Frank Auerbach - To The Studio (DVD-R)

Advantages: great acting, plot and script
Disadvantages: It can get a bit boring

...I remember when Big Fish just came out. I didn't want to see it in the theatres at the time , because quite frankly it just didn't seem like my type of film. However, it was when it premiered on cable and well, there was nothing else around to watch, boredom drove me to watch it, and till this day I didn't regret watching it at all. It was a magnificent film. Not many films like this are around now so I think I'll also call it unusual and unique. Big Fish is a Drama/Fantasy film about a young man who realises he that he knows almost nothing about his father; so he remembers stories and myths his father told him throughout the years and comes to a realisation that they really were metaphorical and end up reliving them as events in his father's life. DVD DETAILS: Label: Columbia Tristar Studio: Sony Pictures DVD Features... Read review

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Advantages: A sweet tale with endearing performances
Disadvantages: Feels more like a TV drama than a proper film

...Young single mother Lizzie is so afraid of her abusive ex-husband that she continually moves around the country with her nine year-old son. In order to protect him from the truth, she tells Frankie that his dad is away at sea and sends him letters in the guise of his father. But when she learns the ship he’s supposed to be working on is due to dock, she threatens to be exposed. So she hires a handsome stranger to pose as Frankie’s dad, never realising that he will change the dynamic of the family forever. “Dear Frankie” Shona Auerbach’s feature debut and she shows a firm hand with what could have been a terribly mawkish script. Her direction is spare and underplays the more emotionally manipulative aspects of the film, such as Frankie’s deafness. True, it is a sentimental film but it never over-eggs the pudding, thanks largely... Read review

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Advantages: A Wonderful Sequel, Even if it has a Different Tone and Story, Very Underrated
Disadvantages: Wizard of Oz purists have objected, and will continue most likely

...************************************************ TITLE: Return to OZ RATING: ***** CAST: Fairuza Balk, Nicol Williamson, Jean Marsh, Piper Laurie, Matt Clark, Michael Sundlin, Timothy M. Rose, Mak Wilson, Brian Henson, Stewart Larange, Emma Ridley, Pons Laar. DIRECTOR: Walter Murch STUDIO: Walt Disney Studios RUNNING TIME: 113 minutes. RATED: PG (UK & US); for intensity and brief violence. ************************************************* AN AMAZING WORLD RECORD ************************************************* Who out there does not love THE WIZARD OF OZ? I saw it when it was re-released in theaters a few years ago, and it still looked as fresh, colorful and wonderful than ever before. In fact, most people told me it's the oldest film they have ever seen...considering it came out in 1939. It... Read review

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