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Memmmmmmmmmmoriessss...

Advantages: Robert. Robert, HUBBA HUBBA Robert
Disadvantages: Sorry, none...

...will put my hands in the air and admit that I am fickle and would enjoy this film even if the story were dire and torturous. I simply defy any woman to watch this 114 minute film, and more specifically watch and ogle Hubbell Gardner (a young Robert Redford. Swoon - God certainly outdid himself with this one) and not just love this movie because, well – we’re women and this is one of the perks! However, the movie itself was surprisingly good, or no, ...
...of Africa and MANY more). The movie was made in 1973 (though is set in 30’s to 50’s), and tells the story of the rocky relationship between conservative writer Hubbell Gardner (Hubba Hubba Redford) and Katie Morosky, K K K K Kikki (Streisand) an intense (this may be an understatement) political activist. They go to the same college. He, of course, is popular, an intelligent ‘jock’ but sensitive too and she is on the opposite spectrum, not too popular ...

Blank 06.04.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Way We Were (DVD)

A film about race relations

Advantages: Quality story and cast
Disadvantages: violent at times

...a very emotive film called Mississippi Burning. It is loosely based on a true story, about the murder of three civil rights workers in Mississippi in 1964. Mississippi Burning follows the investigation of two FBI agents, Alan Ward (Willem Dafoe) and Rupert Anderson (Gene Hackman). They are trying to find out what happened to missing civil rights workers, but ended up facing a conspiracy within the Southern town where there is segregation of white ...
...this film, as it has some violent scenes in it. The characters are well portrayed and it is difficult to believe that this type of situation could ever happen in real life. Alan Parker is known for tackling emotive stories and he has done a brilliant job with Mississippi Burning. ...

mozzie76 17.09.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Mississippi Burning (DVD)

Charming Story and charming performances

Advantages: Great Set pieces, great performances
Disadvantages: Sometimes a little over-English

...Hunter) and what ensues is a brief but tender conversation that sparks romance. My some miracle Peter survives and is found washed up the shore. He then seeks to track June down and court her. this is however not how heaven intended - Peter was supposed to be dead but due to a mishap they forgot to collect him -and they send an angel to collect him. Peter refutes this claiming that because of their mishap he has now fallen in love and demands an ...
...also incredibly enjoyable. Niven gives a fantastic performance as Peter. His stiff upper lip never wavers and he is suave and charming throughout. Real treats are the sets here, which are astounding and ahead of their time. Earth is filmed in glorious Technicolor and heaven in black and white. As was sometimes the trend with Technicolor, they have really gone for it with a wide and dazzling colour palette. Not to be outdone, heaven has some incredibly ...

Nixu1980 16.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of A Matter Of Life And Death (DVD)

Love Thy Neighbour?

Advantages: Has potential to be a good thriller
Disadvantages: Holes in the plot make it difficult to follow

Richard and Priscilla Parker have been happily married for years and so are not particularly inclined to get to know their new neighbours, the Otises. Eddy Otis, however, is a man who will not be ignored, and soon the Parkers are fast becoming close friends with Eddy and his wife, Kay. A little too close, in fact. Eddy suggests a wife swap for an evening, something that Richard initially turns down, although tempted. Before long though, he gives ...
...Then Kay is brutally murdered and Richard is accused of the killing. But are things really as they seem? Could Eddy have something to do with the murder? Packed with well-known actors and actresses, this early nineties thriller has the potential to be really good. Kevin Kline plays Richard Parker, and, although I am used to seeing him in more comic roles, he is believable as a man confused by desire for his neighbour's wife. A little more character ...

sunmeilan 06.05.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Consenting Adults (DVD)

Epic Film on the Birth of Israel

Advantages: Historical drama of the first order
Disadvantages: At 3 hr, 28 min, perhaps a tad too long

Exodus is Otto Preminger's epic movie based on Leon Uris's novel depicting the birth of the modern State of Israel. Released in 1960, while memories of the political and historical struggles surrounding this event were still fresh, Exodus has come to define the drama of Israel's War for Independence for generations of moviegoers. I'm not certain how often I've watched this film, but surely I've seen it at least 20 times during the past four-and-a-half ...
...a stereotypical Jewish "type." Exodus was so successful in all these areas that anti-Israeli and anti-Jewish groups in the United States and around the world concluded that it had been a calculated move to increase public sympathy for Israel. During my more recent viewings of Exodus, I've begun to notice ways in which the film is showing its age. Overall, the acting is less sophisticated than we've come to expect these days. Still, there are a number ...

BawBaw 26.03.2005 · Read full review
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Review of Exodus (DVD)