Drama > Greene, David Drama

The Bella Side of the Mafia

Advantages: As far as mafia films go - quite enjoyable
Disadvantages: Story quite far-fetched in parts

INTRO/CAST/CREDITS Bella Mafia is a Lynda La Plante novel and screenplay. It was originally made as a TV mini-series but was so popular it was released as a film/DVD. I've seen it a couple of times and, personally, enjoyed it on both occasions. Starring Vanessa Redgrave, Nastassja Kinski, Jennifer Tilly, James Marsden and Illeana Douglas, Gina Philips, Tony Lo Bianco and Dennis Farina), Bella Mafia was released in 1997 in the USA and 1998 in the ...
...be someone else. Do Bella Mafia (the Luciano women) find out who caused them so much heartache? How do they wreak revenge on the men responsible for the death of their loved ones? Does Sophia discover her secret child Luka is the cause of her pain? MY THOUGHTS This was quite an entertaining film for me. It was quite sad in parts, too much death in general, but the way the grieving women come together in their sorrow and unite to get revenge on ...

anonymili 05.02.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Bella Mafia (DVD)

A monumental family saga

Advantages: Intersting , entertaining , moving ,compelling , great believable characters
Disadvantages: Man's inhumanity to man , production may seem a little dated now

...faithfully watching every episode of Roots when it was first broadcast on television back in the 1970‘s . At that time we did not have the luxury of a video , come to think of it I am sure we still had a black and white only television . Both my Hubby and myself got so caught up in the tale we never missed an episode . We eagerly sat down to watch the final episode and disaster . Relatives decided to visit for the evening . Unusually for us we tried ...
...THE BACKGROUND TO ROOTS “””””””””””””””””””””””””””””""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""””””””” Roots was the result of author Alex Haley’s attempts to trace his family history . As a black African he knew that one of his ancestors had been snatched from Africa as a young man and transported to America as part of the slave trade .This African slave had tried in vain to hang to part of his identity . In doing so he had constantly fought a battle to gain ...

grafter123 14.08.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Roots - Original Series - 25th Anniversary Edition (DVD)

Be scared.

Advantages: you might get to watch a great film
Disadvantages: another old film

...become classics. The film The Night of the Hunter belongs to the second, which is recognized now as the classic it is. More about the film later on, but the DVD is part of the move time release, and cost between £5 and £ 8 depending on where you buy the disc. So what do you get for your money, apart from the film? To be honest not a great deal, the extras are different soundtracks, all mono, subtitles and hard of hearing feature. You also get the ...
...I did not expect much more. The front of the disc is very striking will a picture of Robert Mitchum as Harry Powell with the words hate on this hand, and lit very darkly, giving a very menacing feel to the picture. The film is shot in black and white and around 1hr 20 minutes long, and rated 12. The film. When the film was released in 1955, by Metro Goldwyn Mayer; and was directed by Charles Laughton, and was based on the novel by Davis Grubb. ...

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Review of Night Of The Hunter (DVD)

Boring war film?? Never

Advantages: Shows the trouble Jews went through, and how they got through it.
Disadvantages: Daniel craig and his stupid accent!!!

Another boring war film? Not a chance! The basic storyline follows the family of the Belowilski’s, a family of Belo-Russian Jews during the holocaust, who create a 1200 strong community in the forest and fight multiple battles with the German army, of which the won. At the start, the only weapon they have is a .357 magnum with 4 rounds, however at the end, all of the residents have been trained in the use of a firearm, and use one. Tuvia Belowilski, ...
...begin on their journey, sabotaging German vehicles and relieving them of their weapons and anything else that is of use to the want-to-be partisans (A group of rebellious Russian Fighters). However, when a disagreement turns into a full on fist fight between Tuvia and his brother Zus, Zus and many others leave the camp to go and join the Partisans. With many people left and Tuvia seriously ill, other people take over control of the camp and disregard ...

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Review of Defiance (DVD)

How did this slip under the big film radar?

Advantages: Cast, aim of the film, not a second wasted
Disadvantages: Nothing

What I figured was going to be an extremely run of the mill ended up being a riveting prison drama, as a man protecting his family ends up convicted of involuntary manslaughter and finding himself sent to a corrupt prison where he must watch his back and fight his own corner f he wants to survive and see his family again. Stephen Dorff stars as Wade Porter, who chases a man from his home and strikes him with a baseball bat when he reaches for his ...
...who has killed violently, and becomes a source of entertainment for other inmates and the guards. He realises he has to man up around the yard if he is to survive his time inside and get out with enough of his life left to live. Val Kilmer gives an excellent performance as John Smith, Wade's cellmate, a seemingly violent man with a lot more to him than just a mass murderer. Kilmer develops the character very well throughout the film. Harold Perrineau, ...

pmcds 06.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Felon (DVD)