Bottle Shock 2008  PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Randall Miller
Cast: Chris Pine, Alan Rickman, Bill Pullman, Rachael Taylor, Freddy Rodriguez, Eliza Dushku, Bradley Whitford, Dennis Farina, Miguel Sandoval, Joe Regalbuto, Hal B. Klein, Kirk Baily, Philippe Bergeron, Mark Famiglietti
In 1976, British expatriate Steven Spurrier (Alan Rickman), now living in Paris where he owns a wine shop, sets up a wine competition. Having heard about California wines, Spurrier researches the wineries there and finds Jim Barret's (Bill Pullman) winery, Chateau Montelana. Jim's hippie son Bo (Chris Pine) isn't very interested in the family business, but Jim agrees to enter the contest, despite being suspicious that the contest is rigged in favor of the French. He brings his wine to Paris–and the rest is history when Napa Valley gains its reputation worldwide as a superior wine region. Based on a true story.
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Checking Out 2005  PG-13, 94 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeff Hare
Cast: Peter Falk, Laura San Giacomo, Judge Reinhold, David Paymer, Jeffrey D. Sams, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Dan Byrd, Shera Danese, Bob Bancroft, Joey Gray, Tony Todd, Galen Yuen, Philippe Bergeron, David Bowe
Retired Broadway actor Morris Applebaum (Peter Falk) hosts his estranged middle-aged children (Laura San Giacomo, David Paymer, and Judge Reinhold) on the eve of his 90th birthday party to inform them that it is time for his final curtain. After Morris announces that he plans to kill himself after the party, will the grown "kids" put aside personal problems and help their father?
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 Godzilla 1998 PG-13, 139 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Roland Emmerich
Cast: Matthew Broderick, Jean Reno, Hank Azaria, Maria Pitillo, Michael Lerner, Harry Shearer, Arabella Field, Philippe Bergeron, Malcolm Danare, Kevin Dunn, Vicki Lewis, Doug Savant, Lorry Goldman, Christian Aubert, Frank Bruynbroek
Godzilla is resurrected following French nuclear tests in the South Pacific, and the 90-foot monster crosses Panama and heads north where he lays waste to NYC's Wall Street and the subway system–all this with the U.S. Army in close pursuit. Also on Godzilla's trail is NRC biologist Dr. Nick Tatopoulos (Matthew Broderick), and close behind are Nick's ex-girlfriend Audrey Timmonds (Maria Pitillo), who is looking for a big news story, and French secret service agent Philippe Roach (Jean Reno), who is trying to protect his country's reputation. 1 User Review
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| | Roland Emmerich Strikes Again! | 1fatts 04/13/2009 | It is perfectly justifiable not to like Roland Emmerich movies. He seems to believe that subtlety involves using only a two-ton sledgehammer instead of a ten-ton sledgehammer, when a tack hammer will do.
He does to "the monster movie" in Godzilla what he did to "the alien movie" in Indpendence Day and would later do to "the ecology movie" in The Day After Tomorrow." Good special effects; a plot that comes out of a blender; and dialogue written by a ten-year-old and spoken with deep commitment to the "Omigosh, Batman!" school of acting.
But that's the fun of the thing. If you want more, don't spend the money. If you want to watch things blow up or crash or crack or whatever which make no more demands of your wit or intelligence than a Hardy Boys book, you can have some fun. It's like Jackie Chan movies with better special effects and no sense of humour. |
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Mangler 2 2001  R, 90 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: M. Hamilton-Wright
Cast: Lance Henriksen, Will Sanderson, Chelse Swain, Daniella Evangelista, Philippe Bergeron, Miles Meadows, Dexter Bell, Bruce Bostwick, Brenda Campbell
This doesn't have anything to do with the original, "The Mangler," adapted from a Stephen King short story. This mangler is Mangler 2.0, a computer virus. A high-school girl downloads the virus into the school's computer system, and the killings begin.
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| 1. Bottle Shock (2008)
2. Checking Out (2005)
3. Godzilla (1998)
4. Mangler 2 (2001)
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