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Midwest Book Review
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A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps
Alana DeJoseph, director
Jimmy Carter, actor
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, actor
First Run Features
www.firstrunfeatures.com
B0CLZ3H3D3, $24.99, DVD (113 Minutes)
https://firstrunfeatures.com/toweringtaskvod.html
https://www.amazon.com/Towering-Task-Story-Peace-Corps/dp/B0CLZ3H3D3
Synopsis: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave Americans a new way to serve their country and called it the Peace Corps. In its 60-year history, some 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship - a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, "A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps" is a documentary film that fully explores how this uniquely American government agency has attempted to answer Kennedy's call: "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
Critique: Exceptionally well produced and presented, and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, highschool, and college/university library DVD collections, "A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps" will prove of immense value to viewers with an interest in the Peace Corp and its history.
Editorial Note: First Run Features (www.firstrunfeatures.com) is a theatrical and home video distributor that has released independent, documentary and foreign films in the United States since 1979.
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Jerry Aronson, director
First Run Features
www.firstrunfeatures.com
UPC 720229918305, $24.95 List, $17.99 Amazon, DVD
https://firstrunfeatures.com/lifeandtimesofallenginsbergvod.html
Synopsis: Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher - Allen Ginsberg's remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture.
For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 60 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America's greatest poets, author of "Howl" and other groundbreaking poems. The DVD includes exclusive and revealing interviews with his friends, family and contemporaries as well as never-before-seen materials made public because of the warm friendship that developed between subject and director.
"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" reveals the last 70 years of American culture beginning with the Beat era in the post-war Forties and Fifties, continuing through the revolutionary Sixties and concluding with the uncertainty and possibility of current times.
"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" features 6 hours of Bonus Material that includes: Exclusive Interviews; A Featurette: "The Making of the Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg"; Ginsberg reading selected poems; Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at Jack Kerouac's grave; William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg at Naropa University; Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg at City Lights bookstore; The Making of the Music Video "A Ballad of the Skeletons"; Ginsberg guiding us through an exhibition of his photographs; Excerpts from "Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit" by Jonas Mekas; and a Memorial for Allen Ginsberg.
Critique: An absolute 'must' for the legions of Allen Ginsberg fans, "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and college/university library American Biography/Documentary DVD collections.
Editorial Note: First Run Features is a theatrical and home video distributor that has released independent, documentary and foreign films in the United States since 1979. To hear about new releases, special offers, contests, screening events and more they have an informative website at http://www.firstrunfeatures.com
Muzzle
Aaron Eckhart, actor
Stephen Lang, actor
John Stalberg Jr., director
Image Entertainment
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
B0CGMH1856, $12.96, DVD, (1 Hour 40 Minutes)
https://www.amazon.com/Muzzle-DVD-Aaron-Eckhart/dp/B0CGMH1856
Synopsis: After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser (Aaron Eckhart) plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible.
Critique: An action-adventure suspense thriller at its entertaining best, this DVD edition of "Muzzle" also features a Director's Commentary and Deleted Scenes from the theatrical release making it an extraordinary and recommended addition to personal and community library DVD movie collections.
Sympathy for the Devil
Nicolas Cage, actor
Joel Kinnaman, actor
Yuval Adler, director
Image Entertainment
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
B0C8VGQFMP, $32.96, DVD (1 Hour 30 Minutes)
https://www.amazon.com/Sympathy-Devil-Steelbook-4K-UHD/dp/B0C8VGQFMP
Synopsis: After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. Nicolas Cage is 'The Passenger', while Joel Kinnaman is "The Driver".
Critique: An inherently riveting movie from start to finish, "Sympathy for the Devil" is a 'must see' for the legions of Nicholas Cage fans. Highly recommended for personal and community library DVD Movie collections, it should be noted that "Sympathy for the Devil" is also available in a Blue-Ray format ($14.96, Amazon).
The Chelsea Detective: Series 2
Adrian Scarborough, actor
Sonita Henry, actor
Richard Signy, director
Acorn
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
B0CGMHQJF8, $24.98, DVD (3 Hours)
https://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-Detective-2-DVD/dp/B0CGMHQJF8
Synopsis: Even a suburb as posh and outwardly serene as London's Chelsea district has it's share of unsavory doings beneath the surface-and they were more than enough to keep DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) busy. When not working his caseload with DC Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry), he'd be striving to get out of his Cheyne Walk houseboat and back in the good graces of estranged art dealer wife Astrid (Anamaria Marinca). Lucy Phelps, Peter Bankole, Sophie Stone also star.
Critique: The second year series of a terrifically entertaining and highly popular British television mystery series, "The Chelsea Detective" DVD from Acorn features 4 episodes on 2 discs and is certain to be a welcome addition to both personal and community library DVD collections.
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
A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps
Alana DeJoseph, director
Jimmy Carter, actor
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, actor
First Run Features
www.firstrunfeatures.com
B0CLZ3H3D3, $24.99, DVD (113 Minutes)
https://firstrunfeatures.com/toweringtaskvod.html
https://www.amazon.com/Towering-Task-Story-Peace-Corps/dp/B0CLZ3H3D3
Synopsis: In 1961, President John F. Kennedy gave Americans a new way to serve their country and called it the Peace Corps. In its 60-year history, some 200,000+ volunteers have traveled to more than 140 countries to carry out the organization's mission of world peace and friendship - a towering task, indeed. Through interviews with Corps volunteers, Heads-of-State, scholars, journalists, and host country nationals, "A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps" is a documentary film that fully explores how this uniquely American government agency has attempted to answer Kennedy's call: "My fellow citizens of the world, ask not what America will do for you, but what together we can do for the freedom of man."
Critique: Exceptionally well produced and presented, and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, highschool, and college/university library DVD collections, "A Towering Task: The Story of the Peace Corps" will prove of immense value to viewers with an interest in the Peace Corp and its history.
Editorial Note: First Run Features (www.firstrunfeatures.com) is a theatrical and home video distributor that has released independent, documentary and foreign films in the United States since 1979.
The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg
Jerry Aronson, director
First Run Features
www.firstrunfeatures.com
UPC 720229918305, $24.95 List, $17.99 Amazon, DVD
https://firstrunfeatures.com/lifeandtimesofallenginsbergvod.html
Synopsis: Visionary, radical, spiritual seeker, renowned poet, founding member of a major literary movement, champion of human rights, Buddhist, political activist and teacher - Allen Ginsberg's remarkable life shaped the very soul of American counterculture.
For 25 years, Academy Award-nominated director Jerry Aronson accumulated more than 60 hours of film on Allen Ginsberg, resulting in this comprehensive portrait of one of America's greatest poets, author of "Howl" and other groundbreaking poems. The DVD includes exclusive and revealing interviews with his friends, family and contemporaries as well as never-before-seen materials made public because of the warm friendship that developed between subject and director.
"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" reveals the last 70 years of American culture beginning with the Beat era in the post-war Forties and Fifties, continuing through the revolutionary Sixties and concluding with the uncertainty and possibility of current times.
"The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" features 6 hours of Bonus Material that includes: Exclusive Interviews; A Featurette: "The Making of the Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg"; Ginsberg reading selected poems; Bob Dylan and Allen Ginsberg at Jack Kerouac's grave; William Burroughs and Allen Ginsberg at Naropa University; Neal Cassady and Allen Ginsberg at City Lights bookstore; The Making of the Music Video "A Ballad of the Skeletons"; Ginsberg guiding us through an exhibition of his photographs; Excerpts from "Allen's Last Three Days on Earth as a Spirit" by Jonas Mekas; and a Memorial for Allen Ginsberg.
Critique: An absolute 'must' for the legions of Allen Ginsberg fans, "The Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg" is especially and unreservedly recommended for personal, community, and college/university library American Biography/Documentary DVD collections.
Editorial Note: First Run Features is a theatrical and home video distributor that has released independent, documentary and foreign films in the United States since 1979. To hear about new releases, special offers, contests, screening events and more they have an informative website at http://www.firstrunfeatures.com
Muzzle
Aaron Eckhart, actor
Stephen Lang, actor
John Stalberg Jr., director
Image Entertainment
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
B0CGMH1856, $12.96, DVD, (1 Hour 40 Minutes)
https://www.amazon.com/Muzzle-DVD-Aaron-Eckhart/dp/B0CGMH1856
Synopsis: After his dog is killed in Skid Row, Jake Rosser (Aaron Eckhart) plummets deep into a sinister underworld to uncover the truth about who may be responsible.
Critique: An action-adventure suspense thriller at its entertaining best, this DVD edition of "Muzzle" also features a Director's Commentary and Deleted Scenes from the theatrical release making it an extraordinary and recommended addition to personal and community library DVD movie collections.
Sympathy for the Devil
Nicolas Cage, actor
Joel Kinnaman, actor
Yuval Adler, director
Image Entertainment
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
B0C8VGQFMP, $32.96, DVD (1 Hour 30 Minutes)
https://www.amazon.com/Sympathy-Devil-Steelbook-4K-UHD/dp/B0C8VGQFMP
Synopsis: After being forced to drive a mysterious passenger at gunpoint, a man finds himself in a high-stakes game of cat and mouse where it becomes clear that not everything is as it seems. Nicolas Cage is 'The Passenger', while Joel Kinnaman is "The Driver".
Critique: An inherently riveting movie from start to finish, "Sympathy for the Devil" is a 'must see' for the legions of Nicholas Cage fans. Highly recommended for personal and community library DVD Movie collections, it should be noted that "Sympathy for the Devil" is also available in a Blue-Ray format ($14.96, Amazon).
The Chelsea Detective: Series 2
Adrian Scarborough, actor
Sonita Henry, actor
Richard Signy, director
Acorn
c/o RLJ Entertainment
www.us.RLJEntertainment.com
www.acornonline.com
B0CGMHQJF8, $24.98, DVD (3 Hours)
https://www.amazon.com/Chelsea-Detective-2-DVD/dp/B0CGMHQJF8
Synopsis: Even a suburb as posh and outwardly serene as London's Chelsea district has it's share of unsavory doings beneath the surface-and they were more than enough to keep DI Max Arnold (Adrian Scarborough) busy. When not working his caseload with DC Priya Shamsie (Sonita Henry), he'd be striving to get out of his Cheyne Walk houseboat and back in the good graces of estranged art dealer wife Astrid (Anamaria Marinca). Lucy Phelps, Peter Bankole, Sophie Stone also star.
Critique: The second year series of a terrifically entertaining and highly popular British television mystery series, "The Chelsea Detective" DVD from Acorn features 4 episodes on 2 discs and is certain to be a welcome addition to both personal and community library DVD collections.
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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