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Bringing Out the Dead, a review by addicted2dvd

Bringing Out the Dead
From acclaimed director Martin Scorsese ('Casino', 'Taxi Driver') comes one of his most compelling and unforgettable movies. Nicolas Cage stars as Frank Pierce, a paramedic on the brink of madness from too many years of saving and losing lives. One fateful night, Frank meets Mary Burke (Patricia Arquette), the daughter of a man Frank tried to save. Together, Frank and Mary confront the ghosts of the past, and discover that redemption can be found among the living. Co-starring John Goodman, Ving Rhames and Tom Sizemore.

TV Star:
Patricia Arquette (Allison Dubois on Medium)
John Goodman (Dan Connor on Roseanne)

My Thoughts:
This is the first time I ever saw this movie. John Goodman had a fairly small role in this movie... but Patricia Arquette was in the entire film. It was a decent drama with a touch of weird. Not a bad watch... but not something I can see myself watching very often as it is a pretty depressing movie.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: TV Stars in Movies on March 15th, 2008)

Inside Llewyn Davis, a review by Antares

Inside Llewyn Davis (2013) 76/100 - If this film did one thing for me, it was to make me really miss hearing someone just play a guitar and sing. In the beginning of the film, the Coens capture a time that has long since disappeared. Unfortunately, as the story, if you could call it that, moves along, it kind of loses that tonal quality that made me think that this was going to become my favorite Coen brothers film. Maybe they should have cut the John Goodman subplot and focused on his partner's fate at the beginning, and then segued into Davis' slow descent into obscurity. At least the storyline would have had a modicum of structure to it. Maybe I'll like it better after a second viewing, which has become commonplace for me with other Coen brothers films.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on June 11th, 2014)

Supernatural Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

EPISODE 3: DEAD IN THE WATER
Is a series of drownings in a Wisconsin lake the work of a vengeful spirit? A young eyewitness, traumatized into silence by the shock he experienced, may have the power to prophesy the next drowning.

Guest Stars:
Amy Acker as Andrea Barr
Daniel Hugh Kelly as Sheriff Jake Devins
Bruce Dawson as Bill Carlton

My Thoughts:
Another good episode. I liked seeing Amy Acker (Fred on Angel). I especially enjoyed seeing her in the bathtub scene!  Of course that bathtub scene was good fir other then the obvious reason. This episode has a good story, characters you care about. And I was actually surprised how good Dean was with the young boy. The kid did a good job of acting.... especially considering he had to do his role with virtually no lines. Had to do everything with body language.

My Rating:

(From Supernatural Marathon on January 3rd, 2010)