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Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, a review by Tom

Title: Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Year: 1966
Director: Mike Nichols
Rating: FSK-16
Length: 126 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Mono, English: Dolby Digital Mono, Spanish: Dolby Digital Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital Mono, Commentary: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: Czech, Danish, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish

Stars:
Elizabeth Taylor
Richard Burton
George Segal
Sandy Dennis

Plot:
Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton are ideal as malevolent marrieds Martha and George in first-time film director Mike Nichols' searing film of Edward Albee's groundbreaking 'Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' Taylor won her second Academy Award® (and New York Film Critics, National Board of Review and British Film Academy Best Actress Awards). Burton matches her as her emotionally spent spouse. And George Segal and Best Supporting Actress Oscar® winner Sandy Dennis score as another couple straying into their destructive path. The movie won a total of five Academy Awards® and remains after 40 years a taboo-toppling landmark.

Awards:

Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Actor	Richard Burton
Academy Award	1966	Won	Best Actress	Elizabeth Taylor
Academy Award	1966	Won	Best Art Direction, Black-and-White	Richard Sylbert (Art Direction); George James Hopkins (Set Decoration)
Academy Award	1966	Won	Best Cinematography, Black-and-White	Haskell Wexler
Academy Award	1966	Won	Best Costume Design, Black-and-White	Irene Sharaff
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Director	Mike Nichols
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Film Editing	Sam O'Steen
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	Alex North
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Picture	Ernest Lehman (Producer)
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Sound	George R. Groves (Sound Director, Warner Bros. Studio Sound Department)
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor	George Segal
Academy Award	1966	Won	Best Supporting Actress	Sandy Dennis
Academy Award	1966	Nominated	Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay	Ernest Lehman
AFI	1966	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Movies (1998)
AFI	1966	Won	100 Years... 100 Movies (2007)
AFI	1966	Won	100 Years... 100 Passions (2002)
AFI	1966	Nominated	100 Years... 25 Scores (2005)	"Composer": Alex North
BAFTA	1966	Won	British Actor	Richard Burton
BAFTA	1966	Won	British Actress	Elizabeth Taylor
BAFTA	1966	Won	Film	Mike Nichols
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Drama	Richard Burton
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Actor in a Supporting Role	George Segal
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Actress in a Leading Role - Drama	Elizabeth Taylor
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Actress in a Supporting Role	Sandy Dennis
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Director	Mike Nichols
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Picture - Drama	Ernest Lehman
Golden Globe	1966	Nominated	Screenplay	Ernest Lehman

Extras:
Commentary
Featurettes
Interviews
Scene Access
Trailers

It has been about 15 years since I last saw this movie. The acting by all four stars is fabulous. The big reveal at the end is the one thing I mainly remembered of this movie.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on July 27th, 2009)

National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: National Treasure 2: Book of Secrets
Year: 2007
Director: Jon Turteltaub
Rating: PG
Length: 125 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital: Dolby Surround
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish, Commentary

Stars:
Nicolas Cage
Justin Bartha
Diane Kruger
Jon Voight
Helen Mirren
Ed Harris

Plot:
Join Nicolas Cage on a heart-pounding adventure that will have you on the edge of your seat in a race to find the Lost City of Gold. Grounded in history, imbued with myth and mystery, Disney's National Treasure: Book Of SecretsNational Treasure: Book Of Secrets is a movie your entire family will want to rediscover again and again.

Extras:
Scene Access
Audio Commentary
Bonus Trailers
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
A year or so ago I saw the first part on cable... and enjoyed it. This is the first time I ever seen part 2. And I enjoyed this one just as much as the first one. It is very entertaining. I like how they put together all the clues and puzzles. I also enjoyed the entire main cast... thought they all did a good job. Now I just need to get part 1 in my collection and I will be all set.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on August 20th, 2010)

The X-Files Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

1. Pilot
Original Air Date: September 10, 1993
After a number of Oregon high school teens begin to die mysteriously, Scully and Mulder are called to investigate the matter.

Guest Stars:
Charles Cioffi as Chief Blevins
Cliff DeYoung as Dr. Jay Nemman
Sarah Koskoff as Theresa Nemman
Leon Russom as Detective Miles
Zachary Ansley as Billy Miles

My Thoughts:
This is a well done introduction to the characters. The chemistry between the main characters is there right from the start. The storyline of this episode... while good... there are better. As I said before... never cared much for the Alien stuff. And this is really the start of the series long arc. But of course at this point the arc is interesting.

When I popped this episode in this morning I couldn't get over how young the cast looked. It is hard for me to believe that these episodes are already a good 17 years old. Which I think... for me at least is a good reason to figure on watching the second movie at the end of the marathon. It won't be as much of a visual disruption from the episodes to the movies back to the episodes again.

My Rating:

(From The X-Files Marathon on March 28th, 2010)