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A Place in the Sun, a review by Hal

A Place in the Sun (1951/United States) Paramount Home Entertainment (United States) Director: George Stevens Writing: Michael Wilson (Original Material By), Harry Brown (Original Material By) Length: 121 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: Mono, French: Dolby Digital: Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Montgomery Clift as George Eastman
Elizabeth Taylor as Angela Vickers
Shelley Winters as Alice Tripp
Keefe Brasselle as Earl Eastman
Anne Revere as Hannah Eastman

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Feature Trailers
• Featurettes
• Closed Captioned
• Interviews

This is another "star-crossed lovers" story, with all of the essential elements of the handsome boy, the beautiful girl, wealth, greed, deceit, ambition, love, betrayal, murder (or is it?) and ultimately tragedy.  Taylor was stunningly beautiful at the age of 19 in this film, while Clift was 31, but somehow, it was easy to believe that they were very close to the same age.  While very good looking, I have never really been taken by Montgomery Clift's acting abilities, being a bit too brooding and laconic for my tastes, but it seemed to fit the mood of this film.  I  found the contrast between the factory-worker lives and that of the wealthy owners to have been very well done here without being judgmental or exaggerated for effect.  This movie doesn't seem to come up on the radar when people talk about Elizabeth Taylor's career, but I  think it's in her top 5 performances.

Rating: 4

(From The Movies From Within My Lifetime on March 24th, 2011)

The Best Years of Our Lives, a review by Antares

The Best Years of Our Lives





Year: 1946
Film Studio: Sam Goldwyn Productions
Genre: Drama, Classic
Length: 170 Min.

Director
William Wyler (1902)

Writing
Robert E. Sherwood (1896)...Screenwriter
MacKinlay Kantor (1904)...Original Material By

Producer
Samuel Goldwyn (1879)

Cinematographer
Gregg Toland (1904)

Music
Hugo Friedhofer (1901)...Composer

Stars
Myrna Loy (1905) as Milly Stephenson
Fredric March (1897) as Al Stephenson
Dana Andrews (1909) as Fred Derry
Teresa Wright (1918) as Peggy Stephenson
Virginia Mayo (1920) as Marie Derry
Cathy O'Donnell (1923) as Wilma Cameron
Hoagy Carmichael (1899) as Butch Engle
Harold Russell (1914) as Homer Parrish

ReviewThe Best Years of Our LivesComing Home from 1978. That being said, it is an engaging drama which manages to take hold of the viewer, and illustrate a great generation of Americans and their way of life that has since vanished.


Ratings Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.


(From The Best Years of Our Lives (1946) on January 25th, 2010)

Veronica Mars Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

Episode 9: Drinking the Kool-Aid
Drugs. Polygamy. Fraud. That's what Veronica looks for when she infiltrates a cult that has won the heart, soul, and bank account of a wealthy classmate. So why is everyone so darn nice?

My Thoughts:
This episode if pretty good. not one of my favorites though. It's just that there is nothing really special about it.

Episode 10: An Echolls Family Christmas
California Hold 'em. Weevil's the big winner at Logan Echolls' poker party but the $5,000 pot disappears. Keith attends the Echolls' swank Christmas party to discover who's been stalking Logan's father.

My Thoughts:
This was just a fun episode... had 2 single episode mysteries... and both of them was really entertaining. Obviously this is the first season Christmas episode.

Episode 11: Silence of the Lamb
Work ethic. While Keith helps the new sheriff search for a serial killer, Veronica goes into business doing background checks on her classmates' parents, which leads to a stunning revelation for her friend Mac.

My Thoughts:
This was a good episode. I liked that they did one on a serial killer... as they always make good stories for some reason. I also really enjoyed the sub-story of Veronica doing background checks on the other kids' parents... who wouldn't have loved an opportunity like that when we were kids?

Episode 12: Clash of the Tritons
You booze, you lose. The parents of a boy who's comatose after a bout of heavy drinking believe Veronica provided his fake I.D. The attempt to clear her name leads Veronica to a secret on-campus society.

My Thoughts:
This one really didn't impress me all that much... I mean it was ok... but a bit slow for my taste. It just didn't feel like all that much happened... and the story of the fake ID's just didn't hold my interest at all for some reason. Definitely could have been better.

(From Veronica Mars Marathon on August 25th, 2007)