George-Miller Movie Reviews

The "fatal woman" was an essential -- if misogynistic -- underpinning of film noir, and Lizabeth Scott here plays one of its most irredeemable examples. During a wild night chase, a bagful of stolen money appears -- presto -- in the car she and her husband are driving. Her greed so overwhelms her that she turns into a scheming, ruthless vixen. Dan Duryea is on hand to slap her around a bit (his specialty), and Dan DeFore -- an avuncular figure from 50s television -- pops up as an ambiguous figure from her past. The plot is implausible fun, but Scott looks far more drawn and haggard than she did just a couple years earlier in Dead Reckoning (the fault of cinematography or dissipation?). Beware: this print is taped at EP speed, with sudden jumps and other blemishes, as though it was taken from a very bad print; the night scenes are close to unviewable. But then Too Late for Tears is is no masterpiece of light and shadow; at the price, however, it's a servicable thriller you probably won't go back to very often.

The "fatal woman" was an essential -- if misogynistic -- underpinning of film noir, and Lizabeth Scott here plays one of its most irredeemable examples. During a wild night chase, a bagful of stolen money appears -- presto -- in the car she and her husband are driving. Her greed so overwhelms her that she turns into a scheming, ruthless vixen. Dan Duryea is on hand to slap her around a bit (his specialty), and Dan DeFore -- an avuncular figure from 50s television -- pops up as an ambiguous figure from her past. The plot is implausible fun, but Scott looks far more drawn and haggard than she did just a couple years earlier in Dead Reckoning (the fault of cinematography or dissipation?). Beware: this print is taped at EP speed, with sudden jumps and other blemishes, as though it was taken from a very bad print; the night scenes are close to unviewable. But then Too Late for Tears is is no masterpiece of light and shadow; at the price, however, it's a servicable thriller you probably won't go back to very often.

Let's see, you have a batch of gun fights. You have some wild horse stampedes. There are two or three indian attacks on wagon trains. Don't forget the sneering villian. And there's Johnny Mack Brown in several hard riding scenes.

This is a 13 chapter cliff hanger, and you'd do well to take 13 days to watch it, a chapter a day. Hey, it was originally made to see one chapter a week! The chapter endings are less than spectacular, in fact rather repetitious. There's at least one case of cheating...I know I saw our hero react from one horse in a stampede running over him, but the next chapter didn't show that.

Well, this isn't one of the best western serials. For that, you want THE ADVENTURES OF RED RYDER or ZORRO'S FIGHTING LEGION. But it is full of action and the type of scenes you watch westerns for, even if there is lots of repetition. Three stars, but dyed-in-the-wool B western fans might give it more.

THis video was very dissapointing. Not much of what is on the video is new footage. If you are an avid RW watcher like I am, then this video will do nothing for you, so just go to a video store and rent it.

This movie was really funny. It wasn't really a behind the scenes or inside to the cast of real world. It was funny because it was the bloopers and outtakes of the first five cast. Neil from London and Flora from Miami were the host of this tape and they were hosting it from the Boston house. I love Real World so this movie was very funny because I got to see cast menbers act crazy and see crew members trip and fall. I wish Flora wasn't the host because I hate her. I also wish they didn't censor everything . It was cool though because you got to see the way the cast interacted with the crew. Basically this video is worth the money if you have watched Real World since the beginning.

This video provides entertaining footage from the first six seasons of The Real World. This footage was not on the show.

The confessional scenes are worth seeing. Glen Naessens appears with a painted blue face. Judd deals with breaking light bulbs. The London and Miami casts are also pretty funny in the confessional.

Seeing the crew and how they interact with the cast is also revealing. The crew is seen working hard and also having fun. And they all break loose at the end of the Miami season.

Watching the cast try to get rid of the crew is also funny. Julie is caught on an embarrassing date. Andre trys to be alone with a girl. Aaron and others get spooked by surprise cameramen. Melissa turns her car on the crew. Eric gets powdered on a photo shoot.

The Real World fish also come into play. Rachel gets upset at their fate. Cynthia argues with the Miami fish guy. And the dead fish get laid to rest.

So if you like The Real World, this video is worth seeing.

As you might expect, this "Saturday Night Live" tape is a lot like the show. Some of the skits are fantastic while others fall flat on their face.

The tape both starts and ends on a high note. The first skit is one that skewers our characterizations of French prostitutes. Garth Brooks (whom I didn't recognize at first) is in drag and is very funny. The final skit is the classic "Celebrity Jeopardy" episode where the contestants are supposed to be Tom Cruise, Adam Sandler (played FLAWLESSLY by Jimmy Fallon) and Sean Connery. Will Ferrell, playing Alex Trebek of course, delivers some of his best dry humor ever.

Regarding the rest of the tape, it's interesting to note that the best clips are those that shouldn't even be included...skits that have nothing to do with game shows. The best of the bunch is a mock promo advertising a new show coming to NBC called "Princess & The Homeboy". Tim Meadows is completely outrageous as G-Dog. It's some of the edgiest stuff that the writers of SNL ever came up with.

It's true that most of these SNL tapes don't seem to be chock full of the best that the show has had to offer. However, at least this one is able to provide a fair share of laughs and is worth a rental or a purchase at a cheap price.

I definately recommend you buying this collectoin of SNL Game Show Parodies. It features some of the greatest SNL sketches ever. One is Dysfunctional Family Feud, which features Chris Farley at his greatest. Also, you'll enjoy Jackie Roger Jr.'s $100,000 Jackpot Wad, which features Billy Crystal as Sammy Davis, Jr. Pay attention to Rajeevs face when Saammy gives the clue for asparagus. And David Spade gives a great performance in Geek, Dweeb, or Spazz. The only thing that I think hould've been included is the rest of the Stand Up and Win sketch. Overall, this really is a great video.

The is a pretty good video. The only bad thing about it is that there is not enough good games shows. Some of them are very, very stupid. But all in all, it's a good video.

If you have ever seen the movie "10" and not just watched the trailer with the infamous seen of Bo Derek running down the beach with her cornrows bobbing along, then you know that Dudley Moore's fantasy of the perfect woman pops pretty much about the time that Bo's character opens her mouth. That fact pretty much serves as the model for Bo Derek's film career in the early days; she looked great but once she opened her mouth she started losing points. This was amply proven in "Tarzan, the Ape Man," but in case anybody missed the point we have the 1984 film, "Bolero." The film was subtitled "An Adventure in Ecstasy" in an effort to make everyone forget the other part of the title was a take off both on Derek's first name and the music by Ravel revitalized by "10" (fortunately the Olympic Ice Dancing champions Torvill and Dean gave us a much better association).

In "Bolero," Bo plays Lida MacGillivery, a little rich girl graduating from an English boarding school. Her graduation present is going to be the loss of her virginity, so she and her best friend, Catalina (Ana Obregón), go off to the deserts of Arabia, accompanied by her chauffer/bodyguard Cotton (George Kennedy). On the desert sands she meets a sexy sheik (Greg Bensen), who has his chance, but blows it despite all the Valentino references. When Lida has similar problems with a bullfighter in Spain named Angel (Andrea Occhipinti), we get the idea that this girl is going to have to go around the world, so to speak, to get her happy ending. Consequently, "Bolero" is a soft porn flick without the sex. Just think about that for a while and then it should be very clear to you why this is a bomb of major proportions that falls into the "so bad you have to see it to believe it" category instead of the "so bad it is good" column. Maybe director John Derek did this as a way of telling the adolescent males of the world to stop fantazigng about his wife (actually, Olivia d'Abo as Paloma is the sexiest woman in the film).

Today Bo Derek appears on "Seventh Heaven" and she does a nice job of acting while fully dressed (plus I think she is, oh, let's say, 10 times better looking today at 44 than she was at the age of 28). There is redemption in Hollywood and it is good to know that her time in Purgatory for "Bolero" is a thing of the past.

Lovely Bo Derek embarks on an awkward, sensual quest to lose her virginity in the roaring 20's. Armed with a huge inheritence, her trusty chauffer (George Kennedy), an adventurous college friend (Ana Obregon), an extravagant wardrobe and a seemingly endless supply of black eyeliner, Mac (Bo) travels around Europe looking for a sheik like Rudolph Valentino. Director John Derek, once again, focuses more on his wife's magnificent beauty than the outrageous story. By this point in her career (1984) we've already seen Bo exhaust the "innocent virgin" role (Fantasies 1974 and Tarzan, the Ape Man 1981). The script is completely ridiculous (which is really o.k. because most of the actors have thick accents that are incomprehensable) but the scenery is gorgeous! Bo tangles with an opium-addicted sheik, a jealous gypsy, and a handsome bullfighter (Andrea Ochinpinti) who wins her heart and her virginity. After he is gored by bull in the privates(!), Bo becomes a bullfighter on horseback and eventually proves that "love conquers all" when it comes to mending a broken, er..heart! Despite the raging controversy that followed this film, the love scenes are all beautifully photographed and not the least bit pornographic. But this IS a Bo Derek film, which means lots of nudity(!!!). For me, the best scene is when Bo fights the bull in the film's slo-motion climax. Her skill as an equestrian and "humane" approach to bullfighting are the most interesting part of this film. Campy and unintentionally funny in some parts, BOLERO is a great choice for a cheesy midnight movie at home. Bo didn't score a "10" with this silly film, but she seems like she had fun making it. You'll never look at "milk and honey" the same way again...

This is pretty much a vehicle to show off Bo Derek, and it accomplishes that. As an added bonus, there's Olivia d'abo in a nice bathing scene......if you're a fan of either of them then the VHS is worthwile, if not - get something modern, you heathen :-)

If you have ever seen the movie "10" and not just watched the trailer with the infamous seen of Bo Derek running down the beach with her cornrows bobbing along, then you know that Dudley Moore's fantasy of the perfect woman pops pretty much about the time that Bo's character opens her mouth. That fact pretty much serves as the model for Bo Derek's film career in the early days; she looked great but once she opened her mouth she started losing points. This was amply proven in "Tarzan, the Ape Man," but in case anybody missed the point we have the 1984 film, "Bolero." The film was subtitled "An Adventure in Ecstasy" in an effort to make everyone forget the other part of the title was a take off both on Derek's first name and the music by Ravel revitalized by "10" (fortunately the Olympic Ice Dancing champions Torvill and Dean gave us a much better association).

In "Bolero," Bo plays Lida MacGillivery, a little rich girl graduating from an English boarding school. Her graduation present is going to be the loss of her virginity, so she and her best friend, Catalina (Ana Obregón), go off to the deserts of Arabia, accompanied by her chauffer/bodyguard Cotton (George Kennedy). On the desert sands she meets a sexy sheik (Greg Bensen), who has his chance, but blows it despite all the Valentino references. When Lida has similar problems with a bullfighter in Spain named Angel (Andrea Occhipinti), we get the idea that this girl is going to have to go around the world, so to speak, to get her happy ending. Consequently, "Bolero" is a soft porn flick without the sex. Just think about that for a while and then it should be very clear to you why this is a bomb of major proportions that falls into the "so bad you have to see it to believe it" category instead of the "so bad it is good" column. Maybe director John Derek did this as a way of telling the adolescent males of the world to stop fantazigng about his wife (actually, Olivia d'Abo as Paloma is the sexiest woman in the film).

Today Bo Derek appears on "Seventh Heaven" and she does a nice job of acting while fully dressed (plus I think she is, oh, let's say, 10 times better looking today at 44 than she was at the age of 28). There is redemption in Hollywood and it is good to know that her time in Purgatory for "Bolero" is a thing of the past.

Lovely Bo Derek embarks on an awkward, sensual quest to lose her virginity in the roaring 20's. Armed with a huge inheritence, her trusty chauffer (George Kennedy), an adventurous college friend (Ana Obregon), an extravagant wardrobe and a seemingly endless supply of black eyeliner, Mac (Bo) travels around Europe looking for a sheik like Rudolph Valentino. Director John Derek, once again, focuses more on his wife's magnificent beauty than the outrageous story. By this point in her career (1984) we've already seen Bo exhaust the "innocent virgin" role (Fantasies 1974 and Tarzan, the Ape Man 1981). The script is completely ridiculous (which is really o.k. because most of the actors have thick accents that are incomprehensable) but the scenery is gorgeous! Bo tangles with an opium-addicted sheik, a jealous gypsy, and a handsome bullfighter (Andrea Ochinpinti) who wins her heart and her virginity. After he is gored by bull in the privates(!), Bo becomes a bullfighter on horseback and eventually proves that "love conquers all" when it comes to mending a broken, er..heart! Despite the raging controversy that followed this film, the love scenes are all beautifully photographed and not the least bit pornographic. But this IS a Bo Derek film, which means lots of nudity(!!!). For me, the best scene is when Bo fights the bull in the film's slo-motion climax. Her skill as an equestrian and "humane" approach to bullfighting are the most interesting part of this film. Campy and unintentionally funny in some parts, BOLERO is a great choice for a cheesy midnight movie at home. Bo didn't score a "10" with this silly film, but she seems like she had fun making it. You'll never look at "milk and honey" the same way again...

This is pretty much a vehicle to show off Bo Derek, and it accomplishes that. As an added bonus, there's Olivia d'abo in a nice bathing scene......if you're a fan of either of them then the VHS is worthwile, if not - get something modern, you heathen :-)

Well, I loved the first one and so when the sequel came out I can to get it! Big Mistake! Instead of being imaginative and lovable, I found this movie crazy and harsh. Brandis did a great job as Bastian, but they wrongly chose Atreyu's actor! It seems as though he was younger than he was in the original. Just read the book, watch the original but don't bother with the sequel and 3rd!

I used to like watching the Neverending Story movies when I was a kid, and I still watch them every now and then. "Neverending Story 2" isn't as good as the first one was, but it's not that bad. Bastian returns to try and save Fantasia from an evil sorceress. The sorceress's plan is to make Bastian make wishes until he runs out of memories and forgets where he even came from.

"Neverending Story 2" is imaginative and has some cool looking creatures such as the rock creature and Falcor the flying dragon. If you liked the original movie of the series, I would recommend getting this movie.

Very enjoyable! Many of the same themes and ideas are used from the original making the second movie not the most original, however it is great!!

Remember _The Princess Bride_? William Goldman had the charming framing device of having the grandfather, Peter Falk, reading the book to his grandson. Well imagine if _The Princess Bride_ had been directed by Ed Wood, and imagine that he had a bunch of old footage left over from another movie and imagine if he used the same framing device, of a grandfather telling a story to his grandson, except the grandfather is played by Ernest Borgnine and the story is sick, twisted and badly directed. I suppose that some people might consider this a horror movie, and if you're horrified by stupidity, a contrived plot, wooden dialog and acting which would have to be thousands of times better than it is to be considered *bad*. After watching this movie, through the graces of MST3K, I felt sorry for Ernest Borgnine, doesn't he have any residuals left over from _Marty_ or _McHale's Navy_? Or is he forced to act in crap like this? I mean really, I'm paying $9,000 a year in Social Security taxes so that geezers like Ernest Borgnine don't have perform degrading work such as working in a coal mine, or as a Wal Mart greeter or acting in garbage like this.

That's right, Merlin's Shop of Mystical Wonders, from the guy who gace you "Santa's fabulous workshop" (where elves lose their hands in the assembly line), "Furry Bears Picnic" (where Harry the Hedgehog is smote to death with a can of pork and beans), and "Fluffy Bunny's New Blue Suit" (where fluffy's liver is horribly ingested. I would have named it MERLIN'S PIT OF DECEPTIVE DOOM.

Poor Ernest Borgnine--trapped in this mess,playing a retired screenwriter/grandfather telling his grandson stories of Merlin--with not a round table in sight.Death,madness and mayhem ensues:this movie looks like it was directed(and written!)by Ed Wood-with ridiculous dialogue,shoddy special effects,scenery chewing performances-and should be watched and enjoyed by all lovers of bad cinema.Recommended--just don't forget to pick up your jaw off the floor when you stagger to turn the TV off.

It is absolutely unbelievable how truly awful this film is--'Frozen Assets' is easily one of the WORST films ever made. This movie is so bad that it's beyond comprehension.

(Almost worth seeing for the broad strokes of undiluted incompetence this film was brushed with.)

Even its great cast cannot make this a good movie. I must say that it makes some important points that deserve further thought.

For a slightly different, light hearted comedy, try Frozen Assets. It will put a smile on your face without a lot of foul language and nudity.