Learn To 

Play Guitar Course

Click For More On Learn To Play Guitar Course!

Sunday, September 6, 2009

A Potpourri Of Short Feature Film Overviews

By Alexandra Poole

Until recently, if you wanted to watch a movie, a trip to a video store like blockbuster was your only option. The next generation it seems will be getting their movies from movie downloads, avoiding any trips to the store. Here are some examples of movies you can acquire through a movie download site.

Big Trouble in Little China: Buddy Blowhard trucker Russell finds him self knee large in Chinatown fascinate and gibberish while a buddy's fiance is abducted right in front of his eyes. High tech Indiana Jones fashion venture has bulky tongue-in-cheek demeanor, however everything else in reference to it is bulky, too containing Russell's John Wayne swagger. Excellent electric music score by controller Carpenter. Cast includes Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun, James Hong, Champ Wong, and Kate Burton. (99 minutes, 1986)

True Lies: Being married and an international super spy don't go hand in hand. With his wife becoming bored with him she is close to having an affair, to a man pretending to be a spy. He sets out to sin his wife back, and winds up getting into a very tough situation.

City Slickers: Ad salesmen Mitch, and his buddies Ed and Phil are having a mid-life crisis. They need something different in their lives. So, they decide to go on a vacation, but not just any old vacation. They go out west, to be on a cattle drive, and learn to be cowboys.

The Peacemaker: A train wreck, with a train loaded with nuclear weapons, in Russia leaves what appears to be a nuclear disaster in its wake. Nuclear expert Dr. Julia Kelly thinks otherwise. She is convinced the explosion was staged, and the nuclear weapons have fallen into dangerous hands. Colonel Devoe agrees, and the two must uncover the conspiracy that has lead to nuclear weapons falling into the wrong hands.

Michael Collins: Politically charged tale of Irish insurgent leader Collins (Neeson), who with charm, guts, and idealistic fervor leads the quarrel contrary to British rule in the adolescents and '20s. Dynamic and commanding first half gives way to more abstinent and unavoidable summarization, in which Collins is made to become an ambassador and compromiser, sowing the kernels of his own downfall. Neeson is phenomenal and works with a first-rate cast in this convincing, believable, and vicious period piece, beautifully filmed by Chris Menges. Cast includes Liam Neeson, Aidan Quinn, Julia Roberts, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman, Ian Hart, Brendan Gleeson, and Charles Dance. (132 minutes, 1996)

Cul-De-Sac: Macabre comedy in regards to 2 injured gangsters who terrorize middle-aged milquetoast and his gorgeous youthful spouse. Not a total prosperity, although excellent cast and trendy direction make it a victor. Cast includes Donald Pleasence, Francoise Dode, Lionel Stander, Jack MacGowrah, lain Quarrier, and Jacqueline Bisset. (111 minutes, 1966)

Sine: The moving, true story, of Australian pianist David Helfgott. A child prodigy on the piano, he grows up in an abusive situation. Finally breaking away from his father he travels over seas to study. Eventually, he suffers a total breakdown. He returns to Australia, winding up in a mental institution. Somehow, many years later he is released from the institution. In final completion, he makes his way all the way back to playing in the concert halls.

The Pursuit Of Happiness: An absolutely incredible true story about Chris Gardener, a man struggling to make ends meet for his family. His wife leaves, and he is left out on the streets with his son, who is only five years old. With incredible courage and determination he gets an internship at a famous stock brokerage firm. He valiantly fights through all the difficulties, cares for his son, and hopes to land the job that can turn things around for him.

Jack Be Nimble: Strange, smart little chiller in which the title personality is adopted into a clan of cretins and neglected way past stamina; he set out to find his long-lost sis, and additionally to seek reprisal. Doesn't relatively work while it takes itself too critically; alternatively, this is devilishly amusing, and has cult probabilities. Cast includes Alexis Arquette, Sarah Smuts-Kennedy, Bruno Lawrence, Tony Barry, and Elizabeth Hawthorne. (93 minutes, 1993)

To find downloads for music or games, try phrases like "Downloading Movies Internet". If the first search proves ineffective type in something different. You should punch in "Downloading Movies Online" for another set of results. - 18423

About the Author:

0 Comments:

Post a Comment

Subscribe to Post Comments [Atom]

<< Home