Hudson Movie Reviews

My son saw this movie at school-age care and loved it. I ordered a copy and was quite pleased with the storyline. I would encourage all parents who have kids in sports to rent or buy this movie. It teaches a very valuable lesson about using your god-given talent.

This movie is SO BAD, but you'll keep on watching, waiting for the punchline. It goes beyond bad into the realm of ridiculous. I just watched it, and I still can't figure out what the producer or director was thinking. Apparently, this wasn't a spoof, but someone was trying to make a real movie. Actually, the only reason I am writing this review is because after watching it, I had to come straight to the internet to see if there was a fan site for it, kind of like Plan-9 From Outer Space. I could write a book on how bad this is, but just watch it for yourself, you won't be disappointed. Watch it if for no other reason than the main character looks EXACTLY like Tiger Woods. I give it 5 stars- if it doesn't make you fall to your knees laughing, you don't have a sense of humor.

The movie Red Sneakers is both entertaining and heart warming! Reggie Reynolds portrayed by the talented actor Dempsey Pappion is a fresh and talented face to Hollywood. Hi portrayal is honest and refreshing. You can look for more starring roles in this young man's future. He is fantatstic!

I've watched this movie dozens of times, and was overjoyed to find it on DVD at last. This was (I believe) The Great One Jackie Gleason's final screen performance, and it showed the way of the future for Tom Hanks. Sela Ward also appears as a love interest, along with Hector Elizondo as his boss, and Eva Marie Saint as Hanks' mom.

The only thing that gets on my nerves just a little is the soundtrack. I think it's Christopher Cross, surely one of the most annoying alleged musicians ever to hit the big time.

The transfer to disk is good. The cast is excellent. The plot makes sense, and the script is near perfect. The story is about the relationship between Tom Hanks' character, David Basner, and his father, Max Basner. Its a wonder that anyone comes out right as an adult, and Hanks had no idea how screwed up his childhood had been until the night his father told him his mother had split. And soon thereafter his secretary gave him a message that his mother had called, and added "I had no idea you had parents."

Wonderful. Buy it, enjoy it.

I found Nothing in Common to have all the attributes of a wonderful film. From its soundtrack to its cast. The subject, a selfish advertising executive, thinks only of himself, but finally learns that family is important, and old friends are the best.

It is my most favourite Tom Hanks movie.

This is one of my most treasured films of all time and I can't understand why it receives so little attention. This is the story of an immature but successful bachelor whose world is disrupted when he gets an unexpected call from his estranged father, telling him his mother left him. Tom Hanks gives one of his BEST performances (comedically AND dramatically) as the carefree fellow who is forced to get to know his parents all over again while supporting them emotionally.
While many label this a comedy--and it IS pretty funny-- I find it one of the most heartfelt and touching films ever thanks to a brilliant director, soppy but appropriate music, and an extraordinary cast. There've been so many films made concerning father-son relationships but if you're looking for the most genuinely realistic one, this is it. The final line of dialogue spoken by father to son ("You're the last person on earth I would've ever expected to come through for me") never fails to choke me up.

Have you ever seen a night orchid? I hadn't until I tuned into this charming indie filmed in central Florida. Neither had Clay Doyle (played by Dale Paris) until he wandered into the thriving metropolis of Ochopee and tuned into the attractive and winsome Sarah Miller (Alyssa Simon). In Clay's case 'tune' has a special meaning; since the age of 7 he has received psychic suggestions about violent events from the past, brought on by inhabiting the space in which they occured. Soon enough the overwhleming question becomes "Who killed Sarah Miller?" If all of this sounds vaguely like 'David Lynch meets Sixth Sense' it is only to give the reader a reference rather than imply a ripoff (besides, 'Night Orchid' was filmed before that more famous film, and for that matter, preceded the worthwhile psychic mystery 'Stir of Echoes' as well).

To be fair, director Mark Atkins acknowledges a debt to Lynch in his feature commentary, which is informative and lively. Various other cast members beam into the commentary via tapes they sent, which is a blessing in disguise since the individual timbre of their recordings helps sort them out. Aside from the commentary there are some token deleted scenes, but these are not extensive.

On a technical level the disc is well-done, though there are a couple of curious drop-outs in the soundtrack during one scene. Since it is music rather than dialogue, nothing informative is lost, but the effect is jolting at first.

If this sort of film is your cup of tea, I wouldn't hesitate to add it to your collection. I was rather surprised to be its first reviewer and made a point to put in my two cents in hopes of winning it a wider audience. 'Night Orchid' is wants to connect with you.

Anyone interested in good independent movies should get the DVD of Mark Atkins' Southern Gothic thriller NIGHT ORCHID. It's spooky yet also quite funny, and manages to keep you guessing right up to the surprise ending. The commentary on the DVD, one of the better ones that I've heard, is full of interesting stories and facts about the making of this film.

I first saw NIGHT ORCHID at the New Orleans Film Festival where I had the good fortune to meet the director and some of the cast, including my favorite performer in the movie, Mary Ellen O'Brien, who plays an unforgettably quirky landlady June Mabel. The movie won Best First Feature by a Louisiana artist at the festival.

A Season on the Brink was ESPN's first orginal movie. Even though ESPN has never made a movie before this one, and though they don't air movie either. They made this movie. And like 9-11 Commertive Edition the MPAA gave this movie a rating. And this got a R rating for language. And the 9-11 movie got a PG rating. This movie was based on a book called "A Season on the Brink a year with Bobby Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers". I watched this movie on ESPN 2 tonight. A Season on the Brink takes place during the 1985-1986 basketball season. And that season Bobby Knight's basketball team opened its season against Norte Dame in December of 1985. Bobby Knight (Brian Dennehy) has come off a losing season and wants his team to win. They beat Norte Dame but then trouble happens one of the basketball has pictures taken for a caldendar. And when Bobby Knight sees the caldendar, it angers him a rule by the NCAA has been broken and the player (I think he was Steve Alford) got suspened for one game and that came is against Kanas in whcih Indiana loses the game. Bobby was Indiana for a long time before he was fired in 2000. ANd now he coaches basketball for Texas Tech. If you love to buy made for tv movies, this is one to get. But please remember this movie was rated R.

I watched this movie on ESPN some time ago, and despite the strong language, I really enjoyed this film. It was a bit depressing at times seeing Bobby Knight struggling as the coach of an underdog Indiana basketball team (the Hoosiers). He had a very bad temper, but all he wanted was to be a successful coach and make his basketball team play better. And for some reason that just didn't happen. This film is somewhat exhausting at times but enjoyable nonetheless. Sure, it contains a lot of profanity, but I still liked it. I can't wait to buy it on home video. If you wish to know the true story of Bobby Knight, then get this video. The adult language is surely not for the entire family, but basketball fans of this sort of thing will probably like it. It just depends on your taste for movies. I'm not a basketball fan at all, but I still found this movie to be quite interesting. Bobby Knight, love him or hate him, will go down in history as one of the most greatest hard-boiled basketball coaches of all time. "If you wanna be liked, then don't be a coach" - Bobby Knight.

I have to admit I did not have high expectations when I first saw this movie. So imagine my surprise when I found myself laughing out loud. A definite must see. You'll never look at a Little Debbie cookie the same way again.

Going Greek had no right to be this good...but it was hysterical. Outside of Susan Ward & Sherman from American Pie, the next biggest actor in this movie was Simon Rex...which shows you it was a low budget movie. But never did you feel like you were watching anything low budget. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that this movie was only a notch lower than Old School or the American Pie movies. Top notch gross out humor.

Don't let the fact that Going Greek lacks a theatrical release fool you. It is awesomely funny from beginning to end, and especially great for anyone who's ever been to college. Before I continue my review however, I should note that I have a potential bias toward the film. I am in the film as a volunteer "extra" (one of the frat brothers). But I say potential bias, because I was a huge fan of the movie before most of the shooting ever took place. Before doing any work on the film, myself and a group of others were reading Going Greek and we couldn't help laughing convulsively as a huddled mass around the one script we obtained. The movie is truly hysterically funny, so I hope you understand that I write this review as a true fan of the work. Honestly, I feel that the fact it did not get wide theatrical distribution, truly bespeaks the straight forward aggressiveness of its antics and humor. It does not hold back its humor in any self-depricating attempt to "appeal" to the masses. This movie is straight up for those who have wanted a good college film with great laughs. Going Greek's first "cut" and its screenings had great responses and I know that if you ever enjoyed watching Animal House, Revenge of the Nerds, and American Pie, you will truly enjoy this film and put your copy of Going Greek right next to them on your shelf. I can't wait to get my copy and finally be able to share its genius with my friends and especially my old college buddies. Enjoy!

British import, about a mental health retreat, were patients check in, but they don't check out! One of two films written and directed by Anthony Balch [the other one being Bizzare] before the director died in 1980. Horror Hospital is a tongue-in-cheek send-up of classic horror films such as Mystery of the Wax Museum and Hitchcock's Psycho. Comic touches along the way, such as an escapee stopping to grab a bite to eat before he flees, give the film that extra flavor. Horror Hospital still manages to capture some of that straight commercial appeal. A mad doctor invites hippies to his mansion so he came perform lobotomy techniques that will turn them into obedient servants for the madman's bidding. Very bizarre, yet entertaining film that features taps running with blood, a midget porter assistant; brainwashed biker bullies and a Rolls Royce with a retractable machete used for handy decapitations. Not much in the way of extras provided on this disc.

When attempts to break into the pop business leave him with nothing but a bloody nose, songwriter Jason Jones (Robin Askwith) decides to take a break with “Hairy Holidays” an outfit run by campy travel agent Dennis Price. Realising chatting the young holidaymaker up is getting him no where- Price sends Jason to pseudo-health farm Brittlehurst Manor. On the way via train Jason meets Judy (Vanessa Shaw- whose only other film appearance-uncredited- was in the 1972 transvestite comedy ‘Ooh, You are Awful’) a pretty girl en route to the same destination- always one for the ladies Askwith’s choice chat-up line here is ‘there’s no need to get uptight- I’m not going to rape you’. Both are unaware that the health farm (i.e. ‘Horror Hospital’) is a front for Dr Storm (Michael Gough) and his lobotomy experiments that turn wayward boys and girls into his mindless slaves ‘just like puppets- and I am the puppet master’. The wheel-chair bound quack also surrounds himself with an oddball entourage, including ex-brothel Madam Olga, Dwarf Frederick, and numerous Zombie bikers ready to dish out rough justice to any escapees. Jason and Judy’s stay offers few quiet moments- taps run blood, flashbacks reveal kinky misappropriation of lobotomy patients, and a Rolls-Royce fitted with a giant blade decapitates interfering third parties. The health-farm is also home to a hulking monster that resembles a badly turned out pudding, but whose real identity provides the film with one last plot twist- and it’s a jaw dropper.
A long time favourite, Horror Hospital holds a special place in my heart and is still a film that I never tire of watching. Equally fascinating is the career of its director Antony Balch- an experimental filmmaker, exploitation film distributor, Bela Lugosi obsessive, William Burroughs collaborator and all round mischief maker who died young (of cancer in 1980). The best place to read about Balch is Colin Davis’ 1988 article ‘Eros Exploding- the films of Antony Balch’, while Barry Miles’ Burroughs biography ‘El Hombre Invisible’ also has some interesting tales to tell about Balch and Horror Hospital co-writer Alan Watson. Larger than life characters that Watson and Balch come across in those two texts its perhaps no surprise that every Horror Hospital character is in their own way memorable, from the sinister rail-guard played by Kenneth Benda (also in Balch’s Secrets of Sex and the pilot episode of Adam Adamant Lives!), Skip Martin’s victim/victimiser dwarf who goes around shouting ‘Don’t forget to brush your teeth’, ‘Baron’ Kurt Christian’s wooden hippie whose fairly lobotomised to begin with, while Robin Askwith- in very much a warm-up to his star roles in slap and tickle comedies of the Seventies makes for a far more colourful hero than seen in the average UK horror film of that era. Then there’s Michael Gough who Balch apparently prepared for the Dr Storm role by screening him The Devil Bat with that film’s star Bela Lugosi as Gough’s ‘inspiration’. While there is certainly allot of Lugosi evoked in Storm and his mad doctor schemes Gough clearly injected a good deal of his own horror film persona into the part as well, and at a time when he was starting to play more sedate villains (The Corpse, Satan’s Slave) the Balch film gives us one last look at the raving, scenery chewing Michael Gough of Horrors of the Black Museum and Konga.
Serving up its chills the tongue-in-cheek way, Horror Hospital’s scenarios are deliberately exaggerated and over the top (upon discovering a blood splattered bed diminutive Fred tells Judy and Jason ‘I hope you’ll be tidier than the people who had that room’) yet at the same time the film works as a totally straight horror/exploitation piece, a balancing act often attempted but rarely pulled off in horror comedies. References/send-ups of older horrors particularly the later Lugosi films and items like Mystery of the Wax Museum are also given an original spin by Balch’s peculiar world view which combines these olde horror film elements alongside finger on the pulse exploitation spectacles like severed head gore and shower scene nudity all cutting edge for a 1973 British production. Balch even throws in a glam/transvestite band whose prophetic wailings of ‘something ain’t right, something is wrong’ memorably open the film. The DVD release offers some good and bad news- on the one hand the film, presented in widescreen and sourced from the original negative, has never looked better- but, save for the UK trailer (“the most horrific programme ever shown in England”) the lack of extras disappoints. By all accounts this was quite a colourful production and a story worthy of an audio commentary- as such this DVD seems a bit of a missed opportunity. The packaging sells Horror Hospital well in horror film terms (quoting the immortal ‘the ultimate in blood and screams’ Dilys Powell review) but doesn’t quite capture the film’s anarchic edge, the blood red box is a more inspired touch but call me a nit-picker is it too much to ask someone to spell Balch’s first name right on the sleeve.
The rest of the Balch back-catalogue is comprised of a handful of experimental short films like Towers Open Fire and Bill and Tony (which would have made ideal DVD extras) while his only other feature was Secrets of Sex (aka Bizarre) a sometimes disturbing horror/sexploitation picture narrated by an Egyptian Mummy- that is quite unlike any other movie you’ll ever see- providing you can get to see the ultra-obscure Balch debut feature in the first place that is. Horror Hospital remains Balch’s most straight-forward and entertaining piece of filmmaking, and a super introduction to a slender but always fascinating body of work. Obscure for most of the Eighties, this DVD release restores to its proper place one of the all time great Brit horrors of the Seventies.

I love "B" horror flicks. I must confess. And when I saw this, my thirst for the true art form of "B" movies was sated. It was wonderfully done, and the silly putty monster was the greatest part of it all. This movie has it all from midgets to an "evil genius" and a ketchuppy substance that almost resembles fake blood. The dialogue is a bit lacking, but that adds even more to the ambiance of the picture. A fun time, and great for those of you that love campy horror movies.

He sucks at acting he's so bad ow the plot is ok but em go the heck away

To some this movie may be as deep as the Atlantic Ocean, to me it's about as deep as a pot hole full of brown water. Frankly the rap battles became tiresome early on, Brittany Murphy was wasted in a boring role in which she displayed morbid facial expressions while being hunched by Eminem, also Kim Basinger's melodramatic part didn't help matters. As for rap superstar Eminem's acting, it was fine. Believe me I wouldn't have any problems bashing it if it wasn't. I was under the impression that this was sorta based on Eminem's life, it's not. Or if it's supposed to be, it's simply dishonest. So in closing.. if you like rap music with an undying passion or aspire to be a rap artist, "8 Mile" may be worth your while. Otherwise ~just say no~..

I liked this movie much more than I thought I would. Eminem did a great acting job. I was intrested throughout the entire movie. For me, it felt like catching a really great drama show mid-season. I always had this feeling like I didn't know everything that was going on and was left with a lot of questions at the end. The basic plot (the rap-off) was wraped up, but there were a lot of loose end. Just like real life, which I suppose was the reason behind it. All in all this is a good movie.

He sucks at acting he's so bad ow the plot is ok but em go the heck away

To some this movie may be as deep as the Atlantic Ocean, to me it's about as deep as a pot hole full of brown water. Frankly the rap battles became tiresome early on, Brittany Murphy was wasted in a boring role in which she displayed morbid facial expressions while being hunched by Eminem, also Kim Basinger's melodramatic part didn't help matters. As for rap superstar Eminem's acting, it was fine. Believe me I wouldn't have any problems bashing it if it wasn't. I was under the impression that this was sorta based on Eminem's life, it's not. Or if it's supposed to be, it's simply dishonest. So in closing.. if you like rap music with an undying passion or aspire to be a rap artist, "8 Mile" may be worth your while. Otherwise ~just say no~..

I liked this movie much more than I thought I would. Eminem did a great acting job. I was intrested throughout the entire movie. For me, it felt like catching a really great drama show mid-season. I always had this feeling like I didn't know everything that was going on and was left with a lot of questions at the end. The basic plot (the rap-off) was wraped up, but there were a lot of loose end. Just like real life, which I suppose was the reason behind it. All in all this is a good movie.

He sucks at acting he's so bad ow the plot is ok but em go the heck away

To some this movie may be as deep as the Atlantic Ocean, to me it's about as deep as a pot hole full of brown water. Frankly the rap battles became tiresome early on, Brittany Murphy was wasted in a boring role in which she displayed morbid facial expressions while being hunched by Eminem, also Kim Basinger's melodramatic part didn't help matters. As for rap superstar Eminem's acting, it was fine. Believe me I wouldn't have any problems bashing it if it wasn't. I was under the impression that this was sorta based on Eminem's life, it's not. Or if it's supposed to be, it's simply dishonest. So in closing.. if you like rap music with an undying passion or aspire to be a rap artist, "8 Mile" may be worth your while. Otherwise ~just say no~..

I liked this movie much more than I thought I would. Eminem did a great acting job. I was intrested throughout the entire movie. For me, it felt like catching a really great drama show mid-season. I always had this feeling like I didn't know everything that was going on and was left with a lot of questions at the end. The basic plot (the rap-off) was wraped up, but there were a lot of loose end. Just like real life, which I suppose was the reason behind it. All in all this is a good movie.

He sucks at acting he's so bad ow the plot is ok but em go the heck away

To some this movie may be as deep as the Atlantic Ocean, to me it's about as deep as a pot hole full of brown water. Frankly the rap battles became tiresome early on, Brittany Murphy was wasted in a boring role in which she displayed morbid facial expressions while being hunched by Eminem, also Kim Basinger's melodramatic part didn't help matters. As for rap superstar Eminem's acting, it was fine. Believe me I wouldn't have any problems bashing it if it wasn't. I was under the impression that this was sorta based on Eminem's life, it's not. Or if it's supposed to be, it's simply dishonest. So in closing.. if you like rap music with an undying passion or aspire to be a rap artist, "8 Mile" may be worth your while. Otherwise ~just say no~..

I liked this movie much more than I thought I would. Eminem did a great acting job. I was intrested throughout the entire movie. For me, it felt like catching a really great drama show mid-season. I always had this feeling like I didn't know everything that was going on and was left with a lot of questions at the end. The basic plot (the rap-off) was wraped up, but there were a lot of loose end. Just like real life, which I suppose was the reason behind it. All in all this is a good movie.