Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

The Spirit of the Beehive

by wag.mado@evpl on Tuesday, December 30 2008, 7:07pm

Thanks to a recommendation by my friend, I watched a stunning film this weekend. Set in a Castilian village somewhere in early 1940's rural Spain, this movie has won international acclaim as a masterpiece - labeled one of the greatest Spanish films...

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Filed under: dvd, reviews, good and evil, families, movies, murder, films, dying, childhood, Spain, foreign films

"The Squid and the Whale": absorbing family drama (not a science documentary)

by lit.fic.reader@evpl on Tuesday, December 30 2008, 2:49pm

After seeing it mentioned on one or two best movie lists, I decided to check out this 2005 film although I wondered if I would enjoy its story about a 1980s Brooklyn couple's decision to divorce and the resulting damage to their two sons. I was swayed...

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Filed under: reviews, families, laura linney, films, Children of Divorced Parents, Jeff Daniels

Two Weeks (2006)

by HRevvdon@evpl on Saturday, December 27 2008, 5:58pm

Two Weeks (2006) is about four grown siblings that return to their mother’s house to be with her while she is dying from ovarian cancer. There are wonderful poignant performances from all the characters, all of which are played by actors that always...

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Filed under: films, Sally Field, ovarial cancer, independent films, Julianne Nicholson, Ben Chaplin, dying

"Burn After Reading"

by MediaPhile@evpl on Friday, December 26 2008, 5:28pm

I guess the ads tipped us off that this was not your run of the mill spy thriller, but let me assure you that nothing about this Coen Brothers movie is run of the mill. Following the dark "No Country for Old Men," the brothers have returned...

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Filed under: reviews, comedy, George Clooney, Burn After Reading, Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand, John Malcovich, Tilda Swinton, Coen Brothers

DTV 101 (part 1): The "Digital TV Transition"; Converter boxes (coupon requests due by 12/31/08!)

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Friday, December 26 2008, 3:15pm

As stated at DTV2009.GOV , "At midnight on February 17, 2009, all full-power television stations in the United States will stop broadcasting in analog and switch to 100% digital broadcasting." Is this gibberish to you? Do you realize that some...

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Filed under: dvd, dtv transition, converter box, dtv, hdtv

"One Magic Christmas"

by MediaPhile@evpl on Monday, December 22 2008, 7:03pm

Everyone has favorite Christmas DVDs. My favorite comedies are "Scrooged" with Bill Murray (since all I had to do was look at Murray and I would start guffawing) and "Christmas Story" (since it is set in Hammond, which is where I grew...

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Filed under: reviews, drama, Christmas, one magic christmas, Mary Steenbergen, Harry Dean Stanton

"Dexter" and his dark roots

by MediaPhile@evpl on Friday, December 19 2008, 9:54am

I've been watching the hit Showtime series "Dexter" on DVD and have been tracing the genealogy of this "lovable" serial killer. The "Dexter" series, based on a 2004 novel entitled "Darkly Dreaming Dexter" by...

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Filed under: reviews, tv shows, talented mr ripley, dexter, patricia highsmith, showtime, tom ripley, darkly dreaming dexter

"The Day the Earth Stood Still"

by MediaPhile@evpl on Wednesday, December 17 2008, 4:04pm

I must have watched the 1951 Robert Wise sci-fi classic "The Day the Earth Stood Still" 10 times as a child. It was one of my all time favorite movies. So as soon as the first ad for the remake flashed on TV, I was hooked. Last weekend I forked...

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"Chuck" is about a nerd that becomes a spy...essentially my life story

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Monday, December 15 2008, 11:50am

In the television show Chuck , Charles "Chuck" Bartowski plays your typical 20-something computer-geek, stuck in a dead-end job at Buy More's Nerd Herd (a less-than-subtle parody of Best Buy's Geek Squad). He lives an uneventful life...

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Filed under: dvd, action, blu-ray, reviews, humor, tv shows, fiction, comedy, romance, thrillers, drama, parody, firefly/serenity, chuck, nbc

"Mongol: the Rise of Genghis Khan"

by MediaPhile@evpl on Saturday, December 13 2008, 12:16pm

This is the best movie I have seen in a while! I watched it twice in the same day. I will state right up front that this is a "foreign movie." Made by award-winning Russian filmmaker Sergei Bodrov and filmed in China, Russia and Kazahkstan,...

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Filed under: reviews, Sergei Bodrov, genghis khan, mongol

And Then I Found ...Then She Found Me

by this.is.not.here@evpl on Wednesday, December 10 2008, 1:35pm

Think you're having a bad day? Helen Hunt's April has just been abandoned by her husband, Matthew Broderick, her adoptive mother dies, and she is approached by a stranger who informs her that her birth mother, Bette Midler, a famous talk show...

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Filed under: Matthew Broderick, Helen Hunt, Bette Midler, Colin Firth, chick flick

Doomsday, wrathful robots, other cheerfulness in "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles"

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Friday, December 5 2008, 9:38am

Being a self-proclaimed sci-fi geek, I love the Terminator movies. With three theatrical movies, and a fourth coming in 2009 ( Terminator Salvation , starring Christian Bale!), Fox decided to capitalize on the series' success with a spin-off television...

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Filed under: dvd, action, blu-ray, reviews, tv shows, fiction, hit men, movies, firefly/serenity, science fiction, arnold schwarzenegger, terminator, johnny cash

"Air Guitar Nation" cranks the make-believe volume up to 11

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Friday, November 28 2008, 11:58am

How many times has this happened to you...you're listening to music and an epic guitar solo comes on. What do you do?!? You bust out the air guitar, showing onlookers the musical virtuoso you are. Apparently, air guitar is bigger than I realized....

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Filed under: reviews, humor, music, trailers, comedy, documentary, parody, air guitar

A Life in Movies

by lit.fic.reader@evpl on Wednesday, November 26 2008, 1:52pm

Although it appears less frequently than the companion "A Life in Books" feature (see Books Blog), Newsweek's " A Life in Movies" is an enjoyable glimpse into the cinematic likes and dislikes of well-known American and international...

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Filed under: reviews

"Run Fatboy, Run" limps to the finish line

by professor.knowsitall@evpl on Wednesday, November 26 2008, 11:31am

I've always been a fan of Simon Pegg's work. In his previous efforts ( Shaun of the Dead , Hot Fuzz , & Spaced ), Pegg & co-star Nick Frost teamed up with absolutely hilarious results! Run Fatboy, Run is Pegg's latest film...and unfortunately...

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Filed under: reviews, humor, comedy, romance, london, gross-out humor, british, simon pegg

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