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Posted on May 17, 2012 by karter3724530
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This John Ford classic has all the requirements for a vast film. While a bit sappy at times with the ancient army Irish types, Victor Mclaughlin got a second life with these films, there is aloof enough here to win the intellect. Shirely Temple is bewitching to study grown up. Her acting style certainly did not evolve distinguished over the years.

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What makes this film astronomical are Fonda and Wayne, both playing roles opposite to their norm. Fonda is wonderfully arrogant and yet vulnerable at the same time. Wayne is humble and second fiddle for a change, he comes off well being the wiser, disgruntled subordinate. What really makes this film is the scenry an production quality. John Ford was painstakingly legal with unifroms, equippment and gear. He provides a believeable image of army life, with all its pettiness and sense of honor. Everything is proper down to the various bugle calls and the troop commands issued to the men. While there are distinct comparisons to Custer, what makes this film animated is the sheer watch of military incompetence. Fonda’s character is desperate to build a name for himself, and he sacrefices his negate in order to do so. The battle scenes are appealing to peer, even the weak fashion carriage bound with the Indians running about is well done. In the waste what is the message of this film? There probably isn’t any exactly. Fonda’s character creates a military exertion, pure and simple, yet we gape that Wayne is willing to carry on this legacy of heroism to inspire the regiment in its continued campaigns against the hostiles. Here we peek how myths are made from the most unlikely sources. A heavenly film all around, and probably the best of Ford’s cavalry epics.

The first, and in my understanding, the best of John Ford’s so-called Cavarly Trilogy. “Fort Apache” is Ford’s thinly veiled re-telling of the Custer-Little Bighorn myth. A subject that fascinated Ford, but he didn’t want to be hemmed in by the history so he completely changed the names and locations so he could assure the account the plan he wanted to teach it.

Henry Fonda plays a Custer-like Colonel who has seen his career’s meteoric rise during the Civil War waste with peacetime and an assignment to a frontier outpost. He resents this, and looks for an opportunity to collect fame and glory. He finds this opportunity at the expense of the Apaches who have left their reservation for righteous reasons. If he can defeat the Apaches then his career will certainly be boosted. Fonda’s Colonel Thursday is a valorous and competent officer, who does observe some of the injustice and indignity that the reservation system has imposed upon the Apaches, but his lust for glory blinds him to everything in the demolish.

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John Wayne plays the competent, experienced second in pronounce who clashes repeatedly with his good. The film also features a care for interest between a grown-up Shirley Temple and her then real-life husband John Agar. Being a Ford movie there is plenty of droll relief from various Irish NCO’s, and romanticized vignettes of frontier cavalry life.
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Posted on May 16, 2012 by karter3724530
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It is surprising to learn that wireless communication has been with us for well over 100 years.

Ken Burns’ inspired documentary about the creation and evolution of radio is told primarily through biographies of three dynamic individuals: Lee de Forest, Edwin Howard Armstrong, and David Sarnoff.

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This is not a sentimental and syrupy look-back to a bygone era. Radio seems to have been the prodigal child born of a dysfunctional family of inventors and marketeers.

The drama is compelling; the technology, valuable to our fresh design of life.

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Don’t miss it!

In many ways I gather Empire of the Air to be the finest documentry by the highly acclaimed film maker, Ken Burns. Certainly The Civil War is grander and more episodic. Jazz is perhaps more enthralling. And Baseball touches the very soul of America. But Empire of the Air demonstrates how far reaching radio changed the entire political, entertainment and economic landscape of America in the first half of the twentieith century. The impact of radio stands unprecidented in the field of invention.

Think about it, if you were enthusiastic in almost any industry in America during radio’s golden era, it more likley than not was dependant upon radio. With pitch-man like “Like A Flash Alka-Seltzer”, the mmm-mmm-good Campbells Soup Kids, Phillip Morris’s Page-Boy and Bert & Harry Piels, it was radio that created original markets for soaps and soups, remedies and hair-care products, oil and gasoline, tobacco and beer, soda pop and sweets, milk and dairy products, insurance and automobiles, clothes washers and vacuum cleaners and almost any other consumer product available at the time.

Radio also provided an information orderly highway that was unimiginable before its time. Farmers could accumulate up-to-the-minute weather reports. World events were reported on a real-time basis and sporting events were brought moral into a young boy’s home. The radio dial became a beacon to global news.

Imiagine a world with all this and entertainment that could captiviate an entire family for hours at a time. Surely it was miraculous to be listening to Jack Benny, Fred Allen, Red Barber, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Bob Hope or Billy Sunday apt in one’s beget living room. You felt as if you were transported accross the globe to historic events. You could hear the sounds of artillery at places like Dunkirk, The Arden Forrest and Normandy. You were a living peer to the towering achievements of the early twentieth century. Events like Lindberg’s Atlantic crossing, Caruso’s debut at Modern York’s Metropolitan Opera House and Babe Ruth’s detestable “called-shot” at Wrigley Field in Chicago.

The legend of radio and its principle inventors and innovators is beautifully told in photographs and archival recordings. Ken Burns expertly guides us into the lives of Lee DeForrest, the self proclaimed “father of radio”, Edwin Armstrong, shiny pioneer and visionary and David Sarnoff, who lived by the credo, “I don’t catch ulcers, I give them”. We ogle how fierce battle lines were drawn first between De Forrest and Armstrong and later between Armstrong and Sarnoff. Each man fighting to leave his indelible notice on the invention and the industry.

Yes, radio may seem outmoded in this age of computer enlightenment, but in a simpler and mighty gentiler time radio was an astonishing window to the world and the first factual information shipshape highway. Empire of the Air is important viewing for anyone wishing to regain insight and a greater plan of the communications revolution of the twentieth century. Let Ken Burns guide you along the plot.

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Watch Thunder Birds Online

Posted on May 16, 2012 by karter3724530
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This World War II programmer is notorious by two delicate elements: its leading lady, Gene Tierney; and some spectacular Technicolor photography. Certainly Tierney and Technicolor were made for each other, and “Advise Birds” offers the actress’ fans a singular opportunity to eye what she would have looked like in the classic mystery “Laura” had it been filmed in color. For although Tierney was frequently photographed in Technicolor during the early 1940′s (“The Return of Frank James”, “Belle Starr”, “Heaven Can Wait”), her role in “Roar Birds” was the first – and only – Technicolor film to feature her in a contemporary setting while wearing her hair in the same style and length as “Laura”. (Tierney had changed her hair length and makeup style by 1945 and the classic “Leave Her to Heaven”.)

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So, you may be asking, is there nothing else to recommend this movie beyond Ms. Tierney and the candybox Technicolor photography? Well, not really. The script, based on a yarn by “Melville Crossman” (a penname for 20th Century-Fox studio chief Darryl F. Zanuck) is a fairly cliched affair in which a flying instructor (Preston Foster) and one of his students (John Sutton) compete for the affections of a local beauty (Tierney) while training at Thunderbird Air Field in Arizona. And William A. Wellman’s direction is fairly lackluster – this is one of the two films he was forced to obtain at Fox in order to accept one of his pet projects – “The Ox-Bow Incident” – financed by Zanuck. The film’s cast does include a very young Peter Lawford, but his allotment is actually petite more than an “extra” role.

Despite its relative unimportance in the annals of Hollywood history, “Yelp Birds” nonetheless sports trustworthy production values, and at 78 minutes long, it’s a snappily and beneficial diversion. Recommended for fans of the spectacularly comely Ms. Tierney; Technicolor enthusiasts; and devotees of aerial films. Others may obtain it decidedly uninvolving.

THUNDER BIRDS is far from a classic but it one of the most visually entertaining films you will ever gawk and is a very friendly programmer. The movie boasts the most glorious Technicolor cinematography from the early 1940′s that I can bewitch and was rarity for a non-period drama, non-musical to be filmed in Technicolor this early. Glorious Gene Tierney is an absolute vision but she has competition from the handsome Arizona scenery, the heavenly blue skies, and the aesthetic luminous yellow airplanes. This is a “war movie” that never sets foot on the battlefield but centers on the training of enlisted men. British John Sutton is sent to America to be trained to coast for the RAF but he has a intense awe of flying. His instructor Preston Foster is supportive and proves to be a big ally when others want him drummed out but there friendship becomes threatened when Sutton falls for the local girl Gene that Foster has long been lightly courting.

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This William Wellman film may not improper with his very best but it’s highly watchable and is the sort of splendid, light drama thats charmingly mild and plays well in narrate viewing. The DVD print is absolutely stunning. The cinematographer Ernest Palmer is the accurate star here and he is outstanding.
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Posted on May 15, 2012 by karter3724530
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This is a phenomenally superb film about an elderly man who can near to stare things in a recent light. While I consider it is too easy to portray him as a racist, he is of the glib, crusty, injurious curmugeon type. Indeed, he reminds me of my father – hard-edged and seemingly offensive (some people would score injure and insulted, to be obvious), but in fact with a obedient heart and natural nobility. Eastwood plays it with unmistakable charisma. I marvelled at the skill with which Eastwood pealed away layers of his character, from his crudeness to his soul-searching and ethic of community.

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The station is that, his wife having died and his sons alienated, he is wondering what to do with himself. He is uncouth to his Hmong neighbors, but comes to spy them as truly pleasant people in need of support and nurturing. His evolution from suspicion and a roguish hostility with the Hmong grandmother are totally believable. In particular, he befirends a boy who is at a crossroads, even taking him to a barber in order to affirm him how to trade manly insults. Their chemistry as it evolves is exquisite, to the point of bringing tears to my eyes. When his plans to benefit go awry, he hatches a very clever idea.

I watched this twice and was moved each time and noticed more detail. It is a masterpiece and an current narrative for Hollywood to do. Warmly recommended.

This was an astounding movie, it made me relish different cultures and I found the Clint Eastwood is getting better and better

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Posted on May 10, 2012 by karter3724530
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Talladega Nights is a very, very amusing movie that spoofs Nascar without actually making fun of it and its fans. In fact, this movie can actually appeal to people who don’t even care for Nascar.

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Will Ferrel teamed abet up with Adam McKay (the duo who produced/made the sizable Anchorman) to compose this chronicle that plays a lot like if Days of Suppose had been approached as a comedy instead of a unimaginative serious (and unintentionally silly) film.

While other people are focusing on the film itself, I would like to focus on the this whole mess of the PG-13 theatrical crop being released in wide and tubby hide along with (what is unfortunately a accepted practice) a “UNRATED/UNCUT” versions that boasts “13 additional minutes of footage”.

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Now, for one thing, the theatrical carve was 108 minutes and actually could have faded some more tightening. This is a 100 small movie at most. I don’t have a scrape with people putting footage support into a DVD version of a movie if it’s stuff that belongs and actually makes the movie better.

This is a case, in which it doesn’t. The additional 13 minutes cause some scenes that were silly in the theatrical lop to whisk on until they’re at an interminable length in some cases. The added footage actually dilutes the humor in places.

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But the alarming thing about this so called “UNCUT” version is that the movie actually ELIMINATES A FEW MEMORABLE SCENES THAT WERE Exhibit IN THE THEATRICAL Slice. The scene in which a young Ricky steals his mom’s car while she’s in a convenience store is gone, which totally destroys the whole fraction in which Ricky volunteers to drive his team’s car by saying “I wanna to go quick”.

Also, the scene in which Ricky calls Lucious at Lucios’ car wash to yelp him he’s racing again at Talladega is gone as well. This scene showed fair what Lucious and his pit crew had been up to during Ricky’s hiatus from racing.

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If they had left everything in the theatrical carve and impartial added footage, I maybe could have lived with it. But the fact that they slit footage out is a travesty and deceptive advertising to people who loved the movie in theaters.

Most of the added footage unbiased grinds the movie to a conclude and like I mentioned before, as humorous as the movie is, it was detached about 8 minutes too long even in the theatrical sever.

There are very few cases in which I feel that an extended version of a movie was qualified (lord of the rings trilogy, 40 year outmoded virgin) and in most cases it’s honest a case of DVD producers putting out an early slice or something of a movie that was tweaked after the fact during test screenings. This is how the unrated cleave of Talladega Nights comes across.

So, if you loved the movie in theaters, unprejudiced stick with the PG-13 theatrical widescreen prick. If you haven’t seen the movie before, I would stare this gash first before testing out the unrated nick. Many will portion the same understanding that I have about this.

I’m really sick of pointless “unrated” cuts coming out that unprejudiced shoe horn benefit in footage that was taken out for a gracious reason to originate with.

Before you pick this DVD you must know this is not the movie you saw in the theatre. The hide art says uncut, that is a boldface lie. One of the funniest scenes in the movie, when young Ricky drives his mother’s car has been deleted. It is not in the deleted scenes, it has been removed as if it never existed.

Other scenes have been altered to add material that was rightfully let out of the theatrical release. The modern material is not droll, and ruins the glide of the recent. I was very disappointed that Sony would offer this mishappen DVD as the unique movie. A astronomical yell of jabber should ring out to the studios letting them know that alteration of a product for DVD release is not acceptable.
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Stream Jason and the Argonauts Movie Online

Posted on May 9, 2012 by karter3724530
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I popped in this DVD very wary of how I would feel about an conventional childhood popular after years of not seeing it. Well, I was pleasantly surprised that the film is quiet a lot of fun. Yes, a lot of the effects (blue cloak, etc.) are unconvincing and reveal their age, but geeeez, the movie’s almost 40 years musty so what can you inquire of. This was a genuine stunner in it’s day and Harryhausen’s stop-motion sequences level-headed outshine any monotonous CGI conclude in today’s cookie-cutter movies (objective gape at the terrible new TV remake with all those cheesy computer effects — there’s no contest!) The skeleton battle is most celebrated, but I have a special fondness for Talos which was the first scene that caught my observe as a young kid on Saturday afternoon TV in the unhurried 60′s. Gratified to stare that “Jason” smooth has it’s magic (along with some acceptable campiness) and the DVD is a nice presentation (there are some runt flaws to the print materials and grain in some scenes) . The Harryhausen interview (with John Landis) is engrossing and the recent trailer is also included on the DVD.

I’ve reviewed quite a few films featuring the work of special effects artist Ray Harryhausen and found reasons to like them all, but Jason and the Argonauts (1963) features some of his most improbable effects, and is considered to be one of the greatest fantasy pictures ever made. Would I say it’s the greatest? No, but in terms of influencing many, including a majority of special effects artists in the business today, this film is a cinematic landmark, and deserves to be treated as such. Produced by long time Harryhausen collaborator Charles Schneer (The Valley of Gwangi, The Golden Voyage of Sinbad, Clash of the Titans) and directed by Don Chaffey (One Million Years B.C., Pete’s Dragon), the film stars Todd Armstrong in his biggest role, but not his bid, as that was dubbed over by Tim Turner, a British actor who did a lot of yelp over work on film trailers, including the trailer for this film. Also appearing is Nancy Kovack (The Silencers), and a whole bunch of British actors including Gary Raymond (El Cid), Laurence Naismith (The Valley of Gwangi), Niall MacGinnis (Night of the Demon), Jack Gwillim (Patton), Nigel Green (Countess Dracula), and Honor Blackman (Goldfinger), to name a few.

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As this fantasy legend begins, we contemplate the jam of Jason as an infant, his father slain and kingdom usurped, as so the seemingly fickle Gods have decided. Jason grows up, returns to re-take the land and peoples that are rightfully his, only to be sent on a quest, by the Gods (geez, who died and made them Gods? Oh yeah…they ARE Gods), to recover a golden fleece, one that would bring peace and prosperity to the fearful land. Only plight is the fleece is across the world, to where no one has sailed before. To meet this goal, Jason has the finest ship built, and gathers the greatest athletes Greece has to offer, and sets out on a unsafe toddle that involves uncertain waters, grand bronze titans, a deadly, multi-headed Hydra, an army of skeleton warriors (can seven really be considered an army? Maybe more like a task force…), and treachery within his acquire ranks, among other things (as if that wasn’t enough) . The quest seems an impossible one, but with Jason’s determination, the loyalty of his men (the non-treasonous ones, of course), and even a dinky support from the Gods themselves, he impartial may be able to survive and return with the appreciate to reclaim what is rightfully his, and bring and extinguish to the tyrant reign that has plagued his lands for the past twenty peculiar years.

Alright, I will say some of the acting isn’t all that vast (actress Kovack seems to be on some kind of depressant, as her performance is about as deadpan as I’ve seen), and some of the non-Harryhausen special effects are extremely noticeable (the matte usage in some scenes stands out a lot more than they probably would have liked), but despite these points, this is really a fun and moving movie. There are elements of the sage missing (the 2000 television CGI-laden version starring Jason London was a bit more inclusive in this respect, but lacked the charm, for me at least, of this one), but the makers of this film did manage to cram a lot into its’ 104 shrimp running time, and the pleasant direction kept the fable absorbing along at a rousing scoot, rarely slowing down, and keeping my interest. I did indulge in the sets (especially those on Mount Olympus, and I have to say, Honor Blackman makes for one sexy Goddess, playing Hera, Zeus’ wife…hotchie momma!) and the station shots where extraordinary, adding a lot to the anecdote. The Argo (the boat that carried Jason and his crew, hence the term `Argonauts’) was friendly, although that figurehead of Hera (she was one of the Gods assisting Jason) freaked me out, especially with the opening an closing of its’ eyelids. And I can’t review this film without mentioning the work of legendary Hollywood composer Bernard Herrmann (Citizen Kane, The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, The Day the Earth Stood Unruffled, Psycho, Taxi Driver) …well, I mentioned him…but seriously, it’s radiant rare to net a composer as `in tune’ with the material he’s working with as Herrmann (judge how different Psycho would be without its’ frightful derive) . The best parts of the film, by far, are the stop-motion effects by Harryhausen. What makes his work so great, in my plan, is not only his explore for meticulous detail (it would often acquire months to do a 3 or 4 microscopic on mask segment of stop-motion work), but also his ability to originate the appropriate movements for the characters he was presenting. An example within the context of the film is Talos, the bronze titan, compared to, say, the winged harpies. The character of Talos moved exactly how you would question a giant made of bronze to go, rigid, lumbering, and generally boring, compared to the very fluid and curious movements of the winged harpies, or even the multi-headed Hydra creature. It’s the supposition of how the creatures would proceed, infused with the created models that region Harryhausen apart from his peers, and made him a yarn in his beget time, influencing so many others that came after him. It’s elegant rare to contemplate stop-motion work in major films nowadays, as it’s been replaced with computer generated images (which is probably cheaper and less time tantalizing, but can often appear unbiased as unrealistic as lesser stop-motion work) .

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The describe looks aesthetic profitable on this DVD, and is available in both widescreen (1.85:1) and beefy camouflage pan and scan formats. The audio, Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono, is relatively sure throughout. Special features include subtitles (English, French, and Spanish), the recent theatrical trailer, short production notes inside the case, and a lengthy interview with Ray Harryhausen conducted by John Landis, featuring clips, detached photos, and even a prop or two from the films.

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Posted on May 8, 2012 by karter3724530
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Julie Andrews portrays British musical theatre star Gertrude Lawrence in “Star!” (1968) . Because it was crafted by the same team responsible for “West Side Record” and “The Sound of Music,” most notably director Robert Wise and producer Saul Chaplin, enormous things were expected of “Star!” Dismissed by most critics and overshadowed by Barbra Streisand’s “Silly Girl,” released the very same year, “Star!” is a extraordinary movie musical soley due to the performance of Julie Andrews, who delivers a fine, tour-de-force. Andrews performs a dozen major musical numbers, ranging from seedy music halls circa WWI to Lawrence’s stage triumph in the Kurt Weill-Ira Gershwin musical play “Lady in the Sad” in 1941. The secure represents some of the best of the Gershwins, Cole Porter, and Noel Coward, the latter winningly played by Coward’s godson, Daniel Massey. His performance alone is reason enough to stare the film. However, it the skilled, winning performance of Julie Andrews that makes this long (3 hours) musical biography worth watching. Julie not only sings but dances and acts to perfection, displaying vast versatility. This film would be most keen to those who adore Julie Andrews and the by-gone era of the musical theatre between the two world wars. The film suffers from being somewhat overblown and poorly paced – the thin screenplay gives the viewer runt or no insight into what made Gertrude Lawrence really tick, but Julie Andrews delievers the goods – and then some.

Feverish debate always surrounds the just merits of this controversial 1968 musical. Thoughts seem to be continually divided as to whether “Star!”,was the “the film that deservedly sank the career of Julie Andrews”, or that it was “the greatest allotment of work Julie Andrews has ever done on film”. From the moment of this film’s unusual release in 1968 they are the two most hotly contested viewpoints about this Robert Wise production that reteamed him with his “The Sound of Music”, leading lady Julie Andrews. I tend to believe after repeated viewings that “Star!”,contains some of the best work by a musical comedy actress in the whole 1960′s decade and certainly is one of the crowning achievements in the acting career of Julie Andrews despite the films lack of financial success. Why wasn’t this film then the success many feel it ought to have been? Firstly by slack 1968 the musical genre was definately going out of style with the advent of great more permissive “socially questioning” dramas such as “Midnight Cowboy”, and “Easy Rider”, and the period saw a very high number of grand budget movies like “Paint Your Wagon”, and “Sweet Charity”, not being successful at the Box Office. Also the role of the feisty, obnoxious mouthed Gertrude Lawrence was a titanic departure from the usual type of role that had endeared Julie Andrews to movie goers. While different from her roles in “The Sound of Music”, and “Thoroughly Novel Millie”, “Star!”, needs to be judged on its have individual merits and is a marvellous showcase for the multi talents of Julie Andrews.

Undertaking a film biography of such a complex and multifaceted lady as Gertrude Lawrence who was one of the bright lights of the stage in the early years of the 20th Century would have been a daunting task for any producer to undertake. “Star!”, in an almost 3 hour running time however succeeds beautifully in tracing Lawrence’s very humble beginnings in Clapham, London where she spent more time ducking ripe fruit being thrown at her on stage than singing, just through to her toast of Broadway successes in “Private Lives”, and “Lady in the Dismal”. The production is rich in pleasing musical numbers where the chunky force of the fresh talent of Julie Andrews is amply in evidence. “Limehouse Blues”, the handsome “Parisian Pierrot”, “Piccadilly” and my personal favourite the lovely finale of “Jenny” really are in a class of their maintain as far as 1960′s musicals go. Julie Andrews is superlative as Gertrude Lawrence and despite many people at the time feeling she was miscast and that the film overall misrepresented Lawrence, I beget she does admirably as the brassy cockney entertainer who from sheer force of personality reached the top of the entertainment world. A fatal mistake is to peruse “Star!”, expecting to watch a little variation on Mary Poppins or Maria Von Trapp. Here Julie Andrews creates a totally different type of character who is in turn humorous, exasperating, tragic, self centred and reflective, all in the one package. Her progression through the film from frantic twenties flapper to a goddess of the depression era of the 30′s, and then a old self assured leading lady in the 40′s is achieved with a clear explore for what is fair for the characters progression by Andrews. Daniel Massey plays Lawrence’s life long friend Noel Coward in a masterful performance that is among his best ever and in his interpretation of Coward he manages to be respectful while composed showing the sizable wit and sardonic viewer of life that Coward was reported to be.

“Star!”,has the feel of an passe fashioned musical comedy about it and I score that one of the film’s most exciting qualities. Entertainment and history are intermingled through the innovative consume of newsreel footage of the time and reenactments of scenes from Lawrence’s spacious successes on stage in “Private Lives”. The film is rich with lavish production numbers with music penned by such distinguished artists as the Gershwins and Cole Porter. The “Jenny”, musical number which comes at the conclusion of the film in particular is startling in it’s construction and Julie Andrews displays an energy and fluidity here that is a revelation as far as dance sequences go. Nominated for seven Academy Awards “Star!”, really came along at the detestable time and another musical extravaganza that year “Comical Girl”, featuring an unbelievable film debut for Barbra Striesand totally eclipsed it both in financial success and awards. Visually the film is a trusty treat for the viewing observe as Julie Andrews wears an extraordinary wardrobe throughout the film which grows increasingly lavish over the 40 year running period of the film. Designed by Donald Brooks, Julie Andrews had the rare honour of having the largest single wardrobe created for an actress in the one film up to that time.

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I always feel that “Star!”, in some respects gave us an early gawk of the Julie Andrews that amazed the world in her tremendous comeback film of 1981 “Victor/Victoria”. As Gertrude Lawrence she is in turn extroverted, tender, regretful of many of her actions, and always the live wire. Rarely have I heard her in better dispute than in “Star!”, and her musical numbers in most respects are far more difficult ones than in her earlier musicals. Neglected and scorned at the time of its release fair when the press seemed to turn against her, “Star!”, certainly deserves a better press. Combined with Julie Andrews next danger the monumental “Darling Lili”, which suffered the same fate at the Box Office in 1970, both are blamed for ending Andrews’ career in movies. Both in fact are due for a reassessment and no film has displayed the unusual abilities of Julie Andrews to better advantage than “Star!”. Do yourself a favour and occupy a contemplate at this unfairly maligned film some time, you wont regret it.
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Posted on May 7, 2012 by karter3724530
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The second fable arc of the Ayakashi series focuses on a playwright’s recounting of the fable of the kabuki play Yotsuya Kaidan. The actual play is a recounting of a series of murders and hauntings in Bunsei-era (early 19th century) Japan based loosely on a combination of true events. This anime is racy in that it exposes a Western audience to a major work of Japanese drama, inspiring in a comparatively realistic, serious fashion. I suspect that to Japanese audiences it was the Western equivalent of watching an piquant adaptation of Macbeth.

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If this review makes this anime sound somewhat esoteric, then I’ve done my job. It’s a challenge to mediate the literary merit of a panic anime about a noted kabuki play most Westerners have never heard of. If you aren’t fervent in kabuki, you would likely experience this anime as a samurai-period drama with supernatural elements about villainous people doing abominable things to each other and their glum victims before karma catches up to them. If you’re on a minute budget or want to contemplate the best of what Ayakashi has to offer, skip straight to Ayakashi – Samurai Scare Tales, Vol. 3 – Goblin Cat.

I was skeptical that this would be a grievous budget, posthaste keep together production. However, the quality is quite qualified. The stories aren’t ‘quickies’ but they have steady substance to them. This isn’t in the same league as Ninja Scroll but was serene very delightful all the same. For this impress, it’s worth it.
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Mr. Show: The Complete Collection Streaming

Posted on May 6, 2012 by karter3724530
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Mr. Explain was one of my current shows when it was on HBO. The comedy is so uncommon and eccentric that it stands in a class of its believe. Individually, Bob Odenkirk is a very talented comedy writer and David Substandard is an equally talented stand-up comedian. Together, these two comedic minds created a original showcase of off-beat comedy sketches. This point to also introduced the world to other comedic talents such as Jack Dismal, Sarah Silverman and Brian Posehn.

Getting all four seasons together is a huge deal. You procure to peep how the point to progressed and became more smooth by the time they reached the 4th season. By that point, the laughable duo had perfected their teaming and were shelling out some seriously memorable material.

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Cheerfully blending a gee-golly, “let’s build on a present” sweetness with a brazenly filthy sense of humor, “Mr. Prove” is arguably the funniest and most modern sketch comedy explain since Monty Python. Bob Odenkirk and David Spoiled lead a talented cast — and guest stars like Jack Shaded and Sarah Silverman — through increasingly loony sketches that seamlessly blend into one another, stream-of-consciousness style. You could call it “mashup comedy,” as great of the series’ hilarious punch comes from fusing two disparate elements — the Pope and the O.J. Simpson trial, for example — into one bizarre whole. Highlights include the folksy proprietors of a Mom-and-Pop porn shop; an infomercial for pans which rapid becomes a bent psychological nightmare; Jack Sunless in a slacker pardoy of “Jesus Christ Superstar”; America’s quest to blow up the moon; a group of mobsters arguing over what the biggest number is; and a Jerry Springer-like talk note station on a life raft adrift in the ocean. “Mr. Show’s” definitely not for everyone, but if you’ve got adventurous tastes in comedy, you’re all but determined to savor it.
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Watch Nip/Tuck – The Complete First Season Online

Posted on May 5, 2012 by karter3724530
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Wow did I savor this series! I missed it during the unusual broadcast, but based on what people have told me, I gambled on this box region. I feel like I hit the jackpot.

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It’s definitely not for everyone though. No sirree.

First of all, if you’re squeamish, the brilliantly reproduced surgeries can be a bit nauseating. (I’m a surgeon, and I loved ‘em. My wife, an ex-nurse, had to end her eyes…)

Second, if you are at all unhappy with the topic of sex, halt away. This series will plant you into situations you have not even imagined. Bouncing between hilarity and discomfort, sex is definitely a theme throughout the 13 shows.

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Third, if you be pleased fine acting, it does not derive any better than this. Seriously. This is “Sopranos” good; “NYPD Blue” advantageous. The two lead performances are pitch-perfect, both deeply flawed and often morally reprehensible individuals who at the slay of the day, you can’t befriend but root for. The “supporting” players are a heck lot more than that, and provide tons of drama, amusement and gaze candy.

There is beauty and ugliness everywhere, from an absolutely exquisite female figure to a purely ghastly drug dealing psychopath. That’s unbiased in one episode.

Fourth, the screenwriting is bling-bling eye-popping, lustrous as all hell and consistently surprising. The thirteen episodes link nicely together, the first ones dovetailing befriend into the last ones. I was constantly taken aback at the twists, the lines, the situations they came up with. Let’s unbiased say that I learned in the very first episode that crocodiles steal ham to human flesh. And that fact is actually principal to the chronicle…

I haven’t even had a chance to go through what appears to be fairly extensive supplements and deleted scenes. I HAD to write in…I will recommend this to ANYONE, anyone over 18 I should say, who likes top-notch television and may like to be pleasantly panicked from time to time.

With spacious restraint I have withheld many (if not all) set points, because the exhilarating thrill of discovering them on your fill is something you’ll only feel once. Without spoiling too mighty, the note centers on the Miami plastic surgery practice of McNamara/Troy.

Sean McNamara is a questionably happily married man, with one teenage son, and one grade schooler daughter.

Julia, the wife, is plagued by doubts surrounding her worship for her husband, the race to go help to medical school and sexual attractions/distractions galore.

One of whom might be Christian Troy, Sean’s best friend and partner, and one of the most gleefully decadent characters in TV history. I mean “decadent” in a capable plan. Sort of.

His travails include, but in no scheme are runt to, a continuing parade of sexual partners, a number of hysterical surgical propositions, problems engaging his boat, his cars, his apartment and the plastic surgery competition across town.

Other principal characters include the melting hot staff psychologist and the defiant, embittered, proudly lesbian anesthesiologist. The cast has such chemistry that they not only react to one another, they generate this bubbly heat together…it’s fun to glance them prod each other to fresh heights.

The one thing that struck me the most about these shows is the amount of superb heart that stands at the center of each episode. There is a grand amount of bewitching, politically wrong but unassailable truth here…nothing you’d like to admit, but stuff you instantly look. As you salvage to know these characters, establshing empathy for them is easy. It’s darn reach irresistible. I was zigzag from the first five minutes.

I could write more, but I need to go check out the extras, AND the four Fresh episodes I have on tape. I have objective GOT to bag my Tivo zigzag up…

A lot of ground-breaking, long-running programmes have finished in the past two years, and they all seem to be my favourites! Buffy is gone, as is Sex And The City, and of course, who could forget Friends? I belief I’d have nothing to leer on TV anymore, Will & Grace being my only saviour, but then along came Nip/Tuck in August 2004. Originally broadcast on cable in the UK, the expose was sold to Channel 4 and advertised as the next great thing. With commercials for this hip, sexy and stylish recent drama every half an hour, there can’t be one single person who watches Channel 4 who doesn’t know about it. The ratings indicate this: Nip/Tuck has gone on to become a massive ratings hit in the past two months that it has been on air, and I for one am completely sold.

Let me first say that Nip/Tuck is definitely not a explain for everyone. It contains many scenes of medical gore and explicit sex scenes, along with strong language and distressing moments of human revelation. I’m not deterred by these factors, but sometimes I have to behold away during the medical scenes. Basically, the display revolves around the two lead characters, Dr. Christian Troy (Julian McMahon) and Dr. Sean McNamara (Dylan Walsh) who fill a blossoming plastic surgeon practice in Miami South Beach. They are lifetime friends, but are rather different in character – Dr. Troy is a single, middle-aged, sex-maniac who is commitment-phobic. This is partly due to childhood experiences, yet one cannot feel total sympathy for his manipulative and devious ways. He is very sexy and woman can’t resist him. Dr. McNamara is the sensible family-man, happily married to Julia (Joely Richardson) and the adoring father of two children, Matt (John Hensley) being the son.

The two doctors are both each going through a full-blown mid-life crises, spirited their families, patients and each other. Season 1 perfectly captures this. What makes the note so new for me is the successful blend of humour and drama. They are at times comic, and at times disturbingly considerable in their drama. The storylines are cutting-edge and very bewitching to the times. The perception of society in this explain is acute and precisely executed: it shows society for what it is, and presents the dangers of the need for perfection, without shoving it down the viewer’s throat. The storylines are cutting-edge because a display like this has never been around – it is only the advances in new technology and the ever-growing popularity of plastic surgery that a display like this has been made possible. Therefore a whole world of novel storylines has been opened for exploration, and when you keep this with kindly archaic human emotion, you score a fabulous blend of ground-breaking novel territory to scrutinize.

The show’s main stars give the best performances. Julian McMahon and Dylan Walsh are the backbone if the entire point to, but for me it is the fine Joely Richardson who steals the prove. Her emotional-intensity is on fire, the woman can REALLY act! Valerie Cruz stars as Grace Santiago, the sickenly-gorgeous psychologist who must analyse the mental-state of patients before they undergo surgery. Roma Maffia stars as the loveable lesbian Liz Cruz, who is the two surgeon’s anaesthesiologist. The storylines spirited all these characters are incredibly complex, but all the threads of their characters are tied-up towards the extinguish of the season. Sort of.

There are so many characters in the first season that develop this reveal so engaging, but the particular stand-outs include the desperate model-to-be Kimberly who will do anything to finish her goal of perfection and acceptance. Her revenge on Christian is knowing. The short but memorable role of overweight Nanette Babcock are heart-breaking in their honesty, whilst the young transsexual Sofia Lopez opens up her whole world to the viewer and how difficult it is fair being celebrated as she is. Most people arrive to the two doctors for petty things such as boob enhancements, and when contrasted with the emotional need to feel stammer as a transsexual, the reality of life is place into perspective. Megan O’Hara is a patient that Dr. McNamara becomes most emotionally-attached to, and even goes as far as to have an affair with, risking his entire family. This might seem devious, but their relationship is beautiful: she’s a cancer-patient in need of admire and affection and has only a short time left to live. Her suicide scene is heart-breaking. I was completely transfixed.

The high-emotion continues with Cara Fitzgerald, who is knocked down by Matt McNamara and a friend in a car. Her strong-Christian mother refuses plastic surgery to reshape her unrecognisable daughter’s face, but eventually has to give in. The multiple-personality of Montana/Sassy/Justicy is another highlight for its emotional intensity and courageous tackling of such a sensitive topic. The last two episodes are dominated by the deplorable Escobar Gallardo who made his presence in the first episode, but returns to employ the doctor’s darkest secrets as blackmail, forcing them to hold the liquid-heroin implants of Escobar’s curvaceous drug-couriers.

There are too many shimmering scenes to talk of in objective one review of Nip/Tuck Season 1, but trust me when I say that this explain really is one of the best to near along in fresh years. The only pain is that sometimes the dialogue is a exiguous cheesy or contaminated for the scene’s level of intensity, but this is impartial a minor quibble from such a promising and common explain. I gaze very mighty forward to seeing Season 2 of thie prove, which will be broadcast sometime next year. While I wait, I’m obvious my box location of Season 1 will console me with reveal viewings of this disturbingly perfect drama.
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