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Second Chances
Released in DVD by Alpha Omega Publicat (11 March, 2003)
Average review score: 
These actors won or were nominated for awards???The story is nothing special, but the acting certainly cannot get more than a basic passing grade. OK for kids, but rather cheesey for older audiences. If you want inspiring horse movies with good story lines and better acting, try National Velvet, International Velvet, Black Beauty, Black Stallion, even Flash. A young American Rider and The Little Horse that Could are good factual choices.
A great MovieThis movie is great I liked it a lot because it was about barrel racing and I barrel race. I've seen it 2 times! It reminds me of my horse when I went to this ranch to look at horses for my sister, I saw this horse that I just loved and a man told me that he hadn't been riden in 2 years and they had him there for 6 mouths and no body even looked at him. I asked somebody if I could ride him, they didn't think I could but I insteaded after I rode him for the first time I got him and now I'm jumping him four feet high! And that reminded me of sceond change that everyone even horses deverce a sceond change! You have to see this movie sunny is so sweet she was even nice to a girl that hurt her horse on the day of a big show. This movie will blow you away and will have you crying happly.
Awesome Movie!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!I love this movie. It shows everyone needs a second chance. If you are a horse fanatic you will love this movie.
Pee-wee's Big Adventure
Released in DVD by Warner Studios (02 May, 2000)
Starring: Paul Reubens and Elizabeth Daily
Former animator Tim Burton (Beetlejuice, Edward Scissorhands, Ed Wood, Batman, Mars Attacks!) made his feature directorial debut with this delightful comedy, coscripted by the late Phil Hartman (who also appears briefly as a reporter). Wisely, they keep the story simple so as to concentrate on the characters: Pee-wee's most prized possession, his shiny new bicycle, is stolen, and he sets off on an obsessive cross-country journey, determined to recover it. Pee-wee's awkward and childish attempts to be cool and mature ("I meant to do that!!") are hysterical, as when he tells his girlfriend (Elizabeth Daly): "There's things about me you don't know, Dottie. Things you wouldn't understand. Things you couldn't understand. Things you shouldn't understand.... I'm a loner, Dottie. A rebel." Look for Saturday Night Live vet Jan Hooks in a hilarious bit as a tour guide at the Alamo. And beware of Large Marge! --Jim Emerson
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greatest kids movie ive ever seenthis a great dvd!! the special features are amazing. the deleted scenes are great to.... the commontary with tim burton and Paul Reubens is fantastic.. i gave this dvd my highest rating ever...............38 thumbs up... this is a movie you and your little cousin or brother, you guys could see a movie both of you will actually like. this movie is still hilarious to me after all these years.
Takes me back to my childhood daysMan this movie is hilarious and it takes me back to my early childhood days when I used to beg my mother to let me watch it and I remember that we rented this movie at least 10 times and I would watch it constantly, and my cousin uses to love it too, she would watch it so much that my aunt actually taped over it, well anyways this movie is about a man who has a mind and personality like a 10 year old and his name is Pee Wee Herman and I when he is about to take off with his unusual looking bike, his snotty neighbor Francis catches him and askes him how his morning is going and they get into an argument, 'I know what you are, but what am I?' That part is hilarious and Francis wants to have Pee Wee's bike, later on he decides to go shopping and when he is done shopping his bike is stolen and he calls the police and he thinks that Francis has something to do with it, later on he talks to a gypsy and askes her where his bike is and she tells Pee Wee that his bike is at the Alamo and he thanks her and hitchhikes his way to the Alamo and an escaped convict picks him up, later on when he arrives at the Alamo, he finds out that his bike wasn't there. I'm not going to talk too much about the movie and if you haven't seen it, stop right there and go to your local video store and rent it and if you a little boy or girl, drive your parents nuts with it.
Will Pee Wee Herman ever find his bike, will Pee Wee ever make it back home, in order to find out watch Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
Will Pee Wee Herman ever find his bike, will Pee Wee ever make it back home, in order to find out watch Pee Wee's Big Adventure.
my favorite movie as a kidi loved this movie and even though I grew up it still holds a special place in my heart don't give Pee Wee a bad name because he went to a adult movie lets face it when we where kids we loved the guy and i still think he is great
An American Tail
Released in DVD by (21 November, 1986)
Starring: Christopher Plummer and Dom DeLuise
Average review score:
This is a freaking scary movie, peopleDo not show this to your kids. Don't be blinded by the sweet songs and the nostalgia of immigrants, etc. This is scary! The cats are wicked, wicked characters and the scenes are frightening. Too much for small viewers. There is no need for this level of scary scenes in a kids' film.
Extra stars for nostalgia and the topic...I have to give credit for an attempt to tackle a historical topic in the form of animation; it was something original in its day. What makes Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty so important to many people, particularly during those times? The focus on the animal characters paired with the human events in the background was a nice touch. The whole part of just getting lost (and hopefully, found), period, is something that I think every one can relate to at some point in their lives. Even with some standard plot twists and sugary-sweet elements, and yes, some of the characters being more "caricature" than anything (the roly-poly Italian, the melancholy Irish, etc...), the attempt is worth noting.
As for the nostalgic bit, Madelaine Kahn, Christopher Plummer, et. al., including the little boy trying his best to belt out that high note in the most known song of the whole film does it for me. "Somewhere Out There" is one of my life`s theme songs...that`s how I pictured myself at Fieval`s age thinking about relatives overseas while in my pajamas state-side, and the "grown-up" James Ingram/Linda Ronstadt version still applies to me now. How`s THAT for nostalgia!!
What`s more, I respect Don Bluth for his efforts in creating his own path in animation, before anime hit big in the U.S. and animation as a whole stopped being ruled by the "Mouse House" state-side. If "cute" is not your fare, I would suggest something like "Watership Down" (it`ll make you think twice about the Easter Bunny, let me tell ya...) "An American Tail" is a family film for people with more of a sweet-tooth and who don`t mind indulging it a bit.
A dream, a tragedy, a new begging, a happy endingThis movie is coming out in 1/2004 on DVD, & I can't wait.
The determination to find his family Fievel meets many people from rich to poor, bad & good. Fievel using a story from his papa was able to help the mice get together, & defeat the cats.
The end show Fievel waking up after being knocked out, to his father voice...
Get it, love it
Pure Country
Released in DVD by Warner Studios (03 June, 2003)
Starring: George Strait and Lesley Ann Warren
Average review score:
Excellent entertainment
This is the only George Strait film performance I have ever watched, and I am impressed. Although it was released nine years ago (1994) I only viewed it last night for the first time.
His performance was very good. He acts as well as he sings!
The supporting cast, including Lesley Ann Warren, who played Lula(his manager), Isabel Glasser (as his girl friend, Harley), John Doe (his best buddy, Earl), all turned in sterling performances as did the other cast members.
I was unfamiliar with all of the cast except Lesley Warren, whom I have seen in many movies, and who always does well in my opinion.
Not all singers can act as well as they sing, but this was a good story, well acted, with a positive ending. It was a pure joy to watch throughout, and the direction by Chris Cain was very good,as was the story line by writer Rex McGee.
Joseph (Joe) Pierre,
author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books
In my top 20 movies of all timeI first saw this movie on TV and loved it so much I bought it. I can watch it over and over, even when it comes on TV. I had never heard George Strait, but I've become a big fan. I love the story, the characters and the music. It's one of my all-time favorite movies.
Pure CLassicThis is an honest pure classic at it's best....no high priced moviestars making demands to satisfy their every whim. Just plain good hardworking actors that made a movie from the heart. This movie is a southern heart warming pleasure. A must to see!!!
Mother
Released in DVD by Paramount Home Video (13 February, 2001)
Starring: Albert Brooks and Debbie Reynolds
When Albert Brooks cast Debbie Reynolds to play his mother in this acclaimed 1996 comedy, the veteran singer-dancer-actress hadn't had a leading film role in nearly 30 years. Brooks had to pour on the charm to persuade her to make a comeback. The results were triumphant for writer-director Brooks and his on-screen mom, who earned some of the best reviews of their respective careers. The movie's about a science-fiction writer named John (Brooks), who's just weathered a second divorce and blames his failure with women on his dysfunctional relationship with his widowed mother (Reynolds). He decides that the best way to improve his romantic future is to move back in with his mother and resolve their simmering differences--a wild leap of logic that seems outrageous to John's brother (Rob Morrow), who has always been their mother's favorite son. As this domestic experiment unfolds, Brooks uses hilarious dialogue to convey a wealth of observant detail about familial tensions and annoying quirks of behavior. Mother is a movie about people who know how to push each other's buttons--all the wrong buttons--and the comedy will be recognized by anyone who's ever been exasperated by one or both of their parents. That means just about everyone, doesn't it? --Jeff Shannon
Average review score:
You Might Like It If You're Over The Age Of 40Every movie has a target age demographic and audience, and I think I might have been too young to fully appreciate this kind of movie. There's nothing in here that I was too young to see or comprehend, but perhaps I was too young to relate and identify, and so I didn't find this movie as entertaining as I would have liked.
This movie is about a middle-aged writer named John (Albert Brooks) who has just finalized his second divorce and decides his problems with women might be rooted in his childhood relationship with his mother (Debbie Reynolds). He travels from his house in Los Angeles to his childhood home in Sausalito and moves back in with her in order to reconstruct the past and see exactly where things went wrong in their relationship. There's a rather amusing running joke about how they're comically mismatched, especially when it comes to their choices in food. This living situation goes on for a few weeks until John discovers an old hat box in the closet containing some old short stories that his mother had written before he was born. John realizes that his mother used to be a very gifted writer, and he wonders if his sullen relationship with her has anything to do with the fact that she had to stop writing in order to raise a family.
The movie is a comedy, and while there are some light chuckles here and there, there aren't enough. The story seems to linger on until the last five minutes, where everything is hastily resolved. Albert Brooks has always been a solid B-level actor, and that's exactly what he is in this anemic performance. There's probably a reason why this is Debbie Reynolds' first leading role in almost 30 years, and it might have to do with the fact that she's not much of an actress, herself. I never got the feeling that she was really acting, but instead, just delivering the lines written in the movie's script. Rob Morrow gives a solid performance as Jeff, John's younger and more successful sibling who relies heavily on his mother's praise and approval.
You might like this movie if you're over the age of 40, but if you're any younger than that, find something else to watch.
On a very short list of my favorite movies!Debbie Reynolds sparkles! Albert Brooks is, as always, hysterical. I could swear that they were spying on my mother and myself when writing the screenplay! Wonderful!
Cost saving strategy: It's all, all the sameI absolutely loved this movie. I enjoyed watching it and laughing at how the characters related to each other. One phrase that I remember well from the movie is John's mother saying in a grocery store seen, " It's all, all the same." She was referring to the high prices of the name brand foods. She figured that anything that costed over ten dollars was a rip off and that she was being fooled. This movie is light and funny. It has a warm feeling to it. I watched this movie numerous times and I'm still not tired of watching it. If you are thinking about soul searching and you think your mother might be at the heart of the matter you should watch this movie.
Forever Young
Released in DVD by Warner Studios (15 August, 2000)
Starring: Mel Gibson and Jamie Lee Curtis
A surprise sleeper hit when released in 1992, this romantic fantasy works as a comedic adventure and a gentle tearjerker thanks to Mel Gibson's appealing performance. He plays Daniel, a daring test pilot who is deeply distraught by the apparent death of his girlfriend, Helen, in 1939. Feeling little reason to live, he volunteers for a pioneering cryogenics experiment and is thawed out 50 years later by two young boys. They bring the confused pilot home to Nat's single mom, Claire (Jamie Lee Curtis). There's a hint of romance, but Daniel desperately needs to know if Helen really died in 1939, and he discovers that love has a way of surviving a half-century leap in time. The premise is hokey and certain plot details are conveniently ignored, but Gibson, Curtis, and Elijah Wood (as Nat) hold it together with irresistible charm and just the right balance of fantasy and drama. --Jeff Shannon
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No OAR = No Sale...Staring Mel Gibson, this is an entertaining family movie with just a smidgen of science fiction. But where's the theatrical widescreen edition? Sorry, but I only purchase DVDs displaying the film's ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO.
Good Movie But DVD Is Only Pan & Scan.Forever Young is a very nice movie about a man who is cryogenicly frozen and forgotten about until around 50 years later and is found by a young boy and his mother.
The movie has a great cast including, Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis, Elijah Wood and George Wendt who played Norm on Cheers.
It's a nice movie but unfortunately the DVD is in the pan & scan format only and not widescreen so hopefully they will put out a widescreen version too.
Forever YoungForever Young is a good family movie. It's gentle and fun. My only real negative comment about it concerns the plot line which is very unbelievable. I felt it never really tried to justify itself. Mel Gibson is his usual charming self and Jamie Lee Curtis is delightful. Kudos to the young Elijah Wood who shines. his singing scene probably won him over all of the female audience, including me. All in all it's an enjoyable movie, not ambitious but one that can easily become a favorite.
Another You
Released in DVD by Columbia Tristar Hom (19 November, 2002)
Starring: Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor
A last attempt to squeeze some laughs out of the team of Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder, Another You mostly conjures up pleasant memories of Silver Streak and Stir Crazy. Pryor plays a con man forced to tend a pathological liar (Wilder), who's immediately mistaken as a missing millionaire--a mistake that could pay off big. The storyline actually holds promise as a classic screwball comedy outline, but the movie doesn't build any snap or crackle, and promising set-ups dribble away. Even the once-electric chemistry between the stars has faded. Wilder displays that eerie sadness and stillness he brings to his comedic roles, but here he looks stranded. Pryor's ferocious talent is muted and his onscreen energy is turned down low; his reliance on easy profanity feels a little desperate. This was his final starring role before illness took him out of movies. --Robert Horton
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Save your money for Silver Streak or Stir CrazyI am a huge fan of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor. I loved Stir Crazy and Silver Streak. When this movie came out, I made sure to see it on opening day. I have never been so disappointed in a movie.
This movie starts bad and gets worse. The script is so bad that Wilder and Pryor look like they're embarrassed to be acting in it. As the movie went on, I held on to what little hope I had that the movie would improve. It didn't. When I thought things couldn't get any worse, the yodeling scene came on. At that point, I too became embarrassed for having witnessed this.
I am only giving this film one star because Amazon has not allowed reviewers to give negative stars yet.
Yo del elaineI love this movie. It is so funny when Gene Wilder starts yodeling at the resteraunt and he calls it yodel elaine. Gene Wilder & Richard Pryor sure do make a great team together. It is also funny when Richard Pryor can't play the saxaphone.
I Could Not Stop LaughingThis is another one of Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor's funniest movies in the world. They are hilarious, and so is this movie. I didn't stop laughing through the whole movie. I love this movie, and also every other one with Pryor/Wilder in it. My favorite part of this movie was when Dave aka Abe Fielding, "comes back from the dead" and starts yodeling. If you want to laugh, watch this movie and every time you even think about it after you watch it, you'll crack up. I can't even see why that guy up there says it's boring.
A Troll in Central Park
Released in DVD by Fox Home Entertainme (19 February, 2002)
Average review score:
Hated itMy opinon on this movie believes that it shouldn't be a movie. The character design was very blah- although I did enjoy Gnorga The evil Queen of the trolls. The character that got on my nerves the most was Gus. (The little, fussy kid that was spoiled rotten to the core.) I usually like watching movies where i enjoy the main character- but this movie only made me hate him. I was actually glad at the near end when something bad happens to him- too bad it didn't last. The songs didn't appeal to me either. The little kids I know aren't fans of Don Bluth- and obviously- neither am I. If I were recommend a Don Bluth, The Secret of Nimh was pretty well done. It could be that I saw the wrong Bluth movies, but i'm tellin ya this isn't a 5 star, 4 star, or 3 star movie. Show your kids, or watch a a movie worth your while! I recommend not wasting your money on this one.
Cute!This is not one of the best animated cartoons out their nor is the story plot but when I was ages 8-11 this movie was da bomb. It's cute for the little audience because they aren't so critcial and don't judge movies the way we do. Buy for your children. Believe me they'll enjoy.
NOT FOR THE CYNICAL-OPTIMISTS ONLYI rented this for my daughter, not expecting much, but I was very impressed. The little troll Stanley is adorable and very lovable-isn't that what we want to see in a children's movie? He is an excellent role model for kindness and positive thinking-something lacking in some adults, I might add. The children were very believable, and I found myself getting very absorbed in the story, and rooting for the "good" characters.
The evil trolls were perfectly evil, and the heros find clever ways to deal with them while having a wonderful adventure. I think there are great messages here.1.)Pay attention to the children in your life, make time for them. 2.)You're never too old to think" young" and have fun. Give this movie a chance. I intend to buy it A.S.A.P. The animation was beautiful and the voices perfectly suited to the characters, in my opinion. Great job, Mr. Bluth!
The evil trolls were perfectly evil, and the heros find clever ways to deal with them while having a wonderful adventure. I think there are great messages here.1.)Pay attention to the children in your life, make time for them. 2.)You're never too old to think" young" and have fun. Give this movie a chance. I intend to buy it A.S.A.P. The animation was beautiful and the voices perfectly suited to the characters, in my opinion. Great job, Mr. Bluth!
The Surgeon
Released in DVD by Unapix (31 October, 2000)
Average review score:
he's got a killer beside mannerThis Canadian horror film from director Carl Schenkel uses elements of the Frankenstein story, even featuring a Dr Stein, with experimental procedures that remain unapproved because of their side effects and a pioneering doctor who has "genius beneath the madness". We also get a touch of The Phantom of the Opera with the doctor now haunting the morgue of the hospital he had practiced at, and of course continuing his work. Schenkel has some skill in creating suspense, also injecting some comic shocks, but by the time we are chasing the killer in the unused basement of the hospital (why do horror movie hospitals always have unused basements?) the mad/genius doctor's efforts to rejuvinate himself alas does not help to rejuvinate the audience. I am not educated enough to know how scientifically valid the doctor's theories are (that pituitary extract culture can be used for muscle fibre and bone regeneration), though I am morally aware enough to question his rationale of using terminal patients in the same way the Nazi's used death camp inmates. Schenkel opens with a lightning benefited Whatever Happened to Baby Jane black an white camp sequence, which introduces his taste for gore and sadism, and the camera's style of overview prefigures the killer's fondness for jumping onto his victims. But it also sets up false expectations - the use of a lollipop becomes a red herring, though perhaps this in itself allows us to accept Schenkel abandoning the plot of another doctor's experimental procedures, with a baboon, no less. The only time the opening campy tone is repeated is in the over-the-top touches of the performance of Sean Haberle as the doctor. The superhuman qualities of the cliched serial killer/slasher are reinforced by Haberle's use of the stolen pituitary gland extract, yet his continual need for rejuvination because of sustained injuries is a running gag, and his look to the camera at one point is hard to read. Otherwise we get the standard heavy-breathing on the soundtrack and schlock music score. There is a restaurant sequence with a walltank of upstaging whales, a grotesque sewing up of the mouth of an actor using an alien accent, a full frontal nude shot of James Remar in a pool, and a nifty strategy for overcoming the obstacle for finger print security. We also get a laugh line in a police interview with "You'll have to speak up. The tape doesn't record gestures". As the heroine, one's assessment of the performance of Isabel Glasser may be influenced by how one views doctors. Are they ordinary people who can act like clutzes or gifted heroes with a right to be arrogant? Glasser's big moment comes with a memory speech where her mascara tears ruin her perfect glazed makeup, but her deliverance remains stoic, as if the tears do not belong to her. Perhaps she obtains our empathy because the only other character with equal screen time is the killer, though she looks awfully silly when she runs, and I don't think I'd choose her as a consultant.
Not much as far as horrorOf course "the Surgeon" is a low budget film but what is a horror movie without suspense? This film had it's share of gore and murder but it all came with a yawn. The main characters were underdeveloped so when they meet their end the veiwer could hardly care less. The story had possibilities but just didn't follow through. Some low budget films turn out to be some of the best in the horror genre but this is not one of them. The DVD has scene selection and that is all. That could be a blessing. I dont think anyone would care to hear a commentary track on how this 'gem' got made.
A good filmI have bought this film in german, because im a german. it is a good film, but in germany it has not the name "the surgeon", it has the name "exquisite tenderness". The Director Carl Shenkel is a good director. when you like horror films, see this film.
The Surgeon
Released in DVD by Simitar Video (14 November, 1997)
Average review score:
he's got a killer beside mannerThis Canadian horror film from director Carl Schenkel uses elements of the Frankenstein story, even featuring a Dr Stein, with experimental procedures that remain unapproved because of their side effects and a pioneering doctor who has "genius beneath the madness". We also get a touch of The Phantom of the Opera with the doctor now haunting the morgue of the hospital he had practiced at, and of course continuing his work. Schenkel has some skill in creating suspense, also injecting some comic shocks, but by the time we are chasing the killer in the unused basement of the hospital (why do horror movie hospitals always have unused basements?) the mad/genius doctor's efforts to rejuvinate himself alas does not help to rejuvinate the audience. I am not educated enough to know how scientifically valid the doctor's theories are (that pituitary extract culture can be used for muscle fibre and bone regeneration), though I am morally aware enough to question his rationale of using terminal patients in the same way the Nazi's used death camp inmates. Schenkel opens with a lightning benefited Whatever Happened to Baby Jane black an white camp sequence, which introduces his taste for gore and sadism, and the camera's style of overview prefigures the killer's fondness for jumping onto his victims. But it also sets up false expectations - the use of a lollipop becomes a red herring, though perhaps this in itself allows us to accept Schenkel abandoning the plot of another doctor's experimental procedures, with a baboon, no less. The only time the opening campy tone is repeated is in the over-the-top touches of the performance of Sean Haberle as the doctor. The superhuman qualities of the cliched serial killer/slasher are reinforced by Haberle's use of the stolen pituitary gland extract, yet his continual need for rejuvination because of sustained injuries is a running gag, and his look to the camera at one point is hard to read. Otherwise we get the standard heavy-breathing on the soundtrack and schlock music score. There is a restaurant sequence with a walltank of upstaging whales, a grotesque sewing up of the mouth of an actor using an alien accent, a full frontal nude shot of James Remar in a pool, and a nifty strategy for overcoming the obstacle for finger print security. We also get a laugh line in a police interview with "You'll have to speak up. The tape doesn't record gestures". As the heroine, one's assessment of the performance of Isabel Glasser may be influenced by how one views doctors. Are they ordinary people who can act like clutzes or gifted heroes with a right to be arrogant? Glasser's big moment comes with a memory speech where her mascara tears ruin her perfect glazed makeup, but her deliverance remains stoic, as if the tears do not belong to her. Perhaps she obtains our empathy because the only other character with equal screen time is the killer, though she looks awfully silly when she runs, and I don't think I'd choose her as a consultant.
Not much as far as horrorOf course "the Surgeon" is a low budget film but what is a horror movie without suspense? This film had it's share of gore and murder but it all came with a yawn. The main characters were underdeveloped so when they meet their end the veiwer could hardly care less. The story had possibilities but just didn't follow through. Some low budget films turn out to be some of the best in the horror genre but this is not one of them. The DVD has scene selection and that is all. That could be a blessing. I dont think anyone would care to hear a commentary track on how this 'gem' got made.
A good filmI have bought this film in german, because im a german. it is a good film, but in germany it has not the name "the surgeon", it has the name "exquisite tenderness". The Director Carl Shenkel is a good director. when you like horror films, see this film.