วันอังคารที่ 31 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

The Devil's Disciple (DVD)

The Devil's Disciple from Warner Brothers

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In New Hampshire in 1777, Dick Dudgeon's father dies. Called back home to the unhappy family he revolted against years ago, Dick finds he has been named heir, much to the horror of his religious mother (Elizabeth Spriggs). And to complicate matters, the British, led by General Burgoyne (Ian Richardson), have arrived and are readying for an execution. As events reach a crisis, Dick, the self-proclaimed "Devil's Disciple," finds he must confront his true nature, as must the village minister (Patrick Stewart).The Devil's Disciple is not generally considered one of George Bernard Shaw's best plays, but it may be among his most enjoyable. In a New England village during the Revolutionary War, disreputable and self-proclaimed Devil's disciple Richard Dudgeon (Mike Gwilym) finds himself inheriting the bulk of his father's estate, much to the fury of his estranged mother (Elizabeth Spriggs, Sense and Sensibility). But when British soldiers mistake Dudgeon for the Reverend Anthony Anderson (Patrick Stewart, Star Trek: The Next Generation) and arrest him as a rebel, Dudgeon goes along with the error and consents to be hanged in Anderson's place--forcing Anderson's wife Judith (Susan Woolridge, Hope and Glory) to decide whether to save a man she loathes at the cost of her husband's life. The Devil's Disciple starts slowly, but the tension mounts steadily, as does the humor. The courtroom debate between Dudgeon and the cynical General Burgoyne (Ian Richardson, Gormenghast) is rife with Shaw's typical wit and paradoxes--but the rise of feeling between Dudgeon and Judith give the production an emotional kick many Shaw plays lack. The DVD also includes a BBC special, in which Christopher Plummer and others recite classic passages from Shaw's plays and letters. --Bret Fetzer Features: In New Hampshire in 1777, Dick Dudgeon's father dies. Called back home to the unhappy family he revolted against years ago, Dick finds he has been named heir, much to the horror of his religious mother (Elizabeth Spriggs). And to complicate matters, the British, led by General Burgoyne (Ian Richardson), have arrived and are readying for an execution. As events reach a crisis, Dick, the self-procla more...

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วันจันทร์ที่ 30 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Showtime for the Sheep? The Church and the Passion of the Christ (Paperback)

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Is Mel Gibson's blockbuster movie inspired by God? Have silver-screen portrayals of biblical epics become the new "silver bullet" of evangelism? Although Showtime for the Sheep? addresses these questions with eye-opening insights, it is far more than a revelation regarding The Passion of the Christ. This block-busting little book addresses several key trends that are storming the church in this media-mesmerized millenium:

- The increasing use of entertainment and amusement to teach the Word of God -- and expanding efforts to make the Gospel message more "seeker-sensitive"

- The advancing cause of ecumenism over evangelism -- and the resultant confusion between Catholicism and biblical Christianity

- The multiplying effect of doctrinal error through increasingly popular paraphrased "Bibles" -- and the proliferation of visual interpretations of Scripture more...

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Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Support Program (Hollywood Classics) (Kindle Edition)

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Let's go back in time for a moment and pretend you are looking in on an average neighborhood theater manager in a big city like New York, Chicago, Pittsburgh or Detroit, in the classic days when Hollywood movies were the number one entertainment choice of the nation. On the one hand, our manager was obviously anxious to please his patrons by booking a highly advertised, ready-sold, "colossal" main feature such as "Jezebel", "A Star Is Born", "The Rains Came", "High Noon", "I'm No Angel", "The Great Ziegfeld", "100 Men and a Girl", "Mad About Music", "Manhattan Melodrama", "One Night of Love", "Rio Rita", "Road to Zanzibar", "Mr Deeds Goes To Town", "Mr Smith Goes To Washington", "Little Miss Marker", "The Mark of Zorro", "The Merry Widow", "The Great Waltz", "King of Jazz", "Ball of Fire", "Mutiny on the Bounty" or “Alexander's Ragtime Band". On the other hand, patrons were supremely anxious to obtain "value" for their admittance money. They wanted a program that ran not less than three or even four hours. They demanded not only a colossal main feature, but a supporting program comprising a lesser movie with a running time of 70 minutes or perhaps slightly less, plus a cartoon, plus a short subject of one or two reels. So here are detailed not only main attractions (including all those listed above), but some of the lesser movies that clamored for the manager’s attention. The choice usually depended on the cost of the main feature. The more expensive the main attraction, the less money was available to hire a series entry like "Fly-Away Baby" (released by Warner Brothers as an entry in their Torchy Blane series). Instead, the manager would opt for a movie he could hire at the lowest possible flat rate, such as "Death from a Distance" (released through Chesterfield, a Poverty Row company that specialized in "B" movies), or "Caribbean Mystery" (a 20th Century-Fox release that the studio had no faith in), or "Bowery at Midnight" (Bela Lugosi in a Monogram picture), or "Trouble in Texas" (Tex Ritter and Rita Hayworth in a Grand National release), but not RKO's highly popular (and therefore comparatively expensive) "Mexican Spitfire" series starring the exotically excitable Lupe Velez. These of course are just a few of the movies discussed and detailed in "Your Colossal Main Feature Plus Full Support Program". In addition to a wide selection of both main and supporting features, the book also examines some of the typical cartoons and short subjects available.
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Robin B Hood (DVD)

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Jackie Chan plays a compulsive gambler who turns to robbery to pay off his debts. He gets into further trouble when his buddies try to score a big payout by kidnapping a baby. more...

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วันจันทร์ที่ 23 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Hollywood "B" Movies A Treasury of Spills, Chills & Thrills (Hollywood Classics) (Kindle Edition)

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The 250 movies detailed in this book are truly representative of Hollywood's golden age. Hollywood doesn't make movies like this any more (not deliberately anyway) but for the classic film fan, the "B" movie provides a fascinating subject. So what exactly is a "B" movie, and how does it differ from an "A"? Many people today would reply, "A matter of budget!" And that is certainly true to a certain extent. Moviegoers of the time, however, were not nearly as aware of budgets as we are now. For the average moviegoer of previous decades, a "B" movie was simply any movie at all that a theater advertised in small letters as a "plus" or as "a special added attraction" to the main feature. Of course, patrons did have their favorites. Mysteries were overwhelmingly popular, especially series movies like Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan, Edgar Wallace and Torchy Blane. Westerns and slapstick comedies were also strongly favored in blue-collar neighborhoods, as were the series pictures of Blondie and Maisie. All these and more are detailed in this book. Of course, it sometimes turned out that patrons regarded the "B" feature as more entertaining than the extensively touted "A" attraction, particularly if it was actually an "A" in disguise (a film the exchange had decided to offload at bargain basement rentals). "You're in the Navy Now" (Gary Cooper), "Zaza" (Claudette Colbert), "Zero Hour!" (Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Sterling Hayden), "The Young Stranger" (James MacArthur, Kim Hunter), "Without Honor" (Laraine Day), "The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap" (Abbott and Costello), "Whistling in Brooklyn" (Red Skelton), "What Next, Corporal Hargrove?" (Robert Walker), "Western Union" (Randolph Scott), "Tropic Zone" (Ronald Reagan, Rhonda Fleming), "Trooper Hook" (Joel McCrea, Barbara Stanwyck), "That Certain Woman" (Bette Davis, Henry Fonda), and "Texas Carnival" (Esther Williams, Howard Keel, Ann Miller), were just some of many films offloaded by distributors, as detailed in this book. In many cases, the bargain price reflected neither the movie's extensive budget nor its entertainment value. With both "Scaramouche" (Stewart Granger, Eleanor Parker, Janet Leigh, Mel Ferrer) and "The Doughgirls" (Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith, Jane Wyman) for instance, it was the title itself that held no appeal to patrons or exhibitors; "Way Out West" (Laurel and Hardy) was disadvantaged by its short running time; "White Tie and Tails" (one of the best "B" movies ever made) by the studio's decision to cast perennial heavy Dan Duryea as the hero. "Romance in Manhattan", a Ginger Rogers vehicle, was also saddled with an unpopular lead (Francis Lederer); a movie titled "Abilene Town" appealed to Texans but was a dead loss in Vermont; and those little gems, "Death on the Diamond" (Robert Young), "Kind Lady" (Ethel Barrymore), and "Kid Glove Killer" (Van Heflin, Marsha Hunt) were simply undone by the mere fact that they were products of MGM's "B" unit.
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วันเสาร์ที่ 21 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Back Shelf Beauties: Movies You Should Rent When The New Stuff Is Gone (Paperback)

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Back Shelf Beauties is the perfect guide to all the movies you want to rent on video and DVD. When you've seen all the new releases, Back Shelf Beauties brings you forgotten films, lost movies from your favorite stars and classic films that you have never seen. It includes films from modern day stars like John Travolta and Gwyneth Paltrow, but also films from classic movie legends like Humphrey Bogart, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Potier and Ingrid Bergman. Willie Waffle brings insight, historical background and a sense of humor to his reviews that seperates him from other, stuffy, know-it-all critics. Whether you are a film buff, or just someone who wants to be entertained for a couple of hours, these movies are for you. more...

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Hollywood Gold: Films of the Forties and Fifties (Hollywood Classics) (Kindle Edition)

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John Howard Reid has written three books dealing specifically with American movies of the 1940s. The other two are titled "Memorable Films of the Forties" and "Popular Pictures of the Hollywood 1940s". However, I consider this book to be the best of the three. Admittedly, I’m a little prejudiced because I contributed a few items myself such as additional comments on that colorful Maria Montez vehicle, "White Savage", on the Tyrone Power lend-lease to "A Yank in the R.A.F.", on the Bing Crosby song-fest, "Top o’ the Morning", on the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn partnership in "State of the Union", on the mediocre Charlie Chan, "The Shanghai Chest", on Fritz Lang’s must-see thriller, "Secret Beyond the Door", on Fred Astaire’s "Second Chorus", on Michael Curtiz’s wonderful, absolutely delightful Rosalind Russell vehicle, "Roughly Speaking", on that classic film noir, "The Postman Always Rings Twice" and the truly nightmarish Tyrone Power "Nightmare Alley", on the Anatole Litvak-Henry Fonda "The Long Night", and on what is possibly the best movie of the whole decade, namely "Letter from an Unknown Woman". I also have some remarks on that Marilyn Monroe early venture in “Ladies of the Chorus” , on Bette Davis’ "Beyond the Forest" and Ernest Hemingway’s "The Killers"; plus five or six lesser titles such as Humphrey Bogart’s "The Big Shot" and Val Lewton’s "The Leopard Man". While my contributions are comparatively few, the real meat of the book lies in the extensive cast and camera credits plus the background information and reviews provided on each of the 150 or so titles covered in the book’s 260 large-format pages. For easy reference, the movies are alphabetically arranged from "The Admiral Was a Lady" and "The Adventures of Mark Twain" through to "You Were Never Lovelier". One of the most enjoyable of the many highlights you’ll find in all John Howard Reid’s books are the exclusive comments often provided by the stars and the directors themselves. Reid didn’t waste his time in Hollywood. On "You Were Never Lovelier", for instance, he provides brief comments by both Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire. You won’t find information like this anywhere else. more...

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Mad Money (DVD)

Mad Money from Fox

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Academy Award® winner Diane Keaton, Academy Award® nominee Queen Latifah and Katie Holmes are all in for the crime of their lives! Deep inside the most secure bank in America, three desperate women from very different worlds cook up the most unlikely heist of the century: Smuggle out millions of dollars in worn-out currency headed for a Federal Reserve shredder every day. Taking the cash is going to be easy but getting away with it will be insane! Ted Danson, Christopher McDonald (HAPPY GILMORE), Roger Cross (24) and Stephen Root (OFFICE SPACE) co-star in this wild comedy caper from the creator of THELMA & LOUISE about chasing your dreams, beating the system and paying the price for MAD MONEY!Take three women in need of cash, a slew of money about to be shredded, and a plot that nicks a bit from 2005's Fun with Dick and Jane and you've got Mad Money. Diane Keaton stars as Bridget, a stay-at-home wife whose life as she knows it ends when her husband loses his cushy, high-paying job. Her college degree in literature turns out to be useless, so she accepts a janitorial position at the local bank. There she meets Nina (Queen Latifah) and Jackie (Katie Holmes), who could use some spare scratch as well. Suddenly, it dawns on Bridget that the bank has plenty of what they need: money! Because the gals are so cute and nice, it's clear they're not really going to rob the bank. What they will do, though, is take the old bills headed for the shredder and recycle it back into the economy by spending it. (Oh heck, they're basically stealing the money.) Played for laughs, the movie doesn't bother to discuss the economic ramifications of what would happen if too much money was recirculated, but that's neither here nor there. The trio of personable actors--particularly Keaton--does a good job of making the characters likable, even in some unbelievable situations. But Keaton deserves better than Mad Money, which isn't really funny enough to be a comedy and doesn't have enough romance to qualify as good chick flick. Still, Keaton, Latifah and Holmes share warm camaraderie. It'd be fun to see them reunited in a film that had a little more weight to it. Ironically, Mad Money was directed by directed by Callie Khouri, who wrote Thelma & Louise and Something to Talk About--movies that had all the key components (compelling storyline and characters worth cheering on) that Mad Money is lacking. --Jae-Ha Kim

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Back Shelf Beauties: Movies You Should Rent When The New Stuff Is Gone (Paperback)

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วันพุธที่ 18 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Fool's Gold (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

Fool's Gold (widescreen Edition) from Warner Brothers

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Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure- and laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny. After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen’s Dowry, a fabulous fortune that mysteriously disappeared in the Caribbean in 1715. Now all he has to do is get the gold, get the girl and get going before Bigg Bunny gets him. Directed by Andy Tennant (Hitch), Fool’s Gold glitters with danger, action, romance, comedy, great one-liners – and a great time to be had by all!The "gold" of the title refers to an elusive pirate's booty, but it just as easily could mean the sun-washed glistening shores of Florida, or the sumptuously tanned bodies of its appealing stars, Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey. The whole film is awash in golden highlights, and the scenery and cinematography make the experience akin to taking a tropical holiday. Hudson and McConaughey reprise the chemistry they first exhibited in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, sparking and tangling and kvetching, while all the while the audience knows, of course, they adore each other and are perfect for each other. McConaughey is a dreamer, on the trail of a sunken pirate's treasure, and Hudson his now-ex-wife, a historian who prefers life to be a little more sedate. McConaughey, as Finn, delivers impassioned speeches to Hudson, as Tess, saying, "You want history? It's in the ocean, lady!" Before you can say Romancing the Stone, Tess and Finn are grudgingly reunited in search of the booty. If the plot doesn't contain many surprises, the froth of the stars' chemistry is amiable and makes for a perfect date movie. Scuba divers may find McConaughey's antics below the surface to be wildly unbelievable and usually fatal, but in the end viewers will root for him to surface, and recapture the heart of his lady love. --A.T. Hurley Features: Matthew McConaughey and Kate Hudson go for the gold (and the diamonds, emeralds and rubies) as a just-divorced couple who bicker and banter their way through an adventure- and laugh-packed undersea treasure hunt. McConaughey is Finn, in love with his ex (Hudson) and in deep with gangster Bigg Bunny. After eight years of searching, Finn gets a clue to the whereabouts of the Queen?s Dowry, a fabulou more...

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วันจันทร์ที่ 9 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Skipped Parts (DVD)

Skipped Parts from Lions Gate

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SKIPPED PARTS - DVD MovieA gentle, oddly idealistic script and assured performances by a strong ensemble cast make this coming-of-age tale a standout. Skipped Parts is the story of Sam, a young would-be writer, and his free-spirited mother. Shipped off to the wilds of Wyoming by his embarrassed politician-grandfather, Sam (Bug Hall) and his mother Lydia (Jennifer Jason Leigh, clearly enjoying herself) get down to the business of getting to know and shocking the locals. Sam meets kindred spirit Maurey (Mischa Barton), and the two, though only 14, begin to experiment with sex--the "skipped parts" of the novels they've been reading. Hall and Barton give astonishingly good performances for such young actors--Barton in particular shows a poise that bodes well for her continued career. The script isn't perfect, but it is earnest and affectionate toward its characters, and that goes a long way. Watch for Drew Barrymore, who joins in the fun for a few quietly silly moments as Sam's dream girl. --Ali Davis more...

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วันอาทิตย์ที่ 8 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

The Heartbreak Kid (Widescreen Edition) (DVD)

The Heartbreak Kid (widescreen Edition) from Paramount Home Video

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Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 05/06/2008 Run time: 115 minutes Rating: RBen Stiller and the Farrelly brothers bring out the best in each other. In The Heartbreak Kid, Stiller plays Eddie Cantrow, who--persuaded by his father and friends that he's commitment-phobic--marries a gorgeous and seemingly ideal woman named Lila (Malin Akerman, The Brothers Solomon) that he's been dating for several weeks. But after the wedding, things start to go awry... the least of these being that on their honeymoon, Eddie meets a woman who might truly be the girl of his dreams (Michelle Monaghan, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang). As in There's Something About Mary, writers/directors Bobby and Peter Farrelly push Stiller away from his increasingly schticky "tense guy" persona and draw out his sweeter, more multilayered earnest side. On his end, Stiller provides a human core to what could just be a festival of raunch and absurdity (the movie features aroused donkeys, deviated septum jokes, and digitally-enhanced body hair, among other items of questionable taste). It only takes a quick comparison with Jim Carrey in Me, Myself & Irene or Jack Black in Shallow Hal to see what a surprisingly delicate balance that is. The Heartbreak Kid may not be quite as wildly sublime as There's Something About Mary, but it comes extremely close, with kudos to Akerman for her unrestrained nuttiness. --Bret Fetzer Features: Rechargeable model, with FREE keychain! more...

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วันศุกร์ที่ 6 พฤษภาคม พ.ศ. 2554

Hollywood's Miracles of Entertainment (Hollywood Classics) (Kindle Edition)

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This book presents a wide-ranging, general introduction to the wonderful world of classic movies that thrilled audiences from 1925 through 1965. The author's original plan to review year by year. To represent 1925, he chose "The Eagle" which showcases Rudolph Valentino at his most ingratiating. For 1965, he envisaged the Agatha Christie adaptation, "The Alphabet Murders". For 1928, "Our Daring Daughters" (starring the entrancing Joan Crawford) was a natural. For 1931, it was impossible to go past Jean Harlow's "Platinum Blonde"; and for 1933, who could refuse admittance to either "King Kong" or "The Invisible Man"? It soon became apparent, however, that a year-by-year breakdown was not going to work, because there were too many years in which Hollywood produced a bumper crop of movie treasures. Take 1944, for instance: "The Conspirators" (a delightful extravaganza, intended as a box-office follow-up to "Casablanca"), with Hedy Lamarr, Paul Henreid, Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre; "Cover Girl", one of the all-time favorite musicals, starring Rita Hayworth and Gene Kelly, directed by Charles Vidor; "The Curse of the Cat People", starring that quintessential object of fantasy, Simone Simon; "In Society", one of Abbott and Costello funniest outings; "The Man in Half-Moon Street", Paramount's elaborately atmospheric answer to "The Picture of Dorian Gray"; two entries in Universal's justly famous "Mummy" series, both starring Lon Chaney; and "Standing Room Only", a side-splitting comedy of manners that rates as one of the Ten Best ever made. What do all these marvelous movies have in common? They were all simply Hollywood's miracles of entertainment. Here then are 120 of the best vintage, brought together with full credits, background information and up-to-date reviews in this well-produced, large-format, 248-page book that also includes a monograph on director Charles Vidor ("Cover Girl", "Gilda", "Rhapsody", "Love Me Or Leave Me", etc.).
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Phat Girlz (DVD)

Phat Girlz from Fox

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Superstar comedienne Mo'Nique is "hilarious" (San Francisco Chronicle) as a sassy, plus-sized fashion designer who's tired of taking no for an answer in this "delightful" (Boston Globe) comedy about living life to the fullest. Jazmin Biltmore (Mo'Nique) has big plans for large ladies ? she's designed a sexy line of clothes for curvaceous women like herself. But when she can't get funding for her designs or meet a man who appreciates her unique physique, Jazmin's patience starts running thin. That is, until she wins an all-expense-paid trip to a resort in Palms Springs, where she just might just meet the man of her dreams.Tart, talented, and plus-size, Jazmin (Mo'Nique, The Parkers) lives in a world that insults and rejects her because she's fat--or is the emotional abuse she heaps on herself the real problem? A department store employee with fashion designer dreams, Jazmin flounders until she wins a Palm Springs vacation and meets a handsome Nigerian doctor named Tunde who cherishes a full figure as a mark of beauty. But can Jazmin overcome her self-loathing and accept Tunde's love? This plot summary doesn't capture the freewheeling style of Phat Girlz, a low-budget feature that proves that slick production values can't compare with spunky rhythmic editing, rough and ready wit, and an honest heart. The movies takes some broad but accurate shots at American culture's crazed body fascism (though the unchivalrous might point out that the movie's male romantic objects all have a pretty studly physique). Mo'Nique throws herself into her part, capturing the mix of self-deprecating humor and bitter anger that many heavy women turn brutally on themselves. Phat Girlz may end up as a fairy tale, but along the way it delves into the sharp, dark edges that make a happy ending well-earned. --Bret Fetzer more...

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