Title : Fathers Category: Movies
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Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park SALE
Title : Simon & Garfunkel: The Concert in Central Park Category: Movies
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Rating : 4.0
Buyer Review : 196
Review :
Desrves more than 5 stars!
This video was recored live in Central Park on September 19, 1981. I think it deserves more than 5 stars. I think is the greatest video that ever was. Simon and Garfunkel sing infront of 500,000 people. It contains 2 extra songs that were cut from the album; The late great Johnny Ace, and Late in the evening(reprise). Durring The Late Great Johnny Ace, a duranged fan jumps on stage after Paul sings about John Lennon being shot. Paul gets real scared and the bouncer comes and grabs the kid and takes him away. The highlight of the evening I think is when Paul sang 50 Ways to Leave Your Lover. Art sings an OK version of Bridge over troubled water. Paul and Art play with an amazing backing band too. Also much of the dialogue that was cut from the record, is restored on the tape. Things such as intro's of songs, Paul introduces the band, and Paul had a speech about fireworks. I think it is great and you should buy it. You can't be considered a Simon and Garfunkel fan...
Great nostalgia, terrific music, horrible DVD
Is there anyone who grew up in the 1960s and 1970s that isn't familiar with the terrific music of Simon and Garfunkel??
Well, this DVD of their 1981 reunion concert before 500,000 people in New York's Central Park brings back lots of fond memories, laced as it with nice renditions of classics like "Mrs. Robinson", "Scarborough Fair", "Bridge Over Troubled Water", "The Boxer" and "The Sound of Silence".
Backed by a band of stellar musicians that included Richard Tee on piano and Steve Gadd on drums, the duo also run through some of their solo hits, like Simon's "Kodachrome".
Did I say the concert is terrfic?? Sure it is, but the DVD is truly horrible. The video looks only a little better than its VHS origins, and couldn't the music company have popped up the money for upgrading the plain Dolby Digital 2.0 track to a full-fledged surround track?? That would have made this a truly great package.
Even with these drawbacks, this is a must buy for...
Simon and Garfunkel - Revisited.
I was happy to see Simon and Garfunkel in concert on their recent "Old Friends" tour, and was more than pleased by the performance of two men who, by all rights, should've been retired and not in the best of vocal form. The afterglow of the Philadelphia show led me to acquire this DVD from the 1981 Central Park reunion show. Since most of the songs from the current tour are reflected by the Central Park set list, it was worth it for me.
This DVD is actually better than I originally remember from watching it on TV. Maybe I was just too wrapped up in my new wave years (I was a junior in college at the time the album was released), but both men were in strong form vocally. It also meant that, as a greatest hits sort of show, all the bases are essentially covered. Even the Paul Simon solo material comes across as well matched (in particular, "American Tune" which rings truer in the post 9/11 world as it did back then). The instrumentation is a bit dated, Richard Tee's keyboards...
Monday, June 1, 2015
Killers From Space (1954) (Restored Edition) SALE
Title : Killers From Space (1954) (Restored Edition) Category: Movies
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Rating : 3.0
Buyer Review : 82
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This kind of thing delivers surpass own anticipation, this place has developed into a great buy for myself personally, The thought showed up securely and speedily Killers From Space (1954) (Restored Edition)
Dr. Doug Martin is the only hope that humanity has against invaders from outer space. Planning to use radiation to take control of humanity in the form of giant insects and reptiles, the aliens are being investigated by Martin. He interacts with the invaders and realizes that they were drawn to earth because of our nuclear testing. Martin's efforts are made harder by a skeptical FBI and military who seek to confine the doctor. Directed by W. Lee Wilder (brother of Billy Wilder). Written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder.
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Review :
A bizarre and unique sci-fi film
This little movie usually gets lost in the vast crowd of 1950s sci-fi pictures, but it arguably is one of the most interesting. (I find it superior to W. L. Wilder's previous film, the still decent 'Phantom From Space' [see my review].) The aliens' physique and their plans for Earth, the minimal special effects and sets, and the use of stock footage showcase the sheer bizarreness of 1950s cult films - the lack of resources actually enhance the film's unique feel. The invasion-laden theme is common enough, but the way it is articulated sets the movie apart from most of its peers. The crucial scene, i.e. when the hero meets the aliens, is used as a lengthy flashback inserted near the middle of the film; it is only when the hero gets out of his trance/amnesia that the scene is shown. This seemingly innocuous device actually changes the whole dramatic perspective of the movie: in the first half, the hero acts against his own will, while in the second half, all of his decisions are...
B-Science Fiction Alien Movie
This movie has all the trappings of classic B-science fiction movies. There are the cheesy aliens, the hokey, out-sized critters, awful space craft special effects, and lots of stock footage of aircraft that do not match the scenes or each other. In other words, this is great stuff. But wait, there is more! Peter Graves is the star!
Dr. Douglas Martin (Peter Graves) is monitoring test explosions of nuclear weapons from a jet. As Dr. Martin and the pilot are flying around, which is shown by an obvious model performing impossible turns, they see something unusual on the ground. Faster than you can say "I was kidnapped by aliens," their jet crashes into the ground, killing both. But wait, here comes Dr. Martin up to the main gate of the military base. We later found out that those evil aliens saved Dr. Martin so that he could help them learn when the next nuclear test is.
Everyone is suspicious of Dr. Martin because he is acting strangely. When he offers to...
Killers From Space
Combine Cold War paranoia with a pinch of speculative pseudo-science and a dash of radiation anxiety, shake it in a cheap sci-fi tumbler for 70-minutes and you get KILLERS FROM SPACE.
A very young Peter Graves plays the desert scientist studying nuclear blasts and counting the radiation. When his plane crashes after one blast and he's missing for a few days things change. A big, ugly cautery scar over his heart doesn't explain much, either. Of course, nobody believes him when he tells them there's a troop of ping pong ball-eyed aliens living in the caverns in Yucca Flats, poaching our electricity and growing gigantic beetles and rock lizards....
KILLERS FROM SPACE is goofy, and for all of its campy charm pretty slow moving. Graves plays "astonishment" in every key in his repertoire. The alien outfits and makeup aren't very convincing, but they look comfortable. The big bugs look like... well, they look like rear-screen projections with amplified sound...
North Star Get Rabate
Title : North Star Category: Movies
Brand: New Regency
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Rating : 3.2
Buyer Review : 13
Review :
North Star Shines Bright
I thoroughly enjoyed this film. At first, I thought it would be another cheapie with an artic theme or one of those Disney concoctions suitable for a teen crowd. Not so,. Production values are first rate. Burt Young never looked so good. James Caan plays the psycho greedy bad man sans black hat, and even Christopher Lambert comes off well as a half indian-half white trying to prevent Caan and company from stealing claims to the gold diggings. (Someone mentioned the voice-overs didn't match the lip syncs; I never noticed there was any lip syncing and I don't think there was.) This film is pure adventure from start to finish and one that's a bargain at the very cheap price it's listed for at Amazon.
B Western in Alaska
"The North Star" is a 1996 film about the struggles between natives, Americans, and foreigners to control the gold fields in Alaska at the end of the 19th Century. It stars Christopher Lambert, James Caan, and Catherine McCormack and was directed by Norwegian Nils Gaup and produced by a joint French, British, Italian, and Norwegian group.
Christopher Lambert (1957) is best known for his "Highlander" films but personally I thought his best performance was as Tarzan in "Greystoke" (1984). To younger viewers he is best known for his work in "Mortal Combat" (1995). He won the French Oscar in 1986 for "Subway". He says "the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work." Lambert plays a half breed who is trying to protect the land for his clan.
James Caan (1940) is best known as Sonny Corleone, the role for which he received an Oscar nomination in 1973. Over more than 100 roles he's been nominated for a Golden Globe 4 times and for an Emmy once...
A good Norwegian Western
Now here is a film with an interesting pedigree. Based on a novel by American author Will Henry, set in Alaska, but filmed in Norway by a British-French-Norwegian-Italian production. Whew! And with a cast that includes James Caan, Christopher Lambert, Catherine McCormack, and Burt Young, this film is about as multinational as it gets. Not that this is in the least bit unusual. Nils Gaup, best known to most people as the director of THE PATHFINDER, serves up another outdoor adventure set in the Arctic. Though hardly on par with his earlier effort, NORTH STAR is still a decent film on its own. At less than 90 minutes it is a briskly paced and beautifully photgraphed western. Christopher Lambert is either as good or as bad as he ever was, depending on how you feel about him. The idea of him playing a half-white, half-Indian named Hudson Santeek may strike some as ridiculous, but I think he's perfectly acceptable. Opposite Lambert is James Caan as xenophobic town...
Race War Big SALE
Title : Race War Category: Movies
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Rating : 3.8
Buyer Review : 6
Review :
Inspired flick with a fun twist at the finale
Inspired flick with a fun twist at the finale. Pacing is on-point and the exteriors are lensed with quality aesthetics. Refreshing to see someone knowing what is needed. Kudos to Sean.
great twist!
Watch till the end, great twist!
Great movie. The twist at the end makes it ...
Great movie. The twist at the end makes it comical and gives a different perspective if you watch it again
Title : Paradise Broken Two Days, One Night SALE
Title : Two Days, One Night Category: Movies
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Rating : 3.9
Buyer Review : 43
Review :
The feel again…
There is a saying that ‘it’s not the story you tell but how you tell it’, and for me, ‘Two Days, One Night’ is a perfect proof of that. There is an extreme simplicity about this story, some could even say that the simplicity is almost skeletal, but the way that the Dardenne brothers have told it (and, really, how Marion Cotillard has told it) is so earnest, so honest and so rich that this simple tale becomes much more; so much more. It’s odd to say that a film that is practically a repetition of scenes with different faces can be so enthralling, but at a brisk 95 minutes, ‘Two Days, One Night’ packs in SO MUCH character development in those repetitions scenes that it remains one of the most effecting films I’ve seen in all of 2014.
The story told centers around Sandra. Sandra has recently suffered from a bout of depression that left her unable to function in life. She took a leave from work, and it’s apparent...
Seven Samurai for Labor Unions
As others have pointed out, this movie is very compelling. Marion Coitllard is tremendous in portraying the worker who has to reverse her employer's decision to not re-hire her after she is off work on sick leave. The vote, however, was tainted by the foreman, who set up a "us. vs. her" situation: if she is re-hired, the workers won't be getting their bonuses .. and who doesn't want bonuses?
Over the course of the weekend (two days, one night) Sandra, with the constant help of her husband, musters up the courage to try to contact all 8 (or so) employees to get them to change their minds. There are ups and downs, humiliation, and exhaustion, but she soldiers on. There is a built-in narrative tension as Sandra works through the list and we see how close it's going to be. Of course, the list dwindles, so there are diminishing possibilities as the movie nears the end. At one point, in the viewing I saw, audience members cheered and clapped fitfully for a late...
A very naturalistic, personal film
TWO DAYS, ONE NIGHT stars Marion Cotillard and is directed by the Dardenne Brothers (and is the first by them that I've seen). It is about a woman (Marion Cotillard) who faces being laid off after being sick so that her co-workers can get a bonus. Since she wants to keep her job (and avoid going on the dole), she goes to each of her co-workers to convince them to vote for her to stay. Despite an extremely simple plot that gets a little repetitive, this film was surprisingly engaging on an emotional level, even if it didn't seem that cinematic at times. It's hard not to sympathize with the character Cotillard plays simply because her situation is so dire. Amidst economic uncertainty, the prospect of losing one's job is difficult, even in a semi-socialist society like France's. I thought the film also illustrated how solidarity can be used to positive effect. When faced with a hard decision, do you go with the selfish option or do you stand in defense of your peers? The answer to this...
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