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Lethal Weapon, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Lethal Weapon
Year: 1987
Director: Richard Donner
Rating: R
Length: 110 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85:1, Pan & Scan 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital Stereo
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

Stars:
Mel Gibson as Martin Riggs
Danny Glover as Roger Murtaugh
Gary Busey as Joshua
Mitchell Ryan as The General
Tom Atkins as Michael Hunsaker

Plot:
Martin Riggs (Mel Gibson) is no ordinary cop. He's a Mad Max gone maniacal, a man whose killing expertise and suicidal recklessness make him a Lethal Weapon to anyone he works against. Or with.

Roger Murtaugh (Danny Glover) is an easygoing homicide detective with a loving family, a big house and a pension he doesn't want to lose. Imagine Murtaugh's shock when he learns his new partner is a guy with nothing left to lose: wild-eyed, burnt-out Martin Riggs.

Lethal Weapon is the thrill-packed story of two Vietnam-vets-turned-cops who have just one other thing in common: both hate to work with partners. But their partnership becomes the key to survival when a routine murder investigation leads to all-out, take-no-prisoners, martial-arts-and-machine-guns war with an international heroin ring. Director Richard Donner (Superman: The Movie, The Goonies) moves that war at two speeds: fast and faster. Hot L.A. days and nights explode in one show-topping scene after another, culminating in a no-holds-barred battle between Riggs and his Angel-of-Death nemesis (Gary Busey) - an electrifying sequence incorporating three martial arts styles and requiring four full nights to film. Fierce, fast and frequently funny, Lethal Weapon fires off round after round of can't-miss entertainment.

Extras:
Scene Access
Trailers
Production Notes
Closed Captioned

My Thoughts:
After watching The Road Warrior I just couldn't help myself but to watch some (at least 1) titles from my favorite movie franchise to star Mel Gibson. Lethal Weapon has to be among the best (if not THE BEST) of buddy cop movies. Mel Gibson teamed up with Danny Glover seems like the perfect team. Not only is it action packed... but there is a few laughs thrown in for good measures as well. I got a kick out of one thing they did or I should say where they goofed. When Riggs was showing off his shooting skills... Murtaugh shoots one shot at the target... a perfectly centered head shot. Riggs makes the target go far away... and right before he shot I thought to myself... I wonder... I count as Riggs shoots 6 shots. Sure enough... when he brings the  target back... there was 7 NEW holes in the target (Murtaugh = 1 [nose]... Riggs shoots 6 but there is 2 for eyes and 5 for mouth = 7). I really enjoyed every minute of the movie. I especially liked the end fight. Sure... they already had him... not realistic that they would have the fight. But that didn't make it any less fun. Highly recommend this (the entire franchise) if you never seen it!



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 2/19 - 2/21 on February 20th, 2010)

Mean Girls, a review by Tom

Title: Mean Girls
Year: 2004
Director: Mark Waters
Rating: PG
Length: 96 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, English: Dolby Digital 3, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: English, Spanish

Stars:
Lindsay Lohan
Rachel McAdams
Tina Fey
Tim Meadows
Amy Poehler

Plot:
Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady (Lindsay Lohan) thinks she knows all about the "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time. Trying to find her place among the jocks, mathletes and other subcultures, Cady crosses paths with the meanest species of all - the Queen Bee, aka the cool and calculating Regina (Rachel McAdams), the leader of the school's most fashionable clique, The Plastics. When Cady falls for Regina'a ex-boyfriend, though, the Queen Bee is stung - and she schemes to ruin Cady's social future. Cady's own claws soon come out as she leaps into a hilarious "Girl World" war that has the whole school runnig for cover. Co-starring and written by Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey, Mean Girls is "Viciously Funny!"

Awards:

BMI Film & TV Music Awards	2005	Won	BMI Film Music Award	Rolfe Kent
Broadcast Film Critics Association Awards	2005	Nominated	Best Young Actress	Lindsay Lohan
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Won	Best Female Performance	Lindsay Lohan
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Won	Best On-Screen Team	Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Nominated	Best Villain	Rachel McAdams
MTV Movie Awards	2005	Won	Breakthrough Female Performance	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Won	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female	Lindsay Lohan
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Female	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Breakout Movie Star - Male	Jonathan Bennett
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie - Comedy
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Won	Choice Movie Actress - Comedy	Lindsay Lohan
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Actress - Comedy	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Won	Choice Movie Blush	Lindsay Lohan
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Blush	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Chemistry	Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Fight/Action Sequence
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Hissy Fit	Rachel McAdams
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Liar	Lindsay Lohan
Teen Choice Awards	2004	Nominated	Choice Movie Sleazebag	Rachel McAdams
Writers Guild of America Awards	2005	Nominated	Best Adapted Screenplay	Tina Fey

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Outtakes
Scene Access
Trailers

I have been meaning to rewatch this one for a while now. After watching "The Time Traveler's Wife" I noticed, that Rachel McAdams also had a big role in "Mean Girls" I felt now is the right time to watch it.
This is an above average High School comedy. There are also a lot of familiar faces. Tina Fey of course. Also "Lily" from Veronica Mars is here playing a dumb blonde. And of course hot Lizzy Caplan, who I first knew from the really short-lived "The Pitts".

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on April 25th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Bludgeoning Angel Dokuro-Chan (2005/Japan) IMDb | Wikipedia (United States) Length: 169 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: Japanese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
Imagine a future where the secret to immortality has been discovered, causing women to stop aging by the time they turn twelve. Not quite right, is it? That's why the Big Man Upstairs sends Dokuro-chan, an angelic assassin, into the past to "deal" with the sicko who messed with nature. But she decides instead to move in with her target to keep him too occupied to find eternal life. The path of nonviolence leads to a fountain of blood, as she constantly kills him by accident, only to resurrect him with a magical chant moments later.

Bokusatsu tenshi Dokuro-chan
1.01 It's a Bludgeoning Angel! Dokuro-chan!
Writer: Masaki Okayu (Original Material By), Tsutomu Mizushima (Screenwriter)
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Cast: Saeko Chiba (Dokuro-chan (voice)), Reiko Takagi (Sakura Kusakabe (voice)), Rie Kugimiya (Sabato-chan (voice)), Ayako Kawasumi (Shizuki Minakami (voice)), Nobuo Tobita (Zansu (voice)), Masakazu Morita (Yamazaki Sensei (voice)), Makoto Yasumura (Miyamoto (voice)), Shinnosuke Tachibana (Matsunaga (voice)), Keijin Okuda (Sasaki (voice)), Kenichi Mochizuki (Hosaka (voice)), Atsushi Imaruoka (Umezawa (voice)), Nobuyuki Tanaka (Ludwick (voice))

A fun episode. Though I never got past watching the second episode. I have enjoyed the episodes, but it already showed that its a one-joke series. Dokuro-chan's habit to bloodily kill off the main character, just to revive him again.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on March 30th, 2011)