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I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!, a review by Antares

I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!





Year: 1968
Film Studio: Warner Bros.-Seven Arts
Genre: Comedy
Length: 94 Min.

Director
Hy Averback (1920)

Writing
Paul Mazursky (1930)...Written By
Larry Tucker (1934)...Written By

Producer
Charles H. Maguire (1927)
Paul Mazursky (1930)
Larry Tucker (1934)

Cinematographer
Philip H. Lathrop (1912)

Music
Elmer Bernstein (1922)...Composer

Stars
Peter Sellers (1925) as Harold
Jo Van Fleet (1914) as Mother
Leigh Taylor-Young (1945) as Nancy
Joyce Van Patten (1934) as Joyce
David Arkin (1941) as Herbie
Herb Edelman (1933) as Murray
Salem Ludwig (1915) as Father
Louis Gottlieb (1923) as Guru

ReviewLolita, The Pink Panther and Dr. Strangelove would cast him as an international star and paved the way for what should have been his most creative years. Unfortunately, his roles in the second half of the decade proved that while he was a talented comedian, his choice of scripts left little to be desired. His first missteps occurred in the films, in 1965, followed by Casino RoyaleThe Party, but would fall back into mediocrity with the commonplace little comedy, I Love You, Alice B. Toklas!Review Criterion

(From I Love You, Alice B. Toklas! (1968) on May 24th, 2010)

The Hunting Party, a review by KinkyCyborg

Title:The Hunting Party
Year: 2007
Director: Richard Shepard
Rating: R
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:


Plot:Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Feature Trailers
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes


A look into the life of kamikaze journalism in war torn countries. Bosnia sets the scene for this semi-true telling of a small group of journalists who decided they are going to track down and capture the country's most wanted genocidal war criminal.

Richard Gere plays the all balls and no brains Simon Hunt... a burnt out journalist with one last shot at glory with Terence Howard as his loyal if not more sensible cameraman. Jesse Eisenberg plays the young tag along who provides some comic relief.

It was good to see Richard Gere playing a harder role than the usual pretty boy romances he's best known for and I thought the role suited him well. Terence Howard was solid as usual.

It was a decent movie with some great thrills but I think some other movies have portrayed the horrors of war through the journalistic eye far better.... Salvador with James Woods comes to mind, one of my favorites.

Still worth a watch.

KC

Rating:

(From KinkyCyborg's Random Reviews 2010 on May 26th, 2010)

Babylon 5: Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: The Cenaturi emperor arrives at Babylon 5 with the not widely known intent to apologize to the Narn before he dies. Meanwhile a man contacts Garibaldi with a message from an old friend.

My opinion: Again the name-giving episode of the season and once again a turning point of the story. This time Molari used Mr. Mordens forces with the full knowledge of what they are capable of and what they will do to the Narn colony. And ironically we have the same situation as in "Midnight of the Firing Line" although with opposite signs (this time G'Kar tries to kill Londo in the ambassadorial quarters). Great but very sad episode.


Synopsis: 25,000 Earth soldiers, most of them Gropos (Ground Pounder) have arrived at the station and the crew has to find sleeping places for them. Commander of these troops is General Franklin, the father of Dr. Franklin, and he intends to attack a rebel stronghold on a planet allied to the Earth Alliance.

My opinion: Another very sad episode. We spend an entire episode to get to know some of the Gropos just to realize they are all - the good ones as well as the bad ones - dead by the end of the episode. One cannot say that this is an enjoyable episode, but it leaves a strong impression. Especially when you watch it for the second or n-th time and you are aware that they will all die.


Synopsis: Captain Sheridan is kidnapped by an unknown alien species while he is away from the station. These aliens have kidnapped other aliens as well, e.g. a Narn.

My opinion: Let's cut to the chase: I think it is a very boring episode, although some parts are important for the main arc (such as Kosh being in Sheridans mind; the now unbalanced Grey Council and the conversation between General Hague and Sheridan). But the main story with the capture aboard this alien ship is not really interesting.


Synopsis: Since the war between Narn and Centauri has started, open fights have been broken out between the residents of the station. G'Kar is trying to get military aid from the humans and/or the Minbari. Meanwhile Ivanova has to deal with a new race that has it's very own point of view in matters of evolution.

My opninion: I liked it because we see that Londo is not too happy about his new "popularity", because he is aware that things like real freindship matters more. But I think since the events of "The Coming of Shadows" he has passed "the point of no return" and is trapped on the path he set foot on with his choices.

(From Babylon 5: Marathon on August 8th, 2007)