Review by Peter Belsito at Sedona Illuminate Film FestivalFor those of us who were young in the late 1960s — 1968 to be exact — the world was flipping out and over. We all heard of the hippies fading away to mountain communes where they could shed clothes and social restrictions and live in a big loving community. And of course lots of drugs sex and naked people. I never went to any of those places and after a while they — or word of them — seemed to fade away.
Well this is the story of one of those places, its rise and fall.
Hawaii, 1969 — Thirteen young mainlanders — refugees from campus riots, Vietnam War protests and police brutality — flee to Kauai.
Before long, this little tribe of men, women and children is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced to 90 days hard labor.
Howard Taylor, brother of actress Elizabeth Taylor, bails them out and invites the...
Well this is the story of one of those places, its rise and fall.
Hawaii, 1969 — Thirteen young mainlanders — refugees from campus riots, Vietnam War protests and police brutality — flee to Kauai.
Before long, this little tribe of men, women and children is arrested for vagrancy and sentenced to 90 days hard labor.
Howard Taylor, brother of actress Elizabeth Taylor, bails them out and invites the...
- 6/7/2018
- by Sydney Levine
- Sydney's Buzz
'Boom!' movie with Elizabeth Taylor: Critically panned box office disaster featuring memorable headwear. 'Boom!' movie: Elizabeth Taylor & Richard Burton critical & box office bomb reappraised as 'cult classic' fare If you've never seen Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton's 1968 vanity production Boom!, don't feel singled out. Boom! bombed at the box office almost as soon as it blasted on the screen. Since then, however, it has been rediscovered. Directed by Joseph Losey from a screenplay by Tennessee Williams (based on his play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore), Boom! is a good example of a movie depicting art imitating life imitating art; one that deserves to be described in detail. Sexually repressed temper tantrums and bronchial attacks By then a two-time Academy Award winner, Elizabeth Taylor (Butterfield 8, 1960; Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, 1966) plays Flora “Sissy” Goforth, a middle-aged, sexually repressed American (inspired by and written...
- 3/9/2017
- by Danny Fortune
- Alt Film Guide
Elizabeth Taylor, the Hollywood icon who was synonymous with celebrity glamor, died today of congestive heart failure. She was 79.
Known for her roles in such classic movies as National Velvet, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Butterfield 8, Taylor is possibly most famous for her portrayal of Cleopatra in the 1963 movie of the same name, and that of Katharina in 1967's The Taming of the Shrew — a movie she also produced.
Married often, twice to Richard Burton (whom she worked with on 11 movies), Taylor once famously said, "The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
The widely lauded, two-time Academy Award winning actress (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Butterfield 8) is survived by her brother Howard Taylor; her four children, Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd Tivey, and Maria Burton Carson; and by nine grandchildren.
Known for her roles in such classic movies as National Velvet, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, and Butterfield 8, Taylor is possibly most famous for her portrayal of Cleopatra in the 1963 movie of the same name, and that of Katharina in 1967's The Taming of the Shrew — a movie she also produced.
Married often, twice to Richard Burton (whom she worked with on 11 movies), Taylor once famously said, "The problem with people who have no vices is that generally you can be pretty sure they're going to have some pretty annoying virtues."
The widely lauded, two-time Academy Award winning actress (Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, Butterfield 8) is survived by her brother Howard Taylor; her four children, Michael Wilding Jr., Christopher Wilding, Liza Todd Tivey, and Maria Burton Carson; and by nine grandchildren.
- 3/23/2011
- by reelz reelz
- Reelzchannel.com
Science fiction followers take note: The 2010 Hugo nominee list is out. For those not so in-the-know, the Hugo awards (named for Amazing Stories' creator Hugo Gernsback) have been recognizing great work in Science Fiction or Fantasy since 1955, and have recently added comic books to their categories under consideration. This year's nominees are an amazing bunch; Allow us to share some highlights.
In the fight for comic book supremacy this year, fan favorite Neil Gaiman leads off in the "Best Graphic Story" category with his Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Going toe-to-toe with Neil though comes a bevvy of other hot comic talent including Bill Willingham (with, among other folks, Simone & Ajax's Andrew Pepoy) for Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages, as well as Paul Cornell for Captain Britain And MI13 Volume 3: Vampire State, and Kaja and Phil Foglio for their Girl Genius Volume 9. Rounding out...
In the fight for comic book supremacy this year, fan favorite Neil Gaiman leads off in the "Best Graphic Story" category with his Batman: Whatever Happened to the Caped Crusader? Going toe-to-toe with Neil though comes a bevvy of other hot comic talent including Bill Willingham (with, among other folks, Simone & Ajax's Andrew Pepoy) for Fables Vol. 12: The Dark Ages, as well as Paul Cornell for Captain Britain And MI13 Volume 3: Vampire State, and Kaja and Phil Foglio for their Girl Genius Volume 9. Rounding out...
- 4/5/2010
- by Marc Alan Fishman
- Comicmix.com
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