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The Warrior and the Wolf, a review by dfmorgan

The Warrior and the Wolf

Year: 2009
Director: Tian Zhuang Zhuang
Cast: Joe Odagiri, Maggie Q, Tou Chung Hua
Overview: More than two thousand years ago the Han Emperor sent his army to the far western border of China, way beyond the Gobi Desert, in order to subdue rebellious tribes. It was a treacherous and inhospitable zone where, when winter came, the land belonged to the wolves. After much war and bloodshed, Commander Lu and his men have given up the battle and begun their retreat

Trapped by a blizzard, they take refuge in a village of the 'cursed' Harran tribe where Lu commandeers a shack and where, initially to his distaste, he finds a beautiful but mysterious Harran widow hiding in a pit beneath it. Passion quickly overcomes their mutual distrust and suspicion, and they become lovers... but Lu does not comprehend the great price that he will end up paying for their illicit passion...

Watched: 7th. Oct 2011
My Thoughts: hmmmmm. I'd like to say this was a revelation and a riveting film, just to rebuff Jon's comments when I purchased it, but sorry it wasn't. Now off to look at Jon's review. Maybe I'll report back once I've read it.

My Rating: Whilst not totally bad, it had Maggie Q in it, no more than a 1



(From Dave's DVD/Blu-ray Reviews on October 8th, 2011)

Dhoom:2, a review by Tom

Title: Dhoom:2
Year: 2006
Director: Sanjay Gadhvi
Rating: FSK-12
Length: 156 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Hrithik Roshan
Abhishek Bachchan
Aishwarya Rai
Uday Chopra
Bipasha Basu

Plot:
In the second installment of the Dhoom series, Jai and Ali are back as the buddy cops on their toughest job so far. 'Mr.A' is an international thief who has planned to steal a priceless artifact in Mumbai and the police have got to nab him. But Mr.A manages to steal the artifact and elude the police. He finds his match in Sunehri and they form a partnership. They move on to Rio for their next job, with Jai and Ali hot on their trail. Mr.A whose actual name is Aryan, and Sunehri are drawn towards each other but little does Aryan know of Sunehri's little secret.

Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2007	Won	Best Actor Award	Hrithik Roshan
Filmfare Awards	2007	Nominated	Best Actress Award	Aishwarya Rai
Filmfare Awards	2007	Nominated	Best Director Award	Sanjay Gadhvi
Filmfare Awards	2007	Nominated	Best Movie Award
Filmfare Awards	2007	Nominated	Best Music Director Award	Pritam
Taurus Award	2007	Nominated	Best Action in a Foreign Film	Allan Amin

Extras:
Music Videos
Scene Access
Trailers

I have bought Dhoom 1+2 at the same time a while back, when both were down in price at the same time. These movies belong to the most successful Bollywood movies in recent times. But after watching the first one I was heavily disappointed and it took me a while to watch the second one. Luckily I decided to finally watch it, because I enjoyed it a lot more than the other. In huge part thanks to Hritik Roshan ("Krrish") as the master thief Mr. A.
When the movie started I feared it was going to be similar to the first one. It had bad over-the-top and very unrealistic action scenes. But luckily it was only the pre-credit sequence. After that it was a funny buddy-cop movie with some nice action and a great villain.
This movie also caused some controversies in India because of the on-screen kiss between Ashwarya Rai and Hritik Roshan. In recent years it is done more and more in Indian films, but it is still not very much accepted. Especially in such a high profile movie.



Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 13th, 2010)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

The Mary Tyler Moore Show
Over its seven-year run, The Mary Tyler Moore Show won twenty-nine Emmy Awards, more than any other comedy in television history. Now get ready to run back the dial to 1970 and rejoin the gang from WJM - the lowest-rated (but most hilarious) evening news show in Minneapolis. Relive all the laughter with Mary, Lou, Murray, Ted, Rhoda and Phyllis as the first season of this classic TV show arrives on DVD!

Love is All Around
New to Minneapolis and rebounding from a broken engagement, Mary takes a job in the WJM-TV newsroom.

My Thoughts:
Now we get to  a classic sitcom. And one with lots of laughs. The show's cast works together so well. I love the chemistry between Mary and Lou. And I can't help but to laugh at how Murray goes after Ted. This episode is a great introduction to the show. I laughed out loud more then once. I especially enjoyed the interview Lou gave to Mary. How she answered all the questions out of order.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on March 25th, 2010)