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Atmospheric TV adaptation of a famous play by Susan Hill, that spends it first third building up its characters, before moving to the creepy country house, its poor colour contrast give away its TV roots immediately, this really should have been in black & white, but still as a ghost story it had a couple of unsettling moments, still though after waiting so long to see it I must say I was sadly just a little underwhelmed.
This is grass roots film making at its best with snappy dialogue carrying a "Midnight Cowboy" kind of story about grifters doing whatever it takes to survive in urban San Francisco.
Back to the roots with "like it is in heaven" - what are the real values of life?
Social issues like black market trading of precious goods, in this case human organs usually from children; nostalgia for childhood and one's roots, which was especially prevalent in Dead or Alive 2; thumbing-of-the-nose at taboos like gay sex and (satirical) rape/violence towards women; blood-curdling violence.
"Ruby in Paradise" is a beautiful, coming-of-age story about a young woman, Ruby Lee Gissing, escaping her stifling roots to become herself.
Both Artists came back to their roots, to the places that they love deeply, to the people they remembered, loved and wanted to honor.
And if you'll allow yourself to see the beauty of the frames themselves and ignore the low-budget coloring and animation and the identical twin faces - at this point Miyazaki is still faithful to his roots and to the agreed standards of Japanese cartooning - you'll see Miyazaki's genius shine through as well as it does on 'Spirited Away' and Mononoke.
Though the film unfortunately sways from its Russian roots, its low back cut dresses are lovely, Alexander plays his role sublimely.The director underestimated her audience, we hardly ever get to play and the only hint of The Luzhin Defense is after trading queens, isolate the opponents King with your 3 paws & King, sacrificing the castle for mate.
Tracing it's roots back to "Double Indemnity," and "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in the 40's - this was a great example of Modern Film Noir in the 90's.
The main cast gave good performances and Dick Van Dyke's entertainer roots shone through with the use of magic, dance and humor.
"Antwone Fisher" tells of a young black U.S. Navy enlisted man and product of childhood abuse and neglect (Luke) whose hostility toward others gets him a stint with the base shrink (Washington) leading to introspection, self appraisal, and a return to his roots.
The great thing is, this entire movie looks improbable despite its 'road movie' roots.
Law and order and religion have established roots in the town, but the old order of cattle drives, cowboys, and gunslingers is still around as well.
After a break of seven years, Dirty Harry has finally gone back to his roots.
It's rather refreshing to see animation getting back to it's roots by reintroducing adult themes.
Tiempo de Valientes fits snugly into the buddy action movie genre, but transcends its roots thanks to excellent casting, tremendous rapport between its leads, and outstanding photography.
For example, it takes the series back to some of it's roots.
He just looks like the version of a prisoner of proletarian roots according to "G.Q." magazine, with a language too sophisticated for someone who has spent most of his life behind bars.
These are the roots of a social revolution that is still playing out: "don't speak too soon for the wheel's still in spin, for the times they are a-changin'".
Seeing this as as adult allows one to catch the references that are way over the heads of the target audience - like the bit where Jimmy's grey witch wig is ripped off and Witch Hazel (Cass) sneers "I KNEW she had brown roots!".
Far superior to "The Grifters", which was a good movie, this film really stayed true to the pulp fiction/film noir roots from which the story came.
Wanting to plant roots, Connie has fallen in love with an old house and purchased it, possibly without thinking it through.
As always, Mitchell treats the role with the greatest respect, digging into the character and turning what could have been a generic role into someone the viewer cares about and roots for.
It has an excellent global rather than US or British focus and covers everything from the roots of metal to all it's various past and present incarnations with almost all of the information coming from either band members themselves, fans or interested third parties from various academic backgrounds.
Drop Squad is ostensibly about a black man being brought back in touch with his roots through de-programming.
Even with such a novel idea, it couldn't escape its roots that hang heavily in this old-hat haunted house format.
They trace gay cinema's roots back to Kenneth Anger's Fireworks.
They went back to the roots on this one and did their magic with mood and acting as opposed to blasting the audience with monied tricks.
Jagjit is your typical FOB (Fresh of the Boat), Ajay is the thug who "thinks he black", Saleem is the ultra-conservative Muslim and Kris plays the role of a coconut who isn't in touch with his Indian roots.
Lang's roots in German expressionism are evident here, as shown particularly in the design of Fonda's isolated prison cell, during a fog-enshrouded prison break, and in that final, heavenly shot.
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