Movies, Mom & Me

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    Truth is, I'm kind of nervous about this product. Online, there is conflicting information regarding not only this set but other sets of this anime, as well. I know I really enjoy this series, as I watched it "religiously" when it was on Netflix. At that time, I was unaware the there were season"s", in the multiple. Now, it seems, there is at least one other series season, the "second", there may be more, and there are many, many companies that are hawking this and other seasons. Commentary on the quality of each of the offerings is wildly mixed, some of the commentary is not kind about the packaging, which, in some cases, has been a problem, and problems are shared by all companies offering various iterations of this series, including this offering by Amazon. So, there is a possibility that I may be returning this product shortly after receiving it. I hope not. I just went through a protracted push/pull with another company, typically highly favored, over a disc that arrived loose in its case, scratched from being jostled about during shipping and wouldn't play more than a third of that loose disc, no matter what I did. I eventually convinced the company that they needed to replace that disc, and they did, but not without argument. The whole process took four weeks. So, after reading all the commentary on the quality of the packaging of this series, I crossed my fingers and am fearfully optimistic.
    Of course, I'll report back.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia list of Mushishi episodes.
    Release Date: 2011
    Directed by Hiroshi Nagahama.

Labels: anime, fantasy4

# posted by gail @ 05:34    0 comments    email......this post

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    Yep, I've seen this movie, a couple of times, since it came out early in this century. I've often been reminded of it and, when I am, I always think, "Oh, yeah! Delightful movie! I must add that to my collection!" And then I go on to think of something else and I forget. Well, now, I've remembered for sure. It'll be here in a couple of days. I'm really looking forward to watching it again. And again. I was, you see, involved in a friendship very much like the one depicted. We fell into friendship in high school. We even went on a road-trip, of sorts, except it was a move to a city with which both of us were unfamiliar. We are, by the way, still friends, very comfortable friends, although quite distant, at the moment, being involved in unlocked and very busy separate lives. I expect that at some time before we die we will come together again. In the meantime, I'll watch this movie. Maybe, some day, we'll watch this movie together. She's not a movie person, so she may not relate to it as I do, but I think she'll appreciate it.
    More later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Paul Giamatti	Miles Raymond	Thomas Haden Church	Jack Cole	Virginia Madsen	Maya Randall	Sandra Oh	Stephane
  Marylouise Burke	Mrs. Raymond	Jessica Hecht	Victoria Cortland	Lee Brooks	Ken Cortland	Missy Doty	Cammi
  MC Gainey	Cammi's Husband	Alysia Reiner	Christine Erganian	Shake Tukhmanyan	Mrs. Erganian	Shaun Duke	Mike Erganian

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2004
    Directed by Alexander Payne.

Labels: dramedy3, paul-giamatti, road-movie

# posted by gail @ 00:30    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  Wow, wow, wow! Was this movie hard to find, as a "new" copy (i.e., not yet sold) here in the U.S.! If I lived in Europe, or England, or possessed a Region 2 disc player, I would have one of several new or used copies from which to choose. Not here. I'm not sure why, since it's an HBO production, but, whatever. I hope I (blindly) chose a playable, decent version. We'll be finding out, soon. I'm not sure what I'm going to do (other than return the movie to the seller) if I don't get lucky in my choice. Why, I can't help but wonder, is this movie impossible to find as a newly pressed disc in the U.S.? I can't even begin to guess.
    Anyway, we'll find out about the quality in about a week. Yeah, I know, it also "comes", here, across the pond, with an extraordinarily long delivery time, even though the site from which I ordered it is housed in the U.S. I'm wondering if the store in question has to order it from Europe.
    I was reminded of this movie in a show I was watching about movies that seem to have been forgotten (in the U.S., anyway). Yes, I've seen the movie. When I initially watched it, I really liked it. Michael Douglas, what can I say, a master actor who always has a new trick up his sleeve. Then, I forgot about it, for years. It wasn't until today that I realized why I was allowed to forget it. For some reason, here in the U.S., we're neither encouraged nor allowed to remember and watch it. Which is especially disappointing considering the impossibility of me finding an unplayed, "new" copy of it. What is your excuse for this, HBO, considering that I could easily obtain a new, unplayed copy of it in The Lands of Region 2 if I lived there? Really! What are the sneaky, very probably corrupt, corporate machinations behind obliterating a quintessential American movie in America??? Why, Steven Soderbergh have you allowed this to happen?
    Anyway, with any luck, and I expect I'll need a lot of luck working on my behalf, the copy that will arrive at my home next week will be a decently watchable copy. Keep your fingers crossed for me, Dear Reader, and I'll be doing the same.
    I'll report back.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Michael Douglas	Liberace	Matt Damon	Scott Thorson	Dan Aykroyd	Seymour Heller	Rob Lowe	Dr. Jack Startz
  Debbie Reynolds	Frances Liberace	Scott Bakula	Bob Black	Boyd Holbrook	Cary James	Tom Papa	Ray Arnett
  Nicky Katt	Mr. Y	Cheyenne Jackson	Billy Leatherwood	Paul Reiser	Mr. Felder	David Koechner	Adoption Attorney

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2013
    Directed by Steven Soderbergh.

Labels: biography3, debbie-reynolds, michael-douglas

# posted by gail @ 16:28    0 comments    email......this post

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    One unrelated-but-not note regarding brother of Ridley Scott, Tony Scott, who suicided in 2012. You know that perfectly atmospheric logo that typically runs at the beginning or end of Scott Free films? You know the one I mean, this one. Well, I only started noticing it some years after 2008, when I got into the habit of watching opening and closing credits, which I never did when my mother was alive and she and I watched movies together. She would get antsy during pre- and post-movie credits, so I'd ffwd through them, or simply end the movie, well, at the end of the story part. Anyway, a little more than a few years after she died, I started watching credits, again, and was charmed by the Scott Free logo. I always imagined that it was designed by Ridley Scott as a memorial to his brother Tony Scott after his suicide. Turns out, as you'll appreciate from this interesting and inventive history of the logo, it was actually created and used 16 years or so before Tony Scott died. In a way, I suppose, the logo, itself, is a reverse form of déjà vu, a prediction of the future rather than a repetition of the past. Which is interesting, considering this movie, in particular, which addresses flowing forward and backward in time. Anyway, just thought I'd mention it.
    As usual, expect more later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Denzel Washington	ATF Spc. Agt. Douglas Carlin	Paula Patton	Claire Kuchever	Val Kilmer	FBI Spc. Agt. Paul Pryzwarra	Jim Caviezel	Carroll Oerstadt
  Adam Goldberg	Dr. Alexander Denny	Elden Henson	Gunnars	Erika Alexander	Shanti	Elle Fanning	Abbey
  Bruce Greenwood	FBI Spc Agt. Jack McCready	Rich Hutchman	Agent Stalhuth	Matt Craven	Minuti	Enrique Castillo	Claire's Father

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2006
    Directed by Tony Scott.

Labels: denzel-washington, elle-fanning, enrique-castillo, tony-scott

# posted by gail @ 18:37    0 comments    email......this post

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    I initially saw this movie not long after it was released for TV viewing [Remember the days when it wasn't called "streaming" and didn't require you to pay any more for it than you already paid for your cable or ISP subscription?] I saw it only once, but remember liking it so much, as did my mother (she was still alive when it was released for viewing by the plebes). I don't remember a lot about the movie, now, except for this: there were more than a few times that my mother audibly gasped in reaction to some of the action vignettes featured in the film. As I find myself looking to beef up my Denzel Washington assortment, that is enough for me to add this movie to my collection.
    More later.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Denzel Washington	John W. Creasy	Dakota Fanning	Guadalupe Ramos	Radha Mitchell	Lisa Ramos	Christopher Walken	Paul Rayburn
  Marc Anthony	Samuel Ramos	Giancarlo Giannini	Miguel Manzano	Mickey Rourke	Jordan Kalfus	Rachel Ticotin	Mariana Garcia Guerrero
  Roberto Sosa	Daniel Sanchez	Rosa María Hernández	Maria Rosas Sanchez	Gero Camilo	Aurelio Sanchez	Jesús Ochoa	Victor Fuentes

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2004
    Directed by Tony Scott.

Labels: christopher-walken, dakota-fanning, denzel-washington, tony-scott

# posted by gail @ 17:18    0 comments    email......this post

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    Roger Ebert, in his review of this film (to which he gave three stars), found himself prodded by two fellow movie lovers to talk about a possible story glitch that, as he put it, is "a hole big enough to drive the entire plot through." A later reviewer on the same site, Omar Moore [take note, while the immediately previous link appears to have been wrapped up, here is one of Omar Moore's latest sites] however, almost 10 years after Ebert noticed this story glitch, rhapsodizes about the same film, not even noticing glitches in the story. It's interesting to view these two separate views of this film.
    I should mention, this is a movie I habitually check out of our county library system at least twice a year. Since I finally found a low priced copy of it without many of the special features that are touted in other pressings of it, I decided to purchase it. I like to wrap myself up in it. Don't ask me why. I haven't yet analyzed my reaction to this movie and may never, except to enjoy both the movie and my reaction.
    More later likely, of course.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Guy Pearce	Leonard Shelby	Carrie-Anne Moss	Natalie	Joe Pantoliano	John Edward Gammell	Mark Boone Junior	Burt
  Russ Fega	Waiter	Jorja Fox	Catherine Shelby	Stephen Tobolowsky	Samuel R. Jankis	Harriet Sansom Harris	Mrs. Jankis
  Thomas Lennon	Doctor	Callum Keith Rennie	Dodd	Kimberly Campbell	Blonde	Marianne Muellerleile	Tattooist

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2000
    Directed by Christopher Nolan.

Labels: carrie-anne-moss, christopher-nolan, guy-pearce, joe-pantoliano, mystery3, neo-noirD

# posted by gail @ 00:08    0 comments    email......this post

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    Roger Ebert was so intrigued by this movie he reviewed it twice. He assigned it Great Movie status in 2005 after having reviewed it upon it's initial release in 1998 and having given it four stars. His Great Movies review is attached to the title of this post.
    I also find it interesting to note that while many reviewers were also pleased by this film, its two iterations, its theatrical release and its director's cut, were also analyzed by reviewers, which is, in essence, what Roger Ebert accomplished with his two reviews. Even critics who were not impressed with many aspects of the film praised its extraordinary visuality.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Rufus Sewell	John Murdoch	William Hurt	Ins. Frank Bumstead	Kiefer Sutherland	Dr. Daniel P. Schreber	Jennifer Connelly	Emma Murdoch/Anna
  Richard O'Brien	Mr. Hand	Ian Richardson	Mr. Book	Bruce Spence	Mr. Wall	Colin Friels	Det. Eddie Walenski
  John Bluthal	Karl Harris	Mitchell Butel	Ofc. Husselbeck	Melissa George	May	Frank Gallacher	Chf. Ins. Stromboli
  Ritchie Singer	Hotel Manager/Vendor	Justin Monjo	Taxi Driver	Nicholas Bell	Mr. Rain	Satya Gumbert	Mr. Sleep

  
    As usual, more later when I've watched this film.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1988
    Directed by Alex Proyas.

Labels: jennifer-connelly, philosophical, science-fiction2, william-hurt

# posted by gail @ 09:45    0 comments    email......this post

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  Commentary:  This is an economical four pack of the first four Matrix movies. Although I've included pictures of the covers, below, this packaging does not include individual sleeves for the movies, thus, I allowed myself the freedom to peruse the various covers that have graced each movie in the past and select my favorites.
    It's true. This is the first time I've included Matrix movies in my collection. I saw the first movie when it came out. I was influenced by the exceptional hype watched it in a theater on it's first run. Visually, it was sweet candy, but I remember telling a friend of mine, who was enamored of the movie, that, yes, it's pretty, but I didn't find anything particularly stunning, or even new, in the concepts presented. Truth is, my memory still doesn't. But, but, but, I only saw one, back then, the first. I can't, yet, tell you why, but, a week or so ago I found myself caught on and mulling over this quadrilogy. I checked out prices online. It's been so long since the first movie debuted that there are very cheap packages of the first four movies in the franchise to be had. So, I bought one. For my collection. Seemed like a good idea. I'll let you know, later, if the idea was that good.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the franchise.
    Release Date: Various, see individual movies below
    Directed by Various, see individual movies below.
  
  
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    The Matrix
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Keanu Reeves	Neo	Laurence Fishburne	Morpheus	Carrie-Anne Moss	Trinity	Hugo Weaving	Agent Smith
    Joe Pantoliano	Cypher	Marcus Chong	Tank	Matt Doran	Mouse	Rowan Witt	The Spoon Boy
    Gloria Foster	The Oracle	Anthony Ray Parker	Dozer	Julian Arahanga	Apoc	Belinda McClory	Switch

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this movie.
      Release Date: 1999
      Directed by The Wachowski Brothers (as per the package label).
    
    
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    The Matrix Reloaded
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    Keanu Reeves	Neo	Laurence Fishburne	Morpheus	Carrie-Anne Moss	Trinity	Hugo Weaving	Agent Smith
    Jada Pinkett Smith	Niobe	Harold Perrineau	Link	Gloria Foster	Oracle	Randall Duk Kim	Keymaker
    Monica Bellucci	Persephone	Lambert Wilson	The Merovingian	Helmut Bakaitis	The Architect	Nathaniel Lees	Captain Mifune
    Neil and Adrian Raymen	The Twins	Daniel Bernhardt	Agent Johnson	Leigh Whannell	Axel	Collin Chou	Seraph
    Nona Gaye	Zee	Gina Torres	Cas	Anthony Zerbe	Councillor Hamann	Cornel West	Councillor West

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this movie.
      Release Date: 2003
      Directed by The Wachowski Brothers (as per the package label).
    
    
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    The Matrix Revolutions
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Keanu Reeves	Neo	Laurence Fishburne	Morpheus	Carrie-Anne Moss	Trinity	Hugo Weaving	Agent Smith
    Jada Pinkett Smith	Niobe	Monica Bellucci	Persephone	Lambert Wilson	The Merovingian	Mary Alice	The Oracle
    Mary Alice	The Architect	Harold Perrineau	Link	Tanveer K. Atwal	Sati	Bernard White	Rama Kandra
    Anthony Zerbe	Councillor Hamann	Cornel West	Councillor West	Henry Blasingame (motion capture)	Deus Ex Machina	Kevin Michael Richardson	Voice of Deus Ex Machina

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this movie.
      Release Date: 2003
      Directed by The Wachowski Brothers (as per the package label).
    
    
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    The Matrix Resurrections
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Keanu Reeves	Neo/Thomas Anderson	Carrie-Anne Moss	Trinity/Tiffany	Yahya Abdul-Mateen II	Morpheus/Agent Smith	Jonathan Groff	Smith
    Neil Patrick Harris	The Analyst	Priyanka Chopra Jonas	Sati	Christina Ricci	Gwyn de Vere	Jada Pinkett Smith	Niobe
    Telma Hopkins	Freya	Chad Stahelski	Chad	Lambert Wilson	The Merovingian	Brian J. Smith	Berg
    Toby Onwumere	Sequoia	Max Riemelt	Sheperd	Eréndira Ibarra	Lexy	Freema Agyeman	Astra

    
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of this movie.
      Release Date: 2021
      Directed by Lana Wachowski (as per the package label).
    
    
    Before I go, I want to mention an article that appears to be a summary of the Matrix Trilogy, written before Resurrections was released. It's very kind hearted and optimistic, even as it acknowledges some of the failings of the first three movies. Why did I read this article before I've watched the quadrilogy (and rewatched the initial movie)? By the time I'd finished recording everything above I had read so much about story lines and characters with my peripheral vision that I began to wonder, wait, are these movies, so eagerly watched and so celebrated, an example of the phenomenon of the Emperor having no clothes and being completely unaware of not only her/his nakedness but, perhaps her/his nonexistence? In other words, is it possible that my initial lack of enthusiasm is correct and, maybe, these movies don't really exist, at all, in any tangible sense? If so, well, that's certainly something to record. The article linked at the beginning of this paragraph soothed my fear a bit. At any rate, I'll be watching them, soon, perhaps in a binge session (then, again, depending on how I react to each, perhaps not, we'll see). As usual, I'll report back. But, I have this sneaky sense that I might end up feeling totally conned, and that every one else who's followed these movies has been conned, as well. If that's the case, at least I didn't spend much on them.
    As always, more later.
  

Labels: carrie-anne-moss, joe-pantoliano, keanu-reeves, laurence-fishburne, science-fiction2

# posted by gail @ 01:43    0 comments    email......this post

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Uma Thurman	The Bride/Black Mamba	Lucy Liu	O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth	David Carradine	Bill/Snake Charmer	Vivica A. Fox	Vernita Green/Copperhead
  Michael Madsen	Budd/Sidewinder	Daryl Hannah	Elle Driver/California Mountain Snake	Julie Dreyfus	Sofie Fatale	Sonny Chiba	Hattori Hanzō
  Chiaki Kuriyama	Gogo Yubari	Gordon Liu	Johnny Mo	Michael Parks	Ranger Earl McGraw	Michael Bowen	Buck

  
    There are cast crossovers between this movie and Kill Bill Volume 2. Both movies were filmed as one and split when it was discovered that the run time for a single presentation would run over four hours.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2003
    Directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Labels: martial-arts, michael-madsen

# posted by gail @ 20:07    0 comments    email......this post

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Uma Thurman	The Bride/Beatrix Kiddo/Black Mamba	David Carradine	Bill/Snake Charmer	Michael Madsen	Budd/Sidewinder	Daryl Hannah	Elle Driver/California Mountain Snake
  Gordon Liu	Pai Mei	Michael Parks	Esteban Vihaio	Bo Svenson	Reverend Harmony	Chris Nelson	Tommy Plympton
  Samuel L. Jackson	Rufus	Clark Middleton	Ernie	Perla Haney-Jardine	B.B.	Helen Kim	Karen Kim
  Lucy Liu	O-Ren Ishii/Cottonmouth	Vivica A. Fox	Vernita Green/Copperhead	Julie Dreyfus	Sofie Fatale	Sonny Chiba	Hattori Hanzō

  
    There are cast crossovers between this movie and Kill Bill Volume 1. Both movies were filmed as one and split when it was discovered that the run time for a single presentation would run over four hours.
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2004
    Directed by Quentin Tarantino.

Labels: martial-arts, michael-madsen, samuel-l-jackson

# posted by gail @ 19:39    0 comments    email......this post

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Chow Yun-fat	Li Mu Bai	Michelle Yeoh	Yu Shu Lien	Zhang Ziyi	Jen Yu	Chang Chen	Lo "Dark Cloud" Xiao Hou
  Lang Sihung	Sir Te	Cheng Pei-pei	Jade Fox	Li Fazeng	Governor Yu	Wang Deming	Inspector Tsai
  Li Li	Tsai May	Hai Yan	Madam Yu	Gao Xi'an	Bo	Huang Suying	Aunt Wu

  
    Besides his review of this movie, Roger Ebert, also conducted a surprising interview with Ang Lee, quite a bit of which was devoted to the technical aspects of bringing the action sequences in this movie to life. Don't miss it, if you've ever wondered how "that was done".
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2000
    Directed by Ang Lee.

Labels: action4, adventure4, wuxia

# posted by gail @ 18:20    0 comments    email......this post

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    This movie has held a fascination for me since it came out and I saw it when I was living in Sacramento. I saw it with my group of primarily Asian friends who took me along with them to see primarily Asian movies. I never really wondered why this movie was on their playlist, but I related to it because the situation it covers was familiar to me from my extensive life on Guam, which included (although we were not a military family, there) almost constant mixing with members of the military and being exposed to their scuttlebutt. Somehow, though, through the years, this movie had slipped through the cracks of my movie-loving mind until I was reminded of it this evening on a program I was watching about 1985 Oscar nominees. The commentator mentioned that he had a hard time finding a copy to view and I thought, "Really?!? I wonder why." Well, I don't know, because I found it for sale easily and cheaply and decided, time to add it to my collection.
    By the way, I'm not sure where Roger Ebert was coming from with his lackadaisical review of this movie. The only thing I can think is that he had very little experience around military politics. I went ahead and attached to his review in the title to this post above, though, because it was so stunningly off the mark. In contrast, IMdb User Reviews are almost universally high. I guess you had to be there. Or something.
    As usual, more later, when I receive it and rewatch it.
    

  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Howard E. Rollins Jr.	Cpt. Richard Davenport	Adolph Caesar	Msg. Vernon Waters	Art Evans	Pvt. James Wilkie	David Alan Grier	Cpl. Bernard Cobb
  David Harris	Pvt. Tony Smalls	Denzel Washington	Pfc. Melvin Peterson	Dennis Lipscomb	Cpt. Charles Taylor	Larry Riley	Pvt. C.J. Memphis
  Robert Townsend	Cpl. Ellis	William Allen Young	Pvt. Henson	John Hancock	Sgt. Washington	Patti LaBelle	Big Mary
  Trey Wilson	Col. Nivens	Wings Hauser	Lt. Byrd	Scott Paulin	Cpt. Wilcox	Mike Williams	Pfc. Oscar

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 1984
    Directed by Norman Jewison.

Labels: military

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Mia Goth	Pearl	David Corenswet	The Projectionist	Tandi Wright	Ruth	Matthew Sunderland	Pearl's Father
  Emma Jenkins-Purro	Mitsy	Alistair Sewell	Howard	Amelia Reid	Margaret	Gabe McDonnell	Woman

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2022
    Directed by Ti West.

Labels: horror2

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  Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
  Mia Goth	Maxine/Pearl	Jenna Ortega	Lorraine Day	Brittany Snow	Bobby-Lynne Parker	Scott Mescudi	Jackson Hole
  Martin Henderson	Wayne Gilroy	Owen Campbell	RJ Nichols	Stephen Ure	Howard	Simon Prast	The Televangelist

  
    Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    Release Date: 2022
    Directed by Ti West.

Labels: horror2

# posted by gail @ 23:53    0 comments    email......this post

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    Directed by Yasujirō Ozu.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Early Spring
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Chikage Awashima	Masako Sugiyama	Ryō Ikebe	Shoji Sugiyama	Keiko Kishi	Chiyo Kaneko/Goldfish	Teiji Takahashi	Taizo Aoki
    Chishū Ryū	Kiichi Onodera	So Yamamura	Yutaka Kawai	Haruko Sugimura	Tamako	Takako Fujino	Terumi Aoki
    Terumi Aoki	Koichi Kitagawa	Kumeko Urabe	Kitagawa	Kuniko Miyake	Yukiko Kawai	Daisuke Katō	Sakamoto

    
      Release Date: 1956
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Tokyo Twilight
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ineko Arima	Akiko Sugiyama	Setsuko Hara	Takako Numata	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Sugiyama	Isuzu Yamada	Kikuko Soma
    Haruko Sugimura	Shigeko Takeuchi	Nobuo Nakamura	Sakae Soma	Kamatari Fujiwara	Noodle Restaurant Owner	Kinzō Shin	Yasuo Numata
    Teiji Takahashi	Noburo Kawaguchi	So Yamamura	Shukichi's Friend	Seiji Miyaguchi	Policeman	Tsûsai Sugawara	Mahjong Parlor Owner

    
      Release Date: 1957
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Equinox Flower
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Ineko Arima	Setsuko Hirayama	Fujiko Yamamoto	Yukiko Sasaki	Yoshiko Kuga	Fumiko Mikami	Shin Saburi	Wataru Hirayama
    Wataru Hirayama	Kiyoko Hirayama	Miyuki Kuwano	Hisako Hirayama	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Mikami	Keiji Sada	Masahiko Taniguchi
    Teiji Takahashi	Shotaru Kondo	Chieko Naniwa	Hatsu Sasaki	Fumio Watanabe	RIchiro Nagamura	Nobuo Nakamura	Toshihiko Kawai

    
      Release Date: 1958
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Late Autumn
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    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Setsuko Hara	Akiko Miwa	Yoko Tsukasa	Ayako Miwa	Mariko Okada	Yuriko Sasaki	Keiji Sada	Shotaru Goto
    Miyuki Kuwano	Michiko	Shin'ichirō Mikami	Koichi	Shin Saburi	Soichi Mamiya	Chishū Ryū	Shukichi Miwa
    Nobuo Nakamura	Shuzo Taguchi	Kuniko Miyake	Nobuko	Sadako Sawamura	Fumiko	Ryūji Kita	Seiichiro Hirayama

    
      Release Date: 1960
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    The End of Summer
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Nakamura Ganjirō II	Kohayagawa Manbei	Setsuko Hara	Akiko	Yoko Tsukasa	Noriko	Michiyo Aratama	Fumiko
    Keiju Kobayashi	Hisao	Chieko Naniwa	Sasaki Tsune	Reiko Dan	Yuriko	Haruko Sugimura	Kato Shige
    Hisaya Morishige	Isomura Eiichirou	Daisuke Katō	Kitagawa Yanosuke	Akira Takarada	Teramoto Tadashi	Kyū Sazanka	Yamaguch

    
      Release Date: 1961
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    

Labels: chishū-ryū, Criterion8, yasujirō-ozu

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  Commentary:  Under construction.
    Directed by Various.
  
  
  
  
  
  
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    Major Barbara
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Wendy Hiller	Major Barbara Undershaft	Rex Harrison	Adolphus Cusins	Robert Morley	Andrew Undershaft	Robert Newton	Bill Walker
    Sybil Thorndike	The General	Emlyn Williams	Snobby Price	Miles Malleson	Morrison the Butler	Donald Calthrop	Peter Shirley
    Marie Lohr	Lady Britomart	Stanley Holloway	Policeman	Marie Ault	Rummy Mitchens	Penelope Dudley-Ward	Sarah Undershaft

    
      Release Date: 1941
      Directed by Gabriel Pascal.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Caesar and Cleopatra
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Vivien Leigh	Cleopatra	Claude Rains	Caesar	Stewart Granger	Apollodorus	Flora Robson	Ftatateeta
    Francis L. Sullivan	Pothinus	Basil Sydney	Rufio	Cecil Parker	Britannus	Raymond Lovell	Lucius Septimus
    Anthony Eustrel	Achillas	Ernest Thesiger	Theodotus	Anthony Harvey	Ptolemy	Robert Adams	Nubian Slave

    
      Release Date: 1945
      Directed by Gabriel Pascal.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
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    Androcles and the Lion
    Commentary:  Under construction.
      

    Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role	Actor	Role
    Jean Simmons	Lavinia	Victor Mature	The Captain	Alan Young	Androcles	Robert Newton	Ferrovius
    Maurice Evans	Caesar	Elsa Lanchester	Megaera	Reginald Gardiner	Lentulus	Gene Lockhart	Menagerie Keeper
    Alan Mowbray	Editor of Gladiators	Noel Willman	Spintho	John Hoyt	Cato	Jim Backus	The Centurion
    Lowell Gilmore	Metellus	Woody Strode	The Lion	Strother Martin	Soldier	Sylvia Lewis	Chief Vestal Virgin

    
      Release Date: 1952
      Directed by Chester Erskine.
      Here's a link to the Wikipedia write-up of the film.
    
    
    I had to append the DVD Savant's review of this set [Glenn Erickson] as he always has interesting things to say beyond the scope of the mainstream critics/reviewers. So, you know, check out his take on this set of movies. Scurry on over there right now!
  

Labels: claude-rains, Criterion8, dramedy3, jean-simmons, wendy-hiller

# posted by gail @ 14:36    0 comments    email......this post