1 Night In Paris

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2-disc set featuring infamous full-color footage of heiress Paris Hilton with her boyfriend in a hotel room. Over 1 Hour includes never before seen footage! Added Bonus: Four of Red Light District's hottest hardcore scenes. Scene 1: Taylor Rain; Scene 2: Monica Sweetheart; Scene 3: Randi Wright; Scene 4: Teagan!

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I guess I'm the only one who has seen this........2007-08-12

Since no one wrote any reviews on this DVD I guess I'm the only one on Amazon who has seen it. lol
Well, for those of you who are thinking about buying this "for a friend" let me save you the trouble. I'm not sure how paris might be in bed on other occassions, but on this DVD she is horrible. Trust me, your high school girlfriend probably did a better job than Paris.
It's basically her making that model face she likes to make while nude. Nothing special here. Save yourself the money. At least her songs "stars are blind" and "nothing in the world" are much better than her "performance". :)
By the way, ignore the 5 star rating. It was a typo and amazon doesn't let you change a rating once it's posted. Zero stars and if I ever meet Paris Hilton I'm going to ask her for my money back... err... I mean, my friends money because I would never buy a porn. It was someone else, yeah, that's the ticket.

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What really happened?
the linear plot isn't the point
Cache is "Hidden" ... and So are its Attributes
Most Amazing Movie Ever
Disappointed

Cache (Hidden)
Starring: Daniel Auteuil , Juliette Binoche , Maurice Bénichou , Annie Girardot , and Bernard Le Coq
Director: Michael Haneke
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ASIN: B00000F7E6
Release Date: 2006-06-27

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Hidden throughout Caché is the sense that you should be watching every moment in this film closely, just as the protagonists are themselves being watched by someone unknown. Georges and Anne Laurent's (Daniel Auteuil and Juliette Binoche) enviable lives are terrorized by the sudden arrival on their doorstep of a videotaped recording of their Parisian townhouse. It's nothing but a long, unedited shot of the façade of their house, but it's disturbing nonetheless. Soon another arrives, this time of the farmhouse Georges grew up in, and then another of a car driving down a suburban street, and a walk down a hallway to a low-rent apartment. Again the videos are benign but unsettling. Then the mystery becomes more threatening when they receive gruesome postcards depicting child-like drawings of bloody, dead stick figures. Georges believes he knows who the culprit is, but for reasons all his own refuses to let his wife in on the secret. Clearly more is hidden here than just the identity of their stalker. In Caché, writer and director Michael Haneke skillfully, methodically pulls back multiple layers of deception, like new skin being pulled off an old wound. he masterfully fuses elements of his predecessors to create a film that is haunting and memorable. There is Bergman's fascination with the complexity of relationships, the suspense and lurking danger of Hitchcock, and the unique cinematic sensibility of Antonioni. In fact, the provocative final shot is practically a tribute to The Passenger--a lot of people will want to rewatch it many times to see what they can find in it (if, after watching it, you are still unsatisfied with the resolution, then watch the interview with Haneke in the DVD's special features for his insights). It's a film of great effect and intrigue. There are no easy resolutions, and the answers given in this mystery will only lead to more questions. --Daniel Vancini

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Academy Award®-winner Juliette Binoche (1997, Best Supporting Actress, The English Patient) stars in CACHÉ, a psychological thriller about a TV talk show host and his wife who are terrorized by surveillance videos of their private life. Delivered by an anonymous stalker, the tapes reveal secret after secret until obsession, denial and deceit take hold of the couple and hurl them to the point of no return. CACHÉ is director Michael Haneke's dark vision of a relationship torn mercilessly apart by the camera's unblinking eye.

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What really happened?.......2007-09-06

You will have to work to "get" this film. Attention to nuance, irony, scene composition and the ability to accept dreams as dreams, memory as faulty and people as liars, even to themselves: you need these to enjoy this great film. If you want a staightforward thriller with a neat resolution... watch something else!

This film is a brilliant character study with political overtones. The vision is cynical and bleak. I found it unsettling and mulled it over in my mind for some time. There are so many themes, but most are implicit: imperialism, racism, bourgeois complacency, betrayal, family, trust, paranoia --these are but a few of the grand themes tackled by Haneke in less than 2 hours.

If you like a film that makes you work a bit and don't mind being disturbed, even shocked, then see Caché. The pacing is slow and deliberate, but not "arty". The dialogue is crisp and intelligent; the acting, flawless. The camera is manipulated like a surgeon's scalpel (which is as it had to be, given the main plot points) and the vibe is tense and paranoid.

Not your everyday Hollywood piffle!

the linear plot isn't the point.......2007-09-03

I love the ending that isn't there. When the storylines aren't resolved, you become aware that they were not the most important things in the film for the director. Which makes you think of the other components that make up the film (character development), which is quite effective.

I also love the suspenseful camera work. A shot where the main character sits in a bedroom, waiting for his wife to enter is a particularly successful use of "nothing". He just sits there, the audience is looking at the door, and nothing happens. Except in your head.

Cache is "Hidden" ... and So are its Attributes .......2007-08-30

This is a puzzling movie to figure out. It alternates between taut drama and extended periods of tedium. After sitting through and watching the entire movie, I must confess that it left me sitting, wondering, and scratching my head trying to figure out what it all meant. Maybe its French meaning is beyond me.

You might be able to achieve the same level of entertainment by getting up at four in the morning and watching the TV test pattern or listening to the Milwaukee telephone dial tone for 30 minutes. It is that exciting and fathomable.

Your mileage may vary, but I found this a rather puzzling and inexplicable movie.

Most Amazing Movie Ever.......2007-08-10

This is an amazing movie from one of the best directors ever. There are some hidden (get it?) things that I won't spoil for you, but needless to say, some people don't catch all the clues. Also worth watching is just about every other movie this guy has ever done.

Disappointed.......2007-07-31

Based on all the positive reviews here, I expected a good movie. The actors, direction, cinematography, etc. are all good, but where's the story. It is like half a movie with a beginning and middle, but then the movie is over. The credits rolled and my wife and I looked at each other saying, that's all? Boy, we have better things to do in 2 hours than watch a silly film. I am disappointed. Can I have my 2 hours back?

The Firm: Firm Parts - 5 Day Abs & Tough Tape 2

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Five day abs is the best! Tough tape is pretty good too.
Don't waste your money
Buy it for the 5-day Abs!
You'll feel like you've really worked out
It Increased My Endurance and Strength

The Firm: Firm Parts - 5 Day Abs & Tough Tape 2
Starring: Firm Parts-5 Day Abs , and Tough
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ASIN: B0000639G1
Release Date: 2002-04-09

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Five day abs is the best! Tough tape is pretty good too........2007-03-16

The Five Day Abs is the best tape I've found for abs since it really keeps you going to town on your abs every single day by having a different ten minute routine for each of five days. This reinforces the idea that every single day you need to do a brief but effective ab workout and these moves will give you a flat stomach. After a couple of weeks you should see noticable results if you do this every day.

The tough tape is good too and gives an excellent workout.
It is a bit freaky watching the beautiful young women in revealing outfits flirting and looking suggestively at the camera while doing these exercises but I remember back when this was made. It was the early days of exercise videos. There was some thinking that people were not really buying these types of tapes for the actual exercise, but instead as a form of soft porn, so these play up to the guys who just want to enjoy seeing fit young women working out.

The Firm series has proven itself to millions of home exercisers as the best of all of the exercise videos and really delivers on the promise of "Visible results in ten sessions." There are millions of loyal followers of The Firm who wouldn't think of using any other tapes.
In spite of the dated costumes and suggestive looks the workouts are as good as it gets for givng you the results you are looking for. I use them every other day and just purchased The Transfirmer kit. I would never spend a total of $80 including shipping for The Transfirmer kit if it didn't work, but after doing these few old tapes (I have old VHS tapes of these same workouts) for a couple of weeks and seeing and feeling myself getting stronger and fitter, and seeing that they do not really get too boring or stale after many repititions, I'm a convert.
Ther Firm gives you what you want from a workout-results.

Don't waste your money.......2006-07-04

This workout (or should I call it that) is composed of pieces of all different workouts put together. There is no class, no instructor, forget about cueing, no rhythm - it's horrible. The abs part is even worse. A kindergartener can do it. 5 day abs? Yeah right. I'm an advanced exerciser and this workout is a nightmare. Trust me - DO NOT waste your money.

Buy it for the 5-day Abs!.......2006-03-02

OK, yes the tape is filled with obnoxious 80's music, but in all my years of exercising, it is still THE BEST abs workout I have ever done. It is hard. But it does the job. Combined with cardio, it will get your abs flat. I have owned the VHS tape for over a decade, and am now buying it on DVD, so I will never be without it.

You'll feel like you've really worked out.......2004-08-13

If you're like me and like to feel a bit sore after a tough work out, this is the one to get. I've tried numerous aerobic videos and they are either way too cheesy or way too easy for my level. Yes, a couple of the women on this video are a little too "cheerleaderish" for me but most aren't that distracting. And after you do it over and over like I have, you can fast forward through the brief sections with the annoying girls and get to the meat of the video and burn.

I've been using this video for a year now and yes, I've really seen the difference. I tried Taibo, Pilates, and othe workout videos but if you want a sculpted look, this is the video to get. I've always had strong legs but weak girly arms and wanted them to look a bit more toned--not GI Jane looking but more like Angela Bassett arms. My husband has noticed too and likes the new look. They've definitely firmed up finally and the butt/abs are firmer too.

The abs part is great...not too long but just long enough to feel it. Who cares if it's 80'sish...it's still a good workout and it's definitely not Richard Simmons.

It Increased My Endurance and Strength.......2004-08-03

I love this DVD, ok maybe some of the tough tape intro segments with some of the instructors may be cheezy, but I don't care. I am happy with it, the abs workout is really tough, and the tough tape 2 is definitely tougher. If you want a workout that is more challenging and you don't mind compilations, then I definitely recommend this one.

The Firm is the best!!

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The Soldier's Perspective

War From the Inside

real war by real people

The soldier's perspective of the Iraq war

The Real Lives of Today's Soldiers

The War Tapes
Starring: Steve Pink (II) , Zack Bazzi , Mike Moriarity , Ben Flanders , and Duncan Domey
Director: Deborah Scranton
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ASIN: B000O76ZOY
Release Date: 2007-05-15

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Reduced from some 800 hours of raw footage to one compelling, 96-minute film, The War Tapes, while not the first documentary about U.S. soldiers deployed in Iraq (cf. 2006's Off to War, which covers similar ground), is unusual insofar as it was shot entirely by men on active duty in Iraq--specifically three National Guardsmen (or "citizen soldiers," as they call themselves) from New Hampshire who served in that benighted country in 2004. The three are by no means alike. Spc. Mike Moriarty is a patriot who, much to the dismay of his family, re-enlisted after 9/11 and frankly hopes to be "someone's hero." Sgt. Steve Pink is motor-mouthed wiseacre who grows increasingly cynical as his tour plays out. Sgt. Zack Bazzi, a Lebanese-American who speaks fluent Arabic, reads The Nation and doesn't much care for George W. Bush, but is nonetheless ready to fight. Yet despite their differences, their experiences are similarly grim. After some training at home, we see them arrive in the Mideast, where the first words they hear are, "Welcome to Iraq. Only one year to go," followed shortly by a mortar explosion near Camp Anaconda, their base. Thereafter, we see them in a variety of settings: in Baghdad and Fallujah, on the road (their duties include escorting truck convoys), fighting insurgents (several of the battle scenes are very intense and fairly graphic), in the camp cafeteria (where one of them excoriates Halliburton, who seems to have a hand in every aspect of the war effort, for charging the government $28 for a single styrofoam plate), in their quarters (their idea of recreation is staging a death match between a scorpion and a spider), and so on; we also visit their families back in New Hampshire. What emerges from all of this is a striking portrait of bitterness, resignation, and outright hostility, especially towards Iraqis on both sides. Moriarty perhaps sums it up most succinctly when they return to the States: "I'm so glad I went. I hated it with a god-awful passion, and I will not go back... I've done my part... It's someone else's turn." Nearly two hours of bonus material includes extended outtakes and extra footage, follow-up interviews with the three soldiers, and more. --Sam Graham

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Directed by Deborah Scranton, and produced by Robert May (The Fog of War) and Steve James (Hoop Dreams), THE WAR TAPES is Operation Iraqi Freedom as filmed by Sergeant Steve Pink, Sergeant Zack Bazzi, and Specialist Mark Moriarty. Steve is a wisecracking carpenter who aspires to be a writer. Zack is a Lebanese-American university student who loves to travel and is fluent in Arabic. Mike is a father and resolute patriot who rejoined the Army after 9/11. These soldiers captured over 800 hours of footage, providing a glimpse of their lives in the midst of war. The result is a raw portrait of three men--and their families--as they face, and struggle to understand, their duty.

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The Soldier's Perspective.......2007-08-05

Having grown up in a career military family, I must applaud this film. The fact that it was commissioned and sponsored by the U.S. Army National Guard is a positive sign that the military is attempting to ease the transition of fighting troops back into normal civilian life.

What are the messages of this film? According to the Extra Features:

1) Understand what we soldiers have been through in service to our country.
2) We were sent to Iraq to kill people. Right or wrong, that was our mission, and we did it to the best of our ability. Judge us on that basis.
3) Support our troops without asking whether the Iraq War was necessary. That question only demoralizes us and makes our job more difficult.
4) Don't blame us the way you did the Vietnam veterans. We are all wounded warriors, emotionally if not physically. Welcome us home as heroes.

I served in the Army as a medic during the Vietnam conflict. When I returned home from overseas, I was confused and depressed for six months. I needed to talk with my family about what I had experienced, but no one seemed to understand or even wanted to listen. The soldiers in this film said it was very helpful for their families in understanding "why I am the way I am since I returned."

This film may not be considered a true "documentary" in the sense that the cameramen said all the tapes were turned over to Command for their editing and approval. The sergeant described that when he started thinking of himself as a photojournalist and asking other soldiers what they thought about apparently inane orders on camera, his commander called him in and warned him these were actions unbecoming a non-commissioned officer.

If you are looking for a film that says "The Iraqis are real people and they are suffering too," this is not it. But this film supports the troops without question, helps their families to understand what they went through for us, and they deserve this and a lot more from the American public.

War From the Inside.......2007-07-04

In 2004 Deborah Scranton was invited to join a New Hampshire National Guard unit being deployed to Iraq as an imbedded journalist. She and producing partner Charles Lacy had a different idea: why not provide the soldiers with miniDV camaras and let them record what they experienced. What resulted was some 800 hours of footage that was edited into the brillant 97 minutes of the War Tapes.

The story follows the day to day lives of three soldiers from training to return from duty one year later. Mike Moriority is a hard line patriot who wanted to be deployed to Iraq as a result of what he saw at 9-11. Steven Pink is a wise cracking college graduate who thinks service will make him a better man. Jack Bazzi is a Lebanese emigre who uses his knowledge of Arabic to give us a unique view of the culture.

Through these men we see the horror of war close up. The footage is graphic and haunting and is not always easy to watch but it is essential. There is more to be seen and talked about here than in 10 conventional war films. Whether you are pro war or antiwar there is something here that you can take in and discuss with others. The essential question is the age old one:why are we fighting. To some it is to bring democracy to the Iraqi people to others the ony real reason is for the oil and to make money for corporations like Haliburton.

Do yourself a favor and seek this one out and make the choice for yourself. Excellent and well recommended.

real war by real people.......2007-06-09

John Burns, the Baghdad bureau chief for the New York Times, calls this film "the single best document (book, film, or article) you could see on the war in Iraq." Director Deborah Scranton taught three soldiers from New Hampshire's National Guard --Steve Pink, Mike Moriarty, and the Lebanese-American Zack Bazzi who is fluent in Arabic --how to use a camera, then edited their 800 hours of war footage down to 97 minutes. The result is a first person visual narrative of the war in Iraq. It's probably about as close as you can get to experiencing war vicariously-- the chaos, bravado, feelings of helplessness, fear, vulgarity, boredom, and cynicism. Endless rows of charred vehicles in an equipment vehicle. Security escorts protecting convoys of Halliburton trucks carrying septic waste ("follow that shit truck!") or cheese cake. Children everywhere. And yes, IEDs and daily mortar attacks lobbed into Camp Anaconda. The film documents the stories of the three soldiers from their deployment to their return to their families and post war symptoms, including several takes with their wives back home interspersed throughout the film. Parts of this film are very hard to watch.

The soldier's perspective of the Iraq war.......2007-05-17

`The War Tapes' is a unique documentary recorded by 3 soldiers in the New Hampshire Army National Guard during their one year deployment in Iraq. Using cameras mounted on vehicle turrets, dashboards, and helmets along with utilizing night vision devices and thermal imagers, this compilation is assembled from over 800 hours of footage. Sergeants Steve Pink and Zack Brazzi, along with Specialist Michael Moriarty are the central characters that carry the cameras and capture the images.

Almost from the first day on the ground in country, powerful and unsettling footage is shown from mortar attacks, ambushes, firefights, explosions, and injuries sustained from soldiers and civilians alike in Iraq. The video is graphic and intense and it leaves a serious impression about what soldiers have to endure in Iraq. You can get a sense of the underlying tension and anxiety experienced by these soldiers as they narrate what they've seen and felt. Also shown are their attitudes and thoughts regarding why America is in Iraq and the consequences of the war.

In-between segments of the documentary, footage is shown with Michael Moriarty's wife, Zack Bazzi's mother, and Steve Pink's girlfriend. They all put on a brave face but you can sense the emotional turmoil of having loved ones so far away in such a dangerous environment. The families at home also share their mixed feelings about the American involvement in Iraq and the difficulties of being on their own. Upon re-deploying back to the United States, there are physical and emotional changes evident in the returning soldiers and it is significant in how this affects a person's lifestyle and relationships.

`The War Tapes' is a well produced documentary, in my opinion, and delivers a thought provoking, important, and sometimes disturbing look at many aspects dealing with the war in Iraq. To compliment the main program, there are 2 extra features on the DVD that are worth checking out. One is a collection of interviews lasting just under 30 minutes and the second is 80 minutes of additional material covering several different and interesting topics.

The Real Lives of Today's Soldiers.......2007-04-30

`War Tapes' is a great documentary because it is made and narrated by the soldiers fighting in Iraq. Three men from New Hampshire share different backgrounds but one purpose: To win the war in Iraq, but each states his own personal motivation well. The film has three different aspects: the battles, the family life at home, and life in the army in Iraq. There are three main participants: Steven Pink, who has most of the cameras and a girlfriend, Lindsay, waiting for him at home; Zach Bazzi, a Lebanese émigré, whose mom is devoted to her soldier son; and Mike Moriarity whose wife and children wait on pins and needles for his return. At times the documentary is composed. We hear the thoughts of loved ones, torn by separation anxiety, pride, and love. The soldiers testify to their sense of purpose. Then, we get harrowing battle scenes with tanks going through the unstable streets of Fallujah. We hear them work as a unit fighting the insurgents with appropriately shaky cameras and thundering ammunition. Their candor is almost groundbreaking. The disdain for the enemy and the opportunism of war purveyors KBR and Halliburton are telling. Seeing soldiers train Iraqis, sorely needed recreation, and the aftermath of the men's sacrifices are key highlights. Whether or not you support the war, this film shouldn't be missed for supporting and understanding the soldiers. Sometimes funny, often unsettling, but always interesting, 'The War Tapes' is a rewarding and informative film.

The Life of David Gale (Widescreen Edition)

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View it as a simple thriller/mystery or in the larger context of the debate over capital punishment
Something Was Missing
One of the great undiscovered flicks.
Worth watching
very good

The Life of David Gale (Widescreen Edition)
Starring: Kevin Spacey , Kate Winslet , Laura Linney , Vernon Grote , and Constance Jones
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ASIN: B00005JLZN
Release Date: 2003-07-22

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Academy Award winner Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) stars with Oscar nominee Kate Winslet (Titanic) in a powerfully gripping, edge-of-your-seat thriller hailed as provocative (ABC-TV). An electrifying suspenseful journey into deadly conspiracy and murderous deception begins when a respected professor who may or may not be guilty is charged with a brutal crime. The Life of David Gale is a brilliantly unpredictable thriller, which builds relentlessly to a shocking final twist guaranteed to blow you away!

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Starring Kevin Spacey, Kate Winslet, Laura Linney

Directed by Alan Parker

Running time: 2 Hours 11 Minutes

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Kevin Spacey (American Beauty) plays David Gale, a brilliant but hard-drinking anti-death penalty crusader on death row for a rape and murder that he claims he didn't commit. The victim of the crime is Gale's close friend and anti-death penalty colleague (Laura Linney, You Can Count On Me), so Gale argues that he's been set up to discredit the cause. Committed journalist Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet, Titanic) takes it upon herself to figure the whole thing out--and so we follow her through a ridiculous plot full of supposedly shocking twists that are telegraphed far in advance and make very little sense when they arrive. The overwritten script tries to cover too many hot-button issues and gives Spacey way too many showy scenes where he gets to be passionate and caring, which is creepier than his psychopath roles in The Usual Suspects and Seven. --Bret Fetzer

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View it as a simple thriller/mystery or in the larger context of the debate over capital punishment.......2007-07-06

The Life of David Gale is a movie about the last days of David Gale, an anti-death penalty activist and college philosophy professor sitting on death row for the rape and murder of a colleague. For reasons that are never entirely clear, he grants three doomsday interviews to a young, energetic, principled reporter named Bitsey Bloom (Kate Winslet). Bitsey travels to Texas's death row to visit Gale in the last three full days of his life. Gale implies that framing a liberal activist for murder is the ultimate triumph, and dangles before Bitsey clues to unraveling his innocence. He doesn't want her to get him off in a last minute stay, but he does want her to keep his legacy alive and continue to research his case.

The movie is no Dead Man Walking, nor is it a clear liberal rant against capital punishment. It's a thriller/mystery that can be viewed as just that (with a few forced twists and plot holes), or it can be considered in the larger context of the debate over capital punishment in a death-happy state like Texas. It's a movie about human foibles and their cost to our families. Laura Linney, Kevin Spacey, and Kate Winslet deliver top notch performances.

Something Was Missing.......2007-03-22

I don't know quite how to put it. The Life of David Gale is certainly a message film sprinkled with suspense, but the ending left me bewildered. Why did the murder suspect mail Bitsey a second tape that showed David Gale involved with the suicide? Other questions I raise are: What motive did Berlin have for charging Gale with rape? Why did Gale's wife and son flee to Italy or was it Spain? Is Gale's situation so hopeless that he decides to die for the cause? Gale and the murder suspect didn't seem to have a strong bond of friendship, yet what would compel the murder suspect to travel to Europe with a suitcase of money and make sure that Gale's wife receives it? Does anyone have any answers? The film is complex with its layers of left wing politics, morality plays, and Hitchcockian twists, but still comes up short. A classic film that contrasts innocence with guilt without the death penalty issue is The Wrong Man starring Henry Fonda.

One of the great undiscovered flicks........2007-03-21

Just one of those great movies that didnt get the recognition that it deserved. Of course, Kevin Spacey is one of the best actors of his time in my opinion, but overall this movie is a must see.

Worth watching.......2007-02-10

This was a film of two intentions - a thriller, and a message movie. It is a worthy intention to put the message into some context as a thriller to make it palatable; it makes the medicine easier to swallow. However the film is beset by a problem of balance .. Where the thriller slacks off, the message seems too in your face, and where the thriller takes off it seems too shallow for want of the message.
Alan Parker handled the balance so much better in Mississippi Burning, that if you came to this expecting the same standard you would be very disappointed.
However, the cast do adequately, and Spacey and Linney do brilliantly, adding the depth that makes the film engrossing enough to enjoy watching.
Those who are expecting the film to hold its own as a thriller will be disappointed however.

very good.......2007-01-23

This movie is well written and the acting is great. Yet Again, Kevin Spacey gives a great performance. His job being a drunk philosphy prof. walking down the street loudly lecturing people as they happen to walk by is simply brillant. Kate Winslet is very convincing as a sympathic journalist. The writing is original and thoughtful. It has a great premise with a even greater and suprising ending. I was pleasantly suprised by this movie.

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Bukowski: the myth behind the man
Into Charles we go...
If you've only read him, you must see this ...
If you saw Born Into This, you are going to want to watch this DVD
Much deeper insight into Bukowski than the 'Born Into This' documentary

The Charles Bukowski Tapes
Starring: Charles Bukowski
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ASIN: B000GI3KK8
Release Date: 2006-08-29

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Fifty-two clips of Charles Bukowski ranting and musing comprise Barbet Shroeder's Charles Bukowski Tapes. It was, until now, a rarity that circulated amongst die-hard Bukowski fans, since the release of Shroeder's Bukowski-scripted feature, Barfly. This collection of monologues, ranging in topic from Bukowski's beef with God, to biographical tales of his life as an abused child, to his views on writing as a disciplinary craft, cover the gamut of Bukowski-typical topics, which can also be glimpsed in other Bukowski documentaries, such as Born Into This. But The Charles Bukowski Tapes are set apart by their sheer volume of candid author footage, in which Bukowski has drunkenly abandoned all camera-shyness to reveal, and revel in, his damage. In one chilling segment, Hank and Linda Lee sit on the couch and seriously discuss divorce, leaving the viewer feeling as if they've eavesdropped on a therapy session. In another, Hank takes us to his childhood home, to show us the bathroom, nicknamed "The Torture Chamber," where he was repeatedly whipped. The rawness of the tapes is refreshing but painful. This DVD package includes several segments in which Bukowski recites poems, as well as a booklet containing writing by Shroeder, an essay by Bukowski biographer, Neeli Cherkovsky, and a 1987 interview with Hank about the making of Barfly that is, of course, hilariously bitter. The Charles Bukowski Tapes allow for intimacy, making them charmed and disturbing. --Trinie Dalton

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When Barbet Schroeder (More, General Idi Amin Dada, Single White Female) began work on the movie Barfly, he had no idea that it would be such a struggle. During the seven years it took him to complete the film, he turned his cameras on its screenwriter, poet and novelist Charles Bukowski.

"I couldn't stand the thought of not being able to share the extraordinary evenings we spent together," said Schroeder. "I finally brought in a small crew, friends of mine, with a high quality video set up. Whoever was the least drunk took control of the camera."

Bukowski, legendary for his drunken excess and frank observations on life, love, and survival, took no exception with Schroeder.

Barbet Schroeder recalls, "I had no idea of what I might do with the material, but I didn't want those evenings to be lost. As I don't like formal interviews, I tried to get him started on a topic and then keep from interrupting him. The result was often a monologue of three minutes or longer."

Schroeder eventually completed The Charles Bukowski Tapes, a four-hour long study of the man and the music of his words. "The ideal way to show this material was in short video-clips—a new style of film. Once I had screened it this way, it seemed twice as powerful."

Available for the first time in the world on DVD, Barrel Entertainment is proud to present this exceptional portrait of one of America's most vital voices.

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Bukowski: the myth behind the man.......2007-09-03

I didn't had time to watch the whole DVD, but so far the tapes are exactly what I expected: raw, funny and sometimes, sad.
Bukowski was a character of himself and that role playing was a form to sustain his dignity in the quite hostile environment he was in almost all his life: bad parents, bad jobs, bad women, cheap booze, lack of money. So that's why he tried - and in the tapes this is apparent sometimes - to build a myth of his past, and amused doing that.
But it doen't mean that he is not true or authetic (his bad skin and bad teeth expose everything about his past). It only means that, from time to time, Bukowski looks TOO MUCH Bukowski than one would expect.
Overall, the DVD is a great document about one of the great 20th century american writers and gives to his readers a live and deep insight to some of his thoughts and poems.

Into Charles we go..........2007-07-30

Into Bukowski I went, and unlike any other Bukowski footage, I was able to leer into the person, the man, the human being beyond the author. I was able to see Bukowski in a light where I could call him "Charles" and feel a personable aura this documentary captured unlike most others.

Charles Bukowski is often associated with an eccentrically-driven tough-guy kind of image, and he's tough, yeah, but he's tough in a complex way unbeknownst to most of the public.

In this recording, Charles is "Charles" before he is singularly a world-famous author, "Bukowski," and we are treated to an intimacy otherwise shelved away. Especially take note of the seen where he visits his old childhood home, recounting the abuse his father gave him; it's here that you see his sensitivity and humanity best: "Let's forget it, okay," he says to the journalist, as he recounts his beatings in the old bathroom.

Okay, maybe...but we won't forget you, Charles. Thank you for the gift of your literature.

If you've only read him, you must see this ..........2007-06-22

Being an avid reader of Buk's stuff for the past 20 years or so; it occurred to me that I had never seen him on film or for that matter even heard the man speak. After considering the volumes of his verse I had consumed prior to viewing this film I was still not prepared for what I was about to see. Just watch this and you'll feel closer to the writer, closer to yourself and ultimately - closer to truth.

If you saw Born Into This, you are going to want to watch this DVD.......2007-04-24

Although a bit "Euro" in its presentation (cheesy French piano in between sections), the substance of these two DVDs is solid. Nothing beats an interview with Charles Bukowski. His looks are as honest and peculiar as what comes out of his mouth. But, don't just watch the DVDs... his written poetry is just as captivating. He takes you back to scenes in the 70s and 80s that are long gone now. In his writing though, they are right there... present tense.

Much deeper insight into Bukowski than the 'Born Into This' documentary.......2007-03-24

Schroeder made an interesting choice in conducting this interview. Very little formal questioning was posed, he in fact very rarely interjects any commentary.
Bukowski seems to be a little disarmed by the format. Sometimes he seems closed off and embarrassed. Sometimes he seems too drunk to make a coherent point. However sometimes the format creates a level of openness and magic happens when Bukowski talks.
Its these moments that one watches the Bukowski tapes for, to me they were quite profound. Bukowski allows you in, past the drunkeness, past the angry shell.

You actually get something out of these tapes, unlike the terrible documentary 'Born Into This'.

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Tedious
Some reviews are proof positive that the Cover-Up is alive and well
Groden has done it again!
tainted by poor production
Groden continues his Conspiracy Theories in Spite of Evidence to the Contrary

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ASIN: B0000DC14U
Release Date: 2003-11-18

Description

Now you can see for yourself what really happened on November 22, 1963. These DVDs will take you back in time to Dealey Plaza where you will become a witness to the "crime of the century."

Robert J. Groden is acknowledged as the world's foremost authority on the photographic evidence relating to JFK's assassination. Mr. Groden was technical advisor to Oliver Stone's JFK.

Here, for the first time, are his optically enhanced films and photographs from that dark day and the investigation and cover-up that followed. Mastered from Mr. Groden's original materials.

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Tedious.......2007-08-15

Bland! I purchased this in hopes to gain a more in depth understanding of what happened that fateful day in American history. The films all show without a doubt that the shot came from the "grassy knoll", but fail to provide any more interesting information than that. The voice over is lifeless and useless. Save your money on this one. However, any idiot that still believes the government had nothing to do with the assasination should be made to endure this one.

Some reviews are proof positive that the Cover-Up is alive and well.......2006-06-30

Imagine that: just 1 star by another reviewer for a DVD that is essentially the first comprehensive photographic record of the most important murder of the 20th Century! Now, why do you think anyone might want to discourage you from seeing it? Being a three-decade student of the JFK assassination, I watched both the Peter Jennings documentary ("Beyond Conspiracy") and Dan Rather's earlier special. They, along with the books "Case Closed" (a title which reflects the wishful thinking of surviving conspirators) and "Marina and Lee," all recommended by our 1-star reviewer, are merely the latest slick, well-funded attempts to poison the well of truth. If they can at least leave an uninformed public with the impression that the lone-gunman theory isn't totally laughable, then they can count these productions as money well-spent.

But, please by all means check them out. Watch "Beyond Conspiracy"...and then go to www.dealeyplazauk.co.uk/ and read "A Critical Review of the TV Documentary `The Kennedy Assassination: Beyond Conspiracy'" by Dr. Tony Austin. Read "Case Closed" by Gerald Posner...and then buy "The Great Zapruder Film Hoax" by James Fetzer and a host of other film and photography experts. See what Priscilla Johnson McMillan, long believed by many researchers to be a CIA operative with a role in handling Lee Harvey Oswald, has to say in her book "Marina and Lee," but don't miss reading Mark Lane's "Plausible Denial: Was the CIA Involved in the Assassination of JFK?" And when you are done, you will be convinced of three truths: that a U.S. president was abruptly removed from office through a meticulously-designed act of treason involving well-placed government figures; that no grown person of average intellect who has actually studied one-tenth of the evidence for a conspiracy could still believe that the crime was committed by a nutty lone gunman; and that the continuing efforts to make this claim with a straight face in books and TV documentaries serve only as evidence that some powerful people still alive today are worried enough to keep muddying the water.

For those who seek the truth about who controls the world in which they live, Robert Groden's collection of priceless historical evidence (whether or not some of it was altered by the guilty) is unquestionably a treasure worth owning.

Groden has done it again!.......2005-12-30

Quite simply, you MUST own this! This is an amazingly well done dvd of all the primary film footage for 11/22/63. 'Nuff said (great bonus footage, too)
Vince Palamara-JFK/ Secret Service expert (History Channel, author of two books, in over 30 other author's books, etc.)
Pittsburgh, PA

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tainted by poor production.......2005-11-26

Groden would have done well to have a professional narrator do the commentary. It would have been more powerful that way. I'll leave it at that. Sometimes it's just a hoot!..Also the music sounded a bit on the homemade side too and also made me laugh at one point. But....lots of great photos and films. 21 films...who knew?....

Groden continues his Conspiracy Theories in Spite of Evidence to the Contrary.......2005-08-25

Robert Groden suggests that the Zapruder film of the Kennedy Assassination has been tampered with to cover up the real killers of Kennedy. In my opinion, his "evidence" is shaky at best. Groden has made a lucrative living off of proposing alternative theories of who "really" shot Kennedy, and here he is in 2003 suggesting that there was a conspiracy to kill Kennedy despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary presented by ABC, CBS, and many books. Groden needs to finally realize that the Kennedy assassination has been solved definitively, and his continuation of conspiracy theories is clearly his lame and pathetic attempt to keep his money cash-cow alive.

Don't draw a conclusion based on this DVD! Look at other sources listed below and then draw your conclusion:

1. ABC's Peter Jennings presentation of the Kennedy Assassination (available on Amazon.com) clearly shows that Oswald was the one and only killer of JFK.
2. CBS's Dan Rather's special program on the Kennedy Assassination (available on CBS website) also suggests that the preponderence of the evidence points to Oswald as the lone killer.
3. The book "Case Closed", by Gerald Posner. He uses the physical evidence collected in Dallas, logic, and his ability to see through the fallicies of the conspiracies to show that Lee Oswald is the lone assassin.
4. The book "Marina and Lee", by Priscilla Johnson McMillian. This book shows that Oswald was certainly capable of the assassination, and the circumstances of his life point to the conclusion that he killed Kennedy.

My advice is to watch this DVD first, and then look at the sources I list above, and then make an intelligent conclusion. If you are like me, you will see that Groden really has nothing solid to stand on.

Jim "KOnedog" Konedog, Kennedy Assassination Stuudent

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Extremely Brilliant , Complainers for this are hypocrits!
Falls short again
Hellraiser-Deader.....Direct to Video for a reason.
Endurable B-movie instalment in tired saga
Not great.

Hellraiser - Deader
Starring: Kari Wuhrer , Paul Rhys , Simon Kunz , Marc Warren , and Georgina Rylance
Director: Rick Bota
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ASIN: B0007US7BC
Release Date: 2005-06-07

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HELLRAISER: DEADER is the latest, most terrifying chapter in the wildly frightening HELLRAISER legacy! Once again, the ultimate evil -- the dreaded Pinhead (Doug Bradley -- HELLRAISER franchise) -- leads an army of the dead who come back to life with a bloodthirsty vengeance! For an undercover reporter (Kari Wuhrer -- PROPHECY: UPRISING) who becomes entangled with the deadly underground group responsible for the malevolent resurrections, any moment could be her last! With Pinhead in all his gory glory, the thrilling villain you love to fear delivers another hellish nightmare you'll never forget!

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Extremely Brilliant , Complainers for this are hypocrits!.......2007-04-18

This movie is a great horror!/Suspense!
All these people complaining about this are lame just looking for an excuse to complain!

First of all,All you so called Hellraiser fans,Pin head only appears in the first Hellraiser movie for about 5 minutes total also!So why are you complaining?

This Has an excellent plot to it,The production is nice,The acting is good,And even if this wasn't a hellraiser movie it is still a great story.
Especially for a true horror fan!!!

Falls short again.......2007-01-06

3.5 Stars. I don't think the writers/producers get this Hellraiser series. The entire idea of Hellraiser is to have Pinhead in the scenes because he is one of the scariest, most curious characters in horror. Again, he isn't shown enough. I want to see him lurking out of the darkness and showing up in flashbacks and threatening people.

The theme of the movie isn't bad: It's about a guy who can bring people back to life once they've been coaxed into killing themselves and he's been annointed by Pinhead to do this. All of these people are called "Deaders".

The strangest and most mysterious part(s) of the movie is when a journalist (Kari Wuhrer) checks all of this out and enters the subway and gets on a subway train which is a trashy hedonistic palace/chamber to get information from a fellow. The costumes and people on the subway are freaks and you can't take it all in because there's too much going on: there's sex and drugs and mutilation taking place among small groups of people.

Kari Wuhrer puts in a great performance I think, especially when she becomes one of the "deaders" and it freaks her out because she's bleeding everywhere she goes.

The climax always falls short in these Hellraiser movies for some reason. When Pinhead confronts Kari at the end she takes the box and says, "Go to Hell!" and throws the box. I still have no idea what this gesture means to Pinhead because it sends him into complete madness but it happens in every Hellraiser movie.(?) I mean all he has to do is walk over and pick it up!!! What's the big deal? My suggestion would be to end a Hellraiser movie differently by letting Pinhead torture someone physically or mentally for ten minutes or so and make the ending more complex.

Could have been much better but check it out.

Hellraiser-Deader.....Direct to Video for a reason........2006-07-08

Ever since Hellraiser:Bloodline(4) all subsequent sequels have been direct to video. Why? well Hellraiser: Inferno, Hellraiser: Hellseeker, and this installment Hellraiser:Deader have used the same premise; screw with you head. In the first 4 films it was that when you solved the puzzle box you summoned Pinhead and crew, got hook chained back into hell. With the exception of a couple delusions/hallucinations that was basically it. In #5 on it changed you opened the box and you went on this mad journey through you own psychosis, almost like a dream where your mind is manufacturing things and at the same time Pinhead and the powers of hell are supplying their own special effects. I'm not feeling all that.
In Deader we have the lovely and talented Kari Wuher playing Amy Klien reporter for a paper called the London Underground. She gets an asignment to check out the Deaders after watching Deader front man "Winter" bring some chick back to life. Taking place in Romania Klein acquires the puzzle box and solves it, sending her on her own little psychotic journey into her own personal hell. As with #5 and 6 the big mystery for Klien is figuring out what the hell is going on, is she crazy or not and why does this Winter guy possess the ability he has to bring the dead back to life......whatever! Trying to follow her mental break path to hell is a waste of time. Just let the movie unfold as it does and all--however thin will be revealed. For Fans of Pinhead, yes Doug Bradley reprises his role as the brooding darkly poetic, and articulate Cenobite. Pinheads presence in the first half of this 88 minute outing is nil. The second half has a bit more but not much.
Some of the effects in this film are I think not up to snuff, like the Cgi chains that pinhead uses. However Makeup jobs are cool, and there is a fair amount of blood being spilt. which make for some disturbing visuals, I found myself saying; "Dang, thats messed up!" a few times in this Film. Overall for a direct to video sequel, Kari Wuher does a great job, and its always good to see Pinhead warp reality and twist words. For those reasons I went from 2 to 3 stars. Bottom Line.....Stronger sequel that Both Hellraiser: Inferno, and Hellraiser: Hellseeker.

Endurable B-movie instalment in tired saga.......2006-07-02

Hellraiser: Deader is the eighth (or so) in the series kicked off by Clive Barker's cinematic magnum opus of gore: Hellraiser, which brought to eighties audiences the ultimate slasher villain: the immortal, vain and verbose Pinhead. This film, however, is far removed from the master's original vision of a pleasure-seekers' purgatory.

More importantly for fans, the series' Cenobites, grotesque, pleasure-and-pain-inflicting supernatural entities led by Pinhead, do not appear at all, except in the DVD extras, and the storyline itself was clearly intended to be a Pinhead-free affair. That is, until the Dimension straight-to-DVD department signed a cheque and made a sensible commercial decision to adapt the story for the Hellraiser canon.

I certainly am not one to be riled by capitalism and its inherent compromises, and this film unquestionably presents decent, low-grade genre fare, with an easily-digestable side of gore.

Our lead screamer, Kari Wuhrer, an exploitation-film actress who found fame on the syndicated Sliders TV show, is watchable, overcoming some dodgy dialogue and terrible costumes. Shot in Romania, no doubt for budgetary reasons, the film-makers manage to find several spooky locations and evoke a cool, wrong-side-of-the-iron-curtain creepiness throughout proceedings.

The plot is as follows: a star writer for a sleazy Fleet Street (London) tabloid begins to investigate a strange cult of young people in Bucharest, who appear to rise from the dead after having committed ritualistic suicide. Hellraising elements become merely an adjunct to our self-destructive heroine's temptation by, and ultimate victory over, these nasty young hedonists: the "Deaders".

Solid production values - considering what it is - and a moderately interesting underlying concept, see this film make the grade (just) as far as this horror fan is concerned. And, while reduced to side-show status, the Hellraiser cycle's iconic bad-guy does get to spout a few lines and chuck a few chains around, even if the lines are uninspired and the chains cheesy CGI.

Nonetheless, it really is hard to get past those shocking costumes the film-makers force our leading lady into. Beautiful as she is, Wuhrer is no teenager, and the character she is playing is portrayed as younger than she clearly is. But decking her out in boots and grunge jackets and tying her hair into goofy teen styles does not mask her age, it just looks ridiculous. And what single woman, travelling alone, wears a man's shirt (and no bra) to bed? Really, it was all highly alienating! Call me unreasonable or unfair, but I am rounding down the 2½ stars just for that.

I cannot recommend you buy the DVD, but check out your local video library for some guilty, spooky pleasures, then make a decision as to whether you want Hellraiser: Deader in you collection.

Not great........2006-06-30

I love the hellraiser series, and I can honestly say I was dissapointed in this installment. It was boring, slow, and had bad visual effects (CGI chains, what the hell is that?).
But the worst thing by far is that Pinhead was hardly in it. I dunno what's going on with the series but it seems that in every installment, we see Pinhead less and less.
The only reason I'm giving this 2 stars is because it doesn't even come close to the piece of garbage the INFERNO was...
Thank God for Hellworld...which isn't an amazing film, but still better then the last few sequels.

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Tape
Pretentious
Duck Tape
Very good
Richard Linklater's "Tape"

Tape
Starring: Ethan Hawke , Robert Sean Leonard , and Uma Thurman
Director: Richard Linklater
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ASIN: B00005YUPJ
Release Date: 2002-04-16

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Tape.......2007-07-25

Talented director Linklater dares to sustain a drama on a single dingy set, and thanks to a biting script and superb performances, succeeds. Though Thurman expertly plays the pivotal role of Amy, less a victim than a detached female looking on with bemusement at two ranting males, the show is Hawke's and Leonard's, as the two men wage a savage battle of wits, with life-changing implications. Taut, holding, and clever, "Tape" is immensely satisfying fare.

Pretentious.......2007-02-08

This film is over-rated at 4 stars. It starts off slow and eventually gets to something that is interesting. But it's very pretentious and not very believable.

Duck Tape.......2006-10-30

If you see this movie heading your way, duck for cover. Tape is a film of almost unimaginable cruelty. Three very good actors, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, and Robert Sean Leonard, (now seen on the excellent TV show, House), are trapped in a cheesy motel room for 83 minutes, more to the point, you are trapped in there with them. This is the kind of film that aches for an obligatory car chase, frat house bikini contest, or helicopter crash.

It's easy to affix the blame. Stephen Belber wrote the play and adapted it for film. (Note to Mr. Belber: Unless you're Samuel Beckett, do not attempt a three-person, one-room play, it's almost impossible to do well.) This horrific gaff would seem to explain it, but there's more. The film was directed by Richard Linklater, who gave us Waking Life, (also featuring Ethan Hawke). For those of you who have not seen Waking Life, let us simply say that, though it features splendidly original animation, the film is arguably the largest swamp-gas-filled-dirigible ever to cross the horizon.

One can easily see why Mr. Linklater would be drawn to Mr. Belber's play, both Tape and Waking Life feature almost identical dialogue, it goes something like this:

Why are we here? What? You know. You mean now? Yes, well, I think so. What? Stop kidding yourself, you know exactly what I mean. No I don't, honestly. What? Oh for God's sake, if you won't do it for me, do it for them. I'm not following you. But don't you see it? There are options, certainly. What? Would you like a beer? How many do you have left? Several, well, some, not as many as I thought I had, but enough to let you have one, depending on how badly you want one, do you want one? What? A beer. Is that why we're here, to talk about beer? No, of course not, it's what you might call polite conversation. Oh well that's just fine, our friendship has been reduced to the point of polite conversation, we no longer talk about real things, honest things? Great, now Mr. Smarty Pants wants to talk about real things, honest things, this is a very intriguing if not astounding turn of events. What? Since when are you interested in what's real, aren't you the one who spent years building a castle of lies, a fortress to protect you from feeling anything? I'm sorry, why am I here? Isn't that a question for you to answer? Perhaps, but you did, after all, invite me. What?

For 83 minutes - and you never leave the room.

Very good.......2006-08-21

Thought provoking film with good performances from Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard and Uma Thurman.

Richard Linklater's "Tape".......2006-06-03

Vince, a drug dealer who loves to party, rents Room 19 at a Lansing, Michigan hotel, then waits for his friend Jon, a documentary filmmaker, to show up, and they talk about the "good old days" while trying to pass the time. Vince decides to record their whole conversation, and the film takes a turn when Jon admits to possibly raping Vince's ex-girlfriend, who joins the conversation later on. The three then decide to try to figure out if the rape was fictional or actually happened.

"Tape" is a film adaptation of Stephen Belber's play. The film was directed by Richard Linklater, who decided to shoot the entire film on DV. It's an excellent, well acted, independent, dialogue-driven drama that will keep your attention throughout the duration of the film. One of the best films of 2001!

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I feel guilty about saying this...
Very original and very creepy!
Embrace Some Ambiguity, Baby.
It's not that bad...well, in a way
absolute insult to the origional!

Book of Shadows - Blair Witch 2
Starring: Anja Baron , Deb Burgoyne , Pete Burris , Peggy K. Chang , and Andrea Cox
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ASIN: B00005NB8M
Release Date: 2001-09-18

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This thoroughly second-rate follow-up to the groundbreaking (and highly profitable) horror flick The Blair Witch Project--produced by Blair Witch directors Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez--plays with the notions of reality and fantasy that surrounded the hype of the original movie, and attempts to throw in some scares along the way. A year after the release of the original film, a group of five Blair Witch aficionados--four out-of-towners led by one seriously unhinged "tour guide"--venture into the woods outside Burkittsville, Maryland, on a tour of the sites made famous by missing documentarians Heather, Mike, and Josh. After a drunken night of camping out in hopes of communing with the spirit of the Blair Witch, the five wake up to find that their seemingly innocent sleep may have been disturbed somehow. But what exactly happened? If you're expecting suspense of the first degree and a horrifying payoff similar to the one that climaxed the first film, you'll be sorely disappointed. After retreating to an old, run-down broom factory (get it? Broom factory? Blair Witch? Oh well...), the five go over their videotapes of the night in question to get some answers, and basically wind up screaming at each other for the remainder of the film, and shedding some blood along the way. Documentary filmmaker Joe Berlinger (of the highly acclaimed Paradise Lost and Brother's Keeper) proves that he should definitely stick to nonfiction filmmaking, and the entire cast is grating and unpleasant, aside from a scene-stealing turn by Kim Director as a goth chick with attitude to burn and a no-nonsense approach to this Blair Witch stuff. Strictly for hard-core Blair Witch fans only, and even then this sequel may prove to disappoint. --Mark Englehart

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I feel guilty about saying this..........2007-08-07

...but Blair Witch 2 is an atrocious movie. The sad part is, it could have been so much better; and if director Joe Berlinger is to be believed, it would have been if it had remained under his control. The story goes that he was pressured (read "forced") by the studio to add in scenes of gore and nudity that clashed with his vision in a misguided attempt to make the movie more profitable; I feel bad for the guy, but whatever the reason, the movie is just horrible, no two ways about it. Blair Witch 2 retains little if any of the Blair Witch mythology of the original movie, and next to none of the suspense. The one and only conceit that's even remotely clever, that of having the characters share their names with the actors who play them in an homage to the original, gets old really fast; unlike the first Blair Witch, where the actors were ad-libbing everything and therefore would want to use their real names to maintain the realism, the sequel is an obvious work of fiction, so what's the point?

Which isn't to say that the movie is a complete loss. The twist ending is clever, or at least it would have been in a different movie; the score isn't half bad, aside from the Marilyn Manson song at the very beginning ("Disposable Teens" might make sense in this context, except all of the actors are obviously at least 20 years old), and the goth chick is fairly entertaining. There's even a few in-jokes about the original film here and there. Unfortunately, if you combined all of these things into a movie in their own right, you'd end up with an eight-minute-long film.

I've read that Mr. Berlinger had never directed a feature film before, and has vowed to never attempt it again. Can't say I blame him. Unless you're a die-hard completist or you're feeling particularly guilty about something and looking for a way to flagellate yourself cinematically, avoid this movie in any way that you can.

The DVD has a few extras, notably a mini-feature explaining the concept or "Esrever." (It's "Reverse" backwards. Get it? Now that you got it, do you really want it? Didn't think so.) It's a little hazy, but the idea is that every so often, something about what's on screen--usually something in the background--will change in some subtle way, and the viewer is supposed to spot these and be consumed by the warm fuzzies at their own cleverness, I guess. Since none of them have any real bearing on the plot, there's not much point except to kill an afternoon.

Very original and very creepy!.......2007-08-05

I loved the Blair Witch Project, and I was surprised to find that I really enjoyed this sequal as well. It didn't try to copy the first movie, and the acting and the atomsphere were spot on. It was really creepy, and I actually had scary nightmares after seeing it. I would recommend it to anyone who likes original and kinda out there horror, and if you hated the first movie, there's still a chance you may like this one.

Embrace Some Ambiguity, Baby........2007-07-01

I love the first thirty minutes of this movie. I like the characters, the feel of things, the way the story is developing and the constant use of the soundtrack. Then, as the movie winds its way into "scare" mode, things start to stall and finally come to a screeching halt. But back to the good points. Kim Director is excellent as "Kim Diamond" the goth empath. I also liked Erika Leerhsen as overbearing "Wiccan Hottie" and Jeffery Donovan as the slightly crazy Jeff Patterson (In an homage to the first Blair Witch, the main characters have the same names as the actors portraying them). Tristan Skyler and Stephen B. Turner have taken a lot of flack on here for their portrayals of a researcher and his fiance, but they do the best with what they are given: the "serious" roles in the group of four people taking the inaugural trip on Jeff's "Blair Witch Hunt" tour of Burkittsville, MD, home of the Blair Witch. Look for product placement galore: Shinerbock beer, Pete's Wicked Ale, Moosehead Beer. The scenes at the convenience store are hilarious: the store only sells the above three beers! Also, the weird little hidden things that the DVD touts as the "Secrets of ESREVER!" are interesting to try to find.

The next two thirds of the movie is awful and not in a funny way. I never stop being disappointed in what I see. Much has been made of the movie "operating at a higher level" than a horror movie or suffering from its relationship to the original Blair Witch movie. Nothing could be further from the truth. This movie was promoted as a "real life" documentary that had to be altered slightly to avoid a lawsuit from the families of the victims. There was a made for TV movie called "Shadow of the Bliar Witch" released just before BW2 that played this up to the hilt: in it footage of the "REAL" Jeff Patterson and his "REAL" tour group are spliced in with "REAL" news footage from Burkittsville, etc., all in an attempt to make the viewer believe that BW2, like BW1, was based on real events. So, everything was set up to make a movie IN the "Blair Witch Mythos," but something bad happened along the way. It's my opinion that writer/ director Joe Berlinger really dropped the ball in his work on this movie and he proves it in his comments in the DVD booklet. He goes on and on about his "vision", etc., etc. and finally makes the statement that with BW2 he has "embraced ambiguity." In other words, he doesn't know what it means either. Well, that might be a good thing when one is describing their 12th grade charcoal drawing for art class, but it's not enough when one is attempting to justify screwing up what could have been a great movie.

It's not that bad...well, in a way.......2006-12-25

You know it's strange but I swore I could've remembered watching the entire film once. It's been on TV quite a few times and I remember watching it when I rented it but watching it recently I was surprised by how little I remembered of it. Walking around at the store, I noticed one of those patented gift sets where you can buy a set containing all the movies about a certain subject or filmmaker or franchise and sure enough there was a double-pack containing both Blair Witch films, a CD-Rom and a stick-man necklace. I thought I'd just review 2 since I haven't done that yet and found that while it's not Battlefield Earth or House of the Dead bad, there's a huge chunk of "missed opportunity syndrome" running rampant.

The original was a mock documentary that was advertised as the real deal. The sequel pretends it really did happen so we have 2 researchers (Tristan and Stephen), a goth chick (Kim) an unbelievably sexy Wicca (Erica) and a former mental patient/director (Jeff) who attend Jeff's tour of the famous sites. Only things, naturally, turn creepy and find everything totalled and hours missing. They go to Jeff's house where things get even more twisted and videotapes show lots of things that go bump in the night.

Cheesy story description I know but seriously, how else can I do it? As director Joe Berlinger says in the booklet, it would've been silly to continue the story of Josh, Mike and Heather since they're on and about and doing movies and TV shows so instead they have a story that pretends the movie was real, hence stuff like "man that movie was so cool, we really connected" or the trailer line "cause I thought the movie was cool". The one problem with the film was that it just didn't feel scary or suspenseful. Sure the story was interesting and the premise but nothing seemed to match the tent scene, the ending or even Heather's apology in the original.

The acting is kind of hit-or-miss. We get scene-stealing Kim Director who thankfully isn't that brooding "I love goth stuff, woo goth!" that I sometimes see and we get the unbelievably hot Erica Leerhsen who's also a talent to watch but then we get Lanny Flaherty who's ridiculously over-the-top or Stephen Barker Turner who almost tries too hard. But the film as a horror is only very marginally effective but at least the cast at times acts like it's worth a damn unlike the new wave of horror actors where it's like "please, write her off".

Book of Shadows is almost like those inoffensive films that I sometimes see: it didn't make me outright hate it, but I didn't really love it but I didn't feel I wasted my time.

absolute insult to the origional!.......2006-12-04

anyone who likes this sequal (i don't even consider it a sequal to BWP)is mentally retarded...or just like crappy movies.

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