My DVD Rentals (70 titles)

DVDs I've rented from Lovefilm and how I rate them.

by: A customer from Scotland

60% from 1 member

Wild Hogs

26/02/2008 - Laughed like a drain from beginning to end. Couldn't believe how good this was.

- our price: £5.93
Wild Hogs on DVD (2007)
Starring: Tim Allen, Martin Lawrence, John Travolta
Director: Walt Becker
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Four middle-aged men (Tim Allen, John Travolta, Martin Lawrence, William H. Macy) decide to take a road trip from Cincinnati to the Pacific in order to get away from their lives which are leading them nowhere. Taking their motorcycles, these "Wild Hogs" tear up the road and eventually stop in New ..read more »

Rate this: 66% from 34,931 members

Die Hard 4.0

05/03/2008 - Expected a Die Hard film and got a Die Hard film. Nothing pretentious here.

- our price: £4.00
Die Hard 4.0 on DVD (2007)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Timothy Olyphant, Maggie Q
Director: Len Wiseman
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The much anticipated fourth entry in the "Die Hard" series sees John McClane (Willis) taking on an Internet-based terrorist organization who is systematically shutting down the United States.

Rate this: 74% from 72,861 members

Casino Royale

12/03/2008 -Trying desperately to be Bourne and failing. Badly.

- our price: £3.93
Casino Royale on DVD (2006)
Starring: Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Jeffrey Wright
Director: Martin Campbell
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CASINO ROYALE introduces JAMES BOND before he holds his license to kill. But Bond is no less dangerous, and with two professional assassinations in quick succession, he is elevated to "00" status.Bond's first 007 mission takes him to Madagascar, where he is to spy on a terrorist, MOLLAKA (Sebastien ..read more »

Rate this: 76% from 99,141 members

The Simpsons Movie

27/03/2008 - Just as you'd expect and no dissapointments.

- our price: £5.43
The Simpsons Movie on DVD (2007)
Starring: Dan Castellaneta, julie kavner (voice), Julie Kavner
Director: David Silverman
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When Homer accidentally pollutes the river with toxic waste from the nuclear power plant, he gets fired from his job, and everyone has to evacuate Springfield, possibly forever.

Rate this: 67% from 50,399 members

Chasing Amy

14/04/2008 - One of Smith's better efforts but not in the same league as Dogma. Joey Lauren Adams' voice though - God, it's like pulling barbed wire through your ears.

- our price: £4.93
Chasing Amy on DVD (1997)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Joey Lauren Adams, Jason Lee
Director: Kevin Smith
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When handsome young comic book creator Holden McNeil (Ben Affleck) meets cute young comic book creator Alyssa Jones (Joey Lauren Adams), romance seems preordained. But Holden is soon confronted with Alyssa's complex sexual history, as well as his friend and colleague Banky's (Jason Lee) conflicted ..read more »

Rate this: 67% from 12,134 members

Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back

25/04/2008 - Pretty much what I expected from Smith's gruesome twosome. Entertaining enough.

- our price: £5.43
Jay And Silent Bob Strike Back on DVD (2001)
Starring: Kevin Smith, Jason Mewes, Ben Affleck
Director: Kevin Smith
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Writer-director Kevin Smith's fifth and final installment of his New Jersey Chronicles (which began in 1994 with the breakout, low-budget comedy CLERKS) is a chance for scene-stealing, foulmouthed stoner Jay (Jason Mewes) and his taciturn sidekick/'hetero life mate' Silent Bob (Smith) to carry ..read more »

Rate this: 67% from 12,906 members

Ghost Rider

15/05/2008 - Dunno what happened here. Started of well but descended into a confused mess.

- our price: £3.93
Ghost Rider on DVD (2007)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Donal Logue, Gibson Nolte
Director: Mark Steven Johnson
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Based on the Marvel character, stunt motorcyclist Johnny Blaze gives up his soul to become a hellblazing vigilante, to fight against power hungry Blackheart, the son of the devil himself.

Rate this: 57% from 41,674 members

The Number 23

28/05/2008 - Nothing special and nothing to write home about. Pretty forgettable.

- our price: £5.43
The Number 23 on DVD (2007)
Starring: Jim Carrey, Virginia Madsen, Logan Lerman
Director: Joel Schumacher
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A man (Carrey) becomes obsessed with a book that appears to be based on his life but ends with a murder that has yet to happen in real life.

Rate this: 58% from 40,919 members

The Constant Gardener

18/06/2008 - Constant bilge.

- our price: £2.93
The Constant Gardener on DVD (2005)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, City of God, won awards all over the world and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, The ..read more »

Rate this: 70% from 75,365 members

The Departed

26/06/2008 - A solid, entertaining gangster flick.

- our price: £3.93
The Departed on DVD (2006)
Starring: Jack Nicholson, Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Director Martin Scorsese returns to his trademark style with the violent, bruised, and bloody feature THE DEPARTED. Scorsese filched the basic storyline from Wai Keung Lau and Siu Fai Mak's masterful 2002 Hong Kong action film, INFERNAL AFFAIRS, which saw a policeman going undercover as a mob ..read more »

Rate this: 77% from 86,135 members