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There Will Be Blood, a review by Jon

There Will Be Blood
5 out of 5





Frequently listed as a decade best and occasionally one of all time, There Will Be Blood, along with The Assassination Of Jesse James By The Coward Robert Ford and No Country For Old Men (released the same year), proves American cinema is healthy and vibrant, which is reassuring considering the current CGI 3D obsession. Perhaps a simple way to introduce it is, The Treasure Of The Sierra Madre) and the story charts his development to oil tycoon, with his son (Boogie NightsisduhBoogie Nights had a raw Scorcese feel about it and Magnolia even had a musical number to emphasise its story of shared fate. These are fine films and when I say There Will Be Blood is better, I mean only in a consummate realisation of a larger ambition.

What few critics there are of There Will Be BloodThe Treasure Of The Sierra Madre was a proud influence on Anderson, but it also bears a resemblance to Citizen Kane

(From Jon's Alphabet Marathon 2010 on August 1st, 2010)

Paheli, a review by Tom

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Paheli (2005/India) IMDb | Wikipedia ALIVE, Rapid Eye Movies (Germany) Director: Amol Palekar Writing: Vijaydan Detha (Original Material By), Sandhya Gokhale (Screenwriter) Length: 134 min. Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35 Audio: German: Dolby Digital 5.1, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1 Subtitles: German

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Stars:
Shah Rukh Khan as Kisan
Rani Mukherji as Lachchi
Anupam Kher
Juhi Chawla

Awards:
Nominated:

Filmfare Awards (2006)		Best Lyricist Award ("Dheere Jaina": Gulzar)
Filmfare Awards (2006)		Best Male Playback Award ("Dheere Jalna": Sonu Nigam)

Extras:

• Featurettes
• Music Videos
• Scene Access
• Trailers

This movie is a double-dip for me. When you read my old review for this, you will see that I talked a lot more about how horrible the transfer is, than I did about the movie. Now Rapid Eyes Movie released it, who is reliable to bring decent transfers of Bollywood movie. This is no exception. I am glad I double-dipped.

I still enjoyed the movie as much as I did the first time around. Maybe even more so. Rani and Shah Rukh were great as always.
My favorite song from this movie is Minnat Kare, which I bought a long time ago on iTunes and still enjoy listening to it.



Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on June 8th, 2012)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

The Buccaneers
Set in the West Indies in the 1720's, The Buccaneers told the rousing tale of reformed pirate Dan Tempest (Robert Shaw), who had been the leader of a band of freebooters in the British Caribbean province of New Providence, as he battled against buccaneers and Spanish attack after being persuaded by Lt. Beamish (Peter Hammond), the new deputy governor, to switch sides and fight on behalf of the Crown.

Blackbeard
A new British governor arrives at the port of New Providence assigned the task of bringing law and order to the British colony. Authorized to grant pardons to any buccaneers swearing allegiance to the Crown, Governor Rogers faces some resistance from Blackbeard.

My Thoughts:
While an enjoyable series... I don't care for this one quite as much as I do The Adventures of Robin Hood. But then I never been that huge on pirates anyway. Plus this lacks the comedy I enjoyed so much in The Adventures of Robin Hood.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on November 9th, 2009)