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I didn't see it coming but others could believably so - but even if that is the case the film works on other levels as well.
His success is one that is grounded in his macabre but decidedly non-supernatural silent works.
Like all great works of art, Takva is a simple story: a man corrupted in an incorruptible world of a religious order of Sufi ecstatics.
And like all great works of art, the story is at once utterly banal and profound beyond measure.
Bad guys in the company she works for are into selling secrets to foreign agents, so she reveals happenings about this and is fired for doing so, then is set up by insiders in the company to cover up the killing of the company president.
It's hard not to see some similarities to GILLIGAN'S ISLAND and LOST, but the awkward mix of on-the-nose comedy and drama never quite works.
She works with a football player named Nick (Eddie Acuff), who is taken with her.
The whole production is given a faint brush of the surreal and it works, especially with Dirk Bogarde's performance as the title character driven by obsessions (and often overwhelmed by them).
A wonderful movie the works for both the crime buff and the science fiction fan.
Everyone works hard to make this grand-scaled hokum as enjoyable as possible.
The documentary brought tears to my eyes, with such greatness from her films and poetry, her works shall always be ingrain in my heart.
This film works on the same pattern without any imagination, without any respect to the viewer and, furthermore, it's very long and boring.
i was just flicking through channels when i saw an ad for reaper....directed by Kevin smith....now this came as a surprise to me as I'm usually up to date with his works....a regular on the IMDb page as well as the message boards...so decided to give it a go....mostly anything Kevin smith does (despite saying that after jay and silent bob strike back he was quiting the industry...) is good in my book :) and i was pleased to see that this was no exception....the plot is great...and not (as another user posted) like Shaun of the dead...similarities in certain things perhaps...but clearly not based on Shaun of the dead... i would however recommend this series to any fan of Kevin smith or even any fan of comedy...its a warm light hearted comedy about a kid whose just really not had the best start to being 21...:)
If I were to be critical at the age I am today, I would say, the film doesn't come close to what the Marx Brothers films intended from earlier works...but just see it again through the eyes and heart of the child I was, and you'll agree that, gee; what a funny film the Big Store really was.
I'm gonna try to get his works on dvd or video tape soon.
A really entertaining movie, that works amazingly well on its own terms.
Joan Collins plays a showgirl cursed by a dwarf at the club where she works.
And to that extent it works.
Ron, the outcast of the bunch works at the local gas station!
I am a fan of the works of Dario Argento.
This is such an interesting film, and the low budget actually works in its favour......like Monogram's startling DECOY of 1947.
Unlike the early Fifth Generation works by Zhang Yimou such as "Ju Dou" and "Raise the Red Lantern", "Kekexili" is set in very contemporary times and as such, the criticism of government policies and neglect is much stronger.
I also loved the fact that Tyra Banks was a black doll, and the other cast members were white, you just don't see that very often, Had I not known that Tyra Banks was playing "Eve" the life-size doll, I would have figured that the person picked to play "Eve" would have been white, hey, that's just the way the world works.
It works as a far more honest story-telling device than Spielberg's "Schindler's List."
But this film works.
I hope there is no sequel in the works, but I wouldn't count on it.
While Robertson and Garrett are trying to make ends meet, Doctor Lisa Harrow (as Christine Ruben) learns a deadly virus has been discovered by some suspicious characters she works with at a laboratory.
The scenario works, the good cop not being totally good and the bad guy not entirely bad.
Beau Bridges does a reliable job and Kiefer Sutherland even works to do a role out of the ordinary kiefer.
Predator works as a macho action film, gory horror and intriguing sci-fi, and despite it's short running time of just 100 minutes, it somehow manages to find room for all three.
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