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King Cobra (2016)
Absolute rubbish
Much scenery chewing from Franco and Slater. No resemblance whatsoever to the actual Brent Corrigan or Cobra Video. Save your time and watch a Corrigan porno instead.
Jake's Closet (2007)
Everything you hate about indie films
Cliché-ridden story of an impending divorce - or is it? - through the eyes of a 6 year-old child. Corny dialogue, cardboard characters, stock situations, a red herring zombie sub-plot and, worst of all, absolutely no payoff, either emotionally or dramatically.
Does no-one teach creative writing any more? The true sign of a weak storyteller - when you cannot create any kind of satisfying denouement - just end the story. I'm compelled to ask, "what made you think this was a story worth telling in the first place!?"
Good, but wasted, debut by child actor Anthony De Marco - the rest of the cast was, at best, forgettable. And they wonder why no-one watches indie films! This is ninety minutes of my life I will never get back.
Hugo Pool (1997)
Quirky & Over The Top Fun
I have to confess I unabashedly LOVE this flick! Written & directed by Downey, Sr, this movie is a hoot!
Full of delightfully bizarre characters, this is a great afternoon or evening's diversion. Alyssa Milano, the proprietress of the title pool cleaning company, is the glue that holds the wacky cast together. Every featured performance is memorable in a completely over the top manner.
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Surprisingly successful amalgam of Spielberg & Kubrick
I had expected Spielberg to turn Stanley Kubrick's edgy treatment of Brian Aldiss' thought-provoking story into his typical "feel-good" sort of schmaltz a la E.T.
Happily -- I was wrong. This movie is an astonishing piece of work, no -- of art, anchored by the superb, unsettling and mesmerizing performance of Haley Joel Osment as the 'mecha' who would be a real boy.
Needless to say, the effects employed in the film are first rate and world-class. Spielberg and his ILM CGI folks have created at least four separate and wholly believable artificial worlds on the screen.
This is a wonderful film which attempts to answer very, very difficult questions, and, in the course of doing so, makes us feel very uneasy and threatened, but ultimately -- at peace.
I cannot recommend it highly enough.
Secrets & Lies (1996)
A masterpiece of improvisation
In this wrenching, brilliant piece of improvisation, all the actors are thoroughly, even scarily convincing. Above this brilliant ensemble, Brenda Blethyn soars, giving perhaps the finest performance I've ever seen in a film.
The English Patient (1996)
A sprawling romantic classic.
TEP satisfies in the grand filmic tradition of David Lean. Beautiful photography takes you to the exotic locales, nonpareil acting from a brilliant ensemble cast headed by the inscrutable Fiennes, the stunning Binoche and the beautifully understated Thomas. The "trick" of telling parallel stories via flashback works extraordinarily well in translating an "unfilmable" book to the screen. Repeated viewings make me love this film more and more.