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The Air I Breathe, a review by Rich

16/11

Air that I breathe



Sometimes the things we can't change...end up changing us.

A drama based on an ancient Chinese proverb that breaks life down into four emotional cornerstones: happiness, pleasure, sorrow and love. A businessman (Whitaker) bets his life on a horse race; a gangster (Fraser) sees the future; a pop star (Gellar) falls prey to a crime boss (Garcia); a doctor (Bacon) must save the love of his life.

This film is perfect for the intellectual farts in cardigans, smoking pipes, and critic wannabes, to analyse and debate the various moods and hidden meanings within the film. It takes itself way too seriously, stylish but with no substance underneath.
I can add to this debate - it was boring shite
Talk about squandering an impressive cast list and large budget! I thought at first it was tongue-in-cheek, and I could have enjoyed the film more on that basis, but then you start to realise no this is actually meant to have meaning and be entertaining - NOT

Yawnsville just opened it's gates for another Hollywood stinker 
 


(From November Alphabet Marathon - Discussion/Review Thread on November 17th, 2008)

The American Revolution, a review by Antares

The American Revolution (1994) 65/100 - Back before they were deridingly called the 'Hitler' channel, the History channel actually tried to present shows highlighting many different moments and aspects of world history. Following on the footsteps of the success that Ken Burns had with his seminal documentary on the Civil War for PBS, the History channel bankrolled what they felt would be a detailed chronicling of the war that created our country. Their production company, Greystone Communications, churned out various shows on many different military and western events over the previous years, and like most of those documentaries, the results are rather lackluster. It's true that they had an array of impressive actors to give voice to the participants in the war. But most of the actual history is more or less, gleaned from standard text books used in elementary schools. If you knew nothing of our war for independence, then this would appear on the surface, to be patriotic propaganda that panders to all of the myths associated with that war. It's serviceable, but never really sinks its teeth into what started the conflagration in the first place, and why we were so determined to rid ourselves of the mother country.

What the color coding means...

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 December 12th, 2013)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

22. To Shanshu in L.A.
Original Air Date: 5/23/2000
Angel turns to Gunn for help when Cordelia and Wesley are attacked by a demon - although this is just the first creature Wolfram & Hart plans to send against Angel.

Guest Stars:
Elisabeth Rohm
Christian Kane
Stephanie Romanov
J. August Richards

My Thoughts:
And this brings us to the end of season one. This is a very good story... I enjoyed every minute of it. Had action and excitement from what happen to both Cordelia and Wesley... to a nice surprise ending to give us something to look forward to for season 2. A very good conclusion to the season!

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on February 28th, 2010)