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Kal Ho Naa Ho, a review by Tom

Title: Kal Ho Naa Ho
Year: 2003
Director: Nikhil Advani
Rating: FSK-6
Length: 180 Min.
Video: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35
Audio: German: Dolby Digital Stereo, Hindi: Dolby Digital 5.1
Subtitles: German

Stars:
Jaya Bachchan
Shah Rukh Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Preity Zinta
Sushma Seth

Plot:
Aman Mathur (Shahrukh Khan) is a breath of fresh air when he moves into unhappy Naina's (Priety Zinta) tiny Indian neighborhood in Manhattan, conspiring with friend Rohit (Saif Ali Khan) to help her find happiness. This tear-jerking romantic comedy-drama is the story of their journey together: how they discover themselves, find the courage to love and to celebrate life.


Awards:

Filmfare Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Actor Award	Shahrukh Khan
Filmfare Awards	2004	Won	Best Actress Award	Preity Zinta
Filmfare Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Director Award	Nikhil Advani
Filmfare Awards	2004	Won	Best Lyricist Award	Javed Akhtar
Filmfare Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Movie Award
Filmfare Awards	2004	Won	Best Music Director Award	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
Filmfare Awards	2004	Nominated	Best Supporting Actor Award	Shahrukh Khan
Filmfare Awards	2004	Won	Best Supporting Actor Award	Saif Ali Khan
Filmfare Awards	2004	Won	Best Supporting Actress Award	Jaya Bachchan
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Actress	Preity Zinta
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Lyricist	Javed Akhtar
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Male Playback	Sonu Nigam
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Movie
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Music Director	Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Supporting Actor	Saif Ali Khan
IIFA Awards	2004	Won	Best Supporting Actress	Jaya Bachchan

Extras:
Music Videos
Scene Access
Trailers

I had to watch it again. For one thing there are some catchy songs in it. But the main reason for watching it again is, that the first time around I had a problem with it, that they were pushing the Preity Zinta and Saif Ali Khan pairing through Shahrukh Khan. But now that I have watched some other Saif Ali Khan movies, I like the actor and his characters now. Also this pairing was fun in Salaam Namaste. I did enjoy this movie much more this time around.
But I have a real problem with the German DVD title: "Indian Love Story". As I mentioned before, the publisher "Rapid Eye Movies" does a good job with bringing Bollywood movies to the German market. I assume they were just starting out with this when they released this. Because this title is really stupid. You could attach this title to about 90% of all Bollywood movies. And to think that this movie has not even one single scene in India but takes place entirely in Manhattan and that the relationships in this movie could just as well be centered around American characters, this title gets even more absurd.

Rating:

(From Tom's Random Reviews on August 2nd, 2009)

Tora! Tora! Tora!, a review by Antares

Tora! Tora! Tora!





Year: 1970
Film Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Genre: War, Drama
Length: 145 Min.

Director
Richard Fleischer (1916)
Kinji Fukasaku (1930)
Toshio Masuda (1927)

WritingProducer
Richard Fleischer (1916)
Keinosuke Kubo
Otto Lang (1908)
Masayuki Takagi
Elmo Williams (1913)

Cinematographer
Shinsaku Himeda (1916)
Masamichi Satoh
Osami Furuya
Charles F. Wheeler (1915)

Music
Jerry Goldsmith (1929)...Composer

StarsReviewThe St. Valentine Days Massacre.

      It saddens me to think of what this film may have been if both studios had stuck to the original blueprint, yet the end result is compelling enough in its rendition of the events that took place on that Day of InfamyPearl HarborRatings Criterion

(From Tora! Tora! Tora! (1970) on February 10th, 2010)

Tom's TV Finales marathon, a review by Tom

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ALF: Season Four (1989/United States) IMDb | Wikipedia Lions Gate Home Entertainment (United States) Length: 514 min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo Subtitles:

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Plot:
"Just think of me as a Melmacian babe magnet!" ALF is back for an encore! That smart-mouthed, always loveable alien keeps us laughing in this fourth and final season. With a special appearance by David Spade, ALF dreams he becomes the world's best comic and, in addition to his already unusual diet, he's addicted to cotton and triest to munch on Willie's pants! Finally, ALF can't resist the chance to settle a new planet with a couple of long-lost extra-terrestrial friends. Will we ever be the same without him? Well, of all the planets in the universe, we're glad he picked this one!


ALF
Season 4.24 Consider Me Gone
Writer: Tom Patchett (Created By), Paul Fusco (Created By), Steve Pepoon (Screenwriter), David Silverman (Screenwriter), Stephen Sustarsic (Screenwriter), Victor Fresco (Screenwriter), Ian Praiser (Story By)
Director: Nick Havinga
Cast: Max Wright (Willie Tanner), Anne Schedeen (Kate Tanner), Andrea Elson (Lynn Tanner), Benji Gregory (Brian Tanner), Richard Fancy (Colonel Halsey), Doug Ballard (Lieutenant Alden), Larry Poindexter (Sergeant Armstrong), Sherman Howard (Officer), Paul Fusco (Gordon "ALF" Shumway), Charles Nickerson (Eric Tanner)

This has a WTF ending. I always thought it was a ballsy move to do, and I am a little disappointed, that it was not planned as the series finale, but only a season cliffhanger. As a series finale you wouldn't have expected to end it this way. There was a TV movie resolving the ending years later, but in my opinion it didn't do it justice.

Rating:

(From Tom's TV Finales marathon on January 26th, 2013)