"Slumdog Millionaire," is a more complex story, yet like "Rocky," it is an Hindi yarn of a young Indian boy struggling to survive, while endeavoring to salvage what grace he can scavenge, like so many crumbs from the meager table of the proletariat.
Published: Sunday, February 20th, 2022 @ 9:09 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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"Vicky Cristina Barcelona" was surprisingly funny. Laughing out loud at neurotic Europeans and American Tourists is rather more humorous than considering the humor wrapped in the neurosis of Manhattan natives, which has been the staple of previous Woody Allen Movies.
Published: Saturday, February 19th, 2022 @ 3:46 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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"Burn After Reading," the latest edition in Ethan and Joel Coen's offbeat and often distinctive films: some comedies, some dramas, some from another world of intellect, was exactly what I expected - overwhelmingly eclectic.
Published: Thursday, February 10th, 2022 @ 2:11 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Or possibly, you may question your sanity as to why you just spent 115 minutes of your precious time to wade through some fairly disturbing images, just to catch up on what passes for a preadolescent monster posing as an innocent, precociously wise and complex character study of a "girl gone wild."
Published: Wednesday, February 9th, 2022 @ 6:02 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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A dramatic retelling of the post-Watergate television interviews between British talk-show host David Frost and former president Richard Nixon.
Published: Wednesday, January 26th, 2022 @ 8:26 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Apparently, one of the best ways to start an argument over music is to discuss the inter-personal relationships of the various members of The Band.
Published: Wednesday, January 5th, 2022 @ 10:07 am
By: Bobby Tony
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I'm sure this is not a first, maybe it is: But when has Bath, NC ever had a musician at the precipice of talent as Missy Raines with her New Hip in tow?
Published: Tuesday, January 4th, 2022 @ 6:45 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Jewel's "Picking Up the Pieces" Tour, showcased March 19, 2016 at Durham's Carolina Theater, is ancillary to her autobiography, "Never Broken", which is at the nexus of her every one woman show; it is her all consuming theme projected well, her life as a poetic masterpiece.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 9:25 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Touching film full of life lessons, with more than its share of unforced humor, "The Blind Side" was easily one of the best films of 2009.
Published: Monday, January 3rd, 2022 @ 5:31 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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One of my favorite bands from my era, which produced the best music of the 20th century, is The Band.
Published: Wednesday, December 29th, 2021 @ 6:06 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Stan and Bobby Tony offer opinions on the similarity of two movies.
Published: Friday, December 22nd, 2017 @ 8:25 am
By: Bobby Tony
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Wyatt Sanderman Day was a friend I made as he entered his twilight years. One would not believe that singular truth by looking at the man: his peppery hair, his square jaw, his thick working-man-hands, but make no mistake about the fact, his days were surely numbered.
Published: Saturday, December 17th, 2016 @ 8:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always enjoyed film reviews ... well some of them. Obviously our readers do too.
Published: Tuesday, February 23rd, 2016 @ 2:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always enjoyed film reviews ... well some of them. Obviously our readers do too.
Published: Wednesday, August 26th, 2015 @ 1:03 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Iconic actor Brad Pitt continues to play a plethora of roles broadening his repertoire, expanding his range as an actor as he grows into middle age.
Published: Friday, April 24th, 2015 @ 12:24 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Regardless of whether one appreciates the nuanced work of the eclectic Austin, Texas Writer /Director, one must admit that his films are at least unique in their construction, their quality.
Published: Thursday, March 26th, 2015 @ 6:44 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always enjoyed film reviews ... well some of them. Obviously our readers do too.
Published: Sunday, March 22nd, 2015 @ 8:11 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Australia is a rather large country, with a rather sparse population leading one to query: What doth they produce? One product in particular is their actors. They export a good many actors.
Published: Saturday, March 21st, 2015 @ 5:10 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Clint Eastwood began as a popular television actor during the 'Golden Age' of television, staring as Rowdy Yates, on the fabulous T.V. Western "Rawhide".
Published: Tuesday, March 17th, 2015 @ 11:41 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Acclaimed octogenarian film director /actor Clint Eastwood, and rising film star Bradley Cooper, who producer of American Sniper may just have a monetary, and critically acclaimed hit on their hands with the Chris Kyle biopic that each are so powerfully responsible for.
Published: Monday, March 16th, 2015 @ 5:21 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Often described as the modern day Jimmy Stewart, Tom Hanks has the versatility of character adaptation to play roles that his audience identify with, especially in roles that offer him the range to be the quintessential American.
Published: Saturday, February 28th, 2015 @ 10:23 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Robert Duvall has the rarefied purpose of being among a handful of my favorite actors.
Published: Monday, February 16th, 2015 @ 2:48 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I have always enjoyed film reviews ... well some of them. Obviously our readers do too.
Published: Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 @ 6:31 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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This show, by this ensemble of consummate musicians, is part of the Sunday in the Park Outdoor Concert Series, brought to the public by the Greenville Parks and Recreation. The price of admission to the public to hear The Barefoot Movement is no charge.
Published: Saturday, July 28th, 2012 @ 1:26 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The terribly flawed congressional members that were used as foils - a backdrop or canvas to paint this morality play - were just one of the many parallels to today's society that gave this film the edginess of real life.
Published: Wednesday, July 25th, 2012 @ 2:27 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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In understanding the symbolic qualities deep within the historical context of this film, one can make the argument that Director Stephen Daldry's adaptation of David Hare's screenplay of the widely read Bernhard Schlink book, is an important film.
Published: Thursday, July 19th, 2012 @ 10:51 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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What Led Self-professed Conservative Walter Jones to Endorse Self-professed Liberal Arthur Williams?This system worked quite well; they were a great team - Ed was unbeatable and Arthur was to be the ascending Democrat in one local seat or another, after Ed retired, and Ed did one day retire.
Published: Sunday, June 24th, 2012 @ 1:55 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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"The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford" gives us a slow, drawn look at his last days as a paranoid sociopath and the aftermath that rewarded his place in history as a folk hero.
Published: Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 @ 12:17 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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It is just that he was so drastically different - odd in most people's estimation - that one, I believe, would need to have lived just a piece of his unique existence to understand his genius.
Published: Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 @ 9:59 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Middle-aged widower Walter Vale finds richness to his life by discovering that he matters, that others matter. Walter is a miserable man who admits, "I pretend at life. I pretend to work, but, in fact I haven't done any real work for some time."
Published: Monday, April 23rd, 2012 @ 6:10 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Thank-you Ed Harris for bringing to the "silver screen," and my 40" Liquid Crystal Display, a subtle and beautifully filmed story of the old southwest that keeps the "Western" motif alive for future generations.
Published: Thursday, April 19th, 2012 @ 8:28 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Admittedly, I knew nothing of the much loved series of graphic novels, "Watchmen." Whenever a film is done from a fictional depiction of humanity, or a science fictional depiction of a supposed humanity, many humans complain that the book was much better.
Published: Thursday, April 12th, 2012 @ 1:25 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Some folks like their coffee blonde and sweet, but their comedy black. If you are one of that rare breed, you will probably get quite a few belly laughs from the directorial sophomore effort of Bobcat Goldthwaite: "World's Greatest Dad."
Published: Tuesday, April 10th, 2012 @ 12:23 am
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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Buck Howard knows it has been a long time since his 61 appearances on the "Tonight Show with Johnny Carson," and he needs a comeback in the worst way.
Published: Wednesday, April 4th, 2012 @ 11:43 pm
By: Wyatt Sanderman Day
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