Gerhard Roth is in Austrian author, and this book is the first installment of his 7 part series on Austria and its history titled Die Archive des Schweigens ("The Archives of Silence").
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
New Stuff: Gerhard Roth
Gerhard Roth is in Austrian author, and this book is the first installment of his 7 part series on Austria and its history titled Die Archive des Schweigens ("The Archives of Silence").
Fools Rush In (1997)
After a one night stand with a young Mexican a young American realizes that she is pregnant and they decide to get married.
Weak family entertainment with an unoriginal script and not many laughs.
Halliwell (no star): "Unexciting, formulaic romantic comedy of minimal interest."
Maltin**1/2: "Pleasant if unexceptional romantic comedy-drama with appealing and credible performances by the two stars."
Glengarry Glen Ross (1992)
An examination of the machinations behind the scenes at a real estate office.
Although this adaptation of a play doesn't conceal that it's stage-bound, clever direction and a stellar cast of stars at their best make this a movie a memorable experience.
Halliwell**: "A brilliant stage play seems a little claustrophobic on its transfer to the screen, but provides opportunities for some excellent acting."
Maltin***: "David Mamet's scorching, profane, Pulitzer Prize-winning play...is faithfully reproduced (Mamet did the adaptation himself) with a gallery of stunning performances. Pacino is dynamic as the office hot-shot, Lemmon totally credible as the loser, and Baldwin is dynamite (in a part created especially for the film) as an insultin "motivator". Never succeeds in being anything but a photographed play, but when the play and the actors are this good it's hard to complain."
New Stuff: Bill Cosby
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I must admit I've always liked Bill Cosby's TV shows. A recent article on Cosby in The New Yorker mentions this film of his stand-up comedy is probably the best he has ever achieved, so I thought I'd need to watch it.
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