Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
Showing posts with label television. Show all posts
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Last tango in Hallifax (DVD)
Video Librarian Reviews
The premise of this BBC series finds widowers Alan and Celia—childhood sweethearts who haven't seen each other for 50 years—reunited in their seventies via Facebook and quickly deciding to marry. Thanks to perceptive writing by Sally Wainwright and outstanding performances from a strong ensemble cast, Last Tango in Halifax proves to be a surprisingly affecting comedy-drama. Much of the credit goes to Derek Jacobi and Anne Reid as the septuagenarian lovers learning anew about one another and surrounded by families whose problems ring true. Alan's daughter, Gillian (Nicola Walker), is a widow struggling to keep the family farm afloat while caring for a teenage son troubled by rumors about his father's death, and Celia's daughter, Caroline (Sarah Lancashire), finds her philandering husband trying to worm his way back into her life after going off with a younger woman—a situation that unnerves their two boys. The initial disastrous meeting between Gillian and Caroline has a calculated feel, and the episode in which Alan and Celia are locked in a local museum for the night comes off as contrived, but for the most part the material that Wainwright has invented for the characters (such as Celia's reaction to news of Caroline's liaison with a fellow teacher) is genuinely moving, with twists that make emotional sense. Compiling all six episodes from the 2012 first season of this BAFTA-winning series, this is highly recommended. (F. Swietek)Copyright Video Librarian Reviews 2011.
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Sep 8, 2015
The lost fleet of Guadalcanal (DVD)
Summary: Retracing the events at Guadalcanal that changed the course of World War II, Dr. Robert Ballard leads a joint National Geographic Society/U.S. Navy expedition to discover ships unseen for fifty years and to share the memories of those who fought and survived. - (Baker & Taylor)
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Inside Mecca (DVD)
Summary: One of the most intimate and three-dimensional documentations of the annual pilgrimage to Mecca. "Inside Mecca" follows three Muslims from very different backgrounds as they embark on an epic five-day reaffirmation of faith and quest for salvation. Witness the personal stories of the pilgrims and the mental preparation, physical strain and spiritual ecstasy they encounter on their pilgrimage of faith.
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May 1, 2015
Bossypants - Tina Fey
Summary: From her youthful days as a vicious nerd to her tour of duty on Saturday Night Live; from her passionately halfhearted pursuit of physical beauty to her life as a mother eating things off the floor; from her one-sided college romance to her nearly fatal honeymoon, comedian Tina Fey reveals all, and proves that you're no one until someone calls you bossy.
Staff Comment: This is the perfect book to read while eating breakfast, just beware shooting milk out of your nose. Start your day with a laugh.
Kirkus Reviews
One of the world's cleverest comedy writers debuts with a frequently hilarious memoir. Perhaps best known to mass audiences for her writing and performances on Saturday Night Live, Fey's most inventive work is likely her writing for the critically acclaimed TV show 30 Rock, in which she stars alongside Alec Baldwin and fellow SNL alum Tracy Morgan. In typical self-deprecating style, the author traces her awkward childhood and adolescence, rise within the improv ranks of Second City and career on the sets of SNL and 30 Rock. The chapter titles--e.g., "The Windy City, Full of Meat," "Peeing in Jars with Boys" and "There's a Drunk Midget in My House"--provide hints at the author's tone, but Fey is such a fluid writer, with her impeccable sense of comic timing extending to the printed page, that near-constant jokes and frequent sidebars won't keep readers from breezing through the book with little trouble, laughing most of the way. Though she rarely breaks the onslaught of jokes (most at her own expense), she does offer an insightful section on the exhaustively analyzed concept of the "working mom," which she finds tedious. (Even here, the author finds plenty of room for humor--not wanting to admit she uses a nanny, Fey writes, "I will henceforth refer to our nanny as our Coordinator of Toddlery.") Fey may not sling a lot of dirt about her many famous co-stars in Second City, SNL and 30 Rock, but her thoughts on her geeky adolescence, the joys of motherhood and her rise to TV stardom are spot-on and nearly always elicit a hearty laugh. Even the jacket copy is amusing: "Once in a generation a woman come along who changes everything. Tina Fey is not that woman, but she met that woman once and acted weird around her." Highly recommended, even for those who have already read the excerpts in the New Yorker. Fey is one of the funniest people working today. Copyright Kirkus 2011 Kirkus/BPI Communications.All rights reserved.
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Apr 1, 2015
A touch of Frost (DVD)
Summary: An old-fashioned, gritty detective show based in England. This brash policeman follows his moral compass, shows compassion for the common man and always solves the case. Starring David Jason, who is regarded as the most popular actor on British TV.
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Feb 5, 2015
Mind of chef (DVD)
Summary: Season 1 of The Mind of a Chef examined the food-centric world of Chef David Chang. From ramen to rotting bananas, Copenhagen to Kansas City, and pork buns to golf clubs, Season 1 combined travel, cooking, history, science, and humor into an unforgettable journey.
Season 2 of The Mind of a Chef features Sean Brock (Episodes 1-8), Executive Chef and Partner of McCrady's and Husk Restaurant in Charleston, SC and the newly-opened outpost of Husk in Nashville, TN. The second half features April Bloomfield (Episodes 9-16), Executive Chef and Co- Owner of The Spotted Pig, The Breslin Bar & Dining Room, The John Dory Oyster Bar and Salvation Taco, all in New York City.
Season 3 of The Mind of a Chef joins chefs Magnus Nilsson and Ed Lee as they show viewers what it truly means to cook, think, create and live in the food-obsessed world that is The Mind of A Chef. Narrated by Executive Producer and renowned chef Anthony Bourdain
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