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Home Alone, a review by Tom

Title: Home Alone
Year: 1990
Director: Chris Columbus
Rating: PG
Length: 103 Min.
Video: Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital Stereo, French: Dolby Digital Stereo, Spanish: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English

Stars:
Macaulay Culkin
Joe Pesci
Daniel Stern
John Heard
Roberts Blossom

Plot:Awards:

Academy Award	1990	Nominated	Best Music, Original Score	John Williams
Academy Award	1990	Nominated	Best Music, Song	"Somewhere in My Memory": John Williams (Music); Leslie Bricusse (Lyrics)
AFI	1990	Nominated	100 Years... 100 Laughs (2000)
BMI Film & TV Music Awards	1991	Won	BMI Film Music Award	John Williams
Casting Society of America Awards	1991	Won		Jane Jenkins, Janet Hirshenson
Golden Globe	1990	Nominated	Actor in a Leading Role - Musical or Comedy	Macaulay Culkin
Golden Globe	1990	Nominated	Picture - Musical or Comedy	John Hughes
Young Artist Awards	1991	Won	Best Young Actor Starring in a Motion Picture	Macaulay Culkin
Young Artist Awards	1991	Nominated	Best Young Actress Supporting Role in a Motion Picture	Angela Goethals
Young Artist Awards	1991	Won

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers

I have to admit, that I have never seen this movie before. It is in my collection only because it was part of a christmas classics DVD movie set. I had about the same expression on my face as Kevin on the cover when I realized that this DVD is non-anamorphic (a personal pet peeve of mine, especially since I got a widescreen TV).
I was pleasantly suprised by this movie. I always thought the whole movie is about Kevin and his booby traps which I thought will get more ridiculous the further the movie went along. But luckily the movie is not really about those traps. The actually only play a role the last twenty minutes or so. Besides the bad acting by Macaulay Culkin (though I think he was only really bad in the beginning of this movie and was more tolerable later on), I enjoyed this movie.

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(From December Marathons - DISCUSSION AND REVIEW THREAD on December 6th, 2009)

Labor Pains, a review by addicted2dvd

Labor Pains (2009/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | First Look Studios Director: Lara Shapiro Writing: Stacy Kramer (Writer), Lara Shapiro (Writer) Length: 89 min. Rating: Rated PG-13 : Sexual Content and Language Video: Widescreen 1.85:1 Audio: English: Dolby TrueHD: 5.1, English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo Subtitles: English, Spanish

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Stars:
Lindsay Lohan as Thea Clayhill
Luke Kirby as Nick Steinwald
Chris Parnell as Jerry Steinwald
Aaron Yoo as Miles
Bridgit Mendler as Emma Clayhill
Tracee Ellis Ross as Kristin

Plot:
Thea (Lindsay Lohan) is stuck in a dead-end job that she can't afford to lose. To stay employed, she fakes a pregnancy, and now she's milking her one big lie for everything it's worth. But faking this pregnancy is going to make giving birth look easy. Chris Parnell and Cheryl Hines also star in this hilarious comedy.

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Featurettes
• Gallery
• Interviews

I got this one on a spur of the moment impulse buy... mainly got it because it was very cheap and the overview on the back cover sounded slightly interesting. I found it to be a fun movie... I have seen better romantic comedies... but feel this one is above average. Definitely worth the time put in to watch it. It is a cute story with a few funny moments.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on September 15th, 2014)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Friends: Season One (1994/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United States) Length: 586 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.0, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English, French, Korean, Spanish

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Plot:
You can never have enough Friends. With this DELUXE 4-DISC SET OF THE COMPLETE SEASON ONE, you have more: each episode contains NEVER-BEFORE-SEEN MOMENTS every fan of Friends will savor. And for all loyal patrons of Central Perk, we've brewed up a fresh pot brimming with BONUS FEATURES. Revisit that first year in which Rachel (JENNIFER ANISTON), Monica (COURTENEY COX), Phoebe (LISA KUDROW), Joey (MATT LeBLANC), Chandler (MATTHEW PERRY) and Ross (DAVID SCHWIMMER) first charmed audiences worldwide. You'll be in fabulous company.


Friends
1.01 The Pilot
Writer: Marta Kauffman (Writer), David Crane (Writer)
Director: James Burrows
Cast: Jennifer Aniston (Rachel Green), Courteney Cox (Monica Geller), Lisa Kudrow (Phoebe Buffay), Matt Le Blanc (Joey Tribbiani), Matthew Perry (Chandler Bing), David Schwimmer (Ross Geller), John Allen Nelson (Paul), Clea Lewis (Franny), Cynthia Mann (The Waitress), Barry Hine (The Guy in the Coffee House)

I never missed an episode when this series originally aired. At first I saw the first few seasons on German TV (pre-DVD and pre-broadband internet era made it hard to be able to see anything in the original language). Soon I discovered English transcripts of the latest episodes on the net and found out this way, that the German translation was horrible compared to the original.
The pilot does a good job introducing the characters. But it is hardly one of the better episodes.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 20th, 2011)