Dutch Masters - Van Gogh DVD

Advantages: Suberb acting, dynamic direction, original writing, excellent cinematography and very enjoyable.
Disadvantages: None

..."Van Gogh" DVD directed by Maurice Pialat. Production year 1991. Classification 15 years and over. I love films from other countries and I enjoyed this one very much. It is a dramatization of Vincent Van Gogh's life, the Post Impressionist painter. It is not an attempt to depict the whole of his life but rather a part of it. There are other Van Gogh films out there and this one joins them as another interpretation that has it's own distinct flavour and and yet shares the similar merits of valuing this great artist. Van Gogh is played by actor Jacques Dutronc and his performance is a good and I thought a non stereo-typical Van Gogh. The only problem with that is if you have as I do a strong idea of what Vincent Van Gogh might be like you may feel at times in the film that that he's not playing him correctly. But I felt... Read review

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Advantages: Re-Mastered release. Extra footage, audio commentray, scene development, screen tests, excellent effects
Disadvantages: poor acting in places, predictable.

...An all new re-mastered edition of one of the last great action movies of the last century. Starship Troopers sees a bunch of teenage Beverly Hills 90210 wannabes go head to head with some of the nastiest creatures to grace the screen since Ridley Scot brought us the Alien back in 1979. Based on the Hugo Award winning novel of the same name by Robert Heinlein, and set in the not too distant future, we follow the adventures of Johnny Rico (Casper Van Dien: Tarzan and the Lost Kingdom), and his fellow members of the Roughnecks as they fight against the alien menace of the Arachnids (or Bugs as they are deemed) and is part love triangle, part war movie and all action. Coming from the talented hands of Dutch director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Basic Instinct) and Academy Award winning special effects artist Phil Tippet (The Empire Strikes... Read review

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Advantages: Brilliant script writing that keeps the film flowing.
Disadvantages: Wish I had a personal assistant...

...Introduction - My friend Tim introduced to the film, he clearly had a misconception about what University (English version of College) would be like, turns out his false ideas all spawned from one film, Van Wilder: Part liaison. The film was released in 2002 as a comedy and was directed by Walt Beckers. The lead male role is played by Ryan Reynolds, an at the time fairly new actor who has since continued to play similar comedy based roles in films such as 'Just Friends'. Tara Reid plays the lead female role, best know for her performances in the American Pie films and Cruel Intentions. Plot - The film starts as it means to go on, we see Vance (Van) Wilder (Ryan Reynolds) standing with an old Chinese lady kneeling down in front of him, but we only see the top half of her head. Accompanying this rather suggestive scene are some... Read review

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