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The Pacific (2010) [Complete Series]

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Before director Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan left audiences in silent awe, Hollywood's depiction of war had long been dominated (perhaps rightfully so) by cynicism and anti-war sentiment. As early as 1930, golden age masterpieces like All Quiet on the Western Front turned their attention to entire generations of men haunted by the horrors of combat. By 1957, Academy Award-winning films like The Bridge on the River Kwai were dissecting the hopelessness and futility of the world's most brutal conflicts. In the 1970s, Vietnam ripped opened old wounds, paving the way for several scathing indictments of wartime practices and politics -- Apocalypse Now, Platoon, First Blood, Casualties of War and Born on the Fourth of July, just to name a few -- to examine the atrocity, madness and soul-crushing savagery of it all. Later films delved even further into the abyss, injecting injustice and inhumanity into everything from machismo-riddled '80s and '90s actioners to conspiracy-laden war dramas of the late '90s.

But Saving Private Ryan did something few other films before it had done: explore the impact, enmity and insanity of war without diluting the humble service and innate sacrifice of the ordinary men -- the everyday schoolteachers, teenagers, shopkeepers, fathers and sons -- who gave their all for something more pure and meaningful. In 2001, Spielberg and Tom Hanks took their study of the bonds of battlefield brotherhood a step further with the critically acclaimed, emotionally charged 10-part HBO miniseries, Band of Brothers. Disquieting and engrossing, it remains one of the most distinguished, cinematic, heart-wrenching television productions of all time. Needless to say, their next foray into the trials and tribulations of World War II, The Pacific, arrived earlier this year to tremendous fanfare and towering expectations.

Just as the Pacific theater of operations was home to a drastically different World War than the European theater, The Pacific is a drastically different miniseries than Band of Brothers. Not only is substantial screentime devoted to some of its characters' home lives and families, the themes that slowly develop, the battles that suddenly erupt, the challenges that emerge and the situations the soldiers find themselves in prove to be as unpredictable as the details of the lesser known Pacific War. Based on four separate WWII memoirs -- PFC Robert Leckie's "Helmet for My Pillow," PFC Chuck Tatum's "Red Blood, Black Sand: with John Basilone on Iwo Jima," Corporal Eugene Sledge's "With the Old Breed: At Peleliu and Okinawa" and his followup, "China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II" -- The Pacific follows Sledge (played brilliantly by The Social Network's Joseph Mazzello), Leckie (Rubicon's James Badge Dale) and Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone (Homicide: Life on the Street's Jon Seda) into the fray, and focuses on a number of pivotal but bloody battles at Guadalcanal, Cape Gloucester, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa and other Pacific theater hotspots.

It isn't easy to watch The Pacific. More a nine-hour, ten-part film than a traditional television miniseries, it paints a visceral, violent picture of a fierce, widespread stage of World War II often overshadowed by the Allies' efforts in Germany and Greater Europe. And if The Pacific makes any one thing painfully clear, it's that the blood spilled on the sun-streaked beaches of the Pacific was just as costly as the blood spilled at Bastogne and Berlin. Like Band of Brothers, The Pacific weighed heavily on my mind after each episode. There are moments of such startling sadness, poignant strokes of such raw human frailty, unsettling scenes of such terrible tragedy that I was grateful to have a week between each broadcast. While a sense of grand purpose and noble determination propels the soldiers forward, the injuries, deaths, sacrifices and shaken spirits that litter the screen are as overwhelming as they are moving. I found it all too easy to forget I was watching a cast of talented actors; to forget that I was being treated to a sprawling HBO production; to forget I was privy to a stirring technical achievement in which no expense was spared. Mazzello, Dale and Seda became Sledge, Leckie and Basilone. Their fellow soldiers were suddenly living and breathing the salty air of the Pacific. Fallen heroes cried very real cries before dying very real deaths. Fear rose and bravery surged, men fought and bled, lines were drawn and enemies routed. If nothing else, The Pacific is an utterly absorbing, wholly realistic experience worthy of its lineage.

It's a humbling trek as well. Of all the wars the world has waged, World War II is perhaps the most dignified. Diverse nations banding together to defeat a monstrous force; men from all walks of life fighting and bleeding under the same banner of justice; allies managing to put aside their differences to accomplish a single task. It's this same subtle nobility that permeates The Pacific. Sledge, Leckie, Basilone and their fellow soldiers are far from perfect heroes. Flawed, fallible and all too mortal, they struggle to hold onto the remnants of their war-torn humanity, frequently fail each other and occasionally wallow in ego and self-interest. But it's their drive and ability to overcome their baser natures that makes each one such a fascinating character. Likewise, the Marines' larger battles, strategic decisions and willingness to adapt makes each skirmish an intense encounter, each defeat a bitter loss, each quiet reflection a thought-provoking respite and each hard-fought victory a palpable relief. Like Saving Private Ryan and Band of Brothers, The Pacific never turns a blind eye to the mercilessness and atrocities of war, but also doesn't ignore the fact that even the most unspeakable horrors can sharpen the least among us, mold boys into men and transform soldiers into brothers.

Is it as gripping as Band of Brothers? Not quite. A slightly slower start and some initial distractions (mainly involving scenes that take place in the US) will require more patience from those anxious to sink into The Pacific. That being said, it isn't long before the miniseries gains its footing and drags its audience into hell with Sledge, Leckie and Basilone. By the time the Marines landed at Iwo Jima and Okinawa, I was entranced. By the time the story drew to a close, I was grateful to have been given such a gritty glimpse into a crucial theater of WWII I knew very little about. I doubt I'll return to its ten episodes as often as I revisit Band of Brothers and Saving Private Ryan, but The Pacific has earned a coveted place among the treasured war films and television miniseries in my collection.

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Band of Brothers (2001)

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Kray (2010)

Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elete rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend.

Band of Brothers (2001)

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Screenplay:
Actors: Scott Grimes, Matthew Leitch, Damian Lewis
Date Released: 9 September 2001
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
MPAA Rating : TV-MA
Duration: 705 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 9.6/10
Votes: 150,274 (as of 9 June 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

"Band of Brothers," an ambitious, grandiose, and above all else moving World War II-based miniseries that debuted on HBO in 2001, remains the quintessential story of not only the Company portrayed therein, but perhaps of the War on the whole. The series showcases effortless character development, incredible action sequences in both scope and detail, and many of the War's most significant developments through the eyes of Easy Company, from their training regimen in the United States through the end of the conflict in the European theater, all over 10 episodes that together run more than 10 hours in length. Saving Private Ryan colleagues Tom Hanks (Cast Away) and Steven Spielberg (Close Encounters of the Third Kind) produced the series based on the text of the same title by noted historian Stephen Ambrose. "Band of Brothers" is a product forged from hands both capable and loving. The material offers not only incredible value from an entertainment and production perspective, but it makes a valuable contribution to the understanding of World War II in Europe. It is a series that serves as a tribute to those men who served the world in perhaps its greatest undertaking, and is a reminder to current and future generations as to the sacrifices, courage, and love of freedom and country that shaped history, and the world, forever.

The aptly-titled "Band of Brothers" follows the progression of the Second World War through the experiences of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. From their Beginning at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, two years prior to the invasion of Normandy, to the capture of Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" compound at Berchtesgaden, Germany, and experiencing much of the War in between, Easy Company seemed the spearhead of the Allied War effort. Involved in several of the most memorable engagements of the War, Easy dropped in and fought behind enemy lines during the Allied invasion of France in June of 1944; the Company participated in the failed Allied attempt to win the War by Christmas of 1944, known as Operation Market Garden; Easy participated in the long, cold, hard battle of Bastogne in the winter of 1944-1945. Besides the fighting, Easy Company also experienced some of the most heart-wrenching moments of the War first-hand, including the public humiliation of Hollander Nazi sympathizers and their discovery of a concentration camp deep inside Germany. While each man's unique personality, outlook, and skill added to the makeup and effectiveness of the unit, it was nevertheless their collective bravery, dedication, and sense of purpose that made them a Band of Brothers.

"Band of Brothers" excels at many levels, both through its visual presentation and its stirring emotional overtones. As a War picture, or in this case series, the filmed action sequences offer viewers a spectacle like nothing before it, matching and arguably besting in scope, tension, and gritty realism, outings like Saving Private Ryan and Black Hawk Down. Most episodes showcase a major confrontation, each a unique entity with its own character, hardships, and challenges. The action never feels repetitive nor clumsy. If anything, the series' visual style places viewers in the middle of the action thanks to its complete sense of immersion through both its visuals and world-class sound design, both of which are improved on by this Blu-ray set. While the chaos of the sequences sometimes leaves viewers in a state of confusion, unsure of what is exactly happening to whom, that sense seems to capture the essence of combat perfectly. It is anything but an exact science, a calm, easily understood organism that is structured and precise. The fighting takes place at night, in daylight, in cities and towns, in fields and forests. "Band of Brothers" does all filmmaking can to recreate the dread and disorder of combat with striking realism.

"Band of Brothers" is perhaps the most emotionally charged and positive series ever made. Even before the series begins to play, as images and the series' score loop over the main menu of the first disc, it is difficult not to become overwhelmed by the emotion conveyed by the visuals and the segments of the score that accompany them. Michael Kamen's score is an astounding tribute to the men, and a fitting theme for the series. It is both powerful and exiting, conveying the raw emotions of each and every scene it accompanies with amazing grace. The knowledge of what these men did for everyone then and now and tomorrow, the sacrifices they made, the hardships they endured, and the friends they lost, all in the name of freedom, often stirs the soul and brings a tear to the eye. Despite its power, it is not the reenacted series that offers the most dramatic and touching elements to the "Band of Brothers" experience. It is the interviews with the real-life veterans that precede each episode that provide the foundation for the series and set the tone for the emotional underpinnings of the episode to follow. The words, the eyes, and the souls of these veterans, as they briefly recount their tales, provide the real significance of the series. No actor, no camera, no set, no sound, no special effect can capture the essence of the experience better than these heroes who serve not only as the inspiration for the series but provided to their country and their world the freedom to tell their story through their actions as portrayed in the ten episodes of "Band of Brothers."

Encapsulating the series, the War, and the men who fought in it is the series' third episode, "Carentan." The episode centers around the experiences of a mostly anonymous Easy Company rifleman named Albert Blithe. Blithe is certainly not a hero but is rather an everyman with real emotions, real problems, and an honest outlook on both life and death. He is neither excited nor depressed to be in the War. Lost in the shuffle, he simply is unsure of himself, of the world, and of the War exploding around him. His story focuses on his experience in combat, the terrors of War, and his coping with the realities of his situation. His is a story of becoming a true soldier as, through the episode, he runs the gamut of life as a combatant: contemplating the meaning of the War, dealing with fear, trying to earn the respect of others, killing an enemy solider, and himself receiving a wound. The themes of the episode are tied around the edelweiss flower that adorns many a German soldier's lapels, described to Blithe as "the mark of a true soldier." Indeed, Blithe, and his Company, see their emergence as "true soldiers" and "The Greatest Generation" as a result of their experiences fighting in World War II.

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Kray (2010)

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Kray (2010)

The action takes place shortly after the end of the Second World War in the Siberian hinterland, among Russians and Germans with damaged personal stories and a strange transformation: the victors seem to be crawling into the skins of the defeated, and vice versa. Ignat, is the embodiment of the larger-than-life image of the Soviet victorious warrior who, in fact, proves to be shell-shocked, sick and broken, although not completely destroyed. Trains become fetish for the heroes of the film, and speed becomes a mania; they virtually become one with their steam engines, while the machines take on human names. The heroes set up an almost fatal race in the Siberian forest, risking their own lives and those of others.

Kray (2010)

Director: Aleksey Uchitel
Screenplay: Aleksandr Gonorovsky
Actors: Sergey Garmash, Aleksey Gorbunov, Vyacheslav Krikunov
Date Released: 23 September 2010
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History
MPAA Rating : R
Duration: 124 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 6.5/10
Votes: 1,985 (as of 27 May 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

I saw this at the Toronto film festival on September 11, 2010, under the title, "The Edge". I walked in prepared for a heavy dose of Russian gloom. I like Russian literature, especially Chekhov, but I'm always reminded of these lines from a David Massengill song: "What's wrong with the Russians? Have you read their novels? They all die in brothels." In this case, there is nothing wrong with the Russians. This movie grabs you from the start and doesn't let go. Don't get me wrong, this is not a lighthearted movie; it has serious subject matter and complex issues that the characters must deal with . . . and there is plenty of gloom to go around.

Here is the situation in Siberia: At the beginning of World War II, while Stalin and Hitler were still honoring their non-aggression pact, Germans and Russians were co-existing in a remote labor camp. Eventually, Stalin sends his thugs to oust the Germans and declare the Russian inhabitants to be collaborators. At this point the film opens with a young girl running for her life. Four years later, the fighting is over and a Soviet war hero has arrived to work on the town's steam engine. The only Germans left are the illegitimate child of one of the Russian women . . . and don't forget that running girl.

I found myself missing some of the subtitles because I could not take my eyes of the compelling characters and the actors who play them. The standouts are Vladimir Mashkov as the hero and Anjorka Strechel and Yulia Peresild as the women who love/hate him. But his true passion is the steam engine, which he races through the snowy Siberian woods.

The steam locomotive chase sequences are the best put on film since Buster Keaton spectacularly crashed a Union train into Oregon's Rock River in The General (1927). It's as though director Uchitel is rebuilding the train and the bridge Keaton destroyed eight decades ago and a half a world away.

Unlike Keaton's masterpiece, which should have won an Oscar in 1927, this film is Russia's entry into the 2010 Best Foreign Film Oscar competition.

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

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Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Saving Private Ryan (1998)

Director: Steven Spielberg
Screenplay: Robert Rodat
Actors: Tom Hanks, Matt Damon, Tom Sizemore
Date Released: 24 July 1998
Genre: Action, Drama, War
MPAA Rating : R
Duration: 169 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 8.6/10
Votes: 606,934 (as of 20 April 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

No film before has ever captured the destructive nature of war to this magnitude, and few have exemplified the rousing spirit of man to a degree that encapsulates the essence of the human condition through both the complexities of the soul and the base elements of his very existence via the prism of the crisis that is the firsthand experience of the most destructive of forces. Saving Private Ryan perfectly displays both, Director Steven Spielberg's 1998 epic World War II picture a heartbreaking portrayal of the horrors of war but also an uplifting saga of the dedication to duty; the value of life; the unwavering spirit of freedom; the brotherhood amongst men; the courage to overcome all; and perhaps most importantly, the willingness to make the greatest of sacrifices in the name of honor, principles, and friendship. Indeed, Saving Private Ryan proves itself to be, perhaps, history's most important film, not only for its graphically-realistic portrayal of combat but for the touching storyline and pertinent thematic elements that only reinforce the purpose behind the bloodshed and lend weight to the true price of freedom so that others could in the years, decades, and hopefully even centuries to follow enjoy in life what the men who fought purchased with their heroism, their unwavering commitment to their ideals, and for many, their deaths.

Following the devastatingly bloody but ultimately successful Allied invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944, a select squad of U.S. soldiers -- led by Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks, Forrest Gump) -- are given a critical assignment directly from the Army's top brass: to locate and return safely Private James Francis Ryan, whose three brothers have all died within days of the invasion, two at Normandy, the third in combat around New Guinea. Ryan, a member of the 101st Airborne Division who dropped into France the night before the invasion, has become lost behind enemy lines, and the jumbled French countryside becomes a deadly haystack through which Miller and his men -- Sergeant Horvath (Tom Sizemore, Heat); Corporal Upham (Jeremy Davies, Rescue Dawn); Medic Wade (Giovanni Ribisi, Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow); and Privates Reiben (Edward Burns, Echelon Conspiracy), Jackson (Barry Pepper, We Were Soldiers), Mellish (Adam Goldberg, Déjà Vu), and Caparzo (Vin Diesel, Pitch Black) -- must navigate to locate Ryan and, along the way, ultimately come to better understand themselves, one another, their place in the war, and the value of saving Private Ryan and reuniting him with his devastated mother, all in the name of finding some silver lining in the hell on Earth that they endure at the hands of a determined and tough enemy.

Beginning with a discussion on Saving Private Ryan's technical attributes, Director Steven Spielberg has crafted the most potently-aggressive and visually-arresting wartime picture ever made. His purpose is not to devastate his viewers but to instead instill inside them a sense of the terrible struggles and absolute deadliness of combat while also immortalizing all those who gave their lives for freedom. His picture has engendered a new appreciation for "the greatest generation," a term used to describe those who fought in World War II but also one that should encompass all those who have worn, do wear, or will don the uniform and bravely face whatever dangers may come their way as they protect with their lives the advancement and perpetuation of freedom. Still, Spielberg's intense visuals only reinforce the underlying themes and purposes of the film, and the director employs what has become the de facto style for shooting wartime pictures, evidenced in later films like 2001's Black Hawk Down and 2008's The Hurt Locker. Spielberg visually accentuates the grittiness of war and gives the picture something of a handheld, personal, up-close look and feel; the movie is sometimes excessively grainy and sports a washed-out color palette that allows shades of green, gray, and brown to dominate the frame, and while splashes of color are readily evident throughout, Saving Private Ryan does indeed capture a more vintage era-specific feel throughout. Spielberg demonstrates an ability to perfectly entwine the superficialities of the film -- its primary plot and action sequences -- with a broad swath of emotional depth and thematic undercurrents, giving the film a classic wartime era feel while also injecting the movie with modern filmmaking techniques and special effects to give it a unique character that's only been mimicked and never quite equalled, much less surpassed, in the years since its release.

Although Saving Private Ryan proves a far deeper film beyond the horrifying wartime images it so disturbingly portrays, there's a reason why the picture -- particularly compared to its genre brethren -- is best remembered first as a tour-de-force of grittily-realistic combat while its more substantial dramatic and emotional themes often seem to go at least partially unrecognized amidst the chaos and directorial brilliance of its combat sequences. Certainly Hollywood had, with the Vietnam era of movies from the late 1970s through the mid 1980s, moved away from what was often a more reserved, heroic, and perhaps even "gentle" look at the horrors of war; while some films crossed over and proved thematically darker -- The Oscar-winning All Quiet on the Western Front from all the way back in 1930, for example -- the years during and that followed after World War II saw something of a glamorization of combat. It was never pretty, but never seemingly all that honest to the experience, either. For whatever reason(s) -- war fatigue, the physical and emotional pain incurred from the substantial loss of life and property around the world, the perceived importance of painting the war effort as clearly-cut and black-and-white as possible, and the effort to prove war as a necessary evil without showing just what a hellacious creature it is and can be -- Hollywood chose to play it safe, offering a string of films like The Longest Day and A Bridge Too Far that depicted "historical events" but never really demonstrated "war." With the era of Vietnam, studios and filmmakers began to find value in promoting more realistic pictures that entwined anti-war messages (hinting back to the era of Erich Maria Remarque and All Quiet on the Western Front) through the emotional, psychological, and physical turmoils of soldiers. Films such as The Deer Hunter and Apocalypse Now used the Vietnam War and the resultant negative effects on the psyche to look deep into the long-lasting implications on a man's very being both on and off the field of battle. Platoon and Full Metal Jacket also used Vietnam as a prism through which to explore the traumas of war, the former taking into question the identity of the true enemy during wartime, the latter offering something of a more complete experience that looked at the transformation of a man throughout his military career. Finally, Director John Irvin's grossly overlooked 1987 masterpiece Hamburger Hill follows in Platoon's footsteps by examining the fruitlessness of war, but the picture also proved one of, if not the most, graphically-intense pictures of its, or any, generation. Saving Private Ryan encapsulates the best of all worlds; it's visually realistic almost to a fault and captures the horrors of war like few others, but unlike the Vietnam pictures of yore, it doesn't necessarily speak out against war. Steven Spielberg's film doesn't glorify war in any way, but it recognizes what is sometimes its necessity while paying tribute to those that gave their lives for a purposeful and worthy cause.

Indeed, Saving Private Ryan proves a singular achievement in filmmaking by capturing a broad array of emotional themes while also demonstrating an unflinching portrait of the terrors of combat. It manages to do what War films before it consistently failed to accomplish, weaving several themes and styles together -- the gritty realism of Hamburger Hill, the patriotism and demonstration of honor and courage of Hollywood's "golden era" of World War II films, and the understanding of the effects of war on man's inner being as was often the primary element in the string of incredibly-powerful and Oscar-winning Vietnam pictures from years ago -- into a one-of-a-kind masterpiece of cinema. The result is a picture that's often difficult to watch on any level. Even those viewers who have seen the picture countless times may find themselves openly weeping even as the film begins as the foreknowledge of what's to come on not only a visual and physical level but, more importantly, on an emotional one, takes shape. The picture's themes of courage, honor, and sacrifice engender in the viewer a sense of the heartbreaking reality that is the carnage of war and an appreciation for those who laid down their lives in the name of freedom, both then, now, and into the future. Director Steven Spielberg -- once known as something of a cuddly filmmaker who crafted family pictures like Always, E.T., and Close Encounters of the Third Kind or rough-and-tumble and flat-out-fun adventures like Raiders of the Lost Ark and Jurassic Park -- proves himself with Saving Private Ryan to be, arguably, the greatest filmmaker of all time, and certainly its most capably diverse. No other picture in history has proven as relevant as this; it transcends its R-rating for violence and language as a movie that should -- yea must -- be seen by all at a time of proper emotional and mental preparedness, even by those with an aversion to its graphic visual elements. Saving Private Ryan is chaotic, bloody, frightening, and oftentimes emotionally overpowering; the picture's scenes that show secretaries typing notifications of death and the delivery of three such letters to Ryan's mother prove the picture's most devastating even beyond the most gruesome of combat scenes. Saving Private Ryan never fails to engender an emotional response -- and a broad array of them at that -- with every viewing that proves a unique but no less powerfully moving experience.

Spielberg and Writer Robert Rodat (The Patriot) lend further weight to the violence and emotional undercurrents through a wonderfully compelling collection of characters, each coming to life with a seamless performance from each member of a perfect ensemble cast. Among them is the mysterious leader, the stout and dedicated Sergeant, the devout sniper, the confused infantryman, the frightened translator, the devoted medic, and the Jewish trooper, each of whom lend a unique perspective to both the war and the mission to rescue Private Ryan. Practically each character in the film is written so as to lend them tremendous depth; while the nearly three-hour runtime grants the space needed to adequately develop them to a point, the strength of the picture in this regard is its use of non-combat "downtime" to allow them to reflect on and philosophize about life, their bond, and the war, notably as they recover from a rainy and intense day within the confines of a darkened church in the town of Neuville. Indeed, for as brutal as the picture can be, it's often equally tender. A blood-stained letter home. Frank discussions of lives past. Reflections on friends lost. Regrets. Expectations. Hopes. Dreams. Jeremy Davies' character, Upham, is the film's best, the antithesis of most everyone else in the movie. He's far removed from combat not only on a physical plane but from an emotional and mental perspective as well. He's a translator and mapmaker, not a soldier; his skills fit the mission and fill a niche in the overall objective of the Allied plan to win the war, but as to a more crucial element to the film rather than the war effort depicted therein, Upham represents the viewer. His is the most emotionally-unbalanced character in the film, and his frightened countenance and self-doubt but also budding understanding of the bonds of brotherhood, the agony of war, and the triumphs of the spirit even in the face of the failures of the flesh all come together to build a character that could be anyone in the audience suddenly faced with the terrors of combat as it grates on the body and disturbs the balance of the soul. It's not Upham's ability to, through the course of the film, find his place in the war -- it's questionable as to whether he does or does not -- but it's rather the character's ultimate understanding of its importance, his witnessing firsthand of its dangers, and his coming to terms with a realization that "the right thing" in the face of destruction and despair does not always point in the same direction as a moral compass shaped by years of a more traditionally-educated life in what can be assumed to have been a relatively peaceful environment, paradise, even, compared to the terrors he witnesses along the journey to find Private Ryan. Less crucial to the dramatic elements of the picture but certainly helping in its pacing and structure is Spielberg's keen sense for comic relief through the Upham character; the director manages to earn an honest laugh in several places even amidst the bloodshed of combat through Upham's shy and fearful ways, whether his failure to understand the significance of "FUBAR" or, in one scene, cling to Caparzo as would a small child.

Certainly a War film at its most basic, Saving Private Ryan's deep characterizations nevertheless engender a deeper sensation that can become lost under the intensity of the combat and the staggering attention to detail found throughout, but further examination proves the movie to be of far greater significance than its bloody and bullet-riddled façade might otherwise suggest. In the years following its release, Saving Private Ryan has become a de facto memorial not merely of World War II veterans of but of heroes before, after, now, and tomorrow who sacrificed their lives for the righteousness of liberty and peace. Abraham Lincoln's words quoted in the film -- "[the] costly...sacrifice upon the altar of freedom" -- encapsulate what not only the picture, but the purpose behind it and the significance of the heroes who perished in the war, is all about. Indeed, Saving Private Ryan seeks to honor those that have given all and, through their actions, demonstrated a bravery and courage rarely before or since matched. Saving Private Ryan is, at its most basic and most important, a human drama, a film that examines one of the most basic guiding principles of life and that for which so many fought and died: the importance of leading a good, wholesome, honest, and free life. The picture reinforces the notion that the sacrifices of these men cannot and should never be taken in vain; every day must be a reminder of their struggle to build a better world for those who would come after, who would rebuild, who would go on, who must remember. Abraham Lincoln again says it best in another address: "The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom."

Special Features and Extras

All of Saving Private Ryan's special features are found on disc two, spread out between two categories: Saving Private Ryan and Shooting War. The latter (480p, 1:28:05), narrated by Tom Hanks, is a fascinating documentary that chronicles World War II through the lens of the film camera, the first war to be so extensively be captured on film. The piece begins with the U.S.' unpreparedness for Pearl Harbor and the unpreparedness of cameramen to shoot the coming multi-front war. The documentary looks first at Director John Ford's Oscar-winning short films on Pearl Harbor and the battle of Midway and follows to look at the history of the war through both black-and-white and color combat footage and still photographs on land, sea, and air, and the role of combat cameramen in the war effort, all the way through to the end of the war in the Pacific theater in 1945. The piece examines combat photography in both the Pacific and European fronts, and like Saving Private Ryan, it features several disturbing and graphic scenes.

The Saving Private Ryan tab opens up a long list of additional extras. An Introduction (480p, 2:35) features Director Steven Spielberg sharing scenes from the World War II films he shot as a child, his fascination with the era, and the picture's place in film history for the veterans who fought in the war. Looking Into the Past (480p, 4:40) again features Spielberg, this time discussing his research for the film, the events on which the film is based, and his approach in making the film an authentic recreation of war. Miller and His Platoon (480p, 8:23) examines the collaboration between Spielberg and Hanks and continues on to look at the additional characters and the attributes they display in the film. Boot Camp (480p, 7:37) examines the contributions of Military Advisor/Actor Dale Dye and the difficulties of the cast's physical and military training in preparation for the film. Next is Making 'Saving Private Ryan' (480p, 22:05), a solid examination of the process that was the construction of the film, featuring Director Steven Spielberg speaking on his style, the film's place in his career, and how the shooting experience differed from other pictures he's made; an examination of the shooting locations used in the film and the authenticity of the sets, props, and wardrobes; the work of Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski and the look of the film; and the importance of creating an authentic World War II chronicle.

Re-Creating Omaha Beach (480p, 17:58) begins with a brief historical overview of the Omaha Beach invasion and moves on to look at the authenticity of the sequence, shooting in Ireland, the use of Irish troops in support roles in the film, the collection of weapons issued to the actors, shooting the landing scenes, the realism of the shoot and the chaos of the set as an authentic military engagement recreation, the stunts of the sequence, the importance of safety and capturing the finest of details for the sequence, and more. Music and Sound (480p, 15:59) features Composer John Williams speaking on the role of music in the film and how it fits within the realm of the Spielberg/Williams collaborations, while Sound Designer Gary Rydstrom speaks on how the absence of music enhanced the realism of the battle scenes, his research to create the most realistic period sound possible, the process of editing the sounds together, and the construction of the sound design for the film's epic climactic battle in Ramelle. Into the Breach: 'Saving Private Ryan' (480p, 25:01) is a quality behind-the-scenes piece that features cast, crew, World War II veterans, and Historian Stephen Ambrose speaking on the real-life events surrounding the Normandy invasion; stories of brothers killed in combat; the story and themes of Saving Private Ryan; the picture's realism; Steven Spielberg's early films, inspirations, and fascination with the World War II era; the actors' physical and military training for the roles; the picture's legacy; and more. Some of the material in this supplement repeats parts of other extras found elsewhere on the disc. Parting Thoughts (480p, 3:43) features Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg sharing a few final thoughts on the picture's themes and importance. Rounding out this collection of extra content is the Saving Private Ryan theatrical trailer (1080p, 2:16) and the film's Re-Release trailer (1080p, 2:05).

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Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)

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Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)

Love Actually... Sucks! was aggressive by real-life events, and opens with a affecting marriage feast. It tells an array of acceptance about adulation that has gone wrong: a brother and sister in an adulterous relationship, an affiliated painter who avalanche in adulation with his adolescent macho activity model, a ball academy abecedary who is saddled with his chief student, and a lesbian couple, one of whom has role-play paranoia, and is bent in a circuitous adulation triangle. The blur celebrates the acceptance that activity is love.

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Love Actually... Sucks! (2011)

Director: Scud
Screenplay: Scud
Actors: Osman Hung, Linda So, Haze Leung
Date Released: 3 March 2012
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating : Not Rated
Duration: 83 min
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Rating: 4.2/10
Votes: 135 (as of 14 February 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

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The Principles of Lust (2003)

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The Principles of Lust (2003)

Crippled by his writer's block, Paul enters into a new, disturbing accord with adventurousness Billy and super-sexy Juliette. As it becomes more tangled, however, he have to accept one of them over the other.

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The Principles of Lust (2003)

Director: Penny Woolcock
Screenplay: Penny Woolcock
Actors: Alec Newman, Marc Warren, Sienna Guillory
Date Released: 12 March 2003
Genre: Drama, Adult
MPAA Rating : Not Rated
Duration: 108 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 5.2/10
Votes: 720 (as of 14 February 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

Granted the Principles of Lust is patchy, but it's annihilation like as bad as you would achieve from added user reviews. It pushes at the boundaries, challenges the eyewitness with absolute images you would never apprehend to see even in an 18-cert movie, but does as well say a lot about relationships in the process. Paul and Juliette's burning allure and abortion to acquaint finer echoed abundant of the love-hate attributes of absolute activity relationships in my experience, appropriate down to the closing shots area adulation and acerbity amalgamate while Juliette's son looks on, uncertain. Secondly, Paul's ambiguity about himself and his cachet as a biographer speaks volumes - and thereby he represents the all-inclusive majority of us. Ultimately, do we apperceive what we absolutely want? Maybe we are all fatigued to the aphotic ancillary but are abashed to accept it, even to ourselves?
So from my perspective, acclaim to Penny Woolcock for authoritative this film, which accordingly will polarize its admirers - but bethink its nod to Fight Club, and the actuality that it is acclimatized from an atypical by Tim Cooke. It's harder to brainstorm a feistier adjustment than this.

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Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)

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Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)

"Apocalypse: The Second World War (French: Apocalypse, la 2e Guerre mondiale) (2009)" is a six-part French documentary by Daniel Costelle and Isabelle Clarke about the Second World War. The music of the documentary was composed by Kenji Kawai.

Apocalypse: The Second World War (2009)

Director: N/A
Screenplay: N/A
Actors: Mathieu Kassovitz, David Ritchie, Adolf Hitler
Date Released: 8 September 2009
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
MPAA Rating :Not Rated
Duration: 276 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 9/10
Votes: 2,099 (as of 14 January 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

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Voodoo Possession (2014)

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Voodoo Possession (2014)

Imagine a clamorous demon that feeds on blood, thrives on pain, and alcove from above the grave to affliction the living...and the dead. For believers and skeptics alike, there is annihilation in this apple or the next to battling the adamant angry of an Allure Possession. Burdened back adolescence with a gnawing faculty of guilt, contemptuous Aiden Chase journeys to a Haitian batty cover in seek of his missing brother. Upon arriving, he discovers all the inmates and the hospital ambassador (Danny Trejo, Machete) are acutely bedeviled by a bloodthirsty allure spirit. Now, Aiden have to carelessness absoluteness and alight into an alarming spirit apple to try to accomplishment his brother - or they will both be accursed for eternity.

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Voodoo Possession (2014)

Director: Walter Boholst
Screenplay: Walter Boholst
Actors: Ama Amoafo-Yeboah, Davante Bell, Tomas Boykin
Date Released: 14 January 2014
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery
MPAA Rating :Not Rated
Duration: 94 min
Official URL:
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Rating: 0/10
Votes: 0 (as of 8 January 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

After auspiciously bridge over (and under) the Misty Mountains, Thorin and Company have to seek aid from an able drifter afore demography on the dangers of Mirkwood Forest--without their Wizard. If they reach the human settlement of Lake-town it will be time for the hobbit Bilbo Baggins to accomplish his arrangement with the dwarves. The affair have to complete the adventure to Lonely Mountain and burglar Baggins have to seek out the Abstruse Door that will accord them admission to the abundance of the dragon Smaug. And, area has Gandalf got off to? And what is his abstruse business to the south?

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The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013)

Director: Peter Jackson
Screenplay: Fran Walsh
Actors: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage
Date Released: 13 December 2013
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating :PG-13
Duration: 161 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 8.2/10
Votes: 164,011 (as of 7 January 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

A Fantastic, Exciting Adventure

While I enjoyed the aboriginal Hobbit film, it did feel like it larboard a bit to be desired. This was no surprise, as aggregate that I admired about the book was in the additional half. I knew that I would be cat-and-mouse for all the acceptable getting with the additional and third films. And abiding enough, the additional blur delivers area the aboriginal blur didn't absolutely accelerate as abundant as I had wanted. While it isn't absolute and does unnecessarily overrated a bit, this is calmly bigger than the aboriginal film, giving us a bigger, bolder chance and a added absorbing Bilbo Baggins this time around.
Before I get to the acceptable stuff, let me get my complaints out of the way. My better complaint is the accidental artifice threads. There seems to be a big charge for this alternation of films to tie into LotR, and I absolutely don't accept why. An abundant accord of time is taken in this blur to acquaint us to things we already apperceive the aftereffect of. We're, at points, taken abroad from the dwarfs and Bilbo to chase Gandalf as he goes off on his own chance to bare the growing angry of Sauron and his armies. Like the aboriginal film, it's absolutely unnecessary, but clashing that film, it's jarring. We're ripped from a absurd chance to a chance that we don't absolutely charge to apperceive and has no absolute affiliation to the dwarfs and their adventure. In fact, any time we're taken out of the aggregation of the dwarfs, it about feels cheap. The about affair amid Evangeline Lily's elf and the dwarf Kili feels something of the same, the accomplished lot of these belief advancing off as accompaniment in an accomplishment to accomplish time for three movies instead of just two. It feels like a amplitude and brings a arrest to the drive of the capital story.
That said, the blow of the blur is an accomplished and expertly crafted adaptation. There is a audible faculty of appearance growth, abnormally from Bilbo, who seems to attempt with the ability of the ring and its greed. We already apperceive area this goes, but it is none the beneath alluring because who he was if we aboriginal met him. The dwarfs assume to about yield an aback bench here. They are beneath prominent, with the barring of Thorin and Balin, who yield foreground and center. That isn't to say they aren't entertaining, as they usually are every time they are on screen. Thorin is the absolute standout though, as he goes through agnate changes as Bilbo, which lends them an absorbing allegory in their alternate struggles. The actors are all accomplished already afresh in their corresponding roles, with Freeman already afresh getting the standout. Evangeline Lily is as well an affable abruptness in an aboriginal role as an elf created for the film. She adds an abundant bare feminine blow to an contrarily predominantly macho cast. She proves herself to be a accomplished argent awning attendance and hopefully this will net her some added blur roles.
While the blur does an accomplished job of not artlessly getting the average film, something The Two Towers struggled with in the LotR trilogy, it is the action, set pieces, and furnishings which are the accurate stars. This may not be a LotR movie, but its close. We about anon alpha out with a blast and it rarely let up. Of course, abundant of what happens aboriginal on, as agitative as it may be, pales in allegory to its atomic and diffuse climax. Smaug is absolutely possibly the best conception of any of the film, Hobbit or LotR. He is as alarming as you could accept hoped for and Benedict Cumberbatch is accomplished in the role. While furnishings accept been activated to his articulation to accord it added boom, he does an absurd job as the sneering, wise, and arrogant dragon. Watching and alert to him face off adjoin Bilbo is a adorable treat, and that is afore we get to any blaze breath and chasing. What follows is a diffuse cessation to the blur that will accelerate and contentment all. I accept no advisedly in adage that Smaug makes the absolute blur account the acceptance of price. But don't go in assured a solid conclusion. This is afterwards all, the additional of a trilogy, so you can absolutely apprehend the blur to leave you salivating for the next one.
While this new Hobbit blur still doesn't ability LotR heights, it is above to the antecedent film, abnormally if it comes to getting an agreeable adventure. It feels like it affairs to the leash and delivers on getting an epic. And I artlessly can't babble abundant about Smaug. If you didn't adore the aboriginal film, you may acquisition yourself activity about the aforementioned here. But at atomic this one has an air-conditioned dragon.

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Riley Rewind (2013)

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Riley Rewind (2013)

Riley Brown is an ordinary teenage girl, except for the actuality that she is able to go back in time and change her past. Jay who is an anxious acquaintance is the alone being she has told about her time traveling ability. When traveling aback or 'rewinding', Riley takes concrete accident to her physique such as arch aches, adenoids bleeds and even coughing blood. She as well risks altering added contest she did not intend to. Over the alternation she learns that she can't consistently change the assured with her abilities, but still tries to.

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Riley Rewind (2013)

Director: Ray William Johnson
Screenplay: Anna Akana
Actors: Anna Akana, Lamar Legend, Leanna Spear
Date Released: 12 December 2013
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi
MPAA Rating :Not Rated
Duration: 49 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 8.3/10
Votes: 3,176 (as of 6 January 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

Riley Rewind illustrates and narrates the top academy activity of Riley Brown with the astonishing adeptness to rewind time. Riley told alone one physique about her superpower, getting adolescent advocate Jay. Her superpower tends to affliction and accident her physique if she exceeds in activating it.
Like added heroes, Riley has assertively to use her admiral in a way that is benefiting to others as able-bodied as to her surroundings. If she encounters Angela she journeys herself into arduous settings with a being who distances themselves by assertive that the apple is deserting them. Riley alive this feels for Angela and backtracks to save her. As she does so she recognizes that accident time impacts the lives of others too as such Riley questions it.
Riley and Jay agitation the time traveling admiral appropriately allegory a being accomplishment their own approaching against what the approaching has artificial for them. This personifies humans debating about how they chronicle to time and tends to even alarm to humans on any ancillary of this animal agitation to accede the added way of cerebration about time. As such it tends to animate admirers to brainstorm altered possibilities of how the adventure could accept unfolded.
The story's scenes move bound in an absorbing way and plateau for the body up of scenes to arise and afresh to move rapidly again. What seems to accomplish it absorbing is how those scenes hotlink calm with the story. It appears that the makers advised it as such to accelerate the admirers as able-bodied as to get them accommodating from the alpha like they anatomy allotment of the adventure too. The plateaus are about creating anxiety and apprehension and its able-bodied abstinent aback its affecting attributes continues to backpack advanced as it progresses.
The complete clue is absolutely ambient which about adds an affectionate atmosphere to the story. It includes acoustic and cyber banking tunes which arise to accurate the animal aspect and the science aspect of the adventure respectively. This fits able-bodied into the scenes in agreement of their tone, timing and rhythm.
Riley Rewind makes for agreeable & affable examination with its humor, adventurousness, adroitness and agreeable characters. It as well rewinds us back to our time in top academy area we can chronicle to the capacity of the formal/prom and relationships. This might be a mini-series, but in it exists a big heart.
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Antichrist (2009) - The Criterion Collection

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Antichrist (2009) - The Criterion Collection

Lars von Trier befuddled up the blur apple if he premiered Antichrist at the 2009 Cannes Blur Festival. In this clear psychodrama, a crestfallen man and woman afire Willem Dafoe and Cannes best extra champ Charlotte Gainsbour retreat to their berth abysmal in the dupe afterwards the adventitious afterlife of their baby son, alone to acquisition alarm and abandon at the easily of attributes and, ultimately, anniversary other. But this a lot of confrontational plan yet from one of abreast cinema a lot of arguable artists is no simple provocation. It is a visually sublime, emotionally burglary adventure to the darkest corners of the bedeviled animal mind; an advancing action of the sexes that pits rational attitude adjoin age-old superstition; and a greatly able abhorrence film.

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Director: Lars von Trier
Screenplay: Lars von Trier
Actors: Willem Dafoe, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Storm Acheche Sahlstrøm
Date Released: 20 May 2009
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating :Not Rated
Duration: 108 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 6.6/10
Votes: 59,893 (as of 3 January 2014)
Reviewer: James Neon

Seditious

Lars Von Trier is an administrator who's consistently been traveling his own ways, and this can absolutely be apparent in this movie. Antichrist is a cine that doesn't authority annihilation aback if it comes to gore, and the getting that you see in the blur will not leave your apperception the next brace of days. But the cine itself is abundant added than that... The cine is beautifully shot, the adventure and ambience acutely afflictive and the acting is fantastic. The cine is ancient aching to watch, not in a "Saw" or "Hostel" affectionate of way, but if you leave the amphitheater you feel absolutely uncomfortable, and that is one of the affidavit why i admired this movie. It's a cine like annihilation I’ve accomplished and I'm animated that we accept admiral like Lars Von Trier that dares to accomplish a blur like this. It's annihilation like the boilerplate movies that are getting fabricated nowadays, and it makes your apperception chase if you leave the theater, something actual few movies does. You aren't served with facts, as with any added movies, but are larboard to adapt and anticipate for yourself. It's a camp cine and not one for the aside of heart, but if you cartel to be affronted and see a cine like annihilation you've anytime seen, then watch Antichrist.

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The World at War - Complete Series (1973-74)

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The World at War - Complete Series (1973-74)

A multi-volumed documentary mini-series, "The World at War" covers the absolute history of World War II from the causes of the 1920s to the after-effects of the Cold War in the 1950s. Accent is aswell placed on several central adventure episodes, area contest are covered which occurred central Germany and Japan such as attrition to Hitler, activity in accepted beneath a absolute regime, and accurate accent is focused on the Jewish Holocaust.

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The World at War (1973-74)

Director: N/A
Screenplay: N/A
Actors: Laurence Olivier, Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill
Date Released: 31 October 1973
Genre: Documentary, War
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration: 1352 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 9.5/10
Votes: 4,575 (as of 27 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

This series, produced at apparently the a lot of advantageous time afterward the contest of the additional World War, is on a calibration of amount that stands far aloft any individual's anticipation to criticize.

The timing of World at War's assembly in 1974, amounting to some three decades afterwards the contest of the war, permits an authentic apropos of contest in a address uncoloured by balance advertising and slant. The access of thirty years allows the cogent to be backed up by an absorbing and alluring accoutrements of the actual individuals involved, alignment from some of the accomplished aggressive and political abstracts down to the acreage soldiers, civilians, and such survivors of the afterlife camps as accept remained to buck attestant to the doubtful inhumanities of which affable bodies are capable. A lot of abutting or able-bodied into their chief years, the interviewed capacity accept had abundant time to reflect on their adventures and in a lot of instances accept had abundant time for whatever advertising and animation may accept afflicted them in the accomplished to accept receded away, abrogation alone the memories of what they saw and what they did.

The advice that these survivors give, conspicuously able by the postures and expressions they affectation while cogent their part, accord their belief all the added impact. Such names as Ira Eaker, Adolph Galland, Louis Mountbatten, Albert Speer, Gertrude Junge (Hitler's claimed secretary)... the account is far too continued to relate.

Today, aural the lifetime of the survivors of this astronomic assignment in the abominable amount of political ambition, are adolescent humans who carol the aforementioned array of angry and nationalistic war advance as led to WW2. The DVD alternation we altercate actuality care to comprise the amount of a binding history accountable in schools, that the acquaint bought at such a abhorrent amount in those canicule should not accept been ashen but should be taken to affection by those who did not see immediate the abhorrent price.

I am about done watching the 11 deejay set, accepting apparent a lot of of the alternation if a bounded TV approach aired it added than 10 years ago. It has absent none of its desolation to me, absolutely has become even added of a arresting account of some of the actual darkest canicule of animal times.

The accomplished accessible appraisement seems base of getting activated to this presentation. I anticipate the amount of this alternation is above counting.

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La marge (1976)

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La marge (1976)

Sigismond (Joe Dallesandro) is a man absent in an amative brume which clouds his judgment. Early in the film, it is axiomatic that the man has a physically amorous accord with his wife, with whom he has a son. While on a business cruise to Paris, he comes beneath the spell of a famous, admirable prostitute (Sylvia Kristel) who resembles his wife. However, his efforts to absorb her absorption are not accepted by her pimp, and he is acutely beaten. When he gets a letter allegorical him of the afterlife of his wife and son, he is absolutely devastated.

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Director: Walerian Borowczyk
Screenplay: André Pieyre de Mandiargues
Actors: Sylvia Kristel, Joe Dallesandro, André Falcon
Date Released: 22 September 1976
Genre: Drama
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration: 88 min
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Rating: 5.3/10
Votes: 235 (as of 25 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

Borowczyk charcoal one of the atomic accepted filmmakers of his era, inarguably an auteur, but one so aberrant and abnormal that he charcoal admired alone by a scattering of critics for his aboriginal surrealist plan and by band cine admirers for his later, sexually-explicit films. While from the mid-seventies alee his films would ambit from the acceptable (Behind Convent Walls, The Story of Sin) to the not-so-good (The Art of Love, Immoral Tales, etc), his film-making bequest rests with the camp La Bete, which abominably belongs to the closing category. However it is his aboriginal films (both activated and reside action) that are assuredly Borowczyk's key works вЂ“ Blanche, for instance, is one of the finest films anytime made, while Goto the Island of Love is about as acceptable вЂ“ and in abounding means these films set up the capacity that would be accustomed throughout abundant of his consecutive work, a lot of chiefly that sex is consistently affiliated with guilt, animality and death.

This is conceivably why La Marge is so unjustly obscure. The casting of Kristel (not to acknowledgment the film's alternating appellation Emmanuelle '77) suggests the blur was tailored to address to the softcore market, yet the absolutely black atmosphere and accountable matter, which includes death, affair and suicide, is decidedly at allowance with this. Compared to the added Borowczyk films of this period, with conceivably the barring of The Story of Sin, La Marge is decidedly restrained. The blur works because of its minimalism and ambiguity вЂ“ the chat is sparse, apparently because of the actors' disability to allege French, and their appearance action is ambiguous to say the least. It is never fabricated bright why Sigimond is apprenticed to bluff on his acutely absolute wife, admitting it is conceivably no accompaniment that Diana added than hardly resembles her. Borowczyk as accepted fills the cine with beheld motifs, application cogitating surfaces to announce the duality of Sigimond's life, and lingering, unerotic shots of changeable ballocks to back what is at the amount of his accomplishments and desires, and what is, in essence, getting a Borowczyk film, Sigimond's prison.

The blur is beautifully photographed, abounding of the director's birdbrained brand framing, and, something rather abnormal for Borowczyk, appearance a arresting aeon soundtrack, from the aboriginal Kristel/Dallesandro sex arena played out to 10CC's I'm Not in Love to the beauteous blowjob arrangement set to Pink Floyd, and an absurd acme that employs Elton John's Funeral For a Friend. While La Marge is abnormally a Borowczyk blur in abounding respects, it aswell possesses a sombreness and ability that was attenuate for the director, for admitting the casual surreal moment (a dwarf watching television, a auberge maid analytical her breasts in the mirror, a deranged old woman watching sex through a keyhole), it is primarily a aboveboard assay of two bedevilled characters clumsy to escape the prisons of their existence. Fans of the director's aboriginal plan may acquisition the blur ever conventional, while admirers of his after aeon may be aghast by how aseptic it is, yet La Marge is an unfairly alone film, one of the director's a lot of constant and addictive works.

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Maladolescenza (1977)/Spielen wir Liebe (1977)

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Maladolescenza (1977)/Spielen wir Liebe (1977)

A boyhood boy grows from arena and angry with his German-shepherd dog, to arena kids and developed amateur with two appropriately adolescent girls, in a dream-like backwoods which eventually turns eerie, and somber.

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Maladolescenza (1977)/Spielen wir Liebe (1977)

Director: Pier Giuseppe Murgia
Screenplay: Peter Berling, Dieter Geissler
Actors: Lara Wendel, Eva Ionesco, Martin Loeb
Date Released: 6 May 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration: 90 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 6.0/10
Votes: 947 (as of 24 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

Maladolescenza (1977)/Spielen wir Liebe (1977)

Normally depicting the affectionate of animality that accouchement are able of is bound to works of fantasy such as William Golding's Lord of the Flies. Maladolescenza, a German-Italian assembly from 1977, however, deals with it in a way that is effectively absolute вЂ“ assuming in bright agreement boyish blowing and use of sex as an apparatus of domination. Because of its depictions of accouchement in animal situations, however, it has been banned in abounding countries, a lot of afresh in Germany in 2006. While I'm not absolutely bright about the purpose and absorbed of the director, I did not acquisition it to be any added blue than the films of Larry Clark and even added beautifully accomplished and honest. Please be advised, however, that Maladolescenza is a actual advancing blur and is not recommended for those affronted by animality to animals (in this case вЂ“ a bird) or accouchement presented in the nude and in aggressive situations.

Set to an aboriginal account by Pippo Caruso based on medieval songs and dances, the blur takes abode in a absorption backwoods that holds the charcoal of an age-old city. There are abandoned three actors in the blur and they bear memorable performances. Two adolescents, Fabrizio (Martin Loeb) and Laura (Lara Wendel), reside abutting to the bend of the backwoods and absorb their summer holidays arena calm as they accept for abounding years. 12-year old Laura is in adulation with Fabrizio and teases him sexually but he responds abandoned by cheeky and alarming her. Like a lot of bullies, however, he knows just if to let up in adjustment to assure his victim and accord her a apocryphal faculty of security. If the two ascertain the abstruse old city, Fabrizio declares himself to be king, but in adjustment for Laura to be queen, she accept to aboriginal be able to win the atrocious tests he has devised.

Among these are accepting a snake befuddled on top of you as you lay on the arena and getting chased by a abrupt dog through the woods. Laura, like abounding accommodating victims, proclaims her assurance in Fabrizio in animosity of his atrocity and his killing of her pet bird. If they at endure accomplish adulation together, however, it is done with amore and the blur shows Fabrizio as acceptable hearted if it apparel his own purposes. If a new 13-year old girl, Sylvia (Eva Ionesco), joins the accumulation on the allurement of two friends, things do not plan to Laura's advantage. Sylvia, clashing Laura, is artful and algid and anon she and Fabrizio accompany armament to abase and affright Laura, at one time acute her to run through the dupe while they shoot bows and arrows at her while cutting alarming masks.

Realizing that Fabrizio and Sylvia accept collapsed for anniversary other, Laura heartbreakingly begins to dress and act like Sylvia to win aback Fabrizio's amore but after success. As the summer nears an end, Fabrizio is bent that Sylvia will never leave him abandoned and the aftereffect is a absurd tragedy that could accept been calmly averted. Although the ambience is idyllic, beneath the accomplished administration of Pier Murgia, Maladolescenza maintains a connected atmosphere of approaching threat. While the adventure can be apparent as a allegory for the ambagious currents of puberty, it can aswell be interpreted as allegorical of the accident of chastity and the misdirection of animal activity into avenues of ability and domination, conceivably an basal affair in the history of the Third Reich.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

This swash-buckling account follows the adventure of Captain Jack Sparrow, an adeptness pirate, and Will Turner, an able blacksmith, as they seek for Elizabeth Swann. Elizabeth, the child of the governor and the adulation of Will's life, has been kidnapped by the feared Captain Barbossa. Little do they know, but the angry and able Barbossa has been cursed. He, forth with his ample crew, are beneath an age-old curse, bedeviled for aeon to neither live, nor die. That is, unless a claret cede is made.

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Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003)

Director: Gore Verbinski
Screenplay: Ted Elliott
Actors: Johnny Depp, Geoffrey Rush, Orlando Bloom
Date Released: 9 July 2003
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
MPAA Rating : PG-13
Duration: 143 min
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Rating: 8.0/10
Votes: 541,053 (as of 22 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

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Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012)

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Sexual Chronicles of a French Family (2012) aka Chroniques sexuelles d'une famille d'aujourd'hui

In this 2012 semi-hardcore French film, which is named "Sexual Chronicles of a French Family" we observe a sexually repressed ancestors is affected to accost their hang-ups arch on if the youngest son faces abeyance for filming himself masturbating in school. As his mother realizes the accent of advancement an accessible chat with her accouterments and the affair of female becomes beneath anathema in their household, three ancestors acquisition themselves growing and crumbling in means they never before anticipation possible.

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Directors: Pascal Arnold, Jean-Marc Barr
Screenplay: Lucy Allwood
Actors: Mathias Melloul, Valérie Maës, Stephan Hersoen
Date Released: 9 May 2012
Genre: Drama, Comedy
MPAA Rating : R
Duration: 79 min
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Rating: 5.2/10
Votes: 1,158 (as of 18 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

To the beforehand ancestors aloft on the diminutive challenges of the cavalcade war decades of a cinema which raged abut both backbreaking censorship laws and out-moded agreeable norms, their adroitness of history is invested in what is acclimatized to be a accordance in an iconic beastly chaos a allotment of added things.

So abounding of the films of the 60s and 70s both alternating a adroitness of complete change and ushered in a new permissiveness. Yet none could bend today abut what we see in this about babyish film.

Today's boyhood are arising and sex is still axial to the radical. Not one of the abounding archetypal works of cinema which created a alarm with beastly liberation depicted the affiliated of complete sex which is arid adequate the barometer in new complete cinema. It is in abounding respects an amazing change-about in the emphasis of cinema.

This new and credible analysis of beastly emphasis is not a acceptance abut backbreaking norms as it was in the 60s, but rather reflects the aftereffect on a address of absolved acceptance to artifice via the internet from ancient childhood. The boyish address are so developed in their compassionate of sex, that it is actually the barometer to extend into the emphasis of their cinema the calendar habits which are attainable to them in private.

To an beforehand address this may appear as a shock. We're not acclimated to such a adroitness of affluence with the genitalia. The blowing penis has been a heavily censored commodity in cinema until complete recently, acceptance abundantly through the prudish best of a director-base which was about blowing and heterosexual. Surprisingly, because the assailment of the feminist movement, curve of the clitoris was associated complete abounding with blowing bribery of women and has never advanced been acclaimed as such in cinema. These old types of restrictions, about generated through the dialogues of the cultural liberators of the 60s, 70s and 80s appear to acquire had their day.

It is accurate that France, and Europe historically acquire been abounding added aerial about the curve of sex in cinema compared with for classic the US and the UK. However this becloud actually brings adapted up to date that acclimatized licence and we move into a new breadth of depicted beastly intimacy.

All of the films arising which characterize bright sex and i could name at diminutive bisected a dozen off the top of my head, are not dabbling in pornography. Rather, what is arising is a new world, a new honesty, a new openness, a new affiliated of maturity, of truth, a emphasis of signs and symbols able aloft the old acclimation of the avoided, couched, adapted and coded.

In this new utopia, the liberation has in some adroitness already been connected about via the actualization of the internet culture. Cinema needs to bolt up. The old beastly absoluteness are no best board the issues of the day. Sex now becomes a way of accumulative the present abutting and claiming action through a bender absolutely contextualized by a accurate affectionate of democracy. We can all see ourselves as beastly beings. We can all live, we can all acquire what we need. Because we all are anyway.

Sex has consistently been affiliated in some adroitness to the accretion of the revolutionary. Certainly this new affiliated of sexually complete adaptation advance away the old struggles which change-about out to acquire abandoned appear so far in the end. In added films of this kind, the affluence with the sexually complete has usually been attributed to the arising boyish generation. This becloud breach the casting by suggesting that anybody has establishment to hide, both boyish and old. it's a adequate development and a adequate analysis of inclusion. Until now one had the aftereffect that the boyish address were abandoned able to absolve their own interests. This becloud confirms that this is no best the case and both the affair and technology of the boyish is able of transforming and affecting the lives of all generations.

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Sieben Sommersprossen (1978) 720p Blu-ray

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Sieben Sommersprossen (1978)

Teens in a holiday-camp. First love, first sex, first self-made theatre performance of "Romeo and Julliet" - quite interesting to have a look at the east-German youth in the seventies.

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Sieben Sommersprossen (1978)

Director: Herrmann Zschoche
Screenplay: Christa Kozik
Actors: Kareen Schröter, Harald Rathmann, Christa Löser
Date Released: 6 October 1978
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
MPAA Rating : R
Duration: 76 min
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Rating: 6.7/10
Votes: 180 (as of 18 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

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Director: Herrmann Zschoche | Stars: Kareen Schröter, Harald Rathmann, Christa Löser

Country: East Germany | Language: German | Subtitle: English (srt)

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

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Bibi (1974)

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Bibi (1974)

Lesbianism comes into reality in 16 years old Bibi's life when she visits her aunt's boarding house.

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Bibi (1974)

Director: Joseph W. Sarno
Screenplay: Joseph W. Sarno
Actors: Marie Forså, Nadia Henkowa, Anke Syring
Date Released: 27 May 1977
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating : R
Duration: 104 min
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Rating: 6.4/10
Votes: 95 (as of 15 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

The artifice accustomed actuality is in fact a little inaccurate. The appellation appearance "Bibi" is in fact the seducER, not the seducee and although a lot of of her conquests are absolutely lesbians, they aswell cover men, couples, you name it. She consistently takes some affectionate of bagatelle from anniversary sex partner--as she says in her blubbery Swedish accent, "Sumpting to bethink you by"--and by the end of the cine she has calm A LOT of trinkets.

I saw this about back-to-back with the "Second Coming of Eva", and while both films had too abundant sex in them perhaps, I admired this better. First off, it is Swedish softcore rather Swedish XXX, so the girls are acutely added attractive, abnormally Maria Forsa, who is one of the a lot of admirable girls I've anytime apparent in a blur this explicit. Aswell the sex scenes actuality are ridiculously numerous, but they're not interminably continued as is the affliction of appealing abundant all XXX films, so the blur moves appealing fast at least. And the one song, "Baby, Love is Strange", is in fact appealing catchy. Naturally, cipher actuality can absolutely act, or even accent their affected English dialogue, but Forsa abnormally should accept won some affectionate of appropriate accolade for faking(?) orgasms. She appeared in at atomic two added Joe Sarno movies, "Vampires Ecstasy" and "Butterflies" (she's even added absorbing in orgasm-faking administration again she is in this one).

This is not about as absorbing as Sarno's best plan like "Young Playthings" (sadly, MIA on accepted DVD), "Inga and Greta", or "Vampire's Ecstasy"--all movies that accept an absolute plot. (Well, kinda). Still, it is account a look.

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BBC: The Tribal Eye (1975) - The Complete Series

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The Tribal Eye (1975) is a fascinating series of documentaries about tribes and the artefacts that they create as part of their beliefs. In seven parts: "Behind the Mask" documents the crafting of traditional West-African Dogon tribal headgear and later shows how it is used in dance ritual. "The Crooked Beak of Heaven" looks at the construction of totem poles and their place in the local American Indian culture. "The Sweat of the Sun" examines the architecture and golden artwork of the Aztecs and Incas. "The Kingdom of Bronze" returns to West-Africa to study traditional methods of manufacturing sculpture in Benin."Woven Gardens" travels to Persia to film the nomadic carpet-weaving tribes and explore meanings embedded within traditional rugs."The Man Blong Custom" looks at how of beliefs and customs of the indigenous people of the Solomon Islands have changed due to the outside influence of colonialism. "Across The Frontiers" includes snippets from the previous documentaries already mentioned including additional footage of the Dogon. As well as exploring several other tribes and their artwork including traditional Inuit walrus-tusk tools. Attenborough concludes by looking at the commercialisation of tribal art. Interviewing collectors and exploring how tribal sculpture has changed.

The Tribal Eye (1975)

Director: David Attenborough
Screenplay: David Attenborough
Actors: N/A
Date Released: 27 May 1975
Genre: Documentary
MPAA Rating : N/A
Duration: 390 min
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Average Rating
Rating: 8.0/10
Votes: 22 (as of 13 December 2013)
Reviewer: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

1. "Behind the Mask"

This episode centers on the life and customs of the Dogon people in Mali, concentrating primarily on their masks and mask rituals. After a brief introduction to the Dogon culture, the link between African and European art is elaborated upon, using works by Picasso and Braque as examples. Dogon blacksmiths are shown working on a sculpture and a monkey mask for an old woman's funeral; the funeral rites, which include masked performances and a staged mock battle, are shown in great detail.

2. "Crooked Beak of Heaven"

In "Crooked Beak of Heaven", Attenborough discusses the art and cultures of the First Nations peoples of the Pacific Northwest of North America: The Haida of present-day British Columbia and Alaska; the Gitxsan of Skeena Country; and the Kwakwaka'wakw ("Kwakiutl") of present-day British Columbia, Washington, and Oregon.

3. "The Sweat of the Sun"

On the ancient Aztecs and Incas.

4. "Kingdom of Bronze"

On the ancient African kingdom of Dahomey. The bronze artifacts from the Benin Kingdom in modern day Nigeria.

History: Vice-consul Phillips of UK came to Benin in 1897 to punish the King of Benin for not holding his part of the deal in a trading agreement. But at the time a ritual ceremony was being held to renew the strength of the King, so no visitors were allowed. After several warnings from both the King's and the British messengers, vice-consul Phillips still decided to go on with his journey. The result was an ambush of one of the King's chiefs. As the news of the massacre in Benin reached England, a punitive expedition was mounted. 1,500 marines marched onto Benin. After 4 days of sporadic fighting they took Benin City. Here they found the Bronze sculptures.

5. "Woven Gardens"

On the nomadic Qashqai tribe of Iran. The tribal art of carpet-making in Persia and the distinctive patterns of the different clans and tribes.

6. "Man Blong Custom"

On tribal communities in Melanesia.

7. "Across the Frontiers"

This program revisits several of the locations of the previous programs to look more deeply at the relationships contemporary artists and collectors have with the art and artists of those societies, and how they may be compromising or enhancing the older traditions.

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The Terminator (1984) Download 1080p Blu-rayRip

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The Terminator (1984)

A cyborg is sent from the future on a deadly mission. He has to kill Sarah Connor, a young woman whose life will have a great significance in years to come. Sarah has only one protector - Kyle Reese - also sent from the future. The Terminator uses his exceptional intelligence and strength to find Sarah, but is there any way to stop the seemingly indestructible cyborg ?

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The Terminator (1984)

Director: James Cameron

Screenplay: James Cameron, Gale Anne Hurd

Actors: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Michael Biehn

Date Released: 26 October 1984

Genre: Action, Sci-Fi

MPAA Rating : R

Duration: 107 min

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Rating: 8.1/10

Votes: 389,394 (as of 8 December 2013)

Reviewer: Kristine (kristinedrama14@msn.com) from Chicago, Illinois

The Terminator (1984): This is the movie that made a big break through for sci-fi movies!!!!

The Terminator is one of those films that no matter if you've seen it or not, you've heard of it, heck you know at least one or two lines without seeing it! This is the movie that blasted then new comer's Arnold Schwartzeneggerr's career, made James Cameron a name in Hollywood, and gave new meaning to a possible dark future that gave us nightmares. I remember the first time I saw this movie, I was just 8 years old and my dad of course walks in saying to cover my eyes at every "bad" scene with violence or nudity, needless to say about 70% of the movie he covered my eyes. Finally I got to see it with my mom and I was in love, this wasn't just an action movie, though it is one of the best, it had a story. To think this was all based upon just a quick nightmare that James Cameron had, he didn't have much money, but he had a good script, a great crew on his side to make one of cinema's greatest movies of all time.

Two men appear in Los Angeles in separate locations, manifesting in sudden, blinding flash-storms of electricity. One is heavily muscular; the other man, slim and wiry. The mysterious muscular man obtains weapons and begins hunting down all women named "Sarah Connor", using a phone book to track his targets. He successfully kills the first two of the three listed women. When he attempts to kill the last Sarah Connor, he is stopped by the other man, Kyle Reese who has been sent back in time to protect her. While hiding in a parking garage, Reese explains that the man hunting Sarah is actually a cyborg assassin called a "Terminator", built by Skynet, an artificial intelligence network created by Cyberdyne Systems. In the near future, Reese explains, Skynet gained self-awareness, initiated a global takeover of military hardware, and launched a nuclear war against humanity. Skynet ordered that a scant number of humans were to be kept alive in order to be used as slave labor. John Connor, Sarah's son, rallied the few remaining humans and led a resistance movement against the machines. After a grinding campaign, the human resistance was on the verge of victory; in a last-ditch effort, Skynet sent the Terminator back in time to kill Sarah before John was born, preventing the resistance from ever being founded and allowing the machines to win by default. Reese volunteered to follow the Terminator back in time to protect Sarah; after his use of the time transportation equipment, it was to be destroyed by the resistance in order to prevent further Terminators from going back in time. The Terminator feels no pain, has no emotions, and will stop at nothing to accomplish its mission.

The Terminator is personally one of my favorite movies of all time, I think because this movie really is something special. Yeah, the effects are very 80's, but for the time and even to this day, I think the special effects are much better than the CGI crud we get in today's cinema. This has everything: action, romance, horror, sci-fi, and even some dark humor. The reason why Arnold's "I'll be back" is so famous is not just because of his accent, but because you knew that something bad was coming. Kyle Reese's "Come with me if you want to live" is classic as well. If you haven't seen The Terminator, I highly recommend this movie, it's an incredible one that is sure to deliver entertainment to the fullest. This is one of the greatest movies of all time and I'm sure that you will not be disappointed, if you are, get a CAT scan.

10/10

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A Beautiful Mind (2001)

After a brilliant but asocial mathematician accepts secret work in cryptography, his life takes a turn to the nightmarish.

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A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Director: Ron Howard

Screenplay: Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar

Actors: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly

Date Released: 4 January 2002

Genre: Biography, Drama

MPAA Rating : PG-13

Duration: 135 min

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Rating: 8.1/10

Votes: 354,294 (as of 8 December 2013)

Reviewer: The Mad Reviewer from Tennessee, USA

A Beautiful Mind (2001): A beautifully written, acted, and crafted movie.

A BEAUTIFUL MIND (2001) Rating: 10/10

A Beautiful Mind's greatest achievement, in my humble opinion, is the way it makes schizophrenia accessible to "sane" people. The general public knows schizophrenics tend to talk to themselves, repeat certain actions and do things generally at odds with the norm. But why? It's nearly impossible for a "sane" individual to understand why this happens...and more importantly, what that feels like. Without this essential empathy, many people become frustrated with the mentally ill, asking why patients can't pull themselves together and just bear up. We express this same impatience with the criminally insane who act upon delusions with disastrous results. It is incomprehensible.

A Beautiful Mind does all it can to change that, and it succeeds. Unless you are familiar with John Nash's story, you probably won't guess he's schizophrenic until part-way into the movie. He's eccentric, abrupt, and highly intelligent, but doesn't seem crazy. His delusions are as real as reality to Nash, and likewise, they are real to the audience, who cannot tell the difference between truth and delusion.

Incidentally, I came across a review from a "professional critic" who blasted A Beautiful Mind for including "all that spying stuff that had nothing to do with Nash's work that was thrown in for Hollywood thrill." I feel bad for that chap, since he missed the entire point of the film. But that just proves Ron Howard's genius in creating a picture of insanity indistinguishable from reality.

There are some truly shocking moments in A Beautiful Mind. When Alicia finds her husband's secret cache of newspaper clippings behind their house, I was eerily reminded of Jack Nicholson's wife in The Shining discovering his endless, typewritten pages of the same phrase. The scene that follows, culminating with Nash's realization that his delusions are indeed a false reality is brilliant. In a moment, remembering Marcee, Nash has a flash of insight, and he finally accepts his illness -- ironically, through his intellect. When Nash imagines that someone is going to harm Alicia, he lunges at her -- and only through his eyes do we see how a seemingly senseless act of violence is a gesture of love, filtered through the smog of delusion.

Now my take on the acting: Superb in every sense of the word. Russell Crowe is incredible. I can't stress that enough. There's never any question about the authenticity of his character. Crowe doesn't rely on his elaborate makeup to age Nash -- his walk, words, and voice do that elegantly in the movie's end. Crowe will get at least another Oscar nomination out of this one. And, he better win. Jennifer Connelly is amazing as well. And when Crowe and Connelly are put together, extraordinary chemistry erupts, they just gel together, they really belong with one another. Some people have had problems with the romance part of the movie, saying that the way John and Alicia even started seeing each other wasn't very realistic and why Alicia would stay with John after he becomes distant. But, I think that maybe it started out as just a crush, you know, and the math question she showed him was just her excuse for going to his office and she already knew she was going to ask him out before hand. Maybe she's just attracted to the kind of person Nash is? Who knows? A lot of people are attracted to the "weirdest" things sometimes. The crush took over the fact that he sort of insulted her work and she still asked him anyway. When you're around someone you like so much you can't help but be fooled by them. I can't really explain it, but I can understand why she still asked him to dinner. And I guess if you love someone as much as Alicia loved John, then you would stick with them through anything. Even how distant he became, she still stuck with him.

Moving on, I think Ed Harris is, as always, great. Harris continues to prove that, simply because he's flawless. With delusions like these, no wonder Nash was torn between treatment and "spying."

Simply put, A Beautiful Mind is a film which extends far beyond the 2 hours and 15 minutes that you will spend viewing it in the theater. The characters continued to haunt me after the movie (and still do), thanks to the Oscar-inducing performances by Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and all of the supporting players. They are not merely acting, yet are transformed into the characters, leaving no trace of a line between their part and reality.

Of course a film is only as good as a screenplay would allow, and the story contained within is written in a way that compliments everything that is truly great about A Beautiful Mind. Ron Howard contributes truly inspiring work to this film, and I hope that the critics remember him when awards are being given out.

All I can tell you now is that if you're looking for an emotionally-charged movie that will make you cry, but still filters in some very funny moments as to lighten things up every now and then, with near perfect acting, cinematography, directing, editing and a screenplay which will cause the story of John Nash to inspire you, then consider A Beautiful Mind.

I hope a lot of people see this film. Not just because Russell Crowe is a hunk or because it's a Ron Howard piece, but because you will learn something important. You will learn why compassion is an absolute must when dealing with the mentally ill. You won't glare at the next person you see muttering to themselves. And when someone you love is dealing with a disorder, be it schizophrenia or depression, you won't ask them to "pull themselves together." You will understand why they need your love -- because they are just as confused as you are.

In closing, if Russell Crowe isn't awarded the Best Actor Oscar this year, then my faith in movies and its rewards system will be seriously tarnished.

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Set against the sexy, glamorous golden age of Formula 1 racing in the 1970s, the film is based on the true story of a great sporting rivalry between handsome English playboy James Hunt (Hemsworth), and his methodical, brilliant opponent, Austrian driver Niki Lauda (Bruhl). The story follows their distinctly different personal styles on and off the track, their loves and the astonishing 1976 season in which both drivers were willing to risk everything to become world champion in a sport with no margin for error: if you make a mistake, you die.

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Rush (2013)

Director: Ron Howard

Screenplay: Peter Morgan

Actors: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde

Date Released: 27 September 2013

Genre: Biography, Drama, Action

MPAA Rating : R

Duration: 123 min

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Rating: 8.3/10

Votes: 48,589 (as of 4 December 2013)

Reviewer: rogerdarlington (United Kingdom)

Rush (2013): Bound to win Academy Award nominations - and rightly so

In 1976, the rivalry between two brilliant racing car drivers, the British James Hunt and the Austrian Nikki Lauda, came to a head in the almost literally life-and-death struggle of the Formula One championship. American director Ron Howard ("Apollo 13", "A Beautiful Mind", "Frost/Nixon") and British scriptwriter Peter Morgan (both play and screenplay of "Frost/Nixon") have done a terrific job bringing the titanic struggle to the big screen, aided by some excellent casting and powerful sound and cinematography. Those were the days when most years a couple of drivers would be killed, so the stakes could not be higher.

Sensibly the car racing does not over-dominate, since this is essentially a character- driven conflict, but when the racing is on screen - notably in the final race - the excitement is visceral. The Australian Chris Hemsworth (previously best known as "Thor") and the Spanish-born German Daniel Brühl ("Inglourious Basterds") are so good as the British and Austrian drivers respectively that the dialect coaches should receive a special commendation. Arguably Brühl gives the stronger performance which should auger well for his future career.

A great strength of this tale is that there is not a hero or a villain. Both drivers had privileged backgrounds and were superbly talented, but both were flawed. although in very contrasting ways, including styles of thinking, driving and womanising (Olivia Wilde as model Suzy Miller and Alexandra Maria Lara as aristocratic Marlene Knaus respectively).

I never saw the recent film "Senna" (2010) so "Rush" reminded me most of the much older "Grand Prix" (1966), but what is stunning about "Rush" is that it all happened. A season of the fastest sport in the world decided in the last race by one point - you couldn't make it up. Rush to see the movie.

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Rush (2013)

HDCamRip | AVI | XviD @ 1433 Kbps, 30 fps | 640 X 270 | 01:52:35 | 732 MB

Audio: English MP3 2.0 @ 128 Kbps, 44.1 KHz | Subtitle: none

Director: Ron Howard | Stars: Daniel Brühl, Chris Hemsworth, Olivia Wilde | Country: USA

Genre: Biography, Drama, Action

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12 Years a Slave (2013) Download

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Based on an incredible true story of one man's fight for survival and freedom. In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup (Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty (personified by a malevolent slave owner, portrayed by Michael Fassbender), as well as unexpected kindnesses, Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist (Brad Pitt) will forever alter his life.

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12 Years a Slave (2013)

Director: Steve McQueen
Screenplay: John Ridley, Solomon Northup
Actors: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender
Date Released: 8 November 2013
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
MPAA Rating : R
Duration: 134 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 8.7/10
Votes: 12,852 (as of 4 December 2013)
Reviewer: Tania Morissette from Canada

12 Years a Slave (2013): Another masterpiece from McQueen

I attended the premiere of 12 Years a Slave at the Toronto International Film Festival. Having no tickets, we had to wait close to 4 hours hoping they might let us in. I have to say it was definitely worth the wait and it is hands down the best film I've seen at the festival.

The film is based on the real story of Solomon Northup (played by Chiwetel Ejiofor), a free black man living in New York, who is abducted and sold into slavery in Louisiana. As the film begins, we are exposed to his talent as a musician (he plays the violin) and get a glimpse of the life he leads with his wife and two children. All is well until he meets two men who seem taken by his music and want to bring him along with them so he can play at various events. When Solomon wakes up in chains, his dark journey starts and the film never lets you take a break.

If you've seen McQueen's other works then you more or less know what kind of movie to expect (if you haven't then please stop reading and watch Hunger and Shame). 12 Years a Slave is dark and raw, it exposes everything, without sugarcoating it. It is definitely hard to watch; Several people walked out of the the theatre but in my opinion, it is not only worth watching but necessary. Films exploring themes of slavery are few and far in between and never has one been quite as exhaustive and effective as this one. Beautifully shot and edited, the film features moments of tension, heartbreak and a few laughs here and there. Steve McQueen has created another masterpiece.

Most actors get very little screen time. Paul Giamatti and Sarah Paulson are seen for a few minutes but both are great as usual. Benedict Cumberbatch plays a plantation owner, who recognizes Solomon's talent and tries to help him to a certain extent. Despite being a slaver, he is presented in the film as being a good man. Cumberbatch was very good, though outshined by far by Michael Fassbender. He goes through every emotion and gives it his everything. In my opinion, this is his best performance to date. Paul Dano gets a few minutes of screen time as well but makes incredible use of it. As Benedict's worker, he despises slaves and the songs he sings to Solomon makes an incredibly powerful scene, one of the most disturbing in the film. Lupita Nyong'o's first appearance in a feature film is stunning, as she plays a heart breaking young slave. I hope she has a long career ahead of her, she certainly has the talent for it. The true star is definitely Chiwetel Ejiofor. His performance as Solomon is stunning and unforgettable, I truly hope he wins the Oscar for it this year.

All in all, if you get a chance to see 12 Years a Slave, don't miss it. Not everyone will be able to stomach it but it's an outstanding film that deserves and needs to be seen.

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12 Years a Slave (2013)

HDCamRip | AVI | XviD @ 1988 Kbps, 30 fps | 720 X 384 | 02:06:20 | 1.87 GB

Audio: English MP3 2.0 @ 128 Kbps, 48.0 KHz | Subtitle: none

Director: Steve McQueen | Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Michael K. Williams, Michael Fassbender | Country: USA

Genre: Biography, Drama, History

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Narrated by award-winning actor Gary Sinise, WHEN WE LEFT EARTH is the incredible story of humankind's greatest adventure, as it happened, told by the people who were there. From the early quest of the Mercury program to put a man in space, to the historic moon landings, through the Soyuz link-up and the first un-tethered space walk by Bruce McCandless, this is how the space age came of age. The vivid HD series features vintage rushes and all the key onboards filmed by the astronauts themselves. The sequences are captured by cameras onboard the spaceships, enabling the series to tell the stories in a depth never seen before.

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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008)

Narrator: Gary Sinise
Screenplay: N/A
Actors: Gene Kranz, Gary Sinise, Buzz Aldrin
Date Released: 8 June 2008
Genre: Documentary, History
MPAA Rating: N/A
Duration: 300 min
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Rating: 8.0/10
Votes: 995 (as of 3 December 2013)
Reviewer: James Neon

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When We Left Earth is the story of mankind's greatest adventure, leaving the earth and living in space. For the first time this series has digitally re-mastered the original film and audio recordings from NASA's vaults, including and all the key on-board footage filmed by the astronauts themselves. From John Glenn's Mercury mission to orbit the earth, to Neil Armstrong's first historic steps on the moon, to the unprecedented spacewalks required to repair the Hubble telescope, these epic stories are shown in stunning clarity and told by the astronauts and engineers who were there.

E01-Ordinary Supermen: NASA selects seven men to become the first astronauts. They're all test pilots, prepared to risk their lives. No one has ever survived a vertical launch on top of a rocket, but it's the only way they know to put an astronaut into earth orbit. America's first astronauts, the Mercury Seven, are on a journey into the unknown. Six of the men ride into space, each launch taking NASA further forward in their quest to conquer space.

E02-Friends and Rivals: Nine new astronauts arrive at NASA; their mission, to test all the procedures required to land men on the moon and bring them safely back to earth. Each Gemini mission launches two men into space, leading to some of NASA's greatest moments -- Ed White's spacewalk, the first orbital rendezvous of Gemini 6 and 7, and Neil Armstrong's first space docking.

E03-Landing the Eagle: The Apollo program is set to achieve the ultimate prize of the Space Race, landing men on the moon. But a fire breaks out in the pressurized capsule of Apollo 1, resulting in the deaths of three beloved astronauts. However, NASA rebounds, launching men into deep space and landing Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the moon.

E04-The Explorers: Apollo 13 puts the astronauts to the ultimate test, returning a damaged spacecraft back safely to earth. Apollo 17 sends man for the longest mission yet to the surface of the moon, but it's the last lunar mission for generations. Now, it's time for a new phase in the program. Converting an unused Saturn V rocket, NASA launches Skylab, America's first space-station.

E05-The Shuttle: For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. However, new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the re-usable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel. Meanwhile, the pioneers of NASA's manned programs are leading the way into the modern era of the space-age.

E06-A Home In Space: One of the most complex instruments ever built, the Hubble Space Telescope is expected to transform mankind's understanding of the Universe. But once it's in orbit, NASA discovers a serious problem -- a defective main mirror. NASA sends a team of astronauts to fix the problem in its greatest and highest profile mission since the Apollo era. It gives NASA the confidence to begin construction on the International Space Station.

When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions is a stirring documentary series that will capture your imagination, bring you to the edge of your seat, and leave you in a state of childlike wonder. Not only is the series itself loaded with meticulously remastered archive footage, the Blu-ray edition looks and sounds far better than I expected. Add to that more than four hours of bonus films, clips, highlights, and interviews and you have a 4-disc release that's well worth the cost of admission. I simply can't recommend this one enough.

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When We Left Earth: The NASA Missions (2008) [Complete Series]

Narrated by: Gary Sinise

1080p BDRip | AVC (XviD) @ 12.6 Mbps, 24 fps | 1920 X 1080 | ~50 min X 6 (300 min) | ~4.37 GB X 6 (23.6 GB)

Audio: English AC-3 5.1 @ 384 Kbps (CBR), 48.0 KHz | Subtitle: English (srt)

Stars: Gene Kranz, Gary Sinise, Buzz Aldrin | Country: USA

Genre: Documentary

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Du Er Ikke Alene (1978) Uncut Download DVDRip

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The film shows the story of life on a Danish boarding school for boys in the seventies. The focus is on the conflict between the headmasters old fashioned view of life and the much more liberal views of the boys. At one point the boy Ole is expelled for hanging pornographic pictures in the bathroom, but the boys won't let him be expelled and unite against the old fashioned views of the headmaster. Finally the teachers have to let Ole stay. We also follow Bo (15) and Kim (12) who is the headmasters son. They become very intimate and even though it is clearly more than just a friendship it is portrayed in a very innocent manner. There relationship is not portrayed as a struggle with sexual identities, but rather as something natural. They do not hide it from the other boys at school who seem to consider it normal. The film ends with all the boys at school showing a film they have made about...

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Du Er Ikke Alene (1978)

Directors: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen
Screenplay: Lasse Nielsen, Bent Petersen
Actors: Anders Agensø, Peter Bjerg, Ove Sprogøe
Date Released: 23 February 1978
Genre: Drama, Romance
MPAA Rating: R
Duration: 9 min
Official URL:
Average Rating
Rating: 7.4/10
Votes: 2,790 (as of 30 November 2013)
Reviewer: marcus7777 from Seattle, Washington

This film offers a tasteful and dignified handling of a sensitive subject matter which is often treated as taboo.

This is not merely an enjoyable film, but it is a very unique and important movie too. This is the case because it approaches with taste and dignity a sensitive subject matter which is often regarded as taboo. The subject is that of homosexuality between teens and preteens. Bo is a 15 year-old boy who finds himself smitten with Kim, who is younger and extremely handsome. Kim more than reciprocates Bo's interest and passion. The result is a beautiful and loving relationship between two nice and decent boys. The movie contains incidental nudity and fabricated intimacy, however it is in no way vulgar or dirty. A previous viewer remarked that the musical score is unremarkable, but I found it to be both beautiful and catchy. Any youth who has experienced feelings similar to Bo's and Kim's may have found it difficult or damaging to attempt to discuss these matters with influential people, such as parents, teachers or peers. This may tend to cause such youngsters to feel isolated and defective. This movie offers vindication and progressiveness, even if the level of acceptance which Bo and Kim enjoyed is unfortunately somewhat fantastic. Maybe it's true, as this movie suggests, that characters like Bo and Kim (and people like me) really are not all alone in this world.

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Du Er Ikke Alene (1978)

DVDRip | MPEG-4 Visual (XviD) @ 1025 Kbps, 24.0 fps | 688 X 384 | MPEG-1 Audio layer 3 @ 128 Kbps (CBR), 44.1 KHz | 01:31:35 | 699.62 MB

Directors: Ernst Johansen, Lasse Nielsen | Country: Denmark | Language: Danish | Subtitles: English Hardcoded