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Run Fatboy Run
Run, Fatboy, Run
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You've gotta love Simon Pegg! This movie is all kinds of funny!
Release Date: 09/23/2008
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Copying Beethovan
Copying Beethoven
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This has to be Ed Harris's finest performance. He's almost unrecognizable as Beethoven (and I had to double check the credits to make sure I was right).
Release Date: 04/03/2007
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Shirley Valentine
Shirley Valentine
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As movie midlife crises go, Shirley Valentine's is a doozy. A bored Northern England housewife, wondering what her life is about and how to navigate around her clueless husband, Shirley would be at her wits' end--except that she knows how to dream big. As played by the incomparable Pauline Collins (who created the role on Broadway, and won a Tony for it), Shirley embraces not only her own constricted life, but the dreams of the big, beautiful world beyond it.
Directed by Lewis Gilbert (Educating Rita), Shirley Valentine is an anthem to the freedom of the soul--with a generous dose of salt of the earth. As she assesses her life, Shirley's humor never fails her: "I think sex is like supermarkets, you know, overrated. Just a lot of pushing and shoving and you still come out with very little at the end." Yet Collins' Shirley gets as much out of defending her right to her dream (a sunny holiday in Greece) as she does realizing it, and that makes for much of the glow of the film. For while Shirley has a cinematic romance on her vacation (Tom Conti plays the dreamboat), the affair is more of a metaphor for what Shirley insists on having in her real daily life. Watch for Joanna Lumley in a delicious cameo, pre-Ab Fab. And embrace this Valentine, and share it with those you love, all year round. --A.T. Hurley
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This Movie was unexpected. I don't want to give away too much of the movie but it was worth the time to watch.
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This touching and humorous movie has earned the raves of critics and won the hearts of audiences everywhere! To spare the feelings of her fatherless boy, Lizzie (Emily Mortimer -- Disney's THE KID) secretly authors letters from his "father" that detail seafaring adventures from around the world. But she cannot maintain this illusion forever. Torn between exposing the truth and protecting her son, Lizzie gets more than anyone bargained for when she hires a handsome stranger (Gerald Butler -- THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, LARA CROFT TOMB RAIDER: THE CRADLE OF LIFE) to play the role of a lifetime! Winner at both the Heartland Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival, this entertaining motion picture is sure to touch your heart!
Release Date: 07/05/2005
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You Kill Me - Have You Seen It?
You Kill Me
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This one may have flown under your radar. Ben Kinsley plays a hit man who is forced to join a 12 step program by his family.
Just the idea of a hit man in a twelve step program sold me on this one and after watching it I'm impressed enough to recommend it to you!
This one is so FUNNY!
Release Date: 10/09/2007
Home Theater Tips
By: Hubert Crowell
Building a home theater can be a challenge, here are a few tips that may make things simpler.Keep it simple
You don't need to start out with the best of everything, start out simple and then build on what you have. The cost of everything electronic is dropping every day so you can save money by waiting until you really need that motorized screen or those expensive speakers.
Use a flat white wall for a screen and add curtains later for a nice effect. If you purchase a screen, you may find that you are locked into a fixed format or screen width. With a wall you are only limited by the walls on the side of the theater.
Plan ahead
If you are placing anything behind walls, be sure to use the highest quality, so that you are not tearing out walls to replace inferior cables. Install DVI or HDMI cables of the best quality to be sure that you are compatible with current and future products.
Locate the controls at a convenient location. A control console next to where you are seated is nice, or if you are planning on using a remote, be sure that the receiver is in front of you so that you are not turning around to change channels or the volume.
Think about the seating and how many people you want in your theater at any one time. you want everyone to have a perfect seat. avoid placing seats too far to the sides or behind one another. You will need at least twelve feet of width to accommodate four comfortable chairs.
If you planning a large theater with more than a few rows consider stadium style seating to ensure that everyone has a clear view. A sunken floor would be best, where you enter from the rear and walk down to the front row. If you have a basement with 10 or 12 foot high ceilings, build up the floor leading to the theater and then ramp down to the screen area. Be sure to keep the crawl space well ventilated and dry. This would also solve the problem of routing cables and power.
Avoid a room with windows or block them completely. Provide control lighting for the walk area that does not shine onto the screen. Rope lighting is great or even night lights evenly spaced.
Projector or large screen display?
I like a projector best for cost savings and better overall viewing. 1080p projectors under $5,000 became available in 2006. Some even ship with a spare lamp which will be the largest expense to maintain your theater. HDMI inputs are a must for any new equipment you install.
With a projector and a dark room you can create almost any size viewing screen you like, just don't sit so close to a large screen that you have to keep turning your head to catch everything.
Plasma TV screens have wider viewing angles than LCD flat-panel televisions. That means you can sit at more of an angle and still get the best picture. With most TV technologies, including plasma TV, the picture stays the same from virtually any angle. With LCD TVs', however, sitting too far to one side will result in a loss of brightness. 50 inch screens are about limit for Plasma TV screens at the present and the heavy weight should be considered when mounting to a wall.
In the near we will have Organic LED displays (OLED) which should be light, emit light like the Plasma and come in just about any size. These screens are just now showing up in small hand held devices and laptops. SONY has announced a 27-inch Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) capable of Full HD (1080p) performance in what SONY calls a "razor-thin" form factor.
A final nice touch would be a central control panel for all of those remotes. Try mounting all the remotes in a box with the front open for the IR light and clamp it to the side of your favorite chair. Use foam to cut out recesses for the controls so that the buttons are flush with the top of the box.
Try to keep your theater flexible and don't lock yourself into a small screen or older analog equipment.
About the Author: Hubert Crowell, Cave Explorer
After working in service for 23 years with Eastman Kodak Company as a service person, technical support and training specialist, followed by another 13 years working for other companies in the service field, I have decided to share my ideals and thoughts with others.
I have started writing as a hobby and plan to write about my life, work, hobbies, religion and many other things of interest to me and maybe others will enjoy also.
For a complete viewing of my articles with photos please visit my article web page at: http://hubertcrowell.name/
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The Namesake
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The Namesake is the story of the Ganguli family whose move from Calcutta to New York evokes a lifelong balancing act to meld to a new world without forgetting the old. Though parents Ashok (Irfan Khan) and Ashima (Tabu) long for family and culture that enveloped them in India, they take great pride in the opportunities their sacrifices have afforded their children. Paradoxically, their son Gogol (Kal Penn) is torn between finding his own unique identity without loosing his heritage. Even Gogol's name represents the family's journey into the unknown.
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Explorers
A very young River Pheonix and Ethan Hawk share the screen in this outer space adventure.
Release Date: 10/19/2004
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The NeverEnding Story
A classic story of a world beyond.
Release Date: 09/04/2001
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The Dark Crystal (25th Anniversary Edition)
One of Jim Henson's finest. I still adore this story of the Skeksis and the Mystics.
Release Date: 08/14/2007
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The Last Starfighter
The story of a video gamer recruited to save the universe!
Release Date: 06/08/1999
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The Secret of NIMH
A classic animated story of mice who set out on journey to save a sick boy.
Release Date: 11/17/1998
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- There's enough scares here to make an otherwise bad film watchable. It is true that horror movies can commit every sin in the cinema book if the scares are present. It can have bad acting, underdeveloped characters, an unbelievable ...
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- I've cooled off on writing movie reviews lately, in part because I wrote up 28 movies in 10 days about a month ago, in part because I've been wanting to use this blog for more than just movie reviews. So I've let a few 2008 releases ...
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- Movie Review: Jesus Camp
- Look, this is supposed to be a movie review but... Some observations:. Scaring the shit out of kids in order to indoctrinate them is not "saving" them, converting them, or loving them; Making kids feel guilty for being kids so that you ...
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Guidelines For Writing Movie Reviews
by: Victor Epand
A movie review gives indication as to whether or not others will find the movie worth watching. The purpose of most movie reviews is to help the reader in determining whether they want to watch, rent or buy the movie. The review should also give enough details about the movie so that the reader can make an up-to-date decision as to whether to watch the movie or not. At the same time, the review should not give away too much of the essential plot of the story.In this article we will be discussing the guidelines that should be followed while writing a movie review. Before starting to write a review, the writer should remember the following procedure:
- Selecting the movie
- Knowing the context of the movie, such as it's director, actors, story and many more
- Formulating the writers opinion in one sentence
- Selecting special scenes from the movie or other facts that will support the writer's opinion.
The first step in writing the review is to watch the movie. Most take notes as they watch the movie. Watching the movie a second time helps to absorb a lot more detail about the movie. Most movie reviewers give their personal opinion of the movie in their review. In all good journalism, the reviewer should always give impartial details, and allow the reader to make their own opinion as well.
Reviewer's opinions should be explained to allow the reader to determine whether the readers would agree or not. The reviewer also needs to consider the audience. Writing a movie review for children requires a different approach than if writing for a general movie audience. The review should always be written keeping the targeted audience in mind. The main essence of the movie should be retained in an outlined sketch -- but it should always be remembered not to give away any essential details like surprises or a sudden turn in the plot.
Details of actors, crew members, directors should be mentioned in the review. It should also be mentioned how well they have acted and how well the movie has been made technically. The technicalities are an important part of the review. Technicalities include art direction, music, editing lighting, cinematography and many more.
Movie reviews even include a little bit of criticism if needed. Criticism says what could have been done to make the film better or what the weak points of the movie are. Though critical analysis is not always needed, a word or two can serve the purpose in a movie review.
Conclusion
A reviewer must always remember to give an outline of the whole story, but not give away details which hold surprises or the special essence of the film. It should be kept untold for the audience to watch the film. The review should be written keeping a note of the types of readers who would be reading the review. The language, presentation and technicalities of writing would also depend on the types of readers. The medium which the review will be published is also important, because if the review is published on the net, the reviewer will get mostly youth readers. However, if it is going to be published in a local language in a local daily newspaper, then the approach should be different.
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Saint Ralph
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This movie is so funny and moving. At least rent it and give it a try. Even my Dad, who proclaimed this a "chick flick" by looking at the cover, was laughing so hard in places that there were tears coming from his eyes.
Release Date: 12/13/2005
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The Tao of Steve
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I just caught this one on IFC and thought it was a cute movie. A quirky love story that teaches us the Tao of Steve.
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Scene It? DVD Game: Turner Classic Movie Channel Edition
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Famous Pick-Up Lines
A flash card game of movie pick up lines.
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Greenfingers!
Greenfingers
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This is based on a true story, so I thought it was going to be sappy and overly sentimental, but it had Clive Owen in it so at least there would be something pretty to look at for 91 minutes. I was wrong about sappy and pleasantly surprised! This movie is quirky-funny and a good story told well.
Release Date: 01/02/2002
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