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A former minor-league pitcher (The late Oscar-Winner:Walter Matthau), who is now a pool cleaner and he's also a grumbling beer-guzzling man.
The credits tell us this ia "a film by Peter Sasdy".In most cases this can be taken as giving credit where credit is due, but in this case it can only be construed as the producers passing the buck.This was fashined, I think, as a sequel to 'Rosemary's Baby' and a prequel to 'The Exorcist' but lacks entirely the tension underlying the former or the nastiness of the latter.
Some of the former have an excuse however.
Bride Wars, which ostensibly at least, takes the form of your typical rom-com is an example of such that constantly tries to do the former -while constantly failing-, and only hints at the latter only in the background in order to advance plot.
In the picturesque 1930's English countryside "I Capture the Castle" tells the story of an eccentric family in a decrepit, murky and leaky old castle that is now a shadow of its former majestic self, as is the father of the family.
Buck Cantrell (George Brent) is Julie's former beau, who remains a family friend and still defends Julie's honor.
Anna desperately wants to escape her former life and Guido, but at what price to her, her son, and the new man she loves?
Compare this masterpiece with Goodfellas, for example - it's like comparing a Rembrandt to a Rolf Harris; there's no denying the latter has some quality, but the former is operating on a different level entirely.
American Kickboxer David(Evan Lurie), a long haired, buff, black-belt pretty boy and a LAPD cop with a foul attitude, Mike Clark(Dale "Apollo" Cook)join forces to find the kidnapped daughter of a former flame, Lillian(Kathy Shower).
The German period uniforms look real and the irony of a single death standing out among the millions of lives lost during the war is striking as two former enemy detectives begin tracking the killer together.
But the problem starts with the fact you are supposed to love this up herself girl who comes back and insults her former friends and you just don't find that happening.
And when her former bridesmaid, Mary McCoy, has her brains accidentally blown out by another IRA bullet, she recruits a friend and they begin to lobby, first in churches and town meetings, then on TV, for a cease fire.
I'm willing to forgive the fact that Billy Crystal declared this movie better than the first one and overlook the very contrived inclusion of former cattle drive participants as well as an evil twin.
Most people would probably just recognize the former and thus miss out on some unique creations.
Sublime former French model Estelle Lefébure took an honorable chance to show some of her unknown acting talents and truly did not fall in many traps and delivers as much emotion as the script allows her to; maybe even a bit more.
And Terry Jones (a former Python) actually makes it work!
A bounty hunter operating outside the law gets caught up in a love triangle with his former girlfriend and her disabled boss.
The story is one we have seen many times before in many variations - terrorists take over a cruise ship and kill randomly, crew betrayals and heroic actions by a former cop (with a bitter past to add some depth to the character) to save the day are nothing new.
We gradually learn about Helen Parker's past as she become reacquainted with one of her former students, Todd Cope.
Unfortunately, there is less of the former and more of the latter - the movie is overly talky.
It is embarrassing to watch a former master of the medium (Billy Wilder) create a shallow, bitter little piece like this.
We have all seen played out far too many times the sad tale of the former great this- or-that attempting a comeback and flopping because the juice is gone.
Six former reality-TV stars (three female & three male) from 'Castaway Island' are whisked away to a seemingly deserted island for a reunion show.
We are left with Galaxina and Autumn Born, the former being the much better known of her two movies.
By the former, at least you are making money on the deal.
The story is that of a man who has married the woman of his dreams only to have her horribly burned and scarred and then finds a former doctor to restore her.
Howard Vernon plays the part of the former doctor who went to prison for his attempts to operate on a child many years previous, and who is actually quite reluctant to participate in this new venture.
My own experience in reviewing my credit report and those of my clients has been that the "error" usually involve misspelling of a name or former street address.
MAN WITHOUT A STAR has to be one film the former Issur Danielovitch must surely wish he could erase from his resume.
Former fans used to urge them to retire while they had a shred of dignity left.
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