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Lonesome Dove [Blu-ray] [1989] [US Impor Blu-ray Expertly Refurbished Product
02 May, 2024
Great item, great deal, and sent super fast. Such a reliable dealer.
Great item, great deal, and sent super fast. Such a reliable dealer.
The Rainmaker DVD (2007) Matt Damon, Coppola (DIR) cert 15 ***NEW*** Great Value
24 Apr, 2024
COPPOLA & MATT DAMON DELIVER A CLASSY, RIVETING, GRISHAM TALE.
This is a review of the 1997 legal drama, ‘The Rainmaker’. In the absence of any Blu-ray priced within a normal household budget, we watched it on the 2007 Region 2 ‘Special Collector’s Edition’ DVD, from Paramount Home Entertainment (UK), which comes with a good number of extras. It plays in 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen, and Dolby Digital 5.1, and both looks and sounds pretty good. John Grisham’s legal thrillers translate particularly well onto film. If you are looking for an enjoyable, engrossing watch, for a Saturday night, there is no better place to go. They invariably feature deliciously twisty plots, plenty of meaty, emotional, legal issues to keep the audience engaged, and some entertainingly devious, ruthless, highly paid, sleazy legal eagles, to boo and hiss. And invariably, the hero is a talented, but untested, inexperienced, young novice lawyer, just about to start out on their career. They have been played by an impressive array of young acting stars or stars in the making, including Tom Cruise ~ ‘The Firm’(1993); Julia Roberts with Denzil Washington ~ ‘The Pelican Brief’(1993); Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock ~ ‘A Time to Kill’(1996). This film, in the same vein, stars a young Matt Damon. Damon had left Harvard early, to star in Walter Hill’s wonderful ‘Geronimo: An American Legend’(1993). It was not the success that was predicted. He was in the process of launching ‘Good Will Hunting’, a screenplay he co-wrote with Ben Affleck. But before that was released ~ to huge acclaim and nine OSCAR nominations ~ he played Rudy Baylor in ‘Rainmaker’. Baylor, like Damon’s Will Hunting, is a poor kid with great ability. He is a bright young law graduate without connections, who has to work hard to find any sort of job on graduation. He ends up ambulance chasing for a shady law film, down at the iffy end of the legal market. And that leads him to work on a couple of hugely emotional cases, that test him both as a lawyer, and as a man. Grisham’s stories are regularly set in parts of America less well-known to British audiences. His heroes frequent the southern states and Deep South, which adds to the entertainment value of the films. Here we are in Tennessee, with its range of drawling accents, ante-bellum attitudes and macho men. The director is Francis Ford Coppola, one of the true greats of Hollywood, in the second half of the 20th Century. This was the man behind ‘The Godfather’(1972) and all its sequels, but also ‘Apocalypse Now’(1979) and ‘Bram Stoker’s Dracula’(1992). ‘Rainmaker’ was amongst his later works ~ although he is still directing, aged 85! He is not a prolific film-maker, but the quality and scope of Coppola’s work is extraordinary, by any measure. This film may have neither the status or the breadth of some of those other works ~ after all, for many film fans, ‘The Godfather Part 2’ from 1974, is amongst the greatest films ever made. However, it is, nevertheless, a film of real power and presence, and is almost certainly, the best of all the Grisham adaptations. Damon is supported by another young star, Claire Danes. She was already successful, with major roles in ‘Little Women’(1994) and ‘Romeo + Juliette’(1996), but she is superb here. Danny DeVito and Jon Voight also star, as Baylor’s colleague and his slimy, big-bucks lawyer opponent. Both are also brilliant. This is SUCH a classy production. The narrative motors along at a brisk pace, the courtroom scenes will have you on the edge of your seat, and the characterisation is wonderful. 5 totally riveting Stars.
SECRETS OF THE HEART GENUINE R2 DVD CARMELO GOMEZ CHARO LOPEZ VGC
14 Sep, 2021
BEAUTIFUL BASQUE FILM ABOUT CHILDHOOD FEARS & ADULT SECRETS.
This is a review of the 2004 Region 2 DVD from Metrodome. It plays in Spanish, with English subtitles. We had an issue with the original disc, which was apparently new, but appeared to be a DVD pirated off a video copy. It was purchased from one of Amazon’s smaller independent sellers. A subsequent copy appears more satisfactory. There are several excellent Spanish-language films which focus on children, their questions, their fears and their internal battles. Erice’s ‘The Spirit of the Beehive’(1973) is often cited as the high watermark in this field, but Bayona’s ‘The Orphanage’(2007), and del Toro’s ‘The Devil’s Backbone’ (2001) and ‘Pan’s Labyrinth’(2006) are all powerful and highly regarded films. These 3 last films also have more or less of a horror, supernatural or fantasy element. This film, made in 1997, predates, and in some senses prefigures, the 3 films from the 2000s, in that it too touches on topics including ghosts, death and dark secrets. The other common aspect of all these films, is that they are set during the Franco era, when Spain was governed by a ruthless Fascist dictator, or during the bloody Civil War that put him in power. This film is set over a period of months in the early 1960s. Montxo Armendariz, the Basque writer and director of this film, does not pursue quite the same path as del Toro, in particular. This is no horror film; it is thoughtful, intelligent and much more gentle. It considers the way children's imaginations can get carried away if they become aware of fragmentary bits of the truth, just some of the facts, parts of conversations overheard and imperfectly interpreted. And if the child is bright and curious, his family riven with secrets, the effect is magnified. This is the case in this film. Nine year-old Andoni Erburu gives an astoundingly accomplished and beguiling performance as the ever-inquisitive Javi. Javi is the younger son of a widow, played with great sensitivity by Sílvia Munt. But this is a film blessed with a number of rich and memorable performances. Javi’s older brother, 13 year-old Juan, is played by the talented Álvaro Nagore as far more knowing and ~ studiedly ~ worldly-wise. This was his only film performance, as tragically he died in an accident the year after the film was made. Charo López is brilliant as kind and lonely Aunt Maria, regularly assuaging her pain with one too many glasses of wine, and then given to singing. And Vicky Peña gives a touching and powerful performance as the stern and embittered Aunt Rosa. Armendariz’s film also looks very handsome. Set around Pamplona in the Basque country, the scenes set in town and country are nicely complimentary, and the school play, that we see periodically throughout the film, is a treat. The script is clever, sometimes funny, and often very touching and sensitive. This is a warm and insightful film, with a strong message and real heart. A delight!
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