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THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Nuremberg Trials, a review by Antares

THE AMERICAN EXPERIENCE: The Nuremberg Trials (2006) 77/100"peace" mission to Scotland ended in his capture and imprisonment in 1941. His capture took place months before the Final Solution had been finalized at the Wannsee Conference in 1942. He may not have been charged with crimes against humanity, but to receive a stiffer sentence than Speer, who ordered the working to death of Jews, Poles and Russian prisoners in his armaments factories, was ludicrous. He would later become a political pawn of the Russians during the Cold War as his imprisonment in Spandau Prison, gave the Russians a slight toe hold in West Berlin, where Spandau was located.

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 3rd, 2014)

Quantum of Solace, a review by Dragonfire

Quantum of Solace Daniel Craig returns as James Bond! On a nonstop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organization.  When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world's most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralize Quantum before it's too late! My Thoughts I saw this one in the theater when it first came out.  This is the first time I've watched it since then.  I enjoy the movie, but I don't love it and it isn't one of my favorite Bond movies.  I do like that the story ties back into what was going on in Casino Royale and gives that left over situation a sense of closure that was missing after the last movie.  At times there doesn't seem to be as much of a connection back, but it keeps turning up.  The plot is interesting and once again there is a lot going on.  This one is shorter than a lot of Bond movies, but that works for the plot and keeps things from dragging out longer than necessary.  Much about Quantum remains a mystery by the end of the movie, so I could see the organization being used in future movies.  It does seem like SPECTRE to me.  Greene is alright as a villain, but he isn't as memorable as a lot of other Bond villains. There is tons of action throughout the movie, almost nonstop at times.  Unfortunately, the movie is firmly emulating the style of the action scenes from the last two Bourne movies with the quick cuts and extremely jerky camera work.  I hate that.  Because of how they were filmed, the action scenes are only ok for me.  There is a lot of violence in the movie, though I don't think any of it was as extreme as the one part in Casino Royale - I forgot to mention that before..  The torture scene is downright brutal and that sort of brutality doesn't have a place in the Bond movies I like.  Things are still a bit brutal at times in this one - James is more likely to shoot first in this one - though it slightly less brutal than the last one.  James is still developing throughout this movie, which makes sense since the series has been rebooted.  Little bits of things that have been established about the character make appearances..like James having his shaken martini.  James seems to be starting on the path of sleeping with all available women with how he had his way with Miss Fields - her first name is supposed to be Strawberry.  Pity it wasn't used in the movie.  He isn't completely there yet since he is only with her, but the beginning is there..and he is still dealing with with what happened with Vesper.  This James is a James I don't like that well.  It isn't Daniel Craig..he's fine.  It is just the direction the character is going.  He's cold and detached at times and, like I mentioned before, downright brutal.  He's practically a killing machine with all the people he kills in this one.  The previous versions of James killed too, but he seemed to be more...selective in his killing before instead of using it as a first option.  I just don't like James this violent all the time.  He is showing some signs of being suave and charming, but the violent nature is more present.  I hope that violent nature gets toned down a bit in the next movie...though with the mess with MGM, who knows when that will be.  I read tonight that the next Bond has been canceled for now because of that. I am disappointed that this movie is trying to hard to be like a Bourne movie.  Bond is not Bourne and I don't think that style works for Bond.  Of course, I don't care for some of that in Bourne either - the quick cuts and jerky camera work.  I hate things being so shaky that I can't tell who is who.  Bond is a very successful series of movies and the character deserves better than to be turned into a Bourne clone. I did enjoy the movie overall, though, like Casino Royale, I think I liked it less this time than I did when I originally saw it. I did post a review on Epinions after seeing the movie in the theater.  And I posted here about it before too.  Jimmy, you can decide if you want to change the link for the review or not. Quantum of Solace

(From James Bond Marathon on July 7th, 2010)

Tom's Random Reviews, a review by Tom

Title: Wonderfalls: The Complete Series
Year: 2004
Director:
Rating: NR
Length: 573 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital Mono
Subtitles: English, Spanish


Plot:
Although a recent graduate of Brown University, Jaye Tyler decides to ignore her degree, live in a trailer and work at a tourist gift shop in Niagara Falls called Wonderfalls - much to the despair of her well-to-do family. But Jaye's aimless life takes a startling turn after a lion figurine begins talking to her. Her family calls it an "episode," but Jaye knows better. Fearing for her sanity, Jaye nevertheless starts doing exactly what an increasing number of inanimate objects tell her to do and is amazed when her outrageous actions begin changing people's lives in unexpected ways.

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Featurettes
Music Videos
Scene Access

A really great series. Also one of the first series which got a DVD release even though it was cancelled early on its run (stupid FOX). I am not sure if I should be sad or happy that there is only this one season. At least this way we got one perfect short season with a concluded story arc (thankfully no cliffhanger ).
Jewel Staite (Kaylee from Firefly) has a recurring guest role (Heidi, Eric's wife).
As I am currenlty also watching "True Blood", I cannot help to notice the many similarities between those two series. In both we have a female protagonist who can hear things others can't (the one hears animal figures talk, the other can read minds), a gift which makes others think she is crazy. And both are wearing a yellow uniform at their jobs. Both have a bartender in love with her. And both have a black best friend who is in love with her brother, and there is also a gay character in the main cast in both series.

#	Episode	Rating
01	Wax Lion
02	Pink Flamingos
03	Karma Chameleon
04	Wound-Up Penguin
05	Crime Dog
06	Muffin Buffalo
07	Barrel Bear
08	Lovesick Ass
09	Safety Canary
10	Lying Pig
11	Cocktail Bunny
12	Totem Mole
13	Caged Bird

(From Tom's Random Reviews on February 27th, 2010)