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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, a review by RossRoy

WHAT THEY SAY

Enter a dazzling world of fantasy in The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, director Terry Gilliam's magical adventure tale starring Heath Ledger in his last film role along with Christopher Plummer, Johnny Depp, Colin Farrell and Jude Law. In exchange for extraordinary powers, Doctor Parnassus (Plummer) makes a deal with the Devil to turn over any child of his when they turn sixteen. But as his daughter Valentina's (Lili Cole) birthday approaches, a mysterious stranger (Ledger) arrives with the power to change everything. In this captivating, explosive and wonderfully imaginative race against time, Doctor Parnassus must fight to save his daughter in a never-ending landscape of surreal obstacles - and undo the mistakes of his past once and for all!

MY THOUGHTS

Good thing it has the word "Imaginarium" in its title - because it is a very imaginative movie! Sometimes maybe a little too imaginative. Some of the world within Parnassus' Imaginarium are so out there they almost lost me. It's a very wild ride and for a long time, I didn't know what was going on what with the travelling theater troop and the mirror leading to the Imaginarium. But in the end, it works, makes sense, and fits the story. For those of you who may not know: This is the last movie of late Heath Ledger. So last in fact that he never completed it. Three different actors came to the rescue: Colin Farrel - Jude Law - Johnny Depp. The integration of these three alternate actors actually works with the movie! It actually makes sense! And all three did a pretty good job taking over the role.

RATING

(From RossRoy's Random Viewings on July 1st, 2010)

Hello Schoolgirl, a review by Tom

Hello Schoolgirl (2008/South Korea) IMDb | Wikipedia Sky Entertainment (Hong Kong) Director: Jang-ha Ryu Writing: Pool Kang (Screenwriter) Length: 113 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: Korean: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: Chinese, English

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Stars:
Ji-tae Yu as Kwon Yeon-woo
Yeon-hee Lee as Soo-yeong
Jeong-an Chae as Kwon Ha-kyeong
Kang In as Kang Sook
Dong-hyeon Chae

Plot:
KIM Yun-woo works as a civil servant in a district office. Although he's thirty, he's quite inocent in dating girls. After moving to a new apartment, he often runs into HAN Soo-young, a high school girl who lives downstairs. Soo-young is a cheerful and eccentric eighteen-year-old who lives with her mother. Meanwhile, KANG Sook has just started his public service in the district office. He falls head over heels for Ha-kyung because of her beautiful smile after seeing her in the subway station. Ha-kyung is still holding onto an old flame and keeps on looking for traces of that love every day. KANG Sook continues to keep wooing her, irregardless of her living in the past. Can their futures lead to a happy ending?

Extras:

• Scene Access

This movie manages to make possibly scandalous relationship sweet and innocent. All the actors did a great job.

Rating:

(From 2010 December Marathon - Discussion thread on December 26th, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

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Pretty Little Liars: Season One (2010/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United Kingdom) Length: 925 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: Subtitles:

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Pretty Little Liars
Season 1.01 Pilot
Writer: Sara Shepard (Original Material By), I. Marlene King (Writer)
Director: Lesli Linka Glatter
Cast

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on February 2nd, 2013)