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It sports a great soundtrack full of cover songs (everybody from The Pixies to The Eurhythmics gets a trip through the revamp machine) and Björk to comment (cleverly, I guess) on how every idea in the film is ripped off from other flicks as varied as Ghost in the Shell, Hellboy, the Lord of the Rings flicks, Kill Bill, Sin City, and — why not?

Not exact matches

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For me, resorting to tactics such as hair pulling, flicking, or biting back are simply not an option, I can't intentionally inflict pain on my child, particularly when I know there are other effective options at my disposal.

Miss 14 was flicking through the pattern collection the other day and this one came out as a «like».

The other day I was sitting on a train with a friend as she flicked through profiles on Bumble, an online dating service in which women have to reach out to men first.

This flick asks this question throughout as Sally and Harry navigate their way through moving to New York and doomed relationships with other people.

The premise is virtually the same as some other airline action flicks such as «Executive Decision» and «Passenger 57», the only difference there is terrorists capture the plane, same kind of shit though.

A guilty pleasure is how I see these teen based vampire flicks, they're not as bad as many think but on the other hand they're not outstanding either.

Very much a by the numbers action flick that isn't as good as other by the numbers action flicks.

The Empire Strikes Back acts as the classic example of a great «middle chapter» flick, and others like The Two Towers succeed in that regard as well.

Due to the era that the film is set in, the racial tones is a bit overbearing, as every supporting cast member either refers to each other as the Whiteman, Indian and or Chinaman; and even the violence in it was a bit graphic for being a Disney flick.

Sure some of the dialogue was corny but hey, the same sure as hell can be said about Transformers or many other Sci Fi flicks.

As for me, there wasn't much to the flick other than the amusing premise, but I'm giving it a recommendation for one reason: it made me laugh quite a bit.

You may or may not agree with me on this point but when compared to the trailers of the other superhero films of the summer — «Thor,» «Green Lantern,» and «Captain America: The First Avenger» — X-Men: First Class was outclassed (I'll admit some bias as I was underwhelmed by the last few X-Men flicks [«X-Men Origins: Wolverine» and «X-Men: The Last Stand «-RSB- too).

As with all the other DTV action flicks we've been getting lately, the movie also co-stars an MMA fighter: Andrei «The Pitbull» Arlovski.

Winning Academy Awards for supporting actor and actress, Christian Bale and Melissa Leo, as well as a host of other known and unknown actors like Mark Wahlberg and Amy Adams, turn in easily the best ensemble performance of the year in this unique boxing flick which is more about the relationships than the fight.

is the sort of thing that's going to be transplanted whole onto that flick's DVD release as well: it is, in other words, the MadLib for «Preparing for the Pageant» — just plug and play.

It's as manipulative as it is dishonest, but unlike many other far lesser films worthy of the same description, all this flick's shamelessness is on purpose.

The play is called «Hellcab,» as is the video release, but theatrically and on cable you may have also seen this under the title Chicago Cab, which is more appropriate, as the other title misleads you into thinking this may be a horror flick.

We can expect further details on what other additions will be included as the release date draws nearer but for now it's just nice to know there will be more to look forward to this summer than superhero popcorn flicks and swimming pools.

There are more than two dozen other familiar faces (well, depending on one's knowledge of NASCAR, wrestling, porn, etc) sprinkled into the mix in order to make this flick as live - tweet - y as possible, their own amateurish performances adding to Sharknado's legacy of trashiness.

As the year unfolds, there may be other flicks from this genre that will end up being better than what we get here.

Comic book fans will no doubt appreciate Romero's «Creepshow,» a 1982 black comedy shot in Pittsburgh, as were many of his other flicks.

It's wearying, the endless scenes of Peter weeping piteously; exhausting when the standard pussy - whipped, sarcastic best friend (Bill Hader) does the standard sidekick in a scatological two - step tango; and just woeful when Paul Rudd makes his perfunctory appearance as a burner beach bum with no other function than to be to this little ejaculate of flicks what Rob Schneider is to Happy Madison joints.

... The biggest surprise for me is that Fox Studios seemed to have stayed out of the butchering process as this flick strayed out of the usual formula and let the characters and situations connect to each other!

The game is still flick screen, but moving from one to the other involves a bafflingly long loading sequence, that's as frustrating as it is atmosphere - destroying.

If nothing else, Black Christmas will always be remembered as the inferior older brother to Clark's other Christmas flick, the Tito of the Jackson clan.

With all those other heroes crowding the screen in a movie called Captain America: Civil War, it's easy to start thinking of Cap's new movie as another Avengers flick (and to then write jokes to that effect on the Internet, if that happens to be your job), but Chris Evans has made it clear that's not the case.

In hindsight it's easy to view Body Double, a film that honestly depicts the «other» big film industry in Tinseltown ---- the skin flick factory / adult entertainment world ---- as a harbinger to Paul Thomas Anderson's breakout sophomore film, the crowd - pleasing porn epic Boogie Nights (1997).

This incredibly sweet and funny animated flick was Chris Pratt's other big hit of 2014, helping certify him as Hollywood's new leading man.

Passengers (PG - 13 for mature themes, sensuality and scary images) Horror flick starring Anne Hathaway as a grief counselor to survivors of a plane crash who falls in love with one (Patrick Wilson) of her patients just before the others start disappearing mysteriously, one by one.

It was as violent as a polish wedding with endless alcohol, but yet, had to love «Olympus Has Fallen» — the first of two White House - centric flicks released this year (the other being «White House Down») dealing with rogues amok in the cream building, and the lone hero working to save the day.

I'm going to be generous and hypothesize that DP Ted Moore saw this as an opportunity to give a blaxploitation flick some Bondian flair rather than the other way around1.

With an incredibly fun concept, stellar character designs and great performances from Josh Hartnett, Melissa George and Ben Foster, among others, the 2007 horror flick is a surprising treat that holds up as great Halloween viewing on a yearly basis.

I can't say if it will wind up making the list when all is said and done (I can't imagine it out of the top 20 though), but I'm very confident that many of you will be delighted by this distinctly unique flick, while others will be just as frustrated by it.

Noyce's next film is the HBO flick «Mary And Martha,» and as usual, he's got about a half dozen other projects also brewing in the background.

Perhaps in our current age of Japanese horror, torture porn and Jason Friedberg / Aaron Seltzer flicks, it'd be hard to look back on Scream and pronounce it as anything other than a quaint relic of its time, and certainly not as scary as what we watch today.

Other than that, «Bulletproof» is your standard vulgar, mindless, action - buddy flick, albeit with a love story at its center — something that might have marked the movie as a landmark among the kind of fictional relationships that date back to «Huckleberry Finn,» if it weren't trying so hard to deny its identity.

It's as if there's a deliberate intention to offend, a purpose that's essentially flawed because most of these boundaries have already been broken by countless other gross - out flicks and MTV time - fillers of the past five years.

While this film certainly does break some new ground from a cultural level, this entertaining action flick also feels a little too big for itself at other times because as well done as the narrative and storytelling aspects of this film are executed, occasionally the action sequences don't...

Like most zombie flicks the conflict is only partially with zombies with the other people still alive posing as the real threat.

As I already noted, the movie did pretty well at the box office, though it didn't turn into a massive smash ala Independence Day, but it surpassed any other Emmerich flick; both The Patriot and Godzilla topped $ 100 million but fell well short of this flick's take.

We find the film's theatrical trailer as well as promotional materials for other Universal flicks in the Now Showing domain.

As I've mentioned in the past, I think critics tend to overrate movies that give them something different — those folks see so many formulaic flicks that they embrace something outside of the norm, even when that effort lacks many other positive qualities.

I noticed some natural grain but that was it, as the flick lacked specks, marks or other defects.

Hot - head police captains, torturous and talky bad guys, drug busts, loose cannon cops, some domestic drama, and car chases represent the bases you'd have to touch in order to make a decent rehash, but outside of a couple of scenes of Paul regurgitating famous film lines from cop flicks of the 80s (which isn't exactly true, as he mysteriously quotes from movies of other genres and eras as well), there isn't much to Cop Out one could call a loving spoof.

A psychological drama that registered with audiences and critics alike because of its heartfelt painful story, as this indie flick did itself proud in the award department in the Australian version of the Oscars (won 13 awards, including best film, director, actor and actress) and was viewed in competition at Cannes and at a number of other film festivals throughout the world including the prestigious Edinburgh Festival.

They cracked on each other as they related lots of good notes about the flick.

And you'll likely start recalling other quality gangster flicks as you process this one.

Man, I hate saying things like that, because it sounds so pseudo-intellectual and pretentious, but in the case of Blade Runner - as with 2001: A Space Odyssey and a few other seminal flicks - it's the truth.