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“The Baby-Sitters Club,” the f…
Publciado por withnailiblog - 05/03/10 a las 04:03:24 pm“The Baby-Sitters Club,” the first film accommodation of Ann M. Martin’s phenomenally general series (100-gain titles and 125 million copies sold in 10 years) featuring seven fledgling entrepreneurs, is aimed straight at the preteen girls’ audience correctly where it lives—on the razor’s head start of adolescence.
It’s the summer most of the girls turn 13, they’ve decided to expand into running a summer camp, and in and around the predictable crises (boys, snobby rivals and summer school) comes a decidedly modern one: The irresponsible father of tomboy BSC founder Kristy (Schuyler Fisk) secretly returns, enticing her to neglect her friends and responsibilities, lie to her mother (Brooke Adams) and dredge up old resentments against her loving stepfather. Ultimately, the immature dad exposes her to very adult heartbreak, which is (smartly) not neatly resolved.
The film, like the books, is carefully “contemporary”: The kids are a rainbow coalition; the apparently stuffy next-door neighbor (Ellen Burstyn) turns out to be a world-traveling photojournalist and independent-woman role model; and the club’s major nemesis is a spoiled, snobby and mean sort of “rich girl” (although nobody in this bucolic Connecticut suburb is particularly strapped). And when one of the girls is in danger of flunking biology, her friends put together a hip-hop rap on the human body that comes back to her in the nick of time.
But though the script is predictable, it’s not too clumsy. Former “thirtysomething” heartthrob Peter Horton is deftly seductive as the feckless dad, and the pull he has on Kristy, as well as on her mother, is clear. And although the younger actors are stuck with some hokey moments, they pull it off pretty well, particularly Bre Blair as Stacey, who’s reluctant to tell her 17-year-old admirer about her age or her diabetes; and Rachel Lee Cook as Mary Anne, who has to keep Kristy’s secret. Schuyler Fisk, debuting with polish, is Sissy Spacek’s daughter, and several others have previous film or TV experience.
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Con Air
was the first film produced by Jerry Bruckheimer without his long-time partner, Don Simpson. It is probably the most ludicrously over-the-top piece of Hollywood machismo that has been produced. From Nicolas Cage?s ridiculous hair to John Malkovich?s bombastic baddie, it?s easily a direct-to-video concept given a big budget and a powerhouse cast.
Sure, it?s fun to watch. I laughed and had a good time when I viewed it the other night close to midnight. Regardless, it?s a ridiculous flick. Over acted, over produced, and basically just plain silly.
The story of
Con Air
has a band of really terrible criminals being transferred via plane to a maximum security prison. However, these vicious killers, rapists and thieves — led by criminal mastermind Cyrus the Virus (Malkovich) — have other plans. They hijack the flight and take it to a decrepit airstrip in the middle of the desert in order to help a drug lord?s son escape prison. What they didn?t count on was Cameron Poe (Cage), a former Army Ranger imprisoned for killing someone outside a bar. He was released on parole, but hitched a ride on the ill-fated flight. Now, in order to save his friend and a female prison guard, he must stay with the criminals and try and stop them from escaping.
Of the trio of Bruckheimer films that were released in ?unrated extended editions? this last Tuesday, this is the only one that has no extras. None at all. I found this to be kind of bizarre, but in terms of quality, it?s pretty clear they weren?t interested in shelling out any more dollars than necessary. Plus, although it features an additional seven minutes or so, I really couldn?t tell you what was inserted. This isn?t always easy to do, but sometimes there?s a scene or moment that seems unfamiliar. I have seen
Con Air
a handful of times, but not in quite a while, so I couldn?t pick anything specific out.
Cage had never before, or since, starred in a film that was so clearly outside his usual style. He looks more like a B-movie action wannabe than anything else, with clearly fake long hair and stubble. All this is heightened by the grimy wife-beater and horribly thick Southern accent. The only other oddity about this film is John Cusack, who at the time commented about how surprised he was that they asked him to appear in the film. This is the one and only time Cusack has ever done a straight action flick.
Con Air
was ultimately the climax to a series of films produced by Bruckheimer and Simpson that featured high action and flashy visuals. Although Simpson had died in 1996, leaving Bruckheimer to carry on alone (as stated earlier, this film was the first to feature just Bruckheimer?s name), it is hard to believe that he wasn?t somehow connected to the film. It is clearly linked to the type of movies that came before it, including
The Rock
and
Bad Boys
, in both visual style and the size of its explosions. It also, I think, marked the beginning of the end for these testosterone-type actioners. Although it would be followed by films such as
Armageddon
and
Gone in Sixty Seconds
, it really signaled the downfall of the in-your-face action extravaganzas.
Michael Sheridan has written, directed and produced more than a dozen short films under the banner of
Maynard Films
, and has worked as a writer destined for more than a decade in favour of websites, magazines and newspapers.
Wild America (1997)
Publciado por withnailiblog - 02/03/10 a las 05:03:10 amChildCare Action Project:
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Wild America
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PG
HEAD COVERING Score: 74
CAP ID: 0.48
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Wild America
(1997) presented three boys, two of which were under age, galavanting around the countryside making films of 'undisciplined america' — the physical domain. Supposedly a true myth, I wonder whether a chaplain of the sixties or seventies would have permitted his sons to be so arrogant against his righteous and caring authority.
In accordance with the comparative baseline data of the CAP Entertainment Media Analysis Model,
Wild America
(1997) presented programming equivalent to R-rated material in contrariwise Impunity/Hate but was equivalent to PG-rated programming in Voluptuary Violence/Crime and Sex/Homosexuality. The movie was equivalent to G-rated programming in Drugs/Alcohol, Offense to Deity, and Murder/Suicide. Thus,
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Flashdance review
Publciado por withnailiblog - 27/02/10 a las 08:02:41 amThe Motion picture
What a feeling. Flashdance is a prime slice of Eighties cheese, right down to the Giorgio Moroder score and the (admittedly) iconic wardrobe donned by Jennifer Beals. Oh, and the songs: Irene Cara’s “Flashdance … What a Feeling,” Michael Sembello’s “Maniac” … the impact of Flashdance upon pop culture has been profound; everyone from Jennifer Lopez to the funny fellas in Stella have referenced or riffed off of the now-iconic imagery found in Adrian Lyne’s flick.
But, um, here’s the thing: Flashdance, as a movie taken on its own terms, kinda sucks. Penned by Tom Hedley and Joe Eszterhas (little wonder some of the plot hinges on female nudity, eh Joe?) and directed by Lyne, who would go on helm some of the decade’s steamier features (9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction), it’s the tale of an 18-year-old welder Alexandra, or Alex, Owens (played by the nubile Beals in her breakout role) who dreams of dancing professionally, but is forced to slug it out in the nudie bars of Pittsburgh. Ah, the romance of film. Enter the much older Nick Hurley (Michael Nouri), who learns of Alex’s desire to secure a spot at the prestigious Pittsburgh Conservatory of Dance. So on and so forth — to their credit (and not to spoil too much), the filmmakers leave the question of whether or not Alex achieves her dream very much up in the air at the film’s conclusion.
Probably my biggest problem (aside from the really lame script) is that Flashdance really heralds the arrival of producer Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer’s flashy, glib aesthetic that would reach its peak (or nadir, depending upon your point of view) with his next two efforts, 1984’s Beverly Hills Cop and 1986’s Top Gun. Some critics have pointed to the rise of MTV as an equal part of the problem and indeed, it’s hard to watch Flashdance’s sort of self-contained, music video-like sequences and not think of the ADD-afflicted cinema of the modern day. Nevertheless, my gripes about the film’s numerous weak spots aren’t going to deter its fans; Flashdance has secured its place in cinematic and cultural history.
First released on a relatively bare-bones disc in 2002, this fresh edition of Flashdance sports a few worthwhile extras, and for obsessive fans of the film, definitely merits a once-over.
'My Best Friend' &a…
Publciado por withnailiblog - 24/02/10 a las 05:02:36 pm'My Most talented Friend'
'Friend' formula feels flat, familiar
Relationship journey shuffles along a timeworn path
Posted: Aug. 10, 2007
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Anne Hathaway is Jane Austen in "Meet Jane," a screen meant to be a biography that is loosely inspired by her passion and works.
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Like most aphorisms about friendship, "My Best Friend," co-written and directed by Patrice Leconte, is a bit of a cliché.
Relationships between opposites is a recurring theme of the French filmmaker's works, which are usually an excuse to dissect human behavior.
In "Intimate Strangers," a woman mistakes a man for a therapist and tells him all her secrets. In "Man on the Train," two men swap lives. And in "The Girl on the Bridge," two luckless people find good fortune in each other.
But the comedy "My Best Friend" nails the metaphor to the floor.
Often, to compensate for their smaller budgets, French films will substitute emotional or intellectual density and character development for costly production elements. But this also leads to high-concept farces of door-slamming simplicity, of which "My Best Friend" is an example.
In it, a man with no friends must produce one or lose a substantial wager.
During a Rolodex journey through his past, he learns that no one really ever liked him. But rather than dwell on the meaning or cause of this, he is obsessed with winning the bet.
So he hires a personable taxi driver to teach him how to be sociable. He fails at these lessons miserably; he cannot tell a grimace from a smile, scatters women in the park and mistakes conversations with salespeople for
fraternité.
Meanwhile, the good-natured cabbie, who lives down the block from his doting parents, has his own problems.
His wife ran away with his best friend, and while he is a bottomless reservoir of trivia, he is paralyzed by the thought of appearing on a nationally televised quiz show, although it is his lifelong dream.
Of course, their shared experiences while helping the other overcome his problems cause the men to form a bond without really trying, which, in this case at least, is friendship by any other name.
To the degree the premise succeeds, it is largely thanks to performances by: Daniel Auteuil, who appeared in Leconte's "The Girl on the Bridge" and "The Widow of Saint-Pierre" - and who is fast becoming French film's stock authoritarian stick figure - as the friendless antiques dealer; and Dany Boon, as a bright-eyed, blue-collar stiff, whose passion for the arcane after a while starts to resemble a desperate cry for attention by an otherwise unremarkable man.
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The durability of its "Odd Couple" scenario is never in doubt, the moneyed and working-class characters give it a "Prince and the Pauper" spin, and both are given a cosmetic update by the quiz show's "phone a friend" gimmick. But the result is never elastic enough to play as comedy (though it could easily be adapted by Hollywood), nor complex enough to qualify as a character study.
As everyone knows, a true friend is someone who will help you move furniture. And while this does occur in Leconte's film, it still feels like time spent with someone whose face is familiar, but whom you never really were friends with.
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This first feature unaffectedl…
Publciado por withnailiblog - 21/02/10 a las 12:02:44 pmThis first feature unaffectedly broaches subjects almost never addressed in Italian cinema. Claudio (Trabacchi) is an HIV-unqualified banker, preparing to spur to Milan with his longtime lover. A substitute alternatively, he becomes embroiled with the vivacious babyish Andrea (Salerno). Their spirited activity, during which Andrea commits the furthest self-sacrifice, is redress by grimly lit, monochrome backdrops. It’s actually hard to warm to the stodgy, haughty Claudio, but the film evokes the claustrophobia of being in thrall to daily medication, and makes some moving observations while remaining refreshing non-judgmental.
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The Mirror Crack’d (1980)
Publciado por withnailiblog - 19/02/10 a las 02:02:51 amTHE MIRROR CRACK’D
Synopsis:
Agatha Christie’s Miss Marple has her hands full trying to determine who murdered a local villager on the eve of the shooting of a huge American picture. Tony Curtis, Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Elizabeth Taylor and a cast of exceedingly funny British cast mates create a humorous yet very well scripted Murder mystery. When Rock Hudson prepares a Daiquiri for his wife (Elizabeth Taylor) a local woman drinks it and dies moments later. Of course, her death could not have come at a worse time. The picture is over budget and running late in production. Miss Marple’s investigation proves to be something of a nuisance to the staff and they thwart her at every opportunity. When one of the leading ladies believes her life is in danger, bodies just start dropping and it will take Miss Marple’s keen investigatory skills to bring the murderer out into the open. Not one easily swayed, Miss Marple presses on until the murderer is found out and justice is served. The Mirror Crack’d is classic 80’s fare and wonderfully entertaining.
Audio/Video:
The audio is presented in 2-channel mono and there are absolutely no surround effects of any kind. The dialogue is light and easily understood.
The video is very soft in it’s presentation and is akin more to a VHS first generation of the film as opposed to the cleaned up digital rendering you’d anticipate from the DVD. Additionally, there are moments of pixellation throughout the film. Considering the fact that the original elements may have been poorly maintained, it’s understandable that the image is so soft. Given Anchor Bay’s track record however, I am not at all surprised at the lack of attention to detail in the print of this film.
Extras:
The extras on the disc are the film’s trailer, TV spots and cast profiles on a handful of the actors involved in the making of the film.
Overall:
Agatha Christie penned some of the greatest mysteries ever, and it’s no wonder her works have been put to film. Sadly, the first rate effort needed to propel this film into the category with the latest batch of Hitchcock releases was never made. The video while imperfect is definitely watchable and the audio could have a bit more punch but in all, the story is great and the actors do an excellent job in conveying the comedic sense of irony and mystery the film is dripping with.
Recommended
Andre (1994)
Publciado por withnailiblog - 17/02/10 a las 08:02:54 amThe Movie:
The whole kid-paired-with-cute-organism genre has really calmed down in the past few years. Once a elementary of any year’s film slate, the genre went through a iota of a rebirth in the early 90’s, then faded away. One can blame the reality that filmmakers probably ran out of ideas on cute animal/cute kids stories, but the sad details is that family-friendly entertainment as a total has really not been produced exactly as frequently - or with the anyway considerate of quality - as it directly was (although there are still some exceptions).
Anyways, “Andre” was one of the wealth of pictures in the early 90’s that paired kids with animals, including a remake of “Lassie”, “Prancer”, “Zeus and Roxanne”, “Free Willy” and others. The glaze doesn’t do much to distinguish itself from the rest of the pack, but the performances annul it slightly North of mean.
The film opens in 1962 in Maine. Harry Whitney (Keith Carradine) runs the local harbor and has to see to with a large family of humans and a ginormous family of animals. One age, Harry comes across a sick seal and decides to pleasing it in. His daughter, Toni (Tina Majorino) doesn’t sire a lot of friends at kindergarten and takes a liking to the newest colleague of her kind.
Still, “Andre” is a kid’s film and, while sundry of these pictures skid by way of with wacky adventures, “Andre” is united of the group that has to clothed the bad guys lurking about in the small borough. In this situation, there’s a local fisherman who strongly believes that Andre and the other seals are the cause of the sterile catch that pep up. The fight between the family dog and the seal is more entertaining than the bland catastrophe between the fishermen and Andre.
Again, the performances - and some other elements - keep the film from being too sappy. Majorino delivers an especially good performance, offering solid sentiment without being too cutesy. Director George Miller keeps the comedy amusing without turning too much supporting slapstick, while the cinematography remained beautiful throughout. A little more reworking of the screenplay to skip on the other side of the familiar parts of the character would sire helped the motion picture be parallel with best than mean.
"Le Petit Lieutenant&quo…
Publciado por withnailiblog - 15/02/10 a las 12:02:09 am"Le Petit Lieutenant" shows how good French movies can be when they stay French and don’t try to go international.
This superbly low-key policier is basically a look at a Paris crime squad, six detectives under the command of a former alcoholic from an old cop family played with laconic vividness by Nathalie Baye, which proceeds in documentary fashion through a routine investigation. That crime — as we get to know the victim, the young overworked policemen, the secret agonies of commander Baye and the ugliness of the killer — comes to seem as compelling as any end-of-the-world scenario played out in James Bond films.
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Jalil Lespert plays the young police academy graduate, called "Le Petit Lieutenant" by his colleagues, who joins the squad just in time to work on the case of a homeless man stabbed and tossed into the Seine for a lousy 300 euros. Each of the cops comes to life, but nothing feels forced onto a melodramatic framework, manipulated or superheated.
The director, Xavier Beauvois, goes for long, uninterrupted takes and eschews the emotional cues of a musical score; the sound of the streets is enough music. The film recalls early American noir classics such as "The Naked City" or "T-Men," manhunt dramas set in real cities in real time dealing with small-beer crimes of robbery or greed, and the tired yet cool professionals who must do battle with them on a soul-eroding daily basis. Of these, the great Baye is coolest of the cool, though not as tough as Jane Tennison of "Prime Suspect." Still, what she lacks in intimidation factor she makes up for in investigative skills — she always knows what to do next. The two episodes of violence are squalid and fast and all the more dramatic for their sense of improvisation.
– Stephen Hunter
Le Petit Lieutenant Unrated, 110 minutes Contains profanity and violence. At Landmark’s E Street Cinema.
Overturned livestock trailer struck by 18-wheeler; 1 person, 100 animals dead
Publciado por withnailiblog - 13/02/10 a las 02:02:56 pmFebruary 11, 2010 (NewYorkInjuryNews.com - Harm News)
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Legal News for Florida 18 Wheeler Accident Attorneys. One person and almost 100 farm animals died when a semi struck an overturned livestock trailer.
Florida 18 wheeler accident lawyer alerts- FHP is investigating crash that killed nearly 100 farm animals and left one person dead.
Palm Beach County, FL (News)—The driver of an 18-wheeler truck was fatally injured when his semi struck a previously overturned truck, which was attached to a livestock trailer occupied by several different types of farm animals. The motor vehicle collision (MVC) took place on Monday night, February 8, 2010. As a result of the crash, approximately 100 animals died at the accident scene, according to information provided by JustNews.com.
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Reports by Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) officials allegedly stated the driver of truck pulling the trailer of farm animals, identified as Benigno Gomez, 43, lost control of his vehicle at approximately 11 p.m. on U.S. Route 27, subsequently causing the truck pulling the livestock trailer to jackknife. When Gomez noticed the big rig headed his way, he tried to use a flashlight to signal the driver to stop though reports stated the driver, John Edward James, 64, “either could not stop or did not see the trailer”. James’ injuries seemingly proved fatal at the scene.
The southbound lanes of Route 27 remained closed early this morning pending further accident clean up. FHP troopers and animal control officials were at the scene trying to gather the animals that survived the crash without injury. Many of the animals were reported, “so badly injured, they had to be euthanized”. FHP accident investigations are underway.
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