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Location: Jacksonville Beach, FL USA
In My Own Words:
Steven Bailey is a movie reviewer for The Beaches Leader newspaper in Jacksonville Beach, Florida. He is also the proud non-member of The Online Film Critics Society (he exceeds their admission requirements and yet has been rejected twice). He has been described by friends as 'a quiet non-conformist.'
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I saw this reunion TV-movie when it was first broadcast on NBC in 1978. I recently bought the first-season "Gilligan" DVD set, and my young son has long been curious about how the castaways finally got off the island. So when I came across this entry for five bucks, I couldn't resist. The Amazon.com customers' complaints that are already posted here are quite valid. The movie's DVD version is indeed poorly edited, and the generic DVD "extras" are nothing to write home about. On the plus side, if you're a bonafide "Gilligan" fan, there's enough first-class silliness to justify watching this, even for a second time. The characters are still true to their… Read more
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The good intention of "The Five People You Meet in Heaven" is to show that ordinary people are capable of extraordinary things. Unfortunately, the novel doesn't make an entirely convincing case. The novel--Mitch Albom's follow-up to his acclaimed "Tuesdays with Morrie"--introduces us to Eddie, an 83-year-old amusement park maintenance man, shortly before he dies. When a malfunctioning park ride inadvertently kills Eddie, he quietly, painlessly ascends to Heaven, where he meets the persons referenced in the book's title. Eddie recognizes some of those people instantly; others are strangers who seem only vaguely connected to Eddie's life. The point of these encounters… Read more
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"Down and Dirty Pictures" is Peter Biskind's sort-of sequel--in spirit, for certain--to his previous film book, "Easy Riders, Raging Bulls." In "Easy Riders," Biskind bemoaned how the "personal" film movement of the 1970's gave way to blockbusters such as "Star Wars." In a similar vein, "Down and Dirty" explores how the independent (or "indie") films of the 1980's were co-opted by the Hollywood studio system. Biskind has enough blame to fill 484 pages (minus footnotes and index), but he reserves most of his wrath for two prime suspects. The first is Robert Redford, whose Sundance Film Festival began with the best of intentions. Redford wanted to give a shot to struggling filmmakers… Read more
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