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Communion (1989)
Needs more Cowbell
What a waste of time. I can't believe we actually purchased this on Amazon Prime. I will never watch it again. I could barely make it through this one viewing.
This is the first 3 I've ever rated a movie, and I have absolutely nothing redeeming to say about it. The whole movie was a spoiler.
Cry Macho (2021)
What the hell did I just watch?
"Soliloquy with a Chair" was a much more exciting and enjoyable performance. It was almost like they cast an actor in the lead role, who's now only capable of sucking baby food from a spoon in the lead role, then filmed a movie around him. Oh wait... that's what they did! I know the man is 90, but...seriously?!
And the attractive young actress who tries to lure him into bed, only to be rebuffed by Clint's character, Mike? What the hell was that? And then, she's all offended and asks him angrily "Oh you think I'm some kind of whore?!"
I'm thinking, "yeah honey! He's 90 go God's sake! That's pretty much what you are."
Or when he's breaking the wild bucking bronc's in the distant shots, and they cut to close-ups of his upper torso, slinging his arm, while undoubtedly sitting on a Hover Round. Yeah that looked really believable. Not even Eastwood has the acting chops to pull that off. Maybe Meryl Streep.... 🤔
1/4 star. Give it up Clint.
Her (2013)
Not even "arguably" the WORST movie of 2014! Hands down worst! Oscar nominations? Seriously?
How much cash do you have to pay to get such a dog nominated for an Oscar?
DULL, DRONING, BORING, RIDICULOUS, WHINEY, slit your wrists waste of time and money! I've never ever felt this way about any film, but I cannot stress it enough about this one! RUN AWAY! By the end of enduring this loss of valuable living time, I was hoping at least Joaquin Pheonix would leap off the building! That would have been the only possible way this movie was worth $8, even on a matinée day! The only thing, and I mean ONLY THING that kept me from walking out was Scarlett Johansson's sexy, cute, cracking voice! There is only way to properly characterize Pheonix's portrayal of this character, and it was stated about him best by the little droid in the silly video game he kept finger walking through.... Pussy, Pussy, Pussy! If your woman makes you endure this, make sure you get the large refillable popcorn and the extra large Hemlock Cocktail!
The Color Purple (1985)
Will be considered a classic when the other 1985 Oscar winners are long forgotten.
This movie should have swept the Oscars with wins instead of merely nominations!
I am watching it again for at least the 10th time as I type. A cursory check of the Academy Awards for 1985, and viewing a list of the actual winners, further confirms how political the Oscars truly are. I could barely sit through a single viewing of "Out of Africa". But Kharma always wins out. "The Color Purple", and the wonderful Academy Award deserving direction, and performances of Whoopi Goldberg, Oprah Winfrey, and the rest of the cast and crew, will long be watched and remembered as a classic while the others are drawing dust in the film cans.
The Shawshank Redemption (1994)
A must see for any serious Movie Lover
One of my favorite all time movies!
I've watched it at least 12 times and enjoy it as much each time I see it. One of the best adaptations and truest to the original Stephen King stories that I have seen. The other being "The Green Mile".
The combination of musical score with the well written and delivered lines of Morgan Freemans narration still can well the tears up in my eyes. His narration and acting in this film surely should have garnered him an Academy Award! He's an American Icon in my book. Superbly written, superbly directly, superbly filmed, and superbly acted.
You'll never be disappointed to have this DVD in your collection.