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True Romance, a review by GSyren


True Romance (883929-075560)
United States 1993 | Released 2009-05-26 on Bluray from Warner Home Video
121 minutes | Aspect ratio 2.40:1 | Audio: English Dolby Digital 5.1, English Dolby TrueHD 5.1, French Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo, Commentary Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Directed by Tony Scott and starring Christian Slater, Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper, Val Kilmer, Gary Oldman

Runaway lovers Clarence and Alabama (Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette) play a dangerous game when they come to possess a suitcase of mob contraband. They head for Los Angeles, where they'll sell the goods and begin a new life. But both sides of the law have other ideas. Screenwriter Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction, Jackie Brown) and director Tony Scott (Top Gun, Spy Game) shoot the works in this hard-edged mix of hip wit and dazzling action with an electrifying ensemble cast to die for.

My thoughts about True Romance:
It's funny how the same movie can have different impact on me depending on the mood I'm in at the time. When I watched True Romance on DVD 13 years ago, I rated it three stars (which for me means just OK). The blu-ray release has been waiting in my unwatched pile for 4 years, but now seemed a good time to watch it. And I liked it a whole lot better than last time. And that's strange, because as a general rule I like graphic violence less now than I did 13 years ago.

There are a lot of excellent actors in this movie. I have to admit I haven't been a great fan of Christian Slater, but he is very good in this one. Gary Oldman is marvellous in one of those creepy roles that he excels at. And we have Patricia Arquette, Brad Pitt, Christopher Walken, Samuel L. Jackson, James Gandolfini, and Tom Sizemore, just to mention a few of the good actors in this movie.

Tony Scott was a very good director; perhaps somewhat overshadowed by his big brother Ridley, but still excellent in his own right. True Romance is just one in a string of great movies.  I have 10 of his movies in my collection, and a few where he was producer or executibe producer. One of those - The Grey - is still in my unwatched pile.

I'm glad I decided to revisit True Romance. It's a very good movie, and it deserved to be viewed when in the right mood.
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(From Reviews and ramblings by Gunnar on December 30th, 2014)

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Carrie (2013), a review by addicted2dvd


     Carrie (2013/United States)
IMDb |Trailer |Wikipedia |
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Director:Kimberly Peirce
Writing:Stephen King (1947) (Original Material By), Lawrence D. Cohen (Screenwriter), Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa (Screenwriter)
Length:100 min.
Rating:Rated R : Bloody Violence, Disturbing Images, Language and Some Sexual Content
Video:Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1
Audio:English: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo, French: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles:English, Spanish

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(From What Movies I Been Watching on March 9th, 2014)

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Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom


     Das Amt: Staffel 1 & 2 (1997/Germany)
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Koch Media, RTL Television, Spirit Media (Germany)
Length:479 min.
Video:Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio:German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo
Subtitles:


Das Amt
1.01 Die Neue
Writer: Dietmar Jacobs (Writer)
Director: Micha Terjung
Cast


(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on February 23rd, 2012)