somewhere on leave is a 1943 british comedy film directed by john e. blakeley and starring frank randle , harry korris and dan young .

it was the third in the series of somewhere films following private randle and his comrades .

it was followed by somewhere in civvies .

somewhere on leave

robbie vincent , dan young , harry korris and frank randle on parade in this scene from the mancunian studios ' feature film somewhere on leave .
in abc’s new dead - child time - travel mystery , “somewhere between , ” the coincidences are somewhere between far - fetched and lunatic .
i would use
leave for . . .
always , unless
leave
is being followed by the infinitive of another verb .
the value of theatrefolk vignette plays is clear on the page and on the stage .
frank randle triple bill : somewhere in camp / somewhere on leave / home sweet home dvd : urltoken frank randle , harry korris , robbie vincent , dan young , nicolette roeg , tony pendrell , john singer , percival mackey , john e . blakely : dvd & blu - ray
aaron craven , on ground , devon sawa and paula patton in the new series “somewhere between , ” based on the south korean series “god’s gift : 14 days . ”
i would use
leave for . . .
always , unless
leave
is being followed by the infinitive of another verb . for example :
but ,
to leave
and
to go
have slightly different definitions .
to leave
means only to get up and walk out the door .
to go
means to leave and also to travel after leaving .
paula patton will star in abc ’s summer series “ somewhere between , ” variety has confirmed .
that ' s normal ' s b . . . : leave me ( main discussion )
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farce of a wealthy soldier who takes his friends home with him on leave , and conducts a romance with a girl who finds herself of adopted parents and is unhappy .
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somewhere , nowhere is a place to call home . a place to leave . the best place in the world . nothing but a memory . how many of us feel one way or the other about the place we grew up ? how many of us love or hate our hometown ? maybe it ' s both at the same time .
a group of soldiers on leave are invited to stay at a wealthy friend ' s stately home . but while their host is distracted by a beautiful girl , the off - duty squaddies run riot in his house . musical comedy , starring frank randle and harry korris .
paula patton will star in abc’s summer series “somewhere between , ” variety has confirmed . the drama landed a 10 - episode straight - to - series order in late 2016 , before casting was in place . “somewhere between” follows laura price , who will be played by patton . she’s not crazy , but she knows that her daughter serena is going to be murdered . she doesn’t know [ … ]
pete is ready to leave his small town life behind . he ' s also terrified . so he ' s doing what any terrified person would do to prompt change - standing on the roof of the school covered in egg cartons . here comes change , ready or not .
first of all , colton haynes looking a little bit like ryan lochte with his frosty new hair . the clown in this photo is a little shy , but each cast photo has them hidden somewhere .
manor on movies : don ' t be a dolt . that ' s not a cult ( movie )
set in san francisco and filmed in vancouver , “somewhere between” looks good . and as summer escapism goes , it has a little more texture , though a little less urgency , than competitors like cbs’s “zoo” and “the mist” on spike . no performances stand out , but ms . patton and devon sawa are fine as the odd - couple investigators .
we wrapped on somewhere , nowhere last week . largest audience my department has ever had , and my kids had a flawless run . translation : the best production i ' ve ever done . the laughs , the raw emotion , the tears of joy and sorrow when it was all over . . . my grads loved this play , and so did i .
the extravagant melodrama of “somewhere between” can be traced to its source : “god’s gift : 14 days , ” a 2014 south korean series that has an abundance of the hair - raising plot twists that characterize that country’s internationally popular tv dramas .
leave it to american horror story to make you dance for your supper . new cast photos have been released , but there ' s a little trick : you have to find , then unscramble a message .
follow the same pattern - an intense , sad , character - defining decision is made , but forman couldn ' t leave it there - but they ' re the exception because , imo , it actually works . in
pays its final respects to dr . lance sweets in tonight’s episode ( 8 / 7c on fox ) , and it seems likely that
this post contains frank discussion of season 6 , episode 4 of game of thrones titled “the book of the stranger . ” if you are not caught up and don’t wish to know what happened , now is the time to leave .
is there a reasonable explanation ? his dead ' dad ' ( vincent price ) was an inventor . maybe he rigged up some contraption before his death that would remove blocks of ice from a freezer somewhere in the house and winch them over to where edward needed them ?
in a recent phone interview peppered with rich laughter , ms . torres talked about her decision to leave “suits” and one of the things she’ll miss the most : pearson’s drop - dead - gorgeous wardrobe . these are edited excerpts from the conversation .
on a september day in new york , i ' m looking out my balcony , and i still miss my family ,
says de pablo , thinking about not being on the los angeles set in the fall for the first time since 2005 .
but they ' re with me all the time , every day , and that won ' t change .
de pablo is speaking with tv guide magazine exclusively after her abrupt decision not to renew her contract just prior to the start of production on season 11 ( which kicks off tuesday at 8 / 7c on cbs ) .
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the plot hole : the t - rex ' s boat crashes into the harbour , as in transit , it escaped and killed everyone onboard . but how ? it ' s huge ! there ' s no way it could have broken free and toddled on down to the control room to feast on the crew .
bittersweet is the word she inevitably uses to describe how it felt to wrap up her storyline at the - beginning of season 11 .
did i want to leave under those circumstances ? that ' s another story ,
she says .
but i ' m not of the belief that you just take off and leave fans hanging . a lot of people don ' t get the privilege of going back to a set and being able to say goodbye to people . i left under my terms , and that was wonderful .
such mixed feelings may only deepen the mystery of why de pablo left . clearly , there was a last - minute impasse no one wants to discuss , beyond the network ' s insistence that money wasn ' t a factor .
as far as my decision to leave , that ' s a personal thing , and i ' d rather leave it at that ,
she says .
the idea of leaving was not something i toyed around with for a long time . it was an overwhelmingly hard thing — at times terrifying .
the do - over mystery — seen this past season in cw’s “frequency” — puts an emphasis on remorse , and “somewhere , ” featuring a mother who blames herself for her child’s death , is about the greatest guilt of all . the corollary is that laura , given her groundhog week , will go to any extreme to keep her daughter safe . this theme was even more bald in the korean original , which opens with an animated parable about a mother gouging out her own eyes .
the role marks patton’s first series regular role on television . the “mission impossible” star has been eyeing a starring part on tv for some time , specifically with abc — two pilot seasons ago , she was cast in the lead role in another drama at the network , “runner , ” which ultimately was not picked up to series .
initial impressions 8 / 29 / 16 , edited for full review 8 / 31 / 16 : i’m a huge gayle forman fan so any book of hers , no matter the age range or genre , will be on my radar . when i heard that leave me was adult contemporary , i had to admit that i wasn’t super excited about it since i haven’t been reading as much “serious” contemporary lately and i don’t really read it on the adult level — i’m more of a ya gal . either way , it was gayle forman and i knew no matter what , i was in good hands so i was excited
the somewhere . . . series of pictures ' smashed box office records in northern england . ' - - tvguide . com ' a man who was truly mad , bad and dangerous to know and yet adored by his audience . ' - - cp lee , ' because i tell a joke or two ' , routledge , 1996
by request , hotun presents this sketch in which harry korris sets the piano scene and frank , along with dan young , almost destroy it whilst robbie vincent looks on .
cheyenne jackson plays dr . rudy vincent , whose office appears to be surrounded by mysterious figures . this will be jackson ' s third time working on american horror story .
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of course , if you want to see how the story might turn out , there’s a quicker way than waiting for the 10 episodes of “somewhere between” to unspool . the 17 episodes of “god’s gift” ( in which the mother is given two weeks , rather than one , to fix things ) can be binged at dramafever . com .
camille preaker is unlike any character we ' ve seen before . hbo must have known this when it signed on to adapt gillian flynn ' s book , sharp objects , into
when we head to ikea , we don ' t feel like we ' re shopping — we feel like we ' re going on an adventure . the swedish superstore is full of seemingly endless
the first two episodes of “somewhere , ” shown monday and tuesday , stayed fairly close to the complicated framework of the korean show . laura ( paula patton ) , the district attorney’s wife , is a producer of an investigative tv news show that’s probing a series of child murders . when her own daughter is kidnapped and killed , she tries to drown herself , only to wake up back on dry land a week before her daughter’s murder . working with the investigator — everything is connected ! — she tries to change the course of events , but they don’t change easily .
the plothole : sam has put a pair of glasses on ebay . by unfortunate coincidence , these are exactly the same glasses that the decepticons are looking for because they contain the roadmap to where the all spark is . however , we later learn that the decepticons can hack into the united states military network with ease , so surely placing a bid on ebay would be a walk in the park .
the plot hole : we all know why arnie arrives butt naked in the first movie . as kyle reese explains to sarah , only living organisms can travel through the time machine or machines covered with living tissue . but where does this leave the t - 1000 , who is made entirely from liquid metal and therefore has no tissue matter at all ?
it ' s not that gore verbinski ' s endurance test is a total snoozer . it ' s not that the film is much , much longer than it needs to be . and it ' s not even that the payoff is nowhere near worth the audience ' s investment . the problem is that somewhere around the middle of the film , one begins to realize it probably isn ' t going any place worthwhile .
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if you are mother , could you ever imagine leaving your kids ? no matter what the reason ? what if you had a heart attack and when trying to recuperate , it was clear that you were a burden on your family , so you went back to the same old habits ? and at some point , it became the straw that broke the camel’s back ? maribeth klein , ( the main character in leave me by gayle forman ) is one of those women . after her heart attack , she can’t take the stress of having to take over all of the old parenting and
gayle forman is one of my favorite authors , so i was really excited to see her publish leave me . then , i read the description of the story , and it completely spoke to me ! i jumped right in with high hopes of connecting with the main character and possibly experiencing some self - discovery of my own . i mean , what over - worked mother doesn ' t fantasize about a little get - a - away to focus on just yourself ? everything about maribeth jumped right out at me… works full - time ( check ) , two young and very , ve
so , vacant and vaguely confused expectations . like the protagonist with his leg in a cast , one is stuck in a disorienting place , not sure when he can leave . to appropriate a line from critic roger ebert , watching a cure for wellness is like waiting for the bus in a city where you ' re not even sure they have a bus line .
in the first episode , a private investigator on a case goes to the wrong apartment — and it’s the apartment of the district attorney who put the investigator’s brother on death row . later , the district attorney’s wife has a flat tire — outside a store owned by the mother of the investigator’s murdered fiancée . at this point the characters realize something’s up . “nothing is coincidence , ” the bereaved mother cries . oh ! o . k .
the problem is , at the tranquil sanitarium , time stands still and none of the
patients
particularly want to leave . written by the adventurous justin haythe – his diverse credits include the clearing , revolutionary road and the lone ranger – the story ' s thrust revolves around one line ,
only when we know what ails us can we find the cure .
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friends : i have been here . i have tried to do this . almost twelve years ago , i had my first baby . and two months later , in the throes of postpartum depression , i got my purse and my keys and started to get in my car to leave . my baby was upstairs in his bassinet . my husband was at work . and my plan was to go and not come back for a few years , because i couldn ' t handle it . life . motherhood . personhood . anything . i was checked by a phone call from my mom . i got on medication . i got better , though i
“ somewhere between ” follows laura price , who will be played by patton . she’s not crazy , but she knows that her daughter serena is going to be murdered . she doesn’t know who the murderer is , or why she’s killed , but she knows exactly when it will happen , where and how . despite this , all of her attempts to keep her daughter safe fail and serena’s fixed , unmovable , terrifying fate keeps her directly in the path of her killer .
and she drew my sympathy instantly . her life pulled me in , no matter how dull it may seem . and though it ' s obviously a selfish act to just up and leave your kids , it didn ' t bother me like it did some readers because i think the author portrayed the push to breaking point very well . i didn ' t like what maribeth did , but i understood it .
award - winning author and journalist gayle forman has written several bestselling novels for young adults , including the just one series , i was here , where she went and the # 1 new york times bestseller if i stay , which has been translated into more than 40 languages and in 2014 was adapted into a major motion picture . gayle published leave me , her first novel starring adults in 2016 and her latest
“my contract was up , so this wasn’t a power play that went terribly wrong , ” ms . torres said about her decision to leave “suits . ” after years of traveling between the show’s toronto set and los angeles , where she lives with her husband , the actor laurence fishburne , and their daughter , the actress was ready for a change . “my personal life needed to be tended to , ” she said .
it ' s a comment on contemporary society and misplaced priorities . we ' re sick and we don ' t even know it . the
cure ,
if we can call it that , involves the distilling of humanity ' s pure essence .
is there a reasonable explanation ? regarding the microwave , maybe it ' s a matter of aim . as for accidental toxin exposure . . . you kidding ? this is gotham city . who ' s gonna notice a few more lunatics on the loose ?
on wednesday night’s midseason finale of “suits , ” jessica pearson — the queen bee of pearson specter litt , the beleaguered law firm at the heart of the series — saved the life of a death - row inmate . then she saved her own sanity , by quitting .
spoiler free review picture this : a man wakes up one day with a toothache . he ignores it for a while , but soon the pain becomes so unbearable that he decides to pack his bags and go on a spiritual quest to find the dalai llama . on the journey , he meets a kind sherpa who guides him up the perilous slopes of tibet . things go well for a while until disaster strikes : they are beset by a vicious snowstorm and end up stranded . after days of starvation , the sherpa sacrifices his body as sustenance for t
we wanted to give her the most graceful , emotional payoff we could ,
says exec producer gary glasberg .
it was a pretty magical moment . cote took it and ran with it , and the emotion you ' ll see on screen is very real .
billie lourd , who has previously worked with ryan murphy on scream queens , will be winter anderson . her period clothing looks a little odd next to haynes ' and jackson ' s crisp suits , but nothing is weirder than her clown doll . that thing alone can produce nightmares .
the plot hole : edward likes to sculpt ice to pass the time since he ' s totally alone . but woah , hang on . edward ' s friendless , and unable to grip anything - so how did he get the ice ? it ' s not like he can order it online .
find this & other reviews at urltoken happy reading ! some books hit you at the exact time they could make the most impact & that’s exactly how i feel about leave me . my life is incredibly overwhelming , especially this past year . i know there are many people who feel the same way . in my most frustrating times , i’ve contemplated running away , so reading about a 42 - year - old mother who realizes she’s not getting what she needs to get healthy & leaves her family really s
a vignette play is a collection of short scenes on a theme . theatrefolk vignette plays cover themes from waiting to driving to communication to hair to snow and even to shakespeare ! you ' ll love working with the variety and flexibility of the scenes . your actors will love the fast pace and fun characters .
leave me by gayle foreman this is a story about a woman named maribeth klein who is a mother of twins who are four years old . she is married to her husband jason who earns less money than maribeth earns at her highstress job working with her best friend elizabeth , who is an executive editor at a magazine in new york city . maribeth is forty four years old when she has two heart attacks . after double bypass surgery , maribeth returns home after only a week of recuperating in the hospital and it is if
when my boss left for bea this year , he asked if there was anything he should bring back for me ( as i ' d been badgering him about it for a couple of weeks , tbh ) . i gave him a list of four or five books , but this was the only one he was able to snag . he brought it back just on time for me to go on vacation - - lovely timing , as this is tailor - made vacation reading . ( and now my obligatory plea : stop calling things
chick lit
or
women ' s fiction
because they are light or feature female protagonists
award - winning author and journalist gayle forman has written several bestselling novels for young adults , including the just one series , i was here , where she went and the # 1 new york times bestseller if i stay , which has been translated into more than 40 languages and in 2014 was adapted into a major motion picture . gayle published leave me , her first novel starring adults in 2016 and her latest novel , i have lost my way , comes out in march of 2018 . gayle lives with her husband and daughters in brooklyn .
the review why this book ? i usually love gayle forman books what i thought you are supposed to want to root for the lead character but i just can ' t root for maribeth . i can ' t root for somebody who abandon their family and cheats on their husband . that ' s all i got to say .
of the music - hall turns who made films , lancashire comedian frank randle was among the most successful . but his appeal inevitably exemplifies the north - south divide and his success - including that of his five somewhere films - was largely confined to home ground . in the third of the series , randle and three of his regular army pals are invited by a fellow private to have some off - duty fun at his stately home . their host is too busy courting an ats girl to realise the chaos the quartet are causing . it may be unsophisticated , and more a series of incidents than a cohesive narrative , but it ' s still fun .
tvline | were you able to accept that decision , to be ok with it ? i pretty much had to be . [ laughs ] the directing job was not something that i could walk away from . it was such a huge opportunity . it feels like a good next step in my career and my life ; i always dreamed of being a director . so to be able to do something like this on such a huge scale —it’s a huge studio movie — it’s definitely not something i could turn my back on . it was a sacrifice for sure . but i’m three weeks into filming and having the time of my life . i couldn’t imagine it working out any other way .
way back in season 2 , when she escaped the house of the undying in qarth , daenerys still had a very clear purpose . “my home is across the sea where my people are waiting for me , ” she said reiterating her plan to sail to king’s landing and take back her father’s throne . “they will be waiting a long time , ” her captor replied , prophetically . it’s been several seasons and we’re still waiting for daenerys’s plot to hook up with the action in westeros . and while it looks like we might finally be getting somewhere , does the call back to season 1 in this week’s episode mean the last few seasons have been a complete waste of time ?
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so ultimately when this novel tied things up with a shiny bow at the end i could not but think back on this passage about the need to have a happy ending . it felt disingenuous to real life to me . life is messier . maribeth ' s life certainly was . i think a more conflicted ending would have been more suited to this book .
the third of 10 long and ramshackle comedies made in the forties by raucous music - hall comedian frank randle often , as here , aided and abetted by plump harry korris ( who , with squeaky - voiced co - star robbie vincent , also won fame on radio ' s wartime hit happidrome ) . knockabout stuff for fans of army farces in music - hall style .
striking out on her own , maribeth meets lots of great new friends and embraces the pleasures and challenges of her newfound freedom . obviously a character - driven novel , we observe the changes in maribeth , as she figures her life out and faces her fears . the blurb calls forman
a dazzling observer of human nature
and that couldn ' t be more true .
the plot hole : david has a brainwave on how to disarm the mothership ! all he needs to do is boot up his mac , write a nasty piece of code and infect the aliens ' computer network with it . but how is this virus going to be downloaded ? how can a mac be compatible with their extra - terrestrial , and far more advanced , systems ?
the most charitable thing we can say about daenerys’s plot is that it subverts the white savior trope . game of thrones drew criticism back in season 3 when , as one particularly scathing critique put it , “ [ dany ] ends up crowdsurfing over the brown people like some kind of tagaryan bono with all of the smug satisfaction of a gap - year backpacker that has just built an orphanage in a village somewhere . ” but try as she did to “save” slaver’s bay , daenerys will probably fail . not even book readers know for sure , but a hasty retreat to westeros seems awfully likely . and one of the biggest tragedies of the meereenese knot is that two of the show’s canniest political operatives—tyrion and varys—are now tangled up in it .
the murder mystery , which will shoot in vancouver , canada , is based on a korean format . the abc adaptation will be penned by “brothers & sisters” alum stephen tolkin , who will serve as executive producer along with ivan fecan and joseph broido . the show is produced by thunderbird entertainment in association with itv studios america , and will be distributed globally by itv studios global entertainment .
. . . but for a long time now , that massive force seems constantly in danger of being overwhelmed . by angry mobs , the sons of the harpy , or , at the end of last season , some combination of the two . seriously , if daenerys has several thousand unsullied , why were there only a dozen or so on hand to protect her at the fighting pits ?
is there a reasonable explanation ? there is at least a deleted scene showing goldblum dicking about with his computer to make it compatible , which at least proves emmerich was aware of how silly this was going to look . even so , you have to assume the aliens are big apple fans . maybe they invaded to get their grubby protuberances on an ipod , but arrived a few years too early .
for every woman who has ever fantasized about driving past her exit on the highway instead of going home to make dinner , for every woman who has ever dreamed of boarding a train to a place where no one needs constant attention - - meet maribeth klein . a harried working mother who ' s so busy taking care of her husband and twins , she doesn ' t even realize she ' s had a heart attack
tvline | thoughts on your quasi - successor aubrey ? you guys have the same basic physical build and hair color . there are several moments in tonight’s episode where i thought he was you . [ laughs ] i’m sure that was intentional . it probably made the transition a little more seamless . i think [ john boyd ] is a really cool guy from the couple of scenes that we did together . a really nice dude .
is there a reasonable explanation ? things have moved on from the events of the first film , and skynet has developed a workaround for the whole
living tissue
conundrum . in which case , there ' s no need for the t - 1000 to be naked , unless he ' s trying to trick any passing gawpers into thinking he ' s an older model of terminator . which would be exceptionally paranoid for an emotionless machine .
the movie : humans will never learn that creating dinosaurs and setting them free in a park is probably the worst idea since shell suits . still , that doesn ' t stop the ingen gang from nurturing a whole other load of creatures on a nearby island . things don ' t go well when someone has the genius idea to take the t - rex to san diego . where ' s it going ? comic - con ? jesus .
i think the public doesn’t understand the rigors of shooting a show for an actor , much less when you’re on location and away from home . at one point i approached aaron [ korsh , the showrunner , ] and said : “it’s not that i don’t love the show and love jessica , who is my alter ego . but my life is my life , and i need to take care of it . ” and everyone was completely supportive .
i think just about every mom has thought of running away from home if nothing more than to make a statement of how much we do on a day to day basis that makes the world go round . i liked the resolution that maribeth got with all her family dimensions but some of it was far fetched . not very mom has $ 25k to withdraw & run away to pittsburgh . an enjoyable read but needed a lil more grit for my taste .
as tvline reported , daley’s burgeoning directing career — he’s currently helming a remake of national lampoon’s vacation — led the powers that be at bones to kill off sweets . what did he think of that decision ? the actor - auteur tackles that question in the following q & a . he also opens up about his less - than - ideal last day of shooting , shares his thoughts on sweets’ final baby wish and offers a critique of his sorta - replacement , aubrey .
what a treat for randle fans . lets hope they release the rest of them . fair enough he was a bit strange but what a funny man . old time humour at it ` s best . supported by dan young a man sadly forgotten but equally as funny . not forgetting robbie vincent and harry korris . all of these names well before my time so it ` s a treat to now own them on dvd . a regular viewing of these classics is a essential .
find all of my reviews at : urltoken 3 . 5 stars okay i’m pissed at myself for being a big fat pile and refusing to log on to the computer in order to yack out a review before this thing expired from the library because i know maribeth provided some pretty quotable quotes that made me laugh . oh well . . . . let me start this half - assery by telling you that maribeth is not for everyone . different strokes for different folks and all that jazz so i won’t judge you if you aren’
gayle forman writes such emotional books . and for the fist two thirds of this novel i really liked it . it follows the story of maribeth klein and how she suddenly leaves her life one day . what i like is that maribeth feels like such a real character . i completely understand her reasons for leaving her family . i found myself supporting them all as the story developed . this book really shines the spotlight on women who are somehow expected to do it all . she has the family , the career . . all these c
it was the premise that first drew me in . an overworked , underappreciated mother with a full - time job has a heart attack . and sure , her family’s concerned . at least initially . but then , the narrator gets the sense that her family resents the time she’s taking to recuperate . overwhelmed and pissed off , she decides to run away . whaaaaat ? me ? identify with this narrator ? i don’t know what you’re talking about . anyway . i don’t usually spend money on hardcovers but , as soon as i read the opening page
three and a half stars maribeth klein , mother of four year old twins and holding down a full time position at frap , a celebrity lifestyle magazine , has a heart attack . she is hospitalised , operated on and nearly dies . you would expect when she comes home her husband and family would be completely supportive and caring . instead , maribeth feels too much is left to her to do and no - one is supporting her . she packs a bag , withdraws a sum of money and leaves her husband , jason , mother and twins liv an
the collateral damage of tyrion’s character aside , the failure in meereen knot doesn’t inspire a lot of confidence in daenerys going forward . to paraphrase daenerys herself , why should she control the seven kingdoms if she can’t control slaver’s bay ? in a post - episode interview that aired in hbogo , david benioff placed great emphasis on daenerys , “an unarmed little woman , ” taking care of herself . she didn’t have a dragon fly in to do her dirty work for her . but the bigger audience aside , does this really feel all that different from season 1 ?
this was my first gayle forman novel . i ' d been seeing her name pop up frequently , so when this became available on the library overdrive , i picked it up , not knowing much about it . hmm , talk about relating to a character - in this case , it almost felt like too much , especially since maribeth , the protagonist of this short novel , and i are of a similar vintage . there were many things i liked about this novel , besides its relatability . i appreciated forman daring to write about a mother -
the sain
3 . 5 immensely readable and entirely easy to relate . how many times when all my seven children were growing up , when i was ferrying them back and forth to school , outside activities , trying to keep up with housework , cooking , laundry , did i feel like getting in my car and running away ? way too many to count and i bet many other feel or have felt the same . in this book a 44 year old woman , suffers a heart attack , has bypass surgery and on release from the hospital finds her life with three year ol
did she say
for now
? although you get the feeling any reprise would be years in the future , de pablo has a surprisingly hopeful , never - say - never answer when asked if she could ever return for a cameo or something bigger .
the greatest thing about this last episode is that ziva doesn ' t die ,
she says .
as long as a character doesn ' t die , the character can always come back . not that it would actually matter , because we bring back characters from the dead all the time on ncis !
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it was the premise that first drew me in . an overworked , underappreciated mother with a full - time job has a heart attack . and sure , her family’s concerned . at least initially . but then , the narrator gets the sense that her family resents the time she’s taking to recuperate . overwhelmed and pissed off , she decides to run away . whaaaaat ? me ? identify with this narrator ? i don’t know what you’re talking about . anyway . i don’t usually spend money on hardcovers but , as soon as i read the opening pages , i knew i had to own this book . it didn’t disappoint . — steph auteri from the best books we read in october 2016 : urltoken
this week’s episode ended in the same way a handful of episodes have ended on game of thrones : daenerys using fire to get her way . true , she didn’t use her dragons this time , but in the past we’ve seen those dragons roast qarthian warlocks , flambé astaporian slavers , intimidate yunkish masters , and fricassee meereenese rebels . but of all the things dany’s immunity to fire ( in the show , not the books ) has gotten her in essos , none has been quite so impressive or important as drafting her thousands of new dothraki faithful . as satisfying as it was to watch daenerys roast a bunch of sexist dothraki pigs alive , aren’t we right back where we started with the mother of dragons ?
“you don’t know them , you don’t understand them , ” grey worm tells tyrion when critiquing his plan to deal with the slavers . and when tyrion said he was a slave long enough to know what slavery was like , missandei gently corrects him : “not long enough to understand . ” grey worm and missandei seem right , don’t they ? if dany fails and re - focuses her attention on westeros , that means tyrion and varys failed as well . that’s not the dynamic duo we came to know and love in season 2 . tyrion is a fool who can’t speak the language this season and while that might be an effective way to undermine a white savior storyline , it’s not the best use of peter dinklage .
tvline | what has this past week been like in terms of the reaction from fans ? sweets’ death pretty much blew up twitter . it was nice . people were saddened about the loss of sweets , but understanding that i — as a person — wanted to fulfill a dream . it was actually surprising . i [ expected ] some people would be taking it out on my personally . and up to this point , no one has said anything [ negative to me ] in the twitter - sphere . no one’s bashing me . it was also nice to know that there was such a loyal fan base of the show , and of sweets in particular , who were devastated by the loss . it was bittersweet .
first , a quick note on daenerys being fireproof . martin has made it very clear she is not in the books . “targaryens are not immune to fire ! ” he wrote to a fan in 1999 . “the birth of dany’s dragons was unique , magical , wondrous , a miracle . she is called the unburnt because she walked into the flames and lived . but her brother sure as hell wasn’t immune to that molten gold . ” “so she won & apos ; t be able to do it again ? ” the fan asked . “probably not , ” he replied . since daenerys freeing herself from the dothraki hasn’t happened in the books yet , we have no way of knowing if martin plans to bend that fire - proofing rule .
in the original planned series , daenerys killed khal drogo in order to get vengeance for her dead brother viserys . she fled from his faithful dothraki bloodriders into the wilderness , stumbled across a clutch of dragon eggs , and a “young dragon will give daenerys the power to bend the dothraki to her will . then she begins to plan for her invasion of the seven kingdoms . ” she invades by the second book and is fighting ice zombies by the third . so , yes , all this slaver’s bay stuff was never supposed to happen . if george had stuck to his plan , daenerys would be squaring off with the night’s king instead of moping around meereen . and while that’s probably still on the menu , we’ll have to wait a few more seasons to get there .
tvline | are you at all bummed that sweets and daisy reunited during the time jump ? it kind of cheated you and carla gallo out of some potentially fun material . absolutely . i love carla . she hails from the judd apatow family . she was the lead of undeclared , i was in freaks and geeks … we’ve known each other for such a long time in passing , and then bones brought us together as really good friends . she is such a funny , quirky , awesome person and i am so happy for her and her baby . she’s been baby crazy for a little while now . [ laughs ] so it’s nice to finally see her as a mom . she’s going to be one of the best moms . that will be tough to not be able to work with her on the show and hang out .
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funny man , plenty of laughs . farce and slapstick - you cant bear it .
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i love frank randle . a forgotten comic talent in the annals of british comedy , today ' s so called comic actors could learn a lesson from the likes of frank randle .
fair enough he was a bit strange but what a funny man . old time humour at it ` s best
excellent set of the master comedian with the 35mm film prints coming from the archive , worth noting for this dvd set .
three of randle ' s best film roles in one package , with good quality prints and sound . the films are cheaply made but the glorious anarchy of the man ( how many soldiers in 1942 . . .
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samurai is a 2002 tamil language film directed by balaji sakthivel and produced by s. sriram .

the film featured vikram in the title role , while anita hassanandani , jaya seal and nassar played supporting roles .

harris jayaraj scored the film 's music , while sethu sriram handled cinematography .

originally launched in 2000 , the film went through production delays and was only released in july 2002 , when it opened to mixed reviews and an average response at the box office .

samurai ( 2002 film )

actor tom cruise was last in new zealand in 2002 to film the last samurai .
samurai ( 2002 ) tamil movie cd - rip 320kbps mp3 songs music by harris jayaraj - starmusiq . com
a poster of the film tatara samurai by director yoshinari nishikori . photo : ©2017 tatara samurai production partnership
the twilight samurai ist ein film aus dem jahr 2002 ( habe die dvd version gesehen und die jahre merkt man dem film deutlich an ) der sehr still ist , er ist zurückhalten was ebenfalls sehr angenehm ist .
samurai is a 2002 tamil action - romance film , directed by balaji sakthivel and produced by alayam . this film stars vikram , anita , jayaseel , sriya reddy , nassar in the lead role . the films soundtrack and background score were composed by harris jayaraj with lyrics by vairamuthu .
in 2002 , the full - scale samurai film “the twilight samurai” ( original story by shuhei fujisawa ) ( view trailer ) won all the major film awards in japan , including 15 awards at the 26th japan academy awards . it was also nominated for the oscar for best foreign language feature at the 76th academy awards® , winning him international acclaim .
writer - director yoshinari nishikori made his film debut in 1999 with women’s army corps , about young women joining japan’s self defense force . his next film , a white ship , ( 2002 ) took place in his home prefecture , shimane , which was also the location of his hit 2010 film railways , and his 2013 film konshin .
the villagers opt for guns the source of conflict in the film . photo : ©2017 tatara samurai production partnership
this is the second film for anita though this was the first film she had signed up .
sho aoyagi stars as gosuke , who has to choose between becoming a master blacksmith of samurai sword steel like his father or becoming a samurai himself to protect his village . ©2017 tatara samurai production partnership
rediscovered and lavishly re - released in 2002 , this uniquely spooky collection of folk motifs sounds like it ' s cursing you with every sinister , hurdy - gurdy note .
was the final film to screen at the victorian state film theatre prior to becoming acmi at federation square .
` samurai ' will make people sit up and take notice , says vikram .
the wildly popular performers of japan’s exile theatrical troupe are headlined in this gorgeously lensed new jidaigeki ( period film ) tatara samurai from yoshinari nishikori .
seven samurai is available for the first time on blu - ray from 21 october .
the second film in his samurai trilogy , “the hidden blade” ( 2004 , trailer ) , was presented in competition at the 55th berlin international film festival . the third , “love and honor” ( 2006 , trailer ) , was the opening film for panorama at the 55th berlin international film festival and a huge box - office success in japan .
a poor village under attack by bandits recruits seven unemployed samurai to help them defend themselves .
no ,
he said and expressed that each film he was going to make would be different .
what did he feel about
samurai
?
a veteran samurai , who has fallen on hard times , answers a village ' s request for protection from bandits . he gathers 6 other samurai to help him , and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves , and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day . the film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village .
' twilight samurai
is set in japan during the period of the meiji restoration , circa 1868 - - the same period as kurosawa ' s great
the seven samurai
and edward zwick ' s elegant
the last samurai .
the three films deal in different ways with a time when samurai still tried to live by the code of bushido , even as they faced poverty or unemployment in a changing society .
the last samurai
is about samurai opposing the emperor ' s moves to modernize japan ; ironically , we learn that the hero of
twilight samurai
fought and died in that rebellion - - after the story of this movie is over .
the first of yamada’s ‘samurai trilogy’ , comprised of the hidden blade ( 2004 ) and love and honor ( 2006 ) , twilight samurai received a record - breaking 12 japanese academy awards , and was nominated for best foreign - language film at the 2004 academy awards .
` ` kasi
is almost like an art film . ` ` samurai
belongs to the mainstream . ` ` gemini
is commercial . what made you accept it ?
a veteran samurai , who has fallen on hard times , answers a village ' s request for protection from bandits . he gathers 6 other samurai to help him , and they teach the townspeople how to defend themselves , and they supply the samurai with three small meals a day . the film culminates in a giant battle when 40 bandits attack the village . written by colin tinto
anita hopes that her role in
samurai
will fetch her accolades and perhaps more interesting projects .
phew . i was worried this was going to be some romantic vampire movie . . . with samurai
success means a desire to do better . it ' s scary . every time i do a film , i think it ' s my first film .
an elder ronin samurai arrives at a feudal lord ' s home and requests an honorable place to commit suicide . but when the ronin inquires about a younger samurai who arrived before him things take an unexpected turn .
ein film der alle charakteristischen stärken des japanischen kinos aufweist die wären eine sehr präzise erzählstruktur , eine klare , höchst ästhetische bildsprache und hervorragende , lobenswert unprätentiöse schauspielleistungen . jenseits eines hollywoodscheu spektakels à la
last samurai
wird hier ein wenig romantisierender , unpathetischer blick auf den alltag eines samurai geworfen .
this is , quite simply , such a lovely film , in every respect .
a welcome family film that extols noble values and offers first - class animation .
beautiful low - key revisionist ( i guess ) samurai movie . everything is muted : the humour , the action , the feels and that gives the film its peculiar lived - in character .
good film music needs good bass notes . minimalism has some of the best . without glass ' s creeping bass , koyaanisqatsi would not be much of a film .
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despite the early modern - era setting , the film contains many of the same tropes of earlier samurai films ( albeit with a lot more bloodletting ) , most notably another koike adaptation that preceded it , the seven - film lone wolf and cub ( 1972 - 74 ) series .
now he has dropped that name and reinvented himself as praveenkanth . his earlier film ,
a rather quiet film , the twilight samurai is a gentle , insightful , beautiful piece about a widower who works as a dull accountant for a war lord . and , oh yes , he happens to be a hell of a good swordsman when necessary . he reluctantly fights and only seeks to do exactly enough to halt the attacks . all that might seem to be code words for dull , but twilight samurai is a fascinating , unique and thought provoking glimpse into the life of a low - ranking samurai . highly recommended for any fan of samurai films .
the film has been made with social consciousness in mind . everyone has become selfish . if this continues , what will happen ? the film seeks to answer this question .
starrer now on the floors , is one such instance . the film is being made by
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the moldy peaches ' kimya dawson stamps the film with her brand of folky indie pop .
blu - ray release date : nov . 11 , 2014 price : blu - ray $ 29 . 95 studio : twilight time hiroyuki sanada is the twilight samurai the 2002 drama - romance the twilight samurai —that’s right , there’s not a whole lot of action in this one—was written and directed by veteran japanese filmmaker yoji yamada . set in mid - 19th century japan a few years before the meiji restoration , the movie follows the life of seibei iguchi ( hiroyuki sanada ) , a low - ranking samurai widower employed as a bureaucrat . poor , but not destitute , he still manages to lead a content and happy life with his daughters and senile mother . but through an unfortunate turn of events , the turbulent times conspire against him… nominated for an oscar for best foreign language film at the 76th academy award for best foreign language film , the twilight samurai fared better in its homeland , where it won an unprecedented 12 japanese academy awards , including best picture , best director , best actor ,
people complained about this film . ' there ' s too much music , ' they whined . that ' s because it ' s a film about gilbert & sullivan ' s music .
the most puzzling question about this film is - it ' s not clear who stole the story from whom . the film looks like a low budget clone of ' citizen ' . but , the powerful flashback that was seen in ' citizen ' doesn ' t exist in ' samurai ' even for formalities sake .
kurosawa ultimately scrapped that story , and instead pitched the idea of a film that would cover a series of five samurai battles , based on the lives of famous japanese swordsmen . hashimoto went off to write that script , but kurosawa ultimately scrapped that idea as well , worrying that a film that was just “a series of climaxes” wouldn’t work . then , producer sôjirô motoki found , through historical research , that samurai in the “warring states” period of japanese history would often volunteer to stand guard at peasant villages overnight in exchange for food and lodging . from that , kurosawa and hashimoto developed the idea of a group of samurai hired by peasants to protect them from bandits , and seven samurai was born .
when kurosawa first set out to make a samurai film , he sat down with screenwriter shinobu hashimoto and outlined the idea of a “day in the life” story about a single samurai . the film would be an intimate portrayal of a warrior who got up in the morning , had his breakfast , went to work at his master’s castle and then , after making a mistake , would be so disgraced that he would return home and commit ritual suicide .
the movie star is here to film mission impossible 6 in the remote rees valley , otago .
, for the care with which zwick researched details of japanese culture for that film . trailers for
the filming of a song sequence for the film
samurai
took the cast all the way to exotic syria . amid hectic shooting schedules , lead player anita and director balaji found time to talk about their experiences . . .
1 . originally , the film was going to be called “six samurai” although it’s now the genre with which he’s most associated , kurosawa had never made a samurai movie before this point . his original conception for the project was to follow the day in the life of a samurai , ending with the protagonist’s suicide , but he wasn’t confident enough in the level of research he’d need to do . instead , he decided to adapt a story he’d found about a group of samurai defending a village of farmers . the 500 - page first draft ( co - written with regular collaborators hideo oguni and shinobu hashimoto ) was titled “ six samurai , ” but on reflection , they found that having six responsible , sober samurai heroes was a little dry . as a result , they created the pretender samurai kikuchiyo , who’s more empathetic and emotional , and cast toshiro mifune , who was originally going to play badass swordsman kyuzo ( later taken by seiji miyaguchi ) , in the new role , giving the actor free rein to improvise .
while it might be a push to describe red sun as a samurai film per se , this oddball french - italian - spanish co - production , billed as “the first east - meets - west western” , is of interest as an indication of just how interlinked the mythology of the western gunslinger and the masterless samurai had become in the popular global imagination by the 1970s .
` ` samurai ' ' will satisfy action lovers but for those looking for innovation in story and screenplay , the soldier leaves you yearning .
a crafty samurai helps a young man and his fellow clansmen save his uncle , who has been framed and imprisoned by a corrupt superintendent .
one of the very few japanese actors to make a successful transition to hollywood , hiroyuki sanada has been in the movie business for more than half a century . sanada , 56 , came to the attention of international audiences for his role as a warrior and devoted family man in yoji yamada ’s oscar - nominated the twilight samurai ( 2002 ) , before appearing alongside tom cruise and ken watanabe in the last samurai the following year . despite his early martial arts training and graduating from sonny chiba ’s japan action club , his range is far wider than portrayals of japan’s legendary swordsmen . he has appeared in films as . . .
the critical and commercial success of yoji yamada ’s twilight samurai saw a long - overdue resurgence in interest in the samurai film . as in his takes on yakuza gangster films in the late - 1990s , takashi miike ’s revisionism veers more towards the stylistic rather than the socio - political end of things , in this remake of eichi kudo’s 1963 classic of the genre of the same name .
he’s known now as the genre’s greatest master , but kurosawa was more than a decade into his career as a director before he made seven samurai . it’s the most ambitious and praised of all of his samurai films , but while other directors might have built up to such a massive project , this was actually his first samurai movie . other classics , including yojimbo ( 1961 ) and sanjuro ( 1962 ) , would follow .
vikram has done an excellent job as the revolutionary in samurai . he has ably used his physique and emoting capabilities to lift the film to an above average action thriller . the few flaws in the screenplay and a similar climax from an earlier ajith -
with an admirably well - maintained physique and powerful eyes vikram is all geared up for action in aalayam ' s ` ` samurai ' ' .
thiagu is a school teacher by day and a ' samurai ' by night . he and his gang abduct corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who go free because of the loopholes in the legal system . ofcourse there is a tragic background to all this . anitha , a schoolgirl is love with vikram . there is the honest cop nassar who goes by the rulebook . cop versus samurai goes on with finally the samurai being brought to court .
he is pretty excited about his forthcoming projects . ` samurai ' , directed by shankar ' s assistant balaji is slated for a diwali release . ` ` i play a warrior in that film . it ' s a very interesting character . the director is very sensitive , very good in scene conception . he narrated the whole film to me in shots ' ' .
more than half a century ago , akira kurosawa pushed his creative powers to new limits with a film that merged grueling shoots , an unprecedented budget , and an all - star cast to change japanese cinema forever . seven samurai , arguably the greatest film ever made in japan , combined brilliant performances , revolutionary camerawork , and a respect for period accuracy to create something audiences around the world had never seen before , and it’s still remembered as one of the great movie epics . it’s a flawless film , but making it wasn’t easy . to find out why , check out these 16 facts about how seven samurai became a masterpiece .
with akira kurosawa’s seven samurai fighting its way onto blu - ray , we delve into japan’s heroic past with 10 classic tales of swords and chivalry .
official submission of japan for the ' best foreign language film ' category of the 76th academy awards in 2004 .
a visually stunning film that may be too predictable and politically correct for adults , but should serve children well .
because copious research into the lives of samurai was done as part of the writing process , some of the characters were ultimately based on real historical figures . for example , the cold master swordsman kyuzo ( seiji miyaguchi ) , was based on miyamoto musashi , one of the most famous samurai who ever lived .
as the production process of seven samurai grew longer and longer , producers grew worried that kurosawa was spending too much on the film . as a result , production was closed down “at least twice . ” instead of arguing , kurosawa simply left to go fishing , believing that the studio had already invested so much money into the film that they wouldn’t simply scrap it . he was right .
no . i did ` ` dil
in between . it was a commercial film like ` ` gemini .
simon pummell ' s experimental british film was scored by radiohead ' s jonny greenwood , the consummate multi - instrumentalist .
the twilight samurai is about all the usual topics of the genre , but most of all about how a life so intertwined with upholding honor takes it ' s toll on all aspects of personal life as a result of sacrifices . the life of the twilight samurai should be a frustrating one , but he has such an…
veteran director yoji yamada ’s drama “nagasaki : memories of my son” has been selected as japan’s contender for the foreign - language oscar awards race . the announcement was made tuesday by the motion picture producers association of japan . the film was chosen by a committee affiliated with the mppaj from 16 candidate movies . set in the aftermath of the atomic bombing of nagasaki , the film stars sayuri yoshinaga as a midwife in who , three years after her son ( kazunari ninomiya ) died in the blast , receives a visit from his still much - alive - looking ghost . released in japan in december 2015 , the film won two prizes from the japan academy : a best actor award for ninomiya and a best supporting actress award for haru kuroki as the son’s still - loyal girlfriend . the 84 - year - old yamada’s 2002 period drama “ the twilight samurai ” received an oscar nomination at the 76th academy awards , but did not win .
this is not your typical samurai film . honestly , it’s not typical in any way , as it’s a ) the best samurai film i’ve ever seen , and b ) one of the most masculine , and emotional , films i’ve ever seen . following the tale of a petty samurai named seibei iguchi and his struggle to get through life , detailing not only his human struggle , but those of the society in which he belonged , fighting to find relevance as the entire world is changing . the stupendous hiroyuki sanada delivers a perfect performance as the titular twilight ( a name given to him by his peers , to make fun of his pitiful existence ) , bringing to life circumstances that can be empathized by men and women today , it…
throughout the film , one can ' t help but feel a sort of exasperation . it continues till the very end .
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but he dreams of leaving home to become a samurai under oda nobunaga , and when the village comes under attack , he sees his opportunity to help protect it .
hereditary is the new horror film from first time director ari aster that is being touted as the scariest film of 2018 and an instant horror classic . the casual cinecast is here let you know just how true that is without all the hype including a spoiler free section at the beginning for those who haven ' t seen the film yet ! before we dive into hereditary , we talk about what films and tv we ' ve been watching recently . chris watched the new action / sci - fi film upgrade while justin fell down a youtube rabbit hole of penn & teller ' s fool us segments ! mike revisits a modern samurai classic , the twilight samurai ! then we jump into our deep dive review of ari aster ' s hereditary . the film stars toni collette , alex wolff , milly shapiro and gabriel byrne . it tells the story of a family who begins to have odd occurrences and events happen around them after the death of the matriarchal grandmother .
popular film director prathap pothan , who has churned out many hit films in malayalam and tamil , is to direct navodaya ' s second 3 - d film . the film , made by the production house that had made my dear kuttichaathan , india ' s first 3d film , will have teenage sensation kunchacko boban in a major role . though it was first to be directed by jijo , he wouldn ' t be able to do it on account of being busy with the activities of jeevan tv .
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a look at the relationship between a young blind samurai ( kimura ) and his wife , who will make a sacrifice in order to defend her husband ' s honor .
official submission of japan for the ' best foreign language film ' category of the 76th academy awards in 2004 . see more »
legrand ' s delightful , jazzy romantic score and songs are the perfect complement to the candy - coloured gorgeousness of the film .
exile’s naoki kobayashi marks his film debut with tatara samurai , although he has been active as a dancer and actor for a decade . he has appeared in a variety of plays and musical performances on stage and tv , and is also the leader of the j - pop supergroup sandaime j soul brothers .
picking your favorite akira kurosawa film is a tricky choice for any movie fan . from “ rashomon ” to “ ran , ” the great japanese filmmaker , one of the most beloved and influential directors of all time , knocked out a string of classics in a career that lasted well over 40 years . but more often than not , at the top of the list for kurosawa fans is “ seven samurai , ” the 1954 samurai epic that redefined the action movie for generations .
will both direct and produce kamal ' s latest . and word is that he is so confident of the film doing well that when
an exciting and exquisitely rendered film in which the horse goes through as many adventures and perils as indiana jones on a good day .
featuring an unlikely david bowie as a japanese pow , nagisa oshima ' s film is now best remembered for its melancholically beautiful soundtrack .
the soundtrack was a rather more soothing and spiritual affair than the film , stuffed with glorious nuggets from the golden age of soul .
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one who is a samurai must before all things keep in mind , by day , and by night , the fact that he has to die . that is his chief business .
note :
twilight samurai
swept the 2003 japanese academy awards , winning 12 categories , including best picture , director , screenplay , actor , actress , supporting actor and cinematography .
the film’s famous opening shot features a group of bandits riding over a hilltop and then debating whether or not to attack a village below . according to hashimoto , the film originally started with those same bandits actually attacking another village , and the ultimate opening shot was what happened after that attack . kurosawa decided to cut the attack sequence , believing an “unassuming” start was the best way to open the film .
prior to the japanese rollout of the film on may 20 , director yoshinari nishikori and star naoki kobayashi screened a sneak preview of the film at the foreign correspondents’ club in tokyo , followed by a q & a session . kobayashi impressed by responding to questions in english .
touching , low - key melodrama on the personal side of a japanese warrior / salaryman . bonus points for cool alternate language titles : le samouraï du crépuscule and samurai in der dämmerung .
the revolution in chanbara came in the late 1920s , with works such as chuji’s travel diary ( 1927 ) adding dynamic editing techniques and dramatic lighting to emphasise the psychology of the characters , heightening the drama through devices such as the flash of the blade under moonlight . it was from these that the modern samurai film was born .
as the feudal japan era draws to a close , a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing 2 young daughters , an aged mother , clan loyalties , and the sudden reappearance of his childhood sweetheart .
seibei iguchi is a low - ranking samurai of the unasaka clan in shonai province of northeast japan . his wife died of tuberculosis , a frequent cause of demise in those early years of hunger and malnutrition . with two daughters , kayano and ito , and an aging mother to support , he and his family must survive in austerity . the moment his daily work is over , he hurries home , refusing to drink or eat with fellow samurai , and concentrates on housework and moonlighting . behind his back , samurai teasingly call him
tasogare seibei ( twilight seibei ) .
the film has the look and epic sweep of the sumptuous cinematic feasts once served up by the major studios , despite its far smaller budget .
' piano quartet in e major ' - music that , like the film , hangs precariously between a child - like reverie and materialised terror .
like all of andrei tarkovsky , this is a film with a heavenward gaze . music from bach ' s two passions ease our eyes up .
hero starring martial arts legend jet li in a visually stunning martial arts epic where a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation ! with supernatural skill . . . and no fear . . . a nameless soldier ( jet li ) embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people . now , to achieve the justice he seeks , he must take on the empire ' s most ruthless assassins and reach the enemy he has sworn to defeat ! acclaimed by critics and honored with numerous awards , hero was nominated for both an oscar® ( 2002 best foreign language film ) and golden globe !
in samurai assassin , set in 1860 in the dying days of the tokugawa shogunate , toshiro mifune plays a roguish ronin unaware of the identity of his nobleman father , and who’s driven with ambitions of securing samurai status at a time when this warrior class is on the cusp of being abolished . he becomes involved in a plot to assassinate ii naosuke , a powerful official in the shogunate’s military government whose calls for opening up the country to foreign trade anger nationalists . the scene is set for the final implosion , and one which will see the age of the samurai over once and for all .
in a way , she is very much a beginner , though she has done the successful telugu film
nuve nenu
directed by teja , supergood films '
varsham ellam vasantham
with manoj and is now doing the hindi version of
dil
and another hindi film with tushar kapoor .
cruise ' s co - stars on the film include rebecca ferguson , simon pegg , ving rhames , alec baldwin , sean harris and henry cavill .
izumo is the birthplace of many vaunted japanese traditions , including kabuki , sumo ( which nishikori celebrated in his 2013 film konshin ) and even sake .
a low key story about a low ranking samurai ' s everyday struggles to keep food on the table for his poor family after his wife ' s death is a beautiful affair . growing up i had this glamorized vision of the life of a samurai , it seemed like the epitaph of cool . yoyi yamada shatters all my boyhood dreams you could say . but it ' s with a gentle touch .
anitha , who plays the role of a schoolgirl , is the source of comfort . her pranks don ' t contribute a dime to the film but , thanks to her , there are some good songs to listen to . did we mention some very soothing - to - the - eyes scenes too ? it is pretty obvious that the film took two years to complete . vikram is short of enthusiasm throughout the film . he looks dull and lifeless .
is quiet , assured , a masterpiece of contemplative understatement . its connection to eastwood ' s film is more than just cosmetic , though , more than just another
old west
film about an aging , widowed warrior called into action for something so quaint as the honour of a woman . no ,
of death & dying . mother africa . directed and edited by john g . avildsen ( who won anoscar in 1977 for rocky ) , the film stars stephen dorff , john gielgud , morgan freeman , armin mueller - stahl and featured ( a then - unknown ) daniel craig in his film debut .
13 march , 20h :
love and honor
( 2006 , trailer ) shinnojo mimura ( takuya kimura ) is a low - ranking samurai who works as a food taster in his lord’s castle . when he is blinded by the poison of bad shellfish , his ungrateful lord leaves him with nothing but a nod in thanks for saving his own life . now without employment , mimura has nothing but the love of his wife kayo ( rei dan ) . his meddlesome family then convinces her to seek the patronage of toyo shimada , a higher - ranking samurai of the same clan . when shimada takes advantage of her weak position , shinnojo is caught in a difficult position : can he ever accept his beloved wife’s mistake ? can a blind swordsman avenge himself on his enemy ? can he continue living as a blind and shamed samurai ? love and family are the central themes of this film , but the traditional samurai themes of honor and swordplay have their place as well .
the ballad of narayama
is a japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice , telling a story of startling cruelty . what a space it opens…
lawrence kasdan ' s loved and loathed friends - reunited film did for motown what american graffiti had done for rock ' n ' roll a decade before .
so , vikram is available and willing . willing to learn magic and roller - blades for his role in ` vikatan ' , willing to learn to be ` blind ' for the tamil remake of the malayalam superhit , willing to learn yoga for ` samurai ' ( his opening shot in the film , is where he does mayura asanam ) and so on .
when director balaji told me the story , he was a very enthusiastic , charged person . i was really convinced . you just watch he will be much sought after once ` ` samurai
is released .
one who is a samurai must before all things keep in mind , by day , and by night , the fact that he has to die . that is his chief business
- the bushido code
after the second world war , the allied occupation restricted films promoting feudal values , putting the kibosh on this most japanese of action genres . when the occupiers departed in 1952 , the way was clear for the golden age of the samurai film : throughout the ensuing decade , jidaigeki would account for over a third of the local industry’s annual output of some 500 titles .
his story is told by director yoji yamada in muted tones and colors , beautifully re - creating a feudal village that still retains its architecture , its customs , its ancient values , even as the economy is making its way of life obsolete . what kind of a samurai has to pawn his sword and make do with a bamboo replacement ? the film is narrated by seibei ' s oldest daughter ( erina hashiguchi ) , who is young in the film but an old lady on the soundtrack , remembering her father with love .
as the feudal japan era draws to a close , a widower samurai experiences difficulty balancing 2 young daughters , an aged mother , clan loyalties , and the sudden reappearance of his childhood . . . see more »
thiagu is a school teacher by day and a ' samurai ' by night . he and his gang abduct corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who go free because of the loopholes in the legal system . ofcourse . . .
the film that introduced not just the ' dang danga dannnng dang dang dang dang ' james bond theme , but also honey ryder singing underneath the mango tree .
an extraordinary jazz score by mingus , brought in by john cassavetes . mingus got depressed and only produced the full score two years after the film was released .
seven samurai was unlike anything japanese cinema—let alone world cinema—had ever seen . it took period movie accuracy to new levels , and it luxuriated in its runtime of more than three - and - a - half hours . when asked to describe what kind of film he made , kurosawa had the perfect response : “a movie as rich as a buttered steak topped with grilled eel . ”
in a film to be directed by adhaiyaman , he plays a womaniser . in ` university ' , he plays a college youth . ` ` so , as you can see , i have been doing completely different roles . i would want to do one film like ` sethu ' every year , ' ' he says .
close on the heels of the blockbuster , ` ` gemini ' ' comes another vikram bonanza , ` ` samurai ' ' . the pre - release fanfare , hype and hoopla have naturally raised a lot of expectations .
when the samurai are giving battle advice to the peasants , who sit around them forming a circle , the camera does a rather wide circle shot of them . you can see the dolly track behind the seated peasants .
the 28th edition of the tokyo international film festival took place from the 22th until the 31th of october in the great city of tokyo . this ten day event is the only japanese film festival accredited by the international federation of film producers associations ( fiapf ) . it started in 1985 and since then it became one of the most important festival in the world . the festival offers the audience a great chance to see the very best film from around the world and bring them the best national productions . competition section tokyo grand prix nise – o coração da loucura ( nise – the heart of madness ) by roberto berliner – brazil | 2015 – 109 min . special jury prize nous trois ou rien ( all three of us ) by kheiron – france | 2015 – 102 min . award for best director mustafa kara for his film kalandar soğuğu ( cold of kalandar ) turkey , hungary | 2015 – 139 min . award for best actress gloria pires for the film nise – o
the film depicts seven ronin ( masterless samurai ) as they band together to protect a beleaguered farming community from repeated attacks by marauding bandits . the epic three - and - a - half - hour runtime , on - location shooting , and use of multiple camera set - ups for its action scenes made this release from the toho studio the most expensive japanese production of its day .
i still dont know why the samurai genre keeps enthralling me over and over again . i just cant get enough of it frankly speaking . the entire world is seen thru the perspective of 4 walls of a room . there is respect for each and every member who is allowed to enter thy hallowed space . sake is food for the soul quenching thirst amidst discussions . how did the masterless samurai survive so much poverty and changes in society ?
definitely a director ' s film . someone does a presentation and if they don ' t direct well , whatever you do , you cannot rise above the script .
also a respected screenwriter , yamada ' s recent works include another emotional war film , “sea without exit” , co - written by motofumi tomikawa , the well - known writer of director shohei imamura’s “the eel” . “kabei – our mother” ( 2008 ) , his 80th film , has opened in japan to great popular and critical acclaim .
4 . there’s a number of different versions of the film , but the original is now ( finally ) widely available . given that kurosawa ‘s original cut was 207 minutes long , it’s unsurprising that it got trimmed down significantly . the director’s version only played major cities in japan , with a shorter version playing second - and third - run theaters in the country . the film was re - edited for the venice film festival with the second half remaining mostly untouched , while the first was cut substantially , leading some to complain that the film was confusing , a charge that kurosawa agreed with . nevertheless , he still won the silver lion for best director . when taking it abroad , toho cut a full 50 minutes off , fearing it that it would be too long for u . s . audiences , and the longer version took a surprisingly long time to resurface . in 1991 , a 190 minute version was theatrically released in the u . k . , and a 203 - minute cut finally made it to the u . s . in 2002 . soon after , the criterion collection finally released the original cut on dvd , with a digitally - remastered version following in 2005 , and a blu - ray in 2010 .
kollam thulasi has been cast for long in villainous roles only , and that too in so many films that he is perhaps identified with such roles only . and now when he has completed 100 films and he has even bagged a good role in a tamil film ( the vikram starrer samurai . directed by balaji shaktivel ) , kollam thulasi is , for the first time , being cast as the hero in a malayalam film . the film , mohitam , to be produced by sajith and gireesh under the banner of image india international , is to be directed by saleem bawa , who had earlier made rapid action force . scripted by john zachariah , the film would have lyrics by vayalar sharath chandra verma and music by sreemoolanagaram thilak . besides kollam thulasi , mohitam will feature in the cast riyaz , anzil , maala aravindan , saththaar , newcomer swapna ( as the heroine ) , kanakalatha , maria etc .
akira kurosawa ' s original idea for the film was to make it about a day in the life of a samurai , beginning with him rising from bed , eat breakfast , go to his master ' s castle and ending with him making some mistake that required him to go home and kill himself to save face . despite a good deal of research , he did not feel he had enough solid factual information to make the movie . he then pitched the idea of a film that would cover a series of five samurai battles , based on the lives of famous japanese swordsmen . hashimoto went off to write that script , but kurosawa ultimately scrapped that idea as well , worrying that a film that was just
a series of climaxes
wouldn ' t work . then , producer sôjirô motoki found , through historical research , that samurai in the
warring states
period of japanese history would often volunteer to stand guard at peasant villages overnight in exchange for food and lodging . kurosawa then came across an anecdote about a village hiring samurai to protect them and decided to use that idea . kurosawa wrote a complete dossier for each character with a speaking role . in it were details about what they wore , their favourite foods , their past history , their speaking habits , their reaction to battle and every other detail he could think of about them . no other japanese director had ever done this before . see more »
that this independent production achieves such a level of artistry has already earned it several international awards , including one for best artistic contribution at the 2016 montreal world film festival .
probably the finest film ever made about classical music . as one of the characters says : ' it seemed to me that i was hearing a voice of god . '
the mother of a feudal lord ' s only heir is kidnapped away from her husband by the lord . the husband and his samurai father must decide whether to accept the unjust decision , or risk death to get her back .
naoki kobayashi : “i wanted to use a real sword , but this is a movie , right ? of course it was an imitation . but i trained with a real sword to get the sense of being a samurai . ”
thiagu is a school teacher by day and a ' samurai ' by night . he and his gang abduct corrupt politicians and bureaucrats who go free because of the loopholes in the legal system . ofcourse . . . see full summary »
after the super - hit
tenali
, where jayaram stole the thunder from kamalhassan he had lined up three malayalam releases , but unfortunately all of them have got stuck in financial quagmire . utthaman was supposed to be released for christmas but the producer ran out of money to shoot two songs needed for the film . as far as vakkalath narayanan kutty was concerned the new distributor khatilakam films promised to take the film for entire kerala territory , but a week before release ( january 19 ) he reneged on it and was willing to distribute only travancore area . so unless some new distributor buys malabar and cochin area the film cannot be released . the bad luck continues with jayaram ' s latest film under production sharjah to sharjah , where dinesh panikkar the distributor walked out , because he did not have money even to release his own thilana thilana . so it will take some time for the producers of these three jayaram film to complete their venture and get it released . meanwhile jayaram plans to do a tamil film with comedy director c . sundar .
during the time of change of the mid - 19th century , yaichiro is bid farewell by his fellow samurai friends munezo and samon as he leaves their clan ' s fiefdom on the northwest coast of japan . . . see full summary »
an tale of revenge , honor and disgrace , centering on a poverty - stricken samurai who discovers the fate of his ronin son - in - law , setting in motion a tense showdown of vengeance against the house of a feudal lord .
i ' ve seen a number of samurai films that were made in the 1950s and 60s , but i ' ve only seen one or two others from the 21st century , i ' m surprised at how well they still work . the twilight samurai is a touch too corny for my liking , but the cinematography , both in its lighting and framing is so damn gorgeous , along with other aspects of the filmmaking , i was really surprised at how much i liked it .
the man responsible for bringing the loveable travelling salesman tora - san to the screen in the long - running it’s tough being a man ( 1969 - 97 ) series might seem an unlikely candidate to turn to jidaigeki . as an antidote to hollywood’s post - 9 / 11 attempt to reframe japanese feudal history in edward zwick’s the last samurai ( 2003 ) , the left - leaning yamada ’s affable take on the samurai as low - ranking everyman , twilight samurai stems from a similar political standpoint as the director’s earlier comedy dramas . its hero is a petty bureaucrat forced to react against the personal and wider historical circumstances he finds himself beset by in the twilight years of the feudal era preceding the meiji restoration of 1868 .
k . b . madhu , who started his career as an independent director with chitrashalabham and then made deepasthambham mahaascharyam and then vinayapoorvam vidyaadharan , is all ready to do his fourth film . the film , to be produced by unni poonkunnam under the banner of krishnakripa films will have vijayaraghavan in the lead . jagathy too would be doing a major role . it is being said that a major star of malayalam cinema , whose name is yet to be disclosed , will also be doing a major role . to be scripted by suresh pothuval , the film will have lyrics by kaithapram and music by ouseppachchan . cinematography will be by tony and g . murali will do editing . the film will be shot mainly in kochi and ootty
the 90 minute film , the director of which is yet to be finalised , will also be released on the internet . and while on the topic , pentamedia , as well as
is a big draw . mani ' s mimicry has brought the children there . but there is something beyond that . but it ' s nice to be wanted after this film .
a bit spanish , a bit north african , a bit weirdo , a bit holst , this is unlike the music you ' d expect in a film set in imperial rome .
noted film director , jayaraj has been conferred with this year ' s bharathan award for the best director , by the bharathan cinema academy . jayaraj has been selected for the award for his film
karunam
based on the ' navarasas ' . the award carries a citation , a sculpture and a cash prize of rs . 10 , 000 . kavya madhavan bagged the best debut actress for her excellent performance in the film ,
chandranudhikkunna dikkil
. the award comprises of a cash prize of rs . 5000 , a citation and a sculpture .
let’s hope we’ll see some of these missing milestones being released for home viewing in the future . for now , the new blu - ray release of seven samurai , and these nine other readily available genre gems , present the perfecting jumping off point .
but , getting back to mgr , the pentamedia film won ' t , as is popularly believed , signal his reincarnation . the late matinee idol will cavort with devyani and rub shoulders with
i know that it is going to make the audience sit up and think . i am very confident and it ' s more an experience than a film that will appeal to anybody .
aber worum geht es in dem film eigentlich ? ein witwer , den geldsorgen plagen und der im sog der tagtäglichen pflichten gegenüber seinem clan und seinen kindern zu verwahrlosen droht . das alles wird…
awesome japanese ' jane austen ' samurai drama flick . the direction of the film is beautifully impressionist . yôji yamada crafts pictures of everyday life which gives us an inherent understanding of the life of seibei iguchi ( hiroyuki sanada ) , a low - ranking widowed samurai with a senile mother and two daughters , working in the castle ' s stores and taking in piecework to get by . sanada is really a marvel to watch ; he adds a very sensible depth and modesty to the character , and infuses it with some understated comic acting as well . as his returning childhood friend , rie miyazawa has a beautiful , spirited feminity that makes sanada seem even more of a macho hunk in contrast .