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Advantages: Razorsharp dialogue and performances
Disadvantages: The DVD has no extras

...I have a feeling that Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is a film which I will be able to watch time and time again, and pick up more jokes and clues each time. This was not a major box office success, but I think that through word of mouth, this will become an all time classic. It has so many ingredients needed to make a good film, and is a success on all levels. Romance, murder mystery, black humour, old school film noir, mistaken identity, you name it, this ...
...based upon the novel, 'Bodies are where you find them', by Brett Halliday. Rated 15 (some nudity, filthy dialogue and violence) Running time 99 minutes Released 2005 DVD is currently available on Amazon at £2.98 Downside - there are no extras on this DVD release This review may also be posted on dooyoo ... Read review

Advantages: Tim Burton, Michael Keaton
Disadvantages: Batman and Robin, George Clooney, Nipples on the suit!

...set contains the first 4 Batman films, and the great thing about this box set is that it is cheaper than buying the films individually, and it chronicles the change in the Batman genre, from dark and moody (Burton), to more slapstick and comic-book like (Schumacher). And so we begin with Batman (1989). This is not an origin story, like Batman Begins, instead, the film picks up with Batman already well established as a masked vigilante, putting the ...
...a bell tower showdown. Batman is a very dark affair, but watching it, even now, it's not difficult to see why this film became (at the time) one of the top 10 highest grossing films ever. Burton paints a dark, decrepit, devastating Gotham City, whilst Michael Keaton was born to play the dark knight. Jack Nicholson, as usual, steals the film with one of the great super-villain displays, as the demented Joker. Next to Batman Returns, which sees the ... Read review

Advantages: Exciting, tense and looks fantastic
Disadvantages: As nasty as it wants to be

Dobermann shows Vincent Cassell further demonstrating the extent of his talents, in this fantastically well shot piece of action. While the film is unlike the constant excitement of, say, Hard Boiled, it does champion a violence more sinister, and more severe. The beautiful colours and filming techniques marry up with this violence, but rather than glorify it, make it seem all the more grotesque. Dobermann blurs the distinctions between good and ...
...police force similarly detestable. Despite pre-dating The Matrix by a year or two, it is every bit as exciting, but more recklessly packaged, and far more prepared to break with cinematic convention, and extend the boundaries of what the viewer still finds acceptable. This film is ideal for the action lover who doesn't mind subtitles, (or speaks fluent French). It is not one for the nervous or squeamish, or any one who doesn't like bangs. ... Read review

Advantages: Fantastic performances from an utterly sublime cast, memorable dialogue.
Disadvantages: One of Tarrantino's earlier films, doesn't contain all the typical Tarrantino features as some of his newer work.

Reservoir dogs, the most quotable film of all time, in my opinion Tarrantino's best, Madsen and Buscemi's best ever roles and including one of the brutal "look away now" scenes in film history. The storyline follows a group of small time gangsters lead by a cold and heartless character named Joe and his spoilt son Nice guy Eddie, as an attempted heist on a local jewlery store turns into a blood bath. The soundtrack is full of classics from Little ...
...and turned into comical moments) Reservoir dogs includes violent scenes that i found very realistic and brutal. Tehcnically, camera shots and other production aspects seem to be spot on, as you would expect from a director with Tarrantino's talent. In a notorious scene where a police officer has his ear hacked off, the camera pans away to the left of the screen immitating what are likely to be immediate actions of the viewer (looking away in horror). ... Read review

Advantages: Great soundtrack, fascinating story, well acted,
Disadvantages: Brutally realistic at times,

Dead Presidents is a 1995 film, written and directed by (Allen and Albert,) The Hughes Brothers, known for directing 'Menace II Society' and 'From Hell.' It stars Larenz Tate (Menace II Society), Chris Tucker (Rush Hour) and Freddy Rodriguez (Planet Terror/Six Feet Under.) The documents a four year period between 1969 and 1973 in The New York Bronx district during the vietnam war and follows the fortunes of three schoolfriends and the other surrounding ...
...primarily set in New York. Dead President's contrasts these two settings to make a statement on the impact of war upon people and addresses alot of the issues faced by the soldiers when they try to reassimilate themselves back into everyday society. The Plot (A few spoilers, pretty detailed, but nothing too big I promise) The film begins quite light-heartedly with three friends casually joking around together efore their impending graduation. ... Read review