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February 11th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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This fondly remembered 27-minute short subject from 1959 was previously released on the exiguous edition 2-disc “Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Vol. 4″ in 2008. Although small to only 35,000, proper Donald fans might instead want to track down a former or collectible copy of that two-disc situation which included this short alongside 30 other cartoons from that era as well as ten 1999 Donald Duck shorts and other special features. The original pre-order label seems particularly steep for a bare-bones disc with a 27-minute program, and if this disc is similar or identical to the version previously strange to the Disney Movie Club, it will include nothing besides the main feature and previews for upcoming Disney films and DVDs.

One of the last four theatrical Donald Duck cartoons, Donald in Mathmagic Land didn’t gather the Academy Award for 1959, which went to John Hubley’s Moonbird, but it was nominated for “Best Documentary Short”. In retrospect, it’s probably not only the best educational short of that year, but one of the best of any year. Hamilton Luske directed this lavish featurette, which despite clocking in at only 27 minutes, is filled with modernistic slack ’50s style art, dense and lavish color, and our celebrated, unsuitable duck.

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Teachers loved to project this film for their classes, as it was so far above the host of now decently buried educational films of the time. This DVD opens with a montage trailer of scenes from the “Astounding World of Disney” releases, which have the characteristic gaze of the four color Technicolor of the ’60s, and that places this film in its rightful millieu. In his biography, venerable NBC head, Pat Weaver recalls that Disney offered NBC its film and TV catalog in the mid- ’50s if NBC would catch a fourth of the then fledgling Disneyland Park. David Sarnoff, president of RCA, which owned NBC, flatly refused. The Disneyland TV present therefore continued on ABC, with a title change in the 1959 season to “Walt Disney Presents”. Due to the runaway success of Davey Crockett, however, ABC wanted Walt to sustain cranking out westerns, so in 1961, the program moved to NBC, with a fresh name many viewers remember, “The Fabulous World of Color”.

“General” Sarnoff had made obvious that RCA’s one goal was to sell color TV sets, since most homes unexcited had sad and white, and “Donald Duck in Mathmagic Land” aired on its recent network as share of an hour note hosted by a unique character, Ludwig Von Drake, called “An Adventure in Color”. I very noteworthy wish that had been included on this DVD, as not only is the program racy in its beget honest, as well as a popular of Von Drake fans, but it’s a enchanting snapshot of the early days of color TV, as the mallard professor talks about color, with continual asides like “you people with shaded and white sets will have to imagine what this looks like”. Then there’s the theme song, “The world is a carousel of color, color, color. Incredible, amazing color.” The accompanying insensible motion nature shots made for an unforgettable, enchanting entrance to the prove, which segued to the magic paintbrush, the celebrated trademark of Disney educational films. Even in the days of dusky and white sets, Disney had farsightedly chosen to film in color.

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An early VHS release for video stores included the entire point to, but so far, the other share hasn’t made it to DVD. This shorter featurette, however, stands alone, and has far outlived most of the other inviting shorts from the present. It’s also on The Chronological Donald Volume Four. Some reviewers have famous that ten bucks might be a bit high for an under half hour indicate, and it would be nice to have some extras like interviews with animators or commentary on the short. However, anyone who’s ever seen this film will probably fair be joyful to accept it on DVD. There’s also an “enhanced” teacher’s edition for about $50. That may seem steep, but you gain a “printable teachers’ guide” and public performance license to indicate it in class, not unlike when educators of an earlier era would bustle to rent the film reel from distributors, and it probably ranked as the most checked out educational film.

The math in this film has been criticized, and some of it seems a bit of a stretch, but anyone enthusiastic in the Golden Allotment or Divine Proportion, as it is variously termed, or patterns in nature, or basic principles of how a guitar works likely first got the bug watching this indicate. Someone might even have hit the billiard hall armed with tricky shots from the film. Some of the chessboard and geometric shapes parts might seem more like an excuse to do some animation, but they are aloof titillating, and this is not the only wildly speculative Disney film. If a few bits seem somewhat dated, that’s all fraction of the fun of a period film, and for animation lovers, this one is a worship trove. So in many ways, this bare-bones, budget edition is the best of all worlds, and will likely entice modern viewers to join broken-down fans on the well-trod path with Donald in Mathmagic Land.

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Stream The Dick Tracy Show: The Complete Animated Crime Series Online

February 9th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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Tracy’s Intelligent Crew, September 3, 2006

Reviewer: Bennet Pomerantz “Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD” (Seabrook, Maryland) - Look all my reviews

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Chet Gould’s classic humorous strip Dick Tracy got a invent over in the 1961 enthralling cartoon series.

Dick Tracy was the point man of this cartoon series. He assigned cases to his junior detective/comic sidekicks Joe Jitsu (a karate Charlie Chan wannabe) and Go-go Gomez (a posthaste rapid Mexican detective) . Both sidekicksa are voiced by Mel Blanc (the articulate of Bugs Bunny) . These junior detectives combat cases with classic rogues’ gallery of Tracy’s villains like Flattop, Itchy, Mumbles, Prune face, etc.

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These so-called sidekicks were so mighty stereotypes. However this was theideal of most 1960’s animation and cartoons. The aninmated stereotypes were normal for TV at that time

The animation is qualified and crisply done for 1960 TV animation, unlike the 1960’s Marvel titillating pictures or filmation stuff with DC heroes (with Superman, Batman,etc) . It is magnificent in intelligent standards, not fair lips engrossing like Clutch Cargo. It was UPI Studios who also did Mr Magoo cartoons, so there was a sense of quality to it. In my plan, It fared better than most of today’s stuff tv animation has to offer other than Hanna Barbara animation, which to me was and is the gold standard of cartoon excellence. I judge Ed, Edd and Eddie for an example of the worse of today’s gripping stuff. This DVD has no extra features, impartial proper orderly family fun. It is worth getting for a keepsake of expansive 1960’s animation.

However if you want estimable spirited TV Tracy adventures, I am holding out and waiting for TV Funnies with eight small Tracy Episodes (which are unavailable for DVD at this time) . Until then, this will have to do for my TRACY fix.

Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD

At last on DVD, here are all 130 UPA five shrimp cartoons. Hailing from 1961, this series was created with Dick Tracy creator, Chester Gould as consultant. However, it’s a very light, slapstick-style cartoon with the modernistic, minimal notice UPA was known for. In the leisurely ’50s- early ’60s this was all the rage, as animators tried to derive slight animation techniques to fit TV’s itsy-bitsy budgets. At the same time, they had to compete with stock theatrical cartoons making their blueprint to the tiny conceal, which had lavish studio facilities and bottomless wallets.

Hanna-Barbera would be the winner in the TV sweeps, offsetting dinky animation techniques like characters running past the same tree or barber pole again and again and reusing heads and bodies by animating in layers (cels), with comely dialogue, top notch inform actors, whimsical character form, plucky graphic style and a modern paintbox of intelligent colors.

UPA is better-known for Mr. Magoo, whom UPA successfully transferred from award-winning theatrical cartoons to a number of TV series (which have yet to earn DVD) . Shown initially in syndication and later as The Dick Tracy Prove, this UPA series was extremely favorite. Tracy has an office job in this exhibit, merely dispatching jobs to his team of crime fighters: Joe Jitsu, Go Go Gomez and Hemlock Holmes (a British bulldog) . They may be considered stereotypes by some viewers, but the notion was to pit diverse and exaggerated wonderful guys against the peculiar dreadful guys who people Gould’s comics. Usually cartoons took these ideas straight across from the movies. Joe Jitsu is share crime-solver par excellence Mr. Moto, and incorporates the then-current rage for ju-jitsu. The Retouchables, the theme music cues us, steal the Keystone Kops. Rather than the gloomy tone of Gould’s strip, however, the series has the light, slapstick tone echoing kids’ TV of the time.

The packaging is an glowing album which opens to express four one-sides discs. Mine came packaged with a free 64 page shaded and white comical of Gould’s first three Dick Tracy adventures (which have nothing in approved with the cartoon) advertising the view to reprint Gould’s entire silly series. That may be a limited-time premium. At any rate, here’s UPA’s first entry on DVD; let’s hope Mr. Magoo isn’t far unhurried.

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February 9th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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Saw this film for the first time last night and was overwhelmed by the stories told within. This is a unique and different perspective of the dreadful time in our history of World War II and Hitler’s rampage to rid the world of jews. The stories of these saved children was well told and brought tears to my eyes. I myself immigrated as a 2 year frail with my parents from Holland in 1940 fair before the Nazi onslaught so this movie was particularily poignant for me.

SECRET LIVES directed by Academy Award winning Aviva Slesin, examines the emotional connection between the Jews that were hidden from the Nazis as children and their nonJewish rescuers, who risked injure, and in Poland the death penalty, to mask the children. The rescuers interviewed in this documentary acted out of basic goodness, unlike some who hid children for profit, conversion, or abuse. The film records testimonies of reunited survivors and rescuers sharing memories and emotions–notably not objective from during the war, but also from after the war when most rescuers had to give up the children since the Jewish community was against adoption of the children by nonJewish parents, even if the birth parents had been killed. Intensifying the separation of the rescuers and children were the physical Iron Curtain barrier and the emotional barrier of blocking out the experience as a blueprint to cope with trauma.

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Of the twelve or so stories in the movie, most impressive were not the stories of risktaking to conceal the children (sorry, but can’t imagine not hiding the children), but the individualized ways each person resolved, or is aloof trying to decide, lingering issues such as loss, religious identiy, and abandonment (though well-intentioned, most children experienced double abandonment, by birth parents and then by rescuer parents) . Also striking is the bitterness of one rescuer’s daughter who calm resents the attention that was given the hidden child–disturbing since she’s expressing this with the paunchy historical light of the horrors of the Holocaust. Then there is the joy of Michael and his rescuer Johanna, who glow of a adore connection that no separation could quench. In dissimilarity, others exuded more mixed emotions, like despicable by mighty concern. Also profoundly engaging are the unseen heroes, the birth parents who gave up their children intelligent they might never seek them again–for ex, Fred’s father whose instructions on keeping serene helped assign Fred who lived hidden in a minute, wardrobe closet obeying his father’s instructions not to cough or sneeze. It’s this kind of detail that makes the film enchanting. Oh, one more provocative example–one rescuer, only a child (teen) herself, reminisces that the two children she hid actually saved HER life, since had she not taken them, she would have been at greater risk due to more active involvement in the resistance.

For those involved in the Holocaust or in the human condition, anthropology, in addition to the films on the camps and Holocaust sterling, judge this lesser known documentary for a study at another aspect of the suffering and resistance, and a reminder of the proper side of humans.

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February 9th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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“Treasure Actually” is unprejudiced the apt mix of romantic comedy and drama to leave you with that warm, fuzzy feeling as you leave the theatre. It’s an ideal Christmas movie for moms and dads who want to watch something else while the kids venture into more PG films.

Writer/director Richard Curtis enlists a plethora of some of the finest British actors (and a few grand Americans) to hiss several different treasure stories. While it seems that there may be a few too many characters at first, the overall sprint of the film allows the viewer to withhold track quite easily. The cast is led by the ever-so-charming Hugh Grant as the British Prime Minister. While some critics have called this casting astounding, Grant actually pulls it off by portraying a more human, but yet stronger PM that we would all treasure to have leading us. His dance to the Pointer Sisters’ “Jump for My Fancy” borders a bit on ridiculous, but it is nevertheless fun to discover. In the film, the PM is caught between leading his country with a sure head, or giving in to his feelings of attraction to his tea server Natalie (played by musical actress Martine McCutcheon) .

And then there’s Emma Thompson, who plays Karen, sister to Grant’s PM and a long-married devoted mother. She suspects that her husband Harry (Alan Rickman) may be cheating with a sexy co-worker. Her performance, simply attach, is a revelation. The scene where she is in her bedroom is an example of phenominal acting. Hollywood Foreign Press and Academy members: please win inspect!

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Another strong performance award goes to Bill Nighy, who provides most of the film’s funny relief as aging rock star Billy Mack. He puts out a cheesy Christmas recount and then publicly bashes it. But in classic Hollywood ending style, he does have an epiphany and realizes his wild musician life has been missing right affection.

Liam Neeson shines as widower Daniel who tries to attend his young stepson regain the heart of a celebrated school crush. Equally sweet is Colin Firth as Jamie, a man recovering from a broken relationship in France who falls for his monolingual Portuguese maid. You know what? This film is such an abundance of stout performances that I will accelerate out of spot discussing them all! Everybody shines! My only cast complaint is that Rowan Atkinson should have been given more camouflage time.

What I also admire about “Fancy Actually” is that Curtis doesn’t, if you’ll pardon the pun, wrap up each sage in a blissful microscopic Christmas package. There are a few dark, realistic moments, particularly in the Karen/Harry subplot and in Laura Linney’s turn as Sarah, an assistant who has waited so long to be with the man she loves. She realizes, in some of the film’s key dramatic instances, that family matters are getting in the plot.

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All in all, Curtis has struck gold again, in tradition of movies like “Four Weddings and a Funeral” and “Bridget Jones’ Diary.” Yeah, some of the appreciate stories may be a cramped far-fetched, but aren’t they all in fantasy movie world? What matters is that they are sweet and not without their part of obstacles. This film is a nice departure from some of the more disturbing violent films as of leisurely. But be warned: it is a microscopic more adult than most other comedies in theatres. The innuendos, language, and nudity collect the R-rating. So study it without the young kids, but do relish.

My rating is based on my enjoyment of this film. It has both major strengths and serious weaknesses, and as other reviews expose has fostered very strong reactions, both definite and negative. Its format is somewhat disconcerting if you are not prepared for the methodology of the director. It contains nudity, profanity, sexual situations, and several situations that are very suggestive and some moviegoers may mediate to border on the grievous. However, the situations that some people may contemplate offensive actually attend a purpose in developing the overall theme of the film.

Love, in all its manifestations - wonder, joy, damage, happiness, passion, trouble… is the theme of the film. A very talented ensemble cast is utilized to philosophize several somewhat interrelated stories concerning the emotional lives of the various characters. The cast includes Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth, Emma Thompson, Laura Linney, Kiera Knightley and Alan Rickman. There are also telling cameos by Billy Bob Thornton and Rowan Atkinson. There is one other important element of the myth, it begins five weeks from Christmas and there are several aspects of the various vignettes where the seasonal aspect is a crucial element.

One of the more challenging and complex stories involves Liam Neeson and his young stepson preparing for the funeral of his wife, which has been enchanting scripted by her prior to her death. As he subsequently tries to deal with his pain, he is timorous about the fact that the boy is isolating himself in his room. He is surprised to inspect that while his son is disconsolate at the loss of his mother, more importantly he is heartsick over his unrequited cherish for a girl with whom he attends school. As they concentrate on his son’s predicament and form a concept to attract her attention, the dialog ranges from funny to quite profound. And, as the movie progresses to the time of the school Christmas pageant their epic gradually becomes interwoven with several of the others. Some of the most hilarious segments are in another thread of the movie spirited Bill Nighy as a washed up pop singer trying to recycle one of his musty care for songs as a Christmas narrate. He effectively caricatures the dissolute rockers who abused their bodies for too long with drugs, booze and sex. Yet in the destroy, the alternate humor and pathos of his plot are resolved in a very effective and quite emotional scene. In yet another thread, a scene with Emma Thompson listening to a Joni Mitchell recording and thinking about the “both sides” of her life and cherish is a genuine tearjerker.

So this is a roller coaster of laughs and cheap humor combined with proper insights about esteem and the injure that it can cause. If you aren’t living in a bubble, you will probably record to the experiences of at least one of the characters to some degree and knowingly nod in recognition of the similarities of others to people that you know. It is arguable whether the message of the film would be better conveyed with a fewer number of stories examined in somewhat more depth, but I reflect the result is quite noteworthy. Lives which seem only tangentially connected turn out to have a profound influence on others, and we really feel that we have approach to understand the characters that we have been watching.

My first anguish with the movie is that the complexity of developing so many stories means that it is well over two hours long (with the previews and unconscionable ads we were in the theater for well over two hours) . Second, the audience is introduced to a very immense number of characters during a very short period of time, since all the stories are interspersed sequentially as the movie proceeds toward Christmas Day. Very few individual segments until the finale are more than three or four minutes in length. However, the disorientation that I felt at first from the constant scene shifts was offset by the fact that this technique was successful in keeping the audience very interested; the film actually seemed shorter than it was because of the constant action. So, it was fun while actually conveying a message at the same time. I also want to scrutinize it again, since this is the type of movie that I often relish more during subsequent viewings. I regain that once I know the basic record line and the relationship of the various characters, I can then pay attention to a lot of the details that went were difficult to relish because there was so grand constantly happening during the film. (In fact, as I was thinking about the film prior to writing this review a few such instances came to mind.) So, go view this film when you have time to relax and want to laugh and peer life for a few hours.

Tucker Andersen

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Streaming The Flintstones - The Complete First Season Online

February 9th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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Before Matt Groening and pals introduced us to “The Simpsons,” Joseph Barbera and William Hannah produced a exiguous present called “The Flintstones.” Season “1″ was first aired on ABC during 1960 and has been syndicated in perpetuity throughout the known universe ever since.

Episode Guide:

(Cloak Test) The Flagstones: Admittedly, I’ve never seen the conceal test (discovered in 1993) and cannot even vouch for it’s inclusion in the DVD set-one can only hope.

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(1) The Flintstone Flyer: Barney invents a flying machine (the Barney Copter) which he later loses to his over-bearing best friend. The duo uses the machine to ditch their wives and go bowling, thus setting the stage for years of adventures.

(2) Hot Lips Hannigan: Fred relives his glory days as a singer in his high school band as he jams with an frail pal.

(3) The Swimming Pool: Fred and Barney form a pool spanning across their backyards…a hilarious power struggle ensues.

(4) No Attend Wanted: Having cost his friend his job, Fred finds Barney a original job as a repo man. Enter Dino.

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(5) The Split Personality: Following a blow to the noggin’ Fred becomes his more refined alter, Frederick.
(6) The Monster from the Tar Pits: Gary Granite is filming in Bedrock and lucky Fred finds a share in the film…, as his stunt double.
(7) The Babysitters: Fred and Barney shirk their responsibilities and bring a baby to a friends house to eye the sizable fight. BYOB?
(8) At the Races: Fred and Barney rely on gambling for a quick-fix solution. Do you mediate they secure?
(9) The Engagement Ring: Barney purchases a ring for Betty but Wilma discovers the ring and assumes it was for her… Instead of spending five minutes explaining the site, Barney decides to enter a boxing contest with The Champ.
(10) Hollyrock, Here I Come: The girls arrive up with a winning slogan and a roam to Hollyrock. Lost without their better halves, Fred and Barney aren’t far leisurely.
(11) The Golf Champion: Fred demonstrates his prowess at golf, earning a trophy. Barney, however, pesters his buddy as Fred neglected to pay his membership dues.
(12) The Sweepstakes Ticket: Both the guys and gals remove lottery tickets unbeknown to their spouses. As they forever remain strapped for cash, I assume you know how this one ends.
(13) The Drive-In: Fred and Barney secretly stop their jobs to fulfill a short-lived dream of business ownership. The gig is up when one of their dazzling employees pays a visit to the Flintstone site.
(14) The Prowler: Scared by a neighborhood prowler, Betty and Wilma choose to occupy Judo lessons, despite Fred’s objections.

At this writing, I couldn’t roar you about the extra’s included in this volume. However, as I lift, The Flintstones’ 3rd season (1962-63) is perhaps their most transitional, as Fred (Alan Reed) and Wilma (Jean Vanderpyl) give birth to a diminutive cavegirl named Pebbles (also voiced by Vanderpyl, she would develop her debut towards the ruin of season 3 in Dress Rehearsal (aka The Blessed Event), at the demolish of the show; her 1st words are “Abba dabba goo goo!”) . Many of the cartoons featured Wilma expecting, with the announcement of Wilma’s pregnancy at the raze of one particular episode appropriately entitled The Surprise (ironically, this episode had more to deal with Barney’s nephew Marblehead, whom Fred grows to admire, though he won’t admit it! Listen for Marblehead’s imitation of Uncle Barney’s hiccupy laugh) . Barney (Mel Blanc) and Betty (Bea Benederet) are the godparents. Also, the familiar theme “Meet the Flintstones” also makes it pleasant debut in this season (it was featured in background music in Seasons 1 and 2) .

Highlights include a performance by Rock Roll, who looks and sings a itsy-bitsy like Elvis (”There’s a town I know where the hipsters go called Bedrock, twitch, twitch!”), Wilma and Betty enter a Rock Toasties contest and earn a flow to Hawaii (Wilma saves Fred’s life by punching out a ferocious dinosaur chasing him, “Beat it, buster!”), Barney plans a surprise birthday party for Fred and spends most of the episode trying to accumulate a speedily asleep Fred home to the party, Fred takes ballet lessons to improve his bowling, Barney saves a baby but Fred unintentionally takes the credit, Fred goes befriend to high school for his diploma in order to avoid termination from Mr. Slate and becomes a football hero (”Flintstone! Flintstone! Rah, rah, rah!”), Wilma rents the house to 3 Swedish musicians (”Duh, he is Olie, I am Schven!”), Barney becomes invisible thanks to one of Fred’s wacky inventions, Fred tries hard to find along with his base mother-in-law during a visit (”I esteem my mudderinlaw!” he reminds himself, but gets his revenge by taking her on a long taxiride in disguise), Fred hires an Italian maid named Lolabrickida (who is an wonderful cook and a lot nicer than Grandma Dynamite and the bossy nurse hired after Pebbles’ birth, but has zero tolerance for poor singing!), Fred and Barney go skiing in the mountains and unwittingly prevent a jewelheist (”Psst! Slalom, Shorty, SLALOM!”), Barney reluctantly agrees to masquerade at Small Tex to stamp Fred’s rich Uncle Tex (voiced by Hal Smith, “Wahoooooo!”), Arnold the Paperboy cons Fred into paying more and later Wilma insists Fred peer a quacky doctor and for Wilma’s birthday, Fred buys her a dodo bird named Doosey, who snitches to Wilma and Betty about the boys’ plans to go to a Water Buffalo convention in Frantic City without them (”Content! Frantic City, Frantic City, divulge, whistle!”) . Also, Barney tricks Fred into thinking Pebbles can talk (”Do thum backfwips for me, Daddy, or I’ll cwyyyy!”) and the Flintstones travel out of their humble abode to be advance a crowd of rich snobs (”Everybody into the pyool!”) .

If you liked Seasons 1 and 2, establish your money for this one! That’ll be 2 rocks, please!

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February 8th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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This film is typical of the Pauly Shore screwup comedy, but is definitely better than Bio-Dome. Pauly is the clear star of the film with the powerful less talented Andy Dick playing the sidekick. They join the Army reserve because it’s easy money and they determine water purification as their army specialty as that is the least likely in their pea-sized brains to explore combat (I bet you can’t guess where this is going.)

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Before long they are on a mission to Chad and off to war. Now let’s ponder this for a moment…this is a Pauly Shore slapstick comedy about making potable water in Chad. As amazing as that sounds for a movie project, that’s the bottom line, and before it’s over Pauly becomes a war hero and gets the stunning girl with the crew prick.

While most of the movie was resplendent lowbrow, there were a couple of things I really liked. My well-liked character was Fred Ostroff, played by David Alan Grier, who is a paranoid dental student, and who has the consistently best lines (like the “emotional enema” line from which I took the title of my review) and laughable vignettes, most of which feature dental flossing technique demonstrations.

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Far and away, though, my accepted bit in the movie is an ultra-obscure reference the writers slipped in to a very dreadful movie from 1980, “The Pumaman.” Pauly Shore apes the brutish Vadinho when he seductively says to a starlet “I couldn’t have done it without the inspirational guidance of my brother the Pumaman.” This line won’t compose sense if you haven’t seen “The Pumaman,” but for those that have it is pure gold.

The movie is humorous and will please fans of Shore and the brain-dead-stoner comedy genre. Three stars for the dentistry and Pumaman references.

A laugh out loud movie.

This is a type of movie that made me laughing so loud that my wife asked me what’s been happening with me. Everytime I remember that scene in the appliance store in which Pauly Shore and his friend plays as a salesman, I would smile and eventually laugh. You have to contemplate it. A highly recommended comedy. Pauly Shore is a genius.

In addition to this, I also recommend Sgt. Bilko.

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February 8th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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I first saw this suspense/spy thriller when it was first released in the theaters sometime in the slow 1970s, while living in London and working for the American government. There’s nothing that compares with the paranoia associated with seeing a taut peruse thriller, only to exit the theater into a chilly, foggy slow evening in downtown London. The record it paints of a murderous renegade network operating within the Central Intelligence Agency is both evil and plausible, and is delivered by Robert Redford and his production team in a tight, well-developed sage with a convincing thread of interconnecting events that spins method out of control as the protagonist tries desperately to figure out who is at the center of the status and why he and his cohorts at a special studies institute sponsored by the Agency are targets. For me, this movie is a nonstop roller-coaster drag, with Redford trying in vain to jump off the damn thing before it crashes below!

The level of paranoia as well as the multiple levels of deceit and deception depicted in the film seemed a bit unusual at the time, but given the temper of the times, it somehow seemed distinguished more plausible in the backwash of Watergate and all that was revealed about the machinations of the so-called “invisible government” then. The hero’s ability to parse together the facts and learn and adapt as he progresses makes the movie work especially well, and one can characterize to his growing frustration as he realizes there impartial may not be any device out alive. And between the margins of the scenes lie some engrossing questions regarding the role of secrecy in an start and supposedly democratic society that add a measure of gleaming acumen and “gravitas” to the legend.

So celebrated was this movie at the box office that it spawned a number of other watch thrillers in its wake. The film’s cast included not only Redford as the hero, but also starred Fay Dunaway, and Cliff Robertson. This movie makes for an bright evening of entertainment, and a surefire plan to race the monotonous of everyday life with a comely story of slay, mayhem, and betrayal. I highly recommend this flick. Relish!

What is it about this movie that makes it so compelling? After countless viewings, I aloof can’t build my finger on it — but let’s reflect the crucial elements of “Condor.”

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First, the paucity of dialogue — in other words, what Redford displays and emotes rather than says — is considerable. It seems that for the first time in his career, Redford is really challenged to act instead of being unprejudiced another glorious cinematic face. If ever a man could give the impression of being both afraid and hunted, Redford’s a cinch in “Condor.”

This is also a stout Novel York City film. Its streets, attend alleys, and buildings — in particular, the World Trade Center — all play supporting roles. Sidney Pollack makes qualified employ of the then-newly finished twin towers in “Condor,” and this viewer lamented their destruction after watching scenes featuring the main lobby and a top-floor office inhabited by CIA deputy director Cliff Robertson.

The grainy quality of the film, matched with an often funky, sometimes heart-broken soundtrack scored by Dave Grusin, also adds to the aura of “Condor.” It’s as if Pollack attempted to do an American sendup of a French intrigue film. Grusin’s music also is not what you’d inquire in a look film, in that it has not a hint of the James Bond sound. Then again, the film is not a romantic contemplate thriller, so it works.

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In fact, Pollack and Redford successfuly say a post-Watergate paranoia that the citizens’ government is ‘out there’ and will end at nothing to hunt down the truth-seeking rogue. Phone taps and plumbers (disguised, this time, as mailmen) abound. Suitably, “Three Days of the Condor” ends with a very anti-establishment message.

This film deserves to be placed in the list of top twenty titanic American films of the original cinematic era (however one judges that) . “Condor” is satisfactory the first time around and seems to be more palatable with subsequent viewings. Far from being a period share, it stands the test of time as a thriller that is also thoughtful.

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February 8th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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Ang Lee breaks through again with a masterful adaptation of Eileen Chang’s short legend, Lust/Caution (like what he did with Annie Prolux’s similarly brief account, Brokeback Mountain) . While the hype seems to be mostly misplaced on the controversial acrobatics displayed by Tony Leung and Tang Wei in bed, Lee’s storytelling leaves one breathless.

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The cherish sage unfolds against the backdrop of 1930’s Japanese-invaded Shanghai where tyranny and suffering were synonymous. Nubile Wang Jia Zhi played by Tang Wei joins the resistance movement and gets herself drawn into the role of a ogle to crumble the traitor, Mr Yee. In between the espionage and wild climatic trysts, both of them unknowingly embroil themselves in cherish and deceit, grand deeper than they would have liked themselves to.

Tang Wei, as a newcomer to cinema, is impeccable. Her evolution from a wide-eyed country girl to a seductive temptress is enough to invent the hardest of most men, in this case, the distrusting Mr. Yee tumble for her. Wei acts glowing worthy on instincts and her body language does wonders at seducing the somewhat vulnerable Mr. Yee played by multiple-award winner Tony Leung. Wei breaks down in the memorable scene where she’s talking to the resistance leader on her unyieldingly sacrificial role that is both a torment and insidious attack to her emotions.

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As usual, Tony has the penchant for playing dim brooding men and in this instance, an corrupt Chinese traitor. He does not act. His presence already commands attention as the cynical no-nonsense minister. The pivotal sex scenes, split into three parts, are not honest there for visual enhancement. They actually voice the shift in roles between the two throughout their complex relationship. The raw emotions displayed on their faces were enough to convince anyone hard-hearted to reflect twice about the essence of treasure. I must say these are some of the best bed scenes you’ll ever contemplate on film.

Of course, the supporting cast of Joan Chen as Mrs Yee and Wong Lee-Hom as Tang Wei’s resistance compatriot, Kuang Yu Min, is every bit unprejudiced as spectacular. In the waste, the anecdote about appreciate is bittersweet. You’ll also eye how alive to the resistance movement, which puts the enemy above self and others, was through Wang Jia Zhi’s eyes. Lust Caution is 157 minutes’ of rewarding peep that will linger on in your minds well after the credits roll. (A+)

I saw this movie twice in the theater - very current for someone as principal of movies as I am. The first time I went by myself, and the second time I took my husband, who was not initially keen in the memoir line (espionage and all) . He also liked it a lot (though he did not have as mighty of a personal connection as I did with the film) . I was like in a zone for a few days after I saw the movie. It really shook me to the core in a sense. A very grand movie in and of itself, it moves me particularly because I am orinigally from China and Eileen Chang was one of my faovrite writers when I was a teenager book worm. Having grown up surrounded by the communisit propaganda, I found it refreshing to peep a movie so artfully done to make a theme about esteem, sexuality and loyalty. It shows how innocent and ignorant the young revolutionaries could be (something that was obviously omitted from our history lessons) . This is a movie about noteworthy human emotions, like all the other movies directed by Ang Lee. I’m also gay to study Ang Lee sticking to making movies based on valid, solid stories, instead of falling into the ‘glitz overriding story’ trap like so many other talented Chinese directors, Zhang Yimou and Cheng Kaige specifically.

Ang Lee said that he made this film for the Chinese audience, but I also read that he was disappointed by the fact that the Chinese media focused predominantly on the raw, sex scenes. I can understand his frustration. I wonder really how the mainland Chinese will embrace such a yarn. Eileen Chang was never a Communist writer. In the book and the movie, the revolutionaries were referred to as ‘the people from Chongqing.’ As the Nationalist Party was based in Chongqing at the time (and the Communists in Yan’an), the revoluntionaries in the book were not Communinist members but Nationalists. That sort of contradicts everything we have learned in history lessons about the Communisit being the main heroes fighting against the Japanese and the Nationalists (the Kuomingtang) being wimpy traitors. Because of these reasons, I doubt mainland China will allow the movie to be shown in public.

But it doesn’t mean the Chinese will be denied access to this lovely film, thanks to the illegal DVD pirating industry. My sister-in-law in China has already bought the film (for a dollar) and watched it. Comic thing is she had very similar reaction to it as I did. My brother said she wouldn’t talk to him for a few hours.

I disagree with some critics who called Ang Lee ‘indecisive’ in directing the movie. I believe everything was very deliberately done and Ang Lee was very distinct on what he planned to do with the anecdote. He said that it was one of his current stories written by Eileen Chang. I utter if you don’t like the fable (such as some other reviewers), you wouldn’t like the movie. But to me, the chronicle can be interpreted in many ways, and Ang Lee has done a shining job conveying what Eileen Chang wanted her fable to order. The sex scenes (not in the book) are integral to the fable, as Eileen Chang wrote, “If the path to a man’s heart is through his stomache, then the path to a woman’s heart is through her v….” The movie is certainly not for the faint of heart.

By the arrangement, the soundtrack is attractive. I downloaded it from iTunes. Before I receive the DVD in the mail, the soundtrack will do. (But I wouldn’t want a Chinese film that’s dubbed in English. That’s a crime. I’m buying it from somewhere else.)

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February 8th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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CONCERNING THE DVD:

This is a delicate attractive package from Columbia Pictures. It contains a nicely restored widescreen presentation of the film in its entirety, and in the right 2.35:1 ratio with challenging, vibrant images. The French 2.0 surround track has more kick and dimensionality than the new English mono track. Special features include some rough-looking trailers for this film and a handful of other WWII movies, as well as subtitles in several languages. You can also rep a full-screen transfer on the opposite side of the disc.

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American director Edward Dmytryk headed to Italy to shoot “Anzio”, one the most lopsided World War II epics to reach out of the 1960s. Despite some profitable intentions, this film fails as both an anti-war drama and an action fragment.

The film stars Robert Mitchum (”The Enemy Below”) as Dick Ennis, a frigid and cynical war correspondent that does his work on the front lines with the infantrymen. When the squad he is accompanying gets cleave off unhurried the German lines due to an ambush, he must purchase up a gun and succor them fight their draw succor to Allied lines.

The movie has a lot going for it, upright from the begin. Every actor looks comfortable, especially Mitchum. Robert Mitchum has never been one of my common American actors, simply because he always seems to be acting - despite the dimensionality of the share, Mitchum can never seem to wreck out of a box. Here, he looks to be having plenty of fun and seems quite natural in the role. Designate Damon (”Between Heaven and Hell”) provides the significant dramatic opposite as an infantryman who can’t seem to agree with Ennis on his policies. Arthur Kennedy (”Attack and Retreat) “) is the sincere opposite of Ennis’ character as the incompetent General Lesley, who takes too grand time establishing a solid beachhead and allows the Germans to inaugurate an offensive, pinning his men down on the beach. Peter Falk (”Station Normal, All Fouled Up”), on the other hand, is totally wasted as Corporal Rabinoff, a soldier who has become addicted to combat. Earl Holliman (”Armored Whisper”) is the Sergeant in convey of the squad, and he makes the most out of a clich? d-role by giving his character personality. Be clear to see for Robert Ryan, Anthony Steel, Arthur Franz and Patrick Magee as Allied Generals.

There is only one great battle sequence, which expertly staged and filled with tanks, extras and mammoth explosions. However, its effectiveness is petite because of two key flaws. Primarily, American soldiers are seen to stand up in the start and bustle German machine-gun nests, only to be mowed down by overwhelming enemy fire. Secondly, there’s a ridiculous scene in which Ennis and a soldier capture in a discussion about the war good in the middle of a fight, despite the fact that bullets and artillery shells are landing all around them! The final, small-scale, climactic showdown with German snipers was considerable more suspenseful, due to some kindly editing and tall music acquire.

One major flaw in the film is, unfortunately, the script. It’s as if “Anzio” can’t choose if it wants to be a gung-ho flag-waver, or a downbeat, anti-war epic. The first half the film is filled with laughable, almost slapstick scenes, although some of Mitchum’s dialog hints that this is going to change … and it does, in fact the focus turns around 180 degrees. Throughout the second half of the film, the action stops unimaginative in its tracks so that the characters discuss issues of personal sacrifice, what constitutes above and beyond the call of duty, etc… until it’s been repeated so great that you can’t stand to hear anymore. For all of this discussion, the conclusion is splendid forced. Mitchum says something along the lines of, “Men demolish each other because they like to. Maybe if we all sit support and realize it, we could discontinuance the killing and score along.” That statement defines over-emphasis. Instead of being a history lesson about the precise Anzio campaign, the film turns into a social commentary on Vietnam.

The on-location shooting served the proceedings well, as the film looks like sunny Italy in every frame. The scene in the Italian house looked edifying, and Dmytryk uses wide angles throughout to present off the scope of the Italian locales. The gather ranges from victorious and rousing to mournful and depressing, which contributes a grand deal to the mood of some critical scenes - such as the entry into liberated Rome and the significance of one character’s death in the sniper sequence.

“Anzio” is a mixed bag, but despite a lack of focus on one central theme, it manages to be spirited and satisfying as a drama, with enough well-staged action scenes to possess it together and abet obscure the muddled anti-war sentiments.

OH. David Janssen DID NOT appear in this film, contrary to the opinion of many viewers, who may have this title confused with INCHON! (released in 1980)

The Allied landing at Anzio was not unopposed. Allied forces were bogged down in trench fighting for almost three weeks before they could fade inland against the Germans. In this film facts earn turned around but the basic tale is spicy. A rather stoic Robert Mitchum plays a pacifist battle-hardened war correspondent who must approach to grips with his maintain convictions. Under Edward Dmytryk’s direction Mitchum’s character seems to have more military smarts than the professionals do, thus making his character a bit of a conundrum. That’s what makes this film so animated. Peter Falk, Earl Holliman and Reni Santoni are apt as the stereotypical GIs that Mitchum goes out on patrol and has to fight his method benefit with. Riz Ortolani created a capable suspenseful glean and there are some really wonderful action sequences. The superior cast, which is a enormous asset, includes Robert Ryan, Arthur Kennedy, Patrick Magee and Ticket Damon.

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February 7th, 2010 by jerimiah8113843
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“Persuasion” is tied with “Pride & Prejudice” as my top approved Jane Austen new. I was looking forward to this version, after being a petite disappointed with the 1995 adaptation (actors were a bit too faded for their roles, I idea, but that’s another review) .

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While “Northanger Abbey” is a fable of young care for, “Persuasion” is a anecdote of like lost. Anne Eliott was once engaged to Frederick Wentworth but has had to give up the engagement due to the persuasion of her friend Lady Russell. Anne is the daughter of a baronet and Frederick is a young lieutenant with exiguous prospects and was deemed by her friends and family as not great enough to marry Anne. Snappily forward to 7 or so years later, and Anne’s family is in dire circumstances. Her family has to travel from their mountainous country estate to Bath in an exertion to retrench and avoid further debt. Frederick returns to England as a wealthy and highly eligible naval captain and his and Anne’s paths meet again. Frederick is pursued by 2 of Anne’s younger sisters-in-law while Anne is left to wonder what might have been. After a stressful visit to Lyme, Frederick and Anne’s paths briefly separate. Anne moves to Bath where she is pursued by her cousin William Eliott and she crosses paths with Frederick again. Will esteem triumph the second time around?

Whether you agree or disagree with my assessment of the 1995 version starring Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds, I deem you will catch that Rupert Penry-Jones and Sally Hawkins are unbelievable in their roles as Frederick Wentworth and Anne Eliott. Sally Hawkins - unknown to me until now - gives a soul-stirring and endearing performance as Jane Austen’s long suffering heroine. Rupert Penry-Jones is aptly dashing and attractive, though perhaps a miniature bland, as Frederick (I’d engage him over Ciaran Hinds any day) . The supporting cast is solid - with a few exceptions - and the screenplay, up until the last 10 minutes, stays upright to the tone and spirit of the book. The production values, costumes and locations are first-rate. This scores points for actually filming in Bath and Lyme (real locations from the book) . Another high stamp is Martin Phipps (who also smooth the fantastic catch of BBC’s “North & South) who delivers yet another stirring earn.

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The reasons for the 4 stars are as follows (warning, spoilers!) :

a) Casting - I absolutely hate Amanda Hale as Mary Musgrove. She is annoying and stands out in a awful contrivance from the rest of the cast. Julia Davis is also off as Elizabeth Eliott and looks more like Anne’s contaminated stepmom than her older (by 2 years) sister. Elizabeth is supposed to be splendid and radiant, and Julia Davis is nowhere approach this. Surely there are more than enough talented British actresses who could have played these roles.

b) Changes - Some long-time fans will be a itsy-bitsy irritated with the changes made to well-known scenes from the book. This is where the 1995 version triumphs over this version. While the Amanda Root version remained faithful to the book, this version strayed in some of the indispensable scenes such as the dialogue between Captain Harville and Anne on woman’s constancy; and the scene where Frederick writes a letter to Anne.

c) The last 10 minutes - where Anne runs around Bath like a headless turkey - almost completely ruined it for me. Whoever opinion of sending a docile, splendid, poised, upper-class lady like Anne to race around town like a servant girl is beyond me. The adaptation would have been outstanding except for this miscalculation. I am not a purist, but there is impartial so worthy a long-time Jane Austen fan can select and this one crossed the line for me.

All in all, however, I give it 4 stars for Sally, Rupert, most of the supporting cast, Bath, the gather and the first 80 minutes. It goes along swimmingly up until the climax, at which point I have to hasty forward to skip the portion I disapprove. A generous and solid adaptation, but “Northanger Abbey” starring JJ Feild and Felicity Jones gets my vote as my well-liked of the unique Jane Austen adaptations.

Ok, unbiased to let you know, I’m unbiased finishing a whole semester focusing on this book, so I feel like a bit of an authority! Anyway, the enormous thing about this movie, besides Wentworth being so smoking HOT (sorry Ciaran), is its appeal to Austen newbies: it simplifies and reorganizes the account so it makes sense in a screenplay. That said, if you’re an Austen purist, this movie is going to destroy you!

From the originate, the details are rearranged, making me cringe at the lost subtleties from the unusual. The very climax of the book, the all critical conversation between Anne and Harville and Wentworth’s subsequent letter, are broken into separate sections of the movie and completely out of order. Definite it works, but its not just! I felt I was denied one of the greatest scenes of the book! Ugh!

As for the actors, besides Wentworth being hot (I feel I must reiterate this) he wasn’t necessarily better or worse than Ciaran, unbiased a different select. Anne was mixed: one miniature I hated her, the next I loved her. She also brought a modern aspect to the character and I appreciated it. Everybody else, though, was insignificant. I really felt like the 95 version made even the little characters round and dynamic, and in this movie, if you weren’t the hero or heroine you were blah. And whoa…draw too mighty over-emoting.

And what was said before was true: the waste stinks. Its like Rush Lola Accelerate all over Bath, and hey gaze, Mrs. Smith isn’t crippled, so she can speed alongside and define all the junk about Mr. Elliott. Nice one guys. Yeah, so my last understanding of the movie was that maybe I would at least acquire to discover a satisfying kiss between Anne and Wentworth, and after the wearisome inching toward each other’s face with Anne chomping (literally!) at the bit, it was finally there. So that was nice.

Ok, in summation, the 95 version is classic and timeless, but if you don’t know the tale beforehand you’re going to gather lost. This version is Persuasion for Dummies but it does have a few merits. Its worth watching, whatever your experience, but deem yourselves forewarned!

P.S. If you’re hoping the unusual Mansfield Park is going to be better than the 99 version I reflect you will be disappointed. I could only stomach a few minutes before I HAD to turn it off. But then again, I kinda liked the 99 version, so who knows.

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