-Ray / Rating: 8.25.

Usually a star like Robert De Niro often is wanted for big projects, however he would rather make a small piece like Jacknife, a kind of intimate role, pressure free from the major studios, a relief after nerve-racking huge-budge productions, this little story fits perfect in this mindset, where De Niro has a chance to act plenty as the former vet Megs suffering that infamous post-traumatic stress disorder looking for a friend Dave (Ed Harris) to appease his fear as much as engage with his old war buddy also trying forget the heavy loss of their everlasting friend Bobby in battlefield.

Oddly enough this reacquaintance Megs stumbles with the shy Martha (Kathy Baker) Dave's sister, it triggers a mutual romance interesting, nonetheless the bitter Dave seems dislike it whatsoever, due Megs's bad past records of violence warning his silly sister all about, although they proceed anyway, actually Megs sound be a wacko guy in several sequences as far as Dave as well, the viewers will understanding it according the story unfolds where many hidden happenings come to surface, where the patience audience will be rewarded.

It's a small sample of those thousand soldiers back home facing their new status as former vet soldiers, where they developed that awful mental disease like PTSD, De Niro and Ed Harris had a hard-hitting acting, in other hand a forbearing Kathy Bates delivers all she can in pivotal role as broken hearted spinster, small production, great movie.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 1 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.5.

Sunpu Den is a remake of AKATSUKI NO DASSO wrote by Kurosawa in 1950, then Seijun Suzuki approaches it more deeply than a dramatic romance that was his forerunner, whereby didn't show the sexual relationship at army's bro.thel, so Sunpu Den is too much daring for its period of time, by this the movie was hard beaten by the critics at release time, regarded as a cheap sexploitation, also Suzuki imposes a slight nihilism narrative to counteract the ruthlessness of the war, the plot is underpinned in the legendary Japanese inexorable honor code where no soldier shouln't go back alive if caught in enemy hands, such act is punished by death.

As Seijun Suzuki was a former soldier exposes some oddities carried out at wartime, it somewhat became more realistic from a vision whom stayed there and witnessed such real facts, as those soldiers refusing kill Mikami (Tamio Kawaji) in a desert area in a phony battle to conceal his guilty for being prisoner of war and some funny moments at Chinese's village when the squad returning from the front fight themselves by the best girls, actually as anti-war offering Suzuki imposes an overview less gloomy on the drama.

Oddly enough as B-production of Nikkatsu studio it overcame the bad reputation on sixties thru the times, today Sunpu Den earned several defenders and became a mandatory peace nowadays, many aspects assert such thing as the unusual cinematograph made by Suzuki's old acquaintance and partnership Kazue Nakatsuka, a must to see.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.5.

Low budge, cheese, camp, corny whatever...what funniest concept, what inspiration, at last something fresh from Poland in the eighties still belonging to iron curtain's period of time, where a special space program is about to send two male voluntaries to outer space at hibernation chamber for three years, unfortunately the so feared WWIII went to happen, some women hidden on underground after eliminating the remaining males, hereinafter breeding by sexless process until in 2044 they rescue two man stranded in space, then the clash starts all over again.

To enrich the phony narrative the filmmaker inserts several gags scattered along the picture as blonde guy taking concealed cigarettes and booze on the chamber for a pleasured journey also when he realizes that takes too long on the experience he asking for extra payment for those overlong period or when they aware about be naturalized as women entering in panic, moreover all those eye-candy girls so bountiful nude sequences and a twisted outcome.

Whoever conceived this resourceful Sci-Fi comic offering is a true genius, mesmerizing the audience in countless amusing scenes, each one overcome the previous ones, naïve and funny as hell, highly recommended!!

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.

Technically Ângela was the second Vera Cruz's picture in 1951 where Tom Payne shared the direction with Abilio Pereira de Almeida whom also composes the casting, Eliane Lage took by his husband-director to became an instant Brazilian star due her undeniable beauty and talent as well, this drama points out the harm effects of gambling at society as a whole, fully exploited by a wise screenplay conceived for its period of time.

Essentially the picture comprises the gambling curse in an aristocratic Brazilian family where the Col. Gervásio (Abilio) lost in poker game her wife's house to a young customary gambler Dinarte (Albert Ruschel) a kind of lucky man, upon visiting his new state he is enchanted by Gervasio's stepdaughter Ângela (Eliane Lage) and aware of the chagrin imposed by all family especially in Ângela, then the remorseful Dinarte allowed them stay there for a while.

After a short courtship Dinarte and Ângela get marry promising drop the gambling for good, however as expected it doesn't take too long, often Dinarte has looking around this nightly gambling spots and soon he is starting back again, although this turn his usual luck changes, hereinafter became a jinx gambler since his child was born, thus it triggers an everlasting heavy lost including house, farm and Ângela mother's jewels.

Furthermore the movie exposes others kinds of games as such horse racing and cockfighting, always in high stakes, aside it many colorful characters coming over, as the gold digger singer Inezita Barroso's debut, the loser Abilio Pereira de Almeida, a wiser Portuguese bookmaker and the stringent matron Nair Lopes on fabulous performance.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 7.5.

Due the greatness that Wim Wenders became thru the years, his fundation made many efforts to try recover the worn out negative of this movie, as newbie director he had erroneously used several tracks of famous singers as Elvis Presley, Credence Clearwater, Roy Orbison and The Doors as well permissionless, whereby he can't afford due the high cost of the copyrights, on ultimate restoration a high advanced tools were used to regain the bright color.

However to solve the matter of expensive soundtrack already built-in previously on movie, then to fix it he inserts under a fresh one upon the original, just at bar sequence he got the consent from own singer Morisson freely previous his death, otherwise the movie could be buried for good all those info above is upon the own Wim Wenders statement contained on bonus material.

In fact he based on the Peter Handke's novel his closest friend in this directorial debut, over an average goalkeeper dismissed from the game by foul play, hereinafter wandering around committing foolish things to extent of throttle a woman, meanwhile such weirdo guy used to stay overnight in countless cheaper hotels at Austria and neighborhood areas, a kind of pointless existentialism offering, although we can oversee a promising filmmaker in this interesting minor flick.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.

Produced by Alberto Cavalcanti who gained many expertise in France and England before be hired by Vera Cruz as producer, upon his command he asking for the writer Abilio Pereira de Almeida to adapt and developing his own successful stage play Paiol Velho to big screen, whereby he also will act as well, John Payne got the direction, a bold project to a beginner Brazilian studio, that was an instant success on box-office.

This dramatic offering is about an old farmer called Paiol Velho (Old Bar) which since the old owner went do die has been managed by his protector Tonico (Abilio) meanwhile his young son João Carlos (Mario Sergio) living in a flamboyant life in São Paulo, hard-pressed by his mother to take over the Paiol Velho in decaying financial situation, due the foreman Tonico has been diverted the profits to himself, grudgingly João Carlos arrives there, soon he enters in gambling again, worst get involved with Tonico's wife Lina (Marisa Prado).

In a betraying environment Tonico planning buy the farmer due the fleckless João Carlos had incurred in higher debts in several loans at local bank to finance the coffee harvest, however spent it on gambling to appease a daily tedious of a labor life, then came up Tonico's scheme to buy Paiol Velho by proxy, when the lousy news arrive at family's hears in too late already, the farmer has another owner, upon many complains about a supposed stealing Tonico on angry maner exposes his pregnant wife also stolen by João Carlos in returning.

This fabulous picture also approaches some interesting everyday facts on rural environment, as June festivals, the clash between the poor employers over the foreman, the female role at its time and the former slavery black people underpinned on Ruth de Souza's character, also the strong religious influence, furthermore Abilio Pereira de Almeida unfortunately didn't earned enough status from the mainstream media, so he died deeply butthurt.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 8.5.

Before reaching at stardom in ROBIN HOOD PRINCE OF THIEVES Burt Reynolds made a small gem in The Beast, it bafflingly didn't make any noise at box-office, nonetheless it has great reputation along the years, lead by a veteran supporting actor George Dzundza playing a tough Russian commander allied with promising young stars as Jason Patric probably his best role ever, also Steven Bauer portraying a newbie Afghan leader, plus Adam Baldwin without forget the stunning performance by the still unknown Don Harvey as booze addicted soldier.

It takes place on far off Soviet-Afghan war early phase, where Soviet forces invaded this arid territory to enforces and support the commie revolution-civil war raised there in 1979, however in a state essentially Islamic countless enemies tribes get together aiming for struggles ostensibly over this materialist system, in this environment the movie unfolds, where a small squadron of three Soviet tanks pulverizes a poor village, meanwhile a strong resistance of Afghans in bloodshed battle, hereinafter just one tank escaped unscathed, it has been tracked by Mujahadeen militias on a dead end desert area.

This awesome picture points out the Afghan honor code on triple concept, firstly hospitality, second vengeance and Nanawatai that means even a worst enemy whose asking for it for them they ought to treat and food as the law says, furthermore an abusive behavior implied by the cold commander on the soldiers reaching near at Nazy persona is plenty exploited by a wise screenplay, really engaging motion picture about the foolish of the war concerning the human being, where heroes or villains lost their identity on belligerent interaction, small great forgotten flick.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 8.5.

Aru Kyôhaku belonged to Japanese Noir circle coming from America this genre spreading worldwide at its period of time, where the director Koreyoshi Kurahara knew how to use with extreme expertise on noirish elements, the gripping premise focused in the leading character Matakichi (Kô Nishimura) a kind of smart and talked up bank manager is promoted as bank director after get marriage with bank owner's daughter, he is too much egocentric and vain, however behind this mask has an obscure guy, he forged documents to hidden loans for himself.

This scran caught in wrong hand, hereinafter an unknown man starts blackmailing him by hand-delivery letters by his co-worker and closest friend Kiosuke (Nobuo Kaneko), asking for a huge money otherwise will expose to authorities his fraudulent scheme to raise money, in a dead end he wondering steal the own bank, for such heist he chooses a right shift night where his best friend is working, even putting Kiusoke in jeopardy, may lost his job and thereafter ruins his life for good, indeed Matakichi is a crook guy, although a sudden twist will changes everything.

Valuable suspenseful heist, also a psychological thriller tainted of noirish style, apart it be a contrived screenplay, the director insert a sexy female opposite without making it in explicit format as the Americans, too much prudish, should be slight spicy, in other hand Nobuo Kaneko stolen the show as revengeful and scathing persona.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.5.

I-Man was an unsuccessful attempt by Disney a TV Pilot for a series, for obvious reasons it didn't go ahead, like the late EXO-MAN and others, Scott Bakula plays a widower taxi-driver having a son, when in Nasa car's accident in trying to save the driver he is exposed by a text gas specially developed for US's space program, even having burning his whole body Bakula has an instantly recover, actually such gas changed his molecular structure, in a nutshell he becomes indestructible for good, when a US Army's mini atomic generator is stolen by a wacko man, so he is designed to return this dangerous device instead it will be used in wrong way it would cause an atomic explosion killing millions.

Despite the auspicious premise the pilot didn't get many excitement on Disney producers, in fact it's very silly offering, another superman whose has a weak point, he ought avoid the dark places otherwise he'll turns mortal again, the supporting casting is quite unknown as the female opposite Ellen Bry working for US's agency which is led by Herschel Bernardi, also his young boy Joel Cramer was exposed did became immortal as well, oddly enough this nostalgic pilot was released in Brazil in VHS format as I-Man the Indestructible Man.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.

Living in thirty world we're already inured received too late those hidden worldwide gems that were recovered by latest advanced cleaning process of those old negative prints, in Kiga Kaikyô that means literally STRAITS OF HUNGER, in a polling by Japanese critics in 1999 reached in honorable third place, what an achievement got by Tomu Uchida, nonetheless this prize winner came on late period of his extensive career, this crime-cop-drama-mystery has a stained Noirish style and also has a slight hookup with French Novelle Vague.

This overlong production basically lays out in two main happenings carried out in September 20th 1947 in post war environment, firstly a heist of a large money held by three convicts followed by arson taking to death the pawnshop's wealthy owner, meanwhile a storm is near of the bay area ends up with a shipwreck of a ferryboat entailing in many hundred of deaths, those criminals harness the chaos installed on rescue to sneak away by boat, later just one of them Kakichi Inukay (Rentarô Mikuni) survives, aftermaths randomly meeting with a lovely-naïve pros.titute Yae Sugito (Sachiko Hidari), both having a heart sex night where the thief takes her a large amount of money.

Meanwhile the local policeman Yumisaka (Junzaburô Ban) sniffing around to find out a clue of those criminals, track down their footsteps, soon he reaches in Yae inquiring her over the running thief, in gratitude Yae alleges stayed the night with a dissimilar person, avoiding Yumisaka of the right track, at once the silly girl starts a kind of platonic love affair with the unknown Inukay, she ends up in Tokyo slum area, wondering one day should be meeting her do-gooder to be grateful for, it come in ten years after with tragic events unveiling hidden secrets from the past.

Awesome black & white Toei production, the slow paced narrative allowed to the viewers relish every single sequence on an everlasting journey of those power leading trio, an extensive and exhausting searching led by the tenacious cop, the platonic love of Yea keeping her alive even in hard old profession, and finally the early Inukay eroded by hunger nowadays try appease his guilty by generous donations addressed by inmates rehab program, also displays the hard hungry environment post WWII, a real portrait of this harder time.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 10.

Underpinned by huge blockbusters of Monty Phyton series Terry Gillian was enough bigger to enterprise a bold project like Baron Munchausen, although this specific time their Monty Phyton's buddies turned down this joint venture due it was scheduled to make at Cinecittà instead Pinewood, worst by an engagement of German producer Thomas Schuhly, therefore displeasing their former partners, so even hardly forewarned by them Gillian goes ahead anyhow, just one week on shooting the picture already had overspent the budge.

As expected Terry Gillian entering in an everlasting nightmare on chaotic Italian standard, then came up an intervention by the producers, everyone already foreseeing a big failure, after many fruitless attempts to shorten the over budge, then came the final order to abort the whole project, distressed and drained Gillian in the darkness saw the light in a prearranged deal with Columbia, if he accepts some terms to abridge the picture also decrease to two unique characters on moon's sequence.

Apart the troublesome experience Baron Munchausen has a stunning visual never seen before on those large-scale lavish sets designed upon the sketches on the Rudolph Erich Raspe's novel, furthermore a fine concept about the main character having multiple ages along the movie a colorful persona played by the fantastic John Neville and a awesome casting as the little girl Sarah Polley, the complainer Eric Idle, the angel Uma Thurman, the filthy Oliver Reed and the scheming Jonathan Pryce just named a few them, a near masterpiece!!

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 9.

What to expect of a screwball comedy conceived by Charles Brackett & Billy Wilder if not an almost flawless screenplay? The next step is well picked casting, what about the male actors as the debonair Don Ameche, the sly John Barrymore and the eccentric Monty Wooley? Well and about the girls the charming lady Claudette Colbert, the upper-crust Mary Astor? Just here we got a backbone to start this modern Cinderella fair-tale.

What's best glamorous place to take place it as the shining dazzling Paris? Well so we have all elements to lay down a farse romantic comedy of shades of oddball settings, in this bright environment the weirdo story unfolds, the poor girl, the pauper prince, a wealthy applicant, a fooled husband, an unfaithful wife and many stereotyped characters, all them gonna stop at courthouse to settle a phony divorce upon an uptight French Judge.

Hollywood golden days provide many screwball romantic comedies like this, looking closer with sharp eyes we shall see how tall is John Barrymore as deceiver bribing husband making everything on backstage to overturn her wife's sexual interest over a younger Cazanova, he mesmerizes the audience with majestic, what a performer, together with the looney Monty Wooley, near masterpiece!!

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 9.

Yes it's camp, cheesy & corny nonetheless far away to be bad, 3.5 rating it means that many bitters placed lowest rating like 1-2 out 10, it conceals the downgrading so deeply, quite sure something around 5.5 shall be more appropriated, of Meatballs franchise I just watched this third sequel and fourth only, starting by the premise is shallow however effective at its proposal, all those gorgeous girls in a summer spot on soft sexploitation oriented delivers all the audience really expected.

The leading casting Sally Kellerman as porn film star died on action going into heaven has a final task back earth as spirit to be accepted there is clever purpose, the newbie Patrick Dempsey at his major role is plenty suitable, many funny sequences come over, mainly the filthy character Mean Geane (George Busa) was a right choice and his buddy Huey the Rat's leader (Maury Chaykin) as well, the producers have staked in the teenager offering as much near of PORKY's influence, the famous Shannon Tweed as Love Goddess just appearing at last sequence was a wasting.

It had a smashing success in Brazil aired many times on TV, in nineties it was released in VHS format only, unfortunately until now never come out in DVD, praying for it with dubbed classic version the entire franchise, fully restored of course, don't be fooled by the haters it's a funniest teenager entertainment that worthwhile revisit.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 2 / Source: TV-Youtube / Rating: 5.5.

Mother's Mercy has countless shocking moments, the producers put in practice scrapping process of GOT, thus by deleting some key characters as John Snow (Kit Harington) and the cruel King Stannis Baratheon (Stephen Dillane), also says goodbye not so effusively Myrcella Baratheon (Nell Tiger Free) in always growing casting, actually this system often was ongoing since early moments of the series, some went, others coming.

As usually were booked to closing episode season the most impacting scenes, as Arya Stark's bloody revenge, or the act of extreme evilness the poisoning carry out by Ellaria Sand and the so awaited moment by the viewers the public abasement implied by High Sparrow over the snooty Cersei Lannister naked downstairs, nothing one day after the other, furthermore John Snow has been stabbed should be spared, his departure ought postponed for one season at least.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: Blu-Ray / Rating: 8.5.

Often casting for dramatic roles where Joan Crawford portraits plenty, when she stays angry or worry her face changes exposing histrionics, upon this girl bitter profile Frank Borzage fits Crawford as asphyxiated by extreme poverty at New York's slum area, then forlornly she begs for his crook boyfriend Alan Curtis a quickly marriage to leaving that nasty atmosphere where she has suffering since early days, however in few days she'll figures out that was fooled by his lazy guy.

Meanwhile pushed upwards to big boss Spencer Tracy's arms by his scheming husband aiming for an upcoming affair to late got a big rewarding in a future break up, whereby Crawford comes to refuse this outrageous deal, even so she ends up kicking her snooty husband, after a couple months has been wooed by Spencer from whom surrender, after a worldwide honeymoon she strangely decides for a leaving.

Aside an usual concept it has a flimsy and contrived storyline where a girl from rags ambiance has a dubious mindset, firstly by choose a wrong applicant at first hand, (without notice?) aftermaths keeping alive a flame of an improbable affair with older man whereby she didn't want by any means, then out of the blue an unexpected break up, the outcome will display such mismatch.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 7.

Ivan Reitman's career has been alternating in few ups and more downs, Twins fits better in the middle, actually the duo Danny and Arnie didn't match, no matter how hard they tried, even in an auspicious concept underpinned in the abysmal inequities concerning the leading actors as odd twins, thus this premise sounded as promising, however the writers didn't find a proper way to exploit it as, then the results stayed far away to be accomplished.

It becomes in a mild tone comedy, never takes off as expected, nonetheless has just some fine sequences or so, as their first meeting at prison on Danny DeVito mocking Arnold if he is starring in a mirror or when they passing thru near with other on street without notice, all the remaining were dumbest as learning to drive, stealing the car on the building park, worst whoever suggest that car's acrobatic on first drive experience should be sent to asylum.

The romantic pair choose by both Kelly Preston and Chloe Webb don't add too much just portraying as female presence only, the eye-candy Kelly is a suggestive sex appeal for the still virgin Arnie and Chloe as forgiving girlfriend, what's coming to assuage? The plot of stolen turbo engine and a hitman at DeVito's tail, further Maury Chaykin's funny gangsters, often taking a beating by the strong twin brother, the outcome with their missing mother is corny and gimmicky at least, anyway it lets see easily.

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First watch: 1993 / How many: 3 / Source: TV-DVD / Rating: 7.

At last the still doll face Susan Hayward got her first leading role at RKO, as usually a low budget Noir offering conceived by Clifford Odets from Cornell Woolrich's novel about an exciting and engaging story thru an everlasting murder heat night at New York, when a naïve sailor Bill Williams finds himself entangled with a murder in a woman's apartment, helped in time by Susan Hayward, it seems at first glance an usual crime, however whereas the movie unfolds it will becomes in a patchwork.

This odd case involving countless characters as foreigner taxi-driver Paul Lukas, a hot-headed gangster Joseph Calleia, a lame blondie housewife Osa Massen and his jealous husband Phil Warren also a blind piano player Marvin Miller and so for, the extent that the time is running out, they must find out the real murder due the mariner Williams ought to take a bus to rejoin US Navy at Norfolk under pain of defection, it triggers a countdown at deadline at dawn as the title suggests.

Don't be fooled by some bad reviewers posted here, please reading the highest ones, it's a clever screenplay seldom seen in a tight budge production, memorable bluestocking lines scattered by the wiser writer Clifford Odets, as Non Compos Mentis or according Statistics tell us...and so on, what a fantastic minor buried treasure that come to the light to us.

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First watch: 2024 / How many: 1 / Source: DVD / Rating: 8.

Who doesn't remember those afternoon sessions of the weirdo cartoonish Addams Family, I used to watch it in late seventies aired for my unique local TV at my infancy time, thus made sense Orion Pictures brings back the legendary bleak family, Sonnenfeld a successful cinematographer was taken into direction as full-control in this bold project, he enforces an eerie and darkest Addams family than never, also in a gothic style.

They hit the target off the batt casting the best Morticia ever as Angelica Huston allied with Raul Julia portraying Gomez to top it off Christopher Lloyd as Uncle Fester, He teams up a picked crew of designers, photographer, make up, art direction and so for, as huge production soon constant delays exceeded the prearranged budge, hence Paramount took over the project, even so the producers were afraid for it becoming a flop in box-office, they were wrong, Addams Family took the heart of audience in a smashing worldwide success.

Luckily because all casting asking on knees for a change of the scrip about uncle Fester phony into a real missing one, it somehow triggers a turnaround on now sympathetic family character, it was the key of the success, otherwise as was early conceived certainly won't so enjoyable for the angry and aware viewers, overall Sonnenfeld had accomplished with honor his hard task to updated Addams family in improvement and triumphant manner.

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First watch: 1992 / How many: 5 / Source: VHS-TV-Blu-Ray / Rating: 8.5.