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Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, a review by Antares

Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind





Year: 2004
Film Studio: Focus Features, Anonymous Content, This Is That
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Drama
Length: 108 Min.

Director
Michel Gondry (1963)

Writing
Charlie Kaufman (1958)...Story By
Michel Gondry (1963)...Story By
Pierre Bismuth...Story By
Charlie Kaufman (1958)...Screenwriter

Producer
Georges Bermann
Anthony Bregman
David L. Bushell
Steve Golin
Charlie Kaufman (1958)
Glenn Williamson (1963)

Cinematographer
Ellen Kuras (1959)

Music
Jon Brion (1963)...Composer

Stars
Jim Carrey (1962) as Joel Barish
Kate Winslet (1975) as Clementine Kruczynski
Elijah Wood (1981) as Patrick
Tom Wilkinson (1948) as Dr. Howard Mierzwiak
Kirsten Dunst (1982) as Mary
Mark Ruffalo (1967) as Stan
Thomas Jay Ryan (1962) as Frank
Jane Adams (1965) as Carrie

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5 Stars - The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.


(From Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004) on November 5th, 2010)

Dances with Wolves, a review by Rich

Title: Dances with Wolves (BLURAY)

Runtime:181
Certificate:15
Year:1990
Genres:Western, Drama

Plot:My Review:
An old favourite watched for the first time on bluray.
Firstly the film. It is a superb, deep, moving and memorable epic, directed and starring Costner, in a role that suited his acting persona perfectly. It is passionately produced, with dreamy landscapes and backdrops depicting the old frontier, cinematography at its best. It's portrayal of the Union officer living life on a lonely outpost and his befriending of the native Sioux, culminating in his marriage to Stands with a Fist, is mesmeric and with the moving ongoing narration from his journal draws you into the movie. The use of native languages, Dunbars passionate character, the great performances from so many actors, makes you forget this film is 3 hours long and creates great empathy from the viewer. Whether this picture atones in any way for the treatment by the white man of the Native American Sioux is unlikely, but it does give a truer vision of a caring, compassionate and spiritual people that Hollywood portrayed unjustly for so many years.
As for the bluray itself, I was disappointed as this is the 3 hour cut, not the extended or directors editions. The visuals are superb, but of course they were also on dvd, its just that bit better now. The colours are lush and sharper, fully exploiting those spectacular sweeping vistas of wide open plains. There seems to be more on the screen also, with little or no cropping, adding that feeling of vastness. The sound is rich and wholesome, and bar a few grainy scenes this is a good advert for a 1080 transfer.


(From Riches Random Reviews on January 24th, 2010)

The 2013 Pilot Review, a review by DJ Doena

Dads

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Synopsis: Laugh track sitcom with Seth Green (Buffy the Vampire Slayer) and Giovanni Ribisi (Saving Private Ryan) whose character's fathers have moved in with them and are causing havoc.

My Opinion: Standard sitcom food with standard gags. If your plate is already full, this is the side dish you can do without.

(From The 2013 Pilot Review on October 8th, 2013)