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The Blu-ray Movie Review: Weeds Season 1
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6:10PM, Sunday, 28 Dec, 2008
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Doobie, dope, roach, reefer, grass, Mary Jane, boom, splif, ganja, herb. Marijuana goes under several names and is a contentious issue with many people. And Weeds Season 1 takes a satirical look at it in an affluent, suburban context.
In Weeds, housewife Nancy Botwin (Mary Louise Parker) is a recent widow living in the Los Angeles, California suburb of Agrestic. Having lost her breadwinner husband to a heart attack, Nancy is hurled not only into a financial crisis, but into a single-mother role, having to console sons Silas (Hunter Parrish) and Shane (Alexander Gould) as they mourn their father’s passing. As the debt increases, Nancy discovers the community’s insatiable desire for marijuana, and becomes the neighbourhood weed dealer to make “easy money” and maintain the lifestyle her family is used to.
Read the rest of the review at www.onelargeprawn.co.za
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The Day the Brain Stood Still
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11:46AM, Friday, 26 Dec, 2008
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If the
likes of Roger Ebert and the stoutly Barry Ronge can review movies, I
don't think it's a far stretch for me to try my hand at it.
So, with brevity in mind, and a not-so-solid grasp of the English language, behold my movie review!
The Day the Earth Stood Still
What it should have been called: The Day The Brain Stood Still
The plot:
We puny humans are horrible caretakers and as a result global warming
is killing the Earth. Some alien elders are not pleased about this, and
send a spaceship to Earth, bearing an emissary Klaatu and his large
robot, GORT.
Klaatu
has come to assess whether humanity can reverse the environmental
damage we've done to the planet. His mind gets practically made up when
he gets shot by the military and detained. Using cunning alien trickery
he escapes and decides that the humans need to be destroyed.
It is
now up to astrobiologist Helen Benson (Jennifer Connelly), her
obnoxious step-son Jacob (Jaden Smith), and altruism expert Professor
Barnhardt (a cameo by John Cleese) to try dissuade him. It doesn't take
a brain scientist to guess the outcome. Read the rest of the review at www.onelargeprawn.co.za
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Best Photomicrographs from Nikon Small World
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1:46PM, Wednesday, 17 Dec, 2008
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A photomicrograph (or micrograph, or
microphotograph) is an image taken through a microscope, and Nikon have
been sponsoring the International Small World Competition
since 1974, as a means to recognize the efforts of those involved with
photography through the light microscope. The competition is open to
anyone with an interest in photography through the microscope,
professionals and hobbyists alike.
Here's the first place entry from the 2008 competition: Michael Stringer, Pleurosigma (marine diatoms)
"This image was one of a series Mr. Stringer created to illustrate a
talk to a camera club on “Photography through the microscope.” His
objective was to display diatoms in a modern way using super contrast
and careful application of color. Rather than showing all the details,
or warts and wrinkles as Mr. Stringer likes to call them, he dressed up
the diatoms by manipulating the image and creating this beautiful
photomicrograph."
See more photomicrographs at http://www.onelargeprawn.co.za/2008/12/17/best-photomicrographs-from-nikon-small-world/
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My New Blog
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8:04AM, Friday, 12 Dec, 2008
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Change is as good as a holiday; and seeing as it is the holiday season, a change is in order methinks. After being with 24.com blogs for 18 months, I've branched out and started up my own blog. There you will find the typical onelargeprawn humour (or lack thereof) in a much prettier setting. Content is a little meagre at the moment but I'll be looking to add more articles and interesting news, and include more functionality in the coming days.
So, if you're a frequent visitor to my 24.com blog or pop in occasionally and feel like supporting my new venture, then click the image below to head to my blog:
Or click on www.onelargeprawn.co.za
For the 24.com visitors you'll be happy to know that you don't need to be a registered member of my site to leave a comment - simply fill out the details on the comments page and click submit. Easy as pie ;)
Thanks!
- onelargeprawn
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The Blu-ray Movie Review: Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
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8:57AM, Wednesday, 03 Dec, 2008
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Walk hard down life’s rocky road with the brilliant John C Reilly as Dewey Cox in this gritty, funny, warts-and-all fictional biopic that parodies the sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle of great rock artists of the 60s and 70s.
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Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story captures and lampoons the spirit of rock history by following the roller coaster career of Dewey Cox from a down home-country boy to a successful artist to a drugged up burnt out rocker struggling to keep his sanity. With skill and hilarity, John C Reilly caricatures the lives and musical styles of famous rock artists like Johnny Cash, Buddy Holly, Jim Morrison, and Bob Dylan. Dewey’s crazy life is also dogged by the dreadful lurking paranoia that his father doesn’t love him because of something horrific but accidental that Dewey did as a child.
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So often parodies are over stuffed with clichés and all too obvious homages to original histories or story lines. Walk Hard, however, is so competently written, directed and performed that you are left with a smile on your face, and the lyrics of well-written bad songs in your head for days.
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story has a run time of 96 minutes and is rated 16 (LNS). This Blu-ray release presents the film re-mastered in High Definition (HD). You can choose between two versions of the film — the theatrical version or the “The Unbearably long, self-indulgent Director’s Cut” version (which is 139 minutes long). It also comes with special features including:
- Audio Commentary — with the director, producers, and actors.
- Line-o-rama — missed lines and gags.
- The Music of Walk Hard — talks about the satirical songs written for the movie. Reilly sang all his own songs.
- The Real Dewey Cox — a mockumentary about the “real” Dewey Cox.
- Deleted and extended scenes
- Full song performances
Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story was kindly supplied for review by Nelmari
Claassens, SterKinekor Home Entertainment Marketing Manager for Sony
Pictures. Go to www.bluraydisc.co.za
to view the latest Blu-ray news, reviews and competitions featured on
SterKinekor Home Entertainment’s newsletter. Sony Pictures can be found
on the Web at www.sonypictures.com.
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The Blu-ray Movie Review: The Professionals
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9:16AM, Friday, 28 Nov, 2008
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The year is 1917 and the Mexican Revolution is in full swing. Set against this backdrop, The Professionals is a hard-hitting western that tells the story of a group of mercenaries hired by an arrogant Texan oil baron, J.W. Grant (Ralph Bellamy), to rescue his kidnapped wife Maria (Claudia Cardinale). Maria went riding across the border into her native country Mexico, and was kidnapped by a ruthless revolutionary, murderer, thief, and all-round bad guy Captain Jesus Raza (Jack Palance). Raza has Maria stored away in a hideout protected by a 100-strong army and demands a $100 000 ransom for her safe return.
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The hired men gather at Grant’s private rail car on the Mexican border. Each professional has a unique set of skills —Henry "Rico" Fardan (Lee Marvin) is a weapons specialist, Hans Ehrengard (Robert Ryan) is a hardened horse wrangler, and Jake Sharp (Woody Strode) is a master bowman. Rico convinces Grant that dynamite is needed for the caper and gets explosives expert, Bill Dolworth (Burt Lancaster), sprung from prison. Fardan and Dolworth are long-time friends, and even took part in the Mexican revolution. They were old comrades of Raza's and know both the territory and their enemy.
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Grant promises to reward each professional $10,000 for the return of his wife, and upon agreeing to the deal, the four men set off into the rugged, unforgiving Mexican desert to complete the contract. Along the trail, they encounter and outshoot splinter groups of Mexican desperados, getting ever closer to Raza’s heavily fortified camp. The men know they are vastly outnumbered, but still draw up and execute their plan of attack. When they find Maria, they also discover that all is not what it seems, and the mission has been further complicated; a realization that may have come too late as former allies now prepare for the final showdown…
The Professionals has a run time of 117 minutes and is rated PG. This Blu-ray release presents the film re-mastered in High Definition (HD) and comes with special features including:
- The Professionals - A Classic — a testimonial by Martin Campbell (director of Casino Royale).
- Burt Lancaster: A Portrait — a tribute to the late actor by his daughter, Joanna Lancaster.
- Memories from The Professionals — actresses Claudia Cardinale and Marie Gomez discuss different aspects of the film.
The Professionals was kindly supplied for review by Nelmari
Claassens, SterKinekor Home Entertainment Marketing Manager for Sony
Pictures. Go to www.bluraydisc.co.za
to view the latest Blu-ray news, reviews and competitions featured on
SterKinekor Home Entertainment’s newsletter. Sony Pictures can be found
on the Web at www.sonypictures.com.
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Signs That Your Cat May Be Trying To Kill You
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12:51PM, Monday, 17 Nov, 2008
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See more signs at www.catswhothrowupgrass.com and take the QUIZ to find out if kitty is indeed plotting your demise.
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