Collecting Movie Reviews

Jim Henson's Labyrinth starring David Bowie, and Jennifer Connelly is a complete classic. Jennifer Connelly has to save her little brother, Toby from the Goblin king, David Bowie. David Bowie's songs and collection of tight pants is worth the movie alone, plus jennifer Connelly is so Hot!!!! Don't hesitate to buy this movie because it is pure genius!!!!!!

I grew up watching this movie almost daily. I absolutely love it.

Sarah (A young an then unknown Jennifer Connelly) plays Sarah, a teenage girl wrapped up in a dream world who wishes that her baby brother be taken by the Goblin King (played by David Bowie). But when he is actually taken she is shocked. "I didn't mean it!" she says! The Goblin King gives her 24 hours to find her way through the labyrinth which leads to his castle, where he is keeping the baby - if she does not make it he will turn her baby brother into one of his goblins forever. So, Sara embarks on a journey where everything that could go wrong does go wrong all while making a great bunch of muppet friends along the way.

Everyone that I know that has seen this movie has a ton of fond memories of it. How could you not? It's one of Jim Henson's greats! Recommended for the whole family! Young and old!

Labyrinth is the best movie i have ever seen. i love it!!!! i also love David Bowie and Jennifer Connelly so that made it more enjoyable. definately one of Jim Henson's best movies!!!!

Sure this is camp and lots of men like it but daren't own up to it as they fear been accused of been gay, but hey im straight and i love it!
Joanna Lumley is just gorgeous and so funny as the ageing tart with the big hair and she is my favourite, but Jennifer is brilliant as Edina, changed from "Edwina" as she just lives the good life and whatever she wants she gets, but she still has fat thighs!
Julia Sawhala is briliant as the quick witted very plain and dull Saffy and June whitfield a comedy legand in England becomes a new modern character as gran and is smashing.
The funniest character i think is Bo the "in with anger, out with love" character who winds everybody up without knowing it. The funniest example of this is when Saffy, Gran, the two ex husbands and ones boyfriend are talking about antiques and halfway through Bo says innocently "i love old things" and as she says it she puts an arm round gran and looks at her.
This is first rate comedy and sweetie darling is often said in this coutry and now has become part of the english language!

This DVD set proves that some of the best sitcoms come from the BBC. Jennifer Sanders and Dawn French are brilliant writers.

The cast of "Ab Fab" is one for the history books. A classic cast that can stand along side of the great one like "I Love Lucy", "All In The Family" and so one.

I never get tired of seeing the antics of Eddy, Pats and Saffy!

Right, cheers thanks a lot!

If you are reading this then you are most likely already a fan of ABFAB so there is little point in reviewing the series. I will concentrate instead on whether you should buy the DVD set. I recently purchased this set for my wife and she was thrilled with the quality of the DVD transfer for both audio and visual aspects. Sometimes transfers can be a bit too warm or washed out(such as the first issue of the Firth/Ehle Pride and Prejudice being warm and the Anniversary collectors edition being a bit washed out; and I highly recommend the former over the latter) but this is not the case with the ABFAB set. The colors are vibrant and true to the original imagery.

As for the DVD extras, which are always important, there are plenty of outtakes and a fourth disk containing behind-the-scene looks, a sort of "best of" etc. All in all, this DVD set is well worth owning and my wife considered it to be an outstanding surprise birthday gift (to be honest I did not think I was going out on a limb, but you never know). However, I would not be surprised if they come out with a single DVD set that unifies all four seasons, so some may wish to wait for that one. Regardless, any ABFAB fan would be thrilled with this excellent boxed set.

HOPSCOTCH is one of the best all-time flicks!

A light-hearted venture in trickery and deceipt, merrily leading the villin into flustration. Perhaps the publisher, Parker Westly summed this movie up when he said, "I'm afraid your friend Kendig has you well and truely by the short hairs!"

Brilliant film, superbly moved to widescreen format. It's a credit to everyone involved in the conversion to DVD..
What has been said already I can't better. Hopscotch is a classic...probably the best money I've ever spent on a DVD.

Buy it, watch it and enjoy. It can be watched dozens of times.

I would rate video 5/5, audio 5/5

What makes this show so enjoyable is how fast pace it is. When I first watched it I expected another 'dawson's creek', typical teen moving with bad script writing.
What I discovered was an exciting show with script lines matched perfectly and humourously with the characters and their personalities.
Every episode is a delight and deals thoroughly with university life.

That said this season is one of the best. Overall it is hard to judge one season from the next - season 2 was also pretty cool. Rather, the show acts as an epic. However this season is extremely funny. The episode where felicity and the gang study in the library is a hoot and a half. A stand out moment is when Noel downs one of meghan's recipes to help you study, containing an ingredient Noel is alergic to, Beets! Nervously he runs about the library with the a humourous christmas song chiming 'jingle jangle...'

The dvd is quite lacklustre. For its price it's not too bad but one might expect more features (much more), more quality picture and sound, and respect to the original soundtrack. The redo of the music takes away the diversity it had, and the reflection of teen music (popular and unpopular). The new edited music seems somewhat out of place.

However if you're looking to own the first season of felicity regardless of the above problems it's a season well worth the buy. I'm just happy to see it available on dvd now.

I loved this show so much! Every season got better and better. So I'm really looking forward to each subsequent season on DVD. I just really wished we all could have watched Felicity go into the real world, after watching her change so much in college. It's a shame the ratings tanked after Keri cut her hair (hello! it does grow back folks) and the "Winter Breaks" to TRY to give Jack&Jill a chance...but while it was on, I relished every hour. As well as the talents of the entire cast; both Scotts were just great...so great in fact that I'd be happy with whoever she ended up with. Anyway, it's about time a truly great show get a rebirth. So everyone that stopped watching after "the cut" can take advantage of Felicity on DVD (by the way once out of the awkward stage of growing, in my opinion her hair looked way better...b4 it looked like it could attack and kill bystanders).
Fans & the WB lost a lot when Felicity graduated.

First time I watched an episode of "Felicity" I was only 16 (I'm 21 now). From the very beginning, I fell in love with the series and with each character, specially Felicity and Ben, of course. Time passed by, I grew up, graduated from high school and started College. Felicity and her friends' life really inspired me in this time of my life, and that's why I didn't even hesitate to purchase the first season of the series. The episodes are so nice, and it's really touching to remember all these good moments.

Just like to say that Fawlty Towers has the sort of comedy that you either like or get worn out by. I personally find it hilarious, thats why i gave it 5 stars. However, some of us Brits found it tiring and just a racket (most didn't though). Having said that, you will not. I know you Americans like everything bigger and better. You will love this. This is the British - American comedy. BUY IT!

Fawlty Towers is absolutely hilarious. You can select any episode at random and you are guaranteed to laugh until it hurts. John Cleese is priceless as the henpecked , social climbing hotel owner and the rest of the cast all have their moments. The dialogue is witty , intelligent and quick. Cleese combines physical comedy with an amazing abilty to deliver barbed commentary and mutter insults under his breath.
This is really funny stuff that holds up well after repeated viewings.

John Cleese and Prunela Scales have the greatest chemistry playing a married couple always disagreeing! If you love comedy, this is a collection that is A MUST SEE! My favorite episode is when Basil (John Cleese) hires cheap labor to remodel his hotel. This is by far a unique comedy from England! There is nothing like it.

The Passion of Joan of Arc I found to be very powerful and well made. I think the close-ups helped you identify with Joan more and made it feel like you were wittnessing an actual part of history. Maria Falconetti who played Joan was fantastic for someone who was a comic actress. It's really one of the best performances I ever seen.

If they had awards for actors back then she definetely deserved one. I mean she not only gives a realistic performace but she must have been a good sport as well. I mean they poke a hole in her arm and blood gushes out and it really happens, was no effect. I doubt any actress now would agree to that unless they were offered millions of dollars. Maybe if they were offered that much they still wouldn't do it.

The most recent telling of Joan of Arc called the Messenger was no where near as good as this one. This one only takes place mostly in court and doesn't have the battle scenes and we don't get to know Joan before her trial but it's still great. It didn't need any fancy special effects, it's the actors and the close-ups that make it effective. The close-ups and acting make you feel like you're looking at a real event taking place. All their expressions are just perfect.

The movie is so well done that it has the feel as if someone went in time with a video camera and taped Joan's trial. The movie is just a very realistic experience. The music that was composed for the movie in 1985 even makes the film more compelling. I'm not sure why they didn't edit that in with the movie when they put it on dvd though. It fits the movie very well.

In the movie the judges are portrayed as un-human and evil. When Joan says that they were sent by the devil, you agree with her. It actually feels as if she's in hell. They act as if they are strong believers in god but it's Joan who I really believed was a strong believer. She was such a strong believer that she gives up her life for god. She felt that signing a paper admitting that her visions came from the devil was the wrong thing to do and that it was a sin to sign it.

She didn't deserve to be executed at all though. Even if she was crazy and didn't really see visions was no reason to kill her. Before she's executed she's put through a lot as well. She's tormented and laughed at and it's just cruel and un-human how she was treated. So yes I agreed with her, if anyone was sent by the devil it was them. The look of Joan gives you the feel that you are looking at a saint. She has a glow to her, even when she's crying. Falconetti really was perfect, she had all the right expressions at the right times. I really believed she was Joan of Arc.

As a college student back in the late '70s--having accidentally come across the silent film "Orphans of the Storm" on a show called "The Silent Years" on PBS, hosted by former silent film actress Lilian Gish--I was smitten by the genre and set out to learn as much as I could about silent films. I remember coming across a still of Mlle. Falconetti's face from Thomas Dreyer's "The Passion of Joan of Arc" in a book about the silent era and feeling terribly sad because there was no known copy of the film at that time. Twenty years later, her face was still burned into my memory when I (again accidentally) came across this film on video (I have since purchased it on DVD). Somehow, I had missed the news that a copy of the film had been discovered in 1981! I was so thrilled (although somewhat annoyed that I hadn't known about it sooner!), I viewed the film as soon as I got home and was instantly floored. And on top of this magnificent discovery was Richard Einhorn's oratorio!!! Wow!!!!!!
It is hard for me to describe my reaction to this film and the music inspired by it. Suffice it to say five stars simply does not do it justice.
I will also say this: My 14-year-old daughter, a typical American teenager in every way, was glued to this beautiful movie from beginning to end when I turned it on. After I got the DVD, I have often played the audio portion without the images because they are so powerful. One day as the oratorio was playing, I noticed my daughter appeared to be upset about something. When I asked her about this, she replied, and I quote: "I'm okay. It's just that sometimes something can be so beautiful, it hurts."
What more can be said? ;-)
(By the way, does anyone know what else Mr. Einhorn has written? I have not been able to find any other recordings of his music.)

I`ve heard about this movie for years and about 20 years ago(thought lost)the film was discovered here in Norway...

U know... Most of us have been exposed 2 silent movies and though some films have their magic moments(The Battlehip Potempkin - "the shooting at the stairs" for example), the silent movie is a thing o the past.

Not so this film by Danish genius Carl Th, Dreyer. U know... u shouldn`t kick around the term "genius", but here it is deservdely so.

The cameraangels, the choice of actors, the set-decorations - THE CHOICES - are indeed still spellbounding.

U can feel Jeanne`s fright and the times God caresses her soul by the cheer brilliance of Maria Falconetti(her only film - she died in 1946)and her expressive face.

It is a standing speaking monument about how some evil group of people, stand up and do criminal horrors to their mankind and act on behalf of religious purposes they supposedly have no power over...

It is a comment on ALL criminal behaviour - a goverment, state, people of authoroty do to miniority groups or a singel person...

It i s hard to sit through. Even after 3 or 4 minutes. But u can`t take your eyes from it and - I THINK - it is a film - IMPOSSIBLE 2 forget....

Oh Gawd! Not another explosion movie!

Well, in fact, that's right. It's _not_ just another explosion movie. It's not a generic execution of a formula. It's not all special effects. It's actually worth seeing.

Why you ask? Well, it's got hook. It's got a villain that is expertly crafted by the screen writers, and absolutely perfectly portrayed by Alan Rickman. This character, Hans Gruber, is despicable, complex, and deliciously hate-worthy. It's his job to drive this film. If you don't hate him, the only thing left is... well, explosions. But you do hate him, and that fact makes all the difference.

Rickman is so good at playing Gruber that, while the character is secretly hijacking a skyscraper, the actor is publicly hijacking the entire movie. I own this DVD, and I gotta tell ya, every time I see him get it in the end, I stand up and cheer. It's that kind of film. (Oh. You haven't seen it, and I just ruined it for you by telling you the villain gets it? Yeah right. Sorry 'bout that.:-)

If Rickman is the guy I love to hate, Willis is the guy I hate to love. Lots of violence. Lots of explosions in most of what he does, but check out _Twelve Monkeys_ or _Fifth Element_. They work, and so does he. Willis's character in _Die Hard_, John McClane, has depth. Marital conflict. Head trips. The audience cares about him too. He's not just a slip filling the hero role. Willis has a way of delivering, and allowing others around him to shine.

Bottom line: This is to action films as Hank Williams is to Country music: it engages people who normally dislike the genre. Even if you aren't the action film type, _Die Hard_ is worth a try.

At first I thought this was a porn judging from the title but then I watched how Bruce dominated those eurotrash hoodlums and saved the day. No one wants to believe Bruce cause he's a lone cop stuck in the Arco towers while some bad guys plot to take off with some money from the secret vault. Ofcourse they don't get away with it!

The Bruce Willis character is obviously someone who will lay his life on the line when push comes to shove. I wish our current president had taken a page from the John McLane handbook instead of going AWOL from the National Guard (of all the places that you can go AWOL from that has to be the lamest). What if instead taking out the terrorists, McLane had decided to let them escape and then formed a task force to 'go after' them using taxpayer money? What if he had never found the head honcho terrorist but instead decided that there were other terrorists who weren't as tough or cunning to fight and had a lot of natural resources which coincidentally McLane's family business was capable of making use of?

All of these Democrats served in the military: Al Gore, Tom Daschle, John Kerry, Wes Clark, Gray Davis, David Bonior (one of the Baghdad Boys), and Max Cleland served in Vietnam. Ted Kennedy, Walter Mondale and Chuck Rangel served in Korea. Jimmy Carter ('No president of the United States in the twentieth century served more time in the military than Carter' - John Eisenhower), John Glenn and George McGovern served in WW II.

All of these Republicans dodged the draft: George W Bush, Dick 'I had other priorities during Vietnam' Cheney, Tom 'the minorities took all the good positions in the army so I had to be a Bugman during 'Nam (by the way I'm Not French)' DeLay, Rudy Giuliani, Dennis Hastert, Trent Lott, Bill Frist, John Ashcroft, Jeb Bush, Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich, Ronal Reagan, Saxby Chambliss, George Will, Bill O'Reilly, Rush Limbaugh, Bill Bennett, Michael Savage, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas, Ralph Reed and Ted Nugent.

What political outfit do you think John McLane would have voted for?

Movies just don't get any better than this Cocteau masterpiece. The film, especially the scenes in the Beast's palace, overflow with a dreamlike quality that is positively spellbinding. The imagery and creativity put to work by Cocteau and company should be used as textbook examples of how to create astonishing magic with restraint. Criterion's restoration is, as always, beyond reproach. This production company is, arguably, the finest in the business. The images are crisp and clean and so beautifully touched up that the entire film has a fantastic sheen normally attributed to Hurrell and Richie glamour shots of the 20's and 30's. In my opinion, the seductive qualities of "La Belle et la Bete" have yet to be replicated in any other film. There have been many fantastic movies made since "Beauty" but none really come close to matching Cocteau's brilliance and sense of cinematic wonderment. A must have for lovers of cinema. For me, this is a desert island DVD along with "Cries and Whispers," "Brief Encounter" and "Nights of Cabiria" all of which just happen to be part of the Criterion Collection.

If you're considering buying any one item here, you have just found it. This is quite simply one of the top five films ever made, combining such a lyrical reading of the story, memorable acting and special effects that couldn't be better illustrated in any other context. It is as if Cocteau is holding a wand.

Indeed! This is the 'ultimate' version of the fable created by the legendary Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais as you know who ...... The restoration is magnificent, crisp, pristine images and lots of required extras on this version including the Philip Glass score [absolutely a double-plus].

It's a dreamy, semi-nightmarish vision - never quite duplicated [copied?] by Hollywood ~ and light-years ahead of its time. Superior and expertly detailed costume and set design.

Forget the cartoon version - silly bland fare by comparison.

Movies just don't get any better than this Cocteau masterpiece. The film, especially the scenes in the Beast's palace, overflow with a dreamlike quality that is positively spellbinding. The imagery and creativity put to work by Cocteau and company should be used as textbook examples of how to create astonishing magic with restraint. Criterion's restoration is, as always, beyond reproach. This production company is, arguably, the finest in the business. The images are crisp and clean and so beautifully touched up that the entire film has a fantastic sheen normally attributed to Hurrell and Richie glamour shots of the 20's and 30's. In my opinion, the seductive qualities of "La Belle et la Bete" have yet to be replicated in any other film. There have been many fantastic movies made since "Beauty" but none really come close to matching Cocteau's brilliance and sense of cinematic wonderment. A must have for lovers of cinema. For me, this is a desert island DVD along with "Cries and Whispers," "Brief Encounter" and "Nights of Cabiria" all of which just happen to be part of the Criterion Collection.

If you're considering buying any one item here, you have just found it. This is quite simply one of the top five films ever made, combining such a lyrical reading of the story, memorable acting and special effects that couldn't be better illustrated in any other context. It is as if Cocteau is holding a wand.

Indeed! This is the 'ultimate' version of the fable created by the legendary Jean Cocteau and starring Jean Marais as you know who ...... The restoration is magnificent, crisp, pristine images and lots of required extras on this version including the Philip Glass score [absolutely a double-plus].

It's a dreamy, semi-nightmarish vision - never quite duplicated [copied?] by Hollywood ~ and light-years ahead of its time. Superior and expertly detailed costume and set design.

Forget the cartoon version - silly bland fare by comparison.

I fell in love with Cowboy Bebop when my roommate first introduced me to it two years ago. It is an excellent story line and I love the characters personlities. I have been in agony not able to see it on a regular basis and being poor(student), I was not able to buy the official disks. I decided to break down and risk the three disk set with extras and no soundtrack cd. Glad I did! It is in perfect order, professional quality, clean, no tears or scratches, great graphics job for a bootleg, and shipping was prompt. I highly recommend this for those of you who can't wait like me.

Cowboy Bebop is great anime and is one of my personal favs. I could never imagine an anime could be so beautifully detailed until I bought and viewed this one. The plot is great the music is beautiful creating intense action scenes. I recommend this for everyone. Especially if you want to be an otaku anime expert!
so what are you waiting for go buy it now!

Cowboy Bebop is not only the high point in Japanese animation but also a landmark in animation in itself. This great and fantastic series only ran for Twenty-six episodes but the impact it had is historic. Spike and the crew are like dear friends once you know them, and the adventures they get into are not only great but touching and action pack all at once.

Don't call yourself an animation fan if you don't own it.