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Away from Her, a review by Antares

Away from Her





Year: 2006
Film Studio: Lionsgate, The Film Farm, Foundry Films
Genre: Romance, Drama
Length: 110 Min.

Director
Sarah Polley (1979)

Writing
Sarah Polley (1979)...Written By
Alice Munro (1931)...Short Story "The Bear Came Over The Moun

Producer
Atom Egoyan (1960)
Victoria Hirst
Daniel Iron
Doug Mankoff
Simone Urdl
Jennifer Weiss

Cinematographer
Luc Montpellier

Music
Jonathan Goldsmith...Composer

Stars
Gordon Pinsent (1930) as Grant Anderson
Stacey LaBerge as Young Fiona
Julie Christie (1941) as Fiona Anderson
Olympia Dukakis (1931) as Marian
Deanna Dezmari (1979) as Veronica
Clare Coulter (1942) as Phoebe Hart
Thomas Hauff as William Hart
Alberta Watson (1955) as Dr. Fischer

Review
       We have all heard the phrase ; well let me tell you right from the start, Away From HerIkiruThe Sea Inside, then Away From Her kind of flicks, then I would definitely steer clear of this film.


Review Criterion
- The pinnacle of film perfection and excellence.
- Not quite an immortal film, yet a masterpiece in its own right.
- Historically important film, considered a classic.
- Borderline viewable.
- A gangrenous and festering pustule in the chronicles of celluloid.


(From Away from Her (2006) on May 12th, 2010)

Videodrome, a review by Rich

Videodrome





This film was unsettling - voyeurism, torture, sex, sadism, James Woods in a strong performance, and Cronenbergs direction all gelling together into a fascinating viewing experience, albeit not the most pleasant.
Watching contestants humiliated on TV has now become a common theme today, so this film in many ways was ahead of it's time. Certainly the whole storyline of the movie is incredibly interesting, I assume it was a demonstration of the negative effect of the television on modern society, but as always with Cronenberg you are never 100% sure what you are meant to take away from one of his films?
Disturbing movie, I am not sure if this should be classified as horror, sci-fi or arthouse? definately worthy of its cult tag, I personally didn't love it, but it left a mark.
 

(From Riches Random Reviews on March 26th, 2009)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Voyager
4.09 Year of Hell, Part II
Writer: Brannon Braga (Writer), Joe Menosky (Writer)
Director: Mike Vejar
Cast: Kate Mulgrew (Captain Kathryn Janeway), Robert Beltran (Chakotay), Roxann Dawson (B'Elanna Torres), Robert Duncan McNeill (Tom Paris), Ethan Phillips (Neelix), Robert Picardo (The Doctor), Tim Russ (Tuvok), Jeri Ryan (Seven of Nine), Garrett Wang (Harry Kim), John Loprieno (Obrist), Kurtwood Smith (Annorax), Peter Slutsker (Krenim Commandant), Lise Simms (Wife), Majel Barrett (Narrator (voice))

The most part of this episode is nothing really special. But the ending makes up for it big time. This is one time, where the episode reset button is used to great effect and makes sense story-wise.


Rating:

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on November 29th, 2011)