Alan Rapp

The Rainbow Connection

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  • Title: The Muppet Movie
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Jim Henson’s The Muppet Movie remains one of the fondest memories of my childhood. It begins with a frog, a banjo, and a dream.  The “approximate” retelling of how the Muppets met and made their way to Hollywood is still a joy over twenty-five years later.  There’s just something tangible about the Muppets that even the best CGI hasn’t been able to achieve.

We begin in the swamp where Kermit the Frog dreams about a life in Hollywood.  Hearing from a passerby Bernie the agent (Dom DeLuise) that there are openings for frogs in Hollywood Kermit leaves the swamp to make his dreams come true.  On the way he picks up companions such as Fozzie the Bear, Miss Piggy, Gonzo, Ralph the Dog, and Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem.  The road to Hollywood is not without it’s bumps however.  Kermit and his new friends must deal with the spurned Doc Harper (Charles Durning) who desperately wanted Kermit for the spokesman for his Frog Legs Restaurant.  Kermit’s constant refusals make Hopper mad enough to make sure Kermit has hopped off his last lily pad.

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End of the Year

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Well the turkey has been eaten and the Christmas tree is up.  Hard to believe December is almost here.  Here’s a quick look at what to expect from us before the bells ring silent on 2005.

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It’s been a big year here at RazorFine and despite some normal growing pains we’ve weathered the year quite well and look forward to a big year in 2006.  But before we can get there we still have one final month of this year.  Here’s a little preview of what you’ll see…

This month expect a look back at the year: Top 10 lists for the best (and worst) movies of the year, our Oscar predictions, some Midterm Report Cards for TV, and a year end recap examining the year that was.  We’ll also give you a list of some of our favorite holiday films in time for your yuletide family fun.

We’ll also bring you new reviews for the late holiday and Oscar push.  What will you see?  Stephen Gaghan’s (Traffic) latest Syriana with George Clooney as a terrorist expert for the CIA, the retelling of C.S. Lewis’s The Chronicles of Narnia begins with The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, Stephen Speilberg gets serious again in Munich, Charlize Theron’s live action portrayal of the animated assassin Aeon Flux, Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane reprise their Broadway roles in the new version of The Producers, and Peter Jackson has this little movie about an ape.

All that, more DVD (Nowhere Man release date is December 27 baby!!) reviews and essays, plus a suprise or two.  Thanks for the great year folks, check back with us throughout the end of the year and let’s take 2005 out with a bang!

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Sayonara Mr. Myagi

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Pat Morita best known for his role as Mr. Miyagi died yesterday of natural causes in Las Vegas.  Morita was 73 years old.  For those of my generation Pat Morita will always be remembered as the wise Mr. Myagi of The Karate Kid films, but he actually worked in film and television for forty years on a variety of projects.  Other than his role in The Karate Kid Morita is probably best known for his role as Arnold Takahaski on Happy Days.

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Fool Me Twice, Shame On Me

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  • Title: The Ice Harvest
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Pushing Tin was released in 1999.  It was a semi-dark comedy with Cusack and Thornton as air traffic controllers that missed the mark badly and crashed right into the control tower well before it’s scheduled landing.  It seems history was doomed to repeat itself as the two have re-teamed up to give us the drab and rather ordinary The Ice Harvest.  Maybe these guys should just stay out of each other’s careers for their own sakes and ours.

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RENT to Own

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  • Title: RENT
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RENT explores the issues and of friendship, death, drugs, and AIDS during one year.  Terrific casting, most of the broadway leads hired for the film, and a terrific score only underpin the import of the story.  The music unveils the plot rather than just put on a show.

The movie examines the life of seven Bohemians living in the east village of New York from 1989 through 1990.  The movie begins with the mugging of Tom Collins (Jesse L. Martin) who is mugged on the night he has returned to New York just outside his friend’s apartment.  He is assisted by Angel (Wilson Jermaine Heredia) a crossdresser who helps him up to Mark and Roger’s apartment.

Mark (Anthony Rapp) is a struggling documentary filmmaker who’s girlfriend Maureen (Idina Menzel), a popular artist with the Bohemian crowd, has left for an attorney named Joanne (Tracie Thoms).  Roger (Adam Pascal) is a musician struggling to write one last song worthy to leave behind.  Mimi (Rosario Dawson) is a dancer at the nearby strip club who lives downstairs and burns a candle for Roger.  The eighth figure is Benny (Taye Diggs) a friend who owns the building and used to live with them but has gone corporate and wants to evict everyone and rebuild the neighborhood.

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