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High School Musical 2 , a review by Tom

High School Musical 2 (2007/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Walt Disney Home Entertainment (United Kingdom) Director: Kenny Ortega Writing: Peter Barsocchini (Writer), Peter Barsocchini (Original Characters By) Length: 107 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 5.1, Dutch: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Dutch, English, Hindi, Portuguese, Spanish

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Stars:
Zac Efron as Troy Bolton
Vanessa Hudgens as Gabriella Montez
Ashley Tisdale as Sharpay Evans
Lucas Grabeel as Ryan Evans
Corbin Bleu as Chad Danforth

Plot:
The second instalment of High School Musical is bigger and better than ever with awesome exclusive bonus features that will blow your mind. Think you have the moves to groove with the East High Wildcats? Let the stars show you what they've got in an interactive dance-along that lets you control the action, and relive your favourite parts of the movie with an incredible virtual scrapbook!
It's the movie you love and so much more! High School Musical 2: Extended Dance Edition brings you inside the world of the Wildcats with "Bigger, Better, Best" bonus features - including deleted scenes, a behind-the-scenes special and a first look at the highly-anticipated big-screen bash High School Musical 3: Senior Year!

Awards:
Won:

Teen Choice Awards (2007)

Choice TV Movie

Nominated:

Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)		Outstanding Children's Program
Primetime Emmy Awards (2008)		Outstanding Choreography (Kenny Ortega , Charles Klapow , Bonnie Story)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Outtakes
• Scene Access

Positive to note is, that it looks like the complete cast and crew of the first movie is back. But this one was a big step back. At least in the non-music parts. It looks cheaper and amateurish. The acting is worse and the story is non-existent. But I enjoyed most of the music and the choreography. It got barely a 3 overall in my book.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 9th, 2011)

The Day After, a review by addicted2dvd

The Day After
The countdown has begun! Against the real-life backdrop of the US deployment of WMDs in Europe during the escalating cold war, this "dramatically involving [and] agonizingly graphic film" (The Hollywood Reporter) about nuclear holocaust detonated a direct hit into the heartland of America. Starring Jason Robards, JoBeth Williams, Steven Guttenberg, John Cullum and John Lithgow, this "controversial, potent drama" (Leonard Maltin) remains "one of the most talked-about programs in history" (Newsweek)!

When cold-war tensions reach the ultimate boiling point, the inhabitants of a small town in Kansas learn - along with the rest of America - that they have less than 30 minutes before 300 Soviet warheads begin to appear overhead! Can anyone survive this ultimate nightmare...or the nuclear winter that is sure to follow?

My Thoughts:
This is one of the movies I bought blind.. never even heard of the movie before. It is a TV Movie from 1983. Going into this movie I am hopeful I will enjoy it... but at the same time skeptical for some reason. I think that could be partially because of what I see in the cast list... we have JoBeth Williams... a name that sounds so very familiar to me... something from my past... was thinking an old TV Series... but going by imdb apparently not. Then we have Steve Guttenberg.. He is alright as an actor... but never really was that impressive to me. Then I see the name John Lithgow.. I don't know what it is about this guy... but something always bugged me about him... I haven't been impressed with him in anything I have seen him in. So I guess with actors that I am basically indifferent with or straight out do not like I went into this move with some concerns about my enjoyment.

I realize that 1983 is more then 20 years ago... but this film felt like it was even older then that.  I think that is partially because of the grade of film used on this movie... it just had a cheap, aged look to it. This movie definitely starts out on the slow side. It seemed like forever before the attack happened. Though once the people knew about the attacks my interest in the movie did rise and I did start to enjoy the movie somewhat.  As for my dislike of John Lithgow... once again I did not care for him in this movie... but luckily he only had a small part. Once the attack was over... and the survivors was dealing with the fallout it became a pretty powerful story. This movie... while a decent attempt... is far from the best movie I have seen on the subject. All in all this one really is no more then average... maybe slightly above.


Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq0aQTrlWkw

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 3/20 - 3/22 on March 20th, 2009)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Odyssey 5: The Complete Series (2002/Canada) IMDb | Wikipedia Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 935 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: Japanese, Portuguese

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Plot:
The crew of the Odyssey, a space shuttle orbiting above the Earth's surface, looks on in horror as the Earth explodes before their eyes. Commander Chuck Taggart (Peter Weller), a geneticist (Sebastian Roche), Taggart's son (Christopher Gorham), a TV newswoman (Leslie Silva) and an astronaut (Tamara Craig Thomas) escape on a shuttle into space, where they're met by a mysterious being who offers to transport them back five years in time to try to save Earth. Armed only with a bit of computer code referring to "Leviathan," Taggart is determined to save the planet. But when the Odyssey crew discovers that even the smallest action on their part can quickly change the course of history in unexpected and potentially devastating ways, they must band together and proceed with caution for their rescue mission to succeed.


Odyssey 5
1.01 Pilot
Writer: Manny Coto (Writer)
Director: David Carson
Cast

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 15th, 2012)