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  [KFCC] Hocus Pocus Review
Interestingly enough, a year before that film, he appeared in Hocus Pocus, which in a way was a warm up for the role which Lam Ching Ying not only made his own, but spilled a lot of dog's blood doing it.
Hocus Pocus isn't a horror/comedy as such, and certainly provides less scares than many HK films of the genre.
The film certainly makes interesting viewing, and for somebody who has seen a lot of Chinese movies, even I was fascinated by the very 'Chinese-ness' of this film.
www.kfccinema.com /reviews/horror/hocuspocus/hocuspocus.html   (663 words)

  
 Movie Review - Hocus Pocus
Hocus Pocus is a spooky, spooky fantasy for family audiences.
The cat has many other basic actions throughout the film, and in all cases the cat would be released by one trainer and called to a second trainer by way of verbal cues, visual cues, or a clicker, with food as a reward.
Animal action filmed in Salem, Massachusetts was monitored by the Animal Rescue League of Boston.
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 Hocus Pocus - DVD Review
In Hocus Pocus he is both directing and acting and we'll start with the filmmaker Chin Yuet Sang.
The best aspect of Hocus Pocus is the various forms of choreography from Sammo Hung and his stunt group.
Hocus Pocus is a passable time-waster but not really essential viewing in the Hong Kong horror-comedy genre.
www.sogoodreviews.com /reviews/hocuspocus.htm   (955 words)

  
 DVD Review: Hocus Pocus
The film's duo of screenwriters fail to come up with anything particularly funny; although the witches have a few little comments to one another about the new world once they return that are slightly amusing, the film passes by with very little successful humor.
"Hocus Pocus", a title whose DVD release has been delayed for months, is presented in its original 1.85:1 aspect ratio, but isn't 16x9 enhanced.
This 1993 film does offer a fair amount of surround use, but the majority of the movie is a dialogue-driven comedy.
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 Hocus Pocus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
So broad are their performances that Hocus Pocus often feels like a high school theatrical production–and not a particularly good one at that.
Hocus Pocus is a family film; this is easily the dirtiest word spoken in the entire movie).
Hocus Pocus was reputed to have cost $28 million–high for a Disney production–and it makes sense when you realize the cat stand-ins alone (all eight of them) earned $200 a day!
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 Hocus Pocus - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hocus Pocus (album), a rock album (with a title track) by the band Enon
Hocus Pocus (film), starring Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, and Omri Katz
Hocus Pocus, the fictional rabbit who turns on his magician owner in the 1969 Christmas television special Frosty the Snowman
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 Hocus Pocus DVD Review
Hocus Pocus is a showcase of fine character acting.
Shot in sequence, the film flows well with an engaging narrative style that maintains suspense, though it is of the adventure variety rather than that of the thriller.
Hocus Pocus is true to its PG rating and is one of the edgier family films to don the Disney name.
www.ultimatedisney.com /hocuspocus.html   (1372 words)

  
 Bette Midler: Hocus Pocus - Movie
Hocus pocus is a must have for so many reasons.It's about three witches from the past that come to the future to suck the lives out of kids to stay young forever.The movie is funny and just as entertaining.Buy this for your kids now and I promise you'll love it too.
We love Hocus Pocus because it's entertaining for both my 3 year old and for us adults.
"Hocus Pocus" seemed to be going for the most authentic look for a witch.
www.superiorpics.com /bette_midler/movie/1993_hocus_pocus.html   (704 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus (1984)
Review: Chinese operatics and kung fu comedy meet popular ghost lore in Hocus Pocus, an oddball film from producer Sammo Hung that continues Hong Kong's comedy horror trend that began with Sammo's Encounter of the Spooky Kind in 1981 and reached its peak with the first three films in the Mr.
Despite some well-staged theatrics and limited kung fu action, the film is mostly a snoozer that fails to generate laughs or fright by the ongoing antics of its stars within a threadbare plot.
This premise could have been entertaining enough except that half of the film is spent not on the supernatural, but on a series of practical jokes kicked off by a quarrel among members of the troupe.
www.kungfucinema.com /reviews/hocuspocus.htm   (673 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus (film) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hocus Pocus is a children's Halloween themed film produced by Walt Disney Pictures and distributed by Buena Vista International.
The movie was released in the United States and Canada in October 1993, and October 1994 across most of Europe and some Asian countries.
In an interview with Martha Stewart, Bette Midler brought up this film and said it was the most fun she had up to that point in her career.
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 07/15/03: OUT-OF-FOCUS HOCUS-POCUS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The gravest of tactical errors, we now know if we hadn't already guessed, is to try to make an artsy-phartsy horror film - its as incongruous as a circus hippopotamus dressed in a tutu.
The film lasted 112 minutes - it would take longer than that to enumerate all the illogical points in the film.
This film will either herald Fox's collapse, or they will decide to pull up their socks and get back into the entertainment business.
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 Hocus Pocus mistakes, goofs and bloopers
Other: At the beginning of the film, Winifred's lipstick is small and in the middle of her upper and lower lip.
Other: Winnie could not have known that Max said, "It's just a bunch of hocus pocus," considering the three of them were still dead at that time.
Exactly one minute later, when he is lying down next to Dani and talking to her, it is clear that his sweatshirt is merely ripped, not shredded.
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 Hocus Pocus - Movie Review
Not only is she playing a witch, but her hair is red and done up into a fright 'do, and two little hominy teeth jut out over her lower lip.
Hocus Pocus, Disney's family-friendly witch-burning film, also features tons of "wow look how young they used to be!" performances from Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, and a few others.
Modern audiences will probably enjoy watching a bizarre Sarah Jessica Parker ham it up as one of a trio of Salem-era witches reincarnated in the 1990s (they ride vacuum cleaners!) and after the children of the town.
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 Amazon.co.uk: Hocus Pocus (1993) (Disney): Video: Bette Midler,Sarah Jessica Parker,Kathy Najimy,Omri Katz,Thora ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It's probably the extremes that this film goes to (displaying a Disney label), such as the witches sucking the life out of a little girl in the first five minutes, that put the brakes on any success for Hocus Pocus.
I recently re-discovered this film and have to say that I enjoy it just as much now, aged 16, as I did when Bette Midler's showstopping rendition of "I'll Put a Spell on You" was first imprinted on my brain at the tender age of six.
I absoloutly love Hocus Pocus, even now in my 20th year of life its still a favourite to watch on Hallowe'en night.
www.amazon.co.uk /Hocus-Pocus-Disney-Bette-Midler/dp/B00004COK3   (1143 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The witches also came back from what appeared to be an impossible situation at about 60 minutes into the film and wreaked more mayhem.
This is one transfer where you may need to back off a little on the colour adjustment to obtain a pleasing picture.
Film artefacts are present more frequently and more prominently than I would have expected for a film of this vintage.
www.michaeldvd.com.au /Reviews/HocusPocus.asp   (527 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus - Music from the Movies
This promo CD of John Debney’s score for the 1993 Bette Midler comedy Hocus Pocus features some of the best comedy writing from the composer to date.
Other themes for the film include music for Max and Dani in ‘Brother/Sister Theme’ a tender contrasting theme, heard again later in ‘Brother/Sister Talk’.
There is a theme for Max and Alison heard in ‘Max Meets Allison’, which has a slow version and a quicker paced version.
www.musicfromthemovies.com /review.asp?ID=6340   (248 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus Film Script (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab1.isi.jhu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Hocus Pocus, Kenny Ortega, Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Omri Katz, Thora Birch, Vinessa Shaw, Amanda Shepherd, Larry Bagby, Tobias Jelinek, Stephanie Faracy, Charles Rocket,...
They say Hocus Pocus is too scary for kids under 8...
Hocus Pocus I never understood the negative reviews for Hocus Pocus.
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 The Silent Film WebRing
A ring devoted to silent film as a medium and an art form, and to all the people who participated in the silent film industry.
Tribute to the silent film actor and star of D. Griffith's 1915 masterpiece Birth of a Nation.
The Silent Era films of 'The Man Who Made the West Famous', author of over 80 books, which were made into over 100 feature films.
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 Hocus Pocus Film Review - Time Out Film
This comedy ghoulfest - about three hanged 17th century Salem witches revivified at Halloween 1993 - toes a wobbly line between genuinely scaring the tinies and diverting the seen-it-all teens.
New-kid-in-town Katz believes witches and stuff to be all hocus pocus until heart-throb Shepherd takes him to her family's disused museum - the old witches' house - where he foolishly lights a fl-flamed candle and brings back the blood-seeking daughters of darkness.
The ugly trio - Midler, Najimy and Parker - perform a show-stopping version of 'I Put a Spell on You' at a Halloween party, but otherwise it's slim pickings.
www.timeout.com /film/72110.html   (144 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus Other Hindu deities
Hocus Pocus > Sacred Statues and Icons > Hindu Sacred Statues and Icons >
A Modern Goddess, she was popularized through the Indian film, Jai Santoshi Ma, and worshipped through song and dance. This goddess is known to relieve pain and anxiety and personally assist devotees with their misfortunes.
Today Visyakarma is the god of engineers and computer scientists helping to construct and maintain the machines that run society. And he is a patron of all crafts from fl smithing to woodworking to anything creative.
www.hocuspocus.co.uk /acatalog/Other_Hindu_deities.html   (571 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Film | Reviews | Hocus Pocus (1993)
I think this is an absolutly brilliant film.
I know the witches are dead, but they can still come back to life,.
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film.guardian.co.uk /Reader_Review/0,4163,-81388,00.html   (50 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus/Haunted Mansion
HOCUS POCUS: The Sanderson sisters are 17th-century witches who were conjured up by unsuspecting pranksters in present-day Salem.
The key to their immortality involves three children and a talking cat, who also turn out to be their biggest obstacles.
Director Alejandro González Inarritu weaves together the stories of characters from multiple continents in his latest film, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
www.rottentomatoes.com /m/hocus_pocushaunted_mansion   (308 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus - Moviefone
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 Hocus Pocus Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
I can't tell you how much I was looking forward to this film.
A review I read stated that it was Lam Ching Ying's last fighting role, with tons of fight scenes and all the supernatural effects were acrobaics instead of special effects.
Sammo Hung directed this, and maybe he was thinking in the opposite direction of Spooky Encounters, but I don't like it, I can't tell you how disappointed I am.
www.thestuntpeople.com /articles/hocuspocus.htm   (585 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus - Review - Moviefone
I am one of bette midlers biggest fans anyway but i really and honestly think that this film was the best ilm she has done, becouse it has a great mixture of hilariouse laugths, cheeky giggles, spooky scares, and a lot of amazment and shock thrown in.
The people that created this film (actors, writers, artists, directors,ect) have really made a big hit and i think they should all do another film like that or maybe even a sequal ('winnie returns'), or something like that.
i would like to say a big thank you to every one that help make and complete this film as it really was a pleasure to watch.
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 Movie Info for Hocus Pocus on MSN Movies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Kathy Najimy romp around like coked-up versions of The Three Stooges in the frantic Disney romp Hocus Pocus.
The film begins in 1693 where three witches -- Winifred (Bette Midler), Sarah (Sarah Jessica Parker), and Mary (Kathy Najimy) -- are preparing a potion that will grant them immortality and eternal youth.
But before they finish mixing their cocktail, the people of Salem capture them and execute them for practicing witchcraft.
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 Enon: Hocus Pocus - PopMatters Music Review   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Matt Schultz (formerly of the Lab Partners), meanwhile, is credited with batterie (percussion) and legerdemain (sleight of hand).
The balance achieved on Hocus Pocus is the band's most even yet (coming as it does after 2000's frenzied, unhinged Believo!
This increasingly taut and successful fusion of jerky art-punk with a prettier synth-pop sensibility can almost certainly be attributed to Yasuda's growing prominence in the band.
www.popmatters.com /music/reviews/e/enon-hocus.shtml   (782 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus - DVD - Title H Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
Hocus Pocus - DVD - Title H Shopping at dooyoo.co.uk
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Hocus Pocus : Don't light the fl flame candle!
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 Hocus Pocus D-F
Hocus Pocus > Books, Posters, Journals, Calendars and Diaries > Books > Books A-Z by Author >
View our books listed by author surname D-F below, all available to purchase online with secure ordering.
If you would prefer to speak to a member of the Hocus Pocus team, email us on info@hocuspocus.co.uk and we'll get straight back to you.
www.hocuspocus.co.uk /acatalog/D_F.html   (256 words)

  
 Hocus Pocus
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