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The Hard Way, a review by DJ Doena

January, 4th


Michael J. Fox    ...    Nick Lang / Ray Casanov
James Woods   ...    Detective Lt. John Moss, NYPD
Stephen Lang   ...    Party Crasher
Annabella Sciorra   ...    Susan
LL Cool J    ...    Detective Billy, NYPD
Christina Ricci    ...    Bonnie

Synopsis: Nick Lang is the action star of the "Smoking Gunn" movie series. His lives the life of a normal star with personal trainer, beach villa and whatnot. But he wants something more, he wants to play a cop who bleeds, who doesn't know how to pay his rent. And so he goes undercover to New York to team up with a real cop: John Moss. And John should be delighted to work with him, shouldn't he? How wrong he was...

My Opinion: It was so funny to watch how Nick/Ray drove John to despair and he didn't know how to respond. I especially liked the hunt of the party killer in the theatre in front of the running "Smoking Gunn" movie. But the party killer himself was also a cool opponent in my opinion, all the action scenes with him were well done. The roles for Michael and James were totally fitting, especially from the viewpoint of what they are usually playing.

(From DJ Doena's movie watchings 2009 on January 5th, 2009)

The World is Not Enough, a review by Dragonfire

The World is Not Enough My Thoughts I actually watched this one at the beginning of the month, but I only just though checking out the extras.  I was waiting to post about the movie until I got through them. The plot is interesting for the most and having oil be involved works well.  Things end up being a bit more complicated than they seem at first.  Some of what happens is a bit predictable, but there are also a few things that happen that I thought were surprising the first time I saw the movie.  There is a little bit of mystery to what is going on, though it doesn't take long for James to figure out that Renard is involved.  There is enough mystery to keep things interesting, though the mystery could have been stronger.  Once again, there is a good amount of action throughout the movie.  The action scenes are done well and do help to keep things interesting as well as keep the pace moving.  One of the gadgets is rather silly even though it does end up being very useful at one point.  The violence isn't too extreme, though one or two things are a little more disturbing. James has his way with a few women again, starting with a female doctor he seduces to get cleared to go back on active duty after an injury.  Elektra is one of the stronger Bond women and a very intriguing character.  Unfortunately, the movie also has one of the worst Bond women ever in the form of Dr. Christmas Jones, a nuclear physicist.  I have no problem with beautiful women also being smart.  She just doesn't seem believable at all as a physicist.  And Denise Richards definitely isn't a good enough actress to pull that off.  She is horribly miscast and the character is is an undeveloped mess.  I still like Brosnan as Bond and think he handles the part well. The DVD has all sorts of extras on it about the making of the movie that are interesting.  A few of them seem a bit long, but they are interesting.  There is a nice tribute to Desmond Llewyn, the man who played Q.  This movie has some issues - mostly Denise Richards - but I still enjoy it overall. I did get a review posted on Epinions if anyone wants to take a look. The World is Not Enough

(From James Bond Marathon on July 1st, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

[Outsourced]: The Complete Series (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 468 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles: English

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Plot:
Welcome to India: a diverse country of exotic cuisine, fascinating cultures, unique social customs...and the home of the Mid America Novelties call center. Unsuspecting management trainee Todd Dempsy is shocked when his job and department are relocated to the chaotic city of Mumbai. With no other career options, the Kansas native makes the jump himself and discovers that his most important work might just be teaching his eclectic group of Indian customer service reps what being American is all about. Developed by writer Robert Borden (The Drew Carey Show) and director Ken Kwapis (The Office), it's 22 episodes of fun and hilarity where laughter is never lost in translation.


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1.01 Pilot
Writer: George Wing (Writer), John Jeffcoat (Writer), George Wing (Original Material By), John Jeffcoat (Original Material By)
Director: Ken Kwapis
Cast: Ben Rappaport (Todd Dempsy), Anisha Nagarajan (Madhuri), Diedrich Bader (Charlie Davies), Parvesh Cheena (Gupta), Pippa Black (Tonya), Rebecca Hazlewood (Asha), Rizwan Manji (Rajiv), Sacha Dhawan (Manmeet), Matt Walsh (Jerry Stern), Shawn Parikh ("A" Team Indian), Sid Veda (CS Worker #8), Guru Singh (Ajeet), Steve Seagren (American Caller (voice)), Nicholas Logan (Madhuri's Caller (voice)), Peggy Etra (Southern Caller (voice)), K.T. Thangavelu (Ruchi), Pooja Batra (CS Worker #9), Mueen Jahan (Lunch Man)

I bought this series after watching and enjoying the movie on which this series is based on. The first episode is very promising. I enjoyed it much more than Mumbai Calling, a British series with the same premise. I am even considering to put this marathon on hold and continue watching this series now.

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(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on June 22nd, 2012)