 | | | Two pretty bad movies made marketable by the presence of Brooke Shields and Milla Jovovich, respectively, running around wearing little but palm fronds. The basic BLUE LAGOON (1980) concept is that a boy and girl are shipwrecked on an uncha... (see full description) |
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 | | | Intriguging film blessed by roles for three actresses I happen to really like: Nastassja Kinski, Sarah Polley and Milla Jovovich. Inspired by Thomas Hardy's "The Mayor of Casterbridge," this... (see full description) |
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 | | | A visually marvelous science fiction epic that didn't quite catch on over here because it's very European. (And, in fairness, because the story is dumb.) First Hollywood backed movie for French cult director Luc Besson. (THE PROFESSSIONAL, ... (see full description) |
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 | | | My favorite Luc Besson movie by a wide margin. His other big movies like FEMME NIKITA, LEON and THE FIFTH ELEMENT have cult followings, while THE MESSENGER is almost invariably described apologetically as a "a near miss" or "style over subs... (see full description) |
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 | | | I will go out on a limb here and suggest that RESIDENT EVIL might be a great film. It's a smart, thrilling and beautifully paced picture you can watch over and over. Repeat watchabilty is not a trivial trait of guilty pleasure trash-it is a... (see full description) |
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