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The spirit of what it means to be Canadian is absent, and this is supposed to be the reason we fund this bunk.
Closeups and anything resembling camera-work are absent in some scenes where they might have worked and in others there are too many or poorly framed closeups.
Scientists and an absent minded military must find the way to stop this red rolling menace.
The most excruciating scene in the film is a phantom party that Gary holds in his unfinished house for his absent wife, Merle.
Frank James was never mentioned, Cole Younger , ditto , and Bloody Bill Anderson , who would weep for his murdered sister every time he went into battle was completely absent in the script.
The sense of suspense is entirely absent.
The story is absent and could easily be a short.
Usually automatically ubiquitous droll Scottish whimsy is absent.
The joy of life that permeated the first film is completely absent here -- you just want the movie to end.
The key to this film's success is that Ernst Lubitsch keeps any syrupy sentimentality absent and calls on his actors to give low-key, unfussy performances.
The humor was a bit absent at times but I enjoyed how the story moved between dramatic and serious throughout the film.
Albert Finney eats ice cream out of bucket and, in another scene, has a lovely waking moment regarding his absent wife.
But the advantage here is the boy and girl classic refusal we have become accustomed to in "The Gay Divorcee" and "Top Hat" is now absent.
Like most of his other works, Fuller injects his own experiences and the sense of New York style that is usually absent in the Hollywood noirs.
In a riviting story about a model who moves into a creepy building in Brooklyn Hights, the film offered everything that I hope to find in a good movie - (1) Campy and fantasically juicy characters, exchanges and dialogue, including hilaraious turns by Christopher Walken, Jeff Goldblum and especially, Martin Balsam, as an absent minded professor - (2) Horrifying Terror!
Now I'd be the first to hail Lars von Trier a genius just off the back of his films Breaking the Waves and Dancer in the Dark, but this is stupid, the fact that Europa has gone un-noticed by film experts for so long is a crime against cinema, whilst overrated rubbish like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and Life is Beautiful clean up at the academy awards (but what do the know) Europa has been hidden away, absent form video stores and (until recently) any British TV channels.
Mordrid" is an enjoyable fantasy fare which offers plenty of cheese.The plot is pretty silly and the gore is completely absent,but the film is very short and entertaining.So if you have enough time to kill give this one a look.My rating:7 out of 10.
However, good to hear the full versions of all the songs (although 'Step in the right Direction' is still absent) and the moments of magic in this film still shine through.
For as long as Gracie can remember, she has been raising her four siblings, each of whom has a different, absent father.
Andrew Stevens was a surprise in the casting and effective very early on as the male version of Amy Irving but sadly absent for most of the rest of the film.
Linda Blair is curiously absent during most of the big action scenes, Cameron Mitchell, in his last film appearance, has a brief cameo, and the main villain is a Fidel Castro lookalike!
I recently watched an interview of an "A-list" actress, who's main concern is the believability of her projects - an element which is distractingly absent from CHAMPION KILLER.
This movie,in my humble opinion, would most likely gain acceptance with an older crowd, such as early baby boomers, like myself, in that we remember the great black and white films where special effects were absent and acting was paramount.
Many of the characters: Edward, Duck, Mavis, Donold, Douglas, the narrow gauge engines etc. are absent!
Absent that, I think the film makers did an excellent job in choosing to follow some pretty disparate puzzle addicts.
Notably absent is the crummy acting and gags that have marred many zombie movies...I was 17 when this one was made and I don't recall it playing in theaters at the time.
The plot follows Gracie(Kristen Bell), a 17 year old girl who deals with trying to keep her brothers from being taken away from her and put into foster homes due to her drug-addicted and often absent mother Rowena(Anne Heche).
The hostesses are possessed by demons unleashed on them by an evil, vindictive and absent relative who sent them the evil spirits in the guise of a birthday gift.
If one or all of these reasons are absent: stay cheerfully away from this aberration.
One, two or all three of the Marx Brothers are absent for long periods of time.
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