Recorded live on
stage in 1978, in Fort Worth, Texas, this concert was part of The Rolling
Stones’ tour for their Some Girls album. Here they performed a blues-tinged
rock show like only they can. It felt dirty and raunchy. I can only imagine
what it must have been like live. The only fault I can find here is that I
would have taken more.
Steve Brooks is a womanizing
and misogynistic ad man who gets killed one night by three women he has been
seeing. He ends up in purgatory, where he is given a chance to go back to
Earth. If he can find one female that really likes him, he will go to heaven.
Otherwise, hell it is. So Steve goes back to his life, but with his soul in the
body of a beautiful blonde woman.
Based on the George Axelrod play titled Goodbye Charlie, this film had a good premise that offered some potential for fun comedy. Unfortunately, that potential was wasted on a lot of silliness and ordinary acting. Briefly, in the middle part, this movie started to entertain me. But, it started weak and ended weak. That is too bad.
I must say that, for a 90's movie, Switch had very much a 80's feel, and not in a good way.
Martin Dubois est un vendeur d’assurance
avec un grand focus sur l’excellence. Il a de grandes aspirations pour sa fille
de 16 ans, Rose. Malheureusement, cette dernière commence à crouler sous la
pression mise sur ses épaules par son paternel, ce qui mine grandement leur
relation autrefois solide.
Cette comédie dramatique offre un regard assez juste et percutant sur la vie familiale à l’ère moderne, avec toute son évolution et tous ses travers. C’est clair que les choses ne sont plus comme dans ma jeunesse. En ce sens, ce film est très réaliste. Avec un scénario fort solide et des comédiens et comédiennes jouant très bien leur rôle, Le guide de la famille moderne est un film que j’ai beaucoup aimé.
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In light of the
rising amount of obesity in America and of the increasing corporate influence
of the fast-food industry, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock embarked on a 30-day
social experiment of eating nothing but McDonald’s three times a day, while exercising
as little as humanly possible. Over the course of a month, while he was being
monitored by a few doctors and a dietician, Spurlock’s health quickly
deteriorated.
I remember seeing this documentary when it first came out. I loved it then and it was still good. It is quite an eye opener. Though, I must say, the stuff about Jared of Subway fame has not aged so well.
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Sparkle Anderson is a
talented singer and songwriter. but she lacks confidence, so she hangs on as a
second fiddle in a Motown girl group with her two sisters, in defiance of their
overprotecting mother, a failed singer in her own right.
This Supremes-inspired story is a remake of the 1976 original. A nice update was done to the story, which gave it a fresher feel, in spite of the fact that the events are set in the 60’s. While the 60’s aura was still there, the tale being told felt more realistic. Unfortunately, the acting often did not come off the screen like in the original.
This was Whitney Houston’s last film performance before her untimely death.
Now a high school
senior, Courtney Bates, who survived the tragic events of the first film, is
still haunted by nightmares. She decides to have a birthday party weekend with
three of her girlfriends at a private condo. Some boys show up, and then an
uninvited supernatural guess comes around with a power drill shaped like a
guitar.
While the first installment in this franchise was entertaining and seemed to carry a certain message, this sequel felt truly stupid and pointless. The plot made no sense, the acting was bad and the horror scenes were laughable, and not even in a good self-deprecating way. And there was barely any nudity to at least put a sprinkle of fun on this dreck.
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This documentary
tells the story of the Sunset Strip, a mile and a half stretch of road in West
Hollywood that has gained a massive reputation for its hotels, clubs,
restaurants and other landmarks. Various musicians, actors and other public
figures share their stories in regards to the Sunset Strip.
This was a very interesting documentary. So much so that it made me want to visit the Sunset Strip. In a few years, when COVID is behind us, I intend to do so. I loved to learn more about the history of the important stretch of road. I particularly enjoyed it for the musical side of things, and I was disappointed there was not at least a little bit more of the live performances that were filmed. In spite of that little aspect, I really enjoyed this film.
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The films offers a fictionalized
account of Edgar Allen Poe’s life, where the famous author tries to help the
authorities solve a series of gruesome murders inspired by his stories.
John Cusack offers an okay performance as Poe, and the supporting cast was not too bad. The story itself was entertaining, albeit a little silly in comparison with the dark genius of Edgar Allen Poe’s work.
In what the comic has
described as the last of a long series of comedy specials, at least for a
while, Dave Chappelle takes no prisoners as he gets stuff off his chest,
discussing censorship, Twitter, the LGBTQ community and much more.
The show started a little slow, to the point where I was wondering where things would go, but, then, business picked up nicely. Chappelle is as much a raconteur as he is a stand-up comic. He is a master at it. This is a very funny comedy special, with a powerful ending that sticks with you for a while.
Anthony is an aging
man suffering from dementia, which leaves him quite lost even in his flat and quite
belligerent with the various nurses his daughter Anne try to hire to take care
of him in his older days.
This is a touching film, thanks in large part to the brilliant performance offered by Anthony Hopkins. It is so interesting to see the man who brought us Hannibal Lecter play vulnerability so convincingly. The script and direction offered a compelling and unnerving look at dementia, with the story told as if it was seen through the eyes of the person with the disease. It was truly destabilizing. It took some getting used to, but it was worth the effort.
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Sam Harper is a corporate
trader in over his head in New York City. When he finds out that his estranged father
passed, he begrudgingly flies back home to LA for the funeral and to see his
mom, with whom he has a strained relationship. There, Sam finds out that his
father had a child with another woman. He creates a lie to enter the life of
his new half-sister, a single mom named Frankie.
Melodramatic at times, this film contains its fair share of clichés. Still, thanks to a solid performance by the two leads, and a compelling story, this movie manages to be a good piece of entertainment.
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Jean-Michel, Yannick, Maude et Sarah
sont quatre grands amis aux personnalités fort différentes qui se connaissent
depuis leurs études postsecondaires. Maintenant de jeunes professionnels, ils
se rencontrent régulièrement dans une forme de conseil d’administration amical où
ils échangent sur leurs vies respectives.
Je suis en retard dans ce cas-ci. N’étant pas le plus grand fan de Louis Morissette, je n’avais jamais donné une chance à cette série. J’ai été agréablement surpris. Les textes sont très bons, la chimie entre les comédiens est solide et le tout offre un bon divertissement. J’avoue que le produit a un peu mal vieilli en une décennie, compte tenu de notre époque de politically correct. C’est tout de même rafraichissant de revenir dans le temps un peu.
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A group of high school
seniors from Venice, California, are having a slumber party, but a maniacal
killer is roaming around with a giant power drill terrorizing and killing
people — mostly girls.
This film was clearly written with feminist intent, to poke fun at the genre, which makes this slasher film interesting. Because, in spite of the intent, I am not quite sure it was delivered on screen as intended. Still, the use of gratuitous nudity is so in-your-face that it does make you take notice of the craziness of the exploitation genre. There is also a lot of symbolism, let’s just say, in the drill chopping scene.
This is not a grand film, by any stretch of the imagination, but it still entertaining and a very interesting look at the exploitation/slasher film genre.
Joanna Drayton is a
23-year old white woman who flies into San Francisco after a vacation to Hawaii
to make a surprise visit to her parents. The goal of her visit is to introduce
her new boyfriend, Dr. John Prentice to her parents. She intends to marry Dr.
Prentice, even though he’s a black man. Joanna’s father, an otherwise very Liberal
man, has a hard time accepting the idea of his daughter embarking into multi-race
marriage.
This film was way ahead of its time. It must have been very hard to make such a film in the 60’s, with all the racial tensions around. Tensions still do exist, but we have evolved somehow as a society. In that sense, the filmmakers did a brilliant job tackling a difficult topic like racism in such a masterful way.
The acting was superb here, which is no surprise. I mean with such names as Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn and Sidney Poitier, you could expect greatness. The ending speech by Tracy’s character was a good closure, though the tearful eyes around were a bit much. There is also the dance moment, in the middle of the movie, with the delivery guy and the maid’s daughter, that felt really out of place. In spite of these little flaws, I consider this a masterpiece.
A journalist prepares
a story on a group of New York City strippers who started a side hustle where
they drugged and robbed rich men. The reporter interviews the main people in
the group, who look back on their adventure.
This is a fun crime comedy/drama with beautiful and sexy female characters involved in a compelling storyline. This film was well directed by Lorene Scafaria, and the cast was solid too. I was hooked, waiting to see where it all would lead. The story dragged a bit in a few places, but, overall, I thoroughly enjoyed.
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