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Videodrome, a review by Rich

Videodrome





This film was unsettling - voyeurism, torture, sex, sadism, James Woods in a strong performance, and Cronenbergs direction all gelling together into a fascinating viewing experience, albeit not the most pleasant.
Watching contestants humiliated on TV has now become a common theme today, so this film in many ways was ahead of it's time. Certainly the whole storyline of the movie is incredibly interesting, I assume it was a demonstration of the negative effect of the television on modern society, but as always with Cronenberg you are never 100% sure what you are meant to take away from one of his films?
Disturbing movie, I am not sure if this should be classified as horror, sci-fi or arthouse? definately worthy of its cult tag, I personally didn't love it, but it left a mark.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on March 26th, 2009)

Roman Holiday, a review by Tom

Roman Holiday (1953/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Paramount Home Entertainment (Canada) Director: William Wyler Writing: Ian McLellan Hunter (Screenwriter), John Dighton (Screenwriter), Dalton Trumbo (Story By) Length: 118 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 1, French: Dolby Digital 1 Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Gregory Peck as Joe Bradley, Correspondent
Audrey Hepburn as Princess Ann/ Anya 'Smitty' Smith
Eddie Albert as Irving Radovich
Hartley Power as Mr. Hennessy, Joe Bradley's Boss
Harcourt Williams as Ambassador

Plot:Roman HolidayAwards:
Won:

Academy Award (1953)		Best Actress (Audrey Hepburn)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Costume Design, Black-and-White (Edith Head)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Writing, Original Story (Ian McLellan Hunter (1993 corrected to Dalton Trumbo))
AFI (1953)		100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
BAFTA (1953)		British Actress (Audrey Hepburn)
Golden Globe (1953)		Actress in a Leading Role - Drama (Audrey Hepburn)
Writers Guild of America Awards (1954)		Best Written American Comedy (Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton)

Nominated:

Academy Award (1953)		Best Art Direction, Black-and-White (Hal Pereira, Walter Tyler)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Cinematography, Black-and-White (Frank Planer, Henri Alekan)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Director (William Wyler)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Film Editing (Robert Swink)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Picture (William Wyler (Producer))
Academy Award (1953)		Best Supporting Actor (Eddie Albert)
Academy Award (1953)		Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay (Ian McLellan Hunter, John Dighton)
AFI (1953)		100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
BAFTA (1953)		Film And British Film
BAFTA (1953)		Foreign Actor (Gregory Peck, Eddie Albert)
Directors Guild of America (1954)		Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures (William Wyler)

Extras:

• Closed Captioned
• Featurettes
• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

A great movie. Always fun to watch. And the two hours running time fly by fast. Audrey Hepburn has deserved her Oscar for her work here.
Even though it has been over ten years since I have been to Rome and the movie being almost 50 years old, it is still nice to recognize a lot of the locations used in the film as places I have personally visited.

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(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 21st, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Familie Heinz Becker: Staffel 1 (1992/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia (Germany) Length: 161 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Familie Heinz Becker
1.01 Der Dia-Abend
WriterDirector: Martin Kliemann
Cast


(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on April 12th, 2011)