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Drama
Tuesday, 06 June 2006 |
Written by
Allan Peach
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title:
The Long Voyage Home
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studio:
Warner Home Video
MPAA rating:
Not Rated
starring:
John Wayne, Barry Fitzgerald, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter, John Qualen, Ward Bond, Arthur Shields, and Mildred Natwick
director:
John Ford
film release year:
1940
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Four and a half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Allan Peach
John Ford’s “The Long Voyage Home” was adapted from four Eugene O’Neill
one-act plays (“The Moon of the Caribees,” “In The Zone,” “Bound East
for Cardiff” and “The Long Voyage Home”) by Dudley Nicholls. Nicholls
also directed a film adaptation of O’Neill’s “Mourning Becomes
Electra,” in 1947. Superficially, the film is the story of the crew of
the British freighter, “The Glencairn”, shortly after the start of
World War II. However, “The Long Voyage Home” is less a story film,
than a visual tone poem of men escaping the realities of life on land,
through an addiction to life at sea.
Tuesday, 09 May 2006 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Munich
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studio:
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
Rated R for strong graphic violence, some sexual content, nudity and language
starring:
Eric
Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hinds, Mathieu Kassovitz, Hanns Zischler,
Ayelet Zurer, Geoffrey Rush, Mathieu Amalric, Michael Lonsdale, Lynn
Cohen
film release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
director:
Steven Spielberg
film rating:
Four stars
sound/picture rating:
Four stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
As
he did 1993 with “Jurassic Park” and “Schindler’s List,” in 2005 Steven
Spielberg released two strongly contrasting movies, one a special
effects extravaganza (“War of the Worlds”) and the other an examination
of historical issues centering on Judaism.
Tuesday, 25 April 2006 |
Written by
Darren Gross
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title:
Shadows in the Sun (Aka: The Shadow Dancer)
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studio:
Buena Vista Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
TV14
appearing:
Harvey Keitel, Joshua Jackson, Claire Forlani, Armando Pucci, Giancarlo Giannini, Valeria Cavalli, John Rhys-Davies
TV release year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
director:
Brad Mirman
film rating:
Two and a half stars
sound/picture rating:
Two stars
reviewed by:
Darren Gross
Slick young literary editor, Jeremy (Jackson) is given the seemingly
impossible task of convincing retired literary giant Weldon Parish
(Keitel) to write another novel. Parish hasn’t written in twenty years
and lives a reclusive life with his daughters in the beautiful Tuscan
countryside. Sent to track down Parish by his boss Mr. Benton
(Rhys-Davies), Jeremy finds Parish an ornery, protective sort with a
prankish sense of humor. Initially incurring Parish’s ire with his
slick, businessman’s approach, Jeremy begins a long process to win
Parish’s trust, and in the result finds in him an encouraging mentor on
life as well as writing. As Jeremy begins to unlock his own repressed
writer’s ...
Tuesday, 28 March 2006 |
Written by
Dan Macintosh
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title:
Little House On The Prairie
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studio:
Disney DVD
MPAA rating:
TV-PG
starring:
Cameron Bancroft, Erin Cottrell, Kyle Chavarria, Danielle Ryan Cochran
tv airdate year:
2005
DVD release year:
2006
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Three Stars
reviewed by:
Dan MacIntosh
If
your knowledge of “Little House on the Prairie” is only derived from
that Michael Landon-produced TV program in the ‘70s, this recent Disney
miniseries may come as a revelation to you. Unlike the popular TV show
of the same name, this production adheres more closely to writer Laura
Ingalls Wilder’s original nineteenth-century stories. Whereas Landon
created new adventures for the characters, ones not first found in the
books, this work only presents what was described on the written page.
Tuesday, 10 January 2006 |
Written by
Paul Lingas
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title:
Dead Poets Society
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studio:
Touchstone Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG
starring:
Robin Williams, Ethan Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard, Kurtwood Smith, Josh Charles, Gale Hansen, Alexandra Powers
film release year:
1989
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Four-and-a-Half Stars
sound/picture rating:
Two-and-a-Half Stars
reviewed by:
Paul Lingas
“Dead
Poets Society” became the private/boarding school movie against which
all others are judged, whether or not they were made after the 1989
film. An intelligent, moving and inspirational piece from director
Peter Weir (whose most recent work was “Master and Commander”), this
film also solidified Robin Williams’ reputation as a dramatic actor. It
also helped to launch the careers of many young actors like Ethan
Hawke, Robert Sean Leonard and Josh Charles.
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