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Manshen informs Qingcheng that her mother is dead and strikes a deal with her.
The ugliest cast in the world squares of against blood worms turned ravenous man killers by lightning strikes.
Sayles strikes out.
What strikes me as shocking about 'Porky's Railroad' is its absolutely -- even brutally, I should say -- honest depiction of the soul of man under capitalism -- to paraphrase the title of that famous book by Oscar Wilde -- which I unfortunately have not read yet.
There is less of a character to Ryan in this screenplay, but he also strikes me as more heroic.
Once or twice in a lifetime you watch a movie that strikes you exactly in the moment when you need it, and you feel completely identified with it.
Unless the comic idea of heavy mid-European accents (mostly pronouncing the letter "v" as "w" and vice versa - "wampire" instead of "vampire", "vant" instead of "want", etc.) strikes you as hilarious, avoid this utterly awful "comedy" - it's the best idea that it has to offer!
While abroad in Japan, tragedy strikes for the couple, which sets the course for the story.
Needless to say, lightning rarely strikes twice when it comes to Hollywood happenings and "License to Wed" is no "Meet the Parents."
Ranbir Kapoor does a commendable job as Raj,a kind hearted charming boy,who comes in a town for work.Love strikes him when he sees Sakina(Sonam Kapoor),a beautiful young lady.Sakina has her own past.she
He goes into extensive detail ensuring that when he strikes, the killings go off as planned.
This movie made me laugh, and laugh, and laugh, but, as I said before, if Edwards' "The Pink Panther Strikes Again" (probably the best in the series) were released today, it wouldn't have gotten the time of day either.
Some of the top names in French cinema step up to the plate, Harry Baur, Louis Jouvet, Fernandel etc and no one strikes out.
However, Marina and Lola don't get on and are forever trading insults and then tragedy strikes when local girl Heather Babcock (MAUREEN BENNETT) dies after drinking a cocktail laced with poison.
The building up towards the killings takes far too long (up to seven minutes even) and when the creature finally strikes, we see absolutely nothing and the action promptly swifts to another scene.
Stillman strikes just the right note in a story that touches on pains and fears that are genuinely daunting (divorce of parents, love unrequited, etc) as well as the comic value of his characters' earnestness and foibles, keeping just the right distance so that comedy keeps just ahead; all leading to the modest but charming triumph of the shy and virtuous protagonists.
Three men all in love with the same woman decide to spend the night in the cursed "blue" room where tragedy strikes who ever spends the night.
It strikes me that this sort of stuff bewitches the French etc at their film festivals because they fatuously see in it a corrective to the Curtis/Grant Cool Britannia, "red London bus school" of UK film-making but in reality it's just as false and fatuous -- all that Leigh's ladelled out here is an unappetising,lardy dollop of council estate ennui, over two hours of it, with precious little action and few of the light comic touches that he usually throws in to keep us engaged.
Dennis Mitchell always seeks out Mr. Wilson's company, but each time disaster strikes, usually causing harm to property or Mr. Wilson (sometimes both).
She never strikes a wrong note is her acting--she's letter perfect in every scene.
"Le Boucher" (The Butcher) is a story of a young headmistress, Helene, at a school in a small village, who strikes up a relationship with the local butcher, Popaul, who seems to be quite a nice man.
Yeah, hard to sympathize with any 'mass-killers'---yet Mr. Stone strikes a true blow vs. the USA's continuing personality of same.
"Brothers in Arms" is the latest in the sub-genre of 'hip-hop westerns', which stills strikes me as a great idea, but has yet to be realized into something more worthy than direct to video fare (Wild Wild West included).
A lacklustre seventies movie in the mold of Carrie or Willard, only time the demented loner strikes out with her pet tarantulas instead of telekinesis or rats.
This awesome picture shows how one peaceful (in comparison with the spanish) world falls apart, shows how reality strikes and hits You real hard (e.g. - Young Martin).
(it IS however writer R.J. Robertson's best, but compared to House 4, Munchie strikes back, or Beastmaster 2, that's not particularly a ringing endorsement) Dexter accompanies Marisa to Transylvania in order to get to her uncle's funeral and subsequent viewing of the video will.
Jerry Warren strikes again, here is a plot so stupid (an island 30 miles from the mainland that everybody has forgotten!)
Gee there is another earth tremor..... Once disaster strikes this American family in Russia bad things start to happen.
What strikes a chord early on, is the ultra-fashionable 70's style that really does date this cult insured film.
The cinematography alone makes it worthwhile, and the strong story strikes home for most father/son relationships in real life.
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