George-Miller Movie Reviews

The world has gone around to many times to keep this one on the shelf.The movie is so funny and a feminist classic about the low life getting together to make it rich life.The movie makes me sick it is so funny.Jane Forth... makes a part as a foot rubber.Jackie,Candy and Holly start a womens liberation group against men....

Paul Morrisey's Women in Revolt, while a satire of Women's Liberation in the early 1970s, is really an homage to classic movie cinema of the 1930s, 40s, and 60s. In it, Morrisey alludes to the popular "woman's picture" or, "weepies" of those eras by presenting us with the story of three career girls -- a set up that is most reminiscent of How to Marry a Millionare.
Candy, the beautiful and more aloof one of the trio, has her head in the clouds and aspires to become an actress. It is Candy who makes allusions to old time movies and stars by quoting such campy lines such as "I want to live" from Susan Hayward's movie, and the above. Her scene when she auditions for the movie agent is so reminscent of Lana Turner's audition with the agent in Imitation of Life (the set is so similar, right down to the swinging door!)
In real life, Candy Darling was obsessed with old movies and old movie stars. Her mother was a big fan of them and Candy used to entertain her by impersonating Joan Crawford or Garbo and dressing in drag. Candy is also the more convincing woman when compares to Jackie Curtis.
Curtis, a school teacher and a repressed lesbian, is also fighting for women's rights. But she, too, is a character grouneded in cinema. A "working woman" or "career girl," she is single, beautiful, and a survivor. But Jackie's character is annoying: she gets upset at her houseboy for no apparent reasons and is very cruel to him, at one time throwing matches at his naked body. Still, Curtis is a fantastic performer to watch. He is so alive and funny, having starred and written many off broadway plays. It is ineresting to note that the only reason Curtis started dressing in drag was because he wanted to become a star and knew that Andy Warhol was intrigues by transvestites. Holly Woodlawn, however, just knew how to lie.
When he was preparing to shoot Trash, Morrisey says that he cast Holly without even meeting her. Having read a story in a magazine in which Woodlwan described herself as a Warhol Superstar (without officially being one), he was curious and cast the talented Woodlawn. Unlike her perfomance in Trash, which was brilliant and funny, Woodlwan is reduced to a supporting role that leaves her with less screen time. In her memoir, Woodlawn wrote that she felt intimidated by Darling and Curtis who just dominated every scene and thus she handed the movie over to them. This is a shame because I was really impressed by Holly's acting in Trash and in this movie, she plays a kept women who simply screams and has sex with many men.
Overall, Paul Morrisey's Women in Revolt is a gem. If you like old movies and obscure cult films, you might be able to recognize the allusions to old Hollywood in the film. If not, that is okay too because this is really a good movie. It is funny, interesting, and good.
My only regret is that Image Video does not issue a commentary for this film. There are so many stories on the making of and background of this movie. I would love to have insight into the actress' private life. Someone at Image should hurry up and get Holly Woodlawn (the only surving actress of the trio) and Paul Morrisey's commentary on this important film! The same should be done with Trash because all three of the main characters are still alive.
Still, a good movie to add to your cult collection.

This was surprisingly good. I had heard about this film for many years, but finally decided to get it now that I own a DVD player.Any film that can keep my interest for more than five minutes (unlike "Star Wars") is a decent film, and this movie got more and more interesting as it went. The print on this DVD is good, Marty Kove is another reason to get this (full frontal nudity), and the final scene in the movie is classic. Get it.

I ordered: Best of Saturday Night Live (1975) and instead I got the Best of Saturday Night Live from 1992. The description says 1975, yet my order form came out 1992, and the video I received is from 1992. I didn't think to check the order form for 1975. There is obviously an error on the website, since they list something from 1992 as 1975. DO NOT ORDER THIS TAPE IF YOU WANT THE BEST OF SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE FROM 1975.

I loved this video! It showed many of my favorite skeches, cast members and hosts. A must buy. Great sketches like Church Lady, Coonches the Cat who could drive, and Wayne's World, I love it.

This may be the worst collection of Farrell clips they could've put together. I loved The best of Chris Farley, but this was a mess. The skits we're weak and nothing we haven't seen before in their many compilation shows.. How many times has he played Trebek? Do we really need to see the same one with Sean Connery, Burt Reynolds, and French Stewart again? And not even the whole skit on top of it all.. What a waste of money this was! What a shame......

I must say that this video is worth every cent. Talk about a knee-slapper! For all of you with a great sense of humor I really just can't say enough! Will Farrell may be one of the funniest actors ever.

What is supposed to be a comment on how the justice system favors criminals while victims suffer doesn't shed a new perspective on the idea. Bridges and Moore don't have much chemistry as the married couple terrorized by Leibman, who's anguished character fails the produce the sympathy that he should have. The way the revenge is played out against Bridges' character is pretty far-fetched, too. Bridges is a good actor, but this is not a good vehicle for him.

A must see for anyone who lives in Seattle. This film takes you on a thrill packed romp from the concrete jungles of Pioneer Square, to the sub-terrainian horrors of underground Seattle. Filled with action, action and more action, this movie contains one of the most thrilling chase sequences ever filmed in Seattle's little known subway system (I won't tell if you don't)!

Buy it NOW!

Shawn

What is supposed to be a comment on how the justice system favors criminals while victims suffer doesn't shed a new perspective on the idea. Bridges and Moore don't have much chemistry as the married couple terrorized by Leibman, who's anguished character fails the produce the sympathy that he should have. The way the revenge is played out against Bridges' character is pretty far-fetched, too. Bridges is a good actor, but this is not a good vehicle for him.

A must see for anyone who lives in Seattle. This film takes you on a thrill packed romp from the concrete jungles of Pioneer Square, to the sub-terrainian horrors of underground Seattle. Filled with action, action and more action, this movie contains one of the most thrilling chase sequences ever filmed in Seattle's little known subway system (I won't tell if you don't)!

Buy it NOW!

Shawn

Fans of the original series will miss the fire and passion of Sigrid Thornton in the role of Philadelphia. Nikki Coghill's portrayal is softer and less feisty, which I found disappointing. In many ways the production did succeed in carrying over the feel, look and sound of the original series, including the same musical themes. The drama in the second half was less contrived, with a little better character development, although I found the ending weaker and less satisfying than the original. I will admit that I have watched the original series many times and as often happens, sequels have trouble living up to our desire for the stories we love to carry on seamlessly. Without that strong attachment and bias, newcomers to the series may find it more enjoyable than I did.

Spring is in the air all around the town of Carvel, but for Andy Hardy (Mickey Rooney) it might as well still be winter as he and his steady Polly Benedict (Ann Rutherford) have had a falling out. Enter Rose Meredith (Helen Gilbert), a substitute drama instructor fresh out of the university whom Andy falls head over heels for from the get-go. Ms. Meredith invites the students to write their own play for the annual spring production at Carvel High. Andy seizes opportunity and composes his own version of "Romeo and Juliet" involving two star-crossed lovers - a U.S. Navy admiral and a young Tahitian woman - that is eventually chosen to be performed.

Meanwhile, Judge Hardy (Lewis Stone) takes up the offer of two land speculators who claim that a piece of property he owns is valuable for mining. Marian Hardy (Cecilia Parker) becomes a stenographer for the two men only to find out that the land deal with her father is a scam.

This clever entry (number seven) in the Hardy series was not directed by George Seitz as most of them were but rather by W.S. Van Dyke who was famous for such films as "San Francisco" and "Marie Antoinette". As a result, the finished film seems to have a smoother, more polished feel to it. Even though Helen Gilbert never achieved major stardom during her career, I find her performance in this, her first feature film, quite endearing and especially appreciate her poise and excellent diction. Ms. Gilbert is rather unusual in Hollywood history in that she was originally a cellist in the MGM studio orchestra. There is also a humorous appearance by Terry Kilburn (Tiny Tim in 1938's "A Christmas Carol") as a friend of Andy's nicknamed "Stickin' Plaster" who gets into some interesting scrapes as a stagehand for Andy's play.

All in all, "Andy Hardy Gets Spring Fever" is better than I originally expected.

My favorite part of every classic beginning on Saturday Night Live television history during the seventies is when he falls down or trips over things that were waiting to happen for Chevy himself. As he says in every opening credits to this show was "LIVE FROM NEW YORK IT'S SATURDAY NIGHT! And don't forget his zany antic on weekend update as he was the news anchor person.

Saturday Night Live is usualy very good but most of these sketches suck

After watching it a couple times, some of the skits grew on me, but in the beginning I was disappointed. I guess that I just didn't agree with what they considered to be the "best" of SNL for that year. But Mike Myers' "Phillip" skit with Nicole Kidman was hysterical...