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Farscape
5 (Two Discs) |
Three
Kings (1999)
Starring:
George Clooney,
Mark Wahlberg
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Gladiator
(2000)
Starring:
Russell Crowe
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Saving
Private Ryan (1998)
Starring:
Tom Hanks,
Edward Burns
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The
Matrix (1998)
Starring:
Keanu Reeves,
Laurence Fishburne
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| Admittedly,
the basic premise may be borrowed from Buck Rogers (American astronaut
catapulted to far-flung galaxy populated by strange aliens), while the
crew have something of Blake's 7 about them (a motley bunch of escaped
convicts pursued by a relentless foe), and ideas like the living ship
are borrowed from Babylon 5, but the Farscape concept has a freshness
that makes it look and feel completely original. The production design
is all bio-mechanical curves and the script never takes itself too
seriously (fart jokes and double-entendres pop up when you least expect
them). It must have been expensive to make, but it certainly looks (and
sounds--in Dolby Digital 5.1) like every penny made it to the screen. |
A
confident hybrid of M*A*S*H, Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and Dr.
Strangelove, Three Kings is one of the most seriously funny war movies
ever made. Improving the premise of Kelly's Heroes with scathing
intelligence, it explores the odd connection between war and consumerism
in the age of Humvees and cellular phones. Writer-director David O.
Russell's third film (after Spanking the Monkey and Flirting with
Disaster) is a no-holds-barred portrait of personal conscience in the
volatile arena of politics, played out by one of the most gifted
filmmakers to emerge in the 1990s. |
A
big-budget summer epic with money to burn and a scale worthy of its
golden Hollywood predecessors, Ridley Scott's Gladiator is a rousing,
grisly, action-packed epic that takes movie-making back to the Roman
Empire via computer-generated visual effects. While not as fluid as the
computer work done for, say, Titanic, it's an impressive achievement
that will leave you marvelling at the glory that was Rome, when you're
not marvelling at the glory that is Russell Crowe. Starring as the
heroic general Maximus, Crowe firmly cements his star status both in
terms of screen presence and acting chops, carrying the film on his
decidedly non-computer-generated shoulders as he goes from brave general
to wounded fugitive to stoic slave to gladiator hero. |
When
Steven Spielberg was an adolescent, his first home movie was a backyard
war film. When he toured Europe with Duel in his 20s, he saw old men
crumble in front of headstones at Omaha Beach. That image became the
opening scene of Saving Private Ryan, his film of a mission following
the D-day invasion that many have called the most realistic--and maybe
the best--war film ever. With 1998 production standards, Spielberg has
been able to create a stunning, unparalleled view of war as hell. We are
at Omaha Beach as troops are slaughtered by Germans, yet finally
overcome the almost insurmountable odds. |
Set in
the not too distant future in an insipid, characterless city, we find a
young man named Neo A software techie by day and a computer hacker by
night, he sits alone at home by his monitor, waiting for a sign, a
signal--from what or whom he doesn't know--until one night, a mysterious
woman named Trinity seeks him out and introduces him to that faceless
character he has been waiting for: Morpheus . A messiah of sorts,
Morpheus presents Neo with the truth about his world by shedding light
on the dark secrets that have troubled him for so long Ultimately,
Morpheus illustrates to Neo what the Matrix is--a reality beyond reality
that controls all of their lives, in a way that Neo can barely
comprehend. |
|
Mission:
Impossible 2 (2000)
Starring:
Tom Cruise |
The
Perfect Storm (2000)
Starring:
George Clooney,
Mark Wahlberg |
Stuart
Little (1999) |
The
Sixth Sense (1999)
Starring:
Bruce Willis
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Fantasia
2000 (1999)
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| It's a very wonderful and exciting movie. Tom Cruise is
back to his best and as usual he is very smooth. the sound effects and
the most amazing stunts they have in this movie is just indescribable.
It is a must see for all people. Final verdict EXCELLENT |
An absorbing story of man vs nature, as the
crew fights for survival against the awesome waves the storm kicks up. |
Stuart Little is squarely aimed, and successfully
so, at the 4- to 10-year-old viewer. Does this make it a bad family
film? Not in the slightest. The gee-whiz visual effects (created by
original Star Wars wizard John Dykstra) and the film's ebullient
wholesomeness make this a welcome addition to the home library. |
Hollywood superstar Bruce Willis (Armageddon,
12 Monkeys) brings a powerful presence to this edge-of-your-seat
supernatural thriller. |
This all-new film begins where its
predecessor, Fantasia, left off, with seven completely new
segments and the return of one favourite - Mickey in "The
Sorceror's Apprentice." |
