Austin Movie Reviews

Wall street analyst (Oscar-Winner:Whoopi Goldberg) cannot survived in the World Business Men. So, she sets up with a Phony Fictitious business male partner and she decide to dress herself as a Man!

This Comedy is a Remake from a French 1982 film. Goldberg is Quite Good in the lead. Great suppoting cast:Including-Two Time Oscar Winner:Dianne Wiest, Eli Wallach, Timothy Daly, Bebe Neuworth, Austin Pendleton and Lainie kazan. Directed by Donald Pertie (Grumpier old men) has made a good comedy but he has made funnier films that this one. Grade:B.

Whoopi Goldberg stars in THE ASSOCIATE, a humorous movie about the stock market and a woman finding her way. She plays Laurel Ayers, a stock broker who is promised a promotion. When her co worker takes her promotion right from under her, she is determined to make it on her own. She quits and starts her own company. To her dismay she finds out that it's not easy making it in the world as a woman, doors are constantly slammed in her face because of her gender, so she sets out to take the world over by storm, by creating a fictional person, Robert Cutty. Yes she creates a man and even dresses up as one. Cutty takes the world by storm, but Laurel has to keep up with her charade. Eventually she realizes that Cutty has been nothing but trouble for her, no one cares about what SHE has been doing, and a man is still getting all the credit for her ideas. So she sets out to kill a fictional man that doesn't exist! She realizes she is no better than she was, because Cutty is getting credit for all her work and ideas. ...Overall a really humorous and well acted film, worth seeing many times.

I must have seen this movie about twenty times or more! Each time I viewed it, I discovered something new in the movie!I loved
when Whoopi finally got a break-through and was given an account to prove her worth as a business woman! Women are still looked down in 2002 in many fields!The White Male is still given every thing over the Black woman and the white woman! Opray was the frist African American woman given close to a billion in revenue, we're cousins by the way Opray and I! No, really!!

viewing the movie helped me to make many successful deals without feeling like a helpless female!

Anyway Whoopi plays a guy as well as she does a girl! Five stars for you Whoopi!

I have to say that one of the main things that attracted me to this anime was the fact that the fab. Crispin Freeman had done the dub for the male Hibiki and that he had done a lot of work in producing the english version. He, as always, does a great job. However, we rarely hear the male Hibiki's voice. Not only that, we never really even see his personality, neither as a man or a woman. And Crispin's voice isn't enough to save this show's lack of luster.

The characters are very nice eye candy and the voices are great and all...but the story falters big time. It starts out great enough in the first couple of dvd's, but then it turns into a relationships thing instead of being about Hibiki standing up for male teacher's rights and changing the principal's mind. What ticks me off is that the show brings up some very good questions that it NEVER answers. It's like it switches lanes and drives down a different road, avoiding the subject totally and giving us cheap laughs and sappy drama. For instance, is it ok to be a lesbian? Is it ok to love your teacher/student? Is it ok to cross dress? Is is ok to be a peeping tom? These issues are barely addressed. The principal and vice principal's motives are never even explained! You have to watch the boring voice introductions on the 'extras' just to get a hint at their pasts. They could have made the show so much more interesting but it's been crunched into just 14 episodes that do not meet up to expectations. They also gave it a very lame and contrived ending. Strawberry Eggs is too short, too plain, and way too "been there, done that, got the T shirt"

If you want to see a great new anime, steer clear of this because you aren't missing much, and instead check out Chobits or Fruits Basket. Both are brilliant.

I am totally serious. I would have to say that each of the four episodes got more laughs from me per minute than either Ranma 1/2 or even Tenchi Muyo! Not that those anime series are not funny, but this series focuses on a male gym teacher who, in order to work in a school which allows only FEMALE teachers, has to cross-dress! The problems he gets into, the conflicts among the students he has to solve and, sometimes, the gender issues he has to deal with, make this DVD nothing but a minefield of laughs and giggles. He even has to deal with the traditions of the school, which, for example, demand that females wear long skirts while in gym class. And don't forget his own male ego!
The extras, such as the art gallery and the student roll call of the males just adds to the great humor. The art work, the lack of magic or silly science, and the perfect voice selection for the characters makes sure that you have no distractions from the story itself.
100 minutes of enjoyment. While rated 13 and up, I can picture younger kids watching it as long as you trusted them to be mature enough to handle it. Sometimes there are serious scenes, dealing with relationships between males and females, as well as between friends, and of course between teacher and students. But these are topics that young people will have to deal with in real life anyway, so why try to shield them? Also, Hibiki Amawa, the teacher, learns a little about himself during this adventure.
Buy it!

It is a great series. Well, I 'll just review the following to show my opinion.

Animation- 10/10 Beautiful artwork! Very kawaii. All their expressions are great and realistic.

Sound - 10/10 They kept different japanese words, and all their voices were perfect. They all matched the characters completely. It's also good 'cause the company that was dubbing it, didn't "americanize" it.

Plot - 10/10 Very original, and the characters are also original and great. At the last episode, my friends and I cried. We had big ol' tears running down our faces. Also very funny. I luv Ba-chan!!!

Along with Lucy, Chaplin is the only classic comedian I like. Okay, Three Stooges too. Anyway, alot of truth is shown in this movie, like when Chaplin is funny accidently as well as purposely. The donkey and the lion add humor to the film, as well as the horse and the pill. Chaplin does something most people wouldn't in this film, and that would be marry off the girl he loves to someone else because their in love. He works in the circus for awhile but then he believes he must go back to his tramp life. This is a funny side of Chaplin that classic movie likers will enjoy.

For my 'non-Chaplin' friends, I usually show this first (as another reviewer has said) and they soon become converts.
As far as I remember (and it's been at least five years since I've ready any Chaplin bios) this film was made during one of Chaplin's hardest personal periods. I believe he was in the midst of a divorce by his third wife, Lita Grey, in which their dirty laundry was dragged into public...a prolonged, grey period ensued, which turned poor Charles' hair more white than ever.
To top it off, I remember reading that this set burned down, not once, but twice, during the filming...then it's no wonder that Chaplin, perfectionist that he was, would decry this as his 'poorest' film.
I couldn't agree less.
The physical gags abound, with the little Tramp making his way to 'stardom' via pure accident...he enlivens a circus show with his cheekiness, accidentally stumbling and bobbing his way onto the boring 'clown show'...he subsequently joins the circus, taking a fancy to a poor overworked girl who is starved by her father, the circus-master, and doing everything he can to show that he loves her...
the tight-rope scenes are gut-splitting, from the beginning when he tries to convince her that he is *really* ok to do it, resulting in much hypermachinations when his rigged bodysuit touches an electrical livewire, to his real tribulations when he is up in the air, 'befriended' by some savage monkeys who like to bite his nose and tear his pants down...some of the most supremely comic moments on film are captured here...words don't do them justice...more than any other Chaplin film (and I've seen all the major ones), this one has real heart and poignance to match 'City Lights'...the ending, with Chaplin giving up the girl, has no match. The little Tramp sits, sun coming up on a glorious LA morning, and watches as the caravan rolls on without him...in the dusky, pale shadows of dawn...then, in little Tramp fashion, he gets up and wanders toward that dusky sunrise...it's a truly sad, yet uplifting, moment...on an additional note, Chaplin did the score himself (in perfectionist manner) and it fits the movie beautifully...no score of a silent (if one actually exists) does more justice to the mood of a film...
a GREAT movie...no one does it better!

Both "The Gold Rush" and "City Lights" are accepted as ciname classics, classic comedy films made by Chalrie Chaplin. In between is a much less known work, "The Circus".

"The Circus" is less well known because the film was not available from shortly after completing it's first release in 1928 until the early 70's, when it was finally re-released. It's re-release brought it to a new audience, who had some knowledge of the film, but not enough to truly value it.

The plot is rather simple - Chaplin's Tramp character stumbles into a failing circus, and is chased by police into the big top, where his chase is the funniest thing to have happened during the whole show. The Tramp is hired at the circus, who's cruel director doesn't let him know how popular he is. The director is generally cruel, abusing his daughter, yelling at everyone, and being generally mean. The girl is in love with a tightrope artist, the Tramp falls in love with the girl, and the film ends with the gril married to the tightrope artist and the Tramp staying behind.

The plot is fleshed out by some of the funniest screen moments that Chaplin would ever come up with. He tries to be a tightrope walker. He gets caught in a funhouse with a crook who is trying to steal from him and a police officer who thinks that he is the real crook. He breaks up a magicians act in the middle of the big top. He gets stuck in a cage with a lion.

Okay, I'm not doing ANY justice to this great film. My review is not funny - the film is.

The film was meticulously restored by David Shepherd, and was released in 1999 on DVD. This DVD is now out of print, and a new on will be issued next year, though likely without the corrections and restorations by Shepherd. This is a shame, since the 1999 DVD includes outtakes and a properly restored opening. The quality is superb, and there are few hints as to the film's age.

I highly recommend this disc!

Set 7 of Space: 1999 is probably the best set of the second season, but that isn't saying much. These episodes have all the cheesiness of a fast food meal at McDonalds, which makes me think that the season two credits should have read "Space: 1999 -- A Fred FRIEDBURGER Production.

Set 7 opens with the episode "Seed Of Destruction" (1 Star) -- Commander Koenig and Alan land on an asteroid with a cave containing a funhouse hall of mirrors. A mirror image of commander Koenig emerges and tries to destroy Moonbase Alpha. The way that those on Alpha can tell the imposter from the real Koenig is that his hair is parted the wrong way.

"The Beta Cloud" (1 Star) -- Maya and Tony are chased by a monster all over Moonbase Alpha, and fire a laser gun at a yellow cloud in space.

"A Matter Of Balance" (1 Star) -- Why is it that there are so many episodes of Space: 1999 where one group of desperate aliens are trying to assimilate the crew of Moonbase Alpha that have nothing? The premise of this episode is really not all that different from the first season episode titled "Alpha Child", which was much better.

"Space Warp" (2 Stars) -- This episode probably has the most expensive and detailed special effects in the entire second season. With Moonbase Alpha being sucked into a space warp, or a wormhole as they call it in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Tony and Commander Koenig are left stranded near an abandoned spaceship. Maya becomes deliriously ill and goes on a rampage as several different monsters, including an incarnation of her dead father. Maya attempts to take off in an Eagle spaceship but crashes it into the other Eagles in the hanger on the moonbase. Tony and Commander Koenig make it back, and the predictable and stupid comic relief ends this episode.

"Bringers Of Wonder Parts 1 and 2" (2 Stars) -- The only two part story of this two season show. I wonder why they named the first episode "Bringers Of Wonder Part 1", when they knew that they wanted this first part to end as a cliffhanger -- ST: TNG never did this with their 2 part episodes. The best way to end a two part cliffhanger episode is to not let the audience know that there is second part by announcing the first episode as part 1. I also wonder how 603 days passed between episodes 1 and 2. Listen to Dr. Russell's opening narration of both episodes, and you'll see what I mean. The people of Moonbase Alpha think that a Superswift spacecraft from Earth has come to rescue them, but it is actually monsters that look like Chicken Chow Mein, who want their nuclear waste. Although this episode seems to be loaded with character development and backstory, it is too little too late. After 6 more episodes, this show was cancelled.

I remember, as a kid, the second series was cool because of all the neat creatures the character of Maya would change into; boy, was I so easy to entertain back then? Now, looking at series two, I wince at the changes Anderson made to the series. Gone was Barry Morse, who added a very human element to the experience of Moonbase Alpha. Gone was the dark, command center. Gone was the tension even trying to survive against uncertain odds in space. What replaced all this? Gaucho skirts, more make-up and more action violence in the series. Adding Catherine Schell and skirting all the females was an obvious attempt to sex up the series. Good stories were now sacrificed for gratuitous fisticuffs. Now Moonbase Alpha has become a love boat of joking and good vibrations, not to mention cheesier set designs, poorer film quality, and awful awful awful costumes! Space Warp is complete garbage, while the Bringers of Wonder was no excuse for a two-part episode, let alone one. A Matter of Balance is an anti-matter episode that was done much better in the first season with A Matter of Life and Death. Beta Cloud is imbicilic, but that would be nothing compared to Brian the Brain, (which you can find on another set)! Is this series worth watching? Yeah, but abandon all expectation ye who go there.

You can almost hear Spock saying a line such as that one. There are many lines and ideas and storylines Fred Friedberger continued to rip-off from Star Trek and shove into Space:1999. There are many ridiculous concepts and explanations in this series, but Season 2 adds more reasons why the general public never caught onto the program. There also seems to be a lack of creativity in monsters and alien races. The same ludicrous and dated alien/monster appears in three consecutive stories, only slightly altered so the viewer won't be able to tell the difference. And not to improve on imperfection, the teleplays(script editing) and acting can be really embarassing at times. Though the production values still look good as with the model effects. If there was one thing Friedburger achieved for Season 2, was that the characters are little more likable. Season 1 featured too many wooden performances and not enough character interaction. Now, some of the interaction between characters in Season 2 is just unbearable at times, it can be amusing. And, this is also the best looking of the DVD releases. The extras have a certain crispness to it. But those theatrical trailers are COD-awful!
Seed of Destruction: Ok, a remake of the last Star Trek serial from Season 3. Landau could've played it a little more hammier.
And the ending couldn't have been more rushed.
The Beta Cloud: A guilty pleasure with Anholt and Schell trying to steal the show with their acting. there are so many unanswered questions and ridiculous concepts in this one, you couldn't count them on repeated viewings. The bug-eyed robot/monster will appear re-dressed in the next 2 adventures. A Friedburger classic.
A Matter of Balance: Would've been tolerable without the ludicrous concept of antimatter. Shouldn't it have been "another dimension"?
Space Warp: Is only good for it's model effects. The Eagle Hangar crash scene is not to be missed. Other than that, you were warned about another Friedburger classic.
The Bringers of Wonder Parts 1 & 2: The best of the lot, and one of the best of the season, but that's not saying much. There are discontinuity problems and of course ridiculous explanations. But Part 1 is great, with Landau completely overacting at the sight of the creatures. he also has some stupid lines at the beginnig: "I haven't had this much fun since I burned Grandma's wig!" and "Big daddy's coming in!! Yaaaaaa!!!!" Part 2 does let down, but there's a great Season 1 line at the end. But of course, all Season 2 serials end with a frozen laugh scene.

This show may be absolutely stupid, but I still enjoy it and get a guilty pleasure from a program I grew up with...

Some think the world is made for fun and frolic,
And so do I! And so do I!
Some think it well to be all melancholic,
To pine and sigh; to pine and sigh;
But I, I love to spend my time in singing,
Some joyous song, some joyous song,
To set the air with music bravely ringing
Is far from wrong! Is far from wrong!
Listen, listen, echoes sound afar!
Listen, listen, echoes sound afar!
Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula!
Echoes sound afar, funiculi, funicula!

Ah me! 'tis strange that some should take to sighing,
And like it well! And like it well!
For me, I have not thought it worth the trying,
So cannot tell! So cannot tell!
With laugh, with dance and song the day soon passes
Full soon is gone, full soon is gone,
For mirth was made for joyous lads and lasses
To call their own! To call their own!
Listen, listen, hark the soft guitar!
Listen, listen, hark the soft guitar!
Funiculi, funicula, funiculi, funicula!
Hark the soft guitar, funiculi, funicula!

Roger Moore is a stud, debonair and chivalrous. Knowing that these are over 30 years adds to the fun. Interesting mysterys that take you around the world still work.

I have been a fan of Roger Moores since I was in grade school and saw him in the tv series "Ivonhoe" followed by "The Alaskans" and then "Maverick" when he replaced James Garner and finally "The SAINT" I all fairness to those who came before and after Moore, RM was the best saint...just as he was the best Bond. Moore portrayed a coolness along with the comic cockiness of the character-Simon Templar. The theme song was also outstanding. Although these are in color and very good, a lot of the story and adventure is missing from the original b&w series. Every episode, Templar is in a different part of the world, beating up and outwitting the bad guys while rescuing the damsel in distress. Roger Moore is outstanding in this role. He was one of Ian Flemings original choices for the role of Bond along with Richard Burton, John Wayne,David Niven, Sean Connery and Steve Reeves. Moores contract with the British producers of "The Saint" may have been the reason he didn't start the series off. In any event, "The Saint" is a great series. The dvd quality is good and I a looking forward to seeing the origial b&w episodes come out. They were the best.And Roger Moore, if you read this, why not come back one final time as the dashing, debonir, cool and witty Simon Templar. If James Garner can still do Rockford Files episodes (and a fine job), you can still play the Saint. Nobody does it better.

dead on, story takes place on the street corner, right at home....right where evil is under your eyes. Real period piece, extremely clever, understated. A sleeper! Not the usual fare.

William H. Macy is at his best, as always, in 'Focus' a well rendered screen adaptation of Arthur Millers book of the same title. Macy plays Lawrence, a rather meek man, living in a WASPy neighborhood during the early years of W.W.II America. At work he is pressed to wear glasses when he has "mistakenly" hired a Jewish woman, only to find that by donning the eye wear he himself appears to be Jewish. The next day at work after passing over a new applicant who also looks (but is not) Jewish, he is demoted to a less "visible" job and in protest quits his job.

Back at home his bigoted neighbors notice his new appearance, and he begins to invite the same vandalism that has been plaguing the the new owner of the neighborhood corner store, a Jew. He also is unable to find work (on account of his appearance), until he meets the same woman he passed over, Gertrude (Laura Dern), who hires him to work for her Jewish employer.

The story continues portraying a selectively forgotten era of American history, and manages to weave a fable of significant importance without ever feeling preachy. I would suggest this film to anyone, as it portrays its subject as well as any movie I have seen to date.

Lawrence Newman is a guy who doesn't take sides, doesn't take chances. Just sort of gets along fine. But when he is mistaken for a Jew and suffers discrimination, he finds himself outraged. He decides to take a side, the anti-Semitic side, to differentiate himself from Jews. To try to avoid being lumped in with them. When this doesn't work, he has to make a tougher decision. The last scene is a powerful testament to the importance of making hard choices and facing down ignorance.

The first half of this movie was interesting...then it got a little silly...then it got downright laughable. A high school kid creates a nuclear bomb that could destroy a city. He enters it into a science fair. Are you still with me? Ok, so the kid's name is all over the news as a nuclear terrorist. The bomb he made (partly out of salad bowls, mind you) could have killed thousands of people. The kid should be sent to prison for life, right? Oh, wait, the kid only wanted to alert the community about a secret government project, so all is forgiven, and his mom gives him a big hug as he walks out of the nuclear facility! It doesn't get more ridiculous than that.

This movie has been a personal favorite since I first saw it on HBO in the 1980s, enough that I bought a copy on Laserdisc, when there still were such things!

A generic recipe for any decent movie might run along these lines: Take some interesting and/or sympathetic characters, put them in a situation that challenges them and their attitudes, and see what they do. Here we have the light-hearted high school genius (who stumbles upon a secret nuclear weapons lab in his town, and wonders what to do about it); his socially-conscious political-activist girlfriend; and a government scientist for whom ultra-purification of Plutonium is an abstract, intellectual challenge (until he finds himself in a situation where the end product might kill actual people that he knows).

People who dislike this movie generally have a complaint either with its plausibility, or its tone. OK, plausibility first. The weapons lab is "hidden in plain sight." An obvious high security presence would call unwanted attention to it; instead, it is disguised as a medical facility. (When I was in high school, my band teacher had some tape recorders that he used for students to record and listen to themselves in the practice room, etc. He kept these thrown in a big cardboard box, right out in the open, and each unit had scrawled on it: BROKEN. Not a single one was ever stolen. Same strategy here.) And the techniques that our young student hero uses to break into the lab are all well-established earlier in the film, including the fact that he can throw a mean Frisbee.

Yes, it requires some suspension of disbelief, but no more so than most other movies. At least an attempt is made to explain the events and make them seem logical. (My one minor peeve: Every time I see this film, I keep telling our young hero on the screen not to hold that unshielded weapons-grade Plutonium so close to his HEAD, but he never listens to me! Oh well.)

As far as tone goes, it has been said that this film is too light and cheerful, given its plot elements. One musician friend of mine commented, as we watched young Paul build his device, that "This [cheery underscoring music] doesn't sound like Music To Build A Nuclear Bomb By." My response to my friend was: The music is not for the bomb, it is for young Paul! He is having fun building a complex gadget, without any evil or underhanded purpose, and the character of the music represents his frame of mind very nicely. (I should add here that I like the musical score of this film overall, especially the just-mentioned building-the-bomb sequence, and the opening title music, which has just the right undertone of suspense in it.)

It seems that even the movie studio is confused by this film's tone. The Laserdisc release had, very cheezily pasted onto the film, a subtitle, making the name "The Manhattan Project: The Deadly Game", presumably to make the film sound darker and scarier. It didn't work. Nor does this film need to be dark and scary to do what it is trying to do. I was very happy to see that the DVD no longer has this lame subtitle.

What it comes down to: This film is not about the bomb, it is about the characters and how they react to the unfolding situation. The bomb is merely The Crisis that motivates the film's action. I for one like the characters, and I like the actors portraying them. (In particular, it is refreshing to see John Lithgow playing a friendly character for once, rather than a psychotic wacko, as he does in Cliffhanger, for example.)

I also appreciate that young Paul is not portrayed as a geeky, outcast nerd. He is charming, athletic, and not afraid of girls. This sets up some humorous moments when he meets some actual nerds later in the film. (Favorite quote: "Why are you helping us?" "Because life, my dear, is more than freezing toads.")

I for one recommend The Manhattan Project. It may not be in the Top Ten Films Of All Time, but I think it deserves a solid four stars.

DVD transfer quality seems decent, and is definitely at least as good as the laserdisc version. No extra disc features to speak of, really, just a theatrical trailer. Still worthwhile!

Like "real genius" and "wargames", this is a smart, funny, and endearing 80s movie with an important message about the responsibility that comes with intelligence and privelege. In all three movies, we forgive the bright but naive high school kids for their actions (hacking into military computers, building a military laser, building a nucler weapon) because they are ethical human beings who try to do right. Their morality puts into sharp relief the profound immoralities of authoritarian institutions and the cowardice or fear that causes people to participate in them.

As a kid, I preferred season one of Space: 1999 to season two. As an adult, my opinions of this show haven't changed. I own all of season one on DVD, and out of curiosity, I purchased set eight, because it contained one episode I thought was really scary to watch as a kid, The Lambda Factor. I watched this episode on DVD, and wondered why I ever thought that this was a good episode. Parts of the episode's music are dark and sinister, but more often than not, the whole episode seems contrived and silly.

Other bad episodes include The Immunity Syndrome, The Seance Spectre, and worst of all, Devil's Planet, which should have been the sci fi thriller part for the comedy, Amazon Women on The Moon

I think that American producer Fred Freiberger, along with other American behind the scenes influence realized that the first season of Space: 1999 was full of holes when it came to consistency in scientific explanation or character development. Their solution was to take Star Trek and paste it onto Space: 1999 wherever they felt that the show was bland, or simply just wasn't working well. This may have been because Fred Freiberger was the producer of Star Trek's final season. What the new producer and associates didn't realize was that the first season episodes, although inconsistent and sometimes bland, had this chilling atmosphere of awe and wonder about them. Their attempts to "fix" the show sticks out like a sore thumb during the episodes of the second season. Awe and wonder are replaced by stupid one line jokes to end each episode. As a kid, and as an adult, this is why I liked the first season better.

With these final episodes, the second season (as well as the series overall) of Space 1999 concluded. It is a shame that the season didn't end on an exciting note, such as a cliffhanger, or a head-scratching, awe inspired episode such as the first season's Testament of Arkadia. No, what we get are dodgy storylines and some lackluster acting from a fine cast. These episodes are still worth watching just because they ARE Space 1999 and there are still some elements of greatness-you just have to sift through a lot of filler and bad TV moments to get there. The Lamda Factor is the heaviest of the episodes on this disc and one of the strongest of the second season. It shows what happens when you couple psychic ability with a bitter, jealous, young lady. The Seance Spectre is a puzzling follow-up. Where powers were accidental in Lambda, here four people just up and decide to have a seance about trying to find a new planet-it's very dull and very anticlimatic. Dorzak is an average episode that is supposed to keep you guessing. It features one of the shows greatest strengths: very hypnotic and eye-catching set designs-at least as far as being inside alien spaceships go (see The Infernal Machine, Mission of the Darians, The Last Enemy). Devil's Planet seems to be straight out of the mind of Star Trek's Gene Roddenberry. A whole planet controled by women who have enslaved men. The women wear these quasi-dominatrix outfits with whacky helmets. File this under so bad, it's almost good. Almost. The Immunity Syndrome tries to be somewhat thoughtful. It's about some flashing light alien that drives you mad or something. By now the shamelessness of the bad special effects are beginning to show. If this was such a high budgeted series, where did all the money go. Watch this episode and try to follow the money. The final episode, Dorzak, is the age-old fable about how power corrupts. It is completely unremarkable, but still watchable. Oh yeah, the inside of this ship is darker and more claustrophobic, which interestingly acts as a lens for our antogonist to go mad. These are the final episodes. The DVD set has included some interesting on set interviews and some commercials; the extras are definitely better that the DVD sets 1-4. Watch them and be grateful for the first season, but also grateful that the series lasted another year.

Upon careful inspection of the back of the box you'll notice that the box has an error - lists the episodes numbers contained as those for set #6. Too bad they ruined an otherwise flawless set with a typo at the tail end :( Maybe A&E will offer replacement covers???

"Jagged Edge' is a highly watchable film. The plot centers on a wealthy (and handsome) San Francisco publisher (Jeff Bridges) who is accused of murdering his wife. He is defended by a beautiful, divorced and principled lawyer (Glenn Close). In her earlier career, Close's character had been a public prosecutor and has bad blood with the DA prosecuting her current client.

Bridges and Close become involved-which is of course highly unethical-during the pretrial research phase. Most of the movie then takes place in court as the mighty Close battles for her client despite a number of twists and turns. The ending and the ultimate twist to that ending come as no huge surprise. However, it is fun watching them get to that point. Plus, you get lots of beautiful San Francisco and Bay ARea scenery.
I would recommend this movie to those who enjoy courtroom dramas, Glenn Close and Jeff Bridges films of the 80's (the film is not overly dated but clearly of that era), and mysteries. There are certainly better examples of the courtroom and mystery genres in film-but this one is still enjoyable and worth watching.

This movie is pure Eszterhas, a combination of salacious sex and violence without being overly gory. Most of the violence is suggested, and the main of the movie is a tight legal drama. Glenn Close plays a divorced attorney who gave up criminal cases but ends up defending a wealthy client (played by Jeff Bridges) who is accused of murdering his wife. The characters are not always believable, but that's part of the fun. Watching this movie had me changing my mind every ten minutes as to whether he did it or not, not really finding out the answer until the final minutes of the film. This movie really built suspense. Some might call it unbelievable, but what does that matter when the movie is so entertaining and keeping you guessing until the very end.

Until the very end, the spectator hesitates... has he done it or not ? Thanks to a great scenario, the director is able to change the experienced viewer's opinion several times during the movie.

Albert Pyun is my absolute least favorite director. I hate his guts. His direction ruined "Cyborg" and was murky in "Omega Doom." This is his best flick, and it's not that good. In fact, it pales in comparison to the so-so original. Sasha Mitchell is highly entertaining in this sequel that is certainly watchable, but highly forgettable. The villain from the first, Tong Po, has returned after killing the Sloan brothers from the first movie. Now, he's out to redeem his honor by fighting little brother David Sloan. Standard martial arts fare. Some choppy fight scenes, but an interesting main character saves this picture from otherwise becoming complete dreck.

Kickboxer 2 The Road Back Deals With David Sloan. The brother of Kurt & Eric Sloan David is running his brothers kickboxer school tung po killed off van damme's charcter for the first kickboxer I say good sasha mitchell is a lot better tung po can only regain his honor by fighting david since kurt is dead so david vs. tung po with glue and glass is a bloody battle great movie the best in the series.

This movie is just as good as the first. It picks up where the first one left off. Sasha Mitchell is great as David Sloan.
Great fight scenes and actors. This movie is a "MUST SEE"!