Murder 101

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Good Movie.......2007-06-09

This is a very clever, enjoyable movie. Pierce Brosnan is good, as usual. It is a well done who-dun-it. I will watch it over and over.

TEACHER PET.......2004-01-07

MURDER 101 written and directed by Bill Condon (who would later grab an Oscar for GODS AND MONSTERS) is a great little movie that I had never heard of. Suffice to say, Condon's neat little script gives us two big surprises at the end. The murderer is hard to spot and the ending is just "Wow, did I just see what I think I saw?"
At any rate, Pierce Brosnan in his pre Bond days stars as a best-selling crime writer who teaches a class in how to write the perfect crime novel. Brosnan gained famed writing a true crime thriller that sent his friend to prison for murdering his wife. Brosnan returns to teaching, to meet his estranged wife, played sweetly by Dey Young, who has taken up with another professor, played smarmily by Mark L. Taylor (Fangs). Another friend of his is Detective Mike Dowley (played with a surly masculinity by Antoni Carone). Soon, though, things take a demonic twist when Pierce is set up for murder by one of his students. Rachel Sbarge in a crafty performance seems to be the one who is setting him up.
The pace is good; the script witty and inventive; and overall, a tidy, surprising mystery.

A Surprisingly good little mystery.......2003-06-19

With another actor I may have given this 3 stars for me... as in a good little mystery. With brosnan in it i give 4 stars.

Great movie for a Great price.......2002-01-04

This DVD was purchase for entertainment, plus you can't beat the price. I was very pleasently surprised with the film, Pierce Brosnan's performance was exceptional. If you are a Movie buff this is a must see.

Brosnan at his best.......2001-09-05

Brosnan does it again with his intelligence and ability to keep the viewer's attention. Murder 101 is an above average script and tailor made for Pierce. You care about his character and the surrounding events as they unfold. I found myself wishing that the college course, Murder 101, extended over several semesters/quarters (i.e., 101, 101a, 101b and 101c). If you are a Brosnan fan, you won't be disappointed. If you are not, you will be.

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SERIAL KILLING FOR DUMMIES
Terrible Movie 101...
A Diamond In The Rough
This movie SUCKS
A Serial Disaster

Serial Killing 101
Starring: Michael Alaimo , Elise Ballard , Eric C. Charmelo , Thomas Haden Church , and Katherine D'Armond
Manufacturer: Lions Gate
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ASIN: B00019078U
Release Date: 2004-03-30

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SERIAL KILLING FOR DUMMIES.......2006-04-01

Lisa Loeb was 34 years old when she made this movie, playing a mousy 17 year old. Justin Urich plays a morose lad whose ambition in life is to be a serial killer, and Loeb wants to be his first victim. It's all slowly paced, poorly written and Loeb is simply awful. Urich does a little better but the whole plot is so ridiculous one doesn't really care. And what a shame to see future Oscar nominee Thomas Haden Church in a disastrously bad performance, so Rod Steigerish in its delivery that he definitely should've gotten a Razzy that year.
Ho hum, what a drag.

Terrible Movie 101..........2006-02-24

As a horror movie fan, I bought this movie ( previously viewed, thank goodness). Reading the box, it looked like it might be a good horror flick. How wrong was I !!!!! This movie shouldn't even fall into the horror catagory. The whole movie is about a teenager, Casey Noland, who aspires to be the next famous serial killer...... Not! He can't even bring himself to harm the next door neighbor's dog! What makes this movie even more stupid is the fact that his "gothic" friend wants to become his first victim. Together, they think of ways and weapons he can use to make him "different" from other already known serial killers. This movie is more funny than horror which still isn't saying much for the film. With a stupid plot and poor acting, I don't recommend this film for any true horror film fan for it is not a horror movie at all. Don't be fooled by the box...... it's not worth the money even to rent it.

A Diamond In The Rough.......2005-07-14

OK...I'm going to keep this short. This is a well made, dark comedy that is worth your viewing time. With "stars" you will recognise and memorable performances, it makes for great Friday night entertainment. It may not stack up for those snotty connoisseurs out there, but for the rest of you, take the risk...you'll like it!! This was a direct to video movie, but is far better than much of the crap that somehow made it to screen. Also, interesting to note that Thomas Hayden Church has since gone on to star in "Sideways" for which he received a Golden Globe nomination. WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!

This movie SUCKS.......2005-06-18

Absolutely awful black comedy tries to be darkly humorous like Heathers and Very Bad Things and ends up being plain dark. A teen fascinated with serial killers and murder decides he wants to be a killer after he graduates from High School and a real life killer is killing people in the town. A desperate attempt at black comedy with barely any laughs and even the black-humor isn't very funny. Avoid this and rent Pulp Fiction,Very Bad Things,or any other dark comedy out there. Despite Thomas Haden Church's funny performance as a mean coach this movie is a BOMB.

A Serial Disaster.......2005-06-09

Call me silly, but I enjoy stupid horror films - especially if they're about serial killers. This is quite a radical dichotomy. While my favorite film is "The Silence of the Lambs", it's not because it's a movie about a serial killer - why? Because it isn't. Anyone with a brain the size of a squirrel understands that, and I won't waste any time explaining it.

What surprised me about this film was that it quoted "The Silence of the Lambs". I was stunned. This wasn't a serious piece by any definition, and while it would give me great pleasure to pick it apart piece by piece, it's not a significant enough for me to waste me time doing so.

Suffice to say that it attempted to be a serious film and a comedy all in one. It failed. There was a love interest that was as dead as a squashed tomato, a wanna be serial killer who couldn't kill dog (admittedly, that plays into the comedy), and a host of other nonsensical arrangements of characters and situations that made the film entirely unbelievable - *whether it was a comedy or a serious film*. The only thing that I felt good about during the film was knowing that Thomas Hayden Church did a tremendous turn in "Sideways". It was depressing to see an actor of his talent in a film of massive disarray.

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Murder 101 / The Nephew (2 pack)
Director: Eugene Brady , and Bill Condon
ProductGroup: DVD
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ASIN: B000U0GN6K

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Murder 101: Pierce Brosnan (Remington Steele, The World is not Enough) stars as Professor Charles Lattimore, a successful mystery and truecrime writer who assigns his English class to plan the perfect murder. But after he is tricked into a romantic rendezvous with Francesca Lavin (Kim Thomson),and ambitious student who tries to sleep her away to an A, someone strangles her and leaves Charlie without an alibi. When he is framed for a second murder, Charlie must convince his estranged wife, Laura (Dey Young), to believe in him and to help him learn if one of his students is taking the assignment too seriously. The Hollywood reporter praised this stylish, intricately crafted mysterythriller from Bill Condon the director and Academy Award winning writer of Gods and Mosters, as "consistently ingenious". Special Features: 2.0 Dolby Digital Surround Caption Subtitles: English, French and Spanish Scenes Selection The Nephew: Tony, a simple farmer living off the coast of Ireland, receives word from his long lost sister she's dying and needds a place to send her son Chad. Tony, not wanting to decline his dying sister's last wish, reluttanly allows Chad to come and live with him on his farm. When Tony heads to the dock to meet his nephew, he discovers he's black. Chad does not receive a typical Irish welcome, but is instead treated with suspicion and curiosity. Chad, who has grown up in NYC, is not used to the lifestyle of a farmer and he and Tony quickly bang heads. Things get even more complicated when Chad falls in love with a local islander, who's father has been fighting with Tony since Chad's mother left the island 20 years earlier. As more island secrets come out, Chad and Tony must come to grips with the past in order to change the future.

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Murder 101
Starring: Pierce Brosnan , J. Kenneth Campbell , Antoni Coroner , Janet Rotblatt , and Raphael Sbarge
Director: Bill Condon
Manufacturer: Edi Video
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ASIN: B000SK5Z70
Release Date: 2007-06-19

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Murder 101 & Nighthawks (2pc)
Starring: Sylvester Stallone , Billy Dee Williams , Lindsay Wagner , Persis Khambatta , and Nigel Davenport
Director: Bruce Malmuth , Gary Nelson , and Bill Condon
Manufacturer: Good Times Video
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ASIN: B000067IXY
Release Date: 2002-07-02

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Unfunny, stereotyped junk.
Here's what film critcs have to say

Killer Flick
Starring: Fred Dennis , Tod Thawley , Jon Kinney , Sheri Hellard , and Karen Christensen
Director: Mark Weidman
Manufacturer: Vanguard Cinema
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ASIN: B00008L40U
Release Date: 2003-05-27

Description

Directed by Mark Weidman. Outlaw filmmakers Rome, One-Eye, Max and Buzz hit the highway with guns blazing and cameras rolling, capturing footage - and hostages - along the way. Committed to their art like no filmmakers before them, these rebels will kill to make a movie. Together they cruise the desert headed for Hollywood. Their mission: to kidnap Virgil Morgan, their favorite movie actor of all time. With a wicked sense of humor and a daring sense of style the film delivers more than sex, car chases and explosions. It takes you to the very edge of comedy, action and style.

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Unfunny, stereotyped junk........2005-08-10

The sensitive writer is, of course, gay, though he doesn't seem to think so until the film is half over. I got all the jokes and found 90% of them to not be funny. This is just a bunch of testosterone-laden misogynistic schtick masquerading as a satire when it's in exactly the same position as what it seems to think it's making fun of. Instead of being subversive, as it intends, it reinforces everything such a satire suggests that it dislikes.

The best scene, though, which earns it its extra star, is a self-reflexive moment in which an acting class, consisting of actors who have already appeared in the film go over the lines and comment on how bad the film is. Unfortunately, scenes as self-reflexive as this are few and far between. Weidman ultimately champions his heroes way too much, when their entire goal is to make derivative crap and make money, which is apparently Weidman's goal as well.

It's easy to compare this film to _Cecil B. DeMented_, which it precedes, but John Waters understands satire much better than Mark Weidman, though this film is so bad it might have inspired him.

Here's what film critcs have to say.......2000-02-22

"An outrageous, inspired satire... pertinent and enough to deserve much wider, more accessible play" -- Kevin Thomas, LA TIMES

"Writer-director Mark Weidman cleverly subverts audience expectations" -- Chuck Wilson, LA WEEKLY

"The movie blurs film-within-a-film narrative, filmmaking in-jokes and cartoon violence. I liked its audacity and got the jokes... enjoyed the ride!" -- Allen White, FILMTHREAT ONLINE (www.filmthreat.com)

"One of the festival's standouts... a breathless, funny, inventive film" -- Gary Morris, SAN FRANCISCO WEEKLY

"Part self-reflective road movie, part eye-candy, the narrative is a finely stitched patchwork masterpiece. Every battle divides winners and losers, KILLER FLICK emerges from this one gloriously triumphant." -- Marlene Friis, SAN FRANCISCO INDIEFEST

"An American indie-film of the most energetic kind! More than just a low-budget road movie full of action, the clever script holds some slick gags -- Tarantino style -- a handful of action-racketing a la Robert Rodriguez and a dash of absurd irony." -- Mikko Aromaa, ESPOO CINE FILM FESTIVAL, Finland

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Program #101: VICE DETAIL: Vice Det. Tim Louis leads an undercover operation against a massage parlor suspected of being a house of prostitution. In a second Vice operation, Louis himself is undercover at an X-rated theater where lewd acts are said to be taking place. Moving from the Morals Crew to gambling and bookmaking, Det. Louis successfully raids a bookie parlor. BOMB SQUAD: Bomb Squad Det. Silvia Faris, one of only a handful of women in the country chosen to do this dangerous job, must try to render harmless a pipe bomb found under a public bus bench. HOMICIDE: Homicide Detectives Bobby Taylor and Dee Perales look for a suspect in a gang shooting that killed one young man and injured another. The detectives find a truck believed to have been used in the shooting. Using the "scent" taken off the truck by the Crime Lab, the Sheriff's canine squad leads them to a house around the corner where the detectives find a rifle in the bushes was the murder weapon. Nothing more could be learned because the surviving victim refused to identify his attackers for fear of reprisal. The case remains open.

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