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The Prestige, a review by goodguy

The Prestige (2006) Written by: Jonathan & Christopher Nolan, based on a story by Christopher Priest Directed by: Christopher Nolan Starring: Hugh Jackman, Christian Bale, Michael Caine DVD: R2-DE Warner (2007) My rating:

IMDb Summary: A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy.

The Prestige is a clever construct in a pedantic and unambigous way, and it hammers home its meaning with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Upon rewatching, the movie's first line "Did you watch closely?" becomes plainly insulting, because their is no longer a twinge of confusion or surprise to distract from its unevocative blandness. Still, the period dressing is nice to look at, the acting is solid, but overall it's an underwhelming affair.


(From goodguy's Watch Log on July 25th, 2010)

Smallville: Pilot, a review by Tom

Smallville: Pilot (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United States) Director: David Nutter, Philip Sgriccia, Michael W. Watkins Writing: Joe Shuster (Original Characters By), Jerry Siegel (Original Characters By), Alfred Gough (Writer), Miles Millar (Writer) Length: 91 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Bahasa, Chinese, Commentary, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

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Stars:
Tom Welling as Clark Kent/ Kal-El
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum as Alexander Joseph 'Lex' Luthor
Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III as Pete Ross

Plot:Smallville. Tom Welling plays Clark Kent, the adolescent whose hoped-for romance with Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) is frustrated by the kryptonite in her necklace. Michael Rosenbaum is Clark's self-proclaimed steadfast friend Lex Luthor. Inside the idyllic community of Smallville, the intertwined destinies of these three begin to take shape while an imminent danger emerges: a high-school prank has spawned a vengeful villain who has acquired super powers of his own.

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (2001)		Best Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Breakout Star, Male (Tom Welling)

Nominated:

Saturn (2001)		Best Actor (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2003)		Best Actor - Television Series (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2001)		Best Actress (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2003)		Best Actress - Television Series (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2001)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2002)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2003)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2003)		Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (John Glover)
Saturn (2003)		Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (Michael Rosenbaum)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Actor (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Actress (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Supporting Actor (John Glover)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum)
Saturn (2001)		Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Female (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2001)		Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Male (Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV - Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure (Tom Welling)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure (Kristin Kreuk)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Actor, Drama (Tom Welling)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Interactive Map of Smallville Storyboard to Screen
• Scene Access
• Trailers

This pilot movie presentation is cut together from the first two Smallville episodes. Especially the first half is a good introduction. Sadly the second half is a typical freak of the week story, for which the first season was known for.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 6th, 2012)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Polizeiinspektion 1: Staffel 1 (1977/Germany) IMDb | Wikipedia Koch Media (Germany) Length: 321 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
Polizeiinspektion 1
1.01 Und keine Kopeke weniger
Writer: Herbert Rosendorfer (Screenwriter)
Director: Wolfgang Becker
Cast

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 24th, 2012)