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Smallville: Pilot, a review by Tom

Smallville: Pilot (2001/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Warner Home Video (United States) Director: David Nutter, Philip Sgriccia, Michael W. Watkins Writing: Joe Shuster (Original Characters By), Jerry Siegel (Original Characters By), Alfred Gough (Writer), Miles Millar (Writer) Length: 91 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.85 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1, French: Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Portuguese: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround, Commentary: Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround Subtitles: Bahasa, Chinese, Commentary, English, French, Korean, Portuguese, Spanish, Thai

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Stars:
Tom Welling as Clark Kent/ Kal-El
Kristin Kreuk as Lana Lang
Michael Rosenbaum as Alexander Joseph 'Lex' Luthor
Eric Johnson as Whitney Fordman
Sam Jones III as Pete Ross

Plot:Smallville. Tom Welling plays Clark Kent, the adolescent whose hoped-for romance with Lana Lang (Kristin Kreuk) is frustrated by the kryptonite in her necklace. Michael Rosenbaum is Clark's self-proclaimed steadfast friend Lex Luthor. Inside the idyllic community of Smallville, the intertwined destinies of these three begin to take shape while an imminent danger emerges: a high-school prank has spawned a vengeful villain who has acquired super powers of his own.

Awards:
Won:

Saturn (2001)		Best Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Breakout Star, Male (Tom Welling)

Nominated:

Saturn (2001)		Best Actor (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2003)		Best Actor - Television Series (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2001)		Best Actress (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2003)		Best Actress - Television Series (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2001)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2002)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2003)		Best Network Television Series
Saturn (2003)		Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (John Glover)
Saturn (2003)		Best Supporting Actor - Television Series (Michael Rosenbaum)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Actor (Tom Welling)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Actress (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Supporting Actor (John Glover)
Saturn (2002)		Best Television Supporting Actor (Michael Rosenbaum)
Saturn (2001)		Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Female (Kristin Kreuk)
Saturn (2001)		Cinescape Genre Face of the Future - Male (Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV - Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Actor - Drama/Action Adventure (Tom Welling)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Actress - Drama/Action Adventure (Kristin Kreuk)
Teen Choice Awards (2003)		Choice TV Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Actor, Drama (Tom Welling)
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Drama/Action Adventure
Teen Choice Awards (2002)		TV - Choice Sidekick (Allison Mack, Michael Rosenbaum)

Extras:

• Commentary
• Deleted Scenes
• Interactive Map of Smallville Storyboard to Screen
• Scene Access
• Trailers

This pilot movie presentation is cut together from the first two Smallville episodes. Especially the first half is a good introduction. Sadly the second half is a typical freak of the week story, for which the first season was known for.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on July 6th, 2012)

The Green Man, a review by Antares

The Green Man (1956) 74/100 - I love Alastair Sim, he's one of my favorite English actors and comedians. I bought an R2 DVD set of his films a couple of years ago, and haven't really explored it yet. This was the first film I've watched in the set, and if it's any indication, I'm going to enjoy the others immensely. Sim plays an assassin named Hawkins, famous for his ability to kill anyone, anywhere with his meticulously crafted time bombs. His latest job is the elimination of a member of Parliament, who will be at the the Green Man hotel for a weekend with one of his secretaries. Hawkins knows of his plans because he has been romancing the MP's head secretary, to find out the information he needs to carry out his assignment. But when he finds out the MP's itinerary, he mistakenly writes the info on some typing paper on the secretary's desk, not knowing that a few pieces below is a piece of carbon paper. When the secretary returns to work after Hawkins leaves her office, she finds the paper under the carbon and deduces that Hawkins has been using her for information. She calls Hawkins and demands an explanation, and when he is not forth coming, she heads over to his home to confront him. Hawkins is about to leave for the hotel and has his assistant change the signs on his and the neighbor's newly purchased house, so the secretary will think that he has left. But the assistant isn't quick enough and he has to kill the secretary when she warns of going to the local constabulary. At this moment, a door to door vacuum salesman, who has an appointment with Hawkins' maid, makes the same mistake as the secretary and rings the wrong house. The salesman tries to demonstrate the vacuum for Hawkins' assistant, who is visibly rattled by his predicament, and he finds a way to exit through the back door. The salesman spots blood on the carpet and when the woman who owns the house returns, he explains about his appointment, and asks her about the blood on the carpet. From here on out, the madcap hijinks and dry, dark British humor comes fast and furious as the salesman and the woman, deduce Hawkins plans to assassinate the MP, and set off to warn him. It's a quick, fun little film, and if you're a fan of this kind of British humor, I'm sure you'd enjoy.

What the color coding means...

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on October 12th, 2013)

"Due South" marathon, a review by Tom

2.15 Body Language (1996-04-25)
Writer: Paul Haggis (Created By), James Kramer (Writer)
Director: Jon Cassar
Cast: Paul Gross (Constable Benton Fraser), David Marciano (Detective Ray Vecchio), Beau Starr (Lt. Harding Welsh), Tony Craig (Detective Jack Huey), Catherine Bruhier (Elaine), Camilla Scott (Inspector Margaret Thatcher), Lisa Engelman (Ida), Nick Sandow (Barry), Milton Berle (Shelley Litvak), James Gallanders (Mark), Ellen-Ray Hennessy (Waitress), Les Porter (Nelson), Elle Downs (Lily), Laura Catalano (Vi), Lolita Kerr (Mount Olympus Dancer)

An enjoyable episode but nothing special. Again some nice closet fun. What is it with Ray, Fraser and closets?

Rating:

(From "Due South" marathon on August 26th, 2009)