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Away from Her, a review by Antares

Away from Her





Year: 2006
Film Studio: Lionsgate, The Film Farm, Foundry Films
Genre: Romance, Drama
Length: 110 Min.

Director
Sarah Polley (1979)

Writing
Sarah Polley (1979)...Written By
Alice Munro (1931)...Short Story "The Bear Came Over The Moun

Producer
Atom Egoyan (1960)
Victoria Hirst
Daniel Iron
Doug Mankoff
Simone Urdl
Jennifer Weiss

Cinematographer
Luc Montpellier

Music
Jonathan Goldsmith...Composer

Stars
Gordon Pinsent (1930) as Grant Anderson
Stacey LaBerge as Young Fiona
Julie Christie (1941) as Fiona Anderson
Olympia Dukakis (1931) as Marian
Deanna Dezmari (1979) as Veronica
Clare Coulter (1942) as Phoebe Hart
Thomas Hauff as William Hart
Alberta Watson (1955) as Dr. Fischer

Review
       We have all heard the phrase ; well let me tell you right from the start, Away From HerIkiruThe Sea Inside, then Away From Her kind of flicks, then I would definitely steer clear of this film.


Review Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.


(From Away from Her (2006) on May 12th, 2010)

Executive Decision, a review by GSyren

Title	Executive Decision (Disc ID: DB99-BFC6-42BA-77AB)
Director	Stuart Baird
Actors	Kurt Russell, Steven Seagal, Halle Berry, John Leguizamo, Oliver Platt
Produced	1996 in United States
Runtime	133 minutes
Audio	English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, German Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital
Subtitles	Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish
Overview	A 747 travelling from Athens to Washington DC is hijacked by a group of terrorists. They claim it is to force the government to release their leader, but covert intelligence man David Grant doesn't believe it. He tries to persuade the autorities to keep the plane out of US airspace while a rescue mission is put together.
My thoughts
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(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on April 17th, 2014)

"Stargate SG-1" Marathon, a review by DJ Doena

Synopsis: A film crew has the assignment and the approval of the president to make a documentation about the SGC. This is for the case the Stargate program becomes public knowledge. No one in the SGC is overly enthusiastic about this idea.

My Opinion: This episode's only purpose seemed to be the introduction of the characters. Then they don't have to do this in the second part. Since it didn't happen much in it, let me make a statement regarding the second episode: At some point the journalist gets angry and shouts at the soldiers that he - as well as they - also serves the people. I don't know how you feel about this but I registered a remarkable drop in the quality of journalism over the last years/decade. Many reports are mere pimped Reuters reports and most newspapers are only dictated by cost effectiveness. There is very few investigative, but instead "embedded" journalism. This "to serve the people" is a noble claim but it's not a reality.
I can only speak for Germany, of course.

Synopsis: SG-13 is trapped and is rescued by several SG teams (SG-1 amongst them). During the fire fight Colonel O'Neill receives a frontal hit by a staff weapon. Other people get also wounded and killed.

My Opinion: I honestly don't remember what I thought when I watched this for the first time. When I watched it this time, I already knew that not Jack but Dr. Frasier had been killed. But I still waited for the moment this is revealed. It was a very emotional (and therefore good) episode. But it was a bit sad that Teryl Rothery didn't get more screen time, considering that this was her last episode.

Synopsis: When the NID and SG-1 blow a rouge NID operation they find a young woman. She is an engineered Human-Goa'uld-hybrid whose growth rate has been accelerated with the help of nanites. She has been created to access the knowledge of the Goa'uld, but one half of her isn't as innocuous as it seems.

My Opinion: This episode was written by Michael Shanks, directed by Amanda Tapping and Richard Dean Anderson was once again absent. I didn't care much for it.

Synopsis: Henry Hayes is the new president of the United States and Kinsey is his vice president. After being briefed on all Top Secret projects there is yet another briefing where he learns about the Stargate project. Kinsey tries to convince him to replace most of the SGC's staff.

My Opinion: The fourth clip show of the series and another episode where no member of SG-1 had a live appearance. But I like William Devane as president although he seemed to be a bit "simple" in the beginning. But, coming to think about the actual president Bush jr., ... Anyway, I liked the fact that Woolsey (Robert Picardo, The Doctor in Star Trek: Voyager) was uncongenial yet he has integrity.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 19th, 2008)