While You Were Sleeping

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If you don't mind a heavy dose of schmaltz and sentiment, this romantic comedy has a gentle way of seducing you with its charms. While You Were Sleeping was the first starring role for Sandra Bullock after her blockbuster success in Speed. In a role that nicely emphasizes her easygoing appeal, Bullock is the reason the movie works at all. She plays Lucy Eleanor Moderatz, a Chicago Transit tollbooth clerk who's hopelessly smitten with a daily commuter, Peter Callaghan (Peter Gallagher). She saves the object of her affection from certain death after he's mugged and falls onto the train tracks. While Peter is in a coma, she lets his family believe that she is his fiancée, and surprisingly finds herself drawn to his brother (Bill Pullman), for whom the attraction is definitely mutual. How Lucy gets out of this amorous predicament is what makes this pleasant movie less predictable than its familiar ingredients would initially indicate. It's feel-good fluff, with characters and performances that keep you smiling through the drippy plot mechanics. --Jeff Shannon

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You'll fall in love with WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING, the hit romantic comedy that woke everyone up to adorable Sandra Bullock (SPEED, A TIME TO KILL). As Lucy, a lonely subway worker, she becomes smitten with a handsome stranger (Peter Gallagher -- MALICE). But when she saves his life after he's been mugged and fallen into a coma, his hilariously offbeat family mistakes her for his fiancee! Soon, the mix-ups escalate as Lucy fabricates a life between herself and a man she's never met! And when Lucy falls for his charming brother (Bill Pullman -- INDEPENDENCE DAY) the situation really gets uproarious as she's forced to make a choice between the two!

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Excellent movie; excellent service........2007-09-12

This movie is just a lot of fun to watch. Service was excellent and DVD is as advertised.

Good Show.......2007-08-26

This is a great family show, especially for the Christmas season. You will watch over and over again. It is a Cinderella-type show. Enjoy.

One of my favorite movies!.......2007-08-23

Great movie! One of the best all time chick flicks. Great for a Friday night get-together with the girlfriends. I had it on VHS and just had to get it on DVD. Love it!

Wholesome Holiday Fun.......2007-08-23

This is a really good holiday film-just what you need for the Christmas season! The film centers around a woman named Lucy(S. Bullock) who is completely alone for the holidays. Lucy is in love with Peter, but it is from afar- really far-they have never met. So, lonely Lucy has no love, no real friends, and works every holiday because she is the only Metro employee without a family. Fate takes a hand, however, and she ends up saving the life of her handsome stranger (Peter). At the hospital, Peter's family then mistakes her for the man's fiancee, and miscommunications abound. What could have been a really corny, screwball type comedy, is stopped by Bullock's portryal of Lucy. Lucy is so earnest that you do not question the idea that there was no way for her to clear up the misunderstanding with the stranger's family (who practically adopt her for the Christmas season). Lucy needed them and they needed her to bring them closer to their son, who had become estranged over the years. This warm and fuzzy story takes an interesting turn when the family's other son, Jack meets Lucy and Peter comes out of the hospital... There is almost "It's A Wonderful Life" message to this film, which totes "life doesn't turn always out the way you plan." Sometimes life is better - you're just the last one to realize it.

Cute, cute, and cute!.......2007-08-19

While You Were Sleeping starring the adorable Sandra Bullock is still one of her best and most charming films to date. This film made Sandra a star and she is still as appealing to this day. This is the ultimate chick-flick, you got the sappy premise of girl who longs for boy, the annoying Bill Pullman, and the happily ever after, what more could you want? I highly recommend While You Were Sleeping, it will melt your wayward heart. Happy viewing!

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A Refreshing Romantic Comedy - FINALLY!
AWESOME MOVIE
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES
one for the girls
Romance/adventure

Just Like Heaven (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon , Mark Ruffalo , Donal Logue , Dina Spybey , and Ben Shenkman (II)
Director: Mark Waters (VIII)
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ASIN: B000CQM4Y2
Release Date: 2006-02-07

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Bad romantic comedies make you scoff at their absurdity; good ones make you wish your life was that absurd. Just Like Heaven is just smart and likable enough to trigger that wishing. David (Mark Ruffalo, Collateral, You Can Count On Me) finds an amazing apartment in San Francisco--only to discover it's haunted by the spirit of the previous tenant, an overachieving doctor named Elizabeth (Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde, Election). There's something not quite right about Elizabeth's afterlife; against his better judgement, David agrees to help her investigate her life...but finds himself digging into his own as well. The plot takes a twist that some viewers will see coming, but Just Like Heaven doesn't rely on the surprise alone; the revelation takes the story in a new and just as entertaining direction. Witherspoon and Ruffalo are two of the best romantic leads around, but the surprise is how well their contrasting flavors (perky and moody, respectively) mesh, creating a sparky, engaging chemistry. Also featuring Dina Waters (Freaky Friday), Donal Logue (The Tao of Steve), Ben Shenkman (Angels in America), and Jon Heder (Napoleon Dynamite). Crisply directed by Mark Waters (Mean Girls), who carefully keeps the supernatural from getting silly and the romance from getting gooey. --Bret Fetzer

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A Refreshing Romantic Comedy - FINALLY!.......2007-09-07

Just Like Heaven, starring the adorable Reece Witherspoon, is such a refreshing romantic comedy - free of so much of the cliche' "romcom" cheesiness found in many of those produced today.

I'll spare you the details of the movie as many other reviewers have already provided (more than) enough and just simply say: I LOVE IT! And I'm not even much of a "RomCom" kinda gal (see my other reviews to understand).

This is a chick flick, but guys will like it too (even if they won't admit it)! So....MAKE IT A (stay in and snuggle) DATE MOVIE! :)

AWESOME MOVIE.......2007-08-23

This movie is an all time favorite of mine. Its a romantic movie and its just wonderufl. I love it,

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES.......2007-08-09

I just loved this movie. Its about a girl who does`nt know what she is missing untill it is too late. When she meets the guy its fate. Only he can see her. He is the only one who can help her. I just loved this movie.

one for the girls.......2007-08-08

I loved this movie. It was just Reese being herself and who could ask for anything more. The movie shoes Marc Rafflo(sp) as this depressed man looking for the right apartment and all he asks is if the couch is right for him. you don't really know why he is depressed at first and I think that makes you wanting more. And he meets Reese and he is living in her apartment and she is trying to make him leave and well trust me, you need this movie in your collection A++++

Romance/adventure.......2007-07-03

Enjoyed this movie very much. The characters were believeable even though the story was not and they find each other in the end. A fun movie to
watch anytime.

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Terrific concept, wonderful movie
The beginning of the end
Good Bye, Lenin!
High Grade Art.
A world of change

Good Bye, Lenin!
Starring: Daniel Brühl , Katrin Saß , Chulpan Khamatova , Maria Simon , and Florian Lukas
Director: Wolfgang Becker (II)
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ASIN: B000274THQ
Release Date: 2004-08-10

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Contemporary comedies rarely stretch themselves beyond a bickering romantic couple or a bickering couple and a bucket of bodily fluids, which makes the ambition and intelligence of Good bye, Lenin! not simply entertaining but downright refreshing. The movie starts in East Germany before the fall of communism; our hero, Alex (Daniel Bruhl), describes how his mother (Katrin Sass), a true believer in the communist cause, has a heart attack when she sees him being clubbed by police at a protest. She falls into a coma for eight months--during which the Berlin Wall comes down. When she awakens, her fragile health must avoid any shocks, so Alex creates an illusive reality around his bedridden mother to convince her that communism is still alive. Good bye, Lenin! delicately balances wry satire with its rich investment in the lives of Alex, his mother, and other characters around them. Funny, moving, and highly recommended. --Bret Fetzer

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Terrific concept, wonderful movie.......2007-08-08

"Good Bye, Lenin!", a German film from 2003, is marvelously creative and lots of fun. The premise itself makes the film so intriguing...a woman long committed to the Socialist state of East Germany, falls into a coma just before the Berlin Wall comes down and upon regaining consciousness eight months later is protected by her family (largely her son) with regard to the changes that have occurred. The high jinks that surround her re-emergence are worth every minute of the movie.

Daniel Bruhl, who plays Alex, the son, is the chief "overseer" of his mother, played by Katrin Sass. Bruhl steals just about every scene in the film as he remains on edge should Mutter discover that democracy has come to Berlin. Slowly she begins to question the changes and in one scene, Mutter wanders outside of her apartment, undetected by Alex, to see for herself those unbelievable capitalist changes that have occurred. Recaptured by Alex and his sister, Alex then plots, with the help of his video-making friend, to revamp the story to one that the East German government has let in thousands of West Germans who want to be rid of western goods and ideas. If there were ever shades of the 1960's TV series, "Mission: Impossible", this film has them.

"Good Bye, Lenin!" is a brilliant piece of work...one that is amusing as much as it is implausible. I highly recommend it for its story line and an endearing performance delivered by young Daniel Bruhl.

The beginning of the end.......2007-06-19

Before the Berlin Wall fell, East Germany is ruled by Communist Russia and its citizens were forced to live a lie- a society that is supposed to be based on equality and social justice. Alex Kernel (played by the amazing Daniel Brühl) is a young disillusioned young man who, together with his fellow East Germans, are on the verge of a revolution and social change.

While walking together with fellow rallyist, Alex was arrested and his mother, who witnessed the scene, suffered a heart attack. While his mother survived, it left her in a coma and for 8 months, Alex and his older sister Ariane took care of her. As East Germany became no more and the reunification of his homeland was completed, his mother woke up. What follows is a hilarious, amusing and at times serious and thought-provoking attempt to shield his mother from the sweeping changes and their altered life as citizens of the newly unified Germany.

Director Wolfgang Becker spared no expense to capture a time and place that now exist only in old, yellowed newspapers and history books. The finished product, a film that is not only a realistic social commentary but also a love story between a son and a mother, and the journey a young restless soul need to travel to discover himself.

Good Bye, Lenin!.......2007-05-29

Funny and heart-warming story about a family during the time of the collapse of the Berlin wall. For the whole family.

High Grade Art. .......2007-05-21

I first heard about this movie a week ago after reading an article in which a commentator described it as being a bit of "communist chic." This intrigued me so I had to check it out. Well, I'm happy to report that the fellow's opinion was nonsense. It's no more accurate a perception than one that misconstrued The Beatles "Back in the USSR" as an ode to the Soviet Union. This is not a propagandistic story in the least. It's a beautiful film about love, family, and truth. Basically, the central question concerns whether or not we should lie to loved ones if we think the lie will ultimately benefit them. The answer is not easy for the main characters or the audience. Goodbye, Lenin! provides us with ambiguity after ambiguity and is rife with the same nuance that fills our own lives. I saw nothing offensive about this film; indeed, it is a valuable work of art.

A world of change.......2007-05-17

This movie represents in a very interesting way the changes that drive our world and our families. The molding of reality to fit certain likings is a very appropiate evocation of history. A very funny and tragic movie!

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Loved it
Mildly Nastolgic Snore-Fest
Brings back great memories
You call this a movie?
What a piece of du du

Kickin' It Old Skool
Starring: Erik Estrada , David Hasselhoff , Christopher McDonald , Miguel A. Nuñez , and Roddy Piper
Director: Harvey Glazer , and Harv Glazer
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ASIN: B000QUU7L6
Release Date: 2007-08-28

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Fans of comedian Jamie Kennedy will probably best appreciate this lightweight comedy about a breakdancing fool who gets a second chance at stardom. Kennedy is top-billed as a hip-hop fanatic whose breakdancing moves put him in a coma circa 1987; 20 years later, he's revived and wants to reunite his crew, but finds they've moved on in less than spectacular ways. The affections of his school crush (TV reporter Maria Menounos) prove to be enough inspiration for him, but there's a former rival (Smallville's Michael Rosenbaum) to overcome. Kennedy is a funny performer, and he's well supported by Rosenbaum and Miguel Nunez Jr., as one of his crew, but an overreliance on bathroom humor and '80s kitsch is a clear signal that the screenwriters were floundering once they got past the initial concept. The Old Skool DVD includes full-screen and widescreen versions of the film, as well as a selection of deleted scenes. --Paul Gaita

Description

A young break dancer (Jamie Kennedy) hits his head during a talent show and slips into a coma for 20 years. Waking up in 2006, he looks to revive his break dancing career with the help of his girlfriend and his parents, while dealing with all of the changes the world has gone through over the past 20 years.

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Loved it.......2007-09-11

Ok first of all, I was born in '81 so of course, I am biased via the nostalgic 80's toy references in this movie. I liked the cast, everyone seemed to know their role pretty well and either made you laugh till you cried or made you hate them. Rosenbaum's villain is easily one of the most hateable people you'll ever see as he plays a sassy, rich boy, conceited bully that seems to have no soul. And the "homeless guy" is one of the characters that make you laugh out loud when you're quoting his lines months down the road. SO MANY memorable lines in this one! One of my favorite comedies in my collection.

Mildly Nastolgic Snore-Fest.......2007-09-08

As a child of the 80's, I was quite excited to check this out and maybe relive some 80's memories and maybe have a few laughs since this did star Jamie Kennedy who's unscripted antics can often have me doubled over in laughter.

What a disappointment.

First of all, the 80's portion of the movie was not only brief, but inaccurate. And then worst, the movie was hardly funny. I chucked a couple of times but I expected so much more from Kennedy. In the end, it turned into a slapstick comedy aimed at eleven year olds. There is just one problem with that.... eleven year olds will not understand this movie because they don't understand the world pre-Internet, pre-politically correct, pre-New Star Wars, pre-iPod, and pre-White Michael Jackson. The jokes of Different Strokes, Beta Max, Night Rider, Smurfs, Garbage Pail Kids, and others will go right over their heads.

In the end, I rate this a waste of my time and can't really fathom who the target market of this film was. I often end my reviews saying who would like and who wouldn't like a certain movie/book/video game/etc but I can't think of anybody who this movie would be intended for unless you are really hard up on catching a new flick. Do your self a favor and don't bother yourself with this movie.

Brings back great memories.......2007-09-05

Anyone who had the privilege of growing up a child of the 80's will find this film moderately funny. It has all the classic nuances that made the 80's! Garbage Pail Kids, Smurfs, Break dancing and Star Wars! How could you go wrong...? In short, if you want a short break from reality and want some great laughs, check it out!

You call this a movie?.......2007-08-30

What a waste of time, and a pathetic excuse of a movie. I went to college in the 80's, dancing and people had a heck of alot more class than that!! Don't waste your time or money on this piece of junk. If they had a zero rating I would have used that instead.

What a piece of du du.......2007-08-30

This movie could not have been worse. An entire movie and maybe 3 or 4 laughs the whole time. The romance story was absurd, the acting was awful, the story itself was ridiculous. The dancing... dancing? Well, I guess that is what they were doing, why couldn't they get some real break dancer to sit in for these no talent actors.

Don't rent or ever buy this movie. It has got to be one of the worst movies I've ever seen in my life and I grew up in the 80's. The references to everything 80's was amusing, but the movie was so obnoxious and stupid, that it detracted from it. A movie that could have been funny and good turned out to be such garbage.

Better to be in a coma during the movie than actually watching this trash.

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GREAT FILM ! BUT A BETTER DVD TREAMENT IS NEEDED!
One of the best movies I have ever seen!
Not wonderful
The Client
Good movie, however, we have the positives and the negatives.

The Client
Starring: Susan Sarandon , Tommy Lee Jones , Mary-Louise Parker , Anthony LaPaglia , and J.T. Walsh
Director: Joel Schumacher
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ASIN: 6304712952
Release Date: 1997-12-17

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The exceptionally fine cast--Susan Sarandon, Tommy Lee Jones, J.T. Walsh, Mary-Louise Parker, Anthony Edwards, William H. Macy, Anthony LaPaglia, Ossie Davis, and Brad Renfro--goes a long way toward making The Client one of the more solidly enjoyable screen adaptations of a John Grisham southern gothic legal thriller. Teen-hearthrob Renfro is a natural, playing a kid whose life is in jeopardy after he witnesses the death of a Mob lawyer. Susan Sarandon is the attorney who decides to look after the boy; nobody can match her when it comes to playing strong and protective maternal figures (Thelma and Louise, Lorenzo's Oil, Dead Man Walking). Sarandon won her fourth Oscar nomination as best actress for this role, before finally winning the following year for Dead Man Walking. Author Grisham was so impressed with former window dresser/fashion designer/screenwriter-turned-director Joel Schumacher's work on this movie that he later asked him to direct A Time to Kill. --Jim Emerson

Description

Settle in. Take a deep breath. Hold tight. The best screen version yet of a novel by John Grisham (The Firm, The Pelican Brief) delivers all-out, moment-by-moment suspense! Headliners Susan Sarandon and Tommy Lee Jones join newcomer Brad Renfro in The Client, a whirlwind thriller that "starts like a house afire and keeps on blazing" (Chicago Tribune). Renfro plays Mark Sway, an 11-year-old torn between what he knows and what he can never tell. A hitman will snuff him in half a heartbeat if Mark reveals what he learned about a Mob murder. An ambitious federal prosecutor (Jones) will keep the pressure on until Mark tells all. Suddenly, Mark isn't a boy playing air guitar anymore. He's a pawn in a deadly game. And his only ally is a courageous but unseasoned attorney (Sarandon) who risks her career for him...but never imagines she'll also risk her life.

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GREAT FILM ! BUT A BETTER DVD TREAMENT IS NEEDED! .......2007-08-03

This is another great film that has gotten the shaft! The DVD treatment is subpar and that is why I deduct 1 star. At $4.00 it is a worthy purchase for the movie, but if you are looking for extras and a new transfer forget it.

One of the best movies I have ever seen!.......2007-07-05

This DVD arrived in excellent shape and in a timely manner. I can honestly say that it has to rate as one of the best movies I've ever seen. I don't think I got up once during the whole movie - it was like holding you on pins and needles.

Not wonderful.......2007-06-14

The Client was a disappointment.

I thought the book was very good and some of the characters in the book were outstanding. The movie was not coherent and certainly not at the level of the book.

The Client.......2007-01-29

Sarandon is always good but if you like Tommy Lee Jones you will love it.

Good movie, however, we have the positives and the negatives........2006-10-07

Plot: A mafia lawyer commits suicide. But before he does, he forces 11-year old Mark Sway (Who lives with his brother and mother in a trailer park) into the car. And so he tells Mark secrets about where Loisianna Senator Boyd Boyette was buried. Since Mark's little brother has a stress syndrome (he can't see anything scary), Randy Sway had to go to the hospital. Ever since his father was divorced, he tends to believe that lawyers are morons (at times, they can get in the way) and gets his info about courts and judges on T.V. Mark meets Reggie Love, a woman lawyer who used to have a drinking problem; at first, he doesn't trust her. After many pelts by F.B.I, mafia, and annoying reporters (already sick of Elvis sightings), Mark has to trust her.

Positives: Mark is told by Reggie that he can't lie, or he'll be just like them (mafia). As such, the mafia in this movie are seen as a bunch of criminals. Even though Mark was threatened by a very nasty mafia "dude", he tries to tell the truth, he didn't tell about where Boyd was buried. Many scriptures from the bible are written in cells and there is a picture of Jesus in the hospital. Though Mark can be a pest at times, Reggie tries to help him because she cares about him.

Negatives: For those people who don't like cursing, there is a moderate amount of cussing in the film. 1/3 of them comes from Mark Sway's mouth, which disturbed me a bit. Mark also gives a mafia guy the middle finger secretly. Mark disobeys his mother by going in the woods and therefore, getting mixed up with all this. Mark got his info about an affair like this on T.V, and he claims that he saw a guy having his legs blown off because of the witness protection program (on T.V, though this isn't shown). Due to medication, Mark's mother fights the F.B.I at one point, though you have to watch to find out.

Funnies: In the hospital, "Elvis" complains about his guitar. The way Reggie deals with Mark at times can be humorous.

Conclusion: If you can take the negatives, then I highly recommend this movie. Though, I'd like to say that you shouldn't buy "The Client" To anybody younger than thirteen because even though violence is rarely seen.

The Dead Zone (Special Collector's Edition)

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Very good Shocker from Stephen King and David Cronenberg.
One of the Better Stephen King Screen Adaptations
This Movie Is a Thought Experiment
ONE OF THE BEST "KING" ADAPTIONS TO DATE!
"You're Going To Get An Ice Cream Headache...."

The Dead Zone (Special Collector's Edition)
Starring: Christopher Walken , Brooke Adams , Tom Skerritt , Herbert Lom , and Anthony Zerbe
Director: David Cronenberg
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ASIN: B000GBEWH0
Release Date: 2006-09-26

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The Dead Zone is based on a novel by Stephen King, directed by David Cronenberg (Scanners, The Fly) and produced by Debra Hill (Halloween, The Fog). Such a trio of horror vets would be expected to come up with an evening of shocks and gore, but The Dead Zone is a surprise. While it has great atmospheric eeriness and undeniably scary moments, The Dead Zone is at heart a sensitive and thoughtful portrayal of main character Johnny Smith's dilemma. Christopher Walken, king of the vaguely creepy, plays Smith, a man who awakens from a five-year coma with the very mixed blessing of second sight. At the mere touch of a hand, Smith is unwillingly launched into scenes of past and future terror. (Director Cronenberg is said to have fired blanks from a .357 Magnum just out of camera range to keep Walken's flinching spontaneous.) The Dead Zone wisely takes its time telling the story, and thus allows for some great performances. Walken gives a rich portrayal of the conflicted Smith, and Colleen Dewhurst and Tom Skerritt both do welcome turns in smaller roles. The most fun of all, though, is clearly being had by Martin Sheen, who gives a spirited performance as a complete sleazebag. --Ali Davis

Description

Christopher Walken wakes from a coma due to a car accident, only to find he has lost five years of his life, and yet gained psychic powers. Foreseeing the future appears to be a 'gift' at first, but ends up causing problems…

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Very good Shocker from Stephen King and David Cronenberg........2007-07-27

Teacher Johnny Smith (Christopher Walken) had a good life until he gets into a car accident, luckily he survives and wakes up from a coma after 5 years. He discovers that he now has a special power to see people's futures.

A fascinating and well acted sci-fi horror thriller based on a novel by Stephen King and directed by David Cronenberg ("Scanners", "Videodrome", "The Fly", "A History of Violence")with producer Debra Hill ("Halloween", "Escape from New York"). This cerebral and stylish thriller also co-stars Martin Sheen as a future senator and Tom Skerritt, the film is one of the better Stephen King adaptations if not one of the best.

This Collector's Edition DVD has good picture and sound with extras like four featurettes and a theatrical trailer, it's one of Cronenberg's finest movies and worth owning if your into sci-fi and horror.

Also recommended: "The Butterfly Effect", "Dead Ringers", "Scanners", "Carrie", "Final Destination Trilogy", "Misery", "Firestarter", "Akira", "Unbreakable", "Nomads", "Making Contact (a.k.a. Joey)", "The Manchaurian Canidate (1962 and 2004)" and "The Fly (1986)".

One of the Better Stephen King Screen Adaptations.......2007-05-18

David Cronenberg directs the Stephen King novel about a man who awakes from a coma with a life draining ability to see future tragedies when making contact with people. He also finds he can change these morbid outcomes. The screenplay (not written by Cronenberg or King) remains the films only real flaw besides some questionable supporting cast members. The novel is not a book that would make a perfect story to tell on film so the screenplay sort of stays in the shallow end and spits forth each episode that our hero Johnny Smith expereinces one at a time and without the level of understanding and depth King's book has. That is not to say The Dead Zone isn't a good movie. It's actually a very good movie.

The film remains a semi-classic in the suspense genre. Cronenberg has a way of handling scenes that is very European despite lacking the technical skills of his peers. He can give the actors very specific emotional direction and tell so much with using little or no dialogue. This helps the screenplay because it only offers some flashes of great dialogue. Cronenberg loves taking on films that lack certain aspects and giving them depth in places you never thought could have it. He is a unique force in independant films and earns his stars among the mainstream fans with this film. Martin Sheen surprisingly gives a solid performance here as well. He plays a crooked politician bent on gaining the presidency and earns our hatred quickly. He is actually quite remarkable here.

O.K., now it's time to play favorites. Johnny Smith is played by one of the most identifiable actors of all time. The greatest character and supporting acting of all time in my eyes and here we see him in a rare feature role. He is Christopher Walken and with all the imitations of his wild talk and bizarre off-screen shenanigans aside, he is quite simply an amazing actor. He takes his role very seriously here and turns the film from mediocrity into a very good movie. He takes the character for what readers may have loved about him and that is that he is your every day guy who happened upon some very usual and at times deeply sad circumstances...it just wasn't in the cards or it wasn't meant to be like Smith's Doctor felt. For those who read the novel you'll see subtle references to some of the more robust thinking in the story but never quite enough. There is an underlying message in the film that I really wish wasn't somewhat lost among the communication of the screenplay and the direction. King's novel touches on these things tremendously well and makes us question fate and wonder if time and death is really just so one-dimensional. The film makes you think if you want it to, but not like the novel which is truly one of King's greatest. I honestly believe Walken may have been the only guy on the set who understood this about the story.

If you are looking for a film full of suspense and several exciting climaxes and you like Christopher Walken, then I highly recommend The Dead Zone...but keep in mind that so few King novels have been done real justice with a film and where this is probably not one of them it remains a very good movie. It isn't quite Carrie or The Shining but it is still very good.

This Movie Is a Thought Experiment.......2007-05-18

I am used to Stephen King's work being horror stories. It was surprising for me to discover that this was not a horror story, but a thriller. I will not describe the story for the fear of revealing the plot. One thing I will say is that the description on the reverse of the package concentrates too much on the particulars of what happens to an individual and totally neglects the bigger implication - that this is Stephen King's thought experiment of what would happen if a person possessed a power that most other people do not possess - of the particular power of seeing the future, the past or the present - but elsewhere. What kinds of possibilities are opened for such a person? How would the society and individuals interpret his actions? This is, indeed, a thought experiment in sociology of ESP. I enjoyed this movie and was surprised.

ONE OF THE BEST "KING" ADAPTIONS TO DATE!.......2007-04-08

This is an impressive king adaption. Walkin is mezmerising as the man who can not only see the future,but he can change it. The rest of the cast is excellent in this first rate production of one of my favorite thrillers! This film deserves a completely remastered DVD treatment.

"You're Going To Get An Ice Cream Headache....".......2007-03-12

Stephen King has always been an enigma to me. Once in a while there's some pretty good adaptations of his novels("Carrie, "The Shining", "Misery") though it's his short works that seem to have produced the better films("Stand by Me", "The Shawshank Redemption", "The Green Mile"). "The Dead Zone" falls in the category of slightly above average thanks to the stellar direction of horror-meister David Cronenberg and a top-notch cast led by Christopher Walken. There were moments of deja vu here where I felt the film was derivative of a "Twilight Zone" or "Outer Limits" episode but there's also some genuine inspired moments as well. King has some interesting things to say about telepathy and the responsiblities of those imbued with it. Walken has a sympathetic turn here as the telepath whose psychic abilities are foisted on him. Good supporting work by vets Herbert Lom as Walken's physical therapist, Tom Skeritt as a local sheriff, cult fave Anthony Zerbe("The Omega Man", TV's "Harry-O") as a father who hires Walken to tutor his son. Martin Sheen's work here kind of anticipates "The West Wing". Think of Josiah Bartlett's evil twin. Not bad but could have used more cowbell.

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Forever Confused
Forever Young
Yes, it is on widescreen
love this movie!
A Wonderful Film

Forever Young
Starring: Mel Gibson , Jamie Lee Curtis , Elijah Wood , Isabel Glasser , and George Wendt
Director: Steve Miner
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ASIN: 0790731916
Release Date: 1997-07-30

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A surprise sleeper hit when released in 1992, this romantic fantasy works as a comedic adventure and a gentle tearjerker thanks to Mel Gibson's appealing performance. He plays Daniel, a daring test pilot who is deeply distraught by the apparent death of his girlfriend, Helen, in 1939. Feeling little reason to live, he volunteers for a pioneering cryogenics experiment and is thawed out 50 years later by two young boys. They bring the confused pilot home to Nat's single mom, Claire (Jamie Lee Curtis). There's a hint of romance, but Daniel desperately needs to know if Helen really died in 1939, and he discovers that love has a way of surviving a half-century leap in time. The premise is hokey and certain plot details are conveniently ignored, but Gibson, Curtis, and Elijah Wood (as Nat) hold it together with irresistible charm and just the right balance of fantasy and drama. --Jeff Shannon

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Forever Confused.......2007-06-05

Unless this turns out to have been a made for TV movie, I will wait until
it comes out in widescreen format before I buy it. I project my movies on
a 10 foot wide screen and I like to see the WHOLE picture in its original
format thank you very much. ( 4 stars for the movie, not the format ).

Forever Young.......2007-03-11

Wonderful movie for young and old alike. Just enough flying to satisfy the airplane "nut" in your family, and a great love story to keep the ladies interested. You might want to keep the box of tissues handy just in case...!

Yes, it is on widescreen.......2006-09-01

The widescreen version of Forever Young was released on LASER DISC. And it is awesome! I have it in my collection. Someone in their infinite wisdom probably decided it wasn't worth it to put that version on DVD. They were so wrong.

love this movie!.......2006-02-23

I love this movie! The classic romance, the modern-day dilemmas, great quotes like "It's the dead guy!!" And, of course, all the flying scenes! Mel Gibson, Jamie Lee Curtis and Elijah Wood are favorites of our family and did not disappoint in this wonderful film.

A Wonderful Film.......2006-01-12

C'mon! Admit it! You love sappy love stories. Especially with a sci-fi twist. Yes, this is cute and harmless, and a real tear jerker. But you know you are gonna love it even more when you see it done by Mel Gibson. Jamie Lee Curtis and Elija Wood also do a great job. The main thing here is that the characters make the story believeable and enjoyable.

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THE CELL
Slightly too mental but fascinating
Amazing and beautiful effects
DESERVES 2 1/2 STARS COOL THRILLER!
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The Cell (New Line Platinum Series)
Starring: Dylan Baker , Patrick Bauchau , Vincent D'Onofrio , James Gammon , and Marianne Jean-Baptiste
Director: Tarsem Singh
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ASIN: B00003CXKM
Release Date: 2000-12-19

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Schizoid serial killer Carl Stargher (Vincent D'Onofrio) has been captured at last, but a neurological seizure has rendered him comatose, and FBI agent Peter Novak (Vince Vaughan) has no way to determine the location of Stargher's latest and still-living victim. To probe the secrets contained in Stargher's traumatized psyche, the FBI recruits psychologist Catherine Deane (Jennifer Lopez), who has mastered a new technology that allows her to enter the mind of another person. What she finds in Stargher's head is a theater of the grotesque, which, as envisioned by first-time director Tarsem Singh, is a smorgasbord of the surreal that borrows liberally from the Brothers Quay, Czech animator Jan Svankmajer, Hieronymous Bosch, Salvador Dali, and a surplus of other cannibalized sources.

This provides one of the wildest, weirdest visual feasts ever committed to film, and The Cell earns a place among such movie mind-trips as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Altered States, What Dreams May Come, and Un Chien Andalou. Is this a good thing? Sure, if all you want is freakazoid eye-candy. If you're looking for emotional depth, substantial plot, and artistic coherence, The Cell is sure to disappoint. The pop-psychology pablum of Mark Protosevich's screenplay would be laughable if it weren't given such somber significance, and Singh's exploitative use of sadomasochistic imagery is repugnant (this movie makes Seven look tame), so you're better off marveling at the nightmare visions that are realized with astonishing potency. The Cell is too shallow to stay in your head for long, but while it's there, it's one hell of a show. --Jeff Shannon

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A therapist (Jennifer Lopez, Out Of Sight) uses an experimental treatment to enter the mind of a serial killer (Vincent D'Onofrio, Men In Black) to learn his secrets. An FBI agent (Vince Vaughn, Swingers) must rescue her from the killer's nightmare mind

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THE CELL.......2007-09-01

This movie is quite disurbing, but fascinating all the same. J Lo is good in this, but it's D'forio who rocks, he is so creepy it makes your skin crawl. This movie is visually stunning, and very original. If you are not faint at heart and you're into being seriously weirded out, then i highly recommend this movie to you, but be forewarned, you may have some nightmares.

Slightly too mental but fascinating.......2007-08-30

To bring the mind of a serial killer, in that instance an extreme case of schizophrenia, to the front of the screen or the investigation to be able to save the last kidnapped victim planned to die by some mechanism that will drown her eventually, that's the ambition of the film. But does it make a real thriller? They use a technique that will eventually exist for the large public in the near future. The mind of a doctor or qualified medical personnel gets into the mind of the patient, in this case a criminal, in order to communicate with him and get the information the police needs to get on the track. Risky because with such schizophrenic people, there is only one world and it is theirs. You cannot enter their world without being an intruder and at once they react in making you captive, and you may eventually get catatonic with the patient's mind taking over your own mind. At first by making you their prisoner and later, with a reversal, which is for the medical personnel to let the patient's mind get into his or her mind, eventually to become the tool to satisfy the patient's deepest desire which is to dissolve in the outside world they cannot reach at all, except through your mind and then you are making them die virtually but it can mean real death since the mind controls all mechanisms of the body. It may also for a patient who is not totally enslaved by his death instinct mean a liberation, the desire being to be loved, to love, to be acknowledged. In our case here the attempt enables the medical personnel to satisfy the criminal's self-death instinct, and at the same time to enable the profiler to get into the criminal's mind and see the detail that will make it possible to trace the equipment and then the location of this equipment used to imprison, drown and eventually turn into a sex object the girl who is in the cage. The main interest is the visual exploration of this mental world in which this serial killer is living. The film insists on the triggering of this schizophrenia by traumas coming from his infancy, and particularly his father who, it is shown, brutalized him when a child, but also submitted him to a baptism by total immersion that will give him the model for his crimes as well as the model for his mental death. It is also implied that sexuality was associated to this brutalizing, hence molesting. Yet the question is asked and two points of view are expressed, one considering there is no escape and another considering that one can always manage to escape. This approach is doubled with the question whether it is genetic or accidental. Difficult to say but the film seems to satisfy itself with the idea it is a deep trauma, a deep trouble and that it is so deep that there is only one mental exit and it is mental death, in other words mental suicide. Do we have the right, as the medical personnel does, to help him get mentally killed, in other words to get there and kill him in his own mind? Ethically I doubt it but criminally there is no proof of any violence because it is all mental, virtual. And yet? And what can be the consequences on the medical personnel in time if that person takes pleasure in and becomes enslaved to this power over the minds of other people, to the point of killing them, morbidly satisfying their desire or turning themselves into doctor, police, judge, jury and executioner? No one has that right.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, University Paris Dauphine, University Paris 1 Pantheon Sorbonne & University Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines

Amazing and beautiful effects.......2007-07-24

We first rented The Cell when it came out on DVD and I liked it back then, but wanted to see it again with fresh eyes, eight years older. The imagery and crispness of effects was nothing short of brilliant. The film is an incredible effort which put together great minds to come up with a visually beautiful film. The subject matter didn't get totally lost in the imagery, and it remained a pretty strong aspect of the film. I suppose an interest in the mind of serial killers would be a benefit to the enjoyment of the film, but the mastery is absolutely in the direction, costumes and photography. I give it five stars for a visually perfect film.

DESERVES 2 1/2 STARS COOL THRILLER!.......2007-07-05

This is a very good scary thriller. I would have rated it higher because of some of the nightmarish sequences,but I thought the story was confusing at times,so it really should be a 2 1/2 star rating. There are some good scary moments in this better than average serial killer yarn. The DVD transfer looks very good and it has some cool extras.

Movies.......2007-05-23

This product arrived on time & in good shape. I already knew that I loved this movie & bought it for a friend.

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A Refreshing Romantic Comedy - FINALLY!
AWESOME MOVIE
ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES
one for the girls
Romance/adventure

Just Like Heaven (Full Screen Edition)
Starring: Reese Witherspoon , Mark Ruffalo , Donal Logue , Dina Spybey , and Ben Shenkman (II)
Director: Mark Waters (VIII)
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ASIN: B000CQM4XI
Release Date: 2006-02-07

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A Refreshing Romantic Comedy - FINALLY!.......2007-09-07

AWESOME MOVIE.......2007-08-23

This movie is an all time favorite of mine. Its a romantic movie and its just wonderufl. I love it,

ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES.......2007-08-09

one for the girls.......2007-08-08

Romance/adventure.......2007-07-03

Enjoyed this movie very much. The characters were believeable even though the story was not and they find each other in the end. A fun movie to
watch anytime.

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suspence
Has good twists and turns but the acting is bad
WHO AM I?
It thrills pretty much
predictable thriller

Shattered
Starring: Tom Berenger , Bob Hoskins , Greta Scacchi , Joanne Whalley , and Corbin Bernsen
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
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ASIN: B00008R9KN
Release Date: 2003-06-03

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Tom Berenger stars as an amnesiac who investigates his life before a car wreck took his memory, and finds that things were not all they should have been. The promising mystery gets less interesting as the script becomes more perfunctorily complicated, and a crucial plot twist toward the end throws the story onto a different track rather than letting the existing one grow richer through better characters. People don't count as much as surprises do in this film, so in that sense Shattered is a passable potboiler, no more and no less. Wolfgang Petersen (In the Line of Fire) capably directs, but even he can't work depth into the margins. Solid supporting performances from Greta Scacchi, Bob Hoskins, and Joanne Whalley-Kilmer. --Tom Keogh

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Writer/director Wolfgang Petersen (Air Force One, In the Line of Fire) cranks up the suspense in this riveting thriller that will "keep you guessing [up until its] shockingly unexpectedending" (The Washington Post)! A stellar castincluding Tom Berenger, Bob Hoskins, Greta Scacchi, Joanne Whalley-Kilmer and Corbin Bernsenbreathes life into this gripping film noir about the survivor of a car accident who begins to suspect his near-death was no accident. Dan Merrick (Berenger) struggles to reconstruct his life after a disfiguring accident leaves him without much of a memoryand in the care of a wife (Scacchi) and friends who seem to be repainting his past! And as Merrick begins to reconstruct his life, strange flashes of memory begin to surface, each drawing him further into a maze of corruption that could prove more deadly than any accident!

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suspence.......2007-04-10

the first time i saw this movie it was intriging and full of suspence after so many years i finally found it threw Amazon and i had to purchase it because i like to see them constantly because the more you see of it you al