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Doctor Zhivago, a review by Jon

Doctor Zhivago
4 out of 5



A peerless filmmaker of substance and scale, David Lean directs Boris Pasternak's tumultuous tale of Russia divided by war and hearts torn by love. Epic images abound: revolution in the streets, an infantry charge into no-man's-land, the train ride to the Urals, an icebound dacha. Omar Sharif plays the title role, Julie Christie is his haunting, long-time love Lara and both are caught up in the tidal wave of history. Hauntingly scored by Maurice Jarre (who earned one of the film's five Academy Awards**) and full of indelible performances, Doctor Zhivago is a moviemaking wonder.


Doctor Zhivago has all the makings of a perfect David Lean epic. A broad, historical story, sweeping vistas, stunning photography, wonderful characters and a Maurice Jarre score as stirring as any. While it does have all of those, there is something not quite right and it is over-shadowed by Lawrence Of Arabia and The Bridge On The River Kwai

(From Jon's Alphabet Marathon 2010 on July 29th, 2010)

The Fifth Element, a review by Tom

Title: The Fifth Element
Year: 1997
Director: Luc Besson
Rating: PG-13
Length: 126 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: English: DTS 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: Chinese, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

Stars:
Bruce Willis
Gary Oldman
Ian Holm
Milla Jovovich
Chris Tucker

Plot:
Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman and Milla Jovovich star in acclaimed director Luc Besson's outrageous sci-fi adventure, an extravagantly-styled tale of good against evil set in an unbelievable twenty-third century world. All aboard for "A futuristic, eye-popping adventure!" - Bill Diehl, ABC Radio Network

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Scene Access

A great movie with a lot of attention to details. And great use of cuts to create hilarious scenes.
I think it is one of Bruce Willis' finer movies. And also the other actors are great in it. Especially Milla Jovovich, Gary Oldman and Chris Tucker.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on February 19th, 2009)

Angel Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

5. Fredless
Original Air Date: 10/22/2001
Fred is resigned to leaving Los Angelese after her parents track her down and make her realize she really contributes nothing to the Angel Investigations team.

Guest Stars:
Gary Grubbs
Jennifer Griffin

My Thoughts:
This is one that I enjoyed quite a bit. It has a few laughs in it. And it shows that Fred is getting better and has become part of the team. In this episode... other then the regular cast there is really only 2 other cast members. That being Fred's parents.

My Rating:

(From Angel Marathon on March 11th, 2010)