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Romantic Drama
Tuesday, 18 January 2005 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
Carrie
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studio:
Paramount Home Video
MPAA rating:
Unrated
starring:
Laurence
Olivier, Jennifer Jones, Miriam Hopkins, Eddie Albert, Basil Ruysdael,
Ray Teal, Barry Kelley, Sara Berner, William Regnolds (Reynolds)
director:
William Wyler
film release year:
1952
DVD release year:
2005
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture rating:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
Theodore Dreiser’s first novel, Sister Carrie (1900), was based on the
experiences of his sister when she ran off with a married man. The
novel was a scandal: Dreiser didn’t “punish” his leading character for
her transgressions—she lives with men without marrying them—but instead
leaves her on the brink of a stardom she does not really want. Other
authors admired Dreiser’s realism and honesty, and he became one of the
central figures in the “American Realist” movement.
Tuesday, 03 February 2004 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Under The Tuscan Sun
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studio:
Touchstone Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
PG-13
starring:
Diane Lane, Sandra Oh, Lindsay Duncan, Raoul Bova
release year:
2003
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Three-and-a-Half Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
“Under the Tuscan Sun” is a perfectly nice movie that could probably
have been made at any time after it became acceptable for female leads
to have affairs in movies. For those who don’t especially like
“perfectly nice,” the movie – per the title – has gorgeous Italian
scenery and the not-too-shabby-looking Diane Lane to recommend it.
Those who still don’t see the allure are out of luck.
Tuesday, 24 June 2003 |
Written by
Abbie Bernstein
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title:
Punch Drunk Love (2-Disc Special Edition)
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studio:
Columbia/TriStar Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Adam Sandler, Emily Watson, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Luis Guzman
release year:
2002
film rating:
Four Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Abbie Bernstein
“Punch-Drunk Love” is a film of such conscientious intensity and
oddness that it develops a weird, unbreakable grip. Somehow,
writer/director Paul Thomas Anderson – who usually works on much
broader canvases, as with the vast casts and interwoven themes of
“Boogie Nights” and “Magnolia” – manages to take the “small film” love
story and turn it into something that feels inventive and essential. He
also brings out the very best in star Adam Sandler, who gets to display
unexpected dramatic chops here simply by putting his outwardly
diffident, inwardly seething screen persona in the service of
non-farcical material.
Tuesday, 18 February 2003 |
Written by
Tara O'Shea
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title:
The Sleeping Dictionary
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studio:
New Line Home Entertainment
MPAA rating:
R
starring:
Hugh Dancy, Jessica Alba, Bob Hoskins, Brenda Blethyn, Emily Mortimer, Michael Jessing Langgi
release year:
2003
film rating:
Three Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Tara O'Shea
You know, having suffered through only one episode of "Dark Angel," had
I been told that series star Jessica Alba's big-screen debut was in a
period drama set in Malysia involving no kicking or guns at all, I
would have laughed and laughed. However, I was pleasantly surprised by
how much "The Sleeping Dictionary" did not suck.
Tuesday, 04 February 2003 |
Written by
Bill Warren
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title:
An Affair To Remember
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studio:
20th Century Fox Studio Classics
MPAA rating:
Unrated
starring:
Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Q. Lewis, Charles Watts
release year:
1957
film rating:
Three-and-a-Half Stars
sound/picture:
Four Stars
reviewed by:
Bill Warren
This was director Leo McCarey's first film in five years. He'd been a
Hollywood mainstay in the 30s and 40s, with titles like the Marx Bros.'
"Duck Soup" and "Going My Way" to his credit. But he came back in a big
way from wherever he had been with "An Affair to Remember," a popular
film in its day. It was a remake of McCarey's own "Love Affair"(1939),
which starred Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne in the roles played here by
Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr. (And in the third version in 1994 by
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening under the "Love Story" title.) "An
Affair to Remember" had gracefully slipped into near-obscurity until it
became a plot ...
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