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Noise, a review by KinkyCyborg

Noise



Title:Noise
Year: 2008
Director: Henry Bean
Rating: NR
Length: 88 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1
Audio:
Subtitles:

Stars:
Tim Robbins
William Hurt
Bridget Moynahan
William Baldwin

Plot:
Academy Award winner Tim Robbins stars as David Owen, a Manhattan husband and father so unhinged by the noise outside his window that he declares a one-man war on car alarms. But when David goes over the edge and becomes a citywide noise-vigilante known as 'The Rectifier', he incurs the wrath of New York's sleazy blowhard Mayor (a hilarious performance by Oscar winner William Hurt) who vows to stop him. How much damage will one guy inflict for a little peace and quiet?

Extras:
Audio Commentary
Interviews


When looking at the cover art and after reading the movie synopsis I was expecting to see something along the lines of Falling Down where the central character snaps and goes on a rampage. While Robbins' as the Noise Vigilante of New York does in fact lose control several times it had more of a comic feel to it. Then the movie tapers off into a political and legal battle which was rather unexpected. I mean it was still pretty good but I think it could have been elevated to much loftier heights.

Robbins is convincing as the man who takes the noise problem into his own hands by brute force. I could certainly relate to this man as I am easily irritated by too much noise myself and have ofter imagined doing many of the things his character does in fact do.

During his quest to implement strict noise ordinance for the city an idiot, asshole Mayor played marvelously by William Hurt stands in his way by using a legal maneuver to have the 'Noise Bill' thrown off the ballot. How Robbins gets around it was both hilarious and ingenious, even if it is only fiction.

His actions of course alienate him from his wife, played by sexy Bridget Moynahan. I realize I'm always needlessly mentioning the gorgeous women in the movies I watch but I can't help myself, horny toad that I am. After watching this, sweet Bridget has cracked my top 5 of hot actresses! 

A very good watch for a straight to video flick. My only pet peeve was some cheesy first person narration near the beginning that was completely unnecessary but overall I'd recommend this film for a watch.

KC

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(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2011 on August 17th, 2011)

The Fall, a review by Silence_of_Lambs

Summary:
At a Los Angeles hospital in the 1920s, Alexandria (Catinca Untaru) is a child recovering from a broken arm. She befriends Roy Walker (Lee Pace), a movie stunt man with legs paralyzed after a fall. At her request, Roy tells her an elaborate story about six men who are on a quest to kill the corrupt governor Odious (Daniel Caltagirone).

My Thoughts:
Tarsem Singh once more tries to capture the realms of fantasy onto celluloid and doesn't quite make it.
Don't get me wrong this movie is a masterpiece, it shows pictures of a beauty only very scarcely seen on screen, some of them too beautiful to be real, but they all are (some of them with a little help by the production designer, though).
What limits the effect is that the story is subordinated to the pictures and by this appears to be somewhat pretentious. It's a nice little story, which changes with the moods of "Roy Walker" and is because of that quite surprising at times, but never too much, so that you aren't distracted from the beauty of the pictures.

So, yes I like this movie, but with a slight bitter after-taste: It might have been so much more.

My Rating: (out of possible 5)

(From Michael's random reviews on November 7th, 2010)

Punky Brewster, a review by addicted2dvd

Punky Brewster (1984/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Intro | Punky Power lives on in the very first episodes from the hit TV show PUNKY BREWSTER, Soleil Moon Frye stars as the abandoned little girl with an indomitable spirit who, with her faithful dog Brandon, brings light and laughter into the life of a grumpy old photographer (George Gaynes). Both a touching portrait of her makeshift family and a joyful ride through her childhood adventures, PUNKY BREWSTER was a 1980s benchmark in fun, innocent television for kids. So take a trip down memory lane, or see it again through the eyes of your own children. Episodes: 1. Punky Finds a Home, Part 1 2. Punky Finds a Home, Part 2 3. Punky Finds a Home, Part 3 4. Lost & Found/Punky Gets Her Own Room 5. Walk Pool/Gone Fishing 6. Take Me Out to the Ballgame 7. Parents Night 8. Go to Sleep/A Visit to the Doctor

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Stars:
George Gaynes as Henry Warnimont
Soleil Moon Frye as Punky
Susie Garrett as Mrs. Johnson
Cherie Johnson as Cherie

Extras:

• None

After receiving this one today I couldn't wait to check it out to see if it was as good as I remembered from when I was a kid. Unfortunately not so much. It is still entertaining... and I can still enjoy watching it... but it really isn't anything more then an average sitcom. Through-out the entire 8 episodes on this disc I only chuckled a few times. My favorite episode has to be the 3 part pilot episode. Mills Creek Entertainment really goofed up on the packaging of this disc. This is a single DVD... and they put it in a double thick Keep Case. But not even a normal double thick Keep Case... the DVD itself is housed in a paper envelope... which is then held in place by clips in the keep case. I have seen multiple disc releases like this before... but this is the first time I ever seen it done for a single disc release!




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on July 11th, 2012)