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Little Big Man, a review by Antares

Little Big Man





Year: 1970
Film Studio: Hiller Productions, Stockbridge Productions, Cinema Center Productions
Genre: Western
Length: 139 Min.

Director
Arthur Penn (1922)

Writing
Thomas Berger (1924)...Novel
Calder Willingham (1922)...Screenplay

Producer
Gene Lasko
Stuart Millar (1929)

Cinematographer
Harry Stradling Jr. (1925)

Music
John Paul Hammond (1942)...Music By

StarsReview was born. With the peace movement going full throttle at the time, directors would recast the original perception of life amongst the Native Americans. Their trials and tribulations against the empowered peoples from the East who were infringing on their sovereignty, would serve as an allegory for the struggles of the peace activists who were fighting their own battle against what they conceived as , the conservative warmongers who were forcing their way of life on the people of Vietnam.
   
       The first successful films in this new sub-genre were A Man Called HorseLittle Big Man, the term used by the Cheyenne to describe their native folk. Throughout the course of the film, events and circumstances will arise that will force him to adjust to new surroundings as he moves between the two cultures. In the end he will reluctantly acquiesce to a life in what he sees as the immoral and insane world of the conquering white man.
   
       The film can seem a little long-winded in spots and you also have to put up with the at times, annoying, sometimes over the top performance by Hoffman, who seems to be stuck in his Benjamin Braddock role from The Graduate. There are moments when you can catch yourself hoping that someone will just shoot him when he starts mugging in his usual self-gratifying way. Aside from this, Little Big Man was a refreshing new way to interpret the and with the fine performances of the supporting cast, is a film worth giving a chance.


Ratings Criterion

(From Little Big Man (1970) on April 25th, 2010)

Someone's Watching Me!, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Someone's Watching Me!
Movie Count: 72
TV Ep Count: 25
Time Started: 10am
Plot:
L.A. newcomer Leigh Michaels moves into a chic high-rise apartment building. She loves the view. So does the Peeping Tom who lives somewhere in the adjacent tower.

John Carpenter ('Halloween', 'Escape from New York') writes and directs this thriller where the breath-catching suspense starts the moment Leigh (Lauren Hutton) is framed in the lens of a telescope. For Leigh, it's the beginning of terrors that escalate from anonymous calls and gifts to lights that mysteriously flicker to prove that someone watches every moment of her life. Leigh fights back, matching her tormentor's obsession with her own relentless drive to uncover his identity. The prey is now predator -- and that escalates the stalker's game to a deadly new level. Someone is watching. You won't dare look away.

My Thoughts:
This one is a TV Movie back from 1978. Another one I have never seen... and is the final movie that came in the "Twisted Terror Collection" boxset. I went into this one with fairly high hopes... for two reasons. First I am a fan of John Carpenter. Then there is also the fact that I have learned by collecting the DVDs that I really tend to enjoy TV Movies from the 1970's.  But I think I went into this one expecting a little too much. I enjoyed the movie... but not as much as some of the other 70's TV Movies I have watched.

(From Month-Long Horror/Halloween Marathon on October 25th, 2007)

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

Synopsis: SG-1 is still searching for the "Lost City" or - as Jonas translates it now - "City of the Lost", a city of the Ancients that wasn't fully completed. They try to find the city with the help of the Gate addresses Jack entered into the computer when he had the knowledge of the Ancients. But they find something different - someone, to be precise.

My Opinion: The attack on Anubis's ship was a nice homage to the battle above Yavin in Star Wars IV, including Jack's comment that his F-302 (it's obviously not eXperimental anymore) should have the call sign "Red Leader". Michael Shanks has re-joined the main cast and returns to his role as Dr. Daniel Jackson. And while I liked Jonas, Daniel is somehow better. Jack and Daniel know each other for over seven years and even in the end Jonas was still "the new guy". The chemistry between Jack and Daniel worked instantaneously again in terms of: they like each other but are totally different.

Synopsis: Daniel and Jonas are still aboard Anubis's ship which hovers now over the capitol of Kelowna. Anubis wants to have the Naqahdriah and the knowledge of how to create a stable reaction.

My Opinion: On one hand it's understandable that Jonas returns home. Daniel is back and all three countries on his home planet know about the Stargate now. It's a bit sad, though. But since Daniel and he had basically the same role within SG-1 it would be hard to acknowledge this fact in future scripts.

Synopsis: When Jack awakes one morning, he is a teenanger of fifteen years. No one believes that he is Colonel Jack O'Neill. After his DNA has been confirmed they try to find out what happened and how to reverse it.

My Opinion: This time I even looked on the clock. The first appearance of RDA was in the 31st minute of this 42 minute episode. On the other hand one has to get used to it since his screen time will drop considerably from the 8th season on.
But it was good to see that not all Asgard are good and perfect, that even they have black sheeps.

Synopsis: After T'ealc has been wounded on a mission, he begins to doubt himself. Since he has lost "Junior" and has begun to inject Tretonin he doesn't feel as a full-fledged Jaffa anymore. But then there's a new crisis arising, Bra'tac and Rya'c are prisoners in a work camp that one only leaves dead.

My Opinion: A very good episode to show that something has changed for Teal'c. A symbiote has been part of his body for about 90 years (Teal'c is approximately 104 years old at this time) and now this part is missing. I can imagine that this is hard to get used to. I also liked the scene where his son helped im through the crisis by letting Teal'c kill the other Jaffa with his bare hands.

(From "Stargate SG-1" Marathon on April 13th, 2008)