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High Fidelity, a review by Antares

High Fidelity (2000) 62/100 - Back in the glory days of Blockbuster I must have had this film in my hands at least a dozen times, but wound up putting it back on the shelf after finding something else, but vowing to get it "next time". Well, I stopped going to Blockbuster and this film just kind of slipped from my memory. But now after watching it, I'm kind of glad I always found something else to watch. I'm not saying it's a bad film, but it really is just trying to be a little too hip and cute. What really struck me was how it wanted to be a hip amalgamation of Say Anything and Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but sadly, never really gels. The continuous use of Cusack's character breaking the fourth wall becomes annoying after a while and keeps the film from concentrating on what really works in the film, namely, the scenes in the record store. I remember record stores like this and I definitely knew guys just like the three who worked there. There's a scene early in the film when Jack Black's character toys with a geek over a bootleg album, and another customer expounds how all three are elitists. I loved this scene, because it was so true. Every person I ever met back in the day who worked at a record store believed that they, and they alone, were God's given messenger of Rock & Roll. It's too bad that they didn't just focus more on the comedic potential of the store and jettison the tired attempt at philosophizing out personal relationships. It's been done to death, and Cusack had already done it much better in the Cameron Crowe film. But I will give kudos to the screenwriter for one of the best lines I've ever heard in a movie. When Dick and Barry are discussing the Top 5 songs about death, Barry mentions the Rolling Stones seminal, You Can't Always Get What You Want, to which Dick rebuts... No. Immediate disqualification because of its involvement with The Big Chill. That's a fucking priceless line and had me ROTFL.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on March 7th, 2013)

Spione, a review by GSyren

Spione (5-060000-400878)

Germany 1928 | Released 2005-04-18 on DVD from Eureka! Video

145 minutes | Aspect ratio 1.33:1 | Audio: Music Only Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo

Directed by Fritz Lang and starring Rudolf Klein-Rogge, Gerda Maurus, Lien Deyers, Louis Ralph, Craighall Sherry

My thoughts about Spione:

Yes. I wasn't really surprised, because I liked Dr. Mabuse - the Gambler as well, and that one is almost 4 hours. Fritz Lang really is a most remarkable director. Spies actually feels very much like a Dr. Mabuse film, if Mabuse had turned into a master spy instead of a master criminal. There are several versions of this film. The one I watched was the restored version released by Eureka. The US Kino release is essentially the same, except it has English intertitles, whereas Eureka has German intertitles with optional English subtitles. The story does have a few weak spots, but this movie is still well worth watching. Especially if you have any interest at all in film history.

I rate this title

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on March 6th, 2016)

The Rifleman, a review by addicted2dvd

The Rifleman: Classic TV Series (1958) Lucas McCain can fire a round with his specially modified Winchester in 3/10 of a second. That and his resolve enables him to help the sheriff maintain order while raising his son on the ranch. Episodes: 1. Mail Order Groom 2. Outlaw's Inheritance 3. Day of the Hunter

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Stars:
Chuck Connors as Lucas McCain
Johnny Crawford as Mark McCain


Extras:

• NONE

This is a series I remember seeing a handful of episodes of years ago. I enjoyed watching this 3 episode best of disc quite a bit. It reminded me of how much I enjoyed this series when I was a kid. Though how this is not how I remember the series. I could have sworn I remembered this series in color. Now this could be because the series started out in B&W and then went to color at some point within the series. Or I could have possibly seen colorized versions of it on TV. But I could have sworn I also remembered this to be an hour long show... but it seems I am remembering wrong as each episode on this disc was just under half an hour each. All the episodes on this disc was very good... enjoyed them all. But if I had to pick a favorite episode on this disc... I guess I would have to go with Mail Order Groom... as it was a plain fun episode that even had a touch of comedy mixed in with it.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on June 19th, 2012)