Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 20th, 2004
What would prep school be like on December 7th, 1941? For those of you not historically savvy, 7/41 was the day of Pearl Harbor. December is about 5 prep school boys coming to terms with the patriotic and moral issues involved with the Pearl Harbor attack. I suppose the movie is timely in the sense that, ever since 9/11, people are still wrestling with the same questions. Unfortunately, the wrestling in this movie is more like tai chi.
Wil Wheaton (better known as Wesley Crusher Star Trek) is t...e “star” of this ensemble cast. He’s the rebel in a character list full of clichés. There’s also the jock, the geek, the good goody, and the “little brother”. So it’s like The Breakfast Club, but not as cool. The boys’ performances are solid, but they are everything you expect.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 20th, 2004
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Kata (Katrina Gibson) and Ana (Melida Prado) are best friends growing up on the streets of L.A. To pass time they steal cars, hang out with their fellow gang mates, and compete in dance contests against rival gangs. When Ana gets pregnant by a member of a rival gang, she must choose between the street life and a life where she leaves it all behind, including Kata, to raise her child.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 20th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 20th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 20th, 2004
Lola is a bit of a strange girl. She is both charming and odd. On the one hand, she is an independent fashion designer who has had marginal success selling her clothing to retail outlets. On the other hand, she is a sheltered little girl who has no self-esteem, and lives with a demanding and overpowering husband. Lola is a woman that has never grown up, and never spent any time in the real world whatsoever. She is a child.
All of that changes, however, over the course of one single day. When she instinctive...y saves a stranger from being hit by a bus, Lola begins a friendship with a woman even crazier than she is. Through a complicated (yet perfectly understandable) series of events, Lola completely takes over the life of the other woman, essentially becoming her new found friend.
Posted in: Disc Reviews by Gino Sassani on April 20th, 2004
Season 4 brought a few changes to the Homicide: Life On The Streets beat. Beatty’s and Baldwin’s characters would exit. Reed Diamond and Max Perlich would enter the cast to replace them. Diamond’s Kellerman, an arson investigator turned homicide detective, would provide the more interesting character arc for the season. Year 4 also marked a change in style to more of the multi-episode stories. Another Law and Order crossover is a bit confusing because there isn’t the Dick Wolf franchise episode to complete it. I’d li...e to see a cooperative effort to release these annual crossovers as full shows.
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 19th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 19th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by David Annandale on April 16th, 2004
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Posted in: Disc Reviews by Archive Authors on April 15th, 2004
It appears that Fox is having a hard time keeping a good thing going when it comes to the Marilyn Monroe Diamond Collection. The Volume One boxed set included five discs, Volume Two included four discs, and the group of films that are generally being referred to as Volume Three don’t come in a box at all, but are only available for individual sale. I understand the logic, however, as these latest films aren’t exactly Marilyn Monroe star vehicles. Yes, she appears in all of them, but she is certainly not a feat...red performer. Once I saw a few of these films, I appreciated the fact that these discs aren’t being pushed as the next volume of the Diamond Collection in the strictest sense. True, she is the only performer featured on the covers, and the artwork matches the theme of the other titles in the series, but as I said earlier, they are not available in a boxed set, and the text on the back of the box clearly states that she holds only a minor role.
So, this is not really a Marilyn Monroe film. OK, so what exactly is this film about? In a nutshell, it deals with corporate idiocy, which is a topic that I am all-too-familiar with in my real life. The basic story goes that Grandpa gets fired from his job, because there is a company policy that prohibits workers over the age of 65 from being employed by the company. The directive comes from the parent company of a partnership of a subsidiary of the company that owns the stock of this other company… well, you get the gist of it. Anyway, so Grandpa passes himself off as the president of the whole conglomerate, and essentially hires himself back. His views on business catch on, he is found out, and hilarity ensues.
