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Out of Africa

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This has to be one of the most beautiful love stories ever. It is set in the Kenya of the early 20th century. Blixen is a rich Danish woman who marries her best friend and thus lands in Kenya to enjoy the good lifestyle down there. She tragically falls in love with Robert Redford and lives a truly African adventure until her departure. This film is really enchanting, even the scenery alone would be worth seeing. There are great pictures of Redford ...

martasanchez 13.06.2000 · Read full review
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A Decent Double Pack

Advantages: Great Value, Two Reasonable Films
Disadvantages: Both films a bit tedious in parts

...this double pack up for the great price of 5.99 and I enjoyed one film more than the other but both were satisfactory. The Constant Gardener is a film based on a bestselling novel by John Le Carre. The film is a exciting mix of a romance and a spy thriller. Ralph Fiennes stars as Justin Quayle, a British diplomat who has always gone about his work very quietly, not causing a stir. After his radical wife, Tessa (Rachel Weisz), is killed, he becomes ...
...of a very dangerous conspiracy. The film alternates between flashbacks of Justin and Tessa's relationship and Justin's hunt for the truth, which makes him a target even though he doesn't know who is after him. Bill Nighy plays British official Sir Bernard Pellegrin and Hubert Kounde as Arnold Bluhm, an African doctor who might have been a little too friendly with Tessa. Fiennes and Weisz give strong performances playing characters that will continually ...

Foxy1982 23.01.2008 · Read full review
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Lions for Lambs - A Movie with a Deep Thought

Advantages: Insite to the todays political structure
Disadvantages: heavy political dialogue studded film

Lions for Lambs is a exigent flick on current issues which deals with a lot of most urgent subjects of todays times. This movie is in particular for classes and not for the masses... so not necessarily all will like the movie... Its high funda - heavy dialogues and situation would demand a watcher with either high intellect or some one whos aware of the todays problems and the current scenario ... and this movie is strictly not the one which you ...
...mood yet this movie is also not a cliche attack against the power that be. The film stars Tom Cruise, Merle Streep and Robert Redford, there are certain expectations that come with superstardom and Well they do justice to the expectation... now that you find out for your self plz.. :) Written by Matthew Michael Carnahan (who also wrote The Kingdom) this script is a pedantic one! To give you a little clue on the movie ... "Lions for Lambs" is based ...

spinywrites 06.03.2009 · Read full review
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Has so much potential to be thought-provoking!

Advantages: Great acting
Disadvantages: Poor directing

Lions for Lambs marks Robert Redford's return to directing after seven years away and this political satire was supposed to be worth the wait. The film is staged around three scenes: that of a U.S senator and presidential hopeful (Tom Cruise) and hardened journalist (Meryl Streep); another featuring Redford himself as a University Professor talking to an academically skilled but unwilling student, played by Andrew Garfield and finally, two former ...
...Wars which claimed that British soldiers were 'lions led by such lambs' is a little over the top. Despite the excellent performances of Streep and Cruise, Lions for Lambs isn't what it should have been. My advice is not to go out of your way to watch it. ...

lukemad123 30.03.2008 · Read full review
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Say Goodnight Gracie...

Advantages: A good performance from Toni Collette.
Disadvantages: Insipid writing and direction and generally bland performances.

While Ann lays on her deathbed her warring daughters bicker as they wait for the end. But then their mother mentions her "first mistake", leading to remembrances of life in high society in the 1950s when Ann first met Harris during the fateful summer that shaped her adult life. Hungarian cinematographer-turned-director Lajos Koltai's previous job is writ large on this overripe, meandering melodrama. The film is packed with stagy, surreal tableaux ...
...youth on the fringes of high society. But by focussing on the visual, Koltai becomes too far removed from the protagonists and their travails. It's a film that is desperate to be compared to "The Hours" in terms of style and format as the movie draws out parallels between its female characters' lives as they ponder themes of love, memory and regret. However, the execution is nowhere near as accomplished. The constant flashing back and forth between ...

afy9mab 22.06.2008 · Read full review
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