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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)

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure, a review by Tom

Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure (1989/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom) Director: Stephen Herek Writing: Chris Matheson (Writer), Ed Solomon (Writer) Length: 87 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Dutch, English, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Turkish

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Stars:
Keanu Reeves as Ted "Theodore" Logan
Alex Winter as Bill S. Preston
George Carlin as Rufus
Terry Camilleri as Napoleon
Dan Shor as Billy the Kid

Plot:
History is about to be rewritten by two guys who can't spell....
Time flies when you're having fun. Party on dudes!

Ted "Theodore" Logan (Reeves) and Bill S. Preston Esquire (Winter) won't graduate if they don't do well in their history presentation. This would be both bogus and uncool! A dude called Rufus comes from the future in a telephone box to help them, as their lives are important to the future of mankind! The two jump in and out of different ease, collecting historical figures (from Socrates to Billy the Kid), confronting then with West Coast culture and generally being excellent!

Awards:
Nominated:

Saturn (1990)		Best Costumes (Jill Ohanneson)
Saturn (1990)		Best Science Fiction Film

Extras:

• Photo Gallery
• Scene Access
• Trailers

A fun light-hearted comedy which plays nicely with time-travel. Making things appear because they decide to put it there in the future
Meeting themselves in the beginning to show them, that time-travel is real
George Carlin is great as Rufus. "Volle Kanne, Hoschi!" (this is how "Party on, dude!" was translated in the German version and became a catchphrase for a while here in Germany). Alex Winter always reminds me of Michael Schumacher

Rating:

(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on January 6th, 2008)

Doctor Who Marathon, a review by Tom

Doctor Who
Series 2.01 New Earth
Writer: Russell T Davies (Writer)
Director: James Hawes
Cast


(From Doctor Who Marathon on February 27th, 2014)