It was mid-November and a winter storm was coming to the mountains of northwest Wyoming.
Monday, June 26, 2017
First Lines: Doug Peacock - Grizzly Years
It was mid-November and a winter storm was coming to the mountains of northwest Wyoming.
Apollo 13 (1995)
NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy.
Top-notch production (and special effects) and cast guarantee for an entertaining, but not quite original or surprising space adventure.
Halliwell**: "A gripping documentary-style recreation of an averted tragedy, excellently done but one that is an uncritical celebration of the American way and which makes no attempt to put the mission into a wider historical context; it settles for simple patriotism."
Maltin***1/2: "Exhilarating story...A rare instance where special effects actually serve the story and help make it completely credible; perfect 1970s period detail is another asset."
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Sunday, June 25, 2017
Texas - Doc Snyder hält die Welt in Atem (1993
Infamous bandit Doc Snyder returns to his hometown Texas after 30 years to get his other to wash his dirty laundry.
The comedian and musician Helge Schneider has his cult following in Germany, and his absurd and anarchaic humour has a limited appeal; but in his first movie, a Western of some kind, it rarely translates to the screen, and the overabundance of scatological jokes doesn't help (tellingly, the movie's tagline translates to "For a fistful of shit") nor does Schneider's babytalk performance.
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