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Roy Orbison: Black & White Night, a review by GSyren

Title	Roy Orbison: Black & White Night (014381-882629)
Director	Tony Mitchell
Actors	Roy Orbison, Jackson Browne, T-Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, K.d. Lang
Produced	1989 in United States
Runtime	64 minutes
Audio	English Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS 5.1, English Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles	None
Overview	Roy Orbison: Black & White Night, recorded live at the Coconut Grove in Los Angeles, is a special one-time event documenting one of rock and roll's greatest and most unique performances. Orbison is joined by an eclectic ensemble of rock and roll superstars including Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, T-Bone Burnett, J.D. Souther, Jennifer Warnes, k.d. lang, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Springsteen and Tom Waits. Roy and fellow performers spend a scintillating hour performing many of his greatest hits. Tracks Include: 1. Only the Lonely 2. Dream Baby (How Long Must I Dream) 3. Blue Bayou 4. The Comedians 5. Ooby Dooby 6. Leah 7. Running Scared 8. Uptown 9. In Dreams 10. Crying 11. Candyman 12. Go, Go, Go (Down The Line) 13. Mean Woman Blues 14. (All I Can Do Is) Dream You 15. Claudette 16. It's Over 17. Oh, Pretty Woman
My thoughts	What do you have to do if you want to hold a concert and get backing from artists like Bruce Springsteen, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, Jackson Browne, J.D. Souther, Steven Soles,  k.d. lang, Jennifer Warnes, Cindy Bullens and Bonnie Raitt? Well, first of all you would have to turn the clock back about a quarter of a century. Then you would have to be Roy Orbison! And oh boy, did he manage to do a concert! One of the best concerts put on film, in my opinion. When this concert was filmed, nobody knew that Roy had less than a year to live. He passed away December 6, 1988, only 52 years old. Gone but never forgotten. I've had this DVD over 13 years and I take it out every now and then and listen to it. Now you can get it on blu-ray.
My rating

(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on June 18th, 2014)

The Black Phone, a review by addicted2dvd

The Black Phone: Collector's Edition (2021/United States) Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Scott Derrickson Writing: Joe Hill (Original Material By), Scott Derrickson (Screenwriter), C. Robert Cargill (Screenwriter) Length: 103 min. Video: Widescreen 2.39:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, Spanish: DTS-HD High Resolution: 7.1, French: DTS: 5.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Mason Thames as Finney
Madeleine McGraw as Gwen
Ethan Hawke as The Grabber
Jeremy Davies (1969) as Terrence
E. Roger Mitchell as Detective Wright

Plot:Extras:

• Scene Access
• Audio Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy
• Shadowprowler short film

This is my third time watching this film... and I absolutely loved every second of it! The 70s setting is just pure nostalgia for me... and the villian brought out both the creep factor and anger that he should have, I really liked the characters. Especially the sister. Her personality was great. I also liked the brother's friend a lot. When the movie ended I felt like I could instantly watch it again. I been trying to get my daughter to watch it with me, but unfortunately she shows little to no interest. Highly Recommended!


(From The Black Phone on March 20th, 2023)

Death Note anime/manga/movies comparison, a review by Tom

01. Rebirth

Light, a very bright, but bored, High School student finds a notebook, which promises that for each name written in this notebook will kill that person.
Ryuk, the death god who has dropped this notebook on earth to have some fun, is also introduced. Only Light can see him, because only people, who have touched the Death Note can see and hear him.

Rules introduced in this episode:
- the person written into the death note dies after 40 seconds of a heart attack if no cause of death is written down
- if a cause of death is written down, you have another 6 minutes and 40 seconds to specify the circumstances
- you have to know the face of the person whose name is written down
- touching a death god's death note will enable you to see and hear him

Manga:
This episode covers chapter 1 of the manga. Generally in the manga, Light is very collected. In the anime he is very hot-headed, even in his inner monologues.
In the manga, the order of the scenes is this:
- Ryuk decides to drop the book in the human world
- Light finds it
- jump five days ahead and Ryuk introduces himself to Light and is surprised how many people Light has already killed
- Light tells about his first try-outs of using the book and coming to the realization, that it's the real thing
- he tells Ryuk of this plans of using the notebook to get rid of all evil in the world

In the anime, these happenings are told linear. We see him finding the book, trying it out and then the visit of Ryuk. As far as I remember, this observation in difference can be made a lot. In the manga, we often see Light doing something and then after it is finished, we get to see his preparations. In the anime we first get to see his preparations and then the pay-off.

Movies:
In the movies, Light does not start off as a high school student, but is already a law student, who gets frustrated with the Japanese law system. This is when he finds the notebook. His first tests with the notebook and his first encounter with Ryuk are similar to the manga/anime.


(From Death Note anime/manga/movies comparison on January 30th, 2009)