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Waltz With Bashir, a review by Danae Cassandra

Waltz With Bashir (Vals Im Bashir)
Year of Release: 2008
Directed By: Ari Folman
Starring: Ori Sivan, Ronny Dayag, Shmuel Frenkel
Genre: Documentary

Overview:
Inspired by actual events, Waltz With Bashir chronicles one man's descent into his own half-forgotten past. Filmmaker Ari Folman, an Israeli veteran of the First Lebanon War, encounters an old friend suffering from nightmares of the conflict. Ari begins to wonder why his own memories are full of gaps. In an effort to uncover the truth, he reconnects with old friends and dares to confront the horrors of war. Hailed as innovative and devastating, Waltz with Bashir fuses animation and documentary to create an experience unlike anything you've ever witnessed.

My Thoughts:
What is a man's culpability in the face of the horrific? How does a man stand by while others are slaughtered? And how does a man live with the guilt afterward?

A highly personal film, a recollection of traumatic events and the attempt to reconcile with those events years later, this is one of the best films about the horror of war, for all involved.

If the animation isn't the finest I've ever seen, its lack of fluidity fits the subject matter. It's appropriately realistic, somewhat gritty and ugly. Powerful film, troubling, and illuminated at the same time. Highly recommended, but don't expect a feel-good, happy ending.

Bechdel Test:  Fail

Overall:  4/5

(From March Around the World 2016 on March 10th, 2016)

Captain America (1990), a review by addicted2dvd

Captain America: Collector's Edition (1990/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Shout! Factory (United States) Director: Albert Pyun Writing: Joe Simon (Original Characters By), Jack Kirby (Original Characters By), Stephen Tolkin (Screenwriter), Stephen Tolkin (Story By), Lawrence Block [Lawrence J. Block] (Story By) Length: 97 min. Video: Widescreen 1.78:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles:

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Stars:
Matt Salinger as Steve Rogers and Captain America
Ronny Cox as Tom Kimball
Ned Beatty as Sam Kolawetz
Darren McGavin as General Fleming
Michael Nouri as Lt. Colonel Louis

Plot:Extras:

• Featurettes

I first saw this film on DVD last year.... It took me just over a year but I finally found a blu-ray copy cheap enough to purchase. I am glad I finally tracked down a copy... as I enjoyed every minute of it. I found it to be just plain fun. Though I would have liked to seen Captain America in his uniform more during the middle of the film... that is just a minor complaint. Sure this is a bit on the cheesy side but sometimes that just adds to the fun of it. I found it to definitely be worth the time put in to watch it.



(From Within My Lifetime Marathon on February 4th, 2015)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Being Erica: Season One (2009/Canada) IMDb | Wikipedia Channel 4 DVD (United Kingdom) Director: Writing: Length: 551 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:


Plot:Extras:

• Erica's Weblogs
• Scene Access

A very nice surprise. I really enjoyed this series. In my pilot review I said that the time-travel doesn't effect the present, because this is what I had read and the pilot didn't really suggest otherwise. But that is not the case. The changes that Erica does, can slightly effect the past and present, but usually lead to the same present.
Except in the season finale, where she did a change she wasn't allowed to which brought major consequences.

#	Episode	Rating
01	Dr. Tom
02	What I Am is What I Am
03	Plenty of Fish
04	The Secret of Now
05	Adultescence
06	Til Death
07	Such a Perfect Day
08	This Be the Verse
09	Everything She Wants
10	Mi Casa, Su Casa Loma
11	She's Lost Control
12	Erica the Vampire Slayer
13	Leo

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 31st, 2011)