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Quantum of Solace, a review by Dragonfire

Quantum of Solace Daniel Craig returns as James Bond! On a nonstop quest for justice that crisscrosses the globe, Bond meets the beautiful but feisty Camille (Olga Kurylenko), who leads him to Dominic Greene (Mathieu Amalric), a ruthless businessman and major force within the mysterious Quantum organization.  When Bond uncovers a conspiracy to take control of one of the world's most important natural resources, he must navigate a minefield of treachery, deception and murder to neutralize Quantum before it's too late! My Thoughts I saw this one in the theater when it first came out.  This is the first time I've watched it since then.  I enjoy the movie, but I don't love it and it isn't one of my favorite Bond movies.  I do like that the story ties back into what was going on in Casino Royale and gives that left over situation a sense of closure that was missing after the last movie.  At times there doesn't seem to be as much of a connection back, but it keeps turning up.  The plot is interesting and once again there is a lot going on.  This one is shorter than a lot of Bond movies, but that works for the plot and keeps things from dragging out longer than necessary.  Much about Quantum remains a mystery by the end of the movie, so I could see the organization being used in future movies.  It does seem like SPECTRE to me.  Greene is alright as a villain, but he isn't as memorable as a lot of other Bond villains. There is tons of action throughout the movie, almost nonstop at times.  Unfortunately, the movie is firmly emulating the style of the action scenes from the last two Bourne movies with the quick cuts and extremely jerky camera work.  I hate that.  Because of how they were filmed, the action scenes are only ok for me.  There is a lot of violence in the movie, though I don't think any of it was as extreme as the one part in Casino Royale - I forgot to mention that before..  The torture scene is downright brutal and that sort of brutality doesn't have a place in the Bond movies I like.  Things are still a bit brutal at times in this one - James is more likely to shoot first in this one - though it slightly less brutal than the last one.  James is still developing throughout this movie, which makes sense since the series has been rebooted.  Little bits of things that have been established about the character make appearances..like James having his shaken martini.  James seems to be starting on the path of sleeping with all available women with how he had his way with Miss Fields - her first name is supposed to be Strawberry.  Pity it wasn't used in the movie.  He isn't completely there yet since he is only with her, but the beginning is there..and he is still dealing with with what happened with Vesper.  This James is a James I don't like that well.  It isn't Daniel Craig..he's fine.  It is just the direction the character is going.  He's cold and detached at times and, like I mentioned before, downright brutal.  He's practically a killing machine with all the people he kills in this one.  The previous versions of James killed too, but he seemed to be more...selective in his killing before instead of using it as a first option.  I just don't like James this violent all the time.  He is showing some signs of being suave and charming, but the violent nature is more present.  I hope that violent nature gets toned down a bit in the next movie...though with the mess with MGM, who knows when that will be.  I read tonight that the next Bond has been canceled for now because of that. I am disappointed that this movie is trying to hard to be like a Bourne movie.  Bond is not Bourne and I don't think that style works for Bond.  Of course, I don't care for some of that in Bourne either - the quick cuts and jerky camera work.  I hate things being so shaky that I can't tell who is who.  Bond is a very successful series of movies and the character deserves better than to be turned into a Bourne clone. I did enjoy the movie overall, though, like Casino Royale, I think I liked it less this time than I did when I originally saw it. I did post a review on Epinions after seeing the movie in the theater.  And I posted here about it before too.  Jimmy, you can decide if you want to change the link for the review or not. Quantum of Solace

(From James Bond Marathon on July 7th, 2010)

Action Replayy, a review by Tom

Action Replayy (2010/India) IMDb | Wikipedia Moser Baer Entertainment (India) Director: Vipul Amrutlal Shah Writing: Shobhana Desai (Original Material By), Suresh Nair (Story By), Aatish Kapadia (Story By), Suresh Nair (Screenwriter), Aatish Kapadia (Screenwriter), Ritesh Shah (Screenwriter) Length: 130 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Stars:
Akshay Kumar as Kishen
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as Mala
Om Puri
Kirron Kher
Neha Dhupia

Plot:
Bunty and Tanya - two people very much in love. But there's a problem. Bunty will do anything for love - except get married.
It's not hard to understand his phobia of marriage if one were to look at his parents. Kishen (Akshay Kumar) and Mala (Aishwarya Rai Bachchan) - two bickering senior citizens who are so incompatible that they are like a match made in hell even on their 35th wedding anniversary! While the couple runs a restaurant where they serve their volatile arguments as complimentary with the food. Bunty has never really understood why his parents got married and what stops them from getting divorced. Desperate to save his parent's marriage and his own love life. Bunty embarks on the most challenging journey of his life - by stealing his prospective grandfather-in-law's time machine right before his eyes! To rewrite Kishen and Mala's destiny and alter their disastrous arranged marriage into a romantic affair of the hearts.
Action Replay is a comedy rollercoaster that takes you back on a time machine to the good old 70s where a son plays Cupid to his own parents - and redefines generation gap!

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

The basic story reminds of Back to the Future. A guy is travelling back in time to get their parents to fall in love with each other instead of having a loveless arranged marriage with each other.
The movie is rather silly and not very convincing. But I had fun overall. Especially towards the end when his father started to grow some backbone I enjoyed it. It's not telling of the kind of humor the movie has otherwise, but it must have the first fart joke I remember seeing in a Bollywood movie. I had to laugh because it was so unexpected.

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(From Tom's Time-Travel Movie Reviews on November 23rd, 2011)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Everybody Hates Chris: Season One (2005/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 446 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
Inspired by his childhood experiences, comedian Chris Rock narrates the hilarious, touching story of a teenager growing up as the eldest of three children in Brooklyn, New York during the early 1980s. Uprooted to a new neighborhood and bused into a predominantly Italian middle school two hours away by his strict, hard-working parents, Chris (Tyler James Williams) struggles to keep his everyday trials and traumas in check as he thinks, talks or runs his way through one growing experience after another, both at home and at school. This debut volume of 'Everybody Hates Chris' on DVD contains all 22 Season One episodes of this acclaimed comedy series.


Everybody Hates Chris
1.01 Everybody Hates the Pilot

This is the first time I ever saw an episode of this series, even though I have had the first season for some years now. I had bought it on a blind buy. The episode was okay, but I won't be hurrying to watch the rest.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on April 10th, 2011)