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...Venerable, dignified, marginally befuddled Mr. Fletcher (Danny Glover), who runs the Be Kind Rewind Video & Thrift Store on what may be Waller's very birthplace, esteems the great Fats so highly that he has commissioned a documentary in his honor. Look closely at the lovingly reproduced footage at the beginning of the film and you'll notice some familiar current faces, belonging to Jack Black and Mos Def, among Waller's fellow citizens of the 1920s. It's as if they'd time-traveled to play Woody Allen's Zelig character in an American Masters episode...
...Fletcher's store is its own adorable anachronism. The dominant poster is from Blast from the Past, and his stock is just that, since all the films available for rental are videotapes - that obsolescent VHS format, the vinyl of home movie entertainment. DVD, in medium or high definition, is nowhere to be found in his rickety establishment, where Mike (Def) works behind the counter and Jerry (Black) lives in a trailer across the street and spends his time getting in Mr. Fletcher's grayed hair...
...last film, 2006’s “The Science of Sleep.”The victim of an electrical accident, Mike’s sudden magnetism promptly erases the content of every video cassette in his best friend Mos Def’s struggling neighborhood video store. In a race against time and good economic sense, Black and Def begin introducing customers to their own low-budget versions of classic movies that the pair shoot in Black’s junkyard.Gondry often brings his whimsical, stylish approach to surreal story arcs. It’s his charming penchant...
...their effect is not always destructive, and HVN encourages its members to form relationships with them. Reid says four of her seven voices calm her down during stressful situations, help her assess people she meets, and remind her what to buy at the grocery store. One - which she regards as that of herself as a child - even helped her successfully confront another, which she says mimics a man who molested her when she was 8 years old. "I'm not a confrontational person, so I needed her there," she says, noting that while the abuser's voice still occasionally criticizes...
...send most of them to our children and grandchildren, who live around the country. Each swipe of frosting, each sprinkle of red sugar is an act of love. I tie the boxes with red bows and send them off. Not everything has to be expensive or come from a store. Saying "I love you" is easy--if somewhat caloric...