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And what's even worse, all during the(& I use this next phrase loosely) "sex scene" the girl keeps all her clothes on!
It's important to keep in mind the real meaning of the phrase "Inspired by a true story" when watching Pride.
This made NO SENSE at all, didnt start at the beginning of his life, charactors were all over the place...and the TERM "GODFATHER" didnt even EXIST until PUZO wrote the book!.....THEN, the real mafia, borrowed the PHRASE and made it their own AFTER the movie.....THIS piece of claptrap would have one thinking that the phrase (representing the mafia don) was used back in the 20's...when these people were only called "DON"....outside of the original Godfather movie, if you want to see another decent mob flick, check out Puzo's The Last Don (part 1) part 2 sucked.
That's a fitting way to phrase it because it seems like filmed material from several projects were thrown together somehow, barely even attempting to make it all form one consistent work.
"Quit while your ahead" is a phrase they never learn.
"Dee dee dee" for instance is possibly the worst catch phrase I've ever heard.
"Direct-to-video" is a phrase that never sounds promising to the consumer unless its a direct-to-video sequel to something that went direct-to-video in the first place.
I know the phrase "rotten Madonna movie" is redundant, but it certainly fits this.
Black Leg Lawyer (god I love that phrase).
The phrase "Truth is stranger than fiction" came about because fiction has to at least seem plausible to be welcomed, but truth isn't always.
I have used this phrase a lot recently, but Goldsmith ain't my favourite film composer for nothing.
Richard Ayoade is one of the best in the new breed of "alternative comedy"(I hate this phrase but am too lazy too think of another one.)
Starring George C Scott, this redefines the phrase "tearing a new a$$hole."
If you aren't familiar with that phrase, I suggest you read the Bible.
but even that phrase is not really good enough.
The leads included Buster & Babs Bunny (no relation, which became their running gag or catch phrase), Plucky Duck, Hampton Pig, Dizzy Devil, Shirley 'the' Loon, Elmira, Montana Max, Furball, Sweety, the rats and assorted animals of Perfecto Prep, and the original Looney Toons cast themselves.
He has created a very intriguing and ultimately moving account of an odd character, one for whom the phrase 'life is for living' no longer applies.
The last scene is purely "harakiri" type of behavior and reminded me the final phrase from one famous samurai movie - "We've won all battles but lost the war".
The quick dialog and witty banter will keep you on your toes, and you may find yourself trying to contain your own laughter, as you won't want to miss a single phrase!
May I never have to go to this hospital [or hospice, if I want to be politically correct] [which ass coined this asinine phrase, anyway?], for anything other than directions on how to get out of town.
The phrase "black comedy" was invented for this insanity, which is a take-off on Hitchcock's "Strangers on a Train."
Taut, topical political thriller, taking square aim at the controversial US policy of rendition, another appalling Orwell-ian phrase (collateral damage, anyone?) for the illegal interrogation even torture of terrorist suspects by-passing due legal process.
as a 'physically challenged' person (god, how i hate that phrase) i just happened to catch this on cable where there was absolutely nothing else to watch - overall, it was a fantastic movie.
In a phrase, moral ambiguity.
So, despite the silly "God Killing Himself," the uber-pretentiousness (an apt phrase taken from a previous letter), the more clearly "Alistair Crowley - Hi, I'm the Beast, deal with it!"
The story, written by Robert Kuhn, is well written and on the contrary to overwhelming majority of modern Hollywood's products practically every scene, every phrase and every sentence in the movie is meaningful and bring something important about characters and relations between them.
Ken Hudson Campbell is as funny as usual with almost every line a catch phrase.
The film gives meaning to the phrase, "Never in the history of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few."
The editing keeps up with the dialogue in such a way that it makes you sit on your seat wondering who's going to stab who with the next witty phrase or punch line.
I like the phrase "British post war suburban paranoia" that one of the reviewers used.
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