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10 Jun

Welcome to Happiness

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Rent It Director: Oliver ThompsonStarring: Kyle Gallner, Olivia Thirlby, Brendan Sexton IIIYear: 2015Filmmakers have to get their start somewhere, and Oliver Thompson chose Welcome to Happiness. He directed, wrote, produced, and created the soundtrack for this film, all of which were his first attempts at cinema. Give the guy some credit for effort and for giving his entire self to a movie he must have believed in, but that doesn't mean it all worked as planned. Actually, very little went right, from the casting to the execution, but at least he tried. Amateur filmmakers rarely stumble upon something golden, and…
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07 Jun

Runaway Train

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended The Movie:The good thing about much-respected and prodigious artists is that they tend to have done a lot of work that most of their fans may not have known about. Take Kurosawa for instance. He wrote a screenplay which he intended to direct after his 1965 film Red Beard, and was intended to be his first color film before financial backing fell through. He didn't get to make a color film for five years, but the screenplay he wrote was proverbially tucked into a drawer for a while and didn't pop up for years, until it became 1985's Runaway…
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07 Jun

DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended In 10 Words or LessYoung superheroes have fun and fight evilReviewer's Bias*Loves: Animation, superheroesLikes: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Teen Titans Go!Dislikes: DC Comics in general, overtly moralistic cartoons, most "girl" cartoonsHates: Harley Quinn overexposureThe MovieWith the notable exception of Patty Jenkins' recent Wonder Woman, DC's film output has long lagged behind its TV series, whether it's the small-screen live-action series that populate the CW or the many excellent animated adaptations, including the wonderfully silly Teen Titans Go!. Part of that success is a very clear view of each series' audience, focusing on adventure, laughs or drama...Read the…
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06 Jun

An Art that Nature Makes

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended An Art That Nature Makes:Photographer Rosamond Purcell isn't a household name, except maybe among serious photography fans, but this documentary, highlighting the journey of her breathtaking work, should deservedly make you glad you're now in the know. Artists and those predisposed to staring at nature in all its forms will absolutely be drawn in to this excellent treatise on Purcell's work. But even if you 'don't get' art, Molly Bernstein's film will help you considerably on your way.Bernstein catalogs Purcell's work through the development of her oeuvre, slyly revealing the artist as well. At first, Purcell might put off…
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03 Jun

Mortuary

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Rent It Director: Howard AvedisStarring: Mary Beth McDonough, David Wysocki, Bill PaxtonYear: 1983Director Howard Avedis dappled in sexploitation cinema in the 70s, although really, who didn't. He carried the style over into the 80s, adding murder and crime and thrills, but keeping the older women with large breasts. It it's not broke don't fix it I guess; there will always be a market for b-movies with nudity and fake blood because, for some strange reason, we will always love them. Mortuary is just another in a long history of intentionally bad films, but with a few key elements that deserve…
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31 May

8-Bit Generation: The Commodore Wars

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Skip It Produced between 2010 and 2012, 8-Bit Generation's The Commodore Wars (2016) promises to deliver an inside look at the home computer explosion of the 1970s and early 1980s: one populated by the likes of Apple, Atari, Texas Instruments, and Tandy, but eventually dominated by Comm...Read the entire review Source: DVD Talk
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31 May

Mannix: The Complete Series

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended Except for hazy memories of my parents watching Mannix when it was new, and, of course, Lalo Schifrin's jazzy theme music, the kind of classic TV opening that, once heard, is never forgotten. Strange then to watch the series for the first time only now, despite the high pedigree of talent involved. Mannix (1967-75) was the creation of Richard Levinson and William Link, just prior to their finding much greater and more lasting success with Columbo. It was the last hurrah of Desilu Productions before Lucille Ball sold the company lock, stock, and barrel to the adjacent Paramount Pictures…
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27 May

Breastmilk

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended Director: Dana Ben-AriYear: 2014For a natural experience that is older than modern, upright homo sapiens and is shared among countless species of mammal across the globe, breastfeeding carries a stigma around inside the borders of our society that is as nonsensical as it is undeniable. Whether it occurs at the hospital after birth, at work in a dark room, at a restaurant table, or at home lying comfortably on a bed, breastfeeding is constantly under judgement and scrutiny. Women are told how to feel about it, men are taught to look away from it, strangers become entitled to share…
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23 May

Broad City: Season 3

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Highly Recommended The Show: Yas, Queen. Stoners Abbi and Ilana are back at it in season 3 of the New York-set Broad City. As in the offbeat sitcom's earlier seasons, this batch of 10 episodes maintains a slacker-Seinfeld vibe of busy aimlessness while intermittently forcing its characters to confront their own selfish failings and grow up a little.Creators and stars Abbi Jacobson and Ilana Glazer don't majorly shake up the "smoke weed and act self-absorbed" formula that has been such a winner up until this point. As ever, their characters' bulletproof friendship anchors a show that otherwise takes off in…
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16 May

Inside Amy Schumer: Season Four

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended In 10 Words or LessThe likely end of another Comedy Central sketch successReviewer's Bias*Loves: Sketch comedyLikes: Amy Schumer, dark comedyDislikes: Gender politicsHates: The twisted interpersonal relationships between women, short-run seriesThe Story So Far...Before Amy Schumer became a household name thanks to her film Trainwreck, an assortment of advertising campaigns and her friendship with Jennifer Lawrence, Amy Schumer was a raunchy stand-up comic and the star of Inside Amy Schumer, a brilliant sketch comedy series on Comedy Central that took aim at a variety of social issues, particularly those that women face. But as with many of the network's big…
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12 May

Bikes vs. Cars

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended .or A Tale of Five Cities: Los Angeles, Sao Paolo, Copenhagen, Toronto and Bogota are the main focus of Swedish filmmaker Fredrik Gertten's cross-continental look at the ever-present problems of humans' desire to get from Point A to Point B as easily and quickly as possible. Having spent the entire 1980s in the city of Davis, CA which is regarded as at least one of the world's bicycle capitals (another city claims that honor here) I've had drilled into my head for a long time the idea that cars are costly, consume too much energy and cause pollution while…
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11 May

Hawaii Five-O: The Complete Series

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Highly Recommended I've never been to Hawaii, alas, but if I ever did I kind of wish that, somehow, it would resemble the Hawaii of Hawaii Five-O, the 1968-1980 cop series starring Jack Lord. At the time of its cancellation it had been the longest-running police procedural show in TV history. It was innovative, unique, and at its best enormous fun. It had production values and a style that resembled big budget movies of the period, while Lord and his supporting cast, the initial line-up especially, not to mention catch phrases like "Book em, Danno" and those amazing opening titles…
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10 May

Lake Eerie

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Skip It Director: Chris MajorsStarring: Meredith Majors, Betsy Baker, Anne Leigh CooperYear: 2016You may think you've seen painful acting before, but you have yet to meet Lake Eerie, a film that is as bizarre, awful, and unimaginative as its title. I'm not sure if my words can prepare you for such a film failure, an amateur attempt at something, I don't know what, that could not possibility have resulted in what the filmmakers were aiming for. Because, if this is the movie that they were trying to make, someone needs to take away their cameras and put them under lock…
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09 May

The Migrants

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended Director: Tom GriesStarring: Ron Howard, Cloris Leachman, Sissy SpacekYear: 1974The Migrants is a film that has almost completed its slide away from our memories, becoming something of the past that very few remember and even the internet can't firmly hold captive in time. Made for television in 1974, this movie is an adaptation of a Tennessee Williams story, living in that on-stage feeling that Williams perfected, but also bringing a Steinbeck air to the screen with its focus on the traveling worker and his family's plight. Not much remains of The Migrants except a barely-seen IMDb page, perhaps one…
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09 May

Just About Famous

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Rent It In 10 Words or LessPlaying pretend for a livingReviewer's Bias*Loves: DocumentariesLikes: a good tribute showDislikes: Delusional peopleHates: Bad impersonatorsThe MovieConfessions of a Superhero is a fantastic documentary about the people who dress up like caped crusaders in Hollywood in search of fame or money, exploring their lives and all the questions you'd have about those folks. There are moments where Just About Famous approaches those topics, but it's mainly satisfied with keeping its distance from the celebrity impersonators it profiles and acting as a tourist in their world, focusing on the Sunburst Convention, an annual gathering of "tribute…
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03 May

The Mysterious Airman

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Highly Recommended The Serial:Movie serials were a staple of movie matinees in the 30's and 40's,but they were incredibly popular in the silent era too.Unfortunately, there are few chapterplays from the 1910's and 20'sthat still exist in complete form. That's why it's so exciting thatSprocket Vault has unearthed, restored, and released a complete 10chapter serial from 1928: The Mysterious Airman. Not only isthe film of interest to historians however, but it's a funcliffhanger in its own right. The tinted picture looks amazing too,especially for a film this old that was presumed lost for decades.Jack Baker (Walter Miller) is the owner…
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02 May

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: The Vault Series Volumes 7-12

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Rent It The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson DVD Set ReviewThe TonightShow StarringJohnny Carson was a long-running NBCtelevision talk show and variety program which airedfor 30 seasons from 1962-1992. The series was beloved, in part, becauseof itslegendary host. Carson is highly regarded as one of the best televisionhostsin history. Johnny Carson hasoften been hailed as the father of modern late night television withhis use ofstand-up comedy and a format of television variety programming whichhas beenused in large part since. Though late night television has certainlyhad someupdates or tweaks over time, Carson's method of a comedy openingmonologue andintervie...Read the entire review…
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30 Apr

Hee Haw: The Collector's Edition

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended Hee Haw DVD Collection ReviewHee Hawbeganas a variety entertainment series on the CBS network in 1969.  Though the series received impressivetelevision ratings, CBS decided to cancel many programs at thetime-period thatreflected country programming and Hee Hawgot the axe. However, the series continued in syndication and went onto becomeone of the longest running syndicated series in history with 21additionalseasons.There's no plot: theseries revolves solely around entertaining the audience. Hosts BuckOwens andRoy Clark lead an ensemble group of performers each week in a series ofsketchesand musical pe...Read the entire review Source: DVD Talk
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29 Apr

Death Valley Days Complete First Season

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Recommended The earliest television Westerns, shows from the late 1940s and early 50s, mostly were adaptations of successful, long-running theatrical B-Westerns, series starring William "Hopalong Cassidy" Boyd, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Gene Autry, etc. Although many of these shows originated as B-Westerns for general audiences or even specifically adults, by the time television was rolling out their audience consisted primarily of children who adored such shows. In past reviews I've extolled the virtues of TV's earliest adult Westerns, particularly Gunsmoke (premiering in 1955) and Have Gun - Will Travel (1957), but one series predates those, a semi-adult transitional TV…
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29 Apr

We Don't Belong Here

Max SchindlerUncategorized
Rent It Director: Peer PedersenStarring: Kaitlyn Dever, Catherine Keener, Annie StarkeYear: 2017Anton Yelchin's final role comes in We Don't Belong Here, a film that doesn't feature him enough. Obviously I don't mean they should have known that this would be the end of an exciting career and so given him more screen time; his death was an unimaginable tragedy that caught every film fan with a sucker punch. He should simply have been given more to do in this movie, as he was by far the best thing about it. Director Peer Pedersen also wrote the script, and has no…
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