Useful Reviews Of A Few Picture Shows

By David Solomon

Look below if you came to see motion picture reviews. To find a movie download site you need to do the right search. You should have good luck with a search like "Unlimited Movie Downloads"; if not then try "Unlimited Downloads" and "Buy Movie Download".

Patty Hearst: A dramatization of the newspaper heiress's abduction and succeeding brainwashing by the Symbionese Liberation Army. The movie never recovers from a painful first half hour that tries to express, from Hearst's point of view, the effects of the mental suffering she is put through. Cast includes Natasha Richardson, William Forsythe, Ving Rhames, Dana Delany, Frances Fisher, Jodi Long, and Olivia Barash. (108 minutes, 1988)

Trading Hearts: Trading Hearts is a meager baseball romance in which precocious 11-year old Lewis tries to exploit her mom (D' Angelo), a show-biz failure, into matrimony with an over the hill ballplayer (Julia). Cast includes Raul Julia, Beverly D' Angelo, Jenny Lewis, and Parris Buckner. (88 minutes, 1988)

Rally Round the Flag, Boys: A disheartening film of Max Shulman's novel in regards to a small city in uproar over a new missile base in their neighborhood. Cast includes Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Joan Collins, Jack Carson, Dwayne Hickman, Tuesday Weld, and Gale Gordon. (89 minutes, 1958)

Prince of Darkness: The anti-Christ entombs the evil child of Satan in a canister of a forgotten about L.A. temple. It's up to pastor Pleasance and the grad students of Prof Wong to tidy up the mess. They must stop the religious sect attempting to free this child named the "Brotherhood of Rest." Cast includes Donald Pleasance, Lisa Blount, Jameson Parker, Victor Wong, Dennis Dun, Susan Blanchard, Anne Howard and Alice Cooper Panavision. R (110 minutes, 1987)

Michael: A set of skeptical journalists and a fake "angel" find that a dotty old female's claim that the archangel Michael is living with her is real. Michael, nonetheless, turns out not to be your normal angel. Genial, wry film by no means goes where you anticipate and takes its time getting there, however the trip is alluring, and Travolta, as the seedy, randy Michael, is impeccably cast. Cast includes John Travolta, Andie MacDowell, William Hurt, Robert Pastorelli, Bob Hoskins, Jean Stapleton, Teri Garr, Wally Ward, Joey Lauren Adams, Carla Gugino, Tom Hodges, and Wallace Langham. (105 minutes, 1996)

Alexander's Ragtime Band: A cheesy however amusing musical chronicling the virtuoso and romantic ups and downs of hot-headed aristocrat bandleader Power, fine gentleman and pianist composer Ameche, and hard but vulnerable singer Faye (in one of her best acting jobs). Cast includes Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Ethel Merman, Jack Haley, Jean Hersholt, Helen Westley, Jand ohn Carradine. (105 minutes, 1938)

The Thief of Paris: An intense comedy-drama with personal problems turning Belmondo to thievery for reprisal against the world. Eventually he finds that being a crook has become his entire life. Cast includes Jean-Paul Belmondo, Genevieve Bujold, Marie Dubois, Francoise Fabian, and Julien Guiomar. (119 minutes, 1967)

No Man Is an Island: The spotty production values harm this real tale of serviceman Hunter stuck on Guam throughout the 3 years the Japanese controlled the region. Cast includes John Friars, Jr., Richard Goldstone. Jeffrey Hunter, Marshall Thompson, Barbara Perez, Ronald Remy, Paul Edwards, Jr., Rolf Bayer, and Vicente Uwanag. (114 minutes, 1962)

Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore: The movie tells the story of a lady's odyssey to find out who she is and her effort to find some measure of cheerfulness after her spouse dies, leaving her and a youthful child penniless. Cast includes Ellen Burstyn, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Green Bush, Alfred Lutter, Diane Ladd, Jodie Foster, Harvey Keitel, Vic Tayback, and Valerie Curtin. (113 minutes, 1974)

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