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The Sinking Of The Laconia Based On Amazing But True WWII Event~ by jankp Pros: Dukan; story; rest of cast; bonus featurette
Cons: dragged on first disc I didn't know what to expect when I picked up the 2-disc set of The Sinking of the Laconia at my public library. I'd never heard of the WWII incident on the Atlantic and I wanted to know why it had been made into an Ovation miniseries. The story ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Paprika: A Visually and Mentally Satisfying Satoshi Kon Anime by foshizzlee Pros: Visuals, plot.
Cons: Often confusing It seems necessary to preface this review by saying that I have never been a huge fan of anime. I always try to broaden my horizons, but many animes have never appealed to me. However, Paprika was absolutely incredible in every sense of the word. I knew ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Awakening - Ghosts in post-WWI London by phungus Pros: A few good scares
Cons: Drags at times The Awakening is a somewhat creepy ghost story set in 1920’s England where a woman goes around disproving hauntings and other supernatural phenomena. When she’s contracted to investigate the ghost of a young boy at a school, her ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Star Trek: The Next Generation - Season One on Blu-ray by alexdg1 Pros: ST-TNG looks and sounds great on Blu-ray. Stardate Revisited is great extra
Cons: The first season featured uneven writing and too much allegory. The 1980s promos look aged. Star Trek: The Next Generation – Season One Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Rock 'n' Roll 'n' Social Realism by steelretina Pros: performances by Essex and Starr
Cons: downbeat, unsympathetic anti-hero; English culture, speech may present challenges to American viewers. That'll Be the Day (1973) is a British black-and-white film directed by Claude Whatham. Young musician and actor of stage and screen David Essex heads a cast that includes rockers Ringo Starr (the Beatles had been ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Moment of Decision by topreviewerman Pros: A western with some meat to it. Fine scenery, decent acting, real suspense.
Cons: Indians as typical lack depth. A feminist might object to the woman's cheery servitude. Decisions of moment. It's 1868. Bounty hunter Howard Kemp (James Stewart) has lost the scent of wanted man Ben Vandergroat (Robert Ryan) in the Rockies. In a spur of the moment decision he offers $20 to old prospector ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Biopic or Fiction?? Who cares?? by ram_cv Pros: Cinematography, Fast Narration
Cons: Controversies IntroductionIndian cinema in the nineties was evolving with the opening of the indian markets to the world. With changing mindsets and more internationalization of the population a lot more of controversial subjects started hitting the big ...
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May 24, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Tora! Tora! Tora! is a film that has stood the test of time by trailhound Pros: Historical accuracy. Dramatic re-creation of Pearl Harbor raid.
Cons: Script is a bit dull in first half. The film Tora! Tora! Tora! was conceived to be an accurate and even-handed retelling of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. The film took several years to produce and required the integration of both the American and Japanese perspectives ...
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May 23, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The 39 Steps (2008): A Recent Re-Make of a Classic by befus Pros: Good performances; fun dialogue; exciting pace
Cons: Twisty plot with some story holes On the eve of World War I, Richard Hannay finds himself in London, bored and alone. That all changes when a man named Scudder takes refuge in his flat, claiming that a German spy ring is after him and a mysterious codebook in his possession. When Scudder ...
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May 23, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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All That Heaven Allows - Stifling Suburbia and the Widow Next Door by AliventiAsylum Pros: superb acting, great social commentary, beautiful to watch
Cons: social mores might be lost on younger generation In this day and age where we can get online and fine comfort in like-minded groups of people from around the world, there’s less of the “conform or be cast out” pressure of life in suburbia, although it does still exist. Back in ...
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May 23, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"Bond...James Bond." Lewis Gilbert's The Spy who Loved Me by teamfreak16 Pros: Roger Moore, Curt Jurgens, Richard Kiel
Cons: None - a very entertaining Bond movie A British and a Soviet nuclear submarine, both equipped with nuclear missiles, have disappeared, and there’s no ransom demand, no threats, no nothing. The two countries decide to work together and the head of the British Secret Service, M (Bernard ...
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May 23, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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A Bollywood Westerner!! by ram_cv Pros: Music Album, On screen chemistry of Anil and Dimple
Cons: Thin plot. IntroductionI am continuing with my review of the Indian movies that have stood out during the past 100 years of Indian cinema. Feroze Khan is known as a director of movies that have a Hollywood westerner feel to them. Janbaaz made in 1986 ...
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May 22, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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BFFs--TWDUP! by majenta Pros: Anne Hathaway, Candice Bergen, Steve Howey, Kristen Johnson, music, some great lines
Cons: As stated in other reviews, Anne Hathaway can do better. Anne Hathaway, who can currently be seen blonde, plays Emma Allan, who has spent most of her life looking forward to her big special day (and a good decade saving up for it). She has shared this lifelong dream with her best friend ...
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May 22, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Three Paul Fejos movies from the transition-to-sound era by Stephen_Murray Pros: bonus features, Veidt, Brent
Cons: "Broadway" songs and dances I know of Paul Fejos (1897-1963) as the gatekeeper for funding of anthropological research by the Viking Fund, which was later renamed for its benefactor, Axel Wenner-Gren (1881-1961), who made his fortune with the Electrolux vacuum-cleaner, and for ...
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May 22, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The French Connection: Cops, Cat and Mouse, Cars by befus Pros: Hackman; unusual creative style; chase scenes
Cons: Disturbing language; hard to follow plot In the 1960s, U.S. investigators uncovered a huge drug trafficking scheme. Since part of the traffic involved key people and places in France, it became known as “the French Connection.” 1971’s best picture, also titled The French ...
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May 22, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Fate determines life or death via the roll of a die by dandj Pros: Killings were not so gruesome; characters' stories; short run time
Cons: Almost completely unoriginal Six very different people find they have something in common when they wake up in a row of jail-like cells. Lives that they once took for granted are now determined by a man made fate.Gambling is a disease for Lisa (Emily Hampshire) who ...
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May 22, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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3.5-star movie showcasing the gentle sadness and competence of Robert Foster by Stephen_Murray Pros: Foster, Armstrong, Guy; dry wit
Cons: budgetary constraints Like the late Roger Ebert, I like the somewhat melancholy but honorable (screen persona of) Robert Foster (Medium Cool, Foxy Brown), and, therefore, the 2000 low-budget independent file “Diamond Men” ...
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May 22, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Last Exorcism: - Cynism Won't Save You in the End by jeremy1456 Pros: Good Atmosphere, Great Story Format, Enjoyable Characters
Cons: The Ending is Terrible I've never been a big fan of films centering around demonic possession. The original Exorcist in my opinion is the single most overrated horror film of all time in my opinion, and in general I find the sub-genre to be either boring or ineffective. It ...
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May 21, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Mary Tyler Moore, Season 7: "It's a Long Way to Tipperary" by befus Pros: Incredible cast; witty writing; a strong end to the series
Cons: It had to end It’s a great part of television history that the iconic Mary Tyler Moore show, known for its great writing and acting, had a hard time getting off the ground. When it first began to air in 1970, critics and television executives were not at all ...
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May 21, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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SWINGING WITH THE FINKELS never has there been characters this inauthentic by scapp70 Pros: terrible attempts at comedy;
Cons: terrible attempts at comedy; “Do you want my cucumber?” the plot For Alvin and Ellie Finkel, their ‘seven-year-itch’ began ...
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May 21, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Little Women Celebrates Stories, Sisterhood and Their Intersections by bilbopooh Pros: lovely adaptation of a beloved classic
Cons: older Amy seems dull in comparison to her younger version Ten years ago, someone made a decision that would ultimately have an enormous impact on both of our lives. That someone was my very dear friend Beth, who joined Epinions ten years ago today under the name Befus. She had no ...
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May 21, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"Bond...James Bond." Guy Hamilton's Live and Let Die by teamfreak16 Pros: Roger Moore, Yaphet Kotto, Julius Harris, Clifton James
Cons: Jane Seymour's acting skills hadn't quite developed yet Three British secret agents have been killed, all in the same day, in different locations such as New York and New Orleans. M (Bernard Lee,) head of the British Secret Service, sends James Bond (Roger Moore,) his best agent, to the United States to ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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"...Well Beyond the Boundaries of Prudence and Good Taste" : SPIDER BABY by xxxxer Pros: Remarkable cast - particularly Chaney; Jill Banner is yummy; music, art direction and camerawork
Cons: It probably won't be to the liking of the overly serious The feature film debut of cult director Jack Hill (who later made such "classics" as The Big Bird Cage, Coffy, and The Swinging Cheerleaders), 1964's Spider Baby (known under a slew of titles including The Maddest Story ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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Johnny Staccato Box Set - Late '50's Private Eye by George_Chabot Pros: Jazz music, Violence, Detective, Criminals, Good lineup of guest stars
Cons: Not all stories have a happy ending Johnny Staccato was a television private detective series on NBC during 1959 - 60 for one year before being canceled. In between detective jobs, Johnny Staccato played piano in a jazz band and operated his private eye business out of ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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The Gold Standard for Superman by thewasp Pros: Lex Luthor's absurdity, Lois Lane's starstruck adoration
Cons: Temporal paradox at the end The 1978 "Superman" is not the best Superman movie ever made; that would probably be the Richard Donner version of Superman II. Superman III and IV are best ignored. But with a Superman reboot coming out next month, I wanted my girlfriend to ...
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May 20, 2013 |
Overall Rating: Very Helpful |
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