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Young Mr. Lincoln, a review by Hal

Title: Young Mr. Lincoln: The Criterion Collection
Year: 1939
Director: John Ford
Rating: NR
Length: 100 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Henry Fonda
Alice Brady
Marjorie Weaver
Arleen Whelan
Eddie Collins

Plot:
Few historical figures are as revered as Abraham Lincoln, and few director-star pairings embody classic American cinema as perfectly as that of John Ford and Henry Fonda. In Young Mr. Lincoln, their first collaboration, Fonda gives one of the finest performances of his career as the young president-to-be, struggling with an incendiary murder case as a novice lawyer. Compassionate and assured, this is an indelible piece of Americana.

Extras:
Scene Access
Featurettes
Gallery
DVD-ROM Content
28-page booklet; Archival audio interviews

It is so unfortunate that this movie was released in the same year as Gone with the Wind, The Wizard of Oz and Goodbye Mr. ChipsGoodbye Mr. Chips

(From Young Mr. Lincoln on July 31st, 2010)

The Proposal, a review by DJ Doena

January, 29th


Director: Anne Fletcher

Sandra Bullock    ...    Margaret Tate
Ryan Reynolds   ...    Andrew Paxton
Mary Steenburgen   ...    Grace Paxton
Craig T. Nelson   ...    Joe Paxton
Betty White   ...    Grandma Annie
Denis O'Hare   ...    Mr. Gilbertson
Malin Akerman   ...    Gertrude

Synopsis: Margaret Tate is a successful yet hated editor-in-chief in a New York book publishing house. Her assistant Andrew puts up with her because he wants to become an editor one day but she keeps him on a short leash. Margaret is not American, she's Canadian and suddenly she has a problem: Her visa has been invalidated and she's about to be deported. Her only chance is to marry Andrew who unwillingly agrees to the sham. What looked like a simple business proposal in the beginning becomes harder when she meets his actual family...

My Opinion: Sandra Bullock isn't the youngest anymore but I think she's aged very gracefully. I like this movie. It hasn't that much haha-funny moments where you have to laugh out loud but it has a certain charm that makes you smile a lot when you watch it. And just like with Men in Trees it wins much of its comedy elements from a putting a big city girl into nowhere land.
I also watched the alternate ending and I am glad that they didn't use it. The movie ending was certainly better.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2010 on January 30th, 2010)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

3.02 Eclipse (1997-09-21)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), John Krizanc (Writer)
Director: Richard J. Lewis
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), Callum Keith Rennie (Stanley "Ray" Kowalski), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Tom Melissis (Detective Dewey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Gordon Pinsent (Fraser Sr.), Jackie Burroughs (Gladys Caunce), Diego Matamoros (Detective Hallet), Alan Peterson (Brandauer), Maria Vacratsis (Charmain), Walter Alza (Jimmy), Steve Michalchuk (Bronco), Tyler Kyte (Young Raymond), Peter Bray (Marcus Ellery), Diana Salvatore (Young Stella), Aron Tager (Tom)

A good episode where we (and Fraser) learn more about the new Ray. Nice touch is, that Ray needs glasses for shooting. With them he is a really great shot, but without them he doesn't hit anything.

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on September 13th, 2009)