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Out of the Ashes [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Christine Lahti , Beau Bridges , Richard Crenna , Bruce Davison , and Jonathan Cake Director: Joseph Sargent Manufacturer: Showtime Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001DMW9S Release Date: 2004-04-20 ![]() |
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Holy God This Was Great.......2006-02-18
To the story its told in flashback format as Dr Perl is dealing with problems she is having with US emigration service.......That's all I am giving you on the plot just go and buy it.....
The Acting Again Christine Lahti totally owns this her performance rendered me speechless. This was a completely unknown for me. Jonathan Cake who plays Mengala in this is very good indeed. However the Ms Lahti is just magnificent. You really feel the characters pain. This doesnt pull any punches it deals with the holocaust in what I would regard as a realistic manner......... Rent it, buy it, borrow it, whatever just get your hands on this DVD its Excellent. I can't praise it enough..........
out of the ashes.......2004-10-31
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Die Mommie Die! [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Charles Busch , Angela Paton , Jason Priestley , Natasha Lyonne , and Frances Conroy Director: Mark Rucker Manufacturer: Showtime Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0007VF22S Release Date: 2005-04-26 ![]() |
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Funny and well made........2006-09-05
What an amazing film.......2005-01-10
It took a little while to understand that the 'Mommy' wasn't a drag act, but just a male actor playing the part. This is such a hilarious movie, with a few twists in the tale, and not for those who take life too seriously. The scene with the Mommy on the motorbike was an absolute hoot, but you'll be laughing all the way through.
A must see film.
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A wonderful film........2006-04-26
gr8 film!.......2006-03-20
brilliant!.......2005-09-04
its about kids who go 2 a camp cos they're all special in different ways but people don't always see what's on the inside. everyone can relate to it in some way whether it be - wanting 2 be liked, accepting yourself for who you are.
special features are ok. there's a making of the film which could've been more in depth about what happens backstage with the singing and dancing. there's deleted scenes which you can understand why they weren't needed although very funny and a live performance of the song - how shall i see you thru my
tears.
best bit of the special features is the fact that you can select out all the songs from the film so you dont have 2 watch parts of the film again to get to a particular song. it also comes with a booklet with lyrics to 5 songs.
i love this film.......2005-08-26
OOO....not to good at all!.......2004-12-15
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The Hunted [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones , Benicio Del Toro , Connie Nielsen , Leslie Stefanson , and John Finn Director: William Friedkin Manufacturer: Paramount ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B00009RDG9 Release Date: 2003-08-12 ![]() |
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Trapped [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Charlize Theron , Courtney Love , Stuart Townsend , Kevin Bacon , and Pruitt Taylor Vince Director: Luis Mandoki Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items: ASIN: B00007AJE1 Release Date: 2002-12-24 ![]() |
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nice little gem of a film.......2007-10-21
Excellent film - gripping!.......2006-12-14
Trapped.......2005-04-01
Twenty-four hours of tension - 3.5 stars.......2004-05-07
The script, written by Iles, is faithful to the book. A team of kidnappers has found a "perfect" modus operandi; they grab a rich kid and at the same time one of the members of the team stays with the mother and another with the father to keep them in check. In this way everything runs smoothly...or maybe not. Now they have chosen the wrong family to mess with, since they will not go down without a fight.
Kevin Bacon plays Joe, the leader of the kidnappers' team, who is in charge of staying with the mother of the victim (Charlize Theron). The movie goes back and forth between this pair and the one formed by Stuart Townsend, who plays the role of the father, and Courtney Love, the female member of the gang. This separation makes the difference in the quality of the acting strikingly obvious, with Bacon and Theron shinning compared to Townsend and Love.
The movie, as the book, presents a thriller with a non-stop pace, which keeps the audience on edge. The sexual tension between the kidnappers and the victims present in the book is well achieved in the movie too. The main weakness of the movie is the ending, which is rushed compared to the novel. Therefore, it does not achieve such a high climax and disappoints those who read the book a little bit towards the end. To sum up, this is a good movie based on a very good book.
Trapped.......2003-09-01
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wow! this film is really good!.......2007-06-01
Great low budget horror!.......2005-05-18
Average.......2004-08-31
It DOES have a story which is suprising for a cheap horror flick. As friday the 13th don't and thats popular. After a while you care for some of the characters which again is different.
Its an average film but a top-class horror flick. Enjoy.
P.S This is the second in a series. For some reason the title has changed. Its called Scream Bloody Murder. I don't understand why they changed it but it don't matter!
this aint your ficticious local psycho-path!!!.......2004-08-16
If you enjoyed this movie then try HALLOWEEN and FRIDAY THE 13th if you have not yet...
trevors terror is twice as big!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2004-08-13
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Arizona Summer [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Gemini Barnett , Brent Blair (II) , Christy Blair , Brooke Burgstahler , and Scott Clifton Director: Joey Travolta Manufacturer: MTI Home Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B000F8OIAK Release Date: 2006-06-27 ![]() |
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Rosenstrasse [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Katja Riemann , Maria Schrader , Doris Schade , Jutta Lampe , and Svea Lohde Director: Margarethe von Trotta Manufacturer: Columbia TriStar ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0006IIKRQ Release Date: 2005-01-18 ![]() |
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A Multi-Generational Tale Of Pain, Loss,Courage & Redemption.......2005-03-07
When Ruth Weinstein's, (Jutta Lampe), husband dies, she insists that the family observe a strictly Orthodox mourning period, even though they had never been observant Jews. Her son and daughter are both bewildered, and then angry, when Ruth forbids daughter Hannah, (Maria Schrader) to marry her Nicaraguan fiance Luis, ((Fedja van Huet). Luis is not Jewish, and although he was mentored by Hannah's now deceased father, and religion had never been a problem before, their plans for a life together are now up in the air. A distant cousin alludes that the source of Ruth's problems lies in the past, in Nazi Germany. She reveals to Hannah that her mother was cared for, in fact saved from certain death, by an Aryan woman during WWII. After the war Ruth immigrated to America to live with this cousin and her family, virtual strangers. Ruth had never discussed her childhood or her war experiences with her children. She always kept silent. And when Hannah probes once more she receives no answers, as always. She decides to fly to Germany to uncover the secrets of her mother's past.
In Berlin, Hannah tracks down 90 year-old Lena Fischer, (Doris Schade), the Christian woman who brought seven year-old Ruth home to live with her, when the child's mother was imprisoned with other Berlin Jews in March, 1943. Hannah does not reveal her identity, but says she is conducting a study about Aryans and their Jewish spouses during the war. She listens intently, over a period of days, as the charming elderly woman finally reveals the facts about her own life and Ruth's, both so closely intertwined.
Thousands of Berlin's Jews were swept up from their forced labor jobs and taken to Rosenstrasse 2-4, in central Berlin in March 1943. This was meant to be the capital's final round-up for the Final Solution, and the Jews were to be deported to concentration camps from Rosenstrasse. Ruth's mother was one of these unfortunate people. Left alone without a ration card, the child would not have survived without Lena's assistance. (The younger Lena is played by Katja Riemann, who gives a powerful performance). Her husband, Fabian Fischer (Martin Feifel), a brilliant violinist, was also taken to Rosenstrasse. Lena was a concert pianist and met Fabian through their mutual love for music. She married against her aristocratic parents wishes and was disowned by all, except her brother Arthur. As with most marriages between Aryans and Jews, the Aryans were pressured heavily by the Nazi State, their employers, and usually friends and family to divorce their Jewish spouses. Most who refused were marginalized, but they still maintained their status as Aryans and German citizens, and as such their Jewish mates were supposedly protected from deportation.
Lena joins a group of women waiting for word of their husbands, keeping vigil, outside the building on Rosenstrasse. It is here that Lena meets the frightened and bewildered Ruth, who knows her mother is in the building, but never is actually told that she has been deported already. Svea Lohde plays Ruth, as a young girl, with great sensitivity. She has nowhere to go and no one to turn to, so Lena steps in, in spite of her fear of discovery for hiding a Jewish child. Lena and Ruth form a strong bond, a surrogate mother-daughter relationship which will last for three years. Director Margarethe von Trotta emphasizes throughout Ruth's heartbreaking ignorance of her mother's fate. The number of women on Rosenstrasse increases. Unarmed, unorganized, and leaderless, these courageous women, some with their children, stood up to the Nazis and demanded the return of their loved ones.
The acting and the Rosenstrasse storyline are excellent, however Director von Trotta combines so many intense plots, involving so many people, that the points she most wants to make occasionally become lost in the confusion. We never hear Ruth speak of closure, if in fact she does ever come to grips with her past. The film's conclusion only hints at this. Almost all of her dramatic story is revealed by Lena, who has only second-hand knowledge of the events and no real idea of the child's feelings at the time. Von Trotta's handling of the character study is far too abstract. She is much more successful when portraying the women of Rosenstrasse and their protests and resistance. I must credit her with navigating an intensely emotional story effectively, without falling into sensationalism or melodrama.
This is a little known true story of women, who in spite of loss, separation and fear for their loved ones, found the courage to fight back against a brutal Nazi state. I am glad it has finally been brought to the screen.
JANA
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Levelland [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Matt Barr , Marie Black , Simon Bingham , Lathan McKay , and Kelly Bright Director: Clark Walker Manufacturer: Hart Sharp Video ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD ASIN: B0002B55E8 Release Date: 2004-08-24 ![]() |
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Die Mommie Die! [2003] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
Starring: Charles Busch , Angela Paton , Jason Priestley , Natasha Lyonne , and Frances Conroy Director: Mark Rucker Manufacturer: Showtime Entertainment ProductGroup: DVD Binding: DVD Similar Items:
ASIN: B0001Z3HEK Release Date: 2004-06-29 ![]() |
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Funny and well made........2006-09-05
What an amazing film.......2005-01-10
It took a little while to understand that the 'Mommy' wasn't a drag act, but just a male actor playing the part. This is such a hilarious movie, with a few twists in the tale, and not for those who take life too seriously. The scene with the Mommy on the motorbike was an absolute hoot, but you'll be laughing all the way through.
A must see film.
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