Jeff's Reviews

Thoughts on every movie I've ever seen.

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Into the Blue (2005)

Beautiful people, beautiful locations, and a surprisingly decent story. Some really nice underwater photography, helped by crystal clear water.

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Gremlins (1984)

Pretty polished and entertaining for an 80’s movie.

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Oh, God! Book II (1980)

Burns is charming.

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Body of Evidence (1993)

Not sure if Madonna’ s a shitty actress, or if she picks shitty scripts. Either way, this is shitty. A hastily assembled replica of Basic Instinct. Madonna’s not as attractive as she thinks she is.

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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home (1986)

Another film which doesn’t hold up quite as well as others from the mid 80’s. I remember enjoying it much more when it originally came out. All the same characters, plus an annoying girl. Decent story, if a bit topical and preachy. Save the whales!

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Edmond (2005)

Kind of interesting to follow his downward spiral, but then you get a bit bored. What’s the point of this movie? Gratuitously violent and preachy, seemingly for no good reason. An exposed role for Macy, which he plays without hesitation. Does he take acting seriously? Overly scripted dialogue or bad…

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Wit (2001)

Depressing, almost too depressing. There’s more to drama than watching somebody suffer. A bit of humor might have actually made it more touching. Thompson is excellent as a cancer patient. She’s definitely fun to listen to, but she comes across as a bit elitist. Which, of course, makes me care…

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A Simple Plan (1998)

Not bad. Probably Paxton’s least annoying performance.

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The Fountain (2006)

Beautiful to look at, with brown and copper filling the frame with luxurious emotion. The droning score complements the visuals perfectly, bringing it all to life. Even the credits are hauntingly beautiful. Solaris was similarly successful. Aronofsky gives us a thoughtful mind-stretcher. He’s certainly coming into his own. How’d he…

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Just Like Heaven (2005)

Mostly dumb, but the whole revival sequence was almost touching. Witherspoon’s cute as usual. Nice covers and remixes in the soundtrack.

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