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Saturday, February 21, 2009
A FILM EVERY AMERICAN OUGHT TO SEE….
* FEBRUARY 19, 2009, 8:46 P.M. ET
GUARD OF HONOR
By Dorothy Rabinowitz
It was impossible to imagine, beforehand, all the ways a film like “Taking Chance” (Saturday, 8-9:30 p.m. EST, on HBO) could work its power. There are no conflicts, no warring sides, no mysteries of character—the usual stuff of drama. The story’s outcome is clear from the beginning. Yet it’s no less clear that “Taking Chance” is not only high drama, but a kind that is, in the most literal way, breathtaking—watching parts of it can make breathing an effort, and those parts come at every turn. It’s no less obvious that this film, about a Marine killed in combat, could have gone wrong in all sorts of ways and did so in none of them. There is in this work, at once so crushing and exhilarating, not a false note.
The credit for that belongs to Lt. Col. Michael Stroble, U.S. Marine Corps, on whose journal the film is based; to producer, writer and director Ross Katz; and, not least, to Kevin Bacon, whose portrayal of the devoted Col. Stroble is a masterwork—flawless in its fierce economy, eloquent in its testimony, most of it wordless, to everything that is going on.
Thursday, October 02, 2008
DO…..NOT…..MISS IT—UPDATED
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If this trailer is any indication, you’d best empty your bladder (completely) before going in to see this movie!!
Go this weekend, when it makes the most difference for the success of the film. Especially tell your 16-26 year old friends…...if THEY start spreading the word, it will make all the difference!
Hat Tip: THE BOOKWORM
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UPDATE: We went to see the movie on Friday p.m., October 3—some screamingly funny sketches, plenty of good chuckles, and some draggy parts. Overall—BY ALL MEANS, go and see it. Enjoy a good time laughing at loony leftists, while you support the brave conservative Hollywood guys who made this movie! Maybe we’ll even get a few more like it, if American Carol is successful.
P.S. And don’t forget to buy the DVD, when it comes out!
Sunday, August 10, 2008
YOU CAN HELP GET AN HONEST FILM ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE INTO AMERICA’S THEATERS
“Not Evil Just Wrong” is a feature-length documentary that documents the costs of environmental extremism. Millions of African children are dead of malaria today because of the global ban on the use of ANY DDT, despite a total lack of evidence of harm when used in small quantities to protect poor people’s huts from Anopheles mosquitoes. The film shows that there will surely be similar effects if the extremist “global warming” policies currently being promoted by Al Gore and his acolytes are actually implemented. You can check out the trailer:
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and then go to THE WEBSITE to read more, and (if you wish) donate to the fund to get the film into U.S. circulation.
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
INGMAR BERGMAN HAS DIED…...
In case you don’t know much about him, you can check it out HERE
Anyhow, we went to an Ingmar Bergman film festival at Colorado State University while in graduate school in the ‘70s. You can save yourself a lot of time, and see if you really want to watch his movies by checking out the following. It’s a parody, but it will give you the “feel” and the aesthetic of most of the films we saw back then.
Miscellany • Funny (strange?) Stuff • REVIEWS • Movie • (0) Comments •
Wednesday, April 04, 2007
WE DON’T SEE TOO MANY MOVIES…...
But THIS ONE looks worth the time and effort.
JOHN PODHORETZ, who writes for NATIONAL REVIEW ONLINE, has written a wonderful review, which ends with these words:
In the end, The Namesake is about the discovery every first-generation American makes about his parents—that the journey they had to make was far more difficult and complex than anything their children have had to face. And the great beauty of this movie is Gogol’s slow realization that the emotional reticence of his parents—their failure to speak endearments to each other and to make public displays of affection—means far less than the unshakable love they feel for each other, and for the children for whom they have given up so much, and from whom they have asked so little in return.
Sunday, February 18, 2007
IF YOU CAN MANAGE TO SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THE ILLUSIONIST
The “illusions” that make the story meaningful can only be done on film, but (for most of us) it’s still a really satisfying movie. A great cast, including Edward Norton in the title role, Jessica Biel as the young woman he loves, Rufus Sewell as the horrible Crown Prince, and Paul Giamatti, whose portrayal of the butcher’s son who rises to Chief Inspector of Police is really well-done.
If you’re read John Eldredge’s book, WILD AT HEART, you’ll know exactly why this is such a satisfying tale. Have fun with THE ILLUSIONIST
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