Walk the Line Movie Review

A real legend is...well, the stuff of legends. But much harder to reproduce on film, because of the depths of human expression that tend to get lost in the business of making it on time, on budget, and on a subject the public will buy. Which means 2005's Walk The Line is that rarest of movies, one that dug deep into the story, put it up as it really unfolded, and managed to bag actors that could carry it off.

Walk The Line is the hard fighting/drinking/loving story of country icon, Johnny Cash and his love affair with wife June Carter. It lays the foundation for the movie's focus, and Cash's real life, by detailing his boyhood in Arkansas, the early death of a brother, and impulsive first marriage that ended in disaster. All of that contributes to the way Cash's life was already drifting when he sang for Sam Phillips of Sun Records, where he brushed shoulders with another newcomer, Elvis Presley. Chastised for offering a hymn, Joaquin Phoenix rips off a version of Fo lsom Prison Blues that snags him the prized contract, and sets his foot on a path that will lead him to depths he never dreamed of, and the woman who would pull him out of then, June Carter.

Both Phoenix, and Reese Witherspoon who plays June Carter, did their own vocals, which added immeasurably to the reality of their performances. Witherspoon at times was perhaps a tad too ebullient, but also managed to reach inside herself to pull out both the feminine side of Carter, and her fury at Cash's moral and physical deterioration as their relationship progressed from an initial backstage meeting to the final, enduring chapter written at the Folsom Prison concert.

Not strictly a love story, Walk the Line is nonetheless a sometimes moving, infuriating, and emotionally charged tale of two people both struggling towards the same goal- to be with each other.

Director: James Mangold
Producers: Alan C. Blomquist, James Keach, Cathy Konrad
Starring: Joaquin Pho enix, Reese Witherspoon, Ginnifer Goodwin, Robert Patrick, Ginnifer Goodwina

Alice Flegel is a self-confessed movie fanatic that reveals exactly which movies are living up to they hype and which are better left for the DVD. Check out her DVD and movie reviews before you lay down cold-hard cash at the movie theatre or video store. Already seen this movie? Visit the website to write your own walk the line movie review

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Why Desperate Housewives + Sex in the City= Edutainment TV Today

I considered softening that title with a question mark, but in my mind it's not much of a question. First, let's establish just what I mean by edutainment.

Edutainment leisure programs that educate as well entertain.

Let's take a brief look at why I've singled out these two programs. I turned on the TV a couple of days ago and saw a promo for another channel that will bringing Sex in the City beyond the realm of HBO. I paused to think about how many women I'd heard use a character on the show as some frame of reference. The show has taken on viral proportions in syndication and that made me wonder if a similar fate awaited the newly touted Desperate Housewives.

Remember that book that was born from that now infamous catch phrase, ...just not into you that has become a part of the American lexicon? Isn't that evidence that the show is teaching whether the people involved in creating it want it to or not. Sure some could argue the value of that particular lesson, but why doesn't anyone ask this one....

What kind of person doesn't know this as they're fast approaching 40 years of age?

I mean, how many years of dating, being Dumped, sleeping around, and generally degrading yourself does it take to get that? I was trying to school my friends on that kind of stuff when I was 14 years old (and I have the letters to prove it).

I think there's a huge problem if a television show, rather than your life is educating you about how not to be a fool. The scores of women who reportedly wrote into the show inspiring the writing of the book mentioned previously are proof of the point I'm making here.

What you do is either taking you closer to or further away from what you really desire.

The problem, as I see it, i s with the miseducation that occurs even more frequently as women look to these kind of shows to understand themselves or their lives. Prompted by a client who swore by the show, I did watch the final episode. Who thought that having the man you Love finally presenting you with his real first name was indicative of a happy ending?

Now Desperate Housewives offers married, and often middle aged women, the same buffet served on a different table. The meal still stinks. Perhaps the designer fashions and parade of beautiful people are supposed to distract from the ugliness of the stories?

Why are there so many wedding magazines, television shows, books and websites while at the same time it's considered passe to end a movie with a wedding? How did this notion of right person for now morph into the notion marriage?

In my conversations with women I am surprised by how many religously watch week after week until the characters become the friends that understand their deepest and darkest secrets or inspire them to make secret fantasies reality.

Am I the only one struck by the lack of depth of this kind of characterization of women's lives? Why are so many people relating to these lost to themselves, materialistic, shallow people that television art has breathed life into?

Better yet, if you're one of those people, do you aspire to fill yourselves on a rehashed meal that someone has scooped off the floor or does that variety of edutainment inspire you to be more...to be better, not just on the surface but in the quality of person that you are inside. Or perhaps you just want validation that you're not as messed up as you fear?

The life you move through each day is the result of what's going inside, whether you admit it or not. Even if your secrets are well kept, you know what they are, you live every day fearing everyone else will know too. That is a point that goes right to the heart of what real self esteem is based on or why it is severely lacking.

So much emphasis is placed on how things appear that I fear no one cares anymore about what a thing, or a person, actually IS. What I see in magazines, commercials, and TV shows doesn't resemble anything I'd classify as beautiful....It is mostly empty and pushing the same old misogynistic images of women that mainstream Media has always hyped (with few exceptions).

As a woman I know we tend to define ourselves by our closest relationships. But what happens when you avoid facing your true motivations for creating the life/relationships you have?

I guess if there's any value, besides to the advertisers for whom the show was really created, it'd be that it could prompt viewer (loyal or otherwise) to ask themselves this questio n.....

What unmet needs are being denied that drive someone to become their own worst enemy?
And more importanly---

What's it going to take to change that?

Yvette Dubel is the founder of Enhancement Consulting. If she had to select one speciality it would be relationships. She is the creator of Clear Strategy and Clarity, software products that assist users in making better relationship decisions:http://www.enhancementconsulting.net/simpleplan.html As a business consultant she helps clients maximize relationshps with CRM strategies to drive profits.

Author:: Yvette Dubel
Keywords:: relationship advice, Sex, Media, Society, Dumped, Love, Desperate, personal coaching
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Website Idea for Actors and Actresses

Thanks to technological advances and recent internet popularity it is now possible for anyone who has enough talent to produce a Movie. The barriers that have long made Movie production only available to the rich are now no longer. For less than a few thousand dollars you can get all the equipment that you need to film a Movie. Of course, only a small number of rising actors actually make it to the big screens and Movie theatres. But, with the right moves you can work your way up the ladder by showing off your talent, dedication, and ability when it comes to trying to do it all yourself. This can make for a very impressive resume and help you get your foot in the door as you struggle to separate yourself from the thousands of competitors in Hollywood.

Anyway, heres the website idea. It's an ideas to bring together actors and actresses. Make a website where you can join together with other rising stars to produce a Movie together. On this website, youll want to simply post a Movie idea and wait for others to contribute to the idea and apply for the different parts of the Movie. This will require some effort and moderation on your part, but this idea could pay off big someday and make it all worthwhile. As your website gains attention and popularity, you can then monetize it with ads. But, while your site is growing keeps the ads off and make everything entirely free and out in the open. This is what I believe is the best way to start off a website as you can see from the other website ideas I have posted in the past. Writing unique content and having others contribute content to your website makes search engines happy. They like to see websites that are active and updated with content often.

If you try to make your website only viewable to registered users you loose out on all the free search engine traffic and promotion. Enough about that. Why dont you go get started with this website idea. If you have any questions about this idea, please feel free to post your comments below. I look forward to comments on all my website ideas and encourage you to share your thoughts.

You can find more website ideas at my website: http://websiteideas.org

Joann Brooks is a web developer and freelance writer who like to write about website ideas. Visit http://www.websiteideas.org for more great website ideas.

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Keywords:: Movie production, website idea
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TelevisionWhich Would You Buy LCD/Plasma/Regular

There are a huge number of people looking to buy a decent Television. Myself included! We have to bang on the top of my Television whenever it decides to go snowy.

We call her Betsy and it seems like she has a mind of her own. Betsy only seems to mess up when our best shows are on.

Even my seven year old grandson knows the drill. We get a real kick out of watching him trek across the living room floor to give her the good ole one two.

Seems to me like flat screen Televisions are the way to go. They seem to be able to do unusual things. However, believe it or not the regular Televisions sets are enjoying increased sales. I thought that was great news.

Everyone felt for sure that those fancy LCDs and Plasma Televisions were going to leave the regulars in the dust. But not so! The reason for this is probably two fold.

The fancy ones cost too much. Thats a no-brainer. I admit I have been under pressure of late to replace Betsy. I dont know what all the fuss is about. My grandson and I dont mind giving Betsy a whack every now and then.

< p>Anyway, my point is this. I went shopping for a newbie. I thought that while I was there, I would ask the price of a fancy LCD/Plasma. When they told me, it only confirmed what I already knew. I was in the wrong aisle.

Secondly, the quality of the regulars has increased dramatically. So people are still buying them up. Its amazing. The small regulars are crystal clear. You have to be careful though. They have programmed some of the regulars to do some fancy footwork. As a consequence some of the regular Televisions can set you back quite a few paces.

When shopping for a Television it's important to consider th e space that you have allotted for it. You would smile at the number of people who come home with a Television that is obviously way too big for their living room.

Do you have a stand for it already? Or do you have a cabinet were the doors swing shut? Make sure the cabinet is deep enough for the backside of the set.

How about color schemes? They come in so many colors, shapes and sizes. While quality is important size and color are equally important. I prefer a floor model wood grained Television. Theyre like Cadillacs in your living room.

My grown children like to hang things from the walls. They mount wa ll Televisions and even their stereos and speakers. I get a bad neck holding my head up looking at their wall mount Television sets. They tell me the trick is to lie down with the remote and watch Television. First of all, Im not accustomed to lying all over anyone elses couch. Even if it is my daughters couch.

Ill have to replace old Betsy soon. That Television set is ancient, but has served us well. On the last trip to the service department the technician told me in no uncertain terms not to bring Betsy back. He doesnt have anymore parts to fix her. They dont make them like Betsy anymore. My grandson and I will miss her.

Wycliffe Williams and his grandson (Smallman) only watch uplifting, character building Television programs. With the much needed help of Smallman, we have written a special report on character building. Its called, Character Is Forever. And Its FREE! Thats right, we said FREE. Visit the website called Character Is Forever

Author:: Wycliffe Williams
Keywords:: Television, building character
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Privacy of Celebrities

Enjoying your afternoon tea in your home alone with your favorite muffins? Imagine Justin Timberlake doing just that. Well, it can be almost impossible.

Being a Celebrity means you are now a public property. You can no longer walk alone in the malls. You cannot sip your drinks during breakfast alone anymore. People will scream around you and fight for your Autograph. It is hard to walk around without people interrupting you now and then for Autograph. That has not included paparazzi snapping your pictures.

Snapping picture of you filling up the petrol is not dangerous, right?

Picture this. You are a Celebrity. You have tons of fans. They went to your concert and stay for the signing session. You sit on the table for 3 hours giving Autographs. Your hands ached and people go home satisfied having your Autograph.

Being a Celebrity, you cannot be absolutely sure that all of your fans are angelic. If not your own fans, maybe their friends or acquaintances will be the not-so-innocent one. The Autograph they attain from you can be forged. And all kinds of dangers will be exposed to you. Professional forgers will be able to copy your Autograph in no time. And who might know, they will eventually tag along with you and eventually steal your valuable things.

Using the signature they have duplicated from your Autograph, they will be able to use your credit card easily. Not that they cannot do it in the first place but once they learn your Autograph, they can use the credit card to its maximum. Celebrity of course will have a collection of this plastic magic and these smart thieves will only need one of them. They shop; they dine and have fun under your name.

What is even worse than going on shopping spree with a credit card is when they have access to all your valuable accounts. As a Celebrity is famous enough for everybody to know, criminal cam initiate a Celebrity from top-to-toe and access the Celebritys bank account. Using their signature, criminals are able to get whatever they wanted.

People may think that it is ridiculous to think that way but a case has proved to be true. One of Robert de Niros look alike has been caught for forging his Autograph while staying at a hotel. Forging de Niros Autograph and claiming to be him is made it even easier. So it will not be at all difficult if other people try to do the same thing next time. Who knows that this will start a series of new crimes?

This however does not mean that celebrities should stop giving away Autographs. What another alternative that a Celebrity can take is that maybe they can opt to have different Autograph; one for the fan and another for a more formal business. It may be a bit tiring but it is better to be well-equipped. An Autograph my just be another scribbling game, so why not scribble even more.

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Stargate SG1 (Season 6) DVD Review

A sequel to the 1994 Movie Stargate, Stargate SG-1 is one of the premiere science-fiction series on television. First airing in July 1997, the show has been nominated for 7 Emmys and 23 Saturn Awards. The brainchild of creator Dean Devlin, producer of such Hollywood blockbusters as Independence Day (1996) and The Patriot (2000), Stargate SG-1 chronicles the further adventures of the Stargate Command (SGC) as Earth and its citizens advance forward into a new era of space exploration in the aftermath of Dr. Daniel Jackson's discovery of the galaxy's numerous stargates

Stargate SG-1 follows the exploits of the SG-1 Unit (i.e. the explorer unit) of Stargate Command. When a new code is broken that reveals the location of stargates throughout the galaxy, Earth and its inhabitants are given the ability to tr avel through time to any point they wish instantaneously. Earth's military sends out stargate (SG) teams to scour the universe for new technologies, new planets, and methods of defense against the oppressive Goa'uld. Brigadier General Jonathan Jack O'Neill (Richard Dean Anderson) is the commanding officer of SG-1. He's accompanied by Dr. Daniel Jackson (Michael Shanks), the brilliant professor whose investigations originally helped uncover the existence of the stargates, and fellow teammates Samantha Carter (Amanda Tapping) and Teal'c (Christopher Judge). Together, they face numerous obstacles as they attempt to uncover the many mysteries of the universe

The Stargate SG-1 (Season 6) DVD features a number of exciting episodes including the season premiere Redemption in which the Earth comes under attack from Anubis. Using a device that allows him to destroy one stargate using another, the planet is once again threatened by the Goa'uld. Meanwhile, Teal'c is away from Ear th attending his wife's funeral. His son believes she would still be alive had Teal'c not joined the fight against the Goa'uld. He asks Teal'c to let him join him in battle so that he can see firsthand that the Goa'uld are not gods Other notable episodes from Season 6 include Shadow Play in which SG-1 encounters Jonas' old mentor who hallucinates an entire underground resistance, and Prophecy in which Jona has visions of the future where Lord Maat annihilates SG-1

Below is a list of episodes included on the Stargate SG-1 (Season 6) DVD:

Episode 111 (Redemption: Part 1) Air Date: 06-07-2002
Episode 112 (Redemption: Part 2) Air Date: 06-14-2002
Episode 113 (Descent) Air Date: 06-21-2002
Episode 114 (Frozen) Air Date: 06-28-2002
Episode 115 (Nightwalkers) Air Date: 07-12-2002
Episode 116 (Abyss) Air Date: 07-19-2002
Episode 117 (Shadow Play) Air Date: 07-26-2002
Episode 118 (The Other Guys) Air Date: 08-02-2002
Episode 119 (Allegiance ) Air Date: 08-09-2002
Episode 120 (Cure) Air Date: 08-16-2002
Episode 121 (Prometheus) Air Date: 08-23-2002
Episode 122 (Unnatural Selection) Air Date: 01-10-2003
Episode 123 (Sight Unseen) Air Date: 01-17-2003
Episode 124 (Smoke & Mirrors) Air Date: 01-24-2003
Episode 125 (Paradise Lost) Air Date: 01-31-2003
Episode 126 (Metamorphosis) Air Date: 02-07-2003
Episode 127 (Disclosure) Air Date: 02-14-2003
Episode 128 (Forsaken) Air Date: 02-21-2003
Episode 129 (The Changeling) Air Date: 02-28-2003
Episode 130 (Memento) Air Date: 03-07-2003
Episode 131 (Prophecy) Air Date: 02-14-2003
Episode 132 (Full Circle) Air Date: 03-21-2003

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Stargate SG-1 (Season 6) DVD.

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Screenwriting Two More Screenplay Plots with Cell Phones

Cell Phone Boiler 3 Max Has a Maximum Surprise

A woman finds a cell phone in a public bathroom. There is a text message displayed on its screen: Leave Now!!! Max. Before she can leave the bathroom, the phone explodes with a tremendous bang, turning everything into a rubble.

When she comes to at a hospital bed, a detective wants to know all about the phone. She says its not hers. Does she remember anything about the phone? She mentions the name Max and the detective's mouth drops... You are under arrest, is his next sentence and produces a pair of handcuffs.

What's going on?

Cell Phone Boiler 4 - Elephants Never Forget

A woman finds a cell phone in a public bathroom. As she is messing around with out out of sheer boredom, she discovers that there are photos and a video clip recorded earlier by the phone, images of a gruesome murder taking place in the same bathroom... What happened to the victim?

Horrified, she rushes to the police but s he is an immediate suspect because the only fingerprints on the phone belong to her. What's worse, the cops find out about the years she has spent in a mental institution. She is autistic. Which is a plus as well since she basically remembers EVERYTHING that has happened in her life! That's why she ended up in a mental institution.

So, a detective that falls in love with her gently guides her back through the immaculate memory lane. As she describes one by one all the people she had met on the way to the bathroom, something picks the detective's curiosity... how come she kept referring to coming across a woman wearing a trench coat on a bright August day?

With a few more troubling details she describes vividly the woman in a trench coat, and the hunt is on...

Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative Copywriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Senior Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases , movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 corporations since 1999.

You are most welcomed to visit his COPYWRITING WEB SITE http://www.writer111.com for more information on his multidisciplinary background, Writing career, and client testimonials.

Register at his web site to get your FREE Writing and Marketing Tips & Ideas.

He is the editor of PRIVATE TUTOR FOR SAT MATH SUCCESS web site http://www.privatetutor.us

In addition to being an Ezine Articles Expert Author, he is also a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), Member of Bethesda / Chevy Chase Chamber of Commerce of Maryland, and a Member of the American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).

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Movie Review Firewall (2006)

Haven't we seen this movie before? Wasn't there another movie in which Harrison Ford was again trying to defend his family against rude intruders crashing into his home uninvited? Was it called Patriot Games (1992)?

Here we have the same idea. In Patriot Games the prime mover was politics. In this one, it is money. But it's pretty much the same song and dance.

A bunch of money-crazy hi-tech maniacs take Jack Stanfield's family hostage. Why? Because Stanfield (played by Ford) is the VP of Security at a big fat bank in Seattle (rain rain rain) controlling hundreds of millions of dollars. Since he is the guy who set up the security Firewall, he can also penetrate it if he wants to and transfer $100 million dollars to an offshore account. But to do that, he needs a little convincing. And that' s where his wife, daughter and son comes into play. They are taken hostage in their own home until Stanfield delivers the goods.

As Stanfield reports for work as though nothing has happened and tries to find a way to get out the jam, he is faced with the dilemma of not letting anyone know what's going on back at home. Because if his office mates know anything about the attack and the hostage crisis, they might call the cops. Then the bad guys can say goodbye to the $100 million while Stanfield says the same to his family.

What makes things worse is that the leader of the psychopaths, the tall and lanky blond Bill Cox (played by Paul Bettany) looks and talks just like an upper-class banker (complete with the obligatory British accent). So he visits Stanfield at his office pretending he is a colleague of his and takes a personal tour of the super secure servers inside the bank's well-protected data vault.

In one scene, Stanfield manages to capture the numbers of 10,000 accounts by a silly home-made contraption made from his daughter's iPod, believe it or not! All he needs to do next is to transfer $10,000 from each account to the offshore number.

At the end, Stanfield turns the tables around on the psychos. He hacks into the Cayman Islands bank account of the bad guys and starts to withdraw huge chunks of dineros while he has Cox on the phone. They will either let go of his family or he will deplete all they have as they watch the proceedings live on a laptop.

The final confrontation between the good and the evil takes place in the form of a hand to hand combat at a remote seaside house. (Note for the scriptWriter -- always personalize the core conflict.)

After crashing through the floors, staircases and (yes) even walls, Stanfield and Cox find themselves in a ditch outside the house, trying to gouge each other's eyes out.

In the end (of course) much older Stanfield manages to bury the sharp end of a pick ax in between the shoulder blades of the much younger and more powerful Cox. Why? Because Stanfield is the good guy and he has to win regardless of his physical condition.

A formulaic thriller that begins and ends as expected, true to all the honorable cliches known to Hollywood. Watch it if 1) there is nothing better on the tube, 2) you are a true Harrison Ford fan, or 3) you really believe that it's possible to rob a modern bank by using nothing more than the scanning rod of a fax machine and an iPod.

A yawning 6 out of 10.

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Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative CopyWriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Senior Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases, movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 corporations since 1999. He is the Editor of PRI VATE TUTOR FOR SAT MATH SUCCESS web site http://www.privatetutor.us

In addition to being an Ezine Articles Expert Author, he is also a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), and a Member of American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).

A true movie fan since he was a child, Akinci provides FREE MOVIE PLOT IDEAS every day of the year at SCRIPT BOILER. Visit http://scriptboiler.blogspot.com today.

You are most welcomed to visit his COPYWRITING WEB SITE http://www.Writer111.com for more information on his multidisciplinary background, writing career, and client testimonials.

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X Factor 3 Preview Ben Mills

Ben Mills
Manager Sharon Osbourne
Odds 6/4 (Outright), 1/8 (25 & Over Winner)

Ben Mills is 26 years old, from Kent and is the director of his own marquee company which he has done for the last four years. His claim to fame is he once put up a marquee for Jools Holland. He is the overwhelming bookmakers favourite for this year's competition, but can he last the course?

Ben is very accomplished musically and is able to play both the guitar and the piano. He has been singing for the past 20 years and performs in pubs and clubs around where he lives.

However, he was not always a good singer. He describes listening back to himself when he was younger and claims he had the worst voice in the world but had encouragement from his family and friend. He does not recall the exact point in which he made the transition from being a really awful singer to being a good one but thinks it was in his early 20s.

He comes from a musical background with his gr andfather a former church organist and his mother a guitarist. Ben attended the Academy Of Contemporary Music which was a guitar school and he received a diploma. He was taught by people who have worked in the music industry and his guitar teacher, Bruce Dickinson, used to be in Iron Maiden and later a band called Little Angels who had a hit with Woman Kind

Ben hasn't sung professionally but he played keyboard for a tribute band called the LA Doors which toured Europe and played in front of crowds of eight thousand people. He describes his proudest achievement was playing at the Guildford Folk and Blues Festival before attending music college. At the age of 17 he was asked to open the festival on both days with just an acoustic guitar in front of 18,000 people.

Ben auditioned in London and sang Sam Cook's Bring It Home To Me and Simon Cowell thought he sounded like a young Joe Cocker, who, incidentally, Ben names as one of his musical influences along with Tom Wa its, Rod Stewart and David Bowie.

One the first day of bootcamp Ben sang Hey Jude' by The Beatles and on the second performed Rod Stewart's Maggie May. Judge Adrian Williams felt it was a predictable choice of song while Mark Hudson thought he could offer something different to the competition.

Sharon Osbourne was amazed by the power of Ben's voice and thought it would be easily recognisable should his song be played on the radio.

David Walker runs Ben Mills and free bets websites.

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The West Wing (Season 3) DVD Review

Premiering in September 1999, the original NBC series The West Wing built an instant cult following with its seemingly realistic weekly excursions into the inner sanctums of the White House. The series became such a hit that some pollsters claimed that certain people actually believed Jed Bartlet was the real president (although, if true, this is more of a negative reflection on the intelligence of the electorate, and not necessarily an indication of West Wing's realism). But regardless, the truth of the matter is that West Wing definitely strikes a chord with certain audiences, providing entertaining brew of action, suspense, and drama on a weekly basis

Seasoned Hollywood actor Martin Sheen plays the lead role of President Jed Bartlet. The day-to-day affairs of Bartlet's administration are run by a number of individuals who surround him, among them are: Claudia C.J. Cregg (Allison Janney), Josh Lyman (Bradley Whitford), Sam Seaborn (Rob Lowe), Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff), Leo McGarry (John Spencer), and Charlie Young (Dule Hill). West Wing follows these dedicated staffers as they work extended hours behind-the-scenes to help keep the White House running smoothly. Along the way, the stress of the job and the characters' personal lives make for an interesting glimpse into what many believe is an accurate portrayal of a real-life White House administration

The West Wing (Season 3) DVD offers a number of dramatic episodes including the season premiere Manchester: Part 1 in which C.J. mistakenly reveals during her press conference that President Bartlet suffers from a medical condition, prompting an onslaught of media attention regarding the president's health. In gearing up to spin the revelation, the staffers discuss whether or not Bartlet should apologize to the nation for failing to reveal the problem. Meanwhile, Abbey is not pleased when she learns that Jed has decided to run for re-election Other notable episodes from Season 3 include The Indians in the Lobby in which a pair of Indians announce their plans to stand in the lobby of the Department of Interior until they receive an answer on their 15-year-old application to buy back lost Indian lands, and Hartsfield's Landing in which the staffers begin to execute their presidential primary strategy (beginning in New Hampshire) in their plan to win Bartlet's re-election

Below is a list of episodes included on The West Wing (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 45 (Manchester: Part 1) Air Date: 10-17-2001
Episode 46 (Manchester: Part 2) Air Date: 10-24-2001
Episode 47 (Ways and Means) Air Date: 10-31-2001
Episode 48 (On the Day Before) Air Date: 11-07-2001
Episode 49 (War Crimes) Air Date: 11-14-2001
Episode 50 (Gone Quiet) Air Date: 11-21-2001
Episode 51 (The Indians in the Lobby) Air Date: 11-28-2001
Episode 52 (The Women of Qumar) Air Date: 12-12-2001
Episode 53 (Bartlet for America) Air Date: 01-09-2002
Episode 5 4 (H. Con-172) Air Date: 01-16-2002
Episode 55 (100,000 Airplanes) Air Date: 01-30-2002
Episode 56 (The Two Bartlets) Air Date: 02-06-2002
Episode 57 (Night Five) Air Date: 02-27-2002
Episode 58 (Hartsfield's Landing) Air Date: 03-06-2002
Episode 59 (Dead Irish Writers) Air Date: 03-27-2002
Episode 60 (The U.S. Poet Laureate) Air Date: 04-03-2002
Episode 61 (Stirred) Air Date: 05-01-2002
Episode 62 (Enemies Foreign and Domestic) Air Date: 05-08-2002
Episode 63 (The Black Vera Wang) Air Date: 05-15-2002
Episode 64 (We Killed Yamamoto) Air Date: 05-15-2002
Episode 65 (Posse Comitatus) Air Date: 05-22-2002

About the Author

Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of The West Wing (Season 3) DVD.

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Munich (DVD) Review

Nominated for five Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Munich is undoubtedly director Steven Spielbergs best work since Band of Brothers (2001). At 2 hours and 44 minutes, the film moves along at a surprisingly quick pace. Spielberg makes adequate use of the time, providing added depth to the characters and illustrating the changes each undertakes in the course of his mission.

Writers Tony Kushner and Eric Roth, the latter of whom is best known for Forrest Gump (1994), team well together in producing a splendid screenplay. The characters are well-rounded and the dialogue well-constructed. Instead of aiming for zinging one-liners or melodramatic sound-bites, Kushner and Roth craft the films dialogue to mark the pace of the of story, illustrate character motivations, and make subtle but not overblown commentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Overall, it makes for an enjoyable and worthwhile Movie experience.

Munich chronicles the historical events of the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, Germany in which a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September storms the Olympic Village. While the entire world watches, 11 of the terrorists evade capture after murdering 12 Israeli hostages. Torn between calls for peace and vengeance, Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir (Lynn Cohen) orders Mossad to form a secret unit of assassins to hunt down and eliminate the perpetrators.

Mossad agent Avner (Eric Bana) is tasked with heading a team of five individuals composed of himself and four others known only as Steve (Daniel Craig), Carl (Ciaram Hinds), Robert (Mathieu Kassovitz), and Hans (Hanns Zischler). Each man is chosen for the unique skill set he brings to the table, and the group is left to its own devices when it comes to locating and killing the 11 terrorists who are scattered throughout Continental Europe. Methodically, they carry out the mission. But as they eliminate their enemies one-by-one, each man must grapple with the transformative influence such a job has on his perception of life, family, and country.

Munich is a superb film which performs well in exploring the common theme of black versus white and the gray areas in between. Given the wide range of differing accents, its sometimes difficult to understand the characters, but this becomes a strength because it heightens viewer senses and breathes life into the story. Much like The Passion Of The Christ, the use of subtitles and various accents doesnt detract from the film, but instead helps transform it in a production seemingly more worthy of serious attention than an alternative cartoon-like, James Bond rendition. As such, Munich doesnt spell things out for the audience like a typical Hollywood blockbuster. No dates or geographical locations appear onscreen, an d character dialogue doesnt insult the viewer by recounting historical events. To better understand whats happening, it helps to know the history of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

Overall, Munich is a solid film. It does an excellent job of portraying the conflicts between Arab/Israeli and Muslim/Jew without rationalizing or portraying either side as totally good or totally evil. Instead, the two sides are seen as fellow human beings, each longing for essentially the same human desires for peace, love of family, and identity with a homeland. Unfortunately, these desires are attainable only in the context of the other sides defeat.

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Britt Gillette is author of The DVD Report, a blog where you can find more reviews like this one of the Munich (DVD).

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Munich The Movie

During the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich, eleven Israeli athletes are taken hostage and murdered by a Palestinian terrorist group known as Black September. In retaliation, the Israeli government recruits a group of Mossad agents to track down and execute those responsible for the attack. The movie recounts their brutal acts, but much more important, their Jewish ambivalence toward these acts. Some general reflections are in order.

First, Golda Meir, former Israeli Prime Minister, once said to Egyptian President Anwar Saddat just before Israeli-Egyptian peace talks: We can forgive you Arabs for killing our sons. But we will never forgive you for making us kill yours. That is the crux of the movie. Five Israelis volunteer to avenge the murder of their fellow Israelis, but some of them quickly begin to feel a sense of moral repugnance at having to take the life of another human being, even an enemy. Munich presents us with their differing views of Retribution, allowing u s to make up our own minds while we watch their human struggles at what they are called upon to do. You can see them develop as moral actors who are confronted with their consciences before each and every murder. In a movie review last December in the New York Times, Manohla Dargis opines: they are never more human than when faced with the killing of another person.

Second, the Talmud talks a lot about an eye for an eye, and there are those who use this phrase as a justification for all acts of revenge. In fact, the modern State of Israel was created precisely so that we Jews would always have a homeland with an army, so that no one ever again could spill the blood of Jews with impunity. Before the Hoocaust (Shoah), Jewish blood was cheap and could be shed by Nazis and Arabs without their worrying about being hunted down and punished. Now, thank God, that is no longer true. The enemies of the Jewish State now know that they will be hunted down and held accountable for each and every murderous action or suicide bombing anywhere in the world. Now that we have the State of Israel, Jewish blood is no longer cheap. But please note, the Rabbis of the Talmud never interpreted this text as meaning precise retributive justice, rather they understood the punishment for blinding someone to be a monetary one instead. Many pages in the Talmud explicate how exactly we estimate the value of an eye or a leg or a limb that is destroyed by an enemy, and what needs to be done to rectify the damage. Interpreting this text in a much different way, Rev. Martin Luther King once said: a world which carries out literally the doctrine of an eye for an eye will lead to a world with no eyes, and no vision. And of course he is right.

Finally, at our Passover seder, during the recitation of the Ten Plagues, we dip out ten drops of wine from our cups. We do this to echo this Rabbinic conversation between God and the Heavenly Angels who were singing and dancing af ter the Egyptians were killed at the Red Sea: God: why are you rejoicing? Angels: because the Egyptian enemies of the Israelites have been killed, that is why we are singinging dancing. God: But how can you rejoice? These Egyptians too are My creatures! And so, we spill out sweet wine, in memory of our enemies, for they too are Gods creations. We are the only people I know that marks the death of enemies with a special ritual. No other nation in the world is as sensitive as we Jews are to the pain that we are sometimes forced to inflict on those who would try to destroy us, and to the value of human life. I have a friend who is extremely close with the Head of the Israeli Air Force. The general said to my friend last week that many of his pilots categorically refuse to kill innocent civilians, rather they must have irrefutable evidence that their bombs will fall on adult combatants or they will stay home. Whatever your opinions on this may be, you cannot help but be impress ed as I am by the moral vigor with which they approach their military service.

I cannot help but wonderwhere are others with this same attitude and respect for human life? Where are the other mothers and fathers whose sons feel the same ambiguity as our Israelis do? How long will it take before Israel can talk with neighbors who will share their concerns about the fragility and the sacredness of human life? I believe that there must be a sense of fear and trembling when we talk about the killing of another human being, and it is this precise feeling which comes across loudly and clearly in Spielbergs movie. Go see it and decide for yourself. It is a hard movie to watch, and well worth it.

Dr. Mel Glazer is a Grief Recovery Specialist working in private practice with grievers all across America. You can visit his website at http://www.yourgriefmatters.com. Dr. Glazer has been a Rabbi, Author, and Speaker for over thirty years, he is recognized as a pioneer in the art of using our life-losses to help us learn life-lessons.

We only uncover what is truly important about ourselves by how we respond to the losses in our lives, and so each loss becomes our cherished teacher. Some examples of loss include:the death of a loved one, or a less-than-loved-one; divorce; serious physical, mental or emotional illness; financial distress; the end of a serious relationship; when a child leaves home for college; and even the death of a pet. Each loss creates a grief reaction, and we must be able to complete our relationship with our loss before we can move past it. He is widely published: When Death Visits A Jewish Home: 99 Actions For Mourners (2006), and his upcoming book, And God Created Hope: How Our Favorite Bible Stories Lead Us From Mourning To Morning (2007).

Author:: Dr. Mel Glazer
Keywords:: Spielberg, Munich, Holocaust, State of Israel, Retribution, Vengeance
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Star Trek (Season 3) DVD Review

Nominated for four Emmys, including Outstanding Dramatic Series two times in its short three-year stint, Star Trek is a true legend of television history. The brainchild of former L.A. policeman Gene Roddenberry, the show premiered in Fall 1966 only to be cancelled after three seasons due to lackluster ratings. But it may well have been NBC's network executives who were the cause of the low ratings as they allotted a less than desirable time slot for the show. When Star Trek moved into syndication, its reruns captured the science-fiction imagination of an entirely new audience, catapulting the Star Trek franchise to new heights. Its newfound popularity would, in the decades to come, spawn novels, comic books, six full-length feature films, and reams of merchandise as fans clamored for anything Star Trek-related. Beginning in the 1980's, spin-offs of the show began to appear such as Star Trek: The Animated Series, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, Star Trek: Voyager, and Star Trek: Enterprise

Star Trek, the original TV series, follows the adventurous exploits of the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise as they boldly go where no man has gone before The spaceship Enterprise is led by Captain James Tiberius Kirk (William Shatner), an Earth-born astronaut who often exhibits the charm, leadership, and creativity necessary for the mission's survival. Kirk is joined by Lt. Commander Spock (Leonard Nimoy), a Vulcan-born retired commander and theoretical scientist. Chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy (DeForest Kelley) rounds out the main cast of Star Trek which includes a plethora of supporting crew with multiple guest appearances and cameo roles. Together, the crew of U.S.S. Enterprise seeks to carry out its mission: to explore strange new worlds, to seek out new life and new civilizations It's this pioneering attitude, coupled with imaginative sci-fi worlds, that provides Star Trek with its nostalgic allure - especially these episodes from the original TV series, widely regarded as the most popular of all the TV series

The Star Trek (Season 3) DVD features a number of action-packed episodes including the season premiere Spock's Brain in which the Enterprise is intercepted by a mysterious, unidentified spacecraft. An alien from the ship beams herself onto the bridge of the Enterprise and renders the entire crew unconscious. When they awaken, McCoy informs Kirk that the alien has confiscated Spock's brain. Now, the Enterprise is tasked with locating Spock's brain before his body decays Other notable episodes from Season 3 include Plato's Stepchildren in which the inhabitants of the planet Platonius take advantage of the Enterprise crew's goodwill in order to enslave them via telekinesis, and The Way to Eden in which the Enterprise is hijacked by a band of Earthlings in pursuit of the mythical planet Eden, a garden-like world of health, purity, and happiness

Below is a list of epis odes included on the Star Trek (Season 3) DVD:

Episode 56 (Spock's Brain) Air Date: 09-20-1968
Episode 57 (The Enterprise Incident) Air Date: 09-27-1968
Episode 58 (The Paradise Syndrome) Air Date: 10-04-1968
Episode 59 (And the Children Shall Lead) Air Date: 10-11-1968
Episode 60 (Is There in Truth No Beauty?) Air Date: 10-18-1968
Episode 61 (Spectre of the Gun) Air Date: 10-25-1968
Episode 62 (Day of the Dove) Air Date: 11-01-1968
Episode 63 (For the World is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky) Air Date: 11-08-1968
Episode 64 (The Tholian Web) Air Date: 11-15-1968
Episode 65 (Plato's Stepchildren) Air Date: 11-22-1968
Episode 66 (Wink of an Eye) Air Date: 11-29-1968
Episode 67 (The Empath) Air Date: 12-06-1968
Episode 68 (Elaan of Troyius) Air Date: 12-20-1968
Episode 69 (Whom Gods Destroy) Air Date: 01-03-1969
Episode 70 (Let That Be Your Last Battlefield) Air Date: 01-10-1969
Episode 71 (The Mark of Gideon) Air Date: 01-17-1969
Episode 72 (That Which Survives) Air Date: 01-24-1969
Episode 73 (The Lights of Zetar) Air Date: 01-31-1969
Episode 74 (Requiem for Methuselah) Air Date: 02-14-1969
Episode 75 (The Way to Eden) Air Date: 02-21-1969
Episode 76 (The Cloudminders) Air Date: 02-28-1969
Episode 77 (The Savage Curtain) Air Date: 03-07-1969
Episode 78 (All Our Yesterdays) Air Date: 03-14-1969
Episode 79 (Turnabout Intruder) Air Date: 06-03-1969

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Good Date Movie: Lost in Translation starring Bill Murray and Scarlett Johansson

If you havent had a chance to see this Movie yet, or if your date has not seen it, then I highly recommend it as a Good Date Movie. It has a 4 heart rating on my website, and I can assure you that as far as wide spread appeal goes, I have not heard of any other Movie that has touched people in such a way that they all have true affection for this Sofia Coppola masterpiece.

An American actor goes to Japan on a commercial assignment and to his consternation must stay to m eet his contractual obligations longer than he wants to. While there, he meets another American Charlotte, played by the amazing Scarlett Johansson, in a chance meeting in the hotel bat they are both staying at. As neither of them can sleep very well at night, a series of late night chats lead to a surprising affection for each other.

Bob Harris (played by Bill Murray) brings to this Movie a unique combination of humor, sadness, yearning, and debonair. This Movie could not have been for anyone else as Coppolas casting in ingenious. I heard from a source that she courted Murray, and only him to do this Movie for months before she convinced him to do it.

Unlike all other love stories, Bob and Charlotte never get really intimate in this Movie, but through a well crafted screenplay the tension, affection, and excitement about new love is bursting through the screen.

So subtle is the magic in this Movie it takes you into a new dimension of tenderness and innocence. The climax of this whole Movie ends with the impending departure of Bob going home, while torn as to how to say goodbye to Charlotte given their situation. He being married and much older, she being mysteriously drawn to his thoughtful playfulness, and wonderment of the world as purely a circumstance.

Needless to say the ending is a magical piece of Movie lore forever to stay in hearts and minds, that will simply take your breath away.

When choosing a good date Movie, try something other than a straight-on chick flick, there are so many good choices available, that whether you are a guy or a girl, your thoughtfulness in choosing such a Movie will surely be appreciated by your date. We have a full selection of these on our website. Good fun, and good dating.

Jeremy Knight is a Movie reviewer for http://www.Good-Date-Movies.com.

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Keywords:: good date Movie, good date Movies, romantic Movies, dvd rental Movies, academy awards
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MASH (Season 2) DVD Review

Based on a Richard Hooker novel of the same name, MASH was released in 1970 as a full-length feature film by 20th Century Fox before experiencing widespread success as a groundbreaking television sitcom in the Fall of 1972. The show's brilliant integration of drama and comedy made it one of the most celebrated shows in TV history, culminating in an eleven year prime time series stint. The 1983 series finale of MASH made history as the program with the single largest audience in television history, beating out several SuperBowls and the fabled Who Shot J.R. episode of Dallas. With the proliferation of new television mediums, it's a record likely to never be broken

The sitcom is set in South Korea during American involvement in the Korea War (with M*A*S*H standing for Mobile Army Surgical Hospital). Buffered from the front lines by a mountain range and a minefield, the men and women of MASH were tasked with patching up wounded American soldiers. Unique to its genre, th e cast of MASH was unusually large. Surgeons Dr. Benjamin Pierce (Alan Alda) and Dr. Trapper John McIntyre (Wayne Rogers) play the roles of excellent doctors who enjoy women and booze, while Dr. Frank Burns (Larry Linville) and Nurse Practitioner Margaret Hot Lips Houlihan (Loretta Swit) play foil to the two men's shenanigans (due to a contract dispute, Rogers' character was later replaced by Dr. B.J. Hunnicutt - played by Mike Farrell). The character of Frank Burns was also later replaced by Dr. Charles Emerson Winchester (David Ogden Stiers)

Corporal Max Klinger (Jamie Farr) provides comic relief with his early attempts to procure a discharge by dressing in women's clothing, and Father Francis Mulcahy (William Christopher) adds flavor to a diverse cast of characters. Also rounding out the cast are Lt. Col. Henry Blake (McLean Stevenson), Corporal Walter Radar O'Reilly (Gary Burghoff), and Col. Sherman Potter (Harry Morgan)

The MASH (Season 2) DVD offers a numbe r of hilarious episodes including the season premiere Divided We Stand in which General Clayton assigns staff psychologist Captain Hildebrand to examine the M*A*S*H unit and make recommendations on whether or not to keep it intact. Hildebrand is amazed to witness some of the immature antics and wild behavior, but his impression is tempered by the great teamwork the unit exhibits in taking care of wounded soldiers Other notable episodes from Season 2 include Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde in which a ruggedly tired Pierce decides to employ unique measures to end the war, and The Sniper in which a lone sniper holds the entire MASH camp hostage

Below is a list of episodes included on the MASH (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 25 (Divided We Stand) Air Date: 09-15-1973
Episode 26 (5 O'Clock Charlie) Air Date: 09-22-1973
Episode 27 (Radar's Report) Air Date: 09-29-1973
Episode 28 (For the Good of the Outfit) Air Date: 10-06-1973
Episode 29 (Dr. Pierce and Mr. Hyde) Air Date: 10-13-1973
Episode 30 (Kim) Air Date: 10-20-1973
Episode 31 (L.I.P.) Air Date: 10-27-1973
Episode 32 (The Trial of Henry Blake) Air Date: 11-03-1973
Episode 33 (Dear Dad Three) Air Date: 11-10-1973
Episode 34 (The Sniper) Air Date: 11-17-1973
Episode 35 (Carry on Hawkeye) Air Date: 11-24-1973
Episode 36 (The Incubator) Air Date: 12-01-1973
Episode 37 (Deal Me Out) Air Date: 12-08-1973
Episode 38 (Hot Lips and Empty Arms) Air Date: 12-15-1973
Episode 39 (Officers Only) Air Date: 12-22-1973
Episode 40 (Henry in Love) Air Date: 01-05-1974
Episode 41 (For Want of a Boot) Air Date: 01-12-1974
Episode 42 (Operation Noselift) Air Date: 01-19-1974
Episode 43 (The Chosen People) Air Date: 01-26-1974
Episode 44 (As You Were) Air Date: 02-02-1974
Episode 45 (Crisis) Air Date: 02-09-1974
Episode 46 (George) Air Date: 02-16-1974
Episode 47 (Mail Call) Air Date: 02-23-1974
Episode 48 (A Smattering of Intelli gence) Air Date: 03-02-1974

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The Movie: The Da Vinci Code (An Opinion)

I wrote about the book, The Da Vinci Code, a while back, matter-of-fact, a few years ago, and was honestly too fair, but this time I cant help but give my opinion concerning the movie, and I suppose Mr. Browns ego along with it. For the most part, I like Tom Hanks acting, but in this movie, which I saw the day it came out, he was no actor acting, he was emotionless, and if the script called for that, the book didnt. Not sure if he read the script five minutes before he went on stage, or he was just tired. But there was a lack of something in him that did not help the movie. One thing was an improvement over all for him, was his hair, not sure if it was his real hair, but it made him look more placid, and surely there was a lack of sophistication for a Harvard professor; his vocabulary was thin, and sparse, if not elementary. In other words, he was unbelievable.

I am not sure what all the hype is all about, the movie was to me a dud, I mean, Inside Man, by Denzel Wa shington was better, if only Denzel could stay off the burgers, he was bloated as a walrus.

The movie is long, way to long to figure out we are looking at a bloodline here of Jesus Christ. The script called for some theology, and Christology, that was really done poorly; if indeed any of the researchers for Mr. Brown would have done their homework, it is more believable to believe in Santa Claus. In psychology we call this: deletions, distortions and generalizations. The movie tries to fit Mary Magdalena into the picture as Jesus wife, or sleeping companion; it not only shows bad taste, there are no facts in this science fiction sage. If I was the Catholic Church Id not give any more publicity to such a dumb performance, the Omen, and the Exorcist was much better; more credence too.

The only secret out there, that is really a secret, is that there is no secret, and everyone wants you to be looking for one in this movie, so it is of course made up. If the movie is suppose to make one question his Christian roots, because of Constantines valiant turnabout to Christianity, using him as a symbol of Romes dilemma on how to hang onto the puppet strings of power throughout the world, and using the Christian Flag, they did a poor job in creating this. We all know the story of Rome and its Christian foundation, but not all know about Constantine going war with the cross above his head, on his shield, and on his flags, long before he died; they forgot to tell that story, only that he was baptized before he died. Not sure what that means, being baptized is only an outer symbol to show the world how you feel inside. The fact is, he like so many other followers of Christ, realized one does not get to heaven because he is baptized or not, it is not the key to salvation, as it is not the unpardonable sin, it is only a show and tell ritual. I am sure there are many baptized so-called Christians in hell, arguing this point out right now.

I think Id rather stick with Edgar Rice Burroughs Mars and Venus books, they are more practical, and believable than this. I could go on and on with this subject of bloodline crap, and the Mary Magdalena issue, but it is not worth my time, I need to write some more on Siren the Great, and perhaps on Arizona Blue, it wont sell as good I know, but it is more believable.

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Author:: Dennis Siluk
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Acting Real Life Was Never This Much Fun

It's a part of the human makeup. We all do it whether we realize it or not. It's something we can fall back on to help us through difficult and uncomfortable situations. There are different names for it, but we just call it Acting. Acting is defined as a person who portrays a character, either on stage, or screen. The character is usually fictional, but can also be someone who is alive or once lived. The profession of Acting has been around a long time. Even the ancient Greeks had shows in their theatres.

There are Acting schools and lessons and training. Acting can be a very well paid job, depending on where you are and who you are. The Acting of the past probably carried more prestige than today, but the money wasn't nearly as good. Acting use to be a craft, while today it's more of a show. Many of today's Acting stars are not even considered great or good actors and it doesn't matter. If the person on stage or screen has something that keeps the audience paying; then that's really all that matters.

You don't even need to attend schools or classes to be an actor in today's world. Look at reality TV, or what I call un-reality TV. There are so many people on these shows and they have no training in the field of Acting, yet they are actors. They hope that these shows will somehow make them a star, at least for a little while. These shows have probably lowered the status of Acting. Television is to blame. Apparently television is going through a uncreative stage. The writers for television seem to be having a hard time developing shows that would require trained professionals; so instead, they bring together a bunch of non-actors, stick a camera in their face and call it a TV show.

If you crave to see some very good Acting, then you need to watch soap operas. Soap operas have always been down the food chain when it comes to status, but the soaps have been around for along time and many big screen stars got their start doing soap operas. Another interesting thing about soaps is that they're a daily ev ent. From Monday through Friday these characters become a part of your everyday life. Maybe that's why soap fans identify with the characters. Soap actors are some of the most recognized and beloved actors on the planet.

Acting is still a very popular profession, though it probably doesn't require the skill it once took in the past. Television, through need or laziness has decided to put their fate in the hands of unskilled actors, so far it's working, because a lot of people watch those un-reality shows. Sure, there are still a few great character actors, but you just don't see them too often. Because of all the short-cuts that exist, that allow people to get their faces on camera, you have to wonder why anyone would go through the training and classes and all that is required to be a good acto r, if they could find an easier way.

Michael Russell Your Independent guide to Acting

Author:: Michael Russell
Keywords:: Acting
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Babel

Life is Simple Living it is Complex

Babel

From the first frames of an endless Moroccan desert landscape mystically unfolding with a haunting musical background, the last installment of Alejandro Gonzalez Irritus trilogy takes hold. Events are taking place that, while seemingly disconnected, cleverly connect as if pieces of a puzzle. The connections are subtle and a small part of a larger story. The beauty of the film is the beauty of Irritus vision enhanced by cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto and the colourful cast of characters he chose to inhabit the screen from four disparate parts of the world.

The story weaves around the simple idea that small mistakes can take on tragic consequences, and while doing so, a butterfly effect- defined in Websters New Millennium Dictionary of English as; a chaotic effect created by something seemingly insignificant, the phenomenon whereby a small change in one part of a complex system can have a large effect somewhere els e occurs in the lives of all of the main characters.

There are four stories going on here. The story of Americans Richard (Brad Pitt) and Susan (Cate Blanchette), who, while touring Morocco after the tragic death of one of there children from SIDS, find their relationship strengthened by events that occur as a result of an additional storyline to the film. Two children in a mountain village in Morocco practice with a rifle bought by their sheep-farming father for the purpose of killing predators to his flocks. One son aims for the tour bus and Susan is shot, sparking an international incident with terrorist undertones. While this story evolves, another story is spinning back home in the United States where Richard and Susans children are in the care of their Mexican nanny Amelia (Adriana Barrasa) who must attend her sons wedding in Mexico and cannot find a replacement to mind the children when Richard and Susan are delayed due to the shooting. Amelias decision to take the children with her turns into chaos at the hands of her nephew Santiago (Gael Garca Bernal). The fourth story woven into this tapestry involves the disturbed life of deaf-mute teenager Chieko (Rinko Kikuchi), who is testing her teenage boundaries in Japan with an abandon created as a result of the death of her mother and life with her distant father.

One powerful scene has ecstasy enhanced Chieko and friends entering a rave to the sounds of a phenomenal remix of Earth Wind and Fires disco hit September by Shinichi Osawa. The sound is cleverly muted on and off allowing the audience to experience Chiekos life first hand in a most disturbing-yet engrossing way. This heart-pumping scene alone is worth the price of admission.

Thats the wonder of the film. It involves the viewer with the struggles in the lives of everyone. Irritus masterful talent brings an intimacy between the audience and the characters on the screen that is so immediate it hurts to watch their i ndividual pain. Each performance is achingly honest and emotions are revealed so close to the bone that the viewer cannot possibly disconnect from the personal tragedies unfolding.

The film gives you a close-up on the human condition and you are left considering people and places with a familiarity gleaned from the experience of watching.

Devorah Macdonald

Author:: Devorah Macdonald
Keywords:: Alejando Gonzales Inarritu, Butterfly Effect, Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchette, Gael Garcia Bernal
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Movie Review His Girl Friday (1940)

A much-praised romantic comedy classic directed by Howard Hawks and written by Charles Lederer based on the stage play The Front Page by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur.

Three immediate observations about this famous flick:

1) It certainly still is a funny film. I ended up laughing out loud in quite a few scenes even though His Girl Friday was shot 66 years ago! That says a lot about the staying power of this madcap comedy classic.

2) In terms of the words-per-minute delivery, probably this is one of the most wordy Films ever produced. Talking about talking heads! Both Cary Grant (as the manipulative and exploitative newspaper Editor Walter Burns) and Rosalind Russell (as the crackerjack and ambitious reporter Hildegaard 'Hildy' Johnson), as well as all the other characters, race wi th one another in delivering truck-loads of sharp comebacks, jokes and sarcastic comments at the speed of a red hot machine gun. The words come out cascading from all of them in a ceaseless head-splitting torrent of verbiage. One wonders how many pounds the actors must have lost collectively after wrapping up this one.

His Girl Friday definitely represents the ultimate antithesis of the modern taboo against telling but not showing in Films. It does not have a single scene which is not deep into the exposition business.

3) Directorially, this is one of the amazingly lop-sided Movies I've watched for a long while. It begins with a tight focus on the Grant+Russell interaction and expands into the uncomfortable triangle formed by the two and Hildy Johnson's fianc the insurance man Bruce Baldwin (Ralph Bellamy).

Then, without any advance warning, the scene shifts to a Press Room and to the antiques of a bunch of old crusty poker-playing cigar-chomping reporters who are covering the story of a death row convict about to be hanged the next day in the plaza right below their window. Hildy is at the center of this long Second Act during which the Cary Grant character is totally missing.

If you are watching His Girl Friday as a Cary Grant movie, and must of us do, you'll be very disappointed by this mid-sequence that lasts almost half an hour during which we almost forget about Walter Burns.

When Walter returns in the Third Act, he is his old loud motor-mouth trying to get the story first to his paper while forcing the corrupt sheriff and Mayor to back down from their threats of jailing him.

The plot itself is not that complicated. Walter Burns (Grant) is an ambitious and unscrupulous newspaper managing Editor in Chicago for whom getting it first and beating the other papers to the punch is more important than telling the truth. He is a sly but charming and street-smart operator who is trying to woo back his ex-wife and top-notch newspaper reporter Hildy Johnson (Russell).

Knowing that deep in her heart Hildy cares nothing in life as much as she does for journalism and the excitement of hunting down an exclusive story, Walter plays to her weakness in order to win her back while pretending that he is resigned to her new life with Baldwin.

At the end Hildy manages to hide the escaped convict (who claims he is innocent and he killed a cop just by mistake) inside a rollup desk in the Press Room and she gets an exclusive for Walter's paper, leaving all her male colleagues in the dust.

The screwball comedy is full of smart and funny exchanges like the following:

Hildy: I can, I can, and I like it, what's more. Besides, he forgets the office when he's with me...He doesn't treat me like an errand boy eith er, Walter. He treats me like a woman.

Walter: He does, does he? How did I treat ya, like a water buffalo?

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Hildy: I spent six weeks in Reno, then Bermuda, oh, about four months, I guess. It seems like yesterday to me.

Walter: Maybe it was yesterday, Hildy. Been seeing me in your dreams?

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Hildy: Listen to me, you great big bumble-headed bamboo!

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Bruce Baldwin (talking about Walter): He's got a lot of charm.

Hildy: Yes, it comes naturally; his grandfather was a snake!

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Walter: Let's see this paragon of virtue! Is he as good as you say?

Hildy: Why, he's better!

Walter: Well then, what does he want with you?

Hildy: Ah-ha, you got me!

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A lovely film in which both Grant and Russell prove that they have the manic energy and smooth skills to deliver their complicated lines without a mishap while not sacrificing the physical comedy details jam-packed int o every scene. Two rascals who know one another better than anybody else in life and a well meaning insurance salesman who looks like a babe in the woods next to the two main operators.

Needless to say, it's also an eye-opener testimony to the way newspaper business was conducted in the 40s. We are all lucky the journalism profession, despite all its shortcoming, has much higher ethical standards today.

An 8 out 10.

Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative CopyWriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Senior Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases, movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 corporations since 1999. He is the Editor of PRIVATE TUTOR FOR SAT MATH SUCCESS web site http://www.privatetutor.us

In addition to being an Ezine Articles Expert Author, he is also a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), and a Member of American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).

A true movie fan since he was a child, Akinci provides FREE MOVIE PLOT IDEAS every day of the year at SCRIPT BOILER. Visit http://scriptboiler.blogspot.com today.

You are most welcomed to visit his COPYWRITING WEB SITE http://www.Writer111.com for more information on his multidisciplinary background, writing career, and client testimonials.

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Taking the Coaching From Whence it Comes: TV & The Apprentice

One of the things we life Coaches do is keep our eyes open for Coaching that comes from unusual places, and in this case it was the final episode of the Apprentice. Certainly television can be used to provoke intelligent dialogue about ethics and principles. Did you see The Apprentice the night Randall was hired and Rebecca wasnt hired? Randall took a stand. He said, No when directly asked by Donald Trump whether Rebecca should be hired the same night. He was clear. He was living within his beliefs and values. He had a choice. As do you. We always have Choices.

As life Coaches we are often asked to support our clients to make new Choices. Often these represent significant Changes from the way they used to do things, and these new actions may seem awkward or out of the blue, especially to our loved ones. Yet, when we define our values and personal standards and chose to make Choices based upon those, our life moves forward with much more ease. That awkward phase lasts only a short time as we step into the new way of being and behaving.

Try on these words as you think about the professional and competent behavior demonstrated by Rebecca and Randall during The Apprentice:

Alert
Clear
Courageous
Empowering
Flexible
Focused

You have a choice and can decide to adopt some of these words to describe how you will behave the rest of the weekthe rest of the month, or all year. You can design your own degree of competency whether visiting a Spa for relaxation and rejuvenation or preparing to deliver a motivating and inspiring presentation to your colleagues. The choice is yours; it always is. You are on this earth to add your unique piece to this puzzle called life and you have opportunities to turn every obstacle into a chance for greatness much as you saw Rebecca do during her time on The Apprentice.

Randall was put on the spot, took a stand, made a Decision. Its proven to be a controversial one and probably responsible for propelling Rebecca into a very desirable position she wouldnt otherwise have had if Randalls answer been Yes. So, bear this in mind when you get a no from one of your colleagues or family members. It could be a yes in disguise and the start of a fantastic new beginning.

Questions to ponder:
What no can give that is actually a yes?
Are you willing to ask for support to making a Change?
Do you have something you know youve been wanting to do, yet keep postponing?
Are you aware that there is a contribution that only you can make?

As Coaches, one of our favorite reminders is the following sentence: The best way to get somewhere is to let yourself go. Its time. You can go. With support fro m a Coach or this article or your own inner courage, you, too, can take a stand and design the life of your dreams. Yes you can!

Lifestyle Catalysts Kristine Carey & Leslie Gebhart are certified life Coaches who ask: Are you tired of people telling you thats just how it is? Be a part of their complimentary conversation the first Monday of each Month and discover how it can be: http://www.LifestyleCatalyst.com/register.shtml. Action creates Change; what choice will you make today?

Author:: Kristine Carey
Keywords:: Apprentice, Lifestyle, Catalyst, Change, life Coach, Coach, Balance, Choices, Spa, Decision
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Movie Review The Night of the Iguana (1964)

A timeless classic directed and co-written by John Houston from another great stage play by Tennessee Williams. Anthony Veiller was Houston's co-Writer. An unqualified 10 out of 10 despite the fact that it won no Oscars except for the Best Costume Design, Black-and-White for Dorothy Jeakins. Good for Jeakins. But the absence of Oscars for this film in the Best Acting, Best Writing and Best Directing categories is nothing short of a joke for the rest of us movie fans.

I'm aware that it is not polite to watch Movies for messages. (Use the Western Union instead! as the old joke goes.)

But I still think this one has a very clear core concept which is expressed by Deborah Kerr (playing Hannah Jelkes, a sensitive painter travelling the world with her poet grandfather and earning whatever she can by doing quick live sketches) towards the end of the Second Act:

Acceptance of life is surely the first requisite of living it.

The volatile trio of Richard Burto n (Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon), Deborah Kerr and Ava Gardner (Maxine Faulk) weave fiber by fiber this very humane and touching story of the fall and redemption of an Episcopalian pastor, of his desperate struggle to save his soul and find some solace other than alcohol.

By peeling off one layer of a man's soul after another, Tennessee Williams and John Houston treat us to the agony of Rev. Dr. T. Lawrence Shannon, a man caught in between the strict demands of his vocation as a man of God and the temptations of his flesh and mind as just an average creation of the same power. His unexpected deliverance is provided by Hannah Jelkes and Maxine Faulk whom he tries to control like all the others but fails -- for his own good.

The movie starts off with the motif of captivity at all levels. Parishioners are imprisoned by their blindness and rigidity. Rev. Shannon imprisoned by his own volcanic desires and disillusionment with his parish. And a wild iguana is forced to live a captive life, tethered to a wooden deck by the tight rope around its neck.

When that night of the iguana is over, they are all freed from their leashes and fears and limitations, including the iguana. That's the kind of life-altering night Tennessee Williams has brought to life for us. It is still jolting and liberating 42 years after the movie was released.

The story, at a realistic level (one of the two levels of existence brought up in the film), is not complicated at all. It is at the other and fantastic level that its time-release magic slowly unfolds like an intoxicating rose.

Rev. Shannon loses his job after accusing his parishioners with insincerity and shallowness and chasing them out of his church.

A few years later we see him as a tour guide down in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico, taking a group of elderly ladies on a sightseeing tour, to show them the wonders of God as explained by a man of God. However, he certainly is not fond of the o pen advances of one of the tour participants, the 17 year old Charlotte Goodall. That's after all how he got into trouble back home when another young amorous parishioner visited him at his church office. Although the Reverend first suggested they pray together by kneeling down, it soon led to other things that ended his church career.

The Reverend Shannon does whatever her can to keep Charlotte at an arms distance but she is the spoiled daughter of a very successful and rich man and she won't take no for an answer. As she pushes herself on the alcoholic Shannon, her secret admirer and tour leader Judith Fellowes (played like a hot knife through butter by Grayson Hall) throws a jealous fit and makes life sheer misery for the vulnerable Shannon.

Shannon is still trying to put his life together although he is firmly on the bottle, His internal circuitry is just too damaged to bear the high voltage of Fellowes's cruel attacks -- she threatens to have him arrested fo r seducing a minor as soon as they return to the USA. Unable to face the reality of her own attraction to the pretty dove Charlotte, Fellowes promises to destroy Shannon's second career and livelihood and looks like she is capable of carrying out her threat.

To make sure no such career-altering development takes place, Shannon hijacks the whole group to a mountain top vacation resort run by his old flame Maxine Faulk (Ava Gardner) who is a diamond in the rough, a vivacious woman with a coarse exterior but a lonely interior landscape. By stealing the distributor cap of the bus, he makes sure they won't be able to turn back but stay there with him for a while until perhaps Fellowes's ire is diminished to a more manageable level.

Shortly after, the group is joined by a travelling sketch artist Hannah Jelkes (Deborah Kerr) and her wheelchair-bound poet grandfather. They provide the gentle but solid ballast to balance the mercurial outbursts of Rev. Shannon and the e qually explosive Faulk.

The decisive scene arrives in the Second Act when Rev. Shannon is hog-tied to a hammock to help him overcome his alcohol withdrawal symptoms. Playing his redeeming angel, Hannah helps Shannon exorcise his devils by giving him an unforgettable lesson about love.

The scene starts with Rev. Shannon, very sure of the superiority of his own life exploits and experiences and still struggling to free himself from his hammock-jail, asks Hannah if she had ever in her life had any kind of love affair.

Two, she admits, to Shannon's surprise, and proceeds to recount the story of her two experiences both of which do not even remotely resemble what the earthy Shannon would normally define as a love affair.

In her first love experience Hannah was only sixteen. When a young man pressed his knee against hers in a Nantucket movie theater she screamed aloud and had the young man arrested. Later, she regretted and took her complaint back and said that since it was a Greta Garbo movie she was just excited and that's why she overreacted and created such a scene.

Her second love affair, which took place only 4 years earlier, is even more curious an episode. An Aussie underwear salesman whose sketch she drew at a Hong Kong hotel, asked her to join him for a ride in a sampan. She accepted the offer because he was such a gentle man and he tipped her very well for the sketch. In the boat the Aussie salesman got more agitated and asked her if she would do him a favor. He said he would turn his back to her if she would hand him her articles of clothing, which Hannah did.

At this point Shannon asks her what the salesman did with her clothing. Hannah says she has no idea because she also turned her back to him. And that was that. The end of the story.

Rev. Shannon is flabbergasted one more time, And here follows their unforgettable exchange:

Rev. Shannon: And that experience, you call it a...

Hann ah: Love experience. Yes I do Mr. Shannon.

Rev. Shannon: That sad little dirty little episode, you call a ...

Hannah: Sad, it certainly was for the poor little man but why you call it dirty?

Rev. Shannon: You mean you weren't disgusted by it?

Hannah: Nothing human disgusts me Mr. Shannon unless is is unkind or violent. And I told you how gentle he was. Apologetic. Shy. Really, very, well... delicate about it.

Then she cuts him loose, telling him that by listening to her story he is now exorcised from all the agitation in his heart. Why? Because now he is in a frame of mind where he is not just reacting to life but also accepting it. And she delivers yet another unforgettable line: Acceptance of life is surely the first requisite of living it.

Another development -- Hannah's grandfather dies after composing his best poem ever on the night of the iguana.

The next day, the group of traveling ladies leave Shannon with Faulk who offers hi m the management of the resort and the restaurant since she is so sick and tired of running the whole show on her own. For the first time she is enjoying the freedom of letting go of her control on her own affairs and livelihood and sharing it all with someone she loves. Besides, the presence of a man will help her business by making it attractive for female tourists, she figures.

Hannah is made the same offer but she prefers to move as the independent spirit that she is. She has liberated Shannon from his own devastating bonds, and her work is done. She moves on like the summer wind, with her drawing pad under her arm. We are pretty sure the elements will take care of her.

The last scene shows Shannon and Faulk resolving to start a new life together at the resort, hopefully a new life propelled with self-understanding, graced by tolerance, and illuminated with truth, a life of liberation where even the iguanas live free.

A must see for all movie lovers. It should be an indispensable item on every cinema fan's school curriculum.

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Ugur Akinci, Ph.D. is a Creative CopyWriter, Editor, an experienced and award-winning Senior Technical Communicator specializing in fundraising packages, direct sales copy, web content, press releases, movie reviews and hi-tech documentation. He has worked as a Technical Writer for Fortune 100 corporations since 1999.

He is the Editor of PRIVATE TUTOR FOR SAT MATH SUCCESS web site http://www.privatetutor.us

In addition to being an Ezine Articles Ex pert Author, he is also a Senior Member of the Society for Technical Communication (STC), and a Member of American Writers and Artists Institute (AWAI).

A true movie fan since he was a child, Akinci provides FREE MOVIE PLOT IDEAS every day of the year at SCRIPT BOILER. Visit http://scriptboiler.blogspot.com today.

You are most welcomed to visit his COPYWRITING WEB SITE http://www.Writer111.com for more information on his multidisciplinary background, writing career, and client testimonials.

Author:: Ugur Akinci
Keywords:: Hollywood,Movies,movie plots,Films,ugur akinci,Writer,Editor,the night of the iguana,john houston
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