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Batman Begins (Two-Disc Special Edition)

1216 reviews
Christian Bale, Mark Boone Junior

Warner Home Video, 2005

Engaging and relevant: a worthy part of the Batman mythology
Around two years past it's debut in theaters, I finally decided to give Batman Begins a chance (despite diehard fans shunning it's realism). I remember watching it during a late night, and liking what I saw, but my memory was fuzzy when I tried to recall specific scenes. Fast forward another year - I am purchasing art supplies on Amazon when, by chance, I see Batman Begins now available in ...

The Prestige

410 reviews
Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale

Buena Vista Home Entertainment / Touchstone, 2007

The Masterpiece set in Steampunk ...
What can be said so early in the game about one of the greatest films ever made? Are you watching carefully? Did you miss something? Yes ... you heard right. The Prestige is not the greatest film ever made, but it does belong in that special group of films that breaks the mold, sets a framework to be emulated and creates something within the film that is greater than the film itself. More ...

Secondhand Lions (New Line Platinum Series)

363 reviews
Michael Caine, Robert Duvall

New Line Home Video, 2004

Loved this movie!
I don't buy many movies but, after I saw Second Hand Lions I had to have a copy of my own. I recommend this movie w/o reservation.

The Prestige [Blu-ray]

Zulu

260 reviews
Stanley Baker, Jack Hawkins

MGM (Video & DVD), 2003

Already a classic by now...Rorke's Drift 1/1 wargame!... and a true epic!
Probably wargame is a bad description... this is an epic classic film to be treated with due respect... NO REMAKE UP TO NOW means IT WAS RIGHT ON THE SPOT!, but been a wargamer myself and having painted a lot of Zulus and 24th south wales borderers figures in 25mm... it rapidly comes to mind! Once digested I AM INTERESTED IN THIS PARTICULAR MILITARY ACTION! 1) You can analyze the movie ...

Dirty Rotten Scoundrels

93 reviews
Steve Martin, Michael Caine

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

As good as ever.
Steve Martin was all about the painfully obvious humor. Michael Caine is so much a stuffed shirt. What they have together here, however, is damned funny. I must have seen this better than a dozen times now but there are still laughs throughout. It's always nice as a small gift ^_^

Batman Begins (Widescreen Edition)

1216 reviews
Christian Bale, Michael Caine

Warner Home Video, 2005

Engaging and relevant: a worthy part of the Batman mythology
Around two years past it's debut in theaters, I finally decided to give Batman Begins a chance (despite diehard fans shunning it's realism). I remember watching it during a late night, and liking what I saw, but my memory was fuzzy when I tried to recall specific scenes. Fast forward another year - I am purchasing art supplies on Amazon when, by chance, I see Batman Begins now available in ...

Batman Begins [Blu-ray]

1216 reviews
Christian Bale, Michael Caine

Warner Bros., 2008

Engaging and relevant: a worthy part of the Batman mythology
Around two years past it's debut in theaters, I finally decided to give Batman Begins a chance (despite diehard fans shunning it's realism). I remember watching it during a late night, and liking what I saw, but my memory was fuzzy when I tried to recall specific scenes. Fast forward another year - I am purchasing art supplies on Amazon when, by chance, I see Batman Begins now available in ...

Batman Begins [HD DVD]

1216 reviews
Christian Bale, Katie Holmes

Warner Home Video, 2006

Engaging and relevant: a worthy part of the Batman mythology
Around two years past it's debut in theaters, I finally decided to give Batman Begins a chance (despite diehard fans shunning it's realism). I remember watching it during a late night, and liking what I saw, but my memory was fuzzy when I tried to recall specific scenes. Fast forward another year - I am purchasing art supplies on Amazon when, by chance, I see Batman Begins now available in ...

The Man Who Would Be King

134 reviews
Sean Connery, Michael Caine

Warner Home Video, 1997

Personal Favorite--Needs Remastering
"The Man Who Would Be King" is on the short list of my favorite films. John Huston's love & dedication to this project really shines through (he had to wait 25-30 years to make it & then almost died making it)in his script & direction. Caine & Connery ARE Peachy & Danny (I'm sorry--I can't see Bogart & Gable) in what I see as career high performances. Some eight years ago this was one of the ...

Jaws - The Revenge

183 reviews
Lorraine Gary, Lance Guest

Universal Studios, 2003

yes it's horrible
This is one of the worst movies ever made. But don't let that stop you from watching a true comedy. The movie makes no sense. When sharks fly? They do in this movie. Apparently this shark is also a ninja, and it flies out of the water using it's unharnessed flying power. Not only that, but the shark can sense revenge. It swims across the world to hunt down the Brody family. This film makes no ...

Flawless

18 reviews
Demi Moore, Michael Caine

Magnolia Home Entertainment, 2008

A well-executed little gem!
"Flawless" is a well-cast 'heist' movie with a difference - it relies on wit rather than slick action and the leads do a credible job in engaging viewers. Demi Moore plays an executive at a London-based diamond firm, Lon Di, though despite being smart and resilient, she finds herself unable to crack the glass ceiling, being passed over repeatedly in favor of guys less experienced and able. ...

The Last Valley

38 reviews
Michael Caine, Omar Sharif

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

One of my absolute favorite movies...
This movie was made a bit before my time (nine years before, to be exact), and I'd never even heard of it until my dad requested it as a Christmas present one year, saying it was an old favorite of his. I found it for him and figured, well, Michael Caine and Omar Sharif--it has to be pretty good, right? I watched it with him, and I was absolutely blown away. It's now one of my favorite movies ...

A Bridge Too Far [Blu-Ray] [Blu-ray]

186 reviews
Dirk Bogarde, Michael Caine

MGM, 2008

Operation Market Garden
The title says it all. This is a story about the invasion of the netherlands that was supposed to bring a quik end to Nazi resistance in the ETO. For the most part it is historically accurate, and has an all star cast. The special effects were supprisingly well done considering the time it was filmed (1977). The Airborne scenes were top notch.

Children of Men (Widescreen Edition)

415 reviews
Michael Caine, Pam Ferris

Universal Studios, 2007

A TERRIFYING DYSTOPIAN VISION NOT FAR OFF
Alfonso Charón's "Children of Men" is an adaptation of the P.D. James dystopian novel about the breakdown of all social institutions when the human race ceases the ability to procreate and faces the likelihood of its own extinction. Chaos and civil war overtake the globe, and, in Great Britain, Orwellian fascism is the only order left as refugees are imprisoned in cages, the middle class ...

The Muppet Christmas Carol - Kermit's 50th Anniversary Edition

244 reviews
Michael Caine, Dave Goelz

Walt Disney Home Entertainment, 2005

MUST see movie of the Season
My all-time favorite Christmas movie. It's my favorite version of the Christmas Carol--forget "live" actors. And the Scrooge in this one is the best of any I've seen.

The Small Back Room

3 reviews
David Farrar, Kathleen Byron

Criterion Collection, 2008

Powell and Pressburger, returning to their roots.
It was a surprise for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger to follow up the Technicolor extravaganzas of "Black Narcissus" and "The Red Shoes" with a throwback to their earlier work--the black-and-white, tightly focused World War II drama "The Small Back Room." Perhaps the film served as sort of a palate cleanser before they moved on to "The Tales of Hoffmann," a film so rococo that it made "The ...

Noises Off...

145 reviews
Carol Burnett, Michael Caine

Walt Disney Video, 2004

How did they keep from laughing in every scene?
This would make a hilarious play for a high school or local theater performance. The set is fairly simple. The lines are repeated for each performance. You hit the final performance and think it will just be a replay of the previous performance, but no.... everything comes crashing down. Some of the gags in that final performance were outrageous. Timing is everything. And with pros like these, ...

Batman Begins (Full Screen Edition)

Hannah and Her Sisters

75 reviews
Lewis Black, Michael Caine

MGM (Video & DVD), 2001

A film that has everything it needs; a complete package to put it bluntly...
I have not seen a lot of Woody Allen movies; he's one of those directors that I really need to research and dive into. I've seen `Match Point' and loved it, and I've see `The Sweet and Lowdown' and thought it was decent, but his classics like `Annie Hall' and `Hannah and her Sisters' had truly gone unseen by my eyes. Then last weekend I decided to look into some of Allen's films and I came ...