Collection ID 1184
Director: Iain Softley
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Jeff Bridges, Mary McCormack, Alfre Woodard, David Patrick Kelly
Genre: Drama
Studio: IMF Internationale Medien und Film GmbH & Co. 2. Produktions KG   Release date: 2001   Rated: PG-13   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: Prot is a patient at a mental hospital who claims to be from a far away planet. His psychiatrist tries to help him, only to begin to doubt his own explanations.
My Rating:
My Review: I read the book back in April of 2003 The book was o.k. I have to admit that the movie itself was very good. It really brought the book to life. It was very true to the book. In more than one way. An excellent film. While I didn't consider the book worthy of my 'Favorite Books' list, I liked the movie so much that I bought a copy.

Collection ID 1606
Director: David Stevens
Starring: Matt Dillon, Andrew McCarthy, Leslie Hope, Alan Toy, Andy Romano
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Studio: Trans World Entertainment (TWE)   Release date: 1988   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: A young man returning home to attend a wedding hooks up with a drifter who turns out to be a violent bank robber. Before he knows it, the man finds himself involved in the robber's plans.
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Collection ID 225
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne
Genre: Horror
Studio: Paramount Pictures   Release date: 1983   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Nazis are sent to guard an old, mysterious fortress in a Romanian pass. One of them mistakenly releases an unknown force trapped within the walls. A mysterious stranger senses this from his home in Greece and travels to the keep to vanquish the force. As soldiers are killed, a Jewish man and his daughter (who are both knowledgable of the keep) are brought in to find out what is happening.
My Rating:
My Review: When Nazis encamp in a centuries old Romanian keep, they have no idea what sort of evil they're about to awaken. Directed by Michael Mann, and starring Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow (one of my favorites), Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne and Ian McKellen. I've owned this movie for quite some time. Loaned it to a friend lately, and he didn't like it. So, I had to watch it again. Unavailable on DVD, it's currently being remade. Or so the rumors say. The movie immediately starts out with some excellent music and a very spooky opening scene where the German trucks are driving through the fog shrouded alps. This opening sequence drags on just long enough to establish a foreboding sense of doom. One that's carried on throughout the movie. The characters are stereotypical archetypes, but it's the Keep itself that thrills me. The building is a non-traditional fortress. Inverted against the wall of the Alps, it's built inside out, and the interior makes for an excellent setting to this movie. With one large ante-chamber, several long passages, and catacomb like rooms, the Keep serves as a prison to something ancient and evil. Deep in the bowls of the earth is a prison. Inadvertently, the soldiers occupying the Keep awaken this evil, and it sets about in a quest to escape from the quest. Morality lingers on the tips of everyone's lips in this movie. There are ordinary Wehrmacht soldiers, SS Stormtroopers, a pair of Jewish refugees, a village of sheepherders, and a mysterious stranger. What role do they all play? To this day I find the story engrossing, thrilling, and horrifying. The special effects were excellent, the lighting and pacing perfect, and the very good.

Collection ID 928
Director: Michael Mann
Starring: Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow, Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne
Genre: Horror
Studio: Paramount Pictures   Release date: 1983   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Nazis are sent to guard an old, mysterious fortress in a Romanian pass. One of them mistakenly releases an unknown force trapped within the walls. A mysterious stranger senses this from his home in Greece and travels to the keep to vanquish the force. As soldiers are killed, a Jewish man and his daughter (who are both knowledgable of the keep) are brought in to find out what is happening.
My Rating:
My Review: When Nazis encamp in a centuries old Romanian keep, they have no idea what sort of evil they're about to awaken. Directed by Michael Mann, and starring Scott Glenn, Alberta Watson, Jürgen Prochnow (one of my favorites), Robert Prosky, Gabriel Byrne and Ian McKellen. I've owned this movie for quite some time. Loaned it to a friend lately, and he didn't like it. So, I had to watch it again. Unavailable on DVD, it's currently being remade. Or so the rumors say. The movie immediately starts out with some excellent music and a very spooky opening scene where the German trucks are driving through the fog shrouded alps. This opening sequence drags on just long enough to establish a foreboding sense of doom. One that's carried on throughout the movie. The characters are stereotypical archetypes, but it's the Keep itself that thrills me. The building is a non-traditional fortress. Inverted against the wall of the Alps, it's built inside out, and the interior makes for an excellent setting to this movie. With one large ante-chamber, several long passages, and catacomb like rooms, the Keep serves as a prison to something ancient and evil. Deep in the bowls of the earth is a prison. Inadvertently, the soldiers occupying the Keep awaken this evil, and it sets about in a quest to escape from the quest. Morality lingers on the tips of everyone's lips in this movie. There are ordinary Wehrmacht soldiers, SS Stormtroopers, a pair of Jewish refugees, a village of sheepherders, and a mysterious stranger. What role do they all play? To this day I find the story engrossing, thrilling, and horrifying. The special effects were excellent, the lighting and pacing perfect, and the very good.

Collection ID 1497
Director: John Landis
Starring: Marilyn Joi, Saul Kahan, David Zucker, Marcy Goldman, Dulcie Jordan
Genre: Comedy
Studio: KFM Films   Release date: 1977   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Series of short, highly irreverant, and quite often tasteless skits.
My Rating:
My Review: A short series of comic skits. John Landis directed this piece of raunchy 70's gross-out humor. This is the sort of thing that Saturday Night Live would do, if the censors would let them. There was a lot of nudity, sexually explicit material and politically controversial stuff in this movie. Funny stuff shot on a shoestring budget. A lot of the skits made me laugh out loud. The shorts format would have been better served without the feature length "A Fistful of Yen" segment.

Collection ID 197
Director: John Landis
Starring: Marilyn Joi, Saul Kahan, David Zucker, Marcy Goldman, Dulcie Jordan
Genre: Comedy
Studio: KFM Films   Release date: 1977   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English (USA)
Summary: Series of short, highly irreverant, and quite often tasteless skits.
My Rating:
My Review: A short series of comic skits. John Landis directed this piece of raunchy 70's gross-out humor. This is the sort of thing that Saturday Night Live would do, if the censors would let them. There was a lot of nudity, sexually explicit material and politically controversial stuff in this movie. Funny stuff shot on a shoestring budget. A lot of the skits made me laugh out loud. The shorts format would have been better served without the feature length "A Fistful of Yen" segment.

Collection ID 537
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine
Genre: Action
Studio: Miramax   Release date: 2003   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: A female assassin attacked on her wedding day by her group leader, Bill, wakes up from a coma and seeks revenge.
My Rating:
My Review: A smashing action flick. A genre fusing high drama action packed mixed media masterpiece. This Quentin Tarantino production (Written and directed) is an audacious gore fest. Starring Uma Thurman (as the bride), Lucy Liu (as O-Ren Ishii), Vivica A. Fox (as Vernita Green), Daryl Hannah (as Elle Driver) and David Carradine (as the enigmatic Bill); this movie contains a lot of gory combat, blood spurting corpses litter the screen in a fusion of many various genres. An excellent movie, well written, great characters, outstanding music, fabulous costumes, everything you need to make a cult movie. The powerful female leads are superbly written and executed. Pregnant bride is left for dead at the alter, she recovers, returning from the dead to deliver vengeance unto those who 'murdered' her.

Collection ID 1242
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Daryl Hannah, David Carradine
Genre: Action
Studio: Miramax   Release date: 2003   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: A female assassin attacked on her wedding day by her group leader, Bill, wakes up from a coma and seeks revenge.
My Rating:
My Review: A smashing action flick. A genre fusing high drama action packed mixed media masterpiece. This Quentin Tarantino production (Written and directed) is an audacious gore fest. Starring Uma Thurman (as the bride), Lucy Liu (as O-Ren Ishii), Vivica A. Fox (as Vernita Green), Daryl Hannah (as Elle Driver) and David Carradine (as the enigmatic Bill); this movie contains a lot of gory combat, blood spurting corpses litter the screen in a fusion of many various genres. An excellent movie, well written, great characters, outstanding music, fabulous costumes, everything you need to make a cult movie. The powerful female leads are superbly written and executed. Pregnant bride is left for dead at the alter, she recovers, returning from the dead to deliver vengeance unto those who 'murdered' her.

Collection ID 544
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Chia Hui Liu
Genre: Action
Studio: Miramax   Release date: 2004   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: The Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his associates.
My Rating:
My Review: The second part of the genre fusing film, Kill Bill - Volume 1. This second Kill Bill film contained more story than the original. Less action, more talking. Considering the fact that Quentin Tarantino isn't all that good at writing dialog, he should have stuck with the action. This movie is not as good as the first volume. The acting is the same as Volume 1. The only difference is that this time we have to put up with David Carradine's lack of acting. All his lines are delivered with the same amount of conviction. He has no emotional range. The music was great, the locations and sets were awesome, and the movie was pretty good overall.

Collection ID 1249
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Chia Hui Liu
Genre: Action
Studio: Miramax   Release date: 2004   Rated: R   
Language (Country): English, French (USA)
Summary: The Bride continues her vengeance quest against her ex-boss, Bill, and his associates.
My Rating:
My Review: The second part of the genre fusing film, Kill Bill - Volume 1. This second Kill Bill film contained more story than the original. Less action, more talking. Considering the fact that Quentin Tarantino isn't all that good at writing dialog, he should have stuck with the action. This movie is not as good as the first volume. The acting is the same as Volume 1. The only difference is that this time we have to put up with David Carradine's lack of acting. All his lines are delivered with the same amount of conviction. He has no emotional range. The music was great, the locations and sets were awesome, and the movie was pretty good overall.