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Head scientist Dr. Van Fleet (a brief, but cool appearance by the always terrific James Hong) accidentally brings into our world a powerful deadly being with the scary ability to fatally use our worst fears against us.
Kirsten Dunst is a great actress that showed her ability to tell a serious story with a sense of lightheartedness.
It's obvious that the "actors" were just martial artists plucked from a gym and had no acting ability whatsoever.
He has this great ability to flush out very human elements in his character.
Linda Blair has proved again and again that she shares a rare quality with Mark Hamill, the ability to attach herself to one cinematic landmark and follow it with an entire career of complete trash.
Either A) A Christian; B) an overly sensitive woman looking for a cheep tear-jerker; or C) just generally lack the ability of free thought.
The mood is set in the beginning through music and a great opening scene...I make it a point to watch in the autumn between Halloween and Thanksgiving...I guess you need to have grown up in the 80's to really appreciate the feel of this particular version...Great Family Film and stands on the ability and confidence of fine acting...even in the quirky monologue...This film is getting rave reviews from at least 20 or 30 of my family and friends.
That bad guy has the super hearing ability yet more than one time someone sneaked to his back.
A once respected scientist(Lee Van Cleef)has the ability to communicate with the invader and wants to be part of the super intellectual take over.
He's been portrayed as being unstoppable in the ring yet is clearly of limited wrestling ability.
This movie missed Chuck's cool catch phrases, and his ability to shoot rockets out the back of his bike.
The only semi-okay thing about this whole movie is Dominique Swain, whose acting ability is wasted.
But there is equally something as exciting and brilliant in Wally's ability to see the miracle of a quiet evening at home (even reading the autobiography of Charlton Heston) or doing his errands and crossing them off the list.
The actress who plays Erin has a very Fatal Attraction Glenn Close charm about her and has the ability to go from sweet and innocent to dark and menacing in an instant.
At first all she want's to eat are flies which is fine, but she begins to grow (it's flower pot must also have the ability to grow as well) & quickly moves onto frogs, then it's dogs from the local pound.
Radar did not exist in 1939 and if it had, the Graf Spee's ability to move about undetected would have been compromised to some extent (not in 1939).
There wouldn't have to be rules to protect the innocent if the ability to go power mad and abuse the authority given them didn't happen on a regular basis.
Based on a Japanese novel, the story tells about the evolution of a virus that mimics everything and anything and has the ability to multiply at astounding rates.
Her sweet, vulnerable, yet strong and assertive personality shines as does her comedic ability.
Too bad...I'd much rather see midgets or really immature adults play such roles, as at least they have the ability to say yes or no about a career in films or TV!
this movie lacked the ability to hold on to its public or to properly show the actors talents.
i am a James spader fan, but after seeing this movie early one morning suffering from insomnia i question his ability as a person.
These scenes are relatively effective and the killer does have an ability to appear menacing, but there are also some ludicrous scenes thrown in and some weird, unexplained stuff, and fantastic leaps of logic needed when the end is revealed.
Why,simply because absurdity lacks the ability to solicit emotions from others in a vacuum of characters.
The always captivating Charlotte, (great to see Dirk Bogarde's little girl all growed up) looking elegant as a woman of a certain age in a very Anglo-Parisian sheath dress-wearing kind of way, is wonderful in her ability to convey contained confusion struggling to make sense of a pain too great to bear.
Valerie Perrine has the ability to draw your attention in all respects and is a wonderful actress.
As in all movies of this sort, the villain's ability to destroy the heroes' lives is dependent on his almost supernatural ability to predict their behaviour, and his willingness to endure pain to achieve his goals; the film's execution is unsubtle and the every plot development is heavily signposted; but up to this point, it still holds up as a routine but serviceable thriller.
The main character "Victoria" is played by Victoria Hamilton whose ability to express feelings without speaking is Oscar winning quality plus.
This is a beautiful film & it demonstrates the ability of all the actors brilliantly... Adam Sandlers temper, Chris McDonalds snyde nature, the loveable grandma's loveableness.
It was so bad that it made me feel sorry for Alan Alda, who I don't think rises to the acting ability of a second grader in a Christmas pagent.
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