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Coming to America, a review by Tom

Coming to America
It is the 21st birthday of Prince Akeem of Zamunda and he is to marry a woman he never saw before. Now the prince breaks with tradition and travels to America to look for the love of his life.

My thoughts:
Probably my favorite Eddie Murphy movie. Always fun to watch.


This was it for my Cinderella weekend marathon. 7 movies in all. Not bad for three days.

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Cinderella Stories on January 20th, 2008)

Nói Albinói, a review by Danae Cassandra

Where We Are:  Iceland
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Overview:My Thoughts:
This is the story of a bright, bored young man with lots of potential and nothing to do with it.  His brilliant intellect is stifled by school, his dreams are suffocated by the isolation he is in.  He meets the new girl in town, and for a moment in his life there is a bright spark and he hopes of escape.

This is very much a character study of a brilliant, disaffected, isolated teenager and the life he is leading, drifting in and out of school, from one activity to another, unsure of where he is going, what he wants, or what the future will hold.  Only sure that he wants to get out of here and do something.

The cinematography choices enforces the isolated, lonely feeling - everything is white, blue and gray, snow and ice.  Cold and bleak.  Excellently done for this film.

Recommended for lovers of art films.  I enjoyed it, but it's not for everyone.

Bechdel Test:  Fail

Overall:  3.5/5

(From Around the World in 86 Movies on July 28th, 2013)

My PILOT Marathon, a review by Rich

Are You Being Served?

Pilot - Are You Being Served?
After a reorganisation, the Ladies Intimate Apparel and the Men's Ready To Wear departments are forced to share the same floor.





Classic British comedy, which I haven't seen for many years. This B&W pilot from 1972 introduces us to all of the characters from Grace Bros, and is full of the double entendres and gentle humour that saw this programme last 13 years. Even after so many years it is still extremely funny, in what would now be seen as a very innocent level of writing.
Excellent for reminiscing.
 

(From My PILOT Marathon on September 7th, 2009)