Galactic - Ruckus

Nothing earth-shattering this morning; just some kick-ass funky jams from the group I've seen live the most times--New Orleans' Galactic.  Though I've lost track of them a little since their singer Theryl "Houseman" De'Clouet departed, Galactic has long been a source of a lot of listening pleasure.  Their jams blend funk and heavier Hendrix-like guitar rock with some formidable jazz chops on the part of reed man Ben Ellman, keyboardist Richard Vogel and drummer Stanton Moore.  While they'd been including vocals since their first album, most of their early releases mimicked their live shows, with vocal tunes interspersed with longer instrumentals, some of which were attempts to re-create the band's sense of energy and build-up that makes their live shows so exciting.  On 2003's Ruckus, though, the group made a concerted effort to hone their pop instincts, hiring hip-hop producer Dan the Automator, enlisting the editorial aid of a couple of outside songwriters, upping the number of vocal tracks, and reigning in the run-time

Paul Simon Biography

In a career dating back to the 1950s,  has established himself among the best and most popular songwriters of the rock era. Growing up in Queens, NY, Simon befriended schoolmate Art Garfunkel, who had an angelic tenor voice, and the two teamed up as Tom & Jerry, taking the names of the cartoon characters. In the winter of 1957-1958, they scored a chart hit with "Hey Schoolgirl"; both were 16 years old.
Simon continued to try to score hits in the late '50s and early '60s, reaching the charts briefly in 1962 in the group Tico & the Triumphs with "Motorcycle" and under the name Jerry Landis in 1963 with "The Lone Teen Ranger." He and Garfunkel teamed up again as a folk duo in Greenwich

James Brown - Hell

One of the popular music phenomena that most fascinates me is when an artist (almost always in conjunction with a label) attempts to recreate a successful album with a follow-up that attempts to in some way recreate the magic of its predecessor.  Harry Nilsson's Son of Schmilsson is definitely one of those albums, but his willful merry prankster approach seems a

John Lennon Biography

By Dave DiMartino
As one-half of the most famous pop songwriting team of all time, John Lennon (b. Oct. 9, 1940, Liverpool, England) will go down in history not only for noting with irony that his band the Beatles was "more popular than Jesus," but for having more than one member of the clergy sadly, if quietly, agree with him. Lennon's songwriting relationship with Paul McCartney may be the most thoroughly examined, well-documented collaboration in musical history. In the course of their momentous career--beginning with the Oct. 5, 1962 U.K. release of debut single "Love Me Do" through the year of McCartney's Apr. 10, 1970 announcement that the group had dissolved--the Beatles released 46 top 40

Kurt Cobain Biography

As the lead singer and guitarist of Nirvana, 's musical success began in his twenties and was heightened when he formed the band Nirvana. Hits such as "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," and "Heart Shaped Box" helped the group achieve international success.
Cobain was born in Aberdeen, WA. Hyperactive as a youngster, he was given Ritalin to help him concentrate in school and sedatives to help him sleep at night. At the age of seven, his parents got divorced. He became so difficult to live with that his parents sent him to live with relatives. This period in his life is reflected in songs such as "Sliver." With a dislike for school, Cobain spent his time painting and singing. He listened to the Beatles and the Monkees, but changed to bands such as Kiss, Black Sabbath, the Sex Pistols, and the Clash in 1979. On his 14th birthday, Cobain bought his first guitar and started experimenting with different musical styles. He also was a roadie for a Seattle group called the Melvins. He dropped out of high school a few weeks before graduation to get a job, but his efforts were unsuccessful because he couldn't hold a job for very long.
In 1986 the group Nirvana was formed with Cobain on vocals and guitar, Krist Novaselic on bass guitar, and various drummers. Their first album, Bleach, was released in 1989. They toured the U.S. and had their first international concert in Newcastle, England. Their second single was unsuccessful, so they changed record companies. After signing with Geffen Records in 1991, and adding permanent drummer Dave Grohl, they produced their second album, Nevermind, which received rave reviews with the hits "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," and "Lithium." Their popularity grew after the group made appearances on MTV's Headbanger's Ball and NBC's Saturday Night Live. The success of the band was intimidating to Cobain, who liked the intimate setting of nightclubs; it was the money that guided them to do concerts and shows in the rock arena. It was in the early '90s that Cobain began doing heavy drugs such as morphine and heroin, but in 1992 his personal life brightened as he married Courtney Love in Hawaii, and their union brought a daughter, Frances Bean. With a wife and daughter, Cobain calmed a bit, and the group released Incesticide.

Things took a turn for the worse in 1993 when Cobain overdosed on heroin. After seeking rehabilitation for a time in a center, he left without completing the program. During this time the band played on. In 1993 they released In Utero, their last studio-recorded album. Nirvana played an MTV unplugged concert and a concert in Munich in 1994. One week after the concert in Munich, Kurt Cobain was hospitalized in a coma. After waking up and leaving voluntarily, he was reported missing and was found three days later in his house, dead of a gunshot wound. As a rock legend, Cobain reached a demise similar to that of Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, and Jim Morrison. The songs and albums of Cobain and Nirvana continue to influence and encourage many young musicians. ~ Kim Summers, All Music Guide 

With the Lights Out - CD1

Heartbreaker  Anorexorcist  White Lace and Strange  Help Me I'm Hungry  Mrs. Butterworth  If You Must  Pen Cap Chew  Downer  Floyd The Barber  Raunchola / Moby Dick  Beans  Don't Want It All  Clean Up Before She Comes  Polly (solo)  About a Girl  Blandest  Dive  They Hung Him On a Cross  Grey Goose  Ain't It A Shame  Token Eastern Song  Even In His Youth  Polly

Heartbreaker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Heartbreaker" "Heartbreaker" "I don't know how to play it" Hey fellas have you heard the news, You know that Annie's back in town It won抰 take long just watch and see How the fellas lay their money down Her style is new but the face is the same As it was so long ago But her eyes.. "Do a solo" "Solo, solo!" 1，Heartbreaker -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Heartbreaker" "Heartbreaker" "I don't know how to play it" Hey fellas have you heard the news, You know that Annie's back in town It won抰 take long just watch and see How the fellas lay their money down Her style is new but the face is the same As it was so long ago But her eyes.. "Do a solo" "Solo, solo!" 2，Anorexorcist -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Look your legs are ashes Charred into a special Don't make noise, you break Your legs are eyes and all You're right I was your incompetent Man just read the furies Special time but you can't Make too much of him Gray Ahhhh (x2) Ohhhh (x2) I was yours and closer Your were them in New York Got me in, to enter See your legs are in your legs I was your end dancer More than all I wish you Got me under with the Nice, nice, nice religious man Ahhhh (x2) Ohhhh (x2) 3，Help Me I'm Hungry -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "That's it!" Until my tensions feed me (Alt: There's too much tensions) I'm fucking hungry Grade me I want my gun back Light the fucking r閟um?(Alt: With me) Experience potentials Experience the process People freaking every day White lights hidden inside (unintelligible) Blasphemy! Hold me, I'm so pathetic And study, all the sudden Baby, suddenly find her Daddy, exploring only Light the fucking r閟um?(Alt: With me) Experience potentials Experience the process People freaking every day White lights hidden inside (unintelligible) Hold me, some potentials (Alt: so pathetic) Grade me, somebody help me Feed me, I'm fucking hungry Sooth me, I want my complex back Naked man licked off the scabs and Fed them, to the pigeons Help him, he's cornered Kill him, you mercy whore will Light the fucking r閟um?(Alt: With me) Experience potentials Experience the process People freaking every day White lights hidden inside (unintelligible) Help me, fucking hoses (Alt: Horses) Help me, until my tensions Graise me, I'm really hungry To gravy, I want my complex back "Thank you and goodnight" 4，Mrs. Butterworth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Your life is shit (shit) Your life is bogus (bull) Your life is crime (crime) Your life is hell (hell) I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna die, with my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna die, don't fuck with me Your life is shit (shit) Your life is clean (it is clean) Your life is lame, it's not so funny Your life is stale (frail, frail!) I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna hell on my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna hell on my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna hell on my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna die, watch the pain! Your life is shit. "I'm gonna open up myself a flea market I'm gonna open up myself a flea market And you're gonna wish that you did And retire on the profits First off, I'm gonna empty out all of my Mrs. Butterworth jars And I'm gonna put 'em on a shelf with my 800 dollar a month tax free Century 21 shop And then I am going to put my Mrs. Butterworth syrup jars on the shelf Next to all the commemorative fast food chain glasses and cups I've accumulated over the past 62 years Then I'm going to get some plywood I'm going to get some plywood and cut them up into two by two feet squares Then I'm going to get some burlap and I'm going to cut them into two by two feet squares, and then I'm going to put them onto the pieces of plywood And then I'm going to go to the beach I'm going to go to the beach and I'm gonna collect some shells and driftwood And then I'm going to take the shells and driftwood and glue them onto the plywood and burlap And sell 'em for lots of money People will be paying top dollar for my kids new used new toys and clothing Then maybe someday I can get rid of that pissed-stained matress I've been sleeping on" I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna hell on my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna die on my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna die on my libido I'm gonna die, start a new union (Alt: but not before you do) I'm gonna die watch the pain 5，If You Must -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I can read, I can write I can breed, proven plight Nurse my greed, crease infold Is it me, or my ego ... Write some words, make them rhyme Thesis or story line Set the mood, something new Is it me, or my attitude ... Ahhhhh...! If you want to put off an image The extremes (x2) Act it out Practicing Perfecting Pressuring Onto me (x3) I will wade in the fire To explain your asylum Idle times, analyzing We'll compare all our sightings You must I speak to hear my voice I can read, I can write I can breed, proven plight Nurse my greed, crease infold Is it me, or my ego ... Write some words, make them rhyme Thesis or story line Set the mood, something new Is it me, or my attitude ... If you want to put off an image The extremes (x2) Act it out Practicing Perfecting Pressuring Onto me (x7) 6，Pen Cap Chew -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- *Cough* Oh, lesser God (x4) Oh, your lonely (x3) Oh (x2) You get, you get, you get, you get to me Holy is the time, it's such an easy way to go You get, you get, you get, you get to me Hide the circle in the skin under a fingernail (x4) Oh, lesser God Oh, your lonely Waste your time by saving worthless gullibles Kill a politician and then wear his clothes This decade is the age of rehashing Protest and then go to jail for trespassing Throw me inside Oh (x3)         * 回复 收起回复     * 2008-04-20 15:12         *       我来说一句            *     * nirvanawei     *       18位粉丝     *       核心会员       7     *     9楼 Downer -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Portray sincerity, Act out of loyalty, Defend your free country, Wish away pain. Hand out lobotomies, To save little families, Surrealistic fantasy, Bland boring plain. Hold me now in restitution Living out your date of fusion In our whole fleece is your master Don't feel guilty, master writing Somebody said that they're not much like I am I know I can Make enough up the words You go along I'll sing your song Sickening pessimist, hypocrite master Conservative communist, apocalyptic bastard Thank you dear God, for putting me on this Earth I feel very privileged, in debt for my thirst! Hold me now in restitution Living out your date of fusion In your whole fleece is your master Don't feel guilty, master writing! Somebody said that they're not much like I am I know I can Make enough up the words You go along I'll sing your song 7，Floyd The Barber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Bell on door clanks come on in Floyd observes my hairy chin Sit down chair don't be afraid Steamed hot towel on my face I was shaved I was shamed I was shaved Barney ties me to the chair I can't see, I'm really scared Floyd breathes hard; I hear a zip Pee pee pressed against my lips I was shaved I was shamed I was shaved Get away! I sense others in the room Opey, Aunt Bea I presume They take turns and cut me up I died smothered in Andy's butt I was shamed I was shamed I was shaved 8，Raunchola / Moby Dick -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a hard, cold beat You can go dance if you'd like You won't get in trouble And the tea has some spice You wanna know it hits ya You can make, have some fun Watching them make you away Up on the wall you won't Ahhhhh ... What's in the wait, your waiter We only ate your garnish I ordered spam and rice In this to say you're fired We dance on the table tops We only had your daughter We ordered too many cocktails What's in the way you love (Shouting) 9，Beans -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "I don't like you And I'm gonna beat you up No! No! No! No! No John! I'm telling my mom! Ahh beating.." Beans, beans, beans Jessie ate some beans He was happy, happy, happy That he ate some beans Sitting naked, naked Sitting cross-legged Naked, naked, naked And he was happy, happy, happy That he ate some beans Wine, wine, wine Jessie had some wine He was happy, happy, happy That he ate some ... wine Beans, beans, beans Jessie ate some beans And he drank some wine And he was happy, happy, happy That he drank some beans ... 9，Don't Want It All -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To hope is admittance Feed before beginning Double-sided cynics Reflected image Don't be so selfish Leave in me this Follow it far To find where you are You haven't grown Go on alone Never finished his sentence Remained in seclusion For the next few days The family circle noose He had removed us All the styles of heresy Finally he appeared unexpectedly Looking for company 10，Clean Up Before She Comes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Clean up before she comes (x4) Living in a dusty town (x2) Something in her eyes Must be the smoke from my lungs Something in her eyes Must be the smoke from my lungs (x2) I must be getting old I must be getting, getting older I'm starting to eat my vegetables Something in her eyes Must be the smoke from my lungs Something in her eyes Must be the smoke from my lungs Clean up the dusty town Living in a dusty town (x4) Clean up before she comes (x4) Living in a dusty town. Something in her eyes Must be the smoke from my lungs Something in her eyes Must be the smoke from my lungs (x7) I must be getting old I must be getting, getting older I'm starting to eat my vegetables 10，15楼 Polly (solo) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Polly wants a cracker, She'd like me to get off her first Maybe she wants some water, To put out the blow torch Isn't me Have some seed Let me clip Dirty wings Just take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Polly wants a cracker, Maybe she would like some food She asked me to untie her, A chase would be nice for a few Isn't me Have some seed Let me clip Dirty wings Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Isn't me Have some seed Let me clip Dirty wings Take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Polly ... Polly said Polly says her back hurts, She's just as bored as me She caught me off my guard, It amazes me, the will of instinct Wasn't me Have some seed Let me clip Dirty wings Just take a ride Cut yourself Want some help Please myself Got some rope Some dope Promise you Heaven true Something mean Not too mean Something with Magazine It's not too real It's not too fake Keep your eyes See the same Cause in my seam Miss marine Ohh ... 11，16楼 About a Girl -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ohhh, I do Don't pin a note to me I do promise to agree I do live in constant fear I do wonder why I'm here And if you say I'm right You'll hang me out to dry But I can't see you every night Free I do Don't wash my face again I do away from all my friends I do have a breath in you I do can't see if we move And if you say I'm right I'll hang you out to dry But I can't see you every night Free I do (x3) Don't pin a note to me I do promise to agree I do live in constant fear I do wonder why I'm here And if you say I'm right I'll hang you out to dry (x2) But I can't see you every night Free I do (x4) 12，Blandest -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oooooooh ... You're my favorite, Of my saviours You're my favorite, Who knows (Alt: Oh, no) You're my favorite, Of my favors You're my razor, Oh no (Alt: Who knows) Hey! And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around, To remind me what not to become Calm (Alt: Come) And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around, To remind me what not to become Calm (x4) (Alt: Come) You're my favorite, Of my saviours You're my favorite, Who knows (Alt: Oh, no) You're my favorite, Of my favors You're my razor, Oh no (Alt: Who knows) Hey! And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around, To remind me what not to become Calm (Alt: Come) And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around, To remind me what not to become Calm (x4) (Alt: Come) Ah ... Ahhh! You're my favorite, Of my saviours You're my favorite, Who knows (Alt: Oh, no) Yes you're my favorite, Of my favors You're my razor, Oh no (Alt: Who knows) Hey! And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around, To remind me what not to become Calm (Alt: Come) And the situation wasn't quite As intense as I thought I need you around, To remind me what not to become Calm (x4) (Alt: Come) Ahhhhhh! 13，Dive -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pick me, pick me, yeah Let along your signal At ease, at ease, yeah Everyone is hollow At last, at last, yeah Everyone is playing Pick me, pick me, yeah You can eat my mellow Hey! Dive (x3) Dive in me Dive (x3) Dive in me Nothing new (x3) Kiss this, kiss that, yeah Let along your signal At ease, at ease, yeah I will even swallow Pick me - pick me yeah Let along the signal At ease, at ease, yeah You could eat my mellow Hey Dive (x3) Dive in me Dive (x3) Dive in me (x4) Nothing! (x3) Dive (x3) Dive in me Nothing new (x7) 14，They Hung Him On a Cross -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- They hung him on a cross They hung him on a cross They hung him on a cross for me One day when I was lost They hung him on a cross They hung him on a cross for me They whooped him up the hill They whooped him up the hill They whooped him up the hill for me One day when I was lost They hung him on a cross They whooped him up the hill for me He never said a mumblin word (Alt: He never sat among them worked) He never said a mumblin word (Alt: He never sat among them worked) He never said a mumblin word for me (Alt: He never sat among them worked for me) One day when I was lost They hung him on a cross They hung him on a cross for me They bit him in the side They bit him in the side They bit him in the side for me One day when I was lost They hung him on a cross They hung him on a cross for me He hung his head and died He hung his head and died He hung his head and died for me One day when I was lost They hung him on a cross They hung him on a cross for me 15，Ain't It A Shame -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ain't it a shame to go fishing on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to go fishing on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to go fishing on a Sunday When you got Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, Friday, Saturday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to have a drink on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to have a drink on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to have a drink on a Sunday When you got Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday, Friday, Saturday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to beat your wife on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to beat your wife on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to beat your wife on a Sunday When you got Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Or Thursday, Friday, Saturday Ain't it a shame Ahhh! (x3) Ooooh! Ain't it a shame to go fishing on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to go fishing on a Sunday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame to go fishing on a Sunday When you got Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday Or Thursday, Friday, Saturday Ain't it a shame Ain't it a shame (x5) Shame (x3) 16，Token Eastern Song -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Token Eastern Song I'm not gonna make it through Something else, something new I'm not gonna make you dream Something sad, something mean I'm not gonna make you through Something else, something new I'm not gonna make it through Something else, something new Hold it in your gut (x8) I'm not gonna make it croon Someday sad, someday blue I'm not gonna make you scream Someday sad, someday mean I'm not gonna make it through Something else, something new I'm not gonna make you dream In this hour, something mean Hold it in your gut (x8) Hold it in your gut (x8) Gut! (x14) 17，23楼 Even In His Youth -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Even in his youth (x3) He was nothing Kept his body clean (x3) He was nowhere Killed the family name Daddy was ashamed (x2) He was nothing Even in his youth (x3) He was nowhere The thief is born before you're through Must be more than you could chew I've got nothing left to do If you wait, you wanted you Oh, ah, yeah! Even in his youth (x3) He was nothing Kept his body clean (x3) He was nowhere Daddy was ashamed (x3) He was nothing Killed the family name (x3) He was nowhere The thief is born before you're through Must be more than you could chew I've got nothing left to do If you know you wanted you Oh, ah, yeah! I've got more of you through This much more than you could do If you leave before you need I've got nothing left to see Oh, ah, yeah! Even in his youth (x3) Yeah, yeah Even in his youth Yeah, yeah Even in his youth Yeah, yeah Even in his youth Yeah, yeah (x4) 18，24楼 Polly -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Polly wants a cracker, She'd like me to get off her first Maybe she wants some water, To put out the blow torch Isn't me Have some seed Let me clip Dirty wings Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Got some rope Haven't told Promise you Have been true Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Polly wants a cracker, Maybe she would like some food She asked me to untie her, A chase would be nice for a few Isn't me Have some seed Let me clip Dirty wings Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Got some rope Haven't told Promise you Have been true Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help To please myself Polly says her back hurts, She's just as bored as me She caught me off my guard, Amazes me, the will of instinct Isn't me Haven't seen Let me clip Dirty wings Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help Please myself Got some rope Haven't told Promise you Have been true Let me take a ride Cut yourself Want some help Please myself

Death To Birth

Death To Birth

by Michael Pitt 

From rape to right in, to real to live 
should I lie down or stand up 
And walk around again? 

My eyes finally wide open up 
My eyes finally wide open shut 
to find the found of sound 
That hears the touch of my tears. 

Smells the taste of all we waste 
Could feed the others 
But we smother each other 
With the nectar and pucker the sour 

Of sugar sweet weather 
blows through our trees 
Swims through our seas 
flies to the last gasp we left on this earth, oh ohh 

It's a long lonely journey from death to birth 
it's a long lonely journey from death to... 
it's a long lonely journey from death to birth 
oh, it's a long lonely journey from death to...birth 

Should I die again? 
Should I die around the pounds of matter wailing to space? 
I know I'll never know until I come face to face 
With my own cold, dead face 
with my own wooden case 
You are with me, with me, ooh, ohh, hmm 
I'm mourning you ooh, ooh, ohh, hmm 

It's a long lonely journey from death to birth 
it's a long lonely journey from death to birth 
it's a long lonely journey from death to birth

Kramer vs. Kramer

What a great film. Everyone in this one turned in a flawless performance in a story dedicated to showing the ugliness of divorce. This was a solid, serious movie but it also had a humorous side as Hoffman had me rolling the floor as he dealt with fatherhood, completely, for the first time. I especially found the french toast scene roaringly funny. 4 stars.

ed Kramer is a career man for whom his work comes

Twelve Monkeys (1995)

I had the privilege of seeing this film at a preview screening years ago, and outside the theater I was confronted by a camera crew from a local TV station looking for comments on the film. At the time, the only words that escaped my mouth were "Awesome. Just awesome." I like to think I can articulate myself a little better than that, but at the time I was somewhat incapable of doing so.

Not very original

When this movie came out a lot of people I knew were making a big deal about it because it was made by a guy from Knoxville who even talked about K-town in the movie---and guess where I lived at the time? Most people overlooked that Tarantino was only born there and lived most of his life somewhere else, and both Tarantino and Knoxville are highly overrated. Trust me.

I can't see why this movie is regarded as highly as it is; it seems the key to Tarantino's storytelling is to mix together story elements kind of

Human Planet

Human Planet tells the tales of the most remarkable and intuitive humans on this planet. With beauty full landscape shots and relaxing story telling. Human Planet is certainly a pleasure to watch. But it does not only give pleasure to your eyes. It shows strange cultures and their survival, narrated by John Hurt.

The big line throughout the series is a bit faint and while the episodes have their own theme. The shorts inside an episode sometimes do feel a bit random. But that won't bother you. You will be amazed by some of the bizarre or clever humans we have on this planet.

Although some of the shots are really good. Overall

Planet Earth

The camera work is truly breathtaking. Such amazing wonders captured on film, areas of the planet unspoiled by human domination.

DIfferences in culture seem to play a big part in the reviews of this documentary; some choosing to review based on "Disney" like criteria. Criticisms for the apparent emphasis on the viscous and dark side of

Empire of the Sun Review

 

 

 

I saw this movie 17 years ago as a ten year old in the theater and saw it again for the first time since then last night on a TV movie channel. I have to say I'm almost ashamed that I forgot what a great movie this was...what a great movie it still is. The film contains parts very competently played by the then relatively un-knowns John Malkovic, Joey "Pants" and Ben Stiller. The lead was played, and very well done at that, by a then young actor Christian Bales (sp?). The acting in this movie is fantastic and the story line is is as rich as any other of the best movies I've seen. Following the trials and tribulations of a child from an affluent family separated from his parents in China after the Japanese invasion. This movie will make you angry, it will make you laugh, it will make you cry, it will frustrate the living daylights out of you and in the end you'll feel warm and fuzzy: but the hollow kind of warm and fuzzy that only comes after a very harrowing experience. If you don't like war movies don't worry!!! When you watch this film you'll see it's not as much of a war movie as it is a story of survival and the

La note bleue Review

After seeing this movie, I just sat breathless in my armchair - I just hadn't seen such a movie before. Truly, a masterpiece on par with Peter Greenaway's finest. Beatufilly filmed, superbly acted (Olejniczak, a pianist by trade - a damn good one at that: he recorded the soundtrack to Polanski's "The Pianist" - is very true to the role of Chopin in his final moments), classy scenography... The action is presented in a way resembling the very atmosphere of the romantic period's art - hectic and rich in expression. The movie's goal is to portray emotions, not a plot - and this goal it achieves perfectly. But, as with romantic art, this movie requires a certain mindset - an openness to emotion - or it will be totally misunderstood.

When I finally regained my senses, I've instantly

The Black Dahlia

 

Being a James Ellroy-disciple the knowledge of an adaption of the terrific novel filled me with a combination of fear and expectation: Fear... can it ever be as great as the book? Expectation... Curtis Hanson did an excellent job with L.A. Confidential, so why not? - And now I've seen the result of DePalma's work. First of all, don't even compare it with the L.A. Confidential movie. Black Dahlia is told in a radical different way, being much more synthetic, expressive and theatrical. This is not a very common way of telling stories in modern movies, however this method made me recall the typical 'over-acting' as seen in the 40's noir movies (like Double Indemnity). Was this intentionally? - Probably, yes. It feel a bit weird to begin with, but at the end of the show I had to admit: It works. The movie clearly tries to describe all the details from the book, which sometimes makes it loose its own breath. The original story had so many

Some Like It Hot Review

Sit back and enjoy this comedy, I don't believe in greatest this and that when it comes to films, but boy, this is superb.

The acting here is fantastic, all actors, even Monroe are on top form.

The direction by Wilder is superb, the guy's style in this picture is perfect. He directed this film in a very clever way, by using one camera for the majority of the scenes, he could easily edit the film together without studio interference.

The script is well written. The dialogue between Lemmon and Curtis is beautifully balanced.

Monroe is just too hot for the screen