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Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony, a review by Antares

Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony



Year: 1999
Film Studio: Warner Home Video
Genre: Documentary
Length: 180 Min.

Director
Ken Burns (1953)

Writing
Geoffrey C. Ward...Writer

Producer
Paul Barnes
Pam Tubridy Baucom
Ken Burns (1953)
Susanna Steisel

Cinematographer
Ken Burns (1953)
Allen Moore
Buddy Squires

Music


Stars
Sally Kellerman (1937) as Narrator (Voice)
Ronnie Gilbert (1926) as Elizabeth Cady Stanton (Voice)
Julie Harris (1925) as Susan B. Anthony (Voice)
Amy Madigan (1950) (Voice)
Keith David (1956) as Frederick Douglass (Voice)
Wendy Conquest (Voice)
Ann Duquesnay (Voice)
George Plimpton (1927) (Voice)

Review
       If you were to walk up to the average stranger on the street and ask, The Civil War, the underlying theme of racial equality is the frame upon which he weaves his narrative. In Not for Ourselves AloneNot for Ourselves AloneReview Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From Not for Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony on November 5th, 2010)

Tom Jones, a review by Rich

Academy Award Best Picture winner 1963

Tom Jones



Winner of four Academy Awards including Best Picture, and featuring a cast of superb players headed by the Oscar-nominated Albert Finney and Susannah York, this wickedly funny classic has been hailed as the best comedy ever made.

No one has ever lived so freely and carelessly as Tom Jones. Abandoned at birth and raised by a wealthy squire, Tom romps through English society, leading a lusty life of brawling and bed-hopping...until his bawdy behaviour causes him to be sent away from his family, his home and the only woman he's ever truly loved. But some men never learn, and soon Tom's escapades land him in the company of reckless scoundrels, the boudoirs of more women...and, finally, in jail. Will Tom's charm save him... or will the gallows be his last swing?

Bawdy comedy that is meritable in places, but you continually get a feeling viewing the film that too many segments were like a carry-on film, or a Benny Hill sketch, without the laughs. It is notable for the lewd narration, which must have been an eye-opener even at this period of history in the early swinging 60's.
The direction, score and the actors talking and winking to camera all seemed ahead of its time, Albert Finney is a revelation to me as I have only seen him in recent films, but clearly at this stage of his career he was a heart throb actor.
Very easy to watch, entertaining if slightly overlong, and a costume period romp that was refreshing.
 



(From Riches Random Reviews on February 12th, 2009)

Firefly Marathon, a review by Tom

04. Shinding
Writer: Jane Espenson (Writer)
Director: Vern Gillum
Cast: Nathan Fillion (Mal), Gina Torres (Zoe), Alan Tudyk (Wash), Morena Baccarin (Inara), Adam Baldwin (Jayne), Jewel Staite (Kaylee), Sean Maher (Simon), Summer Glau (River), Ron Glass (Shepherd Book), Mark A. Sheppard (Badger), Edward Atterton (Atherton Wing), Larry Drake (Sir Warwick Harrow), Carl Bresk (Wright), Larry Pennell (Murphy), Michael McMillian (Younger Hopeful), Joshua Grenrock (Porter), Kim Onasch (Banning), Janora McDuffie (Cabott), Casey Piotrowski (Older Farmer), Hunter Cochran (Younger Farmer), Roy Werner (Gentleman)

I like how Kaylee gets enjoyment out of the ball even though she is put down by the snobby rich girls.
It is nice to see the relationship between Mal and Inara develop, but the episode takes the "period" setting a little to far.
The other crew came too short, but at least River stole again one scene.

Rating:

(From Firefly Marathon on February 25th, 2010)