Hereafter ( Clint Eastwood's latest ) stars Matt Damon and a french actress by the name of Cecile DeFrance. Damon had a near death experience as a child and since then had been " cursed " with the special power of being able to connect with the dead. DeFrance also has a near death experience during a tsunami, which, by the way, was frighteningly realistic. The story moves very slowly, but this is normal for character-driven films. Still, how two unhappy people, who have something in common, finally meet is well worth the watch. A good rental, but probably not one most would buy.
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THE GOOD SHEPHERD still interested me greatly. Many reviews I have read found the film boring and less that factual in some cases ( such as the Bay Of Pigs fiasco), and maybe there could have been a little more left on the cutting room floor, but overall the subject matter intrigued me. For those unfamiliar... -
Stars Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson and Joan Allen. Statham is wrongly convicted of killing his wife and sent to prison where the sadistic warden ( Joan Allen ) orchestrates a Death Race program for money. Statham, a one time race car driver, goes up against a motely crew of killers, but ends up pitted...
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I read about this first in an issue of Home Theater Magazine (I think?), and I had wanted to post about it at the time, but unfortunately, I just never got around to it. I misplaced the magazine article and just did an Internet search to get information relating to HDVaseT technology. A link to an announcement:... -
'City of Life and Death' is a Chinese film that depicts the 1937 Battle of Nanking and the subsequent atrocities that were inflicted on the Chinese population by the Imperial Japanese Army. At that time Nanking was the capital city of the Republic of China.
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Amused To Death? What a title. I was browsing Best Buy yesterday and picked up this very interesting CD from Roger Waters of Pink Floyd fame. If you are a fan of The Wall you'll like this disc, too.
David - HTGuide flunky
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