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Or that any artiest has only one timed opportunity to be creative and after its end there will be no more ingenuity ??!!, or that love can destroy an artiest utterly (her love story with Onassis) ?, or that any attempt to ruminate the lost youth is impossible (the relationship between the agent and the painter, Callas and the young actor) ?
Now I know that, for instance, PRECIOUS FIND was a poor attempt at sci-fi/action, but at least it had Brion James in it and it wasn't an ambitious international co-production.
None the less wary travelers attempt to brave the night there and are treated to being either skewered with a scythe, witch is a very inefficient murder weapon of choice personally, fed to Judd's pet crocodile or, just for the ladies, beaten and tied up.
Yes it was a good first attempt at putting one of Tennessee William's plays on screen, but they did not need to change it.
Earlier tonight I subjected myself to 1988's TEEN VAMP, an anemic attempt to blend comedy antics, American Graffiti nostalgia and vampire hyjinx that had all the charisma of a small soap dish from the dollar store.
attempt at attracting the starship's attention, Spock ignites and dumps what remaining fuel they have, the effect being, as Scotty says, of sending up a flare.
I invited anyone who enjoys a movie of old, when it was about entertainment rather than depraved education to make the attempt to find a copy, sit back and enjoy.
while that happens there is an attempt on Jack's Life.
Have I caused a panic over a prank call?" - in an attempt to verify what's happening he dials the number the serviceman was trying to connect to and is connected to a very puzzled father of an airman stationed at a missile base.
Rospo Pallenberg's Cutting Class is an attempt at sending up such conventions, but it's hard to poke fun at a genre that has already unintentionally turned to self parody, and the film winds up being virtually indistinguishable from the countless genuine films that it intends to mock.
I have heard people attempt to justify this film with comments such as "...the purposely bad dialogue is excellent..." and "it wonderfully depicts the decline of American youth..." but I don't buy it.
Other skits don't touch on much of anything...well to do with anything, humor at that point becomes more personal then ever, as for myself, even those times where I don't quite understand the humor in that specific skit, I can understand what they are trying to relate too which further solidifies their attempt to connect to all audiences in some personal way.
Knock Knock is a new low-budget horror film, which is unfortunately a really bad attempt at a slasher flick.
There is also a very lame comedy attempt thrown in with using a racist portrayal of a black man with big eyes providing the hucks, although they are obviously borrowed from other movies.
Would the Graf Spee allow herself to be interned in Uraguay, would she attempt to escape out to sea, or would she fight the British again?
It features film directors playing participants in a high stakes card game, supported by recognizable faces from TV and movies like Woody Harrelson, Richard Kind and Ray Romano, all them improvising in an attempt to recapture the magic of a Christopher Guest style opus.
Sorry to disappoint, it's always a good thing for somebody's pet project to reach the screen, particularly a serious French attempt at grabbing an international audience, but this movie is ruled by a director who needs a tougher producer and an editor who has the capacity to say "no" more often.
In particular his attempt to confront the panel during the hearings in Washington was very well handled and it made me deeply consider how I would hold up in similar circumstances.
Sandler walks into a furniture store and in an attempt to find the perfect sofa, his legs end up over his shoulders--go figure.
However this movie, an attempt at independent comedy, seriously stands in the way of other people having the chance to express themselves.
I saw this film, the director's first attempt, when it debuted at the Philly Film Festival in 2002.
There seems to be some attempt -- purposeful or accidental -- to make "Lost in Translation" here.
We will forget the first attempt and bring back Rachel Weisz who made the dragon the best part of the film and it will be a better film.
It promptly falls flat on its' face after delivering the idea and the only tool it has left is boredom and lack of action as a clumsy attempt at building suspense.
Her dependent parents attempt to keep her home and away from her chosen vocation.
Everything from the opening credits listing the make-up and stunt people before the writer and not the director, to the final shot when Richard Nixon and Allan Ginsberg form an unlikely duo in a last-ditch attempt to completely ruin sense.
You (plural) will all laugh, not at the movie, but at how any attempt to understand ANY part of the movie hurts every part of your brain.
Jack (Alan Ford), one of Hoskins' crew, went on to play boss Brick Top in Snatch Pierce Brosnan's 007 is now played by Daniel Craig, who was xxxx in Layer Cake, the latest brit-gangster flick to attempt to wrestle the title from TLGF...
While I found it ultimately disappointing, it was a nice attempt at being different.
A group of increasingly isolated islanders prepare to face their foe and attempt to warn the mainland of the growing threat.
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