There are plenty of good books available on what films are out there and other books of the art of making films. We can find vertical market books on specific subjects that are film related. However this book is exactly hat the title implies. There is more depth to this book than just an overview or an introduction book. Although this book could be a good coffee table book it also makes a good desk reference book.

With 608 pages, most containing partial if not totally glossy color snaps from the famous and obscure movies of our time. The different subject or chapters have color coded tabs on the edge of the page allowing for quickly finding the information sought.

Although designed as a reference I found it more fun to read page by page picking up gems here and there that would never have been found by just reference searches.

There are over 200 pages. The pictures are glossy color. With full descriptions and diagrams in the embroidery stitching vernacular. The chapters or pages are sorted by the different types of stitches.

If you are just casually interested there is a great introductory with history and descriptions of what make Hardangar embroidery unique.

"Hardangar embroidery takes its name from the area surrounding the Hardangar fiord in western Norway."

Because you're mine

Antony Hopkins was really possessed with playing the part. Colin O'Donoghue spends most of his time walking around looking confused. Alice Braga is too cute for the part and almost distracting from the spooky scenes.

The story itself is just the old rehash of belief and disbelief. Of a coming of age story for many involved. Parts of the dialog are tongue-in -cheek as they make reference to the original exorcist movie. Lots of spooky ambiance and not an over done sound track. It is the acting and actors that give the good rating to this presentation.

Remember the possession is nine tenths of the law.

James Reid (Tom Wilkinson), newspaper owner and snot, gets a timely and deadly bee sting. This leaves his playboy son Britt (Seth Rogen) to run the show. Seth in turn is looking for a good cup of coffee which introduces him to an inventor and martial arts coffy maker Kato (Jay Chou). Out of boredom Britt and Kato come up with the Green Hornet thing. Lacking direction they pilfer ideas from criminology student Lenore Case (Cameron Diaz). Will their plans be foiled by a real criminal Chudnofsky (Christoph Waltz)? Or will they be able to accomplish their goal? And does anyone get the girl?

Great Green Hornet movie. Seldom do we get a movie with a beginning and an ending to match. There is emotion, action and depth of character. With the exception of some rap music, the background and filler music matched the scene and did not overwhelm the dialog. There are plenty of car chases and structural destruction; yet in all of the mayhem there we do not see gratuitous blood and guts (maybe a few suggestive bullet holes.) Cameron may have been a distraction at first; however when she got down to acting you enjoyed watching her character.

On the DVD media (that I watched) itself there are the standard coming attractions before the film and plenty of fairly new Blu-ray gimmicks that are not relevant to the film.

With Jake's release from Joliet prison the two brothers, Jake (John Belushi) and Elwood (Dan Aykroyd) Blues, are back together again. After visiting "The Penguin" (Kathleen Freeman), a nun at their old orphanage, they have a quest to save their old orphanage which requires the reformation of the Blues Band. We follow them on their quest, kibitzing when we can as they come across many of the musical greats from the past such as Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Cab Calloway, James Brown etc.

Toss in some Chicago neo-Nazis (Henry Gibson), Twiggy, Carry Fisher, and the entire Cook County police force in an intense chase scene.

Will the band get back together?
Will the escape the revenge of Carry Fisher?
Will they be caught by the Real "Good Old Boys?"
Will they be caught by the Cook County Police force?
Will they be able to save the orphanage?
Will we have fun and lots of good music? (YES)

I learned about this presentation through a DVD extra of another EUROARTS DVD. The section was of ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST which featured the vocal soloist is soprano, Susanna Rigacci. I was really hoping to her more of her work. However she was only on tracks 13 - 15. Quite a few other tracks were worth listening to and others were just repetitive. Violinist Henry Raudales the soloist on track 16 (Cannone Inverso) was estraordinary in his presentation; I was surprised as he did not look like he had it in him.

Every once in a while they display the film the music is from.

Colter Stevens (Jake Gyllenhaal) wakes up to find himself in the middle of a conversation with a beautiful woman (Michelle Monaghan) he finds himself on a commuter train to Chicago. 8 min. later he is dispatched by an explosive. Once again he wakes up to find himself disoriented and being interrogated by an Air Force officer (Vera Farmiga). It seems that he has a mission and will relive those same 8 min. over again until he completes the objective. However Colter may have objectives of his own. As the story unfolds with Colter and the people he interacts with get closer to both objectives we go along for the ride.

As you know there are several movies out there with the same theme is time or the essence of time being allowed to change over again so that you can right your mistakes. This movie of course is one of them. It may not be set apart from a lot of other movies that you seem with similar themes; however it is excellent in both visuals and story setting. You will not be disappointed in taking the time to view this movie.

"The Love of Cats" by Christine Metcalf is a collection of 138 in your face closes-ups of cats and kittens. Some of them have there pointy teeth showing. Others are nonchalant.
Contents:
Some Characteristics of cats 6
Kittens 22
Cats on the Roof-top 30
Long and Short-haired Breeds 38
The Well-cared for Cats 52
Siamese and Oriental Cats 66
White Cats 78
Dedication to Cats 86
Index & Acknowledgments 96
The collection is well worth the price and makes a good coffee table book.

I cannot believe this was inspired by a true story. The dialog was hokey and we know that standard formula of the mixed personalities. People always get bumped off in onesies and towsises. The "monster in the cave" movies are much better. At least people get eaten. I watched to the end to see if there would be a survivor that may get eaten by cannibals.

The dialog was well less than stellar. The photography was adequate. The characters would never be let out of the institute let alone in the water.

However the fast forward button worked great.

that old black magic that you weave so well.

The film starts out with an encounter with a real witch just to let us know that it's not pussyfooting around. Now we flash forward to the 14th century. Brave crusader knights Behmen (Nicolas Cage) and Felson (Ron Perlman) get fed up with their slaughtering ways and desert.

Soon they are pressed into a new mission. With a motley rabble they must deliver a supposed witch (Claire Foy) to a monastery to break the back of the plague that could take over the world.

We spend most of our time in this film wondering if she or isn't she. We may find that this mission is a part of something much greater than a simple fricassee of witch. As we watch Behmen and Felson's struggling with their own differences between God and the church we to have some food for thought.

Keep in mind this film is really a simple who is the bad guy and will they get their film. There actually isn't any excess gore but a few spooky scenes with fiery eyes.

Yes some things could have been done better and yes there are loose ends but this is way too much fun to worry about that at this point.