Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 17th, 2003
Just before the release of their eponymous second album, Portishead gathered at the historical Roseland Ballroom for their first ever performance in New York City. The band brought a film crew along for this special concert. It was a show that featured not only the first performance of much of the new album, but also the added attraction of playing with the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. The result is a brilliant and haunting presentation of all things Portishead. This legendary disc should be required viewing for ...ll fans of trip-hop, and for film students everywhere.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on October 16th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 16th, 2003
“Say hello to my little friend!”
This is just one of the many cultural references that have come out of Brian DePalma’s 1983 epic film, Scarface. Al Pacino plays Tony Montana, a Cuban refugee that arrives in the United States with nothing, and leaves with everything. It’s a story about the American Dream, about excess, and about ambition. A fantastic supporting cast (including Michelle Pfeiffer, F. Murray Abraham and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio), and a script by Oliver Stone makes Scarface one of the...greatest gangster films of all time.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on October 15th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 14th, 2003
All The Real Girls is an attempt to delve deeper into the emotional landscape involved with being young and in love. Most movies that try to tackle this very complicated issue often only so a very superficial job. The main thrust of this movie is to examine what it’s actually like to be smitten i.e. not being able to think straight, how desperate our emotions can make us feel and doing things we hadn’t planned and facing the consequences.
Paul (Paul Schneider) is the 22 year old town heart-throb who is wo...king his way through all of the girls in town. His motto is “ love’em and leave’em.” This is contrasted with his soon to be love interest Noel (Zooey Deschanel). Noel is the 18-year-old sister of Paul’s best friend who just returned from 6 years of boarding school. Yikes! I guess Paul never heard of the unwritten rule: never date your best friend’s sister. Of course this leads to difficulties between Paul and Tip (Noel’s brother), and Tip and Noel. The dialogue feels and sounds very natural and very commonplace. It’s as close to the real thing that one is going to find in a movie.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on October 12th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on October 11th, 2003
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on October 9th, 2003
For a long time The Lion King was the highest grossing animated film in history. For my money it is still miles ahead of any other animated feature. Using more frames per second in animation than the modern cost-cutting standard, this animation simply flows. Elton John and Tim Rice combined for some spectacular songs that somehow appeal to adults and the pop crowd while still maintaining that charm and sing-along ability necessary to attract children. The story is far richer in content than the typical animated fare.Finally, this film is quite simply just beautiful to watch. Without taking anything away from Disney groundbreaking features like Snow White or Sleeping Beauty or even the wonderful Fantasia, The Lion King is indeed king of the animated jungle.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 9th, 2003
A double crossed drug deal goes bad and two half brothers 20/20 Mike (Laurence Fishburne) and Torch (Titus Welliver) retreat to an abandoned New York warehouse. When Mike calls his friend Tony the Tiger to help them out, tension erupts and not everything is as it seems in this story of loyalty and love. This is a well written, well shot and very well acted film, Titus Welliver is riveting as the dope fiend half brother. Written and Directed by Laurence Fishbourne this film is raw and gripping.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on October 9th, 2003
Follow along with Kim Possible, Ron Stoppable and Rufus the naked mole rat as they foil the plans of some seriously wacko bad guys and still make it home for dinner. We have three episodes as well as the very first episode from this popular Disney kid’s series.
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