Wuchakk
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After a raid at Draper's Meadow settlement in what is now the Virginia Tech campus in Blacksburg, several Caucasians are taken captive and brought northwest to the Shawnee village in what is present-day South Portsmouth in northeast Kentucky, and, later, to Big Bone Lick, which is further west. The resilient Mary Ingles (Sheryl Lee) hatches a plan with an older German captive (Ellen Burstyn) to possibly find their way back over the 350 miles of wilderness. Eric Schweig plays the chief warrior.
"Follow the River" (1995) is an American settler survival adventure with the general milieu of "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992) except with a budget and tone closer to the later "Battle of the Brave" or "The Sign of the Beaver," aka "Keeping the Promise." It's very similar to "Alone Yet Not Alone," which came out eighteen years after, and concerned a similar raid, also in 1755, albeit by the Delaware (Lenape) 275 miles to the northeast in central Pennsylvania.
You'll be inspired to look up the historical account. The movie has heart and should be commended for keeping the gist accurate, although what happens at the close is glaring fiction (you'll know what I mean). Nevertheless, the flick gives you a good peak at what it was like in the wilderness of Appalachia in the mid-1700s when the French and Indian War was starting (and lasted from 1754-1763).
It runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Sapphire and Turtleback Falls in southwest North Carolina, both about a 1.5 hour drive west of Charlotte.
GRADE: B.
"Follow the River" (1995) is an American settler survival adventure with the general milieu of "The Last of the Mohicans" (1992) except with a budget and tone closer to the later "Battle of the Brave" or "The Sign of the Beaver," aka "Keeping the Promise." It's very similar to "Alone Yet Not Alone," which came out eighteen years after, and concerned a similar raid, also in 1755, albeit by the Delaware (Lenape) 275 miles to the northeast in central Pennsylvania.
You'll be inspired to look up the historical account. The movie has heart and should be commended for keeping the gist accurate, although what happens at the close is glaring fiction (you'll know what I mean). Nevertheless, the flick gives you a good peak at what it was like in the wilderness of Appalachia in the mid-1700s when the French and Indian War was starting (and lasted from 1754-1763).
It runs 1 hour, 31 minutes, and was shot in Sapphire and Turtleback Falls in southwest North Carolina, both about a 1.5 hour drive west of Charlotte.
GRADE: B.
The showman (Guy Pearce) visits Edinburgh, Scotland, where he meets a psychic woman and her daughter, who are out to con him (Catherine Zeta-Jones and Saoirse Ronan). Timothy Spall is on hand as Harry's protective tour manager.
"Death Defying Acts" (2007) is not a biopic of Houdini, but rather historical fiction, aka 'faction.' Assuming Harry was faithful to his beloved Bessie, it's offensive to have him romancing a fake spiritualist. All we have are a few words in a diary and no physical evidence of any such encounters. Walking a woman to a carriage, as was witnessed, doesn't mean much; after all, he was an actor with twinkling eyes and one of the most famous people of the era. On the other hand, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he had a secret affair (or affairs) since he was famous and gone from home for weeks on end, touring the world. The movie simply explores this prospect.
If you're in the mood for cobblestone streets, music hall entertainment, mystery, and cockney women (Edinburgh's version of them, anyway) it's worth checking out. While it takes place in a post-Victorian milieu, it's reminiscent in ways to the nigh excellent "The Limehouse Golem," and even "From Hell" and "Sherlock Holmes," although it's more dramatic than thrilling, not to mention lacks the horrific bits.
It inspires interest in the master escape artist, who died prematurely at the age of 52 due to a ruptured appendix.
The flick runs 1 hour, 37 minutes, and was shot in London and Edinburgh, as well as Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, just west of London.
GRADE: B-
"Death Defying Acts" (2007) is not a biopic of Houdini, but rather historical fiction, aka 'faction.' Assuming Harry was faithful to his beloved Bessie, it's offensive to have him romancing a fake spiritualist. All we have are a few words in a diary and no physical evidence of any such encounters. Walking a woman to a carriage, as was witnessed, doesn't mean much; after all, he was an actor with twinkling eyes and one of the most famous people of the era. On the other hand, it's not out of the realm of possibility that he had a secret affair (or affairs) since he was famous and gone from home for weeks on end, touring the world. The movie simply explores this prospect.
If you're in the mood for cobblestone streets, music hall entertainment, mystery, and cockney women (Edinburgh's version of them, anyway) it's worth checking out. While it takes place in a post-Victorian milieu, it's reminiscent in ways to the nigh excellent "The Limehouse Golem," and even "From Hell" and "Sherlock Holmes," although it's more dramatic than thrilling, not to mention lacks the horrific bits.
It inspires interest in the master escape artist, who died prematurely at the age of 52 due to a ruptured appendix.
The flick runs 1 hour, 37 minutes, and was shot in London and Edinburgh, as well as Pinewood Studios in Buckinghamshire, just west of London.
GRADE: B-
A woman in North Carolina (Joanne Whalley) awaits the return of her husband from the Pacific, who's missing in action. She hires a disreputable transient to work the farm (Sean Patrick Flanery) and he bonds with her 10 years-old daughter (Alexa PenaVega).
"Run the Wild Fields" (2000) was based on a play and contains elements of films like "Of Mice and Men," "Places in the Heart," "The Man in the Moon" and "Lawn Dogs." The story has room to breathe as it fleshes-out the characters and refuses to go over-the-top, which works for me. There is one cliched scene, but the flick makes up for it with an unexpected turn.
It runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot north of Toronto in Whitchurch-Stouffville.
GRADE: A-
"Run the Wild Fields" (2000) was based on a play and contains elements of films like "Of Mice and Men," "Places in the Heart," "The Man in the Moon" and "Lawn Dogs." The story has room to breathe as it fleshes-out the characters and refuses to go over-the-top, which works for me. There is one cliched scene, but the flick makes up for it with an unexpected turn.
It runs 1 hour, 41 minutes, and was shot north of Toronto in Whitchurch-Stouffville.
GRADE: A-