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『"McCain is without a doubt one of the finest amplified harp blowers on the scene, with a big, clear tone throwing down an endless stream of inventive licks. He also happens to be one of the wittiest song writers around, a fact well showcased on a set that features all originals including the shuffling anthem `Boogie Is My Name,' which kicks things off in romping fashion, and the hilarious `My New Next Door Neighbor,' an update of his classic `50s Excello rocker `My Next Door Neighbor.'" - BAD DOG BLUES
Great, inventive harp playing from arguably the greatest harp player alive! Jerry "Boogie" McCain remains at the height of his powers, constantly writing and delivering amazing live performances with the energy of a teenager. He began recording in the early `50s for Trumpet, making records of his unique blend of country swing and down-home blues. In `55 he recorded for the Excello label and has continued making great records up to the present day! This prolific artist proves to be at his creative peak, with very funny songwriting. Jerry "Boogie" McCain just keeps coming out with amazing albums!』
『This was produced for 92.9, a radio station in ARIZONA only. THIS CD IS OUT OF PRINT. Rare EXCLUSIVE ACOUSTIC and LIVE performances EXCLUSIVELY FOR THE RADIO STATION, titled Live in Studio C V. 2..
. It contains acoustic renditions that are rare in studio performances and are unique to this disc. ALL THE TRACKS ARE EXCLUSIVE TO THIS CD AND CAN ONLY BE FOUND HERE. There are a total of 16 tracks. Some of the ARTISTS FEATURED are Indigo Girls, Brandi Carlile, KT Tunstall, Gomez, Damien Rice to name a few. The artist and track are as follows:Fray, -how to save a life
KT Tunstall, -black horse and the cherry tree
Brett Dennen, -darlin do not fear
Gomez,-see the world
Brandi Carlile, -turpentine
Mat Kearney, -nothing left to lose
Edwin McCain, -Ill be
Shawn Mullins,-beautiful wreck
Matt Scannell (of Vertical Horizon), -Everything you wantZiggy Marley,-love is my religion
Indigo Girls, -pendulum swinger
O.A.R., -lay down
Sister Hazel,-all for you
Damien Rice -9 crimes
G. Love -beautiful
Shawn Mullins- house of the rising sun
. Comes in tri fold thick card stock paper digi pack with inner plastic tray』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (TV Stars and Singles Bars Rare TV Movie) 『Single Bars, Single Women was an 1984 TV Movie that takes on the singles scene mainly from a women's point of view. A wry sexy drama that explores close friends on the brink of womanhood who attempt to meet men at a singles bar. The action takes place at Bandini's a water hole for the lonely and broken hearted.
A great ensemble cast of TV show greats make up the regulars at Bandini's including Paul Michael Glaser ( starsky and hutch) Shelley Hack, Tony Danza ( taxi ) Christine Lahti , Emmy Award Winner Mare Winningham, Jean Smart ( frasier) and also with actor/director Keith Gordon (christine and back to school). Rick Rossovich of Top Gun fame plays one of the single men.
They all come to the bar looking for action but really wanting love. The film attempts to explore the uglier side of the bar scene but only as much as a TV teleplay will allow. The cast does a a good job of providing a full range of personalities that populate the singles bar.
Director Harry Winer uses the Dolly Parton song Single Women, and a band called The Kincaids at Bandini's for pop song covers.』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (A Must See movie for Walter Matthau fans) 『I watched this on the screen when it orignally came out. In fact I sat thru it twice in one night because it was so good.
Bruce Dern and Walter were both excellent. Gripping storu and cast.
Highly recommend!』
(Another Exploitation Film) 『The film begins in a transit station. A man makes a call from a telephone booth. [Remember them?] Another man watches and follows him. They get on a bus, a car follows them. Two more passengers get on the bus. A submachine gun sprays bullets! Then the credits show over the scenes. One passenger is barely alive. The police investigation begins. [They don't use rubber gloves.] One of the dead is police detective Dave Evans. The victims are checked and tagged. The bus is towed away. Detective Jake Martin returns home for sleep. What case was Dave Evans working on? The bodies are examined. The wounded old man said something. They find a package in Evans' desk. One is a picture of an old murder victim, Theresa a prostitute.
The detectives begin their investigation. Can they find a lead? We see scenes of Frisco life to titillate the viewers. [The film begins to drag.] Jack Martin returns home. They investigate the leads, the old case checked by Evans. Then a crime occurs with a sniper in a house. The police invade and neutralize the sniper. [Is there a hidden agenda here?] "Get a haircut." Could Detective Larson use more diplomacy? One prisoner offers information for a deal. There is another scene in a residential neighborhood. [Believable?] "Was it something I said?" Will they enter without a search warrant? Marsha won't speak to anyone. Jack asks Leo to do a favor and watch a suspect from that old case. Could a wealthy investment advisor be a crook? [Is Leo following too close? Or is that just for dramatic effect?]
More scenes of Frisco's cultural life follow to shock and amuse the viewers. Is Henry Camarero taking chances? Will Jake Martin try something? Will it work? So there is another car chase to provide action when the film begins to bog down. Would taking a bus help? Can you believe what happens next? Will lightning strike twice? There is a solution to the murders on the bus. This film shows no fog in Frisco! Films adapted from novels are simplified and seldom as good as the book. This story was modified to push its agenda. Per Wahloo wrote his series of mystery novels to document Swedish contemporary life. You can analyze this film for its purpose. 』
(Death by the Busload) 『Gritty naturalism and Altman-esque crosstalk amid great Bay City location work inform this 70s procedural that entertains but misses the mark of being a classic. The picture's overlong with a few too many red herrings. Things pick up for the climax. (Indeed, the ingenious plot could be due for a remake.)
Matthau is suitably low-key in the picture's admirably unsparing picture of the cop's home life. Lou and Bruce are along to jack up the energy.
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(A solid San Francisco police procedural in the "Bullitt"-mode) 『In the 1960s the writing team of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo wrote police procedural mysteries based on the cops of the Stockholm PD--a sort of Swedish 87th Precinct series without a vestige of wit or humor, hence the ironic title. Oh, very gloomily Scandinavian! The books were immensely successful in Europe and even managed the almost unprecedented feat of jumping the Atlantic to become best sellers in America. "The Laughing Policeman" was probably the best-known book of the lot. It is still very much in print and well worth reading today.
Inevitably the series was picked up on option by an American film studio. In 1973, "The Laughing Policeman" was filmed ... with a few changes.
Ingmar Bergman may have been widely admired but he was not box office. No US studio was going to risk big bucks on unknown Swedish actors, nossiree. Walter Matthau was hired to play the lead detective and a young Bruce Dern to play his sidekick. (It should be remembered that in those days Matthau was still an all-around actor, and a good one; his talent had not yet disappeared beneath his comic persona.) If no Swedish actors, than certainly not Stockholm, a town that was presumably gloomy and dull. (Who knew? Who cared?) San Francisco was neither. That was the place!
The movie starts out with a wordless sequence which begins at what was then called the Eastbay Terminal located at about First and Mission Streets. A miscellaneous lot of people board a small diesel bus decked out in the Municipal Railway's old green and cream color scheme that clearly bears the route designation "14 MISSION." The bus wends its way through the streets of San Francisco until one passenger uses an automatic assault rifle, called a "grease gun" in the script, to murder everybody else on the bus. The bus, no longer controlled by the now-dead driver, careens slowly through Chinatown, coming at last to a stop in a gentle crash. The mass murderer, face unshown, steps off and, so far as the puzzled detectives who soon arrive on the scene are concerned, vanishes into thin air.
(Now, to any San Franciscan, a major mystery immediately appears: what in tarnation was a 14 MISSION bus doing so far off course--in Chinatown, of all unlikely places?)
"The Laughing Policeman" was made in the era of the hugely successful Steve McQueen vehicle, "Bullitt," a police procedural set in San Francisco and almost dialogue-free. "The Laughing Policeman" is chattier, but not by much. I wouldn't be surprised to find that all the dialogue in the shooting script could be contained in under ten typewritten pages.
Like "Bullitt" and another famous San Francisco mystery movie, "Vertigo," "The Laughing Policeman" is both an homage to the City and a travelogue. In "Bullitt," San Francisco is an action-oriented theme park suitable for chases up and down the hilly streets. In "Vertigo," San Francisco is a place of picturesque monuments that mask old sins. But in "The Laughing Policeman" the cameras dote on the sleazy underbelly of the City, familiar places in the daily slog of the natives but effectively invisible to the tourists.
I lived in San Francisco for 31 years. I left it in 1973. This movie exactly captures the City as I remember it. (I visited San Francisco a couple of months ago. With the single exception of the Embarcadero Freeway, torn down after the big 1989 earthquake, hardly a brick or a hair has changed in any of the locations that appear on the screen.)
All in all, this is a pretty good, terse, well-acted film that offers a respectable story and is at once a travelogue and time capsule.
Give it a try. Five stars.』
(Eight People Know Who The Killer Is - And They're All Dead) 『Sgt. Jake Martin is speaking to his new partner, Insp. Leo Larsen; trying to convince him how important this investigation is. Inspector Leo Larsen is leery:
"Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Evans was working the Teresa thing on his own time. He's killed on the same bus with Gus Niles who's looking for a grease gun that happens to be the weapon used.
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: And then his girlfriend winds up dead on the floor with the needle... Jake, you realize what you just did? You do it to me all the time, now you heard what the man said upstairs.
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: I heard him, I was up there, he's a nice man, he shoots in the low 80s, but he plays too close to the vest.
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: Then what are you laying all that crap on ME FOR? WHY DON'T YOU STOP IT FOR ONCE? That's YOUR personal hang-up, it does NOT happen to be mine!
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: Can't you see it?
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: I see one thing, I see why you're such a good cop, and one reason only, because you're so screwed up otherwise. You're beyond human belief, you understand that? You've got nothing else, no personal life, nothing!
Sgt. Jake Martin SFPD: All I'm asking you to do is help me tail a guy for a few days, its routine!
Insp. Leo Larsen SFPD: IT IS NOT ROUTINE JAKE, GODDAMMIT, IF THE BOSS SAYS FORGET IT!"
Nine people in San Francisco get on a bus, one leaves alive. The living one takes with him a "greaser", some sort of sub-machine gun that he used to kill the other eight. Why? What is this all about? That is what Sgt. Martin wants to know. One of the eight is his dead partner, who was supposed to be on vacation. Jake Martin( Walter Matthau) is obsessed with this case, and will not rest until he finds the answer. Enters (Bruce Dern)Insp. Leo Larsen, his new partner. This is Leo's break, up into the big time, but his partner doesn't talk much, and it drives him crazy.
Sgt. Jack Martin is "melancholy, bordering on depression, overwhelming him because he suspects he may have lost his partner as the result of the two-year-old case he failed to resolve." Thus "The Laughing Policeman" is a play on words. This case takes us into the underground of San Francisco in the 1970's. Fuzzy, high hair, hippies, bright suits and a tamer life than we know now. The investigation is "right on", and the clues and lack of clues bring them to many stops along the way. All of the clues are looked at carefully, and all of the leads followed up. The criminal elements are all interviewed. The loves and the outlaws are interplayed with junkies and the motorcycle mamas. These detectives are real and play the part, they are depressed and worried and sometimes hate their job. Sgt.Martin has been in this business for a long time, and the unsolved case of a few years ago has now come full tilt. There is the requisite car chase in San Francisco up the hills and around the sharp corners. Walter Matthau has stepped into his second detective role, and at times it seems as if he is reaching for this character. Bruce Dern plays his character with charm and determination. The scenery is magnificent and the city comes alive. This is the beginning of the detective series that we have seen so many times on TV. "The Streets Of San Francisco" it is not, but almost as good.. Recommended. Prisrob 』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (not as good as the original......) 『not as good as the original (which wasn't very good) but has enough of blood, beasts and babes to keep you interested. Far more sillier than the original which also makes a more fun casual watch (especially with a few drinks in you).』
(does anyone notice the final scene??) 『Humanoids From the Deep ok there are like 4-5 reviews on this film and being a big fan of the original corman classic i feel this film does not live up to the original.its watchable but the original has a cult status that is insane and will live on in infamy. however in all of the reviews of this classic remake i have not heard any mention of the final scene where the monsters come out of the sea and attack the fishing village during the cumminity fair was the same exact footage from the original corman classic,they just inserted a good 10-15 minutes of the original film into the remake some twenty years later.am i the only one who notices this as i had not read any other comment on this bizzare twist.???』
(SCARY MOVIE) 『THIS MOVIE WAS BASICALLY ABOUT SCIENTIST DOING TESTS AND THEY BACK FIRE.EMMS SAMMS WAS IN THIS MOVIE AND EVEN THOUGH I ENJOY HER MOVIES THIS ONE WAS WAY TO SCARY FOR ME.FISHMEN ATTACKING A TOWN AND MORE. MY NEPHEW ENJOYED IT BUT I DIDN'T.WHAT THEY DID TO EMMA AT THE END REALLY TURNED ME ON THIS MOVIE THAT WAS REALLY A CRUEL THING TO DO.THAT MADE ME RALLY DISLIKE THIS MOVIE. WATCH THIS MOVIE AND SEE WHAT YOU THINK.』
(And why did I want to see this film again?!) 『This IS the 1980 film starring Doug McClure. Now, ol' Doug was never going to win any awards for his acting, but even he outdoes himself in the bad acting department in this super cheesy film.
I remembered this film from the days when I got my first VCR. I had remembered it as being fairly well done. Boy, was I wrong! This movie BITES!
HFTD follows the same basic premise that every "seafaring" monster film has since Jaws was made: people get attacked, pets get attacked, locals get angry, loyal local takes charge to get monster, expert scientist is readily on hand to assist, more people get eaten, festival/holiday is disturbed by the monster; hero dispatches monster, and finally, the film sets us up for a sequel.
Jaws was a one time thing. Even Speilberg never thought it was going to be as popular as it was since they hadn't been able to get the shark footage that they wanted. The result was a benchmark film against which all other seafaring "monster" films are judged.
The acting is quite terrible throughout. It's not amateur hour, but you can actually see the non acting throughout (McClure's screen wife has absolutely no expression on her face when she is attacked by several of the Humanoids). The scientist who knows what's going on (Ann Turkel) is so vapid that you just want to shake her. Ann Turkel got her acting chops from the modeling runway and we all know that is sufficient (right!). She has no expression and she moves as if in a dream, delivering her lines evenly and expressionless. Hilariously when the hero, the scientist, and the honorable local (an American Indian) go to the location where the local first saw the monsters, we can tell that the location is anything BUT where he first saw it. How can this be since he saw it on his own property? However the location they identify is NOT his property!
The script is such a pitiful mess that the writer should be ashamed of himself.
The monsters (the Humanoids) are two legged fish monsters with a tail - at about 7 feet tall - they are the result of frog DNA being merged with salmon DNA and then the salmon being eaten by "the once thought extinct but isn't really" coelocanth. So where do they get their two adult legs and extra long five fingered arms (oh, that must be the frog DNA at work, since frogs are bipeds, aren't they?).
Rob Bottin created the monster costumes and while not totally stupid looking, they are quite idiotic (but that's more the director's and producer's fault than his).
Really cheesy and badly done film. Don't bother.』
(Why Roger...why?) 『I don't see why Roger Corman would allow one of his best, if not best of his works to get butchered like this, even when he was producing. The entire scare factor that the original had is gone, the great music is gone, the characters you could give a damn about are gone, the awesome monsters are gone, leaving this movie a VERY pale imitation of a classic 1980 monster movie.
I can understand that this was a low budget, but so was the original, and it still came out better. The original Humanoids looked much better then these here new ones, the older ones had character and a feeling of terror, these here new ones are horrid, they still have the basic design...but the feeling just is not there. The monsters awesome shreeks are gone, replaced by crappy sounding "ape" grunts.
You couldn't give a care about the characters anymore, that is the best I can say about them. The acting, even by my standards is dreaded, I guess Corman felt that the only way to possibly keep a viewer's attention is throw blood everywhere and womens' chests.』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (No Patch about it) 『Any rating under 5 stars is a tragedy. This movie is absolutely wonderful in many many ways. There is no question about the talent Robin Williams brings but both Monica Potter and Phillip Seymour Hoffman are spectacular in their roles. Simply put, Fantastic. The balance of tragedy and comedy is unsurpassed!』
(What a movie should be) 『This is one of those movies that I kept wanting to watch, but never got around to it. With the long holiday weekend, my family decided that watching this would be a good way to spend part of the time.
I loved it! Patch Adams is a fascinating character and the story is wonderful. Robin Williams is at his best -- not too over-the-top but absolutely hysterical at times. I was laughing out loud in parts and very deeply touched in others. What more can one say about a movie?
I also have to say that Monica Potter is great in this. The camera loves her and she can really, really act.
A great movie that runs the full range of emotion -- terrific!』
(The Patch Review) 『I really enjoy this Movie I'm glad i was able to get it. It came in good condition and there were no scratches on the disks.』
(Waited and waited) 『I didn't receive the item till after the deadline shipment date. i was supposed to receive it by the 18th and didnt get it till later. Boo』
(A DRAMIC COMEDY) 『I'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE BUT NEVER KNEW PATCH ADAMS WAS A REAL PERSON. ROBIN WILLIAMS PLAYS THIS ROLE BEAUTIFULLY. PERFECTLY PUTTING COMEDY AND DRAMA IN THE RIGHT PLACE』 『Patch Adamsraises two schools of thought: There are those who are inspired by the true story of a troubled man who finds happiness in helping others--a man set on changing the world and who may well accomplish the task. And then there are those who feel manipulated by this feel-good story, who want to smack the young medical student every time he begins his silly antics.
Staving off suicidal thoughts, Hunter Adams commits himself into a psychiatric ward, where he not only garners the nickname "Patch," but learns the joy in helping others. To this end, he decides to go to medical school, where he clashes with the staid conventions of the establishment as he attempts to inject humor and humanity into his treatment of the patients ("We need to start treating the patient as well as the disease," he declares throughout the film). Robin Williams, in the title role, is as charming as ever, although someone should tell him to broaden his range--the ever-cheerful do-gooderà laGood Will HuntingandDead Poets Societyis getting a little old. His sidekick Truman (Daniel London) steals the show with his gawky allure and eyebrows that threaten to overtake his lean face--he seems more real, which is odd considering that Patch Adams does exist and this film is based on his life. Monica Potter is the coolly reluctant love interest, and she makes the most of her one-dimensional part. While moments of true heartfelt emotion do come through, the major flaw of this film is that the good guys are just so gosh-darn good and the bad ones are just big meanies with no character development.Patch Adams, though, does provide the tears, the giggles, and the kooky folks who will keep you smiling at the end.--Jenny Brown』
『Based on the true story of a compassionate but outrageous med student who risks his career by defying the medical profession with his unwavering belief that laughter is the best medicine. Contains: feature commentary with director tom shadyac outtakes and behind-the-scenes footage and more. Studio: Uni Dist Corp. (mca) Release Date: 06/24/2008 Starring: Robin Williams Philip Seymour Hoffman Run time: 116 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Tom Shadyac』
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Paramount
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Albert Brooks, Male Psychic Filmmaker...) 『Real Life (1978) After directing some short films shown during the early days of Saturday Night Live, Albert Brooks made his feature directing debut with this somewhat prescient comedy about an average American family (including Charles Grodin-Midnight Run and Frances Lee McCain-Gremlins) who agree to let fast talking show business hipster Albert Brooks (as a cheesier version of himself) spend a year filming their lives for a reality program. Of course nothing goes as planned, and soon everyone is getting pretty crazy filming and being filmed 24 hours a day. Written by Brooks, Monica Johnson, and Harry Shearer (of all people), this one works fairly well, starting off funny, getting a little soft in the middle, then coming back on track for a bright wrapup. Among the high points: hearing Shearer's now familiar voice on the radio a time or two; hearing controversial Hollywood producer Jennings Lang provide a vocal cameo as (what else?) a money worshipping Hollywood producer; the always welcome Grodin; Brooks himself, unafraid to make the movie version of himself obnoxious and annoying (a bit like a slightly lower key 70's Vince Vaughn); and the eerie moments when this nearly 30 year old movie seems to be psychic, predicting the rise of reality entertainment, and my fave of all: the scene where Brooks explains the filming technology to his subject family, showing them a purposely goofy looking whole head helmet the cameramen will wear to shoot the footage. Asked where the film is in the camera, Brooks replies there is no film, the helmets will record the images and sound digitally, with chip boards that are removed so the footage can be edited, with a fresh chip board inserted for more filming. Kind of like my digital still camera and its memory card. Wow. Maybe this technology was already being researched in 1979, but considering it took tech super guru George Lucas another 20 years to film something digitally, that's a pretty amazing prediction. That is a slight digression, however, so to wrap the movie up-a definite recommendation for fans of Brooks or Grodin, keeping in mind that soft middle section. Others seeking entertainment might be better advised to try a different Brooks film like Modern Romance or Lost in America.』
(Still Hilarious...And Hardly Seen) 『Anyone who is into that whole 'Simpson's' style of humor should really enjoy this. A movie way ahead of it's time, it features Albert Brooks as a semi-psychotic filmmaker who is making a movie about Charles Grodin and his family. There are so many comedic bits that work here; The tension between Albert and the Black journalist Dr Cleery is hilarious; The scene with the show horse works quite nicely, as does Brooks sudden singing at the start of the film. For those who appreciate Brook's unique sense of humor, I can't imagine you would find fault. And for a movie that was made in the late 70's, it's still funnier than stuff that came out last week. Harry Shearer contributed to the script, stars, and offers his voice to the radio playing in Charles Grodin's car. Grodin is in top form here, too. Constantly depressed('She set the table...He set the mood...'), Grodin makes a perfect counterpart to Brooks and his hair-brained mania. Also, it should be noted that the narrative, provided by Brooks throughout, is a constant source of comedic 'gold'. This film is smart, different, and, and the title of this review indicated, hilarious.』
(Brook's first film is one of a kind.) 『Albert Brooks may be the most creative comedian of this and the last century (his real name is ALBERT EINSTEIN after all; and you can look it up)
This first film is hilarious; obnoxious; and all together FUNNY! Brooks rarely if ever plays sympathetic characters in his movies; all the while skewering people who are the same in "real life". This is the ultimate put-on movie; may have influenced in some way the later films of Christopher Guest. Some of my favorite bits are Albert's "back burner" confrontation with the black consultant, His appearance at the front door in clown makeup (listen for his in-character "hello?" before Grodin opens the door-for some reason it always makes me LOL), most of the preparation experiments for what amounted to a month or so of filming (instead of the hoped for year)before it collapsed are hilarious as well. Brooks may have made better films but this is still the most original of them all.』
(Love him or hate him) 『Albert Brooks is one of this culture's most revealing litmus tests. Some people don't find him the least bit funny. The fault was once believed to lie in Brooks's"understated, subtle-to-the-point-of-non-existent"humor. New findings, however, point to a flaw in the brain of the viewer. Specifically, the congenital underdevelopment of a region in the Occipital cortex known as"Schmegegy's Area", long thought responsibe for sense of humor. While it's not a serious brain disorder, the name of the syndrome is"Serious Brain Disorder". Real Life isn't the funniest movie of all time. That honor belongs to Modern Romance. Real Life is the second funniest movie of all time. The"Airport"line is my favorite. Buy at your own risk. If you don't love it, you've self-diagnosed yourself as having a most unfunny brain.』
(I'm not the Indian rubber man..........................) 『This may be the funniest movie I've ever seen. I have watched it countless times and I never get tired of it. You have to watch this more than once to catch everything. Albert is SO obnoxious and SO egotistical to the point of utter madness. One of the funniest scenes is when Dr. Cleary abandons the project. You've got to see it to believe it. There are so many unforgettable funny lines in this film, too."I'm not a scientist, I'm a comedian, I can afford the luxury of honesty."SEE THIS MOVIE------STUDY IT------WORSHIP IT』 『Just asThe Twelve Chairsis one of Mel Brooks's least-known movies and most deserving of rediscovery, so isReal Life, the first feature film by Albert Brooks (no relation), a buried treasure.
An expansion of one of the short films Brooks created for the inaugural season ofSaturday Night Live(and when will someone release those on video?),Real Lifetakes its cue fromAn American Family, the landmark 1973 PBS documentary that unflinchingly captured on film the life and gradual dissolution of the wildly dysfunctional Loud family. As a satire of the media's intrusion into our lives, it would make an ideal double-feature withThe Truman Show.
Brooks stars as himself, a comedian who, he states, would have been a scientist had he "studied harder or been graded more fairly." Though obliviously unqualified, he is spearheading a project that endeavors to capture a year in the life of a typical American family.
Charles Grodin stars as put-upon Warren Yeager, the Phoenix, Arizona, veterinarian who watches helplessly as the callous Brooks overwhelms his life. (At one point, Brooks makes an entrance in a clown suit to cheer up the depressed brood.) Frances Lee McCain costars as Grodin's wife, who develops a crush on Brooks. "I'm a shallow fellow," he insincerely dissuades her.
This docu-comedy is vintage Brooks, but so dryly deadpan that the uninitiated might not be in on the joke. Among the scenes that are classics in the Brooks canon are his hilariously inappropriate production number that launches the film (he belts out "Something's Gotta Give" to the locals), his cheery dismissal of the unnecessary but union-imposed film crew ("See you at the premiere!"), the revelation that Mrs. Yeager's gynecologist is a notorious "baby broker" previously exposed on60 Minutes, and the increasingly fractious production meetings in which an old-Hollywood producer (listening in on speaker phone) insists that Brooks cast James Caan as a neighbor.
Real Lifewas cowritten by Monica Johnson, who later collaborated with Brooks onModern Romance,Lost in America,The Scout,Mother, and Harry Shearer (from another classic mockumentary,This Is Spinal Tap), who also appears as Pete the cameraman.--Donald Liebenson』
price：$1.45
Sony Pictures
Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (alien abduction) 『Very interesting. I really admire people who can come forward and talk about this. A must have movie.』
(Night Skies--Fact, Fiction, Horror, or Sci-Fi??) 『Who cares at this point. This movie was better than the reviews. The acting was solid. Should we believe all abductees are returned to earth. I know, from a personal experience, that these beings exist. I got off track. I enjoyed the film and certainly thought it believable. I am unable to find information supporting the movie to be fact-based.』
(Decent science fiction/horror film based on "true events") 『_Night Skies_ was a decent enough science fiction film, though I agree with the reviewer Wayne Beckham that the movie is really more horror than science fiction.
The movie claimed that it is based on true events, one event pretty well documented, the other news to me. The documented one was the March 13, 1997 sighting and filming of unidentified lights in the Arizona night sky by thousands of people, a sighting still debated by some to this day. I liked the incorporation of this event into the movie, both the use of actual footage from the sighting and the movie's well done special effects depiction of the lights as seen by the characters in the film. I also liked - and was surprised - by the inclusion in the first few moments of the movie of Senator John McCain being asked in a press conference about the lights, that was well done (and unlike the trickery used to include President Bill Clinton in the movie _Contact_, was using footage directly related to what the movie was about).
The other event, not something I had heard about previously, was the story of a Gulf War veteran, stranded on a backroad in very rural Arizona and the five people in a RV who ran into him. Both vehicles disabled, the soldier and the people in the RV (a married couple, a couple that was engaged, and the sister to one of the men) at first mostly bicker about whose fault it is, try to save the life of the one of the men in the RV who was severely injured in the crash of the RV, and try to get the vehicle repaired to get him to the hospital. Soon however it becomes clear that there is something in the woods, something sinister, one that can play tricks with their minds, make them see things that aren't there, and one by one try to pick off and abduct the various members of this thrown-together group.
The feeling of the film - the briefly glimpsed aliens, people and things suddenly appearing behind people, the rustling in the brush, the screaming, the running, and yes some of the blood - had more in common with a horror movie than a typical science fiction movie (not that that is a bad thing). The alien's motivations were sinister, to abduct the humans (causing maximum terror while doing it, naturally) and them probe them horrifically in their spaceship (which was suitable creepy and organic and gooey in make-up).
Not a bad film I guess, I would rate is as good as some of the best of the much improved Sci Fi Saturday night movies of the week. The alien make up was pretty well done, the lights in the sky were very eerie, and I will admit it, one of the girls, the sister, was very good-looking (Ashley Peldon was the actress's name, playing the character Molly). While her character was not particularly deep she was not unpleasant to look at. Overall though the acting was adequate, nothing spectacular though not awful either. I didn't like the way the opening credits were done, a diced-up montage in almost slow motion of a horror scene from later in the movie, it made the film feel to me at least cheaper and more poorly done than it really was. Production values were not bad and if alien abduction movies are your thing (or the _X-Files_) I would say give it a look.』
(Fair movie with a crummy ending) 『Some kids are driving in an RV on some back roads. They notice some lights in the sky, then they crash into a pickup truck that's parked next to the road. One guy falls on a knife that was lying on the floor. Luckily the guy who was driving the pickup knows some first aid, and fixes him up using super glue. Yeah, he probably hasn't got long to live, LOL. Everybody else is pretty unconcerned with their mortally wounded "friend", and spend most of the movie discussing their relationship problems. Then some aliens start...appearing. They might as well be Bigfoot or maybe even mind-controlling evil trolls, it doesn't really matter. It's not like they do anything "alien" to these people other than terrorize them a bit. Kind of funny actually, they can travel all the way here from another planet yet they can't break through the door on an RV.
After a somewhat exciting scene with the RV being attacked by something from outside, we move on to the next part of the movie - I won't spoil it - but suffice it to say I was expecting another ten or fifteen minutes before the movie eventually built to its climax. Instead, it just ended. Yup, roll credits, we're done here. What happened to half the characters? Don't know, we're through, wrap it up already.
The characters were mildly interesting, the plot was fairly disappointing because it relied on people getting confused (or maybe their minds were being controlled?). Eh, doesn't really matter I guess. Overall, I've seen much worse, but that doesn't mean this thing is especially good either. Good for a boring Tuesday night when you're not really expecting anything too exciting anyway.』
(Watch the Night Skies) 『This is an excellent 'B' movie. I liked it better than 'Fire In the Sky'. Decent acting. Scary and lots of fun.』 『This sci-fi horror film is based on a true story of unexplained UFO sightings in the southwestern United States in 1997. The collective sightings became known as the 'Phoenix Lights' and were witnessed by community leaders members of law enforcement as well as thousands of everyday citizens. The film which is based on transcripts from actual hypnosis-therapy sessions finally reveals what happened after the infamous incident ended and how six people stranded by chance on a forgotten road encountered more than just lights in the sky.System Requirements:Run Time: 85 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY Rating: R UPC: 043396170049 Manufacturer No: 17004』
Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Sarah Palin Effect) 『We bought this Sarah Palin mask to cover up a dummy we were using for a Breast Exam with the students.. We need a female face mask and her named appeared.
The effect didn't turn out so well, some got offended and other didn't care. Overall, the latex rubber was a bit too big. It had too much of a cartoon look.』
(The material stinks so it is unwearable) 『My friend said it smells like moldy balls. He meant rubber balls but it still made me laugh. But it stinks. I wouldn't give it to my dog to chew because I was afraid of what it might be made of.
Regardless, the item is not worth it. You'd be better off going with the Sash and Glasses costume if you want to be Sarah Palin.』 『Transform to Sarah Palin with a Sarah Palin Deluxe Mask. One Size Fits Most Adults. Mask is latex.』
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Out of Touch) 『I really went into this book with an open mind and was let down. McCain is out of touch. These stories are not his own, but are just a retelling of the good works of others. In his introduction he shows how out of touch he is by telling a story about how he and his family drove through a bad neighborhood in Mexico and that somehow taught him a lot about human nature.』
(McCain Secrets Revealed) 『For those who have questions about John McCain, this is a must read. It holds the reasons behind many of John McCain's otherwise inexplicable behavior. Many of his own political party, in this election cycle, have wondered why he refuses to attack Senator Obama for his associations with America bashing Jeremiah Wright. The answer is found in the chapter on the Native American Chief Tecumseh.
The book says much about John McCain, the senator and Navy Captain. I highly recommend it.』
(There is something wrong with this guy and let me tell you what it is - deceit.) 『There is something wrong with this guy and let me tell you what it is - deceit, August 17, 2008 By Xuan Loc 1967-69 - See all my reviews
Character is Destiny
McCain likes to illustrate his moral fibre by referring to his five years as a prisoner-of-war in Vietnam. And to demonstrate his commitment to family values, the 71-year-old former US Navy pilot pays warm tribute to his beautiful blonde wife, Cindy, with whom he has four children.
But there is another Mrs McCain who casts a ghostly shadow over the Senator's presidential campaign.
She is seldom seen and rarely written about, despite being mother to McCain's three eldest children.
And yet, had events turned out differently, it would be she, rather than Cindy, who would be vying to be First Lady. She is McCain's first wife, Carol, who was a famous beauty and a successful swimwear model when they married in 1965.
She was the woman McCain dreamed of during his long incarceration and torture in Vietnam's infamous `Hanoi Hilton' prison and the woman who faithfully stayed at home looking after the children and waiting anxiously for news.
But when McCain returned to America in 1973 to a fanfare of publicity and a handshake from Richard Nixon, he discovered his wife had been disfigured in a terrible car crash three years earlier.
Her car had skidded on icy roads into a telegraph pole on Christmas Eve, 1969. Her pelvis and one arm were shattered by the impact and she suffered massive internal injuries.
When Carol was discharged from hospital after six months of life-saving surgery, the prognosis was bleak.
In order to save her legs, surgeons had been forced to cut away huge sections of shattered bone, taking with it her tall, willowy figure. She was confined to a wheelchair and was forced to use a catheter.
Through sheer hard work, Carol learned to walk again. But when John McCain came home from Vietnam, she had gained a lot of weight and bore little resemblance to her old self.
Today, she stands at just 5ft4in and still walks awkwardly, with a pronounced limp. Her body is held together by screws and metal plates and, at 70, her face is worn by wrinkles that speak of decades of silent suffering.
For nearly 30 years, Carol has maintained a dignified silence about the accident, McCain and their divorce.
But last week at the bungalow where she now lives at Virginia Beach, a faded seaside resort 200 miles south of Washington, she told The Mail on Sunday how McCain divorced her in 1980 and married Cindy, 18 years his junior and the heir to an Arizona brewing fortune, just one month later.
Carol insists she remains on good terms with her ex-husband, who agreed as part of their divorce settlement to pay her medical costs for life. `I have no bitterness,'she says.
`My accident is well recorded. I had 23 operations, I am five inches shorter than I used to be and I was in hospital for six months. It was just awful, but it wasn't the reason for my divorce.
`My marriage ended because John McCain didn't want to be 40, he wanted to be 25. You know that happens...it just does.'
Some of McCain's acquaintances are less forgiving, however. They portray the politician as a self-centred womaniser who effectively abandoned his crippled wife to `play the field'.
They accuse him of finally settling on Cindy, a former rodeo beauty queen, for financial reasons.
McCain was then earning little more than£25,000 a year as a naval officer, while his new father-in-law, Jim Hensley, was a multi-millionaire who had impeccable political connections.
He first met Carol in the Fifties while he was at the US Naval Academy in Annapolis. He was a privileged, but rebellious scion of one of America's most distinguished military dynasties - his father and grandfather were both admirals.
But setting out to have a good time, the young McCain hung out with a group of young officers who called themselves the `Bad Bunch'.
His primary interest was women and his conquests ranged from a knife-wielding floozy nicknamed `Marie, the Flame of Florida' to a tobacco heiress.
Carol fell into his fast-living world by accident. She escaped a poor upbringing in Philadelphia to become a successful model, married an Annapolis classmate of McCain's and had two children - Douglas and Andrew - before renewing what one acquaintance calls `an old flirtation' with McCain.
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It seems clear she was bowled over by McCain's attention at a time when he was becoming bored with his playboy lifestyle.
`He was 28 and ready to settle down and he loved Carol's children,' recalled another Annapolis graduate, Robert Timberg, who wrote The Nightingale's Song, a bestselling biography of McCain and four other graduates of the academy.
The couple married and McCain adopted Carol's sons. Their daughter, Sidney, was born a year later, but domesticity was clearly beginning to bore McCain - the couple were regarded as `fixtures on the party circuit' before McCain requested combat duty in Vietnam at the end of 1966.
When McCain - his hair turned prematurely white and his body reduced to little more than a skeleton - was released in March 1973, he told reporters he was overjoyed to see Carol again.
But friends say privately he was `appalled' by the change in her appearance. At first, though, he was kind, assuring her: `I don't look so good myself. It's fine.'
`I thought, of course, we would live happily ever after,' says Carol. But as a war hero, McCain was moving in ever-more elevated circles.
But already the McCains' marriage had begun to fray. `John started carousing and running around with women,' said Robert Timberg.
McCain has acknowledged that he had girlfriends during this time, without going into details. Some friends blame his dissatisfaction with Carol, but others give some credence to her theory of a mid-life crisis.
He was also fiercely ambitious, but it was clear he would never become an admiral like his illustrious father and grandfather and his thoughts were turning to politics.
In 1979 - while still married to Carol - he met Cindy at a cocktail party in Hawaii.
Over the next six months he pursued her, flying around the country to see her.
Then he began to push to end his marriage.
Carol and her children were devastated. `It was a complete surprise,' says Nancy Reynolds, a former Reagan aide.
`They never displayed any difficulties between themselves. I know the Reagans were quite shocked because they loved and respected both Carol and John.'
Another friend added: `Carol didn't fight him. She felt her infirmity made her an impediment to him. She justified his actions because of all he had gone through. She used to say, "He just wants to make up for lost time."'
Indeed, to many in their circle the saddest part of the break-up was Carol's decision to resign herself to losing a man she says she still adores.
Friends confirm she has remained friends with McCain and backed him in all his campaigns. `He was very generous to her in the divorce but of course he could afford to be, since he was marrying Cindy,' one observed.
McCain transferred the Florida beach house to Carol and gave her the right to live in their jointly-owned townhouse in the Washington suburb of Alexandria.
He also agreed to pay her alimony and child support.
A former neighbour says she subsequently sold up in Florida and Washington and moved in 2003 to Virginia Beach. He said: `My impression was that she found the new place easier to manage as she still has some difficulties walking.'
Meanwhile McCain moved to Arizona with his new bride immediately after their 1980 marriage.
There, his new father-in-law gave him a job and introduced him to local businessmen and political powerbrokers who would smooth his passage to Washington via the House of Representatives and Senate.
And yet despite his popularity as a politician, there are those who won't forget his treatment of his first wife.
Ted Sampley, who fought with US Special Forces in Vietnam and is now a leading campaigner for veterans' rights, said: `I have been following John McCain's career for nearly 20 years.
I know him personally. There is something wrong with this guy and let me tell you what it is - deceit.
`When he came home and saw that Carol was not the beauty he left behind, he started running around on her almost right away. Everybody around him knew it.
`Eventually he met Cindy and she was young and beautiful and very wealthy.
At that point McCain just dumped Carol for something he thought was better.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Character is Destiny!!
`This is a guy who makes such a big deal about his character. He has no character. He is a fake. If there was any character in that first marriage, it all belonged to Carol.'
EDITOR'S NOTE: Character is Destiny!!
One old friend of the McCains said: `Carol always insists she is not bitter, but I think that's a defense mechanism.
She also feels deeply in his debt because in return for her agreement to a divorce, he promised to pay for her medical care for the rest of her life.'
EDITOR'S NOTE: Cindy's Daddy's money. Just imagine the agreement his lawyers would have prepared to keep Carol quiet for the rest of her life.
Character is Destiny!!
Carol remained resolutely loyal as McCain's political star rose. She says she agreed to talk to The Mail on Sunday only because she wanted to publicise her support for the man who abandoned her.
Indeed, the old Mercedes that she uses to run errands displays both a disabled badge and a sticker encouraging people to vote for her ex-husband. `He's a good guy,' she assured us. `We are still good friends. He is the best man for president.'
But Ross Perot, who paid her medical bills all those years ago, now believes that both Carol McCain and the American people have been taken in by a man who is unusually slick and cruel - even by the standards of modern politics.
`McCain is the classic opportunist. He's always reaching for attention and glory,' he said.
`After he came home, Carol walked with a limp.
So he threw her over for a poster girl with big money from Arizona. And the rest is history.'
EDITOR'S NOTE: Character is Destiny!! 』
(Excellent Book On Character) 『John McCain's book is well written and provides individualized examples of people who exemplify the important characteristics he's written about including: honesty(Thomas More),loyalty (Sir Ernest Shackleton)- who also could have easily been chosen as a model of leadership also,citizenship(Pat Tillman),cooperation(John Wooden),generosity(Osceola McCarty) - a truly inspiring story, and many others. This is a great book for anyone, particularly for younger people who are forming their characters. It would also make an excellent gift book. I've given it to a few people already.
This is not a political book. It's simply a super compendium of character. It's for anyone. It is disturbing to note some of the "argumentum ad hominem" directed against McCain in the review comments, which may be suitable to a political forum, but seem inappropriate in this one. It would be a shame for that to keep someone from buying this very worthwhile book. McCain probably won't get my vote for President, but he surely has it for this book.』
(Suprisingly Interesting) 『Long car ride. 4 kids. Hey, let's torture the kids with John McCain... we packed along the iPods and gadgets, and figured WE (the adults) would listen to this while the kids ignored it.
We popped in the first disc of the audio CD. After about 5 minutes, I thought, "there's just no way I can listen to this through the whole state of Utah!" McCain's voice is pretty monotone. Enough to put someone to sleep. Except, that after a little while, I realized I was listening to what Senator McCain was SAYING, listening to the story. The stories contained are very interesting.
Eventually, my 7yr old son and 10 yr old daughter were engrossed in these stories.
I also have a stronger opinion of Senator McCain after some of his musings. When he spoke of Pat Tillman, McCain says, "I wish I had known him. I wish I had known him all of his life." There were many comments like this that made you sure that Senator McCain really gave a hoot about the subjects of his stories.
Whether you are a Republican, or other -- this is quite a read/listen. it you have any emotions, you will probably cry at times. You will cringe and feel for these heroes.
BUY THIS! You won't be disappointed.』 『InCharacter is Destiny, McCain tells the stories of celebrated historical figures and lesser-known heroes whose values exemplify the best of the human spirit. He illustrates these qualities with moving stories of triumph against the odds, righteousness in the face of iniquity, hope in adversity, and sacrifices for a cause greater than self-interest. The tributes he pays here to men and women who have lived truthfully will stir the hearts of young and old alike, and help prepare us for the hard work of choosing our destiny.
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Usually ships in 24 hours Core2Duoノートレビュー 's review (Good Digital Insights) 『Campaign '08: A Turning Point For Digital Media
What a great Book! Very clever insights about the relation between american politics and the digital world.
Made me realize a lot of different aspects about the way politics and campaigns are beeing coordinated.
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(A Great Read) 『What a great book. I especially liked the chapter on search marketing. Kate did a wonderful job here.』
(Reviews of Campaign '08 from Google's Peter Greenberger and E-Voter's Karen Jagoda (posted by the book's author)) 『"In clear, simple prose illuminated by specific examples from both sides of the aisle, Kaye reveals a little known but critical facet of campaign '08: the important role of online advertising. Friends, tweets, subscribers and videos received most of the attention, but 2008 may be remembered most as the election when campaign advertising dollars began the inevitable migration online. Kaye provides the evidence in a book intended for both curious observers and political practitioners interested in how campaigns won in '08 and how they will adapt in '10 and beyond." - Peter Greenberger, manager of elections and advocacy, Google
"Follow the money in this compelling account of how advertising dollars were spent on the Internet in the presidential campaign of 2008. Resistance by all political consultants to online display advertising, search, and social nets is futile. This tale captures the behind the scene struggles." - Karen Jagoda, president, E-Voter Institute』 『If most media outlets covering the presidential campaigns had anything to say about it, Facebook, YouTube, blogs, and other social media phenomena would get all the credit for making 2008 the most digital election ever. But that's only half the Web story. Many of the campaigns used a far more measurable online campaign tactic: paid online advertising. Throughout the election season, Campaign '08 author Kate Kaye closely followed the paid efforts of the campaigns, observing their display and search advertising, how they bought online media, where they targeted their ads, what the goals were, and how much they spent. Coupling her extensive research with information gleaned from campaign insiders, Kaye tells the story of the most advanced political digital marketing campaigns in history.』
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Usually ships in 24 hours 『Facilitation skills are critical for today's successful business leaders, managers, and learning professionals. Do your key leaders and managers have the skills needed to be great facilitators? This book is your all-in-one train-the-trainer resource to guide development of 1 and 2-day instructor led courses in this vital business and organizational skill.Facilitation Skills Trainingdemonstrates step-by-step how to set up effective training from creating an effective learning environment to the use of media in the class. Skills practice exercises are also part of this practical guide. Background information from learning theory to handling difficult participants is also provided. The book includes everything you need for success plus a CD-ROM with all learning activities, handouts, assessments, training instruments, and tools for immediate application.』
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