| CIGARETTE BURNS: OUR MOVIE REVIEW TIME AGAIN FOR OUR MONTHLY INSTALLMENT OF SELECTED FILMS WHICH HAVE BEEN VIEWED BY THOSE OF HERE AT THE STAFF OF PROPAGANDA. WE FEEL THAT WHAT WE�VE GOT AN ECLECTIC AND ENTERTAINING SELECTION. SO DUST OFF YOUR VIDEO RENTAL CARD AND RUN, DON�T WALK TO THE NEAREST VIDEO STORE. TIME BANDITS 1981, THIS DARK COMEDY SHOWS ITS CREATIVE INFLUENCES IN ITS COVER ART. THE GENIUSES WHO BROUGHT THE HYSTERICALLY FUNNY MONTY PYTHON FILMS AND TV SHOW WERE AT WORK HERE. AN ASSORTMENT OF BIG AND LITTLE NAMES CARRY THIS FILM ALONG AS IF IT NEEDED ANY MORE REINFORCING. THIS FILM POKES FUN AT RELIGION, HISTORY AND THE VERY NATURE OF SOCIETY. ANYONE WHO HAS SEEN BILL AND TED�S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE WILL ENJOY ITS PREDECESSOR. EXCALIBUR 1981, THE ORIGINAL WOOD AND STEEL FILM OF THE 80�S. THE CAST INCLUDES A SLEW OF STARS AND AT THE TIME WOULD BE STARS. THE VISUAL IMAGERY IS A BACK DROP TO THE BEAUTIFUL RETELLING OF THE STORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION. BOORMAN�S CLASSIC OF THE SWORD IN THE STONE , OF THE DEATH OF THE GODS AND THE FREE WILL OF MAN IS A MUST SEE FOR THE ROMANTIC IN US ALL. IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO COMPARE AND CONTRAST, RENT MERLIN. THE RIGHT STUFF 1984, NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK SONG. THIS SAGA OF THE UNITED STATES EMBRYONIC SPACE PROGRAM IN THE LATE 1950s� AND EARLY 1960s� IS A FLAG WAVING FEEL GOOD ABOUT BEING AN AMERICAN ON THE SURFACE FILM. PROBING DEEPER IT ESTABLISHES A VERY HUMAN AND DOWN TO EARTH PORTRAYAL OF THE MEN AND WOMEN WHO WORKED TIRELESSLY TO COME IN SECOND PLACE IN THE SPACE RACE. THE VINTAGE NASA TEST FOOTAGE IS A MUST SEE FOR ALL. THREE KINGS 1999, AS ONE WHO HAS INTIMATE EXPERIENCE WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER INVOLVED IN THIS FILM ( THE GULF WAR ) I FOUND THIS MOVIE TO BE VISUALLY ACCURATE. THE SUBLIMINAL MESSAGES SLID TO VIEWER BRINGS TO THE SURFACE THE REAL TRUTH ABOUT THE RUMBLE IN THE DESERT TEN YEARS AGO. WHY WERE WE THERE? WHAT WAS IT ALL ABOUT? MONEY, OIL AND REBUILDING THE FRACTURED AMERICAN EGO AFTER VIETNAM. THE VISUAL SEQUENCES SMELL OF THE MATRIX, FIGHT CLUB AND FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS. IF YOU WANT TO WATCH A GOOD WAR MOVIE, THAT REALLY ISN�T ABOUT WAR THIS IS THE ONE WORTH WATCHING . to return to june's table of contents |