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Cannibal Holocaust is a film about....well cannibals in South America.....This was the first film that made me not want to eat anything for 2 days....totally disturbing.

 

Beerfest is a 2006 beer-themed comedy film by the comedy group Broken Lizard. Along with the regular members of Broken Lizard, other actors who appear in the movie include Jürgen Prochnow, Blanchard Ryan, Will Forte, Eric Christian Olsen, Donald Sutherland, and Cloris Leachman.

 

Beerfest was filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico. I don't understand why this wasn't shown in the Phil....Totally hilarious.

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A Guide to Recognizing your saints is a coming-of-age drama about a boy growing up in Astoria, N.Y., during the 1980s. As his friends end up dead, on drugs or in prison, he comes to believe he has been saved from their fate by various so-called saints. Stars

Dianne Wiest, Robert Downey Jr, Shia LaBeouf ,Melonie Diaz,Rosario Dawson, Eric Roberts & Channing Tatum.....IMHO, this was one of the really good films to come out last year. Channing Tatum was unforgettable in his tragic role as an Italian tough guy....too bad the oscars failed to see this excellent work of art.

 

October Sky is a 1999 movie based on the book Rocket Boys by Homer Hickam. The book was later re-released with the name October Sky in order to capitalize on interest in the movie. Interestingly, "October Sky" is an anagram of "Rocket Boys," although whether this is intentional or not is unclear.

 

The book is based on Hickam's real childhood; however Lewis Colick, who was responsible for adapting the story to the screen, took creative license in his final draft.

 

The story deals with four friends struggling to find their place in the world while being smothered by the overwhelming presence of the coal mine in their town of Coalwood, West Virginia. Another major theme is Homer's ongoing desire for his father's approval.

 

The film stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Chris Cooper, Laura Dern, Chris Owen, William Lee Scott, Chad Lindberg, and Natalie Canerday. Noted photographer O. Winston Link has a cameo as a railroad engineer.

 

Set in the state of West Virginia, the film was actually shot at Petros, Oliver Springs, Oak Ridge, Harriman, and Knoxville, Tennessee. The coal mine used in the film was an actual coal mine located in Petros which had long since closed. The steam locomotive (Southern Railway 4501) used in the film was a loan from the Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum.

 

The film is complemented with a musical score by Mark Isham

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Citizen Kaneis a 1941 mystery/drama film released by RKO Pictures and directed by Orson Welles, his first feature film. It tells the fictional story of Charles Foster Kane, a man whose fight for power in the publishing world transformed from sheer thrill-seeking to ruthless war mongering. The story is told principally through flashbacks, following a reporter as he seeks to find what Kane meant by his dying word "Rosebud."

 

Citizen Kane is often cited as being one of the most innovative works in the history of film, and in 1998 the American Film Institute placed it at number one in its list of the 100 greatest U.S. movies of all time.

 

The film's main character, Kane, is a composite of several historical individuals: newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, the reclusive aerospace and movie mogul Howard Hughes and the Chicago utilities magnate Samuel Insull. Upon its release, Hearst's newspapers viciously attacked it.

 

How good is this movie? Don't die without seeing it.

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Mr. Holland's Opus is a 1995 drama film in which Richard Dreyfuss plays Glenn Holland, a musician and composer who takes a teaching job to pay the rent while, in his 'spare time', he can strive to achieve his true goal: to compose one memorable piece of music to leave his mark on the world. As Holland discovers 'Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans' and as the years unfold the joy of sharing his contagious passion for music with his students becomes his new definition of success.

 

The film features an orchestral score by Michael Kamen and many pieces of classical music. Kamen also wrote An American Symphony, the work Mr. Holland is shown working on throughout the movie.

 

The movie was written by Patrick Sheane Duncan (for which he received a Golden Globe nomination) and directed by Stephen Herek. Dreyfuss was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe. It also stars Glenne Headly, Jay Thomas, Olympia Dukakis, William H. Macy, Alicia Witt, Terrence Howard, Jean Louisa Kelly, and Joanna Gleason.

 

This movie was rated PG, for mild language (including cursing in American Sign Language) by the MPAA.

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wrestling ernest hemingway (richard harris, robert duvall, sandra bullock), 2 lonely retirees meet, bond and learn the value of friendship.

 

walk in the clouds (keanu reaves), a chocolate salesman/ war veteran agrees to help a pregnant damsel in distress by posing as the father of her child

 

bicycle thief (i dont even remember) a foreign film about an indigent man who looks for his stolen bicycle (its indispensable in his job)

 

Il Postino - a postman asks the help of an exiled poet to woo the woman he loves

 

Crossroads (Ralph Macchio) a classical music guitarist student helps a condemned harmonica player free his soul from a contract he signed with the devil. the guitar confrontation between Macchio and "the guitarist" from hell was very cool. including the piece he used to win the contest.

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Off the top of my head:

 

Blazing Saddles, History of the World Pt. 1, Spaceballs - Mel Brooks at his finest; no one could spoof movie conventions as good as him

 

The Host, Volcano High, Oldboy - Korean films are already catching up...when will Filipino films ever attain such degrees of excellence?????

 

Dog Soldiers - Werewolves vs. SAS squaddies...exactly the kind of horror flick Garth Ennis would've scripted

 

Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Johnny Depp delivers as usual as Raoul Duke in Terry Gilliam's brash, ballsy adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson's memoirs...a total turnaround from Willy Wonka and Capt. Jack Sparrow. Awesome PD & soundtrack

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