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Fun
Ok. I can't tell whether the Invisble Maniac is intentionally cheesy or not. It is clear the film makers are poking fun at themselves and other "B" films, namely slasher movies, but this film is funny either way, simply because of the overacting and horrible special effects. But if you are looking into renting or purchasing this movie, overacting and horrible special effects should be exactly what you expect.
If you're a fan of Troma films then you know what to expect. Rent it if you can.

Fun movie
If you like 80's movies with cheap plots and unnecessary nudity, then you'll love this movie. The acting is better than in Dolomite and the ladies are beautiful. It's a good movie to watch when you are bored with the usual Oscar winning movies.

This movie is wild!
This is a great movie! The part towards the end where he is walking away from the girl with his feet covered in gore (what is that, chunky salsa?)is crazy!

FUNNY DESPITE THE BAD ACTING
Take it for what it is....a B rated movie.There were some funny moments even though the acting was brutal.The girls were very nice however and the shower scenes were worth the price of the movie.

Hilariously Campy ! ! !
A must rent(or buy at only $5.99) for B-Movie fans. Scene after scene will keep you rolling. ... Read more

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Find out for yourself
Okay, just sit back, relax, and plan on seeing one of the oddest and darkly comedic films you will ever see. If your idea of funny is Bad Boys II or you listen to top 40 music and base your film experience around the same mind set, then forget it. But, if you can keep an open mind and appreciate odd for the sake of being odd, then indulge yourself with this film. Judd Nelson is a VERY bad stand-up comic by night and VERY bad garbage man by day. His friend (Bill Paxton) is Marty's (Judd Nelson) only fan. They live in a bizarre world where a company named Blumps is supreme provider of all human needs i.e. food, drink, etc. though it is all chemically synthisized. This toxic existence causes Marty to grow a third arm out of his back and boosts his comedy career. With an unlikely cast such as Wayne Newton, James Caan, and Lara Flynn Boyle, not to mention the 3 women well over 300 lbs. each, that Bill Paxton has . . . with on a nightly basis. There are midgets, freaks, losers, corpses, and Judd Nelson's chain smoking, abusive mother. If that's not enough to get your curiosity up, then go rent Love Story and leave the freaky comedies to those with a bit more sense of adventure. You should laugh, gag, cover your eyes and peek through the cracks, and stare for long stints at a time with your mouth open in dis-belief. John Waters? Ha! This is a different brand of weird...
In a good way.

Dark Comedy and Carnivalesque
Cult director Adam Rifkin (Never on a Tuesday, The Chase, Detroit Rock City) delivers once more. Those of you familiar with his work will undoubtedly be familiar with his oddball characters and outlandish plots. For those of you new to his work, 'The Dark Backward' is the best place to begin.

Marty Malt (Judd Nelson) is the worst stand-up comic in the entire world. He is equally terrible at his day job, a garbage collector. It seems that Marty is not destined for stardom ... until one day something strange happens that changes his life forever.

His accordian playing, garbage-collecting co-worker, Gus (Bill Paxton), notices a lump growing out of Marty's back while they are doing the rounds. This odd growth is diagnosed by the disturbingly incompetent Doctor Scurvey (James Caan) as a third arm.

What would normally be an embarrassingly freakish human deformity, turns out to be Marty's comedic calling. Before, Gus was his sole fan; now he has a mass following. Enter the slimy Dirk Delta (Rob Lowe), who offers Marty the chance of Holywood stardom. So begins a successful career in comedy ... ?

Seemingly straight out of a Ray Bradbury short tale, Rifkin's film is furnished with carnivalesque characters. You will be astounded and revolted by characters like 'the fat woman', 'the muscle man', and 'the human xylophones'. Rob Lowe is unrecognizable in his role as slick Hollywood bigwig (a role he would later reprise in 'Wayne's World' and 'Tommy Boy'). James Caan is frighteningly brilliant as Dr. Scurvey, and leading man, Judd Nelson, puts in his best performance since 'St. Elmo's Fire' and 'The Breakfast Club' (look out for Judd's oddball cameo in Rifkin's 'Never on a Tuesday').

'The Dark Backwards' is arguably Rifkin's best film, not having directed anything since to equal it. It is certainly his strangest movie since 'Never on a Tuesday'. If you are a fan of cult movie directors like David Lynch and John Waters, check this film out. If you are afraid of zombies, freaks, midgets and men with three arms I suggest you look elsewhere.

Cast: Judd Nelson, Bill Paxton, Rob Lowe, James Caan, Lara Flynn Boyle, Wayne Newton, et al

Hilarious dark comedy of twisted, disgusting proportions
The Dark Backward is a sickly twisted comedy of ridiculous and nauseatingly gross proportions that will leave you laughing until you cry and barfing up your lunch.
Judd Nelson plays Marty Malt, an extremely bad BAD stand up comedian. Don't expect the Judd Nelson from The Breakfast Club either; as Marty he is a sweaty, Jeffrey Combs type character and plays the role very, very well. His best friend is Gus, played expertly by Bill Paxton, a greasy and disgusting accordion player whose girlfriend Nicolette weighs over 400 pounds.

Marty and Gus work as Trash Collectors during the day, and while working Gus spies a lump on Marty's back, like a boil. Marty goes to visit Dr. Scurvy, outlandishly played by James Caan, who puts a band-aid over it and charges Marty $200.00.

Gus manages to bring talent scout Jackie Chrome (played by Wayne Newton) in to hear Marty's routine, and Jackie walks out on it, telling Gus that Marty is the worst comedian he has ever heard. Marty is crushed but Gus keeps his good spirits about it all. Marty's "lump" grows some more, and Gus discovers he now has a hand growing out of his back, like a baby's hand. When Marty goes to see Dr. Scurvy again, Dr. Scurvy again places a band-aid over the baby hand and accuses Marty of "picking at it". Marty's waitress girlfriend, Rosarita, played by Laura Flynn Boyle, leaves him because she can't date a man with a three hands.

The hand grows into a full sized arm, and Jackie Chrome winds out taking on Marty as a client, turning him into Desi The Three Armed Wonder Comedian. Gus joins up as a sidekick to play his accordion inbetween Marty's terrible jokes. Watch for Rob Lowe to show up in a cameo role as Hollywood Bigwig Dirk Delta.

This is a tongue in cheek, very dark comedy with scenes of pure grossness. The entire background of the film is seedy, filthy, and nauseating. From the grimy offices of Dr. Scurvy to Marty's mother's apartment where he clips her toenails while she chainsmokes though on oxygen, to the trash filled streets they are supposed to be cleaning, to the seedy bars and lounges, it is plain that there is a great amount of detail focused onto the overall atmosphere of the film, setting the perfect mood for the plot. Pay attention!

All throughout the movie we see the omnipresent Blump's, a company so encompassing that it owns the garbage company Gus and Marty work for, and also manufactures such delicacies as Liquid Bacon. Go ahead and make the connection, I did. Gus is the grossest imaginable character, even finding an old lunch pail in the landfill, opening it up, and eating the sandwich that was inside. Gus will eat anything. Also not to be missed is Marjorie Zipp and the Human Xylophone as they audition in Jackie Chrome's office. There are some hilarious twists in the plot, and an ironic ending, and some amazingly good acting throughout from this stellar cast.

The overall filth of the atmosphere and the disgusting physical and mental attributes of the characters make for one bizarre flick. Very funny movie, but only for those with sick and twisted funny bones. I wish it was available on DVD. Enjoy!

jamie dunlap
if you like weird films, david lynch, oliver stone types you'll love this movie. it almost as if russia had won the cold war and america was run by a company called blumps. everything is nasty and dirty and low tech. this movie is a real feast for the eyes as well as what is real. i am fasinated by the detail because if you look at every detail (decor, outside, entertainment, all of the things in life ) you can watch it several times over and see something new each time. this is not a film for the average or simple minded type.

Regardless of how much you like this ..it's just BAD!
This movie is so poor you might think it was written and directed by John Waters. It's that bad, and it really looks like a Waters film. So much one might think it was done on purpose. It's disgusting, the characters need a shower and Judd Nelson looks painfully geekish. It's almost like someone decided to make a comedy that was intentionally unfunny, as if that would be what made the viewer laugh. Well HA! HA! Considering the talent involved (including Bill Paxton & Laura Flynn Boyle) this was pathetic. So if your still interested grab some squeezable bacon and a glass of pork juice. Enjoy the show. ... Read more

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The best Charlie Sheen movie ever!
This is one of the funniest movies yet! I am a big Charlie Sheen fan and he is hilarious in this movie! It starts out where Jack Hammond (played by Charlie) enters a quickie mart for some gas with a stolen vehicle. The cops come in and he panicks and kidnaps Natalie Voss (played by Kristy Swanson). After being held hostage in the car for awhile, Natalie realizes that Jack had been wrongly accused for a crime he didn't commit. They then talk and slowly realize how similar they are. They then fall in love. Just then they reach the mexican border, where the cops have surrounded them. To find out how this ends, you have to buy the movie. ( Trust me, it's money well spent!)

Alas, Poor Charlie...
Long after the critical praise of "Wall Street" and "Platoon", and well before the rebirth of "Money Talks" and "Spin City", Charlie Sheen teamed up with Kirsty Swanson for what basically amounts to a mediocre road movie. But it does have its moments.

There are a number of great cameos in the film, including Chili Peppers Anthony Kiedis and Flea, along with Cary Ewes. But the best thing about this movie are the two bonehead cops, played brilliantly by Josh Mostel and Henry Rollins, who's got the best lines in the film

As a comedy its alternately funny and silly, but definitely worth a rental. At just about 90 minutes in length, you won't be rubbing your eyes or your ribs, but you could do much worse.

Decent, with a good cast
This movie may be one of those movies you'll hate to love. The plot of the movie is simple and unoriginal, yet you'll find yourself really getting into it. The movie begins with the introduction of Jack Hammond (Charlie Sheen), who's background we know little about. But we do know he is a criminal of some sort; on the run. And as he stops for gas (with a stolen car) he is noticed by two cops. He panics and kidnaps the girl standing next to him (Kristy Swanson, the original 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer'), and takes off.

As it turns out, midway through the freeway car chase, Hammond was found guilty of a crime that he didn't commit. And he does anything and everything to keep from getting caught. The movie does provide for a few satisfactory surprises, but for the most part you'll know what's going to happen. And while all this is going on--the fighting between Hammond and Natalie Voss (Swanson)--they begin to fall in love. And if you think that sounds impractical or just plain stupid, you're right. But you have to realize: without the cheap love you really have no movie. So you must look beyond the sometimes too-fake plot in order to enjoy the movie.

As you can imagine, you'll find yourself saying "yeah right" during certain parts of the movie. And the 'sex' scene (if you want to call it that) is so horrible you will laugh out loud. I won't spoil the fun for you, though. All in all, 'The Chase' is a pretty average film with no plotline. But on a brighter note, the cast is very diverse. Aside from Sheen and Swanson, you have Henry Rollins (singer of Rollins' Band) and Josh Mostel (who you may remember from smaller parts in 'Big Daddy' and 'Billy Madison'); both of which who play the cops following the car. Also, there's Red Hot Chili Peppers' Flea and Anthony Kiedis.

'The Chase' is a decent movie, one that may go overlooked. But if you enjoy Charlie Sheen's work, or have always been intrigued by those infamous high-speed chases, you will enjoy this movie. It got 3 stars from me because there's really no plot and it's mostly unoriginal. Yet 3 stars still makes a movie worth seeing; and you should look into this one.

The Chase Soundtrack
I have noticed people posting their troubles in attempting to locate "The Chase" Original Soundtrack. I too have attempted to locate this soundtrack with great trouble. However, I did not locate the soundtrack but did find a webpage that took the time to post the titles and artist of the music from the movie. And adding to my speculation the page also posted their being unable to locate the soundtrack aswell, making me belive there might not have been an acual soundtrack released. Oh, yeah, oh yeah, and the movie was cool to.

The Soundtrack is as follows:

1. Breakdown - One Dove
2. The Next Life - Suede
3. Macho Man - Stephen Stuart Short
4. Two Babies in the Dark - Bad Religion
5. Forever and A Day - Offspring *
6. Our Own Way - Down by Law
7. Shine - The Rollins Band
8. House - Dan Carlson
9. Adina - Rancid
10. Take It Like a Man - Offspring
11. The Bottle - Rancid
12. Please Play This Song on the Radio - NoFX
13. Warm - NoFX

One of the greatest satire flicks ever
This movie is so awesome. Asside from the kick [butt] cameos by Henry Rollins, Anthony Kiedis, and Flea, this movie is just a great fun movie to watch. The first time I watched it I was 10 years old and I loved it then and Im 17 and I love it now. I was looking for the soundtrack but I can't find it? :( Anyways awesome awesome movie. ... Read more

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Wonderful movie; FANTASTIC DVD!
Detroit Rock City is not about KISS--It's about real guys who will do almost anything to achieve a goal--and discover much about their own independence as they attempt to reach those dreams. MUCH lambasted by the critics, this film perhaps is best left to DVD viewing--and the DVD has wonderful features, including 3 different commentary tracks. Sam Huntington (Jungle 2 Jungle) and Giuseppe Andrews (Independence Day) stand out most as the "star" actors -- and they do a great job. Huntington's mother in the film, Lin Shaye, was amazing. The film is a bit tacky on occasion, but I must say from one whose late junior and early senior year was 1978--this film truly captures the obsession many of my friends had with KISS. Unfortunately, many young people look at this and think it's too dated as a movie about KISS (it's not); and many my age will think it's just another teen flick (it's not). But it's much more, a film with heart. Now if they just didn't use the "f" word so much........

Snide, sexist, fun...Man, we need more movies like this!
Awesome. I'm a longhaired teenage metalhead and I hate KISS and I love this film in extremes. Just the most fun you can really have with a movie in years, and so much better than boring comedies like American Pie and Austin Powers 2. And you can't go wrong with Lin Shaye's performance as the mom, absolutely wonderful, reminds us all of the things we hate about our parents perfectly potrayed together. This film also contains what I feel is the greatest bathroom scene of all time, got to love that low brow humour at work. The DVD is packed full, with 3 audio commentaries loads of behind the scenes stuff, music videos, script on DVD Rom and on and on, more loaded than any other DVD I've seen. Best DVD for 99, better than Matrix without a doubt in my book. Sure the movie would be heaven if another band was the center piece, something like set in the 90's with a bunch of dudes going to see Strapping Young Lad and beating up korn fans on the way, with a death metal soundtrack...or don't change the setting and make it Black Sabbath as the band, a minor gripe....but hey I'll take this anyday as it is, just glad it was made. We need more movies like this that are completely politically incorrect, sexist, snide, mean-spirited, over the top funny and won't make any apologies for it by teaching us some boring morals lessons (Ala American Pie). Definately a great long-haired stoner film, and great film for all. Look for yourself, not one negative review for it on Amazon yet. Screw morals, let's rock and roll and pass the bong.

The Soul Of Rock n' Roll
"Detroit Rock City" is a film that is excellently staged and acted. It captures well the atmosphere of the time period. It also captures excently the true soul of Rock n' Roll, and what it really means for people. With perfect actors for the characters, vivid imagery, and just the right amount of quirkyness, "Detroit Rock City" is a fun movie that you will never get tired of.

Nostalgic and average, but enjoyable
If you're a Kiss fan -- and I am -- this is a freaking GREAT movie. But as a movie on its own merit it's at best an average attempt at the coming-of-age tale of four boys on their way to capture the Holy Grail. I'll get the bad stuff out of the way first...

The script has a good story, but the dialogue is mediocre most of the time. Having the script polished up by a veteran writer would have made this a fantastic movie. There's not enough character development and too many predictible "Oops-there's-another-easily-avoided-circumstance-bound-to-cause-our-heroes-problems" scenarios. Of course, these circumstances are the basis for the whole movie, but they could have been made a bit more plausible.

The "bad guys" - notably the anti-Kiss mother, twisted schoolmaster and Catholic priest - are cardboard cutouts of the worst possible stereotypes and are almost impossible to watch. Growing up amidst the hieght of the anti-Kiss crusade, I'll be the first to admit there were some pretty strange folks out there picketing concerts. But they were more frightening than funny.

Now the good stuff.

The boys are funny. Their exploits - no matter how stupid - are pretty humorous. The scene with our heroes practicing as a Kiss copy band in the basement will certainly tug at the hearts and minds of any Kiss fan. How many guitars have been purchased and played by no-talent fans just because of Ace Frehley? These guys exemplify that spirit in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The accuracy of the period references is another thing that really "makes" this film. From the opening scene where mom is sifting through vinyl (!) recordings of Manilow, the Carpenters, etc., the film is full of tidbits all too familiar to those of us who grew up in the seventies. My personal favorite is the gold Trans-am full of decked-out disco enthusiasts driving down the highway singing and "acting" to David Naughton's tragic "Makin' It." I laughed out loud and any chiold of the 70's will too.

The final scene, wherein the boys get into the show (hardly a spoiler here) is good if only for the accuracy of the Love Gun stage show. A great deal of attention to detail obviously went into this scene and it pays off. And Peter Criss actually gets a dramatic moment elusive to his bandmates for a change!

The DVD is worth getting for Kiss fans mainly because there's a multi-angle version of the song "Detroit Rock City" in the "Cutting Room" section of special features. With fire-breathing, smoking guitars, and the whole bit compressed into one song, this one special feature does in three minutes what the poorly edited "Kiss Symphony" DVD was unable to do in two hours - capture the magic of a Kiss show from the fans' point of view.

Three stars - one for the special feature multi-angle song, one for capturing the true spirit of the average Kiss fan, one for the tasty pop-culture references.

supa rad movie, supa rad dvd...wat more can i say?
This is an awsome movie!! If you haven't seen it go out and rent it or, buy it w/e i don't care, today...it really is one of my all time favorite movies (the others being dazed and confused, almost famous, adn fast times) This movie is kickass! The soundtrack is great too. This movie makes me wish i lived in the 70's. and all the main characters are hotta!! Anyway you don't have to be a kiss fan to watch this movie, but if you are it won't dissapoint you...Ok well um i'm gong to stop writing now...so go out to your local video store and get this movie you won't regret it...well at least if you have any taste in movies you won't. ... Read more

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You Won't Believe Your Eyes...Not Both of Them Anyway!
You will recognize almost everyone in this film and I don't think it ever even made the big screen. This is one of those pictures that became a cult classic on cable and video. If you're not yet a Hudson Leick fan-and if you're not, we'll send a few of the boys around to speak wit youz-buy this now because when it finally hits network TV, her entire role will be in the program director's VCR, not on your screen. I have no idea why they changed the name from Denial to Something About Sex but I can only imagine that it was...and still is...too hot to handle. I've never seen such a classy combination of sex and humor and, as a licensed private detective, I am compelled by law to give it 5 Stars.

Yes,the scene with Hudson Leick is worth buying this video!!
Let me make this perfectly clear,the only reason why I even heard of this movie,rented this movie and ultimatly bought this movie was because of the infamous sex scene with Hudson Leick AKA
Callisto to Xena fans.And yes,the scene is really,really good and yes,Hudson Leick is really,really sexy!If you're an admirer of Hudson Leick/Callisto(which 9 out of 10 you are if you're checking out this review)then buy this video as it is extremely rare.She is not credited on the box cover nor in the opening credits,but you will find her name at the end.If you can buy this movie for a good price,then do so!

Woody would like it.
While I was watching this film I couldn't help but think of Woody Allen films. This movie is very much like some of his films. Something about sex focuses on the sex lives of three married couples and there various stages and insecurities about fadelity. The film opens at a dinner party where a guest, Art Witz(Jason Alexzander), proposes to the three seemingly happy couples that monogomy is not natural. The rest of the film covers the journey these people take to answer that question. I found this film quite entertaining. The cast was very good. Each character had there own sort of neurotic qualities that made them unique. To be more specific one character uses the same line over and over to pick up women, another has a fetish for porn(which leads to a hilarious cameo from Ron Jeremy), another a liking for "special" massages, and one character is obsessed with larger women. All this makes for some really funny stuff. I thought the film was well edited. It seemed to know just when to cut, never too much, which is a credit to the director Adam Rifkin. I recommend this film. It delivers exactly what it promises with it's title. I said earlier it reminded me of a Woody Allen film, well yes, but without New York, and with graphic sex scenes(Allen never has these). If you like this film I also suggest Friends and Lovers which is very similar in context to this film. If you like comedies about sex you will like Something About Sex.

Hudson Leick makes Something about sex special
First up, Hudson wasn't in the opening credits of the film. The movie begins when Art(played by Jason Alexander of Seinfield fame.) is invited to a party with three couples. They are Issacc(Ryan Alosio) and Claudia(Amy Yasbeck), Joel(Jonathan Silverman) and Sophie(Leah Lail) and Sam(Patrick Dempsey) and Sammie(Christine Taylor). Art begins to discuss that adultery is "the monogamy denial". He says, "I think that monogamy is not natural. I really don't think it exists. At least not in practice. It turns otherwise honorable people into liars.....people cheat! It happens all the time.That`s why they don't like to talk about it." There's an argument from the three couples saying that he doesn't know what he`s talking about. And the rest of the story it shows you that Art is right.

I`m only discussing one of the couples, Issacc and Claudia because of Hudson's involvement. Issacc cheats on his wife with various women. In the story we see Eve(Shawnee Free-Jones) a young college girl who he has sex with and believes all his lies and Deborah(HUDSON LEICK) who he and Joel meet at a hockey game. Claudia also cheats on Issacc with Art. She tells him that she and her husband have an agreement on to never ask questions. So when Art meets Issac he gets nervous around him and Issacc asks Claudia why he got psycho, all she does is smile. So he asks her did she sleep with him and she said remember our agreement, so he stops and thinks about his affairs and doesn`t say boo. And they start to play wrestle in bed.

In Hudson's performance she plays Deborah. At the hockey game Issac says to Joel that women can't seperate the difference between sex and love. To them it's all the same, but men can seperate the difference. So Deborah, Hudson's character, overhears it and says that it isn`t true. A woman can have a one night stand and forget about it. Also, she tells him that every female he had sex with isn't sitting at home by the phone waiting for him to call. But infact Eve is doing that. Here it shows you that some women are like what Issac said and some women are like what Deborah said. Hence they are both right and both wrong. The next scene of Hudson is that she is in bed with Issac(her first nude scene to best of my knowledge). Issac is trying to feed her the lines he fed Eve and Deborah doesn`t buy it. Deborah tells him to shut up and go back to the sexual intercourse.

Overall the movie tried to give a reasonable explaination of what happens in marriages, but it doesn't tell enough. What it does tell is true in some relationships, if not all. The movie to a certain extent can be used as a documentary on the way people interact in mid to late 1990`s. What it lacks is that it isn't diverse enough and it was too positive. At the end there are some marriages that end like that, but many more are different.

Something About Infidelity
This movie was very entertaining. A writer inplants the obsessions of infidelity to three seemingly happy couples. It leads onto a road of self havock. A great representation of the taboo thirsts in all of us. Some characters you love, some you hate, some you sympathize with others just disgust you. Even big man Ron Jeremy make a funny cameo while at the "office", if you know what I mean. Only disappointments were the full screen format and the mono sound. Overall a good flick. ... Read more

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Desert Diversion
Three people are grounded in the desert, after Matt (Andrew Lauer) and Eddie (Peter Berg) total Tuesday's automobile (Claudia Christian). Tuesday turns out to be a drop dead gorgeous girl, although much to their dismay, she is revealed as a lesbian. A sensitive, fun-loving lesbian with ambition. Matt and Eddie are far from impressionable in her eyes. So the two jokers are stranded in the desert with the most beautiful girl they have ever set eyes on ... and little chance of winning her over. With nothing but miles and miles of nothing, who is going to offer them a lift?

'Never on a Tuesday' is directed by cult icon, Adam Rifkin (The Dark Backward, The Chase, Detroit Rock City). There is a wealth of talent here, especially the hilarious cameos, whose roles I would like to have seen extended: Charlie Sheen (Thief), Emilio Estevez and Cary Elwes (Tow truck drivers), Nicholas Cage (Guy in sports car), and Judd Nelson (Motorcycle cop). In fact, the film is worth viewing solely for these short segments.

A funny, sometimes insightful film, packed with outlandish characters, 'Never on a Tuesday' puts a whole new slant on the theme of being stranded.

Lost in the Desert
Three unlikely characters become stranded in the desert when the boys slam into Tuesday's car. She's a photographer on her way to an assignment and the crash is a real irritant, as are the boys in the other car, who are on their way to California to meet GIRLS on the beach. There's a great scene when the boys see Tuesday exit her car legs first and they stare at her in complete awe. They start out as an unlikely trio waiting to be rescued. Both boys are dismayed to learn that Tuesday is a lesbian (she probably breaks all their steroetypes of what a lesbian is) but Eddie is sure he can "change her". The boys have some great fantasy scenes. It is interesting to watch Eddie's macho image break down as time passes. The casting is great. There are some cameos that are really funny. All in all a quirky, fun comedy.

A light comedy with a serious message
My first reaction was-this is for teens or twenty-year olds but I stayed with it and found some thing worthwhile. The female character taught a valuable lesson to two horny boys.: that women are to be respected for what they are- and are not objects for what men fantasize about them. Played by the beautiful Claudia Christian, the female lead is a lesbian, a woman with the aspirations of allwomen;viz, a good job, a loving relationship, compassion, fun. This film is a credit to the director who took a locale and filled it with comedy, danger, and pathos so that one'sinterest held. That was a trick. All actors were well cast. I did like the film. ... Read more

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Another addition to the "mockumentary" subgenre of comedy, Welcome to Hollywood follows a hot, young director who decides to pick an unknown actor and make him into a star. Adam Rifkin plays the director and is also the director of Welcome to Hollywood. The actor, rechristened Nick Decker (played by Tony Markes), is unfortunately a bit of a washout, forcing Rifkin to take drastic measures, including hiring supermodel/actress Angie Everhart (who plays herself with a fine sense of irony) to be Decker's girlfriend in order to stir up buzz. The movie doesn't quite have the laughs or the sting of This Is Spinal Tap, which clearly inspired it, but there is a fairly cutting portrait of people who want to be famous at all costs, despite a lack of any apparent talent. It also has a stunning number of cameos by famous actors and directors ruminating on what makes someone a star, including John Travolta, Sandra Bullock, Will Smith, Ewan MacGregor, Glenn Close, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Jeff Goldblum, and several who actually get worked into the movie's plot, including Laurence Fishburne, Ron Shelton (Bull Durham, Tin Cup), Allison Anders (Food Gas Lodging, Mi Vida Loca), and Roger Ebert (!). One of the movie's strengths is that it's not always clear if these famous folk entirely know that they're appearing in this fake documentary, as they've almost entirely been captured at big events where, in the story of the documentary, the filmmakers went to try to sneak some footage of celebrities. One of the best sequences is when Decker gets a bit part on Baywatch, and we get to watch David Hasselhoff and Carmen Electra play themselves. --BretFetzer ... Read more

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I LIKETHESE GUYS!!!
Every time I see this film I find a new reason to laugh. With a great concept and a genuinely funny script, Tony Markes and Adam Rifkin here prove that the demented "Dark Backward" was not a creative anomaly. Watching Rifkin and Markes get a bunch of bona-fide stars to be in their zero-budget movie for free is inspiring - a textbook application of the Bowfinger principle - but the real fun here is seeing Markes play all the actors he DIDN'T hire when he was a casting director. These guys are not Farrellys, to be sure, but they're creative and sharp, and until their new collaboration - "Getting Hal" - comes out, this film and "The Dark Backward" will give you strange dreams, indeed.

Funny take on La-La Land
This film is a biting take on fame and the city that's on an endless search to foist it on people. Anyone who's ever been on an audition will laugh/cringe as the true humilations of such events are placed squarely in the crosshairs. What this film lacks in production values, it more than makes up for in humor and insight into the world of entertainment. Well worth your time and money.

Seen better Wondered when movie actually started
This is a wierd one Ordered by mistake and now selling in ebay. Not by far one of my best choices but might apeal to you if you like to be fooled into thinking that this is for real. i really would not waste my time nor my money like we did by buying this dvd and then spending the time to watch it and then still be waiting to see what the heck it was about ... Read more

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Satanic Cop on a Rampage!
From the beginning you get the feeling, this movie seems a little bit twisted. It could be the slow motion shots of our satanic friend drinking his coffee. Or maybe it's the extremely paranoid little weirdo, worried about his possesion of a large quantity of marijuana. The vibes are disturbing as they should be. The movie leaves you feeling like you just survived an encounter with a madman. I would strongly recomend viewing this flick, that is if your into the idea of a satanic renegade pyscho destroying anyone in his path.

This movie is hilarious and it rules
This movie has some funny as lines in it esp. on the roof. But if you want to get a good and funny movie rent this.

This Movie Kicks Ass!
This movie is awesome..These Dudes are throwing thier friend a bachelor party at work. A suspicious looking cop has been following em around all day. He follows them to work and waits till the party starts. Then he kills em one by one. Very awesome movie. ... Read more

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You Won't Believe Your Eyes...Not Both of Them Anyway!
You will recognize almost everyone in this film and I don't think it ever even made the big screen. This is one of those pictures that became a cult classic on cable and video. If you're not yet a Hudson Leick fan-and if you're not, we'll send a few of the boys around to speak wit youz-buy this now because when it finally hits network TV, her entire role will be in the program director's VCR, not on your screen. I have no idea why they changed the name from Denial to Something About Sex but I can only imagine that it was...and still is...too hot to handle. I've never seen such a classy combination of sex and humor and, as a licensed private detective, I am compelled by law to give it 5 Stars.

Yes,the scene with Hudson Leick is worth buying this video!!
Let me make this perfectly clear,the only reason why I even heard of this movie,rented this movie and ultimatly bought this movie was because of the infamous sex scene with Hudson Leick AKA
Callisto to Xena fans.And yes,the scene is really,really good and yes,Hudson Leick is really,really sexy!If you're an admirer of Hudson Leick/Callisto(which 9 out of 10 you are if you're checking out this review)then buy this video as it is extremely rare.She is not credited on the box cover nor in the opening credits,but you will find her name at the end.If you can buy this movie for a good price,then do so!

Woody would like it.
While I was watching this film I couldn't help but think of Woody Allen films. This movie is very much like some of his films. Something about sex focuses on the sex lives of three married couples and there various stages and insecurities about fadelity. The film opens at a dinner party where a guest, Art Witz(Jason Alexzander), proposes to the three seemingly happy couples that monogomy is not natural. The rest of the film covers the journey these people take to answer that question. I found this film quite entertaining. The cast was very good. Each character had there own sort of neurotic qualities that made them unique. To be more specific one character uses the same line over and over to pick up women, another has a fetish for porn(which leads to a hilarious cameo from Ron Jeremy), another a liking for "special" massages, and one character is obsessed with larger women. All this makes for some really funny stuff. I thought the film was well edited. It seemed to know just when to cut, never too much, which is a credit to the director Adam Rifkin. I recommend this film. It delivers exactly what it promises with it's title. I said earlier it reminded me of a Woody Allen film, well yes, but without New York, and with graphic sex scenes(Allen never has these). If you like this film I also suggest Friends and Lovers which is very similar in context to this film. If you like comedies about sex you will like Something About Sex.

Hudson Leick makes Something about sex special
First up, Hudson wasn't in the opening credits of the film. The movie begins when Art(played by Jason Alexander of Seinfield fame.) is invited to a party with three couples. They are Issacc(Ryan Alosio) and Claudia(Amy Yasbeck), Joel(Jonathan Silverman) and Sophie(Leah Lail) and Sam(Patrick Dempsey) and Sammie(Christine Taylor). Art begins to discuss that adultery is "the monogamy denial". He says, "I think that monogamy is not natural. I really don't think it exists. At least not in practice. It turns otherwise honorable people into liars.....people cheat! It happens all the time.That`s why they don't like to talk about it." There's an argument from the three couples saying that he doesn't know what he`s talking about. And the rest of the story it shows you that Art is right.

I`m only discussing one of the couples, Issacc and Claudia because of Hudson's involvement. Issacc cheats on his wife with various women. In the story we see Eve(Shawnee Free-Jones) a young college girl who he has sex with and believes all his lies and Deborah(HUDSON LEICK) who he and Joel meet at a hockey game. Claudia also cheats on Issacc with Art. She tells him that she and her husband have an agreement on to never ask questions. So when Art meets Issac he gets nervous around him and Issacc asks Claudia why he got psycho, all she does is smile. So he asks her did she sleep with him and she said remember our agreement, so he stops and thinks about his affairs and doesn`t say boo. And they start to play wrestle in bed.

In Hudson's performance she plays Deborah. At the hockey game Issac says to Joel that women can't seperate the difference between sex and love. To them it's all the same, but men can seperate the difference. So Deborah, Hudson's character, overhears it and says that it isn`t true. A woman can have a one night stand and forget about it. Also, she tells him that every female he had sex with isn't sitting at home by the phone waiting for him to call. But infact Eve is doing that. Here it shows you that some women are like what Issac said and some women are like what Deborah said. Hence they are both right and both wrong. The next scene of Hudson is that she is in bed with Issac(her first nude scene to best of my knowledge). Issac is trying to feed her the lines he fed Eve and Deborah doesn`t buy it. Deborah tells him to shut up and go back to the sexual intercourse.

Overall the movie tried to give a reasonable explaination of what happens in marriages, but it doesn't tell enough. What it does tell is true in some relationships, if not all. The movie to a certain extent can be used as a documentary on the way people interact in mid to late 1990`s. What it lacks is that it isn't diverse enough and it was too positive. At the end there are some marriages that end like that, but many more are different.

Something About Infidelity
This movie was very entertaining. A writer inplants the obsessions of infidelity to three seemingly happy couples. It leads onto a road of self havock. A great representation of the taboo thirsts in all of us. Some characters you love, some you hate, some you sympathize with others just disgust you. Even big man Ron Jeremy make a funny cameo while at the "office", if you know what I mean. Only disappointments were the full screen format and the mono sound. Overall a good flick. ... Read more

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Wonderful movie; FANTASTIC DVD!
Detroit Rock City is not about KISS--It's about real guys who will do almost anything to achieve a goal--and discover much about their own independence as they attempt to reach those dreams. MUCH lambasted by the critics, this film perhaps is best left to DVD viewing--and the DVD has wonderful features, including 3 different commentary tracks. Sam Huntington (Jungle 2 Jungle) and Giuseppe Andrews (Independence Day) stand out most as the "star" actors -- and they do a great job. Huntington's mother in the film, Lin Shaye, was amazing. The film is a bit tacky on occasion, but I must say from one whose late junior and early senior year was 1978--this film truly captures the obsession many of my friends had with KISS. Unfortunately, many young people look at this and think it's too dated as a movie about KISS (it's not); and many my age will think it's just another teen flick (it's not). But it's much more, a film with heart. Now if they just didn't use the "f" word so much........

Snide, sexist, fun...Man, we need more movies like this!
Awesome. I'm a longhaired teenage metalhead and I hate KISS and I love this film in extremes. Just the most fun you can really have with a movie in years, and so much better than boring comedies like American Pie and Austin Powers 2. And you can't go wrong with Lin Shaye's performance as the mom, absolutely wonderful, reminds us all of the things we hate about our parents perfectly potrayed together. This film also contains what I feel is the greatest bathroom scene of all time, got to love that low brow humour at work. The DVD is packed full, with 3 audio commentaries loads of behind the scenes stuff, music videos, script on DVD Rom and on and on, more loaded than any other DVD I've seen. Best DVD for 99, better than Matrix without a doubt in my book. Sure the movie would be heaven if another band was the center piece, something like set in the 90's with a bunch of dudes going to see Strapping Young Lad and beating up korn fans on the way, with a death metal soundtrack...or don't change the setting and make it Black Sabbath as the band, a minor gripe....but hey I'll take this anyday as it is, just glad it was made. We need more movies like this that are completely politically incorrect, sexist, snide, mean-spirited, over the top funny and won't make any apologies for it by teaching us some boring morals lessons (Ala American Pie). Definately a great long-haired stoner film, and great film for all. Look for yourself, not one negative review for it on Amazon yet. Screw morals, let's rock and roll and pass the bong.

The Soul Of Rock n' Roll
"Detroit Rock City" is a film that is excellently staged and acted. It captures well the atmosphere of the time period. It also captures excently the true soul of Rock n' Roll, and what it really means for people. With perfect actors for the characters, vivid imagery, and just the right amount of quirkyness, "Detroit Rock City" is a fun movie that you will never get tired of.

Nostalgic and average, but enjoyable
If you're a Kiss fan -- and I am -- this is a freaking GREAT movie. But as a movie on its own merit it's at best an average attempt at the coming-of-age tale of four boys on their way to capture the Holy Grail. I'll get the bad stuff out of the way first...

The script has a good story, but the dialogue is mediocre most of the time. Having the script polished up by a veteran writer would have made this a fantastic movie. There's not enough character development and too many predictible "Oops-there's-another-easily-avoided-circumstance-bound-to-cause-our-heroes-problems" scenarios. Of course, these circumstances are the basis for the whole movie, but they could have been made a bit more plausible.

The "bad guys" - notably the anti-Kiss mother, twisted schoolmaster and Catholic priest - are cardboard cutouts of the worst possible stereotypes and are almost impossible to watch. Growing up amidst the hieght of the anti-Kiss crusade, I'll be the first to admit there were some pretty strange folks out there picketing concerts. But they were more frightening than funny.

Now the good stuff.

The boys are funny. Their exploits - no matter how stupid - are pretty humorous. The scene with our heroes practicing as a Kiss copy band in the basement will certainly tug at the hearts and minds of any Kiss fan. How many guitars have been purchased and played by no-talent fans just because of Ace Frehley? These guys exemplify that spirit in a wonderfully entertaining manner. The accuracy of the period references is another thing that really "makes" this film. From the opening scene where mom is sifting through vinyl (!) recordings of Manilow, the Carpenters, etc., the film is full of tidbits all too familiar to those of us who grew up in the seventies. My personal favorite is the gold Trans-am full of decked-out disco enthusiasts driving down the highway singing and "acting" to David Naughton's tragic "Makin' It." I laughed out loud and any chiold of the 70's will too.

The final scene, wherein the boys get into the show (hardly a spoiler here) is good if only for the accuracy of the Love Gun stage show. A great deal of attention to detail obviously went into this scene and it pays off. And Peter Criss actually gets a dramatic moment elusive to his bandmates for a change!

The DVD is worth getting for Kiss fans mainly because there's a multi-angle version of the song "Detroit Rock City" in the "Cutting Room" section of special features. With fire-breathing, smoking guitars, and the whole bit compressed into one song, this one special feature does in three minutes what the poorly edited "Kiss Symphony" DVD was unable to do in two hours - capture the magic of a Kiss show from the fans' point of view.

Three stars - one for the special feature multi-angle song, one for capturing the true spirit of the average Kiss fan, one for the tasty pop-culture references.

supa rad movie, supa rad dvd...wat more can i say?
This is an awsome movie!! If you haven't seen it go out and rent it or, buy it w/e i don't care, today...it really is one of my all time favorite movies (the others being dazed and confused, almost famous, adn fast times) This movie is kickass! The soundtrack is great too. This movie makes me wish i lived in the 70's. and all the main characters are hotta!! Anyway you don't have to be a kiss fan to watch this movie, but if you are it won't dissapoint you...Ok well um i'm gong to stop writing now...so go out to your local video store and get this movie you won't regret it...well at least if you have any taste in movies you won't. ... Read more

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I LIKETHESE GUYS!!!
Every time I see this film I find a new reason to laugh. With a great concept and a genuinely funny script, Tony Markes and Adam Rifkin here prove that the demented "Dark Backward" was not a creative anomaly. Watching Rifkin and Markes get a bunch of bona-fide stars to be in their zero-budget movie for free is inspiring - a textbook application of the Bowfinger principle - but the real fun here is seeing Markes play all the actors he DIDN'T hire when he was a casting director. These guys are not Farrellys, to be sure, but they're creative and sharp, and until their new collaboration - "Getting Hal" - comes out, this film and "The Dark Backward" will give you strange dreams, indeed.

Funny take on La-La Land
This film is a biting take on fame and the city that's on an endless search to foist it on people. Anyone who's ever been on an audition will laugh/cringe as the true humilations of such events are placed squarely in the crosshairs. What this film lacks in production values, it more than makes up for in humor and insight into the world of entertainment. Well worth your time and money.

Seen better Wondered when movie actually started
This is a wierd one Ordered by mistake and now selling in ebay. Not by far one of my best choices but might apeal to you if you like to be fooled into thinking that this is for real. i really would not waste my time nor my money like we did by buying this dvd and then spending the time to watch it and then still be waiting to see what the heck it was about ... Read more

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Too far out there!
To classify this film as bizzare does not even begin to cover it. Basically, this is an almost totally improvasational tone poem about the victims of an overbearing mother and dysfunctional family.

You'll find plenty that doesn't make the least bit of sense, and even more that looks like it was only added for "art" value. Much of the film will not make any sense unless you watch the film twice, which I gaurantee isn't something you'll be wanting to do after sitting throught it once. On top of that, because the narrative is so disjointed, and the editing so choppy, you can't fast-forward through the odder parts.

Fans of this kind of cinema have supported Peter Greenaway for years, and if you like Greenaway's work, you'll feel quite at home with the efforts of Adam Rifkin and his "A Tale of Two Sisters".

Without a linear storyline, it's difficult to describe what happens. In short, younger, poorer, and wilder sister goes to visit older, more stable, and rich sister at her luxurious L.A. condo after a six-year separation. During the visit, they squawk about The Past.

Their Mother, a weird cross between Divine, Tammy Faye Bakker, and Dolly Parton, is a destructive and overbearing monster as the girls flash back to childhood events. Their Father is weak and emasculated, and the end result is that younger sister becomes the Rebel and older sister becomes the Stable One.

Part of the problem with the film is that you never know just what Rifkin is trying to say, which is the inherent danger with this type of loosely-structured narrative. Without anything to tie the scenes together, you're left with a bunch of artsy camera work and actors struggling to make up what their characters are suppossed to say. Greenaway has this down to a science, so much so that you can tell that he adds weird stuff just to BE weird (I've always suspected Greenaway is having a big laugh on the pretentious art crowd by adding bits of pointless stuff to his films, knowing they'll go nuts trying to figure it out and put "meaning" into it all). Unfortunately, Rifkin is not in the same league as Greenaway, and this film may be why he drifted into more mainstream projects after this one.

Besides Claudia Christian of "Babylon 5" fame, "Taxi" alum (and later "B5" alum), Jeff Conaway has a bit part as (what else?), a taxi driver. The only other familiar name in the cast is that of Charlie Sheen, who narrates with his "poetry". Want a sample?

"They used to call me Wheezy/ Now they call me Moe./ Busted liver, three-pronged freebase device/ My chin, she is on fire!/ The erosion was fast, the lectures were not./ He pondered high atop the mountain of fig newtons..."

Want another? How about this one?

"Black and blue skidmark lunchbox drools pasta prima./ Frozen bacon pie suffering from the the heat cries out in salted pork./ FREEZE FRAME!/ Mom and Dad are trying to think, we hope..."

This gives you an idea how the film is set up, because Sheen's "poetry" compliments it perfectly. If you sit through it twice, you will only then be able to understand that the tripe Sheen is babbling is somewhat related to the storyline of the film (such as it is). Otherwise, it's pointless, and I think Sheen was just there for name value.

And if you think you have a pretentious, bad movie on your hands that's just right for your own MST3k party, forget it! Strangely enough, the film's own disjointed structure (which makes the film almost unviewable for most filmgoers), innoculates it from MSTie-ing. This is too bad, because the characters are just begging for it. For God's sake, there's even a mime!

In all fairness, this type of work is for the ultra-serious film buff or "artiste", not the average person. The actors do their best, and the cinematography rocks. I have to give it three stars for that, plus that fact that this is an indie, non-Hollywood effort. There is a place for this kind of cinema, but it is better left to art classes and pretentious art bars in Greenwich Village.

What the Hell was that?
You may look at the cover and be turned off but but don't be. This is one wicked funny movie. Its the most obscure thing I've ever seen. Give it a try. ... Read more

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The Chase Soundtrack
I have noticed people posting their troubles in attempting to locate "The Chase" Original Soundtrack. I too have attempted to locate this soundtrack with great trouble. However, I did not locate the soundtrack but did find a webpage that took the time to post the titles and artist of the music from the movie. And adding to my speculation the page also posted their being unable to locate the soundtrack aswell, making me belive there might not have been an acual soundtrack released. Oh, yeah, oh yeah, and the movie was cool to.

The Soundtrack is as follows:

1. Breakdown - One Dove
2. The Next Life - Suede
3. Macho Man - Stephen Stuart Short
4. Two Babies in the Dark - Bad Religion
5. Forever and A Day - Offspring *
6. Our Own Way - Down by Law
7. Shine - The Rollins Band
8. House - Dan Carlson
9. Adina - Rancid
10. Take It Like a Man - Offspring
11. The Bottle - Rancid
12. Please Play This Song on the Radio - NoFX
13. Warm - NoFX ... Read more