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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)

Beast From Haunted Cave, a review by Danae Cassandra

Beast From Haunted Cave
Year of Release: 1959
Directed By: Monte Hellman
Starring: Michael Forest, Sheila Carol, Frank Wolff, Wally Campo, Richard Sinatra
Genre: Horror
Rating: NR

Overview:
Beast from Haunted Cave is a chilling thriller about four gold thieves who unwittingly awaken a bloodthirsty spider-like creature in its lair.  Little do they know that the beast has left its lair to quietly prey upon them from the eerie shadows as they flee for a hideout in the woods.

My Thoughts:
Overall this is a pretty dull film, and though I did really dislike the villain, the hero was so dull I couldn't root for him and his love interest is an equally dull drunken, cynical moll.  The last fifteen minutes or so of the film are the best, but I disliked the ending.  I liked the design of the monster quite a lot, especially considering this film must have had zero budget.  Not nearly as fun as Sting of Death.

Bechdel Test: Fail

Overall: 1.75/5

(From B-Movie mini-marathon on March 20th, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

10. Reunion
Original Air Date: 12/19/2000
Angel goes on a frantic search after Drusilla turns Darla back into a vampire, and he must catch them before she rises again and the two go back to their old ways and paint the town red.

Guest Stars:
Elisabeth Rohm
Christian Kane
Stephanie Romanov
Sam Anderson
Julie Benz as Darla
Juliet Landau

My Thoughts:
Another excellent episode. I really enjoyed every minute of this one. I especially enjoyed seeing the newly vamped Darla back together with Drusilla. I been meaning to mention Cordelia's new haircut for the past few episodes. I do not care much for it at all... shorter and darker. It just don't look right to me.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 4th, 2010)