Kites Movie Reviews

this movie was on lifetime and i thought it was great. then i bought the dvd and it's super-spectacular. she does a nice accoustic version of "wildflowers" and there's this weird easter egg where if you hilite her eyes and press enter then you hear only the music and the soundeffects. pretty strange.

This film is a blend of raw humanity and brutal honesty. It was so refreshing to see the issues delt with done with so much style and not the usual sentimental [stuff]. As a huge Dolly fan and a director of performance myself, I have only this to say: Yes, Dolly is not a Liz Taylor, but few performers has ever reached her level of honesty in character and emotion when it comes to playing any character. Instead of boring crocedile tears, Dolly shows us inner pain - as does this whole film. This is a movie for people that understand what it means to hide your pain so that the show can go on. Deeply moving and profoundly liberating if you are able to leave soap operas behind you for a minute or two.

This is a great movie....Dolly Parton goes through a journey with many ups ans downs. She is a singer that is trying to make it big. She performs at a friend, Ruby's, bar. Will she make it big, or be stuck in the wrong gear?..highly recommmended especially Dolly fans!!

Excellent Adventure is one of the best time travel movies ever made. It falls into the category of predestination paradox, in which travelling through time changes nothing, since one's participation in past events was part of the original "way things were supposed to happen." This is by far the most logical time travel paradigm; as those who wondered about the Marty McFly paradox at the end of the first Back to the Future (when Marty returns back to the night he left and sees himself, isn't that an alternate version thereof, who grew up with rich and successful parents?) might agree. What makes Excellent Adventure great is the flourish with which the film revels in this paradigm. Bill and Ted meet themselves, twice. The eleventh hour, saved, by the deus ex machina of the protagonist's own off-screen intervention from some point in the future. Grand stuff.

First, start with picture-perfect San Dimas, California, in the late 1980's. Next, add a couple of spacey yet lovable dudes and a time-traveling phone booth, and you have one of the greatest and funniest high school flicks of all time. "Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure", starring Alex Winters, an early Keanu Reeves, and George Carlin, follows the story of bodacious Bill and Ted, who dream of music stardom through their rock band, Wyld Stallyons. Life is sweet, until they are faced with flunking their history class, thus losing each other (plus the Wyld Stallyons) forever. All hope is presumed lost, until the boys recieve a message of help from the future: in the form of a rusty phonebooth and Rufus (Carlin), both who offer them the chance of a lifetime: travel through history to encounter prominent figures, such as Napoleon, Joan of Arc, and Socrates, and bring them back to present day San Dimas to help them pass their report. With less than a day, Bill and Ted set off through time, with hilarious results, encountering famous presidents, world leaders, and yes, "royal ugly dudes". Performance wise, each character brings a different quality into the mix. Winters, with his priceless facial expressions, and overall charisma, and a be-speckled Carlin with a mysterious, wise approach add a great deal to the film. However, my favorite in this flick is Keanu Reeves. With perfectly shredded clothing and limited brain capacity, his reactions, character overall (that gorgeously tousled hair!) and great one liners ("Bill...strange things are afoot at the Circle K..."), he makes this movie the instant classic it has become. Hey, Bill and Ted, Party on, dudes! *air guitar*

I first saw Bill & Ted back in the late 80's and fell totally in love. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. This is one of the funnies clean comedies you will ever see. It stars one of the best actors in Hollywodd with Keanu Reeves as Ted Thedore Logan and Alex Winter as Bill S Preston Esquire. These two metal fans are trying to start there band the Wyld Stallions. When there parents find out the two are failing history they get slammed. Ted's dad threaten's to send him to military school. No way man. If that happens the band won't form and world peace won't happen in the future. Rufius(Carlin) is sent back in time to help them. He gives them a time machine so they can go back and learn history so they can pass there class.

What a movie plot. Pretty original and creative.

Reeves and Winter are awesome. Everybody knows who Reeves his, and this was his first big hit and one of his most successful of all time. He plays the metal head to perfection as does Winters. The two deserve more credit for what they did with this movie. It formed a sequel, and there was a hit cartoon show for a while after it.

The 80's music is great in the movie. If hair metal is your thing you should like it just for that.

My favorite part of the movie is in the San Dimas mall. Seeing all the historical characters there, and what they do is hilarious. I've never seen a person not laugh at that.

Overall it's a five star and a must see. I was a little disappointed with the extras the DVD had to offer, but was so excited to see it on DVD. So sit down and prepare yourself for an excellent adventure with Bill and Ted. Your sure to like it.

I have seen "The Woman In Red" back in the 80's, and I just bought the DVD recently when it came out. Watching it again did not seem as joyful as it did 15 years ago. Anyway, it was worth watching.

LeBrock & Wilder, the most unlikely of couples are thrown together through a tram-re-launch advertising campaign, run by Wilder. Wilder with his spark of romance long extinguished through his 'very ordinary' marriage to Judith Ivey and his fashion sense lodged 10 years in the past embarks on a comedy of errors as he attempts to woo the sparkling LeBrock. The supporting cast are superb as a constant supply of fuel for Wilders amazing comedic skills. His observation of the male ego when it comes into contact with a beautiful woman is incisive and uncomfortably familiar. With an accompanying soundtrack by the legendary Stevie Wonder, this movie stands out as one of the unsung heroes of the eighties, the irony being that 'I just called to say I love you' was one of the most sung hits of the decade. A valued addition to any Video collection, which should be visited on regular basis.

There is a cool little thing that happens in this movie and you won't want to miss it. They show Kelly LeBrock's bush.

I have seen The Phantom many times since its release in 96 and have to say that I enjoyed it very much. I have never read the comicbook or comicstrip but from what I have read in the other reviews on this page, it is not 100% accurate to the feeling of the source material. Nevertheless, it is a great, campy, fun filled movie.
Catherine Zeta Jones and Kristy Swanson are very sexy as their supporting characters, and in fact give the best performances of the whole movie. Treat Williams comes off as the campiest character of all in his portrayal of Xander Drax. His one-liners could have been done without. They were, however, not going for a very serious movie so you get what you get. Billy Zane was enjoyable to watch as the title hero, and his alter ego Kit Walker but the script needed a little work.
The plot of the movie revolved around the 21st in a long line of "Phantoms" and his quest to stop an archvillian from attaining three priceless skulls. If Drax were to get his hands on all three skulls, he would become very powerful. So, Kit (aka: The Phantom) sets out with his horse and wolf to capture Drax and reclaim the skulls.
With a mix of 1930s scenery and 1990s special effects, this movie was a definite family film, but may not be what you would expect if you read the old comics.

This movie, which I saw along with our children once it came out, is a joy and a pleasure. We have our basic comic book plot/tale/take, but unlike Batman, Superman, and Spiderman, the females are interesting, and the hero is capable of reacting to them in i non-stereotyped manner -- once made aware.
My oldest gave me this DVD for Christmas, and his choice was informed and caring. Thanks, son, for making it possible for me to enjoy this warm action-packed package whenever I wish!

For a girl like me, who is not that big into comic book heros and the like, I must say that the movie the Phantom has a certain niche that makes it an enjoyable experience to the likes that one cannot descibe easily. The main character, The Phantom, played by Billy Zain (Titanic) is a swashbuckling superhero similar in style to a purple clad Indiana jones because he only uses his hands and a pistol as well as his head to get out of situations. Throw in the likes of Kristy Swanson, Treat Williams, and yes believe it or not Catherine Zeta Jones and you have a delightful action film full of intrigue and excitement.

Solid performance once again by Jake Gyllenhaal, unfortunately the movie tries way too hard to be hard-hitting and meaningfully deep, and ends up instead coming off as overly pretentious and empty.

Everything is set to impress the youth of today with extreme coolness, ecstacy, weed, acid, crime and plenty swearing. ...and don't forget about the alligator-boy!??????? I wish I could. (bad bad bad) Anyone who grew up during this period will find blatant inconsistencies.
The movie is, for the majority, set soon before and immediately after the death of Kurt Cobain, yet includes none of Nirvana's music in the soundtrack - it is instead provided by one of the members of the Black Crowes, and is pretty decent.

An early 90's Nostalgia / Road trip movie about a couple of Hunter S. Thompson-esque characters which essentially relies on Leto and Gyllenhaal to keep you watching until the end.
John C. McGinley gives an 'interesting' performance as Johnny the Fox.
I would definately strongly recommend hiring instead of buying this movie, if you feel you just have to see it.

I am going to use the word 'hip' a number of times in this review, so I decided to look it up and see what the defintion was in the context of how I will be using it. The internet dictionary says the following -

1. Keenly aware of or knowledgeable about the latest trends or developments.
2. Very fashionable or stylish.

This movie had it's moments, but they were far and few between. Jared Leto plays Jack Hayes, a guy on the run because he was having an affair with another man's wife. And the man just happened to be connected to the mob of sorts, so he sends three goons after Jack to mess him up. Kind of hard to feel any sympathy for this guy, as he pretty much gets what he deserves. Next we have Pilot, played by Jake Gyllenhaal, a stoner who agrees to travel with Jack from Las Vegas to Seattle, intially as support, but later it's discovered he has his own motives. He's a pusher who smokes a lot of pot, so again, another character undeserving of anyone's sympathies. Finally, we meet Cassie, played by Selma Blair. After the boys make a quick stop at a brothel, the hook up with Cassie. Cassie is a prostitute who sort of fell into the business and stayed in because the money was good. Another wonderful character. There were some funny moments, with scenes involving Jeremy Piven and John C. McGinley, but overall this movie fell kinda flat for me. I enjoy the road trip type movie, Fandango being one of my favorites, but, with that movie, I developed an interest in the characters, and wanted to see what happened next. It's like you wanted to put yourself in the group, go with them, have the experiences they're having, but there was none of that in this movie. I felt little to nothing for the characters, as they were a bunch of self serving a&&holes. At the end of the movie, when one character got caught and punished, I couldn't have cared less. Actions have consequences, and negative actions usually have negative consequences. I know this wasn't supposed to be a full on comedy, as I think it was supposed to be a reflection of the gen-x culture, much like Easy Rider was a relflection of the 60's counterculture, but it didn't come off that way. The exagerrated attempt to be quirky and hip really showed and fell flat, like a can of soda pop left open for too long. "But", you ask, "how can a movie with characters with such hip and cool names like Pilot, Johnny the Fox, Scawldy, Boneman, Moon, Shanks, and Softboy not be cool?" Well, there you go. Mildly amusing at times, but trying too hard the rest of the time. You can't make a concious effort to be hip. Either you are or you aren't. And the harder you try, the less you are. You want to see a good road trip movie? Check out Fandango or Easy Rider

This is a great movie to watch with your friends. It's hilarious, especially when they visit Skaully's house and Skaully bugs out.. so so funny. Gyllenhal and Leto have a very natural chemistry together. Aside from the foggy story line, it is very true to life. I could picture my friends and I enjoying a road trip much like this one. Definitely invest in this DVD or VHS!

Yes, I know it's not 100% accurate and whatnot but it's still a great movie. I think this movie goes best with HBO's DVD bio on Babe Ruth.

My only gripe about this movie is that it's been a decade now and it's not on DVD yet! Tell Universal to wake up!

When he was a Orphan as a Child named Babe Ruth, he discover his hidden talent for the love of Baseball. When he turned Adult (John Goodman), he become unexpectedly a Baseball Legend.

In this film, which is surprisngly well made:an old-fashioned Hollywood-Style Bio-Pic. John Goodman hit a home run as Babe Ruth with his Amazing Performance. This movie has its grit and seeming no-holds-barred honesty. A memorable film, based on a True Fact. Directed by Arthur Hiller (Taking Care of Business). Grade:B+.

Jeff's review says it all about this movie. I thought it was well done in spite of some inaccuracies. But as John Goodman said when interviewed about it: "It's a movie, get a life".

Melanie Griffith must've been strapped for money when she agreed to do this film. While she is quite good in it and credible in the role, her character does such stupid things -- not very smart for a supposedly smart lawyer. In an effort to catch a murderer, she actually allows the guy she knows to be the vicious killer into her house...at night...alone...and, of course, no lights are lit so that said killer can jump out at her/us and go "Boo!"

Well, let me go "Boo!" This film is too dumb to be believed.

Was very surprised how good the movie was. Didn't have any expectations and I thought Melanie Griffith was great in her role. There's only one part of the movie that really was cheesy and they could have done without, but all in all, it's a good thriller with some nice twists and turns.

This movie is a joke. Writing is horrible, directing is horrible, acting is the pits. Any questions?

What a joy to watch. Joe Lara as Ponytail gave an outstanding performance as the sinister, yet humorous villain.Was on his side the whole time. I was saddened by his 'death'.Frank Zagorino on the other hand was his usual bland, stiff line spitter.

when this movie came on my cable server, i looked it up on amazon to see what was up. when i saw that it had not been reviewed, i decided to watch it, to see if i could help. ...this picture is not even bad enough to be good. it's just not good.
an ex-government 'highly-trained killer' (you were the best of the worst, son) has his memory tampered with by his ex-commanders, but starts getting it back by dint of several implausable occurences. the action sequences that follow are unconvincing, unbelievable, and derivative. the acting is, well, i'm sorry, but words fail me here. the father 'fessing up, any scene in which the son, sean, appears ...
i mean, i really like court-room scenes, but these court-room scenes are just awful, so manipulated as to be simply ludicrous (how many times can a judge say, 'this is turning into a circus'? i believe that this movie holds the world record for this banality catagory).
is there anything redeeming here? yes. the female lead, kimberly kates, enchanted me (the male lead is presumably a 'hunk', but that's not my department). i even thought that she delivered her impossibly hackneyed lines with verve and flair, but as i mentioned, i may have been enchanted. she did enchant me. let's hope that she gets many more roles, because i want to see her again, but maybe not at the cost of sitting through this turkey again (but i will if i have to, as i said, she enchanted me)
in short, this is not a movie to avoid, it is just a movie to ignore.

i will never watch this movie again i didn't even watch it all the way through it was horrible ! the effects were bad , the acting was worse please do not buy until you rent it first, i made that mistake.