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Hoodwinked!, a review by Tom

Title: Hoodwinked!
Year: 2005
Director: Cory Edwards
Rating: PG
Length: 81 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78
Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 , French: Dolby Digital 5.1 , Commentary: Dolby Digital Surround
Subtitles: Spanish

Stars:
Anne Hathaway
Glenn Close
Jim Belushi
Patrick Warburton
Anthony Anderson

Plot:
So you think you know the story of Little Red Riding Hood. Don't be too sure.... One of your favorite fairy tales is turned upside-down and inside-out in what the L.A. Times called "high-energy, imaginative entertainment." With irreverent storytelling, spunk and wit, Hoodwinked delivers a comedy caper for the young, the young at heart and everyone in between. When the police arrive at Granny's cottage in the woods to answer a domestic disturbance call, it looks like just another open-and-shut case. But Red, Granny, the Big Bad Wolf, and the Woodsman are not your usual suspects, as they have their own dark secrets, wily deceptions and conflicting accounts of the crime. Together, they must put aside their differences and find their own original twist on Happily Ever After in this "raucous, genre-busting, animated gem (Entertainment Weekly, The Must List)."

Extras:
Closed Captioned
Commentary
Deleted Scenes
Featurettes
Music Videos
Scene Access
Trailers

A fun play on the Little Red Riding Hood fairy tale. Police investigates four different points of views of what has happened. These four POV do interweave quite nicely and result in a story totally different as it first seems.
Animation is far from the league of Pixar (especially the movements) but it did not detract from the story otherwise.

Rating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpVqRm8G97U

(From Tom's Random Reviews on November 22nd, 2008)

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi, a review by Tom

Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004/India) IMDb | Wikipedia Splendid Film (Germany) Director: David Dhawan Writing: Anees Bazmee (Writer), Rumi Jaffery (Screenwriter) Length: 164 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: German

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Stars:
Salman Khan
Akshay Kumar
Priyanka Chopra
Amrish Puri
Kader Khan

Plot:
Sameer is a hot-headed youngsters with a knack of getting into brawls. When his girlfriend dumps him, he is heartbroken and relocates to Goa to work as a lifeguard. He falls for his next-door neighbour Rani, but Rani dislikes him because Sameer had slapped her father by mistake. On top of it, Sameer's new roommate Sunny is a lecherous playboy who has the hots for Rani. This results into a zany battle of wits between Sameer and Sunny over who will win Rani's heart.

Awards:
Won:

IIFA Awards (2005)		Best Background Score (Salim Suleman)
IIFA Awards (2005)		Best Choreography (Farah Khan)
IIFA Awards (2005)		Best Comedian (Akshay Kumar)
IIFA Awards (2005)		Best Costume Designer (Vikram Phadnis)

Nominated:

Filmfare Awards (2005)		Best Comedian Award (Akshay Kumar)
Filmfare Awards (2005)		Best Female Playback Award ("Lal Dupatta": Alka Yagnik)
Filmfare Awards (2005)		Best Supporting Actor Award (Akshay Kumar)

Extras:

• Bonus Trailers
• Music Videos
• Scene Access

A boring run-of-the-mill movie with a lot of stereotypes. Priyanka Chopra is again the love interest without substance, where the main character falls in love with her on first sight. An attraction which obviously can only be based on her looks. I found it strange at first, that the characters played by Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar are reversed to what I would expect both of them to play. But I must admit it worked here. Amrish Puri is typecast as the strict father of the love interest. But it is a role he plays well.

Rating:

(From 2010 December Marathon - Discussion thread on December 5th, 2010)

Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews, a review by Tom

Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Season 4.17 Accession
Writer: Jane Espenson (Writer)
Director: Les Landau
Cast

(From Tom's Random Star Trek Reviews on March 2nd, 2013)