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November 2023 MBR The Library DVD Shelf
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Midwest Book Review
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Flying Boat
Dirk Braun, actor/director
Tom Casey, actor
Outsider Pictures
https://www.outsiderpictures.us
ASIN: B0CCSVC98R, $19.99, DVD (1 Hour 17 Minutes)
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Boat-Dirk-Braun/dp/B0CCSVC98R
Synopsis: In the film, "Flying Boat", a handful of pilots and mechanics are featured who have restored, fly, and maintain the last few airworthy examples of the flying boat, a magnificent aircraft from a long lost era of adventure and romance. The aircraft featured was restored and brought back to flying condition after being decommissioned and sitting in neglect for decades in the Tucson, Arizona desert known as the Boneyard. These aviators share a camaraderie and reflect upon their experiences and aspirations as to why they fly them today. With the capabilities of landing and taking off on open ocean, land, and even snow and ice, these venerable machines inspire dreams and speak to fantasy.
Critique: With a very special appeal to viewers with an interest in aircraft restoration and aviation history, "Flying Boats" is an inherently fascinating, informative, and entertaining documentary film that is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal and community library DVD collections.
Critique: Outsider Pictures is a sales and distribution company releasing films in the US and Canada. Outsider Pictures is dedicated to realizing the visions of independent filmmakers without compromise and committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from around the world. Outsider Pictures releases 6-8 films per year for distribution and acquires 3-4 film for World sales.
Doc Martin: Last Christmas in Portwenn
Martin Clunes & Caroline Catz, actors
Ben Bold, director
Acorn Media
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
Item #XG1552, $27.99, DVD (1 Hour 30 Minutes)
https://www.acornonline.com/XG1552.html
Synopsis: Portwenn is full of festive fun, until Doc Martin has the grotto closed down because he fears Santa has something contagious, upsetting the children prompting his portrayer to show "Doc the Grinch". Of special note is the inclusion of the celebration special 'Farewell Doc Martin'.
Critique: A 'must see' special episode for the legions of fans for the long running Doc Martin television series, this special DVD edition of "Doc Martin: Last Christmas in Portwenn" from Acorn Media is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal and community library DVD collections.
Editorial Note: Doc Martin is a British medical comedy-drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella developing the character of Dr Martin Bamford from the Nigel Cole comedy film Saving Grace (2000). The series is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Fern Cottage is used as the home and surgery of Doctor Ellingham
Quicksand
Shudder
www.shudder.com
Alliance Entertainment (distributor)
https://www.aent.com
2023 DVD, $27.97, DVD, English, 86min, TV-MA
https://www.amazon.com/Quicksand-Carolina-Gait%C3%A1n/dp/B0C54DRD11
Synopsis: A married couple almost divorcing become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a rainforest in Colombia. They battle the elements of the jungle and must work together to survive.
Critique: A grim thriller that is not for the faint of heart, the cast for "Quicksand" includes Carolina Gaitan, Allan Hawco, Sebastian Eslava, and Andres Castaneda. "Quicksand" is recommended for both personal and community library DVD film collections. Also included as a special feature is 'The Making of Quicksand'.
The Dive
Sophie Lowe & Louisa Krause, actors
Maximilian Erlenwein, director
RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
Alliance Entertainment (distributor)
https://www.aent.com
ASIN: B0CCK4VCJP, $13.99 DVD, $14.99 Blue-Ray
https://www.amazon.com/Dive-Sophie-Lowe/dp/B0CCK4VCJP
Synopsis: For scuba enthusiast sisters Drew (Sophie Lowe) and May (Louisa Krause), their choice of an isolated location to go below turns devastating when a subsea rockslide pins May to the ocean floor, 90 feet down. Unable to budge the boulder off her sibling, Drew faces a desperate race to surface safely and seek help-as May tries to cope with the terror of her oxygen supply running out, in this effective and unnerving two-hand thriller. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.
Critique: A riveting thriller of a film from start to finish, "The Dive" is an especially and unreservedly recommended pick for personal and community library movie collections. Highly recommended!
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
Flying Boat
Dirk Braun, actor/director
Tom Casey, actor
Outsider Pictures
https://www.outsiderpictures.us
ASIN: B0CCSVC98R, $19.99, DVD (1 Hour 17 Minutes)
https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Boat-Dirk-Braun/dp/B0CCSVC98R
Synopsis: In the film, "Flying Boat", a handful of pilots and mechanics are featured who have restored, fly, and maintain the last few airworthy examples of the flying boat, a magnificent aircraft from a long lost era of adventure and romance. The aircraft featured was restored and brought back to flying condition after being decommissioned and sitting in neglect for decades in the Tucson, Arizona desert known as the Boneyard. These aviators share a camaraderie and reflect upon their experiences and aspirations as to why they fly them today. With the capabilities of landing and taking off on open ocean, land, and even snow and ice, these venerable machines inspire dreams and speak to fantasy.
Critique: With a very special appeal to viewers with an interest in aircraft restoration and aviation history, "Flying Boats" is an inherently fascinating, informative, and entertaining documentary film that is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal and community library DVD collections.
Critique: Outsider Pictures is a sales and distribution company releasing films in the US and Canada. Outsider Pictures is dedicated to realizing the visions of independent filmmakers without compromise and committed to bringing moviegoers the most original stories from around the world. Outsider Pictures releases 6-8 films per year for distribution and acquires 3-4 film for World sales.
Doc Martin: Last Christmas in Portwenn
Martin Clunes & Caroline Catz, actors
Ben Bold, director
Acorn Media
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
Item #XG1552, $27.99, DVD (1 Hour 30 Minutes)
https://www.acornonline.com/XG1552.html
Synopsis: Portwenn is full of festive fun, until Doc Martin has the grotto closed down because he fears Santa has something contagious, upsetting the children prompting his portrayer to show "Doc the Grinch". Of special note is the inclusion of the celebration special 'Farewell Doc Martin'.
Critique: A 'must see' special episode for the legions of fans for the long running Doc Martin television series, this special DVD edition of "Doc Martin: Last Christmas in Portwenn" from Acorn Media is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal and community library DVD collections.
Editorial Note: Doc Martin is a British medical comedy-drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella developing the character of Dr Martin Bamford from the Nigel Cole comedy film Saving Grace (2000). The series is set in the fictional seaside village of Portwenn and filmed on location in the village of Port Isaac, Cornwall, United Kingdom, with most interior scenes shot in a converted local barn. Fern Cottage is used as the home and surgery of Doctor Ellingham
Quicksand
Shudder
www.shudder.com
Alliance Entertainment (distributor)
https://www.aent.com
2023 DVD, $27.97, DVD, English, 86min, TV-MA
https://www.amazon.com/Quicksand-Carolina-Gait%C3%A1n/dp/B0C54DRD11
Synopsis: A married couple almost divorcing become trapped in quicksand while hiking through a rainforest in Colombia. They battle the elements of the jungle and must work together to survive.
Critique: A grim thriller that is not for the faint of heart, the cast for "Quicksand" includes Carolina Gaitan, Allan Hawco, Sebastian Eslava, and Andres Castaneda. "Quicksand" is recommended for both personal and community library DVD film collections. Also included as a special feature is 'The Making of Quicksand'.
The Dive
Sophie Lowe & Louisa Krause, actors
Maximilian Erlenwein, director
RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
Alliance Entertainment (distributor)
https://www.aent.com
ASIN: B0CCK4VCJP, $13.99 DVD, $14.99 Blue-Ray
https://www.amazon.com/Dive-Sophie-Lowe/dp/B0CCK4VCJP
Synopsis: For scuba enthusiast sisters Drew (Sophie Lowe) and May (Louisa Krause), their choice of an isolated location to go below turns devastating when a subsea rockslide pins May to the ocean floor, 90 feet down. Unable to budge the boulder off her sibling, Drew faces a desperate race to surface safely and seek help-as May tries to cope with the terror of her oxygen supply running out, in this effective and unnerving two-hand thriller. 91 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.
Critique: A riveting thriller of a film from start to finish, "The Dive" is an especially and unreservedly recommended pick for personal and community library movie collections. Highly recommended!
EDITOR'S NOTE:
The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers. Full permission is given to post any of these reviews on thematically appropriate websites, newsgroups, listserves, internet discussion groups, organizational newsletters, or to interested individuals. Please give the Midwest Book Review a credit line when doing so.
The Midwest Book Review publishes the monthly book review magazines "California Bookwatch", "Internet Bookwatch", "Children's Bookwatch", "MBR Bookwatch", "Reviewer's Bookwatch", and "Small Press Bookwatch". All are available for free on the Midwest Book Review website at www (dot) midwestbookreview (dot) com
Anyone wanting to submit books for review consideration can send them to:
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
278 Orchard Drive
Oregon, WI 53575-1129
To submit reviews of any fiction or non-fiction books, email them to Frugalmuse (at) aol (dot) com (Be sure to include the book title, author, publisher, publisher address, publisher website/phone number, 13-digit ISBN number, and list price).
James A. Cox, Editor-in-Chief
Midwest Book Review
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