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The House on Haunted Hill (1999)

FILM REVIEW; Some Haunted Houses Never Change

If the ever vigilant Federal Reserve chairman, Alan Greenspan, is truly determined to snuff out inflation aborning, then he can do no better than to take sharpened pencil in hand, make his way to the nearest theater showing ‘House on Haunted Hill” and strike fearlessly until the film’s feeble pulse beats no more.

”House on Haunted Hill” is a sorry reincarnation of the 1950’s William Castle horror film in which an eccentric millionaire played by Vincent Price offered five strangers $10,000 each to spend the night in a spooky old mansion.

In the new version, the ante has been raised to $1 million apiece, which is why Mr. Greenspan may choose to become involved. Even allowing for inflation of roughly 570 percent in the 40 years since the original opened in New York on March 12, 1959, the reward for foolhardy courage in 1999 should come to only $57,113.47, the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis calculated yesterday.

But some things have not become devalued over the years — words like junk, for example. ”House on Haunted Hill” was pronounced junk in these pages in 1959. And it is still junk.

All the special effects in the world cannot compensate for an inability to generate tension, establish and sustain pace or create any character whose survival is worth rooting for.

Directed by William Malone from a screenplay by Dick Beebe and bearing such well-established names as Robert Zemeckis and Joel Silver among its producers, ”House on Haunted Hill” is dead on arrival. This film wastes the talents of actors like Geoffrey Rush and Peter Gallagher in hollow roles and relies heavily on its sets and special effects to do the work that should have been accomplished by its director and writer.

The new version harks back to 1931, when the towering cliffside, seaside premises, helpfully described in the film’s publicity as having been designed ”in the monolithic style of Albert Speer, the infamous architect of the Third Reich,” were home to the Vanacutt Psychiatric Institute for the Criminally Insane.

But one night, when the evil Dr. Vanacutt was performing surgery without benefit of anesthesia, the inmates got loose, fire raged out of control and death ran rampant.

Cut to the present, when the wealthy, nasty, mischievous theme-park magnate Steven Price, played behind a mustache by Mr. Rush in a role tailor-made for James Woods at his malevolent best, arranges to hold the birthday party for his not-very-beloved wife (Famke Janssen) in the old place.

But the guests, invited to compete for a total of $5 million if they survive till daybreak, turn out to be a surprise, all somehow related to the old institute or to each other. It seems that the premises are not at rest.

Mr. and Mrs. Price and their guests are in for a long night. But the real ordeal is reserved for the audience.

”House on Haunted Hill” is rated R (under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian). It includes copious amounts of blood, dismemberment, body parts, shootings, stabbings, nudity and language unsuited for the better birthday parties.

HOUSE ON HAUNTED HILL

Directed by William Malone; written by Dick Beebe, based on a story by Robb White; director of photography, Rick Bota; edited by Anthony Adler; music by Don Davis; production designer, David F. Klassen; produced by Robert Zemeckis, Joel Silver and Gilbert Adler; released by Warner Brothers. Running time: 96 minutes. This film is rated R.

WITH: Geoffrey Rush (Stephen Price), Famke Janssen (Evelyn), Taye Diggs (Eddie), Ali Larter (Sara), Bridgette Wilson (Melissa Marr), Peter Gallagher (Blackburn), Chris Kattan (Pritchett) and Peter Graves (himself).

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“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is like a more caustic, slightly younger version of “Seinfeld.” You have three men and a woman who selfish, petty, and vindictive, who consider themselves friends yet who would sell any of the others out in a heartbeat. They’re reprobates and narcissists. And they’re also hilarious.

The show premiered on FX in 2005, did seven episodes that summer, then returned for a 10-episode second season in 2006. Now all 17 episodes have been released in one DVD package, and while the extras are lacking (see below), the show itself is well worth owning. You can watch these repeatedly and still find something to laugh at.

IASIP was the brainchild of its three male stars, Rob McElhenney, Glenn Howerton, and Charlie Day, who also serve as executive producers and write every episode. They play Mac, Dennis, and Charlie, three guys in their late 20s who, along with Dennis’ sister Dee (Kaitlin Olson), own an Irish bar in Philly. All four are single and unattached. A more vain group of people you’ve never seen.

Dennis is faux-intellectual, suave, and well dressed. You get the impression his ideal sexual partner would be himself. Mac is more of a ladies’ man, a little more blunt and physical. Charlie is the dumb one whose plans most often come to naught, the butt of everyone’s jokes. (Cleaning the bathroom at the bar is known as “Charlie work.”) Dee is shallow and petty like everyone else, her character not quite as distinctly defined.

The series is shot in a verite style, with dialogue that sounds natural and improvised despite being scripted. The plots read like a list of taboo subjects. Episode 1: Charlie and Mac try to prove they’re not racist; meanwhile, the bar accidentally becomes Philly’s hottest new gay bar. Episode 2: Mac and Dennis use anti-abortion and pro-choice rallies to pick up women. (They figure the gals on the pro-choice side are going to be, you know, “easier.”)

Elsewhere: The bar becomes a hit with underage drinkers; Charlie thinks he has cancer and his friends use it to get sympathy for themselves; Dennis and Dee seek to defraud the welfare system (”Hi. I’m a recovering crack head. This is my retarded sister that I take care of. I’d like some welfare, please”) and in the process become crack addicts; when it’s revealed the guys’ childhood gym teacher molested students, Mac gets jealous that the coach didn’t abuse him, too. (”I was cute! I was energetic! I was fun!… Why didn’t I get blown?!”)

Fake patriotism, terrorist threats, the exploitation of supposed miracles, pretending to be wheelchair-bound, sleeping with your friend’s mom, Nazis, gun control, it’s all here.

You can imagine they sit in the writers’ room and think, “OK, what supposedly taboo subject can be make jokes about?” But what I love about the show is that it never seems to be trying to be outrageous. It has a casual effortlessness about it, and it’s always funny. It’s never shocking just for the sake of being shocking.

Season 2 introduces Danny DeVito as Dennis and Dee’s father — a completely unnecessary addition, but one that was “suggested” by FX suits who wanted a famous name to draw in more viewers. Luckily, DeVito fits right in with the gang, playing Frank as a horny, shallow jerk just like his children and their friends.

FRANK: Look, I didn’t go to Vietnam just to have pansies like you take my freedom away from me.

DEE: You went to Vietnam in 1993 to open up a sweatshop!

FRANK: And a lot of good men died in that sweatshop.

I also love this rapid-fire exchange, the day after Frank and dumb Charlie went out on the town and Frank wound up locking Charlie out of his own apartment.

FRANK: I want to live like you again, Charlie! I want to be pathetic and desperate and ugly and hopeless!

CHARLIE: I am not ugly.

FRANK: This is the change I’ve been looking for! I want to move in with you!

CHARLIE: Are you out of your damn mind, dude? You made me sleep out in the hall! You ignored my cries for help in the middle of the night!

FRANK: I’ll pay for your rent for six months.

CHARLIE: Twelve.

FRANK: Six.

CHARLIE: Ten.

FRANK: Six.

CHARLIE: Nine.

FRANK: Six.

CHARLIE: Ten.

FRANK: Six.

CHARLIE: Twelve.

FRANK: Four.

CHARLIE: Six.

FRANK: Deal!

CHARLIE: All right, no more sleeping out in the hall, though.

FRANK: I can’t promise that.

There really aren’t any bad episodes in the bunch. “Mac Bangs Dennis’ Mom” is one of my favorites, if only for the very last shot of Charlie’s crestfallen face as his latest plan has backfired.

The rest all have their highlights, too, like the moment in “The Gang Runs for Office” where Dennis films a commercial using the script written by Charlie, whose reading and writing skills are somewhat lacking: “Hello, fellow American. This you should vote me. I leave power good. Thank you. Thank you. If you vote me, I’m hot. (What?) Taxes, they’ll be lower. Sun. The democratic vote for me is right thing to do, Philadelphia, so do.”

The show is the right thing to do, viewers. So do.

THE DVD

The three discs come in two thin digipaks (two in one; one in the other), all encased in a glossy cardboard slipcover. Amusingly, it’s DeVito’e head that appears the largest on the cover, and his name is the only one shown — despite the fact that he doesn’t appear until Season 2. Kudos to Danny DeVito’s agent!

The episodes are divided over the three discs 7:6:4. The episodes appear in their proper production order, which occasionally (in Season 2) differs slightly from the order in which they were aired.

There are no alternate language tracks. There are optional subtitles in English, French, and Spanish.

VIDEO: Presented in its original full-screen (1:33) format and shot on digital video, the picture is sharp and crisp.

AUDIO: Dolby Digital Surround. The show aims for a natural feel, including ambient noise and natural sound effects. Everything sounds almost perfect, with the focus where it belongs: on the dialogue.

EXTRAS: Disc 1 has two scenes (5:30 total) from the original pilot, which served as a demo tape. Both eventually wound up, in slightly different form, in the “Charlie Gets Cancer” episode.

Disc 2 has an audio commentary on “Mac Bangs Dennis’ Mom” featuring the three male leads and Danny DeVito. Disc 3 has another audio commentary (for “Hundred Dollar Baby”), this time featuring the three guys and a girl who constitute the core cast. Both commentaries are breezy and funny and well worth listening to.

Also on Disc 3 are the rest of the extras:

“Sunny Side Up” (17:00) uses cast and crew interviews to tell the basic story of how the show originated and how it operates. It’s pretty enjoyable behind-the-scenes stuff.

Another featurette (5:45) shows Kaitlin Olson’s audition for the role of Dee, prefaced by an amusing story of how the producer/creators chose which scene to have her do. (The shenanigans involved there almost sound like one of the show’s plots.) Olson, you’ll notice, is the only cast member who had to audition, as the other three leads were being played by the show’s writers.

“The Gang F***s Up” (4:00) is an outtake reel, and is funny enough as far as it goes. It’s hard to believe that after 17 episodes there were only four minutes’ worth of amusing outtakes.

Finally, there’s a Fox Movie Channel segment (8:49) about the making of the show’s second season. Very intriguing: DeVito only had 20 days in which to shoot all his scenes for the entire season. That meant having to do his stuff first, which meant cracking open all 10 shows, rather than shooting each episode in its entirety before moving on to the next one. You can imagine the logistical and continuity nightmare involved in shooting scenes that aren’t just out of order, but that aren’t even in the same episodes.

IN SUMMARY

The show itself is highly recommendable. It’s about as funny and smart a series as anything you’ll find on TV today, and I eagerly await the start of Season 3 on Sept. 13. The DVD set is slightly disappointing, though. Only two commentaries for 17 episodes? Only four minutes of outtakes? The commentaries refer to a couple of alternate versions and deleted scenes — so where are they? Why show a couple scenes from the unaired pilot but not the whole thing? It feels like they’re skimping on us for no good reason.

But the show itself? Classic.
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In the third installment in the Sniper series, Tom Berenger (Platoon) returns as Thomas Beckett, a now aging Master Gunnery Sergeant. I found that the movie was fairly entertaining, but unless you enjoy the occasional bad action flick, this one probably won’t appeal to you. The plot isn’t very good, the action sometimes seems a bit too cheesy, there’s limited character development, and even worse, some of the characters are pretty awful. In other words, this really isn’t a very good movie. However, I did find that I enjoyed it, but before we dive into that we’ll cover a little bit about what makes this a bad movie.

The story of this movie is pretty weak, hollow, and not surprisingly, slightly hard to stomach. Beckett is given a mission that turns out to be more than he bargained for. He is sent to Vietnam to remove a former-CIA-operative-turned-drug-lord-and-former-friend from the world on what will most likely be his last mission. With the aid of a Vietnamese police officer -slash- undercover NSA agent Quan (Byron Mann Street Fighter), they track down Beckett’s former friend, only to find out “the disturbing truth”. The reason that this plot isn’t very good is that it’s all introduced in the early stages of the film-the first ten minutes. After that, there really isn’t a lot of development in the story. Of course, there are some slight advancements in plot. For instance, “the disturbing truth” is revealed, but it’s really not that disturbing, but rather ridiculous in its lack of realism.

Furthermore, the character roles are not all necessarily convincing. John Doman plays Finnegan, who is the corrupt CIA operative turned drug lord. The role is almost laughable. He is very unconvincing as a villain. But I wouldn’t pinpoint the blame on Doman’s acting skills, but rather his scripted role. The role was just not developed very well. In addition, the other characters were not developed a great deal. Even the main character Beckett gets very little focus and when there is some development, it doesn’t always fit in well. I think that this film assumes you are already familiar with Beckett from the earlier films. Having not seen either of them, I knew nothing of Beckett. Quite frankly, I still really don’t.

However, this brings me to the one thing I liked about this film. While the story, the characters (in general), and the dialogue weren’t very good, I really did like Beckett’s role. He’s your average tired of life, fed up with authority, I’ll do it my own way kind of guy. In some respects he’s a very likeable guy. For that reason alone, I found that I was greatly intrigued by Beckett and wanted to see more, only to get to know his character. Unfortunately to do so, you’ll probably have to associate yourself with the earlier films, because Sniper 3 won’t give you a great insight to who Beckett is.

Overall, this movie has its shortcomings and for that reason it won’t appeal to the masses. So unless you find yourself watching a lot of Arnold Schwarzenegger or Sylvester Stallone films, you’ll probably want to skip out on this one.

The DVD

Video:
The video in this release is given in 1.85:1 ratio anamorphic widescreen color. The picture quality is pretty good, with a very sharp and clean picture. There are some traces of grain, which are apparent during the darker scenes of the movie.

Audio:
The audio in this release is given in two formats, English 5.1 Dolby digital surround sound and French 2.0 Dolby digital stereo sound. The audio tracks provide a clean sound, which is very audible. The dialogue is fairly flat, but sound effects are fairly rich and vibrant. There is some pretty good distinction between audio channels, but the majority comes from the forward channels. There are also subtitles in English, French, Chinese, Korean, and Thai.

Extras:
There are no extras with this release.

Final Thoughts:
Sniper 3 isn’t a really great movie. It has far too many shortcomings that will cause most people to quickly dismiss it. However, I found that it was remotely enjoyable, enough for a rental. However, this was mainly because I was intrigued by the main role of Master Gunnery Sergeant Beckett. While his role was not clearly developed in this film, there’s enough to make him an attractive character to want to get to know more. Unfortunately, you’ll probably need to see the earlier Sniper films to do so and gauging the quality of this film, that’s probably not something everyone will want to do. The bottom line is that if you enjoy bad action movies, this one should appeal to you.
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Steven Spielberg (Minority Report, Saving Private Ryan) follows up one of his lighter films, Catch Me If You Can, with an even frothier affair in The Terminal, another film inspired by a true story catapulted to the realm of the fantastic through the visionary director’s drive for turning everyday events into fairy tales.  Once again, he works with script by Jeff Nathanson (Rush Hour 2, For Better or Worse), and no surprise, it’s the weakest element here, and testament to Spielberg’s greatness as a populist director, he actually manages to make this farfetched and silly premise work somehow. 

Tom Hanks (The Green Mile, Cast Away) plays Viktor Navorski, a travels to New York from his fictional homeland of Krakozhia, an Eastern Block country that has had a military coup and an overturned government overnight.  As the United States doesn’t recognize the new regime as a country, Viktor’s VISA and passport are seen as invalid and he is therefore "unacceptable" to set foot on American soil, or to return back to the country that is no longer there.  Frank Dixon (Tucci, Big Night) has just been given the responsibility of running the airport, and seeing the solution-less dilemma, allows Viktor to stay in the airport until he can legally enter New York or be deported.  Dixon hopes Viktor will become impatient and try to escape, so that he can get him out of his hair, but Viktor waits patiently, determined to stick it out no matter how long it takes.  Meanwhile, Viktor develops feelings into a frequently visiting attractive flight attendant (Zeta-Jones, Chicago), while also befriending some of the staff of the airport who all have stories of their own.

The Terminal is an amusing and entertaining dessert flick, and while it is set in the real world, it’s about as much a fantasy as any of Spielberg’s sci-fi or fantasy endeavors.  The entire story is a series of unlikely occurrences, convenient contrivances, and manipulative plotting, completely running on a river of charm and its own good-natured affability.  We like The Terminal because we like Hanks, who gives Viktor a shy vulnerability and inner strength that makes us care about his plight, no matter how silly things sometimes end up being.  Just as important, John Williams (Superman, Star Wars) fanciful score continually evokes the feeling of mirth and whimsy necessary, cluing the audience in that magical things can, and often do, happen throughout the course of this chimerical tale.

While Spielberg does manage to keep the story afloat, this is middling stuff coming from him, lumping it around the level of Always and The Sugarland Express in his otherwise superior filmography.  There are a few missteps that detract from the overall experience.  The courting of Zeta-Jones is an unnecessary story element, and never convincing.  The side stories involving two others on the staff played by Luna (Y Tu Mama Tambien) and Saldana (Crossroads) fares even worse.  Tucci is given the role as the heavy, supposedly authoritarian in his resolve, yet he wavers between heartlessness and benevolence whenever the plotting calls for it, used merely as a device for conflict rather than as an honest characterization.  Lastly, the product placement in this film is about as shameful as it gets, flagrantly showcased in almost every scene to the point where you wonder if this film weren’t merely a disguised advertising vehicle, with a thin story to tie the commercials together.

Despite the substantial flaws, The Terminal does still entertain enough to recommend.  There’s a little romance, a little comedy, a little drama, and a lot of geniality, such that, even if the film runs a bit long and doesn’t really have much to say, it’s a pleasant experience to get your mind away from the doldrums of life for a while.  For a film about a man that can’t go anywhere, this is still a pleasant trip in itself.

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Is there such a thing as a movie that is too suspenseful? If there is an edge to the amount of stress and suspense that a movie can have and still work, Panic Room is right on that edge. David Fincher is relentless for almost two hours as he assaults us with fear, panic and terror, and all without much comic relief or release. One of the great tactics of suspense directors is to build up the anxiety and anticipation for an event and then release it. In Panic Room Fincher tries something a little different, leaving the audience trapped in their own anxiety much like the characters on screen. It’s not a pleasurable experience, but it is very well done.

What really makes Panic Room work are the performances: Jodie Foster is excellent in one of her best performances since Silence of The Lambs. She manages to maintain an intensity which is magnetic. I also really liked Forest Whitaker, who crafts a performance which helps create more sympathy for his character than Foster’s. Kristen Stewart, Dwight Yoakam and Jared Leto also all put in solid supporting performances.

The real star of the film is the Panic Room itself. Fincher seems to spend more of his time and attention on exploring and defining the space over the people in it. Don’t get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed Fincher’s exploration of even the most microscopic detail (like he does in the opening of Fight Club), but in some points it stood out probably a little more than it should.

Fincher has become a very sought after Director, but it may be more for his craft than the actual roles. It’s amusing that in Panic Room three of the main actors, Foster, Whitaker and Yoakam, all are acomplished Directors in their own right. Some Directors are considered ‘an actor’s Director’, perhaps Fincher is ‘a Director’s Director’. In any case he is a fine crasftsman and what he creates in Panic Room is certainly worth watching.

The DVD

Video: Panic Room is the first major theatrical film to ‘debut’ on Columbia Tri-Star’s Superbit line. For those of you who aren’t familiar with Superbit, it’s a line of DVDs focused more on providing high picture and sound quality verses special features. Panic Room is presented in its original theatrical aspect ratio of 2.35:1 which is enhanced for widescreen TVs.

As a ‘Superbit’ title, I think the expectations for the video should be higher than your average release. Unfortunately Panic Room’s video isn’t much better than some of the ’standard’ transfers out there. The picture is overall crisp and clear, but it doesn’t seem to be able to maintain that clarity throughout some of the dark and murky scenes in the movie. Comparing Panic Room side by side with Resident Evil and Blade II I found the blacks to be much softer in Panic Room and the overall transfer to be much more muted. This may be somewhat intentional as the film does have a gritty dank and dirty look to it, but if you didn’t know it was supposed to be a ‘Superbit’ release, you’d never guess that it was.

Audio: I was pretty disappointed with the audio on Panic Room. Both the Dolby Digital 5.1 and DTS tracks were way too dim in the center channel, and I ended up having to boost my center channel to be able to hear the dialogue clearly. There are some nice surround moments in the film where you’re surrounded by the sound of falling rain, and those moments did sound nice, but the imbalance between the dialogue and effects really threw everything off. Of the two main soundtracks I did prefer the DTS as it was slightly ‘fuller sounding’ but not as dramatic or appreciable as some of the other DVDs I’ve seen. Again compared to other non-Superbit DVDs you wouldn’t guess from the soundtrack that this was a ‘Superbit’ release and the audio on Resident Evil (a non Superbit Columbia Tri-Star release) easily surpasses Panic Room.

One thing that you should definitely not overlook on the Panic Room DVD is the French Audio track. Jodie Foster does the French dub for many of her films and it’s extraordinarily to see her perform the role in French (with English Subtitles). Fans of Panic Room will want to watch it again in French simply to catch another version of Foster’s solid performance.

Extras: I’m fearful that ‘Superbit’ is going to become a way to market ‘barebones’ DVDs. The only extras on Panic Room are a non-anamorphic teaser trailer and filmographies. I can understand the desire to get a release out quickly for a movie, but with a Director like David Fincher it’s a crime. Panic Room is a movie screaming for extras: Fincher used a comprehensive previsualization process for the film that would be nice to see, he shot eighteen days with Nicole Kidman as the lead, and Jodie Foster was pregnant during shooting which meant they had to go back and reshoot some of the scenes after her child was born.

The Packaging: To date Columbia Tri-Star has released all their Superbit titles in Amaray cases with a cardboard silver slip sleeve over it. For panic room they use both a cardboard case with a cardboard slipcover. This is very similar to some of the 2 Disc Special Editions put out by Warner Bros. Only Panic Room is a single DVD so the whole packaging is much thinner. I have no idea why Columbia Tri-Star went with this packaging for Panic Room as the thin cardboard sleeve is much to tight a fit over the DVD case. I found that within only a few viewings I had managed to mangle the inner case that holds the DVD.

Final Thoughts: Panic Room is a very well made movie that is definitely worth checking out. Unfortunately, Columbia Tri-Star made a mistake classifying this DVD release as a ‘Superbit’. The Panic Room - Superbit Edition DVD doesn’t meet the expectations set by the Superbit line and falls short in both the video and audio category. While no special edition has been officially announced for Panic Room, I can only hope that there is a more complete release for this movie in the future. It’s the kind of movie where a glance into the craftwork might really enhance the viewing of the film.
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I finally got some time even though I am moving to sit down and watch a good chunk of MONK: SEASON THREE on DVD. TV’s most brilliant detective is back, and he’s ready to battle any crime… as long as it doesn’t involve germs, heights or other people! Emmy Award and Golden Globe winner Tony Shalhoub returns to DVD in all 16 third season episodes of the funny, fresh and quirky series, MONK. Rejoin Adrian Monk, the defective detective, who must overcome his obsessive-compulsive disorder and investigate the death of his wife, Trudy.

Still hoping to be reinstated in the San Francisco Police Department, Monk continues to use his sharp intelligence, photographic memory and ever-present hand wipes to solve even the dirtiest cases. At his side are Captain Stottlemeyer (Ted Levine), Lieutenant Disher (Jason Gray-Stanford), Sharona Fleming (Bitty Schram) and newcomer Natalie Teeger (Traylor Howard), and together they take on some daunting opponents, including the Mafia, the FBI and a possibly murderous chimpanzee. Monk’s back on the case and better than ever in this hilarious third season, which includes five obsessive brand-new featurettes!

So the question is how is it? Well I have not seen season 1 or 2 of Monk but now that I have watched alot of Season 3 I am definitely interested. Season 3 starts off quite weak with some scenes, like the New York “street noise” scene having me fighting the urge to wrestle off the couch and hit fast forward. As the series goes along it feels like it finds its beat. It gets funnier without getting slap stick and you find yourself enjoying Monks quirks without them getting repetitive.

The episodes get not only funnier but more complex and interesting. The cases so far have not become mundane and their is no Murder She Wrote puzzle solving where you dont know what the hell is going on or how the answer came to be. It is very clearly spelled out and if you watch closely you can sometimes see the outcome before it comes. Tony Shalhoub delivers all the way as the Detective with more quirks and phobias then you can shake a stick at.

Overall I give Monk an 8 out of 10 and strongly encourage anyone who is a fan of good detective series to check it out. The characters once you get past the first 2 episodes really fill out and have alot of depth to them. You wont get alot of action, or wild police chases, but you will get some intelligent laughs and alot of fun.

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Gosford Park Reviewed By Thom Posted 12/22/01 10:31:40

"Hollywood, the fashion world, suburbia and now the English aristocracy" (Worth A Look)

A meandering, elegant whodunnit that mixes revenge and ennui. The story takes place at Gosford Park, an enormous English country estate with two distinct worlds. The world above the stairs and the world below. The sanctity of this system is compromised by an American film producer who is doing research for his latest Charlie Chan film.Being from California explains away his lack of manners. The aristocratic guests, who have gathered for a shooting party, aren?t the slightest bit interested in the Hollywood guest and one of them, Constance, the Countess of Trentham played by Maggie Smith, is positively aghast that anyone should find entrance into her comfortable and traditional landed life through hard work or cunning. Gosford Park is also a period piece and director, Robert Altman (Shortcuts, The Player, Ready to Wear), obsessed over details as fine as what underwear the maids should be wearing. The film looks like 1932. There is something to be said for the elegance of the aristocracy but I could do without the formality and the constraining social protocol. You could be having an affair right in front of your wife and all your friends but if you conduct yourself in the proper way and everybody pretends its not happening, then it isn?t. The watertight hull of the SS Gosford begins to show signs of a wear and leak threatens to sink the whole ship. A scandal isn?t a scandal until people start talking about what they all already know. Clive Owens and Hellen Mirren team up again (Greensleeves also starred the pair) as a visiting valet and the Gosford Housekeeper who also have their own secrets. The na?ve Mary, The Countess of Trenthams new maid, played by Kelly McDonald, acts as the pivot point. Through her we gain entrance into the house and we learn the discretion of the servants along with her. Things are not always as they seem and it is essential that they stay that way, even in the case of a murder. Altman likes to carry the audience from character to character, a technique he uses in Gosford Park to keep the action flowing around the under stairs staff. The servants validate the story by being the witness of it. They are the audience for the show they put on every day, from dressing and pressing to feeding and cleaning. Stephen Fry is the incompetant Inspector Thompson, who probably got the job because his father knew someone who knew someone and with a crumbling empire, a civil job was the only sure way of securing an income if one wanted to stay above the working class. That?s how a lot of vicars got their jobs. He confuses evidence at a crime scene for comforts placed there for him to entertain himself while he interviewed the house. His assistant, Constable Dexter (Ron Webster) is a thwarted Sherlock Holmes who has to bow to the authority of the inspector. A big deal was made about how Altman asked the actors to not stage their conversations but just to talk over each other and the sound people would figure it out later. I don?t think this is particularly unique, or ?genius? but it works to convey the chaos of every day life and avoids the stagey feel of focusing the audiences attention on one conversation while still creating the illusion of a buzz around an animated party. Nobody gets lost in the ensemble or is asked to carry an entire scene. There were so many characters though, that many of them remained undeveloped, especially the sisters of Lady McCordle (Kristin Scott Thomas), Lady Stockbridge (Geraldine Somerville) and Lady Meredith (Natasha Wightman) and a couple of guests who appear at the beginning and again, leaving at the end and I had no idea what they were there for. Claudie Blakley who plays the dowdy and common Mabel Nesbitt, gets a real character rather than just a pretty dress to wear on screen. In fact, she is given a plain dress, but she also gets a soul, which is something lacking in the hardened aristocrats. That?s not to say that all the players didn?t do the job they were given, but I love characters and I want to be indulged by everyone who is given weight in a script so I was a little disappointed there couldn?t be more strands of the web held by Lady Stockbridge and Lady Meredith. No wonder Short Cuts and The Player are so long. There are so many alleyways that need to be wandered down to validate putting a character in the script in the first place.Gosford Park is a pleasure to watch and gently reveals the remarkable rituals of the aristocracy and the servant class while creating plausibility around a variety of culprits until the final shocking revelation.
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Back to the Future Part III (1990) / Comedy-Sci Fi

MPAA Rated: PG for language and some violence Running Time: 118 min. Cast: Michael J. Fox, Christopher Lloyd, Mary Steenburgen, Thomas F. Wilson, Lea Thompson, Elisabeth Shue, James Tolkan, ZZ Top, Flea Director: Robert Zemeckis Screenplay: Bob Gale

 

Back to the Future Part III is the third and final installment of the popular trilogy, this time going to the past, to Hill Valley of 1885.  Those that despised the second film for its darkness generally applaud this sequel for bringing back the sense of fun again, while for others it is a quaintly amusing diversion that isn’t quite as interesting as the other two films, but still entertains.  Part III was shot directly after Part II wrapped, and the laid back approach here was probably due to needing a change of pace from the frenetic nature of the second film.  It serves as an attempt to finally put to rest the series for the fans, while also working as a funny send-up of old Hollywood Westerns, including a very generous homage to Clint Eastwood that’s a hoot in itself. The film starts with Marty (Fox, Bright Lights Big City) in 1955 reading the letter from Doc (Lloyd, Back to the Future) that he had accidentally been transported to the year 1885.  Due to the archaic technology, Doc isn’t able to get back to the future, but is content to spend the rest of his life in the Old West, urging Marty not to come back for him.  However, Marty decides not to heed Doc’s advice when he discovers Doc’s tombstone lists his death as only several days after he wrote the original letter.  Using the DeLorean that Doc had secretly hidden for decades, Marty is able to return to the Old West, but due to damage to the car’s fuel tank that leaves it empty, there is no way to get the time machine to accelerate to the needed 88 mph for a time jump.  With Doc’s death imminent, Marty must find a way to keep themselves alive and think of some way to get the car up to speed, while Doc finds potential true love in the arms of a local woman (Steenburgen, Melvin and Howard) whose life he saves. I realize that any film dealing with time travel is bound to leave many with headaches, but there are a few things that occurred to me when watching Part III that did bother me, and I’m sure I’m not the only one who was confused by these things.  First, the solution as to the DeLorean’s fuel problem should be apparent to anyone who remembers that there should still be another instance of the DeLorean still in town  the one Doc had hidden only weeks before Marty’s arrival from the future.  I suppose one could make the argument that tinkering with the hidden DeLorean would mean Marty would not be able to traverse back in time in the future, but it still would have been nice if this loophole were resolved.  Another problem is that we know that Clara Clayton is the person for which Clayton’s Ravine is named when she falls and dies from her accident there, but we had already established that Clara also had written the words on Doc’s tombstone, which would have been impossible if she had died at the time she was supposed to, a few days earlier.  One could argue that this Clara could have fallen into the ravine at a later date and preserved the history, but again, this is a confusing aspect that could have been resolved easily.  Then there is the matter of how Marty just so happens to be an expert at horse riding, which he seems to do so effortlessly throughout Part III. Despite these nitpicks, Back to the Future III is still an entertaining final chapter and must see viewing for anyone who has seen and enjoyed the previous entries in the series.  It should never be seen without first viewing the other two films within a reasonably short period of time beforehand, so make sure you watch the first two films with as much attention to detail as you can for the full effect.  Cast chemistry and terrific characterizations all make this seem almost effortless in its ability to charm, making it nearly impossible to dislike.  Credit Gale (Interstate 60, Used Cars) and Zemeckis (Romancing the Stone, What Lies Beneath) for being able to sustain all of the energy and let us leave the saga with a smile on our faces. 
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Traveling to a feast of berries far away, bears Kenai (Patrick Dempsey) and Koda (Jeremy Suarez) are stopped by Nita (Mandy Moore), a human who Kenai once held love for when they were younger. Looking to break a curse that’s preventing her from marrying, Nita requests the help of the bears to cross the countryside. Along the journey, the connection between Nita and Kenai is reignited, leaving Koda to ponder if Kenai should really live life as a bear, or would he be better off as a human again.

Admittedly, it was an animated production glued together by scraps from other Disney hits, but 2003’s “Brother Bear” knocked me down in ways few of the Mouse House’s offerings have been able to do since I was 10 years old. It was a splash of thrilling autumnal colors, jubilant character development, and confident storytelling that ignored many Disney crutches (chiefly a villain, along with singing and dancing), and preferred to lead with its heart. Over the years I’ve revisited the film several times, and today find it to be one of the stronger entries in Disney’s towering animated empire.

While not racking up huge box office numbers in America, “Brother Bear” charmed enough on DVD to warrant a direct-to-video sequel, which is both a promising and lamentable idea. Where the first film was an animated feature, the sequel is simply a cartoon.

First and foremost, “Bear 2″ is missing the majestic hand-animated woodsy vistas to backdrop Kenai and Koda’s adventure; the nuanced and trembling voice work from Joaquin Phoenix; the layered, widescreen score by Mark Mancina and pop song interstitials from Phil Collins (Melissa Etheridge substitutes here); and a penetrating story about friendship and the mystical wonders of life that elevated “Bear.”

What we’re eventually handed in “Bear 2″ are elements that show a step down in effort from the first film, but still allows time to be spent with old friends. The film remains a charmer, even with a brittle acting job from Patrick Dempsey and a Saturday morning cartoon level of animation. “Bear 2″ is a minor diversion, and the filmmakers have lightened up the material substantially to appeal to a younger crowd. Let’s put it this way: the original film took its time with the Inuit characters, respecting traditions (even the invented ones), and placing emphasis on careful animation to express the splendor of the spiritual world; “Brother Bear 2″ brings in Wanda Sykes to play a village elder.

Regardless of the loosened standards, “Bear 2″ still affects with its story of dormant romance, cleverly finding ways to challenge Kenai’s decision in the last film to become a bear. Agreeably voiced by Mandy Moore, the addition of Nita adds the only conflict the film needs. Again, the absence of a mustache-twirling villain is truly something praiseworthy. Equally hard to resist are returning moose Rutt and Tuke, played to the McKenzie Brothers hilt by Dave Thomas and the sorely missed Rick Moranis. Since the theme of love is in the air, the boys have their own objects of moose desire, played appropriately by some more “SCTV” cast members, Andrea Martin and Catherine O’Hara.

As money-grabbing animated product goes, “Brother Bear 2″ rests nicely on a lowered expectation level, and is hardly an offensive affront to the first film. The texture and polish is deeply missed, but the characters are so strong and engaging, it still entertains.
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