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SICKO - A MUST SEE - ESPECIALLY BY ALL AMERICANS who think their
country is the land of milk and honey as the truth, as so often is the
case, is so different. It saddens me hugely to see how many people
are deliberately killed by the system because they do not want to spend
the money and how insurance companies are responsible for mass murder
through with-hold Tragic watching but a must see.
www.cwgthemovie.comCONVERSATIONS WITH GOD spent nearly 3 years on the New York Times bestseller list, and sold approximately 7 million copies in 34 languages, so it was no surprise to director/producer Stephen Simon (producer of SOMEWHERE IN TIME, WHAT DREAMS MAY COME) that hundreds of people from all over the world lined up in late August 2005 at the open auditions for the film version of CONVERSATIONS WITH GOD. The book series that inspired millions is now a feature film that tells the true and previously untold story of Neale Donald Walsch. At the lowest point in his life, Walsch started asking God some hard questions. And to his astonishment, God answered. Those conversations became the basis for the book series. This film details the dramatic journey of a down and out homeless man who inadvertently becomes an unlikely and highly acclaimed bestselling author and spiritual messenger. Online: http://www.cwgthemovie.com I first read this book when it first came out and it was remarkable, for it was as if God was talking directly to me and I cried and laughed all the way through it, marking things in the margin, underlining bits and highlighting whole sections. Almost everyone I have given this book to say it changed their lives in some way and I am pleased to see it has become a film. If you have seen it - how about a review for us ...
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Marianne faithful is a delightful and refreshing actress who says very little but displays the feelings with her face and she brings something to this film that could have been lost with any other actress. A mellow film and one that could well have been told from a completely different angle - using humour - but this version concentrates on the emptiness, the sadness and the aloneness felt by someone who is trying to help but having to hide how she is ding it. There are some funny scenes between her and some of her misunderstanding friends and all in all, it makes for a delightful film. 
The movie opens in rain-drenched England as down-hearted
and dispirited Lottie Wilkins trudges through her day. An advertisement in the
paper promising "Wisteria and Sunshine" at an Italian castle catches her eye.
She seeks out another forlorn soul, Rose Arbuthnot, and convinces her to share
this villa for the month of April. Because of expenses, they are forced to
also take in two strangers to share the load. Joining them will be Mrs.
Fisher, an elderly woman who is hoping to remember "better times and better
men," and the beautiful Lady Caroline who is tired of the constant attention
she receives and longs for a Enchanted with the peace and tranquility of her new surroundings, Lottie longs to share her joy with her husband. When he arrives, Lottie urges Rose to invite her husband as well, but Rose fears that her husband, an author of racy novels under a pen name, will not come. Imagine her surprise when he shows up immediately. Of course, the catch is that he had no idea his wife was there but was hoping to have a dalliance with Lady Caroline. In the peaceful Italian sun, marriages heal, new love blossoms, and unlikely friendships are born. The movie is light, filled with delicious humor and profound sentiments to stir your heart and soul. Most enchanting of all may be the beautiful scenes filmed on location in Portofino. This is a great movie for self-medication in the gloom of winter when you want to seek greener pastures. I loved this film and have seen it many times. It is a spiritual awakening for the main characters as they seem to find themselves. This is in my top ten greatest films of all times...
a friend told me about this film so I bought it without having seen it first and was very glad that I did...and I am man enough to admit I bawled at the end... big tears pouring down my face. It's a love
story between Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves and while she is in 2006 -
he is in 2004, and through a magical post box, they manage to communicate and
fall in love without eve There is a beautiful lake house in this film that has to be seen to be believed and it was built for the film and removed straight away after filming ended and needs to be seen, so here it is for you... Lovely film. Very moving.
If ever I thought an actress was actually the person they were pretending to be, Helen Mirren certainly deserved the Oscar she was awarded for her part as our good old Queen Elizabeth II. Set around the time of Diana's death in Paris and the 'fall out' that hit the royals due to their lack of vision in how the general public reacted over the event, t the stage for this superb drama to unfold just as I am sure it really did unfold. Tony Blair seems the only one who has any semblance of common sense and the Royals are seriously let down by their imprisoned life experiences and the dippy royal advisors who should all be sent to the tower and beheaded. If this is typical of how misguided the royals are and how plainly backward and short sighted they seem to be, then it is no wonder 'our Betty' has made so many cock-ups over the years and had so many bad years. Light is shed on this and you actually feel for Queenie who seems surrounded by complete boffins, including her mother and husband.
Brenda Blethyn is superb, as usual, and I cannot say how much everyone I have shown the film to have laughed and laughed... After her husband commits suicide and leaves his wife in serious debt, Brenda Blethyn decides on a rather radical endeavour in order to make a lot of money very fast. Set in Cornwall with breathtaking scenery, this lovely lighthearted comedy is full of familiar faces from the telly
Wonderful writing - brilliantly portrayed by Judi Dench and Bob Hoskins and also staring Will Young who sings several songs - one of which is a tear jerker with what is happening in the background. Telling the story of the Windmill Theatre in London just before WW2, this enigmatic and spunky elderly rich woman decides to fill her time - after her husband dies, with more than charity work and boring mundane things most wealthy women undertook in those days. She buys and opens the Windmill Theatre full of statuesque naked girls. GREAT FUN. 5 stars Interesting that 3 of the films I have listed here as wonderful, all have Judi Dench in them, and 2 of those, also have Cher. You'd never suspect I was gay... would you ???
Not to give too much away - 2 women entertainers witness a murder and go on the run to escape 'the mob.' They move to LA and dress up as men, dressing up as drag artists - performing in a gay bar, and obviously, they are a hot, but the mob are close behind. Rent it on DVD or better yet - buy it - you'll be putting it on at Christmas and parties for years to come.
I know this film is old, 1988, but I watched it recently on DVD and just loved it all over again. It has the famous line said by Bette Midler... 'Enough talking about me, let's talk about you - What do you think of me...?' and this tear jerker is well worth seeing all over again. A story that covers several decades of friendship between 2 little girls who write to each other and only meet up again as grown ups and the fun and tears that follow them through their lives. well sorth seeing again
This delightful film with Judy Dench and Maggie Smith will delight. When two lonely elderly women find a young man unconscious on their beach, one discovers a love that she has never experienced before and the joy and sorry than follow are deep felt and moving. This -'typical' Smith and Dench vehicle is like so many films that have been made lately with these old grand dames in that it is well produced, well acted, beautifully filmed and has an ending that pleases. No car chases - no billion $ budgets - no special effects and yet an absolute wonder that proves the simple and well written stories - acted by well rounded and good actors, always does well and you do not need the huge sets and masses of extras to make a good film.
This is another of the films that is full of the Maggie Smith actresses. I can't
remember who they all are now but CHER rises to the top and holds the starring
role in this epic piece about a load of English ladies of a 'certain age' living
in Italy during the second world war and the poignant relationships between
them, a young boy, a wealthy brash American woman and her lesbian assistant.
Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johasson run through this film at breakneck speed and you wonder what on earth could happen next. This sci fi story set in the not to distant future and with the possibility of some truth attached, takes you on a whirlwind tour through the possibilities of cloning humans and some of the problems attached. Excellent special effects and a good strong cast and story line that kept me gripped from the start to the finish. I actually watched it a couple of times in the first week of my brother giving me DVD of it.
well now - what can be said about this movie that hasn't already been said... mmm... except... don't listen to half that has already been said as many will have opinions and attitudes that will come with a biased opinion attached, and that does no-one any favours. The church, in its ultimate wisdom, have been attacking the film from the start and have produced numerous DVD's - programmes and books damning its contents and I have to wonder... why ? If it is not true - as they claim... then why the over kill ? Unless of course, there is some truth in the contents - and in that case, the church has shot itself in the foot by shouting too loudly and bringing too many people into awareness of something they might have overlooked. Too much alternative evidence has been available for decades and too many people have studied the evidence surrounding Mary Magdalene and her relationship with Jesus, yet the church still sticks its head in the sand and claims it all to be untrue. Well.. more the shame of the church. It's a well crafted movie and well acted, but then, that's to be expected with Tom Hanks in the lead roll.
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treatments that are covered on insurance premiums but that they will
fight tooth and nail to get out of paying and the end result is
obvious... death of the patient. It seems that doctors in
America are often more concerned with earning huge incomes than they are
with caring for the sick and the elderly. I complain about the NHS
as many people do, but after watching this documentary movie, it REALLY
puts it into gear how lucky we are and how tragically wrong the American
system is. Insurance companies screwing the masses out of billions
of $ and then denying them the care they have paid for and all created
and allowed by the government who are all in bed with the
insurance companies because of bribes and financial input. A
conflict of interest seems not to be noticed somehow and they get away
with murder. Well done Michael Moore. 
This
delightfully morose film was brought to me by a friend and it was a pleasant
find. Slow and sad in its story and with little dialogue or action, it concerns
the plight of a middle aged women whose grandson is dying of cancer and money is
needed to take him to Australia for a special therapy, and the only job she is
capable of doing is to 'use her right hand' in a Soho brothel.
restorative quiet time. When they arrive it is still raining, but at least as
one of them so aptly puts it, "This is Italian rain." When morning dawns, the
sun comes out and remains with them for the month. 
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meeting.
This film kept me laughing
and grinning from ear to ear throughout. A friend lent me a
copy and I shall now go out and buy one for myself and this REALLY IS a
delightful film that I could watch over and over again, - it's a really
first class film.
This gem of a film will
have you rolling in laughter and splitting your sided. the first 20
minutes 'sets the scene' and may seem to drag ( sorry about the pun ) a little,
but after that, it's full steam ahead.
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