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Kindergarten Cop, a review by DJ Doena

Kindergarten Cop



Arnold Schwarzenegger    ...    Detective John Kimble
Penelope Ann Miller   ...    Joyce Palmieri / Rachel Crisp
Pamela Reed   ...    Detective Phoebe O'Hara
Linda Hunt   ...    Miss Schlowski
Richard Tyson   ...    Cullen Crisp, Sr.
Carroll Baker   ...    Eleanor Crisp
Joseph Cousins    ...    Dominic Palmieri / Cullen Crisp, Jr.
Christian Cousins   ...    Dominic Palmieri / Cullen Crisp, Jr.

Detective John Kimble Has been trying to arrest the drug gangster Crisp for quite some time now. Now he gets the chance, he has just to find his ex-wife, who went into hiding with their son. But for this he has to work undercover in a kindergarten.

My opinion:
My favourite comedy of Arnie's alongside with "True Lies". Everytime I watch this I find it amusing how he tries to get control over this little horde. That aside I think it's a good idea to use twins as a single character. This way the kids don't overwork themselves and the audience can't tell the difference.

(From Schwarzenegger-Fun-Movies-Mini-Marathon on February 4th, 2008)

Sliding Doors, a review by Antares

Sliding Doors





Year: 1998
Film Studio: Paramount Pictures, Miramax Films, Mirage Productions
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Length: 99 Min.

Director
Peter Howitt (1957)

Writing
Peter Howitt (1957)...Writer

Producer
Helen Booth
Philippa Braithwaite
Guy East
William Horberg
Sydney Pollack (1934)
Sandy Poustie
Nigel Sinclair
David Wisnievitz

Cinematographer
Remi Adefarasin (1948)

Music
David Hirschfelder (1960)...Composer

Stars
Gwyneth Paltrow (1972) as Helen Quilley
John Hannah (1962) as James Hammerton
John Lynch (1961) as Gerry
Jeanne Tripplehorn (1963) as Lydia
Zara Turner as Anna
Douglas McFerran as Russell
Paul Brightwell as Clive
Nina Young (1966) as Claudia

ReviewSliding DoorsRatings Criterion4 Stars - Historically important film, considered a classic.

(From Sliding Doors (1998) on February 1st, 2010)

Tom's TV Pilots marathon, a review by Tom

Cape: The Complete Series (2011/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Universal Studios Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 430 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 1.78 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: English

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Plot:
He's righteous. He's heroic. He's The Cape.

Vince Faraday (David Lyons, E.R.) is an honest cop on a corrupt police force. When he's framed for murder and presumed dead, he finds that he must go into hiding - leaving behind his wife, Dana (Jennifer Ferrin, Life on Mars), and son, Trip (Ryan Wynott, Flash Forward). Determined to battle the criminals who now control his hometown, Vince takes the law into his own hands and becomes The Cape-his son's favorite comic book superhero. Featuring an incredible supporting cast, including James Frain (The Tudors), Keith David (Death at a Funeral), Summer Glau (Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles), Dorian Missick (The Manchurian Candidate), Martin Klebba (Pirates of the Caribbean) and Vinnie Jones (Snatch), it's the action-packed series that has critics raving, "'The Cape' is cloaked in awesome." (OK! Magazine)


The Cape
1.01 Pilot
Writer: Tom Wheeler (Created By), Tom Wheeler (Writer)
Director: Simon West
Cast: David Lyons (Vince Faraday/The Cape), Keith David (Max Malini), Summer Glau (Jamie Fleming/Orwell), James Frain (Peter Fleming/Chess), Jennifer Ferrin (Dana Thompson-Faraday), Ryan Wynott (Trip Faraday), Dorian Missick (Marty Voyt), Vinnie Jones (Dominic Raoul/Scales), Martin Klebba (Rollo), Izabella Miko (Raia), Anil Kumar (Ruvi), Eros Biox), Eric Pierpont), Jo Nell Kennedy), Bryan Friday (Brooks), Dennis Keiffer (Jenner), Fernando Chien (ARK Trooper), Judi Barton (Party Guest), Wendy Burch (News Anchor #1), Eddie Diaz (Officer #1), J. Teddy Garces (Scales Thug #1), Nathan Axtell (Scales Thug #2), Peter Murnik (Officer #2)

Two reasons I bought this: It is a superhero series. And Summer Glau is in the main cast.
I took a chance on this series even if it was cancelled after only ten episodes. The first episode was nice to watch, although a little corny at times. I hope Summer Glau's part will be bigger in the other episodes than here. And I hope her purpose isn't constraint to be being the Oracle (from "Birds of Prey") kind of person stuck in front of a computer screen. She has shown here in one scene that she can kick a little ass. Hopefully this is used more.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Pilots marathon on August 18th, 2011)